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Q: Find the index of an element in an array with cuda c++ I am new with cuda.
I have two arrays:
  int* AA = new int[5]{1,2,3,4,5};
  int* BB = new int[5]{ 2,2,2,4,4 };

and I want to find the index of every element in AA that is equal to each element in BB that in this case is
{1,1,1,3,3}

here is My code:
__global__ void findIndex(int* A, int* B, int* C)
{
    int i = threadIdx.x;

    for (int j = 0; j < 5; j++)
    {
        if (B[i] == A[j])
        {
            C[i] = j;

        }
    }
}

int main() {

    int* AA = new int[5]{1,2,3,4,5};
    int* BB = new int[5]{ 2,2,2,4,4 };
    int* CC = new int[5]{ 0,0,0,0,0 };

    int(*ppA), (*ppB), (*ppC);

    cudaMalloc((void**)&ppA, (5) * sizeof(int));
    cudaMalloc((void**)&ppB, (5) * sizeof(int));
    cudaMalloc((void**)&ppC, (5) * sizeof(int));

    cudaMemcpy(ppA, AA, 5 * sizeof(int), cudaMemcpyHostToDevice);
    cudaMemcpy(ppB, BB, 5 * sizeof(int), cudaMemcpyHostToDevice);
    cudaMemcpy(ppC, CC, 5 * sizeof(int), cudaMemcpyHostToDevice);

    int numBlocks = 1;
    dim3 threadsPerBlock(5);
    findIndex << <numBlocks, threadsPerBlock >> > (ppA, ppB, ppC);

    cudaMemcpy(CC, ppC, 5 * sizeof(int), cudaMemcpyDeviceToHost);
    for (int m = 0; m < 5; m++) {
        printf("%d ", CC[m]);
    }
}

My output is:
{1,2,3,0,0}

Can anyone help?

A: Simplest non-stable single-gpu solution would be using atomics, something like this:
__global__ void find(int * arr,int * counter, int * result)
{
    int id = blockIdx.x*blockDim.x+threadIdx.x;
    if(arr[id] == 4)
    {
        int ctr = atomicAdd(counter,1);
        result[ctr] = id;
    }
}

this way you can have an array of results in "result" array and if the wanted number is sparse it wouldn't slowdown much (like only few in whole source array). This is not an optimal way for multi-gpu systems, though. Requires host-side coordination between gpus, unless a special CUDA feature from newest toolkit is used (for system-level atomics).
If number of 4s leads to a "dense" arr array or if you have multiple gpus, then you should look for other solutions like stream compaction. First select the cells containing 4 as a mask. Then do the compaction. Some Nvidia blogs or tutorials have this algorithm.
For the "atomic" solution (especially on "shared" memory atomics), Maxwell (and onwards) architecture is much better than Kepler, just in case you still use a Kepler. Also using atomics is not exactly reproducible as the order of atomic operations can not be known. You will get a differently-ordered result array most of the time. But the stream compaction preserves the result order. This may save you from writing a sorting algorithm (like bitonic-sort, shear-sort, etc) on top of it.

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Q: Turning Java into an Android app. Added elif and project crashes on load I'm currently working on turning some old Java code into a functioning android app. I used JavaFX to make the program originally but that won't work for android.
What i'm trying to do is, on a button click, the app should store what the user has selected and just hold it. For some reason this causes the code to crash and i'm not sure what the issue is. After that all I need to do is get it to output the selected items and make sure that the app is randomizing the array output for the workouts.
This is the Android code on Github.
This is the original JavaFX code.
package com.example.afinal;

import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.Spinner;
import android.widget.Toast;
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
     private ArrayList<MuscleItem> mMuscleList;
     private MuscleAdapter mAdapter;
     private ArrayList<RepItem> mRepList;
     private RepAdapter mRepAdapter;
     private final List<String> backList = new ArrayList<>();
     private final List<String> chestList = new ArrayList<>();
     private final List<String> legList = new ArrayList<>();

     Button btnWorkout;

    private String selectMuscles(String[] arr) {
          return (Arrays.toString(arr));
   }

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    btnWorkout = findViewById(R.id.btnWorkout);
    btnWorkout.setOnClickListener(view -> {
        Intent intent_one = new Intent(MainActivity.this, SecondActivity.class);
        startActivity(intent_one);

    });

    initList();
    Spinner spinnerMuscles = findViewById(R.id.spinner_muscles);
    mAdapter = new MuscleAdapter(this, mMuscleList);
    spinnerMuscles.setAdapter(mAdapter);
    spinnerMuscles.setOnItemSelectedListener(new AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener() {
        @Override
        public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
            MuscleItem clickedItem = (MuscleItem) parent.getItemAtPosition(position);
            String clickedMuscleName = clickedItem.getmuscleName();
            Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, clickedMuscleName + " selected", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

            //This causes the program to crash.
            /*
            String cMuscle = (String) parent.getItemAtPosition(position);
            String muscleChoice = "";
            //selection trees to figure out which muscle group and which type
            //of workout
            if (cMuscle.equalsIgnoreCase("Chest Day")) {
                muscleChoice = selectMuscles(chestDay());
            } else if (cMuscle.equalsIgnoreCase("Leg Day")) {
                muscleChoice = selectMuscles(legDay());
            } else if (cMuscle.equalsIgnoreCase("Back Day")) {
                muscleChoice = selectMuscles(backDay());
            }
             */
        }

        @Override
        public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> parent) {
        }
    });

    initList();
    Spinner spinnerRep = findViewById(R.id.spinner_repetition);
    mRepAdapter = new RepAdapter(this, mRepList);
    spinnerRep.setAdapter(mRepAdapter);
    spinnerRep.setOnItemSelectedListener(new AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener() {
        @Override
        public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
            RepItem clickedItemRep = (RepItem) parent.getItemAtPosition(position);
            String clickedMuscleName = clickedItemRep.getrepName();
            Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, clickedMuscleName + " selected", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

            //THis causes it to crash as well
            /*
            String cRep = (String) parent.getItemAtPosition(position);
            String repChoice = "";
            if (cRep.equalsIgnoreCase("Lose Weight")) {
                repChoice = "5 sets of 20 reps, with 1 minute of cardio between";
            } else if (cRep.equalsIgnoreCase("Gain muscle mass")) {
                repChoice = "4 sets of 10 reps, or 5 sets of 8 reps";
            } else if (cRep.equalsIgnoreCase("Gain strength")) {
                repChoice = "5 sets of 3 reps, increasing the weight\n"
                        + "until you can no longer lift the weight.";
            }
             */
        }

        @Override
        public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> parent) {
        }
    });
}

private void initList() {
    mMuscleList = new ArrayList<>();
    mMuscleList.add(new MuscleItem("Back", R.drawable.back));
    mMuscleList.add(new MuscleItem("Chest", R.drawable.chest));
    mMuscleList.add(new MuscleItem("Legs", R.drawable.legs));

    mRepList = new ArrayList<>();
    mRepList.add(new RepItem("Gain muscle mass", R.drawable.mass));
    mRepList.add(new RepItem("Gain strength", R.drawable.strength));
    mRepList.add(new RepItem("Lose weight", R.drawable.weight));

