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| Go here for 2013 entries, here for 2012 entries, here for 2011 entries, here for 2010 entries, here for 2009 entries and here for 2008 and earlier entries for latest changes and additions at abelard.org |
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| 08.09.2024 | WE'RE BACK!Majorage outages from alien, defunct code had hidden many of our wonderful pages from our readers and visitors. The alien code wormed their way, in many guises, throughout our active code, blanking most of many of our useful and informative pages. The coding yaks have found the source of the problem, and have spent more than a long day weeding out and eradicating the vile invader - hurrah! If any of our dear readers now find one of our pages that is still mostly blank, please email xavier [at] abelard.org, and the yaks will fix it. |
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| 12.06.2024 | Gangs, war, and excitement abelard analyses species group behaviours to show how two types of human behaviour lead to very different social outcomes. Note that this document is currently more of a summary, and will be much expanded over time. |
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| 12.05.2024 | 25-year update to Citizenship curriculum |
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| 09.01.2024 | the cathedrals and stained glass in France and elsewhere updated document, or perhaps new document, introducing abelard's many pages extolling the wonders of France's many cathedrals and churches as well some across its borders. |
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| 18.12.2023 | on Lincoln cathedral stained glass Is abelard being tongue in cheek? No, abelard has a wry sense of humour about human behaviours, including decorating cathedrals. |
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| 10.12.2023 | covid and nuclear explosions - In the light of the innumeracy and poor focus of the Covid Enquiry that happened recently in the UK Parliament, this important page has a new, more understandable title! |
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| 1.07.2023 | 2023 Tour de France- racing from Spain to Alsace |
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| 26.06.2023 | wokespeak, more fashionable non-words Wokespeak is now a new subsection for abelard's dictionary of fashionable non-words. These words are often subjective to the person using them and so intended to influence the recipient to mutually agree or disapprove. |
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| 30.05.2023 | our cookies and privacy policies, Increased constraints are being imposed by the European Union and their fake concern for web users' privacy and so their freedom. As a result, Google Inc is being obliged to slap, literally, a virtual sticker on the web pages of anyone who uses Google Ad Sense advertising to help their financing. Thus, abelard.org has revised their cookies policy page, as well as the privacy section at the about abelard page. Enjoy the craziness where web sites are obliged to put a cookie on their visitors' browsers that says the visitor does not want cookies put on their browser (Catch-22 or Kafka, no?). Oh, and we tell visitors clearly how to stop most, if not all, cookies being put on your computer. However, be aware that many, if not most, web sites you visit then will not display or behave smoothly. |
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| 28.05.2022 | the greatest show on earth, and the greatest race starts on friday 1st july - prepare! Visiting four countries, and with climbs galore, this year's Tour de France can be expected to entertain while offering gorgeous scenery and fascinating racing. |
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| 01.05.2022 | Cathedrale Saint-Gatien at Tours
Early stained glass problems resolved at Tours cathedral, or how reinforcements stop this cathedral collapsing. Plus early early stained glass. |
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| 16.06.2021 |
le Tour de France, 2021 All the essential information in one place on the stages, teams, and top ten riders, as well as the major climbing stages. |
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| 14.06.2021 | language for manipulation, exaggeration and hypocrisy beta release |
major new document in Most human communication is rubbish! |
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| 22.09.2020 | covid and nuclear explosions Using the example of the covid-19 pandemic, abelard discusses how a disease (or an idea or a behaviour) spreads or can be contained, or even become extinct. |
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| 22.02.2020 | the individual or the common good abelard examines how and why many people appear to behave in manners that are against their own best interests, as well as those of society. |
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| 23.11.2019 | The psychology of Georges Simenon and Jules Maigret, with reviews of all the Maigret novels To think of Maigret as detective stories would be to confuse Simenon's real purpose, the study of people - abelard |
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| 25.09.2019 | Over the past months, many sections and pages have been updated, improved or corrected. This includes Sums will set you free - teaching arithmetic (mathematics), Marianne - a French national symbol, with French definitive stamps, dating old postcards. |
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| 1 .11.2018 | cookies at abelard.org and your privacy Our privacy policy and cookie policy have been updated and clarified to help visitprs to abelard.org to navigate and understand the apparent attempts by the likes of the EUSSR to hobble the world wide web. |
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| 3.7.2018 |  the tour de france 2018 - celebrating france, celebrating the tdf   Visiting world heritage sites and WW1 zones, riding the infamous cobbles of Roubaix, showing the cultural exceptionalism of France, all while providing more than challenging racing on France's steepest and trickiest mountain routes. |
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| 7.4.2018 | stone tracery in church and cathedral construction Looking at cathedrals in France, England and Switzerland, abelard explores stone tracery. Tracery is the framework for medieval stained glass windows, a major component of cathedrals. Construction, different types and designs are discussed. With helpful annotated and othre illustrations.ne |
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| 4.3.2018 | stained glass and cathedrals in Normandy is now out of beta release! The fancy map is tidied, as are the few typos and style glitches that fall through the cracks. Enjoy its facts, images and abelard's appreciative critiques. |
