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Russia reports its highest single-day death toll: Live updates | News
Russia reported 153 coronavirus deaths, the epidemic's highest daily toll, raising total fatalities to 3,541.
Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid al-Fitr with millions under strict stay-at-home orders and many fearing renewed coronavirus outbreaks.
Turkey announced 32 new COVID-19 deaths and 1,186 infections in the past 24 hours, the highest number of the week, pushing total cases to 55,686 and deaths to 4,308. An Eid al-Fitr weekend lockdown has been imposed.
After the United States, the hardest-hit countries are the United Kingdom with 36,793 deaths from 258,511 cases, Italy with 32,785 deaths from 229,327 cases, Spain with 28,752 deaths and 235,772 cases and France at 28,332 deaths and 182,036 cases.
More than 5.3 million people around the world have been infected with the coronavirus to date, according to Johns Hopkins University. More than 342,000 people have died, while more than two million have recovered.
Here are the latest updates:
18:44 GMT – French coronavirus cases see lowest 24-hour rise since lockdown
The number of confirmed new coronavirus infections in France has increased by 115, or 0.1%, to 144,921 on Sunday, the lowest daily increase since the country went into lockdown on March 17, the health ministry said in a statement.
But the number of patients in hospital with COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, increased by seven to 17,185 after falling every day without interruption since April 15.
18:25 GMT – Chile's hospitals under strain as coronavirus cases near 70,000
Chile's healthcare system is under strain and "very close to the limit," President Sebastian Pinera has said, as the number of confirmed novel coronavirus infections approaches 70,000 after a rapid increase in recent days.
The Ministry of Health reported 3,709 new cases in the last day, bringing the total to 69,102. The death toll is at 718.
"We are very close to the limit because we have had a very large increase in the needs and demands for medical care, and for intensive care unit beds and ventilators," Pinera said during a visit to a hospital in Santiago, which has the highest concentration of cases.
Chile confirmed its first case of coronavirus in early March and surpassed 50,000 infections this week [Javier Torres/AFP]
18:00 GMT – Wuhan lab head calls virus leak claims 'pure fabrication'
Claims promoted by the Trump administration that the global coronavirus pandemic originated at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in the central Chinese city are a "pure fabrication", the institute's director has said.
US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have repeatedly said they suspect the virus that was first detected in Wuhan was somehow released from the laboratory.
Scientists think the new coronavirus, which first emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan and has killed more than 340,000 people worldwide, originated in bats and could have been transmitted to people via another mammal.
Lab director says it has 'three strains of live viruses', but none is genetically very close to SARS-CoV-2 [Hector Retamal/AFP]
17:45 GMT – South African president says lockdown to ease from June 1
South Africa will further ease coronavirus lockdown restrictions from June 1, President Cyril Ramaphosa has said, allowing large swathes of the economy to return to full capacity.
"Cabinet has determined that the alert level for the whole country should be lowered from level four to level three," he said in an address broadcast on television, describing the move as a significant shift in approach to the pandemic.
17:39 GMT – Turkey reports 32 deaths, 1,141 new COVID-19 cases
Turkey's health minister has announced 32 new deaths from COVID-19, bringing the death toll in the country to 4,340.
Fahrettin Koca also tweeted there were 1,141 new infections confirmed in the past 24 hours. The total number of infections has reached 156,827.
Turkey ranks ninth in a global tally by Johns Hopkins University. More than 118,000 people have recovered, according to the health ministry statistics.
17:20 GMT – Bolivia ex-health minster held in pre-trial detention over virus scandal
Bolivia's ex-health minister has been remanded in custody over a corruption investigation into over-priced ventilators to fight the novel coronavirus, the attorney general has said.
Marcelo Navajas was fired after he was arrested on Wednesday as part of an investigation into the purchase of 179 ventilators from a Spanish company for almost $5m, around two and a half times their advertised price.
Attorney General Ruddy Terrazas told journalists that a judge had remanded Navajas and three other health ministry officials in "pre-trial detention" following a hearing that lasted 12 hours and ended in the early hours of Sunday.
Navajas is to be held for three months and the other officials for six months.
Bolivia's ex-health minister has been remanded in custody over a corruption investigation [File:EPA]
16:50 GMT – Italy's daily coronavirus death toll drops but Lombardy not included
Italy has recorded 50 new deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic against 119 on Saturday, the Civil Protection Agency said.
However, it added that the data did not include deaths from the worst affected Lombardy region due to technical problems.
The total death toll since the outbreak came to light on February 21 now stands at 32,785.
16:30 GMT – Israel limits coronavirus cellphone surveillance to "special cases"
The Israeli cabinet has limited the involvement of the Shin Bet security service in the cellphone-tracking of people infected by the coronavirus, saying the measure would be a last resort where epidemiological investigation proves insufficient.
Circumventing parliament in March, as the coronavirus spread, the cabinet approved emergency regulations that enabled the use of the technology, usually deployed for anti-terrorism. Privacy watchdog groups have challenged the practice in court.
Citing waning contagion rates in Israel, the cabinet amended regulations so that the phone tracking is warranted "in specific and special cases only, where location … cannot be completed with epidemiological investigation using other methods".
16:08 GMT – UK's Johnson defends Dominic Cummings amid calls for resignation
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has defended the actions of his chief adviser Dominic Cummings, who has faced growing calls to resign for allegedly breaching national coronavirus lockdown regulations.
Johnson addressed a government news conference amid growing pressure to remove Cummings, who has defended his decision to drive 250 miles (400 kilometres) from London to his parents' home in Durham, in northeast England, with his wife and son as he was coming down with COVID-19 symptoms at the end of March.
"I believe that in every respect he has acted responsibly and legally," Johnson told a news conference.
Dominic Cummings drove from London to his parents' home in northeast England during a nationwide lockdown [Simon Dawson/Reuters]
15:50 GMT – Brazil's health secretary resigns
One of the architects of Brazil's battle against the coronavirus pandemic has resigned.
The departure of epidemiologist Wanderson de Oliveira adds to turmoil in a Health Ministry whose recommendations for restrictions to limit the disease have often clashed with President Jair Bolsonaro's calls to open the economy.
De Oliveira said he would leave his post on Monday. He had initially offered his resignation last month, but stayed on at the request of then-Minister Luiz Mandetta, who shortly afterward was fired by Bolsonaro.
15:30 GMT – Churches hold first Sunday mass across France as lockdown eases
French churches have held their first Sunday masses in more than two months after the government bowed to a ruling that churches, mosques and synagogues should be reopened, nearly two weeks into the relaxation of its shutdown.
France's Council of State, which instructs the government on legal issues, ordered it last Monday to lift its sweeping ban on all religious services, in place since the lockdown.
15:11 GMT – US hopes for in-person G7 summit at the end of June: White House
Any in-person meeting of Group of Seven leaders will take place at the end of June, White House national security adviser Robert O'Brien has said
President Donald Trump in March canceled the G7 meeting scheduled for June 10 as the coronavirus outbreak was spreading around the world and international travel was curtailed.
Trump on Wednesday said he may seek to revive the idea of a face-to-face meeting of G7 leaders near Washington, saying it would send a message that the world is heading back to normal.
"The G7 summit, if it happens in person and we think it will, will take place at the end of June," O'Brien said on CBS's "Face the Nation."
15:00 GMT – Public returns to St. Peter's Square
The public returned to St Peter's Square to receive Pope Francis's blessing from his window for the first time in nearly three months as he convoked a year of reflection on the environment.
Only a few dozen people went to the square, which was reopened on Monday along with St Peter's Basilica following coronavirus lockdowns. They kept to social distancing rules and most wore masks.
Francis delivered his message via the internet from his library, as those in the square watched on large screens, and then went to the window for the silent blessing.
Pope Francis salutes from the window of the apostolic palace overlooking an empty St.Peter's square [Alberto Pizzoli/ AFP]
14:33 GMT – Spain's coronavirus death toll climbs by 70
Spain's overnight coronavirus death toll rose by 70 to a total of 28,752, the health ministry said.
The number of diagnosed cases rose to 235,772 from 235,290.
14:19 GMT – At least 107 coronavirus cases traced to Baptist service in Germany
At least 107 people have tested positive for the coronavirus after attending a service at a Baptist church in the German city of Frankfurt, the regional Health Ministry said.
The new numbers came a day after authorities said they had confirmed at least 40 cases related to the service.
"Most of them are not particularly sick. To our knowledge, there is only one person in a hospital," said Rene Gottschalk, head of Frankfurt's health department.
14:00 GMT – AngloGold Ashanti finds 164 COVID-19 cases at Mponeng mine in South Africa
AngloGold Ashanti's Mponeng mine in South Africa has been temporarily closed after 164 workers tested positive for the coronavirus, the gold miner said in a statement.
The mine, the deepest in the world, only reopened in April after being shut under a nationwide lockdown, and had been operating at around 50 percent capacity. It accounted for around 7.4 percent of the company's total gold production in 2019.
AngloGold Ashanti said it had conducted 650 tests at Mponeng since detecting the first case of the virus there last week, and 164 employees had tested positive with only a handful of tests left to process.
"As a precautionary step, and after discussions with the regulator, operations… have been temporarily halted on a voluntary basis, to complete contact tracing and to again deep clean and sanitize the workplace and key infrastructure," the statement said.
Mine closed after 164 workers test positive for coronavirus [File: Reuters]
13:40 GMT – Football Bournemouth player tests positive for COVID-19
A Bournemouth player was one of two people working for Premier League clubs who tested positive for COVID-19 following a second batch of testing, the club said.
Bournemouth did not disclose the player's identity but said he would self isolate for seven days in line with league protocols before another test is conducted.
"AFC Bournemouth can confirm that one of its players has tested positive for COVID-19, following the club's second round of testing," Bournemouth said in a statement.
"Following strict adherence of the Premier League's return to training regulations, the club's training ground remains a safe working environment for players and backroom staff, who will continue to be tested for COVID-19 twice per week."
We can confirm that one of our players has tested positive for COVID-19.#afcb statement 👇https://t.co/1W2yyAXVA1
— AFC Bournemouth (@afcbournemouth) May 24, 2020
13:30 GMT – Madrid residents eager ahead of this weekend's reopening
Residents of Madrid and Barcelona are eagerly anticipating the opening of parks, museums, churches this week, as Spain prepares to ease some of the strictest lockdown measures in Europe in its capital and second city.
In Madrid, where for two weeks authorities have begun to let runners and cyclists out for exercise for a few hours in the morning and evening, graphic designer Jimena Ruiz jogged near the wrought iron fence of Retiro park, still shut with a chain.
"I can't wait for it," she said wistfully. "I'm really looking forward to running, sunbathing and sitting by the fountains."
Spain is now in the third month of its national emergency, having endured one of the largest per capita death tolls in the world from the coronavirus, which hit hardest in Madrid.
13:04 GMT – US poised to ban travel from Brazil: White House aide
The US is poised to announce a ban on travel from coronavirus-hit Brazil, a top aide to US President Donald Trump has said.
"I think that we'll have a new travel decision today with respect to Brazil and just like we did with the UK and Europe and China, and we hope that'll be temporary," Robert O'Brien, the US national security advisor, said on CBS.
"But because of the situation of Brazil, we're going to take every step necessary protecting American people," he said.
The US had previously cut off travel from China, Europe and Britain as the virus surged in those countries.
Hello, this is Elizabeth Melimopoulos in Doha taking over from my colleague Mersiha Gadzo.
12:07 GMT – Philippine public warned of claims of anti-viral drug
The Philippine health department has warned the public against social media posts claiming that an anti-viral drug developed by a Filipino doctor can cure or protect people against the coronavirus.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a cease-and-desist order against the use of the Fabunan anti-viral injection, amid reports that more people were getting the medication, said Health
Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire.
"To date, there has not been any record of the (Fabunan anti-viral injection) applying with the FDA," the Department of Health said in a statement.
"The department will continue to update our people of any scientifically proven developments in our fight against COVID-19," it added.
11:52 GMT – In Pictures: Eid al-Fitr in the time of coronavirus
Subdued Eid celebrations are held across the Muslim world as many people mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan under lockdown.
View the photo gallery here.
Palestinians attend Eid al-Fitr prayers outside a mosque in Gaza City [Khalil Hamra/AP]
11:40 GMT – A lonely Eid al-Fitr under a highway in Jakarta
Workers in the Indonesian capital struggle to earn a living and support their families amid the coronavirus pandemic. Read about it here.
Before the pandemic and the lockdown, horse carriage workers earned about $30-40 a day [Jessica Washington/Al Jazeera]
11:27 GMT – Iran: Death toll nears 7,500
Iran has confirmed 58 more fatalities from coronavirus over the past day, bringing the nationwide death toll to 7,417.
Another 2,180 people tested positive for coronavirus, raising the overall count to 135,701, the Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said.
11:08 GMT – First signs if a COVID-19 vaccine works possible in autumn: GAVI
First indications of the effectiveness of a potential vaccine against coronavirus may be available in the autumn, the head of the GAVI vaccine alliance has told a Swiss newspaper, predicting a long road from there to broad availability.
"Unfortunately, we really do not know which vaccine will work and whether there will be one at all. If we're lucky, we'll receive indications in autumn as to (a potential vaccine's) effectiveness," GAVI head Seth Berkley told NZZ am Sonntag in an interview published on Sunday.
"But there will still be a long way to go from there until an approved active substance becomes available in large quantities for the global population."
11:04 GMT – Lyon boss calls French League's halt to Ligue 1 'stupid'
Olympique Lyonnais president Jean-Michel Aulas lashed out at the French football league for ending the Ligue 1 soccer season early, calling the decision "stupid".
Aulas spoke after La Liga on Saturday got the Spanish government's green light to resume play. Matches will likely begin on June 12, according to League president Javier Tebas.
"In the past two months, the Spanish officials have been observing and working with UEFA," Aulas told L'Equipe on Sunday, referring to European soccer's governing body.
"What is paradoxical is that Javier Tebas, in particular, attended the same meetings as (French League director-general) Didier Quillot, notably that of April 23."
"In fact, what was said at that meeting with UEFA is 'patience'. When we see that our officials attended this meeting and drew different conclusions, one can feel that we are really too stupid."
10:58 GMT – Chinese Foreign Ministry says 'political virus' spreading across US
China's Foreign Ministry has said US politicians are spreading "lies" and "conspiracy theories" regarding Beijing's role in the pandemic, while calling on the two countries to cooperate in fighting the virus.
"It's most regrettable that while the coronavirus is still out there, the political virus is also spreading in the US and jumping at any opportunity to attack and slander China," Foreign Minister Wang Yi said during a press conference on the sidelines of China's parliamentary session, the National People's Congress.
Wang added that some US politicians "ignore the basic facts and make up countless lies and conspiracy theories concerning China".
China National People's Congress focuses on economic recovery
10:54 GMT – Lufthansa to resume flights to 20 destinations from mid-June
Lufthansa, which is in talks with the German government over a nine billion euro ($9.8bn) bailout, will resume flights to 20 destinations from mid-June, including some holiday hot-spots, a spokeswoman has said.
The destinations include Mallorca, Crete, Rhodes, Faro, Venice, Ibiza and Malaga, the spokeswoman said, adding flights would depart from the airline's main hub in Frankfurt.
Further destinations will be unveiled at the end of next week, she said.
10:51 GMT – UK PM Johnson's adviser Cummings will not resign: minister
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's senior adviser Dominic Cummings, who drove 400km (250 miles) to northern England while coronavirus lockdown measures were in place, will not resign, Transport Minister Grant Shapps has said.
"Is he going to resign?" BBC presenter Andrew Marr asked during an interview.
"No," Shapps said.
Several lawmakers from Johnson's Conservative Party called on Sunday morning for Cummings to quit.
09:32 GMT – Malaysia reports 60 new coronavirus cases
Malaysia has reported 60 new coronavirus cases, raising the total number of infections to 7,245, the health ministry has said.
The number of deaths remained unchanged at 115, it said.
09:31 GMT – UK aims to reopen primary schools from June 1
The United Kingdom's government intends to stick with a plan to reopen primary schools to some pupils from June 1, Transport Minister Grant Shapps has said.
"That's certainly the intention," he told Sky News.
The government faces opposition to the plan from some teachers and labour unions.
09:30 GMT – Indian states seek delay in restarting flights as coronavirus cases rise
Three large Indian states have sought to delay the planned opening of their airports on Monday as new cases of the coronavirus jumped by a record, complicating the federal government's plan to resume flights after a two-month lockdown.
Airlines are preparing to resume about a third of their domestic flight operations from Monday, even without clarity over which states will allow flights or what quarantine rules may apply to passengers.
9:00 GMT – India reports 6,767 coronavirus cases, highest daily jump
India has reported 6,767 new coronavirus cases, its highest daily jump, taking the overall total to 131,868, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
At least 147 coronavirus-related deaths were recorded over the past 24 hours, raising the total number of deaths to 3,867.
According to NDTV (New Delhi Television), Sunday marks the third consecutive day that India has recorded more than 6,000 coronavirus cases with a record number of new patients each day.
08:20 GMT – China 'open' to international effort to identify virus source: FM
China is "open" to international cooperation to identify the source of the coronavirus, China's foreign minister has said.
But any investigation must be "free of political interference", Wang Yi said at a press conference, blasting what he called efforts by US politicians to "fabricate rumours" about the pathogen's origins and "stigmatise China".
He added that World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has done a good job and countries with decency will support the body.
08:05 GMT – Iranian 107-year-old woman recovers from coronavirus
A 107-year-old Iranian woman who was infected with the new coronavirus has recovered, Iran's semi-official Fars news agency has reported.
The woman, Saltanat Akbari, was admitted to the Khansari hospital in the central city of Arak. She was released from the hospital after spending "some time" in isolation.
"She defeated the virus with the help of doctors and nurses at the hospital," Fars said.
08:03 GMT – Those who want China to pay coronavirus compensation are daydreaming: Diplomat
Those who want to make China pay compensation for the coronavirus outbreak are daydreaming, the Chinese government's top diplomat Wang Yi has said.
07:54 GMT – Russia records 153 coronavirus deaths, highest daily toll yet
Russia has reported 153 coronavirus deaths over the past 24 hours, the epidemic's highest daily toll, raising the total number of coronavirus-related deaths to 3,541, the country's coronavirus crisis response centre has said.
It also said 8,599 new cases had been documented, fewer than on the previous day, pushing the total number of infections to 344,481.
07:42 GMT – Jerusalem's Holy Sepulcher reopens
The Church of the Holy Sepulcher in occupied East Jerusalem has reopened to visitors after a two-month closure due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Christian authorities managing the site closed it to visitors in March to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, but religious leaders maintained prayers inside the shuttered church throughout its closure.
On Sunday, church authorities limited entrance to 50 people at a time, and required that those entering the cavernous site maintain social distance and avoid touching any of the church's stones, icons or other religious items.
07:38 GMT – UK PM adviser Cummings must quit over lockdown drive: Conservative lawmaker
Boris Johnson's senior adviser Dominic Cummings, who travelled 400km (250 miles) to northern England during lockdown while his wife showed COVID-19 symptoms, must resign, a lawmaker from the Prime Minister's Conservative Party has said.
"It is intolerable that Boris' government is losing so much political capital," Steve Baker wrote on Twitter. "Dominic Cummings must go."
Cummings said on Saturday he had behaved reasonably and within the law.
07:24 GMT – Singapore confirms 548 more cases
Singapore's health ministry says it has confirmed 548 more coronavirus cases, taking its overall number of infections to 31,616.
The vast majority of the newly infected people are migrant workers living in dormitories, the ministry said in a statement. Three are permanent residents.
07:14 GMT – Muslims pray outside Al-Aqsa Mosque
Muslims prayed outside the closed gates leading to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem's Old City as the holy site remained closed amid coronavirus restrictions over the Eid al-Fitr holiday.
Israeli police, some in riot gear, guarded the entrances to the compound.
Most virus restrictions have been lifted in Jerusalem, but the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound remains closed until after Eid, which marks the end of Ramadan.
Israeli police stand guard in front of one of the gates to the Al-Aqsa Mosque as Palestinian Muslims gather to perform Eid al-Fitr prayer in occupied East Jerusalem [Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu Agency]
07:10 GMT – Australia PM pushes jobs, Victoria to resume tourism
Australia's prime minister has stressed the need to create jobs as a way to minimise government welfare spending, while the country's second-most populous state Victoria set out measures to resume tourism.
"Whether it's how we access markets, how we deliver assistance, whether it's to bushfire affected communities … the thing that gets Australia back to where we want to be is making jobs," Scott Morrison told reporters.
These are his first comments since the Treasury Department flagged last week that Australia had vastly overestimated the initial costs of its coronavirus wage subsidy scheme.
06:30 GMT – Coronavirus kills more than 22,000 people in Brazil
Brazil has confirmed 22,013 deaths from the new coronavirus after 965 more deaths were reported in the last 24 hours.
According to the Health Ministry data, the number of cases jumped to 347,398 with 16,508 new cases registered.
Brazil, which has the largest number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in Latin America, is the second country with the highest number of cases in the world after the US.
06:15 GMT – Thailand records no new cases for fourth time this month
Thailand has reported no new coronavirus cases and no new deaths, keeping the total at 3,040 confirmed cases and 56 deaths since the outbreak began in January.
Sunday was the fourth day in this month that there were no new daily cases, said Panprapa Yongtrakul, a spokeswoman for the government's coronavirus taskforce.
There are 2,921 patients who have recovered and returned home since the outbreak started.
People eat at tables with plastic dividers as a preventive measure against the spread of the coronavirus in Bangkok [Lillian Suwanrumpha/ AFP]
Hello, this is Mersiha Gadzo in Doha taking over the live updates from my colleague Ted Regencia in Kuala Lumpur.
04:36 GMT – Australia use apps to trace coronavirus infections
Government officials say six million Australians have downloaded a mobile phone app that helps health authorities trace coronavirus infections.
Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt said the COVIDSafe app is playing a strong role in Australia's response to the pandemic and several countries have expressed interest in learning from the positive experience.
The government has said at least 40 percent of Australia's 26 million people need to use the app for it to be effective. There are approximately 17 million mobile phones in Australia. If a user is diagnosed, the app works to identify other users who have been in close proximity for 15 minutes or more in the previous three weeks.
03:38 GMT – China confirms three new coronavirus cases
China on Sunday reported three new confirmed cases of coronavirus, according to the Associated Press news agency.
Two of the cases had arrived from outside the country, and one had been locally transmitted in the northeastern province of Jilin, which had experienced a minor outbreak.
No new deaths were reported, and 79 people remain in treatment, with another 380 under isolation. China has reported a total of 4,634 COVID-19 deaths out of 82,974 cases.
03:10 GMT – South Korea reports 25 new cases, total at 11,190
South Korea reported 25 more cases of the new coronavirus as health officials try to bring mass infections tied to Seoul's nightlife district of Itaewon under control, Yonhap news agency reported.
The total number of cases recorded to date has reached 11,190, while its death toll remained unchanged at 266, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement.
Eight of the new cases came from overseas, and 17 are local infections, the statement said. The total number of people released from quarantine after making full recoveries stood at 10,213, up 19 from a day earlier.
03:04 GMT – Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 431 to 178,281
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 431 to 178,281, data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases showed on Sunday.
The tally showed the reported death toll rising by 31 to 8,247, Reuters news agency reported.
02:30 GMT – Indonesia marks Eid al-Fitr, the end of Ramadan
Muslims in Indonesia are marking a muted holiday of Eid al-Fitr, usually a joyous three-day celebration that has been significantly toned down as coronavirus cases soar.
The world's largest Muslim-majority nation, with more than 240 million people, has reported nearly 22,000 infections and 1,350 fatalities, the most in Southeast Asia.
It means no congregational prayers at mosques and open fields, no family reunions, no relatives bearing gifts for children.
Indonesians after Eid al-Fitr prayers, marking the end the holy fasting month of Ramadan, amid the spread of COVID-19 in Bekasi, on the outskirts of the capital Jakarta [Willy Kurniawan/Reuters]
01:57 GMT – New York Times front page lists virus victims; US deaths near 100,000
US newspaper The New York Times devoted its entire front page on Sunday to a list of the names of people who died in the coronavirus pandemic.
The names and brief descriptions culled from nationwide obituaries fill six columns under the headline: "US Deaths Near 100,000, an Incalculable Loss," with a sub-headline reading: "They Were Not Simply Names on a List. They Were Us."
The all-text list takes the place of the usual articles, photographs and graphics in an effort to convey the vastness and variety of lives lost, according to Simone Landon, assistant editor of the graphics desk.
A tally kept by Johns Hopkins University says more than 97,000 people have died of COVID-19 in the US, while the Worldometers website showed more than 98,000 US deaths.
01:35 GMT – Mexico tally now at 65,856 coronavirus cases, 7,179 deaths
Mexican health authorities registered 3,329 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the country and 190 new deaths, Reuters news agency reported, quoting a health official. The total number of cases in the country has hit 65,856 with at least 7,179 deaths.
01:01 GMT – Oxford's vaccine trial has 50-percent chance of success: Report
The University of Oxford's COVID-19 vaccine trial has only a 50-percent chance of success as coronavirus cases ebb in the UK, the professor co-leading the development of the vaccine told the Daily Telegraph newspaper.
Adrian Hill, director of Oxford's Jenner Institute, which teamed up with drugmaker AstraZeneca Plc to develop the vaccine, ChAdOx1, said an upcoming trial involving 10,000 volunteers threatened to return "no result" due to low COVID-19 transmission in the community.
"At the moment, there's a 50-percent chance that we get no result at all," Hill told the British newspaper. Human trials of the vaccine started in April.
00:40 GMT – Greece reports two coronavirus deaths
Two deaths from COVID-19 were reported in Greece during the last 24-hour period, bringing the death toll to 171, AP news agency reported, quoting health authorities.
Another three infections have been recorded since Friday afternoon, raising the nation's total to 2,876. The number of patients on ventilators stands at 20, while 99 have left intensive care.
Greek authorities say they have administered 152,998 tests for the disease.
00:10 GMT – Brazil registers 965 new coronavirus deaths, cases hit 347,398
Brazil registered 965 new coronavirus deaths on Saturday, taking the total number of deaths to 22,013, the Ministry of Health said.
The country now has 347,398 confirmed cases, according to the ministry, up 16,508 from Friday, when it surpassed Russia to become the world's virus hot spot behind the US.
00:01 GMT – Argentina extends Buenos Aires lockdown until June 7
Argentina extended a mandatory lockdown for the capital, Buenos Aires, until June 7, President Alberto Fernandez has announced, after the city saw a steady increase of coronavirus cases in recent days.
Argentina's lockdown, which was due to expire on Sunday, has been in place since March 20, though officials relaxed restrictions in some areas of the country.
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Compulsory Voting
In Australia, it is compulsory for all citizens over the age of 18 to enrol and to vote.
Australia maintains a national electoral roll, or list, based upon the 150 electorates in the House of Representatives. All citizens over the age of 18 are required to enrol.
Seventeen-year-olds may provisionally enrol and will be able to vote if their 18th birthday falls on or before polling day.
In addition to being compulsory by law to enrol, it is also compulsory by law to attend a polling place at election time.
Enrolment and voting in federal elections was voluntary from 1901.
Permanent electoral rolls were established in 1908.
Enrolment became compulsory in 1911.
Queensland was the first State to introduce compulsory voting in 1915.
Compulsory voting for Federal elections was introduced in 1924 and first used in the 1925 elections when 91.31% of the electorate cast a vote.
Enrolment and voting for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples became compulsory in 1984.
Other countries which have some form of compulsory voting are:
Liechenstein
Switzerland (some cantons only)
Non-Australian Citizens
The only non-Australian citizens eligible to vote at federal elections in Australia are:
British subjects who were on a Commonwealth electoral roll before 26 January 1984, at which time the eligibility requirements were altered.
Australian Citizens Not Entitled To Vote
The following people are not entitled to enrol and vote:
prisoners serving a sentence of five years or more
people who have been convicted of treason and not pardoned
people who are incapable of understanding the nature and significance of enrolment and voting
Compulsory Voting In Australia
This is a paper written by Tim Evans for the Australian Electoral Commission. It was published in Janury 2006.
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By Keith Brookman
During the 1980's four Football League clubs, namely Queens Park Rangers, Preston North End, Luton Town and Oldham Athletic, laid plastic pitches at their grounds.
However, artificial surfaces were banned from English Professional Football in 1995 over issues with ball roll and bounce and fears over long term injuries.
Whilst still not allowed in the English Football League or the Premier League, many non league clubs have now installed artificial / 3G pitches which are a vast improvement on those early plastic surfaces and Rovers will find just how good they are on Tuesday when they travel to play on Bromley's two year old FIFA Quality Pro 3G pitch in their FA Cup first round replay.
More of that later but just how did Rovers fare on the old plastic surfaces? Well, they never played at QPR's Loftus Road ground which had a plastic pitch from 1981-1988. The last league games between the clubs were in 1980/81 and we haven't met in the league since then, though we did play at Loftus Road in last season's Carabao Cup.
Oldham Athletic's plastic surface was installed in 1986 and that lasted until 1991, the last game on the surface being a 3-2 win against Sheffield Wednesday that saw The Latics promoted to the top flight of English Football. Rovers played on that Boundary Park surface just the once, losing 2-0 on 9th March 1991.
Luton Town installed a plastic pitch in 1985, and a second one replaced it in 1989 before the club reverted to playing on grass. Our one appearance on that surface ended in a 4-0 defeat in a fourth round FA cup tie on 25th January 1986.
Gerry Francis in Gas action on Luton's plastic pitch in 1986 [Photo Credit – Alan Marshall]
The plastic surface at Deepdale, home of Preston North End, lasted from 1986 until 1994 and, as far as I can tell, Rovers played on it on three occasions. They were beaten 3-1 on 8th April 1988, drew 1-1 on 11th February 1989 and won 1-0 on 10th February 1990.
The fact that Bromley, Tuesday night's opponents, play on a 3G pitch at their Hayes Lane ground has prompted many to wonder about the last time Rovers played on a surface other than grass and, to be honest, it wasn't that long ago.
On Sunday 14th July 2015 Rovers paid a visit to the wonderfully entitled Gander Green Lane, home of Sutton United, and became the first side to play on their brand new 3G surface.
Cover of Sutton United programme from four years ago – and before anyone asks, I also have no idea who Ian McLoughlin apparently was!
The day before the match Rovers boss Darrell Clarke had taken a side to his previous club, Salisbury, and watched them get their pre-season campaign off to a winning start with a 4-1 win.
The side that travelled to face Sutton was made up of Clarke's remaining first teamers, with a few younger members of his squad.
The game was a scrappy affair, though Rovers did win 2-1 thanks to goals from Chris Lines and Ryan Broom, with Jamie Collins scoring for the home side from the penalty spot.
James Clarke on Sutton's 3G surface four years ago [Photo Credit – Paul Loughlin]
Lines opened the scoring in the first half with a well placed free kick from the edge of the area and Broom, who was brought on at the start of the second half, added the second ten minutes from time when he beat goalkeeper Ross Worner after dispossessing central defender Simon Downer.
The home side's consolation goal was scored on 84 minutes when the referee decided that a Dan Wishart cross had been handles in the area. Collins saw his first attempt from the spot saved by goalkeeper Kieran Preston, but he converted at the second attempt.
As well as Preston in goal, former City player Jennison Myrie-Williams was in the Rovers starting lineup and another former City (and Torquay) player Toby Ajala also started, as did two members of the current squad, Ollie Clarke and Alfie Kilgour.
The side was as follows; Kieran Preston, Daniel Leadbitter, James Clarke (Alfie Kilgour, 66), Tom Parkes, Lee Brown, Jennison Myrie-Williams, Chris Lines (Dominic Thomas, 73), Ollie Clarke, Toby Ajala, Ellis Harrison (Jay Malpas, 52), Matty Taylor (Ryan Broom, 46).
Alfie Kilgour in action against Sutton United in 2015 [Photo Credit – Paul Loughlin]
That wasn't the first time that Rovers had played at Gander Green Lane as Gerry Francis was in charge when Rovers visited the venue for a pre-season friendly on Saturday 28th July 2001, though this game was played on grass.
Rovers trailed 2-0 until 12 minutes from time as home striker Matt Fowler netted in the 55th and 63rd minutes. Nathan Ellington pulled a goal back for Rovers on 78 minutes and Kevin Gall equalised five minutes later.
There were some in the side that Rovers fielded that afternoon who were never heard of again, at least not in a Rovers shirt. Ville Viljanen, for example, was in on trial. He had won a solitary cap for Finland in 1999 and had made 34 appearances for Port Vale.
Ville Viljanen, the Finnish international who played for Rovers against Sutton United [Photo Credit – Alan Marshall]
James Morrow was another in, on trial from Crewe Alexandra I think. Neither he nor Viljanen appear to have gone on to play pro football in this country though Viljanen went on to spend three years playing in Sweden for GAIS.
The side that afternoon was; Scott Howie, Che Wilson (David Prichard, 46), Andy Thomson, Steve Foster, Mark Foran (Trevor Challis, 65), Rik Lopez (Scott Jones, 46), Kevin Gall, Ronnie Mauge (Vitalijs Astafjevs, 65), Lewis Hogg, Alvin Bubb (James Morrow, 46), Ville Viljanen (Nathan Ellington, 46).
No doubt Rovers will have trained on a 3G surface prior to their first round replay to familiarize themselves with the type of surface they are likely to play on in Tuesday's FA Cup replay. Fingers crossed for a victory to send us through to a second round tie against Plymouth Argyle at The Mem!
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We support the development of solar energy, and have been actively involved in this field since 2008. SunMine, the first large solar plant in western Canada, is the result of our efforts.
SunMine was developed via a partnership composed of Teck Resources, the City of Kimberley and EcoSmart. It is the first large-scale solar project outside Ontario. The project won numerous awards.
Find more about SunMine at sunmine.ca and ecosmartsun.com.
We are currently managing the development of a 1.25 MegaWatt solar photovoltaic plant in the Chilcotin on the site of a former sawmill owned by the Tŝilhqot'in Nation Government (TNG). Once completed, the "Tŝilhqot'in Solar Initiative" (TŜI) will be the first large-scale solar power plant 100% owned and operated by a First Nation in Canada. It will be also the largest solar farm in western Canada.


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Schools role outlined
ELIZABETH VUVU
THE task of national high schools is to educate "the cream of the country" to produce leaders for the future but this seems to have been long forgotten, a former principal said yesterday.
Lionel Melville said provincial high schools were keeping their best students and national high schools were often left with "the odd ones" who did not want to continue studying.
"So we lose the main point for a national high school and also lose students from all over the country," he said.
"The Government no longer offers scholarship for students and national high schools get students within the region.
"We must find a way again to get the cream of our high schools and put them together again for the good of the country."
Mr Melville, a former principal of Kerevat National High School, pointed this out at the launch of the school's history book, Tuum East Kerevat National High School and its students (1946-1986) yesterday.
Mr Melville said a national high school was a school for PNG that emphasised unity and brought together students from all over the country.
"National high schools are for 'the best, the cream' and this is because we must produce quality young people if we want to address the issues affecting our country and to move to the next level," he said.
"Once you offer education on a mass basis, the standard drops and Kerevat is a clear case."
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Even though our healthcare system has focused on heart failure for several years, we continue not to see the outcome results sought. Readmission rates and medication reconciliation continue to be hot topics when discussing heart failure outcome data. Although these are important measures to consider, I think there is much more to consider. For example, some of the readmissions that are preventable are due to the lack of weight monitoring across the transitions of care, including home. In the home, individuals should be educated on the importance of stepping on the scale daily, at the same time of the day, and recording their weight. This is just one example of the many variables that can lead to heart failure exacerbations. Case managers play an integral role in developing strategies that effectively transition individuals with heart failure to different levels of care and/or home.
Healthcare organizations must invest in resources to ensure that individuals with heart failure, or any other high-risk group, have the necessary tools to succeed at the next level of care. Transitions of care includes doing effective medication reconciliation. Often, the idea of who owns this process has been an ongoing conversation between physicians, nurses and/or pharmacists. In the end, every effort should be made to ensure we are setting up each person we take care of for success.
As case managers, our most important role is to advocate for the resources and tools that will benefit the individuals and populations we serve. Often, I hear that someone is non-compliant with their heart failure treatment plan. The question we should ask ourselves is: Have we given the person with heart failure the tools and education to be adherent to their treatment plans? Obviously, individuals do have the right to make wrong decisions and not follow recommendations to improving or maintaining their health. In my experience, these individuals are few and far between. Many times, we have not considered the best evidence-based approaches in helping individuals understand the "why" behind the recommendations. Education is critical and should be provided by each discipline involved in a systematic and consistent way so that we are promoting the opportunity for each individual to be successful with their disease progression.
As case management leaders, we have an opportunity to champion programs and resources that engage front-line case managers, regardless of practice settings, to have meaningful discussions with high-risk individuals. The competition for budget dollars is intense in many organizations, so understanding how to construct programming proposals that include a return on investment (ROI) is essential in getting the resources necessary. As a case management profession, we have a responsibility to provide case management leaders with education on how to construct programming proposals with ROI and how to effectively have conversations with their organization's executive leaders.
Finally, it is essential to include the individual and their caregivers in the care management plan. As a case management leader, I often hear how the individual and/or family members were not included in a bi-directional conversation. Research continues to demonstrate that including individuals and their families in the conversation produces better adherence to the treatment and/or care management plan. Cultural beliefs and/or language barriers should not be an excuse for not including the individual and their family. Federal regulations require healthcare organizations to have access to interpreters, and it is the right thing to do to promote consumer engagement. Heart failure continues to be a disease that we can achieve better outcomes with through further engagement, tools, and resources.


Bach's Christmas Oratorio is a cycle of cantatas unified by the Christmas story and was first performed over six days (the first three days of Christmas, New Year's Day, Sunday after New Year and the Feast of the Epiphany) in 1734/5. Like the St. Matthew Passion and St. John Passion, an Evangelist narrates this work.
From the splendid opening chorus of the first cantata, to the final chorale and trumpet fanfare the music takes the listener through a range of emotions from praise, joy and adoration to rage, fear and, finally, glory.


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Moselle Development invites India to participate in EITS 2014
Published by Hemant Sanganee on Nov 2, 2014
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"Euro India Technology Sourcing (EITS) is a business meeting aiming to establish new contacts between companies from India and Europe interested to develop and boost strong trade relations in the field of materials, processes and energies. EITS is a part of the public strategy for the development of a European Materials and Energy Valley in Eastern France. EITS is organized by Moselle Development, the economic development agency of the General Council of Moselle", said Mr. Claude BITTE, Head of Moselle Delegation event held jointly by All India Association of Industries (AIAI) and World Trade Centre Mumbai.
EITS 2014 scheduled from 9th to 11th December, 2014 expects participation from 300 companies from India & Europe focusing on materials & processes for industry, transportation & energy. The focus sectors for the technology conference include producing materials (metals, chemicals, plastics & natural fibers) and equipment endowed with new functions, generating power, improving energy efficiency, saving energy, storing energy, distributing energy, recycling renewable raw materials and saving of raw materials, Mr. BITTE stated.
The key features of the EITS 2014 include one-to-one meetings, company presentations, conferences, exhibition, technical site-visits, cluster matching and networking events. Attendees at EITS 2014 will benefit from new commercial opportunities, new technologies and solutions, latest information about material trends and innovations and meet potential partners and foster collaborations. It is an ideal platform to meet manufacturers, suppliers, research institutions, technology transfer organisations, Investors, government representatives and agencies from Europe added Mr. BITTE.
Mr. BITTE further added that the region confers access to cross border territory of France, Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg comprising of 11 million population. Nearly 430 foreign companies have set base in Moselle. Also, the region is well connected by roadways, railways and airways with the neighbouring cities.
Mr. BITTE also said that the EITS 2014 seminar is expected to boost the India's trade with the European Union. Germany and France which form key hosts of EITS are leading trading partners of India with trade worth Euros 17.4 billion and Euros 7.3 billion respectively. The European participants at the EITS 2014 seek manufacturing, subcontracting, machining, R and D, logistics and transport partnerships with India.
Mr. Jean Peytregnet, Consul General of France in Mumbai said that I am glad to participate in this event which marks the end of the various roadshows which the French state of La Moselle has been organizing in India, in order to promote a business event which will be organized from the 9th to the 11th of December in Metz, its capital city.
Mr. Peytregnet said that today more than 700 subsidiaries of French groups employ 250000 people in India and generate something like US$ 18 bn turnover/year. Our bilateral trade is also storni: in 2013, French export towards India was in the range of US$ 2.3 bn. India trade towards France is even higher and has reached US$ 5.2 bn.
Mr. Peytregnet confirmed that the interest for the Indian market is very high in France. The French companies know that the Indian market has a lot of potential. Last year the French agency for the Promotion of Foreign Trade called Ubifrance organized altogether more than 300 business meetings between French and Indian companies in India.
But of course the main reason why you will fly to Metz is to participate in the business meeting which will be organized there during EITS, which stands for "Euro India Technology Sourcing & Business Opportunities". I am confident that this will be a good occasion for you to find new business connections in France and in Europe.
On the other side the interest of Indian companies for the French market is also high: every year 100 Indian companies exhibit in French Trade exhibitions and more than 3000 Indian businessmen visit the French trade fairs. In October alone we had about 500 Indian visitors for the agro food exhibition called SIAL. We also expect a good participation of Indian businessmen in December at the exhibition on environment called Pollutech and in next February at SIMA dedicated to agriculture machinery he added.
Earlier, in his welcome remarks Mr. Vijay Kalantri, President, All India Association of Industries and Vice-Chairman, MVIRDC World Trade Centre said that the US$ 2 trillion Indian economy intends to prosper to US$ 5 trillion in the years to come. It is imperative that India join hands with its global counterparts in this pursuit. The EITS 2014 being hosted in France lays special emphasis on technological upgradation. Technology is the need of the hour given the "Make in India" campaign being proposed by the PM Mr. Modi. India can take learning lessons from France in technology towards improving its manufacturing, logistics and infrastructural status. We perceive more than 100 Indian delegates will participate in the conference and benefit from the discussions and debates on technological innovation.
Mr. Kalantri further added that India and France enjoy cordial relations. The total bilateral trade between India and France stands at US$ 8.8 billion with Indian exports worth US$ 5.1 billion and Indian imports worth US$ 3.7 billion. Also, foreign investments from France into India have been prominent contributing to nearly 2% of total foreign funds. France being the ninth largest investor in India has invested nearly Euros 2.31 billion till June, 2012. We seek to foster greater trade ties with France and participation in EITS 2014 conference lays foundation towards the same.


