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Why don't statistics reveal when sports matches have been fixed?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why don't statistics reveal when sports matches have been fixed?

...caring professions. There can usually be an appeal to past data for an estimate of the probability of the unexpected adverse outcome were it true that no wrongdoing had taken place. In tennis most players have played most other players many times, and in a medical context hospitals keep meticulous records of serious incidents. Both these sources can provide perfectly...
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No Pause for Thought? Brexit, Bias and Political Manipulation
Health, Sports & Psychology

No Pause for Thought? Brexit, Bias and Political Manipulation

...care work). And Britain hasn’t even left yet. Focusing on the people that will be doing the negotiating, there have been suggestions that the UK negotiating team and European negotiating team have widely different understandings of what Brexit will mean, and how the negotiations should be conducted. Reports of a first meeting have not been optimistic, and a hard Brexit...
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Rod Stewart was a 1970s ally
History & The Arts

Rod Stewart was a 1970s ally

...cares?’” Above all, “The Killing of Georgie” carries what Stewart has called “a pro-gay message,” as he put it in his 2012 autobiography, Rod. In the “so-called liberated days” of the mid-1970s, people were attacked and killed in the street because of their sexual orientation, as the song relates. Forty years later, in what we might like to think of as our...
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Windrush generation latest to be stripped of their rights in the name of 'migration control'
Society, Politics & Law

Windrush generation latest to be stripped of their rights in the name of 'migration control'

...care or other support for lengthening periods. Increasing racism and hostility towards minority ethnic and religious groups are part of making life unbearable for some of those who have fled persecution. A hostile environment In 2012, home secretary Theresa May set out to “create a really hostile environment for illegal migrants”. Beginning in 2015, new operations...
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Researching cycling in the US & the UK
Society, Politics & Law

Researching cycling in the US & the UK

...care about public space because the accommodation is so expensive, you are not going to sit inside and you can’t afford to go to a pub all evening. Interviewer: How do you see this Overseas Institutional Visit contributing to your work in the future? Peter Wood: I think one of the most amazing things about cycling research, both in Britain and America, is that academics...
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The Olympic torch: the truth
History & The Arts

The Olympic torch: the truth

...care by the Nazi leadership to project the image of the Third Reich as a modern, rich and influential state. The torch relay, fabricated specifically for the occasion, was part of this carefully orchestrated Nazi propaganda stunt. It was German classical scholar and sports administrator Carl Diem who came up with the theatrics of the torch relay. Where did he get the idea...
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‘It’s Just Banter’: Women and Sexual Harassment in the Hospitality Industry
Society, Politics & Law

‘It’s Just Banter’: Women and Sexual Harassment in the Hospitality Industry

...careful about the times they chose to work, choosing afternoon shifts when it was quieter to avoid unwelcome male attention. Working in bars at that time was too often distressing and dangerous for me. As a young student, I worked there out of necessity, rather than choice. The everyday sexism and sexual assault I was subjected to has never completely left me. It is never...
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How can governments ensure their cybersecurity is strong?
Digital & Computing

How can governments ensure their cybersecurity is strong?

...careful and inclusive process to develop a Cyber Disruption Response capability across a host of Michigan state agencies, in conjunction with local and federal partners, and in consultation with private sector and non-profit entities. Michigan devoted both resources (thus not “Cheap”) and time (thus not “Fast”) to its process, and as a result it ended up with a...
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