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New Population Study: "(…) provide all sexually active human beings with modern contraception and backup abortion. The degree to which those steps would reduce fertility rates is controversial, but they are a likely win-win for societies."
Prince Charles has openly expressed support for a recent population study by biologists Paul and Anne Ehrlich, calling for drastic global efforts to reduce fertility worldwide. On the official website of the Prince of Wales, prince Charles commended Paul and Anne Ehrlich's latest population study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society on January 8 of this year, calling among other things for globally provided "back-up abortions" to avert overpopulation catastrophe. The prince writes:
"We do, in fact, have all the tools, assets and knowledge to avoid the collapse of which this report warns, but only if we act decisively now."
In their latest study entitled Can a collapse of global civilization be avoided?, biologists Paul R. Ehrlich and his wife repeat their decade-long mantra, namely that global population growth is certain to collapse civilization as a whole- and only a concerted global effort to reduce fertility may avert the feared catastrophe. The report mentions that global population reduction is a monumental task, but they add:
"Monumental, but not impossible if the political will could be generated globally to give full rights, education and opportunities to women, and provide all sexually active human beings with modern contraception and backup abortion. The degree to which those steps would reduce fertility rates is controversial, but they are a likely win-win for societies."
These words contain some drastic and draconian implications. In order to provide "back-up abortions" to women on a global scale, a worldwide population reduction strategy must be outlined and then enforced by all nations of the planet. The Ehrlichs concede that such a worldwide effort would not go down well with nations opposing abortions:
"Obviously (…) there are huge cultural and institutional barriers to establishing such policies in some parts of the world. After all, there is not a single nation where women are truly treated as equal to men. Despite that, the population driver should not be ignored simply because limiting overconsumption can, at least in theory, be achieved more rapidly. The difficulties of changing demographic trajectories mean that the problem should have been addressed sooner, rather than later.", the Ehrlichs write.
Responding to countless recent studies showing that not overpopulation, but underpopulation seems to be an increasing problem, especially in Europe, the Ehrlichs state:
"That halting population growth inevitably leads to changes in age structure is no excuse for bemoaning drops in fertility rates, as is common in European government circles. Reduction of population size in those over-consuming nations is a very positive trend, and sensible planning can deal with the problems of population aging."
They also write that besides change in the politics of demography, the educational system should also join the effort in a "symmetrical" manner, "moving towards sustainability and enhancing equity (including redistribution)." The scientific community must throw its weight behind the effort, the Ehrlichs say, especially to counter all religious counter-argumentation underlining the value of life:
"To our minds, the fundamental cure, reducing the scale of the human enterprise (including the size of the population) to keep its aggregate consumption within the carrying capacity of Earth, is obvious but too much neglected or denied. There are great social and psychological barriers in growthmanic cultures to even considering it. This is especially true because of the 'endarkenment'—a rapidly growing movement towards religious orthodoxies that reject enlightenment values such as freedom of thought, democracy, separation of church and state, and basing beliefs and actions on empirical evidence. They are manifest in dangerous trends such as climate denial, failure to act on the loss of biodiversity and opposition to condoms (for AIDS control) as well as other forms of contraception. If ever there was a time for evidence-based (as opposed to faith-based) risk reduction strategies, it is now."
Global population reduction and global redistribution of wealth. These things can of course only be accomplished through a concerted global effort or, as the authors declare "an unprecedented level of international cooperation.":
"At the global level, the loose network of agreements that now tie countries together, developed in a relatively recent stage of cultural evolution since modern nation states appeared, is utterly inadequate to grapple with the human predicament. Strengthening global environmental governance and addressing the related problem of avoiding failed statehood are tasks humanity has so far refused to tackle comprehensively even as cultural evolution in technology has rendered the present international system (as it has educational systems) obsolete. Serious global environmental problems can only be solved and a collapse avoided with an unprecedented level of international cooperation."
The two end this line of reasoning by regurgitating the neo-Malthusian mantra- which simultaneously harbors a veiled threat, namely:
"If people do not do that, nature will restructure civilization for us."
After Prince Charles endorsed the conclusions of their study, Paul Ehrlich twittered "I wish our leaders were as far-sighted", to which one of Ehrlich's followers responded "Suicide on a grand scale needs reconsidering."
Comments such as these show that morality is nowhere to be found in the vicinity of these neo-Malthusian characters. The fact that Prince Charles felt compelled to endorse the conclusions of this report only reaffirms that his lineage is still of the opinion that people are a scourge on the earth, or as his father Prince Philip stated, a plague:
As current Bing professor of Population Studies and President of the Center for Conservation Biology at Stanford University, Paul Ehrlich is living proof that old habits die hard- and eugenic habits die even harder. After his famous book The Population Bomb was published in 1968, he has fallen somewhat in credibility for the world kept on turning and mankind is apparently still around, despite of all the doom predicted. In 1969 Ehrlich predicted that ""smog disasters" in 1973 might kill 200,000 people in New York and Los Angeles" and "By 1985 enough millions will have died to reduce the earth's population to some acceptable level, like 1.5 billion people".
Nevertheless, despite Ehrlich's prediction of the total collapse of human society if the population would continue to rise, after 40 years the man still maintains his point, this time pointing to "climate change" as the consequence of increased human activity. During an interview in December 2009, Ehrlich stated:
"The population explosion will come to an end. The only question is whether it will do so by humanity balancing its interventions to decrease death rates with interventions to decrease birth rates, or whether the death rate will soar."
In 2009, Ehrlich also expressed his desire to see the global population fall below replacement:
"Until and unless we can humanely begin to shrink the global population, following the lead of over-consuming and over-populated European nations, the future seems grim."
Humanely shrink the global population", says Ehrlich. He is wise enough to edit the word "humanely" in if he is to avoid the same indignation that befell his friend John Holdren, who co-authored Ecoscience with him in 1977. There is of course no humane way of shrinking the global population. Only a planetary authority, enforcing such a shrinkage, could get the job done. And it is exactly such a planetary regime Mr. Ehrlich called for, together with current chief science advisor to President Obama.
In the following fragment, Paul Ehrlich advocates the creation of a "global system" to create a "behavioral change". Ehrlich: "We don't have any international effort to say, you know, how are we behaving. We have global problems, why don't we have a global system to fix it."
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First off, who would have figured that after losing 8-4 in Game 1, the Detroit Tigers would go on to win the next three games (the last two each by 5 runs or more) and win the ALDS 3-1. Basically the answer to the question was the pitching. Not only did the series feature today's 5-inning perfect game for Jeremy Bonderman, who in 2003 managed only 6 wins and a 5.56ERA, but also rookie reliever Joel Zumaya throwing 102mph fastballs just a couple innings after starting rookie Justin Verlander threw 100, and the guy who has that chain of roasted chicken restaurants massacuring the guy who kills birds more as a hobby.
In fact, if it wasn't for Derek Jeter (who's Yankee fame will only rise after this year) going 5-5 in Game 1, its unlikely the Yanks would have one a single game. The famed Murderers Row was silent... the last time a Murderers Row was this quiet, George W. Bush just got elected Governor of Texas. Alex Rodriguez reminds us while he may be a fantasy stud, he's no Albert Pujols... A-Rod in his last 12 at bats didn't get a single hit, and his average over the last 12 postseason games is .098 (4-41) with no homers or ribbies. To be fair everybody except Posada (and Jeter, both of whom were batting .500 in the ALDS) sucked in this series. Big Unit didn't perform up to par either, and newcomer Cory Lidle was, well, Cory Lidle (hint: when a pitcher who has a 4.74 ERA in the National League also had a 5.75 ERA his last AL stint, and you have the opportunity to sign him to your AL team in need of a strong pitcher, pass on the opportunity).
So now its shakeup time in the Big Apple. That A-Rod and Johnson are likely on their way out is the obvious choice. Replacing Joe Torre is less obvious. The dude has a .608 winning percentage over eleven seasons (including a .599 winning percentage and a ninth straight (!) AL East title), and has been behind the Yankees bench while 91 other managerial changes have taken place. I don't think that Torre should necessarily go anywhere, but that it should be unofficially made very clear to him and the team that next season they go into the All-Star break with the AL East lead firmly in hand, or Torre gets the axe: and no less than a World Series appearance will save him. This is also decidedly unfair, but that's what you get for being a Yankee coach. (ESPN radio a few months ago said "you are a manager for one of the 29 other MLB franchises, and you get the call from Big George saying that you are wanted to replace Torre and helm the Yankees: do you do it?" The callers were about 3-2 in favour of telling Steinbrenner to go sit on an egg, the pressure just isn't worth it. I was in the minority opinion: you have to be a pretty big baseball fan to know the manager of the Mariners or the Marlins (Team USA manager Mike Hargrove and Fredi Gonzalez, Joe Girardi until a week ago), but everybody who doesn't even keep much track of baseball knows who Joe Torre is. The Yankees I think its time to drop are Giambi, Sheffield, and at least two starters who are 6'5" and under. The Yankees need to concentrate on some killer middle-relievers (Scot Shields and Kyle Farnsworth come to mind) and at least one position player who can play short-ball when the need arises. [er, we are talking about the Bronx Bombers, right? -ed]
But that's probably best for another post. Since I didn't get the time to do a post on previewing the division serii, I'll do a brief preview of the ALDS: (NLDS to come later, after I finish mourning the fate of the Dodgers)
Detroit Tigers versus the Oakland Athletics:
Nobody was more surprised than me to see Oakland not only beat Minnesota, but destroy them over the course of three games. Oakland's two basic strengths are their strong pitching, and the resurence of Frank Thomas. If Harden can stay healthy and in control for the rest of the postseason, and Loaiza can be as effective as he was when he obliterated Canada, the Athletics are going to make things hard on this years breakout team. Duchscherer and Halsey are dangerous middle relievers in their own right, and when Huston Street is on top of his game he's very difficult to beat. I still say though that Detroit's offense is on par with the Twins, and Oakland was lucky that Minne's pitching didn't come through for them. I just can't get as excited about Oakland's offense. Milton Bradley is an awfully streaky player, and his current hot streak is due to end soon. Eric Chavez is solid but not particularly spectacular, and Jason Kendall is the archtypical defensive catcher. Nick Swisher and Marco Scuturo simply don't impress me. Kendall and Bradley are the only Athletics to break double digit stolen bases in '06 (11 and 10, respectively), and while I love Bobby Crosby as much as the next guy, Oakland might be in some trouble.
The Tigers may only have one guy with more than 9 stolen bases, but that one guy is 20-SBer Carlos Guillen. Detroit has 3 guys with slugging percentages over .500, and while they don't have Big Hurt's 39 homer season, they have twice as many 19-or-more home-run hitters than Oakland can field. Shut down Thomas or have him slump or face injury, and Oakland has no fall-back plan. Detroit meanwhile has Magglio Ordonez and Pudge Rodriguez available, even if Inge and Guillen start having an off-series.
Don't get me wrong, this looks to go at least 5 games if not all 7, but Detroit is going to come out of this on top.
Coming up next on Third Edge of the Sword: previewing the National League Championship Series, an update on my baseball pool results, and asking if there was a way for the Twins and the Dodgers to have made it onto the next level.
Cardinals and Tigers and A's, oh my!
First off, who would have figured that after losing 8-4 in Game 1, the Detroit Tigers would go on to win the next three games (the last two each by 5 runs or more) and win the ALDS 3-1. Basically the answer to the question was the pitching. Not only did the series feature today's 5-inning perfect game for Jeremy Bonderman, who in 2003 managed only 6 wins and a 5.56ERA, but also rookie reliever Joel Zumaya throwing 102mph fastballs just a couple innings after starting rookie Justin Verlander threw 100, and the guy who has that chain of roasted chicken restaurants massacuring the guy who kills birds more as a hobby.

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text: A new report traces a large cybersecurity threat group to China's People's Liberation Army, specifically an unit that goes under the cover name "Unit 61398".Security company Mandiant said in a report released Tuesday that an Advanced Persistent Threat group it called APT1 was one of the most persistent of China's cyberthreat actors because of its likely government support."In seeking to identify the organization behind this activity, our research found that People's Liberation Army (PLA's) Unit 61398 is similar to APT1 in its mission, capabilities, and resources," Mandiant said in its report. "PLA Unit 61398 is also located in precisely the same area from which APT1 activity appears to originate."Unit 61398 is said to be located in a 130,663 square-foot building on Datong Road in Gaoqiaozhen, in the Pudong New Area of Shanghai.The nature of the work of "Unit 61398" is considered by China to be a state secret, but Mandiant said it believes it engages in harmful computer network operations.The group has a sinister track record, according to Mandiant, as since 2006, it has observed APT1 compromise 141 companies spanning 20 major industries. 87 percent of the target companies are headquartered in countries where English is the native language, and are in industries that China has identified as strategic.APT1 uses tools that the security firm finds have not been used by other groups, including two tools for stealing emails called GETMAIL and MAPIGET. Once the group has established access, it periodically revisits the victim's network over several months or years to steal a variety of intellectual property, including technology blueprints, proprietary manufacturing processes, test results, business plans, pricing documents, partnership agreements, and emails and contact lists from the leadership of the victim organizations, Mandiant said.China's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday the nation is firmly opposed to hacking, and has supported regulation to prevent cyberattacks. The government has previously denied accusations that Chinese hackers attacked major newspapers.The country has also been the victim of hacking, with the number one origins for those attacks coming from the U.S., said ministry spokesman Hong Lei during a press conference."Cyber attacks are transnational and anonymous. Its very hard to trace the origins of the attacks. I don't know how this evidence in the relevant report is tenable," he added.[With additional inputs from Michael Kan in Beijing]


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Nike Film Series Leads Up to Football World Cup
To promote the 2006 Football (soccer) World Cup, Nike has launched a campaign called Play Beautiful which consists of eight serialized videos, the first showing a ficticious cause group, headed by real-life, legendary footballer Eric Cantona, taking over a television station to deliver the group's message of encouragement. In the first video, Cantona says "we've let liars and cheaters make a fool of the game" and that he is here to "remind the world that this game is about skill, heart, honor, joy, team spirit." He urges us to make the game beautiful again. As football-clueless Americans, we never would have know the game had a problem in the first place so we'll take his word for it.
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The following is a sampling of calls received by the Niagara County Sheriff's Office between March 15 and March 25.
Thursday, March 15
•2000 block of River Road, Wheatfield, larceny. Metal lids taken from grease disposal container.
•Jagow Road, Wheatfield, ATV problem. ATV driver near railroad tracks; no helmet.
•4000 block of Crescent Drive, Wheatfield, alarm. Tamper alarm from Knox Box.
•2600 block of David Drive, Wheatfield, criminal mischief. House egged, mirror broken off vehicle.
Friday, March 16
•2200 block of Niagara Falls Boulevard, Wheatfield, auto stripping. Broke glass, took stereo.
•7200 block of Wilrose Court, Wheatfield, juvenile problem. Teen male walking, carrying some type of pistol.
•2200 block of Niagara Falls Boulevard, Wheatfield, accident. Two cars involved, one driver intoxicated.
Saturday, March 17
•3400 block of Ashwood Drive, Wheatfield, criminal mischief. Peanut butter/bananas all over truck in driveway.
•2500 block of River Road, Wheatfield, criminal mischief. Tire slashed overnight.
•3700 block of Colin Court, Wheatfield, juvenile problem. Juveniles from Kelsey Court vandalized complainant's yard.
•7100 block of Lakeside Drive, Wheatfield, ATV problem. ATVs riding by pond behind complainant's house.
•1500 block of Military Road, Town of Niagara, unwanted person. Male in 40s being belligerent with staff.
Sunday, March 18
•7200 block of Lenmart Drive, Wheatfield, juvenile problem. Kids rang doorbell and ran.
•Graydon Drive, Wheatfield, noise complaint. Neighbors built ATV track in back yard.
•2000 block of Military Road, Town of Niagara, fight. Fight in parking lot.
Monday, March 19
•2500 block of River Road, Wheatfield, burglary. Back door broken, copper pipe taken.
•1000 block of Sunnyside Drive and 1400 block of Elderberry Place, civil proceedings. Evictions.
Tuesday, March 20
•7200 block of Williams Road, Wheatfield, disturbing the peace. Female in apartment banging on floor of bedroom.
•7100 block of Lakeside Drive, Wheatfield, ATV problem. ATVs riding on complainant's property.
•Jagow Road, Wheatfield, traffic control. Ongoing problem with cars running stop signs.
Wednesday, March 21
•Forest Drive and Crescent Drive, Wheatfield, ATV problem. ATVs and dirt bikes.
•Niagara Falls Boulevard, Wheatfield, intoxicated driver. Driver struck vehicle and kept going.
Thursday, March 22
•Niagara Falls Boulevard, Wheatfield, traffic control. Cars passing school buses.
•7100 block of Lakeside Drive and 2700 block of Stenzel Avenue, Wheatfield, ATV problems. Noise complaints.
Friday, March 23
•River Road, Wheatfield, reckless driver. White Pontiac passed four cars on shoulder.
•7300 block of Erica Lane, Wheatfield, suspicious person. Someone keeps ringing doorbell and leaving.
Saturday, March 24
•2500 block of Lockport Road, Wheatfield, stolen vehicle. Girlfriend's car given away as "collateral."
•7500 block of Porter Road, Town of Niagara, disturbing the peace. Large fire and people doing "burnouts" in front.
Sunday, March 25
•2400 block of Niagara Road, Wheatfield, alarm. Caller reports alarm going and lights flashing at church site.
•2200 block of Katherine Drive, Wheatfield, alarm. Burglar alarm going off. Complainant won't look.
7300 block of Norman Road, Wheatfield, criminal mischief. Mailbox damaged.


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Two Suspects Wanted in Armed Heist of Atlantic City Casino
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J (Associated Press) - Police are seeking two masked suspects who robbed an Atlantic City casino at gunpoint and made off with more than $180,000.
The heist occurred Monday morning at Caesars Atlantic City.
A law enforcement flier obtained by The Press of Atlantic City says the suspects fled in a car with two plastic boxes containing more than $180,000 in cash.
Police are not releasing any details.
The newspaper reports that the State Police Casino Gaming Bureau is handling the investigation. That's a sign the crime happened in the casino as opposed to the hotel.


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Iowa police forced to shoot raging driver on college campus
The man, 19, drove in reverse, crashing into a cruiser, and recklessly drove backwards through bike lanes
By Vanessa Miller
The Gazette
AMES, Iowa — The driver of a stolen truck who was shot and killed on the Iowa State University campus Mondayhas been identified as 19-year-old Tyler Comstock of Boone.
Ames police also have identified the officer who reportedly fired the shots that killed Comstock following a vehicle pursuit through town as Adam McPherson. McPherson has been with the Ames Police Department for more than eight years and is assigned to the day shift patrol division.
Monday's shooting was the first time McPherson has fired his weapon at a suspect on duty, said Ames police Cmdr. Geoff Huff. McPherson is on paid administrative leave pending an investigation into what occurred and whether the fatal shooting was justified.
Huff said Ames police, the Iowa State University police and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation are working together on the case. The DCI will lead the investigation into the shooting while the Story County Attorney's Office will make the final decision on whether the use of force was justified or whether the officer should face criminal charges in the case.
It is standard procedure to place an officer involved in a shooting on paid leave pending the outcome of an investigation.
The incident began at 10:17 a.m. Monday when Ames police received a report of a stolen vehicle from a man who said his son had become upset and taken his pickup truck and trailer, according to a news release. McPherson responded, according to Huff, and located the truck at Grand Avenue and South 4th Street.
McPherson reportedly followed the vehicle initially before activating his emergency lights. But, instead of pulling over, Comstock is accused of speeding up and continuing west to Beach Avenue. Comstock, at one point, is accused of stopping the vehicle and reversing, pushing the trailer into the police car and partially onto its hood, according to police.
Comstock then sped away again, police reported, running a red light and becoming unhitched from the trailer. McPherson continued to follow the truck around Union Drive and eventually north on Morrill Road -- against one-way traffic in the bike and pedestrian lanes, according to police.
Witnesses told police that people were jumping out of the way of the truck, which then jumped the curb onto a grassy area north of the university's Campanile. McPherson unsuccessfully tried to ram the vehicle to get it to stop, police reported.
Comstock is accused of continuing to drive around the grassy area, prompting pedestrians to jump out of the way, according to Ames police. He eventually stopped in a wooded area but continued to rev the engine and go back and forth, police reported.
Officers gave verbal comma
nds to turn off the vehicle, but Comstock didn't comply, and McPherson fired six rounds at the truck "tostop the ongoing threat to the public and the officers," according to police.
