The state of California announced that indoor restaurants, gyms, movie theaters and places of worship can now open with restrictions in San Mateo County.
The county, effective immediately, moves to the second (red) stage of the state's four-tiered, color-coded reopening system.
Still, the county's new risk level is considered "substantial" under the state's monitoring system, and officials caution businesses and individuals to follow health and safety guidelines. San Mateo County's health order requiring mouth covers, social distancing and limited gatherings remains in effect.
"What this means is that you, the residents of San Mateo County, have made great sacrifices to help stop the spread of COVID-19," said County Administrator Mike Callagy. "It's a time to celebrate these unprecedented times. But this is something we should all be happy about now that so many of our businesses can reopen and so many of you can go back to work."
"This is great news for so many small business owners who have worked so hard to keep their businesses going," said Warren Slocum, chairman of the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors.
"What each and every one of us can do is commit to supporting our local businesses," said Slocum. "Let's stay safe, stay healthy and help ensure our small businesses are with us today, tomorrow and into the future."
Moving to level 2 (red) allows:
Indoor restaurants (maximum capacity 25% or 100 persons, whichever is less);
Personal care services: hairdressers and nail salons, hairdressing salons (open with modifications);
Museums, zoos and aquariums (maximum 25% capacity);
Places of worship (maximum capacity of 25% or 100 persons, whichever is less);
Cinemas at the gates (maximum 25% capacity or 100 people, whichever is less);
Indoor gyms and fitness centers (maximum 10% capacity).
Companies that are allowed to reopen or expand their operations must follow industry-specific health and safety guidelines, as well as abide by coverage and social distancing requirements.
Under the tiered system, bars, breweries and distilleries will remain closed.
Cats absorb the electric and electromechanical fields around them. They are a filter to purify the environment. They are able to heal their owners, when caressing them they discharge people of negative energies.
Robert Diaz. Peninsula 360 Press.
Worshipped since antiquity, the word "cat" means "the one who looks". The Egyptians worshipped them as if they were gods - the penalty for killing a cat was death - they placed statues of them at the entrances to their temples because they believed that they drove away spirits and, if a cat died, they mummified it and buried it with mummified mice for the duration of its journey to the afterlife. Bastet was the Egyptian goddess who had the head of a cat and her cult meant the protection of the home and the paternal sense for the children.
Reddit. The social network to see gifs and pictures of cats.
The characteristics of their eyes make them have a 280-degree view and they have a much greater margin to be able to focus on objects. They do not see well up close, but very well at a distance. The more light, cats focus with more difficulty, however their habitat is the night, when there is light their pupils are round, when there is light, they are vertical. Cats hear better than dogs, 48 HZ at 85 kHz gives felines one of the widest hearing ranges among mammals.
They have 200 million cells sensitive to smell that are in their noses, to get an idea of their sensitivity we should say that humans only have 5 million olfactory cells. Their whiskers give them balance, they combine with the whiskers on their legs and help them to measure the distances around them. They trust blindly in their sense of smell, since they only have 470 taste buds, compared to the 9 thousand of humans is really little.
They just can't see the red tones: it is believed that their origin comes from Africa, but there are investigations that point to the Middle East, however it is known that it was the Greeks who introduced them as pets and other specialists have pointed out that it was actually the Phoenician traders who domesticated them.
It was in the Middle Ages where the church played a negative role for the tender felines, since it related them to evil spirits, sorcery, allied with the devil and witches. And it was because of this superstitious turn of events that they began to be persecuted and killed. Well known is that dark passage of the history of France, in which in the year 1730 a great slaughter of cats was carried out, due to the lies that had been told about them.
It is believed that cats can predict deaths because they are faced with minor spirits that harass their owners, they can see the wave fluctuations floating in the environment. Cats absorb the electrical and electromechanical fields around them. They are a filter to purify the environment. They are able to heal their owners, when caressing them they discharge people of negative energies, they have therapeutic abilities with human beings that is why it is beneficial to sleep next to them because by absorbing the negative energy, they clean our aura, our energy field.
According to the University of Veterinary Medicine of Missouri, cats reduce stress, increase the production of serotonin -substance in our brain responsible for the regulation of sleep, sexuality and attention- and endorphins -chemical substances that cause the feeling of happiness- reduces the risk of heart attacks, balance the heart rate, improve blood pressure levels with an effectiveness far superior to drugs. It has also been proven that the presence of cats in the environments of people suffering from some disease such as Alzheimer's is beneficial to their health. Its purring serves to mitigate different ailments, especially those that have to do with the bones, in the healing of wounds and joint pain, it has been found that patients with chronic lung disease, improved considerably if they had a cat nearby.
Conspiracy theorists believe that cats were brought by advanced races because before the Egyptians there is no record in any other civilization of their existence. It is also said that felines come from the constellation Orion and that their purring is a form of super advanced communication with their home worlds and that the truth is that they are so mysterious because they are spying on us.
Last weekend a system of algorithms showed that, at the moment snippets and previewed them, suspiciously, favored white men over others.
Rober Diaz. Peninsula 360 Press.
A big scandal happened this weekend: users of the San Francisco-based social network Twitter, founded in 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone and Eva Willians, debated an algorithm that allows previews to give the user an image of the tweet, whether it's a note or a blog or page.
It all started with the preview images of another platform that, after the COVID-19 pandemic, took on a major importance in the Zoom world, as one of the users, Colin Madland, realized that when he shared the image where he was with his black-skinned boss, only his whiter skin came out.
- Colin, scholar in residence since Mar 17/20 (@colinmadland) September 19, 2020
Colin, made several attempts on Twitter to check that it was random and not really a prefigured schedule. He changed the image and uploaded variations of it to find that in every case the preview removed the figure of his boss.
Tests continued to be done. Researcher Vinay Prabuh tested 92 pairs of images and found that 52 of them selected the black face. That is to say, that this problem is not such. Despite this, the debates multiplied on the Social Network and different developers of the company came out to say that Twitter had already gone through this dilemma, since in the past it used facial recognition and Artificial Intelligence to obtain the images of the previews.
Since 2018 they stopped doing so because of flaws in the AI and the biases it could generate, intentionally or not. The algorithm Twitter now uses to create its previews is trained with data from eye-tracking systems, and responds to areas with higher contrast, faces, animals or text, but does not actively search for these parameters itself.
The California team is playing, in an atypical course, one of the last tickets to the elimination phase of Major League Baseball -MLB, for its acronym in English-.
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The 2020 Major League Baseball season is different from what is commonly known to Major League Baseball fans.
In a compressed year, where only 60 games were played per franchise, the regular season is coming to an end, but not before delivering 16 slots to the direct elimination phase, the same to which the hopes of some teams like the San Francisco Giants are clinging to.
To analyze the franchise's situation, it is necessary to understand that the NL West is perhaps the most competitive division in the league.
With the Los Angeles Dodgers unstoppable and the San Diego Padres close behind in the race, the Golden Gate team is in third place in the division with a 26-27 record, so "miracle" can be considered an accurate definition of their needs.
Within the National League, San Francisco is in tenth place and with a chance to compete for seventh place. Above them, and considering their aspirations, are teams like Philadelphia, Cincinnati and Milwaukee.
The Giants also can't play for the tiebreaker, since they lost the series against the Milwaukee Brewers, so with seven games left on their schedule, they are forced to move up two spots to advance to the postseason.
In addition, the team from "the Bay" has two four-game series left against the Colorado Rockies, which began yesterday's loss, and against the San Diego Padres, a team that fights for first place in the National League.
Considering the performance of the three teams throughout the season, it would make sense for San Francisco to finish these eight games with a 4-4 record, which would leave them at 30-30 overall, with the advantage that not all of their competitors have the same amount of games left to play.
For example, Cincinnati and Milwaukee will split the results of the series they face, where the logic would be 3-0 in favor of the Reds, a result that would open the way for the eighth place for the Giants, who will have to face the last games with an atypical emotion in MLB.
Elmer Martinez Saballos was appointed to the Redwood City Planning Commission last night, September 21, 2020.
Elmer Martinez is a community activist from Redwood City. Treasurer of Peninsula Young Democrats @pydems; Political Director San Mateo County LatinX Democratic Club @SMCLatinxDems, as well as district representative for Senator Jerry Hill's office.
The Planning Commission consists of seven members, appointed by the City Council for periods of four years each. Members are on the commission without compensation and may not hold any other public office or position in the City while performing this community service.
One of the primary duties of the Planning Commission is to recommend to the City Council a comprehensive long-term master plan for the physical development of the City; the Commission also plays a role in the administration of the City's Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance.
So the commission is in charge of reviewing the modifications to the General Plan and the General Plan. Reviewing the plans of specific neighborhoods and areas. Scrutinize environmental impact reports and negative statements, among many other tasks. The Commission meets periodically on the first and third Tuesdays of each month.
It should be stressed that Elmer Martínez is of Latin American origin. It is important that the LatinX community raise its hand and present its request to the Boards, Committees and Commissions in its city so that more people in those positions represent the vast majority of people in the area.
Facebook helps users manage their intellectual property.
This Monday, Facebook published in its virtual press room a statement announcing that users will be able to use tools to help them claim intellectual property.
This is what the new Rights Manager on Facebook looks like. Facebook .
In your text: Helping creators and publishers manage their intellectual propertyThe social network led by Mark Zuckerberg announces to users that the platform serves as a means of communication to creators and publishers of different companies that have created tools to more easily identify the content they have created for their publications.
Facebook will make available to creators an additional tool in the Creator Studio called Rights Manager.
The digital content distribution platform seeks to make it easy for users to identify images they have uploaded to Facebook and compare them to find matches so that they can protect themselves against misuse or unauthorized use, such as monetization of private content.
The communiqué issued on Monday morning states that, in order to obtain access to the new Rights Manager, it is necessary to send a request to identify that content which they wish to protect under the international laws of each country in relation to intellectual property and copyright.
It is important for Facebook, as a social network, to take more robust security measures, as the 2020 elections in the US are about to take place.
So companies like Twitter and Google have already established protocols to help citizens vote by taking care of the content and security of official accounts of candidates and representatives of the Executive Branch and the U.S. Congress.
On the blog of the social network TwitterOn Thursday, September 17th, it was mentioned that, in the coming weeks, the site implement additional security measures for some accounts that require closer scrutiny such as Executive Branch and U.S. Congressional related accounts.
Twitter will notify accounts that require an additional security step. Twitter.
The communiqué published by the Twitter security account responsible for informing users about changes in user security, specifies that the accounts related to presidential campaigns, political parties and candidates with some involvement in the U.S. House of Representatives, Senate and government.
Not everything is Twitter's initiative. Users with such accounts are strongly urged to beef up their security with customary changes like the password changeYou will need to update it after logging in the next time you want to do so.
However, it is likely that, after the password reset, Twitter will increase security for future password changes. The company mentions that this will help "to prevent unauthorized changes"and they will be required to take additional steps such as confirming their registered email address or phone number to reset their password.
In addition, the importance of beginning to use the two-factor authentication -known as 2FA, which provides an additional layer of security to protect the account from malicious logins, thus preventing account misuse.
With this, the social network aims to put a little order this 2020 in electoral matters in the U.S., in addition to efforts like those on Facebook and Google that will also serve as a guide for voters.
Work of Fernando Escártiz and Yoshinori Asai together with the creative group of Casa Círculo Cultural. Peninsula 360 Press.
Around 15 vehicles drove through downtown Redwood City this Sunday morning adorned with phosphorescent posters and pink balloons with painted eyes and blue mouthguards.
Those who drove the cars were honking their horns and waving to the passers-by on the street to attract attention.
"This is a caravan to pay tribute to the real heroes in this pandemic, and to raise awareness in the community about the need to continue using the mask."He said Verónica Escámez, Director of Casa Círculo CulturalThe organization responsible for the event, along with the We Vote Redwood City organization.
At the front of the long line was a red MINI Cooper, followed by a grey pickup truck pulling a trailer with a huge coronavirus sculpture from Mexican artist based in Redwood City Fernando Escártiz, supported by Japanese artist Yoshinori Asai and the creative group from the art class at Casa Círculo Cultural.
The green and pink coronavirus had on this five superheroes representing the ethnic diversity of the people who have dealt with the virus SARS-CoV-2 from their different professions and trades.
The red-eyed, angry coronavirus looked down on the superheroes that threaten its existence. In the center, and almost on what would be the virus' forehead, Wonder Woman dressed in blue and white to represent doctors and nurses.
BatmanOn his right side, dressed in black and blue, standing by the security sector: the sheriff's office and the police department. On the left side, Captain America dressed in gray with phosphorescent yellow to represent the uniform of fire department and paramedics.
SupermanThe logo of the post office, in the back row on the right side, but instead of a red S on the chest, the logo of the post office to honour the home delivery men that they haven't stopped.
In the same way, at the back, but on the left side, a large Hulk with the torn pants of the original character, but with sun-baked skin and, in his hand, a box of vegetables and a pesticide, to represent all the farmers and farm workerswithout whose labour the daily bread would not reach our table.
"We have to remind people that the pandemic is unfortunately not over and we have to take care of each other. We decided to use humor and art to send a strong message that could save lives: put on your mask»said Escámez.
Taking advantage of the great commotion caused by the motorcade and the huge coronavirus with the super heroes on top, Casa Círculo Cultural and We Vote Redwood City invited people to participate in the 2020 census and register to vote in the next election.
Coronavirus sculpture by Redwood City-based Mexican artist Fernando Escártiz, supported by Japanese artist Yoshinori Asai and the creative group of the art class of Casa Círculo Cultural.
«This is a caravan to pay tribute to the real heroes in this pandemic, and to raise awareness in the community about the need to continue using the mask.He said Verónica Escámez, Director of Casa Círculo CulturalThe organization responsible for the event, along with the We Vote Redwood City organization.
The red-eyed, angry coronavirus looked down on the superheroes that threaten its existence. In the center and almost on the virus' forehead, Wonder Woman dressed in blue and white to represent doctors and nurses.
The green coronavirus with pink had on it, 5 super heroes representing the ethnic diversity of the people who have faced the virus from their different professions and trades.
Cunqueiro developed a somewhat forgotten literary resource, which is to make the description of food, more than the enunciation of a recipe, a transit through which the story and its characters eating, are diluted in the same flow: literature.
Rober Diaz. Peninsula 360 Press.
Álvaro Cunqueiro (1911-1981) is an unjustly forgotten writer, but no less erudite and entertaining for that. The delight of the self-confidence with which he approaches his readings makes him leave the dungeons in which political correctness has put him, his dazzling and passionate effect where the most bizarre themes could occur and juxtapose themselves with historical themes and famous characters, related to European lineages, fratricidal wars, extravagant customs, together with a culinary knowledge with which he created his own microcosm, make this writer, more than a way of writing, a category. A state of illumination that, for those who do not know his political affiliation, causes an almost automatic admiration for his themes, and his inventive way of approaching them.
Cunqueiro, born in Mondoñedo, Galicia, Spain, did not believe in inspiration. He was a writer who, in one fell swoop, wrote what he had committed to. He said that, if after that lapse, the work was not finished, it would be difficult, in the end, to see it finished. He said that one did not know for whom one was writing and, sometimes, one did not know exactly where the characters would end up, because patience, more than a virtue, is one of the main tools that a writer has.
In addition to being a novelist, poet and playwright, Cuaqueiro developed a somewhat forgotten literary resource: making the description of food, more than the enunciation of a recipe, a passage through which the story and its characters eating are diluted in the same flow: literature. He was an expert gastronomist and made his narratives about food a true delight; we leave here a small historical chronicle about «British Strawberries and Blackberries», from his book «Western Christian Cuisine», page 45:
«Brittany strawberries, Plougastel strawberries, have a history. They are Chilean and that is why they are called fraises du Chili. They were brought back in 1712 by a naval officer called Fraize, on his return from a voyage. They are short like amorodos —strawberries—, tasty and fresh. Officer Freize brought a parrot and beautiful orchids from Brazil. He lived in Lenvoual, near Plougastel, and is considered one of the Breton Tenorios of the 18th century. Freize himself taught the Bretons to eat strawberries with cream, a dessert that he had learned in Valparaiso, in the house of a lady who was a great judge and who was kissed and hugged by the Spanish sailor “Now back!” (sic). The English buy strawberries from Plougastel for their jams, just as they buy blackberries in September for blackberry jam. The Bretons like blackberries with sugar, cinnamon and Barsac wine; The best, a sweet, orange Château-Coutet.»
Cunqueiro added fictitious indexes of names at the end of his books in order to complete the profiles of the characters and to ensure that what he had not said would remain under the shadow of historical fiction. His books on food, as well as his assessments and evaluations of the most unusual and unusual dishes, filled the pages of Spanish newspapers in the post-war period.
When asked what Galicia was, he replied that for hundreds of years it was the end of the known world: Finisterri, beyond the rocks of its cliffs –the point of the world in Galicia that the ancients thought was the end of the world–, there was nothing but the dark ocean, with abysses where giant fish swam that ate their own tails and that, when the Romans came to conquer those lands, they believed they were facing the Lethe –that river that Dante said one crosses to the afterlife– because of the astonishing landscape, but it was Decimus Junius Brutus, who led the expedition, who reminded them that they were there only to conquer and the soldiers woke up from their dream.
The Galicians –he said– are always on the defensive, they have an enormous love for their land –surely there must be inhabitants of Galicia who have still owned their small lands for two thousand years–, being that end of the world and the harassment under which they lived, surely made them react to become ironic and scoundrels capable of dizzying whoever it was with their verbosity.
A fact: In 2015, the mayor of Madrid, Manuela Camarena, tried to change the name of a street that bears his name, in compliance with the Law of Historical Memory; the president of the Galician academic institution, Xesús Alonso Montero, replied: "honour and glory of the Hispanic Letters of the 20th century, he was a friend admired by many people in the Republican ideological panorama and a good man who never, in his intimate condition, identified himself with fascist violence; before and after 1936."
