Slow...

 

Ambition...

 

The United Kingdom announced it would ban the sale of new gasoline and diesel vehicles by the year 2030, 10 years earlier than initially planned.

The sale of hybrid-electric vehicles, however, will be allowed until 2035.

The ambitious goal was unveiled by Prime Minister Boris Johnson as part of his "Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution" that he touted would create and support up to 250,000 jobs.

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, a UK auto industry trade group, however, warned that this ambitious plan presents challenges for the industry.

"We share government's ambition for leadership in decarbonizing road transport and are committed to the journey. Manufacturers have invested billions to deliver vehicles that are already helping thousands of drivers switch to zero, but this new deadline, fast-tracked by a decade, sets an immense challenge," Mike Hawes, the group's chief executive, said in a statement.

The change started already, give it sometime. Just a thought.

Needed...

Quality of life in New York City before Covid-19

Late Friday, the Republican governor of North Dakota mandated face masks in public after increased pressure from doctors, nurses and other health care professionals to require face coverings.     

 U.S. hospitals expect to be better prepared if a second wave of Covid-19 cases hits in coming months, doctors and administrators say, after gaining a better understanding how to triage patients, which drugs to use and what supplies are needed.

When the new coronavirus first struck, beds filled up at record speed, ventilators were in short supply and proven treatments were scant.
Since.

Hospitals are getting better at treating COVID-19 patients, according to University of Washington's influential Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation model. Better treatments have helped decrease the disease's fatality rate by 30% since April, according to a model briefing.

المُخالفُ

 

تَمامُ العقلِ يحلو بالكلامِ كما الأجسامُ تحلو بالقَوامِ

وبعضُ الناس لايرضى بقَوْلٍ وإنْ قَدَّمْتَهُ بين الكِرامِ

ففي أنفاسِه كِبْرٌ ومَكْرٌ ولايرضى برأيٍ أو وِئامِ

يظنُّ كلامَه وحياً كريماً له قُدْسيَّةٌ بين الأنامِ

كلاماً صائباً من دون شكٍّ وما قال المُخالفُ للرُّكامِ

ومِن أمثاله خَلْقٌ كثيرٌ تراهُمُ بالحديثِ بلا زِمامِ

فلاتُتْعبْ دماغك يا صديقي وقلْ لهمُ سلاماً في سلامِ

Still...

 

Lonliness...

 

We’re living in a loneliness epidemic time. We hear that loneliness kills as much as obesity or smoking. 

Yes, loneliness is not great. It is also pretty prevalent at the moment, especially given the pandemic situation and the instructions to stay away. This is probably why there is so much being written and said about loneliness.   

 To address loneliness all we need is to ‘get out more’. Well, yes and no. 

Loneliness signals the need to reconnect and in this sense, indeed, to address it we need to ‘get out more’. But getting out more is neither always possible, nor the best way to address loneliness. So get out .......   and help someone in need.

We hear that social media is the devil. This one seems obvious to many, but it is never a missed point wherever to speak about loneliness. Is (increasing) loneliness a product of social media? 

Social media can be used in different ways, with different people. And it is how we use it that determines whether or not it makes us more lonely. In a nutshell, if we use it to extend our offline social relationships, rather than replace them, we are enriching our social life. We have to work with what we got at the moment.

Oregon...

 

On Tuesday night, a number of US states voted in favor of decriminalizing drugs in an unprecedented drug law overhaul. 

Arizona, Montana, New Jersey and South Dakota, voted to decriminalize recreational marijuana

Oregon, all illegal drugs – including heroin, cocaine and methamphetamines – will be decriminalized, meanwhile psilocybin, or psychoactive mushrooms, will be legalized for therapeutic use – a historic first.

Oregon has some of the highest substance use and mental health problems in the country, and its access to services is one of the worst in the country. It has the third highest number of people needing but not receiving treatment for alcohol and substance use disorders. 

 

Irrigularities...

Georgia’s chief election official announced Wednesday that the state will conduct a recount by hand of every ballot cast in the presidential race.

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, said that he would designate the presidential contest as the race to undergo a “risk-limiting audit,” an election verification procedure that uses a statistical formula to determine how many electronically tabulated ballots need to be manually checked in order to rule out the possibility of fraud or errors.

Raffensperger has been under significant criticism from fellow Georgia Republicans in recent days. Republican Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler both called on Raffensperger to resign, claiming without providing specific allegations that there were widespread irregularities in the election.

Risk...

 

الفتاة

 

“فتىً فُتن بفتاةٍ فتاه،

 وبات بسبب الفتاة فتات

 عن حُبِّها روَى ولا ارتوى ...

قادهُ إليها الهوى فَهَوى 

ظنها جنَّة وعلى نفسه جَنى ...

نبض قلبه عليل فهز يسراه 

أرق شديد ضر جفناه ...

ضجر يميل بخده على يُمناه 

ثم عاد إلى ربِّه فهداه ...

ثم إذا بربِّه يهديها إياه.”

The ending is not written yet.