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Talking turkey: 12 facts about turkey genetics
Nature & Environment

Talking turkey: 12 facts about turkey genetics

...types of the visual pigment rhodopsin, 7 types of photoreceptors, and 4 types of cones, they can see into the ultraviolet. We can’t. They also have a type of T cell receptor apparently unique to them. 10. Industrial turkeys are more likely to suffer from non-inherited diseases than inherited ones. The list is long. Being smashed into close quarters can trigger feather...
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What You Need to Know About Psychometrics
Health, Sports & Psychology

What You Need to Know About Psychometrics

...Types of psychometric test Candidates may be asked to complete an online psychometric test as soon as they apply for a job, either at application or pre-interview, or even perhaps later during the selection process. By carefully selecting tests that identify the ideal people for the role, employers can reduce their shortlists for interviewing or assessing further. Below...
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Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Hungary
Languages

Explore the baking and culture of Europe: Hungary

...például a Dobos tortát és a Rákóczi túróst, mind kevésbé ismert, de hasonlóan ízletes társaikat. Kint az utcán sok helyen fogyaszthatunk a hagyományos és laktató lángosból vagy akár a nagyon édes és ropogós, Erdélyből származó kürtőskalácsból. A kenyeret általában frissen veszik az emberek minden nap, munkából hazafelé; sajtos, krumplis és tepertős pogácsát pedig még mindig gyakran otthon sütnek. Hungarian Az egyik kedvenc......
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Art and visual culture: medieval to modern
History & The Arts

Art and visual culture: medieval to modern

...de Belges wrote a poem for his patron Margaret of Austria, sister of the ruler of the Netherlands, in which he listed prominent artists of the day. In addition to painters, he mentions book illuminators, a printmaker, tapestry designers and goldsmiths (Stechow, 1989 [1966], pp. 27–9). Giorgio Vasari (1511–74), the biographer of Italian artists, claimed in his famous...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Assessment in secondary music
Education & Development

Assessment in secondary music

...types: formative – assessment for learning summative – assessment of learning. Table 1 Types of assessment INFORMAL ASSESSMENT FORMAL ASSESSMENT Formative assessment: questioning feedback target setting discussing criteria with learners ‘closing the gap’ activities self-assessment, e.g. in relation to performance and composition portfolio assessment Summative...
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Level 3: Advanced 11 hrs
Introducing Virgil’s Aeneid
History & The Arts

Introducing Virgil’s Aeneid

...phrases in the original text...This free course offers an introduction to the Aeneid. Virgil’s Latin epic, written in the 1st century BCE, tells the story of the Trojan hero Aeneas and his journey to Italy, where he would become the ancestor of the Romans. Here, you will focus on the characterisation of this legendary hero, and learn why he was so important to the...
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Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
How we talk about Savile
Society, Politics & Law

How we talk about Savile

...phrase “abuse of underage girls”. Isn’t there an implication here that there is an age at which one can consent to the kind of abuse Savile was accused of: groping, attempted rape, rape? That’s also why the persistent labelling of Savile as a paedophile is unhelpful. Yes, he abused children. But he also abused adults. Smith’s report isn’t a report exclusively...
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Language is collateral damage in the gig economy
Languages

Language is collateral damage in the gig economy

...element in that process. By their very nature, the embedded, taken-for-granted ideological meanings of particular words and phrases are hard to uncover. Yet being aware of the processes by which they take hold is a step in countering their effects. In the dispute over pay and conditions between Deliveroo and its couriers, the battle of words plays a central role....
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