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talking to her about her sporting ambitions and how she's juggling it with studying english at cambridge universityrunning some really fast times. i think a lot of people say do you know it was going to happen? and i was like, no. hello, and amy hunt and amy british sprinter. i left at thejunior galette in iran a world of the ap for 200 metres which i felt that he was not expecting. when i saw that time flashed up i was like oh my god i think there is loads of pictures of me just like oh my god all over. and then carry that on into the europeanjunior championships and managed to get a gold in both the 20k by one. that was my first experience with anti—doping and when i got back i had school the next day and i was doing all these interviews the day before i was going back to school. realising that claim is definitely good enough to put me on the world stage against some really, really incredible lady. that realisation that while, i can actually be competitive in those races. ijust have to be one of those people who get there and do something. she is definitely someone who i look up she is definitely
talking to her about her sporting ambitions and how she's juggling it with studying english at cambridge universityrunning some really fast times. i think a lot of people say do you know it was going to happen? and i was like, no. hello, and amy hunt and amy british sprinter. i left at thejunior galette in iran a world of the ap for 200 metres which i felt that he was not expecting. when i saw that time flashed up i was like oh my god i think there is loads of pictures of me just like oh my god...
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professor david speigelhalter — the winton professor of the public understanding of risk at cambridge universitya tuesday, the number of deaths is much higher than the real number of deaths that happened, say, yesterday, because we're doing some catch up with the lack of reports over the weekend. so, myjudgment would be that there is now less than 200 covid deaths happening per day, which is extraordinary given that it was 1,200 a dayjust six weeks ago. and that reflects the latest data for the office of national statistics, showing the big reduction in deaths, and it is, i mean, we must have known, hoped these vaccines would work, but it is quite extraordinary that the death rates in the vaccinated groups, the over 65s, they are halving in a week, just a bit over a week, so they really are coming right down. in other words, does that mean that the vaccine roll—out in terms of its successes exceeded expectations, would you say, or certainly exceeded your expectations? i think they have exceeded everyone's expectations. i mean, its multiple things, first of all, the success of the roll—out, the f
professor david speigelhalter — the winton professor of the public understanding of risk at cambridge universitya tuesday, the number of deaths is much higher than the real number of deaths that happened, say, yesterday, because we're doing some catch up with the lack of reports over the weekend. so, myjudgment would be that there is now less than 200 covid deaths happening per day, which is extraordinary given that it was 1,200 a dayjust six weeks ago. and that reflects the latest data for...
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>> reporter: according to a recent cambridge university study, remote workers putting in one day a weekn the job are the happiest, including part-time employees or furloughed workers putting in one day per week. on the flipside, full timers were among the least happy us. maybe we need to do investigative journalism and take the rest of the day off? >> i like that reporter involvement. let's put this theory to the test. i'm with you on that. but, we are still working and we will check with you at 6:30. we can't take the rest of the day off. >> reporter: we will see you then. >>> a job opportunity you will think is too good to be true. up next on kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, the sonoma county winery paying six figures. >>> the start of a warming trend for us with mostly sunny skies and breezy conditions along conditions along the coast and mid-50s around the bay. breezy conditions in lint and topping out in the mid-to upper 60s. this is just the start with gusty offshore wind tomorrow and temps on the rise. more on that coming up. >> mom: look at you. no braces, all the internet
>> reporter: according to a recent cambridge university study, remote workers putting in one day a weekn the job are the happiest, including part-time employees or furloughed workers putting in one day per week. on the flipside, full timers were among the least happy us. maybe we need to do investigative journalism and take the rest of the day off? >> i like that reporter involvement. let's put this theory to the test. i'm with you on that. but, we are still working and we will...
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elizabeth: this is in reference to cambridge university professor, stefan halper a paid fbi informant general michael flynn had an encounter with a russian british grad student. that grad student said that is false. william barnett, an fbi agent, that is wrong but somehow that information was used to go after general flynn. your reaction? >> it was used to go after general flynn. now four years later this graduate student is finally finding out who the source was that was spewing these lies to the fbi. now she knows who it was that was sourcing information to the fbi which was an a complete and utter lie. devin nunez is right, some of the most decorated general in our military being surveiled on by the fbi under false pretenses. that should make every american very earn concerned about the safety and security of our country. fbi and doj weaponized to go after conservatives, go after political targets. very unnerving as a member of congress. all americans should be very concerned about it. elizabeth: at the center of this is abuse of the court, the fisa court meant to catch terrorists.
elizabeth: this is in reference to cambridge university professor, stefan halper a paid fbi informant general michael flynn had an encounter with a russian british grad student. that grad student said that is false. william barnett, an fbi agent, that is wrong but somehow that information was used to go after general flynn. your reaction? >> it was used to go after general flynn. now four years later this graduate student is finally finding out who the source was that was spewing these...
