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‘Being prepared for the worst’ is nothing new for immigrants during Covid-19

For many immigrant and first-generation families who learned to be prepared for the worst, hunkering down to protect each other is nothing new Sio Massiahs Oakland neighborhood isnt as diverse as the one she grew up in in New York City. Ahead of California governor Gavin Newsoms March 16, 2020 Before, I never understood why [my family] bought so much rice. But kale isnt going to get me through a pandemic, she quipped. When I got there and rice, plantain and corned beef hash were already gone. I knew all…

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Indias MX Player expands to US, UK and other markets in international push

MX Player, the on-demand video streaming service owned by India’s conglomerate Times Internet, is expanding to more than half a dozen new international markets including the U.S. and the U.K. to supply more entertainment content to millions of people trapped in their homes. The Singapore-headquartered on-demand video streaming service, which raised $111 million in a round led by Tencent last year, said it has expanded to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Bangladesh and Nepal in addition to the U.S. and the UK. Like in India, MX Player will offer its catalog…

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Amazon sales of ‘non-essentials’ hit by French court ruling

Online supplier to appeal against staff virus safety plan in France which sought to limit orders to food and medicine Amazon must stop selling non-essential items or face a fine of 1m a day until it can come up with a safety plan to protect the health of its employees, a French court has ruled. The ruling, which has already been suspended pending appeal, required the company to only accept orders for groceries, toiletries and medical products as part of the wider lockdown imposed in France. The company was sued…

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I’ve never seen Rocky

An underdog fighter wins hearts and respect then gets punched below the belt by the jingoism of Reagans America Ill tell you in one word why I have never watched Rocky: Ronald Reagan. Sure, the film came out in 1976, before he reached the White House, likewise Rocky II. But he was US president in 1982, when Rocky III appeared, my poster of him and Margaret Thatcher in a Gone with the Wind embrace with an atom bomb and another Stallone double-punch of Rocky IV and armed with the weapon…

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Salesforces Benioff pledges no significant layoffs for 90 days

In a Twitter thread on Tuesday, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff outlined an eight-step plan to keep people safe and find treatments and a vaccine for the COVID-19 virus, all while working to find a way to get people back to work safely. He also asked that all CEOs take a 90-day “no lay off” pledge to help everyone get through the crisis. Salesforce is pledging to its workforce Ohana not to conduct any significant lay offs over the next 90 days. We will continue to pay our hourly workers while…

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30 People Who Tried Out Some Radical New Recipes During The Quarantine And Heres What Theyve Got

No burger buns? No problem! Substitute them with some donuts. No breadcrumbs for your steak? Again, no worries—broken up Doritos will do. Out of nachos? Yeah, this cereal will be perfect with some cheese and salsa. Scroll down for the wonderful and terrifying lockdown food pictures that Bored Panda found, upvote your faves, and drop us a comment about your own quarantine meals, dear Pandas! Nathalie Cooke, Professor and Associate Dean at McGill University Library and Archives, and an expert in cookery literature. Scroll down to read what she thinks…

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Fast Nanoscale Movies Shed Light on a Solar Cell Mystery

The perovskite solar cell is a photovoltaic wunderkind. Only a decade old, this next-generation solar technology is already hitting efficiency milestones that took conventional silicon solar cells nearly half a century to achieve. The cells are made from a class of materials called perovskite whose properties enable thin, flexible solar cells that can be printed like ink on the cheap. In principle, perovskite cells could turn everything into a solar panel—your car, your windows, even your clothes. But before perovskite can dethrone silicon as the king of solar semiconductors, researchers…

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5 Tips to Sleep Better at Night

Lots of people around the world blame technologies for bad sleep at night. Animals and insects also have it or that your insomnia problem may be part of your genetic makeup? 1) Choose the Mattress Correctly How comfortable and correctly chosen the mattress depends on your personal preferences. Someone would prefer , someone has slept on soft mattresses all his life, so “the most orthopedic” but harder mattress will not bring the desired comfort. It is important to create the ideal atmosphere in the room. The absence of all the lights…

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Rapper T.I.s wife Tameka Tiny Harris responds to rapper declaring babies will be made during quarantine

Tameka Dianne ‘Tiny’ Harris and T.I.  (Photo by Jemal Countess/FilmMagic/Getty) RAPPER T.I. SAYS HE ACCOMPANIES HIS DAUGHTER TO THE GYNECOLOGIST EVERY YEAR TO ENSURE SHE’S A VIRGIN Fox News: How are you and your family doing with quarantine?Tameka Harris: You know, I’m enjoying it. [T.I.] says he’s enjoying it because I think because we’re never just sitting down. We’re not made to sit down. We’re also running around doing this or that. Never, we’re never like sitting down like you know, nothing, if we’re not made to sit down. It’s…

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Court documents reveal proprietor of CHSLD Herron’s lengthy criminal past – CBC.ca

Jos Mourinho and members of his Tottenham squad have been pictured on Hadley Common in north London, having dismissed government rules to train there during the coronavirus lockdown RTAG 5 TTDuring the pandemic, the government has attained it plain RTAG 7 TTSpurs were already under siege after the chairman, Daniel Levy, constructed the controversial decision to reduce the wages of his 550 non-football staffCourt documents expose owner of CHSLD Herron’s lengthy criminal past CBC.ca Read more: www.cbc.ca

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30 Pets With Royal Portraits They Deserve Made By Crown & Paw (New Pics)

The start-up company Crown & Paw extends a helping hand to any pet parents who want to treat their beloved floofs to something unique and unusual. This company we didn’t know we needed in our lives has been operating for a little over a year now and specializes in creating custom pet portraits with a royal twist to them. Incredibly talented digital artists combine 19th-century portraits and rare Renaissance-era oil paintings with your favorite pet photos to achieve this funny and heartwarming result. Bored Panda and here’s a list of…

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