This article focuses mainly on the technical issues of the possibility that warfare chemicals, WC, will be used in a new military conflict, one possibly initiated by N. Korea.
WC such as nerve agents and mustard gas have recently been used in Iraq and Syria. Most recently they were used in Syria against civilian population. I want however to focus on two recent developments in the Korean Peninsula and their ramifications. These events are the firing of multiple missile by N. Korea and the killing of Mr. Kim Jong-nam in the airport in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, by agents of N. Korea, using the nerve agent VX. Although this was a targeted attack aimed to kill one specific person, it raises the possibility of a much more ominous dimension: Does N. Korea have or is developing a WC warhead that can be mounted on a missile?.
Although the possibility of using a chemical warfare head is not new, it has been shelved by the USA, Russia and by other countries since the dawn of the cold war. Numerous agreements banning WC production, storage and use have been signed which quieted for a while additional activities in this area. Now, the preponderance of the facts suggest that it may be closer to becoming a reality. The threat that a warhead with WC or with radioactive materials, commonly known as "Dirty Head", DH, cannot be set aside anymore as a very remote possibility. In addition, the possibility that Toxic Industrial Chemicals, TIC, will be mounted on a missile should also be kept in mind, but this use will not be discussed here.
Reviewing the information disseminated by the news media relative to the attack on Mr. Kim Jong-nam in the Malaysian airport revels several critical facts. 1. N. Korea has nerve agents, notably VX. This fact is not surprising because making VX is a relatively simple, well-known process, which uses reasonably available chemicals. Never the less, making or storing it, let alone using it, are violations of many international treaties. 2. N. Korea will not hesitate using WC even in public places, to support its interests. 3. The airport in Malesia, and most likely all the other airports in the world, was woefully unequipped to detect and/or decontaminate WC. 4. The airport in Malesia, and most likely all the other airports in the world, are not equipped to investigate WC attacks. 5. The airport in Malesia, and most likely all the other airports in the world, are not capable or equipped to provide medical assistance in a case of a WC attack.
The video of the incident in Malaysia shows a woman running in the airport for 5-12 seconds, presumably with the agent VX on her hands, putting the agent on Mr. Kim Jong-nam face, and running away from there. Seemingly, she entered the bathroom and cleaned here hands. Mr. Jong-nam died about 20 minutes later. The woman who smeared the VX on his face survived, seemingly with full capacities. This scenario is somewhat suspicious because VX is a persistent agent that is not soluble in water and in general cannot be cleaned easily. Hot water and soap can clean it, but not in a short rinse. The woman survived however with no easily detectable physiological damage.
The photos show that the weight of Mr. Jong-num is about 100 Kg and that of the woman about 66 Kg. Assuming that toxicity rules such as those involving LD50, apply to nerve agents, one may use the following rational: If the woman and Mr. Jong-nam were reasonably healthy, then about 100/66=1.5 more VX will be required to kill Mr. Jong-nam than to kill the woman. Since Mr. Jong-nam died in about 20 minutes, the dose of VX that he absorbed must have been fairly "large". The fact that the woman survived relatively intact, suggest that the woman did not have the VX on her hand directly, she must have carried the agent or its solution in a capsule, a small bottle or a spray bottle, which she used to smear the man's face. The open media did not show any container that could have been used to carry the VX or any one that was found in the murder scene. Was one found and the info was not published?
Had the woman carried the agent in her hands, she would have suffered from severe medical issues, if not death. Although experiments were conducted by the US Army in attempt to develop creams that were somewhat impermeable to WC, it is unlikely that such a cream was used by the woman.
Acknowledging that the skin of the face is more permeable to agents than the skin of a hand, the difference is not sufficient to explain the fact that the man died quickly while the woman who smeared the material on his face survived with reasonable health.
Since exposure to WC requires that medical treatment be provided VERY RAPIDLY, if the victims are to survive, it is essential that critical, vulnerable facilities, such as airports or major train or bus stations, will have at all times: A. Trained personnel who can quickly determine the nature of the problem, identify the WC or TIC used, cordon the accident area and provide at least a minimal medical attention to affected victims. B. Easy and intuitive WC detectors that can identify the WC or the TIC used, minimal emergency medical devices as needed to avert an immediate death and hardware to cordon the affected area, stop leaks, etc. C. A clear communication channel and protocol as needed to secure the help of local police and medical personnel, as needed to bring over rapidly additional help, and, D. Secure areas and triage areas should be identified and have in them some medical emergency hardware to allow safe management of crowds when a disaster happens. It should be noted that panic attacks around such events can result in injuries since many people try to escape the effected location. If the escaping people are contaminated with WC, they can spread the agent with them and increase the number of casualties and the difficulties of subsequent efforts to decontaminate the area. The personnel, hardware and protocols for securing rapid assistance must be available on-site and on-time at all times. Unfortunately, realistic constraints on funds, personnel and on-site space, restrict the availabilityof these means.
Since WC terror and planned attacks are generally rare, public facilities managers have to constantly evaluate how much money, space and personnel should be allocated to preparation and readiness, as needed to address such events. Although it is expected that the recent events will swing the pendulum in the direction of allocating more resources to fight such eventualities, reality dictates that: A. Only minimal resources will be used in terms of hardware, space and personnel. B. Whatever hardware be selected, it has to be very small, very user friendly and intuitive to use as well as available and ready to use on a moment notice. These parameters are essential to guarantying that a long term effective solution be available that will meet the needs of the facility. Table #2 summarizes some of the available means and their advantages and disadvantages. Note that INSTRUMENTAL methods were NOT included in Table #2. The reasons for this are that the available instruments are not suitable for such an application because they are: a. Very expensive. b. They require trained personnel and repeated refreshing of the training. They are not easy to operate or be used by relatively untrained people. c. They require repeated maintenance, calibration and expensive spare parts. d. They require a relatively large volume for secure storage, and, e. They require a relatively long "wake up time" before they can be used reliably.
Although the production of WC is relatively simple, the method and hardware used to disseminate it often determines the number of casualties. Most WC are NOT gases but liquids that have relatively low vapor pressure. For this reason, special hardware has been developed to disperse them as fine droplets or aerosol. Such aerosols can move in the direction of the wind or through the air conditioning ducts and continue to contaminate new places.
The data in Table #1 show some of the properties of WC that are relevant to their application in a military action. Table #2 shows some practical aspects pertinent to being able to protect against an attack with WC. Militarization of WC typically involves using a device that disperses the liquid WC as an aerosol, i.e. a fine mist. Militarized WC may contain a thickening agent, a polymer that makes them more viscous and less amenable to solubilizing in water and soap. The function of the thickening agent agent is to facilitate the dispersion of the liquid and to make it stick better to skin and to other surfaces. In general, the thicker the agent is, more difficult it is to decontaminate it or clean it from skin.
Aerosolized WC are removed rather efficiently by air filters such as ones with activated carbon filters. Such filters are not normally available in public facilities. Adding such filters to air conditioning lines should probably be considered in particular in very vulnerable facilities such as specific airports. The cost of the filters and their replacement should be considered in the decision-making process, even if existing ducts systems can accommodate the filters. The filtration efficiency declines in humid air. Adding effective air filters to existing or even to new facilities such as airports and subway will be very costly and maintaining them efficiently active may be too expensive.
Figure #1 shows an example of a small, color-based detector for mustard gas, (HD). This card changes its color from off-white to turquoise when exposed to very small doses sulfur mustard, Lewisite, and their nitrogen analogue. https://www.chemsee.com/warefare-chemicals/.
Figure #1: An Example of Very Compact, Color-Based Detector for Mustard Gas.
Figure #2 shows the RON™ detector, a compact color-based detector for several toxic industrial chemicals, TIC. This detector was developed by Appealing Products Inc., API, for detecting several common TIC that were used in Iraq and Syria to terrorize civilians. https://www.chemsee.com/gas-exposure-monitoring/multi-gas-detector/.
Figure #2: API's Very Compact, Color-Based Detector for Five Common Toxic Industrial Chemicals, TIC, Used by Terrorists in Iraq and Syria.
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Implementing an Automated Data Replication System for the Genesis II Platform; Misleading or Moving Forward? Evaluating Environmental Claims in Green Computing for Greenwashing
Aijazi, Assad, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Virginia
Grimshaw, Andrew, EN-Comp Science Dept, University of Virginia
Neeley, Kathryn, EN-Engineering and Society, University of Virginia
My technical project and my STS research paper were both linked with the common thread of green computing. My technical project is a much more narrowly focused, dealing with the challenge of data replication among different data centers, a problem that is more prominent in data centers powered by renewable energy. My STS research paper, meanwhile, is much broader, focusing on the issue of greenwashing that may occur when making environmental claims in green computing. By working with green computing in both the narrow sense of implementation details and the broader sense, I was able to develop insights into how my technical work could be misinterpreted by the general public.
Data replication is an important layer of redundancy that must exist in data centers. Especially, in data centers that are powered by wind power, and are thus privy to being suspended based on how the variable amount of energy produced. My technical project, therefore, produced a design for how a data replication system could be implemented in a specific existing computing system, as well as a basic proof-of-concept implementation in code of how such a system could function. The basic design utilized file access history to determine when to create replicas, updated resource resolving to ensure replicas could be found and used, and ensured that replicas would be deleted in the case where memory usage was above a threshold.
Green computing is a field concerned with designing and utilizing computing devices and systems in a manner that is environmentally responsible. A genuine problem that arises whenever environmental claims are made is the issue of greenwashing, in which deceptive claims are made concerning the environmental benefits of a product. My STS research explored existing knowledge of greenwashing, and attempted to apply it to existing case studies within green computing. In particular, the Affect-Reason-Involvement Model, a model applied to greenwashing by Schmuck was used to analyze case studies of a Council of European Communities (CEC) energy label and Google's environmental report. My research concluded that while ARI model was effective for determining potentially misleading environmental claims, it does not necessarily detect whether the misleading was intentional, leading to ambiguity when looking for greenwashing.
Both my technical project and my STS paper were complimentary in that the broader scope provided by my STS paper helped inform me of the wider context in which my technical project operated. If I were to have to just done the technical project, it would have been easy for me to get lost in the technical details of the specific problem that I was addressing. However, with the addition of my STS paper, I was able to gain insight into the potential pitfall of my work in green computing could be misinterpreted in a way that would be counterintuitive to the goal of more environmental sustainability.
green computing, green washing, data replication, green advertising
Technical Advisor: Andrew Grimshaw
STS Advisor: Kathryn Neeley
https://doi.org/10.18130/v3-81x3-9247

