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Healthcare Workers Can Now Get Free Crocs

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Healthcare Workers Can Now Get Free Crocs

Crocs are offering a free pair of their shoes to any U.S. healthcare worker.

As part of their “A Free Pair for Healthcare” program, Crocs is supplying all healthcare workers with a free pair of famous crocs or crocs at work. All healthcare workers have to do is ask for a pair, and shipping is free.

All healthcare workers have to do is request a pair here. The website will accept requests starting at 11 a.m. CT on weekdays, for a short time. Make sure to schedule an alarm on your phone, only a set amount of free shoes will be given away each day.

Crocs will also be donating 100,000 pairs of shoes to be distributed at select healthcare facilities and organizations.

This news comes after the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic is creating chaos across the United States economy and healthcare system. On Monday, Macy’s announced they are furloughing over 100,000 employees due to the Pandemic. “Across Macy’s, Bloomingdales, and Bluemercury [beauty] brands, we will be moving to the absolute minimum workforce needed to maintain basic operations,” the retailer said Monday.

Since March 18, all of Macy’s closed their stories. The company says they will stay closed “until we have [a] clear line of sight on when it is safe to reopen.” That said, their online retail business is still open, but the company said they lost a majority of their sales due to store closures.

It is nice to know that some companies are giving back to the U.S. community.

Arizona Closes Schools Through The Rest of the School Year

Jonathan Antonio
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Arizona Closes Schools Through The Rest of the School Year

Arizona schools will remain closed for the rest of the school year, according to an announcement from Arizona state officials.

Gov. Dough Ducey and Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman released a statement on Monday explaining the decision to close schools.

“In alignment with yesterday’s updated federal guidance, today we are announcing the extension of school closures through the remainder of the school year. Today’s announcement is intended to give parents and educators as much certainty as possible so they can plan and make decisions. While this isn’t the outcome any of us wanted, we are grateful for the partnership of schools around the state, who have stepped up to offer virtual and take-home learning opportunities for our students. These efforts are crucial, and we recognize that schools are making every effort possible to continue providing instruction during closures. We also thank our legislative partners for passing legislation ensuring all educators and staff see no disruption in pay. Our number one priority will continue to be health and safety, and we will continue to work closely with public health officials to make the best decisions for kids, families, and our school communities.”

public schools, both district and charter will have to close for the remainder of the school year. Private schools are also required to remain closed until the end of the federal guidance, which recommends until April 30, 2020.

Vincent van Gogh Painting Stolen at a Museum Closed Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic

Jonathan Antonio
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Vincent van Gogh Painting Stolen at a Museum Closed Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic

Thieves stole a painting by the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh in an overnight robbery on a museum. The museum closed to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus COVID-19.

Police and the museum broke the news on Monday, saying the Vincent van Gogh painting “The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring 1884” was stolen in the early hours of Monday. By early afternoon, all that could be seen from the outside of the museum was a large white panel covering the building’s glass front.

Museum General Director Evert van Os said the museum, which houses the collection of Americans William and Anna Singer, “angry, shocked, sad” at the robbery of the painting.

The Vincent van Gogh painting was on loan from the Groninger Museum in the northern Dutch city of Groningen. Currently, the value of art is unknown.

“I’m shocked and unbelievably annoyed that this has happened,” said Singer Laren museum director Jan Rudolph de Lorm.

“This beautiful and moving painting by one of our greatest artists stolen – removed from the community,” he added. “It is very bad for the Groninger Museum, it is very bad for the Singer, but it is terrible for us all because art exists to be seen and shared by us, the community, to enjoy to draw inspiration from and to draw comfort from, especially in these difficult times.”

How did the thieves steal the van Gogh painting?

Police revealed the thief or group of thieves broke through a glass door to get into the museum. The break-in set off an alarm, which officers responded to the museum. But, by the time the police got there, the painting and who stole were gone.

A team of art theft experts is studying video footage, and police are questioning potential witnesses.

It is important to note that this is not the first time someone robbed the museum. In 2007, thieves stole seven works from its sculpture exhibit, including a bronze cast of “The Thinker” by Auguste Rodin. Authorities recovered the sculpture but with a missing leg.

Meteorites Reveal Water Comes From Different Sources on Mars

Megan Diane
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Meteorites Reveal Water Comes From Different Sources on Mars

Scientists studying Martian meteorites believe water came from different sources on Mars.

The more scientists analyze Mars, the more information we gather about the planet’s rich and watery history.

Currently, it is understood Mars was probably warm enough to keep liquid water on its surface. Dorothy Oehler at the Planetary Science Institute in Arizona and her colleagues found that ancient Mars may have had hot springs. Researchers compare images of bright areas on Mars with similar-looking geography on Earth.

Oval-shaped areas were spotted inside a crater on Mars, and the irregular shapes and bright concentric ellipses allowed the researchers to conclude this is where the fluid came from underground. That hot liquid may have been released by the impact, which created the crater, and is similar to how hot springs are created on Earth.

The Lunar and Planetary Science Conference were going to present the new scientific finding but, it was canceled due to the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.

It is unknown whether there is still any liquid beneath Mars’ surface. However, scientists have found water molecules in the chemical structure of the planet’s rocks. Barnes used data from Martian meteorites to determine where that water came from. They expected to find similar chemical signatures in all fo the meteorites. But, there were differences, which might mean the magma ocean did not cover the entire surface, suggesting there are multiple reservoirs of water beneath Mars. “Different parts of the interior have different signatures,” says Barnes. “Maybe these different sources of water are telling us something about the building blocks of Mars.”

In relevant science news, between 3.7 to 4.5 billion years ago, life on Earth began. Now, researchers argue meteorites splashed down and leaked essential elements into warm ponds.

Scientists at McMaster University and the Max Planck Institute in Germany report wet and dry cycles bonded basic molecular chemicals int he pounds producing a nutrient-rich solution, which in turn created self-replicating RNA molecules that formed the first genetic code of life on Earth.

Macy’s Furloughs Over 100,000 Employees

Reginald Edward
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Macy’s Furloughs Over 100,000 Employees

Macy’s furloughs a majority of their workforce with 130,000 workers.

Macy’s announced it’s furloughing most of its workforce, including nearly 130,000 employees. Workers will continue to receive health benefits until the end of May 2020.

“Across Macy’s, Bloomingdales, and Bluemercury [beauty] brands, we will be moving to the absolute minimum workforce needed to maintain basic operations,” the retailer said Monday.

Since March 18, all of Macy’s closed their stories. The company says they will stay closed “until we have [a] clear line of sight on when it is safe to reopen.” That said, their online retail business is still open, but the company said they lost a majority of their sales due to store closures.

Macy's Coronavirus
Raleigh, NC/United States- 03/18/2020: A sign hangs in front of a closed Macy’s department store inside a mall. Macy’s has voluntarily closed all retail locations amid the coronavirus epidemic. Editorial credit: Sharkshock / Shutterstock.com

The company also said it had taken steps to “maintain financial flexibility.” These steps include suspending their stock dividend, using credit, freezing hiring, and spending. Macy’s also said the company is “evaluating all other financing options.”

Macy’s was struggling long before the Coronavirus COVID-19 economic shutdown. Last February, Macy’s announced plans to close over 100 stores over the next three years and cutting approximately 2,000 jobs.

Nearly 3.3 million people filed for unemployment benefits last week, a number that broke records going back over 50 years.

In relevant news, Wall Street economists forecast things will get worse in the future.

Ian Shepherdson, a chief economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, says things will get worse. “We now guesstimate that second-quarter GDP will drop at a 10% annualized rate, after a 2% fall in Q1,” said Ian Shepherdson, said in a note to clients last Monday. His forecast suggests consumer spending will decrease in the next few months. “We are becoming more pessimistic about the near-term economic outlook,” Shepherdson says.

Coronavirus: Music Streaming Numbers Are Down

Jonathan Antonio
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Coronavirus: Music Streaming Numbers Are Down

The Coronavirus pandemic is causing millions of people to quarantine and self isolate in their homes. You would assume since more people are spending time inside, they would be listening to more music. However, streaming music has decreased in the United States.

According to analytics provider Alpha Data, NME says streams in the United States dropped 7.6 percent during the week of March 13 to March 19, which is around the time self-isolation became a national battle cry to combat the Coronavirus. Meanwhile, digital song sales dropped 10.7 percent, digital album sales fell by 12.4 percent, and physical album sales dropped to 27.6 percent. The physical album sales drop is not too surprising as many record stores shut down, and Amazon has put selling CDs and vinyl records on hiatus.

