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Oregon psychiatric nurse Shauna Hahn shares the following insight into suicide:
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On the heels of another suicide, the hanging death of a local mother, I feel compelled to share something about the science of suicide. Too often, I have heard or read comments suggesting that the suicide victim was selfish or did not consider her own family, etc. How I educate patients about this serious topic is to liken suicide to having a heart attack. For example, we know the risks for Coronary Artery Disease: smoking, obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, yet a heart attack doubtless feels surprising to its sufferer. Suicide is a lot like this. We know the risks: depression, substance abuse, risk-taking, history of other aggressions, etc yet the great deficiency in serotonin (a happy neurotransmitter or brain chemical implicated in both depression and anxiety) actually happens quite precipitously.
How do we know this? We can measure levels of serotonin metabolites in the cerebral spinal fluid and we find that, in individuals who have completed suicide, their levels are much lower than in individuals simply struggling with depression. And there is no difference in serotonin metabolites of the lightly depressed versus the seriously depressed. These dangerously low levels of serotonin mean that not only do we have despondency and despair but also poor impulse control. What a lethal combination.
Individuals who have survived high lethality suicide attempts (jumping off the Golden Gate bridge, shooting themselves in the head) mostly remark that they "did not know what they were thinking" and allude to being "not in [their] right mind." Obviously, individuals affected by mental illness have serious problems thinking clearly.
Kant believed that suicide was *the* philosophical problem. (He was very punitive and unforgiving in his view). Certainly, I empathize with individuals not being able to "understand" suicide, but what I would definitely encourage would be to at least try.
Do not judge men by mere appearances; for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy. - Edwin Hubbel Chapin, 1845


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I woke up at 6 AM, put on the anti-embolism stockings and was driven to hospital by my husband. There I was told that my operation was scheduled at 10 AM so I would have a couple hours waiting ahead of me. I changed to the ever-so-sexy hospital gown and settled to my room with some magazines. About half an hour later the nurse came to tell me that they had changed the operation timetables and I would be the day's first patient at 8 AM and because it was almost that time already they didn't give me any sedative.
The nurse walked me to the bottom floor and I enterd the operation theatre where 4 nurses about my age greeted me. I climbed to the table that reminded the one they have at the gynecologist's only that I was laying my back down, not upwards as usual. Next the anesthesia doctor entered the room and I recognized his voice; it was the same Russian guy who had earlier laughed at me because I have a tattoo on my lower back and said that I would be in so much pain when giving birth because I couldn't have an epidural. What a nice guy. Now he recommended me to think about "nice beaches in Thailand" and said he was giving me a pre-medication. After that I blacked out.
I woke up some 4 hours later, shivering cold and with the oxygen mustache attached to my nose, it itched like hell and I asked the nurse could I take it off but she said not yet. I was given pain medicine straight to IV and slept maybe an hour more. After waking up the nurse took my back to the ward and I slept some more and was given more pain killers.
A couple of hours later the other operating doctor came to see me. She was really nice, 30ish woman who told me that the surgery had gone really well. They had removed endometriosis scar tissue from my urinal bladder, behind my left ovary and behind my uterus and they had managed to get it all away with the laser. Because they had operated on my bladder, I had been cathetrised and was peeing turqoise liquid on a plastic bag. Pretty. (BTW removing the cathetre is NOT very pleasant!)
The doctor showed me pictures from my insides and told that they had also tested if my tubes were open or not, and luckily they were. So now getting pregnant should be easier. I was really relieved with these news although I'm already prepared myself for the fact that getting pregnant with endo is difficult and I might need IVF to conceive even though the operation went so well and all my organs seem to be in their right places and functioning.
I was released from the hospital around 5 PM and after that I've mostly laid on the sofa watching movies and eating candy. I wasn't on too much pain, even though the 10 km drive from hospital to home made me a bit nauseatic and I had to turn the AC to freezing so I wouldn't throw up. First night was a bit difficult because I could only sleep on my back, not on my side at all, which would be my natural sleeping position. There are 4 holes on my stomach after the surgery; one in my navel, two on each side and one 15 cm below my navel. The stiches will melt away on their own.
The first days it felt like I would have done sit-ups with too large weights and getting up from the sofa and bed was difficult. I luckily had only a little of the shoulder pain produced by the C02 they put on my stomach during surgery and my stomach didn't swell to the size of a basket ball. Now it's Saturday and I was feeling good enough to attend my first godson's christening. The wedding at another town I had to skip, and I'm glad I did because I'm already tired after the christening party.
My hopes are high after the surgery and because they didn't find anything malicious inside me. My husband went to a semen test last Tuesday and we will get the results maybe next week. I truly hope everything is fine with him and we will finally get a family together!

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Emergency Room physicians deal with life-and-death situations every day, handling all manner of traumas, illnesses, and injuries. Among them are ER pediatricians, specialists like Dr. Andrea E. C. Shah, M.D., a Jefferson Medical College alumnus who completed her pediatric residency at DuPont Hospital for Children. "I have spent my career practicing mostly acute care pediatrics in a multitude of settings," says Dr. Shah, a Florida resident and mom of three active boys, "including hospitals, emergency departments, pediatric acute care centers, and private pediatric offices."
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Many parents think a medical ID could be a good idea for their children, but really aren't sure what to engrave, not knowing which information should take priority. According to Dr. Shah, "A medical ID should list any information that you would want to communicate during an emergency. Any medical conditions that the child has should be included. Some specific examples are: diabetes, seizure disorder, heart condition, asthma, blood disorder, sickle cell disease, autism, communication disorder, mental impairment, or other chronic illness. Also important would be to list medications and allergies."
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It's easy to have fun, but surprisingly it's also easy to record your business expenses. Not only is it easy, it is also vital. Unless you are truly in the business to simply have a good time, knowing how much you've spent and what you've spent it on could be the difference between realizing an income and just having fun.
What expenses do I need to record in Pink Office?
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Wouldn't you love to feel both comfortable and at peace knowing that you are making a difference in the world as you eat, relax, work, play, and sleep in your house? We have many opportunities to go green in our home, but one of the areas that is often overlooked is purchasing eco-friendly furniture.
Buying furniture is an area where we can make some important choices to have an impact since our homes are filled with furniture–tables, chairs, sofas, beds, dressers, and more.
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Unfortunately, there are many health and safety issues lurking in furniture. Most sofas, chairs, beds and other upholstered items contain potentially carcinogenic formaldehyde and/or toxic flame retardants and stain resistors that have been linked to health problems including infertility, neurological problems, developmental delays, cancer, and hormonal issues. In fact, extremely high concentrations of fire retardants were found in American babies' blood compared to children in other countries, according to a study sponsored by the Environmental Working Group. On top of that, when these chemicals burn, the fumes are highly toxic and dangerous.
In addition, much of the wood used in desks, chairs, tables, and other pieces comes from unsustainably harvested lumber that contributes to the deforestation of tropical rainforests. This results in problems for our environment including biodiversity loss, increase in greenhouse gases contributing to climate change, and soil erosion that affects the water cycle.
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Kids do not enjoy being dragged around to furniture stores, so when you are shopping for sustainable furniture try turning the otherwise boring experience into a fun educational opportunity for your family. Ask them to help identify the green benefits of the furniture compared to traditional pieces. Talk to them about how furniture production is linked to deforestation, which impacts animals and our planet's climate. Watch this video with yours kids and discuss the importance of planting trees to help restore and regenerate forests. Then go home and plant a tree together in your own backyard or look for a community planting program.
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1. What are Fancy Goldfish? The term 'Fancy Goldfish' covers a wide variety of individual breeds of goldfish. They come in a huge assortment of colours, but all share a rounded body type. Properly cared for, they can live for up to 25 years.
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6. Fancy Goldfish in a pond? It is possible to keep fancy goldfish in a pond, but care must be taken. When introducing fish to a pond, do so in the spring when the weather is warm enough. If you intend to keep to keep them over winter in the pond, it must have a minimum depth of 3 feet (90 cm). Be careful when mixing with other, faster, cold-water species. They can be outcompeted for food, and can be more susceptible to physical damage by larger, faster fish.
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The Economist has proof that THE HEARTLAND INSTITUTE was not run by scientists but by political-activist madmen. What else is new in Climate Skepticism Circles? Oh Well – Politically sponsored "warming-skepticism" is unravelling – but not in US Congress.
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The Economist got this into its Print Edition of May 26, 2012. Great and very timely article considering the G.O.P. leadership.
THE Heartland Institute, based in Chicago, the world's most prominent think-tank promoting scepticism about man-made climate change, is getting a lot of heat. In recent weeks it has lost an estimated $825,000 in expected donations, a couple of directors and almost its entire branch in Washington, DC. At its annual shindig in Chicago this week, this instead of the previous escapades to New York City, the institute's president, Joseph Bast, said Heartland had "discovered who our real friends are." The 100-odd guests who failed to show up for the "7th Climate Conference" were not among them.
The institute's problems began in February when an American water scientist, Peter Gleick, published internal Heartland documents that he had obtained under a false name. They provided details of its accounts—including references to an anonymous donor who gave $8.6m between 2007 and 2011—and of a plan to send teaching materials denouncing global warming to American primary schools. (Mr Bast says that far from exposing his institute, the documents exonerated it from charges that it was a front for the fossil-fuel industry.)
Worse ensued early this month after the institute put up a digital billboard in Chicago that linked belief in global warming to madness and terrorism. It depicted the "Unabomber," a mass-murderer – Ted Kaczynski – with the slogan, "I still believe in Global Warming. Do you?" The offending sign lasted only for a day. But PepsiCo, BB&T bank and Eli Lilly, a pharma company, are among donors that announced the end of their support.
Mr Bast decries double standards: those who accept global warming routinely call their opponents Nazis, he argues. He admits that the billboard was in "poor taste" but says it was designed to get attention, and was good value at $200. The real price is proving rather higher.
Will this cause further thoughts to people like the President of a cEntral European State, whom I interviewed at a Heartland Institute New York anti-Climate rally? It could not be that all those that came to their meetings were mad-men or political opportunists – see Pepsi Cola – they will take their drinks elsewhere from now on.
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The self-inflicted downfall of the Heartland Institute.
A version of this post originally appeared on Climate Progress.
"I don't appreciate being called a terrorist," the woman said firmly.
I was standing outside the Hilton Chicago hotel talking to Jim Lakely, the director of communications for the Heartland Institute, when an elderly woman approached us on the street. Dressed in a business suit, she was loading her luggage into a taxi when she noticed Lakely's Heartland name badge and interrupted our conversation.
"We can have a civil discussion. But I really don't like being labeled a terrorist," she said, referencing a billboard posted by Heartland equating people who believe in global warming to the Unabomber. "That's all I wanted to say."
"Well, I appreciate you telling me that," said Lakely, who was taking a break from managing Heartland's conference to watch the 60 or so people protesting the event outside the hotel.
The woman, who was wearing a badge for a different conference, got into her taxi and drove away. There was a brief moment of awkward silence between Lakely and me.
The exchange perfectly encapsulated the public-relations disaster the Heartland Institute has created for itself over the last few weeks. The downfall started with an offensive billboard campaign on May 3, and ended with 11 companies pulling support for the organization —stripping 35 percent its of corporate funds overnight and leaving its financial future uncertain.
The dramatic drop in support was facilitated by the advocacy organization Forecast the Facts, which collected more than 150,000 signatures from people calling on corporate donors to end their relationship with Heartland. Bayer, GlaxoSmithKline, Verizon, Wisconsin Insurance Alliance, and the Credit Union National Association are the latest to announce that they will not fund the Heartland Institute, bringing the total number of defecting companies to 15.
This series of events built on an earlier incident in which Peter Gleick, a scientist with the Pacific Institute, faked his identity to acquire internal documents from the Heartland Institute. Those documents showed that the organization planned to secretly develop school curriculum to spread doubt about the causes of climate change. It also opened up a window to the organization's donors, which were forced to make a decision about whether or not they wanted to be associated with Heartland's tactics.
And then yesterday, the other shoe dropped. In his closing speech, Heartland President Joseph Bast announced that the organization does not have the money to continue putting on its hallmark climate conference — an event that had become a rallying point for an insulated group of climate disinformers.
"I hope to see you at a future conference, but at this point we have no plans to do another [International Conference on Climate Change]," said Bast, explaining that Heartland was struggling to meet expenses.
The cancellation marks the end of an era — albeit a short era — for the oddball world of organized climate change denial.
The event was started in 2008 as a way to organize libertarians — many of whom believe that taking action on climate change would create a one-world government dominated by the United Nations.
Heartland tried hard to label the event a "science" conference. But the presentations were almost always political, peppered with anti-government rhetoric and conspiracy theories.
"We're in a war. We're in a war against our standard of living," said Walt Cunningham, a former NASA astronaut, speaking in a morning session on Tuesday.
"There's not a lot of science here," said Scott Denning, an atmospheric scientist from Colorado State University who attended the event last year to present the so-called "warmist" case. Neither Denning nor any of the other 97 percent of climate scientists who say human activity is warming the planet presented at this year's conference.
In fact, none of this year's top speakers had any background in climate science. Instead, they spoke about the issues in highly conspiratorial terms.
Czech President Vaclav Klaus, a former economist who gave the keynote address on Monday, called environmentalism "identical to communism — identical, not similar."
Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), the featured keynote speaker for Tuesday, asked if we "need to put catalytic converters on our noses" by addressing heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere.
And following Sensenbrenner's nonsensical remarks, Heartland brought up "special mystery guest" Lord Christopher Monckton, who admitted at the beginning of his speech that he has "no scientific qualification" to challenge climate science. He then performed a comedy routine in which he questioned the legitimacy of President Obama's citizenship — a joke that brought the room to full applause.
These fringe views made even Heartland senior staffers very nervous. After the billboard debacle, the leader of Heartland's Washington, D.C., office, Eli Lehrer, left the organization and brought six staff members with him, saying the campaign "didn't reflect the seriousness which I want to bring to public policy."
But Heartland's leadership twisted the knife into their self-inflicted wound with a decision to keep repeating their extreme rhetoric in the lead-up to the conference — later calling Bill McKibben and Michael Mann "Madmen."
The rapid unraveling of Heartland forced it to scale down the conference, and seemingly kept attendees away. This year, only around 300 people showed up — a decrease from the 500 people at its first conference in 2008.
Despite the subdued mood, Rep. Sensenbrenner tried to rally the remaining troops during his Tuesday speech.
"Things are a lot better now than they were three years ago," he said, referencing the failure to pass a carbon cap-and-trade bill and potential expiration of the Kyoto Protocol.
Things certainly weren't better for Heartland. The following afternoon, the organization announced its decision to abandon the entire conference due to lack of funds and a backlash from corporate donors.
But Sensenbrenner was right about one thing: The public dialogue has moved dramatically backward in the last three years, driven largely by the aggressive disinformation tactics of the climate denial community — and enabled by the Obama administration's decision to stop talking about the issue and the media's decision to sharply curtail coverage.
While the dissolution of Heartland's conference may be considered a "win" for those concerned about the spread of junk science and disinformation, there are still plenty of allies in industry and the halls of Congress willing to take up the denial cause.
Stephen Lacey is a reporter with Climate Progress covering clean energy issues. He formerly worked as a producer/editor at RenewableEnergyWorld.com.


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The Romanian forest claims to be the most haunted forest in the wood. At 20 hectares the forest is sometimes referred to as the Bermuda Triangle. Visitors to the area often report feelings of anxiety or like they are being watched. This was one of the things covered by Ghost Adventures when they visited, and yes you can laugh, I still watch because they go to places I want too. Shame on me?
The forest was named after a shepherd, he apparently disappeared with a flock of two hundred sheep. Now not only that but in the 1960's the forest gained another event of a note, a biologist Alexandru Sift who snapped a UFO in the sky above the forest. August 18th 1968, Emil Barnea captured something too and by the 1970's it was a hotspot for sightings.
It is also said it could be a gateway to another dimension and another local story says that a 5 year old got lost and wandered into the woods before disappearing. 5 years later she came out untarnished and in the same clothes. There is no clear indicator in regards to when this happened however.
How about the ghost of murdered Russian peasants? The souls of the unfortunates are trapped and angered by their predicament. Still not convinced? What about an area where there is no vegetation even though research suggests there is nothing in the soul to cause it.
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Bon Jovi hope to give live a good name with an upcoming concert disc culled from performances throughout their two-decade career.
Due May 22, the New Jersey rockers' first live album will feature "Runaway," "Wanted Dead or Alive" and "It's My Life," among others.
The track listing is still being firmed up, as is the album's title, according to an Island spokesperson. "One Wild Night," "Living on a Prayer" and "Bad Medicine" are also slated for the record.
Bon Jovi are hoping the live collection, which is without a single ballad, will show the straight-up rock side of the band that is sometimes overlooked, the spokesperson said.
Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora and crew will launch the 22-city One Wild Night tour on April 18 in Phoenix. In June, Bon Jovi released Crush, which has been certified platinum in the United States and has sold more than 7 million copies worldwide.


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The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has confounded the world's top aviation experts and investigators for the past week, but it is far from the first time an aircraft has gone missing from the skies.
Amelia Earhart (1937)
America's most famous missing pilot, Amelia Earhart, took off in 1937 on what she hoped would be the first female-piloted circumnavigational flight. She had previously become the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
During a descent while in the Pacific Ocean, Earhart radioed that she could not see her landing strip and was running low on gas. Her plane was never found and questions remain today about what really happened to Earhart.
Bermuda Triangle (1940s through 1960s)
Flight 19, made up of a fleet of five Navy torpedo bombers training over the Atlantic in December 1945, disappeared halfway through their training exercise more than 100 miles off the cost of Florida. A search and rescue plane sent to look for them also disappeared.
A slew of planes disappeared in the area known as the Bermuda triangle between the years of 1945 and 1970, including one plane with 32 people on board that was never found.
Pan Am Flight 6 (1957)
On Nov. 8, 1957, Pan Am Flight 7 was en route from San Francisco to Hawaii when it vanished in the Pacific Ocean. The Boeing 337 plane wreckage was found a week later by the Navy aircraft carrier Philippine Sea, which spotted bodies and plane debris floating off course in the ocean northeast of Honolulu.
The crash, which killed 44 people, has never been definitively determined. The mystery was exacerbated by the fact that no distress signals were sent and toxicology reports revealed higher than normal carbon monoxide levels in the bodies of recovered passengers.
Flying Tiger Line (1962)
A U.S. military plane carrying 90 soldiers disappeared during a flight from Guam to the Philippines and left no trace of wreckage or a mayday call.
Stolen Angola Plane (2003)
A Boeing 727 took off from Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport in Luanda, Angola without clearance or a flight plan on May 25, 2003.
The plane, which wasn't painted with an airline logo, hasn't been seen since.
According to the FBI, it was once part of the fleet of a major airline, however it had since been outfitted to carry diesel fuel.
Officials said they believed Ben Charles Padilla, an aviation engineer and pilot, may have been on the plane when it disappeared.
ABC News' Liz Fields contributed to this report.


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Orbitz uses Invoke Solutions to concept test an award-winning advertising campaign
Posted December 14, 2016, Invoke SolutionsCase study
Because prices are similar among online travel agencies, Orbitz saw an opportunity to distinguish itself on an emotional level and create a distinct and memorable brand personality. It developed an integrated marketing campaign with three objectives: differentiate from competitors, resonate with consumers and spark conversation.
In order to assess these three objectives, Orbitz needed a research method that was flexible enough to gather detailed feedback from consumers, with the ability to probe deeper when necessary.
Orbitz came to Invoke in the early stages of concept testing to evaluate three potential creative campaigns. During two online Large Scale Focus Group™ sessions, 142 travelers gave their opinions on a number of key measures for each campaign.
After analyzing the data, Invoke was able to identify the Declaration of Vacation campaign as a clear frontrunner. It received the most positive feedback and participants saw the message to take vacations back and abandon the "staycation" as clear, relevant, fun, inspiring and unique. This creative concept later became the storyline for the award winning on-air advertisement.
The "Take Vacation Back" advertising campaign earned a Gold Medal in the 'Retail & E-Tail' category at The Advertising Research Foundation's Re:think 2013 conference
In pre-test, the winning ad boasted an 8% increase in Top Box scores for Relevance and Branding, as well as a 5% increase in Uniqueness and Enjoyment. In-market, the campaign yielded 11MM PR impressions in print and online, including coverage in the New York Times, USA Today, Forbes, and AdWeek. Facebook effectiveness also spiked – yielding 2.2MM+ impressions and nearly 92K referrals back to Orbitz.com. And, its YouTube view counts exceeded all previous commercial performance over a 2-week window.
Despite having the lowest advertising spend among the top online travel agencies in 2012, Orbitz generated an awareness level 50% higher than the category norm (36% vs 23%). Invoke is thrilled to be given the opportunity to help Orbitz select and optimize a campaign that has generated such a significant ROI.


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Minimize the Chances of an Online Predator Victimizing a Child Warn your children about potentially dangerous people who may try to befriend them online. Keep the computer in a public space in your house, not your child's bedroom. Don't allow children to use a screen name profile or to […]
Protect Your Children from Online Predators – Oprah
Take 25 Conversation – Take the Pledge!
It is important to talk to young children about safety without overwhelming or scaring them. This discussion guide offers age-appropriate messages and strategies to help you start a conversation about personal and online safety with your 5- to 8-year-old. What to talk about When discussing personal safety empower children […]
Protect Your Children from Online Predators – Oprah
Minimize the Chances of an Online Predator Victimizing a Child Warn your children about potentially dangerous people who may try to befriend them online. Keep the computer in a public space in your house, not your child's bedroom. Don't allow children to use a screen name profile or to […]
Take 25 Conversation – Take the Pledge!
It is important to talk to young children about safety without overwhelming or scaring them. This discussion guide offers age-appropriate messages and strategies to help you start a conversation about personal and online safety with your 5- to 8-year-old. What to talk about When discussing personal safety empower children […]
How Worried Are Parents About Kids' Online Safety?
"Policies that aim to protect children online talk about parents' concerns, assuming parents are this one [uniform] group," study co-author Eszter Hargittai, a professor in the department of communication studies at Northwestern University, said in a university news release. "When you take a close look at demographic backgrounds of parents, concerns are not uniform across population groups."
The study, published recently in the journal Policy & Internet, also found that urban parents tended to be more concerned about online threats to their children than suburban or rural parents. In addition, college-educated parents had lower levels of fear than those with less education.
Among the other findings:
- Having a higher income was related to lower fears about children's exposure to pornography, being bullied or being a bully.
- Parents with liberal political views were less concerned than moderates or conservatives about pornography. Liberal parents, however, were more concerned about their child becoming a bully.
- Parents of daughters and of younger children were more concerned than parents of sons about the threat of their children meeting a stranger or being exposed to violent content.
- Parents' gender or religious beliefs have little effect on their levels of concern.
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The FBI offers parents a guide to Internet safety.
Only one in ten parents think their child is safe online
Most childrens internet use takes place away from the watchful eye of a parent and is still prone to cruel and abusive behaviors, according to McAfee and the Anti-Bullying Alliance. Worse still, research suggests that some parents may be unintentionally exposing their children to inappropriate behavior and cyber-bullying through lack of controls and by setting up childrens access to social networks.
Cyber-bullying behaviors are commonplace, with 16% having been the recipients of mean or cruel behavior online and 22% having witnessed the same behaviors directed at a classmate or friend.
Findings showed that children and teens are prolific users of the internet; with 26% spending between 4-6 hours or more online every day with much of that internet use taking place away from the watchful eye of a parent; 53% of children go online in their own room, 46% on a games console and 66% on a personal smartphone. In addition, nearly one in five (19%) of teens admit to lying to their parents about what they've been doing online.
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Safety lessons every parent should teach their child
Sadly, parents cannot possibly control every aspect of a child's life. The best thing they can do is teach their children these important safety lessons, particularly in a situation where the parents can't be there with them.
The best thing parents can do is teach their children these important safety lessons © Karen Struthers – Fotolia.com Parents would love to keep their children safe at all times, and ensure that they're always protected. Sadly, parents cannot possibly control every aspect of a child's life.
When they are young, teach your child to never leave your sight or the sight of someone you've given permission for them to be with. Tell them to get help from an authority for help if they become separated from you, and to never the vicinity of the area where they last saw you, unless in an emergency situation. As early as possible, teach them to never get into a car or agree to walk or talk with anyone you haven't told them they can travel or communicate with. Teach them that if they feel uncomfortable or in danger, to refuse to engage with the aggressor and to walk or run away from the situation as quickly as possible, notifying the authorities, if possible.
5 Ways to Protect Your Kids From Online Bullying
Your children face challenges that you never had to deal with growing up. A recent tale of cyber bullying involved Audrie Pott, a 15 year old California teenage who committed suicide after pictures of her rape circulated around social networks when her rapists uploaded them. While not all cyber bullying is taken to this kind of extreme, it's something that is pervasive among adolescents.
According to DoSomething.org, 48% of teens have been the victim of cyber bullying, and 70% of teens have seen an example of cyber bullying. Cyber bullying is a complex problem. Some states, like New Jersey, establish strict anti-bullying laws to cut down on cyber bullying. New Jersey laws, according to the NPR, include a crime-stopper hotline that accepts cyber bully reports from students, a training program to teach students the signs of bullying, and schools are rated on their level of bullying. While state and federal legislature attempts to solve the cyber bullying problem, you have several ways to help on your end.
