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When Heath met Nixon
History & The Arts

When Heath met Nixon

...changed. They're not as subtle as the Chinese. Their degree of toleration of us is in direct proportion to their fears." "You have had some success in SALT [Strategic Arms Limitation Talks]," the Prime Minister remarked. The President said "they are bargaining for everything they can get. We can get some agreement. My present guess would be that, unless the Russians...
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Brexit: What’s this fine mess you’ve gotten us into? (Apologies to Laurel and Hardy)
Society, Politics & Law

Brexit: What’s this fine mess you’ve gotten us into? (Apologies to Laurel and Hardy)

...change through time (since general equilibria could never exist in practice), where money and credit fit into the picture (they don’t appear in the full form of the standard model and only operate through the monetary policy of central banks designed to keep the whole show on the road), and in a whole load of other circumstances that are too many to mention. As a...
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Multiple Moonlets Maketh Mystery
Science, Maths & Technology

Multiple Moonlets Maketh Mystery

...changing its obliquity), excavation begins as vaporised and solid material is ejected from the impact site, d) ejected solid fragments and vaporised material spread further from the impact site, e) vaporised material dissipates and cools leaving larger ejected fragments to spread from the impact site, f) ejected material organises into a debris disk surrounding the Earth,...
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The Life of Saint Patrick
History & The Arts

The Life of Saint Patrick

...change of so many hearts, to plant in entire barbarous nations not only the faith, but also the spirit of Christ. Preachers, who have not attained to a disengagement and purity of heart, suffer the petty interests of self-love secretly to mingle themselves in their zeal and charity, and have reason to suspect that they inflict deeper wounds in their own souls than they...
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An overview of wound care
Health, Sports & Psychology

An overview of wound care

...changes. Is cost-effective. Has a long shelf life. (Jones et al., 2006, p. 777; Dhivya, Padma and Santhini, 2015) An overview of the different types of dressings available is given in the BNF (see link) https://bnf.nice.org.uk/wound-management/ Please access the paper by Anderson (2010) Key principles involved in applying and removing wound dressings. Nursing Standard....
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Women transforming classical music
History & The Arts

Women transforming classical music

...change by programming more women. It offers practical advice on how to curate diverse programmes, seeking funding, building audience engagement, and getting performers on board. The course goes into depth on programming works by both historical and contemporary women composers, covering where to find scores and resources, creating performance editions, promoting and...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Living psychology: animal minds
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living psychology: animal minds

...change if you were told that Lily is (a) a 6-year-old girl, (b) a pet dog, (c) a pet cat, (d) a pet bird, or (e) a pet fish? In the study that this activity was adapted from, Jeffrey Rasmussen and colleagues found that people tended to rate all of these assumptions as being highly reasonable of the young child (using a 7-point rating scale, where 1 indicated...
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
The formation of exoplanets
Science, Maths & Technology

The formation of exoplanets

...change in position of the bright stars Sirius and Procyon uncovered their two unseen companions. The concept of detecting and exploring an unseen object by studying its influence on a nearby astronomical source has also been applied to exoplanets and their host stars. However, exoplanets were expected to be extremely hard to observe in practice. Using the orbits and size...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs