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U.S. EPA calls on eight technology companies to address fraudulent COVID-19 disinfectants

WASHINGTON (April 23, 2020) —  Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is advising eight technology companies that unscrupulous dealers are using their platforms to sell illegal disinfectant products.





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The Sound of Silence

Although enjoyable the trip to Milford Sound was a little underwhelming given its rank in the pantheon of world travel destinations. Lots of waterfalls but small in size and little else to see on the Sound itself. However the next day went the other wa




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Derbyshire 88 Chesterfield Day 34 what to do today The sounds of silence Ground Control to Captain Tom

The early morning dawn light was streaming in through the window . The time seemed irrelevant . It was still not quite light enough to rise . Looking at my watch I hoped the green luminous fingers would give me a clue to the time . It felt like 5am. The fi




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Derbyshire 100 Chesterfield my five a day challenge100 who would have believed it closed footpaths

Reaching Blog 100 on Chesterfield who would have believed it Not me. Sometimes I would write something about my home town. Most of the time though blogs were about somewhere else . Covid 19 has scuppered any chance of a blog from out of town for a whil




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Want to silence a two-year-old? Try teaching it to ride a motorbike | Charlie Brooker

I decided to introduce my son to video games. We soon found one he liked … and I mean really, really liked

So I decided to introduce my two-year-old son to the world of video games. Before you accuse me of hobbling my offspring's mind, I'd like to point out that a) television is 2,000 times worse, so shove that up your Night Garden and b) I also decided to counterbalance the gaming with exposure to high culture. For every 10 minutes of Fruit Ninja during daylight hours, he'd get 10 pages of a critically acclaimed novel at bedtime. We're currently halfway through The Magus by John Fowles, which he's enjoying immensely. He finds some passages so moving that his protracted sobs drown out my reading completely, and when I return to the beginning of the chapter to start again, he leaps up screaming, trying to snatch the book out of my hands with delight.

Like any self-respecting 2014 toddler, he can swipe, pat and jab at games on a smartphone or tablet, but smartphone games aren't real games. They're interactive dumbshows designed to sedate suicidal commuters. And they're not just basic but insulting, often introducing themselves as free-to-play simply so they can extort money from you later in exchange for more levels or less terrible gameplay. Either that or they fund themselves with pop-up adverts that defile the screen like streaks on a toilet bowl.

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Annalena Baerbock und Robert Habeck fürchten gesellschaftlichen "Rollback" durch Corona

Annalena Baerbock und Robert Habeck warnen vor einem gesellschaftlichen Rückschritt infolge der Coronakrise. Was würden sie tun, wenn sie an der Macht wären?




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"M.O.M - Milf oder Missy" bei Joyn: Suhlen im flachen Plattitüdenbassin

Das Streamingportal Joyn versucht sich an einem Datingformat: "M.O.M - Milf oder Missy" lässt zwei Männer aus Frauen verschiedenen Alters wählen – und versumpft in faden Klischees. 




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Corona Challenge: Germany Reaching the Upper Limit of Testing Capacity

Every day, tens of thousands people in Germany seek to get tested for the novel coronavirus. Often, though, they run up against a lack of testing capacity. And it is likely to only get worse. By DER SPIEGEL Staff




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Global Behaviors and Perceptions at the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic -- by Thiemo R. Fetzer, Marc Witte, Lukas Hensel, Jon Jachimowicz, Johannes Haushofer, Andriy Ivchenko, Stefano Caria, Elena Reutskaja, Christopher P. Roth, Stefano Fiorin, Margarita G

We conducted a large-scale survey covering 58 countries and over 100,000 respondents between late March and early April 2020 to study beliefs and attitudes towards citizens’ and governments’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Most respondents reacted strongly to the crisis: they report engaging in social distancing and hygiene behaviors, and believe that strong policy measures, such as shop closures and curfews, are necessary. They also believe that their government and their country’s citizens are not doing enough and underestimate the degree to which others in their country support strong behavioral and policy responses to the pandemic. The perception of a weak government and public response is associated with higher levels of worries and depression. Using both cross-country panel data and an event-study, we additionally show that strong government reactions correct misperceptions, and reduce worries and depression. Our findings highlight that policy-makers not only need to consider how their decisions affect the spread of COVID-19, but also how such choices influence the mental health of their population.




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Does Economics Make You Sexist? -- by Valentina A. Paredes, M. Daniele Paserman, Francisco Pino

Recent research has highlighted unequal treatment for women in academic economics along several different dimensions, including promotion, hiring, credit for co-authorship, and standards for publication in professional journals. Can the source of these differences lie in biases against women that are pervasive in the discipline, even among students in the earliest stages of their training? In this paper, we provide evidence on the importance of explicit and implicit biases against women among students in economics relative to other fields. We conducted a large scale survey among undergraduate students in Chilean universities, among both entering first-year students and students in years 2 and above. On a wide battery of measures, economics students are more biased than students in other fields. Economics students are somewhat more biased already upon entry, before exposure to any economics classes. The gap is more pronounced among students in years 2 and above, in particular for male students. We also find an increase in bias in a sample of students that we follow longitudinally. Differences in political ideology explain essentially all the gap at entry, but none of the increase in the gap with exposure. Exposure to female students and faculty attenuates some of the bias.




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Gordon Monson: Two twin Utes tricked ex-Utah basketball coach Jim Boylen by switching identities. This is their story.




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Jimmy Glenn, boxing cornerman and owner of ‘Jimmy’s Corner’ bar in Times Square, dies at 89 of coronavirus

Glenn, a former boxer and owner of popular Times Square bar Jimmy's Corner, died of coronavirus early Thursday morning at 89.




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Racialized violence never takes a break: On the killing of Ahmaud Arbery

Early May weather finally brought spring relief to my family weary from weeks of dreary weather and sheltering in place. Inexplicably a dance party had broken out; the boys, giddy from the arrival of two rabbits — pandemic pets — were dancing with their grandmother as my wife and I looked on, sipping evening cocktails. Then an absentminded Twitter check confronted me with the shocking video of Ahmaud Arbery, a young black Georgian, being hunted down and killed by two white men.




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Sober homes face challenge of finding welcoming neighborhood

As important as sober homes are to the effort to address a statewide crisis at the local level, many neighborhoods prefer not to be a part of that mission.




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Brooklyn assault suspects get welcome reprieve under new reforms: No bail despite alleged violent offenses in separate cases

Two men accused of violent crimes were freed without bail from Brooklyn Criminal Court on Thursday amid growing concern about the state's new bail reform laws.




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SEE IT: Boy violently struck by car in Brooklyn, then gets up and walks away

The frightening incident happened Wednesday around 8 a.m., on 55th St. between 14th Ave. and New Utrecht Ave. in Borough Park, according to Ezra Friedlander, who shared the video on Twitter.




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Caring New Yorkers increasingly lend a helping hand to neighbors in need as war against coronavirus gets local

While the COVID-19 pandemic keeps New Yorkers separated by face masks and social distancing and self-quarantine, a growing number of city residents are connecting through local mutual aid groups now sprouting across the shuttered boroughs.




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Pair of armed NYC muggers in medical masks use coronavirus pandemic to launch violent crime spree: cops

The heartless bandits with hidden faces are wanted for a violent robbery spree across Brooklyn and the Bronx over the past five weeks that includes beating an 83-year-old man, pistol-whipping a woman and shooting a bread deliveryman who survived a bullet to the pancreas.




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Lawsuit challenges Trump administration toughening of student loan cancellation rules

New rules from federal Education Secretary Betsy DeVos would severely limit students' ability to clear debt by burying them in bureaucratic red tape, according to a new federal lawsuit.




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NYC teacher arrested for collecting $29,000 from fraudulent medical leave

Jeffrey Gooding collected a city salary for five months during a medical leave — while simultaneously working for a Harlem charter school, according to investigators.




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Hurling on hold just another challenge for veteran Cody

Michael Glennon chats to Kilkenny legend Tommy Walsh about the motivation of boss Brian Cody, whose side were due to take on Dublin in the first round of the Leinster SHC round-robin on Sunday.




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Lenihan: Difficult year ahead for IRFU

Former Ireland captain and team manager Donal Lenihan believes the nature of rugby means it will be one of the last contact sports to resume and that spells trouble for the IRFU.




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From ashes to AI: How technology puts a new lens on ancient texts

Recent breakthroughs in scanning, image processing, and machine learning are helping researchers read historic documents once considered lost to time.




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Editorial: More Angelenos are turning out to vote. We can thank L.A.'s new election schedule

City elections typically drew 15% turnout. In the March primary, the seven City Council races on the ballot drew, on average, more than 30% turnout.




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Editorial: A $0 bail for Californians accused of nonviolent crimes? That's exactly the right amount

Critics, including the state sheriff's association, don't seem to know how bail works.




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I'm a boomer afraid of the coronavirus. My millennial roommate thinks it's a joke

I know that many millennials are doing their part to flatten the curve. But it's nerve-wracking not to trust someone you live with.




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Muir defensive back Calen Bullock commits to USC as its recruiting roll continues

Pasadena Muir four-star defensive back Calen Bullock, who also plays wide receiver, became the third player in four days to commit to the Trojans.




