Anthony Fauci warns that ‘nightmare’ pandemic isn’t close to over

https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Nation_States (seeking to create ~200 online major MIT OCW-centric wiki Universities in all countries' official and main languages, offering online free-to-students' Bachelor, Ph.D., Law, M.D. and I.B. high school degrees)

https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Languages (seeking to develop wiki schools for open teaching and learning in all 7,117 known living languages)

https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Subjects (academic and creative, +)

https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/You_at_World_University (planning for matriculating students in all ~200 countries' official languages, wiki Universitians as native speakers in all 7,117 living languages, and then all 7.5 billion people on the planet, each a Wikidata PIN #, like a Wikidata Q-item #)

(FYI, WUaS donated itself to Wikidata for co-development in 2015 as a "back end" structured knowledge database in Wikipedia's ~300 languages, and received the WUaS Miraheze MediaWiki, as "front end," in 2017 - eg https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/The_College_at_World_University_and_School - but they aren't yet interoperable).

Thank you.

March 15, 2016:

Dear Dean Cecilia d'Oliveira,

Greetings. I'm writing you as Associate Dean of Digital Learning at MIT and as former Executive Director of MIT OCW on behalf of CC World University and School (WUaS) and in conjunction with WUaS's UC Berkeley Law Practicum Associates' student legal team in Professor Will Kell's "New Business Practicum" course this semester, which is seeking to help grow WUaS both financially and legally. I'm writing to explore further WUaS collaboration possibilities with CC MIT OCW itself. WUaS is like Wikipedia (now in 300 languages) with best STEM CC OpenCourseWare, and plans to develop wiki schools in all 7,097+ languages in CC MediaWiki/Wikidata/Wikibase (which are all part of the Wikimedia Foundation and which supports CC Wikipedia), and develop accrediting best STEM OCW-centric universities in all nation states' official/main languages.

CC 501 c 3 WUaS seeks to accredit on CC MIT OCW first in the state of California with both BPPE and WASC senior, and eventually in large countries' main languages (such as in the 6 other non-English languages that MIT OCW is already translated). As you may know, I met twice in person with Steve Carson, former External Relations Director at MIT OCW, in Cambridge, MA, about this a few years ago. Some years ago too, WUaS was in communication with MIT OCW's Yvonne Ng about translation of MIT OCW into Indonesian, since one of our WUaS Board members is an Indonesian academic/lecturer at the University of Jakarta, but we couldn't generate the resources at the time to make this OCW translation happen. In addition, WUaS has been in communication with the MIT Office of Name to the effect that we can't use the MIT name in outreach. In the process of our gradual growth, WUaS is now seeking high school applicants this autumn 2016 to apply to WUaS and matriculate online (possibly 2,000 students) in English in the autumn of 2017 for online CC free bachelor degrees and to graduate potentially in the spring of 2021.

To this end, WUaS seeks to develop a kind of online course catalog so that high schoolers and their parents in all 204 nation states (per the 2008 Olympics) can begin to decide whether to apply or not to WUaS this autumn first in English. In order to do this, WUaS would like to explore developing CC MIT OCW in 7 languages (as well as CC Yale OYC) in Wikidata / Wikibase with A.I. and machine learning, and anticipating developing an universal translator with this as well.

While CC WUaS plans to offer Bachelor's, Ph.D., Law and M.D, degrees, as well as IB high school diplomas, in many languages online for free (since CC) to students around the world first in English, CC WUaS will also explore the possibility of fundraising on some portion of the ~ $44,000 per year per student that it costs to go to MIT for tuition, for example, from nation states' and regional governments, depending on the size of the country, and would like to collaborate with MIT OCW in this and share some of what we are able to fundraise as well with MIT OCW.

WUaS seeks to become the Harvard of the Internet and in all countries' main languages and also to become a major academic employer in all 7,097 languages with both wiki schools and major online universities.

In what ways would it be possible to best communicate further with the general counsel of MIT OCW about this please, or what would you suggest otherwise, Dean d'Oliveira? If you'd suggest communicating with legal counsel at MIT OCW, whom would you suggest contacting?

Thank you.

All the best,

Scott

P.S. I'm also including Dr. Larry Viehland in this email, who is the chair of World University and School's Board, and an alumnus of MIT.

- Scott MacLeod - Founder & President

- World University and School

http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-002-circuits-and-electronics-spring-2007/

- 415 480 4577

- PO Box 442, (86 Ridgecrest Road), Canyon, CA 94516

- World University and School - like Wikipedia with best STEM-centric OpenCourseWare - incorporated as a nonprofit university and school in California, and is a U.S. 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt educational organization.

Mar 16, 2016

HI Scott,

Thanks for your email and your interest in collaborating with MIT OpenCourseWare.

In order to respond to your email and to further this discussion, it would be helpful to understand what you are requesting from MIT. It is not clear to me from your email.

As you know, MIT OCW content is released under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA license. People around the world make use of the content in many different ways, and we encourage their use as long as it is consistent with our license and terms of use. http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/

Beyond the license terms, as you obviously are aware, we are particularly sensitive about any use of the MIT name. I understand from your email that someone here put you in touch with the office at MIT that reviews all proposed uses of the MIT name by outside groups.

Again, could you please clarify what you are requesting from MIT?

Cecilia

Cecilia d'Oliveira | Associate Dean of Digital Learning

Office of Digital Learning

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

11 Cambridge Center | MIT NE35-1009 | Cambridge MA 02142

T 617.253.6124 | C 617.529.6280 | F 617.253.2115 | Skype cec-at-mit

March 16, 2020

Hi Cecilia,

Thank you very much for your prompt email. I'll consult with WUaS's Practicum Associates' legal team and reply soon. Five of us have a meeting scheduled for Tu, March 29th, at Berkeley Law, but I hope to reply sooner than that with some beginning specifics about what we are requesting from MIT.

Best regards, Scott

Dear Cecilia,

Thank you for your prompt reply last week.

WUaS would like to request of MIT that WUaS be able to use the following MIT OCW courses plus other undergraduate courses of the 2,300 in English, per the terms of use you sent, developing these in WUaS MediaWiki and adapting these in the related Wikidata / Wikibase database, eventually in many languages.

These include the following courses that WUaS has sketched out for a possible first year of study by WUaS's first matriculated undergraduates beginning in 2017 - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/WUaS_En_Wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page - as well as here in a beginning spreadsheet of "Courses for WUaS Credit" (which Larry Viehland put together last September 2015) - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VRHhXYsk-V9lvSh5onaU2hnEhwoapSN7HyBK1P09LIk/edit?usp=sharing - as a starting place for a course catalog in the Wikidata database, which is developing with Linked Open Data, RDFs, and AI in other ways, and as a further form of adaptation of MIT OCW.

Students applying to accrediting WUaS this summer would look through this page and at these courses, and select the courses they might plan to take beginning in autumn 2017, as part of their application process in the autumn of 2016.

Would it be ok for WUaS to use these courses in this way please? And given that the MIT OCW links may be seen in some of this WUaS course catalog process, can CC WUaS use these visible links as an additional form of attribution to CC MIT OCW as well please?

Thank you,

Scott

Hello Scott,

As I’ve said before, we encourage innovative uses of MIT OCW materials by educational initiatives such as yours as long as you comply with the MIT OCW terms and conditions (see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/) including a) our Creative Commons license (attribution-noncommercial-sharealike) and b) the restrictions on Use of MIT Name.

We also request that you add language to the WUaS web site and related materials to make it totally clear to prospective students that a) MIT is not affiliated with, and does not endorse, the World University, b) that MIT does not offer credit to WAuS students, and c) that all MIT OpenCourseWare materials are available for free through http://ocw.mit.edu.

Incorporating URLs to OCW courses in a course catalog and incorporating OCW materials in a wiki, as long as this is done in a way that is consistent with MIT OCW terms and conditions, and as long as it is clear to the students that MIT is not affiliated with WUaS, should be okay.

Best wishes,

Cecilia

Cecilia d'Oliveira | Associate Dean of Digital Learning

Office of Digital Learning

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

11 Cambridge Center | MIT NE35-1009 | Cambridge MA 02142

T 617.253.6124 | C 617.529.6280 | F 617.253.2115 | Skype cec-at-mit

March 30, 2016

Hi Cecilia,

Thank you again for your emails.

As a followup in the interest developing great communication with MIT itself and with CC MIT OCW, and at the WUaS UC Berkeley Law Practicum Associates' suggestion, I'm writing with a few clarification requests.

Following the CC MIT OCW license - http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/ - which I read as allowing WUaS to "Share" and "Adapt" MIT OCW in 7 languages, and "under the following terms: ... Attribution ... Noncommercial ... Share Alike,"

WUaS would like specifically to

• use the CC MIT OCW library of courses in all available languages in its digital university

• begin to access and adapt them beginning in the Spring / Summer 2016

How does WUaS intend to use the MIT OCW content specifically?

On WUaS's non-profit 501 c 3 Creative Commons' Core side,

1.MIT OCW courses will be used to provide accredited degrees initially to undergraduate students and later to Ph.D., law and MD as well as IB high school students in countries' main languages;

Here's an example of how WUaS's course catalog will develop in an eventually interlingual AI-informed database -

EECS

300

Circuits and Electronics

Major-1

EE & Comp Sci

(from - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VRHhXYsk-V9lvSh5onaU2hnEhwoapSN7HyBK1P09LIk/edit?usp=sharing - which link I also shared recently with you)

2.WUaS plans to adapt the courses in the CC Wikidata database, for example, developing with AI, machine learning and machine translation;

3. CC WUaS will seek donations through fundraising based on our platform which will include links to CC MIT OCW (and to CC Yale OYC) courseware.

On WUaS's planned for-profit side,

4. WUaS will seek book sales based on MIT OCW (and Yale OYC) courses in many languages.

May WUaS please use your CC MIT OCW content based on what WUaS has outlined above?

And, further, following the CC MIT OCW licensing terms, and the open CC translation license which MIT OCW Translated Courses posts here - http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/translated-courses/ - WUaS will seek to facilitate translation of MIT OCW into all countries' official languages. Would there be a way here to collaborate with MIT or build on the relationship with the universities with which MIT has already collaborated?

Furthermore,

1.Is this ok? Is there anything else you need?

2.If not ok, is there a process WUaS needs to follow, or does MIT need anything from WUaS so that the materials may be used in the ways described above.

Thank you again.

Sincerely,

Scott

March 30, 2016

Dear Cecilia,

In addition and per your request, WUaS has begun to add the MIT licensing and endorsement clarification language you suggest, to the effect that

MIT OCW Creative Commons' licensing and endorsement clarifications[edit]

a) MIT is not affiliated with, and does not endorse, World University and School b) MIT does not offer credit to WUaS students, and c) All MIT OpenCourseWare materials are available for free through http://ocw.mit.edu

to these four WUaS MediaWiki pages, for example -

http://worlduniversityandschool.org/WUaS_En_Wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

http://worlduniversityandschool.org/WUaS_En_Wiki/index.php?title=Languages

http://worlduniversityandschool.org/WUaS_En_Wiki/index.php?title=Nation_States

http://worlduniversityandschool.org/WUaS_En_Wiki/index.php?title=Template:SUBJECT_TEMPLATE .

WUaS plans to build this in to all 501 c 3 Creative Commons' Core WUaS pages in all languages as we grow.

Again,

1.Is this ok? Is there anything else you need?

2.If not ok, is there a process WUaS needs to follow, or does MIT need anything from WUaS so that the materials may be used in the ways described above.

Thank you again.

Sincerely,

Scott

March 31, 2016

Scott,

As I have said, use of MIT OCW materials are governed by the MIT OCW Creative Commons license. One of our goals in adopting a Creative Commons license is that we do not need to get into a protracted discussion and analysis about details of planned use with individuals or groups. The answer as to whether you can use materials in specific ways is addressed in the license. We always advise groups like yours to seek the advice of your attorney with regard to the terms of our Creative Commons license and your planned use. As long as your use fits within our terms, you are fine.

I can give you my opinion on a few items mentioned in your email regarding your planned use:

1. The sale of books based on MIT OCW courses by WUaS’s planned for-profit side would be a violation of the non-commercial terms of our license. The license does not allow you to commercially profit from the sale of MIT OCW content in any format. See http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/#noncomm

2. Under the Share Alike provision of our CC license, any adaptations of MIT OCW materials must be shared using the same open license terms that MIT OCW uses, i.e. CC-BY-NC-SA.

3. In terms of putting links to our courses in your catalog and making them part of the curriculum of WUaS, OCW courses are not guaranteed to remain available on a permanent basis on the OCW web site. We sometimes unpublish and retire courses from the web site that are no longer relevant or which are out of date relative to the MIT curriculum. In some cases, we replace them with newer, up to date versions of the course but those would be at different URLs. So, you will need to review links to specific OCW courses from your catalog on a regular basis to avoid dead link problems and resulting holes in your curriculum.

4. In terms of building relationships for purposes of course translations, that is something that you might pursue yourself. We don’t really maintain ongoing relationships with those entities and in many cases, we no longer know who the appropriate contact is, or whether they are still doing translations.

I hope this helps.

Best wishes,

Cecilia

March 31, 2016

Cecilia,

Thanks so much for your prompt reply, the information, and your very helpful opinions.

Best wishes,

Scott

- Scott MacLeod - Founder & President

- 415 480 4577

- Please donate to tax-exempt 501 (c) (3)

- World University and School

- via PayPal, or credit card, here -

http://worlduniversityandschool.org/WUaS_En_Wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

- or send checks to

March 31, 2016

Yes, thank you for adding this wording.

From: Scott MacLeod [mailto:worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2016 1:36 AM
To: Cecilia d'Oliveira
Cc: SARA CHUGH; Philip Wiseman; Abdul Rahman CHABALLOUT; William Kell; viehland@chatham.edu; Scott MacLeod; Sara Chugh; Peter Bebergal

Subject: Re: MIT OCW legal questions and World University and School

Dear Cecilia,

In addition and per your request, WUaS has begun to add the MIT licensing and endorsement clarification language you suggest, to the effect that

MIT OCW Creative Commons' licensing and endorsement clarifications[edit]

to these four WUaS MediaWiki pages, for example -

http://worlduniversityandschool.org/WUaS_En_Wiki/index.php?title=Languages

http://worlduniversityandschool.org/WUaS_En_Wiki/index.php?title=Nation_States

http://worlduniversityandschool.org/WUaS_En_Wiki/index.php?title=Template:SUBJECT_TEMPLATE .

WUaS plans to build this in to all 501 c 3 Creative Commons' Core WUaS pages in all languages as we grow.

Again,

1. Is this ok? Is there anything else you need?

2. If not ok, is there a process WUaS needs to follow, or does MIT need anything from WUaS so that the materials may be used in the ways described above.

Thank you again.

Sincerely,

Scott

http://worlduniversityandschool.org

On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 10:28 PM, Scott MacLeod <worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Cecilia,

Thank you again for your emails.

WUaS would like specifically to

• use the CC MIT OCW library of courses in all available languages in its digital university

• begin to access and adapt them beginning in the Spring / Summer 2016

How does WUaS intend to use the MIT OCW content specifically?

On WUaS's non-profit 501 c 3 Creative Commons' Core side,

1. MIT OCW courses will be used to provide accredited degrees initially to undergraduate students and later to Ph.D., law and MD as well as IB high school students in countries' main languages;

Here's an example of how WUaS's course catalog will develop in an eventually interlingual AI-informed database -

EECS

300

Circuits and Electronics

Major-1

EE & Comp Sci

http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-002-circuits-and-electronics-spring-2007/

(from - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VRHhXYsk-V9lvSh5onaU2hnEhwoapSN7HyBK1P09LIk/edit?usp=sharing - which link I also shared recently with you)

2. WUaS plans to adapt the courses in the CC Wikidata database, for example, developing with AI, machine learning and machine translation;

3. CC WUaS will seek donations through fundraising based on our platform which will include links to CC MIT OCW (and to CC Yale OYC) courseware.

On WUaS's planned for-profit side,

4. WUaS will seek book sales based on MIT OCW (and Yale OYC) courses in many languages.

May WUaS please use your CC MIT OCW content based on what WUaS has outlined above?

Furthermore,

1. Is this ok? Is there anything else you need?

2. If not ok, is there a process WUaS needs to follow, or does MIT need anything from WUaS so that the materials may be used in the ways described above.

Thank you again.

Sincerely,

Scott

On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 1:43 PM, Cecilia d'Oliveira <cec@mit.edu> wrote:

Hello Scott,

Best wishes,

Cecilia

Cecilia d'Oliveira | Associate Dean of Digital Learning

Office of Digital Learning

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

11 Cambridge Center | MIT NE35-1009 | Cambridge MA 02142

T 617.253.6124 | C 617.529.6280 | F 617.253.2115 | Skype cec-at-mit

From: Scott MacLeod [mailto:worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2016 11:39 AM
To: Cecilia d'Oliveira; Stephen Carson
Cc: SARA CHUGH; Philip Wiseman; Abdul Rahman CHABALLOUT; William Kell; viehland@chatham.edu; Scott MacLeod; Sara Chugh
Subject: Re: MIT OCW legal questions and World University and School

Dear Cecilia,

Thank you for your prompt reply last week.

Thank you,

Scott

On Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 2:34 PM, Scott MacLeod <worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Sara, Abboud, Philip and Bill (and Larry),

I was very glad to receive this email from Cecilia at MIT. And I'm glad she emphasized the MIT OCW licensing terms, and asked WUaS to clarify what we request of MIT.

As I read the CC terms she sent - http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/ - in terms of developing CC MIT OCW in 7 languages in MediaWiki / Wikidata / Wikibase in the Creative Commons' Core 501 c 3 side of WUaS, I see this reuse and adaptation of MIT OCW as legal and possible, and for developing an online WUaS course catalog with AI / machine learning / machine translation, for example, even. It's keeping this WUaS 1) Creative Commons' Core 501 c 3 noncommercial side separate in the long run from the 2) planned for-profit "entity formation" side, which seems initially important in our planning.

In terms of Cecilia's direct question, I'd like for WUaS to collaborate much more fully with MIT possibly on both sides (as well as continue to work with MIT OCW) which could

1) on the WUaS CC Core side include a) communicating with their registrar for possible students, b) hiring their graduate students in all countries' main languages as online instructors - as volunteers to begin to use your language - and c) engage the MIT alumni network for meeting prospective WUaS students around the world (which could be through WUaS's own MIT networks, and not through MIT itself)

2) in planning the WUaS commercial side (excluding MIT OCW) - but perhaps with MIT itself, include a) explore commercializing questions re some of the other 10 all-languages' revenue streams, as these unfold, such as patenting and law schools in all 204 countries' questions - http://worlduniversityandschool.blogspot.com/2016/01/14-planned-wuas-revenue-streams.html.

Suggestions for language for some of this?

In terms of the "board training" you mentioned in our last meeting, I know of a new prospective new Board member, Yan Zhuang (I think is his name), who has a Computer Science Ph.D. from Cal, and whom I met at a Stanford Law China-US legal exchange, and who now works for QualComm, and has been in states for 20 years, but just came back from a visit to China. Would you like to explore developing Board training with him in mind for the for-profit side of WUaS, as we proceed with forking developments at WUaS - and possibly as an "intern" Board member - in contrast to a volunteer instructor - again to use your language from your last meeting?

Am about to procure Quickbooks from TechSoup for non-profits ... which we may be able to use for planning purposes as well.

Since you mentioned wishing to be included in this correspondence with MIT, what language would you suggest for some of the above, as I prepare to try to open some collaborative possibilities with specific requests of MIT in communicating further with Cecilia? I'd like to develop a kind of legal questions relationship with MIT over time, beyond engaging the MIT OCW licensing terms on WUaS's CC Core side.

Thank you!

Sincerely,

Scott

On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 3:18 PM, Scott MacLeod <worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Cecilia,

Best regards, Scott

On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 12:01 PM, Cecilia d'Oliveira <cec@mit.edu> wrote:

HI Scott,

Thanks for your email and your interest in collaborating with MIT OpenCourseWare.

In order to respond to your email and to further this discussion, it would be helpful to understand what you are requesting from MIT. It is not clear to me from your email.

Again, could you please clarify what you are requesting from MIT?

Cecilia

Cecilia d'Oliveira

Cecilia

Cecilia d'Oliveira | Associate Dean of Digital Learning

Office of Digital Learning

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

11 Cambridge Center | MIT NE35-1009 | Cambridge MA 02142

T 617.253.6124 | C 617.529.6280 | F 617.253.2115 | Skype cec-at-mit

From: Scott MacLeod [mailto:worlduniversityandschool@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 1:58 AM
To: Cecilia d'Oliveira
Cc: SARA CHUGH; Philip Wiseman; Abdul Rahman CHABALLOUT; William Kell; viehland@chatham.edu
Subject: MIT OCW legal questions and World University and School

Dear Dean Cecilia d'Oliveira,

Thank you.

All the best,

Scott

P.S. I'm also including Dr. Larry Viehland in this email, who is the chair of World University and School's Board, and an alumnus of MIT.

- Scott MacLeod - Founder & President

- World University and School

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1268951562417659905?s=20

- 415 480 4577

- PO Box 442, (86 Ridgecrest Road), Canyon, CA 94516

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While US economy shut down massively in past 6 months due to #NovelCoronavirus #COVID19, methinks #VirtualEconomy has begun massively too #ActualVirtual #PhysicalDigital #RealisticVirtualEarthForEconomics & with Harvard, MIT, Stanford & Cambridge going online, WUaS Benefits Big

While US economy shut down massively in past 6 months due to #NovelCoronavirus #COVID19, methinks #VirtualEconomy has begun massively too #ActualVirtual #PhysicalDigital #RealisticVirtualEarthForEconomics& with Harvard, MIT, Stanford & Cambridge going online, WUaS Benefits Big https://t.co/jL7ulhoGgR
— WorldUnivandSch (@WorldUnivAndSch) June 5, 2020

https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1268951744265900032?s=20

https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod/status/1268952349793349633?s=20

The Black Death and other pandemics pushed wages higher, but the impact will likely be different this time, economists say.
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) April 21, 2020

https://twitter.com/WSJ/status/1252657024128765954?s=20

While US economy shut down massively in past 6 months due to #NovelCoronavirus #COVID19, methinks #DigitalEconomy has begun massively too #ActualVirtual #PhysicalDigital #RealisticVirtualEarthForEconomics & with Harvard, MIT, Stanford & Cambridge going online, WUaS Benefits Big

While US economy shut down massively in past 6 months due to #NovelCoronavirus #COVID19, methinks #DigitalEconomy has begun massively too #ActualVirtual #PhysicalDigital #RealisticVirtualEarthForEconomics& with Harvard, MIT, Stanford & Cambridge going online, WUaS Benefits Big https://t.co/29VuYdCVWa
— Scott_GK_MacLeod_WUaS_worlduniversityandschool.org (@scottmacleod) June 5, 2020

https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1268951885785923585?s=20

Diff WSJ pic

While US economy shut down massively in past 6 months due to #NovelCoronavirus #COVID19, methinks #VirtualEconomy has begun massively too #ActualVirtual #PhysicalDigital #RealisticVirtualEarthForEconomics& with Harvard, MIT, Stanford & Cambridge going online, WUaS Benefits Big https://t.co/4F7NeF2GDN
— Open Band (Berkeley) (@TheOpenBand) June 5, 2020

https://twitter.com/TheOpenBand/status/1268953068491563014?s=20

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1268954011748597760?s=20

https://twitter.com/WSJ/status/1268326038968373251?s=20

https://twitter.com/WUaSPress/status/1268955215694159873?s=20

As cities boil over, pleas from sports figures to hear the voices in the streets.
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) June 3, 2020

https://twitter.com/WSJ/status/1268326038968373251?s=20

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Ma,

It got hot here early yesterday - another miserable one! Today however is nice cool - and potentially for the next few days ... How's the weather by you?

Glad to be in communication with Nick Thompson in text messaging:

Scott: Hey Nick, How are you? How's the weather in Pittsburgh? My mother seems to be doing well in her new digs. How is Ken? How is your Mom? (Is she still living - in the Pgh area?) Regards, Scott (scottmacleod.com - seeking to get this #RealisticVirtualHarbin further off the ground! - https://twitter.com/hashtag/RealisticVirtualHarbin?src=hashtag_click - into cyberspace!:)

Nick: Good to hear, we are all surviving C19, Nick

Scott: Novel coronavirus Covid-19 weather is a bit dicey indeed. Glad to hear you're all surviving it. -Scott (In what ways will we be able to see the developments of the virus in a - #RealisticVirtualEarthForGenetics - https://twitter.com/hashtag/RealisticVirtualEarthForGenetics?src=hashtag_click - and also with an Apple-Google tracing app, about which I just re-Tweeted here - https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch).

Do you see Nick or the Thompsons occasionally? And where does Nick and Ken's mother live? Is she even out near you by any chance?

How are you doing? Tides may be turning here - & re Canyon too - and especially with regards to my big educational project, and MIT Legal and Lego Education Store communications today. What are you up to this weekend?

Love,

Scott

These are the 4 Twitter feeds I look at daily, and even more:

https://twitter.com/karen_brennan

https://twitter.com/heather_paxson

https://twitter.com/janmpdx

https://twitter.com/jpalfrey

Not sure exactly why as I think about it, but it has something to do with their Tweets, their all being teachers and high achievers, and creative and smart. Karen's a prof of education at Harvard with a MIT Media Lab Ph.D., Heather's an anthropology professor at MIT with a Haverford BA, and a Stanford Ph.D., Jan is a professor of German (but philosophy too perhaps) at Reed College, with a Yale BA, and Johns Hopkins' Ph.D. and John is the president of the MacArthur Foundation, with a Harvard College BA, and Harvard Law Degree (with a Cambridge degree too), as well as being a former Harvard Law professor, as well as the head of Phillips Academy Andover, and a teacher there.

https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/
https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod/

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/
https://twitter.com/WUaSPress/
https://twitter.com/HarbinBook/
https://twitter.com/TheOpenBand/

- Scott MacLeod

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trifolium_pratense

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Another classic from the Peto-Slight-Collins et al lineage. This straightforward prose is much needed to clearly & constructively state the issues. @fda @ctti @pcornet The Magic of Randomization versus the Myth of Real-World Evidence | NEJM

Another classic from the Peto-Slight-Collins et al lineage. This straightforward prose is much needed to clearly & constructively state the issues. @fda @ctti @pcornet The Magic of Randomization versus the Myth of Real-World Evidence | NEJM https://t.co/fD1QuCLxPH
— Robert M Califf (@califf001) February 12, 2020

https://twitter.com/califf001/status/1227729749843136512?s=20

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Trying to our part. Much at stake in all of us working together to get through the pandemic.

Trying to our part. Much at stake in all of us working together to get through the pandemic. https://t.co/qm7si83EW3
— Robert M Califf (@califf001) March 15, 2020

https://twitter.com/califf001/status/1239284860943872000?s=20

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More on work at Google/Alphabet. Please use the information--its reliable. COVID-19: How we’re continuing to help @google

More on work at Google/Alphabet. Please use the information--its reliable. COVID-19: How we’re continuing to help @google https://t.co/1i65g6bgay
— Robert M Califf (@califf001) March 15, 2020

https://twitter.com/califf001/status/1239288333013938176?s=20

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Working with the governor's office to screen for Covid 19. @verilylifesci

Working with the governor's office to screen for Covid 19. @verilylifesci https://t.co/efLLeVY3AO
— Robert M Califf (@califf001) March 21, 2020

https://twitter.com/califf001/status/1241179487972159488?s=20

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Thanks to the many volunteers who have made this possible. Especially thinking of front line first responders and health care workers tonight.

Thanks to the many volunteers who have made this possible. Especially thinking of front line first responders and health care workers tonight. https://t.co/myLmCVOw52
— Robert M Califf (@califf001) March 27, 2020

https://twitter.com/califf001/status/1243366848701149185?s=20

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This--should be disseminated far and wide. What if I Need to Go on a Ventilator?

This--should be disseminated far and wide. What if I Need to Go on a Ventilator? https://t.co/GC2wnwFMEA
— Robert M Califf (@califf001) March 27, 2020

https://twitter.com/califf001/status/1243585094347964416?s=20

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Hope many people watch this. Down to earth discussion of major issues.

Hope many people watch this. Down to earth discussion of major issues. https://t.co/nNG30dJ3YS
— Robert M Califf (@califf001) March 27, 2020

https://twitter.com/califf001/status/1243655961589342208?s=20

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Information for testing for Covid-19.

Information for testing for Covid-19. https://t.co/5pbZ6Y1o5b
— Robert M Califf (@califf001) April 4, 2020

https://twitter.com/califf001/status/1246497671625367552?s=20

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An update on community testing with the state of California.

An update on community testing with the state of California. https://t.co/NnlJg4hS2s
— Robert M Califf (@califf001) April 8, 2020

https://twitter.com/califf001/status/1247929957868638209?s=20

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important collaboration in this complex world in crisis.

important collaboration in this complex world in crisis. https://t.co/lO9pGHC7yG
— Robert M Califf (@califf001) April 10, 2020

https://twitter.com/califf001/status/1248662107052109825?s=20

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Google banned an indie developer’s contact tracing app from its Play Store for appearing to “profit from a tragic event” by incorporating ads from Google’s own advertising network.

The company continued serving ads in the iPhone version of the app.

Google banned an indie developer’s contact tracing app from its Play Store for appearing to “profit from a tragic event” by incorporating ads from Google’s own advertising network.

The company continued serving ads in the iPhone version of the app. https://t.co/7Xtv07QM5u
— kpoulsen (@kpoulsen) June 5, 2020

https://twitter.com/kpoulsen/status/1268925785873641472?s=20

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Church of England to launch a 'Google Maps for graves' w/i five years enabling family historians to search for burial records & locations in an online database -https://dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8068893/Church-England-launch-Google-Maps-graves-five-years.html… #RealisticVirtualEarth #RealisticVirtualEarthForArchaeology #RealisticVirtualEarthForGenetics ~

Church of England to launch a 'Google Maps for graves' w/i five years enabling family historians to search for burial records & locations in an online database -https://t.co/4xn3jpS377 #RealisticVirtualEarth #RealisticVirtualEarthForArchaeology #RealisticVirtualEarthForGenetics ~
— Open Band (Berkeley) (@TheOpenBand) March 5, 2020

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Dear Leanna,

Thanks for this @LEGO_Education event & nice to meet you online at the Scratch Meetup SF recently - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qH8KDdRlPvTww0fgCnNSFTbMulgsYx_LdWFYGBUAoyY/edit?usp=sharing . Looks like this 6/4 meeting @ 2PM CDT requires an Illinois county sign-in, which I don't have. Would bring my LEGO bricks re #RealisticVirtualEarthForLego ! Workarounds? Other ways to join this event? Thanks!

Regards, Scott

Thanks for this @LEGO_Education event & greetings Leanna Prater @TOTALTeacher
Nice to meet you at Scratch Meetup SF recently. Looks like this 6/4 meeting @ 2PM CDT requires Illinois county sign-in, which I don't have. Would bring my LEGO bricks re #RealisticVirtualEarthForLego !

Thanks for this @LEGO_Education event & greetings Leanna Prater @TOTALTeacher
Nice to meet you at Scratch Meetup SF recently. Looks like this 6/4 meeting @ 2PM CDT requires Illinois county sign-in, which I don't have. Would bring my LEGO bricks re #RealisticVirtualEarthForLego !
— WorldUnivandSch (@WorldUnivAndSch) June 4, 2020

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1268588520018292738?s=20

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Thanks @LEGO_Education for this event & greetings Leanna Prater @TOTALTeacher
Nice to meet you at Scratch Meetup SF recently. Looks like this 6/4 meeting @ 2PM CDT requires Illinois county sign-in, which I don't have. Would bring my LEGO bricks re #RealisticVirtualEarthForLego !

Thanks @LEGO_Education for this event & greetings Leanna Prater @TOTALTeacher
Nice to meet you at Scratch Meetup SF recently. Looks like this 6/4 meeting @ 2PM CDT requires Illinois county sign-in, which I don't have. Would bring my LEGO bricks re #RealisticVirtualEarthForLego ! https://t.co/zxckiTsQwk
— WorldUnivandSch (@WorldUnivAndSch) June 4, 2020

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1268588774599979008?s=20

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Join @LEGO_Education on 6/4 at 2PM CDT for an introduction to computer science through unplugged activities. Don't forget to bring your LEGO bricks! All educators are welcome #remotelearning #fun https://t.co/o2wlaK1peO
— Alexandra Orellana-Vlachakis 🤖 (@vlachakisalex) May 23, 2020

https://twitter.com/vlachakisalex/status/1264250814605987840?s=20

- Scott MacLeod - Founder, President & Professor

- World University and School

- 415 480 4577

LEGO Lesson Plans and Resources

- CC World University and School - like CC Wikipedia with best STEM-centric CC OpenCourseWare - incorporated as a nonprofit university and school in California, and is a U.S. 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt educational organization.

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Dear Leanna, and Alexandra,

Thanks for this @LEGO_Education event - https://reg.abcsignup.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0044-0016-bad2445f0f3a4d9caf5a7b45ee4e031b& nice to meet you, Leanna, online at the Scratch Meetup SF recently - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qH8KDdRlPvTww0fgCnNSFTbMulgsYx_LdWFYGBUAoyY/edit?usp=sharing. And thanks too for your posting, Alexandra - https://twitter.com/vlachakisalex/status/1264250814605987840?s=20. It looks like this 6/4 meeting @ 2PM CDT requires an Illinois county sign-in, which I don't have. I would bring my LEGO bricks re an #ActualVirtual #RealisticVirtualEarthForLego even! Workarounds? Other ways to join this event? Thanks!

Regards, Scott

Thanks for this @LEGO_Education event & greetings Leanna Prater @TOTALTeacher
Nice to meet you at Scratch Meetup SF recently. Looks like this 6/4 meeting @ 2PM CDT requires Illinois county sign-in, which I don't have. Would bring my LEGO bricks re #RealisticVirtualEarthForLego !

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1268588520018292738?s=20

Thanks @LEGO_Education for this event & greetings Leanna Prater @TOTALTeacher
Nice to meet you at Scratch Meetup SF recently. Looks like this 6/4 meeting @ 2PM CDT requires Illinois county sign-in, which I don't have. Would bring my LEGO bricks re #RealisticVirtualEarthForLego !

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1268588774599979008?s=20

https://twitter.com/vlachakisalex/status/1264250814605987840?s=20

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Alexandra Vlachakis

Jun 4, 2020, 10:15 AM (2 days ago)

to me, Leanna

Hi Scott,

Thank you for your interest.

You need to create an account and when it asks if you are in IL chose Non-IL. Also, chose OTHER if you are not an educator or in one of the IL districts.

Here is the link: https://reg.abcsignup.com/s_reg/reg_registration_maintenance.aspx?na=1

Let me know if that doesn't work.

Thanks again,

Alex

Alexandra Vlachakis

Sr. Enterprise Account Manager

LEGO Education

Check out our LEGO Education Resources:

LEGO Education Grants List

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Scott MacLeod
Thu, Jun 4, 10:32 AM (2 days ago)
to Alexandra, Leanna

There's nothing in "District" to pick ... a check mark shows up when I click on its down arrow on the side, but the "District" field doesn't work. So at this point, I can't register.

Suggestions?

Scott

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Alexandra Vlachakis
Thu, Jun 4, 10:41 AM (2 days ago)
to Brian, me, Leanna

Hi Scott, I'm adding Brian as I see what you mean. Nothing comes up for district when you chose Non-IL, and you get stuck.

Brian, can you help us?

In the meantime, Scott, feel free to choose IL, Cook County. That’s my area. I'll make a note that you are from another state.

Sorry for the trouble, Scott.

-Alex

Alexandra Vlachakis
Sr. Enterprise Manager
LEGO Education
Twitter: @vlachakisalex

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Scott MacLeod
Jun 4, 2020, 10:48 AM (2 days ago)
to Alexandra, Brian, Leanna

Hi Brian,

Looks like this 6/4 meeting @ 2PM CDT requires an Illinois county sign-in - https://reg.abcsignup.com/s_reg/reg_registration_maintenance.aspx?na=1 - which I don't have. Would bring my LEGO bricks re #RealisticVirtualEarthForLego ! Workarounds? Other ways to join this event? Thanks!

I found under "County" Non-Illinois, but then under "District" the 'other' option isn't available. Suggestions?

There's nothing in "District" to pick ... a check mark shows up when I click on its down arrow on the side, but the "District" field doesn't work. So at this point, I can't register.

Alexandra, there are a bunch of required fields in today's registration form, so if I were to try an Illinois county, it would conflict with the CA address.

Thanks, Scott

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Brian Bates
Jun 4, 2020, 10:57 AM (2 days ago)
to me, Alexandra, Leanna

Hi Scott -

Feel free to use the Zoom link to join the webinar. See you soon!

https://ltcillinois.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Lpl-6njMQoWCKu02yQuQ5A

Brian Bates
Digital Learning Coordinator ▪︎ Learning Technology Center of Illinois
309.715.7312
3358 Big Pine Trail, Champaign, Il 61822
Schedule a Call - calendly.com/b-bates

The Learning Technology Center is an Illinois State Board of Education program that supports all public K-12 districts, schools, and educators through technology initiatives, services, and professional learning opportunities.

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Scott MacLeod
Thu, Jun 4, 11:04 AM (2 days ago)
to Brian, Alexandra, Leanna

Thanks, Brian!

If I can access the Zoom video conference, I'll have my Lego WeDo 2.0 robotics' kit, but probably not configured with the Scratch programming language!

- https://twitter.com/hashtag/RealisticVirtualEarthForRobotics?src=hashtag_click -
- https://twitter.com/hashtag/RealisticVirtualEarthForLego?src=hashtag_click -

https://twitter.com/hashtag/ActualVirtual?src=hashtag_click
https://twitter.com/hashtag/PhysicalDigital?src=hashtag_click

See you in an hour, I think!

Thanks!
Scott

A #FilmTo3D App too? for a #RealisticVirtualEarthForHistory > #GooglePoly ? with #ReinforcementLearning in #ActualVirtual #PhysicalDigital 1 #RealisticVirtualHarbin w #LegoRobotics in https://twitter.com/HarbinBook/status/1223697825671741440?s=20w & #MachineLearning & https://youtu.be/F8DcgFDT9sc #GoogleResearchFootball ~

A #FilmTo3D App too? for a #RealisticVirtualEarthForHistory> #GooglePoly ? with #ReinforcementLearning in #ActualVirtual #PhysicalDigital 1 #RealisticVirtualHarbin w #LegoRobotics in https://t.co/yCyJjF7dvG& #MachineLearning& https://t.co/OJHCUdSt4o #GoogleResearchFootball ~ https://t.co/BgWyFiRMHn
— Scott_GK_MacLeod_WUaS_worlduniversityandschool.org (@scottmacleod) May 14, 2020

https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1261073336328568833?s=20

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Scott MacLeod
Thu, Jun 4, 11:30 AM (2 days ago)
to Brian, Alexandra, Leanna

Brian, Alexandra, Leanna,

You can see the beginnings of learning 'machine learning' with Lego robotics here (WeDo 2.0 and with this - - - 1999 competition) in this blog entry -
http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/02/flying-and-gliding-animals-this-is-next.html - and potentially with Google Research Football machine learning.

See you soon,
Scott

Home ONLINE #LegoRobotics in #RealisticVirtualHarbin w #ScratchProgramming & #MachineLearning HOW? Special WeDo2 Scratch BOXER https://youtu.be/HjD1zAWToYU
- - - Lego Robot Competition '99 https://youtu.be/SXH-bBw3uxg
Google Research Football https://youtu.be/F8DcgFDT9sc https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Machine_Learning… -

ONLINE Lego Robotics' Tournaments from HOME at WUaS (with Scratch programming language?) HOW? Special WeDo 2.0 + Scratch Project BOXERhttps://t.co/8YPkuoTzR6? #ActualVirtual #PhysicalDigital #RealisticVirtualEarthForRobotics #RealisticVirtualEarthForLego https://t.co/D82CmYOQib~
— Languages-World Univ (@sgkmacleod) January 29, 2020

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1223721119191977984?s=20

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ONLINE Lego Robotics' Tournaments from HOME at WUaS (with Scratch programming language?) HOW? Special WeDo 2.0 + Scratch Project BOXER
https://youtu.be/HjD1zAWToYU? #ActualVirtual #PhysicalDigital #RealisticVirtualEarthForRobotics #RealisticVirtualEarthForLego https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Robotics ~

ONLINE Lego Robotics' Tournaments from HOME at WUaS (with Scratch programming language?) HOW? Special WeDo 2.0 + Scratch Project BOXERhttps://t.co/8YPkuoTzR6? #ActualVirtual #PhysicalDigital #RealisticVirtualEarthForRobotics #RealisticVirtualEarthForLego https://t.co/D82CmYOQib~
— Languages-World Univ (@sgkmacleod) January 29, 2020

https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod/status/1222625242515771392?s=20

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Scott MacLeod
Thu, Jun 4, 1:02 PM (2 days ago)
to Brian, Alexandra, Leanna

Wonderful and thank you, Leanna and All,

I learned some new Lego language.

A realistic virtual earth for Lego ... from Lego Duplo bricks - and the creative computing projects you shared - to Lego machine learning with the WeDo 2.0 special Lego Robotics' kit (maybe with 2 smart hubs, etc) and in Google Research Football etc. - http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/02/flying-and-gliding-animals-this-is-next.html - are a lot of virtual world dots to connect, but would open up vast learning horizons (in so many countries and languages even, and re World Univ & Sch).

Am interested in building a best STEM CC-4 OCW-centric WUaS curriculum for Lego Robotics for WUaS College level Engineering majors, potentially taking courses on the edX platform in addition to the one best STEM CC-4 OCW Lego resource - https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/experimental-study-group/es-293-lego-robotics-spring-2007/- as well as curriculum for something like IB high school science majors. Please keep your ears open if you learn of people creating this. (Am reading Karen Brennan's Twitter feed - https://twitter.com/karen_brennan - and re Creative Computing with Scratch programming in these regards, but am not seeing much about Lego Robotics with Scratch out of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, which is a direction WUaS is heading in for major online universities in all ~200 countries' official languages! ). Thank you!

I appreciated your coding progression slide - about the 6th to last - in these regards too. Very nice to meet you too, Alex, Brian and Leanna!

Best regards, Scott
https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Robotics
https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Machine_Learning
https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Programming
(https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Subjects)

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/
https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/
Languages - World Univ: https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod/
https://twitter.com/WUaSPress/

Again, brainstorming-wise -
Home ONLINE #LegoRobotics in #RealisticVirtualHarbin w #ScratchProgramming & #MachineLearning HOW? Special WeDo2 Scratch BOXER https://youtu.be/HjD1zAWToYU
- - - Lego Robot Competition '99 https://youtu.be/SXH-bBw3uxg
Google Research Football https://youtu.be/F8DcgFDT9sc https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Machine_Learning… -

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1223721119191977984?s=20

ONLINE Lego Robotics' Tournaments from HOME at WUaS (with Scratch programming language?) HOW? Special WeDo 2.0 + Scratch Project BOXER
https://youtu.be/HjD1zAWToYU? #ActualVirtual #PhysicalDigital #RealisticVirtualEarthForRobotics #RealisticVirtualEarthForLego https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Robotics ~

https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod/status/1222625242515771392?s=20

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Hi Leanna,

I lived in Pittsburgh, PA, during my high school years, not all that far from Louisville, KY.

Thanks for your excellent presentation, and very nice to meet you virtually again.

Best, Scott

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Leanna Prater
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Thu, Jun 4, 1:42 PM (2 days ago)
to me

It’s a small world! I actually grew up in WV- Pittsburgh was our “big city”. :)

Thanks so much for the kind words, I was so glad you could join today!

Leanna Prater
Solutions Engineer
LEGO Education

Sent from my iPhone

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Scott MacLeod sgkmacleod@worlduniversityandschool.org

Fri, Jun 5, 10:23 AM (1 day ago)

to Leanna

It's a very small world: my mother was born and raised in Cincinnati, OH, and I went backpacking in WV (Dolly Sods) a number of times in high school :)

Scott

- https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/western-prairie-fringed-orchid-berkeley.html -

- Scott MacLeod - Founder, President & Professor

- World University and School

- 415 480 4577

https://twitter.com/WUaSPress/status/1268958943037894657?s=20
https://twitter.com/WUaSPress/status/1268958678444457984?s=20

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Scott MacLeod
Fri, Jun 5, 10:34 AM (1 day ago)
to Brian, Alexandra, Leanna

Alex, Brian, Leanna,

Thanks so much for your help yesterday, and for your great presentation, Leanna. Am wondering if we could, hypothetically, add your presentation to an emergent #RealisticVirtualEarthforLego with a #FilmTo3D App (and into something like Google Poly, which is a library of virtual objects, - so each Lego DUPLO brick, and standard brick, a Google Poly object)? (& also re a #RealisticVirtualEarthforRobotics)

Regards, Scott

Related Tweet:

Thnx Leanna @TOTALTeacher & Alex @vlachakisalex. Am wondering if we could, hypothetically, add your presentation to emergent #ActualVirtual #RealisticVirtualEarthforLego with #FilmTo3D App (in #GooglePoly for #LegoDUPLO & standard bricks)? & esp #RealisticVirtualEarthforRobotics ~

Thnx Leanna @TOTALTeacher& Alex @vlachakisalex. Am wondering if we could, hypothetically, add your presentation to emergent #ActualVirtual #RealisticVirtualEarthforLego with #FilmTo3D App (in #GooglePoly for #LegoDUPLO& standard bricks)? & esp #RealisticVirtualEarthforRobotics! https://t.co/NReNb7Bcif
— WUaSPress (@WUaSPress) June 5, 2020

Dominik is loving his #StayBuildConnect prize! Thanks to @Rapid_Edu and @CreativeHutEdu ! #WinWithRapid #winwithrapid #Lego #LegoDuplo pic.twitter.com/FZlSLovjr4
— Anna (@AnnaAnna2312) June 4, 2020

https://twitter.com/AnnaAnna2312/status/1268484771774189568?s=20

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Leanna, it's a very small world: my mother was born and raised in Cincinnati, OH, and I went backpacking in WV (Dolly Sods) a number of times in high school :)

Scott
- https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/western-prairie-fringed-orchid-berkeley.html -

- Scott MacLeod - Founder, President & Professor

- World University and School
- http://worlduniversityandschool.org

- 415 480 4577
- http://scottmacleod.com

- CC World University and School - like CC Wikipedia with best STEM-centric CC OpenCourseWare - incorporated as a nonprofit university and school in California, and is a U.S. 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt educational organization.

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Alexandra Vlachakis
Jun 5, 2020, 10:43 AM (1 day ago)
to me

Hi Scott,

It is nice to meet you and thank you for your resources. Are you a programmer? What state are you based out of?

Thanks,
Alex

Alexandra Vlachakis

Sr. Enterprise Account Manager

LEGO Education

Check out our LEGO Education Resources:

LEGO Lesson Plans and Resources

LEGO Education Grants List

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Scott MacLeod
Fri, Jun 5, 10:45 AM (1 day ago)
to Leanna, Brian, Alexandra

Hi Alexandra,

It is nice to meet you as well. I code a little HTML and Scratch. Online best STEM CC-4 OCW-centric wiki World Univ & Sch is based out of California.

Thanks, Scott
- https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/search/label/programming
- https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/search/label/machine%20learning

Hi Scott,

It is nice to meet you and thank you for your resources. Are you a programmer? What state are you based out of?

Thanks,
Alex

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Hi Alexandra,

Thanks so much for your email.

World Univ & Sch is seeking to develop 'Home Robotics' - potentially with Lego Robotics' kits - where WUaS would send Lego kits to matriculated WUaS students, in an 'engineering' major (or with a high school 'science' focus), in their homes in all ~200 countries - with courses emerging from something like this best STEM CC-4 OCW course - https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/experimental-study-group/es-293-lego-robotics-spring-2007/ - into something like edX, and initially at the high school and undergraduate levels (and also with Scratch language programming). The Lego robotics' kits would initially include WeDo 2.0, Spike Prime, Mindstorms EV3 / Mindstreams, etc.). This would be for students learning machine learning eventually as well. WUaS has an #ActualVirtual #PhysicalDigital focus, and potentially in a #RealisticVirtualEarthForRobotics too (e.g. with - - - 's educational version of Minecraft / Brick Street View in Google Street View, where Brick here refers to a Lego brick). While WUaS is seeking to matriculate our 2nd undergraduate class online this autumn, and at present for just a few prospective undergraduate students (in 6 majors), WUaS would eventually seek to have online undergraduate classes of possibly 2,000 students, first in English, and then in each of all ~200 countries' official / main languages (since Scratch programming is in these languages too). So in these online (licensing and accrediting) high school and college contexts, in what ways could WUaS let students get such Lego Robotics' kits? Could WUaS make these available in a WUaS online robotics' store, for example? What would you suggest in exploring these ideas further? And how might WUaS best make Lego Robotics' kits be available to our undergraduate Engineering majors beginning this autumn, please?

Thank you so much, and I look forward to hearing from you further about some of these ideas.

Best, Scott

Hi Scott,

Happy to help answer your questions. I will do so inline below.

1.So in these online (licensing and accrediting) high school and college contexts, in what ways could WUaS let students get such Lego Robotics' kits? Could WUaS make these available in a WUaS online robotics' store, for example?

Our products are available on our LEGO Education store. So the easiest way would be to include a link to our site. We would have to talk a little more to be understand your store and see if this works for you.

2.What would you suggest in exploring these ideas further? And how might WUaS best make Lego Robotics' kits be available to our undergraduate Engineering majors beginning this autumn, please?

I’m available for a phone call to further discuss your needs. How does next week look for you?

Have a great weekend,

Alex

Alexandra Vlachakis

Sr. Enterprise Manager

LEGO Education

From: Scott MacLeod <sgkmacleod@worlduniversityandschool.org>
Sent: Friday, June 5, 2020 1:32 PM
To: Alexandra Vlachakis

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Hi Alexandra,

Thanks for your responses. I'll seek to reply inline in kind:

Regarding your:

- "Our products are available on our LEGO Education store. So the easiest way would be to include a link to our site. We would have to talk a little more to be understand your store and see if this works for you."

A Lego Education store link in WUaS online bookstores / computer stores / robotics' stores initially would work. WUaS is planning to develop our online stores with TensorFlow AI potentially, and in many languages with time. Eventually, WUaS seeks to have on-the-ground educational services' stores too in all ~200 countries (am thinking WalMart), so it would be great to talk further about this. If WUaS added a LEGO Education store link, and WUaS students got Lego Robotics' kits for their courses from the WUaS store, how does that work? Would Spike Prime be something the WUaS younger online high schools could get for online STEAM work, since WUaS is planning only to be online schools (and I've heard that only schools can get Spike Prime)?

And regarding your:

- "I’m available for a phone call to further discuss your needs. How does next week look for you?"

Talking next week could work for me. What are some good times for you?

Thnx Leanna @TOTALTeacher& Alex @vlachakisalex. Am wondering if we could, hypothetically, add your presentation to emergent #ActualVirtual #RealisticVirtualEarthforLego with #FilmTo3D App (in #GooglePoly for #LegoDUPLO& standard bricks)? & esp #RealisticVirtualEarthforRobotics! https://t.co/NReNb7Bcif
— WUaSPress (@WUaSPress) June 5, 2020

https://twitter.com/WUaSPress/status/1268958943037894657?s=20 and

Dominik is loving his #StayBuildConnect prize! Thanks to @Rapid_Edu and @CreativeHutEdu ! #WinWithRapid #winwithrapid #Lego #LegoDuplo pic.twitter.com/FZlSLovjr4
— Anna (@AnnaAnna2312) June 4, 2020

https://twitter.com/AnnaAnna2312/status/1268484771774189568?s=20 -

Thanks so much.

Best regards, Scott

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Lego Duplo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Duplo

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Hi Scott,

Happy to help answer your questions. I will do so inline below.

Our products are available on our LEGO Education store. So the easiest way would be to include a link to our site. We would have to talk a little more to be understand your store and see if this works for you.

2.What would you suggest in exploring these ideas further? And how might WUaS best make Lego Robotics' kits be available to our undergraduate Engineering majors beginning this autumn, please?

I’m available for a phone call to further discuss your needs. How does next week look for you?

Have a great weekend,

Alex

Alexandra Vlachakis

Sr. Enterprise Manager

LEGO Education

Tel: 312.286.7163

Twitter: @vlachakisalex

From: Scott MacLeod <sgkmacleod@worlduniversityandschool.org>
Sent: Friday, June 5, 2020 1:32 PM
To: Alexandra Vlachakis

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Hi Alexandra,

Thanks for your responses. I'll seek to reply inline in kind:

Regarding your:

And regarding your:

- "I’m available for a phone call to further discuss your needs. How does next week look for you?"

Talking next week could work for me. What are some good times for you?

Thnx Leanna @TOTALTeacher & Alex @vlachakisalex. Am wondering if we could, hypothetically, add your presentation to emergent #ActualVirtual #RealisticVirtualEarthforLego with #FilmTo3D App (in #GooglePoly for #LegoDUPLO & standard bricks)? & esp #RealisticVirtualEarthforRobotics!

https://twitter.com/WUaSPress/status/1268958943037894657?s=20 and https://twitter.com/AnnaAnna2312/status/1268484771774189568?s=20 -

Thanks so much.

Best regards, Scott

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Dear Liam, Nicole, Neil, and Roland,

Thanks for your excellent Stanford Law CodeX presentations - https://law.stanford.edu/2020/06/03/codex-meeting-june-4th-2020/ - and I hope your baby is doing well, Liam.

I was wondering how each of your Legal Tech might be developed in all ~200 countries' official / main languages, and, brainstorming-wise, taught even in best STEM CC-4 OCW-centric World Univ & Sch's online Law Schools in these countries' languages. Google Translate, brainstorming-wise, would be developed for related machine translation. What do you think? Looking forward to hearing from you. (WUaS is seeking to emerge from Stanford Law and Stanford Medicine for related OpenCourseWare, since this best STEM CC-4 OCW university has neither a Law School nor a Medical School - and in all ~200 countries' official languages for online free-to-students' Law and Medical degrees). Neil, are you still in communication with - - - per https://www.linkedin.com/in/neilperetz/?

Thanks too for a stellar close to the quarter with your CodeX legal tech presentations. Have a great summer!

Best regards,

Scott

- http://worlduniversityandschool.blogspot.com/2020/04/dear-mit-president-rafael-reif-possible.html?view=sidebar

- https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/search/label/Law%20Schools

Here are some beginning WUaS Law Schools -

https://www.linkedin.com/in/neilperetz/

- https://twitter.com/contractwranglr?lang=en

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-a-clark/

CEO @Nicole_A_Clark explaining the importance of data and analytics in modern legal research.
@dtlatech19 #legaltech #startupchats
https://twitter.com/trellis_law/status/1098666466855907328?s=20

https://www.crunchbase.com/person/nicole-clark#section-overview

http://hcsc.clubs.harvard.edu/article.html?aid=1107

https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-moriarty/

https://maccelerator.la/en/liam-moriarty/

https://twitter.com/belawgood?lang=en

https://contractworkbench.com/#/welcome

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauna_Kea_silversword

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argyroxiphium_sandwicense_subsp._macrocephalum

https://www.npca.org/articles/1900-the-national-park-with-the-most-endangered-species

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Dear Dick (Richard Robb MD), Lucy, Ma, Ann and Alden,

Will we all be talking for an infinite more number of 4-year US presidential elections due to genetic engineering aging reversal?

The best short 1 minute version of this question with Harvard / MIT Genetics' Prof George Church:
"How soon could humans reverse the aging process with genetic engineering?"

https://youtu.be/bnCEIPQFNnk
(with a transcription of this interview and more - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/harvard-geneticist-george-church-goal-to-protect-humans-from-viruses-genetic-diseases-and-aging-60-minutes-2019-12-08/)

How are you doing with the many protests I see happening in Boston via the Boston Globe, Dick and Lucy? And how will 'Black Lives Matter' and the death of George Flloyd change things this November, given that Pres rump was unsuccessful at imposing martial law. I'd think that science will continue on beyond the November 2020 election, but see the Guardian article below in these regards. What are you thinking regarding the November election?

(Am missing my Dad, GKM MD a bit now and then, and who was very interested in politics; thanks, again, Dick and Lucy, for coming to his Memorial Service at the First Unitarian Church of Pittsburgh!)

I found this recent genetics' article inspiring, partly George Church focused:

After the Madness—Pandemic Silver Linings in Bioscience
Will the frenzied rush to understand and treat SARS-CoV-2 bring longer lasting benefit to the world of scientific research and medicine?

By David Ewing Duncan
Illustration by Kelsey Wroten

- https://neo.life/2020/06/after-the-madness-pandemic-silver-linings-in-bioscience/

George Church, MIT and Harvard Professor of Genetics, was a panelist in this related fascinating conference (which I attended online), now in video:

Neo.Life Boston
(April 9 2020)

https://youtu.be/t3M1hRpSa6E

" ... startling and positive visions for humanity through the lens of NEO.LIFE’s expert ... Boston innovators from bioengineering, neuroscience, design and venture capital, who contributed to our book, Neo.Life: 25 Visions for the Future of Our Species""

Am curious too regarding science ahead re my big educational project and in realistic virtual earth for genetics ... https://twitter.com/hashtag/RealisticVirtualEarthForGenetics?src=hashtag_click ... and for everything including Lego Robotics - https://twitter.com/hashtag/RealisticVirtualEarthforLego?src=hashtag_click - and even in Google Street View with Time Slide, and re my #ActualVirtual #PhysicalDigital Harbin Hot Springs' ethnographic project ~ http://tinyurl.com/p62rpcg ~ https://twitter.com/HarbinBook ~ http://bit.ly/HarbinBook ~

Here's the Guardian article I mentioned re upcoming election which you might be interested in as well:

The George Floyd murder and Covid-19 have hurt Trump, but maybe not fatally:
The president’s approval ratings have dipped sharply but he could still beat Biden

Simon Tisdall

Published on Sat 6 Jun 2020 15.15 EDT

Voter disapproval of Donald Trump’s handling of the George Floyd protests and the Covid-19 pandemic, plus the accompanying economic meltdown, have undoubtedly hurt the president’s re-election chances.

But it’s unclear whether the damage is fatal. Could Trump, despite everything, still stage a comeback and beat the Democratic nominee, Joe Biden?

Things are looking bad for Trump right now. His job approval rating has dipped sharply in recent days. Based on an average of 12 polls taken since 25 May the day Floyd was killed, it stands at about 43%, with 54% disapproving.

Trump’s loyalist “base” is said to comprise 25-30% of voters. The remainder of the 46% who backed him in 2016 will not necessarily do so again. There are signs that key voter groups are less committed – or more fiercely opposed.

A recent survey of white Christian evangelicals showed a 15% drop in support for Trump support. Among white Catholics, it dropped by 27%.

Biden’s appeal among African-Americans could provide him with winning margins in swing states
Many white suburban women deserted the Republicans in the 2018 mid-terms. This group may be further alienated by the health crisis, economic uncertainty, and Trump’s divisiveness. Older voters suffering the brunt of the pandemic are said to feel abandoned while the electorate as whole is getting younger. And for the first time, a third of eligible voters are non-white.

Revived fury over racial injustice may galvanise the black vote – a crucial 12.5% of the electorate – against the president. In 2016, black turnout declined for the first time in 20 years.

Biden’s appeal among African-Americans, demonstrated in the primaries, could reverse that trend and provide winning margins in swing states. Among all voters, Biden’s current lead is 11%.

Yet Trump has been written off before. He has the advantage of incumbency and an enormous war chest. He plays dirty. By autumn, the economy may have revived, and the pandemic subsided. And gaffe-prone Biden carries much baggage.

The protests may have scared as many Middle America voters as they energised. Nobody knows how Trump’s Nixonian appeals to the “silent majority” and “law and order” will play in Peoria.

One thing is certain: he’s a long way from beaten.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/06/floyd-covid-19-hurt-trump-but-maybe-not-fatally

Interesting British perspective from across the water, with 4 months to go before the election.

Biden seems to be looking around some as the news' announcement of his running mate timing, perhaps, is thought through. Could Biden pick up important swing states depending on VP choice - https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/politics/quiz-biden-vice-president-pick/ & "Election outcomes in key states like Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Florida and Arizona all come down to the same thing: the percentage of Democrats and left-leaning independents that end up casting ballots compared with the percentage of Republicans and right-leaning independents that do so. Republicans understand this campaign math and learned to solve this equation a long time ago. The only question is, have Democrats finally solved it too?" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/26/opinion/joe-biden-running-mate.html? Maybe not ...

Am still inclined toward Elizabeth Warren regarding the Biden campaign also getting Harvard thinking (and in all the swing states too) as having merit (but am not sure about the possible loss of the Mass. Senate seat) - and since 8 Harvard Alums / similar have been presidents - which is probably a higher number than most other institutions / organizations / networks / universities too - in this country.

... What do you think?

And China? Was the Sars-CoV-2 novel coronavirus COVID-19 a game changer in nation states' boundaries popping up in new ways, now around a biological threat, and regarding China getting rich quickly, and a shifting balance of power questions internationally? Effects on the Nov 2020 US election?

Warmly,

Scott

- Scott MacLeod

- https://neo.life/2020/06/after-the-madness-pandemic-silver-linings-in-bioscience/

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to Jane

Hi Ma,

I took one of the most beautiful walks yet yesterday in and near the open valley to the east of me - on the new far side of the massif's level way. It was partly so nice because the weather was cool, but also because I was aware of the loveliness of what I was walking through. Saw lots of new animals. The other day along the far side of the massif, I think an owl swooped down out of a tree limb in front of me, and into the far valley, the other side of the massif. Another cool beautiful day here ahead I think.

How are you? And what do you have planned for today?

Here's my blog post about Pittsburgh again, and Shady Side Academy too - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/05/squaw-run-wuas-livestream-may-18-2020.html !

An article in the German newspaper "The World" ("Die Welt") showed up this morning on neuropsychiatry, regarding my mentioning George Church's mention of this word in the "Neo" (Innovative Synthetic Biology) panel on April 9, 2020. The article mentions a Boris Cyrilnik - will check out further, and also regarding questions of culture. Did Church hear a neuropsychiatrist speak in Boston, and appreciated the thinking, and who was this? Am wondering, as you may observe, about the benefits of psychiatry and re culture, and newly online, for many - especially in the SF Bay Area, and among Quakers, here in Canyon, among Harbin residents, and Lake County folks too.

Another article yesterday in a Swiss paper, I think, mentioned the benefits of patience and discipline (Geduld und Disziplin) in this novel coronavirus pandemic time too; old 'values' in a way, and sensible too perhaps in these curious times. (This isn't the article but its relevant - Disziplin, Geduld, Angst – Urlaub im Schatten von Corona Veröffentlicht am 15.05.2020 - https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/plus208005751/Urlaub-an-der-Ostsee-mit-Corona-Disziplin-Geduld-Angst.html ).

Changes in awareness - consciousness that is - are interesting to think about and explore idea-wise as well, Ma! :)

Am amazed about the beauty around me here in Canyon 94516, but also think it's interesting I've stayed so far removed from Canyon's (alternative???, unique not-great?) culture, probably with great benefits. How to seek and find a great life partner, and begin a family, based here for the time being, I wonder? Appreciating your thinking in these regards, Ma!

What are you up to today, Ma! Talk with you soon! :)

Love, Scott

Here's a Reed College German Professor (philosophically inclined on Twitter too) related Tweet, (and perhaps re raising a family, but also thinking about consciousness even) -

Jan Mieszkowski @janmpdx · Jun 2
The first rule of Philosophy Club is: Start them early.
German Children's Books

The first rule of Philosophy Club is: Start them early. pic.twitter.com/CROsKnI7au
— Jan Mieszkowski (@janmpdx) June 2, 2020

https://twitter.com/janmpdx/status/1267882679241867264?s=20

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And to the 'Children's Literature and Wisdom' wiki subject at WUaS -
https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Children%27s_Literature_and_Wisdom

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See, too:
NEUROPSYCHIATRIST VIA COVID-19
"The youth will be ruined for the next twenty or thirty years"
As of: 8:45 a.m
NEUROPSYCHIATER ÜBER COVID-19
„Die Jugend wird die nächsten zwanzig, dreißig Jahre ruiniert sein“
https://www.welt.de/kultur/plus209027291/Boris-Cyrulnik-ueber-Covid-19-Ein-isoliertes-Gehirn-erlischt.html
(I don't think the whole article is accessible to use Google Translate with).

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- http://scottmacleod.com

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Hello Ed & Val,

It has stayed pretty nice & cool throughout the afternoon. How was your day? And how are you?

I found this recent genetics' article inspiring, partly Harvard / MIT prof of genetics' George Church focused:

After the Madness—Pandemic Silver Linings in Bioscience

Will the frenzied rush to understand and treat SARS-CoV-2 bring longer lasting benefit to the world of scientific research and medicine?

By David Ewing Duncan
Illustration by Kelsey Wroten

George Church, MIT and Harvard Professor of Genetics, was a panelist in this related fascinating conference which I attended online, now in video:

Neo.Life Boston (April 9 2020)
https://youtu.be/t3M1hRpSa6E

" ... startling and positive visions for humanity through the lens of NEO.LIFE’s expert ... Boston innovators from bioengineering, neuroscience, design and venture capital, who contributed to our book, Neo.Life: 25 Visions for the Future of Our Species""

Social distancing seems to working here in Canyon 94516 and with my landlord TW and his daughter LW who may both have a different kind of coronavirus, not SARS-CoV-2, and be in a related Canyon + network, - and perhaps it's good I've been social distancing from Canyon too for nearly all 13 years. Glad too you, Ed, came over 2 Sundays ago re a change in your reAding of Canyon as both scary and intimidating. Nice cool. In George C's Neo 10 minute talk (re above article and video), which again I attended online, he mentioned the need for neuro-psychiatry - am not sure in what context however - but which could be relevant in his Boston circles, and in Canyon / SF Bay Area. Social distancing however is working alright for now.

And I also haven't met a life partner here in all these years ... am keeping seeking ... re my agency re George A ... science ahead re my big educational project in realistic virtual earth for genetics ... https://twitter.com/hashtag/RealisticVirtualEarthForGenetics?src=hashtag_click ...

I think I might be being more social if I were living in the Boston area than here ... maybe in protesting - https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/06/nation/protest-with-100000-people-or-more-is-expected-washington-dc/ - than in Berkeley, although maybe I'll head in to Berkeley on Monday to another 'Black Lives Matter' protest - http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/western-prairie-fringed-orchid-berkeley.html?m=0 - and when it's supposed to be really hot again!

Found this Guardian article today which you might be interested in as well:

The George Floyd murder and Covid-19 have hurt Trump, but maybe not fatally:
The president’s approval ratings have dipped sharply but he could still beat Biden

Simon Tisdall

Published on Sat 6 Jun 2020 15.15 EDT

But it’s unclear whether the damage is fatal. Could Trump, despite everything, still stage a comeback and beat the Democratic nominee, Joe Biden?

A recent survey of white Christian evangelicals showed a 15% drop in support for Trump support. Among white Catholics, it dropped by 27%.

Biden’s appeal among African-Americans could provide him with winning margins in swing states

Many white suburban women deserted the Republicans in the 2018 mid-terms. This group may be further alienated by the health crisis, economic uncertainty, and Trump’s divisiveness. Older voters suffering the brunt of the pandemic are said to feel abandoned while the electorate as whole is getting younger. And for the first time, a third of eligible voters are non-white.

Revived fury over racial injustice may galvanise the black vote – a crucial 12.5% of the electorate – against the president. In 2016, black turnout declined for the first time in 20 years.

Biden’s appeal among African-Americans, demonstrated in the primaries, could reverse that trend and provide winning margins in swing states. Among all voters, Biden’s current lead is 11%.

The protests may have scared as many Middle America voters as they energised. Nobody knows how Trump’s Nixonian appeals to the “silent majority” and “law and order” will play in Peoria.

One thing is certain: he’s a long way from beaten.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/06/floyd-covid-19-hurt-trump-but-maybe-not-fatally

Interesting British perspective on November US elections, and timely.

What do you think?

Gonna play music - am glad to be connecting with piping onlne student Taylor further, re friends even - and head for a walk as well soon. Did you both get out today? WUaS is connecting with edX, and potentially to offer online edX centric classes toward free degrees in autumn!

Fond regards,
Scott

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Hi Ma,

How was your week, and how are you?

Nice cool weather again this morning and today. It's supposed to get hot again on Monday ... how's the weather by you?

Another reason to think about leaving Canyon, esp when kids come along, is the light-colored mineral in the water. I'd think that I'm ingesting minute amounts daily, given the amount that's accumulated on dish drainer (without heat) and soft boiled egg pan (with heat). And could it even be affecting my breathing, lodging in my upper chest and body? (I'm now drying all my dishes to increase the chance I'll remove more mineral than otherwise). I'd like to live elsewhere to let the mineral l ingest dissipate, and leave my body, - and not ingest any whatsoever! And so my kids too don't ingest it from an early age. Pgh? Massachusetts? Some place good to raise kids. Other reasons include perhaps Canyon culture and mental health issues here esp. The heat too (although that's many places ) ... and I'm looking for good sociality, where here in Canyon I'm a little solitary in these regards. I'd like to live closer to Cuttyhunk too sociality-wise, although flying works ... We may live beyond 122 years of age ... so there's maybe years ahead to explore all of this. :)

And maybe I can create good sociality online in new ways, - and the weather overall is better here than back east, with warmer winters, & no humidity in summers to speak of ... so perhaps I can do even more to make the water here mineral-free with a filter, and add air conditioning to where I'm living out here, and generate good sociality on-the-ground, with a life partner and kids, - but if I were to somehow get the next place along on the ridge here, and build a house (since there isn't one), how would I handle generation of goodness in Canyon, - which might even have a reputation for badness - have heard the saying that "The devil lives in Canyon" - but am not sure. My not engaging in the culture here has probably been good, for goodness sake, as curious as this idea might be ... hmmm ...

Glad to have communicated with not only Lego Education Sales' representatives yesterday re my big educational project's bookstore / robotics' store ahead, but also esp. heard from MIT legal (and as a continuation of hearing from its Exec Dir of best STEM CC-4 OCW Cecilia d'Olivier there 4 years ago re law questions) ... kinda momentous and making progress.

How to seek out and find a great life partner I wonder? UU extended circles? No word back from Ed in these regards, and even regarding seeking a MD life partner ... welcoming your ideas here :)

Love, Scott

Ma,

I suppose I could think of my abode in Canyon as a kind of campsite too (a Lydia Pintscher idea I just gleaned in a Wikidata-related email - and regarding beautiful spots in crowded Europe too - where??... If I were ever able to invite a friend and potential life partner to visit here, 'camp site' language might be a good way of explaining Canyon to someone good whom I meet online (from Cambridge, MA?), for example, or through Ed. (I'm not only very concerned about ... being unwell, but also ... mental health issues; MD psychoanalysis for both could benefit ...). How to navigate Canyon psychiatric issues that arise ahead I wonder?

Just responding in draft form to MIT legal, with Larry.

How's your day going?

Love, Scott

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- Scott MacLeod
- http://scottmacleod.com

HI Ma,

It has stayed pretty nice & cool throughout the afternoon. How was your day? And how are you?

I found this recent genetics' article inspiring, partly George Church focused:

After the Madness—Pandemic Silver Linings in Bioscience
Will the frenzied rush to understand and treat SARS-CoV-2 bring longer lasting benefit to the world of scientific research and medicine?

By David Ewing Duncan
Illustration by Kelsey Wroten

- https://neo.life/2020/06/after-the-madness-pandemic-silver-linings-in-bioscience/

George Church, MIT and Harvard Professor of Genetics, was a panelist in this related fascinating conference, now in video:

Neo.Life Boston (April 9 2020)
https://youtu.be/t3M1hRpSa6E

" ... startling and positive visions for humanity through the lens of NEO.LIFE’s expert ... Boston innovators from bioengineering, neuroscience, design and venture capital, who contributed to our book, Neo.Life: 25 Visions for the Future of Our Species""

Social distancing seems to working ... have a different kind of coronavirus, not SARS-CoV-2 and be in a related coronavirus + network, - and perhaps it's good I've been social distancing ... too for nearly all 13 years. Glad too Ed came over 2 Sundays ago re a change in his reAding of Canyon as both scary and intimidating. Nice cool. In George C's Neo 10 minute talk (re above article and video), which I attended online, he mentioned the need for neuro-psychiatry - am not sure in what context however - but which could be relevant. Social distancing however is working alright for now.

Found this Guardian article today which you might be interested in as well:

The George Floyd murder and Covid-19 have hurt Trump, but maybe not fatally:
The president’s approval ratings have dipped sharply but he could still beat Biden

Simon Tisdall

Published on Sat 6 Jun 2020 15.15 EDT

But it’s unclear whether the damage is fatal. Could Trump, despite everything, still stage a comeback and beat the Democratic nominee, Joe Biden?

A recent survey of white Christian evangelicals showed a 15% drop in support for Trump support. Among white Catholics, it dropped by 27%.

Biden’s appeal among African-Americans could provide him with winning margins in swing states

Many white suburban women deserted the Republicans in the 2018 mid-terms. This group may be further alienated by the health crisis, economic uncertainty, and Trump’s divisiveness. Older voters suffering the brunt of the pandemic are said to feel abandoned while the electorate as whole is getting younger. And for the first time, a third of eligible voters are non-white.

Revived fury over racial injustice may galvanise the black vote – a crucial 12.5% of the electorate – against the president. In 2016, black turnout declined for the first time in 20 years.

Biden’s appeal among African-Americans, demonstrated in the primaries, could reverse that trend and provide winning margins in swing states. Among all voters, Biden’s current lead is 11%.

The protests may have scared as many Middle America voters as they energised. Nobody knows how Trump’s Nixonian appeals to the “silent majority” and “law and order” will play in Peoria.

One thing is certain: he’s a long way from beaten.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/06/floyd-covid-19-hurt-trump-but-maybe-not-fatally

Interesting British perspective on November US elections, and timely.

What do you think?

Gonna play music - am glad to be connecting with Taylor further, re friends even - and head for a walk as well soon. Did you get out today?

Love,
Scott

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- Scott MacLeod
- http://scottmacleod.com

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Sioux re wise children's children's books ...

Gentlewoman Susan Fezziwiggilicious,

Doing their ducky thing ... is it we humans who mess with reproduction regularity, due to the hare of culture (re the tortoise of duck genetics - when the turtle doesn't get the duckling eggs!)? Your father in law Paul Claus sr is in 'Make Way for Ducklings' ? :) Wow, quack, quack, quack! ...

Am not sure whether Birute Mary Galdikas's conservationism, inspired by reading Curious George as a kid - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/05/live-oak-yoga-i-think-inner-fruit.html - is kidnapping, or what - since she, I think, lives much of the time in Indonesia in a forest - . :) What does Orangutan mean - "man of the forest" - in Indonesian? But "Ferdinand the Bull," and "Make Way for Ducklings" ... I agree! Very wise ducks. :)

GKM Gym III -Scott

- Scott GK MacLeod - Founder, President & Professor

- World University and School

- 415 480 4577

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May 22, 2020

Fri, May 22, 12:00 PM

to Sioux, Susan

Sue!

Birute Mary Galdikas was inspired by, in "Curious George," the man in the yellow hat -

https://orangutan.org/about/dr-birute-mary-galdikas/ ... and is still seeking to save orangutans (and their habitat) in Indonesia today (and was one of Leakey's main students at UCLA in the late 60s, - although a Canadian, and with LIthuanian roots!).

It was her birthday recently, and she Tweeted about this Indonesian birthday greetings - https://twitter.com/DrBirute/status/1263367296401063937?s=20 - which I retweeted here - https://twitter.com/scottmacleod - right above the Learn Scots' Gaelic Tweet for the word Friend - https://twitter.com/LearnGaelicScot/status/1263839642400493568?s=20 .

Scott

~ https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/05/live-oak-yoga-i-think-inner-fruit.html - (getting into some Yoga and psychoanalysis thinking, compared, in today's blog post as well! :)

- Scott MacLeod

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in case you were wondering, of course !

(And since you're a children's librarian, too)

... the value of ideas and images learned in childhood ... here transposed to orangutan conservation ... re inquiry even (per curious George and the yellow hatted hominid), - for we human primateys :)?

- Scott MacLeod

Here they are - for some audio-visuals, well, in reverse, first the text, then the sound, with better color pics :) ...

Curious George, by H.A. Rey
http://www.arvindguptatoys.com/arvindgupta/curiousgeorge.pdf

Kids Book Read Aloud: CURIOUS GEORGE (Original Book) by H.A. Rey
https://youtu.be/EJ9Bz_8_geg

Scotty

- Scott MacLeod

- https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/05/live-oak-yoga-i-think-inner-fruit.html - :)

Am not clear if 'Curious George' is a wise book or not ...

re -

Children's Literature & Wisdom -
https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Children%27s_Literature_and_Wisdom

What think you, Sue? :)

Scott

- Scott MacLeod

May 23, 2020

Certainly a classic. It's interesting that it never occured to me (as a little kid) that the man in the yellow hat kidnapped George. And where was George's mom? Killed by the man in the yellow hat, off stage?

George is relatable to kids because he acts on his desires without any concept of action and consequence.

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I like your interpretation:

"George is relatable to kids because he acts on his desires without any concept of action and consequence."

And good questions. (A story of colonialism and zoo-ification too? Modernity comes to Africa?). I like the not absurdity, but the curiosity or whimsy, of the book, as George comes into all these human situations - and is anthropomorphized in a way (since his monkey behavior isn't a focus).

Am curious about 'Children's Literature and Wisdom' - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Children%27s_Literature_and_Wisdom - and a reading of the idea of wisdom in the whole Curious George series. I draw a blank here.

And how to generate best wise kids' book titles for this - in all languages - and even as a flourishing wiki conversation? :)

Is "Ferdinand the Bull" a wise kids' book? (I head in this direction:).

Scott

- Scott MacLeod

-https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Children%27s_Literature_and_Wisdom -

May 25, 2020

Ms. Susan Claus,

Here's

Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
https://youtu.be/LBNjJmR5Yzw

Wise? What do you think? I do think there's wisdom in this, since they're looking for a good place to raise a duckling family - and find it, with a policeman who gives them peanuts and watches out for them, calling Clancy to get a police car to protect them! And they also pass by a very cool bookstore. (And there's no man in the yellow hat to kidnap them!) ... and all in a big pretty city! For wild ducks, this is fantastic duckiness! What think you?

Scott

Just added this "Make Way ... " video here - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2017/08/mallard-ducklings-transferring-wuass.html - :)

- Scott MacLeod

Claus, Susan

May 26, 2020, 6:15 AM (12 days ago)

to me

I agree! Very wise ducks. Also, the friendly policeman is a dead-ringer for my late Father-in-Law, Paul Claus sr.

Children & Teen Services Department

Claus, Susan

May 26, 2020, 6:30 AM (12 days ago)

to me

Ferdinand? A big YES. Oh my goodness, yes.

Children & Teen Services Department

Gentlewoman Susan Fezziwiggilicious,

GKM Gym III -Scott
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- Scott GK MacLeod - Founder, President & Professor

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And re Children's Literature and Wisdom wiki subject at WUaS -
https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Children%27s_Literature_and_Wisdom

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Liz Economy, Stanford Hoover Fellow ...

Dear Liz,

Thank you, Liz, for "Elizabeth Economy: COVID-19 and China
" https://www.hoover.org/events/elizabeth-economy-covid-19-and-china ! What’s the ‘global stage’ for Xi Jinping? In what ways does it include versions of all ~200 countries (per recent Olympics) as nation states - and regarding the internet especially? How could Xi Jinping advance China’s grandeur better regarding both ~200 countries and re the internet?

Did you grow up as a Quaker, since you went to Swarthmore, and are on its Board - https://www.swarthmore.edu/board-managers/elizabeth-economy-84?

In developing best STEM CC-4 OCW-centric wiki World University and School, WUaS seeks to create online major universities in each of all ~200 countries

- https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/China_Law_School_at_WUaS

and to offer online free-to-students' Bachelor, Ph.D., Law, and Medicine, as well as IB high school degrees

- and in their official or main languages - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Mandarin_language_(Chinese) (not yet in Mandarin or Cantonese, etc.).

And since it can be a very small world, do you happen to know Elizabeth Cutter Evert, or Henry Cutter (both in NYC), or Swarthmorean Lillian Thomas? They are all friends from high school in Pgh PA.

Thanks for sharing your amazing knowledge of China!

Friendly regards,

Scott

https://www.hoover.org/profiles/elizabeth-economy

https://www.nytimes.com/1994/08/21/style/weddings-elizabeth-economy-and-david-wah.html

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e-economy? but China e-culturally too ?

Scotland

Anthropology Professor Heather Paxson?

Harbin Hot Springs?

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Ma, Ann

Cow and calf

Hi Ma,

Glad to have heard from both Mark MacLeod (1st cousin) and Sioux Davis (SCD friend from high school, who visited me here in Canyon last year from Pgh) - and Peter Bothe in Germany today too. Good family and friends re isolation here are nice.

I think I come back to philosophical thinking re this and much (as well as Quaker, UUs -

Western analytical, linguistic philosophical thinking re Yoga, and other 'religious' traditions, has much merit, but appreciating too, aspects of good cultures that emerge from same (A&V Yoga, Unitarian Universalism, Quakers, Nontheist Friendliness, Atheistic Quakerism, Agnosticism, Meditation (re relaxation response) and studying this scientifically, Harbin Hot Springs' soaking, Hinduism/New England transcendentalism -
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcendentalism - read the first paragraph re 'goodness,' the second paragraph re Unitarians ... and add some critical thinking / philosophical skepticism / and open ended thinking creativity to the mix ?:) (...at bottom here - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/05/common-garter-snake-harbin-hot-springs.html ).

But what is cattle consciousness re both the hard and 'easy' problems of consciousness (https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/05/hawksbill-sea-turtle-great-family.html and https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/04/red-trillium-cow-and-calf-what-is-cow.html )?

Am glad Ed came over to Canyon on Saturday after some years re his changing understanding of Canyon (as being 'scary'& 'intimidating' - perhaps due the RN Travis doing a night shift in landlord's upper room and even befriending T.W. - so not from an adversarial medical personnel/systems/Canyon perspective), all speculatively, except Ed's coming over. (Quakers do their own wrap-around adversariality or opponent process stuff in human behavior - you do too, Ma :)

Pgh and MA have merit in my thinking for schools for my kids, as well re family and friends after my kids are born. (Cuttyhunk 1 room schoolhouse even - re safe nest? ... and having come miles in online education at all levels in the last 3 months?:))

Love, Scott

PS In a 25 minute call with Margo Warnecke yesterday, I seem to have been offered an artist-in-residence position yesterday in Sonoma having attended a Stanford Historical Society presentation online on architect John Carl Warnock by granddaughter - at the Warnecke ranch / Institute - https://www.chalkhillresidency.com/artist-residency. Having published 3 books of poetry and in playing the Scottish Small Pipes, would this be structured & remunerated like a Stanford University artist in residency, I wonder? Could my hypothetical wife to be occupy my place in Canyon while I was in residence? I just looked and it isn't structured like a Stanford artist-in-residency, rather it looks like one pays rent - so am not interested in this one after all. BUT could I instead explore an artist-in-residency position at Stanford University itself, if I were to find one posted, and after Stanford opens again?

Gonna be hot here today again! :)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandhill_crane

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WUaS LiveStream
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WUaS - World University and School
-https://www.youtube.com/user/WorldUnivandSch - #RealisticVirtualEarthforLego @WorldUnivAndSch ~

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Looking forward to your -

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We are only a few days from the Open edX online meetup. Hear how Abstract Technology is using BigBlueButton's unique online learning features.

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We look forward to your attendance!
— Open edX (@OpenEdX) June 8, 2020

https://twitter.com/OpenEdX/status/1270049623751757824?s=20

- from the SF Bay Area.

In an Open Source vein, am interested in facilitating Actual-Virtual, Physical-Digital developments in a single Realistic Virtual Earth - https://twitter.com/hashtag/RealisticVirtualEarth?src=hashtag_click - (am thinking Google Street with TIME SLIDER, Maps, Earth, TensorFlow and with Google Meet group video) at best STEM CC-4 OCW wiki World University and School, planned in all ~200 countries' official/main languages, and wiki schools in all 7,117 known living languages. See, for example, today's WUaS LiveStream:

'WUaS News 6/8/20 - #HomeRobotics with Lego Education Robotics, 6 majors for undergraduates this fall'
-https://youtu.be/6jhe3kCgzKo
WUaS LiveStream
-https://youtube.com/channel/UCdURAADdLc9ctxnbismtXzQ
WUaS - World University and School
-https://youtube.com/user/WorldUnivandSch - #RealisticVirtualEarthforLego
@WorldUnivAndSch -

'WUaS News 6/8/20 - #HomeRobotics with Lego Education Robotics, 6 majors for undergraduates this fall'
-https://t.co/LQoG7IWiLP
WUaS LiveStream
-https://t.co/aeHIXmpLYX
WUaS - World University and School
-https://t.co/D4l7QcQXcF - #RealisticVirtualEarthforLego @WorldUnivAndSch - https://t.co/UkoUBJW2zH
— Languages-World Univ (@sgkmacleod) June 8, 2020

https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod/status/1270058620328144896?s=20

Eventually, WUaS seeks to offer online Medical Degrees with online teaching hospitals for online clinical care (and research with clinical trials from home) and for tele-robotic surgery. A film-to-3d application may be part of this (into Google Poly, a library of virtual objects). How best to create such an application in group video and for medicine and tele-robotic surgery is a fascinating technology question - for both education, and clinical care.

Actual-Virtual, Physical-Digital Lego Robotics may be where WUaS begins this Film-to-3D app, and realistic virtual earth, - and in thinking in terms of both MIT's educational MineCraft virtual world, as well a Brick Street View, where brick here refers to a Lego brick (and re, again - Google Street View with TIME SLIDER, Maps, Earth, TensorFlow, Translate, and with Google Meet group video - so regarding Google protocols, infrastructure, platforms).

Thoughts, ideas,questions, suggestions? Looking forward to connecting further on Thursday about this.

World University and School is like 'best STEM CC-4 OpenCourseWare' (in 4 languages) with Wikipedia (in ~300 languages).

In many ways, this is the idea:

In many languages too! ~ How best to facilitate online #ScratchProgramming at the high school / IB level, and with #LegoRobotics, both #PhysicalVirtual #ActualVirtual eg in #BrickStreetView (with Google Street View with #TimeSlider) in #RealisticVirtualEarthForLego & Minecraft?

In many languages too! ~ How best to facilitate online #ScratchProgramming at the high school / IB level, and with #LegoRobotics, both #PhysicalVirtual #ActualVirtual eg in #BrickStreetView (with Google Street View with #TimeSlider) in #RealisticVirtualEarthForLego& Minecraft? https://t.co/hjYVgNjeRM
— Scott_GK_MacLeod_WUaS_worlduniversityandschool.org (@scottmacleod) May 26, 2020

https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1265380611553849344?s=20

Boston Dynamics' SpotMini can autonomously navigate an office space & climb stairs: https://t.co/71fjaJOmk9 pic.twitter.com/zvUZy1gePv
— MIT CSAIL (@MIT_CSAIL) May 11, 2018

https://twitter.com/MIT_CSAIL/status/994979618963755009?s=20

Does abstract-technology.de want to explore building this?

Alles Gute, Scott

Scott GK MacLeod

President, Founder and Professor

https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/
Languages - World Univ: https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod/

direct: 412 478 0116

- https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Engineering

- https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Robotics (for 'Home Robotics' regarding Engineering oriented degrees at WUaS)

- https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Programming (planned in ~200 countries' official / main languages)

- https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Languages

- https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Nation_States

- https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Virtual_Worlds

- https://twitter.com/hashtag/RealisticVirtualEarthforLego?src=hashtag_click

- https://twitter.com/hashtag/RealisticVirtualEarthforRobotics?src=hashtag_click

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! #ActualVirtual, #PhysicalDigital #LegoRobotics w #LegoDuplo may be where WUaS begins #FilmTo3D APP > #GooglePoly, & in 1 #RealisticVirtualEarth, #RealisticVirtualEarthforLego w #MineCraft , #BrickStreetView re a Lego brick in #GoogleStreetView with #TimeSlider, Maps @WUaSPress~

! #ActualVirtual, #PhysicalDigital #LegoRobotics w #LegoDuplo may be where WUaS begins #FilmTo3D APP > #GooglePoly, & in 1 #RealisticVirtualEarth, #RealisticVirtualEarthforLego w #MineCraft , #BrickStreetView re a Lego brick in #GoogleStreetView with #TimeSlider, Maps @WUaSPress~ https://t.co/siyH5sc1Zt
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! #ActualVirtual, #PhysicalDigital #LegoRobotics w #LegoDuplo may be where WUaS begins #FilmTo3D APP > #GooglePoly, & in 1 #RealisticVirtualEarth, #RealisticVirtualEarthforLego w #MineCraft , #BrickStreetView re a Lego brick in #GoogleStreetView with #TimeSlider @WorldUnivAndSch~ https://t.co/NReNb7Bcif
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Dominik is loving his #StayBuildConnect prize! Thanks to @Rapid_Edu and @CreativeHutEdu ! #WinWithRapid #winwithrapid #Lego #LegoDuplo pic.twitter.com/FZlSLovjr4
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Thank you, Aparna @AparnaBawa, for your great https://law.stanford.edu/event/rocrock-center-online-episode-5-a-conversation-with-aparna-bawa-chief-operating-officer-of-zoom/ presentation & answer to my question, & re 1 #RealisticVirtualEarthForSTEM classroom I agree, - and computers were distraction too in the classroom pre Covid-19!:) Best regards, Scott (scottmacleod.com)

Thank you, Aparna @AparnaBawa, for your great https://t.co/W1wa9kguMY presentation & answer to my question, )& re #RealisticVirtualEarthForSTEM classroom, I agree, - and computers were distraction too in the classroom pre Covid-19!:) Best regards, Scott (https://t.co/D8Sj668UsR)
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Join us for a talk with @AparnaBawa, Chief Legal Officer of @zoom_us, and the Rock's Mike Callahan. The discussion will focus on challenges and opportunities of managing through the #COVID pandemic at scale. #corpgov https://t.co/fxZoLzgnQL pic.twitter.com/IV88VUwKDn
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/aparnabawa/

https://law.stanford.edu/event/rocrock-center-online-episode-5-a-conversation-with-aparna-bawa-chief-operating-officer-of-zoom/

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In the Q&A, which question of mine Michael Callahan kindly asked of Aparna:

Thanks so much, Aparna and Michael. I notice that the image behind you could be from realistic virtual earth (am thinking Google Street View with TensorFlow) even. In the educational context, do you / could you see for Zoom ahead developing a realistic virtual earth for Zoomers - for example, as STEM field sites and classrooms - in interactive ways even, and for furthering your remarkable growth process? Thank you. Best regards, Scott (sgkmacleod@worlduniversityandschool.org)

Thank you! (Am agreeing, - and computers too in the classroom pre Covid-19!)

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Zoom founder Eric Yuan -

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2019/04/19/zoom-zoom-zoom-the-exclusive-inside-story-of-the-new-billionaire-behind-techs-hottest-ipo/#5859d7014af1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_meadowlark

...

the WUaS Educational Services' Store - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html @WorldUnivAndSch is now carrying:
LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Education EV3 Core Set (High School and College): https://education.lego.com/en-us/products/lego-mindstorms-education-ev3-core-set/5003400
SPIKE Prime Core Set: https://education.lego.com/en-us/products/lego-education-spike-prime-set/45678#product
WeDo 2.0 Core Set: https://education.lego.com/en-us/products/lego-education-wedo-2-0-core-set/45300 ~

the WUaS Educational Services' Store - https://t.co/s9nin4SKxR @WorldUnivAndSch is now carrying:
LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Education EV3 Core Set (High School and College): https://t.co/1bSttoPHdq
SPIKE Prime Core Set: https://t.co/6nUTOJnMWV
WeDo 2.0 Core Set: https://t.co/MyCRVMwMd5 ~ https://t.co/NReNb7SNGP
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Dear Larry, Govind, Yuping, Jayni, Kyle, Tito, Juan, Julian, WUaS Board members, & All,

I'm glad to be going to talk with Lego Education's Alexandra Orellana-Vlachakis (https://twitter.com/vlachakisalex) in Chicago in about 2 hours. A Lego Education link looks promising for the potential WUaS Press Bookstore / Robotics' store. How much would WUaS get for each Lego Robotics' kit sold is one question I'll learn in talking with Alexandra potentially. - and regarding this emerging conversation: https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/flowering-silversword-lego-education.html.

Partly in anticipation of talking with Alexandra at Lego Education, I've updated the WUaS Press with the following: The WUaS Corporation / WUaS Press is a for-profit general stock company legal entity in the state of California
(C4018051 04/21/2017 ACTIVE WUAS CORPORATION CALIFORNIA - https://businesssearch.sos.ca.gov/) - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html.

And I've updated World University and School - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/ - removing the MIT name in text throughout, and adding:
World University & School is a non-profit 501 (c) 3 Corporation legal entity in the U.S. and in the state of California
(C3289561 04/26/2010 ACTIVE WORLD UNIVERSITY AND SCHOOL CALIFORNIA - https://businesssearch.sos.ca.gov/) - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/.

Somehow last night I radically edited the Academic Press at WUaS / WUaS Corporation page - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html - and removed some book titles too - https://web.archive.org/web/20191203212947/http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html . But I think the web page is better now if Lego Education is going to look at it before I talk with Lego's Alexandra Orellana-Vlachakis (https://twitter.com/vlachakisalex) today, for example, and also regarding:

Thnx Leanna @TOTALTeacher & Alex @vlachakisalex. Am wondering if we could, hypothetically, add your presentation to emergent #ActualVirtual #RealisticVirtualEarthforLego with #FilmTo3D App (in #GooglePoly for #LegoDUPLO & standard bricks)? & esp #RealisticVirtualEarthforRobotics ~

https://twitter.com/WUaSPress/status/1268958678444457984?s=20

For both wings, and WUaS pages, I think having added this language is beneficial:

(C3289561 04/26/2010 ACTIVE WORLD UNIVERSITY AND SCHOOL CALIFORNIA - https://businesssearch.sos.ca.gov/) - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/.

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(C4018051 04/21/2017 ACTIVE WUAS CORPORATION CALIFORNIA - https://businesssearch.sos.ca.gov/)
http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html.

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Regarding best STEM CC-4 OCW licensing communications with MIT legal -

I've also removed the 'MIT' name from many web sites, and from the following subjects from the current WUaS 'Subjects'' list (https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Subjects) -
- https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology_-_MIT AND

- https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/One_Laptop_per_Child_-_XO_Laptop_-_$100_Laptop_-_MIT

- but am not yet able to delete these 2 wiki subjects with the MIT name in them, since I haven't been able to log into WUaS Miraheze MediaWiki for years now as admin, and am not sure why. I may reach out to Lydia Pintscher and Romaine Wiki about this anew, since they were involved in the set up process. Miraheze MediaWiki (in relation to the Wikimedia Foundation) has not been functioning well for years. I may talk to them about what I think is an existent WUaS Template on their end (i.e. Wikidata and Lydia Pintscher, since the licensing language is already on the WUaS ~725 wiki pages in English) -

Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/.

I haven't figured out what licensing to add to the WUaS Corp / WUaS Press page yet. CC-0 since it has a commercial attribute - or? - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html

So I think most of the MIT name removals are up-to-date to the extent that WUaS can do them. Thoughts, questions, ideas, suggestions?

Sincerely, Scott

- Scott MacLeod - Founder, President & Professor

- World University and School

- 415 480 4577

https://youtu.be/F8DcgFDT9sc

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LEGO Education store & World Univ & Sch / WUaS's Educational Services' Store

Alexandra and Benjamin,

Thanks so much for talking with me today. The WUaS Educational Services' Store would add Lego links to the Lego Robotics' kits here http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html. These robotics' kits would include Mindstorms EV3, possibly Spike Prime (if schools could use this STEAM robotics virtually, eg in educational Minecraft, and Brick Street View with Google Street View, and even with a Film-to-3D app into Google Poly), and probably WeDo 2.0 - or esp. kits for these (i.e. Special WeDo2 Scratch BOXER - https://youtu.be/HjD1zAWToYU) - for even learning machine learning (re the 'adversariality' in these boxing, as well as football, examples - and in the MIT 1999 Lego Robotics' competition below), such as even combined with Google Research Football.

You can see the beginnings of learning 'machine learning' with Lego robotics here (WeDo 2.0 and with a MIT 1999 competition) in this blog entry -
http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/02/flying-and-gliding-animals-this-is-next.html - and potentially with Google Research Football machine learning, brainstorming-wise.

Here's a related Tweet about this:
Home ONLINE #LegoRobotics in #RealisticVirtualHarbin w #ScratchProgramming & #MachineLearning HOW?

Special WeDo2 Scratch BOXER https://youtu.be/HjD1zAWToYU
MIT Lego Robot Competition '99

https://youtu.be/SXH-bBw3uxg
Google Research Football

https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Machine_Learning … -

Home ONLINE #LegoRobotics in #RealisticVirtualHarbin w #ScratchProgramming& #MachineLearning HOW? Special WeDo2 Scratch BOXER https://t.co/eDqhanKgjG
MIT Lego Robot Competition '99 https://t.co/OReK6aJjwl
Google Research Football https://t.co/OwxtZ9UxjE https://t.co/a2Dl4sKp5l -
— WorldUnivandSch (@WorldUnivAndSch) February 1, 2020

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1223721119191977984?s=20

Thanks so much again for talking, Alex and Ben, and very nice to meet you. The WUaS Educational Services' Store also seeks to develop online potentially with TensorFlow AI, and on a Google related platform. Looking forward to the links for Lego robotics' 1) Mindstorms EV3, 2) possibly Spike Prime, and 3) WeDo 2.0 to begin. Thanks.

Best regards, Scott

Scott GK MacLeod

President, Founder and Professor

http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html

direct: 412 478 0116

https://youtu.be/F8DcgFDT9sc

Special WeDo 2.0 + Scratch Project BOXER from Roboriseit!

https://youtu.be/HjD1zAWToYU

MIT Lego Robot Competition '99

https://youtu.be/SXH-bBw3uxg
Google Research Football

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Hi Ben and Alex,

Thanks so much to you and Lego Education! I've added the following links to Lego Robotics' kits and resources here to the WUaS Educational Services' Store - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html (which is still a work in progress).

Thank you!

LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Education EV3 Core Set (High School and College): https://education.lego.com/en-us/products/lego-mindstorms-education-ev3-core-set/5003400

EV3 Resources (Software, compatibility, tutorials, lesson plans): https://education.lego.com/en-us/support/mindstorms-ev3

SPIKE Prime Core Set (Middle school 6^th-8^th): https://education.lego.com/en-us/products/lego-education-spike-prime-set/45678#product

WeDo 2.0 Core Set (Elementary Grades 2^nd-5^th): https://education.lego.com/en-us/products/lego-education-wedo-2-0-core-set/45300

Non-US Based Students need to contact a local distributor found here: https://education.lego.com/en-us/shop/find-distributor

It's quite amazing, too, that WUaS Educational Services' Store is able to carry Lego Robotics' kits - for which I thank you much!

Regarding recommending WUaS students learn Python programming language to work, play and learn with Lego Robotics' Mindstorms EV3, I'll check out further for WUaS students the following:

Introduction to Computer Science and Programming in Python
https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-cmputer-science/6-0001-introduction-to-computer-science-and-programming-in-python-fall-2016/

Introduction to Python: Absolute Beginner

https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-to-python-absolute-beginner-2

I hope WUaS can develop further a relationship with Lego Education as a significant reseller with time. Looking forward to further communication about all of these momentous developments for World Univ & Sch! :)!

Thank you!

Scott

Scott GK MacLeod

President, Founder and Professor

WUaS Educational Services' Store (and Academic Press) - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html

direct: 412 478 0116

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Dear Larry,

WUaS can now start putting some value 'on the books' regarding the products we carry in the WUaS Educational Services' Store.

Mindstorms EV3 Lego Robotics costs about $440.00.

The "Haiku~ish" book costs about $5.50.

And while the WUaS Corporation has made a tiny amount of money off some of the books in the Academic Press at WUaS, WUaS is not yet a reseller of Lego Education products, so WUaS won't make any money yet from these. Happy to list them on our web site nevertheless.

Listing Lego Education Robotics is a ginormous step for WUaS. :)

Sincerely, Scott

Scott GK MacLeod

President, Founder and Professor

WUaS Educational Services' Store (and Academic Press) - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html

direct: 412 478 0116

- Scott MacLeod - Founder, President & Professor

- World University and School

- 415 480 4577

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Stanford Law SVDX

Scott MacLeod sgkmacleod@worlduniversityandschool.org

8:12 AM (17 minutes ago)

to Larry, Govind, Kyle, tito, Juan, Jayni, Yuping-CASPA, Nancy

Nancy,

Thanks so much for adding this question to the list for today's webinar - https://www.svdx.org/calendar/2020/6/9/esg-resiliency-in-a-time-of-turmoil-webinar:

"Brainstorming-wise, what role could UBI experiments in all ~200 countries and their main languages, in order to distribute a single cryptocurrency (with block chain ledger), facilitate further ESG goals, (and even conceptually regarding all 7.5 billion people, re universal, to alleviate poverty)? What if a hypothetical "Mine Pi" (coded by Stanford students), or a "Bitcoin" could even be listed, by a company with its Board, on the emerging Silicon Valley long term stock exchange (which has passed one SEC hurdle, I've read) - and, for example, to address the 40 million unemployment claims in the US due to the novel coronavirus pandemic? Thank you, Scott (sgkmacleod@worlduniversityandschool.org)"

... and, for further question context for panelists, such a single cryptocurrency would be backed by some number of ~200 countries' central banks (post Euro in 19 out of 28 nation states, and post dollar as de facto international currency)? This could be because WUaS Law Schools in all ~200 countries' official languages code for this, and our WUaS Law Faculty teach this too - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/World_University_Law_School.

Sincerely,

Scott

Scott GK MacLeod

President, Founder and Professor

https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/
Languages - World Univ: https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod/

direct: 412 478 0116

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Dear Larry, Govind, Yuping, Jayni, Kyle, Tito, Juan, Julian, WUaS Board members, & All,

One of the panelists today - "Kellie Huennekens is Head of ESG Research at Nasdaq" - is from Nasdaq - https://www.svdx.org/calendar/2020/6/9/esg-resiliency-in-a-time-of-turmoil-webinar . Brainstorming-wise further, could the NASDAQ stock exchange fund, or invest in, the emerging Silicon Valley long term stock exchange, which has passed one SEC hurdle? And could the WUaS Corporation list itself on this emergent stock exchange, 'under the wing of Alphabet/Google'? Stay tuned (and these SVDX presentations are open I think; I met Yuping in a Stanford Law SVDX meeting, for example).

ESG is an acronym for 'environmental, social, and governance' and refers to socially responsible investing (for which there's 1 + wiki subject at WUaS as well - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Investing_-_Socially_Responsible and relating to https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Index_Investing and https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Peace_and_Social_Justice_Studies and other f/Friendly concerns).

Sincerely, Scott

Nancy,

Thanks so much for adding this question to the list for today's webinar - https://www.svdx.org/calendar/2020/6/9/esg-resiliency-in-a-time-of-turmoil-webinar:

Sincerely,

Scott

Scott GK MacLeod

President, Founder and Professor

https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/
Languages - World Univ: https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod/

direct: 412 478 0116

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleome_serrulata

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Monday, June 8, 2020

Yoga ~

Ma, Ann,

How are you both today? Found myself inspired to do further Yoga explorations this morning re chest opening re breathing, beyond morning sitting in half Lotus or Ardha Padmasana - I appreciate the connotations of the Sanskrit names - and bending forward into Yoga Mudrasana on both sides, for infusing in nice ways of a different releasing neurophysiology through the bodymind And I just now learned a new name for Yoga Mudrasana - Psychic Union Pose -

https://youtu.be/acXLkig4gYo ... how interesting! :) Then I did a form of Child's pose on knees sweeping back from hands-growing-roots-down like a parachute (Victor's drawing from a Victor van Kooten book) and not Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward facing dog per se, at first), and then chest opener Viparita Karani on block (like shoulder stand, but pelvis supported ... ) ...

Yoga is a learning process - about inner releasing action neurophysiology of the self in a way - and a quite different learning about the mind or self than in Lacanian MD psychoanalysis for example. Yet both involve learning about the self, as well as well-being-wise or therapeutically potentially.

Was inspired to do Yoga regarding the 'energy' this morning in Canyon as well perhaps ... doing Yoga can change things inside oneself in interesting and attuning ways neurophysiologically ... For example, if irritation, (or anger even), is arising inside, examining oneself and exploring restorative Yoga poses can change this consciousness, through an attuning process, in my explorations.

What's consciousness for you? :) I hope this finds you well.

Exciting developments at WUaS, and phone call with Lego Education tomorrow in Chicago re Lego Robotics' kits for students this autumn.

Love, Scott

...

Connecting ~

Good morning, Ma,

Nice to talk and connect, Ma, yesterday evening on wooded way.

Playing - bagpiping - first thing rather than last thing in day? Just after sitting. Time to explore this. Computing is very fascinating ... but playing creatively, and to connect - toward upcoming 'Honey in the Bag' Scottish small pipes' album has much merit too.

Here are the Lego Robotics' kits, which my big educational project in its somewhat newly named 'WUaS Educational Services' Store'& academic press (in 7117 languages) is newly carrying -
http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html - and which is momentous! Lego rep in Lousville KY Leanna Prater helped, as well as nice Alexandra in Chicago. Am wondering if there could possibly be a UU connection. Do you know any Praters from Cincinnati, Ohio, or Kentucky & UUs? :) There was a kind of good connecting process re this Lego development yesterday too.

Put 3 carrots in my pocket, but didn't see the 5 horses in EBMUD, which came up to me recently, whatsoever while walking on a very beautiful evening. So in seeing a little rabbit head into the bush later, I tossed some carrot pieces in its path - as a possible treat.

Riverfront park - for virtual kayaking? - in Google Street View's for upper body movement from home, while on the Allegheny River. Put on a digital mask at home - re "Were you visiting in this Aspinwall Riverfront Park - https://www.google.com/maps/place/Aspinwall+Riverfront+Park,+285+River+Ave,+Aspinwall,+PA+15215/@40.4891881,-79.9042272,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x3153eebade943564!8m2!3d40.4891881!4d-79.9042272 ? Were people kayaking too? " ... how to make Google Street View excursions in digital masks great (and for movement from home too?). Appreciating your 'exploring' Pittsburgh anew with Chris while heading out shopping too!

Interesting to think about practicing a musical instrument further re questions of connecting - and not being too hard on myself (per "Guidelines for ..." http://scottmacleod.com/GuidelinesPracticingMusicalInstrument.htm). Last night I stayed up newly until 11:30 considering whether to practice - and am seeking to understand and think this further through - when I have often played daily (the word 'sail' popped up) & enjoyably albeit briefly recently around 10:45 pm, but last night ambivalence won out ... hmmm :) Will explore piping first thing after sitting or meditating this morning (which I do daily first thing - because it's salutary).

So I started piping first thing after sitting, and - like the 'morning Raga' idea - it's good to play early, and without diurnal rhythm tiredness setting in too. Fingering is crisper ... time to wash my hands. Play until about 11:30 - before it gets hot? On with playing! :)

Appreciating you, Ma, much and from whom I learned to connect .

Love, Scott

PS
A further argument for 'in case of emergency' - improve the science dramatically in this window of opportunity - and re my other 4 hypothetical news' items (https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/05/red-cage-fungus-victor-angela-i-just.html), and re science industry too? ...

"Anthony Fauci warns that ‘nightmare’ pandemic isn’t close to over"
By Vincent Barone

Anthony Fauci warns that ‘nightmare’ pandemic isn’t close to over

https://nypost.com/2020/06/09/anthony-fauci-warns-that-covid-19-pandemic-isnt-close-to-over/amp/

The 'nightmare' word is a little disconnecting for me in a number of respects.

Am wondering further how coronavirus pandemic 'memes' could be used to significantly lessen the illegal sex trade - culturally even (which it may have done too) and in white, brown and black communities too!

Combine with contact tracing - (which has already been happening for my smartphone anyway per a monthly report I get, - but people around the world all need more advanced smart phones too!) - per the German article I mentioned ...

"Digital solution
What can the German Corona warning app do?
Health Minister Jens Spahn has announced the release this week. Where does the app have its strengths, where are the weaknesses? An overview."

Digitale Lösung: Was kann die deutsche Corona-Warn-App leisten?

Gesundheitsminister Jens Spahn hat für diese Woche die Veröffentlichung angekündigt. Wo hat die App ihre Stärken, wo sind die Schwächen? Ein Überblick.

https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/zukunft-technologie/was-kann-die-deutsche-corona-warn-app-leisten-li.86461

And further engage the recreational / medicinal cannabis Massachusetts' law? distinction too per signficantly lessening the illegal sex trade - with Corona App? (I also touch on this here - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/05/red-cage-fungus-victor-angela-i-just.html - and in April 1, 2020 - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/04/himalyan-monal-how-are-harbin-hot.html - post:)

- Scott MacLeod

https://www.thebagpipemuseum.com/Sinclair_William.html

Scott MacLeod sgkmacleod@gmail.com

11:52 AM (19 minutes ago)

to Jane

Hi Ma,

How's your day going? Am following up re this earlier 'Connecting' email and thread ...

As I listen thru and watch my video lessons with Connor Sinclair (with so many wins of top piping competitions) ... and he connected .. and so did I, I like seeing his confidence, his responses (and our connection) ... am learning much again and again ... and about connecting in a learning conversation with spoken language as well as connecting in learning a piping language ... and confidence re my playing too ... the feeling (sometimes bumpy, but sometimes good from daily playing) as I improve .. and the feeling of being little shy, or even embarrassed at times as I seek to improve (which feeling I feel far less these days than I recall feeling even in elementary school years, for example).

Interesting to experience re-connecting with Connor in lesson recordings, where we connected in real time (he in Scotland - and regarding even identity questions - being pipers, Scottish identity too perhaps) in the actual lessons (ie which were recorded).

One aspect of playing a musical instrument for me is that I have a constant self-critique aspect in there ...

Our lessons are kind of a piping-learning 'blather.'

Connor's a good, responsive and skillful teacher ... am learning a lot from videos to work with ... a lot of 'building blocks' from Connor ... Stuart Liddell's piping is my inspiration for inspired piping ...

https://youtu.be/pQEJf5XZPL8 ...

Focused on piping this morning for nearly 2 hours, playing some, but tuning in further to my 19 Feb 2020 lesson with Connor helpfully.

Love,

Scott

Scottish small pipe and GHB keys all in the A chanter (about 5-6 keys in 9 notes?)
Notes from 19 Feb 2020 lesson video recording with Connor Sinclair

Was very glad to learn the following from 19 Feb 2020 lesson re even thinking about the new E drone, and which tunes could work with it better than others:

Keys in tunes?
44:45

45:30
a bit of uniqueness in (SSP) drone sounds – (potentially with E drone sounding different)

46:45
A major

46:55
B minor

47:10
C sharp, or F sharp minor
(then going into A)

48:10
you could play an A over F sharp minor

((what about an E drone too? – to ask Connor))

49:15
key of D notes, Connor plays (on an ‘A’ GHB practice chanter, which is really in B flat mixolydian, or so called ‘Piper’s A’)

At a push you’ve got
The key of G – and he plays notes on his practice chanter in this key

toward > https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/02/western-honey-bee-re-my-upcoming-honey.html

Back to this ideas from Guidelines for - http://scottmacleod.com/GuidelinesPracticingMusicalInstrument.htm

2 Write out a schedule, a plan with goals. (Choose pieces you enjoy playing – S.M.).
Yo-yo Ma says, never make a sound without hearing it first; hear it in your mind.

3 Set goals to chart development.

4 Concentrate when you practice.
Yo-yo says join feelings into your music when you feel bad, to integrate your feelings with your mind and body.

5 Relax and practice slowly.

Sinclair chanters were preferred by top pipe bands for a while, some decades ago I think -

"Sinclair is known for their famous chanter, which has been a favorite among top competing pipers and bands for since the 1960's."

Sinclair pipes may still be being made by a Sinclair son

http://www.sinclair-bagpipes.co.uk

(Such 'William Sinclair & Son (Bagpipe Makers)' father and son traditions are long and old in some countries, such as Scotland)

I'll have to ask Connor Sinclair whether there's any relation to him.

- Scott MacLeod

https://twitter.com/WUaSPress/status/1270495080462389249?s=20

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the WUaS Educational Services' Store - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html @WorldUnivAndSch is now carrying:
LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Education EV3 Core Set (High School and College): https://education.lego.com/en-us/products/lego-mindstorms-education-ev3-core-set/5003400
SPIKE Prime Core Set: https://education.lego.com/en-us/products/lego-education-spike-prime-set/45678#product
WeDo 2.0 Core Set: https://education.lego.com/en-us/products/lego-education-wedo-2-0-core-set/45300 ~

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SPIKE Prime Core Set: https://t.co/6nUTOJnMWV
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WUaS Educational Services' Store ...

> http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html

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Ma,

How's your day going? And how are you? Am glad Chris is now able to visit you in person, newly (with masks and 6 feet distance?).

Came into Berkeley for shopping on a hot day:

49.2 mpg, about 12 miles and .60 cents in fuel costs my car said ... seems great, and drove a long way along magnificent Skyline Dr.

I hope your weather is cooling down from yesterday ... Berkeley is cooler than on the ridge in Canyon!

Missing actual Harbin a bit, seeking to create an amazing virtual HARBIN ... but seeking a life partner in the process, potentially before too ...

Leanna Prater, Lego Solutions' Architect, based in Louisville, KY, seemed possibly 'churchy' in her online presentation which led to WUaS Educational Services' Store offering Lego robotics ... she could be Methodist too (and re Kim & Larry), but Louisville has 3 ... Unitarian churches. Any Praters in your growing up regarding UUs in Cincinnati? (Name sounds possibly out of UU circles).

Seeking to further develop mastery learning with piping.

And in a BF Skinner (Skinnerian) sense (schedules of reinforcement re animal behavior), in what ways could Cuttyhunk island (which idea emerged in seeing this Tweet by William Mansfield - https://twitter.com/PatentMansfield/status/1270800166732402688?s=20 - who's a patent attorney in the Boston area, and seems like he might have UU connections as well) be a kind of reward for a potential life partner of mine? Seems like an interesting idea to explore. And Skinner was a Harvard professor.

And both actual and virtual Harbin Hot Springs rewards too? :))

Stay cool! Turn on AC if needed! May get my fan out soon, although it's hot yet not unbearably so, here now! :)

Love, Scott

- https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/pollination-connecting-re-bagpiping.html -

Connecting by writing (and blogging:) ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollination

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollinator

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzz_pollination

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~ Books ~

in the Academic Press at WUaS

Title:

To the Dance or the Pools ~ Virtually?:

How Different it is to Soak at Harbin, than to Realize it in Virtual Reality

(Poetry Press at World University and School 2019 - ISBN-13: 978-0578625492)

Title:

Winding Road Rainbow:

Harbin, Wandering & the Poetry of Loving Bliss

(Poetry Press at World University and School 2018 - ISBN-13: 978-0-578-43518-3)

Title:

Haiku-ish and Other Loving Hippy Harbin Poetry

(Poetry Press at World University and School 2017 - ISBN-13: 978-0-692-04903-7)
http://www.scottmacleod.com/HaikuishPoetryBook.html

Title:

Naked Harbin Ethnography:

Hippies, Warm Pools, Counterculture, Clothing-Optionality & Virtual Harbin

(Academic Press at World University and School 2016 - ISBN-13 978-0-692-64613-7)

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Academic Press @ World Univ & Sch, and WUaS Educational Services' Store ~ http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html ~

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the WUaS Educational Services' Store - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html @WorldUnivAndSch
is now carrying:

LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Education EV3 Core Set (High School and College): https://education.lego.com/en-us/products/lego-mindstorms-education-ev3-core-set/5003400
SPIKE Prime Core Set: https://education.lego.com/en-us/products/lego-education-spike-prime-set/45678#product
WeDo 2.0 Core Set: https://education.lego.com/en-us/products/lego-education-wedo-2-0-core-set/45300 ~

the WUaS Educational Services' Store - https://t.co/s9nin4B99h @WorldUnivAndSch
is now carrying:
LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Education EV3 Core Set (High School and College): https://t.co/1bSttp7i4Y
SPIKE Prime Core Set: https://t.co/6nUTOJFnOt
WeDo 2.0 Core Set: https://t.co/MyCRVMfaOv - https://t.co/ATQDlb3DqR
— WUaSPress (@WUaSPress) June 11, 2020

https://twitter.com/WUaSPress/status/1270915084068417536?s=20

https://twitter.com/WUaSPress/status/1270495080462389249?s=20

https://twitter.com/WUaSPress/status/1270915084068417536?s=20

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Fettes College, Edinburgh, Scotland ...

Scott Gordon Kenneth MacLeod
https://fettescommunity.org/user/778519 (a high school I attended)
11 June, 2020, 09:12

Hi Fettesians,

Greetings from the SF Bay Area. Am glad to announce that World University and School is seeking its 2nd undergraduate class for free-to-students' online Bachelor's degrees this autumn 2020 as WUaS proceeds with licensing and accreditation. World University & School is like Wikipedia in ~300 languages, with the best STEM CC-4 OpenCourseWare (OCW) in its current 4 languages - https://youtu.be/vZcp2zqkI9w& just updated both WINGS http://worlduniversityandschool.org/& http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html @WUaSPress info@ worlduniversityandschool.org ~
(https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1271111031905869824?s=20). WUaS is also WIKI for open teaching and learning - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Subjects.

With best regards,

Scott GK MacLeod (Kimmerghame '78)

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Shady Side Academy, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ...
(the high school I attended)

Scott MacLeod sgkmacleod@worlduniversityandschool.org

2:52 PM (54 minutes ago)

to edeal, ksmith, Lisa, jscott, president, Catherine

Dear Lisa, Kyle, Allison, Karen, Laura, Lauren, Adam, Gene, Cari, Sue, President Griffith, Catherine, SSA Faculty, All,

As a followup to my email a few minutes ago (below), I'd just like to add that World Univ & Sch will likely offer online edX courses (emerging from best STEM CC-4 OpenCourseWare - OCW) this autumn toward free-to-students' online 4-year Bachelor's degrees (as WUaS proceeds with licensing and accreditation, first in California).

Also, as a wiki, WUaS also facilitates open teaching and learning, and so, with time, faculty (and students!) in the SSA Country Day School and the Junior School will be able to both share and learn about excellent free online resources, here, for example - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Educational_Software (or from other relevant subjects here - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Subjects).

In addition, and regarding WUaS planned 'Home Robotics,' I'm very glad to announce that the WUaS Educational Services' Store just became a carrier of Lego Robotics - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html.

(Am an active daily blogger, and here's a recent blog post about Pittsburgh, Shady Side Academy, and much more, too - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/05/squaw-run-wuas-livestream-may-18-2020.html ! )

Congratulations to you all with your successes in online education in this coronavirus pandemic time! And thanks again for sharing your great faculty panel conversation!

All the best,

Scott

- https://twitter.com/scottmacleod

Scott GK MacLeod

President, Founder and Professor

WUaS Educational Services' Store (and Academic Press) - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html

direct: 412 478 0116

- https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Engineering

- https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Robotics (for 'Home Robotics' regarding Engineering oriented degrees at WUaS)

- https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Programming (planned in ~200 countries' official / main languages)

- https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Languages

- https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Nation_States

- https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Virtual_Worlds

- https://twitter.com/hashtag/RealisticVirtualEarthforLego?src=hashtag_click

- https://twitter.com/hashtag/RealisticVirtualEarthforRobotics?src=hashtag_click

Allison, Karen, Laura, Lauren, Adam, Gene, Cari, Sue, President Griffith, Catherine, SSA Faculty, All,

Thanks so much for your great faculty panel discussion, and very nice to e-meet you. I'm appreciating the great online SSA community I saw here in many ways. The questions as well as information I shared are below.

All the best,

Scott

Scott GK MacLeod ’79 - If SSA is mostly online in 2020-2021 (due to Covid-19), how do you think you’ll help students navigate the college application process (if they’ll be online in upcoming years even)? Thank you so much for this great SSA panel conversation. Scott (sgkmacleod@worlduniversityandschool.org)

I’d just like to let you know about a college and university - World Univ & Sch - I’m developing based on the best STEM CC-4 OpenCourseWare (in 4 languages) which will offer free-to-students’ online degrees. (Seeking our 2nd undergrad matriculating class this autumn).

(More info here: World University & School is like Wikipedia in ~300 languages, with the best STEM CC-4 OpenCourseWare (OCW) in its current 4 languages - https://youtu.be/vZcp2zqkI9w & just updated both WINGS http://worlduniversityandschool.org/ & http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html @WUaSPress info@ worlduniversityandschool.org ~ https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1271111031905869824?s=20)

To Jamie Scott (privately) -

YW! :) 

Jamie: is there Scratch programming, or even Lego robotics, happening at SSA? WUaS seeks to offer and develop Home Robotics even!

Jamie:

There is a robotics team at the senior school. John Wizzard (https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-wizzard-14a93946) is the advisor there.

Thank you!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurymela_fenestrata

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/Image:Common_jassid_nymph.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Mutualism_(biology)

...

June 11: Reed Legal Network Virtual Meet and Greet
https://events.reed.edu/event/reed_legal_network_virtual_meet_and_greet

Dear Avy and David, and Reed Legal Network,

Thanks so much for your excellent Reed Legal Network talks just now.

With your FinTech experience, Avy, and your US government and courts' experience, David, let's stay in touch about UBI experiment questions, & regarding the word 'universal'& regarding too the Euro in 19 out of 28 nation states; am thinking in terms of ~200 countries’ official languages too as Law Schools https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/World_University_Law_School (accessible from https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Nation_States, each to become major online universities) to facilitate and teach about UBI experiments in the public interest even.

Wikdata, by the way, is Wikipedia's 'back end' structured knowledge database, and in ~300 languages, a great start for coding for speakers of all 7,117 known living languages at WUaS - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/You_at_World_University - and regarding online law schools in all ~200 countries' official / main languages.

Thanks, Amy, Darlene, Andrew, and everyone so much!

Reed regards, Scott

Scott GK MacLeod

President, Founder and Professor

WUaS Educational Services' Store (and Academic Press) - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html

direct: 412 478 0116

https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidgossett/

I've blogged much about UBI experiments here in recent years - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/search/label/UBI - and regarding matriculating students at World Univ & Sch from all ~200 countries, each a Wikidata Q-item # or preferably, a Wikidata PIN #, - and then speakers of all 7,117 known living languages, a Wikidata PIN #, and then, brainstorming-wise, all 7.5 billion people on the planet a Wikidata PIN #. (World Univ & Sch, of which I'm the founder and head, donated itself to Wikidata as "back end" for co-development, in 2015, and got the "front end" WUaS Miraheze MediaWiki in 2017 - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/You_at_World_University - but they aren't yet interoperable). UBI experiments would partly be for distributing a single cryptocurrency, with block chain ledger, backed by some number of their central banks, to people in all ~200 countries, in order to alleviate poverty. All this could involve, too, bringing the Federal Reserve together with the European Central Bank with the MIT Digital Currency Initiative, of which the Executive Director is Neha Narula, and with lawyers and congresspeople in the US government (hence my email to you). (Here are 5 initial reasons that WUaS seeks to code for all 7.5 billion people, each a Wikidata PIN # - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2019/12/wild-pomegranate-burchellia-bubalina.html).

PPS

Also, World Univ & Sch would seek for the WUaS Law Faculties in all ~200 countries' official languages to teach about single cryptocurrency, for example, and perhaps faculty and students could also help code for it, in a variety of ways:

Law Schools at World University and School (planned in main languages in them)

Afghanistan Law School at WUaS: https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Afghanistan_Law_School_at_WUaS

Brazil Law School at WUaS: https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Brazil_Law_School_at_WUaS

China Law School at WUaS: https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/China_Law_School_at_WUaS

Egypt Law School at WUaS: https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Egypt_Law_School_at_WUaS

India Law School at WUaS: https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/India_Law_School_at_WUaS

Jamaica Law School at WUaS: https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Jamaica_Law_School_at_WUaS

Mexico Law School at WUaS: https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Mexico_Law_School_at_WUaS

World University Law School: https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/World_University_Law_School

PPPS

A WUaS Law School in Oregon too?

How might we explore this further?

Thanks again so much, David and Avy, and the Reed Legal Network.

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NOTES and transcript:

Thanks, David, for your reply. Let's stay in touch abt FinTech UBI experiment questions, & regarding the word Universal & re the Euro in 19 out of 28 nation states; am thinking in terms of ~200 countries’ official langs too as Law Schs https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Nation_States Scott

(Thanks, Avy - will email you further about some related UBI experiment questions … and regarding the word Universal - and re the Euro - in 19 out of 28 nation states; am thinking in terms of ~200 countries’ official languages too - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Nation_States - each a major University with a law school). Thank you, Avy!

Would love to follow up with you too, David, given your great US govt. experience, about UBI experiments. Thanks for talking today! - Scott (sgkmacleod@worlduniversityandschool.org) 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/avy-mallik-8684a449/

(Bear Wilner-Nugent ’95)

From Olga Moriarty to Everyone: (4:05 PM)
 Hi everyone! 
From Avy Mallik to Everyone: (4:05 PM)
 Hi everyone! 
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 Hi! 
From Paul Levy to Everyone: (4:05 PM)
 80 participants is very impressive 
From Stephanie Striffler to Everyone: (4:06 PM)
 Hi, everyone, Reed 77, just retired after 30 years at Oregon Department of Justice 
From Paul Levy to Everyone: (4:06 PM)
 Great work by Darlene and Andrew 
From Carol Ellerby to Everyone: (4:06 PM)
 Carol Ellerby '71 Retired from being a Public Defender in Seattle for 22 years. 
From Paul Levy to Everyone: (4:06 PM)
 Paul Levy '72, at Public Citizen Litigation Group for 42 years and counting 
From Ray Zuniga to Everyone: (4:07 PM)
 Daniel (Ray) Zuniga ’15, current litigation paralegal at a plaintiff side labor law firm in Los Angeles, about to enter UCI Law in the Fall 
From Roger Williams to Everyone: (4:07 PM)
 Roger Williams, ’81, private practice in Austin, Tx, patent law, IP and litigation 
From Mark Mosley to Everyone: (4:07 PM)
 Hi everyone. I’m Mark Mosley, Class of 1981, a civil trial lawyer on the San Francisco Bay Area since 1987. 
From Me to Everyone: (4:07 PM)
 Hi All, Scott GK MacLeod, ’85, World Univ & Sch (like best STEM CC-4 OCW in its 4 languages, with Wikipedia in ~300 languages) … seeking to develop online Law Schools in all ~200 countries, and potentially in 50 US states - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/World_University_Law_School (worlduniversityandschool.org/) 
From Olga Moriarty to Everyone: (4:07 PM)
 Reed Legal Network info https://alumni.reed.edu/board_of_alumni/legal-network.html 
From Sabrina Steel to Everyone: (4:09 PM)
 Hi! Sabrina Steel, class of 05, and i work on the Hill for Congressman Andy Levin as his Legislative Counsel 
From Me to Everyone: (4:09 PM)
 (More here about Law Schools + - https://iris.reed.edu/directory/alum/123192 ) 
From Howell Lankford to Everyone: (4:09 PM)
 Howell Lankford, '65, still working as a labor arbitrator, where people actually pay me to explain to me how things work! Doesn't get much better than that. 
From Kiki Hawley to Everyone: (4:10 PM)
 Kiki Hawley ’16, professional dancer, considering going into public interest law 
From Alice Harra to Everyone: (4:10 PM)
 beyondreed@reed.edu 
From Olga Moriarty to Everyone: (4:11 PM)
 The Center for Life Beyond Reed: https://www.reed.edu/beyond-reed/ 
From Andrew Schpak to Everyone: (4:11 PM)
 Andrew Schpak, class of '01, poli sci major, now practicing employment law on the management side in downtown Portland. aschpak@barran.com. 
From Braden Dong to Everyone: (4:12 PM)
 Hello everyone. I'm Braden Dong, '86 Political Science, in-house product lawyer here in the greater SF Bay Area. 
From Sagan Green-Horner to Everyone: (4:13 PM)
 Hello! My name is Sagan R. Green-Horner, and I just graduated this year in ICPS-Political Science. I've worked in paralegal before, and am looking to get a law degree as a career path. Currently I'm job searching for legal assistant positions while working on job applications. 
From Carolyn Walworth to Everyone: (4:13 PM)
 Hi everyone! Carolyn Walworth, ’20 in psychology, considering law school & have some past experience as a paralegal in patent law. Currently in the bay area! 
From Bear Wilner-Nugent to Everyone: (4:14 PM)
 I’m so blown away by this great turnout! Thanks, everyone. 
From Denika Martin to Everyone: (4:15 PM)
 Hello, Denika Martin, class of ’18, from Honolulu Hawai’i. Not a lawyer but interested in law school and learning more about any financial aid available. 
From Darlene Pasieczny to Everyone: (4:15 PM)
 Sagan, are you looking for positions in the Portland-area? 
From Bear Wilner-Nugent to Everyone: (4:15 PM)
 I’m Bear Wilner-Nugent ’95, Lewis & Clark Law ’04. I have been self-employed for 12 years. I do criminal defense, appeals, and civil and administrative litigation, both in Oregon and federally. Before I went to work for myself, I was a public defender in Multnomah County. Before that, I was a law clerk with the Federal Public Defender for two years. 
From Sagan Green-Horner to Everyone: (4:15 PM)
 Definitely yes. 
From Evian Oosthuizen to Everyone: (4:16 PM)
 Evian ’21 Env. Studies - Economics 
From Darlene Pasieczny to Everyone: (4:17 PM)
 For Sagan (and all) - we have a Reed Legal Network Facebook group, and job search posts very much welcome! 
From Azure Sensabaugh to Everyone: (4:17 PM)
 I'm Azure, a current political science major at Reed. I'm looking for internships and opportunities to learn more about the legal field. 
From Rafael Monkarsh to Everyone: (4:17 PM)
 Hi all! I’m actually a current English student at Reed (’22) and had an internship at a firm this summer locked down before COVID happened. I’m looking into going into law after Reed, and this seemed like a good opportunity to learn more! 
From Samantha Hordyk to Everyone: (4:19 PM)
 I’m Sam, Reed physics ’22. Just started a job working in environmental policy and outreach, and have now started thinking of working in policy! 
From Jacob Canter to Everyone: (4:19 PM)
 Hi all - I’m Jacob (’14, political science). I graduated from Berkeley in ’18. I’m finishing up a clerkship in the SDNY in July, and then I’ll be at a firm in San Francisco. I’m not senior enough to get anyone a job, but I’m very happy to speak with people interested in the LSAT / law school / whole process 
From Thomas Barr to Everyone: (4:19 PM)
 I’m Thomas. Class of ’20 in Philosophy. Intent on starting law school fall ’21. Interested particularly in environmental law. 
From Chae Park to Everyone: (4:19 PM)
 Chae Park, ’20 Political Science (theory). Currently working as a research fellow. Interested in labor, public interest, and/or consumer protection law. Committed to Berkeley Law and looking to defer, so would appreciate any leads on legal assistant positions in the Bay! (Unfortunately no Facebook) 
From Rita Melnikova to Everyone: (4:21 PM)
 Hi all! I am a current Philosophy student at Reed ('21). I am particularly interested in Criminal Law and am looking for any and all legal internships and job shadows in the field. I am hoping to go to Lewis and Clark Law school once I get my degree. 
From Jeff Kelson to Everyone: (4:24 PM)
 Howdy Reedies All! I’m Jeff Kelson, graduated in 1981. Of course, I majored in Poli Sci. I’m in my 29th year working as a career law clerk to a US district judge. We do everything but domestic relations. For me, the perfect docket! 
From Me to Everyone: (4:24 PM)
 Anything about Universal Basic Income experiments - UBI - on the docket in the House, Avi? 
From Olga Moriarty to Everyone: (4:25 PM)
 If anyone has questions for Avy, we’ll have a Q&A at the end. Feel free to type in your questions and we’ll keep track and address them later. 
From Kiki Hawley to Everyone: (4:28 PM)
 For Avy: What does a typical week look like for you? In other words, just how overworked? :) 
From Stephanie Striffler to Everyone: (4:30 PM)
 So true, I went to law school planning to do labor law, and never did. I ended up in much of my career practicing Indian law, which I loved, but never anticipated 
From Avy Mallik to Everyone: (4:30 PM)
 Hi everyone, my email is Avy.mallik@gmail.com, feel free to reach out if you want to connect after 
From Paul Levy to Everyone: (4:31 PM)
 In DC, if you want a good and fulfilling job, you can expect to work long hours! Work life balance is very hard to achieve here!

