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Machiavelli and Political power
Society, Politics & Law

Machiavelli and Political power

...work Information on the House of Commons http://www.politicalresources.net/uk.htm Political resources on the net in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland Also on this site: join Kriss Akabusi as he asks is there any limit to physical power and Anita Roddick asks just how powerful is people power ? If you think you might be interested in studying more about these...
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Безкоштовні онлайн-ресурси для українців, які проживають у Великобританії та Ірландії
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Безкоштовні онлайн-ресурси для українців, які проживають у Великобританії та Ірландії

...work' written across] НАВИЧКИ ДЛЯ РОБОТИ: Покращуйте свої професійні навички, не відмовляючись від денного навчання (безкоштовні курси англійською мовою). Підтримка та корисні ресурси інших організацій
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Indigenous ceremonies and climate change
Nature & Environment

Indigenous ceremonies and climate change

...work transform responses to Climate Change? Find out as a Totonac totem travels to COP26...[Jun Tiburcio standing with his creation: Totem Latamat] Jun Tiburcio with Totem Latamat Jun Tiburcio, a Totonac multidisciplinary artist from the Mexican state of Veracruz, has felled and carved a tree into a totem that is travelling to Glasgow for the COP26 meeting. Tiburcio and...
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Deplaning: Why is the 747 coming to the end of the runway?
Science, Maths & Technology

Deplaning: Why is the 747 coming to the end of the runway?

...working on an engine bedded into the aeroplane fin. The four-engine 747 retained a clear place in the market because twin-engine planes must stay within a certain distance from an airport in case of engine failure. This allowed the 747 to achieve shorter journey times on the longest routes because it can use more direct flight paths. However, improving engine reliability...
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Are we taking the fun out of reading?
Education & Development

Are we taking the fun out of reading?

...work was the key aim of the space, as the librarians explained and as was evident from the presence of reading scheme books, educational posters about the benefits of reading or workbooks. Mothers dutifully seemed to bring their children to that library, too, but – maybe in a point of difference from the Sydney tiger mothers I described above – had little interest in...
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Someone’s attacking our connection to the internet - part one
Science, Maths & Technology

Someone’s attacking our connection to the internet - part one

...working for the networking company Cisco, warned that more than half a million routers in 54 countries had been infected by malware known as VPNFilter. Routers allow computers on local area networks to connect to the internet; you will have a small router (properly known as a modem router switch) at home to link your computer to a phone socket; and it is precisely these...
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The rural dimension – after rundale
OpenLearn Ireland

The rural dimension – after rundale

...working in cities in North America such as Boston and New York, than on income from agriculture. This represents another set of interdependencies within a wider geographical context. The apparently isolated farm in the West of Ireland remained far from independent. Generally, the families were large, but only one son could inherit the farm. There were few opportunities...
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Economic incentives for countries to decarbonise
Money & Business

Economic incentives for countries to decarbonise

...works. We don’t have perfect foresight, or complete understanding. We often don’t even behave rationally! In the real world there are inefficiencies (e.g. unemployment) and these can be reduced through government action, for instance by incentivising new green industries. New ‘simulation-based’ approaches do not assume optimisation or equilibrium, but instead...
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