}
    private String[] backDay() {
        if (backList.isEmpty()) {
            backList.add("Deadlift");
            backList.add("Pull Up");
            backList.add("Back Rows");
            backList.add("Bend-Over Barbell Rows");
            backList.add("Romanian Deadlift");
            backList.add("Front Squat");
            backList.add("Incline Dumbbell Row");
            backList.add("Chinup");
            backList.add("Trap-Bar Deadlift");
            backList.add("Alternating Dumbbell Row");
            backList.add("Inverted Row");
            backList.add("Swiss Ball Leg Curl");
            backList.add("Wide-Grip Pullup");
            backList.add("Landmine One-Arm Row");
            backList.add("Burpee");
            backList.add("Lying Lateral Raise");
            backList.add("Hang Clean");
        }
        return randomExercises(backList);
    }

    private String[] chestDay() {
        if (chestList.isEmpty()) {
            chestList.add("Bench Press");
            chestList.add("Incline Press");
            chestList.add("Dip");
            chestList.add("Flye");
            chestList.add("Reverse Flye");
            chestList.add("Supine Press");
            chestList.add("Chest Press Machine");
            chestList.add("Low-Incline Press");
            chestList.add("Speed Bench Press");
            chestList.add("Landmine Press");
            chestList.add("Floor Press");
            chestList.add("Prone Flye");
            chestList.add("Pullover");
            chestList.add("Plate Pressout");
            chestList.add("3-Way Flye");
            chestList.add("Pushup");
        }
        return randomExercises(chestList);
    }

    private String[] legDay() {
        if (legList.isEmpty()) {
            legList.add("Squat");
            legList.add("Leg Press");
            legList.add("Leg Extension");
            legList.add("Dumbbell Step Up");
            legList.add("Body Weight Calf Raises");
            legList.add("Walking Lunge");
            legList.add("Front Squat");
            legList.add("Bulgarian Split Squat");
            legList.add("Dumbbell Stepup");
            legList.add("Swiss Ball Leg Curl");
            legList.add("Single-Leg Romanian Deadlift");
            legList.add("Pause Squat");
            legList.add("Reverse Lunge");
            legList.add("Dumbbell Squat");
            legList.add("Kettlebell Swing");
            legList.add("Jump Squat");
            legList.add("Barbell Calf Raise");
        }
        return randomExercises(legList);
    }

    private String[] randomExercises(List<String> arr) {
        Collections.shuffle(arr);
        return arr.subList(0, 4).toArray(new String[3]);
    }
}

Here is the FATAL ERROR in the log
2020-12-12 22:21:56.300 8022-8022/? E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: com.example.afinal, PID: 8022
java.lang.ClassCastException: com.example.afinal.MuscleItem cannot be cast to java.lang.String
at com.example.afinal.MainActivity$1.onItemSelected(MainActivity.java:55)
at android.widget.AdapterView.fireOnSelected(AdapterView.java:957)
at android.widget.AdapterView.dispatchOnItemSelected(AdapterView.java:946)
at android.widget.AdapterView.access$300(AdapterView.java:55)
at android.widget.AdapterView$SelectionNotifier.run(AdapterView.java:910)
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:938)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:223)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7656)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:592)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:947)

A: Each item in your adapter is a MuscleItem, not a String. So when you try to cast the result of getItemAtPosition(), an exception is thrown.

//This causes the program to crash.
/*
String cMuscle = (String) parent.getItemAtPosition(position);

It looks like the MuscleItem class has a getmuscleName() method; probably you want to use that instead:
MuscleItem clickedItem = (MuscleItem) parent.getItemAtPosition(position);
String cMuscle = clickedItem.getmuscleName();


