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ALPHABAY Spokesperson Ronald L. Wheeler III A/K/A "Trappy" Arraigned In Federal Court
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ATLANTA - Ronald L. Wheeler, III, a/k/a Trappy, has been arraigned on federal charges of conspiracy to commit access device fraud. During the hearing, Wheeler waived indictment and opted to proceed by criminal information.
"This defendant was the mouthpiece for AlphaBay on the internet, encouraging others to access the Dark Web and purchase illegal drugs and contraband," said U.S. Attorney Byung J. "BJay" Pak. "Like other defendants, Wheeler eventually learned that the Dark Web is not impenetrable; your actions will catch up to you, just like they did in this case."
"Cyber criminals, such as Ronald L. Wheeler, present an omnipresent and increasingly critical threat to our community's safety. By acting as a spokesperson for the criminal element on AlphaBay, he served to further the agendas of those who chose to defy our laws and victimize our communities. He operated with an attitude of impunity, until now," said David J. LeValley, Special Agent in Charge, FBI Atlanta Field Office.
"People think the Dark Web allows them to be incognito, conduct criminal activity and profit undetected," said James E. Dorsey, Acting Special Agent in Charge, IRS Criminal Investigation. "We will continue to work with our law enforcement partners and the United States Attorney's Office to shine light into the Dark Web and dismantle these corrupt criminal enterprises one at a time."
According to U.S. Attorney Pak, the charges, and other information presented in court: Ronald L. Wheeler III a/k/a Trappy conspired with Alexandre Cazes a/k/a Alpha02 a/k/a Admin, and others to commit access device fraud through The Onion Routing ("TOR") Dark Web marketplace AlphaBay.
AlphaBay was an international criminal marketplace that enabled users to purchase and sell stolen and fraudulently obtained access devices, illegal drugs, firearms, hacking tools, and other illicit goods and services. Sales listings on the website were organized into categories, including "Fraud," "Drugs & Chemicals," "Counterfeit Items," "Weapons," and "Carded Items." Shortly before AlphaBay was shut down by law enforcement, the website contained thousands of sales listings for illegal products, including approximately 4,488 sales listings for stolen personally identifying information; 28,800 sales listings for stolen online account information; 6,008 sales listings for stolen credit card information; 3,586 sales listings for computer hacking tools, such as botnets and exploit kits; and 257,533 sales listings for illegal drugs, including cocaine, heroin, and a variety of opioids. The sales of stolen personally identifying information, online account information, and credit card information all provided fertile grounds for access device fraud to flourish on the Dark Web.
The financial transactions conducted on AlphaBay occurred in virtual cryptocurrencies. Aside from product listings, AlphaBay provided message board forums where users could securely discuss their criminal activities and receive support from AlphaBay staffers.
On or about May 25, 2015, Wheeler began working as a public relations specialist for AlphaBay. Wheeler's duties included moderating the AlphaBay subreddit on the internet website reddit.com; moderating the AlphaBay message board forums; mediating sales disputes among AlphaBay users; promoting AlphaBay on the internet; and providing non-technical assistance to AlphaBay users. In return for his work in the conspiracy, Wheeler received a salary in Bitcoin. Throughout his participation in the conspiracy, Wheeler advised the public on how to access AlphaBay and encouraged the public to use AlphaBay. Wheeler's work with AlphaBay continued until early July 2017, when the FBI and its international law enforcement partners shut down AlphaBay and the AlphaBay owner, Cazes, was arrested in Thailand.
Ronald L. Wheeler, III, a/k/a Trappy, 24, of Streamwood, Illinois, was arraigned before U.S. Magistrate Judge Janet F. King. Members of the public are reminded that the information only contains charges. The defendant is presumed innocent of the charges and it will be the government's burden to prove the defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt at trial.
This case is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Samir Kaushal is prosecuting the case. Substantial assistance was provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois.
For further information please contact the U.S. Attorney's Public Affairs Office at USAGAN.PressEmails@usdoj.gov or (404) 581-6016. The Internet address for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia is http://www.justice.gov/usao-ndga.
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Shooting range plans advance; facility to stay closed 90 more days by J.D. Bailey, Banner-News | April 23, 2019 at 11:54 a.m.
Magnolia's public firing range will remain temporarily closed for another 90 days as city council members and range advocates work to remedy safety concerns at the Columbia Rd. 302 site. Barriers and caution tape currently block the facility's entrance along U.S. Hwy. 371 near the city limits. The property was initially closed for 90 days on Jan. 28. - Photo by J.D. Bailey
Magnolia's public shooting range will remain temporarily closed for an additional 90 days after the local council on Monday voted unanimously to extend discussions on the matter and explore possible remedies to the existing facility.
The Columbia Rd. 302 site was initially closed on Jan. 28 after safety concerns at the public firing range were revealed to the council. In the three months since, a small committee made up of city aldermen and shooting range advocates was formed to help with the issue.
"We have met with the committee to get the shooting range back to the way it should be," said Magnolia Alderman Steve Crowell. "They have done a marvelous job in acquiring resources and talking to people within the state. Flat out, if it gets done where they are at right now, it's going to be pretty impressive."
The council indicated on Monday that the existing Columbia Rd. 302 property is still probably the best location for the range, but that significant changes needed to be made and the project could only advance and open after consulting with nearby property owner Reese Lewis of Magnolia whose address to the council in January about the safety of the range sparked its initial temporary closure.
"All parties have to be involved and be on the same page," Crowell added. "Until every nail and every piece of dirt is put in place the way it should be, that range cannot be opened."
Lewis in January described the common occurrence of errant bullet strikes at his farmland located south the range. Multiple city councilmen later accompanied Lewis to his property and saw his descriptions first-hand.
"If I'm not comfortable going to Reese's land with my kids while people are on the shooting range, I can't expect him to be comfortable with that," said Alderman Jeff White.
He later added: "If it's going to be done there, it's got to be done the right way — no shortcuts."
In March, the council discussed moving the range to another location, but that plan may now be on the back-burner after the issue would be a greater undertaking than the city council initially thought.
The cost of bringing the current firing range up to the proper safety standards is estimated to be around $75,000. The price to close the range would be nearly the same, according to White.
"It will cost almost that amount of money to shut it down and for the cleanup," he said.
Volunteer hours and material donations were said to be part of the project going forward. A "more concrete" budget proposal and outline of the project is also expected to be submitted to the council in the coming weeks or months.
A 60-day extension on the matter was originally proposed by the council on Monday, but it was later amended to 90 days to give the governing body time to come back with as solid of a plan as possible.
The council reiterated multiple times that safety was the number one concern for the range and that if its current location does not work out, other avenues may have to be followed.
"If it's going to be open there," Crowell said, "we have to get our ducks in a row and get it right — exactly 100 percent right."
If the current range property cannot be remedied, a last-resort option may still be available for a new range in conjunction with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. Such a project, though, is not guaranteed and could take as much as six years to accomplish.


