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Talent Management Systems (TMS) Market Executive Summary, Introduction, Sizing, Analysis and Forecast To 2025 – Bulletin Line

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Negotiators Report Progress in COVID-19 Aid Talks – Voice of America

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WASHINGTON - Lawmakers participating in rare weekend talks on a huge coronavirus relief measure reported progress Saturday, as political pressure mounted to restore a newly expired $600-per-week supplemental unemployment benefit and send funding to help schools reopen.

``This was the longest meeting we had and it was more productive than the other meetings,'' said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. ``We're not close yet, but it was a productive discussion now each side knows where they're at."

Schumer spoke alongside House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., after meeting for three hours with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.

Schumer said the officials would meet Monday and their staffs would meet Sunday.

The Democratic duo is eager for an expansive agreement, as are President Donald Trump and top Republicans like Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. But perhaps one-half of Senate Republicans, mostly conservatives and those not facing difficult races this fall, are likely to oppose any deal.

Prior talks yielded little progress. The administration is willing to extend the $600 jobless benefit, at least in the short term, but is balking at other Democratic demands like aid for state and local governments, food stamp increases, and assistance to renters and homeowners.

Food aid, vote by mail

Pelosi mentioned food aid and funding for voting by mail after the negotiating session was over. She and Schumer appeared more upbeat than they have after earlier meetings.

``We have to get rid of this virus so that we can open our economy, safely open our schools, and to do so in a way that does not give a cut in benefits to American workers,`` Pelosi said.

Mnuchin said restoring the $600 supplemental jobless benefit was critically important to Trump.

``We're still a long ways apart and I don't want to suggest that a deal is imminent, because it is not,`` Meadows said afterward. ``There are still substantial differences, but we did make good progress."

The additional jobless benefit officially lapsed Friday, and Democrats have made clear that they will not extend it without securing other relief priorities. Whatever unemployment aid negotiators agree on will be made retroactive but antiquated state systems are likely to take weeks to restore the benefits.

A step back

Republicans in the Senate had been fighting to trim the $600 benefit, saying it must be slashed so that people don't make more in unemployment than they would if they returned to work. But their resolve weakened as the benefit expired, and Trump abruptly undercut their position by signaling he wants to keep the full $600 for now.

On Friday, Trump used Twitter to explicitly endorse extending the $600 payment and to criticize Schumer.

Washington's top power players agree that Congress must pass further relief in the coming days and weeks. At stake beyond the $600-per-week jobless benefit is a fresh $1,200 direct payment to most Americans, and hundreds of billions of dollars in other aid to states, businesses and the poor, among other elements.

Democrats hold a strong negotiating hand exploiting GOP divisions and they are expected to deliver a necessary trove of votes.

The COVID package will be the fifth legislative response to the pandemic and could well be the last one before the November election. The only other must-pass legislation on the agenda is a stopgap spending measure that should advance in September.

More flexibility

Since May, Republicans controlling the Senate had kept the relief negotiations on pause, in a strategy aimed at reducing its price tag. But as the pandemic surged back over the summer and as fractures inside the GOP have eroded the party's negotiating position Republicans displayed some greater flexibility.

Even with signs of progress in the talks, the list of items to negotiate remains daunting.

Democrats, for example, are pressing hard for a boost in food stamp benefits. Republicans added $20 billion for agribusinesses but nothing for greater food stamp benefits in their $1 trillion proposal. Meadows played a role in killing an increase in food aid during talks on the $2 trillion relief bill in March.

``Traditionally we've had a partnership between farms and families, and they've consistently broken that,'' said Senator Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, the top Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Committee.

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Progress stopped on Concow Fire in Feather River Canyon – Action News Now

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UPDATED 3:38 p.m., Sunday, August 2, 2020 - The forward progress on the Concow Fire has stopped, said an official from the CAL FIRE Butte Unit. A total of two acres of vegetation was burned at Highway 70 and Big Bend Road.

Fire assets are being released from the fire at this time.

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FEATHER RIVER CANYON, Calif. - A fire is burning in the Feather River Canyon on Highway 70 at Big Bend Road in Butte County.

The Concow Fire was called in close to 2:30 in the afternoon on Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020.

A representative from the CAL FIRE Butte Unit told Action News Now that a full wildland response has been initiated.

So far the fire has burned two to three acres.

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Ag Progress Days going online this year – Sunbury Daily Item

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STATE COLLEGE The coronavirus pandemic will not stop Penn States 2020 Ag Progress Days scheduled for Aug. 9-12 from providing educational activities, research tours and commercial interactions, even as the event shifts to a virtual format due to COVID-19 restrictions, organizers in the College of Agricultural Sciences said this past week.

The global COVID-19 pandemic has presented serious challenges to our agricultural producers, our food supply chains, our businesses, our livelihoods, and our health, said Jesse Darlington, Ag Progress Days manager.

But as Pennsylvanias land-grant university, it is Penn States mission to help our states farmers, families and communities to navigate these challenges, whether we all can be together in one place or not.

Darlington noted that instead of attending in-person events on the show grounds at the Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center at Rock Springs, visitors to the Ag Progress Days website at http://apd.psu.edu will find live, interactive webinars, virtual tours of the research center, and video presentations highlighting some of the latest research, educational programs, and best practices in agriculture, natural resources, health and nutrition, and other topics.

Website visitors also can connect with hundreds of our commercial exhibitors to learn about the goods and services they offer and, in some cases, view product demonstration videos and arrange virtual meetings with company representatives, he said.

The Marketplace section of the website features registered Ag Progress Days vendors, offering enhanced exhibitor profiles and the opportunity for attendees to connect with participating vendors virtually. From a map of exhibitor booth space or from the exhibitor list, visitors can find contact information, product images, show specials, product videos and other information.

Over the four-day period, at least 46 live webinars will provide virtual attendees with valuable and engaging content addressing a wide range of topics. Viewers watching the live webinars will be able to ask questions of the presenters, and the sessions will be recorded for future viewing. The webinars are free, but registration is required.

The interactive sessions will cover issues related to dairy, livestock and poultry production and animal health; business management; field and forage crop production; nutrient management; food demonstrations with healthy recipes; food safety and home food preservation; forestry and wildlife; household and landscape pest management; recommendations for beginning farmers; drinking water quality and pond management; and other topics.

Another live, online session hosted by Rick Roush, dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences, and Russell Redding, Pennsylvania secretary of agriculture will take the form of a town hall meeting. The topic of the hour-long forum, to be held at 2 p.m. Aug. 10, will be the impact of COVID-19 on Pennsylvania agriculture, lessons learned and next steps in recovering from the pandemic. A link to register to view the town hall can be found on the Ag Progress Days website.

Among the on-demand attractions of the online expo are virtual tours of the Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center curated by Penn States Pasto Agricultural Museum, which is located at the center giving viewers a glimpse of some of the field studies conducted at the 2,000-acre facility.

Virtual tour locations will feature American Chestnut Foundation efforts to restore the American chestnut to Eastern forests; experiments on vegetable and small-fruit production in high tunnels; Penn States Deer Research Center; research on stream riparian buffers; best practices for woodlot management; and dairy beef feedlot management.

In addition, the Pasto Museum will highlight its I Remember Ag Progress Days oral history project.

Website visitors will be able to hear friends of the museum and former Penn State faculty members and extension educators discuss their memories of past events and how Ag Progress Days has evolved over the last half-century.

Many other on-demand videos and recorded webinars also will be available from the website, featuring topics typically covered at Ag Progress Days DAYS.uding home gardening, invasive species such as spotted lanternfly, youth activities, and more.

We hope Ag Progress Days attendees enjoy this online content, which will be available long after the show dates of Aug. 9-12, and that they find it interesting and valuable enough that they return often to explore the website to the fullest, Darlington said. We also encourage everyone to mark Aug. 10-12, 2021, on their calendars, when we plan to return to Rock Springs for Ag Progress Days 2021.

We are making critical coverage of the coronavirus available for free. Please consider subscribing so we can continue to bring you the latest news and information on this developing story.

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Governor Cuomo Announces Progress of Technology SWAT Partnership in Assisting New Yorkers During COVID-19 Pandemic – ny.gov

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"The collaboration between tech industry leaders and our dedicated public employees helped New York meet the technical and operational demands of the response to the pandemic while also saving millions in taxpayer dollars," Governor Cuomo said. "Their assistance during these challenging times had a positive impact on millions of New Yorkers, and the continued support and services will be critical as we battle a public health emergency and build back our economy even stronger than before."

TheNew York State COVID-19 Tech 'SWAT' Team, in coordination with state-ledinternal technical teams, developed 40 projects during the COVID-19 public health crisis thatresultedin nearly 50 million interactions between the public and state governmentand an estimated costsavingsofapproximately $14 million, according to theprogress reportissued by the state's Office of Information Technology Services.

In March, at Governor Cuomo's direction, ITS solicited volunteers to help develop technological solutions to support and accelerate New York State's coordinated, decisive, and rapidly evolving response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The response from the private sector was unprecedented, with nearly 7,300 volunteers representing 3,500 organizations answering the call to service.

ITS worked with the Governor's Office and the state Department of Financial Services to formally establish volunteer teams of highly trained civic-minded technical professionals to work alongside state staff and assist inNew York's response during 30- to 90-day sprints. The team also coordinated the deployment of critical contributions of technical equipment and software to support COVID-19 activities.

TheCOVID-19 Tech 'SWAT' Teamhas since assisted State agencies with operations, analytics and other technological applications that allowed themto continue to deliver critical services during the pandemic. During that timeframe, 19 projects were developed pro-bono, delivering a combined 25,000 hours of volunteer support and saving taxpayers approximately $14 million.

In addition, the state developed 21 priority projects managed and led entirely by internal government teams at ITS, the office of Digital and Media Services, and other internal agency teams. New Yorkers frequently relied on these initiatives online, with digital projects yielding 49 million service interactions and 342 million page views across 60 million users.

Pro bono tech projects developed during the COVID-19 response include:

ITS Interim Chief Information Officer and Director Jeremy Goldberg said, "Under Governor Cuomo's leadership, New York State has moved with urgency, professionalismand resilience to tackle COVID-19 head-on. As part of that effort, we've received unprecedented assistance from civic-minded technologists across the state and nation to support our response. We thank them for their skills and their generosity and applaud our dedicated government technology staff in supporting New Yorkers during this time of need."

Superintendent of Financial Services Linda A. Lacewell said,"Under Governor Cuomo's leadership, New Yorkers have bravely flattened the curve.This progress report is a testament to what can be achieved when government and industry both step up and work together to deliver creative and innovative solutions to build New York back better."

Head of Government Affairs for Google NY Angela Pinsky said,"When New York put out the call for help, Google was eager to answer. As we continue to navigate the crisis of the pandemic together, the Governor's Office, ITS, and all of the agencies have remained organized, directed, and clear visioned in structuring these innovative and novel public-private collaborations. We were honored to be able to provide the technological expertise and resources of our Google.org Fellows to help our fellow New Yorkers during this critical time."

President of US Regulated Industries at Microsoft Toni Townes-Whitley said,"The leadership shown by New York State with the Coronavirus State Technology SWAT Team has helped New Yorkers through the first phases of this pandemic. Microsoft is pleased to have played a supporting role, not only helping New York deliver a mobile Covid self-assessment tool to its citizens, but also accelerating technology innovation to support them through each phase of the crisis."

NYS Tech SWAT initiative was made possible by deep internal partnership across various state teams, including the critical work of the Chamber Digital Strategy & Social Media team, Department of Health, Department of Labor, Department of Motor Vehicle Services, and Department of Agriculture and Markets. Tech SWAT partners included Apple, Accenture, Acquia, Armanino LLP, Castlight, Cisco, Codecademy, Dell, Google, H2R Product Science, HPE, LinkedIn, Ludia Consulting, Mastercard, Microsoft, Square, Tata Consultancy Services, and Unisys.

To download the full report highlighting the Tech SWAT program and its associated projects, visit the program websitehere.

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Forward progress stopped on 10-acre brush fire near homes in Sunland – KTLA Los Angeles

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Firefighters were working to protect homes in Sunland after a brush fire broke out Friday in the hills south of Big Tujunga Canyon Road, officials said.

The blaze sparked around 1 p.m. above the 8100 block of Ellenbogen Street. It covered about 10 acres by 2 p.m., the Los Angeles Fire Department said in a series of alerts.

Shortly after 3 p.m., fire officials announced that forward progress had been halted and the fire was 40% contained.

The nature of the terrain made it difficult for flames to spread, but that could change if wind kicks up. The winds had been around 10 mph, according to LAFD.

Firefighters said they were defending homes along Rhodesia Avenue to ensure none are damaged.

However, no evacuations were ordered, LAFD spokesperson Margaret Stewart said.

Aerial video from Sky5 showed the blaze charring a hillside surrounded by residences. There was one structure within the area that was burning, but officials appeared to have protected it from the flames.

So far, no structures have been damaged, officials said.

Crews from LAFD and the Angeles National Forest were battling the fire both on the ground and in the air.

A man was detained for questioning; however, there was no confirmation the blaze was suspicious is nature, LAFD said. Its cause remains under investigation.

No injuries were reported.

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Progress Reported In Talks To Extend Enhanced Unemployment – CBS New York

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Man Seen In Chokehold Video Arrested AgainA man whose arrest sparked outrage earlier this summer has been arrested for a second time since the incident.

Long Island Sound Raft RescueSuffolk County police rescued a group of men from a raft Sunday on the Long Island Sound.

Party Boat Fined After Illegal GatheringThe operators of a party boat in New York City were charged after allegedly hosting an illegal gathering.

Video Shows Apparent Party Under Kosciuszko BridgeSnapchat video shows what appears to be a large party under the Kosciuszko Bridge in Brooklyn.

Men Seen Opening Fire On Harlem StreetPolice are searching for two men seen on video opening fire on a car on a Harlem street.

Tri-State Braces For Tropical Storm IsaiasTri-State Area emergency management officials have been closely monitoring the storm for several days, and preparations are now underway for its arrival tomorrow. CBS2's John Dias reports.

New York Weather: Pleasant MondayCBS2's Vanessa Murdock has the latest weather forecast.

Negro League Stadium In Paterson, N.J. Getting New Lease On LifeThis year marks what would be the 100th anniversary of the creation of the Negro baseball leagues, and one bit of history is being restored in New Jersey. CBS2's Steve Overmyer reports

New York Weather: All Eyes On IsaiasCBS2's Vanessa Murdock has the latest on the approaching tropical storm. Here's your 11 p.m. forecast.

SpaceX Crew Dragon Safely Returns To EarthThe capsule splashed down softly in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, completing its historic journey to the International Space Station. CBS2's Mark Strassmann reports

NYC Shootings Surpass Total For All Of 2019The situation is getting so dire the Brooklyn borough president and district attorney are calling for more drastic measures to stop the gun violence. CBS2's Hazel Sanchez reports

Mother Of Man Killed In Freeport Boat Accident Speaks To CBS2Police are still investigating what led to two boats colliding, resulting in the death of 25-year-old Jorge Soto and injuries to six others. CBS2's Cory James reports

Tracking Isaias: CBS2 Has The LatestCBS2's Vanessa Murdock has what you need to know about Tropical Storm Isaias as it makes its way up the coast toward the Tri-State Area.

New York Weather: Thunderstorms Possible Into MondayCBS2's Vanessa Murdock is tracking some potentially inclement weather that could impact the Tri-State Area during the overnight hours. Here's your 9 p.m. forecast

N.Y. Continues To Make Good Progress In Battle Against CoronavirusThe state is reporting a new low for hospitalizations and no new deaths in New York City. CBS2's Jessica Moore reports

Will There Be More Coronavirus Relief Out Of Washington?New York Sen. Chuck Schumer is among those fighting for more aid for those out of work due to the pandemic. CBS2's Jessica Moore reports

25-Year-Old Man Killed In Freeport Boat CrashPolice in Nassau County are still investigating what led to the two-boat collision that also injured six other people. CBS2's Dave Carlin reports

Florida Has 1-2 Punch Of ProblemsAlready overrun by the coronavirus pandemic, Florida is also dealing with Tropical Storm Isaias. CBS2's Manuel Bojorquez reports

Tracking Isaias: Vanessa Murdock With The LatestThe tropical storm is expected to threaten the Tri-State Area starting Tuesday.

Police Looking For 5 Men Suspected In Armed Robbery, Home Invasion Against 72-Year-Old Bronx WomanPolice said five men knocked on a 72-year-old woman's door and pushed their way in when she answered.

3 Homeless Men Arrested For Fighting With Knife And Sticks At East Village Park, Police SayThree homeless men were arrested overnight after they were found fighting with a knife and sticks at a park in the East Village.

Nassau County Police Investigating Deadly Freeport Creek Boat Crash; 1 Dead, 6 InjuredSeven people were hospitalized following the huge rescue effort at Cow Meadow Park. A 25-year-old man later died from his injuries. CBS2's Christina Fan reports

New York Weather: CBS2's 8/2 Sunday Afternoon ForecastJohn Elliott is tracking Hurricane Isaias and has the updated forecast for the Tri-State area on CBS2 News This Morning.

New York Weather: CBS2 8/1 Nightly Forecast at 11PMCBS2's Vanessa Murdock has your weather forecast for August 1 at 11 p.m.

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Raptors Tactical: Signs of progress in the half-court offence against the Lakers – The Athletic

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Ahead of the official restart of the Toronto Raptors season, veteran centre Marc Gasols experience led him to a fairly straightforward conclusion about how to succeed in the bubble.

If you play the best defence and make the most shots, you are going to win, he said this week. To me, if there are things you are going to ask for, those are my two things. Whoever makes the most shots and plays the best defence is going to win.

The game is 90 percent defence. The other half is offence. Or something like that.

Late-scrum jest aside, Gasols point is appreciated. In broad terms, you can split the game of basketball into two sides, and it usually takes some success on both to go far. Thats why we talk about things like which teams rank in the top 10 on both ends of the floor. Its why playoff matchups are framed not only by who has the best player overall but by which team has more players they can keep on it...

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Donald Trump likes to say were making tremendous progress one look at this chart tells a different story – MarketWatch

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As Donald Trump sees it, progress in the fight against the coronavirus can be described in several ways. Big! Tremendous! Exciting! Encouraging! Significant! Incredible!

Others might use Not nearly enough! but, hey, thats clearly not the presidents style. He prefers the rosy superlatives, even if the circumstances might call for some sobering language.

Twitter user Invictus, a markets veteran and contributor to The Big Picture blog, juxtaposed those great strides Trump has trumpeted over the past few months against the mounting death toll from COVID-19 in the United States. If youve been paying attention, you wont be surprised:

Theres no superb on the chart, but that didnt stop New York Democrat Hakeem Jefferies from grilling AG Bill Barr over that use of the word to describe Trumps coronavirus response:

In recent days, Trump struck a more realistic tone, saying last week he expects the pandemic to get worse before it gets better. He also shifted from months of playing down the virus by endorsing the use of masks, though his critics contend it was PR spin in reaction to dismal poll numbers.

Alas, the new Trump didnt seem to last long, considering he retweeted a video claiming masks are of no use, while touting hydroxychloroquine. It was pulled from Facebook FB, +8.17% , Twitter TWTR, -0.87% and Google GOOG, -3.16% for spreading misinformation.

Meanwhile, the U.S. tally for confirmed cases of COVID-19 climbed above 4.30 million on Tuesday, and the death toll exceeded 148,000, after Texas became the fourth state with more than 400,000 cases, joining California, Florida and early hot spot New York.

The U.S. counted another 1,000 COVID-19 fatalities on Monday for a sixth straight day, according to data aggregated by Johns Hopkins University.

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Stocks jump on coronavirus vaccine progress, $1T stimulus package in the works – Fox Business

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Nuveen chief equity strategist Bob Doll on market reaction to the coronavirus, the next stimulus bill, inflation and the presidential election.

U.S. equity markets ralliedMonday, closing near the highs of the session, as President Trump discussed progress on a coronavirus vaccine and Republicans readied their $1 trillion stimulus bill.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 114points, or 0.43percent, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite were higher by 0.74percent and 1.67percent, respectively.

Trump, speaking during the final hour of trading at theBioprocess Innovation Center at Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies, noted the swift progress being made inthe race for a coronavirus vaccine.

Earlier in the session, Moderna announced the beginning of a Phase 3 trial for its experimental COVID-19 vaccine. Novavax also rose in tandem.

Along with the progress on a vaccine,Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is set to unveil his $1 trillioncoronavirus relief proposal, which reduces the recently expired unemployment benefits, sends a $1,200 check to Americans making less than $75,000 a year and provides billions of dollars of aid to schools and universities. Congress has just one week before a planned recess to bridge the gap between the Republican plan and the $3 trillion package passed by House Democrats in May.

MAGA STOCKS' CORONAVIRUS SURGE SPURS DOTCOM BUBBLE FLASHBACKS

Investors shrugged off developments overnight which sawthe U.S. consulate in Chengdu, China, shuttered as Beijing retaliated for last weeks closing of its Houston consulate.

Escalating tensions between the U.S. and China and the U.S. dollar sliding to its lowest level since September 2018 helped propel gold prices to record highs.

Gold futures for July delivery climbed 1.78 percent to close at a record-high $1,931 per ouncewhile silver gained 7.3 percentto $24.476, a level last seen in August 2013.

Miners, including Barrick Gold Corp., Newmont Corp. and Pan American Silver Corp., benefited from surging gold and silver prices.

DraftKings was pressured lower after two MLB games were postponed after at least 13 members of theMiami Marlins organization were diagnosed with COVID-19.

Southwest Airlines Co. CEO Gary Kelly sent a letter to employees indicating the company has no plans to lay off or furlough workers, cut pay or reduce benefits through at least the end of 2020.

Elsewhere, Software giant SAP SE plans to spin-off Qualtrics less than two years after purchasing the software-survey provider for $8 billion.

Looking at earnings, Hasbro Inc. lost $33.9 million in the three months through June as supply-chain disruptions and store closing made it difficult for the toy maker to meet consumer demand.

Albertsons Companies Inc. reported quarterly revenue spiked 21 percent from a year ago to $22.75 billion, just shy of the $22.79 billion that was expected. Meanwhile, adjusted earnings of $1.35 a share topped the $1.32 consensus. The report was the grocers first since going public in June.

Looking at oil, West Texas Intermediate crude gained 31cents to $41.60a barrel.

On the data front, durable goods orders rose 7.3 percent month-over-month, outpacing the 7 percent increase that was expected. However, durable goods excluding transportation was up 3.3 percent MoM, missing the 3.6 percent gain that analysts were anticipating.

U.S. Treasurys were little changed with the yield on the 10-year note holding near 0.609 percent.

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In Europe, Germanys DAX was little changed while Britains FTSE and Frances CAC were off 0.31percent and 0.34 percent, respectively.

Asian markets finished mixed with Chinas Shanghai Composite adding 0.27 percent while Hong Kongs Hang Seng fell 0.41 percent and Japans Nikkei lost 0.16 percent.

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UPDATE 6:15 p.m. The East Fire burning near Potter Valley is coming under control and resources are now being cancelled or sent back. Forward progress, meaning growth, of the fire has been stopped, and with no apparent loss of structures. The fire topped out at about 20 acres.

If this reporter may editorialize a little, this is the second substantial wildfire quickly controlled in Mendocino County in just the past two hours, through a combination of local volunteer departments and Cal Fires impressive air and ground infrastructure. Its always impressive to see, and the heroic efforts of these firefighters, volunteer and full-time, are immensely appreciated.

UPDATE 5:40 p.m. We have an update from Sheriff Matt Kendall who has confirmed that the fire is at about 10 acres, with potential for 20, but surrounded by roads and therefore unlikely to spread beyond that.

Whats more the fire behavior is moderating, as the relative humidity rises and the temperature begins to drop this late afternoon. The Mendocino County Sheriffs Office will be issuing a Nixle alert localized to people in the vicinity of the fire, urging them to maintain situational awareness, but there are no evacuation orders at this time.

UPDATE 5:30 p.m. The fire has grown very quickly up to between five and 10 acres and is moving with the wind up river, along Potter Valley. It appears to be burning on the west side of the highway there, but is moving quickly and already encroaching on some homes. Fire crews are arriving and beginning to put down line and prepare to defend the structures. The fire is being called the East Incident.

ORIGINALWILLITS, 7/31/20 A small brush fire is burning in the Potter Valley area just west of and above Potter Valley Rd. at the mouth of the valley. Initial reports over the scanner indicate that the fire is approximately one quarter acre in size.

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Amid the chaos of the pandemic's early days, doctors who faced the first coronavirus onslaught reached across oceans and language barriers to advise colleagues trying to save lives in the dark.

With no playbook to follow and no time to wait for research, YouTube videos describing autopsy findings and X-rays swapped on Twitter and WhatsApp spontaneously filled the gap.

When Stephen Donelson arrived at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in mid-March, Dr. Kristina Goff was among those who turned to what she called "the stories out of other places that were hit before."

Donelson's family hadn't left the house for two weeks after covid-19 started spreading in Texas, hoping to protect Donelson, an organ transplant recipient. Yet one night, his wife found him barely breathing, his skin turning blue, and called 911.

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In the overflowing hospitals in New York or Italy, Goff thinks Donelson wouldn't even have qualified for a then-precious ventilator. But in Dallas, "we pretty much threw everything we could at him," she said.

STEEP LEARNING CURVE

Like doctors everywhere, Goff was at the beginning of a huge learning curve.

"It's a tsunami. Something that if you don't experience it directly, you can't understand," Italian Dr. Pier Giorgio Villani said in the first of a series of webinars organized to alert other intensive care units what to expect -- just two weeks after Italy's first hospitalized patient arrived in his ICU, and 10 days before Donelson fell ill in Texas.

The video sessions, organized by an Italian association of ICUs, GiViTI, and the nonprofit Mario Negri Institute and later posted on YouTube, constitute an oral history of Italy's outbreak, narrated by the first doctors in Europe to fight the coronavirus.

Italian friends spread the word to doctors abroad, and translations began for colleagues in Spain, France, Russia and the U.S., all bracing their own ICUs for a flood of patients.

They offered "a privileged window into the future," said Dr. Diego Casali of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, who was directed to the webinars when he sought advice from an Italian front-line friend about how to prepare.

Every tidbit about the newest baffling symptom, every trick to try, served as clues as the virus bore down on the next city, the next country. By the time Donelson arrived, Goff's hospital was adjusting ventilator care based on that early advice.

But while grateful for the global swirl of information, Goff also struggled to make sense of conflicting experiences. "You have no idea how to interpret what went right or what went wrong," she said, "or was it just the native course of the disease?"

CONFUSING TIME

Doctors in Italy were confused: Reports from China were suggesting a death rate of about 3% among those infected. But for the first 18 days, only dead people left the ICU at Bergamo's Pope John XXIII Hospital. While the toll eventually dropped, 30% of the hospital's initial 510 covid-19 patients died.

After decades in practice, ICU chief Dr. Luca Lorini thought he knew how to treat the dangerous kind of respiratory failure -- called ARDS, or acute respiratory distress syndrome -- first thought to be the main threat.

"Every night, I would go home and I had the doubt that I had gotten something wrong," Lorini said. "Try to imagine: I am all alone, and I can't compare it with France because the virus wasn't there, or Spain or the U.K. or America, or with anyone who is closer to me than China."

By February, China had filed only a limited number of medical journal reports on how patients were faring. Lorini's hospital tried to fill the gap by dividing patients into small groups to receive different forms of supportive care and comparing them -- not a scientific study, but some real-time information to share.

The first lessons: The coronavirus wasn't causing typical ARDS, and patients consequently needed gentler ventilation than normal, for longer than usual.

Mid-March brought a startling surprise: In a training video for U.S. cardiologists, Chinese doctors warned that the virus causes dangerous blood clots, and not just in the lungs. They urged American doctors to use blood thinners protectively in the severely ill.

"We're learning as we go," said Dr. Tiffany Osborn, a critical care physician at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. "You could talk to me in two weeks, and I might be telling you something that's really different."

A NEW SKILL

When Donelson arrived in the Dallas hospital, "we had very little hope for him," Goff said. He was battling against the ventilator's artificial breaths, so Goff sedated him to let the machine do all the work.

Hospital after hospital had struggled with balancing how to get enough air into oxygen-starved coronavirus patients without further damaging fragile lungs. One procedure that helped is proning -- turning patients from their backs to their stomachs in a prone position to take pressure off the lungs.

Donelson stayed on his belly about 16 hours a day early on, as his doctors watched his oxygen levels improve.

Hospitals that specialize in treating ARDS knew how to prone before covid-19 hit. For many others, it was a brand-new skill.

"We've never had to prone anyone here before the pandemic, but now it's like second nature," said Kevin Cole, a respiratory therapist at Maryland's Fort Washington Medical Center.

Even now, Goff is humbled at how difficult it remains to predict who will live and who will die. She can't explain why Donelson, who went home after a 90-day ordeal, was ultimately one of the lucky ones.

Information for this article was contributed by Nathan Ellgren of The Associated Press.

FILE - In this Monday, March 16, 2020 file photo, a doctor watches a coronavirus patient under treatment in the intensive care unit of the Brescia hospital, Italy. Amid the chaos of the pandemics early days, doctors who faced the first COVID-19 onslaught reached across oceans and language barriers in an unprecedented effort to advise colleagues trying to save lives. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Stephen Donelson, left, smiles as he walks up his driveway to his home accompanied by his wife, Terri, in Midlothian, Texas on Friday, June 19, 2020, after his 90-day stay in the Zale Hospital on the UT Southwestern Campus. Donelsons family hadnt left the house in two weeks after COVID-19 started spreading in Texas,hoping to shield the organ transplant recipient. Yetone night, his wife found him barely breathing, his skin turning blue,and called 911. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

COVID-19 patient Stephen Donelson is applauded by family and health care professionals as he departs the Zale Hospital on the UT Southwestern Campus in Dallas, Friday, June 19, 2020. During his three-month hospital stay, Donelson spent 17 days on a ventilator. When it was removed, he was too weak to even sit without support and the breathing tube had taken away his ability to swallow. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

FILE - In this Thursday, March 12, 2020 file photo, medical staff in work at one of the emergency structures that were set up to ease procedures at the Brescia hospital, northern Italy. Amid the chaos of the pandemics early days, doctors who faced the first coronavirus onslaught reached across oceans and language barriers in an unprecedented effort to advise colleagues trying to save lives. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Terri Donelson and her husband, Stephen, right, are greeted by friends, family and neighbors after his arrival at his home in Midlothian, Texas on Friday, June 19, 2020. A trick doctors around the world shared with each other: Flip COVID-19 patients over from their backs to their stomach. Its called proning and it takes pressure off the lungs, which lie closer to the back. Donelson stayed on his belly about 16 hours a day early on, as his doctors watched his oxygen levels improve. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Terri Donelson, left, and her husband, Stephen, walk up their driveway to see friends and family awaiting him at his home in Midlothian, Texas on Friday, June 19, 2020, after his 90-day stay in the Zale Hospital on the UT Southwestern Campus. Donelsons family hadnt left the house in two weeks after COVID-19 started spreading in Texas,hoping to shield the organ transplant recipient. Yetone night, his wife found him barely breathing, his skin turning blue,and called 911. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

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MORRISVILLE, N.C. President TrumpDonald John TrumpOklahoma City Thunder players kneel during anthem despite threat from GOP state lawmaker Microsoft moving forward with talks to buy TikTok after conversation with Trump Controversial Trump nominee placed in senior role after nomination hearing canceled MORE and Vice President Pence hit the road on Monday to highlight progress on the development of a vaccine for COVID-19, seeking to project optimism about the administration's response to a pandemic that has killed more than 145,000 people in the U.S.

Trump visited a biotech facility here to boast of the rapid progress on finding a vaccine to combat the pandemic, claiming his administrations work through its vaccine development effort, Operation Warp Speed, had reduced the wait time by years.

He hailed the project as a historic initiative to develop, test, manufacture and deliver a vaccine in record time.

Trump kicked off his remarks by noting that Moderna had officially entered phasethree of clinical trials. The president, wearing a mask, also took a tour of the Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies Innovation Center on Monday afternoon.

The trip to North Carolina was brief hespent roughly an hour inside the biotech facility in total but remained closely on message. Trump spoke optimistically of the prospects for a vaccine that experts have cautioned may not be widely available for another year, and he made scant mention of the rising number of cases most states are seeing.

Trump took an extremely abbreviated tour of the lab, appearing in front of reporters for roughly five minutes. He wore a mask for that portion of the visit, just the second time hes done so in front of press cameras months after health officials urged the widespread use of face coverings to slow the spread of the virus.

While Trump was in North Carolina, Pence traveled to Florida to mark the start of phasethree trials for a coronavirus vaccine. The vice president visited the University of Miami. The university's school of medicine is taking part in a 30,000-person study for one of the vaccine candidates being developed by Moderna.

Florida has emerged in recent weeks as the new epicenter of the pandemic in the United States, with the state reporting more than 432,000 infections total and setting records for daily infections.

The Trump administration has struggled to get a handle on the pandemic amid mixed messaging from Trump and spikes in cases around the country in recent weeks. More than 4.2 million Americans in total have been infected with COVID-19. The situation hit home for the White House on Monday when it was revealed that national security adviser Robert O'Brien had tested positive for the virus, the highest-ranking official to test positive to date.

Trump last week resumed giving regular briefings on the coronavirus after a roughly two-month hiatus. The president signaled that the briefings would focus specifically on therapeutics and vaccine development as the White House attempts to reassert Trump as the face of the government response.

The White House halted the briefings in late April after they repeatedly got off track, with Trump sparring with reporters, bashing state leaders and musing at one point about the use of disinfectants to treat the virus.

Trump has pinned his hopes for a quick economic bounceback and return to normalcy from the pandemic on the rapid development of a vaccine. Experts have expressed optimism about the chancesof having more than one approved vaccine by early 2021, citing the volume of vaccines being developed worldwide and the influx of resources from the federal government through Operation Warp Speed.

Trump, as he has previously, said Monday that he believed a vaccine could be available by the end of the year.

"I heard very positive things, but by the end of the year, we think we're in very good shape to be doing that," the president told reporters during a briefing at the Morrisville facility.

Pence told reporters at a separate briefing in Miami that he expected the first doses to go to the most vulnerable members of the U.S. population, specifically mentioning senior citizens.

The administration has already invested billions of dollars into several different companies in hopes of having a successful vaccine, including Moderna, AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson. Earlier this month, the administration announced it would pay the small Maryland-based company Novavax $1.6 billion for its COVID-19 vaccine.

The government announced a roughly $2 billion deal last week with Pfizer and a smaller German biotechnology company for doses and distribution of a coronavirus vaccine.

But Anthony FauciAnthony FauciTrump: 'Fake News' not reporting 'big China Virus breakouts all over the World' Trump challenges Fauci over comments on coronavirus surges: 'Wrong!' Experts fear political pressure on COVID-19 vaccine MORE, the government's top infectious diseases expert, and other public health officials have cautioned that a successful vaccine may not be widely available until several months into 2021.

Morgan Chalfant contributed.

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I'm not sure, but I think I've seen the Royal Farms sign up for only a couple of weeks now, finally we might see someprogress onthe convenience store.

I lived in Maryland and worked on a radio station in Maryland and Royal Farms is their "big" convenience store. Wawa and Royal Farms.

This Royal Farms will be the first at the Jersey Shore. I will tell you this, personally they have the best fried chicken. If you've never tried it, you will and I think you'll agree with me.

Royal Farms is basically just like a Wawa and QuickCheck, full convenience store with gas pumps. They make sandwiches, have food, and everything you'd find at these two very popular New Jersey stores, but their fried chicken is what makes them pretty popular.

Royal Farms recently told the app.com that they are moving along and received all the state permits needed. I have seen some work on the property. It has looked empty the last couple of months, but that might have been because of Covid-19, also. It was approved by Brick's Zoning Board of Adjustment nearly 2 years ago in 2018.

This location in Brick, is theformerlocation of Jersey Paddler on the corner of Route 88 and Route 70. Wawa is everywhere in Brick, gas stations, and other convenience stores, will it do well there? That's a waiting a game. It might be something that you'll be curious to check out. I'm not even kidding, Wawa is on every corner here in New Jersey, Royal Farms is on every cornerin Maryland.

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For the first time in 300 years, the public can now explore Sipson Island.

The island, which was bought by white settlers from the native Monomoyick people in 1711, is located in the Pleasant Bay area of Cape Cod and covers 24 acres of pristine land.

It is really important for us as an organization and community to be able to communicate the importance of this indigenous history, and teach the values of those that lived on the island before 1711, Sipson Island Trust President Tasia Blough told CNN.

Visitors can only arrive on boats less than 22 feet long and enter via the eastern shore due to the islands sensitive ecosystem. Once there, day guests have the option of hiking, wandering the sandy beaches and snorkeling.

When it was for sale there were a number of conservation organizations who wanted to find a way to raise the money [to] protect it, preserve it, preserve it and make it accessible to the public, Blough told CNN.

While there are four structures on the island, three of them will be removed to create and build an open-air research and education center.

Funds are still being raised to buy the eight acres on the island that are not in the trusts name.

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Auckland International Airport will be separated into two zones in anticipation of a safe air corridor being formed between New Zealand and the Cook Islands.

Auckland Airport chief executive Adrian Littlewood said it was building new internal walls at its international terminal so it could be split into two self-contained processing zones, which would operate shortly after a travel bubble was announced.

By reconfiguring our terminal into two separate zones we are creating a safe way for people to travel to and from countries that we have formed a travel bubble with, as well as being able to safely process New Zealanders arriving from other countries, Littlewood said.

Meanwhile Kevin Ward of the New Zealand Aviation Coalition (NZAC), an industry group representing New Zealand airlines and airports, said Christchurch, Wellington and Queenstown airports also had effective systems in place and were awaiting approval from government border agencies and health services.

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He said the New Zealand aviation sector was well advanced in its planning for non-quarantine flights from countries without community transmission of Covid-19.

Auckland Airports plan involves creating a safe area in the international terminal, dubbed Zone A, where gates 1 to 10 on its main pier to the south will be used by people travelling to and from countries with which New Zealand has formed a safe travel bubble.

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Passengers will be directed into one of two zones depending on whether they come from a country which New Zealand has a safe travel bubble with or not.

People who have been in New Zealand for more than 14 days and are departing on international flights will also use Zone A.

Retail and food and drink options will be available in Zone A.

Zone B, will be its health management area created at gates 15 to 18 on Pier B that points to the west.

It will be used for travellers arriving from countries with which New Zealand does not have a safe travel bubble, and who are required to undergo either managed isolation or quarantine.

It will also be used for passengers transiting through Auckland Airport en route elsewhere.

Food and beverage options will be made available via vending machines.

Zone B will also feature a separate border processing facility.

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Auckland Airport chief executive Adrian Littlewood says new internal walls are being built to allow for the terminal to be separated into two zones.

Littlewood said it was working through the final stages of planning with border agencies and airlines to make the separation possible.

When Zone A opened it would provide a similar experience to how people travelled through the terminal before Covid-19, he said.

The usual departure and security formalities will be in place followed by a retail and food and beverage area, with flights departing from International Pier A.

Access to International Pier B will be completely closed off to these travellers.

It will also mean we use buses and remote stands more frequently to ensure the careful separation and processing of passengers departing and arriving from different parts of the world.

Justin Tighe-Umbers, who co-chairs the NZAC, said separating travellers based on their country of origin was an important measure in the fight against Covid-19 and airlines supported the move.

Auckland Airport creating two terminals is an innovative move that will allow airlines to grow capacity as we open up safe zones with other countries.

Wellington Airport chief executive Steve Sanderson said it too was ready to handle passengers from a Pacific bubble.

All Pacific passengers could be safely processed in the main terminal buildings, fully segregated from domestic travellers using an existing movable wall and an additional path.

Our plan also enables us to quickly reinstate additional health checks for departing passengers if required, he said.

Repatriation flights from Covid-19 zones into Wellington were handled entirely on the western side of the airport, across the runway from the main terminal and passengers couldnt mingle with the public before being bussed to quarantine facilities.

We have worked on this plan with local representatives of border and security agencies over the last week and are now waiting on government approval, Sanderson said.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is not expecting air travel to return to pre-Covid-19 levels until 2024.

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For more than 30 years, Mauro Morandi has been the sole inhabitant of a beautiful island in the Mediterranean Sea.

He hoped to make it his life-long home, but that is now under threat.

Italy's answer to Robinson Crusoe faces eviction from the Isle of Budelli, off the coast of Sardinia, if he doesn't voluntarily leave -- which he has no intention of doing.

Local authorities are speeding up plans to restyle his ramshackle hut and turn it into an environmental observatory, putting an end to his blissful stay.

Morandi, a former teacher, arrived on the island by accident while attempting to sail from Italy to Polynesia 31 years ago. He fell in love with the pristine atoll's crystal-clear waters, coral sands and beautiful sunsets -- and decided to stay.

He took over from the previous caretaker shortly afterward and, at the age of 81, he's still there and ready to fight for his home, whatever it takes.

"I'm ready to do all I can to stay here, even if that means they'll have to drag me away. I wouldn't know where else to go live, certainly not back home in the north, nor what to do -- this is my life. I just don't see myself playing cards or bowls," Morandi tells CNN Travel in Italian.

Morandi, who has enjoyed a safe and isolated retreat during Italy's Covid-19 emergency, believes authorities will serve him his eviction notice once summer is over.

"All I ask is, if I must be sent away during the renovation works, that I can come back after and keep doing what I do each day: guard the endangered pink coral beach, keep tourists at bay, protect the nature. I fear that if I'm gone, it will be the end of Budelli too".

The island has changed ownership several times over the last few years. Since 2015, Budelli has been owned by La Maddalena's National Park, rendering Morandi's role obsolete.

The authorities say they are simply upholding the law.

"Our priority is to intervene against all illegal constructions inside the park, including Mauro's hut, a former World War II radio station which has undergone modifications which aren't in accordance with the rules. We need to set the example, protect our environment by first restoring this illegal structure ,and then move on with a new project which will likely be a scientific center for the spreading of environmental awareness," La Maddalena Park president Fabrizio Fonnesu tells CNN in Italian.

Budelli's caretaker

Budelli is known for its beautiful pink shoreline.

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Fonnesu says there is no set date for Morandi's eventual eviction, given that it will take months before the reconstruction phase kicks off.

"Nobody wants to chase him away, but what title does he have to stay since the island is no longer private?," says Fonnesu. "If in future there is the need to have a caretaker, we could reconsider his position, but when the works will start he must leave."

The island is a pollution-free paradise with clear turquoise waters, lush wild vegetation, purplish rocks resembling natural sculptures, and healthy air. "Many people would like to be Budelli's caretaker," notes Fonnesu.

Locals complain about the romantic portrait painted of Morandi by foreign media, hailing him as a bon sauvage "hermit." In truth, says Fonnesu, he's "an illegal occupant" of Budelli.

Morandi, meanwhile, says that although the mere thought of leaving hurts him, he's more worried about the fate of the "pink atoll," so-called because of the rosy hue of its unique coral sand beach.

"Just the other day I chased away two tourists who were trespassing on the off-limits pink beach," he says. "I clean the rubbish off the sand and stop intruders from coming here to do mayhem at night. Truth is, I'm the only one who has so far taken care of Budelli, doing the surveillance task that the park authorities should do".

Morandi fears that Budelli will follow the fate of its sister-isle Spargi, where an observatory was set up in the past only to be later vandalized by visitors. He says: "They stole everything from Spargi, the new furniture and all, they plundered and destroyed the place. Will that be Budelli's future as well?"

No matter how things go, the fiery guardian will never abandon Sardinia.

Morandi could go back home to Modena for the duration of the restyle, staying temporarily with friends or relatives, but if the park authorities won't let him resume his island caretaker job he would need find a new home.

'Sardinia is my land'

Mauro Morandi has made Borelli his home for more than 30 years.

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"I don't even want to think about it," he says. "I have no house and would need to find one here in Sardinia, in some place cheaper than La Maddalena Archipelago, where prices are way too high."

"Sardina is my land," he says. "Nature here is still alive, wild, vibrant. I need the contact with nature."

Each night he sleeps in the old stone cottage and wakes up in the morning surrounded by Mother Nature. He enjoys exploring shrubs and cliffs and talks to birds at breakfast as they fly in and out of his little kitchen window.

Left alone, he spends the day admiring the sea, inhaling the pure air, collecting wood, preparing his meals and -- of course -- posting on social networks.

Budelli is one of the most beautiful islands in the entire Mediterranean. Dating back to prehistoric times when the Earth's crust was still forming, legend says it's a shard of the mythical, lost Atlantis continent swallowed by the ocean.

But the island isn't completely immune to climate change and nature's destruction by man, says Morandi.

Not long ago a clear line of pinkish sand cut along the shore, made of bright pink, orange and salmon-tinted crushed coral, crystals, fossils and dead marine creatures, giving the shore a sparkling strawberry hue similar to that of sunset skies.

If he's forced to leave for good, Morandi fears the pink atoll will survive only on postcards from the past.

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Ni Kadek Erawati, 40, used to work in a villa in her village, Tegallalang, a Balinese district famous for its Instagram-able rice terraces.

But in March, her employer asked her to take a break until further notice. Her husband is unemployed and she needs to pay school fees for three children, but the only job she could find was working on a farm.

When the Guardian visited Era, she was harvesting in a rice field with a group of farmers. Her payment each day is one bucket of unhulled rice. During the harvest she stops and complains about the heat: I have never worked in the rice field like this before. Its sweltering.

Like many of Balinese women, Era has no land. Balis patrilineal kinship system means only men inherit property.

The custom has made it easier for some of the men who have also had to return to rural areas. I Gede Tinaya, 36, was left 1.5 ha of land in Kintamani, North Bali, by his parents, so when his .15-year tour guide business collapsed due to the pandemic, he moved back to the village and started farming. He now grows red onions and has earned 60m rupiah ($US4,135) after three months.

In common with a growing number of Balinese, the pandemic has made him think more about whether he wants to return to working in the tourism industry and its reliance on foreign visitors. Some Balinese think the island would be better off developing other sectors of its economy instead.

In the past, we thought that tourism is our basic income. But I have learned that Bali is not only about tourism. The agricultural business also can provide life support only if we want to work hard and explore the real potential in our island, he says.

Many Balinese people lost their livelihoods when the island was closed to outsiders at the start of the coronavirus pandemic in March.

Home to four million people, Bali is Indonesias tourist centre, contributing 50% of the countrys income from the tourism industry or US$10bn annually. About six million travellers visited the island in 2019. The vast growth of the tourism industry has transformed it from an agricultural province to a prime holiday destination popular with travellers from the UK to Australia.

The island has been hit by intractable economic crises before, from the Bali bombings that killed 202 people in 2oo2, to the eruption of Mount Agung in 2017. But the coronavirus pandemic has rocked the tourism industry more profoundly.

The island had recorded 3,249 confirmed cases of Covid-19 with 48 fatalities. Dr I Gusti Agung Ngurah Anom, chairman of Indonesia Doctors Association in Denpasar, Balis capital, has warned that the citys isolation beds are fully occupied.

According to Indonesias central bank, almost all parts of the Balinese economy have deteriorated this year, with the exception of agriculture. The sectors performance was predicted to show another improvement in the June quarter as Bali entered the harvest period.

Dwitra J Ariana, a young Balinese farmer and filmmaker, noticed that many of his neighbours who work in the city were heading back to his village in Bangli to work the land.

My wife, who recruits workers for our farm, used to find it difficult to get workers. But now, we can find many, said Dwitra, who owns Mupubati farm. He has recruited five former villa and hotel workers since the pandemic began.

He says that many Balinese had seen their home in a new light. Bali returns to zero. We have never experienced this before, and it prompted a new realisation that the island is not as fragile as people think. Even though the tourism sector has collapsed, Balinese are not going to starve.

One village that has helped people find work is Tembok. Headed by Dewa Komang Yuda Astara, Tembok developed a collective farming industry to provide a social safety net for its residents.

The village has a population of more than 7,000, and almost half of its residents used to work in the city mostly in the tourism sector. But the village has managed to re-employ many of them in jobs such as cleaning the beach, monitoring the garbage, farming, food production, health and delivery work.

The pandemic likely will not end in a short time. So, therefore, we plan to manage another two hectares to open a collective farm, Dewa said.

The provincial government has announced that Bali will reopen to international tourists in September. The island will become Jakartas pilot project to relaunch tourism with a new normal health protocol. Balis recovery is important for the national and regional tourism industry, Balis governor Wayan Koster told the media.

Many Balinese are optimistic that the island is ready to reopen. But others such as Gede questioned the plan.

In my opinion, we need to solve the Covid-19 problem first, so that we can feel secure. In the meantime, we can explore the other potential sectors, he said. He plans to have two jobs after the pandemic. I am not going to go back to work in tourism full time. Maybe 50/50. I will keep the farming job.

Era, in common with many lower-income women on the island, doesnt have much choice. She is hoping that the region will reopen soon. If I dont have money in September, I am not going to be able to celebrate [the Balinese holiday of] Galungan day. But also I am afraid of being exposed to coronavirus, she said while touching her forehead. I have a headache now.

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MIAMI (CBSMiami) An arrest has been made in a shooting at a condo on Brickell Key Island that left a man in critical condition.

The shooting happened July 30th, just before 2 p.m. at the Isola Condominium, located at 770 Claughton Island Drive.

According to police, Franco Rainuzzo, 27, drove to the condo and took an elevator up to the 15th floor. He then went to one of the units and knocked on the door.

When the man who lives there answered the door, Rainuzzo reportedly pulled a gun and shot him multiple times. He then left the condo and sped off in a newer model blue SUV, according to police.

Police say the SUV was rental. One of the women who rented it told police that she had spoken with Rainuzzo before because he lived in her condo building but she didnt know that he had taken the vehicle, according to Rainuzzos arrest report.

Rainuzzo has been arrested and charged with one count of attempted murder, one count of use of a firearm while committing a felony, and grand theft.

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