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elizabeth: congressman what this is in reference to is cambridge university professor a paid fbi informantl flynn had an encounter with a british russian grad student, that grad student said that is false william barnett and fbi agent says that is wrong but somehow that information was used to go after general flynn, your reaction. >> it was used to go after general flynn and four years later the graduate student is finding out who that source was that was spewing these lies to thee fbi. now she knows who it was that was sourcg iinmaor toon the the fbi wfbchfb was a c aeteetend nd r lte, deviein neves is isightig he theostheostecorostecored ed gene gel ingelhe hltoisff our talinglieieiei silve bhe undi u falerrense,nse,tnse, nse, e, ldakevery evemeri anca cone ahe the safhey aetet secusety osety ourfount c whe cu fbihe andhe dhe d..o weapo w w t aftereron cativat,atatat ti ca tartsart i is i ieryererer unneuningun a a a m mr orf ssndss a a arica a bery c ced ved about a a a it.it izabeth:ab at t aen ar o afr thr t abu offhe fisa court an tanoatcherst the doe abu abu a that t in johinurham
elizabeth: congressman what this is in reference to is cambridge university professor a paid fbi informantl flynn had an encounter with a british russian grad student, that grad student said that is false william barnett and fbi agent says that is wrong but somehow that information was used to go after general flynn, your reaction. >> it was used to go after general flynn and four years later the graduate student is finding out who that source was that was spewing these lies to thee fbi....
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alison young is professor of public law at the university of cambridge.otesters and some senior figures in the world of criminaljustice and policing who are very worried about what this bill says about the right to protest in particular. just talk us through what the bill says on that and why people are worried about it. thank ou. i people are worried about it. thank you- i think— people are worried about it. thank you. i think the _ people are worried about it. thank you. i think the difficulty _ people are worried about it. thank you. i think the difficulty is - people are worried about it. thank you. i think the difficulty is that i you. i think the difficulty is that it is broadening the powers of police to put conditions on protests and assemblies. it is also making it easier in certain circumstances for individuals to preach those conditions so instead of it being knowingly preaching them, it is you should have been aware of them and that could be enough to trigger and it is increasing the fines and penalties including with regard to offences for pu
alison young is professor of public law at the university of cambridge.otesters and some senior figures in the world of criminaljustice and policing who are very worried about what this bill says about the right to protest in particular. just talk us through what the bill says on that and why people are worried about it. thank ou. i people are worried about it. thank you- i think— people are worried about it. thank you. i think the _ people are worried about it. thank you. i think the...
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keeping people on side with with respect to vaccines that's an absolute priority thank you from cambridge university chris smith joining us. here with the news hour live from london well still ahead a man arrested for killing 8 people at 3 spies in atlanta tells police he saw them as temptations he wanted to eliminate. and in sport the english football association gives its reaction to the damning report into historical child sex abuse within the game. the a. now the head of u.s. homeland security has pushed back against republican criticism as he was questioned by a house committee over a surge of my clients at the mexican border i 100 majorca said his department is working around the clock to manage the situation president biden's administration is struggling now to accommodate a growing number of children crossing the border alone alan fisher has more now from washington. there's an increasing number of people turning up trying to get into the u.s. through the southern border that's put president joe biden on the defensive didn't have to say quite clearly don't come yes i can say quite clearly do
keeping people on side with with respect to vaccines that's an absolute priority thank you from cambridge university chris smith joining us. here with the news hour live from london well still ahead a man arrested for killing 8 people at 3 spies in atlanta tells police he saw them as temptations he wanted to eliminate. and in sport the english football association gives its reaction to the damning report into historical child sex abuse within the game. the a. now the head of u.s. homeland...
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let's speak now to david spiegelhalter, professor of statistics at cambridge university. trends that we can see in the statistics? they are very encouraging. they're all heading in a downward direction, what do you make of them? figs a downward direction, what do you make of them?— a downward direction, what do you make of them? as usual, because it's a tuesda , make of them? as usual, because it's a tuesday. the _ make of them? as usual, because it's a tuesday, the number— make of them? as usual, because it's a tuesday, the number of— make of them? as usual, because it's a tuesday, the number of deaths - make of them? as usual, because it's a tuesday, the number of deaths is i a tuesday, the number of deaths is much higher than the real number of deaths that happened. we're doing some catch up. so, myjudgment would be that it's now less than 200 covid deaths happening per day, which is extraordinary given that it was 1200 a dayjust extraordinary given that it was 1200 a day just six extraordinary given that it was 1200 a dayjust six weeks ago. that reflects the latest dat
let's speak now to david spiegelhalter, professor of statistics at cambridge university. trends that we can see in the statistics? they are very encouraging. they're all heading in a downward direction, what do you make of them? figs a downward direction, what do you make of them?— a downward direction, what do you make of them? as usual, because it's a tuesda , make of them? as usual, because it's a tuesday. the _ make of them? as usual, because it's a tuesday, the number— make of them?...
