The World Health Organization changed its recommendations on when and how to use masks against COVID-19 yesterday. Previously it recommended to wear masks only to those who are ill as it saw no evidence that masks can protect healthy people. Now it recommends to wear masks in places where it is difficult to keep the […]
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As Joseph Addison said, “Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body”. We now have more spare time than we usually have, so why not spend a part of it on reading a good book? And if you don’t have a queue of books on your bookshelf that you already plan to
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Another popular entertainment that can have more demand these days. BroadwayHD, a subscription service, offers streaming recordings of live Broadway stage performances. There are lots and lots of them, including Romeo and Juliette with Orlando Blum, Salomé with Al Pacino and Jessica Chastain, Macbeth with Patrick Stewart, as well as Webber’s Cats, The Phantom of
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A month ago I wrote about records of performances of Vienna State Opera (Wiener Staatsoper) that are available for free in good quality on the Internet: https://dmitryexplores.com/2020/05/03/vienna-state-operas-performances/. A new month has started, and a new calendar of performances that are to be demonstrated daily is now available. You can watch such famous operas as Boris
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For different people chances to die from the coronavirus vary from less than 1% to 25% or even more. It depends most of all on age, chronic deceases and sex. There are several calculators on the Internet that will calculate chances to die based on your personal data. For a substantial number of people chances
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Today the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft has docked to the International Space Station. This is a historic event since American astronauts were launched on an US rocket from the US territory to the space station for the first time in nearly a decade. And now you can test yourself as a spaceship pilot who needs
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Gstaad Menuhin Festival is an annual festival of classical music that takes place in Gstaad, Switzerland, from mid-July to the beginning of September. It is one of the leading world platforms acknowledged musicians, chamber and symphony orchestras that give over 50 concerts each year. The festival is named after Yehudi Menuhin, one of the great
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During these tough times we can benefit from more spare time we now have. For example, we can visit famous museums, as many of the world’s top museums open their virtual doors to all interested. Today there will be links to Florence (Firenze) based Galeria Uffizi, one of the leading collection of fine arts in
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Начался выход людей на работу, и многие компании обязывают сотрудников проходить тестирование на коронавирус до выхода на работу. Несколько моментов, о которых стоит помнить: Какой тест сдавать? Наиболее распространены 3 вида тестов: ПЦР-исследование и тесты на антитела IgG и IgM. По ссылке ниже на странице Гемотеста доходчиво объяснено, какой что показывает. Если коротко, для выхода
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Coronavirus testing becomes an essential part of our lives, unfortunately. There are several types available, and it is important to understand differences among them. Here are three useful sources that can give you a good understanding. The first one in an article by CNN that describes three main types of tests: PCR tests, antibody tests
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