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Academic Writing Video Tutorials: Are They Effective?

Pros Video content is more popular for a reason. Thanks to the moving pictures and audio, your brain stays alert a little longer compared to the time it would be if you were just reading a textbook. Even the fact that you are not reading a textbook, but watch something on your PC makes it feel less like studies and consequently leads to less antagonism.  It can be watched anywhere.Professional academic writers You can watch in a faster or slower mode. You can make print screens to save the most…

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Bethenny Frankel Talks COVID-19 Relief & How You Can Help | Betches

Bethenny FrankelFrankel’s disaster relief initiative, , is founded on the mission of . They have partnered with the (GEM) in order to distribute face masks and protective gear to hospitals and medical workers. I spoke exclusively with Bethenny Frankel to hear more on how she is navigating aid efforts in midst of the pandemic and what you at home can do to help.   At the start of the pandemic, Frankel’s BStrong and the GEM team began working around the clock to assemble “corona kits”, primarily aimed at prevention, consisting of…

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The Party of Life Embraces Trumps Death Cult

In the last 24 hours, it has become clear that, despite warnings from experts like Dr. Anthony Fauci, o say the silent part out loud. Consider the comments of Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson, who, a few days ago, Why should a global pandemic be any different? Johnson went on to add thatgetting coronavirus is not a death sentence except for maybe no more than 3.4 percent of our population, (and) I think probably far less. When I signed up to be a columnist, I was told thered be no math.…

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WHO looks into report of Covid patients testing positive after negative tests

Reports from South Korea say some patients had tested positive while being considered for discharge The World Health Organization (WHO) has said it is looking into reports of some Covid-19 patients testing positive again after initially testing negative for the disease while being considered for discharge. On Friday South Korean officials reported that 91 patients thought to have been cleared of the new coronavirus had tested positive again. Jeong Eun-kyeong, the director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told a briefing that the virus may have been…

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Things to Consider to Win Online Contests

The chances are that your contest strategy is not providing you desired results. In this scenario, it becomes important to evaluate your tactics. Maybe you are making some mistakes that are hampering your returns in the long run. Studies reveal that when contests are launched with full potential, they can boost brand awareness by a considerable level. Participants even prefer to get votes to stay ahead of competitors. But few simple mistakes can make things complicated in the market. Hence, marketing professionals need to be very careful in leading their…

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Phyllis Lyon, LGBTQ rights pioneer, dies at age 95

She and her wife, Del Martin, were activists and mentors before there was a movement or community, said a longtime friend Phyllis Lyon, an LGBTQ rights pioneer who, with her longtime partner, was among the first same-sex couples to marry in California when it became legal to do so in 2008, has died at her San Francisco home. She was 95. A photo of the couple from the the 2003 film No Secret Anymore: The Times of Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon. Photograph: Allstar/Sundance Channel Lyon lived her life with…

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Teresa Giudice’s Father Passes Away At 76 – Perez Hilton

It’s clearly a tough time in Teresa Giudice‘s life right now. The Real Housewives of New Jersey star’s father Giacinto Gorga has passed away on Friday. He was only 76. Teresa took to Instagram today to share the news with her followers, sharing a touching slideshow of pics of her “Papa,” as well as a beautiful tribute. She wrote: “My father, my protector, my hero, God took you early this morning to be with mommy, I saw you peacefully pass & I know you kept fighting for my daughters and I. I have…

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Small talk and ready-made sandwiches: things I don’t miss about normal life | Hadley Freeman

Ive been thinking about Nora Ephrons lists, not because Im dying, but because normal life has, for now, died for all of us Ive been reading a lot of breasts werent bigger. (Honestly, Nora, the breast thing? Its overrated.) When Ephron died in 2012, obituarists were spoiled for choice about which of her writings to quote: a pithy line from Heartburn, her novel about her divorce, or an irresistible bit from every journalist who covered her death quoted from I Remember Nothing, which she wrote when she and almost no…

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Pope calls coronavirus health workers, priests ‘saints next door’

Pope Francis attends a Mass for Holy Thursday, inside St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Thursday. Francis celebrated the Holy Week, which was largely empty of faithful because of restrictions aimed at containing the spread of COVID-19, by first honoring priests and medical staff tending to coronavirus patients. (Alessandro Di Meo/Pool Photo via AP) Francis also raised concerns over priests who have been insulted because of the Catholic Church’s child sex-abuse scandals. “Today I carry you in my heart and I carry you to the altar,” he said. “Ugly…

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DQ’s Cotton Candy-Dipped Ice Cream Cone Was Practically Made For Instagram

Courtesy of Dairy Queen Dairy Queen’s Cotton Candy-Dipped Cone Is Coming Soon For A Pastel Treat By Lara Walsh March 11, 2020 Dairy Queen is bringing back a pastel-hued treat that’ll brighten up your Instagram Feed. Dairy Queen’s Cotton Candy-Dipped Cone is coming back soon for 2020, and the dreamy confection has already been spotted at a number of DQ locations nationwide. Ice cream fans, rejoice, because this whimsical baby blue treat will be available through the summer. If you’re a DQ regular, you know that the retailer doesn’t mess…

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