Approaches to Teaching Tolkien\u27s The Lord of the Rings and Other Works (2015) edited by Leslie A. Donovan

Book review of Approaches to Teaching Tolkien\u27s The Lord of the Rings and Other Works (2015), edited by Leslie A. Donova

The smallest split Cayley hexagon has two symplectic embeddings

AbstractIt is well known that the smallest split Cayley generalized hexagon H(2) can be embedded into the symplectic space W(5,2), or equivalently, into the parabolic quadric Q(6,2). We establish a second way to embed H(2) into the same space and describe a computer proof of the fact that these are essentially the only two embeddings of this type

Shared scepticism, different motives: Franco-German perceptions of a common European safe asset. Bertelsmann Stiftung 26 October 2018

A common European safe asset is a highly contentious proposal within the Euro area reform agenda. Various safe asset proposals have been put forward since the onset of the Euro crisis ranging from Eurobonds to European Safe Bonds (ESBies), also known as Sovereign Bond- Backed Securities (SBBS), which currently enjoy the institutional support of the European Commission as well as the High-Level Task Force on Safe Assets at the European Systemic Risk Board. Its proponents argue that a European safe asset is required to break the bank-sovereign nexus and limit destabilising capital flows, ultimately improving financial stability in the Euro area. Nevertheless, the concept of a European safe asset remains controversial among national policymakers; some consider the idea promising, while others see it as a threat to market discipline, national sovereignty, or long-term fiscal stability

Hidden Hot Dark Matter as Cold Dark Matter

We show that hidden hot dark matter, hidden-sector dark matter with interactions that decouple when it is relativistic, is a viable dark matter candidate provided it has never been in thermal equilibrium with the particles of the standard model. This hidden hot dark matter may reheat to a lower temperature and number density than the visible Universe and thus account, simply with its thermal abundance, for all the dark matter in the Universe while evading the typical constraints on hot dark matter arising from structure formation. We find masses ranging from ~3 keV to ~10 TeV. While never in equilibrium with the standard model, this class of models may have unique observational signatures in the matter power spectrum or via extra-weak interactions with standard model particles.Comment: 5 pages, 1 figur

Protecting Fundamental Labor Rights: Lessons from Canada for the United States

This paper examines the decline in unionization in the United States that began to occur in about 1960. While various explanations have been put forward to explain this -- with many focusing on some form of structural changes to the economy or to the workforce, usually related to globalization or technological progress -- this paper focuses on the role that employer opposition to unions has played, together with relatively weak labor law. In order to fully flesh out the experience of the United States, it looks to the experience of Canada as the country most similar to it

Connexions ‘Active Involvement’ agenda and integrated working

This research explores the links between Connexions ‘Active Involvement’ agenda and integrated working, and focuses upon local examples and interviews from Coventry and Warwickshire. Connexions One Stop Shops are taken as a particular focus of the report. Some of the issues arising from part of a wider national debate about the principles of statutory work with young people and the differences between professions and disciplines were explored as part of this work. This report highlights some of these important dilemmas, and indicates where there may be scope for further reflection or research by practitioners and strategists working in the integrated youth support services. The report features examples of how returning to the views of young people can be helpful in unlocking tensions. It also explores some of the different meanings, expectations and purposes of participation by young people within the context of youth support work. The report discusses the different theoretical bases of young people’s professions as they increasingly converge around the integrated working agenda. The key learning points from the research include: • the integrated working agenda throws up some genuine theoretical dilemmas about the basis on which different professionals are working with young people • co-located ‘hub’ working can force different services to confront the different ideological positions of their profession • young people’s participation can be one tool which helps professionals re-evaluate organizational priorities and unlock conflicts by reverting back to young people’s actual experiences