Still, David Gossett has young children, and my wife and I raised children throughout my years of public interest law. 
From Darlene Pasieczny to Everyone: (4:31 PM)
 Love seeing the backgrounds and interests described on this chat! I'm class of '01, art history, then took a few years to law school (Lewis & Clark '12). Culinary school was in the middle there.... I'm based in Portland at Samuels Yoelin Kantor LLP and do securities litigation, FINRA arbitration (investor claims against stockbrokers), financial elder abuse, trust and estate disputes. Still cook a little, too :) 
From Paul Levy to Everyone: (4:34 PM)
 Chicago is an intensely intellectual law school 
From Stephanie Striffler to Everyone: (4:35 PM)
 I went to Chicago also, total culture shock after Reed 
From Laura Graser to Everyone: (4:35 PM)
 I went to law school for all the wrong reasons (daddy would pay for it; no better ideas), and after some fumbles at the small boutique plaintiff's firm, the Big Firm, the DA's office, stumbled into being asked to write an appellate brief, and I found my spot. It's writing Hum papers for a living. I still love it, been doing it since 1986 or thereabouts, no plans to retire. My own firm, consisting of me. In Portland. Now speak fluent Spanish, that's my biggest accomplishment lately. Laura Graser, Reed 1973, Lewis & Clark Law (the best law school in Portland) '79. 
From Me to Everyone: (4:36 PM)
 (I got into the Univ of Chicago undergrad, but went to Reed instead:) 
From Paul Levy to Everyone: (4:37 PM)
 And David has done a great job of finding jobs for Reedies! 
From Stephanie Striffler to Everyone: (4:39 PM)
 I had Scalia at Chicago, not Obama! 
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 Even if staying at the same firm / location, a common theme with folks in the law seems to be the natural evolution of interests, focus, subject matter.... You can become an expert in the most unexpected things! 
From Avy Mallik to Everyone: (4:46 PM)
 Question for David: any lessons learned from helping start a regulatory agency (the CFPB)? 
From Paul Levy to Everyone: (4:46 PM)
 I now do a fair amount of IP law, something I would never have imagined in law school 
From Avy Mallik to Everyone: (4:47 PM)
 I can’t unmute 
From Paul Levy to Everyone: (4:48 PM)
 Like a union! 
From Denika Martin to Everyone: (4:49 PM)
 Questions for anyone: Is it true that it is best to attend law school where you are thinking you’d like to practice? How did you factor in the cost of law school? We have one law school here in Hawai’i, and financial aid available from the school itself is a small package. Finally, do you suggest working/interning (and if so how long) before applying for law school? Thank you! 
From Thomas Barr to Everyone: (4:49 PM)
 For David, if not remaining a lawyer, what are some professional areas for someone with a law degree? (generally and specifically you) 
From Me to Everyone: (4:50 PM)
 (Thanks, Avy - will email you further about some related UBI experiment questions … and regarding the word Universal - and re the Euro - in 19 out of 28 nation states; am thinking in terms of ~200 countries’ official languages too - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Nation_States - each a major University with a law school). Thank you, Avy! 
From Jacob Canter to Everyone: (4:51 PM)
 Question for David: How do you predict the economic downturn will impact the legal market (particularly for associates) and how will it impact (if at all) law school admissions? Is there anything you could say about how the FCC or DWT is responding? 
From Roger Williams to Everyone: (4:51 PM)
 Responding to Denika’s question: avoiding (or minimizing) debt is huge. State school with no debut gives you so many more options and paths to happiness. 
From Howell Lankford to Everyone: (4:52 PM)
 David's hiring experience has a moral for everybody at or near the beginning of a career: If you interview but don't get the job, at least send a thank you note to the interviewer. Maybe you really did impress her even though somebody was a better fit for that job. The follow up note is your chance to be more chatty and, potentially, to at least be a name that sticks in her memory when somebody asks, next year, Do you know anybody who... 
From Darlene Pasieczny to Everyone: (4:53 PM)
 Totally agree, Howell. And hand-written notes still make an impression! 
From Chae Park to Everyone: (4:56 PM)
 As someone who just went through the application process (in the midst of a pandemic…..), I am happy to answer questions about the LSAT/applying etc. As a general tip though, if you are thinking of applying to schools in the next year, you should be paying attention to how schools have responded to COVID 
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 I can’t unmute again 
From David Gossett to Everyone: (4:59 PM)
 My personal email address is david@dgossett.net. Everyone should feel free to contact me, anytime. 
From Paul Levy to Everyone: (4:59 PM)
 I'm finishing a brief tonight, gotta go. But thanks to Darlene and Andrew for organizing this, and to Avy and David for talking to us all. 
From Me to David Gossett: (Privately) (4:59 PM)
 Would love to follow up with you too, David, given your great US govt. experience, about UBI experiments. Thanks for talking today! - Scott (sgkmacleod@worlduniversityandschool.org) 
From Bear Wilner-Nugent to Everyone: (5:01 PM)
 Thanks to Amy and Olga, too! 
From Olga Moriarty to Everyone: (5:01 PM)
 Please stay in touch with us! Here’s the website to learn more about the Reed Legal Network: https://alumni.reed.edu/board_of_alumni/legal-network.html 
From Me to Everyone: (5:03 PM)
 I noticed recently that Harvard Law School’s tuition is about $67,000 per year, and Stanford Law’s is 47,000 - what role should this play in decision-making? Thank you, David, Avy, All! 
From Olga Moriarty to Everyone: (5:05 PM)
 It’s great to have some many people (including STUDENTS!) here together 
From Me to Everyone: (5:05 PM)
 Thanks - am interested in Law School tuition costs in developing approaches to reimbursement at World Univ & Sch’s Law Schools - for matriculating students from all ~200 countries … and perhaps with WUaS CC-4 Law OCW emerging out of Stanford Law CodeX … 
From Alan Walworth to Everyone: (5:06 PM)
 Thanks very much—interesting and informative 
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From Amy Hesse to Everyone: (5:07 PM)
 For any questions that were not answered, we are going to make sure we record them from the chat bar, and will try to follow up with you. Or feel free to email the people you want to ask! 
From Sagan Green-Horner to Everyone: (5:07 PM)
 Question for Avy, I'm thinking about Georgetown law and was working on the LSAT last year. The best I was able to get was a 159, but my GPA I got to 3.31. Apart from what you already mentioned for letters of recommendation, any advice for applying to Georgetown law? 
From Andrew Schpak to Everyone: (5:09 PM)
 I apologize that I need to run to take over coverage of my daughter. It was great to see you all, please don't hesitate to reach out to me with any questions or suggestions! 
From Sagan Green-Horner to Everyone: (5:11 PM)
 Another general question, and maybe David could answer this, any benefits for getting a dual masters/JD (such as MPP/JD), and could such a dual degree be applied outside of law? 
From Nerissa Wright to Everyone: (5:11 PM)
 Hi Avy! Would you mind typing your email in the chat again? 
From Rafael Monkarsh to Everyone: (5:11 PM)
 Question for anyone, and perhaps pertinent to what Howell is saying right now— As I said above, I’m a current student interested in law but not sure if it exactly fits me (although I think it would). I’m planning on interning somewhere before I (possibly) go to law school, but besides interning, what are some good ways to understand a) what lawyers’ day-to-day lives look like and b) what differentiates types of lawyers (with different specialties) from each other? 
From Avy Mallik to Everyone: (5:11 PM)
 Hi Nerissa, my email is avy.mallik@gmail.com 
From Roger Williams to Everyone: (5:13 PM)
 Mark Srere, ’81, at Bryan Cave in DC, has dual JD and Public Policy degree from U.Texas 
From Sagan Green-Horner to Everyone: (5:15 PM)
 Thanks for the meeting. Need to get to work on job searching. Best wishes! 
From Kiki Hawley to Everyone: (5:17 PM)
 Thank you all so much! 
From Rafael Monkarsh to Everyone: (5:17 PM)
 Thank you very much David! 
From Noa Kaumeheiwa to Everyone: (5:17 PM)
 Thanks so much for organizing. Great to hear inspiring speakers and students! 
From Me to Everyone: (5:17 PM)
 How many Reedies want to go to Law School here in this Meeting, how many can’t perhaps due to finances, or haven’t gotten in … ? In a Reed Legal Network meeting in June 2019 at Reed, I broached the idea of an online Oregon Law School at WUaS … and for Reedies potentially! (There was a Reedie Oregon Supreme Court Justice at that Meeting - Chris Smith, or similar was his name - will check?) 
From Ray Zuniga to Everyone: (5:18 PM)
 Thank you so much to the organizers and speakers! This was greatly informative! 
From Stephanie Striffler to Everyone: (5:18 PM)
 Chris Garrett is on the Oregon Supreme Court 
From Evian Oosthuizen to Everyone: (5:19 PM)
 Thanks for this event, was really valuable! 
From Me to Everyone: (5:19 PM)
 Thanks, Chris Garrett ‘96 
From Braden Dong to Everyone: (5:19 PM)
 Thanks all. 
From Rafael Monkarsh to Everyone: (5:19 PM)
 Thank you all! Very informational. 
From Roger Williams to Everyone: (5:19 PM)
 Thank you to everyone! 
From Denika Martin to Me: (Privately) (5:19 PM)
 I would be interested in such classes! My email is Martindenika@gmail.com 
From Me to Everyone: (5:19 PM)
 Thanks so much, Dave and Avy and All 
From Adrienne Ratner to Everyone: (5:19 PM)
 Great forum!! Many thanks! 
From Me to Everyone: (5:20 PM)
 (Will keep people posted) 
From Amy Hesse to Everyone: (5:22 PM)
 bwnlaw@gmail.com (Bear Wilner-Nugent ’95) 
From Me to Everyone: (5:28 PM)
 Thank you! 

- Scott MacLeod - Founder, President & Professor

- World University and School

- 415 480 4577

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How can I help / Why would you like to meet?: Talk about edX & World Univ & Sch, & today's Open edX questions
Scott GK MacLeod and Marco Morales

Hi Marco,

Thanks for letting me know. And yes re-scheduling for next week would be great. I'm still unclear about whether I would invite you (with Google Meet, for ex. which WUaS is in) or you invite me to video-conference with Google Hangouts (per your calendar).

Regarding,

Meeting Goal - How can I help / Why would you like to meet?: Talk about edX & World Univ & Sch, & today's Open edX questions

Could we also please talk about the 6 WUaS majors WUaS seeks to offer, potentially via some edX courses (i.e. these 6 majors: 1) EECS, 2) General Engineering, 3) General Science, 4) English, 5) History, 6) Business - see: http://worlduniversityandschool.org/) to our matriculating WUaS undergraduates, about which I've communicated some with edX's CEO Anant Agarwal. (It would also be great to touch on a realistic virtual earth - https://twitter.com/hashtag/RealisticVirtualEarth?src=hashtag_click - per your background image in the OpenEdX meeting yesterday, and regarding Ned Batchelder's observation that edX often integrates - and regarding too, conceptually, Google Street View with time slider, Maps, Earth, TensorFlow, Translate, and even with realistic avatar bots - for STEM field sites, and for classrooms. And could we possibly please touch on also WUaS in the Spanish language via edX?).

Would 30 minutes be better to talk about all of the above, Marco (than 15 minutes)? And 12;45 pm ET / 9:45 am PT, Friday, June 19th? Shall I invite you from Google Meet to video, or will you invite me?

Looking forward to communicating further about this in the meantime via email as well. Thank you, Marco!

Regards,

Scott

Scott GK MacLeod

President, Founder and Professor

WUaS Educational Services' Store (and Academic Press) - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html

direct: 412 478 0116

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1271111031905869824?s=20

World University & School is like Wikipedia in ~300 languages, with the best STEM CC-4 OpenCourseWare (OCW) in its current 4 languages. Glad WUaS just updated both WINGS http://worlduniversityandschool.org & http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html
@WUaSPress
info@ http://worlduniversityandschool.org to connect further

World University & School is like Wikipedia in ~300 languages, with the best STEM CC-4 OpenCourseWare (OCW) in its current 4 languages. Glad WUaS just updated both WINGS https://t.co/OedDI3yhSu& https://t.co/YWks7sQ9mU @WUaSPress info@ https://t.co/N22Ucd0wg2 to connect further
— WorldUnivandSch (@WorldUnivAndSch) June 11, 2020

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1271110296707272704?s=20

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World University & School is like Wikipedia in ~300 languages, with the best STEM CC-4 OpenCourseWare (OCW) in its current 4 languages - https://youtu.be/vZcp2zqkI9w & just updated both WINGS http://worlduniversityandschool.org & http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html
@WUaSPress
info@ http://worlduniversityandschool.org ~

World University & School is like Wikipedia in ~300 languages, with the best STEM CC-4 OpenCourseWare (OCW) in its current 4 languages - https://t.co/ySvic2m5ye& just updated both WINGS https://t.co/OedDI3yhSu& https://t.co/YWks7sQ9mU @WUaSPress info@ https://t.co/N22Ucd0wg2 ~
— WorldUnivandSch (@WorldUnivAndSch) June 11, 2020

- Scott MacLeod - Founder, President & Professor

- World University and School

- 415 480 4577

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eichhornia

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Hi Ma,

Good in some ways to connect with people at Reed and Shady Side. These cultures come through time. Am appreciative of George A's kids all going to diff Sch's than he & B went to, and to public schools for high school, & Henry Cutter going through SSA's 3 schools. All are high achievers.

Really good piping lesson again with Taylor, yesterday evening! Was out walking later after heading down thru beautiful valley on level road on other side of the massif - also after Shady Side Academy and Reed College Legal Network video meetings online today ... life partner meeting possibilities in both (but didn't meet her yesterday) & it could help if she lives in Bay Area! ... will know it when I meet her as you observe ... how was your day ?

I have a new hummingbird friend on the far side of the massif, or one was feeding on orange flowers, aware of me, showing its red chest a bit, then sitting on a branch a minute later aware of me, as I then walked by ... I got the sense it was connecting and social even as it fed ... so I'm calling it a friend, :)... What is hummingbird consciousness (and regarding cattle or cow consciousness, philosophically in a sense? :)

Desiderata ahead - https://www.desiderata.com/desiderata.html - as a kind of philosophy or guiding code even in this somewhat complex internet world, with my big interesting projects, (education/universities/schools, actual-virtual Harbin/earth/universe, bagpiping, book writing ... Where is my beautiful, receptive friend who might become my life partner, and wife even, and for family, I'm continuing seeking, - a beautiful, radiant A or a S (of shared culture too) of today in Canyon to begin?

What are you up to this weekend? And how are you?

Sending love, Scott

scottmacleod.com

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eichhornia_crassipes

...

What I've been reading this week through Sunday, 4/12/20

and also much from Twitter, and see, for example (esp. re-Tweets):

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/08/opinion/mourning-senior-year-2020/

Coronavirus articles Th Apr 9 2020

Education

"A social experiment with uncertainties and opportunities" - what the pupils of the Zumikon primary school particularly miss in the third week of distance learning
Instead of on the playground, the children meet in virtual classrooms across Switzerland. After the first few weeks the advantages and disadvantages of home schooling become apparent.

Nils Pfändler, Linda Koponen
09.04.2020
https://www.nzz.ch/zuerich/coronavirus-in-zuerich-den-schuelern-fehlen-die-sozialen-kontakte-ld.1550364

Mourning senior year 2020
As we approach summer and a recession, graduating seniors face further job insecurity. Anxiety replaces the joy of senior year as we fight to find balance without resources.
By Timothy Scalona - Updated April 8, 2020, 2:24 p.m.

Report card from Zoom University
Students are trying to make the best of a troubling situation, as they peer into a future that is much murkier than any of us could imagine when the spring semester began.
By Joan Vennochi Globe Columnist,Updated April 8, 2020

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/08/opinion/report-card-zoom-university/

Economics

EU CORONA AID
Lagarde mentions alternatives to corona bonds
The ECB chief believes that there must be other forms of solidarity. Italy's Premier Conte says Europe is at stake.
from 04/09/2020
https://www.wienerzeitung.at/nachrichten/politik/europa/2056970-Lagarde-nennt-Alternativen-zu-Corona-Bonds.html

Air travel

ECONOMY
No plane in the empty sky
Only vaccination or effective medication will make normality possible again, says airport board member Ofner.
from 04/08/2020,
https://www.wienerzeitung.at/nachrichten/wirtschaft/oesterreich/2056901-Kein-Flieger-am-leeren-Himmel.html

Pharmacology

"Heinsberg Protocol" by Hendrik Streeck:
The Corona Investigators: How researchers are now collecting unique data on the original German outbreak
Heinsberg was the epicenter of the corona crisis in Germany early on. A team of researchers is now examining the citizens of the district very closely. "The Heinsberg Protocol" is intended to provide data on how we can be infected and which measures against it made any sense and are still effective from now on.
https://mobil.stern.de/gesundheit/-das-heinsberg-protokoll---forscher-wollen-herausfinden--welche-massnahmen-gegen-corona-sinnvoll-sind-9215378.html

Sars-CoV-2

SARS-CoV-2:
When does the vaccination come?
One or two injections and you would be immune: the whole world is waiting for the life-saving corona vaccination. But it still takes. These are the candidates in the race.
By Jakob Simmank , Edda Grabar and Linda Fischer - April 9, 2020

https://www.zeit.de/wissen/gesundheit/2020-04/sars-cov-2-impfstoff-forschung-beschleunigung-coronavirus

Quarantine

Bundesliga:
Football is foreign to us like never before
An entire country is at home, many are afraid for their jobs. But footballers are training again and extending their contracts. And now they want to play too.
By Oliver Fritsch - April 9, 2020
https://www.zeit.de/sport/2020-04/bundesliga-fussball-spiele-corona-krise-spielbetrieb-geisterspiele

- Scott MacLeod - Founder, President & Professor

- World University and School

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http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2020/06/what-ive-been-watching.html

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re

SUNDAY, JUNE 07, 2020

What I've been watching

Over the past week, I have watched the six-part HBO miniseries The Plot Against America, which came out in March. It is based on the 2004 Philip Roth novel of the same title and tells an alternative history in which FDR is defeated in 1940 by the fascist-sympathizing Charles Lindbergh through the eyes of a Jewish family living in Newark, NJ. Compelling story, well acted. It is the best piece of television I have seen in years.

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranunculus_abnormis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ranunculus_species

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_genera_of_flowering_plants

...

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re

SUNDAY, JUNE 07, 2020

What I've been watching

http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2020/06/what-ive-been-watching.html

What I've been reading this week through Sunday, 4/19/20

and also much from Twitter, and see, for example (esp. re-Tweets):

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/18/metro/with-fall-semester-big-question-mark-students-are-considering-alternatives/

With the fall semester a big question mark, students are considering alternatives

By Deirdre Fernandes Globe Staff,Updated April 18, 2020

Controversy over corona tracing: the Swiss epidemiologist Salathé announces the exit from the pan-European project

A team of researchers from ETH Lausanne and ETH Zurich, who was involved in the pan-European project for a tracing app, is irritated. Its approach, which it regards as more secure under data protection law, appears to be questioned.
Jenni Thier
April 17th, 2020

https://www.nzz.ch/technologie/streit-um-das-corona-tracing-der-schweizer-epidemiologe-salathe-verkuendet-den-ausstieg-aus-dem-paneuropaeischen-projekt-ld.1552279

Peter Norvig - MIT

MIT Tech Review

Q&A: Peter Norvig
Google’s director of research talks about the evolution of Web search.
by Kate Greene - archive page
December 18, 2007
As director of research at Google, Peter Norvig is intimately involved in the attempt to manage the world’s information. He’s a good match for the job, having spent much of his life thinking about how computers think and making them do it more efficiently. An expert on artificial intelligence, he has taught at universities, held research jobs in the corporate world and at NASA, and cowritten the influential textbook AI: A Modern Approach.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2007/12/18/222680/qa-peter-norvig/

Robotics

When coronavirus created a gap in the PPE supply chain, Northwest high school robotics teams came to the rescue
Updated Apr 21, 2020
https://www.oregonlive.com/teamoregon/2020/04/when-coronavirus-created-a-gap-in-the-ppe-supply-chain-northwest-high-school-robotics-teams-came-to-the-rescue.html

Therapists, counselors go online as patients postpone visits
Photo of Gwendolyn Wu
Gwendolyn Wu April 17, 2020 Updated: April 21, 2020 7:04 p.m.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/article/Therapists-counselors-go-online-as-patients-15206630.php

Virtual Tourism

‘Virtual tourism’ is suddenly everywhere in coronavirus era. Will it stick?
Photo of Gregory Thomas
Gregory Thomas April 12, 2020 Updated: April 12, 2020 3:53 p.m.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Virtual-tourism-is-suddenly-everywhere-in-15195780.php

Lego

GRACE NOTES
A parent can never pack away the Lego years
By Jeremy Eichler Globe Staff,Updated April 18, 2020

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/18/lifestyle/parent-can-never-pack-away-lego-years/

- Scott MacLeod - Founder, President & Professor

- World University and School

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http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2020/06/what-ive-been-watching.html

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re

SUNDAY, JUNE 07, 2020

What I've been watching

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranunculus_abortivus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ranunculus_species

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_genera_of_flowering_plants

...

What I've been reading this week through Sunday, 4/26/20

and also much from Twitter, and see, for example (esp. re-Tweets):

https://www.stanforddaily.com/2020/04/22/stanford-should-be-cautious-when-using-zoom/

Coronavirus Sa Apr 25 2020

Sweden

Coronavirus: Has Sweden got its science right?
By Maddy Savage
BBC News, Stockholm
24 April 2020 Europe
https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-europe-52395866

Psychiatry

China

GERMANY
CHINA AND THE CORONA VIRUS
Federal government confirms Chinese attempts to influence ministerial officials
Published on 04/26/2020 | Reading time: 3 minutes
By Christian Schweppe , Annelie Naumann
https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article207501567/Coronavirus-Bundesregierung-bestaetigt-chinesische-Einflussversuche.html

Corona App

Chaos Computer Club criticizes Corona app
BY JUSTUS BENDER AND MORTEN FREIDEL-UPDATED ON 04/24/2020-08:56
https://m.faz.net/aktuell/politik/inland/offener-brief-chaos-computer-club-kritisiert-corona-app-16739402.html

Zoom privacy schools

OPINIONS
Stanford should be cautious when using Zoom

A person hiding under a table on which a laptop has Zoom open (Illustration: HELENA ZHANG/The Stanford Daily)
By Helena Zhang on April 22, 2020

- Scott MacLeod - Founder, President & Professor

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https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/22/nation/mit-researchers-say-theyve-idd-cells-targeted-by-coronavirus/

Coronavirus thru Th Apr 23 2020

MIT

Coronavirus resources
MIT researchers say they’ve identified cells targeted by coronavirus
By Travis Andersen and Martin Finucane Globe Staff,Updated April 22, 2020

Should those with antibodies get a digital pass to go back to work?
MIT scientist’s plan raises questions about discrimination, lack of in-depth knowledge on coronavirus
By Hiawatha Bray Globe Staff,Updated April 23, 2020

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/23/business/should-those-with-antibodies-get-digital-pass-go-back-work/

Masks

Coronavirus: Bay Area mask order takes effect Wednesday. Here’s what you need to know.
Evan Webeck
PUBLISHED: April 22, 2020
https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/04/22/coronavirus-bay-area-mask-order-takes-effect-wednesday-heres-what-you-need-to-know/amp/

06.05.20
Corona crisis: daily updated case numbers on the day of decisions
Chancellor Merkel consults with the Prime Minister on easing the corona measures. The RKI reports the current figures.
VIDEO
The coronavirus Sars-CoV-2 * has Germany still under control.
The infection rate rate drops again
Nationwide strict contact bans are crumbling

https://www.fr.de/panorama/corona-krise-groko-einigt-sich-hoeheres-kurzarbeitergeld-zr-13680236.html

Education
MA, RI

The Great Divide
When it comes to online learning, Mass., Rhode Island take wildly divergent paths
Rhode Island stresses academic business as usual, Massachusetts opts for local control
By Bianca Vázquez Toness and Dan McGowan Globe Staff,Updated April 22, 2020

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/22/metro/when-it-comes-online-learning-two-new-england-neighbors-take-wildly-divergent-paths/

SCHOOL
In homeschooling, there is a gap between the children
A school barometer shows: 31 percent learn more than 25 hours a week, 18 percent but less than 9 hours.
from April 23, 2020

https://www.wienerzeitung.at/nachrichten/politik/oesterreich/2058168-Im-Homeschooling-geht-eine-Schere-zwischen-den-Kindern-auf.html

Testing

CORONAVIRUS
Gov. Tim Walz announces plan to expand COVID-19 testing
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz put on his mask after announcing the state's plans for more coronavirus testing Wednesday in St. Paul.Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz put on his mask after announcing the state's plans for more coronavirus testing Wednesday in St. Paul.
— Glen Stubbe, Star Tribune

By JEREMY OLSON AND BRIANA BIERSCHBACH , STAR TRIBUNE
April 23, 2020
https://m.startribune.com/gov-tim-walz-announces-increased-covid-19-testing/569860492/

CORONAVIRUS
Restrictions could be lifted on up to 100,000 Minnesota workers by Monday
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz stressed the new state approach of dialing up or down restrictions goes both ways and that businesses need to be prepared for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz stressed the new state approach of dialing up or down restrictions goes both ways and that businesses need to be prepared for renewed restrictions.
— Aaron Lavinsky, STAR TRIBUNE
By JEREMY OLSON AND GLENN HOWATT , STAR TRIBUNE STAFF
April 24, 2020 - 12:05 PM
An estimated 80,000 to 100,000 employees could return to work Monday under a plan by Gov. Tim Walz to dial back the state’s stay-at-home order, which was imposed to reduce or delay the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

https://m.startribune.com/restrictions-could-be-lifted-on-up-to-100-000-minnesota-workers-by-monday/569895852/

Barack Obama just gave Mass. a shout out for its coronavirus efforts
By Christina Prignano and Victoria McGrane Globe Staff,Updated April 22, 2020

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/22/nation/president-obama-just-gave-mass-shout-out-its-coronavirus-efforts/

Oregon

Coronavirus
Oregon Country Fair, iconic counterculture event, upended for first time in 50 years by coronavirus
Updated May 08, 2020; Posted Apr 23, 2020
https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/04/oregon-country-fair-iconic-counterculture-event-upended-for-first-time-in-50-years-by-coronavirus.html

- Scott MacLeod - Founder, President & Professor

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https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/26/life-after-coronavirus-pandemic-change-world

Coronavirus W Apr 22 2020

improving quality of life after coronavirus

Coronavirus outbreak
Cities after coronavirus: how Covid-19 could radically alter urban life
Pandemics have always shaped cities – and from increased surveillance to ‘de-densification’ to new community activism, Covid-19 is doing it already
Coronavirus – latest updates
See all our coronavirus coverage
Jack Shenker
Thu 26 Mar 2020

Imagining a Better Life After the Coronavirus
This crisis is revealing the limits of America's religious devotion to work—and showing us that a more fulfilling future is possible.
By JONATHAN MALESIC
April 1, 2020

https://newrepublic.com/amp/article/157102/imagining-better-life-coronavirus

Here are the states beginning to lift major coronavirus restrictions
By Christina Prignano Globe Staff, Updated May 11, 2020
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/22/nation/here-are-states-beginning-lift-major-coronavirus-restrictions/

Editors’ Forum Covid-19
Lonely Death in Pandemic Times

"Dying is relational, and it is the narrowing of that relational capacity that makes dying in a pandemic a critical site of reflection."
https://culanth.org/fieldsights/lonely-death-in-pandemic-times
https://twitter.com/heather_paxson/status/1253006536462544899?s=20

This is a good explainer: What explains the low coronavirus numbers in poor, densely populated South Asia? https://scroll.in/article/959771/what-explains-low-coronavirus-numbers-in-poor-and-densely-populated-south-asia via
@scroll_in

What explains the low coronavirus numbers in poor, densely populated South Asia?
Does this point to special conditions in South Asia such as heat? Or simply that poor healthcare systems are unable to record cases and deaths adequately?
https://scroll.in/article/959771/what-explains-low-coronavirus-numbers-in-poor-and-densely-populated-south-asia

- Scott MacLeod - Founder, President & Professor

- World University and School

- 415 480 4577

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2020/04/20/apple-and-google-major-contact-tracing-surprise-25-billion-users-lose-out/amp/

Coronavirus pandemic thru Tue Apr 21 2020

Google - Apple Contact Tracing

Apr 20, 2020,09:36am EDT
Apple And Google Contact-Tracing Surprise: 2.5 Billion Users Will Miss Out
Zak Doffman Contributor
Cybersecurity

Privacy-Preserving Contact Tracing

https://www.apple.com/covid19/contacttracing

04.17.20 7:00 AM
SECURITY
Does Covid-19 Contact Tracing Pose a Privacy Risk? Your Questions, Answered
Apple and Google's Bluetooth-based system isn't perfect. But many of the biggest concerns have solutions.

https://www.wired.com/story/apple-google-contact-tracing-strengths-weaknesses/amp

The federal contact tracing app is due to start in May
The official Corona app is designed to help break the chain of infection. Other European countries are not that far yet - and take a different approach to dealing with the data.
Jenni Thier
7 comments
April 21, 2020, 7.32 p.m.

Die Contact-Tracing-App des Bundes soll im Mai starten
Die offizielle Corona-App soll helfen, Infektionsketten zu unterbrechen. Andere europäische Länder sind noch nicht so weit – und verfolgen einen anderen Ansatz im Umgang mit den Daten.
Jenni Thier
7 Kommentare
21.04.2020

https://www.nzz.ch/technologie/die-contact-tracing-app-des-bag-soll-im-mai-starten-ld.1552867

Closing borders is ridiculous’: the epidemiologist behind Sweden’s controversial coronavirus strategy

Anders Tegnell talks to Nature about the nation’s ‘trust-based’ approach to tackling the pandemic.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01098-x

UBI experiment

Apr 21, 2020,10:41am EDT
Andrew Yang Talks Project100: $100 Million Planned Of Universal Basic Income During COVID-19
Morgan Simon
https://www.forbes.com/sites/morgansimon/2020/04/21/andrew-yang-talks-project100-100-million-planned-of-universal-basic-income-during-covid-19/amp/

Everything forbidden - sociology

corona:
Everything forbidden, the main thing is healthy
Sociologist Wolfgang Engler believes that it will be a long time to think about the ease, speed and extent of the interruption of normality.
April 21, 2020 - 01:20 , Wolfgang Engler

Corona:
Alles verboten, Hauptsache gesund
Über Leichtigkeit, Schnelligkeit und Ausmaß der Unterbrechung der Normalität wird noch lange nachzudenken sein, meint der Soziologe Wolfgang Engler.
21.4.2020 - 01:20 , Wolfgang Engler

https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/kultur-vergnuegen/modell-berlin-wolfgang-engler-das-infizierte-wir-der-offenen-gesellschaft-li.81486

Air quAlity

University of Halle:
Study: More corona deaths in regions with poor air
A geoscientist from the University of Halle has examined several regions in Europe. He found that 78 percent of corona deaths were concentrated in only five areas. All of them had high levels of nitrogen dioxide in the air.
April 21, 2020 - 00:20 , Kathrin Michulla

https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/gesundheit-oekologie/studie-luftverschmutzung-koennte-corona-todesfaelle-beguenstigen-li.81691

Mental health

Loneliness, anxiety, grief — dealing with the mental health impacts of the coronavirus
We can see this mental health crisis coming, yet we lack both national and international programs to address it.
By Guy Winch Updated April 21, 2020
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/21/opinion/loneliness-anxiety-grief-dealing-with-mental-health-impacts-coronavirus/

Oil

US stocks close 3% lower as oil price continues to collapse
By Stan Choe Associated Press, Updated April 21, 2020
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/21/business/stocks-updates-tuesday-april-21/

Business

Oil drops below $0, signaling extreme collapse in demand. But you’re still going to have to pay for gas.
Producers can’t give West Texas Intermediate oil away, at least through May.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/20/oil-barrel-below-zero/

Language - Züritüütsch

On the death of historian Conrad Ulrich: he was a Zurich man with esprit
His appearance was well tempered, the sentences ready for printing in the neat Züritüütsch. The fact that he became a historian is due to a tragedy, as he once said. Now Conrad Ulrich has died.
Urs Hafner
04/20/2020
https://www.nzz.ch/zuerich/conrad-ulrich-nachruf-auf-einen-zuercher-mit-esprit-ld.1552562

Zürich German

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zürich_German

A Russian fighter jet pushes an American aircraft off the coast of Syria

04/20/2020

https://www.nzz.ch/international/syrien-russisches-kampfjet-draengt-us-flugzeug-ab-ld.1552665

Education

Parents, you can’t replace teachers while homeschooling. But you can do this
Even though there’s no way you can teach the curriculum, you can do something even more valuable for your kids.
By David Bulley Updated April 21, 2020
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/21/magazine/parents-you-cant-replace-teachers-while-homeschooling-you-can-do-this/

In era of COVID-19, a shift to digital forms of teaching in Japan
Teachers are having to re-imagine their roles entirely amid school closures
BY J.J. O'DONOGHUE

"OKAYAMA – The students of Mino Jiyu Gakuen High School start out their day with an online survey that requires them to take their temperatures. It’s a task that the school’s teachers never imagined themselves doing when they landed their jobs. ..."

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/04/21/national/traditional-to-digital-teaching-coronavirus

Medicine

4/21/20 5:24 PM
CORONAVIRUS SARS-COV-2
Studies give hope: Remdesivir works in Covid 19 patients
Pamela Dörhöferby Pamela Dörhöfer
https://www.fr.de/multimedia/brasilien-ort28441/corona-pandemie-studie-macht-hoffnung-medikament-remdesivir-zeigt-wirkung-covid-19-zr-13668822.html

Self swab test

Coronavirus
1st self-swab at home coronavirus test OK’d by US
Posted Apr 21, 2020
https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/04/1st-self-swab-at-home-coronavirus-test-okd-by-us.html

Vietnam

Vietnam protests China's expansion in disputed waters
Yahoo News Video Yahoo News Video•April 20, 2020

https://news.yahoo.com/vietnam-protests-chinas-expansion-disputed-174357966.html
https://news.yahoo.com/vietnam-protests-chinas-expansion-disputed-174357966.html

China - media landscape

HONG KONG

China seeks ‘new world media order’ says watchdog, as Hong Kong plunges to 80th in press freedom index
Rachel Wong
17:00, 21 APRIL 2020

https://hongkongfp.com/2020/04/21/just-in-china-seeks-new-world-media-order-says-watchdog-as-hong-kong-plunges-to-80th-in-press-freedom-index/?_gl=1*1am81w9*_ga*YW1wLXpFcFVKZzBJYm11TmZxSFVkU2UxQ1E.

Yale NewHaven Health

Coronavirus (COVID-19) vs. Influenza (Flu)

https://www.ynhhs.org/patient-care/urgent-care/flu-or-coronavirus#

Book -

The great influenza The epic story of the deadliest plague in history

The problems with Barry’s “The Great Influenza”
14 AUGUST 2009

https://www.virology.ws/2009/08/14/the-problems-with-barrys-the-great-influenza/

J Clin Invest. 2004 Jul 15; 114(2): 146.
doi: 10.1172/JCI22439
PMCID: PMC450178
The great influenza The epic story of the deadliest plague in history
Reviewed by Peter Palese
John M. Barry. The great influenza The epic story of the deadliest plague in history.
2004.Viking Books: New York, New York, USA.546 pp. $29.95. ISBN: 0-6708-9473-7

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC450178/

Meteors

Lyrid meteor shower, the best night sky show for months, is still active

The peak is past, but you might still be able to catch a few shooting stars this weekend. Besides, you probably don't have anywhere else to go.
Eric Mack
April 24, 2020

https://www.cnet.com/google-amp/news/lyrid-meteor-shower-2020-the-best-night-sky-show-for-months-is-set-to-peak-tuesday-and-wednesday/

Human lives in economies essay

Corona pandemic:
Human sacrifice for capitalism

In the Corona crisis, dangerous thought patterns return, such as the myth that the victim is indispensable. The elderly should die so that the economy can live.

An essay by Thomas Assheuer
April 21, 2020, 7:49 p.m.Updated May 1, 2020
https://www.zeit.de/kultur/2020-04/corona-pandemie-kapitalismus-oekonomie-menschenleben

New Bedford, MA

Why coronavirus has seemingly spared Fall River and New Bedford so far
By Tonya Alanez and Naomi Martin Globe Staff,Updated April 21, 2020

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/21/nation/why-coronavirus-has-seemingly-spared-fall-river-new-bedford-so-far/

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re

SUNDAY, JUNE 07, 2020

What I've been watching

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranunculus_acaulis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ranunculus_species

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_genera_of_flowering_plants

...

What I've been reading this week through Sunday, 5/3/20

and also much from Twitter, and see, for example (esp. re-Tweets):

https://abc7news.com/health/coronavirus-updated-number-of-covid-19-cases-deaths-in-bay-area/6008027/

Coronavirus Su May 3, 2020

Posted all these coronavirus email news records to date here - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/05/erythronium-propullans-minnesota-dwarf.html

Corona containment in Sweden
Wooden or royal route?
In Sweden, many people died from Covid-19. But the government remains on its liberal course - and receives praise from the WHO. REINHARD WOLFF
picture
People keep their distance from a lake

https://taz.de/Corona-Eindaemmung-in-Schweden/!5679762/

So far, there have been 2,215 COVID-19 related deaths reported in California with more than 53,600 cases statewide, many of those popping up in the nine Bay Area counties, including Santa Cruz.

Here are the latest number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the Bay Area:

Alameda County: 1,706 cases, 63 deaths
Contra Costa County: 934 cases, 28 deaths
Marin County: 239 cases, 13 deaths
Napa County: 70 cases, 2 deaths
San Francisco County: 1,602 cases, 29 deaths
San Mateo County: 1,233 cases, 51 deaths
Santa Clara County: 2,231 cases, 114 deaths
Santa Cruz County: 137 cases, 2 deaths
Solano County: 266 cases, 5 deaths
Sonoma County: 252 cases, 2 deaths

Spiegel news' magazine: ("Science is not a wish machine" - my translation - and like Google Search, or a single realistic virtual earth for STEM? )
Covid-19-Debatte Wissenschaft ist keine Wunschmaschine

Eine Kolumne von Christian Stöcker
Es mehren sich Stimmen, die Virologen und Epidemiologen in der Coronakrise heftig kritisieren. Das Verhältnis von Wissenschaft und Politik war schon immer gespannt - das hat drei Gründe.
- https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/coronavirus-wissenschaft-ist-keine-wunschmaschine-kolumne-a-425ad493-7649-49f7-93a2-c04fcc22ef8a -

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Zeit newspaper - wolf and police picture
"another virus
There must be doubts about the course of politics - but the increasingly toxic tone of the debate does not do justice to the situation."
https://www.zeit.de/2020/19/corona-krise-politik-zweifel-debatte

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The Covid-19 Riddle: Why Does the Virus Wallop Some Places and Spare Others?
Experts are trying to figure out why the coronavirus is so capricious. The answers could determine how to best protect ourselves and how long we have to.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/03/world/asia/coronavirus-spread-where-why.html

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Global Backlash Builds Against China Over Coronavirus

As calls for inquiries and reparations spread, Beijing has responded aggressively, mixing threats with aid and adding to a growing mistrust of China.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/03/world/europe/backlash-china-coronavirus.html

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Coronavirus Live Updates: Governors Grapple With Protests and Reopenings
As scientists race to test a vaccine that may have to be taken annually, state officials are confronting growing impatience and ebbing respect for social distancing measures.
Right Now
A former F.D.A. commissioner warns of a “slow burn” of coronavirus transmission and a persistent pace of 1,000 deaths a day in the U.S. because mitigation is falling short.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/03/us/coronavirus-updates.html

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Start going silly immediately :)
https://www.zeit.de/kultur/2020-03/gute-nachrichten-coronavirus-covid-19-liveblog

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She Predicted the Coronavirus. What Does She Foresee Next?

Laurie Garrett, the prophet of this pandemic, expects years of death and “collective rage.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/02/opinion/sunday/coronavirus-prediction-laurie-garrett.html

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Bill Gates -
Apr 30 2020
THE VACCINE RACE, EXPLAINED
What you need to know about the COVID-19 vaccine
Humankind has never had a more urgent task than creating broad immunity for coronavirus.
By Bill Gates
April 30, 2020
https://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/What-you-need-to-know-about-the-COVID-19-vaccine

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Zeit newspaper - wolf and police picture

another virus
There must be doubts about the course of politics - but the increasingly toxic tone of the debate does not do justice to the situation.

https://www.zeit.de/2020/19/corona-krise-politik-zweifel-debatte

The Covid-19 Riddle: Why Does the Virus Wallop Some Places and Spare Others?

Experts are trying to figure out why the coronavirus is so capricious. The answers could determine how to best protect ourselves and how long we have to.

Iraq

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/03/world/asia/coronavirus-spread-where-why.html

Global Backlash Builds Against China Over Coronavirus

As calls for inquiries and reparations spread, Beijing has responded aggressively, mixing threats with aid and adding to a growing mistrust of China.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/03/world/europe/backlash-china-coronavirus.html

Trump Says U.S. Death Toll Could Reach 100,000

Defending his response to the pandemic, the president told a Fox News town hall that initial intelligence briefings suggested the outbreak was “not a big deal.”
May 3, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/03/us/coronavirus-updates.html

Start going silly immediately :)

"Beginnen Sie unverzüglich, albern zu gehen"
Was tun, wenn man das Haus nicht mehr verlässt? Eine Familie in den USA fand eine kreative Lösung – inspiriert von Monty Python. Das Slowblog der guten Nachrichten
Von Andrea Buhtz, Katharina Benninghoff, Tobias Dorfer, Simone Gaul, Lisa Hegemann, Dirk Peitz, Monika Pilath, Rabea Weihser, David Hugendick und Alexandra Endres
27. März 2020

https://www.zeit.de/kultur/2020-03/gute-nachrichten-coronavirus-covid-19-liveblog

Bill Gates -

Apr 30 2020

THE VACCINE RACE, EXPLAINED
What you need to know about the COVID-19 vaccine
Humankind has never had a more urgent task than creating broad immunity for coronavirus.
By Bill Gates| April 30, 2020

https://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/What-you-need-to-know-about-the-COVID-19-vaccine

Apr 2, 2020

What our leaders can do now
Published on April 2, 2020
Bill Gates

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-our-leaders-can-do-now-bill-gates/

https://www.gatesnotes.com/Newsletter

- Scott MacLeod - Founder, President & Professor

- World University and School

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8280655/Once-virus-China-mocks-response-coronavirus-crisis-Lego-like-animation.html

Coronavirus - Sa May 2, 2020

Post-coronavirus geopolitics
(In French)
OPINION. Authoritarian statism, the digging of martiality, the trivialization of surveillance and counter-globalization risk marking our new international scene, writes Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou, professor of international history at the Graduate Institute of Geneva
https://www.letemps.ch/opinions/geopolitique-laprescoronavirus

China USA

Lego - and it's only flu

'Once upon a virus': China mocks the US response to the coronavirus crisis with a Lego-like animation featuring a terracotta warrior wearing a face mask and the Statue of Liberty
Lego-like figures of a warrior wearing a mask and the Statue of Liberty feature
The Statue of Liberty ignores warnings about the virus given by the warrior
Washington and Beijing are locked in a war of words over origins of the disease
Here’s how to help people impacted by Covid-19

"China has published a short animation titled 'Once Upon a Virus' mocking the U.S. response to the new coronavirus using Lego-like figures to represent the two countries.

