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Jean-Pierre Gattuso - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Jean-Pierre Gattuso - Stories of Change

...work near a CO2 vent in the Mediterranean and we have to recognise the fact that those vents are windows to the future, but they are imperfect windows to the future because they don’t incorporate the warming effect; only ocean acidification is manipulated by those CO2 vents, not the warming of the water. So this is not something that is taken into account by...
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The Psychology of Decision Making
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Psychology of Decision Making

...work lives, if we did not filter information and discard options we would suffer from analysis paralysis: the inability to make any decision in the face of the complexity and the ambiguity of the real world. However, this filtering comes at a cost and introduces some significant biases into the judgements we make. One is overconfidence: we tend to be unduly optimistic...
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The Eurozone: Magnet or Black Hole?
Money & Business

The Eurozone: Magnet or Black Hole?

...work towards the Euro convergence conditions (on inflation, interest rates, government deficits and debt), although it also undertakes not to adopt any policies that would “jeopardise the attainment of the objectives of the EMU.” Supporters of continued EU membership say this gives the UK the best of both worlds. It can enjoy the economic boost from the EU single...
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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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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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