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Who is in the wrong in the Ashley Madison hack?
History & The Arts

Who is in the wrong in the Ashley Madison hack?

...intelligent individuals have been duped not only by what they have been sold but also by their own naivety. I also wonder how many of ALM’s members have told their children to be careful about what websites they sign up to or reveal on social media, as nothing is private on the web.[The Conversation] This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the...
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Does poor spelling really make President Trump unfit for office?
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Does poor spelling really make President Trump unfit for office?

...intelligence generally. Transcript Then there was the furore over a mistake Gordon Brown made towards the end of his tenure as prime minister of the UK, when he was accused by the mother of a soldier killed in Afghanistan of disrespecting her son’s memory by incorrectly spelling his name. But Brown’s handwriting is famously bad due an to eye injury sustained in his...
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Ambridge accents: How The Archers use accent to depict class
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Ambridge accents: How The Archers use accent to depict class

...intelligent, educated) and solidarity (friendly, kind, trustworthy). Sure enough, the assessments followed a familiar pattern, with characters such as Brian, Jennifer, Lynda and Jim Lloyd scoring highly on measures of status, but characters such as Clarrie, Eddie, Emma and Jazzer taking their place on measures of solidarity. What Jazzer sounds like. This would suggest...
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Left behind?
Society, Politics & Law

Left behind?

...intelligence, mental ill health, and even homosexuality. Despite the ten per cent statistic, a recent event reminded me of how left-handedness is still something we struggle to live with. Just look at the latest Apple watch launched in September 2014. After the launch, Apple was inundated with thousands of complaints from left-handed people saying the watch was designed...
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Autism quiz text
Health, Sports & Psychology

Autism quiz text

...intelligence Is the answer TRUE, FALSE or DEBATABLE? Answer... FALSE While some children and adults on the autism spectrum have mild to severe intellectual impairment, the intellectual functioning of others is within, and in some cases above, the normal range. Children on the autism spectrum often attend mainstream schools. However, they may still have difficulties in...
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The Z Files: Jon Chase
Science, Maths & Technology

The Z Files: Jon Chase

...intelligence and genetic inheritance, but alien communication how would we know?” Benjamin Zephaniah Let’s just take a young Benjamin Zephaniah, left school at 13, got in trouble with the police, was a bit of a jack the lad, but then found a love for science. Could somebody like me get back on the educational path to learn about science even if I’ve messed up a...
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Impossible Peace 2: The missing legacy voices
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Impossible Peace 2: The missing legacy voices

...intelligence - in the loyalist and IRA leaderships? For those who have taken their memory and experiences and truths with them. There is a long, long list that stretches into the churches through to those who offered international help and advice - to the big community voices and into the media, to colleagues of mine who reported on that long journey from then to now. For...
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Latitude and Longitude
History & The Arts

Latitude and Longitude

...artificial stars' are used as reference points to calculate a terrestrial position to within an accuracy of a few metres. In fact, with advanced forms of GPS you can make measurements to within a centimetre! What would Harrison have made of it? Weblinks History of Navigation at Sea Secrets of Ancient Navigation The BBC and the Open University are not responsible for the...
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