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You want a unique, upscale hotel experience next time you travel. Searching online, you find the words “luxury,” “boutique,” or any number of “stars” thrown around. But these labels can deceive. Instead, look for 7 features that signify a truly fine hotel or resort. Travel writer Karen Tina Harrison, who runs luxurytravel.about.com, says the word “luxury” […]
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In the wake of Klay Thompson‘s season-ending injury, the Warriors used their big trade exception to acquire Kelly Oubre Jr. Oubre is a forward, though his addition could allow wing Andrew Wiggins to play more shooting guard. Still, Golden State needed someone who’s more of a guard. Like Kent Bazemore. Shams Charania of The Athletic: […]
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The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated widespread social isolation, affecting all ages of global society. A new rapid review in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP), reports on the available evidence about children and young people specifically, stating that loneliness is associated with mental health problems, including depression and anxiety-potentially […]
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The European Commission plans to step into the patent dispute between tech companies and carmakers and may set up a system to check whether some patents are essential to a technology standard as claimed, according to a Commission document. The move by the EU executive comes as Finnish telecom equipment maker Nokia and German automaker […]
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Star Wars and FIFA 21 are getting heavily discounted too. With supermarkets battling it out for Black Friday Nintendo Switch sales, Tesco appears to have thrown its hat in the ring, with rumours abounding that it will be lowering the price of the Nintendo Switch Neon and Grey models to £229. It’s a serious discount […]
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Researchers believe it was an American merchant ship, ferrying supplies up the East Coast. High winds and heavy rains of Tropical Storm Eta unearthed a 19th-century shipwreck, long-buried beneath the sands of the northeast Florida coast, officials said. Local resident Mark O’Donoghue, strolling recently along Crescent Beach — about 50 miles southeast of Jacksonville — […]
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While there are a few big names still on the board, we have reached the “signing/shifting guys around on the end of the bench” portion of free agency. The Pistons and 76ers did a little shifting on Saturday: Philadelphia is sending guard Zhaire Smith to Detroit in exchange for center Tony Bradley, a story broken […]
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How do people experience time alone and time with others? Findings from a new Bar-Ilan University study reveal the intricacies of people’s experiences in these basic social conditions. The study used a unique approach of analyzing self-generated text from more than 1,700 participants who performed a sentence-completion task regarding their experience alone and their social […]
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The United States on Thursday slapped sanctions on two new companies it accused of being involved in exporting forced labor from North Korea and warned countries to send home any remaining North Korean workers. The U.S. Treasury Department in a statement said it blacklisted Russian construction company Mokran LLC and Korea Cholsan General Trading Corp, […]
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In a world of compromised visions, The Falconeer is dazzlingly original. An aerial combat game unlike any other. I love that we’re living in a time where The Falconeer can be an Xbox Series X/S launch title. Here is a game made by one person – one! – standing alongside blockbusters like Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, […]
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