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• in Entertainment
  We Still Live Here: Âs Nutayuneân (2011) Focuses on A Nearly Lost Language
  Documentary captures a linguistic miracle as Cape Cod’s Wampanoag Indians reclaim their lost language and reconnect with their heritage.
  by missbobetier / on Mar 13, 2012
• in Entertainment
  Buffing Up Your Brain: This Will Make You Smarter by John Brockman
  Are you willing to take a chance on a book titled THIS WILL MAKE YOU SMARTER?
  by missbobetier / on Mar 7, 2012
• in Business
  Black Friday Madness: Should America Seek Help?
  Does consumer madness on Black Friday indicate a larger problem with the American economic system?
  by sethjared / on Nov 15, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “sociology”

 

• Letter: The Value of Social Science

  
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  Two academics argue that the problem is not with the research itself, but with how politicians and the public approach it.
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• Relatively speaking: Researchers identify principles that shape kinship categories across languages

  
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  Different languages refer to family relationships in different ways. For example, English speakers use two terms -- grandmother and grandfather -- to refer to grandparents, while Mandarin Chinese uses four terms. Many possible kinship categories, however, are never observed, which raises the question of why some ...
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• IGNOU ANNOUNCES ADMISSION FOR JULY 2012 SESSION

  
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  Admission process for July 2012 session of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has commenced. The university invites applications for Masters, Bachelors, Diplomas and Certificate programmes for July 2012 cycle admission. The last date for Masters of Computer Application (MCA), Bachelor of Computer ...
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• Rosling on Religions and Babies

  
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  "Religion has very little to do with the number of babies per woman," says Hans Rosling in this fabulous TED talk: Religions and Babies . [via Swarup and Gwen Sharp ]. Now, watch the awesome Hans in action:
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• Direct Selling Moms – 3 Tips To Focus

  
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  In a study conducted by the American Sociology Association (ASA), they found that working moms multitask more than their counterparts. They also found that the experience is more negative for moms. The study found that moms multitask 10 hours more in a week compared to dads. When parents were asked about how ...
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• Londoners calling: biography from the ‘bottom up’

  
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  By Philip Carter How do you write a person’s life story? For contributors to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography this is a familiar question and its answer depends, in large part, on who’s under discussion. Back in 2004, when compiling the Oxford DNB’s huge new edition , many contributors ...
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• Tuppersex in Madrid

  
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  Having been a child in the seventies involves living with memories of those evenings where the family house was filled with women who held generically called Tupperware meetings where demonstrations of different products were made and whose sales were sought by a group of friends after solvency has been tested, like ...
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• Study highlights how Twitter is used to share information after a disaster

  
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  A study from North Carolina State University shows how people used Twitter following the 2011 nuclear disaster in Japan, highlighting challenges for using the social media tool to share information. The study also indicates that social media havent changed what we communicate so much as how quickly we can disseminate ...
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• Healthy marriage interventions: A boom or a bust?

  
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  Conventional wisdom, backed by years of research, suggests that healthy marriages equals a healthy society. And politicians and government officials have taken note, investing hundreds of millions of dollars each year in education programs designed to promote healthy marriages, focusing specifically on poor couples ...
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• Is Amir khan enough to bring change in modern society ?

  
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  By TOUSEEF IQBAL BUTT : The film star Amir khan started a new TV show Satyamev Jayate on Star Plus is working on the social issues of Indian society. Various social evils practiced in society got filtered on this show. The concept of the show was not revealed in the Indian media until the show [...]
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• Burnout

  
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  This might turn out a little bit rambly because my head hurts, so please be patient if I seem a little incoherent. Hopefully this will turn out readable. The act of writing relieves me so much stress, if only because I know there’s a chance that somebody will read and be able to identify with what I’m writing. ...
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• A Hosting Odyssey on the WeEarth Global Radio Network: Boomer Future, Aging, Business, Marketing, Advertising, and Public Policy Thought Leaders

  
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  Amazing conversations awaken a stronger sense of where the Boomer generation is heading. Amazing conversations instill clarity, insight, motivation … even hope. Amazing conversations showcase the brightest minds in Boomer business, marketing and aging today. Thought leaders. Trendsetters. For nearly a year, I have ...
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• University of Leicester study finds low agreeableness linked to a preference for aggressive dogs

  
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  Aggressive dog ownership is not always a sign of attempted dominance or actual delinquency. A study carried out at the University of Leicesters School of Psychology has found that younger people who are disagreeable are more likely to prefer aggressive dogs, confirming the conventional wisdom that dogs match the ...
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• “Porndemic”- the concern

  
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  Reblogged from thelisteningvoice: This write up is a follow up to my previous article on United by nudity, divided by attitude. It also comes as an inner voice that I have been listening to and what I am going to write here might not go down with many, but you are entitled to your opinion [...]
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• GEORGIEN: Auf der Suche nach dem Ideal, das es nicht gibt … (einblickgeorgien.blogspot.de)

  
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  Eine Kultursoziologie aus der Erfahrung der „verspäteten Generation“Für die junge Generation der georgischen SoziologenDer folgende Essay entstand anlässlich des Vortrags „Die beiden Die zwei Körper des Nationalismus: Kirche und Palast im Formierungsprozess der politischen Elite in Georgien“, den der ...
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• Did You Buy Stock In Facebook?

  
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  Today was Facebooks second day as a traded company and its already down 11%.   Facebook is a pretty great social medium and many of us wouldnt want to live without it. My concern and hesitation in purchasing its stock might be the same as others. Where can it go? I mean in terms of R&D, is this product maxed out? ...
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• Appearances Are Deceiving

  
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  It was an amazing day today.  I of course had to go to the doctor today.  So naturally that means I had to ride in the Metro Van.  It is funny how appearances.  I never really the same as what is really taking place, at least in many if not most of the things that we witness.  Just like when people see me in ...
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• Police Power and Twenty-First Century America

  
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  I. In Cop Knowledge: Police Power and Twentieth-Century America , Christopher P. Wilson writes about narratives of police power in mass culture, from crime fiction and film to the denizens of contemporary culture that make use of the squad room, the beat, and the badge. His conclusion? That the stories we tell ...
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• Anger in spats is more about marital climate than heat of the moment, Baylor study shows

  
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  How good are married couples at recognizing each others emotions during conflicts? In general, pretty good, according to a study by a Baylor University researcher. But if your partner is angry, that might tell more about the overall climate of your marriage than about what your partner is feeling at the moment of the ...
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• This Week’s Book Giveaway

  
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  The War of the Sexes: How Conflict and Cooperation Have Shaped Men and Women from Prehistory to the Present by Paul Seabright As countless love songs, movies, and self-help books attest, men and women have long sought different things. The result? Seemingly inevitable conflict. Yet we belong to the most cooperative ...
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