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Napoleonic paintings
History & The Arts

Napoleonic paintings

...law. Most artists consult the sitter about how they want to be presented, but she would have had no say about whether a breast should be revealed or not or, whether she should be smiling or have a stern expression and so on. What we do know is that she was perceived by the critics at the time of the 1800 Salon as extraordinarily ugly, and a very general point is made...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Introducing vectors for engineering applications
Science, Maths & Technology

Introducing vectors for engineering applications

...law to determine the acceleration of the block. Recall that Newton’s second law states that force equals mass multiplication acceleration or cap f equals m times a full stop The block has a mass of a metric tonne ( one multiplication 10 cubed times kg ) and because it is made of ice we will ignore any forces due to friction. The force applied by Alice and Bob is bold a...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Schubert's Lieder: Settings of Goethe's poems
History & The Arts

Schubert's Lieder: Settings of Goethe's poems

...law students to write a cantata for the name-day of their professor. The cantata was called ‘Prometheus’, and was reported to be a fine work, though it was lost after Schubert's death. One of the students who sang in the chorus, and whom Schubert met for the first time on this occasion, was Leopold von Sonnleithner, the son of a distinguished barrister, Ignaz von...
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Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Should we test drugs on pregnant women?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Should we test drugs on pregnant women?

...laws could also help nudge drug companies in the right direction. The USA has spurred paediatric research by offering pharmaceutical companies extensions of their drug patents if they conduct studies with children; a similar strategy might also stimulate research with pregnant women. (As it currently stands, pharmaceutical companies have powerful disincentives to conduct...
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Article 15 mins
Exploring criminology: problem-solving courts
Society, Politics & Law

Exploring criminology: problem-solving courts

...law outline, which is access to solicitors before it hits court. FDAC comes in when the local authority issues an application to the court. So all of our families are in active court proceedings. And at that point, they have a choice between standard proceedings where they would see a judge maybe three to four times through the process, work with their social worker, and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Goya
History & The Arts

Goya

...law, Joachim Murat, commander-in-chief of the French army in Spain. Resistance to the French by regular Spanish forces under General Castanos and by irregular guerilla forces sprang up across Spain, and a French army under General Dupont was forced to surrender to Castanos at Bailen in July 1808. This capitulation was a significant blow to France's reputation for...
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Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
Who gets to be a human? Religion in colonial histories and Indigenous resistance
History & The Arts

Who gets to be a human? Religion in colonial histories and Indigenous resistance

...laws of nature, with a humbleness for the laws of nature. For instance, I learned that we always greeted and gave thanks to the land for the gifts we were given. We gave thanks to the salmon who gives its life in order for us to have something to eat. I learned that the wolf and the bear were respected co-inhabitants, and so clever that hunters had to use metaphors to...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004
History & The Arts

The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004

...law allowed pubs to stay open for longer, managers at some large vertical-drinking pubs were reportedly offered bonuses of up to £20,000 if they used sales techniques – upselling singles to doubles, for instance – to exceed revenue targets. All this was happening as the real cost of purchasing alcohol, allowing for inflation and changes in disposable income, fell...
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Article 10 mins