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- Australia wildfire turns world red as Gippsland is consumed by fire - Metro.co.uk
- Galaxy S11 renaming will drop the Galaxy S20e - SlashGear
- 'We cannot live without you, mum,' says son of Filipino maid who died in Lucky Plaza accident - The Straits Times
- Australian fires: why the heat and bushfires got so bad - Vox.com
- “Crash Landing On You” To Take Temporary Hiatus This Week - soompi
- 'Tootsie' Actress Teri Garr 'Fine' After Brief Hospitalization for Dehydration - Entertainment Tonight
- 'Our hearts are breaking' RFS on the death of 28-year-old firefighter - ABC News (Australia)
- Actress Michelle Williams is pregnant and engaged to 'Hamilton' director Thomas Kail - Yahoo Celebrity
- Volunteer firefighter dead, three injured after trucks roll in New South Wales - 7NEWS.com.au
- From planking to flossing: 7 of the biggest viral internet trends of the decade - Stuff.co.nz
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| Australia wildfire turns world red as Gippsland is consumed by fire - Metro.co.uk Posted: 31 Dec 2019 12:08 AM PST  Two more people died, five others were missing feared dead and thousands were evacuated to beaches as Australia's most devastating wildfire season on record worsened on Tuesday. Police said a father and son died in the early hours of Tuesday defending their home in Cobargo, near the coast in the state of New South Wales (NSW), 280 miles south of Sydney. The town was hit by one out-of-control fire which roared into the community in the middle of the night, with its main street bearing the impact. Further south, fires continued to blaze out of control in the state of Victoria, where some 4,000 people were forced to take shelter on the beach in the holiday town of Mallacoota, in the East Gippsland district along the Pacific coast. Around 4,000 more people were sheltering in community centres in the town. Advertisement Advertisement Those sheltering on the beach were advised to go into the water if the fire situation worsened. Similar advice was given to people in several NSW coastal towns, where fearful residents and holidaymakers had also abandoned their dwellings to move onto beaches.    People in Mallacoota posted on social media about hearing the roar of the fire, circulating photos showing how, in the words of some, the smoke had turned 'the day into night'. Four people were missing in the area, where more than half a million acres of forest have been burnt out and where the intense heat and smoke from fires has been creating localised storm systems. Victoria's state emergency commissioner Andrew Crisp said: 'Mallacoota is currently under attack. 'It is pitch-black, it is quite scary… the community right now is under threat but we will hold our line and they will be saved and protected.' Advertisement Advertisement Emergency services officials said it was possible towns in the Gippsland area could be evacuated by sea as the fires, fanned by strong winds, continued.    Another person was unaccounted for in the NSW town of Belowra. As defence force personnel assisted firefighters and volunteers in tackling some of the worst blazes, eight fires were burning at emergency level across NSW, with a similar number ongoing in Victoria, and two more in the island state of Tasmania. The death toll from more than three months of wildfires in multiple states now stands at 12. Major roads were closed near the south coast of NSW including the country's main national carriageway, the Pacific Highway. Prime Minister Scott Morrison posted a video address expressing sympathy over the death on Monday of volunteer firefighter Samuel McPaul, 28, who died when what was described as 'a fire tornado' flipped his truck off the ground while he attended a blaze near Albury, in southern NSW.    Mr Morrison said: 'As 2019 draws to a close, the devastating impact of these terrible bushfires continues.' Advertisement High fire danger and extreme temperatures – western Sydney hit 45°C on Tuesday – have caused the cancellation of several planned New Year's fireworks displays, including in the national capital Canberra. Sydney's iconic harbour-side fireworks were to go ahead, but with signs displayed of how people could donate money to help those affected by fires.   Advertisement Advertisement Top stories - Google News December 30, 2019 at 10:19PM https://ift.tt/35eAOLM Australia wildfire turns world red as Gippsland is consumed by fire - Metro.co.uk Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| Galaxy S11 renaming will drop the Galaxy S20e - SlashGear Posted: 31 Dec 2019 12:08 AM PST  It sometimes takes a crystal ball to properly divine the thinking that goes behind branding changes. The next big one in the mobile industry will allegedly come from Samsung when it skips nine digits and launch the Galaxy S11 as the Galaxy S20. Apparently, it won't be a simple naming change either as the trio that will launch early 2020 will drop the "e" convention, at least as far as naming goes. That "e" in the Galaxy S10e was an odd one to begin with. It was the first time the suffix was used in a smartphone variant and didn't exactly map to any known conventions. It was practically taken to be the "economy" version of the Galaxy S10 generation, something that Samsung may have not intended and will try to fix next year. According to case maker Schnail, not only will Samsung name its early 2020 flagships as the Galaxy S20 series, it will also start with Galaxy S20 at the bottom, moving up to a Galaxy S20+ and a Galaxy S20 Ultra. This could mean that what was believed to be the Galaxy S11e will be called the Galaxy S20 and become the base model rather than a more affordable model. The name change is subtle but significant and slightly mirrors Apple's strategy for the iPhone 11 as well. Instead of an affordable "lite" model, the two companies will are, in effect, saying that the "lite" version is the base model instead. On top of that, you get a larger "plus" model and then a "pro" ultra model even higher. Of course, none of these is official and Samsung could very well just proceed with a Galaxy S11. Knowing the company, however, it will take any opportunity, like the changing of the decade, to as a marketing strategy. Top stories - Google News December 30, 2019 at 05:12PM https://ift.tt/39lZ9mh Galaxy S11 renaming will drop the Galaxy S20e - SlashGear Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| Posted: 30 Dec 2019 11:38 PM PST SINGAPORE - Ms Abigail Danao Leste - one of two women who died after being hit by a car at Lucky Plaza on Sunday - was the sole breadwinner of her family. Now that she is dead, her two children are at a loss. "We don't know what we are going to do now that she is gone. We don't know where to start," her 21-year-old daughter Jackie Lyne Leste told the Straits Times. Her mother, who was 41, was separated from her husband and was the only one supporting the family, said Ms Leste, who has an older brother who is 22. A car making a U-turn on Nutmeg Road on Sunday afternoon had careened into the sidewalk where Ms Abigail Leste, her sister and four of their close friends, were having a picnic. The car crashed through a metal railing, sending the women - all domestic helpers - plunging several metres onto the Lucky Plaza carpark exit lane below.Ms Leste, who had worked in Singapore for more than 20 years, had planned to go back home to Cagayan in the Philippines, to attend her daughter's graduation ceremony, said the younger Ms Leste who just completed her degree in hospitality industry management. Instead, she and her brother Mr Jhef Umoquit Leste, are now waiting for their mother's body to arrive. Their relatives in Singapore are helping to make the arrangements, said Ms Leste who has an aunt working here. Ms Leste who is unmarried has a 2-year-old son named John Benedict whom her mother doted on. The last time they spoke on the phone, on the same day the accident happened, her mother had told her to take good care of her son, Ms Leste said. In a Facebook post on Monday, her brother said: "We can't go on without you".  "Ma, what are we going to do now? You even called us yesterday and we had a good conversation. And then something happened to you," he wrote in Ilocano, a dialect commonly spoken by people in the northern part of the Philippines including Cagayan, in the north-eastern part of Luzon island. The siblings have not seen their mother since 2016, he added. "Please come home alive even though our lives won't be easy...I will wait here with my younger sibling. You're the only one left to help us." The six victims of the accident were a close-knit group. Two of the women - Ms Arlyn Picar Nucos, 50, who died, and Ms Arceli, 56, who was injured and remains warded at Tan Tock Seng Hospital - were siblings. Two in the group of six are believed to be relatives: Ms Egnal Layugan Limbauan, 43, and Ms Demet Limbauan Limbauan, 37. While Ms Demet has since been discharged, Ms Egnal is hospitalised. The last woman in the group, Ms Laila Flores Laudencia, 44, has also been discharged.
Additional reporting by Trixia Enriquez Carungcong Top stories - Google News December 30, 2019 at 07:35PM https://ift.tt/37innfc 'We cannot live without you, mum,' says son of Filipino maid who died in Lucky Plaza accident - The Straits Times Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| Australian fires: why the heat and bushfires got so bad - Vox.com Posted: 30 Dec 2019 11:38 PM PST Australia is closing out 2019 amid yet another spike in heat, with temperatures topping 105 degrees Fahrenheit in Sydney and triple-digit temperatures throughout much of the country. Such heat has become all too familiar for Australians: Australia ended last year with temperatures peaking close to 120 degrees Fahrenheit. But the current heat wave still stands out as it joins record-breaking hellish weather this month that has fueled massive bushfires in four states and sent choking smoke into major cities, with no end in sight.  The fires have already killed at least 10 people, torched more than 11.3 million acres, and destroyed more than 900 homes since September. The blazes made breathing the air in Sydney as bad as smoking 37 cigarettes and have killed 480 million animals, environmental officials told the Times in the United Kingdom, including nearly one-third of the koalas in one of Australia's most populated koala habitats in an area 240 miles north of Sydney. Over the weekend, the bushfires triggered mass evacuations in parts of the country. New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian declared a state of emergency in response to the fires earlier in December.
The ongoing severe heat is accompanied by brisk winds across much of Australia, worsening fire risks. Wind speeds gusted up to 60 mph on Monday and more strong winds are expected to fan flames and push deadly smoke over major cities. While temperatures are dropping in the United States and much of the Northern Hemisphere, it's currently summer in Australia, and high temperatures, dry weather, and wildfires are not unusual this time of year. But this heat wave is already unprecedented, and the severity and continued persistence of these conditions are alarming. Writing in the Sydney Morning Herald, veterinarian Gundi Rhoades described the conditions for ranchers in Inverell, a town in New South Wales, in apocalyptic terms:
The extreme heat in Australia this week is not just a fluke. There were unique patterns in rain, temperature, and wind that converged this year to scorch the continent, factors that scientists were able to detect in advance. But Australia is also deep in the throes of the accelerating climate crisis, facing not just extreme heat but changes in rainfall patterns. These shifts in turn stand to worsen other problems like drought and wildfires. At the same time, the Australian government is grappling with its own contributions to climate change and the forces of its powerful coal mining industry. Taken together, Australia serves as a microcosm of all the complicated ways that climate variables interact. Its weather this year also shows what other parts of the world may face as temperatures continue to rise. So let's walk through the ingredients of Australia's heat and wildfires, and how they will likely intensify in the future. Australia's climate is notorious for its volatility, but this year's high temperatures and subsequent fires have still been outliers. The country itself spans a region from the tropics in the north to more temperate climates in the south, with deserts in the middle. It also sits between two major oceans and is buffeted by the shifting circulation patterns of both. So the weather over the continent can change drastically year to year and become hard to predict. Still, Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, a senior lecturer at the Climate Change Research Centre at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, explained that there were warning signs that this year's summer in Australia would get brutally hot. One signal was that the Indian Ocean Dipole, the cycle of the temperature gradient between the eastern and western parts of the Indian Ocean, was in its positive phase this year. That led to much less rainfall over Australia as prevailing winds pushed moisture gathering above the Indian Ocean away from the continent in the spring. Another alarm bell this year was the Southern Annular Mode. This describes the movement of the circular belt of wind around Antarctica as it shifts north or south. It's in its negative phase right now, bringing dry conditions to Australia. This year, it also blended with a surge of heat in the stratosphere, channeling gobs of hot, dry air to southern Australia. And while Australia's annual monsoon rains in the northern part of the country packed a devastating wallop in February, causing dangerous flooding in the state of Queensland, they were also behind schedule. That allowed more heat to accumulate over the central part of the country this year. "So there was lots going on in terms of natural climate variability for this season to be quite hot," Perkins-Kirkpatrick wrote in an email. At the same time, there were longer-term factors at work. One of them is that much of Australia is facing a severe drought, spurred by three winters in a row with very little precipitation. "That's never happened in the instrumental record," Michael Roderick, a climate researcher at the Australian National University told the Sydney Morning Herald in November. "They've never really had two failed winters in a row." With drought conditions, there is less moisture evaporating in the heat, a phenomenon that usually has a cooling effect. All the while, the climate is getting hotter. "Australia's climate has warmed by just over 1° C since 1910, leading to an increase in the frequency of extreme heat events," according to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology's 2018 State of the Climate report. This has also led to more rainfall in northern Australia, but less in the southeast, where most Australians live. :format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19563025/GettyImages_1193001822.jpg) These converging factors are why the temperatures in the country have been so stunningly hot. Australia broke a heat record on December 17, reaching a national average temperature of 105.6 degrees Fahrenheit. That record was broken the very next day, averaging 107.4. "This in itself (the record being broken at the start of the season, being broken two days in a row, and by such a large margin) is phenomenal," Perkins-Kirkpatrick said. "If the climate wasn't changing, the chance of this happening is ridiculously low." The prolonged bout of surging temperatures this year has been an important element in the raging deadly infernos across Australia. It's important to note that wildfires are a natural part of the ecosystem in Australia. Many plants and other organisms even depend on regular blazes to germinate, cycle nutrients, and clear decay. However, the combination of rising heat and drier weather has turned vegetation into tinder, leaving trees, shrubs, and grass ready to ignite near some of the most densely populated parts of the country. "There has been a long-term increase in extreme fire weather, and in the length of the fire season, across large parts of Australia," according to the 2018 State of the Climate report. However, the links between fire risk and climate change are more complicated than the links between extreme heat and climate change. That isn't to say humans aren't contributing to the danger from fires. As in the United States, human-caused factors like building in fire-prone areas are contributing to the growing fire risk in Australia. Arson is also suspected as a cause of some of the recent fires. :format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19563015/Annotation_2019_12_30_141518.png) And as the climate changes, the underlying conditions for Australian bushfires will continue to amplify, namely heat and dryness. "Some cities in Australia will likely hit temperatures in the 50's (Celsius) [more than 122 degrees Fahrenheit] by the end of the century," Perkins-Kirkpatrick said. As a result, scientists expect to see more extreme wildfires in Australia in the latter part of this century. That means history can no longer serve as a guide for cities coping with the heat or firefighters battling flames. "Events that are unprecedented in a given region, such as the 2018 [fire] event, reveal that firefighting preparation and training cannot rely on previous events as guidance for the most dangerous conditions they can expect in the current and future climate in which large-scale fires occur more regularly," researchers warned in a study published in December in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society looking back at the 2018 fires in Australia. That's why fire officials are growing anxious about the prospects of more extreme fires. A group of 23 fire chiefs requested a meeting with Prime Minister Scott Morrison in April to discuss the threat, a meeting that has yet to take place. Cities like Sydney have started to recognize the risks posed by climate change, but are still struggling to adapt to the warming to come. "Extreme heat is our biggest risk," according to the 2018 Resilient Sydney report from the city government. "But new homes are usually not constructed to provide maximum protection from heatwaves and there is less tree canopy cover to reduce surface temperatures." To deal with the rising heat, the city is working to deploy reflective surfaces and plant trees to add shade and to mitigate the urban heat island effect. Officials are also investing in making the power grid more reliable to prevent cascading infrastructure failures as thousands of air conditioners switch on and strain the electricity networks. "When energy demand increases during a heat wave, electrical infrastructure is more likely to overload and fail, causing air conditioners to stop working and outages to communication networks, reducing the ability of people to seek help," according to the report. But Australia's national government has been slower to respond to the risks posed by extreme heat, bush fires, and climate change. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison apologized this month for taking a vacation to Hawaii during the recent heatwave and bushfires. However, he brushed off calls to curb Australia's reliance on coal. "I am not going to write off the jobs of thousands of Australians by walking away from traditional industries," he told Australia's Channel Seven. :format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/19562981/GettyImages_1195347453.jpg) Though Australia accounts for 1.3 percent of global emissions, it is currently the world's largest exporter of coal. Delegates at the recent United Nations climate negotiations in Madrid, COP25, named Australia as one of the parties blocking progress toward settling the rules of the Paris climate agreement. Under the agreement, Australia committed to curbing its greenhouse gas emissions between 26 percent and 28 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. That target is not sufficient to meet the Paris target of limiting warming this century to less than 2 degrees Celsius. Morrison defended Australia's actions on climate change. "Australia is taking action on climate change," he told Australia's Nine News last week. "What we won't do is engage in reckless, job-destroying and economy-crunching targets." In 2014, Australia became the first country in the world to introduce and then repeal a national carbon tax. Australian Environment Minister Angus Taylor also noted in The Australian on Tuesday that Australia is outperforming its peers on climate. "Since 2005, Australia's emissions have fallen 12.9 per cent, even while building the biggest liquefied natural gas industry in the world," he wrote. "Canada's emissions have fallen just 2 per cent and New Zealand's have risen 4 per cent." But many Australians aren't convinced. Earlier this month, 20,000 Australians wearing breathing masks rallied in Sydney to protest their government's limited actions on climate change. Meanwhile, the coming days promise little respite from the heat for Australians. And even amid the haze from bushfires, Sydney's New Year's fireworks show will go ahead as planned. Top stories - Google News December 30, 2019 at 03:00PM https://ift.tt/2SC7qwp Australian fires: why the heat and bushfires got so bad - Vox.com Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| “Crash Landing On You” To Take Temporary Hiatus This Week - soompi Posted: 30 Dec 2019 11:08 PM PST  The tvN drama "Crash Landing on You" starring Hyun Bin and Son Ye Jin will not be airing this week. The upcoming episodes, which were due to air on January 4 and 5, were cancelled for broadcast by tvN. The temporary hiatus is due to the fact that the drama films as the episodes air. To protect the cast and crew from unsafe filming conditions, the production team decided to postpone the filming schedule. On December 31, a representative from the drama told StarNews, "Due to the cold winter weather, the producers behind 'Crash Landing on You' decided to take a break this week so that the actors and staff members remain safe and healthy." The representative made no statement about plans for next week's broadcasts. In place of the postponed new episodes, tvN will air reruns of previous episodes that have been specially re-edited for viewers. The popular drama and its cast has continued to top buzzworthy drama rankings since its first episode aired back on December 14. Source (1) How does this article make you feel? Top stories - Google News December 30, 2019 at 05:50PM https://ift.tt/36dIdMF "Crash Landing On You" To Take Temporary Hiatus This Week - soompi Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| Posted: 30 Dec 2019 11:02 PM PST  "Actress" - Google News December 30, 2019 at 08:31PM https://ift.tt/2F43fRY 'Tootsie' Actress Teri Garr 'Fine' After Brief Hospitalization for Dehydration - Entertainment Tonight "Actress" - Google News https://ift.tt/31HZgDn Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| 'Our hearts are breaking' RFS on the death of 28-year-old firefighter - ABC News (Australia) Posted: 30 Dec 2019 10:08 PM PST Top stories - Google News December 30, 2019 at 03:08PM https://ift.tt/2ZKQXHS 'Our hearts are breaking' RFS on the death of 28-year-old firefighter - ABC News (Australia) Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| Posted: 30 Dec 2019 10:02 PM PST  Michelle Williams attends the Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on Sept. 22 in L.A. (Photo: David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images) Actress Michelle Williams is engaged and expecting, according to People. Her husband-to-be is Thomas Kail, who helmed Williams's 2019 FX series Fosse/Verdon. Kail also won a 2016 Tony Award and a 2018 Kennedy Center Honor for directing Hamilton. A publicist for Williams declined to comment, which is not surprising. The actress rarely talks about her personal life. Thomas Kail, left, appears alongside Sam Rockwell, Nicole Fosse and Michelle Williams at the Fosse/Verdon premiere on April 8 in New York City. (Photo: Mike Coppola/Getty Images) In September 2018, Williams announced in Vanity Fair that she had married musician Phil Elverum over the summer. The Hollywood Reporter revealed in April that they had decided to split. Williams previously dated film director Spike Jonez, actor Jason Segel and, most famously, late actor Heath Ledger. They met while working on the 2005 movie Brokeback Mountain and had daughter, Matilda, who's now 14. Williams and Ledger ended their relationship in 2007, and he died on Jan. 22, 2008. Kail was reportedly previously married to TV and stage actress Angela Christian. Williams, a four-time Oscar nominee, is also having a moment in her professional life, because of her work in the project where she fell in love with Kail. She's up for best actress in a TV movie or limited series for the musical drama about the real-life relationship between choreographer Bob Fosse and her character, Broadway dancer Gwen Verdon. At the Emmys in September, her best friend Busy Philipps — her traditional date for awards shows — accompanied her when she won an award for the role there. Read more from Yahoo Entertainment:
Want daily pop culture news delivered to your inbox? Sign up here for Yahoo Entertainment & Lifestyle's newsletter. "Actress" - Google News December 30, 2019 at 07:09PM https://ift.tt/36cBvGS Actress Michelle Williams is pregnant and engaged to 'Hamilton' director Thomas Kail - Yahoo Celebrity "Actress" - Google News https://ift.tt/31HZgDn Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| Volunteer firefighter dead, three injured after trucks roll in New South Wales - 7NEWS.com.au Posted: 30 Dec 2019 09:38 PM PST One volunteer firefighter has been killed and three others have been injured while battling a blaze in New South Wales. Two trucks rolled in extreme winds while attending a fire near Jingellic, 70km east of Albury on Monday afternoon. Watch the full report in the clip above The NSW RFS has identified the volunteer killed in the line of duty as 28-year-old Samuel McPaul, a 'much loved and well respected' member of his community. The newlywed leaves behind a wife who is pregnant with their first child. "The wind came and flipped the vehicle completely upside down, unfortunately killing one of our firefighters," Deputy Commander Rob Rogers said. "It was completely flat terrain, so it was simply the wind itself." "Another vehicle also got tipped over and a couple of firefighters were injured there." It marks the third volunteer to be killed during this catastrophic fire season. Earlier this month, Geoffrey Keeton, 32, and Andrew O'Dwyer, 36, were killed when their truck rolled near Buxton, south-west of Sydney.  Both were fathers of 19 month old babies and members of the Horsley Park Rural Fire Brigade. Want more from Sunrise? Tap here! Top stories - Google News December 30, 2019 at 01:11PM https://ift.tt/2F9cnVy Volunteer firefighter dead, three injured after trucks roll in New South Wales - 7NEWS.com.au Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| From planking to flossing: 7 of the biggest viral internet trends of the decade - Stuff.co.nz Posted: 30 Dec 2019 09:12 PM PST The internet is a fickle place where videos can go viral in a matter of hours before fading back into obscurity, relegated to the depths of your dad's Facebook feed. While few internet trends stand the test of time, some are definitely more memorable than others. And the 2010s saw a rash of memes, dance crazes and challenges that saw everyone from celebrities to politicians getting involved. Here are seven of the decade's biggest viral hits. How many did you attempt? READ MORE: Planking (2011) Prime Minister John Key and his son Max demonstrate the original planking form. The beginning of the decade saw us all lying face down, arms by our sides, in the most unique locations we could think of. The origins of planking are in dispute, but it was in Australia where the craze really took off, after a 20-year-old planker made headlines for being arrested while assuming the position on the hood of a police car. While the Aussies might have started the trend, former New Zealand Prime Minister John Key is credited with killing it. After he appeared in a photo standing over his planking son Max, the fad began to fall out of favour here. Harlem Shake (2013) American DJ and producer Baauer could have never envisioned that his debut single would become one of the most recognisable songs of the decade, thanks to a viral video trend. The original Harlem Shake video was created by a teenage comedian called Filthy Frank and featured a group of costumed dancers who start flailing wildly as the bass drops. The video was replicated by everyone from sports teams to the Norwegian Army. Ice Bucket Challenge (2014) alsagoldenwest/ YouTube Renee Zellweger partakes in the ALS ice bucket challenge Unlike many internet challenges that are purely focused on racking up views, the Ice Bucket Challenge was centred around charity. Former baseball player and ALS patient Pete Frates helped popularise the challenge, which involved taking a bucket of ice water, dumping it over your head, posting the video to social media and encouraging others to do the same or make a donation towards research into the neurodegenerative disease. Frates sadly passed away at the age of 34 this month, but his legacy lives on, as the challenge is believed to have raised more than US$220 million for ALS research. Dabbing (2015) Mark Kolbe/GETTY IMAGES Victoria Azarenka of Belarus celebrates with the viral 'dabbing' move during the 2016 Australian Open. One of the most ubiquitous dance moves of the decade was dabbing, where the participant raises one arm straight to the sky while bowing their head into the crook of their bent elbow, as though muffling a sneeze. The gesture originated from the hip-hop scene in Atlanta, and rose to prominence as sports stars started to use it as a celebratory move. The craze made global headlines again in 2017, when a singer in Saudi Arabia was arrested for dabbing during a concert. The move is banned in the conservative country, as it is considered a reference to drug use. Mannequin Challenge (2016) Hillary Clinton/Twitter Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, husband Bill, and a travelling press pack take on the 'mannequin challenge' on her campaign plane. A group of high school students in Florida were behind the biggest internet sensation of 2016 when they filmed themselves frozen like mannequins as the camera panned around them. The simple concept inspired thousands of spinoffs, which became increasingly elaborate, such as an offering from Hillary Clinton and her staffers on a plane. Many of the Mannequin Challenge videos also featured the song Black Beatles by rap duo Rae Sremmurd, which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 charts thanks to its viral exposure. Flossing (2017) We'd all just got that hang of the dab when along came the floss, a move designed to make it look as though you're manoeuvring an invisible piece of dental floss around the lower half of your body. The move went viral after 15-year-old Russell Horning, who would become known as "Backpack Kid", performed it during a Saturday Night Live performance of Katy Perry's song Swish Swish. The dance also featured in the 2017 video game Fortnite Battle Royale, adding to its popularity. However, Backpack Kid subsequently sued the game makers for stealing his move. Kiki Challenge (2018) Also known as the In My Feelings Challenge, based on the Drake song upon which it is based, the Kiki Challenge saw participants dancing alongside a moving car to the lyrics, "Kiki, do you love me?" The craze began when internet comedian Shiggy posted a video of himself dancing to the song on Instagram, and was soon copied by a number of celebrities. "viral" - Google News December 30, 2019 at 07:50PM https://ift.tt/2u1qZnr From planking to flossing: 7 of the biggest viral internet trends of the decade - Stuff.co.nz "viral" - Google News https://ift.tt/2BCxygM Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| Australia bushfires: Thousands trapped by bushfires on Mallacoota Beach in Victoria - Newshub Posted: 30 Dec 2019 09:08 PM PST  Footage of the bright red sky above Mallacoota Beach, where thousands of people remain trapped as they shelter from the fires. Credits: Video - Jann Gilbert / Facebook; Images - travelling_aus_family / Instagram; bluesfestblues / Twitter Around 4000 people are trapped on Mallacoota Beach in East Gippsland, Victoria as out-of-control bushfires ravage the area. Victoria's Emergency Management Commissioner Andrew Crisp told local media there was no evacuation order for the small town of Mallacoota, despite other Gippsland localities being evacuated on Sunday and Monday. According to Sydney Morning Herald, Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews is looking at evacuating the 4000 people on Mallacoota's foreshore, despite Rural Fire Service commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons saying they are not "yet" looking at sea evacuations for coastal towns. More than 200,000 hectares have been ravaged by the Victoria bushfires. The amount of properties destroyed is unclear. Three people have died due to the fires since Monday, including a father and son in the New South Wales (NSW) village of Cobargo and a volunteer firefighter. Four people remain unaccounted for in Victoria and another man is presumed dead in NSW. What you need to know:
