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In brief: Prodigy responds to FDA, Sunrise launches program
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Prodigy Diabetes Care has conducted a regulatory assessment by an independent auditor to examine, review and revise certain procedures and training to ensure compliance with FDA requirements, it told patients, caregivers and partners in a Sept. 4 letter."Prodigy assures you that this attention to improvement is an ongoing effort to ensure full compliance," stated CEO Richard Admani in the letter.In a Feb. 22 letter, the FDA warned Prodigy about numerous violations, including...
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Add Prodigy Diabetes Care to the list of HME manufacturers that has received warning letters from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).In a letter dated Feb. 22 but only posted to the agency's website July 11, the FDA faults Prodigy with, among other things, "failure to report to the FDA no later than 30 days after the day that your firm received or otherwise became aware of information that a device that it markets may have caused or contributed to a death or serious...
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CHICAGO (Sun-Times Media Wire) - Police are looking for the family of an elderly woman who was found in the Belmont Heights neighborhood on the Northwest Side Sunday afternoon and brought by ambulance to a hospital.
Stefania Wojtyla, who was believed to be between 70 and 93-years-old, was found at 3455 North Oleander Ave. and was brought to Resurrection Medical Center about 2:10 p.m., according to Chicago police.
Wojtyla is described as a 5-foot white woman weighing about 145 pounds with brown eyes and gray hair, police said.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Area North Special Victims Unit detectives (312) 744-8266.


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The California Supreme Court's Environmental Docket: A Tale of Two Arguments
Justices Seem Likely to Reach Environmentally-Friendly Result in One Case, But Reject Environmentalists' Claims in Other
Last week I posted a preview of three key environmental law cases that were scheduled for argument over two days in the California Supreme Court. I attended the arguments in two of those cases, held in San Francisco last Thursday. Here's an account of what transpired, along with my predictions of the likely outcomes in both cases.
Lynch v. California Coastal Commission
This regulatory takings claim was brought by Encinitas oceanfront landowners, who sought and obtained from the California Coastal Commission a permit to rebuild a seawall that had been destroyed by a 2010 coastal storm. But the Commission granted the permit only for a term of 20 years. The Commission was concerned about the effects on the site of projected sea level rise and intensified coastal storms, as well as possible deleterious impacts of the new seawall on adjacent homeowners' properties and the beach area owned by the public. The landowners accepted the permit and built the approved seawall, but simultaneously filed suit to challenge the 20-year term as an unconstitutional taking of their property requiring compensation from the Commission.
The Lynch case raises two issues: 1) whether the Commission's imposition of the 20-year term indeed constitutes a regulatory taking; and 2) did the homeowners waived their legal right to challenge the permit condition due to their acceptance of the permit and construction of the seawall.
The arguments in Lynch were quite lively, with all of the seven Supreme Court justices firing questions at the attorney from the Pacific Legal Foundation, representing the homeowners, and the deputy attorney general arguing on behalf of the Commission.
The justices' questions focused almost exclusively on the threshold procedural issue of whether the landowners had waived their right to press their constitutional claim by accepting the benefits afforded under the permit. And those questions revealed considerable skepticism for the homeowners' legal position. Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, for example, pointedly commented from the bench that "if you accept the benefits of a permit, you also accept the burdens." Justices Mariano-Florentino Cuellar and Goodwin Liu also seemed particularly skeptical of the homeowners' contention that they should be allowed to have it both ways.
The Pacific Legal Foundation attorney didn't fare much better when it came to the few questions and comments from the justices concerning the constitutional merits of the case. Justice Kathryn Werdegar stated her view that the regulatory takings claim only becomes ripe if the Commission denies a permit to maintain the seawall 20 years from now: "The possibility that the Commission may deny this [permit] in 20 years does not constitute a taking today."
Prediction: It's always risky to predict the substantive outcome of a case based simply on the oral arguments and related questions and comments from the justices. Nonetheless, after last Thursday's hearing I'd be surprised if the Commission doesn't prevail in this case. The tougher question is whether the Court will resolve the case simply by finding that the homeowners waived their regulatory takings claim when they accepted the permit and proceeded to build the seawall protecting their property or, instead, decides to address the constitutional merits of the case as well. I hope for the latter outcome: the issue of the Commission's legal latitude to plan and regulate under the Coastal Act, given the profound and looming impacts of climate change, is a question of overarching significance for the Commission, affected property owners and the general public alike. The Lynch case provides the justices with their first opportunity to grapple with the important policy–and constitutional–questions underlying this case. I, for one, hope they don't let that opportunity pass.
Cleveland National Forest Foundation v. San Diego Assn. of Governments
As Justice Cuellar aptly noted at the outset of arguments in Cleveland National Forest, "there's a lot of complexity in this case."
The central issue is the legal adequacy of an environmental impact report prepared by the San Diego Association of Governments in connection with its adoption of a revised regional transportation plan for the San Diego region. Specifically, the environmental plaintiffs, joined by California's Attorney General, argue that the EIR is fatally flawed for failing to analyze the plan's consistency with the State of California's long-term greenhouse gas emission reduction goals. (The regional transportation plan and accompanying EIR were the first prepared by local governments in response to SB 375, landmark 2008 state legislation designed to link California's transportation and land use policies, thereby reducing California's aggregate GHG emissions; this is the first time the Supreme Court has had the opportunity to address SB 375.)
Veteran CEQA attorney Mike Zischke, arguing for SanDAG, was quietly forceful in arguing for the validity of what he characterized as a "groundbreaking EIR." He asserted that while the EIR was not required to consider the state's long-term GHG reduction goals as binding on his client, SanDAG had nonetheless made good faith efforts to assess short-, medium- and long-term GHG reduction goals, and that those efforts had received praise from California's Air Resources Board. The justices' questions to Zischke were relatively few and friendly.
Counsel for the EIR challengers–Center for Biological Diversity attorney Kevin Bundy and California Deputy Solicitor General Janill Richards–received a considerably more active and hostile reception from the justices. Notably, Justices Liu and Cuellar–among the Court's most progressive members–dominated the Cleveland National Forest arguments and revealed considerable skepticism for Bundy's and Richards' arguments. Picking up on Zischke's theme, Justice Liu observed that the ARB has acknowledged the inherent uncertainty involved with GHG emission projections. Isn't the real issue of the EIR's adequacy under CEQA whether the document is sufficiently informative, he inquired. Just how clear does the EIR have to be, questioned Justice Cuellar. What should the EIR have said in order to satisfy plaintiffs, he asked. Both Cuellar and Liu seemed sympathetic to the difficulties SanDAG faced in drafting this complex EIR, and characterized CEQA's standard of judicial review as a deferential one. The justices, conversely, pressed Bundy and Richards to articulate a "limiting principle" underlying their theory of the EIR's inadequacy.
It was surprising–at least to this observer–that the other five justices left almost all of the questioning in the Cleveland National Forest case to Justices Liu and Cuellar. That suggests two things to me: first, that either Justice Liu or Cuellar will wind up writing the Court's opinion in the case. Second, if the EIR challengers were unable to convince Liu and Cuellar of the merits of their case, they stand little chance of capturing the votes of the Court's more moderate members. Bottom line (and subject to the same caveat noted above): I expect the Supreme Court to reverse the lower courts in this case and conclude that the San Diego Association of Government's EIR in this landmark CEQA and climate change case is legally adequate.
The Supreme Court will issue its decisions in both Lynch and Cleveland National Forest by early August. So stay tuned.
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71 and mostly cloudy, but the breeze I lamented a week or so ago (when it was in the 40s) was most welcome today. Gorgeous out.
Mostly paved, anyway. Temp was in mid to upper 50s and I needed to be in Allentown to meet someone at 5, so I decided to run nearby and then drive to where I would meet her to pass along quilt group files.
Saw a great blue heron and some ducks (mallard and mergansers), and during my cooldown walk (back to car after taking photos of the ducks) a golden trout.
Back to car after taking photos of the ducks (and the great blue heron as it flew by me headed upstream).
In the neighborhood; 51, sunny, with light breeze from SE so not as chilly as yesterday.
Earlier, I drove to Lancaster for the AQS show. One of these days I should take a class with Bethanne Nemesh, but that didn't happen today. The ribbon winners are jaw-dropping gorgeous.
We've visited 18 other states but not officially* orienteered there, lacking only Alaska (where we can try to orienteer one day) and Mississippi (where we probably won't).
*Unofficial orienteering involves just using/reading a map to get someplace, and we've done that many places (e.g., London) but won't count them in this list.
Sunny and 48 F, but with a breeze from the north. Came back after a trip partway up Aberdene to add my windpro gloves and a buff over my ears.
To start which was locatrd just past the Smokey Bridge. Temp about 40F.
Flying Pig XXIII, day two of *2018* Masters Nationals (two-day classic). Partly sunny, low to mid 40s, much like yesterday but into the 50s later so great for hanging around at the finish. I was one of the first starters on Brown A.
Brown A, F65, 3.3 km, 180m climb nominal; 1:7500 / 5m. Kiser Hollow map at Carter Caves Resort State Park.
Happy with all my routes except for being sloppy to #2, a pit (in a line of pits) on a broad spur, approached from the opposite side of the spur or at an angle. I did not approach the challenge properly as I didn't pace count until my second try. I guess my first thought was that I'd get to the flat part of the spur and find the first pit and work my way to the third, but it didn't happen that way. Relocated from a control on a ditch bend (first time I passed it I thought it was the ditch end/top and that I was higher on the hill than I really was), and still overshot it on my pace count but knew to stop, turn back, and head a bit higher on the hill. I found the fourth pit in the line so knew I was now at the right level, and then I saw two other Brown A runners going to the proper pit. AP says 6:30 minutes lost (it also gives me an "error" on the run-in but always does that...I don't sprint very fast), so a time in the 54-55 minute range was possible.
Good enough for first place, though, with my sister Nancy (close behind on day 2) in second! (Ruth B, who ages up for 2019, was 3rd followed by Leslie M. and someone from OLOU). I checked my log from the last Carter Caves event in 2015 and my F60 competitors included Sandy, Janet F, Sue H-T and Natalia D, none of whom attended this year.
Mary Jo, you would have loved it!
Thanks to all in OCIN for another well-organized and executed Flying Pig!


Hard-working bassist brings us up to date on the Aristocrats, plus some great thoughts on tone and equipment!
Bryan Beller is a bassist, clinician, composer and freelance writer. Currently touring with guitar great Joe Satriani, Bryan is also a member of the popular rock/fusion group the Aristocrats and has recorded and/or performed with Steve Vai, Dweezil Zappa, Dethklok and several other major acts.
Beller has released his own critically acclaimed solo albums, as well as an instructional DVD. FBPO's Jon Liebman caught up with Bryan before a recent Aristocrats show in Michigan.
FBPO: Bryan, you were actually one of the first interviews we ever did on ForBassPlayersOnly.com.
FBPO: You've done an awful lot of stuff, both before and since, from your solo releases to Dethklok, Steve Vai, Mike Keneally and Joe Satriani to your instructional materials and so much more. You even graced the cover of Bass Player magazine.
BB: You're embarrassing me! Stop it! Stop it!
FBPO: Well, this might really embarrass you: After all those rock and metal gigs, how is it you find yourself on the jazz charts these days?!
BB: The new Aristocrats album, Culture Clash, ended up debuting at number 8 on the Billboard contemporary jazz charts for some reason. Just because they call our music "Contemporary Jazz" doesn't mean it is, but any time they want to put us in the top 10, we're happy to accept it!
FBPO: You're in good company. Tell me about the formation of the band, the Aristocrats. I understand it came about almost by accident at a NAMM show?
BB: Well, yeah. I had a gig at the Anaheim Bass Bash, which is just a thing that our good friend puts on every year. It's a bunch of bass players that put together bands and do stuff. It was going to be me, Marco Minnemann and Greg Howe, but Greg couldn't do it. Meanwhile, there were people emailing me on Facebook about this guy Guthrie Govan, that I had to check him out. So I did and he was awesome. I couldn't believe I'd never heard of him.
I wrote him an email – he lives in the U.K. I said, "Are you going to be at NAMM?" and he said, "Yeah." So I said, "Well, how about if we do this little thing?" Thank God he said yes, because we just got together, we did two songs of his, two songs of mine, two songs of Marco's. We did that one set there and everybody just demanded that we become a band. We could feel the chemistry, too. It almost didn't happen for a variety of reasons, which would take far too long to get into in this interview, but it's a miracle that the band was formed.
BB: We have three records out. The first Aristocrats album was recorded three months after we did that first gig, then three months later came it out. That was September 2011. Then at the end of last year, December 2012, we put out Boing, We'll Do it Live, which is a live CD/DVD. We just came out with our second studio album in July of 2013, called Culture Clash.
FBPO: Tell me about that album.
BB: Well, the first album, we did so quickly and, at the time, we were really just getting to know each other. It was cool and I'm proud of that record, but after we toured for eighteen months, on and off, we really got to know each other a lot better. You could feel it in the writing and just the way that we interacted with each other on the new record. Everything reeks of stronger bonds and familiarity that only comes from being a real band, which is something that I think we really try hard to do.
You know, we're not a studio project. We don't record remotely. We always get together in the same room, even though Guthrie lives outside London and Marco lives outside Los Angeles and I live in Nashville. We always come together to record. That makes a big difference. And we get along really well. It's a good thing because if we don't get along, the band doesn't work.
FBPO: Who does most of the writing for the band?
BB: We all split it evenly. We have a functioning democracy in this band, which means that we do it evenly. We have nine songs on the record and everybody contributed three.
FBPO: This band is a far cry from Dethklok.
BB: Yeah, but Marco and I really dig metal, so the metal influence will creep into the Aristocrats every once in a while.
FBPO: How about vice versa?
FBPO: Bryan, I've always thought of you as a "tone guy." What do you think most people just don't get about tone?
I found that I needed to get into really nice rehearsal rooms, like at S.I.R. or something like that. Just block it out for four or five hours and then listen and listen and listen and listen. Not just listen by itself, but also bring tracks with me and play them through the monitors really loud, like I was at a gig. Then listen to your rig, then listen to your pedal, then change the settings, then change the instrument, then change the pickups, then change the strings. You'd be surprised what you hear if you just spend that much time going over it.
FBPO: What about your arsenal of stuff, your Mike Lull basses, all the pedals, the gear?
BB: I use all Mike Lull basses. My main two instruments are my bright bass, which is my Modern 5. It has an ash body and a maple neck, designed to be bright. The other one that I use is a dark bass, which has an alder body, rosewood neck and passive P-J five, which is a complete opposite sound. It's just really warm. I'm not really good at getting the whole Jaco, Matt Garrison thing going. It's just not what my hand naturally does, so I need an instrument that is very warm.
For the amps, it's all G-K. Fusion 550 is the main head. I have a 2001RB as a slave power amp. I run that through two 4x12s. It's a big rig and it's a lot of power, but you know what, you need a lot of headroom. When you have a lot of headroom, it means that you can play lighter. You don't have to dig in just to try to hear yourself. That's the worst possible thing you can get into when you're onstage.
And the pedals, I mean, you should just take a picture of the board. I can sit here for an hour and talk about the pedals!
FBPO: How's the tour going?
BB: It's great! We are exceeding our expectations, which are modest, admittedly, but we're just a fusion band, a new fusion band, doing a six-week tour of America. And somehow it's working. People are coming out. They seem really excited about the record. We're in a cargo van and a minivan. It's very DIY. I'm the tour manager. We've got two crew and three band members – five guys and two cars and that's it! So, we're having fun.
FBPO: What's next for Bryan Beller?
BB: The Aristocrats have a lot of touring planned for 2014. Once we're done with this U.S. tour, we're done for the year because Marco and I have got to out with Joe Satriani and Guthrie's got to go out with Steven Wilson. So that's the rest of this year.
Next year, we're going to do the Western U.S., we're going to do some stuff in Mexico – that's breaking news! – and we're going to do Europe for eight weeks. We've got South America in there somewhere and we've got Southeast Asia in there somewhere. So next year's going to be a lot of touring in support of the new record.
FBPO: One question I didn't ask you last time, and I ask everybody this: What would you be if you were not a bass player?
BB: I'd be a writer of some kind. I love writing. I love creative writing, I like writing columns. Maybe I'd be writing about politics or music or God-knows-what. But something probably involving writing.


