Learn Spanish in Three Minutes #11 - What is Your Nationality?
Learn common Spanish conversational phrases with our Spanish in Three Minutes series! In Peru, manners are important, and this step-by-step video teaches you some of the basics you need to be polite while speaking Spanish. A native Spanish teacher will explain the simple phrases necessary. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask about someone’s nationality [...]
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Science Gateway
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U.S. Morning Call: Tiffany's loses luster; Groupon eyes CEO
Nov 29 - Tiffany & Co lowered its fiscal-year sales and profit outlook as it reported lower-than-expected quarterly sales; Groupon CEO Andrew Mason could be on the chopping block at today's board meeting.
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From Kepler to Webb: The History of the Telescope
Hank regales us with the history of the telescope, and then introduces us to some folks from the team who are working on the newest telescope in the chronology - the James Webb Space Telescope, an infrared telescope due to launch in 2018. (04:24)

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My class
By: mccar3cl Kids talking about how much they like me.
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2012 Nobel Lectures in Chemistry
Robert J. Lefkowitz delivered his Nobel Lecture, "A Brief History of G-Protein Coupled Receptors" on 8 December 2012, at Aula Magna, Stockholm University, where he was introduced by Professor Sven Lidin, Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry. Brian K. Kobilka delivered his Nobel Lecture, "The Structural Basis of G-Protein Coupled Receptor Signaling" on 8 December 2012, at Aula Magna, Stockholm University, where he was introduced by Professor Sven Lidin, Chairman of the Nobel Committee
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TED407 Session 13 Fall 2012
Language Learning with Danny Brassell
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Introduction

This unit introduces the topic of vectors. The subject is developed without assuming you have come across it before, but the unit assumes that you have previously had a basic grounding in algebra and trigonometry, and how to use Cartesian coordinates for specifying a point in a plane.

This is an adapted extract from the Open University course Mathematical methods and models (MST209)
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1.3.3 Books and electronic books

Books are a good source of information. The publishing process (where a book is checked by an editor before publishing, and often reviewed by another author) means that books are reliable sources of information, although they may need to be evaluated for bias. A growing number of books can be found online.

Author(s): The Open University License information Related content Except for third party materials and/or otherwise stated (see terms and conditions) the content in OpenLearn is released for use under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share No related items provided in this feed 4.1 Your carbon footprint Most of this section requires you to continue using the Quick Carbon Calculator (linked in the box below). If you've completed the carbon calculator , you'll have a good idea of your carbon footprint and the relative contribution to the total load made by different components of consumption. You'll also know how your footprint compares to that of an average person in the UK. If you live outside the UK, you may have used a calculator that provides somewhat different information abo Author(s): The Open University License information Related content Except for third party materials and/or otherwise stated (see terms and conditions) the content in OpenLearn is released for use under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share No related items provided in this feed 5.2 Air pollution There are many popular beliefs about air quality and health. As a child you might have been exhorted to, ‘go out and play in the nice fresh air’. Mountain air is often regarded as being particularly beneficial, especially for those who are recuperating from or suffering some types of respiratory diseases. Ques Author(s): The Open University License information Related content Except for third party materials and/or otherwise stated (see terms and conditions) the content in OpenLearn is released for use under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share No related items provided in this feed 3.3 Physical characteristics of natural waters A river's physical characteristics include: clarity/turbidity colour speed of flow/turbulence odour the presence of plants and macroscopic animal life. The physical characteristics are determined by location, geology and climate of the catchment area. In turn they influence the chemical and biological characteristics of the watercourse. The physical appearance m Author(s): The Open University License information Related content Except for third party materials and/or otherwise stated (see terms and conditions) the content in OpenLearn is released for use under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share No related items provided in this feed 1 Learning Latin The aim of this unit is to enable you to get started in Latin in a fairly leisurely but well-focused way. The material has been developed in response to requests from students who had had no contact with Latin before and who felt they would like to spend a little time preparing for the kind of learning which takes place on a language course – and, in particular, on a classical language course. If you have taken Classical Studies courses in the Open University or elsewhere, you will be Author(s): The Open University License information Related content Except for third party materials and/or otherwise stated (see terms and conditions) the content in OpenLearn is released for use under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share No related items provided in this feed 10 Working-class distress and planned communities Meanwhile Owen's views on the problem of poverty were also much influenced by his experience at New Lanark and had particular relevance to the difficult era that opened up after the Napoleonic Wars. Economic depression exacerbated growing problems of poverty and unemployment, and Lord Liverpool's government struggled against a rising tide of disorder, which was manifest in protests and riots. The relief of poverty, which had been a problem before, became a nightmare. While he may have had no Author(s): The Open University License information Related content Except for third party materials and/or otherwise stated (see terms and conditions) the content in OpenLearn is released for use under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share No related items provided in this feed 4.3 Business and enlightenment: Manchester 1789–99 Manchester's dynamic business environment, particularly that of the new cotton industry, presented many opportunities for enterprise, even to those with modest capital. By 1790 Owen had joined John Jones, probably another Welshman, making spinning machinery. The next logical move was into cotton spinning itself, and very quickly Owen had established a reputation as a manufacturer of fine yarn, selling as far afield as London and Scotland. 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How does the site meet the UNESCO cr Author(s): The Open University License information Related content Except for third party materials and/or otherwise stated (see terms and conditions) the content in OpenLearn is released for use under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share No related items provided in this feed 8 A basis for action and the project brief Once the initial discussions about the purpose and feasibility of the project have confirmed that the project is worth carrying out, it is essential to establish the basic agreement as a document. The document will provide the reference point for all future work on the project and will be the basis for all judgements about whether the project is finally successful or not. This document is sometimes called the terms of reference, but usually incorporates some additional information in the form Author(s): The Open University License information Related content Except for third party materials and/or otherwise stated (see terms and conditions) the content in OpenLearn is released for use under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share No related items provided in this feed Systems modelling Maps and plans, architects and engineers, drawings, graphs and tables: all are models we use in everyday life. This unit will introduce you to the modelling process enabling you to recognise that systems models may be used in different ways as part of a process for: improving understanding of a situation; identifying problems or formulating opportunities and supporting decision making.Author(s): Creator not set License information Related content Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see http://www.open.ac.uk/conditions terms and conditions), this content is made available under a http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2 No related items provided in this feed 3.1 Sets of sets In Section 2, all the sets and sequences we considered had primitive forms of data as their elements. However, sets and sequences may contain non-primitive forms of data. Let us look first at a situation in which we may find it useful to have a set whose members are themselves sets. Think again about a shop with just three members of staff, given in the set Staff = {Jo, Jessica, Wesley}. Now let at WorkStaff be the set of staff currently at work. Clearly, at WorkStaff Author(s): The Open University License information Related content Except for third party materials and/or otherwise stated (see terms and conditions) the content in OpenLearn is released for use under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share No related items provided in this feed Acknowledgements The content acknowledged below is Proprietary (see terms and conditions). This content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Licence All materials included in this unit are derived from content originated at the Open University. 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