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A 1-year-old boy was whisked to Children's Hospital Oakland after taking a bullet fragment to the neck. The incident, innocently enough, happened while he was being fed by his grandparents inside an apartment near First Street and Macdonald Avenue.
"You have a 1-year-old child that's literally in the arms of the grandparents there feeding him, and bullets come into the house," Capt. Mark Gagan explained to the CoCo Times. "I am really angry about this. I am sickened. I am appalled."
The boy had the bullet piece removed. He remains in serious condition.
As for the suspect? He remains at large. The police department has offered a $25,000 for any ti ps leading to the person responsible for the shooting. Information can be directed to the Richmond police department at 510-233-1214. Anonymous tips can be sent to 510-232-8477.
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The Percy Junor Hospital in Manchester will be launching its Customer Charter on June 28, as part of several activities to commemorate its 60th anniversary.
For Chief Executive Officer, Stanhope Scott, the launch of the charter is a defining moment in the history of the medical institution, which is striving to be the "best customer friendly" hospital in the island.
"The occasion is so timely given that we are celebrating our 60th year in healthcare service delivery," he told JIS News, adding that a ceremony to mark the occasion would commence at 10:00 a.m.
The Customer Charter will outline in detail, the responsibility and service standards expected to be provided by the hospital to customers and also, will include the rights and responsibilities of customers.
Meanwhile, the function will also honour members of the Hospital Improvement Project Committee, which comprise staff and community members, for their contribution to the tiling of the entire hospital. A plaque will also be unveiled in recognition of their contribution to the project, which started two years ago and was completed at a cost $2.36 million.
June 28 is also designated customer appreciation day at the hospital, where all wards will be opened to the public and a variety concert will be staged, starting at 3:00 p.m. "We will extend appreciation to all patients, visitors and stakeholders and staff alike. We are looking forward to having a wonderful day," Mr. Scott said.
The CEO also took the opportunity to laud staff for their continued support and team spirit approach to the development of the hospital.
The Percy Junor Hospital was completed in 1945 and handed over to the government of Jamaica by the late Percival Junor, a Manchester businessman and Justice of the Peace.
The type C hospital, which offers selected surgical services in addition to medical, paediatric and maternal care, sits on eight hectares (20 acres) of land.
The hospital serves residents in the parishes of Clarendon, Manchester, Trelawny and St. Ann.


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GELABALE, MICKAEL
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Height: 2.02 Born: 22 May, 1983 Nationality: France
Totals 10 2 190:37 45 17/30 1/15 8/13 2 24 26 8 2 10 3 0 19 19 42
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14 at FoxTown Cantu 23:51 7 3/4 0/1 1/2 2 2 2 1 3 12
15 at PAOK Thessaloniki 19:24 8 2/4 0/3 4/5 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 4 9
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Played there till January'08.
Signed by Idaho Stampede, NBDL.
Signed for the 2008-09 season by Los Angeles D-Fenders, NBDL.
In November'09 back to France, signed by Cholet Basket.
Signed for the 2010-11 season by Asvel Lyon-Villeurbanne.
Moved to Belgium for the 2011-12 season, signed by Spirou Charleroi.
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Moved to Croatia for the 2012-13 season, signed by Cedevita Zagreb.
Played there till December'12.
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In January'15, signed by Limoges CSP.
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Won the 2012 Eurocup with BC Khimki.
Won the 2004-05 Spanish National Championship with Real Madrid CF.
Won the 2009-10 French National Championship with Cholet Basket.
Won the 2014-15 French National Championship with Limoges CSP.
Played the 2004 and 2010 French All Star Game.
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2004-05 Real Madrid 19 156 8.2 47/68 69.1 7/21 33.3 41/52 78.8 81 17 20 7
2005-06 Real Madrid 22 173 7.9 46/92 50 17/43 39.5 30/39 76.9 77 14 16 12
2012-13 Cedevita Zagreb 10 128 12.8 41/62 66.1 8/19 42.1 22/24 91.7 49 5 13 3
Totals 51 457 9 134/222 60.4 32/83 38.6 93/115 80.9 207 36 49 22
Averages 51 457 9 134/222 60.4 32/83 38.6 93/115 80.9 4.1 0.7 1 0.4
2002-03 Cholet Basket 2 10 5 3/5 60 0/2 0 4/4 100 3 0 1 0
2003-04 Cholet Basket 10 102 10.2 28/48 58.3 5/15 33.3 31/39 79.5 53 8 30 6
2009-10 Cholet Basket 5 38 7.6 14/31 45.2 0/6 0 10/11 90.9 21 3 7 1
2010-11 Asvel Basket 6 73 12.2 17/34 50 8/14 57.1 15/17 88.2 34 7 17 3
2011-12 Khimki 6 25 4.2 8/14 57.1 2/5 40 3/4 75 9 1 9 2
2012-13 Valencia Basket 1 5 5 1/1 100 1/2 50 0/0 0 3 0 1 0
2013-14 Khimki Moscow Region 15 113 7.5 24/46 52.2 18/35 51.4 11/14 78.6 31 9 25 6
2014-15 Strasbourg 4 12 3 5/6 83.3 0/7 0 2/2 100 14 0 4 1
2014-15 Limoges CSP 6 33 5.5 12/24 50 1/8 12.5 6/11 54.5 12 2 4 2
2015-16 Le Mans Sarthe Basket 8 94 11.8 25/42 59.5 7/23 30.4 23/26 88.5 29 3 7 2
Totals 63 505 8 137/251 54.6 42/117 35.9 105/128 82 209 33 105 23
Averages 63 505 8 137/251 54.6 42/117 35.9 105/128 82 3.3 0.5 1.7 0.4
2001/02 Cholet 6 8 1.3 3/4 75 0/1 0 2/2 100 4 2 0 0
2002/03 Cholet 21 119 5.7 43/74 58.1 7/26 26.9 12/20 60 46 4 18 7
2003/04 Cholet 34 353 10.4 109/194 56.2 19/52 36.5 78/96 81.3 156 23 75 14
2004/05 Real Madrid 47 375 8 118/206 57.3 22/65 33.8 73/92 79.3 156 27 52 29
2005/06 Real Madrid 33 216 6.5 56/122 45.9 16/53 30.2 56/73 76.7 112 12 41 8
2006/07 Seattle 70 321 4.6 111/217 51.2 11/47 23.4 66/82 80.5 173 24 56 22
2007/08 Seattle 39 168 4.3 53/120 44.2 16/37 43.2 14/18 77.8 58 10 53 9
2008/09 LA D-Fenders 6 96 16 39/78 50 8/19 42.1 10/12 83.3 26 6 10 1
2009/10 Cholet 28 305 10.9 91/172 52.9 21/50 42 60/70 85.7 119 15 51 11
2010/11 Asvel 36 511 14.2 152/259 58.7 38/97 39.2 93/109 85.3 172 27 76 23
2011/12 Khimki 12 54 4.5 15/23 65.2 4/16 25.0 12/13 92.3 30 3 6 8
2012/13 Cedevita 12 129 10.8 45/69 65.2 9/20 45.0 12/14 85.7 61 7 12 3
Valencia 5 55 11.0 11/27 40.7 5/6 83.3 18/19 94.7 17 3 4 0
Minnesota 36 181 5.0 56/88 63.6 16/51 31.4 21/24 87.5 99 16 26 4
2013/14 Khimki-VTB 17 121 7.1 27/44 61.4 19/38 50.0 10/11 90.9 54 11 16 6
2014/15 Strasbourg 7 49 7.0 11/22 50.0 6/14 42.9 9/11 81.8 24 7 11 1
Limoges 28 174 6.2 54/98 55.1 12/39 30.8 30/36 83.3 92 10 31 3


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Modern History of the Republic of the Marshall Islands 1953 - 1999
1954 Mar 1, The Bravo hydrogen bomb test exploded across Bikini atoll (Marshall Islands) with the force of 1,200 Hiroshima bombs. Radiation from the test forces evacuation of all people on 'Rongelap, Rongerik, Utirik, and Ailinginae.
A Nuclear Claims Tribunal, established in 1986, later awarded Bikini and Enewetak 500 million dollars but only a fraction of the amount was received. A Nov 30, 2004, deadline limited further suits.
1954 Mar 1, The No. 5 Fukuryu-maru [aka "Lucky Dragon," see map above] was trolling for tuna off the Bikini atoll in the Pacific during the Bravo hydrogen bomb test. 11 crew members died in the half-century since the exposure, at least six of them from liver cancer. Between 1946 and 1958, the United States conducted 66 nuclear tests at Bikini as part of "Operation Crossroads."
The Japanese fishing boat "Lucky Dragon" in a museum outside of Tokyo. When Glenn met in Yaizu, Japan with the former captain and eight [of the original 23] of his former crew members in March 1990, he heard firsthand about their frightening encounter with the deadly radioactive fallout from "Bravo" on March 1, 1954.
Upon return to Yaizu following "Bravo" radiation scientists from Hiroshima ran their Geiger counters over the caught tuna on the deck of the ship, and loud clicking noises came from the Geiger counters. Japanese coined these sounds as the "talking fish," and talking fish from the Pacific Proving Grounds dominated Japan's news cycle for days. In protest, the Japanese ambassador to the United Nations proclaimed that "The United States has now used nuclear weapons twice against the Japanese people." The following year - in 1955 - Japanese housewives collected 43 million signatures on a petition banning Atomic and Hydrogen bombs.
The perennial monster Godzilla [with 35 sequels] originated from the radioactive fallout of "Bravo." Finally, Nevil Shute's classic book "On the Beach" was based on "Bravo" and the plight of the Rongelap people.
To watch the full (scary!) movie "On the Beach" click here>: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HusewgIe_1k
A new animated film titled the "Day of the Western Sunrise" about the "Lucky Dragon" incident can be found here: http://daliborkafilms.com/
Go here for a 10-minute YouTube documentary on the "Lucky Dragon": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb4rjAmUHUk
And here for an interview a crew member of the "Lucky Dragon": http://www.wagingpeace.org/lucky-dragon-crewmember-speaks-in-marshall-islands/
This 88-ton building was essentially a gigantic refrigerator to keep the liquid H-bomb fuel, lithium-deuteride cooled. This was the first successful ex-plosion of a hydrogen "device" insofar as it could not be used as a weapon. Note the men in the fore- ground to provide scale of this unit on Elugelab, Enewetak, November 1, 1952. The vertical "sausage"
[L] contained the liquid lithium-deuterium fuel.
Ivy-"Mike" [short for Micronesia, btw] was equivalent to 750 Hiroshima atomic [fission] bombs, and was history's first hydrogen
[fusion] bomb. The trick now was to miniaturize an H-bomb that could be deliverable in an airplane. Please go to the "History of Nuclear Weapons" page on this website.
1954 Mar 26, The U.S. set off the second H-bomb blast in four weeks in the Marshall Islands at Bikini Island. The 15-megaton device was 750 times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. The blast contaminated the neighboring island of Rongelap and nearly 100 people on the island and other downwind atolls.
1958 Apr 28, The United States conducted the first of 35 nuclear test explosions in the Pacific Proving Ground as part of Operation Hardtack I.
1971 Australia joined with New Zealand and 14 independent of self-governing island nations to form the South Pacific Forum. The name was changed in 2000 to Pacific Islands Forum. Member states include: Australia, the Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. Since 2006, associate members territories are New Caledonia and French Polynesia.
1972 Amata Kabua (1928-1996) founded and led the Political Movement for the Marshall Islands Separation from Micronesia.
1978 The Marshallese voted for independence from other districts of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
1978 Doctors ordered a 2nd evacuation from Bikini due to high radiation.
1979 May 1, The people of the Marshall Islands ratified their own constitution and the constitutional government came into being. In recognition of the evolving political status of the Marshall Islands, the US recognized the constitution of the Marshall Islands and the establishment of the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Mr. Amata Kabua (1928-1996) became the first president.
1979 July, Imata Kabua led a protest against US operations in the Marshall Islands, The country becomes self-governing.
1982 - It is renamed the Republic of the Marshall Islands
1983 The Marshall Islands received $183.7 million for the 1946-1958 US nuclear tests near Bikini.
1986 Oct 21, The US, Micronesia and the Marshall Islands formed a Compact of Free Association (CFA). Tens of millions in economic benefits along with security and defense of the islands was exchanged for the right to deny access to third countries. The US paid $270 million in compensation to nuclear victims under the 1st phase of the CFA (1986-2001), insisting that was a full and final arrangement.
1986 The Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia were granted independence.
1991 Sep 17, The U.N. General Assembly opened its 46th session, welcoming new members Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, North and South Korea, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia.
1996 Dec 19, Pres. Amata Kabua died.
1998 Jul 17, Rising seawater was attacking the coastline of the islands.
Please watch this short video on YouTube about climate change, rising sea levels and the Marshall Islands: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf-0q5VSyyY
1999 Jan 31, Phillip Muller, the foreign minister, said his government would seek a rent increase from the US for the use of the Kwajalein Atoll, the only place where the US was able to test long range components of its missile defense program.
Incoming missile Impact Area at Kwajalein Atoll
When the nuclear testing ended in 1958 a major battle was fought between the Interior Dept. and the Pentagon. Interior pushed for eventual independence of the Marshalls, and the Pentagon pushed to retain Kwajalein for ABM missile defense. Guess who won?
Ground-based missile from Meck Island, Kwajalein to intercept an incoming ICBM or MIRVed warhead launched from Vandenberg AFB in California.
About once a month a missile aimed for Kwajalein is launched from CA, with the awaiting ground-based missiles to attempt to intercept it.
Kwajalein Missile Base
A MIRV [Multiple Independently-targeted Re-entry Vehicles] missile with 8 warheads splashes down in the Kwajalein lagoon. Only one of the 8 warheads contains the weapon so as to "fool" the enemy. The system is easily fooled by mylar ballons as decoys.
Since 1960 the U.S. has spent over $400 billion on missile defense, and most honest scientsts say that it will never work: "Like hitting a bullet with a bullet."
An incoming ICBM splashing into the Kwajalein lagoon, fired from 4,200 miles away.
Local Marshall Islanders watch from a nearby beach.


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If ever there were a physics book to read at the beach, this is it.
But first, you'd have to find a beach on the shores of lakes Manitoba or Winnipeg that isn't under water. The problem isn't just the unusually high rainfall; it's also about the very slow rise of the land to the north that is causing higher water levels in the south end of the lakes.
Fargo, N.D., has finished rebounding from the compression of the land from the massive glaciers in the last Ice Age, but there was a lot more ice up north, and Churchill continues to rise at a rate of 1.3 centimetres (a half-inch) per year.
Eventually, Lake Manitoba will be draining into the Portage diversion and the Red River will flow south to Fargo.
The tilting of Manitoba's landscape is happening so slowly we hardly notice it. As science writer Bob Berman points out in his latest book Zoom: How Everything Moves, From Atoms and Galaxies to Blizzards and Bees, we are far more likely to pay attention to large, fast-moving objects -- bears running at 50 kilometres per hour, or a shooting star at 3,800 kilometres per hour. We largely ignore large, slow-moving events (isostatic rebound around Hudson Bay, or the growth of a mature elm) as well as fast-moving objects we can't easily see (bacteria travelling at 15 centimetres per hour, or photons travelling at the speed of light). Nonetheless, everything is in motion.
Nothing in the universe is completely still -- nothing. Even out in "empty" space, where the temperature is close to absolute zero -- the temperature where all motion ceases -- atoms still have enough energy to vibrate. In fact, a condition where all motion ceases doesn't exist anywhere in the known universe. Everything in our world is moving -- it's just a question of how fast or how slowly.
Berman has written several popular science books and is also the science editor for the Old Farmer's Almanac. He takes a light, breezy -- and occasionally glib -- approach to describing the ceaseless movement of our bodies, our local environment and the universe. Fans of the cosmos who read Berman's Strange Universe column in Astronomy Magazine will be familiar with many of the anecdotes liberally (too liberally) sprinkled throughout this book.
He takes, for instance, an unnecessarily circuitous route to explain the Beaufort scale used to classify wind speed, throwing in Admiral Robert FitzRoy (the captain of MHS Beagle) as well as Charles Darwin and Robinson Crusoe author Daniel Defoe, finishing up with a quotation from Mark Twain. Berman bubbles over with neat little anecdotes and factoids and, like author Simon Winchester, seems unwilling to leave them aside, no matter how tangential they are to the point he's trying to make.
The first two chapters of Zoom are all over the place, and peppered with too-clever-by-half popular cultural references. But after that, Berman calms down and spends enough time in each chapter to address specific themes.
Berman is an engaging writer, and Zoom is an entertaining read. Readers learn that a reasonably fit person can outrun a mosquito, but not a dragonfly. At 60 km/h, a dragonfly leaves the fastest human on the planet (Usain Bolt, at 37 km/h) in the dust. And if it seemed as if spring was never going to arrive this year, it was, in fact, marching north at a rate of 160 kilometres per week, which Berman calculates is about the same speed as a parent pushing a stroller.
The rates of motion in this book are given only in Imperial measurements, no doubt for the benefit of Berman's American readers. It would have been helpful to include metric conversions for the rest of the world, at the very least in the table of motions in the appendix.
Berman deserves kudos for his chapters on gravity and quantum physics. Both are very complex topics fraught with enigmas and counter-intuitive notions, but his explanations are just fine for the average reader.
Those looking for that rarest of things, a physics book suitable for summer reading at the beach, will be pleased.


