Directed by Francis Lawrence. With Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson. Katniss and a team of rebels from District 13 prepare for the final battle that will decide the fate of Panem.
Rating: ★★★
Meant to get some soda at Domenico’s but forgot. Stopping in here for a couple of large Diet Cokes.
Picking up some takeout: extra large pizza and a chicken parm sandwich
Amanda (arush.io)OK #WordPress #a11y and #Indieweb, I have an official announcement.
John @whiskeydragon1 and I are getting married on June 19 2021.
There’ll be something virtual for those who can’t make it, and we’re still trying to figure out accessible wedding invitations because there is no way I am having a wedding that some of my friends can’t participate in.
We’re in the initial stages of planning, so we don’t have every detail worked out yet. But I am so happy and excited.
Best wishes Amanda! That’s great news!
You never really know someone until you hear them pronounce “pecan”.
— Peanut Jr. (@MrPeanut) October 21, 2020
How true….
Just got invited to edit a special issue of a journal. The title they have planned is the subtitle of my @OUPAcademic book. For me, the article processing fee will be waived, but the up to ten people I recruit to submit will each pay ~$1100 to publish their pieces. Who's in?
— Ellen Muehlberger (@emuehlbe) October 21, 2020
VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS: Since kids can't go out on field trips these days, @NatGeoMuseum is putting on a virtual field trip series. Their first guest speaker is Carter Clinton, a @HowardU researcher who uses soil to study the DNA of enslaved people @nbcwashington pic.twitter.com/YiUhEq2Pl9
— Aimee Cho (@AimeeCho4) October 21, 2020
Studying soil for this sort of research is a clever and interesting route to go…
I have been asked a few times for a blog post on how to conduct a proper literature review. This is hard to do sometimes because a lot of people have different methods to do their reviews of the literature (see examples here, here, here and here). I tweeted a few of the steps I undertake, but I figu...
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How to undertake a literature review https://t.co/TZEegZtbEY
This, and my next 10 tweets, are pre-scheduled, and point to blog posts of mine that might be useful for graduate and undergraduate students (or faculty or practitioners/ECRs)
Good night!
— Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega (@raulpacheco) October 22, 2020
If you are looking for my Reading Notes of Books Related to How to Write a Doctoral Dissertation, you can find all those posts by clicking on the hyperlink above.
There is some advice that is useful for both undergraduate and graduate students, but I find that these posts fit more the needs of Masters’ and Doctoral candidates. Obviously, if you’re looking for advice on Academic Writing, Literature Reviews, Reading Strategies, Organization and Time Management, all of these can be found in their own sub-pages.
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The Dissertation ‘Two Pager’: A strategy to sustain a “big picture” view of a doctoral thesis https://t.co/cV4D9gc7IG
— Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega (@raulpacheco) October 22, 2020
Democrats’ massive fundraising, downballot energy, and seniors turning against Trump signal a potential blue-wave election with unexpected flips. As one South Carolina strategist says, “Biden supporters in red states are hopeful.”
Perhaps I’m just reading less of it this year, but the differences between the candidates and the party seem to have resulted in less of the typical horse race political coverage like this this year.
With Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, Cory Booker, Henry Louis Gates Jr., John Kennedy Jr.. Designers Diane van Fürstenberg and Narciso Rodriguez and actor RuPaul Charles learn about their ancestors.
Another big scandal — and huge conflict of interest — has surfaced from the tax returns obtained by the New York Times.
I’m still wondering why he didn’t divest everything and put it into a blind trust. Why isn’t what’s good for the goose good for the gander. Another example of the do as I say not do as I do.
Tuesday on the NewsHour, talks continue over a potential COVID-19 relief package, but time is running short to complete a deal before the election. Plus: The economic impact of pandemic aid, an antitrust lawsuit against Google, the U.S. and Russia near an agreement on nuclear arms control, court cases on voting rules, the high cost of foreign beef and Lynne Cheney’s book on Virginia presidents.
