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'As rich as Croesus'
History & The Arts

'As rich as Croesus'

...2. Why do you think, in Herodotus's view, Croesus fails in his pre-emptive strike against the Persians? Is he right to blame Apollo and the oracle? 3. In an alternative version of 'Croesus on the pyre', the poet Bacchylides has Croesus mount the pyre on his own volition, only to be rescued first by Zeus's rain shower and then by Apollo, who spirits him away to live with...
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Five ways to... use free software
Science, Maths & Technology

Five ways to... use free software

...2. Word processing Gone are the days when you’d need to spend hundreds of pounds on a package to write letters on your computer. AbiWord and Open Office will do this for free. Open Office is a large download, but also includes spreadsheet, database, drawing and presentation packages. Google Docs will let you do your word processing on a website. The features are more...
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Why the Applying Psychology to Work hub was created
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why the Applying Psychology to Work hub was created

...2 years. We developed a survey to assess businesses capability in areas that have strong psychological connections to provide insight into the type of support said businesses need. We found that there were between 25% and 30% of businesses that had less than good capability in dealing with the psychological impacts of COVID-19. While this suggests most businesses in our...
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National Novel Writing Month
History & The Arts

National Novel Writing Month

...2. Put it in your diary To ensure you find time for your writing, block time out for it. Treat your writing like you were making plans with a friend, and give it the same respect. If something else comes up, do not reschedule this time it's this lack of prioritising that feeds the procrastination. Want some inspiration on managing your creativity? Then this free course -...
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Out for the count: the mathematics of voting systems
Science, Maths & Technology

Out for the count: the mathematics of voting systems

...2 points for a third-preference vote 1 point for a fourth-preference vote You might like to use a notepad to keep a tally of the votes as you count them: @@PLUGINFILE@@/multiple-choice-27.h5p Transcript Time to count! Use the Condorcet pairwise-counting system to count the ballots and declare a winner. Remember, you will need to count the ballots for each pair of...
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Ten tips for students starting university
Education & Development

Ten tips for students starting university

...2: Learn how to prepare some healthy meals [Four lunchboxes with healthy food] It’s easy to order duck pancakes from the sofa or grab a kebab on the way home from a night out, but healthy eating will impact your overall health and wellbeing. Learn more about nutrition and the science behind it with this free course... The science of nutrition and healthy eating 3:...
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How to help your child become a future Olympian
Health, Sports & Psychology

How to help your child become a future Olympian

...2. Do it yourself Children of active parents are much more likely to be active themselves, so dust off your trainers and get out there too. This doesn’t mean that you need to be working to the Olympics yourself, or even have to try and win the parents’ race on Sports Day, just find something that you like. [Lady and child doing yoga together] If you’ve been walking...
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Magneform (electromagnetic assembly and forming)
Science, Maths & Technology

Magneform (electromagnetic assembly and forming)

...2) moves the workpiece at velocities up to 300 ms-1 and causes the tube to bulge and assume the shape of the die cavity. Actual forming time 50–100 µs. If the coil is placed around the outside of the workpiece, then parts may be shrunk onto formed mandrels. Field-shaped coils may be used to concentrate the magnetic field of force when irregular shapes are to be formed....
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