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Minecraft offers free educational content By Gene Park As students face school closures across the globe, Minecraft is today giving away a suite of educational lessons in its game just as it extended free access to its Education Edition for teachers. The Minecraft Marketplace will be updated to offer a new “Education” category, which will feature downloadable worlds with lessons on biology, fractions and even a virtual tour of Washington, D.C. “There’s so much about online gaming environments that are similar to how we’re having to work today,”
Deidre Quamstrom, Minecraft general manager told The Washington Post, referring to the work-fromhome dynamic some are practicing after the coronavirus pandemic. “It’s been such a sudden disruption now. But because [Minecraft’s] a digital game, it can translate fairly easily to these work-from-home environments.” Quamstrom said Microsoft is responding to concerns that distant learning away from school isn’t possible in many districts. Minecraft: Education Edition was created from the game’s lively modding
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Not the first postponement of Tokyo Olympics By Gillian Brockell The Washington Post There was no way around it: The Summer Olympics, originally planned to take place in Tokyo, had to be postponed. That postponement appeared inevitable not just this week but also in 1938, when Japan returned its invitation to host the 1940 games. For the first time, the Olympics are on the verge of being rescheduled because of a pandemic; in 1940, it was because of a looming war. When Tokyo had been selected to host in 1936, it was a surprise for a few reasons. For one, it was the first time a non-Western country had been picked. But also, the Japanese Empire had invaded Manchuria and withdrawn from the League of Nations, drawing diplomatic concern and humanitarian scorn. Japanese organizers wanted to host as a way to shore
up international goodwill, according to Sandra Collins in her book “The 1940 Tokyo Games: The Missing Olympics: Japan, the Asian Olympics and the Olympic Movement.” Then came the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany. Berlin had been selected to host the Summer Games before Adolf Hitler had taken over, but by the time of the competition, he had transformed it into racist propaganda and a demonstration of his power. “Hate and fear are known to be blowing hard on the Olympic flame in Berlin,” The Washington Post editorial board wrote. “Will there be any essence of fair play and sportsmanship left to illuminate the twelfth Olympics in Tokyo?” International Olympic Committee officials began to worry about a nationalistic repeat in Tokyo, Collins
wrote. It didn’t help when Japan resumed its hostilities with China the next year. By early 1938, the British delegation was threatening a boycott, spurring rumors that the United States might follow. The New York Times reported that a poll of potential U.S. Olympians showed overwhelming support for attending the Games. But a respected member of the American Olympic Committee stepped down, saying he couldn’t in good conscience send athletes “to a country that stands for what Japan stands for.” And in Japan, pressure was mounting. Though construction on a rowing course, a cyclodrome and a new hotel was complete, a wartime austerity plan created a shortage of steel needed to finish the job. Finally, in mid-July, the government pulled the plug, forcing the organizing com-
mittee to announce it was forfeiting the chance to host the Games and would try again in 1944. Olympic officials said the Games would be postponed and soon named Helsinki as the new host city of the Summer Olympics. The Winter Olympics, which had been originally been awarded to Sapporo, Japan, and were also forfeited, were sent back to its previous host city, Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Nazi Germany. (The Summer and Winter Olympics were held in the same year every four years until 1992.) But the march to World War II had begun. When the Nazis invaded Poland, the 1940 Olympics were canceled altogether. Instead of the track and field or pitch or pool, the young athletes of the world headed to the front lines. At least 500 athletes who had previously competed in the Olympics were killed during
World War II, according to Sports Reference. As Tokyo is poised to hit the pause button on the 2020 Games, Olympic hopefuls’ dreams of glory will probably be deferred for another year. But it’s a better fate than that of the athletes who might have won gold in 1940. Their names and achievement are mostly lost to history. In Hawaii, champion swimmer Takashi “Halo” Hirose hung up his trunks and enlisted in the U.S. Navy instead. Track star Eulace Peacock, who had beaten Jesse Owens for a spot on the 1936 Olympic team before being sidelined by an injury, was cheated a second time out of his chance to take the world stage. In the 1944, the Olympics were canceled again. By the time they resumed in London in 1948, Peacock had retired. As for Tokyo, the city finally hosted the Olympics in 1964.
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The coronavirus is not mutating significantly as it circulates through the human population, according to scientists who are closely studying the novel pathogen’s genetic code. That relative stability suggests the virus is less likely to become more or less dangerous as it spreads, and represents encouraging news for researchers hoping to create a long-lasting vaccine. All viruses evolve over time, accumulating mutations as they replicate imperfectly inside a host’s cells in tremendous numbers and then spread through a population, with some of those mutations persisting through natural selection. The new coronavirus has proofreading machinery, however, and that reduces the “error rate” and the pace of mutation. The new coronavirus looks pretty much the same everywhere it has appeared, the scientists say, and there is no evidence that some strains are deadlier than others. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the disease covid-19, is similar to coronaviruses that circulate naturally in bats. It jumped into the human species last year in Wuhan, China, likely through an intermediate species — possibly a pangolin, an endangered anteater whose scales are trafficked for traditional medicine. Scientists now are studying more than 1,000 different samples of the virus, Peter Thielen, a molecu-
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Amazon’s Twitch teams with concert service to let bands make money in quarantine By Lucas Shaw Bloomberg News For the past 13 years, Bandsintown has offered musicians a platform to notify their fans about upcoming concerts. Before the spread of the coronavirus, the company’s app listed more than 430,000 future live events. But that all changed over the past few weeks, with artists and promoters having to cancel more than 50,000 shows due to the pandemic. And there is no telling when it will be deemed safe again to gather in large numbers. That’s left musicians without a major source of income. A growing number of artists, including Erykah Badu and the DJ Diplo, are instead performing live via apps like Instagram and YouTube. But there’s typically no
There are massive cancellations of events happening. We immediately felt we could reshuffle our product road map to offer artists the ability to not just offer physical live events, but virtual concerts. FABRICE SERGENT, co-founder and chief executive officer of Bandsintown easy way to sell tickets, sponsorships or merchandise. To help artists navigate this new economy, Bandsintown has partnered with Twitch, the livestreaming site owned by Amazon.com. Starting this week, any musicians registered on Bandsintown that have at least 2,000 followers will be able to collect money from live performances on Twitch. Currently, most artists who want to make money from Twitch
need to submit an application and wait for approval. Bandsintown is fast-tracking the process to help artists collect revenue from advertising and online tips. “There are massive cancellations of events happening,” said Fabrice Sergent, the co-founder and chief executive officer of Bandsintown. “We immediately felt we could reshuffle our product road map to offer artists the ability to not just offer physical
live events, but virtual concerts.” As governments ask people across the world to stay home, a growing number of artists have responded to their newfound confinement by streaming live on the internet. John Legend and Anitta raised money for charity via performances on Instagram, and DJ D-Nice used it to host the biggest dance party on the internet. Other artists have taken to Twitch and YouTube. Country singer Orville Peck is performing on all three. Live online concerts have spread so rapidly that it’s getting hard for fans to keep track. Bandsintown has already changed its artist pages so that any of its 530,000 registered musicians can post a notice of an upcoming livestream, includ-
ing where to watch and when. Bandsintown is also hosting a live music festival Thursday on Twitch. For some acts, touring is their biggest single source of revenue. “It’s our means of livelihood,” said Tarriona Ball, known to her fans as Tank, the lead singer of Tank and the Bangas. “If we aren’t touring, where is the money at?” Tank and the Bangas had to suspend the tour for their latest album, “Green Balloon,” right ahead of festival season. The band lost upward of $50,000 from canceled plane flights and other appearances. While Ball can survive for a couple of months without touring, her bandmates and crew might not be so lucky. She is going to perform Thursday as part of two-
day music marathon featuring 16 artists per day that Bandsintown is organizing on Twitch. It will raise money for people put out of work by the virus. Bandsintown’s first livestream on Twitch, featuring electronic artist Black Coffee, was watched by more than 84,500 people. Money from livestreaming may not offset lost revenue from touring in the short term. Nor will it pay all the crew members who live tour to tour. But performing shows for large audiences online can help musicians in the long run. “Most artists may simply not only keep in touch but also expand their following and audiences,” Sergent said. “A problem may turn into an opportunity for many artists.”
