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Systems thinking: a select glossary
Money & Business

Systems thinking: a select glossary

...Changes, modelled as an interconnected set of activities which convert an input to an output which may leave the system (a 'product') or become an input to another transformation. Trap A way of thinking which is inappropriate for the context or issue being explored. Worldview That view of the world which enables each observer to attribute meaning to what is observed...
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We shouldn’t judge Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by its cover
History & The Arts

We shouldn’t judge Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by its cover

...changing their covers so as to target either male or female readers. Publishers target readers of different ages as a matter of course, as the different adult and children’s editions of the Harry Potter series demonstrate. Authors too value their covers: when his manuscript for The Great Gatsby was delayed, F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote to his editor requesting that a...
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Methods in Motion: Occupying spaces in Hong Kong and London
History & The Arts

Methods in Motion: Occupying spaces in Hong Kong and London

...change. By contrast, FM 101 activists saw the protest as an opportunity to establish a community that would itself be the demand. I was struck by these differences, and noted that the method of communicating one-to-one in a neutral setting, as compared to a conversation that unfolds amidst a group in a space that holds affective significance for co-participants, pointed...
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Musicians, loops and the longest piece ever
History & The Arts

Musicians, loops and the longest piece ever

...changed in this piece was in 2013; the next will be in 2020). The piece in question is currently being played in London, in what was formerly an inshore lighthouse on the bank of the Thames. It has the title Longplayer, and is created from a twenty-minute recording of Tibetan singing bowls. From this source recording, six fairly short pieces of music were derived. A...
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Tackling juror trauma and stress
Society, Politics & Law

Tackling juror trauma and stress

...changes and improvements to services are likely to take time. However, strategies can focus on three broad domains; pre-trial, concurrent to the case, and post-trial. Support within trials could take the format of more clear preparation for jurors on the type of distressing content they may encounter within trials, and guidance on coping strategies that can be implemented...
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Selling Empire: Exhibitions
History & The Arts

Selling Empire: Exhibitions

...changed from being a bit-player in the 1851 Great Exhibition, to the main focus of the 1924-5 Wembley Empire Exhibition...How far was British culture ‘imperial’? Some authors point to the overwhelming number of books, articles, advertisements, songs, imperialistic school textbooks and cigarette cards, and argue that by the late nineteenth century British culture was...
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How do musical instruments produce sound?
History & The Arts

How do musical instruments produce sound?

...change proposes a constant challenge to people in the ‘instrument-categorisation game’, remember that what we do today with music is still part of a tradition as old as humanity itself. A note about timbre We have limited space here, but if I can recommend one subject for further study it would be that of ‘timbre’. Above, is an image of uniform ‘curvy’ waves...
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What pressures are young men feeling?
Education & Development

What pressures are young men feeling?

...changed dramatically. “The jobs that society has a higher regard for … fall to men,” one said. Nevertheless, a small number expressed resentment at what they regarded as the more favourable treatment of young women – including young mothers, when it came to custody issues or domestic disputes. “In the eyes of social media, social services and the law, the...
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