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“Each one of my albums has been a reflection of where I am in life at that time. My second album, Is It Selfish If We Talk About Me Again, was about returning to myself. I was coming out of my first record deal, and I felt like I wasn’t myself in so many ways. […]
This post previously appeared in Poets and Quants. We just finished the 14th annual Lean LaunchPad class at Stanford. The class had gotten so popular that in 2021 we started teaching it in both the winter and spring sessions. During the quarter the eight teams spoke to 919 potential customers, beneficiaries and regulators. Most students spent […]
Euro 24 Football Language Phrase (Day 13): Day 13, and in this football language post for Euro 24 we look at the phrase, ‘rank outsider‘ as the last games of the group stage were played. Don’t forget we have hundreds more explanations of football language in our football glossary and we also have a page […]
South Africa men have reached their first ever World Cup final after beating Afghanistan Show more South Africa have reached their first ever Men’s World Cup final after beating Afghanistan in the ICC T20 World Cup. They have previously lost two T20 semi-finals, most recently in 2014 against India and lost five 50 Over World […]
English Grammar – Everyday Phrasal Verbs Phrasal verbs in daily English conversation can be difficult for English language learners. Did you know? Phrasal verbs make up over 10,000 phrases in English! The GOOD NEWS is, at Adept English, we focus on the ones you might actually want to use or hear in everyday conversations. Today’s […]
If you’re looking to learn English in Boston, you made the right choice. You probably already know that EC Boston is located in one of the world’s most popular places. And you definitely know that this city is steeped in American history, tradition and culture. But here’s something you may not know: Boston also has […]
Today, the U.S. popular music industry is worth billions of dollars. And some of its deepest roots are in blackface minstrelsy and other racist genres. You may not have heard their names, but Black musicians like George Johnson, Ernest Hogan, and Mamie Smith were some of the country’s first viral sensations, working within and pushing […]
Shakespeare phrases that we use today In present day English we still use phrases that Shakespeare first wrote over 400 years ago. So, you could be quoting the great bard without even knowing it! Who was Shakespeare? William Shakespeare was a renowned English playwright, poet and actor born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. Lexicographers credit him […]
Let’s face it: Smoking is just f–ing cool. Run go watch any of the biggest films and tv from the past year. What do you notice? They all feature cigarettes and vapes. The dangers of smoking are well documented. But today, many Gen Z who try e-cigarettes remain e-cigarette users (CDC). So we talk with […]
In one of the previous posts, I shared a simple way of Creating particle effects in SwiftUI. The approach is super easy and utilizes the power of viewModifiers, but I would not recommend it for production use as it is performance-greedy when having a bigger amount of particles in place (because each particle is a […]