What comes to mind when we consider Britain? Writers and poets through the ages have depicted British ways with tea and scones and cucumber sandwiches. Visions of Wimbledon tennis enjoyed with strawberries and cream, test cricket at Lords, pies and mash, the Union Jack, Buckingham Palace, they all portray stiff upper lip Britain.
Over fifty years ago Bob Dylan wrote, "The Times They are a-changing" and that title fits perfectly into the circumstances we are about to consider.
Sadiq Khan, a Muslim and a member of the British Labour Party was recently elected Mayor of London. His victory raised questions and provoked wild and sometimes wise speculation. How could someone other than a dyed in the wool Brit land the job? A Muslim? How? What is happening in the Old Dart?
The Daily Beast brought the reason home for all: 'London, the United Kingdom, Europe and the wider West have been going through something of an identity crisis." They say the mounting Muslim tide throughout the world is forcing change.
The head-in-the-sand crowd will bury the facts and avoid reality. More astute observers will note other dramatic changes and include population demographics to the study.
Mayor Khan is a member of the British Labour Party where too many headlines this year have had to do with controversial anti-Semitism by leading figures. An article published last May by the Gatestone Institute said: "Two of the Labour Party's senior members were suspended as a result of their anti-Semitic remarks, and there is talk that 50 secret suspensions have been made."
The author of the article Denis MacEoin declared 'the British Labour Party is collapsing." He blamed fierce anti-Semitism as a major cause, but despite that negative climate, Khan won anyway.
The new Mayor has shown no signs of anti-Semitism. His first official function was to attend the Holocaust Memorial where he was seated next to Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, who just a week before, publicly criticized the anti-Semitism within the British Labour Party.
That same world population analysis said: "Of the 7.17 million people living in London at the time of the 2001 census, only 5.23 million had actually been born in the United Kingdom. The remaining two million people were born outside the UK. The most common country of birth for London residents (other than the UK) was India – 172,162 people living in London in 2001 were born there – followed closely by the Republic of Ireland (172,162) people."
Each sector provides its own energy and adds to the cultural diversity of the city. This is true for cities and locations all over the world as we watch vast population numbers spread globally.
Today London embraces Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Jewish, Sikh and Buddhist religions. 15.8 per-cent identify as having no religion.All these variables must learn to live with one another or disaster looms.
With our wide open spaces we may miss the current crisis. The world is facing a population crunch. According to United Nations forecasts the world population will 8.51 billion by 2030. It reached 7.3 billion mid 2015.
The UN report says: "During 2015-2050, half of the world's population growth is expected to be concentrated in nine countries: India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, United Republic of Tanzania, United States of America, Indonesia and Uganda, listed according to the size of their contribution to the total growth."
Their forecast warns Europe will decline: "the populations of 48 countries or areas in the world are expected to decrease between 2015 and 2050. Several countries are expected to see their populations decline by more than 15 per cent by 2050, including Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Serbia, and Ukraine." India is expected to overtake China in population numbers.
The world is changing. People are moving from place to place in search of a better life and brighter prospects.How do we cope with changing times? The pie man on the corner may soon be replaced by a falafel stand.
So it is time to embrace change because it is happening regardless. So how do we cope? Ancient Greek playwright Sophocles explains: "One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love."


The water corridor that defines southeast Michigan sits at the heart of the world's largest freshwater ecosystem, the Great Lakes. Over forty-three trillion gallons of water a year flow through the Detroit River, providing a natural conduit for everything from fish migration to the movement of cargo-bearing one thousand–foot freighters, and a defining sense of place. But in both government policies and individual practices, the freshwater at the heart of the lakes was long neglected and sometimes abused. Today southeast Michigan enjoys an opportunity to learn from that history and put freshwater at the center of a prosperous and sustainable future. Joining this journey downriver in place and time, from Port Huron to Monroe, from the 1600s to the present, provides insight and hope for the region's water-based renaissance.
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As winter sets in and the generous spirit of Christmas seems to transform us, perhaps you are like me and want to do something more than just buy a cup of hot cocoa for that mentally ill woman who hovers near your favorite coffee shop, or sleeps in an alcove near your workplace, isolated and hard to reach because of her disorienting condition. As you hand her a warm cup and a sandwich, and try to say something to connect on a human level, you feel powerless. Can anything be done to ease her burden and address the cruel mental illness or substance addiction that creates tough barriers to getting needed help?
While we have a long way to go, Pierce County has invested in a variety of programs to help the mentally ill and those suffering from behavioral health challenges.
Last fall, the County launched a new mobile crisis intervention unit that seeks out the seriously mentally ill where they live. Recently, I had the chance to ride along with this team. One woman they helped that day was a "familiar face," which is to say she has called 911 literally hundreds of times for non-emergencies and was a high utilizer of first responders' services. The crisis team, from Comprehensive Life Resources, was working hard to cultivate a relationship with her so that she would feel comfortable calling them instead. You would have been impressed with the crisis team's patience and compassion.
The County is also making a major investment in a different kind of crisis care for the seriously mentally ill. When someone is experiencing a crisis, often they need to be taken to a safe place where their condition can be stabilized and mental health care professionals can shape a treatment plan and link them to a long-term provider. The Council appropriated funds in the 2018 budget to help build a 16-bed facility in the Parkland/Spanaway area of Pierce County. Although there is already a similar facility in Fife, it is too far for many first responders. EMT and law enforcement personnel, as well as the mobile crisis team, will take clients to the new crisis facility to get the care they need, which will free up first responders to get back on the road and deal with public safety and medical emergencies.
Mental health services are also a vital component in our criminal justice system. The County is investing in a new program to place trained mental health care professionals, or co-responders, with sheriff's deputies who will respond as a team to 911 calls that involve potential crimes by individuals with a suspected mental illness. The deputies can assess the public safety risk while co-responders determine whether the individual causing the disturbance is suffering from a behavioral health condition. The team can then decide if the individual should be charged or transported to a crisis stabilization facility.
With the help of a nearly $2 million grant to the County from the proceeds of a lawsuit filed against Washington state, new services will be provided in our court system to divert the behaviorally ill charged with non-violent crimes from the judicial system and get the care they need. These services should free up the courts to address criminal cases involving violent offenders and others accused of serious crimes.
In another exciting development, the construction of a new behavioral health care facility at Allenmore Hospital will add up to 120 beds and treat 5,000 patients per year. The facility is a joint venture of Multicare Health System and CHI-Franciscan Health and will have a significant impact on providing care for the mentally ill and those suffering from substance use disorder. The County's funds are helping build the hospital, which is expected to open in 2018. https://www.multicare.org/news/allenmore-making-room-for-behavioral-health-facility/.
This is the time of year we especially want to help the most vulnerable in our community. It's encouraging to know Pierce County is taking new steps to help those who need it most.
Steve O'Ban is Senior Counsel for Behavioral Health.


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// Copyright 2013 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

#include "base/bind.h"
#include "base/run_loop.h"
#include "chrome/browser/apps/platform_apps/app_browsertest_util.h"
#include "chrome/browser/browser_process.h"
#include "chrome/browser/devtools/devtools_window_testing.h"
#include "chrome/browser/extensions/component_loader.h"
#include "chrome/browser/extensions/extension_browsertest.h"
#include "chrome/browser/feedback/feedback_dialog_utils.h"
#include "chrome/browser/feedback/feedback_uploader_chrome.h"
#include "chrome/browser/feedback/feedback_uploader_factory_chrome.h"
#include "chrome/browser/profiles/profile.h"
#include "chrome/browser/ui/browser.h"
#include "chrome/common/extensions/extension_constants.h"
#include "chrome/common/webui_url_constants.h"
#include "chrome/test/base/in_process_browser_test.h"
#include "chrome/test/base/ui_test_utils.h"
#include "content/public/common/content_switches.h"
#include "content/public/test/browser_test.h"
#include "content/public/test/browser_test_utils.h"
#include "content/public/test/test_utils.h"
#include "extensions/browser/api/feedback_private/feedback_private_api.h"
#include "extensions/browser/app_window/app_window.h"
#include "extensions/browser/app_window/app_window_registry.h"
#include "extensions/browser/event_router.h"
#include "extensions/browser/extension_system.h"
#include "extensions/common/api/feedback_private.h"

using extensions::api::feedback_private::FeedbackFlow;

namespace {

void StopMessageLoopCallback() {
  base::RunLoop::QuitCurrentWhenIdleDeprecated();
}

}  // namespace

namespace extensions {

class FeedbackTest : public ExtensionBrowserTest {
 public:
  void SetUp() override {
    extensions::ComponentLoader::EnableBackgroundExtensionsForTesting();
    InProcessBrowserTest::SetUp();
  }

  void SetUpCommandLine(base::CommandLine* command_line) override {
    command_line->AppendSwitch(::switches::kEnableUserMediaScreenCapturing);
  }

 protected:
  bool IsFeedbackAppAvailable() {
    return extensions::EventRouter::Get(browser()->profile())
        ->ExtensionHasEventListener(
            extension_misc::kFeedbackExtensionId,
            extensions::api::feedback_private::OnFeedbackRequested::kEventName);
  }

  void StartFeedbackUI(FeedbackFlow flow,
                       const std::string& extra_diagnostics,
                       bool from_assistant = false,
                       bool include_bluetooth_logs = false) {
    base::Closure callback = base::Bind(&StopMessageLoopCallback);
    extensions::FeedbackPrivateGetStringsFunction::set_test_callback(&callback);
    InvokeFeedbackUI(flow, extra_diagnostics, from_assistant,
                     include_bluetooth_logs);
    content::RunMessageLoop();
    extensions::FeedbackPrivateGetStringsFunction::set_test_callback(NULL);
  }

  void VerifyFeedbackAppLaunch() {
    AppWindow* window =
        PlatformAppBrowserTest::GetFirstAppWindowForBrowser(browser());
    ASSERT_TRUE(window);
    const Extension* feedback_app = window->GetExtension();
    ASSERT_TRUE(feedback_app);
    EXPECT_EQ(feedback_app->id(),
              std::string(extension_misc::kFeedbackExtensionId));
  }

 private:
  void InvokeFeedbackUI(FeedbackFlow flow,
                        const std::string& extra_diagnostics,
                        bool from_assistant,
                        bool include_bluetooth_logs) {
    extensions::FeedbackPrivateAPI* api =
        extensions::FeedbackPrivateAPI::GetFactoryInstance()->Get(
            browser()->profile());
    api->RequestFeedbackForFlow("Test description", "Test placeholder",
                                "Test tag", extra_diagnostics,
                                GURL("http://www.test.com"), flow,
                                from_assistant, include_bluetooth_logs);
  }
};

class TestFeedbackUploaderDelegate
    : public feedback::FeedbackUploaderChrome::Delegate {
 public:
  explicit TestFeedbackUploaderDelegate(base::RunLoop* quit_on_dispatch)
      : quit_on_dispatch_(quit_on_dispatch) {}

  void OnStartDispatchingReport() override { quit_on_dispatch_->Quit(); }

 private:
  base::RunLoop* quit_on_dispatch_;
};

IN_PROC_BROWSER_TEST_F(FeedbackTest, ShowFeedback) {
  WaitForExtensionViewsToLoad();

  ASSERT_TRUE(IsFeedbackAppAvailable());
  StartFeedbackUI(FeedbackFlow::FEEDBACK_FLOW_REGULAR, std::string());
  VerifyFeedbackAppLaunch();
}

IN_PROC_BROWSER_TEST_F(FeedbackTest, ShowLoginFeedback) {
  WaitForExtensionViewsToLoad();

  ASSERT_TRUE(IsFeedbackAppAvailable());
  StartFeedbackUI(FeedbackFlow::FEEDBACK_FLOW_LOGIN, std::string());
  VerifyFeedbackAppLaunch();

  AppWindow* const window =
      PlatformAppBrowserTest::GetFirstAppWindowForBrowser(browser());
  ASSERT_TRUE(window);
  content::WebContents* const content = window->web_contents();

  bool bool_result = false;
  ASSERT_TRUE(content::ExecuteScriptAndExtractBool(
      content,
      "domAutomationController.send("
        "$('page-url').hidden && $('attach-file-container').hidden && "
        "$('attach-file-note').hidden);",
      &bool_result));
  EXPECT_TRUE(bool_result);
}

// Tests that there's an option in the email drop down box with a value
// 'anonymous_user'.
IN_PROC_BROWSER_TEST_F(FeedbackTest, AnonymousUser) {
  WaitForExtensionViewsToLoad();

  ASSERT_TRUE(IsFeedbackAppAvailable());
  StartFeedbackUI(FeedbackFlow::FEEDBACK_FLOW_REGULAR, std::string());
  VerifyFeedbackAppLaunch();

  AppWindow* const window =
      PlatformAppBrowserTest::GetFirstAppWindowForBrowser(browser());
  ASSERT_TRUE(window);
  content::WebContents* const content = window->web_contents();

  bool bool_result = false;
  ASSERT_TRUE(content::ExecuteScriptAndExtractBool(
      content,
      "domAutomationController.send("
      "  ((function() {"
      "      var options = $('user-email-drop-down').options;"
      "      for (var option in options) {"
      "        if (options[option].value == 'anonymous_user')"
      "          return true;"
      "      }"
      "      return false;"
      "    })()));",
      &bool_result));

  EXPECT_TRUE(bool_result);
}

// Ensures that when extra diagnostics are provided with feedback, they are
// injected properly in the system information.
IN_PROC_BROWSER_TEST_F(FeedbackTest, ExtraDiagnostics) {
  WaitForExtensionViewsToLoad();

  ASSERT_TRUE(IsFeedbackAppAvailable());
  StartFeedbackUI(FeedbackFlow::FEEDBACK_FLOW_REGULAR, "Some diagnostics");
  VerifyFeedbackAppLaunch();

  AppWindow* const window =
      PlatformAppBrowserTest::GetFirstAppWindowForBrowser(browser());
  ASSERT_TRUE(window);
  content::WebContents* const content = window->web_contents();

  bool bool_result = false;
  ASSERT_TRUE(content::ExecuteScriptAndExtractBool(
      content,
      "domAutomationController.send("
      "  ((function() {"
      "      var sysInfo = feedbackInfo.systemInformation;"
      "      for (var info in sysInfo) {"
      "        if (sysInfo[info].key == 'EXTRA_DIAGNOSTICS' &&"
      "            sysInfo[info].value == 'Some diagnostics') {"
      "          return true;"
      "        }"
      "      }"
      "      return false;"
      "    })()));",
      &bool_result));

  EXPECT_TRUE(bool_result);
}

// Ensures that when triggered from Assistant with Google account, Assistant
// checkbox are not hidden.
IN_PROC_BROWSER_TEST_F(FeedbackTest, ShowFeedbackFromAssistant) {
  WaitForExtensionViewsToLoad();

  ASSERT_TRUE(IsFeedbackAppAvailable());
  StartFeedbackUI(FeedbackFlow::FEEDBACK_FLOW_GOOGLEINTERNAL, std::string(),
                  /*from_assistant*/ true);
  VerifyFeedbackAppLaunch();

  AppWindow* const window =
      PlatformAppBrowserTest::GetFirstAppWindowForBrowser(browser());
  ASSERT_TRUE(window);
  content::WebContents* const content = window->web_contents();

  bool bool_result = false;
  ASSERT_TRUE(content::ExecuteScriptAndExtractBool(
      content,
      "domAutomationController.send("
      "  ((function() {"
      "      if ($('assistant-checkbox-container') != null &&"
      "          $('assistant-checkbox-container').hidden == true) {"
      "        return false;"
      "      }"
      "      return true;"
      "    })()));",
      &bool_result));
  EXPECT_TRUE(bool_result);
}

