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COVID-19 takes National Rugby League players from grand final to building site

Six months ago they were playing one of the biggest games of their careers, but now stars of Australia’s National Rugby League (NRL) are working as builders and plumbers after the coronavirus shutdown forced them to find new jobs.

Several members of the Sydney Roosters, who won the grand final against the Canberra Raiders in October last year, are among the players back “on the tools,” as they try to pay bills and mortgages after the season was suspended.

Players from the NRL, one of Australia’s most popular sports, are facing hefty pay cuts this year after the pandemic shuttered sports worldwide and left the league battling for survival.

“Some of them are looking for jobs... Some of them are on the tools already,” Roosters coach Trent Robinson told radio station Triple M. “Plumber, builder — there are lots of jobs that have been thrown out there for the guys, and they’re still continuing to look. They know they’re going to have some time. They know they’ve got to train, but after that they’re looking to get back into some of their old trades.”

It is a similar story for players across the 16-team NRL, which came to a screeching halt after two rounds — one played behind closed doors — last month.

The NRL — which is cash-strapped despite its immense popularity and ubiquitous media presence — strongly resisted closure before disease prevention measures made it impossible to continue playing.

On Thursday, the NRL and the players’ association agreed on an emergency deal under which players will lose five months’ pay this year if this season is abandoned.

The league’s suspension has meant a dizzying turnaround for the players, especially for the Roosters, who were celebrating their grand final win.

Now, Roosters lock Victor Radley is plying his trade as a carpenter, while Elliott Whitehead is driving a tractor and his Raiders teammate Jack Wighton posted on Instagram looking for work.

Elsewhere, Brisbane Broncos prop Thomas Flegler is working on his family’s banana farm, earning just A$24.60 (US$14.75) per hour, a report said.

“I can’t really do much in Brisbane, so I decided I would get home to see my family and try to make some money while we aren’t playing,” Flegler told Brisbane’s Sunday Mail. “I start work on Monday. I’m on minimum wage. Dad said: ‘You are only a beginner, so you aren’t worth more than the award wage.’”

Broncos great Corey Parker said that some players had moved in together to save on rent while the sport waits out the pandemic.

“I know some of our guys have actually moved out of the units they were currently renting and bunkered in with other guys because they quite simply can’t pay the rent,” Parker told Fox League Live.

Roosters recruit Josh Morris, a veteran with 288 NRL appearances across several clubs, said he was retraining and could soon be back in the workforce.

“For myself, I’ve played the game long enough to have some money put away,” said Morris, according to Sydney’s Daily Telegraph. “But I also have mortgages that I have to pay as well.”

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Virus Outbreak: Railways halting sale of food and drinks on trains

The Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) and Taiwan High-Speed Rail Corp (THSRC) are to stop selling meals on trains starting today as part of efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

THSRC yesterday said it would stop offering meals, beverages and other food items on its trains, including from vending machines.

The TRA also said it would stop selling meals, beverages and other food items.

Passengers who have booked and paid for their tickets and meals on TRA trains departing today or later are eligible for a refund for the meal, it said.

Additionally, THSRC said that it would not provide its in-train magazine, T-Life, to minimize passenger contact with items that might be touched by many people.

However, it said a single snack pack and bottle of water would still be available in business class, which passengers would take with them when they leave the train.

The TRA and THSRC said the new measures are part of their “no mask, no ride” rules.

In addition, the operators said they would urge passengers to follow social distancing rules which ask people to stay 1m apart outdoors and 1.5m indoors.

Minister of Transportation and Communications Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) said that passengers would be asked not to eat on rail services, but as train journeys can be long, some passengers would be permitted to eat for health reasons.

As long as people who must eat on trains complete their meals as quickly as possible, flexibility would be permitted, Lin said.

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 With no pay agreement secured and players’ representatives calling for more financial information ahead of talks, the sport had another week of bad press

Rugby Australia chief executive Raelene Castle could be sacked in a matter of days, media reported yesterday, as the embattled governing body struggles to deal with a financial crisis compounded by a shutdown amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Castle this week took a 50 percent pay cut and laid off 75 percent of Rugby Australia (RA) staff members, saying that the body would face losses of up to A$120 million (US$71.95 million) if no more rugby was played this year.

With no pay agreement secured with the players and their representatives calling on RA to provide more financial information ahead of negotiations, the sport has endured another week of bad press.

Australia’s Israel Folau scores a try against England in their Rugby Union match at Twickenham in London on Nov. 24, 2018.
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The Australian and the Daily Telegraph both reported that Castle had lost the confidence of a board to which three new members were added at this week’s annual general meeting.

Former Australia captain Phil Kearns, who lost out when New Zealander Castle was appointed in 2017, was named as her likely successor by both newspapers.

RA later said in a statement that it had shared specific financial information with the Rugby Union Players Association (RUPA) yesterday regarding a short-term pay deal.

“Rugby Australia believes the financial information it has provided today allows RUPA to accurately advise the players on these negotiations,” it said.

The parties are to meet today to take the negotiations forward, it added.

“We look forward to reaching a fair and reasonable agreement given the current circumstances the game is facing,” it said.

Castle took significant flak for her handling of the dismissal of Wallabies fullback Israel Folau last year, the costs of which contributed to a A$9.4 million loss last year.

She has also been criticized for spurning an offer from Fox Sports TV to extend their broadcast deal and instead taking the rights to market, potentially leaving Rugby Australia without a television deal at the end of this year.

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title: European stocks decline as economic toll emerges

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European shares ended down on Friday, closing the week lower as dismal business activity data heralded a deep economic and earnings recession due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The pan-European STOXX 600 closed 1 percent in the red, with insurers dragging the most after a EU regulator asked them to suspend dividends and share buybacks to shore up liquidity.

The index fell about 0.6 percent for the week. Still, it appeared to have gained a measure of stability after sharp daily movements over the past month.

Composite data earlier in the day showed that business activity in the eurozone contracted severely last month, with several analysts forecasting worse readings as most economies in the region shut down to curb the spread of the virus.

“We are entering a climate with lower or no dividends, fewer financial options, but most importantly, fewer jobs and lower output,” AxiCorp Financial Services Pty global market strategist Stephen Innes said. “Many small and large-sized businesses will not survive this storm.”

Economists expect eurozone real GDP to shrink as much as 43 percent in the second quarter.

Bank stocks fell 2.2 percent and were the worst performing European sector for the week, shedding about 11 percent.

The sector looked vastly less attractive after several banking majors suspended their dividend payouts earlier in the week.

Energy stocks dragged on the STOXX 600, relinquishing most of their gains from Thursday after a record spike in oil prices on hopes that Saudi Arabia and Russia would end their price war.

The bump in prices, along with extremely low stock valuations in the sector, saw energy stocks outperforming other sectors for the week with a 9 percent gain.

Healthcare stocks were among the few gainers on Friday, as the sector continued to benefit from safe-haven demand. They added 5.8 percent for the week.

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Virus crisis gives US abortion opponents an opening
武漢肺炎肆虐 反墮胎人士企圖趁亂闖關

As the novel coronavirus rages across the US, a new legal battle over abortion is brewing — and its impact is unclear. Led by Texas, several conservative-leaning US states have classified abortions as “nonessential” or elective procedures — meaning they have been delayed under state guidelines for handling the pandemic.

Abortion rights activists have denounced the move as an “ideological” one, and a cynical attempt by anti-abortion groups to use the virus crisis to their own ends. Those rights activists have taken several state governments to court to keep the clinics up and running.

US federal judges on Monday blocked Texas, Ohio and Alabama from including abortion on a list of elective procedures now banned to ensure the stockpile of medical supplies is not depleted as the virus spreads. One said the Supreme Court never mentioned any exceptions when it enshrined a woman’s right to abortion in its 1973 landmark decision in Roe v Wade. For Alexis McGill Johnson, acting president of Planned Parenthood, those courts sent “a clear message to politicians and anti-abortion activists in other states: Exploiting a global pandemic to ban abortion is illegal.”

Pro-choice activists supporting legal access to abortion protest during a demonstration outside the US Supreme Court in Washington on March 4.
支持婦女依法能夠選擇墮胎的「擁護選擇權」人士，三月四日在美國華盛頓最高法院外進行的一場遊行中舉牌抗議。
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But the tables were turned on Tuesday, when a federal appeals court found in favor of Texas, issuing a temporary stay on the lower court’s ruling — meaning abortions are halted. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton hailed the decision, saying in a statement that the appellate ruling “justly prioritizes supplies and personal protective equipment for the medical professionals in need.”

In the US — which now has more coronavirus cases than any other country in the world at 280,000 and mounting — as in other nations, rescheduling elective procedures is the new normal. With protective masks and other gear in short supply, state governments want to be sure nothing goes to waste or is used in a procedure that can wait, like vision correction or plastic surgery.

Medical associations such as the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) have called for abortions to remain available. “We’ve warned that the consequences of being unable to obtain an abortion profoundly impact a person’s life, health and well-being,” said Skye Perryman, the group’s chief legal and policy officer. McGill Johnson said some women with the financial means to do so may go out of state for an abortion but warned that such a move “increases the risk that they’re exposing themselves and others to the coronavirus.”

Jennifer Dalven, the director of the Reproductive Freedom Project at the American Civil Liberties Union, said it was “not surprising” that some states were seizing the moment to launch a new effort to block abortions. “The states that are now using the COVID-19 crisis to stop people from getting abortion care are the very same states that have a history of passing laws to ban abortion, or using sham rationale to shut clinics,” she said. “We all know that pregnancies don’t stop just because of the health care crisis.”

For the better part of the last 20 years, the US “Bible Belt” that stretches across the South and parts of the Midwest has adopted increasingly restrictive legislation on abortions, forcing many clinics to shut down. Since President Donald Trump took office with the support of a large bloc of evangelical Christian voters he won over with his anti-abortion stance, those states have doubled down.

Some of that legislation has been written in the hope that it will reach the Supreme Court — which, thanks to two Trump appointees, leans decidedly to the right — and serve as a gateway to the overturning of Roe v Wade. A year ago, Alabama adopted a law banning all abortions, including in cases of rape and incest. A judge blocked the law from taking effect, but it is still working its way through the courts.

For Alabama gynecologist Yashica Robinson, this latest anti-abortion push, tangentially linked to the coronavirus crisis, follows the same pattern. “After weathering countless attacks from Alabama anti-abortion politicians, we saw the state’s action for exactly what it was: an attempt to attack access to essential health care under the guise of pandemic response,” she said.

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隨著新冠病毒持續肆虐美國各地，一場新的墮胎法律攻防戰正在悄悄地醞釀中──其影響目前仍是未知數。由德州率先發難，數個偏保守派的州已將墮胎列為「非必要」或非急需手術──這也意味著，在各州應對武漢肺炎大流行的指導方針下，墮胎手術已被推遲。

墮胎權支持者譴責此措施帶有意識形態，並且痛斥反墮胎團體居心叵測，企圖利用病毒危機達到自身目的。墮胎權支持者遂上法院控告數個州政府，希望能讓人工流產診所繼續營運。

美國聯邦法官在週一阻止德州、俄亥俄州和阿拉巴馬州將墮胎手術列入非急需手術的清單中。非急需手術目前受到禁止，以確保醫療器材儲備不會隨著病毒持續擴散而用罄。一位聯邦法官指出，美國最高法院在一九七三年對《羅伊訴韋德案》作出歷史性判決、保護女性墮胎權不受侵犯時，從未述及任何例外狀況。對美國計劃生育協會代理主席亞莉克西絲‧麥吉爾‧強森而言，這些法院「對政治人物和反墮胎人士送出了很明確的訊息：利用一場全球性大流行來禁止墮胎，這是非法的。」

不過，情勢卻在週二出現逆轉：一間聯邦上訴法院做出了有利德州政府的判決，發出臨時裁定，暫緩執行下級法院的裁決，也就是暫停進行墮胎手術。德州檢察總長肯‧派克斯頓盛讚這項裁定，他在聲明中表示，受理該上訴的法院「公正地讓有需要的醫療專業人員，優先取得物資和個人防護設備。」

美國目前的武漢肺炎病例已達到二十八萬，超過世界其他國家，而且還在持續攀升。如同其他國家，非急需手術改期進行已成為新的常態。隨著口罩和其他配備出現短缺，各州政府都希望能確保物資不被浪費，或是不會在能夠等候的手術中被用掉，例如視力矯正或是整形手術。

許多醫學協會──例如美國婦產科醫師學會（ACOG）──呼籲墮胎手術仍要繼續維持進行。ACOG首席法律與政策執行長絲凱‧佩里曼表示：「我們已經提出警告，無法進行墮胎手術的後果將會對一個人的生活、健康以及福祉造成深遠的影響。」強森則指出，有些具備足夠財力能夠進行手術的女性可能會為了墮胎而離開這些州，但她警告這樣的移動行為「會增加她們將自己和他人暴露在新冠病毒威脅的風險。」

美國公民自由聯盟的生殖自由計畫執行長珍妮佛‧達爾溫表示，某些州政府抓住這個時機發起新的行動阻礙墮胎，「這並不讓人意外」。「現在利用武漢肺炎危機阻止人們進行墮胎手術照護的州，正是當年同樣通過法律禁止墮胎、或是利用假造的理論依據關閉診所的那幾個州。」她說：「我們都知道，懷孕並不會因為健康照護危機發生就停止。」

在過去二十年來大多數的時間裡，橫跨美國南部和中西部部分地區的《聖經》地帶紛紛採取愈趨嚴格的法律來限制墮胎，迫使許多診所關門。美國總統川普曾以反墮胎立場爭取到基督教福音派選民的龐大集團支持，隨著川普上任，這些州更變本加厲。

在這類限制墮胎的法律中，某些制定的目的是為了將爭議拉到最高法院──多虧了川普提名的兩位大法官，最高法院現在明顯偏向保守右派──作為推翻《羅伊訴韋德案》判決的途徑。一年前，阿拉巴馬州政府通過一項禁止所有墮胎手術的法案，強暴以及亂倫懷孕都不例外。一位法官阻止這項法案正式上路，只是這條禁令仍在逐步通過各級法院。

對於阿拉巴馬州的婦科醫生雅西卡‧羅賓森來說，最新的這股反墮胎攻勢其實和新冠病毒危機本身不相關，且依循同一個模式。她表示：「經歷阿拉巴馬州反墮胎政客無數次的攻擊後，我們看穿了州政府的行動：也就是，在全球大流行疫情應變措施的偽裝下，他們企圖攻擊人們基本健康照護所需的資源。」

（台北時報章厚明譯）

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Angela Merkel cannot isolate herself from pressure to save Europe
History might judge Germany’s enduring leader on what she does to help the EU’s weaker nations through the COVID-19 crisis

Just across the River Spree from the quiet of Berlin’s Museum Island during lockdown, German Chancellor Angela Merkel earlier this week sat in self-imposed quarantine in her city center apartment. The galleries at the UNESCO World Heritage Site might boast more World War II bullet holes than visitors in the time of COVID-19, but the calm eludes her.

After more than 14 years in office, Merkel, whose self-isolation ended on Friday, has returned to the front line of crisis fighting and is in her element again. At 65, she is more in demand than ever, as Europe’s most powerful leader steers her country through what she describes as the greatest challenge since the war.

Polls show a surge in support for her party and broad public approval of her policies.

Yet history might judge her less on her custody of the region’s powerhouse economy than on what she does to help its weakest members through a public-health disaster unparalleled in peacetime.

The last crisis to undermine the European integration project was financial, as Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Cyprus required bailouts between 2010 and 2015 to keep the continent’s single currency intact. This time, people are dying in their thousands and Italy, the euro region’s third-biggest economy, risks going into meltdown.

“Obviously it’s a legacy moment,” said Daniel Hamilton, a professor at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University and a Richard von Weizsaecker fellow at the Robert Bosch Academy in Berlin.

“The crisis is really doing a number on European unity,” and Germany above all countries has the greatest stake in maintaining a united Europe, he said. “It’s reached a stage where Germany will have to show that it is part of the solution to restoring faith in the European project.”

As the EU’s longest-serving leader, Merkel’s dilemma is whether she goes all-out to help the bloc emerge intact from the pandemic, or risk it splintering along national lines.

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte warned that the COVID-19 response could give succor to nationalist, anti-EU parties that have gained ground across the continent since the onslaught of the European debt crisis in late 2009.

The difference now is that every country is affected and the threat to the EU’s integrity is more palpable still. As the virus spread, nations restored border controls and embarked on their own missions to tackle the outbreak while the EU stalled.

“The way in which countries help or do not help each other can shape perceptions of European integration for a long time to come,” Berenberg Bank economists Holger Schmieding and Kallum Pickering wrote on Sunday last week. “A perceived lack of such solidarity could jeopardize the long-term cohesion of the EU and the euro zone.”

The expectations weighing on the chancellor are a result of both Germany’s status as the bloc’s dominant economic player and Merkel’s long years of experience. She is one of few world leaders still in power who recall first-hand the task of combating the fallout from the financial crisis — and indeed the pressure she was under to act.

During the euro-area crisis, the administration of US president Barack Obama clashed with Merkel’s government over what it saw as an insufficient willingness to use Germany’s economic might to stop the turmoil proliferating.

The sense in Greece and elsewhere in Europe was that Germany had a special responsibility to help and further atone for its role as aggressor in World War II.

That narrative is again being aired during the coronavirus. Italian regional leaders and mayors took out a full-page advert in the German-language daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung this week reminding Germany of the debt relief it was granted in 1953 and called for the same kind of magnanimity from Berlin now.

“It is solidarity that you Germans were shown by many European countries after the war and up until reunification,” the officials said. “Dear German friends, memory helps in making the right decisions.”

Such appeals fail to acknowledge the domestic political reality of keeping a fractious coalition and the German public on board, something that Merkel balanced through the long years of turbulence.

The exception was the migration crisis of 2015 to 2016, when her decision to open the borders to refugees from Syria strained German society more than at any time since reunification of east and west 25 years earlier.

Merkel has learned from her mistakes, and is taking time to communicate her actions to the public even while in self-quarantine. In her weekly podcast on Saturday last week, she highlighted government efforts to bring security “in these uncertain times,” and drew attention to her “long negotiations” with fellow EU leaders last week during a six-hour video-conference.

‘FORCEFUL’ RESPONSE

After that virtual meeting, EU leaders came under fire for failing to come up with a common response to the pandemic, with Merkel and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte singled out for leading resistance to joint European debt sales dubbed “coronabonds.”

Germany has long ruled out pooled debt on the grounds that it would mean underwriting weaker states at its own taxpayers’ expense.

Conte called on Germany and the Netherlands to set aside their reservations and support such “extraordinary” measures, in an interview with Spanish daily El Pais on Monday. Conte is one of nine EU leaders to urge the use of coronabonds to combat the crisis.

Schmieding, Berenberg’s chief economist and also a veteran of the Greek crisis, said the political logic for coronabonds is now “overwhelming.” He pointed to the contrast between the government’s decisive actions to shield the German economy with a package worth some 750 billion euros (US$810.4 billion) and its lackluster support for a “forceful” common European response.

Germany regards that it is spending so much to shore up its economy as a key line of defense for Europe as a whole, a senior government official said.

It has already ditched a legal requirement to adhere to balanced budgets — a focus that French President Emmanuel Macron once referred to as a “fetish” — to allow debt financing.

A further stimulus program is being considered for after the pandemic to kick start recovery, German Minster of Finance Olaf Scholz said in a Bloomberg Television interview.

European disagreement is fanned by the “toxic debate” steered by German conservatives that southerners are now seizing the opportunity to pull Berlin into a “transfer union,” said Jana Puglierin, head of the Berlin office of the European Council on Foreign Relations.

At the same time, “it’s not helpful if you push Merkel into a corner and blame her or Germany for everything,” she said.

Merkel “really is a pro-European and she wants to hold this project or club together,” Puglierin said. “But don’t expect her to agree to something that is not possible.”

German polls show overwhelming support for Merkel’s government during the pandemic. About 74 percent of respondents to broadcaster ZDF’s regular Politbarometer survey last week said the measures to fight the economic fallout were correct, while 79 percent said Merkel was doing a good job. The chancellor remains Germany’s most popular politician.

The political dividend is clear, with Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union-led bloc jumping about 10 percentage points in less than a month to its highest level since before the 2017 election. Party infighting over the candidate best placed to succeed her before next year’s election has disappeared from public view.

Even just the perception of a “Germany First” approach has seen support drop for the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany, whose roots lie in opposition to euro-area bailouts.

Still, Merkel has signaled her willingness to risk a potential backlash by doing more to help as the death toll and economic hit from the pandemic increase.

She favors deploying the European Stability Mechanism, a bailout fund set up in 2012 to help euro members. Scholz has said that in addition, Germany is ready to help the European Investment Bank step in to aid European companies in a liquidity crisis; that it backs the relaxation of EU deficit rules; and sees the bloc’s multiannual budget as another tool that can be used to help.

That amounts to a potent package without the use of coronabonds, Scholz said.

Germany has supplied masks and other medical aid, while using the air force to fly in a handful of seriously ill coronavirus patients from Italy and France for treatment.

“Luftwaffe planes once caused fear and panic in these countries,” Der Spiegel wrote. “Today they come as friends in times of need.”

Whether it is enough to ride out the crisis and help the EU emerge intact remains to be seen. Hamilton compared the situation to a hurricane.

“We’ll weather the storm with great damage, but what exactly will have to happen in terms of disaster relief and recovery is still, I think, anybody’s guess,” he said.

As Merkel weighs her response, she has one important event in her diary that serves as a reminder of the need for European unity: May 8 is the 75th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe, known in Germany as the Day of Liberation.

Additional German help for Europe’s worst affected nations during the pandemic would give the commemoration special resonance, and probably mark Merkel’s last crisis act as chancellor.

“I always thought it was not about Germany first, it was about Europe when it came to Merkel,” Puglierin said at the European Council of Foreign Relations. “Who if not her?”

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title: Taiwan in Time: The evolution of Tomb Sweeping Day

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While Han Chinese in Taiwan have conducted grave-worshipping rituals in the springtime for centuries, a unified holiday was only established after the KMT’s arrival

April 6 to April 12

Han Chinese settlers from Zhangzhou and Quanzhou were such fierce rivals that simple activities such as buying supplies for festivals would often result in armed violence. It’s said that this was especially severe just before Tomb Sweeping Festival, and to prevent bloodshed Qing Dynasty officials ordered them to conduct their rituals on different days.

This is not unlike the government urging people to visit their ancestors’ graves on days other than yesterday’s official Tomb Sweeping Day, also known as the Qingming Festival, to curb the spreading of the COVID-19 pandemic. While the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) established National Tomb Sweeping Day while it still ruled China and carried it over to Taiwan, the idea of the entire nation sweeping tombs on the same day only became a reality when it was declared a public holiday in 1972.

Han Chinese settlers from Quanzhou and Zhangzhou have a history of armed conflict, leading the two groups to conduct tomb-sweeping rituals on different dates.
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In 1975, when former KMT leader Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石) died on April 5, the government saw it as an opportunity for propaganda and fixed the anniversary of his death to tomb-sweeping day. Since the practice adheres to the solar calendar and could fall on April 4, 5 or 6, the anniversary of Chiang’s death was not always observed on the day he died.

Today, it is usually combined with Children’s Day to make a long weekend, which is another holiday that the KMT established when it was in China and carried over to Taiwan.

EARLY SOCIAL DISTANCING

One of the earlier mentions of tomb-sweeping activities in Taiwan can be found in a Chinese report published in 1799, which showed that the settlers closely adhered to the traditions of their homeland.

According to the Ministry of Culture’s Taiwan Encyclopedia, settlers from Zhangzhou in Fujian Province would sweep their ancestor’s tombs on the third day of the third lunar month, which this year fell on March 26. The ones from Quanzhou, also in Fujian Province, did theirs on the start of Qingming, which is equivalent to today’s Tomb Sweeping Day. This practice was noted in Lien Heng’s (連橫) General History of Taiwan (台灣通史), which was completed in 1918.

Hostilities between Zhangzhou and Quanzhou settlers were often escalated as they fought over supplies — usually meat — for tomb-sweeping rituals. According to Taiwan Encyclopedia, some accounts say that they hated each other so much that they refused to conduct the same ritual on the same day, while others say that the government mandated that they do it separately.

Hakka people were more flexible as they could conduct their rituals any time between the 15th day of the first lunar month and the Qingming Festival. Many Hakkas still follow this today.

The practice of tomb-sweeping continued under Japanese rule — at least in the early days, as there is scant information on the topic. In Ishu Momiyama’s 1903 Chinese-language poems of life in Taiwan, he criticized the practice of burning spirit money in front of graves during Qingming as wasteful.

In the Republic of China’s early days, the government designated Qingming as Arbor Day since its founder Sun Yat-sen (孫逸仙) was a proponent of afforestation. After Sun died on March 12, 1925, the government moved Arbor Day to his death anniversary, which is still observed in Taiwan today. It wasn’t until 1935 that the government declared Qingming as “National Tomb Sweeping Day” and held an official ceremony on April 6 at the tomb of the Yellow Emperor, the legendary progenitor of all Han Chinese.

QINGMING GETS POLITICAL

After World War II, a group of Taiwan’s elite and intellectuals headed to China to meet with the KMT and to commemorate the liberation of Taiwan from Japanese rule. One of their objectives was to worship at the Yellow Emperor’s grave. However, because it was dangerously close to the Chinese Communist Party’s base in Yanan, they conducted the ritual from a distance at a nearby city.

In 1950, the same group petitioned the government to designate a day where the nation would worship the Yellow Emperor’s tomb. On April 5, 1951, the first such ceremony was performed in Taiwan at the National Martyr’s Shrine. It would take place every year until it was canceled in 2017.

“Since China has fallen, we can only worship our progenitor from a distance … We must solemnly swear before our ancestors and predecessors that we will surely reclaim our homeland and save our compatriots,” a 1953 propaganda brochure lamented.

Tomb Sweeping Day became a national holiday in 1972. It was part of the government’s Chinese Cultural Renaissance Movement, which was launched in 1967 as an antidote to the Cultural Revolution in China, which sought to destroy all things traditional.

Chou Chun-yu (周俊宇) writes in Recreating Tomb Sweeping Day under Chinese Nationalist Party Rule (中國國民黨政權下的清明節再製) writes that the goal was to encourage people to conduct their tomb sweeping activities on a unified day by giving them the day off. Even Aborigines, who had their own traditions, began participating during this time.

Three years later, Chiang died on April 5. On July 15, then-president Yen Chia-kan (嚴家淦) declared that every Tomb Sweeping Day would also be observed as the anniversary of Chiang’s death. This would strengthen Chiang’s image as the savior of the nation as it put him in league with the Yellow Emperor, Chou writes.

Since Tomb Sweeping Day fell on April 4 the following year, the anniversary of Chiang’s death was observed a day earlier. The state-run Central Daily News (中央日報) quoted a ceremony attendee as saying, “We will return every year, because only under the leadership of [Chiang] has Taiwan become a safe and prosperous anti-communist base, and only because of this do we have the luxury of sweeping our ancestor’s graves.”

Since Tomb Sweeping Day fell on April 5 every year between 1975 and 2007, besides leap years, many think that Tomb Sweeping Day was tied to Chiang’s death. But according to Central Daily News reports, it was the other way around. Old articles show that the anniversary of Chiang’s death was indeed observed on April 4 during leap years — except in 1988, for unknown reasons.

The anniversaries for Chiang’s birth and death were abolished as national holidays in 2007.

Taiwan in Time, a column about Taiwan’s history that is published every Sunday, spotlights important or interesting events around the nation that have anniversaries this week.


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The main concern for the coach of the Russia women’s gymnastics team is that they do not gain weight in quarantine at home, she said after the squad’s training camp was canceled this week due to concerns over COVID-19.

All activities at the Novogorsk training center in Moscow were halted this week after media reported that men’s team coach Andrey Rodionenko and one of his team members had tested positive for the coronavirus.

Women’s team coach Valentina Rodionenko, Andrey’s wife, told TASS media on Friday that her husband had taken a subsequent test that came back negative.

All team members based at the training center have been sent into self-isolation, like many across the globe, but Valentina Rodionenko’s main concern is that the temptation to indulge in home comforts would not become overwhelming for her athletes.

“We will be home in quarantine until April 15. The main thing is that the girls don’t gain any weight. That’s the main problem. They have all received homework,” the 83-year-old said.

Almost all gymnastics events or World Cups this season have been postponed or canceled, with the Tokyo Olympic Games also having been moved to 2021.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday prolonged until April 30 a paid non-working period across Russia in a move that he said was designed to stem the spread of the coronavirus.

