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W.E.B. Du Bois – A Man for All Times
Society, Politics & Law

W.E.B. Du Bois – A Man for All Times

...thinking: double consciousness: African Americans can see society both through their own experience, and understand how white people see it differently; and the Veil: it’s as if a veil hangs between African Americans and a full life, through which they can dimly see others aspiring and achieving as they try to do. Here is the example in this quote: After the Egyptian...
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Early adopters: What are smartphones doing to children?
Education & Development

Early adopters: What are smartphones doing to children?

...think strategically,” says paediatrician Dimitri Christakis, Director of the Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development at the Seattle Children’s Research Institute. “If your child has 12 hours awake and two of those are spent eating, how will you allocate the rest of the time?” The problem is that tablets are extremely appealing to children and adults...
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Companies and financial accounting
Money & Business

Companies and financial accounting

...Think, for example, of the City of London Corporation, which was established in the Middle Ages and, until 2006, used to be called the Corporation of London. Implications of having a separate legal personality include: Once incorporated, the company will continue until it is formally wound up. Companies can enter into contracts, or sue and be sued in their own right. The...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Ireland and the Battle of The Somme
OpenLearn Ireland

Ireland and the Battle of The Somme

...systems, emplacements and manpower, whilst causing craters which made orderly advance impossible. The role of the 36th (Ulster) Division War provided northern unionists with an opportunity to demonstrate their loyalty to Empire, and the War Office agreed to raise an army unit from the Ulster Volunteer Force, the 36th (Ulster) Division. It arrived in France in October...
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The case for and against a second referendum
Society, Politics & Law

The case for and against a second referendum

...systems, the reduction of barriers to trade? Of course, it was unlikely (but not impossible) that such a long list of questions could be put to the electorate, not least because it would have been a confusing turn off for voters. But this why a second referendum is now required. It’s essential because we only started to ask the questions above after June 2016. Not only...
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A Century of Change: Shifting Patterns in Irish Emigration in the 1800s
OpenLearn Ireland

A Century of Change: Shifting Patterns in Irish Emigration in the 1800s

...system in the south of Ireland gradually became more commercialised. Cattle production for the British market dominated the post-Famine agricultural landscape and the demand for agricultural labour continued to decline. Meanwhile, both Britain and the United States appeared to have almost insatiable demand for industrial labour. If the Famine had not taken place, it seems...
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The birth of (synthetic) dyeing
History & The Arts

The birth of (synthetic) dyeing

...system have all been cited as reasons for Germany’s chemical industry outstripping that of Britain. By 1913, Germany was exporting about 135 000 tonnes of dyes compared to Britain’s 5 000 tonnes. At the outbreak of the First World War, the only khaki dye available for British army uniforms was manufactured in Germany and had to be imported secretly! Imperial Chemical...
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The Lovable Bra Occupation, Cumbernauld, 1982
Society, Politics & Law

The Lovable Bra Occupation, Cumbernauld, 1982

...system, former Lovable worker Alison Cairns recalled in our 2015 interview that workers would: Put their name forward who was willin’ to do it. And it, just kinda worked it among wurselves really. There was a sheet up and you’d say ah can do it what night, cannae do it that night. Despite a low level of organisation by the occupation’s leadership, and no coordinated...
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