The truck, while continuing to rev, no longer was moving, and officers approached the vehicle. They found Comstock had been hit by the gunfire, and he was taken to Mary Greeley Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
Huff told The Gazette on Tuesday that Comstock had threatened police by ramming cars and that it "was a pretty scary situation." He said the incident happened at a time when most students were in class.
"There were fewer people out and about at that time," Huff said. "Had it occurred between classes, there would have been thousands of people walking along the sidewalks and in the central campus area."
"We are very fortunate no one else was hurt," he said.
Police haven't released information about whether Comstock was believed to have had a gun or other weapon with him in the truck. Huff also declined to comment about whether Comstock's father reported his son as being dangerous when he called police.
"That's all part of the investigation," Huff said.
Comstock's criminal history in Iowa includes a handful of minor charges, including disorderly conduct, drug possession, curfew and driving violations.
On her Facebook page, a woman who says she's Comstock's mother wrote on Monday, "My baby boy is gone after Ames police shot him this morning after a chase. Please take a moment to honor him today."
Shari Comstock goes on to say that she doesn't know why officers shot him "when he was unarmed" and they had him "blocked in."
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Thrusting himself into the heated American presidential campaign, Pope Francis declared Thursday that Donald Trump is "not Christian" if he wants to address illegal immigration only by building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Trump fired back ferociously, saying it was "disgraceful" for a religious leader to question a person's faith.
The rare back-and-forth between pontiff and presidential candidate was the latest astonishing development in an American election already roiled by Trump's free-wheeling rhetoric and controversial policy proposals, particularly on immigration. It also underscored the popular pope's willingness to needle U.S. politicians on hot-button issues.
Francis' comments came hours after he concluded a visit to Mexico, where he prayed at the border for people who died trying to reach the U.S. While speaking to reporters on the papal plane, he was asked what he thought of Trump's campaign pledge to build a wall along the entire length of the border and expel millions of people in the U.S. illegally.
"A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian," he said. While Francis said he would "give the benefit of the doubt" because he had not heard Trump's border plans independently, he added, "I say only that this man is not a Christian if he has said things like that."
Trump, a Presbyterian and the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, responded within minutes.
"For a religious leader to question a person's faith is disgraceful," he said at a campaign stop in South Carolina, which holds a key primary on Saturday. "I am proud to be a Christian, and as president I will not allow Christianity to be consistently attacked and weakened."
Trump also raised the prospect of the Islamic State extremist group attacking the Vatican, saying that if that happened, "the pope would have only wished and prayed that Donald Trump would have been president because this would not have happened."
Trump eased off later Thursday, saying he thought the pope's comments were "probably a little bit nicer" than first reported.
Francis, the first pope from Latin America, urged Congress during his visit to Washington last year to respond to immigrants "in a way which is always humane, just and fraternal." He irked Republicans on the same trip with his forceful call for international action to address climate change.
Immigration is among the most contentious issues in American politics. Republicans have moved toward hardline positions that emphasize law enforcement and border security, blocking comprehensive legislation in 2013 that would have included a path to citizenship for many of the 11 million people in the U.S. illegally.
Hispanics, an increasingly large voting bloc in U.S. presidential elections, have flocked to Democrats in recent years. President Barack Obama won more than 70 percent in the 2012 election, leading some Republican leaders to conclude the party must increase its appeal to them.
However, the current GOP presidential primary has been dominated by increasingly tough rhetoric. Trump has insisted that Mexico will pay for his proposed border wall and has said some Mexicans entering the U.S. illegally are murderers and rapists.
While Trump's words have been among the most inflammatory, some of his rivals have staked out similar enforcement positions. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson are among those who have explicitly called for construction of a wall.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, one of the few GOP candidates proposing a path to legal status for people already in the U.S. illegally, said Thursday he supports "walls and fencing where it's appropriate." Bush said that while he gets his guidance "as a Catholic" from the pope, he doesn't take his cues from Francis on "economic or environmental policy."
Marco Rubio, another Catholic seeking the GOP nomination, said that Vatican City has a right to control its borders and so does the United States.
Rubio said he has "tremendous respect and admiration" for the pope, but he added, "There's no nation on Earth that's more compassionate on immigration than we are."
Cruz said he was steering clear of the dispute. "That's between Donald and the pope," he said. "I'm not going to get in the middle of them."
Ohio Gov. John Kasich, on the other hand, said he was staunchly "pro-Pope."
"We have a right to build a wall," Kasich said Thursday night. But he added: "We need bridges between us if we're going to fix the problems in Washington 'cause all they do is have walls."
The long-distance exchange between the pope and Trump came two days before the voting in South Carolina, a state where 78 percent of adults identify as Christian, according to the Pew Research Center's 2014 U.S. Religious Landscape Study. Of that group, 35 percent identify as evangelical and 10 percent as Catholic, the survey found.
It's unclear what impact, if any, the pope's rhetoric will have, here or in other states. An October poll conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that most Americans had no strong opinion on the pope's approach to immigration issues, though he was overall viewed favorably.
Even before Thursday, Trump had been critical of Francis' visit to Mexico. He said last week that the pope's plans to pray at the border showed he was a political figure being exploited by the Mexican government.
Francis glossed over Trump's assertion that he was a pawn of Mexico, telling reporters on his plane that he would "leave that up to your judgment." But he seemed pleased to hear the candidate had called him a "political" figure, noting that Aristotle had described the human being as a "political animal."
Pace reported from Greenville, South Carolina. AP writers Jill Colvin in Kiawah Island, South Carolina, and Tom Beaumont in Columbia, South Carolina, contributed to this report.
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CHANDLER, WILLIAM, lawyer, office holder, and judge; b. 17 Sept. 1804, probably in Amherst, N.S., son of Charles Henry Chandler and Elizabeth Rice; m. 28 Jan. 1834 Ruth Roach Smith, and they had nine children; d. 22 Aug. 1856 in Richibucto, N. B.
The seventh of eight children, William Chandler was the product of the influential Church of England–loyalist community that dominated so much of the political and judicial life of early 19th-century Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Through family marriages he was related to many of the prominent families, including those headed by his uncles Joshua Upham* and Amos Botsford*. His grandfather, Joshua Chandler, had been a member of the Connecticut legislature before he immigrated to Nova Scotia in 1783. His father was sheriff of Cumberland County and was succeeded in that office by William's brother, Joshua. A first cousin, James Watson Chandler*, was judge of probate in Charlotte County and a member of the New Brunswick legislature. Edward Barron Chandler*, William's elder brother, became probate judge for Westmorland County, a member of the assembly and of the legislative and executive councils, and eventually lieutenant governor of New Brunswick. William's wife was the daughter of a loyalist doctor much respected in the Chignecto area.
William was educated in the Amherst public school system. The legal profession had attracted many of his family, and so William, following in the footsteps of his brother Edward Barron, articled with his cousin William Botsford* at Westcock, N.B. In the fall of 1828 he was admitted to the New Brunswick bar as an attorney and early in 1831 as a barrister. He chose to set up his office in Liverpool (Richibucto), the shire-town of the newly created jurisdiction of Kent County along the east coast of New Brunswick. Liverpool was an ideal place to start a new practice: in 1831 there were only two other attorneys in the county.
