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'Never expected this to happen in the US': How the COVID-19 pandemic exploded from March to December - USA TODAY 'Never expected this to happen in the US': How the COVID-19 pandemic exploded from March to December - USA TODAY Posted: 08 Dec 2020 12:00 AM PST CLOSE Experts say side effects from the COVID-19 vaccine range from soreness to fatigue. USA TODAY As the COVID-19 pandemic rages unabated across the United States , December is already breaking records – only a week in. Public health   experts warned for some time  that a winter surge would come. But four who spoke with USA TODAY said they have been stunned by the dismal trajectory of the virus over nine grueling months, and they never expected the nation to be in as bad a position as it is right now. "I don't think there's a single person anywhere who thought that we would still be facing this in D...

Amazon and Netflix look beyond Bollywood for India’s next big hit - Financial Times Amazon and Netflix look beyond Bollywood for India’s next big hit - Financial Times Posted: 31 Dec 2020 05:51 PM PST Hungry for new content after Covid-19 hit production, Amazon, Netflix and cinema chains in India are betting not on celebrated Bollywood blockbusters to grow audiences but on films by non-Hindi rivals — Tollywood, Mollywood and Kollywood. India, which has the world's biggest number of cinemagoers, is home to dozens of languages, but films shot in Hindi, the most widely spoken, dominate. Bollywood, the Mumbai-based Hindi-language industry, took 43 per cent of gross box office returns in 2019 even though it accounted for only 14 per cent of releases, according to EY, the professional services firm. India's filmed entertainment industry as a whole was worth $2.6bn the same year. But facing strong demand for original material and a...

Miami Twp. defense contractor unveils new aviation spinoff - Dayton Daily News Miami Twp. defense contractor unveils new aviation spinoff - Dayton Daily News Posted: 30 Nov 2020 12:00 AM PST "It's borne out of the development side, the R&D side of things, where CRG gets most of its revenue," Patrick Hood, Cornerstone chief executive, said in an interview. "We don't make product; our product is a service of creating things that can, when commercialized, relieve the pain of our customers." Patrick Hood, chief executive, Cornerstone Research Group. FILE The roster of companies CRG has created should include some familiar names. Cornerstone created Spintech in 2010 to develop and refine a "shape memory polymer," a technology that has proven of interest of composite material manufacturers, as well as SpaceX. Advantic, Nona Composites, which became Kineticure, and now Lectratek ...

Brexit takes full effect - Daily Express Brexit takes full effect - Daily Express Posted: 31 Dec 2020 09:42 PM PST Brexit takes full effect Published on: Friday, January 01, 2021 By: AFP Text Size: LONDON: Brexit was set to become a reality on Thursday as Britain leaves Europe's customs union and single market, ending nearly half a century of often turbulent ties with its closest neighbours. The UK's tortuous departure from the European Union was to take full effect when Big Ben strikes 11:00 pm (2300 GMT) in central London, just as most of the European mainland ushers in 2021 at midnight.Brexit has dominated British politics since the country's narrow vote to leave the bloc in June 2016, opening deep political and social wounds which remain raw. Prime Minister Boris Johnson (pic) , a key Brexit architect, said Thursday that Britain's destiny "now resides firmly in our hands," shortly after MPs approved ...

FREEDOM! Boris Johnson rejoices in 'amazing moment' as Brexit Britain cuts ties with EU - Daily Express FREEDOM! Boris Johnson rejoices in 'amazing moment' as Brexit Britain cuts ties with EU - Daily Express Posted: 31 Dec 2020 04:00 PM PST Boris Johnson reflects on 2020 in New Year speech In a New Year message, the Prime Minister issued a rallying cry to Britons to "make the most of" independence from the EU and "come together" as one United Kingdom.  He set his ambition on the country becoming a "science superpower" to create jobs and prosperity in the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. "This is an amazing moment for this country. {%=o.title%} ]]> "We have our freedom in our hands and it is up to us to make the most of it. "And I think it will be the overwhelming instinct of the people ...