Refresh the page for the latest updates: 5:54pm - CFA chief officer Steve Warrington said the major fire front has now "bypassed" Mallacoota - "relatively good news" for locals. Warrington said people "cheered" down at the jetty when the news was announced. He warned the public to remain vigilant as active fires continue to burn in the area. Firefighters continue to extinguish houses that have been destroyed on the outskirts of the township. However, the town is still isolated within a ring of fire. 5:38pm - Victoria's emergency commissioner Andrew Crisp confirmed 43 buildings have been destroyed in East Gippsland. Eight emergency warnings remain in Victoria. 5:27pm - The two people confirmed dead in the bushfire crisis were reportedly a father and son. NSW police deputy commissioner Gary Worboys said police found the men deceased in a house in west Cobargo, NSW. Authorities said the missing person in Narooma, an elderly man, is also presumed dead. 5:17pm - NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian confirmed that two people have died in Cobargo, NSW. They were reported missing earlier on Tuesday. "It's been confirmed today that there are two deceased persons in Cobargo," she said. "The police have confirmed that. A third person is missing with grave concerns for their safety, west of Narooma. Our message is please follow instructions." The Premier said it was a "horrible" day. 5:10pm - Twitter user Princess Gemma claims helicopters and ferries are coming to evacuate people from the beach in Mallacoota. Newshub have yet to validate the claims. A Mallacoota local says the fires are critical in the residential areas of Raheen and Radley. He describes the tea trees as "exploding infernos". 4:50pm - Amid the raging fires, Mallacoota residents and tourists remain on the shore, jetty and in the community centre, with many taking to the sea and the lake in their personal boats. The township has also lost power, with AusNet Services reporting 5700 properties in East Gippsland are without electricity due to the fires, as well as another 1800 in north-east Victoria. According to 9News, an estimated 200,000 hectares have been ravaged by the bushfires in East Gippsland as of Tuesday morning. Three strike teams continue to look after the thousands of people stranded in Mallacoota. 4:41pm - Photos have been shared on Twitter of properties alight in Mallacoota. Opposition leader Anthony Albanese says "perhaps hundreds of homes" have been destroyed across the country. He is currently speaking to reporters in Brisbane. "The fire does not respect state boundaries... this is a national issue. This is a national emergency and it requires a national response from the government," he said. 4:37pm - In the Victorian city of Bairnsdale, The Guardian Australia reporter Calla Wahlquist spoke to an SES commander, who said most tourists have been "understanding" about not getting to their New Years Eve holiday destinations. "Some tourists who are heading down for New Year's Eve and they booked a motel for 4 nights on the coast - well, too bad," the commander told Wahlquist. 4:31pm - The main street of Cobargo in NSW has been ravaged by the fires. Two people remain unaccounted for in the village, with another missing in the township of Belowra. According to local media, they are feared dead. On Monday, a NSW Rural Fire Service volunteer firefighter, Samuel McPaul, died. His truck flipped amid a "fire tornado" in Jingellic, roughly 110km east of Albury in NSW. He was expecting his first child in May. Rural Fire Service commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons said on Tuesday that the 10-tonne truck was hit by winds so extreme at the Green Valley fire that it flipped on its roof. A number of properties have been destroyed by the Batemans Bay bushfire on NSW south coast. 4:15pm - Mallacoota evacuees continue to shelter in the community centre, on the waterfront jetty, on the lake and on the shore, many remaining in the water on boats. According to local media, the fire reached the water's edge by 1:30pm. A man told ABC Gippsland he could see fire in the town centre and "20 metre high" flames on the outskirts of the township. According to Vic Emergency, as of roughly 3:30pm (NZ time) there are a multitude of bushfires in Mallacoota including on Mortimer St, Bastion Point Rd, Rasmus Ave, Allan Dr and Shady Gully Dr, as well as a number of building fires. One fire is currently travelling from Wingan River in an easterly direction and has impacted Mallacoota, Karbeethong and Gipsy Point. Crews are focusing their efforts on asset protection around the township. An assembly area has been established at the Mallacoota Main Community Hall at Allan Drive and the Genoa-Mallacoota Road is closed. 3:55pm - Images continue to be shared of the "apocalyptic" devastation in Mallacoota and the East Gippsland region in Victoria. The state is continuing to battle eight emergency bushfires. A historic timber bridge has been completely destroyed by the Gippsland fires. A Twitter post by GippsNews shows the destroyed Genoa River Bridge on Old Princes Highway, close to Mallacoota. According to 9News, a small, rural school - Clifton Creek Primary - has been destroyed in East Gippsland. 3:48pm - Mallacoota local Jann Gilbert has shared another video of the devastation on Facebook. She said she has lost her house and her boat. "Van gone also. Just the car left and the fire front is heading straight for it," she wrote. 3:43pm - ABC Gippsland has shared a heartbreaking picture on Facebook of a child out on Mallacoota lake as the family attempts to escape the flames. "A mother took this photo. Her two primary school aged sons are in the boat with her. They're out on the Mallacoota lake trying to stay safe from fire, it doesn't look like it but it's daytime," the outlet wrote. "Around 4000 people are gathered at the Mallacoota boat ramp. Waiting to see how close the fire will come. "It's been confirmed some homes around Mallacoota have been lost." 3:34pm - CFA incident controller Ben Rankin told ABC Radio "a number of houses" have been impacted in Mallacoota. "It is a day to adhere to the warnings that are coming out," he said. In NSW, "40 houses" are reportedly alight near the coastal town of Ulladulla. Radio stations are telling locals to save life only. 3:28pm - According to The Guardian, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews confirmed on Tuesday he had requested the Australian Defence Force's (ADF) assistance as bushfires continue to ravage the state. Andrews has reportedly spoken to Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison about additional support from the navy. "We've made some requests to the [ADF] for their support, both in terms of making damage assessments but also some of these isolated communities can be accessed by sea," he said. Seventy firefighters from Canada and the US have also been requested to help Victoria battle the bushfires, The Guardian reports. 3:10pm - A bowling club, school and golf club have reportedly been lost to the bushfires in Mallacoota. 2:54pm - Fitzsimmons said the fire service is not yet looking at sea evacuations, despite Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews looking at evacuating those trapped on the beach in Mallacoota. "Obviously, if we find that there are a lot of people isolated and stranded as a result of seeking safety and seeking shelter, then we will look at that relocation or that movement option, but we're just not there yet. We're still dealing with the enormity of the unfolding and very dynamic fire situation," he told reporters. 2:46pm - Fitzsimmons said in a press conference this afternoon that there are "three potential fatalities" in NSW - two in the village of Cobargo and one in Belowra. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Fitzsimmons said it was "absolutely" the worst bushfire season on record in NSW. 2:41pm - Batemans Bay on the south coast of NSW paints a similar picture, with locals huddled on the beach under a blood orange sky. According to Twitter user Andrea Cantle, Batemans Bay has lost power and is "pitch black" at 12:20pm (local time). In a press conference, NSW Rural Fire Service commissioner, Shane Fitzsimmons, confirmed there was "significant impact, damage and destruction" on the NSW south coast, including to schools. 2:29pm - A radio station host in Mallacoota told ABC Gippsland she is trapped inside her studio. Francesca Winterson told the station she can see "ash burning down the main street". She claims she has been broadcasting for two days straight. "I can't go anywhere," she said. She told the outlet the building has a metal roof and double-glazed windows. "We've got as much chance, really, as anybody else at the moment and now the ember attack is really starting to... look like fireworks night." 2:25pm - Campers in Mallacoota were reportedly told to throw their gas cylinders into the water as the fire burned closer overnight. Some locals have told reporters they could still hear a number of cylinders exploding. 2:17pm - "Survival. When will this nightmare end?" East Gippsland local Jann Gilbert has posted on Facebook, alongside a number of videos of the scene in Mallacoota. "Smoke has cleared a bit, which is good but I don't think we'll be going anywhere soon." 2:13pm - Videos and images on Twitter show the terrifying scene. 2:08pm - "You are in danger if you are in the Mallacoota and Karbeethong area and need to act immediately to survive," Vic Emergency said in their warning. "The safest option is to take shelter indoors immediately. It is too late to leave. Leaving now would be deadly." 