Team India captain Virat Kohli believes playing cricket behind closed doors is quite a "possible situation" amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. However, he has doubts whether the game would have the same magic when played in front of empty stands.
Misbah, who took charge last year in September, said if the right safety barriers and precautions are put in place for players, match officials and other stake holders, cricket boards can move forward.
With the Swiss government easing coronavirus lockdown, they plan to allow the football season to restart in June.
Primeira Liga and the final of the Portuguese Cup are the "only exception" to a ruling that has kept all other professional sport suspended, Portugal's Prime Minister said.
Players in Hungarian top division football and everyone they come in contact with will be tested twice a week. In Greece, players are now returning to training.
A number of football leagues around the globe will resume after the Covid-19 stoppage in the coming weeks but the matches will be played without fans.
Formula One has seen all its races till June 28 postponed or cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic.
Austria's health minister Rudolf Anschober said the authorisation of stage Austrian GP depended completely on the security plan of the organisers.
WHO food safety and animal diseases expert Peter Ben Embarek said live animal markets are critical to providing food and livelihoods for millions of people globally and authorities should focus on improving them rather than outlawing them.
Playing against India behind closed doors in the much-anticipated test series at the end of the year might end up being an advantage for the home side, according to Australia batsman Usman Khawaja.
England's Jason Roy is ready to play in empty stadiums if the post-coronavirus situation demands so, said the opener who got a taste of it in his last outing.
The British government is looking at the option of restarting sports leagues behind closed doors, foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Tuesday.
Playing against India behind closed doors in the much-anticipated test series at the end of the year might end up being an advantage for the home side, according to Australia batsman Usman Khawaja.
Starting tomorrow, we'll be staffing the Information Point kiosk while Library West is closed to patrons for repairs. There are a few changes from the prior plan, the main one being that instead of the kiosk being right outside of West, we'll be inside Library East. I think this will be much more comfortable for everyone! It's just been so brutally hot lately.
As far as procedures and policies go, Ben Walker will be sending out an email with details soon.
I wanted to make sure you all know what lines of communication you will have available when staffing this kiosk:
You will have a walkie talkie with circulation staff on the other end at all times. The signal isn't great in East, so you may have to move closer to the door if you can't hear.
You will be able to email the Access Services Dept email address. This email address will go to all the Access Services staff (including ILL, EReserves, Stacks and ALF) so you'll definitely hear back from someone immediately.
We HOPE you'll also have a wireless phone available to call the main Access Services number 3-2525. We'll know more about whether they have the phone ready soon.
Keep and eye out for Ben's email about how we'll handle ILL pickups and the in-library use only items, reserves drop-offs, ILL drop-offs, Hold pickups (from storage and from West), and requests for unavailable materials in West (including current periodicals, reference, DVDs and Videos).
One more thing, as some of you know the IB students are hear doing research. The West books they are working with, or that they request from West, will all be moved over to Marston Science Library. So any IB student looking for their books will need to head over to MSL.
Any questions can be referred directly to me, Ben or emailed to the Access Services Dept email list.
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Side note: You'll notice the Meebo Room on the right side of the blog. We were testing this as another avenue of communication. It's public though, and so we couldn't rely on it if we had to discuss patron or other sensitive information. Feel free to play with it though!
Schools across the country have closed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and states have cancelled their spring assessments. These cancellations mark the first interruption of the annual testing cycle since the No Child Left Behind Act passed nearly 20 years ago.
Due to a planned power outage, on Saturday, Aug. 10, all reading rooms and research areas, the Library Shop, and the Madison and Adams buildings will be closed to the public. The Thomas Jefferson Building’s Great Hall and exhibitions will be open to the public from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on August 9 and 10. Most of the Library’s public websites (loc.gov and others) will be unavailable from 5 p.m. ET, Friday, Aug. 9 through Sunday, Aug. 11.
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Two city schools have been closed for a week from Monday after a student each from the educational institution tested positive for swine flu.
Out of an abundance of caution, all Library of Congress buildings and facilities will be closed to the public, including researchers and others with reader identification cards, until further notice to reduce the risk of transmitting COVID-19 coronavirus. The Library has reduced the number of people in Library buildings to a very small number of necessary individuals.
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On Tuesday, April 9, the Great Hall, all exhibitions, and the Library Shop in the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress will be closed for a special event, including the VHP Information Center.
Researchers with Library-issued credentials may access the Jefferson Building reading rooms, including the American Folklife Center Reading Room, as they will be open normal hours of service with access via the Southeast (2nd Street) entrance from 8:30AM to 5:00PM. All reading rooms and exhibitions in the Madison and Adams buildings will operate under normal hours of service.
The Jefferson building will resume regular hours on Wednesday, April 10, 2019.
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