#if defined(OS_CHROMEOS)
// Ensures that when triggered from a Google account and a Bluetooth related
// string is entered into the description, that we provide the option for
// uploading Bluetooth logs as well.
IN_PROC_BROWSER_TEST_F(FeedbackTest, ProvideBluetoothLogs) {
  WaitForExtensionViewsToLoad();

  ASSERT_TRUE(IsFeedbackAppAvailable());
  StartFeedbackUI(FeedbackFlow::FEEDBACK_FLOW_GOOGLEINTERNAL, std::string(),
                  /*from_assistant*/ false, /*include_bluetooth_logs*/ true);
  VerifyFeedbackAppLaunch();

  AppWindow* const window =
      PlatformAppBrowserTest::GetFirstAppWindowForBrowser(browser());
  ASSERT_TRUE(window);
  content::WebContents* const content = window->web_contents();

  // It shouldn't be visible until we put the Bluetooth text into the
  // description.
  bool bool_result = false;
  ASSERT_TRUE(content::ExecuteScriptAndExtractBool(
      content,
      "domAutomationController.send("
      "  ((function() {"
      "      if ($('bluetooth-checkbox-container') != null &&"
      "          $('bluetooth-checkbox-container').hidden == true) {"
      "        return true;"
      "      }"
      "      return false;"
      "    })()));",
      &bool_result));
  EXPECT_TRUE(bool_result);
  bool_result = false;
  ASSERT_TRUE(content::ExecuteScriptAndExtractBool(
      content,
      "domAutomationController.send("
      "  ((function() {"
      "      var elem = document.getElementById('description-text');"
      "      elem.value = 'bluetooth';"
      "      elem.dispatchEvent(new Event('input', {}));"
      "      if ($('bluetooth-checkbox-container') != null &&"
      "          $('bluetooth-checkbox-container').hidden == false) {"
      "        return true;"
      "      }"
      "      return false;"
      "    })()));",
      &bool_result));
  EXPECT_TRUE(bool_result);
}
#endif  // if defined(CHROME_OS)

// Disabled due to flake: https://crbug.com/1069870
IN_PROC_BROWSER_TEST_F(FeedbackTest, DISABLED_GetTargetTabUrl) {
  const std::pair<std::string, std::string> test_cases[] = {
      {"https://www.google.com/", "https://www.google.com/"},
      {"about://version/", chrome::kChromeUIVersionURL},
      {chrome::kChromeUIBookmarksURL, chrome::kChromeUIBookmarksURL},
  };

  for (const auto& test_case : test_cases) {
    GURL expected_url = GURL(test_case.second);

    ui_test_utils::NavigateToURL(browser(), GURL(test_case.first));

    // Sanity check that we always have one tab in the browser.
    ASSERT_EQ(browser()->tab_strip_model()->count(), 1);

    ASSERT_EQ(expected_url,
              browser()->tab_strip_model()->GetWebContentsAt(0)->GetURL());

    ASSERT_EQ(expected_url,
              chrome::GetTargetTabUrl(browser()->session_id(), 0));

    // Open a DevTools window.
    DevToolsWindow* devtools_window =
        DevToolsWindowTesting::OpenDevToolsWindowSync(browser(), false);

    // Verify the expected url returned from GetTargetTabUrl against a
    // DevTools window.
    ASSERT_EQ(expected_url, chrome::GetTargetTabUrl(
                                DevToolsWindowTesting::Get(devtools_window)
                                    ->browser()
                                    ->session_id(),
                                0));

    DevToolsWindowTesting::CloseDevToolsWindowSync(devtools_window);
  }
}

IN_PROC_BROWSER_TEST_F(FeedbackTest, SubmissionTest) {
  WaitForExtensionViewsToLoad();

  ASSERT_TRUE(IsFeedbackAppAvailable());
  StartFeedbackUI(FeedbackFlow::FEEDBACK_FLOW_GOOGLEINTERNAL, std::string());
  VerifyFeedbackAppLaunch();

  AppWindow* const window =
      PlatformAppBrowserTest::GetFirstAppWindowForBrowser(browser());
  ASSERT_TRUE(window);
  content::WebContents* const content = window->web_contents();

  // Set a delegate for the uploader which will be invoked when the report
  // normally would have been uploaded. We have it setup to then quit the
  // RunLoop which will then allow us to terminate.
  base::RunLoop run_loop;
  TestFeedbackUploaderDelegate delegate(&run_loop);
  feedback::FeedbackUploaderFactoryChrome::GetInstance()
      ->GetForBrowserContext(browser()->profile())
      ->set_feedback_uploader_delegate(&delegate);

  // Click the send button.
  bool bool_result = false;
  ASSERT_TRUE(content::ExecuteScriptAndExtractBool(
      content,
      "domAutomationController.send("
      "  ((function() {"
      "      if ($('send-report-button') != null) {"
      "        document.getElementById('send-report-button').click();"
      "        return true;"
      "      }"
      "      return false;"
      "    })()));",
      &bool_result));
  EXPECT_TRUE(bool_result);

  // This will DCHECK if the JS private API call doesn't return a value, which
  // is the main case we are concerned about.
  run_loop.Run();
  feedback::FeedbackUploaderFactoryChrome::GetInstance()
      ->GetForBrowserContext(browser()->profile())
      ->set_feedback_uploader_delegate(nullptr);
}

}  // namespace extensions

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Many Afghans haunted by Northern Alliance's past
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, November 12, 2001
Dan Chapman - Staff
Chaman, Pakistan --- Haji Abdul Ghani placed a forefinger in his mouth, and cocked his thumb like a pistol.
"They put the nozzle of the gun in the baby's mouth," said Ghani, an Afghan refugee. "The baby began sucking it like the nipple of his mother's breast. Then they fired."
Ghani, a truck driver, swore his story was true. It happened, he said, three weeks ago in Central Afghanistan. A fighter with the Northern Alliance pulled the trigger, he added.
Beyond its abject horror, the story told by Ghani --- who has no love for the Taliban either --- illustrates the anger and fear many Afghans harbor for the Northern Alliance.
Far from the underdog militia trying to overthrow the despotic Taliban regime, Northern Alliance troops are reviled across much of Afghanistan for their brutality.
They are also despised because they are primarily Uzbeks, Hazaras, Tajiks. Pashtuns comprise the main Afghan ethnic group in a country whose ethnic stew never stops boiling.
Strange bedfellows
The United States is the Northern Alliance's main benefactor, providing materiel, advisers and an intensive bombing campaign aimed at weakening
Taliban resistance
The Northern Alliance has taken advantage of heavy bombardments to advance into the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif, a key military target.
Kabul would be next in Northern Alliance sights. While the United States, at Pakistani insistence, suggests that the Northern Alliance won't be allowed to single-handedly run Afghanistan, refugees and others remain wary of any leadership role for the mujahedeen.
"We have lived under them before and they were not good rulers," said Sayed Noor, an Afghan farmer who arrived last week at Killi Faizo refugee camp along Pakistan's border. "They cannot rule Afghanistan again because we had such bitter experiences with them. They are vicious."
Many of the mujahedeen, or holy warriors, now fighting for the Northern Alliance are war veterans who served in the decadelong battle against the Soviets. Northern Alliance commanders also filled key government positions after the Soviets withdrew in 1989.
General Abdul Rashid Dostum was --- and is again today --- a top mujahedeen leader. The Uzbek warlord's mutiny in 1992 led directly to the downfall and execution of Najibullah, the last Communist ruler. It also ensured the mujahedeen would roll into Kabul.
Michael Griffin, in his book "Reaping The Whirlwind: The Taliban Movement in Afghanistan," labeled Dostum "a backwater Saddam Hussein . . . ruthless . . . cunning."
Return from exile
Although included in a succession of Afghan governments, Dostum never garnered the power he so coveted. Ethnic hatred between Uzbeks, Hazaras, Tajiks and the majority Pashtun also scuttled any chance at real peace.
In January 1994, Dostum's 20,000-man strong militia laid siege to Kabul. Two months of back-and-forth rocket and artillery fire led to the deaths of 4,000 Kabul residents and the exodus of 200,000 more.
Of Dostum's troops, Griffin wrote: "These Uzbek fighters inspired even greater fear among civilians who named them galamjam --- or carpet-thieves --- a term that Afghans diversified to embrace anyone with bad intentions."
Dostum eventually retreated to Mazar-e-Sharif, until losses to the Taliban pushed him over the border and eventually into exile in Turkey. But Dostum returned this year to lead one of the main Northern Alliance factions.
"Listen to me carefully," warned Haji Abdul Ghani. "Those opposed to the Northern Alliance are not on the side of the Taliban or al-Qaida. We just want our children's survival, our women's survival. If the Northern Alliance comes, we will all be killed."
Ghani and other Afghans also fear a return to lawlessness. When the mujahedeen ran Afghanistan from 1992 to 1996, life was cheap. Rape was common. Truckers like Ghani paid tolls to bandits on virtually every roadway.
The horror of the past
The Taliban's Pashtun rulers restored order to Afghanistan, albeit a harsh and twisted Islamic version of order. A Northern Alliance victory, even with the United States looking over its shoulder, scares many Afghans.
"The Americans can't save us from the Northern Alliance," said Noor, 25, the farmer. "I'm from northern Afghanistan and I've seen Dostum rule. His brand of justice [favored] the people of his tribe and everyone else was neglected, beaten or killed before the Taliban came."
Noor threw a pebble he was fingering into the sand.
"I have no doubt it will be no different if the Northern Alliance comes to power again."
From: http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/epaper/editions/monday/news_b3fefda0146460fb0033.html
Crimes of the "Northern Alliance" Seen Through the Eyes of a Grieving Mother
What will the Northern Alliance do in our name now? I dread to think...
No surprise at rumours of new atrocities by our 'foot-soldiers'
Fall of Kabul Could Lead to a Bloodbath, Officials Warn
Hundreds of Pakistanis believed massacred
UN Reports Mazar-e-Sharif Executions
Kabul residents fear northern alliance, worry for their safety Kabul
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How Often Are We Subjected to Subliminal Messaging
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We are subjected to more subliminal messaging than most people think. Subliminal messaging works by using hidden messages in ads to sway people to buy certain products or think in certain way. It is generally considered to be a deceptive practice, but continues to happen daily.
One example of how this is used is by the types of music that is played in stores. For instance, a recent study shown that when French music was played in the grocery store, 80% of wine shoppers chose a French wine. Only 2% of customers stated that the music affected their choice of wine. Other studies have shown that classical music inclines shoppers to buy more expensive wine. Classical music played in restaurants has also proven to make diner's spend more money.
Music also affects how employees work. Certain types of music stimulate the senses, and is relaxing. Some also claim that music with many references to drugs or alcohol increases use in teens.
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Credit: http://www.11points.com/Food-Drink/11_Hidden_Messages_In_Food_Ads_and_LogosCommercial advertising is also found to contain subliminal messages. Several experiments were performed in the 1950's. The British broadcasting corporation projected subliminal images on television, and the test was followed by Canada, Mexico, Bangor, and the United States. This works by flashing something so quickly, that our minds subconsciously pick it up. One major message sent today is sex, because that's what sells. It is found in many commercials, that unless paused at the right second you would not knowingly realize it was even in the commercial. The skittles ad above discreetly spells out the word 'sex', by using a red skittle in front of the word 'explosion'. The Burger King ad to the left is subtly sexual in nature. So were these two examples purposely designed to appeal in that way? I don't know, but it sure looks that way. But by simply glancing at each ad quickly for a second, consumers would probably not consciously even pick up the hint.
According to some, subliminal messaging is just a hoax started by James Vicary, a marketing consultant, in the 1950's. He believed that by flashing 'drink coca-cola' or 'eat popcorn' in a movie theater, people would be more likely to buy coke and popcorn while watching the movie. Twenty years later he admitted that he faked the experiment to promote his marketing firm, but the public didn't buy it and still believe to this day in subliminal messaging.
In 2006, New Scientist magazine published an article about how subliminal messaging may truly work. It was based on one study performed to try to get consumers to drink Lipton Ice Tea. However, the study shown it only worked in cases where the consumer was already very thirsty.
Flashed images can influence a person, but no one is sure of how much of an impact it actually has in making the person go out and purchase the product. Several studies and research have been done to try to prove or disprove the effect, but have mostly been inconclusive because for each study showing it works there is one to disprove it. This is one reason why people still believe that it works.
British researchers who support the fact that subliminal messaging works mostly agree that it was more effective when negative images or words were displayed. Supposedly this is not allowed to be used on television in the UK, even though most researchers do not believe it is strong enough to send someone on a shopping spree.
Others believe subliminal messages are even used in radio on the airwaves. Commercials promoting fast food restaurants will have background noises such as the sound of someone pouring a drink, or hearing the person say 'ah' insinuating the taste was so good. As with music and television, ads are used on the radio to promote products in an effort to get the consumer to buy them.
Conspiracy theories are also an example of believed subliminal messaging. One example is an ad by former president George W. Bush, in a commercial for prescription drugs and the elderly. When the phrase 'bureaucrats decide' begins to fade into the screen, letters forming the word 'rats' is briefly shown before the whole phrase appears. When asked about the word, Bush denied and intentional manipulation of the words. Others questioned this, stating it was a cheap way to manipulate the screen and that the only way it could have happened was deliberately.
Another popular theory is the use of sexual suggestions used in Walt Disney films and shows, including movies such as 'The Lion King', 'The Little Mermaid', 'Aladdin', and 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit'. In the 'Lion King' movie, it was believed that in one scene the clouds spelled out "s-e-x". Tom Sito, a writer of the film, claimed that the letters were intended to spell SFX, in regards to special effects. Disney also denies other allegations to images in other movies.
Self help tapes are also available, which are filled with subliminal messaging for consumers who want to get motivated, lose weight, quit smoking, etc. In this manner I suppose it could be helpful or beneficial to a person, because they are purposely and knowingly trying to change something about themselves.
Some believe that after WWII, the United States wanted soldiers who were more likely to kill without remorse, because there had been several reports of soldiers shooting to miss or having issues dealing with killing the enemy. One remedy that was used was to subject soldiers to violence on television, in an attempt to make them not as sensitive to killing and death.
It is also believed that watching television creates a type of hypnotic state for the viewer, and susceptible to suggestions. Studies have also shown that the the body releases endorphins while watching television, which feels good and can actually cause an addiction like reaction when a anticipated show does not come on the air. Studies have also shown that your brain is a lot more active when sleeping than when watching tv. Researchers believe television is the perfect way to program the mind, because you have no control over what is being put into your mind and the mind is constantly exposed to it on a daily basis. Even though we know most things on television aren't real, our body doesn't always perceive that it is fake. That's why you get scared in horror movies, or your heart starts beating faster. If this is the case, I can certainly see how one could easily be manipulated with subliminal messaging while watching television. Studies show one way to reverse subliminal messaging is to watch less television and to spend more time reading. Reading stimulates the brain and is very beneficial.
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Wow! This was very interesting. I didn't notice the Skittles subliminal message until you pointed it out - which makes the point. I wonder what other products contain these subtle messages. Good job, ksilvers!
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A: If you simply want to compare a file over different commits, do:
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where <hash> is the hash of the commit you want to compare. (use git log to list commits and see their hash)

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If you want to go back to another commit in the history, you can use git log to list the commits, chose the one you want, copy the hash and then
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Characteristics of False Teachers
Back in 1989 Brother Mike Willis wrote an excellent piece on false teachers. I have reprinted for you to read.
By Mike Willis
The book of 2 Peter was written because of Peter's concern about the influence of false teachers. Consequently, he described the characteristics of false teachers so that God's people could recognize them. Those characteristics are not limited to one group of men of one period of time; they are the characteristics of false teachers of all time.
Not every false,. teacher will manifest every characteristic revealed by Peter. We would err to conclude that a man is not a false teacher if he manifests only 7 out of 10 characteristics. Nevertheless the attributes of false teachers are uniform to such an extent that these traits appear over and over. Let us study these characteristics:
1. They bring in their doctrine privately. "There shall be false teachers among you, who privily bring in damnable heresies" (2:1). False teachers do not operate above board. Rather, they work in secret, from house to house. What they preach from the pulpit is ambiguous and tenuous. When, someone asks them specific questions about what they are preaching, they cry, "You misunderstood me."(1) In the meantime, these men work secretly among the members, spreading their damnable heresy. After enough members have been "converted" to his false doctrines' the false teacher will take over the church.
2. They bring in damnable heresies. "There shall be false teachers among you, who privily bring in damnable heresies" (2:1). The false teacher does not merely bring in poor judgment; he brings teaching which, when obeyed ' brings a person into damnation because it causes a man to sin or leads to a rejection of biblical doctrine. "These heresies destroy the soul; they bring ruin both to those who are led astray and to the false teachers themselves."(2) These are not the differences in judgment of Romans 14 which should be tolerated because God receives the ones teaching and practicing the items under discussion (Rom. 14:1-3). These are doctrines which destroy the soul, leading to eternal damnation.
3. Their doctrines appeal to the flesh. "And many shall follow their pernicious (aselgeia: lascivious; NASB renders it "sensuality") ways" (2:2). They "walk after the flesh" (2: 10), have "eyes full of adultery" (2:14), and "allure through the lusts of the flesh" (2:18). Peter reminds us that false doctrine has an appeal to the flesh.
False teachers are still spreading their doctrines which appeal to the flesh today. They preach a doctrine which allows mixed swimming, social drinking, gambling, divorce and remarriage for any reason, church sponsored recreation, etc. They "tickle the ears" of the worldly church members, preaching a message which they want to hear.
4. They are covetous. "And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you" (2:3). "An heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: which have forsaken the right Way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam. the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness." (2:14-15). The false teachers accommodate their message to the audience – preaching what the audience wants to hear rather than what they need to hear. Because of their love for wealth, they preach a non-offensive message.
As I have witnessed apostasy occur for twenty years, I have noticed that the false teachers are attracted to the larger churches where the salaries are greater. False teachers do not hunt for small churches of 20-30 members to live on menial wages. This is not to imply that every preacher for a larger church is covetous or a false teacher; that simply is not true.
5. False teachers despise authority. Peter said that false teachers "despise government." The word "government" is kuriotetos, "here it seems to stand for all forms of authority."(3) They manifest a disrespect for authority and those in positions of authority (such as elders).
6. False teachers are arrogant. "Presumptuous are they, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities. Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord. But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed speak evil of the things that they understand not" (2:10-12). False teachers manifest an arrogant spirit. They know more about how to preach than any who have gone before them, even when they have had less than five years of experience. They show no respect for the men who have served the Lord's cause before them, not hesitating to speak disparagingly of them.
They constantly challenge the "traditional" manner of doing things.(4) Such challenging of tradition is born of arrogance, a disposition that says, "I know better how to do things than all of the wise men who have gone before me." The false teachers who kick against the boundaries of authorized traditional practices usually go beyond tradition to kick against the boundaries of inspired law.
7. False teachers are self-willed (2:10). A man cannot serve as an elder if he is self-willed (Tit. 1:7). A self-willed man is a man bent on having his own way. False teachers will destroy a church in pursuit of their own way. I have known men who disrupted churches, running off brethren, over matters which they themselves label as "judgment" (such as whether or not the name "church of Christ" should be placed on a sign in the front of the church building).
8. False teachers use rash (2:10) and flattering speech(2:18). They "speak evil of things they understand not" (2:10) and use "great swelling words of vanity" (2:18). They flatter brethren for a purpose – to promote themselves.
9. They promise liberty. "While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brougahh in bondage" (2:19). False teachers have always operated under the banner of freedom and liberty. The abortion leaders call themselves "pro-choice"; the homosexuals promote "gay liberation"; those who are redefining the role of women describe their movement as the "women's liberation movement. "
What is true with these more conspicuous examples of "promising liberty" is also true of the more subtle forms of false teaching. They want to "free" God's people from "Church of Christ tradition" and brotherhood watchdogs who are "guardians of the party." While promising their followers liberty, these false teachers lead brethren into damnable heresy, into subjection to the devil.
The Condition of These False Teachers
Peter described these false teachers in these terms: (a) they deny the Lord that bought them (2:1); (b) they are under judgment of God (2:3); (c) they shall perish (2:12); (d) they are cursed children (2:14); (e) the mist of darkness is reserved for them (2:17); (f) they are in worse condition than the alien sinner (2:20-22). Hence, these false teachers are lost, doomed to everlasting hell.
The Threat to Souls
The danger which these false teachers posed was not confined to themselves. They also posed a danger to others. Peter was concerned that "many follow after" (2:2) their damnable heresies. He knew that false teachers "beguile unstable souls" (2:14) and "allure through the lusts of the flesh" (2:18). He was concerned, not only for the souls of the false teachers, but also for those who might be influenced by them.
The reason an epistle such as 2 Peter had to be written was the danger these false teachers posed to other Christians. Good, honest and sincere Christians can be deceived and led into damnation.
Those who think that all of the false teachers died in the first century are mistaken. Those who think that false teachers are no danger to their local congregation are naive. We need to be aware that false teachers are still busy spreading their damnable heresies which lead men into eternal damnation. May we never forget the danger they pose to the church.
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Although, you have several options these days on the internet and you can easily choose between them, and take up the one that meets your requirements. But, as there is always a leading brand in every race and in quite a similar way here, we have four of the best-known platforms in the race of enterprise e-commerce providers. So, let us consider each one of them and then decide that which one is the best e-commerce provider.
Shopify is one of the most popular e-commerce platforms that are available for online businesses. It is a multi-channel sales platform made for all the e-commerce customers. Shopify, makes selling products in many places simple as selling in one, it offers about 12 free templates.
One important feature of this platform is the point-of-sales application which allows you to sell both online and in physical locations if you have an iPad. This kit includes a bar code scanner, a card reader, receipt printer, and cash drawer. This strikingly amazing feature allows you to sell anywhere while it automatically syncs your inventory and stocks.
The Content management functionality provided by shopify supports over 50 payment gateways.
Secure shopping cart Mailchimp integration feature allows you to sell on bigger platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.
Abandoned cart functionality, is designed in order to remind people about their abandoned carts through email.
Its point-of-sale feature makes it an outstanding e-commerce providers.
It has a lot of third-party integration which allows you to extend its functionality.
It has a 24/7 customer service support through email, live chat, and phone.
With the increase in the sales numbers, transaction fees become more and more in amount. Shopify credit card fees ranges somewhere between 2.2% – 2.9% along with an additional 30 cents per transaction. With the feature of no transaction fees, Shopify allows you to see all of your sales dollars.
A number of times your e-commerce business sees a bunch of success, you don't always have the time or resources to solve all of problems related to that. That's where account management comes into play. Shopify users get an account manager that helps the users to find the right solutions for your store.
It also provides you with a project manager to assist you, in order to build the right network of integrations that can connect all aspects of your business. All of this comes with priority technical support from Shopify to assist with the issues that seem difficult for you to handle.
The checkout processes present in the normal Shopify platform lacks branding, website navigation, and it may also discourage shoppers from purchasing. But, when it comes to the Shopify platform, shoppers will remain on the same domain whenever they are checking out, which provides a better shopping experience. People now can be totally confident while purchasing.
Shopify offers you a speedy and very reliable hosting and in turn your site can handle up to 500k hits per minute. Your website will also have an approximate 99.97% up time so that you can be sure that your site will be available whenever your customers need to make a purchase. All of this is packed into the monthly price for about some cost of normal IT infrastructure expenses.
The advanced API's provided by the shopify platform allows you to accomplish accounting, and multi-channel software within your store so that you have all the aspects of your business working in a certain kind of unit. You can also have access to top rated Shopify applications like Justuno to help you with your conversion optimization needs.
Wix boasts of about more than 500 different website templates and a wide range of interactive tools. Wix is preferred mainly by the restaurant sites, artist portfolios, and small businesses who have a goal of engaging their users and encouraging them to go through various pages.
Wix also supports its users with a wide range of financial management site analytics, traffic generation, and communication tools.
The site also provides video tutorials for its users so that, they can completely utilize all of its features and tools present on the website. Although, wix is free but it provides you a limited access to most of its essential features. So, if you prefer premium packages, then Wix pricing starts at $4.08/month for the most basic plan while the most expensive is at $16.17/month.
It is mainly optimized for mobile use.
It possesses the Drag and drop builder Free hosting.
It has more than 40 galleries and beautiful stock images.
It Accepts payments with no commission at all.
It has an amazingly striking feature of worldwide shipping.
It provides a free web hosting and account option which allows you to create beautiful websites.
It also comes along with the video tutorials to help you with the setup.
Its Web App Market easily integrates with a number of popular web services, which allows you to utilize live support, reservation tools, newsletters, and many more.
Wiz also possess a disadvantage and that is that you cannot view site stats unless you pay and add Google Analytics. It only shows two product attributes – size and color.
WooCommerce is a free Word Press shopping cart plugin. You can integrate it to any Word Press theme of your choice. WooCommerce is absolutely free to download and install, without any monthly fees. It is fully loaded with thousands of extensions, themes, and plugins, each of which possess different options.
WooCommerce is mainly built for those who already have an existing Word Press website and wants their e-commerce business to take up speed within a short span of time. It also helps those who are planning to create a website using Word Press.
It comes with a few of pre-installed payment gateways which include cash on delivery, direct bank transfer, credit card payments, and cheque payment.
It has the feature of built – in geo – location support and automatic taxes.
It has different product variables and inventory management to offer to its customers.
It has shipping calculations and multiple shipping methods.
It possesses this fascinating one-click refund which offers pain-free refunds to customers.
It provides you with more than 300 free and paid extensions to choose from which gives you a variety of options.
It has a built-in coupon, up-selling, cross-selling, and sales pricing feature.
It is 100% free to download and install.
Its main disadvantage is that, as it is a Word Press plugin, it is limited to the Word Press platform. And It does not have the drag and drop builder and that is why you have to do everything manually.
As the name suggests, BigCommerce is an ideal site for the grander companies which is because of its viable and powerful interface which allows the customers to handle their online store with efficiency and effectiveness. The two of the most important features of bigCommerce which are worth mentioning here are its form fields and the app store. The platform has made its form fields quite easy to use and pain-free as compared to the others and has expanded the app store to its core functionality. Check BigCommerce Review here.
Well, in terms of pricing, BigCommerce is on the expensive side with its standard plan at $29.95. Their Plus and Pro plans are priced at $79.95 and $199.95 respectively.
It is found to be more mobile and SEO friendly.
It comes loaded with many Built-in marketing tools, such as Google Shopping integration.
It has a Multi-level security and DDOS defense.
The cloud platform provided by it enables you to maximize your ROI.
It is Integrated with a number of big range of marketing, accounting, and inventory management systems.
It allows hookup of your own domain name.
It has a very helpful customer care service available which helps the customers through email, live chat, and phone.
It has very straight forward template saving feature that ends all of your complexities and confusions.
It comes with free hosting and loads of free and premium themes.
Its main disadvantage is that It is quite expensive and the user interface that it possesses looks disorganized and unpolished at times.
So, in the above-mentioned article, we discussed about pros, cons and the remarkable features of four of the e-commerce providers namely Shopify, Wix, WooCommerce and BigCommerce.
All of these mentioned e-commerce providers are better in one or the other way, but Shopify seems to be ruling over the other three e-commerce providers. It possesses remarkably amazing features that distinguishes it from all of the other sites. And on the basis of the above-mentioned discussion, we conclude that Shopify is the best of all.
Informative analysis of these top e-commerce websites, indeed. As I know, to start a online business there is a lot of options as you have suggested here the wix, shopify, woocommerce and bigcommerce. But which is the best, will be easy to choose by reading here their important features and functionality for a good e-commerce website. I like the easy steps of Wix to start a wonderful e-commerce website but the shopify is also a best platform keeping in mind e-commerce customers and I can say that Shopify is best.
I didn't know about the Bigcommerce but glad to know the importance of it reading here in your post. It also includes some useful features which are best for creating a beautiful e-commerce website. I really enjoyed reading this post and thanks for sharing such great analysis and information on these top platform for making a magnificent e-commerce website.
My friend is using WooCommerce for his e-commerce site and he is big fan of that plugin. .


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Q: Naming of clusters and labelling in TramineR I am trying to do clustering of the following sequences. Unfortunately when I plot the clustering I am not able to find a way to label the states.
For example instead of A, B, C,D, I want to label them as "Leopards", "Snakes", "Elephants", "Pandas" and I want to name the cluster 1, 2, 3 to "Group 1",  "Group 2", "Group 3". Any suggestions on how to achieve this?
 library(TraMineR)
 A<- c( 'A-A-A-A', 'A-B-C-D-A-A', 'A-B-D-A', 'A-B-C-D', 'A-B-A-A', 'A-A-A-A')
 B <- as.data.frame(A)
 actcal.seq <- seqdef(B)

 clust4 <- cutree(wardCluster, k = 3)
 seqdplot(actal.seq, group = clust4, border = NA)

A: State labels are set with the labels argument of seqdef.
To get cluster labels, define a factor from your clust4 variable.
I cannot show you because your code is not a working example.


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Dusan Borkovic has very quickly become one of the most iconic drivers in touring cars. His driving style is very aggressive, but he is also a very open person, talking to him is easy for fans and journalists alike. We spent some time with him and we first asked him why he likes racing.


Lil Nas X's improbable leap to superstardom was riddled with unexpected turns along the way. In the process of garnering top honors on Billboard's country chart on a technicality, then losing that distinction over another bogan technicality, Lil Nas X could have easily folded and set up shop on hip-hop's Klondike Trail, but he persisted anyway.
While a social media regarding "Old Town Road" preached the need for socio-cultural change (lol, yes), Lil Nas X kept with his steady incline on the other more generalized Billboard charts. Best of all, Nas X, a signed artist at this point, kept the Billy Ray Cyrus ace card out of view until he was ready to go live with it.
Sure, Billy Ray crushes the remix, arguably even steals the show, (no Miley that's not how ownership privileges works). But the real treat here is the manner in which Lil Nas retook the ground he'd lost when the bureaucrats started yapping for reforms. Besides the fact the "Old Town Road" remix is a masterclass troll, it's legitimately more "country" than anything else in the current Top 10.
But who am I to blow against the wind… such a prognosis is outside of my realm of expertise. What I do know however is that "Old Town Road" is about to smash the single-week streaming record garnered by Drake for "God's Plan." The record stands at 127,000 spins. As of Friday, Lil Nas X's remix + original were sitting at 125k collectively. You do the math.


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How Ohio's colleges are supporting students' mental health – Crain's Cleveland Business
The national conversation on mental health continues. The culture of support offered at colleges is shifting, too.
"It's not just the counseling area anymore," said Timeka Rashid, Baldwin Wallace University's vice president for student affairs.
The climate and resources surrounding mental health vary among campuses. Many, though, now offer things like workshops, group sessions and mindfulness experiences, in addition to counseling sessions with licensed professionals.
During Rashid's two decades working at colleges across Ohio, she noticed that institutions' awareness of and reliance on data on this front have grown. For example, a college may assess itself and find there are only three counselors available for 6,500 residential students. That's a disproportionate ratio.
"The data assessment has changed the narrative," she said. "It's forced us to tell a story. Stories that you can't ignore."
Another data point? A string of national surveys found college presidents repeatedly report students' mental health as their top concern. More campuses are expanding mental health support and services as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.
Higher ed job boards list openings for counselors, as well as "wellness directors" and "student wellness advocates." The State University of New York recently announced plans to put $24 million toward staff and resources.
Here in Ohio, public and private colleges got $13.5 million in total relief funding from the state specifically for those efforts. Schools have until the end of this upcoming academic year to spend it.
Case Western Reserve University delegated part of its funding toward the work of the campus' multicultural specialist psychologist. The University of Mount Union used some of its share to add more master's-level counseling interns and offered science-based sound therapy experiences. Youngstown State University upped staff, too.
The investments are continuing. Baldwin Wallace is beginning The JED Foundation (JED)'s Campus Fundamentals program. It's funded by both institutional money and a scholarship from Morgan Stanley. CWRU will keep supporting an app called TimelyMD that provides around-the-clock virtual mental health support.
Yet at Cleveland State University, a request for proposals to potentially outsource the campus' counseling center earlier this year received pushback from community members, according to the student news publication The Cauldron.
"We withdrew the RFP this spring so our team could focus all of its efforts on responding to the pandemic," a university spokesman told Crain's. "There are no immediate plans to issue a new RFP."
Fatemah Abed goes to school there. The new semester will mark the third that's been impacted by the pandemic for the 19-year-old.
She graduated high school in 2020. The fall brought a CSU semester that was mainly online. Year two begins as the Delta variant threatens to upend what was going to be a return to a more traditional college experience.
"I feel like it's just all new to me," she said. "I feel like a freshman and a sophomore."
It seemed like a lot of professors, she said, assigned more work in an attempt to compensate for not being in-person. Email reminders would occasionally float into her inbox from the university: Hey, take a break! Go outside! Get a snack!
But there didn't seem to be time for any of that. She felt burnt out.
"We would finish one homework assignment, and it's time to study for a quiz, [then] there's another quiz the next day," she said.
Students at Ohio State University reported a 31% increase in burnout from August 2020 to April 2021, bringing the rate to 71% in the spring. Anxiety and depression also rose during that time frame, per a survey released last month.
Two-thirds of students who are no longer in college leave due to a mental health issue, according to OSU's chief wellness officer Bernadette Melnyk. Institutions across the country saw huge enrollment drops last fall.
"We would not send divers into a deep ocean without an oxygen tank," Melynk said in a release. "How can we send our students throughout life without giving them the resiliency, cognitive-behavioral skills and coping mechanisms that we know are protective against mental health disorders and chronic disease?"
John Dunkle with JED calls this time a "Gordian knot" for higher education administrators. There's the pandemic, its disproportionate impact on people of color, the country's reckoning on race, mental health concerns. It's all intertwined.
"If you address one, you have to address all levels," he said. "It's really important to campuses, especially as classes resume in the fall, to really start to learn about and strategically think about trauma."
Cuyahoga Community College uses a trauma-informed approach, according to assistant dean of counseling Kate Vodicka. What's happening in students' lives outside of the classroom can impact what happens in it.
Last year brought an increase of anxiety and depression. Her team noted something else when talking with students, too.
"Grief is what the counselors keep reporting back to me," she said. "They're like, 'We have to do more on that idea of loss and people grieving just their sense of normal.' "
Yet students may have a hesitancy to seek help. It can be due to stigma or previous experiences with the system. Going to see a counselor may seem formal or scary, she said. The campus did recently add more part-time counselors, roles Vodicka said were hard to fill because the demand for mental health professionals is so high right now.
Tri-C works to meet students where they are, including when they hosted group conversations after the murder of George Floyd last year. Vodicka said those opened the door for more dialogue on mental health and wellness. But she knows they're still missing connecting with everyone who needs help.
"The students that we are coming across, that are reaching out to us, being involved in these discussions, have really needed that support," Vodicka said.
The connections David Hughley III has made during his time at Youngstown State, including through YSU's Black Student Union, are vital. A mentor assigned through a business college program gives him a boost, too.
"Having a sort-of guardian angel in your corner really helps," the 19-year-old said.
Mental health comes up in talks with his friends, including discussing the importance of Olympian Simone Biles' recent moves to prioritize her mental health. He has a few plans for prioritizing his own mental well-being this semester. The list includes naps and walks.
"Just do something that really helps you, makes you feel better, and makes you feel like you can breathe," Hughley said.
New COVID-19 cases surpass July's total in the West Piedmont Health District – Greensboro News & Record
The US health care system 'is breaking,' expert says as Covid-19 hospitalizations for people in their 30s hit new high – CNN


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By Ian Hardy Canadian Startup News, Launches September 16, 2015
Thomson Reuters to open Waterloo data and innovation lab at Communitech
Innovation is hot and it's about to get hotter in the Waterloo Region. Thomson Reuters, who dubs itself as being "the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals," has announced it will launch a data and innovation lab in Waterloo called Thomson Reuters Labs.
The official opening will happen at Techtoberfest this year, which runs from October 13th-14th in Waterloo. Thomson Reuters Labs will have presence at Communitech and has two objectives:
1. Innovation: Innovation will come through applied research and experimentation on Thomson Reuters vast and unique data sets, helping to produce solutions for Thomson Reuters customers.
2. Partnership: Collaboration with academics, students and startups to put new technologies into practice, and meeting the business challenges faced by Thomson Reuters customers.
Jim Smith, Chief Executive Officer, Thomson Reuters, said, "Thomson Reuters Labs will be an engine of innovation for our company, bringing together our unrivalled information assets and industry expertise with experts who can help make those assets increasingly actionable for our customers. We are delighted to partner with the Waterloo community, leveraging our heritage as one of Canada's leading companies in the preeminent hub of Canadian innovation."
Iain Klugman, President and CEO of Communitech, stated, "Thomson Reuters Labs will give Waterloo Region startups a chance to partner with one of the leading sources of professional information in the world. It will also provide Thomson Reuters new insights into how these data sets can be used in rapidly changing markets."
Thomson Reuters will also be partnering with the University of Waterloo to create opportunities for research, student innovation and startup projects, entrepreneurial contests and mentoring.
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Q: Canvas 2D maze torch effect I am working on a school project that includes these conditions:

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*Make maze with using only JS, HTML5 and CSS.

*Make a torch effect around the character. You cannot light through walls.

I started making this game with the use of canvas.
I have succeeded to make a torch effect around the character as shown here:
http://people.inf.elte.hu/tunyooo/web2/HTML5-Maze.html
However, I cannot make it NOT to light through walls.
I am fairly sure I should do something like this:
Start a loop in all directions from the current position of the character up until it reaches the view distance OR if the context.getImageData() returns [0,0,0,255]. This way, I could get the character's distance from northern, eastern, western and southern walls.
Then, I could light the maze around the character with a (viewdistance-DistanceFrom*Wall) rectangle.
Unfortunately though, after 15 hours of thinking about this I am running out of ideas how to make this work.
Any tips are appreciated.

A: Make your maze hallways into clipping paths.
Your torch effects will be contained within the clipping paths.
[ Addition to answer based on questioner's comments ]
To create a clipping path from your existing maze image:
Open up your maze image in a Paint program.  The mouse cursors X/Y position are usually displayed as you move over the maze image.
Record the top-left and bottom-right of each maze hallway in an array.
var hallways=[];

hallways.push({left:100, y:50, right: 150, bottom: 65});  // for each hallway

Listen for mouse events and determine which hallway the mouse is in.
// hallwayIndex is the index of the hallway the mouse is inside

var hallwayIndex=-1;

// x=mouse's x coordinate, y=mouse's y coordinate

for(var i=0;i<hallways;i++){

    var hall=hallways[i];

    if(x>=hall.left &&
       x<=hall.right &&
       y>=hall.top &&
       y<=hall.bottom)
       { hallwayIndex=i; }
}

Redraw the maze on the canvas
Create a clipping path for the current hallway:
var width=hall.right-hall.left;
var height=hall.bottom-hall.top;

ctx.beginPath();
ctx.Rect(hall.left,hall.top,width,height);
ctx.clip();

Draw the player+torch into the hallway (the torch will not glow thru the walls).

A: A simpler way of doing this is (ps: I get a "forbidden" error on the link provided so i cannot see what you did):

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*Have a matte version of the maze, a transparent and white image where white represent allowed drawing areas. This matte image should match the maze image in size and placement.

