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		<title>Nothing Apocalyptic About The Avengers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A combination of mediocre characters and an unconvincing plot renders The Avengers not quite worthy of the praise it has garnered &#160; WARNING: Contains Spoilers The Avengers brings together some of Marvel’s most popular heroes and, in light of that, should prove quite the cinematic experience. And clearly for many it has delivered. The blockbuster [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.the-platform.org.uk/2012/05/14/nothing-apocalyptic-about-the-avengers/</link>
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		<title>Realising Justice for the Rochdale Victims</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The case of the Rochdale grooming ring is first and foremost a case of sexual exploitation and abuse of defenceless young girls, let down by a system and society that should have protected them &#160; Last week saw the conviction of nine men on charges of running an appalling child sexual exploitation ring. The disgraceful [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.the-platform.org.uk/2012/05/14/realising-justice-for-the-rochdale-victims/</link>
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		<title>Japan&#8217;s Nuclear Wave</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the debate over Japan’s reliance on nuclear power continues, some striking conclusions can be drawn from the country&#8217;s artistic tradition &#160; Following the Fukushima incident, Japan recently closed down all its nuclear power generators for maintenance. The state now has to make a case for slowly reactivating them, with much opposition from the Japanese [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.the-platform.org.uk/2012/05/13/japans-nuclear-wave/</link>
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		<title>Asian Grooming in Perspective</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Research shows that the public perception of ethnicity with regards to sexual exploitation does not add up in reality &#160; Few will have escaped the recent media focus on what has become known as the ‘Asian grooming’ phenomenon. It follows a series of highly publicised prosecutions and rhetoric regarding ‘organised’ sexual exploitation of under-aged or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.the-platform.org.uk/2012/05/13/asian-grooming/</link>
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		<title>Sexual Grooming: A Degeneration of Humanity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Rochdale grooming case is despicable, but racialising the crime is not the answer &#160; The news that nine men have been found guilty of child sex abuse in Rochdale has created widespread revulsion. The disclosure in Liverpool Crown Court that the men plied their victims with drink and drugs so they could &#8216;pass them around&#8217; and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.the-platform.org.uk/2012/05/12/sexual-grooming-a-degeneration-of-humanity/</link>
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		<title>Motivating Your Child</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An Islamic view on parenting and the challenge of keeping children motivated &#160; One of the most challenging issues with young people is to ensure their consistent motivation. We often hear from infant to adolescent, ‘I’m bored’, ‘I’m tired’, ‘What’s the point of doing this?’ and so on. This happens with almost all children at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.the-platform.org.uk/2012/05/09/motivating-your-child/</link>
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		<title>Vivid Defiance From Gaza</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Leytonstone&#8217;s Stone Space gallery recently hosted &#8217;Defiance&#8217;, a striking exhibition of work by five Palestinian artists from Gaza, in conjunction with Arts Canteen &#160; Curator:  Aser El Saqqa Survival is in fact about the connection between things… reality cannot be deprived of the “other echoes that inhabit the garden” (Edward Said) This exhibition celebrates the determined agency [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.the-platform.org.uk/2012/05/07/a-vivid-defiance-from-gaza/</link>
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		<title>A Gifted Case for Multiculturalism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Britain&#8217;s brainiest family has something to teach the rest of us &#160; With the advent of the Anders Breivik trial in Norway, the discussion around multiculturalism has once more arisen. Breivik, who pleaded not guilty, maintained his virulent attack against multiculturalism, going so far as to state to the presiding judge, &#8220;I do not recognise [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.the-platform.org.uk/2012/05/06/a-gifted-case-for-multiculturalism/</link>
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		<title>Shakespeare in Borrowed Robes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Can Shakespeare’s plays give a “local habitation” to the “airy nothing” of globalisation? &#160; Shakespeare is proclaimed, once again, the bearer of universal currency and Britain’s national poet as the London Olympics draw nearer. Much more ambitious than the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2006 “Complete Works” Festival, the World Shakespeare Festival in summer 2012 will bring [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.the-platform.org.uk/2012/05/04/shakespeare-in-borrowed-robes/</link>
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		<title>The Offensive Idealist of Stand-Up Comedy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The late George Carlin proved that more than mindless entertainment, stand-up comedy is an art form that can uniquely blend humour with the harsh realities of social critique &#160; George Carlin, a stand-up comedian who was infamous during his lifetime for his critical and offensive humour, once stated, “Comedy is a socially acceptable form of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.the-platform.org.uk/2012/05/03/the-offensive-idealist-of-stand-up-comedy/</link>
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