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35 Tiny (And Useful) Products You May Want Keep In Your Bag
All you need to know about this post is that it includes a potato AirPods case, tbh.
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Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/anamariaglavan/tiny-and-useful-products-you-may-want-keep-in-y
‘Elite’ Season 4 Cast — Who’s New and Who Is Back!
Last time we saw the students at Las Encinas on Elite, they were pretty much all suspects in the murder of fellow classmate Polo Benavent (Álvaro Rico).
Following the death of Marina (María Pedraza) in Season 1, it was revealed in Season 2 that Polo, and not Samuel’s brother Nano (Jamie Lorente), was the real killer — and pretty much a target for anyone looking for revenge.
So, it was not a big surprise when Polo is killed during a party at a nightclub and his “friends” are the primary suspects in the third season.
By the end of Season 3, Polo’s murderer is revealed to be Lu (Danna Paola). However, the students worked together to cover up the deadly accident so Lu avoids any real consequences for the deadly accident.
The ‘Elite’ Season 4 cast has some old (and new) faces.
During the Season 3 finale, fans watched as Samuel (Itzan Escamilla), Guzmán (Miguel Bernardeau), and Rebeca (Claudia Salas) were forced to repeat their senior year after being expelled on graduation day, along with Omar (Omar Ayuso), and Ander (Arón Piper), who is officially cancer-free.
Also returning to Las Encinas, although not as a student, is Polo’s ex-girlfriend Cayetana (Georgina Amorós), who now works as a janitor at the school.
This means that about half of the main actors will be back, and they will be joined by some new faces who will also be donning the preppy uniform.
Spanish actors Carla Díaz, Manu Rios, Pol Granch, and Martina Cariddi will be joining the cast along with Diego Martín, who viewers might recognize from the popular Spanish series Velvet.
Martina Cariddi, Pol Granch, Carla Díaz, and Manu Rios
Unfortunately, newcomer Pol Granch, 22, already got into a bit of controversy and had to apologize for some pro-Franco and homophobic messages that resurfaced on his Twitter account.
“Those unfortunate claims were made 7 years ago from the account of an immature and inexperienced boy with which, at present, I do not identify at all, nor do I share a single one of those messages and the very serious background that they have, of which I was not aware at any time,” he said according to The Bulletin Time.
“Age is not an excuse to justify hurting the feelings of another human being and for this reason today I want to apologize and show my regret to anyone I have hurt with the comments of an unconscious kid. Today I have grown and matured and my only objective is to continue learning, working to be able to share my music and face new professional challenges with the greatest humility and desire to do things the best I know how.”
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This Guy's TikTok About Finding A Broken Window On A Flight Is Giving A Ton Of People Anxiety
The TikToker is fine, and most people on his flight had no idea. But he’s apparently realized peoples’ “worst nightmare” about flying.
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Source: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tanyachen/viral-tiktok-broken-window-on-a-plane
Prince Harry And Meghan Markle Have Been Pitching A Secret TV Project Around Hollywood
It’s been nearly nine months since “Megxit,” when Prince Harry and Meghan Markle formally stepped back in their role as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, seeking to make their own way in the world, independent from their ties to the English crown. Heck, they won’t even be portrayed on The Crown. Well, wouldn’t you know the two, who relocated to Los Angeles, have already found their footing: As per Variety, the two semi-royals have been “quietly” shopping some secret television project about Hollywood.
What is it? Is it a reality program about their fish-out-of-water antics on the American West Coast? Is it a fiction about former royals who reinvent themselves as crime fighters? Who knows? In fact, the not-quite-former Duke and Duchess’ project is so hush-hush that the two took meetings with numerous networks back in June, hoping to be joint producers on whatever this mystery project turns out to be.
One company they approached was NBCUniversal, which is where Markle spent 108 episodes making the drama Suits before ditching acting to become a member of the Royal Family. Despite this, a source claims that this will not mark Markle’s return to acting.
It’s clear Harry and Meghan are modeling their post-Royalty career after another power couple: They signed up with the Harry Walker Agency, the speaking agency that also reps the Obamas. And like the former President and First Lady, the pair have focused their public life on social issues, including environmental and mental health concerns. So kudos to Harry and Meghan, who are committed to doing plenty to help our ailing world.
