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Contracts For March 26, 2021
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Grand Prairie, Texas, was awarded a $2,765,714,054 hybrid (cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price) contract for Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (GMLRS) Alternative Warhead rocket pods, GMLRS Unitary Warhead rocket pods, Low-Cost Reduced Range Practice rocket pods, cybersecurity services, integrated product support and other services. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 31, 2024. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-21-D-0003).
Integration Innovation Inc.,* Huntsville, Alabama, was awarded a $150,722,193 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the development of a prototype capability employing unmanned aerial systems with novel sensors to meet hypersonic flight-test needs. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Huntsville, Alabama; and Victorville, California, with an estimated completion date of March 25, 2026. Fiscal 2020 research, development, test and evaluation, Army funds in the amount of $5,000,000 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Rapid Capabilities and jCritical Technologies Office, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W50RAJ-2-19-0002).
SGS LLC,* Yukon, Oklahoma, was awarded a $44,926,988 firm-fixed-price contract for construction of an information system facility. Bids were solicited via the internet with six received. Work will be performed at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 23, 2023. Fiscal 2019 military construction, Army funds in the amount of $44,926,988 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth, Texas, is the contracting activity (W9126G-21-C-0005).
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Huntsville, Alabama, was awarded a $21,828,868 modification (PZ0208) to contract W31P4Q-08-C-0418 to refresh services and to extend the period of performance for development of the Integrated Battle Command System. Work will be performed in Huntsville, Alabama, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 31, 2021. Fiscal 2021 research, development, test and evaluation, Army funds in the amount of $21,828,868 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity.
HGL Construction Inc.,* Midwest City, Oklahoma, was awarded a $16,680,486 firm-fixed-price contract for construction of parking lots. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Muskogee, Oklahoma, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 7, 2022. Fiscal 2021 civil operation and maintenance funds in the amount of $16,680,486 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa, Oklahoma, is the contracting activity (W912BV-21-C-0003).
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Apopka, Florida, was awarded a $13,369,163 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to repair and upgrade services for the Eyesafe Laser Rangefinder. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Apopka, Florida, with an estimated completion date of March 31, 2025. Fiscal 2020 Army working capital funds in the amount of $13,369,163 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Detroit Arsenal, Michigan, is the contracting activity (W56HZV-21-D-0027).
Valiant Global Defense Services Inc., San Diego, California, was awarded a $13,194,163 modification (P00033) to contract W91QVN-19-F-0631 to provide personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision and other items for the Korea Battle Simulation Center. Work will be performed at Camp Humphreys, Korea, with an estimated completion date of March 31, 2022. Fiscal 2021 operation and maintenance, Army funds in the amount of $6,574,581 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army 411th Contracting Support Brigade, Camp Humphreys, South Korea, is the contracting activity.
Raytheon Missiles and Defense, Tucson, Arizona, has been awarded a $518,443,821 firm-fixed-price, incentive contract for Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) Production Lot 34, with priced options for Lots 35 and 36. This basic contract award provides for the production of the Lot 34 AMRAAMs, Captive Air Training Missiles (CATMs), guidance sections, AMRAAM Telemetry System (ATS), initial and field spares, and other production engineering support hardware and activities. Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona, and is expected to be completed Dec. 31, 2023. This contract involves unclassified Foreign Military Sales (FMS) to Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, Indonesia, Japan, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, South Korea, and Qatar. Fiscal 2019 Air Force missile procurement funds in the amount of $5,348,048; fiscal 2020 Air Force missile procurement funds in the amount of $108,158,773; fiscal 2019 Navy weapons procurement funds in the amount of $26,003,961; fiscal 2020 Navy weapons procurement funds in the amount of $77,192,047; fiscal 2021 Navy weapons procurement funds in the amount of $3,804,680; fiscal 2020 Air Force research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E) funds in the amount of $5,306,972; fiscal 2021 Air Force RDT&E funds in the amount of $3,877,865; fiscal 2020 Navy RDT&E funds in the amount of $2,216,700; fiscal 2021 Navy RDT&E funds in the amount of $2,043,378; fiscal 2021 Air Force operation and maintenance (O&M) funds in the amount of $378,993; fiscal 2021 Army O&M funds in the amount of $497,466; and FMS funds in the amount of $283,614,938 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, is the contracting activity (FA8675-21-C-0034).
Armtec Countermeasures Co., Coachella, California, has been awarded a $250,000,000, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the MJU-75/B countermeasure flare. This contract provides a magnesium Teflon Viton countermeasure flare, which is utilized on rotary-wing and fixed-wing aircraft such as C-130, C-17, F-16 to protect against infrared missiles. Work will be performed in Camden, Arkansas, and is expected to be completed March 2027. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition and two offers were received. Fiscal 2020 ammunition procurement funds in the amount of $3,000 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, is the contracting activity (FA8213-21-D-0004).
Kilgore Flares Co., Toone, Tennessee, has been awarded a $250,000,000, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the MJU-75/B Countermeasure Flare. This contract provides a magnesium Teflon Viton countermeasure flare, which is utilized on rotary-wing and fixed-wing aircraft such as C-130, C-17, F-16 to protect against infrared missiles. Work will be performed in Toone, Tennessee, and is expected to be completed March 2027. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition and two offers were received. Fiscal 2020 ammunition procurement funds in the amount of $3,000 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, is the contracting activity (FA8213-21-D-0005).
Hardwood Products Co. LP, Guilford, Maine, has been awarded a not-to-exceed $146,773,918 firm-fixed-price, undefinitized modification (P00002) to contract FA8730-21-C-0019 as a commercial contract for industrial base expansion for U.S. domestic production capacity for medical foam tip swabs. This contract amends the current undefinitized contract action to include retrofit activities to enable expanded production of foam tip nasal swabs, as well as related expenses. Work will be performed in Orlinda, Tennessee, and is expected to be completed by January 2022. Fiscal 2021 other procurement funds in the amount of $39,520,774 will be obligated at the time of award. The cumulative face value of the contract is $256,858,918. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, is the contracting activity.
L3Harris Technologies Inc., Colorado Springs, Colorado, has been awarded a $9,043,264 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the National Space Test and Training Range (NSTTR) under the Combat Mission Systems Support contract FA8819-19-C-0002. NSTTR will create the data operations and supporting infrastructure for on-orbit test and evaluation operations. Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona, and is expected to be completed March 22, 2022. Fiscal 2021 Space Force research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $5,500,000 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California, is the contracting activity. (Awarded March 23, 2021)
Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems, Liverpool, New York, has been awarded an $8,429,948 cost-plus-fixed-fee integration contract for the Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar Rapid Prototyping Program. This contract provides for the development of an interface to the U.S. Air Force Control and Reporting Center's AN/TYQ-23A. Work will be performed in Liverpool, New York, and is expected to be completed by March 23, 2023. Fiscal 2020 research, development, test, and evaluation funds in the full amount are being obligated at the time of award. This contract also includes options for production and fielding of 35 radars. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, is the contracting activity (FA8730-21-C-0022).
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, California, is awarded a $98,900,000 modification (P00013) to a previously awarded, fixed-priced incentive (firm-target) contract (N0001919C0008). This modification increases the scope and provides for one additional low rate initial production Lot Five MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system. Work will be performed in San Diego, California (24.6%); Red Oak, Texas (15%); Baltimore, Maryland (10.9%); Palmdale, California (10.8%); Salt Lake City, Utah (6.8%); Bridgeport, West Virginia (5.8%); Indianapolis, Indiana (5.3%); Moss Point, Mississippi (4.2%); San Clemente, California (1.7%); New Town, North Dakota (1.2%); Waco, Texas (1.2%); various locations within the continental U.S. (11.9%); and various locations outside the continental United States. (0.6%), and is expected to be completed in January 2025. Fiscal 2021 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $80,800,895; fiscal 2020 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $10,069,000; and fiscal 2019 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $8,030,105 will be obligated at the time of award, of which $8,030,105 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.
Management Services Group Inc.,* doing business as Global Technical Systems, Virginia Beach, Virginia, is awarded a $38,569,564 firm-fixed-price modification to previously awarded contract N0002420C5608 for Network, Processing, and Storage Technical Insertion 16, Modification 1 production equipment. This contract combines purchases for the U.S. government (99%); and the governments of Korea and Japan (1% combined) under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. Work will be performed in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and is expected to be completed by May 2022. Fiscal 2021 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $24,639,195 (64%); fiscal 2020 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $7,055,955 (18%); fiscal 2016 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $6,694,171 (17%); FMS Korea funds in the amount of $60,052 (less than 1%); FMS Japan funds in the amount of $52,541 (less than 1%); fiscal 2017 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $45,100 (less than 1%); and fiscal 2019 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $22,550 (less than 1%) will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $35,951,113 modification (P00062) to a previously awarded, cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N0001912C0070). This modification increases the scope for the Network Interface Unit Gen II scope in support of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter program for Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (50%); and an undisclosed location outside the continental U.S. (50%), and is expected to be completed in September 2025. FMS funds in the amount of $35,951,113 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.
DynCorp International LLC, McLean, Virginia, is awarded a $29,083,438 firm-fixed-price modification to increase the maximum dollar value of a service contract for the exercise of Option One for regional base operations support services in the Naval District Washington, D.C., area of responsibility. After award of this option modification, the total cumulative contract value will be $191,971,641. The work to be performed provides for all managerial, supervision, labor, tools, materials, equipment, and transportation necessary to accomplish preventative maintenance and service repairs. Work will be performed in Washington, D.C.; Indian Head, Maryland; Suitland, Maryland; Charlottesville, Virginia; and Quantico, Maryland, and is expected to be completed by March 2022. Fiscal 2021 operation and maintenance (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $24,501,358 are obligated on this award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N62470-19-D-2013).
Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $26,793,697 modification (P00061) to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N0001912C0070). This modification increases scope to provide support for the engineering tools, data, and related training for the sustainment of the flight test instrumentation air system for one of the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers, as well as additional FMS customer unique requirements. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (90%); and an undisclosed location outside the continental U.S. (10%), and is expected to be completed in December 2023. FMS funds in the amount of $26,793,697 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.
Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded a $13,699,128 modification (P00060) to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N0001912C0070). This modification adds scope in support of sustainment efforts for flight test instrumentation air systems to include customer unique requirements for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter program for Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customer. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (90%); and an undisclosed location outside the continental U.S. (10%), and is expected to be completed in December 2022. FMS funds in the amount of $13,699,128 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.
Insitu Inc., Bingen, Washington, is awarded a $12,331,457 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost reimbursable, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. This contract provides support services to include engineering, testing, prototyping, software modeling and simulation, integration, installation, analysis, sustainment, program management, training, cybersecurity, and other technical services in support of MQ-27A, MQ-27B and RQ-21 unmanned air vehicles for the Naval Special Warfare forces. Work will be performed in Bingen, Washington, and is expected to be completed in March 2026. No funds will be obligated at the time of award; funds will be obligated on individual orders as they are issued. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N0042121D0020).
Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is awarded an $11,045,981 modification (P00002) to a cost-plus-fixed-fee order (N0001920F0410) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001919G0008). This modification provides support to connect classified networks, create cloud based virtual test capability, and transition workloads from Lockheed Martin to U.S. government depots in support of depot stand up. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas, and is expected to be completed in March 2022. Fiscal 2021 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $5,522,990; and fiscal 2021 aircraft procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $5,522,991 will be obligated at the time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.
East West Industries Inc.,* Ronkonkoma, New York, is awarded an $8,406,939 firm-fixed-price order (N0042121F0092) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0042118G0004). This order procures long-lead-time critical seat survival kit hardware in support of the Enhanced Emergency Oxygen System Lot 3 production for the Navy. Work will be performed in Ronkonkoma, New York, and is expected to be completed in February 2023. Fiscal 2021 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $8,406,939 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.
Walashek Industrial & Marine Inc.,* San Diego, California (N55236-19-D-0005); and Epsilon Systems Solutions,* San Diego, California (N55236-19-D-0006), are each awarded firm-fixed-price contract modifications with a combined ceiling of $8,378,421 to exercise Option Year Two of their respective previously-awarded, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, multiple-award contracts to accomplish Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) repairs, maintenance, modernization, and retirement services for LCACs homeported at Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, California. The work will encompass LCAC Fleet Modernization Program, LCAC Post Service Life Extension Program, LCAC retirements, and LCAC planned/emergent repairs to be completed by April 2022. No funding is being obligated at time of award. The Southwest Regional Maintenance Center, San Diego, California, is the contracting activity.
Noreas Environmental Services LLC,* Irvine, California, is awarded a $7,791,408 firm-fixed-price modification for the exercise of Option Four under a contract for environmental services within Navy Region Southwest. After award of this option, the total cumulative contract value will be $40,176,057. The work to be performed provides for all labor, materials, equipment, supervision, management, facilities, tools, transportation, incidental engineering, and other items necessary to provide for operation and maintenance of industrial waste and oily waste treatment plant and collection systems, oil and hazardous substance spill response and cleanup, and hazardous material management. Work will be performed at various installations in and around San Diego, California, and the option period is from April 2021 to March 2022. Fiscal 2021 operation and maintenance (Navy) contract funds in the amount of $7,791,408 are obligated on the award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Southwest, San Diego, California, is the contracting activity (N62473-17-C-0001).
WASHINGTON HEADQUARTERS SERVICES
Applied Environmental Inc., Herndon, Virginia, was awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (HQ0034-21-D-0008) with a maximum amount of $40,000,000. The purpose of this contract is to provide environmental, sustainability, and energy management support services. This contract award includes support compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local regulations for all Washington Headquarters Services (WHS) -owned and/or -operated properties in areas of air, wastewater, storm water, hazardous waste and chemical inventories, ozone depleting substances, sewage tanks, soil and groundwater, multimedia assessments, National Environmental Policy Act compliance, cultural and historic resources, energy management, and communications. These services will be provided in support of the civil service staff of the WHS Facility Service Division, Standard and Compliance Division at the Pentagon, and the Environmental, Safety, and Health Division at Raven Rock Mountain Complex. The work will be performed at the Pentagon, the Mark Center, the Raven Rock Mountain Complex, and other WHS-owned and/or -leased facilities within the National Capital Region. No funds will be obligated at the award of the basic contract. The work is expected to be completed on March 31, 2026. Washington Headquarters Services, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity.
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
Parkdale Advanced Materials Inc., Gastonia, North Carolina (SPE1C1-21-D-1457, $20,504,164); and HC Contracting Inc.,* New York, New York (SPE1C1-21-D-1460, $20,504,164), have each been awarded a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract under solicitation SPE1C1-21-R-0040 for LOT 1 and LOT 2 multi-ply face covers. These were competitive acquisitions with 32 offers received. These are one-year base contracts with no option periods. Locations of performance are New York, Georgia and North Carolina, with a March 25, 2022, ordering period end date. Using customer is Department of Health and Human Services. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2021 through 2022 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
McRae Industries Inc.,* Mt. Gilead, North Carolina, has been awarded a maximum $15,319,020 modification (P00009) exercising the third one-year option period of a one-year base contract (SPE1C1-18-D-1034) with four one-year option periods for temperate-weather coyote boots. This is a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Location of performance is North Carolina, with a March 29, 2022, ordering period end date. Using military service is Army. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2021 through 2022 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Tennier Industries Inc.,* Delray Beach, Florida, has been awarded a $14,884,350 modification (P00007) exercising the second one-year option period of a one-year base contract (SPE1C1-19-D-1155) with two one-year option periods for parkas. This is a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Locations of performance are Florida and Alabama, with an April 7, 2022, ordering period end date. Using military services are Army and Air Force. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2021 through 2022 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY
American Systems, Chantilly, Virginia (HT0038-20-C-0006), was awarded a fixed-price contract with a value of $10,614,691. The contract provides bridge enterprise operational management services, and has a period of performance from March 27, 2021, to Sept. 26, 2021. The estimated completion date is Sept. 26, 2021. Work will primarily occur in Chantilly, Virginia. This award was sole source, with no competitive bids solicited. Contract award is funded by fiscal 2021 operations and maintenance funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Health Agency, Falls Church, Virginia.
U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND
Collaboration.Ai LLC, Minneapolis, Minnesota, was awarded a $10,000,000 maximum indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (H92408-21-D-0002) with firm-fixed-price and cost-reimbursable contract line items to facilitate AFWERX Challenges using its Augmented Human/Community Performance Platform to conduct market research for the High Speed Vertical Takeoff and Landing aircraft concept. Fiscal 2021 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $250,000 are being obligated at the time of award. The facilitation will primarily be conducted virtually and is expected to be completed by March 2024. This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III contract award. Competition for SIBR Phase I and Phase II awards satisfied competition requirements. U.S. Special Operations Command Headquarters, Tampa, Florida, is the contracting activity.
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Obamacare was constructed in slapdash fashion in an effort to head off the rising anti-Obamacare sentiment exhibited by millions of Americans at the time. The Dems were able to squeeze the law in using some questionable procedural moves without one Republican vote. Concessions were made to Pharma. (Parts of Obamacare were written by Big Pharma.) Other concessions were made to the big health insurance companies. (Parts of Obamacare were written by the big health insurance companies.) All in an effort to get something which looked like universal healthcare under the wire. Now we are presented with the reality of the program's shoddy construction.
"Insurers warn losses from ObamaCare are unsustainable." Peter Sullivan, TheHill.com, 2016-04-15.
NBC: The GAO said that 11 out of 12 fictitious applicants secured government subsidized healthcare.
Politico writes: "So much for the Obamacare comeback."


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Q: How can I dynamically change start/end date of Google Calendar API I am trying to dynamically change the Appointment Date/Time based on what user input using an HTML form.
I have successfully changed 'summary' & 'description'. Yet I cannot change start/end date of appointment, unless I manually change the date in code.
HTML Form:
<form>
  <label>Service Date<br />
  <input id="when" type="datetime-local" > <!--here I gather date/time -->
  <input type="submit" value="submit">
  </label>
</form>

PHP:
<?php
  $date = $_POST['date'];
  // This Returns : 2015-10-31T14:01

Google Calendar API - Event Creation:
$event = new Google_Service_Calendar_Event(array(
  'summary' => $f_name.' '.$l_name, // This Works
  'location' => '800 Howard St., San Francisco, CA 94103',
    'description' => $when,
    'start' => array(
      'dateTime' => $when, // This Does Not Work
      'timeZone' => 'America/Los_Angeles',
    ),
    'end' => array(
      'dateTime' => $when, // This Does Not Work
      'timeZone' => 'America/Los_Angeles',
    ),
    'recurrence' => array(
      'RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;COUNT=2'
    ),
    'attendees' => array(
      array('email' => 'lpage@example.com'),
      array('email' => $Email), // This Works
    ),
    'reminders' => array(
      'useDefault' => FALSE,
      'overrides' => array(
        array('method' => 'email', 'minutes' => 24 * 60),
        array('method' => 'popup', 'minutes' => 10),
      ),
   ),
));

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Q: How do I show a quadratic in another form. So I need to find $A$, $B$ and $C$ where:
$A(x-1)(x+3) + B(x-1) + C$ is equivalent to $2x^2 + 12x  + 7$. I know it has something to do with using alpha and beta but I don't know how to approach it.
Help is very much appreciated.
(Thank you this Question has been Solved)

A: Since$$A(x+1)(x+3)+B(x+1)+C=Ax^2+(4A+B)x+3A+B+C,$$it's just a matter of solving the system$$\left\{\begin{array}{l}A=2\\4A+B=12\\3A+B+C=7.\end{array}\right.$$I don't know what are those $\alpha$ and $\beta$ that you mentioned.

A: A slightly simpler method could be to substitute in $x=1$ first, then $x=-3$.
For $2x^2 + 12 x + 7 = A (x-1)(x+3) + B(x-1) + C$ to hold for all $x$, it looks convenient to try $x=1$. Then, $2+12+7 = C$, so $C=21$.
Trying $x=-3$, $-4B+C = 18-24+7$, so $-4B+21=1$, and hence $B=5$.
To find $A$, we can instead look at the $x^2$ coefficients, so $A=2$.

A: $y = A(x-1)(x+3) + B(x-1) + C =2x^2 + 12x + 7\\
y(1) = C = 2+12+ 7 = 21\\
y(-3) = -4B + C = 18-36+7 = -11$
Using $C = 21$, we find $B = 8$
$A$ is the coefficient of the $x^2$ term.
$y = 2(x-1)(x+3) + 8(x-1) + 21 =2x^2 + 12x + 7$


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Mental Health & Parental Alienation
Mental health problems continue to be a growing public health concern. The aim of the following paragraphs is to explore the current statistics associated with mental health and it's impact on adults and children alike and also highlight mental health's inextricable link with parental alienation.
According to the 2013 Global Burden of Disease study, the predominant mental health problem worldwide was identified as being depression, followed by anxiety, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder [1].
Depressive disorders also contribute to the burden of suicide and heart disease on mortality and disability; they both have a direct and an indirect impact on the length and quality of life [2].
Traumatic experiences were found to be associated with lone households, with households containing a lone adult under the age of 60 and households with no children having the highest rates of traumatic experience (39.2%) and PTSD (10.8%) [3]. With this statistic in mind lets consider Kielty's 2006 study at the University of East Anglia; Kielty's study identified that in terms of post separation child custody, 97% of residencies are given to mothers by the family court in the UK.
Suicide and Self Harm
Suicide and self-harm are not viewed as mental health problems. However they are recognised as being actions or behaviours linked to acute mental distress. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), in 2014, a total of 6,122 suicides were recorded in the UK for people aged 10 and older. This rather tragically equates to approximately one death every two hours. Of these suicides, rather alarmingly 75.6% were male and 24.4% were female [4].
In 2014, suicide was the leading cause of death for men under 50 years of age in England and Wales, and for women aged 20–34. The demographic with the highest suicide rate was men aged 45–59 [5]. Once again, this is not at all surprising; as already stated above 97% of residencies are given to mothers. In my humble opinion, I would argue that it does not take a statistician to argue that there is a correlation between the number of residencies given to mothers and men being more at risk of suicide than women. There are also numerous theories out their that argue that men who live by more masculine ideals, are less likely to seek help, as such men view the seeking of help as a sign of weakness.
Our article The Story of a Great Man and a Great Father who Suffered at the Mercy of an Alienating Parent, illustrates the incredibly tragic toll being an alienated parent can result in.
Challenging the Stigma
Statistics inform us that people with severe mental health problems are much more likely to harm themselves than they are to harm others. In 2013, 1,876 suicides were recorded among mental health inpatients in the UK, compared to 51 homicides [6].
A recent analysis found that the rate of violence over a four-year period among those with severe mental health problems was 2.88%, compared to 0.83% in the general population. Rather than mental illness causing violence, the two were found to be connected mainly through the accumulation of other risk factors, such as substance abuse and childhood abuse/neglect [7].
Individuals with mental health problems are more likely to be victims themselves of violence than those individuals without mental health problems [8].
Children's and Young People's Mental Health and Abuse and Neglect
The Mental Health Foundation argues that there is considerable scope for increasing interventions that reduce the incidence of children and young people developing mental health problems [9].
Poor attachment, neglect, abuse, lack of quality stimulation, conflict and experiencing family breakdown in childhood can negatively affect future social behaviour, educational outcomes, employment status and mental and physical health [10].
A survey undertaken in 2015 of children attending CAMHS (Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services) found that family relationship problems were the single biggest presenting problem [12].
The Millennium Cohort Study informs us that children's behavioural problems are strongly associated with the quality of their parents' relationship [13].
A plethora of evidence on the impact of abuse during childhood has shown that it increases the risk of most mental health issues. This includes, in no particular order, PTSD, suicide, depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, OCD, phobias, substance abuse, eating disorders, and personality disorders [14].
With this paragraph in mind, it is very alarming that the emotional damage inflicted on children due to the nature of parental alienation continues to be unaddressed. For example Anthony Douglas, CEO of Cafcass publicly acknowledges parental alienation as a form of abuse. However as an organisation, Cafcass fails to disseminate this down to front line staff, in terms of training, etc. And Children's Social Services within the UK remarkably refuse to recognise parental alienation at all as a form of abuse.
At the other end of the scale, it probably comes as no surprise to anyone that children and young people who have good personal and social relationships with family and friends have higher levels of well-being [11].
Current available data informs us that there is a clear correlation between being happily married or in a stable relationship and physical and mental health benefits, including lower morbidity and mortality [15].
Statistics acquired by Relate in 2014 show that more men report having no friends (11%) compared to women (7%), with men having lower satisfaction in their friends than women (73% of men rated their friendships as good or very good, compared to 81% of women) [16].
Technology has at an astounding speed, become a fundamental part of our modern day-to-day life. As such it is not surprising that people have embraced technology in seeking out advice and ways of managing their mental health. The Aviva Health Check Report conducted in 2015 showed that 63% of those surveyed in the UK utilise the internet when seeking how best to manage a condition or illness, be it physical or mental [17].
In relation to the above point we now have an Apps Download Page with links to apps that some individuals may find useful in managing their anxiety and depression.
The Financial Cost of Mental Health
According to the Chief Medical Officer's report from 2013, it was estimated that the wider costs of mental health problems to the UK economy are £70–100 billion per year [18].
We have come a long way in recent years in bringing the discussion of mental health into the public domain. It is still improving, but as a psychiatric nurse I believe we can do better in normalising and discussing mental health more openly, such as we do with physical health.
Absolutely anyone can be affected by mental health issues. With regards to my own personal circumstances I am an alienated parent, a psychiatric nurse and someone that suffers from depression. And as such I can clearly see from numerous perspectives the correlation between being an alienated parent and the very high risk of experiencing mental health issues.
The discussion and recognition of mental health in the public domain has increased and improved. However there still continues to be no official recognition of parental alienation as a form of abuse, nor any kind of official support for those that are targeted by the abuser. And until such a time, all of us that are effected by parental alienation must continue fighting, while supporting one another.
"I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy because they know what it's like to feel absolutely worthless and they don't want anyone else to feel that." Robin Williams, 1951-2014.
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Garriga, A., & Kiernan, K. (2014). Parents' relationship quality, mother–child relations and children's behaviour problems: Evidence from the UK Millennium Cohort Study. Working paper. University of York. Retrieved from york.ac.uk/media/spsw/documents/research-and-publications/Garriga-KiernanWP2014.pdf [Accessed 18/05/2018].
Roberts, R., O'Connor, T., Dunn, J., & Golding, J. (2014). The effects of child sexual abuse in later family life: Mental health, parenting and adjustment of offspring. Child Abuse and Neglect, 28, 525–545.
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Dr. Paul Carlson Park, or, more commonly, Carlson Park, is a small park located in the Carlson Park neighborhood of Culver City, California. It is linear in shape and intended for passive recreational use, featuring open grassy spaces as well as picnic and barbecue facilities. It is named for Dr. Paul Carlson, a former resident of Culver City whose martyrdom in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1964 attracted national attention.

In the summer, Culver City Public Theater gives free public theatrical performances in the park.

History

Following development as a horse racing track and later as an auto raceway, the City Council of the City of Culver City voted in 1927 to dedicate the space to the development of the first park in Culver City. Initially called Victory Park, so named because the mayor's wife believed "it was a victory to get a park," the park was renamed shortly after Dr. Carlson's death.

Over the years, a number of renovation and modernization projects undertaken by the Culver City Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Services have targeted Carlson Park, including the recent construction of a new bathroom structure.

Amenities
According to the Culver City Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Services Carlson Park webpage, Carlson Park features the following amenities:
Restroom facilities
Picnic shelter with 4 sixteen-foot picnic tables
Maximum capacity: 50
Permits available 9a-6p, 7 days a week
4 barbecues
2 fireplaces
Large passive grass area

Geography
Carlson Park covers an area of 2.66 acres in the center of the Carlson Park residential neighborhood. It is bounded by Braddock Drive, Motor Avenue, Le Bourget Avenue, and Park Avenue.

See also
 List of Culver City municipal parks

References

External links
Carlson Park on Culver City Parks and Gardens
Culver City Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Services Carlson Park webpage
Culver City Public Theater

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An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that Logan Gouss, a sixth-grader from Wilmette District 39, is a contender for the national spelling bee contest.
A year ago, word roots and vocabulary tripped up suburban champion spellers Atman Balakrishnan and Pranav Kollu on the national stage.
Now, they join Calvin Franke, an eighth-grader at Plum Grove Junior High School in Rolling Meadows, in prepping to make a second run at winning the Scripps National Spelling Bee in May.
Atman, a seventh-grader at Hinsdale Middle School; Pranav, a sixth-grader at Cambridge Lakes Charter School in Pingree Grove; and Franke, the two-time state spelling bee champion, will be joined at nationals by suburban spelling bee champs Samantha Gass, an eighth-grader at Charles J. Caruso Middle School in Deerfield; and Bob Gerloff of Northwood Middle School in Woodstock.
Atman and Pranav -- both eliminated in the third round of last year's nationals -- say they are much more confident about their chances this time around and have some tips to offer fellow contestants.
"My advice would be to be confident and try not to be nervous ... and study more word parts," said Atman, 12, who won the DuPage County spelling bee last month after 10 rounds by correctly spelling "arbitrage" and "raclette." It was Atman's second consecutive first-place finish at the county bee.
Atman -- son of Balu Natarajan, who competed in the national spelling bee twice before becoming the 1985 champion -- failed the written portion of the national contest last year with mistakes on 12 of 26 questions. He said while he knew how to spell a lot of words, his vocabulary wasn't developed enough.
"I realized that I was memorizing (individual words) instead of studying patterns and roots," Atman said.
For the past year, Atman said, he has been studying four hours a day, six days a week, and eight to 10 hours on Saturdays to prepare for the nationals. He said he has built his vocabulary by learning up to 30,000 new words, as well as their roots and language patterns.
"I'm very excited," said Atman, who expects his schedule to get "crazier" closer to nationals. "I feel a lot less nervous than last year. I probably will have far less distractions this time. I'm familiar with everything, the environment of being there and the feelings that go along with it."
Nervousness comes with the territory, said Pranav, 12, of Algonquin, who last week won Kane County's spelling bee for the second consecutive year by giving the correct meaning for "pinafore." It typically takes him a few rounds to relax, he said.
"The fear of failure, that was probably the most nerve-wracking thing last time," said Pranav, who prepares two to four hours daily by studying roots and vocabulary -- he tripped up on the word "conscientious" at last year's competition. "I'm not as nervous and I understand what I'm going into."
"I'd say try your hardest," he advises. "If you do make it there, that's an accomplishment."
The competition begins with preliminaries May 27, followed by three rounds of onstage spelling.
The final round begins at 8:30 p.m. May 30 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland.


Jon Lawless has an impressive resume of artists he's worked with. He cites Bon Iver and The Avalanches as two, but it looks like only recently he's started to push out his own work. Under the moniker of Swim Good, Jon flexes his MIDI keyboard muscle rather adroitly; perhaps the masters have taught the apprentice well?
Jon Lawless steps into the spotlight under his guise of Swim Good. Boasting air tight production and stellar vocals from Dana Williams, Callaway is a winner.
Hailing from Canada, Lawless isn't very interested in projecting the wintery depression that blankets his land. In fact, he exports a very delicate, low tempo, ambient electronica that stands in stark contrast to the gruff hardiness of most of his country's native vegetation. Teaming up with "modern-day Ella Fitzgerald", LA-based singer Dana Williams, Lawless has given us Callaway.
Williams' vocal talents dominate the track, as they effortlessly and seamlessly glide up and down along the powerful melodic lines. The cloudy production placed on top of Williams' tracking is so brilliant it deserves to be thought of as nebular.
That's because the production deftly links those guest vocals to the real star of the show; Lawless' unobtrusive, magic-spinning. Lawless has multiple ticks and beats rolling along, bringing new layers and buildups in and out with the ease of clown spinning-plates on a unicycle. For example, as Williams' voice ascends the chair lift of Melody Mountain, little violins enter the fray to add comforting support. Considering the song's ambience, its length and abrupt finish leave a strong sense of lingering and longing. Rather cruelly, all we're left with is only a quick rendition of the chorus, with Williams assuring us that she's "only a call away" (perhaps the confusion with the world's biggest maker of golf clubs was deliberate then?).
If we cast our lines back to his past and the world wide web, we can happen on a collaboration Lawless did with Bon Iver's drummer S. Carey and Daniela Andrade, entitled Grand Beach. While this song, in my super professional opinion, isn't as good as Callaway. If you don't enjoy the ambient side of things, then Grand Beach's overload of activity might boil your noodle. Whereas Callaway was a soft electro-pop sort of setup, Grand Beach belongs more towards the Bon Iver (indie folk) end of things, although in saying that, Andrade's parts are rather similar to Callaway.
Finally, under his own name, Lawless has also put out Hits Me Hard. It's not under the name of Swim Good, but this song is rather similar to Callaway. Rather neatly, seeing as something like Grand Beach was leaning towards Bon Iver's music, Hits Me Hard goes another direction, towards The Avalanches. Whilst all of Lawless' tracks here definitely have ambient underpinnings, the random samples layered in Hits Me Hard is a reminder of plunderphonics. It's not "That boy needs therapy/Psychosomatic" levels of weirdness, but it's on that path, the very start of that path at least. For The Avalanches, that path has meant releasing a really really good album fifteen years ago and almost nothing else since. Hopefully, for Jon Lawless/Swim Good, it'll bear more fruit.


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Fascists call for law and order, Mayor's removal and march with police escort to attack a vigil for police shooting victim in Portland
Gerry Bello
Saturday night in Portland, the fascist group Patriot Prayer, along with the usual Proud Boy hangers on and other associated groups held a rally demanding the removal of Mayor Wheeler for failing to suppress anti-police brutality protestors. They came dressed in T-shirts covered in slogans proclaiming violence and even public executions as well as the standard khakis and yellow on black polo shirts. The group then marched with police escort to a vigil being held protesting the death of Patrick Kimmons on September 30th, and immediately attacked to prevent a flag from being burned.
A previous rally for Kimmons, which had been attended by his family, saw police allow a driver to ram his car through the protest and speed away. Commentators on right wing outlets, including Fox News, some how twisted this into an attack on the car.
Fox News all but praised the attack which was the third police enabled attack on left-wing protestors in that city in as many months and the second such attack in the country in as many nights.
News Outlets on nearly all parts of the spectrum quickly turned the surprise event, which was set up as a "flash mob" on the part of Patriot Prayer, into a "clash" and echoed the now tired moral-equivalency line used by both Donald Trump and the ACLU of "both sides". This of course ignores the central fact of the event, which is that the fascists marched to the vigil after chastising the Mayor for allowing it to go on.
Outnumbered, the anti-fascist protestors in the fought back against bear mace to break up the initial charge by the Proud Patriot Prayer group and their allies. As has been the case at now three events in a row, the police then deployed rubber bullets against the anti-fascist crowd to help ensure a Patriot Prayer retreat with dignity. Anti-fascists on the left flank of the action also deployed mace at the end of a rally to hasten the retreat of the enemy.
Prior to the police intervention, multiple people where kicked in the head by key Patriot Prayer members before the anti-fascists rallied to defend the larger crowd.
Twitter is currently exploding with multiple fascist and more mainstream right-wing outlets and individual activists attempting to spin the event as an attack by antifascists and other protestors on "peaceful" men marching to attack a vigil.
The messaging has also continued to be directed at Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler for somehow giving the streets over to "Soros-paid thugs." This is despite having a known neo-nazi in a command position on the police force, police attacks in support of fascists at two events in the last two months and Wheeler's quiet green-lighting of police attacks on Portland's Occupy Ice protests earlier this year.
No arrests were made on either side, although the police were happy to show a pile of weapons, ranging from store bought through improvised to impractical and unlikely. Apparently every piece of broken brick in that ward of the city was collected, tagged as evidence for crimes nobody has been charged with after arrests that didn't happen. This was all done for the police photo-op that connects neatly with the NYPD tweeting their tip line while they pretend to look for the fascists identified by name from multiple photos circulating in public during the companion attack in New York the previous night.
Although the messaging attempts to link any resistance to these groups having full control of the streets to the Democratic Party, this wave of attacks will continue after the midterm elections in three weeks. Several hate groups are planning multiple simultaneous events in multiple cities in the weeks follow the election and on past the winter holidays.
The Mockingbird will continue to cover these events as they develop.
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Q: Laravel 5.6 Eloquent integrity constraint violation when saving quiz record I'm currently working on a quiz application with Laravel 5.6 and am having trouble with saving a new quiz record.
The two tables that are being inserted into are quizzes and user_quizzes. The quizzes table contains some basic quiz data such as:

*

*quiz_name

*quiz_description

*quiz_pin

*active

The user_quizzes table contains two foreign keys to reference which quiz belongs to a particular user.

*

*user_id

*quiz_id

The error is an integrity constraint violation when inserting into the user_quizzes table. It successfully inserts the quiz_id but the user_id is left as NULL. I am unsure how to ensure the user_id is also inserted as I'm using Eloquent.
The full error is:
SQLSTATE[23000]: Integrity constraint violation: 1048 Column 'user_id' cannot be null (SQL: insert into `user_quizzes` (`quiz_id`, `user_id`) values (6, ))

I am making use of the QuizController, Quiz Model and User Model for saving the record. Here is my store() method in the QuizController:
public function store(Request $request)
    {

        $validator = $request->validate([
            'quiz_name'        => 'required|max:30',
            'quiz_description' => 'required|max:500'
        ]);

        $quiz = new Quiz(
            [
                'quiz_name'        => $request->get('quiz_name'),
                'quiz_description' => $request->get('quiz_description'),
                'active'           => '0',
                'quiz_pin'         => '5555', // hard coded for now
            ]
        );

        $quiz->save();
        $user = new User;
        $user->quizzes()->save($quiz);

        return redirect()->route('quiz_host.dashboard.manage-quizzes')->with('quizCreated', 'Whoa ' . Auth::user()->username . ', you have created a quiz! Now it\'s time to add some questions');

    }

My User Model is a follows:
<?php

namespace App\Models;

use Illuminate\Notifications\Notifiable;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;

class User extends Authenticatable
{
    use Notifiable;

    /**
     * The attributes that are mass assignable.
     *
     * @var array
     */
    protected $fillable = [
        'username', 'email', 'password',
    ];

    /**
     * The attributes that should be hidden for arrays.
     *
     * @var array
     */
    protected $hidden = [
        'password', 'remember_token',
    ];

    public function activation()
    {
        return $this->hasOne('App\Models\Activation');
    }

    public function profile()
    {
        return $this->hasOne('App\Models\Profile');
    }

    public function quizzes()
    {
        return $this->belongsToMany(Quiz::class, 'user_quizzes', 'user_id', 'quiz_id');
    }
}

and my Quiz model:
<?php

namespace App\Models;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class Quiz extends Model
{
    protected $table = 'quizzes';
    protected $fillable = ['quiz_name', 'quiz_description', 'active', 'quiz_pin'];

    public function user()
    {
        return $this->belongsToMany(User::class, 'user_quizzes', 'quiz_id', 'user_id');
    }
}

Any guidance as to what I'm doing wrong would be greatly appreciated.

A: Reviewing your code
This is your controller:
QuizController.php
public function store(Request $request)
{
    // your validations.

    // Storing the quiz.
    $quiz->save();

    // User instance.
    $user = new User;

    // Storing the relationship.
    $user->quizzes()->save($quiz);

    // Returning the view.
    return redirect()->route('quiz_host.dashboard.manage-quizzes')->with('quizCreated', 'Whoa ' . Auth::user()->username . ', you have created a quiz! Now it\'s time to add some questions');
}

Now, the problem here is related to the $user object.
When you do this:
$user = new User;

You are createing an instance of the User class, but this object isn't persisted yet into the database, what this means is that this object doens't have an id yet. You can confirm this doing dd($user->id), this will return null.
That's why when you do this:
$user->quizzes()->save($quiz);

It throws the SQL error, because you are calling a method to store the $primaryKey (id) of the $user object in the pivot table. But given that the $user object doens't have a primary key is trying to store a null value instead.
Solution
Now, I don't really know what is your "use case", but I will assume that the $user is the logged-in one, so to relate properly the relationship replace this:
    // creating a User instance.
    $user = new User;

with this:
    // Logged-in user.
    $user = auth()->user();

This will use the auth facade to get the actual logged-in user and return the object. Given that is a registered user it will have a proper id.
Alternative
If your use case is different and you will relate the quiz to a different user, do this instead:
    // Some other user
    $user = User::find($someId); // $user = User::find(5); for example

or this, to create a completely new User instance and relating a quiz to it:
    // A new User
    $user = new User;
    $user->fill($someData);
    $user-save(); // this will assign a primary key (id) to the object.

Now you can attach the related model to it.

Side note
Your users m--------m quizzes is a many to many relationship.
So, as the documentation says, the proper way to store a relatioship between the two objects is the attach() method:
    $user->quizzes()->attach($quiz->id);

This method will create a record in the intermediate table (pivot) with the ids of the $user and $quiz objects.

A: To make it clear, new User will only create user model object, it is still not committed to DB.
When we try to call $user->quizzes()->save($quiz) it is will try to add an entry in user_quizzes pivot table, but user_id is empty, because user is still not created.
So you have to create a user entry in DB by calling $user->save() before adding it to pivot table.
    $quiz->save();
    $user = new User;
    $user->save();
    $user->quizzes()->save($quiz);