*Create an off-screen canvas the size of the torch image

*When you need to draw the torch first draw the matte image into the off-screen canvas. Draw it offset so the correct part of the matte is drawn. For example: if the torch will be drawn at position 100, 100 on the maze then draw the matte into the off-screen canvas at -100,-100 -  or simply create the canvas the same size as the maze and draw in the matte at 0,0 and the torch at the relative position. More memory is used but simpler to maintain.

*Change composite mode to source-in and then draw the torch. Change composite mode back to copy for the next draw.

Now your torch is clipped to fit within the wall. Now simply draw the off-screen canvas to your main canvas instead of the torch.
Note: it's important that the torch is made such as it cannot reach the other side of the wall (diameter size) or it will instead shine "under" the maze walls - this can be solved other ways though by using matte for different zones which is chosen depending on player position (not shown here).
To move in the demo below just move the mouse over the canvas area.
Live demo

function mousemoved(e) {

    var rect = canvas.getBoundingClientRect(),   // adjust mouse pos.:
        x = e.clientX - rect.left - iTorch.width * 0.5, // center of torch
        y = e.clientY - rect.top - iTorch.height * 0.5;

    octx.drawImage(iMatte, 0, 0);                // draw matte to off-screen
    octx.globalCompositeOperation = 'source-in'; // change comp mode
    octx.drawImage(iTorch, x, y);                // clip torch
    octx.globalCompositeOperation = 'copy';      // change comp mode for next

    ctx.drawImage(iMaze, 0, 0);                  // redraw maze
    ctx.drawImage(ocanvas, 0, 0);                // draw clipped torch on top
}

In the demo the torch is of more or less random size, a bit too big in fact - something I made quick and dirty. But try to move within the maze path to see it being clipped. The off-screen canvas is added on the size of the main canvas to show what goes on.
An added bonus is that you could use the same matte for hit-testing.

A: There is a brilliant article on this topic: http://www.redblobgames.com/articles/visibility/
Doing it accurately like that, however, is a lot of work. If you want to go with a quick and dirty solution, I would suggest the following. Build the world from large blocks (think retro pixels). This makes collision detection simpler too. Now you can consider all points within the torch radius. Walk in a straight line from the character to the point. If you reach the point without hitting a wall, make it bright.
(You could do the same with 1-pixel blocks too, but you might hit performance issues.)


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Q: .NET CTP5 Code First EF. LazyLoading set to False still doesn't cause explicit loading of one to one I have the following (vb.net) model classes:
Public Class Contact
    Implements IModelEntity

    Public Property ID() As Integer

    Public Property Name() As String
    Public Overridable Property ContactDetails() As ContactDetails

    Public Sub New()
        ID = 0
        Name = ""
        ContactDetails = New ContactDetails
    End Sub
End Class

Public Class Person
    Inherits Contact
    Implements IModelEntity

    Public Property Surname() As String
    Public Property DOB() As DateTime

    Public Sub New()
        Surname = ""
        DOB = DateTime.Today
    End Sub
End Class

Public Class ContactDetails
    Implements IModelEntity

    Public Property ID() As Integer

    Public Property WebAddresses() As List(Of WebAddress)
    Public Property PhoneNumbers() As List(Of PhoneNumber)
    Public Property EmailAddresses() As List(Of String)
    Public Property SocialMediaAliases() As List(Of SocialMediaAlias)
    Public Property PostalAddresses() As List(Of PostalAddress)

    Public Sub New()
        ID = 0
        WebAddresses = New List(Of WebAddress)
        PhoneNumbers = New List(Of PhoneNumber)
        EmailAddresses = New List(Of String)
        SocialMediaAliases = New List(Of SocialMediaAlias)
        PostalAddresses = New List(Of PostalAddress)
    End Sub
End Class

Public Class eCRMContext
    Inherits DbContext

    Public Sub New()
        Me.Configuration.LazyLoadingEnabled = False
    End Sub

    Protected Overrides Sub OnModelCreating(modelBuilder As System.Data.Entity.DbModelBuilder)
        MyBase.OnModelCreating(modelBuilder)

        modelBuilder.Entity(Of Contact).HasRequired(Function(x) x.ContactDetails).WithOptional().WillCascadeOnDelete()
    End Sub

    Public Property ContactDetailsSet As DbSet(Of ContactDetails)
    Public Property Persons As DbSet(Of Person)
End Class

In the person controller, I have the following:
    ' GET: /Person/Edit/5

    Function Edit(id As Integer) As ViewResult
        Dim person As Person = db.Persons.Find(id)

        Return View(person)
    End Function

However, even with LazyLoading set to False, person.ContactDetails is not loaded! I've checked the database and the relationships have been generated correctly and the keys that code first generated have the correct values. What's going on?
Update
I've also tried explicitly doing:
db.Persons.Where(Function(x) x.ID=id).Include("ContactDetails").SingleOrDefault()

and also
db.Persons.Where(Function(x) x.ID=id).Include(Function(y) y.ContactDetails).SingleOrDefault()

but it still didn't work. Any ideas?

A: Setting lazy loading to false doesn't turn on automatic eager loading - it just turn off lazy loading. If you want to load relation you must use Include method for that in your query (and you must use SingleOrDefault instead of Find).


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package ca.ualberta.cs.swapmyride.Misc;

import android.util.Log;

import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpDelete;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;

/**
 * Given a photoId and a url the photo is attempted to be deleted from the server
 *
 * Created by Garry on 2015-11-29.
 */
public class DeletePhotoRunnable implements Runnable {
    private String url;

    public DeletePhotoRunnable(String photoId, String url) {
        this.url = url + "photos/" + photoId;
    }

    /* Based on https://github.com/rayzhangcl/ESDemo and https://github.com/joshua2ua/AndroidElasticSearch */
    public void run() {
        HttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
        HttpDelete httpDelete = new HttpDelete(url);
        httpDelete.setHeader("Accept", "application/json");

        try {
            HttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(httpDelete);
            String status = response.getStatusLine().toString();
            Log.i("NetworkDataManager", status);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}


"It was recently explained to us that Jobs was the son of a Syrian migrant," said Arkansas governer Asa Hutchinson. "This information has led us to consider a more compassionate policy for our states: to provide citizenship for any refugee children who can demonstrate that they possess the resurrected spirit of one of our most celebrated iconoclasts.
Asked whether their states would be willing to take on the parents of resurrected Steve Jobs, the governors stood firm that adult refugees still pose too great a risk to Americans, and that they're only looking to take on child prodigies.
"But just because we intend to turn away thousands of suffering adult refugees, we don't want people to think we're close-minded," chimed in Idaho governor C.L. "Butch" Otter. "We're willing to accept the possibility that the spirit of Steve Jobs was passed down from the afterlife to multiple children of varying genders. We will happily naturalize any number of 4-year-old refugee children who possess the essence of the former CEO.
Recently, Apple CEO Tim Cook has been making frequent trips to Turkey, and has been spotted at various refugee camps, lifting children by the shoulders and staring intensely into their eyes.


With her colourful 'Neon wallpapers' and her delicate luminous weavings the Danish textile designer Astrid Krogh has not only lighten up some rather dry environments such as the Danish Parliament or the headquarter of the Danish State Railway – many of her works are associated with the architecture of well-known international practices.
Astrid's latest neon light installation is 'Flora', a decoration for the Nikolai Quarter in Kolding, Denmark, which was commissioned by the Commune of Kolding. The renovated quarter is a complex of schools and other social institutions and its new central place was designed by the Danish landscape architect Kristine Jensen.
In contrast to Astrids previous neon tapestries 'Flora' is less patterned but a very free composition of old floral ornaments.
One of her latest projects is a wall decoration for the NRGI headquarter in Århus, Denmark, designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen. The tapestry 'Lightfall' she created for the elevator inside the atrium of the building is made of optical fibres, a material Astrid has been using for several years. By cutting some of the fibres the light conduction is interruted and the light rays out at certain spots.