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The train of economic reforms in Cuba picks up speed (III)
New legislation, lights and shadows.
by Rafael Betancourt
Pedicabs on a street in Havana. Photo: Otmaro Rodríguez
On August 19, 2021, the expected legislation that updates the general provisions for the exercise of self-employment, regulates the creation and operation of micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and the rules that regulate the constitution and operation of cooperatives in non-agricultural sectors (CNA), that is, in industry and services,1 was published in the Ordinary Gaceta Oficial No. 94.
In addition, other Decree-laws on personal contraventions in the exercise of self-employment and social security and the tax system for workers of all these forms of property were included, and a Decree that specifies the activities that MSMEs, CNAs and self-employment2 cannot carry out.
This legal body, systematized and backed by two resolutions of the Central Bank of Cuba (BCC), comes to fill gaps and rectify mistakes in previous legislation; it constitutes a great advance in what has to do with articulating the different forms of ownership and management within an increasingly diverse and complex economy. It is also an approximation, one more step in a process of structural change and legal framework of the Cuban socialist economic system, which is advancing on that path dubbed "updating."
It covers the forms of private ownership and management: it recognizes the difference between individual and family work, and that of up to three employees, of private MSMEs. It creates the possibility of establishing state or public and joint MSMEs. It institutionalizes the so-called "non-agricultural" cooperatives, concluding the experiment that took a decade to become consolidated and promises to undertake a necessary relaunch. It defines for the private sector the activities it will not yet be able to carry out. In this article, we'll take a look at what these laws say, and what they don't say, and explain some of their economic implications.
Euphemisms and denials
Terminology is frequently used in the official discourse and media, and even the academic one, which denotes reluctance to face realities and ideological dilemmas, but what it does is reduce clarity and transparency, for example: saying "update" when in reality we are talking about reforms; saying "self-employed workers" instead of private workers; socialist state enterprise as if it had two surnames, when many still are not and should set the goal of achieving it (socialist state enterprise is not a definition, but an aspiration); calling enterprise — until now — only the state ones, not including cooperatives and future MSMEs, which are also enterprises; considering entrepreneurs only the private ones, when every person who directs or engages in an organized economic activity is one. These are euphemisms, reticence, allusions that create negative or incomplete images, and that serve to divide rather than unite.
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Perhaps the worst are the enthroned negative identities: "forms of non-state management," which even has its initials (FGNE), are private and cooperative forms of management; "non-agricultural cooperatives" (CNA) are industrial and service work cooperatives. And still the new legislation, despite the advances, differentiates and separates the industrial and service cooperatives from the agricultural cooperatives, which are governed by another legal framework, when all over the world there is talk and legislation about cooperatives, covering both and others, which Cuba has not yet contemplated incorporating.
Decree-Law 44/2021 "On the exercise of Self-Employment," authorizes three forms: the autonomous worker who works independently; an individual authorized to hire up to three workers; and a family project, which includes first degree relatives of consanguinity and affinity who work with that self-employed worker. Now self-employment is not associated with an activity, but with work projects, which can include in their design all those activities that are not expressly prohibited.
Cuban citizens and foreigners permanently residing in the national territory can exercise self-employment. The self-employed can market their products and services to Cuban and foreign individuals and legal entities and make payments through a current account opened in a Cuban bank. They can export goods and services that they generate and import raw materials or goods that ensure their productions, through authorized state exporting and importing entities. They include creators and artists and individual agricultural producers. They must set up an employment contract with the workers they hire, under the terms provided in the Labor Code, and the hired workers can sign employment contracts with more than one employer.
Municipal Procedures Offices are created, where interested persons submit their application to exercise self-employment, which will also be in charge of providing information and advice, processing applications, permits and consultations, in correspondence with the work project to be carried out.
The Ministry of Economy and Planning (MEP) authorizes the creation of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs).
MSMEs are economic units with legal status, state-owned, private or joint. In my first article, I explained their characteristics and main powers.
The MSMEs adopt the form of Limited Liability Company (SRL), with business autonomy. As legal entities, they contract goods and services with other subjects, state and private, under equal conditions. They will be able to export and import; manage and administer their assets; define the products and services to be marketed, as well as their suppliers, clients, destinations and market insertion; operate bank accounts and access financing; set the prices of their services and goods; define their structure, staff and number of workers; determine the income of their workers respecting the established minimum wages; make the investments that are required; create establishments inside or outside the province where their registered office is located; and access the financing funds established for them. The corporate purpose of MSMEs is that agreed by the partners in the Bylaws, within the authorized activities. Individuals cannot be members of more than one private MSME.
Industrial and Service Work Cooperatives (CTIS)
From the triumph of the Revolution until 2012, the only authorized cooperatives in Cuba were agricultural ones. As of that year, the country's Council of Ministers began to approve the experimental constitution of the first non-agricultural cooperatives (CNA), which we prefer to classify as industrial and service work cooperatives (CTIS). From the beginning, the CNAs were classified as an experiment.
Until March 2014, 498 CTIS were approved, in the sectors of commerce and gastronomy, construction, technical and personal services, recovery of raw materials, light industry, public transportation and energy. Of the total approved cooperatives, 77% arose from the state activities that were handed over to their workers (induced cooperatives) and 23% arose from the non-state sector, at the request of self-employed persons interested in associating (grassroots cooperatives). The absence of university professions among the 128 self-employed activities then authorized limited the number of grassroots cooperatives, despite the many requests received by the authorities.3
La Conceptualización del Modelo Económico y Social Cubano de Desarrollo, 2016 (The Conceptualization of the Cuban Economic and Social Development Model), in its Article 159, establishes that cooperatives "form part of the socialist ownership system…being the object of special attention" among the forms of non-state ownership.4 However, in practice, the CTIS raised much questioning and criticism.5 The number of cooperatives in operation increased annually to reach 439 in 2017, but thereafter began to decline to 421 in 2020.6 In the process, many of those who asked to create cooperatives were discouraged and gave up.
With Decree-Law No. 47 the experiment finally ended. It establishes that "the cooperative is an economic entity, of a business nature, that is constituted based on the voluntary association of people who contribute money, other goods and rights to satisfy the economic, social and cultural needs of its proprietary partners, as well as of social interest, supported by their work and in the effective exercise of the universally recognized principles of cooperativism."7 They are freed from the tutelage of the organisms of the Central State Administration that constituted their related bodies — and that did not always support them — and the order of the conduct of the process that the Permanent Commission for Implementation and Development had is annulled.
In its place, the National Council of Economic Actors will be created, chaired by the Ministry of Economy and Planning (MEP), as the "inter-institutional governing body of policies and regulations concerning cooperatives," to "design and propose public support policies for the promotion, strengthening and development of MSMEs and non-agricultural cooperatives."8
The application for the creation of cooperatives is presented to the MEP and the Council of Ministers approves it, a process that is still excessively centralized, but which is justified in this initial stage, in which not all territories are in a position to assume this task.
What they CANNOT do
Decree 49/2021 includes the list of unauthorized activities to be carried out by MSMEs, CNAs and the self-employed.9 The list exemplifies the political and economic limits that still persist.
It includes a good number of professional activities, including accounting, business management consultancy, architecture, engineering, advertising, printing of publicity material, public relations, market research, environmental and veterinary consultancy for agricultural animals. It means that most of the commercial and business services that cooperatives and MSMEs — and also state enterprises — will need to operate and increase their productivity are prohibited for all non-state entities.
Why is there this fierce resistance to allowing the majority of Cuban professionals to autonomously practice? It has never been clearly explained, but perhaps it is because of the fear that professionals will leave the state sector and go to the private sector en masse. But haven't they already gone into non-professional jobs in droves in the country, or even left the active workforce altogether? And, worse still, haven't they left the country en masse to practice their profession or any trade or job that pays them more, or at least offers them more hope for the future? "The private exercise of a profession does not imply the privatization of the means of production where this professional works, and much less for the professions mentioned above," wrote the economist Oscar Fernández.
Not only is it an economic nonsense that limits the development of the productive forces of all forms of ownership and management and slows down local development, but, worse, it is something that has been violated in practice, with the full knowledge of the authorities. Examples abound: bookkeepers that already practice accounting and business consulting, including the state-owned; architects and engineers turned contractors; designers and journalists who have created advertising agencies; veterinarians who tend farm animals. Wouldn't it be better to legalize their work?
The prohibitions also cover other activities that are frequently openly exercised, such as the sale of imported goods without a commercial character and the storage and warehousing of products. Other unauthorized activities have to do with the tourism sector: travel agencies and tour operators (guides), sale of services and organization of travel packages; management of sport fishing, including diving, mountain guide.10 All of the above seems to contradict what was said in March by Prime Minister and former Minister of Tourism Manuel Marrero: "We have many strengths, we have a very big inventory of tourism products, but we have not been able to take full advantage of them, and we are at a time where we must redesign all tourism products."
Fortunately, the minister of labor and social security advanced that the list of prohibited activities can be modified and updated, and we hope so this will be so.
They are all cooperatives
In 2020 there were a total of 5,278 cooperatives in Cuba, of them 421 were non-agricultural and 4,857 agricultural of different types.11 As until 2012 they were the only authorized cooperatives, they have their own history, characteristics and legislation, which makes Cuba the only country that in this way differentiates agricultural cooperatives from those established for industrial and service work. In the Americas, only Cuba, Haiti, and the United States lack a General Cooperative Law.
The most recent legislation related to agricultural cooperatives (CA) is Decree-Law No. 365/2018.12 Armando Nova, economist and professor at the University of Havana, warned that agricultural cooperatives were facing difficulties that compromised their existence. "In Decree-Law 365, the centralizing character prevails, in the management and dependence on the State Agricultural Enterprise, as well as the secondary role of the National Association of Small Farmers (ANAP) is limited to consultation and not as an important decision-making party."
In June of this year, a MINAG proposal was presented to strengthen and consolidate agricultural cooperatives. The proposal seeks to address the deficiencies of these productive structures, grant them more autonomy and fill the gaps and legislative contradictions. It includes, among the solutions, dissolving a group of cooperatives and unifying others, experimentally developing second-degree cooperatives — the union of several primary cooperatives into a higher organization — and creating an Institute for Cooperative Promotion and Development. It has not been specified whether this Institute will cover only agricultural or all cooperatives.
There is not even talk in official circles of expanding cooperativism to include housing cooperatives — social construction of habitat —, renewable energy, child care, care for the elderly and the disabled, and others such as consumer cooperatives, which have been proposed so much by specialists.
What is needed is a General Cooperatives Law in Cuba, prepared with the participation of cooperative leaders and with feedback through consultation processes in cooperatives, which integrates in a single legal body the laws and regulations that govern the entire cooperative ecosystem of the country. We need true socialist cooperatives if we want the ideology of capitalism to not be reproduced in the private sector. And that the existing cooperatives do not choose to become MSMEs, which is provided by law.
By successive approximations
A decade after beginning the process of "updating" the economic and social model of the country and having created the necessary conditions — as was the monetary reorganization — the State is issuing a series of Decrees and resolutions that will allow a quantitative and qualitative leap in production, employment, relations between enterprises and endogenous development, even in the difficult conditions in which the country finds itself. The different forms of ownership and management are beginning to be organized and articulated, without so many prejudices and focused on the necessary local development. There is still a long way to go, but as the notable economist Regino Boti León said, we will arrive "by successive approximations," but we will get to a more prosperous and socialist country.
1 Decree-Law 46/2021 "On Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises" (GOC-2021-777-O94); Decree-Law 44/2021 "On the Exercise of Self-Employment"; Decree-Law 47/2021 "On Non-Agricultural Cooperatives" (GOC-2021-778-O94)
2 Decree-Law 45/2021 "On personal contraventions in the exercise of Self-Employment" (GOC-2021-776-O94); Decree-Law 48/2021 "On the Special Social Security Scheme for self-employed workers, members of non-agricultural cooperatives and of micro, small and medium-sized private enterprises" (GOC-2021-779-O94); Decree-Law 49/2021 "Amending Law 113 of the Tax System," of July 23, 2012. (GOC-2021-780-O94); Decree 49/2021 "On the activities to be carried out by micro, small and medium-sized private enterprises, non-agricultural cooperatives and self-employed workers" (GOC-2021-781-O94).
3 Camila Piñeiro Harnecker, Diagnóstico preliminar de las cooperativas no agropecuarias. Center for Studies on the Cuban Economy, University of Havana. May 2014.
4 PCC, Conceptualization of the Cuban Economic and Social Development Model and National Plan for Economic and Social Development until 2030, Havana, 2016, p. 10.
5 Raúl Castro, Speech delivered at the closing of the 9th Ordinary Period of Sessions of the 8th Legislature of the National Assembly of People's Power. Granma, July 14, 2017; Figueredo Reinaldo, O. "Nuevas normas jurídicas para las cooperativas no agropecuarias en Cuba". Cubadebate, September 15, 2019.
6 ONEI, Statistical Yearbook of Cuba 2020, Edition 2021, Ch. 4. Institutional Organization, p. 5.
7 Decree-Law 47/2021 "On Non-Agricultural Cooperatives" (GOC-2021-778-O94), Article 2.1.
8 Idem. Art. 5.
9 Decree 49/2021 "On the activities to be carried out by micro, small and medium-sized private enterprises, non-agricultural cooperatives and self-employed workers" (GOC-2021-781-O94). Sole Annex.
10 Idem.
11 ONEI, Statistical Yearbook of Cuba 2020, Edition 2021, Ch. 4. Institutional Organization, p. 5.
12 Decree-Law No. 365/2018 "On Agricultural Cooperatives" (GOC-2019-464-O37), May 24, 2019.
Rafael Betancourt
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There's nothing worse than leaving for work to find that your car battery is frozen. When the temperature outside drops below -10.6 degrees Celsius, it can cause the fluids in your battery to slow and freeze. Sometimes, parking in a garage or carport will help prevent this because they help keep the heat closer to your vehicle. Luckily, thawing and charging your frozen battery is an easy task. However, it is recommended that you use protective eyewear while handling the battery cables.
Check the battery case for cracks. Thaw the frozen battery before proceeding. Use a power blanket to thaw the battery before trying to jumpstart your car. A power blanket is used to thaw things that are frozen outside, such as the ground or parts of your house.
Turn off anything that doesn't need to be running in the vehicle you will be using to jump the dead battery. Make sure that the radio, heater, air conditioner and any other accessories are not running. Put on protective eye wear.
Start the car that you're using to jump the dead battery. Leave it running for two or three minutes. Check the positive and the negative terminals on both batteries to make sure they are not cracked or damaged in any way.
Connect the positive cable to the positive terminal on the dead battery. The positive cable is coloured red. Connect the other positive onto the positive terminal on the good battery. Connect the negative cable, which is black, to the negative terminal on the good battery. Connect the negative cable to the frame or engine block on an unpainted and clean spot. This is done to prevent sparks or an explosion.
Do not wiggle the cables if there is a bad cable connection. Disconnect the negative cable that is attached to the engine block. Check all other connections to be sure they are fitting tightly. Reconnect the negative cable to the engine block or frame.
Keep the running car turned on for about five more minutes to let the dead battery recharge. Start the car with the dead battery and let it idle for a couple of minutes to let its battery recharge.
Remove the jump leads, starting with the negative terminal attached to the engine block. Remove the second negative cable, followed by both positive cables.


