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Paris Attacks: Social media is the villain of the piece, and the hero of the hour
Digital & Computing

Paris Attacks: Social media is the villain of the piece, and the hero of the hour

...circulated on Facebook, Twitter and Telegrams. IS continues to use social media as part of its terror campaign. Its aim is to maintain the focus of its recruits and fighters within coalition countries. It also aims to further recruit home-grown jihadists to acts of violence while driving fear into the heartland of European and Western countries. While privacy is something...
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Protest Banners: Hillsborough
Society, Politics & Law

Protest Banners: Hillsborough

...circulation perhaps? And clearly, a great deal of thought has gone into them. At the top of the first is a reproduction of The Sun’s own masthead –this version dripping in blood. Below that we are reminded of The Truth we do know as opposed to that claimed by The Sun – that 96 people died at Hillsborough on 15 April 1989. This is stark, clear, no room for...
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Would you want your child to become an interpreter?
Languages

Would you want your child to become an interpreter?

...circulated in local media. On the other hand, the societal valorization of translators and interpreters in Australia and other Anglophone countries remains very low. Translators and interpreters are associated with low-paid casual work that offers little chance for career progression. The low profile of the profession in Australia is strongly related to the societal...
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After Manchester: Can you make venues safer?
Society, Politics & Law

After Manchester: Can you make venues safer?

...circulate round the merchandise stand as support act Cobra Starship meet the fans following a 2007 Fall Out Boy gig The bomb attack on Manchester Arena comes at a time when the whole of the UK is on high terror alert. Across Europe, there recently have been a number of attacks using vehicles and knives – and that has focused many people’s minds on these being the...
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Seeing foreigners as weird and different: What is orientalism?
Society, Politics & Law

Seeing foreigners as weird and different: What is orientalism?

...circulation today. Wikipedia informs us that the collection “contains about 65 poems including the cherished classics ‘Foreign Children,’ ‘The Lamplighter,’ ‘The Land of Counterpane,’ ‘Bed in Summer,’ ‘My Shadow’ and ‘The Swing.’” It is the “cherished classic” poem “Foreign Children” that positions the non-European Other as weird...
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Hip Hop, Transculturation and Ethnography in Delhi
Education & Development

Hip Hop, Transculturation and Ethnography in Delhi

...circulation of knowledge. These practices include, among others, graffiti writin, rappin, beatboxin, deejayin, samplin, street dancin, breakin, street knowledge, informal education and entrepreneurship. These practices developed out of earlier Black and Latinx traditions, for instance Mambo dancing, playing the dozens and participation in the Nation of Islam/Nation of...
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Why is New Delhi experiencing ever-worsening periods of smog?
Nature & Environment

Why is New Delhi experiencing ever-worsening periods of smog?

...respirable suspended particulate matter (RSPM) or PM 2.5 — which can enter the blood stream via the lungs. The WHO study revealed, among other things, that New Delhi had PM 2.5 at concentrations of 153 micrograms as compared to 56 micrograms over Beijing, which long held the title for the world’s most polluted city. While Beijing and other cities have been proactively...
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Preparation dyeing and finishing
Money & Business

Preparation dyeing and finishing

...circulation of the fabric and the liquor. Not that long ago the ration of the weight of water to the weight of fabric (the liquor ratio, LR) could be 20:1 but this has been brought down to LR5:1 or even lower saving large amounts of water. This also saves energy as the amount needed to heat up smaller amount of water is less. The dye makers have also produced dyes that...
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