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Technology in sport since 1969
Health, Sports & Psychology

Technology in sport since 1969

...de France ‘winner’) was also stripped of his titles due to doping. Drug technology has continued to evolve allowing cheats to stay one step ahead of the testing laboratories for now. As all technology has advanced it seems that human evolution has taken a turn towards devolution. With the current generation often reported as the first to have a shorter life expectancy...
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The First World War: trauma and memory
History & The Arts

The First World War: trauma and memory

...de Triomphe. [Described image] Figure 2 The unveiling of the cenotaph in Whitehall, 1920. In London, a cenotaph – which literally means ‘empty tomb’ – was also established in 1919. This was initially a temporary structure, but due to its popularity a permanent tomb was built and unveiled in 1920. Symbolically significant sites such as these, along with countless...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Richard Brock - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Richard Brock - Earth in Vision

...phrase. Now they claim this is going to raise the bar. Well I can’t believe that the bar can go any higher, but they’re going to hit the bar, because I can’t think of anywhere which is an unknown place, a major landscape with very rare animals that to some extent hasn’t been seen. I challenge them to show that and I look forward to it and they’ve got massive...
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Beginners’ Italian: food and drink
Languages

Beginners’ Italian: food and drink

...phrases rather than trying to work out what each word means...Beginners’ Italian: food and drink: 3.1 Practising ordering and paying - Activity 7 Listen to the audio track and repeat the expressions. Try to match the pronunciation and intonation of the speaker as closely as possible. Desidera? Mi dica. E per Lei? Vorrei… Per me… Scusi! Allora… Ecco! Activity 8 Now...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Surfaces
Science, Maths & Technology

Surfaces

...phrase ‘classify ellipses in 2 up to isometry’, we have specified the class of figures under consideration (ellipses in 2): our criteria apply only to these particular figures in the plane, and we make no claim that other figures can be classified up to isometry in a similar way. Note also the importance of including the qualification ‘up to isometry’, since all...
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Level 3: Advanced 20 hrs
Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Italy
Languages

Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Italy

...type of unleavened flatbread which goes back to ancient times and is cooked on a griddle or testo. Some Sicilian cakes go back to the period of Arab domination in Sicily, like cassata, it’s a cake not an ice-cream! Cassata is prepared with exotic ingredients such as saffron, dried fruit and candied fruit. At Christmas time, the panettone of Milan is now found in almost...
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Activity 10 mins
Change in the West of Ireland
OpenLearn Ireland

Change in the West of Ireland

...type of connection to the wider world as many locals have emigrated in search of employment opportunities. In the following collection of articles, we explore the question: How can unique and distinctive regions, like the West of Ireland, retain the qualities that make them unique while continuing to modernise and interact with the wider world? You can navigate through...
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Article 5 mins
Women in sport: stories from grassroots cricket
Health, Sports & Psychology

Women in sport: stories from grassroots cricket

...type of historical support, the women’s game is often starved of both finance and voluntary labour to sustain female participation. This is exacerbated by the local County support for clubs mostly funded directly by the ECB, as one local ECB employee stated: … you would be safe to say that probably only about 5% of their [development officer’s] time would be...
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