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if we were to adjust this relative to the cambridge universe, that would be decidedly positive. if we were to adjust this number compared to median peers, this number would come materially down. if we were to -- last page, last comment, i promise. we were also to add 56 and 57. you see here the selection effect is driving about 90% of our access returns. the vast majority of our returns are driven by manager selection. what is manager selection? it's labor intenser, research intenser, it's resource intensive. that's what's i mean by that. with that, i'll turn over to the board for questions and comments. i hope that was helpful. >> chair: that was helpful. board members, are there any comments, questions, concerns? if not, i would like to thank the staff for their comments. i turn it back to you for any other comments. >> [indiscernible]. >> i would like to thank you and mr. martin. thank you. madam secretary, next item, please. [please stand by] . . . . bonds for the month were down and our bond portfolio was down 96 basis points that compared to barclay's. and it continues to
if we were to adjust this relative to the cambridge universe, that would be decidedly positive. if we were to adjust this number compared to median peers, this number would come materially down. if we were to -- last page, last comment, i promise. we were also to add 56 and 57. you see here the selection effect is driving about 90% of our access returns. the vast majority of our returns are driven by manager selection. what is manager selection? it's labor intenser, research intenser, it's...
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professor holds a jd for stanford, master philosophy cambridge university and ma from harvard.ferguson, j ferguson of u.s. court of appeals for the ninth circuit. you are now recognized for five minutes. >> thank you for convening this born hearing and inviting mee to submit much and by acknowledging the horrific mask shootings in atlanta. the motives murders traumatize asian american communities, already reeling from a year of persistent hate violence. i'd like to make two points today. first, while the causes of hate crimes are complex, academic research shows rhetoric from political leaders as immigrants or racial minorities to commit violence against them research shows that political events that change perceptions of socialci norms, acceptability of racist or xenophobic views havec triggered hate violence. specifically with respect to former president trump, prior studies have shown hate crimes spiked immediately after his election and supporting muslims strongly correlated with anti- muslim hate crimes. that brings us to the past year when former president trump and other
professor holds a jd for stanford, master philosophy cambridge university and ma from harvard.ferguson, j ferguson of u.s. court of appeals for the ninth circuit. you are now recognized for five minutes. >> thank you for convening this born hearing and inviting mee to submit much and by acknowledging the horrific mask shootings in atlanta. the motives murders traumatize asian american communities, already reeling from a year of persistent hate violence. i'd like to make two points today....
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we measure and account for economic growth we have 2 experts on the subject from london is university of cambridge professor. he is the author of the u.k. government's independent review on the economics of biodiversity and from copenhagen denmark is asked like grinstead who's an associate professor of physics of ice climate and earth welcome to you both thanks very much for joining us on counting the costs for me start with you if you believe that seas are rising faster and higher than previously estimated why is that and put that into context for us and tell us what that means by the beer looked at the data from from 850 and or watch and then we can see the sea level rising at their rising faster and then they don't that observations of all. and b.p. can from that we can see the that you can extract how sensitive how strongly the sea levels respond to to warming and then become pad that that's a likely get out simply like how much faster the sea level rises many people on earth by one degree and you can compare that to what we see and in the models that are used to project the level and we see t
we measure and account for economic growth we have 2 experts on the subject from london is university of cambridge professor. he is the author of the u.k. government's independent review on the economics of biodiversity and from copenhagen denmark is asked like grinstead who's an associate professor of physics of ice climate and earth welcome to you both thanks very much for joining us on counting the costs for me start with you if you believe that seas are rising faster and higher than...
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ravi gupta is a professor of clinical microbiology at the university of cambridge.f covid—19, including new strains. we don't think it is more dangerous, but it is a variant of concern because it carries the signature mutations that have been shown in vitro by a number of groups, and in terms of vaccine responses to be a bit of a problem. all we know is that, if you put e484k mutation, which is one of the key mutations in spike that the brazil variant has, along with the south african variant, we can see something like a tenfold shift in the amounts of antibody required to neutralise or to block that virus from infecting cells. tenfold sounds like a lot but actually we make huge amounts of antibody after vaccination, and so for most people that will not be a problem. so you will still limit severity, you will still prevent death, but there may be a small chance of transmission, and that's what we are worried about here, the public health implications of this. the new york governor, andrew cuomo, is facing growing pressure from fellow democrats to resign, now a third
ravi gupta is a professor of clinical microbiology at the university of cambridge.f covid—19, including new strains. we don't think it is more dangerous, but it is a variant of concern because it carries the signature mutations that have been shown in vitro by a number of groups, and in terms of vaccine responses to be a bit of a problem. all we know is that, if you put e484k mutation, which is one of the key mutations in spike that the brazil variant has, along with the south african...
