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  2. Skills Development Act, 1998 - Wikipedia

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    In line with the overall government objectives set out above, the purposes of the Act are as follows (Sec. 2(1)): to develop the skills of the South African workforce - to improve the quality of life of workers, their prospects of work and labour mobility; to improve productivity in the workplace and the competitiveness of employers; to promote self-employment; and to improve the delivery of ...

  3. Judicial activism - Wikipedia

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    Judicial activism is a judicial philosophy holding that courts can and should go beyond the applicable law to consider broader societal implications of their decisions. It is sometimes used as an antonym of judicial restraint. [1]

  4. Nuclear power debate - Wikipedia

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    Stewart Brand at a 2010 debate, "Does the world need nuclear energy?" [31]At the 1963 ground-breaking for what would become the world's largest nuclear power plant, President John F. Kennedy declared that nuclear power was a "step on the long road to peace," and that by using "science and technology to achieve significant breakthroughs" that we could "conserve the resources" to leave the world ...

  5. Health and environmental effects of battery electric cars

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    Plug-in hybrids and electric cars run off lithium-ion batteries and rare-earth element electric motors.Electric vehicles use much more lithium carbonate equivalent in their batteries compared to the 7g (0.25 oz) for a smartphone or the 30 g (1.1 oz) used by tablets or computers.

  6. Internet censorship - Wikipedia

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    Internet censorship is the legal control or suppression of what can be accessed, published, or viewed on the Internet. Censorship is most often applied to specific internet domains (such as Wikipedia.org, for example) but exceptionally may extend to all Internet resources located outside the jurisdiction of the censoring state.

  7. Simultaneous interpretation - Wikipedia

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    Pros and cons [ edit ] Because there are no long pauses for the interpreter to stop and think through the speech during simultaneous interpretation, this type of interpretation allows for a smooth experience for the listeners as they don't need to wait to understand the message.

  8. The Company Band - Wikipedia

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    The Company Band was first announced in March 2007, when CKY and Viking Skull drummer Jess Margera informed MTV that he had formed an as-yet untitled supergroup with Clutch frontman Neil Fallon and Fireball Ministry guitarist James A. Rota. [1] Margera noted that the band had its first rehearsal together in February 2007, offering the following explanation about his idea to form it:

  9. Colonization of Mars - Wikipedia

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    A rendering of the Interplanetary Transport System approaching Mars, a concept colonyship of the in-development SpaceX Mars Colonization Program. The colonization of Mars is the proposed process of establishing and maintaining control of Martian land for exploitation and the possible settlement of Mars. [1]