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Business > Leadership Strategies As a manager, is it important for your employees to like you?

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As a manager, one is in a position of authority. A good manager is expected to lead from the front and to make decisions that, ultimately, are in the best interests of those below them. Whether or not this involves any actual "liking" between managers and their workers is, in fact, irrelevant.Whilst an amicable personality mi... More..

Sciences > Physics Energy from nuclear fusion

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Nuclear fusion is, to put it simply, smashing very light atoms together to make heavier ones. In the process they release a large amount of energy which we can harness for electricity.In principle this sounds straightforward, but in practice the technological hurdles we have to jump are quite high. Fusion occurs naturally all... More..

Sciences > Physics Does the Large Hadron Collider have the potential to destroy Earth?

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Does the Large Hadron Collider have the potential to unlock the secrets of the universe? Absolutely! Will it bring us fantastic new technologies and revolutionise science? Definitely! Will it destroy the Earth? No way.The thing is, part of the problem is that what actually happens in the experiment is not well understood by t... More..

Sciences > Earth Science (Other) An overview on time standards based on Earth's rotation

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Sunrise to sunset: the most basic of time references. Light is essential to human activity, and so for early man hunting and gathering were daytime pursuits. For very basic timekeeping, little more was required; when the sun rose it was time to eat and begin activity, when it set again it was time to sleep.But as man became i... More..

Politics, News & Issues > Environmental Awareness Can individuals significantly ease the world water crisis, or must we rely on governments, corporations, the United Nations, the European Union and non-profits, for a remedy?

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Six billion people live on this planet. Six billion living, breathing organisms with a daily water requirement in the region of 2 litres. In this respect, we are all truly equal. In the words of George Orwell, however, some are more equal than others, and never before has this been so true.On the shores of the river Nile, nat... More..

Sciences > Astronomy Going to Mars

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We do not do things because they are easy, said a U.S. President, we do things because they are hard. Space travel is inherently hard; there can be doubt about this. The United States' expeditions to the moon cost in excess of $20 billion, according to NASA, and called upon the brightest and sharpest minds the world had to of... More..

Personal Finance > Managing Credit 6 credit card truths

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There is no doubt that credit cards are one of the most useful methods of payment in existence. Credit cards are inherently multi-purpose; it is common to use a single credit card to make purchases vastly different in value. But there are many myths about credit cards; many can seem genuinely worrying. The truth of the matter... More..

Arts & Humanities > American Literature Book reviews: Round Ireland With A Fridge, by Tony Hawks

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The first thought upon picking up a copy of Round Ireland with a fridge is one of intrigue. With a title like that, resisting the urge to turn the book over and find out just what it's on about is nigh on impossible. Flipping over, all becomes clearer. Slightly. Round Ireland with a fridge chronicles Hawks' unorthodox journey... More..

Sciences > Mathematics Understanding plane geometry

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Geometry is easier than you think. Plane geometry is based on concepts that on their own are extremely simple; if you can draw a line, you can do geometry. So, whether you need some help with homework or you'd just like to understand geometry a bit more, here's a guide to understanding it.Firstly, lets go right back to basics... More..

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