Death
What It Feels Like to Die theatlantic
“Roughly from the last two weeks until the last breath, somewhere in that interval, people become too sick, or too drowsy, or too unconscious, to tell us what they’re experiencing,” says Margaret Campbell, a professor of nursing at Wayne State University wayne.edu who has worked in palliative care for decades. The way death is talked about tends to be based on what family, friends, and medical professionals see, rather than accounts of what dying actually feels like.
Military
UK military ill-prepared to defend an attack, says retired chief bbc
In a memo before he retired in April as head of Joint Forces Command raf.mod.uk, Gen Sir Richard Barrons said key capabilities had been stripped out to save money. He said Whitehall was "preserving the shop window" with items like aircraft carriers, the Financial Times reports.
Society
Euthanasia performed on a minor for first time in Belgium aboutcroatia.net
Doctors in Belgium can euthanize children of any age if they are incurably ill and experiencing "unbearable physical suffering," Distelmans said. The procedure requires the parents' approval and a psychological evaluation of the patient's mental state.
Syria
In first, Iron Dome intercepts 2 projectiles fired from Syria timesofisrael
Officials told Channel 2 News that the projectiles would likely not have hit Israeli territory. Iron Dome was nevertheless activated in order to send a message to both Israelis and Syrians that it would defend its territory from fire near the border.
Automation
This is the week self-driving cars became real quartz v
Even though it was unsettling, erratic, and possibly rushed out, my trip in a self-driving Uber car this week will most likely be looked back upon as a watershed moment. Wednesday Sept. 14 was the first time in the US an autonomous car picked up regular people and drove them somewhere (pretty much) on its own. The drive was just one event in a week hinting that the future of mobility we’ve been dreaming about may arrive sooner than we think.
Walmart Patents Robot Carts for Better Shopping popsci
...the robot is a hedge against employee turnover, an efficiency tool, and an explicit protection against customers shopping online. It works, essentially, by putting a Roomba-like robot under the cart, which then drives it about as directed by the shopper. The cart-Roomba is the most obvious physical change needed for this system, but there are others. Some ideas proposed include a separate system of chutes and tracks for the Roomba-like bots, so they can travel around the store as needed to pick up carts or locate other products.
Apostasy
Concern over Methodist church's Israel exhibition thejc
Hinde Street Methodist Church, in central London, is mounting the display, entitled “You cannot pass today: Life through a dividing wall” from Monday. Billed as offering a taste of daily life in the Holy Land, it will include a life-sized reconstruction of an Israeli border control point between Jerusalem and the West Bank.
Though this article is about Israel, this inclusive 'church' hindestreet.org.uk has all kinds of issues...
We work out the meaning of our faith using the Bible, the traditions of the church, our experience, and our reason. The Holy Spirit helps us make sense of these things for today. We value questions, and we look beyond easy answers.
Iran
EU demands Iran disclose details of nuclear parts manufacture timesofisrael
The draft statement was seen by The Associated Press on Friday, ahead of its planned delivery next week at a board meeting of the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency iaea.org and a week after the agency reported that Iran started making rotor tubes for centrifuges in June.
Climate Change
France to bid adieu to plastic dishes with controversial ban bigstory.ap.org
The new measure, which took effect last month, gives producers until 2020 to ensure that all disposable dishes sold in France are made of biologically sourced materials and can be composted. It follows a ban on plastic bags, in place since July.
Other...
Robot Detained at Political Rally in Moscow abcnews.go v
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