2:02pm - An emergency warning issued by Victoria Emergency says there are currently two out-of-control bushfires that threaten Mallacoota, Gipsy Point, Karbeethong, Tamboon, Club Terrace, Combienbar and surrounds. One fire is currently travelling from Wingan River towards Karbeethong. The fire front was predicted to impact the Mallacoota township at roughly 11am (local time). The second fire is travelling from Goongerah towards Chandlers Creek. Ash and embers are falling ahead of the main fires, which may cause spot fires. For more information, read here. 1:59pm - People have been told to get under the water when the trucks activate their sirens in an attempt to escape the fires. Around 4000 people are trapped on Mallacoota Beach - and it is too late for them to leave. Top stories - Google News December 30, 2019 at 07:26PM https://ift.tt/2ZJaatl Australia bushfires: Thousands trapped by bushfires on Mallacoota Beach in Victoria - Newshub Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| Posted: 30 Dec 2019 09:08 PM PST Police have confirmed a father and son have died trying to defend their home from the devastating Cobargo fire that almost completely destroyed the historic NSW village. Fire is also bearing down on Batemans Bay, on the NSW South Coast, with the town now cut off from the outside. The Prime Minister paid tribute to volunteer firefighter Samuel McPaul, 28, who was killed when the Rural Fire Service truck he was in was hit by ferocious winds outside of Albury in the south of NSW. Out-of-control fires are blazing in three states, with conditions set to worsen in some regions. Follow our live blog on NSW's bushfires below for updates throughout the day. Read more here for updates on Victoria's fires. Live UpdatesNSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has confirmed two people have died in bushfires that devastated the village of Cobargo earlier today. NSW Police Deputy Commissioner Gary Worboy confirmed the two people who died were a father and son trying to defend their home from the Badja Forest Rd fire. "The two men at Cobargo are residents of Cobargo. A father and son, as we believe. Very tragic set of circumstances. Obviously trying to do their best with the fire as it came through in the early hours of the morning," he said. Mr Worboy said police were still trying to make their way to a home west of Narooma where a man was also defending his home. "Unfortunately we think that the news there will not be good either," he said. RFS Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons earlier said there were fears for two people missing but the situation had been too dangerous for police to investigate. Photos of the main street of Cobargo, which used to be lined by historic, turn-of-the-century buildings, appear to show it completely razed. https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js There are reports the local school has been destroyed as well as disinfection infrastructure within the Brogo River water supply catchment. Residents in Quaama, Cobargo, Bermagui, Beauty Point, Fairhaven, Wallaga Lake, Wallaga Lake Heights, Wallaga Lake Koori Village, Akolele are advised to boil their water. Cobargo, to the west of Bermagui, has been on fire for much of today, with multiple buildings on the main street on fire and RFS crews struggling to save properties. The town was evacuated earlier today. Pyro-cumulonimbus – a fire-generated thunderstorm – has formed above the Currowan fire on the state's South Coast. An emergency warning was issued for the massive 227,000 hectare fire, in the Shoalhaven region of NSW, just before 2pm but the storm is likely to make things worse. There are also fears the southerly wind change will push the fire towards the Shoalhaven River in Nowra. The huge fire is already burning between Nowra in the north, Braidwood in the west, and Batemans Bay in the south. There has been a significant increase in fire activity south of the Kings Highway to the west of Nelligen. The fire earlier merged with the Tianjara fire in the Morton National Park to the south west of Nowra. Batemans Bay on NSW's South Coast is one of the many places across the state to lose power today. More than 35,000 people will be without power for New Year's Eve as fires rage and destroy powerlines. The number of people without power has doubled in five hours after 18,000 people were reported as being in black out at 9.30am this morning. "We currently have over 35,000 customers without supply across our network, the majority being located in South Eastern NSW due to the ongoing fire situation," Essential Energy said. "For safety reasons we will not be able to access many areas impacted by fire until the danger has passed and its deemed safe. Customers may experience extended periods without power. "We have team members within Emergency Operations Centres which will allow us to plan our response. "Once we are able to access impacted areas we will be in a position to evaluate the damage and commence repairs as quickly as safety permits. We will provide updates via social media as additional information comes to hand. "Our thoughts go out to those impacted by these devastating fires, please stay safe and continue to monitor the ongoing situation." RFS District Manager Superintendent Patrick Westwood has held back tears as he paid tribute to Samuel McPaul, the 28-year-old volunteer killed fighting fires in Jingelic last night. "Samuel leaves behind a family that is now without a father and a husband," Mr Westwood said. "Our condolences from the service and the wider community are with the family at the moment as I'm sure is the state and the country at the moment. "Sam was a 28-year-old firefighter that joined with us. He was trained and doing everything right on the day when something went wrong and it's just incredibly unfortunate what happened. "The driver was a veteran captain, with 35 years-plus experience. After speaking with him in hospital last night, he said the ground he was on was safe. "He thought he was in the right spot, as he was, from what I can understand and this freakish weather event, that would have to be seen to be believed and even then there's veteran firefighters who don't believe what they saw, engulf that vehicle with flame, fire and strong winds and literally picked up an 8-tonne truck and flipped it over." A GoFundMe started for Mr McPaul's family, and his expectant wife, can be found here. Exhausted firefighters are being told over their radio to just focus on humans as out-of-control blazes become impossible to control. There are reports dozens of homes have been destroyed in the fires burning across NSW. On the Far South RFS radio broadcast, volunteers were told to "just save life only" in a bid to free up resources. Surf lifesavers on the NSW South Coast are working around the clock to help the thousands of people forced away from their homes as bushfires rage. Volunteers across the state are working overtime with clubs sheltering more than 10,000 people. The quaint village of Cobargo, in the south of NSW, has been almost completely destroyed by fire – with fears at least two people are dead. Photos of the main street of Cobargo, which used to be lined by historic, turn-of-the-century buildings, appear to show it completely razed. There are also reports the local school has been destroyed. The blaze is also responsible for destroying disinfection infrastructure within the Brogo River water supply catchment. Residents in Quaama, Cobargo, Bermagui, Beauty Point, Fairhaven, Wallaga Lake, Wallaga Lake Heights, Wallaga Lake Koori Village, Akolele are advised to boil their water. Cobargo, to the west of Bermagui, has been on fire for much of today, with multiple buildings on the main street on fire and RFS crews struggling to save properties. The town was evacuated earlier today. Sunrise host Sam Armytage has lashed City of Sydney Council for pushing on with its New Year's Eve fireworks despite the bushfire crisis. Armytage was in the bushfire-ravaged region on the NSW's South Coast when she was evacuated to Narooma earlier today. Posting a picture of the bright orange sky to her Instagram story, Armytage said it was "like Armageddon" down south.  RFS Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons didn't hesitate when he was asked if he thought this bushfire season was "the worst on record for NSW". "Absolutely, yes," he said. NSW currently has fires stretching all the way from Nowra down to the Victorian border. The southerly change, which will blow through this afternoon, is expected to make things even worse. The southerly change will move through the Jervis Bay region around 3pm before hitting Sydney at 8pm – before the New Year's Eve fireworks. It will move fires previously heading east in a northerly direction. "Anywhere from Nowra down to the Victorian border, right out to places like Tumut and Tumbarumba, across the ranges – we're seeing aggressive and dangerous fire behaviour," Mr Fitzsimmons told reporters. RFS Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons said there were grave fears for three people unaccounted for in NSW's south. "We are getting preliminary reports that we have three people unaccounted for and the potential for three potential fatalities as a result of the fire on the South Coast," Mr Fitzsimmons said. The reports relate to two people missing in Cobargo and another person missing at Belowra. Police said it was still unsafe for them to get to either of the towns to confirm the reports but "the suggestion is at this stage that they've been impacted by the fire". Top stories - Google News December 30, 2019 at 04:39PM https://ift.tt/37rqx0u NSW South Coast bushfires live updates: Batemans Bay emergency escalates | news.com.au — Australia's #1 news site - NEWS.com.au Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| 15-year-old girl shot Monday night in Mobile - AL.com Posted: 30 Dec 2019 08:59 PM PST  A 15-year-old girl was injured after she was shot when a bullet came flying through her home Monday night in Mobile, police said. Mobile police officers responded to the 1300 block of Plaza Drive following a report of a person shot, according to Sgt. LaDerrick DuBose. When they arrived, they found the girl with a gunshot wound. The teen was insider her home when unknown suspects were shooting in the area, DuBose said. The bullet came through the home and struck her. The girl suffered minor injuries, police said. No further information was available as police continued to investigate the incident. "Mobile" - Google News December 30, 2019 at 08:16PM https://ift.tt/37llEWw 15-year-old girl shot Monday night in Mobile - AL.com "Mobile" - Google News https://ift.tt/2P9t7Cg Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| Aerial footage shows Australian bushfires raging in rural New South Wales - Guardian News Posted: 30 Dec 2019 08:38 PM PST Top stories - Google News December 30, 2019 at 02:43PM https://ift.tt/37oyjbf Aerial footage shows Australian bushfires raging in rural New South Wales - Guardian News Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| Australia fires: The volunteers risking their lives to tackle blazes - FRANCE 24 English Posted: 30 Dec 2019 08:08 PM PST Top stories - Google News December 30, 2019 at 08:48AM https://ift.tt/2rICkbt Australia fires: The volunteers risking their lives to tackle blazes - FRANCE 24 English Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| Tootsie Actress Teri Garr Was Briefly Hospitalized for Dehydration, Says Rep - PEOPLE.com Posted: 30 Dec 2019 08:02 PM PST  Welcome! Meredith collects data to deliver the best content, services, and personalized digital ads. We partner with third party advertisers, who may use tracking technologies to collect information about your activity on sites and applications across devices, both on our sites and across the Internet. You always have the choice to experience our sites without personalized advertising based on your web browsing activity by visiting the DAA's Consumer Choice page, the NAI's website, and/or the EU online choices page, from each of your browsers or devices. To avoid personalized advertising based on your mobile app activity, you can install the DAA's AppChoices app here. You can find much more information about your privacy choices in our privacy policy. You can make a Data Subject Request at any time. Even if you choose not to have your activity tracked by third parties for advertising services, you will still see non-personalized ads on our site. By clicking continue below and using our sites or applications, you agree that we and our third party advertisers can:
