In our third excerpt from The Epictetus Club, the inmates' discussion turns to how best to approach emotional and mental wounds from the past….
" At seven sharp the meeting began. Zeno again welcomed all of us and gave a quick review of our last meeting. "Who remembers what 'fail' means?" he asked.
"Because I could pull my hand out right away." Some of the others nodded in agreement.
Another man said that he would prefer the second scenario "because I wouldn't feel the pain if I was knocked out." A few others shared his opinion.
The second man then admitted that it would probably burn off, and he asked if he could change his answer to the first scenario.
"Pain and consequences have a good purpose," explained Zeno, "but only if we pay attention to them. They can motivate us to make changes, to pull our hand out of the fire, but only if we are aware of them. Consequences without awareness are ineffective." By now everyone was agreeing that the first scenario would be the better choice – that it would be better to feel the pain for a moment to avoid long term damage.
"Hanging out with my friends who are into the same stuff as me – they all have just one hand, too, so it looks normal to us," offered another.
"I hang out with people who have no hands – that way I look really good while I'm burning up," added a third man.
"Just telling myself it's not so bad, even though it is," said another.
"Being the life of the party is how I did it," said Animal.
He then introduced the next activity by quoting Epictetus: "Determine what happens first, consider what that leads to, and then act in accordance with what you've learned." Zeno asked the men to consider some of the results they had received from living a criminal lifestyle, and they went around the circle taking turns as Zeno listed their answers on the board. Loss of freedom, stress, anger, debts, loss of respect from family, loss of self-respect, bad role model for their kids, loss of job, depression, health problems, anxiety and looking over your shoulder all the time were the first round answers. The board filled up after a couple more rounds of answers, and Zeno then broke the list into categories: physical, emotional, social, mental, financial, spiritual, and he added one more category – others. "Who else pays these prices right along with us?" he asked.
"My kids," answered Shakes immediately.
"The taxpayers also lose," said Animal.
The group cracked up, with the first man finally agreeing that the taxpayers did, in fact, pay for his room and board at the Walls. Some of the other answers Zeno listed on the board included victims and their families, parents, aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews, society, and friends.
The men were completely absorbed in the task until Zeno eventually stopped them and asked them to look at their diagrams and make any observations they could about the circles.
"How many of you noticed the same old thing repeating itself?" asked Zeno.
Everyone sat quietly for a few minutes looking at the results of their old life on the papers they held in their hands.
Zeno drew the nine dots on the board, and then placed just one circle in the nine dots. "Not thinking about what leads to what keeps us in the box." He then drew the stems and circles off of the first circle so they fell outside the box, and said, "All of these prices you identified beyond the first circle represent an increased awareness, or thinking outside the box. And thinking outside the box leads to a life outside the box.
"I'm afraid that I would lose my friends if I changed my ways," said one man.
"I'd miss the fast and easy money," said another to the nods of several group members.
Zeno then asked another man if he enjoyed the repetitive routines and day-to-day sameness of getting up at the same time, marching to the mess hall at the same time, getting counted at the same time, going to the commissary at the same time, and going to bed at the same time.
"Hell, no, you'd have to be crazy to like that!" he answered.
"And my fear of failing brings me circles such as stress, depression, anger, loss of family, debts, lost jobs, and so much more. I can hardly say that all these circles represent a resounding success!" confessed another man.
Zeno then addressed the idea of temptation. "What is it that makes something tempting to us?" asked Zeno.
"Obviously it is something that we want and like," answered the man who had listed a fear of temptations.
"And a pooper-scooper," added Eddie to the laughter of the others.
After the discussion of how to counter fears with the circle diagram, which he compared to a warrior's shield that can protect us from bad decisions, Zeno moved on to the other walls of the box. "You can also use these circles to counter the next two letters in F.A.I.L. – apathy and inertia," he said. "Motivation is the great counterpunch to fear, apathy and inertia, and if all these prices we are paying don't motivate us to care and make an effort to change, I don't know what will. Epictetus said that a half- hearted spirit has no power and that tentative efforts lead to tentative outcomes. Use these circles to power up your motivation to move out of the well.
"There is one letter left in our four letters of F.A.I.L., and Epictetus thought it is the most important one – lack of vision or purpose. In fact, he said that evil did not exist naturally in the world or in people, but was a byproduct of forgetting our true aim and purpose in life. We are out of time tonight, but next week we'll talk about that one. Have a good week, gentlemen." And with that the men walked out of the Death House and across the cold, windswept yard to their cells.
The last extract of the Epictetus Club will be posted next Wednesday.
The Epictetus Club: Lessons from the Walls is both an inspiring story and a unique thinking skills teaching tool written by Jeff Traylor, a former prison counselor and award-winning program developer. Set in the Ohio Penitentiary, the book follows a group of inmates who meet weekly to study the teachings of the ancient Greek philosopher Epictetus, a former slave and prisoner who used adversity to become wiser and more compassionate. The group is led by an unforgettable lifer named Zeno, a former professional boxer who points out that our greatest opponent is our own thinking. Zeno compares thinking skills to boxing skills, and teaches the men the ABC's of Inner Boxing and the Ten Rounds to Self-Mastery. The reader sits in on life-changing group sessions where the men discuss finding a sense of purpose, "knocking out" excuses, turning adversity to benefit, converting entitlement to gratitude, identifying consequences of actions and how others are affected, handling provocation, dealing with stress, and many other key life lessons. The Epictetus Club is an easily read 155-page paperback book divided into short chapters that encourage reading and discussion. Popular in prisons and universities around the country, the book is great for self-study or in a discussion group (discussion guide available). A 270-page, 16-session cognitive skills course manual called The Epictetus Self-Mastery Program is also available.
N.B. If you would like to have a free PDF copy of The Epictetus Club in full, please email the author (epictetusclub @ aol . com – minus the spaces!). He will be happy to send you a copy. You can also buy a physical copy of the book here.
Jeff Traylor has a wealth of corrections experience, ranging from implementing the furlough program at the maximum security Ohio Penitentiary to serving as the cognitive skills instructor at a community based correctional facility. His experience also includes substance abuse counseling and program development, and he has worked in the psychological and social services departments in Ohio prisons. He is the creator of the Shoplifting Diversion Program that earned a national award from the National Council of Community Mental Health Centers and was adopted in more than 30 U.S. cities. He has served on the faculty of the Michigan Judicial Institute and has trained hundreds of professionals ranging from parole officers to social workers. He earned his graduate degree from The Ohio State University and is the author of a series of Ohio travel books called Life in the Slow Lane. See his website here.
With thanks to Jeff for allowing excerpts from his work to be published here.


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Talks with Iran take a hopeful turn
WORLD NEWS TOMORROW – CAIRO : The Iran nuclear negotiations may not be headed toward a dead end in Moscow next week, as feared. Iran's top negotiator has said he is ready to "engage on the proposal" from Western nations for Iran to export its supply of 20 percent-enriched uranium as a first step toward a broader nuclear deal.
Saeed Jalili, the Iranian chief representative in the talks, made the comment in a phone conversation Monday night with Catherine Ashton, the chief European Union diplomat who heads the "P5+1" negotiating group of major powers. Jalili also dropped Iran's call for another preliminary meeting to prepare for the Moscow session, which is set for Monday and Tuesday.
"They backed down," a European diplomat who is involved in the talks told me Monday. "They had been setting up a failure in Moscow and preparing to blame us for it," he said, arguing that the renewed agreement to engage, after several weeks of foot-dragging, was "a small diplomatic victory" for Ashton.
"The formula we have agreed is that they will engage in the substance of our proposal," the diplomat said. "In turn we will think a bit about their ideas." He added that the Western powers have not yet offered to halt the economic sanctions that will take effect June 28 and July 1, though they have said that Iran's "steps will be met by reciprocal steps."
The Iran talks have been a roller coaster of speculation, with hopes rising and falling as each side plays out the game of expectations. The opening meeting in Istanbul, in April, produced a surge of optimism, which plunged to foreboding after the meeting in Baghdad last month. Some have predicted that the talks might collapse altogether after next week's meetings, given Iran's behavior in Baghdad and since.
Is this just Tehran's way of stringing along the talks while it continues to push ahead with enrichment of uranium that could eventually be used to make a bomb? That's precisely what some analysts predicted the Iranians would do — show just enough progress at each session to keep the negotiations going, without ever actually getting to yes.
The counterargument is that time is actually working against the Iranians, because the P5+1 have made no promise that they would remove major sanctions if Iran agreed to export its existing stockpile of uranium enriched to 20 percent.
Iranian officials have yet to make their own formal proposal on the nuclear issue, even though Ashton presented them with a written plan in Baghdad. But intriguingly, the Iranians are said to have "left behind" in Baghdad some documents outlining their positions on Syria and Bahrain, two regional issues where Tehran has major interests.
The possible linkage of the nuclear issue to Iran's broader diplomatic agenda is bound to be controversial. The United States and its allies have wanted to limit conversations to nuclear matters; Iran evidently seeks a diplomatic engagement that addresses a much wider range of security matters in the region.
The encouraging exchange between Ashton and Jalili comes after several weeks of growing pessimism about the negotiations. At the disappointing session in Baghdad late last month, Jalili said that Ashton and her team "must have been mistaken" if they thought the Iranian deputy negotiator, Ali Bagheri, had agreed to discuss details on exporting enriched uranium. In conversations since Baghdad, Bagheri is said to have been less cooperative, sending what the European diplomat described to me as "increasingly acerbic letters" to Ashton's deputy, Helga Schmid.
A skeptic would caution that the Iranians, for all the hints and suggestions about exporting their stock of 20 percent-enriched uranium, haven't yet put a word on paper. In contrast, Ashton's Baghdad proposal was reiterated in letters sent by her deputy June 4 and June 11. In terms of the choreography of the talks, the Western powers appear to be chasing after Iran, which is never a good sign in negotiations.
In the background, as ever, remain the drivers for diplomacy: Economic sanctions have already damaged the Iranian economy and are soon going to get considerably worse; Iran also faces the threat of possible Israeli military action and the now-confirmed U.S. use of cyberweapons to disrupt the nuclear program.
There's a lot of theater here, to be sure, but also a danger of significant conflict if progress isn't made soon.
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LOOOOOL!
by Stu Proudfoot
Illustrated by Beth Masureik
All profits from our gift book go directly to Hand in Hand for Aid and Development
Click on Nadia's evil eyes to read her story...
Hand in Hand breaks the story!
Matchday programme
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The blurb
Nadia's got a new phone and she won't put it down for anyone. Not even Hamid.
Charmingly illustrated in full colour, this endearing, laugh-out-loud tale of an increasingly frustrated owl's seemingly unrequited love is the perfect gift for those social media addicts who have become a little too attached to their mobile devices, and who can just about tolerate a good dad joke.
Mobile phones aren't just a distraction for cute little owls, of course. I wrote this treetop romance on my own smartphone on my journey into work. I once missed my stop because I was so preoccupied with it. I've also walked into pedestrians, many of whom were similarly absorbed. It's so annoying when people are glued to these tiny screens, not looking where they're going, isn't it? Well, this is the point of my story. Research suggests around half of us are so attached to our phones that we even use them on the toilet. I certainly spend an awful lot of time on my device (my phone, not my toilet). Too much time. It's become an extension of my very being.
I am Nadia. You may well be Nadia. If not, you'll almost certainly know a Nadia. My story might be for them.
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This is where our story began. A gift bought for my friend Nadia in a Hokkaido hotel back in 2017, from a very talented carver called Mr Keishi Sugimoto. My son loved his carvings, and has one in his bedroom.
Look around you. If you've been looking around you for as long as I have, you'll have noticed that society and the way we interact with one another - or not - has changed. Here are a few posts from social media which illustrate this.
Ever experienced phantom vibration syndrome?
The debate...
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Hatching a plan...
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The evolution of Nadia
Illustrating a book was as new to Beth as writing one was to me, but she learnt really fast.
How much did you notice?
Did you find our movie-style Easter eggs?
See the clues below, the last of which will help you with wormy's puzzler on the final page of our story.
What happens to the ivy?
The seasons don't change overnight, so why on earth has this happened?
Which book is Nadia's brother reading?
He has excellent taste.
What is wormy's act of revenge on Nadia?
He seems to get hangry all of a sudden.
Which emoji does Nadia send?
Sometimes it's easier to tell someone how you feel through the medium of text. Especially when they've flown away...
The expression 'lol' has been in use for far longer than you might think, but it has taken on different meanings over the years. It still means different things to different people today.
Whether you laughed out loud at our story or not, why not show lots of love for different people today by supporting those in desperate need?
Still not worked it out?!!
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Any profits arising from the sale of this publication will be donated to Hand in Hand for Aid and Development (HIHFAD), a UK-registered foundation that has been at the forefront of humanitarian aid provision in Syria and neighbouring countries since the beginning of the Syrian conflict in 2011.
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MediaTek Labs and SAC Collaborate to Launch New HDK and Extend the LinkIt™ Development Platform for RTOS to Wearables
2016 年 10 月 11 日 - 午前 9:00
HSINCHU, Taiwan – October 11, 2016 – MediaTek today announced the availability of the LinkIt™ 2523 Hardware Development Kit (HDK) for developers looking to create advanced wearable products. Based on the MediaTek MT2523G chipset the HDK - produced by Silicon Application Corp (SAC) - offers dual-mode Bluetooth, comprehensive GNSS standards support and industry leading performance in terms of time-to-first-fix, accuracy and power consumption. The HDK is ideal for developers looking to create more sophisticated wearables such as smartwatches, fitness trackers, health monitors, emergency locators and more.
This new HDK - the second for the LinkIt Development Platform for RTOS - takes advantage of the platform's common tool chain and set of APIs. It offers developers the ability to create a range of IoT devices using a common software development kit, the MediaTek LinkIt SDK v4. With the HDK launch, the SDK has also been updated to include a new smaller, more efficient Bluetooth stack and various improvements to support the MT2523 chipset variants.
The goal of the LinkIt Development Platform for RTOS is to make it easy for developers to create code that powers a range of wearables and IoT devices. The new HDK puts MediaTek leading technology in the hands of professional developers to create exciting and compelling wearable products.
The LinkIt 2523 HDK is developed by SAC, one of MediaTek's value-added resellers of chipsets and modules, using a hardware board reference design from MediaTek. The HDK provides an easy-to-use IoT development board for the design, prototyping, evaluation and implementation of commercial wearables projects.
The board offers developers a range of essential features to ensure devices are market ready. Key features of the board include:
· Robust connectivity with support for dual-mode Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR and Bluetooth 4.2 Low Energy with integral antenna.
· Fast, low-power, high-precision positioning with integral HDK antenna for GPS and SMA connector for GLONASS, Galileo and BeiDou.
· Integrated display and versatile peripheral options, including I2C, master and slave SPI, master and slave I2S, PCM, UART, 12-bit ADC and PWM which can be used for a broad range of wearables, including smartwatches, fitness trackers and wristbands incorporating various sensors.
· Low power consumption achieved by highly integrated SoC using 55nm ultra-low power (ULP) technology from TSMC with Power Management Integrated Circuit (PMIC), and multiple frequency and voltage modes.
· Flexible power options for external battery and USB (5V) charger.
· Additional onboard memory (eMMC) or the option to use a microSD card.
Key features of the LinkIt Development Platform for RTOS include:
· Based on the popular FreeRTOS with additional open-source modules (source code available).
· Supports chipsets based on the ARM Cortex-M4 architecture, offering high performance, low power connectivity.
· Supports multiple chipsets/hardware, including the MT7687F Wi-Fi SoC and the MT2523 Bluetooth/GNSS chipset family.
· Development and debugging in ARM Keil μVision, IAR Embedded Workbench and GCC.
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World of Children in the USSR
Mass Culture and Entertainment in Russia
Author: Various Authors & Editors
Artek pioneer camp archives, 1944-1967
As part of our Mass Culture and Everyday Life in Russia publishing project, we are proud to announce a series of publications on the life of young people in the USSR and their subculture. The first set of documents we present are on the Artek Pioneer Camp, which are held in the Komsomol Archives.
Research Value of the Collection
This collection documents the history of Artek, the main Soviet pioneer recreation camp, and includes information on various aspects of youth policy and young people's lives in the Soviet Union in the period from 1944 to 1967. It contains government documents, administrative, medical and financial records, transcripts of meetings, statistical reports, letters from Soviet and foreign children, diaries etc. These documents provide an insight into everyday life and mentality of Soviet children. The archive is a valuable resource for a wide circle of researchers in such fields as sociology, cultural studies, philology and political history.
• Everyday life of children/ pioneers in the USSR
• Soviet children and youth policy
• Social policy
• Totalitarian art
• Gender history
• Soviet mythology
• Ethnic policy and international relations
Artek as the Capital City of Soviet Children
This famous children camp was officially dubbed as "capital city of Soviet children". Founded in 1925 as a medical rehabilitation centre for children, Artek soon became the model of children's communist paradise intended as a showcase of the achievements of the State's political and propaganda technologies. Indeed, the superb living conditions and facilities for the children staying in the camp were a dream come true compared with the usual living conditions of most Soviet people. By the 60s, tens of thousands children from various countries passed through the camp each season. The list of celebrity guests who visited Artek in the 40s and 60s includes Nikita Khruschchev, Clementine Spencer-Churchill, the British Prime Minister's wife, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Yuri Gagarin. Artek's Archive reflects the camp's history in the period between 1944 and 1967. All earlier records were lost during the Second World War when Artek was under the German occupation. The camp's records covering the 70s and 80s are stored within the camp, and it is difficult for researchers to access these materials.
Children in the Soviet Union
The Soviet childhood phenomenon has recently become a subject of increasing attention of anthropologists, specialists in cultural studies, linguists, philologists as well as political and social historians. Soviet children's culture had its own musical and language traditions, art, theatre, cinematography, powerful graphic symbols, elaborate ceremonies and rituals and its own literature. The world of the Soviet child was carefully controlled by adults. On the one hand, children immediately participated in the social life of Soviet adults: children partook in demonstrations with their parents, listened to political information on the school radio, etc. On the other hand a special microcosm was modelled for the Soviet child: the Pioneer organization. Children's life had to flow along the stream of "rules for the behaviour of pioneers" and "pioneer laws". A child's time, space, everyday life and holidays were strictly regulated. Together with school, it was more effective than the family in having an effect on the upbringing of children. For many decades this guarantied the vitality of that special type of the human species, the Homo Sovieticus.
The collection contains
• Materials on Soviet social and health policies
• Children health reports, food rations and provision standards
• Materials on educational and ideological work carried out in the camp
• Numerous children's letters including letters of foreign children
• A collection of songs and event plans
• Broadcast texts and lists of recommended films.
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Marcos names Emmanuel Ledesma Jr. as acting PhilHealth chief
By Azer Parrocha
MANILA November 24, 2022 (PNA) – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has named Emmanuel Rufino Ledesma Jr. as the acting president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth).
ACTING PHILHEALTH CHIEF. Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin (right) swears in Emmanuel Rufino Ledesma Jr. (left) as acting president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth). Ledesma is also a member of PhilHealth's expert panel and board of directors. (Photo courtesy of the Office of the Press Secretary)
Ledesma took his oath on Thursday before Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, according to a press statement from Malacañang.
He replaced his predecessor Eli Dino Santos.
Aside from being PhilHealth chief, Ledesma is also a member of PhilHealth's expert panel and board of directors.
Ledesma used to be president and CEO of the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM).
The PhilHealth is mandated to administer the National Health Insurance Program which aims to provide health insurance coverage and ensure affordable, acceptable, available and accessible healthcare services for all Filipinos.
Under the proposed national budget for 2023, the government has allocated over PHP100 billion for the insurance program to ensure affordable and inclusive healthcare.
In February 2019, then-President Rodrigo Duterte signed Republic Act 11223 or the Universal Health Care Act (UHC) making all Filipino citizens automatically enrolled in the government's insurance program.
RA 11223 aims to provide health insurance coverage and ensure affordable, acceptable, available, and accessible healthcare services for all Filipinos.
The PSALM is in charge of the orderly and transparent privatization of the government's power and other disposable assets. (PNA)
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Dr. Coulehan's review of the mass murder of 35 people in Tasmania(1) is interesting mostly because of what isn't mentioned. We might be more alarmed by the 675 pedestrian deaths, 1010 drownings, or the 41 000 highway deaths that occur annually in the United States.
A careful study of history would reveal that disarming the citizens may well result in systematic killing, as Nazi Germany proceeded to do after disarming its people in 1933 through 1938. Reducing Australia's gun deaths from 537 to 327 seems rather insignificant when one considers that 100 million deaths in the past century were caused by the governments of China, the former Soviet Union, Cambodia, North Korea, Africa, Vietnam, Eastern Europe, and Latin America. At least Annals could be intellectually fair and point out that after the 1996 gun restrictions in Australia, armed robberies 2 years later had increased by 44%.
Published: Ann Intern Med. 2001;134(5):425.


Why are online spiritual practices so popular nowadays?
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Some practices through digital media allows individuals to extend their spiritual experiences which are derived from SGS by participating in spiritual events that would otherwise not be possible to participate due to geographical limitations like streaming live 'puja 'not be possible to participate otherwise due to geographic limitations, like for example streaming live 'Puja' ('Puja' is considered sacred, often ritualistic involving chanting normally along with actions that include sounds of bells and drums, along with fragrant, perfumed incense sticks, flowers and oil-lit lamps) and considered as creating path for communicating with the deity of their faith through direct experience- which is possible now from any part of the world. Due to digital media capabilities, a mobile service provider in Russia has allowed placing prayers at the Wailing-Wall in Jerusalem by depositing the printed texts sent via messaging services.
This kind of remote participation is becoming quite common and are constantly finding new ways to extend to other domains of spiritual activities like being able to send and receive confessions and absolutions remotely even though there is discrepancy about the confidentially concerns with some priests; smart devices with GPS functionality has enabled users to point towards Mecca along with letting the users know the local times to pray; also some mosques are remotely able to now disable the phone (with users opting this function) for a period during regular prayer times to avoid distractions. These functions and services developed from the digital media capabilities indicate constant connectivity that monitors and addresses the spiritual needs of particular users in today's modern world.


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2-in-1 Trip: Edmonton to Singapore and Japan - $704 CAD roundtrip including taxes
Now that Japan is finally re-opening on October 11th (no more mandatory guided tours, daily caps, or visa requirements) many of us have been wondering when there will be a great deal to Japan again.
Prior to the pandemic there would occasionally be some amazing price drops from Edmonton to Japan with roundtrip flights temporarily available in the high $400s to low $600s CAD roundtrip including taxes.
The last time that happened was actually two years ago, *during* the pandemic.
After that, prices to Japan kept creeping upwards and never looked back. Today they sit at approximately $1300 CAD roundtrip for the cheapest flights.
When Australia opened back up, the astronomical flight prices from North America came back down to earth. Yes the demand was higher, but there was also more supply (more flights).
Will the same thing happen with Japan? My gut would say yes, eventually. The same market forces that were leading to great deals to Japan between 2016 and 2019 should eventually return. It's just tough to predict when that will be. But is there anything we can do in the meantime?
As you may have seen recently the first strong deal to emerge from Edmonton to Asia was to Singapore. At $659 CAD roundtrip the price for YEG-SIN is pretty close to the great deals witnessed between 2018 and 2019.
Those prices are still around and using some Multi-City magic it's possible to turn them into a great "2-in-1 deal" where you can visit both Singapore *and* Japan for just $50 more.
UPDATE: There are currently some dates in the low $800s for late August and September 2023 travel. Recently there have been reports that these flights have not been bookable (see comment section below).
late April, May, June 2023
late August, September 2023 ($804)
Go to Kayak or Skyscanner or the ANA website.
Step 2 - Search for a Multi-City flight like this one:
Leg #1: Edmonton (YEG) to Singapore (SIN)
Leg #2: Singapore (SIN) to Tokyo (TYO)
Leg #3: Tokyo (TYO) to Edmonton (YEG)
Step 3 - For Leg #1 and Leg #3, try the following start and end dates for your trip.
Aug 29 to Sep 11, 12, 17, 18
Aug 30, 31 to Sep 11, 12, 17, 18
Sep 5 to Sep 17, 18
--- previously available dates ---
Apr 25 to May 11, 17, 18, 24, 25
May 9 to May 18, 24, 25, 29, 31, Jun 1
May 10 to May 18, 24, 25, 29, 31, Jun 1
May 11 to May 24, 25, 26, 29, 31, Jun 1, 2, 5, 6
May 14 to May 24, 25, 29, 31, Jun 1, 5, 6
May 16 to May 25, 29, 31, Jun 1, 5, 6, 7, 8
May 18 to May 26, 29, 31, Jun 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12
May 21 to May 29, 31, Jun 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12
May 22 to May 31, Jun 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13
May 23 to May 31, Jun 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13
May 24 to Jun 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15
May 25 to Jun 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19
May 28 to Jun 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 21
May 30 to Jun 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 21, 26, 28
Jun 6 to Jun 13, 14, 15, 19, 21, 26, 28
Jun 8 to Jun 30
Step 4 - For Leg #2 (the middle leg) try using a date that is 3 days after the date in Leg #1.
For example, if your start and end dates from above are May 16 to May 29, you could try searching for...
May 16 to May 19 to May 29.
This gives you a few days in Singapore and the rest in Japan.
If you try to reduce the number of days in Singapore to less than a few days, the flight price goes up.
You can however increase the number of days in Singapore without affecting the price.
NOTE: Most of these flights fly into Tokyo's NRT airport, and then home from Tokyo's HND airport. It's not an issue since you're spending time in Japan, but just be aware.
screenshot from Kayak
Edmonton to Singapore - $659 CAD roundtrip including taxes
Edmonton to Taipei, Taiwan - $485 CAD roundtrip (2021 flights)
Edmonton to Tokyo or Osaka / Kyoto, Japan - $389 to $489 CAD roundtrip | Sep 2020 to June 2021
Edmonton to Hong Kong - $535 CAD roundtrip | Sep 2020 to June 2021
Edmonton to Tokyo, Japan - $418 to $518 CAD roundtrip | Osaka / Kyoto for $5 more
Edmonton to Tokyo or Osaka / Kyoto, Japan - $479 to $662 CAD roundtrip including taxes
Edmonton to Singapore, and then Beijing, China to Edmonton - $556 CAD roundtrip including taxes
Edmonton to Beijing, China - $509 CAD roundtrip including taxes
Edmonton to Osaka / Kyoto, Japan - $637 to $746 CAD roundtrip


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by DiveSSI 20th December 2018
Japanese Whaling (c) Mark Votier
Japan returns to commercial whaling
Japan is leaving the International Whaling Commission (IWC). This is reported by Japanese media. Previously, international news agencies had spread the news that the Japanese government was considering leaving. This is now officially confirmed.
For years Japan has been fighting for a continuation of its whaling. Every year, under the pretext of scientific investigations, the country killed whales in the Southern Ocean - 333 animals per year - we reported.
Japan's effort to officially return to commercial whaling has culminated this year in their decision to completely ignore international conservation efforts. However, at the meeting of the International Whaling Commission on 14 September 2018, the country's application for "sustainable whaling" was rejected - we reported. The exit from the IWC is to be regarded as a consequence of this defeat.
"With this decision, the Japanese government is officially turning its back on international conservation efforts," said Astrid Fuchs, Program Manager at WDC. "It's possible that other countries are following Japan's decision and resuming commercial whaling in their coastal waters. This is devastating news for the whales. We can only hope that whaling protection countries like Germany take appropriate measures, including the threat of sanctions. "
Japan claims to stop whaling in international waters and focus on whale hunting off the coast of Japan. Thus, the country withdraws whaling completely from any international control.
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Green Mineral felt provides roof protection & durability & is a cost-effective way to protect your cabin for those on a smaller budget. Green Mineral felt is a glass fibre based & reinforced with oxidised bitumen coated sheet, which has a protective fine green mineral finish to give it protection from UV rays. A single layer delivers a high performing, lightweight, flexible roofing system with thermal insulation qualities. Green mineral felt is the cheapest roof covering & it is easier, safer & quicker to install, so smaller labour costs. The main down side is its longevity. Even the suppliers say that standard shed felt is only good for 5 years. A roll of the thicker garage felt might last a bit longer say 10 years. Here at CJ Timber Cabins with all our felt roll installations we use the thicker garage felt & we provide a breathable waterproof membrane underlay, for added protection from the elements & for when that time comes to replace your felt your cabin stays water tight.
An alternative to shed felt is felt shingles. Felt roofing shingles are a light weight, glass fibre based bitumen strip slates & gives the appearance of a highly decorated tiled roof finish, The shingles are designed to be pretty durable and with manufacturers claiming a life span of between 20 and 40 years, so you shouldn't have to replace them too often. These self adhesive shingles come in packs that cover about 3m² and are nailed down to the cabin roof, with blobs of mastic on the tab corners to aid water proofing & adhesion until the tabs self bond in summer conditions. The Tabs overlap each other so that you have a fish scale sort of effect and the roof is covered by at least two layers at any point. Felt shingles come in a variety of colours, most commonly green, brown & red they also come in a variety of shapes square, rounded & hexagonal.
Shed felt comes in a roll and costs about £1 per square metre. Shingles come in packs that normally cover 3 m² and work out about £7/m². On material price per m² then shed felt is the cheapest by far. However if you look further and consider the cost/m² per year then the difference is a lot less. With a life span of 5 years shed felt costs 20p/m²/year, felt shingles with a 25 year life span come in a lot closer at £0.28/m²/year.
When you price in your time for re-felting and repairing the roof every 5 years, the benefit of improved appearance with shingles and the reduced risk of water damage to the contents of your shed the shingles start to look a lot more attractive.
The protective nature of asphalt shingles primarily comes from the long-chain hydrocarbons impregnating the paper. Over time in the hot sun, the hydrocarbons soften and when rain falls the hydrocarbons are gradually washed out of the shingles. Along eaves and complex rooflines more water is channeled so in these areas the loss occurs more quickly. Eventually the loss of the heavy oils causes the fibers to shrink, exposing the nail heads under the shingle flaps. The shrinkage also breaks up the surface coating of sand adhered to the surface of the paper, and eventually causes the paper to begin to tear itself apart. Once the nail heads are exposed, water running down the roof can seep into the cabin around the nail shank, resulting in rotting of roof building materials and causing moisture damage.
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Q: Counting data per user with mongo aggregation framework I have a collection, where each document contains user_ids as a property, which is an Array field. Example document(s) would be :
[{
  _id: 'i3oi1u31o2yi12o3i1',
  unique_prop: 33,
  prop1: 'some string value',
  prop2: 212,
  user_ids: [1, 2, 3 ,4]
},
{
  _id: 'i3oi1u88ffdfi12o3i1',
  unique_prop: 34,
  prop1: 'some string value',
  prop2: 216,
  user_ids: [2, 3 ,4]
},
{
  _id: 'i3oi1u8834432ddsda12o3i1',
  unique_prop: 35,
  prop1: 'some string value',
  prop2: 211,
  user_ids: [2]
}]

My goal is to get number of documents per user, so sample output would be :
[
 {user_id: 1, count: 1},
 {user_id: 2, count: 3},
 {user_id: 3, count: 2},
 {user_id: 4, count: 2}
]

I've tried couple of things none of which worked, lastly I tried :
aggregate([
  { $group: {
    _id: { unique_prop: "$unique_prop"},
    users: { "$addToSet": "$user_ids" },
    count: { "$sum": 1 }
  }}
]

But it just returned the users per document. I m still trying to learn the any resource or advice would help.

A: You need to $unwind the "user_ids" array and in the $group stage count the number of time each "id" appears in the collection.
db.collection.aggregate([
    { "$unwind": "$user_ids" },
    { "$group": { "_id": "$user_ids", "count": {"$sum": 1 }}}
])

A: MongoDB aggregation performs computation on group of values from documents in a collection and return computed result through executing its stages in a pipeline.
According to above mentioned description please try executing following aggregate query in MongoDB shell.
db.collection.aggregate(

    // Pipeline
    [
        // Stage 1
        {
            $unwind: "$user_ids"
        },

        // Stage 2
        {
            $group: {
              _id:{user_id:'$user_ids'},
              total:{$sum:1}
            }
        },

        // Stage 3
        {
            $project: {
                _id:0,
                user_id:'$_id.user_id',
                count:'$total'
            }
        },

    ]

);

In above aggregate query initially $unwind operator breaks an array field user_ids of each document into multiple documents for each element of  array field and then it groups documents by value of user_ids field contained into each document and performs summation of documents for each value of user_ids field.


