Money & Business
Foreign games consoles finally enter the Chinese market
...social order.” This is an excerpt from the notice: 自本意见发布之日起，面向国内的电子游戏设备及其零、附件生产、销售即行停止。任何企业、个人不得再从事面向国内的电子游戏设备及其零、附件的生产、销售活动。一经发现向电子游戏经营场所销售电子游戏设备及其零、附件的，由经贸...
Education & Development
Differences and Similarities: Policing in the US and the UK
...Social Sciences courses and qualifications Differences There are some important differences between policing in the US and the UK (referring to England and Wales exclusively as they have a particular legislative and governance context). There are some stark differences in the prevalence of guns/firearms among the general public, the number of police killed in the line of...
History & The Arts
Two Yorkish episodes
...worked in the railway shops. No, they did not belong to any union; the railway men did not seem to care for it; only a "benefit union." She kept the house for her family, and herself ready to answer every hail from the steamer; but in her mellow English content, which was not stupid or sodden, but clever and wise, it was as if it were she, rather than the archbishop,...
History & The Arts
Introduction to music theory 2: pitch and notation
...working with examples of folk, popular, and classical music from several world traditions. You will learn how pitch is represented using staff notation and other forms of illustration. You will also practise reading and writing pitch using staff notation, and learn to perform short musical extracts from notation...In this free course, you will explore the concept of...
Languages
What is the Golem Effect - and how does it harm bilingual students?
...works through four factors, as Robert Rosenthal and Lenore Jakobson explain in their classic book Pygmalion in the Classroom: Climate: Teachers are nicer to students of who they have high expectations and create a warmer climate for them. Input: Teachers teach more material to students of who they have high expectations. Response opportunity: Teachers provide more...
Society, Politics & Law
How should we read Donald Trump's first Presidential speech?
...working somehow. Writing my inaugural address at the Winter White House, Mar-a-Lago, three weeks ago. Looking forward to Friday. #Inauguration pic.twitter.com/S701FdTCQu — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 18, 2017 Trump had just two points to make in his inauguration speech, and he restated them repeatedly in different ways and with different metaphors. First,...
Nature & Environment
What can parasites on Arctic shrews tell us about climate change?
...work demonstrates that small mammals, such as shrews, and their parasites can serve as key indicators, reflecting the evolutionary and ecological changes in many species dealing with climate change. Studies such as this are needed to anticipate the effects that accelerating climate change will have on northern animals. This article originally appeared on the PLOS blog...
Society, Politics & Law
Is Scotland going to prove Theresa May's undoing?
...worked out details will be a more difficult sell for the party in an election. Party time For both the SNP and Conservatives, the issue will be one of managing expectations. Downplaying your prospects beforehand can allow a decent result to be portrayed as a great result. This should be easier for the Conservatives in Scotland than the SNP. By arguing for a mandate for a...