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| One sister dead, the other critically injured in Lucky Plaza crash - The New Paper Posted: 30 Dec 2019 07:08 PM PST  He suspected something was amiss when he did not get the usual Sunday video calls from his two sisters working as domestic helpers in Singapore. Mr Reynaldo Nucos' worst fears were confirmed when he called his wife, also a domestic helper here, late on Sunday. His sisters were among groups of Filipinos celebrating the festive season on a pavement in Nutmeg Road, next to Lucky Plaza, when a car ploughed into them. One sister, Ms Arlyn Picar Nucos, 50, died in Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) and the other, Ms Arceli Picar Nucos, 56, is in critical condition in TTSH. Mr Nucos, who lives in La Union province on Luzon island, told a local radio station his sisters had remitted money to the family for the Christmas and New Year holidays. He said he and another sister, Alice, a teacher, were working on getting Ms Arlyn's remains to be flown home and to make sure Ms Arceli pulls through. The sisters had been working in Singapore since 1990, and Ms Arceli was due to return home next month, reported online news website Rappler. A relative described the sisters as kind and generous in helping to put their nephews and nieces through school. Ms Ana Marie Nucos, 37, told The Straits Times from the Philippines that the sisters also helped her sister-in-law land a job as a domestic helper here. "They helped with everything. They were very kind." The sisters were among six Filipinas hit by the car, which then crashed through a railing and plunged onto the Lucky Plaza carpark exit road, taking four victims down with it. A male driver was arrested for dangerous driving causing death. The six victims were taken to TTSH, where Ms Arlyn and her close friend, Ms Abigail Danao Leste, 41, died from their injuries. Ms Arceli and Ms Egnal Layugan Limbauan, 43, are still warded. The New Paper understands that Ms Arceli is in intensive care and has undergone an operation, with another scheduled for today. Ms Egnal, who is in the high dependency ward, has started talking but is still experiencing pain in her femur, and may need to undergo surgery. Ms Arceli's cousin and close friends, who declined to be named, told TNP yesterday that she had regained consciousness and was able to recognise faces but could not eat and drink. The remaining victims - Ms Laila Flores Laudencia, 44, and Ms Demet Limbauan Limbauan, 37 - were discharged yesterday. At the mortuary yesterday, a woman claiming to be Ms Leste's relative said she had seen a video of the accident but did not realise Ms Leste was a victim. Giving her name only as Lynn, 28, she said: "I knew it was her only after I received news from the Philippines." She said Ms Leste, is survived by a daughter, 21, and a son. Philippine Embassy consul-general Adrian Bernie Candolada said yesterday that Ms Leste and Ms Arlyn were long-time friends. He said the embassy has been in touch with the families of the victims and the employers of the deceased victims. The process of shipping their remains back to the Philippines has begun. Mr Candolada said of the victims: "All six of them are good friends, and they frequent Lucky Plaza on Sundays to exchange stories over food. "Many of them have been working in Singapore for a very long time, for at least eight to 10 years." Filipinos at Lucky Plaza yesterday told TNP their community has been traumatised as many had used the accident scene for gatherings. Domestic worker Judith Canoy, 47, frequently had picnics there with friends on Sundays. She said: "My friends and I come here all the time to picnic or just to chit-chat. But after the accident, I will never come back here. It is too traumatic. "This incident is a big loss to our Filipino community in Singapore because we are all so close to each other." Infographic: Lucky Plaza crash: How it happened Top stories - Google News December 30, 2019 at 02:00PM https://ift.tt/2FjBBAN One sister dead, the other critically injured in Lucky Plaza crash - The New Paper Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| SA's volunteer firies to receive payment - The Canberra Times Posted: 30 Dec 2019 07:08 PM PST  Volunteer firefighters in South Australia will receive the same financial support as their NSW counterparts, the state government has confirmed. Those battling the long-running NSW blazes could receive up to $6000 after the federal government on Sunday bowed to pressure pay volunteer firefighters. Payments of up to $300 a day will be available to Rural Fire Service NSW volunteers who are self-employed or work for small and medium businesses. They will be capped at $6000 per person and are tax-free. SA Emergency Services Minister Corey Wingard said arrangements would be made for SA fire crews to get the same payments. "We very much know and understand that the fires in NSW have been going for a lot longer," he said. "But our volunteers here have been doing an outstanding job ... so to have the same arrangements is a big positive for South Australia." Mr Wingard said SA firefighters' deployments to NSW would qualify to be counted for the payments, with payment details to be finalised in coming days. Country Fire Service chief officer Mark Jones said anything that improved the conditions for his volunteers was a good thing. "The consistent advice I have from them is that none of them volunteer to get paid," he said. "However, there is a parity issue and if some states are to receive it, it's fair that they all do." Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the payments would be equivalent to 20 days of emergency leave for the eligible volunteers. It follows the government's announcement last week that commonwealth public service volunteers would get at least four weeks of paid leave to fight bushfires under a plan to ensure more "boots on the ground". Australian Associated Press Top stories - Google News December 28, 2019 at 11:04PM https://ift.tt/37pdtZn SA's volunteer firies to receive payment - The Canberra Times Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| Column: Simplifying your life can be a complex but worthwhile goal - Los Angeles Times Posted: 30 Dec 2019 06:40 PM PST  As a new decade commences, I have been pondering my priorities for the months and years ahead. I hesitate to label this internal strategy session as the making of New Year's resolutions, which are notoriously hard to keep. I prefer to think of it as a goal-setting exercise, which retains the aspirational element of resolutions without the guilt of promises broken or only partially kept. One of my goals is, I suspect, a common one: I hope to simplify my life. This seems easy enough. According to Merriam-Webster, the first definition of the word "simplify" is "to reduce to basic essentials." What could be more straightforward — or more ethically compelling, given that I have far more than I need, while too many lack those basic essentials? Advertisement But in a complex world, there's nothing simple about simplifying. This thought struck me during a pre-Christmas closet-purging session, after which I drove to a Goodwill donation center in Corona del Mar to drop off some items. When I pulled into the parking lot, I could see a mountain of other donated goods littering the pavement outside the packed Goodwill truck. "This is what happens when I go to lunch," the overwhelmed young man who was managing the donation center told me as he gestured to the piles of other people's unwanted belongings. Any virtuous feelings I might have harbored quickly dissipated, and I wondered: Would all this stuff find a home? How much of it ends up in a dump? By removing items from my home and giving them to charity, am I truly doing good, or am I just transferring my mess to someone else? Advertisement According to HuffPost, most of the tens of millions of tons of clothing donated to Goodwill each year are eventually re-used. But despite Goodwill's best efforts — including selling languishing castoffs for pennies, auctioning the remaining items in bulk and sending the rest to textile recyclers — a small portion of secondhand clothing does end up being trashed. This refuse becomes destined to join the many millions of tons of textile waste already clogging landfills. Often this happens when the donated clothes are wet, moldy, or otherwise contaminated. Obviously, those of us who give away our castoff clothes should make sure they are clean and usable. But a better solution to the clothing waste problem, the HuffPost article suggested, is to forgo buying clothes we don't really need in the first place. Sigh. This is not advice that a clothes lover like me wants to hear. I get a unique thrill from tracking fashion trends, perusing the websites of my favorite retailers, waiting patiently for sales, cashing in my "preferred customer" bonus points and wearing my cute new outfits. Obsession is such a strong word — let's call it an avocation, one that delights me like no other. Add to that my attachment to other consumer goods — from shoes to books to a surfeit of ornaments that threatened to cause my poor Christmas tree to implode this season — and I realize that scaling back to "basic essentials" is probably a bit ambitious. Yet I know I can do better. I can avoid impulse buying and give greater consideration to whether adding something to my collection of stuff will really make a difference in my life. I also could spend a bit less time drooling over clothes and more time finding ways to truly help those in