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by Madison Miller January 10, 2021
written by Madison Miller January 10, 2021
Cleveland Browns quarterback, Baker Mayfield, has a lot more than a powerful throwing arm, he's got quite the sense of humor too.
While Baker Mayfield was the No.1 draft pick in 2018 for Cleveland, he leads the team in a lot more than completed passes. He is the team clown in every sense.
Baker Mayfield Deploys Easter Eggs
Recently during interviews, Mayfield has taken to adding "easter eggs" into his explanation of questions reporters ask him. The easter eggs involve specifically quoting from movies, songs, or TV shows. Maybe Mayfield was just as bored as the rest of us during quarantine and binged his own massive share of TV and movies.
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After a question about the team's loss against the Indianapolis Colts, he answered on learning through the wins.
"We don't have to learn from a loss. We can get better after a win. It's the mindset of trying to be just a bunch of big hairy American winning machines is important," he said.
This is a direct reference to the movie "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" with Will Ferrell starring as a hilarious NASCAR driver.
Recently, Miles Garret, a defensive end for the Browns, has been generating a lot of talk about his style on the field. Garrett was one of the players who were on the COVID-19 list. Right now he is listed as questionable on being able to play today's game against the Steelers.
Baker Mayfield had a lot to say about Garrett's smooth moves on the field. He compared him to some pretty classic Lil Wayne lyrics from "6 Foot 7 Foot," which are the "Real Gs move in silence like lasagna."
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When fans were amused by his rap comparison with Garrett, he channeled the Snoop Dogg within from the song "Nuthin' But a 'G" Thang."
"They knew that Miles was out. They knew they had to get funky on the field it's 'like an old batch of collard greens.'"
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Mayfield's quotes have become a shining light in any NFL press conference. Part of it is that fans now expect it and wait for it to happen. Like a true comedy king, Mayfield doesn't give any indication that he just said a quote.
He delivers the quote mixed into his answer with a straight face and no giggle, it's the most impressive part of it all. It's like he's Ron Swanson or Dwight Schrute on "The Office" talking to the camera, but being entertainingly emotionless.
He must know this too, since he's quoted both of these comedic characters.
"There are only two things I hate more than missing throws and that is lying and skim milk. And skim milk is just water lying about being milk," Mayfield said to channel Ron Swanson.
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In another interview he even said the famous line from Dwight Schrute, "Whenever I am about to do something, I think, 'Would an idiot do that?' And if they would, then I don't do that."
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But that's just how the Browns function this season they know how to, "Stop. Drop. Shut 'em down. Open up shop. Like, oh no. That's how Ruff Ryders roll."
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Arnold Schwarzenegger vs Donald Trump Net Worth Comparison 2022: Who's Wealthier?
Arnold Schwarzenegger has quite the fan following even at 74. Although the actor has not done too many movies in recent years, there was a time when his name was synonymous with the term 'action hero.' Moreover, he also invests in real estate.
However, former President Donald Trump cannot be left out when real estate is concerned. The tycoon has made a fortune by investing in real estate. And although the two celebrities were once friends, they had a massive falling out.
People associate the two for their dig at each other, most notably their war over Twitter at one point. However, these frequent battles have ceased due to Trump's ban from the social media platform. Both of the personalities are experts in their own rights. However, let us explore how their wealth compares to each other.
The net worth of Arnold Schwarzenegger
The bodybuilder-turned-actor collected a large sum of his wealth by signing up with movies and franchises. However, a significant part of his fortune also comes from his businesses, including real estate. Schwarzenegger's real estate turnover is worth over $100 million alone.
However, a majority of his wealth comes from film projects. During his acting career peak, he made around $20-30 million for each movie. His biggest earning in his acting career came with the release of the movie 'Twins,' where he earned in the $35-40 million ballpark. The amount is equivalent to $70-$80 million in today's market.
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For most of his big-screen projects, Schwarzenegger made anywhere between $2 million and $25 million. Another significant movie that contributed to his fortune is 'Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,' which earned him an estimated $35 million.
After evaluating his assets, the celebrity's net worth comes in at an estimated $450 million.
The net worth of Donald Trump
The former president amassed a majority of his wealth through real estate. Moreover, the mogul owns golf courses and a winery. The business tycoon also provides the rights to his name to other companies globally.
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Trump started his career working for his father, Fred Trump, who established the real estate business. The former president has an estimated value of $3 billion. However, his net worth soared to an estimated $4.5 billion sometime in 2016 but has dropped since. Moreover, Trump created his own social media platform, Truth Social, after being banned from Twitter in January 2021. This venture alone has soared his net worth by $430 million.
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AFC Wimbledon gardening appeal
The club is appealing to its fans to help with some gardening work.
First, there is a big clear up planned at the stadium (as occurred last year) this weekend - from 9.30am on Saturday and Sunday. As many people as possible would be great, with whatever equipment they can muster to aid the process - please contact the office to let them know what you can bring.
Furthermore the club needs someone or some people to look after the gardening work outside the stadium and in the car park on a regular basis. This should take no more than a morning a week - please contact the office if you are interested in offering to assist.
Ten games confirmed in pre-season
The pre-season fixture schedule has now been completed, with ten games in total.
You can see the full list of pre-season fixtures here
The first game will be the trip to Dagenham and Redbridge on Saturday 10 July. Our man in the London Transport Office has this advice for fans planning to use public transport:
"On 10 July, there will be no service on the District Line between Earl's
Court and Whitechapel and no Circle Line at all. There will NOT be a
replacement bus service in operation and fans travelling to the game will
need to seek alternative routes.
"The advice to those travelling from South West London is take a overground
train to Waterloo and then take the Jubilee Line to West Ham. You will then
be able to connect with the District Line to Dagenham East."
Dagenham have also advised us that their sizeable bar will be open. Remember that the gate receipts from this game will be shared between the two clubs.
Following trips to Banstead and Horsham YMCA, either side of the Supporters Direct Cup and first ever match on a League ground at Griffin Park against Brentford, the first team will play their first home game of the pre-season campaign at TFS-KM on Saturday 24 July against Barnet.
Fans are also asked to note the addition of a trip to Harrow Borough on Saturday 31 July.
We've got five on it
The second annual AFC Wimbledon Fundraising 5-a-side tournament held last Saturday was once again a roaring success both on and off the field, with Dave Wager?s boys bringing the trophy home to Kingsmeadow for the first silverware of the season.
The tournament, held on Prince George's Playing Fields in Raynes Park, attracted 32 entries from all over the South East and despite the inclement weather helped to raise almost �2,000 for the Dons Trust Stadium Fund.
The tournament was organised and run by AFC Wimbledon supporters and volunteers, headed by Mark Lewis. After breaking his ankle in last year?s tournament, Mark sensibly opted this time to stay on the sidelines and cheer on the AFC Wimbledon team. The hosts Raynes Park Vale FC provided a tasty BBQ and refreshments.
With the main first team squad busy at their first pre-season training session, AFC Wimbledon?s assistant reserve manager Dave Wager brought a promising crop of his reserves to represent the club.
Scoring 15 goals in the process, the AFC Wimbledon team made it to the knockout stages and a final clash with the Raynes Park Vale ?Over 25? team.
Nothing could separate the sides in normal time and it took penalty kicks to find a winner. When RPV?s keeper Ed Cornwall saw his spot kick saved by AFC Wimbledon?s Micky Fernandez, it left the hosts runners up for the second year running and AFC Wimbledon popular and deserved winners.
The winners then enjoyed a quick lap of honour spinning around Prince George?s Playing Fields in Andrew Trefry?s soft top convertible !
The AFC Wimbledon squad, coached by Dave Wager and Lee Dobinson, consisted of:
Jones Bamfo, Ken During, Sam Elliott, Micky Fernandez (keeper), Marc Skinner, Lewis Taylor, Andrew Trefry.
The tournament organisers would like to thank all the teams for turning out and the AFC Wimbledon fans for helping out as gatemen, car park attendants or referees, as well as Raynes Park Vale FC for the BBQ and use of their facilities.
Watch the England quarter-final at The Fans' Stadium
If you can't make it to the Estadio Da Luz on Thursday evening, why not try the next best thing - an evening of football including a top-class barbecue at Kingsmeadow?
England v Portugal will be on the big screen at 7:45 pm, but to make sure you have time to eat before kick-off, the on-site barbecue will be opening at 6:45. With burgers, steak sandwiches, hot dogs, veggie burgers and more, there's sure to be something to suit your taste buds.
The bar will open at 5:30 pm and the Foster's promotion, which ran successfully through the England group matches, will be continued for the quarter-final, so each pint bought between kick-off and the final whistle will cost only �1.50.
The Second Annual AFC Wimbledon 5-a-side Tournament
This Saturday, 26 June, sees the second annual AFC Wimbledon 5-a-side tournament, at Prince Georges' Playing Fields, Grand Drive, Raynes Park, London SW20.
The tournament starts at 10 am and features 32 teams, including representative sides from AFC Wimbledon and Raynes Park Vale FC. Games are expected to last until around 4 pm.
