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Living with Disability
Health, Sports & Psychology

Living with Disability

...manage the condition by modifying their behaviour. Care at home - Ann's story Scene 1 Ann, her husband and daughter live with her father Angus, who has Parkinson's Disease. Caring for him is taking up an increasing amount of her time and emotional energy. Ann's story Scene 2 Ann bears the brunt of her husband (Bob) and daughter's (Zoe) frustrations with Angus. Ann's story...
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The refugees hoping to make a splash at Rio 2016
Health, Sports & Psychology

The refugees hoping to make a splash at Rio 2016

...Manager at the Tibetan American Foundation of Minnesota, praised the IOC for creating a space for refugees, and for recognizing that “these things are not about sports only but about longing for freedom.” Most refugee stories in the media focus on hardship and tragedy: dangerous mass movements, dilapidated tent cities, and refugee camps. “These are important...
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Should Trump's tweets be a matter of record?
History & The Arts

Should Trump's tweets be a matter of record?

...management, and disposal” decisions after that initial categorization, assuming he or she has permission of the archivist. This cannot be reviewed by a court. And the PRA does not give the archivist or Congress veto power over a president’s record-keeping decisions. In this way, the law creates a system that cannot be checked once the president makes a decision to...
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How do social networks play a key role in disaster recovery?
Society, Politics & Law

How do social networks play a key role in disaster recovery?

...managed to rebound completely, placing evacuees in temporary homes, restoring gas and water lines, and clearing debris. To understand why some cities were struggling, I looked into explanations including the impact of the disaster, the size of the city, financial independence, horizontal ties between cities, and vertical ties from the community to power brokers in Tokyo....
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Women and the fight to reclaim higher education
Society, Politics & Law

Women and the fight to reclaim higher education

...management. She is now working on a fixed-term research contract and commented that while being insecurely employed is challenging, permanence can also be used to pressure staff into accepting high workloads as they ‘need to be grateful’. In many cases, there is a gendered aspect to this. Providing pastoral care for students was described as highly gendered, putting...
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The Financial Five a Day Podcast Series
Money & Business

The Financial Five a Day Podcast Series

...management, such as saving and investing. George and Martin also invite Barney to explain more about what he sees as the key to changing our money futures – behaviour. Barney encourages us to be more aware of our agency and autonomy around money – and around life. Transcript Barney, aka The Escape Artist, can be found here. [Portrait of Jonquil]Podcast 4: Jonquil Lowe...
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Nicole McLean (Mamet) – hospitality, gate line and train driver
Society, Politics & Law

Nicole McLean (Mamet) – hospitality, gate line and train driver

...manage customers. From requests to complaints and injuries, we were considered, along with the conductors, as part of the frontline staff. We then had a week of handling training at my home depot of Inverness, learning how best to carry out our duties with the challenges of a moving train. I enjoyed the job and was soon promoted to a hospitality steward trainer. Working...
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Sperm counts
Nature & Environment

Sperm counts

...manage sex up to three or four times a day. A lion can manage it seventy five times a day during the mating season. When a man ejaculates he generally produces between 2 and 5 millilitres of sperm (about the same volume as a large teaspoon would hold). A pig routinely manages one litre which is 200 times as much. Our sperm cells are microscopic - we cannot see them with...
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