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What can you do with leftover coffee grounds?
Science, Maths & Technology

What can you do with leftover coffee grounds?

...free waste stream, scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs have looked into various ways of putting it to use. Burn coffee for low-cost fuel For a few years now, Nestlé has been using waste coffee grounds from its instant soluble coffee production as thermal fuel. It currently uses coffee to cook the food it produces in more than 20 factories globally, displacing more...
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Impossible Peace 2: The missing legacy voices
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: The missing legacy voices

...free of emotional ink. We are not capable of doing this ourselves and, as far back as 2008, we should have realised this when four victims commissioners had to be appointed instead of one. We also need to record the stories of leadership that brought the conflict here to an end. And there should be some proper place of remembrance and for storytelling; something imagined...
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Navigating Black Irish identity in the music of Phil Lynott
Health, Sports & Psychology

Navigating Black Irish identity in the music of Phil Lynott

...free’ – a nod to both Hendrix’s iconic song and their shared freedom from the chains of oppression that weighed on their ancestors. Lynott passed away in 1986 at just 36 years old. In the years since, he has become a beloved national figure, and his status as both Black and Irish has come to be embraced as a harmonious part of his identity. This was consolidated by...
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Anodising
Science, Maths & Technology

Anodising

...free from swarf and grit and should not be damaged due to handling. Any machining, drilling and welding should be carried out before anodising. The final appearance of the component is largely dependent on the type of pre-treatment carried out before anodising. Types of pre-treatment range from mechanical processing such as “abrasive polishing” to chemical treatments...
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On the death of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Society, Politics & Law

On the death of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

...Free Mandela’ pickets and demonstrations! The campaigns across the country were incredibly effective. We were inspired by South African exiles who lived locally; Albert, a white surgeon who had left the country just before the police came to arrest him, Des, a black teacher who was badly beaten by the South African police (held without charge under the notorious Pass...
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Olaudah Equiano, the Abolitionist and Author
History & The Arts

Olaudah Equiano, the Abolitionist and Author

...free man gives depth to race relations in eighteenth-century British society. His autobiography remains powerful to contemporary audiences in shaping awareness through a first-hand account of enslavement and offers insights into the exploitation of twenty-first-century Africa. In fact, Equiano’s ability to promote the change of opinion on slavery in Britain and the...
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Amanda Theunissen - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Amanda Theunissen - Earth in Vision

...free to download and deal with, then that means people can fiddle with the pictures, fiddle with content, edit content, edit stuff out of context. I think that’s quite difficult. I don’t quite see how you give free access to anything other than the blandest material, and certainly not to scientists. They sign release forms, technical phrase meaning release form,...
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Postcards from the doctor: Spreading health care messages in India
Health, Sports & Psychology

Postcards from the doctor: Spreading health care messages in India

...course of his career, Dr. Aaraveeti Ramayogaiah wrote about 27,000 postcards to patients and acquaintances. Most of them explained preventive health care practices, like washing hands and boiling water. The postcards were intended to help thousands of people who couldn't afford or easily get to a physician. In an interview with the Indian journalist Rahul M, Dr....
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