The Tilt Shift KAL begins tomorrow, April 1. Today is the last day to get the special price on the pattern. See pattern page for details.
I'm hosting the KAL through my PDXKnitterati Ravelry group. Come join for fun and prizes!
And for those who are local, I'm having a cast on/KAL party this Friday April 3 at Wool 'n' Wares in West Linn from 1 to 4 p.m.
Hope to see you, in person or on the interwebs!
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Cognitive processing therapy, also known as CPT, is a cognitive-behavioral treatment focused on helping people who are "stuck" in their thoughts about a trauma. It is one of the most effective treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The treatment takes 12 sessions.
Cognitive processing therapy was developed by Dr. Patricia Resick and other psychologists to treat the symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among people who had experienced a sexual assault. Today it's widely used in the treatment of PTSD.
CPT is based on the idea that PTSD symptoms stem from a conflict between pre-trauma beliefs about the self and world (for example, the belief that nothing bad will happen to me or that the world is a safe place) and post-trauma information (for example, the traumatic event is evidence that the world is a dangerous and hazardous place). These conflicts are called "stuck points" and are addressed through, among other techniques, writing about the traumatic event.
Similar to exposure therapy for PTSD, cognitive processing therapy provides patients with information on PTSD and helps them confront unpleasant memories and thoughts associated with a traumatic event. In CPT, the patient is asked to write about his or her traumatic event in detail and is then instructed to read the story aloud repeatedly in and outside of sessions. The therapist helps the client identify and address stuck points and errors in thinking, which may include, for example, "I am a bad person" or "I did something to deserve this." The therapist may help the patient address these errors or stuck points by having the client gather evidence for and against those thoughts.
Your PTSD symptoms. Learning about your specific PTSD symptoms and the benefits of treatment on them is the first step of CPT.
Your thoughts and feelings. You'll learn to become more aware of what you think and feel about your trauma and how you may be "stuck" in beliefs that are hurting you.
New skills. You'll learn how to question and challenge these thoughts and feelings and explore how you would prefer to think about the trauma.
Changes in your beliefs. You'll learn about how it's common for a person's thoughts and beliefs about the world to change after a trauma, and you'll find out how to balance the way you saw the world before and the way you see it now.
Your treatment will probably consist of twelve 60-minute sessions once or twice a week. These will either take place in a group setting or alone.
Cognitive processing therapy is somewhat different from exposure therapy for PTSD. Although exposure therapy helps people confront memories or thoughts about a traumatic event, it doesn't always assist people in addressing these errors in thinking. CPT therapists have people confront feared thoughts and memories associated with a traumatic event, as well as assist patients in connecting with corrective information for maladaptive, unrealistic or problematic thoughts that may be driving PTSD symptoms.
If you are interested in receiving CPT, there are a number of helpful provider locator search engines on the internet that can help you find a treatment provider in your area. You can also learn more about CPT from the National Center for PTSD and the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.
If you're a veteran, CPT services are now available through the VA. The VA's Office of Mental Health Services has trained VA therapists nationwide to use CPT in treatment for PTSD. Talk to your VA health care provider about incorporating CPT into your PTSD treatment plan.
Cognitive Processing Therapy. U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs. August 14, 2015.
Resick, P.A., & Calhoun, K.S. (292). Posttraumatic stress disorder. In D.H. Barlow (Ed.), Clinical handbook of psychological disorders, 3rd edition (pp. 60-113). New York, NY: Guilford Press.


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Leland Wilkinson is a statistician and computer scientist at Tableau Software. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at University of Illinois at Chicago. Leland has an A.B. from Harvard University, an S.T.B. degree from Harvard Divinity School, and a Ph.D. from Yale.
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Q: How do I pass a variable definition to a function? Im trying to pass firstFruit to function printFruit. But I'm receiving the error:expected primary-expression before '.' token.
How could I also return fruitType if I was using a returnable function?
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

typedef struct fruitType_struct {
   char name[51];
   char color[11];
   int fat;
   int sugar;
   int carbonhydrate;
} fruitType;

void printFruit(var fruitType){

      printf("Your fruit is...\nFruit: %s\nColor: %s\nFat: %d\nSugar: %d\nCarbonhydrate: %d\n\n", fruitType.name, fruitType.color, fruitType.fat, fruitType.sugar, fruitType.carbonhydrate);
}

int main(void) {

    fruitType firstFruit;
    fruitType yourFruit;

    strcpy(firstFruit.name, "Banana");
    strcpy(firstFruit.color, "Yellow");
    firstFruit.fat =  1;
    firstFruit.sugar = 15;
    firstFruit.carbonhydrate = 22;

    printFruit(firstFruit);
    }

A: In your example, in your print function, you are trying to use the typedef that you call fruitType as a variable name. That won't work.

The quick fix is:
void
printFruit(fruitType fruit)
{

    printf("Your fruit is...\nFruit: %s\nColor: %s\nFat: %d\nSugar: %d\nCarbonhydrate: %d\n\n",
    fruit.name, fruit.color, fruit.fat, fruit.sugar, fruit.carbonhydrate);
}

But this passes the struct by value. (i.e.) The entire contents of the struct must be pushed onto the stack.

