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The meaning of home in later life
Health, Sports & Psychology

The meaning of home in later life

...concept that is more complex and says something about personal meaning and identity, about family and friends, our life history. It varies depending on our age, gender, culture and generation. Given this complexity there is a vast multi-disciplinary literature on the concept of home from many disciplines. This includes sociology, anthropology, social/emotional geography,...
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World-Changing Women: Emily Davies
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: Emily Davies

...prompted by this experience to found a branch of the Society for the Promotion of the Employment of Women in the North East. In 1862, after moving to London, Davies was able to pursue her developing interest in women’s rights. She helped put together the first women’s suffrage petition, presented to Parliament in 1866. Davies believed that education was key to...
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Belfast murals
History & The Arts

Belfast murals

...prompted by the hunger strike by several Republican prisoners. Since then Republican murals have tended to use more varied styles than the largely traditional Loyalist paintings. [A Republican protrait] Other Republican images include: Militaristic images in support of the IRA’s armed struggle have been common since the early 1980s. [A Republican miliary mural in...
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Why do birds eat plastic?
Nature & Environment

Why do birds eat plastic?

...birds, the presence of DMS is an indication that food is about, not algae, but krill feeding on algae. This prompts foraging behaviour with the result that the birds ingest plastic. So, in addition to looking like food, plastic debris in the ocean may also confuse seabirds that hunt by smell. From BBC News Online: Marine plastic - Hundreds of fragments in dead seabirds...
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Heritage in war
History & The Arts

Heritage in war

...prompted by recent carnage in the Middle East and elsewhere, the militaries of all nations, and the international community more generally, has been moved to take an active interest in enforcing these laws. [Destruction in the Bab Dreeb area of Homs, Syria, 2012] Destruction in the Bab Dreeb area of Homs, Syria, 2012. In September 2016, judges at the International...
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New course available: How to learn a language
Languages

New course available: How to learn a language

...concepts and skills required to learn languages successfully in this free course, How to learn a language...Transcript This free course will introduce you to the skills and strategies you need for language learning. You will be encouraged to set realistic goals when learning a language, and you will be given advice on how to keep motivated to achieve these goals. You will...
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Representations of hell in Christian art
History & The Arts

Representations of hell in Christian art

...concept of a reward or punishment in the afterlife for a virtuous or sinful existence on earth.’ This is the first paragraph of the entry for ‘Hell’ in the ever so useful Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (1991, vol.2, p. 911). This is, in a nutshell, the fundamental concept of Christianity: humans have a choice in this world - they can be either good or bad. Whatever...
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Intermediate French: Understanding spoken French
Languages

Intermediate French: Understanding spoken French

...name: je m’appelle… ; je suis… ; moi, c’est… Your age: j’ai …ans ; âgé de… ans Where you live: j’habite ; je vis Where you were born or brought up: je suis né ; je suis … d’origine ; originaire de ; je viens de Who you live with: je vis avec ; mari ; femme ; copain/copine ; partenaire Your family: enfants ; fils ; fille(s) ; frère(s) ; soeur(s) ; parents ; famille Your professional ......
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