Month: February 2021

‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Showrunner Marti Noxon Stands By Stars’ Accounts Of Abuse By Joss Whedon – Deadline
13Feb By No Comments
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‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Showrunner Marti Noxon Stands By Stars’ Accounts Of Abuse By Joss Whedon – Deadline

One of the highest profile Buffy the Vampire Slayer writer-producers, Marti Noxon, has spoken out in support of cast members Charisma Carpenter, Michelle Trachtenberg and Amber Benson who have accused series creator/executive producer Joss Whedon of abuse and creating a toxic work environment. Noxon joined Buffy as co-producer at the start of Season 3 and rose through the ranks to executive producer/showrunner on the show’s final two seasons, Season 6 and 7. Carpenter was on the show for the first three seasons, Trachtenberg on Seasons 5-7 and Benson for Seasons 4-6. “I would like to validate what the women of Buffy are saying and support them in telling their story. They deserve to be heard,” Noxon wrote on Twitter. I understand where Charisma, Amber, Michelle and all the wome...
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The Coronavirus And Frozen Food: Is There A Connection? : Goats and Soda – NPR
13Feb By No Comments
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The Coronavirus And Frozen Food: Is There A Connection? : Goats and Soda – NPR

A health officer in a protective suit collects a sample from a package of imported frozen food for coronavirus rapid test at a wholesale market in China. Wu Zheng/VCG via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Wu Zheng/VCG via Getty Images A health officer in a protective suit collects a sample from a package of imported frozen food for coronavirus rapid test at a wholesale market in China. Wu Zheng/VCG via Getty...
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Is it worth going to a COVID vaccination site to try to get an ‘extra’ dose? – Boston.com
13Feb By No Comments
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Is it worth going to a COVID vaccination site to try to get an ‘extra’ dose? – Boston.com

On Wednesday, people stood in a long line outside the DoubleTree Hotel in Danvers, with the cold tugging at their faces and with likely one thing on their minds: Will I get the COVID-19 vaccine today? The mad dash to the state’s mass vaccination site — bred in confusion and strong desires to receive one of the sought-after shots — was spurred by fast-traveling word that “extra” doses of the vaccine may be available to just about anyone. If they moved quick enough, perhaps they could snag one. Curative, the company that operates the site, later made clear that workers were offering those additional doses to patients who initially had already-scheduled appointments later in the week. However, the question remains: Is there a way to get one of those extra shots? And is it worth ...
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Mission Impossible filming in the UAE is ABANDONED due to the pandemic and crew are sent home – Daily Mail
12Feb By No Comments
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Mission Impossible filming in the UAE is ABANDONED due to the pandemic and crew are sent home – Daily Mail

Mission Impossible becomes an impossible mission as 'filming in the UAE is ABANDONED after fed-up crew demand to be sent home due to looming Covid travel restrictions' Production staff working on the seventh installment of the franchise have reportedly 'demanded' to return to the UK due to changes in travel From Monday, travellers returning to England from  33 'red list' countries will be expected to quarantine for 10-days and pay a £1,750 fee Mission: Impossible 7 staff 'revolted' due to the new restrictions Studio executives were allegedly forced to hire a private jet for crew and halt filming in the Middle East  They are now expected to resume work in England By Natasha Hooper For Mailonline Published: 16:39 EST, 12 February 2021 | Updated: 17:04 EST, 12 Februar...
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Taylor Swift’s “Love Story” and Fearless (Taylor’s Version): Why the singer is rerecording all her old songs – Vox.com
12Feb By No Comments
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Taylor Swift’s “Love Story” and Fearless (Taylor’s Version): Why the singer is rerecording all her old songs – Vox.com

Taylor Swift has officially announced the details of the first of her forthcoming albums of rereleased vintage classics. After declaring in 2019 that she rerecord the masters for all of her pre-Lover music, Swift revealed on February 11 that she would be dropping the rerecorded “Love Story” at midnight, with the full rerecorded album Fearless (Taylor’s Version) to follow on April 9. The rereleased “Love Story (Taylor’s Version)” begins with the line “We were both young when I first saw you,” and the new lyric video plays over pictures of Swift with her fans circa 2008, making the song a love letter of sorts to the Swifties. Its arrival kicks off the rollout of the plans Swift announced in the summer of 2019, after the news broke that her old record label — Big Machine Records, whic...
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CDC Presses K-12 Schools to Reopen – The Wall Street Journal
12Feb By No Comments
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CDC Presses K-12 Schools to Reopen – The Wall Street Journal

Federal health and education officials urged the nation’s elementary and secondary schools on Friday to reopen safely as soon as possible, saying they can operate by strictly adhering to safety precautions to reduce the risk of Covid-19 transmission in classrooms and in their communities. In new guidelines for schools, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said students, teachers and staff should be required to wear masks at all times and should maintain distances of at least 6 feet from one another as much as possible, with students divided into small groups that don’t mix with one another. Also essential, the agency said, are proper hand-washing practices, cleaning and maintaining healthy facilities, and working with health departments to use contact tracing, isolation ...
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4 fully vaccinated Oregonians test positive for COVID – KOIN.com
12Feb By No Comments
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4 fully vaccinated Oregonians test positive for COVID – KOIN.com

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Four Oregonians who are fully vaccinated – meaning more than 14 days passed since their second dose – have tested positive for COVID-19. The Oregon Health Authority made the announcement during a weekly media briefing on Friday. The state’s epidemiologist Dr. Dean Sidelinger said two of the cases were in Yamhill County and two were in Lane County. Sidelinger said he did not know the dates of the positive cases but confirmed they were more than two weeks after the patient’s second dose of the vaccine. They were tested because they had symptoms or other reasons, he said. ‘It works’: CDC offers new findings on double mask use for stopping COVID transmission He stressed that all of the cases had mild or no symptoms. “Again, not ...
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If You Want to Lose Weight, Study Says Low-Fat Vegan Is More Effective Than Mediterranean Diet – Yahoo Lifestyle
12Feb By No Comments
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If You Want to Lose Weight, Study Says Low-Fat Vegan Is More Effective Than Mediterranean Diet – Yahoo Lifestyle

If losing weight is one of your 2021 goals, you may want to consider a low-fat vegan diet. A new study published on Feb. 5 by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition showed that eating a low-fat vegan diet was actually more effective for weight loss than the Mediterranean diet, which is typically ranked the best diet for weight loss. Are you surprised? The two diets were compared in a 36-week trial. For 16 weeks, half of the participants were randomly assigned to a low-fat vegan diet, eating vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and legumes, while limiting plant fats like oil, avocado, nuts, seeds, and coconut. The other half followed the Mediterranean diet, which is also full of veggies, fruits, and whole grains, but includes oliv...
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