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OLYMPICS

Delay pushes rower to retire

British rowing gold medalist Tom Ransley on Friday announced his retirement after deciding that the postponement of the Tokyo Olympic Games to next year was a step too far. The 34-year-old was part of the men’s eight who won gold in the 2016 Rio Olympics and also a bronze in the 2012 London Games. “I have used up everything I had and I know that to get myself in the necessary condition to compete for a seat in 2021 is a step too far,” he told the BBC. The years of early starts, of three training sessions a day and a “selfish and monastic existence” to test his body to the limits has taken its toll and the fire is burning out, Ransley added. “A friend suggested that if you stop loving something it is impossible to give it your all — and I believe that she is right.”

TOUR DE FRANCE

Not postponing is ‘madness’

Allowing the Tour de France to go ahead as scheduled amid the COVID-19 pandemic would be “madness” and a “crime against humanity,” said David Douillet, an Olympic judo champion and a former French minister of youth affairs and sports. The risks involved in staging the Tour outweigh the financial implications of postponing or canceling it, Douillet said. “God knows I am a fan of the Tour de France — I never miss a stage every summer,” he told France TV. “If we have enough means to ensure that all the players in the Tour and the public can be tested and are all negative, then why not? But that’s not very likely, so it can’t happen. There is no vaccine, nothing — and people are dying.”

OLYMPICS

FIFA extends men’s top age

FIFA has extended the age limit for the men’s soccer tournament at the rescheduled Tokyo Olympic Games due to the pandemic. The Olympic rule amended on Friday retains the “players born on or after Jan. 1, 1997” standard, meaning that players eligible for the intended under-23 tournament this year could still play in Japan at age 24 next year. Men’s soccer kicks off ahead of the opening ceremony in Tokyo on July 23 next year. FIFA also confirmed that no international games for men or women are to be played on the dates in early June reserved for national team call-ups. Soccer’s world governing body said that “health must always be the first priority and the main criteria in any decisionmaking process, especially in these challenging times.”

GRAND NATIONAL

Virtual race to sate gamblers

Even though Tiger Roll won the past two Grand Nationals, the race was to be a “roll of the dice” this year, as Britain’s highest-profile horse race over fences — one that used to be a TV highlight for households across the land and made heroes of horses such as Red Rum and Aldaniti — was to go virtual. Yesterday, ITV broadcast the “Virtual Grand National” as a random, number-generated event with prices fixed for each of the 40 entrants proportionate to that horse’s chance. The public could bet on it, although wagers were to be limited to ￡10 (US$12.27) and all profits donated to the British National Health Service’s Charities Together Appeal. Tiger Roll, owned by Ryanair Holdings boss Michael O’Leary, was the favorite at 5:1, Ladbrokes said. The horse finished second at the Cheltenham Festival on March 11, a week before British Prime Minister Boris Johnson directed people to remain at home, and asked pubs, restaurants and sporting venues to close.

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title: US recommends masks to help stop spread

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‘EVOLUTION’:
 Officials said advice that masks were not needed was given before research showed that people with no symptoms could spread the disease

The administration of US President Donald Trump on Friday urged Americans to cover their faces in public and limited exports of medical supplies, while New York Governor Andrew Cuomo vowed to seize unused ventilators from private hospitals and companies.

Trump announced new guidelines that call for everyone to wear makeshift face coverings such as T-shirts or bandannas when leaving the house, especially in areas hit hard by the pandemic, such as New York.

The advice from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was “a recommendation, they recommend it,” Trump told reporters, but added: “I just don’t want to wear one myself.”

The US Navy hospital ship Comfort is docked at Pier 90 in New York City on Friday.
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The change came amid concerns from health officials that people without symptoms can spread the virus.

Officials said that medical-grade masks should be reserved for health workers and others on the front lines of the pandemic, with critical equipment in short supply.

In one of the most aggressive steps yet in the US to relieve shortages of equipment, Cuomo said he would sign an executive order to take ventilators that are not being used.

“If they want to sue me for borrowing their excess ventilators to save lives, let them sue me,” Cuomo said.

He promised to eventually return the equipment or compensate the owners.

The governor was praised by a hospital association for moving to seize extra ventilators, but officials outside New York City objected.

“Taking our ventilators by force leaves our people without protection and our hospitals unable to save lives today or respond to a coming surge,” 12 of them said in a statement.

Cuomo said that New York, the nation’s worst hot spot, could run out of ventilators next week.

Shortages of such things as masks, gowns and ventilators have led to fierce competition among buyers from Europe, the US and elsewhere.

Trump said he was preventing the export of N95 respirator masks and surgical gloves under the US Defense Production Act, a move he said was necessary to ensure that medical supplies are available in the US.

Friday’s announcement capped an “evolution” in guidance from the White House.

“I want to unpack the evolution of our guidance on masks, because it has been confusing to the American people,” US Surgeon General Jerome Adams said.

Although and he other public health experts initially believed that wearing a mask would not have a substantial impact on curbing the spread, the latest evidence makes clear that people who do not show any symptoms can nonetheless pass on the virus, Adams said, adding that masks were always recommended for people who showed symptoms.

“We’re looking at the data, we’re evolving our recommendations, and new recommendations will come as the evidence dictates,” he said.

The White House task force was debating earlier on Friday on the final language of the guidance.

US CDC scientists wanted to make it national guidance, believing that would do more to slow the spread of the virus, while White House advisers, including Deborah Birx, wanted to limit the guidance to virus hot spots.

Birx said on Thursday that she feared wider guidance would lead to a false sense of security for Americans and cause them to back away from more critical social distancing.

In the end, they found a middle ground: A national advisory with special emphasis that those in hard-hit areas should wear masks.

Two people familiar with the discussions outlined the internal debate, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to describe it publicly.

Michael Ryan, executive director of the WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme, on Friday said it was a “very important and very healthy debate” about how surgical masks and other face coverings are used.

“We still believe the main driver of this pandemic is symptomatic” transmission, not people who might be infected but are not showing symptoms, Ryan said.

“We can certainly see circumstances in which the use of masks — but homemade or cloth masks — at the community level may help in an overall comprehensive response to this disease,” Ryan said.


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Caddies are golf’s unsung heroes, but they are never to earn the riches made by some of the players and many are likely to struggle during the European Tour suspension caused by the pandemic, their chairman said.

The pandemic has also brought a halt to conversations that Sean Russell and his association were having with prospective sponsors after he negotiated a groundbreaking agreement with the European Tour.

“There is zero job security,” Russell said. “There is no contract. Some caddies have been sacked the week after a player has won a tournament. It is not like a normal job.”

Sweden’s Sebastian Soderberg is congratulated by his caddy after winning the PGA European Tour’s Omega European Masters at the Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, on Sept. 1 last year.
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His members — more than 150 active professional caddies — can from this season earn more money through branding on their caps or clothing, and in other ways, too.

Caddies are generally paid US$1,200 per week by the golfer, which can usually be topped up by 10 percent of the prize money earned in a tournament. Travel and hotel expenses then have to be deducted.

The schedule has been heavily disrupted with 12 European Tour tournaments postponed or canceled.

“At the moment with the stoppage, those chaps who caddied for golfers who were successful last year and those who started the season well will be alright,” said Russell, from his home in Newcastle, England. “But for the others they still have to pay the mortgages, put food on the table and there are bills to be paid.”

He said that the announcement by British Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid last week that the government would cover a percentage of self-employed people’s earnings was good news, “but it will still take a couple of months for those measures to come in.”

Russell said that members are having to find part-time jobs, even those who would normally earn extra money alongside their caddying by working at exclusive golf clubs.

Those clubs are closed because of the social distancing measures.

“Some are having to do jobs they would not normally be expecting to do at this time of year to make ends meet just about,” he said. “One lad I heard is delivering parcels. It is not unusual in the off-season for some caddies to work for Amazon or as taxi drivers. However, as we say, being a caddy is a ‘lifestyle not a job.’”

Russell said that although caddies’ work is financially precarious, they could at least look forward to a resumption of the season at some point, whereas other people are likely to be financially ruined by the crisis.

“Yes we are affected by the coronavirus, but ours is not a sob story because golf will resume,” said Russell, who works for French golfer Jean-Baptiste Gonnet. “But the guy who has the small business into which he’s sunk his life savings, whose component deliveries from China have dried up, whose customers go elsewhere and don’t return — that’s the guy who won’t have a business to go back to when this is all over. We will still have ours.”

The caddies hope that also awaiting them would be the chance to earn more money through potential branding deals.

Russell’s association has created the @thetourcaddies media brand, which he said would be used “to generate revenue for caddies.”

His goal is to be able to offer the members “income protection plans, pension advice and advice that is specific to their country.”

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title: Delay over virus leaves caddies in the rough


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By the end of January, John O’Reilly was chomping at the bit to get to spring training.

Like most minor leaguers, the 24-year-old pitcher, newly assigned to the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, viewed baseball’s pre-season as a mecca of opportunity.

O’Reilly, who played last season in Double-A — minor league baseball’s second-highest level — was not expecting to make it to the majors and become the Pirates’ opening day starter, but with a decent showing, he could perhaps inch his way up minor league baseball’s arduous, low-salaried ladder.

When the pandemic started, O’Reilly was having what he considered to be a highly successful spring training — he had even been called on to finish innings for major league pitchers.

In one game, he pitched against the New York Yankees, a big deal for a kid from New Jersey.

Then on March 13, O’Reilly got a message from the organization: Beginning tomorrow morning, everyone must go home.

By that point, the COVID-19 outbreak had been officially declared a pandemic and it was no longer safe for any large groups to gather together — baseball games were no exception.

“It is definitely scary,” O’Reilly said. “Less of a chance to go out and play the game you love with your teammates. You look forward to it for the five months you’re away [during the off-season].”

O’Reilly went home to his family in New Jersey, where he is anxiously following the news.

Mitch Horacek, a 28-year-old pitcher in the Minnesota Twins organization, opted to stay in Florida with his girlfriend’s family, instead of going home to the cold of Colorado.

One day, Twins doctors were cautioning players to wash their hands and avoid signing autographs. Three days later, Horacek’s big league hopes were paused.

Horacek had been following the spread of the coronavirus since the first outbreak in Wuhan, China, and sensed that baseball might be shelved a while.

“One of our last games had almost 10,000 people,” Horacek said. “It was a culmination of my nerves. I kept thinking: ‘Someone here might have this virus, we should do something.’ Of course, things got way more crazy.”

The exodus from camps was chaotic and unprecedented.

As teams were figuring out how to operate in the new climate, Horacek, O’Reilly and hundreds of other minor leaguers started to worry about when — or if — they would be paid.

Then again, money is always a concern in the minor leagues.

Despite being professional athletes, these players’ salaries often fall below the US’ minimum wage, forcing many to get creative to make ends meet.

Horacek said that it is commonplace for players to double the occupants allowed on a lease, so they can all afford to pay rent.

Many offer pitching or hitting lessons, but a huge chunk of players take second jobs that they can fit around their baseball career, such as delivery driving.

Horacek used to engage in another common cost-cutter for minor leaguers: skipping breakfast.

Minor leaguers understand that it is all part of the sacrifice, namely because they have no choice if they eventually want to make it to the big leagues.

“I watch guys I’ve pitched well against. There are guys on TV I’ve struck out before so I know I’m good enough,” Horacek said.

Last season was Horacek’s best training camp and had a few more stars aligned, he said that he could have been called up to the big leagues.

Instead he toggled between Double-A and Triple-A, his dream dangling so close.

Last year, Horacek’s taxable income from baseball was less than US$8,000.

Horacek was met with pushback on Twitter when he initially expressed his concern about pay.

“It’s a perception problem,” he said. “Someone might perceive baseball as less of a job than working at a stadium concession job.”

Despite the conditions, despite the unlivable wages, despite the slim odds of making it to the majors, the dangling carrot is too hard to walk away from for guys like Horacek.

“Every year you play is like rolling craps,” he said. “Say you need to roll a seven. If you stop rolling the dice, you have no chance.”

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title: Surviving as a minor leaguer on US$8,000 per year


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C: Food delivery!

B: Hello, I’m not going to open the door: I’m under quarantine for the coronavirus. Please just put the food on the ground and I’ll collect it when you’ve gone.

C: What? Er... OK. I’m leaving now.

B: Thank you!

C: 外送來囉！

B: 你好，我不能開門：我因為新冠病毒所以正在居家隔離。請幫我把食物放在地板上，你離開後我再出去拿。

C: 什麼？呃‧‧‧‧‧‧好的。我現在先走了。

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title: Delay poses ‘mental strain’

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Reigning world and Olympic all-around gymnastics champion Simone Biles said that coping with the mental strain of waiting another year for the Tokyo Olympic Games would take a heavy toll on gymnasts.

Biles, who turned 23 last month, told NBC’s Today show that she expects that coaches would help her get in top condition, but that getting her mind in top shape in July a year later than planned would be difficult.

“Physically I have no doubt that my coaches will get me back in shape,” Biles said. “But mentally going another year, I think that’s what’s going to take a toll on me — and all of us, most of the athletes.”

The US’ Simone Biles celebrates with her five gold medals at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, on Oct. 13 last year.
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“We have to stay in shape mentally as much as physically, and that will play a big factor moving forward, listening to your body and your mind,” she added.

Biles told the Wall Street Journal that she had been planning to retire after the Tokyo Games this year, but added that she is playing next year’s Tokyo Games “by ear.”

Biles won all-around, vault, floor and team gold at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, and owns five all-around world titles among the 19 world titles that she has won since 2013.

After taking off 18 months following the Rio Games, Biles returned to top form with a goal of success in July in a sport that has dominated much of her time since she first tried it at the age of six.

Then came the COVID-19 pandemic and the decision to postpone the Tokyo Olympics for one year, a delay that she learned about by telephone in the locker room during training.

“I didn’t really know what to feel,” Biles said. “I just kind of sat there — I cried — but ultimately it was the right decision. We need to make sure that everyone in the US and around the world is healthy and safe. It was hard, but it’s OK.”

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Hungarian swimmer Laszlo Cseh has resolved to “keep going” for his dream to end his career with a golden swan song at the Tokyo Olympic Games postponed until next year, in what would be his fifth Olympic appearance.

In his long career, Cseh has won individual medals at four different Olympics, including four silver and two bronze, but never a gold.

The former world and European champion had pledged to end his long career in July, but quarantined in his house near Budapest, he is trying to adjust on the fly.

Hungary’s Laszlo Cseh competes in the FINA World Swimming Championships men’s 200m individual medley semi-final at the Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center in Gwangju, South Korea, on July 24 last year.
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“I thought 2020 would be my last year with the Olympics, but then life happened, and the pandemic proved stronger,” he said. “I must keep going, start training and competing soonest.”

However, the competition calendar has gone up in smoke.