I am new to ArcMap 10.5. I want to generate a shapefile of an area of interest from Google Earth. I have checked some website in Google, but I did not understand some steps.
First, you will draw your polygons around your area of interest in Google Earth. The official Q&A answer from Google is below, along with my comments from using this.
Create travel routes or areas of interest Mark up your map with lines and polygons to plan or document travel routes or notable areas.
Draw a path or polygon 1. Open Google Earth.
Go to a place on the map.
Above the map, click Add Path. To add a shape, click Add Polygon. To make a path or polygon into a 3D object, click Altitude.
A "New Path" or "New Polygon" dialog will pop up. You may need to move it out of the way before moving on to the next step.
To draw the line or shape you want, click a start point on the map and drag.
Click an endpoint. Then, enter a description and properties.
Click OK. After you've drawn a path or polygon, you can measure distances and areas.
When you first click on the Add Polygon, you see a popup box asking for a name and other information, and your mouse cursor may change to look like crosshairs. Don't close the dialog box until you have drawn your polygon! If you forget, you should be able to right click the polygon and go to Properties, which will open that window back up and enable you to draw again.
Next, save your data. If you have more than one polygon, it may be convenient to group them by creating a folder then draging them into the folder. Right click (on either the folder or an individual polygon) and select Save Place As.... Make sure you note the path and filename where you save it.
In ArcGIS, use the KML To Layer (Conversion) tool (Open ArcGIS. Go to Windows | Search to bring up a search window, or you can find it in the Conversion section in the Toolbox.
You can save directly to GDB feature class using this tool.
Converts a KML or KMZ file into feature classes and a layer file. The layer file >maintains the symbology found within the original KML or KMZ file.
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The cannabis user privacy debate has reached California, the nation's most populous state.
California governor Jerry Brown has signed a bill to prohibit retail cannabis shops from selling customer data to third-party vendors without the customer's explicit consent. It will also forbid licensees from denying a product or service to consumers who do not authorize them to disclose their personal information.
The bill, introduced in February by assemblymember Evan Low (D-Silicon Valley), will also bar employers from obtaining information about employees who buy cannabis for recreational purposes and guarantee that medical cannabis cards are treated as confidential medical information. The legislation, however, will not be able to prevent federal authorities from seizing customer information.
To verify a cannabis customer's age, retailers in legal states must ask for valid proof of identification, usually in the form of a driver's license or a passport. This information is often stored by the retailer and, unbeknownst to the consumer, could wind up in the hands of third parties, either via hackers who steal the information or vendors who sell it, for example, to employers or advertisers. In the United States, this data collection is particularly concerning given that cannabis continues to be illegal at the federal level.
Another worry about personal data: hackers. Data breaches, while uncommon, do occur in the cannabis industry. For instance, MJ Freeway, one of the first companies to offer seed-to-sale tracking services, lost its contract with Nevada after hackers attacked its system in January 2017. And weeks before that, the state itself declared a security breach, in which medical marijuana business license holders' application files — with Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and phone numbers — were compromised.
As Canada prepares for legal recreational cannabis to become legal nationwide Oct. 17, health authorities have announced that although the government will track cannabis sales data, it will not store personal information on individual consumers — an effort to assuage concerns about the gathering and divulging of sensitive personal data by the people who sell the product.
It's a problem that is already being grappled with elsewhere in the US, where states like Colorado and Oregon have passed laws to protect cannabis consumers' data.
In Colorado, for example, where voters approved legalization in 2012, privacy safeguards were part of Amendment 64, which states that customers are not required to provide retail marijuana stores with personal information "other than government-issued identification to determine the consumer's age." The retailer, moreover, is not obligated to "record personal information about consumers other than information typically acquired in a financial transaction conducted at a retail liquor store." Recently, Colorado doubled down on broader consumer privacy with legislation that can serve to protect online shoppers. The law redefines personal data to include a name plus another identifier (such as a security question that unlocks a user's account). It also requires customers, which include cannabis consumers, to be notified of a breach within 30 days.
To protect consumers, Oregon has prohibited its marijuana retailers from keeping or sharing information about their customers' identities or purchases. Furthermore, the law enacted last year requires that dispensaries destroy all customer personal information within thirty days of any purchase. Customers, however, can still supply their email addresses or phone numbers to dispensaries for personalized shopping, but that data collection must be explicitly voluntary. Similarly, Alaska does not require consumers to provide a retail marijuana store with anything other than government-issued identification to determine their age, and licensees are not required to record personal information about consumers. Retailers in Washington state abide by comparable industry standards.
In California, the bill just signed by the governor will be a significant change. Current state law does not require recreational shops to record in-store customer information after their age has been verified. However, retailers must comply with regulations that limit the amount of cannabis sold to an individual per day, namely, one ounce of cannabis for recreational users, or up to eight ounces for medical patients. For this reason, retailers might feel compelled to track who bought what.
In an investigation into cannabis shops' data collection in May, The Fresno Bee found that every retailer it contacted in northern and central California stored information about its customers, including names, addresses, birthdays, and phone numbers. Across the state, employees also told the newspaper that any customer who refused to submit personal data was turned away. And in an earlier straw poll conducted by PolitiFact, the half dozen California cannabis shops it contacted all said they retain customer information. Most shops said they scan driver's licenses, a process through which personal information is sometimes automatically stored in computer systems.
Low's bill is likely to be implemented alongside the California Bureau of Cannabis Control's Proposed Regulatory Changes, or, the final draft of the rules for the state's cannabis industry, which currently contain a requirement that licensees keep records of invoices, receipts, information entered into the track and trace system, and all other documents in connection with the business for at least seven years. Low's office told Cannabis Wire that although his bill does not prohibit licensees from retaining data to comply with the regulations, it limits their ability to use it without consent.
This story was updated on September 21 to reflect that California governor Jerry Brown signed the bill into law.


Since then, several studies have been conducted on the state of poverty in America. A report by The Urban Institute, for example, was released this August and found that around 40 percent of Americans are struggling to pay for food and other basic needs.
For many US citizens living on the margins of society and working hard to make ends meet, receiving an inaccurate or late paycheck could be the last straw.
QuickBooks Payroll commissioned a survey of 1,000 U.S. employees over the age of 18 to find out how they usually spend their paycheck, the emotion getting that paycheck brings, and how long their money lasts after payday.* To determine the importance of a regular paycheck, the survey also asked respondents if they've ever received a paycheck with errors. Surprisingly, 1 in 4 employees says they've received a paycheck with errors, and an even more surprising 1 in 6 said they'd quit their job over a single inaccurate paycheck.
For business owners and administrators, this statistic should be alarming. As a large portion of the workforce struggles to stay above the poverty line, those mistakes could be a problem that sends them looking for different opportunities. If employee retention is important to you, and especially if you hire hourly, part-time, or low-income workers, making sure payroll is out on time every time is critical to your business and the livelihood of your employees.
One business can't solve the world's problems. And with our country's unemployment at a recent low, many people are thankful simply to be employed. But as we look forward, businesses large and small will have to think harder about the welfare of their teams, and how to make sure they are getting paid fairly every time.
As it stands, one paycheck with an incorrect number on the dollar amount line could be the difference between fed and not fed. To be sure you're employees are getting every penny they deserve, it's critical to automate your time tracking, reports, and payroll process to reduce the likelihood of human error.
*Methodology: In 2018, QuickBooks Payroll commissioned Pollfish to survey 1,000 employees (age 18+) from businesses throughout the US about their payday experiences.