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I cringe a little at how simple this work is, but there’s still great value in observation and a “data paper” as I regarded this one. Still, I like it and it fills a lacuna in our understanding, and takes my research a step further toward what I’d like to know (e.g., what...
in addition to that in Liverpool. On the downside, Peterborough have failed to get into the Christmas spirit, with an announcement that up to seven out of its ten libraries could close and heaven knows what is happening in Merthyr Tydfil, which has reported it has lost a ...
It is this vacillation between consciousness and unconsciousness, in a grey area in between, that I find most disturbing, as I cannot completely trust my own mind, disbelieving what is happening (“Is this real?”), and sometimes I lapse back into seizure(s) again. This is a powerful ex...
And I made the perhaps mistake of reading the review on Smart Bitches, Trashy Books of this book before we hopped on to talk and they were like, "Oh, my gosh, I have so many problems. I give this thing a C. Did nobody think about this? What is happening?" And so I was kind ...
But she did. This woman, my peer, implied with conviction in front of her young daughter that the “cute” girl’s time, however she defined the adjective, was more valuable. A “cute” girl has more friends and a full social calendar. It is she who is considered successful and worthy...
Yesterday [January 15th] a Luton soldier who died in Edinburgh Military Hospital from wounds received at the front was laid to rest in the Luton Church Cemetery. Sherwood Foresters Come to Town 30th January 1915 On the 30th January, 1915, orders were Departure received that the Battalion was...
Although, in fact, all of my traveling is serving that purpose — so far, Edinburgh is the only place that’s really leapt out as my hands-down favorite, but Split, Croatia, also rates. (I loved Sapporo, but the language barrier is considerable.) But there’s plenty of places still ...
WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY: — Negotiators from Congress and the White House were holding talks on crafting a $1 trillion-plus economic rescue package. The sweeping aid package of paychecks for suddenly jobless Americans, money for hospitals and aid to industry is all but certain to swell far beyo...
WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING How the Queen is celebrating her official birthday this year For the second year in a row, Elizabeth’s annual summer birthday celebration has been curtailed by the pandemic. In normal times, the royal family enjoys the famous Trooping the Colour event, which has ma...