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Life after sport: giving back
Health, Sports & Psychology

Life after sport: giving back

...OU have teamed up with Abertay University to produce a really valuable piece of work, first of all acknowledging that athletes go through many phases in their career. When you are on the outside looking in it is not always easy to see it. Retirement is hard for athletes who have dedicated often many years of their childhood and life to the sport so for them to understand...
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How to make the most out of our visit to the Great Outdoors: walking with The Parks Trust and staying mindful
Health, Sports & Psychology

How to make the most out of our visit to the Great Outdoors: walking with The Parks Trust and staying mindful

...OU and The Parks Trust https://www.open.edu/openlearn/health-sports-psychology/social-care-social-work/keep-me-walking-people-living-dementia-and-outdoor-environments Vseteckova J, Dadova K, Gracia R, Ryan G, Borgstrom E, Abington J, Deepak - Gopinath M, Pappas Y (2020) Barriers and facilitators to adherence to walking group exercise in older people living with dementia...
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Charity begins at Homeland: The screen spies the CIA should love
Society, Politics & Law

Charity begins at Homeland: The screen spies the CIA should love

...becomes irate. As she responds, the point-of-view shifts – now we’re with Saul and Berlin station-chief Alison Carr, watching the interview on a TV screen. “You’re not allowed to spy on your own citizens! It’s against the law, it’s against the fucking law!” Sutton screams. But we aren’t listening anymore: we’re watching Alison and Saul watch her, and the...
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Why the bands played on: Live music in the shadow of the Paris attacks
History & The Arts

Why the bands played on: Live music in the shadow of the Paris attacks

...becomes more difficult, this will put extra constraints on a form of cultural activity for which touring is crucial, and increasingly so. British musicians have had problems in the past, such as, for instance, getting visas to play the South by Southwest festival in Texas. World music expo Womex, likewise, has encountered visa issues and associated difficulties regarding...
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Why has Antonin Scalia's death set off a battle for the US Supreme Court?
Society, Politics & Law

Why has Antonin Scalia's death set off a battle for the US Supreme Court?

...become the law of the land. Rather than deciding the constitutionality of laws restricting abortion or providing contraception, ties mean these issues remain unresolved at the national level. If Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and presidential candidates Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz get their way, the court will stall for at least a year until the next president is...
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Who was Mary Magdalene?
History & The Arts

Who was Mary Magdalene?

...becomes a spiritual metaphor for forgiveness, as Jesus said “… I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much; but he who is forgiven little, loves little”. And he said to her, “Your sins are forgiven” (Luke, 7.47-48). Despite a lack of evidence identifying this woman with Mary of Magdala, the story has undermined her character,...
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Jorge Luis Borges: A short reading list
History & The Arts

Jorge Luis Borges: A short reading list

...become touchstones of cinema. Films like King Kong: A monkey, forty feet tall (some fans say forty-five) may have obvious charms, bust those charms have not convinced this viewer. King Kong is no full-blooded ape but rather a rusty, desiccated machine whose movements are downright clumsy. His only virtue, his height, did not impress the cinematographer, who persisted in...
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How do voters choose between two unappealing candidates?
Society, Politics & Law

How do voters choose between two unappealing candidates?

...become more deliberate in their decision-making. In other words, they pay more attention to all information they have – both good and bad – and don’t get swayed as much by one piece of information that sticks out. In our research, we saw more deliberation in rejection decisions and less of a tendency to be swayed by emotional, in-your-face information. For example,...
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