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Talking turkey: 12 facts about turkey genetics
Nature & Environment

Talking turkey: 12 facts about turkey genetics

...active foraging, intelligence, and overall attractiveness. The only parameters on which the industrial strains excel are feed conversion and rate of gain,” according to one review. Meleagris gallopavo is a beautiful animal. No wonder Ben Franklin wanted the turkey to be the national bird. This article originally appeared on the PLOS science blog under CC-BY licence...
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Exploring sport coaching and psychology Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring sport coaching and psychology

...Ben Oakley. The course was critically read by Richard Bailey, writer in residence at the International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE). Except for third party materials and otherwise stated (see terms and conditions), this content is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Licence. The material acknowledged...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
The case for and against a second referendum
Society, Politics & Law

The case for and against a second referendum

...Ben Williams, tutor in politics and political theory, University of Salford The primary argument in favour of holding a second referendum is that there have been further significant political developments and changes since the original vote in favour of Brexit. These have included various shifts within the UK economy, the nature of the final likely “divorce”...
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Pum awgrym ar sut i gynllunio arferion hunanofal newydd
Health, Sports & Psychology

Pum awgrym ar sut i gynllunio arferion hunanofal newydd

...ben’. Yn olaf... Cofiwch nad oes yn rhaid i hunanofal fod yn gymhleth. Yn syml, caiff ei ddeall orau fel gweithgareddau sy'n cynnig eiliadau lle gellir adfer, adfywio neu feithrin eich ymdeimlad o'ch hunan. Wrth wraidd ‘hunanofal’ mae cydnabyddiaeth. Waeth beth sy’n digwydd yn ein bywydau, mae gennym gydberthynas â ni ein hunain, ac er mwyn cynnal iechyd meddwl...
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Tarddiad corau meibion yng Nghymru
History & The Arts

Tarddiad corau meibion yng Nghymru

...ben, yn anochel, oherwydd caledi economaidd difrifol, cymerodd eraill eu lle, fel Cwmbach o Gwm Cynon a ffurfiwyd yn 1921 a Phendyrus yn 1924. Mae'r ddau, fel côr henach Treorci (1885), yn dal i fodoli heddiw er bod 80% o'r 150 o aelodau o gôr Pendyrus yn ddi-waith yng nghanol y Dirwasgiad rhwng y ddau ryfel byd. Gwnaethant droi at gwmnïaeth y côr er mwyn ymdopi â'r...
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Studying Environments and Societies
Society, Politics & Law

Studying Environments and Societies

...Ben Lampert. The module is DD213 - Environment and Society. What's at the core of the module George? George: The basic question underlying the module is: how does bringing environment and society together make a difference for how we understand environmental issues and problems? So what we are interested in, in the module, is how looking at society and those things...
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Deconstructing the Moors: black presence in the United Kingdom before and during the Tudor period
History & The Arts

Deconstructing the Moors: black presence in the United Kingdom before and during the Tudor period

...Ben-Jochannan, Y. (1989) Black Man of the Nile and his Family. Baltimore: Black Classic Press. Birley, A. (1999) Septimius Severus: The African emperor (Roman imperial biographies). Oxford: Routledge. Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia (2013) 'Canaanite languages'. Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 September 2013. Available at:
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The business of football
Money & Business

The business of football

...Ben Oakley My name is Ben Oakley and my academic expertise is in coaching and working in sport. I’m the Head of Department for Childhood, Youth and Sport at The Open University. Sport has been my career for 25 years including 8 years as an Olympic coach. Now I try to get the best out of learners by developing new online learning for sport students at the University....
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs