‘Covid Will Not Win’: Meet the Force Powering Brooklyn Hospital CenterBy Victor J. Blue, Sheri Fink and Catrin EinhornPhotographs by Victor J. Blue During the surge of Covid-19 cases this spring that filled Brooklyn Hospital’s emergency room and intensive care unit with the critically ill and the dying, the staff …
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When Kobi Karp, a Miami-based architect, designs one of the sleek, ultramodern homes that have become his trademark, he thinks about arcs and angles. He thinks about how to fill the houses with so much sun that they become light boxes; he considers the Art Deco heritage of South Beach …
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When the topic of pets is mentioned, we are likely to conjure up images of dogs and cats, or rabbits and hamsters. However, founder of Singapore’s first brick-and-mortar ant shop John Ye, has a different concept of what he would have as an ideal pet. The 41-year-old is a huge …
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A retired teacher, a Midwestern minister and a mother of two teenagers all dial into a Zoom room. For the next 90 minutes, they do something their typical adult lives don’t usually afford them a chance to do: listen to others’ perspectives, and have others listen to them. And after …
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As protests against police brutality have swept the country, in some cases leading to additional police aggression, toward demonstrators, a loosely organized group of trained volunteers has been on call to intervene and treat injuries. Street medics, who may be medical professionals or first aid practitioners with only basic training, …
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Google Meet, the premium video-conferencing solution available to G Suite subscribers, will soon be made free for all users. Starting early May, free access will be rolled out progressively over the next few weeks. Anyone with a Google account and email address will then be able to join and create …
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(Reuters) — Google will allow business and education users on Gmail.com to directly take calls on its video conferencing tool Meet starting Thursday, a new feature being offered as the Alphabet unit seeks to capitalize on security and other concerns with rival services. The integration of Meet with e-mail is …
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In this year’s Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list, 300 “bright and innovative leaders”, including young entrepreneurs and change-makers, have made the cut. Out of this long list, there are 22 outstanding Singapore individuals who hail from different industries. Here’s a breakdown of these homegrown successes and why they deserve …
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