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Given how marriage as a sacred institution has now become a trade of sorts lately forced a struggling bachelor and breadwinner of his family to avail a bank loan for his younger sister's wedding. But Aasif Rashid, a low-rung Tourism department employee knew that it would take him more than 7 years to repay the borrowed amount. It meant, he thought, the seven-long years of agony and anxiety. And the very realization was leaving him numb with troubled thoughts.
Such characters caught in compulsions for satisfying the societal 'norms' often suffer in silence. And for the fear of disdain, their problem remains unaddressed.
But in case of young Aasif, who would grow pale and distressed after availing loan, a timely help saved the day for him.
He came across a group of Samaritans who are doing social welfare works on social media, apart from carrying their own professional tasks with sense of pride and responsibility.
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"When I met Aasif, he expressed his inability to repay the loan," says Dr. Ijtaba Shafi. "His situation demanded a quick action, so I wrote down his case and appealed people to help him on Facebook."
Within 72 hours, the doctor was able to collect Rs 1.10 lakh.
"After paying his debts," Dr. Ijtaba continues, "I told Aasif, albeit curiously: 'You're so young, then why do you've white beard?' He replied, 'Dr seab, wenheaz gach pani kruhun' (Dear doctor, from now on, my white beard will itself turn into black.) Those words shook me, but also made me happy, because the sullen man was now smiling."
Dr. Ijtaba Shafi works in the directorate of health department, Srinagar. In his free time, he works as a social media activist, who raises funds for the requisite victims through Facebook.
"We are a group of likeminded people who resolutely want to serve the needy," the doctor says. "We live in a conflict zone where people are economically and emotionally drained out. In such situation, our motive remains to help our distressed people."
From last 8 years, Dr. Ijtaba had been very active on Facebook as an outspoken and opinionated person. He uses the same connection to reach out to the people for the larger cause.
His welfare activism follows a simple method. Once the case is shared on Facebook, the need of verification and control over the information remains accountable and transparent, because whosoever contributes money goes straight into the bank accounts of deserved individuals.
Besides special cases, the group is also working for situational victims of Kashmir.
During 2016 uprising, Ijtaba and other group members raised Rs 17 lakh for pellet victims. That crowd-funding had come at a time when New York Times would describe the enforced darkness in Kashmir as 'an epidemic of dead eyes'. The mounting duck-hunting gun assault on dissidents had mobilized many sections of the society, both online as well as offline.
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"Then pellet victims desperately needed some expensive medicines and kits," says Yasir Rasool, a group member. "So, we chipped in the crisis situation, with our little effort."
Since then, the group has touched many lives.
Recently, one Fayaz Ahmad from Kupwara approached the group and informed them that his wife's heart valve surgery costs him Rs 1.25 lakh. The man had been drifting from one mosque to another to raise money. But despite forced to beggary by his cruel circumstances, he could only manage Rs 20,000.
"When he approached us, we verified his case," Yasir says. "He was crying and showed all the document of his wife. Then I called a cardiologist friend who work in the Khyber Hospital, Srinagar and appealed him to do the surgery on a reasonable rate. He agreed to do it on Rs 1 lakh minimum. So, we created a small online campaign and within 24 hours we received Rs 80 thousand for the patient."
Today, the patient is all smiles for the Samaritans who, she says, were sent by God as angels for her rescue. "We are a poor family and my husband is a labour," she says, fighting tears in gratitude. "We could've never afforded such expensive surgery. It's because of their help that I'm able to live today."
Presently, the group is busy handling another case from Bijebhera in south Kashmir. Although the patient is from a very good family, but her bone marrow transplant surgery costs her much higher than she could afford.
"We personally cross-checked different hospitals and found Ayushman Bharat Hospital right place for her," says Hajira Batool, another Samaritan in the group of Samaritans. "After all the paperwork, we will start generating funds worth Rs 5 lakh for her surgery."
But apart from Facebook fundraising, these young Samaritans personally contribute for community welfare on monthly basis. At the end, they distribute the amount among the handicaps, who lack any source of income.
Besides, they're alsoworking to make distressed and needy section of the society as self-sufficient.
Dr Sharmeen Mushtaq, another group member, is using social media to empower women. She lately promoted a Budgam woman, who's divorced in her early 30s, on social media.
But Humaira doesn't make much of her broken marriage, and always wanted to be a self-sufficient. She has a skill to make woolen sweaters, and after Dr. Sharmeen's online promotion, she is busy taking orders.
After Dr. Ijtaba's wife became her first customer, she has already received 175 orders for woolen sweaters in a month from people of different localities. "After Almighty Allah, I thank all the members of this group who helped me to become a self-sufficient today," says Humaira, beaming with success.
Amid these smiles, the group members want to touch many more lives in Kashmir.
"One can imagine our daily life agonies through painful Facebook timelines," Dr. Ijtaba says. "In these terrible times, we should be united and help each other in all the circumstances. And rather than spreading hate, we should use social media for practical purposes because its reach is faster and feedback is immediate."
And that's exactly how these Samaritans are spreading smiles around.
This story first appeared in January 2019 Print Issue of The Indus Post.
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Donald Trump's campaign manager, Paul Manafort, has argued that Trump's path to the Presidency was open because of his ability to win traditionally democratic Rust Belt states. Trump's super PACs, however, are only targeting the Rust Belt states of Pennsylvania and Ohio, along with Florida. This is an extremely narrow map, but one that nonetheless has become something like the common sense of this election cycle. Trump, the argument goes, appeals to uneducated white workers more than any other group. To win, he needs to capture swing states with lots of disaffected white working-class voters. The Democrats are not particularly interested in fighting for these votes. Hillary Clinton's acceptance speech at the Democratic convention, which seemed to have a word for each part of the Democratic coalition, could only appeal to white workers by mustering a comment on Trump's hypocrisy (Trump ties are made in China, not Colorado!), a ploy that worked with patrician Mitt Romney in 2012, but is unlikely to work with the new tribune of the white workers.
Trump's strategy is not terribly surprising. White workers have been slipping out of the New Deal coalition for decades now. The party has pursued policies that have exacerbated socio-economic inequality. Some Democratic politicians have been keenly aware that the party was losing white workers. Democratic Party politicians like Tom Harkin, John Edwards, and Bernie Sanders have tried to reorient the Democratic coalition to accommodate white workers, but all have failed. With white workers losing their attachment to the New Deal coalition, there have been several third party efforts to capture them: the Labor Party, the Alliance Party, and the Working Families Party have all attempted to occupy this ground; though only the Working Families Party survives.
With Democrats ignoring them, and Trump uniquely able to tap into the grievances, authoritarianism, and racism of white workers, Trump might set a new Republican high-water mark for the percentage of Rust Belt white workers he manages to pull to his banner. Some have even discussed electoral realignment which situates Republicans as the party of the old economy and Democrats as the Party of the new one. Indeed, such a realignment, if the Republicans can add more Rust Belt states to their map, would certainly help stem the decline in the party's ability to compete in national elections.
White workers, and men in particular, are clearly available voters for Republicans and Trump. But the more interesting question is why white workers haven't been solidly Republican for decades now. Since 1976, Democrats have mostly ignored labor issues, pursued a strong dollar, and abandoned protectionism. By 1996, free trade and financialization were Democratic Party orthodoxy. The transition to clean energy was added to the list in 2000.
Democrats haven't always ignored white workers. When Lyndon Johnson expanded the New Deal coalition to include African-Americans he attempted to transcend the racial divisions that inevitably fracture class coalitions in American politics. In 1964 it seemed possible that Johnson would succeed – he won in a landslide with 84 percent of union voters supporting him; but by 1968 his alliance was in ruins. Riots, busing, workplace integration, the end of residential segregation, and peace protests were all flashpoints that drove white workers first to a flirtation with the southern segregationist George Wallace, and then the Republican "law and order" candidate, Richard Nixon. Wallace won 10 percent or more of the vote in Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, and Michigan in 1968.
In an era when the white working class was a very large part of the Midwestern voting age population, the key factor keeping white workers attached to the Democratic coalition was labor unions. In the industrial Midwest CIO industrial unions had millions of members and, importantly, they tended to be far more integrationist than the building trades. Unions provided several functions in this regard. First, they provided people with everyday familiarity across the racial divide as well as the possibility of an ideological commitment to class solidarity. Unions develop members' political skills and, as Jake Rosenfeld has shown, they facilitate the participation of the uneducated in the political process. Unions raise money for candidates, though they can't match corporate coffers. However, they are able to deploy members to organize, canvass, and turn people out on Election Day. Unions have often provided key support to Democratic candidates, much as evangelicals provide similar support to Republicans. The importance of unions has been seriously reduced, not just because union muscles have atrophied, but because candidates choose to use other mechanisms to secure victory. Bill Clinton was contemptuous of ground mobilizations and instead relied on corporate, as well as labor, contributions to maximize television exposure. Obama simply created his own organizing effort, which was probably the most sophisticated on-the-ground organizing effort ever deployed in a presidential election.
Johnson's unstable coalition did manage to capture 84 percent of the labor vote in 1964, but labor support for Democrats plummeted to 50 percent in 1968, according to National Election Survey data. Nixon and Wallace fractured labor unity, but while they exposed the racial fault line in the Democratic coalition, unions have provided a counterweight to the rightward drift of white workers. Union households have always delivered higher percentages of white Democratic voters than non-union households. Nonetheless, the effect has declined. As Figure 1 shows, the union vote for Obama only outperformed the non-union vote by about 8 percent, considerably lower than union support for any previous Democratic Party presidential candidate (using Roper data, 12-15 percent has been the norm for labor households' outperformance of non-labor support for Democratic presidential candidates since 1976). Nonetheless, Nate Silver calculated that even that small 8 percent differential contributed about 1.7 percent to Obama's vote total in 2008 (he won by 7.2 percent).
While Democratic policies are certainly pushing white workers in smokestack industries out of the coalition, unions have also lost their ability to keep them anchored on the left. Labor's share of the workforce has been gutted, and with new right to work laws in the heartland of industrial unionism, it is unlikely that the bleeding will be stanched. As Table 1 shows, in 1964, unionization rates were well over 30 percent in the Rust Belt; now it is around 10 percent. Even among labor's remaining membership the percentage of white workers without a college degree has declined, and it was these members that were most significantly affected by unions. People of color and the educated are likely to vote Democrat regardless of union membership and it is this demographic that has a growing representation in labor as public-sector workers grow as a percentage of union membership. In general, the impact of unions on political outcomes is likely to be greatest where they are strongest, but that is in the solidly Democrat states of New York and California. The ability of unions to anchor the white working class in the Democratic coalition is practically gone. It is easy to see why white workers are more available to Trump than they were to Wallace and Nixon in 1968.
Estimated state unionization rates come from Hirsch, MacPherson, and Vroman (2001). Note: Ohio passed a draconian right-to-work law in 2014, but it was decisively overturned by ballot initiative.
We can see the extreme of this general dynamic in the case of West Virginia. The state is birthplace of the once mighty United Mineworkers, which was, along with the Southern Baptist Convention, a dominant force in the politics and community life of the state. The union's membership was once over 800,000. Today it is between 50,000 and 60,000, with about 35,000 still in mining. West Virginia was resolutely loyal to the New Deal coalition from 1936 until 1996, outperforming the national Democratic vote by 4.5 percent over that period. However, union-busting, labor-saving technology, and organizational innovations like mountain-top removal not only ravaged union membership, but undermined the economic well-being of countless communities in the state. In 2000 the Democrats nominated climate-crusader Al Gore (who was also a free trade advocate) and West Virginia was lost to the Democrats, and has been ever since. With no unions to anchor West Virginia voters in the Democratic Party, there was a sudden and radical realignment of West Virginia voters, which is only getting more extreme in each successive election. Since 2000, West Virginia has underperformed the national Democratic vote by 8 percent, on average. Trump leads Clinton there by 23 percent.
Of course, West Virginia is a very unusual state. It is overwhelmingly white and poor. It is also distinctively Baptist and uneducated. If Paul Manafort, Trump's campaign manager, could construct an ideal voter for his candidate, it might look a lot like a West Virginia voter. Ohio and Pennsylvania, two of the states Trump's campaign is targeting, both have a number of counties that share characteristics with West Virginia and a significant population of white workers who are no longer in unions.
Does this mean that there is a Brexit-like revolt brewing in the Rust Belt? The "specter" of "right-wing populism" is certainly a scary force in Europe. Trump, the argument goes, is more of the same. He will mobilize those "left behind by globalization" to carry him to the White House in America's own Brexit revolt. Trump is part of a global movement of the disaffected and, being on the side of history, will surprise us all on November 8. But will he? Unions, after all, are no longer particularly effective at holding the white working-class vote in the Democratic coalition. Judging by state politics in Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin, Rust Belt voters are perfectly happy giving power to Republicans who dismantle social services and pass right-to-work laws. But these states are no longer dominated by smokestack industries. Their populations have declined, raising the percentage of minority voters. Most have diversified their economies and now have educated workers in new economy industries. Ohio, which had more unemployment than the national average in the decade prior to the financial crisis, has had lower unemployment than the national average since. Cities are no longer composed of working-class communities surrounding factories. Instead, they are being reoccupied by young professionals. Latino migration is slow, but it is there. The moment that the Rust Belt could have carried Trump to the Presidency was probably 20 years ago, but of course back then unions played a bigger role in working-class voting.
The number of uneducated white workers is shrinking, and without unions they are less likely to vote. Ohio has underperformed the national Democratic vote in several recent elections, so if the race is close Trump is likely to win it. But with Democrats extending their map in Virginia, Nevada, and North Carolina, Ohio is no longer enough to win. Pennsylvania, much less Wisconsin and Michigan, are probably out of reach. For him to win there he needs to mobilize whites generally, not just working-class and uneducated whites, but so far his campaign has been one of zero-sum game tradeoffs. A Trump victory would probably require a string of terrorist attacks, police assassinations, or Black Lives Matter protests—the conditions that gave Trump a bump in early July. Of course that is possible, but it is more likely that white support for Trump is not a battle cry of white working-class culture, but a death rattle.


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Mercedes-AMG GT Sedan Spotted Testing Again, Ahead Of Global Debut
Mercedes-AMG GT four-door sedan will borrow it's styling cues from the AMG GT series
The Mercedes-AMG GT Sedan is the fourth model to join the AMG GT family
The car will draw power from the familiar 4.0-litre BiTurbo V8 engine
The AMG GT sedan will get a hybrid powertrain with about 800 bhp as well
Mercedes-AMG has been working on the AMG GT 4-door sedan for a while now. Recently yet another test mule of the car was spotted, possibly undergoing the final stages of testing before its official debut. While the new Mercedes-AMG GT sedan a.k.a. the GT4 is expected to make its debut at the upcoming North American International Auto Show 2018, in Detroit. Having said that, looking at all the heavy camouflage on this test mule, it is possible that Mercedes-Benzmight reveal the car a little later, possibly at the Geneva Auto Show 2018.
Mercedes-AMG GT Sedan shares its styling cues with the models of the GT family
Now the, despite the heavy camouflage we can see that the car is pretty much production-ready. Right from the signature Panamericana grille and the full-LED headlamps with eyebrow-like daytime running lamps, to the horizontal LED taillamps and the quad-exhaust setup, the car is equipped with production parts. The matte black alloys are the same ones we saw on the previous test mule that was caught testing. The coupe-like roofline is consistent with the AMG GT family with the stubby tail. In fact, the new Mercedes-AMG GT four-door sedan will also be a spiritual successor to the CLS 63 AMG.
While we do not see the cabin in these images, we did share an image of a heavily camouflaged cabin in our previous report. We had also mentioned that despite joining the AMG GT family, the four-door performance sedan will be based on the new-gen Mercedes-Benz E-Class sedan and likely to borrow some of its styling cues and features, especially the cabin.
Mercedes-AMG GT Sedan will be based on the new-gen Mercedes-Benz E-Class sedan
Powering the Mercedes-AMG GT four-door sedan will be the existing 4.0-liter bi-turbo V8 engine that is offered with AMG GT models. However, the engine will be tuned differently for the AMG GT sedan. In the standard sports coupe model, the motor makes about 510 horses along with a maximum torque of 650 Nm. Having said that, the concept version showcased used a hybrid powertrain with about 800 bhp on offer, but the production model will get this powertrain a bit later after the launch.
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Juniper to lay off more than 500 and close facilities
The company will also stop development on application delivery controller technology it licensed from Riverbed
Stephen Lawson (IDG News Service) 03 April, 2014 11:21
Juniper Networks will lay off about 6 per cent of its workforce and back out of application delivery controllers as part of a restructuring intended to cut costs and focus the company on markets where it can grow fast.
The job cuts, from an employee base of more than 9400, will lead to $US35 million in severance and other costs in the current quarter, the company said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday.
The Sunnyvale, California, company will also consolidate its facilities, eliminating about 300,000 sqm of leased space, or about 12 per cent of its global square footage. That step will cost about $US70 million this year, it estimates.
Juniper announced a new plan for its business in late February under new CEO Shaygan Kheradpir, saying it intended to become more efficient and return more value to shareholders. Activist shareholders, including Elliott Management, had slammed the company's recent performance. In recent years Juniper has expanded beyond its roots in service-provider routing, going into enterprise switching, security and other businesses, but has failed in those ventures, Elliott said in January.
Juniper said in February it would consolidate its routing, switching, security and network management and control products into one portfolio, and continually review that portfolio to determine which products fit.
Tuesday's filing fleshed out some details of the new company plan, including one of the businesses Juniper will exit. The company said it will stop development of application delivery controller technology that it licensed in July 2012, a technology that notably has no revenue associated with it, according to Juniper's filing. It licensed that technology from Riverbed Technology for $US75 million to fill gaps in the Juniper product lineup. Ending development will lead to an asset impairment charge of US$85 million, the company said.
Juniper expects to take still more charges throughout the rest of this year for facilities consolidations, cuts in marketing programs and other asset restructuring.
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An Eater's-Eye View Of Literature's Most Iconic Meals
Published April 24, 2014 at 4:15 PM EDT
1 of 8 — "On buffet tables, garnished with glistening hors-d'oeuvre, spiced baked hams crowded against salads of harlequin designs and pastry pigs and turkeys bewitched to a dark gold." (The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
"On buffet tables, garnished with glistening hors-d'oeuvre, spiced baked hams crowded against salads of harlequin designs and pastry pigs and turkeys bewitched to a dark gold." (The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
2 of 8 — "By this time he'd opened a new bottle of tequila and was quaffing it down. Then he grabbed a grapefruit and sliced it in half with a Gerber mini-magnum — a stainless-steel hunting knife with a blade like a fresh-honed razor." (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson)
"By this time he'd opened a new bottle of tequila and was quaffing it down. Then he grabbed a grapefruit and sliced it in half with a Gerber mini-magnum — a stainless-steel hunting knife with a blade like a fresh-honed razor." (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson)
3 of 8 — " 'Have some wine,' the March Hare said in an encouraging tone. Alice looked all round the table, but there was nothing on it but tea." (Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll)
" 'Have some wine,' the March Hare said in an encouraging tone. Alice looked all round the table, but there was nothing on it but tea." (Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll)
4 of 8 — "There was a deep little hollow where you could build a sort of tiny oven with stones and roast potatoes and eggs in it. ... You could buy both potatoes and eggs and eat as many as you liked without feeling as if you were taking food out of the mouths of fourteen people." (The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett)
"There was a deep little hollow where you could build a sort of tiny oven with stones and roast potatoes and eggs in it. ... You could buy both potatoes and eggs and eat as many as you liked without feeling as if you were taking food out of the mouths of fourteen people." (The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett)
5 of 8 — "In order to test his taste, she brought him a whole selection of things, all spread out on an old newspaper. There were old, half-rotten vegetables; bones from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a few raisins and almonds; some cheese that Gregor had declared inedible two days before ..." (The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka)
"In order to test his taste, she brought him a whole selection of things, all spread out on an old newspaper. There were old, half-rotten vegetables; bones from the evening meal, covered in white sauce that had gone hard; a few raisins and almonds; some cheese that Gregor had declared inedible two days before ..." (The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka)
6 of 8 — "It was made of small juicy clams, scarcely bigger than hazelnuts, mixed with pounded ship biscuit, and salted pork cut up into little flakes; the whole enriched with butter, and plentifully seasoned with pepper and salt." (Moby-Dick by Herman Melville)
"It was made of small juicy clams, scarcely bigger than hazelnuts, mixed with pounded ship biscuit, and salted pork cut up into little flakes; the whole enriched with butter, and plentifully seasoned with pepper and salt." (Moby-Dick by Herman Melville)
7 of 8 — "When I'm out somewhere, I generally just eat a Swiss cheese sandwich and a malted milk. It isn't much, but you get quite a lot of vitamins in the malted milk. H. V. Caulfield. Holden Vitamin Caulfield." (The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger)
"When I'm out somewhere, I generally just eat a Swiss cheese sandwich and a malted milk. It isn't much, but you get quite a lot of vitamins in the malted milk. H. V. Caulfield. Holden Vitamin Caulfield." (The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger)
8 of 8 — "He taught me how to eat avocados by melting grape jelly and french dressing together in a saucepan and filling the cup of the pear with the garnet sauce. I felt homesick for that sauce." (The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath)
"He taught me how to eat avocados by melting grape jelly and french dressing together in a saucepan and filling the cup of the pear with the garnet sauce. I felt homesick for that sauce." (The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath)
In the opening pages of Daphne du Maurier's 1938 novel Rebecca, the narrator lays out a feast for the imagination: "Those dripping crumpets, I can see them now. Tiny crisp wedges of toast, and piping-hot, flaky scones. Sandwiches of unknown nature, mysteriously flavoured and quite delectable, and that very special gingerbread." Of course, the reader can't actually see these treats — and that's where graphic designer Dinah Fried comes in.
Du Maurier's feast is just one of 50 tableaux collected in Fried's new book, Fictitious Dishes: An Album of Literature's Most Memorable Meals. It's full of photographs, all shot from above and each one of food — literary food, to be exact. From the watery gruel in Oliver Twist to a grilled mutton kidney in Ulysses to intricate "salads of harlequin designs" in The Great Gatsby, the book is a tribute to the tastes of authors and their readers.
Fried cooked all the meals, staged all the shots and took all the pictures. She joins NPR's Melissa Block to talk about the process and pitfalls of remaking these literary feasts.
On the toasted cheese in Heidi and the fork that tied the picture together
It's really one of my favorites in the book. That moment — reading it as a child, you know, the anticipation of watching her grandfather prepare this melted goat's milk cheese over toast and feeling so cared for — it's always stuck with me. ...
I found that fork at a flea market and I felt such victory. I thought, "This is perfect." It looked old and kind of worn, like he had used it for many years, so I felt like it was the perfect fork for that photo.
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"The kettle soon began to boil, and meanwhile the old man held a large piece of cheese on a long iron fork over the fire, turning it round and round till it was toasted a nice golden color on each side. Heidi watched all that was going on with eager curiosity." (Heidi by Johanna Spyri)
On the decision to shoot from above
Part of my want as a maker in creating these was to put myself in the position of the characters who were eating these meals. By shooting them from above, that was the closest I could come to a first-person perspective on the meal.
"I ate apple pie and ice cream --€" it was getting better as I got deeper into Iowa, the pie bigger, the ice cream richer." (On the Road by Jack Kerouac)
On the perils of pie and ice cream in shooting the meal from On the Road
I had to create it quite quickly because the ice cream would melt. I think I probably went through a few plates. But I wanted this photograph, naturally, to feel very American, as is the novel and apple pie and ice cream itself. So I went for a red diner place mat and wanted it to feel really classic and simple.
Once I had those elements in place, then it was about baking this pie, which was my first apple pie that I'd ever baked. I've never really been a baker. I'm more of an improvisational cook, and usually that doesn't work so well for baking. So I baked the pie, and I set it all up. Like I said, the ice cream was quick to melt. I think it's just the right amount melty in the photo. The pie was delicious.
On turning dirt into a dish from One Hundred Years of Solitude
I was interested in exploring what something that's not really appealing or delicious would look like, right up against a beautiful wedding cake or what have you. I wanted to make it look like a beautiful pile of earth, so it has lots of different elements. There are lots of little petals, which are in the book, and it's the prettiest pile of earth I could create.
On the fictitious dishes she's most proud of
It's the ones that I read when I was a child, because the way I read then — the way I think most people read then, and sometimes I still read now — you know, your imagination is ignited in such a special way. So the books that I read at that time — The Secret Garden, Heidi, Little Women, Anne of Green Gables — to me, there is a satisfaction in creating those photos that makes me proud and excited as a reader, the reader that I was then and I am now.


I'm sure you must have heard of Shupette by now, especially if you're a beauty addict like me! While I don't really see how a white, fluffy feline is associated with eyeshadow palettes, I definitely like the Shupette Has-It-All Eye & Lip Palette! If you're tired of all the neutral palettes circulating around and are looking for something more interesting to bring with you on travels, I think the Shupette one could inject some fun into your life!
Highlight the brow bone and add some base colour to the eyes (Steps 1-3).
Before you do anything to your eyes, always have foundation and concealor on first. Then, follow the steps below.
1. Highlight the brow bone with the light gold shimmer shade.
2. Dust the grey-purple shade on your entire upper lid under the brow bone. This creates a slight depth and shows off the hollows of your eye socket.
3. Next, apply the brinjal shade on your entire upper lid until around the crease. You can go a little further higher than that, but no more than the grey-purple shade in the previous step.
Add some glitter and shadow (Steps 4-6)!
4. Using your fourth finger, press some pink shimmer onto the brinjal shade to make it sparkly. Here, I'm using the eyeshadow duo from Laneige's Sparkling Beauty Limited Edition Collection.
5. Next, press on gold shimmer flakes onto the middle of the upper eye lid to complete the sparkly effect. This step is what really helps to open up your eyes.
6. Add the last bit of shadow to contour your eyes. Take the matte black shade from the Shupette palette and apply it on the outer one-third of your eyelid. Make sure that you do not go higher up than the brinjal eyeshadow (that would be overdoing it).
Add the finishing touches (Steps 7-10).
7. Line the upper and lower lids with a purple liner. Here, I'm using the Agnès B Liner Metallic Crayon Liner Eyeliner Pencil in 1519 Brun Métal. When lining the lower lid, place more definition on the outer one-third of the line, and soften things up as you go inwards.
8. Add the finishing touches to your face! Fill in your brows, curl your lashes and add mascara. I always use Guerlain's Méteorites in 03 Medium on the middle of my forehead, nose bridge, chin and cheekbones. Because of the light reflecting property of the product, this step really helps you to stand out in photographs!
9. Add volume to your hair. If you've lost trust in hair volumising products or serums that didn't deliver what they promised, try dry shampoo. It's one of my best kept secrets to give life to limp hair in a quick, fuss-free way. Make sure the product is dispersed near the roots of the hair strands and don't put too much, as you can end up looking like you're 100 years old, if you know what I mean. I'm currently loving the Caviar Anti-Aging Dry Shampoo from Alterna.
