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At what age do children in Wales take a National test?-14
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How many AS units are equal to an AGCE?-6
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What exams do many young people in Scotland take at age 17 or 18 years old?-
Higher/Advanced Higher Grades
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What fraction of the population are young people up to the age of 19?-Almost a quarter
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What percentage of the people in the United Kingdom are Chinese?-0.4%
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How many people in the United Kingdom are of Black African descent?-0.5 MN
/////////////////The differences don't stop there. Studies in the Philippines show that later-born siblings tend to be shorter and weigh less than earlier-borns. (Think the slight advantage the 6-ft. 5-in. [196 cm] Peyton Manning has over the 6-ft. 4-in. [193 cm] Eli doesn't help when he's trying to throw over the outstretched arms of a leaping lineman?) Younger siblings are less likely to be vaccinated than older ones, with last-borns getting immunized sometimes at only half the rate of firstborns. Eldest siblings are also disproportionately represented in high-paying professions. Younger siblings, by contrast, are looser cannons, less educated and less strapping, perhaps, but statistically likelier to live the exhilarating life of an artist or a comedian, an adventurer, entrepreneur, GI or firefighter. And middle children? Well, they can be a puzzle—even to researchers.
For families, none of this comes as a surprise. There are few extended clans that can't point to the firstborn, with the heir-apparent bearing, who makes the best grades, keeps the other kids in line and, when Mom and Dad grow old, winds up as caretaker and executor too. There are few that can't point to the lost-in-the-thickets middle-born or the wild-child last-born.
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///////////////Reason for the Season
By Steve MitchellScienceNOW Daily News19 October 2007With flu season almost upon us, it's a good time to ponder why influenza strikes us hardest in the winter months. A new study chalks it up to the fact that the virus appears to be more infectious at colder temperatures and lower humidity. The findings could lead to strategies that help curtail transmission of the disease.
Several explanations have been put forth to explain the seasonal rise in flu cases. Some infectious-disease specialists have blamed the rise on the fact that people tend to have more contact during the colder months because they spend more time indoors. Others speculate that people's immune systems may become weaker during the winter. But so far there has been no good evidence to support these claims. So a team led by virologist Peter Palese of Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City tested whether temperature and humidity played a role in the spread of flu.
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