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A brief history of Harlem
Society, Politics & Law

A brief history of Harlem

...education and employment issues. [Harlem riots 1964] Harlem riots, 1964 The frustrations often found more violent outlets, too. In 1935 a (false) rumour that the police had killed a shoplifter sparked a riot which saw 600 stores looted and left three dead; in 1943, the shooting of a black soldier by a policeman caused a second outbreak of rioting - this time claiming six...
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Should we read John Locke today?
Society, Politics & Law

Should we read John Locke today?

...educator and political writer. Over the course of an eventful life he lived through the English Civil Wars, the violent overthrows of two kings (Charles I and James II) and the rapid expansion of English colonialism and slave-trading across the Atlantic. As well as producing the foundations of a new philosophical approach to knowledge based on experience (later called...
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The Byzantine icon
History & The Arts

The Byzantine icon

...resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Week 2: Examining the Byzantine icon: Introduction - Having established what an icon is, its environment and its function, this week will explore the relationship between Byzantine iconography of a sacred event and Gospel narrative. It is important to note that this...
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Richard Brock - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Richard Brock - Earth in Vision

...opening sequence is one minute, you relate to that, because that’s what you do, but the opening minute is tracking through pipes which turn into the throat of a baby fulmar and that’s going to kill it and indeed, it’s going to kill the adult. So then you start looking at what happened to this, it’s a detective story, why have these birds come up and then gone...
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Why is the media still fascinated by Brady and Hindley's crimes?
Society, Politics & Law

Why is the media still fascinated by Brady and Hindley's crimes?

...open after Brady’s death as the body of Bennett is still missing. Brady never showed any remorse for his crimes. Winnie Johnson, Bennett’s mother, spent the rest of her life attempting to find her son’s body. She wrote to Brady asking him for information. At various times, Brady hinted that he would reveal the whereabouts of his missing victim, using this...
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A moment of zen: Jon Stewart leaves The Daily Show
History & The Arts

A moment of zen: Jon Stewart leaves The Daily Show

...opened his final episode of The Daily Show with “full-team coverage” of Thursday night’s Republican presidential debate, featuring current and returning Daily Show correspondents from throughout Stewart’s tenure, including Stephen Colbert. [Jon Stewart interviews Barack Obama] Jon Stewart conducts one last interview with Barack Obama Before spontaneous and...
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Oliver Sacks: "Don't skip the footnotes"
Health, Sports & Psychology

Oliver Sacks: "Don't skip the footnotes"

...openness to the pleasures of life: Many more examples could be given across Sacks’ incredibly wide-ranging work. We should, however, avoid sentimentalising neurological difference. Many of Sacks' subjects suffered greatly, finding themselves languishing between worlds in a lonely, purgatorial existence. The 1973 book Awakenings provides perhaps the most compelling...
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The dog beyond the mirror: Experiments with dog consciousness
Health, Sports & Psychology

The dog beyond the mirror: Experiments with dog consciousness

...opened and each dog was individually introduced to the inside of the cage and allowed to freely move for 5 minutes. The time taken by each dog to sniff each sample was recorded. The result was surprising: all dogs devoted more time to smell the urine samples of the others rather than their own, and this behavior confirmed the hypothesis that dogs seem to know their own...
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