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Could Bernie Sanders be the next American President?
Society, Politics & Law

Could Bernie Sanders be the next American President?

...worked tirelessly for decades to minimize the number of black voters, continuing an inglorious tradition of racism dating back to pre-civil war America. The sustained virulence with which the Republican establishment has attacked, blocked, demeaned and vilified the black man in the White House can only be explained in terms of festering racism. This is the crisis of...
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Early adopters: What are smartphones doing to children?
Education & Development

Early adopters: What are smartphones doing to children?

...work” are very important. Tablets and smartphones are typically viewed much closer to the face than things like televisions or desktop computers. Although books are also read up close, studies have shown that children tend to hold them further away than they do screens. The other problematic aspect of screens is that they have been shown to disrupt sleep. The blue light...
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The power of infographics in research dissemination
Education & Development

The power of infographics in research dissemination

...work. You will look at some good and bad practice in making and using infographics, and will learn how to evaluate infographics that appear to be presenting research evidence. The course concludes by introducing some free resources that can help you produce effective infographics of your own, and critically evaluate the infographics of others...Infographics are becoming...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
What are nerve agents - and what do they do?
Science, Maths & Technology

What are nerve agents - and what do they do?

...work...[Members of the 93rd Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team (WMD CST) scan a survey team member for nerve or blister agents with chemical detection equipment during a casualty evacuation drill. ] The US navy at Pearl Harbor holds a drill, including scanning a person for signs of chemical contamination The former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter...
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The Writer's Room: J.K. Rowling
History & The Arts

The Writer's Room: J.K. Rowling

...work in pursuit of supplementing the experience of reading with something more immediate, sensory, and experimental. What exactly then does the writer’s desk and chair ‘mean’? What is its value? Commercially, it has lent lustre to the hotel for sure, and doubtless the suite commands a premium price. Culturally, the writer’s desk typically stages the place and end...
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Article 10 mins
What is a confidence and supply government?
Society, Politics & Law

What is a confidence and supply government?

...working coalition with any single minor party. In such a scenario, a minority government could be formed and kept in office through what is known as a confidence-and-supply agreement with one or more of the minor parties. As the title suggests, a confidence-and-supply agreement has two distinct strands. By convention, in order to remain in office, a government must retain...
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Information security
Science, Maths & Technology

Information security

...work on the realised value of the company, called book value; that is the total value of its tangible assets: its property, computers, manufacturing plant etc. In contrast, shareholders value the things in a company that can make money, called it’s market value. So on top of the tangible assets, their interest includes the information that a company holds. For...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
World-Changing Women: Hildegard of Bingen
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Hildegard of Bingen

...works are books of theology, some of which are based upon her visions. Her surviving works also include more than a hundred letters to emperors and popes, bishops, nuns, and nobility, which reflect her single-mindedness, independent spirit, and refusal to be intimidated by power or authority. Hildegard travelled throughout southern Germany and into Switzerland and as far...
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