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ravi gupta is a professor of clinical microbiology at the university of cambridge and has been researchingg new strains. i asked him how alarmed we should be that the brazil variant has now been detected in the uk. it is interesting to note that the origin of this he won variant, and you describe the situation, the worry about reinfection came from the observation that there was a lot of, or ape high prevalence of antibodies after the first wave it. in the estimates range 50%. if a new very emerged and can be effected the other 50% we are not sure how many of those infections were re—infections, so that's still a very open question. we don't think it's more dangerous but it's a concern because it carries some of the signature mutations that have been shown in vitro by a number of groups and in terms of the vaccine responses to be a bit of a problem. responses to be a bit of a problem-— responses to be a bit of a problem. do we know how significant _ problem. do we know how significant it _ problem. do we know how significant it hampers - problem. do we know how significant it hampers a i s
ravi gupta is a professor of clinical microbiology at the university of cambridge and has been researchingg new strains. i asked him how alarmed we should be that the brazil variant has now been detected in the uk. it is interesting to note that the origin of this he won variant, and you describe the situation, the worry about reinfection came from the observation that there was a lot of, or ape high prevalence of antibodies after the first wave it. in the estimates range 50%. if a new very...
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preserved at the university of cambridge the guineas that documents reveal how moving the empires capital to cairo altered trade routes the slave from antiquity the slavs the calculation was replaced by the african. i found roughly 52 percent of slaves especially domestic slaves in egypt or from black africa but between the late term and the 13th century. africa was exposed and vulnerable new beings ethiopians and sudanese would now make up the majority of slave contingents sold in cairo. here at the un louise street markets most were women black women who were exhibited as trophies. destined to satisfy all of their masters requirements their prices were determined by their own.
preserved at the university of cambridge the guineas that documents reveal how moving the empires capital to cairo altered trade routes the slave from antiquity the slavs the calculation was replaced by the african. i found roughly 52 percent of slaves especially domestic slaves in egypt or from black africa but between the late term and the 13th century. africa was exposed and vulnerable new beings ethiopians and sudanese would now make up the majority of slave contingents sold in cairo. here...
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ravi gupta is a professor of clinical microbiology at the university of cambridge.on of covid—19, including new strains. we do not think it is more dangerous but it is a variant of concern because it carries the signature mutations shown in vetro and in terms of response it is a bit of a problem. all we know, if you put that the mutation, one of the key mutations which the present variant along with the south african variant has, we can see a tenfold shift in the amounts of antibody required to neutralise or lock that virus from affecting cells. tenfold sound like a lot but we make a huge amount of antibody after vaccination and so for most people that will not be a problem so you will still limit severity and prevent death but they may be a small chance of transmission and that is what we are worried about here, the public health implications of this. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we give you a look at what it's like to wind surf on ice. first, the plates slid gently off the restaurant tables. then suddenly, the tables, the chairs and people crashed side
ravi gupta is a professor of clinical microbiology at the university of cambridge.on of covid—19, including new strains. we do not think it is more dangerous but it is a variant of concern because it carries the signature mutations shown in vetro and in terms of response it is a bit of a problem. all we know, if you put that the mutation, one of the key mutations which the present variant along with the south african variant has, we can see a tenfold shift in the amounts of antibody required...
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mother is freed i said big al-jazeera the arab world dr roxana from a family on is from the university of cambridge she says nazarenes full release now depends on how flexible both sides are willing to be. the majority of cases in the past where prisoners that were dual nationals such as not. when they were released and their term was finished they were still not given permission to leave iran in the majority of cases for up to a year so it is very unlikely in any event that she will be able to go back and we have to look back at the time when iran and the signatories of the iran nuclear deal were pretty together the original deal. was in prison at that point each and nothing really moved on chase even as many nuclear deal was was put together and adopted on our all sides so it's possible that it will not have a great deal to do with her case on the other hand it is good timing in the sense that the. sides are in the process of trying to find an opportunity to sit down and negotiate and i think it would be quite likely that the british negotiators who would make this an issue as they try to hammer
mother is freed i said big al-jazeera the arab world dr roxana from a family on is from the university of cambridge she says nazarenes full release now depends on how flexible both sides are willing to be. the majority of cases in the past where prisoners that were dual nationals such as not. when they were released and their term was finished they were still not given permission to leave iran in the majority of cases for up to a year so it is very unlikely in any event that she will be able to...