“I should probably decide on one event and prepare the hell out of it,” he said when asked about his best chance for attaining that elusive gold. “Really, I just want to do my best — nothing mysterious about it. If in the end, I remain a multiple silver medalist, well, life goes on, doesn’t it?”

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title: Hungary’s Cseh to put off career finale until 2021


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title: Vietnam lodges protest with China after sinking

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Vietnam has lodged an official protest with China following the sinking of a Vietnamese fishing boat that it said had been rammed by a Chinese maritime surveillance vessel near islands in the South China Sea.

The Vietnamese fishing vessel, with eight fishermen onboard, was fishing near the Paracel Islands (Xisha Islands, 西沙群島) on Thursday when it was rammed and sunk by the Chinese vessel, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement posted on a government Web site yesterday.

All of the fishermen were picked up by the Chinese vessel alive and were transferred to two other Vietnamese fishing vessels operating nearby, the Vietnam Fisheries Society said in a statement posted to its Web site.

“The Chinese vessel committed an act that violated Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa archipelago and threatened the lives and damaged the property and legitimate interests of Vietnamese fishermen,” the ministry said in its statement, referring to the Paracels by their Vietnamese name.

Vietnam and China have for years been embroiled in a dispute over the potentially energy-rich stretch of water, called the East Sea by Vietnam. Taiwan also claims the Paracels.

The Vietnamese boat illegally entered the area to fish and refused to leave, the Chinese coast guard said on Friday.

After making some dangerous maneuvers, the boat collided with a Chinese patrol vessel and sank, the coast guard said in a statement on its social media account.

The coast guard also said it had made solemn representations with the Vietnamese side.

The incident marks the second time in less than a year that a Vietnamese fishing vessel has been reportedly sunk by a Chinese vessel near the Paracels.

A Chinese oil survey vessel conducted operations in Vietnamese-controlled waters for more than three months last year.

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title: Virus Outbreak: France reports 588 deaths in day

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‘GOOD NEWS’:
 The nation’s top health official said that the number of emergency phone calls had decreased, although it was too soon to say that it indicated a trend

France on Friday reported 588 deaths from COVID-19 in hospital, its biggest 24-hour toll since the pandemic began.

The new deaths brought to 5,091 the total number of people who have died in hospital of COVID-19 in France, top health official Jerome Salomon told reporters.

There is no daily toll for those who have died of COVID-19 in retirement homes in France.

Firefighters wearing protective equipment use a polymerase chain reaction machine, which can detect the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in the environment, in Marseille, France, on Friday.
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Salomon said that a total of 1,416 people had died in such establishments from COVID-19 during the epidemic, which would raise the total French toll to at least 6,507.

France has been in lockdown since March 17 in a bid to slow the spread of the epidemic, with only essential trips allowed outside that have to be justified with a signed piece of paper.

Salomon said that 1,186 more people had been hospitalized with the novel coronavirus on Friday, with 263 more entering intensive care, the lowest such increases for more than a week.

There were a total of 64,338 confirmed cases in France, an increase of 5,233 on the day earlier, he said, but added that this does not include all cases, as testing is not universal.

There was a reduction in emergency phone calls and while it was too soon to say this was a trend, it was “good news,” Salomon said.

“We cannot analyze the situation based on one number and one day, but we have noticed this decrease,” he said.

Despite the decrease in growth of intensive care patients, “we have still not reached the peak of this wave and even less its diminution,” he said.

On what in usual times would be a weekend when French families would decamp en masse for the Easter holidays, Salomon repeated official warnings that vacationing was out of the question.

“This evening above all. Stay at home if you want to save lives,” he said.

Asked about apparent mixed messages over the course of the crisis concerning whether people should wear masks, Salomon said that they could help, but gave no indication whether this would be obligatory.

“In France, as in Europe, we don’t have the tradition of wearing the mask. There is a tradition in Asia,” he said. “These masks allow you to protect yourself. If there is access to masks we encourage the public to wear masks if they desire.”

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title: 墾丁防疫情破口 進大街量額溫嚴查民眾戴口罩

taiwan-subdivisions: 屏東縣 恆春

people: 潘孟安 陳家欽

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（中央社屏東縣4日電）墾丁清明連假湧進大量人潮， 屏東縣疫情指揮中心今天下午設立恆春前進指揮所，加 強疫情宣導，傍晚起並在人潮密集的墾丁大街兩端路口 設關卡量額溫，並嚴格執行戴口罩的要求。

墾丁清明連假湧入大量人潮，中央流行疫情指揮中 心今天上午發布訊息，強調「墾丁人潮擁擠，暫勿前往 」，公路總局和警方也隨即在前往墾丁的沿路上標語警 示「墾丁人潮擁擠，請勿繼續前往」。

屏東疫情指揮中心下午在恆春警分局成立前進指揮 所，縣長潘孟安及警政署長陳家欽坐鎮，各局處及警方 下午並在各飯店、餐廳及墾丁大街，舉牌宣導安全社交 距離及戴口罩，晚上在墾丁牌樓處和墾丁青年活動中心 兩端路口設關卡量額溫，並要求遊客戴口罩，只要體溫 超過攝氏37.5度就不能進大街夜市。

另外，由於墾丁大街傍晚飄雨，今晚人潮也比前兩 天少很多，針對警方及縣府衛生局等單位設關卡量額溫 ，強烈要求戴口罩，多數民眾和外籍人士都乖乖遵守， 但也有不少民眾因此折返，甚至詢問大街商家，「墾丁 大街是不是發生疫情？」

不過，有商家仍對相關嚴格防疫措施感到無奈，一 家餐廳負責人說，嚴格執行是保護大家的健康，但也因 此讓想進墾丁大街的遊客折返，今晚人潮已比前兩晚少 了約1/3，這樣的執法「不知該說是好是壞」。

墾丁五星級大飯店今晚住宿率約7成，一般飯店和 民宿今晚約3至5成住宿率，根據屏縣交通隊車流量統計 ，2日前往恆春半島約9499車次，昨天8975車次，今天 到下午7時則有6047車次，比昨天少了近3000車次，以 每車2至4人計算，約少了8000名遊客。（編輯：洪學廣 ）1090404


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▲台北市長柯文哲4月1日起，發言人團隊內悄悄多了兩名生力軍，比總統府發言人團隊還多。（圖／NOWnews資料照片）
4月1日，也就是清明連假前一天，台北市長柯文哲的發言人團隊，又在此時悄悄增添生力軍。原為台灣民眾黨的發言人林珍羽，以約聘職的方式進入台北市政府擔任副發言人一職，成為除了發言人周台竹、副發言人戴于文、黃瀞瑩以及陳冠廷外的第五位。而前電視台主播陳智菡，則是擔任柯市府媒體團隊社群媒體的主管，職位等級與周台竹相同高，卻不具對外發言權限。

以總統蔡英文做比較，目前總統府常設四名發言人，去年5月至10月時，曾有短暫5個月到五位發言人，不過四名發言人，仍是較為合乎狀況的發言制度。而台北市雖然貴為首都，但仍為地方政府的體制，在4月1日前一直都與總統府相同，維持4人的發言人團隊，1日後更升級為6人（若將陳智菡算在內的話），也讓外界直呼，一個台北市長，真的用得到那麼多人嗎？

▲前駐荷蘭代表、台北市政府發言人周台竹。（圖／丁上程攝, 2019.8.14）

先從市府發言人周台竹說起，身為前荷蘭大使的他，之所以獲得長柯文哲的親睞，除了周台竹原有在市府內國際事務委員會副主委的身份外，看中的還是周台竹的年資及經歷，希望一改過去由年輕人擔任發言人的情況。而改由資深老將壓陣，也造就了一個全新問題：周台竹的思維，似乎並未因為進入柯文哲年輕族群取向的團隊，而跟著年輕。不僅柯文哲出面受訪時，多由另兩名副發言人黃瀞瑩及戴于文負責做柯文哲身後的「戳戳角色」，就連爭議事件對外發言時，也少見周台竹出面應對，而多由戴于文出面回應。

▲台北市政府副發言人陳冠廷。（圖／取自「陳冠廷 格裡台灣・格外世界」臉書粉絲團）

而另外一位則是民進黨立委陳明文的兒子陳冠廷。其實陳冠廷擔任副發言人一職，一直都是相當爭議性的問題存在。雖然陳冠廷就任至今，促進北市府與世界各大都市的城市外交不遺餘力，不過身掛發言人一職，對外發言回應的次數卻屈指可數。而柯文哲也多次對外表示，陳冠廷的權責在外交部分，但北市府不是沒有國際事務委員會，即使不用發言人的職稱，也能妥善處理相關國際外交事宜。

也因此，看似相當充足的發言人團隊，頓時只剩下兩名可用之兵。無論是擔任柯文哲公開發言行程時的「戳戳」角色，或是針對時事即時進行對外回應，只有戴于文及黃瀞瑩兩人在做處理，實在是有些忙不過來。也因此，找來民眾黨發言人林珍羽，以及前主播陳智菡似乎再正常不過？其實不然。

▲2020總統及立委選戰前，身為台灣民眾黨發言人的林珍羽，積極為民眾黨深耕地方。（圖／翻攝林珍羽臉書）

先說說林珍羽。前親民黨、現任台灣民眾黨市議員林國成的女兒，2018年在柯文哲市長連任之戰期間，加入「柯粉俱樂部」的運作並擔任發言人的角色，而隨著柯文哲領銜成立台灣民眾黨，林珍羽也擔任發言人一職直到近日。幫助柯文哲打選戰跑基層不遺餘力，林珍羽進入市府擔任副發言人一職，看似合理性再正當不過，不過背後原因可不簡單。原因在於2022年市長及地方議員選戰，林珍羽打算承接父親中山大同區市議員的選區，披上民眾黨的戰袍出征地方選戰。能夠在這段期間多了副發言人的身份，無論是在耕耘基層，或是兩年後投入選戰，無疑是不小的加分。

至於陳智菡的部分，問題出在於「擺錯位置」。身為前電視台的主播，過去以剽悍敢言的作風為人所知，甚至曾因為相關議題槓上網路紅人「館長」陳之漢，以及時任國民黨總統候選人韓國瑜。而知情人士指出，柯文哲對於陳智菡這個人選極為滿意，甚至多次面試陳智菡。身為常常出現在鏡頭前的資深記者與主播，陳智菡理應擔任正副發言人一職，不過卻被安排為管理柯文哲的「自媒體小組」，負責臉書、IG和推特等社群媒體。雖然管理層級與發言人周台竹同高，不過卻未獲得「市府對外發言」的權責，似乎有點殺雞用牛刀的缺憾。

眾所周知，柯文哲口無遮攔、時不時說錯話的表現，不會因為多了幾個發言人而有所改變。而為市府門面「粉飾太平」的發言人角色，柯文哲悄悄補入生力軍，如果是因為政治因素或是酬庸等相關理由，當然無可厚非，但若是真的想整頓發言人團隊，恐怕該做的不只是補進新血，還得對原有的團隊進行整頓，才能對症下藥。

title: 巷仔內／柯文哲的發言人比總統多　真有需求還亂搞一通？

people: 柯文哲 韓國瑜 陳明文 林國成 黃瀞瑩 蔡英文

countries: 荷蘭 台灣

taiwan-subdivisions: 中山 員林 太平 大同區


taiwan-subdivisions: 高雄 前鎮 高雄市

title: 高市警局長夜市宣導「保持社交距離」 遊客拉開間距

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2020-04-04 22:55:45

［記者黃旭磊／高雄報導］警方到夜市入口舉牌宣導「保持社交距離」，遊客戴口罩拉開距離，避免擁擠感染風險。

清明連假期間，高雄市凱旋、青年等夜市遊客人潮湧現，高雄市警局長李永癸今晚（4日）率隊到夜市入口宣導「防疫期間社交距離，室外1公尺」，前鎮警分局長林新晃、一心路派出所所長李邦豪陪同進入市集，遊客自動拉開間距，維持防疫安全距離。

警方觀查指出，夜市人聲鼎沸幾乎沒拉開距離，約有2成民眾沒戴口罩，說話、咳嗽及打噴嚏易飛沫感染，造成防疫缺口。

凱旋夜市副總劉坤松表示，民眾關太久了，難免趁假日出來晃晃，夜市為開放空間且有定期消毒，也提供免費口罩做好防疫措施，感謝警方超前部署維護民眾健康。

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title: 2020籃球名人堂名單揭曉 布萊恩領銜入選

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〔中央社〕2020年籃球名人堂今天公布入選名單，包括布萊恩、鄧肯、賈奈特3位NBA偉大球星等8人獲得肯定，正式入主籃球最高殿堂。

這3人之外，4面奧運女籃金牌得主凱欽絲（Tamika Catchings）、1994、1995年率休士頓火箭連霸NBA冠軍的教頭湯加諾維奇（Rudy Tomjanovich）、大學男籃傳奇教練沙頓（Eddie Sutton）、大學女籃傳奇教練穆爾基（Kim Mulkey）及史蒂文斯（Barbara Stevens）也雀屏中選。

布萊恩（Kobe Bryant）、鄧肯（Tim Duncan）與賈奈特（Kevin Garnett）都於2016年高掛球鞋，今年首次獲得入選資格就在投票後過關，確定在名人堂擁有一席之地。這3人生涯加起來共獲得11座NBA總冠軍、4次NBA例行賽最有價值球員（MVP）及48次入選明星賽。

能否進入名人堂要由24人組成的榮譽委員會決定，候選人須獲18票才能入選。名人堂的入主儀式將於8月28到30日在美國麻州春田市（Springfield）舉行。

布萊恩1月26日因直升機墜毀過世，享年41歲。他生前18度當選明星球員、5度拿下NBA冠軍、兩度榮登得分王、12度入選年度防守球隊，並贏得2007-08年球季例行賽MVP殊榮。他生涯總共得到3萬3643分，史上排名第4。

現年43歲的「石佛」鄧肯2016年7月退休，曾15度當選明星球員、5度拿下NBA冠軍、2001-02與2002-03年球季兩度奪下例行賽MVP榮耀。

「狼王」賈奈特也是43歲，他於2016年9月退休，曾15度當選明星球員、2008年率領波士頓塞爾蒂克拿過一次NBA冠軍，2003-04年球季摘下例行賽MVP頭銜。賈奈特生涯大多在明尼蘇達灰狼度過，除了塞爾蒂克，他也曾短暫效力過布魯克林籃網。


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〔中央社〕前美國職籃NBA球星鄧肯、賈奈特都被視為史上最偉大的大前鋒，其中鄧肯5度率領馬刺拿下總冠軍，賈奈特表現全能，在灰狼隊時期，也有「狼王」之稱。

2020年籃球名人堂名單今天揭曉，包括布萊恩（Kobe Bryant）、鄧肯（Tim Duncan）與賈奈特（Kevin Garnett）等人正式入主名人堂。

他們3人之間擁有部分共通點，布萊恩20個NBA球季都在洛杉磯湖人隊度過，鄧肯則是19年都待在聖安東尼奧馬刺隊，兩人都拿下5座總冠軍，而布萊恩與賈奈特同樣在高中畢業後就投入NBA選秀。

鄧肯、賈奈特兩名傳奇球星，都曾經穿上背號21號的球衣。

鄧肯小時候曾夢想與姊姊一樣，成為優秀的游泳選手，但一場颱風破壞當地游泳池，加上母親過世，意外成為他人生的轉折點，畏懼鯊魚的他，害怕下海訓練，後來開始接觸籃球。

馬刺隊在1997年的選秀會上，以首輪第一順位選中鄧肯，成為選秀狀元，開啟馬刺隊的輝煌時代。鄧肯加盟後，也不負球隊期待，在新人球季就嶄露頭角，場均21.1分。

鄧肯帶領馬刺隊在1999年、2003年、2005年、2007年與2014年拿下5座總冠軍，他曾3度榮獲總冠軍賽最有價值球員（MVP），兩度獲選年度MVP，且15度入選NBA明星賽，並在2016年7月正式宣布退休。

「石佛」鄧肯球風沉穩，球技實而不華，場上給人猶如公務員般的形象，與同樣入選的布萊恩、賈奈特相比，給人印象呈現極大反差。

鄧肯退休後，本季重返馬刺隊，加入教練團陣容，擔任助教，也曾暫代主帥一職，在對戰夏洛特黃蜂一役，拿下執教首勝。

另外，賈奈特在1995年NBA選秀，以首輪第5順位之姿，被明尼蘇達灰狼選中，擔負球隊攻守重任，隔年與馬布瑞（Stephon Marbury）、古格里奧塔（Tom Gugliotta）組成灰狼三劍客，聯手率隊首度闖進季後賽，但他直到轉戰波士頓塞爾蒂克後，2008年才摘下個人首枚總冠軍戒指。

不過，賈奈特在塞爾蒂克第2個球季受傷，球隊也挑戰衛冕失利。

賈奈特2013年轉披布魯克林籃網戰袍，同年2月正式成為NBA的2萬5000分俱樂部一員，史上第16人，2015年再度回鍋老東家灰狼隊。

球風全面、個性強悍的賈奈特，2016年9月宣布退休，生涯15度入選NBA明星賽，並擁有一座NBA年度MVP獎項，更曾連續4屆稱霸籃板王。（編輯：張芷瑄）

title: 名列頂尖大前鋒 鄧肯賈奈特入主名人堂


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當尿液中的礦物質結晶並沈積在腎臟，就會形成體積小且質地堅硬的腎結石，不只會對腎造成影響，還可能影響尿道，包含輸尿管、膀胱等部位，若置之不理過久，還可能會引發劇烈疼痛及尿道感染。醫師會依據結石不同的大小，給予不同的建議與療程。醫界目前除了藥物治療，還在找尋其他治療的方法，最近甚至有研究人員大膽地提出搭雲霄飛車可能有治療的作用！究竟這只是荒謬的無稽之談，還是真的可能變成造福腎結石患者們的潛在療法？讓我們繼續看下去。

研究靈感的來源 這個研究刊登於《美國骨科學會期刊》(American Osteopathic Association)，其靈感是來自一些未經證實的傳聞，因為陌生男士聲稱搭雲霄飛車後解決了他的腎結石問題，好奇心被激發的專業人士於是決定進行實驗，以確認此事是否屬實。

實驗的進行方式 研究團隊模擬腎結石患者的腎，3D列印出一個實驗用的腎臟，然後在模型中填入尿液，並分別在腎臟裡上、中、下的通道中放入真正的結石。實驗在迪士尼樂園的「巨雷山」(Big Thunder Mountain)雲霄飛車進行，總共連續測試20次。

研究結果的發現 搭乘後，研究人員分析腎結石在腎臟中的流向。出乎意料的是，位於上端通道的腎結石每次坐完雲霄飛車後幾乎都有鬆動，位於中下段通道的結石則較不為所動。除此之外，研究人員還發現了更有趣的事實，將近2/3位於雲霄飛車後排的腎結石都有流出來，而坐在前排的只有1/6有流出來。

因此研究推斷，患者不僅能夠享受坐雲霄飛車的樂趣，還能在不進行任何干預的情況下排出腎結石，避免結石愈來愈大。或許在不久的將來，當搭乘雲霄飛車成為另類的腎結石療法後，我們就會看到醫師叫患者去迪士尼樂園玩雲霄飛車。

Hello Health Group並不提供醫療建議、診斷或治療。

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title: 氣喘能愛愛？伴侶享性福5招現學

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性生活是生活重要的一部分，然而，氣喘(Asthma)病人可能不由得會猜想，自己的健康或症狀會不會把美好性生活搞砸，如果病人有這樣的想法，那麼趕快下去，這篇文章會為您找到解答。

氣喘在性行為時的潛在狀況 氣喘病人，其呼吸道會狹窄並腫起，讓人難以正常呼吸，當患有氣喘時，可能會出現喘鳴、咳嗽、胸悶或呼吸短促等現象，因此，放到性生活來說，發生性行為的時候，病人可能會發出較大的喘鳴聲，可能會覺得呼吸困難，或感覺氣體無法從肺部排出，此時要停止性行為，並使用藥物。

除此之外，病人可能會因為呼吸問題，難以幫另一半口交，有些人甚至還對乳膠保險套，以及精液有過敏的症狀。另外，病人和伴侶可能會受情緒問題所苦，病人可能覺得難為情、不適，或感到壓力、覺得自己是伴侶的負擔，甚至覺得伴侶不再愛你，同時伴侶也會覺得無助，認為自己幫不上忙，這些狀況可能形成感情上的擔憂。

與伴侶坦承氣喘事實 每當開始與新的伴侶約會時，記得告知對方自己有氣喘，因為一開始就坦承，能讓對方先有心理準備，也好在後續幫助病人。

在必要時使用氣喘吸入劑，病人會比較安心自在。 伴侶知道吸入劑的放置位置，也知道何時該就醫。 伴侶可以協助避開氣喘誘發因子，並細心照顧病人。 若病人因為氣喘症狀而無法外出或進行性行為，伴侶能因此理解。 享受性福的5個建議 即使身為氣喘病人，您仍然可以享受性行為，以下是幾點小提醒：

伴侶了解您氣喘狀況：試想一下雙方在進行性行為的時候，病人突然氣喘發作，伴侶想必會措手不及？因此，誠如上述，除了要告知伴侶自己氣喘的事實之外，也要提醒氣喘吸入劑的擺放位置，以及該如何使用等資訊。 不必難為情：氣喘病人不需要因為健康狀況，而有心理障礙。 諮詢專業醫師：如果生心理都存在困難處，不妨尋求醫師或心理師的幫忙，和他們敞開心胸，大方討論氣喘病人該如何進行性生活，以及伴侶關係經營等問題，或許他們能幫助病人放鬆，紓解壓力。 記下氣喘症狀和誘發因子：酒精、異味，或乳膠可能會引發氣喘，若病人開始喘鳴、咳嗽，或在性交中呼吸急促，可能是因為沒好好控制氣喘，因此，務必記下這些狀況，可以和醫師及伴侶討論，如何學習控制這些問題。 遵照醫師建議行事：為了減少氣喘發作風險，並按照醫師指示用藥、確認吸入劑、恪遵治療計畫，並定期回診。 Hello Health Group 並不提供醫療建議、診斷或治療。

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countries: 美國 瑞士

title: 加工食品和飲料多磷～腎病患者應少吃

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礦物質磷(Phosphorus)是體內僅次於鈣質，含量第2多的礦物質，也普遍存在於各種食物中，對於身體的機能與健康影響很大。它不僅能幫助過濾體內廢物，還能修復身體組織和細胞。但是大家都必須注意不能攝取過多的磷，尤其是腎病(Kidney disease)患者。以下介紹磷的重要性、含磷高的食物，及過多或過少的磷會造成的風險。

磷對人體運作的重要 磷能維持腎臟、骨骼、肌肉、血管等各個細胞的正常運作，包括：

製造能量讓肌肉能正常運作。 建造堅固的骨頭和牙齒。 幫助過濾腎臟中的廢物。 管理人體儲存與利用能量的機制。 生成、維持和修復身體的組織與細胞。 產生去氧核糖核酸(DNA)和核糖核酸(RNA)等基因的構成要件。 協助肌肉收縮。 維持規律的心跳。 促進神經傳導。 減緩運動後的肌肉痠痛。 平衡和利用所攝取的維生素和礦物質，例如維生素B、維生素D、碘、鎂、鋅。 磷過多或過少可能出現的症狀 磷酸鹽(Phosphates)是磷的一種形式，通常存在於烘焙原料、加工食品中，它也是作為磷的營養補充錠的成分形式。當血液中的磷酸鹽過高時，稱為高血磷症(Hyperphosphatemia)，而太少時，則被稱為低血磷症(Hypophosphatemia)。

高血磷症的某些症狀，也和低血磷症的症狀類似，例如關節痛、肌肉痛和肌肉無力等等。磷含量高的人，還會出現眼睛發癢和發紅，嚴重的話，甚至會出現嚴重便祕、噁心、嘔吐和腹瀉。而當磷含量不足，鈣和維生素D含量也降低時，骨質會變脆弱，並導致關節和肌肉疼痛。

每日磷建議量依年齡不同 每天該攝取多少的磷，取決於年齡；和9~18歲的小孩相比，成人需要的磷就比較少，但和8歲以下的小孩相比，就需要更多。以下為美國奧勒岡州立大學(Oregon State University)，以研究維生素與營養素聞名的萊納斯·鮑林學院(Linus Pauling Institute)，針對各年齡層所建議的每日磷攝取量：

19歲以上成人：700毫克(mg) 9~18歲小孩：1250毫克 4~8歲小孩：500毫克 1~3歲小孩：460毫克 7~12個月寶寶：275毫克 0~6個月寶寶：100毫克 腎功能也會影響磷的攝取 除了參考上述的建議攝取量之外，每個人最多可以攝取多少的磷，也取決於腎功能的狀況。有腎臟問題的人，例如罹患糖尿病(Diabetes)或酒精中毒(Alcoholism)患者，體內的磷特別容易過量，而如果有服用制酸劑(Antacids)等藥物時，則有可能會導致體內的磷過少。

腎不好會影響體內的磷平衡，是因為腎臟能幫助去除血液中過多的磷，以維持血液的正常。但如果腎臟功能失常，體內的磷就會過高，並會使體內的鈣也變得過多。當體內的鈣過多，就很可能危害心臟、血管、眼睛和肺部，並使腎臟病患者需要透過洗腎(或稱透析)，才能清除體內多餘的磷。

如果有早期腎臟疾病，或正在接受洗腎的患者，可能需要限制磷的攝取量含量。但是，幾乎每種食物都含磷，所以只能盡可能避免磷含量高的食物。

食物中的磷含量 大多數的人透過一般飲食，就可以獲得足夠的磷，很少人需要透過營養補充錠來額外補充，否則攝取過多或過少的磷，都可能會產生併發症，例如心臟病(Heart disease)、關節疼痛或疲勞等。

磷含量高的食物

碳酸飲料。 蛋。 啤酒和紅酒。 堅果和種子。 速食和零食，例如漢堡、洋芋片等。 加工起司，例如起司片或起司抹醬。 加工肉品，例如火腿、雞塊、熱狗等。 各式各樣的調味飲料、瓶裝茶、能量飲或運動飲料，或是含多種粉末混合的飲料。 乳製品，例如牛奶、優格、冰淇淋。 大豆製品，例如豆漿、豆腐。 一般商店販賣，可保存較久的包裝麵包或鬆餅等物。 巧克力或焦糖，包括巧克力飲料和糖果。 基本上，當飲食中含有足夠的鈣和蛋白質時，很可能就已經攝取充足的磷了，因為許多鈣含量高的食物，它們的磷含量也很高。

磷含量較低的食物

用新鮮食材做成的手工餐點。 少量的布利乳酪(Brie cheese)和瑞士起司(Swiss cheese)。 普通或低脂奶油起司(Cream cheese)和酸奶油(Sour cream)。 現做的麵包和鬆餅等西點。 瘦牛肉，以及放牧或放山的動物肉。 咖啡豆沖出的現煮咖啡，或現泡的茶。 Hello Health Group 並不提供醫療建議、診斷或治療。

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生物素的基本概念生物素又稱維生素B7，是人體不可或缺的物質，可以預防或治療因懷孕、長期導管餵食、營養不良、體重驟降等因素引發的維生素缺乏。口服生物素可以治療掉髮、脆甲症(Brittle Nail)、嬰兒的脂漏性皮膚炎(Seborrheic Dermatitis)、糖尿病(Diabetes)、輕度憂鬱症(Depression)等症狀。 生物素的功效原理 目前尚未有足夠研究能夠明確指出生物素的功效原理，如果想知道更多詳盡的資訊，請洽詢您的醫師或者草藥醫師。不過醫學上已經確定生物素是體內不可或缺的元素，是可以組成分解脂肪、碳水化合物等物質的酵素。生物素的注意事項與使用禁忌如果您遇到以下狀況，請先洽詢醫師或藥師，以確認您是否適合服用生物素： 您正在孕期或哺乳期中；因為當您正在懷孕或哺乳時，應該只服用醫師指示的藥物。 您正在服用其他藥物。 您對生物素、其他藥物或其他草藥的任何物質過敏。 您目前有其他疾病、病症或病情。 您有任一類型的過敏，如：食物、染料、防腐劑或動物…等過敏。 相較於對藥品的規範，草藥的規範較不嚴格，尚須更多研究佐證其安全性。使用之前，請先確保服用的好處大於風險，建議諮詢草藥醫師或醫師以獲得更多資訊。 使用生物素安全嗎 對大多數人而言，適量並且適當的口服生物素是安全的，並且只要使用方式與劑量適當，肌肉注射生物素基本上也是安全的。 特殊注意事項 孕期或哺乳期間只要按建議用量使用，基本上不會有安全之虞。 洗腎患者可能會需要額外的補充生物素，不過如果您有任何疑慮，請洽詢您的醫師或著藥師。 使用生物素的潛在副作用如果您對於生物素的副作用有任何疑慮，請洽詢草藥醫師或醫師。使用生物素的潛在交互作用生物素可能會與個人用藥狀況或身體狀況產生交互作用，因此請於服用前諮詢醫師或草藥醫師。生物素的建議用量以下資訊並非醫療診斷，使用前請務必諮詢醫師或草藥醫師。 生物素的一般使用量是多少 目前生物素尚未有確切的建議攝取量(Recommended Dietary Allowance, RDA)。不過根據不同年齡層的建議攝取量(Adequate Intake, AI)如下： 0~12 個月大的嬰兒： 7 微克 1~3 歲孩童： 8 微克 4~8 歲孩童： 12 微克 9~13 歲孩童： 20 微克 14~18 歲青年： 25 微克 18 歲以上成年人與孕婦： 30 毫克 哺乳媽媽： 35 毫克 生物素的使用量會根據個人的年齡、健康狀況和其他因素而有所不同，過度使用不見得有益。因此在服用前請向您的醫師或草藥醫師詢問適合的用量，以了解最適合自己的用量。 生物素製成品的類型 生物素製成品主要有以下類型： 軟膠囊 膠囊 錠劑 Hello Health Group 並不提供醫療建議、診斷或治療。

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content_text: 湯鎮瑋農民曆2020庚子金鼠年開運農民曆 《詳全文...》

title: 湯鎮瑋│開運農民曆0406-0412


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近期，中國30多座城市推出「消費券」促進民眾消費，這項「地方政策」卻意外引起網友熱議。（圖擷取自微博）

2020-04-05 00:09:16

〔即時新聞／綜合報導〕武漢肺炎疫情肆虐全球，唯獨疫情發源地中國宣稱「抗疫有成」、各行各業逐漸復工，也明確制定各級學校開學時間，近期，30多座城市更推出「消費券」促進民眾消費，但這項「地方政策」卻意外引起網友熱議，除了沒領到消費券的網友看了十分眼紅，還有網友吐槽領到券後店家不收，更有人指出，「若本身沒有錢消費，領到券也沒有用」。

綜合中媒報導，近期中國南京、杭州、寧波等30多座城市推出幾百萬到上億元人民幣不等的「消費券」，旨在促進民眾出門消費，幫助當地受疫情影響的各行各業盡快恢復。

消息一出，馬上在微博上引起中國網友熱議，許多沒有領到消費券的網友眼紅表示，「我們這180線小城市不配（領）」、「建議全國推行」、「我們這裡只發給公務員，但老師沒有」。

而領到券的網友也跟著一起吐槽，「我到指定店家消費時，店家居然不收消費券」、「規定5月初要用完，但能用的店都是平常不會去的小店」、「一家店送我一張10元（約42元台幣）消費券，本來很高興，卻發現這家店最便宜的東西要600元（約2560台幣）」。

雖也有部分網友收到「消費券」後馬上進行消費，但有網友直言，「這些消費券要自己有錢消費才有用，我們這些受疫情影響但又沒什麼錢消費的人，領了也沒用！建議直接發現金！」。

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title: 武漢肺炎》中國30多地推「消費券」 網民吐槽：沒錢領券也沒用！


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title: 武漢肺炎》羅東夜市連假湧人潮 攤商憂心疫清緊戴口罩

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羅東夜市民權路側為人氣最高路段，今晚9時人潮仍多，戴口罩、未戴口罩者摩肩擦踵，社交距離直接歸零。（記者張議晨攝）

2020-04-04 23:15:05

〔記者張議晨／宜蘭報導〕清明連假日天全台湧現遊客，墾丁大街湧入上萬人潮，縣府派出重兵壓陣才落實中央建議的社交距離，宜蘭縣著名的羅東夜市，連續假期迎來人潮，但仍可見未戴口罩者，社交距離不足，加上沿街就有小吃攤可入座，有攤商憂連假成防疫破口，口罩戴緊緊，「人少雖然賺不到錢，但人太多，反而嚇死人！」

清明4天連假湧現出遊熱潮，宜蘭正好是北部、西部往花東必經之路，連假迄今各景點都有人潮；其中熱門的羅東夜市迎來久違的人潮，遊客摩肩擦踵，今入夜後熱鬧非凡。

羅東夜市的民權路側，匯集多樣小吃，攤位前擺上桌椅，讓遊客上前嚐鮮，但吃飯同時旁邊有人潮走過，且未戴口罩者多，隨著武漢肺炎疫情嚴峻，久違人潮看在攤商心底難免心驚驚。

一名在民權路經營冰品的攤商，看到人潮無奈說，人少怕賺不到錢，但人多又擔心疫情，尤其沒戴口罩者不少，看在心裡確實很害怕，她只能口罩戴緊緊，勤奮消毒，也希望民眾戴好口罩，保持好距離。

依據中央流行疫情指揮中心指引，建議民眾應保持社交安全距離，室內為1.5公尺，室外則是1公尺，縣府近期也在轄管風景區，以固定時間頻率方式廣播，呼籲人與人間保持距離，若辦不到者則應戴上口罩。

縣府工旅處指出，夜市因為有提供餐飲飲食服務，難強制要求戴口罩以及保持安全距離，不過，基於防疫，已經加強宣導，希望民眾落實戴口罩、勤洗手、保持距離。


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2020-04-04 22:11:29

〔記者蔡宗憲／屏東報導〕武漢肺炎嚴峻，清明連假連續兩晚在墾丁大街爆出人潮，引發全國性的關注，除了大街入口檢查口罩，為了落實「室外1公尺社交距離」，屏東警方剛剛破天荒祭出封閉台26線墾丁大街段車道，形成前所未見的墾丁徒步區。

墾丁大街人潮「社交距離不足」成為焦點，屏縣府破天荒規劃夜間祭出封閉台26線墾丁大街段車道，從下午開始就規劃第一階段南北分流，晚間8點40分左右則進行人車分流，墾丁大街短暫成為徒步區，車輛全由大灣路進出，讓遊客保持1公尺以上空曠逛街距離。

政府國家級警報後，墾丁大街今晚人潮比昨天少了近8成，冷清的街道對比大動作人車分流，似乎有點來的太遲。這項「車過吹哨」措施也引發當地業者納悶，認為中央未發佈禁足令，在連假前鼓勵大家都空曠地區踏青，人潮湧入又殘忍發簡訊「要大家別來」，如今遊客都已北返才大動作管制勸導，反傷害地方觀光形象。

屏縣府表示，希望兼顧當地商機，也希望在疫情嚴峻情況下，能夠擴大逛街民眾的室外安全距離，才會採取這項措施，疫情尚未趨緩前，未來週末或連續假期如果人潮暴增，都會考慮類似作法。

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新冠病毒促人重新思考歐盟本質和意義歐盟到底是形式婚姻還是27個成員國榮辱與共、風雨同舟的真實聯姻？新冠病毒疫情下歐洲人不得不重新思考。

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【大纪元2020年04月04日讯】当中共病毒仅仅在中国发作的时候，国际社会懒得追查肺炎的来龙去脉。但是现在中共病毒已经给人类造成如此深重的灾难，各国就不可能置之不理了。

美国前司法部长昨天呼吁国会立即调查中共制造病毒的罪恶，是美国各界要求惩处中共的最新声音。其实美国情报部门一直在努力收集中共研发生化武器，对人类发动病毒战的罪证。

前司法部长指出，不用太过于依赖证据，而更多应该依据理性判断。因为美国的调查人员，很难在中共取得证据。中共使用国家机器，很容易毁灭罪证。

就像前苏联的大量罪恶，只有在苏联解体之后，才被人类证实。比如克格勃在卡廷森林屠杀数万波兰军政精英，国际社会几十年都无法取得证据，也是到苏共崩溃后，才有大量证明文件问世。

中共远比苏共狡猾。苏共虽然邪恶，但是每个罪恶行为，都责任清楚，各级领导人签名的文件，都会长期保存起来，甚至列宁、史达林的罪恶，都能桩桩件件厘清楚。

中共截然不同，要么是各级领导人根本不签字留档案，要么是经常烧毁蜘蛛马迹。而实物证据，也会被中共摧毁！

所以对于中共病毒战一案，人类只能依据对这种新冠病毒株属于人造病毒的科学解析，以及武汉病毒所研究人员以前发表的论文，即可认定这是中共生化战成果。

瑞典媒体最近炮轰中共，指其愚昧、疯狂，竟敢研发如此危险的合成病毒，只想称霸世界，而丝毫不考虑人类的安危，可谓丧心病狂！

很多观察家认为，此番病毒战，是中共对人类发动的第三次世界大战！与前两次世界大战不同之处在于，中共是不宣而战，更类似于日本偷袭珍珠港，或基地组织对纽约的恐怖袭击！

从经济角度而言，中共病毒战给人类已经造成140万亿美元的损失，让超过三十亿人困居家中不敢外出，让整个世界分崩离析，每个人都不知道明天会怎样。

除了生命损失还抵不上一战二战外，人类在其他方面受到的损害，已经远远超过一战二战！一位澳大利亚议员说得好：世界绝不会原谅中共给人类造成的苦难。

二战过后，人类社会对纳粹罪行追究了数十年，直到前几年还有对纳粹余孽的审判。中共的罪恶远远超过纳粹，将来势必受到人类长期的追查与审判！

昨天还有一件事引人注目，就是俄罗斯总统普京，宣布要彻查瘟疫合成的元凶。克格勃特务出身的普京，第一眼就看清楚中共肺炎是生化武器，所以立即封锁俄中边境、驱逐中国人。

现在普京暗示要追求合成瘟疫的元凶，无疑是在恫吓中共。

当然也不排除普京已经看清大趋势，毕竟俄罗斯也是受害者。就像911恐怖袭击之后，俄罗斯果断地站在美国一边；对于这回中共发动的病毒战，俄罗斯很可能也会站在美国一边！全世界共同消灭中共，即将提上议事日程！

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journalist: 现在普京暗示要追求合成瘟疫的元凶，无疑是在恫吓中共。

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【大纪元2020年04月05日讯】（大纪元记者笛睿编译）美国亚利桑那大学的研究人员将火星前后十年同一个撞击坑的照片制成了动画，让地球人见识到火星超强的自我修复能力。

这是由火星轨道器拍摄的同一个撞击坑的照片。一张摄制于2007－2010年之间，那时这个撞击坑周围很大一块区域都是撞击形成的辐射状黑斑。

可是在2019年摄制的照片上，黑斑完全消失，只能看到同一个规整的撞击坑小圆点。这个坑直径约6.3米。

美国宇航局（NASA）称，这说明火星上的沙尘、风力和其它自然环境的变化过程像地球一样，相当活跃。◇

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title: 十年前后照片对比展现火星超强修复力


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【大纪元2020年04月05日讯】（大纪元记者笛睿编译）近期一份发表在《美国国家科学院院刊》（PNAS）上的研究称，在两块陨石碎片中发现超导物质，这极为罕见。

加州大学圣地亚哥分校和纽约布鲁克海文实验室（Brookhaven Laboratory）的研究人员分析了15块来自彗星和小行星的陨石碎片，在蒙德拉比拉（Mundrabilla）和GRA 95205这两块碎片上发现了超导物质。

由于陨石在太空中各种恶劣的环境下形成，科学家经常能在陨石中发现来自太阳系的古老而多样的物质形态。

这在技术上很有挑战，因为它们的量非常小，很难测出。这个团队使用了一种敏感度格外高的磁场调制微波光谱（MFMMS）技术克服了这个难题。

加州大学圣地亚哥分校的研究员蒂门斯（Mark Thiemens）说，这项发现将影响研究者对多种宇宙环境的理解，特别是在低温环境下超导粒子对行星的形成、形状、磁场来源和内部带电粒子的循环等方面所产生的影响。

这份研究的第一作者沃普勒（James Wampler）说：“天然形成的超导材料很不寻常，它们具有重要意义。”

研究组在迈过第一道使用MFMMS技术侦测超导粒子的难关后，研究人员分成小组分别检测每个样本，找到含有超导粒子的最大块的碎片，接着用振动样品磁力计（VSM）、能量色散X射线光谱（EDX）等多种技术鉴定材料的成分。

“最后分析显示这种材料很可能是铅、锡和铟合金。”沃普勒说。

蒂门斯说，蒙德拉比拉是一种富含硫化铁的陨石，在其来源星球的内核熔化后再缓慢冷却形成；而GRA 95205则是一种罕见的橄辉无球粒陨石（Ureilite），含有独特的矿物成分，在形成过程中很可能受到过猛烈的冲击。

研究员舒勒（Ivan Schuller）说，天然样本显现超导特性这很不寻常。“天然搜集的材料不纯，即使是最简单的超导材料铅，也很罕见以天然形态存在。”

研究者说，在这之前他们只听说过一次在一块鹅卵石的矿物中发现天然超导物质的报告，但是这次在两个几乎没有相似性的陨石中都发现了超导物质，由此研究人员认为在其它的陨石中可能还有新的发现。◇

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title: 陨石里发现超导物质


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【大纪元2020年04月05日讯】（大纪元记者李少维编译）自从武汉肺炎（Covid-19）去年从中国大陆出现后，短短几个月在世界范围内造成重大疫情灾难。由于中共政府的隐瞒，让世界付出了巨大的代价。因此造成武汉肺炎的病毒也被称为中共病毒。

世界各地的科学家都在加紧研究对策，可是了解的信息还很有限。据英国广播公司报导，至少还有九个问题科学家都没有答案。

听上去是个最基本、也是最关键的问题，很不幸的是，人们还没有答案。

世界范围内确诊的病例已达几十万例，可这只是一部分，因为很多受感染者没有接受检测而不算在内。而且，有很多感染者没有明显的症状，因此他们并不知道自己是感染者，更不会要求进行检测。

