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Your vaccination status determines whether you need to get tested right away or need to wait a few days after exposure. But what test should you use? With the increased availability of rapid at-home COVID-19 tests, it can be difficult to figure out which test is right for your current needs. You have two options: rapid (or antigen) tests or reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests. The first is what you can typically scoop up at the pharmacy, a rapid test that can give you results at home in minutes....

To start, choosing Tifa’s dress in Final Fantasy 7 Remake is primarily an aesthetic consideration, as all it does is determine the outfit that she wears in Chapter 9 of the game. For players that wish to avoid visual spoilers but would still like to have some idea of what they are picking, the mature option gives Tifa a simple backless purple-blue dress (shown in a trailer previously), the sporty option gives her a shiny leopard-print dress and two buns in her hair, and the exotic option gives her a black dress and red flowers in her hair....

Hepa filters remove solid particles from the air, while carbon filters trap chemical fumes. Ionisers take dust and pollen out of the air but many don’t trap it and are therefore less effective. Here’s what you need to know. In the air purifier market, there are a number of competing brands and technologies that make a lot of impressive-sounding claims. However, even if a product claims to remove 95% or 99% of airborne pollutants, the reality is that it won’t clean your air to that extent....

However, retailers over here no longer sell the 32Bit OEM version anymore although the 64 bit version is still easily available. I am still using a lot of applications running on 32BIT and I do not wish to buy a new computer for now. I want to extend the life of my present computer till 2020 when the Extended Support for Windows 7 is supposed to be over. Can anyone help?...

For as the Republicans squabble over who should become Speaker of the House with their slim majority, the Democrats have unanimously voted for New York Congressman Hakeem Jeffries to replace Nancy Pelosi as leader of their caucus. Jeffries has since received unanimous support from the Democrats to be Speaker of the House. Jeffries has become a uniting figure at a time where one would expect great division; after all, the Democrats just lost the House....

Nikole Hannah-Jones, whose newfound fame is due to America’s seemingly endless appetite for racial flagellation, recently caught wind of an excerpt from my speech in which I criticized the excessive praise showered on mediocre black composers, scientists, and writers from the past. “If he were not black, no one in America today would know who George Washington Carver is,” I said. In response, the mother of the infamous “1619 Project” tweeted: “It is truly a heady cocktail of hubris, ignorance and mediocrity to claim that a Black men [sic] born into slavery who became one of the most renowned scientists of his time wouldn’t be celebrated if he weren’t Black and actually had to work for his acclaim like white men did....

One of the journalists was at the White House as recently as last Saturday and had traveled on Air Force One to Pennsylvania since then. According to a report by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, memos issued Friday by the White House Correspondents Association (WHCA) revealed that three unnamed journalists had contracted coronavirus. One of the individuals began experiencing symptoms last Wednesday, and another began experiencing symptoms on Thursday. In response, the WHCA alerted its members to also get tested, especially since members of the White House press corps often work indoors and in close proximity to one another....

Several Cincinnati officials are asking the public “not to be fooled” by a campaign ad paid for and distributed by CPS board candidate Steven Joseph Megerle. The former city council chief of staff mocked critics of the “Elect Megerle School Board” ad which shows a smiling African-American family and the caption “protecting taxpayers.” Megerle scoffed at criticism from current school board member Mike Moroski who tweeted that Megerle is “a white guy pretending to be black to get votes....

Flowers hit .195 with a career-high 10 homers and 24 RBIs in 84 games this year. He is a .200 hitter in 192 career games over five seasons with the White Sox. The 27-year-old Flowers had season-ending right shoulder surgery on Sept. 5, but is expected to be ready for spring training. Flowers' deal leaves the White Sox with three remaining arbitration-eligible players: second baseman Gordon Beckham and outfielders Dayan Viciedo and Alejandro De Aza....

Powdery mildew can survive through the winter even in cold temperatures. You might notice that it comes back year after year or always infects plants in a certain part of your garden. Indoor plants like African violets, begonias, ivy, jade, kalanchoe, and poinsettia commonly get powdery mildew. [2] X Trustworthy Source Missouri Botanical Garden Oldest botanical garden in the U. S. and center for botanical research and science education Go to source...

