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Has Donald Trump's strike on Syria rewritten international law?
Society, Politics & Law

Has Donald Trump's strike on Syria rewritten international law?

...become accepted practice long before that. Today, it seems that the consensus against the use of chemical weapons is so universal that states have begun to improvise enforcement rules beyond those included in the Chemical Weapons Convention, which has been signed by every country in the world except Egypt, South Sudan and North Korea. The development of this new norm...
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Straight talking collides with cyclical preferences
Society, Politics & Law

Straight talking collides with cyclical preferences

...becoming uncomfortably clear that in this case – given only the choice between Soft Brexit and Remain – many Hard Brexit enthusiasts would prefer to Remain. They suspect that Soft Brexit will leave the UK with most of the present costs of membership (including a large financial contribution, conformity to single market rules and common external tariffs) without all...
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What does 'settled status' for EU citizens mean?
Society, Politics & Law

What does 'settled status' for EU citizens mean?

...become clearer, after the Home Office published details of the scheme. But there are still some issues that EU citizens will need to watch out for. There are four steps to a successful settlement scheme application: A digital application form Fee of £65, or £32.50 for children Proof of identity/nationality A photo There are a further three “simple” requirements to...
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Margaret Hamilton: Spaceship Programmer and Software Pioneer
Science, Maths & Technology

Margaret Hamilton: Spaceship Programmer and Software Pioneer

...become the bases for her Universal Systems Language (001AXES) and Development Before the Fact (DBTF) formal systems theory (Spicer 2017). In 1976 Margaret Hamilton co-founded Higher Order Software where she applied her skilled methodology to defence projects. In 1986, she left HOS to found Hamilton Technologies, to accelerate the evolution software technology and to...
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Jean-Pierre Gattuso - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Jean-Pierre Gattuso - Stories of Change

...becoming less effective with the high risk scenario, with the RCP 8.5, the business as usual, the number of options declines and their efficiency declines as well. RH: You speak to policy makers from time to time. Do you get the sense that they have really understand the potential impact on the oceans? JPG: I think they do now - the coverage of the ocean in the IPCC...
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Life as a Railway Worker: An Oral History Testimony by Nan Zaimaitas nee Lamont
Society, Politics & Law

Life as a Railway Worker: An Oral History Testimony by Nan Zaimaitas nee Lamont

...Becoming a Union Rep In the early 1980s the Bridgeton depot was shut with the opening of the Yoker Depot in the West of Glasgow. I continued my role as carriage cleaner, which I loved, but witnessed a campaign of bullying and harassment by a couple of management inspectors towards the cleaners. I watched grown men crumble, reduced to tears as they were threatened with...
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How can Adult Carers get the best support during Covid-19 pandemic and beyond?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can Adult Carers get the best support during Covid-19 pandemic and beyond?

...become visible to the rest of the country in a way that they never were before. Through the pandemic, we have all come to recognise and appreciate the enormous value of carers, both paid and unpaid, and the pressures they face, to the extent of applauding them and other key workers in our millions every week. Before the pandemic hit, the number of those providing unpaid...
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Systems explained: Sir Geoffrey Vickers
Money & Business

Systems explained: Sir Geoffrey Vickers

...become respectable. It is not always openly admitted, but it seems to me an absolutely clear implication of Systems Theory, that at every level of organisation new laws appear which were not apparent, and could not even in theory have been deduced by the behaviour of the constituents of the system, before they were organized. This idea of new levels, new laws breaking in...
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