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Seismograph
Society, Politics & Law

Seismograph

...free to swing sideways A pen to attach to the rod A heavy weight to attach to the rod (eg a brick) Strong wire, rope or twine (that doesn’t stretch too much) Some way of moving paper at a steady speed (eg round bits of paper stuck to the hand of an old clock) Nails, hammer, drill, glue, clips. Small flat piece of metal to use as pivot point for rod. [How to set up your...
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Euro 24: Innovation and Trends in Modern Football
Health, Sports & Psychology

Euro 24: Innovation and Trends in Modern Football

...free access to local public transport, encouraging travel by trains, subways, light rail and buses instead of planes and cars. Teams will also be encouraged to travel to group-stage matches by coach or train to reduce the tournament’s carbon footprint. The Olympic Stadium in Berlin which is one of the hosts for the tournament Despite ongoing climate concerns, FIFA...
Feeling Stuck in your Job or Career? The ACT Matrix may be the Tool you Need
Health, Sports & Psychology

Feeling Stuck in your Job or Career? The ACT Matrix may be the Tool you Need

...free resources to help more with developing ACT skills and it may also be useful to discuss this further with a trustworthy colleague or friend. There are also further resources you may find useful in the Applying Psychology at Work Hub, including: What's in your toolbox? The value of Emotional Intelligence in a Challenging Workplace. References American Psychological...
DIY: Generate your own electricity
Science, Maths & Technology

DIY: Generate your own electricity

...free at the other end and then cover the windings with insulating tape. Remove a cm or so of the insulation from the two end wires by scraping off the enamel, and connect them to the bulb holder. Fit the bulb into the holder. Pass the bolt through the hole drilled into the base of the magnet, and fasten it by tightening the nut. Fix the bolt into the chuck of a hand...
What is a confidence and supply government?
Society, Politics & Law

What is a confidence and supply government?

...free vote on the electoral system to be used in the forthcoming European parliamentary elections. Steel had hoped this would result in the House of Commons supporting a proportional system. When this was not delivered, partly because more than 70 Labour MPs abstained, the pact was effectively over. The only substantive policy achieved by the Liberals was the...
Spectres, Monsters, Fairies and Vampires: An introduction to the Irish Gothic
OpenLearn Ireland

Spectres, Monsters, Fairies and Vampires: An introduction to the Irish Gothic

...course will help you discover why Ireland was the perfect melting pot to establish a horror genre which has taken over the world. While Irish literature is often associated with the Nobel Prize-winning poetry of Seamus Heaney or the famously difficult modernist prose of James Joyce, the Gothic tradition gives us a whole new lens through which to read the legacy of...
Matt Ridley - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Matt Ridley - Stories of Change

...course, but yes, they have definitely downgraded the possibility of these alarming tipping points. The methane burp from the Arctic is one of them, etc. RH: There’s still a lot of uncertainties about that, you would agree? MR: There’s a lot of uncertainties about everything, yes. RH: There are indeed. Which makes me, as an interviewer, slightly worried when I hear...
Oliver Sacks: "You are in the hands of a master storyteller"
Health, Sports & Psychology

Oliver Sacks: "You are in the hands of a master storyteller"

...course, I am envious. All I want is to do what he does. Is that so much to ask? Here are a few of his first paragraphs. They are promises, whispered softly and calmly, that something good is coming. Many of my childhood memories are of metals: these seemed to exert a power on me from the start. They stood out, conspicuous against the heterogenousness of the world, by...