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Plan B Book Review, Quotes and Lines

What do you do when your dreams are shattered? What do you do when your life isn’t turning out the way you thought? What do you do when you have to turn to Plan B? These are questions author Pete Wilson asked and tried to answer in his book “Plan…

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Internet, Society

Sexual Harassment Statistics in the Workplace

Everyone in the GIS Center received an email requiring us to undergo the online harassment training. The training took about 20 minutes to complete, and it was worth it. Let me share to you some of the things I read from the South Dakota Board of Regents document.

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Academics, Book

Critical Mistakes to Avoid in a Scientific Presentation

I have reread the book “The Craft of Scientific Presentations” by Michael Alley. The first time I read it was four years ago when I was still starting to appreciate scientific research and writing. Fast forward: Now that I often find myself presenting my own research results to the scientific…

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Internet

Fix “Error establishing a database connection”

Lately, one of my blogs has been badgered by this error message “Error establishing a database connection.” Experience tells me that each time I get an errors regarding my blog platform, the WordPress forum is the way to go. However, this time, WordPress forums served all useless. I have read…

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Entertainment

The King’s Speech Lessons

For people who stammer, there might be some lessons you will learn by watching the movie “The King’s Speech“, the lead role played by actor Colin Firth. The film is about King George VI who was helped by a speech therapist to overcome his stuttering, a speech disorder. In the…

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Internet, Reflections

Will You Leave Online Messages Before You Die?

So will you ever leave messages or videos on your blog or website before you die? Will you let people know your plan days before you commit a senseless act of violence? In a recent tragic incident, a 22-year-old shooter named Jared Lee Loughner attempted to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords….

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