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Rugby: A game of risk and reward
Health, Sports & Psychology

Rugby: A game of risk and reward

...becomes part of the game (from U9 onwards) perhaps the risks will begin to outweigh the rewards. In particular the risk of spinal injury is the scariest to contemplate. But what is the nature of such a risk and am I just being an overprotective mother? What is the risk? Fuller (2008) found that “the risk of catastrophic injury in rugby union was comparable with that...
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From the Sumerians to Shakespeare to Twain: why fart jokes never get old
History & The Arts

From the Sumerians to Shakespeare to Twain: why fart jokes never get old

...becomes clear why farts are universally funny. It’s because they are capable of producing this effect in all of the ways identified by the three theories of humor. And events that satisfy the criteria for all three forms of humor tend to be especially funny. For example, a few years ago, a YouTube post was made of Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly passing gas repeatedly on a...
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Scotland Votes 2016: Campaign snapshots
Society, Politics & Law

Scotland Votes 2016: Campaign snapshots

...become a sideshow. The Scottish Greens, who currently have two seats, may end up with four. That could be the same as the Lib Dems, who currently have five. The increasingly comical UKIP are likely to receive none. 6. Progress [Kezia Dugdale] Kezia Dugdale Perhaps the most welcome non-talking point was Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale’s decision to “share with the...
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Why did poorer people vote to leave the European Union?
Society, Politics & Law

Why did poorer people vote to leave the European Union?

...become a Cats Protection charity shop] In what might have been designed as a visual metaphor, a former Job Centre reopens as a charity shop Left out of the deal Education and income were the big dividing lines between pessimists and optimists. Graduates were much more likely to think leaving the EU would make the economy worse off and reduce Britain’s influence. Among...
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Stories from Vienna: 6 key figures
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Stories from Vienna: 6 key figures

...become famous in his profession and a forensic expert in high demand. The doctor took preventive measures and due to his spiteful “expert” testimony, Zawrel was sent to prison. He spent long years in prison and psychiatric institutions, and only with the help of a journalist could he eventually name and shame psychiatrists who contributed to Nazi atrocities, and gain...
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How Trump tweets
Society, Politics & Law

How Trump tweets

...become, with the prevalence of emails and texts, ubiquitous signifiers of the writer’s mood. As Jean Berko Gleason points out: “They can mitigate the brusqueness of a brief reply by indicating the writer’s enthusiasm, sincerity, surprise – it all depends on the situation.” Cutting out media middlemen These tweets are not indiscriminate and ill thought-out after...
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Ready or not, we're having an election
Society, Politics & Law

Ready or not, we're having an election

...for her Brexit vision. If, somehow, things do go wrong, and she fails to achieve a majority, all bets will be off and a second EU referendum would become a realistic prospect. But as things stand, that looks highly unlikely. The smart money is on an increased Conservative majority. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Brexit and the Art of Negotiation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Brexit and the Art of Negotiation

...becoming increasingly obvious that this will be extremely difficult to achieve in the time frame of the 2-year negotiation process. The danger is that Brexit negotiations will default to a lose-lose situation unless the common ground necessary for win-win can be found. So what could be done to give the Brexit negotiations the best start? To begin with it is important to...
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