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6 ways to make your voice heard in Wales
Society, Politics & Law

6 ways to make your voice heard in Wales

...laws that govern us. If they’re not members of the government, they’re there to ask tough questions of Ministers and make sure that public money is being spent appropriately. Members of the Senedd right across the country hold regular surgeries. These are opportunities for residents to come to them with any issue they need help with. It could be a problem getting help...
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Oedipus: The message in the myth
History & The Arts

Oedipus: The message in the myth

...law", but, "as far as the gods were concerned, it seemed to make no difference whether one worshipped them or not". Another factor was the growing confidence, in some quarters, in the achievements of man, and a consequent feeling that there was little, if anything, that man could not achieve on his own, without help from the gods. What need, or even what grounds, were...
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Election days: 1769 - when 296 votes beat 1148
History & The Arts

Election days: 1769 - when 296 votes beat 1148

...laws, and make new ones; settle the succession to the Crown; impose taxes; establish forms of religion; naturalize foreigners; dissolve marriages; legitimate bastards; attaint a man of treason, etc. Lord Bolingbroke, indeed, is of a different opinion, and affirms there is something which a parliament cannot do: it cannot annul the constitution; and that if it should...
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Where does outer space begin?
Science, Maths & Technology

Where does outer space begin?

...Aéronautique Internationale recognises 100 km as the lower limit of space, whereas an encyclopedia of international law suggests 80 km as a practical limit between ‘air space’, potentially reachable by an aircraft, and ‘outer space’. However you look at it, sadly 30,000 metres or 30 km is less than half way there, but it was a bold effort nonetheless....
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The reason for low wages
Money & Business

The reason for low wages

...laws. Yet the modern problem of declining wages has a definite history. It can be traced back to now-decades-old policies favouring businesses at the expense of established employee rights. Additionally, it highlights the general turn away from the need for a welfare state that was dominant in early post-Second World War era. For many, this reveals the broader ‘failures...
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A brief introduction to the Chinese education system
Education & Development

A brief introduction to the Chinese education system

...law, each child must have nine years of compulsory education from primary school (six years) to junior secondary education (three years). Basic education Basic education in China includes pre-school education (usually three years), primary education (six years, usually starting at the age of six) and secondary education (six years). Secondary education has two routes:...
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Colour in Byzantine Art
History & The Arts

Colour in Byzantine Art

...laws of gravity. Christ’s white robes, as specified in the synoptic Gospel (Matthew 17: 1-9; Mark 9: 2-9; Luke 9: 28-36), attract the attention of the faithful and hold their gaze, primarily because they direct them to an even more important theological issue, expressed through colour: the glory (mandorla) which engulfs Christ. It consists of three circles of different...
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Why there's still faith in the Spanish education system
Education & Development

Why there's still faith in the Spanish education system

...Law on Education, known as LOMCE, requires that students must obtain new editions of many school texts although there are few changes in the material, year on year. Publishers have jumped on the bandwagon by withdrawing earlier editions of a number of texts. On at least one course the subject matter has been revised. The Catholic Church has for years been responsible for...
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