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Start writing fiction: characters and stories
History & The Arts

Start writing fiction: characters and stories

...community, the cast of your story.) Flat characters have few traits, all of them predictable, none creating genuine conflicts. Flat characters often boil down to stereotypes: fat, doughnut-eating cop; forgetful professor; lecherous truck driver; … shifty-eyed thief; anorexic model. Using these prefab characters can give your prose a semblance of humor and quickness, but...
Talking about the menopause: symptoms, support and the role of exercise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Talking about the menopause: symptoms, support and the role of exercise

...communities such as Henpicked, are now developing their own menopause in the workplace policies. In Session 1 Video 2 there were some simple steps that could be taken to make menopausal women more comfortable in workplace settings. Within the context of this course, this section is very short. But this is such an important area, and if you are interested in reading...
Intermediate French: Understanding spoken French
Languages

Intermediate French: Understanding spoken French

...communication skills. You will focus on different ways you can use authentic audio and visual materials to help you learn French. The language level of the course is for intermediate level learners of French at B1. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course L112 French Studies 1: Language and culture of the French-speaking
An introduction to music theory
History & The Arts

An introduction to music theory

...communicate with a reader and legibility is therefore important. You should bear in mind the following guidelines when writing notes on paper. Note heads are oval in shape (some open, some filled in – we’ll see the reason for this later) and should sit centrally on a line or in a space so that no confusion can arise as to the pitch notated. Most notes also need stems,...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Gweithio hybrid: dechrau yn y gweithle
Money & Business

Gweithio hybrid: dechrau yn y gweithle

...communication and collaboration...Gweithio hybrid: dechrau yn y gweithle: 7 Cydweithio rhithiwir yn y gweithle - Mae trafodaethau am gydweithio rhithwir yn y gweithle yn dyddio'n ôl i ddechreuadau'r rhyngrwyd (Cascio, 2000). Fodd bynnag, yn y blynyddoedd diweddar bu cynnydd enfawr mewn gwaith pell/hybrid, ac ers hynny mae pwysigrwydd cydweithio rhithwir wedi'i...
Engineering: environmental fluids
Science, Maths & Technology

Engineering: environmental fluids

...communication with the ground. They verify the validity of the data before allowing the computer to use it. At this stage, the crew must pay special attention to prepare for the next critical operation, the deorbit burn. As can be seen, although the Soyuz is now far away from the station, it is still orbiting the earth at an altitude close to that of the ISS. The purpose...
Introduction to differentiation
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to differentiation

...communicate mathematics. MST124 follows on naturally from the Open University module, MU123 Discovering mathematics. Introduction to differentiation consists of material from MST124 Unit 6, Differentiation and has five sections in total. You should set aside between three to four hours to study each of the sections; the whole extract should take about 18 hours to study....
Level 1: Introductory 18 hrs
Understanding and managing risk
Money & Business

Understanding and managing risk

...community, significant, further investments of dollars? Tony Hayward: Well we’ve set up a 500 million dollar initial fund, and I think we need to see what the scientists determine. Rep Lois Capps: All right. I just mentioned this because your commitment pales into comparison to the one billion dollar Exxon spent on the Valdez spill 20 years ago, which was in quite a bit...