Washington and Beijing are locked in a war of words over the origins of the disease, which emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan and has grown into a global pandemic.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was confident the coronavirus may have originated in a Chinese virology lab, but declined to describe the evidence."

Ventilators
Dr Matt Strauss
The underground doctors’ movement questioning the use of ventilators
2 May 2020

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/ventilators-doctor-movement

Education
Free

EducationEducation LabLocal News
Free college: Can Washington keep that promise during a recession?
April 30, 2020 at 5:00 am
Katherine Long By Katherine Long
Seattle Times staff reporter
https://www.seattletimes.com/education-lab/free-college-can-washington-keep-that-promise-during-a-recession/

Cambodia's rural students
Cambodia's rural students left behind in distance learning
By New Straits Times - May 1, 2020

https://www.nst.com.my/world/region/2020/05/589197/cambodias-rural-students-left-behind-distance-learning

England - not using Skype lectures
CORONAVIRUS
Coronavirus hits universities where no vaccine can help them: fees
Revenue from foreign students is vanishing, leaving some institutions in grave danger. Will online degrees be their salvation?

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/coronavirus-hits-universities-where-no-vaccine-can-help-them-fees-bdpcf0ktz

Montreal - resistance to returning to classes (in French)

https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/education/578155/forte-resistance-au-retour-en-classe

Robotics - into oil industry
Apr 30, 2020,05:59pm EDT
Duke Engineer Focusing On Robotics Sees Oil And Gas At The Forefront Of Technology
Rebecca Ponton Contributor
Energy

https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccaponton/2020/04/30/duke-engineer-focusing-on-robotics-sees-oil-and-gas-at-the-forefront-of-technology/amp/

Switzerland: China-USA

interview
Political scientist Kristine Berzina: "China's foreign policy is becoming increasingly aggressive, Russian, trumpier"
China is losing credibility with the corona pandemic. Beijing is spreading conspiracy theories on social networks, says the international relations expert.

Silke Mertins
02.05.2020

https://nzzas.nzz.ch/international/usa-und-china-das-sind-die-folgen-der-corona-pandemie-ld.1554648?reduced=true

Shelter at Home easing?

outdoor activities' allowed

California releases detailed list of outdoor activities allowed during shutdown
Amy Graff | on April 30, 2020
https://www.sfgate.com/news/editorspicks/amp/California-outdoor-activities-allowed-stay-home-15238108.php

Norway - plan for opening (in Swedish)
Norwegian Infectious Disease Manager: Here is our plan to open society
UPDATED 2020-05-02

https://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/norska-smittskyddschefen-har-ar-var-plan-for-att-oppna-samhallet/

California
Facing protests, Newsom says easing stay-at-home rules could be ‘days’ away

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-05-02/newsom-faces-more-pushback-on-stay-at-home-rules

CORONAVIRUS CALIFORNIA
Gov. Gavin Newsom says California may be 'days, not weeks' from further reopening
By Alix Martichoux
Friday, May 1, 2020

https://abc7news.com/gavin-newsom-lifting-restrictions-california-businesses-reopening-restaurants-press-conference/6142795/

Families find their ‘bubbles’ as lockdown measures ease
ZOSIA BIELSKI
PUBLISHED MAY 2, 2020

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-families-find-their-bubbles-as-lockdown-measures-ease/

Ma,

Just inquired if Ed would like to go for a walk tomorrow (per below A). And CA may be lifting its shelter-at-home directive within days, not weeks (see below B).

Are you continuing to meet with friends in parks re physical distancing and how is PA opening?

Love, Scott

A
Hi Ed, how are you these days, - and re people contacting you medically, too? Would you like to meet for a hike tomorrow near where we hiked before? It looks like hiking is good per the state of CA - https://www.sfgate.com/news/editorspicks/amp/California-outdoor-activities-allowed-stay-home-15238108.php - With 6 feet of distance along the way :)? Will be wearing a blue bandana mask too :) Would love to find out how you're doing! 12, 1 or 2 ish?

B
https://abc7news.com/gavin-newsom-lifting-restrictions-california-businesses-reopening-restaurants-press-conference/6142795/

- Scott MacLeod - Founder, President & Professor

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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/01/opinion/universal-basic-income-coronavirus.html

Coronavirus F May 1 2020

Universal Basic Income

Why Americans Need a Guaranteed Income
The pandemic makes painfully clear that our economy must be reconfigured to be resilient in the face of disruption and change.

By Chris Hughes
Mr. Hughes is a co-founder of the Economic Security Project.
May 1, 2020

Robotics -
Tokyo taps AI robots for duty at 2 hotels housing virus patients
http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/13342807

Norway asylum

Still unclear who the asylum seeker in sailboat is
The man who was found aboard a drifting sailboat in the Skagerrak has still not been identified. He wants to seek asylum in Norway.

Fortsatt uklart hvem asylsøker i seilbåt er
Mannen som ble funnet om bord i en drivende seilbåt i Skagerrak, er fortsatt ikke identifisert. Han ønsker å søke asyl i Norge.

https://www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/MRG5dM/svensk-seilbaat-funnet-drivende-mann-om-bord-vil-soeke-asyl-i-norge?
From Sweden ?

Sweden
The coronavirus in Sweden
Tegnell: "Going in the right direction"
A total of 2,653 people have been confirmed deceased in covid-19 in Sweden, and the spread is now gaining momentum outside Stockholm to an increasing extent. But it still goes in the right direction, according to state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell.
Under the line
Alice Nordevik / TT
Updated 2020-05-01
published 2020-05-01

https://www.svd.se/ytterligare-67-doda-i-covid-19-i-sverige

The politicians must stop hiding behind Tegnell
CULTURAL DEBATE | The government pushes decision-making and responsibility to the Public Health Authority. But epidemiologists have no unique competence in normative issues, writes Henrik D Kugelberg, PhD student in political science at the University of Oxford.

https://www.svd.se/politikerna-maste-sluta-gomma-sig-bakom-tegnell

Three girls. Hundreds of men.
About the girls who ended up being silent.
About struggle and survival.

https://www.gp.se/nyheter/systrar/systrar-1.19670463

Biden

Joe Biden:
"It never, never happened"
The designated US presidential candidate has rejected allegations of sexual assault. He will have the information of a former employee checked.
May 1, 2020
https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2020-05/joe-biden-sexuelle-belaestigung-vorwuerfe-us-demokraten

Finland
New forecast: The coronary pandemic is likely to last two years, Finnish researchers consider the estimate realistic
According to Finnish researchers, the University of Minnesota's new report predicting a two-year wavy coronavirus torment is more reliable than the University of Singapore's light modeling, in which Finland would be saved by August 26.
https://www.hs.fi/ulkomaat/art-2000006494400.html

Britain

Reforming government
Tony Blair is having a covid moment
Could Blairism have a new lease of life?
Apr 30th 2020
Editor’s note: The Economist is making some of its most important coverage of the covid-19 pandemic freely available to readers of The Economist Today, our daily newsletter. To receive it, register here. For our coronavirus tracker and more coverage, see our hub

"Since he retired as prime minister in 2007, Tony Blair has seemed a forlorn figure. ... "

https://www.economist.com/britain/2020/04/30/tony-blair-is-having-a-covid-moment

Donald Trump whistles on the opinion of his top virologist - pressure from the US government on CDC
All authors
Donald Trump continues to distance himself from Corona chief advisor Fauci. Meanwhile, the US government is apparently trying to downplay the corona numbers.

https://www.fr.de/politik/corona-krise-usa-covid19-tote-infizierte-donald-trump-sars-fake-news-zr-13746574.html

Iran / Syria

Iran Daily: Syria Becomes Tehran’s Top Oil Customer
Posted by Scott Lucas | Apr 29, 2020 | 10
https://eaworldview.com/2020/04/iran-syria-top-oil-customer/

As Students Put Off College, Anxious Universities Tap Wait Lists
Uncertain that campuses will reopen, students are reluctant to commit for the fall. For schools, enrollment drops and lost revenue could be devastating.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/01/us/coronavirus-college-enrollment.html

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Coronavirus Th Apr 30 2020

China -
Is Brussels bending to China's pressure?
EU diplomats are said to have bowed to Beijing's will, the New York Times reports. Now Commissioner Borrell wants to comment on this.
https://taz.de/Vorwurf-an-EU-Diplomaten/!5680235/

Pressured by China, E.U. Softens Report
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/24/world/europe/disinformation-china-eu-coronavirus.html

Containment Scouts: Auf der Jagd nach Infizierten (audio - at the 18 minute mark is the Google and Apple contact tracing app analyzed, in German)
https://www.faz.net/podcasts/f-a-z-podcast-fuer-deutschland/f-a-z-podcast-fuer-deutschland-containment-scouts-auf-der-jagd-nach-infizierten-16749252.html

Sweden

Armed protesters made their way into Michigan's Senate
UPDATED 2020-05-01 PUBLISHED 2020-04-30
https://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/bevapnade-demonstranter-stormade-michigans-senat/

Books
Are you smarter than you think? Eight myths about intelligence and IQ
UPDATED 2020-05-04 PUBLISHED 2020-05-01

https://www.dn.se/nyheter/vetenskap/myter-om-intelligens/

Germany

Swedish chief epidemiologist admits errors in forecasts
Published on 4/30/2020

CORONA-KRISE
Schwedischer Chef-Epidemiologe gibt Fehler in Prognosen zu
Veröffentlicht am 30.04.2020
https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article207637029/Corona-Krise-Schwedens-Chef-Epidemiologe-raeumt-Fehler-in-Prognosen-ein.html

BILL GATES
"I recommend the German method"
Published on Apr 29, 2020 | Reading time: 11 minutes
By Laure Mandeville

https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/plus207589929/Bill-Gates-Ich-empfehle-die-deutsche-Methode.html

Ozone

The largest Arctic ozone hole ever recorded is now closed
BY SOPHIE LEWIS

APRIL 30, 2020
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/arctic-ozone-hole-largest-closed/

Some of the newspapers I'm reading, some with machine translation

https://www.lemonde.fr/

https://www.lefigaro.fr/

http://www.leparisien.fr/

https://www.lesechos.fr

https://www.humanite.fr

https://www.la-croix.com

https://www.liberation.fr

https://www.zeit.de/index

https://www.spiegel.de

https://taz.de

https://www.faz.net/aktuell/

https://www.sueddeutsche.de

https://www.stern.de

https://www.derstandard.at

https://www.kleinezeitung.at

https://kurier.at

wienerzeitung.at

nzz.ch

https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch

https://www.telegraph.co.uk

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/ushome/index.html

https://www.express.co.uk

https://www.thetimes.co.uk

https://www.the-sun.com

https://www.spectator.co.uk

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Coronavirus W Apr 29 2020

Nation states

Exporting the coronavirus is reckless
The Trump administration continues to deport sick immigrants to their home countries, potentially spreading COVID-19.
By The Editorial Board Updated April 29, 2020
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/29/opinion/exporting-coronavirus-is-reckless/

Working at Amazon - GDR surveillance

Covid-19 pandemic:
Working at Amazon: "It's like in the GDR"
Amazon is one of the big corona winners. Now the company wants to control the distance rules. But the measures are problematic: employees tell the Berliner Zeitung about high loads, video surveillance and systematic fever checks.

April 29, 2020 - 21:07 , Gabriela Keller

https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/wirtschaft-verantwortung/mitarbeiter-bei-amazon-rigide-kontrolle-halbherziger-schutz-li.82399

peace for the soul

In Iraq, psychotherapists are being trained at the university for the first time. They should help a generation of traumatized people and interrupt the cycle of violence. A journey to a place of hope
https://www.zeit.de/2020/19/irak-psychotherapie-ausbildung-trauma-gewalt

Access to internet not a fundamental right, Jammu and Kashmir administration tells Supreme Court
High-speed Internet as been suspended even after the easing of restrictions, including a communication blockades, imposed after erstwhile state was divested of its special status with the revocation of Article 370 of the constitution in August last year.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/right-to-access-internet-not-a-fundamental-right-centre-tells-supreme-court/story-15PF5bFyoXuoS17FKz5beI.html

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Coronavirus Tu Apr 28 2020

Push to reopen economy runs up against wary workers and consumers
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/28/trump-coronavirus-economy-reopen-meat/

Here is Gov. Newsom’s 4-part plan to reopen California from coronavirus shutdown
California is in Stage 1 of Newsom plan, building resources and testing; Stage 2 could be weeks away

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/04/28/here-is-gov-newsoms-4-part-plan-to-reopen-california-from-coronavirus-shutdown/

Biden wins Ohio

Joe Biden wins Ohio's mail-in primary delayed by coronavirus
WILL WEISSERT AND JULIE CARR SMYTH
Associated Press
April 28, 2020
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-nation/2020/04/28/Joe-Biden-wins-Ohio-s-mail-in-primary-delayed-by-coronavirus/stories/202004280140

Mayo clinic no mask

CORONAVIRUS
No face mask for Vice President Mike Pence as he tours Mayo's COVID-19 testing labs in Rochester
By BRIANA BIERSCHBACH AND JEREMY OLSON , STAR TRIBUNE STAFF WRITERS
April 29, 2020 - 11:52 AM

https://m.startribune.com/vice-president-mike-pence-to-highlight-mayo-research-in-rochester-today/570006292/

Tests at Hard Rock cafe in FL

CORONAVIRUS
Anyone can now get a COVID-19 test at Hard Rock Stadium as standards loosen countywide - April 28, 2020
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article242344426.html

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Coronavirus thru M Apr 27 2020

Sweden

So the world view of Sweden has changed during the crisis
UPDATED 2020-04-25

https://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverigebilden-under-coronakrisen/

(how to translate a Swedish news video into English not on Youtube? ... albeit already somewhat in English ... )

Harvard online

Harvard will reopen in the fall, but whether it’s remote or on campus is uncertain
By Deirdre Fernandes Globe Staff,Updated April 27, 2020

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/27/nation/harvard-will-reopen-fall-whether-its-remote-or-campus-is-uncertain/

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Coronavirus Su May 3, 2020

Posted all these coronavirus email news records to date here - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/05/erythronium-propullans-minnesota-dwarf.html

Erythronium propullans (Minnesota dwarf trout lily): Leo Kottke's guitar picking since the 1960's - Guitar wiki subject at World Univ & Sch - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Guitar May begin a guitar picking wiki subject too ... * * * Good to talk with Office of Digital Learning MIT's Sanjay Sarma on Friday, and I appreciate his supportive words toward the close of our 30 minutes' MIT Zoom video conference ... ... and regarding: i) wiki Universitians in 7,111 known living languages, and matriculated students in all ~200 countries, ii) Avatar Bot Electronic Medical Records, with genetic therapies, and for molecular tele-robotic surgery (and re Google / Stanford / Duke University's Project Baseline), for ex., iii) Universal Basic Income (UBI) experiments (and to alleviate poverty), and to DISTRIBUTE a single crypto-currency backed by some number of ~200 countries' central banks (perhaps with Stanford graduates''Mine Pi' digital currency) iv) a single family tree for genealogy research as in WikiTree (https://www.wikitree.com), and for aggregating DNA samples too v) Computer glasses for all 7.5 billion people on the planet - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2019/12/wild-pomegranate-burchellia-bubalina.html (with much about WUaS in the 'global university' label in my blog) * * * Fwd: For Us Girls!! :) "El baile de las TOALLAS ... " pudding très figgy, Ma Mère et tout, :) Comment allez-vous Françoise, Guillaume et Laurent? :) Scott / Écosse presque nu - :) ~ https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/search/label/nudity ~ * * * Newspaper articles regarding coronavirus pandemic (genes and memes) from the past few weeks * * * * Back to Coronavirus Su May 3, 2020 "Corona containment in Sweden .... the government remains on its liberal course - and receives praise from the WHO"

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SUNDAY, JUNE 07, 2020

What I've been watching

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranunculus_aconitifolius

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ranunculus_species

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_genera_of_flowering_plants

...

What I've been reading this week through Sunday, 5/10/20

and also much from Twitter, and see, for example (esp. re-Tweets):

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/
https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/
https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod/
https://twitter.com/WUaSPress/
https://twitter.com/HarbinBook/
https://twitter.com/TheOpenBand/

Coronavirus Su May 10 2020

Hundreds of demonstrators are calling for the Corona lie to be clarified and are being fined in many places - they go unpunished in Zurich
The demonstrations against the Corona emergency law are small in number. What is worrying, however, is the mixture of political protest and absurd theories that are represented there. The reluctant intervention of the police in Zurich is causing criticism.

https://www.nzz.ch/zuerich/hunderte-demonstranten-fordern-aufklaerung-der-corona-luege-und-werden-vielerorts-gebuesst-in-zuerich-gehen-sie-straffrei-aus-ld.1555888

Before reviving the restaurants: the innkeepers laugh, fear - and put on the measuring tape
Zurich's catering industry is preparing for a fresh start. Proximity to customers can only return in installments. And no one knows whether it will get out or come in droves.
https://www.nzz.ch/zuerich/corona-virus-in-zuerich-wirte-bereiten-sich-auf-die-rueckkehr-vor-ld.1555729

Kevin Paul Dupont
50 years later, Bobby Orr remains gracious, humble, and incomparable
By Kevin Paul Dupont Globe Staff,Updated May 9, 2020

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/09/sports/50-years-later-bobby-orr-remains-gracious-humble-incomparable/

Rollins believes many domestic violence, child abuse cases are going unreported
Amid the COVID-19 lockdown, the Suffolk prosecutor says violence is happening in secret.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/10/nation/rollins-believes-many-domestic-violence-child-abuse-cases-are-going-unreported/

Parents gamble on virtual schools amid coronavirus closures. Who stands to gain?
May 10, 2020

https://www.seattletimes.com/education-lab/parents-gamble-on-virtual-schools-amid-coronavirus-closures-who-stands-to-gain/

Covid-19: it's officially the end of confinement in France!
Like Italy, Belgium and Greece, France was experiencing its last confined day this Sunday. The calls for caution are increasing.

http://www.leparisien.fr/societe/coronavirus-dernier-jour-de-confinement-en-france-suivez-notre-direct-10-05-2020-8313930.php

Thousands would be willing to be exposed to the coronavirus voluntarily and could have a major impact on vaccine development
“It’s not fair to do a test for a 50-year-old, but it can be very fair and justified to do it for a 20-year-old,” says Hanna Nohynek, THL’s chief physician.
https://www.hs.fi/tiede/art-2000006503569.html

Harvard Medical School student creates COVID-19 resources in over 30 languages
By Grace Griffin Globe Correspondent,Updated May 10, 2020

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/10/lifestyle/harvard-medical-school-student-creates-covid-19-resources-over-30-languages/

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Coronavirus Sa May 9 2020

Greg Mankiw
Universal Basic Income
http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2016/07/a-quick-note-on-univeral-basic-income.html?m=1

Oct 2019 attracted to Andrew Yang's proposal
https://youtu.be/4cL8kM0fXQc

Lebanon

Proteste im Libanon:
Zurück auf die Straße
Der Libanon leidet unter der schlimmsten Wirtschaftskrise seiner Geschichte, Proteste gab es schon im Herbst. Jetzt flammt die Revolution erneut auf.
Ein Artikel von
Hanna Voß
Julia Neumann
9.5.2020, 14:05 UHR
https://taz.de/Proteste-im-Libanon/!5681462/

Technology

Coronavirus app has changed the way the Isle of Wight sees itself
This article is more than 1 month old
Islanders are coming to terms with unexpected publicity from the contact-tracing pilot project

Coronavirus – latest updates
See all our coronavirus coverage

Sally Perry, of News OnTheWight, says little else has been discussed. Photograph: Julian Winslow

Last Sunday, we woke to the news that the Isle of Wight really had been chosen as the pilot location for the NHS coronavirus contact-tracing app, the idea having been floated by the leader of the council at the start of the previous week.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/09/coronavirus-app-has-changed-the-way-the-isle-of-wight-sees-itself

Economy
Thousands of aircraft have been parked in deserts so as not to be scraped
UPDATED 2020-05-13

Sweden
Tegnell: "Flock immunity does not mean the danger is over"
UPDATED 2020-05-09
https://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/tegnell-flockimmunitet-betyder-inte-att-faran-ar-over/

CALIFORNIA
Coronavirus case cluster tied to Pasadena party and ‘selfish behavior,’ officials say

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-05-09/coronavirus-case-cluster-pasadena-birthday-party-mothers-day

Professor Elizabeth Bartholet's Call for a Presumptive Ban on Homeschooling
Elizabeth Bartholet, a Harvard Law School professor, recently published a letter calling for stricter regulations on homeschooling, sparking a debate about issues ranging from government intervention in schooling to Harvard elitism.
BY RACHEL CHEN AND SCOTT P. MAHON

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2020/4/30/elizabeth-bartholet-homeschooling/

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Amid coronavirus pandemic, a growing list of colleges in financial peril
By Deirdre Fernandes Globe Staff,Updated May 8, 2020

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/08/metro/amid-pandemic-growing-list-colleges-financial-peril/

First Nation, Métis, Inuit leaders concerned about Indigenous COVID-19 outbreaks
OTTAWA, ONTARIO
THE CANADIAN PRESS
PUBLISHED MAY 8, 2020

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-first-nation-metis-inuit-leaders-concerned-about-indigenous-covid-1-2/

Yogeshwar befürchtet ab jetzt manipulierte Corona-Zahlen
Veröffentlicht am 08.05.2020 | Lesedauer: 6 Minuten
Von Alexander Jürgs

https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article207828827/Maybrit-Illner-Yogeshwar-befuerchtet-ab-jetzt-manipulierte-Corona-Zahlen.html

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranga_Yogeshwar

A president unfit for a pandemic
Much of the suffering and death coming was preventable. The president has blood on his hands.
By The Editorial BoardUpdated March 30, 2020

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/03/30/opinion/president-unfit-pandemic/

GERMANY
CORONA CRISIS
Development of children deeply worries the Germans
Published on May 7, 2020 | Reading time: 7 minutes
By Thomas Vitzthum , Sabine Menkens

https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article207819749/Corona-Krise-im-Deutschlandtrend-Entwicklung-der-Kinder-beunruhigt-zutiefst.html

Prohibiting conversion therapy in Germany (Belgian article)
https://m.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20200508_04951269

04:36 PM, May 08, 2020 / LAST MODIFIED: 04:50 PM, May 08, 2020
Courts, but virtual!
Ordinance for holding virtual courts to be issued by next week: Law Minister

https://www.thedailystar.net/country/news/courts-virtual-1900687

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Coronavirus Th May 7 2020

The climate right now

The earth is getting hotter. Sea rises, ice melts. How far has the world come to curb the climate threat? Where are we now?

The facts are - and we have gathered the most important ones. Here you can follow the situation day by day, and see where we are going.

UPDATED JUNE 13, 2020
https://www.dn.se/klimatet-just-nu/

Sweden
Clear sign for Vellinge municipality to build shelters
https://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/klartecken-for-vellinge-kommun-att-bygga-skyddsvallar/

CORONAVIRUS
Minnesota needs up to 4,000 more workers to track COVID-19
https://m.startribune.com/minnesota-needs-more-workers-to-track-covid-19/570259072/

Cambridge biotech approved for coronavirus test using CRISPR
Sherlock Biosciences received emergency authorization Thursday for a faster and radically different lab test to diagnose the novel coronavirus, a kit that the company says can give results within an hour.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/07/nation/cambridge-biotech-gets-emergency-ok-new-covid-19-test/

churning trouble
In the Corona crisis, Amazon's sales are increasing almost everywhere. It's only different in France. Trade unions showed the group its limits there
https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2020-05/amazon-frankreich-gerichtsurteil-lagerschliessung-corona-krise

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Coronavirus W May 6 2020

What if dystopia was before?
For Marc Atallah, director of the Maison d'Ailleurs, we project on the Covid-19 the imaginary catastrophist partly inherited from science fiction.

Gösta (Sundin), 84, does not dare to leave home service: "Feeling worried"

https://www.svd.se/gosta-84-vagar-inte-ha-kvar-hemtjansten-kande-oro

Lars Johan Gösta Sundin, born September 23, 1914 in Gävle, died November 28, 1992 in Landskrona, was a Swedish road and water engineering engineer.

After graduating from Uppsala in 1933, Sundin graduated from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm in 1938, after which he graduated with an official degree in 1940. He was employed by the Water Works Agency in 1938, at Hallström & Nisses in 1943, became head of the Hydraulic Engineering Office at Sydsvenska Kraft AB in 1944, senior engineer at the power company Ala AB in 1957 as well as power plant director for Bergvik's power station from 1965. He was a major in the Road and Water Construction Corps.

Sundin wrote, among other things, Expansion of hydropower: ambitions and limitations (Swedish Power Plant Association. Annual Meeting, 1974), About hydroelectric power (Svensk Tidskrift, 1981) and More hydroelectric power (Svensk Tidskrift, 1983).

https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gösta_Sundin

HONG KONG
‘Reboot Hong Kong’: Beijing praises new pro-China coalition led by city’s ex-leaders
by KELLY HO
09:57, 7 MAY 2020

https://hongkongfp.com/2020/05/07/reboot-hong-kong-beijing-praises-new-pro-china-coalition-led-by-citys-ex-leaders/

Three Russian doctors have mysteriously fallen out of windows
https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/kJVKAB/tre-ryska-lakare-har-mystiskt-fallit-fran-fonster

Air India opens bookings for passengers to London, Singapore, US from May 8
The flights scheduled for Thursday under the ‘Vande Bharat’ mission will ply from Kochi to Abu Dhabi, Delhi to Singapore and Calicut to Dubai
https://m.hindustantimes.com/india-news/air-india-opens-bookings-for-passengers-to-london-singapore-us-from-may-8/story-LwG5Xfegm7yVOqOaf5yrSL.html

MIDDLE EAST
Iraq Gets New Government After Months of Political Deadlock
Intelligence chief Mustafa al-Kadhimi is sworn in as prime minister
By Ghassan Adnan in Baghdad and Isabel Coles in Beirut
https://www.wsj.com/articles/iraq-gets-new-government-after-months-of-political-deadlock-11588811019

Rural America lags on fast internet. Now small co-ops are building it.
https://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2020/0506/Rural-America-lags-on-fast-internet.-Now-small-co-ops-are-building-it

Kizzmekia Corbett spent her life preparing for this moment. Can she create the vaccine to end a pandemic?
This 34-year-old African American woman scientist is a rarity. But with increased visibility comes increased scrutiny.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/05/06/kizzmekia-corbett-vaccine-coronavirus/

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Coronavirus thru Tu May 5 2020

Hot spring inns invite onsen lovers to go virtual as coronavirus halts tourism
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/05/05/national/hot-spring-inns-onsen-virtual-coronavirus-tourism/

The professor behind the UK's lockdown resigns
https://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/professorn-bakom-storbritanniens-lockdown-avgar/

UK coronavirus adviser Neil Ferguson resigns after breaking lockdown rules
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/may/05/uk-coronavirus-adviser-prof-neil-ferguson-resigns-after-breaking-lockdown-rules

Exclusive: Government scientist Neil Ferguson resigns after breaking lockdown rules to meet his married lover
Prof Ferguson allowed the woman to visit him at home during the lockdown while lecturing the public on the need for strict social distancing
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/05/05/exclusive-government-scientist-neil-ferguson-resigns-breaking/

Ebola experts’ tips to fight COVID-19: Listen. Build trust. Show respect.
https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2020/0505/Ebola-experts-tips-to-fight-COVID-19-Listen.-Build-trust.-Show-respect

Books May 4, 2020 Issue
The Man Who Thought Too Fast
Frank Ramsey—a philosopher, economist, and mathematician—was one of the greatest minds of the last century. Have we caught up with him yet?
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/05/04/the-man-who-thought-too-fast

A Conversation with SEC Chairman Jay Clayton and Professor Joe Grundfest
https://youtu.be/MJsUryEHXUw

The Rock Center presents a Conversation with SEC Chairman Jay Clayton
The Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University is launching a series of online sessions addressing novel and difficult challenges posed by the ongoing COVID-19 crisis and other contemporary public policy issues implicating corporate America. The first in the series is Jay Clayton, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission and Stanford Professor Joe Grundfest. The conversation includes discussions on the implications of the current COVID-19 pandemic for the nation's securities markets and focuses on corporate disclosures, market function, financial reporting, and anti-fraud concerns. It also includes a Q&A session addressing questions submitted by the community. Click on the link below to view the conversation

https://www.sec.gov/biography/jay-clayton
https://law.stanford.edu/directory/michael-callahan/

What We Lose When We Go From the Classroom to Zoom, Karen Strassler:

What We Lose When We Go From the Classroom to Zoom, Karen Strassler: https://t.co/02oB3TF6VU
— Heather Paxson (@heather_paxson) May 4, 2020

https://twitter.com/heather_paxson/status/1257304287966687236?s=20

Ellie Murray @EpiEllie ·

Epidemiologists: there is going to be a pandemic if we don’t act now with test/trace/isolate + adequate protective equipment for essential personnel + social distancing as a last resort.

Economists: we did only the social distancing part & it didn’t work, you’re all liars!

Epidemiologists: there is going to be a pandemic if we don’t act now with test/trace/isolate + adequate protective equipment for essential personnel + social distancing as a last resort.

Economists: we did only the social distancing part & it didn’t work, you’re all liars!
— Ellie Murray (@EpiEllie) May 5, 2020

https://twitter.com/EpiEllie/status/1257699083793375238?s=20

Norway - Russian intelligence

Officially, they came to Oslo as peaceful diplomats. In reality, they are associated with Russian intelligence.
As they departed from Moscow to Oslo, three Russian diplomats left traces leading to one of Russia's most guarded offices.
https://www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/JoGyo7/offisielt-kom-de-til-oslo-som-fredelige-diplomater-i-virkeligheten-er-de-tilknyttet-russisk-etterretning?

PST: - Very few people understand that these are intelligence officers
PST confirms that Russia sends intelligence officers to Norway under cover of being diplomats. - A big challenge and very demanding, says PST.
https://www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/Wb2qXk/pst-de-aller-faerreste-forstaar-at-dette-er-etterretningsoffiserer?

Here is how Russia responds: - This is false or illegally obtained information
The Russian embassy describes the diplomats Aftenposten as "among the best at the embassy".
https://www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/3Jd0PL/slik-svarer-russland-dette-er-falsk-eller-ulovlig-skaffet-informasjon?

Swiss
Digital contact tracing and the problem of voluntariness
Ethically and politically, it is largely undisputed that the use of the contact tracing app, which is also to be used in Switzerland, must be voluntary. Ensuring this is anything but trivial.
https://www.nzz.ch/meinung/digitales-contact-tracing-und-das-problem-der-freiwilligkeit-ld.1554445?reduced=true

Philippe Doffey, of Retraites Populaires: "The rise in mortality is modest"
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The general manager of Retraites Populaires indicates, for his company, a 5% increase in deaths among his policyholders compared to a comparable period. The impact of the crisis will not come at the expense of sustainable investment, he adds.
https://www.letemps.ch/economie/philippe-doffey-retraites-populaires-hausse-mortalite-modeste

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Coronavirus M May 4, 2020

"Tegnell: Small-town regions can cope better with the spread of infection

An increasing number of those who need intensive care for covid-19 are in the Stockholm area, figures from the Public Health Authority show. Instead, the number is increasing in other metropolitan regions, but the rest of the country remains relatively spared.

- If you look internationally, the absolute largest spread has taken place in densely populated regions, says Anders Tegnell. "

https://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/tegnell-smastadsregioner-kan-klara-sig-battre-fran-smittspridning/

Heinsberg city:
high number of unreported cases? Yes, in gear
Data from the Heinsberg study show that in Gangelt there are five times as many corona infected people as in case statistics. However, this is hardly transferable to the whole country.
An analysis by Florian Schumann
https://www.zeit.de/wissen/gesundheit/2020-05/heinsberg-studie-coronavirus-hendrik-streeck-virologe-deutschland-dunkelziffer

Apple’s new 13-inch MacBook Pro launch: India price revealed
There are three other variants of the new MacBook Pro that are priced at $1,499 (₹1,13,000 approx), $1,799 (₹1,36,000 approx) and $1,999 (₹1,51,000) approx based on their RAM and storage capacities.
Author
HT CORRESPONDENT | EDITED BY ROBIN SINHA
05 May 2020

https://m.hindustantimes.com/tech/apple-s-new-13-inch-macbook-pro-launch-india-price-revealed/story-iHfWLpt807jgU9IpeM0yDN.html

Models Project Sharp Rise in Deaths as States Reopen

An internal Trump administration report expects about 200,000 daily cases by June. The White House bars coronavirus task force officials from testifying to Congress without approval.

Published May 4, 2020
Updated May 15, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/04/us/coronavirus-live-updates.html

Wider testing drives up virus count, but most recover

CORONAVIRUS
Wider testing drives up virus count, but most recover
Medical assistant Courtney Banks walked back towards St. Luke's Miller Creek Medical Clinic in Duluth on April 27 after administering a pair of COVID-Medical assistant Courtney Banks walked back towards St. Luke's Miller Creek Medical Clinic in Duluth on April 27 after administering a pair of COVID-19 tests at their drive-up testing site.
— Alex Kormann, Star Tribune
By JOE CARLSON , STAR TRIBUNE
May 04, 2020 - 5:38 AM

Hundreds of Minnesotans were released from COVID-19 quarantine over the weekend as wider testing discovers more cases that aren’t ending in death or serious illness.

https://m.startribune.com/wider-testing-drives-up-virus-count-but-most-recover/570163172/

https://www.startribune.com/wider-testing-drives-up-virus-count-but-most-recover/570163172/

Health
The coronavirus pandemic is pushing America into a mental health crisis
Anxiety and depression are rising. The U.S. is ill-prepared, with some clinics already on the brink of collapse.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/05/04/mental-health-coronavirus/

Therapeutic potential Pain PTSD Anxiety Susan Borja John Williamson
https://youtu.be/yNKrRf1gFIY

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SUNDAY, JUNE 07, 2020

What I've been watching

http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2020/06/what-ive-been-watching.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranunculus_acraeus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ranunculus_species

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_genera_of_flowering_plants

...

What I've been reading this week through Sunday, 5/17/20

and also much from Twitter, and see, for example (esp. re-Tweets):

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/
https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/
https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod/
https://twitter.com/WUaSPress/
https://twitter.com/HarbinBook/
https://twitter.com/TheOpenBand/

Coronavirus Sa 5/16/20

Economy
Katrine Marçal: Did globalization end in the spring of 2020?
https://www.dn.se/ekonomi/katrine-marcal-tog-globaliseringen-slut-varen-2020/

VON
ERIC BONSE
EU-Parlament fordert frisches Geld:

Zwei Billionen in Grün
Die Parlamentarier fordern das größte und grünste Budget, das die EU je gesehen hat. Es soll den Öko-Aufbau in der Coronakrise finanzieren.

EU Parliament demands fresh money: Two trillion in green
Parliamentarians are calling for the largest and greenest budget the EU has ever seen. It is intended to finance eco-development in the corona crisis.
https://taz.de/EU-Parlament-fordert-frisches-Geld/!5685934/

Dick, Lucy, Ma, Alden, Ann,

How are you all doing in this coronavirus pandemic; state of CA's shelter in place directive - https://covid19.ca.gov/stay-home-except-for-essential-needs/ - although CA appears to be entering phase 2 in these regards - "Coronavirus FAQ: What does it mean to enter California’s ‘Phase 2’ and which parts of the state qualify?: Reopening ahead, behind or on schedule? It depends on the county" ... https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/05/15/coronavirus-faq-what-does-it-mean-to-enter-californias-phase-2-and-which-parts-of-the-state-qualify/ .

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Am curious whether & in what ways Biden and Warren will come together - https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/15/nation/elizabeth-warren-joe-biden-complex-history-gives-way-new-alliance/ - (I have to view this in the Tor browser due to the pay wall).

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A bit dated, and no mention of ways in which I think Harvard thinking would help them get elected further:

The Case for Joe Biden to Pick Elizabeth Warren as His Running Mate
https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-case-for-joe-biden-to-pick-elizabeth-warren-as-his-running-mate

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From a few weeks' ago in Minnesota's Star Tribune:

"Wider testing drives up virus count, but most recover"

https://m.startribune.com/wider-testing-drives-up-virus-count-but-most-recover/570163172/

https://www.startribune.com/wider-testing-drives-up-virus-count-but-most-recover/570163172/

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From the left-leaning major German newspaper TAZ - die Tageszeitung (taz):

something about asking for 2 Trillion Euros in Eco-Green Money ...

"EU Parliament demands fresh money: Two trillion in green:
Parliamentarians are calling for the largest and greenest budget the EU has ever seen. It is intended to finance eco-development in the corona crisis."

VON
ERIC BONSE
"EU-Parlament fordert frisches Geld: Zwei Billionen in Grün:
Die Parlamentarier fordern das größte und grünste Budget, das die EU je gesehen hat. Es soll den Öko-Aufbau in der Coronakrise finanzieren."

https://taz.de/EU-Parlament-fordert-frisches-Geld/!5685934/

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With a bunch of horn players in picture, breaking social distancing:

"Somerville extends state of emergency, cancels events through December"

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/15/nation/somerville-extends-state-emergency-cancels-events-through-december/

So many Harvard and MIT students live in Somerville! What's the significance of this, I wonder?

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Here's Canadian Gary Bartanus on Trump and women (which is an awful history) -
https://twitter.com/garybartanus/status/1257158571361370112?s=20

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Here's your fellow Bostonian professor Harvard / MIT Prof of Genetics' George Church (again):
"How soon could humans reverse the aging process with genetic engineering?" (1 minute)
https://youtu.be/bnCEIPQFNnk
- which you'll also find a couple of times in these longevity label blog posts - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/search/label/longevity ...

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What are your thoughts about the November election?

Warmly, Scotty

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Coronavirus Su 5/17/20

"Free yourself from the mass media, the virus doesn't exist"
https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/plus208035545/Corona-Demos-Berlin-Der-Virus-existiert-nicht.html
CORONA-DEMONSTRANTEN
„Befreit Euch von Massenmedien, der Virus existiert nicht!“
Stand: 07:34 Uhr
Martin Heller
Von Martin Heller
Head of Video Innovation

Can't rule out virus lab origin (Norwegian)
https://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/i/4qPemG/kan-vi-utelukke-at-koronaviruset-stammer-fra-laboratoriet-nei-ikke-ennaa-biljana-stangeland-phd-i-molekylaerbiologi?

quarantine:
The Swedes remain relaxed at Corona
Despite a high death rate, the Scandinavians remain on their revealing course in the pandemic - and hope for rapid herd immunity.
May 17, 2020 - 21:10 , BLZ
https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/politik-gesellschaft/verruckt-oder-genial-die-schweden-und-ihr-corona-weg-li.83670

Demonstrations in bizarre times
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/prantls-blick-coronavirus-demonstrationen-verschwoerungstheorien-grundrechte-1.4910885

International Museum Day 2020: Where does the term museum come from; a look at some interesting museums from around the world
Most of us instantly link the word “museum” with a place you visit only on educational excursions from school and soon after let it pass as a once-in-a-lifetime type memory, locked in a treasure chest somewhere.
https://m.hindustantimes.com/art-and-culture/international-museum-day-2020-where-does-the-term-museum-come-from-a-look-at-some-interesting-museums-from-around-the-world/story-dFMxkE8VSxadQz1T6dhuQO.html

BERUFSSPIELER
Bye-bye Intel: Was in meinem neuen Gaming-PC drinsteckt
Nach acht Jahren bei "Team Blue" geht es zurück zu AMD – und zu Upgrades im Tick-Tock-Prinzip
https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000117469321/bye-bye-intel-was-in-meinem-neuen-gaming-pc-drinsteckt

Corona crisis:
The end of globalization?
The corona crisis promotes foreclosure - and a new nationalism. In Germany, however, this is not radical right wing, but revolves around the victim community.
https://www.zeit.de/2020/21/corona-krise-abschottung-nationalismus-globalisierung

FOREIGN COUNTRIES
BREXIT CHAOS
Johnson awakens a new urge for secession from the Scots
Published on 09/05/2019 | Reading time: 4 minutes
https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article199725448/Brexit-Chaos-Johnson-entfacht-schottische-Unabhaengigkeitsbewegung-neu.html

APPROVAL OF MERKEL
Good news from Germany: Democracy is alive!
As of May 17, 2020
https://www.welt.de/debatte/kommentare/article208045313/Zustimmung-zu-Merkel-Die-Demokratie-lebt.html

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I predict Green US presidential candidate Howie Hawkins' won't become US president in November! (But I could be wrong:)

Here, however, is

"Instead of Challenging Joe Biden, Maybe the Green Party Could Help Change Our Democracy"

By Bill McKibben
April 15, 2020
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/instead-of-challenging-joe-biden-maybe-the-green-party-could-help-change-our-democracy

which actually mentions Howie Hawkins' name in a main stream publication. :)

Scotty

The Bay Area Billionaires Are Breaking My Heart

Looking for hope in San Francisco.

By Farhad Manjoo

Opinion Columnist

May 13, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/13/opinion/inequality-san-francisco-coronavirus.html

Merkel gains massive trust, Greens lose most
https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article208027747/Corona-Krise-Merkel-gewinnt-massiv-an-Vertrauen-Gruene-verlieren.html

Ashland’s downtown reopens as the Oregon Shakespeare Festival streams online
- https://www.oregonlive.com/living/2020/05/ashlands-downtown-reopens-as-the-oregon-shakespeare-festival-streams-online.html ...

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Coronavirus F 5/15/20

Coronavirus resources
Ousted vaccine chief warns window is closing to address pandemic, says federal government has no coronavirus plan
By Liz Goodwin Globe Staff,Updated May 14, 2020
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/14/nation/ousted-vaccine-chief-says-federal-government-has-no-coronavirus-plan/

Boston Children’s nurses have been preparing for a public health outbreak like COVID-19 for years
http://sponsored.bostonglobe.com/bostonchildrens/beyond-the-bedside/

THE SITUATION THIS FRIDAY
First unconfined weekend, drop in drug trafficking, Germany in recession ... update on the coronavirus
https://www.liberation.fr/planete/2020/05/15/premier-week-end-deconfine-baisse-des-trafics-de-drogues-l-allemagne-en-recession-le-point-sur-le-co_1788436

Xi Jinping, Covid-19 and Tibetans
By Katia Buffetrille , ethnologist and tibetologist at the École Pratique des Hautes-Études (CRCAO) - May 15, 2020 at 3:35 PM
If the emergence of Covid-19 has turned all eyes on China, its president continues his policies of assimilation and repression of the so-called "minority" populations.
https://www.liberation.fr/debats/2020/05/15/xi-jinping-le-covid-19-et-les-tibetains_1788441

Culture
May 17
Made reusable costume of coffee bags until May 17th
"We are very happy with coffee here in the house," says clerk Victoria Haugen Kristoffersen.

https://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/i/LAVRV4/laget-gjenbruksbunad-av-kaffeposer-til-17-mai?

