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Repository at Hanyang UniversityCOLLEGE OF LANGUAGES & CULTURES[E](국제문화대학)CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY(문화인류학과)Articles
EVALUATION OF KŪSHNĀMA AS A HISTORICAL SOURCE IN REGARD TO DESCRIPTIONS OF BASĪLĀ
Kushnama; Basila; Silla; Abtin; Ancient Korea-Iran Relations; Sassanid
ACADEMIA KOREANA KEIMYUNG UNIV
ACTA KOREANA, v. 21, No. 1, Page. 15-36
This article examines the descriptions of Basila in the Kushnama and determines the credibility of those descriptions as historical evidence. Kushnama is a Persian epic and part of a mythical history of Iran written by Hakim Iranshan b. Abi alKhayr between 1108 and 1111 CE. Many scholars argue that Basila in Kushnama can be identified with the Silla Kingdom (57 BCE-935 CE) of ancient Korea for many reasons. First, the descriptions of Basila in Kushnama largely correspond to those of Sila/al-Sila in contemporary Islamic texts. Second, in some Muslim historical and geographical works such as Masalek wa Mamalek by Saed bin Ali Jorjani (1476 CE), and Ajayib al-Makhlughat by Muhammad bin Ahmad Tusi (1161-1178 CE), we find that Basila is used, together with Sila/ al-Sila, to describe the same area of the Korean peninsula. With the advent of Islam, references to Korea found in twenty-three Islamic sources written between the ninth and sixteenth centuries by eighteen Muslim scholars, including Ibn Khurdadbih (d. 886 CE), Sulaiman al-Tajir (written around 850 CE), and al-Mas'udi (d. 957 CE), suggest that Muslims' influence had already reached the Korean peninsula by that time. 2 Before the discovery of Kushnama, however, no documents or epics had been found that describe ancient relations between Iran and Silla in such a detailed manner. In this sense, an in-depth study of Kushnama focusing on its descriptions of "Basila" will contribute to expanding our understanding of pre-modern relations between the Middle East and Korea. Because both historical events and mythological beliefs of ancient Persia are incorporated in Kushnama, this article will consider to what extent we can accept descriptions within Kushnama to be reliable historical evidence.
https://www.kci.go.kr/kciportal/landing/article.kci?arti_id=ART002353732http://repository.hanyang.ac.kr/handle/20.500.11754/105569
10.18399/acta.2018.21.1.001
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Timo Boll
Even at the age of 40, Timo Boll is still one of the world's top table tennis players. Since 2002, the Hessian has been consistently in the top 20 of the world rankings. Several times he was at the top of the ranking. For the first time in 2003 as the first German ever and most recently in 2018, when he became the oldest world number one in table tennis history at the age of 37.
But Boll's sporting career is not the only impressive one. He is also involved in charity events and exhibition matches for the "Athletes for Organ Donation" and "Children's Organ Transplant Aid" associations, as well as the "Acción Humana" foundation, which gives street children a home.
By the way, Boll's career is far from over: at the beginning of 2022, he signed a new contract with his club Borussia Düsseldorf, which runs until 2025. At the end of the contract, Boll will be 44 years old.
Timo Boll records
World Championship medals (individual and team)
EM title
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Sporting successes: Timo Boll's impressive career
Timo Boll's career is rich in titles and medals. Highlights were the Olympic medals Boll collected in four different Olympic Games from 2004 to 2021. In 2008 and 2021 he won silver in the team, in 2012 and 2016 bronze. In singles, he won World Championship bronze in 2011 and 2021 and eight European Championship titles. In addition, there are countless national and Grand Slam victories and a total of eight Champions League titles.
Timo Boll: A superstar in China, too
China has dominated the world's top table tennis for years. The sport is correspondingly popular in the Middle Kingdom - and so is Timo Boll, the eternal rival of the Chinese top players. In China, he is one of the most popular foreigners of all, and was even voted the world's most attractive athlete there in 2007. When Boll is out in public, he quickly becomes an attraction in China. "If someone recognizes me, massive numbers of people come immediately. It's like with soccer players," says Boll.
Boll's love of table tennis is not the only thing he has in common with China. For years, he competed in doubles together with top Chinese player Ma Long. "They are very open and interested in other cultures," says Boll: "I have many Chinese friends and I have the impression that Germans and Chinese go together quite well."
"It's a nice change of scenery. I'd say it's a perfect blend of being a star in one country and living a quiet, normal life in the country where you live most of the time."
Timo Boll at the plate: The spin doctor
Timo Boll's style of play is unique. The spin, or the cut, that the German brings to his shots is considered one of the best in the world. With his topspin strokes, Boll favors aggressive attacking play. The left-hander is coached by former top German player Jörg Roßkopf, who once played in the Bundesliga with Boll himself at TTV Gönnern.
As a web coach, Boll also passes on his table tennis skills to recreational and junior players in numerous online sessions and YouTube videos.
Timo Boll: Equipment and sponsors
Which racket does table tennis star Timo Boll actually rely on? The table tennis brand Butterfly has been his sponsor for decades. For his own racket, Boll relied on the "Timo Boll ALC" blade for a long time. In 2021 he switched to the blade "Primorac Carbon". As rubbers he uses the Butterfly Dignics 09C for both forehand and backhand.
Boll also supports the Caravaning Industrie Verband as a brand ambassador. The insurer ARAG has also been a Boll sponsor since 2006, and the robotics expert KUKA since 2014.
Over 12 million clicks on YouTube: Timo Boll vs. KUKA Robot
Timo Boll in private: Married and father of a daughter
Timo Boll has been married to Rodelia Jacobi since New Year's Eve 2002. Boll has had daughter Zoey Malaya with the Philippine since 2013. Jacobi, like Boll, shies away from making a big public appearance, but is regularly in the audience at his tournament appearances.
Timo Boll at a glance
Sport: Table Tennis
Playing hand: Left-handed
Grip: Shakehand
Nationality: Germany
Birthday: March 8, 1981
Born in: Erbach, Germany
Hometown: Höchst, Odenwald
First professional season: 1997
Coach: Jörg Roßkopf
Followers on Instagram: 110.000
Partner: Rodelia Jacobi

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Well, much better! Instead of looking like a bomb went off, it just looks like a messy room (: This is the second phase of Project Studio - clearing the floor and purging.
The credenza (in the left of the upper photo) will be moved into the closet to free up wall space to hang magnetic calendars and white boards. I'm visual and having design boards, inspirations and time charts in clear view will keep me on task.
The door was removed from the walk-in closet and replaced with a curtain. A desk will be set up in front of the window and a curtain will allow better closet access.
For added storage an extra bookcase that wouldn't fit in the hall will be placed where the filing cabinets used to be. This will hold all of my work manuals, supply catalogs and brochures, keeping them out of the hall library.
I'll post more photos as things progress and some how-to instructions for specific projects like making the desk and installing the wainscoting...so exciting!!!


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Good COP, bad COP: Are telcos meeting the climate challenge?
Posted by: Anasia D'mello
As the COP26 climate conference gets underway it's good to report that some of the main telco and IT players are making an effort to show what they're doing to tackle environmental targets, although they could do some other obvious things to make even more of a difference. Business technology journalist Antony Savvas takes a closer look.
EcoAct, an Atos subsidiary, has just released its Climate Reporting Performance report for the companies in the FTSE 100, DOW 30 and Euro STOXX 50 indices.
The report includes a leader board ranking the top 20 companies for climate disclosure, lifts the lid on sustainability reporting, net zero commitments, science-based targets and the climate impact of business across the indices.
It found that the IT/telecoms (ITT) space was the strongest performing sector globally, across the three markets, with six companies in the top 20. This included Microsoft and Apple taking the top two spots.
Almost 90% of ITT companies provide low carbon products or services, and 71% have set science-based targets for emissions, with most of them committing to the aim of helping to limit global warming to 1.5°C.
In the FTSE 100 alone, Vodafone was the second-top performing firm and BT was in third place. IT and telecoms research, conferencing and consulting firm Informa was in fifth place.
This is all very positive of course, but many of these companies' end customers in the business space are clear they can do much more.
Ending the cycle of selling new smartphones and other electronics over ever smaller timescales should be encouraged at COP26, according to a poll of members at UK-based BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT.
I'm sure on hearing that call, the likes of Apple and Vodafone, along with many others, may shift slightly in their seats. Reusing and recycling electronic waste was chosen as the priority policy action to improve tech's relationship with the environment, showed the BCS survey.
The world is drowning
The world is quite simply drowning in gadgets and other electronic waste, and more must be done to keep the items we buy going and upgraded, instead of getting yet another piece of kit which is only slightly better than the one before.
Legislation on "rights to repair" coming in around the world can help achieve this aim, said BCS, but only if properly promoted and supported by governments.
After reducing e-waste (30%), other tech-related actions government and the tech sector should look to were, carbon transparency reporting (19%), making data centres "truly green" (14%), granting rights for home working (13%) and restricting power-thirsty cryptocurrency mining (12%).
A majority (61%) also said they were not confident that IT and digital technologies were being used effectively by industry in the fight against climate change.
Alex Bardell, chair of the BCS green IT specialist group, says, "Rather than being dependent on new devices as soon as we have a failure, the 'right to repair' legislation should start making it easier for people to extend the life of their devices. If the starter motor failed on your car you would go to the garage and get a new part, rather than chucking the car away."
Chip shortage
Bardell adds, "The challenge is that the business model for electronics firms is to push their products, like smartphones, on ever smaller time cycles as a way of generating revenue, and it really doesn't need to be this way."
Quite rightly, he says the ongoing global chip shortage should be focusing minds on making sure more electronics and gadgets are repaired or refurbished.
Many businesses have to diversify to make sure they don't go under as a result of changing markets. In the case of telcos, their first major business turnaround was when we moved from telegrams to telephones.
The move to car phones and mobile networks came next, bringing new competitors to the incumbent telcos in their wake. And the internet and broadband saw even more players come into the telecoms space.
Taking a bite
The internet and the cloud created the big tech companies like Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google (the FANGs), among others, who have benefited from the networks that the telcos originally built, to carry their growing content.
In the case of Facebook and Google, and to a lesser extent Amazon, their advertising revenues have sucked the blood out of many a market. So, it was rather refreshing to see an old incumbent like BT get its own back in a small way.
Yes, BT has diversified into the advertising space. It has launched a new digital advertising platform to make it easier for businesses to run their own marketing campaigns, helping them to better promote their goods and services online.
BT's Digital Marketing Hub gives firms the tools and support to create, publish and track their digital advertising across Google, Facebook and Instagram from a single platform. It's benefiting from a market they created, just like they benefited from jumping on the networks the telcos built.
With many businesses moving online during the pandemic, a recent survey by Small Business Britain, in partnership with BT, found that 74% of small firms have increased their use of social media to promote their business online.
Also, 43% said they were using e-commerce more, while 30% had increased their use of paid social media advertising. BT's offering is designed to allow more firms to take advantage of these digital sales channels.
Businesses can create ads and run multi-channel marketing campaigns while all the results feed into a single analytics dashboard. They can get automatic recommendations around the best keywords, ad copy and media spends to include in their campaigns, "helping secure maximum return on investment", says BT.
Advertising experts
Antony Savvas
BT has also built a new team of digital advertising experts to provide an optional managed service. This is charged to businesses through a service fee, which is applied to each campaign on a pay-as-you-go basis.
Chris Sims, BT managing director for the SoHo (small office/home office) unit, says, "Our Digital Marketing Hub has been designed to give small businesses peace of mind that their online advertising campaigns are reaching the right customers, in the right place, at the right time."
I see many more telcos going down this type of route to diversify and play a greater role in the data services space, and to help give big tech a run for its money.
The author is Antony Savvas, a global freelance business technology journalist.
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category: Business & Markets, Companies, Devices and Modules, Digital transformation, Network optimisation, Platforms & Applications, Products & Services, Week in Telco IT
Tags: Alex Bardell, Amazon, Antony Savvas, Apple, Atos, BCS, BT, Chris Sims, EcoAct, Facebook, Google, informa, Instagram, Microsoft, Netflix, Small Business Britain, The Chartered Institute for IT, Vodafone


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Gilberto Alfredo Vizcarra Mori SJ (* 11. Februar 1960 in Lima) ist ein peruanischer Geistlicher und Apostolischer Vikar von Jaén en Peru o San Francisco Javier.

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Gilberto Alfredo Vizcarra Mori trat dem Jesuitenorden bei und empfing am 31. Juli 1994 die Priesterweihe.

Papst Franziskus ernannte ihn am 11. Juni 2014 zum Apostolischen Vikar von Jaén en Peru o San Francisco Javier in Peru und zum Titularbischof von Autenti. Die Bischofsweihe spendete ihm der Erzbischof von Huancayo, Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno SJ, am 15. August desselben Jahres. Mitkonsekratoren waren sein Vorgänger Santiago María García de la Rasilla SJ und der Apostolische Vikar von Mongo, Henri Coudray SJ.

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Römisch-katholischer Bischof (21. Jahrhundert)
Römisch-katholischer Geistlicher (20. Jahrhundert)
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Peruaner
Geboren 1960
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'I've Enjoyed Every Minute Of The Ride': KDKA's Jon Burnett Retires After 42 Years In Television
Filed Under:Jon Burnett, KDKA-TV, Local TV, Pittsburgh News, Retirement
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — After 42-year career in television, KDKA favorite and beloved Pittsburgher Jon Burnett is heading into retirement.
Be sure to watch Jon's goodbye and final broadcast Saturday morning
He recently sat down with KDKA Anchor Stacy Smith to reflect on his long, legendary and award-winning career, as well as his love for Pittsburgh.
After starting his career in his home state of Tennessee, Pittsburgh first met Jon Burnett in 1982, when KDKA hired him as the new host of "Evening Magazine." First, with Liz Miles and then Mary Robb Jackson.
"It was incredible. I got to see the world," said Burnett of his new job in Pittsburgh. "We were encouraged, Liz and I were, and Mary Robb too, to do our own stories and to feature ourselves in those stories."
Farewell Jon Burnett: Liz Miles, Mary Robb Jackson And Brenda Waters
One of his favorites was covering the "Jeepers Jamboree."
"We went out to northern California, and were in the Sierras, high in the Sierras, and driving jeeps over the roughest terrain I've ever seen or been on. Most of the ground we covered did not look like a road to me," Jon said.
Stacy Smith: "You took some risks on some of these stories?"
Jon Burnett: "I did, I did. I broke my back in one story. I thought I'd broken my ankle on one of my skydives. My jumps, where my main chute didn't open, and if I was ever going to panic in my entire life that was it, and so I had to pull my reserve, which fortunately did open, and I landed hard."
Stacy Smith: "You did a story on your parents' farm one time, didn't you?"
Jon Burnett: "Yeah. One of the reasons I went down there to do it is because I knew it would connect with Pittsburghers. Even though many Pittsburghers couldn't relate to life on the farm and living out in the country like that, they identify with family strongly. Family is important here in western Pennsylvania, just like it is down there in eastern Tennessee."
Three years into his run on "Evening Magazine," Jon began doing double duty when he was tapped as Patrice King Brown's new co-host on "Pittsburgh 2Day."
"In '85, John Wade left the station and they asked me if I would come on board and be Patrice's cohost, and I said absolutely. This gave me an opportunity to do more live TV," Jon said. "I was probably most at home on Pittsburgh 2Day."
In fact, Patrice sent Jon a farewell message for his retirement.
"JB, we had some wonderful years together. I wish you the very best in retirement. Travel, relax, enjoy your family, take care. Much love, my friend," she said on the message played on Pittsburgh Today Live.
Patrice King Brown's Message:
In 1990, "Pittsburgh 2Day" came to an end. Then, in early 1991, "Evening Magazine" also signed off.
However, Jon still had a year on his contract, and it just so happened that, at the same time, KDKA was in need of a new weatherman.
For 28 years now, Jon has been a trusted member of the KDKA Weather Team, covering every shift, including, for many years, weekend mornings with Brenda Waters.
He's covered everything from snowstorms to floods to tornadoes. In fact, he won an Emmy for a series he did on tornadoes in the mid-90s.
While keeping busy in the weather center, one of his favorite programs got new life. Instead of just "Pittsburgh 2Day," it became "Pittsburgh Today Live."
When Kristine Sorensen took over as host of PTL in 2006, Jon became her sidekick. And, for the next decade, Jon got a second chance to live out what he calls his "Walter Mitty" fantasies.
Kristine Sorensen's Message:
"It was every bit as fun as it had been the first time I'd done it," he said.
Farewell Jon Burnett: Patrice King Brown & Kristine Sorensen
As he heads into retirement, Jon says he's had a blessed career and a wonderful life here in Pittsburgh.
"I have been blessed to work, not only on fun stories and fun events, but with fun people. Great people. This has been my second family," said Burnett. "I don't think I deserved it. I don't think I've been talented enough to be what I've been, where I've been, but I'm here, and I've enjoyed every minute of the ride."
We also said farewell to several people that helped KDKA for several years behind the scenes from creative services, to the newsroom, to the studio and each has made significant contributions to the legacy of KDKA.
KDKA Says Farewell


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Hon Carmel Sepuloni
Deputy Prime Minister & MP for Kelston
Minister for Social Development & Employment, ACC, and Arts, Culture & Heritage
Acting Minister for Child Poverty Reduction
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Meet Carmel
Carmel Sepuloni is a mother, wife, daughter of a migrant, a Government Minister and the Labour MP for Kelston. Born in Waitara, Carmel is of Samoan, Tongan and New Zealand European descent.
Carmel entered Parliament in 2008, having worked in the tertiary sector as a literacy educator, a student mentor adviser, an equity manager, and a Pacific health research project manager.
A brief break away from Parliament in 2011-2014 saw Carmel become Chief Executive of Vaka Tautua, a national 'by Pacific, for Pacific', health, disability and social services provider.
In the current Labour Government, Carmel serves as the Minister for Social Development and Employment, Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage and Minister for ACC. She has previously held the portfolios of Associate Pacific Peoples and Minister for Disability Issues.
Across her portfolios, Carmel is committed to transforming the welfare system so that it's fairer and treats people with dignity, and providing opportunities for people to get ahead in life – including better opportunities to get into meaningful and sustainable employment. She's also committed to building a sustainable, diverse, inclusive and resilient arts and culture sector, and modernising ACC.
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Q: paypal checkout перестает работать если входить в систему через Socialite Всем привет!
Сделал paypal checkout и он нормально работает если в систему входить через login форму(стандартный auth)
Но если входить в систему через Socialite (тестирую с аккаунтами Facebook, Google ) то получаю ошибку :

Credential not found for default user. Please make sure your
  configuration/APIContext has credential information

public function redirectToProvider($provider_name)
{
    if ( $provider_name == 'facebook' ) {
        return Socialite::driver('facebook')->scopes([
            "publish_actions, manage_pages", "publish_pages"])->redirect();
    }
    return Socialite::driver($provider_name)->redirect();
}

public function handleSocialiteProviderCallback($provider_name)
{
    $settingsArray   = Settings::getSettingsList(['site_name']);
    $site_name       = !empty($settingsArray['site_name']) ? $settingsArray['site_name'] : '';
    $site_home_url   = \URL::to('/');

    $provider_name= (string)$provider_name;
    $is_debug= true;
    try {

        $socialiteUser = Socialite::driver($provider_name)->user();

        $loggedUser = User::where('provider_id', $socialiteUser->id)->first();

        if ($loggedUser !== null ) { // There is already user is system - just login under it's credentials
            Auth::login($loggedUser, true);
            \Event::dispatch(new backendSuccessOnLoginEvent($loggedUser));
            return redirect()->route('home');
        } // if ($loggedUser) { // There is already user is system - just login under it's credentials
...

И в модуле оплаты app/Paypal/ExecutePayment.php :
<?php
namespace App\Paypal;
use Auth;
use App\Http\Traits\funcsTrait;
use PayPal\Api\Payment;
use PayPal\Api\PaymentExecution;

class ExecutePayment extends PaypalConnection
{
    use funcsTrait;
    private $payment;
    public function create() {

        $is_debug= false;
        if ($is_debug) {
            echo '
paymentId::' . print_r(request('paymentId'), true) . '
';
        }

        $loggedUser= Auth::user();
        $this->debToFile(print_r( ( !empty($loggedUser->id) ? $loggedUser->id : '') , true), ' GetThePayment  -0SA $loggedUser->id::');

        $this->payment = $this->GetThePayment();

$this->debToFile - это вывод в отладочный файл и он отображает что $loggedUser->id == null
И файл выше наследуется от app/Paypal/PaypalConnection.php :
<?php

namespace App\Paypal;

use App\Http\Traits\funcsTrait;
use Auth;

class PaypalConnection
{
    use funcsTrait;

    protected $apiContext;
    private $loggedUser;

    public function __construct($loggedUser)
    {

        if ( !Auth::check() ) {
            return redirect()->route('home-msg', [])->with([
                'text'   => 'You need to login into the system !',
                'type'   => 'danger',
                'action' => 'show-login'
            ]);
        }
        $this->loggedUser= $loggedUser;
        $this->debToFile(print_r($this->loggedUser->id, true), ' PaypalConnection  -0A $this->loggedUser->id::');// ЭТА СТРОКА ВЫВОДИТ ТЕКУЩИЙ  $this->loggedUser->id

        $this->debToFile(print_r(config('services.paypal'), true), " PaypalConnection  -0A config('services.paypal.id')::"); // ВЫВОДИТ ПРАВИЛЬНЫЕ ПАРАМЕТРЫ  PAYPAL-конфигурации

        $this->apiContext = new \PayPal\Rest\ApiContext(
            new \PayPal\Auth\OAuthTokenCredential(
                config('services.paypal.id'),
                config('services.paypal.secret')
            )
        );

        // ПОХОЖЕ СТРОКА ВЫШЕ КАКИМ-ТО ОБРАЗОМ ВЫПОЛНЯЕТ ЛОГ ОУТ ТЕКУЩЕГО ЮЗЕРА - после ручного возврата в программу и вижу что был выполнен логаут

    }
}

ExecutePayment - вызывается из контролла app/Http/Controllers/PaymentController.php :
<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Auth;
use DB;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Redirect;

use App\Settings;
use App\User;
use App\Http\Traits\funcsTrait;
use Spipu\Html2Pdf\Html2Pdf;
use App\library\CheckValueType;
use App\Paypal\CreatePayment;
use App\Paypal\ExecutePayment;
use App\Paypal\SubscriptionPlan;
use App\Payment;
use App\PaymentItem;

use Spatie\Browsershot\Browsershot;

class PaymentController extends MyAppController
{
    use funcsTrait;

    private $loggedUser;
    public function __construct()
    {
    }

    public function paypal_payment()
    {
        $request     = request();
        $requestData = $request->all();

        $this->loggedUser = Auth::user();

        if ( empty($this->loggedUser->first_name) or
             empty($this->loggedUser->last_name or
             empty($this->loggedUser->address_line1) or
             empty($this->loggedUser->address_city) or
             empty($this->loggedUser->address_state) or
             empty($this->loggedUser->address_postal_code) or
             empty($this->loggedUser->address_country_code) or
             empty($this->loggedUser->shipping_address_line1) or
             empty($this->loggedUser->shipping_address_city) or
             empty($this->loggedUser->shipping_address_state) or
             empty($this->loggedUser->shipping_address_postal_code) or
             empty($this->loggedUser->shipping_address_country_code)
             ) ) {

            return redirect()->route('home-msg', [])->with([
                'text'   => 'To make payment fill your profile, including First name, Last name, Address, Shipping address !',
                'type'   => 'danger',
                'action' => 'show-profile'
            ]);
        }
        $this->loggedUser = Auth::user();

        $payment= new CreatePayment($this->loggedUser);
        return $payment->Create($requestData);

    }

    public function paypal_payment_execute()
    {
        echo '
paypal_payment_execute::' . print_r(-1, true) . '
';
        $this->loggedUser = Auth::user();

        $this->debToFile(print_r( ( !empty($this->loggedUser->id) ? $this->loggedUser->id : '' ), true) , ' paypal_payment_execute  -000 $this->loggedUser->id::');

        $newPayment= new ExecutePayment($this->loggedUser);
        try {
        $newPaymentResult= $newPayment->create();
        } catch (PayPal\Exception\PPConnectionException $pce) {
            echo '
Error Block # 1
';
            var_dump("-1:" . json_decode($pce->getData()));
            exit(1);
        } catch (PayPal\Exception\PayPalConnectionException $pce) {
            echo '
Error Block # 2
';
            var_dump("-2:" . json_decode($pce->getData()));
            exit(1);
        } catch (Exception $pce) {
            echo '
Error Block # 3
';
            var_dump("-3:" . json_decode($pce->getData()));
            exit(1);

        }

        if ( $newPaymentResult->state != 'approved' ) { // payment was successful
            return redirect()->route('home-msg', [])->with([
                'text'   => 'Your payment was successfully completed !',
                'type'   => 'danger',
                'action' => ''
            ]);
        }

        $newAppayment= new \App\Payment();
        $newAppayment->user_id= $this->loggedUser->id;
        $newAppayment->status= 'C';
        $newAppayment->payment_type= 'P';
        $newAppayment->payment_status= $newPaymentResult->state;
        $newAppayment->payment_description= $newPaymentResult->transactions[0]->description;
        $newAppayment->invoice_number= $newPaymentResult->transactions[0]->invoice_number;

        $newAppayment->payer_id= $newPaymentResult->payer->payer_info->payer_id;
        $newAppayment->payer_recipient_name= $newPaymentResult->payer->payer_info->recipient_name;

        $newAppayment->payer_email= $newPaymentResult->payer->payer_info->email;
        $newAppayment->payer_first_name= $newPaymentResult->payer->payer_info->first_name;
        $newAppayment->payer_last_name= $newPaymentResult->payer->payer_info->last_name;
        $newAppayment->payer_middle_name= $newPaymentResult->payer->payer_info->middle_name;

        $newAppayment->currency= $newPaymentResult->transactions[0]->amount->currency;
        $newAppayment->total= $newPaymentResult->transactions[0]->amount->total;
        $newAppayment->subtotal= $newPaymentResult->transactions[0]->amount->details->subtotal;
        $newAppayment->tax= $newPaymentResult->transactions[0]->amount->details->tax;
        $newAppayment->shipping= $newPaymentResult->transactions[0]->amount->details->shipping;

        $newAppayment->payer_shipping_address= $newPaymentResult->payer->payer_info->shipping_address->line1;
        $newAppayment->payer_recipient_name= $newPaymentResult->payer->payer_info->shipping_address->recipient_name;
        $newAppayment->payer_city= $newPaymentResult->payer->payer_info->shipping_address->city;
        $newAppayment->payer_state= $newPaymentResult->payer->payer_info->shipping_address->state;
        $newAppayment->payer_postal_code= $newPaymentResult->payer->payer_info->shipping_address->postal_code;
        $newAppayment->payer_country_code= $newPaymentResult->payer->payer_info->shipping_address->country_code;
        $newAppayment->payer_business_name= $newPaymentResult->payer->payer_info->business_name;

        $itemsList= $newPaymentResult->transactions[0]->item_list;

        DB::beginTransaction();
        try {
            $newAppayment->save();

            foreach( $itemsList->items as $next_key=>$nextItem ) {
                $newPaymentItem= new PaymentItem();
                $newPaymentItem->payment_id= $newAppayment->id;
                $newPaymentItem->item_type= 'D';
                $newPaymentItem->quantity= $nextItem->quantity;
                $newPaymentItem->item_id= $nextItem->sku;
                $newPaymentItem->price= $nextItem->price;
                $newPaymentItem->save();
        }

            DB::commit();
        } catch (\Exception $e) {
            DB::rollback();
            $this->setFlashMessage($e->getMessage(), 'danger');

            echo '
$e->getMessage()::'.print_r($e->getMessage(),true).'
';
            die("-1 EOOR");
            return Redirect
                ::back()
                ->withErrors([$e->getMessage()])
                ;
        }
        return redirect()->route('home-msg', [])->with([
            'text'   => 'Your payment was successfully completed !',
            'type'   => 'success',
            'action' => ''
        ]);

    }

    public function paypal_payment_cancel()
    {
        echo '
paypal_payment_cancel::' . print_r(-1, true) . '
';
        die("-1 XXZ paypal_payment_cancel app/Http/Controllers/PaymentController.php");
    }

}

Как я писал в начале если войти в систему через login форму(стандартный auth) - ошибки нет.
Почему ошибка и как ее исправить ?
при логине в handleSocialiteProviderCallback я использовал
// Login and "remember" the given user...
Auth::login($user, true);

Или вызова этой функции недостаточно ?
Следующая мысль это проверить 2х юзеров по полям : https://prnt.sc/p10ry9
Для юзера созданного в facebook(id=42) поле password было пустым - я его скопировал из id=6 -
залогинился из facebook-а заново - но та же ошибка.
остальные поля : https://prnt.sc/p10tc9, https://prnt.sc/p10tok, https://prnt.sc/p10tsh
Я заполнил address, shipping_address поля при логине юзера из facebook-а. Если эти поля пустые - то выводит paypal ошибку.
я там сделал проверку.
То есть вроде все поля заполнены одинаково - и каким образом и почему теряется логин - непонятно...
ПРАВКА #1 :
Кажется нашел причину в том что у меня в приложении были переходы
https://mysite.com
https://www.mysite.com

и в .htaccess я писал :
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^.*$ https://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
в .env :
APP_URL=https://mysite.com

И при текущем урле с "www." на урл без него текущий юзер терялся ... такое возможно?
И вообще нужны ли "www." в урле сайта ?
Спасибо !

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A Worksop dad is still fighting for his life almost one week after being left in a coma following a 'serious' street assault.
Daniel Cutts, 31, of The Croft, suffered a double haematoma from a single punch to the head after the incident on Gateford Road on Saturday.
The injuries are said to be 'life-altering' and he may need further operations to ease the pressure on his brain.
Police have since charged 23-year-old Steven Paul Hancock of Worksop with causing grievous bodily harm.
Today Daniel's family have told the Guardian of their heartbreak and how 'overwhelmed' they are at the messages of support they have received.
The couple have three children, twins Riley and Reece, aged three, and Jalan, aged nine.
Daniel's dad Steven, 57, said that he 'feared the worst' when the police knocked on his door.
"I was just cracking up," he said.
The Worksop Timber worker, who has three sisters, had been on a night out when the incident occurred and the police were called at around 3.40am on 20th June.


We invite all angels and saints in heaven, all Guardian Angels and all the poor souls in Purgatory to join us in our prayers.
Heavenly Father, by the power of the immeasurable merits of Jesus and Mary, we beg Thee through the immaculate and sorrowful heart of Mary, to accept our poor prayers and sacrifices this day, united with all the prayers, offerings and all the merits of the whole life, suffering and death of Jesus and Mary, of all martyrs and saints, as well as their love and humility and the precious blood of Jesus. Heavenly Father, grant that it be pleasing to Thee. May it be to Thy greatest honor, for all the needs of Thy Holy Church, as atonement for all sacrileges and irreverence, for the sanctification of Thy priests and dedicated persons, for souls making pilgrimage, sacrifices or reparation, for all prisoners and sick persons, for the conversion of sinners, the salvation of the dying and for all the poor souls in Purgatory.
Heavenly Father, forgive us all our sins and the punishment they deserve and lead us to everlasting life.
May the Almighty and merciful God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, bless and strengthen us. Amen.


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Northeastern Ohio Family Brings Their Passion Project Salute Market To PGA Village
Alyssa Morlacci
A northeastern Ohio family migrates south to introduce Salute Market to Palm Beach Gardens.
The Corky & Jacks sandwich arrives on a square plate moments after Michelle Lefkowitz raves it's the best in town. The Salute Market lunch item is fat with corned beef, melted Swiss cheese, a layer of sauerkraut and a drizzle of Thousand Island dressing. A toothpick skewers everything between two slices of toasted rye bread. One bite leads to a verdict: Michelle could very well be right.
The sandwich is one of many odes the PGA Village restaurant makes to Cleveland throughout the menu. Corky & Lenny's and Jack's Deli are two restaurants in northeast Ohio that Michelle, her husband, Rob Lefkowitz, and his twin brother, Tommy Lefkowitz, frequented before moving south to open Salute last summer. "Our customers, they call us the Salute family," Michelle says. The kinship even extends into the kitchen and bar with Michelle's sister, Angela Santo Domingo, as the beverage director and her brother-in-law, Mario Santo Domingo, as the executive chef.
On the Salute family
Plans made between strangers at a bar don't typically follow through. But they did for Michelle and Rob, who've been married for 15 years. The two met one night out in Cleveland. Michelle asked Rob what he wanted from a relationship, to which he responded football on Sundays and no part in cleaning bathrooms. When he returned the question, Michelle said someday she wanted to live where there was a beach and palm trees. When the couple moved to Palm Beach Gardens to open their first restaurant last August, Michelle finally got her end of the bargain.
On choosing the name
"I can remember sitting on the porch in Chardon, Ohio, bouncing around ideas," Michelle says. The brainstorming session concluded with the name 'Salute,' an Italian word that translates to 'Cheers.' "It's based on the premise to enjoy life," she says. And what better way to enjoy life than over food? In addition to brunch, lunch and dinner, there is a full bar and shelves upon shelves of wine (more than 200 bottles). Each month, the restaurant also introduces season- or region-inspired dishes and libations. In July, guests can expect a Mediterranean theme.
On helping others
In addition to starting their own "passion project," the Lefkowitz family likes to support others. Shelves in the dining area are stocked with everything from hand-blown glasses to bags of tea produced by small or local businesses. Take, for example, BrownBag Popcorn Co., a Boca Raton-based gourmet popcorn shop; or Rabbit Coffee Roasting Company, an organic coffee roaster based in Riviera Beach. "We feel that by supporting other like-minded entrepreneurs, that we are paying it forward and inspiring others to do the same," Michelle says.
Correction: A previous version of this article stated the name of the restaurant the Lefkowitzes frequented in Ohio was Corky & Jack's. They frequented two restaurants: Corky & Lenny's and Jack's Deli.
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This unique blend of four white grape varieties is as complex and distinctive as you would expect: aromas of fresh grapes, citrus, red apple and fig are followed by a powerful, dry, multi-layered palate.
Only the juice from the first pressing – the cuvée – was used, and was transferred to tank by gravity. After a natural settling, the alcoholic fermentation took place over two weeks at a low temperature, followed by complete, natural malolactic fermentation. The wine was bottled without filtration, and spent at least three years on lees before disgorgement. Minimal sulphur was used during the production.


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Member of the House of Representatives
Federal Parliament of Nepal
Mr. Gagan Kumar Thapa is a Member of the House of Representatives in the Federal Parliament of Nepal and a former Minister of Health (August, 2016 to Jul, 2017). His tenure within the ministry was marked by major reform initiatives aimed at strengthening Nepal's health system. His urgent and immediate focus was to expand the reach of health services particularly to those that need it the most: the poor, people with mental health problems, and differently-abled. He led the effort in the ministry to draft the Health Insurance Act (2017) and lobbied the parliament to pass it into law, which includes an individual mandate with government subsidies for premiums for people unable to pay. He spearheaded a 7-year Integrated Health Infrastructure Plan that provides new funding to upgrade and modernize Nepal's health system in three key areas: human resources, infrastructure, and equipment. The success of this project is critical as it will boost morale of health workers across the system while enhancing people's confidence in health services delivered by the public sector.
During his tenure, Mr Thapa also sought to expand the scope of the health ministry to better govern and ensure quality of health care in Nepal. He envisioned the need for Quality Assurance Authority and drafted a bill to create such a body. Under his leadership, there was also significant progress in establishing a new Ethical Code of Conduct for health providers, licensing of private medical providers, enhancing the scope of the Department of Drug Administration to more effectively regulate medicines, medical equipment, and other health products in the country.
As a Member of Federal Parliament, he continues to use his political weight aimed at efforts to better regulate medical colleges through the Medical Education Bill and provides critical feedback on the annual health budget. He has recently begun a nationwide campaign to mobilize a Citizen's Movement to give people a voice in the design and delivery of health services.
Mr. Thapa holds a Bachelors in Science from Tri-Chandra College and a Masters in Sociology from Tribhuvan University.
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Q: Howto use mongoDB bindings for haskell I am pretty new to Haskell but I feel like I have a decent understanding over all.
I'm currently trying to play with the unofficial mongoDB bindings for haskell.
If you look at the code here: http://github.com/srp/mongoDB/blob/master/Database/MongoDB.hs
connect :: HostName -> [ConnectOpt] -> IO Connection
connect = flip connectOnPort (Network.PortNumber 27017)

As you can see this methods returns/resolves to an IO Connection.
However all methods that actually interract with the database take a just plain Connection as an argument. Ex:
disconnect :: Connection -> IO ()
disconnect = conClose

I think there is something fundamental I'm not understanding here, maybe the IO has to do with it being part of the IO Monad? I'm really pretty clueless and was wondering if anyone has any light to shed on this for me.
How can I coax a IO Connection to a Connection in the mongoDB bindings?
Thanks for any input you may have.

A:
I think there is something fundamental I'm not understanding here

Yes, that's right. You're just missing how Haskell distinguishes code which has side effects from pure code. To use code that ends in an IO type, you use the do-notation. E.g.
main = do
   c <- connect "myhost" []
   print "connected!"
   disconnect c

The <- is a "bind" which runs the side effecting code, and returns the result. In this case, a value of type "Connection".
Read up on Haskell IO in e.g. Real World Haskell, http://book.realworldhaskell.org/read/io.html
Make sure to read the haddocks too, http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/mongoDB/0.2/doc/html/Database-MongoDB.html


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Message to the City
A Message to the City from Pol Rosenthal
by The Stranger • Jul 6, 2020 at 8:00 am
Pol Rosenthal is an artist who usually works in theater, performance, and protest contexts. Courtesy of Pol Rosenthal
Good morning. It's Monday, July 6, the first Monday since the closure of CHOP, the first workday after the tragic death of Summer Taylor, and meanwhile Taylor's fellow Black Femme March protester Diaz Love is fighting for survival in an ICU. (There will be more about both of them in Slog AM.)
For today's message, we turn to the performance artist Pol Rosenthal. He says in his message that all of this protesting in the air these days originates in "people asking for the cops to treat them the same way they treat white people — rich white people. If you don't get that, then shove off until you do."
He also says, "White folks newly awakened: while your urgency is appreciated, please remember, some of us have been working on this for decades." He also says, "You'll know when we lose all patience. There will be no cake for any of you ever again."
And he proceeds to eat a whole bunch of cake.
Pol is an actor, dancer, musician, writer, crowd control specialist, and "mayhem artist."
He has been part of the protest movement in Seattle for decades, including co-founding the Infernal Noise Brigade, which helped lead the WTO protests and went on to protest economic injustice and racism throughout George W. Bush's disastrous two terms as president.
It should be noted: He created this piece of video art right before CHOP got shut down, and before the Black Femme March protest on I-5 on July 4.
Thank you for this message, Pol. Thank you for making art about this moment in time.
Have a good week, everyone.
Betsey Brock's message to the city on July 2.
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Charles Leggett's message to the city June 29.
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Isaac Gutierrez's message to the city on June 17.
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Aleksa Manila's message to the city on June 15.
Derrick Ryan Claude Mitchell's message to the city on June 12.
Bret Fetzer's message to the city on June 11.
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RL Heyer's message to the city on May 14.
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I just came back from my fourth trip to Gaza. I am a French photographer based in Bethlehem (the West Bank) for many years and a member of the photo collective Activestills. For over 5 years I have been involved in the community-based filmmaking project Voices Beyond Walls, founded by Nitin Sawhney, the co-director of the upcoming film Flying Paper. The participatory media initiative empowers Palestinian youth in refugee camps with new media skills and aesthetics to turn their own stories into powerful films.
Last February and more recently this month in May, I spent time in Gaza to continue work on the documentary film, Flying Paper, by capturing footage there and a voiceover with Abeer, an energetic 17 year-pld Palestinian girl from the Jabaliya refugee camp, who was trained in the Voices Beyond Walls workshops in 2010 and subsequently began working on this film.
I came back very sick from Gaza, partly because of my physical exhaustion and also probably from being a bit emotionally drained by the whole situation there. Some of the stories I heard are just dreadful: A family that I had been visiting over the months, has been living in tents since the last two years after they decided that they could not stay in their house located just 400 meters from the Green Line (with Israel). The house was shelled two times and in one recent bombing Ne'ma, a Palestinian mother of 5 children was killed. Nasser, her husband, is now struggling to build a new house in a safer place for his children.
I also visited families in refugee camps who live in very dire conditions: up to 11 people in one small room; some people have to sleep in the kitchen or above the toilets. In those families several members are often sick, from children having asthma to mental illness. In one house, a woman had her legs broken in different parts because the roof fell on her. With no jobs, no hope in the future, confined to a tiny space without electricity for several hours every day: how can one stay sane?
So yes, the general situation is very grim and desperate. However, Gaza has an inner beauty that I also wanted to capture and share. People of Gaza amazingly find strength and their way of coping is sometimes breathtaking. The seacoast is simply stunning; there is a buzzing subculture of arts and music that is alive and well. I met with artists, bloggers, activists, performers, surfers, Palestinians doing hip-hop, breakdancing, skate-rolling and parkour, on which I am preparing to write a photo story. Showing these positive stories of Gaza without dismissing the general context of military occupation and the siege is I believe crucial in exposing the complex reality of Gaza and reaching out to more people worldwide. I was therefore very happy to devote part of my time doing so while in filming essential footage needed for the documentary film Flying Paper.
In February this year, I had already visited the key characters of the film, Mussa, his sister Wedad, and their grandfather Abu Ziad (the Mukhtar or governor of the village) who all live in the village of Seifa in Gaza Strip, in the dangerous buffer zone very close to the northern border with Israel. I also met again with Abeer in the Jabaliya refugee camp, whom I knew earlier when I visited Gaza in late 2010 and did some follow-up work on the Voices Beyond Walls project. Abeer is a very strikingly intelligent young Palestinian woman with whom I can always relate very easily. She was one of the key leaders in the group of young filmmakers that Nitin Sawhney and Roger Hill (the co-directors of Flying Paper) trained and worked with during their first summer in Gaza in 2010.
Besides being very at ease in front of the camera, Abeer enjoys both filming and asking questions during the interviews. Abeer has an ambition of becoming a professional journalist and I do hope she will pursue her dream as I am convinced from seeing her at work that she has such great potential. In February we worked together on recording some of her own texts that will serve as a narrative thread for the film, spoken as voiceover across key scenes. She came up with some very powerful and poetic words which perfectly embody the spirit of the children of Gaza and the significance of the extraordinary culture of kite flying there despite the dire situation there. Abeer is not just another character in the film; she is fully involved in the making of this film as a co-producer taking the difficult journey with the directors from its inception two years ago. She did have some very useful comments after she saw the first rough cut earlier this year, and we want to continue to work with her in the crucial last stages in finalizing the film's footage for post-production. Hence, being back in Gaza working closely with Abeer on this film has been a joy for us both.
This time (in May) we worked hard to capture additional footage of Abeer at her home in the heart of the Jabaliya refugee camp and at the beach, where she often goes for solace. Abeer was kind enough to open her doors and spend the necessary time with me, despite the fact that she had crucial high school exams coming up. Filming was challenging and exhausting; Jabaliya being the biggest refugee camp is also one of the noisiest and we repeatedly had to interrupt the interviews because of sudden bursts of sounds. Filming in the street is also not so easy; as almost immediately you find yourselves surrounded by groups of children in the camp who are not used to seeing foreigners around these areas. Overall it went very well, and we had two days of great work together. Despite my physical and nervous exhaustion, I still did have a good time because Abeer is such an adorable person with whom I enjoy talking and sharing ideas; especially about the challenge of being a young woman in Gaza.
Unfortunately with my exhaustion, I experienced a little catastrophe when I simply deleted the wrong folder on my camera's memory card and deleted all the footage; not only from Abeer but also an interview that I had conducted with Dr. Mohammad A. El-Aydi from UNRWA, one of the lead organizers of the summer games. After one franctic night of trying unsuccessfully to retrieve the files and not much time left in Gaza, I just decided to reshoot everything again. Both Abeer and Dr Mohammad were kind enough to understand that these mistakes do happen and, convinced of the importance of the film, agreed to do the interviews all over again. Finally Atilla, the younger brother of Abeer, who was trianed in the Voices Beyond Walls workshops and is passionate about computers did manage to retrieve some of the files; this is just one amazing instance that shows how the youth in Gaza are so very resourceful despite the odds.
In the end, we perhaps managed to capture even better interviews and visual shots of Gaza, which I hope will become a crucial part of the film, Flying Paper. I cannot wait to see the final version of the film as it evolves and materializes through editing and post-production over the summer. I also hope that after the film is completed, everyone in the film production team will find a way to together come visit and screen the film directly among the children and people of Gaza. Only they can judge how best the film cinematically captures the compelling stories of their lives.


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Case Study #4: In-Flight Fire, Landing Gear Well
Transportation Safety Board Report Number A98Q0087
Swearingen SA226-TC
Mirabel/Montreal International Airport, Quebec
The aircraft, a Fairchild-Swearingen Metro II (SA226-TC), from Dorval / Montréal International Airport, Quebec, around 0701 eastern daylight time bound for Peterborough Airport, Ontario. On board were nine passengers and two pilots. About 12 minutes after take-off, at an altitude of 12 500 feet above sea level (asl), the crew advised air traffic control (ATC) that they had a hydraulic problem and requested clearance to return to Dorval. ATC granted this request. Around 0719, at 8600 feet asl, the crew advised ATC that the left engine had been shut down because it was on fire. Around 0720, the crew decided to proceed to Mirabel / Montréal International Airport, Quebec. At 0723, the crew advised ATC that the engine fire was out. On final for Runway 24, the crew advised ATC that the left engine was again on fire. The landing gear was extended on short final, and when the aircraft was over the runway, the left wing broke upwards. The fuselage pivoted more than 90° to the left around the longitudinal axis of the aircraft and struck the ground. All 11 occupants were fatally injured.
During the ground acceleration phase, the aircraft was pulling to the left of the runway centreline, and the right rudder was required to maintain take-off alignment. Two minutes later, the aircraft was cleared to climb to 16 000 feet above sea level.
At 0713, the crew advised the controller of a decrease in hydraulic pressure and requested to return to the departure airport. The controller immediately gave clearance for a 180° turn and descent to 8000 feet asl. During this time, the crew indicated that, for the moment, there was no on-board emergency. The aircraft initiated its turn 70 seconds after receiving clearance.
At 0713:36, something was wrong with the controls. Shortly afterward came the first perceived indication that engine trouble was developing, and the left wing overheat light illuminated about 40 seconds later. Within 30 seconds, without any apparent checklist activity, the light went out.
At 0718:12, the left engine appeared to be on fire, and it was shut down. Less than one minute later, the captain took the controls. The flight controls were not responding normally: abnormal right aileron pressure was required to keep the aircraft on heading.
At 0719:19, the crew advised air traffic control (ATC) that the left engine was shut down, and, in response to a second suggestion from ATC, the crew agreed to proceed to Mirabel instead of Dorval. Less than a minute and a half later, the crew informed ATC that flames were coming out of the "engine nozzle". Preparations were made for an emergency landing, and the emergency procedure for manually extending the landing gear was reviewed. At 0723:10, the crew informed ATC that the left engine was no longer on fire, but three and a half minutes later, they advised ATC that the fire had started again. During this time, the aircraft was getting harder to control in roll, and the aileron trim was set at the maximum. Around 0727, when the aircraft was on short final for Runway 24L, the landing gear lever was selected, but only two gear down indicator lights came on. Near the runway threshold, the left wing failed upwards. The aircraft then rotated more than 90º to the left around its longitudinal axis and crashed, inverted, on the runway. The aircraft immediately caught fire, slid 2500 feet, and came to rest on the left side the runway. When the aircraft crashed, firefighters were near the runway threshold and responded promptly. The fire was quickly brought under control, but all occupants were fatally injured.
Aircraft Hydraulic System
The aircraft hydraulic system--which does not include the brake system--supplies pressure to operate the flaps and the landing gear in normal operation and to lower the landing gear in an emergency. The approved hydraulic fluid for the aircraft hydraulic system is MIL-H-83282. The approved fluid for the landing gear struts (shock-absorbing systems) is MIL-H-5606.
At 0712, there were indications of a main hydraulic system failure. The L HYD PRESS and R HYD PRESS lights came on, and the hydraulic pressure was decreasing. It was decided to turn back to Dorval and, when required, use the prescribed manual procedure to lower the landing gear. During the turn to Dorval, the flight controls did not feel normal, the IGNITION MODE - AUTO FUNCTION light for the left engine illuminated, and there was a left-wing overheat indication.
Hydraulic Fluid Analyses
The hydraulic fluids collected from the aircraft were analyzed. Samples of hydraulic fluid were also taken from other aircraft in the company fleet, a hydraulic generator cart, and other aircraft not owned by this carrier. The analyses were done by the Department of National Defence Quality Engineering Test Establishment in Ottawa, Ontario. The results of the chemical analyses were as follows:
The MIL-H-83282 brake fluid from the aircraft contained 34% MIL-H-5606.
The MIL-H-83282 hydraulic fluid from the aircraft contained 14% MILH-5606.
The MIL-H-5606 fluid from the left landing gear strut of the aircraft contained 5% MIL-H-83282.
The MIL-H-5606 fluid from the nose gear strut of the aircraft contained 14% MIL-H-83282.
The wheeled hydraulic generator contained MIL-H-83282 hydraulic fluid with 17% MIL-H-5606. This unit is used to replenish fluids in the aircraft.
On another aircraft operated by the air carrier, the brakes contained 29% MIL-H-5606, and the aircraft hydraulic system contained 18% MIL-H-5606.
An aircraft operated by another air carrier contained MIL-H-83282 fluid with 13% MIL-H-5606.
In general, the mixed hydraulic fluids had the qualities of MIL-H-83282 fluid: smell, look, feel, viscosity, etc. However, the MIL-H-5606 contamination in a hydraulic system containing MIL-H-83282 fluid lowers the flashpoint of the fluid.
Wing Overheat Indication
The crew noted a hydraulic failure indication, control problems, and problems with the left engine, and the wing overheat light came on continuously, all within two minutes. Within 30 seconds of the overheat light illuminating, the light went out without any apparent checklist activity. There is no indication that the wing overheat checklist was initiated: both bleed air switches were found in the ON position, and the landing gear was not lowered until the aircraft was on final approach.
The investigation determined that overheating of the left landing gear brakes during taxi and take-off caused a fire in the nacelle after gear retraction. The fire spread within the wing structure, leading to wing failure on final approach to land.
The crew did not realize that the pull to the left and the extended take-off run were due to the left brakes' dragging, which led to overheating of the brake components.
Dragging of the left brakes was most probably caused by an unidentified pressure locking factor upstream of the brakes on take-off. The dragging caused overheating and leakage, probably at one of the piston seals that retain the brake hydraulic fluid.
When hydraulic fluid leaked onto the hot brake components, the fluid caught fire and initiated an intense fire in the left nacelle, leading to failure of the main hydraulic system.
When the L WING OVHT light went out, the overheating problem appeared corrected; however, the fire continued to burn.
The crew never realized that all of the problems were associated with a fire in the wheel well, and they did not realize how serious the situation was.
The left wing was weakened by the wing/engine fire and failed, rendering the aircraft uncontrollable.
Findings as to Risk
Numerous previous instances of brake overheating or fire on SA226 and SA227 aircraft had the potential for equally tragic consequences. Not all crews flying this type of aircraft are aware of its history of numerous brake overheating or fire problems.
The aircraft flight manual and the emergency procedures checklist provide no information on the possibility of brake overheating, precautions to prevent brake overheating, the symptoms that could indicate brake problems, or actions to take if overheated brakes are suspected.
More stringent fire-blocking requirements would have retarded combustion of the seats, reducing the fire risk to the aircraft occupants.
A mixture of the two types of hydraulic fluid lowered the temperature at which the fluid would ignite, that is, below the flashpoint of pure MIL-H-83282 fluid.
The aircraft maintenance manual indicated that the two hydraulic fluids were compatible but did not mention that mixing them would reduce the fire resistance of the fluid.
The master cylinders were not all of the same part number, resulting in complex linkage and master cylinder adjustments, complicated overall brake system functioning, and difficult troubleshooting of the braking system. However, there was no indication that this circumstance caused residual brake pressure.
The latest recommended master cylinders are required to be used only with specific brake assembly part numbers, thereby simplifying adjustments, functioning, and troubleshooting.
Although the emergency checklist for overheating in the wing required extending the landing gear, the crew did not do this because the wing overheat light went out before the crew initiated the checklist.
The effect of the fire in the wheel well made it difficult to move the ailerons, but the exact cause of the difficulty was not determined.
Mixing of Hydraulic Fluids
Analysis of fluid from the accident aircraft's main and brake hydraulic systems revealed a mixture of MIL-H-83282 and MIL-H-5606 hydraulic fluids. These hydraulic fluids are nearly identical in colour and consistency. The mixture had a flashpoint of approximately 114ºC (239ºF).
The SA226 and SA227 specification originally called for MIL-H-5606, with a minimum flashpoint of 82ºC, to be used in the aircraft's main and brake hydraulic systems. However, after two Swearingen SA226-TC Metroliner II cockpit fire accidents in which the MIL-H-5606 hydraulic fluid was involved, the FAA issued Airworthiness Directive (AD) 83-19-02, applicable to certain Swearingen SA226 airplanes, including the Mirabel accident airplane. The AD required that operators drain and purge the main hydraulic and brake system reservoirs, refill them with MIL-H-83282 hydraulic fluid with a minimum flashpoint of 205ºC, and change the placards on both reservoirs to specify the MIL-H-83282 fluid. The accident aircraft was placarded in accordance with AD 83-19-02.
Current maintenance instructions state that MIL-H-83282 is to be used in the main and brake hydraulic systems of the aircraft. However, there is no reference to indicate that MIL-H-83282 is used because of the higher temperature at which its vapours will ignite or that a mixture of MIL-H-83282 and MIL-H-5606 can have a significantly lower flashpoint than the 205ºC flashpoint for pure MIL-H-83282. Given that MIL-H-5606 was the original specified fluid for SA226 and SA227 aircraft, that MIL-H-5606 and MIL-H-83282 are similar in appearance and most properties, and that there are no cautions about the consequences of using a mixture of the two fluids, the Board believes that MIL-H-5606 is being mistakenly used by some air operators and aircraft maintenance engineers as an alternative hydraulic fluid in systems requiring MIL-H-83282. Therefore, in view of the increased risk of fire occurring on Fairchild/Swearingen SA226 and SA227 aircraft resulting from the incorrect use of MIL-H-5606 hydraulic fluid, the Board recommended that:
Transport Canada, as a matter of urgency, notify all Canadian operators of Fairchild/Swearingen SA226 and SA227 aircraft of the importance of, and requirement for, using only MIL-H-83282 hydraulic fluid in the main and brake hydraulic systems of these aircraft; and Transport Canada, in consultation with the Federal Aviation Administration and the aircraft manufacturer, review the adequacy of existing aircraft standards, procedures, manuals and maintenance practices for the Fairchild/Swearingen SA226 and SA227 aircraft with an aim to ensuring that only MIL-H-83282 hydraulic fluid is used in the main and brake hydraulic systems of these aircraft.
This report concludes the Transportation Safety Board's investigation into this occurrence. Consequently, the Board authorized release of this report on 02 April 2002
Lack of Awareness: The flight crew were unaware of the possible cause of the extended take-off, or that all the subsequent problems were associated with a fire in the wheel well. They did not realize how serious their situation was.
Lack of Resources: The aircraft flight manual and the emergency procedures checklist provide no information on the possibility of brake overheating, the symptoms that could indicate brake problems, or actions to take if overheated brakes are suspected. Also, the aircraft maintenance manual indicated that the two hydraulic fluids were compatible, but did not indicate that mixing them would reduce the fire resistance of the fluid.
Lack of Knowledge: Not all crews flying this type of aircraft are aware of it's history of numerous brake overheating or fire problems.


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Ireland knew two Martin McGuinnesses: the man of war and the man of peace
Obituary: A shrewd, disciplined politician who sold ceasefire idea to the IRA he once led
Tue, Mar 21, 2017, 07:15 Updated: Tue, Mar 21, 2017, 10:19
Former deputy first minister of Northern Ireland Martin McGuinness has died at Derry's Altnagelvin Hospital aged 66. He had been receiving treatment for a rare health condition.
A file photograph from 2007 showing then Northern Ireland First Minister Ian Paisley (left) and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness smiling after being sworn in as ministers. Mr McGuinness died on Tuesday. Photograph: PA
Ireland came to know two Martin McGuinnesses. One was, for much of his life, a man of war and conflict, dedicated to fighting, as hard as he could, the British authorities, police, army and intelligence services.
The second McGuinness was a man of peace and reconciliation, who for a decade worked hard at building bridges with both London and unionism, from fighting the British state to negotiating with it, from being denounced by the Rev Ian Paisley and ascribing bigotry to him, to chuckling with him.
In his last term in politics his visible self-control in Stormont, and a widely-acknowledged courtesy, made DUP churlishness look all the worse.
The debate will go on for decades about whether he should receive more denunciation than appreciation, more blame than credit, and whether the deeds of the once violent republican should be excused in light of his last pacific decade.
A key moment signalling his transformation came when, standing on Stormont's steps beside Chief Constable Sir Hugh Orde and first minister and DUP leader Peter Robinson, he called dissidents "traitors to the island of Ireland" for continuing to bomb and shoot in opposition to an agreement backed by majorities North and South.
Of all the major gestures made to embed peace, only his negotiation with a Canadian general about IRA decommissioning came up to that Stormont moment.
Shaking hands with Queen Elizabeth by comparison was a courtesy long expected. Turning his back in public on the IRA he once led, and the methods he once commanded, had an unmatchable charge.
Footage of the moment shows Orde jolt towards him at the word "traitors". Sinn Féin officials said later they had no idea he would say it.
The contradiction was that his later years as Sinn Féin's northern leader, widely if reluctantly recognised as genuinely committed to a political path, were built on a time when his orders condemned many to brutal death.
Without that reputation McGuinness could not have successfully supported Gerry Adams in turning the bulk of their organisation away from violence. "Gerry is articulate, that's his strength", as a republican source put it in the early 1990s.
"But McGuinness would have to be on the road selling any ceasefire idea", McGuinness had "the respect and confidence of the volunteers, he's their man. Without Martin it could not be sold."
Tony Blair, who as British prime minister invested heavily in the Adams/McGuinness team to deliver the framework for a "peace process", once said he grew to like them both; "too much, probably".
Several new acquaintances found McGuinness the more likeable of the two, more at ease. In the documentary Endgame it was the awkwardness of Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble he noted, at the moment the participants confirmed they had reached what would be known as the Good Friday Agreement. "We had to press a button and a red light would come on. David was uneasy and rather than push the button with his finger he hit it with a pencil." McGuinness saw problems ahead.
He turned out to be a shrewd, disciplined politician, using other facets of a personality which earlier kept discipline, commanded loyalty, and dispensed death sentences. Sinn Féin in Stormont swallowed unionist insult and eventually began to take un-ignorable criticism for "rolling over" from their own community. McGuinness, with an ever more tight-lipped smile, fronted up an under-performing structure for longer than was arguably good for the party, or for him.
Sunshine in the gardens of 10 Downing Street and Chequers and late night chats with Taoiseach and prime minister must have come to seem more fantasy than memory.
Sharing the top Stormont job with the 81-year-old Paisley in 2007 turned out to be a high point politically. After a lifetime excoriating even a hint of compromise with moderate nationalism, Paisley made a bond of sorts with the former IRA leader, the two appearing before cameras together in high good humour. As McGuinness stood down, Eileen Paisley (Baroness Paisley) and son Ian Junior paid lavish tribute to his loyalty and kindness.
What both described as friendship outlasted Paisley's standing in his church and party: the synchronised smiles had been too much for Paisley followers and even for some republicans loyal to Adams and McGuinness.
There was little public smiling with Paisley successor, the chillier Peter Robinson. But McGuinness made no capital from the pile-up of Robinson woes including Iris Robinson's affair. A contemporary jest had it that Robinson felt safer with the former IRA-man at the end of his leadership than among his DUP colleagues.
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The last McGuinness lap was with Robinson's successor Arlene Foster, who after a widely-disbelieved presentation of a united front, with no public indication that the Sinn Féin leader was uneasy, behaved as though heading a single party unionist government.
But at Christmas 2016, barely a year into her leadership, scandal engulfed a renewable energy scheme she had launched as trade minister. It coincided with the disclosure that McGuinness was seriously ill.
The previous winter, he had joked in a live broadcast that he had the energy of a 20-year-old. His much-reduced appearance as he announced his resignation, which automatically ended Arlene Foster's term in office, brought shock, even tribute to his "contribution" from Dublin commentators, unreconciled to peacetime Sinn Féin, who had been aghast at his 2011 campaign for the presidency.
Unionist political figures for the most part remained un-won, at least in public. Over subsequent days some newspaper letter writers and phone-ins objected to what they termed whitewashing of his record as an IRA boss. But there was also widespread if sometimes reluctant recognition that he had used blood-stained credentials to a peaceable end.
He tended to explain joining the IRA as a logical outcome of being 18 when Protestant police baton-charged civil rights protesters in Catholic-majority, unionist-controlled Derry.
He had not been on the October 5th march himself: it was his father's account that infuriated him, he said. Within a few years of petrol-bombing and throwing stones in Derry riots, he was "on the run" though in countless interviews he said that out of ignorance he initially joined the "wrong" IRA, the smaller, less militaristic and more left-wing Officials.
The second in a family of six boys and a girl, he was born in the Bogside, his father a foundry worker. In an early profile he described his beloved mother Peggy as a "staunch rather than strident republican" from Buncrana, Co Donegal. He was taught by nuns, then Christian Brothers, who "weren't all bad, they weren't all good".
He learned A Nation Once Again, he said, but "the British and the unionists made me a republican, not the Christian Brothers".
He liked to say that when flown to London in 1972 for brief and unproductive talks by the first direct rule Northern Secretary Willie Whitelaw (an indication of how unsighted British governments were in the early Troubles) he and Adams, a year older, by far the youngest of the six-strong IRA group, "were just children really".
His rise to head a Derry "Provisional" brigade was rapid. British tabloids called him "The Butcher's Boy" because he worked until the sudden introduction of internment, (detention without trial), on the bacon counter in a Catholic-owned local shop.
Photographers loved the Art Garfunkel-like fair curls and boyish face. In a rare early appearance on a platform he told a Bogside crowd "It doesn't matter what Gerry Fitt says. It doesn't matter what John Hume says. The IRA will fight until the British leave and we get our united Ireland."
He married young, had four children with his wife Bernie, lived in the same terraced house and with local support kept his family out of media spotlights. He once said that only if it threatened his marriage would he stop being an active republican.
When his oldest child was 11 he also said he did not "encourage any political discussion with my children". A local security source later observed with exasperation: "Totally clean. Doesn't smoke, doesn't drink, doesn't cheat on the wife. We've watched him like a hawk for years."
He became a local republican hero, overseeing a bombing campaign that erased much of the Protestant-dominated commercial city centre. One veteran Troubles observer always marvelled at the late transformation into a public figure, and that it went deeper than tweed jackets instead of woolly jumpers. "Young Martin was a doer, not a talker".
Derry Provos, as elsewhere, killed soldiers, police off-duty, and Catholics deemed to be police or army informants. Perhaps the most controversial in relation to McGuinness was Frank Hegarty, found shot on a border road in May 1986, eyes taped shut, who came back to Derry having fled to England. His mother Rose told a television programme in 1993 that McGuinness said Frank would be safe if he came home. McGuinness claimed he had said the opposite.
There were markedly fewer civilian casualties in bombings than in Belfast, fuelling the self-regarding republican legend that the Derry IRA was more clinical, less sectarian. They also used local man Patsy Gillespie, a canteen worker in the Fort George army base, as the first "human bomb".
Armed men took him from his home, held his family hostage, ordered him to drive a van loaded with explosives to a border checkpoint and detonated the explosives while he was still in the driver's seat.
The explosion, as gunmen opened fire from across the border, killed five soldiers. Kathleen Gillespie told journalist Mary Holland that only the zip of her husband's cardigan had been recovered, and that it was the second time the IRA had forced him to drive a bomb.
"I said to them, you can't be coming for us a second time?" The first time he had managed to give a warning before the explosion. The couple had talked then about him leaving Fort George but "this is Derry and a job is a job".
At the funeral Bishop Eddie Daly preached perhaps his most eloquent denunciation. In language that might have been aimed particularly at McGuinness, whom Daly had once conceded was a "good father, a good husband, strong churchgoer, honest and upright", he said the IRA had crossed a new threshold of evil. 'Some may even still engage in the hypocrisy of coming to church but their lives and their works proclaim clearly that they follow Satan."
This was October 1990, the year in which Secretary of State Peter Brooke authorised the secret contact with the IRA which helped advance the peace process. Security and republican sources agree that McGuinness at one point headed the northern IRA and for a time was chief of staff, while rarely off the Army Council. Command in any armed group surely confers responsibility for all of their violence.
McGuinness accounts over decades reduced his period of membership to a few years only. Unlike Adams he had served a jail sentence in Dublin for IRA membership, after arrest beside a car containing explosives and ammunition. Yet he got more credit for frankness than Adams, perhaps because he was less voluble.
He told the court and a very early interviewer that he was proud to be in the IRA, but came clean to the Bloody Sunday (Saville) inquiry as late as possible. Many others in Derry had already testified: to deny IRA membership to the tribunal at that stage would have punctured the whole Saville exercise, and exposed him as a liar.
Saville found, as David Cameron repeated in his Westminster apology for the army killings, that McGuinness as the local IRA commander on the day was "probably armed with a sub-machine gun" but did not engage in "any activity that provided any of the soldiers with any justification for opening fire."
The response from McGuinness, by now deputy first minister in Stormont to the finding that he had been armed was a terse "No". Saville, he said, had cleared everybody in the city. In 1994 in yet again denying membership he also pointed out that to do otherwise would be admitting a criminal offence.
In the run-up to ceasefire and eventual dumping of arms, the coldness behind the crinkling smiles could still emerge on cue. At the end of a bloody month in 1992 Adams and McGuinness confronted the RUC at the funeral of four IRA-men ambushed by undercover soldiers. "You're standing there like a big child", McGuinness taunted a police officer who said his aim was to prevent any paramilitary display: "You're as bigoted and sectarian as ever youse were'.
When he became Sinn Féin's first Stormont minister in 1999, nominated by Adams to the department of education, former teachers remembered him as unremarkable, pleasant, polite and disciplined. What McGuinness remembered most clearly was failing the 11-plus, a "trauma" no child should suffer. In the teeth of unionists already aghast at an IRA leader overseeing schools, he set out, unsuccessfully, to scrap the North's selective system.
The time in education brought the contradictions of his life into focus. At half-dozen schools sixth-formers held placards denouncing him as an IRA killer and claiming he would force them to learn Irish.
The protests were plainly encouraged by unionist politicians and soon faded. A few principals were clearly surprised at their own lack of revulsion. "I've never seen anyone work a room like him," marvelled a teacher in one of the most prestigious. His deployment by the party to Stormont, with Adams re-located to the Dáil, proved a good fit.
The pale eyes could still glare, as when he launched his bid for the presidency and a BBC Belfast interviewer pressed him on his past and IRA violence. He refused the interviewer concerned for months, tetchiness recurring after he had been confronted during the campaign by the son of an IRA victim.
As a gauge of how far the Republic had relegated IRA violence, and of how republicans handled their own responsibility, his presidential bid was indeterminate. The following year, in the softer-focus setting of a chat-show, McGuinness rebuked the RTÉ's Miriam O'Callaghan for asking in various ways if the IRA had killed and died in vain.
Why, he responded, was the focus always on the IRA and not on those who had maintained "discrimination for generations"? O'Callaghan wondered whether violence did not brutalise everyone, and if he ever felt remorse in the early hours. "Would you ask that of Nelson Mandela?", McGuinness said.
It is highly unlikely that there will ever be statues to Martin McGuinness. Some, especially the families of IRA victims, will always vehemently reject any suggestion that his transformation should merit praise or gratitude.
Others will appreciate the fact that finally, after all his years at war, he matured into an advocate of peace. He fought the bad fight, caused much heartbreak, ordered many killings and much destruction. He also fought with all the good that was in him to make a peace, which might not have been possible without him.
He is survived by his wife Bernie, children Grainne, Emmet, Fiachra, Fionnuala, and grandchildren.
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This year's San Diego Comic Con will run from July 12th to July 15th with a preview night on July 11th. The Con promises to offer glimpses of upcoming media and products across a variety of genres. But Comic Con isn't just a chance to see what's on the horizon. It is also a celebration of retro comics, movies, television, gaming and more. I think that's what I love most about this event. It brings the past and the future together, celebrating both. Comic Con has something for any fan of genre artistry.
For lovers of retro entertainment, this year's Con promises a variety of fantastic offerings. Panels will celebrate 20 years of Power Rangers, ponder whether 1982 was truly the greatest year of science fiction and fantasy film, explore the history and future of Battlestar Galactica, and of course will discuss the glorious history of comics and animation. If you're at the Con this year and are looking for some retro goodness, I'd suggest the Filmation panel, the Star Trek: The Next Generation panel discussing the series transfer to Blu-Ray, and the aforementioned panel analyzing the amazing movies released in 1982. Each promises to offer some nostalgia, insights, and camaraderie of others who share similar interests.
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Wish I was there! Hope you have a great time and see all sorts of cools stuff.
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Zika and the Limits of Biomedical Fixes
March 4, 2016 | nyupressblog | Anthropology, Health and Medicine, Science & Technology, Sociology
—Joseph E. Davis
In February 2016, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of the Zika virus to be a "Public Health Emergency of International Concern." This warning comes on the heels of another such emergency, the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, and another before that and another before that. These warnings are coming with greater frequency and generate a predictable response. Critics charge the global community with being ill-prepared—for Zika or Ebola or whatever—and urge agencies to stop fighting the last battle and start fighting the new one.
Such calls to Do More often frame the problem of response as one of resolve, or institutional coordination, or biomedical remedy. But while these are certainly important steps in adapting/responding to threats, there are reasons to see the rise of Zika not as another problem in need of a biomedical fix but as a sign of the limits of biomedical fixes.
No one could have predicted the current outbreak. Virologists have known of the Zika virus, named for the Ugandan forest where it was first found, since the late 1940s. But for most of that time, it was the object of no particular concern. About 80 percent of the time people infected with Zika had no symptoms at all. Others experienced only mildly unpleasant symptoms—rash, fever, malaise, and joint pain—that cleared up in a matter of days. Moreover, the disease was rare. Zika's natural hosts are not humans but wild primates and mosquitoes in Africa and Southeast Asia. While it was long known that "spillover" infections in humans were possible, they were very uncommon. In fact, for almost 60 years between its discovery and 2007, there were only fourteen confirmed human cases of Zika in Africa and Asia.
In 2007, Zika infected about 100 people in Micronesia. In 2013 and 2014, larger outbreaks spread through Oceania, into French Polynesia, Easter Island, and the Cook Islands. Zika's rarity now seems due less to any property of the virus and more to acquired immunity in African and Asian populations. Once the virus reached populations with no natural immunity, it spread. In 2015 Zika reached South America, and experienced—in the words of the New England Journal of Medicine—an "explosive pandemic reemergence" that is "truly remarkable." By May 2015, Zika was confirmed as the cause of an unexplained fever throughout Brazil, and then spread to much of the rest of Latin America.
Zika is also not the only African fever to have made the trip to the New World in recent years. Dengue fever, whose symptoms are considerably more serious than Zika's, has now spread widely throughout the Americas and been the cause of recurrent epidemics. And there were over a million suspected cases of chikungunya, another virus in the Zika family, in the Americas during 2013-14, the first appearance of the virus in the western hemisphere. There is suspicion that the dramatic complications recently linked (if not yet proven) with some cases of Zika—Guillain-Barré syndrome, a life-threatening condition marked by temporary paralysis, and microcephaly, abnormally small heads in newborns that can portend brain damage—may be emerging from some cross reactivity with antibodies against these other viruses.
While there is no Zika vaccine, work on the related viruses for West Nile and dengue may provide valuable leads and vast resources are rapidly being repurposed in search of a medical response. Yet, the very fact of Zika—and dengue, and chikungunya, and Ebola, and all the rest—should be a sobering reminder that medicine and technology can accomplish less than we hope. Through the 1970s, leading experts argued that the era of infectious disease was over and that anything unexpected could "presumably be safely contained." But even by then change was afoot. Marburg, Ebola, yellow fever, and then HIV/AIDS drove home a new reality.
As with these other modern epidemics, the spread of Zika has little do with the changes in the virus itself. After 60 years of inactivity, the virus is spreading because social, political, and technological developments made its spread possible, even likely. The ease and frequency of global travel, for one, enabled a string of infected travellers to carry the disease from Africa to Micronesia to French Polynesia to Brazil. By far the hardest hit areas are urban slums, where overcrowding and inadequate public services have created the stagnant pools, raw sewage, and garbage dumps that are natural breeding grounds for mosquitoes that spread the disease. Not only was Zika's original ecological niche disrupted but other environmental factors now play a role, from deforestation to climate change. It is even possible that pesticides (indirectly) bear some of the blame: the explosion of transgenic soy crops, and their accompanying pesticides, has decreased biodiversity in large swaths of Latin America, and mosquitoes may have benefited from the disappearance of natural predators.
The natural environment is teeming with potential pathogens. Studies suggest there are over 300,000 unknown species of virus harboured by mammals alone. Our unceasing interventions and changes in ways of life are creating entirely new social and ecological relationships. We can no longer be surprised by emerging diseases, nor maintain the illusion that we can address our dynamic relationship with the microbial world with one-at-a-time biomedical fixes. For many, many vulnerable people, new vaccines will always arrive too late.
We also have to face the fact that the dominant and largely reactive biomedical approach hinders effective response. This is not only an issue of how resources are allocated. One of the great attractions of biomedicine and individual-level technological responses is that they avoid the messy and controversial work of addressing complex social problems. As the distinguished British sociologist Barbara Wootton once said: "Always it is easier to put up a clinic than to pull down a slum." Always it is easier to turn to high-tech science then to engage with issues like quarantine, population surveillance, sanitary improvements—the primary methods of addressing the great infections of the nineteenth century—poverty, farming practices, urbanization, local public health, and more. These aspects of the human domain are inherently difficult, socially, politically, and economically; no wonder we try to sidestep them. In doing so, however, we guarantee a continued stream of Public Health Emergencies.
Without denying the real advances in treating human disease, we have to look beyond biomedicine for new strategies of prevention and response. These strategies must be more comprehensive, integrative, and holistic, bringing the biotic and social domains together, and fully recognizing, as science historian Jon Arrizabalaga has written, that "epidemics are social as much as biological events." We can Do More, but it will have to go far beyond the lab and it will require the involvement of elites from the local to the international levels who are typically the least in danger.
Joseph E. Davis is Research Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of Research at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia. He is one of the editors of To Fix or To Heal: Patient Care, Public Health, and the Limits of Biomedicine (NYU Press, 2016), the Publisher of The Hedgehog Review, and is the author or editor of three other books, including Accounts of Innocence: Sexual Abuse, Trauma, and the Self.


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