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What is happening in Brazil?
Society, Politics & Law

What is happening in Brazil?

...free society calls for those who are ruled to be aware of what rulers do, even when they seek to act protected by the veil of shadows.” Several legal experts, however, say wiretaps should only serve a judicial process, and that they don't constitute an end in itself. Justice Teori Zavascki has supported Moro's critics, arguing that the investigation against Lula should...
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Make a meadow, whatever the scale and the diversity of meadows
Nature & Environment

Make a meadow, whatever the scale and the diversity of meadows

...free and low in nutrients. In a garden, topsoil stripping is an option and/or putting down a layer of limestone chippings or gravel. Lime locks up phosphorus and suppresses the big competitors. If you have space for a larger scale, field-based project, have a soil sample tested for fertility. If your soil is high fertility, you need to reduce the fertility by taking...
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How to age well while self-isolating
Health, Sports & Psychology

How to age well while self-isolating

...free apps for exercise at home or watch Tai-Chi videos on YouTube. Stretching and walking inside our home can be as good as walking and stretching outdoors. The main aim is to keep the heart working, the muscles active and the metabolism optimal. Cognitive and social stimulation [laptop with notebook, coffee and glasses] Cognitive and social stimulation is immensely...
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Managing motherhood and sports participation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Managing motherhood and sports participation

...free time’, Social forces, 84(1), pp. 285-303. Sayer, L. C. (2016) ‘Trends in Women’s and Men’s time use, 1965–2012: back to the future?’, Gender and couple relationships: Springer, pp. 43-77. Women in Sport, (2020) EMPOWERING WOMEN AND GIRLS THROUGH SPORT: Our Impact 2018 & 2019. van Houten, J. M., Kraaykamp, G. and Breedveld, K. (2015) ‘When do young...
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Getting started with a Password Manager
Digital & Computing

Getting started with a Password Manager

...free password manager available for computers running Microsoft Windows, Apple MacOS and Linux as well as for Apple iOS (iPhone and iPad) and Android devices. This only takes a few minutes to get started with a password manager and it is time well spent on improving your security. Start by opening your web browser. Here I am using Google’s Chrome browser, but all modern...
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Tubman: The Moses of Her People
History & The Arts

Tubman: The Moses of Her People

...freeing themselves was escaping to non-slave territories in the North. This was a journey full of danger, and slave-owners often employed thugs to chase after and re-capture their "property". Many of those on the run were caught, and some died in the attempt. Those who got to the northern states could still be returned under the Fugitive Slave Act. The ultimate safe-haven...
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Human use of animals
History & The Arts

Human use of animals

...free range meat rather than factory farm meat? Peter: It’s an argument that says, a clear cut case is factory farming, and if you want to have something that you can say pretty much definitely is not justified because it exploits animals wrongly, then factory farming is the clearest case. That’s not to say that if you get into other forms of farming you may not still...
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Alastair Fothergill - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Alastair Fothergill - Earth in Vision

...course, he very kindly narrated it. He couldn’t present it, because the diving would have been too difficult for him and he narrated it and everybody thought it was a David Attenborough series anyway, but I was very proud of how we achieved that series. I think it’s probably the best of the three actually. Mixing blue-chip with environmental issues? Well, I had a...
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