However, some parts of the music industry are seeking a rise in streams. Streams of classical music are upward by 1.5 perfect, while folk music is up by 2.9 percent, and children’s music has seen a 3.8-percent gain.

In relevant news, this company will pay you $1,000 to binge-watch ‘Ozark’ season 3. ‘Ozark’ season 3 is returning to Netflix, and while millions of people are practicing social distancing, here’s an excellent opportunity to get paid to watch the drama series.

Project Casting reports, Internet Advisor is looking to pay someone $1,000  to binge-watch seasons 1 and 2 of the Netflix show. The chosen applicant will need to watch all 20 hours of season 1 and 2 of ‘Ozark’ and complete the research questionnaire they will provide while they are watching.

China, America and the Coronavirus & The Shared Necessity Amid a Pandemic

Reginald Edward
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China, America and the Coronavirus & The Shared Necessity Amid a Pandemic

The United States is still doing business with China. For your information, China makes many products found on Amazon. According to the latest business information data released by Amazon, the data shows that an average of 40 percent or more of the sellers is China businesses; this data was collected from the top 10,000 Sellers are a massive increase from 26 percent, up from 2 years ago (May 10, 2019). Overall, there are approximately 200,000 Chinese businesses currently selling on Amazon.

China purchased $165 billion in goods and services from the US in 2015; this represents 7.3 percent of all US exports and about 1 percent of total US economic output, according to the US-China Business Council.
In 2019, the US trade deficit with China was $345.6 billion. The most significant categories of US imports from China were computers, cell phones, apparel, toys, and sporting goods. China’s most significant imports from the US were commercial aircraft, soybeans, and semi-conductors.
Everyone has some working knowledge of President Trump’s trade war with China, where he has imposed a tariff (tax) on imported goods from China. China’s response was to tax US imports, and they reduced their imports of soybeans from $12 billion to $8 billion.
To date, the relationship between China and the United States is strained. But it has been strained for some 40 years going back to when President Nixon first reached out to the People’s Republic of China. Currently, the two hot topics that reported the most about are trade wars and Coronavirus. According to the Brookings Institute, four major structural discontinuities have put the relationship on a steep decline.
  • (1) both countries have grown dissatisfied with previous security issues
  • (2) China’s emergence as a global rule-maker
  • (3) China’s rise from a low-wage manufacturing hub to a technology power and
  • (4) unresolved questions about the nature of ideological or systems competition are fueling the tensions.

There is not a quick and easy fix since both countries are too big and powerful. A repair would require statesmanship, patience, and courage. It will come from a realization that both countries have a shared necessity.

In related news, the Coronavirus is killing jobs and leaving millions of Americans unemployed. 

According to Goldman Sachs, more than 2 million Americans are set to lose their jobs and file unemployment by next week due to a massive “unprecedented surge” in layoffs. Goldman Sachs analysts added March 15 to the 21st will see “the largest increase in initial jobless claims and the highest level on record.”

If analysts are correct, the number of Americans filing initial claims for unemployment will be more than triple the all-time high set in the early 1980s, and nearly four times as many as seen during the peak of the Great Recession.

Airbnb is Fielding Offers from Investment Firms

Reginald Edward
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Airbnb is Fielding Offers from Investment Firms

The Coronavirus is impacting Airbnb. According to CNBC, the room rental platform is looking for offers from large investment firms.

As Airbnb was getting ready to go public in 2020 through an IPO or direct listing, the coronavirus crisis has the company putting that decision on hold. During this coronavirus outbreak and volatile market, it is very difficult for any company to go public.

In 2017, Airbnb sold stock to venture capitalists at $31 billion valuations. The company later sold stock at a $35 billion valuation, through their purchase of HotelTonight, and in 2019, the company had an internal valuation of $38 billion.

Why would Airbnb look for outside investment at this time? Axios reports this is “protection money”. The company reportedly does have a lot of liquidity and has not laid off any employees. But, as quarterly losses continue to climb and travel expected to decrease by 50% in the future, the company’s growth could stop.

