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The Life of Saint George
History & The Arts

The Life of Saint George

...work on the lives of the saints tells the story of England's patron saint...[Saint George depicted in the 15th Century] Saint George depicted on a 15th Century Eastern European plaque About the Year 303. ST. GEORGE is honoured in the Catholic church as one of the most illustrious martyrs of Christ. The Greeks have long distinguished him by the title of The Great Martyr,...
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Article 10 mins
Coming to America: The Making of the Irish-American Diaspora
OpenLearn Ireland

Coming to America: The Making of the Irish-American Diaspora

...work and thrift so embodied in William Holmes McGuffey’s school texts and readers. In turn, the Catholic Irish introduced greater religious diversity to the United States. Although they arrived at a time when the United States was an overwhelmingly Protestant country and were not always welcome, they gradually gained acceptance in American society while still retaining...
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Rough sleepers in policy and practice: chaotic and off course, or misunderstood?
Society, Politics & Law

Rough sleepers in policy and practice: chaotic and off course, or misunderstood?

...work undertaken for my PhD. In that research, I spent nine months in homelessness services, talking to people who had slept rough. I also interviewed 17 people who identified as having slept rough or having had no accommodation over a period of nine months. Rough sleepers’ stories Within the research, life mapping was a tool employed to assist rough sleepers in creating...
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What do we need to know about our memory?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What do we need to know about our memory?

...working optimally, toxicity can build up from the medication we are taking. This in turn affects all of our organs, including the brain. This may result in us feeling dizzy, wobbly, sedated, and not keen to go out and about, meet with other people and go outdoors walking – all of which is immensely stimulating for our body and our brain. Further lack of exercise then...
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Plato, opinions and the statues of Daedalus
History & The Arts

Plato, opinions and the statues of Daedalus

...works are written as dialogues, in which a small group of characters discuss a philosophical question. The dialogues are usually set in the recent past, and the other characters are often real people – prominent public figures, whom his readers might well have known. It is as if a modern-day philosopher gave up writing books and articles and began to write philosophical...
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Can we overcome cyber-fatigue to secure ourselves online?
Digital & Computing

Can we overcome cyber-fatigue to secure ourselves online?

...work, one needs to understand psychology, sociology and other aspects of the human condition, and how to communicate effectively with people. Technology is so ingrained in modern life that analyzing its security issues exclusively from an engineering perspective, or treating it as something different or somehow removed from people and society, is folly. Moreover, putting...
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Raising awareness and support for men
Health, Sports & Psychology

Raising awareness and support for men

...working-class men who are living each day and getting by. To celebrate men’s positive contributions to society: this includes their contribution to the community, to families, marriage, childcare, and to the environment. This might be about encouraging men to teach the boys in their lives the values, character and responsibilities of being a considered and well-rounded...
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Data and processes in computing
Digital & Computing

Data and processes in computing

...works. These comments are not peculiar to the fifth till at the supermarket. The supermarket's computer stores data for each active till. The data for each till can be seen as a variable, and so needs its own identifier — such as till1, till2, and so on. Indeed, the term variable is used for any named area of computer memory, storing data that may change. Now suppose...
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs