How much would you care to spend on a cup of coffee? Los Angeles-based coffee shop franchise Klatch Coffee apparently thinks US$75 is a fair price, as such is the price of a cup of coffee sold at the shop recently. As reported by CNN, the beverage was sold at that price at a newly-opened Klatch Coffee shop in San Francisco during a tasting event. It's quite reasonable though, since it was brewed using a single-source organic coffee bean named Elida Geisha Natural, the roasted beans of which come at a price of around $1,200. Read also: Coffee lovers, here are some fun facts about coffee The company bought the beans during a record-breaking auction in Panama last year for $803 per pound. Only 100 pounds of the coffee were auctioned off that day, of which Klatch was able to buy 10 pounds. The highlight of the expensive coffee is the fact that it was not over roasted, said Bo Thiara, who co-owns the franchise's San Francisco store. Coffee aficionados who are unable to come to the store can … [Read more...] about California coffee shop makes news for selling $75 cup of coffee
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News Rats are taking over New York City
NEW YORK — So many rats regularly lurk on a sidewalk in Brooklyn that it is the humans who avoid the rats, not the other way around. Not even cars are safe: Rats have chewed clean through engine wires. A Manhattan avenue lined with trendy restaurants has become a destination for foodies — and rats who help themselves to their leftovers. Tenants at a public housing complex in the South Bronx worry about tripping over rats that routinely run over their feet. New York has always been forced to coexist with the four-legged vermin, but the infestation has expanded exponentially in recent years, spreading to just about every corner of the city. “I’m a former Marine so I’m not going to be squeamish, but this is bad,” said Pablo Herrera, a 58-year-old mechanic who has counted up to 30 rats while walking on his block in Prospect Heights, just around the corner from the stately Brooklyn Museum. Rat sightings reported to the city’s 311 hotline have soared … [Read more...] about News Rats are taking over New York City
For Lower-Paid Workers, the Robot Overlords Have Arrived
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By Greg Ip WSJ Wed., May 1, 2019 It’s time to stop worrying that robots will take our jobs—and start worrying that they will decide who gets jobs. Millions of low-paid workers’ lives are increasingly governed by software and algorithms. This was starkly illustrated by a report last week that Amazon.com tracks the productivity of its employees and regularly fires those who underperform, with little human intervention. “Amazon’s system tracks the rates of each individual associate’s productivity and automatically generates any warnings or terminations regarding quality or productivity without input from supervisors,” a law firm representing Amazon said in a letter to the National Labor Relations Board, as first reported by technology news site The Verge. Amazon was responding to a complaint that it had fired an employee from a Baltimore fulfillment center for federally protected activity, which could include union organizing. … [Read more...] about For Lower-Paid Workers, the Robot Overlords Have Arrived
News Fil-Am Hayes gives good account of herself in first game for Perlas Pilipinas
MANILA, Philippines – Playing her first competitive game in over a year, Kelli Hayes was admittedly nervous. Hayes, 23, was set to make her debut for the Philippine national women's basketball team in a game against visiting Hungarian squad TFSE on Monday evening. It was the first time that she had played competitively since the Elite 8 of the NCAA women's basketball tournament in March 2018, where she and No. 3 University of California-Los Angeles were ousted by No. 1 Mississippi State University, 89-73. "Yeah I was nervous," said Hayes. "I was like, 'Guys, I haven't played basketball in a while,' and I had one practice with them yesterday (Sunday), that was it." Hayes had stayed in shape since concluding her collegiate basketball career with the Bruins, but playing a competitive game is a different matter entirely. Still, the Filipino-American guard gave a good account of herself for Perlas Pilipinas. She fit seamlessly with the team's physical, fast-paced style of play, and … [Read more...] about News Fil-Am Hayes gives good account of herself in first game for Perlas Pilipinas
News U.S. film director John Singleton dead at age 51
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - John Singleton, who made his directorial debut with the acclaimed film “Boyz n the Hood” about young men struggling in a gang-ridden Los Angeles neighborhood, died on Monday at the age of 51, his family said, days after he suffered a stroke. “We are sad to relay that John Singleton has died,” the family said in a statement. “John passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family and friends.” Earlier on Monday, the family said it had made the “agonizing decision” to withdraw life support from Singleton, who was being cared for at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles since having a stroke on April 17. Singleton was a native of South Central Los Angeles, the community that was the setting for “Boyz n the Hood,” a drama about friendship amid the peril of gang violence. He became the first African-American and the youngest person to be nominated for an Academy award for best director, at age 24, for … [Read more...] about News U.S. film director John Singleton dead at age 51