David Cameron faces a rural revolt from coalition backbenchers who claim the Prime Minister risks falling into the trap of believing the countryside is a "chocolate-box" playground for the rich.
At the more commercial end of the spectrum, Deutsche Telekom recently helped launch the social network wir.de, which allows neighbours to swap tools and services and sets up communal "toy boxes" in playgrounds around Berlin.
Mice were either kept in their home cages or exposed daily to the EE (a large playground box containing running wheels and other toys).
A parks department employee was raped on Thursday morning by a man armed with a box cutter at a playground in Brooklyn, according to the police.
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At Pingxiang's Mingde Primary School, since last year synchronised Plum Flower Boxing drills in the playground have become obligatory.
In association with a play-advocacy group called Kaboom, Rockwell has been marketing them as the Imagination Playground in a Box: this summer, ten playgrounds across the five boroughs will be provided with a set each.
At the Imagination Playground in a Box, no fantasy seems too far-fetched.
One day in March, I went to the South Street Seaport Museum, where a Playground in a Box is currently kept for the use of visiting school groups.
The architectural playground includes glass-box bistros like Kap am S i (www.kapamsuedkai.de), the soon-to-open art'otel (www.artotels.de) and galleries like Werft 11 (www.werft11.com).
The whole thing is basically a playground of tick boxes, switches, submenus and more, and that's a very welcome thing for people who like to fuss with their phones.