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RIALTO, CA. (PRWEB) August 01, 2017
When Thompson Pipe Group recently acquired the concrete and steel pressure pipe assets of U.S. Pipe, previously a division of Forterra, it instantly became a major provider of pipe to the water, wastewater, power and industrial markets in North America. With manufacturing plants throughout the country, Thompson Pipe Group now offers a uniquely comprehensive portfolio of open-cut and trenchless pressure and gravity pipe solutions, together with related products.
The new portfolio is backed by the most complete array of engineering, field service and transportation support services in the business. This is good news for Thompson Pipe Group and for the industry as a whole. The acquisition positions the new entity to better serve the growing needs of a vital industry at an important time in its history.
"We now have significantly increased resources to problem-solve even more effectively across a broad range of applications and a wide variety of pipe materials," comments CEO Ken D. Thompson. "It's unusual in this industry to have such a breadth of different pipe materials from one company. Our customers can now turn to us as a valuable source of insight, innovation and practical peer-to-peer support across all lines of stakeholders."
"I believe we now have the means to change the whole conversation by giving engineers, owners and contractors somewhere to turn in search of a solution rather than a specific product," adds Executive Vice President Mike Leathers. "With by far the largest, most comprehensive range of pipe and related products in North America, we're able to act as a partner, helping to identify a more seamless and cost-effective solution to specific project goals."
With this acquisition, family-owned Thompson Pipe Group achieves yet another milestone along the journey from its contractor roots to specialists in meeting and providing viable solutions to the toughest market challenges. The company leadership is committed to a policy of activity management, sophisticated data analytics and continuous improvement.
"I'd like thank all the people who worked hard to make this deal happen," says CEO Ken D. Thompson. "We're more than just a family-owned company; we're a company that that thinks and feels like a family. The arrival of a new addition is always a reason to celebrate and give thanks. I'm sure I can speak for my whole team when I say we're excited about what's to come. We're looking at a time in the water infrastructure sector when a lot of important work needs to be done, and done right. We've never been in better shape to meet that future with confidence."
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Before forecasting its future, there is likely merit in explaining what physiatry is.
Medicine tends to be sterile. When the end goal is reduced to keeping the patient alive, or moving a lab value within its appropriate range, doctors can forget to be human. Resources are stretched thin in a county hospital in a large metropolitan area. Providers are only attending to biological issues because they are prioritizing scarce resources. They are not trained to deal with the more pressing, social issues. What is the point in treating a patient's asthma, discharging them back to the streets, waiting for another exacerbation, and then rounding on them next week after they've been admitted once again from the ER? Patients like these need social work and preventive public health measures. Instead they get expensive medications once every few months. Medical care can feel calloused and at times even cruel.
On the other end of the spectrum, there are fields based entirely in human connection, but they lack teeth. Naturopathy and alternative medicines have either been shown to have no efficacy, or there is no incentive to research them because they are assumed to be entirely based on the placebo effect. Sometimes people need to be heard and feel connected with their provider. These fields take advantage of this, and patients may be happier, albeit less healthy.
PM&R is western medicine that focuses on the patient's function and quality of life. Chronic pain patients have sifted through the medical system, frustrated by the lack of resolution to their pain. They've stumped doctors who cannot do anything for them because all of their lab values are correct and they seem healthy enough by the protocol standards. Surgeons will happily perform surgery, but it seems a drastic move exposing patients to serious risks, which can be minimized or ignored during the pre-op. Surgery may be the best option for some, but certainly not all of these patients. Physiatry can offer medical treatment, alongside physical therapy for a multidisciplinary approach to increasing patient health and quality of life.
But it turns out, not many procedures used by physiatrists have been supported by clinical evidence.
Dr. Randall Braddom is a clinical professor of physiatry. While at Rutgers Medical School in 2014, he gave a 100-Slide PowerPoint presentation that concisely summarizes the field of PM&R and it's future direction from his perspective. Dr. Braddom acknowledges how worthless predictions of the future often are, but an experienced physician creating a deep portrayal of their specialty is worth far more than SDN forums.
According to Dr. Braddom, the field of physiatry is placing more value on research. One of the reasons is that physiatric procedures have not been validated in randomized clinical trials, and insurance companies are eliminating reimbursements for procedures without scientific evidence supporting their efficacy. The large proportion of physiatrist in clinical practice may see large reductions in their financial reimbursement for some of their procedures, such as sacroiliac and Z-joint (zygapophysial) injections. A whole field of doctors potentially not getting paid for their work may be a powerful force. It seems that clinical research opportunities in PM&R will likely thrive in the near future.
Below are select few slides from Dr. Braddom's presentation.
What Percentage of Residents Join Orthopedic Groups?
From reading forums, it sounds like being a physiatrists working in an orthopedic practice may be a horrible experience. Surgeons with large personalities shunt all their conservative preventive care to one physiatrist on the team because it is a waste of their time to do injections when there are more challenging surgeries to be performed.
I personally would not want to spend so much time in training to be looked down upon or taken advantage of financially during my day to day practice. I don't see the allure to working in orthopedic groups that the 22% of survey respondents said they are doing.
PM&R is focused on patient outcomes and quality of life. There are a wide variety of procedures, subspecialties, and practice styles within physiatry. Dr. Braddom presented many trends in the field as of 2014, and where he expects it to head in the future. He underscores the growing research opportunities in PM&R, the breadth of fellowships for sub-specialization, and that working in an orthopedic group may be less than ideal. Regardless of his prophecies, as of now physiatry looks like a promising career path.
Doctor Voices: What is PM&R?
Doximity: Randall L. Braddom, M.D., M.S.
SDN: Work Under Orthopedic Surgery?
Academic medicine training is a long road via internal medicine.
This seems counterintuitive, but the 5 minute video below explains the concept well.