Attorney General Likely to Bring Antitrust Lawsuits Against Google
Both the federal and state investigations are focused on Google’s ad business
https://www.wsj.com/articles/justice-department-state-attorneys-general-likely-to-bring-antitrust-lawsuits-against-google-11589573622?mod=mhp

Germany's crippling fear of angering Chins
By Maximilian Kalkhof
https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article208005289/Corona-Unterstuetzung-fuer-Taiwan-trotz-Druck-aus-China.html

Taiwan must accept Chinese status to attend WHO, says Beijing
Former European leaders say world needs Taiwan’s expertise in tackling coronavirus
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/15/taiwan-must-accept-chinese-status-to-attend-who-assembly-says-beijing

Police rebroadcast rumors to slander or pursue Cen Aohui: believe the police "murdered" Zhou Zile

https://std.stheadline.com/realtime/article/1272715/%E5%8D%B3%E6%99%82-%E6%B8%AF%E8%81%9E-%E8%AD%A6%E6%96%B9%E6%96%A5%E6%95%A3%E6%92%AD%E8%AC%A0%E8%A8%80%E8%AA%A3%E8%A1%8A%E6%88%96%E8%BF%BD%E7%A9%B6-%E5%B2%91%E6%95%96%E6%9A%89-%E7%9B%B8%E4%BF%A1%E8%AD%A6%E5%AF%9F-%E8%AC%80%E6%AE%BA-%E5%91%A8%E6%A2%93%E6%A8%82

Slowenien öffnet seine Grenzen für alle EU-Bürger

https://www.diepresse.com/5814349/slowenien-offnet-seine-grenzen-fur-alle-eu-burger

Sie haben andere Wahrheiten
In mehreren Städten gibt es am Samstag Proteste gegen die Coronabeschränkungen. Ein Überblick.
https://taz.de/Proteste-gegen-Coronapolitik/!5682411/

" Auf der Theresienwiese in München, dort, wo sonst das Oktoberfest ist, steht am Samstag eine heikle „Grundrechte“-Demo gegen die Coronaschutzpolitik an. Die einzige in der Bayern-Metropole mittlerweile bekannte Gegnerin der Coronaschutzgesetze ist die 62 Jahre alte Petra Kotthoff, eine Beraterin für vegane Ernährung und Yogalehrerin. In einem Gespräch mit Bild-TV sagte sie, sie sei besorgt „über die Einschränkung der Grundrechte“ und würde sich fragen, ob diese „tatsächlich aufgrund der Datenlage legitimiert sind“. Dazu, dass die Demonstranten immer wieder mit Verschwörungstheoretikern und Rechtsradikalen in Zusammenhang gebracht werden, meinte sie: „Es empört mich, es macht mich wütend.“

Allerdings hat Kotthoff laut Süddeutscher Zeitung noch bis vor Kurzem auf ihrer Facebook-Seite Videos des Verschwörungstheoretikers Ken Jebsen geteilt und Bill Gates als Hassfigur gepostet, der, so die SZ, „einem schreienden Kind von hinten eine Spritze in den Hals jagt“. Mittlerweile ist diese Facebook-Seite gelöscht. "

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Coronavirus Th 5/14/20

CORONAVIRUS
Health experts: Reopening businesses in Minnesota will spread COVID-19, but how much?
Michael Osterholm of the University of Minnesota Michael Osterholm of the University of Minnesota
— Glen Stubbe, Star Tribune
By JOE CARLSON AND GLENN HOWATT , STAR TRIBUNE
May 14, 2020 - 12:22 PM

Epidemiologists broadly agree that reopening “nonessential” businesses and public spaces will lead to increased transmission of the virus that causes COVID-19, though the uptick won’t be visible immediately.

It’s already happening in some states that reopened nonessential businesses, like Alabama, South Dakota and Texas, former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb has said. Minnesota is gradually allowing nonessential businesses and public spaces to reopen, based on judgments about how well each kind of setting can prevent transmission and monitor for new cases.

https://m.startribune.com/experts-reopening-minn-businesses-will-spread-covid-19-but-how-much/570443112/

Apple Buys Virtual-Reality Streaming Upstart NextVR
NextVR says on its website that it is ‘heading in a new direction’ after becoming latest Apple acquisition in VR and AR space
https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-buys-virtual-reality-streaming-upstart-nextvr-11589503071?mod=mhp

"The 17-year-old's lack of drive makes me stressed and worried"
https://www.dn.se/insidan/17-aringens-brist-pa-driv-gor-mig-stressad-och-orolig/

WHO examines correlation between coronavirus and rare childhood disease
WHO responds to cases of multi-inflammatory syndrome that could be related to the virus. Italy reports 242 new coronavirus deaths. The news blog
By Andrea Buhtz , Ana-Marija Bilandzija and Imre Balzer
https://www.zeit.de/wissen/gesundheit/2020-05/coronavirus-aktuell-covid-19-nachrichten-deutschland-welt-live

Eleven times vacation without travel
Foreign trips are uncertain, German vacation spots may be crowded. Eleven everyday escapes that feel like vacation and for which you don't need a plane ticket.
https://www.zeit.de/entdecken/reisen/2020-05/urlaub-reise-ausland-alternativen-ferien-2020-erholung-coronavirus

Football Bundesliga:
Hartmut is there
Are the fans happy that it is starting again? That's the way it is, says Hartmut Moers. But the Gladbacher is at ghost games in the stadium - although he has to stay at home.
By Sebastian Dalkowski
https://www.zeit.de/sport/2020-05/fussball-bundesliga-corona-geisterspiele-fangemeinde-moenchengladbach

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Coronavirus W 5/13/20

Merkel speaks of "outrageous process" with regard to Russia
https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article207950867/Merkel-Russischer-Hackerangriff-ungeheuerlicher-Vorgang.html

Deutschland lockert Grenzkontrollen

„Neugier wie vor 30 Jahren“
Deutschland kündigt erste Lockerungen der Reisebeschränkungen an, aber Urlaubsreisen bleiben weiter tabu – auch für Trabifahrer.

https://taz.de/Deutschland-lockert-Grenzkontrollen/!5683189/

How Europe slowed down public life - and now loosens the corona measures
Public life in Europe has never been so restricted since the end of the Second World War as in the past two months. We show in four phases how the individual states reacted to the corona virus - and now relax the measures again.
https://www.nzz.ch/panorama/wie-europa-das-oeffentliche-leben-herunter-fuhr-und-jetzt-nach-und-nach-die-corona-massnahme-lockert-ld.1556376?reduced=true

South Korea races to contain new Covid-19 cluster linked to clubs as infections swell to 119
SEOUL - South Korea conducted more than 15,000 tests on Wednesday (May 13) as health officials raced to contain an outbreak of Covid-19 linked to at least nine clubs in the nightlife district of Itaewon in Seoul.

The promise of anonymous testing has encouraged more people to come forward, as the number of cases linked to the new cluster grew to 119 - up from 102 the previous day.
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-races-to-contain-new-coronavirus-cluster-linked-to-clubs-as-infections

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Coronavirus Tu 5/12/20

Anthony Fauci MD

Video
Fauci urges cities, states to be prepared to deal with increase in COVID-19 cases as economy reopens
More COVID-19 infections are inevitable as people again start gathering, but how prepared communities are to stamp out those sparks will determine how bad the rebound is, Anthony Fauci told the senators.

Here’s what Fauci said about college students returning to campus in the fall
“Even at the top speed we’re going, we don’t see a vaccine playing in the ability of individuals to get back to school this term.”

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/12/nation/heres-what-fauci-said-about-college-students-returning-campus-fall/

Anthony Fauci:
Doctor Fauci disagrees
The US epidemiologist Anthony Fauci is considered the voice of reason in the White House. Now he's supposed to testify about the government's corona mismanagement - a tightrope act.

https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2020-05/anthony-fauci-corona-berater-donald-trump-krisenmanagement-usa

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Edward Lazear and Niall Ferguson: COVID-19: Today’s Historic Jobs Report
interview with Edward Paul Lazear, Niall Ferguson
Friday, May 8, 2020
https://www.hoover.org/research/edward-lazear-and-niall-ferguson-covid-19-todays-historic-jobs-report

Virtual Solve at MIT 2020 is an engaging digital event on Tuesday, May 12 featuring GM Chairman and CEO Mary Barra, world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma, MIT President L. Rafael Reif, NASA astronaut Cady Coleman, Solver teams in working groups, and many more.

https://solve.mit.edu/events/solve-at-mit-2020

"Society that is afraid, that is sick and cannot defend itself"
https://www.welt.de/kultur/plus207908297/Wie-nach-Tschernobyl-Swetlana-Alexijewitsch-ueber-Corona-in-Weissrussland.html

Two states allow meetings without restrictions
In Saxony and Thuringia, the restrictions on demonstrations no longer apply. The EU Commission recommends opening internal borders carefully. The news blog
By Stella Männer , Tina Groll and Veronika Völlinger
https://www.zeit.de/wissen/gesundheit/2020-05/coronavirus-aktuell-covid-19-nachrichten-deutschland-welt-live

Iceland

Iceland close to eradicate corona virus through mass testing: "We don't have much left"
https://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/island-nara-att-utrota-coronaviruset-via-masstestning-vi-har-inte-sa-mycket-kvar/

Live. WHO warns against fast road to flock immunity
https://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/det-nya-coronaviruset-folj-utvecklingen-live-/

If 80% of Americans Wore Masks, COVID-19 Infections Would Plummet, New Study Says
There’s compelling evidence that Japan, Hong Kong, and other East Asian locales are doing it right and we should really, truly mask up—fast.

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/05/masks-covid-19-infections-would-plummet-new-study-says
https://twitter.com/geochurch/status/1260272493245407232?s=20

Virtuelle Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen
Lächelnd in den nächsten Film
Die Internationalen Kurzfilmtage öffnen sich als online geschaltetes „Blogfestival“ einem theoretisch unbegrenzten Publikum. FABIAN TIETKE

Ein Schmetterling vor psychedelisch gefärbtem Hintergrund
https://taz.de/Virtuelle-Kurzfilmtage-Oberhausen/!5681873/

Virtual shortfilms Oberhausen
Laughing or Smiling into the next film
The International Short Film Days open to a theoretically unlimited audience as an online “blog festival”.

Tokyo mortality data shows no surge in deaths during pandemic
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/05/12/national/tokyo-overall-mortality-data-shows-no-surge-deaths-pandemic/

Facing down jail and wealthy foes, Arab rights defenders soldier on
https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2020/0512/Facing-down-jail-and-wealthy-foes-Arab-rights-defenders-soldier-on

Atomkrieg, Terror, Pandemie: Alles hat die Schweiz geübt. Jetzt ist der Ernstfall eingetreten, ähnlich und doch anders als erwartet. Und manche sagen: Nun übe man eben in der Krise
Das Krisenmanagement hat sich im Verlauf der Jahre gewandelt und entmilitarisiert. Doch die Konflikte sind die gleichen geblieben: Wer hat am meisten Einfluss und Ressourcen?
https://www.nzz.ch/schweiz/das-krisen-training-ist-seit-je-gruendlich-aber-stark-politisiert-ld.1554493?reduced=true

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Coronavirus M 5/11/20

The corona virus has forced Finns back into the fields
https://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/coronaviruset-tvingade-finlandarna-tillbaka-till-akern/

POLITICS ABROAD
CORONA CRISIS EUROPEAN UNION
Germany is losing massive reputation in Italy
https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article207886871/Umfrage-Corona-Krise-Deutschland-verliert-in-Italien-massiv-an-Ansehen.html

Saudi Arabia gets the money from the weak
https://www.welt.de/finanzen/article207891497/Mehrwertsteuer-verdreifacht-Saudi-Arabien-holt-sich-das-Geld-bei-den-Schwachen.html

Time outs? ???

Researchers agree: There is one method that is best for changing children's behavior
You should never yell or yell at changing children's habits, scientists say. It is a completely different method that is the best.
https://www.aftenposten.no/familieogoppvekst/i/GGRXxm/forskere-er-enige-det-er-en-metode-som-er-best-for-aa-endre-barns-adferd?

Harbin research too, but how about online?

Another casualty of the coronavirus: scientific research

Carin Ashjian, a WHOI biologist, has been studying zooplankton aboard a German icebreaker attached to an ice floe in the Arctic Ocean. Now, she's experiencing an additional two months on the ship, as another team of scientists go through a period of quarantining before she can be replaced.Serdar Sakinan

"Ecologists have been unable to gather water samples vital to understanding the impact of climate change on state forests. Marine biologists who regularly collect data about conditions in the Gulf of Maine have been stuck on land, while others who do aerial surveys critical to monitoring endangered whales have been grounded. ... "

CORONAVIRUS
Minneapolis company stands behind antibody tests under investigation
https://m.startribune.com/minneapolis-company-stands-behind-antibody-tests-under-investigation/570360542/

High court takes up a runaway presidency
Three cases before the US Supreme Court will test the extent of presidential immunity from the law and whether the nation truly has three ‘coequal’ branches of government.
By The Editorial BoardUpdated May 11, 2020

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/12/opinion/high-court-takes-up-runaway-presidency/

When the journalist wrote about how the authorities handle the coronavirus, she was threatened with life - by the president
https://www.aftenposten.no/verden/i/pL54lE/direktestudio-koronaviruset?

After Corona:
Suddenly vacation on Mallorca and Greece seems possible again
The Balearic Islands want to convince the Spanish government that German tourists can come to Mallorca this summer. Greece also hopes.

https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/wirtschaft-verantwortung/ploetzlich-scheint-urlaub-auf-mallorca-und-in-griechenland-wieder-moeglich-li.83104

Why coronavirus won't (necessarily) change the way we consume:
This period of crisis has changed our way of buying and has made some dream of a deep questioning of our consumption. However, it is unlikely to take place on a large scale.
https://www.letemps.ch/economie/coronavirus-ne-changera-forcement-facon-consommer

Seems like Coronavirus pandemic has given us back out time from the state - https://www.letemps.ch/economie/coronavirus-ne-changera-forcement-facon-consommer (Swiss French - add Google Translate

why an official dares to raise an alarm in the corona crisis
A government councilor at the Ministry of the Interior considers Corona a false alarm and the fight against pandemics fatal. He sends his theses across Germany. That has consequences.
https://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2020-05/corona-pandemie-bekaempfung-massnahmen-innenministerium-verschwoerungstheorien-regierungsrat -

The new corona virus: Follow the development live
UPDATED 2020-06-12

https://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/det-nya-coronaviruset-folj-utvecklingen-live-/

Why German stuck at Delhi’s IGI airport turned down offer to go home
The officials said that the man, Edgard Ziebat, has said he will leave India as soon as international flights resume after the national lockdown, and wants to stay at the airport until then.
https://m.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/german-stuck-at-delhi-s-igi-airport-refused-to-go-home/story-YGHdm1PoqhYT8TVmo0DIMO.html

Tony Fauci MD stark warning
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/11/nation/fauci-will-issue-stark-warning-risks-reopening-too-soon/

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SUNDAY, JUNE 07, 2020

What I've been watching

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranunculus_acris

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ranunculus_species

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_genera_of_flowering_plants

...

What I've been reading this week through Sunday, 5/24/20

and also much from Twitter, and see, for example (esp. re-Tweets):

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/
https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/
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Coronavirus Su 5/24/20

Future of Flight
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/23/lifestyle/future-flight-immunity-passports-unexpected-border-closings-no-carry-ons/

Longest decline mental -
https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/columns/columns/mp-talk/17700-the-longest-decline-can-be-mental-mp-timo-heinonen-on-coping-emotionally-with-covid-19.html

Corona and the pharmaceutical industry
:Of vaccines and patents
There is a market economy in the pharmaceutical industry. A health impact fund would be better for health worldwide.

https://taz.de/Corona-und-die-Pharmaindustrie/!5684767/

CORONAVIRUS
Minnesota resorts reinvent hospitality to deal with COVID-19
Cragun's Resort on Gull Lake has implemented curbside check-in to eliminate any chance of crowds forming in the main lobby while guests arrive.
Photo Gallery - Minnesota resorts instituting safety measures for guests

By PAM LOUWAGIE , STAR TRIBUNE
May 28, 2020 - 8:57 PM

NISSWA, MINN. – There will be no throw pillows on the beds at Grand View Lodge resort this summer. No magazines on the coffee tables. No daily visits from housekeeping staff.

https://m.startribune.com/minnesota-resorts-reinvent-hospitality-to-deal-with-covid-19/570724502/

HONG KONG
Exclusive: ‘Strategic positivity’ needed to confront Beijing on world stage, says rights law expert Sharon Hom

Rachel Wong
by RACHEL WONG
21:00, 24 MAY 2020

https://hongkongfp.com/2020/05/24/exclusive-strategic-positivity-needed-to-confront-beijing-on-world-stage-says-rights-law-expert-sharon-hom/

Coronavirus resources
Grab bag of businesses will be part of state’s contact tracing network
By Matt Stout and Dasia Moore Globe Staff,Updated May 24, 2020

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/24/nation/meet-new-helper-contact-tracers-hes-cutting-your-hair/

Competitive birding turned me into a monster
Isolation, hubris, binoculars: How Mass Audubon’s Bird-a-thon nearly broke our reporter
By Billy Baker Globe Staff,Updated May 24, 2020

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/24/metro/competitive-birding-turned-me-into-monster/

Muddled mudik messages
As covid-19 spreads, Indonesia’s president has an unhappy Eid
Citizens pay the price for Joko Widodo’s flip-flops on a holiday travel ban
Asia
May 24th 2020
SINGAPORE

"IT SHOULD BE a time of bowing, shoulder-to-shoulder, in solemn prayer and of hugging, handshaking and feasting on treats. Indonesia, which has a population of 270m and more Muslims than any other country, has this weekend been celebrating Eid al-Fitr, known locally as Lebaran, the holiday marking the end of Ramadan, the fasting month. In the days leading up to Lebaran the country’s cities normally disgorge their residents, who cram onto buses, ferries and aeroplanes, laden with gifts and new clothes, on their way home for the festivities. But this year, as covid-19 has rampaged across the archipelago, the authorities cancelled flights and erected roadblocks. Lebaran was to be a subdued, solitary affair. At least, so the government hoped. ..."

https://www.economist.com/asia/2020/05/24/as-covid-19-spreads-indonesias-president-has-an-unhappy-eid

Many young people are unhappy with life now: - It is very strange to talk to a screen
Youth feel more lonely, less satisfied and spend more than seven hours online daily during the coronation period: - They have to pay a high price, says researcher Petter Bae Brandtzæg.
https://www.aftenposten.no/kultur/i/9v9Rl5/mange-unge-er-misfornoeyde-med-livet-naa-det-er-veldig-rart-aa-snakke-til-en-skjerm?

Teens, Social Media & Technology 2018
https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2018/05/31/teens-social-media-technology-2018/

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Coronavirus Sa 5/23/20

One in five Boston public school children may be virtual dropouts
Technical, language challenges keep students from continuing school online
By Bianca Vázquez Toness Globe Staff,Updated May 23, 2020

Sundar Pichai Says Google Doesn't Plan to Go Entirely Remote
In an interview, the Google and Alphabet CEO discusses working from home, weathering antitrust probes, and how the company needs to do a better job on diversity.
https://www.wired.com/story/sundar-pichai-google-not-entirely-remote/

Game development:
"Parents could develop games for their children"
More technology, better graphics - is that the future of video games? No, says developer Pippin Barr. Everyone will design games, programming skills are not necessary.
Interview: Nils Erich
https://www.zeit.de/kultur/2020-05/spieleentwicklung-spieldesign-inklusion-gaming-zukunft

Uneasiness about deglobalization - going it alone is no more a strategy than denying the problems
Globalization has long been under pressure due to unfair trade practices, environmental pollution, exploitation and migration flows. Now the corona pandemic has brought it into an acute crisis. However, there is no way back to the principle of cooperation.
https://www.nzz.ch/meinung/unbehagen-an-der-deglobalisierung-alleingaenge-helfen-auch-nicht-ld.1557336

Hiking in Switzerland:
the 15 most beautiful tours
near the city
https://www.nzz.ch/reisen/wandern-in-der-schweiz-die-15-schoensten-wanderungen-in-stadtnaehe-ld.1556141

Coronavirus F 5/22/20

What would it take to get you back to the movie theater?
With 200 theaters open now in the US and the industry’s future a question mark, two recent surveys measured how squeamish we’re feeling.
By Ty Burr Globe Staff, Updated May 22, 2020

" .... for “Trolls World Tour” .... " ?
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/22/arts/with-movie-theaters-open-or-shut-isnt-an-open-and-shut-case/

The 20 best comedies of the 2000s, ranked
These are the ensembles, odd couples, cranks, and fictional vice presidents who made us laugh the most
By Matthew Gilbert Globe Staff

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/22/arts/20-best-comedies-2000s-ranked/

Archiv veröffentlicht einzigartige Aufnahmen des letzten Tasmanischen Tigers

https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article208167771/Ueber-80-Jahre-alte-Bilder-Archiv-zeigt-einzigartige-Aufnahmen-des-letzten-Tasmanischen-Tigers.html

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"Men and women for others." Proud to be @hcalumni (Class '82) along with Dr Fauci. @holy_cross
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As part of tonight's live virtual celebration of the graduating class of 2020, Holy Cross alumnus and Director of the NIAID, Dr. Anthony Fauci '62, shared a special message to congratulate the graduates & welcome them to the alumni community. #HC2020

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Sweden
Private doctors receive compensation for digital care - should reduce the risk of coronary infection
https://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/privatlakare-far-ersattning-for-digital-vard-ska-minska-risken-for-coronasmitta/

Japan likely to completely lift coronavirus state of emergency on Monday
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/05/23/national/japan-lift-coronavirus-state-of-emergency-monday/

MATTHEW GILBERT
The 20 best comedies of the 2000s, ranked
These are the ensembles, odd couples, cranks, and fictional vice presidents who made us laugh the most
By Matthew Gilbert Globe Staff,Updated May 22, 2020

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/22/arts/20-best-comedies-2000s-ranked/

20. “The Good Place” The first year of this afterlife comedy barely indicated how richly philosophical, playful, and convention-bashing it would become. (NBC, 2016-20)

19. “Modern Family” By the end, as is too common with network sitcoms, I was so totally over it — but for years, this was the family comedy to beat, with tight scripts, refreshing characters, and a gifted cast. (ABC, 2009-20)

18. “Louie” There’s no undoing the singular excellence of this show, which skillfully resisted narrative conventions as it charted the small moments in the life of a comic — despite the real-life offenses of its director, writer, and star, Louis C.K. (FX, 2010-2015)

17. “How I Met Your Mother” It was just another ensemble comedy about friends in NYC that went on too long, but the cast clicked and the writing did, too, with callbacks and a bottomless well of “Barneyisms.” About the lessons and consolations of friendship, it was ex — wait for it — cellent. (CBS, 2005-14)

Aziz Ansari in "Master of None."
Aziz Ansari in "Master of None." Netflix

16. “Master of None” Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang created this charming portrait of a struggling Indian-American actor looking for love and good food in NYC, and it’s rich in character depth and exhilarating narrative experimentation. (Netflix, 2015-present)

15. “Arrested Development” Alas, I can’t think of this series without flinching about the revival on Netflix. But first there were three seasons of a brilliantly flip comedy about an ethically demented family, featuring sustained in-jokes, language play, and well-cast side characters. (Fox, 2003-06 and Netflix, 2013-19)

14. “Broad City” The endearing Abbi and Illana buoyed TV’s history of female duos — Mary and Rhoda, Lucy and Ethel, Laverne and Shirley — as they lived twisted, fringe, adventurous, and bawdy lives in NYC. (Comedy Central, 2014-19)
Lisa Kudrow in "The Comeback."
Lisa Kudrow in "The Comeback." John P. Johnson/HBO

13. “The Comeback” This faux reality show about Lisa Kudrow’s controlling has-been actress flings darts at pop culture’s youth fetish, the marginalizing of older women in Hollywood, celebrity egos, and the cynicism of TV executives — and every throw is a bull’s-eye. (HBO, 2005 and 2014)

12. “Man Seeking Women” I’m generally alone in thinking this show — an homage to the imagination — is one of the more brilliant TV takes on being single in NYC, as our hero walks in and out of amazingly designed metaphors. Not much on TV goes this far out on a limb and stays there. (FXX, 2015-17)

11. Parks and Recreation” Amy Poehler and her flawless ensemble gave us “West Wing”-like political optimism — and the beautifully built-out world of Pawnee — with a welcome touch of crazy. (NBC, 2009-2015)
Ben Sinclair in "High Maintenance."
Ben Sinclair in "High Maintenance."Craig Blankenhorn

10. “High Maintenance” If you think “High Maintenance” is just “the pot comedy,” then you probably haven’t seen it. It’s a collection of interlocking short stories about the people of New York, the multitudes that once inspired Walt Whitman, as they live ordinary extraordinary lives behind locked doors. The chapters are linked only because they share the same pot dealer, played by co-creator Ben Sinclair, who has become less opaque with each season. Each story has depth and, sometimes, a little O. Henry-like twist at the end. (HBO, 2016-present)

9. “Better Things” Don’t ask me what it’s about! It’s about everything, or at least everything in the life of Pamela Adlon’s Sam Fox, the single mother of three daughters and the caretaker of her dotty mother. It’s about the small moments in their lives that wind up loaded with meaning. It’s about being a woman in a world and an industry (Sam is an actress) where men can’t help but talk at her. It’s about subtle filmmaking, resisting TV’s familiar storytelling tropes, and celebrating family in all its bittersweet, tumbledown glory. (FX, 2015-present)

8. “Catastrophe” As with many great comedies, the story line is nothing special: A lovably goofy American played by Rob Delaney has a fling in London with a feisty Irish woman played by Sharon Horgan, an unexpected baby ensues, and they try to raise the baby together despite, at first, being near-strangers. But the cast — including Carrie Fisher— elevates it all, and the writing, by Delaney and Horgan, is both clever and deeply human. Delaney and Horgan were one of TV comedy’s most believable couples as they faced the challenges of monogamy, sobriety, culture clash, sex, and romance. (Amazon, 2015-19)

Catherine O'Hara as Moira in "Schitt's Creek."
Catherine O'Hara as Moira in "Schitt's Creek." Associated Press

7. “Schitt’s Creek” There’s nothing intellectually nourishing about this update of “Green Acres,” no big statement or innovation. It’s just a mess of sweetness and goofy comic genius. The magic is in the cast’s ensemble warmth and the character development, which saw the Rose family gradually lose their emotional inhibitions and shed their pretentions. The writers wisely pushed son David and daughter Alexis into the arms of exceedingly nice people, to bring out their strengths, and they wrote dazzling blather for Catherine O’Hara, whose Moira is one of TV’s funniest creations. (Pop, 2015-2020)

6. “Fleabag” I enjoyed season one of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s painful, wry look at indirectly expressed grief and guilt. But I adored the second season, six episodes of perfection about an emotionally lost woman falling in love with a priest. With super-dry wit and fourth-wall-breaking winks, Waller-Bridge showed us the difficulty some have of feeling worthy of love. The season won a bunch of Emmys, and it deserved each one. (Amazon, 2016-19)

5. “The Office” It’s hard to judge this show anymore, in some ways. It has become part of the fabric of TV culture, its cast members (many from the Boston area) now stars and its episodes now in constant syndication and streaming replay. But, despite being softer and mushier than Ricky Gervais’s original “The Office,” or perhaps because of those qualities, “The Office” is a treasure of characterization and dry humor. It captures both the absurdities of the workplace, as well as the eccentric and repetitive people we’re sometimes thrown together with when we’re there. (NBC, 2005-13)

Larry David in "Curb Your Enthusiasm."
Larry David in "Curb Your Enthusiasm." John P. Johnson/HBO

4. “Curb Your Enthusiasm” This is the show that manages to make the selfish, petty characters on “Seinfeld” look almost cozy. Larry David created a cringe-filled vehicle in which to fully unleash his misanthropy and his absurdly stubborn opinions. His hell is other people, and he openly expresses the annoyance and self-righteousness that most of us suppress. Some of the humor, too, is rooted in watching his East Coast sensibility in a world of LA air-kisses and positive thinking. Semi-improvised, “Curb” spawned a wave of shows with actors playing exaggerated versions of themselves. (HBO, 2000-present)

3. “Scrubs” Alas, Bill Lawrence’s series circled the drain for a year or two before it left. But for most of its life, “Scrubs” was remarkable, a show that took on the legacy of “M*A*S*H” — a comedy that could be dramatic in a medical setting among doctors and nurses — and didn’t wind up looking stupid. The series was a critical force in the advance of single-camera comedies, as it went big with surrealistic flashes, making the characters’ fears and desires entertainingly literal for a moment or two. (ABC & NBC, 2001-2010)

2. “Veep” I never thought that, among its many virtues, “Veep” would also turn out to be prescient. But this brilliant take on political theater, created by Scottish writer Armando Iannucci with the clarity and comic distance of an outsider, managed to find both broad and subtle laughs in malignant self-interest, media self-love, and congressional paralysis. It also turned cursing into an art. The cast was all aces, not least of all Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who finds the funny in narcissism, and Timothy Simons, whose failure to be nominated for his turn as Jonah Ryan is one of many Emmy sins. (HBO, 2012-2019)
Tracy Morgan and Tina Fey in "30 Rock."
Tracy Morgan and Tina Fey in "30 Rock."Eric Liebowitz/NBC

1. “30 Rock” From start to finish, this comedy was a happy tap dance of jabs at politics, pop culture, and the media — including its own network, NBC. It was far from a smash hit, even after three best-comedy Emmys, but creator Tina Fey and the writers never compromised for mainstream appeal. A TV series about a TV series in the family tree of “The Larry Sanders Show,” it could be a biting satire of America as well as an affectionate ensemble comedy. It has not become the kind of comfort food in reruns that “The Office” and “Friends” have, but that’s as it should be. The show is too relentless and sharp for that. The Urban Dictionary defines “30 Rock” as making you “laugh so hard that a little pee comes out,” and I won’t argue with that. (NBC, 2006-13)

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Coronavirus W 5/20/20

End of the crisis | Jacques Dufresne's point of view
[Home] [Videos]
The duty
May 21, 2020
Videos
The philosopher reflects on our relationship with people, objects, animals and nature.

https://www.ledevoir.com/videos/579312/sortie-de-crise-le-point-de-vue-de-jacques-dufresne

Riya, a Saudi woman almost like the others
Saudi Arabia is transforming at great speed. Among the most visible changes, the role of women in society. Meet Riya, a resolutely modern young woman whose life has been turned upside down
https://www.letemps.ch/monde/riya-une-saoudienne-presque-autres

Coronavirus W 5/20/20

CO2-Ausstoß geht weltweit zurück – aber nur wenig. Warum?
Stand: 08:11 Uhr | Lesedauer: 5 Minuten
Norbert Lossau
Von Norbert Lossau
https://www.welt.de/wissenschaft/plus208093405/Klimawandel-und-Lockdown-CO2-Ausstoss-geht-weltweit-zurueck-aber-nur-wenig-Warum.html

Flying is in the stars
International aviation is on the ground. But soon it will take off again. How does flying change? A look at the current situation worldwide.
https://taz.de/Luftfahrt-nach-Corona/!5685925/

Religiöse Zeremonien sind bald ohne Besucherlimit erlaubt – ausserhalb von Kirchen gilt aber weiterhin die Fünf-Personen-Regel
Der Bundesrat weicht von seinem bisherigen Plan ab und erlaubt den Kirchen, schon Ende Mai wieder Gottesdienste durchzuführen. Beim Schutzkonzept bleibt jedoch eine wichtige Frage offen.
https://www.nzz.ch/schweiz/kirchen-gottesdienste-werden-wieder-erlaubt-ohne-besucherlimit-ld.1557519

On a matter of faith, a different higher power helped guide Baker: the courts
Governor Baker's decision this week to allow houses of worship to immediately welcome congregants back was rooted not in faith. Rather, aides say, it was a calculation of two threats: the virus and a lawsuit.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/20/nation/matter-faith-different-higher-power-helped-guide-baker-courts/

Sweden
Geriatrics professor: This is active euthanasia
https://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/geriatrikprofessor-det-har-ar-aktiv-dodshjalp/
"Geriatrics professor Yngve Gustafson believes that many elderly people are not treated for covid-19, but instead receive palliative medicine directly.

- To routinely give older people with lung infection respiratory drugs, is active euthanasia, not to say a ..."

Only 18% Indian homes have tap water, washing hands a luxury?
https://m.hindustantimes.com/videos/on-the-record/only-18-indian-homes-have-tap-water-washing-hands-a-luxuryvideo/video-aIdKJyQFXZSBXnRjSLQRDL.html

Stanford study suggests coronavirus might not be as deadly as flu

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/stanford-study-suggests-coronavirus-might-not-be-as-deadly-as-flu

"That's why I'm in favor of vaccination"
https://www.welt.de/incoming/plus208102823/Weltaerztepraesident-Montgomery-Deshalb-bin-ich-fuer-die-Impfpflicht.html

How to ensure that tourists do not bring the coronavirus? The EU is divided
EU tourism ministers appeared divided over the severity of controls and measures to be imposed on travelers to let them enjoy the summer season.
https://plus.lesoir.be/302117/article/2020-05-20/comment-assurer-que-les-touristes-namenent-pas-le-coronavirus-lue-est-divisee

Helsinki University begins research into use of dogs to detect coronavirus infections
https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/news-in-brief/17692-helsinki-university-begins-research-into-use-of-dogs-to-detect-coronavirus-infections.html

FEMINISM:
WE, THE CRISIS BEES
An essay by Carla Baum
Feminism as a history of progress? The joke shows the Corona crisis. The embossments are too deep, the structures too toxic. Time to question yourself
https://www.zeit.de/campus/2020-05/feminismus-rollenbilder-maenner-frauen-corona-krise

Michael Taylor arrested, faces extradition to Japan on charges of orchestrating escape of former Nissan CEO
By Shelley Murphy Globe Staff,Updated May 20, 2020

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/20/metro/michael-taylor-arrested-faces-extradition-japan-orchestrating-escape-nissan-ceo/

Six big decisions colleges are wrestling with as they weigh whether to bring back students this fall
By Jaclyn Reiss Globe Staff,Updated May 20, 2020

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/20/metro/six-big-decisions-colleges-are-wrestling-with-they-weigh-whether-bring-back-students-this-fall/

The worst is yet to come
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/20/opinion/coronavirus-worst-case.html

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Coronavirus Tuesday 5/19/20

Why Merkel agrees to the monetary gifts for Italy and Co.
As of May 19, 2020 | Reading time: 5 minutes
By Christoph B. Schiltz, Brussels
https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/plus208086059/EU-Hilfspaket-500-Milliarden-Euro-gegen-Corona-Bonds.html

Cambridge University Will Hold Its Lectures Online Next Year
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/19/world/europe/cambridge-university-coronavirus.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/20/world/coronavirus-news.html

Great mask photo

JOAN VENNOCHI
Baker moves slowly to reopen the state — and swiftly to remove nursing homes’ coronavirus liability
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/18/opinion/baker-moves-slowly-reopen-state-swiftly-remove-nursing-homes-coronavirus-liability/

CO2-Ausstoß geht weltweit zurück – aber nur wenig
https://www.welt.de/wissenschaft/article208093405/Klimawandel-und-Pandemie-CO2-Ausstoss-geht-weltweit-zurueck-aber-nur-wenig.html

Greens - Ministry of Culture
https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000117568806/spitzenbeamtin-andrea-mayer-wird-kulturstaatssekretaerinder-gruenen

Boston College intends to hold classes on campus this fall
The school said its health services department has already developed testing and isolation procedures in response to the COVID-19 virus and officials plan to continue to refine plans and policies as the fall draws near, particularly around contact tracing and treatment.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/19/metro/bc-intends-hold-classes-campus/

A Country is Crashing: USA
Wirtschaftskrise in den USA:
Ein Land stürzt ab
Unsere USA-Korrespondentin Heike Buchter traf in den vergangenen Jahren Milchbauern, die um ihre Höfe fürchteten, Öl-Fracker, die einen Boom erlebten, Gründer, die auf einen Neustart hofften. Jetzt erzählen sie von der Wucht einer beispiellosen Wirtschaftskrise.

https://www.zeit.de/2020/21/wirtschaftskrise-usa-landwirtschaft-gastronomie-oelindustrie

Ages on, Corona here - how an obedient Swedish pensioner throws his shop
Fingers crossed is not for Torsten Eriksson, a very old pensioner from Helsingborg, Sweden. He doesn't like the fact that, according to the health authority, he should be sitting at home because of the corona virus. That's why he doesn't do it.
https://www.nzz.ch/panorama/wie-ein-ungehorsamer-schwedischer-rentner-seinen-laden-schmeisst-ld.1555445

Why Slovenia is the first EU country to declare the pandemic over
The statement from last week was completely unexpected for most residents of the small state. Health policy reasons were not in the foreground in the government decision.
https://www.nzz.ch/international/corona-krise-slowenien-erklaert-die-pandemie-fuer-beendet-ld.1557082

75 Jahre Berliner Zeitung:
Hunger nach Zeitung
Am Anfang stand die Suche nach verlässlichen Fakten als Grundbedarf für das Leben. Das gilt heute wie eh und je. Ein Streifzug durch das Auf und Ab der Zeitungsgeschichte.
https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/75-jahre/hunger-nach-zeitung-li.83836

CORONAVIRUS
Crowds show up at Minnesota DVS offices to take driving tests, renew licenses
Fourteen DVS exam stations reopened Tuesday, including this one in Arden Hills where during the mid-morning an estimated 200 people waited outside in Fourteen DVS exam stations reopened Tuesday, including this one in Arden Hills where during the mid-morning an estimated 200 people waited outside in a line that stretched around the entire block to get into the building.
— David Joles, Star Tribune
https://m.startribune.com/crowds-show-up-at-minnesota-offices-for-driving-tests-licenses/570598092/

EPIDEMIC
Coronavirus Live Blog: US-Canada border remains closed
https://www.wienerzeitung.at/nachrichten/chronik/oesterreich/2051665-Coronavirus-Live-Blog-Grenze-zwischen-USA-und-Kanada-bleibt-zu.html

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Coronavirus M 5/18/20

DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE

Secretary General of Welthungerhilfe warns: "Don't let the poorest down"
by Kai A. Struthoff
https://www.fr.de/wirtschaft/generalsekretaer-welthungerhilfe-warnt-davor-aermsten-nicht-stich-lassen-13765091.html
https://www.welthungerhilfe.org/amp/about-us/structure/executive-board/

Sweden
The infection forces psychiatry to switch - here the patients receive covid-19 care
https://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/smittan-tvingar-psykiatrin-att-stalla-om-har-far-patienterna-vard-for-covid-19/

CONDUCTED THE INTERVIEW
ANDREAS FANIZADEH
Goering-Eckardt on structural change: "We are at a crossroads"
Germany needs an ecological restart, says Green Group leader Katrin Göring-Eckardt. The self-employed would need further support.
https://taz.de/Goering-Eckardt-ueber-Strukturwandel/!5682431/

«Wenn die Landwirtschaft so intensiv weiterproduziert, ist die Versorgungssicherheit gefährdet»
Schweizer Bauern sollen bald mehr ¨Öko-Wiesen säen und weniger Lebensmittel produzieren. So will es die neue Agrarpolitik des Bundes. Doch ergibt dies auch nach Corona noch Sinn? Ein Gespräch mit Landwirtschaftsdirektor Christian Hofer.
https://www.nzz.ch/schweiz/corona-die-landwirtschaft-wird-gestaerkt-aus-der-krise-gehen-ld.1556831

Today, a new kind of everyday life started for them
great students: "It's totally military-like"

The top students met at a changed school on Monday: "It's totally military-like"
Berlingske has visited two schools in Copenhagen on a historic day, when the oldest students met at a changed school after two months at home. The rejoicing was great, but it was missed for the normal school before the corona as well. Students need to prepare for some of the new rules to become a permanent part of school forever, a school principal says.
https://www.berlingske.dk/samfund/de-store-elever-modte-ind-til-en-forandret-skole-mandag-det-er-helt

Spitzenbeamtin Andrea Mayer wird Kulturstaatssekretärin der Grünen
Die gebürtige Niederösterreicherin folgt der zurückgetretenen Ulrike Lunacek nach. Am Dienstag wird Mayer präsentiert
https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000117568806/spitzenbeamtin-andrea-mayer-wird-kulturstaatssekretaerinder-gruenen

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SUNDAY, JUNE 07, 2020

What I've been watching

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranunculus_aestivalis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ranunculus_species

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_genera_of_flowering_plants

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What I've been reading this week through Sunday, 5/31/20

and also much from Twitter, and see, for example (esp. re-Tweets):

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/
https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/
https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod/
https://twitter.com/WUaSPress/
https://twitter.com/HarbinBook/
https://twitter.com/TheOpenBand/

Coronavirus Su 5/31/20

Revealed Test and trace was abandoned because system 'could only cope with five cases a week'
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/05/30/revealed-test-trace-abandoned-system-could-cope-five-coronavirus/

Scaling mountains and crags, one man’s lifelong quest to track and trace the last of the snow
It started when he was nine. Now scientists are taking Iain Cameron’s eccentric hobby seriously
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/scaling-mountains-and-crags-one-mans-lifelong-quest-to-track-and-trace-the-last-of-the-snow-hjn5kf5w5

Spencer Wells

How Vietnam kept its coronavirus death toll at zero Microbe #AsiaRising

https://twitter.com/spwells/status/1266781614400364544?s=20

The Covid-19 pandemic situation is still worrying
08:45 - 31/05/2020 0 YOUTH
Văn Khoa
https://m.thanhnien.vn/the-gioi/tinh-hinh-dai-dich-covid-19-van-dang-lo-1231572.html

Egypt reports highest daily rise in coronavirus cases, deaths to date
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/370231/Egypt/Politics-/Egypt-reports-highest-daily-rise-in-coronavirus-ca.aspx

The government considers making My Number "attaching all accounts" mandatory, aiming to amend the law next year
Mainichi newspaper　May 31, 2020 20:37
https://mainichi.jp/articles/20200531/k00/00m/040/139000c

Ian Haydon, 29, fainted from the corona vaccine - but is hopeful
https://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/ian-haydon-29-svimmade-av-coronavaccinet-men-ar-hoppfull/

What is waiting for America's divided states now?
PUBLISHED YESTERDAY 08:53
The United States is a country about to be torn apart.
The president blamed for one moment deficiencies in how the pandemic is being fought on the governors of the states.
https://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/usa-pa-vag-att-slitas-isar-av-pandemin/

Vorwürfe gegen die Polizei in Weimar:
Wenn Fehler keine Folgen haben
Eine fadenscheinige Hausdurchsuchung, mutmaßlich übergriffige Beamt:innen, ein rechter Kommissar, der Dickpics verschickt. Wie kann das sein?
https://taz.de/Vorwuerfe-gegen-die-Polizei-in-Weimar/!5686849/

AUSLAND
WEISSES HAUS
Trump während Protesten im Sicherheitsbunker
https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article208688357/Trump-waehrend-Protesten-im-Sicherheitsbunker-des-Weissen-Hauses.html

Sheriff nimmt seinen Helm ab und schließt sich dem Protest an
https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article208687347/Emotionales-Video-US-Sheriff-nimmt-seinen-Helm-ab-und-schliesst-sich-dem-Protest-an.html

After 100,000 coronavirus cases, it’s clearer where Californians are getting infected
John Woolfolk and Harriet Blair Rowan
PUBLISHED: May 30, 2020 at 6:00
https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/05/30/after-100000-coronavirus-cases-its-clearer-where-californians-are-getting-infected/amp/

He experienced a severe reaction to Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate. He’s still a believer
https://www.statnews.com/2020/05/26/moderna-vaccine-candidate-trial-participant-severe-reaction/

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Coronavirus Sa 5/30/20

That changes in June for consumers
ECONOMY
REGULATIONS IN CORONA CRISIS
That changes in June for consumers
As of: 3:18 p.m. | Reading time: 4 minutes
Stephan Maaß
By Stephan Maaß
Business editor
https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article208540977/Verbraucher-Das-aendert-sich-im-Juni.html

Few U.S. adults say they’ve been diagnosed with coronavirus, but more than a quarter know someone who has

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/05/26/few-u-s-adults-say-theyve-been-diagnosed-with-coronavirus-but-more-than-a-quarter-know-someone-who-has/

Americans are critical of China’s handling of COVID-19, distrust information about it from Beijing

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/05/26/americans-are-critical-of-chinas-handling-of-covid-19-distrust-information-about-it-from-beijing/

The virus's tale
https://apps.bostonglobe.com/metro/graphics/2020/05/coronavirus-tale/

How Vietnam kept its coronavirus death toll at zero Microbe #AsiaRising

https://twitter.com/spwells/status/1266781614400364544?s=20

Social distancing strictures fall away as crowds gather
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/social-distancing-strictures-fall-away-as-crowds-gather-to-party-and-protest/2020/05/30/42df4d9c-a2a6-11ea-81bb-c2f70f01034b_story.html

News
Thursday's Briefing: Travel ban to Lake Tahoe lifted; BART to employ social distancing on trains
Latonda Simmons named Oakland assistant city administrator
by Steven Tavares
May 28, 2020
https://m.eastbayexpress.com/SevenDays/archives/2020/05/28/thursdays-briefing-travel-ban-to-lake-tahoe-lifted-bart-to-employ-social-distancing-on-trains

MIT elects its first ever black woman student body president. She’s from Miami
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/education/article243117621.html

MIT elects first black woman student body president in its 159-year history
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/05/29/us/mit-black-woman-student-president-trnd/index.html

SpaceX Lifts NASA Astronauts to Orbit, Launching New Era of Spaceflight

The trip to the space station was the first from American soil since 2011 when the space shuttles were retired.

