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Does the rural idyll really exist?
Nature & Environment

Does the rural idyll really exist?

...manage to move to the countryside as you did, find what they’re looking for there is something that you’ll have to look into. Terry: So I left Coventry and moved to the countryside And this is where I came. Hayfield. And this environment is a lot different to Coventry. Hills instead of tower blocks, real trees, neighbours who said hello and looked out for me, I...
Three Irish Poets – Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill
OpenLearn Ireland

Three Irish Poets – Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill

...manages to convey the rhythms of the original Irish, explaining the great importance of rhythm, assonance (use of similar-sounding vowels) and half-rhymes in Irish poetry. You may also remember that later on in the interview, Ní Dhomhnaill says Muldoon is right to translate the title as ‘The Language Issue’ when it could be rendered as ‘The Language Question’, as...
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

...Management Strategies for Environmental Sustainability. Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering, 4(4) 100142. Available from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666016421000645 [Accessed 27 November 2024]. Kolforn, A. (2019) File:-2019-11-03 Alternative Christmas Tree in Cromer (2).JPG - Wikimedia Commons Available from
Stress and anxiety in the digital age: the dark side of technology
Health, Sports & Psychology

Stress and anxiety in the digital age: the dark side of technology

...manage digital stress in our related article. References Andrews, S., Ellis, D. A., Shaw, H., & Piwek, L. (2015). Beyond self-report: tools to compare estimated and real-world smartphone use. PloS one, 10(10), e0139004. Appel, H., Gerlach, A. L., & Crusius, J. (2016). The interplay between Facebook use, social comparison, envy, and depression. Current Opinion in...
What made Muhammad Ali "The Greatest"?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What made Muhammad Ali "The Greatest"?

...managed one more fight, again ending in defeat. He was 39 and had fought 61 times. In 1984, he disappointed his supporters when he nominally supported Ronald Reagan’s re-election bid. He also endorsed George Bush in 1988. The Republican Party’s policies, particularly in regard to affirmative action programs, were widely seen as detrimental to the interests of African...
Owen's Law: the case for written allergen information in every food business
Health, Sports & Psychology

Owen's Law: the case for written allergen information in every food business

...manage allergens safely, should it be trading at all? Where do you stand? Should allergen safety be a legal requirement for every food business — with no exemptions? Share your thoughts in the comments. Further learning and rescources This podcast series is part of a wider body of work exploring food allergy as both a clinical condition and a public health challenge....
Why is FGM practised?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why is FGM practised?

...manage pain during the procedure. In most cases, the girl is held down and restrained by a family member or others from the community. Medicalised FGM In recent years, international and professional organisations have raised grave concerns about the emergence of medicalised FGM, where the procedure is undertaken by qualified healthcare professionals using clinical methods...
The technology of crime control
Society, Politics & Law

The technology of crime control

...Introduction - This OpenLearn course provides a sample of Level 2 study in Sociology...The technology of crime control: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: illustrate how CCTV is used for general surveillance give examples of how CCTV can be used for crime control...The technology of crime control: 1 The purpose, efficacy and regulation...
Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr