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California’s leading example on climate change helped inspire US-China agreement by jennifer schlueter Last Wednesday, President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jingping have agreed on drastically fighting climate change by capping greenhouse gases. By 2025, the Unites States wants to cut its harmful emissions below 2005 levels to 26-28%, as AlterNet reports. Instead of only promising to decrease the rapid growth rate of its emissions, China now “has agreed to cap its output by 2030 or earlier if possible,” according to AlterNet. Even though China and the US have their different views on human rights, economics and politics, their leaders certainly agree about their obligations as the “world’s largest economies and greatest emitters of greenhouse gases,” as Obama titled them at a press conference. “We have special responsibility to lead the global effort against climate change. I am proud we can announce a historic agreement. I commend President Xi, his team and the Chinese government for their making to slow, peak and then reverse China’s carbon emissions.”
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California, the most populous U.S. state, leads the nation with its Cap-and-Trade Program, making a huge effort to reduce greenhouse gases by,
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Holiday Bazaar Start your holiday shopping early at the City of Cypress’ annual Holiday Bazaar. Experience a fun-filled day featuring 44 vendors with unique handmade and commercial items, entertainment and delicious food. The event will be held on Saturday, November 22nd from 9:00am until 3:00pm at the Cypress Community Center located at 5700 Orange Avenue. Admission to the event is free.
Start the day off with Breakfast With Santa, provided by Boy Scout Troop 660 from 8:00 to 11:00am. The breakfast features pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage, fruit, orange juice and coffee. Santa will be visiting from the North Pole for photos from 8:00 am – 2:00 pm, so don’t forget to bring your camera! Enjoy entertainment throughout the day starting with Keiki Hula at 10:30am and again at noon and then a perfor-
mance by Strong Dance Studio at 1:30pm. We are happy to announce that The Grilled Cheese Truck will be at the event from 11:00am to 2:00pm offering a variety of options for lunch. To satisfy your sweet tooth, visit Mrs. Claus’ Sweet Shoppe (offered by the Woman’s Club of Cypress) for a treat from 9:00am3:00pm. For more information please call the Cypress Community Center at (714) 229-6780.
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New tech aims to improve communication between dogs and humans North Carolina State University researchers have developed a suite of technologies that can be used to enhance communication between dogs and humans, which has applications in everything from search and rescue to service dogs to training our pets. “We’ve developed a platform for computer-mediated communication between humans and dogs that opens the door to new avenues for interpreting dogs’ behavioral signals and sending them clear and unambiguous cues in return,” says Dr. David Roberts, an assistant professor of computer science at NC State and co-lead author of a paper on the work. “We have a fully functional prototype, but we’ll be refining the design as we explore more and more applications for the platform.” The platform itself is a harness that fits comfortably onto the dog, and which is equipped with a variety of technologies. “There are two types of communication technologies,” says Dr. Alper Bozkurt, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at NC State and co-lead author of a paper on the work. “One that allows us to communicate with the dogs, and one that allows them to communicate with us.” “Dogs communicate primarily through body language, and one of our challenges was to develop sensors that tell us about their behavior by observing their posture remotely,” Roberts says. “So we can determine when they’re sitting, standing, running, Please see page 2