It's not surprising that this abbreviated Latin phrase is used to describe a deed or action done without charge. The full phrase, "pro bono public," translates to "for the public good." 10. Ad lib Shutterstock To ad-lib is to talk without preparation, or "off the cuff," so to speak...
The best word to describe week two of the NFL season is upsets. The Cowboys, Ravens, and Lions all dropped games to "inferior" opponents at home, and the 49ers got beat by the Vikings, and their old pal Sam Darnold in the land of ten thousand lakes. So today, ESPN NFL Analyst Ben...
Burning or stinging sensation:Some people describe the feeling as uncomfortable and irritating. Warmth:The affected areas may feel warm to the touch, which can add to the discomfort. Blanching:When you press on a hive, it may turn white temporarily before returning to its original colour. Hives...
Another way to describe how contagious measles is its basic reproduction number (R0), a theoretical number that suggests how many people an infected patient may infect in a totally susceptible or unvaccinated population. The R0 for measlesranges from 12 to 18, meaning if no one had any immuni...
Zhang goes on to describe how traditionally, gua sha could be performed with whatever tool was on hand—an animal bone or horn, a soup spoon, a coin—and was used as far back as the Yuan Dynasty to revive farmers who collapsed with exhaustion from working under the hot sun. It then ...
Flyway has several ways of allowing you to make mistakes, or even experiment wildly, and then tidy up afterwards easily. In this article, I'll describe a few ways to persuade Flyway that you know what you're doing and that it needn't ignore a migration file....
Coined by psychologist Elliot Jacques, "midlife crisis" was originally used to describe the period of life where adults tend to “reckon with their mortality,” as the same Psychology Today article explains. In other words, the phenomenon can be a little more complicated than how it's often ...
theUniversity of Minnesota Medical School. "You get to family reunions, and every family member comes to you and says, 'Hey, I've got this thing.' And they show you a rash, or they describe something, or they show you where their kid is, and they want y...
An unfortunate reality of owning a Tesla in the bay area is the rash of break ins that have been occuring. In summary, these are the seven recommended steps to avoid having your vehicle broken into: Keep the rear seats folded down when not in use ...
5). Benson and Neveu describe the journalistic field as “part of the field of power; that is, it tends to engage with first and foremost those agents who possess high volumes of capital” and is a weakly autonomous field (2005, p. 5). An analysis of a community of journalists as a...