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Language and thought: introducing representation
History & The Arts

Language and thought: introducing representation

...account of what gives opium its power to induce sleep in those who ingest it: it has this power, he says, because of its virtus dormitiva, i.e. its ‘soporific virtues, the tendency of which is to lull the senses to sleep’ (Molière [1673] 1879?, 73–4). The point of the parody is that the doctor has merely introduced a fancy-sounding name for the thing that needs to...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
An introduction to software development
Science, Maths & Technology

An introduction to software development

...account. One such dimension in those descriptions is fitness for purpose – and how this can be established. The other dimension is the design rationale, i.e., the explicit articulation and capture of the reasons behind and justifications for decisions made when designing an artefact, including alternatives considered and trade-offs. Hall and Rapanotti (2009) have...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Turning rebellion into money: The upstarts who sell out
Money & Business

Turning rebellion into money: The upstarts who sell out

...account of “the conquest of cool”, noting how Gil Scott Heron’s raw, angry, anti-capitalist poem/song The Revolution Will Not Be Televised became central to a Nike advertising campaign. Finding the latest nonconformity to be monetised can even be a job. Novelist William Gibson, an acute observer of contemporary capitalism, created a trilogy of books around a...
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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

...account for the growing trend of people viewing the show online. A mirror held up to broadcast news As a lead-in to Stewart’s final week, fans were treated Sunday to “News Your Adventure,” a Daily Show highlights program featuring viewers' top choices of clips including “[stories] Jon explained better than the news.” Stewart is a comedian, not a journalist, and...
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Oliver Sacks: "Don't skip the footnotes"
Health, Sports & Psychology

Oliver Sacks: "Don't skip the footnotes"

...account of his sexuality; a drunken quest to lose his virginity; unrequited and lost loves; an addiction to amphetamines; a brother living with schizophrenia during a time of little therapeutic relief; and, of course, for many suffering patients for whom Sacks could offer no respite. What we can learn from the life of Sacks The majority of Sacks’ adult life is marked by...
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From the Sumerians to Shakespeare to Twain: why fart jokes never get old
History & The Arts

From the Sumerians to Shakespeare to Twain: why fart jokes never get old

...This account of the universality of flatulence humor is, of course, a matter of debate. But one thing is beyond dispute: farts are funny. They always have been. And, it appears, they always will be. [The Conversation] James Spiegel, Professor of Philosophy & Religion, Taylor University This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Did Donald Trump ride a tide of anti-feminism to the White House?
Society, Politics & Law

Did Donald Trump ride a tide of anti-feminism to the White House?

...campaign foundered. The support of such women could not, it transpired, be guaranteed. Only a history of women’s rights that did not also take into account the long and chequered history of anti-feminism could have regarded Clinton’s victory as a fait accompli.[The Conversation] This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Why we no longer need melted-down bracelets to make bullets (or build roads)
Society, Politics & Law

Why we no longer need melted-down bracelets to make bullets (or build roads)

...accounts at private-sector banks, whose lending creates the rest of the money the economy needs. [Cash cascading] Magical Modern Money This doesn’t mean that governments can spend with no constraint, or that voters and backbenchers can safely sleep through the Chancellor’s annual Budget. If they spend much more than they take in tax, governments can cause inflation....
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