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| 23.2.2018 | stained glass and cathedrals in Normandy This north-western French region has idiosyncratic cathedrals. Heavily photo-illustrated, with a fancy map and many floor plans. Featuring Coutances, Evreux, Lisieux, Bayeux, Sées and Rouen. |
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| 15.10.2017 | stone in church and cathedral construction Stone is the major component of a cathedral's construction. Here abelard investigates some of the different stones used. |
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| 15.8.2017 | the problem of moderation abelard dissects the differences between the real world, a person's perceptive of that reality, other people's descriptions of reality. Then ab looks at how people respond to others' descriptions and how they often end in contention. |
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| 7.7.2017 | lantern towers of Normandy and elsewhere |
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| 22.6.2017 | co-operation and being nice - suckers, grudgers and cheats Why being considerate while repaying emotional, as well as physical/monetary debts is a successful policy. |
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| 18.6.2017 |  the tour de france 2017, russian mountains on steroids! Les montagnes russes is the French for a roller coaster. This year's Tour de France is so extreme in the climbs and endurance required, that in the French mountains are rolling on steroids! |
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| 20.5.2017 | simultaneous equations, with model answers Working with simultaneous equations is working with more than one equation at a time [simultaneously], and with more than one variable. Worked examples with commentary, illustrations. |
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| 30.4.2017 |  il Giro d'Italia 2017 : 100 years - to love infinitelyThe hundredth year of the Giro visits spectacular locations, celebrating a centenary of Italian cycle racing. |
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| When abelard.org seems a little quiet, lots is going on behind the scenes, both researching and developing new pages, and updating and improving pages already published. | updating documents | ||||
| 1.1.2017 | irrational actions - analysis of behaviour How mental tricks are mistaken for intelligence, with examples from public life including Barack Obama and Donald Trump. Why intelligence can be a penalty in society at large. |
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| 19.11.2016 | 'dyspraxia' sexual differences in childhood behaviour- the results first, the study after short, informative discussion documents that are now part of abelard.org's establishmznt psycho-bunk section. |
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| 8.11.2016 | socialist mindset versus moderate mindset There is a cast of mind that differs between those of the Left and of the Right. This page is under development, I am releasing it early in an unfinished state due to current societal pressures. |
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| 25.10.2016 | socialist persecution of religion, Mexico Documenting the attrition of catholic priests in Mexico last century by Socialist zealots. Note the similarities to Clinton's and Obama's behaviour in the USA. |
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| 20.10.2016 | updated : writing down stats : using the standard normal distribution table All sections are now completed, and your humble yak can follow the nitty-gritty of this area of (often) higher mathematics. Of course, this means that other learners now can also comprehend what 'scholars' are saying on statistics. |
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| 25.09.2016 | writing down stats - distribution of a random variable : using the standard normal distribution table This page has been extended, improved and clarified. Also a new helpful table. |
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| 10.09.2016 | writing down stats - distribution of a random variable : using the standard normal distribution table Step by step explanations, in clear language, for calculations using the normal distribution graph or bell curve, as well as discussion on aspects of standard distribution and statistics in general. |
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| 31.8.2016 | intelligence and madness Why being more than usually intelligent can be a penalty in society at large - continuing on from Logicians, 'logic' and madness. |
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| 19.8.2016 | logicians, 'logic' and madness Several famous logicians, mathematicians and philosophers are said to have become mad. Here, abelard looks at what is madness, and how it relates to academic logic. |
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| 12.8.2016 |  la Vuelta a España, 2016 - let's climb!Uphill and summit finishes galore will make this Vuelta a climber's feast through spectacular regions of Spain and France. Essental information all on one page. |
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| 15.6.2016 |  the tour de france 2016, always for the climbers - the essentials Technical climbs, tricky descents and sharp uphill finishes set in magnificent France, the essentials all on one page. |
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| 29.04.2016 | h.g. wells the futurist Early 20th century, and H.G. Wells predicts nuclear weapons, airial warfare, and state help for single mothers. Subsidiary document to h.g. wells and other fabians - a socialist with a rather better mind |
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| 11.04.2016 |  il giro d'italia 2016 - for sprinters and climbers  Spectacular mountains and tasty flat stages will make for a Giro with many opportunities. Essential facts, no more searching across the web. |
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| 29.03.2016 | counting beliefs, chapter 2 of sociology - the structure of analysing belief systems The instinct to belong, to be part of a group, leads to a lack of independent thinking, and so to major foolishnesses. abelard demonstrates analytic methods to deconstruct such 'thinking'. |
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| 29.03.2016 | Labour Party structure The essence of current Labour doublespeak that both soothes and befuddles a goodly proportion of the electorate. |
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| 04.03.2016 | When abelard.org seems a little quiet, lots is going on behind the scenes, both researching and developing new pages, and updating and improving pages already published. Thus today, there are several additions in using metal in gothic cathedral construction, while the catherdals glossary, an ongoing project, is being tweaked and improved by the day. |
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| 31.01.2016 | using metal in gothic cathedral construction Illustrated discussion on how metal was and is an integral part of a structurally sound cathedral's construction. |
