Новости за 24.08.2020

Working remote should be no different to sitting in an office

Sponsored  For millions of organisations across the world, the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic of 2020 has turned remote and home working from an occasional event into the only way work is now possible. The abrupt shock of this transformation, which in many cases unfolded within days, is still palpable.…

MTV is bringing back its “16 and” format for four-part docuseries “16 and Recovering,”  a study of teenage addiction in a similar vein to “16 and Pregnant.”

ON OCTOBER 17, 1910, a young man took his life with two pistol shots, having recently completed an ambitious thesis in philosophy, Persuasion and Rhetoric, which would become one of the least read masterpieces of 20th-century thought. The young man’s name was Carlo Michelstaedter. At the time of his death, he was 23. In English-speaking […]

You all can blame me for the weekend bullpen chaos. I said last week was a relatively calm one on the saves front and as soon as I typed the words the baseball gods launched a comet of calamity at MLB. I shall do may best not to draw their ire again anytime soon.

• The Phillies traded for Brandon Workman to come in and close over the struggling Hector Neris. We'll see how this goes. Workman has better results than peripherals. He may be a time bomb. He's 1/2 for saves on Philly already.... Читать дальше...

The Libyan National Army (LNA), the self-styled forces of Eastern Libyan strongman General Khalifa Haftar, rejected on Sunday the ceasefire announced on Friday by the UN-backed government of Libya and the east-based rival administration, dismissing the proposal for truce as a "marketing" stunt. If the ceasefire deal fails, renewed battles between rivaling factions could push back the reopening of Libya's oil terminals and resumption of oil exports, which have been under blockade since January. The... Читать дальше...

The Ledge House clients asked us to design a new home that would resonate with the history of the Connecticut Valley, include a material palette that is environmentally friendly, and works with the challenging site on a large rock ledge. We removed an existing cabin that had been expanded in unsuccessful ways over time by a previous owner; we were able to reuse the cabin’s foundation (which saved money and reduced construction waste) & add to it to simplify the footprint of the building while amplifying the program. Читать дальше...

Metal forming companies reported a slight improvement in business conditions but continue to anticipate challenges during the next three months, according to the August 2020 Precision Metalforming Association (PMA) Business Conditions Report. Prepared monthly, the report provides an economic...

Especially in today’s world, a good night’s rest is crucial not only to your productivity but your general wellbeing, too. Believe it or not, the right mattress can improve both mental and physical health, lending itself to better REM sleep cycles as well as reduced back pain. And when you’re sitting at a desk all…

As the end of the summer—and peach season—approaches, it only makes sense to pop a few in your shopping cart for healthy snacks or the kids’ school (?) lunches. Unfortunately, that’s not a great idea right now, because just like onions earlier this month, some peaches are now being recalled because they’ve been named…

It’s one of the most depressing times of year again, that season when we gather around the social media to watch as someone streams their drive through the unimaginable wildfires currently devastating what’s possibly the most beautiful (not to mention, most expensive) places in the country.

Review all the day's transfer news from around Europe and beyond

The application phase for the race's 2021 edition will close in one week's time, Monday, August 31! Are you down?

Editor's note: This article originally appeared on DAZN.com. *** Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn confirmed that an Alexander Povetkin-Dillian Whyte rematch date would be announced soon. Povetkin’s surprise victory earned him the WBC heavyweight "interim" (...)

Look, The Root uses the same cutoff marker that amusement park rides use to determine who can get on this ride. We don’t fuck with kids unless they are Matt Gaetz’s adopted, but not really adopted, man-boy or Trump’s kids not named Barron. So we won’t be talking about Kellyanne and George Conway’s teenage daughter…

Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images

It didn’t start wonderfully, but Sounders came through with a flourish.

AbdulRahman bin Mohamed Al Owais, the UAE's Minister of Health and Prevention, had a phone conversation with Israeli Minister of Health Yuli Edelstein.

Her passion to connect with the public and the city of Dubai has helped her quickly climb the career ladder.

Artem Chigvintsev is mambo-ing back into the ballroom. After being absent from the Dancing With the Stars stage last season, the pro dancer and new dad will be returning for season 29 of...

In the dying hours of my work week I desperately tried to blast my way through Yoku’s Island Express. It is the quintessential Game Pass game; released in 2018 to a sanguine reception, as enthusiasts everywhere marveled at Villa Gorilla’s ability to merge pinball dexterity with Metroid-style puzzle solving, and it’s…

A MUM has issued a warning after her three-year-old daughter ended up in A&E with severe burns caused by a gel washing machine tablet. Emma Shone, from Manchester, said her toddler Willow had managed to get hold of an Almat bio liquid sachet and it burst in her hands.  She wrote on Facebook: “I wanted […]

It appears that Phoebe Robinson (2 Dope Queens) is ready to sling some advice with her new podcast, the title of which implies the cocoa-colored equivalent to Kelsey Grammer’s sitcom psychiatrist. (The late comic Patrice O’Neal did a similar stint when he assumed the role of an African-American Dr. Phil on The Black…

By the time Katy Perry released Teenage Dream in August 2010, the album had already given us the summer of “California Gurls” and the title track was well on its way to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Expectations were exceedingly high—and critics were quick to say they were not met. The A.V. Club’s own review…

NORTH NEWTON, Kan. - The schedules for the Thresher volleyball, women's soccer, and men's soccer programs have been updated and released. This follows the announcement from the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) on Friday afternoon, which modified its conference schedules after a vote from its Board of Presidents (BOP).

Influenza ward in 1918. | Photo by © CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images

The Puget Sound Shipyard Baseball League wraps up its season and finds itself in need of a championship series. As the Duthies and Pat-Macs prepare to decide which of them would wear the championship crown, the deadly 1918 influenza pandemic arrives in Seattle