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Why Michelle Obama's farewell is a masterclass in speech making
Society, Politics & Law

Why Michelle Obama's farewell is a masterclass in speech making

...attention that it deserves, but in time, it will surely get its due as a pivotal and prophetic address. In the final act of her national performance, Obama has given us all, teachers and students, a valuable lesson in presentation skills: you don’t necessarily have to shout, thunder, and blow your own trumpet to be listened to – even for decades to come.[The...
Struggling in silence: Why we need to talk about autistic people’s experiences of menstruation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Struggling in silence: Why we need to talk about autistic people’s experiences of menstruation

...attention to autistic people’s experiences of menstruation? Menstruation is a topic that is rarely discussed openly – and the culture of silence, discomfort and shame surrounding it could mean that we fail to consider how the physical realities of periods are likely to affect autistic people. We know that autistic people often have sensory processing differences –...
Improving the everyday lives of carers
Health, Sports & Psychology

Improving the everyday lives of carers

...attention. 30% of Europeans are not online, yet older people who are online report feeling more in control of their lives and rarely feeling isolated or lonely so it is important that carers are able to use digital devices such as smart phones, PCs and tablet computers to take advantage of online offers, to keep in touch with family and friends, to chat with other carers...
Understanding children: babies being heard
Education & Development

Understanding children: babies being heard

...attention. All newborns need is to be clean and well fed. A newborn baby is like a ‘blank slate’ – it can't think at all. Newborns can express pleasure and displeasure. Newborns can't tell what's going on around them. Discussion How did you get on? In fact the only statement that can really be said to be true is number 6; all the others are either incorrect or very...
Did Waterloo prevent a fresh Anglo-American war?
History & The Arts

Did Waterloo prevent a fresh Anglo-American war?

...attention which the events passing in Europe have for some weeks commanded, may be said to have made the people of England act as if it were impossible for anything of interest or of importance to us, to occur in another quarter of the world. But for the vast magnitude of those changes which have occurred in the immediate vicinity of this country, our most serious...
Professor Andrew Watson - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Professor Andrew Watson - Stories of Change

...attention on climate sensitivity, the doubling of CO2, because I don’t know many people who think we’ll actually stop at doubling CO2. Most people I know in the scientific world think we’ll go much beyond that. AW: There is a risk. It simplifies and oversimplifies the debate, because if you concentrate, for example, on the average rise in temperature, that’s not...
Even Brexit backers can’t make the sums work for UK to quit EU
Society, Politics & Law

Even Brexit backers can’t make the sums work for UK to quit EU

...attention are the finalists for the London-based Institute of Economic Affairs’ €100,000 Brexit Prize. Despite all the coverage and praise received by the winning essay, one fundamental point remains: the winning essay does not support Brexit, it actually supports “Britin”. I am not saying the essay makes a clumsy case or that it finds Brexit benefits to be small,...
Does Inside Out accurately capture the mind of an 11-year-old girl? A child psychologist weighs in
Health, Sports & Psychology

Does Inside Out accurately capture the mind of an 11-year-old girl? A child psychologist weighs in

...attention.” “Did we leave the toilet seat up again?” “Wait for her to do it again.”) Meanwhile, Mom’s (annoyed) emotions decide that she would have been better off with a former suitor. The humor with which it was handled was truly refreshing. Similarly, one of the best aspects of the film is that Joy realizes that she must work with Sadness to enrich...