need. There are other ways I can, and should, seek greater simplicity. Advertisement Experts, including psychologists and organizational specialists, recommend mental and social decluttering too. This means trying not to dwell on regret or self-pity, and setting boundaries with people who feed such negativity. The focus should instead be on promoting a healthier attitude based on gratitude and compassion. Simplifying also requires better time management. I often become stressed from feeling over-committed, and I worry that I won't fit it all in. Yet in truth much of that busyness is self-inflicted and unnecessary, driven by some ridiculous notion that we are all in a race to cram more into each day than everyone else. I'd like to break that competitive loop and stop doing some things just so I can say that I did them. Better to spend my precious time on Earth tending to what matters most, family and friends, and appreciating the simple pleasures — like a glorious sunset or the beautiful flowers in the garden that my husband nurtures. Will I succeed at any of this? Perhaps a little, but I know too well how easy it is to succumb to the belief that having more and doing more will make me happy and fulfilled. Instant gratification is seductive. So I've decided that my goal could use an amendment. In service of working to achieve greater simplicity, I also should try to think more. Think before clicking, buying, speaking, committing, judging or indulging. Think before adding to a problem, rather than helping find solutions. Taking an extra beat or two to remind myself that I already have so much — that's a goal I feel confident I can achieve. In fact, it should be simple. Support our coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. "Goal" - Google News December 30, 2019 at 05:00PM https://ift.tt/37oVQsI Column: Simplifying your life can be a complex but worthwhile goal - Los Angeles Times "Goal" - Google News https://ift.tt/35TEe8t Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| Will extreme wildfires become the norm of tomorrow? - Euronews Posted: 30 Dec 2019 06:08 PM PST  Wildfires seem to spark more often and last longer all over the world. If so, what does that mean for people and ecosystems? This Christmas in Australia's New South Wales has been hotter than usual. Wildfires which started creeping since September have grown into the region's worst fire season since before 2003. Even by early December, the unprecedented "mega fire" had burnt over 2.1 million hectares and killed six people. Usually, Australia's fire season peaks mid-January. In the past year, various parts of the world took turns burning too long, too early. Though wildfires are embedded in the natural cycles of some ecosystems, their increased frequency and scale encroach on public and environmental health, with alarming effects in a more fire-prone world. 2019, a burning planet with record wildfiresOver 1,600 wildfires – more than three times the decade's average – have scorched the EU this year until mid-August, with France and Spain under higher than usual fires. In June, the Copernicus Atmospheric Monitoring System (CAMS), which tracks wildfire emissions worldwide, reported intense blazes in Siberia and the Arctic, overwhelming areas the size of 100,000 football fields. "Yakutia in particular had not experienced such widespread fires in the last 17 years," says Dr. Mark Parrington, senior scientist at CAMS. While they fell within the normal fire season, they lasted longer and reached further than ever before. In Amazonia, 70,000 blazes overtook several Brazilian states. In Indonesia, September wildfire activity was comparable to the 2015 episode, when the blazes emitted 884 million tonnes of carbon. In western USA, both the number of fires and the amount of land burnt have increased consistently since the 1950s, according to NASA, while megafires – fires burning over 40,000 hectares – appear on record only starting from the 1970s. Wildfires sparked by unusual weather conditions in many parts of the worldTo make a wildfire, you need a combination of dry weather, something to burn (fuel) and something to spark the flames. Weather is the largest, most variable driver behind wildfires, researchers found, as temperatures, humidity, rainfall, and wind speeds affect how quickly and strongly fires spread. The worst fires occur under hot, dry and windy weather. Australia's early 2019 blazes overlapped with its hottest January on record, and one of its driest compared to 1981-2010. Experts analysing 35 years of weather data from ECMWF and NOAA observed that fire seasons have lengthened across one quarter of global vegetated land, with parts of South America and East Africa enduring fire seasons more than a month longer than almost four decades ago. Experts from the European Union's Emergency Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) have also warned about the rise of a "new wildfire context", in which the blazes shift unpredictably, burn more intensely, grow fast and spread burning material over large distances, scorching massive areas across regions and countries. And although fires are part of nature's cycle, ecosystems and communities might not be adapted to these changes. For example, fires in north-eastern New South Wales burnt in rainforests, which had not experienced that before, according to Dr. Parrington. A forecasting challenge to save livesTracking when and where fire danger appears can save lives, and contain environmental and economic costs. While CAMS provides data on the actual global number of fires, the Fire Weather Index (FWI) based on weather variables helps to provide forecasts. EFFIS of the Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS) uses the index to make short term fire danger forecasts, whilst Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) uses the FWI to make fire danger projections on the seasonal and longer-term time-scales; this rates fire intensity, which refers to its spreading speed and how much fuel it consumes. "There is a high degree of inter-annual variability in fire activity around the world," says Dr. Parrington. "It's challenging to say how wildfire regimes are shifting; changes we are making to the Global Fire Assimilation System (GFAS) which assimilates fire radiative power observations from satellite-based sensors to produce daily estimates of biomass burning emissions will better reflect changing wildfire conditions by, for example, improving land cover maps and emission factors used to estimate them." Through smoke, soot and ash, wildfires spit out carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO2), methane, nitrogen oxides, black carbon, and aerosols, which affect air quality in the lower and upper atmosphere. According to Copernicus, the combination of pollutants emitted makes wildfires responsible for "far greater air pollution than industrial emissions". An alarming health impactExposure to smoke, and especially short-term exposure to particulate matter, creates a wide range of respiratory and heart problems that can linger long after fires die off; hundreds of thousands of deaths annually have been associated with smoke, according to the Centre for Disease Control (CDC). Throughout this year, fire-born suspended particles (PM 2.5) spiked air pollution in Spain, France, the Himalayas and many more regions, according to CAMS aerosol data. In Australia, several regions declared a state of emergency as particulate matter surpassed dangerous levels, with air quality in parts of Sydney even 12 times above health hazardous levels. Wildfire PM2.5 pollution causes between 10,000-30,000 premature deaths annually in the US, according to a recent study; researchers predict that the number is likely to double by the end of the century, compared to early 2000s. Providing data on estimated wildfire emissions is thus increasingly important for public health in a future with increased fire occurrence. CAMS produces daily five-day forecasts for routes of smoke aerosols and pollutants from wildfires. "Through CAMS analyses and forecasts of global atmospheric composition, we can monitor and evaluate potential impacts of smoke pollution around the world", says Dr. Parrington. "While long-range transport of smoke may not affect surface air quality, it is useful to track, as in some cases it can reach the surface." An unprecedented level of CO2 releases in the atmosphereAnd then there's the CO2. In the first 11 months of 2019, wildfires released about 6,735 Mt CO2 globally, according to CAMS monitoring. Peaks included the June-July 140 Mt of CO2 from Arctic fires, or about as much as the carbon output of 36 million cars, or the 708 Mt from Indonesian fires between August and November. Discussions on how wildfires contribute to climate change continue, as some of the carbon is reabsorbed by trees and plants once they regenerate; scientists still place it far behind the carbon output of fossil fuels. But the speed at which vegetation recovers varies widely. In some parts, damage can be lasting. Burning peatlands unlocks large amounts of carbon stored in their thick soils, continues to smoulder for weeks or months, and can take centuries to fully recover. In 2019, 43 percent of fires in Indonesia, which CAMS monitored for their far ranging plumes across South-East Asia, were on peatlands. Peatlands under permafrost, which contain about 14 percent of the world's soil carbon storage, are also threatened by more intense fires in the world's far north, as the blazes are melting the frozen soil above that protects them. The mere melting of permafrost might release large amounts of methane, a gas 30 times as warming as CO2. At the same time, wildfire soot and ash settling on ice and snow amplify the ground's warming, as it darkens it to absorb more solar radiation. A growing consciousness leading to develop new "fireproof" solutionsA new fire danger dataset from ECMWF and the Copernicus Emergency Management Service can now help explore if the changes seen in wildfire behaviour are unusual or have been the norm of the past. The world's first open access long-term record for weather and climate going back to 1980 will help analyse current fire danger in relation to the conditions that favoured wildfires in the past, assess how big climate variability is, and see pattern changes in fire-prone areas globally. "Information and forecasts of fire danger are essential to monitoring global wildfires as they provide the context for the environmental conditions where fires are observed", says Dr. Parrington. "This dataset is vital as it provides the long-term context of how fire danger is changing worldwide, helps identify places where fire is becoming more common and aid civil protection agencies, and the general public in being aware of fire conditions." Measures against wildfires have been gaining momentum. In California, utilities companies have been adjusting to fire danger by shutting off power, fire districts have stepped up their planning