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Do Christmas lights interfere with your wifi signal?
Science, Maths & Technology

Do Christmas lights interfere with your wifi signal?

...think about where you place your wireless router in your home. Hiding it under a tin can inside a cupboard insulated with tin foil will ruin your Facebook fun. As will decorating your wireless device with holly and fairy lights. There are domestic devices that will degrade the wireless signal – although it’s not often you’ll be running your microwave 24 hours a day...
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The dilemma of tourism and the Irish language, 1983
OpenLearn Ireland

The dilemma of tourism and the Irish language, 1983

...think having got a certain amount of development going industrial-wise and tourist-wise then you’ve got to work twice as hard then to try to restore the values that have been lost and especially the language that has been lost. In 1983, positive action was being taken to restore the Irish language and traditions such as described by Michael O'Donnell, ex-shop steward in...
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The Problem with Pink
History & The Arts

The Problem with Pink

...think it does. It confirms that pink is first and foremost the colour of love and sexuality and hence implies a view of women centred on these qualities. In other words, if you don’t want people to see you in those terms, it’s a colour best avoided. In fact, eighteenth-century women were already aware of this. In Fanny Burney’s novel, The Wanderer (1814), for...
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Solon upsets the wealthy Croesus
History & The Arts

Solon upsets the wealthy Croesus

...think about the fictitious meeting between Solon and Croesus described in the next extract. We are told by Herodotus that Solon visits Croesus at Sardis and is asked by him ‘Who is the most fortunate man you have seen?’ Read Solon’s responses, which did not please Croesus at all. What can we take from Solon’s observations about happiness and good fortune in the...
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Is norovirus an economic threat?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Is norovirus an economic threat?

...Think of how many times you do not go to the doctor when you have bad diarrhea, and if you do the cause is rarely diagnosed. So the true costs are very likely to be higher. However, attention to norovirus has not matched the cost. Sure you may hear of outbreaks here and there in the news. But did you realize the true magnitude of the norovirus problem? Did you know that...
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Golden Globe Ocean Race: The next 50 years?
Nature & Environment

Golden Globe Ocean Race: The next 50 years?

...think that we can consider it being a dumping ground. What we are doing to it has direct and profound impact on us. In particular, marine pollution is something that we can tackle by changing our behaviour in reducing unmanaged waste: Transcript What will the oceans look like in another 50 years? That all depends on the actions we take right now. References UN (2017)...
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Becoming a University of Sanctuary
Society, Politics & Law

Becoming a University of Sanctuary

...thinking, develop employability skills, and obtain a higher income in the future, previous research has shown that access and participation in higher education has other added benefits for those seeking sanctuary. For example, research has indicated that participation in higher education can give sanctuary students a sense of purpose and an opportunity to participate in...
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Heaven: What might it be like?
History & The Arts

Heaven: What might it be like?

...think about what motivates our actions in the world, and our highest aspirations. References Luke 21, The New Revised Standard Version of the Bible. Murthy, B. S. (ed.) (1987) Mahatma Gandhi and Leo Tolstoy Letter. Long Beach Publications. Tolstly, Leo (1894) The Kingdom of God is Within You: or Christianity not as a Mystical Doctrine, but as a New Life Conception....
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