France waved kissing goodbye, should Australia do the same? We don’t have this tradition, however, with the coronavirus cases in Australia: SHOULD WE IMPLEMENT SOME DISTANCE? The global death rate is also on the rise.
La bise is the term for French custom of kissing both cheeks as a sign of greeting.
With France now reporting one of the highest numbers of infected patients in Europe, with 212 cases and four deaths, President Emmanuel Macron said the country had “entered a phase that will last weeks and probably months.”
“We’ll continue to stand together, it’s what we owe to our country,” Mr. Macron said during a visit on Tuesday to the country’s Health Ministry.
Schools are still closed.
The main clusters of cases so far have been in the Oise area of northern France, the Haute-Savoie area of the French Alps and the Morbihan area of Brittany, on the Atlantic coast. More than 100 schools have been closed, affecting nearly 45,000 students.
However, there was growing concern Wednesday about a new cluster of cases in Mulhouse, a city in eastern France. The authorities have tied the outbreak there to a local evangelical community that gathered several thousand people from Feb. 17 to Feb. 24. Health officials have asked participants to watch their health and to report any signs of sickness.
Cases of stolen masks increased.
Some supermarkets were reporting runs on supplies, and the police were investigating the theft of thousands of masks over the past few days from hospitals in Paris and Marseille.
As a nervous public tried to assess their own individual risks, the government said it was requisitioning stocks of certain types of protective masks to avoid shortages.
Bruno Le Maire, the economy minister, also announced on Wednesday that the government would regulate the price of antibacterial gels after “isolated cases” of price gouging.
“Social Distancing”
And officials continued to drive home the importance of social distancing.
“I have formally advised against the practice of handshaking, the reduction of social contact in a physical manner, and that would include the practice of ‘la bise,’” Olivier Véran, the French health minister, said recently.
There goes the suspension of “French Kissing” as we all know it.
Coronavirus global death rate is now 3.4 percent, WHO confirms for the first time. Australians need to be always on the preventive side of things.
Tuesday – The head of the World Health Organization said that the global mortality for Covid-19 a.k.a. Coronavirus is now 3.4 percent. This reflects the severity of the cases in mainland China where the virus was first discovered.
Coronavirus Australia update: Covid-19 is deadlier than seasonal flu.
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the organization’s director general, said in a news conference in Geneva that Covid-19 was deadlier than the seasonal flu but did not transmit as easily. “Globally, about 3.4 percent of reported Covid-19 cases have died,” Dr. Tedros said. “By comparison, seasonal flu generally kills far fewer than 1 percent of those infected.”
The estimate takes into account the growing number of infections being recorded outside China, mostly in Iran, Italy and South Korea.
Death rate of 3.4 percent could still change with possible Coronavirus cases in Australia.
Dr. Margaret Harris, a W.H.O. spokeswoman, said the figure was a “crudely calculated” snapshot of the disease’s death rate globally, and is expected to “change over time, and vary from place to place.”
It also does not include mild cases that do not require medical attention and is skewed by Wuhan, where the death rate is several times higher than elsewhere in China.
The announcement was the first time the organization confirmed a global mortality rate for the disease.
“While many people globally have built up immunity to seasonal flu strains, Covid-19 is a new virus to which no one has immunity,” meaning more people can be infected and some will suffer severe illnesses, Dr. Tedros said. The coronavirus does not transmit as efficiently as the flu but “causes more severe disease,” he added.
When the outbreak was concentrated in Wuhan, the Chinese city where the new virus was first found, the W.H.O. said that the mortality rate of the disease had ranged from 0.7 percent outside of Wuhan to as high as 4 percent inside the city. The organization also said that the epidemic would affect different countries in different ways.
China’s mortality rate is 3.7 percent.
Data from the Chinese government shows that the mortality rate in that country is about 3.7 percent, with most deaths reported in the province of Hubei, which includes Wuhan.
Dr. Tedros added on Tuesday that it was still possible to contain the virus, but warned that “rising demand, hoarding and misuse” of medical supplies such as masks could compromise the world’s ability to fight the outbreak, and he recommended a 40 percent global increase in the production of such supplies.
On the start of Vivid Sydney 2019 on May 24th, Circular Quay has spawned giant light creatures that will dazzle your eyes. As it ends on June 15, don’t let the opportunity go to experience the wildlife display of Circular Quay.
Here’s a list of the must-see attractions all for free.
The Marine Turtle
24 May – 15 Jun 6pm – 11pm
Address:Circular Quay, Sydney NSW 2000
Combining LED lighting and control technology, state of the art 3D design software, mechanical flippers, artisanal steel, fabric and working talents of traditional Chinese Lantern makers. Ample Projects created this entirely hand made Sea Turtle in 2016 for Taronga Conservation Society’s Centenary Year Parade, and the award winning Taronga Vivid Sydney Precincts 2016 – 2019.
Re-skinned in custom printed fabrics inspired by the drawings of NSW school kids in 2018, Ample’s majestic Sea Turtle highlights the extraordinary beauty of these endangered species, and the delicate balance that must be protected in our ocean ecosystems and habitats.
From the ancient geology of the Aussie Bush to a single tree in an urban jungle, across the expansive deep blue of our oceans and seas to the rich forest ecosystems of wild Sumatra. This Vivid Sydney, Taronga Zoo is shining a Lights For the Wild. We share this planet with some amazing wildlife. However, right now, their wild homes are under threat and they need our help more than ever.
The Regal Peacock
24 May – 15 Jun 6pm – 11pm
Address:Circular Quay, Sydney NSW 2000
The peacock has been admired throughout history and across cultures all over the globe. In India, he was associated with the God of War. He was revered through ancient Persia, Babylonia, Burma, ancient Greece and China. We all marvel as a real-life peacock puts on a show by fanning his tail feathers.
This Regal Peacock is a kinetic light sculpture that celebrates this unique and majestic bird, embodying the mystique and curiosity held around its species. Using kinetic mechanics, the bird playfully interacts with its audience through sound, movement and light animations. Hand illustrated graphics of the peacock’s eye-catching plumage clad his body and tail.
Spreading his brightly coloured, illuminated feathers wide, the Regal Peacock dazzles his audience. Visitors are invited to move along to his colour, movement, sound and light.
Bin Chickens
24 May – 15 Jun 6pm – 11pm
Address:Circular Quay, Sydney NSW 2000
We glorify, imitate, pay tribute to and immortalise almost every aspect of Sydney through art – its landmarks, stunning environment, its people and its rich history are frequently subjects of visual art in all its forms. Upon reflection however, we realised that we hadn’t included one of our most prized, beloved, majestic and truly unique birds – the humble Bin Chicken.
Lesser known as the White Ibis, the Bin Chicken is long overdue for a place in the arts scene. Defiantly rising from prominent Sydney features such as bins, palm trees and roadside gutters, our tribute to this king of all birds is realised by metres of brilliant off-white LED neon, in much the same way that the animals present themselves in stunning variations of not-quite-really-white.
Join us in raising a glass, a handful of chips or by simply running away in terror – as the artists used to do as children – as we present a salute to Sydney’s unofficial mascot.
Vivid Sydney returns in 2018 with a spectacular new precinct at Luna Park, the return of much-loved Customs House, and a fantastical blend of everyday objects and Australian-inspired motifs on the sails of the Sydney Opera House.
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Vivid Sydney today will be lighted up as Living Lights becomes more alive, a light display that is made entirely of algae will light up Vivid Sydney. The Living Lights is a one of a kind Vivid Sydney for the entire family as it being a special Vivid Sydney lights that remains on to the time Vivid finishes.
Vivid Sydney today will include candy canes and lollipops as The Garden of Sweeties, a light display that is pro-renewable energy light up Vivid Sydney. The Garden of Sweeties is a one of a kind Vivid Sydney for the entire family as it being a special Vivid Sydney lights that remains on to the time Vivid finishes.
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Do you want to be happy? Vivid Sydney this year has included an installation in the form of colorful castles as the best place to see Vivid. When you are inside the light installation, you are greeted with harmony, joy and happiness. Created to make you happy, Harmony Valley is a place you don’t want to overlook.
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We want you to experience Vivid Sydney 2019 with your family, no matter how large it is. Here are some free hotspots in Circular Quay that might interest you or your little ones.
The Ballerina
24 May – 15 Jun 6pm – 11pm
Address:Circular Quay, Sydney NSW 2000
Along the harbour’s edge, the image of a dancer shimmers as if on a dream. Ballerina conjures the desire of young artists to reach the infinite through their artistry. The work uses a lighting sequence played across 20 silhouettes to represent the hypnotic cycle of a ballet, repeating in sync with its soundtrack by Davide Lamastra. Stroboscopic effects call to mind a succession of shots from some sort of photographic memory that make up a meaningful yet never completely perceptible vision.
In this dreamlike context, the ballerina of light dances on and on, performing steps, pirouettes and arabesques in an eternal solo. She is barely aware of the architecture, pathways, banisters, lampposts, benches and audience around her. Instead, she is totally absorbed on her stage – the water – with its reflections that fondly embrace the whole city.
Angelo Bonello has an artistic approach characterised by the dimensional distortion of scenic space and landscape that draws on his theatrical and performative experience. He is the artistic director of Kitonb, the Italian creative studio in Rome. Always determined to balance the micro and macro, Angelo has created and directed shows and artistic events in more than 300 cities all around the world.
The Marine Turtle
24 May – 15 Jun6pm – 11pm
Address:Circular Quay, Sydney NSW 2000
Combining LED lighting and control technology, state of the art 3D design software, mechanical flippers, artisanal steel, fabric and working talents of traditional Chinese Lantern makers. Ample Projects created this entirely hand made Sea Turtle in 2016 for Taronga Conservation Society’s Centenary Year Parade, and the award winning Taronga Vivid Sydney Precincts 2016 – 2019.
Re-skinned in custom printed fabrics inspired by the drawings of NSW school kids in 2018, Ample’s majestic Sea Turtle highlights the extraordinary beauty of these endangered species, and the delicate balance that must be protected in our ocean ecosystems and habitats.
From the ancient geology of the Aussie Bush to a single tree in an urban jungle, across the expansive deep blue of our oceans and seas to the rich forest ecosystems of wild Sumatra. This Vivid Sydney, Taronga Zoo is shining a Lights For the Wild. We share this planet with some amazing wildlife. However, right now, their wild homes are under threat and they need our help more than ever.
Under the Harbour
24 May – 15 Jun6pm – 11pm
Address:Circular Quay, Sydney NSW 2000
You can ferry across it, marvel at its shimmering beauty and even swim in it, but how often do you dive into the emerald depths of Sydney Harbour? Using the architecture of Customs House as a canvas, award-winning creative studio Spinifex Group presents Under the Harbour, a surreal underwater encounter sure to delight children and adults alike.
Through Spinifex’s imaginative and fantastical lens, a hyper-coloured multi-verse splashes across the façade of the historic building. As a rainy twilight gathers across the harbour, a giant octopus bursts out of the water and wraps its tentacles around the sun, dragging it under. This watery world is alive with neon sea creatures, botanical wonderlands, and unclassified oddities. Under the Harbour is a playful, exquisite escape from reality into an extraordinary underwater fantasy certain to inspire audiences and deepen the appreciation of Sydney’s aquatic haven.
This super-scale projection mapping experience is the creative vision of Spinifex’s Los Angeles-based design director Ben Alpass. Ben’s work spans multiple disciplines including photography, print, animation, interactive, installation, and projection. In 2018 alone, his work was awarded a Cannes Lion, D&AD Pencil, and a One Show Gold Pencil. Originally from Melbourne, Ben studied Multimedia Design at Swinburne National School of Design and has been the recipient of the Melbourne Design Award.
The Harp of the City
24 May – 15 Jun6pm – 11pm
Address:Circular Quay, Sydney NSW 2000
The Harp of the City is a giant public instrument that produces sound and an interactive light show. Like any master-crafted instrument, each harp is completely unique, carved by hand out of wood. This gives each harp its own character, which is mirrored in both form and sound. From the lighting to the contours, each harp’s design is simple and beautiful, waiting to be brought vividly to life by anyone who plucks the strings.
Using contact microphones and reactive LED lighting, the strings of each harp can be plucked by as many people as can get their hands on them. Each of the harps’ six strings produces a different resonance and luminous response depending on the way it is played. Together, the 14 harps produce a variety of notes, creating a symphony of sound and lightplay across its 30 metre length.
The installation reminds us that the city is not just a passive space filled with the incessant noise of car horns and jackhammers. The Harp of the City proves that beautiful music can be created by complete strangers and can enhance our experience of the urban environment.
Let it Snow
24 May – 15 Jun6pm – 11pm
Address:Circular Quay, Sydney NSW 2000
Have you ever seen it snow in Sydney? This super-scale immersive and responsive installation makes it seems like giant snowflakes have landed at Hickson Road Reserve.
This is an environment where virtual and physical worlds coincide. Walk between the crystalline structures for a sense of the way snow flurries. Illuminated by many thousands of LED bulbs, Let It Snowreacts to weather patterns and pedestrian motion. Light plays across the dendrites that give each snowflake its singular form. According to lead artist Jing Li, ‘as you enter the piece, you are walking into a space occupied by real and virtual elements, and you can affect both. The space feels more turbulent and tempestuous when the wind is blowing and lots of people are playing, wandering and running around the flake shapes. On less busy evenings with little to no breeze, the spaces feels calm and gentle’. Whatever the level of activity, seating within the installation provides an opportunity to pause and marvel at this algorithmic snow show.
Let It Snow enlivens our spatial perception and teases our emotions. Watching simulated snowflakes fall from the sky brings us closer to mother nature, and highlights our own natures. “Just like each snowflake, we as individuals are all unique and beautiful.” – Artist Jing Li
The iPhone X is the phone we’ve been willing Apple to make, partly so that we’ve got something new to write about, but also so those who look forward to the arrival of a new iPhone actually have something to get excited about.
‘New Phone Day’ is one of the highlights in many people’s years, and the iPhone X is worthy of the excitement.
Apple has got things almost entirely right with the iPhone X, taking all it’s learned from its past handsets and fusing them together to make a device that’s like nothing else the brand has ever produced.
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The first thing you’ll notice about the new iPhone is hard to miss: the new screen blazes into your eyes the second you pick up the handset.
The 5.8-inch OLED display is, quite simply, the best thing Apple has ever crammed into an iPhone, or it was, until the iPhone XS arrived. It’s leaps ahead of the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus for so many reasons: the sharpness, the quality, the fact that it fills the whole front of the phone, and the color reproduction.
It’s also using a new, longer, screen, but while it looks larger than the iPhone 8 Plus’ 5.5-inch display on paper, it’s only marginally bigger in terms of actual screen real estate – it’s just stretched upwards, so it’s taller, not wider.
Unlock using your Face
Face ID – Apple’s facial recognition system that replaces the fingerprint-scanning Touch ID – is simple to set up, with the iPhone X encouraging you to put your face into view at the start; spin your head around a couple of times and you’re ready to go.
That’s all you need to do in order to be able to unlock your phone with your face, and as long as the iPhone X can see your eyes, nose and mouth you’ll be able to get into your handset easily.
And we really do mean easily – Face ID has far, far exceeded our expectations for the new biometric technology. We’ve used facial recognition on other phones many times, and it’s been erratic and, well, terrible.
Best in Class Camera
Before we get too far into the performance of the rear camera, let’s talk about the front-facing TrueDepth camera, which is a 7MP affair but with some smart capabilities to make the iPhone one of the best selfie-taking cameras on the market.
The camera, as the name suggests, can sense depth incredibly well, so the new Portrait mode – debuted on the iPhone 8 Plus – can be used with the front-facing camera to take excellent selfies.
Not only will this blur the background, you can also use the Portrait options to change the lighting of the scene, or cut yourself out of the picture altogether and place yourself on a black background.
The lighting alterations, adding things like contoured lighting to your visage, don’t really add a huge amount, and some of the ‘stage lighting’ pictures that cut you out of the image don’t always trace the edges of your head and body perfectly.
New OS to rule them all
While the iPhone X launched with iOS 11, it’s now been updated to iOS 12 (or iOS 12.1.4 to be precise). This added things like grouped notifications, personalized Memoji, additional Animoji and emoji, Siri Shortcuts, Group FaceTime, Screen time reports and a whole lot more.
It’ll update again in late 2019 to iOS 13, which will bring with it features like a Dark Mode and a new Find My Device app, but for now if you’re using an iPhone X you’ll be using iOS 12.
The iPhone X was a huge gamble from Apple, yet one that really paid off six months into our testing. Losing the home button and altering the design was a dangerous move, but one that was sorely needed after years of similarity and the premium design, extra power, all-screen front mix together to create – by far – the best iPhone Apple’s ever made.
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It’s Too Pricey
It’s almost pointless to discuss the iPhone X price – it launched as the most expensive flagship phone on the market and it’s still pricey now, but iPhone users are more willing than most to look past cost.
But, while the focus here is going to be on the technology, we still need to at least mention the price and release date. It’s out now, having launched worldwide on November 3 2017. The price is harder to swallow.
At launch, the iPhone X cost $999 / £999 / AU$1,579 for the basic, 64GB model. If you wanted the larger 256GB model it cost $1,149 / £1,149 / AU$1,829.
Slow on Cashless Pay
Another issue with Face ID as against Touch ID is when using Apple Pay. Where previously you’d approach the reader with your thumb over the home button and it would instantly verify the payment, with the iPhone X you’ll need to double-tap the side button to activate Face ID, have it register your face, and then it’ll be ready to pay.
It’s not a tough system to master – after a single attempt we were able to replicate it time and again – but it’s not as easy as before, which is irritating. You’ll sometimes believe you double-tapped the side button, thinkyou didn’t actually double tap it, tap it one more time to be sure, and realize you did double tap initially and triple tapped. This turns off the phone right as Apple Pay pops up, making your quick payment slower than paying with cash. Sometimes the Apple Pay menu is too slow.
Smudge Magnet
One negative thing to say about the design: it’s a smudge sucker. The outer band gets covered in fingerprints in no time at all, and the glass front and back will happily accept any oil your fingers want to deposit on them.
iPhone 8 is a Close Alternative
If you’re looking to get a new iPhone, and want to spend a lot but not quite as much as on the iPhone X, then the iPhone 8 Plus is the one to go for.
It’s got a large screen (although not as high-res, nor as premium tech), and virtually the same dual-camera setup. It’s not quite as powerful in low light as the iPhone X, but it’s certainly capable, and it’s the ‘next phone down’ on the Apple phone ladder.
If the iPhone 8 Plus size turns you off, then the iPhone 8 is the one to choose if you want something more manageable in the palm. Both phones have the old-fashioned home button you’re used to.
It’s got all the incredible power of both the iPhone X and the 8 Plus, and while it scrimps on the pixel density of the screen it still has True Tone technology, and the same fast and wireless charging capabilities.
The Huawei Nova 3i is an excellent handset for the price, particularly considering recent price drops, and unless you’re deep into mobile gaming, it will likely cover all your everyday needs quite comfortably, and do so in style.
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Beautiful Build
From the back, the Nova 3i looks strikingly similar to the Nova 3e, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. A gorgeous combination of flat, glossy glass and metal makes the handset a pleasure to hold and ogle.
Flip it over though, and you’ll notice that instead of a 5.8-inch display, the Nova 3i is sporting a gorgeous 6.3-inch screen. While this makes the overall handset a little wider and taller, the impact is lessened thanks to marginally reduced side and top bezels and a chin bezel that’s more than halved in width.
The Huawei Nova 3i weighs in at 169g. With dimensions set at 157.6 x 75.2 x 7.6mm, it really is pocketable and can be comfortably held in one hand.
Gorgeous Display
Without being too big for one-handed operation, the Huawei Nova 3i manages to cram in a 6.3-inch 1,080 x 2,340-pixel IPS LCD display, thanks to the whole edge-to-edge approach. The notch, however, turns the display into a rather unorthodox 19:9 aspect ratio.
The panel is capable and looks quite attractive with that design. It’s sharp, accurate, but of course, it doesn’t have a high contrast ratio and saturation of an AMOLED panel. An AMOLED panel also does a better job at hiding the notch with deep black bands on both sides of the notch. While in this case, the black isn’t merging into the black notch that well.
Multimedia Powerhouse
Starting with multimedia, this phone can be a great pocket entertainment alternative. it has a huge 6.3-inch full HD display, which is perfect for watching content on the go. The videos can be viewed on 18:9 aspect ratio, and since it has a headphone jack, it makes a perfect companion to watch shows on the go. Nothing to complain about here.
Solid Performer
Our Nova 3i ran quite adequately during our time with it. The Kirin 710 does handle the routine tasks quite well. It’s perfectly capable of running Huawei’s somewhat bloated UI with Android 8.1. It has 4GB RAM, which makes for some smoother operation, such as a quick camera boot-up and rapid app-switching. As mentioned before, the first instance of performance limitation is in the gaming department, which could do with better optimisation.
The Nova 3i does many things right, but small elements like the missing fast charging, poor loudspeaker and a microUSB port set it back somewhat. We were quite excited to experience GPU Turbo mode but it wasn’t as revolutionary as we were hoping.
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The charging speed is a little disappointing on the Nova 3i. Huawei’s 22.5W SuperCharge is not present her and, instead, it has 10W charging via micro USB. It takes around 2 hours to charge from 0-100%, which is slow considering what the competition has to offer. And with Qualcomm’s Quick Charge, a lot of Android users are accustomed to fast charging.
For your average user, this will be more than enough and is fairly decent for the price, but for the gamer that needs to quickly charge between sessions, it might prove a little limiting.
Convoluted Camera UI
Huawei has used AI algorithms that are said to be “driven by learning over 100 million images”, which helps it recognise 22 categories of 500+ scenes and provides optimised shooting result. You can turn this feature off if you feel the need.
In a nutshell, the camera interface does offer fun features to play with, but some modes do little to surpass the realm of novelty. For example, the half-baked ‘Background’ and ‘Effect’ modes sometimes chops-off your ears and at times it just doesn’t register your hair.
Poor Loudspeaker
The loudspeaker on the Nova 3i is quite underwhelming. Be it music or gaming, it just fails to provide rich output from the speaker. Keeping a pair of headphones is a wiser idea to have the best audio experience on this phone.
Weak Turbo Mode
Although many smartphone owners will either play lightweight mobile titles or ignore gaming altogether, the rise of titles such as Fortnite and PUBG on the platform has come with the demand for more powerful processing and graphical output from modern handsets.
In this case, Huawei’s GPU Turbo mode for its Nova 3i isn’t quite up to scratch with the likes of PUBG. The game often stuttered and the handset heated up considerably with a noticeably higher battery drain. This is still fairly decent for the price but just know that you may have to drop a bit more dosh on a true gaming phone.