Last night I went to bed at 10:30, got up twice during
the night, woke up at 5:30 and got up at 6. Even though Sunday mornings are
usually quiet, from about 5:30 to 6 there was a young man in a car parked outside
Exito talking to someone inside Exito.
Last night I played 4 games on Chess.com. In the 1st
game my opponent played the English opening (poorly) and I checkmated him in 23
moves. My 2nd game I had the advantage going into the endgame but
lost. Obviously, I need to work on my endgame. My 3rd game I had the
advantage the whole game and I checkmated him on the 42nd move. In my
4th game I was never in trouble and I checkmated my opponent on the
21st move. My new rating is 1444 but I did have the white pieces in
3 of the 4 games.
Since I was up early I left the apt just at 7:50 and
walked to Glenn’s apt arriving by 8:10. I noticed that ciclovia was going on
and I had the thought that the Uber might have trouble getting to Glenn’s apt. After
awhile Glenn called James and the taxi driver was having trouble. We agreed to
meet at the La Frontera mall. The driver didn’t seem to understand where we
wanted to go even after showing him the address. I told him Ciudad de Rio and
we were on our way.
This Ganso & Castor location is adjacent to the
Museum of Modern Art. It had a large seating area and we were the first ones
there. They had eggs (Florentine & Benedict) and I had the French toast.
We left about 11am and walked around the nearby park a
bit.
They left to return to Envigado and Sabaneta and I took
a taxi to Parque Lleras. Patrick and a couple waitresses was setting up tables on
the Patrick’s Sports Pub patio. I put in my claim for the Bears game. He mentioned
that 22 restaurants in Parque Lleras have closed permanently. I walked around a
bit and found the Pergamino we used to frequent after our Sunday
breakfast.
I returned just before noon, he assigned me a seat and
put on the Bears game. Its finally time for some NFL football! The Bears were
losing 23-3 at the end of the 3rd quarter but came back and won 27-23.
I waited until the 4th
quarter to have a burger, fries and a Coke for 52mil.
I walked down to Avenida Poblado where I quickly got
on a Sabaneta bus.
I was back at the apt by 3:45.
I found 3 free chess lessons on ImproveMyChess.com.
Teresa beat me in parcheesi today 5 games to 2.
Michael Osterholm,
a renowned infectious-disease expert and the director of the Center for
Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University
of Minnesota, said on NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday that leaders
must tell the truth when it comes to public health and that "telling the
truth never causes panic."
Why it matters: Host Chuck Todd
asked Osterholm if President Trump had made a mistake by not being upfront with
the American people about the dangers of COVID-19 and the threat of a pandemic.
In an interview for Bob
Woodward's new book "Rage," Trump said that he was purposefully
"playing it down" so as not to create a "panic."
What he's saying: "If you just
tell people the truth, they will respond and they will trust you to
continue to tell them the truth. The great leaders of the world have
done that," Osterholm said.
A federal judge late Saturday ordered the U.S. Postal Service to
immediately stop sending mailers containing false
voting information to Colorado residents, saying he is “deeply
troubled” by the decision to distribute the misleading postcards to households
across the nation.
“As a result of false information contained in the notice, some
Colorado voters may not vote because they erroneously believe that: (1) they
must request a ballot at least 15 days before the election; (2) they must mail
their ballot at least seven days prior to the election; or (3) they may not
vote if they lose their ballot,” wrote U.S. District Court Judge William
Martínez in a 10-page ruling (pdf)
granting Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold’s request for a temporary restraining
order.
Mike Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor and onetime
Democratic presidential candidate, has committed $100 million of his own money
to help the party's nominee, Joe Biden, win the state of Florida.
A month after the
controversial Sturgis Motorcycle Rally drew hundreds of thousands of bikers to South Dakota,
COVID-19 infections are growing faster in North Dakota and South Dakota than
anywhere in the nation.
The rally is not the
only likely culprit: Many schools in the states recently began in-class
learning, and mandates or requests to wear masks have sparked pushback
from people who believe that infringes on their freedom.
Though Europe
appeared to have the virus under control after a devastating spring, countries
there are again struggling. France reported a one-day record of 10,561 new
cases Saturday, rising by more than 1,000 from Friday. The U.K, which has
suffered Europe’s deadliest coronavirus outbreak, recorded more than 3,000
new cases of COVID-19 for the third day running for the first time since May.
Austria says it is seeing a “second wave” of infections.
The
US has 6,462,503 ð 6,502,467 ð 6,521,289 coronavirus cases
with 192,700+ ð 193,500+ ð 193,700+ deaths.
Per
Medellin Guru, as of this afternoon Colombia has a total of 702,088 ð 708,964 ð 716,319 cases with 22,924 deaths. Medellin has 54,245 ð 54,653 ð 55,405 cases, an increase of 743 from September 12th
to 13th. Envigado has a total of 3,017 cases, an increase of 70 from
September 12th to 13th.
Joke of
the day
There once was
a lady named Ferris
Whom nothing
could every embarrass
Till the
bath salts one day,
In the tub
where she lay,
Turned out
to be plaster of paris.
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