Archive for September 2020
RI Coronavirus Update – Today, September 3, 2020
Photo: A post-coronavirus preparedness classroom in Providence NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL The CDC has issued official alert to Governors of states to be prepared to distribute vaccines in their states as early as November. US govt has put a ban on evictions through end of 2020 – applies only to tenants who have had trouble paying…
Read MoreWhat’s in a name? A lot if you are Brown University
Photo: Brown University gates “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, By any other name would smell as sweet.” – Shakespeare Brown University has announced a name change, reflective of racial sensitivity. Calling it a “clerical adjustment to address a state government affiliation historically appended to the University’s name”, Brown University will…
Read MoreRI Weather Today – Sept. 2, 2020
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist Weather systems team up and make for a rainy Wednesday. A warm front moving in from the west will be fed by Tropical Storm Omar. He is not a direct threat to us, headed out to sea he is. We can expect the main belt of rain beginning around 9am and…
Read MoreWho will be first in line for COVID19 Vaccine
National Academies Release Draft Framework for Equitable Allocation of a COVID-19 Vaccine, Seek Public Comment Editor’s Note: While no decisions have yet been made, this is the way science is going towards an eventual decision time about vaccine distribution. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine today released for public comment a discussion draft…
Read MoreYour Coronavirus Update – Today, Sept. 2, 2020
NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL NIH is disappointed that only 18% of patients who have volunteered for vaccine trials are minorities. One of the first minority women to participate is going on the speaking circuit to recruit others, saying, “I was scared at first, for my health [and] for exposing myself to something that hasn’t been tested…
Read MoreIf it’s Wednesday – it’s Sour Grapes!
by Timothy Jones, cartoonist __________ Tim Jones is the creator, artist and writer of the widely popular, self-syndicated comic strip, “Sour Grapes” – a comic about “Aesop”, a miserable flying dog and his odd friends, all living in a problematic and troubled world. Sour Grapes is currently published in multiple newspapers in Rhode Island, Massachusetts,…
Read MoreStill attacking Kennedy Plaza
By David Brussat, Architecture Here and There A sensible plan to renovate Kennedy Plaza attractively without evicting public transit from Providence’s central square – by far its most logical location – was submitted in 2013, designed by Union Studio. In 2015, this plan was frog-marched out of the picture by transit officials and replaced by…
Read MoreRI Weather Today – Sept. 1, 2020
by Jack Donnelly, meteorologist High pressure still in control over us, despite a tropical storm rolling up from the western Atlantic and a frontal system pressing in from the great Lakes. We’ll have some mid and high clouds to deal with, but conditions will remain dry and nice through the day. Morning lows drop to…
Read MoreYour Coronavirus Update – Today, Sept. 1, 2020
Photo: Opening day, yesterday, Aug. 31, at Bishop Hendricken in Warwick NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL US reported the percentage of coronavirus decreased from 6.2% during week #33 to 5.7% during week #34, as of August 28, 2020. Just 6% of fatalities from coronavirus are only to that disease source. The U.S. government is advising U.S. travelers…
Read MoreRI writer encourages the power of imagination to confront fear
Jade Braves the Dark Valdene Mark is a Rhode Island based Vincentian writer, and the founder of Sugar Apple Books. Her first book, Jade Braves the Dark, follows main character, Jade, as she learns to use her imagination to conquer her nighttime fears. Valdene’s stories, inspired by her childhood in the Caribbean, encourage children to…
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