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One thing I have found is that Spanish speakers need fewer words to get their point across than English speakers do, albeit not in vocabulary but in grammar. For instance ¿Cómo estás? is "How are you?" but there is no you in the sentence because it is implied in the verb. "Mucho gusto" means "Nice to meet you" but actually mucho translates to much or many and gusto is the I form of the verb gustar which means to please. So actually the literal translation is closer to "You please me," which to me, seems mucho more cordial than "Nice to meet you."
When I started learning Spanish, I thought that I could just replace English words with their Spanish counterparts (like mucho with much). Sadly, it doesn't work that way. Spanish, like many languages, doesn't translate to English word for word. In fact, some languages have words and/or phrases that we don't use in English and the English language uses many words, phrases, and often even syntax that doesn't translate well to other languages.
The Romance languages are also called the Latin languages, probably because they evolved from Vulgar Latin ( the common, spoken Latin of the ancients, not to be confused with Classical Latin which, I guess, is a horse of a different color!).
Although Spanish is the only language I have studied, other than my native English, I think the romance languages are marvelous. Their similarities seem to bind them with familial ties, while at the same time, distinct differences make each language unique to its culture and location.
Somewhere from beteen 23 and 35 different dialects and variants of these languages have spread across the world covering much of Europe, Africa and the Americas.
I truly admire those who can speak more than one language. It always surprises me when they apologize for their "poor English." It is I who should apologize for my poor Greek, Italian, Hindi, Arabic, and more and that more, of course, includes Spanish. In truth, quite often my tongue still trips over English!


