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How can your accent put your life at risk?
Languages

How can your accent put your life at risk?

...et al., 2016). In a quote that has almost uncanny echoes of Faysal Ishak Ahmed’s experience on the other side of the world, one junior doctor reported this conversation with a senior clinician to the researchers: And he said, ‘Oh, you know we see this, a lot of this Haitian chest pain.’ And I said, ‘What do you mean by that?’ And he said, ‘Well, they come in...
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The distance between us
History & The Arts

The distance between us

...et al. (2014) describe a ‘meat paradox’: ‘Most people care about animals and do not want to see them harmed but engage in a diet that requires them to be killed and, usually, to suffer’ (2014, p.104). Loughnan et al. summarise recent research by arguing that the ‘meat paradox’ is resolved, or at least held in abeyance, by perceived differences between humans...
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Beginners’ French: A trip to Avignon
Languages

Beginners’ French: A trip to Avignon

...et indiquez la lettre Framboise Extrait 39 Framboise (Christine) Pardon madame, nous sommes où exactement? Valérie On est ici, en face de la gare, boulevard Saint Roch Framboise (Christine) Ah oui, merci! Et l’office du tourisme, c’est où? Valérie C’est juste là, sur le cours Jean Jaurès. Framboise (Christine) Et la mairie? Valérie l’Hôtel de ville ?...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
How do you become French President?
Society, Politics & Law

How do you become French President?

...double ballot. Each of these ballots is called a round and there are two rounds of voting. Under this system the French President can ultimately only be elected with the support of at least 50 percent plus one of those voting. The first round of the double ballot takes place on the 23rd April 2017. Any candidate who is nominated by five hundred elected French...
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Influence diagrams
Science, Maths & Technology

Influence diagrams

...double-headed arrow should never be used to denote a two-way influence unless the influence is identical – two separate arrows should be used. Words label components, and they may also label arrows if the nature of the influence is not obvious from the context. Alternatively, dotted or bold lines can represent different influence as long as a key is given. Arrows denote...
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Professor Andrew Watson - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Professor Andrew Watson - Stories of Change

...doubling of carbon dioxide. That’s the best estimate but with a wide range. It could be conceivably as low as 1.5 degrees, it could be as high as, well in the fourth report they were quoting up to nearly 6 degrees centigrade, so somewhere in those levels. Now it’s quite interesting that the lower bound of the IPCC is pretty close to the kind of number that Nic Lewis...
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Fundamentals of accounting
Money & Business

Fundamentals of accounting

...double-entry skills required for accounting. This free course, Fundamentals of accounting, will explain the fundamental purpose and role of accounting as well as the double-entry rules that are the foundation of all financial records and reports in any modern business...This free course, Fundamentals of accounting, will introduce you to the essential concepts and skills...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
How long would it take to colonise the galaxy?
Science, Maths & Technology

How long would it take to colonise the galaxy?

...doubles to 16,000 great-great-grandchildren, but the second generation have now died out. This leaves a population of 24,000, composed of two generations: 16,000 humans in their mid-twenties and 8000 humans around the age of fifty. Covering 10 light-years in 100 years, the human race can start colonizing the opposite side of the Galaxy (which is about 100 000 light-years...
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