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$250,000 grant will fund ultra-cold-storage units to keep COVID-19 vaccines safe [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette] Dec. 18—Now that the COVID-19 vaccine has arrived, health care facilities that distribute it need a way to keep it very, very cold. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine introduced in the U.S. earlier this week requires an ultra-chilly storage temperature of minus 70 degrees Celsius, and a vaccine from Moderna, expected to receive Food and Drug Administration approval Friday, requires storage conditions of minus 20 degrees Celsius — more like a typical household freezer. UPMC Children’s Hosp...

Minimalist artist-designer John Eastman shows we don’t need much 2014 beautifully [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette] Dec. 18—John Eastman’s commercial brand is a direct outgrowth of his minimalist lifestyle. He would seem to be an odd man out in such an acquisitive society as ours, but having less can be healthier, even liberating. During the pandemic, he has set out to show us what that can look like. In small spaces that bookend the former Regent Square Theater at 1035 S. Braddock Ave., he has created a retail store on one side and a living space on the other. Eastmantribe Life + Space are ope...

Published December 15, 2020 WASHINGTON, DC, December 15, 2020 – As a primary advocate for advancing diversity and inclusion within schools of nursing, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors has endorsed a new white paper titled Promising Practices in Holistic Admissions Review: Implementation in Academic Nursing . This new resource provides a roadmap for schools looking to recruit more students from underrepresented groups into the nursing profession using evidence-based strategies and admissions redesign.   ...

Houston Chronicle Black skateboarders roll into the spotlight From the ramps of Houston to the pages of Thrasher, local Black skateboarders such as Ty’Rae Carter and Derrick Hayes are getting their due. By Camilo Hannibal Smith Published December 13, 2020 It was a photo just like any other that had been taken of him skateboarding. Houston’s Ty’Rae Carter is seen floating in the air doing a tailgrab nosegrind at the edge of a skate ramp, the tallest in the city. He’s gripping the top of his board, his face etched in concentration. The trick was worthy of the picture, but the image end...

The Fraying of the US Global Currency Reserve System Published December 2, 2020 Since autumn of 2019, I’ve been bearish on the dollar, meaning I have a longish-term outlook towards a weaker dollar. This view began forming when the Federal Reserve cut interest rates in summer 2019, and then the view solidified with a catalyst after an overnight repo rate spike in September 2019 forced the Fed to begin supplying repo liquidity. In my October 2, 2019 article, “The Most Crowded Trade“, I said to look for a weaker dollar in 2020, and also stated that the Fed would likely start expanding its ...