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Studying mammals: Plant predators
Nature & Environment

Studying mammals: Plant predators

...Write a few sentences to explain how they do so, making clear the similarities and the main difference between them. Answer The two animals are the kangaroo, which is a marsupial, and the elephant, a placental mammal. In both of them, new molar teeth form at the back of the jaw and move forward to replace the old worn teeth, which then drop out. There are only limited...
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Exploring a Romano-African city: Thugga
History & The Arts

Exploring a Romano-African city: Thugga

...writing says he’ll do his best for you along with his horses ‘Amiable’ and ‘Jovial’. / The chariot races in the circus were particularly popular in North African cities and were a focus of spectacle, gambling and rivalry. Prizes were awarded in a bronze trophy. / An amphitheatre has not yet been located in Thugga, and so the Circus remains the only public...
Improving patient, family and colleague witnesses’ experiences of Fitness to Practise proceedings
Health, Sports & Psychology

Improving patient, family and colleague witnesses’ experiences of Fitness to Practise proceedings

...write or that you cannot upload existing documents, would you still fill out the form and submit it? Note down the reasons why you responded in this way. Discussion We discovered that restrictions like this could discourage people from voicing concerns. Similarly, they become irritated and lose interest if they are given difficult and jargonistic material. We identified...
Could Islamic law be the key to defeating ISIS?
Society, Politics & Law

Could Islamic law be the key to defeating ISIS?

...writing of the Sudanese religious thinker Ustadh Mahmoud Mohamed Taha, who proposed repudiating the specific principles of Sharia authorizing aggressive jihad, slavery and subordination of women and non-Muslims by relying on the earlier revelations from Mecca. For example, verse 16:125 says: “Propagate the path of your Lord in wisdom and peaceable advice, and argue with...
What did it mean to be found guilty by joint enterprise?
Society, Politics & Law

What did it mean to be found guilty by joint enterprise?

...writing for the Contributoria website as a Justice Select Committee investigated the rules, Mischa Wilmers met someone whose life had been upended by a joint enterprise verdict - and explored the justice of the way it was being applied. [The UK Supreme Court] The UK Supreme Court Over the past two months a Justice Select Committee inquiry into one of the most...
A post-convention Presidential Campaign reading list
Society, Politics & Law

A post-convention Presidential Campaign reading list

...Writing in the New Yorker, Pankaj Mishra suggests that Donald Trump is fulfilling a prediction made by Rousseau: Rousseau’s rejoinders to cosmopolitan commercialism have constituted the basic stock-in-trade of cultural and economic nationalists worldwide. Poland’s ruling Law and Justice Party, which is busy purging pro-E.U. “liberal élites” from national...
What does a Trump victory mean for Britain?
Society, Politics & Law

What does a Trump victory mean for Britain?

Writing before the result of the US election was known, Tim Oliver explains why President Trump might mean tough times for the US/UK 'special relationship'...[Anti-Brexit poster depicting Boris Johnson & Donald Trump kissing] During the June campaign for the UK referendum, a poster depicts Donald Trump and Boris Johnson in an embrace Whether or not Donald Trump wins...
How did Facebook likes help Labour at the ballot box?
Society, Politics & Law

How did Facebook likes help Labour at the ballot box?

...writing and consistent tone often mirrors the tabloid press they hold in such contempt. So why did the Labour party do so well? In part, it was because Labour outperformed other parties on Facebook. More content was produced by the party and its supporters, and it generated more engagement with Facebook users than its rivals. It galvanised voters online and offline,...