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10 flabbergasting facts you'll find on OpenLearn
Miscellaneous

10 flabbergasting facts you'll find on OpenLearn

...la ligne jaune' (to cross the yellow line). Emilia Wilton-Godberfforde explains how language idioms are useful for language learners: "There is an expression in French to denote how an individual may have tastes and ways of looking at things that are not shared by others, ‘des goûts et des couleurs, on ne discute pas’ (‘each to their own’). Whilst this expression...
Ymarfer corff ac iechyd meddwl
Health, Sports & Psychology

Ymarfer corff ac iechyd meddwl

...C’ o ran sut mae pobl yn teimlo am eu galluoedd, faint o reolaeth sydd ganddynt dros eu hymddygiad a sut mae’n effeithio ar eu hiechyd a hefyd, faint o gwmni a sut berthynas sydd ganddynt â phobl eraill. Mae’n ymddangos bod y tri pheth hynny’n bwysig ar gyfer iechyd meddwl. Os ydyn ni’n teimlo’n dda am yr hyn rydyn ni’n ei wneud, rydyn ni’n tueddu i...
Level 2: Intermediate 2 hrs
Heritage case studies: Scotland
History & The Arts

Heritage case studies: Scotland

...C. (1994) ‘Culloden: a pre-emptive strike?’ Scottish Affairs, vol. 9, pp. 97–126. McLean, F., Garden, M.C.E. and Urquhart, G. (2007) ‘Romanticising tragedy: Culloden battle site in Scotland’ in Ryan, C. (ed.) Battlefield Tourism: History, Place and Interpretation, Oxford, Elsevier, pp. 221–34. Magnusson, M. (2001) Scotland: The Story of a Nation, London,...
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Practising science: Reading the rocks and ecology
Science, Maths & Technology

Practising science: Reading the rocks and ecology

...To picture this, consider magma at an initial temperature of perhaps 1000 °C, as it slowly cools underground (see Figure 3, path (a) to (d)). Initially the magma is completely molten (Figure 3a) but, unlike water placed in the ice box of a freezer, magma doesn't turn from being totally liquid to totally solid at a single temperature when it is cooled. Instead, different minerals crystallise over a range of ......
Social problems: Who makes them?
Society, Politics & Law

Social problems: Who makes them?

...C. Wright Mills (1959, pp. 7–10) drew a distinction between ‘personal troubles’ and ‘public issues’. He suggested that although there were many ‘troubles’ or ‘problems’ that individuals experienced in their lives, not all of these emerged as ‘public issues’ which commanded public interest and attention or which were seen as requiring public responses...
Level 2: Intermediate 20 hrs
Advanced German: Language, culture and history
Languages

Advanced German: Language, culture and history

...c) Die steht trocken. 4 Köh geevt Melk. (d) Meine Kühe stehen nicht trocken. 5 Mien Koh gifft keene Melk. (e) Und das ist eine Kuh. 6 De steiht dröög. (f) Und diese Fliege fliegt nicht. 7 Mien Köh staht nich dröög. (g) Das ist eine Fliege. 8 Un disse Fleeg flüggt nich. (h) Sie sitzt fest, an einem Fliegenfänger. 9 Se sitt fast, an'n Fleegenstraps. (i) Kühe geben...
Surface water
Nature & Environment

Surface water

...c) rain intensity, on short-period river hydrographs responding to similar rainstorms. Urbanization of land usually results in less infiltration and faster overland flow from buildings and roads, giving very high peak discharges on hydrographs (Figure 9a) and sometimes the risk of flooding. To reduce this risk, and maintain the water table, balancing lakes are constructed...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Developing your skills as an HR professional
Money & Business

Developing your skills as an HR professional

...C. L. (1997) Managing Workplace Stress, London, Sage Publications. Casey, D, (1985) ‘When is a team not a team?’, Personnel Management, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 26–9. CIPD, (2013) Employee outlook: focus on employee well-being [Online]. Available at http://www.cipd.co.uk/binaries/6381%20EO%20Focus%20on%20well-being%20(WEB).pdf (Accessed 20 November 2013). Daft, R. L....