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Rundblick: beginners' German
Languages

Rundblick: beginners' German

...Course L193 Rundblick: beginners' German... Beginners' German Introduction A series of short tracks giving speaking, pronunciation and listening practice on the theme of food and drink. What do you have for breakfast? 1 What do you have for breakfast? 1 A breakfast buffet A breakfast buffet Pronunciation practice 1 Pronunciation practice 1 What do you have for breakfast?...
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Start writing fiction
History & The Arts

Start writing fiction

...course A174 Start writing fiction. (New and updated content added July 2009)... Start writing fiction An introduction to this album. Starting the writing process Here, the novelists on the panel discuss what first attracted them to writing prose and what writing means to them. Researching and influencing your fiction In order to write, every novelist must read. The...
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How can Facebook decide who you really are?
Science, Maths & Technology

How can Facebook decide who you really are?

...course, scenarios in which the use of one's legal name does increase accountability. Facebook has many reasons to stick with this policy, and this is one of them. But more than this, I believe the real name policy is about business. It would be unfeasible, with Facebook's terrifyingly large user base, for the company to check ID at the proverbial door, but not enforcing a...
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The String Quartet
History & The Arts

The String Quartet

...free now, rushing downwards, or even somehow ascending in exquisite spirals into the air; curled like thin shavings from under a plane; up and up.... How lovely goodness is in those who, stepping lightly, go smiling through the world! Also in jolly old fishwives, squatted under arches, obscene old women, how deeply they laugh and shake and rollick, when they walk, from...
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England’s Historic Battlefields: the Wars of the Roses
History & The Arts

England’s Historic Battlefields: the Wars of the Roses

...course of English history. Battlefield Commemoration Battlefields have always been sites of commemoration. First, it was necessary to remember and honour the dead, on both sides, that had fallen there. Second, battlefields became sites of political and cultural importance where the legitimacy of the winning side, particularly during the Wars of the Roses, was established...
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After the First World War: the 1919 Egyptian Revolution
History & The Arts

After the First World War: the 1919 Egyptian Revolution

...courses and qualifications [Nationalists demonstrating in Cairo in march 1919] Egyptian nationalists demonstrating in Cairo, March 1919 In 2011, millions tuned in to watch extraordinary scenes of enormous demonstrations in the centre of Cairo against the rule of President Hosni Mubarak, who was forced to relinquish power. The Egyptian Revolution of 2011 was one of the...
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Time management and study
Health, Sports & Psychology

Time management and study

...free apps such as Trello and Remember the Milk, or paid apps such as Evernote, can aid the management of our to-do lists and prioritise tasks. A combination of a To-Do list and considering the impact of each task can enhance your time management skills a step further by creating a: Action Priority Matrix. Try scoring each task on your To-Do list out of 10 on two scales....
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Women and Workplace Struggles: Scotland 1900-2022
Society, Politics & Law

Women and Workplace Struggles: Scotland 1900-2022

...free learning resources is the outcome of a partnership between academics from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at The Open University in Scotland, and Scottish Union Learning, part of the Scottish Trade Union Congress. Work on this project commenced in 2021 and the primary aim of the collection was to contribute towards filling the gap in the recorded history of...
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