That is terrible. I hope she recovered.

Looks so serene and beautiful. Its crazy to think the chaos that reigned over there back in the day. Hell in paradise.

I didn't know this, but after a query, it looks like the prefecture is a big tourism destination. That cyan/blue water looks devine.

One thing is for sure, the folks at Princeton have brains. Hopefully more schools follow suit. They look at the trends, the facts, the science... and they act with proactive policies. Refreshing to see and read.

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All Princeton undergraduates will be fully remote for fall 2020 semester

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Big honeymoon spot for Japanese. It has some great beaches but watch out for sea snakes: Deadly poisonous.

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https://www.his-travel.co.id/blog/ar...-super-menarik

Another anecdote: I had my first ever taco there cooked by a Japanese guy with chopsticks. :shrug:

CPS made the decision for us.

They're going 100% remote learning for all grades for at least the 1st quarter (and likely longer I suspect, barring a miracle)

Our school district did the same. 100% remote learning. I was disappointed, but I understand. Case positivity rates are rising in the north suburbs, and there are a lot of logistic concerns about how we would do in-person classes with social distancing/masks when we're talking about children.

I'm not happy because I think the quality of education via a computer screen sucks, and so much is lost. Plus, we have to arrange child care because we both work and have essential jobs (can't work from home like all you lucky IT people).

We just need this vaccine. Period.

^ It will be for the entire 2020-21 school year. Mark my words.

there has been a increase of street bikes/ cars that race around at night or in the morning. probably a increase of tickets too.

less people on the road because half the people have jobs in the us. hasnt it always been like that though?

oh ya more people working at home.

That would be horrible.

My twins are entering their senior year in HS. What a way to have to go your last year in HS to school from home.

I hope it is not true. Illinois HS football got pushed back to start February 15th.

Many players and families are dependent on athletic scholarships to help defer the cost of collage.

I have heard of wealthy north suburban parents planning on sending their children to schools in Walworth county Wisconsin for this reason. People with second homes around Lake Geneva.

I read that speeding tickets dropped, but excessive speeding citations increased in April/May. I think both of those trends have leveled off since economies have reopened and roadway congestion has been steadily increasing like the NYC subway counts. Back in the Black Plague days, the number of commuters rushing to get to work vanished. Overall traffic decreased and opened up highway and freeway space which allowed those with fancy cars to let loose at 100 - 150 mph.

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https://www.sfchronicle.com/business...y-15468195.php

It's quite logical that SF would be high on this list because the city has strong limits on chains and only a couple of big box stores (a CostCo, a Lowes, a couple of smallish Targets) in the city. That means San Franciscans are forced to do proportionately more of their shopping in boutique and Mom/Pop stores which, in spite of the city wind at their backs, are mostly poorly capitalized and marginally successful . . . so they cannot withtand closure orders and lockdowns. They don't have major online presences, access to capital markets or national or even global structures to fund them in bad times.

The city Planning Department also strongly favors small ground floor store fronts in new developments so most new buildings have them and a lot of them were already empty before COVID because the city was already "over-sored". So this likely means that for a decade or more we are going to have ugly empty store fronts all over town.

My guess is the restaurants will come back because the city has always been a dining-out place due to the high proportion of singles and childless couples. Likewise the places providing convenience to neighborhoods: Corner markets, dry cleaners and so forth. But the high end, trendy retail that characterized the city? I'm less sanguine.

Went to Chinatown for dinner tonight. It's a bit of a ghost town, with about half the places closed. Grabbed takeout from QXY and ate it in Ping Tom Park. They sure got the packaging down:

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Pic by me. Taken tonight.


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West NY - 08-08-2020 - 1 by Christopher Estevez, on Flickr


All I gotta say is, we are f'd. Lots of folks not social distancing nor caring. Its a romper room in Hoboken! Fall Season will be interesting...

Like yah had some folks do the right thing, but others, not a care on the world. On a side note, spotted two gentleman on a bench looking at the skyline, and casually smoking some bud. Good to see that. Not giving an F, while enjoying the NYC skyline.

I'll be getting a 4k dashcam in a week, so it'll be nice to finally not have to use my shit cell phone.

Face masks are now mandatory in some streets of Paris
It was mandatory inside, now it includes some streets even if I have some question about the choice of some streets and not other ones.
Avenue des Champs Elysées is not concerned neither are most of the main commercial streets of Paris like Rue de Rivoli, Boulevard Haussmann, Boulevard Saint-Michel, Rue de Rennes...

Here a map of Inner Paris
https://img.lemde.fr/2020/08/10/0/0/...uMasque630.png
https://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs...6_4355770.html

There is an application to indicate the level of crowdedness in public transportation.
I tested it during one trip, this is what it offers.

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Mobilisés ensemble by Minato ku, sur Flickr
I hesitate between several choices (tres elevée or maximale ?). :shrug:
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Paris metro, ligne 4 by Minato ku, sur Flickr

Would you ride that? I wouldn't.

Out of the 6 people visible, 4 aren't wearing their mask properly, one isn't even wearing a mask.

Haha, they’ve made masks mandatory in the fun parts of Paris. Not surprising.

Yesterday my household was abuzz with the Quebec government's rules for back to school.

To sum up, it actually sounds a lot like the rules for restaurants here.

All kids 10 and older will wear masks to walk around in class and hallways, but once they are sitting at their desk they can remove them.

There won't be (as was rumoured) a "six-student bubble". Your entire class will be considered your bubble.

The teacher will need to remain 2 metres away from the students but the students will not be 2 metres apart.

Masks will be mandatory on school buses at all times but not while sitting in the cafeteria.

25-30 percent of the restaurants and bars in Pittsburgh have already permanently closed due to COVID restrictions. I’d imagine roughly half will be gone by this time next year because I don’t see the restrictions and constant closings from the governor to end.