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The Lords against the gunboats: When the House of Lords took on Lord Palmerston
History & The Arts

The Lords against the gunboats: When the House of Lords took on Lord Palmerston

...burning of an effigy of Judas; it was claimed that the son of Greece's Minister of War and undercover police had been part of the mob. Because Pacifico was a British citizen, the UK government became involved, and Lord Palmerston advised him to present an itemised list of damages, seeking recompense. The Greeks refused, suggesting that the demands were far larger than any...
Climate change’s costs are still escalating
Nature & Environment

Climate change’s costs are still escalating

...out directly, the electricity required is typically produced by burning fossil fuels, adding to atmospheric greenhouse gases. People acclimatised to air conditioning also become less heat tolerant, further increasing demand for cooling. But heat stress is only one of the problems addressed by the papers. From 1980 to 2012, roughly 2.1 million people worldwide died as a...
Psychological drama: Writing fictional crime drama for a forensic psychology course
Health, Sports & Psychology

Psychological drama: Writing fictional crime drama for a forensic psychology course

...burned through our collection of stock photos of people typing on laptops for our cybersecurity course...) "The city awoke to clouds, dank with a sense of heavy regret, crying rain that washed the detritus of the night down the dark, dreary drains. Jake Bullet pulled the cloying greyness around him like a cloak, looking nowhere but downward with a boding sense that the...
The ‘boundarylessness’ of African-Caribbean religions
History & The Arts

The ‘boundarylessness’ of African-Caribbean religions

...out by missionaries such as Moffatt, helped the West to create a negative stigma and image of African or African-Caribbean religions and cultures as a whole. As Mojola states in his book Postcolonial translation theory and the Swahili Bible: postcolonial approaches to translation … are primarily concerned with the links between translation and empire or translation and...
The healing power of nature writing
Health, Sports & Psychology

The healing power of nature writing

...burn of how we abandon each other. When our film clips are stitched everything is vaudeville. Skinless I drift through the manicured beds through bluebells by the haunted parsonage. I ask, ‘God, what do all the symbols mean?’— robins that land on benches, distant ice-cream vans’ nostalgia. Everything a beautiful catastrophe. The rays of May penetrate. Spring...
Creep feed grinding
Science, Maths & Technology

Creep feed grinding

...burn in simulated grinding tests with shoe and jet methods of coolant application. Wheel: WA 60/80 F P2 V; Wheel speed: 20 m s -1; coolant:synthetic, 1:60 dilution in water. [Images to demonstrate 'Creep feed grinding' - see article ] Manufacture: An effective grinding process which combines a high rate of stock removal with a good surface finish and relatively low rate...
Cold Pressing and Sintering of Powders
Science, Maths & Technology

Cold Pressing and Sintering of Powders

...burn off any residual lubricant. The component then moves to a protected environment where it is sintered before cooling...Sequence of operations for production of a cylindrical bearing: 1. Powder fill [Powder processes ] 2. Compaction [Powder processes ] 3. Ejection [Powder processes ] 4. Powder fill/remove component [Powder processes ] Sintering operation: [Powder...
The awarding gap at The Open University
Education & Development

The awarding gap at The Open University

...burning injustices’. However, it was not until the Office for Students (OfS) set targets in 2019 for institutions to close the gaps that the issue increased in prominence in England. The OfS is the regulatory body for HEIs and has threatened HEIs with the loss of registration; with that they would not be able to award degrees, and would lose access to loans for students...