It was not long before Chandler's legal capabilities were recognized locally. Most of his practice was devoted to land transactions, boundary disputes, and civil infractions. He also assumed an active role in county administration. In 1829 he was appointed county treasurer; two years later he became both a commissioner for taking affidavits to be read in the Supreme Court and a judge of probate for the county of Kent. By 1840 William's generation of Chandlers held important local judicial offices in three New Brunswick counties.
Chandler never entered provincial or municipal politics. He seems to have been happy to serve his county as a lawyer and legal administrator, and to be involved in extensive land dealings. Shortly before his death he arranged a complicated purchase involving 624 acres in the parishes of Dundas and Moncton for £156. However, payment, as his widow discovered, was never made, and it was not until 1865 that the transaction was concluded in the courts to the satisfaction of the original seller.
On 22 Aug. 1856 Chandler died after a week's illness. His obituary in the Saint John Morning News reported that the cause of his death was "erysipelas, and gastric fever and prostration of the nervous system," or what would be known today as typhoid fever. Although he was a probate judge, Chandler died intestate, leaving an estate valued at £11,000.
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Africa's secret weapon: The diaspora
Updated: Feb 11, 2018
"The African Diaspora is not a monolithic group -- some were born and reared outside of their home country; many migrated to Europe, the United States and other parts of the world at a young age; while others arrived to attend college"
"No matter how they arrived in their adopted country, Diasporans bring a distinct perspective to the discourse on Africa because they have experienced both worlds and can serve as a bridge in fostering greater understanding between the continent and their adopted country". .
By Amini Kajunju (President AAI)
Each year, bright, optimistic Africans leave home to earn an education or seek a better economic life abroad for themselves and their families. With fewer opportunities in their home country, many never return home.
The African Diaspora is broadly defined by the African Union Commission as "peoples of African origin living outside the continent, irrespective of their citizenship and nationality and who are willing to contribute to the development of the continent and the building of the African Union."
Globally, Africans in the diaspora are spread out across the continents. In North America, there are 39 million from the African Diaspora; 113 million in Latin America; 13.6 million in the Caribbean; and 3.5 million in Europe, the World Bank estimates.
The African Diaspora is not a monolithic group -- some were born and reared outside of their home country; many migrated to Europe, the United States and other parts of the world at a young age; while others arrived to attend college.
No matter how they arrived in their adopted country, Diasporans bring a distinct perspective to the discourse on Africa because they have experienced both worlds and can serve as a bridge in fostering greater understanding between the continent and their adopted country.
My personal story is that I have lived most of my life as an African Diasporan. I was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Yet, in my father's pursuit to attain a higher education and better career opportunities, my family moved to Japan, the United States, and then Liberia. I returned to the United States for my undergraduate and post-graduate degrees, and remained in the States to build my career.
We live in an interconnected world. My life embodies this interconnection. I love my adopted country of America and all that it has to offer; and Africa is where my roots are and where my heart and passion live. With this duality, I try to marry these worlds the best way that I can in my daily life.
The organization that I lead, The Africa-America Institute (AAI) has served as a bridge between continents for 60 years. As African nations were gaining independence from colonial rule in 1953, AAI was founded to build human capacity on the continent by providing opportunities for African students to pursue academic degrees at top universities in the United States.
After receiving their degrees, more than 90% of our alumni returned home to become leaders in the public, non-profit, and private sectors in Africa, where they contributed to strengthening the foundation for African development. With 23,000 AAI alumni worldwide, we proudly count prominent alumni such as Wangari Maathai, the late Kenyan environmental and women's rights activist and Nobel Laureate; Prime Minister H.E. Nahas Angula of Namibia; and President Joyce Banda of Malawi, among other distinguished African leaders.
Today, AAI offers rigorous professional development and leadership training programs through our African partner institutions to women and men who exhibit talent and leadership in key fields -- and who display a deep commitment to advancing to Africa's development.
Indeed, Africans in the diaspora have so much to offer the continent, boosting one of the world's fastest-growing economic regions -- six of the 10 fastest growing markets in the world are in sub-Saharan Africa. By leveraging the skills, ingenuity and resources that the African Diaspora possesses, Diasporans are uniquely positioned to contribute to boosting economic growth and prosperity in Africa.
Firstly, Diasporans can help dispel myths and stereotypes about Africa to change the narrative about the continent. All diasporans can serve as "brand ambassadors" to bring a new vision and inspiring ideas for Africa.
By and large, the three "Ds" about Africa -- death, despair and disease -- still prevail in the minds of many people in the Western world. African diasporans, especially young people, can become the face of a "new Africa" -- educated, optimistic, and actively working to transform and shape Africa's future.
Secondly, Diasporans can help shape foreign policy. Since many in the African Diaspora still maintain strong connections to the continent, diasporans can help influence foreign policy priorities by offering informative analysis of on-the-ground realities in African nations and sharing under-reported success stories of progress taking place, as well as solutions to development challenges.
Lastly, Diasporans can bring their talent, energy, skills and technological know-how to furthering economic progress in Africa. Many Africans in the diaspora want to eventually go back home after living abroad. However, one of their biggest challenges is finding suitable employment once they return.
The demand for talent is high in Africa, yet the wide skills gap is a sobering reality. A McKinsey Global Institute Report estimates that 122 million people will be added to Africa's labor force between 2010 and 2020, creating a burgeoning labor force of more than 500 million across the continent.
Skilled professionals from the African Diaspora are recognizing the tremendous opportunities that exist in Africa and are repatriating home in greater numbers to fill top positions at multinational corporations and organizations on the continent. They are also investing in Africa's emerging markets and launching African-led businesses and enterprises to create well-needed jobs and spur economic growth.
Harnessing the talents and expertise of the African Diaspora can help to bolster Africa's workforce development. Recognizing this tremendous asset, AAI hosted a Talent Summit where mid-career professionals from the diaspora learned about the challenges and opportunities of launching a career in Africa or at leading Africa-focused organizations in the United States. Attendees left the summit armed with information to plan a possible career transition.
Mobilizing the full participation of Africans in the diaspora is a win-win for Africa, and can foster stronger connections between continents to accelerate Africa's social and economic development.


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If there's a draft in the house, there's something you can do that others have done forever: wear your hat all the time.
It's a 24/7 thing that I once thought a little crazy, even a little thuggy, but now that there's no cure for the indoor wind (neighbor refinishing his floors! in January! open doors/windows everywhere!) one must do what one must do.
But I found I didn't have the one I really wanted to wear right now (isn't that always the bane of the fashionista)…
No prob.
We'll make more!
And since I seem to be on a daaark yarn bender and have plenty of left-overs from other projects, it was no time at all before a lovely, slouchy navy beanie was ready to wear (Black Water Abbey Navy Worsted)…
Très beanie-love continues in a black ribbed version (Debbie Bliss Aran Cashmerino), and a sock-weight dull-navy version (Aruacania Ranco), with some kind of nod to the gurnsey patterning looming.
