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Florida just wants it over
Society, Politics & Law

Florida just wants it over

...business as usual for a cabal of Washington insiders. But many Republicans who ultimately vote for Trump will do so with a heavy heart. Trump has no real conservative credentials, sits well outside the embrace of the Christian Right, and has displayed levels of misogyny and bigotry that genuinely distress many Republicans. He has further divided an already fractious party...
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A polyglot life
Languages

A polyglot life

...business or in other professional endeavours, to show what can be done to make money too. However, most importantly, it is a place where people interested in language can come together, learn from each other and get motivation from each other’s stories and language journeys. All of the presentations are recorded and made freely available on the Polyglot Conference...
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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

...business. Search all Welsh Government consultations. Find all Senedd consultations. You will also be able to find local consultations on your local council’s website. 4. Join a campaign [6 ways to make your voice heard in Wales body] If you care about an issue, you can bet there’s a campaign about it. In every corner of Wales, there are groups of people who care about...
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Cost-of-living crisis, or just back-to-life blip?
Money & Business

Cost-of-living crisis, or just back-to-life blip?

...business support in the pandemic. National Insurance contributions are to rise 1.25% from April. Less visibly, but more painfully, the freezing of tax thresholds could, by 2026, push up to 1 million people into a higher tax bracket - and leave 1.5m paying basic-rate income tax for the first time - even though their pay hasn’t risen in real terms. Many on middle incomes...
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A year in review 2022
Education & Development

A year in review 2022

...business, and didn’t everyone make the most of it during that hot summer? The Supreme Court ruled there is no constitutional right to abortion in the United States, upending the landmark Roe v Wade case; and railway workers started their strikes in the UK – and they weren’t the last to do so this year! New to OpenLearn: Wimbledon’s centenary was a big hit (pun...
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Systems explained: Sir Geoffrey Vickers
Money & Business

Systems explained: Sir Geoffrey Vickers

...business, some in a curious mixture of competition and co-operation which an ecologist finds when he looks under a paving stone or in the Amazon jungle. Systems These systems, certainly at the human end are almost all extremely unstable. And they're mostly unstable because of the destabilizing effect of this one element in the whole thing, man. And we destabilize them...
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The Eurozone: Magnet or Black Hole?
Money & Business

The Eurozone: Magnet or Black Hole?

...businesses from sudden changes in another country’s costs and prices, caused by exchange-rate movements (‘currency risk’). Keeping inflation rates low, by ending the tendency of some EU countries to allow higher inflation offset by periodic weakening (devaluation or depreciation) of their exchange rates Ending a previous pattern of ‘competitive devaluation’, in...
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Coming to America: The Making of the Irish-American Diaspora
OpenLearn Ireland

Coming to America: The Making of the Irish-American Diaspora

...Business 2022: Ireland The Next Century American Chamber of Commerce https://www.amchambusinessreport.com/ Colley, L. (2003) Britons: Forging the Nation 1707–1837, new edn, London: Pimlico. National identity in Britain and Ireland, 1780–1840. Open University.
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