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Op-Ed: Good Friday challenges us to confront our epidemic of misery and misplaced priorities

May we find the grace to discern hope and meaning in this season of faith and crisis.




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Op-Ed: Angelenos love their suburban sprawl. The coronavirus proves them right

Housing patterns and transit modes could turn out to be decisive factors in why some cities were better able to fend off spread of the coronavirus.




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A Sensational Film About Street Violence In London Is Now Streaming

A new film about street violence in London became a sensation after its release in British theaters a few months ago. Now, Blue Story is available on streaming services for American viewers.




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Staff news: W.J. Hennigan to cover Pentagon; Josh Rottenberg joins Calendar

The Times this week announced two staffing moves: W.J.




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Brenda Rodriguez, Marc Bernardin, Sarah Rodman named editors in L.A. Times Calendar section

Three editors are joining The Times, and some veterans are taking on new roles in a revamped Calendar department.




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Jen Yamato joining L.A. Times Calendar staff as a film reporter

Jen Yamato is joining the Calendar staff as a film reporter beginning Jan. 2. 




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'Despicable human being’: NYC nurse arrested for gassing up car with credit card stolen from dying coronavirus patient — cops

Danielle Conti, 43, used the pandemic as her personal piggy bank after allegedly stealing the charge card from 70-year-old widower Anthony Catapano while making her daily rounds at hard-hit Staten Island University Hospital North sometime in early April, authorities charge.




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Jimmy Glenn, boxing cornerman and owner of ‘Jimmy’s Corner’ bar in Times Square, dies at 89 of coronavirus

Glenn, a former boxer and owner of popular Times Square bar Jimmy's Corner, died of coronavirus early Thursday morning at 89.




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Jimmy Glenn, boxing cornerman and owner of ‘Jimmy’s Corner’ bar in Times Square, dies at 89 of coronavirus

Glenn, a former boxer and owner of popular Times Square bar Jimmy's Corner, died of coronavirus early Thursday morning at 89.




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UCLA's Chip Kelly cites continuity, excellence in teaching as reasons for keeping Jerry Azzinaro

Jerry Azzinaro was the only UCLA assistant coach with an expiring contract who received just a one-year deal, his counterparts all receiving two-year extensions.




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UCLA's Jalen Hill and Cody Riley find redemption after regrettable China incident

UCLA's Jalen Hill and Cody Riley were involved in a shoplifting incident in China in 2017 that created international headlines. Three years later, they've found redemption.




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UCLA faces new challenges even as the shocking end to its season remains fresh

UCLA players had more on their minds than basketball after the cancellation of the Pac-12 Conference and NCAA tournaments.




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The coronavirus pandemic has robbed talented junior-filled UCLA baseball's season

The early end to UCLA baseball's season brought a disappointing end to the careers of some of the team's most talented juniors.




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From the archives: UCLA overcomes many challenges to win 1995 NCAA title

Here's how former Times columnist Mike Downey reacted to the Bruins' victory over Arkansas in the national championship game on April 3, 1995.




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Mick Cronin must conquer new obstacle in bid to lure top talent to UCLA

UCLA lost its top recruit in Daishen Nix when the five-star point guard from Las Vegas decided to join the G League academy team.




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UCLA forward Jalen Hill declares for NBA draft as early entry candidate

Jalen Hill's declaration was a move intended mostly to get feedback from NBA personnel on his draft standing and possible areas for improvement, according to a person close to the situation but not authorized to discuss it publicly.




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Cinematographer Allen Daviau among celebrities who have died from COVID-19

"E.T." and "Empire of the Sun" cinematographer Allen Daviau, jazz saxophonist Lee Konitz and music producer Hal Willner have all died from COVID-19.




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Allen Garfield, 'Nashville' and 'Conversation' star, dies of COVID-19 complications

Allen Garfield was a well-known character actor of the 1970s who starred in films including 'Nashville,' 'Conversation, 'Bananas' and 'The Candidate.'




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As coronavirus rages, a Vietnamese diva falls silent. But her legend lives on

Thai Thanh, who reigned over Vietnamese American popular music for nearly six decades, died in March. Her legions of fans have mourned from home.




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Garden Calendar: Learn how to ID all the trees in your 'hood

Garden-related events include workshops in soil building and




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Garden Calendar: How to take a free hügelkultur workshop

There's so much to do in the Southern California garden right now, such as creating water-saving berms -- called hügel berms -- in your backyard.




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Out of unique ideas for Valentine's Day gifts? We're loving these geography pillows

These sweet pillows designed by Catstudio husband-and-wife artists Terrell and Carmel Swan could be a cozy reminder of someplace special in your relationship — meeting at USC, for example, or that romantic trip to Yosemite or a honeymoon in Santa Barbara.