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Stockholm Sleuth Series Book 3
by Christer Tholin
Genre: Mystery Crime Thriller
Christina's idyllic existence with her husband Patrik comes to an abrupt end when Patrik suddenly vanishes from their suburban home in Stockholm. Christina is precipitated into a hellishly desperate and anguished search for Patrik – which after six weeks turns up nary a trace of him.
At her wits end, she contacts local sleuths Lars and Elin, who, after a brief investigation, reach the conclusion that Patrik simply decided to abandon his cushy existence to embark on a new life –without Christina.
Lars and Elin ultimately trace Patrik's movements to the wooded wilds of northern Sweden, but too late – he's found dead. The police rule his death an accident, but Christina thinks otherwise – and so she asks Lars and Elin to do a thorough investigation of the circumstances surrounding Patrik's demise. Was his death really accidental, or was foul play involved? And was the mysterious Natalia somehow implicated?
Unfortunately, none of the countless leads that Lars and Elin follow up gets them any closer to solving the mystery of Patrik's death. But then they get a startling break that results in Christina having to make a tricky and extremely consequential decision that plunges our three protagonists into a life or death struggle.
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SECRETS? is the second, standalone book from Christer Tholin's Stockholm Sleuth Series. In the previous novel VANISHED?, Elin and her colleague Lars solve their first case together.
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"He could only hope he'd get out of here in one piece."
To come to terms with his recent divorce, Martin, an attorney in Berlin, plans a peaceful vacation – two weeks in a Swedish summer house seem to be the solution. It won't be peaceful, however, and those two weeks will change his life forever. He takes a liking to Liv, a Swedish woman whom he meets in the neighborhood. Unfortunately, they don't get to have their first date – Liv disappears under mysterious circumstances. Martin begins his search but soon realizes he can't find Liv in a foreign country by himself. He hires two private investigators, and their discoveries make everything seem even stranger.
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It's easy to get a COVID vaccine in the U.S., but how about elsewhere?
Deena Burris, associate professor of management at the University of North Carolina Asheville, examines the process who gets access.
Dr. Deena Burris is a tenured Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina at Asheville. She received a Ph.D. in International Development from the University of Southern Mississippi, an M.A. from the University of Denver's Graduate School of International Studies, and a B.A. in Business Administration and English from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Her research interests include development finance and equity financing for microfinance institutions. Prior to joining the faculty at UNC Asheville, Dr. Burris was a tenured faculty member at Guilford College in Greensboro, NC and was in international banking prior to academia. She enjoys traveling around the world and lives in Asheville, NC with her husband and daughters.
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While we have all become familiar with the development and rollout of vaccines to fight the global COVID-19 pandemic, the program that makes these vaccines accessible globally to lower income countries is an important and interesting process. This program, known as the COVAX initiative, was launched in April 2020 – early in the global pandemic – and is a joint effort between three main partners to deliver COVID vaccines to people in 190 countries with the majority of those doses going to lower-income countries. COVAX is a partnership between three main organizations – CEPI (the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations), Gavi ( the Vaccine Alliance), and the World Health Organization,
Developing countries who don't have the financial resources to pay for the vaccines are able to participate in the COVAX program through the COVAX AMC or Advance Market Commitment program. This program, which is coordinated by GAVI, is the financing instrument for the participation of 92 developing countries who collectively represent almost half of the world's population
GAVI is getting the money for these AMC program doses from 3 main sources – Donors, governments, and probably the most creative and innovative way to fund the COVAX AMC is through bond issuances. Gavi has actually been using bond issuances to fund their vaccination program for about 15 years (since 2006). The most recent Gavi bond issuance in 2021 was for $1 billion USD and it was specifically earmarked for the COVAX AMC program
This access to funding incentivizes private sector vaccine manufacturers to ensure the production of enough doses for COVAX AMC economies as well as higher income countries. From a development perspective, the Gavi bond program is brilliant and is a truly innovative development financing solution!
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Renato Mismetti (born 1960, Cajuru, SP, Brazil) is an Italian-Brazilian baritone.

He has lived and worked in Germany since 1991. He has various attributes in stage performance: concert singer, opera singer, reciter and actor. In the theater, he played the part of Estragon in Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett; recited the monologue "A Terceira Margem do Rio" based on the text by João Guimarães Rosa and, as a reciter, together with the Japanese organist Aya Yoshida, presented the work "Alice au pays de l'orgue" by Jean Guillou for narrator and organ. However, his work emphasizes the interpretation of art songs.

Together with the pianist Maximiliano de Brito, Renato Mismetti has performed in the most renowned concert halls in Europe, such as Konzerthaus Berlin, Berlin State Opera, Cuvilliés Theatre, Munich, Gewandhaus, Leipzig, Alte Oper, Frankfurt, Musikhalle Hamburg, Konzerthaus Vienna, Schlosstheater Schönbrunn, Vienna, Salle Gaveau, Paris, St. John's, Smith Square, London, besides the Amazon Theatre Manaus, o Theatro da Paz, Belém and also the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York. The two artists have given Master Classes interpreting Lieder, emphasizing the German Lied and Brazilian Art Songs.

Renato Mismetti has worked diligently in divulging Brazilian music overseas and, because of this the press has frequently referred to him as the ambassador of Brazilian culture. He was classified as one of the supreme interpreters of Brazilian art song by the magazine New Yorker Music Review.

Mismetti's interest in working together with composers became evident early on, during his university studies when he prepared songs by Camargo Guarnieri together with the composer, who, in turn, later on watched the performance of the baritone in the title-role in his opera "Pedro Malazarte", classifying it as brilliant and saying  that Renato Mismetti was the best Malazarte he had ever seen.

Various renowned composers such as Marlos Nobre, Jorge Antunes, Almeida Prado, Edino Krieger, Kilza Setti, Ronaldo Miranda, Osvaldo Lacerda, Gilberto Mendes, Ricardo Tacuchian, Violeta Dinescu and Jens Joneleit have dedicated compositions especially to this Brazilian Duo, who presented them to the world for the first time in important historical theaters such as the Markgräfliches Opernhaus in Bayreuth and the Schlosstheater New Palace (Potsdam).

In 2001, in a public letter, the Mayor of Berlin, Klaus Wowereit, publicly welcomed the two Brazilian musicians when they presented a recital at the Berlin Konzerthaus. In 2004, the Mayor of Bremen, Henning Scherf, repeated this act when the concert "Disenchanted Amazon" was presented in the Bremen Municipal Government Palace. In the German edition of Wikipedia, Renato Mismetti appears in the list of famous classical music singers.

Recently, based on the famous text by Antônio Castro Alves, "Navio Negreiro", the composer Siegrid Ernst, wrote "Memento" in which Renato Mismetti and Maximiliano de Brito, together with other musicians gave the first world performance  with huge success.

Mismetti also develops great interdisciplinary projects involving various art aspects and fields. In recognition of his cultural exchange activities covering various countries, the Apollon Foundation of Bremen, Germany, was included as an associate member of UNESCO's IMC – International Music Council.

External links
Brazilian-Classical-Portal – BRAZILIAN SONORITIES, Retrospective
Brazilian-Classical-Portal – VOICES OF THE GREEN HELL, Introduction by Dr. Edino Krieger
Brazilian-Classical-Portal – world world wide world, Introduction by Sabine Eichhorn
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Businessman Rod Ghorashi-Zadeh, a self-proclaimed "car enthusiast," filed a notice of civil claim in BC Supreme Court on September 4, naming Parking Corp. of Vancouver dba Easypark and All Tech Transport Ltd. dba Busters Towing as defendants.
Ghorashi-Zadeh claims the vehicle was one of only 20 made in 2008 and "was the most expensive vehicle that General Motors had ever produced" with an original price tag of $136,000.
"The XLRV was in immaculate condition," the claim states. "It looked and smelled new. It had never been driven in the rain."
He claims he began storing the car at EasyPark's lot at 900 Denman Street in April 2015 for the "psychological benefit" and "peace of mind" of having his prized vehicle in a location "behind multiple security gates and in an area monitored by an on-site security guard."
But in September 2017, Ghorashi-Zadeh claims, he got a phone call from a Busters Towing representative informing him that the vehicle had been towed six months earlier and would be sold at auction if he didn't pay $6,500 in towing and storage the next day.
An EasyPark employee, meanwhile, told Ghorashi-Zadeh that the company issued the towing order for unknown reasons since his account was in good standing.
"At no time has any representative of EasyPark told Mr. Ghorashi-Zadeh why the XLRV was towed," the claim states.
When he visited the tow yard, he claims, the vehicle was "badly damaged" with a smashed front headlamp and a rats' nest under the hood. In November 2017, he had the car towed to a dealership at his own expense, and the costly repairs were only partially covered by insurance, he claims.
"Notwithstanding the repairs, because the XLRV was improperly stored and damaged by EasyPark and Busters Towing, the XLRV is now worth a fraction of the value it held before it was towed," the claim states.
Ghorashi-Zadeh seeks unspecified damages for breach of contract and negligence. The allegations have not been tested or proven in court and the defendants had not responded to the lawsuit by press time.


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FUBU: The Irony of Being a "TERF" and a Pole Dancer
May 24, 2022 May 24, 2022 Yello Kat
I am sometimes referred to as a TERF (trans-exclusionary radical feminist) due to my recent criticisms of transgender ideology and its impact on women.
Although I am aware that "terf" is a slur and silencing tactic used against any woman who expresses discomfort with the status quo, I do find it very ironic that I am immediately assumed to be a radical feminist, when the radical feminist community does not represent a group where I have comfortably been able to find tribe or sanctuary.
In the Western world, Radical feminists have paved the way for much of women's advocacy that is critical of gender ideology, trans-activism, and how these institutions harm women and children.
I align with a lot of radical feminist thought, and I support and will continue to uplift Radical Feminist organizations such as WoLF, who are doing critical and important work to advocate for women's civil rights, especially since they are completely independent, working against immense backlash, and do not receive the mainstream funding & support that woke organizations do. I stand with them. And as a woman who is outspoken about the same controversial issues, and who also receives backlash, I empathize and share much of their struggle.
With that said, I am not a radical feminist. I actually do not identify as a feminist at all…
And Ironically, I have not found radical feminist communities to be particularly welcoming towards me in all of my expression—particularly my pole dancing.
Just recently, I created a post in a radical feminist facebook group, asking for help in how to preserve my female-only sensual pole dance workshops in this social and political climate, where gender identity laws prohibit us from having female-only spaces. I know that radical feminists have experience with creating, hosting and preserving female-only spaces, and I felt alone in my process, so I wanted to tap into their collective insight.
But Instead of drawing on their experience and offering support, I mostly received backlash and criticism for offering pole dance workshops to women in the first place. Radical feminism is against porn, and all facets of prostitution, including stripping, and many radical feminists are very critical of any woman who appears to "promote" these things as empowering—often quite strictly, to a fault, and to the extent of alienating such women.
But when someone snidely remarked that my pole dancing sounds "phallic and pornified", this was a judgment that absolutely enraged me.
For me, pole dance is an authentic expression of my femininity, sexuality, and personal power. It's an integral aspect of my Artistry, and it has played a very important role in my life's journey as a woman.
Pole Dancing is a lot of work. For me, Pole is not "fun". It is deeply fulfilling, magic-making, gratifyingly heart-work. It is a discipline, like meditation, piano, or ballet. I am a professional. I have extensive knowledge of exercise science, and the human muscoloskeletal system. Pole requires a great deal of understanding body mechanics to harness one's own quality of movement, as well as rigorous athletic and artistic training. The fact that I can make it look seductive and mesmerizing is both a creative choice, and a direct function of how much training I have done, both physically and spiritually.
I have worked extremely hard to be where I am as a pole dancer, and it has nothing to do with men. I learned how to pole dance from women, in women-only spaces. In fact, the last performance I did was at my own Book Launch Event, and it was, intentionally, for a female-only audience. I have banned hundreds of men from my page who comment extensively on my pole dance videos, because I don't care what they think, their energy often takes up too much space, and my expression is not for them. I enjoy and prefer to have a predominantly female audience.
Pole Dance as an Art form is literally the definition of FUBU.
So yes, it's very upsetting to see women, particularly those who staunchly refer to themselves as feminists—treat me like I don't have a brain in my head to think critically about what I am doing, its origins, or its impact on my holistic wellbeing as a woman.
In this particular sense, their mentality is no different from men who mistakenly believe that I am dancing for them.
It is all another manifestation of internalized misogyny.
Don't get me wrong—I'm all for thinking critically and questioning the social norms that we adopt and blindly follow. In my case, I have done a great deal of inner-work to release myself from the shackles of modern, eurocentric beauty standards. Because of this, I feel comfortable walking through the world without shaving or wearing makeup. And, I also proudly wear my natural hair.
And while I think it can be fun to play with makeup and hairstyling as an extension of fashion, I do not agree with shackling one's self to permanent or ritualistic alterations of the body, in an attempt to hide and obscure one's natural, god-given appearance out of shame.
My hair in particular, is a radical and powerful expression of self-love and authenticity in a world that taught me to be ashamed of my natural hair texture. But radical feminists—many of whom are white women who surround themselves in a vacuum with other white women—would not have the framework to recognize the power and liberation of proudly wearing freeform locs as a signal that I have done this inner-work. They take my very appearance before their eyes for granted, without much curiosity or respect for the journey I've walked.
So, when I see feminists policing women like me, on style of clothing, the choice to wear makeup or not, or returning to how we dance—policing those who enjoy a more feminine or openly sensual aesthetic or expression—it always leaves me wondering,
What exactly does authentic sexual liberation for women look like, according to these people?
What does a woman in her full sexual power, actually look and feel like? When I envision this "anti-patriarchal woman" that seems to be idealized by radical feminists, I see a woman who wears shapeless, drab clothing, flat shoes, no makeup or extensive hairstyling. A woman who self-consciously endeavors not to show too much cleavage, dance in the "wrong" ways, or do anything that could potentially entice men. Someone who has placed herself in yet another reactionary cage to the male gaze and patriarchy. I see a mindless, conformist drone who is simply following another herd in the name of feminism.
I do not apologize for enjoying my body, my femininity, or my sensual expression. These are all natural aspects of my being that were once co-opted and exploited by men from a young age. But those parts were not created by men—they are mine. And over time, I've learned how to reclaim and refine those parts of myself and maintain them as sacred. Pole Dancing has been one of many tools I have used along my journey.
I believe that Context and intention is everything. So I want to say this:
I am a former sex worker, and I do not support the sex industry. I think prostitution is inherently exploitative of the female body, and it's one of the oldest, most oppressive patriarchal institutions there is. Sex is sacred, and deep, and consequential, especially for women. I do not believe that sex is casual, and I am not "sex-positive" in the way that liberal feminism prescribes.
I understand that Pole Dance derives from Strip Clubs, and my own rendition of it is also inspired by the dancing that strippers performed in clubs. However, modern Pole Dance Artists have taken a legitimate art form that strippers created, and placed it into a completely different context which allows women to choose what they want to do with it.
Pole dancing is a female art form. Strippers are women. Women created this Art which combines feminine, sensual movement with acrobatics. The fact that Strippers created it, and used it to entice men, does not make it any less of an Art.
When we pole dance in the studio or in our homes, when we learn from other women, with women, for learning's sake—we release the environmental context of oppression. Without the burden of having to use this beautiful art form as a means to an end, to satisfy men, we can choose the circumstances under which we perform and who it is for, or it can be a totally private activity just for ourselves and no one else. We can also choose how we want to dance and present ourselves. Pole dancing doesn't have to be sexy, but it can be if we so choose.
It's noteworthy to say, that Pole is not empowering in and of itself. After years of being in pole dance communities, I can vouch that it is not a feminist utopia. Some women still have internalized misogyny, and use Pole in a way that perpetuates the idea that their value and sexuality exists solely for men. Some pole studios blindly support and champion sex work in fear of angering the liberal feminist mob, without looking critically at the gruesome impact it has on women. Some Pole Dance Artists are or have worked as Strippers, and regardless of how critical they might feel towards their profession, or whether they might also use pole dancing as a form of personal expression…Sensual dance is, in fact, used for their survival. Other women may just be very serious artists and athletes who are too damn hard on themselves, and that self-flaggelation comes out in how they overwork their bodies and psyches to a pulp.
We do not exist in a vacuum. Our contexts, intentions, and levels of awareness are all different.
Pole Dancing is a medium. It's a tool, that has been reclaimed by women, and can now be used for a variety of purposes and expressions. It is not inherently empowering, but women have created spaces to use it as a tool to empower our holistic selves. This is how I have used it.
So, I reject the idea that my pole dancing a simply a regurgitation of patriarchal values. I find this to be deeply disrespectful to my heart, soul and intellect-to all the deep devotion that I've placed in this intimate journey of becoming a dancer. I knowingly took up an Art form that was stigmatized, and I honor the journey I've walked to carry this form of expression on my back through thick and thin all these years, transmuting it into power, and consistently using it as a mirror to witness my gifts.
I am grateful that I can humanize the enigmatic miracle that is expressed in my dancing, through writing. I hope that this piece, my memoir, and other future writings, can help bridge the gap in understanding the power that radiates from a woman who steps into her authentic sexuality, with the tools she is given.
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Bizarre moment two fighting middle-aged men suddenly make up seconds after wrestling to the ground in a mall parking lot
Two middle-aged men fight over a parking space in a Brisbane shopping mall
One driver asked another to pull ahead in traffic to clear him.
But the BMW driver reacted furiously and jumped out of his car to confront the SUV driver.
Par traded blows and struggled on the ground before the fight ended abruptly.
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The dispute erupted into violence as the pair traded blows and struggled on the track, before helping each other moments later and returning to their cars.
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Dashcam video from a third vehicle captured the moment the driver of a late-model Toyota Landcruiser tried to leave his parking space, but was blocked by the BMW.
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He leans through the sunroof of the BMW for a conversation, but the request apparently infuriates the driver of the BMW, who appears to tell him to "fuck off" and then jumps out of his car to confront him.
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The BMW driver then walks back to his car while the stunned Toyota driver seems to make a mental note of the BMW driver's registration plate, as the traffic finally begins to move.
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Anders Erik Hansen, född 24 januari 1974 i Tumba församling, Botkyrka kommun, är en svensk läkare, psykiater, författare och programledare. Han har skrivit böcker om hur hjärnan fungerar och varit programledare för populärvetenskapliga program i TV, inklusive Din hjärna sedan 2019. Han har gjort många framträdanden i live-program i TV4, främst Nyhetsmorgon, för att diskutera människohjärnan.

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Hansen genomgick läkarutbildningen vid Karolinska Institutet och har också en civilekonomexamen från Handelshögskolan i Stockholm. Han har skrivit 1500 artiklar om medicinsk forskning och bioteknik för bland annat British Medical Journal, Läkartidningen och Dagens Industri.

Hans första bok "Hälsa på recept" (Bonnier Fakta), tillsammans med Carl Johan Sundberg, läkare och professor vid Karolinska Institutet, utkom 2014. Hans andra bok "Hjärnstark" handlar om hur hjärnan påverkas av att man är fysiskt aktiv. Den utkom sommaren 2016 och har sålt i över 670 000 exemplar i Sverige (december 2022). Hans tredje bok "Fördel ADHD" utkom hösten 2017 på Bonnier fakta. "Skärmhjärnan : hur en hjärna i osynk med sin tid kan göra oss stressade, deprimerade och ångestfyllda" utkom mars 2019 och har sålts över 900 000 exemplar globalt. Skärmhjärnan blev den mest sålda boken i Japan 2021, alla kategorier böcker (Oricon Annual Book Ranking 2021). Hjärnstark Junior (tillsammans med Mats Wänblad) utkom oktober 2020 och Depphjärnan – varför mår vi så dåligt när vi har det så bra, utkom oktober 2021. Skärmhjärnan Junior (tillsammans med Mats Wänblad) i december 2021 och Depphjärnan för unga i oktober 2022.

Hansens böcker har sålts i över 2,5 miljoner exemplar och till 35 länder däribland USA, Kina, Japan, Sydkorea, Tyskland, Frankrike, Spanien, Italien, Storbritannien och Brasilien. Han tilldelades 2017 Stora Hälsopriset som årets författare, 2018 års Mensapris, 2019 års Stora Hälsopriset, Psykiatrifondens stora pris 2019 för att ha motverkat fördomar om psykisk ohälsa, 2019 års Lidmanpris"För sin pedagogiska och intresseväckande sätt att via olika medier sprida information om stress, hälsa och välmående till gemene man", Guldhjärtats Hederspris 2019 och talarpriset Myspeaker of the year 2022. Depphjärnan för unga tilldelades 2023 års Adlibrispris.

