ROANOKE, Va. – During the season when so many people make holiday wishes, a nonprofit in the business of granting them year-round is asking for your help. Simply by writing a letter to Santa, you can help Make-A-Wish Greater Virginia. It might already be one of your family’s holiday traditions, […]
Month: November 2020
How To Make Mondays Less Hard
There are ways to make Mondays suck less. (Photo: twomeows via Getty Images) If Mondays bring you dread, listen up. Multiple studies have shown that this particular weekday is associated with low moods and morale. There are numerous psychological and physiological reasons for this phenomenon, from loss of freedom and […]
When coronavirus vaccines are ready, dentists, optometrists may give shots
With multiple Covid-19 vaccines rapidly heading toward approval, optometrists and dentists are pushing for the authority to immunize patients during routine eye exams and dental cleanings. These medical professionals say their help will be needed to distribute the vaccines to millions of Americans — and they already have the know-how. […]
NBC Apologizes For ‘Saved By The Bell’ Jokes Mocking Selena Gomez’s Kidney Transplant
Here’s a bell NBC might not be able to unring: The network is apologizing for an episode of the “Saved By The Bell” reboot mocking Selena Gomez’s kidney transplant. The sixth episode of the series’ first season, which arrived in full on NBCUniversal’s Peacock streaming service on Wednesday, made multiple references […]
Librarian job with USAJobs | 41641749
Duties Summary About the Position: Serves as a Librarian in US Army Center of Military History, Historical Resources Branch, Public Inquires section providing a variety of research and administrative services essential to the accomplishment of every element of the Center of Military History’s (CMH) mission, located in Washington, DC.Learn more […]
Halting Sexual Harassment – Scientific American
Scientific American October 2018 A leader of a major report on sexual misconduct explains how to make science accessible to everyone Sexual harassment is more prevalent in academia than in any sector of society except the military. According to a groundbreaking June 2018 report by the National Academies of Sciences, […]
Vitamin D may not help with severe COVID-19 cases, contrary to what researchers thought
Crystal Cox/Business Insider New research found that patients with severe COVID-19 didn’t seem to benefit from taking a large dose of vitamin D. That’s contrary to previous studies suggesting vitamin D could help reduce the severity of coronavirus cases or prevent infection. More research is needed to see whether patients […]
Covid-19 vaccines face a varied and powerful misinformation movement online
Vaccination proponents and misinformation researchers had been waiting for years for Facebook to take action against the biggest and most influential anti-vaccination pages. So it was with some trepidation that they welcomed the news that the social network last week had banned some of the most popular and prolific anti-vaccination […]
How to Get Your Partner to Exercise With You
Sick of clean eating, perfect gym outfits, and chiseled abs? A Swole Woman is here to help you be healthy, enjoy carbs, and get jacked. Dear Swoley, I miss being accountable to going to workout classes with my friends, and I used to thrive on hangouts as a way of […]
Kinjil Mathur, Chief Marketing Officer at Squarespace, on Work Fashion
In a bi-weekly series, we’re asking female executives, founders, CEOs—basically, boss ladies—about their “power suit” a.k.a. the outfit they wear every day for easy dressing to conquer whatever the job throws at them. When you get the chance to speak to powerful leaders in their fields, you use the opportunity […]
Holiday Season 2020 Gift Guide: Great Gifts for Kids
With everything changing in 2020, let your gift giving remain consistent. Finding the perfect present for the little ones in your life is as easy as ever with endless online options. Help kids tap into their creative side, for example, with an Orange Art Box. The craft sets can be […]
Wishing You a Season of Wellness
So…did you get some R&R over the holiday weekend? If you’re like most of us here at The Root, you may need more than a long holiday to get yourself back to center, especially after the collective trauma of 2020. If this year has taught us anything, it’s that paying […]
My roommate was poisoning my dog to get back at me, and more advice from Dear Prudence.
Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by Sonja Rachbauer/iStock/Getty Images Plus. Dear Prudence is online weekly to chat live with readers. Here’s an edited transcript of this week’s chat. Danny Lavery: Hi, everyone! We’ve got all the problems you could possibly want, and then some. Let’s chat! Q. Poisonous secret: I just […]
Monday COVID-19 Coverage: Blair Oaks 2nd-12th grade switch to online learning | News
As COVID-19 continues to spread, KOMU 8 will continue to update you about impacts in the community. Layered bar/line charts with the daily change in newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in each county and a 14-day rolling average of the changes in new cases are available here. Previous coverage: Updates for […]
The Best Tech Deals to Shop on Cyber Monday 2020
Photo credit: BestProducts.com From Best Products There’s no better time to make a tech purchase than during Black Friday and Cyber Monday. All major retailers offer massive discounts on just about every piece of tech out there, including cutting-edge 4K TVs, gaming consoles, smartphones, tablets, wearable devices, headphones, and more. […]
A half-century of soaring: Torrey Pines Gulls glider club celebrates 50 years of flying over La Jolla
“It’s an addicting sport,” Ian Cummings, president of the Torrey Pines Gulls, said of the remote-controlled flying that lures enthusiasts like himself to La Jolla’s Torrey Pines Gliderport. “Everybody starts out with one or two planes, and then they say, ‘My garage has been taken over!’ “I’ve lost count of […]
Coronavirus CA: Severe COVID-19 surge in November, data show
Health officials and hospital leaders in California and across the U.S. are sounding about as much alarm as they possibly can about the autumn surge of coronavirus activity, which continues to intensify by the day in essentially every state but Hawaii, and which in many regions is posing a serious […]
This Tech Executive’s WFH Outfits Go Beyond the Hoodie
Photo credit: Courtesy of Kinjil Mathur From Marie Claire In a bi-weekly series, we’re asking female executives, founders, CEOs—basically, boss ladies—about their “power suit” a.k.a. the outfit they wear every day for easy dressing to conquer whatever the job throws at them. Photo credit: Hearst Owned When you get the […]
‘A perfect storm’ as several coronavirus relief programs set to expire next month [Video]
Several COVID-19 relief programs are set to expire at the end of the year, if Congress and the White House do not act. Lawmakers and the Trump administration have been debating another round of stimulus for months now, but with no deal in sight it looks like more existing provisions […]
Count Down The Days To Christmas With This Kindness Calendar
Make a gift for someone who is homeless or lonely, leave a positive message for someone else to find, congratulate someone for an achievement that may go unnoticed – these are just some of the lovely suggestions in a December calendar, which is all about kindness. And after a tough […]