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preserved at the university of cambridge the guineas that documents reveal how moving the empire's capital to cairo altered trade routes this late from antiquity the slavs the caucasian was replaced by the african. i found it roughly 52 percent of slaves especially domestic slaves in egypt or from black africa between the late term and the 13th century. africa was exposed and vulnerable new billions ethiopians and sudanese would now make up the majority of slave contingents sold in cairo. here at the street markets most were women black women who were exhibited as trophies. destined to satisfy all of their master's requirements their prices were determined by their age and beauty. slave women have a variety of names they translated into english as things like success prosperity prodigality these are all names which reflect the way that slavery function as a kind of form of consumption and then we also have have slaves with names like. wild rose musk. names that reflect luxury items very often when you have domestic slaves a possible relationship begins to develop between the slave on us an
preserved at the university of cambridge the guineas that documents reveal how moving the empire's capital to cairo altered trade routes this late from antiquity the slavs the caucasian was replaced by the african. i found it roughly 52 percent of slaves especially domestic slaves in egypt or from black africa between the late term and the 13th century. africa was exposed and vulnerable new billions ethiopians and sudanese would now make up the majority of slave contingents sold in cairo. here...
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preserved at the university of cambridge the guineas that documents reveal how moving the empires capital to cairo trade routes is laid from antiquity the slav the caucasian was replaced by the african. i found it roughly 52 percent of slaves especially domestic slaves in egypt or from black africa but between the late 10 and the 13th century. africa was exposed and vulnerable. nubians ethiopians and sudanese would now make up the majority of slave contingents sold in cairo. here at the street markets most were women black women who were exhibited as trophies. destined to satisfy all of their master's requirements their prices were determined by their age and beauty. slave woman have arrived yet means they translated into english as things like success prosperity prodigality these are all names which reflect the way that slavery function as a kind of form of consumption and then we also have have slaves with names like. wild rose musk. names that reflect luxury items very often when you have domestic slaves a possible relationship begins to develop between the slave on us and the slaves a
preserved at the university of cambridge the guineas that documents reveal how moving the empires capital to cairo trade routes is laid from antiquity the slav the caucasian was replaced by the african. i found it roughly 52 percent of slaves especially domestic slaves in egypt or from black africa but between the late 10 and the 13th century. africa was exposed and vulnerable. nubians ethiopians and sudanese would now make up the majority of slave contingents sold in cairo. here at the street...
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an interesting dataset came from cambridge university teaching — came from cambridge university teachingeeing really encouraging results both in relation to reductions in hospitalisation and mortality, and some studies showing a reduction in transmission, we don't know if it will provide full protection. someone could potentially develop symptoms. and there is a gap, a lag between receiving the first dose and getting full protection. it is really only delivered about a week or two after the second dose. data on protection after the first dose after a couple of weeks is varied, 70 or 80% in some cases, but there is still a gap- some cases, but there is still a gap. if someone develops symptoms they should get a test. particularly in the first few days after vaccination that would be more likely than longer after the first or second dose. taste likely than longer after the first or second dose.— likely than longer after the first or second dose. we can pick up on this as well _ or second dose. we can pick up on this as well with _ or second dose. we can pick up on this as well with what _
an interesting dataset came from cambridge university teaching — came from cambridge university teachingeeing really encouraging results both in relation to reductions in hospitalisation and mortality, and some studies showing a reduction in transmission, we don't know if it will provide full protection. someone could potentially develop symptoms. and there is a gap, a lag between receiving the first dose and getting full protection. it is really only delivered about a week or two after the...
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if we were to adjust this relative to the cambridge universe, that would be decidedly positive.if we were to adjust this number compared to median peers, this number would come materially down. if we were to -- last page, last comment, i promise. we were also to add 56 and 57. you see here the selection effect is driving about 90% of our access returns. the vast majority of our returns are driven by manager selection. what is manager selection? it's labor intenser, research intenser, it's resource intensive. that's what's i mean by that. with that, i'll turn over to the board for questions and comments. i hope that was helpful. >> chair: that was helpful. board members, are there any comments, questions, concerns? if not, i would like to thank the staff for their comments. i turn it back to you for any other comments. >> [indiscernible]. >> i would like to thank you and mr. martin. thank you. madam secretary, next item, please. [please stand by] . . . . bonds for the month were down and our bond portfolio was down 96 basis points that compared to barclay's. and it continues to b
if we were to adjust this relative to the cambridge universe, that would be decidedly positive.if we were to adjust this number compared to median peers, this number would come materially down. if we were to -- last page, last comment, i promise. we were also to add 56 and 57. you see here the selection effect is driving about 90% of our access returns. the vast majority of our returns are driven by manager selection. what is manager selection? it's labor intenser, research intenser, it's...
