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St David’s Day and the role of the crowd in perceptions of Welsh musical identity
History & The Arts

St David’s Day and the role of the crowd in perceptions of Welsh musical identity

...have been adapted and reimagined to suit contemporary contexts. Darllenwch yr erthygl yma yn Gymraeg | Read this article in Welsh Want to delve a little deeper? Dr Helen Barlow - Progress and tradition: listening to the singing of the Welsh c. 1870 to c. 1920 Dr Helen Barlow - ‘Praise the Lord! We are a musical nation’: the Welsh working classes and religious singing...
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What do genes do?
Science, Maths & Technology

What do genes do?

...C), and thymine (T). In contrast, the RNA bases are adenine (A), guanine (G), cytosine (C) and uracil (U). Why one of the four bases in RNA is different from the equivalent base in DNA is not fully understood. There is a third important structural difference between DNA and RNA. Recall that the basic structure of DNA is a double helix of two spiralled strands, i.e. it is...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Introduction to music theory 1: form
History & The Arts

Introduction to music theory 1: form

...la la’). Choruses also tend to contain a song’s most memorable and engaging musical material. In the next activity, you will try to identify verses and choruses in a new song. Activity 2 Listening to ‘I’ll Be Around’ Timing: Allow around 10 minutes Part 1 Listen to the first two minutes of Audio 2 and identify where the verses and choruses begin. Enter the track...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Microbes – friend or foe?
Nature & Environment

Microbes – friend or foe?

...C. tetani. The clostridia produce toxins, which affect the nervous system. So, if C. tetani gets into a wound and multiplies, the toxins are released, enter the bloodstream and from there travel to the nerves and result in the excessive contraction of some of the muscles in the face, causing lockjaw (the common name for tetanus). Of all the clostridia species in the wild,...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
The 2016 race enters the home straight
Society, Politics & Law

The 2016 race enters the home straight

...LA Times/USC poll. The LA Times/USC poll has always favoured Trump relative to other polls, even including the traditionally Republican-leaning Rasmussen. In fact, its tilt is so large compared to the average that it’s generally a good rule of thumb to add upwards of six points to its Clinton number to find the average of all the polls. There is, of course, no...
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Margaret Hamilton: Spaceship Programmer and Software Pioneer
Science, Maths & Technology

Margaret Hamilton: Spaceship Programmer and Software Pioneer

...la pionera de la programación que llevó el Apolo a la Luna. Verne Dec 10, 2014. Ref: https://verne.elpais.com/verne/2014/12/11/articulo/1418314336_993353.html Accessed 26 May 2019 Katz, Richard (2010) About Margaret Hamilton. NASA Office of Logic Design. Ref: http://klabs.org/home_page/hamilton.htm Accessed 27 May 2019. McMillan, Robert (2015). Her code got humans on...
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Beginners’ Tamil: a taster course
Languages

Beginners’ Tamil: a taster course

...c. 400 BC to c. 200 AD (Violatti, 2016) [Map of India, with Tamil Nadu highlighted] Figure 2 A map of India, with Tamil Nadu in red Tamil is the official language of Tamil Nadu and the Indian territory of Puducherry, and is one of the official languages in Sri Lanka and Singapore. As well as in Singapore and Sri Lanka where Tamil is particularly prominent in Jaffna in the...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
World-Changing Women: The Trung Sisters
History & The Arts

World-Changing Women: The Trung Sisters

...c. 40AD Armed Resistance [A Statue of the Trung sisters is Ho Chi Minh City] A statue of the Trung Sisters in Ho Chi Minh City In 111 BC the Han Dynasty of China conquered what is now Vietnam. As Chinese rule became increasingly more punitive there was frequent unrest among the Vietnamese people who protested against the imposition of taxation, Chinese culture and...
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