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Year of the Dragon: Lunar New Year
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Year of the Dragon: Lunar New Year

...money in red envelopes, known as 红包 (hóng bāo), from their parents and grandparents. The most common new year's greetings are: 新年快乐 (xīn nián kuà lè), 新年好 (xīn nián hǎo), and 恭喜发财 (gōng xǐ fā cái). The first two expressions mean ‘Happy New Year’ whilst the last one means ‘wishing you a Prosperous New Year’ and is mostly used i...
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Article 5 mins
Heroes and villains: the presentation of the outlaw in early twentieth-century American folk music
Health, Sports & Psychology

Heroes and villains: the presentation of the outlaw in early twentieth-century American folk music

...business proposition – ‘Turning rebellion into money,’ as British group The Clash would lament. Indeed, many ‘gangsta’ rappers would wholeheartedly collaborate with this project, establishing clothing lines and other business operations. Given these changes, the portrayal of the outlaw as ‘bad man’, ‘social bandit’ or ‘everyman’ would inevitably be...
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Article 5 mins
Detecting Deception: Can you spot a liar?
Society, Politics & Law

Detecting Deception: Can you spot a liar?

Some money has been stolen - everyone denies taking it but some people are lying. Can you work out who is telling the truth and who is being dishonest? Find out in our interactive...[Detecting Deception image] Select the image to start detecting!
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Activity 20 mins
Ebusiness technologies: foundations and practice
Science, Maths & Technology

Ebusiness technologies: foundations and practice

...business to keep in touch with latest sales information from their stores? How are Internet and Web technologies and their associated applications used in practice? This album explores how these technologies are changing the way businesses operate internally and externally. The seven video tracks examine a Tesco supply chain and present an insider's view of web services...
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Audio 44 mins
Free resources for a safer online experience
Digital & Computing

Free resources for a safer online experience

Safer Internet Day is celebrated on 11 February, and Cyber Security Awareness Month takes place in October. To mark these events, we've pulled together some of our top FREE courses on cyber security, interactives on safe sharing and cyberbullying, and resources on keeping your money safe from scams.
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Article 15 hrs 28 mins
How do social networks play a key role in disaster recovery?
Society, Politics & Law

How do social networks play a key role in disaster recovery?

...businesses. Unfortunately, however, the danger was far from over. Within 40 minutes massive waves of water, some as high as six stories, smashed down on coastal communities in the Tohoku region in northeastern Japan. Some 18,500 lives were lost, primarily to the tsunami. Transcript Damage from the earthquake and tsunami shut down the cooling systems at the Fukushima...
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Article 5 mins
Managing my investments
Money & Business

Managing my investments

...money out over a prolonged period of time, and his funds dwindle and his business risk rises and he goes out of business in theory. But I don't think we'll ever see under performers reimbursing fees because fees go to provide a lot more simply than buying and selling investments. There's a good deal of admin that takes place behind that. MARTIN UPTON Yes I mean a certain...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
What is openwashing - and how can you avoid it?
Digital & Computing

What is openwashing - and how can you avoid it?

...business (“IT Pros Prefer Open Source for Continuity, Control"). Yes, it would appear "open source continues to eat the software world", perhaps even the whole world. Unfortunately, as organizations who actively and authentically participate in the development of software distributed with an Open Source Initiative (OSI) Approved License reap the business, economic,...
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Article 5 mins