Hans sommarprat på temat "varför mår vi så dåligt när vi har det så bra" har 3,4 miljoner lyssningar (700 000 i direktsändning och över 2,7 miljoner i poddform) och var 2019 års mest lyssnade och är i totalt antal lyssningar det mest lyssnade sommarpratet någonsin.

Han har bland annat medverkat i SVT:s Nobelstudion, Agenda och Vetenskapens värld och i TV4:s Nyhetsmorgonm Vardagspuls, Malou efter 10. Tillsammans med psykiatrikern Simon Kyaga har han podcastserien Psykiatrikerna där forskare och tänkare inom psykiatri och neurovetenskap intervjuas, däribland Nobelpristagaren Eric Kandel,  forskarna Karl Diesseroth, Nora Volkow, Michael Gazzaniga samt författarna Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett och Sam Harris.

Hansen har utvecklat, skrivit manus och är programledare för det populärvetenskapliga programmet "Din Hjärna" som sändes på SVT1 i fem entimmesavsnitt hösten 2019.Programmet inkluderar experter som Steven Pinker, Robert Sapolsky, Susan Greenfield och Michael Gazzaniga. "Din Hjärna" nominerades till TV-priset Kristallen i kategorin fakta och samhälle och Anders Hansen tilldelades TV-branschens RIA-pris som årets profil vid RIA-galan i oktober 2020. Din Hjärna säsong 2 sändes in fem entimmesavsnitt våren 2021 på SVT1 och inkluderade experter som Lisa Feldman Barrett, Frans de Vaal, Elisabeth Loftus och Robert Sapolsky. Din Hjärna Säsong 2 nominerades till Kristallen i kategorin fakta och samhälle.

Din Hjärna säsong tre kommer på SVT1 i januari 2023 och inkluderar experter som Yuval Noah Harari, Antonio Damasio, Karl Diesseroth, Anna Lembke, Stuart Russell och Richard Wrangham.

Hansen höll i maj 2017 ett TED-x talk med temat "Why the brain is built for movement".

Han är ambassadör åt den ideella organisationen Generation Pep som verkar för bättre hälsa bland unga.

Han sitter sedan 2011 i styrelsen för det börsnoterade investmentbolaget Medcap.

Anders Hansen är uppväxt i Täby och bor i Stockholm. Han arbetar som psykiatriker vid Sophiahemmet i Stockholm.

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Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai - Historia
Publishing House: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Subject(s): History
Issue No. 1-2/41
Issue No. Special/57
Issue No. Sp.Issue/66
ISSN (print): 1220-0492
Subject : History Journal
Text in : English, French, German, Italian;
Abstract and Keywords in : English
Year of the first edition : 1956
History: [1956-1957: Buletinul Universitatilor "V. Babes" si "Bolyai" Cluj. Seria Ştiinte Sociale ISSN 1220-0395; 1958-1961: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai. Series IV (Historia, Philologia), ISSN 1220-0417; 1962-1973: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai. Series Historia, ISSN 0039-3428; 1974-1975: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai. Series Historia. Philologia. Oeconomica, ISSN: 1220-0476; 1975-today: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Historia, ISSN 1220-0492]
Periodicity: semesterly (June, December)
Type of the publication: scientific/academic
Editor : Conf. Dr. Ovidiu Ghitta, dean, Faculty of History and Philosophy, Babeş-Bolyai University
Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai Historia appeared in 1956 twice a year ever since. Conceived in two fascicules every year, it represented the academic authority of the historians within the University from Cluj.
For more than five decades the review promoted an innovative, historiographical issue from the methodological and thematic point of view, convergent to general and national history.
Themes of medieval, modern and contemporary history, aspects concerning the social history, the history of laic and ecclesiastical institutions, the history of mentalities, the history of historiography, the history of ideas and intellectual life, the history of religious life, recent history, the impact of the debates linked to profession and the historian's intellectual profile marked the creation and the consecration of history in the field of contemporary knowledge.
The review has had remarkable leaders within the academic community from Cluj, and the editors were and are researchers and professors from Romania and abroad.
Since its beginning the review was interested in promoting the well known historians. It also integrated in the formative process, offering institutional support for the academic didactic process.
Consequently, the review found an ample echo in the academic environments all over the world, being an important "coin" of cultural and intellectual change for Babes-Bolyai University.
CHIEF EDITOR:
Ovidiu Ghitta, The Dean of the Faculty of History and Philosophy, Babeş-Bolyai University
EXECUTIVE BOARD:
Marius Bucur, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Ionuţ Costea, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Romania, E-mail: costea78@yahoo.co.uk
Gelu Florea, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Sorin Mitu, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Toader Nicoară, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Valentin Orga, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Romania, E-mail: valiorga@yahoo.com
Virgiliu Ţârău, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Romania
EDITORIAL BOARD:
Cesare Alzati (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano)
Francesco Guida (Roma Tre University, Rome)
Konrad Gündisch (Bundesinstitut für Kultur und Geschichte der Deutschen im östlichen Europa, München)
Fritz Mitthof (Universitiit Wien)
Alexandru-Florin Platon (University of Iaşi)
Laurenţiu Vlad (University of Bucharest)
http://studia.ubbcluj.ro/serii/historia/scop_en.html
http://studia.ubbcluj.ro/serii/historia/historia_eval_en.html
http://studia.ubbcluj.ro/serii/historia/prezent_en.html
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My picture is mirrored the other way. How can i correct this.
Pls ignore. My camera setting.
StoragePath can be set with VBA, but you need to write it before AccessImagine starts to load image into control. I'm not sure if that is possible for regular form display scenario.
Like others, I had troubles with the StoragePath via the Property Sheet. The only thing that worked was a hardcoded path for me. And, that wasn't good enough. UNC did not work either. Got I/O error 53 and other error messages.
Here is what worked for me in VBA. Plus, when I work on the desktop or the laptop or from a USB drive, they all find the images. The "form" below is the one with the AccessImage control on it.
Can this be used with connecting to Bluetooth camera or iPhone?
I don't think its possible – until you are not able to use that camera with Skype.
We are running MS Acess 2007 on Windows 7 and Windows 10 systems.
1. How to see the path where AccessImagine stores the webcam images?
2. How to copy the stored AccessImages images to another folder?
In your Getting Stated (video) in form design you inserted an ActiveX control.
However in our MS Access 2007 we cannot see "ActiveX control" in form design.
can we show the camera picture inside the access form before taking the picture?
No. Camera picture is displayed in separate popup window.
I am about to purchase the code. I will add a few columns in the form and table to capture details like ID and address etc. Lets say I want to be able to retrieve the image for a given ID using a query. Can you please tell me if that is possible and how.
I understand that currently the form will just capture the image and whatever other details I add to the form, but if I want to store the image for a give n record what do I do, is it possible and how?
You can retrieve image fields the same way you do with regular ones.
If you describe more detailed, what are you trying to do, I can help you better.
There is no way to reregister AccessImagine.
But you will not get any downsides about your e-mail not working anymore.