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Eric King and Bill Binney: Some thoughts on their interview
Society, Politics & Law

Eric King and Bill Binney: Some thoughts on their interview

...simple answer - power, control and money. Eric King puts to him that the military industrial complex is perhaps not so well established in the UK as the US, so it seems reasonable to ask why GCHQ would be so insistent about the importance of their continuance of bulk communications data collection and retention for target development. Without bulk collection, the argument...
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Football culture: the use of banners
Health, Sports & Psychology

Football culture: the use of banners

...simple, especially if their main purpose is to display a single current demand or slogan. They may be small, cheap and mass produced in order to be carried by a large number of people. Others, such as trade union banners, on the other hand are often unique, large and elaborate creations celebrating a union’s history and the skills of its members. Their production...
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Does handing a company on to the children work?
Money & Business

Does handing a company on to the children work?

...simple stylized model to explore how family-firm-specific reputation costs, which seem to push first-generation CEOs to do better, might act as a constraint on management innovation for second-generation CEOs. Dynastic family-owned firms have worse management practices, but only if run by family CEOs Despite the global prevalence of family firms, research on this topic is...
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Addressing ethical issues in your research proposal
Education & Development

Addressing ethical issues in your research proposal

...Code of Human Research Ethics (BPS, 2021). You can also refer to guidance from the British Educational Research Association and the British Association for Applied Linguistics. [Pebbles balance on a stone see-saw] Ethical principles are essential for protecting the interests of research participants, including maximising the benefits and minimising any risks associated...
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App zeros in on loss of equatorial glaciers
Nature & Environment

App zeros in on loss of equatorial glaciers

...simple − 25 mountains at zero latitude; 25 years from now, zero ice.” All the 25 peaks lie within 200 miles either side of the Equator. And while Jarvis does concede that some glacier traces might linger for 30 years, he says that Kilimanjaro − Africa’s highest mountain, at nearly 6,000 metres − will certainly be bare by 2040. Several years ago, Jarvis headed a...
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Multipoint cutting (translational)
Science, Maths & Technology

Multipoint cutting (translational)

...simple fixturing. Force on work depends on feed, which may be manual or power, and is normally 100–200 N but may as well be as high as 400 N when cutting a straight line. Flood or mist cooling. Blades supplied in coils that are cut to length and resistance butt-welded. Blade speeds are normally 10–400 m min-1. A wide variety of blade designs and materials available,...
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The Goldlist method: Learning vocabulary by writing it down
Languages

The Goldlist method: Learning vocabulary by writing it down

...simple and effective. If you’d like to know more details about the method and get tips from a goldlisting pro, get a free detailed ebook called Goldlist Method In a Nutshell at www.languagementoring.com/goldlist. [Goldlist image 1 (Lýdia Machová)] About the author: Lýdia Machová, PhD, is a polyglot, language mentor, and TED speaker who helps others learn languages...
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Can I become fitter by doing short bursts of exercise?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can I become fitter by doing short bursts of exercise?

...The simple conclusion is we need to move more and move more often – and try to do a structured higher-intensity activity (insert your most enjoyable/manageable here) on three or more days of the week. How we convince more people to do this is more difficult to answer.[The Conversation] This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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