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Expanding stakeholders key if Utah plans to expand higher ed goal - Deseret News Posted: 24 Jan 2020 12:07 AM PST SALT LAKE CITY — If Utah plans to revisit its earlier goal that 66% of adults earn a degree or certificate after high school, it needs to broaden the net of stakeholders who are invested in the plan, a consultant told members of a legislative commission Thursday. Utah was one of the first state's nationally to establish a postsecondary education goals when Gov. Gary Herbert, backed by his Governor's Education Excellence Commission, launched the On PACE 66% by 2020 initiative. The goal was further refined by the Utah State Board of Regents but later morphed into 66% by 2025. If the state of Utah is to revisit the goal or establish a new benchmark, the initiatives of other states and Utah's own experience can help guide its way, said Jimmy Clarke, senior director of state policy with the education and health policy consulting firm HCM Strategists. Broad-based support is a must, he said. "The one thing that sticks out to me that the goal was established and was set by very few individuals or entities. It was a higher education goal. It was included and incorporated in a higher education document. It became higher ed's responsibility," Clarke said, addressing the Utah Legislature's Higher Education Strategic Planning Commission. Education of Utahns is much broader than the state's higher education system, he said. "It's your social service entities. It's your corrections entities. It's your workforce. It's your economic development. It's your private entrepreneurship. It's training programs, apprenticeship programs, with with a whole host of people and the actors outside of what people traditionally think of as higher education," Clarke said. Clarke said he believes that this time around, Utah is "broadening the net." The membership of the legislative planning commission, for example, includes state lawmakers, members of the board of regents, college and university presidents, technical college presidents, industry representatives, public education representative as well as the leaders of the state's higher education and technical college systems. While Utah did not meet its 2020 goal, Clarke said it is in better shape than many other states, with some 52% of Utahns holding some sort of postsecondary credential. "You're ahead of the game. Your economy, I think, reflects that right now," he said. That said, the examples of other states' initiatives are instructive. Some states have set attainment goals ranging from 60% to 66%, with some state's selecting numbers that coincide with major roadways in their states such as New Mexico's "Route to 66," which ties the initiative to the storied Route 66. Branding and communication are central to the success of attainment initiatives, something Utah did not do with its On PACE 66% by 2020, Clarke said. Leadership and a broad base of constituents are also important factors. Arizona's Achieve60AZ initiative set a goal of 60% of Arizona adults ages 25-64 will hold a postsecondary credential or degree by 2030. More than 140 different organizations, communities and elected bodies have endorsed or adopted Achieve60AZ, Clark said. "Having that many different actors and organizations own part of it, it makes a difference, Here it was it was an isolated ownership," referring to Utah's experience. Many states have created accountability metrics and online dashboards to track their progress toward attainment goals that are publicly accessible. It doesn't have to be a dashboard, per se, but something that is easily accessible and readily explains "Are we moving in the right direction or are we not?" Clarke said. The data can be the launching pad for conversations on policy changes or issues that require further study, he said. Let's block ads! (Why?) "Goal" - Google News January 23, 2020 at 05:09PM https://ift.tt/2tNRcWR Expanding stakeholders key if Utah plans to expand higher ed goal - Deseret News "Goal" - Google News https://ift.tt/35TEe8t Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update

Klopp admits he forgot how big Liverpool's Premier League lead was - Goal.com Posted: 23 Jan 2020 11:07 PM PST Jurgen Klopp has revealed he forgot how big Liverpool's lead atop the Premier League was ahead of their win over Wolves on Thursday. An 84th-minute goal from Roberto Firmino saw Liverpool edge Wolves 2-1 , restoring their 16-point lead at the top. But Klopp said his side's busy schedule meant he needed reminding just how big their advantage was in the lead up to the clash. Article continues below Editors' Picks Unstoppable? Liverpool survive adversity - and Adama - to keep rolling on Martinelli proves Arsenal transfer strategy should focus on scouting not super agents Man Utd flop Solskjaer will be the big loser in Old Trafford blame game Cavani exit reflects poorly on PSG: Darling of Parc des Princes being bundled out the back door "When was the pressure higher on us, this year or last year? Human beings are like this. I don't think about it," the Liverpool manager told a news conference. "I had to ask exactly how many points clear we are, that's the truth. I really forgot it in the week, with the number of games, I didn't think about it. "I know we play Sunday against Shrewsbury and Wednesday West Ham and I know we play Saturday. That's three games in seven days, that's a lot. "I know we lost Sadio Mane [to a hamstring injury], that's what I think about, that's the pressure I have. All the rest is not pressure. "We want to win football games and when I arrived here a few years ago we wanted to win football games. That's the pressure [and] yes, I feel that. Apart from that, nothing, it's just football." Liverpool were tested by Wolves, who drew level in the second half as Raul Jimenez cancelled out Jordan Henderson's eighth-minute opener. But Firmino's late goal saw Liverpool to a 22nd win in 23 league games and Klopp lauded his side's response. "We don't go for perfection, we go for a perfect reaction if possible, that's what we try to do, that we really fight back in difficult situations in the game," he said. "That's what the boys did again and so, we won the game, which is really unbelievable." Liverpool visit Shrewsbury Town in the FA Cup fourth round on Sunday before backing up in the Premier League against West Ham on Wednesday.  They may be without star attacker Mane for both games after the Senegal international was forced off in the first half against Wolves with a leg injury.  Let's block ads! (Why?) "Goal" - Google News January 23, 2020 at 08:47PM https://ift.tt/2Gn6h4g Klopp admits he forgot how big Liverpool's Premier League lead was - Goal.com "Goal" - Google News https://ift.tt/35TEe8t Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update

China says 25 people have died from the coronavirus as South Korea, Japan confirm second cases - CNBC Posted: 23 Jan 2020 09:29 PM PST A Chinese passenger that just arrived on the last bullet train from Wuhan to Beijing is checked for a fever by a health worker at a Beijing railway station on January 23, 2020 in Beijing, China. Kevin Frayer | Getty Images China's National Health Commission said as many as 25 people have died from a fast-spreading coronavirus, as the total number of confirmed cases in the country rose to 830. The deadly pneumonia-like virus was first identified on Dec. 31 in the Chinese city of Wuhan in Hubei province. It has since spread beyond Wuhan, which has a population of 11 million, to other major cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Macao, and Hong Kong. China's Finance Ministry said it has allocated 1 billion yuan ($145 million) to support Hubei province in its fight to contain the outbreak. The city of Wuhan is also building a new 1,000-bed hospital to treat the infected and plans to have the facility operational by early next week, Reuters reported, citing state media. Multiple cases of the virus have been confirmed in Thailand, Vietnam and Japan, while the United States, Taiwan and Singapore have each reported one case. South Korea on Friday confirmed a second person has been infected. Japan's health ministry also said it had confirmed a second person had been infected. Sometimes referred to as the Wuhan virus, it has been temporarily named the "2019-nCoV." It belongs to a family of viruses known as coronaviruses, which can be transmitted from person to person. The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday said at a press conference the outbreak did not yet constitute a global public health emergency. "Make no mistake, this is, though, an emergency in China. But, it has not yet become a global health emergency. It may yet become one," said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the WHO. He added the organization's assessment is that "the outbreak is very high-risk in China, and high-risk regionally and globally." Chinese cities under lockdown As of Friday, eight cities were put under lockdown measures. Transportation services in Wuhan, the epicenter of the virus, were shut down on Jan. 23 and people were asked to not leave. The airport and train station in the city were also temporarily closed. Other cities under lockdown include Huanggang, Xiantao, Ezhou, Qianjiang, Zhijiang, Chibi and Lichuan. The combined population in those cities is approximately 24 million people. Authorities have also canceled Lunar New Year events in Beijing and other places. Airlines and rail operators are offering refunds on domestic flights and train tickets around the country. The Wuhan virus outbreak is most frequently compared to the spread of SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome, between 2002 and 2003, when more than 8,000 people were infected. Around 800 people died in that crisis, according to the WHO. Here's a snapshot of the number of known cases and where they are: Total: 845 confirmed cases (according to CNBC's tally) 25 deaths Number of confirmed cases: Mainland China: 830 Taiwan: 1 Macao: 2 Hong Kong: 2 Vietnam: 2 Thailand: 3 South Korea: 2 Japan: 2 Singapore: 1 United States: 1 — CNBC's Evelyn Cheng contributed to this report. Let's block ads! (Why?) Top stories - Google News January 23, 2020 at 08:39PM https://ift.tt/2RnBQS7 China says 25 people have died from the coronavirus as South Korea, Japan confirm second cases - CNBC Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update

A man diagnosed with Wuhan coronavirus near Seattle is being treated largely by a robot - CNN Posted: 23 Jan 2020 08:59 PM PST The robot, equipped with a stethoscope, is helping doctors take the man's vitals and communicate with him through a large screen, said Dr. George Diaz, chief of the infectious disease division at the Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett, Washington. The man, who is in his 30s, was diagnosed with the virus on Monday. He initially went to an urgent care clinic on January 19 and told the staff that he was concerned about possibly having symptoms of the novel coronavirus because he recently traveled to Wuhan, China, Diaz said. He arrived at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on January 15, before any health screenings began at US airports, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said. The Snohomish County resident was in stable condition Thursday and remains in isolation, Diaz said. He arrived at the hospital in a special isolated gurney called an ISOPOD and has been treated in a two-bed isolated area away from busy sections of the hospital, the doctor said. "The nursing staff in the room move the robot around so we can see the patient in the screen, talk to him," Diaz said, adding the use of the robot minimizes exposure of medical staff to the infected man. It's unclear when the patient will be released because the CDC, which is set to provide the discharge details, has recommended additional testing. "They're looking for ongoing presence of the virus," Diaz told CNN on Thursday. "They're looking to see when the patient is no longer contagious." About two weeks ago, the hospital tested its protocol for treating patients with highly contagious diseases such as MERS and Ebola. The hospital made changes after the Ebola outbreak. "That's why we set up protocols that will allow us to treat patients with infectious diseases in a way that we can isolate them without spreading the virus to anyone," Diaz told CNN en Español. Washington state health officials confirmed Thursday they have been reaching out to 43 people considered to be "close contacts" of the patient. The department defined "close contacts" as anyone who interacted with the patient and came within 3 to 6 feet of the infected person, for a prolonged period of time while infectious or had direct contact with his secretions. The virus has killed at least 25 people in China, seven of whom did not have preexisting conditions before they contracted the illness, and sickened more than 800, as far afield as the US. The true extent of the Wuhan coronavirus is unclear, however, and official figures may be an underestimation as mild symptoms and delayed onset mean cases are likely to have been undetected, a team of scientists have said. The World Health Organization's (WHO) emergency committee has said it's too early to declare the outbreak an international public health emergency. CNN's Jen Christensen and Gina Yu contributed to this report. Let's block ads! (Why?) Top stories - Google News January 23, 2020 at 05:31PM https://ift.tt/2GiFOVJ A man diagnosed with Wuhan coronavirus near Seattle is being treated largely by a robot - CNN Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update

Unstoppable? Liverpool survive adversity - and Adama - to keep rolling on - Goal.com Posted: 23 Jan 2020 08:37 PM PST Well, what is there left to say about this Liverpool team? Just when you thought that the party had to end, Jurgen Klopp's side find a way to turn the music back up. Just when you thought they were out, they pull themselves back in. How do they do it? How do they keep digging out these wins when everything tells you that this, finally, is the night when their luck runs out? Editors' Picks Martinelli proves Arsenal transfer strategy should focus on scouting not super agents Man Utd flop Solskjaer will be the big loser in Old Trafford blame game Cavani exit reflects poorly on PSG: Darling of Parc des Princes being bundled out the back door Pushovers? Arteta's Arsenal rip up the script with dramatic draw at Chelsea Their 14th successive league victory was by far their most hard-fought. Having lost Sadio Mane to a first-half injury, they threatened to go under at Molineux when Raul Jimenez pulled Wolves level six minutes after the break. The home side, roared on by one of the noisiest crowds in the country, smelled blood. Liverpool wobbled. They made errors. They lost their way in possession. Alisson Becker made saves, Joe Gomez and Virgil van Dijk made crucial interventions. Wolves pushed, pushed, pushed. And then, with six minutes left, Roberto Firmino drew back his left foot. Goal. Bedlam. Firmino is very much Liverpool's away-day specialist this season. All of his goals have come away from Anfield. This, his 10th of the campaign, was as precious as any. No surrender. Not just yet. The 16-point lead at the top of the table is restored, and can be extended at West Ham on Wednesday as the Reds play their game in hand. By the time Manchester City next play in the league, the gap could be 22 points. Honestly. If January was to be month to test Liverpool, to stretch them, well they have risen to the challenge. This was their fifth win of the month, each of them vital, each of them requiring every ounce of courage, spirit and togetherness. They rarely do it the easy way, ths team. In the Molineux mist, captain Jordan Henderson had headed them into an eighth-minute lead, converting another pinpoint Trent Alexander-Arnold delivery from the right. Liverpool's right-back remains their most potent creative force; since the the start of last season, the 21-year-old has provided 22 Premier League assists, more than any other player. Whether from open play or, as here, from a dead ball, he is deadly. Just as against Manchester United on Sunday, his set-piece opened the game up. The shine was taken off the first half, though, by the sight of Mane pulling up 12 minutes before the interval. The Senegal star headed straight for the tunnel, replaced by Takumi Minamino for a Premier League debut. "A muscle tweak," said Klopp afterwards. Liverpool will hope the prognosis is a generous one. As good as they are, they do not want to be without Mane for too long, especially with the Champions League last 16 looming on the horizon. That is a worry for another day, mind. Liverpool had looked a little sorry for themselves as Wolves rallied. They were penned back by the sheer force of Adama Traore and his non-stop running. Traore crossed for the equaliser, headed in by Jimenez. It was the first goal Liverpool had conceded in the league for 726 minutes. At that point, it was anyone's game. Traore shot and Alisson saved, Gomez blocked from Pedro Neto. Andy Robertson was overrun, Mo Salah was refusing to pass and Fabinho was summoned from the bench. Firmino missed a golden opportunity.  A point would not be so bad, you thought. The lead is big enough, after all, and that game in hand provided the perfect safety net. You can't win them all.  Firmino had other ideas. Collecting a pass from Henderson, after some mazy dribbling from Salah on the edge of the box, the Brazilian shifted onto his left foot and smashed past Rui Patricio.  Article continues below Cue the song. You know the one.  Liverpool march on. Setbacks come and setbacks go. One thing remains. This team is special. It finds a way.  Somehow, it always finds a way. Let's block ads! (Why?) "Goal" - Google News January 23, 2020 at 02:22PM https://ift.tt/2NVB8ct Unstoppable? Liverpool survive adversity - and Adama - to keep rolling on - Goal.com "Goal" - Google News https://ift.tt/35TEe8t Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update

Viral Anxiety Has Oil Poised for Longest Losing Streak Since May - Yahoo Finance Posted: 23 Jan 2020 08:03 PM PST (Bloomberg) -- Oil is heading for the longest run of weekly losses since May on fears China's coronavirus outbreak may dent demand amid plentiful global supplies, even as U.S. crude inventories unexpectedly declined. Futures in New York are down 4.9% this week as officials widened their travel ban beyond the epicenter of the outbreak. S&P Global Ratings warned that the virus could hit Chinese consumption following a prediction from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. earlier in the week that oil demand may drop. Broader market sentiment was mixed, with mainland China shut for Lunar New Year holidays. The fast-spreading virus is the latest challenge for a market that's been buffeted this year by geopolitical turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa, as well as the phase-one trade deal between Beijing and Washington. While the International Energy Agency says the world is "awash with oil," a surprise 405,000-barrel decrease in U.S. crude stockpiles offered some relief. "The coronavirus has clearly taken many of the more fundamental issues off the market and is clearly impacting sentiment," said Daniel Hynes, senior commodity strategist at Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. in Sydney. "Issues that could negatively impact demand seem to have a greater sort of sensitivity." West Texas Intermediate futures for March delivery added 7 cents to $55.66 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange as of 11:42 a.m. in Singapore. Prices are poised for a third weekly drop after closing at the lowest level since Nov. 29 on Thursday. Brent crude rose 7 cents to $62.11, and was also set for a third weekly decline. See also: China's Economy Was Brightening This Month Before Virus Fear Hit China widened restrictions imposed on travel and public gatherings to several municipalities around Wuhan, the city where the virus was first detected. More deaths were reported from the SARS-like disease, even as the World Health Organization stopped short of calling the infection a global health emergency. If spending on things including discretionary transport and entertainment dropped by 10%, China's overall GDP growth would fall by about 1.2 percentage points, according to "back of the envelope" estimates from S&P. Goldman said the virus may crimp global demand by 260,000 barrels a day this year, specifically jet fuel, if the SARS epidemic in 2003 is any guide. --With assistance from James Thornhill. To contact the reporter on this story: Saket Sundria in Singapore at ssundria@bloomberg.net To contact the editors responsible for this story: Serene Cheong at scheong20@bloomberg.net, Ben Sharples, Andrew Janes For more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com Subscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source. ©2020 Bloomberg L.P. Let's block ads! (Why?) "viral" - Google News January 23, 2020 at 06:15PM https://ift.tt/3aCNtvZ Viral Anxiety Has Oil Poised for Longest Losing Streak Since May - Yahoo Finance "viral" - Google News https://ift.tt/2BCxygM Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update

Coronavirus Death Toll Climbs in China, and a Lockdown Widens - The New York Times Posted: 23 Jan 2020 07:59 PM PST Travelers at a railway station in Beijing on Thursday wearing protective masks. China expanded restrictions on travel that will apply to tens of millions of people.Credit...Kevin Frayer/Getty Images This briefing has ended. Read about developments in the coronavirus outbreak here. The death toll and number of cases in China spikes. The Chinese National Health Commission reported early Friday that there have been 25 deaths from and 830 cases of the coronavirus, a sharp increase. The death toll increased by more than a half-dozen in 24 hours, while the number of confirmed cases jumped by more than 200. Earlier, the first death was confirmed outside the virus epicenter. A patient died in the province of Hebei — more than 600 miles north of the city where the outbreak began — after contracting the coronavirus, the provincial authorities announced on Thursday. The victim was an 80-year-old man who had lived in the city of Wuhan, where the outbreak originated, for more than two months, according to Hebei's provincial health department. Wuhan is a major port city of 11 million in the province of Hubei, where all of the 17 previously reported deaths have taken place. The victim died on Wednesday, but officials did not confirm that he had died of the coronavirus until Thursday, the Hebei provincial announcement said. The announcement did not say when the man had returned to Hebei Province from Wuhan, but said that he had developed chest tightness and difficulty breathing after his return. Like many of the other confirmed victims of the virus, he appeared to have other underlying health issues: After being admitted to a hospital, he also was treated for high blood pressure, chronic bronchitis and emphysema, the authorities said. World Health Organization decides not to declare a global health emergency — yet. After two days of deliberations, an emergency committee convened by the World Health Organization decided not to declare a global health emergency — but planned to meet again within 10 days, acknowledging the "urgency" of the situation. The committee had first planned to issue a recommendation on Wednesday about whether to declare an emergency (the decision ultimately falls to the W.H.O.'s director general). Such a declaration would give the W.H.O. broader authority to shape different countries' responses. But committee members were split. On Thursday, after news of Wuhan's travel restrictions and the increased death count emerged, the committee met again, and decided not to recommend the declaration. Several members thought it was "still too early," the W.H.O. said in a news release. Agency officials explained that although the disease has reached beyond China, the number of cases in other countries is still relatively small, and the disease does not seem to be spreading within those countries. "At this time, there is no evidence of human to human transmission outside China," Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the W.H.O.'s director general, said at a news conference in Geneva. "That doesn't mean it won't happen." "Make no mistake," he said. "This is an emergency in China, but it has not yet become a global health emergency. It may yet become one." Only five global public health emergency declarations have been made in the past. The decisions are fraught, with health authorities wary of causing panic, or of suggesting that governments cannot handle outbreaks on their own. Still, the W.H.O. called on the Chinese government to share more information on how it was handling the crisis. The authorities suspend travel from more cities, affecting millions. The authorities expanded travel restrictions to several Chinese cities near Wuhan hours after announcing that the death toll and number of cases had risen sharply. Currently, at least 18 victims have been confirmed dead and more than 600 infected, according to Chinese officials. The restrictions on train and other forms of travel will apply to tens of millions of people and come just days before the Lunar New Year holiday, when hundreds of millions of people travel around and out of the country. The Chinese authorities on Thursday morning closed off Wuhan by canceling flights and trains leaving the city, and suspending buses, subways and ferries within it. Late on Thursday, the local authorities also announced that they would suspend for-hire vehicles and limit taxis, beginning at noon on Friday. Roughly 30,000 people fly out of Wuhan on an average day, according to air traffic data. Many more leave using ground transportation like trains and cars. By evening, officials planned to also close off Huanggang, a city of seven million about 30 miles east of Wuhan, shut rail stations in the nearby city of Ezhou, which has about one million residents, and impose travel restrictions on the smaller cities of Chibi and Zhijiang. In Huanggang, public transportation and departing trains stopped at midnight. Residents are not allowed to leave the city without special permission, according to a government statement. In Ezhou, all rail stations were to be closed. Separately, the provincial authorities in Hubei announced late Thursday some restrictions for the entire province, not just specific cities. Travel agencies are prohibited from taking customers and organizing tours, for example, and business trips are being suspended. Schools throughout the province, which have breaks scheduled for the Lunar New Year holiday, will postpone their post-break start dates indefinitely. The new virus, which first emerged at the end of December, has sickened people in Taiwan, Vietnam, Japan, Thailand, Singapore, South Korea and the United States. It has raised the specter of a repeat of the SARS epidemic, which broke out in China in 2002 and 2003 and spread rapidly while officials obscured the seriousness of the crisis. That virus eventually killed more than 800 people worldwide. In Beijing, the government said it would cancel large public gatherings for the holiday, including fairs at temples that usually draw shoulder-to-shoulder crowds, and the Forbidden City, a popular tourist attraction in the heart of the capital, will close starting on Saturday. What is a coronavirus and how dangerous is it? Coronaviruses are named for the spikes that protrude from their membranes, which resemble the sun's corona. They can infect both animals and people, and cause illnesses of the respiratory tract, ranging from the common cold to severe conditions like SARS. Symptoms of infection include a high fever, difficulty breathing and lung lesions. Milder cases may resemble the flu or a bad cold, making detection difficult. The incubation period — the time from exposure to the onset of symptoms — is believed to be about two weeks. While the headlines are alarming, health experts cautioned that it was too early to gauge the severity of the outbreak. There are too many unknowns: Where did it start? How easily does it spread? How does it compare to other coronaviruses, like SARS? Dr. William Schaffner, a specialist in infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, said the illness should be viewed in perspective. While a new virus spreading internationally gets more attention, the much more common influenza virus is the bigger hazard for most people, he said. "If I look at this winter respiratory season, influenza is going to cause many more illnesses and more deaths than this coronavirus," he said. "It's one of those circumstances where, if familiarity doesn't breed contempt, it certainly breeds a certain nonchalance." Where is the virus spreading? Maps: Where the Wuhan Coronavirus Has Spread The virus has sickened hundreds of people in Asia and at least one person in the United States. As anxiety about the virus has grown, governments around the world have taken precautions to isolate anyone displaying symptoms, though several cases have proved not to be the coronavirus. Health officials in the United States said on Thursday that there could be a second infection in the country, after the authorities in Washington State confirmed earlier this week that a man there had fallen sick with the Wuhan coronavirus. The second possible patient was in Brazos County, Texas, where officials said they were keeping a patient isolated at home while they did additional testing. Vietnam's Ministry of Health announced on Thursday that it had confirmed two cases of the coronavirus, in two male Chinese patients. In Mexico, two out of five potential coronavirus cases were officially ruled out by the Health Ministry on Thursday after comprehensive tests were conducted, according to state and federal government officials. A health official said that one of the patients, a 57-year-old professor, had been diagnosed with a common cold. The three other cases, in the western state of Jalisco, were under observation and were being tested, according to the Health Ministry report. The patients include a 42-year old man who returned to Mexico from Wuhan on Jan. 10, and two other women who had contact with him. Residents in Wuhan are nervous. Some are also angry. Across Wuhan on Thursday, residents — some wearing masks, some sniffing or coughing — visited hospitals and clinics seeking treatment. In interviews with a New York Times correspondent in the city, some said they were angry about the sudden lockdown. Others said they were confused by the restrictions. Outside the Wuhan No. 3 Hospital, Yang Lin, said she had come to the hospital to see if a sniffling cold she had might be the coronavirus. After a quick check, the doctors told her not to worry. But she was not reassured. "They said it was just a common cold, and told me to get some medicine and go home," Ms. Yang, 28, said. "But how am I to know? They didn't even take my temperature. It's just not responsible." The outbreak is testing Wuhan's health care system. Several Wuhan residents said on social media websites that they had gone from hospital to hospital, waiting in lines for hours, only to be sent home with medicine and instructions to seek further treatment later if symptoms persisted in a few days. Doctors told some patients that there was a shortage of hospital beds as well as testing kits, according to posts on Chinese social media sites. China's Ministry of Finance said on Thursday that it would allocate 1 billion yuan, or about $144 million, to officials in Hubei to fight the virus, though it did not specify how the money would be used. Wuhan officials also said that they would construct a new hospital specifically for coronavirus patients. The new hospital was ordered built within six days, according to People's Daily, the ruling Communist Party's main newspaper. Cheng Shidong, a doctor at the Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, said in an interview that his hospital had set up 100 beds to receive infected patients, but that it didn't have enough protective material, such as masks and suits, for the medical staff. In Wuhan, Ms. Yang said that while she was in a pharmacy buying medicine, another person complained that he thought he had the coronavirus but had not been isolated. The city's medical system, especially its smaller hospitals, seems unprepared for the influx of patients, she said. "I'm willing to accept that we have to stay in Wuhan, O.K., but the medical care needs to keep up," she said. "You shouldn't tell us we can't leave, and then give us second-rate medical care. That's unfair." Who are the victims? China's health commission, which has tightly controlled news about the toll of the outbreak, released on Thursday its most detailed list of the people who have died of the disease. The first 17 people were largely older men, many with underlying health problems. All died in Hubei Province, which includes the city of Wuhan. The first confirmed death was a 61-year-old man who went to a hospital in Wuhan on December 27, weak with a fever and a cough. He was transferred to another hospital as his condition worsened, and he was later attached to a machine that helped oxygenate his blood. But he died on Jan. 9. Twelve of the other 17 deaths in Hubei were also men, and four were women, officials said. The youngest victim was a 48-year-old woman who died on Monday. The oldest were two 89-year-old men. Separately on Thursday, the health authorities in Hebei Province, to the north of Hubei Province, announced that an 80-year-old man there had died, bringing the death count to 18. Many of the victims had underlying conditions like cirrhosis of the liver, hypertension, diabetes and Parkinson's disease. Most had gone to the hospital with a fever and a cough, though at least three had no fever when they were admitted, according to the health commission. While a full picture of the virus is still unknown, medical experts found positive signs in the fact that the disease did not appear to be killing young and otherwise healthy people. "The majority of fatal cases are elderly and/or have a chronic disease that would increase their susceptibility to infectious diseases," said Dr. W. Ian Lipkin, an epidemiologist at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University in New York. 'I feel extremely powerless,' says a SARS expert, raising an alarm. In an unusually blunt interview, Dr. Guan Yi, a professor of infectious diseases in Hong Kong and expert on SARS, criticized the authorities in Wuhan for acting too slowly and obstructing his efforts to investigate the outbreak. Dr. Guan, who helped successfully identify the coronavirus that caused SARS during the 2002-2003 outbreak in China, told the influential Chinese magazine Caixin that he was deeply frustrated by the city government's response to the spread of the virus. He and his team had visited Wuhan on Tuesday hoping that they could track the animal that was the source of the coronavirus but were shocked to find that residents at a market were not taking any precautions or wearing masks. No special measures were in place at the airport to disinfect surfaces and floors, either. This showed that the city government was being complacent despite the urgent orders handed down by Beijing, he said. "I thought at the time, we had to be in a 'state of war', but how come the alarm has not been raised?" he told Caixin. "Poor citizens, they were still preparing to ring in the New Year in peace and had no sense about the epidemic." He also criticized the local authorities for disinfecting the market where many infections had been traced to, saying that made it difficult for researchers to investigate where the virus came from. "I consider myself a veteran in battles," he said, citing his experience with bird flu, SARS, and other outbreaks. "But with this Wuhan pneumonia, I feel extremely powerless." Some residents worry the government is underreporting cases. There are growing concerns that the Chinese authorities are underreporting the number of people who are ill with the virus. Relatives of patients say that some hospitals, strapped for resources as they deal with an influx of patients, are turning sick people away or refusing to test them for the coronavirus. Many people remain skeptical of the government's official statistics, with memories of the effort to cover up the severity of the SARS outbreak still fresh. In Wuhan, Kyle Hui, an architect from Shanghai, said that doctors at Tongji Hospital declined to test his stepmother for the virus, even though she was showing symptoms like a cough and a fever. She died on Jan. 15 of "severe pneumonia," according to a copy of her death certificate. Mr. Hui said that hospital workers treated his stepmother as if she had the coronavirus, wearing hazmat suits. After she died, the hospital instructed the family to cremate the body immediately. Mr. Hui said that after her death, doctors informed the family that they suspected his stepmother had the coronavirus. "I'm very sad my stepmother left without any dignity," Mr. Hui said during an interview this week in a cafe in Wuhan. "There was no time to say goodbye." A New York Times reporter travels to the epidemic's ground zero. Chris Buckley, our chief China correspondent, headed to Wuhan from Beijing to cover the outbreak. He is sending live dispatches from his trip. 11 a.m. — Aboard the G79 high speed train The G79 high speed train from Beijing to Hong Kong, which stops in Wuhan, was crowded with holiday passengers. The train was a hubbub of conversation, much of it about the deadly coronavirus and the lockdown around Wuhan. Guo Jing, a worker from northeast China, was headed with two friends for a holiday in Macau. After some hesitation, they had taken off their masks. "They're too uncomfortable inside," Mr. Guo said. "My view is we have to be careful but not panic. If you're the panicky type, then you wouldn't be on this train." 1:37 p.m. — Aboard the G79 high speed train Half an hour out from Wuhan, the train is quite crowded with passengers. When I explain that I'm getting off at Wuhan, the reactions vary from advice — wear masks, don't go, drink lots of water — to mordant jokes that I may be there a long time. "You should know that they probably won't let people out until the New Year holiday is over," said one woman, who would only give her family name, Yang. 2:29 p.m. — Wuhan Wuhan Railway Station, usually thronging with people in the days before the Lunar New Year holiday, is very empty. An announcement playing on a loop over the speakers tells the few people here that residents cannot leave the city and the station is temporarily closed. Bats, badgers or bamboo rats? Scientists spar over possible causes. Scientists have been scrambling to understand the source of the coronavirus, in particular, the animals from which the virus may have jumped to humans. Many of the cases in Wuhan were connected to a market that sold live poultry and exotic animal meats. The market was closed and disinfected. Early epidemiological research is indicating that it may have come from wild animals such as bamboo rats and badgers, said Dr. Zhong Nanshan, a prominent Chinese scientist who was the country's leading expert during the SARS outbreak, during an interview with state media on Monday. Named for its bamboo-heavy diet, the cat-sized bamboo rat has become a somewhat popular delicacy in recent years in China, promoted for its purported health properties. A group of Chinese researchers from the eastern city of Tianjin and Nanjing in the south, said the Wuhan coronavirus may have originated from Chinese horseshoe bats, according to a study they published in the Chinese Journal of Bioinformatics on Tuesday. China's National Genomics Data Center said the Wuhan virus was 88 percent genetically similar to a SARS-like coronavirus that was collected from bats in China in 2017. Still another group of Chinese scientists suggested that snakes were the "most probable wildlife animal reservoir" for the novel coronavirus, then transmitted to humans, in an article published in the Journal of Medical Virology Wednesday. But that assessment immediately drew fire from the international health community. The study's lead author, Wei Ji of the Peking University Health Science Center School of Basic Medical Sciences, did not actually find the new coronavirus in a snake, noted David Robertson, a professor at the University of Glasgow. Instead, Dr. Ji and his colleagues compared the genomes of an assortment of viruses and hosts and claimed to find a similarity between the genomes of the new virus and snakes. Dr. Ji did not respond to an email query by the time of publication. Many residents tried to leave the city. The announcement that the city of Wuhan would be temporarily sealed off from the outside world starting at 10 a.m. on Thursday came while most residents were asleep at 2 a.m. Some decided to flee the city. Residents were seen hauling their luggage to a train station in the early hours before the citywide lockdown took effect, the Chinese news outlet Caixin reported. Several people said they would buy tickets for any destination as long as they could leave Wuhan, the magazine reported. Lines of passengers in masks and down jackets, lugging suitcases, formed outside the major Hankou railway station just 20 minutes before the cutoff time, a live video by media outlet The Paper showed. Han Zhen and Wang Mengkai, two migrant workers from Henan Province, said they had rushed to the railway station in order to leave on Wednesday night, but missed the last train out. Both said they were frustrated by the sudden lockdown and were scrambling to find a way home. "It's serious but not that serious," said Mr. Wang, who works in an electronics parts factory. "We're trying to figure out how we can get home. If we can't get out on a train, we'll try putting together a car with a driver." Asked if they were motivated to leave by fear of the virus, Mr. Han said: "No, we are not scared." "It's the New Year, we just have to go home," he said. Reporting was contributed by Amy Qin, Vivian Wang, Russell Goldman, Chris Buckley, Javier Hernández, Austin Ramzy, Gillian Wong, Paulina Villegas, Steven Lee Myers, Tiffany May, Elaine Yu, Denise Grady, Karen Zraick, Roni Caryn Rabin, Carl Zimmer and Rick Gladstone. Amber Wang, Albee Zhang, Claire Fu, Elsie Chen, Yiwei Wang and Zoe Mou contributed research. Let's block ads! (Why?) 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Football news - Roberto Firmino strikes late as Liverpool go 40 league games unbeaten - Eurosport.com Posted: 23 Jan 2020 07:59 PM PST Liverpool's winning streak continued as they moved 16 points clear at the top of the Premier League courtesy of a hard-fought 2-1 victory at Wolves. See alsoWolverhampton Wanderers - Liverpool Roberto Firmino struck the deciding goal six minutes from time as the Merseysiders made it 14 straight top-flight wins to extend their advantage over nearest rivals Manchester City, having also played one game less. Wolves had cancelled out Jordan Henderson's first-half opener through Raúl Jiménez's 20th goal of the season and in doing so ended the Reds' run of 725 minutes without conceding in the league. Raul Jimenez of Wolverhampton Wanderers scores his team's first goal during the Premier League match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Liverpool FC at Molineux on January 23, 2020 in Wolverhampton, United KingdomGetty Images It wasn't all good news for Jurgen Klopp's men, however, as Sadio Mane was forced off in the first half with a hamstring problem. Wolves dominated the second period and will feel aggrieved not to have taken something from the game. Nuno Espirito Santo's men remain seventh, six points adrift of fourth-placed Chelsea. Liverpool will now turn their attention to Sunday's FA Cup fourth round clash at Shrewsbury while Wolves will have a break before visiting Manchester United in the league on February 1. TALKING POINT There seems to be no stopping the Liverpool Juggernaut. This was always going to be a huge test given Wolves's record against the big boys, but somehow this Liverpool side found a way to win yet again and become only the fifth team in the history of the English Football League to go 40 or more league games undefeated. Arsenal hold the record at 49 without loss and there's a possibility Klopp's men could yet surpass that this season. Jordan Henderson captain of Liverpool celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the Premier League match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Liverpool FC at Molineux on January 23, 2020 in Wolverhampton, United KingdomGetty Images If they avoid defeat in the coming weeks - which is by no means a given in the English top-flight - they could equal that tally at reigning champions Manchester City in early April. It's a tall order and still a way to go, but if they do continue this imperious form, they could potentially make it a record-breaking half century at home to Aston Villa on April 11. Title number 19 looks all-but in the bag, but can they be invincible? Only time will tell, but they have the resilience, spirit and desire to go with their match winners. MAN OF THE MATCH Adama Traore (Wolves). Once again showed his appetite for the big occasion. Gave Liverpool's defence a torrid evening and provided a lovely assist for Jimenez. He was unlucky not to get on the scoresheet and end up on the losing side. PLAYER RATINGS WOLVES: Patricio 7, Dendoncker 7, Coady 7, Saiss 7, Doherty 7, Moutinho 7, Neves 7, Jonny 7, Neto 7, Traore 8, Jimenez 8. Subs: Jota 6, Gibbs-White n/a. LIVERPOOL: Alisson 8, Alexander-Arnold 6, Gomez 7, van Dijk 7, Robertson 6, Oxlade-Chamberlain 6, Henderson 7, Wijnaldum 7, Salah 7, Mane 6, Firmino 7. Subs: Minamino 6, Fabinho 6, Origi n/a. Matchcast: Full match stats and commentary KEY MOMENTS 8' - GOAL! Wolves 0-1 Liverpool. Henderson powers a header in at the near post after making a late run to meet Alexander-Arnold's right-wing corner. 11' - WOLVES CHANCE! Wolves work a clever short corner. Doherty is left in acres of space to meet a probing left-wing delivery, but guides his header wide of the far post. 51' - GOAL! Wolves 1-1 Liverpool. Wolves are level! Raúl Jiménez powers a wonderful header into the far corner from Traore's floated cross. 65' - WOLVES CHANCE! Traore jinks inside the area and rifles in a low shot that Alisson does well to parry to safety. Liverpool are creaking. 68' - WOLVES CHANCE! Alisson rescues Liverpool once more as he blocks Jimenez's close-range shot from a narrow angle on the right. 82' - LIVERPOOL CHANCE! Firmino wriggles past Coady in the area but sees his low shot brilliantly saved by Rui Patricio. 84' - GOAL! Wolves 1-2 Liverpool. Firmino stuns the hosts with a clinical finish after super play from Henderson and Salah. That's the Brazilian''s 10th of the season. 90+2' - WOLVES CHANCE! Jota skews wide from close range after Traore's lovely cross was prodded into his path by Jimenez. KEY STATS Since the start of last season, Trent Alexander-Arnold has assisted 22 Premier League goals - with 10 of those coming from dead balls, also a league-high. Jiménez's goal has ended a run of 725 minutes without conceding a Premier League goal for Liverpool since Richarlison scored for Everton at Anfield exactly 50 days ago. Wolves duo Adama Traoré and Raúl Jiménez have combined for eight Premier League goals this season, more than any other partnership in the competition. Liverpool are only the fifth team in English Football League history to remain unbeaten in 40+ consecutive matches (W35 D5), after Nottingham Forest (42, 1977-78), Arsenal (49, 2003-04), Chelsea (40, 2004-05) and Huddersfield Town (43, 2011). 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Trump tried to cheat to win re-election, say Democrats at impeachment trial - FRANCE 24 English Posted: 23 Jan 2020 07:29 PM PST Democrats Wednesday accused President Donald Trump at his historic Senate impeachment trial of seeking to "cheat" to ensure re-election in November, as they began laying out their detailed case for removing him from office.  Advertising Adam Schiff, head of the House of Representatives' prosecution team, took to the Senate floor to deliver hours of methodical arguments to a hushed chamber that was hearing only the third-ever impeachment trial of a US president. The Democratic lawmaker described how Trump solicited foreign interference in US elections, "abusing the powers of his office to seek help from abroad to improve his re-election prospects at home." "And when he was caught, he used the powers of that office to obstruct the investigation into his own misconduct," said Schiff, who headed the probe that led to Trump's December 18 impeachment by the Democratic-controlled House. Schiff shrugged off Republican arguments that American voters -- and not the Senate -- should decide whether Trump should remain in the White House. "The president's misconduct cannot be decided at the ballot box for we cannot be assured that the vote will be fairly won," Schiff said. Trump stands accused of withholding military aid from Ukraine to pressure his Ukrainian counterpart to announce an investigation into Democrat Joe Biden, his potential election rival in November. "President Trump withheld hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid to a strategic partner at war with Russia to secure foreign help with his re-election," Schiff said at the nationally televised proceedings. "In other words, to cheat. If this conduct is not impeachable, then nothing is." Interspersing his remarks with video testimony from the House inquiry, graphics and references to the Constitution, Schiff appealed to the Senate's 100 members to put aside partisanship in deciding Trump's fate. "These are politically charged times," he acknowledged. "Tempers can run high, particularly where this president is concerned." Fellow House manager Hakeem Jeffries made the argument that a US president must distinguish himself from non-democratic world leaders. "Vladimir Putin is above the law in Russia. (Recep Tayyip) Erdogan is above the law in Turkey," Jeffries said. "But in the United States of America no one is above the law, not even the president," he added. "That is what this moment is all about." 'Fairly quickly'  Republicans, who hold a 53-47 edge, have shown little inclination, however, to break ranks with a president who has a history of lashing out ferociously at his perceived enemies. "I didn't hear anything new at all," Republican Senator John Barrasso said during a trial break. Sixty-seven senators, a two-thirds majority, are needed to remove Trump from office and a series of votes Tuesday on the trial's ground rules followed strict party lines. Republicans shot down repeated efforts by Democrats to introduce White House witnesses and documents at the start of the trial. Trump blasted the proceedings as a "witchhunt" and a "hoax" and said he expected the Senate to clear him "fairly quickly."  The president defended the Republicans' rejection of Democratic efforts to force former national security advisor John Bolton and others to testify at his trial saying of Bolton, for example, that it would present a "national security problem." Trump then went on a Twitter tear, firing off a record number of tweets and retweets in a single day of his presidency -- 150 as of 8:30 pm. With reports swirling that some Democrats were mulling pushing for Biden or his son Hunter, who served on the board of a Ukrainian energy company when his father was vice president, to testify in exchange for key administration officials being called as witnesses, the top Democrat waved it off. A witness trade is "off the table," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said. House impeachment managers have 24 hours over three days to make their case that Trump is guilty of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. White House lawyers then have 24 hours to present their defense. Senators will then have an opportunity to ask written questions to be read out aloud by US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, who is presiding over the trial. Roberts' role is mostly ceremonial but he did warn both sides during heated exchanges Tuesday to watch their decorum. "Those addressing the Senate should remember where they are," Roberts said. Endurance test Trump's personal attorney, Jay Sekulow, said the White House will "challenge aggressively the case that they're putting forward." "There's a lot of things to rebut and we'll do it in an orderly and systematic fashion," he told CNN. The next few days are likely to be an endurance test for senators, 14 of whom are 75 or older. Senators are barred from having electronics at their desks and they have been spending their time chatting quietly or scribbling on notepads when not listening intently. Lawmakers did perk up when a protester made the first interruption of the trial, yelling from the Senate's public gallery before he was removed by police. The four Democratic senators seeking to challenge Trump for the White House have been forced to take time off from campaigning ahead of the first state vote to choose their party's nominee in Iowa on February 3. (AFP) Let's block ads! (Why?) 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'Sopranos' Actress Annabella Sciorra: Weinstein Boasted 'I Have Perfect Timing' After Raping Me - Daily Beast Posted: 23 Jan 2020 07:16 PM PST Moments after Harvey Weinstein violently raped Annabella Sciorra inside her Manhattan apartment, he boasted, "I have perfect timing," the Emmy-nominated actress testified Thursday at the movie mogul's sex-crimes trial. Sciorra, best known for her role in The Sopranos, told jurors in Manhattan Supreme Court that in 1993 or 1994 Weinstein showed up at her door and forced himself inside her 17th-floor apartment.  "He put my hands over my head to hold me back and he got on top of me and he raped me," Sciorra, 59, said. "It was just so disgusting that my body started to shake." Dressed in a navy blue dress and heels, Sciorra turned her body away from Weinstein as she testified against him—the first of several confrontations the once-powerful producer's accusers will have with him throughout the anticipated six-week trial.  To date, more than 80 women, including many well-known actresses, have come forward to accuse the Oscar-winner of sexual misconduct. "I was punching him, I was kicking him, I was just trying to get him off," the actress said. "But at some point, I stopped fighting, I didn't have much fight left." After the rape, Weinstein performed oral sex on her without consent, telling her, "This is for you," she said. Weinstein, 67, faces five charges, including predatory sexual assault and first-degree rape, after allegedly performing an unwanted sex act on his former production assistant in 2006 and raping another woman in 2013. The producer, who was also hit with sex-crime charges in Los Angeles this month, could face life in prison if convicted. He's repeatedly denied all allegations of sexual assault. The toppled titan, wearing a black suit and orthopedic shoes, drew on a yellow notepad at the defense table as Sciorra emotionally recounted the assault, occasionally choking back tears. While Weinstein has only been charged with sexually assaulting two women, Miriam Haleyi and Jessica Mann, the jury will also hear from four of his other accusers as the prosecution seeks to prove he exhibited a pattern of predatory behavior during his three decades of unfettered power. Sciorra is among the four other women who are expected to testify as corroborating accusers, even though their allegations fall outside the statute of limitations.  The actress said she first met Weinstein at a house party in Los Angeles in "1990 or 1991." After accepting Weinstein's offer for a ride home to Malibu, where she was staying while visiting Los Angeles, the two struck up a professional relationship.  "I don't remember anything remarkable about the conversation, only that he gave me his card and said that if I came across any scripts, he was looking for some good scripts," she said. Sciorra said she eventually reached out to Weinstein about a script written by a friend, Warren Light. Weinstein told her he liked the movie, which was written for Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker, but told Sciorra he would only produce the film if she agreed to star, she testified.  Despite her protests, Sciorra said she agreed to star in the 1993 film The Night We Never Met. Weinstein, in an attempt to smooth over tensions caused by forcing her to join the movie, sent her several gift baskets that included old movies, some popcorn, "a bottle of Valium," and penis-shaped chocolate, she testified.  "He sent me a box of chocolate penises," she said, adding that she thought it was "gross" and "inappropriate." After the movie wrapped, Sciorra said she stayed on friendly terms with Weinstein and was occasionally "invited to a dinner or an event or a screening" by him. One of these "uneventful" dinners occurred in the winter of 1993 or 1994 at an Irish pub with eight or nine people, the actress said. "When it was done, I got up to leave to go home and Weinstein said he would give me a ride home," she said. The producer's driver dropped her off and she went upstairs, but minutes after she entered her apartment and got ready for bed, Sciorra said she "heard a knock on the door." Sure it was a neighbor or the doorman, the actress said she opened the door without a second thought—and was pushed aside by the 300-pound Weinstein. The actress said that as Weinstein unbuttoned his shirt, she told him she "did not want to have sex and was not romantically interested in him," and tried to walk toward the bathroom. Instead, Weinstein pushed her into the bedroom and on the bed, she said. "I felt overpowered," she recalled. "I can't tell you exactly when his pants came off or what exactly what happened," she said. "I think his shirt was on the whole time. He put his penis inside my vagina and he raped me." Eventually, Sciorra said she "lost all fight," and her "body shut down" and she started to shake like she was having "a seizure or something." After the rape, Weinstein ejaculated on her leg and nightgown, a gift from her mother's cousin, she recalled. After commenting on his aim, he then performed oral sex on her, the actress said. Sciorra said she doesn't remember what happened after the assault but woke up in her bedroom with her "nightgown wrapped around her." She admitted to jurors Thursday she never reported the incident to police and tried to forget it for the sake of her career and life—only telling friend and actress Rosie Perez about the assault years later. "I wanted to pretend it never happened because I wanted to get back to my life," she said while choking back tears. "I was confused, I wished I had never opened the door." The actress said months later she tried to confront to Weinstein, telling him that she woke up confused with her nightgown askew and asking for his opinion on the incident. "That's what all the nice Catholic girls say," Weinstein allegedly responded. "Then he leaned into me and said, 'This remains between you and I.'" She added that Weinstein's eyes "turned black" and "it was threatening and I was afraid." Sciorra said that in the wake of the attack she started to drink heavily and even cut herself. A few times, she told jurors, she even sliced her hands and fingers to paint a white wall in her apartment "blood red." Sciorra said that while she eventually stopped self-harming, she continued to endure harassment from Weinstein. She told jurors that on one occasion he showed up at her London hotel room and banged on her door. At the Cannes Film Festival in 1997, she said she opened her hotel room door at 5 a.m. to find the producer standing in the hallway. Weinstein was standing in his underwear, she said, with a bottle of baby oil and a videotape in his hands. "I couldn't get past him," Sciorra said about that night, adding that she "pressed all of the call buttons" on the phone in the bedroom and he eventually left. During cross-examination, Weinstein defense lawyer Donna Rotunno tried to poke holes in Sciorra's story, questioning the actress on her inability to remember major details about the alleged assault, including the year it took place and the moments after the incident.  "You have no idea the month or potentially the year that you say you went out to dinner… at an Irish restaurant. Correct?" Rotunno asked Sciorra, as Weinstein watched his lawyer intently, turning his body toward the jury. The actress responded that she remembers the assault occurring "sometime during the fall and winter months of 1993 or 1994." "That's a span of 4, 6, 7 months," she added. The lawyer also questioned how Weinstein was able to get to the door of her apartment since her building has a doorman, and why Sciorra opened the door in her nightgown late at night if she wasn't expecting anyone. She said the assault "happened very fast" so she was unable to call the doorman or 911 after Weinstein entered her apartment. Rotunno then asked several times whether she tried to leave her apartment. "He was too big... it was very fast, and I tried fighting," Sciorra said. "I was yelling at him to get off me and to leave me alone." Rotunno also questioned why Sciorra didn't question the doorman about letting a stranger up to her apartment or contact authorities after the incident. "I was devastated," Sciorra responded. "I didn't understand that was rape." Let's block ads! (Why?) "Actress" - Google News January 23, 2020 at 03:54PM https://ift.tt/2Oa9Lf9 'Sopranos' Actress Annabella Sciorra: Weinstein Boasted 'I Have Perfect Timing' After Raping Me - Daily Beast "Actress" - Google News https://ift.tt/31HZgDn Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update

日本人離れした表現力とエンターテインメント性を持つyukaDD(;´∀｀)が“R＆B好きのためのプレイリスト”をテーマにしたプレイリストを「AWA」で公開！ - PR TIMES Posted: 23 Jan 2020 07:13 PM PST AWA株式会社（本社：東京都港区、代表取締役社長：小野哲太郎）が運営する、サブスクリプション型（定額制）音楽ストリーミングサービス「AWA（アワ）」は、2020年1月24日（金）に力強さと迫力を兼ね揃えた歌声と日本人離れしたパフォーマンス力で話題のyukaDD(;´∀｀)が"R＆B好きのためのプレイリスト"をテーマに楽曲をセレクトしたプレイリストを「AWA」で公開いたしました。さらに、サイン入りグッズが当たるプレゼントキャンペーンも開催。 今回公開されたプレイリストは、2020年1月10日（水）にメジャーデビュー1stデジタルシングルとして世界同時リリースされた、橋本環奈主演の映画『シグナル100』主題歌「Carry On」の配信開始を記念して作成されたもので、"R＆B好きのためのプレイリスト"をテーマに楽曲がセレクトされています。スリリングな展開が疾走感を持って繰り広げられる映画『シグナル100』の世界観に寄り添った本作をリード曲に、新世代女性R&BシンガーMabelの大ヒット作「Don't Call Me Up」や、The Chainsmokersが女性シンガーソングライターのBebe Rexhaを迎えた「Call You Mine」など、女性ボーカルを中心とした洋楽作品で構成されています。ぜひ、今年注目のアーティストのyukaDD(;´∀｀)が世界同時配信した「Carry On」とプレイリストをお楽しみください。 さらに、AWA公式Twitterでは、サイン入りポスターがあたるプレゼントキャンペーンも実施中。AWA公式Twitterの指定の投稿をリツイートし、本アカウントをフォローされた方の中から抽選でプレゼントいたします。 ▼AWA公式Twitter　投稿URL https://twitter.com/AWA_official/status/1220481335711674368 「AWA」は、2015年5月にサービスの提供を開始し、月額980円（税込）で配信楽曲数は約6,000万曲、「AWA」でしか聴くことができない著名人およびユーザーのプレイリスト数は約1,100万件におよぶなど、国内最大規模の音楽ストリーミングサービスへと成長してまいりました。新しい音楽との「出会い」と「再会」を快適に楽しめるようなサービスを追求し、機能や楽曲の拡充を行うとともに、日本の音楽業界全体の盛り上げを目指してまいります。 ■『Selected by yukaDD(;´∀｀)：R＆B好きのためのプレイリスト』 01. Carry On / yukaDD - 02. Carry On (English Ver.) / yukaDD 03. Carry On -忘了我- (Chinese Ver.) / yukaDD 04. Don't Call Me Up / Mabel 05. Freaking Me Out / Ava Max 06. Shape Of You / エド・シーラン 07. Call You Mine / The Chainsmokers feat. Bebe Rexha 08. Imaginary Friend / Tove Lo 09. Motivation / Normani 10. Without Me / Halsey 11. New rules / Dua Lipa 12. Faded Love / Tinashe ft. Future 13. Ain't No Other Man / Christina Aguilera 14. Nights Like This (feat. Ty Dolla $ign) / Kehlani ▼プレイリストURL https://t.co/uuc2F5vq9k?amp=1 ■yukaDD(;´∀｀) yukaDD(;´∀｀)の歌声は力強さと迫力を備え、日本人離れした圧倒的なパフォーマンス力は周囲を巻き込み魅了していく。音楽プロデューサーとしても数々のトップアーティストの楽曲を手掛けるJin Nakamura氏。その彼が開催した全国オーディションにて驚異的なパフォーマンスを披露し、他を圧倒したのがyukaDD(;´∀｀)。幼少の頃に演歌に触れ、一時はその道を目指すも10歳の頃にたまたま耳にしたクリスティーナ・アギレラの歌に衝撃を受ける。その日を境にデジタルネイティブ世代を象徴するようにひたすら耳コピ⇒体現、を繰り返しオリジナリティ溢れる現在のスタイルが形成されていく事となる。その産物として得た日本人離れした表現力とエンターテインメント性は「DD」の語源ともなるダイヤモンドの輝きを放ち、オーディション直後にロサンゼルスで人生初のレコーディングを行う型破りなスタートを切った。彼女の持つ世界観は、その先に広がる世界の舞台をはっきりと目標に見据え、人々を魅了する日を確かに迎えようとしている。 ■アプリ概要 「AWA（アワ）」は、サイバーエージェントとエイベックス・デジタル株式会社の共同出資によるAWA株式会社が提供する、サブスクリプション型（定額制）音楽ストリーミングサービスです。2015年5月にサービスの提供を開始し、配信楽曲数は6,000万曲、著名人およびユーザーが作成したプレイリスト数は約1,100万件におよびます。全機能が利用できる月額980円（税込）の「Standardプラン」や「オフライン再生」を除くすべての機能を月額無料で利用できる「Freeプラン」のほか、2019年4月に月額270円（税込）で特定のアーティストが聴き放題になる「アーティストプラン」を追加。また、スマートフォンをはじめ、パソコン、テレビ、カーナビ、ウェアラブル端末など様々なデバイスに対応しています。「AWA」はサービス開始以来、ユーザーのニーズや視聴環境に合わせて様々なプランや機能を拡充し、名実ともに国内最大規模の音楽ストリーミングサービスへと成長しています。 名称：「AWA（アワ）」　https://awa.fm/ 推奨環境：＜スマートフォン版＞iOS 10.0以降、Android 6.0以降 ＜PC版＞Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10 (32/64bit)、Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks以上 ＜埋め込みプレイヤー＞ Google Chrome (最新版)、Microsoft Edge (最新版)、 Safari (最新版), Internet Explorer 11以降 価格：Standardプラン（月額 税込980円）/ Freeプラン（月額 無料） 提供開始：2015年5月27日 ■URL AWA：https://awa.fm/ App Store：https://itunes.apple.com/jp/app/awa-music/id980578855 Google Play：https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fm.awa.liverpool デスクトップ版アプリ：https://awa.fm/download/ AWA最新情報：https://news.awa.fm/ AWA公式Twitter：https://twitter.com/awa_official?lang=ja ■会社概要 社名：AWA株式会社（読み：アワ） 所在地：東京都港区南青山三丁目1番30号エイベックスビル　 代表者：代表取締役社長　小野　哲太郎 事業内容：音楽ストリーミングサービス 等 設立日：2014年12月1日 ■お問い合わせ先 AWA広報担当press@awa.fm   Let's block ads! (Why?) "エンターテインメント" - Google ニュース January 23, 2020 at 06:43PM https://ift.tt/2GfnIns 日本人離れした表現力とエンターテインメント性を持つyukaDD(;´∀｀)が"R＆B好きのためのプレイリスト"をテーマにしたプレイリストを「AWA」で公開！ - PR TIMES "エンターテインメント" - Google ニュース https://ift.tt/2W81riD Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update

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Wuhan is the latest crisis to face China's Xi, and it's exposing major flaws in his model of control - CNN Posted: 23 Jan 2020 06:29 PM PST "SARS forced the whole country to pay attention to the livelihood of the people," he said, before adding a warning. "We've made huge progress, but our footsteps are slow, especially in terms of healthcare." With the Wuhan coronavirus spreading across the country, killing at least 25 people so far, China is now facing a major test of just how much it has changed since 2003, both in terms of the healthcare system's ability to react to a new deadly pathogen -- and crucially, how the central government handles the developing crisis. Speaking this week, Chinese President Xi Jinping ordered "all-out efforts" to contain the virus' spread and treat those affected. His intervention seemed to carry with it a clear message: the mistakes of SARS will not be repeated. Wuhan is only the latest crisis to face Xi since he secured personal control of the Communist Party, joining the US-China trade war, ongoing anti-government unrest in Hong Kong, and the recent Taiwan election, in which Tsai Ing-wen, much loathed by Beijing, handily won reelection against a more pro-China candidate. More than any leader since Mao Zedong, Xi has centralized power around himself. He is the state, and while this gives him immense control, it also means that every crisis is a test of his leadership -- Wuhan perhaps most of all, as the country looks to their leader for reassurance and confidence. Since Xi's statement, efforts to control the virus have ramped up nationwide, with health authorities ordering the highest level response, typically used to tackle outbreaks of plague or cholera. On Thursday, Wuhan itself -- all 11 million people -- was partially quarantined, with public transport "temporarily suspended," including all planes and trains departing the city. In state media, editorials urged greater transparency and lauded the central government's quick response and that of Chinese scientists and doctors, who quickly released the virus' genome in order to aid the work of other researchers worldwide in coming up with a vaccine. Despite the laudatory efforts of Chinese healthcare workers, however, and forceful statements from Beijing, allegations of an initial -- and potentially even ongoing -- cover-up continue to hang over the Wuhan outbreak. This virus could have been China's chance to exorcise the ghosts of SARS once and for all, instead it may have exposed that, for all the progress in the past 17 years, fundamental flaws remain in place when it comes to handling a crisis like this -- ones that could result in far greater danger in future. Crisis and cover-up The first cases of what would later be called severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) were identified in southern China in November 2002. The virus would go on to infect more than 8,000 people worldwide, the majority of them in China. Even as the deadly pathogen spread throughout Guangdong province, however, media reports were censored and patients and their families prevented from speaking out. If they addressed the issue at all, officials downplayed it, unwilling to risk upsetting the economy or "social stability" -- important metrics for future promotion. It was not until whisteblower Jiang Yanyong, a retired Chinese army doctor, came forward in early 2003 that much of China and the rest of the world became aware of the true danger -- by which time SARS had already spread widely. The virus was soon declared a "global threat" by the World Health Organization (WHO) and efforts to contain its spread were put in place worldwide. In the months that followed, China's government officially apologized for its slow reporting of the outbreak, and the country's health minister was sacked, along with the mayor of Beijing at the time. "Never again" was the message of the day, one that has been repeated ad nauseum regarding the Wuhan virus. While the Communist Party's grasp on power in China has grown stronger than ever under Xi, it's popular legitimacy is much more fragile. The SARS scandal, and similarly mishandled crises such as the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, had a devastating effect on that legitimacy, greatly alarming officials who place "stability" above all else. Xi's gathering of power around himself also means the Wuhan crisis will be more of a test of his personal control of the Party and country -- and of the highly-centralized system he's put in place in recent years. Initial problems By a number of measures, China's handling of the current crisis has been infinitely better than during SARS. Authorities in Wuhan alerted the public to the new virus in mid-December, soon after the first cases were identified. Xi's statement four weeks later drastically boosted the response and publicized the risk. In 2003, by comparison, it was over two months after the first patients were diagnosed with SARS that the WHO was alerted -- by a whistleblower, not the Chinese authorities -- of a "strange contagious disease" that has "already left more than 100 people dead." But behind this outwardly competent handling of a crisis there are signs of a deeper problem. One of the oldest cliches in Chinese politics is that "the mountains are high and the emperor is far away." Despite being an intensely centralized state, provincial authorities do not always act as Beijing would prefer, nor do commandments from on high -- to crack down on corruption or reign in pollution, or to increase transparency -- always trickle down to the provinces. While unconfirmed, there are numerous indications that officials in Wuhan downplayed the risks of the virus for several weeks, delaying proper action and potentially increasing its spread. Though the first case was detected on December 8 -- it was not until January 14 that officials in Wuhan introduced any screening measures. In the intervening period, a major meeting of the Hubei provincial party was held in the city, and more than 40,000 families were invited to attend a banquet in an attempt to set a world record. Speaking to state media, Wuhan officials downplayed the danger, saying the virus was unlikely to be spread from human to human. State officials initially repeated this assessment: Wang Guangfa, head of a team of researchers sent from Beijing to investigate the situation, said on January 11 that it was under control -- he has since been diagnosed with the virus. At the same time, Wuhan authorities also tried to clamp down on discussion of the virus. State media reported that police arrested eight people in early January for spreading "rumors" that the virus was related to SARS, something which has since been confirmed by health authorities. Even as researchers in the UK estimated that the initial spread of the virus could have affected at least 1,700 people, no new cases were reported in Wuhan itself, despite patients being identified in other countries. "Does the virus only affect overseas travelers?" people asked darkly on Chinese social media, where accusations of a cover-up quickly spread and were censored. It was not until inspectors sent from Beijing had assessed the situation that the alarm was properly raised. In an interview with state broadcaster CCTV, Zhong Nanshan, the SARS hero, said there was "definitely human-to-human transmission," and warned the infection rate was "climbing." Worst possible timing Speaking to state media this week, Wuhan Mayor Zhou Xianwang admitted that the city's "warnings were not sufficient." Whether because of bureaucratic incompetence or a politically-motivated cover-up, the delay could not have come at a worse time. China is currently in the middle of the Lunar New Year travel rush, in which hundreds of millions of people move across the country, packed close together on trains, coaches and planes. Revelations about the true spread and severity of the virus only came after the four-week travel period had got underway, and restrictions on people leaving Wuhan itself did not come into place until Thursday. One woman identified as having the virus in South Korea even told health officials there that she visited a doctor in Wuhan with symptoms -- after screening measures were introduced -- but got sent on her way and was able to leave the country. The pervasive censorship of the Chinese press and internet undoubtedly played a role in this, as did Xi's years-long crackdown on civil society groups, forcing people to rely on official accounts and the transparency of officials whose own motivations are often completely apposite. Once Xi intervened, essentially signaling that the Wuhan virus was fair game for Chinese media, reporters rushed to the scene. Both Caixin and the Beijing News -- some of the most independently minded outlets in the country -- quickly began producing in-depth coverage, some of which exposed oversights by local officials and punched holes in their narrative. Writing on WeChat from Wuhan, Caixin reporter Gao Yu compared the situation to SARS, saying that "the lack of transparency, public supervision and truth (have) caused huge damage to public safety." China learned hard lessons in 2003 at a terrible cost. The legacy of SARS could be seen in the central government's response this month, and that of Chinese scientists, both of which deserve a great deal of credit. But Xi has also reversed gradual liberalization and opening up which occurred post-SARS, massively centralizing power within the Communist Party once again. At the same time, he has overseen a crackdown on the internet, the press and civil society, and an anti-corruption purge that, while it has turfed out plenty of bad apples, may also have left provincial officials more afraid of angering Beijing. Xi is the closest China has had to an emperor since Mao, but like the old saying goes, he's often far away. The Wuhan virus shows what happens when the country has to rely on information filtering up to the top for decisive action to be taken. Let's block ads! (Why?) 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Lindsey Graham Bizarrely Defends Trump: 'He Did Nothing Wrong In His Mind' - HuffPost Posted: 23 Jan 2020 06:29 PM PST HuffPost is part of Verizon Media. Click 'I agree' to allow Verizon Media and our partners to use cookies and similar technologies to access your device and use your data (including location) to understand your interests, and provide and measure personalised ads. We will also provide you with personalised ads on partner products. Learn more about how we use your data in our Privacy Centre. Once you confirm your privacy choices here, you can make changes at any time by visiting your Privacy Dashboard. Click 'Learn More' to learn and customise how Verizon Media and our partners collect and use data. Let's block ads! (Why?) Top stories - Google News January 23, 2020 at 12:23PM https://ift.tt/2NVXzhT Lindsey Graham Bizarrely Defends Trump: 'He Did Nothing Wrong In His Mind' - HuffPost Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update

Oscars 2020: Best Supporting Actress is Laura Dern's to lose - New York Post Posted: 23 Jan 2020 06:16 PM PST This week, the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards established clear front-runners in the acting categories at the upcoming Academy Awards. But with two weeks to go, is there still time for a shake-up? Today in Gold Digger, our weekly look at the grapple for Oscars glory, we check in with nominees in the Best Supporting Actress category. 1. Laura Dern Laura Dern and Scarlett Johansson in "Marriage Story."Wilson Webb/Netflix Laura Dern, who plays the divorce lawyer from hell in "Marriage Story," took home the coveted SAG award for outstanding female actor in a supporting role Sunday. The winner of that prize has gone on to win the Oscar nine of the last 10 years, making Dern the obvious front-runner now. She also won a Golden Globe and a Critics Choice award this month. The one stat that gives one pause about Dern's chances is that the only time in the last decade that SAG got this category wrong was last year, perhaps reflecting the Academy's fast-shifting membership and tastes. But right now, she's got a Dern good shot. 2. Scarlett Johansson Scarlett Johansson and Roman Griffin Davis in "Jojo Rabbit."AP One of the biggest shocks on Oscar nominations morning was hearing Scarlett Johansson's name spoken not once — for Best Actress ("Marriage Story") — but twice, the second time for Best Supporting Actress ("Jojo Rabbit"). This extra nod could be Oscar voters' chance to honor both of her acclaimed performances, while ultimately still giving Renée Zellweger ("Judy") the Best Actress trophy. Still, it would be an awfully difficult climb; Johansson has yet to win a single award this season for playing a secretive German mom in "Jojo Rabbit." 3. Florence Pugh Timothée Chalamet and Florence Pugh in "Little Women."Wilson Webb At 24-years-old, Pugh is the littlest woman in this category, for her role as the most textured Amy March ever in Greta Gerwig's "Little Women." Everybody loves this performance, and many consider the British Pugh to be on the verge of mainstream greatness. But age isn't on her side here, and she's only won a handful of critics group awards this year. Oscar voters will assume they'll have many, many more chances to honor such a bright, young talent. 4. Margot Robbie Margot Robbie and Kate McKinnon in "Bombshell."AP Nobody — nobody — thinks Margot Robbie is anywhere near as good as a fictional Fox News employee in "Bombshell" as she was as Tonya Harding in "I, Tonya." Did I say nobody? And she lost the Oscar for that astounding performance. The consensus for this still-skilled turn is admiration, not adulation, and the actress who's never won a major award will keep the streak alive. 5. Kathy Bates Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates and Paul Walter Hauser in "Richard Jewell."AP First, let's applaud longevity. While Bates, 71, may seem a usual Oscars suspect, playing the mother in Clint Eastwood's "Richard Jewell" has given the actress her first Academy Award nomination since 2003 for "About Schmidt." She's won just one Oscar, for "Misery" in 1991. But the academy just doesn't care about the true-story drama. It made pocket change at the box office and was embroiled in a controversy about its misleading portrayal of a newspaper reporter. She'll go down with the ship. Share this: Let's block ads! (Why?) "Actress" - Google News January 23, 2020 at 11:19AM https://ift.tt/36oKXpM Oscars 2020: Best Supporting Actress is Laura Dern's to lose - New York Post "Actress" - Google News https://ift.tt/31HZgDn Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update