We all face disappointment in life so this is no name your vice Anonymous meeting. Sad to say many of us choose to complain and cry about our problems to the overwhelming annoyance of others.
This past week for me has ushered in multiple disappointments. The first came on Wednesday when a gift I had ordered for my wife turned up but only to be incorrect. Even though Crystal had told me which product to order I somehow managed to order the wrong one. She wasn't the least bit upset but it left me feeling incapable and somewhat pathetic.
Then as Friday afternoon rolled around more disappointment mounted. We have been waiting to be contacted by the electric service so that an engineer can come out and assess what sort of work we will need to have a power hookup for tiny house. This was to be a major milestone. On Monday when I spoke to the customer service rep at Fill In the Blank Electric they told me the engineer would be there within 1-4 days based on his schedule. They even sent me the cost of the visit by snail mail. I felt like it was going somewhere. By Thursday morning he had not shown and when I called Friday to customer service they stuck to their story and assured me his presence that day. By 6pm Friday I knew he wasn't coming. I felt like a HUGE weight had been thrust upon my chest. Another project stalled because of circumstances beyond my control. But wait. Beyond my control? Was I really admitting that I had nothing to do with it? Was I experiencing a new revelation in dealing with disappointment?
As with any state of well being you really have to recognize your coping mechanisms. Everyone has them. Do you eat away the disappointment? Do you shop it away? Perhaps you go into a monk-like silence vow.
Once you realize that strategy isn't working, you've got to get serious about figuring out one that does.
So I've compiled a list of 5 tiny ways to deal with large disappointment.
Acknowledge your feeling(s). There is nothing wrong with saying, "I am so disappointed." In fact, you can say it honestly and openly without blaming or punishing others. Remember, you are disappointed with a situation most time, not a person. Learn to voice your feelings without divebombing another person.
Put things in perspective. Even TINY disappointments can seem LARGE at first. But once you've walked through the hurt, and the frustration, and the anger, take a big step back and really look at the situation. Will the disappointment set you back days? Will you still feel this way in weeks? How will it change next year?
Refuse to doubt yourself. This is where I get caught up. Sometimes disappointment can make you feel like a failure! Don't let it. Even though you may wonder why these things happen to you remember that it is generally nothing you did. Don't allow yourself to live in negativity.
Look for a solution or compromise. Since I knew we would be working on electric services this weekend Crystal and I decided to focus on cultivating some still unfinished land in preparation for larger gardens next year. It was a job I was dreading and really had no time for. But since I now had an open weekend I thought it would be a great second option that would keep me task-oriented as well as give the engineer a little extra time to prove himself.
Reevaluate and make changes if necessary. Disappointment – especially on a regular occurrence – can offer us a chance to really reevaluate our standards, our expectations, and our priorities. Don't be afraid of that. Let iron sharpen iron.
What do you do to deal with disappointment? Is it something you deal with often? Share with us. And if you know others who could learn from this list, be sure to Retweet them the link or share it on Facebook by using one of the buttons below!


