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The Goldlist method: Learning vocabulary by writing it down
Languages

The Goldlist method: Learning vocabulary by writing it down

...works Thousands of people swear the goldlist method and use it happily every day. The author of the method is David James, a polyglot who created the method based on how our brains remember new information: as long as they receive it in a relaxed state, they will naturally pick a few items that will be stored in long-term memory. You can’t influence which words the...
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The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: The Volkswagen Scandal
Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: The Volkswagen Scandal

...work cut out for him in wake of test rigging scandal”. These revelations of cheating also point to broader issues of innovation and technology. A traditionally assumed advantage of capitalism is its promotion of technological advancements and innovation at all levels of production. Yet the VW case shows the reverse side of this ingenuity. Here the company was...
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The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Renewable Energy
Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: Renewable Energy

...work costs associated with pollution and broaden a country’s manufacturing base. John Mathews and Hao Tan explore these green opportunities in the Chinese context in their article “Want to see the business case for green energy? Just look at China”. Nevertheless, there are substantial challenges for fostering “green businesses”. It required a large amount of...
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The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: How to Manage a Boardroom
Money & Business

The Bottom Line Expert Opinion: How to Manage a Boardroom

...working women. For a critical examination of these issues, read “The race for Boardroom diversity is falling at the first hurdle” by Alison Wolf. Corporate boardrooms and their management have been under renewed scrutiny due to recent scandals. It is believed that if only executives and directors ran the company better from the top, then these incidents of misconduct...
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Climate change's causes, effects and geographies of responsibility
Society, Politics & Law

Climate change's causes, effects and geographies of responsibility

...working in Bangladesh for The Open University...[Geography matters climate change Bangladesh] Climate change will affect everyone on the planet. Anthropogenic - in other words, caused by humans - no one will be able to escape its effects. It will not discriminate between rich and poor, nor between countries and species. In the short term there will be winners; some areas...
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Theresanomics explained
Money & Business

Theresanomics explained

...works for everyone' have been widely seen as a departure from the austerity policies of her predecessor David Cameron. However, what is this new 'Theresanomics'? Theresa May has forcefully pushed forward a fresh agenda that seems to combine social justice concerns with social and economic conservatism. Much of this revolves around embracing the 'anti-establishment'...
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Sebastian Chuwa: environmentalist, conservationist and champion of Tanzanian nature
Nature & Environment

Sebastian Chuwa: environmentalist, conservationist and champion of Tanzanian nature

...working in Tanzania and knew him.]Sebastian Chuwa. Image: courtesy of the author who took the photo herself in1997.Entering his garden was like discovering a different world. Everyone else has a yard, a cow shed if they’re lucky, but not much more in the way of a garden. Sebastian’s was completely different. It was a beautiful garden with paths weaving between flower...
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Grief and the body: mourning in ancient Rome
History & The Arts

Grief and the body: mourning in ancient Rome

...including its active physical dimensions, can be a way of working through grief, venting the pain, even if it involves spectating rather than direct participation. Grief physically hurts, and although that awful pain may not always be visible to others, in some settings and cultures the human body becomes a vital tool for communicating, representing and sharing grief....
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