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☆ ‘You Can Hear a Pin Drop’: The Rise of Super Strict Schools in England
  + stars: | 2024-03-09 | by ( Emma Bubola | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
As the teacher started to count down, the students uncrossed their arms and bowed their heads, completing the exercise in a flash. One,” the teacher said. Pens across the room went down and all eyes shot back to the teacher. Under a policy called “Slant” (Sit up, Lean forward, Ask and answer questions, Nod your head and Track the speaker) the students, aged 11 and 12, were barred from looking away. When a digital bell beeped (traditional clocks are “not precise enough,” the principal said) the students walked quickly and silently to the cafeteria in a single line.
Persons: Ozymandias, Percy Bysshe Shelley — Organizations: Michaela Community School Locations: London
☆ How the mystery of electricity helped 18-year-old Mary Shelley create 'Frankenstein'
  + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
In 1818 Mary Shelley published “Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus.”In the novel, Frankenstein brings a creature to life with a "spark of being." Both scientists influenced “Frankenstein.” Shelley incorporated some of Davy’s writings into her novel, and the 1818 and 1831 prefaces both reference Darwin. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley wrote "Frankenstein" when she was 18 years old. Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesPoet Percy Bysshe Shelley, whom Mary Shelley married the same year she started "Frankenstein," was also fascinated with science. “Could it be electricity?”The electrical experimentsIn her 1831 revised edition of "Frankenstein," Shelley removed the part about lightning and instead referenced galvanism.
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☆ The US tops the world with more than 140,000 ultra-rich citizens worth more than $50 million, after adding another 30,000 to the rolls in 2021
  + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | Andy Kiersz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
The US has the highest number of individuals with worth more than $50 million, according to a new global wealth report. The US is also home to the majority of people with more than $100 million in wealth. Credit Suisse's report found that over the past two years, the number of "ultra high net worth individuals" — those with more than $50 million in assets — in the world has grown by 50%. China, which ranks second for the number of ultra high net worth individuals, only claims 12% of the world's share. As of 2021, the top 1% controls more than 35% of the country's wealth, the report noted.
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