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Impossible Peace 2: "The taigs are getting everything"
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: "The taigs are getting everything"

...Typed up report on the events with statistics. See details below for full transcript.]The figures telling the story of the street fight. Live rounds and plastic bullets . Guns seized and a bomb factory discovered. The rage Chief Constable Hugh Orde had feared when he asked - do they really want to start World War 3? Text transcript STATS BELOW FROM ORDE 6 live rounds...
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Article 5 mins
Butterflies tell us more than you might think about our natural world
Nature & Environment

Butterflies tell us more than you might think about our natural world

...types of plants and stable conditions, they are perfect for this. [Howe Park Wood in Milton Keynes,it's ancient woodland, thought to be almost 1,000 years old] Howe Park Wood in Milton Keynes is an example of an ancient woodland, thought to be almost 1,000 years old. This habitat is becoming increasingly rare in the UK. Photo: Willow Neal. The next steps I am currently...
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Article 10 mins
12 famous Confucius quotes on education and learning
Education & Development

12 famous Confucius quotes on education and learning

...typed over a photo of a Chinese calligraphy set saying "Isn't it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned? Isn't it also great when friends visit from distant places? If one remains not annoyed when he is not understood by people around him, isn't he a sage?"] "Isn't it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned? Isn't it also great when friends...
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Activity 10 mins
Neurodivergence and the menopause: a personal journey
Health, Sports & Psychology

Neurodivergence and the menopause: a personal journey

...type of judgement including normal feedbacks after trainings etc. I started to avoid things that I newly found stressful, despite my previous competence. It led me to change my roles and activities, and eventually look for less responsibility. This when I was actually at the height of my professional experience, competence and wisdom. Once I realised, after a few years of...
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Article 5 mins
The gut microbiome: balancing the body
Science, Maths & Technology

The gut microbiome: balancing the body

...types of microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa and parasites. Some molecules are disease-causing too, such as toxins and prions. However, some microorganisms can actually be beneficial to humans, and these are known as symbionts, and this includes the microorganisms of the microbiome. Often, the terms microorganisms, microbiota and microbiome are...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Yachts, planes and buses... Mind the (inequality) gap
Society, Politics & Law

Yachts, planes and buses... Mind the (inequality) gap

...do have a dysfunctional minority that generates social harms: the super-rich, whose daily life is both a world apart from that of the overwhelming majority of the global population and yet is so dependent on the exploitation, marginalisation and oppression of that same population. Are we really, to deploy a favourite phrase of David Cameron, ‘all in this together’?...
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Article 15 mins
How do we explain racial disproportionality in the criminal justice systems in the US and England and Wales?
Education & Development

How do we explain racial disproportionality in the criminal justice systems in the US and England and Wales?

...phrase’ that does not provide clarity or guidance for empirical research. Other critiques and rejections post-Macpherson include Civitas’ (Green et al., 2000) publication ‘Institutional Racism and the Police: Fact or Fiction’ which challenges the utility of the concept and emphasises its vagaries. Lea (2000) critiques Macpherson’s definition and use of...
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Article 10 mins
Homage to Celtalonia
Society, Politics & Law

Homage to Celtalonia

...de Depots et Consignations in France linked to European Investment Bank (EIB) and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD); Membership of the European Union and eventually Eurozone, in the event of the latter functioning as an Optimal Currency Area (OCA) as art of EU-wide economic reforms that end the institutionalization of austerity. The list could go on...
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Article 5 mins