Watching the cops: a case study of production processes on television police drama "The Bill"

This thesis examines the process of storytelling on television police drama, The Bill. It explores how factors such as commercial imperatives, working processes and artistic constraints affected representation of the police. The study argues that, in the early days of the show, stories originated with the freelance writers and were based on research and observation of police work. Representation of the police was favourable, partly due to the ideological views of the makers and partly due to the format: stories had to be resolved within a half-hour timeslot, which militated against writers being able to tell stories about issues such as racism, sexism and corruption. However, due to changing market forces in the television industry, the show reinvented itself as a serial in 2001. The exigencies of the new schedule meant less time for research. There was also pressure on the makers to attract a younger audience demographic. Stories were now originated by an in-house team and based on other media sources, setting up “media loops” (Manning 2003) and a recycling of ideas current in media culture about policing and law and order politics. Story-lines became inaccurate and controversial. Findings from focus groups with officers from the Metropolitan Police Service and the Greater Manchester Police also showed that, on occasion, story-lines concerning the handling of witnesses on the show and interview procedures had hampered officers when carrying out investigations. The study concludes that, to echo Silverstone (1985), there is an arbitrariness at the heart of making any television show – that whether the police are depicted favourably or unfavourably is determined as much by the need to attract a certain audience demographic and restrictions in the format as by any ideological intent on the part of the programme-makers

Chemical control of nematodes in South Queensland pineapple fields

The nematode complex associated with the Smooth Cayenne variety of pineapple in Queensland includes the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne javanica (Treub), the root-lesion nematode Pratylenchus brachyurus (Godfrey), the spiral nematode Helicotylenchus nannus Steiner and a ring nematode, Criconemoides ornatum Raski. In field trials on replant land in South Queensland, soil fumigation with DD, EDB and "N emagon" prior to planting or shortly afterwards reduced the nematode populations and increased the size of the fruit. When fumigants were injected around 7-month-old plants heavily infested with Meloidogyne javanica and Pratylenchus brachyurus there was a marked response to "Nemagon" (a yield increase of 9-18 per cent.), but not to EDB and "Vapam.

Studies of plant and soil nematodes. 13. Tylenchulus cLavicaudatus n. sp. (Nematoda:Tylenchulidae), a parasite of the liana Deeringia arborescens (R. Br.) Druce

Tylenchulus clavicaudatus n.sp. is described. This species is distinguished from T. semipenetrans Cobb, T. mangenoti Luc, T. obscurus Colbran and T. fioridensis (Raski) by the clavate tail terminus of second-stage larvae. In 1964, larvae and males of the species described in this paper were found in rain-forest soil from Cunningham's Gap National Park in southern Queensland. Examination of plants growing in the area revealed females partially embedded in the smaller roots of the liana Deeringia arborescens (R.Br.) Druce under small scales similar to those associated with Tylenchulus obscurus Colbran (see Colbran 1964, p. 107)

Leveson’s lasting effect on press-police relations

Four years after the publication of the Leveson report, and shortly after the recognition of IMPRESS as an approved regulator , the UK government has launched a new consultation into two issues of press regulation. The consultation invites views both on section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013, and on whether Part 2 of the Leveson Inquiry, which would address the relationship between the press and the police, is still “appropriate, proportionate and in the public interest.” Dr. Marianne Colbran, Visiting Research Fellow in Criminology in the Mannheim Centre, LSE, who recently published a paper on Leveson five years on: the effect of the Leveson and Filkin Reports on relations between the Metropolitan Police and the national news media, explores how the relationship between police and press has already changed, and offers recommendations if Part 2 does go ahead

Studies of plant and soil nematodes. 3. Belonolaimus hastulatus, Psilenchus tumidus and Hemicycliophora labiata, three new species from Queensland

Three new species, Belonolaimus hastulatus, Psilenchus tumidus and Hemicycliophora labiata, are described. B. hastulatus is distinguished by a short stylet and four sublateral incisures in each lateral field and Psilenchus tumidus by a single ovary and swollen tail tip. Hemicycliophora labiata resembles H. typica de Man, H. similis Thorne and H. gracilis Thorne but differs in having a single continuous lateral incisure and protuberant anterior vulval lip

Studies of plant and soil nematodes. 2. Queensland host records of root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne species)

Meloidogyne species which have been found in Queensland are M. javanica (Treub) Chitwood, M. arenaria (Neal) Chitwood, M. hapla Chitwood, and M. incognita (Kofoid and White) Chitwood. Within these species there are distinct physiological races. The record are presented in two sections. In the first the hosts are arranged in alphabetical order with data on nematode parasite, maximum severity of infestation observed, locality, and susceptibility of test plants; in the second the relevant hosts are listed under each of the Meloidogyne species. The host list includes 269 species in 62 botanical families. Many of these are new records

Twitter and YouTube: Positive Developments for Human Rights Protection?

A number of statements have been made regarding the benefit to human rights protection of advances in technology. However, can these advances also have a negative impact? Focusing on instant messaging and social network services such as Twitter and YouTube, the positives are quickly apparent. They can draw immediate attention to human rights violations that may otherwise go unnoticed, allow interested parties to stay abreast of developments in the protection of human rights, and create strength and courage in numbers for action that may not be anticipated by the perpetrator. These services also enable human rights activists to tweet their movements to family and friends confirming that they are alive and well

Studies of root-knot nematode control in ginger with non-volatile nematocides applied at and after planting

Five field trials ·were set out in the 1970-71 season to assess the value of granular formulations of "Mocap", "Nemacur", "Temik" and "Vydate" in controlling the root-knot nematode M efoidogyne javanica (Treub) in ginger 'seed' crops. Nemacur was the only material to give the desired degree of nematode control in the rhizomes

Strawberry root-knot nematode investigations in Queensland

Studies on the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne hapla Chitwood, a common pest of strawberries in south-eastern Queensland, are reported. The use of nematode-infested planting material results in later cropping, reduced plant size and lower yield. Mean berry size is not reduced. Treatment of nematode-infested runners in hot water at 47 deg. C; for 6, 10 and 14 min. controls the strawberry root-knot nematode but delays fruiting and does not increase overall yields. The use of dips containing chlorophenyl mercury choroglucine, phenyl mercury dinaphthylmethane disulphonate, phenyl mercury salicylate or mercuric chloride on nematode infested runners prior to planting controls nematodes but subsequent plant growth is unsatisfactory. Vigorous runners relatively free of nematodes can be produced in infested fields by allowing rooting to proceed in a 6 in. mulch of sawdust spread between the parent rows