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Make a bird house
Nature & Environment

Make a bird house

...based) on the outside only and keep it away from the edges of the entrance hole where the birds will often peck at the wood. A piece of roofing felt on the sloping roof will help to keep the wood dry. 1. Mark out your plank of wood. Here are the dimensions of the different sections, assuming your wood is 2 cm thick: [Dimensions of nesting box pieces] 2. Drill a hole 4-5...
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The politics of food introduction
Society, Politics & Law

The politics of food introduction

...based ciders or sold on alcohol content: the white ciders, the pear ciders. We are a slow production; we are an artisan production. It isn’t sort of importing Chinese concentrate, via Amsterdam, and calling it Somerset Cider. Commentary Producers like Julian have had to become effective political campaigners. Julian Temperley To be a simple cider maker it takes a...
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DRM explained
Digital & Computing

DRM explained

...based on time with. (0’50”) Sony discovered that DRM solutions could cause more problems than they solved, explains Ray Corrigan. Watch Listen Read John Perry Barlow’s right when he says DRM breaks the system. Essentially DRM was originally touted as a copyright protection system but what it does is it controls access to digital files, movies and music, etc, that...
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Sue Edwards: a life dedicated to flora and sustainable development in Ethiopia
Nature & Environment

Sue Edwards: a life dedicated to flora and sustainable development in Ethiopia

...based at the Institute for Sustainable Development, where she was a director. In her 50 years of dedicated service to Ethiopia and Eritrea, she had made massive contribution to botany, from field collection of herbaria to editing the 8 volume, 9000 species rich Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea, a work which took 29 years. But it was not only in botany she excelled. She was...
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The budget warns about danger ahead
Money & Business

The budget warns about danger ahead

...based on newspaper articles regarding policy uncertainty from The Times and The Financial Times. It counts the number of newspaper articles containing the terms uncertain or uncertainty, economic or economy, and one or more policy-relevant terms. In any case, the Chancellor announced measures to promote maths teaching in schools. Considering how widely the now-discredited...
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How the OpenLearn employability hub can help you get ahead
Money & Business

How the OpenLearn employability hub can help you get ahead

...Based on the OU’s Employability Framework The hub is built around the Open University’s ten key employability skills – the stuff that really matters to employers. These include: Communication Collaboration Problem Solving Self-awareness Self-management and resilience Digital and information literacy Numeracy Global citizenship Commercial and sector awareness You can...
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How do you become US President?
Society, Politics & Law

How do you become US President?

...based on the size of their population: Of the 538 votes the largest state, California, has 56 and the smallest, Wyoming, 3. To become President the winning candidate has to secure more Electoral College votes than the nearest candidate. In 2016͛'s two-horse race the winning number was 270: Trump won 304 and Clinton 227. The popular vote, the vote cast across all states,...
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Non-speaking autism, embodiment, neurodivergence and access to communication therapies and devices
Health, Sports & Psychology

Non-speaking autism, embodiment, neurodivergence and access to communication therapies and devices

...based on neurotypically biased IQ tests, many non-speaking autistic children will be relegated to years of under stimulating education and ‘life-skills’ training, with access to a limited range of enhanced communication techniques such as PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System) or Makaton sign language. [Thumbs up by two people] Much recent research has focused...
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