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Do tax breaks work well for promoting creative industries?
History & The Arts

Do tax breaks work well for promoting creative industries?

...family. Yes, cultural differences can be a sticking point for direct subsidies. What good does it do to local talent if the work all day on something they may not necessarily relate to? Would it not perhaps be better to have them work on something they identify with culturally and socially? Perhaps even something that could improve their cultural identity? Working on...
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How do social networks play a key role in disaster recovery?
Society, Politics & Law

How do social networks play a key role in disaster recovery?

...family and neighbors. In many cases only 40 minutes separated the earthquake and the arrival of the tsunami. During that time, residents literally picked up and carried many elderly people out of vulnerable, low-lying areas. In high-trust neighborhoods, people knocked on doors of those who needed help and escorted them out of harm’s way. What helped cities bounce back?...
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Challenge: Make paper and ink
Science, Maths & Technology

Challenge: Make paper and ink

...Families and Genera of Woody Plants of Northwest South America: (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru): With Supplementary Notes) by Alwyn H. Gentry and Adrian B. Forsyth, University of Chicago Press1996; ISBN: 0226289443 (An excellent resource on learning to identify tropical plants in the field/forest) Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics by...
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Should I lock in my exchange rate when using cards and ATMs abroad?
Money & Business

Should I lock in my exchange rate when using cards and ATMs abroad?

...family arguing about it at the next ATM, and most chose the dynamic conversion into their own currencies. So why do travelers pay more by accepting a worse exchange rate when they could simply say no? Three functions of money Economists consider any item as money if it performs three different functions: unit of account, store of value and medium of exchange. Two out of...
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Are you a secret hoarder?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are you a secret hoarder?

...families and friends. Many of us have wardrobes full of clothes we haven't worn for years, books we rarely read and belongings from our and our children's childhoods we cannot part with. When these hoards start to get out of control - for example, when we can no longer fit into new clothes into our wardrobe, most people will have a clear out. A hoarder, however, will...
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The Financial Five a Day Podcast Series
Money & Business

The Financial Five a Day Podcast Series

...family and friends. Practical tips include the paradoxical guidance that ‘budgets make you free’, to pay yourself first and to automate your saving and investments. Transcript Find out more about Emmanuel here. [Pushpa headshot]Podcast 6: Pushpa Wood Pocket money in adult life Pushpa is a university teacher, researcher, and practitioner around money education. She...
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Emotion in motion: Supporting children’s understanding of different emotions through dance
Education & Development

Emotion in motion: Supporting children’s understanding of different emotions through dance

...Families. The video in this article shows a brief activity to illustrate how movement can be used to embody learning. Critically, it’s important to emphasise with the Dancemotion approach as a whole, it is the teachers’ and children’s interest and engagement with the content that is far more important than their experience or confidence in dance. Why we’re doing...
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Women in sport: stories from grassroots cricket
Health, Sports & Psychology

Women in sport: stories from grassroots cricket

...family orientated audience. However, because of the impact of the Coronavirus outbreak, the tournament has now been postponed until 2021. One of the features of The Hundred is its novel approach to gender equity. Billed as both a men’s and women’s tournament, each of the 8 city-based clubs have a male and a female team. The prize money on offer is the same for both...
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