It sounds like an oxymoron, like “worry-free skydiving,” or “delicious, fat-free doughnuts.” But when Becky and Mark Binstock realized their daughter had food allergies, the couple went above and beyond to turn the confection of spun sugar, artificial flavoring and artificial dyes into one of the few snacks their daughter […]
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The historic sale that puts this underrated Caribbean artist alongside Henry Moore
At approximately 4pm this afternoon, a historic moment is on the cards at a sale of Modern British Art at Christie’s. Towards the end of the sale, standing in the shadow of sculptures by Henry Moore, and paintings by LS Lowry and Winston Churchill, is a group of carved wood […]
AP PHOTOS: Greece puts faith in online schooling
Teacher Rania Koukli prepares to record lessons that are broadcast on public television, at an elementary school in Athens, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. Most other European countries have vowed to keep schools open, but the pandemic has hit Greece hard for the first time in recent weeks following a successful […]
Quirky Honor Watch ES Puts a Fitness Coach on Your Wrist
Move past the unusual rectangular shape and the Honor Watch ES has an equally unusual party trick. Rather than just track your workouts, it has a coaching feature where a tiny, animated fitness coach takes you through a selection of short exercise sessions, showing you exactly what to do and […]
For Workers, ‘Digital Upskilling’ Puts Tech Trends on Fast-Forward | Investing News
NEW YORK – This year has taught us a lot of things, but here is one major 2020 lesson: Tech skills are a virtual necessity. With much of the workforce cooped up at home for eight months or so, many of us have had to get increasingly tech-savvy in a […]
For workers, ‘digital upskilling’ puts tech trends on fast-forward
NEW YORK – This year has taught us a lot of things, but here is one major 2020 lesson: Tech skills are a virtual necessity. FILE PHOTO: A woman uses her mobile phone and computer at a cafe in Sao Paulo, Brazil October 17, 2017. REUTERS/Nacho Doce With much of […]
Opinion | How Ransomware Puts Your Hospital at Risk
In March, several cybercrime groups rushed to reassure people that they wouldn’t target hospitals and other health care facilities during the Covid-19 pandemic. The operators of several prominent strains of ransomware all announced they would not target hospitals, and some of them even promised to decrypt the data of health […]
Martha McSally’s attack puts spotlight on Gabrielle Giffords shooting, Mark Kelly’s gun-safety advocacy
PHOENIX – A show-stopping moment during last week’s Senate debate between Republican Sen. Martha McSally and her Democratic opponent Mark Kelly came when the senator accused Kelly of having a part in a “radical political organization” tied to the “extreme left” fringe of the Democratic Party. Without explaining the nature of the […]
Cone Health Puts COVID-19 Data Analysis Online | Lifestyles
The numbers around COVID-19 can seem overwhelming. Is it spreading? Where in North Carolina is COVID-19 spreading fastest? How is COVID-19 impacting people according to age, race or gender? The Cone Health Enterprise Analytics team has built an online tool to help people make sense of the numbers. The tool […]
Boris Johnson to face MPs as testing ‘failure’ puts NHS ‘under huge pressure’
Getty Images Boris Johnson will face a grilling from senior MPs amid a warning that the “failure” of the test and trace system is placing “huge pressure” on the health service. As the system struggles to cope with soaring demand, people have been turning up to accident and emergency to […]
New Horizons’ Polish Days Puts Spotlight on Rising Eastern European Industry
Just when it felt like spirits might be flagging during this summer’s virtual edition of Polish Days—the industry program of the New Horizons Intl. Film Festival—the organizers turned to the unlikeliest of heroes: Wirginia Szmyt, better known by her stage name D.J. Wika, an 82-year-old icon of the Warsaw music […]
COVID-19 pandemic puts future of Catholics schools in doubt
As the new academic year arrives, school systems across the United States are struggling to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. Roman Catholic educators have an extra challenge — trying to forestall a relentless wave of closures of their schools that has no end in sight. Already this year, financial and […]
This New Networking Platform Puts Brilliant Minds Together to Help You Solve Problems
In business, as in life, things rarely go smoothly. Even when you’re prepared for the unexpected, there are still times when you will be caught off guard. Just consider 2020: Covid-19 has not only take taken a catastrophic toll on our health, but it’s also upended the global economy. And, […]
First Insight’s Data Puts Coronavirus Impact on Consumer Behavior Into Five Key Phases
Click here to read the full article. Since the very first days of the coronavirus pandemic, consumer behavior has been in a constant state of change. Five consumer studies by First Insight, taken between February and April, found that perception that COVID-19 would impact the global economy remained consistently strong […]