(Via Variety)
Source: https://uproxx.com/tv/prince-harry-meghan-markle-hollywood-project/
Will COVID Sideline the College Football Season?
By Dennis Thompson
HealthDay Reporter
TUESDAY, Aug. 18, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The odds are not good for college football conferences that have decided to press forward with their fall season despite the coronavirus pandemic, experts say.
The Big 10 and PAC 12 have decided not to play sports in the fall, but the SEC, the Big 12 and the ACC say they will proceed with college football while still keeping players safe from the coronavirus.
“I do predict, because we’ve already been seeing it in those sports that have been very diligent, that there will be transmission and they will have to stop their games,” said Dr. Colleen Kraft, an NCAA medical adviser and a professor of infectious diseases with Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta. She was one of several experts who recently briefed the media on navigating college sports during the pandemic.
Ultimately, the nationwide debate over college football is occurring because the United States has failed to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic in an effective manner, said Dr. Brian Hainline, senior vice president and chief medical officer of the NCAA.
“When we started talking about return to sport in April, we were envisioning there would be a continued downward trajectory of COVID-19 new infections and deaths, that there would be a national surveillance system, national testing and national contact tracing that would allow us to really navigate this pandemic,” Hainline said. “That hasn’t happened, and it’s made it very challenging to make decisions as we approach fall sport.”
About 1% to 2% of NCAA athletes are already testing positive for COVID-19, Hainline noted.
Despite this, and despite increasing COVID-19 infections and deaths, some conferences have decided to “sort of dip your toe in and see what happens,” Kraft said.
Colleges are taking steps to protect players, including having them practice in small units and experimenting with innovations such as internal face masks that are part of the football helmet, Hainline said.
The problem is that no matter how stringent your university’s COVID-19 policies, your players will be sharing the field with another team at game time, Hainline said.
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“The greatest risk when it comes to football is when you have one team competing against another team and you have to be certain both teams have been following very strict standards, so you’re not taking one team that’s been a relatively secure bubble and all of a sudden expose it to another that’s not,” Hainline said.
Campuses a hotbed for COVID spread
Also, no matter how hard school officials work to make sports an infection-free environment, players will still be spending a lot of time off the field in situations where they face infection they can then spread to their teammates, said Dr. Carlos del Rio, an NCAA health adviser and executive associate dean of Emory University School of Medicine.
“We can do all the planning we want to have safe sports, but what happens outside of sports is really where the problem is,” del Rio said. “It’s the fraternity party. It’s the other things that can happen.”
This month already has produced a number of examples of college students thumbing their noses at COVID-19.
University of Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne tweeted a photo Sunday showing dozens of tightly packed people, most without masks, waiting to get into a popular bar.
“Who wants college sports this fall?? Obviously not these people!!” said Byrne, whose team is in the SEC.
ACC member University of Louisville kicked three soccer players off its team and suspended three others after they hosted a COVID-19 party, according to news reports. The men’s and women’s soccer teams, field hockey team and volleyball team had to cancel their workouts after 29 COVID cases were reported.
Meanwhile, an entire sorority house at Oklahoma State University is under quarantine and isolation after 23 members of Pi Beta Phi tested positive for COVID.
“I would encourage schools that there be significant education for those athletes about how to minimize their risk of getting infected,” del Rio said. “Their risk of getting infected is going to be in the community, because there’s so much transmission in the community.”
Athletes infected with COVID-19 face serious and potentially career-threatening illness, Kraft and del Rio said.
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For example, they are at increased risk of myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart caused by a viral infection that can cause dangerous irregular heart rhythms.
“You can absolutely not train when you have a viral syndrome because there’s a risk of myocarditis. This has been around for a long time,” del Rio said.
Some warning-sign guidelines
The NCAA has set a five-item mandate under which schools must pull the plug on their athletic programs, Hainline said.
These include:
- A lack of ability to isolate positive cases or quarantine high-risk cases of COVID-19 on campus.
- Insufficient ability to test for COVID.
- Campuswide or local community COVID rates that are deemed unsafe by local public health officials.
- Inability to contact trace and prevent outbreaks.
- A lack of capacity in local hospitals to deal with a surge in COVID cases.
