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from BBC News (UK)
Shrine at Suffolk church rebuilt after 400 years
A church has rebuilt a shrine that was almost totally destroyed 400 years ago. After two years of work the shrine at St Mary's Church in Kersey, Suffolk, has been rehallowed (reconsecrated). Donations of £15,000 helped build the shrine which replaces the original, torn apart in the 17th Century during the era of Puritanism.
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from CBS News (& affiliates)
Rector of prominent Washington, D.C., church tests positive for coronavirus
The first person to test positive for coronavirus in Washington, D.C., is the prominent leader of a historic Episcopal church in Georgetown, the church said Sunday. The Reverend Timothy Cole, rector of Christ Church Georgetown, was diagnosed at the hospital Saturday night and is in stable condition, according to the Reverend Crystal Hardin, the assistant to the rector, who spoke at a press conference outside the church Sunday.
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Dr. Ben Carson: Coronavirus 'certainly has the potential to be severe,' task force meeting every day to prevent that
Dr. Ben Carson, a member of the Trump administration's coronavirus task force, said in an exclusive interview on “Sunday Morning Futures” that the coronavirus “certainly has the potential to be severe and that’s one of the reasons that the task force meets every day.” Carson, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development secretary, made the comment as the number of U.S. coronavirus cases swelled to 400, with cases in about half of the states. The total U.S. death toll has reached 19. “We’re in communication with a lot of experts around the country in terms of the best ways to contain this,” Carson told host Maria Bartiromo. “Obviously if we don’t use best practices to contain the spread, then we will have a horrendous situation, but we are very cognizant of that.” “We meet on a daily basis, we evaluate the information and we make recommendations based on the evidence,” he continued.
from The Seattle Times
from Fox News (& affiliates)
Dr. Ben Carson: Coronavirus 'certainly has the potential to be severe,' task force meeting every day to prevent that
Dr. Ben Carson, a member of the Trump administration's coronavirus task force, said in an exclusive interview on “Sunday Morning Futures” that the coronavirus “certainly has the potential to be severe and that’s one of the reasons that the task force meets every day.” Carson, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development secretary, made the comment as the number of U.S. coronavirus cases swelled to 400, with cases in about half of the states. The total U.S. death toll has reached 19. “We’re in communication with a lot of experts around the country in terms of the best ways to contain this,” Carson told host Maria Bartiromo. “Obviously if we don’t use best practices to contain the spread, then we will have a horrendous situation, but we are very cognizant of that.” “We meet on a daily basis, we evaluate the information and we make recommendations based on the evidence,” he continued.
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from The Guardian (UK)
LEFT-CENTER, HIGH, British daily newspaper published in London UK
Griff Rhys Jones: save our Victorian treasures from teen vandals
Griff Rhys Jones, the president of the Victorian Society, has urged councils to protect derelict buildings that are of huge importance to Britain’s industrial heritage. His intervention followed a surge in vandalism at such sites, triggered in part by the new-found popularity of exploring abandoned buildings. Last month it emerged that Shotton steelworks in north Wales – one of the society’s 10 most endangered buildings in 2018 – had been badly damaged. According to reports, vandals had knocked down partition walls, destroyed ornate panelling, and kicked in walls. Several fires had been lit and tiles thrown off the roof. The Grade II-listed Tolly Cobbold brewery in Ipswich, which featured in the society’s 2015 top 10, suffered a major blaze last month. Two men in their 20s and a woman in her 40s were arrested on suspicion of arson and have been released pending further inquiries. And last April, the Fisons factory in Bramford, described as “an irreplaceable part of Suffolk’s heritage” and featured in the society’s 2017 top 10, was burned to the ground by arsonists.
Archaeologists to dig up secrets of Roman amphitheatre in Kent
Archaeologists hope to unlock the story of an ancient amphitheatre by embarking on an excavation at one of England’s most important Roman sites. The amphitheatre at Richborough, Kent, is part of Roman Britain’s longest-occupied site. As a place for entertainment and spectacle, it once held wild animal hunts, executions and gladiatorial combat. Its origins, however, remain a mystery and English Heritage hopes to discover when it was built, what it looked like, more about how it was used and what happened when the Romans abandoned it. To the naked eye, nothing is left of the amphitheatre apart from a mound in a field.
Griff Rhys Jones: save our Victorian treasures from teen vandals
Griff Rhys Jones, the president of the Victorian Society, has urged councils to protect derelict buildings that are of huge importance to Britain’s industrial heritage. His intervention followed a surge in vandalism at such sites, triggered in part by the new-found popularity of exploring abandoned buildings. Last month it emerged that Shotton steelworks in north Wales – one of the society’s 10 most endangered buildings in 2018 – had been badly damaged. According to reports, vandals had knocked down partition walls, destroyed ornate panelling, and kicked in walls. Several fires had been lit and tiles thrown off the roof. The Grade II-listed Tolly Cobbold brewery in Ipswich, which featured in the society’s 2015 top 10, suffered a major blaze last month. Two men in their 20s and a woman in her 40s were arrested on suspicion of arson and have been released pending further inquiries. And last April, the Fisons factory in Bramford, described as “an irreplaceable part of Suffolk’s heritage” and featured in the society’s 2017 top 10, was burned to the ground by arsonists.
Archaeologists to dig up secrets of Roman amphitheatre in Kent
Archaeologists hope to unlock the story of an ancient amphitheatre by embarking on an excavation at one of England’s most important Roman sites. The amphitheatre at Richborough, Kent, is part of Roman Britain’s longest-occupied site. As a place for entertainment and spectacle, it once held wild animal hunts, executions and gladiatorial combat. Its origins, however, remain a mystery and English Heritage hopes to discover when it was built, what it looked like, more about how it was used and what happened when the Romans abandoned it. To the naked eye, nothing is left of the amphitheatre apart from a mound in a field.
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from Logistics In War blog
TOILET PAPER AND TOTAL WAR – THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SHORTAGES AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR RESILIENCE
The lessons that prepare defence forces and government institutions for crisis responses need not come from history books. Lessons can come from extrapolating what we witness every day; from events that capture tangible and intangible aspects of sustaining normal life. From natural disasters to global pandemics, Australia has had a tumultuous beginning of the year. This time has been socially, economically and politically testing. The impact of this turbulence on essentially fragile national logistics, commerce and industry capability is starkly evident and has forced the nation to consider its national resilience. The difficulty experienced in obtaining basic household products – toilet paper for example – as consumers buy in preparation for a state of quarantine that may never come, as trite an issue as it may be, starkly demonstrates how critical human behaviour is in the calculus. It is a perfect analogy with which to consider military preparedness and strategic resilience.
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from Logistics In War blog
TOILET PAPER AND TOTAL WAR – THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SHORTAGES AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR RESILIENCE
The lessons that prepare defence forces and government institutions for crisis responses need not come from history books. Lessons can come from extrapolating what we witness every day; from events that capture tangible and intangible aspects of sustaining normal life. From natural disasters to global pandemics, Australia has had a tumultuous beginning of the year. This time has been socially, economically and politically testing. The impact of this turbulence on essentially fragile national logistics, commerce and industry capability is starkly evident and has forced the nation to consider its national resilience. The difficulty experienced in obtaining basic household products – toilet paper for example – as consumers buy in preparation for a state of quarantine that may never come, as trite an issue as it may be, starkly demonstrates how critical human behaviour is in the calculus. It is a perfect analogy with which to consider military preparedness and strategic resilience.
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from The Oregonian - oregonlive.com
Newspaper in Portland, OR
Opinion: Oregon wants to increase sleep deprivation and winter misery
Finding it difficult to wake up after we “spring” forward to daylight saving time? Oregon has plans to end this biannual ritual. But if we lock the clock to daylight saving time as Oregon hopes to, our problems will be far worse than just recovering from the jarring consequences of losing one hour of sleep. Instead, we’ll be doomed to losing sleep year-round and gaining weight in the process.
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Opinion: Oregon wants to increase sleep deprivation and winter misery
Finding it difficult to wake up after we “spring” forward to daylight saving time? Oregon has plans to end this biannual ritual. But if we lock the clock to daylight saving time as Oregon hopes to, our problems will be far worse than just recovering from the jarring consequences of losing one hour of sleep. Instead, we’ll be doomed to losing sleep year-round and gaining weight in the process.
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LEFT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, Newspaper in Seattle, WA
Bill requiring comprehensive sex ed in schools passes state Senate, awaits governor’s signature
A controversial bill to require Washington’s 295 school districts to teach comprehensive sexual health education in grades K-12 is on its way to Gov. Jay Inslee for his signature. By a 27-21 vote on Saturday, the state Senate agreed with House amendments to SB 5395. ... The bill would be phased in over two years, with the mandate to teach all students in grades six through 12 beginning with the 2021-2022 school year and to all students a year later.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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