and outreach, while the state's carbon cap-and-trade program contributes funds forest health and fire prevention. In Spain, special units are preventing megafires by burning overgrowth in forests, while Australia has revised its national building code because of fire safety concerns. Top stories - Google News December 30, 2019 at 08:42AM https://ift.tt/35d8jho Will extreme wildfires become the norm of tomorrow? - Euronews Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| Thousands flee as heatwave-fuelled bushfires reach Melbourne - FRANCE 24 English Posted: 30 Dec 2019 05:38 PM PST  Issued on: Modified: Around 100,000 people were urged to flee five Melbourne suburbs on Monday evening as Australia's spiralling bushfire crisis killed a volunteer firefighter battling a separate blaze in the countryside. Advertising Authorities in the country's second-biggest city downgraded an earlier bushfire emergency warning but said residents should steer clear of the blaze, which has burned through 40 hectares (nearly 100 acres) of grassland. In Bundoora -- just 16 kilometres (10 miles) north of the city centre and home to two major Australian university campuses -- the fire's spread toward houses had been halted for now but it was yet to be brought under control, said Victoria Emergency. Local media showed images of water bombers flying over neighbourhoods, and families hosing down their homes in the hope of halting the fire's spread. A volunteer firefighter died in New South Wales state and two others suffered burns while working on a blaze more than five hours south-west of Sydney, the Rural Fire Service said. "It's believed that the truck rolled when hit by extreme winds," the agency said in a tweet. Ten others, including two volunteer firefighters, have been killed so far this fire season. The crisis has focused attention on climate change -- which scientists say is creating a longer and more intense bushfire season -- and sparked street protests calling for immediate action to tackle global warming. While conservative Prime Minister Scott Morrison belatedly acknowledged a link between the fires and climate change, he has continued his staunch support of Australia's lucrative coal mining industry and ruled out further action to reduce emissions. The blazes have also destroyed more than 1,000 homes and scorched more than three million hectares (7.4 million acres) -- an area bigger than Belgium. A heatwave sweeping the country Monday fuelled the latest destruction in Australia's devastating summer fire season, which has been turbocharged by a prolonged drought and climate change. Conditions worsened on Friday with high winds and temperatures soaring across the country -- reaching 47 degrees Celsius (117 Fahrenheit) in Western Australia and topping 40 degrees in every region -- including the usually temperate island of Tasmania. More than a dozen blazes are also raging in Victoria's East Gippsland countryside, where authorities said "quite a number" of the 30,000 tourists visiting the usually picturesque region had heeded calls to evacuate. Some of the fires were burning so intensely that hundreds of firefighters were pulled back beyond a front estimated to stretch 1,000 kilometres (600 miles). It was deemed "unsafe" for them to remain in bushland areas, Gippsland fire incident controller Ben Rankin said, describing the situation as "very intense". 'Too late to leave' Authorities had warned tourists enjoying Australia's summer holidays in East Gippsland that the fires would cut off the last major road still open. Victoria Emergency Management commissioner Andrew Crisp said residents and holiday makers still in the area faced being stranded as it was now "too late to leave", with his agency warning it was "not possible" to provide aid to all visitors in the area. Neighbouring South Australia is also experiencing "catastrophic" fire conditions. The Country Fire Service's Brenton Eden said it would be a "very dangerous" day for people in the state, with "dry" thunderstorms -- which produce thunder and lightning but no rain -- already sparking a number of fires, including an emergency-level blaze on Kangaroo Island. "Winds are gusting and unfortunately this is a dry lightning front that is going to move rapidly across South Australia," he told national broadcaster ABC. Conditions were also expected to deteriorate in worst-hit New South Wales, where 100 fires were burning Monday morning including more than 40 uncontained. Sydney and other major cities have been shrouded in toxic bushfire smoke haze for weeks, forcing children to play indoors and causing professional sporting events to be cancelled. The capital Canberra has cancelled its New Year's Eve fireworks display due to a total fire ban in the Australia Capital Territory, while several regional towns have also followed suit. A petition to cancel Sydney's famous New Year's Eve fireworks and use the money to fight bushfires ringing the city has topped 270,000 signatures, but officials say the show will go on. Sydney has spent Aus$6.5 million ($4.5 million) on this year's fireworks display -- funds that the Change.org petition argues would be better spent on supporting volunteer firefighters and farmers suffering through a brutal drought. (AFP) Top stories - Google News December 30, 2019 at 08:45AM https://ift.tt/39rh8HX Thousands flee as heatwave-fuelled bushfires reach Melbourne - FRANCE 24 English Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| Samsung Might Launch Galaxy S11 (Galaxy S20), Galaxy Fold 2 on Feb 11 - Gizchina.com Posted: 30 Dec 2019 04:38 PM PST Samsung is working on its next generation of flagship devices which the company will unveil next year. We're looking at the next iteration of Galaxy S devices dubbed Galaxy S20 lineup. Yes! the chaebol might launch the phone with the new S20 moniker if we consider the emerging report. In addition, the South Korean company is expected to announce its second iteration of a foldable smartphone called Galaxy Fold 2. Previously, both the device were tipped to launch on February 18th i.e. roughly a week after the MWC 2020 event. Unlike the previous rumors, it seems like the company might launch its new devices earlier than we actually thought. Both the devices might see their official unveiling on February 11. Furthermore, the company is planning to launch the phones in San Fransisco where it launched the previous generations last year. It is worth mentioning that these are just the tipped launch dates and we're still waiting for the official announcement from the brand itself. Till then, it should be taken with a pinch of salt. Samsung Galaxy S20/S11, Galaxy Fold: Specs, FeaturesConsidering the previous rumors and leaks, the Galaxy S20 or S11 will come with a centered punch-hole design, Snapdragon 865 chipset, and high refresh rate display. Like the previous-gen, we might see three different variants namely Galaxy S20e, S20 and S20 Plus. Coming to the optics, the device will feature a massive 108MP primary sensor, a periscope lens having 5x zoom and a 48MP telephoto lens. Underneath, we should see a large 5,000mAh battery powering all these.  Like the S20 or S11, the Galaxy Fold 2 will also feature a centered punch-hole display having a clamshell design. The device will feature a foldable glass protective screen. Unlike the previous iteration, the brand might go with more affordable pricing somewhere around $800. Lastly, we will see a secondary cover display, dual rear cameras and One UI 2.0 based on the Android 10 operating system. Top stories - Google News December 29, 2019 at 11:11AM https://ift.tt/2u3CoDj Samsung Might Launch Galaxy S11 (Galaxy S20), Galaxy Fold 2 on Feb 11 - Gizchina.com Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| 米津さん紅白で「歌唱はありません」 自身の出演巡る過熱報道をけん制か｜文化・芸能｜徳島ニュース｜徳島新聞 - 徳島新聞 Posted: 30 Dec 2019 07:26 AM PST 米津さん紅白で「歌唱はありません」 自身の出演巡る過熱報道をけん制か｜文化・芸能｜徳島ニュース｜徳島新聞 - 徳島新聞 徳島県出身のシンガー・ソングライター米津玄師さんは、おおみそか放送のNHK紅白歌合戦で人気アイドルグループ嵐のために作詞・作曲した新曲「カイト」が初披露され、米津さんも登場する制作風景のドキュメンタリー映像が放映されることに関連し、自身が歌唱を披露するかどうかについてツイッターで「VTR出演のみで歌唱はありません」と否定した。米津さんの出演を巡る報道が過熱していることをけん制したものとみられる。  米津さんは、制作ドキュメンタリーの放送を伝えるネット記事をリツイートした上で「紅白歌合戦、カイトに纏（まつ）わるVTR出演のみで歌唱はありませんがよろしくお願いします。楽曲制作で関わらせてもらったFoorin、菅田（将暉）くん、嵐の皆さんを応援してます。よい年末になりますよーに。」と、自身が紅白でパフォーマンスする可能性を否定した上で、自身の楽曲を歌うFoorinの5人と、菅田さん、嵐の5人にエールを送った。 2019-12-30 13:41:00Z https://news.google.com/__i/rss/rd/articles/CBMiKmh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnRvcGljcy5vci5qcC9hcnRpY2xlcy8tLzMwNDQ2NdIBAA?oc=5  |
| 令和初の『レコ大』は「パプリカ」 Foorinが史上最年少で大賞の快挙 - ORICON NEWS Posted: 30 Dec 2019 05:25 AM PST 令和初の『レコ大』は「パプリカ」 Foorinが史上最年少で大賞の快挙 - ORICON NEWS  それまでの最年少記録は、ソロは1996年に「Don't wanna cry」で受賞した安室奈美恵の19歳、グループでは2012年に「真夏のSounds good !」で受賞したAKB48の岩田華怜の14歳だった。 シンガー・ソングライターの米津玄師が作詞・作曲・プロデュースした同曲は、NHK2020応援ソングプロジェクトの「未来に向かって頑張っているすべての人を応援する歌」として、昨年7月に発表。その後、オーディションによって選ばれたメインボーカル「ひゅうが」、コーラス＆ダンス「たける」「りりこ」、メインボーカル「もえの」、コーラス＆ダンス「ちせ」の男女5人によって、ユニットが結成された。ユニット名は「パプリカ」を歌い踊る5人の姿を、米津玄師が「風鈴」に例えて命名した。 同曲のミュージックビデオとその他の関連動画は再生回数が１億5000万回を超えるなど、全国のキッズ層を中心に大ブームを巻き起こしている。あす31日に放送の『第71回NHK紅白歌合戦』でもトップバッターを務める。 「優秀作品賞」として楽曲を披露する直前のインタビューで、学校での反響を聞かれたひゅうがは「歌ってって言われるし、歌ってくれるんです。学芸発表会の吹奏楽部の発表で『パプリカ』をやってくれて、全校生徒みんなが大合唱してくれて、すごくうれしかった」と笑顔を見せた。 また、もえのは特技の手話で「すごくうれしいです。ありがとうございます。精一杯のパフォーマンスを届けたいです。頑張ります。よろしくお願いします」とコメント。言葉通り、全力のパフォーマンスをステージ上から届けた。 小学生のため大賞発表の瞬間はすでに帰宅していたもえのは、電話で出演し「ありがとうございます。すごくうれしいです」と涙声で感激。「こんなに素晴らしい場所で歌えただけですごくうれしいです。本当に皆さんに感謝の気持でいっぱいです。ありがとうございます」と思いを伝えた。 Foorinが不在のため事前に歌ったVTRが放送されたが、会場にいた優秀作品賞を受賞した乃木坂46、欅坂46、日向坂46、AKB48、純烈、DA PUMPが「パプリカ」をダンス。全員がFoorinを祝福する温かい空間となった。 歌唱VTR後、もえのは改めて「ありがとうございます。これからもFoorinのみんなで頑張ります。本当にありがとうございました！」とファンに感謝の言葉を述べた。 また、楽曲を手掛けた米津は、VTRで「今年はFoorinたちが大きな活動を続けていて、とても忙しそうにしているのを見ていて、大丈夫だろうかと思ったりすることもあるのですが、たくましくテレビ番組で歌っているのを見ると、誇らしい気持ちになる」とコメントを寄せた。 優秀作品賞はそのほか、「ECHO」Little Glee Monster、「片隅」三浦大知、「黒い羊」欅坂46、「サステナブル」AKB48、「純烈のハッピーバースデー」純烈、「Sing Out!」乃木坂46、「大丈夫」氷川きよし、「ドレミソラシド」日向坂46、「P.A.R.T.Y.〜ユニバース・フェスティバル〜」DA PUMP、「パプリカ」Foorin（※曲名50音順）。 最優秀新人賞は、ハロープロジェクトの12人組アイドルグループ・BEYOOOOONDS（ビヨーンズ）が受賞した。 授賞式の模様は、TBS系で生放送。総合司会は8年連続8度目となる安住紳一郎アナウンサーと、2年連続2度目となる女優の土屋太鳳が務めた。 ■過去10年間『レコード大賞』受賞者 2019-12-30 12:55:19Z https://news.google.com/__i/rss/rd/articles/CBMiK2h0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm9yaWNvbi5jby5qcC9uZXdzLzIxNTIxNzgvZnVsbC_SASpodHRwczovL3d3dy5vcmljb24uY28uanAvbmV3cy8yMTUyMTc4L2FtcC8?oc=5  |
| 「日本レコード大賞」最優秀新人賞はBEYOOOOONDS（コメントあり） - ナタリー Posted: 30 Dec 2019 03:25 AM PST 「日本レコード大賞」最優秀新人賞はBEYOOOOONDS（コメントあり） - ナタリー  本日12月30日（月）にTBS系で放送中の「第61回輝く！日本レコード大賞」で、最優秀新人賞に ハロー！プロジェクトでは6組目の最優秀新人賞獲得となったBEYOOOOONDS。高瀬くるみが「憧れだったのですごくうれしいですし、応援してくださってるファンや関係者、BEYOOOOONDSに関わってくれたすべての方にありがとうをいち早く伝えたいです」と受賞の喜びを語ったあと、メジャーデビューシングル「眼鏡の男の子 / ニッポンノD・N・A！ / Go Waist」より「眼鏡の男の子」をパフォーマンスした。 最優秀新人賞は新人賞の受賞者の中から最も優秀と認められた1組に贈られる賞。なお今年は海蔵亮太、新浜レオン、BEYOOOOONDS、彩青の4組が新人賞に輝いた。 2019-12-30 09:58:00Z https://news.google.com/__i/rss/rd/articles/CBMiJGh0dHBzOi8vbmF0YWxpZS5tdS9tdXNpYy9uZXdzLzM2MTY3ONIBKGh0dHBzOi8vYW1wLm5hdGFsaWUubXUvbXVzaWMvbmV3cy8zNjE2Nzg?oc=5  |
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