Curfews fall on 40 cities, infection rate surpasses 3,400 in a single day – The Jerusalem Post

Coronavirus commissioner Prof. Ronni Gamzu will spend the next day working on his recommendations for how to curtail coronavirus infection over the High Holidays, after night curfews were placed on 40 cities and neighborhoods across Israel on Tuesday evening. More than 3,000 people were diagnosed with the virus in the last 24 hours.

“I apologize wholeheartedly to all the cities that are currently in the process of being restricted,” Gamzu said during his weekly Facebook broadcast, only hours before the curfews were enacted. “I apologize to the residents and mayors. The coronavirus sometimes requires us to take unpleasant steps to maintain health. That is the only thing that guides me.”

Source: Curfews fall on 40 cities, infection rate surpasses 3,400 in a single day – The Jerusalem Post

Nutri lesson on vitamin B 12 — Create Health and Happiness

Four facts about Vitamin B 12 1. It’s daily requirement in our body is only 1 microgram. 2. It’s available only in animal based foods like milk, egg, mushroom, chicken, meat etc. 3. It mainly keeps our brain and blood healthy. 4. It’s also been produced by our gut micro flora. More short nutrition facts […]

Nutri lesson on vitamin B 12 — Create Health and Happiness

When White Supremacy (and/or Nationalism) Gets People Killed: Galveston, 1900. — The Chatty Introvert

I don’t think I’m too far off the mark when I put it like that. The Galveston 1900 Hurricane hit 120 years ago today, and somewhere between 6,000 and 12,000 people lost their lives. Granted, we have far more technology than they had back in those days, so it’s easy to look at what we […]

When White Supremacy (and/or Nationalism) Gets People Killed: Galveston, 1900. — The Chatty Introvert

Eagle Rock in Los Angeles, California

The view from the neighborhood

If you’ve driven on California‘s Ventura Freeway between Pasadena and Glendale, you’ve certainly noticed Eagle Rock looming over the neighborhood that shares its namesake. However, did you notice the Eagle?

The conglomerate rock formation features a massive indentation along its face. During the right time of day, when the sun hits the rock at the perfect angle, a shadow is cast on the indentation that resembles an eagle in mid-flight. It appears as though the eagle is flying straight out of the rock itself. 

Eagle Rock was originally known as La Piedra Gorda (Fat Rock), but many locals preferred to call it Eagle Rock, which lent a much nicer name to the neighborhood emerging under the rock’s playful shadows. During the early 20th-century, Eagle Rock was the site of yearly Easter services, held at the very top of the massive rock. 

MIT Presents a Free Course on the COVID-19 Pandemic, Featuring Anthony Fauci & Other Experts | Open Culture

Even if you have no background in medicine, biology, or science of any kind, don’t be intimidated: as leading professors Richard Young and Facundo Batista emphasize, this course is meant as an introductory overview. And as Bruce Walker’s first lecture demonstrates, it’s not just open to the general public but geared toward the understanding and concerns of the general public as well. Taking it may not reassure you that an end to the pandemic lies just around the corner, but it will give you clearer and more coherent ways to think about what’s going on. The virus and disease involved are still incompletely understood, after all — but thanks to these and other researchers around the world, getting better understood every day.

Source: MIT Presents a Free Course on the COVID-19 Pandemic, Featuring Anthony Fauci & Other Experts | Open Culture

‘Not a voluntary exit’. After top Belarusian opposition leader disappears in Minsk, she’s arrested at border with Ukraine

Maria Kolesnikova (Maryia Kalesnikava), one of the leaders of the Belarusian opposition, was arrested at the border with Ukraine on the morning of September 8, says the Belarusian State Border Committee. State officials say Kolesnikova and two other members of the Belarusian opposition’s Coordination Council, Anton Rodnenkov and Ivan Kravtsov, drove between Belarusian and Ukrainian border checkpoints. After noticing a border guard officer, claims the State Border Committee, the car sped up suddenly and left Belarusian territory after “shoving” Kolesnikova from the vehicle. Ukraine’s border service says Rodnenkov and Kravtsov arrived at the Ukrainian checkpoint, where border control officers started inspecting them. The Belarusian State Border Committee says these two men were arrested, but Ukrainian officials deny this.

Maria Kolesnikova arrested at Belarus border – The Washington Post

“Maria Kolesnikova could not be taken out of the country because this brave woman took measures to prevent herself from crossing the border,” Gerashchenko added.

Pavel Latushko, a member of the Coordination Council and a former culture minister and diplomat, said Kolesnikova tore up her passport at the border to avoid being expelled, Russia’s Interfax news agency reported.

Kravtsov said at a news conference in Kyiv that they were transported to an area near Belarus’s border with Ukraine by the people who detained them. He said Kolesnilova tore up her passport in the buffer zone between the two borders and walked back to Belarus.

Source: Maria Kolesnikova arrested at Belarus border – The Washington Post

‘How can the UK be trusted?’: Theresa May slams Brexit plan to break international law | Euronews

Footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) shows former prime minister Theresa May in the House of Commons in London on October 19, 2019.

The minister confirmed that draft legislation on the UK’s future arrangements for Northern Ireland — due to be published on Wednesday — “does break international law, in a very specific and limited way… in certain, very tightly defined circumstances”. Lewis said there were precedents where the UK and other countries needed “to consider their international obligations as circumstances change”. On Monday European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warned the United Kingdom that any attempt to row back on its Brexit commitments could jeopardise a future trade agreement

Source: ‘How can the UK be trusted?’: Theresa May slams Brexit plan to break international law | Euronews