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Avoid being held to ransom by SamSam
Digital & Computing

Avoid being held to ransom by SamSam

...managed by many different teams with unclear responsibilities. Like other organisations, Atlanta has not made adequate investment in computer security training and preventative measures to protect against security threats; (the same problems were found in the NHS after the WannaCry attack). Indeed, an earlier audit had warned that the city was at risk from cyber attack,...
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Darwin on hunting with bolas
History & The Arts

Darwin on hunting with bolas

...manage. The little hovel, built of thistle-stalks, in which they slept, neither kept out the wind nor rain; indeed in the latter case the only effect the roof had, was to condense it into larger drops. They had nothing to eat excepting what they could catch, such as ostriches, deer, armadilloes, etc., and their only fuel was the dry stalks of a small plant, somewhat...
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How is a University obsession with teenagers hurting part-time students?
Education & Development

How is a University obsession with teenagers hurting part-time students?

...managing mental health problems, medication, hospital visits and declining mobility viewed part-time study as a lifeline. Only 15% reported getting support from their employers for their studies. Almost all admitted they would prefer to be studying full-time, feeling they had missed out. But they could not imagine being able to afford to study without working. They needed...
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Think entertainment is violent today? The Victorians were much, much worse
Society, Politics & Law

Think entertainment is violent today? The Victorians were much, much worse

...managers also became alert to the profits which could be made from performances based on recent murders. Among the collections of 19th century playbills kept by the British Library is one advertising a tragedy, The Gamblers, at the Surrey Theatre on London’s Southbank in 1823. Based on the murder of William Weare by John Thurtell near Watford, proprietors promised...
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Occupying Turin: refugees breathe life into abandoned buildings of Olympic village, but authorities want them out
Society, Politics & Law

Occupying Turin: refugees breathe life into abandoned buildings of Olympic village, but authorities want them out

...managed to develop two small shops selling African and Italian foods, a pop-up barbershop complete with multiple mirrors and music, a Senegalese restaurant, and perhaps most impressively “La Scuola” (the school): a classroom stocked with books, a chalkboard and mismatched tables and chairs. [The image is of a classroom setting. There is a blackboard at the top left...
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Telephone bereavement support: does it work?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Telephone bereavement support: does it work?

...managed to get to the point of wanting to ask for help. It’s a sad fact, that the number of people in the UK who seek bereavement support outstrips the amount of provision. However, for a bereavement service, it’s easier to deploy trained supporters remotely – to get the help to where it’s needed, quicker. There’s no concern about travel time or expenses for the...
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The benefits of a longer product life
Science, Maths & Technology

The benefits of a longer product life

...management begins with prevention and ends with disposal, with many steps in between. You may recognise the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle hierarchy. If we can prevent and reduce e-waste at its current levels, then we can deliver impactful reductions in the carbon emissions of products. [The waste hierarchy pyramid ] A revised waste hierarchy with a focus on reducing the...
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Clinton / Trump II: America comes off the loser
Society, Politics & Law

Clinton / Trump II: America comes off the loser

...manage to generate in two years, with the media and pundit class near-hysterical in their excitement. Normal political discourse was fully abandoned little more than 48 hours before the debate began, when a video emerged of Trump describing how stardom empowered him to sexually assault women with impunity. The ensuing political and media storm reached a fever pitch just...
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