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Valuing death at home: making preparations
Health, Sports & Psychology

Valuing death at home: making preparations

...manager working in hospice and palliative care for 40 years. I write this from the perspective of a white western European mother, and grandmother. I know there will be people and cultures that will have different views about how we should prepare for death, but in this series of articles, I will be focusing on my thoughts about western practices, especially those I have...
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Seeing the internet
Digital & Computing

Seeing the internet

...managed by digital technologies. The bus that runs into town will probably have a sensor on it sending wireless signals to an LED sign on a bus stop saying when it will arrive; traffic lights may be controlled by sensors counting traffic flow; the stock levels in local supermarkets are managed using software; the cash register where shopping is paid for, and the loyalty...
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Reducing the digital carbon footprint of the cloud
Nature & Environment

Reducing the digital carbon footprint of the cloud

...manage and create new data has an energy overhead that is greater than the amount of energy required to do the work, therefore, any energy we are wasting by doing needless work is also creating demand for needless cooling. What is needless work? Cloud technologies are often very easy to set up and activate, and when they’re running they keep running in the background...
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Fossil soft parts
Science, Maths & Technology

Fossil soft parts

...tides, and wind. For dead organisms to become preserved there must be some special circumstances to reduce the degree of biological, chemical and physical activity, which usually destroys them. As will be explained later, these special circumstances range from early burial to lack of oxygen around the dead organism. Previous: Fossil introduction Next: Fossil bonanzas...
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Our top OpenLearn hubs to get you started
Miscellaneous

Our top OpenLearn hubs to get you started

...introduction Interactive Learning – grow your knowledge and have fun with these games and quizzes Sustainability – for those passionate about creating a greener, fairer future Resources for Schools – curriculum content for secondary school-age pupils and educators Race & Ethnicity – covering themes of race, racism and ethnicity Religion, Belief & Worldviews –...
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Darwin's world-wide web
Science, Maths & Technology

Darwin's world-wide web

...introduction to this album. The Darwin Correspondence Project An initiative set up at Cambridge University over thirty years ago. Since then, it has vastly expanded, hoping to draw in a wide range of audiences, both young and old. Darwin the collaborator The letters show that Darwin was a very generous correspondent, and in particular how positive he was to women...
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Portales: beginners' Spanish
Languages

Portales: beginners' Spanish

...introduction A series of short radio documentaries. Surnames in Spanish An explanation of surnames in the Spanish-speaking world. The City of Arts and Sciences All about La Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias (Arts and Science Museum) in Valencia: one of the most visited attractions on the Mediterranean Coast of Spain. Public Sector Employees What public sector employees...
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Composing with MIDI
History & The Arts

Composing with MIDI

...introduction to this album. A MIDI Studio A MIDI composer talks about his career and the equipment in his studio. MIDI Basics What MIDI is and what it can do. A composer describes how he uses general MIDI MIDI in Film and Television Using MIDI to compose for television: capturing the images and understanding the mood of a scene. Capturing the Notes Adapting the music to...
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