While I was framing this pic on my little desk, the lens revealed something I'd not seen before.
Behind the caps is a small collection of photographs that I brought back from a trip to Paris in 1995. They are 2.5″ by 2″ contact prints of someone else's Parisian vaction that I framed up all together. You can see Notre Dame; the Seine; and some really lovely old neighborhood buildings. They were in a pile on a table in a small pocket-sized flea market we stumbled on while wandering in the Latin Quarter before I scooped them up.
And even though the pictures aren't in very good shape (and really small) they had something that's been twirling my brain for the last few weeks!
They are from the early Twentieth Century!
There are lovely ladies on vacation wearing early 20th Century clothing!
I give you Madame #1 with her incredible wheels:
Now, although she is probably wearing a felt hat, it tickled me to see that its shape was rather Beanie in nature. Love that!
Madame #2, out for a stroll with the enfants bien-aimés:
Another beanie-ish toque on la mère and some pretty larger hats on les enfants (although the entire outfit on the charming girl on the right has a Paddington Bear thing going on…)
So exciting to find these incredible shots while I've been enjoying all of the fashion on Downton Abbey — fueled the fire!…more to come…
…all in the series:
– Suffragette City Part 1
– Suffragette City Part 2
– Suffragette City Part 3
– Suffragette City Part 4
– Suffragette City Part 5
– Suffragette City Part 6


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- Date Reported:
- 24 Jul 2014
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- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2014-0118, CVE-2014-0226, CVE-2014-0231.
- More information:
Several security issues were found in the Apache HTTP server.
The DEFLATE input filter (inflates request bodies) in mod_deflate allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via crafted request data that decompresses to a much larger size.
A race condition was found in mod_status. An attacker able to access a public server status page on a server could send carefully crafted requests which could lead to a heap buffer overflow, causing denial of service, disclosure of sensitive information, or potentially the execution of arbitrary code.
A flaw was found in mod_cgid. If a server using mod_cgid hosted CGI scripts which did not consume standard input, a remote attacker could cause child processes to hang indefinitely, leading to denial of service.
For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 2.2.22-13+deb7u3.
For the testing distribution (jessie), these problems will be fixed in version 2.4.10-1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 2.4.10-1.
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A Mighty Heart (2007)
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Angelina Jolie stars as Mariane Pearl, wife of slain journalist Daniel Pearl, in director Michael Winterbottom's adaptation of Mariane's memoir recounting the abduction and murder of her husband (played in the film by Dan Futterman) by Pakistani militants. It was on January 23, 2002, that Mariane Pearl's life took a grim and unanticipated turn that no one could have seen coming. The South Asia Bureau Chief for the Wall Street Journal, Daniel Pearl, was in Pakistan with his pregnant wife, Mariane, when he set out to conduct one last interview for an upcoming article; the pair were due to fly back home to the U.S. shortly thereafter. By all accounts, it was the same type of interview he had conducted a hundred times before, and though the only concern that Daniel had voiced beforehand was that he might be a bit late for dinner, it would soon become obvious that something had gone horribly awry. Later, in an attempt to rise above the seething vengeance and cycle of violence that the post-9/11 world has fallen into and familiarize her newborn son with the father he will never know, Mariane penned A Mighty Heart: The Brave Life and Death of My Husband Danny Pearl. The remarkable true story behind the murder that shook the entire world, Mariane's deeply personal novel is adapted for the screen by the BAFTA award-winning director of The Road to Guantanamo.
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This is Part 3 in a series of articles about the Climb4Cord. Read Part 1 and Part 2.
We were a few hundred meters from the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro when the tears started to flow. Derek, Urio, Christopher and I were on the heels of the first group, which was about to reach the summit. It was just before 2pm local time, just as Eddie Frank had planned.
The ground had flattened out. I no longer felt tired. In fact, I felt like I was walking down Yonge Street back in Toronto. I was tempted to run towards the infamous green sign I had envisioned reaching during so many months of training. But I held myself back, wanting to soak in each and every second while thinking about all the people in my life who had helped me get to this point in time. I envisioned how proud my wife, my kids, my family, and my friends would be.
Moreover, I thought about my dad. The man who had such an influence on the person I am today. He was the man who taught me to treat others with respect, no matter who they were. He was the man who would sit and listen to every single one of my radio broadcasts and then call me on my way home from the stadium to rehash the entire game, pointing out instances where I could have been better. He was the man who would wake up at 5 a.m. on a Saturday morning to take me to hockey practice before I could drive. Afterward, he would sit with me at the local White Spot Restaurant, and recap every single play I had made on the ice, while we wolfed down our breakfast.
I imagined what our conversation would have been like had he still been alive. The stories I would share with him of Kilimanjaro – of how 25 of us came together in an attempt to make a difference in the lives of all Canadians.
I took off my sunglasses to wipe away the tears. By now, salt stains lined the plastic rims as each tear dried quickly from the harsh midday sun and dry alpine air.
By the time I reached the sign, it was chaos.
I was fired up beyond belief. I started hugging everyone in sight as the emotions of months of training and days on the mountain were released. I felt like the weight of the world had been lifted from my shoulders at that exact moment. I felt relief.
Summit morning had arrived quickly. Firstly, it was difficult to sleep at high altitude. The air was thin at Barafu Camp, which stood at 14,950-ft (4,556-m). Secondly, we had to wake up at 3:45am, so sleep was scarce to begin with.
It was bitter cold when Derek Amery and I woke up. It was a struggle to move through camp due to the darkness and steep, rocky footing. Making our way to the washroom was a chore. Tying our boots was excruciating. Even eating breakfast was a challenge. We drank as much tea as possible to try and warm our bodies up.
In an effort to get everyone from the Climb4Cord team on the summit at the same time, the last group became the first group on the morning of August 12th. It was growing, too, as more people started to feel the effects of the altitude. As usual, I was hiking with Derek, but we were joined by Andrea Frenk and Daniel Schustermann. We were also assigned two out of the five guides as a precaution because we had a greater risk of getting ill. This would entail abandoning our climb and descending back to Barafu Camp.
It was eerily silent as we assembled outside the mess tent. The sky was clear. You could see so many stars – it was like the planetarium back home. And you could see the vapor of each breath through the beam of your headlamp – breathing at this altitude was no easy chore.
But most of all, it was cold. So cold that we spent two to three hours hiking in our parkas – a prospect I had laughed at when the big, bulky red down garment arrived at my house in Toronto on a 35-degree summer day.
We were also hiking with our headlamps on for the first time, on one of the most technical parts of the entire climb. We walked in a line. Slowly. One foot after the other, following the cadence set by the lead guide. There was little talking as we focused on each step and each breath.
The frigid morning was but a distant memory as I jumped around the summit, oblivious to the fact that I was now at 19,341-ft (5,895m). The adrenaline gave me strength and energy that I wouldn't have believed possible just four days prior when altitude sickness nearly ended my climb prematurely. I was a new man.
