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| Pope prays for 'fragile' humanity needing help - The Columbian Posted: 28 Mar 2020 12:01 AM PDT  VATICAN CITY — Praying in a desolately empty St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis on Friday likened the coronavirus pandemic to a storm laying bare illusions that people can be self-sufficient and instead leaves "all of us fragile and disoriented" and needing each other's help and comfort. Francis stood under a canopy erected on the steps of St. Peter's Basilica while leading a special prayer service as rain soaked the usually crowded cobblestone square. "Open our hearts to hope," he said in his opening prayer. "Lord, may you bless the world, give health to our bodies and comfort our hearts," he prayed At the end of the hour-long ceremony, he delivered a blessing that is traditionally reserved for the holy days of Christmas and Easter. Wearing a simple white cassock, Francis climbed the sloping steps of the square by himself until he neared a canopied platform that had been erected to shelter him from the elements, taking the arm of an aide for the last steps. Francis referred to the 17th-century colonnade that delineates St. Peter's Square while praying, "From this colonnade that embraces Rome and the whole world, may God's blessing come down upon you as a consoling embrace." He compared the viral outbreak plaguing Italy and much of the world to an "unexpected, turbulent storm." "We have realized that we are on the same boat, all of us fragile and disoriented, but at the same time important and needed, all of us now called to row together, each of us in need of comforting each other," the pope said. Before the pandemic, Francis said, people were rushing through life, "greedy for profit," undisturbed by "wars and injustices" and not hearing the "cry of the poor or of our ailing planet. We carried on regardless, thinking we would stay healthy in a world that was sick." Then, moving to a temporary altar near the basilica's entrance, he prayed silently and listened to a series of invocations, including one that said, "Save us, O Lord, from illness, epidemics and fear of one's brother." Francis also kissed a wooden crucifix that was carried in religious processions in Rome during an early 16th-century plague. The Vatican has said that the faithful could receive what's known as a plenary indulgence — a lifting of temporal punishment — from sin with the special blessing, providing they meet other conditions, like going to confession or receiving Communion as soon as they can. Helping the world carry on during the pandemic are those who Francis called the "ordinary people, often forgotten, who do not appear in newspaper and magazine headlines" or in fashion shows. But these ordinary people "without any doubt are in these very days writing the decisive events of our time: doctors, nurses, supermarket employees, cleaners, caregivers, providers of transport, law-and-order forces, volunteers" as well as priests, nuns, and others, he said. The prayer service was one of several scheduled over the next few weeks that will see the 83-year-old pontiff virtually solo in the square or celebrating Masses for Holy Week and Easter Sunday in the shelter of St. Peter's Basilica instead of outdoors in the company of tens of thousands of faithful. Earlier Friday, the Vatican announced that Francis will mark Holy Week ceremonies in the confines of Vatican City, including a Good Friday Way of the Cross service on the steps of the basilica, instead of at Rome's Colosseum. The Columbian is becoming a rare example of a news organization with local, family ownership. Subscribe today to support local journalism and help us to build a stronger community. Top stories - Google News March 27, 2020 at 07:35PM https://ift.tt/2UF0YEc Pope prays for 'fragile' humanity needing help - The Columbian Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| ‘We Find Ourselves Afraid.’ The Pope Confronts Coronavirus. - The New York Times Posted: 27 Mar 2020 11:31 PM PDT  ROME — The coronavirus that is threatening the world and knows no religion has penetrated the high walls of the Vatican and come to the doorstep of Pope Francis and the elderly cardinals who live near him. "For weeks now it has been evening. Thick darkness has gathered over our squares, our streets and our cities; it has taken over our lives," Francis, who is 83 and had part of a lung removed during an illness in his youth, said in remarks hauntingly delivered on the steps of St. Peter's Basilica Friday evening. He spoke alone and before a vast and empty square, its cobblestones slicked with rain and reflecting the blue lights of the police locking down Rome to fight the virus. "We find ourselves afraid," the pope added. "And lost." The remarks on such a dramatic and grand stage amounted to a change of course for the pontiff, who throughout the first weeks of the coronavirus crisis in Italy — now the world's deadliest outbreak — tended to talk about other things, or addressed the issue via live stream. When he came down with a bad cold last month, he refused to address whether he had been tested for the virus; some employees have grumbled about offices having stayed open too long. But the Vatican confirmed on Tuesday cases of the virus inside its walls, and on Wednesday reports emerged that an Italian Vatican official who lives in the pope's residence had tested positive and required hospitalization. Now the Vatican, which has also essentially canceled all public participation in Easter ceremonies, is testing scores of people and considering isolating measures for Francis. Top Vatican officials said Francis has had negative results to two separate tests and has said privately he doesn't have the virus. And as is the case with most governments, some have questioned the Vatican's handling of the crisis. Rev. Mauro Cozzoli, 73, a professor of moral theology at the Lateran Pontifical University, where he lives, said "until four days ago everyone was still forced to go to the office." Now, he said, "they activated the smart working from home, and here in the offices people go in shifts." He said there was tension, with the cardinals who run the congregations keeping offices open against the opposition of workers. "They said, 'We did it because this was the Pope's will,'" he said, adding he did not know if that was in fact the pope's order. The Vatican declined to comment on Friday. What is clear is that a new anxiety has seized Vatican City, with about 600 citizens and a population of about 246 people behind the Vatican walls. About 100 of the residents are young Swiss Guards, but the remaining denizens include the pope, a handful of older cardinals, the people who work in their households, and some laymen, making it in some ways as vulnerable as a nursing home to a virus that can be devastating to the old. Cardinal Giovanni Lajolo, 85, the president emeritus of the Vatican City State, acknowledged that elderly people like himself were the "first candidates" and joked that given the elderly population of Vatican City, "the only place more quiet than this is the cemetery." He called the Vatican "a small island separated from the rest of the city" but nevertheless said that life in the Vatican now "is very limited" with people closed in their apartments. "We can also go out in the Vatican Gardens for a walk but always must keep distance from one another to avoid contagions," he said. The Vatican has followed the decrees of the Italian state, which has restricted movement except to procure essential goods. "I went to the pharmacy for a necessity and before entering they took my temperature," said Cardinal Francesco Monterisi, 85, who lives in the Vatican. He said that he had no way of getting a haircut, that his watch had stopped because the battery died, and that he couldn't replace it. "But we go ahead with trust, we need to hope because the Lord is good, it's not true that he punishes." Pope Benedict XVI, who is 92 and frail, also lives in the Vatican. His former secretary, Bishop Josef Clemens, 72, does as well and said that he worked from home like everyone else he knew and watched the pope's sermons on live stream. He said he went out for food shopping by Sant'Anna gate, where only a few people were allowed inside at a time. He said that he rarely saw cardinals waiting in line. "Other people go for the cardinals," he said. As everywhere else, he said, the survival of those in the Vatican depended on one another, not any external fortress. "It's not about the Vatican walls," he said. "It's about one's own behavior." In the middle of February, Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan, 87, the president emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers, returned home after successful treatment for pneumonia in a hospital. He was under strict orders to stay inside his home in the San Callisto Palace, an extraterritorial property of the church in the Trastevere section of Rome. "Since Feb. 11, I haven't left home," he said. When he got out of the hospital, he called Pope Francis, who had a cold at the time. "I spoke personally with him on the telephone," he said. "I asked him if he had this virus and he said, no no, that I don't have." "He wasn't worried," he said. But many in the Vatican are worried for the pope, especially since news broke on Wednesday that an Italian priest who lives in Santa Marta, the hotel-style residence that is home to the pope, had tested positive for the virus. Cardinal Peter Turkson, 71, who runs the department for promoting integral human development, met with the Pope on Friday morning as part of a "think tank" for coronavirus issues such as the protection of health care workers, access to health care, inequality and unemployment. The pope received him, he said, in his private library, where there were a "lot of hand sanitizers" but no masks. Cardinal Turkson said he had understood the pope had been tested twice for the virus, both with negative results. On Friday, he said, the pope talked to the group about how somebody was "discovered to be infected in Santa Marta." He added that the issue of Santa Marta was a serious one, because while the 130 rooms were separate from one another, it was nevertheless an enclosed space. "The hallways and the corridors are the same. You need to pass through corridors to get to elevators. So there is a lot of interconnected life," he said. The case had resulted in "some measures taken to ensure the pope is safe" as well as testing in the Vatican, where he said a lot of workers came in and out, and where older cardinals lived in apartments. Cardinal Lajolo added that especially after the scare in Santa Marta, the pope no longer ate in the refectory with the other priests. "They have forced him into isolation because, naturally, he is a person we all care about." In his remarks on Friday evening, Francis thanked the doctors, first responders and workers on the front lines and said the pandemic "unmasks" to the faithful how "false and superfluous" the priorities of modern life had become. With a wooden crucifix behind him that had been carried through Rome's streets in 1522 against the great plague, Francis sought to bolster faith in a world facing anxiety and fear. "From this colonnade that embraces Rome and the whole world, may God's blessing come down upon you as a consoling embrace," Francis concluded. "Lord, may you bless the world, give health to our bodies and comfort our hearts." Elisabetta Povoledo contributed from Rome, Emma Bubola from Verona. Top stories - Google News March 27, 2020 at 09:06PM https://ift.tt/2QOex2T 'We Find Ourselves Afraid.' The Pope Confronts Coronavirus. - 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  |
| Indonesia capital sets up disinfectant-spraying booths to fight virus - WHBL News Posted: 27 Mar 2020 11:01 PM PDT  by By Wahyuwidi Cinthya and Yuddy Cahya JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's capital is installing hand-washing stations and disinfectant-spraying booths across the city of 10 million people to try to curb an accelerating spread of coronavirus infections. Indonesia, the world's fourth-most populous country, has reported 893 cases of the virus and 78 deaths, the majority clustered in and around the capital. The governor of Jakarta has declared a two-week emergency that includes the shutting of cinemas and letting staff work from home though President Joko Widodo has so far resisted calls for tougher lockdowns amid concerns about the economic impact. The city government has installed hand-washing stations in some public areas to reinforce the message of the need for good hygiene. "We have to be more vigilant and most importantly keep the environment clean," said Jakarta-resident Desianta, who was at a hand-washing station set up in the city. "Everything begins from home and then around the neighborhood, we help to protect each other," she said. The city has also been setting up booths covered by plastic sheets that spray disinfectant on to people's clothes with the aim of killing germs.After being sprayed, security guard Suwarno said he felt a little more at ease but not totally safe "because there are many ways of transmission". Another resident, Marina Nur Solihin, praised efforts by authorities to disinfect public transport and other facilities. Nonetheless, some experts were sceptical about the effectiveness of such efforts, including spraying disinfectant indiscriminately in some areas. "It's just to reassure people... but it's actually a waste of resources," said Syahrizal Syarif, an epidemiologist at the University of Indonesia, adding it was better to target specific items like tables and chairs in public places. (Additional reporting by Johan Purnomo and Tommy Ardiansyah; Writing by Ed Davies; Editing by Nick Macfie) Top stories - Google News March 26, 2020 at 04:29AM https://ift.tt/39hzxWk Indonesia capital sets up disinfectant-spraying booths to fight virus - WHBL News Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| Pope Francis-Moment of prayer 22-03-2020 - Vatican News Posted: 27 Mar 2020 11:01 PM PDT [unable to retrieve full-text content]
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| I’ve got no good memories of Arsenal – Vela - Goal Posted: 27 Mar 2020 10:06 PM PDT  Former Arsenal striker Carlos Vela says that he has no good memories of playing at the North London side. The Mexico star, who is now with LAFC in MLS, moved to the Gunners in 2006 as a 17-year-old from Chivas but spent much of his time away from the club on various loan deals. Having played 64 times for the Emirates outfit, scoring 11 goals in the process, he finally departed for good in the summer of 2012 to join Real Sociedad, where he had spent the previous year on loan. He went on to enjoy a successful career with the Basque outfit, netting 73 times in 250 outings and earning a reputation as a reliable goal-getter in La Liga. In an interview with GQ, he has revealed his relief when he finally sealed a deal to leave the Premier League side. "The most important part of my life came in San Sebastian: my new family," he explained. "I came from three years of being in London, which I couldn't adapt to. I don't know how to explain it specifically. It was a place I don't have good memories of. I wanted to get out of there. "There I started to enjoy my football again after three such bad years of living in England. I didn't know anything about the Basque Country. I wanted to leave so much that when I heard I had a good offer to play and leave England, it was a case of me saying: 'I love it! Yes, let's go!'" Vela has been playing in MLS since 2018 and is one of the league's outstanding offensive players. In 71 outings for LAFC, he has found the net on 57 occasions and has chipped in a further 23 assists, giving him a decisive action on average in just shy of every fixture he has played. Now 31, he has quit international football but played 72 times for his country, scoring 19 goals. He helped El Tri to two Concacaf Gold Cup triumphs, first in 2009 and then in 2015. "Goal" - Google News March 27, 2020 at 12:44PM https://ift.tt/2UHmb0f I've got no good memories of Arsenal – Vela - Goal "Goal" - Google News https://ift.tt/35TEe8t Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| As virus cases soar, Indonesian province challenges lockdown ban - TODAYonline Posted: 27 Mar 2020 09:01 PM PDT [unable to retrieve full-text content] As virus cases soar, Indonesian province challenges lockdown ban TODAYonlineView Full coverage on Google NewsTop stories - Google News March 27, 2020 at 05:34AM https://ift.tt/2xqtm53 As virus cases soar, Indonesian province challenges lockdown ban - TODAYonline Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| Indian migrant workers could undermine the world's largest lockdown - CNN Posted: 27 Mar 2020 08:31 PM PDT The potential mass migration may undermine attempts by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government to prevent the localized spread of the coronavirus, with some workers even attempting to make the journey on foot, due to widespread closures of public transport. According to government statistics, every year more than nine million migrant workers move from India's rural areas to large population centers to find work at construction sites or factories, sending money back to their home towns and villages. But with those industries closed by the government lockdown, many have been left with little choice but to attempt the return journey home. Migrant worker Bablu Ehrewal, 24, used to work at a mall construction site earning $7 a day (500 rupees). Construction stopped this week when the lockdown came into effect. Now he is stuck in a slum with 70 other migrant construction workers in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and hasn't been paid in 20 days.  Without money, he can't afford food, and with the trains shut, his only option may be to walk home. "It is better than living here with nothing and starving to death," he said of the choice. This week the Indian government pledged $22 billion to support to migrant workers trapped without work far away from their homes, including the providing community kitchens and food deliveries. "We have installed more than 12 thousand vehicles in the state to transport vegetables, milk, medicines and food grains from door to door," Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath said on his official Twitter Wednesday night. "No person at night shelters, bus and railway stations ... will stay hungry or thirsty," he said. But it is unclear whether the government aid has stopped the flood of migrant workers from major cities. In Chennai alone on Sunday night, when the first 14-hour lockdown took place, local government figures revealed about 4,500 workers were stuck at the city's railway station unable to return home. About 1,700 went into relief shelters in the city. Another 2,800 are still unaccounted for as of Friday.  Lockdown in IndiaLarge parts of the country have been locked down to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, which has killed 17 people so far, in a country of 1.3 billion. As of Thursday, there were only 724 confirmed cases. In comparison, South Korea -- which has a population of only 3.8% the size of India's -- has more than 9,200 cases. Prime Minister Modi announced this week that all of India's 36 states and territories would be shutdown until March 31, with only essential services such as supermarkets an hospitals remaining open. "There is no other way to remain safe from the coronavirus," Modi said in a televised address. "If we have to stop the spread, we have to break the cycle of infection."  All shops, factories, workshops, markets and places of worship have been closed, interstate buses and metros have been suspended and construction work halted. World Health Organization officials said at a press briefing on Monday that India had a major role to play in keeping the global pandemic as contained as possible. "The future of this pandemic to a great extent will be determined by what happens in very large highly populated, dense populated countries. So it's really, really important that India continues to take aggressive action," said WHO Executive Director Michael Ryan. Modi denounces evictions of doctorsIndia may still have fewer than 1,000 cases but the fear of pandemic has caused panic buying and attacks on front line medical staff. Doctors and nurses in the capital New Delhi told CNN that they have been ostracized and discriminated against by their communities over fears that they could bring home the virus after work. Some doctors have even been threatened with eviction or having their electricity cut off. "Many doctors are now stranded on the roads with all their luggage, nowhere to go, across the country," said one letter from the Resident Doctors' Association of New Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences to the Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Speaking over video conference Wednesday, Prime Minister Modi said that he would immediately speak to the police and law enforcement authorities to take "strict action" to protect medical staff. "In this hour of crisis, doctors and nurses in white clothes are a form of God. They are putting themselves in danger to save us ... Doctors, nurses and medical staff save our lives and we can never repay their debt," he said. Top stories - Google News March 27, 2020 at 02:12AM https://ift.tt/2UkVa3K Indian migrant workers could undermine the world's largest lockdown - CNN Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| How politicians from around the world reacted to Boris Johnson's coronavirus diagnosis - indy100 Posted: 27 Mar 2020 08:01 PM PDT  The UK prime minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for coronavirus, making him the most prominent politician and world leader to become infected so far. Johnson confirmed the news on Friday morning, announcing that he had mild symptoms and would continue to work at home while he self-isolates. This news has sent shockwaves across the globe as people begin to readjust their lives to stay at home and combat the virus, which has already infected more than 500,000 people worldwide. Across the world many politicians have sent their messages of goodwill to Johnson, wishing him a speedy recovery. There was a huge outpouring of get well messages from the Labour party, with outgoing leader Jeremy Corbyn, wishing him and his family good health. Angela Rayner, who also has symptoms of coronavirus, wanted to clarify that it was just a coincidence that both her and Johnson both had the virus.Although, Labour's Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi did wish the PM a speedy recovery he also shared a video of Johnson boasting about shaking hands of coronavirus patients just a few weeks ago.Politicians from other UK parties also sent their support.Curiously, not many Tory MPs have taken to Twitter to send their messages of support. Cabinet members such as Priti Patel, Dominic Raab, Grant Shapps, Rishi Sunak, Steve Barclay, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Liz Truss and Johnson's predecessor Theresa May are yet to post anything but of course may have contacted the prime minister privately. A few Tories have posted their support including Steve Baker, James Cleverly and Michael Gove, who retweeted this tweet from clergyman Marcus Walker. Elsewhere, international politicians sent their messages to Johnson after his diagnosis.We are yet to hear anything from Donald Trump on the matter but the US ambassador to the UK, Woody Johnson, did tell the PM to get well soon.Just to show that there are no hard feelings, the EU's Charles Michel and Michel Barnier, who also has the virus, sent their support.Good to see that even in these trying times people can put their differences aside in the effort to beat coronavirus. Top stories - Google News March 27, 2020 at 10:28AM https://ift.tt/39irqJa How politicians from around the world reacted to Boris Johnson's coronavirus diagnosis - indy100 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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| Behind the data-driven design of mobile games — How Games Make Money - VentureBeat Posted: 27 Mar 2020 07:12 PM PDT Mobile game designers feel like the mad scientists of the development world. They work fast and are constantly adjusting formulas based on the tiniest changes in player data. And when one experiment blows up in their face, they're ready to move on to whatever is next. On this week's episode of How Games Make Money, host Jeff Grubb speaks with Metamoki game design director Mitch Zamara about what it's like to create games like Weed Inc. and Wiz Khalifa's Weed Farm in that kind of environment. Join us, won't you? Follow the show
Developers have refined mobile games into a science. Studios use performance marketing to acquire players. This is where a developer only pays for an ad when it leads to an install. And as long as the cost of that install is significantly less than what the average player is going to spend, then a game can just keep rolling forever. This data-driven approach means that mobile gaming is much leaner and more limber than traditional studios. "The notion of spending many years on a game and trying to get featured and putting all these efforts into a high-production product, it creates a huge amount of risk," said Zamara. "That's versus the ability to create a free-to-play game in a matter of months with a much smaller team. You can explore how viable that is as a business in a much cheaper and quicker manner." But while that might sound like it reduces games to a cold equation, it's not really how Zamara looks at it. As a designer, he's never thinking about the monetization first. Instead, it's all about creating a game that is fun and players will want to come back to. That's what determines if a game lives or dies.
 "For the most part, your early validation is to make sure that your retention is strong so that your players stick around," he said. "That's really more important than even how good your monetization is or how good your other business metrics are. If you're able to get create an experience that's compelling and fun and engaging and people stick around, then figuring out how to make money from those players is a lot easier than having to figure out ways to make people stay." The mobile game graveyardZamara says that he has had experiences where his team spent two months trying to get a game from low 30% retention up closer to 50%. But no matter what they did, the needle wouldn't budge more than 5% higher. At that point, the team moves on to something new. But this doesn't just happen to new, untested games. Eventually, even most profitable games reach the end of their lives. And this is something that Zamara thinks comes with the territory. "This has been happening since 2009 when Farmville was a thing," he said. "I worked at Zynga, and they killed a dozen games while I was there, games that were eventually taken offline. Some of those were games that I even worked on." But none of that changes how to make a game fun. For Zamara, it doesn't matter that the business is so obsessed with data. "I turn spreadsheets into fun and into a player experience," he said. "I can look at a spreadsheet and feel what that experience is like for a player. So for me I don't lose that emotional touch because I start first as an advocate for the player and never leave that that perch. I've always fought for the experience of the player because I know, at the end of the day, that's what will drive the business." "Mobile" - Google News March 27, 2020 at 04:56PM https://ift.tt/3dz0Tuh Behind the data-driven design of mobile games — How Games Make Money - VentureBeat "Mobile" - Google News https://ift.tt/2P9t7Cg Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| US has most infections as virus tightens grip on the world - Lynchburg News and Advance Posted: 27 Mar 2020 07:01 PM PDT [unable to retrieve full-text content] US has most infections as virus tightens grip on the world Lynchburg News and AdvanceTop stories - Google News March 27, 2020 at 03:57AM https://ift.tt/2yfl0Oa US has most infections as virus tightens grip on the world - Lynchburg News and Advance Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| Deals Day: Mobile phone provider moves HQ from Richardson to Frisco - Dallas Business Journal Posted: 27 Mar 2020 06:12 PM PDT [unable to retrieve full-text content] Deals Day: Mobile phone provider moves HQ from Richardson to Frisco Dallas Business Journal"Mobile" - Google News March 27, 2020 at 11:41AM https://ift.tt/39noqv7 Deals Day: Mobile phone provider moves HQ from Richardson to Frisco - Dallas Business Journal "Mobile" - Google News https://ift.tt/2P9t7Cg Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| Indonesia's Mount Merapi erupts for second time this month - CNA Posted: 27 Mar 2020 06:01 PM PDT [unable to retrieve full-text content] Indonesia's Mount Merapi erupts for second time this month CNAView Full coverage on Google NewsTop stories - Google News March 27, 2020 at 07:46AM https://ift.tt/3aqTk7d Indonesia's Mount Merapi erupts for second time this month - CNA Top stories - Google News https://ift.tt/2FLTecc Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| Glastonbury Actress, 11, Takes Stage In 'Jane Eyre' - Hartford Courant Posted: 27 Mar 2020 05:43 PM PDT Unfortunately, our website is currently unavailable in most European countries. We are engaged on the issue and committed to looking at options that support our full range of digital offerings to the EU market. We continue to identify technical compliance solutions that will provide all readers with our award-winning journalism. "Actress" - Google News March 27, 2020 at 10:53AM https://ift.tt/3asJwta Glastonbury Actress, 11, Takes Stage In 'Jane Eyre' - Hartford Courant "Actress" - Google News https://ift.tt/31HZgDn Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| Governors’ coronavirus pacts could thwart Trump goal of reopening country - POLITICO Posted: 27 Mar 2020 05:36 PM PDT  If President Donald Trump insists on reopening parts of America as soon as next week, he'll likely encounter bipartisan resistance from governors who are partnering in regional alliances to keep the coronavirus at bay. Minnesota's Tim Walz has started conversations with his counterparts in North Dakota and Wisconsin about an upper Midwest pact to ensure that their states are in sync on rules around social distancing. That effort follows Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania joining last week to announce the closure of bars, movie theaters, malls and bowling alleys — all to try to avoid a patchwork of lockdowns and orders to close businesses. The governors and public health experts say the localized lifting of restrictions could create new clusters of disease that leave officials chasing the outbreak well into the summer. "We will combat this virus by working together and remaining consistent across our borders," said Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont. But such alliances could become a source of friction as the White House weighs gradually lifting lockdowns in less hard hit areas — the latest indication the administration is itching to have some regions reopen for business. The plan comes on the heels of a historic surge in jobless claims. "You'll take certain states that aren't badly impacted where they have almost none or they have just a little bit" of an outbreak, Trump told Fox News host Sean Hannity Thursday night. "You take a look at some of these great states like Iowa, you take a look at Idaho and you take a look at Nebraska." Any resulting clash would likely leave some Democratic governors with a history of tangling with the president with the final say. Governors have traditionally used their powers to declare emergencies to speed public health responses, suspending laws and regulations when necessary to address flu outbreaks in New York or the opioid crisis in Pennsylvania. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who tangled with Trump in a Twitter fight this week, said the president is looking at the stock market, not science. "The patchwork remains a patchwork as long as the federal government doesn't step up and recognize this is a war," Pritzker said Friday. "The federal government needs to lead and until it does we will be a leader here in Illinois." But the concern crosses party lines, and even international borders. North Dakota Republican Gov. Doug Burgum, whose state has 65 confirmed cases, has spoken with South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem and Montana Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock, as well as premieres from Manitoba and Saskatchewan, about a set of best practices. "What we do affects our neighbors and what our neighbors do affects us," Burgum said. "Because we are all part of one economic system." Experts say piecemeal efforts to reopen the economy are doomed as long as big states like New York and California are closed, and the virus is likely to keep spreading without appropriate social distancing. Loosening restrictions before more is learned about transmission, moreover, will lead to a rolling series of outbreaks and follow-on restrictions that could cripple a regional economy, they say. "If we were to return to business as usual too soon, we run the risk of the virus running rampant for who knows how long," said David Cooper, a senior analyst at the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank. "Not only would that lead to people needlessly suffering and dying, it would also be counterproductive to have outbreaks pop up indefinitely. … How are businesses going to plan and make investments if they can't count on the health of their suppliers, employees or customers?" That view isn't shared by Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds, who said Friday that "we're different here in Iowa than they are in New York." Other Trump allies like Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Missouri's Mike Parson have suggested a fast lifting of restrictions is unrealistic, and that they're bracing for a long and difficult fight. "I hope the president is right but the reality is we are planning this for much longer than two weeks," Parson said. White House coronavirus coordinator Deborah Birx has reinforced the notion that lifting restrictions in some places may be appropriate. On Thursday, she said that some predictions about the outbreak are overblown, warning against worst-case scenarios that she said aren't reflected by current data. But without more testing, there is no way to be certain who's sick and where, and to predict how the disease can spread, said Gregg Gonsalves, an assistant professor at the Yale School of Public Health. "We have no idea where this epidemic is or what the extent of it is," he said. "There is no way to control the epidemic if 20 states are social distancing and the other states aren't. … No epidemiologist or economist worth their salt is supporting what the president and his group of advisers are suggesting." Andrew Kidd, an economist with the conservative Buckeye Institute in Columbus, Ohio, said declaring a county or region safe may be fruitless, because as soon as the case count increases in an area, people will return to their homes an lock down again. "It's about whether people view it as contained or not," he said. "Until you get that buy-in you're not going to get your economy where it needs to be." Still, it appears as if at least some governors are going their own way — and antagonizing other states in the process. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, whose self-described "surgical" approach to shut down orders in his state has alarmed public health experts, said Tuesday that he is eager to work with the president to see what his team can put together. "There's no way a nine-month shutdown would be sustainable," the governor said, adding that completely locking down the economy is just as extreme as those who say the virus is no big deal. Reynolds, too, has resisted calls for a shelter-in-place order, saying some hospitals have begged her not to do it. "We have people on both sides of the issue," Reynolds said. "Because there is a hot spot in one area of the state it might not be practical for me to issue a statewide stay at home when the data isn't driving me to do that." 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| Posted: 27 Mar 2020 05:36 PM PDT  He had already scored the first goal in Red Bull Arena in an international friendly against Brazil's Santos and on this day 10 years ago, former New York Red Bulls midfielder Joel Lindpere also struck for the first regular season goal in the stadium's history. The Estonian, who is currently the Sports Director of JK Tallina Kalev, hit a thunderous strike from just outside the 18-yard box, blasting the first-time effort off the bounce with his less preferred right foot. It was the only goal in the win over Chicago Fire FC. Re-live the magical moment below. "Goal" - Google News March 27, 2020 at 10:53AM https://ift.tt/3bvB7W1 On This Day: Joel Lindpere scores first regular season goal in Red Bull Arena history - MLSsoccer.com "Goal" - Google News https://ift.tt/35TEe8t Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| Dangerous cures and viral hoaxes: common coronavirus myths busted - The Guardian Posted: 27 Mar 2020 05:33 PM PDT [unable to retrieve full-text content] Dangerous cures and viral hoaxes: common coronavirus myths busted The Guardian"viral" - Google News March 27, 2020 at 12:03PM https://ift.tt/3aphfnl Dangerous cures and viral hoaxes: common coronavirus myths busted - The Guardian "viral" - Google News https://ift.tt/2BCxygM Shoes Man Tutorial Pos News Update Meme Update Korean Entertainment News Japan News Update  |
| COVID-19: Staying at home not an option for Jakarta's street food vendors - CNA Posted: 27 Mar 2020 05:31 PM PDT [unable to retrieve full-text content]
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| British PM Boris Johnson and health secretary test positive for Covid-19 - South China Morning Post Posted: 27 Mar 2020 05:31 PM PDT [unable to retrieve full-text content]
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| ジャニーズWEST「パパジャニWEST」地上波レギュラーにステップアップ（コメントあり） - ナタリー Posted: 27 Mar 2020 12:22 PM PDT ジャニーズWEST「パパジャニWEST」地上波レギュラーにステップアップ（コメントあり） - ナタリー  「パパジャニWEST」は昨年4月に動画配信サービス・Paraviでスタートした番組で、ジャニーズWESTの7人が保護者から子供を預かり、1日限定でパパの役目を果たすリアリティショー。4月からの地上波レギュラー放送では、7人がこれまでよりステップアップした"パパの仕事"に全力で取り組んでいく。 重岡大毅 コメントパラビさんで1年間やらせていただき、愛してもらったおかげでこの地上波レギュラーがあります。 桐山照史 コメント火曜の夜はジャニーズWESTってイメージがつくように頑張りたいと思います！ 中間淳太 コメントとうとう地上波レギュラーです・・・けど、僕はただただ怖いです（笑）。番組スタート当初はお子さん1人だったのに、（預かるお子さんの）友達や双子ちゃんが来たり。挙句の果てに犬まで・・・。 神山智洋 コメントお子さんと対面するまで、本当にどういう子が来るのか分からないんです。そんな僕らのドキドキというか、お子さんによってメンバーそれぞれの役割も変わってくると思うので、そういうところが見どころだと思います。 藤井流星 コメント僕達がパパをするってところも見どころですが、パパをしているときのあたふた感を見てください！ 地上波になって今までよりもすごいご家族の登場で、僕達はもっとあたふたすると思うので、そこに注目してください！ 濱田崇裕 コメントジャニーズWESTのパパ感というものをしっかり出して、まだ体験したことのないパパ経験をして、お子さんを1日中お世話したいと思います！ 地上波レギュラーが決まって、「よし！」という気持ちです。 小瀧望 コメント地上波でレギュラーになるってことは、僕達のことをあまり知らない方にも見ていただけるような番組作りをしていかないといけないと思っています。1つ、2つ攻めた姿勢で、ステップアップしたパパを見せながらおもしろいやり取りを見せたいと思います。 江藤俊久プロデューサー コメントジャニーズWESTを応援してくださる皆さんの"熱"が、この番組を地上波レギュラーへと運んでくれました。今度はゴールデンにお引っ越し出来るよう、「可能性しかない7人」と共にスタッフ一同戦って参ります。引き続き応援よろしくお願いします！ TBS「パパジャニWEST」2020年4月21日（火）23:56～24:55 ※濱田崇裕の「濱」は異体字が正式表記。 2020-03-27 15:15:23Z https://news.google.com/__i/rss/rd/articles/CBMiJGh0dHBzOi8vbmF0YWxpZS5tdS9tdXNpYy9uZXdzLzM3MzE0MtIBKGh0dHBzOi8vYW1wLm5hdGFsaWUubXUvbXVzaWMvbmV3cy8zNzMxNDI?oc=5  |
| 初のコミケ開催中止の波紋（dragoner） - Yahoo!ニュース - Yahoo!ニュース Posted: 27 Mar 2020 10:22 AM PDT 初のコミケ開催中止の波紋（dragoner） - Yahoo!ニュース - Yahoo!ニュース  新型コロナウイルス感染症の拡大防止の観点から、5月のゴールデンウィークに予定されていた、第98回コミックマーケット（C98）の中止が発表されました。既に様々な同人誌即売会が中止・延期となってきましたが、4日間で70万人以上が訪れる世界最大級の同人誌即売会となったコミケも遂に中止となりました。リリースの中では現状で延期する予定もないとしており、コミケの45年に及ぶ歴史の中で、開催日時・場所が決まっている状況で中止されるのは初めてのことになります。 元々イレギュラーな開催だったC98元々、コミケは年3回開催されていましたが、1984年以降に夏冬の年2回開催という現在のスタイルが定着しました。それ以降の例外は、バブル景気と展示会場不足で会場が確保出来なかった1988年の冬コミと、その代替として1989年の3月に開催された通称「春コミ」（C35）。そして、開催日と会場が決まっていたものの、会場の幕張メッセから開催を拒否されたため、晴海の国際見本市会場に急遽変更の上で開催された1991年の夏コミ（C40）があります。 そして、今年5月に開催が予定されていたC98もイレギュラーな開催でした。東京オリンピック・パラリンピック開催に伴い、2020年夏は会場の東京ビッグサイトがメディアセンターとして利用されるため、本来は8月に開催されていたであろうC98は開催が危ぶまれていましたが、コミケ関係者の奔走により2020年ゴールデンウィークに行うことが2017年12月に発表されました。しかし、開催時期を変更して開催に漕ぎ着けたC98も結局は中止となったことは、コミケ準備会のリリースにもあるように苦渋の決断であったことは想像に難くありません。 今後の影響コミケ開催中止に伴い、どのような影響が予想されるでしょうか。まず、参加者への影響です。コミケは学生・社会人のサークル参加者もいれば、専業漫画家も多く参加しています。同人誌の販売が大きな収益源になっている作家も少なくないので、経済的な影響も懸念されます。このため、同人誌をイベント外で委託販売する同人誌委託書店への委託の役割が増すとみられ、実際に同人誌委託書店の中には新型コロナウイルス関連で中止されたイベント参加者向けの営業活動を活発化しているところもでています。 しかし、それでも即売会での売上が大きいという作家も少なくありません。また、委託書店に委託するためには審査があり、これをパスしなければいけないというハードルもあります。なにより、経済的事情以上に、これまでも様々な同人誌即売会が中止になってきた中で、最大の発表の場を奪われる訳ですから、長期に渡って表現活動が阻まれる事態になっています。そして、これがいつまで続くのか、見通しが立っていません。 また、多くの企業も影響を受けます。同人誌の印刷に特化した印刷所は中小規模の所が多く、最大の需要が見込めるコミケが開催されない場合、経営に大きな打撃となることは想像に難くありません。また、企業ブースの出展社も計画していたPR活動や物販も出来なくなっています。既にコミケ以外にもアニメやマンガ関連のイベントも数多く中止になっており、発表の機会を逃したコンテンツもあるでしょう。 そして、コミケそのものにも影響があります。東京オリンピック・パラリンピック開催に伴う工事のため、東京ビッグサイトで最大の会場面積を誇る東ホールが使えなくないことから、2019年の夏コミ（C96）では参加サークル数が減少し、企業ブースも減るため広告収入が減少しています。減収の反面、4日間開催と2会場制になることからコストが増大したため、カタログを購入しない一般参加者にも入場リストバンド購入をしてもらう事実上の入場有料化に踏み切ったばかりでした。 こうした逆風の中での中止は、コミケに少なくない損害を与えると予想されます。コミケでは以前からイベント保険に加入していますが、感染症を理由にした中止・自粛はイベント保険の免責対象であることがイベント保険では一般的とされています。今回の中止も免責されるとみられ、コミケは中止に伴う損失を被ることになります。それも減収の状況下、収入源であるリストバンドの購入も無い状態での中止となると、苦しい状況にあると考えられます。 公表されたリリースの中では、コミケ準備会は会場費の返金に関して会場側と交渉を重ねているようで、これらの結果を踏まえた上でサークル参加費の扱いを調整中としています。また、カタログについては既に印刷・製本工程に入っているとのことで、コミックマーケットの継続に対する支援・協力という意味でカタログ購入を求めています。裏を返せば、それだけ切実な問題と言えるのかもしれません。 「ハレの日」はいつかそもそも、コミケとは何なのでしょうか。コミケの理念として掲げる『コミックマーケットは同人誌を中心として、すべての表現者を受け入れ、継続することを目的とした表現の可能性を拡げる為の「場」である』をはじめとして、コミケ準備会ではことあるごとに「場」であることを強調してきました。しかし、最近は同人誌即売会に出展せずに委託書店を通じた販売や、ネット配信による同人販売も急拡大しており、単純に作品の頒布だけを目的とした場合、最大の場所ではなくなりつつあります。 それでもなお、「場」としてのコミケは依然として強い影響力を持っていました。しかし、その「場」として存続してきたコミケが、直接集まり、触れ合うことがリスクになる感染症によって、中止に追い込まれるのはなんとも皮肉な話です。 今後、新型コロナウイルスの世界的流行がいつ収まるかは定かではありません。そして、コミケのような大規模イベントがまた開けるようになるのはいつになるかも見当もつかない状況です。新型コロナウイルス以外にもオリンピックの延期もあり、12月のC99が開けるかどうかも余談を許さず、準備会では期間や会場が決定次第、改めて告知するとしていますが、さらに来年はどうかも不透明なままです。 コミケの理念では「場」であること以外にも、『すべての参加者にとって「ハレの日」であることを願い、これを継続していく』というのも理念の一つになっています。一刻も早く事態が収束し、無事にハレの日をまた迎えることを願っております。 2020-03-27 15:07:03Z https://news.google.com/__i/rss/rd/articles/CBMiO2h0dHBzOi8vbmV3cy55YWhvby5jby5qcC9ieWxpbmUvZHJhZ29uZXIvMjAyMDAzMjgtMDAxNjY3MjMv0gEA?oc=5  |
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