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What does toilet paper teach us about poverty?
Society, Politics & Law

What does toilet paper teach us about poverty?

...systemic reasons that prevent people in the bottom 20% from climbing the ladder. For example, the poorest 20% of Americans pay more in marginal taxes than the richest (10.9% vs 5.4%, NY Times). Once paid, those considered “unbanked” individuals could be penalized again, described as those who do not have access to a bank account. Bad credit or being ineligible for a...
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Moving education in Sri Lanka from equal access to full gender equality
Education & Development

Moving education in Sri Lanka from equal access to full gender equality

...system from policy makers to teachers. But before that policy makers at the highest level need to confront their own ideologies and have an open and honest conversations on how long we are going to continue to hide behind gender parity, tradition, and the traditional family unit to allow gender inequality to persist in Sri Lanka. This article was originally published by...
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Selling Empire: Film
History & The Arts

Selling Empire: Film

...system. Hence it showed lines of tea pickers and men picking and husking coconuts by hand, to the sound of orders and prices being dictated. [EMB Lancashire Cotton Goods] 'Lancashire Cotton Goods for India', by Keith Henderson, displayed 1930; ref 1935.583 Song of Ceylon shows how the EMB Film Unit gave early film makers opportunities to experiment with the new...
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Laser beam welding
Science, Maths & Technology

Laser beam welding

...system can be directed to several workstations. Ideal for automation as no mechanical or electrical contact is needed between workpiece and laser beam. Five-axis, fully automated and programmable machines are available, enabling complex weldments. No vacuum required, so no vacuum interlocks. Sections to be joined must be closely and accurately positioned due to small spot...
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Northern Ireland’s dance to the music of time of Brexit
Society, Politics & Law

Northern Ireland’s dance to the music of time of Brexit

...systems and significant time delays in their implementation, the transactions costs (administrative costs or those of doing business) will be large, adding to the existing total expended on Brexit to date. The original estimate of the loss of national income to NI from Brexit was around 3% up to 2025-2030, but the subsequent UK government study suggested that the loss...
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What is polonium - and why is it so dangerous?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is polonium - and why is it so dangerous?

...systems rather than targeting one type of molecule. The effects of polonium poisoning are effectively those of acute radiation poisoning. These occur within one day of exposure to a large dose of ionising radiation. The effects are all based on damage occurring to the body’s fast-growing cells: bone marrow – a drop in number of blood cells causing tiredness...
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What is the pension triple lock, and how has it become an election issue?
Money & Business

What is the pension triple lock, and how has it become an election issue?

...system. The additional pension and any protected payment are increased each year in line with price inflation to protect their buying power. But, since 2011, the basic state pension and the new state pension have been increased each year by whatever is highest out of price inflation, earnings inflation or 2.5% (the triple lock). A see-saw of policies The three strands of...
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The navigation apps that help the visually impaired
Society, Politics & Law

The navigation apps that help the visually impaired

...system of GPS based navigation for the visually impaired in which a GPS receiver would be carried in a backpack dedicated for that purpose. But while the technology existed, the need to have a rucksack full of heavy computing equipment made this approach unfeasible. It is the emergence of the smartphone, with its built-in GPS receiver and sophisticated mapping software,...
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