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Dominic Ball testimonial
Education & Development

Dominic Ball testimonial

...Open University. He explains why it’s important other current players start planning for the future, plus how the support of the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) helped...Dominic recalls his upbringing and how his parents influenced him: "Mum and dad trained as teachers, so I was always pushed in school. Even when football opportunities came, I was always...
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Ceramic mould casting
Science, Maths & Technology

Ceramic mould casting

...Open University's Science courses and qualifications [Diagram to demonstrate ceramic mould casting] [Diagram to demonstrate ceramic mould casting] [Diagram explaining ceramic mould casting] Manufacture: An alternative to expendable pattern investment casting (“lost wax process”), and shell moulding. Permanent patterns of metal, wood, resin, plaster or rubber eliminate...
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Darwin crosses the Sierra de la Ventana
History & The Arts

Darwin crosses the Sierra de la Ventana

...open ocean. I was, on the whole, disappointed with this ascent. Even the view was insignificant;—a plain like the sea, but without its beautiful colour and defined outline. The scene, however, was novel, and a little danger, like salt to meat, gave it a relish. That the danger was very little was certain, for my two companions made a good fire—a thing which is never...
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Virtual murder: Just a game?
History & The Arts

Virtual murder: Just a game?

...open letter claiming that the study was flawed. This repeats a pattern; with violent video games, as with pornography before them, it is difficult to show that there is any systematic link between consumption and subsequent behaviour. However, having bad consequences is not the only way something might be bad. Even if it does not lead to bad behaviour, is it a Good Thing...
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The Belfast linen industry
History & The Arts

The Belfast linen industry

...1994) Belfast: The Making of a City J C Beckett. Weblinks Irish Linen Guild Irish Linen Centre and Lisburn Museum Interested in finding more out? Social sciences with The Open University. With thanks to: Richard Gibson – Smyth and Gibson, Retailers [Richard Gibson] Bill Crawford – Local Historian [Bill Crawford] Brian Mackay – Irish Linen Centre [Brian Mackay]...
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Peter Tuddenham On Using Systems Thinking In Practice
Society, Politics & Law

Peter Tuddenham On Using Systems Thinking In Practice

...Open University in 1978-1980. After completing his Army service, he moved to the USA in 1980. He obtained a BS degree in Business from Regis University in Denver, Colorado in 1982. He went on to study Systems Design at Saybrook University in California with Bela Banathy. As an executive in residence at Arizona State University Center for Ethics he studied the deregulation...
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Where does outer space begin?
Science, Maths & Technology

Where does outer space begin?

...open. However, the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale recognises 100 km as the lower limit of space, whereas an encyclopedia of international law suggests 80 km as a practical limit between ‘air space’, potentially reachable by an aircraft, and ‘outer space’. However you look at it, sadly 30,000 metres or 30 km is less than half way there, but it was a bold...
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Star Wars: La syntaxe du français avec Maître Yoda
Languages

Star Wars: La syntaxe du français avec Maître Yoda

...en forme 5) A vos intuitions vous fier, il faut. Use your feelings, you must. - Star Wars: Episode II- Attack of the Clones / La guerre des étoiles : épisode II — L'Attaque des clones (2002) à vos intuitions vous fier il faut Reveal Answer Il faut vous fier à vos intuitions OpenLearn leads to free courses Free courses lead to studying French with The Open University...
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