10. Applying lip colour is always the final step in any of my makeup routine. A pretty pink shade will pull the whole look together. I'm using the Lip Colour in shade HALA from 3CE, a beauty brand that I discovered while shopping in Seoul.
The final look is one that can be used for day or evening, even if you're not usually comfortable with smokey eyes. It's not dramatic, so it's pretty safe to carry off. To take this from day to night, simply apply the brinjal shade to a larger proportion of the upper lid, complete it with more black eyeshadow and wear a good pair falsies!
I hope you'll try this one out and let me know how it goes for you. If you do have any requests or questions, feel free to either leave me a comment or drop me an email.
Tutorial: Purple and Gold Eye Makeup Featuring the Shupette Palette was last modified: January 13th, 2015 by Roxanne C.


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Politicos Pause But Parties Don't at GOP Convention
The threat of Hurricane Gustav on the Gulf Coast put the damper on appearances by some politicians at the Republican National Convention, but the party pace continues unabated, event pros tell Special Events. The convention runs Sep. 1-4 in Minneapolis-St. Paul.
Minneapolis-based Twin City Celebrations lost only one event--a party for the Congressional Black Caucus--which was postponed until October. "Many of the congressmen and [congress]women were detained due to the hurricanes, choosing to stay within their home states to assist with relief efforts," notes Joy Devous-Baker, event consultant with the company. "This was the only event canceled due to Mother Nature. We have been very fortunate to have all other events booked for the RNC continue per the client's request. Our staff at Twin City Catering has been working nonstop around the clock to ensure our commitments are met and all our clients are well-fed and happy!"
Other than a greatly abbreviated general session on Monday, "The events outside the [Xcel Energy Center] convention center went on, but with a somewhat different agenda and theme," notes Charlie Feldbaum, head of Edina, Minn.-based Apres Party and Tent Rental. Apres has seen no change in its roster of events. "Anything that had entertainment went on as scheduled," he adds. "The events all tried to bring in another theme as to ways to donate to Gustav."
FROM "PARTY" TO "BENEFIT"
For independent planner Ryan Hanson, founder of Minneapolis-based BeEvents, this meant his Monday "party"--which at first the sponsor considering canceling--was then refashioned as a "benefit" for the Red Cross. Also, the abbreviated official schedule had his event team moving the start of the event from its original 10 p.m. up to 8 p.m. The changes actually helped the event, Hanson says, as conventioneers with little else to do showed up, adding another 400 guests to the bash.
Feldbaum admits to some qualms as the news of the approaching storm dominated the headlines. "We all wondered as the weekend progressed what was going to happen and what was going to be canceled," he says. "That is why I told my staff that every event must be prepaid. Even if they did cancel, the rentals were already in place and would have to be paid for."
Craig Oliver, general manager with Aarcee Party and Tent Rental in St. Louis Park, Minn., says all his events have gone on as scheduled. "I have heard that the restaurants are not as busy as they had hoped," he notes. "That, of course, can change."
Photo courtesy Republican National Committee
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Kate Gosselin Opens Up About Son Collin and Defends Her Parenting Style
The mother of eight said reports that her son Collin was abused are "unfounded."
ByKELLY MCCARTHY
Reality TV mom Kate Gosselin, of TLC's "Kate Plus 8," is interviewed by ABC News.
— -- Reality TV mom Kate Gosselin, of TLC's "Kate Plus 8," sat down to discuss the show's fifth season and the challenges and controversies that she has faced both on and off screen over the years.
In 2009, Gosselin divorced her husband Jon and became a single mom to 16-year-old twins Mady and Cara and 12-year-old sextuplets Leah, Hannah, Alexis, Joel, Aaden and Collin.
Gosselin, 41, said that since the shows inception ten years ago, she has become a different person and parent. "I almost don't even know her ... now it's like the wisdom, the experience, it makes you really a better parent."
Gosselin went on to reveal a tough parenting decision she made for her son Collin, who was sent to get treatment for educational and social challenges that she said, "was not even really a choice." Based on the advice of his doctors, she said, "it had to happen." The mother of eight said their family is "plodding along," but the decision was necessary.
As someone who says she would go to the ends of the earth to get the best for her children, Gosselin says she takes comfort in knowing that this was the best thing she could do for Collin right now.
'Kate Plus 8' Celebrates 10 Years on TV in New Sneak Peek
Kate Gosselin Opens Up About Son Collin's 'Special Needs'
The mother called reports "unfounded" that her son told staffers at his treatment facility that he was abused by her.
"I'm in the public eye. I have been investigated many times ... It's always unfounded obviously," she said.
Her ex-husband claimed that he has not seen their son Collin in a year and a half and that Kate won't tell him where Collin is being treated.
The mother refuted her ex's claims and said she is in accordance with court orders to not speak about the care and custody of their children in detail.
"I've known all along where he is. But the world doesn't know. And I'll leave it at that," Gosselin explained.
She went on to say that despite her ex-husband's assertions that he would take her to court over the issue, that she does not focus on that.
"I'm really focused less on what Jon has to say ... I don't really pay attention to be honest."
Jon's attorney Kristen Dolvea-Lecher told ABC News, "The whole story is not being told ... [Jon] is a loving and caring father who is acting within the scope of the law to do what is best for his kids."
Turbulent times aside, the past decade has brought Kate and her children a vault of memories.
"I wanted those moments documented -- and got ten years worth. And I will never ever regret that," she said.
Another memory that the mom of eight won't soon forget, her infamous mom hairstyle that got made into a wig. "I got a hold of one somehow," she said laughing. "Maybe one day I'll pick 'em up at the bus stop wearing it. And I'll get out and be like, 'Kids, I'm over here.'"
Season five of "Kate Plus 8" premieres Tuesday, Nov. 22 on TLC.


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WHO warns Europe on Covid-19
The World Health Organization has warned that countries have to make tough decisions as infections surge in multiple countries. Despite an uptick in cases, much of Europe has reopened with children returning to school and businesses reopening. WHO emergencies director Dr Mike Ryan said 'there's a time for decision-making coming.'
CDC knew it could not track the spread of Covid-19, report says
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials privately admitted that the U.S. failed to adequately track the spread of Covid-19, even as it offered guidance to officials on how to reopen the economy. Tracing systems were not sufficient to provide 'critical data for the CDC to inform and guide public health in response to Covid-19,' the organisation said.
Top Indian official touts effectiveness of national lockdown
Indian Council of Medical Research Director Dr Balram Bhargava touted the national lockdown the country undertook in March as 'effective,' stating 'we distributed the Covid-19 curve in a way that we did not have many deaths...we did not have a huge peak at all.' He said the country 'learnt' from the experience of the U.S. and Europe.
Argentina: half of tests positive
More than half of all tests for the novel coronavirus in Argentina came back positive on Sunday. Of 17,955 tests carried out, there were 9,056 positive results - a positivity rate of 50.4%. This is one of the world's highest positivity rates in terms of Covid-19 testing. The country is witnessing cases soar, as Covid-19 continues to batter Latin America.
Decision time for Europe as virus surges, WHO warns
The World Health Organization said Tuesday that Europe was facing decision time about tackling Covid-19 as case numbers hit record highs, children return to school and summer recedes. WHO emergencies director Michael Ryan said it was time to "stop looking for unicorns" and instead take hard decisions to protect those most vulnerable and keep youngsters in education — but inevitably see others lose out. "Europe is facing that moment as Europe enters into a season in which people will begin to come back indoors. The pressure of infection will grow, no question," Ryan told a virtual press conference.
https://mb.com.ph/2020/09/16/decision-time-for-europe-as-virus-surges-who-warns/
U.K. unemployment rose in July despite lockdown lifting, with more job losses likely
Unemployment in the U.K. has risen in the three months to July, the latest official data published Tuesday showed, despite this period marking the beginning of looser restrictions. The headline unemployment rate for May to July stood at 4.1%, up from the 3.9% figure seen in the previous three month period, which covered the start of the U.K.'s lockdown that began in late March, the U.K.'s Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. Estimates indicated that 32.98 million people aged 16 years and over were in employment between May and July, 202,000 more than a year earlier, but down 12,000 from the previous quarter. The annual increase was mainly driven by more women in employment, the ONS noted.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/15/uk-unemployment-rate-rose-to-4point1percent-in-july-as-lockdown-impact-hit-home.html
ANALYSIS: Has crime in France spiralled out of control since lockdown?
As a ferocious debate over whether French society has descended towards "savagery" and gang culture has dominated headlines in France the past weeks, we look at whether crime rates really are on the rise since lockdown ended. The word ensauvagement has dominated news headlines in France the past weeks. The term, which could be translated as "a descent into savagery", is not new. It has been a favourite of France's far-right for years and in 2002, then Front National (now Rassemblement National) party leader Jean-Marie Le Pen used it repeatedly during his presidential campaign. This time it was not a far-right party member, but Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin who brought it back into public discourse. "We need to stop the ensauvagement (descent into savagery) of a certain part of society," Darmanin told Le Figaro in late July.
https://www.thelocal.fr/20200915/analysis-is-france-spiralling-out-of-control-since-lockdown
Relief and fear as Portuguese students go back to school
Wearing masks and trying to keep a safe distance, more than a million pupils returned to schools across Portugal on Monday, a long-awaited moment for many after students were forced in March to learn remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic. At the Maria Amalia high school in Lisbon teenagers were called into the classroom one by one and asked to disinfect their hands, while windows were left open. Standing next to her son as they waited outside, Alexandra Borges said she feared there would be new infections at school but going back to in-person classes was essential for pupils of all ages, including her son Pedro, who brought hand sanitizer inside his backpack.
