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An inspiring new movement for this era: "Civility Please"

“We don’t have to like each other.But we can still be civil.It’s easy. We can trade ideas instead of insults. We can vow to not...
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Post Women’s Conference worth the download

The 2010 Women’s Conference ended Tuesday night to a packed audience for the annual Minerva Awards given to outstanding women leaders...
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The lost art of (menial) conversation

On the ladder of life experiences office conversations are like slipping down a rung and hitting your chin. Days are lost listening to...
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Reflections in a mondo eye: a lively discussion with a film of the decade director Damon Packard

Like a puzzle made up of pieces from other puzzles, the films of Damon Packard are a nightmare to try to figure out. His magnum opus, Reflections...
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This is not an interview with a famous non-science fiction writer

Me: Hello.Gravelly Voice on the Phone: Is this Mr. Miranda?Me: Yes, this is Mr. Miranda, err, I mean, umm, Marvin Miranda. [I used to teach, you...
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Conversations in different locations

Generally speaking it is difficult to go up to a complete stranger and have a meaningful conversation. This is for two reasons: 1. A new person...
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Building your commercial real estate business, one tweet at a time

If you are in commercial real estate, can you afford to ignore Twitter?Millions upon millions of people are on Twitter every day. Some can’t...
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Andrew Scott behind the scenes of the Sea Wall movie

Rapport Creative, the producers of Sea Wall, have given us a present of a few minutes with the playwright and star speaking about the making of the...
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Muting more useful with Gmail Labs 'Smart Mute'

Follow me on TwitterGoogle keeps slipping improvements into Gmail, and a new Gmail Labs feature is no different. The new Smart Mute feature in...
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Why the SQ3R studying technique is essential for foreign language (EFL) students

  • SQ3R EFL ESL education
  • October 31, 2010
The SQ3R is a studying technique developed in the 1940's by Francis Robinson that contains five components (SQRRR).This is a systematic method...
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