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The Real Effects of Monetary Shocks: Evidence from Micro Pricing Moments

Central Bank of Chile Working Papers by Gee Hee Hong, Matthew Klepacz, Ernesto Pasten and Raphael Schoenle




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Who Killed Keylan Knapp?

My childhood friend has joined America’s “deaths of despair.”




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‘I Do Fear for My Staff,’ a Doctor Said. He Lost His Job.

Health care professionals are being punished for protecting themselves, and us.




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Brace Yourself for Waves of Coronavirus Infections

Here’s what we should be expecting in the war on Covid-19.




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Life and Death in the ‘Hot Zone’

“If people saw this, they would stay home.” What the war against the coronavirus looks like inside two Bronx hospitals.




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Trump’s Deadly Search for a Scapegoat

If the president had listened to the World Health Organization, American lives would have been saved.




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Here’s How You Can Change Lives in the Pandemic

These causes will make great use of your money or your time.




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A Young Doctor, Fighting for His Life

“I just went down on my knees,” his mother recalled later. “I just implored God for mercy.”




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McDonald’s Workers in Denmark Pity Us

Danes haven’t built a “socialist” country. Just one that works.




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The Best Mechanical Keyboards for 2020

Ready to "switch" things up on your desktop? A mechanical keyboard can make everything click again. Here's a guide to the most common mechanical key types, as well as the top performers in our testing.




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Filmic Pro

Filmic Pro is a mobile app designed to turn your smartphone into a professional video camera. It comes impressively close.




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A Meme Girl Mash-Up

As the pols take the fight out back to the web, will the dank memes prevail?




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Trump Makes Us Ill

Going viral is not a good thing this time.




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Trump’s Crazy Fantasy World

In what The Spectator calls “the Year of the Drunken Uncle,” three old guys vie for the presidency amid coronavirus fears and a careering stock market.




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Plagued by the President

Trump washes his hands of responsibility.




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Let’s ‘Kick Coronavirus’s Ass’

In this nightmarish moment, we’re feeling warm and fuzzy about the cold and calculating Andrew Cuomo.




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Optional alternative grading scale implemented for spring 2020 semester

Penn State is implementing a new opt-in grading system for the spring 2020 semester that will give students flexibility, help preserve GPAs and minimize impacts to students’ transcripts during the academic challenges presented by the novel coronavirus public health crisis.




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Psychology student credits success with Mont Alto's strong focus on research

Amanda Moore, of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, is on track to graduate from Penn State Mont Alto this May with a degree in psychology. She credits her academic success with Mont Alto's strong focus on research and varied program offerings.




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Penn State Mont Alto donates hundreds of PPE items to medical community

As college campuses closed and the COVID-19 virus began casting a larger shadow in south central Pennsylvania, members of the nursing and physical therapist assistant programs at Penn State Mont Alto took stock of all the medical personal protection equipment (PPE) items in their labs. The two programs were supplied with hundreds of gloves and dozens of medical gowns and masks, plus other items such as disposable stethoscopes, shoe covers and safety glasses — items no longer needed as the campus transitioned to remote instruction.




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Mont Alto student research is front and center during 2020 Academic Festival

Penn State Mont Alto recognizes and honors winners during awards ceremony




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Penn State Mont Alto students recognized during online awards ceremony

The Penn State Mont Alto campus held its annual Academic and Leadership Awards Ceremony online on Sunday, April 19. Eighty-eight students were recognized for their academic achievements and campus leadership during the 2019-20 academic year. Three faculty members and one staff member were also recognized for their above-and-beyond contributions to the learning environment at Penn State Mont Alto.




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Penn State Mont Alto adds project and supply chain management degree

Penn State Mont Alto unveiled its new project and supply chain management degree in response to a local and global need.




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Student-athletes stay engaged through in-home workouts and challenges

Staying active and maintaining physical fitness has many benefits to all elements of wellness, including mental and emotional well-being that may be taxed during social distancing. At Penn State Mont Alto, the athletic department has been releasing weekly at-home workout and challenge videos that are accessible on our Facebook and Instagram pages to keep our student-athletes engaged.




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Republicans Don’t Want to Save Jobs

Billions for oil, nothing for nurses and teachers.




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McConnell to Every State: Drop Dead

Blocking federal aid is vile, but it’s also hypocritical.




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Peacocks and Vultures Are Circling the Deficit

The only fiscal thing to fear is deficit fear itself.




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Trump and His Infallible Advisers

Beware men who never admit having been wrong.




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PROSPER Program continues to respond to families' educational needs

Penn State’s PROmoting School-community-university Partnerships to Enhance Resilience (PROSPER) project is continuing to connect and engage Pennsylvania families and keep schools informed during the COVID-19 pandemic.




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Penn State nutritionist shares tips for feeding kids while stuck at home

Balancing finicky kid appetites with proper nutrition can be a challenge in the best of times. But now, with the majority of schools and day cares closed across Pennsylvania, many parents working from home, and schedules thrown in disarray, it may seem downright impossible. A Penn State nutritionist offers tips for feeding kids during stressful times.