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Based on an innovative ingredient, stem cell extract from argan sprouts, the cream helps maintain the skin's natural recovery processes by stimulating stem cells situated in its deep layer, the dermis. Dermal stem cells are the source of continual skin renewal. In time, the efficiency of these new cell "factories" decreases and the synthesis of collagen and elastin is reduced, leading to a less toned skin, with wrinkles and spots. Science steps in through recent discoveries, namely plant stem cells, that can restore the dermal stem cells' ability to renew and form new cells involved in the synthesis of collagen and elastin, and consequently render the skin firm, elastic and supple.
PhytoCellTec Argan is able to protect and vitalize the skin's most precious stem cells. The dermal matrix is consequently restored and skin firmness is much improved. The conducted tests* showed a reduction in wrinkle depth of up to 26% and an increase in the density of the skin by 12% after 8 weeks of use. The ORGANIC argan oil is an important source of vitamins, antioxidants and essential fatty acids. It nourishes and regenerates the skin, restores its lipid layer and protects it from the harmful action of free radicals.Hydroviton, moisturizing active ingredient, is a cocktail of substances that increase the skin's ability to retain water and contribute to maintaining optimal skin hydration. The rice powder is a natural alternative for maintaining a smooth and silky skin, through the sebum absorption and mattifying properties. The UV filters, together with the natural vitamin E, protect the skin actively against the harmful effects of UVA / UVB radiation.
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The Minister of Finance, Michael de Jong, presented the 2017-2018 BC Budget (Budget 2017) Tuesday afternoon. It is the fifth consecutive balanced budget, projecting a modest surplus. Budget 2017 also projects the elimination of the province's operating debt in 2020/2021. Minister de Jong reiterated his government's commitment to "improving affordability and increasing competitiveness" in the province through the introduction of a number of taxation measures aimed at providing financial relief for British Columbians and investment in key program areas, as outlined in Budget 2017.
Economic growth is expected to rank among the top provinces in 2017.
Growth of the BC economy is projected to increase by 2.1% annually in both 2017 and 2018 and by 2% annually from 2019 to 2021.
Real household consumption of goods and services is expected to increase by 2.6% in 2017 and 2018.
BC retail sales are expected to increase by 3.7% in 2017 and 2018.
Real business investment is projected to rise by 3.8% in 2017 and 4% in 2018, with medium term growth estimated to be around 3.5% per year.
Population growth is projected to increase by 1.2% in 2017 (to reach a total of 4.81 million) and by 1.2% annually in 2018 and over the medium term.
Employment is expected to increase by 1.2% in 2017 (approximately 29,300 jobs), 1.2% in 2018 and 1.1% annually over the medium term.
Real exports of goods and services are forecast to rise by 1.4% in 2017, 1.3% in 2018 and around 1.9% in the medium term.
Effective January 1, 2018, Budget 2017 reduces MSP premiums by 50% for households with annual net incomes less than $120,000. To receive the 50% reduction, households will be required to register. British Columbians whose premiums are paid through group plans will do so through their group plan administrator. The Ministry will automatically register individuals and families who currently receive MSP premium assistance. This measure will impact approximately 2 million British Columbians and result in annual reductions of up to $450 per year per individual and $900 per year for a family.
The income threshold at which households are fully exempt from MSP will increase by $2,000 from $24,000 to $26,000 for a single adult, effective January 1, 2018. The increase will be from $33,000 to $35,000 for a family of four.
As announced in September 2016, the government cancelled the planned 4% increase to the maximum 2017 MSP premiums. The 2017 maximum MSP premium will remain at $75 per month per adult.
Budget 2017 provides no relief for households earning $120,000 or more per year. Minister De Jong indicated that further expansion of MSP reductions will depend upon fiscal capacity of the province in the future.
Effective for registrations on or after February 22, 2017, the fair market value threshold for eligible residential property under the First Time Home Buyers' Program increases from $475,000 to $500,000. The partial exemption applies to residential properties valued at between $500,000 and $525,000.
As announced on January 10, 2017, the threshold for the phase-out of the home owner grant increases from $1.2M to $1.6M. The grant is reduced by $5 for every $1,000 of assessed value over the $1.6M threshold.
British Columbia provides a dividend tax credit to prevent double taxation of dividend income that has already been taxed at the corporate level. Effective for the 2017 and subsequent tax years, the dividend tax credit rate on ineligible dividends is decreased from 2.47% to 2.18%. The purpose of this decrease is to match the reduction in the small business corporate tax rate from 2.5% to 2%, also announced in Budget 2017.
The dividend tax credit available for eligible dividends (i.e., income not eligible for the small business rate) remains unchanged.
Currently, provincial tax legislation provides Canadian-controlled private corporations (CCPCs) a small business deduction (SBD) that reduces the provincial corporate tax rate from 11% to 2.5% on the first $500,000 per year of qualifying active business income (the small business rate). Budget 2017 reduces the small business rate from 2.5% to 2.0%, effective April 1, 2017.
For taxation years that straddle the effective date, the tax rate is prorated based on the number of days in the taxation year ending after April 1, 2017. As a result, the effective provincial tax rate for corporations with a calendar year end for 2017 is 2.12%, falling to 2.0% in 2018. When combined with the federal tax rate, the effective tax rate for a CCPC on its first $500,000 of qualifying active business income is 12.62% for calendar 2017, falling to 12.5% in 2018. The 12.5% rate will be the second lowest rate in Canada, matching Alberta and Saskatchewan.
The $500,000 annual limit is shared among associated corporations, as well as among members of a partnership earning active business income. Access to the SBD is phased out on a straight-line basis for CCPCs that, together with corporations with which they are associated, have taxable capital employed in Canada between $10 million and $15 million. The general corporate rate on qualifying active business income in excess of these limits remains unchanged at 11% (26% combined with the federal rate).
Prior to 2013, credit unions received a preferential federal and provincial small business rate on a portion of their income. In 2013, the federal government commenced a 5-year phase-out of its preferential tax treatment. British Columbia's Budget 2014 announced the phase-out of the provincial preferential tax rate starting in 2016.
As announced on January 24, 2017, Budget 2017 pauses the phase-out of the provincial small business rate on qualifying income for credit unions. This change means that for the 2017 tax year, credit unions will continue to receive 80% of the full preferential tax treatment. As a result of the reduction in the small business rate discussed above, credit unions' effective tax rate on qualifying income for calendar 2017 is 18.9% (15% federal and 3.9% provincial) and 18.8% for calendar 2018 (15% federal and 3.8% provincial).
The federal and BC governments offer a number of incentives to corporations carrying on scientific research and experimental development (SR&ED) activities in Canada. Budget 2017 extends the provincial SR&ED tax credit (ITC) for five years to August 31, 2022. British Columbia offers a 10% tax credit on qualifying expenditures and a refundable ITC to qualifying corporations. A qualifying corporation is entitled to a refundable ITC on its first $3 million of annual SR&ED expenditures. Generally, a qualifying corporation is a CCPC whose taxable income, combined with the taxable income of any associated corporations, did not exceed the SBD limit in the preceding year (i.e., $500,000 for 2016 taxation year claims) and whose taxable capital amount, combined with the taxable capital of any associated corporations, did not exceed $10 million.
A refundable BC interactive digital media tax credit (IDMTC) is available for eligible registered corporations that develop interactive digital media products in British Columbia after August 31, 2010. Effective February 22, 2017, qualifying BC labour employed in the development of augmented reality and virtual reality products are eligible for the IDMTC. The IDMTC is computed as 17.5% of eligible "salary or wages". In addition, Budget 2017 removes the requirement for a corporation's principal business to be the development of interactive digital media products where annual qualifying BC labour exceeds $2 million.
For the purposes of the IDMTC, augmented reality product means a product that enhances the user's perception of reality by superimposing digital information on the user's field of vision for the primary purpose of entertainment. Likewise, virtual reality product means a product that immerses the user in an artificial environment for the primary purpose of entertainment. The IDMTC does not apply to film or videos that provide the user with limited or no immersion, including 360˚, 270˚, and 180˚ videos, spherical videos and panoramic videos.
Interactive digital media corporations participating in the small business venture capital program are eligible to claim the IDMTC for taxation years that end after February 21, 2017.
$35 million to $38.5 million for 2017 and subsequent years. Budget 2017 indicates this will allow for up to $11.7 million in additional equity financing for qualifying corporations annually. Under the program, eligible investors can receive an income tax credit of 30% of their investment in eligible business corporations, up to an annual limit of $60,000. An eligible new corporation must qualify as an eligible business corporation under the federal Income Tax Act, must have been incorporated for less than two years, and must be doing business in a targeted sector: community diversification, development of interactive digital media products, clean technology, prescribed manufacturing and processing, destination tourism or research and development of proprietary technology.
The venture capital tax credit does not reduce the adjusted cost base of the related shares acquired and is not required to be included in income for tax purposes.
A refundable BC mining exploration tax credit is available in respect of qualified mining exploration expenses incurred in British Columbia by a corporation that maintained a permanent establishment in the province at any time in the taxation year. Qualifying expenditures must be incurred before January 1, 2020 (extended from 2017 by Budget 2016) and generally include expenditures made to determine the existence, location, extent or quality of a mineral resource in British Columbia. Any flow-through mining expenditures renounced under the federal Income Tax Act do not qualify for the BC credit. As announced on January 23, 2017, Budget 2017 expands the mining exploration tax credit to allow the cost of environmental studies and community consultation incurred after February 28, 2015. The credit is 20% of eligible BC mining expenditures and increases to 30% if the exploration is in the mountain-pine-beetle-affected area.
The BC mining exploration tax credit must be claimed no later than 36 months after the end of the applicable taxation year; however, beginning January 1, 2017, the period for claiming the credit for a taxation year is reduced from 36 to 18 months after the end of the taxation year. The credit is fully refundable to the extent that it is not otherwise required to reduce BC corporate taxes payable and there are no carryback or carryforward provisions in respect of the credit.
Also as announced on January 23, 2017, Budget 2017 extends the BC mining flow-through share tax credit to the end of 2017.
Effective October 1, 2017, the PST rate will be reduced from 7% to 3.5% of the purchase price of electricity. Effective April 1, 2019, electricity will be fully exempt from PST. This reduction, when fully implemented, is expected to provide businesses with savings of $150 million annually. This measure was introduced following one of the recommendations made by Commission on Tax Competitiveness, which is an independent commission that was established in Budget 2016 to advise the province on how to modernize British Columbia's business taxes.
Budget 2017 also indicates the government's acknowledgement that further improvements to the PST are a priority for the business community, which was a key finding of the Commission on Tax Competitiveness. Budget 2017 notes that future steps to mitigate the negative effects of the PST and other business taxes will be considered in the context of the province's fiscal situation and competing funding priorities.
A number of smaller measures aimed at additional support for children and families were announced, such as a back-to-school tax credit of up to $250 per child. With the introduction of this back-to-school tax credit, the education tax credit is being eliminated effective January 1, 2017. Unused education amounts carried forward from years prior to 2018 remain available to be claimed in 2018 and subsequent taxation years.
Effective October 1, 2017, natural gas for use in an internal combustion engine for any rolling stock or vehicles which run on rails is exempt from the 3 cents per litre tax on locomotive fuel.
Effective October 1, 2017, the tax rate on cigarettes will increase from $47.80 to $49.40 per carton of 200 cigarettes. The tax rate on fine-cut tobacco is increased from 23.9 cents to 24.7 cents per gram.
The BC training tax credits are extended for three years to the end of 2020. A refundable tax credit is available to sole proprietors, partnerships and corporations with a permanent establishment in British Columbia in respect of salary and wages paid to an employee registered in a prescribed program administered through the BC Industry Training Authority. Available credits include a basic tax credit, a completion tax credit, and an enhanced tax credit.


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Q: Google visualization world map I'm trying to retrieve results using json in order to display world map with country list.
This is what I got so far:
function drawRegionsMap() {
    $.ajax({
        url: 'getlist.php",
        dataType: "json"
    }).done(function(result) {
        var data = google.visualization.arrayToDataTable(result);

        var view = new google.visualization.DataView(data)
        view.setColumns([0, 1])
        var chart = new google.visualization.GeoChart(
            document.getElementById('map'));
        chart.draw(data, options);

        var geochart = new google.visualization.GeoChart(
            document.getElementById('map'));
        var options = {
            width: "auto",
            height: "auto",
            colorAxis: {
                colors: ['#E4B6D3', '#E06D94']
            } // Map Colors
        };

        geochart.draw(data, options);
    });

};

google.load('visualization', '1', {
    'packages': ['geochart']
});
google.setOnLoadCallback(drawRegionsMap);

result returned from getlist.php is in json format:
{
   "Country":[
      "Germany",
      "United States",
      "Brazil",
      "France",
      "RU"
   ],
   "Hits":[
      200,
      300,
      400,
      500,
      600,
      700
   ]
}

php code:
  $data = array();
  $data['Country'] = array();
  $data['Hits'] = array();

  $country = array('Germany','United States','Brazil','France','RU');
  $hits = array(200,300,400,500,600,700);

  for ($i = 0; $i < 6; $i++){
      $data['Country'] = $country;
      $data['Hits'] = $hits;
  }

echo json_encode($data);

Looking in firebug console, I'm always getting : Error: Not an array
I've been trying to solve this puzzle for hours, but no success.

