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Teacher's top 100 Favourite Books TES Survey
Source: Times Educational Supplement
The list is in order.
Which one of those below have you read (italics), do you own (bold) or dislike (struck through)?
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen
To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee
Harry Potter (series) J.K. Rowling
Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte
Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte
Nineteen Eighty-Four George ( Read more... ) -
More Words, Deeper Hole - Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 Meme
From james_nicoll who got it from martin_wisse
Which one of those below have you read (italics), do you own (bold) or dislike (struck through)?
The Handmaid’s Tale (1985)
Ender’s Game (1985)
Radio Free Albemuth (1985)
Always Coming Home (1985 ( Read more... ) -
Peace Dividend
At the end of the Cold War there was a lot of talk about a peace dividend, that a significant amount of money would be freed up by cutting military budgets in a less dangerous world. Many people wonder what happened to it. There was in fact a peace dividend. The US military budget has grown as a share of GDP since 1999 but is still over 1% of GDP ( Read more... ) -
Banking
Britain has a highly consolidated banking sector, and has for a long time. The original consolidation happened from about 1880 to 1920 and left the sector with five big players; the original big five and a number of medium sized banks.
- Barclays
- Lloyds
- Midland
- National Provincial
- Westminster
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Photovoltaic cells
A few years ago we had a solar hot water panel fitted to the house, today we had a set of photovoltaic panels fitted. While in a standard market this would not be a financially viable proposition the feed in tariff means that the unit price from selling the excess power during the day (the feed in tariff) is about twice the wholesale price of ( Read more... ) -
Political quiz for Europe
http://www.euprofiler.eu/
It recomended the Welsh Liberal Democrats, which is correct. I'm literally a card carrying Libreral Democrat.