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-portugal-schools/relief-and-fear-as-portuguese-students-go-back-to-school-idUKKBN2651VL?il=0
UPDATE 1-Fuel demand rises as schools open, commuters shun public transport
Traffic picked up in cities across the globe as the summer season ended and schools opened, giving a boost to fuel demand, but the prospect of recovery remained weak as many commuters still worked from home and vehicle sales were down. The reliance on isolated forms of travel including private cars seemed to be the main factor boosting demand, analysts and traders said, as most people avoided public transport for fear of the coronavirus. Road traffic in New York, London and Paris was on a slow but steady recovery, data provided to Reuters by location technology company TomTom showed.
https://uk.reuters.com/article/global-oil-mobility/update-1-fuel-demand-rises-as-schools-open-commuters-shun-public-transport-idUKL8N2GC21S
UK jobless rate rises for first time since COVID-19 lockdown
Britain's unemployment rate rose for the first time since the coronavirus lockdown began in March, prompting fresh calls for finance minister Rishi Sunak to extend a job subsidy programme which is due to expire next month. The unemployment rate increased to 4.1% in the three months to July from the 3.9% level it had clung to since early 2020, in line with the average forecast in a Reuters poll of economists. Sunak's coronavirus job subsidy scheme has shielded millions of workers, and the number of people in employment fell less than feared in the figures published on Tuesday.
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-britain-economy/uk-jobless-rate-rises-for-first-time-since-covid-19-lockdown-idUKKBN2660QM
Greece tightens restrictions in Athens as COVID-19 spreads
Greek authorities on Tuesday tightened restrictions to stem the spread of the coronavirus in the greater Athens area, saying the pandemic was showing "worrying signs of resilience". Health authorities reported 310 new confirmed COVID-19 infections on Tuesday and three deaths, bringing the total number since the first coronavirus case was detected on Feb. 25 to 13,730 and deaths to 313. "The prefecture of Attica is now between a moderate to high epidemiological risk. There is an increase in the occupancy of intensive care beds," Deputy Civil Protection Minister Nikos Hardalias told reporters
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/greece-tightens-restrictions-in-athens-as-covid-19-spreads/ar-BB194pdf
U.S. COVID-19 death analysis shows greater toll on Black, Hispanic youth: CDC
A disproportionate percentage of U.S. COVID-19 deaths have been recorded among Black and Hispanic people younger than 21, according to a U.S. study, a reflection of the racial and ethnic make-up of essential workers who have more exposure to COVID-19. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that from Feb. 12 through July 31, there were 121 deaths among people younger than the age of 21 in 27 states. Hispanic, Black, and non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaskan Native people accounted for about 75% of the deaths in that age group, even though they represent 41% of the U.S. population aged under 21.
https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-children-teens/u-s-covid-19-death-analysis-shows-greater-toll-on-black-hispanic-youth-cdc-idUKKBN26634U
Coronavirus: Matt Hancock admits 'challenges' with COVID-19 testing after 'sharp rise' in demand
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has admitted there are "challenges" with the coronavirus testing system following a "sharp rise" in demand. Speaking in the House of Commons, Mr Hancock said the government was "working hard" to fix issues with COVID-19 testing availability but admitted it could take a "matter of weeks". He revealed tests were now having to be prioritised and also hinted at a possible future further rationing of tests.
https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-matt-hancock-admits-challenges-with-covid-19-testing-after-sharp-rise-in-demand-12072501
UK's creaking COVID-19 test system puts health services at risk
Britain's testing system for COVID-19 was creaking on Tuesday as a bottleneck prevented people including medics from getting a test in a potential threat to key health services, health sector organisations said. In an attempt to slow one of the highest coronavirus death tolls in the West, Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised in May to create a "world beating" system to test and trace people exposed to the virus. "Our members are telling us that lack of access to testing for staff is a major barrier to them delivering services," said Layla McCay, director at the NHS Confederation, which represents organisations across the healthcare sector.
https://uk.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-britain-testing/uks-creaking-covid-19-test-system-puts-health-services-at-risk-idUKL8N2GC2ZK
EXCLUSIVE: CDC's Confession That America's Covid-19 Tracking Failed
In mid-June, the post-coronavirus reopening of America was in full swing, even as the number of new cases was rising fast. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was key to President Trump's grand reopening, providing local officials with guidance on how to open up safely. But in private officials admitted the country had failed to track the spread of the deadly virus and that the agency thus lacked the vital information it needed to offer such guidance, Forbes can now reveal.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2020/09/15/exclusive-cdcs-confession-that-americas-covid-19-tracking-failed/
'Just a matter of time': nurses die as US hospitals fail to contain Covid-19
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had advised hospitals to isolate Covid-19 patients to limit staff exposure and help conserve high-level personal protective equipment in short supply. Yet Covid patients continued to be scattered through the Oakland hospital, according to complaints to California's division of occupational safety and health (Cal/Osha). Areas of concern included the sixth-floor medical unit where veteran nurse Janine Paiste-Ponder worked. Covid patients on that floor were not staying in their rooms, either because they were confused or uninterested in the rules, according to Mike Hill, a nurse in the hospital intensive care unit. Hill, who is also the hospital's chief representative for the California Nurses Association, said that staff was not provided highly protective N95 respirators.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/15/coronavirus-us-nurses-ppe-covid-19
Ireland's COVID-19 plan to limit social events and Dublin pub reopenings
Ireland introduced new coronavirus measures Tuesday including special restrictions on social gatherings and pub reopenings in Dublin as part of a national "Plan for living with COVID-19." The plan, which comes into effect at midnight, aims to provide a flexible framework for reducing infection risk over the next six months. It details five risk levels with the lowest corresponding to minimal restrictions and level five equating to a return to full lockdown. Currently the country as a whole is at level two, meaning that most parts of the economy and society — such as schools, restaurants, pubs and gyms — are open.
https://www.politico.eu/article/ireland-covid-19-to-limit-social-events-and-dublin-pub-reopenings/
Chinese citizens can receive COVID-19 vaccines as early as November
Wu Guifen, chief biosafety expert of China's CDC, announced the news Monday She said the clinical trials for the unnamed vaccines were 'proceeding smoothly' China launched an emergency COVID-19 vaccine scheme for key workers in July It has four of the world's eight vaccines that are being tested in the final stage
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8733489/China-coronavirus-vaccine-ready-public-November-official.html
Irish Government announces blueprint for living with Covid-19
The Irish Government has unveiled its blueprint for living with Covid-19. The Cabinet signed off on the medium-term plan for living with coronavirus, which includes different levels of restrictions, ranging from one to five. Tighter restrictions have also been announced for Dublin, which has seen a continuous rise of Covid-19 cases in recent weeks.
https://www.helensburghadvertiser.co.uk/news/national/18721757.irish-government-announces-blueprint-living-covid-19/
'A chaotic mess': The UK's Covid-19 testing programme is falling apart
"I'm feeling worse," says Ryan Gladwell, a barman at a pub in Derbyshire who is currently off work with Covid-19 symptoms. "I've still been unable to get a test. Day five of trying now." That's day five of heading to the government's website to book a test only to be told that none are available – either at drive-in satellite testing centres or via at-home testing kits. Gladwell has also called 119 several times to no avail. He's worried about his own health but also that of his young son, who has a serious heart condition.
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/coronavirus-test-uk
Australia's COVID-19 epicenter reports no deaths from the virus for first time in two months
Australia on Tuesday recorded its first day without a COVID-19 death in two months, as states began to lift restrictions amid growing confidence that a second wave of infections has been contained. While officials said there were 50 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, a small increase from a day earlier, Australia reported no fresh fatalities for the first time since July 13. Most of the new cases were in Victoria, Australia's second most populous state, which has accounted for about 75% of the country's COVID-19 infections. Still, with infections falling in regional areas of Victoria, state Premier Daniel Andrews announced social distancing restrictions in those areas would be eased late on Wednesday.
