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Hip Hop, Transculturation and Ethnography in Delhi
Education & Development

Hip Hop, Transculturation and Ethnography in Delhi

...research participants, mostly male breakers, b-boys, in their late teens and early twenties. I conducted participant observation and recorded ethnographic interviews and informal interactions, but several other types of data have been collected as well, such as recordings of public performances at jams, photographs and audio-visual materials circulating online. I also...
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People, automobiles and statistics
Science, Maths & Technology

People, automobiles and statistics

...children where the rates of growth and growth proportions vary widely. Use the Adultdata handbook to find a definition of how to carry out the forearm measurement you attempted in earlier. This is given on page 123 as ‘back of elbow to wrist crease’. Although it’s not perfect it does provide a means to be consistent. Now think of yourself sitting in the driver’s...
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Lawrence Breen - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Lawrence Breen - Earth in Vision

...Researcher, shares his insights on the technical and creative issues surrounding the use of archive for natural history and environmental broadcasting. ...Lawrence Breen Lawrence started working for the BBC Natural History Unit in 1988 as a Library Clerk, after gaining a degree in American Studies from Hull University. Following a series of successful attachments...
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A post-convention Presidential Campaign reading list
Society, Politics & Law

A post-convention Presidential Campaign reading list

...researched the Chinese reaction to Hillary Clinton: A reader comment on a Peng Pai News report on the investigation into Clinton’s use of private email server reads, perhaps characteristically: “She is so old. Why can’t she go home and help raise children?” It is widely believed in China that women over 55 (the legal retirement age for women there) should stay...
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What's in your toolbox?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What's in your toolbox?

...children and a potential move to the new town would mean problems with the school run because Jan’s partner Sue has an even lengthier commute, meaning she is unavailable to do the school run, at either end of the day. Jan sits down with Sue, and together they discuss how they might resolve the issue (balancing competing desires, needs and life domains). They come up...
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Film as a Historical Source
Health, Sports & Psychology

Film as a Historical Source

...Research Film History: Academic Info: Film History [Contains links to many journals and other online resources] Online library catalogue for the University of Berkeley World Wide Web Virtual Library: Film History Index Digital History: Hollywood's America Photography and history: Robert Leggat's Home Page: A History of Photography Midley History of Photography: R. Derek...
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Foreign games consoles finally enter the Chinese market
Money & Business

Foreign games consoles finally enter the Chinese market

...children’s mental and physical health. In 2000, the State Council published a notice, joined by the Ministry of Culture and another seven administrative departments, decreeing the prohibition of manufacturing and selling game consoles in mainland China, claiming it “seriously jeopardizes young people and disturbs the social order.” This is an excerpt from the...
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Addressing health inequalities in greenspaces to age well: Part I socio-economic and transport access inequalities
Health, Sports & Psychology

Addressing health inequalities in greenspaces to age well: Part I socio-economic and transport access inequalities

...Research suggests that the sooner we start caring for our physical and mental health and wellbeing, the more likely is it for us to age well and stay well. The Five Pillars for Ageing Well (nutrition, hydration, physical, social and cognitive stimulation) is a framework, which we have been exploring in our Ageing Well Public Talks series, which has now been running for...
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