“If the local [hospital] infrastructure of a particular school is really imploding and can’t accept any new cases, you can’t go forward with fall sports,” Hainline said.
Del Rio noted that in Georgia, 98% of the hospital beds and 97% of the ICUs are now filled.
“My advice is that we hold off and control this virus,” del Rio said. “That would be my priority number one as a nation.”
Colleges that press ahead with fall football have one other hard decision — what to do with the fans.
Schools like Texas A&M University and Florida State University have announced that football attendance likely will be limited to a quarter to a half of their stadium’s capacity, Bloomberg News reported.
Source: https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200818/will-the-college-football-season-be-sidelined-by-covid?src=RSS_PUBLIC
1 in 4 Connecticut Nursing Home Patients Had COVID
TUESDAY, Aug. 18, 2020 (HealthDay News) — When COVID-19 was raging in the Northeastern United States, more than 25% of Connecticut nursing-home residents were suffering from the coronavirus, a new survey reports.
Nursing homes are very susceptible to the pandemic because the patients are elderly, living in close quarters and often have other medical conditions that make them more vulnerable to COVID-19, Yale School of Public Health researchers said.
Their survey found that 28% of 2,117 people tested in 33 nursing homes were infected with the virus. Testing was completed by mid-June.
“Nursing homes have been the epicenter of the disease in Connecticut, and much of the U.S. and Europe,” said lead author Dr. Sunil Parikh, an associate professor of epidemiology and medicine at Yale.
“Without widespread testing of all residents, it would have been impossible to effectively institute proper infection control measures, such as isolating infected, uninfected and exposed residents from one another,” Parikh said in a university news release.
People in nursing homes make up more than 60% of the COVID-19 deaths in the state, the researchers said.
Among 601 infected people, about 90% had no symptoms of the disease. Only a small number of them went on to develop symptoms, Parikh’s team found.
“This study also shows how quickly the virus can take hold in congregate settings, as the majority of nursing homes had over half of their residents test positive within a month of identifying their first case, despite standard infection prevention measures at the time,” Parikh said. “Clearly, PPE and testing shortages, coupled with a symptom-based testing strategy, made it difficult to get a handle on these outbreaks early on.”
The researchers also found:
- Infections rates of at least 50% in 19 nursing homes.
- Of 530 asymptomatic nursing home patients, 12% developed symptoms within 14 days.
- Only three of the tested nursing homes had no positive cases.
“What we need to figure out now is the optimal frequency for repeat surveys of both residents and staff moving forward. Cases in nursing homes have now dramatically dropped, and we also need to rigorously assess the impact of point prevalence surveys on curtailing the outbreaks in these congregate settings,” Parikh said.
The findings were published in a research letter online recently in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Source: https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200818/1-in-4-connecticut-nursing-home-residents-had-covid-survey?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Even With Misses, Rapid Tests Could Help Stop COVID
In order to control the spread of COVID-19, infected people have to be found and isolated right as their viral loads are at or approaching this peak, and ideally, before they have the chance to infect anyone else.
Source: https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200818/even-with-misses-rapid-tests-could-help-stop-covid?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Study Finds Rise in Domestic Violence During COVID
The findings dovetail with concerns about pandemic-related domestic abuse expressed in April by the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres.
“We know lockdowns and quarantines are essential to suppressing COVID-19, but they can trap women with abusive partners,” Guterres said at the time. “Over the past weeks, as the economic and social pressures and fear have grown, we have seen a horrifying surge in domestic violence.
“For many women and girls,” he added, “the threat looms largest where they should be safest, in their own homes.”
Barbara Paradiso, director of the Center on Domestic Violence at the University of Colorado, Denver, echoed that thought.
“When a victim is required to stay in a home without access to the usual outlets that help to reduce tension [such as] time apart when at work, opportunities to visit friends or family, a private place to reach out for help — the opportunity for violence naturally rises,” noted Paradiso, who wasn’t part of the study.
Stress stemming from the pandemic itself probably contributes as well, she added.
“The person choosing to use violence — the perpetrator — employs violence as a tool to establish and maintain power and control over their partner,” Paradiso explained. “That need for power is, in part, a reflection of the lack of power they feel over their environment. COVID has brought with it just about every uncertainty any of us can imagine: Will we lose our jobs? Be furloughed? When will be allowed to go back to work or school? Can I make my rent payment? And on and on.”
