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IT: Information
Science, Maths & Technology

IT: Information

...circuits were built from 'discrete components' (such as resistors, capacitors, inductors and transistors – but you do not need to know what these all are). A single component would do one job, and a complicated electronic circuit would be built up from many components. Later, integrated circuits (ICs) came along, which combined many components on a single 'silicon...
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Level 1: Introductory 20 hrs
May the Forza be with you: Star Wars in other languages
Languages

May the Forza be with you: Star Wars in other languages

...Le Millennium Condor). The French translators didn’t stop there: Han Solo became Yan Solo, Chewbacca was known as Chiktabba (and his “Chewie” diminutive “Chico”), and – most puzzlingly – Jabba the Hut’s name was translated as Jabba the forester (Jabba le Forestier), perhaps because translators assumed Jabba lived in a hut in a forest somewhere. Some of the...
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Article 10 mins
Can you predict the outcome of a Brexit deal with a little logic and a bit of arithmetic?
Science, Maths & Technology

Can you predict the outcome of a Brexit deal with a little logic and a bit of arithmetic?

...les autres. More fundamentally, like any club managing “commons” the EU must protect itself against freeriding. For most clubs, benefits can spill over to outsiders, and it is unfair for these outsiders to benefit without contributing. The UK cannot, therefore, get a better deal now than David Cameron was granted last February, and so the concessions sought on free...
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Article 5 mins
An introduction to computers and computer systems
Digital & Computing

An introduction to computers and computer systems

...circuits much like main memory and have the advantages of containing no moving parts and being much faster to access. However, they are a more expensive form of secondary memory, so some computers now have both solid-state drives and hard disks. The smaller solid-state drive is often used to contain programs so that the computer may access them quickly, while data is...
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Level 1: Introductory 16 hrs
Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Italy
Languages

Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Italy

...le case italiane. Infine non dimentichiamo la pizza che, originariamente preparata nelle viuzze di Napoli, è ora diffusa in tutto il mondo! At the bakery -Buongiorno signora. -Buongiorno. Mi dà un filone da mezzo chilo, per favore? -Un filone da mezzo chilo, ecco. -Grazie. -Prego. Arrivederci. -Arrivederci. Translation -Good day, signora. -Good day. Can you give me a...
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Why the bands played on: Live music in the shadow of the Paris attacks
History & The Arts

Why the bands played on: Live music in the shadow of the Paris attacks

...circuit today, touring is how musicians build audiences and hone their skills. Audiences, too, assume that local venues will feature a stream of international performers. It’s also central to the modern popular music economy, especially since the massive disruptions wrought by the internet on the recording industry. Under 6% of the new artists signed to UK major labels...
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Article 5 mins
The social nature of being human
Society, Politics & Law

The social nature of being human

...Le Bon’s The Crowd: Study of the Popular Mind (1895). Le Bon problematised what we today would see as part of the popular democratic process; he views the crowd not so much as mindless but as of one collective mind acting towards theoretical inclinations. In his view, the psychological crowd is different from a physical crowd. He argues that the organised psychological...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Getting started with Spanish 1
Languages

Getting started with Spanish 1

...Le presento a Carlos Frutos. – Let me introduce Carlos Frutos. Le presento a la señora Serra. – Let me introduce Mrs Serra. Le presento al* señor Bustos. – Let me introduce Mr Bustos. (* a + el → al) To introduce people in informal situations in Spanish, you can use the following expressions: Este es Carlos. – This is Carlos. Esta es Consuelo. – This is...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs