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The difference between the Mexican Wall and the Muslim Ban
Society, Politics & Law

The difference between the Mexican Wall and the Muslim Ban

...As David Goodhart writes, when the racism label is applied indiscriminately, this de-sensitizes people to this charge. This permits real racism to be smuggled past conservatives who may once have resisted it. It also creates resentment and polarization. Those who feel a wall is justified but are uneasy about Trump’s remarks about Mexicans are pushed into the hardline corner because there is no trusted centre to present a......
Migration 2018: What's currently happening?
Society, Politics & Law

Migration 2018: What's currently happening?

...de Gata, Almería. According to their testimonies, 47 people were on the boat when they departed from Morocco. A merchant vessel retrieved one body in the Alboran sea on Sunday evening; therefore, an estimated 42 people remain missing and are presumed dead. IOM Greece’s Antigoni Avgeropoulou reported Monday that over five days (13-17 June) the Hellenic Coast Guard...
Pushing through the speed barrier: trailblazing women in motorsport
Health, Sports & Psychology

Pushing through the speed barrier: trailblazing women in motorsport

...de Motocyclisme (FIM) banned women from competing, declaring it an unsuitable activity for women. One reporter summed up the misogynistic sentiment of the time: ‘Women, the weaker sex, are muscling in on man’s domain, practically no sport is sacred’. See also: Isle of Man TT: Meet the thrill seeking women who dare and A concise history of the Isle of Man TT: stories...
Managing motherhood and sports participation
Health, Sports & Psychology

Managing motherhood and sports participation

...De) Constructing Paula Radcliffe: Exploring media representations of elite running, pregnancy and motherhood through cultural sport psychology’, Psychology of sport and exercise, 13(6), pp. 820-829. McGannon, K. R. and Schinke, R. J. (2013) ‘“My first choice is to work out at work; then i don’t feel bad about my kids”: A discursive psychological analysis of...
Organisations and the financial system
Money & Business

Organisations and the financial system

...variable amount of money (usually between £10,000 and £150,000) in small businesses in which they see strong potential for growth. In general, when BAs decide to invest in a project, they buy some share of the business, thus becoming part of the ownership structure. This is why funding from BAs falls under the category of ‘external equity finance’. The ‘angels’...
Exploring communications technology
Digital & Computing

Exploring communications technology

...variable sample values are approximated by a set of quantisation levels. In audio work, 16 bits per sample is usual for the final files, giving 65 536 quantisation levels. The choice of 16 bits per sample is an example of perceptual, lossy encoding, in the sense that the choice of 16 bits per sample is based on properties of human hearing. More bits per sample is not...
Should the EU give up on 'ever closer' union?
Society, Politics & Law

Should the EU give up on 'ever closer' union?

...class Europe, while the risk of EU disintegration after Brexit has increased and Eurosceptic movements are on the rise all over the EU. If unity on the European project is lacking and differentiated integration is showing its shortcomings, it is high time for the EU to overcome the current void in strategic vision. This is unlikely to happen in the short term, due to the...
Budget 2017: Instant reactions
Money & Business

Budget 2017: Instant reactions

...Class 4 national insurance contributions will be increased in stages over two years, taking the standard rate to 11% from its current level of 9% (compared with the 12% paid by employees). The original rationale for the lower rate for the self-employed was mainly that they were not entitled to the old additional state pension. With the introduction of the flat-rate state...