It's more efficient to pass by pointer/reference (i.e.) only a pointer to the struct is pushed on the stack:
void
printFruit(const fruitType *fruit)
{

    printf("Your fruit is...\nFruit: %s\nColor: %s\nFat: %d\nSugar: %d\nCarbonhydrate: %d\n\n",
    fruit->name, fruit->color, fruit->fat, fruit->sugar, fruit->carbonhydrate);
}

To use this second form, call from main with: printFruit(&firstFruit);

To return a modified value, it's best to use a variation of the second form:
void
changeFruit(fruitType *fruit)
{

    strcpy(fruit->name,"Cherry");
}

A: To return fruit type from a func just return a variable of fruit type

#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

typedef struct fruitType_struct {
    char name[51];
    char color[11];
    int fat;
    int sugar;
    int carbonhydrate;
} fruitType;

void printFruit(fruitType fruit)
{
    printf("Your fruit is...\nFruit: %s\nColor: %s\nFat: %d\nSugar: %d\nCarbonhydrate: %d\n\n",fruit.name, fruit.color, fruit.fat, fruit.sugar, fruit.carbonhydrate);
}

fruitType getFruit(const char * a,const char * b , int c,int d,int e)
{
    fruitType firstFruit;

    strcpy(firstFruit.name, a);
    strcpy(firstFruit.color, b);
    firstFruit.fat =  c;
    firstFruit.sugar = d;
    firstFruit.carbonhydrate = e;

    return firstFruit;
}

int main(void) {

    fruitType firstFruit;
    fruitType yourFruit;

    strcpy(firstFruit.name, "Banana");
    strcpy(firstFruit.color, "Yellow");
    firstFruit.fat =  1;
    firstFruit.sugar = 15;
    firstFruit.carbonhydrate = 22;

    printFruit(firstFruit);

    yourFruit = getFruit("Jackfruit","Green",1,11,157);

    printFruit(yourFruit);

}

Output :
Your fruit is... Fruit: Banana Color: Yellow Fat: 1 Sugar: 15
  Carbonhydrate: 22
Your fruit is... Fruit: Jackfruit Color: Green Fat: 1 Sugar: 11
  Carbonhydrate: 157

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Oil therapy is a traditional Indian medicine that dates back 3,000 years and involves swishing approximately 1 teaspoon of either coconut, sesame, or sunflower oil, into the mouth and then spitting it out.
Recent studies have shown that oil pulling helps against gingivitis, plaque and microorganisms that can cause bad breath, by removing bacteria in the mouth that stick to the oil.
The longer we oil pull for, the more bacteria will be removed. There are some suggestions that 20 minutes a day is required. This isn't really essential, as 5 or 10 minutes will still offer some benefit, particularly if you're doing it every day. The more we stick to this traditional therapy, the less bacteria we will have in our mouths; the cleaner our mouths will be.
It's important not to swallow the oil, but to spit the oil out. Put down the sink, the oil will solidify and block the drain. Just discard the used oil into the nearest trashcan or vanity bag. I would suggest oil pulling be used in addition to routine brushing and flossing. It should never replace routine dental visits and traditional home oral care.
It stands to reason that the less bacteria in the mouth the more well we will be. I believe oil therapy helps us stay well for longer, since illness usually starts off in the mouth.
Having done oil pulling for a few months now, my teeth feel cleaner, my gums are healthier and my whole mouth feels more hygienic. It's certainly not the most pleasant way to start the day but I would still recommend it.
I have actually tried though and at first it is truly disgusting and it makes you want to throw up; but I perservered and now I can do it without any problems, although it's still not pleasant.
My whole mouth does seem cleaner. I am due a dental check up next month so I'll find out if it's worth the torture then.
Yes having tried it myself I know it was worth the torture, but I know what you mean.
Unfortunately no one is immune to illness. I'm probably more prone than anyone, given what I deal with, but if I can stay well for longer, then I'll certainly give whatever I need to try a go.
Of course if we give something a go then we'll at least know whether it was worth the effort or not. If not it's fine to move on to something else.


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If you are planning your next trip or holiday for an amazing place which will be full of natural beauty and which will be a historical place along with some ancient ruins than I will suggest you about Cox's Bazar. Cox's Bazaar is a seaside town in Bangladesh. It is known for its wide and long sandy beach, which is considered by many as the world's longest natural sandy sea beach. The beach in Cox's Bazar is an unbroken 125 km sandy sea beach with a gentle slope. Cox's Bazar is also known by the name "Panowa", whose literal translation means "yellow flower." Its other old name was "Palongkee". As it's the world's largest beach it have two different names of two different parts one is Laboni Beach and another one is Kolatoli Beach.
Laboni Beach is the main beach of Cox's Bazar, here we can easily enjoy the scenic beauty of Bay of Bengal. It's a place for enjoyment, people used to come here even the foreigners as well. The beach is well appreciated during sunsets and sunrise, where people can witness the sea as it changes its colors twice in a day. Visitors can sunbathe, surf, jog, cycle, and swim. It is best for swimming and relaxation. Close to the beach, there are a lot of small shops selling souvenirs, locally made cigars & beauty products (sandal wood based), handmade clothes, bed sheets, dresses, shoes and beach accessories to the tourists. It is a nice place for our tourism. So, come & let's enjoy the beauty of Laboni Beach.
Kolatoli beach is another attractive beach for the tourist. Every year different age's people come here to take the real taste of taking sea-bath. Visitors can taking sea bath, driving sea ski boat, can take fresh and appealing various kind of sea foods. Walking beside the sea shore on moonlit night is always pleasant for all aged tourist. A slow paced life – most work happens in the morning and evening, whereas midday is reserved for drying rice and fish. During the day time, some villagers sells coconuts while others sitting in the shade and chewing paan (battle leaf). Beside Kolatoli Beach there are some Bamboo Made Restaurants where they used to sale local foods and also delicious sea foods as well. I personally go there and I must admit that they were awesome. You will like the view and environment as well. Couples will enjoy most for sure as it will be a complete romantic environment there at evening you will be able to see sunset from there as it's on beach waves used to touch the pillars of these restaurants.
Expect those two Beach there is another Beach called Inani Beach which is within Ukhia Thana, 35 km. to the south of Cox's Bazar. You go there by Car, Tempo or Taxi. You won't have that much facilities at Inani Beach as its under development at the moment there aren't too many hotels and motels there but certain steps have been taken already and development is ongoing with 1 year people will be able to stay there with all facilities as many 5 start and 7 start hotels are under construction which are almost ready. You can visit Mahesh Khali which is an island and it's one of the attractive place for tourists its 300 feet high; but the coast to the west and north is a low-lying treat, fringed by mangrove jungle. In the hills on the coast is built the shrine of Adinath, dedicated to Siva.
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Das Musikkorps der Leibgarde zu Fuß (Arméns musikkår) ist das Blasmusikkorps des Schwedischen Heeres in der Hauptstadt Stockholm.

