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What does an engineer look like?
Science, Maths & Technology

What does an engineer look like?

...article posted to Medium she describes herself as a “passionate self-taught engineer, extreme introvert, science-nerd, anime-lover, college dropout, hip hop dancer, yoga teacher/hoop-dance teacher” and states the image is a pretty authentic representation of her, in a black company t-shirt and glasses. Yet when this advert appeared around San Francisco it prompted...
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The US Presedential Election 2016: The first GOP debate
Society, Politics & Law

The US Presedential Election 2016: The first GOP debate

...at University of California, Berkeley. Andra Gillespie is Associate Professor, Political Science at Emory University. Andrew J Hoffman is Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at University of Michigan. Anthony J Gaughan is Associate Professor of Law at Drake University. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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A moment of zen: Jon Stewart leaves The Daily Show
History & The Arts

A moment of zen: Jon Stewart leaves The Daily Show

...and provided us a bit of folly at the end of the night and thus the sanity to face the madness of our political and social worlds the next day. As President Obama told Stewart at the end of his final appearance on the show, You’ve been a great gift to the country. [The Conversation] This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Night sky puts on a meteor shower to celebrate Rosetta’s closest approach to the sun
Science, Maths & Technology

Night sky puts on a meteor shower to celebrate Rosetta’s closest approach to the sun

...of a storm of shooting stars is almost inevitably the cue for a week of unbroken cloud. Still, if you are in the northern hemisphere, look to the north-east after midnight – and if you wish to wish upon a shooting star, I hope you manage to see at least one. [The Conversation] This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Festival fever
History & The Arts

Festival fever

...Choose from the following: comedy plays poetry performance music festivals Make 'em laugh - learn more about comedy Unleash your inner playwright with these resources Become a wordsmith with these learning tools on poetry Make your performance perfect with these materials Discover music theory with these articles and course What's great about festivals? Find out here...
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Why are people upset about the Stonewall Movie?
History & The Arts

Why are people upset about the Stonewall Movie?

...article originally appeared at Voices On The Square under a CC-BY-NC-SA licence reclaims the places of some of those written out of history: Whitewashing and Cisplaining...the movie I began my transition in 1992. Part of what came with that was the meed for a hair stylist. I found mine at the Pink House in Conway, Arkansas. It was owned by John Schenck and Robert Lloyd,...
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Should the NHS try a Dutch model for social care?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Should the NHS try a Dutch model for social care?

...making and setting targets is decentralised to clinical teams. The UK and Netherlands’ profoundly different institutional settings mean that to do this successfully would require an enormous shift in both the UK’s employment relations and workplace cultures.[The Conversation] This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Can design by committee work? Making a case for open source design
Science, Maths & Technology

Can design by committee work? Making a case for open source design

...article might also serve as a note of caution to think before rushing to declare the rise of “open-source architecture,” “open-source university,” “open-source democracy” and so on. [A convention held in a stadium] You can elect a presidential candidate with a massive committee - why can't a smaller group design a user interface? The Challenges Scratching an...
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