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Fifty years of BBC broadcasting about environmental change issues
Society, Politics & Law

Fifty years of BBC broadcasting about environmental change issues

...central casting Professor-type predicts that ‘in the future we’ll all be living underground eating minute floating plants’, and I should say that that’s his optimistic scenario. But the lighthearted moments are few and far between in TV coverage of population. From the 1960s onwards, broadcasters tended to frame it as a current problem and future menacing threat....
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The Special Adviser’s Tale, or Political Storytelling in the Time of Covid
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The Special Adviser’s Tale, or Political Storytelling in the Time of Covid

...central to their own political careers (it’s the narrative that underpins Brexit, for example). But within this context, the journey to Durham immediately became a symbol of hypocrisy, undermining the clear story that the government had earlier been trying to tell of a nation who are ‘all in this together’. There was one further way in which the logic of...
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The new politics of climate change
Nature & Environment

The new politics of climate change

...central government since local action by councils will need substantial support in carbon divestment. An important aspect of this demand is the commitment of the government to work with other organisations (including local government, businesses, and transnational organisations, such as the EU and UN). XR demand a target of carbon neutrality by 2025. This may seem an...
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Anodising
Science, Maths & Technology

Anodising

...central pore which reaches down to a thin compact barrier layer. [Images to demonstrate 'Anodising' - see article ] Manufacture: Before any pre-treatment is given to the aluminium component, it is very important to consider its initial surface condition in relationship to its final application. Components should be free from swarf and grit and should not be damaged due to...
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Laser surface treatment
Science, Maths & Technology

Laser surface treatment

...central unit. Capable of a high degree of automation. Laser surface treatment is restricted commercially to transformation hardening and cladding. Transformation hardening Heating and cooling rates depend on thermal conductivity and thickness of material, laser power, beam size and traverse rate. A typical thermal cycle is shown below for a 2 kW laser, of beam diameter 6...
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Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Austria
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Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Austria

...Central Western Europe] Introduction: English In Austria, there are local and regional variations in baking. Home baking is quite popular. Sweet baking in Austria was influenced by other cultures: Bohemia golatschen, Hungary strudel and Italy polentaschnitten. Different words are used to refer to bread brot, white bread and rolls weißgebäck and konditorwaren are more...
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Diversity, migrant entrepreneurship and socio-economic inclusion
Money & Business

Diversity, migrant entrepreneurship and socio-economic inclusion

...central as greater movements of people have changed the landscape of most western cities (for an in-depth discussion of diversity at work see Guillaume et al., 2014 and Otaye-Ebede, Priola and Yerby, 2017). While concepts such as diversity, cultural diversity and diversity management have initially been studied within the confines of employment and large organisations,...
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If Wannacry caused so much disruption, how come it raised so little money?
Digital & Computing

If Wannacry caused so much disruption, how come it raised so little money?

...central server. Thus, despite more than 200,000 infections worldwide, there have been fewer than 200 payments. The weak impact is because this is a different type of ransomware. The most successful ones spread through spear phishing emails and target individuals and small businesses, which often do not have back-ups. This ransomware was different in that it spread of its...
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