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For all his foreign policy belligerence, Teddy Roosevelt was undoubtedly the greatest President as far as conservation of the natural world was concerned. Not to mention breaking the power of the `Robber Barons`, in his seminal documentary series `America`...
A total of 65 journalists (including professional journalists, citizen-journalists and media workers) were killed worldwide in 2017. Twenty-six of them were killed in the course of their work, the collateral victims of a deadly situation such as an air...
Conservatives believe the poor are skivers and scroungers, getting the just rewards for their feckless idleness. They have no compassion or empathy, whether it be for the children who go hungry, the homeless dying on the streets or the elderly who can't...
Today I came across the "Spielplatz" series on youtube on the "Spass für Kinder" channel and got so into it that I just spent 4-5 hour cram session going through the 7 extremely short videos which range each from 2mins to 4mins. (listening to them at...
The Scottish poet Thomas Campbell made Polish independence the cause of his life. Another Scottish example was the response to the failure of the 1831 rising against Russia: a colossal Whig banquet in Edinburgh’s Assembly Rooms which was planned as a...
Immersion was closed for reasons by the Duolingo You might like to check out: https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/34237577 about news from Duocon, and things Duo is up to. There are though some other resources you might like to check out. Such as: https://podcast.duolingo.com/...
It is perhaps important to point ouit, that the DUP do not even represent all Unionists in Northern Ireland, let alone the other two thirds of the population. And in that context, this is a significant developement - the UUP are coming out for Remain....
Winter time is the best time to purchase and, in some places, plant trees. Due to the short days and cold temperatures, trees are in their dormancy; their respiration rate and nutritional needs are at a minimum. Nurseries can therefore offer "bare root"...
Interesting program reporting back on the nun study in which they took 678 nuns over 75 without dementia and followed up their cognitive abilities until they died. The advantage is they had a group with similar adult lives including diet, drug and alcohol...
Learning keeps your mind alive and inquisitive, learning has no age barriers. Researchers have found that studying a language enhances brain plasticity and capacity for learning. Learning a language increases the power of neuroplasticity. if you are unfamiliar...
The sun. Then it warmed the surface. Which warmed the atmosphere. The heat (infrared radiation) bounced around between CO2 and other air molecules through most of the atmosphere where it is optically thick (opaque to IR). Eventually it got to a height...
It would lovely to give your friends a tree to plant A small Apple tree to put in their garden Or a walnut tree to put in abandoned land Gift some cherry trees to a local school Do a guerrilla gardening a gift trees in unlikely places Share Christmas...
There is the story of a guy who goes into a restaurant and orders a steak and he gets a huge steak with all the trimmings it was excellent - so he goes back the next night and orders the same, but the steak is small and tough and the plate is just smaller,...
Moore's Law suggests processing power double every 18 months or so. Over time new generations of computers can do stuff more quickly. These gradual changes allow Software and Web Developers to pass more processing load onto the new machines. Old machines,...
Duolingo's teaching method is based on translations. This helps you get really good at translating languages, or reading signs and interpreting their meaning, or being able to pick up a few words from movies or TV shows. However, language sticks best...
Duolingo's teaching method is based on translations. This helps you get really good at translating languages, or reading signs and interpreting their meaning, or being able to pick up a few words from movies or TV shows. However, language sticks best...
I seem to remember magazine adverts in the late 80s when mobile ‘phones were becoming a thing touting the benefits of how you could be at work taking calls from clients when you were ‘off’. I also recall thinking, ’That’s not going to end well.’ It’s...
English land is stunningly beautiful and never fails to stop me from breathing. If you should find yourself in the Lake District, do not pass without a visit to Wast Water: https://www.discoveringbritain.org/activities/north-west-england/aerial/britain-from-the-air-wast-water-screes.html...
Lessons of the world war War is always unpredictable It's almost hard to believe 100 years later, but many leaders at the time thought World War I would be over quickly. Few, if any, would have predicted a four-year battle of attrition that would result...
A four day week. 3 4 A law firm in the UK has done this, moved to the four day week. It's process work insurance or conveyancing from memory, it would be hard to achieve if they were litigators. They adjusted their systems, but not performance targets,...
Prodigy (a maths adventure game for primary aged children), kids can "friend" each other and play alongside each other, but they can only pick messages to send from a preset list, with no free text, so they can't send private information. By the top age...
Bluegrass is a style of American roots music and a subset of country music. Bluegrass’ genesis emerged from the Scottish settlers who arrived in Appalachia throughout the 1600s. They brought their language, religion, culture and their music — narrative...
get into a routine of placing your keys and other essential items in the same place each time you get in, be it on a hook or in a tray or a drawer: “Have a home for everything.” Decluttering your home can also lead to a more streamlined routine. “The...
Solaris @Solaris Hello Jack Elliot. Not a nice day at all in Germany! Today an Eritrean Merkel-Asylumseeker pushed a Mother and her 8 year old son in front of an arriving express-train in Frankfurt main train station. The boy died at once, his mother...
Have you ever considered visiting the Baltic countries? I’ve often visited the Baltic countries Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, all of them are worth to visit. There are great people, nice cities, beautiful beaches and breathtaking landscapes in the Baltic...