在没有得到前一个问题的答案之前，也不可能得到真实的致死率。从目前的数据估计，约1%的感染者将死亡。如果算上很多没有症状的感染者，致死率将更低。

感染了这种病毒最常见的症状包括发烧和干咳。有的人还出现喉咙痛、头痛和腹泻的症状，还有的报告称失去嗅觉和味觉也是感染了这种病毒的信号。

最重要的问题是，如流鼻涕、打喷嚏这样类似轻度感冒的症状是不是武汉肺炎可能的症状？

初步研究显示，这有可能，很可能这些人都以为是普通的感冒，没有接受检测。

已有儿童确诊武汉肺炎的病例，多数症状轻微，死亡率相对其他年龄组低很多。

可是儿童通常是传染性疾病的超级传播者，由于他们在户外玩耍，与很多人接触。因此目前尚不明确儿童在中共病毒传播中所起的作用。

这种病毒于去年底起源于武汉，与感染蝙蝠的病毒很类似，但是来源非常神秘。

感冒和流感通常在冬季都会更严重一些。目前不明确气温对武汉肺炎传播力的影响。

英国政府的科学顾问认为，季节对武汉肺炎的影响可能比感冒和流感小。如果北半球进入夏季后，感染者明显减少，这将是一个危险信号，说明到了冬季这种瘟疫将会再次流行。

目前看来多数感染者症状轻微，可是约20%的感染者发展为重症者，需要重症护理。

按照常识，免疫系统强的人可能症状轻微，可是科学家怀疑也许与这种病毒的基因有关系。如果能够了解这方面因素，将有助于降低需要重症监护患者的比例。

康复者究竟会不会“复阳”，即再次被感染，也是一个不明确的问题。

按照常理，康复者的免疫系统应该具有对这种病毒的免疫能力。可是由于这种疫情从出现至今才几个月的时间，缺乏长期数据。了解这一点对治疗这种疾病具有重要意义。

病毒总是在不断变异中，不过多数变异之间没有显着差别。

令人担忧的是，它的变异会不会导致人体免疫系统无法辨识，或者让疫苗失效。◇

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journalist: 病毒总是在不断变异中，不过多数变异之间没有显着差别。

title: 关于中共病毒的九个未知数


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【大纪元2020年04月05日讯】（大纪元记者笛睿编译）天文学家发现一颗名为阿特拉斯（Atlas）的彗星正朝地球飞来，将是近二十年来北半球天空出现的最亮的一颗彗星，估计5月1日晚上肉眼可以看到。

2019年12月，位于夏威夷监控小行星保护地球的观测系统——“小行星撞击地面最后警报系统”（ATLAS）最先发现这颗彗星正朝太阳系内部飞来，科学家就以观测系统的缩写作为这颗彗星的名字。

那时，这颗彗星还非常暗淡，但是在一个月的时间里，它的亮度迅速增加了四千多倍，引起天文学家的注意。科学家计算它将于5月31日在距离太阳4000万公里的地方飞过。在这个过程中，它的亮度将显着不断增加。

由于其变亮的速度远超过科学家的预期，天文学家意识到它会变得异常明亮，可能从地面上肉眼都能看到它，亮度将和金星差不多，将是北半球天空几十年一见的最亮彗星。

天文学家菲利普斯（Tony Phillips）说，从业余天文爱好者拍摄的照片来看，这颗彗星算上气体外层，有太阳的一半大，而且放着绿光。“现在，阿特拉斯彗星绝对是太阳系内最绿的天体。”

美国宇航局（NASA）的伊里扎里（Eddie Irizarry）告诉EarthSky电台，5月1日很可能肉眼就能看到彗星阿特拉斯。不过彗星是很不稳定的天体，有可能瞬间很亮，之后就碎裂开。希望它不要像2013年的ISON彗星那样，在上演漂亮的夜空秀之前就破碎了。

伊里扎里说，从现在起到未来几周内都是天文爱好者的最佳观测期。他把这颗彗星的详细路线信息发在EarthSky电台网站，有兴趣的爱好者可以参考进行观测。

天文学家说，彗星的亮度大部分取决于其主体内部物质量的多少。希望阿特拉斯在向太阳行进的这段期间不会被热得碎裂，仍保持较大的体积，期待5月份它为人们带来惊人的夜空景观。◇

责任编辑：朱涵儒

title: 数十年一见：最亮彗星登场北半球夜空


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【大纪元2020年04月05日讯】（大纪元记者李少维编译）美国食品和药品管理局（FDA）通过了第二款及时检测中共病毒的仪器，最短五分钟内检测出中共病毒（COVID-19）阳性结果，最长13分钟内确定阴性结果。

这种测试使用雅培公司的ID NOW便携式仪器进行。医生只需将棉签棒在测试者鼻腔或喉咙抹一下，放入这种仪器中，5～13分钟即可知道结果。因此这种检测方法可以在医院之外很多地方使用，包括急诊室、紧急护理中心等。

FDA批准的第一款中共病毒及时检测仪需要45分钟时间，而且主要适用于急诊室和医院，不适合在普通医生诊所和紧急护理点使用。

快速检测有利于医护人员判断是否需要使用防护服与该问诊者接触。防护服资源并不充裕，而且给医护人员的日常活动造成很多不便。

另外，现在有很多并无症状的病毒感染者，有了这种检测将方便更多人了解自己的状况做好隔离。

目前最广泛使用的检测仪器需要反复高温加热检测样本，而且只有专门的实验室才有条件进行，很多检测者要等几天才能拿到结果。这种新仪器无需加热检测样本，节省能源。

雅培（Abbott）公司表示本周已开始生产，每天可出产五万台。

美国目前所有的商业和医院各类实验室一起，每天可检测10万次，但是人均检测量仍低于其它许多国家。总统川普承诺在全国各地停车场建立得来速（drive-through）检测站，方便民众使用，可是目前没有足够的检测资源。◇

责任编辑：朱涵儒

journalist: 雅培（Abbott）公司表示本周已开始生产，每天可出产五万台。

title: 是否感染中共病毒？便携仪器五分钟测出


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【大纪元2020年04月04日讯】（大纪元记者吴英综合报导）在去年底武汉爆发中共病毒（武汉肺炎）疫情后，世界卫生组织（WHO）总干事谭德塞一再地讨好中共，未能敦促该国提出正确疫情数据，现在更多美国国会议员要求其辞职。

尽管有越来越多的证据表明，中共低报疫情数据，但是WHO总干事谭德塞（Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus）仍然一再地“称赞”北京采取的遏制措施。

谭德塞的同事并不认同其一昧地向中共示好的态度。WHO公共卫生法与人权合作中心主任拉里・戈斯汀（Larry Gostin）教授对《电讯报》说：“它（中共）拖延了3到4个星期的时间，才向WHO报告了这个可能导致全球数十万人死亡的新型病毒…… 它的记录不值得赞扬。”

南安普敦大学的研究表明，如果中共提前三周采取行动，可以将中共病毒的影响减少95%。

彭博社日前引述知情人士的话报导说，美国情报机构的一份机密报告指出，中共公布的确诊及死亡人数是“假的”。

英国保守党议员爱因・邓肯・史密斯（Iain Duncan Smith）告诉《电讯报》：“我真的不相信这些数字，我认为它们（中共）压低了这些数字，因为在中国经济遭受重创后，它们最迫切的事是尽快缓解这个压力，⋯⋯于是它们掩盖了数据。”

白宫抗疫小组协调人黛博拉・伯克斯（Deborah Birx）博士3日在白宫简报会上，批评谭德塞阻止各国采取旅行限制。

“我要提醒各位记者，2月3日，WHO负责人（谭德塞）说，没有理由禁止旅行”，伯克斯对在场的记者说，“然而，你们知道，一直到1月14日时我们才知道出现了人与人之间的传播。”

几位共和党国会议员于4月2日告诉《华盛顿自由灯塔》（Washington Free Beacon），谭德塞没有资格担任WHO总干事。

“谭德塞欺骗了整个世界”，参议员玛莎・麦克萨利（Martha McSally）说，“自这场危机爆发以来，谭德塞就呼应中国（中共）政府的谈话，甚至‘赞扬’了中共在冠状病毒（中共病毒）应对工作中的‘透明性’，尽管有大量证据表明该政权掩盖了爆发的严重性。”

“在谭德塞的指导下，WHO已掩护中国（中共）几个月的时间，因为它（中共）试图推卸遏制这种病毒的责任，这种欺骗造成生命的损失。”麦克萨利说。

伯克斯3月31日表示，北京对这些数字的操纵，造成了延误及生命损失。

“中国（中共）公开的数据不可信”，参议员本・萨斯（Ben Sasse）说，“WHO应该与这个疾病战斗，而不是溺爱暴君。我们正处于一场公共卫生危机之中，在美国战胜了这个病毒之后，我们需要认真考虑WHO的职能。”

参议员泰德・克鲁兹（Ted Cruz）敦促WHO在这场疫情之后实施改革，其办公室的一位发言人表示：“WHO一直在顺从中共的意愿，损害了全球健康，延误了遏制冠状病毒（中共病毒）的传播，淡化了这个病毒的影响范围，并且将台湾排除在外。”

“克鲁兹参议员认为，WHO丧失了有效发挥职能的作用，损失其信誉，因此迫切需要重新评估其领导地位。”

佛罗里达州参议员里克・斯科特（Rick Scott）本周呼吁美国切断对WHO的资助，因为这（资助）将助长“中共掩盖”这场流行病。

参议员汤姆・科顿（Tom Cotton）表示，应反击共产主义政权。

“中国（中共）通过欺骗和腐败，将原本可以控制的地方性疫情变成了一场全球性大流行病，给我们的人民乃至整个世界造成数万亿美元和数十万甚至数百万生命的死亡。”科顿说。

去年底，中国湖北省武汉市出现不明肺炎患者，当地数名医生看到检体报告后发现，该病原体是类似蕯斯（SARS）的病毒，立即通知相关单位以及其他医生注意。未料，被医院管理人员或公安找去问话及训诫。

中共随后虽然通报世卫组织（WHO），但是对内持续打压试图传递疫情真相的公民记者及网民，对外则宣称“当前疫情可控可防”，否认出现人传人现象，武汉当地还举办大型的年节活动，一直到1月23日（中国新年前夕），武汉市才宣布封城，市长事后说，封城当时已有500万武汉居民出城或出国。

责任编辑：林妍 #

title: 谭德塞一再讨好中共 更多美议员要他下台


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【大纪元2020年04月04日讯】日前，王岐山接连随习近平两次露面，立即引发外界关注。因为他已经有逾一个月没有公开露面，而且被指与他关系密切的任志强已失踪20多天。

4月3日，中共最高层在北京参加所谓的“植树活动”，参加的除了习近平、李克强等政治局七常委外，还有中共国家副主席王岐山等人。

4月4日，习近平、李克强等七常委和王岐山等中共领导人又出席了所谓“悼念”中共病毒（也称武汉肺炎）中去世国人的活动。但外界批评说，中共高层又在作秀，他们在疫情爆发后，不但隐瞒疫情、打压八名传播疫情消息的医生，还宣传疫情“可防可控”、没有“人传人”等虚假信息，致使疫情在全国及全球泛滥。

这是王岐山一个多月以来，首次两次连续陪同习近平出席相关活动。

王岐山2月27日在北京会见塞尔维亚第一副总理兼外长达契奇后，就一直没有在公众场合露面，至这次露面足足已经有36天。

就在王岐山隐身期间，中共红二代任志强因为在3月初发表文章，批评中共当局掩盖疫情真相、致使疫情泛滥，并暗批习近平是“想当皇帝的小丑”。3月12日，任志强失联。

王岐山被指与任志强关系密切，他们都是红二代，王岐山还曾是任志强的中学辅导员。

任志强失联后，包括任志强的友人以及其他人都督促中共当局放人。

两名知情人士向自由亚洲电台披露，任志强正在接受中共北京市纪委立案调查。

而另一名消息人士向美国之音透露，任志强的大儿子、秘书也被抓了。任志强的妹妹及家人都会受到影响。任志强本人目前被当局留置，政府将此定为重案，“任何人不得插手，不能介入，不能求情，可能也包括王岐山。”

王岐山此前与习近平的关系也很密切，他们都是红二代，而且曾在下乡时，同盖一床被子。

在习近平的第一届任期内，当任中纪委书记的王岐山帮助习近平“反腐打虎”，拿下了江派七名副国级以上高官及江派数百名部级官员，包括中共前政治局常委周永康、前军委副主席徐才厚、前军委副主席郭伯雄、中办前主任令计划、政治局委员孙政才、政协副主席苏荣等，替习从江派手中夺回党政军大权。

但在中共十九大上，王岐山在江派及既得利益集体的阻止下，未能连任政治局常委、中纪委书记。

在第二年（2018年）的中共两会上，王岐山虽然出任了中共国家副主席，但他在2019年7月1日会见墨西哥外长埃布拉德，介绍自己的工作时说，自己只负责帮助“习近平主席做一点礼仪性外交”。

责任编辑：张顿 #

title: 王岐山隐身36天后 陪习出席两场活动引关注


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2020-04-05 00:11:40

〔記者吳政峰／台北報導〕台中一名楊姓特斯拉車主把愛車停在門口，被一名騎腳踏車的６歲男童撞擊，楊男報警並把男童酒測的照片放上網，部分網友批評員警處理太誇張，男童母親則建議修改規定。對此，曾任檢察官的律師林柏宏認為，車禍酒測是行政規定，員警未踐行規定恐遭致瀆職質疑，不過，未來若遇到這類型的極端個案，或許可以職務報告取代酒測。

林柏宏指出，警方接獲車禍案件，到現場依規定就要對兩造當事人酒測，不因年紀而有差別待遇，這不僅是保障雙方權益，也是保護警察，曾有一名員警處理車禍，到場時其中一人已送醫，他不知道對方有酒駕，因此遲遲未向醫院索取酒測報告，過了一段時間遭人檢舉，最後以「瀆職」移送。

林柏宏認為，年幼者飲酒肇事的機率不高，遇到這類少數的極端個案，警察在行政作業的SOP限度下，除了最有效迅速的酒測外，也可以在徵求車主同意下，對幼童進行外在觀察，也就是「望聞問切」，看看他的面色、聞聞有無酒味、問答是否流暢，初判有無飲酒之實，再透過職務報告的撰寫取代酒測結果，只要雙方都沒意見，不啻為折衷的變通作為。

至於男童母親質疑應修改相關規定，讓警察可以彈性處理，林柏宏則認為，只要有更柔性的變通手段可處理，就不應為了少數個案而改變保護當事人的規定；他舉例，中午時段雖然酒駕者少，但不會因此而修改取締酒駕的相關規定。

林柏宏建議，員警處理車禍遇到小朋友，最好的方式應通知家長到場陪伴，如果家長真的無法到場，也應透過全程錄影錄音存證，以免後續糾紛；而車主發生車禍，若有保險問題，應報警繪製現場圖及蒐證，亦可在警方到場處理完畢後，當場表明和解自行處理。

journalist: 吳政峰

title: 特斯拉挨撞6歲童酒測 律師：可用職務報告替代 - 社會


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（中央社紐約4日綜合外電報導）2020年籃球名人堂今天公布入選名單，包括布萊恩、鄧肯、賈奈特3位NBA偉大球星等8人獲得肯定，正式入主籃球最高殿堂。

這3人之外，4面奧運女籃金牌得主凱欽絲（Tamika Catchings）、1994、1995年率休士頓火箭連霸NBA冠軍的教頭湯加諾維奇（Rudy Tomjanovich）、大學男籃傳奇教練沙頓（Eddie Sutton）、大學女籃傳奇教練穆爾基（Kim Mulkey）及史蒂文斯（Barbara Stevens）也雀屏中選。

布萊恩（Kobe Bryant）、鄧肯（Tim Duncan）與賈奈特（Kevin Garnett）都於2016年高掛球鞋，今年首次獲得入選資格就在投票後過關，確定在名人堂擁有一席之地。這3人生涯加起來共獲得11座NBA總冠軍、4次NBA例行賽最有價值球員（MVP）及48次入選明星賽。

能否進入名人堂要由24人組成的榮譽委員會決定，候選人須獲18票才能入選。名人堂的入主儀式將於8月28到30日在美國麻州春田市（Springfield）舉行。

布萊恩1月26日因直升機墜毀過世，享年41歲。他生前18度當選明星球員、5度拿下NBA冠軍、兩度榮登得分王、12度入選年度防守球隊，並贏得2007-08年球季例行賽MVP殊榮。他生涯總共得到3萬3643分，史上排名第4。

現年43歲的「石佛」鄧肯2016年7月退休，曾15度當選明星球員、5度拿下NBA冠軍、2001-02與2002-03年球季兩度奪下例行賽MVP榮耀。

「狼王」賈奈特也是43歲，他於2016年9月退休，曾15度當選明星球員、2008年率領波士頓塞爾蒂克拿過一次NBA冠軍，2003-04年球季摘下例行賽MVP頭銜。賈奈特生涯大多在明尼蘇達灰狼度過，除了塞爾蒂克，他也曾短暫效力過布魯克林籃網。（譯者：徐崇哲）1090405

journalist: 譯者：徐崇哲

title: 2020籃球名人堂名單揭曉 布萊恩領銜入選 | 運動


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（中央社紐約4日綜合外電報導）美國紐約州州長古莫（Andrew Cuomo）表示，紐約州武漢肺炎死亡數今天新增630人，由前一天的2935人增至3565人，創下24小時最大增幅紀錄。

紐約州目前已有11萬3704確診病例，只比疫情慘重的義大利總數少6000人。光是在紐約市就有6萬3306人染病。（譯者：徐崇哲）1090404

countries: 美國 義大利

events: 武漢肺炎 死亡

title: 紐約州武漢肺炎單日630死 寫下新高 | 國際


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（中央社記者黃巧雯台北5日綜合報導）已故前美國職籃（NBA）傳奇球星布萊恩，20個球季都效力於洛杉磯湖人隊，5度拿下總冠軍，而他個性鮮明，球風霸氣，打死不退的精神，讓他以非洲毒蛇黑曼巴自喻。

布萊恩（Kobe Bryant）今年1月搭乘私人直升機墜毀，享年41歲，機上包括他和次女吉安娜（Gianna Bryant）在內9人全數罹難，震驚全球，不少NBA球隊隨後在比賽時，以24秒或8秒未過半場的進攻違例，向布萊恩致敬。

布萊恩今天正式入主美國籃球名人堂，他在NBA合計20個球季都奉獻給湖人隊，為球隊拿下5座總冠軍，連續18次入選明星賽締造新猷，其中15次被選為明星賽先發，被外界視為NBA最偉大的球員之一。

Kobe這個名字源自於日本神戶（Kobe）牛肉，而布萊恩從小跟著父親步伐打球，而他的父親喬‧布萊恩（Joe Bryant）同樣曾在NBA待過，那8個球季期間，曾效力費城76人、洛杉磯快艇、休士頓火箭等球隊，後續來到義大利延續職業生涯，而布萊恩的童年大多在義大利度過。

布萊恩後來回到費城就讀高中，持續展現其籃球天賦，儘管有機會獲得一流大學錄取資格，但當時年僅17歲的他，毅然決然在高中畢業後就投入NBA選秀，也是史上第6位。

1996年NBA選秀大會上，布萊恩被夏洛特黃蜂隊選中，隨後被交易至湖人隊，開啟他在NBA傳奇的序幕，他剛進入湖人隊時穿上8號球衣，後來改披24號球衣。

布萊恩在2000年到2002年期間，帶領湖人隊完成3連霸的霸業，2009年、2010年再度率隊拿下總冠軍，兩度獲選為總冠軍賽最有價值球員（MVP），以及一座年度MVP。

布萊恩在34歲時，成為聯盟最年輕達成3萬分的球員，但這項紀錄後來被詹姆斯（LeBron James）在2019年2月時改寫。布萊恩生涯總得分3萬3643，排名史上第4。

布萊恩2015至2016年球季決定退休，在2016年4月14日告別秀對戰猶他爵士隊一役，單場砍下60分，幫助湖人隊以101比96獲勝，成為NBA史上年紀最大單場拿下60分的球員，也為自己職業生涯劃下完美句點。

回顧布萊恩在NBA的20個球季，共出賽1346場，留下場均25分、5.2籃板、4.7助攻的成績。（編輯：張芷瑄）1090405

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countries: 日本 義大利 美國

title: NBA征戰20年獲名人堂肯定 布萊恩曼巴精神永存 | 運動


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由於武漢肺炎的疫情日益嚴重且全球大流行，有許多人趕緊回到台灣，但自3/19起所有入境者都須進行居家檢疫，以下分享新竹市的「防疫旅館」、「我OK我來住」家屬旅館補助方案以及「防疫計程車」等相關措施。

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💡那為什麼要鼓勵居家檢疫/隔離者的家屬住外面的旅館？

防疫旅館招募不易，因為旅館通常不太願意作為防疫旅館使用，除了會讓旅客產生抗拒（通常不公開防疫旅館資訊）也會增加員工的風險。
住在自己家中自理生活所需比到外面住旅館傳染的風險更低。

因為以上原因，各縣市政府除了招募防疫旅館或官方檢疫所之外，也會推廣合作旅館提供家屬入住的長住優惠，甚至現金補助喔！所以這篇要分享的就是新竹市的居家檢疫政策。

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A 63-year-old man has been shot dead by police in the Philippines after he became enraged for being told to wear a facemask, marking the first reported case of authorities shooting a civilian for breaching coronavirus restrictions.

The man was believed to have been drunk when he threatened village authorities with a scythe – a sharp blade – in the southern town of Nasipit in Agusan del Norte province, police said on Saturday.

"The suspect was cautioned by a village health worker ... for not wearing a face mask," the police report said. "But the suspect got angry, uttering provoking words and eventually attacked the personnel using a scythe."

Read more: Coronavirus: Demand for Filipino nurses increases in Europe

Mandatory face masks

The government ordered on Thursday all people across the archipelago nation's main islands to wear face masks when going outside during its month-long lockdown.

"Let me repeat - if you need to go out of your house, you need to wear a mask," government official Karlo Nograles said, according to the German Press Agency. Nograles added it doesn't have to be a medical mask, but any improvised covering which covers the mouth and nose.

The Philippines has over 3,000 confirmed positive cases of the coronavirus and 144 people have died so far.

'I will bury you'

President Rodrigo Duterte said on Wednesday he would order police and military to shoot dead lockdown violators. The strongman, who spearheaded the Philippines war on drugs and is famous for his openly vocal support for the extrajudicial killing of criminals and drug users, warned:

"My orders to the police and military ... if there is trouble and there's an occasion that they fight back and your lives are in danger, shoot them dead … Instead of causing trouble, I will bury you."

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The Philippines' main island of Luzon has been under lockdown since March 16. Local authorities in a number of other provinces have imposed their own restrictions.

People are only permitted to leave their homes for essential trips to the supermarket or the pharmacy or if they are front-line workers.

Slums left with food shortage

Responding to Duterte's call, Amnesty International on Thursday called the statement "deeply alarming" and warned, "Deadly, unchecked force should never be used in an emergency such as the COVID-19 pandemic."

The leader's comments came just after media reports emerged of a number of arrests in the slums of the capital Manilla.

Residents staged a protest on Wednesday, demanding basic emergency relief goods such as food amid a month-long lockdown that has left many of them without work.

Police arrested 20 of the protesters after they refused to go back to their homes.

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journalist: By Deutsche Welle

title: Man shot dead for flouting coronavirus rules


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 This video frame grab provided by Office of the Governor, shows New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo during a news conference in Albany, NY, Saturday, April 4, 2020. (Office of the Governor via AP)

 ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York is poised to get over 1,100 ventilators from China and Oregon as it scrambles to line up more breathing machines for the sickest coronavirus patients, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday.
 The Chinese government and billionaires Jack Ma and Joseph Tsai, the co-founders of the online marketplace Alibaba, facilitated a gift of 1,000 ventilators that were due to arrive Saturday, Cuomo said. He said the state of Oregon had volunteered to send 140 more breathing machines.
 “It’s going to make a significant difference for us,” said the Democratic governor. Cuomo had said on Thursday that the state’s stockpile of ventilators would be exhausted in six days if the number of critically ill coronavirus patients kept growing at the current rate.
 New York is the pandemic’s U.S. epicenter, with over 113,700 confirmed cases as of Saturday morning. More than 3,500 people statewide have died, and about 15,000 coronavirus patients are hospitalized. Thousands have needed ventilators.

journalist: By Associated Press

title: China, Oregon sending over 1,100 ventilators to NY: Cuomo


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Anthony Davis didn’t need to score big to control a game for Kentucky.
 He made that clear during the final performance of his freshman season. Coach John Calipari recalls the conversation Davis had with his teammates after struggling to shoot during the first half of the 2012 NCAA championship game.
 “And I overheard him saying to his teammates, ‘I can’t make a shot. I don’t know what’s going on. You guys shoot the balls. I’ll get every rebound, block every shot and I’ll defend like crazy. Let’s just win this,'" Calipari recalled.
 Davis shot 1 of 10 from the field that night but still was named the most outstanding player of the Final Four because of everything else he did as Kentucky won the national title. He had 16 rebounds, six blocks, five assists and three steals in the 67-59 victory championship win over Kansas.
 With no Final Four this weekend because of the coronavirus pandemic, AP put together an informal list of the greatest one-and-done players in the history of men's college basketball. Davis and Syracuse’s Carmelo Anthony top the list, which is alphabetical, after leading their teams to national titles.
 Davis averaged a team-high 14.2 points for Kentucky in 2011-12 despite ranking fourth on his team in field-goal attempts. He had 10.4 rebounds per game and 186 total blocks. He was the No. 1 overall pick in that year’s NBA draft.
 Davis wasn’t considered a blue-chip prospect until a growth spurt of 7-8 inches in high school helped make him the nation’s consensus No. 1 player in his class.
 Calipari recalled how Davis visited campus well before his enrollment and met Lee Todd, the University of Kentucky president at the time.
 “He says, ‘This is one of the great kids I’ve ever met, I’m so excited,’ and he says, ‘You know what else, coach? He’s going to be here a couple of years. He’s so skinny there’s no way he can leave in a year,’" Calipari said. “I laughed, and I said, ‘Dr. Todd, you may be wrong on that front.’"
 CARMELO ANTHONY, SYRACUSE (2002-03)

 Anthony averaged 22.2 points and 10 rebounds to earn second-team Associated Press All-America honors in while helping Syracuse win the national title. He averaged 26.5 points and 12 rebounds per game in the Final Four.
 The 10-time NBA All-Star provided the $3 million lead gift that led to the construction of the Camelo K. Anthony Basketball Center, a $19 million practice facility for the Syracuse men’s and women’s basketball programs.
 “He was here just one year, but he’s stayed with us continuously," Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said. “Obviously, the contribution made it possible for us to build the center, but he shows up, he comes up. He’s just very supportive of what we’ve done. He holds Syracuse in high regard, and that’s important.”
 MICHAEL BEASLEY, KANSAS STATE (2007-08)
 Beasley led all Division I players in rebounding (12.4) and ranked third in scoring (26.2) to earn first-team AP All-America honors. His 28 double-doubles remain the most ever by a Division I freshman.
 “In the era of one-and-dones, you put his stats up against any of them and he’s by far the best one-and-done year of any of the guys out there from a statistical standpoint,” said South Carolina coach Frank Martin, who coached Beasley at Kansas State.
 Beasley carried Kansas State to a 21-12 record and a round-of-32 appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Beasley, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2008 draft, averaged 12.4 points during his NBA career.
 KEVIN DURANT, TEXAS (2006-07)
 Durant averaged 25.8 points and 11.1 rebounds as a consensus national player of the year. He helped Texas go 25-10 with an NCAA Tournament round-of-32 loss to Southern California.
 “His work ethic is second to none,” said Tennessee coach Rick Barnes, who coached Durant at Texas. “He was always a person that I would take the best clips I could find of (Michael) Jordan and LeBron (James) and Kobe (Bryant) and show him those little subtle things those guys did, and he was like a Kodak camera, man. He could click it and almost make it part of his game instantly.”
 Durant has gone on to become an NBA MVP and a two-time NBA champion. He made a $3 million donation to the University of Texas in 2018.
 GREG ODEN, OHIO STATE (2006-07)
 Oden earned first-team AP All-America honors as Ohio State went 35-4 and lost to Florida in the NCAA Tournament final. Three of the Buckeyes' top four scorers were freshmen and former AAU teammates: Oden, Mike Conley and Daequan Cook.
 Oden averaged 15.7 points, 9.6 rebounds and 3.3 blocks for Ohio State and was picked No. 1 overall in the 2007 draft. Injuries caused the 7-footer to play just 105 career NBA regular-season games.
 Oden earned his degree from Ohio State in May 2019. Oden says he now advises athletes for a financial education company. He played in the Big3 league last year.
 “Dedicating my life to ball and then that not working out, it was kind of a reset,'' Oden said. “You kind of see, ‘OK, so what's next in your life?' If all you do is play ball, you never really figure out that next chapter of life after. I was kind of just thrown into that. Going back to school and getting my degree was something I had to do for me to go on a path and figure out what's next in life."
 ZION WILLIAMSON, DUKE (2018-19)
 Williamson swept the national player of the year awards during his lone season at Duke.
 He averaged 22.6 points, 8.9 rebounds, 2.1 steals and 1.8 blocks.
 Williamson helped Duke go 32-6 with a loss to Michigan State in an NCAA regional final. The New Orleans Pelicans selected Williamson with the top pick in the 2019 draft.
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 John Kekis in Syracuse, New York, contributed to this report.
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journalist: By STEVE MEGARGEE , AP Sports Writer, Associated Press

title: AP top tourney one-and-done players led by Davis, 'Melo