buttercup (R. cassubicifolius): What I've been reading - 8/16/20 week - Coronavirus + BlackLivesMatter + Black Books Matter

What I've been reading this week through Sunday, 8/16/20


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 8/16/20 Black Lives Matter

The Great Divide
Your child’s a no-show at virtual school? You may get a call from the state’s foster care agencyhttps://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/08/15/metro/your-childs-no-show-virtual-school-you-may-get-call-states-foster-care-agency/
Coronavirus is making Corporate America realize that child care isn’t someone else’s problem https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/08/15/business/coronavirus-is-making-corporate-america-realize-that-child-care-isnt-someone-elses-problem/

OPINION
BELARUS
The freedom fighters need our support - not only in Minskhttps://www.welt.de/debatte/kommentare/plus213629610/Weissrussland-Die-Freiheitskaempfer-brauchen-unsere-Unterstuetzung.html
FOREIGN COUNTRIES
PROTEST MARCH THROUGH MINSK
“Go!” Shouted over 100,000 opposition supporters to Lukashenkohttps://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article213684230/Weissrussland-Zehntausende-Menschen-fordern-Lukaschenkos-Ruecktritt.html


STHLM
The problems with pirate ports in Stockholm live onhttps://www.dn.se/sthlm/problemen-med-pirathamnar-i-stockholm-lever-vidare/

GERMANY
CORONA RISK CERTIFICATES
Federal Minister of Education warns countries against excessive stress on teachershttps://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article213632880/Corona-Bundesbildungsministerin-warnt-Laender-vor-zu-hoher-Belastung-von-Lehrern.html

What do Boston Marathon bombing survivors want federal prosecutors to do next?https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/08/15/metro/what-do-boston-marathon-bombing-victims-want-federal-prosecutors-do-next/


-- - 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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Coronavirus Sa 8/15/20 Black Lives Matter

GERMANY
CORONA RISK CERTIFICATES
Federal Minister of Education warns countries against excessive stress on teachershttps://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article213632880/Corona-Bundesbildungsministerin-warnt-Laender-vor-zu-hoher-Belastung-von-Lehrern.html


Coronavirus: Return from the islands "scares" the specialists - In the ICU a 17-year-old HELLAS
15.08.2020 22:55
 Last update
15.08.2020 22:57
Newsroom
From Monday the new measures for 16 regions of Greece - The only encouraging element is the controlled situation with the ICUshttps://www.ethnos.gr/ellada/119774_koronoios-i-epistrofi-apo-ta-nisia-tromazei-toys-eidikoys-sti-meth-mia-17hroni

Agenda: Working in isolation to change the world: why so many PhD students drop outhttps://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18651852.agenda-working-isolation-change-world-many-phd-students-drop/



-- - 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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Economy
The dam that can secure clean electricity to Africa is waiting to be builthttps://www.dn.se/ekonomi/dammen-som-kan-sakra-ren-el-at-afrika-vantar-pa-att-byggas/

POLITICS ABROAD
CORONA CRISIS US ELECTIONS 2020 DONALD TRUMP EUROPEAN UNION
FOREIGN COUNTRIES
PROTESTS AGAINST LUKASHENKO
A country rises - spectacular images from Belarushttps://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article213587400/Weissrussland-Die-Fotos-des-friedlichen-Protests-gegen-Lukaschenko.html

Finland seems to become the European champion in the fight against the corona recession - How did it go so well?
HS gathered six reasons why the decline in the Finnish economy in the spring was confusingly small. Some of the difficulties reached Finland's other countries later, but Finland also succeeded in many things.https://www.hs.fi/talous/art-2000006602658.html

EVOTEC BOSS LANTHALER
"In six months there will be the Covid-19 test for 30 euros in the supermarket"https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/plus213601222/Evotec-Chef-Ich-werde-mich-immer-impfen-lassen.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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Coronavirus Th 8/13/20 Black Lives Matter


(rather than solo Univ prof rock star) ... 
Teacher as musical conductor https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article213468076/Schulen-Viele-Lehrer-aus-Corona-Risikogruppen-muessen-unterrichten.html

As Kamala Harris faces racist and sexist online attacks, women’s groups and Democratic operatives say they have her backhttps://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/08/12/nation/kamala-harris-faces-racist-sexist-online-attacks-womens-groups-democratic-operatives-say-they-have-her-back/

Harris pick sparks delight in India and Jamaicahttps://www.bostonglobe.com/news/world/2020/08/12/harris-pick-sparks-delight-india-and-jamaica/0RQWn9ofQfhNgrueR7df4L/story.html

LOCAL
3 Nigerians indicted in cyber-fraud case involving stolen Ceridian W-2shttps://m.startribune.com/3-nigerians-indicted-for-stealing-personal-information-from-minn-company-then-filing-fake-tax-returns/572092792/

World
The coronavirus
Fewer deaths. Minor infection. Anders Tegnell points to three reasons.
Several Swedish regions have turned red due to increasing infection in the last two weeks. But since the early summer, a lot has gone in the right direction for Sweden.https://www.aftenposten.no/verden/i/e8b9JR/Farre-dodsfall-Mindre-smitte-Anders-Tegnell-peker-pa-tre-arsaker




-- - 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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Coronavirus W 8/12/20 Black Lives Matter
OPINION
US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
With the election of Kamala Harris, Biden follows Barack Obama's pathhttps://www.welt.de/debatte/kommentare/article213378342/US-Praesidentschaftswahl-Mit-der-Wahl-von-Kamala-Harris-folgt-Biden-dem-Weg-Barack-Obamas.html

FOREIGN COUNTRIES
AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN POLITICIANS
These are the women behind Kamala Harris's successhttps://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/article213371700/Kamala-Harris-Das-sind-die-Frauen-hinter-ihrem-Erfolg.html


OPINION
Kamala Harris is both a historic and flawed candidate
The Democratic vice presidential nominee made history as the first woman of color on a major party ticket, but she and Joe Biden still have to answer to a growing racial justice movement.https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/08/12/opinion/kamala-harris-is-both-historic-flawed-candidate/



-- - 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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Coronavirus Tu 8/11/20 Black Lives Matter

Biden’s running mate is Kamala Harris, first woman of color on major party’s tickethttps://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/08/11/nation/joe-biden-picks-kamala-harris-his-running-mate/
5 things to know about Kamala Harris, Joe Biden’s pick for the vice presidential nominationhttps://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/08/11/nation/5-things-know-about-kamala-harris-joe-bidens-pick-vice-presidential-nomination/
Home politics US election Five things you should know about Kamala Harris
August 12, 2020, 2:54 a.m.
Biden runner-up:
Five things you should know about Kamala Harris https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/joe-biden-kamala-harris-vizepraesidentin-us-wahl-2020-1.4996982

world
Björn af Kleen: Harris can speak with credibility about racism in the United Stateshttps://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/bjorn-af-kleen-harris-kan-tala-med-trovardighet-om-rasismen-i-usa/

CORONAVIRUSIn a test, Delta checks passenger temps at LAX
https://m.startribune.com/in-a-test-delta-checks-passenger-temps-at-lax/572081292/


City |
Coronavirus
“At the level of society, this causes huge losses” - Nearly 400 people responded to the survey, such as the consequences of coronavirus testing congestion
You may have to wait for the coronavirus test result in the Hus area even after the first call of the week. People who responded to the HS survey describe the problems caused by congestion.https://www.hs.fi/kaupunki/art-2000006598970.html

HelsinkiTimesFAD newCOVID-19 CONFIRMED CASES IN FINLAND AND OTHER COUNTRIES(MOVE MOUSE OR TOUCH TO SEE THE TREND IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES) 
Source: Our world in data
IS THE PARTY OVER?FINLAND  11 AUGUST 2020People enjoy meals and drinks on a large open-air food court in the centrally-located Senate Square in Helsinki, Finland, late on July 17, 2020, the first Friday after lifting the COVID-related restrictions.DOMESTICWith the first wave of coronavirus having receded into history, Finns are partying like there’s no tomorrow. But there is a tomorrow—it’s called autumn—and once again it’s time to pay attention to the pandemic that isn’t going away.
July 1st was an ordinary summer day. In midafternoon, I walked a couple of kilometers to meet a friend at a wine bar in Kamppi. When it started to drizzle, everyone who had been sitting on the terrace fled to the bar’s intimate interior. It was still raining when we finished our wine, and I decided to take a tram home.
Crowded wine bar, crowded metro—but like everyone else I saw that afternoon, I was not wearing a maskhttps://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/17956-is-the-party-over.html


Internal strife in a Somali mosque forced the police to move out. The collision was filmed.
Police had to intervene when angry members tried to squeeze into the Somali mosque in Oslo this weekend. A conflict over power in the country's largest single mosque dates back several years. https://www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/aw56AO/Intern-strid-i-somalisk-mosk-gjorde-at-politiet-matte-rykke-ut

TikTok skirted a privacy safeguard in Google’s Android operating system to collect unique identifiers from millions of mobile devices, data that allows the app to track users online without allowing them to opt out, a Wall Street Journal analysis has found.https://www.wsj.com/articles/tiktok-tracked-user-data-using-tactic-banned-by-google-11597176738

Why Being Kind Helps You, Too—Especially NowResearch links kindness to a wealth of physical and emotional benefits. And it’s an excellent coping skill for the Covid-19 era.https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-being-kind-helps-you-tooespecially-now-11597194000


HONG KONG
Agnes Chow: The former Hong Kong teen activist China wants to silencehttps://hongkongfp.com/2020/08/11/agnes-chow-the-former-hong-kong-teen-activist-china-wants-to-silence/

Baker: Mass. communities with low coronavirus risk are in a ‘perfectly appropriate place’ to send kids back to schoolhttps://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/08/11/metro/baker-mass-communities-with-low-coronavirus-risk-are-perfectly-appropriate-place-send-kids-back-school/


When will the $400 start for unemployed? It could be months. The president’s memo directs Federal Emergency Management Agency money to help make up the gap left by the expired $600 benefits, but state unemployment agencies don’t have any mechanism to distribute the new assistance.https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/economy/article/Why-it-could-take-the-Texas-Workforce-Commission-15475896.php


Return to class:A tricky start to school
School starts this week in another four federal states. The main argument is about the compulsory mask - and the first school closings.https://taz.de/Rueckkehr-zum-Unterricht/!5702094/

Coronavirus updates: UCSF doc: Masks may reduce severity of virus, leading to mild or no symptomshttps://www.sfgate.com/news/editorspicks/article/Coronavirus-updates-Updated-watch-list-will-mean-15475113.php


"We've been here for a month already": In Minsk, security officials beat a journalist and driver of "KP-Belarus" with a truncheonhttps://m.kp.ru/daily/217168/4268637/


The Alpine peaks, cradles of unsuspected floral diversity
The Vertical Ecology program explores the flora of high altitude, in the Alps, to find the thread of its evolutionary history.https://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/article/2020/08/10/les-sommets-alpins-berceaux-d-une-diversite-florale-insoupconnee_6048562_1650684.html


"Ten years after the election of Alpha Condé, it is time to mourn the promised Guinea"
TRIBUNE
Fabien Offner
For Amnesty International, the probable candidacy of the current president for a third term is the culmination of a “fierce repression” which has caused many deaths.https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2020/08/09/dix-ans-apres-l-election-d-alpha-conde-il-est-temps-de-faire-le-deuil-de-la-guinee-promise_6048523_3212.html


OPINIONS
SOCIAL NETWORKS
"We must learn to see the Internet as a political actor"
Web psychologist Sherry Turkle believes the pandemic, despite selfless digital initiatives, has not removed the risk of us being manipulated by technologies that seek to capture our attention.https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2020/08/10/pour-combattre-la-fragmentation-de-la-societe-il-faut-revenir-a-une-technologie-que-nous-connaissons-bien-nous-memes_6048553_3232.html

Asahi Shimbun Digital>article
"Suspect linked to the international community via SNS" Q&A https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASN8D2TV2N8DUHMC001.html?iref=sptop_photo


Cherokee closing Etowah High until Aug. 31 after rise in COVID-19 caseshttps://www.ajc.com/education/cherokee-closing-etowah-high-until-aug-31-after-rise-in-covid-19-cases/AKVISQE7NBFA3A3KH46SX6FXFE/.




-- - 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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Coronavirus M 8/10/20 Black Lives Matter

In a bleak economy, these companies are flourishing
The coronavirus pandemic is reshaping spending patterns, creating new winners and losershttps://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/10/recession-coronavirus-pandemic-winners/

*Police body camera video in George Floyd's killing released57 MINUTES AGOTwo body-worn camera videos from the day George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police will be publicly released Monday by the court.Thomas Lane's bodycam video of George Floyd killingJ. Alexander Kueng's bodycam video of George Floyd killinghttps://www.startribune.com/police-body-camera-video-in-george-floyd-s-killing-released/572066402/

*GOVERNMENT ADVISOR HEINZ BUDE
"Something is burning!"
Published on 08/10/2020 | Reading time: 9 minutes
https://www.welt.de/kultur/plus212915204/Regierungsberater-Heinz-Bude-ueber-Corona-Proteste-Da-brennt-etwas-an.html?source=k240_plusdichte.default.sondergruppe-lage-1.1.212915204




-- - 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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buttercup (R. cassubicifolius): What I've been reading - 8/16/20 week - Coronavirus + BlackLivesMatter + Black Books Matterhttps://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/20...
buttercup (R. carinthiacus): What I've been reading - 8/9/20 week - Coronavirus + BlackLivesMatter + Black Books Matter
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buttercup (R. californicus): What I've been reading - 8/2/20 week -Coronavirus - Black Lives Matter
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buttercup (R. bullatus): What I've been reading - 7/26/20 week - Coronavirus + BlackLivesMatter + Black Books Matter
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buttercup (R. bulbosus): What I've been reading - 7/19/20 week - Coronavirus + BlackLivesMatter + Black Books Matterhttps://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/07/buttercup-r-bulbosus-what-ive-been.html

buttercup (R. austro-oreganus): What I've been reading - 7/12/20 week - Coronavirus + BlackLivesMatter + Black Books Matterhttps://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/07/buttercup-r-austro-oreganus-what-ive.html
buttercup (R. auricomus): What I've been reading - 7/5/20 week - Coronavirus + BlackLivesMatter + Black Books Matterhttps://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/07/buttercup-r-auricomus-what-ive-been.html

buttercup (R. asiaticus): What I've been reading - 6/28/20 week - Coronavirus + BlackLivesMatter + Black Books Matterhttps://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/buttercup-r-asiaticus-what-ive-been.html
buttercup (R. arvensis): What I've been reading - 6/21/20 week - Coronavirus + BlackLivesMatter + Black Books Matterhttps://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/buttercup-r-arvensis-what-ive-been.html

buttercup (R. aquatilis): What I've been reading - 6/14/20 week - Coronavirus + BlackLivesMatterhttps://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/buttercup-r-aquatilis-what-ive-been.html
buttercup (R. amplexicaulis): What I've been reading - 6/7/20 week - + George Floyd + BlackLivesFirsthttps://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 - Coronavirushttps://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/buttercup-r-alismifolius-what-ive-been.html
buttercup (R. aestivalis): What I've been reading - 5/24/20 week - Coronavirushttps://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/buttercup-r-aestivalis-what-ive-been.html
buttercup (R. acris): What I've been reading - 5/17/20 week - Coronavirushttps://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/buttercup-r-acris-what-ive-been-reading.html
buttercup (R. acraeus): What I've been reading - 5/10/20 week - Coronavirushttps://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/buttercup-r-acraeus-what-ive-been.html

buttercup (R. aconitifolius): What I've been reading - 5/3/20 week - Coronavirushttps://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 - Coronavirushttps://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/buttercup-ranunculus-acaulis-what-ive.html

buttercup (R. abortivus): What I've been reading - 4/19/20 week - Coronavirushttps://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/buttercup-ranunculus-abortivus-what-ive.html
buttercup (R. abnormis): What I've been reading - 4/12/20 week - Coronavirushttps://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2020/06/buttercup-ranunculus-abnormis-what-ive.html




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GREG MANKIW'S BLOGRandom Observations for Students of EconomicsSUNDAY, JUNE 07, 2020What I've been watchingOver 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.
http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2020/06/what-ive-been-watching.html







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