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A Victorian Christmas: Victoria's Christmas
History & The Arts

A Victorian Christmas: Victoria's Christmas

...account of this business of the Speaker's or “this unlucky manoeuvre of the Speaker” as Lord Melbourne called it, and which I shall now mention. The Speaker sent in his resignation on Saturday night, which is very wrong of him to do, as it embarrasses us a good deal. Lord Melbourne says that the Speaker is very touchy and complained that he had not been well...
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Finite Element Analysis
Science, Maths & Technology

Finite Element Analysis

...account to get a true picture of the hub's behaviour. Creating a mesh model Step 5 is to create a mesh model of the hub, with 72 000 elements. The mesh density is at its greatest in areas of particular interest. Solving a mesh model Step 6 is to input the various stresses and loads that the hub will have to cope with, and use a computer programme to solve the model. Today...
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Explainer: how do you read an election poll?
Society, Politics & Law

Explainer: how do you read an election poll?

...account the specific characteristics of different constituencies, and it also can’t take into account data from opinion polls run in single constituencies, which are becoming more common. So a wide range of different methods is being used to produce seat forecasts for the 2015 election – and we won’t really know which is best until after all the votes are counted...
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What is happening in Brazil?
Society, Politics & Law

What is happening in Brazil?

...accounts where he had posted photos of himself attending an anti-government rally and speaking openly against the Workers’ Party (the party of Dilma and Lula). A preliminary ruling by Brazil's Supreme Court has frozen Lula's nomination. A final decision on his appointment is expected next week. Dilma Rouseff hasn’t been officially implicated in Operation Lava Jato,...
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The Rise of Museums
History & The Arts

The Rise of Museums

...account of museum life, historical characters come alive at night in a twilight world between fantasy and reality and illustrate the ironies of museum celebrations and omissions - of industrial and cultural decline, destructive technological progress and marginalised cultures. 'Ze building is a monument to science…to orderly understanding, and an affront to all ze...
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Article 10 mins
Chinese education: How do things work?
Society, Politics & Law

Chinese education: How do things work?

...accounts for just over 90% of the population. Education in the Communist state Education has been highly valued in China since classical time: traditional Chinese philosophy emphasises education above other values. This focus on learning continues to be important in Chinese society today; a high standard of education is associated with higher social status and the vast...
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Women and Workplace Struggles: Scotland 1900-2022
Society, Politics & Law

Women and Workplace Struggles: Scotland 1900-2022

...accounting for higher employment in many of these sectors. Several of the articles in this collection pick-up explicitly on some of the developments highlighted above and further illustrate the ways in which the value of work by women has been socially constructed with a long history of discrimination and occupational segregation. Susan Stewart, Director, OU Scotland:...
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The moral equality of combatants
History & The Arts

The moral equality of combatants

...account given by a present-day just war theorist, Uwe Steinhoff. The Jus ad Bellum ( JaB ) conditions: A legitimate authority (king, president, parliament and the like) decides on the entrance into war. One has a just cause for entering into war (for example, defence against an aggressor). One pursues the war with the right intention, namely for the purposes of a just...
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