https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia-idUKKBN266025
Israelis angered by nationwide coronavirus lockdown: "They are punishing us"
Israelis reacted with anger and dismay Monday at an imminent nationwide lockdown aimed at curbing one of the world's highest novel coronavirus infection rates. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday announced a new countrywide lockdown will be imposed amid a stubborn surge in coronavirus cases, with schools and parts of the economy expected to shut down in a bid to bring down infection rates. "It's unfair!" lamented Eti Avishai, a 64-year-old seamstress, hours after Netanyahu announced a three-week lockdown will start on Friday. "They didn't stop the big gatherings in synagogues, the weddings and the other events, and now I can't be with my children and grandchildren during the holidays?" she added.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-israel-nationwide-lockdown-reaction/
Victoria police officer appears to stomp on man's head during arrest
An Australian policeman has been suspended over the arrest of a man who was allegedly hit by a police car and then kicked in the head by an officer. The man, 32, was put in an induced coma and admitted to intensive care after the arrest in Melbourne on Sunday. His family has called for an independent investigation, after footage of the incident went viral. Victoria Police said an internal unit was investigating. Melbourne has been under a strict coronavirus lockdown for the past two months. Police have been given unprecedented powers, under public health orders, to fine and detain people, but it does not appear that Sunday's arrest was related to a lockdown breach.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-54146225
Trump celebrates federal judge's decision to strike down Pennsylavnia Democrat governor's coronavirus lockdown measures as 'unconstitutional'
Federal judge rules Governor Tom Wolf's lockdown measures 'unconstitutional' US District Judge William Stickman IV said COVID-19 restrictions were arbitrary Stickman, a conservative jurist, was appointed to the bench by President Trump Trump was in a celebrational mood on Twitter, retweeting twelve different news stories about the decision At start of pandemic, Wolf imposed one of the strictest lockdowns in the country In May, businesses were allowed to reopen and stay-at-home order was lifted But there are still limitations on capacity in restaurants and alcohol sales in bars
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8732403/Judge-rules-Pennsylvania-governors-COVID-19-restrictions-unconstitutional.html
Britain's testing system for COVID-19 was creaking on Tuesday as a bottleneck prevented people including medics from getting a test, with the government saying it may take weeks to resolve the problem. In an attempt to slow one of the highest coronavirus death tolls in the West, Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised in May to create a "world beating" system to test and trace people exposed to the virus.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/uks-creaking-covid-19-test-system-puts-health-services-at-risk/ar-BB193GfK
Fear of more corona-like pandemics as land rights 'under siege'
Governments' failure to recognise the land rights of indigenous communities and their role in protecting biodiversity could lead to more coronavirus-like pandemics, researchers said on Tuesday. A study of more than 40 countries found many local people's land claims were being ignored, amid increasing deforestation and wildlife exploitation, which may be contributing to a rise in diseases, like COVID-19, that pass from animals to humans. "Despite compelling evidence that indigenous peoples, local communities, and Afro-descendants protect most of the world's remaining biodiversity, they are under siege from all sides," said Andy White of the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI).
https://news.trust.org/item/20200915173510-hz5yl/
Teachers, medics rally in Spain over poor COVID planning, infections stable
Teachers in the Spanish city of Bilbao staged a one-day strike on Tuesday to protest against their regional government's response to the COVID-19 crisis, while health workers in Madrid took to the streets to demand better working conditions. Protesters are demanding more staff and support from authorities as the recent surge in cases, at a time when pupils are returning to schools, prompted concerns about further infections.
https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-spain/teachers-medics-rally-in-spain-over-poor-covid-planning-infections-stable-idUKKBN2662XX
Nicola Sturgeon coronavirus update RECAP as lockdown restrictions continue in west central Scotland
A new law has come into force across Scotland today limiting social gatherings to a maximum of six people from two different households. It comes as the number of positive coronavirus cases continues to rise. Over the last 24-hour period a total of 70 people tested for the deadly virus, but Nicola Sturgeon said the figure was likely incomplete. She raised concern over a serious backlog of lab tests in the UK-wide system. The new rules apply to both indoor and outdoor setting, including in pubs, restaurants, homes and gardens. Kids under the age of 12 will not count. Across Glasgow, East and West Dunbartonshire, Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire and Lanarkshire people are restricted from meeting anyone from other households. The restrictions were today ordered to continue until another review on September 22.
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/nicola-sturgeon-coronavirus-update-live-22677694
Coronavirus in Germany: American 'superspreader' could face €2,000 fine for pub crawl in Bavaria
An American woman who became a "superspreader" by heading out on a pub crawl in Bavaria, despite being told to self-isolate, has been identified but not yet reprimanded, local authorities in Germany have said. Despite showing symptoms of coronavirus, a 26-year-old US citizen allegedly went out partying in the Alpine resort of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, kick-starting more than 40 infections in the town. Local media report that the woman, who works at a hotel for US soldiers and their families, was tested for the virus after suffering from a sore throat. She was told to quarantine herself for 14 days while awaiting the result, but ignored the order and went on a pub crawl. She reportedly visited a number of bars and restaurants and was told the following morning that she had tested positive.
https://inews.co.uk/news/world/coronavirus-germany-american-superspreader-fine-pub-crawl-bavaria-645418
Teachers in India carry on with lessons outdoors during lockdown
Out on a street in an Indian village, half a dozen children gather around their teacher who points a stick at the diagrams on a wall, one of many murals in the neighbourhood being used to help poor students keep up with their education during the coronavirus pandemic. With schools shut since March in a virus lockdown, teachers in Nilamnagar, western India, became concerned that some youngsters would fall behind because their families cannot afford an Internet subscription for online classes. So they came up with a workaround – children like playing on the streets, so they would take their lessons outside. "Since most of the families lack resources to educate their kids digitally, we had to come up with an innovative method to keep children invested in education, " said Ram Gaikwad, a teacher at Asha Marathi Vidyalaya school.
https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/living/2020/09/14/teachers-in-india-carry-on-with-lessons-outdoors-during-lockdown
India's economic activity almost at pre-lockdown levels but Covid looms: Nomura
Economic activity accelerated further in the week ended September 13, returning almost to pre-lockdown levels, a private tracker released on Monday showed. The Nomura India Business Resumption Index, which monitors economic activity normalisation, rose to 81.6 from 79 in the week ended September 6.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/indicators/economy-picks-up-pace-in-sept-but-covid-looms/articleshow/78116216.cms
Filmmakers capture horror and humanity of Wuhan's coronavirus lockdown
Documentary shows life inside the city's hospitals during the 76 days it was locked down in early fight against virus. Toronto film festival screens harrowing account which stays out of politics and focuses on human suffering.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3101608/china-filmmakers-capture-horror-and-humanity-wuhans-coronavirus
Australia records first day without COVID-19 death in two months
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-australia-state/australia-records-first-day-without-covid-19-death-in-two-months-idUKKBN2653JI
Regional Victoria 'step 3' roadmap restrictions and lockdown rules explained
The state government has announced that regional Victoria will now move to step three of the state's roadmap out of lockdown from midnight on Wednesday 16 September. Stage three restrictions were previously in effect across all of regional Victoria from Thursday 6 August. Metropolitan Melbourne entered stage four restrictions from Sunday 2 August and you can find out all about stage 4 restrictions here. A statewide mandatory mask policy has also been in effect since Monday 3 August. The Victorian government has released a roadmap for easing coronavirus restrictions, with the government expecting to move into the final step from 23 November if the entire state has recorded zero new cases for 14 days. Until then, here are some of the main things you need to know about the step three restrictions in regional Victoria:
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/sep/15/coronavirus-victoria-stage-step-3-restrictions-lockdown-victorian-regional-vic-covid-19-rules-stage-three-explained-what-you-need-to-know
Australia's coronavirus 'dictator' enforces a drastic lockdown. He's still popular.
Detractors call him "Dictator Dan." Supporters declare, on social media, #IStandWithAndrews. To residents of Melbourne, Australia's second-largest city, he is Daniel Andrews, the premier, or governor, of Victoria state and the politician responsible for inflicting upon them some of the most stringent pandemic control measures on Earth. The city named repeatedly over recent years as the "world's most livable" has been locked down since July 9. A week ago, Andrews declared that a citywide curfew will not be lifted until Oct. 26 — and then only if the coronavirus is almost eliminated.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/australia-coronavirus-melbourne-lockdown-daniel-andrews/2020/09/15/8440d9bc-f243-11ea-8025-5d3489768ac8_story.html
New Zealand faces another week of Covid restrictions as Ardern defends cautious approach
New Zealand will remain at its current level of Covid-19 restrictions for another week, the prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, said on Monday as she urged the public to stay the course on the county's "cautious" approach to quashing the virus. "New Zealand has followed a plan that has worked," she said, referring to her government's strict, early lockdown of the country in March as New Zealand's coronavirus cases started to rise. "This has both saved lives, but also meant our economy has been able to be more open in a more sustained way than nearly any other country in the world."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/14/new-zealand-faces-another-week-of-covid-restrictions-as-ardern-defends-cautious-approach
Coronavirus: Alert level 2 extension cancels school formal in Marlborough
An extension of alert level 2 has "gutted" year 13 students in Marlborough, after having to cancel their school formal four days out from the event. On Monday, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Auckland would remain in alert level 2.5, while the rest of New Zealand would remain in level 2 until at least 11.59pm on Monday. With a date set down for September 19, restrictions of 100 people per event meant the combined Marlborough Girls' and Marlborough Boys' College formal could not go ahead. Formal committee co-chair and Marlborough Boys' College student Jono Poswillo said he and fellow co-chair Taryn Breen, of Marlborough Girls' College, started organising the event during New Zealand's level 4 lockdown earlier this year.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/122768767/coronavirus-alert-level-2-extension-cancels-school-formal-in-marlborough
Singapore grapples with coronavirus in migrant workers' dormitories
Singapore is battling new clusters of coronavirus infections in migrant dormitories that had won the all-clear from authorities, highlighting the difficulty of stamping out the disease, even in a closely monitored population. As the wealthy city-state tumbled into recession, officials facing intense pressure to revive the economy are opting for limited isolation measures rather than the wide clampdowns earlier, but most low-wage workers are still penned in. "There is little choice," said Leong Hoe Nam, an infectious diseases expert at the city's Mount Elizabeth Hospital. "We need to be realistic. We need the economy to go on." The dormitories, home to more than 300,000 workers in industries such as construction and shipbuilding, with several allocated to a room, contribute nearly 95% of Singapore's tally of more than 57,000 infections.