- Educate yourself on the attack methods of cyber bullies. You might not be a texting addict or a Facebook lover, but understanding how students communicate on these services is essential to understanding how a bully can harass your child.
- Track behavioral changes in your children. A marked difference in behavior indicates some sort of problem, and may be an early warning sign of cyber bullying.
- Watch for anxiety related to answering text messages or getting on social networks. If your children is being harassed through these sites, they might be afraid to log in and check their messages.
- Talk to your child to see if they will tell you about any potential bullying activity. If possible, friend their social network accounts or have access to the accounts so you can find out what your child is doing online.
- If your children don't want to talk to you about their online activities, using an Internet monitoring solution may be necessary. These types of software often allow you to lock down Internet usage, blocking sites and monitoring exactly what's going on when your child uses the Internet.
Another issue with cyberbullying that many parents don't consider is the potential for identity theft. When a student is getting cyber bullied, he may give out personal information, usernames, and passwords that could lead to his identity information being compromised. Identity theft has many repercussions according to Equifax. Your child may have credit cards taken out in their name, or have the cards sent elsewhere so they never even know they exist. This could greatly affect their credit rating. A service like Lifelock.com monitors this information and provides security measures to stop identity theft from happening.
The internet is a powerful tool, but it is also a powerful weapon in the hands of cyber bullies. While you can't prevent your child from encountering it entirely, you do have the power to mitigate the damage that it can cause.
Wake Up People, Protect Our Children!
Wake Up America – We Must Protect Children!
Child abuse used to be a silent epidemic that was seldom discussed. However, the national news media has increased awareness about the abuse of children. We have heard horror stories about sexual assaults by priests, sex traffickers and; how predators with community status have been ignored for years. That is now changing!
The tragic truth is, there are 76,000 registered sex offenders in California alone. Sadly, children are sexually assaulted at home and in their neighborhoods every day. These children grow up and become parents. Often, the cycle of abuse continues because we don't speak up to stop it. Americans are paying a high price for their silence.
When children feel powerless, violated and/or unloved, they act out in self-destructive ways. They may turn to drugs, sex, food, cutting or bullying their classmate. They can become easily intimidated and become a victim or join a gang to feel powerful! It is estimated that 80 percent of prison inmates were abused as children.
During the past year, 3 out of 5 children were exposed to violence at home or in their neighborhoods. It is up to each one of us to stop this epidemic of child abuse. If YOU don't speak up, you are allowing an abusive adult and/or predator to continue abusing children.
10 things you can do to help stop child abuse.
1. Watch toddlers at play. A child tries to dominate by shoving playmates and crying for a toy. This is normal, childish behavior. Adults must correct children so they mature properly and learn to respect others. Don't ignore aggressive behavior! Children can become bullies and abuse each other in a variety of ways.
2. STAY ALERT! Don't let anyone hit, slap or verbally abuse a child. Children need protection, attention and encouragement. Adults are role models. Discipline children by taking way privileges but don't back down or you will teach a child how to manipulate YOU.
3. Peace starts at home! Make a family rule… we treat each other with respect. Bully/victim behavior is learned at home. (25 percent of women and 10 percent of men are in abusive relationship) Verbal, sexual or physical abuse teaches children to be victims and/or bullies.
4. Don't be your child's best friend! Undisciplined children become angry when they don't have the skills to develop positive friends. They may bully or become targets of abuse because they don't know how to develop healthy relationships.
5. Discuss family problems together and allow everyone to have a voice. Children mature and grow strong when they are heard and help solve conflicts, peacefully.
6. Discipline, rules, love, attention and support give children self-confidence. If bullied, a child who feels loved will know they are NOT the problem. Self-worth gives children the inner power to stand up to bullies, walk away and report bad behavior.
7. Self-discipline keeps children safe. For example: If I pick a fight with you and you fight back, I am in control. If I pick a fight with you and you walk away, you are in control. Children can develop courage and character by speaking up and standing up to bullies.
8. Does your school have an "anti-bully" policy? Do neighbors work together to stop bullies on the block? Don't ignore any abusive or destructive behavior! Work with neighbors or bullies can form gangs and make your neighborhood less safe.
9. BE AN ADVOCATE and get involved! CNN Special, "Bullying: It stops here!" stated, "Social Combat: the new norm for youth." We must all speak up to stop bad behavior.
10. Start a movement to help create a safer environment in your school and/or in your neighborhood. Ask friends to join you. It takes involved citizens to create safe, healthy environments for children.
Americans must work together and speak up to protect children from all forms of abuse. When we stop tolerating abuse, we are protecting our future.
Mann is a safety consultant and author of 4 national self-help books. She has a radio show called, Build Community.us on More Public Radio International – To improve the health and safety of children, she promotes strengthening families and community involvement.
Her books include, "Alternative to Fear," "Safe Homes, Safe Neighborhoods," "Street Safe Kids" and "The Adopt-A-Block Guidebook."
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Interview With Crime Net Weekly
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Single mother makes a stand against pedophiles and child pornography – "I believe all pedophiles are incurable and I know if they are not put away our children will be harmed."
In March of this year single mother Debbie Johnson (not her real surname) made the news after she played an integral part in the FBI's arrest of a man on suspicion of possessing child pornography. Debbie heads an advocacy group from her home in New York that is trying to get child pornography off the Internet. Debbie went "undercover" into the seedy world of online pedophiles to trap her victim. After convincing the suspect that she was the owner of a child-porn site, he contacted her to buy a membership. He then told Debbie of a site he operated on the net and asked her to join.
After finding a large amount of child pornography posted on his site, including photographs of children in sexual acts with adults, Debbie contacted authorities in the man's home state of Illinois. Debbie was able to provide the police with the man's name, address and phone number. When local deputies raided the man's house, he was on the computer talking to Debbie. State's Attorney William Poncin called the images found in the home "explicit and graphic." The man, Joseph R. Griffith, was charged with one count of possession of child pornography with the intent to distribute and one count of possession of child pornography. Debbie's attempt at passing herself as another pedophile was so convincing that Griffith, with seemingly deep pride, told her that if he wanted to see a photograph of him she could do so by visiting the Illinois State sex-offenders site. Griffith had also been charged previously in Nebraska with attempted first-degree forcible sexual assault. This might have been Debbie's first official bust, but it wasn't a one off fluke. Over the past five years she has reported more than 7000 online pedophiles and child pornography sites to the authorities.
CrimeNet spoke with Debbie from her home in the US: How did the FBI and other law enforcement agents react to the information you passed on regarding Joseph Griffith? They were rapt! They thought it was excellent, it got another one of our streets.
The vast majority of the public abhor pedophilia and child pornography, but very few would take the action you took and pose as one yourself to trap the offender. What was your motivation? My two children were sexually abused at a day care centre. My daughter was only 2-years-old at the time. It totally and utterly devastated me. I never want another child to have to experience that. So I am a vigilante- Debbie lost her daughter in a car accident when she was aged 9.Griffith was talking to you as if you were another pedophile, I imagine the content of some of the conversations were very disturbing. How did you manage to handle this side of your operation? Yes, his conversations were very gross, disgusting in fact. On some occasions we were messaging until 4 am. I had to sit and listen (read) to all his sick conversations. But the driving force that got me through was the fact that I knew I had to get him off the streets. He also gave me all his personal details, which helped the authorities to track him down and arrest him. How long did the messaging and contact last with Griffiths? A few weeks. By then I had all the information I needed. I then called the probation department. They were very happy to hear from me, to say the least. What is your long term plan? Do you intend to continue hunting online pedophiles and those who deal in child pornography? I will continue to hunt pedophiles until I can't breathe. I am very serious about that. I will continue to work with the FBI and other authorities for as long as they are happy for me to do so. Have you received any threats or at any time feared for your safety? Oh yes, I do fear for my safety, of course I do. I have received threats, but my fear will not stop me. Pedophiles are sick people and the underground child pornography business makes them allot of money, so they do not take kindly to what I do. How many of these online child pornography groups and sites have you worked your way into? I am in about 300 groups like this currently and that is just the tip of the iceberg. It's from one of these groups I initially made contact with Griffiths.
That number is staggering! Are you close to having enough details on any others to hand over to the authorities? Yes, I think so. Actually I am pretty sure about one, but am working on a whole group of them right now. I can't give up. These people on the net are the same people that are out in our real world raping our children. These people don't JUST look at pictures on child pornography sites, they go after children. Young, innocent children – I can't let that happen. I won't let that happen.
Can you please tell me about your advocacy group? Sure. I have people from all over the US and from several countries, both men and women. I try to train them in what I do. They need to know the rules and laws and how to "act" when conversing with pedophiles. Unfortunately, but understandably, most people are unable to engage in these often very disturbing conversations that are required to infiltrate their circle and gain their confidence. I do it as a tribute to my deceased daughter. I believe all pedophiles are incurable and I know if they are not put away our children will be harmed.
SOURCE: Crime Net
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Protecting Children From Sexual Predators – Some Useful Parenting Tips to End Childhood Sexual Abuse
Protecting Children From Sexual Predators – Some Useful Parenting Tips to End Childhood Sexual Abuse
Every day, we hear more reports of child abduction and/or sexual abuse by sexual predators. These predators can be strangers. However, as statistics below show, most times your children will know the perpetrators of such harmful crimes. What are some useful parenting tips to end childhood sexual abuse, protecting children from both known and unknown sexual predators?
National Statistics
RAINN (the Rape Abuse & Incest National Network) provides the following statistics. However, since childhood sexual abuse is often hidden and it is generally estimated that approximately 88% of sexual abuse cases are never reported, national statistics can vary broadly. Therefore, it is likely the crime is more extensive than these figures reflect.
- 1 in 6 women and 1 in 33 men have been sexually abused in their lifetimes in the United States
- 44% of sexual abuse victims are under the age of 18
- 93% of juvenile sexual assault victims know their attacker
- Childhood sexual abuse occurs everywhere, regardless of social, economic or ethnic backgrounds
In addition, domestic violence accounts for a great amount of sexual abuse, even among children, as many domestic violence perpetrators also abuse children in the household. The strongest risk factor for the same violent behavior occurs in homes where children witness violence with and among their caregivers. In fact, boys who observe or who may be forced to participate in domestic violence, including inappropriate sexual behavior, are twice as likely to abuse both their partners and their own children when they have reached adulthood.
Cost to Society
Whether you have children or not, the problem affects everyone, as the Center for Sex Offender Management estimates that 30% to 60% of children sexually abused as children later become adult sex offenders. Furthermore, there is a definitive economic impact on society, most notably a loss of health due to the physical and emotional distress of such crimes. As victims reach adulthood, those untreated problems are further exacerbated by loss of work. Even incarceration of sentenced sex offenders attributes to a strain on the prison system and loss of revenue. Currently in the United States, almost 8 million paid workdays and 5.6 million days of household productivity are lost per year due to such destructive crimes, equivalent to 32,000 full-time jobs. The cost for loss of health, work and imprisonment translates to annual lost revenues of approximately $5.8 billion.
Look for Signs of Abuse
Many people ignore the signs of childhood sexual and physical abuse. It is important to investigate further if your child displays any of the following:
- Change in Behavior and Health
- Those children who fall victim to sexual perpetrators may exhibit poor physical and mental health. They could also begin having social difficulties. Furthermore, cognitive dysfunction and behavioral problems may suddenly manifest.
- Keeping Secrets
- Sexual predators do not want to be caught. They will instruct the child to keep the 'secret' about any inappropriate behavior. Sexual perpetrators rely on the fact that children 'do as they are told' by someone older. In addition, although most people think that only adults are sexual and/or physical abusers, as the vicious cycle of abuse continues more people under the age of 18 become abusers themselves. Therefore, be cognizant of any secrets you discover being kept from you from ANYONE older than your child's age.
- Withdrawing from Other Friends – Spending Time with Someone Older Than Your Child
- Children can become confused about their bodies if they are violated inappropriately. The sexual acts performed can be pleasurable and many times sexual predators will tell your child that their sexual escapades are not wrong. Therefore, your child, although they may feel guilty about what is happening, may incorrectly believe that what they are doing is not improper since it feels good. Beware if you notice your child has withdrawn from others, wishing to spend alone time with another older person.
- Receiving Unexplained Gifts from Others
- Inappropriate sexual behavior is about control, not sex. This is one reason children are such easy targets. Sexual predators will often give gifts to your child as another way to reinforce their control over them. Always ask and investigate any unexplained gifts to your child.
- Discovery of Spending Time Alone with Older Person in Isolated or Unique Locations
- Sexual predators love to isolate their victims. They oftentimes will set up 'special meeting' places, away from suspicious eyes. Therefore, if you discover your child is spending time alone with someone older in any isolated or unique location, it is wise to probe further.
Ways to Protect Your Child
- Trust Your Instincts
Sexual predators choose their crime victims based upon availability. Therefore, it makes sense that most victims personally know their perpetrators since they may be already easily acquainted with them in their circle of family, friends and community.
