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The Silver Bridge Disaster: Eyebars in suspension
Science, Maths & Technology

The Silver Bridge Disaster: Eyebars in suspension

...course, clearly specified in the engineering plans. Bill Connery This sheet here shows you the assembly of the eyebar and the number of bars that are in the assembly which the pin goes through. Narration Once assembled, multiple eyebar chains need to be used, for safety, because there’s always the danger of failure in an individual eyebar - as you can see in part two....
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How emoji are changing the shape of everyday English
Languages

How emoji are changing the shape of everyday English

...course, although for the moment the eggplant has a certain momentum behind it, whether this meaning will endure in the long term is difficult to tell. Slang is notoriously ephemeral. On the other hand, the general process that’s happening with this emoji is precisely how language evolves. After all, the word ‘penis’ itself began as a metaphor, deriving originally...
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Mortgage vs rent
Money & Business

Mortgage vs rent

...course, the money’s never made until you sell and cash in, which people are finding now, but I don’t think it’ll be as much as they imagine and, again, people typically take into account just headline benefits. They’ll say what they bought at years ago and what they can sell for now, they don’t take into account any of the costs involved in maintaining the house...
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The 2001 Glasgow NHS Medical Secretaries Grading Dispute
Society, Politics & Law

The 2001 Glasgow NHS Medical Secretaries Grading Dispute

...courses Background In early 2000 Medical Secretaries in North East Glasgow (NEG) NHS Trust, which included Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow Western Infirmary and Gartnavel General Hospital, became aware that they were being paid up to £2000 per year less than Management Secretaries. Management Secretaries were on grade 4 of the Admin and Clerical...
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Has Twitter's role as a political influence been overstated?
Digital & Computing

Has Twitter's role as a political influence been overstated?

...course, many things to many people. It is a place people have connected, had ideas developed, and views broadened. However, it is also violent – a place of trolls, masked and unmasked hostility, overt fascism, and even nuclear brinkmanship. Whatever the experience, Twitter is made possible by platform capitalism – a business plan that incentivises outrage to monetise...
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Why has reaching the Chinese internet audience just got a little harder?
Digital & Computing

Why has reaching the Chinese internet audience just got a little harder?

...course will not affect websites that do not have servers hosted in China, such as Facebook, Google, and Twitter. As usual, these major sites will continue to be blocked in the country. “If [foreign companies] want to develop their business in China, [they'd] better cooperate with domestic authorities” Jiang Bojing, an IT analyst explained to a party affiliated news...
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A gift of life at the end of life
Health, Sports & Psychology

A gift of life at the end of life

...courses. There are currently around 7,000 people on the UK transplant waiting lists and over 420 people died waiting for a transplant last year (2021). The Organ donation law in parts of the UK has recently changed to an ‘opt out’ system. This should increase the numbers of potential organs available for transplant and help save the lives of people urgently waiting...
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Enduring Love
Health, Sports & Psychology

Enduring Love

...course of the day I say I love you one or two times. Ann Mm-hmm. Owen Or more. Ann Mm. Owen I don’t put my arms around you as much as I should... Ann Aww. Owen We have a little kiss every time Ann Aww. Owen in the morning Ann That’s sweet. Owen when we get up, don’t we? Ann Sweet. Yeah, we’re physical, okay. Owen Yeah. Ann You know, it’s nice to hold hands;...
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