I fired off a couple of Tweets via our Delmore in Reach satellite tracking device to let the world know that we had arrived. I knew that people back home had been watching our dotted trail snake up the online map with a mix of excitement and concern.
Not long after reaching the summit we started taking photos. Dr. Graham Sher, who happens to be an incredible photographer in addition to leading Canadian Blood Services (CBS), pulled out his DSLR and fired away. I posed for some individual photos with my fists and poles in the air. I was jacked up from the euphoria of the moment. I meant to write a checklist on my arm of the photos I needed to take, just in case my memory wasn't 100 percent. Then I posed for a shot where I held up a photo of my dad from his 60th birthday party – one of the last times our family was together before he died. I started crying uncontrollably while Graham snapped away. I'm glad he was able to capture that moment. It meant a lot to me.
After shooting some group photos with the CBS flag, I removed my outer shell as I was actually starting to get hot. The sun was quite strong at this point in the day.
I've been asked multiple times how long I spent on top of Kilimanjaro. The trouble with being on the summit is that you lose track of time. I had been prepared to spend about 20 minutes on top before heading back down. That seemed like the average time groups spent up there based on my research. Only recently, using the time stamps on my photos, was I able to calculate that I was up there for about 45 minutes in total.
While I was feeling like a million bucks, other climbers who had exhibited no signs of suffering the entire trip, started to develop some serious headaches. As a result, Urio had to lead these climbers down immediately. I was left with the option of descending with this group or waiting for the next group to arrive and then head down with them.
I was being encouraged by Eddie to head back down with Urio, who had been my guide and savior the entire trek, but I wasn't ready to get off that mountain. I wanted more time on the summit and I was feeling great, so I stayed.
The road to the summit can be split up into a few zones. The first is the rocky cliffs from Barafu Camp to Kosovo Camp. From there it is a long and arduous trek on steep and unstable terrain to the rim of the crater, known as Stella Point. At Stella Point there is a quick break for lunch and then a final push on firmer and less steep ground.
My former colleague Chris Cuthbert had climbed Kilimanjaro a few years ago. In advance of my departure for Africa, he provided me with some valuable advice for summit day. He had told me that if I could make it to the crater rim, the final hour or so would be easy in comparison. If I was feeling exhausted at this point, his advice was to take a break and regain my energy; not to turn around like so many other people who attempted Kilimanjaro have elected or been forced to do in the past.
So my goal that morning was to haul ass to Stella Point and ensure that I had a legit shot at the summit. An hour or so past Kosovo Camp the sun began to appear on the horizon and we started to warm up. This was a blessing, because hiking in a parka wasn't very comfortable. It restricted movement, which in turn made it hard to stay in rhythm while walking in a line with the group.
The entire morning was about rhythm and focus on the next step so that you didn't lose any momentum. The trail was very steep and the footing was soft – almost like sand.
Eventually, our group split into two because Derek and I were able to go at a stronger pace than the others. We charged ahead along with Urio and Christopher towards Stella Point – two steps forward, one step sliding back in the scree.
Eddie had shared with us his dislike for the final couple of hours up to Stella Point because it feels like you will never reach the crater rim due to the illusions of the slope of the mountain. But I felt fresh. All the hours of leg training were kicking in. My time in the gym was paying off.
I was so energized in the final stretch towards Stella Point that I blasted past Urio to get there. I had a huge smile on my face and I high-fived Derek. Some of our porters were already up there lounging on the rocks and they shouted out some cheers of congratulations to us.
We took some photos at the sign (which looks almost identical to the summit sign), but I couldn't figure out where the summit was. I kept looking across the crater trying to find it. Finally, I realized Uhuru Peak was to my left and it was SO CLOSE!!
I had been warned by Neal Kushwaha – who served as a mentor to me for this climb – not to make the summit my goal. Not to channel all my energy towards reaching the top. He strongly suggested that I view the summit as a midpoint to ensure that I had enough strength and energy to get back down the mountain. His advice was sound, but it became hard to follow with each upward step and my emotions taking over.
If you read many of the tales of disaster on Everest – which I became obsessed with during my preparations, including Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air – most people tend to die on the descent because they make terrible decisions in pursuit of reaching the summit. Generally, this leaves climbers without enough oxygen or energy to get back down. Not that I'm comparing Everest to Kilimanjaro by any stretch, but I had made it a goal to be conscious that I didn't push myself too hard to reach the summit at all costs.
We sat down to eat a boxed lunch at Stella Point. It was still just me, Derek, Urio and Christopher.
Urio checked my oxygen saturation levels and they were low. Down to 73 percent in fact – the same level they were at when I had arrived at Moir Camp on Day 3. He decided to administer oxygen while I ate my lunch. By then, the next group had arrived at Stella Point and we all started cheering. Unfortunately, I was vigorously tapped on the head by an overzealous climber and as a result started getting a headache.
Eddie was part of the second team to reach Stella Point and he told his group that it was better to keep moving and not to sit for too long while eating lunch. Not wanting to fall too far behind the lead group, I had Urio remove the oxygen. I sprung up and we took off after them. My adrenaline was pumping and I wasn't going to be denied reaching the top, especially when I could summit with the first group, which would end up having 11 of the 25 climbers together. It was clear, now, that we would likely be summiting in three groups.
The final hour was awesome. The path was much easier to walk on and the scenery was spectacular. To the right was the crater. To the left were ancient glaciers. And if you looked back, there was a sea of clouds with stunning views of Mawenzi, the Kibo Saddle and the plains below. In my mind, I was feeling the satisfaction of having made it to the top of Africa.
After spending 20 minutes or so on top of Kilimanjaro, the second group arrived. This set off another round of hugs and tears. One of the best moments for me was watching Robin Hibberd and his daughter Sydney embrace on the summit. They were as close to family as I had on the trip. We had spent dozens of hours training together back in Toronto and we generally hung out and ate meals with each other on the climb. That moment also made me wish that my dad was with me.
Soon, it was time for our group, the second group, to make its way back down. More people were starting to feel the impact of the altitude and it was approaching 3pm, which meant that it would be getting dark shortly. We wanted to avoid the last hour of our descent taking place in the dark as we had to retrace our steps over the rocks on our return to Barafu Camp.
It was in the first minutes of our descent that one of the best moments of the climb occurred for me. The third and final group was approaching the summit as we passed them on the way down. Both groups stopped and started hugging each other. That moment of camaraderie solidified what this trip was all about. What a team. What an accomplishment.
Neal wasn't kidding when he said to save some energy to get back down the mountain. Going up a mountain allows you to control your momentum and your pace. On the downhill, you are at the mercy of gravity. Especially when dealing with the sandy scree and steep slopes presented by Kilimanjaro. The hike back to Barafu Camp was exhausting. Quadriceps throbbing with each step. Blisters starting to boil beneath toes.
The battle to make it back to camp was grueling. Water was running low for some people; snacks were becoming scarce for others. As the sun started to go down, a chill set in. We had been hiking for close to 14 hours and nothing can really prepare you for that kind of day.