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WORLD CINEMA: Charlotte and Her Boyfriend (1958)
On September 23, 2021 By CarolIn Uncategorized6 Comments
Granted, it's a 12-minute short so we don't get to look at Jean-Paul Belmondo for as long as we'd like. Granted, his voice is dubbed by director Jean-Luc Godard so we don't get to listen to him either. And yeah, after the devastating news of his death earlier this month, I could have easily chosen his most iconic performance, in Godard's Breathless (1960) or any of his films with best friend Alain Delon. But everybody's been doing that. So I decided to go for the short film Charlotte and Her Boyfriend (Charlotte et son Jules) for this month's WORLD CINEMA instead.
In this poignant tribute to Jean Cocteau, the boyfriend, played by Belmondo, berates his ex-girlfriend Charlotte (Anne Collette) upon her return home one afternoon. Everything from their relationship to her carefree behavior to all the men who want to sleep with her and the filmmaker who she is indeed sleeping with. All the while, Charlotte remains silent and aloof, casually entertaining herself with a few things around the house while he rants. The conclusion is a rather funny one, even though most of the film's twelve minutes are spent in this Parisian apartment as we listen to him go on and on and on, going from one extreme to another, to the extent that it may be uncomfortable at times. Still, this early Godard flick shows us exactly why Belmondo remains one of cinema's coolest cats. With his natural charm, a rough-around-the-edges touch about him, his bedroom eyes and luscious lips as well as his general swagger and natural acting ability, it's easy to why Jean-Paul Belmondo was destined to be a star. Indeed, a year later, he was. No doubt he's charming everyone in Celebrity Heaven as we speak.
The beauty of Dark Suburbia and Douglas Sirk
A few weeks ago, I posted an article on Medium about my 30 favorite Cold Case episodes of all time and, coming in at number 30 was The Brush Man (Season 6, episode 14), in which I referred to its main plot device as my favorite film and TV trope: the perfect suburban neighborhood with its dark secrets lurking underneath. This is, of course, an almost tired trope at this point, but it still stands.
Dark Suburbia began making itself known in the 1940s and 50s and there was, of course, a very good reason for it. The war had just ended and people wanted to get back on their feet. The devastation that came with it, on so many levels, was enough for people to want to try and rebuild themselves as well as their society, economically, socially and emotionally. And nothing proved to be easier or more appealing than moving to the beautiful green suburbs in order to make a life for themselves with some semblance of control over their image and welfare. And in the hands of, most prominently, director Douglas Sirk, this seems like a never-ending vacation, with Jane Wyman's beautifully lit face guiding us through her hopes and dreams as a middle-aged widow who falls in love with Rock Hudson in All That Heaven Allows (1956), or… the exact same thing in Magnificent Obsession (1954). But more than the stunning cinematography or Wyman and Hudson's stunning faces or indeed Lana Turner's in Imitation of Life (1959), Sirk's films told a deeper story than they seemed to let on. The fluff around them wasn't so much style over substance as it was style on top of substance, you know, to get the point across. The futility, insipidness and impossible standards of the perfect life in the perfect neighborhood could only go so far before it all starts to fall apart: friendly neighbors become enemies, secrets come out, mistakes get scrutinized, you name it. What better way to make your point about society's shortcomings than by showing its superficiality unashamedly? And the audience, to a certain extent, seemed to understand this. The critics, for the most part, didn't. Sirk's films were big box office draws, yes, but gorgeous melodramas with a message and 'female-led' plots – though everybody could relate to them, which was very much the point – weren't big with critics. Which is ironic, in and of itself… The point is, Sirk didn't deserve it. If Frank Capra can tell the same story about the everyday man caught up in a world too big for him time and again and be poignantly relevant, then Douglas Sirk can hold up a mirror to society with Russell Metty's over-the-top cinematography to back him up.
These days, Dark Suburbia is still one of those 'go to' tropes. Because it works. The suburbs are the perfect backdrop to all that the human heart desires. They are the perfect tool for the necessary conflict and the perfect contrast to the ugliness of man. If done correctly, it is one of the most endlessly fascinating plot devices, with so much in it, so many angles, so many possibilities… Take 1940s noirs like Fallen Angel (1945) or The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946), nearly every horror film from the 70s onwards, Todd Haynes' filmography, or the premise of Twin Peaks and Stranger Things. They all have a different take on it, but all of them come from the same place. And all these years later, Douglas Sirk's original Dark Suburbia is still the purest and most straight-forward use of the trope in film, its message still resonating with audiences to this day. Of all the misunderstood directors of yesteryear who are finally getting their due amidst the onslaught of new film critics, bloggers and reviewers, Douglas Sirk makes the most sense.
WORLD CINEMA: Late Spring (1949)
On August 25, 2021 By CarolIn Uncategorized9 Comments
For this month's WORLD CINEMA, we go to Japan with one of Yasujiro Ozu's greatest films, Late Spring (1949). A beautiful, sweet, simple tale with some of the greatest emotional depth ever put to film, Late Spring is the first film in the Noriko trilogy.
Noriko (Setsuko Hara) is a 27-year-old single woman who lives at home with her father Shukichi (Chishu Ryu). Everybody, including her aunt Masa (Haruko Sugimura), says it's time for her to get married and settle down, but Noriko wants to stay at home and take care of her father instead.
Not an uncommon theme for films of the era, Late Spring deals with Noriko's plight in a way that feels fresh, genuine and compassionate. She's a free spirit. An unapologetic young woman who values her freedom and especially the choice to be at home with her father which, to her, is the epitome of happiness. But, of course, society won't have it. A constant struggle between an older and a younger generation, society's norms vs one's needs and desires and, of course, the harsh reality of the passage of time and how we're hopeless in the face of it. Throughout the movie, we are confronted with all of these things, and in a simple and rather quiet way, which makes it even more poignant. Beautifully shot and wonderfully acted, Late Spring reveals itself to us slowly, calmly, letting us breathe and take our time getting to know these characters and their stories. A truly moving film and one of Japanese cinema's greatest achievements.
Max Steiner and Now, Voyager (1942)
On August 14, 2021 By CarolIn Uncategorized15 Comments
When you have Casablanca and Gone With the Wind under your belt, it seems strange that anybody would pick any other film score as their favorite. And yet, here it is: Now, Voyager is my favorite Max Steiner score. Now, I've already talked about Bette Davis' incredible performance in the 1943 Best Actress Oscar nominees article, but the recent BFI season dedicated to her – if you live in London, don't miss it! – made me think, again, about that magnificently wonderful score.
For those who haven't had the pleasure, Now, Voyager (dir. Irving Rapper) tells the story of Charlotte Vale (Davis), a single and, by society's standards, unattractive woman who, after freeing herself from the controlling claws of her mother (Gladys Cooper), finds the love she never had with architect Jerry Durrance (Paul Henreid). I mean… only Max Steiner could have scored that. And boy, did he! One of THE greatest weepies of all time, Now, Voyager is beautifully enveloped by that melancholic, ultra-romantic melody that thankfully pops up every ten minutes or so, much to everyone's delight. Every heartbreak and every desolation that Charlotte goes through, every moment of joy and every moment of pain she feels comes with Steiner's rousing masterpiece. And nobody understood this better than Bette. In 1939, during the making of Dark Victory (dir. Edmund Goulding), Bette stopped the climactic scene and asked Goulding if Steiner was going to score the picture. He said he didn't know and asked what the big deal was. She famously said, 'Either I'm going to climb those stairs or Max Steiner is going to climb those stairs. But I'll be goddamned if Max Steiner and I are going to climb those stairs together!'. They did and she always referred to him as 'my beloved Max Steiner.' He scored 21 of her movies. And won an Oscar for Now, Voyager. Beautiful.
WORLD CINEMA: People on Sunday
On July 25, 2021 By CarolIn Uncategorized7 Comments
The absolute star power behind the little-known, 73-minute German delight People on Sunday (Menschen am Sonntag) is astonishing. Billy Wilder, check, Fred Zinnemann, check, Edgar G. Ulmer, check, Eugen Schufftan, check, the Siodmak brothers, check and check. As lovely as People on Sunday is, and it is, all of that Austrian and German up-and-coming talent, later put to good use in Hollywood for years to come, is quite powerful and it's what makes people want to see it.
Here's what we're dealing with here: People on Sunday follows several people on a sunny weekend in Berlin, as they enjoy themselves at the beach, the parks, boat ride, etc, when romance blossoms and friendships are put to the test. These people, it should be noted, were not actors but rather real-life people who were essentially playing themselves, in that sort of German realism way that has become so popular over the years. People on Sunday, of course, is not as dark as other German pictures of the era, and it's actually bittersweet to know how unaware they all were of the horrors that were to come a few years later. Nevertheless, it stands out as an absolutely delightful film. Obviously the big thing about it is the huge amount of talent involved in the making of the film: screenplay by Billy Wilder and Robert and Curt Siodmak, cinematography by Eugen Schufftan and Fred Zinnemann, direction by Robert Siodmak and Edgar G. Ulmer. All of them fled Germany a few years later and became, as we all know, huge in Hollywood. I kind of like to think they didn't know how big they'd all be while they were making this picture. It's sweet.
Re-recommending summer movies!
Summer's here! (I need to stop doing that)
I'm not going to recommend any more classic summer movies because I've talked about enough of them, so instead I'll just re-recommend a few, complete with links! Here's a little recap:
Million Dollar Mermaid, a.k.a. Esther Williams as real-life swimmer Annette Kellerman and Thrill of a Romance, in which she and Van Johnson embark on a cute summer romance. This was a Double Bill from three years ago. Ah, Double Bill, I miss those.
Purple Noon, a recent WORLD CINEMA one, and the original The Talented Mr Ripley starring Alain Delon
And my personal favorite summer flick of all time, and Hitchcock's most light-hearted one, To Catch a Thief. Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, the French Riviera… it's just too much. To Catch a Thief (1955) <- you get two reviews, 'cause I'm just obsessed with it.
WORLD CINEMA: Victim (1961)
On June 25, 2021 June 26, 2021 By CarolIn Uncategorized6 Comments
Pride celebrations continue here at the Garden and this month's WORLD CINEMA is all about Victim (1961, dir. Basil Dearden), the iconic British thriller highly believed to be partly responsible for the changes in the illegalization of homosexuality in the UK (the Sexual Offences Act of 1967) and the general attitudes of the British public regarding the subject.
Melville Farr (Dirk Bogarde) is a successful barrister who takes on the case of a young man, Jack Barrett (Peter McEnery), after he kills himself as a result of being blackmailed for being gay. When the blackmail ring proves to be much bigger than initially thought, Mel's own private life and involvement with Jack come to light…
Let's just get a few things out of the way first: Sir Dirk Bogarde was gay in real life and it's obviously not a surprise that this was an extremely personal project for him and perhaps his greatest performance. As you probably know, I'm not a big fan of the ambigious expression 'ahead of its time' but in this case, it is totally deserved. In 1961, homosexuality was still a crime in the United Kingdom and for screenwriters Janet Green and John McCormick to write such a brave, bold and frankly badass story took guts. The subtle but clear interactions between the several characters leave no room for error: for instance, at around 30 minutes, the two police officers who just arrested Jack talk about the gays and express their very different opinions on the matter, with an attitude that is both refreshing and quite jarring for a film made in 1961. Not to mention that Melville's now legendary confession to Laura (Sylvia Syms), his wife ('I wanted him!') is still incredible to watch. Victim may seem tame by today's standards, but its impact on British culture cannot be overstated.
PRIDE MONTH: John Ireland and Montgomery Clift in Red River (1948)
On June 10, 2021 By CarolIn Uncategorized4 Comments
June is Pride Month and, like always, celebrations abound here at the Garden. And while I've already talked about some of the big ones, like Morocco (1930), Hell's Highway (1932) and Some Like It Hot (1959), as well as the more obscure stuff like Young Man With a Horn (1950), there is no shortage of LGBT-related content in Classic Hollywood films, however brief. And because I'm in a Westerns mood lately, I've decided to go with the precursor to Brokeback Mountain, Red River (1948, dir. Howard Hawks).
Now, while the homoerotic undertones are just that rather than the plot of the film – no kidding, thanks a lot, Joseph Breen… – it is quite wonderful and something everybody always talks about when Red River comes up. Especially when it's up against the intense masculinity of the film: Tom Dunson (John Wayne) and his adopted son Matt Garth (Montgomery Clift in his debut film) lead a cattle drive to Missouri over a period of fourteen years until Dunson's obsessive behavior becomes too much for everyone, leading to a war between the two men. Among the cattle ranch is Cherry Valance (John Ireland), a gunslinger who immediately strikes up a rather intense friendship with Garth. Right away, we know exactly where we are with these two: Valance asks to see Garth's gun, after which they compare each other's weapons, quip about Swiss watches and women, before having a shootout between them to show each other their skills. Their sizzling chemistry isn't lost on anyone, least of all Groot (Walter Brennan), whose assessment of the whole situation is almost as erotic as the scene itself… Their subsequent conversations, which include Valance claiming Garth initially 'turned him down' when he asked to join the ranch, are equally charged with undertones that are impossible to overlook in 2021. They say this might have been the reason for why Valance's part was gradually cut from the film, as Howard Hawks realized what was going on while in the editing room. This is, of course, surprising, considering the undertones of some of the characters in his biggest films: Cary Grant wearing a robe, saying he 'went gay' in Bringing up Baby (1938), the relationship between Geiger and Lundgren in The Big Sleep (1946) – as far as anybody can tell in that madness of a plot -, Cary Grant, again, in drag in I Was a Male War Bride (1949), among many others. Either way, it's hot, it's grand and it leaves you wanting more.
WORLD CINEMA: Purple Noon (1960)
On May 27, 2021 By CarolIn Uncategorized8 Comments
We're back in France (and Italy)! This time, with the first film adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel The Talented Mr Ripley, Plein Soleil or Purple Noon (1960, dir. René Clément). You know the story: Tom Ripley (Alain Delon) is sent to Italy to get Philippe Greenleaf (Maurice Ronet) to come back to America to take over his family's business. Instead, the two of them, along with Philippe's girlfriend Marge (Marie Laforêt), enjoy an idyllic summer, drinking and partying, until one morning when Tom kills Philippe on his yacht in an attempt to steal his identity. What follows is an increasingly tense game of cat-and-mouse as Ripley continues to act out his plan…
The role that propelled him to stardom, Alain Delon, twenty-five years old and obscenely, almost offensively good-looking, is Tom Ripley at his most deliciously conniving. A classic example of a villain we root for, sort of, maybe, Tom Ripley is charming, smug, smart and heartless and he uses all of that to his advantage. And, in one of my favorite tropes in cinema, his crimes are set against the backdrop of a gorgeous place to further contextualize their horribleness. Such crimes are, of course, nearly impossible to pull off in this day and age, which makes them even more fascinating when played out in a film from 1960 (or even 1999) and it's almost a privilege to watch his mind at work as he gradually descends into something we're not sure he's going to get out of… The screenplay written by Clément himself and Paul Gégauff conveys this beautifully and the climax is equally rewarding – in fact, they won the Edgar for Best Foreign Film Screenplay in 1962 for their work on the film.
With a score by Nino Rota resembling, yes, the one from The Godfather, Purple Noon's dream-like essence is intoxicating as we fall under Tom Ripley's spell on that lovely Mediterranean coastline. *sigh* a French film set in Italy… my heart can't take such perfection!
Hidden Classics Blogathon – Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
On May 18, 2021 May 18, 2021 By CarolIn Uncategorized14 Comments
The Spring Blogathon at the Classic Movie Blog Association is here and this year, our lovely hosts decided to go with Hidden Classics – movies not everybody has seen, but everybody should! And because I'm currently writing a Western feature screenplay, I've been binging a few of them lately and one of my very favorites is Bad Day at Black Rock (1955, dir. John Sturges), one of those psychological thriller Westerns that never go out of style.
In it, Spencer Tracy plays John J. Macreedy, a one-armed man who arrives in a small, practically deserted town looking for a man named Komoko. Upon hearing this, the locals become hostile… They slowly but surely antagonize Macreedy in increasingly aggressive ways until the truth about what happened to Komoko comes out…
Boasting a cast including, *takes deep breath*, Ernest Borgnine, Walter Brennan, Robert Ryan, Dean Jagger, Anne Francis and Lee Marvin, among others, everyone plays off each other extremely well, each character more vicious than the other in what is essentially a hodgepodge of mystery, intrigue, action and tension. So much tension. Right from the beginning, as the train carrying Macreedy comes into town, we understand that something is off. As it turns out, this is the first time the train has stopped in this town in four years… This wonderful bit of foreshadowing is only the start of Macreedy's problems in Black Rock and as we slowly uncover the truth, the film takes a turn and becomes an allegory with its sad message piercing through our hearts and minds. This, not unlike High Noon (1952, dir. Fred Zinnemann), is a Western with a conscience, and Tracy's Oscar-nominated performance is one of cinema's finest interpretations of the now iconic trope of the Western man standing alone and fighting for what he believes in. An often overlooked gem that gets better every time you watch it.


