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Ancient ideas: where does the soul go?
History & The Arts

Ancient ideas: where does the soul go?

...c.450BC). Hermes guides a departed spirit towards the ferryman Charon.] White-ground lekythos (c.450BC). Hermes guides a departed spirit towards the ferryman Charon. The images above are from the Met Museum's open access / public domain resources. Reincarnation Not all Ancient Greek accounts of the afterlife viewed the Underworld as the final destination. The early...
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Getting started with Italian 2
Languages

Getting started with Italian 2

...c. Sono le undici di sera. d. Sono le undici di notte. The correct answer is b. Select the answer for Question 1b here Londra – 10 a.m. Sono le dieci del pomeriggio. Sono le dieci di sera. Sono le dieci di notte. Sono le dieci di mattina. a. Sono le dieci del pomeriggio. b. Sono le dieci di sera. c. Sono le dieci di notte. d. Sono le dieci di mattina. The correct answer...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
May the Forza be with you: Star Wars in other languages
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May the Forza be with you: Star Wars in other languages

...La guerre des étoiles in French, Krieg der Sterne in German, for example), the Italian translation refers to the wars (in plural) of the stars (Guerre stellari) and the Spanish translation to the war of the galaxies (La guerra de las galaxias). This only applies to the original trilogy, however, the subsequent prequels were named Star Wars (in English), followed by the...
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Introducing vectors for engineering applications
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing vectors for engineering applications

...c to represent acceleration, to avoid confusion with the vector a which is the force applied by Alice. The mass of the block of ice is one multiplication 10 cubed times kg and, when we ignore friction, the only force acting on the block is the resultant force due to Alice and Bob pushing the block, so equation sequence part 1 m equals part 2 one multiplication 10 cubed...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Unsolved problems in cosmology
Science, Maths & Technology

Unsolved problems in cosmology

...c Equation label: (1) where cap d is the galaxy distance, typically measured in units of Mpc (where 1 Mpc = 3.1 multiplication 10 super 19 km), c is the speed of light (which is about 300,000 km s-1) and cap h sub zero is a quantity known as the Hubble constant, which has a value of 67.7 km s-1 Mpc-1. A modern Hubble diagram showing how galaxies’ redshifts vary with...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
Data analysis: visualisations in Excel
Science, Maths & Technology

Data analysis: visualisations in Excel

...C Copy active selection. Ctrl + X Cut active selection. Think carefully about whether you want to copy or cut a selection before pasting in each situation, because cell references in copied selections will point to other cells and not the original references when pasted. Ctrl + V Paste active selection. Ctrl + Z Undo last action. Ctrl + Y Redo last action. Alt + Enter...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Who are otherkin - and how should we view them?
Society, Politics & Law

Who are otherkin - and how should we view them?

...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 people have been perceived and treated by those around them. “We have witnessed, in the last half a century, an explosion of politics grounded on new identities, and on their overcoming. People have been...
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How to be a critical reader
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How to be a critical reader

...c. (iii) Studying abroad can be quite challenging. d. (iv) Children like sweets. The correct answers are a and d. Answer The sweeping generalisations are: (i) All women like fashion and (iv) Children like sweets. At university it is considered that writers should not make sweeping generalisations, but should express their opinions more cautiously. This is what happens in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs