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...opening ceremony. The Games took influence from similar competitions in Greece, as Brookes discarded many rural events and the Games became more consciously ‘Olympic.’ By 1859 international relations had emerged as Brookes became more involved in the Greek Olympic movement, which was being initiated by poet, Panagiotis Soutsos. Later, Greece’s Zappas Games, offered...

...Open University's Psychology courses and qualifications. You see your partner, your friend, your colleague, your neighbour every day, but the moment you try to describe their face, you find yourself awkwardly falling into generic descriptions like “dark hair (dark brownish?), two eyes (brown I think), a mouth a bit full and under the nose which is slightly bigger than...

...Open University's Health and Wellbeing courses. What is Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)? CKD develops overtime and involves abnormalities in both kidneys. There may be a loss of kidney function, with or without other evidence of kidney damage. If CKD progresses, there is a risk that the kidneys will not be able to carry out their normal functions, causing a threat to life....

...Open University’s Health and Wellbeing qualifications. Not everyone with bipolar believe they have an illness, instead accepting their experiences as an integral aspect of themselves, however troublesome this might be. What is it like to live with bipolar? ‘Its like having icing sugar flowing through my blood vessels when I’m manic, when I’m depressed it’s like...