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Christopher Scott "Chris" Kyle (n. 8 aprilie 1974 − d. 2 februarie 2013) a fost un militar american, lunetist, subofițer al marinei americane "SEAL". El este cel mai eficient lunetist din istoria militară a Statelor Unite, cu 255 de inamici uciși în timpul Războiului din Irak, dintre care 160 au fost confirmați oficial de Pentagon.

În 2009 el a scris bestsellerul autobiografic, American Sniper, care a fost publicat în ianuarie 2012. Ulterior, în baza cărții a fost realizată o adaptare ecranizată în regia lui Clint Eastwood, care a fost lansată în decembrie 2014.

Chris Kyle a murit pe 2 februarie 2013, împușcat la un poligon de antrenamente împreună cu prietenul său, Chad Littlefield, de către Eddie Ray Routh, un veteran al războiului din Irak care suferea de stres post-traumatic.

Referințe

Bibliografie
Kyle, Chris; McEwen, Scott; DeFelice, Jim (2013). American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History. New York: W. Morrow, 2012. ISBN 0-062-08235-3
Kyle, Chris; Doyle, William (2013). American Gun: A History of the U.S. in Ten Firearms.  New York: William Morrow, 2013. ISBN 0-0622-4271-7
Mooney, Michael J., The Life and Legend of Chris Kyle: American Sniper, Navy SEAL (e-book, 70 pp.), Little, Brown and Company (an imprint of Hachette), 23 aprilie 2013

Legături externe

American Sniper at Harper Collins

Kyle on The George Jarkesy Show
Chris Kyle Story in The New Yorker
French, David, We Need More 'Extremists' Like Chris Kyle, 31 mai 2013, National Review
Mooney, Michael J., The Legend of Chris Kyle D Magazine, April 2013
Audio interview with Chris Kyle by Matthew Bannister, for the BBC World Service's Outlook programme, broadcast 5 ianuarie 2012
Craft International , tactical training company Kyle founded to serve the U.S. military and law enforcement communities.

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Christopher Fiorentini: filmmaker extraordinaire * 2.
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Linux World Net: open source in general.
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Those who identify as transgender in America have had an increasingly difficult time dealing with day to day challenges. In fact, over 40% of transgender people have confessed to attempting suicide, which is an astonishingly higher rate than other people within the country. It would not be an understatement to say that the mental health risks are much higher than others in the LGBTQ community, and the reasons can vary.
To begin with, let's review the misconception that transgender people need to have surgery in order to successfully transition. This is absolutely not a requirement, as many men and women can transition successfully without surgery. However, poverty is a very big issue in the transgender community and they are four times more likely to have a household income of $10,000 or less per year. This generally means that a lot of transgender people do not have access to quality healthcare or any type of medical treatment. In turn, with the higher probability of experiencing some sort of mental health or behavioral health issues, they are placed at a disadvantage.
There are also no current state laws in all 32 states that protect transgender people for being fired based on simply being transgender. There are actually only 18 states that prohibit discrimination based upon gender identity alone; there is much work to be done in removing the stigma associated with being a transgender person.
Ultimately, a transgender person must maintain awareness that they will be at a higher risk of mental health challenges due to the various influencing factors in risks in their life. They may experience physical or emotional and mental abuse from close family or friends at times, or even from total strangers. Couple that with potential challenges in their place of work or business, along with the stressors that come with adapting to a new life; it is important to be able to be aware of the potential challenges.
Our group of mental and behavioral health hospitals has highly trained staff members that are sympathetic to each and every one of our patient's and their particular mental health situations. We strive to offer the best behavioral health care possible and we firmly believe that we stand among the elite in the industry when it comes to identifying and treating a host of mental health illnesses. As we continue to learn more about those in the transgender community and maintain better awareness of transgender people as a whole, the ultimate goal is to provide the best behavioral health care possible, no matter what gender one identifies as.


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Q: I want to find all the greater than 100 MB and older than 20 day and want to zip them only .TXT and .txt files individually I'm using
find $HOME  -type f -size +100M -mtime +20 -exec zip -m '{}.zip' '{}' \;

This command is compressing all the files. I want to zip only *.TXT and *.txt files only. Any idea how can we do that?

