Trojans Training 22/8/2021
The Torbay Trojans will be back training today from 10 – 13:00. Please see the website for more information.
Dragonfly mission to Titan announces big science goals.
Our exploration of the solar system continues. There is an upcoming mission to one of the moons of Saturn. Titan is another contender for possible life.
There is an article [1] on Science daily [2] with more details along with a discussion on discourse [3]
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1 Article 2 Science Daily 3 Discourse discussion
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What is a particle?
Another interesting item I just found on Mastodon. A post with a link to quanta magazine on an article asking the very question above.
It is a very interesting and engaging article, great for anyone probably studying science from GCSE to A'level or above. I have added a link to discourse and a link to a discussion.
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#QuantaMagazine,#Article,#Physics,#Particles,Science,ParticlePhysics
Linux Mint 20.2 Ulma
The latest version of Linux mint [1] has now been released. I have downloaded the cinnamon edition to give it a go.
In my previous post [2] I gave a link to some suppliers of hardware, Linux mint is one of the OS's that can be pre-installed.
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1 Linux Mint 2 Elementry OS post
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#Linux,#LinuxMint,#FreeSoftware,#Mint
Libre Graphics Club
Libre Graphics Club – learn how to use community developed image editing software & make ace flyers, posters, stickers, booklets, zines & more.
This appears to be happening on the 20th August via Big Blue Button, however sessions will be recorded. I will try and keep this post updated.
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#LibreGraphics,#Training,#Events,#Gimp,#Inkscape,#Scribus, #Flyers, #Posters, #Stickers, #Booklets, #Zines
Elementary OS 6
Elementary OS 6 [1] has been released. Looks like this has some nice new features.
I decided to write this post after following a link on their Mastodon [2] post to the Elementary OS store were you can buy Laptops with Elementary OS pre-installed. There are a few suppliers listed. I am picking out star labs here [4] as the are United Kingdom based. They appear to sell quite a few Linux friendly laptops and offer a range of OS choices. What is also great is they seem reasonably priced. I am not too sure how much these are fully freeOS friendly (e.g Debian) however it is nice to just be able to buy hardware without Windows for a start.
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MP Tom Tugendhat, – Afghanistan Speech
A powerful and emotional speech from MP Tom Tugendhat who is also an army veteran who served in Afghanistan. This was part of a speech, The UK parliament was recalled to discuss the situation in Afghanistan and ask why we are not in this situation after over 450 British soldiers were killed taking the country back.
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Sexual Harassment in the work place
Just completed another course with e-learning at work. This a really useful course, a lot to take in, but an essential topic. I would encourage EVERYONE to undertake this training, then hold your employer to account. In the light of everyone's invited I would encourage Parent / Guardians to do the same, so that schools can be held to account too.
The third case study is very disturbing for another reason. Nothing was mentioned about those staff members (inc the headteacher) being struck off from teaching given what happened. You need to do the course to find out more.
This course will start by defining sexual harassment and explaining how protection comes from both employment law and criminal law. You'll see from workplace statistics how widespread and serious the problem is, and how the management response to concerns raised is often poor or non-existent. It also addresses how allegations should be handled, explains the importance of having clear and robust policies and the role line managers tend to take when it comes to dealing with these situations. The course also covers investigation from the employer's perspective, the role of employment tribunals, and concludes with some case studies that will give further insight into what constitutes harassment and the outcome of cases where the businesses did not act appropriately to deal with this behaviour.
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#CPD,#SexualHarassment,#WorkPlace,#Law,#UK,#ELearningAtWork, #Training