A: The returned result is an object, not an array.
The expected array would be:
[
 ["Country","Hits"],
 ["Germany",200],
 ["United States",300],
 ["Brazil",400],
 ["France",500],
 ["RU",600]
]

Modified PHP-code that returns this array:
<?php
  $data = array(['Country','Hits']);

  $country = array('Germany','United States','Brazil','France','RU');
  $hits = array(200,300,400,500,600,700);

  foreach ($country as $k => $v){
      $data[] = array($v,$hits[$k]);
  }

  echo json_encode($data);
?>

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Tuesday, September 29 2015 08:40
Preview: Tanner Foust on The Dave Despain Show
Tanner Foust is a high-octane driving talent in so many differing and highly expert related automotive performances that's it's hard to categorize him. But this Sunday, October 4, at 8:30pm ET, Dave Despain tries to unravel the mystique behind the legend on an all-new episode of THE DAVE DESPAIN SHOW on MAVTV. Foust will be in Despain's hot seat and reveals his uncanny talent for driving almost anything on wheels propelling him to an elite status among the world's best in rally, drift, and stunts.
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Sunday, September 27 2015 09:43
The First Order or Resistance? It's the Hot Wheels STAR WARS Faction Series Giveaway!
The December 18 release of STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS is fast-approaching, and it was "Force Friday" that ushered-in a new era of STAR WARS toys and collectibles. Over the past two years, Mattel has been releasing an ever-expanding and impressive fleet of STAR WARS vehicles - from "Character Cars" to screen-accurate Starships, from limited-edition high-end collectibles to retailer-exclusive rides that are simply "inspired by" the Saga we all know and love. Today I'm sharing the latter by giving readers of THE ROCK FATHER Magazine a shot at winning one (1) complete set of 2015 Hot Wheels STAR WARS Faction Series Vehicles by Mattel! There's eight vehicles in all, each packaged in matching artwork inspired by a Faction from a galaxy far, far away. Check this out...
Saturday, September 26 2015 10:02
Prepare to Cruise GOTHAM: It's the 2015 Hot Wheels BATMAN Series Giveaway!
Today (if you're reading this on September 26) is BATMAN DAY, an International Holiday created by DC Comics to celebrate The Dark Knight, The Caped Crusader... whatever you want to call BATMAN in any and all of his many forms. Growing up, SUPERMAN was always my #1 hero until the "summer of Batman" happened in 1989 and proceeded to give Bruce Wayne's alter-ego a nudge to the forefront. Over the years, I've had some cool BATMAN experiences - from seeing The Tumbler in-action on the set of Christopher Nolan's BATMAN BEGINS in 2004, to putting on the cape and cowl for Halloween last year. This year, I'm celebrating BATMAN DAY by giving readers of THE ROCK FATHER Magazine a shot at winning one (1) of two (2) complete sets of 2015 Hot Wheels BATMAN Series Vehicles by Mattel! There's six iconic vehicles in all, each packaged in matching artwork. Check this out...
Toyography: Here's MARVEL's GROOT... as a Hot Wheels Truck
We're pretty big fans of the "Character Cars" that Mattel has been releasing as part of their Hot Wheels line for the past few years, and while we're not quite "completists," there is one pairing that was quite hard to resist. When a car inspired by GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY's Rocket Raccoon hit the streets (featured here back in January), it didn't even cross my mind that the big blastin' Rocket would eventually gain a true companion vehicle based upon his tall friend Groot. While the idea of a Groot car was certainly a given, making it into an actual, functional companion piece is what the designers at Mattel pulled off, and the results are fantastic. Hitting the pegs of your favorite toy emporium this month is the Hot Wheels Groot, and he's joined our fleet here at Rock Father HQ. Take a look!
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Kicking Off Fall with New Toys from Step2 + Win the One You Want!
As a Step2 Brand Ambassador, I've had the joy of bringing you a ton of news, reviews and features on new products from The Step2 Company over these past few years. For Fall 2015, we're going a little bit bigger, and I'm helping to drop the curtain on 11 new products (MADE IN THE USA*) destined to be sought-after by children, and almost certain to make several Hot Holiday Toy lists (a few will be in my own Holiday Wish Guide). The lineup is impressive, and we're inviting all of you to share in our excitement by taking part in a very special giveaway - one in which the winner will get their choice of which item they'll receive from the Fall 2015 reveals! Ready to rock?
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Giveaway - Win a Full Set of Exclusive Tom & Jerry 75th Anniversary Series Hot Wheels Vehicles!
Mattel has been doing some really fun things with Hot Wheels lately, one of which are multiple series' of vehicles with themes rooted in pop culture history. Many of these are retailer exclusives that are offered as sort of a "one-and-done" thing - a big shipment arrives in one shot, and when they're gone, they're gone. For families and casual collectors, sometimes completing a full set is a challenge, as there tends to be one or two hard-to-find cars in the set. Recently, Hot Wheels issued a six-car, Tom & Jerry 75th Anniversary Series that was created to commemorate the MGM Cartoons that won Academy Awards from 1940-1957. I've recently acquired a set, and I'm giving all of you a chance to win it, right here on THE ROCK FATHER Magazine!
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A brilliant technology is now empowering Syrian children to release the traumas they've endured over the last three years. What is this tool that's treated 50,000 kids and counting?
It's a book—now, in fact, three—created by Books for Syria and distributed in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey, and it's the core of bibliotherapy, which uses reading to relieve psychological stress disorders. Studies have proven that reading and discussing stories kids can identify with "helps them express their feelings and structure their speech," says project lead Shada Al-Sayed.
Besides helping them learn English—all stories are bilingual, English and Arabic—"the books become one of the only things they really possess for themselves after having left everything behind," Al-Sayed explains. "They read it over and over again and start opening up and putting words to their feelings,"—especially with Me and Him, a story in which "he" is fear itself—a black, dreadful character that absorbs all light.
"The themes of the books are always related to hope, optimism, fear, and so on, and there is much discussion after the reading sessions, which allows children to externalize their feelings and talk openly about their fears," she adds. Like all the project's books, it was developed by Syrian writers and illustrators specifically for a young Syrian readership.
Thankfully, the act of storytelling is innately empowering—as girls in Jordan's Zaatari Refugee camp discovered. After listening to The Tent Flew Away, with illustrations projected on a white wall, they began eagerly creating new plot twists and endings to the story.
A fourth book, on first aid for children, is planned, pending funding. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of young readers are finding their own power to erase fear from their stories and create a new beginning.
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На хуторе имеется одна улица: Южная.

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В 1987 году указом ПВС РСФСР поселку второго отделения винсовхоза Волго-Донской № 3 присвоено наименование Стрижи.

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Opera singer Richard Scott explores opera through the prism of various themes. Today's guest is award-winning poet and librettist David Harsent.
This entry was posted in The Opera Hour on February 24, 2014 by liapod.