It’s the first time a private company has launched astronauts into orbit. The Crew Dragon capsule is scheduled to rendezvous with the International Space Station on Sunday.CreditCredit...Doug Mills/The New York Times
Kenneth Chang

By Kenneth Chang

May 30, 2020

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — The United States opened a new era of human space travel on Saturday as a private company for the first time launched astronauts into orbit, nearly a decade after the government retired the storied space shuttle program in the aftermath of national tragedy.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/30/science/spacex-nasa-astronauts.html

Digital gorilla projects in Rwanda: Virtual Africa
Rwanda offers visits to the gorillas in virtual reality. The government wants to ensure that environmental projects remain attractive to tourists.

Digitale Gorillaprojekte in Ruanda: Virtuelles Afrika
Ruanda bietet Besuche bei den Gorillas in Virtual Reality an. So will die Regierung dafür sorgen, dass Umweltprojekte für Touristen attraktiv bleiben.
https://taz.de/Digitale-Gorillaprojekte-in-Ruanda/!5686876/

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Coronavirus F 5/29/20

Viele der grössten Ansteckungsherde sind ab Juni wieder zugelassen. Was es braucht, damit es trotzdem zu keiner zweiten Welle kommt
Aus der Sicht des Einzelnen ist das Infektionsrisiko in der Schweiz nun klein. Aus einer Gesamtsicht ist das Problem aber noch nicht gelöst.
https://www.nzz.ch/schweiz/die-mathematik-der-zweiten-corona-welle-ld.1558584

A befuddling phenomenon: Why are Boston’s Asians underrepresented in coronavirus cases and deaths?
The data has unsettled public health officials and community activists, who are concerned the numbers reflect a low level of testing among the city’s Asian American population coupled with a fear of harassment.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/29/nation/befuddling-phenomenon-why-are-bostons-asians-underrepresented-covid-19-cases-deaths/

CNN journalists arrested on air while covering protests over George Floyd’s death
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/29/nation/cnn-reporters-arrested-while-covering-aftermath-protests-over-george-floyds-death/

FROM
ANNA LEHMANN
Criticism of emergency aid for students: Too late and too little money
Students in need who have less than 500 euros in their accounts should now receive grants from the federal government. Student representatives are outraged.
https://taz.de/Kritik-an-Nothilfe-fuer-Studierende/!5689198/

Rest of the world | Tourism
You can travel from Finland to Estonia again on Monday, and this summer Finnish tourists are especially important to the country
In Estonia, the disease situation is better than in Finland.
https://www.hs.fi/ulkomaat/art-2000006524223.html

Home page panorama Corona virus
COVID-19
Tyrol already knew about infected Icelanders earlier than before
An Icelander warned a hotel on March 3. The Tyrolean crisis team decided two days later to conceal another Corona case
May 29, 2020,
https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000117797518/tiroler-hotel-wusste-schon-frueher-als-bisher-von-infizierten-islaendern

The Council to keep away from others can be maintained for several years
The vaccine against covid-19 is at the earliest available in late autumn 2021. Norwegians must focus on infection control measures for a good time to come, says Line Vold in the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI).
SIMEN SUNDFJORD OTTERLEI
https://www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/1nEJqJ/raadet-om-aa-holde-avstand-til-andre-kan-bli-opprettholdt-i-flere-aar?

Results of antibody studies make epidemic forecasting difficult, says Salminen
https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/17726-results-of-antibody-studies-make-epidemic-forecasting-difficult-says-salminen.html

google-rescinds-job-offers-to-contract-workers
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/29/technology/google-rescinds-job-offers-to-contract-workers.html

CORONAVIRUS
A Miami elder-care staffer tested positive for COVID-19 — and kept working anyway
BY ALEX HARRIS
MAY 29, 2020 06:15 PM , UPDATED 3 HOURS 57 MINUTES AGO
A Google Maps screenshot shows South Florida Home Services, an assisted living facility shut down by the state after multiple COVID-19 infections between staff and clients.
A Google Maps screenshot shows South Florida Home Services, an assisted living facility shut down by the state after multiple COVID-19 infections between staff and clients.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article243092896.html

UN confirms the death of two members of peacekeeping missions after being infected with the virus
https://www.eluniversal.com/internacional/71889/onu-confirma-el-fallecimiento-de-dos-efectivos-de-misiones-de-paz-tras-ser-infectados-con-el-virus

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Coronavirus Th 5/28/20

Cleaning robots and hygiene machines, but no mask requirement at Zurich Airport
https://www.nzz.ch/zuerich/flughafen-zuerich-putzroboter-wegen-corona-keine-maskenpflicht-ld.1558733

Boston Marathon canceled for first time in 124-year history
For the first time ever, the Boston Marathon has been canceled, Mayor Marty Walsh announced. Instead, the 2020 marathon — which had already been postponed from April to Sept. 14 due to coronavirus — will be held as a virtual event, the BAA said.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/28/nation/coronavirus-boston-massachusetts-may-28/

„Der Rassismus ist nicht schlimmer geworden, er wird jetzt nur gefilmt“
https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/plus208551847/Polizeigewalt-in-den-USA-Der-Rassismus-ist-nicht-schlimmer-geworden-er-wird-jetzt-nur-gefilmt.html

Seehofer rechnet Mitte Juni mit Corona-Warn-App
Stand: 28.05.2020 | Lesedauer: 2 M
https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/live206935325/Corona-live-Seehofer-rechnet-mit-Corona-Warn-App-Mitte-Juni.html

LIVE UPDATES
May 28, 2020, 8:19 p.m. ET
U.S. Jobless Claims Pass 40 Million: Live Business Updates

Many of the relief programs introduced at the beginning of the pandemic may soon expire.

Brundtland: - 5000 died in Sweden. 230 in Norway. It's pretty incredible.
- It's weird. It takes a lot to make this difference clear up a couple of years in the future, says Gro Harlem Brundtland.

PER ANDERS JOHANSEN
JOURNALIST
PUBLISHED: MAY 28, 2020
https://www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/50x4RX/brundtland-5000-doede-i-sverige-230-i-norge-det-er-ganske-utrolig?

How to prepare for the second wave of corona "I'm just doing well"
Masako Toda, Naoya Ima, Hisashi Hattori
2020/5/28 22:00
https://www.asahi.com/sp/articles/ASN5X5RGJN5VULBJ007.html

Pic
緊急事態宣言解除から一夜明けた26日夜の東京・渋谷のスクランブル交差点。駅方面に向かう人で混み合っていた=2020年5月26日午後6時18分、東京都渋谷区、藤原伸雄撮影 The scramble crossing in Shibuya, Tokyo, on the night of the 26th, one night after the declaration of emergency was lifted. It was crowded with people heading towards the station = May 26, 2020 6:18 pm, Nobuo Fujiwara, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

SUPPORT PACKAGE FOR THE CORONA CRISIS
Polder agreement divides opposition
On Thursday, the House of Representatives debated the 'support package 2.0' and the cancellation of the dismissal fine. The PvdA is over.
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2020/05/28/polderakkoord-verdeelt-oppositie-a4001214

Most Countries Fail to Capture Extent of Coronavirus Deaths
And
House Passes Bill Loosening Rules on PPP Small-Business Loans
In separate development, Treasury and SBA set aside $10 billion for community lenders
https://www.wsj.com/articles/community-lenders-to-get-10-billion-of-ppp-small-business-loans-11590678108

CORONA HEROES
In the clinic, in Heinsberg, in the zoo: Eckart von Hirschhausen out and about with people we now count on
What do an intensive care unit, the Corona hotspot Heinsberg and the Berlin Zoo have in common? A lot for Eckart von Hirschhausen these days.
https://www.stern.de/p/plus/gesundheit-wissenschaft/in-der-klinik--in-heinsberg--im-zoo--eckart-von-hirschhausen-unterwegs-bei-menschen--auf-die-wir-jetzt-zaehlen-9277906.html

When Google wants to build cities
http://geographiesenmouvement.blogs.liberation.fr/2020/05/28/quand-google-veut-batir-des-villes/

Return to the classroom - Masks, one meter benches but no fever measurement: here are the indications of the Scientific Committee
https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2020/05/28/rientro-a-scuola-le-indicazioni-del-comitato-tecnico-scientifico-mascherine-banchi-a-distanza-ma-niente-misurazione-della-febbre/5817167/

Wearable tech can spot coronavirus symptoms before you even realize you’re sick
Researchers say the constant stream of data from Oura rings, Fitbits and Apple Watches could eventually be used as a coronavirus early-warning system
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/05/28/wearable-coronavirus-detect/

Other countries’ reopenings may be no real guide for the United States
The United States has seen a larger outbreak of COVID-19 than any other country, and its reopening experience could be more fraught than others'.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/28/metro/other-countries-reopenings-may-be-no-real-guide-united-states/

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Coronavirus W 5/27/20

Swiss Geneva on Saturday, precarious and united
Geneva on Saturday, precarious and united
They come from the Philippines, Eritrea, Kurdistan… Asylum seekers, undeclared workers or undocumented workers, they line up at the Vernets ice rink, some early in the morning, to get a bag of provisions worth 20 francs. This Saturday, May 30, distribution again peaked, with 3,280 bags distributed. Fragments of lives
https://www.letemps.ch/images/photos/suisse/geneve-samedi-precaire-solidaire

The weather
Le Temps - Swiss media site
During the pandemic, scrambled communication with deaf and hard of hearing people
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The Swiss Federation of the Deaf denounces the difficulties that people with deafness have faced since the start of the pandemic. She regrets limited access to official information and would like the wearing of a transparent mask to be widespread among professionals
https://www.letemps.ch/societe/durant-pandemie-une-communication-brouillee-personnes-sourdes-malentendantes

THE "IMAGE" AND THE VIROLOGIST

Drosten remains with the thesis on corona spread by children - caution with loosening
Steffen Herrmann

https://www.fr.de/panorama/coronavirus-drosten-bild-lockerungen-bleibt-aussagen-ansteckungsgefahr-durch-kinder-zr-13719027.html

- same? -

UND DAS ALLES OHNE IMPFUNG
Drosten erklärt, wie wir im Sommer trotz Corona-Krise fast zur Normalität zurückkehren können
https://www.fr.de/panorama/christian-drosten-virologe-corona-coronavirus-karl-lauterbach-spd-morddrohung-twitter-paket-zr-13719027.html

Even Merkel becomes weak when she thinks of Italy
Published on May 27, 2020 | Reading time: 2 minutes
By Robin Alexander
Deputy editor-in-chief

https://www.welt.de/debatte/kommentare/plus208434753/Ischia-statt-Ruegen-Die-Kanzlerin-wuerde-jetzt-so-gern-nach-Italien-reisen.html

CORONAVIRUS LIVE TICKER CORONAVIRUS: ALL CARDS AND NUMBERS
LIVE
CORONA CRISIS
Holidaymakers get an invoice for the return campaign - travel warning continues to apply to 3 EU countries
Status: 03:19 a.m.
Corona alarm in Beijing. For the first time in many weeks there has been a major outbreak of the virus. Numerous infections were discovered in a wholesale market in the Chinese capital. The market was closed and eleven residential areas were closed off.

Source: WORLD

AUTOPLAY
Germans who were brought back from abroad because of the corona pandemic must bear the costs - and will soon receive mail. The travel warning is to be lifted for 23 out of 26 EU countries. All developments in the live ticker.

https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/live206935325/Corona-live-Umweltschuetzer-schlagen-wegen-coronabedingtem-Muell-Alarm.html

Many look to marijuana to cope with coronavirus anxiety. That concerns health officials
Doctors say smoking cannabis could worsen COVID-19 complications
By Dan Adams Globe Staff,Updated May 27, 2020,

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/27/marijuana/many-look-marijuana-cope-with-coronavirus-anxiety-that-concerns-health-officials/

Twitter:
Donald Trump droht mit Schließung von Online-Netzwerken
Der US-Präsident ist in Rage: Twitter hatte seinen Tweet als irreführend gekennzeichnet. Trump droht nun den sozialen Medien, er sieht die Redefreiheit eingeschränkt.
https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2020-05/soziale-medien-twitter-donald-trump-schliessung

Twitter warns of Trump tweet: Half courage
Donald Trump uses? Twitter as the primary source? of attention. The "fact check" of the short message service is therefore a risk.
https://taz.de/Twitter-warnt-vor-Trump-Tweet/!5685255/

Colleges prepare to reopen but aren’t entirely confident about having extensive testing in place
By Deirdre Fernandes Globe Staff,Updated May 27, 2020

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/27/metro/colleges-prepare-reopen-arent-entirely-confident-about-having-extensive-testing-place/

Corona in Germany: RKI reports current number of reproductions

https://www.fr.de/panorama/rki-corona-fallzahlen-frankfurt-corona-coronavirus-deutschland-rki-zahlen-lufthansa-hilfe-zr-13762762.html

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https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/25/metro/college-wait-lists-used-be-where-dreams-died-pandemic-changed-that/

Coronavirus Tu 5 26 20

College wait lists used to be where dreams died. The pandemic changed that
By Deirdre Fernandes Globe Staff, Updated May 25, 2020

MINNEAPOLIS
Minneapolis police, protesters clash almost 24 hours after George Floyd's death in custody
Protesters gathered at Chicago Ave. and East 38 th Street in South Minneapolis after the death of George Floyd.
Photo Gallery - Outrage after death of man who died in Minneapolis police custody

By LIBOR JANY , STAR TRIBUNE
May 27, 2020 - 12:55 PM

Four Minneapolis police officers were fired Tuesday after the detention and death of 46-year-old George Floyd — a scene that unfolded in a Facebook video showing a white officer kneeling on Floyd’s neck as he pleaded with police, “I can’t breathe.”

https://m.startribune.com/four-minneapolis-police-officers-fired-after-man-dies-video-shows-officer-kneeling-on-neck/570763352/

MINNEAPOLIS
What we know about Derek Chauvin and Tou Thao, two of the officers caught on tape in the death of George Floyd
Video filed by a bystander shows a Minneapolis police officer identified as Derek Chauvin with his knee on the neck of George Floyd. Floyd later died.Video filed by a bystander shows a Minneapolis police officer identified as Derek Chauvin with his knee on the neck of George Floyd. Floyd later died.

By ANDY MANNIX , STAR TRIBUNE
May 26, 2020 - 11:25 PM

The Minneapolis police officer shown on video kneeling on George Floyd’s neck as Floyd pleaded for help, along with another officer who stood by and watched, have both been involved in use-of-force incidents over their careers.

https://m.startribune.com/what-we-know-about-derek-chauvin-and-tou-thao-two-of-the-officers-caught-on-tape-in-the-death-of-george-floyd/570777632/

WORLD
Sweden steadfast in strategy as virus toll continues rising
People enjoyed the sunny weather in the garden cafe at Djurgarden in Stockholm, Sweden, on Tuesday May 26, 2020.People enjoyed the sunny weather in the garden cafe at Djurgarden in Stockholm, Sweden, on Tuesday May 26, 2020.
— Anders Wiklund, TT via AP

By DAVID KEYTON , ASSOCIATED PRESS
May 26, 2020 - 1:02 PM

STOCKHOLM — Sweden's government defended its response to the COVID-19 global pandemic on Tuesday despite the Scandinavian country now reporting one of the highest mortality rates in the world with 4,125 fatalities, or about 40 deaths per 100,000 people.

https://m.startribune.com/sweden-steadfast-in-strategy-as-virus-toll-continues-rising/570769102/

FOREIGN COUNTRIES
CORONA AID FUND
How Chancellor Kurz Merkel is helping with the billion dollar poker game
Published on May 27, 2020 | Reading time: 5 minutes
By Tobias Kaiser , Christoph B. Schiltz

https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article208383587/Corona-Hilfsfonds-Wie-Kanzler-Kurz-Merkel-beim-Milliardenpoker-hilft.html

Hundreds of complaints but zero citations for Houston bars, restaurants violating capacity rules
Jasper Scherer and Zach D

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Hundreds-of-complaints-but-zero-citations-for-15296282.php

English is a good language, but at the current time it makes it a national language, says Professor Janne Saarikivi. Photo: EMILIA ANUNDI / HS

English eats Finnish
English threatens languages everywhere, but in humble Finland the situation is particularly bad, says Janne Saarikivi, professor of fennougristics.

Juha Merimaa
Published: May 27 2:00 AM , Updated May 27 8:53
THE FRONT OF THE T-SHIRT reads Dadman. The font follows the Batman logo. For the father of two small children, the pun is appropriate, but its language is surprising. Janne Saarikivi, Professor of Fennougristics at the University of Helsinki, is one of Finland's best-known critics of everyday English.

https://www.hs.fi/tiede/art-2000006507424.html

India News / From loud music, to beating utensils and spraying: How farmers are dealing with locust attack
From loud music, to beating utensils and spraying: How farmers are dealing with locust attack
Government officials and farm experts said desert locusts have engulfed around 35,000 hectares in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh since entering India on April 11.
INDIA Updated: May 27, 2020 09:25 IST
hindustantimes.com | Edited by Meenakshi Ray
hindustantimes.com | Edited by Meenakshi Ray
New Delhi, Delhi

https://m.hindustantimes.com/india-news/from-loud-music-to-beating-utensils-and-spraying-how-farmers-are-dealing-with-locust-attack/story-yxyZU5BqHrnPKtJ0OXcTPN.html

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Coronavirus M 5 25 20

Still these news' reports ... why beyond virus?

How the corona virus spreads despite distance and hygiene rules
https://www.welt.de/gesundheit/plus208274811/Aerosole-Wie-sich-das-Coronavirus-durch-die-Luft-verbreitet.html

What flight passengers have to be prepared for because of Covid-19
The airlines will soon start operating again. What can passengers expect? Wearing a protective mask is only one of several requirements.

Werner Enz
11 comments
May 25, 2020

https://www.nzz.ch/wirtschaft/worauf-sich-der-flugpassagier-wegen-covid-19-gefasst-machen-muss-ld.1557601

Philosopher on the meaning of touch: "The body as a soul"
The French philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy speaks about the sense of touch and contact restrictions during corona times.
https://taz.de/Philosoph-ueber-den-Sinn-der-Beruehrung/!5687500/

Thüringens Vorstoß bei Corona-Öffnungen: Als Signal fatal
Bodo Ramelow wollte sich mit radikalen Lockerungen vor den Landtagswahlen 2021 profilieren. Das war unklug von Thüringens Ministerpräsidenten.
https://taz.de/Thueringens-Vorstoss-bei-Corona-Oeffnungen/!5684950/

The CDU is again a Merkel party
Thomas Sebastian Vitzthum
By

https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/plus208312989/Rueckwaertsgang-Die-CDU-ist-wieder-Merkel-Partei.html

Minnesota Poll: Gov. Tim Walz's approval ratings grow amid coronavirus response
https://m.startribune.com/poll-walz-s-approval-ratings-grow-in-crisis/570709222/

Unesco: Seven Norwegian wonders you must visit this summer
https://www.aftenposten.no/reise/i/6jbdjo/Unesco-Syv-norske-vidundre-du-ma-besoke-i-sommer

Greta Thunberg's organization accuses Finland of double standards over opening of coal-fired power plant
https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/news-in-brief/17696-greta-thunberg-s-organization-accuses-finland-of-double-standards-over-opening-of-coal-fired-power-plant.html

Brussels’ Response to a COVID-19 Recovery
https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/columns/columns/viewpoint/17705-brussels-response-to-a-covid-19-recovery.html

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http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2020/06/what-ive-been-watching.html

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SUNDAY, JUNE 07, 2020

What I've been watching

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranunculus_alismifolius

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ranunculus_species

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_genera_of_flowering_plants

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What I've been reading this week through Sunday, 6/7/20

and also much from Twitter, and see, for example (esp. re-Tweets):

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/
https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/
https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod/
https://twitter.com/WUaSPress/
https://twitter.com/HarbinBook/
https://twitter.com/TheOpenBand/

Coronavirus Su 6/7/20 + BlackLivesMatter

Photo: Lee Moo-ryul / Newsis / AP
So, super-proliferation can affect the pandemic
When a person infects many - super-proliferation events can become an important factor in combating the outbreak.
https://www.dn.se/nyheter/vetenskap/nar-fa-smittar-manga-sa-kan-superspridning-paverka-pandemin/

Photo: Magnus Hallgren
Carlson on the claim: "It's almost pathetic"
The Director General of Public Health says Tegnell has his full confidence.
https://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/johan-carlson-om-krav-pa-tegnells-avgang-det-ar-narmast-patetiskt/

Photo: Johan Nilsson / TT
DN DEBATE 7/6 EXTRA
26 researchers: "Relatives of the sick must be quarantined"
The government's environmental investment in coronate tests and infection detection can be wasted unless relatives of the sick are quarantined.
https://www.dn.se/debatt/26-forskare-anhoriga-till-sjuka-maste-sattas-i-karantan/

Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
UK coronavirus live: no new Covid-19 deaths recorded in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Senior NHS figures warn Boris Johnson to plan for second wave; infection rate could be increasing in some areas, including north-west England

UK failure to lock down earlier cost many lives, top scientist says
Prime minister told to dump rhetoric and plan for new Covid wave
Black Lives Matter protests risk
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2020/jun/07/uk-coronavirus-live-matt-hancock-health-chiefs-debate-lockdown-easing-covid-19-latest-updates

NEUROPSYCHIATRIST VIA COVID-19
"The youth will be ruined for the next twenty or thirty years"
As of: 8:45 a.m
NEUROPSYCHIATER ÜBER COVID-19
„Die Jugend wird die nächsten zwanzig, dreißig Jahre ruiniert sein“
https://www.welt.de/kultur/plus209027291/Boris-Cyrulnik-ueber-Covid-19-Ein-isoliertes-Gehirn-erlischt.html

Minnesota's online schools attract interest amid pandemic
State concerned about online charter schools' math scores.

CORONAVIRUS
Minnesota's online schools attract interest amid pandemic
Julez Wagner was photographed in St. Louis Park, Minn., on Wednesday, June 3, 2020. This week she graduated high school from BlueSky Online where she Julez Wagner was photographed in St. Louis Park, Minn., on Wednesday, June 3, 2020. This week she graduated high school from BlueSky Online where she was able to focus on her art, music and poetry. She plans to move to New Mexico with her boyfriend and do online college at Maharishi International University as...
— Renee Jones Schneider, Star Tribune
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By ANTHONY LONETREE AND MARYJO WEBSTER , STAR TRIBUNE

June 06, 2020 - 7:13 PM

Julez Wagner escaped bullying and her disenchantment with Edina Public Schools to make her way to graduation day by studying virtually at BlueSky Online.

In St. Paul, Isabelle Fowler, a fiercely independent fifth-grader, moved to online learning, too, via Minnesota Connections Academy (MNCA) so she could train and compete as a figure skater.
https://m.startribune.com/minnesota-s-online-schools-attract-interest-amid-pandemic/571076352/

We grow up a generation of civil servants and employees
https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article209106411/Deutschland-zuechtet-sich-eine-Generation-der-Beamten-heran.html

"If you get infected on vacation, you cannot assume that we will bring him back"
https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article209114297/Heiko-Maas-Wer-sich-im-Urlaub-infiziert-kann-nicht-davon-ausgehen-dass-wir-ihn-zurueckbringen.html

Das Verhältnis Deutschland–USA? „Es ist kompliziert“, sagt Maas
https://www.welt.de/politik/article209095943/Heiko-Maas-Das-Verhaeltnis-Deutschland-USA-Es-ist-kompliziert.html

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) marches with protesters. (Michelle Boorstein/The Post)
Earlier, President Trump tweeted that he has ordered National Guard troops to begin the process of withdrawing from the capital.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/06/07/dc-protests-sunday-george-floyd/

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After the Madness—Pandemic Silver Linings in Bioscience
Will the frenzied rush to understand and treat SARS-CoV-2 bring longer lasting benefit to the world of scientific research and medicine?

By David Ewing Duncan
Illustration by Kelsey Wroten

https://neo.life/2020/06/after-the-madness-pandemic-silver-linings-in-bioscience/

Jimmie Åkesson thinks Sweden's state epidemiologist must go
https://www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/pL54lE/Direktestudio-Koronaviruset

It is not the police who give permission for demonstrations, it is the Constitution
https://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/debatt/i/K3o3EX/hvorfor-tillot-politiet-enorme-brudd-paa-smittevernreglene-janne-haaland-matlary?

Deepak, the hippies and the signs of fate
Netflix documentary on psychotropic drugs gives voice to Deepak Chopra, whose lessons are, at the time of deconfinement, essential
https://www.letemps.ch/opinions/deepak-hippies-signes-destin

Judge rules Interior Department decision on Mashpee Wampanoag violates law
A US District Court judge has ordered the federal Department of the Interior to reconsider its 2018 decision that threatened the status of the Mashpee Wampanoag, writing that the agency didn’t follow its own legal guidance in making that determination.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/06/metro/judge-rules-interior-department-decision-mashpee-wampanoag-violates-law/

Child care owners say new regulations will hike parents’ fees, put them out of business
Early educators say the socially distant classrooms they’re being told to reopen will be far more costly to operate, less welcoming to youngsters, and perhaps completely unworkable.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/05/metro/child-care-owners-say-new-regulations-will-hike-parents-fees-put-them-out-business/

CORONAVIRUS
Minnesota deaths up 22, to 1,170, in COVID-19 pandemic
Certified medical assistant Scott Bodin administered a COVID-19 test at the Min No Aya Win clinic in Cloquet, Minn., last month.
https://m.startribune.com/minnesota-virus-deaths-rise-22-cases-up-521/571073662/

THOMAS MAYER, PETRA STUIBER
Pros and cons: Can there be a second lockdown?
The crisis taught discipline and patience
Thomas Mayer, Petra Stuiber
June 6, 2020, 6:00 p.m. 761 posts
https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000117922248/pro-und-kontra-darf-es-einen-zweiten-lockdown-geben

Brazil: The government "downloaded" the page where the cases and deaths from COVID-19 were recorded
https://www.kathimerini.gr/1081775/article/epikairothta/kosmos/vrazilia-h-kyvernhsh-katevase-th-selida-opoy-katagrafontan-ta-kroysmata-kai-oi-8anatoi-apo-covid-19

It's not over': COVID-19 cases rise in some nations easing lockdowns: WHO
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-who-virus/its-not-over-covid-19-cases-rise-in-some-nations-easing-lockdowns-who-idUSKBN23C1BZ

The Dogs of Chernobyl: Are virtual tours the future of tourism?
WHY WE WROTE THIS
Across industries, the coronavirus is inspiring innovation. In tourism, some operators are shifting from physical to virtual tours and using the opportunity to bring attention to noteworthy causes.
https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2020/0605/The-Dogs-of-Chernobyl-Are-virtual-tours-the-future-of-tourism

Rural communities in Latin America face the advance of the coronavirus
https://elpais.com/sociedad/2020-06-06/las-comunidades-rurales-en-america-latina-se-enfrentan-al-avance-del-coronavirus.html

The Uruguayan example
MARIO VARGAS LLOSA
The South American country has efficiently fought against the pandemic. The attitude of its president, Luis Lacalle Pou, appealing to the responsibility of its citizens has had a lot to do
https://elpais.com/opinion/2020-06-06/el-ejemplo-uruguayo.html

Egypt
Treating patients with coronavirus
Minister of Health and Population Hala Zayed has announced a new medical protocol for treating Covid-19 patients
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/50/1201/370397/AlAhram-Weekly/Egypt/Treating-patients-with-coronavirus-.aspx

Thousands gather to pay their respects at George Floyd memorial
FEATURED
Nicola Sturgeon ‘hugely anxious’ about Covid-19 impact on poorest young people
https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/nicola-sturgeon-hugely-anxious-about-covid-19-impact-poorest-young-people-attainment-gap-analysis-suspended-2876053

Bay Area health officials brace for spike in coronavirus cases
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Protesters-and-coronavirus-Bay-Area-health-15320949.php

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Coronavirus Th 6/4/20 + BlackLivesMatter

Multnomah County applies for Phase 1 easing of coronavirus stay-home order
https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/06/multnomah-county-applies-for-phase-1-easing-of-coronavirus-stay-home-order.html

The pandemic is still gathering pace in most of the world
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2020/06/04/the-pandemic-is-still-gathering-pace-in-most-of-the-world

Vier weitere Freibäder öffnen in Berlin
Wegen der Maßnahmen gegen die Corona-Pandemie sind die Freibäder tagsüber nicht durchgehend geöffnet. Besucher müssen sich vorab für bestimmte Zeitfenster anmelden.
Four other outdoor pools open in Berlin
Due to the measures against the corona pandemic, the outdoor pools are not open all day. Visitors have to register in advance for certain time slots.
https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metropole/vier-weitere-freibaeder-oeffnen-in-berlin-li.86176

Water resistant mask "pool mask man" developed by swimming coach (provided by Rockinpool)
Theme Special Feature New Coronavirus
Birth of transparent masks for pools Orders flooded even when swimming
https://www.asahi.com/sp/articles/ASN663PXJN5XUTIL01Q.html

CORONAVIRUS
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz loosening restrictions on restaurants, salons, gyms, pools June 10
https://m.startribune.com/walz-loosening-restrictions-on-restaurants-salons-gyms-pools-june-10/571048092/

California gives mask manufacturer more time on $1 billion coronavirus contract
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article243317556.html
https://account.sacbee.com/paywall/registration?resume=243317556

Gov. Abbott cited bad data as he lowered COVID-19 restrictions

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/In-easing-COVID-19-restrictions-Gov-Abbott-15321107.php

Göttingen:
Hunderte Kinder kommen in häusliche Quarantäne
39 Schülerinnen und Schüler waren bei einem Fest, auf dem sich das Coronavirus in Göttingen verbreiten konnte. Alle betroffenen Klassen sollen zwei Wochen in Quarantäne.
Hundreds of children are quarantined at home
39 students attended a festival where the coronavirus could spread in Göttingen. All affected classes should be quarantined for two weeks.
June 5, 2020, 4:06 p.m.
https://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/zeitgeschehen/2020-06/goettingen-coronavirus-ausbruch-schulkinder-quarantaene-schule

Corona in Deutschland: Zahlreiche Schulkinder müssen in Quarantäne
Corona in Germany: Many schoolchildren have to be quarantined
https://www.fr.de/panorama/corona-coronavirus-deutschland-rki-reproduktionszahl-fallzahlen-zr-13762762.html

Addressing pre-Covid issues to be crucial for India’s recovery
Any modern economy is a giant market. Everybody is a buyer or a seller. Workers sell their labour, businesses their products and services. Essential and non-essential spending decisions
https://m.hindustantimes.com/india-news/addressing-pre-covid-issues-to-be-crucial-for-india-s-recovery/story-KA18SAGU9Uvt0X4pCqAi6H.html

Another classic from the Peto-Slight-Collins et al lineage. This straightforward prose is much needed to clearly & constructively state the issues.
@fda @ctti @pcornet The Magic of Randomization versus the Myth of Real-World Evidence | NEJM

Another classic from the Peto-Slight-Collins et al lineage. This straightforward prose is much needed to clearly & constructively state the issues. @fda @ctti @pcornet The Magic of Randomization versus the Myth of Real-World Evidence | NEJM https://t.co/fD1QuCLxPH
— Robert M Califf (@califf001) February 12, 2020

https://twitter.com/califf001/status/1227729749843136512?s=20

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Trying to our part. Much at stake in all of us working together to get through the pandemic.

https://twitter.com/califf001/status/1239284860943872000?s=20

More on work at Google/Alphabet. Please use the information--its reliable. COVID-19: How we’re continuing to help @google

https://twitter.com/califf001/status/1239288333013938176?s=20

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Working with the governor's office to screen for Covid 19. @verilylifesci

https://twitter.com/califf001/status/1241179487972159488?s=20

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Thanks to the many volunteers who have made this possible. Especially thinking of front line first responders and health care workers tonight.

https://twitter.com/califf001/status/1243366848701149185?s=20

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This--should be disseminated far and wide. What if I Need to Go on a Ventilator?

https://twitter.com/califf001/status/1243585094347964416?s=20

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Hope many people watch this. Down to earth discussion of major issues.

https://twitter.com/califf001/status/1243655961589342208?s=20

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Information for testing for Covid-19.

Information for testing for Covid-19. https://t.co/5pbZ6Y1o5b">https://t.co/5pbZ6Y1o5b

</p>— Robert M Califf (@califf001) https://twitter.com/califf001/status/1246497671625367552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 4, 2020
https://twitter.com/califf001/status/1246497671625367552?s=20

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An update on community testing with the state of California.

https://twitter.com/califf001/status/1247929957868638209?s=20

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important collaboration in this complex world in crisis.

https://twitter.com/califf001/status/1248662107052109825?s=20

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Google banned an indie developer’s contact tracing app from its Play Store for appearing to “profit from a tragic event” by incorporating ads from Google’s own advertising network.

The company continued serving ads in the iPhone version of the app.
https://twitter.com/kpoulsen/status/1268925785873641472?s=20

https://twitter.com/TheOpenBand/status/1235357771744169985?s=20

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While US economy shut down massively in past 6 months due to #NovelCoronavirus #COVID19, methinks #VirtualEconomy has begun massively too #ActualVirtual #PhysicalDigital #RealisticVirtualEarthForEconomics & with Harvard, MIT, Stanford & Cambridge going online, WUaS Benefits Big

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1268951562417659905?s=20
https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1268951744265900032?s=20
https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod/status/1268952349793349633?s=20

https://twitter.com/WSJ/status/1252657024128765954?s=20

https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/status/1268951885785923585?s=20

Diff WSJ pic
While US economy shut down massively in past 6 months due to #NovelCoronavirus #COVID19, methinks #VirtualEconomy has begun massively too #ActualVirtual #PhysicalDigital #RealisticVirtualEarthForEconomics & with Harvard, MIT, Stanford & Cambridge going online, WUaS Benefits Big
https://twitter.com/TheOpenBand/status/1268953068491563014?s=20
https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/status/1268954011748597760?s=20
https://twitter.com/WSJ/status/1268326038968373251?s=20
https://twitter.com/WUaSPress/status/1268955215694159873?s=20

https://twitter.com/WSJ/status/1268326038968373251?s=20

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Coronavirus Th 6/4/20 + BlackLivesMatter

Corona app:
With the cell phone against the pandemic
Germany gets a "Corona warning app". Do such programs already work elsewhere?
By Thomas Fischermann , Ricarda Richter , Katharin Tai and Jens Tönnesmann
June 3, 2020, 4:
https://www.zeit.de/2020/24/corona-app-kontakt-tracking-tracing-software-asien

Global Drug Survey:
Alcohol from boredom
What is the corona crisis doing to people for whom alcohol, MDMA and other drugs are commonplace? First results of the world's largest drug survey show a change
https://www.zeit.de/wissen/2020-06/global-drug-survey-corona-krise-alkoholkonsum-psychische-gesundheit-drogenumfrage

Kareem

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a social conscience since the ’60s, remains an important voice today
By Dan Shaughnessy Globe Columnist,Updated June 4, 2020
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/04/sports/kareem-abdul-jabbar-social-conscience-since-60s-remains-an-important-voice-today/

George Floyd, America stops for funerals. Thousands in Minneapolis, live TV in the USA. 'Had Covid, but died of pandemic of racism'
https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2020/06/04/george-floyd-lamerica-si-ferma-per-i-funerali-migliaia-a-minneapolis-diretta-tv-in-tutti-gli-usa-aveva-il-covid-ma-e-morto-per-pandemia-di-razzismo/5824864/

The franc has passed the coronavirus wave
After three months of strong upward pressure, the Swiss currency fell against a euro which benefits from renewed investor optimism, still fueled on Thursday by the ECB
https://www.letemps.ch/economie/franc-passe-vague-coronavirus

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Coronavirus W 6/3/20 + BlackLivesMatter

March on Commons

Thousands attend peaceful ‘Justice for George Floyd’ rally on Boston Common to protest police brutality
By David Abel, Danny McDonald and Hanna Krueger Globe Staff,Updated June 3, 2020

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/03/metro/protesters-march-framingham-rally-planned-boston-common/

Phase 2

As coronavirus cases gradually decline, Mass. is on the verge of opening up more of its economy, Baker says
By Tim Logan, Travis Andersen and Jaclyn Reiss Globe Staff,Updated June 3, 202
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/03/metro/baker-calls-empathy-not-hostility-wake-george-floyd-killing-details-states-continued-coronavirus-response/

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Coronavirus Tu 6/2/20 + BlackLivesFirst

Fauci ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ About Coronavirus Vaccine
Several vaccine candidates could be ready at once, NIAID director told WSJ Tech Health conference
https://www.wsj.com/articles/fauci-cautiously-optimistic-about-coronavirus-vaccine-11591132326

Officials from the Chinese health authorities in protective suits measure the body temperature of the passengers on the special flight from Frankfurt to China. There was a corona infection on the flight.© picture alliance / Andreas Landwehr / dpa

06/05/20 07:39

Corona infected person on Lufthansa flight with 200 passengers to China on board - despite test
Ines Albertiby Ines Alberti
It is Lufthansa’s first flight to China after the lockdown. Now there is certainty: A man on board was infected with the corona virus - despite the test.

https://www.fr.de/frankfurt/lufthansa-org27390/flughafen-frankfurt-corona-china-lufthansa-flug-passagier-infiziert-zr-13782861.html

„Infektionshygienische Katastrophe“
Stand: 02.06.2020 | Lesedauer: 6 Minuten
Ulrich Exner
Von Ulrich Exner
https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/plus208804025/Corona-Regelverstoesse-Infektionshygienische-Katastrophe.html

Testing is more important when Sweden enters the next phase
https://www.dn.se/nyheter/testningen-viktigare-nar-sverige-gar-in-i-nasta-fas/

Number of reproductions:
R value in Berlin rises to 1.95: A Corona traffic light is red again
The number of reproductions in Berlin exceeded 1.2 for the third day in a row. The number of new infections is increasing again. Kalayci sees a turnaround.
02/06/2020
https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metropole/r-wert-steigt-in-berlin-auf-195-corona-ampel-steht-erneut-auf-rot-li.85585

Corona episodes:
Mental illness as the third wave of the pandemic?
The worldwide online survey COH-FIT, in which everyone can participate, is intended to clarify how Corona and the lockdowns affect body and soul. Study director Christoph Correll from Charité Berlin fears that depression, addiction and suicide attempts will increase.
https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/gesundheit-oekologie/corona-folgen-psychische-erkrankungen-als-dritte-welle-der-pandemie-li.85263

Greater risk of a second wave in Västra Götaland
SwedenIn parts of the country, the corona pandemic is now in decline, but Västra Götaland is probably still early in the pandemic. But whether there will be a peak is unclear.
- There is a greater risk of a second wave, but it depends on how well you can control the spread of infection, says Karin Tegmark Wisell at the Public Health Authority.
https://www.gp.se/nyheter/sverige/större-risk-för-en-andra-våg-i-västra-götaland-1.28740207

Pic
Olli Saastamoinen, Development Director of R-Collection, believes that the use of masks can still become more common and normalized in Finland. Photo: JUHA METSO

Masks for us
Dozens of Finnish textile companies manufacture fabric folk masks, although no recommendation has been given for their use.
Laura Kukkonen HS
https://www.hs.fi/talous/art-2000006527848.html

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Coronavirus M 6/1/20 + George Floyd

CORONAVIRUS
State recommends COVID-19 tests for Minnesota protesters
https://m.startribune.com/state-recommends-covid-19-tests-for-minnesota-protesters/570932552/

PANDEMIC
Corona crisis in the US a "national trauma": 100,000 dead and 40 million unemployed
All authors
https://www.fr.de/politik/corona-krise-usa-donald-trump-fallzahlen-statistik-virus-zr-13763104.html

Corona in Germany: Reproduction number continues to increase - now 68 cases in Göttingen
https://www.fr.de/panorama/corona-coronavirus-rki-zahlen-frankfurt-deutschland-kinderkrankheit-pims-autoimmun-zr-13762762.html

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This week’s highlighted event video is "Domestic Sex Trafficking of Children in Brazil."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEUt-5B9-Pk&t=113s
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Stanford Global Studies Events: Week of June 1, 2020
The SGS weekly events newsletter will be taking a summer hiatus and will return when programming picks up again towards the fall. Until then, have a safe and healthy summer!
Cooking Class: Exploring Northern Iranian Cuisine with Hanif Sadr
Cooking Class: Exploring Northern Iranian Cuisine
Tuesday, June 2, 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
Available via livestream with registration
Speaker: Chef Hanif Sadr
Event Sponsor: Hamid and Christina Moghadam Program in Iranian Studies

Cafecito Quechua
Cafecito Quechua
Thursday, June 4, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Available via livestream with registration
Event Sponsor: Center for Latin American Studies

Mejgan Massoumi
Center for South Asia – Mejgan Massoumi
Podcast
Speaker: Mejgan Massoumi and Lalita du Perron, Stanford University
Event Sponsor: Center for South Asia

Domestic Sex Trafficking of Children in Brazil
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Watch videos of past events from our 14 centers and programs on the Stanford Global Studies YouTube channel.
This week’s highlighted event video is "Domestic Sex Trafficking of Children in Brazil."
Featured Events Across Campus
Seizing the Moment: America's Alliances and the Technology Race
Monday, June 1, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Available via livestream with registration
Speakers: Anja Manuel, Daniel Kliman, and Martijn Rasser, Stanford University

Russia's 2020 Energy Strategy: How the Kremlin's Hydrocarbon Playbook Continues to Challenge Transatlantic Security

Germany wants to mediate between the USA and China

https://www.nzz.ch/international/deutschland-will-zwischen-usa-und-china-vermitteln-ld.1559066

Six Months of Coronavirus: Here’s Some of What We’ve Learned
Much remains unknown and mysterious, but these are some of the things we’re pretty sure of after half a year of this pandemic.
Video
Cinemagraph
https://www.nytimes.com/article/coronavirus-facts-history.html

Demo without a gap:
Giant party on Sunday on the Landwehr Canal
The campaign was called up on the Facebook page "Rebellion of dreamers". Senate administration warns not to jeopardize the corona easing.
June 1st, 2020 - 11:00 am , Florian Thalmann, Elmar Schütze and Anne Brüning
https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metropole/riesen-party-am-sonntag-auf-dem-landwehrkanal-li.85260

Hardly enough cars to see in Pentecostal traffic: "It's quite strange"
Norway
https://www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/6jbOe8/knapt-nok-biler-aa-se-i-pinsetrafikken-det-er-helt-merkelig?