Six of our 25 team members – those who had exhibited no signs of altitude sickness on the entire climb – spent the night in the crater. They were the only people in the world on that day sleeping at 18,700-ft (5,600-m). They even played hockey to try and establish a world record for the highest hockey game played on earth. They did.
On the eighth day, we headed down to Mweka Camp at 10,400-ft (3,170-m). I figured life was good at this point, but Kilimanjaro has a way of messing with you. Just when I finally felt that I had conquered the mountain, she struck back one final time. With about 30 minutes remaining in our descent to camp, I crashed. Big time. I tried to keep going, but I couldn't. With the help of a couple of guides carrying me under each arm, I eventually stumbled into Mweka.
"How many lives do you have?" said Dr. Neil McGee as I wobbled down the trail towards camp. This was a fight I wasn't going to lose.
I collapsed into my tent and nearly passed out. A few moments later, I was jolted back to life thanks to a warm cup of tea loaded with honey. The guides continued to check on me for the remainder of the evening and night. They brought me heaping plates of food and forced me to eat every last mouthful. This helped.
By daybreak on our final day on the mountain, I was feeling refreshed. The food and the sleep helped a ton. However, all I wanted to do at this point was get off the mountain and return to Bristol Cottages hotel. The four hour trek to the Mweka Gate was beautiful. The gorgeous rainforest helped take our minds off the pain in our legs.
I mostly hiked with Derek and Dr. Tanya Petraszko – the three of us had formed a strong bond and we shared some laughs on the way off the mountain. I was fortunate to have Derek as my roommate, tent mate and hiking partner. Without him, I'm not sure I would have made it to the summit.
We rounded the bend towards the base of the mountain and the sounds of a band filled the air. Eddie had arranged for a local brass band to welcome us and it was quite a scene. The band played for what seemed like an eternity and we ate samosas and drank bottles of Coke.
We had accomplished our goal. All 25 members of the Climb4Cord team summited Kilimanjaro and made it back down to tell the tale. We also raised more than $350,000 dollars – surpassing our goal by more than 40 percent.
The drive back to Bristol Cottages was about an hour and the brass band played the entire way while sitting in the back of a pickup truck. Even back at the cottages, the band continued to play. We hugged. We cried. I connected with both my wife and mom through FaceTime to show them the scene. They cried, too.
Since returning home to Canada, I've been asked: "What's next?"
Oddly, I want another shot at Kilimanjaro. I want to do it on my own terms. Not sick, not weak, not with the aid of doctors and oxygen. This is the first time that I've shared this on a broad scale and it may sound a little crazy, especially given that roughly 60 percent of people who attempt Kilimanjaro never make it to the top. This includes plenty of world class athletes.
However, as I look back through the photos others have shared from the trip, I feel like I missed out on too many moments and so many of the little details. I want to go back and experience these moments. I want the full experience.
It was an accomplishment I will never forget, but a small void remains in my heart.
The Climb4Cord featured a group of business leaders who climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro in August 2013 and raised more than $350,000 in personal donations for the campaign For All Canadians, which is dedicated to building Canada's new national public cord blood bank.


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The deadliest and most common type of brain cancer has a strange bedfellow: cytomegalovirus, a kind of herpes present in about 80 percent of the U.S. population. Now scientists are exploiting this coincidence to treat the cancer with a vaccine that targets the virus and slows tumor regrowth.
In 2002 scientists showed that cytomegalovirus, or CMV, was active in the brain tumors but not the surrounding healthy tissue of all 27 patients they tested who had glioblastoma multiforme. CMV is dormant and undetectable in most people. Neuroscientist Duane Mitchell of Duke University Medical Center and his colleagues confirmed in 2007 that CMV is active in at least 90 percent of glioblastoma tumors. Now Mitchell's team has developed an experimental vaccine that triggers the immune system to attack CMV, thereby attacking its tumor tissue home. As reported at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in June, the vaccine, together with radiation and chemotherapy, prevented the brain tumor from reemerging after surgery for 12 months as compared with the typical six to seven months with no vaccine. Patients' average life span increased from 14 months to more than 20.
So does this herpes virus cause cancer? The answer is unclear: tumor cells may simply be a fertile ground for growing the virus, as cells such as these often lack the normal immune functions that suppress CMV reproduction. But University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers reported in May that the virus has the ability to take over a cell's braking mechanism and cause uncontrolled reproduction. Even so, the numbers do not seem to add up: four of five Americans has CMV, but only about one in 30,000 ends up with glioblastoma. And a small number of glioblastoma patients do not have CMV in their tumors.
"Most evidence to date does not support CMV being a cancer-causing virus," Mitchell says. Don Diamond, a virologist at the City of Hope Cancer Center near Los Angeles, agrees: his extensive research on CMV and cancer has convinced him the virus does not cause tumors. But for patients it does not matter whether the connection between herpes and brain cancer is causal or not—the vaccine appears to work. Mitchell hopes to have the vaccine ready for market in a few years.


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Kampong Baharu
in Perak, Malaysia
- Penang International Airport (17 mi)
- Butterworth Airport (26 mi)
- Taiping (Tekah) Airport (26 mi)
- Sultan Azlan Shah Airport (59 mi)
- Pulau Pangkor Airport (59 mi)
- Sitiawan Airport (63 mi)
- Sultan Abdul Halim Airport (76 mi)
- Langkawi International Airport (98 mi)
- Kuala Lumpur International Airport (185 mi)
- Melaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca (Unesco heritage, 24 mi)
- Archaeological Heritage of the Lenggong Valley (Unesco heritage, 39 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 5.083 and 100.400 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 5° 4' 59" and E 100° 24' 0"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Ringgit - MYR
- Spoken languages:
- Malay, English, Chinese, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 05:25 AM (Wednesday)
- Timezone: Asia/Kuala_Lumpur
- UTC/GMT offset: 8 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 7:05 am and 7:09 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -5.086 and -79.594 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
- Quinua
- References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 2,8 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to Malaysia.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Malaysia. Last Update: 2023-10-03 07:26:43
Discover Kampong Baharu
Kampong Baharu in Perak is a place in Malaysia about 161 mi (or 259 km) north-west of Kuala Lumpur, the country's capital city.
Current time in Kampong Baharu is now 05:25 AM (Wednesday). The local timezone is named Asia / Kuala Lumpur with an UTC offset of 8 hours. We know of 9 airports near Kampong Baharu, of which one is a larger airport. The closest airport in Malaysia is Penang International Airport in a distance of 17 mi (or 27 km), North-West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are two Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in Malaysia is Melaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca in a distance of 24 mi (or 38 km), North.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: George Town, Ipoh, Betong, Alor Setar and Tanah Rata. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 29°C / 84 °F
|Morning Temperature
|Evening Temperature
|Night Temperature
|Chance of rainfall
|Air Humidity
|Air Pressure
|1012 hPa
|Wind Speed
|Gentle Breeze with 6 km/h (4 mph) from South-East
|Cloud Conditions
|Overcast clouds, covering 88% of sky
|General Conditions
|Light rain
Wednesday, 4th of October 2023
Moderate rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
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Moderate rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
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