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Month: April 2020

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How To Tell If You Have Coronavirus, The Flu, Or A Cold

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Now officially declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, SARS-CoV-2 has spread across much of the planet, even impacting a research project being undertaken in the Arctic. This highly contagious disease poses a particular difficulty in that it remains symptomless for on average the first five days of infection, meaning affected individuals continue to go about their daily lives without knowing they’re carrying the virus. As a respiratory illness, COVID-19, the name of the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, mimics many of the symptoms of influenza, known as the flu, and…

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Aaron Carter’s Girlfriend Was Arrested For Domestic Violence | Betches

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It’s been a while since we last checked in on Aaron Carter, but it looks like things in his life have not gotten any easier since last year. As a refresher, in September, Aaron’s siblings arrested for felony domestic violence, and now Aaron is popping off on Twitter about what allegedly went down. Back in January, Aaron Carter went public with his new girlfriend Melanie Martin, and no one seems to know much about her. Basically 167k Instagram followers, so this seems like an accurate assessment), and the one notable…

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Amazon fires New York worker who led strike over coronavirus concerns

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Chris Smalls led workers who demanded protective gear and hazard pay while Bill de Blasio orders investigation into dismissal An told Vice News on Tuesday. To fire someone after five years for sticking up for people and trying to give them a voice. Strikers at the JFK8 warehouse in Staten Island demanded Amazon temporarily shut down the large facility for cleaning, after reports of multiple employees testing positive for killed more than 3,000, more than died in the 9/11 terror attacks. The workers also demanded more protective gear and hazard…

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Pregnant Katy Perry Is ‘Feeling Good’ As She & Orlando Bloom Prep For Coronavirus Quarantine – Perez Hilton

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Expecting mom Katy Perry is prepping for her new normal amid the coronavirus global pandemic. As you likely know, the Never Worn White singer is pregnant with her first child with fiancé Orlando Bloom and the couple, for the most part, has been diligent about self-quarantining to protect themselves and their baby from exposure to COVID-19. The American Idol judge put her work commitments in Australia on hold, the Carnival Row actor returned home from Prague as soon as production on his fantasy show was halted, and the pair collectively…

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30 Of The Best Photos From Our #Wild2020 Contest To Brighten Your Day

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The #Wild2020 contest was launched on February 21st on Agora, the mobile app where photographers, whether amateur or professional, can participate to international photo contests and express their own point of view through their best pictures for a chance to win recognition and cash prizes (from $1,000 to $25,000), and where the global audience can vote for the best creations of Humanity. @cymot’s photo ‘Need to drink’ gathered the most votes on the Agora app, crowning him with the #Wild2020 ‘Hero’ title and rewarding him with a $1,000 cash prize.…

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5 Terrible Self-Care Ideas Youll Have While Stuck At Home & What To Do Instead | Betches

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havewearing the same sweatpants for four days and still haven’t vacuumed your living room is strong. At this point I think we’re all just wishing we had plans to cancel. We wouldn’t cancel, because we’re desperate for face-to-face human interaction, but wouldn’t it be nice to have the like in the good old days?  there are a lot of options for taking care of ourselves mentally and DON’T: Box-Dye Your Own Hair (Or Cut It, For That Matter) Try A Hair Mask Instead of taking kitchen scissors to your forehead, try…

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Girlfriend Wears Necklace With Hidden Engagement Ring Every Day for a Year

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ShareTweetPin It’s a pretty regular thing to scroll through Facebook and see one of two things: baby announcements and extravagant proposals. Proposing is no small task, especially when it comes to performing the most unexpected surprise of your girl’s life. An Australian woman learned that she had been wearing her engagement ring for over a year, and didn’t even know it. For their one year dating anniversary, Terry gave his girlfriend Anna a necklace. Unbeknownst to her, she was also given her engagement ring at the same time—it was housed…

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Ship Noise Stresses Crabs Out So Much They Lose The Ability To Change Color And Camouflage

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Human activity can have some disastrous and unexpected impacts on wildlife, as highlighted by a new study in the journal Current Biology, which reveals how shore crabs lose the ability to change color when they become stressed out by ship noise. Given that this chameleon-like capacity to alter their pigmentation acts as one of their main defences against predators, the consequences of increased shipping could be disastrous for these vulnerable crustaceans. According to the study authors, the noise pollution created by shipping activity has raised ambient ocean sound levels by…

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Ford to produce roughly 50,000 ventilators in fight against coronavirus

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A Ford logo on the grill of a 2018 Ford Explorer on display at the Pittsburgh Auto Show in Feb. 2018. Ford Motor Company has announced plans to make 50,000 ventilators at one of its Michigan plants over the next 100 days in an effort to arm those on the front lines with equipment to fight COVID-19. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File) States with strained healthcare workers have requested the Trump administration and manufacturers speed up the production of ventilators to assist a surge in patients, according to Reuters. Hospitals in…

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Kim Kardashian Says She Loves Tristan Thompson ‘Like A Brother’ After They ‘Totally Bonded’ With Each Other… – Perez Hilton

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Kim Kardashian West clearly feels some type of way about Tristan Thompson… and it’s honestly kind of surprising! Just a little over a year since the NBA star’s infamous Jordyn Woods scandal and it appears to all be water under the bridge for the head Kardashian. And while affected sis Khloé Kardashian is still navigating the post-breakup world of co-parenting and living through the fallout from the scandal, her older sis and baby daddy appear to be… bonding? Yes, really! The momma of four may have feuded with the basketball star in the past…

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