The uncertainty is likely to hit abusers hard, Paradiso said.
“That lack of control each of us are feeling is likely to be amplified for the abuser, and so they amplify their violence,” she said.
Many shelters and safe homes have had to move people into hotels to comply with COVID-19 guidelines, so space for domestic abuse victims can be limited. But help is available, Balcom said.
“Hotlines and domestic violence programs are operating,” she said. Those who need help should contact their local program for support or reach out to the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233. Its website — thehotline.org — also has information about local resources.
“Even if leaving home and going to a shelter is not what a survivor wants to do, the staff at safe home programs are great to talk with,” Paradiso said. “They can provide support, help you to develop a plan to better keep yourself and your children safe, and connect you to lots of valuable resources in the community.”
Source: https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200818/radiology-study-suggests-horrifying-rise-in-domestic-violence-during-pandemic?src=RSS_PUBLIC
Did Jill Biden Have an Affair? Details on Her Ex-Husband’s Claims
On the first day of the 2020 Democratic National Convention, Jill Biden’s first husband, Bill Stevenson, alleged that the former second lady of the United States had an affair with her current husband, Joe Biden, despite claims that she didn’t meet the presidential candidate until after her divorce in 1975.
“I don’t want to hurt anyone,” Bill, who famously founded a live music club in Delaware called The Stone Balloon, stated. “But facts are facts and what happened, happened.” However, Jill says her ex’s version of events is way off.
Did Jill Biden have an affair?
At the moment, it’s a classic case of he-said, she-said. In an interview with the Daily Mail, Bill asserted that Jill and Joe have been lying about how they met for years, insisting they initially crossed paths in 1972 during the latter’s campaign for senator.
Bill Stevenson in 1981.
The introduction reportedly took place before the tragic death of Joe’s first wife, Neilia, in a car accident. Bill claimed that at the time, he gave $11,000 in support of the future Vice President’s political aspirations.
The businessman initially suspected his wife of having an affair in 1974 when she passed up an opportunity to meet Bruce Springsteen in order to look after Joe’s two sons, Beau and Hunter.
“I asked Jill to go with me and she said no — she had things to do,” Bill recalled. “Then one of her best friends told me she thought Joe and Jill were getting a little too close.”
The story contradicts Jill’s 2019 autobiography, “Where the Light Enters: Building a Family, Discovering Myself,” in which she writes that Joe asked her out in 1975 after seeing her picture in an advertisement.
“I genuinely don’t want to harm Jill’s chances of becoming First Lady,” Bill insisted in his chat with the Daily Mail. “She would make an excellent First Lady — but this is my story.”
In a statement to U.K. newspaper The Sun, a spokesperson for Jill reiterated that her relationship with Joe started after her divorce from Bill. “Dr. Biden writes very openly and honestly in her book about the breakdown of her first marriage,” the statement reads.
“It was a very painful time in her life. It’s a shame that after 45 years, all of a sudden, this is being revisited. The Bidens met in March of 1975 and married in June of 1977. Those are the facts.”
These Are The Biggest X-Factors For The Rockets-Thunder Opening-Round Series
You couldn’t have scripted this any better. When the Western Conference playoffs tip off on Tuesday, it’ll feature a grudge match between the Rockets and Thunder that might prove to be one of the more compelling series of the opening round. James Harden and Chris Paul will square off as former teammates who never quite reached the promised land together, and Russell Westbrook — who was traded for Paul — will face the team where he spent more than a decade of his career.
Even if the bitterness or bad blood is overstated, some form of self-fulfilling prophecy will play itself out once they take the court, given what’s at stake for both teams. In each case, there are a number of variables at play, but we’ve identified the single biggest x-factors for both, which could be the difference between a long postseason run in Orlando or an early exit from the Bubble.
Houston Rockets: Russell Westbrook’s Health
For the Rockets, it’s a test of whether their two main stars can anchor a true contender, not to mention Mike D’Antoni’s basketball disruptor philosophy, a frequent and familiar point of contention among fans and pundits alike.