Concerns emerge in Finland after recent jumps in coronavirus infections
https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/17729-concerns-emerge-in-finland-after-recent-jumps-in-coronavirus-infections.html

BU to offer undergrads a fall choice: online or in-person classes
On Monday, BU officials said they would offer this hybrid teaching model for students who can’t make it to campus and to meet social distancing guidelines.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/01/metro/bu-offer-undergrads-fall-choice-online-or-in-person-classes/

Seven states and Washington, D.C., hold primaries Tuesday. The voting will be an early test of how states might attempt to conduct elections if the coronavirus remains a threat through the November general election.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/voting-by-mail-to-face-biggest-test-since-pandemic-started-11591003801

Trump’s inability to speak convincingly to anyone but his base is a unique liability in the moment
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/06/01/trumps-inability-speak-convincingly-anyone-his-base-is-unique-liability-moment/

Trump declares he's president of law, order amid protests
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/article/Trump-took-shelter-in-White-House-bunker-as-15307384.php

Ten covid-19 vaccines are being tested on humans - here are the obstacles
https://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/tio-covid-19-vaccin-testas-pa-manniskor-har-ar-hindren/

Baker says camps, child care can reopen during phase two of reopening
Summer camps and child care facilities can open in Massachusetts during Phase 2 of the state’s gradual reopening of the economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Charlie Baker said Monday.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/01/metro/baker-says-camps-childcare-can-reopen-during-phase-2-reopening-amid-coronavirus-pandemic/

Black-owned Boston marijuana store looted in what owners call a ‘targeted’ attack amid protests
Pure Oasis in Grove Hall, which was just allowed to reopen a week ago because of coronavirus restrictions, was hit by looters who grabbed thousands of cannabis products.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/01/marijuana/black-owned-boston-marijuana-store-looted-what-owners-call-targeted-attack-amid-protests/

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SUNDAY, JUNE 07, 2020

What I've been watching

http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2020/06/what-ive-been-watching.html

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranunculus_amplexicaulis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ranunculus_species

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_genera_of_flowering_plants

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Bagpiping - what is expressiveness? - Yo Yo Ma: what is expressiveness? & per

7 Practice expressively.
Be serious – invest yourself expressively.
- http://scottmacleod.com/GuidelinesPracticingMusicalInstrument.htm -

Cool. I noticed that the SFUPB's pipe major is not only a piper but a practicing lawyer, and which is a first for me (that a lawyer is the PM of a Grade 1 band - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Fraser_University_Pipe_Band) - and perhaps relevant to said notoriety (??). I've noticed that pipe bands can be a little like sports' teams regarding attracting talent too, more than symphony orchestras, for example. I think SFUPB may have won the Worlds more than once, too. The "Borg" - interesting (Terry and Jack Lee seem smart to me, and potentially Alan Bevan as well - another Celtic knot language name, Welsh, I read:. I think there are 6 Celtic knot languages).

Do Scottish piping competitions inform creativity and expressivity? For me, Gordon Duncan, and Stuart Liddell are some of the most expressive greatest pipers. Jack Lee, and Connor Sinclair are greats as well. I think Grade 1 pipe bands are more expressive than other pipe bands, and their pipers play more expressively too than others, but the team aspect may also limit kinds of expressivity (to my ear) - which Gordon Duncan seemed to find a way free from.

And with the Scottish small pipes, for me, there's a kind of freedom to explore, thinking-wise, too.

Some thinking about expressivity in Scottish small piping (putting some of this in terms of my own learning, rather than someone learning from me):

7 Practice expressively.
Be serious – invest yourself expressively.

Playing expressively re these Guidelines for practicing - http://scottmacleod.com/GuidelinesPracticingMusicalInstrument.htm ... I think Stuart LIddell does it best in the 2010 videos (- and in another video, a MC says about Stuart's music, that 'musicality' pours from him, or similar) ... But how to put Stuart's piping expressiveness in words? When I play for myself, and think I'm playing expressively, but then talk with a teacher of mine (eg Connor Sinclair), I can learn how to play even more expressively, partly thanks to hearing him, and Stuart play, for example, but also especially hearing Connor's words. How to put further in words wildly beautiful expressivity in SSP playing, way beyond Stuart Liddell's playing? (Learning Stuart's expressivity is a starting place).

But then I ask myself, out of the box, how to bring out the further expressivity of very lyrical tunes (to my ear)? ... And I'm also, on this "Honey in the Bag" SSP folk album I'm creating (where in folk-ness there is a kind of freedom, and also in the Ceol Beag, piping's light music, compared with Ceol Mor, or Piobaireachd, the classical music) ... But I'm seeking further a kind of, metaphorically, Grateful Dead jamming freedom inspiration (sound), - exploring on the SSP into my own sound, and by playing daily 'from the inside' ... Metronome is a benefit for me (and re the recording I made last night, inspired by Jack Lee - but seeking now to do so with a blinking light on a metronome, and not a sound) ... and re Grateful Dead in these regards I wonder if the GD brought in a 2nd drummer (Bill Kreutzman in ~ '65, and Mickey Hart in ~ '67) for the very reason of staying on the beat, and re the tune 'Fire on the Mountain' too where the words go "It takes all you got just to stay on the beat" ...

Fire on the Mountain ☮ Grateful Dead, 1978 (Winterland)

https://youtu.be/oS0Yra3Pt8c

Are loose trousers - Sean Trubhas (in Scots' Gaelic, per the dance tune) - easier to dance in than stiff wool or other stiff Scots' textile for trews 100 or 200 years ago? :)

Musical cheers, Scott

(Seeking to add an exploration of consciousness here, and how awareness shifts could change learning to play the Scottish small pipes in a different way, but ran out of space to add the 'consciousness' label :)

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Hi Taylor,

As you play 'Scotland the Brave' this week, explore playing with Stuart Liddell with your practice chanter in B flat mixolydian. I think it's at the end of the 4th out of 8:

Stuart Liddell - Lunchtime Recital 2010: 4 of 8

https://youtu.be/e7zvKbl1R54

It begins about 6:10. Occasionally exploring being a 'robot' idea can be an interesting way to work with the building blocks of tunes and doublings etc.

( See, too, again, for 'fingers independent from one another':

Stuart Liddell - Lunchtime Recital 2010: 3 of 8 at Piping Live in Glasgow

https://youtu.be/pQEJf5XZPL8)

Thank you, Scott

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I just noticed that Stuart begins this with "My Home"

Stuart Liddell - Lunchtime Recital 2010: 3 of 8 at Piping Live in Glasgow
https://youtu.be/pQEJf5XZPL8)

I find it really beautiful, and measured as well,

Cheers, Scott

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Hi Taylor,

Would you and April like to explore learning Scottish Country Dancing this summer, if it starts up again? It would meet in the Mission at about 22nd and Valencia (at Polish Hall), - and so that if you decide to explore Scottish small piping this autumn in Open Band (if it starts up again too), in Berkeley, she could dance (in the 'intermediate' class) and you could play, thus coming over together. (Nice to see her in passing during our lesson, but I never get the opportunity to say hi - please say hi for me, and happy belated birthday again too!:)

Cheers,
Scott
- https://twitter.com/TheOpenBand

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Scott MacLeod
Fri, Jun 5, 7:38 PM (8 days ago)
to Taylor

It will likely meet on Thursday evenings in SF (if it starts up again), and Open Band is on Monday's ...

Cheers, Scott

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Taylor Warren
Fri, Jun 5, 10:22 PM (8 days ago)
to me

We'll see! What time are the both the classes and Open Session? We both have somewhat early bedtimes on weekdays but we may be able to swing it. Thanks for letting us know! I've been to a few English Country Dance sessions at the Elks Club in Alameda, but I haven't tried SCD yet.

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Hi Taylor,

Monday SCD goes from 8-10 at St. Clement's in Berkeley - and specifically with Open Band, and with Scottish small piping potential.

I think Thursday's SCD in SF goes from 7;30-9:30 with possibly a lesson before hand, or from 8-10 with a lesson before hand (which can be loose, depending on interest), but SCD lessons are part of the structure of this SCD dancing ...

Both have live music, and a SCD teacher ...

Here are some SCD pics -

We'd like to thank all our #volunteers for the great work they do throughout the year. Even in these difficult times, our dedicated volunteers are still keeping the Society running & dancers entertained, even though we cannot meet socially. https://t.co/NRu7E3DhDt #VolunteersWeek pic.twitter.com/J0k73EX6bK
— RSCDS Dance Scottish (@rscdsdancescot) June 5, 2020

https://twitter.com/rscdsdancescot/status/1268826988401303553?s=20
RSCDS Edinburgh @dancingforth
Thank you to all our amazing volunteers. We couldn't exist without youClapping hands signSmiling face with open mouth and tightly-closed eyes #VolunteersWeek #VolunteersWeek2020 #DanceScottishAtHome #Scottishcountrydancing #Edinburgh
https://twitter.com/dancingforth/status/1269198370440187904?s=20

English Country Dancing is fun too, and is good exercise as well, with a little less of a learning curve I think ... and there's some around the Bay Area ... but possibly with less Scottish small piping music-making opportunities. (I'm an appreciator of Contra Dance in big ways too ... with my dancing in them ebbing and flowing, depending:).

Scottish and Contra are most fun in terms of elation-potential + :)

Check out websites for all of the above. I think you'd both enjoy learning SCD in SF this summer if it happens.

Scott
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Hi Taylor,

Was just piping now, and was thinking:

to invite you to check out the text in the College of Piping (CoP) Blue Tutor, as well as the CD (if you have one) ... as we go, since it's easier than in hindsight ... (the CoP Green Tutor too).

And as I was playing slow airs, and getting ready to record a bit toward my upcoming ("Honey in the Bag") album, I was appreciating how it's somehow easier to hear one's drones (and for tuning, and even playing the middle drone in E) when playing slow airs, than when playing faster tunes;

Was also thinking how it's possible to explore dot cuts in slow airs - comparatively regarding more 'open' (or rounded, straight or even) ways playing of them, vis-a-vis more 'musical' (a word a piping teacher of mine has used for dot cuts played perhaps in a Scottish vein), or 3:1 ... my way of describing this timing ... way of playing them, than in faster tunes.

But finding the pulse of the tunes for oneself (and exploring new tunes in sheet music too in general), and getting into the playing can be a way of transcending the technique-y thinking above :)

Just some friendly ideas for Scottish small piping on a Sunday ... :)

Musical cheers,
Scott

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Hi Taylor,

"America the Beautiful" begins this set, with some other amazing tunes and piping following (including a AC/DC number aka Gordon Duncan's "Thunderstruck") -
2019-01-19: MHAF WinterStorm: Stuart Liddell

https://youtu.be/nrnMK61Uy6s
- if you'd like to explore riffing with Stuart, for fun, and re innovation

Am just putting in my SSP B flat chanter to see what I can learn anew in playing with Stuart here -

"My Home" which begins this -
Stuart Liddell - Lunchtime Recital 2010: 3 of 8 at Piping Live in Glasgow
https://youtu.be/pQEJf5XZPL8 - and -

"Scottland the Brave" beginning about 6:10 -
Stuart Liddell - Lunchtime Recital 2010: 4 of 8
https://youtu.be/e7zvKbl1R54

Musical cheers,
Scott

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Scott MacLeod
Sun, Jun 7, 3:16 PM (6 days ago)
to Taylor

Just had a second listen, and Stuart doesn't play Thunderstruck here -

2019-01-19: MHAF WinterStorm: Stuart Liddell
https://youtu.be/nrnMK61Uy6s

- and it must have been in the previous video I saw of him; I'll share when I re-find :)

Fun here to play with all 3 of these tunes with my B flat chanter ... am holding my long notes even longer in "My Home" for one, as a consequence.

Scott

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Hi Taylor,

Here are 2 version of the highland dance tune, Sean Triubhas ,(which means 'old trousers' in Scots Gaelic), played on the GHB with dancers.

Scottish Highland Dancing: Seann Triubhas

https://youtu.be/22qjzuum-tQ

Cowal 2014 - Marielle Lesperance (Adult winner) Sean Triubhas

https://youtu.be/Xe8-dL1ifkE

The keys in a 9 note bagpipe chanter are below (per a teacher of mine, Connor Sinclair).

Musical cheers,
Scott

Scottish small pipe and GHB keys all in the A chanter (about 5 keys in 9 notes, I think)

Keys in tunes?

A major

B minor (B flat minor)

C sharp, or F sharp minor

D (key of D)

At a push you’ve got
G (the key of G)

(am exploring these toward my 'Honey in the Bag' album > https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/02/western-honey-bee-re-my-upcoming-honey.html)

a kind of reference for these keys as blog post > https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/pollination-connecting-re-bagpiping.html - with more information about keys in a piping chanter here -

Scottish small pipe and GHB keys all in the A chanter (about 5-6 keys in 9 notes?)
Notes from 19 Feb 2020 lesson video recording with Connor Sinclair

toward > https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/02/western-honey-bee-re-my-upcoming-honey.html

Back to this ideas from Guidelines for - http://scottmacleod.com/GuidelinesPracticingMusicalInstrument.htm

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Scott MacLeod
Thu, Jun 11, 9:34 PM (2 days ago)
to Taylor

'For the love of it' - what a great tune name - is another name for Sean Trubhas :)

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Taylor,

Am appreciating and learning about names of piping tunes, and apparently Killiecrankie may mean a copse of aspens, and may date from at least 1745.

"The name Killiecrankie is derived from the Gaelic root word coille, meaning a wood, coupled with 'crankie,' which refers to aspens; thus the phrase means 'wood of the aspens' (Matthews, 1972)."
https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Killiecrankie_(1)

Old trousers,
(an old pair of hippy jeans, in 'modern' parlance?:),
'For the love of it' - Sean Trubhas :)
Scott

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Taylor,

As a followup on tune names and more, and regarding:

Ghillie Callum -
Ghillie Callum refers to the 'sword dance' these days, and the Sword Dance in Scotland is old! :) ...
"is one of the oldest and most famous traditional Scottish dances"
http://cornemusique.free.fr/ukghilliecallum.php
but also to, with my literal translation, 'guide or lad of Malcolm?'

And here's the beginning of "The Crusaders March" - https://bagpipemusic.com/product/crusaders-march/ - played by the great piper Jack Lee in British Columbia (who basically, I read once on his web site, has had a tape recorder going every time he's practiced for decades, and has thus learned from this, and also created a remarkable library of audio piping music). His brother is another head of the great Simon Fraser University pipe band, and his sons all play the GHB excellently. They're also all somewhat 'west coast' - Hawaii too - as I see this with regards to GHB piping cultures, and yet remarkably traditional. :) (Here's another midi version - https://pipetunes.ca/tunes/crusaders-march-the/).

Just re-found the information about Jack Lee making recordings:

"Jack began recording bagpipe music about 30 years ago as part of his daily practice routine. Along the way he recorded thousands of tunes. He also recorded the entire piobaireachd society collection (all 16 books) as well as numerous other piobaireachds. All recordings are made by Jack on the full highland bagpipe."

https://leeandsonsbagpipes.com/whats-new/
https://leeandsonsbagpipes.com/2018/11/02/lee-and-sons-launches-its-new-tune-library-bapipemusic-com/

Best regards,
Scott

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Scott MacLeod
Fri, Jun 12, 9:36 PM (1 day ago)
to Taylor

I was going to ask you if you play the strathspey Orange & Blue.

I recall blogging about the sword dance, and the somewhat now old Caledonian Games (at Pleasanton CA currently) years ago, and I just found this post from 2009 - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2009/09/prairie-falcon-colorfulness-pageantry.html - and also regarding a kind of related ethnomusicology and ethnography as well. Ah, Ghillie Callum, a tune I like a lot.

What kind of notoriety? I don't know much about them at all. Stuart Liddell played with the SFUPB for 10 years - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Liddell, and that SFUBP has won the Worlds once, and placed 2nd 9 times - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Fraser_University_Pipe_Band. And I just noticed that Burnaby is the 3rd largest city in BC by population.

When did you live in the PNW again? (I lived in Portland OR, from 1979-1987, spending one year in Germany, and a number of months (3.5) hiking (1600-1800 miles of the 2600 mile) the Pacfic Crest Trail over 2 separate years).

Inspired by Jack Lee, I think I may begin to record my practicing - for learning sake especially regarding a kind of feedback loop (of hearing oneself), and toward SSP "Honey in the Bag" album too.

Cheers, Scott

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10 Think for yourself.
Don’t become a robot, but don’t dismiss what you’re taught (http://scottmacleod.com/GuidelinesPracticingMusicalInstrument.htm).

What does it mean for a human to learn technique like this robot (as information technology) - and then to transcend this per Yo Yo too ...

Toyota Basketball Robot 'Cue' -

https://twitter.com/tech_versions/status/1262272998465101825

https://twitter.com/VRodriguezPhD/status/977949458372608000?s=20

These thoughts about piping, and musical expressiveness here - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/helianthus-debilis-bagpiping-what-is.html :)

I'm going to try becoming a robot re learning piping for a week :)

Just exploring some ideas re learning/teaching Scottish small piping, :)

Scott

As I've shared with Connor Sinclair in recent months, this player of JS Bach - https://youtu.be/XiG8AGn5Qz8 - has 'good hands,' something that people say of pipers too :)

- Scott MacLeod

- https://twitter.com/tech_versions/status/1262272998465101825 -

This is a basketball robot developed by @Toyota which has a 3-point machine.
VC: @CNET #AI #Robotics #MachineIntelligence #Tech pic.twitter.com/POKZonEZgk
— TechVersions (@tech_versions) May 18, 2020

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Facing the music

Classical music

Facing the music: Yo-Yo Ma

The cellist on growing up with Schubert and Schumann, and the fascination of the theremin

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/07/facing-the-music-yo-yo-ma-cellist

from above article ...

Trio No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 100, D. 929: II. Andante con moto

https://youtu.be/tCPszm0fsEE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helianthus_debilis

...

What I've been reading this week through Sunday, 6/14/20

and also much from Twitter, and see, for example (esp. re-Tweets):

https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/
https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/
https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod/
https://twitter.com/WUaSPress/
https://twitter.com/HarbinBook/
https://twitter.com/TheOpenBand/

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Coronavirus Su 6/14/20 + BlackLivesMatter

CORONA
Beijing's reactions exaggerated? Rather not
As of June 14, 2020 | Reading time: 2 minutes
Author photo NEW DIE WELT Photo shoot 27.09.-07.10.2016 Pia Heinemann Photo: Claudius Pflug
By Pia Heinemann
CORONA
Pekings Reaktionen übertrieben? Eher nicht
Stand: 14.06.2020 | Lesedauer: 2 Minuten
Autorenfoto NEU DIE WELT Fotoshooting 27.09.-07.10.2016 Pia Heinemann Foto: Claudius Pflug
Von Pia Heinemann
Ressortleiterin Wissen
https://www.welt.de/debatte/kommentare/article209558673/Corona-kehrt-nach-Peking-zurueck.html

Löfven: Sweden's strategy has not failed
SwedenThe many deaths in covid-19 in Swedish elderly housing have nothing to do with Sweden's strategy against the infection. This is stated by Prime Minister Stefan Löfven (S) in SVT's Agenda .
- It has nothing to do with the strategy. It has to do with the fact that we have shortcomings in society that we are now correcting.

https://www.gp.se/nyheter/sverige/l%C3%B6fven-sveriges-strategi-har-inte-misslyckats-1.29570783

RELAXATIONS IN MOSCOW
Putin ends Corona
As of June 14, 2020 | Reading time: 5 minutes
By Pavel Lokshin
LOCKERUNGEN IN MOSKAU
Putin beendet Corona
Stand: 23:53 Uhr | Lesedauer: 5 Minuten
Von Pavel Lokshin
https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/plus209565899/Moskau-Putin-beendet-Corona.html

14-June-2020 at 18:34
Covid-19: Senegal receives donations from Morocco
APA-Dakar (Senegal) By Ibrahima Dione - The Kingdom of Morocco is providing precious material aid to Senegal as part of its response to the new coronavirus.
http://apanews.net/fr/news/covid-19-le-senegal-receptionne-des-dons-du-maroc

Coronavirus tracking apps don't need 60% adoption to be effective.
https://twitter.com/techreview/status/1272295199075635201?s=20

Emmanuel Macron regains control of post-Covid-19 France
ANALYSIS. The French President has confirmed the end of deconfinement throughout the territory of France. A stimulus speech for the country, and for its mandate, against the backdrop of its government's good management of the health crisis
https://www.letemps.ch/monde/emmanuel-macron-reprend-controle-france-postcovid19

US election campaign: Trump's uncertain appearance - internet network laughs at President
https://www.fr.de/politik/wahlen-2020-wahlkampf-usa-donald-trump-roadshow-kundgebungen-trotz-corona-zr-13775452.html

Macron declares the whole of France to be a green zone, tourists can enter Spain from June 21 - the latest developments in the corona virus worldwide
To date, over 431,400 people have died from infection with Sars-CoV-2. More than 7.8 million people have tested positive since the outbreak.
https://www.nzz.ch/international/coronavirus-weltweit-die-neusten-entwicklungen-ld.1534367

Child study
Berlin also wants to test students without symptoms from this Monday
It is questionable whether the children's study will be successful: So far only 22 out of 24 schools are participating - and the consent of almost all parents and children is still missing.
https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metropole/berlin-will-ab-diesem-montag-auch-schueler-ohne-symptome-testen-li.87417

SUN AND WIND
Wind farms? Then much prefer solar panels
Regions are now opting more for solar energy than wind energy, as a result of resistance to windmills and the reduced price of solar panels. On balance it is more expensive, but the climate target is within reach.
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2020/06/14/windmolenparken-dan-veel-liever-zonnepanelen-a4002783

Coronavirus lockdown | In the pandemic, the disabled remain an invisible minority
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/coronavirus-lockdown-in-the-pandemic-the-disabled-remain-an-invisible-minority/article31828510.ece

How apps should free us from the virus worldwide
From Austria to South Korea, more and more countries are using cell phone technology as a weapon against the corona virus. Privacyists are concerned almost everywhere
June 14, 2020, 5:10 p.m. 648 posts
GERMANY
https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000118063502/wie-uns-apps-weltweit-vom-virus-befreien-sollen

LIVE
Updates: New Details of Atlanta Shooting Fuel Debate on Use of Force
The police chief stepped down less than 24 hours after a police officer shot and killed Rayshard Brooks at a Wendy’s drive-through. The officer was fired.
New video offers details of the shooting, which set off new protests and fears of destructive flare-ups. Here’s the latest.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/14/us/atlanta-police-protests-today.html

Coop customers can check the climate footprint of purchases on their mobile
The app should tell customers in Coop's stores whether they buy more or less climate-friendly than average.
https://finans.dk/erhverv/ECE12220195/coopkunder-kan-tjekke-klimaaftryk-af-indkoeb-paa-mobilen/

Corona will hit him at the earliest when he turns 115
Sten Hegeler is not afraid of being hit by covid-19. Or of death for that matter. Therefore, the 97-year-old writer and psychologist has also said no to meeting his clients in his private practice during the corona crisis. But he has missed being able to go to a restaurant and see people cycling past the street outside his studio apartment in Frederiksberg.
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“I don't think that has been said very wisely in recent months. On the contrary, it is as if common sense has been put out of order. When old people in the country's nursing home are not allowed to visit their family because they are afraid of being infected and dying of corona, we have lost sight. Instead, they die of loneliness. There is not much common sense in God, ”says author and psychologist Sten Hegeler. Stock Photo: Simon Løsøe
https://jyllands-posten.dk/premium/kultur/ECE12200245/corona-faar-tidligst-ram-paa-ham-naar-han-bliver-115-aar/

Hank Greely Retweeted
Vinay Gupta
@leashless 5h
US coronavirus books are completely cooked.

One estimate: 3000 extra deaths a week.
https://covid19science.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-cheating-is-getting-worse.html

US coronavirus books are completely cooked.

One estimate: 3000 extra deaths a week.https://t.co/KsAYgYz10f
— Vinay Gupta (@leashless) June 14, 2020

https://twitter.com/leashless/status/1272271159237791747?s=20

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Europe's African American

SOZIALE UNTERSCHIEDE
Europas Afroamerikaner
Stand: 13.06.2020 | Lesedauer: 9 Minuten
Von Stefanie Bolzen, Elisalex Henckel, Martina Meister, Caroline Turzer, Uta Weisse

https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/plus209445465/Minderheiten-Das-sind-Europas-Afroamerikaner.html

Where the corona virus invades
The virus docks on the ACE2 receptors in the body. They exist in different organs - that's why infections are different
Bernadette Redl
June 13, 2020, 5:00 p.m.
https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000118016653/wo-das-coronavirus-einmarschiert

New corona outbreak on wholesale market in Beijing, Russia announces vaccine production - the latest developments in corona virus worldwide

The Muscovites are drawn outside - hardly anyone adheres to guidelines: This is how the NZZ correspondents experience the corona crisis - and the return to everyday life
https://www.nzz.ch/international/corona-krise-das-tagebuch-der-nzz-korrespondenten-ld.1556560

Corona in Germany: border controls are lifted - the date is known
Corona in Deutschland: Grenzkontrollen werden aufgehoben – Datum steht fest
https://www.fr.de/panorama/corona-coronavirus-deutschland-thueringen-rki-schaetzt-gefahr-hoch-tests-zr-13793431.html

Protest against racism
Kneeling up

Those who are now demonstrating against racially motivated violence are appropriating the oppressor's knee as a combat gesture. This is very strong. WALTRAUD SCHWAB
https://taz.de/Protest-gegen-Rassismus/!5689400/

Virtual tours, online recruiting help colleges reel in students
https://m.startribune.com/virtual-campus-tours-online-recruiting-help-minnesota-colleges-reel-in-students-during-pandemic/571241292/

ABROAD
Corona and Floyd link Biden's agenda
https://m.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20200612_04989963

Brigham and Women’s resident graduates say farewell in a socially distanced photo
This year the photo of the graduating class of internal medicine residents at Brigham and Women’s Hospital was taken by a drone, the faculty and residents standing 6 feet apart so the gathering spilled from the steps onto the lawn.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/13/metro/brigham-womens-resident-graduates-say-farewell-socially-distanced-photo/

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Infection protection Gotland about the message: Do not understand
Region Gotland's infection prevention doctors point out that other regions have been less stressed.
https://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/smittskydd-gotland-om-norska-beskedet-forstar-inte-riktigt-hur-tankarna-har-gatt/

Live. Overnight in Copenhagen okay - except for Swedes
https://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/ilska-nar-turister-stangs-ute-fran-kopenhamn/

https://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/det-nya-coronaviruset-folj-utvecklingen-live-/

Forced by the pandemic, health care plunges into the digital age
Telehealth swept across the normally change-resistant world of health care with astonishing speed. And it is transforming doctor-patient interactions in ways that will continue to evolve.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/12/metro/forced-by-pandemic-health-care-plunges-into-digital-age/

WHO warns: The infection is increasing in the southern hemisphere
The virus is on the rise even in the states that have started to open in the US.
https://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/who-varnar-for-okade-problem-innan-en-andra-vag-kommer/

Mayor Walsh declares racism a public health crisis in Boston, will seek to transfer 20% of police overtime budget to social services
“We’re not going to let this moment or this movement pass us by,” Mayor Martin J. Walsh said Friday. “I pledged to make Boston a national leader in this work and we are following through on our pledge.”
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/12/metro/mayor-walsh-declares-racism-be-public-health-crisis-bostonholding-press-confernece/

Break with China? We are really so dependent
https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article209346567/Globalisierung-So-abhaengig-sind-wir-wirklich-von-China.html

WHO sees pandemic on the upswing - Europe is not safe either
https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/live206935325/Corona-live-WHO-sieht-Pandemie-im-Aufschwung-Auch-in-Europa.html

Like "Great Frost" recession - British expect strongest slump in 300 years
https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article209467639/Heftiges-Minus-Wie-Grosse-Frost-Rezession-Briten-erwarten-staerksten-Einbruch-seit-300-Jahren.html

June 12, 2020, 8:27 p.m.
Tense situation in the United States:
With the "Glock" on the terrace
Giant letters spelling out the slogan 'Black Lives Matter' are painted on the road along 15th Street in downtown Oakland, CaliforniaOpen detailed view
Large letters are used to demonstrate against racism in Oakland
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/angespannte-lage-in-den-usa-mit-der-glock-auf-der-terrasse-1.4934338

LIVE
Florida and Texas Report Record High Daily Coronavirus Cases
The two states both reported their highest daily totals of new infections, a concerning sign as the country begins to ease social distancing restrictions.
Amid the pandemic and mass protests, the Trump administration continued to advance policies to restrict legal immigration.
The United States may see 124,000 to 140,000 virus deaths by the Fourth of July, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Here’s the latest.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/world/coronavirus-us-usa-updates.html

coronavirus |A strange virus from China revolutionized life in three months - the timeline shows how the epidemic progressed in Finland
Science
https://www.hs.fi/tiede/art-2000006539847.html

School trip to Italy :
Cancellation stress instead of school trip
Berlin teachers fear that they will be left behind if the planned trip is canceled due to fear of corona infections. As of August, the Senate also permits trips abroad again.
https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metropole/berliner-lehrer-fuerchten-auf-stornokosten-fuer-klassenfahrten-sitzen-zu-bleiben-li.87101

Schülerfahrt nach Italien :
Stornostress statt Klassenfahrt
Berliner Lehrer fürchten, auf den Kosten sitzen zu bleiben, wenn die geplante Fahrt aus Angst vor Corona-Infektionen abgesagt wird. Der Senat erlaubt ab August auch Fahrten ins Ausland wieder.
12.6.2020 - 06:49 , Annika Leister

Stornoway?

Families have grandparents provide "distance education"
During the coronavirus crisis, monitoring children's homework in addition to telework was a challenge for many parents. Some have called on the grandparents, through interposed screens, to ensure the class.
By Violaine Morin
https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2020/06/11/des-familles-font-assurer-l-ecole-a-distance-par-les-grands-parents_6042528_3224.html

CDC’s advice on large gatherings could be hurdle for rallies
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/cdc-issues-new-covid-19-guidelines-at-a-time-of-protests-and-rallies/2020/06/12/30bfbf30-ace1-11ea-9063-e69bd6520940_story.html

University of Oregon to require use of face coverings while on campuses
https://www.oregonlive.com/education/2020/06/university-of-oregon-to-require-use-of-face-coverings-while-on-campuses.html

HKFP Lens: Iconic photos from Hong Kong’s historic year of dissent
https://hongkongfp.com/2020/06/13/hkfp-lens-iconic-photos-from-hong-kongs-historic-year-of-dissent/

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Late night deals, international holdups, and curious characters: Inside the state’s quest for PPE

The state loosened its normal rules for purchasing supplies, giving agencies more freedom to make deals. Pandemic profiteers seized on the opportunity.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/11/nation/late-night-deals-international-hold-ups-curious-characters-inside-states-quest-ppe/

‘I’m willing to go to jail,’ says owner of Oxford gym that continues to stay open, despite warnings from town officials
Warnings from town officials and thousands of dollars of fines aren’t stopping Dave Blondin from operating his gym in Oxford. 3 hours ago
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/11/metro/im-willing-go-jail-says-owner-oxford-gym-that-continues-stay-open-despite-warnings-town-officials/

COVID-19
Warum Tier-Adoptionen in der Pandemie sehr gut überlegt sein sollten
Ein kuscheliger Vierbeiner, um die Einsamkeit des Lockdowns erträglicher zu gestalten – dieser Gedanke hat sich bei einigen festgesetzt
Thorben Pollerhof
https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000117977168/warum-tier-adoptionen-in-der-pandemie-sehr-gut-ueberlegt-sein

What makes a German judgment on homeopathy remarkable
A court in Darmstadt has ruled that medicinal products with content that cannot be detected are allowed to advertise. Why actually?
Sascha Jung
https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000117981996/was-ein-deutsches-urteil-zur-homoeopathie-bemerkenswert-macht

Students likely to attend school only part time this fall, local officials warn
By James Vaznis Globe Staff,Updated June 10, 2020

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/10/metro/students-likely-attend-school-only-part-time-this-fall-local-officials-warn/

THE GREAT DIVIDE
With some remote learning likely for the fall, schools agonize over how much Zoom time to impose
By Jenna Russell Globe Staff,Updated June 10, 2020

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/10/nation/with-some-remote-learning-likely-fall-schools-agonize-over-how-much-zoom-time-impose/

No need to wear a mask? That’s bad science and mistaken policy
https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/columns/columns/viewpoint/17761-no-need-to-wear-a-mask-that-s-bad-science-and-mistaken-policy.html

Faculty grow uneasy as universities scramble to bring students back to campus
Many are concerned about their health, and plans for hybrid teaching methods.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/11/metro/faculty-grow-uneasy-universities-scramble-bring-students-back-campus/

Joe Biden befürchtet Betrug Donald Trumps bei US-Präsidentschaftswahl

https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article209422049/Joe-Biden-befuerchtet-Wahlbetrug-Trumps-bei-Praesidentschaftswahl.html

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( A further argument for 'in case of emergency' - improve the science dramatically in this window of opportunity - and re my other 4 hypothetical news' items, and re science industry too? ... )

Anthony Fauci warns that ‘nightmare’ pandemic isn’t close to over
By Vincent Barone
https://nypost.com/2020/06/09/anthony-fauci-warns-that-covid-19-pandemic-isnt-close-to-over/amp/

Coronavirus Cases Surge in States That Eased Lockdowns Two Weeks Ago
HEADLINE JUN 10, 2020
https://www.democracynow.org/2020/6/10/headlines/coronavirus_cases_surge_in_states_that_eased_lockdowns_two_weeks_ago

14.06.20 16:21

INFECTION ROUTES

Coronavirus enters the body through the nose
by Pamela Dörhöfer

US-Forscher mit neuen Erkenntnissen: Coronavirus Sars-CoV-2 dringt über Nase in Körper ein
https://www.fr.de/wissen/us-forscher-coronavirus-sars-cov-2-dringt-ueber-nase-koerper-zr-13791342.html

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Coronavirus Tu 6/9/20 + BlackLivesMatter

From overtourism to zero tourism: the Chinese do not wish many people in Lucerne back
The discomfort towards group tourists is great. This is the conclusion of a population survey in the city of Lucerne. The tourism crisis due to the Corona pandemic may change this attitude.

Erich Aschwanden
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09.06.2020

Vom Overtourism zum Null-Tourismus: Viele Luzerner wünschen sich die Chinesen nicht zurück
https://www.nzz.ch/schweiz/tourismus-luzern-setzt-auf-einheimische-ld.1560210

Photo: Fredrik Sandberg / TT
Several countries proclaim themselves virus-free
Anders Tegnell is skeptical: From my point of view it sounds completely impossible.
https://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/lander-utropar-sig-virusfria-tegnell-skeptisk-later-omojligt/

Corona crisis:
"I'm stunned right now"

Eva Schüler has been listening to people's concerns on the phone for 16 years. Because of Corona there have been more. Our reporter accompanies you through a shift.
By Dilan Gropengiesser
https://www.zeit.de/video/2020-06/6162336661001/corona-krise-ich-bin-gerade-fassungslos

Continued military presence in Boston is troubling, activists and scholars say

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/09/metro/continued-military-presence-boston-is-troubling-activists-scholars-say/

After demonstration: Members of the US National Guard infected with coronavirus
https://www.fr.de/politik/corona-usa-trump-george-floyd-mitglieder-us-nationalgarde-coronavirus-infiziert-zr-13787563.html

Corona in Germany: RKI reports current number of reproductions

+++ 21.11 PM: no district in Germany currently exceeds the agreed limit of 50 new corona infections per 100,000 inhabitants within seven days. 112 of 412 counties have therefore not registered any new infections in the past seven days. The RKI announced on Wednesday (June 10, 2020). Most new infections are currently in Bremerhaven, Sonneberg and Göttingen.

Virologe Streeck: Corona-Lockdown war womöglich unnötig - RKI meldet aktuelle Zahlen
https://www.fr.de/panorama/corona-deutschland-virologe-streeck-lockdown-womoeglich-nicht-noetig-zr-13762762.html

CORONA CRISIS
Virologist Streeck criticizes German lockdown
As of June 10, 2020

WISSENSCHAFT - CORONA-KRISE
Virologe Streeck kritisiert deutschen Lockdown
https://www.welt.de/wissenschaft/article209299157/Corona-Krise-Virologe-Streeck-kritisiert-deutschen-Lockdown.html

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Photo: Anders Wiklund / TT
Mortality is approaching normal levels
Anders Tegnell: It is important to look at the death rates in covid-19 that we continue to measure.
https://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/dodligheten-i-sverige-narmar-sig-normala-nivaer/

The new corona virus: Follow the development live
https://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/det-nya-coronaviruset-folj-utvecklingen-live-/

“Pilot project” - 6000 Germans are allowed to go to the Balearic Islands from June 15th
COVID-19
„Pilotprojekt“ – 6000 Deutsche dürfen schon ab 15. Juni auf die Balearen
https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/live206935325/Corona-live-6000-Deutsche-duerfen-schon-ab-15-Juni-auf-die-Balearen.html

MEINUNG
FREIHEIT IN DER PANDEMIE
Das Menschenexperiment
https://www.welt.de/kultur/plus209145627/Freiheit-in-der-Pandemie-Das-Menschenexperiment.html

WIRTSCHAFT
GROSSBRITANNIEN
„Todesstoß“ für Tourismus – Airlines verbünden sich gegen Quarantäne-Plan
https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article209197219/Ryanair-Easyjet-und-IAB-Buendnis-gegen-Quarantaene-Vorschriften.html

George Floyd
What the George Floyd protests have achieved in just two weeks
Minneapolis voted to defund its police, New York City vowed to reform NYPD and statues were toppled across the country
Moments of hope and solidarity from the George Floyd protests – video
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/08/what-have-protests-achieved-george-floyd-death-police-funding-statues

Norway is now preparing to produce important antibiotics itself
The authorities are considering whether Norway should invest more in its own drug production and in particular antibiotics.

Norge utreder nå å produsere viktig antibiotika selv
https://www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/XgrnPx/norge-utreder-naa-aa-produsere-viktig-antibiotika-selv?

What does it mean that activists will liquidate the police? Sails up as hot issue in US election campaign.
Hva betyr det at aktivister vil avvikle politiet? Seiler opp som het sak i USAs valgkamp.
https://www.aftenposten.no/verden/i/e89EqM/hva-betyr-det-at-aktivister-vil-avvikle-politiet-seiler-opp-som-het-sak-i-usas-valgkamp?

coronavirus
coronavirus |Teleworkers have started returning to offices - this way you avoid the worst risks of infection in the workplace
Homeland
9.6. 6:36
https://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/art-2000006534645.html

Teachers brace for layoffs in unprecedented times
Layoff notifications in Randolph, Brookline, and other school districts spark concerns
By Meghan E. Irons Globe Staff,Updated June 8, 2020

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/08/metro/unprecedented-times-teachers-brace-layoffs/

Chief physician sounds alarm: Denmark
has no plan against a new wave of infection
https://www.berlingske.dk/danmark/overlaeger-vi-har-hverken-koereplan-eller-den-rette-overvaagning-til-en-ny

Digital solution
What can the German Corona warning app do?
Health Minister Jens Spahn has announced the release this week. Where does the app have its strengths, where are the weaknesses? An overview.
https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/zukunft-technologie/was-kann-die-deutsche-corona-warn-app-leisten-li.86461

Stanford Planning for Half of Undergrads on Campus Per Quarter Next Year
Stanford University is planning to house half of its undergraduate student population on campus per quarter in the upcoming school year in response to the ...
https://swimswam.com/stanford-planning-for-half-of-undergrads-on-campus-per-quarter-next-year/

Shares of airlines, retailers, cruise liners and other companies tied to the reopening of the economy led the market higher on the heels of Friday’s upbeat jobs report. The technology-laden Nasdaq Composite index hit its first record close since February.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/global-stock-markets-dow-update-06-08-2020-11591592116?mod=mhp

Guarded welcome as malls, cafes and temples reopen after 75-day lockdown
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/guarded-welcome-as-malls-cafes-and-temples-reopen-after-75-day-lockdown/article31781613.ece

In pictures: intense flooding in Lapland reaches its peak
https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/news-in-brief/17753-in-pictures-intense-flooding-in-lapland-reaches-its-peak.html

SCIENTISTS AT THE FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE have said that the intense flooding in Lapland, which is some of the most extreme in recent memory, has now reached its peak and will likely subside in the coming days.

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buttercup (R. aquatilis): What I've been reading - 6/14/20 week - Coronavirus + BlackLivesMatter

buttercup (R. amplexicaulis): What I've been reading - 6/7/20 week - + George Floyd + BlackLivesFirst

https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/buttercup-r-amplexicaulis-what-ive-been.html

buttercup (R. alismifolius): What I've been reading - 5/31/20 week - Coronavirus

https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/buttercup-r-alismifolius-what-ive-been.html

buttercup (R. aconitifolius): What I've been reading - 5/3/20 week - Coronavirus

https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/buttercup-r-aconitifolius-what-ive-been.html

buttercup (R. acaulis): What I've been reading 4/26/20 week - Coronavirus

https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/buttercup-ranunculus-acaulis-what-ive.html

buttercup (R. abortivus): What I've been reading - 4/19/20 week - Coronavirus

https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/buttercup-ranunculus-abortivus-what-ive.html

buttercup (R. abnormis): What I've been reading - 4/12/20 week - Coronavirus

https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/buttercup-ranunculus-abnormis-what-ive.html

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SUNDAY, JUNE 07, 2020

What I've been watching

http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2020/06/what-ive-been-watching.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranunculus_aquatilis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ranunculus_species

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_genera_of_flowering_plants

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Genealogy software planning for all 7.5 billion people with DNA sampling (and for other species?) ... WikiTree? You at WUaS?

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Mark,

Any chance you see a Peter Norvig (who is a director of research at Google Inc., and used to be its director of search quality) / Google / Alphabet / Stanford getting their coding hands on Ancestry .com and especially with WikiTree (for all 7.5 billion people's genetic samples ... as well as for archaeology genetic samples) ... and improving and integrating both software (perhaps even in a realistic virtual earth for genetics - https://twitter.com/hashtag/RealisticVirtualEarthForGenetics?src=hashtag_click? :) and DNA sampling, anticipating all species, living and past?

Would still like to add your great DNA-related find of James Edward McLeod's parents from Isle of Raasay in Scotland - Norman MacLeod and Isobel MacKenzie - to my tree with a click, but this hasn't worked out any number of times. (A kind of frustration emerges regarding the $20 / month too to A .com that their software seems to be so bad, that there's no feedback loop for improving it, and they don't seem to be on a path to improve it either, whatsoever). Would seek to give people the control of their own narratives in such a related emergent realistic virtual earth for home genealogy - and at WUaS even ... in a way that echoes Google's ethos / culture (re data ownership questions too, re science questions, as well as re narratives) - and with time in 3D conversational interactivity even (eg I'd like to be able to converse with James Edward McLeod on PEI, in the Boston area, and in Scotland - am thinking Google Street View with time slider where the little "Pegman" avatar grows into realistic avatars or 'artificial humans' per Samsung 'Neons' even) - All dovetailing with a single realistic virtual earth for history, realistic virtual earth for geology, realistic virtual earth for archaeology (see related #Hashtags in Twitter ).

Mark, thanks again for your remarkable Norman MacLeod and Isobel MacKenzie DNA discoveries!

Best regards,

Scott

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Open Band (Berkeley) @TheOpenBand Mar 4
Church of England to launch a 'Google Maps for graves' w/i five years enabling family historians to search for burial records & locations in an online database -https://dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8068893/Church-England-launch-Google-Maps-graves-five-years.html #RealisticVirtualEarth #RealisticVirtualEarthForArchaeology #RealisticVirtualEarthForGenetics

Church of England to launch a 'Google Maps for graves' w/i five years enabling family historians to search for burial records & locations in an online database -https://t.co/4xn3jpS377 #RealisticVirtualEarth #RealisticVirtualEarthForArchaeology #RealisticVirtualEarthForGenetics ~
— Open Band (Berkeley) (@TheOpenBand) March 5, 2020

https://twitter.com/TheOpenBand/status/1235357771744169985?s=20

Cheers, Scott

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