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If Youre Having Issues With Zoom Backgrounds, Heres What To Check

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Shutterstock Why Can’t I Get Zoom Backgrounds? Here’s What You Should Check By Daffany Chan Updated: March 24, 2020 As the coronavirus spreads, more and more people are self-isolating and practicing social distancing around the world. With such big changes to daily life, you’re probably one of the many people now connecting with your workplace or classroom through remote conferencing platforms like Zoom. Zoom has many exciting features to add a personal touch to your video chats, such as virtual backgrounds, but it can be tricky to navigate if you…

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Waffle House closes 420 locations amid coronavirus pandemic

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New York City (CNN Business)Waffle House just became the latest restaurant chain to shutter some of its locations amid the nation’s novel coronavirus outbreak. “With so few customers visiting our restaurants, we are rapidly losing the ability to offer enough work hours for our associates to earn money needed to live their lives and pay their bills,” the company said. “Waffle House is striving to keep as many stores open for as long as we can in order to support as many associates as possible.” Most of the chain’s closures…

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You Can Score A Round-Trip Flight To Norway For As Low As $324 This Winter

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Shutterstock Dollar Flight Club’s March 11 Deals To Norway Could Save You Over $500 By Cianna Garrison March 11, 2020 It’s never too early to start planning your next fall or winter trip. If you’ve been waiting for the chance to experience an idyllic winter setting on your next vacation, Dollar flight Club’s March 11 deals to Norway are here to make it so easy. You can plan a bucket list trip without spending a ton of cash, thanks to prices that can save you up to $526. If Norway…

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Construction firms divided as shutdown calls grow

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Taylor Wimpey, which builds over 10,000 homes a year, said this week that it was closing all of its sites “because we believe it is the right thing to do”. Barratt, meanwhile, said it would close 400 sites and offices to prioritise “the health and safety of customers and employees”. Persimmon said it would stop all but essential work, while the majority of HS2 sites had “paused or are pausing construction works,” a spokesperson for the project said. But Cairn Construction, which built 2,200 homes last year, was among those…

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Are Trump’s coronavirus briefings the new 2020 campaign rallies?

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The pandemic has brought in-person electioneering to a halt but the presidents daily appearances are unnervingly partisan For more than an hour from the lectern he self-aggrandises, rewrites history, casts blame, scores political points, goads the media and sends factcheckers scrambling, ceding the bully pulpit only to let other speakers sing his praises. But for the absence of a sea of Keep America Great Again hats and Rolling Stones soundtrack, Donald Trumps coronavirus press briefings at the White House are, critics say, increasingly resembling to drop live coverage of the…

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Jimmy Kimmel Mocks Melania Trump: The Inventor of Social Distancing

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Some of our thickest-headed politicians have been passing the time by spreading nonsense about the coronavirus, Jimmy Kimmel said in the argued to Tucker Carlson on Monday that, in Kimmels words old people are willing to go to an early grave in order to help boost the stock market. And that doesnt make me noble or brave or anything like that, Patrick said on Fox News. No, it makes you an idiot, Kimmel replied, before adding, I shouldnt say it makes you an idiot. It reveals to us that you…

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A Straightforward Explanation on Exponential Growth and Epidemics

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With Coronavirus at the forefront of global attention, this is a good time for a primer on exponential and logistic growth, which can often seem counterintuitive. An informative video by 3Blue1Brown Read more: https://twistedsifter.com/videos/straightforward-explanation-on-exponential-growth-and-epidemics/

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People Are Sharing The Funniest Photos In Response To This Cat’s Viral Pic

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Brooke Anderson Photography/Moment/Getty Images These Tweets About Roscoe The Cat’s Mirror Pic Are The Most Hilarious Responses By Cianna Garrison Feb. 27, 2020 A picture of a cat looking at his reflection in a mirror has gone viral. Caught making one of the funniest faces on the internet, Roscoe is now an internet-famous tabby cat. These tweets about Roscoe the cat’s mirror pic feature hilarious responses from people sharing pics of their own cats’ similarly perturbed faces — and TBH, they’ll make your day. Roscoe went viral in mid-February, after…

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How Mexicans help satisfy British demand for blood plasma

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A growing source of the UKs blood plasma is from Mexicans crossing the border into the US and donating at high frequencies, which some experts fear could risk their health The first time I went, I wanted to cry, said Luca, a mother of three, describing how her economic situation would compel her to do the journey from her home in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Jurez to line up outside a blood plasma donation center in El Paso, Texas. There are more than 800 such facilities in the…

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Sailors test positive for coronavirus at sea as US military leaders say crisis could last into summer

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Washington (CNN)The Pentagon’s senior leadership broadcast a different message than President Donald Trump on Tuesday, with military leaders warning the coronavirus crisis could last well into the summer as the President seeks to open the economy back up. Milley was clear that “no one actually knows” when the crisis would be over, but that they were looking at “a variety of models.” On the same day that the President said at a Fox News town hall that he wants the country “opened up and just raring to go by Easter,”…

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Harvey Weinstein still faces charges in Los Angeles and the city’s prosecutor is requesting his transfer from New York

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(CNN)While Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison in New York earlier this month, he’s still facing charges in Los Angeles as well. This process is reliant on many actions by other agencies, so it is unclear when Weinstein will physically be in Los Angeles, Risling says in a statement. Risling also said the DA is aware of concerns regarding the coronavirus pandemic. “Our office expects that each agency responsible for processing, transporting and housing defendant Weinstein will follow its protocols and public health guidelines,” he said. The…

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If Youre Thinking About Taking a Family Vacation But Arent 100% Sure, TAKE. THE. TRIP

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ShareTweetPin Amidst a winter marked by blistering snowstorms and subzero temps, the thought of a summer vacation is probably sounding pretty good right now. …But then again, doesn’t it always? The moment you start fantasizing about the endless fun destinations that you and the kiddos could end up this year, reality starts to set in. How much time can you afford to take off work? Exactly how stressful will it be packing up a toddler and two middle schoolers? And then, of course, there’s money? Do we actually have enough…

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What Pregnant Women Need To Know About Coronavirus | Betches

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There’s no way around it: the on the cesspool that is their aunt’s Facebook page wherever they can. Pregnant women may be feeling especially vulnerable right now. So in an effort to dispel some of the misinformation out there, I consulted Dr. Daniel Roshan, MD, an OB/GYN practicing at Are Pregnant Women More At Risk Of Contracting Coronavirus?  The short answer is it doesn’t seem so. According to Dr. Roshan, pregnant women have so far not been found to be more susceptible to the coronavirus than the general population. That…

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