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Are you a secret hoarder?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Are you a secret hoarder?

...bit of mental space that got periodically filled up with oppressive worry about the decisions I'd one day need to make about the piles of stuff in my loft. That day is now. Further reading Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things Randy O. Frost and Gail Steketee. published by Mariner Books, New York Studying people: Part of our free Starting With Psychology course...
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Ashura
History & The Arts

Ashura

...Studies qualifications. Ashura is the tenth day of Muharram, the first month of the Muslim lunar calendar. Muslims associate it with the prophet Moses and the Israelites’ miraculous escape from Egypt. During this time, Muslims believe that God withdrew the water from part of the Red Sea to enable them to cross on its dry bed. God then let the water flow back so that...
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From old English to modern English
History & The Arts

From old English to modern English

...Studies qualification. How and why has English changed over time? In this brief introduction to the subject, I will show how we can look at the history of a language in two main ways: externally – where, why and by whom the language was used; the political and social factors causing change – and internally – the pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary and written...
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What is Locus of Control?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is Locus of Control?

...studies on the psychological characteristics of entrepreneurs: What makes an entrepreneur? In contrast, people with an external locus of control tend to believe that life is driven by outside factors which they cannot influence, or that chance, luck or fate control their lives (“Things happen to me”). They may feel like they are a victim, they prefer to be led by...
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Approaches to software development
Science, Maths & Technology

Approaches to software development

...Studying these techniques is more about how to use them to address the quality issues of what you are developing and how you are developing it, rather than about how to use them in practice. In this course you will see a precise way of applying techniques, but we will also discuss, in parallel, a more light-weight approach to software development. You will become familiar...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
Fatih Birol - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Fatih Birol - Stories of Change

...studying power engineering at the University of Istanbul, he went on to receive a MSc and PhD in energy economics from the Technical University of Vienna and a Doctorate honoris causa from Imperial College London. He is an honorary lifetime member of Galatasaray Football Club. Dr. Birol is the seventh Executive Director to lead the IEA, which was founded in 1974. He...
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How can you turn desert into farmland?
Nature & Environment

How can you turn desert into farmland?

...study. Sub-Saharan Africa also has many different ecological areas that experience different rates of rainfall and have soils that vary in acidity or salinisation or sodification, where free sodium abounds, often causing soil structure deterioration. Zambia, for example, has three agroecological zones, distinguished by rainfall and growing season. Soil microbiologist...
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The Life of Saint Patrick
History & The Arts

The Life of Saint Patrick

...studying to compose elegant sermons, which flatter the ear yet reap very little fruit. Their hearers applaud their parts, but very few are converted." On Saint Patrick's significance and influence "Most preachers, now-a-days, have learning, but are not sufficiently grounded in true sanctity, and a spirit of devotion. Interior humility, purity of heart, recollection, and...
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