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The many guises of the emperor Augustus
History & The Arts

The many guises of the emperor Augustus

...Scots or the kimono for the Japanese today. This is why the poet Virgil called the Romans ‘the masters of the world, the toga-clad race (gens togata)’ (Aeneid 1.281–2). Third, the toga symbolised civic duty and Republican egalitarianism. During the Republic, all Roman citizens, rich or poor, were theoretically equal in the eyes of the law. (No matter that in reality...
The Moon
Science, Maths & Technology

The Moon

...law of planetary motion (Chapter 02). However, the terrain near the edge of the lunar disc is never well displayed, because we only ever see it obliquely, and there remains 41 per cent of the lunar surface that can never be seen from the Earth...The Moon: 2.3 Missions to the Moon - David A. Rothery Teach Yourself Planets, Chapter 6, pp. 66-75, Hodder Education, 2000,...
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Children and young people: food and food marketing
Education & Development

Children and young people: food and food marketing

...laws against marketing junk food to children and young people on the telly, but those laws don't apply online. To find out more about who's feeding your kids online, head to OpenLearn, the home of free learning, from the Open University. ...Children and young people: food and food marketing: 3 Top five things junk food marketers know about children - Beware the junk food...
Nine days' wonder in York
History & The Arts

Nine days' wonder in York

...Scots and Saxons and Angles; and in due course come the ravaging and burning Danes; and in due course still, the murdering and plundering and scorning Normans. But all so quietly, like the humming-bird-like expresses, with a kind of railway celerity in the foreshortened retrospect; and after the Normans have crushed themselves down into the mass of the vanquished, and...
Eric King and Bill Binney: Some thoughts on their interview
Society, Politics & Law

Eric King and Bill Binney: Some thoughts on their interview

...law. It would, therefore, be uncharacteristically remiss of the suits in the agencies not to take advantage of the prevailing political winds, to maximise their current and future survival and growth capital. Whether the Investigatory Powers Act, as it will become, will enhance their capability to counter threats to national security is another question entirely, one Mr...
Attacked but not hacked: How secure was the US election?
Society, Politics & Law

Attacked but not hacked: How secure was the US election?

...law and common sense. And, the media itself became the recurring target of scorn as enablers of the alleged election “rigging.” These claims targeted the public’s behavioral and cognitive systems. Consequently, many Americans believe that the voting “system” in America cannot be trusted – even though there is no such thing. Rather, the country’s elections...
Does maths offer a better model for multi-candidate elections?
Science, Maths & Technology

Does maths offer a better model for multi-candidate elections?

...Law. When there are two major candidates and some much weaker third-party candidates, plurality voting leads to “spoiler” problems. The weak candidates can change the outcome, sometimes in ways that their supporters find highly undesirable. For instance, the presence of Green Party candidate Ralph Nader on the presidential ballot in Florida in 2000 may very well have...
Using digital tools to save languages
Languages

Using digital tools to save languages

...laws. These were songs about separation, originally filled with sorrow. But slowly it became a social phenomenon. People started creating literature around it, adding humour and sarcasm. And because not everyone is good at crying, the whole thing would be rehearsed beforehand, and women like my grandma played a great role as master trainers. I had a great time recording...