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Explore the baking and culture of Europe: France
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Explore the baking and culture of Europe: France

...les jours. La baguette traditionnelle est bien meilleure lorsqu’elle est fraîche, ou même encore chaude, et c’est pour cette raison que les Français vont à la boulangerie de leur quartier au moins une fois par jour. La baguette est toujours le type de pain le plus répandu, mais il en existe beaucoup d’autres. Il y a de nombreuses sortes de pains blancs. On les...
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“Beagán ar bheagán: Pobal Teanga Faoi Bhláth” - Athbheochan na Gaeilge ó thuaidh i ré Chomhaontú Aoine an Chéasta
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“Beagán ar bheagán: Pobal Teanga Faoi Bhláth” - Athbheochan na Gaeilge ó thuaidh i ré Chomhaontú Aoine an Chéasta

...le leathchéad bliain anuas, nó mar sin. Ach is cur chuige é sin a ghlanann na céadtaí bliain den stair agus den scrios a rinneadh ar an teanga, idir polasaithe agus dlithe coilíneacha fríth-Ghaeilge, den insint reatha oifigiúil. Níor chríochnaigh an Ghaeilge ina teanga ‘mionlaithe’ anseo de thaisme. Dhírigh forsaí leatromacha coimhthíocha ar an Ghaeilge...
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Article 5 mins
Intermediate French: Understanding spoken French
Languages

Intermediate French: Understanding spoken French

...les vacances. J’ai commencé par faire des études de droit, qui finalement ne m’ont pas plu, donc j’ai fait une faculté d’anglais et puis je me suis rendue compte aussi que ce n’était pas fait pour moi, donc j’ai décidé de faire des études d’infirmière. Et je suis maintenant infirmière depuis deux ans et demi. Pour mes amis, je suis euh le...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Lighting the Industrial Revolution
History & The Arts

Lighting the Industrial Revolution

...circuit, and you will generate electricity. By connecting such devices together in a "pile", large voltages can be generated at will. Sir Humphrey Davy quickly discovered in 1802 that by putting two carbon electrodes a short distance apart, a continuous spark would jump across the gap and provide illumination. However, a high voltage is needed and the carbon is...
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Article 5 mins
How did Emmanuel Macron win the French Presidency?
Society, Politics & Law

How did Emmanuel Macron win the French Presidency?

...Le Pen. How did a man without an established party land the top job?...[A child celebrates Emmanuel Macron's victory in the 2017 French Presidential election] A child outside the Louvre celebrates Macron's victory After a tense and often antagonistic election campaign, Emmanuel Macron is to become the next president of France. The result is, of course, in all sorts of...
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Introduction to quantum computing
Science, Maths & Technology

Introduction to quantum computing

...circuits for yourself. This OpenLearn course is an adapted extract from the Open University course SM380 Quantum physics: fundamentals and applications...Quantum computing is a developing field with enormous potential societal and economic impact. In the future, quantum computers will enable us to solve a range of complex problems that are currently intractable,...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Intermediate Italian: describing people
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Intermediate Italian: describing people

...le parole alla parte del viso a cui si riferiscono. [Described image] Figure 2 i capelli (a) la fronte (b) il sopracciglio (c) gli occhi (d) gli occhiali (e) il naso (f) la bocca (g) la barba (h) Two lists follow, match one item from the first with one item from the second. Each item can only be matched once. There are 8 items in each list. i capelli la fronte il...
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Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Darwin in the land of pumas
History & The Arts

Darwin in the land of pumas

...circuit before we could find a pass. We stayed the night at the posta, the conversation, as was generally the case, being about the Indians. The Sierra Ventana was formerly a great place of resort; and three or four years ago there was much fighting there. My guide had been present when many Indians were killed: the women escaped to the top of the ridge, and fought most...
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