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Chinese at the tip of your tongue: Culture behind the numbers
Languages

Chinese at the tip of your tongue: Culture behind the numbers

...concepts, such as heaven, lake, fire, water. At the centre of bā guà is the yin and the yang symbol. The bā guà was seen as guidance of life in the old days, and has been given numerous applications such as planning the layout of the city and diagnosing in traditional Chinese medicine. That is probably why the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games opened at 8pm on the 8th day of...
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A Buen Puerto: Fast Forward in Spanish
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A Buen Puerto: Fast Forward in Spanish

...de Benito. Radio programme 2: Water, a natural resource A radio-style programme where presenter Juan Carlos Jaramillo travels round various Latin-American capitals to find out how people are using and abusing this vital resource. Radio programme 2: Spanish in the world A short talk by Eduardo de Benito resuming the origins of Spanish, the adoption of words from Latin...
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Impossible Peace 2: On a wing and a prayer
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: On a wing and a prayer

...of the war - the Belfast republican Brian Keenan; a man the Canadian General John de Chastelain only ever referred to as ‘O’Neill’. Not once did I hear him call him by his name. It was part of the confidentiality of decommissioning - part of not telling its detail, and the IRA, at all times, was pushing back unionist demands for a published inventory and photographic proof. None of this happened. Nor was the DUP’s ......
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Advanced German: Fragen der Identität
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Advanced German: Fragen der Identität

...concept of identity in German reflect on the complex relationship between who we are and where we are from make notes and summarise information in German use direct and indirect quotes...Advanced German: Fragen der Identität: 1 Identität als Konzept - In diesem ersten Teil geht es um das Konzept der Identität. Sie sehen zwei Videoclips mit persönlichen Beispielen und...
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Level 3: Advanced 13 hrs
Will burnt food give you cancer?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Will burnt food give you cancer?

...prompted an investigation that showed that they had been drinking contaminated stream water and that the contamination was from a toxic molecule, acrylamide. The construction workers had been using its polymer, polyacrylamide, as a crack sealant. This was, in itself, quite safe. But the polymer-forming reaction was incomplete, so some unreacted acrylamide was still...
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Humans better at rapid change than we think
Nature & Environment

Humans better at rapid change than we think

...prompted businesses and individuals to adapt almost instantly to the loss of a transport link previously thought indispensable. But while the authors argue that we need drastic change and need it now, they acknowledge that achieving it involves overcoming massive obstacles. “Much of human society is locked into a high-consumption culture, energy-intensive
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Methods in Motion: Getting on your bike, and looking for answers
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Getting on your bike, and looking for answers

...prompted many of my insights into what cycling was. For example, it was my annoyance that many of the most interesting things were happening off-screen that made me realise how much of cycling is about peripheral vision and hearing, rather than the landscape ahead. Spending large amounts of time thinking through, with and about my methods pushed me towards creating...
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Engendering citizenship
Society, Politics & Law

Engendering citizenship

...concept for women and for other groups? Prof. Ruth Lister At a very basic level citizenship is about membership of a community and it’s about the rights and obligations that flow from that membership and it’s a very useful way of looking at and campaigning around women’s exclusions from full citizenship, full membership and the way women’s rights are still...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr