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ジブリ新作「アーヤと魔女」予告映像。しゃべる黒猫も登場 - AV Watch

Posted: 02 Dec 2020 12:56 AM PST

ジブリ新作「アーヤと魔女」予告映像。しゃべる黒猫も登場 - AV Watch

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宮崎駿企画、宮崎吾朗監督が手掛けるスタジオジブリ長編最新作「アーヤと魔女」。30日の放送に先駆け、予告映像がNHKホームページで公開された。

「アーヤと魔女」は、自分が魔女の娘とは知らずに育った少女アーヤが、ある日、奇妙な家に引き取られ、そこで意地悪な魔女と暮らすことになったことから始まる物語。「ハウルと動く城」のダイアナ・ウィン・ジョーンズが著した児童文学を、ジブリ初の全編3DCGで映像化した。

予告編では、孤児院でも奔放に暮らすアーヤの様子や、彼女を引き取った魔女ベラ・ヤーガと怪しい長身の男マンドレークとの生活、しゃべる黒猫トーマスとのやりとりが収められている。

主人公・アーヤ役を演じるのは平澤宏々路。他にも寺島しのぶや豊川悦司、濱田岳などが出演している。本編は82分。NHK総合で、12月30日19時30分から放送する。

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舞台は、1990年代のイギリス。

主人公は10歳の少女、アーヤ。赤ん坊の頃から孤児として育ったアーヤは、誰もが自分の思いどおりにしてくれる孤児院での生活がとても快適だった。だから、誰かに貰われたいなんて、一度だって思ったことが無かった。

ところがある日、突然やってきた変てこな二人組、派手な女と長身の男に引き取られることになってしまう。「あたしの名前はベラ・ヤーガ。魔女だよ。あんたをうちにつれてきたのは、手伝いがほしかったからだ」。そう名乗った女に、アーヤは、「じゃ、決まりね。おばさんが私に魔法を教えてくれるかわりに、私がおばさんの助手になったげる」と返す。

しかし、ベラ・ヤーガはアーヤを助手としてこき使うばかり。いくら頼んでも、いくら仕事をがんばっても、一つも魔法を教えてくれない。魔女と一緒に暮らしている怪しげな男マンドレークは、食事時しか顔をみせない。いつも不機嫌そうで、口癖は「私をわずらわせるな」。

生まれて初めて"思いどおりにならない"壁にぶつかったアーヤだが、「よおし、負けるもんか」と反撃を始める。彼女の特技は周囲の人を操って、自分の思いどおりにさせてしまうことだった。

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World Earthquake Report for Tuesday, 1 December 2020 - VolcanoDiscovery

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Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 2 Dec 2020

Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 2 Dec 2020


Summary: 2 quakes 6.0+, 3 quakes 5.0+, 27 quakes 4.0+, 118 quakes 3.0+, 274 quakes 2.0+ (424 total)
Magnitude 6+: 2 earthquakes
Magnitude 5+: 3 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 27 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 118 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 274 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 7 or higher
Total seismic energy estimate: 3.5 x 1014 joules (97.6 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 83958 tons of TNT or 5.2 atomic bombs!) learn more

10 largest earthquakes in the world (1 Dec 2020):

#1: 6.4 quake Bering Sea, 26 mi southeast of Nikolski, Alaska, USA, 1 Dec 7.22 am (GMT -9)
#2: 6.0 quake South Pacific Ocean 2 Dec 6.52 am (GMT +10)
#3: 5.7 quake North Pacific Ocean, 291 mi south of Saint Paul, Alaska, USA, 1 Dec 6.35 am (GMT -10)
#4: 5.1 quake Esmeralda County, 16 mi south of Mina, Nevada, USA, 1 Dec 3.32 pm (GMT -8)
#5: 5.0 quake South Atlantic Ocean, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, 1 Dec 3.39 pm (GMT -2)
#6: 4.9 quake North Pacific Ocean, 462 km east of Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan, 1 December 17:11 UTC
#7: 4.8 quake Banda Sea, 265 km southeast of Amahai, Maluku, Indonesia, 1 Dec 5.42 pm (GMT +9)
#8: 4.8 quake South Pacific Ocean, 174 km northwest of Nuku'alofa, Tongatapu, Tonga, 2 Dec 10.07 am (GMT +13)
#9: 4.6 quake Molucca Sea, 104 km north of Tobelo, Kabupaten Halmahera Utara, Maluku Utara, Indonesia, 1 Dec 11.09 pm (GMT +9)
#10: 4.6 quake 56 km southeast of Sumbawa Besar, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, 2 Dec 2.33 am (GMT +8)

Earthquakes reported felt:

#1: 3.9 quake 19 km north of Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India, 1 Dec 9.41 am (GMT +5:30) - 18 reports
#2: 2.1 quake 7.4 km south of Hechingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, 1 Dec 2.59 am (GMT +1) - 17 reports
#3: 3.1 quake Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, 18 km northeast of Riehen (Basel-City, Switzerland), 1 Dec 7.05 pm (GMT +1) - 13 reports
#4: 3.8 quake 11 mi southwest of Fernley, Lyon County, Nevada, USA, 1 Dec 3.10 pm (GMT -8) - 12 reports
#5: 5.1 quake Esmeralda County, 16 mi south of Mina, Nevada, USA, 1 Dec 3.32 pm (GMT -8) - 10 reports
#6: 3.5 quake Aegean Sea, 7 km north of Samos, North Aegean, Greece, 1 Dec 9.20 pm (GMT +2) - 10 reports
#7: 4.3 quake 15 mi south of Mina, Nevada, USA, 1 Dec 3.47 pm (GMT -8) - 3 reports
#8: 6.4 quake Bering Sea, 26 mi southeast of Nikolski, Alaska, USA, 1 Dec 7.22 am (GMT -9) - 3 reports
#9: 2.7 quake 12 km southwest of Niwāri, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2 Dec 4.05 am (GMT +5:30) - 2 reports
#10: 2.2 quake 0.8 mi east of Parkersburg, Illinois, USA, 1 December 06:27 UTC - 2 reports
#11: 5.7 quake North Pacific Ocean, 291 mi south of Saint Paul, Alaska, USA, 1 Dec 6.35 am (GMT -10) - 2 reports
#12: 3.0 quake 7 km southwest of Kocadere, Yalova, Turkey, 1 Dec 7.22 pm (GMT +3) - 2 reports
#13: 2.3 quake Snohomish County, 3.8 mi southeast of Oso, Washington, USA, 30 Nov 9.29 pm (GMT -8) - 2 reports

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5.2 quake 1 Dec 3:32 pm (GMT -8)
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Champions League highlights: Ranking Tuesday's best goals, including rockets from Olympiacos and Midtjylland - CBS Sports

Posted: 01 Dec 2020 11:42 PM PST

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The fifth matchday of the UEFA Champions League group stage kicked off on Tuesday, and there were plenty of must-see highlights from the slate of eight games. So far, the matches have set up scenarios that should result in an exciting final week of the group stage, and we're only halfway through this week.

This season, there will be a chance for fans to catch all of the major moments of every match as they happen with CBS Sports' "The Golazo Show." It is a live whip-around program on group stage matchdays hosted by Nico Cantor. For the Wednesday broadcast, Cantor was joined by former Uruguayan footballer Gus Poyet. Coverage begins at 2:30 p.m. ET on CBS Sports Network and CBS All Access.

In other words, if there's a program that understands which goals from Tuesday's matches were worthy of celebrating, it's this one. "The Golazo Show" put together a countdown collection of the top three golazos of the day. 

Here are the top three goals from Tuesday:

3. Mergim Berisha, RB Salzburg
A beautifully controlled one-touch pass from the middle of the field found a streaking Berisha down the left flank, who was able to get into the left side of the box and launch his shot past the keeper towards the near post. The Austrian club defeated their opponents, 3-1.

2. Mady Camara, Olympiacos
A pass out from the box found Camara hovering just north of the penalty area. He took one touch to his left to avoid nearby defenders, cocked back his left leg and blasted his shot into the top corner of the net. While his side went down against Marseille, and were officially eliminated from Champions League contention, he was at least able to score this jaw-dropper, his first goal of the season.

1. Alexander Scholz, Midtjylland
The Danish club surprised their Italian opponents with an early 1-0 lead that was scored in emphatic fashion. Scholz took the ball his teammate chested down toward him and blasted his shot into the top corner of the net that had just enough pace to avoid the keeper altogether, but enough finesse to eek under the cross bar.

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Mobile medical team provides La Crosse's homeless with critical care - News8000.com - WKBT

Posted: 01 Dec 2020 10:44 PM PST

St Claire Health Mission program gets to the root of homelessness

LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT)- A group of La Crosse health care workers is leaving the clinic to do more work. The team of doctors and nurses is hitting the streets to provide basic health care and help solve the housing crisis.

There's no exam table or fancy equipment. Dr. Sarah Brown doesn't even need a room.  The La Crosse M.D. treats her patients with compassion.  Brown, and a small team from St Claire Health mission, are making medicine mobile. The team provides free care in parks and shelter or any place they need to, to reach the homeless. "Our homeless aren't living on the streets, our homeless are surviving on the street and just barely.", explains nurse Sandy Brekke.

Finding patients is sadly the easy part.  La Crosse's homeless numbers are rising. In late November, Brekke says 23 families stayed at the city's emergency shelter.  A record that breaks Doctor Brown's heart. "It's staggering to come to grips with the fact there are so many children who are homeless."

The cost of medical care is also up, making this team's mobile work even more valuable.  Many of their patients qualify for free health insurance. St. Claire Health Mission connects them with access to routine care, mental health, and addiction services, lowering the need for expensive, emergency care and possibly emergency housing. "It's a lack of treatment that has led to homelessness often times. If we can step back and find the root of the cause, can we as healthcare workers be part of the solution to homelessness.", says Brekke.

For this team, care takes place outside clinic walls. Good medicine that could help patients to find a home of their own.

The St. Claire Health mission has been providing mobile medicine since the end of summer. The program is funded through donations. Click HERE to help.

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Nigerian wonderkid Adeyemi breaks Salzburg Champions League record - Goal.com

Posted: 01 Dec 2020 10:42 PM PST

Nigerian wonderkid Karim Adeyemi broke a Champions League record for Red Bull Salzburg on Tuesday, when he netted in their 3-1 victory at Lokomotiv Moscow.

Adeyemi added Salzburg's third in the 81st minute away at the RZD Arena, finally killing off the contest after Anton Miranchuk had pulled one back for Lokomotiv two minutes beforehand following a first-half double from the visitors' Mergim Berisha.

In finding the net, Adeyemi becomes—at the age of 18 years and 318 days—the youngest player ever to score in the Champions League for RB Salzburg.

His goal capped off an excellent outing for the Austrian champions, as they finally ended a run of five UCL games without a victory—losing four and drawing one match during that spell.

Surprisingly, their goalscoring has been impressive even if they haven't been able to pick up victories, with only Bayern Munich scoring more goals per game across the last two UCL campaigns out of the clubs to feature in both editions of the tournament.

While the impressive Berisha will hog the headlines, the goal was a landmark moment for Adeyemi who is continuing to rebuild his career after leaving Bayern Munich amidst a cloud after disciplinary issues overshadowed his immense potential.

He was an Austrian champion with the club last season, and has one league goal in six T-Mobile Bundesliga outings so far this season.

The youngster, who was born in Munich, has represented Germany up to U-17 level, but is yet to progress further up the national-team ranks.

He's eligible for Nigeria through his father, but could also turn out for Romania—currently ranked 37th in the world—via his mother.

Despite the victory—ending a run of three consecutive UCL defeats—Salzburg are up against it as they look to qualify for the knockout stages after being drawn into Group A alongside Bayern and Atletico Madrid.

The two heavyweights are currently in place to reach the Last 16—on 13 and six points respectively—but Salzburg could leapfrop Atleti into second if they defeat them in Austria in a winner-takes-all showdown in gameweek six on December 9.

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Your next Android smartphone will have even faster 5G, better battery life, thanks to Qualcomm - CNET

Posted: 01 Dec 2020 10:08 PM PST

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Qualcomm's Snapdragon 888 will be in 5G devices in the first quarter of 2021.

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The chip that will power most high-end 5G phones next year is here: the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888. And for the first time in its ultra high-end lineup, Qualcomm has integrated its 5G modem on the same chip as the brains, AI and other processor features, likely giving 5G phones a boost in battery life. 

Smartphones need a lot of components to operate, but two key parts that make a phone a phone are the application processor that acts as the brains of a device and a modem that connects it to a mobile network. The first 5G devices needed standalone modems that worked alongside the main computing processor. That was because 5G technology was so new, it was too difficult to combine it with the brains. 

Last year's Snapdragon 865 also had a standalone modem, while Qualcomm integrated 5G connectivity with the processor system on its midrange Snapdragon 765 and 765G systems on a chip, or SoCs. Many people expected Qualcomm's highest-end chip to be the first Snapdragon SoC to have an integrated modem, but the company at the time said if it didn't pare back the modem or the app processor features, the resulting chip would be too big and too power hungry for high-end smartphones. Qualcomm chose not to compromise on either feature for its high-end phones but was willing to make some compromises for its midrange chip lineup.

The Snapdragon 865 paired with the X55 modem to power the majority of high-end 5G phones released in 2020, starting with Samsung's Galaxy S20 lineup

With the Snapdragon 888, Qualcomm gets back to its SoC strengths, and phone users will benefit. The biggest advantages of SoCs are better battery life and lower cost. Instead of two chips taking up room in a phone, there's just one, resulting in thinner, sleeker phones or more room for bigger batteries. Having an integrated chip also enables device makers to quickly develop phones for essentially any 5G network in the world, and it makes 5G handsets cheaper for consumers.

"It gives you everything you need in a single package and theoretically makes phone design easier, cheaper and just better integrated," Technalysis Research analyst Bob O'Donnell said.

The continued advance of 5G is more critical than ever now that the coronavirus has radically changed our world. People are stuck at home and are maintaining their distance from each other, forcing them to rely on home broadband service -- something 5G could amp up. The next-generation cellular technology, which boasts anywhere from 10 to 100 times the speed of 4G and rapid-fire responsiveness, could improve everything from simple video conferencing to telemedicine and advanced augmented and virtual reality. Gaming is one area that's expected to benefit from 5G's responsiveness and fast speeds. 

Qualcomm is hosting a two-day virtual Tech Summit in lieu of its annual in-person event in Hawaii. Instead of releasing a flood of new chips and news, the company is keeping its digital event focused on the Snapdragon 888's capabilities. Wednesday will feature technical deep dives into features like Snapdragon 888's camera. 

5G's improvements

The world may be grappling with a widespread pandemic, but that's sure not slowing down 5G's rollout. The super-fast technology reached more customers this year than expected and will cover about 60% of the global population by 2026, according to report from Ericsson on Monday. That makes 5G the fastest deployed mobile network ever, the Swedish networking giant said.

By the end of this year, there will be 218 million 5G subscriptions around the world, up from Ericsson's forecast in June for 190 million -- which itself was an increase from an earlier estimate. 

A lot of those people are using phones powered by Qualcomm's processors. Even the new iPhone 12 lineup, which uses Apple's own application processor, relies on Qualcomm modems to connect to 5G networks.

For Qualcomm's Snapdragon 888, the focus is on four areas: 5G, artificial intelligence, gaming and camera, Alex Katouzian, Qualcomm senior vice president and general manager of mobile, compute and infrastructure, said in an interview ahead of Tuesday's news. 

"It really rounds off all of the use cases and capabilities that this device has," Katouzian said. "We concentrated on really core technologies for low power compute as well as communications." 

The integrated modem is Qualcomm's X60, which is capable of downloading data at up to 7.5 Gbps and uploading information as fast as 3 Gbps. The modem, unveiled in February, taps into super-fast but unreliable millimeter-wave airwaves favored by Verizon and the slower and steadier sub-6 spectrum preferred by virtually all other carriers in the world. It supports many features that allow for faster speeds and other network benefits. 

"On the 5G side, the communication capabilities are going to become much better," Katouzian said. 

While the peak download speed isn't much faster than the previous generation, the X60 aims to boost the average speed on devices by aggregating different types of wireless signals. The X60 has the ability to aggregate the slower sub-6 networks with the faster mmWave spectrum, boosting overall performance. 

The X60 also increases network capacity and expands coverage. Networks operators will be able to double sub-6 peak speeds in standalone mode (that's where the phone goes straight to 5G instead of today's non-standalone networks, where 4G works as the anchor to make the initial handshake between a phone and a network before passing the device along to a 5G connection). 

T-Mobile is one carrier that will benefit from carrier aggregation. Users of the earliest T-Mobile 5G phones haven't seen speeds much faster than 4G connectivity. But when T-Mobile can combine its different airwaves, users should see faster download and upload rates. The modem in 5G phones this year, the X55, couldn't aggregate that spectrum together. 

"The X60 is really the first modem that does all the 5G stuff you really need," Technalysis' O'Donnell said. Qualcomm "now really has a modem that can be leveraged more successfully to get the best possible 5G speeds."

And AI, gaming and camera

When it comes to artificial intelligence, the Snapdragon 888 includes Qualcomm's new, sixth-generation AI Engine. Qualcomm re-engineered its Hexagon processor, which it said provides a "pivotal leap forward in AI" when compared with the previous technology. It improves performance and power efficiency and crunches data at 26 tera operations per second, or TOPS. Qualcomm also included its second-generation Sensing Hub, which includes lower-power, always-on AI processing. 

AI "underpins so many different applications that [are] very widely used today," including in photography and videography, Katouzian said. It "really just takes [out] all of the headaches that were there before in terms of choosing the right parameters, putting it in the right mode, making sure the lighting is correct, even recognizing scenes and faces and backgrounds and depth. All of those things are taken care of through AI capabilities."

And the Snapdragon 888 features a faster Spectra image signal processor that lets users capture photos at videos at 2.7 gigapixels per second. That equates to about 120 photos in one second at 12MP resolution, which is up to 35% faster than the previous generation. 

"That's huge," Katouzian said. "When this capability comes out, people will start to [develop] different applications and services associated with it." That could include things such as ultra-sharp video conferencing or giving users the ability to capture photos of what they're doing throughout the day and share those on social media with others, he said. 

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Alex Katouzian, Qualcomm senior vice president and general manager, mobile, compute and infrastructure, talks up some of the companies that will be using the new Snapdragon 888 processor. 

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The camera will allow for better low-light and night photos and for action shots of something moving very quickly -- or very slowly. Combining AI and the camera, the phone will automatically know which setting to select for each circumstance, and users won't have to "worry about the technical details, Katouzian said. 

The processor also has Qualcomm's third-generation Snapdragon Elite Gaming technology that boosts the video effects on mobile devices. 

Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 888 is expected to power most high-end Android phones next year. Companies that plan to use the Snapdragon 888 in devices include Asus, Black Shark, LG, Meizu, Motorola, Nubia, Realme, OnePlus, Oppo, Sharp, Vivo, Xiaomi and ZTE

"I'm glad that our new flagship smartphone Mi11 will be the one of the first devices with Snapdragon 888," Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun said in a press release. "This is another cutting-edge product from us and will be loaded with various hardcore technologies." 

Qualcomm didn't specifically name Samsung, but it's likely the next Galaxy S handsets will include the Snapdragon 888 when they launch early next year. The first phone to have last year's Snapdragon 865 was the Galaxy S20

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Delaware County residents flock to mobile drive-thru coronavirus testing site - FOX 29 News Philadelphia

Posted: 01 Dec 2020 09:44 PM PST

Residents in Delaware County have been flocking to a mobile drive-thru coronavirus site.

John Brittingham, of Wallingford, says he was exposed to someone with COVID-19 right before Thanksgiving, so he's taking advantage of a new mobile drive-thru testing lab in the parking lot of the Springfield Mall.

It's called "15 to Know" and the results are texted to you in 15 minutes.

"Just want to make sure I'm in the clear. Just so I don't give it to anyone else, so hopefully in 14 minutes we'll find out," he said.

In the days leading up to Thanksgiving, there were hours-long waits just about everywhere and delayed results. "15 to Go" has six local testing sites.

In addition to the 15-minute rapid antigen testing for $75, it also offers a more reliable rapid PCR test for $99 with results promised overnight. However, that didn't happen for many before Thanksgiving. 

When FOX 29's Dawn Timmeney called Tuesday night, she received the following message, "Due to the overwhelming demand for COVID testing around the Thanksgiving holiday, if you received a PCR test from "15 to Know" on Monday, November 23rd, approximately one-third of the results are still pending ."

One Facebook post reads, "They are well-intentioned, but they were not prepared for the surge they got understandable."

At the top of its website, there's an alert from the company saying it is doing its best to get PCR test results back in 72 hours, but it may go longer.

Dave Fox didn't want to wait five to seven days for the results of a free test. He had no problems at the "15 to Know" drive-thru in Springfield.

"I figured I'd wait here because if I'm okay I might go and do some shopping get some stuff I need," he said.

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Mobile FastLabs Provides Quick COVID-19 Results, At A Price - CBS Miami

Posted: 01 Dec 2020 07:47 PM PST

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – It is a COVID-19 testing lab on wheels and the promise is you can make an appointment and get your results fast.

FastLabs provides the service for you if you need that coronavirus test within 15 minutes, but it comes at a price.

It's an example of private enterprise answering a need in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.

Doctor Raul Cruz of FastLabs says, "This lab is a modern mobile medical diagnostic facility and laboratory. What makes it different is it is mobile.

According to the company, FastLabs will move their mobile unit to public events, to local businesses, to locations convenient for public access and you can get your results in minutes.

"A lot of the testing you see in the community, have long lines, two-three days to get results. We can get it to you within minutes or hours," says Cruz.

But how does it work?

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You go online to FastLabs patient portal at fastlabsmed.com, you have to make an appointment. You show up in your car at the mobile unit's location and get your test.

The test is then processed inside the mobile lab. Results in minutes for most tests but the convenience costs.

The rapid antibody test will cost $75 and you get results in minutes. Rapid antigen is $135 and the test that detects the presence/symptoms of coronavirus $150, with results within a day.

"We have all the capabilities of all the labs that you will find in the community, except we are able to move this wherever," adds Cruz.

The key for potential patients is the company website. It is there where you can schedule your appointment.

FastLabs representatives say they will be putting a fleet of "MD RVs" into service in Florida. They are prepared to go to schools, businesses, public events where they can test groups of a hundred or more.

At this point, FastLabs does not accept insurance but will provide a bill that people can submit to their insurance company for reimbursement.

Please note that not all insurance companies will reimburse for the test.

You are urged to check with your insurance before making an appointment.

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「名探偵コナン 緋色の弾丸」新公開日決定 - アキバ総研

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「名探偵コナン 緋色の弾丸」新公開日決定 - アキバ総研

1年の時を経て

公開延期となっていた劇場アニメ「名探偵コナン 緋色の弾丸」が、2021年4月16日(金)に公開となることが発表された。

「名探偵コナン 緋色の弾丸」は、劇場版「名探偵コナン」の24作目となる作品。2020年4月17日(金)より全国東宝系にての公開が予定されていたが、新型コロナウイルス感染症による影響のため、公開延期が発表されていた。

劇場版「名探偵コナン 緋色の弾丸」、新たな公開時期が2021年4月に決定

⇒劇場版「名探偵コナン」最新作タイトル&ビジュアル解禁! 劇場版史上初の「赤井一家」が総集結!

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今回、公開延期が決定していた劇場アニメ「名探偵コナン 緋色の弾丸」が、2021年4月16日(金)に公開となることが発表された。

今作では、世界を巻き込んだ未曽有の大事件を解決するために、劇場版には20作目の「純黒の悪夢(ナイトメア)」以来の登場となる"FBI捜査官で射撃の名手"である赤井秀一、赤井の弟である"7冠を達成したプロ棋士"羽田秀吉(吉は上が土)、妹である"女子高生探偵"世良真純、そして3人の母親で"領域外の妹"と名乗る謎に包まれた女性・メアリーが集結! 果たして、原作でも未だ全員が揃って顔を合わせたことがない"赤井一家(ファミリー)"の共演がスクリーンで実現するのか?世界を射抜く、謎に包まれた危険な一家、"赤井一家(ファミリー)"がどのように事件に関わっていくのか、そしてお互いを信頼し合っているコナンと赤井はどんな活躍を見せるのか? と情報解禁時から大きな話題となっていましたが、ついに公開を迎える。

また、長らく楽しみにしているファンへ向けて、江戸川コナン役・高山みなみさんからコメントも到着!
「大変お待たせいたしました! ここから改めて、公開までのワクワク感を高めていきたいと思っています。「緋色の弾丸」RELOAD開始!」と語っている。


そして来年4月の公開に向け、新プロジェクトが始動した。その名も―再装填(リロード)プロジェクト!
今回公開されたプロジェクトムービーは、止まってしまった時計の針と「2020年4月「緋色の弾丸」公開延期決定―」というショッキングな文字が浮かび上がる所からスタート。そして続々と劇場版「名探偵コナン」過去作23作品のタイトルと共にリボルバーに再装填されていく"12発の弾丸"。12発すべての弾丸が再装填された時=時計の針が一周した時、いったい何が起きるのか? かつてない12発のスペシャルプロモーションが展開される、謎に包まれた新プロジェクトに、ご期待いただきたい。


赤井一家(ファミリー)、再装填(リロード)プロジェクト、ゲスト声優・浜辺美波さん演じる石岡エリー、東京事変の主題歌「永遠の不在証明」と、衝撃度満載の多数の"弾丸"に加え、アクションシーンもさらにパワーアップすることが予想される今作、その公開を楽しみに待とう!


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■高山みなみ
大変お待たせいたしました!そして、ありがとうございます!最新作の公開が決定いたしました。24年目にして初めての公開延期…正直言うと大ダメージでした。でも、毎年楽しみにしてくださっている皆様と一緒に危険な波が過ぎ去るのを待とうと、気持ちを切り替えていました。まだ完成した作品は観ていないので、ここから改めて、公開までのワクワク感を高めていきたいと思っています。待つ身の一年は長いですが、蘭との恋人宣言までに比べたら…ね(笑)「緋色の弾丸」RELOAD開始!

【プロジェクト情報】

■新プロジェクト始動!再装填(リロード)プロジェクト

2020年4月17日から2021年4月16日へ、1年間公開延期となった「名探偵コナン 緋色の弾丸」。最新作の公開に向け、劇場版「名探偵コナン」過去23作品のタイトルがそれぞれタッグを組み、"12発の弾丸"となって、かつてない12発のスペシャルプロモーションが展開されていく!
12発すべての弾丸が[再装填]された時、何かが起きる―!?
プロジェクト詳細は、今後映画公式サイト、映画公式Twitterにて順次発表!

<再補填(リロード)プロジェクト>

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NIPPON、開化の時――――
世界最大のスポーツの祭典「WSG -ワールド・スポーツ・ゲームス-」の記念すべき東京開催を迎えようとしている日本。その開会式に合わせて、日本の技術を総結集した、最高時速1,000㎞を誇る「真空超電導リニア」が新名古屋駅と東京に新設される芝浜駅間に開通することが発表された。

ただならぬ修羅の場――――
世界からの注目を集める中、名だたる大会スポンサーが集うパーティー会場で突如事件が発生! 企業のトップが相次いで拉致されてしまう異常事態に。その裏には事件を監視する赤井秀一の姿、そして赤井からの指令を待つFBIの姿があった。

鳴り始める復讐の鐘――――
コナンの推理により、15年前にアメリカのボストンで起きた忌まわしきWSG連続拉致事件との関連性が浮かび上がり、当時の事件もFBIの管轄だった事が判明する。果たしてこれは偶然なのか? 世界中から大勢の人々が集まる日本で、一体何が起ころうとしているのか?

危険な秘密を纏う"赤井一家(ファミリー)"集結の時―――!
"日本を貫く弾丸(ジャパニーズブレッド)"真空超電導リニア、起動!
決して止めることのできない哀しみの連鎖が今、加速する。

【映画情報】
■「名探偵コナン 緋色の弾丸」

公開情報:2021年4月16日 全国東宝系にて公開
原作:青山剛昌「名探偵コナン」(小学館「週刊少年サンデー」連載中)
監督:永岡智佳
脚本:櫻井武晴
音楽:大野克夫
声の出演:高山みなみ、山崎和佳奈、小山力也、池田秀一 ほか
ゲスト声優:浜辺美波
主題歌:東京事変「永遠の不在証明」

製作:小学館/読売テレビ/日本テレビ/ShoPro/東宝/トムス・エンタテインメント
配給:東宝

(C)2020 青山剛昌/名探偵コナン製作委員会

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Justice Department investigating potential presidential pardon bribery scheme, court records reveal - CNN

Posted: 01 Dec 2020 05:08 PM PST

The case is the latest legal twist in the waning days of President Donald Trump's administration after several of his top advisers have been convicted of federal criminal charges and as the possibility rises of Trump giving pardons to those who've been loyal to him.
The disclosure is in 20 pages of partially redacted documents made public by the DC District Court on Tuesday afternoon. The records show Chief Judge Beryl Howell's review in August of a request from prosecutors to access documents obtained in a search as part of a bribery-for-pardon investigation.
The filings don't reveal a timeline of the alleged scheme, or any names of people potentially involved, except that communications between people including at least one lawyer were seized from an office that was raided sometime before the end of this summer.
No one appears to have been publicly charged with a related crime to date.
At the end of this summer, a filter team, used to make sure prosecutors don't receive tainted evidence that should have been kept from them because it was privileged, had more than 50 digital devices including iPhones, iPads, laptops, thumb drives and computer drives after investigators raided the unidentified offices.
Prosecutors told the court they wanted permission to the filter team's holdings. The prosecutors believed the devices revealed emails that showed allegedly criminal activity, including a "secret lobbying scheme" and a bribery conspiracy that offered "a substantial political contribution in exchange for a presidential pardon or reprieve of sentence" for a convicted defendant whose name is redacted, according to the redacted documents.
Communications between attorneys and clients are typically privileged and kept from prosecutors as they build their cases, but in this situation, Howell allowed the prosecutors access. Attorney-client communications are not protected as privileged under the law when there is discussion of a crime, among other exceptions.
"The political strategy to obtain a presidential pardon was 'parallel' to and distinct from [redacted]'s role as an attorney-advocate for [redacted name]," Howell wrote in her court order.
The grand jury investigation also appears to relate to unnamed people acting as unregistered "lobbyists to senior White House officials" as they sought to secure a pardon and use an intermediary to send a bribe, the unsealed court records say.
Prosecutors hadn't provided evidence to the judge, however, of any direct payment, and instead showed evidence that a person was seeking clemency because of past and future political contributions.
The investigators indicated in court that they intended to "confront" three people with the communications and complete their investigation.
Over the last week, the Justice Department told Howell it wanted to keep filings related to the matter confidential in court, because "individuals and conduct" hadn't yet been charged.

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NESN Partners With Clearbridge Mobile to Deliver State of the Art Mobile and Smart TV Sports Streaming Apps for Authenticated and Unauthenticated Content - PRNewswire

Posted: 01 Dec 2020 04:44 PM PST

TORONTO, Dec. 1st, 2020 /PRNewswire/ - Clearbridge Mobile is proud to be the driving force behind NESN's new mobile and smart tv sports streaming app experiences. NESN is the home of award-winning Boston Red Sox and Boston Bruins game coverage.

Clearbridge Mobile provided NESN with a structured agile process with a proven ability to deliver speed, security, scalability, and performance in the media space. With expertise in developing smart TV apps and supporting seamless video streaming experiences, Clearbridge Mobile was able to help NESN meet an aggressive timeline.

"Without Clearbridge Mobile, the release of these OTT platforms would not have been feasible," Says NESN, VP of Digital, Ariel Legassa. "Clearbridge Mobile provided the support and technical knowledge for us as we set out to develop our new mobile apps as well as our connected apps. By providing us with unrestricted access to experts with a deep understanding of the needs of the sports media and OTT sector, we built a product that provides an exceptional user experience. These new platforms meet the needs of the contemporary sports enthusiast and deepen our digital engagement with our avid New England fanbase."

These new OTT platforms (iOS, Android, Roku, Apple TV) offer NESN users a unique personalized digital experience to consume engaging sports content for their favorite NESN teams (i.e., Red Sox, Bruins, Celtics, Patriots) and leagues (i.e., MLB, NHL, NBA, NFL) like never before.

Key features include:

  • Ability to view live games via authenticated TV providers
  • Quick navigation to favorite teams and sports leagues
  • Tailored app content to users based on preference (sports, team, and league) and app usage (content watched and saved)
  • Ability to view scores, stats, standings, rosters
  • Set up game and schedule reminders as push notifications

"This was a highly collaborative project, " says Clearbridge Mobile, CTO Sanjay Malhotra. "There were many moving parts that required us to coordinate with third-parties such as Brightcove, Airship, Sportradar, and Adobe to make this happen. Our ability to coordinate project assets, lead discussions, and be subject matter experts ensured that this would be a smooth process. When Ariel came to us, he wanted a mobile solution that would increase end-user consumption to meet and exceed NESN's adoption and engagement goals. By leveraging our design thinking model, we created an easy-to-use experience that solved that challenge, resulting in enhanced content discovery and personalized experiences catered for NESN fans of all ages."

Working with Clearbridge Mobile enabled NESN to be involved at every stage of the project. Clearbridge Mobile's agile development framework fosters continuous communication and collaboration to help clients make informed decisions quickly throughout an engagement. Furthermore, this framework resulted in creating a prioritized product roadmap for NESN, allowing for the delivery of a fully functional product on time while still allowing for future product growth.

For more information on NESN's mobile and smart TV sports streaming apps, click here.

About Clearbridge Mobile
Clearbridge Mobile is an award-winning full-stack mobile app development company that provides user-centric design and engineering services to the world's top enterprises, helping them meet their digital initiatives. Clearbridge Mobile is dedicated to building better, healthier relationships between you and your customers with best-in-class mobile solutions. With more than 250 apps successfully delivered for enterprise clients like Dynacare, Crohn's and Colitis Canada, Participaction, Bell Canada, TD Bank, and Rogers Communications, Clearbridge Mobile is the right partner to help you capitalize on the momentum of today's digital consumer.

About New England Sports Network
NESN is consistently one of the top-rated regional sports networks in the country with award-winning Red Sox and Bruins coverage. NESN and NESN+ are delivered throughout the six-state New England region and are available anytime, anywhere on any device on the NESN app and at NESN.com. The network is also distributed nationally as NESN National. For the past six years, Forbes Magazine has ranked NESN as one of the 10 Most Valuable Sports Business Brands in the World. NESN.com is one of the country's most visited sports websites with a state-of-the-art HD studio dedicated to digital video productions. NESN's social responsibility program, NESN Connects is proud to support and connect its employees with charitable organizations in our communities. NESN is owned by Fenway Sports Group (owners of the Boston Red Sox) and Delaware North (owners of the Boston Bruins). Follow @NESN on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to stay up to date on the latest New England sports news. 

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おちょやん第4回・どうして弟のヨシヲは山奥に - Lmaga.jp(京阪神エルマガジン社)

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おちょやん第4回・どうして弟のヨシヲは山奥に - Lmaga.jp(京阪神エルマガジン社)

薄暗い林のなかで、弟・ヨシヲの下駄を見つける千代(毎田暖乃) (C)NHK

上方のコメディエンヌの生涯を描く、連続テレビ小説『おちょやん』(NHK)。第4回(12月3日放送)では、ヒロイン・千代の弟・ヨシヲの捜索がおこなわれる。

社長の厚意から鶏を売ることができた父・テルヲ(トータス松本)と千代(毎田暖乃)。意気揚々と家に帰ると母・栗子(宮澤エマ)が独りで、弟のヨシヲ(荒田陽向)の姿が見当たらない。

翌朝から村中でヨシヲの捜索が始まるが、いてもたってもいられない千代は懇願し、大人に混じって一緒に探すことに。

どうしてヨシヲはひとりでこんな山奥に立ち入ったのか、と考え込む千代の目に飛び込んできたのは、崖上に転がるヨシヲの草履だった・・・。

本作は、「松竹新喜劇」で喜劇女優として人気を博した浪花千栄子をモデルとした、明治の末から戦後を駆け抜けるヒロインの物語。年内の放送は12月26日まで。年明けは2021年1月4日から再開の予定。

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眞子さまの「結婚容認」も…“小室圭さんと親戚になりたくない”秋篠宮さまのご本心 - 週刊女性PRIME [シュージョプライム]

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眞子さまの「結婚容認」も…"小室圭さんと親戚になりたくない"秋篠宮さまのご本心 - 週刊女性PRIME [シュージョプライム]

小室圭さんとの結婚を〝必要な選択〟だと述べられた眞子さま(2020年11月6日・明治神宮にて)

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「結婚することを認めるということです」

 11月30日、秋篠宮さまが55歳のお誕生日を迎えられるにあたって行われた会見の内容が明らかになった。 

 殿下は公の場で初めて、'18年から婚約が延期されている眞子さまと小室圭さんのご結婚を"容認"。しかし、事情を知る宮内庁関係者は「苦渋のご発言だった」と明かす。

「秋篠宮さまは今でも、眞子さまの結婚問題に不安や心配のお気持ちを抱えていらっしゃいます……。

 その原因は小室さんであり、殿下は彼を気に入るどころか"彼と親戚になりたくない"という強い嫌悪感をお持ちだそうです。

 ただ、眞子さまの意思がかなり強く、父親としてその気持ちを尊重したいという葛藤を抱えておられるのです。

 自分の意見に聞く耳を持たない眞子さまと誠実な対応を見せない小室さん、さらに金銭トラブルを解決させるために一向に動かない母親の佳代さん……。

"なぜ結婚を止めないのか"という国民からの批判も痛いほど理解されている殿下は、非常につらいご心境で日々を過ごしておられます」

秋篠宮さま、本質問の後に「結婚と婚約はちがう」

 冒頭の"結婚を認める"というご発言は、あくまで法的な観点からのものだという。

「会見で殿下は"憲法にも結婚は両性の合意に基づくものなので、親としては尊重すべき"と述べられましたが、それは一般論でしかありません。

 事前に殿下に伝わっていた質問が終了した後、記者からの関連質問に回答する場面では"結婚と婚約はちがう"ことを強調されました。関連質問に対しては、いわば"アドリブ"でお答えになるため、本音が漏れやすいのです。

 結婚は個人の自由意志で成り立ちますが、婚約は秋篠宮家と小室家との問題であり、"婚約は許すわけにはいかない"というお気持ちが、思わずにじみ出たのだと思います」(同・前)

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Activist investors take over Artis REIT board - Winnipeg Free Press

Posted: 01 Dec 2020 01:51 AM PST

Activist investors take over Artis REIT board - Winnipeg Free Press

The management and board of Artis Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) has succumbed to pressure from Vancouver-based activist investors, Sandpiper Group, and agreed to step down.

After two months of pressure from Sandpiper, which owns about five per cent of the Artis units, five members of the Artis board have agreed to resign.

Samir Manji, the CEO of Sandpiper Group, called Artis's plan flawed in an October interview.</p>

Samir Manji, the CEO of Sandpiper Group, called Artis's plan flawed in an October interview.

As well, Armin Martens, the founding CEO of the company, has agreed to retire effective at the end of the year. Chief financial officer Jim Green will also step down after the 2021 annual meeting.

The agreement comes after Sandpiper launched the proxy battle at the beginning of October. Among other things, it objected to Artis's plan to spin out its retail properties into a separate REIT.

In an interview with the Free Press in early October, Sandpiper CEO, Samir Manji, said Artis's plan was flawed on many levels.

He said if such a plan was to be approved by unitholders it would leave unitholders saddled with "an orphaned, illiquid, out-of-favour asset class."

Sandpiper also took issue with the fact that Artis used Marwest, a company owned by the Martens family, for construction and property management services. Sandpiper said it was aware of extensive transactions with Marwest that have not been disclosed.

While Martens and Artis previously discounted the Sandpiper concerns, there has clearly been a change of heart.

In a press release on Monday morning, Martens said, "I am pleased that Artis was able to reach an agreement with Sandpiper that Artis believes is in the best interests of the REIT and all of its unitholders. Having served as Artis's founding CEO for 16 years, I feel this is an appropriate time for leadership renewal and succession."

Martens was not available to talk to reporters on Monday.

In addition to the management resignations, four board members have agreed to resign effective immediately — Armin Martens, Edward Warkentin, Wayne Townsend and Bruce Jack. Victor Thielmann resigned his board seat at the end of October.

Artis has agreed to fill those positions with Sandpiper's five nominated trustees — Heather-Anne Irwin, Manji, Mike Shaikh, Aida Tammer and Lis Wigmore.

Artis, like many REITs, is in a period of uncertainty as the COVID-19 lockdown has sparked concerns about future occupancy as well as current rent payments. The company was once very heavily into Calgary office space, but has divested most of those holdings.

Some believe its unit price has been unfairly penalized for the perception that it is still too heavily weighted in the depressed Alberta marketplace.

Sandpiper has said it would come up with a new strategy in the first 100 days of control of the board.

Brian Hayward, a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors, the former CEO of Agricore United and author of a just-released book called The Great Chair: A Window on Effective Board Leadership, said that if activists are demanding a new strategy for a company — which is the case in the Sandpiper/Artis proxy war — then they would be be looking to replace the CEO.

"If the activists are saying, 'We don't like your strategy,' and the strategy is Martens' then he is likely not the guy to change it," Hayward said. "It probably makes sense for him to leave gracefully. The new board will put a new strategy in place, whatever it is, but Martens would not be the guy to do it. It is anathema to him."

Early on, Jetport Inc., the estate of Tim Hortons founder Ron Joyce and the owner of a 13.3 per cent stake in Artis units, said it would vote its shares in support of Sandpiper's actions.

Manji had said it had been gaining support from other unitholders as well.

It is not yet clear what different direction Artis will now take.

In a prepared statement released Monday, Manji said, "We are pleased to reach an agreement with the board of Artis that we believe will benefit all unitholders. I look forward, alongside the continuing and newly added trustees, to contributing to the future growth and success of Artis."

martin.cash@freepress.mb.ca

Martin Cash

Martin Cash
Reporter

Martin Cash has been writing a column and business news at the Free Press since 1989. Over those years he's written through a number of business cycles and the rise and fall (and rise) in fortunes of many local businesses.

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2020-12-01 06:02:00Z
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