Incredible. The US is just violence crazy. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/oct/11/police-killings-counted-harvard-study

A mentally ill student was shot and killed by police at my university. He wanted suicide-by-cop and they granted his wish :-\

Our local news station replaced they’re helicopter with a drone for tracking traffic conditions in the city.

Drones have been very useful in hurricane rescue efforts. Footage shows people flagging them down for help.

Always been very well looked after by the staff at this hospital.
Just heard that the redevelopment scheme could be set back by 10 years though which is not good news. This hospital is in bad need of an overhaul.

Not sure it will work, but I trust what NASA decides to back…and honestly, what else are we going to do to try and prevent what we scientifically know is bound to happen?

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170817-nasas-ambitious-plan-to-save-earth-from-a-supervolcano

Social Change via Data Democracy.

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I like the idea of planning events that are family-friendly to engage members with young children.

I saw this post https://blog.rotary.org/2016/05/31/16-ideas-for-breathing-life-into-your-club/ on Rotary.org with some good ideas.

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http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/22/us/brendan-dassey-confession-ruling/index.html