Following some in-person protests outside of Frederick County Board of Education meetings in recent weeks, some parents of Frederick County Public Schools students have planned an all-day logout protest that is scheduled to take place on Tuesday. Sarah Steinberg, a mother of four FCPS students and one homeschooled student, is […]
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Few places exude glamour quite like Beverly Hills, which is one reason the Milken Institute Global Conference has become one of the world’s leading business mixers. The annual spring event draws thousands of chief executives, wealthy investors, fund managers and others to a jammed Beverly Hilton where attendees catch up […]
I’ve been attending the New York Film Festival since I was a teenager. The event, held each year at Lincoln Center, is where I had my first encounters with such classics as “Breaking the Waves,” “Gods and Monsters,” “Volver” and — just last year — Martin Scorsese’s magnificent gangster epic […]
CLOSE New Jersey Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli breaks down the COVID-19 numbers across the state, pointing out the much higher infection rate in Lakewood. Asbury Park Press HAZLET – A newly hatched school district plan to switch to all-virtual instruction for two weeks in November — so vacationing students could quarantine before returning to school […]
Monarchs at a Mexican butterfly sanctuary. (Photo: Brenda Dziedzic) Love monarchs? Consider a virtual butterfly experience with monarchs in Mexico Every fall, millions of monarch butterflies make a journey most of us could never imagine. They travel thousands of miles south through North America to spend the winter in Mexico. Since […]
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ/Transy Public Affairs) – Transylvania University’s PumpkinMania, a pumpkin-carving event and display, and Alumni Fall Festival are going virtual this month instead of happening in person. The annual events will feature online activities — including an opportunity to share photos of jack-o’-lanterns — with the larger community. “While […]
NBC news chief White House correspondent Hallie Jackson, right, is lit for the cameras outside the West Wing of the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, in Washington. Alex Brandon AP WASHINGTON The Latest on the 2020 presidential campaign (all times local): 8:35 p.m. The chair of the Commission on […]
New York Comic Con’s first-ever virtual convention kicks off Thursday, with a slew of panels for new TV series like “Utopia,” “The Stand” and “The Walking Dead: World Beyond,” plus reunions of fan-favorite shows like “Lost” and “Smallville,” along with events for movies “Freaky” and “Spontaneous” and a few other […]
This year has been a relentless little jerk when it comes to global crisis. This autumn, the coronavirus pandemic will be accompanied by the flu — so now more than ever, there’s reason to stay the hell at home. Fear and safety mandates have led to a sharp drop in […]
A few decades ago, the ‘videophone’ was a sci-fi dream of the future. Video meetings seemed about as likely as human miniaturization and robot housekeepers. But over the past few months, Zooming and Skyping have become painful necessities: slow, awkward, tough to schedule. So how can you take the pain […]
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The St. George Theatre is proud to announce its first ever “virtual” Arts-In-Education series for the 2020-2021 academic year – free of charge to students and educators. “Due to the on-going health crisis in our community, we understand the hardships that educators will face this upcoming […]
Tillis Free Of COVID-19 Symptoms (Huntersville, NC) — North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis is free of COVID-19 symptoms. That’s the word from a spokesman yesterday, who said the Senator feels great and has regained his senses of taste and smell. Tillis will continue to self-isolate in his Huntersville home. President […]
Some mutual-fund managers will look back on 2020 as the worst of times. Others are having the time of their lives, posting year-to-date returns of 75% or more. The difference between the winners and the laggards is relatively straightforward: the extent to which portfolios were heavily weighted with stocks of […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Girl Scouts Dakota Horizons troops are staying active during the pandemic. While many of the organization’s activities have switched to online, it isn’t stopping its 8,000 girls in four states from learning new things and giving back to their community. Fifth grader Madi Meyer of […]
No one knows if remote political fundraisers will survive when things return to normal after the pandemic ends, or if they’ll feel like an unpleasant relic from a year everyone will want to forget and move past. But for months, as candidates and causes have felt their way through an […]
click to enlarge Courtesy of Angelica Raquel Martinez I Think We’ll Meet Again, 2020 Blue Star Contemporary isn’t the only gallery bringing local art into the 21st century. For its latest exhibition, a solo […]
Press release content from News Direct Corporation. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. https://apnews.com/press-release/news-direct-corporation/virus-outbreak-business-corporate-news-products-and-services-health-ffe804833906d8a237a91b2d308f6ab9 Click to copy –News Direct– Convey Services, a SaaS solutions company, today expanded its Cloud Conventions product line by launching Cloud Kickoffs™, an online portal solution exclusively for sales and annual conference […]
NETC Auditions will also offer reduced registration fees for 2021 and the opportunity for their performers to submit an audition application. Due to long term planning requirements and continued concerns regarding COVID-19 StrawHat Auditions and New England Theatre Conference (NETC) are announcing that their 2021 auditions will be moving to a […]
CLOSE A high school junior shares a glimpse of what digital learning is like during the coronavirus pandemic. USA TODAY NEW YORK — In RVs, rental homes and five-star resorts, families untethered by the constraints of physical classrooms for their kids have turned the new school year into an extended […]
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Amazon has launched Explore, a new platform which it promises will let you “explore anything from lessons to landmarks.” It works via a video stream, with tour guides, instructors, and personal shoppers providing one-on-one sessions. Amazon says the video is one-way, meaning only the host is on camera during the […]
(Credit: Amazon) When you think of tourism, Amazon probably doesn’t come to mind. But the company is entering the virtual tourism space with a new service called Amazon Explore. On Tuesday, the company launched a public beta for Amazon Explore as the pandemic continues to stifle tourism and travel across […]
In the second of a four-part series on virtual pitches, Ebiquity’s managing director for South East Asia, Leela Nair, sets out a blueprint for agencies and brands detailing how to get the most out of pitches run online. Pitching is a process of courtship in which agencies look to impress […]