Therefore, dealing with sexual abuse with someone your child may know could present additional challenges. First, the chances you will know your child's sexual predator is very high. Be open to this fact. No matter how much you may trust your spouse, your family, your friends, and members of your community, such as teachers, counselors and spiritual support, do not ignore any of the above signs of abuse.
Furthermore, oftentimes a parent's instincts will alert them to a problem, but they ignore it because they already know the person. We think sexual predators look like monsters. However, they look like everyone else. Never ignore your instincts. It is better to be safe than sorry.
- Communicate Early and Often
Open a line of communication about inappropriate sexual behavior early. Establish trust with your child so that they will feel free to share anything with you. Teach your child:
- Reinforce 'Stranger Danger' Rules
Many schools provide education on staying away from strangers. However, please reinforce those warnings and advice. Tell your children to stay away from strangers, do not get into their car and do not offer assistant to lone strangers, etc. If addition, travel with buddies when possible.
- Saying 'No' is OK
Children are taught to do as they are told and respect adults. However, be sure they are aware that it is OK to say no when they feel uncomfortable, regardless of whom they are confronting.
- Some Secrets are Bad
Instruct your child between the difference between harmless secrets shared with friends and inappropriate ones. Anything having to do with sexual behavior or physical abuse in any way needs to be shared with a child's parent.
- Communicate Differences Between Different Types of Touch
Touching is a wonderful part of life. However, it is most beneficial to educate your children about the differences between different types of touching with regard to discerning the differences between 'real love' and 'fake love.' For instance, if another person speaks of love as allowing your child access to put their hands down inside your child's clothing in those areas normally covered by a bathing suit, there may be some cause for concern and evaluation. In addition, you do not want your child afraid of your doctor who may need to explore these areas. Therefore, relating touching to 'real love' and 'fake love' may help with trips to the doctor since he normally does not relate touching to love. Regardless, reiterate that sexual touching done ALONE with an older person needs to be thwarted. The best suggestion is to open the lines of communication and education. It may also be beneficial to accompany your child to the doctor.
- Warn of Sexual Predators on the Internet
The internet, although a valuable source of education and information, can also be very dangerous. Be vigilant about knowing to whom your child may be communicating. Instruct them never to give out personal information online and to report to you anyone discussing keeping 'secrets' or talking about 'private' areas of the body.
- Teach Your Children to Trust Their Instincts
Although there are numerous programs and parents who utilize the above tactics, there still is an overwhelming incidence of childhood sexual and physical abuse. What is lacking? If you teach children to listen to their own gut in any situation, harm can be averted. Instruct your child to listen and act on the spirit that is within them guiding them to a constructive path. If their intuition makes them uncomfortable with a certain situation, teach them to run away and get help.
- Listen to Your Child
Finally, please listen to your child no matter how outrageous you may feel about their story. Once you have told your child to tell you their 'secrets' and to share whatever they are feeling and then you discount their story, you simply destroy trust. Take everything they say as truth, no matter the other person involved. Investigate further anything they tell you. After all, as a parent, it is your job to protect your child, not another adult. Listening to your child could stop harm.
Sexual predators destroy lives. However, if we all implement these useful parenting tips, childhood sexual abuse could end. Our children and society can be protected more successfully from known and unknown sexual predators. Is it not worth a try?
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Interview with Montel
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Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 32(2) I have the honour to table, in both official languages, two copies of a document entitled "Straight Ahead: A Vision for Transportation in Canada".
House of Commons Hansard #67 of the 37th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was budget.


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Ludhiana's knitwear industry is expecting that the excise duty imposed on branded garments in Union Budget 2011 shall be waived off in this year's Budget.
"For industrialists, the imposition of excise duty on branded garments in the Union Budget 2011 was a big shocker and has led to harassment and unnecessary burdens on manufacturers," said Darshan Dawar, President , Ludhiana Knitwear Club in his memorandum submitted on Monday to Sumit Bose, Secretary Revenue, Ministry of Finance, for pre-budget suggestions.
"Already, the textile industry is facing threats from garments imported from China, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, mainly because they are cheaper," said Dawar.
"Since the knitwear industry is finding it tough to increase prices of hosiery products in proportion, it fears that it may loose its identity as a 'hosiery cluster'," added Dawar.
Dawar also demanded reservation for small and medium-scale units under the Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS) scheme. "From the allotted funds for TUFS, a minimum 50 per cent should be kept reserved for the small and medium scale sector," he said. The hosiery and textile industry is looking to address the labour shortage problem by upgrading their technology so that the requirement of labour is minimised. TUFS has helped textile industries to get mechanised.
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The industry also urged the government to keep a check on rising interest rates which are impacting margins for industries, especially in the small and medium sector.


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#7259 new bug
Eta expansion of products in System FC
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This ticket is to capture the ideas in these GHC-users threads: PolyKinds Aug 2012 and PolyKinds Sept 2012
- We want to add eta-rules to FC. Sticking to pairs for now, that would amount to adding two new type functions (Fst, Snd), and three new, built-in axioms
axPair k1 k2 (a:'(k1,k2)) : a ~ '(Fst a, Snd a) axFst k1 k2 (a:k1) (b:k2) : Fst '(a,b) ~ a axSnd k1 k2 (a:k1) (b:k2) : Snd '(a,b) ~ aGeneralising to arbitrary products looks feasible.
- Adding these axioms would make FC inconsistent, because
axPair * * (Any '(*,*) ) : Any '(*,*) ~ (Fst .., Snd ..)and that has two different type constructors on each side. However, I think is readily solved: see below under "Fixing Any"
- Even in the absence of Any, it's not 100% obvious that adding the above eta axioms retains consistency of FC. I believe that Richard is volunteering to check this out. Right, Richard?
Type inference
I'm a little unclear about the implications for inference. One route might be this. Suppose we are trying to solve a constraint
[W] (a:'(k1,ks)) ~ '( t1, t2 )
where a is an untouchable type variable. (if it was touchable we'd simply unify it.) Then we can replace it with a constraint
[W] '(Fst a, Snd a) ~ '( t1, t2)
Is that it? Or do we need more? I'm a bit concerned about constraints like
F a ~ e
a:'(k1,k2), and we have a type instance like
F '(a,b) = ...
Anything else?
I don't really want to eagerly eta-expand every type variable, because (a) we'll bloat the constraints and (b) we might get silly error messages. For (b) consider the insoluble constraint
[W] a~b
a and
b are both skolems of kind
'(k1,k2). If we eta-expand both we'll get two insoluble constraints
(Fst a ~ Fst b) and
(Snd a ~ Snd b), and we DEFINITELY don't want to report that as a type error!
Someone pointed out that Agda grapples with this problem and we should talk to them.
Fixing Any
- I think we can fix the Any problem readily by making Any into a type family, that has no instances. We certainly allow equalities with a type family application on the left and a type constructor on the right.
I have implemented this change already... it seems like a good plan.
- Several people have asked why we need Any at all. Consider this source program
reverse []At what type should we instantiate
reverseand the empty list
[]? Any type will do, but we must choose one; FC doesn't have unbound type variables. So I instantiate it at
(Any *):
reverse (Any *) ([] (Any *))Why is Any poly-kinded? Because the above ambiguity situation sometimes arises at other kinds.
- I'm betting that making Any into a family will mess up Richard's (entirely separate) use of
(Any k)as a proxy for a kind argument
k; because now
(Any k1 ~ Any k2)does not entail
(k1~k2). See also the module
We can't solve this by making
Anyto be an injective type family, because the use in
TypeLitsuses it in a type-class instance, and you can't match on type families!
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Adding some discussion that happened on the email thread:
The axioms that Simon mentioned:
axPair k1 k2 (a:'(k1,k2)) : a ~ '(Fst a, Snd a) axFst k1 k2 (a:k1) (b:k2) : Fst '(a,b) ~ a axSnd k1 k2 (a:k1) (b:k2) : Snd '(a,b) ~ a
The last two axioms are the straightforward compilations of the type families
Fst and
Snd -- nothing new is needed to create these. The first is the challenge and will require some type inference magic.
When trying to solve
[W] (a:'(k1,ks)) ~ '( t1, t2 )
a is untouchable), Simon suggested simplifying to
[W] '(Fst a, Snd a) ~ '( t1, t2)
I don't think that's the right replacement. The next natural step would be decomposition, leading to
(Fst a ~ t1) and
(Snd a ~ t2), which would then get stuck, because
Fst and
Snd aren't injective. So, I would say we need
a1, a2 fresh [G] a ~ '(a1, a2) [W] '(a1, a2) ~ '(t1, t2)
which would then decompose correctly. As I write this, I'm worried about that freshness condition... what if
a appears multiple times in the type? We would either need to guarantee that
a1 and
a2 are the same each time, or create new
[W] constraints that
a1 ~ a1', etc. But, maybe this is easier in practice than it seems. Type inference experts?
Simon is a bit concerned about constraints like
F a ~ e
a:'(k1,k2), and we have a type instance like
F '(a,b) = ... .
It seems to me that the proper eta-expansion (a ~ '(Fst a, Snd a)) would work here.
As for
Any, (as Nick pointed out and Iavor elaborated) there is a workaround that Iavor and I can use involving the promoted version of
data KindProxy (a :: *) = KindProxy
to make kind classes and such. So, I think it's OK to relegate
Any to a type function. Objections?
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I agree that
Any should be a type function: to pass kinds as arguments, the proxy workaround is the right thing for now, at least until we get explicit type/kind application.
Richard, I think your proposed constraint simplification is sound, but I don't really understand the advantage over Simon's version. You are introducing fresh (untouchable?) variables
a1 and
a2 instead of
Fst a and
Snd a, but they don't get you any further. It doesn't matter that
Fst and
Snd are not injective, because the point of the decomposition into
Fst a ~ t1 and
Snd a ~ t2 is not to solve for
a (which is untouchable anyway), but that we might be able to solve for
t1 or
t2 if one of them is a variable, or we might have other given constraints on the projections.
In general, adding support for eta to the constraint solver means it should never get stuck because an inhabitant of a pair (or other record) kind is not canonical. Certainly type family axioms
F '(a, b) = t should be applicable even if the argument is not a canonical pair, but typeclass instances exhibit the same behaviour. For example, given the definitions
class Foo (x :: '(a, b)) instance Foo '(a, b)
we should be able to solve class constraints like
Foo t using the existing instance.
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I updated
GHC.TypeLits to avoid using
Any as a constructor, so now we should be able to convert it to a type function.
In a previous e-mail I mentioned some "sketchiness" that occurs when using
Any (in either form) with empty kinds. Here is an example to illustrate the issue:
data {-kind-} Empty data T (a :: Empty) = C deriving Show main = print C -- what is the type of C here?
The issue is that in
main: constructor
C is of type
T Any, with
Any of kind
Empty. However, kind
Empty has no members, so what does
Any refer to?
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Re the sketchiness, is your worry the following?
- Even though the type
Emptyhas no data constructors, there are terms with type
Empty, namely diverging ones, such as
undefined :: Empty.
- But are there any types with kind
Empty? You might think "no" since we don't have divergent type terms. But there is one, namely
(Any Empty).
So, is that a problem? Adding Conor to the cc list.
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Just by way of concrete example, here's the smallest example Edward wants to do:
{-# LANGUAGE PolyKinds, DataKinds, GADTs #-} import Prelude hiding (id, (.)) class Category (k :: x -> x -> *) where id :: k a a (.) :: k b c -> k a b -> k a c data P :: (x -> x -> *) -> (y -> y -> *) -> (x,y) -> (x,y) -> * where P :: m a b -> n c d -> P m n '(a,c) '(b,d) instance (Category m, Category n) => Category (P m n) where -- id = P id id P lf rf . P lg rg = P (lf . lg) (rf . rg)
The addition of id there causes it to fail to typecheck, because refining the kind to
(x,y) doesn't let it know all types have the form
'(a,b). It can't because
Any still exists as a distinguishable member of every kind, so such a refinement would (currently) be unsound.
When we try to build indexed monad transformers we wind up wanting to take product over their indices. Similar issues arise when trying to compute with collages of profunctors and other nifty theoretical toys that have proven quite useful in the
lens package.
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Moving to 7.10.1
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Moving to 7.12.1 milestone; if you feel this is an error and should be addressed sooner, please move it back to the 7.10.1 milestone.
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It occurred to me in passing today that this would be a nice application of typechecker plugins. They should let us experiment with the type inference issues fairly easily.
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Josef and I chatted about this ticket at HIW today. Now that
Any is moved out of the way, it seems quite possible to revisit this. Shouldn't be too hard.
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What is the status of this?
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What is the status of this?
It's parked at the moment. No one actually working on it that I know of.
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This is currently imperilled by #14420.
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This is currently imperilled by #14420.
How, exactly?
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