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Inside the mind of Trump's true believers
Health, Sports & Psychology

Inside the mind of Trump's true believers

...health care could be so complicated.” And, of course, Trump had no political or public sector experience to inform his most controversial decisions. Yet he masterfully parlayed this shortcoming into the virtue of being an “outsider” battling an entrenched Washington establishment. Hoffer viewed “true believers” as craving “a new life – a rebirth – or,...
Understanding interstrand crosslink repair in Drosophila
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding interstrand crosslink repair in Drosophila

...health. When repair mechanisms are defective, humans become predisposed to a range of cancers. One kind of DNA damage for which effective repair is vital to humans, crosslinking of DNA. This occurs when various agents react with two different position in the DNA; in opposite strands of the DNA it is known as an interstrand crosslink (ICL). The presence of ICL results in...
When the skeletons won’t go home: what the law says after Halloween
Society, Politics & Law

When the skeletons won’t go home: what the law says after Halloween

...Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 and requires that, where no other suitable arrangements are available, the local authority where the body is located ensures that it is buried or cremated. Therefore, once the skeleton or dead body is evicted from your property, your legal duty could end with you contacting the local authority and notifying them that the skeleton or...
Butterflies tell us more than you might think about our natural world
Nature & Environment

Butterflies tell us more than you might think about our natural world

...health of the rest of ecosystem. Generally, if butterflies are declining, then it is likely that other species including ones that are hard to record or we don’t know much about are declining as well. Therefore, what we do for butterflies can be great for others as well. Finally, however sad it might seem, they are great food for other animals. You’ll often see birds...
Four weird ideas people used to have about women’s periods
History & The Arts

Four weird ideas people used to have about women’s periods

...health and in their absence, a loss of blood through another orifice was a fair substitute. In a classical Greek text linked to Hippocrates, the Aphorisms, it was written that “a nosebleed is a good thing if the menstrual period is suppressed”. So too was vomiting blood. And these beliefs lasted in western Europe until the middle of the 19th century. But what was the...
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Education & Development

English: skills for learning

...health and wellbeing. Download the text now. Activity 7 Timing: Allow approximately 10 minutes Read only the introductory paragraph, the headings and the topic sentence of each paragraph. Then answer the questions that follow. I recommend printing out this text as you will refer to it again while working through the next few activities. Question 1 Having skim read the...
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Giving and Receiving Powerful Feedback
Health, Sports & Psychology

Giving and Receiving Powerful Feedback

...Wellbeing References Bakker, A. B. and Leiter, M. B. (2010) Work Engagement: A Handbook of Essential Theory and Research. London: Psychology Press. Besieux, T. (2017) ‘Why I hate feedback: Anchoring effective feedback within organizations’, Business Horizons, 60(4), pp. 435–9, doi: 10.1016/j.bushor.2017.03.001. Shute, V. (2008) ‘Focus on formative feedback’,...
The story of a female postal worker
Society, Politics & Law

The story of a female postal worker

...health and safety and how to ‘prep a frame’. You are then left to your own devices. “We come in each day and break down our mail. It comes to us in boxes and we tie these down into bundles and bags to assist with our own delivery.” Casual workers/temps are treated differently within the workforce, they are trained less than permanent workers as well. Postal...