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How did Aretha Franklin inspire the civil rights movement?
History & The Arts

How did Aretha Franklin inspire the civil rights movement?

...changes to melodic content, she effectively re-authored material written by others, asserting a sense of creative ownership through spirited and dynamic vocal performance. Franklin often altered the context of the existing lyric through her inflection and emphasis or by introducing call and answer interplay with her background singers. These voices of sisterly support...
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Five tips on how to plan new self-care routines
Health, Sports & Psychology

Five tips on how to plan new self-care routines

...changes and uncertainties of life, including caring responsibilities or work demands which make time for ourselves limited. Self-care activities allow us to take time out of our usual routine to nurture ourselves, to comfort ourselves, and to provide space to reflect on our own thoughts, all of which will allow us to maintain a sense of equilibrium that will ensure we...
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Children are at risk from junk food advertisements on social media
Society, Politics & Law

Children are at risk from junk food advertisements on social media

...changed our lives, children’s exposure to advertising on social media is rarely discussed. This is ironic, as advertising pays for social media. It drives the design of new platforms, which relentlessly seek to capture users’ attention. [Child eating cookie ] 9.6% of children in reception classes in 2016-17 are obese (source: NHS) Advertising to children is widely...
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The benefits of outdoor green and blue spaces
Health, Sports & Psychology

The benefits of outdoor green and blue spaces

...changes. Evidence suggests that being in nature for more than 120 - 150 minutes a week is related to the best possible physical as well as mental health and wellbeing. Nature refers to many aspects of the physical landscape, including plants, animals, the landscape itself. It can refer to nature in urban settings (e.g. parks, gardens, allotments); farmland; natural...
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Planetary Protection of Icy Worlds
Science, Maths & Technology

Planetary Protection of Icy Worlds

...change to the conditions considered as the limits for life. Since Cassini analysed the gas and ice in Enceladus’ plumes during a series of passes through them, suggestions for future sample return missions have also been made. Any such plans would attract the most stringent Planetary Protection requirements (Category V), both to minimise contamination to the moon and to...
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‘Social Murder’: the realities of ‘Better Regulation’ in Contemporary Britain
Society, Politics & Law

‘Social Murder’: the realities of ‘Better Regulation’ in Contemporary Britain

...changes to the public sector we have witnessed one more in the sphere of regulation – creeping privatisations of regulatory functions and, in some cases, at Local Authority levels, the wholesale privatisation of regulatory services. It is in this context that it is worth recalling why regulation emerged – namely, to mitigate the worst effects of capitalist production....
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The art of performing under pressure
Health, Sports & Psychology

The art of performing under pressure

...changes: he gave Donald a new competitive practice regime (ie, with pressure), he improved his posture and body language, and he taught him visualisation to create an air of inevitability about his shots. “You have to rehearse all that, it’s about the processes that involve a certain mindset.” Over the next 18 months, Donald won six tournaments and had three top-11...
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What do safe drinking guidelines mean?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What do safe drinking guidelines mean?

...Changing individual behaviour and the surrounding culture is an immensely complex and subtle issue. But I think there is an irreconcilable tension between providing information with the aim of enabling people to make an informed choice, and telling people what they should do. Rather than trying to do both in a single announcement, perhaps future public health...
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