https://af.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-singapore-dormitor-idAFKBN26502A
Some volunteers quit J&J COVID-19 trial in Spain after AstraZeneca scare, investigator says
Some volunteers have quit Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine trial in Spain after news of side effects in a participant in AstraZeneca's trial, the Spanish programme's lead investigator told Reuters on Tuesday. The investigator, Alberto Borobia, said there were enough reserve volunteers for the trial to continue as normal, however. "Many have called to ask us some more detail about the risk of the vaccine, whether what happened with that vaccine had anything to do with the one we are studying, these types of questions," Borobia said. He did not say how many people had dropped out.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-spain-idUSKBN2662HI
Long-term health effects of Covid-19 could cause a 'cycle of illness,' scientists warn
The long-term health effects of Covid-19 could cause a "cycle of illness" and strain care systems, researchers have warned. Many coronavirus patients have reported debilitating symptoms months after initially falling ill, with common "long Covid" symptoms including breathlessness, chronic fatigue and brain fog. The reasons behind them are still unknown, scientists said. Dr Rachael Evans, a co-investigator on a UK-wide investigation into the long-term effects of Covid-19 for patients admitted to hospital, said: "At the moment it is just so unknown.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/health/longterm-health-effects-of-covid19-cycle-of-illness-a4547411.html
Aurobindo Pharma ties up with BIRAC to develop COVID-19 vaccine
Aurobindo Pharma on Tuesday announced collaboration with the Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), set up by the Department of Biotechnology for the development of COVID-19 vaccine. BIRAC has facilitated the establishment of 'the r-VSV vaccine' manufacturing platform for the first time in India by supporting Aurobindo Pharma's COVID-19 vaccine development, the company said in a regulatory filing.
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/aurobindo-pharma-ties-up-with-birac-to-develop-covid-19-vaccine-5843881.html
Germany grants BioNTech, CureVac $745 million to speed up COVID-19 vaccine work
Germany awarded $745 million (577.79 million pounds) in funding to biotech firms BioNTech and CureVac on Tuesday to speed up work on COVID-19 vaccines and expand German production capacity. In a warning against political pressure to rush the process, Research Minister Anja Karliczek stressed that safety should remain the utmost priority to ensure vaccines will be accepted by the broader population. "Even when the world is waiting for a vaccine - we won't take risky short-cuts here," she told a news conference in Berlin. Concerns have grown that safety and efficacy standards might slip in the race to find a vaccine against the virus which has so far infected more than 29 million people and claimed over 926,000 lives globally.
https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-vaccine/germany-grants-biontech-curevac-745-million-to-speed-up-covid-19-vaccine-work-idUKKBN2661JB
COVID-19's Other Unnecessary Death Toll
"We need to learn to live with it." That, essentially, is the current response being put forward by the United States government and many state governments, as COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, continues to wreak devastation around the country. At the time of this writing, the U.S. has over six million cases of COVID-19, with over 180,000 deaths. My institution, the University of Michigan, and my state, had a relatively successful response to COVID-19. Our medical center's incident command center was opened on January 24, within days of the first confirmed COVID-19 case in the U.S. Our Regional Infectious Containment Unit (RICU), a unit specially designed for highly transmissible infectious diseases, opened within five days of the first confirmed COVID-19 case in the state on March 10. This rapid mobilization saved lives, and allowed even the sickest with COVID-19 a fighting chance. After peaking at close to 250 inpatients (about 25 percent of our total hospital capacity) battling COVID-19 in April, our numbers rapidly declined by the beginning of June. However, these numbers don't tell the whole story.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/covid-19s-other-unnecessary-death-toll/
NHS Highland looks to tech to help reduce Covid-19 spread in care homes
NHS Highland is looking to deploy technology in care homes which aims to help reduce the spread of Covid-19. The Scottish health board together with Highland Health Ventures and Wyld Networks are hoping to instal the technology which uses an app on smartphones and geozones, software-based virtual walls surrounding the care home. The software decides whether visitors and staff can or cannot enter the facility based on peoples' health status and level of risk. Once inside the care home, the technology monitors and alerts social distancing between staff, visitors and residents. Also, heat maps are generated in real-time to visualise areas where social distancing is being inadvertently broken. Changes can then be made to the building layouts, routines and room occupancy numbers. In the case of an outbreak of the virus, those at risk can be informed and scheduled for testing within the NHS.
https://www.digitalhealth.net/2020/09/nhs-highland-tech-covid-19-care-homes/
Covid-19 ethics: Should we deliberately infect volunteers in the name of science? (part 1)
Would you be willing to have a dose of Sars-CoV-2 sprayed up your nose for medical research? For thousands around the world, the answer is yes. Eager volunteers have already signed up to take part in human challenge trials, where participants would be deliberately infected with the virus in order to better understand the disease, and rapidly develop a treatment or vaccine. But should such studies go ahead with a dangerous and relatively new virus? In the first of two episodes, alongside a panel of experts Ian Sample delves into some of the ethical questions of human challenge trials and asks where the balance of risks and benefits currently lies
https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2020/sep/15/covid-19-ethics-should-we-deliberately-infect-volunteers-in-the-name-of-science-part-1
Coronavirus UK: 3,600 died from preventable conditions in lockdown
Dr Sonya Babu-Narayan stressed patients should not fear straining the NHS. She said messaging should be clearer, after months of a 'Protect the NHS' slogan. Patients were also reluctant to seek hospital care in case they caught Covid-19 Dr Babu-Narayan said this caused some 3,600 unexpected deaths
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8734779/Do-not-delay-care-fear-overwhelming-NHS-expert-says.html
Feeling in Germany is that war on virus is being won
Germany's top virologist, Christian Drosten, is back with his popular podcast after his summer holiday - essential listening wherever you are, although it's in the German language. He is causing quite a stir, calling for shorter quarantine periods and saying how wearing a mask can not only save your life, it can also reduce comments about halitosis, which is more commonly known as bad breath. "With bad breath, these are aerosols. If two co-workers meet at a buffet without a mask, the other one notices the bad breath. But they don't notice if they are wearing a mask," Prof Drosten said on the podcast. His good looks and irascible charm have made him a rock star in Germany. Not too many virologists can lay claim to that, although our own Dr Ronan Glynn has a swelling fanbase. Germany has had relatively low Covid-19 infection and death rates - 249,000 confirmed cases and 9,322 fatalities.
https://www.independent.ie/world-news/coronavirus/feeling-in-germany-is-that-war-on-virus-is-being-won-39532049.html
Analysis of COVID-19 spread from China, Italy and Iran
The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed over nine hundred thousand lives around the world and infected over 29 million individuals. The SARS-CoV-2 virus was first detected in Wuhan, China, in late December 2019, from where it rapidly spread around the world. SARS-CoV-2 is highly contagious and rapidly spreads from one person to another. In this new study, the researchers looked at exported COVID-19 cases by country and the time taken between entry until case confirmation for the exported cases using publicly available data.
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20200915/Analysis-of-COVID-19-spread-from-China-Italy-and-Iran.aspx
No data on migrants' deaths during lockdown, says govt
Even as visuals of hundreds of migrant labourers walking towards their hometowns in searing heat continue to haunt collective public memory, the Ministry of Labour and Employment on Monday told the Parliament that it does not have any information on how many of these daily wagers lost their lives during the nationwide lockdown announced on March 25.
https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/news/india/no-data-on-migrants-deaths-during-lockdown-says-govt/articleshow/78113225.cms
COVID-19: Lockdown was effective, didn't have a huge peak in India, says ICMR DG
Applauding the nationwide lockdown to curb COVID-19 spread in the country, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) director general Balram Bhargava on Tuesday said, "We distributed the COVID-19 curve in a way that we didn't have many deaths. It was because we had an effective lockdown. We didn't have a huge peak at all," according to news agency ANI. Bhargava further added, "US and European countries had a peak, then they came down and there is a second wave occurring there. We took learning from that."
https://www.livemint.com/news/india/covid-19-lockdown-was-effective-didn-t-have-a-huge-peak-in-india-says-icmr-dg-11600169547830.html
Brazil authorises additional 5,000 volunteers for AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
Brazil's health regulator Anvisa on Tuesday authorised AstraZeneca PLC to test its COVID-19 vaccine on an additional 5,000 volunteers in the country for clinical Phase III trials, the Sao Paulo university coordinating the test said. The increase, in addition to 5,000 volunteers already recruited and being vaccinated, will help provide more solid results on the safety and efficacy of the vaccine, the Federal University of Sao Paulo said in a statement. It said volunteers over the age of 18 were being sought in the states of Rio Grande do Norte and Rio Grande do Sul, at opposite ends of Brazil. Anvisa has waived the age limit that was 69 years previously, so older volunteers can be vaccinated.