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Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomi, has confirmed that a 66-year-old Briton has become the third person to die of coronavirus in the state.
Professor Abayomi, while officially announcing the death, wrote: "Lagos recorded another COVID-19 related death: a 66-year-old Briton, who traveled from India via Dubai to Lagos on 17th of March, 2020."
"As of 7th of April, 2020, there are 10 new cases of #COVID-19 confirmed. The total of COVID-19 cases in Lagos rises to 130."
"Another COVID-19 patient was discharged after full recovery. This brings the number of discharged patients to 32."
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'TV Miracles': Eugene Polley's Wireless Remote
Posted by Reid Creager | Oct 18, 2018 | Product Development, Time Tested | 0
It was still fresh and wondrous, this technological landmark of a giant electronic box full of tubes that displayed moving images for entertaining and informing the world. So imagine the added allure of "TV miracles."
That was Zenith Radio Corporation's ad campaign in 1955 as the company promoted its new television with Flash-Matic tuning. The TV featured a green ray gun-like device with a red trigger, a "flash tuner" that was billed as "absolutely harmless to humans!"
"Without budging from your easy chair you can turn your new Zenith Flash-Matic set on, off, or change channels." Even better, the gun-shaped apparatus was an intentionally symbolic showpiece during this early era of TV Westerns: "You can even shut off annoying commercials while the picture remains on the screen."
Zenith engineer Eugene J. Polley's innovation—the world's first wireless TV remote control—was an instant hit, sparking the sale of about 30,000 units. This was especially impressive in light of the fact that a TV was still viewed as a luxury, and the remote added $100 to the set's already daunting $500 price tag.
Not an easy path to commercial success
In today's world, with hundreds of cable channels and our escalating reliance on push-button convenience, the wireless TV remote is Polley's defining career achievement. It came despite a challenging upbringing and struggles for recognition even after his breakthrough.
Born on Nov. 29, 1915, in Chicago, he was raised mainly by his mother after his bootlegger father left the family. He attended the City Colleges of Chicago and Armour Institute of Technology but left before graduating, instead taking a job as a stock boy with Zenith Radio Corporation in 1935 to help his mother during the Depression. From there, he leveraged his mechanical skills to move up to the engineering department.
Polley's signature innovation followed decades of wireless creations in other fields by notables such as British physicist Sir Oliver Lodge and Nikola Tesla—the latter who radio-controlled a boat during an exhibition at New York's Madison Square Garden in the late 1890s.
In 1950, Zenith developed its first TV remote control, "Lazy Bones."
According to Zenith, the remote used a cable that ran from the TV set to the viewer; a motor in the set operated the tuner through the remote control. By pushing buttons on the remote control, viewers turned the tuner clockwise or counterclockwise, depending on whether they wanted to change the channel to a higher or lower number. The remote control included On and Off buttons.
But consumers quickly grew tired of the intrusion of a cord, especially the possibility (and reality) of tripping over it while it lay on the floor. Additionally, Commander Eugene F. McDonald Jr., Zenith's founder and president, wanted a way to limit the intrusion of TV commercials.
Polley's creation addressed both issues. Flash-Matic operated via four photo cells, one in each corner of the TV screen. The viewer used a "highly directional flashlight" to activate the four control functions, which turned the picture and sound on and off and changed channels by turning the tuner dial clockwise and counter-clockwise.
Polley once told the Baltimore Sun that Flash-Matic "makes me think maybe my life wasn't wasted. Maybe I did something for humanity—like the guy who invented the flush toilet."
Short-lived inventor fame
Although Polley's invention is still used in principle today, it needed refining as well. The remote had to be pointed precisely at a certain point on the TV screen to work, and because it had no protection circuits it was susceptible to turning the dial randomly if the TV set sat in an area where light or the sun shone directly on it.
After just one year, Flash-Matic was replaced when Zenith coworker Robert Adler came up with a remote called Space Command. The new device—which made clicking sounds, spawning the use of the term "TV clicker"—eschewed light waves for inaudible, high-frequency sound waves to control the commands.
Even though something like jingling keys or coins could set it off occasionally, Space Command technology was the standard in remotes for more than a quarter-century and resulted in the sale of more than 9 million sets, according to the New York Times. (Sonic-controlled, infrared and radio-frequently models took over in succeeding decades.)
Space Command was such a game-changer that some media outlets erroneously credit it as the first wireless TV remote. This didn't sit well with Polley, a lifelong Chicago-area resident who told the Chicago Tribune in 2006 that "not only did I not get credit for doing anything, I got a kick in the rear end."
In 1997, Polley and Adler received an Emmy for their work in pioneering TV remotes. Two years later, Polley received the Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award from the Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers.
But Polley was no Flash in the pan. He amassed 18 U.S. patents during his 47-year career as an engineer and worked on radar advances for the U.S. Department of Defense during World War II. He also helped develop the push-button radio for cars and the video disk, the precursor to DVDs.
According to Zenith Electronics spokesman John Taylor, Polley routinely showed off the Flash-Matic to visitors at his assisted-living facility up to his death in 2012 at age 96. "He was a proud owner of a flat-screen TV and modern remote," Taylor said, but "he always kept his original remote control with him."
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Q: Unloading a JVMTI agent at runtime? I'm using the attach API to load a JVMTI agent at runtime. I'd like to unload the JVMTI agent when my program is done without terminating the JVM the agent is loaded in. According to this documentation there is no way to do this from the attach API. Are there any other ways to force an agent to unload its self either through a Java API or from within the JVMTI agent?

A: JVMTI spec says unloading (without JVM termination) is possible, but platform-dependent and out of specification's scope.

A: You have to load JVMTI agent programatically :
// attach to target VM
VirtualMachine vm = VirtualMachine.attach("2177");

// get system properties in target VM
Properties props = vm.getSystemProperties();

// construct path to management agent
String home = props.getProperty("java.home");
String agent = home + File.separator + "lib" + File.separator
    + "your-agent-example.jar";

// load agent into target VM
vm.loadAgent(agent, "com.sun.management.jmxremote.port=5000");

// detach
vm.detach();

see doc here
After that you have to use a different classLoad than default :
You have to set the system property "java.system.class.loader" to be the name of your custom class loader for your target JVM.
see doc here
"Java's builtin Class loaders always checks if a class is already loaded before loading it.
Reloading the class is therefore not possible using Java's builtin class loaders.
To reload a class you will have to implement your own ClassLoader subclass."
In your case you have to implement a ClassLoader which has ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader() has parent.
"Even with a custom subclass of ClassLoader you have a challenge.
Every loaded class needs to be linked.
This is done using the ClassLoader.resolve() method.
This method is final, and thus cannot be overridden in your ClassLoader subclass.
The resolve() method will not allow any given ClassLoader instance to link the same class twice.
Therefore, everytime you want to reload a class you must use a new instance of your ClassLoader subclass.
This is not impossible, but necessary to know when designing for class reloading."
see Dynamic Class Reloading


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