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| 21.01.2016 | cathedral labyrinths and mazes in France Lots of illustrated information on labyrinths/mazes in French cathedrals, including the original text and a new translation of the 1858 essay by a certain Jules Gailhabaud. |
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| 04.12.2015 | The introductory section of Franco was not a Fascist has been upgraded and expanded. | updated document | |||
| 02.10.2015 | cookies at abelard.org and your privacy In compliance with an EU edict (sorry, directive) we now inform you about cookie use. Not that blocking them stops people knowing where you are, or what you have called down/read. |
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| 06.09.2015 | comparing fertility rates and populations in europe and beyond Numbers for sustainable futures planning - fertility rates and populations, country areas, military spending. |
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| 30.07.2015 | the socialism and sociology zone - under the skin of a modern religion of death As the Labour Party appears to be exploding under the dogmas of different factions (flavours), abelard collates many documents that analyse and explain the mental poison of socialism and its subsidiary malaise, 'sociology'. |
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| 09.05.2015 | the labour party did not start the nhs | the problems with socialism abelard lays to rest the urban myth connecting Socialists (a.k.a. the Labour Party) with the National Health Service. |
major new document on education, power and economics in socialism and sociology |
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| 08.05.2015 | the Giro d'Italia 2015 - lean and mean Being hit by austerity has compelled the organisers to return to essentials and exciting stages for sprinters and mountain men. Although kind on the riders when not racing, this Giro should be like a fierce spray of spa water! |
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| 21.03.2015 | socialism and education - theory and reality With reviews by Utopianist authors Heinlein, Wells, Morris How Socialists destroy education. Politics is about power, it is not about economics. Socialism tries to take all power away from the people, and towards the governing centre. |
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| 30.01.2015 | fabian socialists misunderstand darwinism Fabians, early Socialists, did not realise the practical consequences of giving a certain group financial incentives. We live with those consequences - single mothers supported by the State. |
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| 22.01.2015 | the Magna Carta, 1215 – a new English
translation This translation tackles ambiguities found in other translations. |
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| 18.01.2015 | h.g. wells and other fabians - a socialist with a rather better mind |
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| 23.11.2014 | significant additions to addendum - a dismissal of unsound reasoning in sociology updating herds and the individual - sociology, the ephemeral nature of groups and to ends and meansand the individual. |
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| 18.11.2014 | herds and the individual - sociology, the ephemeral nature of groups abelard on the illusions of society, where humans act as individuals while believing they are part of a wider group, or groups. This is often studied as 'sociology'. | major new document on group behaviour, ethics and social interactions in socialism and sociology |
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| 10.11.14 | Progressively, many improvements and minor corrections have been made to the page Franco, an introduction. | updated document | |||
| 25.10.2014 |  Details of this year's Greatest Show on Earth, time to start planning. With maps, mountain profiles and the schedule. The elephant in the room - why is the TDF not going to central France? Still, it does look an exhilarating if compact race. |
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| 14.10.2014 | Hurrah! A gremlin has been expelled from the the brilliant abelard.org educational maths counter. It now works as it should. Yipee! | updated document in the |
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| 13.10.2014 | on teaching and learning maths section in teaching mathemetics introduction updated and clarified. | updated document in the |
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| 1.10.2014 | End of major code snarl-up affecting the news section. Pages are readable again - hurrah. | maintenance update | |||
| 24.08.2014 | addition to papal encyclicals and marx - some extracts: on socialism and liberalism, a page giving extracts from papal encyclicals that are critical of its competing religion, socialism. |
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| 14.08.2014 | the buttresses and roof of Chartres cathedral Holding up this wonder of the world is a web of supporting buttresses, covering it is an 19th century glory - the roof. |
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| 03.08.2014 | At last, your humble yak has updated the map of the French motorway network. | updated document in the france zone |
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| 27.07.2014 | la Vuelta a España, 2014 - climbs to glory There may be no Pyrenees stages, but climbing challenges abound. Essential information for following this great race. |
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| 19.07.2014 | Chartres cathedral - wonder of the world Probably the best known and preserved 13th-century cathedral in France, its structure, stained glass, sculture, labyrinth and wondrousness. |
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| 29.04.2014 | establishment psycho-bunk 7 —‘asperger’s’ and ‘autism’ 'autism' and 'aspergers'—one is a disease and the other a symptom. A short, objective overview of these rather fashionable, and misused, terms. |
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| 15.04.2014 | the communist solar system Reproduced in full, this 1933 Labour Party pamphlet provides insights into the intentions and attitudes of Socialist politicians today. |
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| 29.03.2014 | Clermont-Ferrand and Agde - from volcanoes to cathedrals One has glass almost as good as that of Chartres, the other has a history chequered and violent - both built from black rock. With many diagrams and phot-illustrations. |
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| 19.01.2014 | l giro d'italia 2014 - a more humane race?  This really depends on your definition of humane. With less between-stage travel and three rest days, this year's Giro may ensure the riders are fresh for the climbs and sprint finishes, but ... with repeated climbs, and gradients of up to 22% in places, it looks like another leg-destroying race. |
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