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The Switch tells us a lot about Nintendo
Science, Maths & Technology

The Switch tells us a lot about Nintendo

...centre or a portable handheld device. But if you look through the company’s bloodline of previous systems, you can find common themes and design goals that Nintendo has been refining for years and that still emerge in the Switch. [The Conversation] The new device consists of a tablet computer that can be used on its own or connected to a larger monitor and accompanied...
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Why the UK can't take business support for the EU for granted
Society, Politics & Law

Why the UK can't take business support for the EU for granted

...centred on a belief that a UK exit from the union – or a “Brexit” as headline writers would have it – will put jobs at risk and reduce Britain’s influence worldwide. His speech will come after Deutsche Bank and digger maker JCB this week offered up contrasting views on the risks at play and highlighted that although businesses are united in their desire to end...
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Five things you might like to know about Recovery Colleges
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five things you might like to know about Recovery Colleges

...centre or similar advice-giving organisation they should be able to help you discover if there is a local college. As recovery colleges are educational establishments you don’t need a health referral and you can apply directly to them. One college states: ‘There is absolutely no need for a referral; in fact we do not have a system for referrals. Although the college...
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Spain steels itself for another election after months with no government
Society, Politics & Law

Spain steels itself for another election after months with no government

...centre-right Ciudadanos (Citizens) party, who together had 162 seats, just 13 short of the 176 needed for an overall majority. But this was scotched by Ciudadanos’s leader Albert Rivera, who was reluctant to ally himself with a leader and party tainted by corruption scandals. A rather less plausible proposal for a coalition between Ciudadanos and Pedro Sánchez’s...
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Section 3: Red Clydeside: Key Issues and Key Events
Society, Politics & Law

Section 3: Red Clydeside: Key Issues and Key Events

...centre of the Empire, with trading links across the globe but in addition to its status as an important port, it was the paramount centre for shipbuilding, engineering and other heavy industries. A large proportion of its workforce were engaged in work in these sectors. This large concentration of workers in a few closely interrelated sectors of the economy, and in...
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Valentine's Day in 1840s Scotland
History & The Arts

Valentine's Day in 1840s Scotland

...centring on the Crichton Royal Institution in Dumfries, Scotland. My particular focus is on the use of music, with both social and therapeutic functions. Here, I’ve found programmes for annual Valentine’s concerts starting in the late-1840s which both demonstrate some of the repertoire in popular use at the time and illustrate some of the customs around the day...
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What is National Insurance and what is it used for?
Society, Politics & Law

What is National Insurance and what is it used for?

...centre of a row within Britain’s ruling Conservative Party. The recent budget announced a rise in the tax for the self-employed (from 9% to 11% on profits above £8,060 – still less than the 12% paid by employees). But a number of Conservative MPs have strongly criticised the announcement, forcing the prime minister to delay any changes until autumn. [The...
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Eid al-Fitr
History & The Arts

Eid al-Fitr

...children bowing down and offering Namaz prayers on the occasion of Eid`Al-Fitr.]Muslim men and children bowing down and offering prayers during Eid`Al-Fitr. On the first day of the festival men should gather to perform a special congregational prayer, which is usually followed by a sermon. Numbers may be too great for them to meet in a mosque and the prayer may be...
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