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Everything you need to know about snowflakes
Health, Sports & Psychology

Everything you need to know about snowflakes

...article...Snowflakes are formed when many tiny ice crystals suspended in clouds collide and stick together, a process called aggregation. The aggregates can become quite large, with Guinness World Records listing the world’s largest snowflake as 38 cm across, falling in January 1887 at Fort Keogh, Montana, though this is naturally difficult to verify! For aggregation to...
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Sustainability at Christmas: Considering single use items, traditional plastics and bioplastics
Science, Maths & Technology

Sustainability at Christmas: Considering single use items, traditional plastics and bioplastics

...article explores how we can embrace sustainability this Christmas with bioplastics for gifts, decorations, and wrapping...[An Alternative Christmas Tree with the plastic gathered from the Ocean, Norfolk, England]Figure 1 An Alternative Christmas Tree with the plastic gathered from the Ocean, Norfolk, England (Kolforn, 2019) Christmas is a time of celebration, joy, and...
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The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
OpenLearn Ireland

The Irish Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries

...article will explore the Gothic tradition on the island of Ireland in the form of the twentieth-century narrative. Building on the significant reputation for Gothic writing established by the end of the nineteenth century (explored in An introduction to the Irish Gothic), Irish writers took this tradition in new directions in the twentieth century. They responded to the...
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Negotiating trade deals
Money & Business

Negotiating trade deals

...article “What do trade agreements do?” In the immediate context, the efforts to reverse globalisation have caused a renewed emphasis on renegotiating trade deals. Specifically, this is associated with often competing desires to reduce immigration, enhance labour rights, lessened regulation for business and increased environmental protection. These issues have come to...
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Should I lock in my exchange rate when using cards and ATMs abroad?
Money & Business

Should I lock in my exchange rate when using cards and ATMs abroad?

...is: Think it through! Resist your natural inclination to say yes just because it makes you feel comfortable. Don’t be fooled when asked if you want to complete a transaction using your home currency. Using the local currency can save you money, making your next trip abroad less costly. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Why do call centre staff use your name all the time, Chris?
Money & Business

Why do call centre staff use your name all the time, Chris?

...service interaction, moving away from the voice-based interactions of call centres, as even they are beginning to be too costly. We’ll have to wait and see how conventions of politeness evolve as we switch to newer media – perhaps we’ll see emojis becoming even more commonplace. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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International Men's Day
Miscellaneous

International Men's Day

...celebrates the “positive value men bring to the world, their families and communities” and this collection of OpenLearn resources is designed to reflect that message. This year we also acknowledge the theme of “zero male suicide”, and hope our article on the subject, and accompanying content, offers some insight, encouragement and positivity to those who need it....
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Child spirituality
Education & Development

Child spirituality

...articles mentioned here are: Caring for the Whole Child John Bradford, The Children's Society. Children, Spirituality & Religion Margaret Crompton, CCETSW Children and God David Hay, in The Tablet, 74 pages 1270-1 Spiritual development from Children Religion & Spirituality Rebecca Nye R, pages 2-6 The Oxford Book of Nineteenth-Century English Verse Edited by John Hayward,...
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