For risky investors, this is an opportunity to invest in a company, which would continue to grow, once the pandemic comes to an end.

In related news, on Thursday, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin revealed details of the Trump administration‘s financial plan to send money as part of a stimulus package to soften the blow of the Coronavirus outbreak.

Mnuchin said in a Fox Business Network interview discussing the fiscal stimulus plan. Congressional leaders are talking about the plans, which would send payments to Americans. The total cost of the stimulus plan would total $500 billion, and the government will divide the money into two large amounts.

“The first one would be $1,000 per person, $500 per child,” Mnuchin said. “So for a family of four, that’s a $3,000 payment.”

“As soon as Congress passes this, we get this out in three weeks. And then, six weeks later, if the president still has a national emergency, we’ll deliver another $3,000,” Mnuchin said.

Coronavirus Is Killing Jobs Leaving Millions Unemployed

Jonathan Antonio
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Coronavirus Is Killing Jobs Leaving Millions Unemployed

Americans filing for unemployment benefits reached its highest numbers in two years for the week of March 14. However, job losses are expected to climb in the next few weeks.

According to Goldman Sachs, more than 2 million Americans are set to lose their jobs and file unemployment by next week due to a massive “unprecedented surge” in layoffs. Goldman Sachs analysts added March 15 to the 21st will see “the largest increase in initial jobless claims and the highest level on record.”

If analysts are correct, the number of Americans filing initial claims for unemployment will be more than triple the all-time high set in the early 1980s, and nearly four times as many as seen during the peak of the Great Recession.

Wall Street Journal reports the Trump administration has asked states to delay the release of the unemployment numbers.

Andrew Stettner, a senior fellow at the Century Foundation and an expert on unemployment, told CBS News, Thursday’s numbers do not account for the amount of website unemployment claims.”

Goldman Sachs predicts “an unprecedented decline in revenues across many industries.” Analysts added, “Consumer spending on sports and entertainment, hotels, restaurants, and public transportation, in particular, have already dropped dramatically.”

Economists predicted the economy would suffer long-term damage due to the Coronavirus. 

But some companies are still hiring. As Project Casting reported on Friday, Slack is now hiring people to work from home. 

Slack is an emerging tech company whose mission is to make work easier, simple, and efficient. “We believe that culture is the compass to success, and so our Slack Values are woven into the fabric of all we do. We seek exceptional talent that is eager to do the best work of their life while supporting others in doing the same.”

Slack is now seeking and hiring people to work from home for their growing business. At this time, Slack is looking for Account Executives to work remotely and handle their enterprise sales. 

Project Casting also posted a casting call for people who are social distancing and self-isolating during the Coronavirus outbreak. People can get paid up to $2,000 for appearing in an upcoming commercial in Canada.

Disney Fans Claim ‘Tangled’ Predicted the Coronavirus Ten Years Ago

Jonathan Antonio
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Disney Fans Claim ‘Tangled’ Predicted the Coronavirus Ten Years Ago

Disney fans claim ‘Tangled’ predicted the Coronavirus in 2010.

The 2010 animated movie, a wicked witch named Gothel kidnapped Rapunzel to live in a locked tower.

Many have compared Rapunzel’s sheltered life to the self-isolating mandates associated with the coronavirus but, there’s a huge twist. The name of the kingdom is called Corona, which is the kingdom that also shares the same name as the viral disease.

The coincidence was first reported by a Facebook user, who shared a conversation with a friend who pointed out Rapunzel is “quarantined” in a town called Corona.

According to The Sun, the post received more than 800 shares with many shocked by the coincidence.

In related coronavirus news, the United States is now testing two drugs to treat the Coronavirus COVID-19.

Reuters reported scientists at the University of Minnesota are testing two drugs. Hydroxychloroquine and blood pressure drug losartan are being treated to see if either drug is effective in blocking the virus’s reproductive processes.

“We are trying to leverage the science to see if we can do something in addition to minimizing contacts,” Dr. Jakub Tolar, dean of the University of Minnesota’s medical school, told Reuters. “Results are likely in weeks, not months.”

Tolar added the drugs are relatively inexpensive to buy as they are generic replacements for branded prescription drugs. “We don’t need a multibillion-dollar investment. It is part of the beauty of this approach,” Tolar said.

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