Raffle tickets will be on sale, with an England shirt signed by Ashley Cole and Steven Gerrard as the top prize. A limited range of club merchandise - champions t-shirts, caps, keyrings and umbrellas - will also be available.
All proceeds from the tournament and raffle will go to the Dons Trust Stadium Fund.
Car parking is available on site at �2 per car, and refreshments & a barbecue are being run by Raynes Park Vale FC.
Dons Trust Bond progress report
In early May Tom Adam, Chairman of the Dons Trust, wrote to all members, season ticket holders and shareholders in the PLC to invite them to subscribe to a bond. Money raised from the bond will be used to repay the loan from Mr Khosla that arose at the time we bought Kingsmeadow.
By Friday 18 June, lump sum investments in the bond amounted to �127,200. In addition, there was approximately �14,000 per annum in commitments from standing orders. Investors can nominate the rate of interest they wish to be paid up to a maximum of 4%, although they are urged to invest the money interest free. At 18 June, the average interest rate payable on the lump sums is 2.06% and on standing orders it is 1.51%.
We have been repaying the loan in �20,000 instalments. To date we have used �126,000 of bond money which, taken with a further �14,000 from Dons Trust fundraising, means we have paid off �140,000 from the loan from Mr Khosla. The amounts now owing are:
Mr Khosla	�935,000
Bondholders 126,000
Total debt	�1,061,000
On September 25, the interest rate on the loan from Mr Khosla will rise substantially. By then, we aim to have raised enough from investments in the bond to ensure that the total amount of interest paid to bondholders and Mr Khosla together is no more than we were paying when the bond was launched. To achieve this, we need to raise about �300,000 before September 25. In practice, we would like to raise much more that �300,000 but this is our minimum target.
A campaign to help us to achieve our target, or more, will be launched at our first home game of the season and possibly also at our friendly games as well. In the meantime, if you want to know more about investing in the Dons Trust bond, please click here
or email bond@donstrust.org.uk
Fundraising reduces the debt
The Dons Trust has made a �14,000 donation to AFC Wimbledon to help reduce the debt to the Khosla family for the purchase of Kingsmeadow. This follows the success of the Boxing Evening, Golf Day and Bikeathon fundraising events and receipt of income from Golden Goals, raffles, donations, the Family Fun Day and Weird and Wonderful World tag holders. The current debt now stands at �935,000 owed to the Khosla family and �126,000 owed to bond holders; �1,061,000 in total.
Ashford come to town
Another pre-season friendly has been confirmed. Ashford Town (Middlesex) will be the vistors to The Fans' Stadium - Kingsmeadow on Monday 9 August for an evening kick-off.
Try out for the ladies
AFC Wimbledon Ladies kick off their 30th anniversary season with a trial day for both their first and reserve teams on June 27. All players of a reasonable standard are invited to attend between 10.30 and 14.00 at Kingston University Playing Fields (five minutes from Tolworth Station).
Both the Dons Trust and AFC Wimbledon will be present at the Wimbledon Village Fair, this Saturday, 19 June. We have had a very successful presence there for the last two years, promoting the Trust and the club and raising money as well. As in the last two years, the Trust will have a stall and will be running some games, probably in a separate area. However, this year, the Community Football team will also have an area where they will be coaching youngsters in football skills.
In addition, at 2.30pm the league and cup trophies will be presented to Kris Stewart (hopefully with a player or two) to show the people of Wimbledon that they have a successful football team in their midst.
In the past two years, the Fair has provided a good day out for supporters. It is always well attended, so it's an excellent opportunity for supporters to wear their colours and remind people that the Dons are back in the locality. We have season ticket fliers to hand out, while others may well be promoting fund-raising events, the corporate evening on 8 July, the Dons Trust Bond and Trust membership.
There are already quite a few volunteers helping on the day, but there is always room for more. If you can help, even just for an hour or so, contact Roger Dennis at roger.dennis@thedonstrust.org or see Roger on the day.
The Fair is held on the part of Wimbledon Common at the top of Wimbledon Village, between the War Memorial and Rushmere pond. The nearest roads are Southside Common and The Green.
Anderson confirms second signing
DAVE Anderson announced today that the club has signed 25-year-old goalkeeper Danny Naisbitt. Danny, who made more than 60 appearances for Barnet FC and played for Dagenham and Redbridge last season, opted to join AFC Wimbledon despite interest from other clubs up to and including Conference level.
"I am really pleased. This is a massive signing for us. He's not someone who has played one or two games and says he is a Conference keeper, he has done it at that level for some time. And at 25, he is not even in his prime yet. He had at least one Conference club still chasing him, but has decided to join us - it really shows the quality of players we can bring in here now.
"I had him on loan at Hendon and I had been aware of him for a while at Barnet. He could still be in the Conference now but he can go all the way with us. With the two signings in the past week, things look good for pre-season. You never say never in football, but I don't expect to make any more signings between now and then."
A delighted Danny Naisbitt told the official site why he'd decided to join the Dons:
"I'd obviously been aware of Wimbledon and seen all the stories in the papers. I worked with Dave before at Hendon and thought he was superb as both a manager and a person, so he was a major factor in me signing. The club is going to move on at a rapid pace and I wanted to be onboard. There's lots of exciting times ahead and the opportunity to take Wimbledon back into the Football League where they belong. I think I can be part of that, and the chance to do that in front of 3,500 fans every week was too good to turn down, despite the interest from other clubs."
Last seasons' Double-winning goalkeeper Ross Standen has been released. Dave explained:
"I spoke to Ross and explained that I can't afford to have two keepers on the payroll. It's nothing personal because he is a smashing bloke, but I felt to be fair to him we had to let him go - he's a first choice keeper not a back-up. I know I said everyone would get a chance, but sometimes you have to make the hard decisions for the good of the club. It's my job to have the strongest squad possible and to give us the best chance of promotion next year and this signing enables us to do that."
I'll get you, Butler
DAVE Anderson has confirmed the signing of 19-year-old striker Richard Butler from Ashford Town. The player has elected to join the Dons despite interest from several higher ranked clubs.
A delighted manager told the official website:
"I'm glad to be able to announce that we have signed Richard Butler, so you shouldn't believe everything you read in the newspapers! I think that Richard Butler and AFC Wimbledon have at least one thing in common - they're both heading for the Football League. I suspect Richard might get there first, but it's excellent news he's decided to join us. I have been tracking him for more than a year.
"He is a player the fans will like - he's a strong, honest, hard-working centre-forward with plenty of goals in him. He's also a great signing because he's already ready to play at a level higher than where we will be next season. He's not the finished article yet, but when he works with us, and we work on him, he will get better and better and be an important asset for the future of the club.
"He also had offers from two Ryman Premier clubs and one Conference South side. He has been at QPR on trial and another Second Division side have been keeping a close eye on him, so it's easy to see that he's one of the most highly rated and promising youngsters in Ryman football.
"This signing has been ongoing for two weeks and I'd like to thank Trevor Williams and Erik Samuelson for their work to make it possible - and also to say a word for the five fans who kept me sane on Thursday night. I popped into the bar and was able to have a drink and a chat with them while negotiations were going on, even though they didn't know what was driving me mad. So the secretary, directors and fans have all been instrumental in making this signing happen, a signing I feel is great news for the future of the club."
Sunday BBQ and game
DON'T forget that the Fans' Stadium - Kingsmeadow is the place to be this Sunday to see England take on France. Not only do you get to enjoy the game in the company of fellow Dons, you'll know that your eating and drinking will be supporting the ground fund. There will be a barbecue (including vegetarian options) running from 4pm and Fosters is just �1.50 a pint. So get on down to see if England can be as successful as the boys in yellow and blue were this season.
Coach departures
DAVE Anderson has confirmed his coaching staff for the start of next season, as Jon Turner and Warren Kelly will be following him from Hendon to act as assistant manager and first team coach respectively.
He has also released Paul Braham from the club, while goalkeeping coach Geoff Clayton will work with the reserves, ladies and U18 side from now on.
The manager explained:
?It?s certainly nothing personal with Paul, because no-one I spoke to had a bad word to say about him. But the fitness side of things will be looked after by my coaching staff now, while John Harris will pick up more responsibility for players? rehabilitation. I had a chat with Paul and he understood that it was just a case of a new manager wanting to use his own people. I?d like to take this opportunity to thank him for all his work for the club and wish him all the best.
?I?ll be working with the first team goalkeepers now in training and on matchdays, while Geoff will continue to have a role at the club and work with the other teams.?
Anderson answers back
DAVE Anderson has spoken out against claims that there was a misunderstanding in his contract discussions with Kevin Cooper. The Dons manager said:
"Getting involved in bickering really isn't my style, but with some of the things I've seen and heard since Coops left to join Carshalton, I thought it would be a good idea to explain what happened clearly for the fans.
"About ten days ago, Coops and I actually agreed a deal for next season on the phone, involving a basic fee and a bonus structure. As far as the offer of a contract was concerned, that was always a case of wait and see. That was the second or third time we'd spoken about next season and he'd always made it clear he wanted to sort things out, because he had other offers on the table. I thought that was it until pre-season, and told him he could tell anyone he wanted, although I noticed it didn't appear in any of his newspaper interviews after that.
"Then, last Thursday he phoned me to say that the Conference South side he had spoken to before had upped their offer and wanted to know if I would up mine. I took that to mean he must have gone back to speak to them after our original agreement. I said, 'Coops, if I agree to up it this week, how much will it be next week?' Although we hadn't shaken hands, I had thought the matter was settled. He then wanted less of the money in bonuses and a higher basic. I said I would talk to the board and have a think about it myself to work out where the money could come from to see if it was possible.
"Then he phoned back ten minutes later and said, 'Never mind about that, what I really want is a one year contract.' We talked for a while and I tried to get him to take the original basic and bonus deal. He asked if he could have that deal on a one year contract. My exact words were: 'OK, Coops, you want the original basic and bonus deal on a one year contract? Let me go away and think about it and talk to my staff and come back to you before midday tomorrow.'
"I thought about it and felt it would be the wrong thing to do. I then spoke to my staff about it, and that confirmed my feelings. I phoned him back the following morning before midday, as I'd said I would, and told him that I couldn't give him a contract at this stage. That wasn't to say there would never be one, but that I couldn't give him one blind. He said he wanted a contract for security and without one he'd be off. I told him I understood his reasons and wished him luck.
"I never said he could definitely have a contract and I never said it was out of the question, just that he would have to come in and impress to get one, because I don't tend to give deals with contracts to players over 25. There was no misunderstanding in what I said. I don't mind that Kevin wants to leave the club, but I don't want him to hide behind me to do it.
"I'm a straightforward guy and looking at my past dealings and actions will show people that. Kevin Cooper has done a great job here and is now part of AFC Wimbledon's history. No-one can take away his achievements and he'll always be a part of the story of this club, but I won't be commenting on him again. I'd like to wish him all the best at Carshalton and thank him for what he's done for the club. But we move on."
A Fans' Club - the musical
Tickets are selling fast for A Fans? Club, a brand new play by Matthew Couper based on the true story of the formation of AFC Wimbledon.
The show runs between July 6 and 24 at The Studio in the New Wimbledon Theatre (on the Broadway in Wimbledon) and, with over a month left to the first night, almost half the tickets have been sold.
A Fans? Club follows Wimbledon supporters as first they battle to save their club moving to Milton Keynes and then defy the footballing authorities to set up AFC Wimbledon.
The play was written by AFC Wimbledon fan Matthew Couper, with original music from London based musical composer Chris Barlow, and features one of Britain?s leading actors, Alun Armstrong.
Tickets cost �10 for adults and �8 for concessions ? they are available from the Box Office on 0870 060 6646 or Ticketmaster on 0870 060 1827. Further details are available at http://www.afansclub.co.uk
As Alun Armstrong says: ?We?re the fans, we?re back and we?re doing what they said was impossible. Come and join the celebration.?
It's fun to stay at the YMCA
Two more pre-season friendlies have been confirmed. On Thursday 22 July the Dons will travel to play Sussex County Division One side Horsham YMCA in an evening kick-off. And on Saturday 7 August there will be a home fixture against Bognor Regis Town, of the Conference South, with a 3pm kick-off.
Further details and ticket prices will follow.
Get with the programme
Fans may be interested to learn that the AFC Wimbledon programme has added another piece of silverware (well, metal-and-wood-ware) to the trophy cabinet by being presented with a shield for CCL Programme of the Year at last week's Awards Dinner. The CCL committee also wished the club all the best and said they would watch our future progress with interest.
The programme also finished fifth in the national Wirral programme awards with 218 points on a highly complicated and slightly arcane mark scheme, just nine behind runners-up Hoddesdon Town.
Work has already started on next year's programme - if you have any suggestions for inclusion or comments, please email the club journalist on editor@afcwimbledon.co.uk
AFC Wimbledon Ladies, celebrating their 30th anniversary this season, have
accepted an invitation from AVC Sexbierum to play in their 10th anniversary
international pre-season tournament in North Holland.
The Dons and their hosts will be lining up alongside Dutch sides ONS Sneek,
The Knickerbockers, SC Buitenveldert and Belgians RSC Anderlecht on Saturday
7th August. The following day the ladies are planning to play a friendly
against a local select XI.
There are still several places on the executive team coach for supporters
who wish to attend. The coach leaves Friday morning and arrives back late on
Sunday and will cost �30. Cheap hotel accomodation can also be arranged
through the club.
For further details and bookings contact Rob Dale at
afc-wimbledon@blueyonder.co.uk
U18 trials announced
U-18 MANAGER Nicky English is delighted to be able to confirm that the club's new U-18 side has been accepted into the Southern League for next season. And trials will be held on the weekend of June 26 and 27.
If you will be under 18 on 31 August 2004 and are currently playing at a good standard of football, or think you have what it takes to come for a trial, then please send your footballing CV to:
Nicky English
The Fans? Stadium ? Kingsmeadow
Jack Goodchild Way
KT1 3PB
Nicky explained:
"We want to have the best kids in the area joining us - the potential is there for this side to grow and take on some of the best players in London who don't make the cut at pro clubs. I've got a few boys lined up already from various places, but I know there must be many more interested players out there. So I'd encourage everyone to get their letters in and details of the trials will follow soon."
Kevin Cooper leaves for Carshalton
KEVIN Cooper has left AFC Wimbledon. The striker told new manager Dave Anderson of his decision today and revealed that he has agreed terms with Carshalton Athletic in the Conference South. Dave himself said he was ?gutted? that the club?s top scorer has decided not to stay and fight for a place next season, but added that he did not feel he could have done any more to keep him at the club.
Kevin explained:
?Personally I?ve had the best two years of my footballing life at AFC Wimbledon. It was a hard decision to make, the last two years have been brilliant. I?m gutted to be leaving the fans and I want to thank them all for their support, but I felt that I had to take the offer from Carshalton and move on.
?It?s not about fighting for my place, because I?ll have to do that at Carshalton, but they?ve offered me a contract and after talking to Dave Anderson I didn?t feel he was offering me the security I need. The offer to play in the Conference South was there, so I?ve taken it. I?ll never forget the club and I hope they get promotion this year. I?ll be down to watch when I can and I?d like to wish everyone all the best.?
Dave Anderson said:
?Of course I?m gutted Coops is leaving, I wanted him to stay at the club, but I wasn?t prepared to be held to ransom to do so. I tried to keep him ? I offered him a pay rise and a new bonus structure. On a good week, that would have been a rise of about 80%. But I wasn't prepared at this stage to offer him a contract. I told him that we would start like that with a new deal and see how he did before thinking about a contract and that wasn?t good enough for him.
?But he, and the fans, have to understand that I can?t come in and give contracts blind here. I have a responsibility to this football club and he wanted a contract before I was able to offer him one. No matter how big this club is, we can?t afford to pay people more than they?re worth for the division they?re in. When people come in from two or three leagues above, of course they have big money and more money than we can offer.
?For what it?s worth, I am very unlikely to sign many contracted players over the age of 25. You tend to keep your contracts for 18-23-year-olds you think can go on up to the conference or even Division Three with the club. 80% of players in non-league, certainly as this level, are non-contract, so that?s just standard.
?Of course I?d like to thank Kevin Cooper for everything he?s done for this club and wish him all the best in the future, but the important thing to remember is that if Kevin Cooper wanted to stay at Wimbledon, he?d still be here.?
Kevin Cooper made his Dons debut against Sandhurst in the first ever league game and totalled 105 appearances, including 96 starts, He scored 107 goals and broke Eddie Reynolds? Wimbledon record for a single season in 2003-4, notching 66 in all competitions.
Volunteer accountant needed
Merchandise sales in the current season will be in the range �80,000 - �90,000. The merchandise team are looking for an accountant to help to manage and monitor these sales. The role involves:
Reviewing the current sales accounting processes, including stock management and recording, and making recommendations for improvement
Developing improved processes for recording training and playing kit provided to AFCW teams, including the youth and reserve teams
The continuing role
Analysing sales returns and ensuring that the VAT analysis is accurate
Valuing stocktakes and, in consultation with the merchandise team, making appropriate provisions for obsolescent stock
Providing management information to the merchandise team about sales levels to help to ensure timely ordering of replacement stocks
Liaising with the AFCW office re merchandise accounting matters
Generally, being willing to join in and help with any other merchandise activities
The role is likely to involve 3 ? 4 hours work a week during the season and rather less in the summer. There will be a need for more time at the beginning, possibly as much as a day a week between now and the start of the season.
The ideal volunteer will:
Be an experienced accountant
Have a good working knowledge of retail systems
Understand the basics of VAT
Be available and committed to work throughout the season
If you are interested, please apply to Erik Samuelson by Friday 18 June.
Please note that, due to holidays, you may not receive an acknowledgement of your application before 18 June.
K's friendly announced
Another pre-season friendly has been confirmed. AFC Wimbledon will be away to Kingstonian at The Fans' Stadium - Kingsmeadow on Tuesday 3 August, with a 7.45pm kick-off.


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After gaining independence, Ghana went through several territorial reorganisations prior to independence. Nkrumah was overthrown on February 24, 1966. Today, Ghana is a democratic state.


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Can Nintendo Fix Wii U Sales by Christmas?
by Thomas Nixon August 5, 2013
written by Thomas Nixon August 5, 2013
It's certainly been a rough time for Nintendo, there's no surprise there. On top of a slew of underwhelming releases and Nintendo's latest home console last fall: the Wii U. I, for one, was super excited about it! But of course, as I'm sure you all know, I'm a bit of a Nintendo fanboy and tend to stay loyal to the company through and through. But geeze man, even I have to admit that I think they are in trouble. That poor Wii U. It's faltered more than perhaps any home console that's been released so far and that bugs me a little bit. Complete with some obscure hardware and excruciatingly limited launch titles, it's no wonder that the Wii U was outsold last quarter by Nintendo's last console, the Wii.
Yes, that's right. You read that right. The Wii U was outsold LAST QUARTER by a previous console. And it's not that people are attracted to the Wii either- its sales have been on a rapid decline in comparison to last year as well. People are just attracted even less to the Wii U. In my opinion, the hardware simply doesn't stand out as revolutionary as the Wii did. Motion control was incredible when it came out! Everyone wanted to get their hands on some good ol' Wii Sports simply because it could be fun for everyone. It was a form of showcasing the power of the Wii and its capabilities. But the Wii U? EH, let's launch Nintendo Land, that sounds like a game zoned in on an incredibly niche market. The Wii U gamepad also isn't nearly as groundbreaking as motion control was. I vividly remember the Wii U's E3 announcement, in which people even thought the entire console was simply that sole handheld screen. It seems as though the Wii U was more focused on hardcore Nintendo fans rather than gamers of all shapes and sizes, as the Wii was. While I acknowledge and appreciate this move, it's just not the way to go about things if you're expecting your console to sell off the bat.
But Nintendo has stayed hopeful, as they tend to do. And while we're in a bit of a rut as to just what we can expect from the Wii U, take a look at the 3DS. I've said time and time again that the 3DS had a pretty underwhelming launch as well and now look at it! It's an awesome handheld device, home to fantastic titles such as Kid Icarus: Uprising, Super Mario 3D Land, and Animal Crossing: New Leaf! Sure, they're all from familiar franchises, but there's no denying that they're absolutely fantastic games. So, the question begs to be answered. Can the Wii U possibly turn itself around in the same manner the 3DS did? I think it can. But I think it'll take until this holiday season to do so.
First off, we're looking at some great upcoming games to help bring the console into various homes. Pikmin 3 has just been released in North America. The franchise has been critically acclaimed due to its decent marketing. The previous two games were very well received too, but I don't think Nintendo should be relying on this game alone. This holiday season, we're looking at Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, Super Mario 3D World, Wii Fit U, and Wii Party U. First party games are always what have propelled Nintendo into the proverbial Scrooge McDuck pool of money. While it's a bit unfortunate that we don't see Mario Kart 8 being released until 2014, I feel as though the holiday season will be headed up by Super Mario 3D World. Super Mario 3D Land is the best selling 3DS game in the world, so I think it goes without saying that the game will most definitely help out. By far, 3D World is Nintendo's most important game to be released this Christmas season. If it follows in the footsteps of its 3DS counterpart, I think it'll be the push for gamers to pick up their Wii U.
Lastly, Nintendo needs better marketing. I NEVER see any Wii U commercials. Whatever happened to the "Wii would like to play" commercials where the two Japanese men show up at a random family's house and play video games? Sure, it was a little obscure, but as soon as you saw that Smart Car cruising along your TV screen, you knew exactly what you were in for. Why not "Wii would like to play with U" or something? Sure, it might be a bit of a cop out, BUT DO SOMETHING. That whole campaign was charming and catchy, albeit a bit odd. But successful nonetheless! BRING IT BACK.
So can Nintendo fix things up by Christmas? Yes, but it'll be tough. There's a pretty great software lineup complete with first party titles and promising third parties (Sonic Lost World). We're also probably going to see competition between rivals PS4 and Xbox One. This should create more attention to console games as a whole, so all that excitement could definitely be at Nintendo's advantage. So, yes there's a pretty solid chance that Wii U sales will improve a bit over this holiday season. Let's just hope that Nintendo can keep that momentum going afterwards!
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Q: Rewrite rules and the permalink I'm attempting to create "pretty" URLs for a page which takes query var input to display content. The page is called "details" and has a php script which takes the query_var idCourse and calls up specific information from the database. The reason I want to use the pretty is link is so that it can be unique for Facebook, Twitter, etc -- and the various plugins I have which seem to use the canonical link from core.
I have a rewrite that works. This is the WordPress page, with the query var request (what I call the base request):
https://www.fxphd.com/details/?idCourse=465
This is the pretty request of the same page:
https://www.fxphd.com/details/465/
This is the rewrite:
add_rewrite_rule('^details/([^/]+)/?$', 'index.php?pagename=details&idCourse=$matches[1]', 'top');

As per posts here, I added a rewrite tag:
  add_rewrite_tag('%details%', '([^&]+)');

If you request the pretty URL, it successfully calls up the correct information. However, the permalink link on the page seems to be the base request and not the pretty URL. Is it possible to have the permalink (which the social sharing plugin uses) be the pretty request?
This seems to be possible based upon my other pages. I mean if you have permalinks set up, it'll show category/postname/etc. Why can't I do this?
Thanks.


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China's one-child controversy reignites
By - The Washington Times - Wednesday, February 18, 2009
The Obama administration's decision to restore U.S. support for the United Nations Population Fund has reignited controversy over how China implements it one-child policy.
The population fund, or UNFPA, has a presence in more than 140 countries.
Its mission is to provide aid for family planning and promote women's rights worldwide, with the aim of assuring universal access to reproductive health services.
"The main priority of the UNFPA is to prevent women from dying giving birth in Africa, South America and Asia. That is our priority number one," said Abubakar Dungus, a UNFPA spokesman.
Mr. Obama's decision to restore U.S. funding to the UNFPA marked the latest shift in a political see-saw that dates back to the Reagan administration and reflects conflicting agendas of Republicans and Democrats.
President Reagan cut off funding and President Clinton restored it. President George W. Bush again cut off funding and one of Mr. Obama's first acts in office was to resume it.
Critics assert that the organization has had an overly cozy relationship with the Chinese government, which tries to limit women to having one child, a policy that has sometimes been enforced through coercion.
"It's very clear that the U.N. Population Fund is a cheerleader for the Chinese family planning program, is funding the program, and turns a blind eye to forced abortion and forced sterilization," said Stephen Mosher, and president of the Population Research Institute, a pro-life group that has been harshly critical of UNFPA.
Mr. Mosher, a longtime critic of China's one-child policy, sent a private team to China's Sihui county in Guangdong province in 2001 to investigate UNFPA's involvement with China's population program.
The team found that voluntary family planning was virtually nonexistent and forced abortions and sterilizations were official policy. Women who refused these procedures risked punitive fines, destruction of their homes, and even imprisonment, according to a subsequent report filed by the team.
The local UNFPA official operated out of the Office of Family Planning in Sihui, according to the investigators.
"It is inconceivable that the U.N. population official who worked in the same office did not know what was going on," Mr. Mosher said.
Other investigations, however, have come to different conclusions.
The State Department sent three ambassadors to China in 2002 to investigate whether forced abortions and sterilizations had occurred.
The team's findings contradicted those of PRI, reporting that, while the Chinese government was still involved in coercive population control, there was no evidence that the UNFPA had any involvement. A British investigation produced the same result.
Nevertheless, then-Secretary of State Colin L. Powell wrote a letter to Congress shortly thereafter recommending that funding for UNFPA be denied under a law known as the Kemp-Kasten amendment, which forbids the U.S. government from funding coercive abortions and sterilizations.
Mr. Powell said that computers and vehicles donated by the UNFPA had been used by the Chinese to enforce their population policies.
Critics charged that Mr. Powell was acting under political pressure and said UNFPA was vindicated by the State Department's findings.
But Rep. Christopher H. Smith, New Jersey Republican and a long-time abortion foe, said he also toured China and heard stories similar to those documented by PRI.
He said that the State Department and British delegations had been shown only "Potemkin village" towns, where residents had been threatened into lying about the family planning program. He also charged that the teams had spent most of their time in Beijing with Chinese officials.
"They were having the equivalent of a barbecue instead of investigating," Mr. Smith said.
On his own trip to China in 2004, Mr. Smith said he spoke with the head of China's population control program, Peng Peiyun. When questioned about forced abortions and sterilizations, Mr. Peng denied any coercion and pointed to UNFPA's involvement as proof that all family planning in China was voluntary.
"The United States should not help UNFPA cover up China's crimes against women and children," Mr. Smith said.
UNFPA has countered by claiming it neither supports nor provides abortions. They have also downplayed reports of coercive population control in China, saying that their presence has helped persuade the Chinese government to adopt a policy of voluntary and abundant reproductive services that translates into fewer abortions.
Dr. Nafis Sadik, former director of UNFPA, said that while the one-child policy has not been "officially rescinded" in China, its enforcement is very rare thanks in large part to UNFPA.
"If you go and visit the rural areas of China, they're all pursuing economic wealth. In fact, they have more children, they have three or four, and they all keep saying, we should not have had so many children," she said.
Dr. Sadik was awarded the Population Prize Award by the Chinese State Family Planning Commission in 2002. She said she had received the honor despite the fact that she had given them a "hard time" about their coercive policies.
In her acceptance speech in Beijing, Dr. Sadik praised the progress made by China on population issues. "Looking back, I feel a great sense of pride for the Chinese Government and people for their support to UNFPA and to me, personally, I also feel proud that UNFPA made the wise decision to resist external pressures and continued its fruitful cooperation with China," she said.
Her assessment is at odds with another U.S. State Department assessment a year ago, which concluded that China's one-child policy was still rigorously enforced and that violators faced potential job loss, fines and even property destruction. Occasional cases of coercive abortions and sterilizations still occurred at the provincial level, according to the State Department. A 2005 report by Amnesty International contained similar findings.
In 2008, China's family planning minister told the China Daily newspaper that the one-child policy will be maintained for at least another decade to stem population growth in the world's most populous nation, saying that the law would only be adjusted if birth rates declined.
Mr. Dungus, the UNFPA spokesman, would not comment when asked about coercive methods in China. He said that China's 1.3 billion people have a right to family planning services and that any links between coercion and the UNFPA had been discredited.
The Chinese embassy did not return phone calls asking for comment.
Anika Rahman, president of Americans for UNFPA, said that support for the fund has nothing to do with abortion and everything to do with the rights of impoverished women.
"UNFPA stands for the health and dignity of women everywhere. We know that UNFPA's work is lifesaving work," she said.
In addition to providing reproductive services, the UNFPA also works to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS, trains midwives and promotes gender equality.
Still, the debate is likely to intensify. UNFPA representative Arie Hoekma, noting increases in divorce and out-of-wedlock births at a colloquium in Mexico City last month, said such changes in the family structure "are in the presence of a weakening of the patriarchal structure, as a result of the disappearance of the economic base that sustains it and because of the rise of the new values centered in the recognition of fundamental human rights."


Winter tourism continues to be strong in Yukon, according to at least two of the people offering tours in the territory.
Werner Walcher generally guides small groups of visitors. He provides activities directly to them or helps them arrange activities like dogsled trips with other operators.
He said this is the third straight busy winter for him, and it's become year-round. Summer tourists are followed by the first northern lights watchers in the early fall, with others arriving later for winter activities, said Walcher.
"So there is hardly any time in between the seasons where it's actually really slow," he said.
Walcher said the northern lights aren't the only draw for tourists. Being out in the bush with complete quiet, seeing trillions of stars in the sky and just sitting around a campfire roasting hotdogs are pleasures many people in the world no longer experience, he said.
Even a visit to the Canada Games Centre, Whitehorse's large recreation centre, is an experience, he said.
"They almost get mad because they don't have these facilities where they come from and the cities are way bigger," he said.
Carcross, Yukon, musher Bertrand Bellencourt said he would be busy right now providing dogsled trips, except there is hardly any snow in the area where he lives and there's open water on the lakes and rivers that are normally frozen by now.
"I had to cancel like every other day, people were calling me and I had to cancel tours," he said.
Bellencourt said it appears to be a localized problem. Mushers in other parts of southwest Yukon are able to operate.
He's now hoping for better conditions in February and March when's he almost completely booked up for longer, backcountry dogsled trips.
Bellencourt gets clients from most parts of the world. Australians have been the latest nationality to suddenly discover the Yukon and begin coming in larger numbers, he said.
Hotel room bookings are up this January over January last year, said Rich Thompson, chief executive officer for Northern Vision Development, which owns four hotels in Yukon.
Thompson said 2018 was a record year for hotel room bookings, but they are easing off now.
He said while the hotels are generally booked up during the summer months, there's still capacity in January.
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Johnson & Johnson, which has started its clinical trials for Ebola vaccine, was given $115 million (100 million euro) from Europe's Innovative Medicines Initiative to speed up its development.
The has started its clinical trials earlier this week of its two-injection vaccine, which uses a booster from Denmark's Bavarian Nordic. This will be the third vaccine to enter human testing phase.
J&J had set aside $200 million in October to accelerate its Ebola vaccine program. J&J said it would join other institutes like the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, the University of Oxford and the Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale to form consortia working on different aspects of the vaccine.
Europe's Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), which has granted 100 million euro is a public-private scheme of the European Commission and the pharmaceuticals industry. The IMI has announced two months ago a budget of 280 million euros for Ebola research.
Apart from J&J vaccine, the other two Ebola experimental vaccines are from GlaxoSmithKline and another from NewLink and Merck.
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Sidharth Malhotra and Sonakshi Sinha might not be romantically paired opposite each other in the remake of Yash Chopra's 1969 murder mystery, Ittefaq, but that hasn't dampened our excitement of watching these two actors share screen space for the first time.
The modern-day adaptation has Sidharth stepping into Rajesh Khanna's shoes whereas Sonakshi will be reprising Nanda's role. The latest development that we hear is that the film is scheduled to roll in the first week of February.
A Mumbai Mirror report quoted a source saying, "The script and dates have finally been locked and the film will be shot in a start-to-finish, 60-day schedule in India as well as international locations." Ittefaq was the remake of the British film, Signpost to Murder (1964. It revolved around an artist who is arrested for the murder of his wife whom he had thrown off in a moment of frustrated rage when she distracts him from his painting and stormed out of the house.
While the original film had no songs and most of the action happened in the course of one night, the new version will feature songs and a new climax. Earlier in an interview Sidharth was quoted saying, "The premise will be different although the gist is the same. It is still about one night but we have modified the script. Otherwise, everyone knows what it's all about and there would be no fun. All the characters here are motivated differently." He had also revealed that the run-time of the film will be of shorter duration as they plan to make it in a very thrilling manner.
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Inching closer to an essential global pandemic treaty
By Lawrence O. Gostin, Kevin A. Klock and Sam F. HalabiAug. 3, 2022
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus recently declared monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). The world is now simultaneously fighting three global health emergencies that are currently designated as PHEIC's — Covid-19, monkeypox, and polio — a poignant reminder of the catastrophic threat posed by pathogens.
Just two days earlier, the WHO took a historic first step toward a pandemic treaty to prevent and respond to infectious disease threats. WHO's Intergovernmental Negotiating Body — a dedicated group of the world's governments — agreed to negotiate and draft a legally binding pandemic treaty. This is the most transformative global health call to action since WHO itself was formed as the first specialized United Nations agency in 1948.
After a decade of recurring global health threats — H1N1, MERS, Ebola, Zika, Covid-19, and now monkeypox — the world is finally beginning to understand the magnitude of global health threats and the inadequacy of the current governing pandemic instrument: the International Health Regulations, an instrument of international law that is legally binding on 196 countries. WHO member states have an opportunity to transform a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic crisis into fundamental reform, making genuine commitments to one another, to their citizens, and to the global community.
But as Viroj Tangcharoensathien, the vice chair of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body, warned, "This is a honeymoon period" and "the honeymoon period will finish very quickly."
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While there is currently global consensus that pandemic coordination must be improved in many ways, from countries being able to detect and report disease outbreaks to sharing data and vaccines, there is no alignment on what binding norms governments would be willing to agree to. Will nations give up some measure of individual flexibility and national sovereignty in favor of global collective action? We believe they should.
If broadly adopted, a new pandemic treaty would vastly enhance global coordination and health security. Covid-19 ravaged the planet partly because many governments refused to share information with each other and with the World Health Organization, failed to capably deploy countermeasures to track the progression of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, and tried to elbow to the front of the line for vaccine supply often undermining global sharing mechanisms like COVAX.
These weaknesses can be addressed equitably and justly, but only if countries concur on what should be done and faithfully follow through. In November 2021, Francis S. Collins, then director of the National Institutes of Health, said that "Covid-19 has cast a searing and deeply troubling light on global inequities and the urgent need to strengthen global capacity for biomedical innovation, not only for infectious diseases but for a great many other health concerns. What then should we be planning for the future?"
We offer three answers to that question.
First, planning and negotiations for a pandemic treaty must include not just governments but also key stakeholders including civil society organizations and affected communities. One reason that international law has been perennially weak is that it is perceived to be formed by snobbish elites in metropolitan centers like New York City and Geneva. So far, the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body has proceeded in a reasonably inclusive way, inviting contributions from civil society organizations, professional societies, and even critics. But more meaningful and inclusive participation is needed.
Second, any treaty must be formed with credible commitments and accountability mechanisms. That includes equitable sharing of pathogens, genomic sequencing data, and scientific information, as well as sharing the benefits of public health research. Vaccine exporting countries, for example, often announce their intention to share medical countermeasures, including vaccines, but the Covid-19 pandemic has shown they are often reticent to do so in a crisis. (That same dynamic occurred during the H1N1 pandemic).
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But that could change in the interpandemic period by backing up rhetoric with enforceable legal commitments that protect the procurement deals that vaccine importing countries have made. A treaty could also enhance the capacity of more countries — especially in low- and middle-income countries — to produce diagnostics, therapies, and vaccines, built by a global commitment of funds, expertise, and technology transfer. A treaty could also create and sustain early warning systems for disease outbreaks that report information to neighboring countries and the WHO in real time.
Third, governments could make even deeper commitments to prevent novel outbreaks, which is always better than having to respond to them. It's possible to find agreement on animal and land management, live animal wet markets, and even deforestation that could prevent zoonotic spillovers from animal to human populations. Regulating the use of antibiotics and antivirals in livestock and in humans could reduce the rapid adaptation of microbes to key medicines. Investment in strong and resilient health systems in low- and middle-income countries and nations that are most economically and socially vulnerable would help aid recovery from pandemics in more resilient ways.
The end of the honeymoon period acknowledges that barriers to entry are high. Only two binding treaties formed under the WHO's constitution have been concluded in the organization's nearly 80-year history. The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control — along with the International Health Regulations — was adopted because the world's governments knew they were confronting a closely coordinated industry movement to promote global tobacco consumption and that only a similarly coordinated and evidence-based public health approach had a chance of success.
In the case of infectious diseases, humanity is facing not a closely coordinated movement but pathogens that cannot be negotiated with and cannot be contained inside national borders.
It is possible that the new treaty could take on a framework model along the lines of the Convention on Biological Diversity or the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer. Those accords were "stage-setters" that created forums to build trust and timely negotiate specific obligations.
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Recently, two organizations we are affiliated with — the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University (a WHO Collaborating Center on Global Health Law) and the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health — convened an expert consortium to advise the WHO, its Intergovernmental Negotiating Body, and the public on the implications of legally binding commitments such as monitoring compliance and providing financial support. Several collaborators at the consortium noted that the power of the diversity and ozone conventions was to lay the groundwork for the more substantive Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer and Nagoya Protocol on access to and sharing of genetic resources that came later.
Notably, the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body highlighted that, in pursuing a binding pandemic treaty, it would be "without prejudice to also considering, as work progresses, the suitability" of alternatives along the lines of the International Health Regulations or softer mechanisms. A number of countries that will be essential to any future success, including the United States, appear to prefer this approach and could lower the barriers to entry.
There has been considerable and sustained momentum toward a new pandemic agreement; it has passed several critical gates since WHO Director-General Tedros and 25 heads of government first pushed for one in March 2021. That, in and of itself, is a remarkable accomplishment. And yet, Tangcharoensathien is right: the honeymoon period is over. Nothing has been agreed upon and nothing in these procedural victories has benefited marginalized global citizens. The real work must now begin.
Lawrence O. Gostin is faculty director of the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, a professor at Georgetown University Law Center, and director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Center on Public Health Law and Human Rights. Kevin A. Klock is senior vice president of operations and legal affairs at the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) and a scholar and adjunct professor of law at the O'Neill Institute. Sam F. Halabi is senior associate vice-president for health policy and ethics and professor of public health at Colorado State University School of Public Health. The authors lead the O'Neill Institute and the joint O'Neill/FNIH project on an international instrument for pandemic prevention and preparedness, for which FNIH has provided funding. The World Health Organization is an intellectual non-financial partner to the FNIH-managed GeneConvene Global Collaborative. The views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of the O'Neill Institute or the FNIH.
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