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Rising China and Africa's development: oil
Society, Politics & Law

Rising China and Africa's development: oil

...work plantations following the abolition of slavery. While many of these so-called ‘Coolie’ labourers were returned to China, a few stayed on and established the first permanent settlements of Chinese people in Africa. In the mid-twentieth century Maoist China reached out to Africa as part of its geopolitical strategy of forging key alliances with ‘socialist’...
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Brighton Pavilion
History & The Arts

Brighton Pavilion

...work of any sort. Related to this last point, it is conspicuously not the centrepiece of landed wealth – it is not standing in a place of eminence, embedded within its own estate and associated farms which would be visibly providing the income for the upkeep of the house. Carrying this thought a little further suggests forcibly that the wealth this palace is designed to...
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What is sleep paralysis?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is sleep paralysis?

...worked. Another approach is to try to disrupt episodes rather than prevent them by attempting to move body parts such as a finger, or trying to relax. Of people who try to disrupt episodes, 54% believed them to be effective. While sleep paralysis can be a terrifying ordeal to go through, those who do experience it should try to remember that it is a temporary and harmless...
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Why don't statistics reveal when sports matches have been fixed?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why don't statistics reveal when sports matches have been fixed?

...work on nurse and carer problems, but if people are concerned that their sports and games are being corrupted by deliberate fixing, then lessening the reliance upon betting, or somehow changing the nature of betting, may offer some way forward as all match fixing appears related to it and the vast sums of money linked to it.[The Conversation] This article was originally...
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What's the problem with the government's plans for our schools?
Education & Development

What's the problem with the government's plans for our schools?

...working in schools can understand it – not to mention parents. According to PTA UK, a charity that helps parent-teacher associations, just one in ten parents know what role RSCs play in their child’s education, leading to confusion when it comes to deciding where and who should address any problems. Effective strategic planning is recognised as one of the cornerstones...
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Becoming a superhero: what are the limits of human performance?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Becoming a superhero: what are the limits of human performance?

...works as a mercenary having being transformed into Deadpool by evil scientist Ajax. Demonstrating further that the superhero phenomena is still very prevalent in our interest, the much anticipated Batman vs Superman which is due in cinemas at the end of March 2016 portrays the battle between the high tech wonder (Batman) and alien (Superman). One possesses superior...
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How do voters choose between two unappealing candidates?
Society, Politics & Law

How do voters choose between two unappealing candidates?

...sounding bossy or having a spray-tanning habit. People voting by rejection will be more deliberate – and will look carefully at what makes a candidate bad. Emotional claims will not work. Voters will think carefully about why they want to reject one of the candidates.[The Conversation] This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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No Pause for Thought? Brexit, Bias and Political Manipulation
Health, Sports & Psychology

No Pause for Thought? Brexit, Bias and Political Manipulation

...work). And Britain hasn’t even left yet. Focusing on the people that will be doing the negotiating, there have been suggestions that the UK negotiating team and European negotiating team have widely different understandings of what Brexit will mean, and how the negotiations should be conducted. Reports of a first meeting have not been optimistic, and a hard Brexit seems...
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