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preserved at the university of cambridge the guineas that documents reveal how moving the empire's capital to cairo altered trade routes this life from antiquity the slav the caucasian was replaced by the african. i found roughly 52 percent of slaves especially domestic slaves in egypt or from black africa but between the late 10 and the 13th century. africa was exposed and vulnerable new billions ethiopians and sudanese would now make up the majority of slave contingents sold in cairo. here at the i'm always street market most were women black women who were exhibited as trophies. destined to satisfy all of their master's requirements their prices were determined by their age and beauty . slave women have a variety of names they translate into english as things like success prosperity prodigality these are all names which reflect the way that slavery function as a kind of form of consumption and then we also have have slaves would names like. wild rose musk. names that reflect luxury items very often when you have domestic slaves a possible relationship begins to develop between the slave
preserved at the university of cambridge the guineas that documents reveal how moving the empire's capital to cairo altered trade routes this life from antiquity the slav the caucasian was replaced by the african. i found roughly 52 percent of slaves especially domestic slaves in egypt or from black africa but between the late 10 and the 13th century. africa was exposed and vulnerable new billions ethiopians and sudanese would now make up the majority of slave contingents sold in cairo. here at...
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roxanne far one from yana lecture on the politics of on the politics the middle east at the university of cambridge so the sentence might have been completed but obviously this renewed on certainty of these new charges that nothing is a current right that will be summoned to court and i suppose that will form the basis of a new prosecution case it's possible we don't know exactly what lies and rape you know we what we do know is that the majority of cases in the past where's prisoners that were dual nationals such as not. when they were released and their term was finished they were still not given permission to leave iran in the majority of cases for up to a year or so it is very unlikely in any event that she will be able to go back right away how do you what what is your assessment of this case in the broader context of diplomacy around the iran nuclear deal and iran relationship with the signatories of that agreement. well it's certainly on the table at the moment and we have to look back at the time when iran and the signatories of the iran nuclear deal were putting together the original deal.
roxanne far one from yana lecture on the politics of on the politics the middle east at the university of cambridge so the sentence might have been completed but obviously this renewed on certainty of these new charges that nothing is a current right that will be summoned to court and i suppose that will form the basis of a new prosecution case it's possible we don't know exactly what lies and rape you know we what we do know is that the majority of cases in the past where's prisoners that were...
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let's speak now to dr paula alvarez cartelle, a lecturer at the university of cambridge, who was oneis too early for _ hundreds of years, is wrong? i think it is too early for such _ hundreds of years, is wrong? i think it is too early for such a _ hundreds of years, is wrong? i think it is too early for such a claim, - hundreds of years, is wrong? i think it is too early for such a claim, so i it is too early for such a claim, so the big caveats to this results is that actually what we are observing could still be explained byjust a chance. so this means there still one a thousand chance of the subatomic being correct and may be just for reference, i can tell you that physicists usually get excited about new discoveries only when at this probability is actually much smaller, some around one in 7 million chance for this kind of situation. so i think it is a bit early to definitively say. indulge us. if this is _ early to definitively say. indulge us. if this is true, _ early to definitively say. indulge us. if this is true, what - early to definitively say. indulge us. if this is tru
let's speak now to dr paula alvarez cartelle, a lecturer at the university of cambridge, who was oneis too early for _ hundreds of years, is wrong? i think it is too early for such _ hundreds of years, is wrong? i think it is too early for such a _ hundreds of years, is wrong? i think it is too early for such a claim, - hundreds of years, is wrong? i think it is too early for such a claim, so i it is too early for such a claim, so the big caveats to this results is that actually what we are...
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i'm joined now by professor ravi gupta from the university of cambridge. been researching the evolution of covid—19, including new strains. when coronavirus hit this area in brazil, it overwhelmed the region, didn't it? worryingly, people who suffered the first time around caught it again. how alarmed should we be that it's here?— we be that it's here? well, it's interesting _ we be that it's here? well, it's interesting to _ we be that it's here? well, it's interesting to note _ we be that it's here? well, it's interesting to note the - we be that it's here? well, it's interesting to note the origin l we be that it's here? well, it's| interesting to note the origin of this p1 variant, and you describe this p1 variant, and you describe this situation, and the worry about reinfection really came from the observation that there was a lot of, or a high prevalence of antibodies to sars in coronavirus two after their first wave, and the estimates ranged in the region of 50%. but on the other hand, if a new variant emerged, it could've been infecting the other 5
i'm joined now by professor ravi gupta from the university of cambridge. been researching the evolution of covid—19, including new strains. when coronavirus hit this area in brazil, it overwhelmed the region, didn't it? worryingly, people who suffered the first time around caught it again. how alarmed should we be that it's here?— we be that it's here? well, it's interesting _ we be that it's here? well, it's interesting to _ we be that it's here? well, it's interesting to note _ we be that...
