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Jersey City Police spokeswoman Kimberly Wallace-Scalcione told NJ.com that two children were taken into custody after an 11-year-old was seriously injured by a gun they were playing when it "accidentally discharged" on Sunday afternoon.
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Wallace-Scalcione told WABC 7 Eyewitness News adults were present at the time, and a gun had been recovered.
In another incident, Galloway Police said a person was hospitalized after suffering a self-inflicted gunshot from a Sig Sauer .357 handgun inside a home on South Pitney Road on Saturday night.
Police said they applied a tourniquet to the wound and brought the person to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center in Atlantic City with non life-threatening injuries.


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Acupuncture Today – October, 2006, Vol. 07, Issue 10
Shinreikyo: Miracles of Healing From Japan
By Christine Laing
Before I moved to Japan, nearly everyone I knew basically made the same comment: Oh! What a wonderful opportunity for you to study more Oriental medicine! It was a natural remark.
I have always been drawn to healing arts from Japan. My practice for nearly 20 years has been in Japanese acupuncture and for a decade before that I practiced Shiatsu, with some Reiki in between. No wonder people thought I was moving to Japan to study healing. But that was the last thing on my mind.
My husband had signed a two-year contract to work as a "salary man" for a Japanese company and I was going along for the ride. I was looking forward to the luxury of not working for the first time in my adult life. I wanted to simply rest, relax and enjoy as much as possible the people, culture, and scenery of Japan. If I studied anything at all in Japan, it would be art.
Discovering Shinreikyo
On our first trip to Tokyo, I set out to visit art museums. For starters, I chose a small one connected to the Okura Hotel in the Akasaka district. After leaving the museum, I crossed the street, passed by the American Embassy, and then found myself in front of dignified-looking, four-story brick building which aroused my curiosity. It was the Shinreikyo headquarters. Out front, I saw people gathering water into plastic bottles, from five granite fountains. Later, I learned that the water is considered holy and useful for healing. I also noticed a small, clear, plastic box on a pole, containing two bundles of brochures titled "Light from the East: The Fountainhead of Miracles, Shinreikyo." One group was in Japanese, one was in English. I picked up an English version and browsed it.
What is Shinreikyo?
Shinreikyo was formerly established in 1947 by Kanichi Otsuka and his wife Kuni. As founders, they are respectively referred to as Kyososama and Kyobosama. Shinreikyo's most famous and distinguishing feature is that nearly all of its practitioners have experienced phenomena that cannot be explained by modern science. These miracles fall into four main categories:
Miraculous healings from serious illnesses and injuries
Brain development and skull expansion
Sublime transmigration (phenomena that occurs after death)
Miracles surrounding natural childbirth
In addition, miracles of healing also occur through Shinreikyo to animals and plants. I wondered why I had never heard of Shinreikyo before. It sounded pretty wild to me, but also intriguing. Perhaps it was something I could use in my practice. Perhaps it could help me with a few health problems of my own. Eventually, I sent a letter of inquiry to the Shinreikyo Center in Akasaka.
My letter was answered by the manager, Mr. Kazuhiko Hosokawa. One of his many duties is to assist foreigners who want to know about Shinreikyo. He sent me literature and suggested I come to Tokyo, so he could answer my questions in person. That was the beginning of my education about Shinreikyo. Mr. Hosokawa began by telling me of his personal healing experiences through Shinreikyo.
Brain Development and Expansion of the Skill
When in high school, Mr. Hosokawa suffered an injury to his spine which resulted in bouts of fierce pain. The pains grew worse in college. He received temporary relief from shiatsu, but the pain always returned. Eventually, he was in too much agony to continue his studies. It was then that he came in contact with Shinreikyo.
Drawn by hope, he attended a lecture about Shinreikyo on June 5, 1976. While listening to the speakers and watching documentary films, he began to feel better. The next day, he became a member of Shinreikyo's spiritual practice. He began to experience signs of skull expansion and brain development. He wrote about this in the Shinreikyo brochure: "The process began with pains in the right temporal region, and a few days later I noticed that the region had visibly expanded. Next, my crown, forehead and other parts of my skull enlarged, improving the size and shape of my head overall. When I stopped to think about it, I realized that my personality had become brighter and more serene. I also noticed improvements in my powers of concentration, understanding, judgment, and other areas. In addition to this, the distortion of my overall bone structure healed, my physique grew more robust, the abnormal sagging of my stomach disappeared, my constitution improved, my physical strength picked up, and I experienced other positive changes."
Mr. Hosokawa San took my hand and placed it on top of his head. He invited me to touch an area that was currently undergoing skull expansion. I could feel a very slightly raised area. He told me that since the initial skull expansion he experienced in 1976, that he had experienced skull expansion over 50 times.
I also learned that after skull expansion, a person tends to more fully realize their natural talents and abilities. In Shinreikyo, they say "the sleeping self comes into bloom." First, mental and emotional problems, such as anxiety or depression, fade away. Then a person's natural talents and abilities begin to emerge and increase. Some of Japan's most famous actors, artists, corporate leaders, as well as top competitors in baseball and sumo, attribute their success to Shinreikyo. Some of their stories have been written about in the Japanese press.
Miracles Related to Natural Childbirth
Many women in Shinreikyo claim that, for various reasons, they were unable to bear children until joining Shinreikyo. Then their problems self-corrected and they became pregnant. When women in Shinreikyo become pregnant, they tend to be free from morning sickness or other troubles commonly associated with pregnancy. They give birth naturally with little or no labor pain. Labor is very short, usually less than 45 minutes. Their babies are born with abnormally thick umbilical cords and skulls that are more rounded than normal. I have met some women who have given birth in this way. They told me that the doctors and nurses were shocked at how quickly they delivered and that they were impressed with the vitality of their babies.
Individualized Healings
I have heard personally from people who were healed from life-threatening heart, liver, and kidney diseases. I have also read about people in Shinreikyo who experienced miraculous recoveries from asthma, diabetes, epilepsy, mental illness, paralysis and advanced stages of various kinds of cancer. Some of the most unusual healings involved the remedying of a congenital structural problem, such as an abnormally curved spine, a misshapen pelvis, or a case where one leg is shorter that the other. In these cases, the bones actually grow or change shape to correct the problem.
In Shinreikyo, the process of getting well varies from person to person. Some people experience an almost immediate healing and others take months or years to become completely well. In chronic cases, as the body reawakens to vitality, there may be a temporary aggravation of symptoms, before they fade away. Other times there is a dramatic process that precedes recovery called "salvation phenomena."
Salvation Phenomena
Last week, I met a man who spoke of his father's experience with liver cancer. After receiving the diagnosis from his doctor, he decided not to go into the hospital for treatment. Instead he went home and then became a Shinreikyo member in hopes of a cure. At that point he began to recover. Eventually he became totally free of cancer and went on to live many more productive years. In the process of healing he expelled a half bucket of toxins for his body.
His experience was not unusual for Shinreikyo members, especially if they have a disease like cancer. A person may vomit or expel through the bowels a dramatic amount of toxins which often resemble coffee grounds, fish entrails, or pieces of chicken liver. Pus or other substances may be discharged from an opening that forms in the skin. Sometimes there is black stool resembling coal tar. There may also be a fever, an unusual rash, or an odor in the sweat, stool, or urine. It is believed that Shinreikyo practices increase the life energy, making the body strong enough to push out poisons. In acupuncture, we usually call such events detoxifying. In Shinreikyo, it is called "salvation phenomena," because it means that soon the patient will be saved from their disease.
A Beautiful Death - Sublime Transformation
Normally after death, the body temperature drops, the body begins to harden with rigor mortis, and purple spots appear on the underside of the body where the blood has pooled and congealed. Eventually there is a putrid odor. However, often when a Shinreikyo practitioner dies, they have a different experience, called "sublime transmigration."
With sublime transmigration, the body remains warm and supple, the fingernails and skin color retain a health color. There are no purple spots on the underside of the body. The body retains a normal pleasant odor. In some cases, age spots and other flaws disappear and the whitened hair of the elderly turns black. The body stays in this stare, for many hours, sometimes for days; the longest known documented cases being nine days. After cremation, the remains are not discolored or gray as usual, but snowy white, a phenomenon which tends to astound the cremators. This sort of beautiful death is said to be proof that the person has attained spiritual salvation. This is also reflected in the face of the deceased, which is said to have a noble and peaceful expression.
This physical mystical phenomenon after death has been written about in Christian, Taoist and Buddhist scripture. Historically, such cases have been extremely rare. Usually it happens only to well-known priests or people considered saints and is witnessed by very few people. In Shinreikyo, sublime transmigration is a common occurrence that happens to ordinary people. In Shinreikyo families, sometimes even family pets, also undergo sublime transformation at the time of death.
Documentation and Testimonials
Many miracles experienced through Shinreikyo have been well documented. Shinreikyo practitioners are encouraged to keep journals of any miraculous healings they experience and to report them to the head office where they are archived. Some cases are published in Shinreikyo's own bi-weekly newspaper. Soon there will also be a book published (in English) describing cures that have occurred in recent decades.
What convinces and moves me the most, however, is when I hear individuals speak. At every Shinreikyo meeting, some people get up and read their testimonials. These speeches are, of course, in Japanese, so most of it goes over my head. It's only later, over rice and tea in the common lunchroom, as Mr. Hosokawa translates their stories for me, that I understand exactly what happened to each person. But something I can clearly understand is the sincerity of the people who testify. They have nothing to sell or promote. They humbly tell their stories, straight from the heart, to give hope to others and as a way to publicly give thanks to the founder, Kyososama.
Mt. Manju
Recently I attended a Shinreikyo Grand Festival held on Shinreikyo's most holy ground, Mt. Manju, which is located on the western edge of Tokyo. This is a beautiful wooded and flowered place, which contains gardens, a large gathering hall, several sacred buildings, and most importantly, the burial place of the founder, Kyososama. The air on Mt. Manju that day was clean, fresh and sweetly fragrant. I felt purified, refreshed and energized by being there, which is exactly how I feel every time I visit the Shinreikyo Center or attend a Shinreikyo meeting.
When I moved to Japan, I was not looking for a new form of natural healing, but unexpectedly discovered one in Shinreikyo. Since then, I have come to see that there is something indefinably unique, precious and sacred about Shinreikyo; something that invites me to explore and experience it further. I will keep you posted.

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In the beginning of October, a new regional organization, the Eurasian Harm Reduction Association (EHRA), launched its work in the Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia (CEECA) region.
As EHRA is at an early stage of its development, it will need support to get on its feet – support from the community, from partners, from donors, from technical support partners. A group of volunteers initiated a sign-on letter so that partner organizations can express their support for the new association and call for much-needed donor support as well.
The letter is already co-signed by 112 organizations and 19 individuals.
If your organization is ready to support EHRA and co-sign this letter, please send on losehra@gmail.com the full name of the organization, the name of the signing person and his\her position as well as organization's logo in JPG format. You may also co-sign the letter as an individual – for that we need your name, surname and a country of residence.


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Teens React to Windows 95
Here is another installment of Teens React/Kids React to stuff we all grew up with. The point of these videos are to usually to make us all feel old or to make kids today look spoiled and dumb. Or maybe it's just harmless fun. Either way, the real shame is that these poor kids didn't get to learn about Windows 95 from FRIENDS stars Matthew Perry and Jennifer Aniston…although these kids probably have no idea who they are or what that show was… Also, for those of you who are starting to feel old, try not to think about the fact that the 19 year old in this video was born 2 years after Windows 95 came out… Enjoy!
2000s / 90s / Extinct / Technology
Jimmy Kimmel Airs New Episode of 'FRIENDS'….Kind Of
It's the FRIENDS cast reunion that we've all been waiting for!…if that reunion involves none of the male cast members. Jimmy Kimmel lived out most of our teenaged fantasies (more guys then girls probably) and got together with Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox and Lisa Kudrow to re-create some personal FRIENDS fan fiction. It's a fun watch and a must watch for any FRIENDS fans. Enjoy.
2000s / 90s / Television
Windows 95 with Jennifer Aniston & Matthew Perry
Published by M.Manuge
I remember a time when Windows 3.1 was the bee's knees. That is until Windows 95 came out in…well 1995. Anyone who had Windows 95 was beyond cool and we all know the cooler you are, the more Friends you have…see what I did there. This single photo sums the 90's almost perfectly. Windows 95. A VHS tape. And the TV show Friends. If anyone was ever in a coma for a decade and woke up in the year 2000 and asked "What was the 90's like?", you would present that person with a copy of this… The above video was a cut-down version of the full 60minute VHS tape. If you feel yourself so bored with nothing else to do, then by all means read the rest of the posts in our Nostalgia Blog archive. And if (and only if) you've read everything, then you can watch the full length video…
90s / Television
Does anyone remember Ferris Bueller the TV series?
I doubt many of you will remember the short lived Ferris Bueller TV series, truthfully I don't remember it. It premiered in 1990 on NBC and is just one of the many cases of network TV trying to feed off the success of a once popular film. In most cases they fall short of expectations. But in this case…it falls short of expectations. It only lasted one season and was panned by critics and fans alike. Interesting though, it co-starred a relatively unknown young actress at the time named Jennifer Aniston. Look for her in this clip from the first episode.
90s / featured / Television
Cause Why Not: Very First Episode of The Joy of Painting with Bob Ross
One of the meanest reality shows ever - The WB SuperStar


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Q: Compute variance, using explicit PDF I'm trying to get $\text{Var}(x)$ of $f(x) = 2(1+x)^{-3},\ x>0$.
Please tell me if my working is correct and/or whether there is a better method I can use to get this more easily.
$$
\text{Var}(x) = E[X^2] - [E[X]]^2
$$
and
$$E[X] = \int_0^{\infty}2\frac{x}{(x+1)^3}dx$$
Let $u = x+1$
$du = dx$
When $x=0, u = 0 + 1 = 1$
\begin{align}
$E[X] &= 2\int_1^\infty \frac{u-1}{u^3}du\\
&= 2[\int_1^\infty\frac{1}{u^2}du-\int_1^{\infty}\frac{1}{u^3}du]\\
&= 2[[-\frac{1}{u}]_1^\infty-[-\frac{1}{2u^2}]_1^\infty]\\
&=2[[0-(-\frac{1}{1})]-[0-(-\frac{1}{2(1)^2})]]\\
&=2[1-\frac{1}{2}]\\
&=1\\
\end{align}
$$E[X^2] = \int_0^{\infty}2\frac{x^2}{(x+1)^3}dx$$
Now I'm stuck
I tried to say. $u = x+1$. $x = u-1$. $x^2 = u^2-2u+1$ and substitute but then I get $\int_1^\infty \frac{1}{u} = [\ln|u|]_0^\infty$ for one of the terms?

A: By definition, $$E(X^2)=\int_0^\infty x^2f(x)\mathrm dx.$$ If, as is the case here, when $x\to+\infty$, $$f(x)\sim\frac{c}{x^a},$$ for some positive $c$, with $a\leqslant3$, then the integral defining $E(X^2)$ diverges hence the variance of $X$ does not exist.

A: Since the integral defining $\text{E}\left[X^2\right]$ diverges, one sometimes expresses that by saying the second moment does not exist. Consequently, its variance also doesn't exist.

A: Note $x^2 = (x+1)^2 - 2 x - 1$. Writing it like that should make the integral much easier. Though I'm sure you'll find what Did said.

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Q: How can I pull an integer out of localstorage and coerce to an integer using clojurescript I'm trying to pull an integer out of localStorage with a simple clojurescript app.  Everything I've tried ended up trying has some sort of wrong behavior.
Below is my program without initializing from local storage. I'll ignore the key not found case since I've a JQuery version that handles that to prime the storage.  Also, the JQuery app reads the ClojureScript saves to localStorage fine.  So that's working for me.
Quick summary is this.  I message says "There have been $number days since the last incident"  The $number is in a div named "counter."  I've got three buttons; one increments the count, one decrements the count, and the last resets the count to zero.
 (ns days.core
        (:require [goog.events :as events]
                  [goog.string :as string]
                  [goog.math.Integer :as int]
                  [goog.dom :as dom]))
    (defn initial-state [] 0)
    (def count (atom (initial-state)))
    (defn set-counter [n]
       (do (.setItem (.localStorage (dom/getWindow)) "count" n)
           (dom/setTextContent (dom/getElement "counter") n)))
    (defn set-button-fn [button-id f-update]
       (events/listen (dom/getElement button-id)
                      "click"
                      (fn [] (do (f-update) (set-counter @count)))))
    (defn start-app []
       (do
           (set-counter @count)
           (set-button-fn "addDay" (fn [] (swap! count inc)))
           (set-button-fn "decDay" (fn [] (swap! count dec)))
           (set-button-fn "reset" (fn [] (reset! count 0)))))
    (start-app)

When I try to use goog.math.Integer.fromString() to cast to an integer, the call to inc will append a 1 on the end (7 went to 71 and 711).  The call to dec will do what I expect, decrement it numerically (711 went to 710 and 709).  Here's how I'm trying to initialize that.
(defn initial-state []
  (integer/fromString (.getItem (.localStorage (dom/getWindow)) "count")))

I realized this was a goog.math.Integer object so I tried to call .toNumber() on it.  But this and .toInt() seemed to give me a function. function (){if(this.e==-1)return-w(this).D();else{for(var a=0,b=1,d=0;d=0?e:Ua+e)b;b=Ua}return a}} to be exact.
(defn initial-state [] (.toNumber
  (integer/fromString (.getItem (.localStorage (dom/getWindow)) "count"))))

Clojure seems to use java's Integer class to cast from a string to an int even to the point of having (int "1") throw so that idea was shot.
I also tried to call javascript's parseInt().  This is how I do it in the JQuery version.  However the ClojureScript call always returns a 1.  Even if my JQuery version stores an 8 as evidenced by Chrome's developer tools.
(defn initial-state []
  (.parseInt (dom/getWindow)
             (.getItem (.localStorage (dom/getWindow)) "count")))

Any ideas how I can get that string value to behave as an integer?  It's got to be simple, but I'm getting nowhere.

A: You can access the parseInt function via the js namespace like so:
(js/parseInt "7")

A: Here's a method that works in both Clojure and ClojureScript:
(defn- str->int [s]
  #?(:clj (Integer/parseInt s)
     :cljs (js/parseInt s)))

(str->int "10")
> 10

A: The ClojureScript way:
(ns reader-test.core
    (:require [cljs.reader :as reader]))

(reader/read-string "7") ;; 7 - integer
(reader/read-string "1.3") ;; 1.3 - non-integer number

This works not only for integers, but for any type.


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Going for the Gold
Forty years after the historic 1968 Olympics, the eyes of the world are focused on Beijing.
Erik Leaver
Forty years after the historic 1968 Olympics, the eyes of the world are focused on Beijing. The torch traveled 85,000 miles across the globe, the longest trip it has taken before a game since the 1936 Olympics held in Berlin. Just as in 1936, the run-up to these games has been fraught with protests focusing on the host country's human rights record, leaving many to question if China is using the games for political cover, just as Nazi Germany did.
Critical issues facing China, including conditions in Tibet, the war in Darfur, their support for undemocratic regimes, and most recently, the government's decision to censor journalists' use of the Internet during the Olympics, are all garnering media coverage. These competing controversies ultimately beg the question of whether China should have the games at all, and if the United States should participate.
Months ago, Foreign Policy In Focus began covering the raging debate in the human rights community on the possibility of boycotting the Olympics due to China's support for the repressive government in Sudan. But in July, President George W. Bush committed to go to the games saying he "views the Beijing Games as being about athletics rather than politics."
While this sentiment may ring true for U.S.athletes, the world stage of the Olympics invariably brings a heavy mixture of sports and politics. During the course of the Olympics, FPIF will explore in a series of articles the impact of the Olympics on China, the roles of sports and politics, and what both governments and social movements hope to achieve at this year's games.
For 26 years, China refused to participate in the Olympics protesting the inclusion of Taiwan, but at their debut in the 1984 Los Angeles games, they came home with the fourth highest total of medals. Finishing a close second to the United States in the 2004 games in Greece, China is hoping not only to host a successful Olympics but to also bring home the largest pile of gold. But what does China and other governments hope to achieve by participating in the Olympics? FPIF contributor Lincoln Allison writes in What do Governments Want from Sport and What do they Get? that, "Sport is one factor – though often a peculiarly symbolic one – in the complicated process of change in how people feel about themselves, their countries and their governments."
Allison notes that as in the 1996 games in Atlanta, where there were bombings, bad press from the Games is just as likely as success stories. Writing from the Games, a U.S. academic asks the question, "Can the Olympics Democratize China?" Under a pseudonym, Moji, argues that the prospects for democratization in China have never been more propitious and major forces are likely to unleash themselves during the games. "Indeed," he says, "the coming Olympic Games may well turn into a mega-drama with far-reaching implications."
FPIF contributor Alan Bairner warns of a different type of revolution taking over China – that of consumerism. Indeed, the Olympic torch was designed by Lenovo and the tour of the flame was also sponsored by Lenovo. In Heroes of Beijing: The Triumph of the West he points out, "The ultimate winners, however, will never stand on a podium although their logos will be on view throughout the course of the event. Transnational corporations will reign supreme in Beijing just as they have been doing for at least the past 30 years and western capitalist values will have taken another step closer to the winning line."
Outside the role of government, individual athletes have been most outspoken about foreign policy issues at the games. Forty years after African-American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos performed their Power to the People salute at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, new forms of protest are emerging. FPIF contributor John Beckett explores the latest outbreak of sports and politics in "Breaking Taboos: Mixing Sports and Politics with Team Darfur."
Olympic skater Joey Cheek has organized 380 Olympic athletes from 56 countries to join in raising awareness and bringing an end to the crisis in Darfur. But as in China, many pressures are conspiring to silence athletes from around the world. In the article, Cheek says, "There is definitely pressure on athletes to fit in, and to not upset sponsors, their national team, and the United States Olympic Committee."
Even if athletes don't speak out as Cheek and the rest of Team Darfur are doing, the power they bring to the international arena is strong. As far back as "1921 cultural diplomacy became a state enterprise," writes FPIF contributor Karin Lee in Beyond Ping-Pong Diplomacy. The best known case of such cultural diplomacy was in 1971 when the U.S. ping pong team traveled to China. But in late 2007, the veil around Bush's "axis of evil" was cracked when a North Korean National Taekwon-Do Demonstration Team toured the United States. Lee writes, "With a tour like this, there is no revolution in thought or values …. Ultimately, exchanges such as these prepare the people in both countries to work toward and sustain peace between their respective governments."
Many articles about China's role in the rest of the world are extremely critical of its actions. FPIF contributor Leif Brottem highlights local resistance to Chinese timber exploitation in the West African republic of Mali. But instead of jumping on the bash- China bandwagon, Brottem argues in Sinafrique that the case "provides a more nuanced look at the Sino-African relationship, which, under certain circumstances, could act as a catalyst for positive political change in Africa."
Doha is Done (for now)
Still reeling from the aftermath of the massive protests of the World Trade Organization's 1999 meeting in Seattle, the WTO's most recent round of negotiations ended without reaching an agreement. Talks have stalled over key issues such as agriculture and industrial tariffs due to major splits between positions of the industrial and developing nations .
Fears of global recession loomed over the talks as well as increasing concerns over food security. And the benefits to the deal were meager. Robert Weissman point s out that, "The Research and Information System for Developing Countries points out that Bank analyses showed a successful conclusion of the Doha Round would, by 2015, increase developing country income in total by $16 billion a year – less than a penny a day for every person in the developing world."FPIF columnist Walden Bello notes that even if these small benefits emerged out of the latest round, they ignore the serious environmental effects globalized trade has. In Derail Doha, Save the Climate he writes, "In the face of the looming specter of climate change, these negotiations amount to arguing over the arrangement of deck chairs while the Titanic is sinking."
Cheering the derailment of the current round he concludes, "A derailment of Doha won't be a sufficient condition to formulate a strategy to contain climate change. But given the likely negative ecological consequences of a successful deal, it's a necessary condition."
Noting the lessening violence in Iraq, Bush said in a press conference that troops may come home sooner from Iraq than expected. Bush didn't note the fact that shorter tours of duty were the reason behind the shift in policy – instead he claimed that the success of the "surge" was the reason.
Picking up on the false promises of the "surge" strategy, both John McCain and Barack Obama have touted the strategy of sending more troops to Afghanistan. But as FPIF columnist Conn Hallinan argues, this failed strategy in Iraq will likely meet the same fate in Afghanistan. In Afghanistan: Not a Good War Hallinan argues that we must abandon our "story" about the Afghan conflict as a "good war." In this new millennium, he says, there are no good wars.
Just as in Afghanistan, where too much attention has been paid to military solutions and not enough to reconstruction, in Postcard from … Freetown, FPIF contributor Joseph Kaifala points out that the development needs of Sierra Leoneans are playing second fiddle to the U.S. drive to create a military command for Africa known as AFRICOM.


