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#Chuang2021 finale FAQ (based on last year, official statements, and )> what time does it start?"Red carpet" event before the finale starts at 6pm China time.The actual finale starts
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At the Fed150 event celebrating 150 years of state education the discussion starts with former education secretaries Kenneth Baker, Ed Balls and Estelle Morris. Mr Baker says the biggest failure
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Do you need a cliff notes to understand stuff or are you being intentionally difficult?OP: JK started the trend of long hair in male K-Pop idols.My response: "It already happened
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Why are there tigers in the Sundarbans? reproduced w/ permission from a FB post by Dibyajyoti Lahiri.The tiger population in the Sundarbans is among the planet’s enduring mysteries and
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ACADEMIC WRITING ADVICE FOR PHD STUDENTSLast week I gave a writing workshop to some excellent first-year PhD students. Here is a summary of some of the things we discussed about
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At the heart of criticisms against Tara Reade is a serious lack of understanding on how trauma affects people. As a professional who has worked with trauma victims most of
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The samvatsara for this New Year is called Plava. A samvatsara is a Sanskrit term for “year.” In the Vedic system, there are 60 samvatsaras. They are described in Brihat
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why bts? -- an open and heartwarming thread for everyone namjoon taught us that music can be our comfort and sanctuary. music can be a friend and a melodic escape
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Its only been 24 hrs, but it’s very difficult to come to a different conclusion that Starmer’s 'vision' of careful nationalism mixed with a form of fiscal conservatism just isn’t
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I’m thinking about the criticism of mainstream nonfiction being a product of milk-fed MFA confessionalism. As an MFA grad myself, the first/most common advice I received was to write “candidly”
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A controversial(?) thread for #WorldMentalHealthDay In the last few years there's been a trend for email signatures to include flexible working wording e.g. I choose to work flexibly & send
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I’m a Nurse & I’m no hero The discussion regarding frontline health workers is contextualised w/ words like “health heroes” and “saluting the frontlines”. Don’t get me wrong – I
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how being in an emotionally manipulative relationship from 8th grade to sophomore year fucked me up, a thread one time we had gotten in an argument bc I was texting
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I just wrapped up a Zoom trial and have some thoughts (Thread is not about substance of the arbitration but rather on the experience of trying a case via Zoom).
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Good morning and thank you to everyone for the warm welcome! I’m excited to be here and think this is a great opportunity to interact, connect and to discuss opportunities
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Battle of Dwarka (part 1)This is a historical event mentioned in Mahabharata, read and try to compare with modern day warfare. Shalva attacked Dwarka when he heard about killing of
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