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that's according to new research from the university of cambridge, which suggests an average drop of health correspondent anna collinson reports. obesity is seen as one of the biggest health crises facing the uk. to try and tackle the problem, three years ago, the government brought in a tax to discourage customers, particularly children, from buying the most sugary drinks. if a beverage contains more than five grams of sugar per 100 millimetres, companies have to pay a levy. if it's below that, they don't. now, a study suggests that in the year since this was introduced, there was no change in the total volume of soft drinks bought, but there was a reduction in the amount of sugar consumed, an estimated three teaspoons per person, perweek. researchers believe it's because manufacturers have increased healthier options by changing the formulas for their products, reducing sugar content. it's notjust helping people to have healthier diets to consume less sugar, but the fact that we found no change in the total volume of drinks purchased suggests to us that this is good news for indust
that's according to new research from the university of cambridge, which suggests an average drop of health correspondent anna collinson reports. obesity is seen as one of the biggest health crises facing the uk. to try and tackle the problem, three years ago, the government brought in a tax to discourage customers, particularly children, from buying the most sugary drinks. if a beverage contains more than five grams of sugar per 100 millimetres, companies have to pay a levy. if it's below...
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university to modernize oxford. what a fantastic challenge to work on. finally oxford and cambridge -- m.i.t. d harvard and stanford have been leading the world in innovation and science. other universities are beginning to catch up now. all the great research we have had, they are realizing we have to commercialize that research. americans have created this unbelievable model we are copying in the u.k. right now. we are investing in the physical infrastructure. that is a problem for america because i think if you travel the world, you will know the u.k. has very strong infrastructure. some comparisons. america has realized we have got to catch up should we have got to -- to catch up. we have got to accelerate investments in life sciences and renewable energy and stop thinking these things are not going to happen. but really speed up because we can go from start up to scale up to grown-up businesses much quicker than we have been able to do the last 150 years. haidi: when it comes to climate, the biggest investment opportunity, we have long in australia's sea and the lead while government poli
university to modernize oxford. what a fantastic challenge to work on. finally oxford and cambridge -- m.i.t. d harvard and stanford have been leading the world in innovation and science. other universities are beginning to catch up now. all the great research we have had, they are realizing we have to commercialize that research. americans have created this unbelievable model we are copying in the u.k. right now. we are investing in the physical infrastructure. that is a problem for america...
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we also very encouragingly saw data from cambridge university being released last week showing that peopledata are still _ programme? it is early days and these data are still being - these data are still being accumulated and growing. but what we can say is, if you plot a curve of who is catching the coronavirus, who is not vaccinated, and who is catching the coronavirus who is backstage, because most of the vaccinations are concentrated among the older age groups, you can see that the two rates are different. there are fewer infections occurring now in people who have been vaccinated and are in the older age groups compared with people who have not yet been vaccinated. that would argue, does not prove, but that would strongly argue that the vaccination programme is helping to cut down the rate of infections and the rate of cases in those individuals.— the rate of cases in those individuals. . , , .~' individuals. linda, 'ust sticking with the idea i individuals. linda, 'ust sticking with the idea of i individuals. linda, just sticking with the idea of vaccinations i individuals. linda, j
we also very encouragingly saw data from cambridge university being released last week showing that peopledata are still _ programme? it is early days and these data are still being - these data are still being accumulated and growing. but what we can say is, if you plot a curve of who is catching the coronavirus, who is not vaccinated, and who is catching the coronavirus who is backstage, because most of the vaccinations are concentrated among the older age groups, you can see that the two...
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now to bring in elena robson she's the head of the history department at university college london she joins us now from cambridge in the u.k. eleanor as a recession i mean this is very much a historic visit this really has been decades in the making so why has it been just so important for pontiff to actually visit iraq. iraq has been excluded from ne international community for so very long to dictatorship through international sanctions against iraq throughout the 1990 s. which really cut it off completely from the modern world of technology then of course the 2003 war and devastating ottomar that ripple on to so long culminating in the terrible years of the occupation of northern iraq and i served in 2015 onwards so finally here is the chance to present iraq to the world in a very different way this is the last of the ip who arrives in iraq not to discuss how to conduct war not to discuss how to extract oil but to help iraq regain its can't get don'ts remember both it's still reality. and i think to. show me what's very interesting is that it really helps the president barham salih. reinforce his agenda of un
now to bring in elena robson she's the head of the history department at university college london she joins us now from cambridge in the u.k. eleanor as a recession i mean this is very much a historic visit this really has been decades in the making so why has it been just so important for pontiff to actually visit iraq. iraq has been excluded from ne international community for so very long to dictatorship through international sanctions against iraq throughout the 1990 s. which really cut it...