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Tanya Tucker, Brandi Carlile + Shooter Jennings Perform 'Hard Luck' on 'Ellen' [Watch]
Jacklyn Krol Published: January 28, 2020
Tanya Tucker, Brandi Carlile and Shooter Jennings performed Tucker's latest song, "Hard Luck," on the Ellen DeGeneres Show on Tuesday (Jan. 28).
The new song appears on Tucker's latest album, While I'm Livin', which Carlile co-wrote and co-produced with Jennings. Tucker hit the stage with her classic energy and pointed out DeGeneres during the performance. Carlile sang background vocals and played guitar, while Jennings played the keyboard.
"Hard Luck" describes its protagonist as someone who was who born into a hardscrabble existence and keeps on fighting the good fight.
"Hard luck, keep truckin' / I was born to a hard luck world / Hard luck, keep truckin' / Lord knows I'm a hard luck girl," Tucker sings in the chorus.
The trio performed on DeGeneres' birthday special episode.
The performance comes on the heels of the 2020 Grammy Awards, where Tucker won her first-ever Grammys at the age of 61. She took home Best Country Song for "Bring My Flowers Now" from While I'm Livin', and that album also took home Best Country Album. "Bring My Flowers Now" was additionally nominated for Song of the Year and Best Country Solo Performance
"It's still unbelievable to me that I'd have a few 'firsts left,'" Tucker told the audience after winning her first Grammy. "After fourteen nominations this is my first win and I can't believe it."
Carlile cheered her on and added, "This is really Tanya's moment, and her song, and the story of her life."
Tucker and Carlile also performed "Bring My Flowers Now" during the 2020 Grammys telecast.
Tucker will hit the road beginning in February for her CMT Next Women of Country: Bring My Flowers Now Tour, with support from current and former CMT Next Women of Country including Aubrie Sellers, Erin Enderline, Brandy Clark, Hailey Whitters, Madison Kozak and Walker County. Jennings will also appear on select dates.
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Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA)
Orly Group
3rd October Organization
In the last decades of the nineteenth century, the Armenians' tendency toward Europeanization antagonized Turkish officials and encouraged their view that Armenians were a foreign, subversive element in the sultan's realm. In 1895 Ottoman suspicion of the westernized Armenian population led to the massacre of 300,000 Armenians by special order of the Ottoman government. The Ottoman government ordered large-scale roundups, deportations, and systematic torture and murder of Armenians beginning in the spring of 1915. Estimates vary from 600,000 to 2 million deaths out of the prewar population of about 3 million Armenians. By 1917 fewer than 200,000 Armenians remained in Turkey.
Marxist-Leninist Armenian terrorist group formed in 1975 with stated intention to compel the Turkish Government to acknowledge publicly its alleged responsibility for the deaths of 1.5 million Armenians in 1915, pay reparations, and cede territory for an Armenian homeland. Led by Hagop Hagopian until he was assassinated in Athens in April 1988.
Initial bombing and assassination attacks directed against Turkish targets. Later attacked French and Swiss targets to force release of imprisoned comrades. Made several minor bombing attacks against US airline offices in Western Europe in early 1980s. Bombing of Turkish airline counter at Orly Airport in Paris in 1983--eight killed and 55 wounded--led to split in group over rationale for causing indiscriminate casualties. Suffering from internal schisms, group has been relatively inactive in the 1990s, although in 1992 it claimed an unsuccessful attack on Turkish Ambassador to Hungary. The organization has not recently engaged in terrorist activity.
A few hundred members and sympathizers.
Location/Area of Operation
Lebanon, Western Europe, Armenia, United States, and Middle East.
External Aid
Has received aid, including training and safehaven, from Syria. May also receive some aid from Libya. Has extensive ties to radical Palestinian groups, including the PFLP and PFLP-GC.
The Armenian Genocide
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African Film: AFRICOM GO HOME – Foreign Bases out of Africa
africanperspectivesblog / February 20, 2014
A documentary by Aziz Salmone Fall shot within the context of the fiftieth anniversary of the "Independence" of African states (OAS 1963-2013).
AFRICOM GO HOME is an anti-propaganda, not-for-profit film dedicated to raising public consciousness by opening up a space for discussion and building a sound information base drawn from archival records. This documentary represents my views, and my views alone, on geopolitical challenges to both Africa and the wider world. The contents of this film can in no way be ascribed to GRILA or any of its members. It addresses Africa's leaders, all PanAfricanists, internationalist and especially the African Youth caught up in the maelstrom of Africa's place in the world.
AFRICOM GO HOME illuminates a vision of freedom that comes down from the mothers and fathers of panAfricanism for all to see and it dares to hold its view against the dominant society, which connives with local allies in our day.
This documentary takes a personal look at how events have evolved in the wake of the signing of the declaration "AFRICOM Go Home" by fifty or so organizations from Africa and Germany that are united in their opposition to the presence of AFRICOM on either African or German soil. The film is a combination of images filmed or taken off the WEB . However, the authors of those images are in no way responsible for the production or point of view of this film.
This video has been made with the following objectives in mind:
It helps us to understand events arising out of the "AFRICOM Go Home" Declaration and what has been achieved since then.
It shines a spotlight on the history and evolution of imperialistic, neocolonial military forces within Africa over the last fifty years.
It unpacks AFRICOM and how it came into existence, what it means and provides a way of interpreting imperialist rivalries and ambitions on the continent, including why they spy on each other and exposing the contradictions that have surfaced in the "fight against terrorism".
It articulates disbelief in claims of humanitarian goals by those who established AFRICOM for Africa after building a whole network of bases stretching as far as Germany.
It explores contradictions that also arise between Africans and within African organizations as they try to defend themselves within a context of conflicts tied to the pillage of their resources and the appropriation of their ancestral lands.
It examines the urgent need for panAfrican and internationalist resistance as well as the re-politicization of our Youth for future democracy.
The film follows President Obama when he visits Germany and Africa, highlighting the attitudes of various European, American and African presidents as well as AFRICOM's military chiefs. There is also footage on some of the men and women who make up the opposition. It takes stock of security policies on the continent, paying special attention to the influence of American neoconservatives and how regional power blocs are already putting some of their policies into practice.
AFRICOM GO HOME exposes the machinations of both imperialism and neo-colonialism and shows how they operate to coopt our elites and military leaders as well as civil society organizations. It paints a picture of the damage to which Africans are exposed when these bases take up residence in their midst. Clearly, our local elites are no less responsible than their foreign bosses for has evolved. The film urges all parties to review of those bases already cached on the African continent or encircling it as well as NATO's position, the vulnerability and tutelage of the African Union and the presence of a ravenous pack of emerging nations under the rubric of BRIC. By way of explanation, this video mounts a hypothesis that takes note of the repatriation of Germany's gold which had long been held captive by the US, France and the UK; the now dominant position of China in the global monetary system as well as the reasons why the base was launched so precipitously in Germany. It then goes on to provide reasons for the crisis unfolding in Mali.
This film unveils the AFRICOM base in Germany before the eyes of the world. In doing so, it also draws special attention to the heroic efforts of members of the public and parliamentary representatives belonging to the Linke Party and acknowledges their court action against AFRICOM's drone strikes and targeted killings. Beyond the security question, this video demonstrates that the crisis in capitalism as well as endemic under-development are fertile ground for culturalism, integrationism, populism and terrorism which are tools that can both create divisions across the continent and abort sovereignty.
AFRICOM and NATO have concocted formulas that they claim will protect Africa. However, this film is an appeal for more self-determination and balance in Africa's development. It calls for the reemergence of progressive wings of African states as well as a plan for accelerating panAfrican integration within the context of internationalism and a polycentric world that upholds all of humanity's common "good".
