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Re: Quotes from work
« Reply #1725 on: May 18, 2020, 11:08:27 AM »
Yeah, kind of Stepford-wifey.
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Re: Quotes from work
« Reply #1726 on: June 11, 2020, 01:02:54 PM »
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We’re out in different clothes. We’re at different levels of socioeconomic status. But you put all these people in a hospital gown, and we are all the same. And I think that’s how the Savior sees us.
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« Reply #1727 on: June 11, 2020, 09:29:32 PM »
Ok, now I have an image of rows and rows of people standing in hospital gowns, bathed in a heavenly light.
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« Reply #1728 on: June 12, 2020, 05:35:05 AM »
And their butts hanging out.
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« Reply #1729 on: June 14, 2020, 07:32:18 PM »
Well, they do now.  >_<
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« Reply #1730 on: June 15, 2020, 05:15:18 AM »
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Re: Quotes from work
« Reply #1731 on: June 23, 2020, 03:17:56 PM »
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Brigham Young University students are known for the light and positivity they bring to those with whom they interact. This is unquestionably true for student performers, who represent the university as living examples of its mission “to assist individuals in their quest for perfection and eternal life.”

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« Reply #1732 on: June 23, 2020, 11:17:53 PM »
All else aside, that's quite a responsibility to lay on their shoulders. Probably not what they signed up for.
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Re: Quotes from work
« Reply #1733 on: April 15, 2021, 09:41:43 PM »
Quote from: one of my listservs
Short answer: it isn’t possible
Long answer: it is not possible
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Re: Quotes from work
« Reply #1734 on: April 16, 2021, 08:40:52 AM »
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Re: Quotes from work
« Reply #1735 on: August 03, 2021, 06:36:46 PM »
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When two scholars contribute equally to a paper, whose name gets listed first? Two Stanford scientists devised an unconventional solution to that problem for their newest work, which was published last month in Frontiers in Immunology.

Yunhao Bai and Bokai Zhu, who shared first-authorship duties, explained their methodology in the author-contributions section of their paper: “The co-first authorship order was determined via the best of three rounds in Super Smash Bros.”
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Re: Quotes from work
« Reply #1736 on: August 04, 2021, 09:50:24 AM »
I saw that on Facebook yesterday. :D

(I would prefer Mario Kart 8 myself.)
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« Reply #1737 on: August 04, 2021, 11:48:05 AM »
Hey, as long as your co-author agrees! ;)
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« Reply #1738 on: September 30, 2022, 02:30:05 PM »
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All sessions are pre-recorded and aired live during event week

Um. Wellll, if it's like the last couple years, there will be live people responding in the Q&A (text-only) sidebar. But "pre-recorded" and "live" are usually considered mutually exclusive  :rolleyes:
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Re: Quotes from work
« Reply #1739 on: September 30, 2022, 03:59:48 PM »
Maybe they're using some new definition of "live" that means "not live".
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« Reply #1740 on: September 30, 2022, 06:04:32 PM »
Government agencies sometimes do redefine words like that.
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« Reply #1741 on: September 21, 2023, 07:46:05 PM »
In a recent listserv discussion about sending term-start emails, there was this gem (as a fantasy, not an actual suggestion):

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Dear Faculty,
The year is about to start. Get your @#!$%! together, read your email and finish your grading on time.
Have a good year.
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