Es wird zusammen mit dem Leibbataillon der Leibgarde für den protokollarischen Ehrendienst zu Fuß eingesetzt. Hierzu zählen das Staatszeremoniell des Königs, der Regierung, des Reichstages und der Generalität sowie Paraden bei der Wachablösung. Auch Konzerte mit dem großen sinfonischen Blasorchester sowie mit kleineren kammermusikalischen Besetzungen gehören zum Betätigungsfeld. Im Heeresmusikkorps dienen 60 Militärmusiker, die analog zum Leibbataillon mit der Paradeuniformen m/1886 der Leibgarde ausgestattet sind. Führungskommando für den Militärmusikdienst der Schwedischen Wehrmacht ist der Stab Militärmusik Försvarsmusiken (FöMus).

Geschichte

Das heutige Heeresmusikkorps der Leibgarde wurde 1982 als Heeresmusikzug in Strängnäs aufgestellt und 2006 nach Stockholm verlegt. Zum 1. Januar 2010 erfolgte die Umbenennung in "Heeresmusikkorps der Leibgarde". Das alte Musikkorps der Leibgarde wurde von König Gustav I. Wasa 1536 in Stockholm durch Anwerbung von "Jacob Trommler" und "Feilinz Pfeifer" aufgestellt. Es war mit der Leibgarde an den schwedischen Feldzügen bis 1815 beteiligt. Das Musikkorps der Leibgarde wurde 1957 mit allen professionellen Musikkorps von Heer, Kriegsmarine und Luftstreitkräfte zur Militärmusik unter einem Fachbereichsleiter und Inspekteur der Militärmusik zusammengeführt. Die 25 Musikkorps der Militärmusik wurden 1971 in die "Regionsmusik" außerhalb der Streitkräfte überführt und 1988 aufgelöst.

Das Heeresmusikkorps nimmt mit jährlich etwa 240 Vorführungen einen festen Platz im Musikleben Stockholms ein, darunter regelmäßige Konzerte in der Berwaldhalle und dem Konserthuset. 2013 wurde das Heeresmusikkorps der Leibgarde in Afghanistan und 2014 im Kosovo für musikalische Zwecke eingesetzt.

Besetzung
3 Flöten, 10 Klarinetten, 2 Oboen, 2 Fagotte, 4 Saxophone, 5 Waldhörner, 8 Trompeten/Kornette, 4 Posaunen, 2 Euphonien, 3 Tuben, 3 Schlagzeuger, 6 Marschtrommeln und 1 Kontrabass.

Uniformen
 Paradeanzug: Helm mit Busch, Waffenrock, Hosen (weiß im Sommer), Stiefel, Gürtel (Schärpe nur bei Portepéeträgern), Degen (nur Portepéeträgern), weiße Handschuhe, Epauletten
 Dienstanzug: Wie Paradeanzug, aber Helm ohne Busch, Schulterstücke
 Kleiner Dienstanzug: Wie Dienstanzug, aber mit Mütze, weiße oder schwarze Handschuhe

Galerie

Einzelnachweise
 FM HKV dokument Omorganisering av Försvarsmusiken 1. November 2015
 FM LG Fömus Grunddokument 1. November 2015
 FM Livgardesinstruktionen LivI

Weblinks
 Website des Blasmusikkorps (schwedisch)

Militärmusikensemble
Militär (Schweden)
Orchester (Schweden)
Gegründet 1982
Blasorchester
Musikgruppe (Stockholm)

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Q: Media: Get only music audio files, not system audio files like game audio files, ringtones etc While trying to get music files (songs) as follows:
ContentResolver musicResolver = ctx.getContentResolver();
Uri musicUri = android.provider.MediaStore.Audio.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI;
Cursor musicCursor = musicResolver.query(musicUri, null, null, null,
                null);

Apart from music files, this also returns system audio files, like those of games etc.
I only need the music audio files (songs) - how do i filter out others?


Derby County winger Aaron Eyoma has joined non-League side Woking on loan.
The National League South outfit have signed the 21-year-old on a one-month deal.
Eyoma could make his debut for the Cards in Saturday's FA Trophy first round tie at home to Maidstone United.
He could also come up against Premier League opposition early in the new year, when Woking play host to Watford in the third round of the FA Cup on January 6.
Eyoma was snapped up by Derby over the summer after a successful trial spell, following his release by Arsenal.
He has made seven appearances for Darren Wassall's under-23 side so far this season in Premier League Two Division One.
Woking are third in the league table, two points behind leaders Torquay United, with two games in hand.
They beat Torquay in the first round proper of the cup, before knocking out League Two side Swindon Town to set up the Watford tie.


