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Translation as a career
Languages

Translation as a career

...de marcher sur le gazon It is forbidden to walk on the turf Keep off the grass Attention / Glissant Attention / Slippery Caution / Slippery when wet Frisch gestrichen! Recently painted! Wet paint! Hombres trabajando Men working Men at work Al salir tengan cuidado de no introducir el pie entre coche y andén When you leave, take care not to put your foot in between the...
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Level 3: Advanced 4 hrs
Die Kapuzinergruft: Burial ceremonies of the Habsburgs
Languages

Die Kapuzinergruft: Burial ceremonies of the Habsburgs

...des Körpers wurde dann feierlich in der Kapuzinergruft begraben. Translation: When a Habsburg died, first of all - for purely practical reasons - the intestines were removed. They start decaying first and would have exuded a very unpleasant smell during the funeral ceremonies. Then the heart was removed. The heart is seen as the seat of the soul, and this heart was then...
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Activity 10 mins
Candles and campfires: creativity and the menopause transition
Health, Sports & Psychology

Candles and campfires: creativity and the menopause transition

...de-escalation and accessible activities that could help them find self-expression, comfort, and that did not feel too overwhelming or demanding. Arts, talking, nature, sound, and low light – candles and campfires – seemed soothing and releasing of our creative and symbolic efforts. So, my key reflections for International Menopause awareness day are: Take time for...
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Article 5 mins
What is the Sport and Fitness Hub?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What is the Sport and Fitness Hub?

...de France during the 2024 Olympics in ParisShow descriptionA photograph of a stadium with a crowd of people outside it. What are the different resources and how long do they take to study? The resources vary, from articles that might take as little as five minutes to read, up to badged courses that take up to 24 hours to study. When you select a resource it will tell you...
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Article 5 mins
Impossible Peace 2: Where have all the leaders gone?
OpenLearn Ireland

Impossible Peace 2: Where have all the leaders gone?

...de Chastelain who ignored the writing on the wall of ‘not a bullet - not an ounce’, and who with colleagues made significant progress in taking many guns out of Irish politics. George Mitchell, Nancy Soderberg, Martha Pope and the arms inspectors Martti Ahtisaari and Cyril Ramaphosa are others who come to mind. We learned from South Africa and the Basque Country and...
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Article 5 mins
Rastafari in Israel
History & The Arts

Rastafari in Israel

...de-essentialising Rastafari, and over the next year or so I will be conducting fieldwork in Rome and London with different Rasta communities and groups. I see my approach as one that focuses on religion in motion, and it is an approach I began to develop when I decided to investigate Rastafari in Israel for my Master’s Thesis. In March 2014, I conducted two weeks of...
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Article 10 mins
Reception of music in cross-cultural perspective
History & The Arts

Reception of music in cross-cultural perspective

...mode of reception changes, as for example when music begins to be disseminated via recordings or radio broadcasts, this too may have an impact on the kind of music produced. The reception of music can influence musical events – in other words, the reception of music affects the subsequent production of music. This concept involves consideration of the way in which the...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Mastering systems thinking in practice Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Mastering systems thinking in practice

...modes of systems practice. These modes of practice are related to the choices the aware and non-aware systems practitioner make in relation to the four balls that need to be juggled for effective practice and their relationship with the situation being investigated. The non-aware practitioner always acts in the belief that they are outside the so-called 'real world...
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Level 3: Advanced 24 hrs