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What made Muhammad Ali "The Greatest"?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What made Muhammad Ali "The Greatest"?

...Las Vegas. A gate of nearly 25,000 had paid $5,766,125, a record in its day. “It wasn’t a fight; it was an execution,” wrote Ali’s biographer Thomas Hauser. After ten sickeningly one-sided rounds, Ali’s trainer Angelo Dundee signalled Ali’s retirement. Ali’s aide and confidante Bundini Brown pleaded: “One more round.” But, Dundee snapped back: “Fuck...
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Fighting hard while flying high: the personal story of a BA cabin crew trade unionist
Society, Politics & Law

Fighting hard while flying high: the personal story of a BA cabin crew trade unionist

...Dan Milmo (2009) ‘BA strike: conflict that was always on airline's flight path. Clash with cabin crew had been looming since privatisation’, The Guardian, December 15: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2009/dec/15/british-airways-strike-background Socialist Worker (2017) ‘Brutish Airways is bloody awful to strikers’, Socialist Worker, January 17:
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Napoleonic paintings
History & The Arts

Napoleonic paintings

...la Légion d’Honneur, Paris. Photo: Bridgeman Art Library Exercise Look at Gros's Bonaparte as First Consul of 1802 (see Plate 11). How does it differ from the previous portraits of Napoleon we have looked at? What kind of claims does it make on his behalf? Consider the portrait type, setting, pose (including gesture and direction of gaze), costume and accessories....
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Storïau unigol: safbwyntiau ar waith cymdeithasol
Health, Sports & Psychology

Storïau unigol: safbwyntiau ar waith cymdeithasol

...rhaid i chi neilltuo amser i siarad am eich teimladau. Gall y gwaith hwn eich rhoi o dan bwysau, ac rydych yn aml yn mynd ag ef adref gyda chi. Rydych yn pryderu ac yn cael trafferth cysgu. Mae'n bwysig ymdrin â theimladau'r gweithiwr fel rhan o'r broses oruchwylio. Mae angen amser arnoch i deimlo eich bod yn bwysig a bod eich gwaith yn bwysig. Ni ddylech fyth teimlo cywilydd cyfaddef eich bod yn cael trafferth ymdopi. ......
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Continuing classical Latin
History & The Arts

Continuing classical Latin

...la bellette la mange´’ or whatever, where ‘que’ is the French word for ‘that’ just like ‘quia’ is the popular Latin word for ‘that’ in the Satyricon. JC Right. And there’s another word, the word for ‘weasel’ I understood, mustela. But then the word for ‘eat’ in that sentence. What was that word? GH Yeah. That was ‘comedit’ which is a...
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Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Human use of animals
History & The Arts

Human use of animals

...to hear more philosophy podcasts. Did you enjoy this? Why not try another episode of Ethics Bites? Learn more ​ BBC Religion and Ethics: Animal Ethics The Moral Status of Animals Singer and His Critics edited by Dale Jamieson, published by Wiley-Blackwell Editor's note: The website Open2.net mentioned in this programme merged with OpenLearn in 2011....
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Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair
Education & Development

Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair

...religion, social rank and marital status. One of the unique features of African textured hair is its ability to be sculpted and moulded into various shapes and forms hence, while hair may play a significant role in the lives of people of all racialised groups, for people of African descent, this role is amplified due to the unique nature and texture of *Black hair. Since...
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Machine translation in language learning and teaching
Languages

Machine translation in language learning and teaching

...dans ses études. German: Sie sagt: „Es gibt einen Unterschied“. Spanish: La recuerdo bien. Estaba en la Plaza, embarazoda de mi primer Hiba de 6 messe, Juan Pablo...Session 1: Reflecting on machine translation and language learning: 3 The benefits and limitations of OMT for language learning and teaching - Using OMT for language learning and teaching has both...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs