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| Coronavirus Live Updates: Global Outbreak Raises Fears of Pandemic - The New York Times Posted: 24 Feb 2020 12:27 AM PST READ UPDATES IN CHINESE: 新冠病毒疫情最新消息汇总 Here's what you need to know:
 In South Korea, death toll rises as new cases skyrocket to more than 760.South Korea on Monday reported 231 more cases of the virus that causes the disease Covid-19, bringing the nation's total to 833 cases and seven deaths. President Moon Jae-in on Sunday put South Korea on the highest possible alert in its fight against the coronavirus, a move that empowers the government to lock down cities and take other sweeping measures to contain the outbreak. "The coming few days will be a critical time for us," he said at an emergency meeting of government officials to discuss the outbreak. "The central government, local governments, health officials and medical personnel and the entire people must wage an all-out, concerted response to the problem." Many of South Korea's coronavirus cases are in the southeastern city of Daegu, which has essentially been placed under a state of emergency, though people are still free to enter and leave the city. More than half of the people confirmed to have been infected are either members of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, a secretive religious sect with a strong presence in Daegu, or their relatives or other contacts. Markets fall in response to outbreak's spread.A slide in stock markets that began late last week continued across Asia on Monday morning, as investors appeared to fear that the economic disruption already seen in China because of the coronavirus outbreak might have effects elsewhere. The South Korean market slumped nearly 4 percent after a surge in cases of the coronavirus disease confirmed there over the weekend. The Australian market dropped over 2 percent, while the Hong Kong market was down 1.7 percent. Futures markets trading suggested that American and European stock markets may be down a little over 1 percent in early trading as well when they open. The Shanghai stock market was down only slightly, while shares in Shenzhen rose. "The worse the virus outbreak, the better the chance the central bank will release" more money into the financial system, which would tend to support share prices, said Hao Hong, the research director for the international operations of China's Bank of Communications. The stock market in Japan was closed on Monday, a public holiday there in honor of the emperor's birthday. The coronavirus epidemic in China has already severely curtailed economic growth in China. Factories have been slow to reopen, partly because mass quarantines have prevented many employees from returning to their jobs but also because demand in China has at least temporarily collapsed for a wide range of goods. Auto sales plummeted 92 percent in the first two weeks of February compared to the same time last year. One of the big questions facing investors now lies in whether economies elsewhere will be similarly affected. Italy locked down at least 10 towns over the weekend in response to an outbreak there. South Korea also now faces a rapidly growing number of cases as well, and President Moon Jae-in on Sunday put the country on its highest level of alert. Europe confronts coronavirus as Italy scrambles to contain spike in cases.As Italy scrambled on Sunday to contain the first major coronavirus outbreak in Europe, a new nervousness pervaded the continent, with officials in nearby countries pledging to keep the outbreak from spreading further. The virus presents Europe with perhaps its greatest challenge since the 2015 migration crisis, which radically altered the politics of the European Union and exposed its institutional weaknesses. If the virus spreads, the fundamental principle of open borders within much of Europe — so central to the identity of the bloc — will undergo a stress test, as will the vaunted but strained European public health systems, especially in countries that have undergone austerity measures. A European commissioner said the European Union was in constant contact with the authorities in Italy. And France's health minister, Olivier Veran, said at a news conference on Sunday that the country was watching the "problematic situation" in Italy closely. The spike in Italy has already prompted an aggressive response from Italian officials. The country locked down more than 50,000 people in 10 towns in the northern Lombardy region, where a sizable cluster of coronavirus infections has emerged, and passed emergency measures that apply throughout the country. Residents on lockdown were supposed to leave or enter their towns only with special permission. Police and armed forces personnel were deployed to monitor the entrances to the towns. Officials closed schools and canceled the last two days of the Venice carnival, which draws thousands of people from around the world, and canceled trade fairs, opera performances and soccer matches. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Italy rose to 152, officials said on Sunday, from three on Thursday. More than 100 of those cases are in the Lombardy region. At least three people have died, including a 77-year-old woman and a 78-year-old man, and at least 26 are in intensive care, officials said. Death toll in Iran rises to 12, highest outside China.Pakistan and Turkey temporarily closed their borders with Iran on Sunday, as Tehran announced a weeklong closing of schools, universities and cultural centers across 14 provinces in an effort to curb the coronavirus. The outbreak has killed at least 12 people in Iran, state television said — the largest number of reported coronavirus-linked deaths outside China. Bahrain confirmed its first case on Monday, according to a government statement that indicated the patient was a Bahraini citizen who had recently traveled to Iran. Long lines have formed outside pharmacies and there is a shortage of masks and disinfectants, according to health officials and people in Iran. Officials have warned that hospitals are overstretched and said that people should refrain from going to the emergency room unless they have acute symptoms. Although the origin of the outbreak in Iran is unclear, the Fars news agency on Sunday quoted the country's health minister as saying that Chinese carriers of the virus were a source of the outbreak in Iran. Just days ago, Iran said it was untouched by the virus, and the sudden increase in cases has raised concerns that it may be experiencing a significant outbreak. Iran's health ministry said Saturday that 43 people had tested positive, with eight deaths, state-run Press TV reported. Experts have said that based on the number of dead, the total number of cases is probably much higher, as Covid-19 appears to kill about one out of 50 people infected. Pakistan's 596-mile border with Iran is mostly porous, and controlling a potential spread of the coronavirus poses a major challenge. Turkey's health minister, Fahrettin Koca, said in a news conference, "Because of the fact that the picture in Iran is getting worse, we decided to temporarily shut down our border with our neighbor." Turkey has four border gates to Iran, and all of them were shut down. Afghanistan's National Security Council said on Sunday that all travel to Iran would be reduced to "essential humanitarian needs." Samsung plant reopens after infected employee prompts shutdown.Samsung, the world's largest smartphone maker, said on Monday that it had restarted operations at a factory in South Korea that was shut down over the weekend after an employee there tested positive for the new coronavirus. Also on Monday, the fellow South Korean gadget maker LG Electronics said it had closed a research facility in Incheon after an employee's family member was confirmed to have contracted the virus. The facility is expected to reopen on Tuesday, an LG spokesman said. Samsung's plant, in the southeastern city of Gumi, is not far from the city of Daegu, which South Korean officials have essentially placed on lockdown after discovering a large number of infections there. Disease control experts are watching South Korea closely, concerned that it could become another hot zone for the new virus outside of China. South Korea has so far reported 763 infections and seven deaths. President Moon Jae-in put the nation on the highest possible alert on Sunday, empowering the government to lock down cities and restrict people's movements. Samsung, a pillar of the South Korean economy, manufactures mobile devices in Vietnam and India in addition to its home country. An employee at the Gumi complex was found to be infected with the new virus on Saturday, Samsung said, and the facility was shut the same day. A company spokeswoman said the floor where the infected employee worked would remain closed until Tuesday. Reporting and research was contributed by Choe Sang-Hun, Raymond Zhong, Russell Goldman Elisabetta Povoledo, Austin Ramzy, Motoko Rich, Makiko Inoue, Salman Masood, Mujib Mashal. Top stories - Google News February 24, 2020 at 12:20AM https://ift.tt/2vX0BMA Coronavirus Live Updates: Global Outbreak Raises Fears of Pandemic - The New York Times Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| Coronavirus news and live updates: South Korean cases surge past 600 - cnn.com Posted: 24 Feb 2020 12:27 AM PST  Foreign diplomats in Pyongyang, North Korea, are in isolation due to an ongoing novel coronavirus quarantine, a source inside the country tells CNN's Will Ripley. The source agreed to speak on the condition of anonymity, due to what they describe as "paranoia" by North Korean government officials. Diplomatic staff are not allowed to leave their compounds, the source says. All flights in and out of the country are suspended until further notice. "We are basically caught in here," the source says. "It's dull and nobody knows how long this will go on for." Embassies in Pyongyang have been told the quarantine measures, which began in early February, will continue until March 1, the source adds. "Nobody really believes that, given how paranoid the authorities are," the source says. Diplomats in North Korea: The exact number of foreign diplomats stationed inside North Korea is unknown, but is estimated to be a few hundred. North Korea has already canceled a major tourist event, the annual Pyongyang marathon. The country previously announced that all foreigners would be quarantined for 30 days, after quickly closing its borders at the onset of the coronavirus outbreak. No cases yet: North Korea has not confirmed a case of the virus, but health experts have warned it is highly susceptible to an outbreak given its close proximity to China and limited medical capabilities. North Korean authorities have yet to respond to CNN's request for comment. Top stories - Google News February 23, 2020 at 06:43PM https://ift.tt/2HNfBz9 Coronavirus news and live updates: South Korean cases surge past 600 - cnn.com Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| Karlsson's hat trick, Theodore's OT goal lift Knights in OT - Yahoo Sports Posted: 23 Feb 2020 11:41 PM PST  Anaheim Ducks goaltender John Gibson reacts after giving up the game winning goal to Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Shea Theodore during overtime in an NHL hockey game in Anaheim, Calif., Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020.The Golden Knights won 6-5. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- William Karlsson and the Vegas Golden Knights have the NHL's longest current winning streak, and they've built it in all sorts of ways. Blowing a two-goal lead in the third period wasn't what they had in mind. No matter - no slowing Vegas on this roll. Karlsson got his third career hat trick, Shea Theodore scored in overtime and the Golden Knights extended their winning streak to a season-high six games with a 6-5 victory over the Anaheim Ducks. Theodore's winner 3:50 into OT came after the Golden Knights squandered a two-goal lead late in the third period. Mark Stone assisted on the goal to complete his second four-assist game during the winning streak. Stone started the rush by intercepting Ryan Getzlaf's pass. He passed it to Theodore, who skated up the right side of the ice before releasing a wrist shot from the right faceoff circle to beat goaltender John Gibson. "I think we've just played good hockey. We've really tightened up our systems," said Theodore, who has nine goals this season. "I think we are sticking to that and really starting to feel that pressure of the end of the season." Karlsson hadn't scored a goal in his last 20 games coming into Sunday but broke out of that in a big way. His snap shot 19:03 into the second period while Gibson was screened was his first goal since Dec. 13. Nick Ritchie scored twice, including a tying goal 21 seconds into the third period before Karlsson put Vegas ahead 4-3 6:28 into the third with a shot from the faceoff circle. Karlsson completed his hat trick at 11:05 with a backhand past Gibson's glove after getting a pass from Reilly Smith in front of the net. "Yeah, not bad. It feels like it's been forever," Karlsson said. "I'm very happy for those three goals and the two points." Vegas' 5-3 lead appeared safe until Adam Henrique forced overtime with goals 1:42 apart. Both came when the Ducks brought on the extra skater. Henrique brought the Ducks within a goal with 2:57 remaining when he knocked in a rebound after Nick Ritchie was stopped by Vegas' Malcolm Subban, then sent it to overtime with 1:15 remaining when the Ducks crashed the net. "It was a fun one to be a part of. We haven't had many of those this year," Ritchie said. "We're not really a team that plays a shootout style, but it turned into that." Alec Martinez - who was acquired from Los Angeles on Tuesday - had a goal and an assist for Vegas, and Max Pacioretty added two assists. Patrick Brown also scored and Subban made 25 saves for the Golden Knights, who have vaulted from third place to leading the Pacific Division during their winning streak. Ritchie and Henrique each had their first four-point games (two goals, two assists) for Anaheim, which has dropped five of its last six. Devin Shore also scored, and Gibson stopped 22 shots. Brown opened the scoring when knocked in a rebound at 12:49 of the first period after Ryan Reaves circled the net and dumped it into the crease. Gibson stopped Gage Quinney's attempt with his right blocker before Brown put it in for his first goal of the season and second of his career. Brown was called up on Sunday after Nicolas Roy was injured during Saturday's win over Florida. The Ducks evened it with 1.3 seconds remaining in the first when Shore was in the high slot and redirected Brendan Guhle's slap shot. Half of Shore's four goals this season have come against Vegas. Ritchie gave the Ducks the lead midway through the second when he took advantage of a turnover near the Knights' net and knocked in a wrist shot after Nick Holden was unable to clear it. Martinez tied it at 2 five minutes later with a one-timer during an odd-man rush for his second goal since being traded by Los Angeles to the Golden Knights on Tuesday. NOTES: All of Karlsson's hat tricks have come with Vegas. The other two occurred during the 2017-18 season. ... Quinney's assist was his first NHL point. ... Smith has a point in five straight games (four goals, two assists) and Pacioretty has extended his streak to four (three goals, three assists). ... Anaheim C Derek Grant, who could be dealt before Monday's trade deadline, was a healthy scratch. ... Henrique has 10 points (six goals, four assists) in his last eight games. UP NEXT Golden Knights: Begin a four-game homestand against the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday. Ducks: Host the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday. --- More AP NHL: https://apnews.com/NHL and https://twitter.com/AP-Sports "Goal" - Google News February 23, 2020 at 11:11PM https://ift.tt/39Xc3GB Karlsson's hat trick, Theodore's OT goal lift Knights in OT - Yahoo Sports "Goal" - Google News https://ift.tt/35TEe8t Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| 志らく、中居は「会見をエンターテインメントに」ＳＭＡＰ再結成も熱望 - サンケイスポーツ Posted: 23 Feb 2020 11:41 PM PST  落語家、立川志らく（５６）が２４日、ＴＢＳ系情報番組「グッとラック！」（月～金曜前８・０）に生出演。タレント、中居正広（４７）が３月いっぱいでのジャニーズ事務所退所を発表したことを受けてコメントした。 中居は２１日、３月いっぱいでジャニーズ事務所を退所することを発表し、東京・六本木のテレビ朝日で１１０分間にわたって、ユーモアを交えながら会見。独立して個人事務所「のんびりな会」で活動することを明かし、独立を決めるまでや、事務所創業者の故ジャニー喜多川さんへの思いを告白した。 番組ではこの話題を取り上げ、コメントを求められた志らくは「会見をエンターテインメントに昇華させた」とひと言。「もうひとつ…」と語り出し、「（ＳＭＡＰは）『不仲だ、不仲だ』なんて言われるけども、私は不仲だから解散をしたのだとは思っていないのですよ。いろいろ大人の事情があってやむを得ず解散という形に今はなっている。仲が良かろうが悪かろうがいいものを見せてもらえればそれでいいのでございます」と語った。 また、ＳＭＡＰの再結成について「（中居は）否定していないですから。わたしはいつかきっと…」と熱望。「わたしは解散したとすら思っていないですもん」と続けていた。 "エンターテインメント" - Google ニュース February 23, 2020 at 06:42PM https://ift.tt/2PyFUOb 志らく、中居は「会見をエンターテインメントに」ＳＭＡＰ再結成も熱望 - サンケイスポーツ "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  |
| Global spread of coronavirus raises pandemic fears - Yahoo News Posted: 23 Feb 2020 11:27 PM PST  By Ryan Woo and Hyonhee Shin BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) - Fears of a coronavirus pandemic grew on Monday after sharp rises in new cases reported in Iran, Italy and South Korea but China relaxed restrictions on movements in several places including Beijing as its rates of new infections dropped. The surge of infections outside mainland China triggered steep falls in Asian shares and Wall Street stock futures as investors fled to safe havens such as gold. Oil prices tumbled and the Korean won fell to its lowest since August. South Korea's fourth-largest city Daegu grew increasingly isolated as the number of infections there increased rapidly, with Asiana Airlines and Korean Air suspending flights to the city until March 9 and March 28 respectively. "If we cannot block the spread in the Daegu region in an effective way, there are high possibilities it would lead to a nationwide transmission," Vice Health Minister Kim Kang-lip told reporters. In Europe, French Health Minister Olivier Veran said he would talk to his European counterparts soon to discuss how best to cope with a possible epidemic in Europe, after Italy reported a third death from the flu-like virus and 150 infections, from just three before Friday. "Tonight, there is no epidemic in France. But there is a problematic situation at the door, in Italy, that we are watching with great attention," Veran told a news conference. In mainland China, where the virus originated late last year, more than 20 province-level jurisdictions including Beijing and Shanghai, as well as provinces such as Henan and Anhui, reported zero infections, the most since the outbreak began. President Xi Jinping urged businesses to get back to work though he said the epidemic was still "severe and complex, and prevention and control work is in the most difficult and critical stage". [L3N2AO0X0] Yunnan, Guangdong, Shanxi and Guizhou provinces lowered their coronavirus emergency response measures from the most serious level, joining the provinces of Gansu and Liaoning to relax restrictions on movements. Excluding central Hubei province, the epicenter of the outbreak, mainland China reported 11 new cases, the lowest number since the national health authority started publishing nationwide figures on Jan. 20. The Hubei capital of Wuhan, a city of 11 million people which has been under virtual lockdown for weeks, officials said healthy people would be allowed to leave the city for crucial operations only. The coronavirus has infected nearly 77,000 people and killed more than 2,500 in China, mostly in Wuhan. Outside mainland China, the outbreak has spread to about 28 other countries and territories, with a death toll of around two dozen, according to a Reuters tally. Italy sealed off the worst-affected towns and banned public gatherings in much of the north, including halting the carnival in Venice, where there were two cases, to try to contain the biggest outbreak in Europe. Austria suspended train services over the Alps from Italy for about four hours after two travelers showed symptoms of fever. The train carrying about 300 passengers from Venice, Italy, to Munich in Germany was allowed to continue after the two tested negative for the new coronavirus. Austrian Interior Minister Karl Nehammer said a coronavirus task force would meet on Monday to discuss whether to introduce border controls with Italy. MORE MIDDLE EAST CASES In South Korea, authorities reported a seventh death and another 161 new cases on Monday, taking its total to 763. Of the new cases, 115 were linked to a church in the city of Daegu. The government was conducting tests on about 9,500 people who took part in services at a Daegu branch of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, also known as the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony. In Daegu and elsewhere, citizens flocked to supermarkets and pharmacies to buy surgical masks and supplies. More cases appeared in the Middle East with Bahrain reporting its first case, the state news agency said, and Kuwait reporting three cases in people who had been in Iran. Iran, which announced its first two cases on Wednesday, said it had confirmed 43 cases and eight deaths. Most of the infections were in the Shi'ite Muslim holy city of Qom. Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Turkey and Afghanistan imposed travel and immigration restrictions on the Islamic Republic. Japan had 773 cases as of late Sunday, mostly on a cruise ship quarantined near Tokyo. A third passenger, a Japanese man in his 80s, died on Sunday. China reported 409 new cases on the mainland, from 648 a day earlier, taking the total number of infections to 77,150 cases as of Feb. 23. The death toll rose by 150 to 2,592. Xi said on Sunday the outbreak would have a relatively big, but short-term impact on the economy and the government would step up policy adjustments to help cushion the blow. It was also allocated 99.5 billion yuan ($14.16 billion) to control the outbreak, a top finance official said. Graphic - Tracking the novel coronavirus: https://ift.tt/2S2hWv4 (Reporting by Ryan Woo in Beijing and Hyonhee Shin in Seoul; Additional reporting by Judy Hua, Huizhong Wu, Yawen Chen, Lusha Zhang and David Kirton in Beijing, Engen Tham in Shangai, Joyce Lee and Cynthia Kim in Seoul, Tom Westbrook in Singapore; Writing by Stephen Coates; Editing by Lincoln Feast.) 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| Posted: 23 Feb 2020 11:27 PM PST KEY POINTS
Chinese president Xi Jinping on Sunday admitted the COVID-19 outbreak in his country remains "serious and complex," even as the casualty count worldwide rose to 78,979 confirmed cases and 2,467 deaths shortly before midnight, local time. Of this rising toll, China accounted for 76,936 cases and 2,442 deaths. As of early Monday morning, Hong Kong time, the toll had risen to 78,985 cases and 2,469 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE). Xi again described the COVID-19 epidemic as a major public health emergency with "the fastest spread, the widest range of infections, and the most difficult prevention and control in China" since the founding of China in 1947, according to state-controlled media. Xi's grim assessment finds confirmation in recent events occurring in China, as well as the coronavirus' unexpectedly rapid spread in Italy, Iran and South Korea last week. Fears of global pandemic are mounting and the United States is now preparing for such an eventuality while admitting it won't be spared from an impending community transmission of this highly-contagious disease. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last week admitted to preparing for a forthcoming outbreak of COVID-19 in the mainland United States. It said the possibility of a calamitous "community spread," or a mass infection over a wide area, of the disease is "likely." "We're not seeing community spread here in the United States, yet, but it's very possible, even likely, that it may eventually happen," said Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases over the weekend. "Our goal continues to be slowing the introduction of the virus into the U.S. This buys us more time to prepare communities for more cases and possibly sustained spread." On Saturday evening (Hong Kong time), mainland China reported 648 new confirmed coronavirus cases, taking its total to 76,936. It also reported 97 new deaths, bringing its death toll to 2,442. All but one of the deaths was in Hubei province, the outbreak's epicenter. Hubei itself reported 630 new infections.
Announced Sunday, Hubei's new totals represented 264 more new cases and 10 fewer deaths than the previous day, which has had 64,084 infections and 2,346 deaths since the outbreak was discovered in December. There have been 32 new infections in the province's prisons. On the other hand, 1,742 patients were declared cured and discharged from hospital Saturday. China also said 22 of its othert provinces reported no new confirmed cases Saturday. The seemingly stable situation in China stands in marked contrast to the upheavals in Italy, Iran and South Korea, which are now the epicenters of the coronavirus' spread outside China. Combined, the three countries as of Monday (Hong Kong time) accounted for 16 of all COVID-19 deaths outside China, a toll that now stands at 25. There are eight deaths in Iran from 43 confirmed cases; six deaths in South Korea from 602 cases; and two deaths in Italy from 152 cases. South Korea is now the third most infected country in the world, Italy the fourth most and Iran, the seventh most. What's astounding about this ranking is that Italy and Iran only reported their first COVID-19 cases last week. South Korea saw a quintupling of confirmed cases last week. The eight deaths in Iran are the largest number of deaths worldwide outside China. Iran only reported its first COVID-19 infection and death on February 19. The outbreak in Iran is so far confined to four cities: Qom, Tehran, Arak and Rasht. The holy city of Qom to the south of Tehran is the disease epicenter in Iran. Italy reported its first and second deaths from the disease within a span of 24 hours on Friday and Saturday. Italy now has 152 cases compared to only 51 confirmed cases as of Friday. South Korea is now the most infected country outside China. The cause is a swift rise in cluster infections inside the city of Daegu in the southern part of the country. South Korea's COVID-19 cases more than doubled Saturday to 433, according to South Korea's Centers for Disease Control (KCDC). The total stood at 204 on Friday. Of the new cases, 100 arose from the Shincheonji Church of Jesus cluster in Daegu. Another 95 are linked to a cluster at the Qingdao Daenam Hospital in Cheongdo County in the eastern part of the country. KCDC said that out of the first 346 cases, 48.8% are linked to the Shincheonji Church of Jesus cluster while 31.2% are linked to the hospital cluster. It also reported its first COVID-19-related death on Thursday. A second death followed on Saturday.
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| #Showbiz: Actress Tasha Shilla is engaged! - New Straits Times Posted: 23 Feb 2020 11:16 PM PST  KUALA LUMPUR: It only took actress Tasha Shilla and her beau, Muhammad Atiq Idris, two months to decide to take their relationship to the next level. Tasha and Muhammad Atiq, both 33, got engaged at a ceremony held in Damansara, according to a news report yesterday. "We were introduced by a mutual friend at a charity event held at Masjid Wilayah. Before we knew it, it blossomed into love and affection," said the artiste, whose full name is Natasha Sheila Abdul Razak. She added: "As I feel at ease whenever I'm around him, I also believe that this is the true love which I had been looking for all this while." The newly-engaged couple is expected to tie the knot at the end of the month. Muhammad Atiq, who works in the financial sector in Singapore, said that he will let Tasha continue acting after their marriage. "As long as she is mindful of her limitations and never forgets to pray five times a day, I'm alright with it," said Muhammad Atiq, who sent his merisik entourage to meet with Tasha's parents on Feb 1. "Actress" - Google News February 23, 2020 at 09:15PM https://ift.tt/2HLRCR0 #Showbiz: Actress Tasha Shilla is engaged! - New Straits Times "Actress" - Google News https://ift.tt/31HZgDn Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| Growing fears as coronavirus cases spike outside China - Sky News Australia Posted: 23 Feb 2020 10:27 PM PST [unable to retrieve full-text content]
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| 草なぎ剛、大ファンの『パラサイト』ポン・ジュノ監督＆ソン・ガンホとがっちり抱擁「一流のエンターテインメント」 - cinemacafe.net Posted: 23 Feb 2020 08:41 PM PST 第92回アカデミー賞最多4部門を受賞した話題作『パラサイト 半地下の家族』の舞台挨拶が2月24日（月・祝）に行われ、ポン・ジュノ監督と主演ソン・ガンホが凱旋来日した。そして、両氏の大ファンである草なぎ剛が花束を手にサプライズで登場、お祝いムードをさらに盛り上げた。 草なぎさん、流暢な韓国語で挨拶＆思いを語る草なぎさんは興奮した面持ちで、「一番尊敬する俳優さん、いつもおふたりから力をいただいています！」とポン監督とソンさんに流暢な韓国語で気持ちをぶつける。これまでのポン監督の作品群も「『スノーピアサー』以外、観ています！」と言い、『パラサイト』においても、「本当に一流のエンターテインメントになっていて、退屈するところがひと時もなかった。観終わった後に、あそこがどうだ、こうだと話したくなるような作品で、家族愛も描かれていて」と上映後の場内とあって、ネタバレも解禁しながら感想をよどみなくしゃべる。
『パラサイト』は全員失業中、半地下住宅で暮らす貧しいキム一家の物語。大学受験に失敗し続けている長男ギウは、エリート大学生の友達に家庭教師の仕事を紹介され、身分を偽りIT企業を経営するパク社長一家が暮らす高台の大豪邸に勤め出す。続けて、美術家庭教師として妹ギジョンを紹介し、徐々にパク一家にパラサイトしていくキム家族。しかし、彼らが辿り着く先には、誰にも想像し得ない衝撃の光景が待ち構えていた。
ポン監督＆ソンさん、オスカー受賞について「観客の皆さんの熱い反応がうれしい」アカデミー賞4部門に輝いたことについて、当時の感想を聞かれると、ポン監督は、「まったく計画していたことではないです。けど、訪れた賞に関してはうれしくもあり、少し気が動転しているような感じでした。本当に貴重な賞をいただいたと思っていますし、トロフィーは大切に家にしまっています」と微笑む。しかし、「アカデミー賞以前に日本や様々な国で、観客に熱烈な反応をいただいたのがうれしいことです。皆さんに知っていただいて、大きく受け止められて熱い反応をいただけたこと、受賞以上に、観客の皆さんの熱い反応をとてもうれしく感じているんです」と真摯に観客に感謝を伝えた。
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| New virus has infected over 78,000 people globally - Himalayan Times Posted: 23 Feb 2020 08:27 PM PST
BEIJING: A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 78,000 people globally. The World Health Organization has named the illness COVID-19, referring to its origin late last year and the coronavirus that causes it. The latest figures reported by each government's health authority as of Sunday in Beijing: Mainland China: 2,442 deaths among 76,936 cases, mostly in the central province of Hubei. Hong Kong: 74 cases, 2 deaths Macao: 10 cases Japan: 769 cases, including at least 634 from a cruise ship docked in Yokohama, 3 deaths South Korea: 556 cases, 5 deaths Italy: 132 cases, 2 deaths Singapore: 89 cases Iran: 43 cases, 8 deaths United States: 35 cases; separately, 1 U.S. citizen died in China Thailand: 35 cases Taiwan: 28 cases, 1 death Australia: 23 cases Malaysia: 22 Vietnam: 16 cases Germany: 16 France: 12 cases, 1 death United Arab Emirates: 11 cases United Kingdom: 9 Canada: 9 Philippines: 3 cases, 1 death India: 3 cases Russia: 2 Spain: 2 Lebanon: 1 Israel: 1 Belgium: 1 Nepal: 1 Sri Lanka: 1 Sweden: 1 Cambodia: 1 Finland: 1 Egypt: 1 Top stories - Google News February 23, 2020 at 06:10AM https://ift.tt/2Pk25az New virus has infected over 78,000 people globally - Himalayan Times Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| South Korea raises virus alert level to highest amid surge in cases - Kyodo News Plus Posted: 23 Feb 2020 08:27 PM PST South Korean President Moon Jae In on Sunday raised the country's virus alert level to the highest in the four-tier system as the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus topped 600. The country's health authorities on Sunday reported three more deaths in the outbreak, largely traced to a religious group in Daegu, the nation's fourth-largest city. Moon announced the elevation of the alert level to the "crisis" stage in a meeting with top government officials and municipal authorities at the government complex in Seoul, saying it was done at the recommendation of infectious disease experts.
"The COVID-19 situation has reached a serious turning point. The next couple of days will be critical," he said, adding that the authorities "must not be bound by regulations and should not hesitate to give an unprecedented strong response." The health ministry said there were 169 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the country's total to 602, with the death toll rising by three to six. Of the total confirmed cases, 329, or about 54.7 percent, are linked to members of a minor Christian sect, known as the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, and people who came into contact with them, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Health authorities suspect a follower of the church in Daegu may be a "super spreader."
The ministry said two patients at Daenam Hospital in the southeastern city of Cheongdo died Sunday, and another patient succumbed to the illness at a hospital in Daegu, a city of about 2.5 million in the country's southeast. The three previous deaths also occurred at Daenam Hospital, according to the health authorities. The hospital has become another center for the transmission of the virus with more than 100 cases linked with it. The funeral for a brother of the religious group's leader was held at the hospital's funeral hall between Jan. 31 and Feb. 2. Cheongdo is the leader's hometown and considered a holy place by the sect. Over the past five days, the number of cases in South Korea surged roughly 18-fold. Related coverage: Tokyo's Ghibli Museum to close through March 17 due to coronavirus U.S. raises travel alert to Japan due to "community spread" of virus G-20 to collaborate as coronavirus shock looms on global economy Virus confirmed for Japanese woman who passed check, left cruise ship Top stories - Google News February 23, 2020 at 07:17AM https://ift.tt/2VezA1E South Korea raises virus alert level to highest amid surge in cases - Kyodo News Plus Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| As Coronavirus Cases Spiral, South Korea Raises Threat Alert Level - The New York Times Posted: 23 Feb 2020 07:27 PM PST  SEOUL, South Korea — As South Korea struggles to contain a snowballing coronavirus outbreak, its president on Sunday raised the country's alert level to the highest for the first time in a decade, which empowered the government to lock down cities, bar visitors from China and unilaterally restrict the movement of people. In raising the alert level, President Moon Jae-in is effectively acknowledging that the virus is threatening to spin out of control, after the number of cases has jumped to 763 in a few days and the death toll has risen to six. The world is closely watching South Korea, concerned that it has become another hot spot of infection outside China. Emerging outbreaks in South Korea, Iran and Italy have provoked fear that the epidemic could turn into a global pandemic, as countries impose more travel restrictions and containment measures. The United States has raised its travel advisories for South Korea and Japan, warning about "sustained community spread." Israel denied entry to 130 South Koreans on board a Korean Air flight that landed in Tel Aviv on Saturday, forcing them to return home on the same plane. In recent days, the South Korean government has shut day care centers, banned outdoor rallies and postponed the reopening of schools in early March. Churches are asking congregants to stay home and pray online instead. But Mr. Moon said South Korea faced a "wholly different situation" after the quickly expanding outbreak of the virus among members of a Shincheonji Church of Jesus in Daegu, South Korea's fourth-largest city, 180 miles southeast of Seoul. More than half of all the patients in the country are either members of Shincheonji or their relatives and other contacts. In Daegu, shopping districts, supermarkets and parks were empty as the government asked citizens to stay home. On Sunday, South Korean officials said they had no immediate plan to bar Chinese visitors — as some conservative news outlets and other critics have demanded — or lock down any cities. But by putting the country on the highest alert, they showed their resolve to take more aggressive steps if needed. This is the first time since 2009 that the country has been put on the highest alert; at that time, it was battling the swine flu spreading around the world. "We should not be bound by regulations, nor should we shy away from unprecedented strong measures," Mr. Moon said at an emergency government meeting on Sunday. The alert, known as Level 4, will allow the government to allocate more money for fighting the virus and make it easier for health officials to acquire the personal data of people suspected of being infected, as well as outlaw religious and other gatherings. It will also empower health officials to control air, train and other public traffic around the country. Health officials hope that the number of new patients connected to Shincheonji will drop significantly within a week or so. They have already screened most members of the church showing potential symptoms, and many have been tested for the virus. "We are faced with a watershed moment in the case of the coronavirus," Mr. Moon said. "The coming few days will be a critical time for us. This will be a momentous time when the central government, local governments and the whole people must wage an all-out, concerted response to the problem." Until now, South Korean officials had been reluctant to raise the alert level, worried that such a drastic measure would hurt the country's already slowing economy, as well as undermine its image as a country safe for travel. In China where the virus originated, the economy has come to a standstill, while the country has been essentially cut off from the rest of the world. South Korea's economic troubles have deepened in recent weeks, with exports to China, its biggest trading partner, sharply dropping because of the outbreak. South Korean auto and other companies that rely on parts from China have also suffered. Despite its extensive ties with China, South Korea had initially appeared to cope well in containing the spread of the coronavirus. After reporting its first case on Jan. 20, the number of patients remained low. By Feb. 15, the country had 28 cases and no deaths. A few days later, the situation began to unravel, when an infected patient was found in the large congregation of the Shincheonji Church in Daegu, a city of 2.4 million. Since then, the number of patients has exploded, mostly among members of Christian church and people connected to them. For now, the outbreak has been largely limited to Daegu and the surrounding North Kyongsang Province, which account for the majority of the infections. But several new cases have emerged in towns across South Korea, most of them Shincheonji worshipers who have attended church services in Daegu or people who have traveled to the city or have met people from there. "A large number of people gathered in a very closed space, holding their prayer services together for one to two hours," said Jung Eun-kyeong, director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, referring to the Shincheonji church. "In such an environment, it was likely that even a few patients spread the disease to many people." Although health officials have frantically tried to track down church members and direct contacts, they acknowledged that it had become increasingly hard to establish the chain of transmissions once the community spread began. Shincheonji worshipers have been noted for their secrecy, often hiding their membership even to their parents, said former members and experts on religious sects. In their efforts to contain the outbreak, officials have designated coronavirus-only hospitals and have required all people visiting regular hospitals with respiratory symptoms to be tested for the virus. With some towns fearing a lack of hospital beds, the government recently expedited the approval of newly built hospital wards so they could be quickly used to accommodate more patients. Subway stations, coffee shops and movie theaters were all required to install hand sanitizers for customers to use. The government also empowered doctors to order a coronavirus test even if a patient doesn't want it. During a telephone call with President Xi Jinping of China on Thursday, President Moon sympathized with Beijing's efforts to battle the virus, saying that "China's difficulties are our own difficulties." More than 10,000 Chinese students are expected to return to South Korea in the coming week after winter vacations, as their South Korean universities are scheduled to reopen in early March. That has raised fears among some South Koreans. On Sunday, officials said the Chinese students will be asked not to come to school for two weeks, officials said. The government also changed the opening day of kindergartens and high schools, to March 9, from March 2. "We don't agree with the argument that we are trying to catch mosquitoes while keeping the windows open," Health Minister Park Neung-hoo said last week, dismissing the demand for a ban on Chinese visitors, as the United States and dozens of other countries have done. He said more people have been infected by South Koreans' returning from China than by Chinese visitors. The raising of the alert level came a day after thousands of older Christian activists dismissed his government's appeals not to gather in large groups and pressed ahead with their weekly anti-government protest. They accused Mr. Moon of mismanaging the economy and being too friendly toward North Korea and China. At the protest, most of the participants wore masks but loudly chanted antigovernment slogans and "Amens." "We will defend South Korea even if we get infected with the virus and die," said the Rev. Jun Kwang-hoon, who had organized the rally, shouted at the cheering crowd. "Those of you who are here are true Christians. Even if we contract the virus, the Lord will cure us." 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| Health officials worry as untraceable virus clusters emerge - SF Gate Posted: 23 Feb 2020 07:27 PM PST
FILE - This Feb. 12, 2020, file photo released by Xinhua News Agency shows a part of a temporary hospital with 1,100 beds converted from the Wuhan Sports Center in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province. Citizens have been ordered to stay in their homes for weeks in the coronavirus outbreak's epicenter of Wuhan. (Cheng Min/Xinhua via AP, File) less FILE - This Feb. 12, 2020, file photo released by Xinhua News Agency shows a part of a temporary hospital with 1,100 beds converted from the Wuhan Sports Center in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province. ... more Photo: Cheng Min, AP In South Korea, Singapore and Iran, clusters of infections are leading to a jump in cases of the new viral illness outside China. But it's not the numbers that are worrying experts: It's that increasingly they can't trace where the clusters started. World Health Organization officials said China's crackdown on parts of the country bought time for the rest of the world to prepare for the new virus. But as hot spots emerge around the globe, trouble finding each source — the first patient who sparks every new cluster — might signal the disease has begun spreading too widely for tried-and-true public health steps to stamp it out. "A number of spot fires, occurring around the world is a sign that things are ticking along, and what we are going to have here is probably a pandemic," said Ian Mackay, who studies viruses at Australia's University of Queensland. That worst-case isn't here yet, the WHO insists. It isn't convinced that countries outside China need more draconian measures, but it pointed to spikes in cases in Iran and South Korea to warn that time may be running out to contain the virus. "What we see is a very different phase of this outbreak depending where you look," said WHO's Dr. Sylvie Briand. "We see different patterns of transmission in different places." The World Health Organization defines a "global pandemic" as a disease spreading on two continents, though some public health experts would call an outbreak a pandemic if the spread is over a wide area or across many international borders. The newest red flag: Iran has reported 28 cases, including five deaths, in just days. The cluster began in the city of Qom, a popular religious destination, but it's not clear how. Worse, infected travelers from Iran already have been discovered in Lebanon and Canada. In South Korea, most of the hundreds of new cases detected since Wednesday are linked to a church in the city of Daegu and a nearby hospital. But health authorities have not yet found the "index case," the person among the church's 9,000 followers who set off the chain of infections. There also have been several cases in the capital, Seoul, where the infection routes have not yet been traced. In Europe, Italy saw cases of the new virus more than quadruple in a day as it grapples with infections in a northern region that apparently have spread through a hospital and a cafe. A cluster of cases isn't inherently worrying — in fact, it's expected as an infection that's easy to spread is carried around the world by travelers. The first line of defense: Isolate the sick to treat them and prevent further spread, and quarantine people who came in contact with them until the incubation period is over. But as the virus becomes more widespread, trying to trace every contact would be futile, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong acknowledged earlier this month. "If we still hospitalize and isolate every suspect case, our hospitals will be overwhelmed," he said. So far, the city-state has identified five clusters of transmission, including two churches. But there remain eight locally transmitted cases with no links to earlier cases, or to China. Viruses vary in how they infect. The new coronavirus — unlike its cousins SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome, and MERS, or Middle East respiratory syndrome — spreads as easily as a common cold. And it's almost certainly being spread by people who show such mild symptoms that no one can tell, said Dr. Amesh Adalja of the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. "If that's the case, all of these containment methods are not going to work," Adalja said. "It's likely mixed in the cold and flu season all over the place, in multiple countries" and gone unnoticed until someone gets severely ill. These milder symptoms are good news "in terms of not as many people dying," said Mackay, of Australia. "But it's really bad news if you are trying to stop a pandemic," he added. When Hong Kong reported it first death from the virus earlier this month, it also confirmed three locally transmitted cases with no known link to any previous cases or any travel history to China. Chuang Shuk-kwan of the Center for Health Protection warned then that "there could be invisible chains of infection happening within communities." Officials in both South Korea and Japan have signaled in the past week that the spread is entering a new phase in their countries. On Friday, South Korean Prime Minister Chung Se-kyun said the government would have to shift its focus from quarantine and border control to slowing the spread of the virus. Schools and churches were closed and some mass gatherings banned. Takaji Wakita, head of Japan's National Institute of Infectious Diseases, earlier urged people to work at home or in shifts to avoid being in a crowd, and refrain from holding non-essential and non-urgent meetings. But Adalja cautioned that far-reaching measures like China instituted in the outbreak's epicenter of Wuhan — where citizens have been ordered to stay in their homes for weeks — can backfire. While it remains to be seen if the new virus is waning, that kind of lockdown makes it hard for people to get other critically important care, like fast treatment for a heart attack. There's no way to predict if the recent clusters will burn out or trigger widespread transmission. For now, health officials should try and contain the infection for as long as possible while preparing for a change in strategy by preparing hospitals, readying protective equipment and bolstering laboratory capacity, said Gagandeep Kang, a microbiologist who leads India's Translational Health Science and Technology Institute. "Although the window of opportunity is narrowing to contain the outbreak, we still have a chance to contain it," said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. "But while doing that, we have to prepare at the same time for any eventualities, because this outbreak could go any direction – it could even be messy." ___ Ghosal reported from New Delhi. Neergaard reported from Washington, D.C. Associated Press writers Eileen Ng in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Kim Tong-hyung in Seoul, South Korea, and Mari Yamaguchi in Tokyo contributed to this story. ___ The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Department of Science Education. The AP is solely responsible for all content. Top stories - Google News February 22, 2020 at 10:27AM https://ift.tt/38RDC4g Health officials worry as untraceable virus clusters emerge - SF Gate Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| Pose actress and author Dominique Jackson talks ballroom culture - Daily Northwestern Posted: 23 Feb 2020 07:16 PM PST  Dominique Jackson and Weinberg Prof. Alexander Weheliye discuss Jackson's show, Pose at the State of the Black Union. Photo by Yunkyo Kim/The Daily Northwestern Photo by Yunkyo Kim/The Daily Northwestern Dominique Jackson and Weinberg Prof. Alexander Weheliye discuss Jackson's show, Pose at the State of the Black Union.
Standing in Lutkin Hall at For Member's Only's 2020 State of the Black Union, actress and author Dominique Jackson said she knew she wanted to work with Ryan Murphy, the "American Horror Story" showrunner after watching the third season. In "American Horror Story: Coven," a character is burned at the stake while shouting, "Balenciaga!" Less than ten years later, she starred as Elektra Wintour, a former house mother and champion of the ballrooms, in "Pose," an Emmy-winning series written by Murphy on the ballroom community, set in 1980s New York City. For Members Only invites a speaker for the State of the Black Union address that engages Northwestern's black community in discussion. At the event, moderated by African American Studies prof. Alexander Weheliye, Jackson told the audience she was raised in Trinidad and Tobago then immigrated to the United States before graduating among the top of her class. She said she left her religious mother who did not accept her identity. "What happens when you become homeless? You're out on the street and your parents are thinking, 'Well, when you meet hardship out there, you're gonna come back home,'" she said. "When I met hardship out there, it made me fight harder, it made me be even more determined to get to where I wanted to be." Jackson competed in the NYC LGBT Entertainment Circle and the Pageantry System and was inducted into the House and Ballroom Hall of Fame in 2016. She starred in the modeling reality show "Strut" and also wrote an autobiography, "The Transsexual from Tobago (Revised)." Jackson also spoke about New York City's ballroom cultural movement founded by African American and Latinx LGBTQ youth. Ballroom culture celebrates individuals in communities of color of genderqueer, transgender and non-conforming identities in expressing in drag, art and fashion, and members of the community should support one another, she said. "No one has realized that humanity as our foundation would solve a lot," Jackson said. NU alum Emily Feng (Weinberg '19) said she attended the event because she saw the event in the Multicultural Student Affairs newsletter and wanted to be in a space where many conversations and discussions occur, something she said she missed since graduating. "I think it's super important because it's about building power from within your own community," Feng said. "Being able to learn from their stories (and) experiences and get that sense that, 'if they were able to do this, we can also.'" Events like this, she said, help students of marginalized identities learn from experienced professionals from their own community as well as gain solidarity. It helps people feel like they can be themselves, she said. Weinberg freshman Shira Nash said she attended the event because she watched "Pose." She said that Jackson's talk resonated with her as it was easy to judge people before seeing them in their humanity. "It definitely raises awareness and allows space for people of color to come together and also people who are different from the majority to come together and feel safe, and see someone who is also working toward the same goal as them," she said. "I think that's really important." Email: yunkyokim2022@u.northwestern.edu Twitter: @yunkyomoonk Related Stories: – Black representation in music discussed during State of the Black Union Comments"Actress" - Google News February 23, 2020 at 07:03PM https://ift.tt/2vYKFtc Pose actress and author Dominique Jackson talks ballroom culture - Daily Northwestern "Actress" - Google News https://ift.tt/31HZgDn Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| Amaysim sees mobile EBITDA more than halve for 2020 first half - ZDNet Posted: 23 Feb 2020 06:43 PM PST  Amaysim has reported a slim first half which saw underlying earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) fall by 59% on a comparable basis from last year. With its new accounting standards, Amaysim reported EBITDA of AU$5.3 million, compared to AU$10.6 million a year prior, but with the same accounting standards, EBITDA would have been AU$4.4 million. At the same time, mobile revenue was down 15% to AU$91.8 million, which the company said was due to competitive pressure and an increase in data inclusions on plans. "Excess data revenue is now a much smaller component of total mobile revenue meaning that Amaysim is poised to see future revenue growth as it transitions past this revenue and ARPU (average revenue per user) headwind," the company said. On the plus side, the company grew its recurring mobile customer base to 706,000 with its Jeenee mobile acquisition contributing 41,000 extra accounts, and now claims 1.05 million mobile customers. However, ARPU dropped from AU$26.42 each month to AU$22.34, with Amaysim adding it costs an average of AU$51 on marketing to gain a customers, and at gross profit of AU$6.14 each month, it takes 8 months for a return on marketing investment to occur. The company added that its recurring revenue was increasing in the quarter to December 31, and the business has started seeing "month-on-month revenue growth". The reading was not much better overall for the company, which reported revenue was down 7% to AU$244 million and EBITDA fell 14% to AU$23.5 million, while net profit reported a rare bright spot and hit positive territory at AU$3.7 million, an increase of 178%. "Our 1H20 result reflects continued progress against our strategy to be Australia's leading subscription utilities provider, with our mobile business performing strongly and solid results from our energy business," Amaysim CEO and managing director Peter O'Connell said. "Our plans in market are the most competitive they have ever been, enabled by our revitalised network supply agreement with Optus, signed in May 2019." For the full year, the company is expecting EBITDA in the range of AU$33 million to AU$39 million. Related CoverageMyRepublic crowned most complained about in Comms Alliance 'expanded' report It is the first 'expanded' Complaints in Context report to be released since the Telecommunications Consumer Protections code was enforced in August. Energy powering Amaysim as company reports AU$4.8m first-half loss The company also announced its intentions to raise AU$50.6 million to clear its debt, upgrade its internal technology stack, and launch new energy plans. Samsung Galaxy S20: A cheat sheet (TechRepublic) Samsung's new Galaxy S20, S20+, and S20 Ultra phones boast 5G connectivity, as many as four rear camera systems, an Infinity-O display, and an ultrasonic fingerprint scanner. 66% of Americans admit to sleeping with their phone at night (TechRepublic) People check their smartphones up to 160x a day (or every 9 minutes), according to a new study that examines the obsession. "Mobile" - Google News February 23, 2020 at 04:58PM https://ift.tt/2vXNoTS Amaysim sees mobile EBITDA more than halve for 2020 first half - ZDNet "Mobile" - Google News https://ift.tt/2P9t7Cg Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| Malaysia's Anwar says some colleagues trying to bring down government - WHBL News Posted: 23 Feb 2020 06:27 PM PST  by By Joseph Sipalan and Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's would-be leader Anwar Ibrahim on Sunday accused 94-year-old Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's party and "traitors" in his own camp of plotting a wholesale change in the ruling coalition that could ultimately deny him the premiership. After being promised that he would one day become prime minister, Anwar allied with former rival Mahathir to win a surprise victory in the 2018 general election and end the six-decade grip of a party accused of widespread corruption. But on Sunday politicians from the coalition held talks at a hotel near Kuala Lumpur on a possible new alliance with members of the ousted former ruling party, the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), political sources said. "We know there are attempts to bring down PH and form a new government," Anwar said, referring to the Pakatan Harapan (Alliance of Hope) coalition that he helped form under Mahathir, who leads the Bersatu party. Anwar said of the alleged plotters that: "It involves our former friends in Bersatu and a small faction of traitors from PKR." Anwar's PKR party is the biggest constituent of the current alliance, but it is beset by internal divisions. Meanwhile, Mahathir has said in recent months that he needs more time for a planned transition for which he has never set a date. Forming a new coalition could allow Mahathir to serve out a full term instead of handing over to Anwar as promised. One source with knowledge of the matter said Mahathir had been angry that he came under pressure from pro-Anwar ministers to set a clear timetable for a handover at a meeting of the coalition on Friday. Mahathir's own Bersatu party held a special meeting earlier on Sunday. Neither he nor the party commented on what had been discussed. Some Malaysians expressed their anger on social media over the speculation of a new alliance, saying the coalition they voted for to bring in reforms now threatened to betray them by partnering with the political parties they voted out. Anwar had served as deputy prime minister and finance minister during Mahathir's first 22-year stint in office under UNMO, but was sacked in 1998 after falling out over how to defend the economy against the Asian Financial Crisis. Anwar was jailed twice on sodomy charges that he said were politically motivated. He was released on a royal pardon after the 2018 election. He is a member of parliament but does not hold a ministerial post. His wife is the country's deputy prime minister. (Reporting by Joseph Sipalan and Rozanna Latiff; Editing by Krishna Das, Matthew Tostevin and Alex Richardson) Top stories - Google News February 23, 2020 at 07:01AM https://ift.tt/37SKKMn Malaysia's Anwar says some colleagues trying to bring down government - WHBL News Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| Jack Jay’s late goal lifts Burlington boys’ hockey over Hingham - The Boston Globe Posted: 23 Feb 2020 06:11 PM PST Advertisement "He's a little bit better around the net,'' Conceison said of Jay. "He just went to the right place and the puck found him."  Hingham (12-8-3) had a strong second half of the game, particularly the third period, and finished with a 27-22 advantage in shots overall. But after scoring twice in the first period, the Harbormen never count crack Burlington and goalie Joe Trabucco again. "He was a little upset about his first period," Conceison said. "But I thought he really, really shined in the last two periods." Grady Harrington and Terrence Concannon (power play) sandwiched the first of two goals by Burlington's Cam Costa to give Hingham a 2-1 lead after one. Costa answered again midway through the second, tapping in a John Condon feed after a bad Hingham clearing attempt at the blue line.  Hingham thought it had the go-ahead goal just 19 seconds into the third when Paul Forbes took the puck down the left side and fired a shot on net. But another Hingham player slid into Trabucco and the officials ruled the puck went in after the net was knocked off. Advertisement Instead, it was Jay who got the winner, sending the Red Devils (15-4-4) into the main part of the Super Eight double-elimination bracket, where they will face BC High on Thursday at Loring Arena in Framingham. "To give up a goal off a faceoff, on kind of a missed assignment, is devastating," Hingham coach Tony Messina said. Hingham will have to regroup and drop back into the Division 1 South bracket for the first time since 2015, when the Harbormen won the state title. "It's tough to talk about now because everyone's still hurting after the loss," Messina said. "I think [Monday] we'll kind of regroup our thoughts and go after that one. The D1 tournament is going to be just like this one." Scoring summaryBURLINGTON 3, HINGHAM 2 Super Eight play-in game, at Stoneham Arena Hingham (12-8-3) 2-0-0 — 2 Burlington (15-4-4) 1-1-1 — 3 First period – H, Grady Harrington (Ronan Mulkerrin) 2:23; B, Cam Costa (Ryan O'Halloran, Sean Malone) 8:28; H, Terrance Concannon (Will Ham, Tim Carroll) pp 13:38. Second period – B, Costa (John Condon) 6:01. Third period – B, Jack Jay (O'Halloran) 12:39. Saves – Paul Merian (H) 19; Joe Trabucca (B) 25. "Goal" - Google News February 23, 2020 at 05:22PM https://ift.tt/39X6jNe Jack Jay's late goal lifts Burlington boys' hockey over Hingham - The Boston Globe "Goal" - Google News https://ift.tt/35TEe8t Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| Neymar sent off as PSG beat Bordeaux in seven-goal thriller - Yahoo Sports Posted: 23 Feb 2020 05:41 PM PST  Neymar was sent off at the end of PSG's 4-3 win over Bordeaux on Sunday (AFP Photo/FRANCK FIFE) Paris (AFP) - Edinson Cavani scored his 200th Paris Saint-Germain goal and Marquinhos netted twice as the Ligue 1 leaders bounced back from their Champions League defeat by Borussia Dortmund to beat Bordeaux 4-3 on Sunday, but their victory was marred by Neymar's late sending-off. After losing 2-1 in Germany in their Champions League last 16 first leg in midweek, PSG's defensive weaknesses were again exposed as South Korean international Hwang Ui-jo gave Bordeaux the lead at the Parc des Princes. PSG turned it around thanks to goals by Cavani and Kylian Mbappe either side of a Marquinhos brace, but at the other end there was a bizarre goal credited to the Brazilian defender Pablo and a Ruben Pardo strike had the home side hanging on at the finish. The evening concluded with Neymar being sent off in stoppage time for a second yellow card for grappling with Bordeaux's Yacine Adli, leaving the world's most expensive player facing a suspension. Along with the shortcomings at the back, it is another problem for coach Thomas Tuchel to think about, even if his team are now 13 points clear atop Ligue 1 from Marseille, who lost 3-1 to Nantes on Saturday. "He is human too and he was angry. The guy who fouled him just before was not even booked, so it was a bit bizarre," said Tuchel of Neymar's sending-off. "We have let in seven goals in the last two league games and that is not normal. It is difficult to get back confidence, but the best thing for us was to win. That gives us a base to build on." Another domestic title has looked inevitable for some time, although it will all feel rather hollow should the Qatar-owned club fail to turn around the Dortmund tie when the sides meet again on March 11. Tuchel came in for criticism after Tuesday's game, including veiled criticism from Neymar over the handling of his latest injury. Tuchel also admitted he was less than impressed at his squad after videos appeared on social media of them out partying on Thursday night to celebrate the birthdays of Cavani, Angel di Maria and Mauro Icardi. - Defensive worries - A banner at one end of the Parc des Princes on Sunday asked the players if they "deserved to wear the colours. Find out on March 11". They endured a bad start against mid-table Bordeaux, with skipper Thiago Silva going off hurt just before Hwang put the away side in front on 18 minutes, heading in a corner for his sixth Ligue 1 goal. PSG were level in the 25th minute, though, as Di Maria's cross was headed in by Cavani, allowing the Uruguayan to reach a double century of PSG goals. He then hit the post from close range before Marquinhos put Paris in front in first-half stoppage time, using his shoulder to covert Di Maria's free-kick. Nevertheless, there was still time for Bordeaux to equalise at 2-2 before the interval. Selected ahead of Keylor Navas in goal, Sergio Rico's clearance from a Marco Verratti back-pass struck Pablo and the Spaniard looked on in horror as the ball ricocheted back into the net. However, Marquinhos netted from close range for his second of the night in the 63rd minute to make it 3-2. Then, when Ruben Pardo lost possession, Cavani set up Mbappe to score PSG's fourth, and his 16th in the league this season. Pardo made some amends with a stunning strike for Bordeaux's third, and the ninth goal Paris have conceded in three games altogether. Icardi then had another goal disallowed before Neymar was sent off for his second yellow at the death. "They have had quite a difficult week in terms of results and their confidence has taken a knock too," said Bordeaux's Laurent Koscielny of PSG. "When you lose points and games then your confidence can quickly disappear but they are great players and they are capable of overcoming that." Earlier on Sunday, Rennes reclaimed third place from Lille by coming from behind to beat Nimes 2-1 as M'Baye Niang scored twice. "Goal" - Google News February 23, 2020 at 03:16PM https://ift.tt/2PjILdq Neymar sent off as PSG beat Bordeaux in seven-goal thriller - Yahoo Sports "Goal" - Google News https://ift.tt/35TEe8t Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| Defence industries keep Wuhan’s industrial heart beating - South China Morning Post Posted: 23 Feb 2020 05:27 PM PST [unable to retrieve full-text content]
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| Posted: 23 Feb 2020 05:27 PM PST  South Korea's president said Sunday that he was putting his country on its highest alert for infectious diseases and ordered officials to take "unprecedented, powerful" steps to fight a soaring viral outbreak that has infected more than 600 people in the country, mostly in the last few days. In China, where hundreds more infections were reported for a total of about 77,000, President Xi Jinping described the situation as "still grim and complex. He called for more efforts to stop the outbreak, revive industry and prevent the disease from disrupting spring planting of crops and defended the ruling Communist Party's response as "timely and effective" in a video conference with officials in charge of anti-disease work, according to the official Xinhua News Agency. News of additional infections and deaths trickled in from across the globe over the weekend. Iran raised its death toll from the virus to eight -- the highest toll outside of China -- and officials in Japan said a third passenger infected on a cruise ship had died. While the number of patients worldwide is increasing, some virus clusters have shown no link to China and experts are struggling to trace where those clusters started. The Iranian health ministry said there were now 43 confirmed cases in Iran, which did not report its first case of the virus until Wednesday. In Italy's northern Lombardy region, which includes the nation's financial capital, Milan, the governor announced Sunday that the number of confirmed cases in the region stood at 89. Italy now has 132 cases, including two deaths. Venice, which is full of tourists for Carnival events, reported its first two cases, said Veneto Gov. Luca Zaia, whose region includes the lagoon city. It wasn't immediately known if the two infected had participated in Carnival festivities. Confirmed Coronavirus Cases South Korean President Moon Jae-in said his government had decided to increase its anti-virus alert level by one notch to "Red," the highest level. The step was last taken in 2009 to guard against a novel influenza outbreak that killed more than 260 people in South Korea. Under the highest alert level, authorities can order the temporary closure of schools and reduce the operation of public transportation and flights to and from South Korea. Moon's education minister, Yoo Eun-hae, said later Sunday that the new school year for kindergartens, elementary, middle and high schools in South Korea has been put off by one week and will start on March 9. Moon said that the outbreak "has reached a crucial watershed," and that the next few days will be "critical." "We shouldn't be bound by regulations and hesitate to take unprecedented, powerful measures," he said. South Korea announced 169 more cases of the new virus, bringing the country's total to 602. The country also reported three more fatalities, raising its death toll to six. Mainland China reported 648 new infections for a total of 76,936. The daily death toll fell slightly to 97. In all, 2,442 people have died in the country from COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. The number of new Chinese cases has seesawed daily but has remained under 1,000 for the past four days. Several changes to how the infections are counted, however, have made it difficult to draw conclusions from the figures. The central Chinese city of Wuhan and other parts of Hubei province, where the outbreak first emerged in December, remain under lockdown. More than 80% of the country's cases are in Hubei, where the death toll has also been higher than in the rest of the nation. Most of the South Korean cases have been reported in the country's fourth-largest city, Daegu, and the surrounding area. According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, some 320 cases have also been confirmed to have links to a branch of the local Shincheonji church in Daegu, which has become the biggest cluster of viral infections in South Korea. Shincheonji, which has been viewed as a cult movement by mainstream Christian organizations, tried to defend itself from growing public anger directed at the church. In a video statement posted on its website, church spokesman Simon Kim said Shincheonji has shut down all its 1,100 local churches and other facilities since one of its church members tested positive for the virus on Feb. 18, the first patient in Daegu. As coronavirus continues to spread, lawmakers question why the Trump administration has not asked for emergency funds to fight the deadly disease, and instead proposed cuts to the Centers for Disease Control budget. NBC's Tracie Potts reports. Earlier Sunday, Daegu Mayor Kwon Yong-jin said there were concerns that the number of those infected in the city could see yet another massive increase because authorities were launching intensive examinations of church members with virus-related symptoms. China's Politburo, made up of senior officials of the ruling Communist Party, cautioned Friday that while the epidemic has been "preliminarily contained," the country has yet to see a turning point. Officials signaled that regular activities should gradually resume after the virus prompted an extension of last month's Lunar New Year holiday. Many workplaces have opted to have their employees work remotely, and schools are conducting online classes. In Beijing, most residential communities have implemented "closed management," limiting the number of people per household who can go in and out using exit-entry cards and requiring those just returning to the Chinese capital to isolate themselves at home for 14 days. A cluster of infections was reported out of Beijing's Fuxing Hospital. The facility, which has 34 confirmed cases, has been closed off to protect the surrounding community, said a statement from Xicheng district authorities. More than 500 cases also have been found in prisons across the country. Meanwhile, a diplomatic row erupted after Israel turned back a South Korean airliner, underscoring fear and tensions over the fast-spreading outbreak. A Korean Air flight with 188 passengers that landed at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport Saturday evening was taxied away from the allotted terminal while authorities allowed only 11 Israelis to enter the country. The plane returned to South Korea with the rest of the passengers on Sunday, according to airline officials. Seoul's Foreign Ministry said Sunday that it was closely monitoring the incident and providing active consular assistance to South Koreans staying in Israel. It said it will evacuate South Korean tourists from Israel if necessary. Yonhap news agency cited South Korea's Foreign Ministry as registering a strong protest with the Israeli government. The ministry told Israel that no excessive, unreasonable measures should be taken against South Korean nationals, according to the report. Regular surgical face masks are not effective in protecting against the coronavirus. A more specialized face mask known as N95 respirators are thicker than surgical masks and are fitted to a person's face to keep out any viral particles. South Korea earlier informed Israel that a group of tourists who traveled to Israel and the West Bank for a week this month tested positive for the virus upon returning home. Israeli and Palestinian health authorities asked people who were in close contact with the tourists to quarantine themselves. South Korean health authorities said Sunday that 18 of the 39 South Koreans from the southeastern region who had made a group pilgrimage to sites in Israel later tested positive for the virus. She said the 21 others were being tested. Forty-one Catholic churches in their neighborhoods halted Sunday Masses and other gatherings. Downtown Daegu was mostly deserted Sunday, with shelves at some supermarkets and stores empty. Many restaurants, bars, real-estate offices and tour agencies shut down as traffic nosedived and people stayed home, ordering food and supplies online. Kim Mi-yeon, who opened her cake shop in Daegu on Sunday despite worries about infection, said she received only one group of customers. "I'm also worried about being infected, but I still opened my shop today to make a living," she said by phone. "On weekends, I used to hire five part-time employees, but I've recently told all of them not to come. How can I hire them at a time when I have fewer then 10 customers a day?" Associated Press writers Yanan Wang and Frances D'Emilio, and researcher Henry Hou contributed to this report. 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| Neymar Sent Off, Edinson Cavani Scores 200th PSG Goal in Win vs. Bordeaux - Bleacher Report Posted: 23 Feb 2020 05:11 PM PST  Neymar was sent off on a night when Paris Saint-Germain narrowly beat Bordeaux in a 4-3 thriller at the Parc des Princes on Sunday night. Two goals from Marquinhos, one from Kylian Mbappe, and Edinson Cavani's 200th helped PSG overcome goals from Hwang Ui-Jo, Pablo and Ruben Pardo for Bordeaux despite Neymar's late exit. He was booked in stoppage time of both halves, first for arguing after Pablo had made it 2-2 at the break. Neymar was later shown a second yellow card after dragging Yacine Adli to the floor in the 92nd minute. The Ligue 1 leaders ultimately held on to stretch their advantage at the top of the table to 13 points after second-place Marseille lost 3-1 at home to Nantes on Saturday. Neymar was starting in a front four alongside Mbappe, Cavani and Angel Di Maria for a rare time in recent months. The depth of quality in Les Parisiens' lineup showed early on when Mbappe and Neymar combined well, with the latter nodding a header wide. Rather than being overawed, Bordeaux weren't shy about flexing their own attacking muscle. Most of it came from Samuel Kalu, who ran the PSG defence ragged with his pace and power. The hosts were forced into an early and significant change at the back when Thiago Silva had to be subbed for holding midfielder Idrissa Gueye. Marquinhos dropped back into defence, but the disruption allowed Bordeaux to catch PSG cold when Hwang headed in from a corner. It proved enough to awaken Les Parisiens from their slumbers. The equaliser came seven minutes later when Di Maria crossed for Cavani, who glanced in a landmark goal: B/R Football @brfootball PSG's record goalscorer struck the post soon after before Neymar threaded an inch-perfect pass to release Mbappe. The latter dragged his shot just wide, but Mbappe's speed and timing were giving former Arsenal centre-back Laurent Koscielny a torrid time. Persistent pressure looked to have told when Marquinhos met a Di Maria free-kick deep into first-half stoppage time. The ball hit the Brazilian on the shoulder, but the goal was eventually upheld after a lengthy VAR review. PSG should have taken their good fortune into the break, but backup goalkeeper Sergio Rico eschewed a clearance straight at Pablo. The deflection landed in the net and proceeded Neymar and Cavani getting booked for their protests in the aftermath. beIN SPORTS USA @beINSPORTSUSA Bordeaux stayed in the ascendancy after the break, with Kalu having an effort cleared off the line by Marquinhos. Rico also redeemed himself somewhat with a superb save to turn a Pablo header from close range over the bar. The home side's attempts to answer back saw Cavani drag a shot inches wide after being played in behind the Bordeaux defence by Neymar. It was a chance a striker with Cavani's pedigree should have converted comfortably. PSG were reeling, but Marquinhos struck again three minutes after the hour mark. He reacted quickest in the box after fine work from Cavani and Mbappe. The same double act combined brilliantly for Les Parisiens' fourth. A sweet one-two saw Cavani return a pass to Mbappe, who finished with the minimum of fuss. OptaJean @OptaJean Two goals in six minutes didn't force Bordeaux to buckle completely. Instead, the visitors got a third through former Real Sociedad midfielder Pardo, who struck a thunderous effort beyond Rico seven minutes from time. Substitute Mauro Icardi thought he'd put the game out of sight, but the Argentinian's 20th goal of the campaign was ruled out when VAR correctly judged Mbappe had been offside in the build. PSG faced a tense final few minutes trying to preserve a narrow lead. Their case wasn't helped when Neymar picked up another booking for taking out Adli after reacting to a foul by Youssouf Sabaly. beIN SPORTS USA @beINSPORTSUSA Les Parisiens eventually saw out a win that left more questions than answers about Thomas Tuchel's team. Neymar's ill-discipline has created the wrong type of headlines about a squad under pressure following the 2-1 defeat away to Borussia Dortmund in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League last 16. The PSG defence, further weakened by Silva's withdrawal, also appears far from equipped to help this club realise its elusive ambitions at the highest level. What's Next? PSG host Dijon on Saturday, while Bordeaux welcome Nice the following the day. "Goal" - Google News February 23, 2020 at 02:09PM https://ift.tt/2wBveHG Neymar Sent Off, Edinson Cavani Scores 200th PSG Goal in Win vs. Bordeaux - Bleacher Report "Goal" - Google News https://ift.tt/35TEe8t Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| University of South Alabama graduates bring artistry to Mobile Carnival - Alabama NewsCenter Posted: 23 Feb 2020 04:43 PM PST The Mardi Gras traditions of Mobile include a talented group of University of South Alabama artists who build, shape and paint the fanciful floats that roll through downtown parades. The story begins with Steve Mussell, class of 1981, who's been building parade floats for more than 40 years. He grew up in Mobile, which has the oldest Carnival tradition in America. He enjoys the artistry of papier-mâché construction that blends glue, paper and cardboard. "In Louisiana, they use canvas, which is more durable," he says. "What we do is more fragile, but our stuff is more sculptural." Mussell, 66, wears paint-spattered clothes and works in tin-roofed barns south of downtown. He's used to the heat of summer and the cold of winter, along with the long days and short deadlines before Mardi Gras. Somehow, the floats rise and parades roll, no matter what. "One year," he says, "I worked 70 days without a day off."  His business, the Mirth Company, designs and builds floats for some of Mobile's most iconic parading groups — Crewe of Columbus, Mystic Stripers, Infant Mystics and Knights of Revelry. Mussell, who studied in what is now the art and art history department, has hired many South Alabama-trained artists over the years. Some went on to start their own float-building companies. Others are just getting started. Vanessa Quintana is one of the latest USA artists. A 2010 graduate, Quintana is from the Mississippi Gulf Coast, but didn't know much about Mardi Gras until two years ago. Her experience with ceramics helped her learn new techniques. "You start with the armature, a wooden frame," she says. "Then you tear cardboard into strips and build an exoskeleton. Sometimes you build separate pieces and put them into place. Then you keep adding layers, and it's more like papier-mâché. Painting comes next. There's a base coat of white paint and then colors." Quintana, 31, sports her own paint-smeared tights and a red "South Alabama" sweatshirt. Her brown hair features streaks of green. She's grateful to be a working artist with a one-of-a-kind niche in the creative world. "I never imagined this would be part of my life," she says. "Here I am at work surrounded by these giant figures. A lot of times, it doesn't feel real, you know?" Quintana listens to music and podcasts while working. Time passes and colorful characters take shape. Sometimes she has to step back for perspective. "Steve tells me to put on my Mardi Gras goggles," she says. "He wants me to look at a float like someone would at a parade. You stand far away, squint and kind of turn your head."  Lights for night parades For George Criminale, '83, Mardi Gras is a family business. "My father built his first float in 1938," he says. "It wasn't his main job back then. He had a sign shop and did displays for businesses and homes around town, with Mardi Gras on the side." Criminale earned a theater degree at South Alabama and did stage lighting at the old Saenger Theatre downtown. He went on to become facilities manager for Fox News 10 in Mobile. He does electrical work for more than a half-dozen local parades. The history of float lighting includes everything from torches and lanterns to railroad flares and marine lights. Now fluorescent and incandescent bulbs are being replaced by the latest in LED lights. Criminale, 62, remembers when mechanicals – moving parts on a float – were powered by kids pulling on ropes inside a float. Now there are electric motors. Before generators, some float lights were powered by a series of car batteries. "Near the end of a parade," he says, "the lights would get dimmer and dimmer." During Carnival season, Criminale hustles between parades and broadcasts. Mobile wouldn't be Mobile without Mardi Gras. His spirit is sometimes stronger than his stamina. "I'm a hyper person and all," he says, "but it's taking its toll."  Floating critiques Mobile's Meagan Marler, '05, started painting Mardi Gras floats while she was still in high school. She started working for Mussell while earning her art degree from South Alabama. For her, a parade is more like a critique session. "Did that color work?" she asks. "Was that a dynamic-looking float? What could you have done better? It's never the same. Some floats look great in the barn, but terrible on the street, and vice versa." Marler, 41, spent more than 20 years with the Mirth Company. Mussell encouraged her to go out on her own and take over a parade for the Order of Polka Dots. Her new company is called Mystic Float Works. "This year, I'm by myself," she says. "I knew I could do the actual work. It was the business end that was scary." Marler had to hire two assistants to work on her 14 floats. She's learning to delegate responsibility. That's new, too. The Polka Dots are an all-woman krewe, which might have made her transition a little easier. "Women have run parades before, but it's mostly been men," she says. "I'm not sure a men's organization would have been so keen on the idea."  Preserving a tradition Craig Stephens is another designer who studied at South Alabama and under Mussell before starting his own company, Carnival Artists. Stephens, '90, just completed work on his 30th season. "It's a bizarre feeling," said Stephens, 55. "You're going 120 miles an hour, for months and months, and then nothing. It's strange, but a relief." His company does floats for Mobile krewes including the Order of Myths, Order of LaShe's and Mobile Mystics. Stephens has eight full-time employees and adds more during the months before Mardi Gras. A few years ago, Carnival Artists moved into a new barn on Houston Street. His business is always changing, but the vision remains the same. "We're trying to preserve a tradition of float-building in Mobile," said Stephens, noting the style of float building using papier-mâché. "I think it's important to preserve our identity." New artist on board After graduating from USA, Quintana did different jobs before recommitting to her art. She started a graphic design company, VQillustration, and began selling paintings and prints at the Art Walk in downtown Mobile. That's where she met a friend who heard about a job painting Mardi Gras floats. Did she know anyone who was interested? Why, yes, she did. Quintana took that job with the Mirth Company. She was warned about the uncomfortable temperatures of a float barn. They range from 100 degrees in the summer to 20 degrees in the winter. "You can't have space heaters, because they're a fire hazard, so your fingers get stiff, and you have to do this all detail work," she says. "But the heat is much worse." At the same time, Quintana has the satisfaction of continuing the tradition of South Alabama graduates working in Mardi Gras. She's still learning the tricks of the float-building trade. There are ways to strip cardboard that make for a more even surface. There are details to painting and shading the final colors on a float. Quintana invited her mother last year for her first parade in Mobile. The big reveal. All of her artistic work rolled right past them. "I'm like a set designer finally seeing a stage with the actors on it," she says, savoring the memory. "It's at night, under the lights. Everything is leafed, which makes it look shiny, and everything just pops."  Mardi Gras scraps and stories After four decades of float building, Mussell tries to pace himself through Carnival season. Long bike rides around town help clear his mind and keep him in shape. As a little boy, he would play "Mardi Gras" around the house. "I would take the wheels off my Army man jeeps," Mussell says, "and get toilet paper tubes to make dragons that would snake around." In the 1960s and '70s, Mobile was a smaller place. So was the University of South Alabama. And its art department. One of the things Mussell learned in school was that any object can be made into art. Inspiration on a budget. Mardi Gras figures can be constructed with everything from chicken wire and scraps of wood to plastic pipe and acrylic globes. "A good float builder drives by a pile a junk and goes, 'hmmm,'" he says. Mussell still enjoys watching parades, but says he only catches beads in self-defense. His calendar hasn't changed in 40 years. It's always hectic when he's finishing new floats and touching up old ones for the final week of parades. "After that, it's an easy pace," he says. "After Mardi Gras, everybody takes off for a month." This story originally appeared on the University of South Alabama's website. 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| Cases rise in S Korea, China, as Iran, Italy battle outbreak - Artesia Daily Press Posted: 23 Feb 2020 04:27 PM PST  Workers wearing protective gears spray disinfectant as a precaution against the COVID-19 at a local market in Daegu, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. South Korea's president has put the country on its highest alert for infectious diseases and says officials should take "unprecedented, powerful" steps to fight a viral outbreak. (Im Hwa-young/Yonhap via AP) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's president said Sunday that he was putting his country on its highest alert for infectious diseases and ordered officials to take "unprecedented, powerful" steps to fight a soaring viral outbreak that has infected more than 600 people in the country, mostly in the last few days. China also reported hundreds of more infections for a total of about 77,000, and Iran raised its death toll from the virus to eight — the highest toll outside of China. While the number of patients worldwide is increasing, some virus clusters have shown no link to China and experts are struggling to trace where those clusters started. The Iranian health ministry said there were now 43 confirmed cases in Iran, which did not report its first case of the virus until Wednesday. In Italy's northern Lombardy region, which includes the nation's financial capital, Milan, the governor announced Sunday that the number of confirmed cases in the region stood at110. Italy now has152cases, including three deaths, the most recent on Sunday. Venice, which is full of tourists for Carnival events, reported its first two cases, said Veneto Gov. Luca Zaia, whose region includes the lagoon city. It wasn't immediately known if the two infected had participated in Carnival festivities. Warning that China's virus epidemic is "still grim and complex," President Xi Jinping called for more efforts to stop the outbreak, revive industry and prevent the disease from disrupting spring planting of crops. Xi defended the ruling Communist Party's response as "timely and effective" in a video conference with officials in charge of anti-disease work, according to the official Xinhua News Agency. "The current epidemic situation is still grim and complex," Xinhua cited Xi as saying. "Prevention and control are at the most critical stage." South Korean President Moon Jae-in said his government had decided to increase its anti-virus alert level by one notch to "Red," the highest level. The step was last taken in 2009 to guard against a novel influenza outbreak that killed more than 260 people in South Korea. Under the highest alert level, authorities can order the temporary closure of schools and reduce the operation of public transportation and flights to and from South Korea. Moon's education minister, Yoo Eun-hae, said later Sunday that the new school year for kindergartens, elementary, middle and high schools in South Korea has been put off by one week and will start on March 9. Moon said that the outbreak "has reached a crucial watershed," and that the next few days will be "critical." "We shouldn't be bound by regulations and hesitate to take unprecedented, powerful measures," he said. South Korea announced 169 more cases of the new virus, bringing the country's total to 602. The country also reported three more fatalities, raising its death toll to six. Mainland China reported 648 new infections for a total of 76,936. The daily death toll fell slightly to 97. In all, 2,442 people have died in the country from COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. The number of new Chinese cases has seesawed daily but has remained under 1,000 for the past four days. Several changes to how the infections are counted, however, have made it difficult to draw conclusions from the figures. The central Chinese city of Wuhan and other parts of Hubei province, where the outbreak first emerged in December, remain under lockdown. More than 80% of the country's cases are in Hubei, where the death toll has also been higher than in the rest of the nation. Most of the South Korean cases have been reported in the country's fourth-largest city, Daegu, and the surrounding area. According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, some 320 cases have also been confirmed to have links to a branch of the local Shincheonji church in Daegu, which has become the biggest cluster of viral infections in South Korea. Shincheonji, which has been viewed as a cult movement by mainstream Christian organizations, tried to defend itself from growing public anger directed at the church. In a video statement posted on its website, church spokesman Simon Kim said Shincheonji has shut down all its 1,100 local churches and other facilities since one of its church members tested positive for the virus on Feb. 18, the first patient in Daegu. Earlier Sunday, Daegu Mayor Kwon Yong-jin said there were concerns that the number of those infected in the city could see yet another massive increase because authorities were launching intensive examinations of church members with virus-related symptoms. Meanwhile. a cruise ship passenger who had been hospitalized after testing positive for the new virus died on Sunday, the third fatality from the Diamond Princess, Japan's health ministry said. The ministry also announced 57 more cases of infections from the ship, including 55 crew members still on board and two passengers who had infected roommates and are in a prolonged quarantine at a government facility. With the new cases, 691 people have been infected on the ship, or nearly one-fifth of the ship's original population of 3,711. Japan has confirmed a total of 838 cases and four deaths from the virus, including those on the ship. Meanwhile, a diplomatic row erupted after Israel turned back a South Korean airliner, underscoring fear and tensions over the fast-spreading outbreak. A Korean Air flight with 188 passengers that landed at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport Saturday evening was taxied away from the terminal while authorities allowed only 11 Israelis to enter the country. The plane returned to South Korea with the rest of the passengers on Sunday, according to airline officials. Seoul's Foreign Ministry said Sunday that it was closely monitoring the incident and providing active consular assistance to South Koreans staying in Israel. It said it will evacuate South Korean tourists from Israel if necessary. Yonhap news agency cited South Korea's Foreign Ministry as registering a strong protest with the Israeli government. South Korea earlier informed Israel that a group of tourists who traveled to Israel and the West Bank for a week this month tested positive for the virus upon returning home. Israeli and Palestinian health authorities asked people who were in close contact with the tourists to quarantine themselves. South Korean health authorities said Sunday that 18 of the 39 South Koreans from the southeastern region who had made a group pilgrimage to sites in Israel later tested positive for the virus. She said the 21 others were being tested. Forty-one Catholic churches in their neighborhoods halted Sunday Masses and other gatherings. Israel's Foreign Ministry issued travel warnings to South Korea and Japan due to the coronavirus, and the Health Ministry ordered Israelis returning from those countries to remain in home quarantine, as previously ordered for those returning from Hong Kong, China, Macau, Thailand and Singapore. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be adding more restrictions on entry to Israel from additional countries, including Australia and Italy. Jordan said it was denying entry of non-Jordanians coming from Iran and South Korea, on top of a previous ban on those coming from China. Nationals arriving from those countries will be quarantined. Downtown Daegu was mostly deserted Sunday, with shelves at some supermarkets and stores empty. Many restaurants, bars, real-estate offices and tour agencies shut down as traffic nosedived and people stayed home, ordering food and supplies online. Kim Mi-yeon, who opened her cake shop in Daegu on Sunday despite worries about infection, said she received only one group of customers. "I'm also worried about being infected, but I still opened my shop today to make a living," she said by phone. "On weekends, I used to hire five part-time employees, but I've recently told all of them not to come. How can I hire them at a time when I have fewer then 10 customers a day?" ___ Associated Press journalists Yanan Wang and Henry Hou in Beijing, Frances D'Emilio in Rome, Ilan Ben Zion in Jerusalem, Fares Akram in Amman, Jordan, and Mari Yamaguchi in Tokyo contributed to this report. Top stories - Google News February 22, 2020 at 11:24PM https://ift.tt/2wHUGLN Cases rise in S Korea, China, as Iran, Italy battle outbreak - Artesia Daily Press Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
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