The criticism surrounding Westbrook, in particular, has only increased in volume in recent years. OKC got bounced out of the first round in each of the past two seasons, despite a superstar tandem the featured Paul George before he was traded to the Clippers last summer. But the biggest question now is just how much Westbrook we’re actually going to see this series.
On Thursday, Houston announced that he could miss at least the first few games of the opening round with a strained quadriceps tendon that forced him to sit out the final seeding game against the Sixers on Friday. There is no clear time table for his return, but a prolonged absence could be hazardous against a scrappy OKC team with something to prove.
And then there’s no telling how productive or efficient he’ll be when he returns. So much of his game is predicated on his athleticism and his ability to run roughshod over opposing defenses and create opportunities for himself and others. If he isn’t able to attack with the same reckless abandon that is his signature style, there is, unfortunately, no good alternative. He hasn’t had a reliable outside shot to fall back on for years.
Even without the injury, Westbrook’s story line was already going to figure heavily into the narrative. The Rockets are a top five offense, led by one of the greatest scorers of all time in James Harden, and their switch-everything, small-ball onslaught that often features the likes of P.J. Tucker penciled in at the center position puts opposing defenses in a bind.
But Westbrook is major catalyst in that scheme, and his absence will put its efficacy to the test. Westbrook is averaging 27.2 points, 7.9 rebounds, and seven assists per game this season, and combined with Harden’s production has once again made Houston one of the league’s more fearsome scoring machines.
And yet, that also belies the fact that lineups featuring Harden without Westbrook have often played just as well, if not better, this season. The problem is that Houston has come to rely on those staggered Westbrook minutes to ease Harden’s offensive burden. Without him, Harden will be forced to generate a tremendous amount of offense on his own.
That’s not something that’s proved sustainable in the past when it comes to deep playoff runs for the Rockets. Houston can probably stay afloat for a little while without him, but they’ll need a healthy Westbrook back in the lineup if they want any chance of challenging for the Western Conference crown.
Oklahoma City Thunder: Chris Paul’s Quest For Sweet, Sweet Revenge
The Rockets clearly thought they were putting Chris Paul out to pasture when they sent him to OKC for Russell Westbrook. In their minds, they were trading in an aging star with an injury history who hadn’t been able to get them over the hump, for a younger, turbocharged backcourt mate to pair alongside Harden and juice an offense that was already among the most high-octane attacks in the league. And to make this work, they traded a whole lot of future draft picks, signaling they thought Paul’s stock wasn’t particularly high.
But throughout the season before the shutdown, and now on into the seeding games, Paul has proven that he’s far from finished. The Thunder have been one of the most pleasant surprises in the NBA this season, and Paul is playing some of his best basketball in years.
OKC secured the No. 5 seed in the West and thus a first-round date with the Rockets, and you can bet Paul and company feel like they have something to prove. It’s just a shame that this series has to be played in a bubble and that we’ll be deprived of hostile home crowds in both cities and all the added animosity that would bring to the equation.
The bizarro lineups on both sides will present some interesting conundrums. Houston’s small-ball lineup featuring Robert Covington and Danuel House as its tallest players, each coming in at a whopping 6’7 (but with considerable reach), could potentially render Steven Adams unplayable if he isn’t able to keep up out on the perimeter, or turn him into an absolute beast on the boards.
It could also spell trouble for the Thunder’s three-guard assault, comprised of Paul, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, and Dennis Schroder. When those three played together this season, they outscored opponents by nearly 29 points per 100 possessions. The problem is that none of those three are really equipped to guard Harden for any significant stretch, meaning they’ll have to deploy that lineup more methodically to squeeze maximum results out of it.
The Thunder have been an NBA best in the clutch this season, going 30-14 in games that were within five points in the last five minutes. If OKC can keep the games close, they’ll have an advantage in that department over a team that was just 19-13 in those scenarios this season.
The bottom line, though, is that the Thunder will need Chris Paul playing at a superstar level. As good as Gilgeous-Alexander and other members of the supporting cast have been this season, they’ll only go as far as Paul can lead them, and he definitely has an extra chip on his shoulder as he prepares to face off against the team that decided he was all washed up last summer.
Source: https://uproxx.com/dimemag/rockets-thunder-playoff-preview-orlando/