China Contends With Questions Over Response to Viral Outbreak - The Wall Street Journal Posted: 23 Jan 2020 05:33 PM PST A policeman used a digital thermometer to take a driver's temperature at a checkpoint at a highway toll gate in Wuhan on Thursday. Photo: Chinatopix /Associated Press By Lingling Wei and Lingling Wei The Wall Street Journal Biography Lingling.Wei@wsj.com Chao Deng Chao Deng The Wall Street Journal Biography @chao_deng chao.deng@wsj.com Jan. 23, 2020 7:30 pm ET On Sunday, more than 10,000 families gathered in Wuhan for a banquet, sharing dishes including spicy duck necks and braised prawns, in a tradition the government had held for years to mark the Lunar New Year. Days later, Beijing made the unprecedented decision to lock down the city of 11 million people, shutting public transportation, movie theaters, internet cafes and other cultural centers, in an effort to contain the spread of a virus that has killed at least 18 people. Some medical professionals questioned the timing of the mass gathering. "Having a big event like this at a time of an epidemic amounts to a lack of basic common sense," said Li Xinzhou, a respiratory specialist in Shanghai. As China tries to control a coronavirus outbreak that has spread halfway around the world since it was first disclosed in December, it is also facing questions about the pace at which the outbreak was confronted. Wuhan and the nearby cities of Huanggang and Ezhou, which collectively hold more than 20 million people, have been put on lockdown, while authorities in the Chinese gambling center of Macau said they were weighing closures of its casinos. Five other cities in the province of Hubei, of which Wuhan is the capital, also enacted travel restrictions late Thursday. Such drastic measures indicate that the virus, for which no cure has yet been found, is spreading faster than previously anticipated. A worker sanitizes the square in front of the Hankou Railway Station, closed after the city of Wuhan was locked down. Photo: CHINA DAILY/Reuters Many international health experts have credited Chinese officials with responding more quickly, and with greater transparency, than they did during the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, 17 years ago, which claimed nearly 800 lives and infected more than 8,000 people world-wide. But people close to the Wuhan government, including advisers and business executives with which it consults, said officials remained overly optimistic that the outbreak would be contained while they focused on other priorities, including annual Communist Party meetings there. In an interview on Tuesday with China's state broadcaster China Central Television, Wuhan Mayor Zhou Xianwang said local authorities "weren't on alert enough" when they organized Sunday's banquet. Wuhan authorities didn't respond to requests from The Wall Street Journal for further comment. The same day as the banquet, Beijing dispatched a group of the nation's prominent epidemiologists to Wuhan. They determined the virus—initially spread from animals—had been transferred between people for some time, but didn't say for how long, before authorities publicly acknowledged such human-to-human contact was likely, increasing its potential danger. The group's leader, Zhong Nanshan, said in a state-television interview that it had found that more than a dozen medical staff in Wuhan had contracted the virus from one patient, though he didn't say when that had occurred. The virus has sickened more than 600 people in mainland China and a handful in countries including Thailand, South Korea and the U.S. It is fast becoming one of the biggest crises and political tests for President Xi Jinping, who has portrayed China as a responsible world power amid heightened tensions with the U.S. and other Western countries. To contain the surge in infections, Mr. Xi this week ordered the travel bans for cities hit hard by the virus, an official familiar with the president's role in the decision said. The World Health Organization says the scale of such a shutdown is without precedent and it remains to be seen how effective the measures will be. The WHO declined on Thursday to declare the outbreak a global public-health emergency, citing a limited number of cases abroad and efforts under way to bring it under control. Chinese officials said Mr. Xi is determined to avoid a repeat of SARS. But some privately say his top-down style of leadership has also made lower-level bureaucrats wary of acting decisively on their own. "Xi's leadership style has effectively instilled a 'wait and see' attitude within the bureaucracy," said Jude Blanchette, a China specialist at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think-tank. That, he said, "is leading to slow and hesitant responses from government officials as they wait for pronouncements from Beijing before taking action." Chinese social media in December made the first references to the virus, prompting health authorities in Wuhan to confirm on Dec. 31 that 27 people had been sickened and to close a wholesale wild-animal market where the virus was suspected to have originated. Within a week, reported infections surged to 44. China informed the WHO of the initial outbreak soon after it was discovered. By early January, Chinese health authorities identified the genome of the virus and determined it was in the same family of pathogens as SARS, a notable breakthrough for the domestic scientific community. Wuhan authorities didn't step up public warnings about the virus, but around the start of the year temporarily detained eight people they alleged had spread false information about the virus, without giving any evidence. For weeks, local officials insisted there was a low risk the virus could be passed from human to human. When the city's top leaders met over several days this month for annual policy meetings—typically held to summarize the government's accomplishments for the year and lay out goals for the next—, the virus wasn't on the official agenda, even though some officials privately questioned the city's response. "Everyone was blindly optimistic," an adviser to the Wuhan government said. The focus at the time, the adviser said, was to maintain the facade of stability. "This is where they truly messed up," potentially missing an opportunity to more easily contain the outbreak while the sessions were under way, said Dali Yang, a Chinese politics expert at the University of Chicago. Soon, hospitals throughout Wuhan and nearby cities were reporting more cases to the National Health Committee in Beijing, a cabinet-level group. The surge was serious enough that the committee sent the epidemiologists to Wuhan on Sunday. The group, led by Mr. Zhong, a prominent veteran of the SARS epidemic, concluded that the situation was more severe than local authorities had publicly acknowledged, people familiar with the matter said. The group decided authorities should shut the city, but provincial and municipal officials had no authority to do so, so the team had to return to Beijing, where Mr. Xi eventually signed off on the measure. He issued a directive on Monday urging authorities to "take effective measures to resolutely curb the spread of the epidemic" and instructed the central government to set up a task force to tackle the outbreak. The Wuhan lockdown was announced Thursday morning, less than a day after the senior-most Hubei province officials spent the evening at a Wuhan concert hall enjoying a gala. Some people flashed resentment when the lockdown became public. "If measures had been taken in advance, there would be no need to lock down the city," one user on the Weibo microblogging site wrote. "With the city being blocked now, it shows the situation is already out of control." —Lekai Liu contributed to this article. Write to Lingling Wei at lingling.wei@wsj.com and Chao Deng at Chao.Deng@wsj.com Copyright ©2019 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Let's block ads! (Why?) 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Democrats play 1999 video of Lindsey Graham talking about impeachment to bolster case against Trump - CNN Posted: 23 Jan 2020 05:29 PM PST "What's a high crime? How about an important person hurt somebody of low means. That's not very scholarly, but I think it's the truth," Graham says in the video clip from President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial played on Thursday. "I think that's what they meant by 'high crimes.' Doesn't even have to be a crime. It's just when you start using your office and you're acting in a way that hurts people, you have committed a high crime." Nadler, an impeachment manager, played the video as part of the Democrat's strategy to highlight the constitutional case for removing Trump from office for abuse of power as they seek to convince skeptical -- and often weary -- Republican senators that the trial needs witnesses and documents. Much of Trump's defense has relied on the idea that no crime was committed in his conduct regarding Ukraine -- an argument Nadler sought to undercut by showing the 1999 video. "There are many reasons why high crimes and misdemeanors are not and cannot be limited to violations of the criminal code. We address them at length in the briefs we have filed," Nadler said after the video played. Graham, a fierce Trump ally, was not on the Senate floor when the video played, but Republican Sen. Ben Sasse could be seen whispering something to him on his way back in, and Graham smiled. His previous comments about high crimes and impeachment echo a similar about-face from constitutional lawyer Alan Dershowitz, who is helping Trump's impeachment defense. On Sunday, Dershowitz told CNN's Brianna Keilar on "State of the Union" that in his defense of Trump he would cite former Supreme Court Justice Benjamin Curtis in saying the framers of the Constitution intended for impeachable conduct to mean "criminal-like conduct." But in August 1998, during the summer leading up to Cinton's impeachment, Dershowitz argued that a president does not have to commit a "technical crime" in order for it to constitute impeachable conduct. "It certainly doesn't have to be a crime if you have somebody who completely corrupts the office of president and who abuses trust and who poses great danger to our liberty, you don't need a technical crime," Dershowitz told "Larry King Live." CNN's Maegan Vazquez, Alex Rogers, Jeremy Herb and Lauren Fox contributed to this report. Let's block ads! (Why?) Top stories - Google News January 23, 2020 at 02:44PM https://ift.tt/2tzH9EZ Democrats play 1999 video of Lindsey Graham talking about impeachment to bolster case against Trump - CNN Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update

Actress Annabella Sciorra Testifies That Harvey Weinstein Raped Her - NPR Posted: 23 Jan 2020 05:16 PM PST Enlarge this image Actress Annabella Sciorra described in detail the alleged assault by Harvey Weinstein during his trial on Thursday. Richard Drew/AP hide caption toggle caption Richard Drew/AP Actress Annabella Sciorra took the stand Thursday in the criminal sex crimes trial of movie producer Harvey Weinstein. She is the first of six women expected to testify that they were raped or sexually assaulted by Weinstein. Weinstein is charged with five counts of rape and assault against two women in New York City. Weinstein maintains all of the sexual contact was consensual. Sciorra spent several emotional hours on the witness stand, testifying that Weinstein raped her in the winter of 1993-94. Through sometimes tearful testimony, she explained to the jury how she came to know the movie mogul. According to the actress, the two first met at a party in Los Angeles sometime in 1990, after which he gave her a ride home. As NPR's Rose Friedman reported, Sciorra eventually set up a table read of a script for Weinstein. At the time, she said she did not want to act in the project but he insisted. "He sent her gifts," Friedman said, including "some penis-shaped chocolates and a bottle of valium." When she declined, Weinstein allegedly threatened to sue her. But it wasn't until another encounter in New York that Weinstein assaulted her, Sciorra told the court. After a dinner with other film industry people, Sciorra said she accepted a ride home from Weinstein. "She says he dropped her off at her apartment building, she went upstairs, got ready for bed." A few minutes later, however, Weinstein was back, according to Scoirra. She said he pushed his way into her apartment and began looking to see if she was alone. All while unbuttoning his shirt, she added. Throughout her testimony, Sciorra attempted to preempt questions about whether or not she had misled Weinstein, saying that she never gave any indication that she was interested in a sexual relationship with him. She recounted that he asked him to leave, and that when he put his hands on her she yelled and fought. ""I said, 'No, no,' but there was not much I could do at that point," Sciorra said before describing the rape in detail. "My body shut down. It was just so disgusting that my body started to shake in a way that was unusual. I didn't really even know what was happening. It was like a seizure," she said At one point she demonstrated how she says Weinstein, who towered over her my nearly a foot, held her down on the bed, standing up and crossing her wrists high above her head. At times Sciorra cried telling the story. She told the courtroom she tried to confront Weinstein about what she says he'd done, telling him she thought she had blacked out afterwards. "That's what all the nice Catholic girls say," Weinstein allegedly responded. Weinstein's legal team has maintained that each of the incidents in the charges against him were consensual. During cross examination, his attorney Donna Rotunno zeroed in with logistical questions about how Weinstein supposedly made his way into Sciorra's apartment building, past the doorman and other security measures. Rotunno asked how Weinstein knew the actress's apartment number. She asked about the layout and whether Sciorra's neighbors who would have heard her. She also quizzed her on why she was unable to get away and why Sciorra didn't report the alleged assault to the police. "I would say I felt at the time that rape was something that happened in a back alley ... by someone you didn't know," Sciorra replied. Let's block ads! (Why?) "Actress" - Google News January 23, 2020 at 04:08PM https://ift.tt/2NTBjFi Actress Annabella Sciorra Testifies That Harvey Weinstein Raped Her - NPR "Actress" - Google News https://ift.tt/31HZgDn Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update

Mobile Order-Ahead - January 2020 - pymnts.com Posted: 23 Jan 2020 04:58 PM PST Mobile Order-Ahead The monthly Mobile Order-Ahead Tracker®, a Kount collaboration, offers coverage of the most recent news and trends and a provider directory highlighting key players across the mobile order-ahead ecosystem. First Name* Last Name* Title* Company* Work Email* BY COMPLETING THIS FORM, I HAVE READ AND ACKNOWLEDGED THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS.  Let's block ads! (Why?) "Mobile" - Google News January 23, 2020 at 02:33PM https://ift.tt/2RjCOib Mobile Order-Ahead - January 2020 - pymnts.com "Mobile" - Google News https://ift.tt/2P9t7Cg Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update

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Liverpool predicted XI vs Wolves: Ox gets benched - Rush The Kop Posted: 23 Jan 2020 04:29 PM PST Liverpool v Wolves Predicted XI: Virgil van Dijk of Liverpool scores to make it 1-0 during the Premier League matchup between Liverpool FC & Manchester Utd at Anfield on January 19th, 2020 in Liverpool, United Kingdom. (Pic by Michael Regan of Getty Images) Nuno Espirito Santo's side are currently 6th in the Premier League table with 34 points. Wolves put up a tough fight against Liverpool when the two sides met at Anfield and they are bound to give them a run for their money again on Thursday. Wolves have never beaten the Reds when the two sides played at the Molineux Stadium during the Premier League era and will be desperate on beating them as it could see them move up to fifth in the table, just three points behind fourth-placed Chelsea. However, given Liverpool's current form, they seem the favorites as in any game and will be hoping to come out on top. Let's take a look at the starting XI that Jurgen Klopp could go with against Wolves and don't hesitate to give your say in the comments section. After keeping a 7th consecutive clean sheet against Manchester United, Alisson is now inching closer to the top of the clean sheets chart with only Kasper Schmiechel, Ben Foster and Dean Henderson keeping more than him. The Brazilian will be more than eager to join them in order to better his chances of winning the Premier League Golden Glove. However, it won't be easy for Alisson to keep the Wolves attackers at bay as he will be up against the likes of Raul Jimenez and Adama Traore, both of whom have been in fine form and are bound to cause him some trouble. The 27-year-old will be needed to be at his best if he is to keep an eighth successive clean sheet this week. Let's block ads! (Why?) Top stories - Google News January 23, 2020 at 05:59AM https://ift.tt/2TYlMaS Liverpool predicted XI vs Wolves: Ox gets benched - Rush The Kop Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update

宮下草薙・草薙航基、「コミュ障のできないキャラ」ではなく「図々しいできない子」と感じるワケ - サイゾーウーマン Posted: 23 Jan 2020 05:15 AM PST 宮下草薙・草薙航基、「コミュ障のできないキャラ」ではなく「図々しいできない子」と感じるワケ - サイゾーウーマン 宮下草薙公式プロフィールより 羨望、嫉妬、嫌悪、共感、慈愛――私たちの心のどこかを刺激する人気芸能人たち。ライター・仁科友里が、そんな有名人の発言にくすぐられる"女心の深層"を暴きます。 ＜今回の有名人＞ 「こんなに合わない人、僕、初めて」宮下草薙・草薙航基 『ロンドンハーツ』（テレビ朝日系、1月14日） 　バラエティー番組には、「できないキャラ」の存在が不可欠ではないだろうか。 　例えば、世界各国の"ミステリー"をテーマにしたクイズ番組『日立　世界ふしぎ発見！』（TBS系）。レギュラー解答者である黒柳徹子が全問正解に近い正答率を誇る一方で、同じくレギュラー解答者である野々村真は不正解である率が高い。突拍子もない答えを言うことから笑いが起きることもたびたびである。そんな野々村を「できないキャラ」と見ることもできるだろうが、もし出演者全員が正解してしまったら、番組には起伏がなく、盛り上がらない。野々村がいるからこそ、黒柳の正答率の高さも引き立つことを考えると、「できないキャラ」は番組に必要と言えるだろう。 　芸能界は礼儀作法にうるさいと言われるが、そういった振る舞いが「できないキャラ」のタレントもいる。モデルのローラは、大御所相手に敬語を使わないタメ口キャラでブレークしたが、このキャラが許されたのは、ローラのルックスや生い立ちが関係しているだろう。ローラの父親はバングラディッシュ人、母親は日本人とロシア人の血が混ざったクォーター。そのため日本語がおぼつかない部分があっても、愛らしいルックスも相まって「仕方がない」と思わせる余地があるのだ。 　こう考えると、「できないキャラ」は、本当に「できない人」であることよりも、「番組を盛り上げることに貢献できる人」もしくは「『この人なら仕方がない』という"正当性"を感じさせる理由を持っている人」ということが重要で、そういった芸能人が座れるポジションと言えるだろう。 次のページ　草薙は本当にコミュ障の「できないキャラ」なのか？　＞ 宮下草薙の不毛なやりとり Let's block ads! (Why?) 2020-01-23 12:00:00Z https://news.google.com/__i/rss/rd/articles/CBMiNGh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmN5em93b21hbi5jb20vMjAyMC8wMS9wb3N0XzI2Njg5MF8xLmh0bWzSAThodHRwczovL3d3dy5jeXpvd29tYW4uY29tLzIwMjAvMDEvcG9zdF8yNjY4OTBfMS5odG1sL2FtcA?oc=5