Otters play a vital role Lunch at home is new for some of us. Here’s in ecology of rivers By Ann Cameron Siegal The Washington Post Playful North American river otters often sound like squeaky toys as they wrestle each other, slide down riverbanks or frolic in water. Spotting these cute, furry animals is not only good fun, it’s also good news for the environment. North American river otters are a species whose population can indicate how healthy (or not) the environment is. The otters experienced a steep drop in numbers in the 1900s because of fur trapping and pollution, but they are not considered endangered today. The nomadic animals often travel miles over land or through rivers and streams, seeking habitats with clean water and a healthy fish population. High on the food chain, river otters eat fish, clams, snakes, turtles, small mammals and birds, so researchers look for contaminants and parasites in otter spraint, or poop, to learn about the health of the surrounding environment and its food sources. River otters don’t need music to do a funny rhythmic two-step with their short hind legs, while raising their long
butts as they defecate. This funny motion, known as “the poop dance,” releases spraint that serves as an ID card — like a “who’s who” among otters. Spraint is one of the things scientists look for to track the presence of otters. Karen Sheffield, manager of Huntley Meadows Park, south of Alexandria, notes that while otter sightings are unpredictable, recent tracks and spraints show there has been increased otter activity there. A wetlands restoration project finished six years ago at the park is minimizing invasive species, making way for healthy native ones. The Elizabeth River, a key Chesapeake Bay tributary flowing between Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia, was long considered a “dead river” because of toxins. It’s now flourishing after a decade of community efforts to keep out chemicals and waste. “In the past five years, we have seen a great many more otters,” said Marjorie Mayfield Jackson, director of the Elizabeth River Project. “It means we are doing our job in the community and for the otters.” Nonprofit organiza-
tions are raising awareness of river otters’ importance. The Elizabeth River Project helped develop an otter display at Nauticus science center in nearby Norfolk. Wild otters are often seen hanging around the docks there. An “Otter Spotter” program encourages volunteers within the river’s watershed to document any other sightings or signs of activity. A newly formed Smithsonian Institution project is looking for people — including kids — to help scientists learn more about the animals. “No one has ever done scientific research on otters in the Chesapeake Bay area,” said Karen McDonald of the Chesapeake Bay Otter Alliance. The alliance is the Smithsonian’s citizen-science project designed to help people understand otters and their important role in the food web. Anyone can email sightings of river otters or their spraints. And everyone can help provide a good home for the otters. “Otters need a clean watershed to live,” McDonald said. “We are all watershed neighbors, and we need to be good neighbors.”
how to make it count By Becky Krystal The Washington Post
The move to working from home for many people has upended a lot of routines. Lunch is one of them. You’re probably not making a daily run to your favorite fast-casual, and your typical brown-bag might not even make as much sense as it used to. For freelancers and others used to putting in days at the home office, it’s more of the same. We turned to one experienced veteran, cookbook author Jennifer Tyler Lee, for some advice. ► Actually make time to eat. “I think the schedule is your friend in your situation,” Lee says. “If I don’t keep myself on the schedule, I will just eat pretzels all day.” Whether it’s easier or harder to step away from your computer at home than at the office, do carve out time for lunch. Lee focuses on writing in the morning and calls in the afternoon, which leaves a natural break in the middle to eat. If you have kids at home, trying to keep some semblance of a schedule, at least when it comes to meals, is important, too. ► Make-ahead is your friend. As your schedule allows, devote time on the weekend or even a slower weekday to prep for lunch. That way you can spend most of your break time eating and not cooking, especially if work time bleeds into lunch time. “Stuff happens,” Lee says. “You get a phone call at the last
you have to respond to right away.” That’s less of a crisis if you can move straight into eating. Lee’s staple for make-ahead lunch is Mason jar salads, which she usually assembles on the weekend. She also makes onigiri, or stuffed Japanese rice balls, as another grab-and-go option. ► Lean on leftovers. This goes hand-in-hand with makeahead. “My kids and my family in general need the leftovers to be reworked into something else,” Lee says. So roast chicken will go into those salad jars or onigiri, or even on top of a very minimal pasta dish that can be quickly thrown together on the lunch break. I’m less picky about eating the same thing over and over again, and if you’re the same, consider a healthful soup as a good option. Ditto egg or chicken salad to last you a few days. ► Take care of yourself, but take it easy on yourself. “I don’t put too much pressure on myself for lunch,” Lee says, who prefers to leave her more involved meals for dinner. “For me, it’s just about making sure I eat a lunch.” She notes that is especially important right now, when we’re counting on our immune systems to be strong. Still, not every day will be a home run, whether you cobble together a bunch of snacks or just work through lunch. “There are going to be exceptions, and that’s 100 percent fine,” she says. “You want to do your best, but don’t beat yourself up if it’s not per-