“It’s part of the excitement of the game,” the Costa Rican told reporters Saturday after the Whitecaps came from behind to defeat the Montreal Impact 2-1 in front of a crowd of 19,597 at Stade Saputo. “In training I do it to them; they’re used to it. But it’s part of the chemistry that we have in the locker room, and sometimes in the games I get very excited and I do it....

But who are cypherpunks, where did they come from, and what do they want? What Is a Cypherpunk and What’s Their History? The cypherpunk movement does not have an exact date of birth. Still, its origins can be traced back to the mid-1970s with the US government’s publication of the Data Encryption Standard (DES) and Martin Hellman and Whitfield Diffie’s pioneering study on public-key encryption. Before this, cryptography as a technological field was extremely niche....

While the policy has been able to open more doors for Black coaches during the interview process, front offices have largely declined to hire those candidates. There were three Black head coaches in the NFL when the Rooney Rule took effect, and the league hasn’t made a ton of progress toward its goals in the years since. Let’s take a look back at the Black coaches who have been able to rise up the ranks, starting with the trailblazer who broke the NFL’s color barrier more than 100 years ago....

While Biden is the current front-runner, Sanders remains a strong second place contender. Although the Sanders campaign has been more tight-lipped about potential running mates, his surrogates and supporters have dropped some clues as to who his hypothetical running mate could be—if he managed to secure the nomination. From what the progressive senator and his supporters have said, he would almost certainly choose a woman as his vice presidential hopeful....

Yet that is not what’s own everyone’s mind heading to Phoenix International Raceway. It’s this: Will there be another fight? And if so, who is likely to be involved? Even oddsmakers are taking bets on who will fight next after last week’s brawl, which started when Jeff Gordon wanted a piece of Brad Keselowski following a wreck on a late restart at Texas. With the intensity and pressure to win and advance at an all-time high, there is likely to be more drama at Phoenix....

Viewers tuned into Big Brother expecting host Julie Chen Moonves to announce either Taylor Hale or Terrance Higgins as the first contestant evicted from Season 24 of the long-running CBS show but instead, the Houseguests who were at risk of leaving the series were given a free pass for the week. Chen Moonves, 52, confirmed on the Thursday, July 14 episode that Paloma Aguilar had left the show and that because of this, there would be no eviction....

Whatever the details of the case, it’s clear that technology has created new opportunities for the old-fashioned office snoop. A few years ago he or she might have rifled through a colleague’s desk. But with the advent of Email, overly curious co-workers can peek at everything from confidential performance evaluations to billets-doux in an office romance without ever getting out of their own chairs. Passwords create an illusion of privacy....

Sources close to the royal told The Sun that the Queen is proud of his decision and that Prince Edward is also supportive: Prince Edward dropped out of the course after four months of rigorous training in late 1980s. However, Arthur Chatto has already started practicing with his own kit in Balmoral. He reportedly went camping in the Scottish Highlands and has been undertaking 20-mile hikes. He is already a fitness influencer and world-class athlete....

Artur Beterbiev has the same birth place — Dagestan, the former autonomous republic within the Soviet Union — as the ex-UFC champion, and the contrast between his fearsomely violent performances within the ropes and his unassuming, respectful persona outside the ring have also earned him comparisons with Nurmagomedov. Beterbiev brings a formidable reputation to a contest that he hopes will move him a step closer to a long-anticipated showdown with Dmitry Bivol, who is one of the only fighters with a record to match his own....

Blogger Stephen Carbone confirmed that Becca Kufrin and BIP lad Thomas Jacobs are currently dating. But not before he spoiled that they would like both dates on the show, breakup, and go home single. Carbone wrote: Who are Becca Kufrin’s exes? Becca Kufrin’s maiden appearance in the franchise was with The Bachelor Season 22, which she ended with an engagement. Arie Luyendyk Jr and Becca Kufrin were engaged for months before he broke up with her on camera and moved on with Lauren Burnham, whom he married in 2019....