I have chosen BBC news about coronavirus: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-51951918/coronavirus-and-how-it-s-changed-our-world Nowadays the topic of coronavirus is very popular and important, especially for people, living in Europe, Middle East and USA, where a lot of new cases of coronavirus are registered each day. I watched the video about the way the coronavirus has changed out world. The video shows the effects of coronavirus around the world. The places near tourist attractions like Eiffel Tower, Triumphal Arch in the Elysian Fields are deserted. Long queues can be observed in front of supermarkets in Brussels. Only limited number of people can be in the supermarket, so, only if somebody goes out of the supermarket, the next person enters. Inhabitants of Madrid stay on the window and bang a pot as a protest. The former King Juan Carlos donated $100m to the cause. A lot of countries try to fight coronavirus by disinfecting and staying home. People buy essential products in supermarkets, as the example the video shows Jordan people. Normally, the UK tube is much more crowded than nowadays, in the days of coronavirus threat. The robots are applied to dispense hand sanitizer and masks in India. Among the said information there is only two very positive information. The water in Venice canals is much cleaner than usually because of there are no tourists in Venice now. China starts life again after trouble period of coronavirus. The people go inside and there are a lot of cars in Beijing. In my opinion, the situation with coronavirus in Italy is dramatical and I hope there will be no such situation with coronavirus in Poland. It is very sad that doctors have to choose who will be rescued and who will die without help in Italy.
I've decided to describe a message that has to do with the current situation regarding the spread of the virus. Due to a growing infection near important centres in Louisiana, the US space agency is suspending production and testing of its lunar and capsule rocket systems. Trump has announced that 2024 will be the first manned mission to the surface of the moon in 50 years. This date is just a fantasy.
In Nasa's statement, it was written that there is no other option but to suspend work on the rocket and capsule systems of Orion.
So far, Nasa in Mississippi has had one confirmed only infection among her employees, while in Louisiana there has not yet been any case of COVID-19, but due to the increasing rate of infection in the communities around both complexes, closure is the only sensible option.
The equipment is currently being secured. However, the mission to the moon will still have to wait. In the current situation this is a natural reaction to the threat.
Like the Polish television, the BBC tries to calm the society. Speech 15:58 which I watched https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-51984399 both calm down and scare. My sister has been living in London since 1994. For her, her daughter, husband and friends this is the same tragedy as for us. Nobody talks about it, but half the metro station is closed. Two, three people ride upstairs in the autobusts. You think that only in Poland it is so bad, you are wrong! All over the world. Today they closed Cuba's pots, tomorrow maybe the Polish government will close our country's borders. None of us knows and will not know which direction it will run. Let's stick with it !!!
I chose an article describing how we should work from home (https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200312-coronavirus-covid-19-update-work-from-home-in-a-pandemic). This is a new and unique situation for all of us. Large companies like Google, Microsoft, Twitter, Hitachi, Apple, Amazon, etc. have had to implement a policy of remote working on an unprecedented scale. And it’s realistic to assume that shifting to the ‘home office’ will become the new normal for many of us for a while, given Wednesday’s announcement by the World Health Organization that the coronavirus has officially reached ‘pandemic’ status. What are the important points to work efficiently from home: the key to working from home is clear communication with your boss – and knowing exactly what’s expected of you. Most people spend their days in close proximity to their boss, meaning communication is easy and effortless. But that’s all out the window with remote work, and communication breakdown is even more likely if your workplace isn’t used to remote working. We also need to clearly separate working hours from free hours in order not to lose our productivity. With a dedicated workspace where you can concentrate, it becomes easier to unlock the benefits of remote work. In a survey of 7,000 workers last year by FlexJobs, 65% said they’re more productive working from home, citing benefits like fewer interruptions from colleagues, minimal office politics and reduced stress from commuting. And how do you deal with the pandemic? Do you work remotely and use any other methods to maintain your productivity?
Currently, the hottest topic is coronavirus, so I decided to choose an article from bbc.com describing how robots help fight coronavirus using a UV light beam. The article presents how the robot uses UV light beams to destroy DNA and RNA proteins of viruses. The robots are manufactured in Odense, Denmark. One robot is produced daily, and its price is about $ 67,000. The robot has 8 ultraviolet lamps that produce a large dose of radiation that destroys microbes. Before the robot is allowed into the room, it must be washed by hand to remove dust and other dirt, so that the radiation reaches the surface and removes microbes. The machine is fully self-propelled. Her work takes about 10-20 minutes depending on the area of the room. While the machine is operating, people should leave the room because a high dose of radiation is harmful. What do you think about this method of fighting coronavirus? I cache for comments.
Link to the article: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51914722
I have chosen article about the length live of coronavirus on surface without human body. I think this is important to know how long virus live and how we can protect from him. A scientist from US National Institutes of Health and her colleagues at the Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Hamilton, Montana have done research to find how long virus can survive on many different surfaces. They proved that virus could survive in droplets for about 3 hours. Scientists found that virus can survive on cardboard much longer about 24 hours and 2 – 3 days on on plastic and stainless-steel surfaces. Research has shown that coronaviruses can be inactivated within a minute by disinfecting surfaces with 62-71% alcohol, or 0.5% hydrogen peroxide bleach or household bleach containing 0.1% sodium hypochlorite. Also higher temperature could help slow expansion of the virus. If You want know more please read all article on https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200317-covid-19-how-long-does-the-coronavirus-last-on-surfaces. I think we need to know much more about the coronavirus to find successful method to kill him and cure people.
I have chosen an article "OneWeb increases mega-constellation to 74 satellites" By Jonathan Amos (https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-51991325). Elon Musk is developing his Starlink constellation; Jeff Bezos has proposed a system he calls Kuiper. Its goal is to provide internet services to "everyone, everywhere," delivering much-needed connectivity to rural and remote places as well as to a range of markets. I think that this is an exciting project, yet it can produce a no-dark-sky problem for the astronomers. What do you think?
Because of coronovirus pandemic, we hear a lot of bad news especially from Italy, the UK and Spain, where the new infections count in thousands every day. That is why I propose that we talk about environmental benefits that are a side effect of a pandemic. I read the article: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-51944780. New York researchers said carbon dioxide emissions were reduced by almost 50% compared to last year. The level of pollution and greenhouse gases has decreased in many cities and regions of the world. The best examples are China and Italy, where forced quarantine caused a large reduction in gas emissions associated with daily car travel. Emissions are also being reduced in many countries by stopping flights. Scientists predict that if the pandemic lasts a few more months, we will be able to see a decrease in CO2 emissions throughout the year. Unfortunately, governments must be wary of the rapid increase in pollutant emissions when the economy rebounds. If countries increase the use of fossil fuels, the situation from 2009 may recur after the global financial collapse when carbon emissions increased by 5%. The world has a great opportunity to slowly switch to renewable energy and see how much our travels and lives affect the environment. I hope that photos of animals coming out on the city streets, fish and dolphins returning to the clean Venetian canals will give people food for thought and we will learn to live in harmony with nature, because we also need it to live.
Ok, choose news and encourage its discussion...what could go wrong? I entry BBC Homepage and...get sick and tired of news about coronavirus (and other bad news from the world) so...I choose news about "super easy recipes" from the main page. That was an only article which doesn't say anything about the virus and other disaster (e.g. in Zagreb). I think that this year get worse from month to month so...let's we eat something delicious before something happen to us. https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/collections/super_easy_recipes To be honest the recipes are very easy to do and I'm going to try sweet potato and chickpea curry tomorrow! I have no talent for cooking so such recipes are invaluable to me (especially that my patience for cooking ends when something has to be prepared for more than 2 hours. At this time, I feel like I can starve to death!). To encourage discussion I want to ask you: did you know any of that recipes? Maybe you have some special which is your favourite (and easy to do so I could try!)?
If even one person smiles after reading the above, I just make someone laugh in the face of omnipresent catastrophes (for me this is a huge success). Have a nice day everyone :)!
I've read about street-food out of the streets in Singapore (Expected it's something new - it's not), how to argue with a racist (Those are the myths racists believe in? Are they really so dumb? Or it's just authors believe they believe this? And point 5 "Black people are better at running than white people" first sentence is "The last white man to compete in a 100m final at the Olympics was in 1980."? I'm not surprised that after such expert "debunking" there are still people who are racists), tying shoes (I cried inside when seeing all those "granny knots", but Berluti knot and Surgeon knot - I didn't know about those. I'm lifelong practitioner of Quick knot, aka Ian's knot) but finally settled with Stephen Fry on managing anxiety (https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-51995797/coronavirus-stephen-fry-s-take-on-managing-anxiety). I'm a huge fan of this guy. He speaks about different time perception when self-isolating. He also advices to designate most time as distraction-free, without any notifications on mobile devices etc. and consuming news only at scheduled times, if one really have to. And how to tell apart when expert speaks (they use "we think", "it's possible", "maybe", "perhaps") and ignorants who claim they know what's going on for sure.
I have chosen BBC news about coronavirus: Robots use light beams to zap hospital viruses. It’s nice to hear that technology is helping us fighting with the coronavirus, chines engineer had to speed up with their robots - the self-driving machine that kills microbes with a zap of ultraviolet light. Production has been accelerated and it now takes less than a day to make one. The robot was in preparation for some time, but taking in to account current situation it was bring to the market as soon as possible. "truckloads" of robots have been shipped to China, in particular Wuhan. Sales elsewhere in Asia, and Europe are also up. To be fully effective, UV needs to fall directly on a surface. If lightwaves are blocked by dirt or obstacles, such shadow areas won't be disinfected. Therefore manual cleaning is needed first. I can’t wait to see that hospitals all over the world start using that kind of smart solutions
I chose the article: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51706225
From the article we can find out, among others, about declines in stock exchanges and about that Investors fear that spread of the coronavirus will destroy economic growth and that government action may not be enough to stop the decline.
The fears are not unfounded. In the following sections of the article, we see the impact of coronavirus on the tourism and gastronomy sectors.
In short, it's very bad.
Hardcore environmentalists can be happy with the reduced emissions of pollutants, especially from China
I have chosen BBC news about coronavirus: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-51951918/coronavirus-and-how-it-s-changed-our-world
ReplyDeleteNowadays the topic of coronavirus is very popular and important, especially for people, living in Europe, Middle East and USA, where a lot of new cases of coronavirus are registered each day. I watched the video about the way the coronavirus has changed out world. The video shows the effects of coronavirus around the world. The places near tourist attractions like Eiffel Tower, Triumphal Arch in the Elysian Fields are deserted. Long queues can be observed in front of supermarkets in Brussels. Only limited number of people can be in the supermarket, so, only if somebody goes out of the supermarket, the next person enters. Inhabitants of Madrid stay on the window and bang a pot as a protest. The former King Juan Carlos donated $100m to the cause. A lot of countries try to fight coronavirus by disinfecting and staying home. People buy essential products in supermarkets, as the example the video shows Jordan people. Normally, the UK tube is much more crowded than nowadays, in the days of coronavirus threat. The robots are applied to dispense hand sanitizer and masks in India. Among the said information there is only two very positive information. The water in Venice canals is much cleaner than usually because of there are no tourists in Venice now. China starts life again after trouble period of coronavirus. The people go inside and there are a lot of cars in Beijing. In my opinion, the situation with coronavirus in Italy is dramatical and I hope there will be no such situation with coronavirus in Poland. It is very sad that doctors have to choose who will be rescued and who will die without help in Italy.
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ReplyDeleteI've decided to describe a message that has to do with the current situation regarding the spread of the virus.
ReplyDeleteDue to a growing infection near important centres in Louisiana, the US space agency is suspending production and testing of its lunar and capsule rocket systems.
Trump has announced that 2024 will be the first manned mission to the surface of the moon in 50 years. This date is just a fantasy.
In Nasa's statement, it was written that there is no other option but to suspend work on the rocket and capsule systems of Orion.
So far, Nasa in Mississippi has had one confirmed only infection among her employees, while in Louisiana there has not yet been any case of COVID-19, but due to the increasing rate of infection in the communities around both complexes, closure is the only sensible option.
The equipment is currently being secured. However, the mission to the moon will still have to wait. In the current situation this is a natural reaction to the threat.
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-51976470
DeleteLike the Polish television, the BBC tries to calm the society. Speech 15:58 which I watched https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-51984399 both calm down and scare. My sister has been living in London since 1994. For her, her daughter, husband and friends this is the same tragedy as for us. Nobody talks about it, but half the metro station is closed. Two, three people ride upstairs in the autobusts. You think that only in Poland it is so bad, you are wrong! All over the world. Today they closed Cuba's pots, tomorrow maybe the Polish government will close our country's borders. None of us knows and will not know which direction it will run. Let's stick with it !!!
ReplyDeleteI chose an article describing how we should work from home (https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200312-coronavirus-covid-19-update-work-from-home-in-a-pandemic). This is a new and unique situation for all of us. Large companies like Google, Microsoft, Twitter, Hitachi, Apple, Amazon, etc. have had to implement a policy of remote working on an unprecedented scale. And it’s realistic to assume that shifting to the ‘home office’ will become the new normal for many of us for a while, given Wednesday’s announcement by the World Health Organization that the coronavirus has officially reached ‘pandemic’ status. What are the important points to work efficiently from home: the key to working from home is clear communication with your boss – and knowing exactly what’s expected of you. Most people spend their days in close proximity to their boss, meaning communication is easy and effortless. But that’s all out the window with remote work, and communication breakdown is even more likely if your workplace isn’t used to remote working. We also need to clearly separate working hours from free hours in order not to lose our productivity. With a dedicated workspace where you can concentrate, it becomes easier to unlock the benefits of remote work. In a survey of 7,000 workers last year by FlexJobs, 65% said they’re more productive working from home, citing benefits like fewer interruptions from colleagues, minimal office politics and reduced stress from commuting. And how do you deal with the pandemic? Do you work remotely and use any other methods to maintain your productivity?
ReplyDeleteCurrently, the hottest topic is coronavirus, so I decided to choose an article from bbc.com describing how robots help fight coronavirus using a UV light beam. The article presents how the robot uses UV light beams to destroy DNA and RNA proteins of viruses. The robots are manufactured in Odense, Denmark. One robot is produced daily, and its price is about $ 67,000. The robot has 8 ultraviolet lamps that produce a large dose of radiation that destroys microbes. Before the robot is allowed into the room, it must be washed by hand to remove dust and other dirt, so that the radiation reaches the surface and removes microbes. The machine is fully self-propelled. Her work takes about 10-20 minutes depending on the area of the room. While the machine is operating, people should leave the room because a high dose of radiation is harmful. What do you think about this method of fighting coronavirus? I cache for comments.
ReplyDeleteLink to the article:
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51914722
I have chosen article about the length live of coronavirus on surface without human body. I think this is important to know how long virus live and how we can protect from him. A scientist from US National Institutes of Health and her colleagues at the Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Hamilton, Montana have done research to find how long virus can survive on many different surfaces. They proved that virus could survive in droplets for about 3 hours. Scientists found that virus can survive on cardboard much longer about 24 hours and 2 – 3 days on on plastic and stainless-steel surfaces. Research has shown that coronaviruses can be inactivated within a minute by disinfecting surfaces with 62-71% alcohol, or 0.5% hydrogen peroxide bleach or household bleach containing 0.1% sodium hypochlorite. Also higher temperature could help slow expansion of the virus.
ReplyDeleteIf You want know more please read all article on
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200317-covid-19-how-long-does-the-coronavirus-last-on-surfaces.
I think we need to know much more about the coronavirus to find successful method to kill him and cure people.
I have chosen an article "OneWeb increases mega-constellation to 74 satellites" By Jonathan Amos (https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-51991325). Elon Musk is developing his Starlink constellation; Jeff Bezos has proposed a system he calls Kuiper. Its goal is to provide internet services to "everyone, everywhere," delivering much-needed connectivity to rural and remote places as well as to a range of markets. I think that this is an exciting project, yet it can produce a no-dark-sky problem for the astronomers. What do you think?
ReplyDeleteBecause of coronovirus pandemic, we hear a lot of bad news especially from Italy, the UK and Spain, where the new infections count in thousands every day. That is why I propose that we talk about environmental benefits that are a side effect of a pandemic. I read the article: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-51944780. New York researchers said carbon dioxide emissions were reduced by almost 50% compared to last year. The level of pollution and greenhouse gases has decreased in many cities and regions of the world. The best examples are China and Italy, where forced quarantine caused a large reduction in gas emissions associated with daily car travel. Emissions are also being reduced in many countries by stopping flights. Scientists predict that if the pandemic lasts a few more months, we will be able to see a decrease in CO2 emissions throughout the year. Unfortunately, governments must be wary of the rapid increase in pollutant emissions when the economy rebounds. If countries increase the use of fossil fuels, the situation from 2009 may recur after the global financial collapse when carbon emissions increased by 5%. The world has a great opportunity to slowly switch to renewable energy and see how much our travels and lives affect the environment. I hope that photos of animals coming out on the city streets, fish and dolphins returning to the clean Venetian canals will give people food for thought and we will learn to live in harmony with nature, because we also need it to live.
ReplyDeleteOk, choose news and encourage its discussion...what could go wrong?
ReplyDeleteI entry BBC Homepage and...get sick and tired of news about coronavirus (and other bad news from the world) so...I choose news about "super easy recipes" from the main page. That was an only article which doesn't say anything about the virus and other disaster (e.g. in Zagreb). I think that this year get worse from month to month so...let's we eat something delicious before something happen to us.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/collections/super_easy_recipes
To be honest the recipes are very easy to do and I'm going to try sweet potato and chickpea curry tomorrow! I have no talent for cooking so such recipes are invaluable to me (especially that my patience for cooking ends when something has to be prepared for more than 2 hours. At this time, I feel like I can starve to death!).
To encourage discussion I want to ask you: did you know any of that recipes? Maybe you have some special which is your favourite (and easy to do so I could try!)?
If even one person smiles after reading the above, I just make someone laugh in the face of omnipresent catastrophes (for me this is a huge success).
Have a nice day everyone :)!
I've read about street-food out of the streets in Singapore (Expected it's something new - it's not), how to argue with a racist (Those are the myths racists believe in? Are they really so dumb? Or it's just authors believe they believe this? And point 5 "Black people are better at running than white people" first sentence is "The last white man to compete in a 100m final at the Olympics was in 1980."? I'm not surprised that after such expert "debunking" there are still people who are racists), tying shoes (I cried inside when seeing all those "granny knots", but Berluti knot and Surgeon knot - I didn't know about those. I'm lifelong practitioner of Quick knot, aka Ian's knot) but finally settled with Stephen Fry on managing anxiety (https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-51995797/coronavirus-stephen-fry-s-take-on-managing-anxiety). I'm a huge fan of this guy. He speaks about different time perception when self-isolating. He also advices to designate most time as distraction-free, without any notifications on mobile devices etc. and consuming news only at scheduled times, if one really have to. And how to tell apart when expert speaks (they use "we think", "it's possible", "maybe", "perhaps") and ignorants who claim they know what's going on for sure.
ReplyDeleteI have chosen BBC news about coronavirus: Robots use light beams to zap hospital viruses.
ReplyDeleteIt’s nice to hear that technology is helping us fighting with the coronavirus, chines engineer had to speed up with their robots - the self-driving machine that kills microbes with a zap of ultraviolet light. Production has been accelerated and it now takes less than a day to make one. The robot was in preparation for some time, but taking in to account current situation it was bring to the market as soon as possible. "truckloads" of robots have been shipped to China, in particular Wuhan. Sales elsewhere in Asia, and Europe are also up.
To be fully effective, UV needs to fall directly on a surface. If lightwaves are blocked by dirt or obstacles, such shadow areas won't be disinfected. Therefore manual cleaning is needed first.
I can’t wait to see that hospitals all over the world start using that kind of smart solutions
I chose the article:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.bbc.com/news/business-51706225
From the article we can find out, among others, about declines in stock exchanges and about that
Investors fear that spread of the coronavirus will destroy economic growth and that government action may not be enough to stop the decline.
The fears are not unfounded. In the following sections of the article, we see the impact of coronavirus on the tourism and gastronomy sectors.
In short, it's very bad.
Hardcore environmentalists can be happy with the reduced emissions of pollutants, especially from China