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Getting started with Italian 2
Languages

Getting started with Italian 2

...world - When it is 11 a.m. in Rome, what time is it in the rest of the world? Activity 5 Select the correct sentence describing the time for each one of the following cities. Select the answer for Question 1a here Roma – 11 a.m. Sono le undici del pomeriggio. Sono le undici di mattina. Sono le undici di sera. Sono le undici di notte. a. Sono le undici del pomeriggio. b....
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Beyond the babble: social broadcasting and digital citizenship
History & The Arts

Beyond the babble: social broadcasting and digital citizenship

...world? What is the capacity of sonic art and social broadcasting to animate the politics of identity and belonging as well as debates about digital citizenship? What is the capacity of sonic art and social broadcasting to animate the politics of identity? Using a transparent plastic bubblewrap to evoke the physical manifestation of ‘social noise’, Lucia aimed to...
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10 flabbergasting facts you'll find on OpenLearn
Miscellaneous

10 flabbergasting facts you'll find on OpenLearn

...world's first novel was written by a Japanese woman over 1,000 years ago [Painting. Portrait of Murasaki Shikibu.] A woman wrote the world's first novel, twice as long as War and Peace over 1,000 years ago - yikes! Japanese court manners during this time considered it impolite to address people by their personal names. So, the real name of the woman who wrote what is...
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How can Facebook decide who you really are?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can Facebook decide who you really are?

...world, I do not want men to grope me while going to school, I do not want men to tell me what to do at offices, I do not want my parents to give me off in a wedding. In late July of 2015, a politician in Kerala proposed a ban on women wearing jeans. Preetha was outraged. She started talking about it on Facebook, organizing an opposition. And then the trolls came, piling...
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Who are otherkin - and how should we view them?
Society, Politics & Law

Who are otherkin - and how should we view them?

...worlds of those who, half a millennium later, inhabit the borders of animality and the margins of humanness. [Nebuchadnezzar, gone mad, grovels like a beast of the earth; he gropes for his crown. Dutch engraving, c. 17th century.] Living as an ox for seven years: Nebuchadnezzar Feijó embarked on an exploration of people who are more, or other, than human – and how such...
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Article 10 mins
The difference between the Mexican Wall and the Muslim Ban
Society, Politics & Law

The difference between the Mexican Wall and the Muslim Ban

...world where a first-world economy shares an extensive land border with the developing world. Europe, Britain and Australia are all insulated by moats which are much easier to control and harder to traverse. When people try to cross, they are easy to apprehend and send back to Turkey, Calais or Nauru. Since 1970, millions have crossed the US-Mexico border in search of a...
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How to age well while self-isolating
Health, Sports & Psychology

How to age well while self-isolating

...World Health Organisation, in March 2020 the UK Government introduced measures designed to delay the transmission of the coronavirus. Self-isolation may lead to increased sedation, and further lack of physical, social and cognitive activity, which may not only prompt but more worryingly speed up the overall age-related decline.No matter how effective these measures can be...
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Does handing a company on to the children work?
Money & Business

Does handing a company on to the children work?

...world. This is especially true in emerging economies, where they account for over half of medium-sized firms in the manufacturing sector. In particular, dynastic family firms – that is, where the founding family owns a controlling share and have appointed a second-generation (or later) family member as the CEO – account for a quarter of these firms. Since supporting...
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