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Propulsion Notes
Newton's First Law - Objects only change speed if force is exerted on them. This will play an important part in my sci-fi project based on the Space 1999 TV series. In that scenario, Luna was wrenched off its orbit by exploding nuclear waste. The human colony on Luna had no way to slow the moon down, which made up the basic premise of the series; a runaway moon with people on it.
Asteroids could serve as way stations to replenish fuel supplies.
If a ship travels at 10% of light speed, one year on the ship equals 1 year and 2 days on Earth.
Advantages Of Space Habitats
1. Access To Solar Energy
2. Easier Trade - Trade from a space habitat to a planet would be easier than from one planet to another, due to less hassles entering and exiting planetary gravitational fields.
3. Space Manufacturing - A space habitat can become self-sufficient in producing food and water for its population. Raw materials can be acquired from asteroids to produce tradable goods. There is enough building material in our main asteroid belt to build enough habitats to equal the surface area of 3,000 Earths.
4. Zero-G Environment - For swimming, hang-gliding and flying airplanes!
Space Habitat Necessities
Oxygen can be obtained from lunar rocks. Nitrogen can be brought in and recycled, or extracted from comets and moons. Air can be recycled through gardens or hydroponics food production. Catalytic burners can decompose industrial pollutants such as volatile oils, as used in nuclear submarines. Cryogenic distillation can slowly remove tougher mercury vapor and noble gases that cannot be catalytically burned. After the distillation, carbon dioxide and water can go straight into agriculture. Nitrates, potassium and sodium in leftover ash can be recycled as fertilizer. Minerals such as iron, nickel and silicon can be purified and reused industrially.
Zero gravity weakens bones and muscles, and imbalances calcium and the immune system in humans. To counter this, a colony would have to rotate to simulate gravity. Most people are comfortable with a rotational radius of 500 meters at a rate of less than one revolution per minute. A small percentage will experience dizziness and vertigo.
The habitat could be shielded from cosmic rays by its outer structure and air. (I would also suggest a barrier of water, as it absorbs radiation, or a coat of regolith or other space dirt or rock to repel cosmic rays.) When it comes to heat, a space habitat is like a giant thermos bottle. Solar heat is absorbed from the outside and radiates toward the center. Convection or chilled coolant could help keep the population on the edges of the habitat comfortably cool. The outer surface must be able to withstand or avoid impacts from meteorites and cosmic dust. Large mirrors or periscopes could be used to direct sunlight into the habitat.
A good location for a habitat is near Luna, for the access to raw materials and the proximity to a major trade market in Earth.
Types Of Rotating Habitats
An O'Neill Cylinder is 20 miles long and 5 miles wide, and made of steel. It has a total surface area of 314 square miles. This is roughly the size of Guam, Malta or Rhode Island. A Bishop's Ring can be larger, the size of continents, if a strong material is used, such as carbon nanotubes and graphene. McKendree Cylinders are huge at 10,000 km, or 6,200 miles, and can be linked together like a string of sausages.
Rotating habitats are extremely difficult to finance and build, as materials have to be moved from a terrestrial world into space. Care must be taken with heat dispersion and habitat size, or else some sections will be too warm and uncomfortable. Excess heat must radiate out into space. A rotating habitat is designed like a washing machine. That is, it has an outer shell that stays stationary, and an inner section that turns. You cannot see this habitat spinning in space, because the velocity would cause it to break apart.
The outer shielding super-structure can be reinforced by hydrogen and helium, which are both plentiful in space. This would be an effective barrier against cosmic radiation. Consider that Earth's higher atmosphere has 14 pounds per square inch of pressure, preventing most cosmic radiation from reaching the planet's surface.
The interior habitat doesn't have to be built flat. It can have dips and rises to simulate lakes and hills. A dedicated reactor suspended in the center of the cylindrical habitat can maintain universal lighting. One difficult effect to reproduce is a natural-looking blue sky. Perhaps an additional colored layer can be inserted between the light reactor and the population level. A lot more dirt will be needed to simulate a natural landscape and agriculture, but less if hydroponics are utilized to produce food.
Bernal Sphere - First proposed in 1929, this habitat is shaped in a hollow spherical shell. This was designed for a target population of 20,000 to 30,000 people. Updates to this concept include Island One. This design has a diameter of 500 m (1600 feet) and spins are 1.9 RPM, enough to produce full Earth gravity at the equator. This is described as a long valley running along the equator, big enough for 10,000 people. It is an optimal size for air pressure and radiation shielding, and would be lit by angled mirrors. Island Two is larger at 1800 meters diameter, with an equator of 6.5 km (4 miles), and a good size for an industrial base.
Stanford Torus - This NASA design can house an estimated 10,000 to 140,000 people. The model for 10,000 people is 1.8 km (1.1 miles) wide and shaped like a doughnut. It rotates once per minute, creating 0.9 or 1.0g of artificial gravity. Spokes connect to a central hub with zero gravity, making it a good place for ship docking and some industry. The interior would appear as a river and valley with the ends curving upward. Areas in the ring would be dedicated to agriculture and housing.
Building materials would come from the moon or asteroid mining, and moved to the ring by a mass driver. The diameter of the tube is 130 m (430 feet). Six spokes linking to the hub would each have a diameter of 15 m (49 feet). The radiation shield would be composed of almost 2 meters (6 feet) or raw lunar soil.
O'Neill Cylinder - Proposed in the mid-1970s, this habitat consists of two separate cylinders, one within the other, spinning counter to each other to cancel out gyroscopic difficulties presented when aiming the habitat at the sun. The two cylinders are 8 km in diameter (5 miles), and up to 32 km long (20 miles). Each cylinder has six 'stripes' on it, running lengthwise. These stripes alternate as transparent windows and habitable land masses. A third ring (16 km, 10 miles in radius), would spin at a different speed to allow for farming. The industrial sector is located in the center of this ring, taking advantage of lesser gravity and benefiting some manufacturing processes. Building materials would come from the moon, shot out like a train or cannon from a mass driver.
To simulate gravity O'Neill's Cylinder would rotate 2 times per hour. People would not notice this unless they turn their heads or drop an object, which would fall a few centimeters from the expected spot. Air pressure would be half that found on Earth, to save on gases and allowing for thinner walls. Mirrors outside the windows would reflect sunlight into the habitat. The windows would not be designed as giant panes of glass, but as smaller units in case they get damaged. The movement of the cylinders can create momentum to turn the habitat 360 degrees, without the use of rockets and saving fuel.
Lunar Bases
The most important factor in setting up a lunar colony is WHY would you do it? Simply explaining this off as a research center, such as in the Space 1999 scenario, is not feasibly enough. The most valuable material found on Luna is Helium 3, but it simply isn't worth the trouble to set up a base and mine for that because of the vast amount of regolith that has to be sifted through to get at the Helium 3. Other abundant lunar material such as oxygen, silicon and nickel we already have plenty of.
Solar power is good for a moon base, as Luna's thinner atmosphere lets a lot more sunlight in. Vehicles running on solar energy would be ideal. Solar collectors built as towers would get more sun, as the horizon wouldn't obscure them. Polar bases would get sunlight longer than equatorial bases. Nuclear power is a good second choice.
Glass or clear surface domes are a bad choice for moon bases. This is because of the heavy amounts of solar and cosmic radiation that would normally be blocked off or filtered on Earth, but they won't be on Luna. A better choice would be an underground base, or a surface base covered with moon regolith with mirrors reflecting sunlight in.
Communication time between the moon and Earth would lag by 4 to 5 seconds. This would make for stunted conversations and clunky Earth people to Luna robot remote control.
Telescopes and giant lasers could be built bigger and will work more efficiently than on Earth.
(Concluded in next post.)