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'Expanding Empathy' lecture series moves online

The 2020 "Expanding Empathy" lecture series has moved online and added a lecture on "The Altruistic Brain," as well as a panel discussion on empathy in the time of COVID-19, both to be held on April 29 via Zoom.




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Lecture series to address how to make sense of COVID-19 projections

David Dowdy, associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, will deliver the presentation “Simple Principles for Interpreting Complex Models: How to Make Sense of COVID-19 Projections,” at 4 p.m. via Zoom webinar on Thursday, April 30, as the next presentation in its Dean’s Lecture Series: Perspectives on the Pandemic.




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Lecture to address mental health and the COVID-19 Pandemic

The College of Health and Human Development will host M. Daniele Fallin, Sylvia and Harold Halpert Professor in Mental Health and chair of the Department of Mental Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, at 4 p.m. via Zoom Webinar on Thursday, May 7, for the next presentation in its Dean’s Lecture Series: Perspectives on the Pandemic. This presentation, “Mental Health and the COVID Pandemic,” will summarize recent findings on the psychological effects of the pandemic, as well as offer some strategies for prevention and intervention as the pandemic, and its after-effects, continue.




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Health administration students learn to manage rapid changes in health care

Students in Penn State’s Master of Health Administration program are learning first-hand how the skills and competencies they are acquiring in the classroom will be applied in their professional careers. A recent virtual roundtable event provided opportunities for students to learn real-world strategies from health care industry leaders that are being applied in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.




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College of Health and Human Development names student marshals

Alexandra Stone and Blake Gillikin will serve as college marshals for spring 2020 commencement.




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College of Health and Human Development names program marshals

Student marshals will represent each department for spring 2020 commencement




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2020 Special Olympics Summer Games canceled, will shift to virtual games

The 2020 Special Olympics Summer Games, slated for June 11 to 13, are being canceled due to concerns related to coronavirus. The games will shift to virtual events, with details to be announced in the near future.




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Winter, spring All-Sportsmanship Teams announced

On the fourth day of NCAA Division III Week on Thursday, April 16, the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference released its All-Sportsmanship teams for winter and spring sports. Between winter and spring sports, a total of nine Penn State Altoona student-athletes were selected as representatives to the teams.




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Five Nittany Lions selected in 2020 NFL Draft

Five members of the Penn State football team were selected in this past weekend's NFL Draft, marking the third straight year that the Nittany Lions have had at least five draft picks.




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Student-athletes soar at Penn State Mont Alto

As the tally of conference championships grows and more teams get bids for national playoffs, student-athletes at Penn State Mont Alto have their eyes on a bigger prize: academic success.




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Penn State Mont Alto student-athletes recognized by USCAA and PSUAC

Two Mont Alto student-athletes named to the USCAA All-Academic Team; Corrine Custer-Grassmyer recognized as John Fritz Sportsmanship Award Honoree.




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NHS contact tracing team reportedly mulls switch to Apple-Google API



In what could herald a course reversal for the UK's National Health Service, health officials in that country have reportedly asked a team of developers to "investigate" switching its contact tracing app to a cross-platform API provided by Apple and Google.




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Apple sued over 2016 MacBook Pro 'stage lighting' issue



Apple has been hit with a class-action lawsuit claiming that the company concealed the so-called "stage lighting" issue experienced by some 2016 MacBook Pro owners.




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Top-spec 13-inch MacBook Pros can handle 87W adapters, but benefits are limited



Apple's higher-end 13-inch MacBook Pros are equipped to take advantage of 87W power adapters, though users won't see any charging speed benefits from the change.




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New iOS feature automatically sends medical information to emergency services



Apple's latest iOS 13.5 beta release includes a new Health app feature that allows iPhone and Apple Watch users to automatically send Medical ID information to first responders.




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Apple TV+ promotion tours 'For All Mankind's' lunar base



Stoking interest in an expected second season of Apple TV+ original "For All Mankind," Apple on Wednesday shared a virtual tour of the show's fictional Jamestown lunar base.




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Apple extends dominant smartwatch market lead in Q1



Apple Watch extended its lead over smartwatch market competitors during the first quarter of 2020, according to new statistics from research firm Strategy Analytics, with Apple's wearable now accounting for more than 55% of the whole.




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Facebook SDK update reportedly caused multiple iOS apps to instantly crash



A number of popular iOS apps, including TikTok, Pinterest and Spotify, began to crash on Wednesday after an update to Facebook's SDK rolled out, software that many developers rely on to streamline the user login process.




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Apple's first Mini LED product might not launch until 2021



Apple's first product to integrate Mini LED display technology might see a later-than-expected launch timeline due to setbacks caused by the coronavirus pandemic, according to new research from TF Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.




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Apple Stores reopen in Australia



Apple has reopened all of its operational Apple Stores in Australia, following their closure because of the coronavirus outbreak. Each of the stores has introduced social distancing and temperature checks.




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Apple grants $10 million to COVID-19 test collection kit manufacturer



Early Thursday morning, Apple announced it is awarding $10 million from its Advanced Manufacturing Fund plus manufacturing machinery design assistance to COVID-19 test kit collection equipment manufacturer COPAN Diagnostics.