A: Note that -size +100M where that M suffix is a non-standard extension selects files whose size is strictly greater than 100MiB, 104,857,600 bytes, not 100MB (100,000,000 bytes). For sizes (strictly) greater than 100MB, you'd need -size +100000000c (which is standard).
-mtime +20 is for files that are 21 days¹ old exactly (or were, to the nanosecond at the time find was invoked) or older. You need -mtime +19 for files older than 20 days (at least in POSIX compliant find implementations, not all are in that regard).
Assuming you're in a Bourne-like shell other than zsh, leaving that $HOME unquoted makes no sense as it makes no sense to invoke split+glob here. In POSIX shells, you can also use ~ in place of "$HOME".
zip is a not very Unixy command. By default it expands wildcards by itself, so if you have a file called *.txt, zip -m '*.txt.zip' '*.txt' would actually create a zip file with all the txt files in the directory. It can get worse if that file is in a directory called * for instance. You can avoid that with the -nw flag, or use a more unixy command that supports that old zip format such as bsdtar.
If you do find ~, all the paths passed to zip will be absolute paths, so in the end, you'll have zip files whose members are listed with their full paths (home/you/dir/file.txt...). You can use the BSD/GNU -execdir find predicate or the -j option of zip to avoid that.
Note that not all find implementations will expand the {} in {}.zip, that is, when {} is not on its own in an argument to -exec. In those that don't, you'd need to resort to calling sh with -exec sh -c 'zip -nw -m "$1.zip" -- "$1"' sh {} ';'.
To match on the name of a file, you use the -name predicate. You can use '(' -name '*.txt' -o -name '*.TXT' ')' to match on either txt or TXT files, or -name '*.[tT][xX][tT]' or in some find implementations -iname '*.txt' to also include Txt, tXT... files. With several find implementations, -name requires the name of the file to be valid text in the user's locale. Since all of the .txtTXT characters are part of the portable character set, you can fix the locale to C to guarantee it will always match on files that end with those even if the rest of the file path is not valid text in the user's locale.
So:
LC_ALL=C find ~ '(' -name '*.txt' -o -name '*.TXT' ')' \
                -type f \
                -size +100000000c \
                -mtime +19 \
                -execdir zip -nw -m '{}.zip' -- '{}' ';'

Or use zsh and:
for f (~/**/*.(txt|TXT)(ND.L+100000000m+19)) zip -j -nw -m $f.zip $f

Note that zip is an old format from the late 80s with poor compression ratio by today's standards. Its only merit is that it's the only compression (actually, it does both archiving and compression while you only need the latter here) format supported out of the box on Microsoft operating systems.
Here, if you don't need interoperability with Microsoft OSes, you could use more modern compressors such as xz, bzip2. Even gzip  from the early 90s and which uses the same compression algorithm as zip would also give you better size reduction as it only takes care of the compressing. All those are also able to compress more than one file at a time, so would make the process of compressing many files more efficient as you could invoke the compressor fewer times.
For instance, you could do:
xz ~/**/*.(txt|TXT)(ND.L+100000000m+19)

From the zsh shell to better compress all those files in one invocation of xz.

¹ days here being 86400 (24 × 60 × 60) Unix seconds, not calendar days in that clock changes due to daylight saving are not taken into account.

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THE AUTHOR SEES A VOTE FOR TRAPPING AS ONE FOR NEEDLESS PAIN AND DEATH
Michael Baughman
The provisions of Ballot Measure 5, which Oregon voters will consider Nov. 4, are quite clear. Immediately upon passage, the measure would prohibit the use and sale of leghold, snare and body-grip traps for fur-taking. It would allow trapping for any human health or safety emergencies identified by the State Health Division. Until 1985, it also would permit trapping for predator control wherever the state Department of Agriculture has verified livestock losses. And despite the implications of its opponents. Measure 5 in no way would restrict the use of mouse, rat, gopher or live "box" traps.
A group called Oregonians Against Trapping spent nine months collecting 66,000 signatures to get Measure 5 on the ballot, and its members are working hard for passage. More than 25 local and national organizations support them, including the Defenders of Wildlife, the Humane Society, the Oregon Chapter of the Sierra Club, Greenpeace and the Friends of the Earth. Their principal reasons for supporting Measure 5 are that about 75% of trapped animals are taken accidentally; that laws requiring that traps be checked every 48 hours are not, and in fact cannot be, enforced; and that whether caught accidentally or on purpose, all trapped animals are either crippled or die unnecessarily cruel deaths.
Stockmen, trappers and furriers, timber companies and hunters are the major opponents of the measure. Many stockmen claim that coyotes, if left uncontrolled, will put them out of business. Oregon's 4,786 licensed trappers sell more than a million dollars' worth of pelts each year, though only about 200 of these trappers make a substantial portion of their income trapping. Timber companies are frightened by mountain beavers, which the companies control with body-grip traps. Some hunters are convinced that banning traps will be the first step toward outlawing all hunting.
So it's the same old story: people promoting their own interests ahead of broader concerns. In so doing, they are guilty of gross oversimplification and irrational thinking. A few years ago I wrote an article on coyotes for Earthwatch Oregon, a publication of the Oregon Environmental Council. I mentioned a Texas sheep rancher who caught coyotes in traps, sawed off their lower jaws and then turned the animals loose for his dogs to tear to pieces. I also referred to stockmen who scalped coyotes alive and to others who wired the animals' jaws shut, soaked their bodies in gasoline and lit them. I was amazed at the letters and phone calls I received from sheepmen and ranchers who insisted that such treatment was nothing less than coyotes deserved.
Coyotes have been abused in America for a long time. Consider the following passage from a book called Trapping, published in 1947: "Coyotes and wolves today make serious inroads on the stocks of sheep and lambs, cattle, pigs, and poultry, as well as on the wild game mammals and ground-nesting and insectivorous birds. Wherever these predatory animals occur in large numbers, they are a source of worry and loss to stockmen, farmers and sportsmen. The coyote is by far the most persistent of the predators of the western range country. Moreover, it is a carrier of rabies, or hydrophobia. The coyote has also been found to be a carrier of tularemia, a disease of wild rabbits and other rodents that is transmissible and sometimes fatal to human beings." Immediately following this indictment are detailed instructions on how to trap coyotes.
It has never been proved that trapping reduces the incidence of disease in animals. Obviously, traps cannot select only the sick ones, and by the time a disease is identified, it's usually too late to control it through population reduction. Besides, rabies, easily the most common contagious disease carried by animals, is far more likely to be spread by bats and domestic animals than by coyotes.
Nowhere does the book say that rodents make up the bulk of the coyote's diet and that in areas where the coyote population is on the decline, the resulting population explosion of rodents can be devastating. Also ignored is the fact that, ecologically speaking, sheep, with their deep-biting teeth and cutting hooves, have done far more harm to the earth than coyotes.
Though we have learned a good deal about coyotes since 1947, most stockmen either refuse to accept that knowledge or remain egregiously misinformed. Few are aware that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service handles trapping free of charge when it receives complaints of predation on domestic livestock. More than a million dollars was spent in Oregon last year on such predator control. That is nearly four times the value of the reported losses in livestock. According to an Oregon State University Extension Service report, livestock losses in the state caused by disease and accident outnumber losses to predators.
Sara Polenick, Northwest field representative for the Defenders of Wildlife, is lobbying in Salem for passage of Measure 5. Although she's making no predictions about the election, she is cautiously optimistic. "The opposition has spent a lot more money than we have," says Polenick, "but if we've made enough people understand what it is we want, we should have a chance. All we hope to stop is commercial trapping. Hunting isn't even an issue. Selectivity is the key. We want to end the indiscriminate killing and the suffering of tens of thousands of innocent animals. Deer, elk and livestock do more damage to the forest than mountain beavers, and the traps that timber companies set for beavers catch a lot of other animals, including the beavers' natural enemies. The only reason ranchers aren't using non-lethal control methods is that the government does that for them for free. The steel-jaw traps they use for trapping have hardly changed since the 19th century. But nearly everything else has, and we think the law should, too."
As far back as 1863, Charles Darwin penned an appeal against trapping. "If we attempt to realise the suffering of [an] animal when caught," he wrote in the Gardeners' Chronicle and Agriculture Gazette, "we must fancy what it would be to have a limb crushed during a whole long night, between the iron teeth of a trap, and with the agony increased by constant attempts to escape. Few men could endure to watch for five minutes, an animal struggling in a trap with a crushed and torn limb."
Sara Polenick and many people like her continue that appeal. One would hope that we have evolved to the point where a sufficient number of Oregon voters will listen.


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EVGENI DYBSKY
Evgeni Dybsky: an appreciation / Matthew Cullerne Bown
Evgeni Dybsky's fundamental motif is landscape. Not the landscape of observation, nor even of memory, but landscape as metaphor: landscape reforged by a contemporary sensibility, in which the example of modernist painting, personal experience, memory and desire coalesce.
We may in his painting register echoes of Dybsky's Russian-Jewish heritage. The striving of the revolutionary avant-garde to integrate the artwork into the real world is echoed in the holes which puncture Dybsky's recent canvases, holes which lock the painting and the surrounding environment together like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. The saturated colours and unabashed lyricism of many works recall, perhaps, Chagall, and here an interpretative paradigm suggests itself: that of the Russian-Jewish emigre whose subjects are nostalgic for a world which, we suspect, never really existed. If we are to seek in Dybsky's landscapes a specific geographical reference, however highly distilled, then it must surely be to the lush landscape of the Crimea and Black Sea, where Dybsky spent several summers during his years of study in Moscow.
But with Dybsky, as with, for example, Howard Hodgkin, the narrative urge is always subordinate to the will to form. There seems little doubt that the increasing variety of Dybsky's surfaces, the growing subtlety and delicacy of his contrasts, owes not a little to Italian Arte Povera. Dybsky's years in the village of Fornovo San Giovani, near Milan, must have developed his feeling not only for Italian modern art, but also for its physical and spiritual context: the light's flatness; the texture of ancient towns and villages; the sense of history, lightly worn but weighing heavily.
These are not pieces designed, like much abstract or near-abstract art today, as ambient music for the corporate environment, but paintings requiring and repaying contemplation. The loving attention to surface, already apparent in Dybsky's Russian-period works and encouraged further by his Italian experience, distinguishes the eroticism of his painting from, say, the brash sexiness of a Frank Stella. This love of the surface - one might say, of the skin - of painting is a classic feature of the modernist sensibility; and Dybsky's work is a compelling restatement of the modernist first principle: that the formal elements of painting in themselves have the capacity to create significant worlds.
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