欅坂46平手友梨奈が脱退、織田奈那、鈴本美愉卒業 - 日刊スポーツ Posted: 23 Jan 2020 04:15 AM PST 欅坂46平手友梨奈が脱退、織田奈那、鈴本美愉卒業 - 日刊スポーツ 平手友梨奈（2019年12月28日） 欅坂46のセンター平手友梨奈（18）が、グループから脱退することが23日、分かった。グループの公式サイトで発表された。また、メンバーの鈴本美愉（22）織田奈那（21）の卒業と、佐藤詩織（23）の休業もあわせて発表された。 平手は15年8月に欅坂46の1期生オーディションに合格。当時14歳とは思えないような独特の雰囲気を持ち、翌16年4月のデビューシングル「サイレントマジョリティー」のセンターに抜てきされ、話題となった。発売された8枚のシングル全てでセンターを務めていた。クールでメッセージ性の強い欅坂46の世界観を、パフォーマンスの中心で引っ張っていた。存在感は絶大で、文字通りグループの顔だ。 18年9月公開の「響－HIBIKI－」で、映画初出演にして初主演を果たした。同年の日刊スポーツ映画大賞で新人賞を受賞。日本アカデミー賞の新人俳優賞にも輝くなど、女優業でも活躍している。 ◆平手友梨奈（ひらて・ゆりな）2001年（平13）6月25日、愛知県生まれ。15年8月、欅坂46の1期生オーディションに合格。愛称「てち」。フジテレビ系「FNS歌謡祭」では、平井堅との「ノンフィクション」のコラボパフォーマンスが話題に。163センチ。血液型O。 Let's block ads! (Why?) 2020-01-23 11:53:00Z https://news.google.com/__i/rss/rd/articles/CBMiRGh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm5pa2thbnNwb3J0cy5jb20vZW50ZXJ0YWlubWVudC9uZXdzLzIwMjAwMTIzMDAwMDg4NS5odG1s0gFKaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmlra2Fuc3BvcnRzLmNvbS9tL2VudGVydGFpbm1lbnQvbmV3cy9hbXAvMjAyMDAxMjMwMDAwODg1Lmh0bWw?oc=5

椎名林檎やBRAHMANら参加、BUCK-TICKトリビュート盤の全曲トレイラー公開（動画あり） - ナタリー Posted: 23 Jan 2020 03:45 AM PST 椎名林檎やBRAHMANら参加、BUCK-TICKトリビュート盤の全曲トレイラー公開（動画あり） - ナタリー 1月29日にリリースされるBUCK-TICKのトリビュートアルバム「PARADE III ～RESPECTIVE TRACKS OF BUCK-TICK～」のトレイラーがYouTubeで公開された。 BUCK-TICK ニューシングル「堕天使」と同日に発売されるこのトリビュート盤にはBRAHMAN、八十八ヶ所巡礼、minus(-) featuring 藤川千愛、GRANRODEO、シド、黒色すみれ、Der Zibet、Cube Juice、椎名林檎、DIR EN GREY、坂本美雨、GARI、藤巻亮太の13組が参加。トレイラーでは各アーティストがカバーした13曲の試聴音源を聴くことができる。トリビュート盤の特設サイトでは参加アーティストのコメントを公開中。 1月28日からはタワーレコードおよびHMVの対象店舗でBUCK-TICKを応援する店頭キャンペーンの実施が決定。ご当地のコラボポスターが掲載されるほか、ポスターのプレゼントが行われる。 BUCK-TICK店頭キャンペーン対象店舗 2020年1月28日（火）～ 北海道 タワーレコード札幌ピヴォ店 / TOWER RECORDS CAFE 札幌ピヴォ店 / HMV札幌ステラプレイス 群馬 タワーレコード高崎オーパ店 / HMVイオンモール太田 / HMVイオンモール高崎 東京 タワーレコード渋谷店 / TOWER RECORDS CAFE 渋谷店 / タワーレコード新宿店 / タワーレコード錦糸町パルコ店 / HMV&BOOKS SHIBUYA 愛知 タワーレコード名古屋パルコ店 / HMV栄 京都 タワーレコード京都店 大阪 タワーレコード梅田大阪マルビル店 / タワーレコード梅田NU茶屋町店 / TOWER RECORDS CAFE 梅田NU茶屋町店 兵庫 タワーレコード神戸店 / HMV阪急西宮ガーデンズ 福岡 タワーレコード福岡パルコ店 / タワーレコードアミュプラザ博多店 Let's block ads! (Why?) 2020-01-23 11:00:00Z https://news.google.com/__i/rss/rd/articles/CBMiJGh0dHBzOi8vbmF0YWxpZS5tdS9tdXNpYy9uZXdzLzM2NDM1NdIBKGh0dHBzOi8vYW1wLm5hdGFsaWUubXUvbXVzaWMvbmV3cy8zNjQzNTU?oc=5

Star Trek: Picard is so much more than a hero’s homecoming - The A.V. Club Posted: 23 Jan 2020 03:28 AM PST Star Trek: Picard is so much more than a hero's homecoming - The A.V. Club Patrick Stewart and Jonathan Frakes Photo: Trae Patton (CBS Interactive) TV ReviewsAll of our TV reviews in one convenient place. Just hours into season one of Star Trek: Picard, the eponymous and beloved Starfleet officer is told, "This is no longer your house, Jean-Luc." While it's true that Picard, played indelibly and with renewed soulfulness by Patrick Stewart, doesn't have quite the same standing in the year 2399 that he did in 2385, the character and actor still look very much at home in the newest Star Trek series. In many ways, Picard is the leader we remember, a man whose compassion and intelligence preceded him, who believed that the progression of humanity could, with concerted effort, keep up with that of technology. But 20 years after the events of Nemesis, there's been a considerable change in circumstance: he's now a man with no crew or starship, just a long memory and a mission (and a vineyard and a great dog, but we digress). The same sense of purpose that sends the erstwhile Enterprise captain journeying through the stars once more also extends to the wider series, and keeps Picard from being a mere exercise in nostalgia or repackaging of intellectual property. The series, Alex Kurtzman's latest foray into this particular sci-fi universe, shares its lead character's penchant for delving into history, but keeps its eyes trained forward, seeking out new ways to tell classic Trek stories—among them, exploring what it means to be human. Advertisement B Created by Alex Kurtzman; based on the character, Jean-Luc Picard, from Star Trek: The Next Generation Starring Patrick Stewart, Isa Briones, Michelle Hurd, Santiago Cabrera, Harry Treadway, Jonathan Del Arco, Jeri Ryan, Brent Spiner, Marina Sirtis, Jonathan Frakes Debuts Thursday, January 23 on CBS All Access Format Hourlong sci-fi drama; three episodes watched for review Finding a balance between old and new, between the past and the future, is as much a thematic concern as it is an offscreen imperative for Kurtzman, Stewart, and their fellow executive producers Michael Chabon, Akiva Goldsman, and Heather Kadin. No one on screen or behind the scenes believes this story can just pick up where The Next Generation (or even the big-screen adventures) left off, narratively or otherwise. The passage of time, both on the show and in real life, is seen and felt everywhere, from Picard's strained relationship with Starfleet to the Federation's current state of intergalactic affairs to the more somber tone of the series. But even with such an esteemed history and noble intentions, Star Trek: Picard struggles at times to fly true in its first three episodes. Attempts to marry the sensibilities of big-screen (specifically, Kelvin timeline) Trek with those of its TV counterpart result create discord; there is a slickness to the pilot, particularly in the big action set-pieces, that doesn't quite jibe with the more pensive nature of the small-screen franchises. But veteran TV director Hanelle M. Culpepper, who helmed the first three episodes, eventually settles into a more familiar speed, one that allows each new discovery to land before moving on to the next. Patrick Stewart and Alison Pill Photo: CBS Interactive Advertisement Picard is also so packed with plot and backstories, it'll have you wishing you had the memory banks of Data (Brent Spiner), the dearly departed android whose cinematic death still haunts Picard. In just the first three hours, the series sprints through decades of history, including the tragic events of the Romulan supernova that killed billions and made refugees of millions more. The details of Picard's rift with Starfleet are gradually revealed, and we also learn more about his retirement, his vineyard employees, and his old (but new to us) comrades, like Raffi Musiker (Michelle Hurd), who is one of a surprising number of people on this show who won't readily forgive the old Francophone. Kurtzman et. al. insist that you can walk into Picard a Trek novice, which is probably true, though we should note that being versed in the history only enriches jokes about Picard's indifference to science fiction and makes transparent the wary reactions to the mere mention of the Tal Shiar. In addition to all that world-building, Picard season one has conspiracies within conspiracies—though we suppose that's to be expected in any storyline with this many Romulans involved, including Narek (Harry Treadway). There are flashbacks and previously unheard-of destinations, as well as new characters with just as much to lose the iconic captain, but whose motives aren't nearly as obvious to us. Alison Pill co-stars as Dr. Agnes Jurati, the Earth's leading expert on synthetic life forms—the same synthetic life forms (or "synths") that were outlawed following an attack on a Mars space station that was first glimpsed in Short Treks. As Cristobal Rios, Big Little Lies' Santiago Cabrera gets to play buttoned-up and swashbuckling, occasionally even in the same scene. But most intriguingly, Picard introduces Dahj (Isa Briones), a brilliant young woman who, despite meeting Jean-Luc in the premiere, has deep connections to his past. Advertisement Isa Briones Photo: James Dimmock (CBS Interactive) At times, it's difficult to keep the people and machinations straight, not to mention maintain interest in them. But all of these moving parts make up the engine that drives Picard the man and Picard the series, from the real-life events that inform the isolationism and refugee crisis depicted on the show to the search for compassionate and right-minded leaders. Regret is a powerful motivator, and Jean-Luc's list of regrets is nearly as long as his list of accomplishments, but Picard is more opening salvo than it is a requiem for a starship captain. War, or some other cataclysmic event, is brewing, and no one gets to sit it out; not even the man who once thwarted the Borg. Soon, Picard's return makes all the more sense—the reunion of the actor and the role, of the character and the battlefront is truly, as Dahj says at one point, "like lightning seeking the ground." It's immediately, undeniably comforting to see Stewart playing Picard once again, even as dulcet-toned actor brings new layers of vulnerability and insecurity to the role. Advertisement But though Picard acts as a beacon for his companions and viewers at home, the series doesn't paint him as a savior. Picard carves out a distinct place for him—which is, at times, on the bridge of a starship—while also expanding the roles of his new comrades. It's hard to pick a favorite among the new castmates, who bring wide-eyed energy (Pill), charisma (Cabrera), pathos (Hurd), and star quality (Briones) to familiar environs. But they're ready to chart a new course within the universe of Star Trek, just as that universe welcomes back its most inspiring hero. Together, these stories make for one of the most rousing installments in the franchise, and potentially one of the most powerful. Reviews by Zack Handlen will run weekly beginning Thursday, January 23. Advertisement 2020-01-23 08:00:00Z https://news.google.com/__i/rss/rd/articles/CBMiV2h0dHBzOi8vdHYuYXZjbHViLmNvbS9zdGFyLXRyZWstcGljYXJkLWlzLXNvLW11Y2gtbW9yZS10aGFuLWEtaGVyby1zLWhvbWVjb20tMTg0MTE1NTU1NdIBW2h0dHBzOi8vdHYuYXZjbHViLmNvbS9zdGFyLXRyZWstcGljYXJkLWlzLXNvLW11Y2gtbW9yZS10aGFuLWEtaGVyby1zLWhvbWVjb20tMTg0MTE1NTU1NS9hbXA?oc=5

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