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Do as Dumbledore does: the benefits of private speech
Languages

Do as Dumbledore does: the benefits of private speech

...Open University’s EdD programme, following a spark of curiosity that woke me up from my language teaching routine. One of my students in the language laboratory, as she engaged with an online task, started talking aloud to herself, even gesturing to the computer screen. I was fascinated. And I wanted to find out more about it. I wanted to know why people talk aloud to...
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Understanding the AFD: How to make sense of the far-right populists
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding the AFD: How to make sense of the far-right populists

...open door policy has rendered it almost unrecognisable from the one that Bernd Lucke and his fellow euroscpetics founded in April 2013. Fishing on the right For one thing, a number of AfD politicians use firebrand rhetoric the type of which modern Germany has not heard before. Frauke Petry, arguably the party’s most well-known figure, claimed in January 2016 that there...
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Tim Peake’s spacewalk is no stroll in the park
Science, Maths & Technology

Tim Peake’s spacewalk is no stroll in the park

...hours at a time, just a few sips of water – and you can’t go to the loo. But, on the plus side, the views are tremendous. And you can be sure that the spanners will be the correct size. [The Conversation]Monica Grady, Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences, The Open University. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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Witnessing war through a smartphone lens
Society, Politics & Law

Witnessing war through a smartphone lens

...opens up new optics. Such images can provide evidence of abuses and afford accountability when war crimes and Human Rights violations are investigated. These images of the everyday realities of war can engage us emotionally in ways that news images do not. But equally, when recordings of war crimes or abuse or torture in the smartphones of Syrian refugees get into the...
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The growing demand for drugs in UK prisons
Society, Politics & Law

The growing demand for drugs in UK prisons

...an opened packet of the drug 'Spice'. The wrapper is square, silver and says 'Spice' in black cursive lettering and 'Diamond' in embossed writing, There is an eye graphic on the wrapper.] Chemical comforts: but how dangerous is Spice? Lance Cpl. Damany S. Coleman, US Marine Corps, CC BY This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
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High pressure die casting
Science, Maths & Technology

High pressure die casting

...opened and the casting is removed using ejector pins. Most of the castings will have flash where the two die halves come together. This is usually removed in a trimming die. The high cost of dies (up to £250,000) and the capital cost of machines (£175,000–£350,000) limit this process to high volume production of components. Hot-chamber die casting is limited to the...
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Understanding Classical terms
History & The Arts

Understanding Classical terms

...is to put these words in italics. You may find it interesting to explore more ideas about Greek or Latin roots in the English language - it can make a fascinating study and there are plenty of places to look on the Internet. Visit Wikipedia for a basic summary of the language of the Ancient Greeks, and the Open University 'Reading Classical Greek' taster materials....
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Modernist architecture: Roots (1920-1929)
History & The Arts

Modernist architecture: Roots (1920-1929)

...opening declaration called for architecture to be rationalised and standardised, and to be seen in context of economic and political realities. In the years that followed, CIAM produced many radical and ambitious documents which sought to place architecture at the centre of economic and political discussions about building a new and better world. And with the backing of...
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