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Starting your small business
Money & Business

Starting your small business

...determine which of those structures is most suitable. We mention the process for thinking up or coming up with a new business idea and we point to some great resources to help in doing this. In the second section, small businesses and marketing, we look at the relationship between the small business owner and their reason for existing, the customers. We look at how you...
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Revealing the surface of an asteroid using robotic telescopes
Science, Maths & Technology

Revealing the surface of an asteroid using robotic telescopes

...determine the rotation rate of the asteroid. These lightcurves are then calibrated to an accepted standard brightness system so that measurements taken over different nights can be compared. Once enough observations have been collected for an object, the measurements can be "rotationally averaged" (i.e. we remove the rotational brightness variations each night) to obtain...
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On the death of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Society, Politics & Law

On the death of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

...determined people. The governments of P. W. Botha and F. W. de Klerk were forced to the negotiating table, the ANC was unbanned and Nelson Mandela, now the symbol of the liberation struggle, was freed. The prisoner became the president. Our part in this struggle was small but heartfelt. As teenagers in the late 1960s, we joined the Anti-Apartheid Movement in Southampton....
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How does online intergroup contact compare with face-to-face?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How does online intergroup contact compare with face-to-face?

...determine what differences and what similarities there are. Is online intergroup contact overall broadly similar to face-to-face contact in terms of valence, or is there significantly more, or less, negative contact? Do we see similar patterns with positive online intergroup contact reducing prejudice and negative online contact increasing it? If we do, is the impact of...
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Year of the Snake: Chinese Lunar New Year
Languages

Year of the Snake: Chinese Lunar New Year

...determine their order in the zodiac. The snake, using its intelligence, hid on the horse’s hoof and startled it near the finish line, earning its place ahead of the horse. Here is a table illustrating the 12 animal signs, corresponding to the years in their most recent cycle and next cycle together with their legendary order: Year (last cycle) Year (next cycle) Sign...
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Protest Banners: Oddfellows and Chartism
Society, Politics & Law

Protest Banners: Oddfellows and Chartism

...determine the labour supply. To bind members together and to help ensure that claimants were genuine members, the Oddfellows had many rituals and passwords. Officers were elected which offered opportunities for working men to learn how to run organisations. Because, like a military standard the banner could only be carried if there was a co-operative effort, it asserts...
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Describing language Badge icon
Languages

Describing language

...determiners, and modal auxiliaries. But we'll leave those to later. There's no need for a terminology overload at this stage in the course. For now, you've been introduced to the main word classes in English, and many other languages. And you can start to take a closer look at how they work. Video 1 Different sorts of words How many different word classes are mentioned in...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Challenging Workplace Gender Roles: One Woman’s Story
Society, Politics & Law

Challenging Workplace Gender Roles: One Woman’s Story

...determined character and sheer bravery, which pushed her throughout her life. [Ann Gibbons at school, aged 14] Photo - Ann Gibbons at school, aged 14 Ann Gibbons lives in Glenrothes in Fife and she is one woman who challenged gendered workplace roles. As a teenager, she attended Braidfield Secondary School in Clydebank, leaving school in 1965. At that time, girls were not...
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