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The UK government's latest deluded idea: 'banning' underage sexting on social media: When the UK government is not busy

The UK government's latest deluded idea: 'banning' underage sexting on social media: When the UK government is not busy looking for ways to invade internet users' privacy, it's looking for ways to restrict what they are able to do online -- particularly when it comes to things of a sexual nature.
Source: betanews.com

Grampound Bowling Club invites school pupils to try the game: IN 2014 the primary school in Grampound approached Grampound

Grampound Bowling Club invites school pupils to try the game: IN 2014 the primary school in Grampound approached Grampound Bowling Club to see if it could offer the children an opportunity to learn to play bowls.
Source: northcornwall-today.co.uk

Oxford University to launch first online 'Mooc' course - BBC News: Oxford University announced its first "massive open online

Oxford University to launch first online 'Mooc' course - BBC News: Oxford University announced its first "massive open online course" - or so-called Mooc - available to students anywhere in the world.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Learning Objects Debuts Competency-Based Education Platform -- Campus Technology: The new Competency-Based Learning Platform

Learning Objects Debuts Competency-Based Education Platform -- Campus Technology: The new Competency-Based Learning Platform from Learning Objects supports flipped, fully online, blended and face-to-face instruction.
Source: campustechnology.com

In Celebration of Open Data | PLOS Biologue:   It’s not every day I get to write something that is just fun. In celebration

In Celebration of Open Data | PLOS Biologue:   It’s not every day I get to write something that is just fun. In celebration of OpenCon, and to recognise all of the fantastic articles that we’ve published at PLOS with a focus on Data Sharing across all of the PLOS journals, we’re really excited...
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Association of e-Cigarette Vaping and Progression to Heavier Patterns of Cigarette Smoking: This cohort study uses survey

Association of e-Cigarette Vaping and Progression to Heavier Patterns of Cigarette Smoking: This cohort study uses survey data to assess associations between baseline e-cigarette use among high school students and use of combustible cigarettes 6 months later. Adam M. Leventhal. Matthew D. Stone. Nafeesa...
Source: jamanetwork.com

The Prince by Machiavelli. Been meaning to read this for some time. It seemed more of a recap of history of Italy in the

The Prince by Machiavelli. Been meaning to read this for some time. It seemed more of a recap of history of Italy in the early 16th century and a lengthy job application pamphlet. Basically, "I know what's been going on and how complex everything is so give me a job". It was rewarding though that some...
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Good read - The Path. A quick overview of 5 Chinese philosophies making them relevant to how we should think about how we

Good read - The Path. A quick overview of 5 Chinese philosophies making them relevant to how we should think about how we live today. I've not read much about them and assumed they were pretty much ancient and irrelevant, reduced to one-liner aphorisms, but Michael Puett has been teaching a popular...
Source: amazon.co.uk

A Medical Mystery of the Best Kind: Major Diseases Are in Decline - NYTimes.com

A Medical Mystery of the Best Kind: Major Diseases Are in Decline - NYTimes.com
Source: nytimes.com

The integration of an anatomy massive open online course (MOOC) into a medical anatomy curriculum Swinnerton, Bronwen J..

The integration of an anatomy massive open online course (MOOC) into a medical anatomy curriculum Swinnerton, Bronwen J.. Morris, Neil P.. Hotchkiss, Stephanie. Pickering, James D. Anatomical Sciences Education.
Source: wiley.com

Good read. "Humanising healthcare" by Dr Margaret Hannah. Great ideas briefly and clearly explained. The book outlines an

Good read. "Humanising healthcare" by Dr Margaret Hannah. Great ideas briefly and clearly explained. The book outlines an approach in Fife to reduce winter pressures on beds by encouraging patients, staff, and community to seek better health care. The ideas are based on Alaska's Southcentral Foundations's...
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Survive On Call - A QI Project to Improve Access to Hospital Clinical Guidelines Robert Penders. Mark Mallet. BMJ Quality

Survive On Call - A QI Project to Improve Access to Hospital Clinical Guidelines Robert Penders. Mark Mallet. BMJ Quality Improvement Reports.
Source: bmj.com

Just finished reading 'not exactly: in praise of vagueness' by Kees Van Deemter. Fantastic concepts and well explained but

Just finished reading 'not exactly: in praise of vagueness' by Kees Van Deemter. Fantastic concepts and well explained but I found it really hard going. He seemed to want to dive in to all the logic, theoretical background, and notation of the topic but then it would have felt more like a textbook. ...
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Just read Sapiens by Yuval Harari. Sparkling account and interesting perspective of the history of humankind. Full of stories.

Just read Sapiens by Yuval Harari. Sparkling account and interesting perspective of the history of humankind. Full of stories. Learnt about Montezuma, learnt a lot about the agricultural revolution, the affluence of hunter-gatherers, and a lot about our disregard for other animals. Basically we haven't...
Source: amazon.co.uk

Editorial: Contemporary Faces of Diabetes Care for Youth and Young Adults in the 21st Century: Evolution in the Roles of

Editorial: Contemporary Faces of Diabetes Care for Youth and Young Adults in the 21st Century: Evolution in the Roles of Patients and Families, Healthcare Providers and Systems, Behavioral Health, and the Online Community Current diabetes reviews.
Source: nih.gov

The Emerging Diabetes Online Community: Diabetes self-management is complex and demanding, and isolation and burnout are

The Emerging Diabetes Online Community: Diabetes self-management is complex and demanding, and isolation and burnout are common experiences. The Internet provides opportunities for people with diabetes to connect with one another to address these challenges. The aims of this paper are to introduce ......
Source: nih.gov

Court tosses Kansas case that tried to challenge science education guidelines

Court tosses Kansas case that tried to challenge science education guidelines
Source: arstechnica.com

Meta-Analysis: Metformin Should Still Be First-Line Diabetes Therapy, Even with Newer Drugs Available: By Amy Orciari Herman

Meta-Analysis: Metformin Should Still Be First-Line Diabetes Therapy, Even with Newer Drugs Available: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Jaye Elizabeth Hefner, MD Evidence from a new meta-analysis "supports current guidelines with metformin as the recommended first-line...
Source: jwatch.org

NHS bullying made me want to kill myself and forced me to quit: I will never forget what happened to me and four years on

NHS bullying made me want to kill myself and forced me to quit: I will never forget what happened to me and four years on I still suffer trauma whenever I go near the hospital where I once worked
Source: theguardian.com

This student put 50 million stolen research articles online. And they’re free.: Alexandra Elbakyan is challenging the

This student put 50 million stolen research articles online. And they’re free.: Alexandra Elbakyan is challenging the multibillion-dollar academic publishing industry.
Source: washingtonpost.com