Thursday, April 30, 2020
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Where things stand (in USA)
Where things stand
Georgia, which already allowed businesses including gyms and hair salons to reopen on Friday, is extending that privilege to movie theaters and restaurants for dine-in service today. Tennessee is also letting people eat at restaurants today, and retail stores can open on Wednesday.
States including Montana, Colorado, and Minnesota are kicking off phased reopenings today, while stay-at-home restrictions expire for several other states this Thursday, April 30. Starting next Monday, “Almost every business in the state of Missouri will be able to open their doors," the governor said.
This will not be business as usual. Let’s use Georgia’s restaurant restrictions as an example:
- At least six feet in between tables and bar seats
- 10 patrons per 500 sq. ft. of space
- No more than six people per party, no presetting of tables, and no salad bar
Is this...a good idea?
On the one hand you have an economy that’s deteriorating at a thunderous pace. 26 million Americans have filed for unemployment claims in the last five weeks, wiping out all of the job gains since the Great Recession. Business lobbying groups and some lawmakers are desperate to get people back to work.
Others, including many public health experts and big-city mayors, say these reopening plans are dangerous, arguing states don’t yet have the testing or contact tracing capabilities to prevent further outbreaks. Those outbreaks could force more shutdowns, so we end up in a maddening revolving door of self-isolation.
The big, final question: If you reopen, will they come? It’s not clear whether a nervous public—given the opportunity—will resume going to restaurants, bars, and gyms. This week will tell us a lot.
Courtesy : MORNING BREW, April 27, 2020.
SAD, BUT COOL!
Kinda sad, but cool: Webcams showing live shots of famous places around the globe. Kinda sad because they're all empty. Cool because you can see famous places from your computer.
COURTESY : BREW'S BETS, MORNING BREW, April 27, 2020.
WISDOM TO SHARE
*Ugandan President’s address to his nation*.
A wisdom to share✨
Uganda President KAGUTA MUSEVENI warns against people misbehaving during this COVID-19 period, *"God has a lot of work, He has the whole world to look after. He cannot just be here in Uganda looking after idiots..."*.
Below is his reported statement.
"In a war situation, nobody asks anyone to stay indoors. *You stay indoors by choice.* In fact, if you have a basement, you hide there for as long as hostilities persist.
During a war, you *don't insist on your freedom*. You willingly give it up in exchange for survival.
During a war, you *don't complain of hunger.* You bear hunger and pray that you live to eat again
During a war, you *don't argue about opening your business*. You close your shop (if you have the time), and run for your life. You pray to outlive the war so that you can return to your business (that's if it has not been looted or destroyed by mortar fire).
During a war, you are *thankful to God for seeing another day in the land of the living*.
During a war, you *don't worry about your children not going to school.* You pray that the government does not forcefully enlist them as soldiers to be trained in the school premises now turned military depot.
*The world is currently in a state of war. A war without guns and bullets. A war without human soldiers. A war without borders. A war without cease-fire agreements. A war without a war room. A war without sacred zones.*
The army in this war is without mercy. It is without any milk of human kindness. It is indiscriminate - it has no respect for children, women, or places of worship. This army is not interested in spoils of war. It has no intention of regime change. It is not concerned about the rich mineral resources underneath the earth. It is not even interested in religious, ethnic or ideological hegemony. Its ambition has nothing to do with racial superiority. *It is an invisible, fleetfooted, and ruthlessly effective army.*
Its only agenda is a harvest of death. It is only satiated after turning the world into one big death field. Its capacity to achieve its aim is not in doubt. Without ground, amphibious and aeriel machines, it has bases in almost every country of the world. Its movement is not governed by any war convention or protocol. In short, *it is a law unto itself. It is Coronavirus. Also known as COVID-19* (because it announced its destructive presence and intention in the year of our Lord 2019)
Thankfully, this army has a weakness and it can be defeated. It only requires our collective action, discipline and forbearance. *COVID-19 cannot survive social and physical distancing.* It only thrives when you confront it. It loves to be confronted. It capitulates in the face of collective social and physical distancing. It bows before good personal hygiene. It is helpless when you take your destiny in your own hands by keeping them sanitized as often as possible.
*This is not a time to cry about bread and butter like spoilt children.* After all, the Holy book tells us that man shall not live by bread alone. *Let's obey and follow the instructions of the authorities.* Let's flatten the COVID-19 curve. Let's exercise patience. Let's be our brothers' keeper. *In no time, we shall regain our freedom, enterprise and socializing."*
In the midst of EMERGENCY, we practice urgency of service and the urgency of love for others✨
God bless us all
👏👏👏, the best and most intelligent public speech ever made during Covid-19.
CORONA IMPACT
*CORONA IMPACT*
* IBM reported higher cloud computing sales last quarter, but withdrew its annual forecast for 2020.
* United Airlines expects to report a pretax loss of $2.1 billion in Q1.
* The National Restaurant Association said U.S. restaurants could lose $240 billion by the end of the year.
* Amazon has installed thermal cameras in its warehouses to scan workers for coronavirus symptoms.
Courtesy: WHAT ELSE IS BREWING, MORNING BREW, April21, 2020.
Monday, April 27, 2020
BEWARE OF YOUR PRAYERS!
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*God is happy! He has cleared all the backlog of prayers of his devotees*
1. Kids: I wish we had no school and play all day.
*Done*
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2. Women: I want the undivided attention of my husband.
*Done*
😀
3. Husbands: I'm sick of this traffic, I wish I could work from home.
*Done*
😊
4. Working Moms: I wish I could spend some quality time with my kids and read.
*Done*
😀
5. Students: I wish I had no exams.
*Done*
😀
6. Old Parents: I wish our kids could spend more time with us rather than being busy everyday.
*Done*
😀
7. Employee: I'm slogging too much, need a break.
*Done*
😀
8. Employers: I have no life of my own, I wish could relax.
*Done*
😀
9. Earth: I cant breathe, I wish I could get a break from all this pollution and chaos...
*Done*
😀
*Beware of what you wish - You might just get it without warning...!!!*
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EYECATCHERS
A child teaches itself. But you can help it to go forward in its own way. What you can do is not of the positive nature, but of the negative. You can take away the obstacles, but knowledge comes out of its own nature. Loosen the soil a little, so that it may come out easily. Put a hedge round it; see that it is not killed by anything, and there your work stops. You cannot do anything else. The rest is a manifestation from within its own nature. So with the education of a child; a child educates itself. You come to hear me, and when you go home, compare what you have learnt, and you will find you have thought out the same thing; I have only given it expression. I can never teach you anything: you will have to teach yourself, but I can help you perhaps in giving expression to that thought. #Vivekananda #SwamiVivekananda #VivekanandaForYouth #Student #Youth #Advaita #Fearlessness #Fearless #Divinity #DivinityWithin
Grateful thanks to VIVEKANANDA FOR YOUTH, Facebook.
Sunday, April 26, 2020
HISTORY TODAY : CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR DISASTER
*April 26, 1986*
World's worst nuclear disaster: 4th reactor at Chernobyl nuclear power station in USSR explodes, 31 die, radioactive contamination reaches much of Western Europe.
Grateful thanks to onthisday.com.