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca-brazil/brazil-authorises-additional-5000-volunteers-for-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-idUKKBN2662SF
First vaccine approval could come at end of 2020: German vaccine regulator
The first approvals for a vaccine against COVID-19 could be granted at the end of 2020 or in early 2021, the head of Germany's vaccine regulator said on Tuesday. Klaus Cichutek, head of the Paul Ehrlich Institute, said regulators would not be less thorough than usual when evaluating applications for approval for COVID-19 vaccines
https://news.trust.org/item/20200915120810-j5laz/
Rise in COVID-19 cases 'very well might be' start of second wave, doctor says
Rising numbers of COVID-19 cases in multiple provinces are stoking fears of a potential second wave, and one infectious disease expert says this surge in infections might 'very well' be the start of that next phase in the pandemic. Infectious disease specialist Dr. Isaac Bogoch says that current upward trends in B.C., Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec may be fuelling Canada's second wave of coronavirus infections. "It might be, it very well might be. We're certainly seeing these cases rumble up in the wrong direction, and quite frankly what happens over the next few weeks and then over the next month or two ahead really depends on us. If we let our guard down as citizens, if we let our guard down for example as businesses and organizations, then we'll see a spike in cases," Bogoch told CTV's Your Morning on Tuesday.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/rise-in-covid-19-cases-very-well-might-be-start-of-second-wave-doctor-says-1.5105105?cache=yes%3FclipId%3D89619
Coronavirus: Mini lockdowns called for as Covid-19 cases mount
Wales should use micro-quarantines to avoid a second national lockdown in the winter, Plaid Cymru has said. It came before the Welsh Government outlined how it will tackle coronavirus in the NHS during the winter months. Plaid said small areas could be locked down around clusters where there has been a higher rate of infection, rather than entire council area. Caerphilly county became the first place in Wales to go into local lockdown last week.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-54154137
WHO reports highest one-day increase in global coronavirus cases since pandemic began
The World Health Organization on Sunday reported the highest one-day increase in coronavirus infections since the pandemic began: more than 308,000 new cases. India, the United States and Brazil logged the largest numbers of new infections on Sunday. The WHO also warned that Europe will see a surge in coronavirus-linked deaths in the fall as new infections have been soaring over the past weeks to levels not seen since the spring.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/09/14/coronavirus-covid-live-updates-us/
9pm curfew and 4.5million in lockdown - what could happen next
Tough new measures could be brought in to stop the rise of coronavirus, if the current legislation fails, according to reports. On Monday the Government introduced the rule of six - meaning no more than six people can meet either in private or in public. At the end of this week hospitality and leisure businesses will be forced to take contact details of all their customers - something that has been voluntary until now. And it is feared that Italy and Greece could this week be added to the growing list of places people in the UK cannot travel to. The measures come as just 17 places in England show a falling rate of coronavirus and almost 50 are on the watchlist meaning they are of concern.
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/uk-news/9pm-curfew-45million-lockdown-what-18935052
A second COVID-19 wave in Spain holds a warning for U.S.
Forget Spain's stringent and painful three-month lockdown that started in March, crushing the economy, killing tourism and frustrating residents. Never mind the praise the country received as a model for dealing with the coronavirus, which through the spring had raged out of control, overwhelming hospitals and killing at least 28,000. All it took was a short summer — of jovial parties, barhopping and vacation jaunts to coastal towns and neighboring countries — to return to something approaching the depths of the pandemic.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/a-covid-second-wave-in-spain-holds-a-warning-for-us-134312147.html
Increase Of 26560 In Spanish Covid Case Total Across The Weekend
As there are no totals published over the weekend the rise is usually quite pronounced. On Friday the Spanish Ministry of Health reported 566,326 cases of Covid-19.
https://murciatoday.com/increase_of_26_560_in_spanish_covid_case_total_across_the_weekend_1504895-a.html
France and Spain Fail the Coronavirus Test
If Europe has a strategy to stop the spread of Covid-19, it's keeping it well hidden. France's President Emmanuel Macron has vowed not to go back to the dark days of national lockdown, preferring instead to "live" with the coronavirus disease, but his government is struggling to halt a jump in cases. France reported more than 10,000 new cases in 24 hours over the weekend, a grim postscript to its decision to cut the required quarantine for positive cases in half to seven days. It's a similar story in Spain, the country with the most cases in Europe and the first to cross the barrier of more than half a million in total. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has also ruled out national lockdowns, but messy public-health disagreements between Madrid and regions such as Catalonia — and an initially lax approach to nightlife — have worsened a post-lockdown surge in cases. Taking population into account, the seven-day average rate of new cases in France and Spain is above the U.S.'s.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/france-and-spainfail-the-coronavirus-test/2020/09/15/dea40642-f728-11ea-85f7-5941188a98cd_story.html
Coronavirus in France: Bordeaux and Marseille announce tougher constraints
Two of France's biggest cities with COVID-19 infection rates gathering speed even faster than the national surge in new cases are tightening limits on public activities as the French government seeks to ward off a new nationwide lockdown. The stricter restrictions announced Monday in Marseille and Bordeaux were responses to a demand from France's prime minister that both cities take additional steps to stem their growing numbers of infections, which were putting pressure on regional health services. In Bordeaux, the top government official for the region announced a ban on gatherings of more than 10 people in public parks, along the city's picturesque river and on beaches.
https://www.euronews.com/2020/09/15/coronavirus-in-france-bordeaux-and-marseille-announce-tougher-constraints
Testing positive: half of Argentina's coronavirus checks yield infection
Argentina's coronavirus "positive rate," the number of daily infections to the number of tests carried out, has topped 50%, underscoring how much work the South American country has to do to bring the virus under control. Health ministry data on Monday showed the country carried out 17,955 tests the day before, when it recorded 9,056 confirmed COVID-19 cases. That indicates a positive rate of 50.4%, one of the highest in the world.
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-argentina-idUKKBN2652D2
Jordan closes schools in new curbs after spike in COVID-19
Jordan will suspend schools for two weeks from Thursday and close places of worship, restaurants and public markets as part of renewed restrictions after a record spike in coronavirus cases in the last few days. The decision taken after a cabinet meeting came as the kingdom struggles to prevent the uncontrolled spread of the pandemic, government spokesman Amjad Adailah said. "We are living through exceptional circumstances," Adailah said. Health Minister Saad Jaber said the government was seeking to avoid the kind of tight nationwide lockdown imposed in the spring that brought the virus under control with low daily case numbers among a population of 10 million.
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-jordan-restriction/jordan-closes-schools-in-new-curbs-after-spike-in-covid-19-idUKKBN26537A
If Manchester's farcical lockdown is any clue, the second wave will hit us all hard
The rule of six will just add more confusion. It's starting to feel like March all over again, except solidarity has given way to resentment
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/13/manchester-lockdown-second-wave
Coronavirus: New restrictions in force for parts of West Midlands
New lockdown measures have come into force in the West Midlands after the number of coronavirus cases rose. People in Birmingham, Sandwell and Solihull are banned from meeting others who are not part of their household or support bubble, in homes or gardens. The restrictions affect about 1.6 million people and run alongside wider rules that came into force on Monday. The council is asking the government for an exemption to rules around child care after parents raised the issue. Michelle McDaid, from Solihull, who relies on her parents to help with childcare, said the rules were "frustrating". Dr Justin Varney, from Birmingham City Council's public health department, said: "This... prevents family members providing childcare, and that is having significant impact on lots and lots of families."
Deputy minister: If lockdown ignored, we'll see dead in streets like NY, Italy
Deputy Health Minister Yoav Kisch said on Tuesday that if the Israeli populace does not abide by the sweeping lockdown regulations due to come into effect on Friday, infection rates will be so high that there will be dead in the streets, "like in New York and Italy." Kisch said there were many people, particularly the young, who appeared not to be concerned about the coronavirus and may be considering ignoring the regulations.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/minister-if-people-ignore-lockdown-well-see-dead-in-the-streets-like-ny-italy/
Chinese city bordering Myanmar enters coronavirus 'wartime mode' as official impose strict lockdown
Chinese authorities have locked down a city on the border with Myanmar and declared entering 'wartime mode' after detecting two cases imported from the neighbouring country. Ruili, a city with over 200,000 residents in southwestern Chinese province Yunnan, Monday reported the new COVID-19 infections, two Myanmar nationals who were said to have illegally crossed the land border. All residents of the city will be tested for the coronavirus as authorities pledge to crack down on the area's notorious cross-border smuggling trade.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8734439/Chinese-city-bordering-Myanmar-enters-coronavirus-wartime-mode-official-impose-strict-lockdown.html
China Locks Down City, Plans to Test 200000 After Two Covid-19 Cases Found Along Myanmar Border
A Chinese border city has gone back into lockdown and is testing all 200,000 residents after two people who illegally entered from neighbouring Myanmar were diagnosed with Covid-19. The government of Ruili in the southwestern province of Yunnan began mass testing on Tuesday morning to "thoroughly investigate the coronavirus outbreak and ensure the health and safety of people of all nationalities in the city"
https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-09-15/china-locks-down-city-plans-to-test-200000-after-two-covid-19-cases-found-along-myanmar-border-101605654.html


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