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Vegans: why they inspire fear and loathing among meat eaters
Health, Sports & Psychology

Vegans: why they inspire fear and loathing among meat eaters

...out a series on killing vegans, one by one. Ways to trap them? How to interrogate them properly? Expose their hypocrisy? Force-feed them meat? Make them eat steak and drink red wine? Transcript Opinion piece Vegans: Fear and loathing Matthew Cole and Kate Stewart: There have been lots of stories in the media recently about veganism some have been positive, some much less...
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Talking turkey: 12 facts about turkey genetics
Nature & Environment

Talking turkey: 12 facts about turkey genetics

...out over 39 pairs of autosomes. Like all birds, males have two Z chromosomes and females one Z and one W, somewhat the opposite of humans, in whom females are the homogametic sex (XX). 3. The turkey genome project got underway at Virginia Tech in 2008, and the sequence of a hen named Nici was published in 2010. Nici means “Nicholas inbred,” after famed turkey farmer...
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Ashura
History & The Arts

Ashura

...out more about it in this article...Find out more about The Open University's Religious Studies qualifications. Ashura is the tenth day of Muharram, the first month of the Muslim lunar calendar. Muslims associate it with the prophet Moses and the Israelites’ miraculous escape from Egypt. During this time, Muslims believe that God withdrew the water from part of the Red...
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Understanding your sector Badge icon
Money & Business

Understanding your sector

...out why it’s so important to have a good understanding and awareness of this. This week, you’ll be looking at the bigger picture, at wider factors that could affect all economies, including your own sector, and the impact of external influences on the workplace. You’ll be conducting something called a PEST analysis, which will help you identify the political,...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Brexit: What’s this fine mess you’ve gotten us into? (Apologies to Laurel and Hardy)
Society, Politics & Law

Brexit: What’s this fine mess you’ve gotten us into? (Apologies to Laurel and Hardy)

...out of Europe, put a final stop to immigration through strict border controls, get rid of the European Court of Justice, abandon ship and set out like the buccaneers of yesteryear to create new trade deals and rule the waves. Alas! Things haven’t gone to plan. Since he had effectively “lost” the referendum Cameron resigned to be replaced by the then home secretary,...
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An overview of wound care
Health, Sports & Psychology

An overview of wound care

...out and follow local policy...The overarching aim of wound care is to provide the optimum conditions in which wound healing can take place – or in the case of chronic, non-healing wounds, to facilitate the most advantageous quality of life for the service user (Mallik et al., 2009). Wound care is constantly evolving and those involved in the care of service users with...
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An introduction to public leadership
Money & Business

An introduction to public leadership

...out together some elements of how they share the work to produce team goals). Richard Hackman (2002), a psychologist at Harvard, has studied teams for many years, and has crystallised what distinguishes an effective from a less effective team: The team produces high quality outputs. Whether those are decisions, services or products, a high-performing team is mainly...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
Hallowain't III: Ghost moose
Nature & Environment

Hallowain't III: Ghost moose

...out the eggs and larvae as the year turns; hence the moose, having failed to remove them, are being bitten raw by the little parasite. Richard Conniff, writing at TakePart, explains the size of the problem: Even more ticks pile onto the moose the following winter. In their efforts to dislodge these pests, the moose rub so aggressively at their dark-brown outer guard hairs...
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