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bring in now eleanor robson she's the head of the history department at university college london she joins us now from cambridge in the u.k. eleanor we keep using this phrase historic visit this is really been decades in the main making i mean we were just speaking there to our correspondents a moment you she reminded us that pope john paul the 2nd canceled his trip back in 1909 because talks broke down with saddam hussein's government why has it been so important for a pontiff to actually visit iraq. oh i think this is hugely important i mean it's massively important for the christians in iraq as we've been hearing but i think all of my iraqi colleagues and friends are hugely excited about this because let's face it this is the 1st time they've had a g.i. people as the chair only type who has arrived in iraq not to wage war or not to extract oil but to celebrate iraq's great history the pope started with a reference to iraq when the land soon syria and babylon the melting pot of the civil i don't show but under the of our suits in the total century was known as that city of peace and so he was a chance to real
bring in now eleanor robson she's the head of the history department at university college london she joins us now from cambridge in the u.k. eleanor we keep using this phrase historic visit this is really been decades in the main making i mean we were just speaking there to our correspondents a moment you she reminded us that pope john paul the 2nd canceled his trip back in 1909 because talks broke down with saddam hussein's government why has it been so important for a pontiff to actually...
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with the huge amount of university research which goes in there, it's a natural tie—up between them. particularly the area around cambridgeom abroad. as well as domestically. there is no question about that. it's definitely the future. in terms ofthe definitely the future. in terms of the uk _ definitely the future. in terms of the uk is — definitely the future. in terms of the uk is this _ definitely the future. in terms of the uk is this a _ definitely the future. in terms of the uk is this a for- definitely the future. in terms of the uk is this a for us - definitely the future. in terms of the uk is this a for us or i of the uk is this a for us or are there conflicts there? i don't think so. i think the idea that what you do is you put up some government capital, succeed capitalfor put up some government capital, succeed capital for these sort of projects, particularly things like hydrogen, gene energy, the amount of money required is fast so attracting as much money from abroad is really, really important to make sure, above all, you get these things off the ground as quickly as possible because it's going to take a
with the huge amount of university research which goes in there, it's a natural tie—up between them. particularly the area around cambridgeom abroad. as well as domestically. there is no question about that. it's definitely the future. in terms ofthe definitely the future. in terms of the uk _ definitely the future. in terms of the uk is — definitely the future. in terms of the uk is this _ definitely the future. in terms of the uk is this a _ definitely the future. in terms of the uk is...
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, anna whitelock, a royal historian and the head of history at royal holloway, university of london, joins us from cambridgeno, i don't think they do, and your package has summed it up, for those who are supporters of the royal family, they will see harry and meghan having done a very unedifying thing, at a time when harry's grandfather prince philip is in hospital, and for those who have a different view, it will be very much throwing fresh light and new light on the institution of monarchy and confirming their worst suspicions that it was an outdated and it seems, the suggestion by some, a racist institution. the seems, the suggestion by some, a racist institution.— racist institution. the racism issue is erha -s racist institution. the racism issue is perhaps the _ racist institution. the racism issue is perhaps the standout _ racist institution. the racism issue is perhaps the standout from - racist institution. the racism issue is perhaps the standout from the i is perhaps the standout from the interview. in saying that a senior member of the royal family made a comment which appears racist, but not na
, anna whitelock, a royal historian and the head of history at royal holloway, university of london, joins us from cambridgeno, i don't think they do, and your package has summed it up, for those who are supporters of the royal family, they will see harry and meghan having done a very unedifying thing, at a time when harry's grandfather prince philip is in hospital, and for those who have a different view, it will be very much throwing fresh light and new light on the institution of monarchy...
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against severe infections let's cross back to cambridge and speak to dip to grow their son he was a clinical epidemiology than a senior lecturer a queen mary university of london thanks for joining us on al-jazeera let me ask you 1st of all about the policies of the c.d.c. has put forward and has the recommended i'm sure you've you've read about what do you make of these policies. i'm a bit concerned by them because i think they're not really grounded in the evidence that we have to correct so you know you spoke about the effectiveness of these vaccines against disease but as of yet we don't know the effectiveness of these vaccines in preventing infection or what transmission particularly in the elderly age groups even the younger age groups is a likely to be between about 60 to 70 percent of the elderly that might be even lower so allowing people to sort of makes it does protective measures really puts other people at risk if they got the infection and passed it on to others and this uncertainty is even higher with the large number of these we have now circulating in different parts of the world many of which we know are associated with a lot of acc
against severe infections let's cross back to cambridge and speak to dip to grow their son he was a clinical epidemiology than a senior lecturer a queen mary university of london thanks for joining us on al-jazeera let me ask you 1st of all about the policies of the c.d.c. has put forward and has the recommended i'm sure you've you've read about what do you make of these policies. i'm a bit concerned by them because i think they're not really grounded in the evidence that we have to correct so...