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A pure-cash system provides incentives for incumbent carriers to buy (scarce) slots and leave them empty to limit competition. British Airways would definitely do this at Heathrow if allowed, for example. Also, it potentially reduces actual
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The UK does in fact have such a system (unlike the US). We use first-past-the-post voting, like the US, but our Prime Minister is selected by the majority in Parliament (rather than directly). Consequently, we don't have 'cohabita
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Candidat Nauk. As I understand it the Russian doctorate/habilitation is closer to our 'higher doctorates' (DSc/DLitt/DM etc.) which are rarely awarded and are mid/late career distinctions. There's no requi
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Yes. The standard "1+3" funding programme covers a 1 year MRes or other masters degree with methods training in advance of the PhD programme starting. I got mine separately, so just had "+3" funding. Like in the US, a Ph
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It depends on the discipline, the programme, and (particularly) the country. I did mine in the UK, where the funding is for 3 years and the expectation is ≤4. I managed that (modulo two terms of sick and paternity leave) and so do most othe
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Yup (to the first). Fixie riders can achieve two 'gears' by mounting a sprocket on both sides of the rear wheel and flipping the wheel round if needed. More, as always, from Sheldon Brown: https://www.sheldonbrown.com&#
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Google's definition is not authoritative. > ... any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, as such: > (a) Killing members of the group; >
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The former head of Green Templeton College, Oxford, did an analysis of the final results achieved by people from different backgrounds who had got into Oxford, and the conclusion was that those who came from fancier backgrounds did less w
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It's sometimes described as 'digital sharecropping'[0]. Depending on your reason for participating you may get some economic benefit (perhaps as share or exposure for your business) while the platform both takes the bulk of a
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FWIW working conditions in the NHS are (also) very stressful, largely because the system is cash-constrained and runs heavily on staff goodwill. And, while the shenanigans of brutal corporate management are largely absent, the shenanigans o
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Agreed. But "in front of a jury quickly" might be forensically a better idea than "wait in jail for years" while the prosecutor drags things out. [Edit: assuming that his team are confident in getting at least one vote t
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He's entitled to a trial within 70 days of his first appearance in the US, if he demands one. Speedy Trial Act of 1974.
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It is; the reason the original decision was overturned is that specific formal 'assurances' have been received from the US government which mitigate the suicide risk which was the only reason the first instance judge refused admis
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It's quite an interesting question. There are lots of privately owned 'public' spaces in meatspace, and the function of a space (a place where people get together in public) and its ownership (municipal, commons, private) don
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I think I agree at least about a motion to strike out. There's a chance that an abuse of process argument could have been made, though if that failed the existence of the US copyright registration does seem to at least raise issues of
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The courts generally will act against anyone within their jurisdiction. In the UK we have the contra mundum injunction, for example, which is a legal order enforceable against the world. These orders occur occasionally in things like witn
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Payments are ex gratia at the discretion of the Secretary of State, so in principle it's entirely up to them. There is a legally-guiding Code of Practice[0], though, which gives a starting point of 50% to the finder and 50% to the la
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Yes! And the definition of Treasure given in the article is not only incomplete, but isn't the clause that would apply to these objects. (Bronze isn't gold or silver, but these are probably covered as multiple associated prehistor
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Everyone uses DOIs for research papers, and https://doi.org/<DOI> will take you there. In fact, I think the URI form is now the preferred way of printing DOIs.
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They're traditionally made of brass, which is naturally anti-microbial (the copper, specifically). Not clinically secure, of course, but far better than nothing. You can push them with a covered elbow as well, of course.
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A trip to https://www.james-smith.co.uk/ will sort you out, next time you're in London. For a suitable price, naturally!
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Maybe. A standard Miele washing machine costs about £900, while a decent (but less durable) machine might cost half that or a bit less. Having done endless (eventually futile) repairs on an older washer that kept falling over out of warrant
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You're not likely to need a complete set: they can be replaced individually. Mine is from about 1987, and I got it about 10 years ago on eBay. I've replaced one element card, as a result of a previous owner's dodgy repair cau
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Not mandatory, as it turns out - just ubiquitous. You can get similar sockets with no switch if you want them never to be turned off: https://www.edwardes.co.uk/products/mk-k781whi-2-gang-13-amp...
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Interesting. Worked fine here (Firefox 93.0 on Debian) and it's listed as fully supported by Mozilla: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Navigator/s...
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It's a fascinating form, isn't it? I mean, nominally they're book reviews. And they will at least mention and comment on the book. But the best of them are really a special kind of literary essay written by someone who knows
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It's a National Statistic (subject to auditing and rigorous oversight from the ONS) so 'lies' is way off the mark. What it may do is not match your experiences (it varies a lot by time of day etc.), or be perfectly defined fo
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Actually >90% within 10 mins (long distance) or 5 mins (short). [0] Very dependent on what route you take, though. And far from Swiss or Japanese levels of punctuality. [0]: https://www.networkrail.co.uk/who-we-are&#x2F
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Trains already beat planes in practice for city-to-city journeys with a train time of <3h, because of the time of getting to and from airports, checkin etc. London-Paris flights were decimated when the channel tunnel opened, for instance
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It's hard to upgrade existing routes that far - the normal maximum for upgraded 'classic' railways will be <225kph, while new high-speed railways (like the Japanese shinkansen) can go over 300kph. That said, Europe already

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