Accent Expert Reviews American Accents in Movies, from ‘The Departed’ to ‘Fargo’ | @VanityFair
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Joker Cinematographer Explains The Impact of Color in Film | @VanityFair
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The Economics of Nuclear Energy
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in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: atomic energy
Climate scientists praise global warming ‘hiatus’ science boost
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So when global temperatures failed to behave as models expected due to inevitable but hard to predict natural variation, they were forced to re-think – or just think? The GWPF concludes, at the risk of stating the obvious: ‘The lesson of the hiatus is that we do not understand internal climatic variability as much as many think we do, and our predictive power is less than many believe.’
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Researchers from the Universities of Princeton, California, Tokyo, Kyushu and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, say the recent hiatus in global temperature increase has led to a surge in climate science.
The global effort to understand the global warming hiatus they say has led to increased understanding of some of the key metrics of global climate change such as global temperature and ice-cover.
Searching for an answer to the hiatus, they say, meant that the scientific community grappled…
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Planet Saving Power: Nuclear Power Cleanest & Safest Form of Energy on Earth
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The fact that very few climate warriors are out there seriously promoting nuclear power, speaks volumes about what’s really driving them. If CO2 really was about to destroy the planet, these characters would be talking about nothing else but nuclear power, and how to deliver it to all and sundry.
Instead, for reasons that escape the logical and rational, we’re told that the only way forward is backwards: ie a life dependent upon the time of day and the weather.
Of course, if anyone wants hot showers and cold beer, wind and solar haven’t a hope of delivering them on cue.
Climate alarmists railing about carbon dioxide gas and not talking about nuclear power generation, can’t be taken seriously. Nuclear power is the only stand-alone power generation source that does not emit carbon dioxide gas during the process.
When the argument eventually turns to the obvious merits of nuclear power…
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Thomas Sowell on role models
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in discrimination, economics of education, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, politics - USA, Thomas Sowell
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders accounted for 28% of Australian prisoner population
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Matilda: The greatest king England never had
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A queen wearing armour and holding a sword is fighting helmeted men carrying shields
By Catherine Hanley
The Empress Matilda, daughter of Henry I of England and his chosen heir to the throne, seemed ideally qualified to succeed him.
When Henry I died in 1135, he left the English crown to his eldest legitimate child: an intelligent, well-educated, multilingual adult who had years of international political and governmental experience. It should have been the easiest succession imaginable, but it wasn’t – because Henry’s heir was not a son but his daughter, Empress Matilda.
Matilda led a remarkable and well-travelled life even by the standards of 12th-century royalty. Shipped overseas to marry the Emperor when she was just eight years old, she adapted to the unfamiliar environment, learned several languages, absorbed the politics of the Empire, and was crowned twice. By the time she was 16 she was so capable that…
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The Dambusters Raid – Time-Lapse
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in defence economics, war and peace Tags: World War II
Glenn C. Loury on Ethics of Affirmative Action in Higher Education
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in discrimination, economic history, economics of crime, economics of education, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, unemployment, welfare reform Tags: affirmative action, racial discrimination, regressive left
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