While men and women spend roughly the same amount of money each year, men’s personal consumer choices create 16 percent more greenhouse gas emissions compared to those of women, according to a new study. Analyzing the spending habits of single men and women, researchers in Sweden set out to answer […]
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Dishing: Finds – The Martha’s Vineyard Times
Chappy Chips Which came first, the cookie or the egg? During pandemic times, a lot of folks coped with the challenges of isolation by either welcoming new animals into their lives or baking up a storm. Alessandra Hagerty did both, and even managed to parlay a business out of her […]
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Family finds hope as search continues
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — When Mike Noriega heard that part of the condominium tower where his grandmother lived had collapsed, he rushed with his father to the scene. They arrived at a nightmarish 30-foot pile of pancaked concrete and mangled metal, the remains of her 12-story building — and no […]
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‘Hacks’ finds hilarity in the details and the build-up: HBO Max review
Hacks begins with past-her-prime Las Vegas stand-up Deborah Vance unleashing a crass sex joke about an ungenerous lover who won’t take his shirt off in bed because, in her telling, his breasts are larger than hers. That wisecrack’s real payoff happens a half hour later, though, as the second episode […]
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Like a good joke, HBO Max’s ‘Hacks’ finds hilarity in the details and the build-up
Like a good joke, HBO Max’s ‘Hacks’ finds hilarity in the details and the build-up Hacks begins with past-her-prime Las Vegas stand-up Deborah Vance unleashing a crass sex joke about an ungenerous lover who won’t take his shirt off in bed because, in her telling, his breasts are larger than […]
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Democratic majority shrinks, but finds unity
House Democrats have been largely unified in the opening weeks of the new Congress, suffering few defections at a time when their slimmed-down majorities make it crucial their party stays together. Things can always change as tougher caucus battles form over policy matters, and as Republicans seek to put vulnerable […]
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CDC finds scant spread of coronavirus in schools with precautions in place
The CDC team reviewed data from studies in the United States and abroad and found the experience in schools differed from nursing homes and high-density work sites where rapid spread has occurred. “The preponderance of available evidence from the fall school semester has been reassuring,” wrote three CDC researchers in […]
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From Liberia to Elizabethtown, hoopster Techeal Gonquoi finds opportunities through Masonic Children’s Home | Sports
In 2013, Techeal Gonquoi had just finished third grade and expressed a desire to play sports. But his parents were both busy working multiple jobs; they wouldn’t be available to take him to and from practices and games. Plus, Gonquoi’s mother, Musu Dorliae, felt her son’s public school in Delaware […]
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The Day – CDC finds little spread of coronavirus in schools that take proper precautions
WASHINGTON — Schools operating in person have seen scant transmission of the coronavirus, particularly when masks and distancing are employed, but some indoor athletics have led to infections and should be curtailed if schools want to operate safely, researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concluded in papers […]
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Gen Z Has a More Mature Attitude Towards Death Than Boomers, Study Finds
Photo: WireStock / Alamy Stock Photo Not so long ago, the vast majority of us did not contemplate death on a daily basis. But amid a deadly global pandemic, it can now feel like we discuss the topic as casually as we do the weather. This sentiment is backed by a new study […]
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After a Jarring Layoff, an Executive Finds Inspiration to Start Her Own Business
Valerie Green views her life as a series of major pivots. Some she initiated, but some she didn’t, including the latest, when she was laid off this spring. Early in her working life, when she was getting started in architecture, a chance conversation with a colleague’s ex-girlfriend prompted her to […]
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Snail, fish, and sheep soup, anyone? Savory new finds at Pompeii
The work offers “another insight into daily life at Pompeii” and represents the “first time an area of this type has been excavated in its entirety” and analyzed with modern technology, Massimo Osanna, the departing director of the Archaeological Park of Pompeii, said in a statement Saturday. Human life in […]
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Snail, Fish and Sheep Soup, Anyone? Savory New Finds at Pompeii
ROME — Wine turned white with crushed fava beans. A soupy concoction of snails, sheep and fish. If these don’t sound particularly appetizing today, they appear to have been all the rage in ancient Pompeii, as evidenced by ancient leftovers found during excavations this month at the archaeological site of […]
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Even with less community spread, homes remain hotspots for COVID-19 transmission, study finds
With COVID-19 surging in the United States, transmission of the novel coronavirus is at an all-time high.A new analysis looked at 54 studies in over 20 countries. It found that homes where someone was sick with COVID-19 continued to be hotspots for transmission, even if overall community spread was down.”This […]
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Report finds Californian prisons delayed misconduct firings
A state prison watchdog says the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has been delaying employee investigations that lead to firings and other discipline, driving up the state’s costs by hundreds of thousands of dollars per year. Prison employees have kept getting paid for months after they are accused of […]
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Norman Lear Finds Buyer For Longtime Los Angeles Estate
After over five years on and off the market, the longtime Los Angeles home of television writer and producer Norman Lear is finally in contract. The sales price is close to the home’s most recent asking price of $27.995 million—but less than half of its original listing price, according to […]
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Look to Tampa Bay’s arts scene for unique finds
Tampa Bay’s arts community has had a rough year, but it’s hard to keep creativity down. Local galleries and museum stores are brimming with new works that make great holiday gifts. The holidays are also the perfect time to support local arts organizations with donations. Here are a few suggestions […]
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Designer Philippe Starck Finds Inspiration in the Uncanny Paintings of Neo Rauch
The dreamlike, figure-filled canvases of the German artist Neo Rauch defy conventional interpretations. Mr. Rauch, 60, grew up in communist East Germany, and his work draws on socialist-realist motifs as well as Surrealism, Romanticism and comics. His paintings are filled with people laboring away at confounding tasks, wearing outfits that […]
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New study finds YouTube is now suppressing anti-vaccine videos
If you’re familiar with YouTube, you’ve probably been down a rabbit hole of “related videos” and search results before. But while some searches — like cute bunny videos — are relatively harmless, others can immerse viewers in disinformation. While other major Internet platforms, including Facebook and Twitter, were pushed to […]