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What do you need to know about Donald Trump's nominee to oversee US banking?
Money & Business

What do you need to know about Donald Trump's nominee to oversee US banking?

...guiding principle for central bank decision-making. In recent years, the rule has gained much interest among people who watch and study the Fed. The Taylor rule states that the Fed should establish short-term interest rates using a mathematical formula. It would use the current rate as a starting point and then factor in data tied to inflation and GDP, both based on the...
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The civil engineer's fear of the penalty shoot-out: Predicting the World Cup
Science, Maths & Technology

The civil engineer's fear of the penalty shoot-out: Predicting the World Cup

...guide most of them. Will it be Germany or Brazil, perhaps Tunisia or Egypt? Intuitively Brazil or Germany seem better bets than Tunisia or Egypt. Often our intuitions can be wrong as they are based on heuristics (rules of thumb) or biases (prejudices). Consider Egypt or Tunisia’s upcoming performance. Perhaps Egypt will do better: their superstar striker Mohamed Salah,...
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How is Italy reinventing the co-op?
Money & Business

How is Italy reinventing the co-op?

...guides me through a just-opened organic grocery in a low income neighborhood of the city. Then we stop for lunch at Piada 52, a lively café nestled in a city park. This, too, is a social cooperative, which hires unemployed youth and developmentally disabled people as part of campaign to revitalize the park, once known more for drug dealing than kids playing. Over beer...
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Reflections on resilience for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers
Society, Politics & Law

Reflections on resilience for LGBTQ+ asylum seekers

...Scheme and Basic guide to the UK spouse visa Asylum Aid Freedom from Torture Helen Bamber Foundation British Red Cross Refugee Services Child Trafficking Advice Centre (NSPCC) ECPAT UK Modern Slavery helpline and resource centre Barnardos Migrant and Refugee Children’s Refugee Legal Centre Coram Children’s Legal Centre Justright Scotland Scottish Guardianship Service...
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When Edward met Bertha: Mental Health, Colonialism, Race and Patriarchy in Jane Eyre
History & The Arts

When Edward met Bertha: Mental Health, Colonialism, Race and Patriarchy in Jane Eyre

...guides the reader to feel for ‘poor Edward’, trapped in this loveless marriage with a wife who repeatedly tries to kill him, and to pity his inability to take Jane to wife due to his being ‘shackled’ to the first Mrs Rochester. According to Rochester ‘Bertha Mason is mad; and she came of a mad family; idiots and maniacs through three generations! Her mother, the...
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The body in antiquity
History & The Arts

The body in antiquity

...University course A864 MA Classical Studies Part 2. [Described image] Figure 1 Copy of Discobolus, by Myron (fifth century BCE), marble. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Photo: Ancient Art and Architecture Collection Ltd/Bridgeman Images...The body in antiquity: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand what makes the study of...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
Introduction to Arabic
Education & Development

Introduction to Arabic

...University short course Introduction to Arabic Language and Culture by the Open Centre for Languages and Cultures. Completing this course will take you about four hours. This course focuses on the most basic steps in learning Arabic: you will learn the alphabet, vowels, and also learn a bit about different dialects and the history of the Arabic language. You are...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Rhyddhau amrywiaeth y gorffennol
History & The Arts

Rhyddhau amrywiaeth y gorffennol

...Guide to Searching LGBQIA Historic Records, hefyd yn ddefnyddiol fel adnodd cymorth mewn technegau ymchwil. Wrth ddefnyddio'r fethodoleg hon, rydych yn dechrau gweld straeon bach yn ymddangos. Mae'r rhan fwyaf ohonynt yn ymddangos yn nhudalennau papurau newydd fel llenwadau, y darnau ‘ac i gloi’ hynny sydd wedi eu hanelu at ddifyrru neu syfrdanu'r darllenydd. Ar eu...
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