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Is a technological solution always the best? The politics of toilets
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is a technological solution always the best? The politics of toilets

...out of the way: the only reason I have lived in homes with not just one but two toilets, and other people have to walk miles for toilets that are shared by hundreds of people, is because we live under an immensely unfair and unjust system called capitalism. Other systems have been unfair too (Feudal peasants had to poop in buckets while their lords relieved themselves on...
The UK deal with the EU explained: what it says and what it means
Society, Politics & Law

The UK deal with the EU explained: what it says and what it means

...out in EU law. It is broadly in line with what Cameron had wanted. However, critics again argue that he should have asked for far more: a national parliamentary veto on proposed new EU laws. The proposal also addresses Cameron’s demand to exempt Britain from the idea of “ever-closer union” of the EU. That won’t happen officially until the next amendment to the EU...
Why are public companies vanishing in America?
Money & Business

Why are public companies vanishing in America?

...out more in repurchases than in dividends. Because of this increase in repurchases, more net income was paid out to shareholders in 2015 than in any other year in our sample. Jensen’s key argument in his forecast of the demise of the public firm is that public firms are beset by agency problems. The fact that public firms pay out more to shareholders now than at any...
Christmas at war: 1916 - Festivities at the front
History & The Arts

Christmas at war: 1916 - Festivities at the front

...out of their homes...[Arras in 1916] Ruined buildings in front of Arras station. In 1917, the town would be the site of a major British offensive Munitions of Christmas Lorry loads of good cheer for the trenches Pantomimes, pictures and pierrots By Percival Phillips, Daily Express special correspondent With the British Armies in the field, December 24th. The British...
How scientists found rare fireball meteorite pieces on a driveway – and what they could teach us
Science, Maths & Technology

How scientists found rare fireball meteorite pieces on a driveway – and what they could teach us

...out the fireball’s trajectory and determined where the meteorite pieces could be located, just north of Cheltenham in the UK. Based on their calculations, Ashley King, a specialist in meteorites at the Natural History Museum in London, made an appeal on local TV and radio stations for information about any unusual black rocks seen to have fallen from the sky. Among the...
Plasma nitriding/carburising
Science, Maths & Technology

Plasma nitriding/carburising

...out at high temperatures, involves bombarding the surface to be coated with the plasma. The workpiece is held under vacuum until carbon atoms have diffused into the heated surface, to form hardened surface layers on quenching. Nitriding is carried out under vacuum, but without external heat. The heat to diffuse the nitrogen into the surface is provided by kinetic energy,...
Averages
Science, Maths & Technology

Averages

...out evenly between the four of us. In total there are 8 children, so the mean number is 8 divided by 4 - which is, of course, 2. What happens if a new colleague joins us, and the new colleague has 3 children? Well, now the total number of children is 11, and the mean number of children per person is 11 divided by 5, which comes to 2.2. Now none of us actually has 2.2...
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The drive to improve patient safety in the NHS in England
Health, Sports & Psychology

The drive to improve patient safety in the NHS in England

...out a stark reality. “Patient safety problems exist throughout the NHS, as with every other health care system throughout the world” (p4). The report is equally emphatic that the solution does not on the whole lie with blaming individuals, or rooting out incompetent or negligent staff. Sometimes, of course, individuals do need to be held transparently to account, when...