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Learning How To Learn: Words from the Wise
Education & Development

Learning How To Learn: Words from the Wise

...world's greatest writers, philosophers and leaders throughout history with these reflective quotes on learning and self-development. ...Learning is exciting but it’s also a challenge. In fact, if it wasn’t a challenge, it wouldn’t be exciting! And that challenge is added to if you’re learning at a distance, given that you need even more resourcefulness and...
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Why would British athletes choose winter sports?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why would British athletes choose winter sports?

...World medallists Lauryn Williams (USA), Lolo Jones (USA) and Jana Pittman (Australia) have transitioned to bobsleigh. Live near a ski slope Paths into winter sports are often dictated by opportunity. Facilities for winter sports participation are few and far between and so location plays an important part. If you live near an ice rink you are more likely to become...
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A visit to Ada Lovelace's memorial
History & The Arts

A visit to Ada Lovelace's memorial

...world will not willingly let die, and there is one form now sleeping far away, round which many associations of touching interest cling - a form still remembered by the dwellers in this rural district: it is that of Byron's daughter, Ada. Those of our readers who are familiar with the mournful though beautiful lines in Childe Harold, and who recall to mind the career of...
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The New Union Flag project: from an object of agitation to a space for communication
Society, Politics & Law

The New Union Flag project: from an object of agitation to a space for communication

...world. It is only after getting familiar and practicing socially engaged art, community art and transgressive or agonistic art practices that I felt more comfortable with being called ‘an artist’. Rather than producing mere artifacts, my art has more to do with generating debate, creating platforms for communication, and occasionally activism – i.e. the work of a...
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Panic buying and how to stop it
Health, Sports & Psychology

Panic buying and how to stop it

...world. The term panic buying implies fear, namely the fear, based on the anticipation that important goods (food, water, toilet rolls) will run out. In many ways, this is a fear about losing control over our lives, and framed in these terms panic buying is a way of regaining control. A large part of fear is the physiological reaction to stress that can colour people’s...
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Reducing the digital carbon footprint of the cloud
Nature & Environment

Reducing the digital carbon footprint of the cloud

...world it really isn’t. A single Windows laptop backup can be 200GB, and mobile backups can easily eclipse 10’s gigabytes each. Not to mention, the reams of presentations, documents and email backups that are kept and retained with only the infrequently enacted destruction steps of out-of-date data retention policies to keep it in check. Gerry McGovern, author of World...
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Could President Trump do what Candidate Trump promises in the struggle against Islamic State?
Society, Politics & Law

Could President Trump do what Candidate Trump promises in the struggle against Islamic State?

...World Trade Center.“ Trump insisted that “the wife knew exactly what was happening.” Assuming for purposes of discussion that this rendition of the facts is accurate (and there is real disagreement about that), the legal issues can get convoluted. Contrary to what some people seem to think, the law of war does not limit its protections to just “innocent”...
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Erzberger: Negotiating the Armistice for Germany
History & The Arts

Erzberger: Negotiating the Armistice for Germany

...world. It seemed as if only a victory could justify the incredible losses Germany had suffered. Over two million soldiers had died and more than 700,000 civilians had perished as a result of hunger and malnutrition. Including victims of the Spanish flu epidemic, about three million dead were mourned. Now the country was being humiliated by vindictive victors, leading to...
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