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Marketing food to children and young people: Why it matters even more in the digital age
Education & Development

Marketing food to children and young people: Why it matters even more in the digital age

...systems; and urban planning and deprivation that doesn’t support physical activity or healthy food supply. In addition to all these – and interacting with them – is the promotion (marketing and advertising) of unhealthy foods in the media and elsewhere, which has been shown to increase children’s eating. From their earliest days, children recognise more unhealthy...
The Great Fall: A personal perspective, before and after
Languages

The Great Fall: A personal perspective, before and after

...systemic flaws and distortions had been serious, Walter grimly predicted huge losses in East Germany’s progressive social programmes now the Wall was down. As we walked around what was East Berlin Walter, then in his 83rd year, talked about the need for a radical rethink of socialist strategies, so our children and grandchildren would grow up in a better world. Those of...
How can we address racial inequality and racial disproportionality?
Education & Development

How can we address racial inequality and racial disproportionality?

...System 2020 Update. This includes communities’ concerns about racial disparities in stop and search. In November 2020, London Mayor Sadiq Khan has launched an action plan to address concerns regarding the disproportionality of the use of police powers against Black Londoners. The action plan also outlines training for police officers and an increase in Black officers...
The Internet at 40
Science, Maths & Technology

The Internet at 40

...system. Pioneers: Donald Davies Donald Davies, a British pioneer of the early internet, explain his key contribution to internet technology - chopping data into small packets that could be transmitted across the netwrok and recombined at the other end. Pioneers: Tim Berners-Lee Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the world wide web, talks about where the idea came from and...
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Using generative AI in relation to legal issues
Society, Politics & Law

Using generative AI in relation to legal issues

...system could infringe the IP rights of a third party. This may occur if the training data used to create the LLM contained third party materials that are protected by IP rights without that third party’s permission. It may also arise because the user included third party IP content in their prompts when using an LLM. You should not upload content or IP belonging to a...
Florida just wants it over
Society, Politics & Law

Florida just wants it over

...think that this election will define the future of American democracy. If anything, it’s the Clinton supporters who have the most apocalyptic vision. How, they ask, can a man whose actions and rhetoric embody the worst kinds of ignorance, prejudice and arrogance find himself within striking distance of the White House? As they see it, something is rotten in the heart of...
Straight talking collides with cyclical preferences
Society, Politics & Law

Straight talking collides with cyclical preferences

...system won’t be as economically efficient or socially just as the theories suggest. Yet sometimes in practice, cyclical preference seems perfectly rational. When choosing among election candidates, I might prefer Gottabee Wright to Hardy Lefte, and think both of them more worthwhile than third candidate Strickland Centre. But if confronted with the binary choices, I...
Exercising at 50
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exercising at 50

...system; muscles, ligaments and joints (Penn, 2016). When performing any form of exercise, you should aim to hold your body in the best posture (e.g. head up, shoulders back and down, neutral spine). Pilates type exercises are great for educating on the correct posture whilst strengthening the core musculature that surrounds and protects your spine. As strength-based...