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USA Trump Sues Wall Street Journal Over Epstein Birthday Letter Claim
Schrodinger's attorney general. -
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USA immigration and customs enforcement ,protecting the homeland…News
The illegal who shot the off duty CBP OFFICER ,re entered the USA and was released by Biden . More blood on Mayorkas / Harris Biden admin hands. -
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Remedy for a small inactive penis
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LTR Visa is Now available for Long Term Residency
During the application phase are you able to message them to explain the documents and/or ask questions? or is everything just uploaded in a PDF? I wanted to explain my Tax form and various bank accounts and wonderif they meet the requirements before I buy insurance. -
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What Actually Makes You an “Old-Hand” in Asia?
I started learning Thai with a Thai partner in my late twenties. By my early thirties, I had conversational fluency, and now I would say I speak at roughly eighty five percent of an adult native-born speaker’s level. I can usually follow conversation on any topic, understand the news on TV, etc. Does that make me an old hand? I’m not sure. I never thought of it that way. It has certainly helped me understand local people in ways someone without the language could not. Things are a lot more straightforward in Thailand when you can communicate properly. But it is not all positive. There are situations where I am actually better off not speaking Thai with locals and I have adjusted to that. Fluency means you also pick up a lot of mundane or trivial conversations around you that would have otherwise gladly gone unnoticed. Sometimes it also comes with higher social expectations, as people assume that I understand certain cultural nuances. It can cut both ways, you gain convenience and access in some situations, but there are times when blending in as an unknowing foreigner has its perks too. I do not think age is much of a factor in learning a language. If you have the discipline to memorize vocabulary and push yourself to use it daily with native speakers, your fluency can grow at any age. I studied Spanish on my own for a while, memorized a lot of words, but without anyone to practice with, it faded quickly. It reinforced my belief that age is not the issue, but consistent, real-world use is the key to success with language learning. Memorizing alone is not enough. You have to speak it, live it, and engage with it regularly. -
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CAC calcium score 50
A score of 50 is fantastic, I personally have a score of 2000+ Drs in Thailand suggested it may be best if I had a stent, yet when I went to see a consultant cardiologist in the Uk he said don’t worry
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