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COVID-19: Alone and Afraid
Eduardo Vadia, MD
Dr. Eduardo Vadia, a board-certified pulmonary and critical care physician and co-founder of Access Physicians, is committed to merging his comprehensive bedside experience with technology innovation to craft scalable care delivery platforms that integrate healthcare networks, drive clinical outcomes, and personalize healthcare for individual patients and their healthcare systems.
In addition to his role at Access Physicians, Dr. Vadia is a part-time faculty physician with UT Southwestern's Pulmonary & Critical Care Division. Dr. Vadia trained at UT Southwestern for his Internal Medicine Residency, Chief Medical Residency, and Pulmonary-Critical Care Fellowship. He received his medical degree from the University of Miami School of Medicine and his bachelor's degree from Boston College.
Saurin Patel, MD Current Position: Chief Medical Officer, Access Physicians
Dr. Saurin Patel is board certified in Internal Medicine. He ties his strengths as a physician leader to a background in business and finance, with a particular interest in improving processes and efficiencies. He has never believed in the oft-maligned paradigm that technology decreases efficiency in healthcare settings, and has quantitatively demonstrated how to effectively use technology to substantially improve outcomes, patient satisfaction, and physician efficiency. Dr. Patel held leadership positions at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas prior to joining Access Physicians. Prior to his career in medicine, he worked in the hedge fund industry. He holds an undergraduate degree in finance and a Doctor of Medicine.
Padmaja Reddy, MD
After spending several years as a high school biology teacher in Brooklyn, NY, Dr. Reddy returned to her home state of Texas in 2008 to complete medical school and residency training in Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern. During residency, Dr. Reddy developed an interest in subspecialty Palliative Medicine, particularly in the critical care setting. After completing her fellowship in Palliative Medicine at UT Southwestern, she joined the faculty with an eye on serving the vulnerable patient population at Parkland Hospital. Since then, Dr. Reddy has led a successful effort to embed the Palliative Medicine team in the Parkland Medical ICU. A teacher at heart, Dr. Reddy is also the director of a new Palliative Medicine rotation for Internal Medicine residents.


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Laurence is the founding director of The Metacorp Group. He is an accomplished executive coach, consultant, public speaker, and author, as well as a leading authority on organizational transformation. His thirty years' experience includes senior line and staff management positions in organizations of all sizes.
Laurence provides consultancy in business strategy and organizational change & development to clients in all sectors. Laurence 's executive coaching and consulting career extends over fifteen years and includes many blue-chip and multinational clients, such as British Airways, Unilever, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, British Broadcasting Corporation, WH Smith, MediaOne, Bank of England, Oracle, Dresser Industries, EDS, and Deutsche Bank.
While leading consultant relations at Digital Equipment in the UK, Laurence has worked at partner level with all the major consultancies. Many of Laurence's personal coaching clients are to be found in Who's Who. He has chaired and presented at conferences on consulting and coaching at the Institute of Directors, the Confederation of British Industry, and the Strategic Planning Society. In the early 1990s, Laurence pioneered the "strategic cell development," an approach that rapidly accelerates the development of managers and leaders.
Laurence holds a Ph.D. in organizational analysis and an MSc in management from Brunel University. He is a member of several professional bodies and a member of associate faculty at Henley Management College, Oxfordshire, England, where he is Director of Research of the Future Work Forum. He is also a member of the Peter F. Drucker Thought Leaders' Forum and a member of the International Advisory Committee of the Worldwide Association of Business Coaches WABC.
Laurence has appeared in such diverse publications as The Times, Computing, the LA Times, The Journal of the Institution of Chartered Surveyors, and Practical Training. He has appeared in British Airways Business Life magazine and has been interviewed on BBC National Radio 4.


If you want your new business to succeed in any way, focusing on building up a positive reputation for your company is the best way of laying the right foundations. Whether you want to attract new customers, build up your brand, or expand your business's horizons further afield, there is nothing that will impact on your ability to do so than your reputation.
The trouble for small businesses is that you have no reputation. And it can take a lot of time and effort to ensure that your audience sees you in a positive and credible light. With this in mind, here are a few ideas that you can use to get things off to the best possible start.
When you let down a customer, statistics suggest they will tell ten other people about their experience. And while the obvious solution to that is to ensure it never happens, the simple fact is that you will never satisfy everyone all of the time. Your job is to make sure that you keep any promises you make, and ensure that you deliver at every opportunity. And if you do make a mistake, be quick to address it. It's easy for customers to complain in public these days, thanks to social media and review sites. But as long as you are honest and straight up in your responses, you can limit the damage of these issues.
Don't underestimate how much safety and security plays on the minds of your customers. It's a huge issue, thanks to the many news stories on data hacking and online security threats, but it's vital that your clients know you have their best interests at heart. Look around for identity verification services with the security you need to gain your customer's' trust. Highlight the fact you take security seriously on your website, too, and offer sound advice to customers on how they can protect their data.
When you are just starting out in business, you have to make a lot more effort to impress. But, if you go above and beyond the call of duty for your customers, they will always keep coming back, and you will establish a loyal customer base. Try including extra services for no additional cost, or offer recommendations to customers if you don't have what they are looking for. Always try to help, even when it might not be profitable. Treating anyone you encounter with respect, kindliness, and integrity will always win out.
As we mentioned above, people will make complaints, and everyone in every business will make a mistake. And while some individuals in the world will grumble and complain about anything, the vast majority will be happy with a simple apology. Most people realize that mistakes happen, and a foul up won't damage your business in any way – as long as you 'fess up and react positively and appropriately to their concerns. Don't forget, you can learn a lot from your customer's complaints, and who knows? Perhaps the next big complaint will lead to you changing things and improving your business offering altogether?


Neither the Justice Department nor the Pentagon could cite such a policy when asked repeatedly by BuzzFeed News if one existed, and none has been posted online or filed in court.
Maj. David Eastburn, a spokesperson for the Department of Defense, did not cite any policies in an email asking for them Tuesday, instead saying officials are abiding by court orders from last fall that allow transgender troops to serve for now.
The administration created the situation Friday night, when Trump rescinded his August memo that banned transgender military service. Federal lawyers simultaneously released recommendations from Defense Secretary James Mattis to ban most transgender troops and a 44-page Pentagon report laying out how and why the government should ban transgender soldiers.
Although Trump's order gave Mattis and the Department of Homeland Security unfettered license to create rules they want, Mattis's recommendations are not codified in any rule, and the Pentagon hasn't yet issued any policy implementing the recommendations.
Instead, the US military is left with a sort of Schrödinger's cat of would-be policies: The ban doesn't technically exist, while simultaneously existing as a set of possible rules.
Much like Trump's travel ban, each new permutation of the transgender ban has raised questions about what it is intended to do and what, legally, could take effect right away.
"Just like in the travel ban cases, they kept issuing different orders, and then the question became whether it was covered by this previous injunction," Perkowski said.
What exists with the transgender ban is even more complicated — a vacuum created by the lack of a policy, which a lawyer for the transgender troops called a "blank space." That gap, though, could just be a sign of a new legal strategy.
This could serve a legal function, or it may be a result of the policy being rolled out in chaos.
It's possible this purgatory results from Trump rolling out policies in chaos (after all, Trump announced his ban with tweets in July that surprised his own top general), or this may be a clever sleight of hand that serves a legal function.
The Justice Department has spent months trying to untangle the military from court orders that temporarily blocked Trump's August memo banning transgender troops. By withdrawing the August memo Friday and leaving nothing in its place, the administration attempted to wiggle out from those court injunctions, and the Justice Department now claims there is no policy left to challenge.
"Because that Memorandum has been revoked, a declaration from this Court as to the constitutionality of that Memorandum would amount to an impermissible advisory opinion," Justice Department lawyers said in a brief filed Friday in US District Court in Western Washington.
As Minter sees it, the Pentagon could release the language of the new policy without violating the injunctions so long as the policy was not implemented.
But without any written policy, what would Judge Marsha Pechman and other courts be ruling on at this point — what specifically do LGBT advocacy lawyers want blocked?
"I guess that's a fair question," said Perkowski.
Perkowski still argued he holds the upper hand over Trump thanks to the voluntary cessation doctrine. The legal standard holds that a defendant can't simply have a case dismissed by declaring they'll stop an offending activity — the defendant must actually take steps to cease. In this case, the government is asking to have an injunction lifted because, it says, there's no live threat from a policy.
But as Perkowski counters, Mattis's recommendations and Trump's endorsement telegraphs exactly what they plan to do — and they haven't ceased at all.
Minter said a judge doesn't need to see any formalized policy in order to suspend it from taking effect preemptively. While the currently enacted orders blocked Trump's August memo, they could be modified by a court to ban the government from enforcing any new policy that would have the same effect.
This limbo — which could go on indefinitely — creates more than an academic problem for hundreds or thousands of transgender troops, Minter said, who wonder if a new set of rules will suddenly disrupt their careers.
The Pentagon Had A Wednesday Deadline For Its Transgender Military Proposal. So Where Is It?


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Heating Bills Will Go Up Across City to Help Pay For Gowanus Cleanup
By Leslie Albrecht |&nbspDecember 16, 2016 8:49am
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A canoer on the heavily polluted Gowanus Canal.
GOWANUS — National Grid customers in Brooklyn, Staten Island and parts of Queens will see hikes to their heating bills starting next month, with another rise likely next year due in part to the cleanup of the notoriously polluted Gowanus Canal.
Despite objections from state and city lawmakers, retirement group AARP and others, the state's Public Service Commission voted unanimously Thursday in favor of a bill increase for the utility.
The typical monthly heat bill will go up about $9.40 a month starting in January. The rate increase will fund $3 billion in infrastructure improvements, reduce methane emissions and enhance storm resiliency, a spokeswoman for the utility said.
In 2018, the utility will likely tack another 2 percent surcharge onto monthly bills to cover its share of the cleanup costs for the contaminated canal.
National Grid must pay for some of the canal's cleanup because it's considered a "responsible party" — or polluter — in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's $506 million Superfund cleanup.
Representatives for AARP and the Public Interest Law Project said they were "extremely disappointed" with the bill increase, which they described as "unfair."
"At least some of the hike approved today by the Public Service Commission could easily have been avoided," AARP New York state director Beth Finkel and PULP executive director Richard Berkley said in a joint statement.
"But state regulators for whatever reason — and in a break with precedent — chose to saddle ratepayers in Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island with the entire $715 million cost to clean up pollution in and around the Gowanus Canal and Newtown Creek resulting from operations by now-shuttered utility facilities.
"Shareholders should pay at least part of the bill for the anticipated Superfund investigation and remediation costs caused by National Grid subsidiary Keyspan-owned facilities in the area that are no longer in operation."
They added, "This liability was known at the time of the purchase of these companies by National Grid, and it's simply not fair to impose its costs on current ratepayers."
National Grid says it will only hit customers with the 2 percent surcharge if its cleanup costs exceed $25 million, but advocates for utility customers say that's almost certain because the utility's cleanup costs will be at least $700 to $800 million, according to research by the Public Utility Law Project.
"We believe today's unanimous decision by the New York Public Service Commission achieves a fair and reasonable outcome for our customers and stakeholders," National Grid spokeswoman Karen Young said in an email.
"After a decade of rate stability, the new rate plans levelize bill impacts by spreading costs over three years."
In addition to the canal itself, National Grid must pay to decontaminate three properties it owns next to the canal, including the future site of the Public Place 774-unit housing development and at "Double D" pool.
The canal and surrounding land were polluted decades ago by factories that produced manufactured gas, a staple energy source used for cooking, lighting and heating in the 1800s.
The process left the area laden with toxic coal tar and, when National Grid acquired the companies that once operated those facilities, it assumed responsibility for cleaning up the pollution.
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Royal Caribbean's Quantum of the Seas Wows with Smart Ship Technology
The innovative smart technologies aboard Royal Caribbean's New Quantum of the Seas could be an industry game changer. Here's a look at the world's first and only smart ship.
By Andrea M. Rotondo
Courtesy Royal Caribbean
You've heard the hype about Royal Caribbean's new Quantum of the Seas and how it's purported to be the world's first and only "smart ship." I sailed on the inaugural voyage out of Bayonne, New Jersey, to find out how accurate that statement really is.
First things first, Quantum of the Seas is one of the world's largest passenger cruise ships. It's longer than five Boeing 747 jets parked end-to-end and can accommodate a maximum of 4,905 guests. Add 1,500 crew members into the mix and the total number of people on Quantum is about equal to the entire population of Aspen, Colorado. With that many people co-existing on a "floating city," it's no wonder Royal Caribbean invested in new technologies to make the ship more tourist friendly, efficient, and environmentally sustainable.
Here's a look at the technology that really makes a difference onboard Quantum:
Download the Royal iQ App Before You Leave Home
While most cruise lines have online planners that allow guests to pre-book dinner and show reservations as well as shore excursions and spa appointments, Royal Caribbean now offers the Royal iQ app that allows you to track every aspect of your trip once onboard—using Quantum's Wi-Fi (more on that later)—from your smartphone or tablet. Don't worry if you're not carrying any technology. Special freestanding iQ stations are positioned throughout the ship so you can log on and manage all of your reservations. Given how ubiquitous smartphones are, apps like this should become standard on all lines in the future.
Quantum's Most Important Innovation: Fast Curb-to-Cabin Check-in
Perhaps Quantum's most important innovation, smart check-in greatly reduces the time you spend in line on embarkation day. The new boarding procedure begins right in your own home. Simply hop online, fill out some details (passport information, birth date), and upload your own photo ID (take a picture with your webcam or upload a more formal portrait). Then, you print your documents and head for the port. When you arrive at the terminal, dozens of check-in agents are standing at the ready with tablets in hand. They scan your documents and passport and then direct you to the security line. Once you step through the metal detector, you're on your way to your cabin. (The process took just eight minutes for me.)
If you hand luggage over to the porter, it will be tagged with an RFID (radio-frequency identification) chip, which uses electromagnetic fields to wirelessly transmit data. In conjunction with an app on your smartphone, you can monitor the progress of your bags from check-in all the way to your cabin.
Once you arrive at your cabin door, there will be an envelope that holds one key. Let yourself into your stateroom and you'll find the next smart ship innovation waiting for you: Royal Caribbean's WOWband wristbands.
RFID WOWbands Simplify Onboard Life
Looking like a watch with no face, WOWband wristbands use the same radio-frequency identification technology that tracks your luggage to also open your cabin door, act as your onboard ID, and allow you to charge anything to your shipboard account while on the ship. The chip inside the WOWband is coded to reference the details of your reservation and that's how it knows which cabin door to unlock or what shipboard account to charge for that glass of wine.
Every Quantum employee carries a tablet that can scan your WOWband so, for example, when you arrive for your dinner reservation the host can just tap your wristband with the tablet to check you in and assign the perfect table for your group.
It Seems Like Each Member of the Crew Knows You
Quantum's smart technology extends to the crew's use of tablets loaded with custom apps that archive details about you and your travel likes and dislikes as well as special requests. If you've sailed with Royal Caribbean in the past, that information is stored in a central customer database on land and is also part of the passenger record that the crew can pull up on their tablets. If you or your travel agent called Royal Caribbean to make a special request (no feather pillows in your cabin, for example) or to make note of a special occasion, that information is also accessible.
Tying all of this data together makes tracking things like special diets much easier so there are no mishaps in the dining room and it also means that a crew member you just met will still know that it's your birthday and strive to provide the type of service that will make your day unforgettable.
Faster Internet Connectivity at Sea—Finally!
One of the most talked-about innovations aboard Quantum of the Seas is its new satellite Internet that delivers wireless Internet speeds that match fast broadband connections on land. Royal Caribbean will offer Internet service packages [fees not yet finalized] so passengers can stream videos, post to social media, use Facetime for video conversations, and check email.
A Ship That Cares about the Environment
The cruise industry gets a lot of flack for its perceived environmental footprint so Royal Caribbean has gone to great lengths to continually improve the energy consumption and fuel efficiency of its ships. Worth noting is the ship's elimination of incandescent light bulbs in favor of low-energy LED and fluorescent lighting. Quantum also installed motion sensors in hallways so lights are dimmed when no one is around.
When it comes to trash, the ship has a plan for just about everything to be recycled, repurposed, donated, or converted from waste to energy once its brought ashore. All glass, plastic, and aluminum is delivered to recycling plants on land where it is processed so it can have a second life as part of another product.
And, Just for Fun: Robots that Mix Drinks and Dance Plus Virtual Balconies
The world's first robotic bartenders, B1-0 and N1-C at the Bionic Bar by Makr Shakr, are a focal point of the ship. Each robot can mix two drinks per minute using an array of 30 spirits, 21 mixers, eight sodas, six juices, three syrups as well as an assortment of sugar, mint, lemons, and limes. Just order at the tablet on each table in the bar and either fetch the drink once the robot finishes pouring or allow a human member of the crew to bring it to your table. It's definitely a fun novelty and fantastic photo opp.
In the lounge/entertainment space called Two seven zero, high-definition digital displays (called Vistarama) and Roboscreens (controlled by six robotic arms) interact with live performers and special effects to stage incredibly interesting multimedia shows.
The other novelty is the addition of virtual balconies in some inside staterooms. Cameras stationed throughout the ship broadcast real-time images back to these cabins so your virtual balcony provides as realistic as possible view of your voyage.
Each of these innovations is, on its own, intriguing but will Quantum of the Seas total smart ship technology change the face of cruising? It just might. As cruise ships get larger and larger, the need to reduce wait times on embarkation day is paramount. The time you spend boarding a ship sets the stage for what's to come. Lines like Royal Caribbean understand that making this process easier will translate into happy travelers. Likewise, innovations like super-fast Internet set the standard for the entire industry so it's definitely possible that the new initiatives on Quantum of the Seas will drive similar upgrades on other cruise lines.
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Sensibility and practicality define the 2016 Honda Accord. This 4 door, 5 passenger sedan still has fewer than 60,000 miles! Under the hood you'll find a 4 cylinder engine with more than 170 horsepower, and for added security, dynamic Stability Control supplements the drivetrain. It distinguishes itself from the competition with features such as: delay-off headlights, a tachometer, variably intermittent wipers, a trip computer, power windows, cruise control, and air conditioning. Audio features include a CD player with MP3 capability, steering wheel mounted audio controls, and 4 speakers, providing excellent sound throughout the cabin. Honda also prioritized safety and security with features such as: dual front impact airbags, front side impact airbags, traction control, brake assist, ignition disabling, and 4 wheel disc brakes with ABS. This car was designed with safety in mind, allowing you to drive with even greater assurance. A Carfax history report indicates just one previous owner. We know that you have high expectations, and we enjoy the challenge of meeting and exceeding them! Please don't hesitate to give us a call.


When you stay at Aysev Hotel in Alanya, you'll be by the sea, within a 5-minute walk of Alanya Aquapark and Kleopatra Beach. Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk, a safe deposit box at the front desk, and coffee/tea in a common area. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available 24 hours).


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Plans for Red Shirt rally in Malacca: Activist
Oct 8, 2015, 5:00 am SGT
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KUALA LUMPUR • A Malay rights activist says there are plans to hold a Red Shirt rally in Malacca on Saturday, a gathering that the Malaysian police have declared illegal.
The rally aims to push for justice for a Malay immigration officer allegedly beaten up by Chinese gangsters last week in Malacca city, said Mr Mohd Ali Baharom, head of the Association of Armed Forces Veterans.
He warned that Taman Melaka Raya, where the officer was said to have been assaulted, "would not be safe", according to the Malay Mail Online news site.
Mr Mohd Ali said the gathering would be spearheaded by the Gerakan Merah (Red Shirt Movement) - the group behind a protest at Petaling Street in Kuala Lumpur last month.
Malacca state police chief, Deputy Commissioner Chuah Ghee Lye, said no application regarding the rally had been submitted to the police. "Therefore, any mass gatherings by any party within Taman Melaka Raya is unlawful," he said.
In the alleged assault at a pub, some 40 thugs were said to have manhandled government officers during a raid, including three officers who were among 19 from the immigration department.
Datuk Chuah said the police have arrested 11 people in connection with the case.
A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on October 08, 2015, with the headline 'Plans for Red Shirt rally in Malacca: Activist'. Print Edition | Subscribe


During the heatwave we've taken to swimming in the Dart pretty much every evening, and even though the temperatures have fallen and the rain has come, the lovely habit persists. After all, if you live just a couple of miles from the Dart why not take daily advantage? Today was particularly sweaty and sticky, and Rachel and I went down to a broad pool by Buckland Bridge. The River Webburn bubbles into the pool, sending swirls of foamy blobs downstream. We swam up against the current, watching fish jump, before turning and floating downstream. Suddenly, ouch! We hit the cold confluence of the two rivers.
You have to walk through a caravan park to get to Row Cove. It's full of green static vans lovingly maintained by their owners, who tend to be locals from Plymouth. Some - the caravans not the owners - even have roses trained around the door. A staircase takes you down to the beach, where an intriguing map of sea and rocks spreads out before you. (On the way down we met a two chaps on their way back with a huge lobster; they were puffing with exhaustion having had to row out to their pot because their outboard had given up the ghost. Perhaps that's why it's called Row Cove? I digress). There's a whole network of gullies, channels and even a small rock arch to explore. The water was incredibly clear; we could see the bottom, and spent ages pottering about, diving off rocks and getting lost in the maze.


Bonnie & the Clydes are one of the foremost Front Range bands, pioneering their unique sound of Rocky Mountain Country Soul. Fronted by the fiery Bonnie Sims, this band has been making waves with powerful and memorable live performances for the past nine years.
Bonnie & the Clydes were awarded 'Best Country Band' in 2013 & 2014 in Denver Westword's Yearly 'Best Of' poll. Their latest album, DEAR SOMEBODY, was also awarded PEOPLE'S CHOICE and BEST COUNTRY ALBUM for the 2016 Colorado Playlist.
The band maintains a full calendar of concerts, teaching and speaking engagements, touring stateside and overseas.
The band has independently released four studio albums; a self titled debut, "Wrong Side Up", "Music For the People: Part 1" and the latest release, "DEAR SOMEBODY". Their fifth studio release is anticiapated for SUMMER 2019.
Seeing Bonnie & the Clydes' live show is what sets them apart. The energy and connection that the band facilitates with the audience is irresistible, and first timers become life long fans in a single night. From intimate house concerts to festival stages, Bonnie & the Clydes are building a grassroots movement with their original Rocky Mountain Country Soul.


Chris and Leslie are getting married this weekend, so we shot their engagement session on Monday. This was a unique engagement session as they both wanted their kids involved in the shoot. As with most kids their age, they were more interested in running around and playing than in taking a few pictures. But they did cooperate for a little bit and allowed us to capture some awesome shots. Here there are in no particular order.. Enjoy!!
I thought it would be cool to do some silhouette stuff with the entire family.


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VIU Plants for the Future with Local Partners
1,000 Trees Planted in the Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Region
In an effort to limit the environmental impact of the G7 Summit in La Malbaie, Quebec, in June 2018, the Government of Canada entered into an agreement with the Charlevoix Biosphere Reserve to make the summit an environmentally responsible event by reducing its carbon footprint. One of the highlights of this agreement was the planting of 100,000 trees across 14 of Canada's 18 United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) biosphere reserves. The G7 Tree Planting project included the UNESCO-designated Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Region (MABR) located on Vancouver Island.
"Our team had the chance to plant one per cent of these trees, which will sequester 143 tonnes of carbon over the course of their lifespan," says Ashley Van Acken, MABR Coordinator.
Through this national initiative, the MABR partnered with the City of Parksville, Snaw-Naw-As First Nation, TimberWest, and Vancouver Island University (VIU) to identify suitable lands which would accommodate the planting of 1,000 Douglas fir trees. On March 5, City of Parksville Council passed a resolution to support this collaborative partnership. Top Bridge Park was dedicated as the location for this 50-year protection project. Upon approval by the City of Parksville, TimberWest Forestry Corporation committed to donating Douglas fir trees for planting and to provide expertise in the field during the community exercise. Over the next few years, TimberWest will also be working with the MABR to ensure an 85% survival rate of planted trees.
"This project has put the MABR and all of its partners on a national platform," says Van Acken. "These collaborative partnerships really showcased how various local entities can come together to combat climate change. But, most importantly, it was an opportunity to engage youth about the importance of the land, traditional territories and our ecosystems."
On April 6, over 45 youth had the opportunity to participate and plant these trees. Youth participants ranged from ages 3 to 25 and attended from Rivers, Oceans and Mountains School, the Collaborative Education Alternative Program from School District Parsville-Qualicum, the VIU Forestry Department, and preschool children from Snaw-Naw-As First Nation. TimberWest and VIU forestry students provided assistance to all participants to ensure planting was executed successfully.
"At one point the preschool children were singing the "this is our land" and it was very powerful," says Van Acken.
"Engaging youth in these types of events leaves them with a memory for the rest of their lives and ultimately creates a deeper connection between people and nature."
All partners are excited to announce the successful planting of 1,000 Douglas fir trees which will offset about 143 tonnes of carbon dioxide. For more information about the initiative please visit Canada's 2018 G7 Summit website.
Rae-Anne LaPlante, Communications Officer, Vancouver Island University
P: 250.740.6673 | E: Communications@viu.ca | T: @VIUNews
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Marc Bierkens: Underground water draining twice as fast today as in 1960
Posted by Jorge Salazar in Earth | February 11, 2011
We're taking water out faster than it's being replenished, says hydrologist Marc Bierkens.
A 2010 study of the world's vast reserves of underground water – called groundwater – has found that we're draining it twice as fast today as in 1960. Marc Bierkens, a research hydrologist with Utrecht University in the Netherlands, led the groundwater study. He said we're taking water out faster than it's being replenished. He told EarthSky:
There's quite a large amount of groundwater that is extracted in excess to what is naturally recharging to the groundwater, to the aquifers, which means that there's quite a lot of groundwater depletion going on.
Most of the water we use is used for growing food. Photo credit: Wikimedia
Most of the groundwater we use is used for growing food. The fastest groundwater losses, said Bierkens, are in some of the world's leading agricultural centers – India, Pakistan, China, and the central valley of California in the U.S. And, Bierkens said, there's a connection between what we eat in one part of the world and groundwater depletion in other parts of the world. He said:
For instance, if I go to the supermarket, and I buy melons, these melons are grown in the southeast of Spain. They're grown with irrigated water, obtained from groundwater depletion.
Dr. Bierkens and colleagues estimated the loss of groundwater across the entire world. The used a global computer model to come up with how much rain and snow seeps through soil and recharges underground aquifers. They combined it with a database of country-by-country groundwater use in order to map global groundwater net losses and gains. One thing that scientists don't yet know about groundwater is just how much total there is in the world, or exactly when a given area's groundwater will hit empty. More studies and better computer models, said Bierkens, might give people better advance warning of groundwater shortages.
This cannot be deduced from our study, when this will happen. That it will happen is for certain if we don't see any change in the system, in behavior, when it will happen requires additional study.
Bierkens said the extracting more groundwater than is recharged is not sustainable.
In a couple of decades or so you will run into the limits of that system and run into food shortages. That will be, in the long run, a problem for more of the developing countries with exploding population numbers. For more of the developed countries in the U.S., a lot of the cash crops are exported, for instance to Europe. So what you see is that an important part of the economy thrives on irrigated crops. An important part of that irrigation water comes from groundwater, and you're depleting it, you will see that there will be economic problems in that region, eventually.
He spoke about a sustainable use of groundwater.
When you look at sustainable use of groundwater, and you look at the developing countries with increasing population numbers, the only serious way of counteracting this problem is.seeing that population growth decreases. That's basically the most effective way of getting it done. Of course there are some other more technical solutions that can be done. For instance, the Chinese are thinking about diverting part of the Brahmaputra River up north to the drier areas up north for use in irrigation. Of course this will affect the people of Bangladesh, as nothing comes for free when it comes to that.


Female students from the University of Derby have helped create a film in response to a global campaign for girls' education.
Girl Rising is a social action campaign which uses the power of storytelling to inspire action and get girls into classrooms worldwide.
It began as a feature film about nine girls in the developing world who confront tremendous challenges to pursue their dreams before developing into a thriving worldwide movement.
A team of students from the University of Derby, along with 15 female students from Long Eaton School, worked with visual artist and film-maker Fi Burke and writer River Wolton to make a film in response to Girl Rising, charting their own creative challenges and aspirations.
The film, called Girl Rising: Derbyshire, will now be premiered as part of Derbyshire Literature Festival tomorrow (May 14) at Long Eaton School, where students will present their work and talk about the film-making process.
Maria Stefoni, who is studying film production at the University and was in charge of technical support and operating the cameras during the project, said: "I had never heard about Girl Rising before until this project but as soon as I researched it, I just knew that I had to be involved.
The film, which lasts around six minutes, features the reactions of the school pupils after looking into the story of Senna, a young woman from a Peruvian mining town struggling for her right to education.
The students were then supported to identify themes of struggle, challenge and success in their own lives and write about them through poetry before being incorporated into the film. Each of the girls had a specific role including scriptwriting, producing, camera operation and sound.
Artist Fi Burke completed a Masters degree in Art and Design Advanced Practice and Theory at the University of Derby and now has a studio at the University's Bank Mills site.
Long Eaton School pupil Ciara, 14, said the project had inspired her to pursue a career in media and film-making.
The project has been supported by the University of Derby BA (Hons) Film Production Programme, Derbyshire County Council and is part of Made in Derbyshire 2015 - a year of celebrations and activities exploring the rich cultural life of the county.
Tom Craig, Programme Leader for BA (Hons) Film Production, said: "There is a long tradition at the University of Derby filmmakers who have produced work of immense social value.
The film will be showcased tomorrow (May 14) at Long Eaton School from 4pm – 5pm.


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Compact Spintronic Muller C-Element with Near-Zero Standby Energy
Steven D. Pyle, Deliang Fan, Ronald F. DeMara
The complementary roles of asynchronous architecture with nonvolatile spintronic devices are explored herein to realize a novel asynchronous logic element. By redesigning the Muller C-element to take advantage of spintronic device non-volatility and area efficiency, benefits such as reduced asynchronous handshaking area overhead, are achieved in addition to instant on/off capabilities for reduced static-power dissipation through power gating. We propose a novel eight transistor and one spintronic device Muller C-element design which is 20% faster and uses 68% of the power of previous non-volatile Muller C-element designs. This spintronic Muller C-element is demonstrated within a four-phase dual-rail asynchronous pipeline resulting in 48% fewer transistors in comparison with the previous designs. Additionally, bundled-data protocol overhead is shown to be reduced by using the spintronic Muller C-element proposed herein. Detailed analysis of the effects of driving transistor width and the tunneling magnetoresistance ratio on device performance characteristics is included.
IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
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Q: Can't add ATL object to CLR project I am writing a COM wrapper for a managed C++ class within a C++ project. After adding one ATL Simple Object to my ATL project I then enabled Common Language Runtime Support (/clr) in the project properties, as required. However I now find that I am unable to add further ATL objects to my project - if I right-click the project and select Add and New Item the ATL option has disappeared from the list of Installed Visual C++ templates in the left-hand pane of the Add New Item dialog.
Is this a bug, or is there some good reason for it?
I will try turning off CLR, adding the classes and then turning on CLR again, hopefully this will work, but it seems a bit odd.

A: I think I'll answer this question myself - the answer, or rather the workaround, seems to be to turn off CLR support, add the ATL class(es) and turn CLR on again. If anyone can comes up with a good reason why Microsoft may have done this deliberately, and/or why this workaround doesn't/shouldn't work, please comment, otherwise let's assume it's just a little buglet.


As far as we know, none of that is wrong. But what about all the middle-class people who receive (expensive) nursing home care through the Medicaid program, at least in certain states?
To what extent does Medicaid pay for nursing home care for middle-class seniors? To what extent do middle-class voters understand this topic when they heard that Romney wants to slash spending for this program?
We don't know the full answer to that first question. That said, we'll guess that the vast majority of middle-class voters don't understand that Medicaid may pay the bills for the future care of their own parents or grandparents.
67 percent of respondents supported the Medicaid expansion in Obamacare.
Even among middle-class families, 61 percent said that Medicaid was important to them.
was because "you or someone you know" has received long-term nursing care via Medicaid.
As a matter of pure numbers, total Medicaid spending in 2010 was a little under $400 billion, and of that, $123 billion was for long-term nursing care. So that's roughly a third of Medicaid spending.
That's for everyone, of course, not just middle class folks, but it's obviously a big chunk of Medicaid spending no matter how you slice it. And judging from Kaiser's poll responses, most middle-class voters probably do understand that. It's one reason the Obama campaign may have missed a bet by not making a bigger deal out of Mitt Romney's plan to slash Medicaid and then dump the whole program on the states.


June is often the month of many graduations. These celebrations can be bittersweet. When completing an important life passage we can sometimes experience an "in between," or limbo period. It can be a most challenging time to endure, because there is an element of the unknown that pervades this passage.
For some people the discomfort, or avoidance of this phase, prevents them from moving forward in life.
Consider the person who achieves a four-year degree then goes on to accomplish two more bachelors degrees. I call this the professional student. They stay enrolled in school so they don't have to actually apply what they are learning to their life's path and goals. There is an emotional immaturity that is preventing them from graduating and taking the next step of getting a job, or developing their own business. Instead, they play it safe and stay in school. School is familiar, and they are used to the routine. Their personal growth is hindered by limiting their challenges.
Similar experiences can be had in relationships and careers, as well. We all know someone who is very unhappy in their marriage and has been for years but simply won't leave no matter what. Instead they may complain, whine, or silently suffer. Perhaps on a soul level they have "graduated" from that experience and it is time to move on.
Many of us also know someone who loathes their jobs and constantly complain. The fear of the unknown keeps them trapped and unhappy for years. Perhaps, they graduated high school or college with noble and lofty dreams, then found themselves trapped in a transitional job. There may be a little voice within urging for change, yet it is drowned out by the louder voice of fear and insecurity that says 'don't trust life, don't make changes, stay the same'.
Sometimes, the soul has a way of awakening our potential through the pain and discomfort of the transitional phases of our lives.
Michael Beckwith from the Agape Church in Los Angeles says "the pain pushes till the vision pulls us." This implies that there is always hope for a new life, a new path, or a new relationship. We must be open to allowing a greater vision of our selves than what we are experiencing now. We may need to get comfortable with the idea of being uncomfortable for a while, as we make this shift.
The reward of graduating from life's challenges can propel us forward. We may be stronger and more resilient than we think. Life may have some happy surprises for us as we move out of the known and into the mysterious and magical place of the unknown. Be willing to graduate from that which no longer serves you, and fulfill your purpose.


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