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The only thing that's fun to do anymore.
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A form of electronic interactive entertainment, one that has a considerable amount of history, and one that has gained an incredible amount of world-wide recognition over the years.
However, despite their technilogical evolution, world-wide recognition, and staggering age-spanning consumer rates, video games are still subjected to a variety of stereotypes.
These stereotypes are maintained by those who still harness the mindset that "all" video games are stupid, childish, time-wasting, mentally unbeneficial, or anyone who plays video games is somehow incapable of having a life.
On the contrary, video games in many ways can be more mentally beneficial than any other form of entertainment.
Specific video games can provide god-like creative abilities, have educational values, reduce stress levels, improve hand-eye coordination, stimulate intellectual properties, even make exercise enjoyable thanks to evolved control schemes "Wii Fit".
Delving into the immersive qualities of video games, video games can have very unique relationships with story-telling due to their interactivity.
These include altering the course of the story based on choices, playing as different characters, having multiple endings e.t.c
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Video games do not only offer entertainment, but unmatched immersive storytelling experiences.
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1)The greatest invention ever. 2)The ultimate scape goat. 3)An electronic device worthless lazy parents use in place of watching their children themselves.
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The target of every Soccer mom, politician, and feminist who (1) has never played a videogame in her life, (2) doesn't know how to discipline her kid, thanks to all the time she spent marrying and divorcing 4 or 5 times, and (3) is looking for an easy scapegoat for her incompetence.
Lieberman: Videogames like Street Fighter 2 Turbo and DOOM are responsible for all violent behavior in children.
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a form of entertainment that is composed of any type of game put into a digital image on a screen and is operated by the player through means of a control connected to a form of a console
commonly a scapegoat for politicians and crappy parents
ace combat 4,halo,alien vs predator 2,mortal kombat,street fighter,megaman X,kirby,super mario world, and yoshi's island made my kid gouge my wife's left eye out and feed it to our dog,i woulda stopped him or tought him better,but i was to drunk off my ass to be a proper parent
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The best form of entertainment these days.
People who think that video games cause violence, brainwash people, etc, don't know that they are wrong. Birds are more likely to be bugs.
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Sikorsky Wins $1.2B Contract for Next Generation Presidential "Marine One" Helicopter
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The Sikorsky VH-92 to become next generation "Marine One" Sikorsky Aircraft Co. has a long history with the U.S. Department of Defense and the President of the United States. Every U.S. President — starting with Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1957 — has flown aboard a Sikorsky helicopter (www.dailytech.com) Plus d'info...
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Aaron Donnelly il y a 7 ans 7
It has nothing to do with who the President is! I doubt President Obama has anything to do with ordering helicopters. If the helicopters need to be replaced, then they need to be replaced. Really what matters is that at least their buying American made helicopters.
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Well, the bankrupt country is a big part of it but, that said, in these tight money times, we look at every expenditure. These helicopters and AF1 may all need replacing and that is not really the President's doing. It is just happening on his watch and there is an attitude of "we've always done it this way because that's the mission." As per some comments below, maybe we need to look at the mission. Several years ago, our city brought in a new city manager, and as the 1st budget was being prepared, he told all department heads to go to a zero based budget, not just take last year's and add to it. They did and he wound up with 3 million $ or so less than the year before with all increases that everybody wanted. Is it to much to ask that our folks in power do the same?
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Jeremy Kudlick il y a 7 ans 2
Yes. Yes it is.
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I sent you an email, did you get it?
Yeah, I sent you one back. Matter of fact 2. FA had and old Email (gmail) for you and I just clicked that link. It returned and I used the new one in your Email. Not sure what day but same day you sent it.Let me know if you didn't get it and I'll resend
nope, nothing - and I do have gmail. I must have erased that email because I just tried finding your info and I couldn't find it. This is bizarre.
is the gmail or the icloud the correct one. Your Gmail is what returned. The icloud was on your Email to me that I replied to.
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Hang in there, it'll come back
WithnailANDi il y a 7 ans 1
Aircraft are controlled by people. People have lives. I don't understand why people get sideways when discussions spread out to include areas and topics surrounding the aircraft in question. It would be incredibly boring if people just commented using tail numbers and replacement part codes. It's the personal experiences and opinions of the aviation fans that make this place fun... not just the existence of aircraft.
If you cut enough little crap, you get fertilizer. 8-)
Didn't we fight this battle a few years back and Obama backed it off on account of the outcry over the price, and this also included an RFP for a new AF1. Seems to me that the situation is still about the same. I doubt if AF1 has half the cycles/hours on it as a civilian counterpart and there are 2 of them. I can't understand why they have to have 21 helicopters to boot. A billion here and a billion there adds up after while. If you cut enough little crap, you soon have big savings.
Aaron Shipley il y a 7 ans 5
It takes more than one helicopter. Some are down for maintenance and upgrades, some are as backups or getting minor service done, and some are in use. Three helicopters are used to transport the President and staff so that 2 serve as decoys, so think about when the President makes a trip anywhere outside Washington. Three (or more if they need one or two backups in case of equipment failure) helicopters are transported on freight aircraft to his destination. Three (or more if backups needed) are in DC to lift the President from the White House to Andrews Air Force Base to get in on Air Force One. Two AF1 planes fly him to his destination (one as a backup) where there are three helicopters to lift him from the airfield to wherever he is going if they aren't using a motorcade. Count that up and that means they need about 10 helicopters operational at any given time just to do routine transport.
As for AF1? Yes, the planes have low cycle counts and immaculate maintainence done on them. But they are still getting old and parts are getting more expensive to buy for old planes. There will reach a point that it is more cost effective to buy new planes with lower operating costs than to keep the old ones in service.
Just FYI, unless it is International, the AF1 backup does not go. AF1 came by LIT this week single, and the 3 choppers were at the Air Base waiting his arrival.
JetMech24 il y a 7 ans 2
AF1 back up is always within at most 60 minutes of the primary, regardless of if its international or not, it will not ever be at the same airport.
skylloyd il y a 7 ans 1
yeah, but it won't be 47 back-up.
Ah, OK. That makes sense. I do believe that there is *SOME* form of VIP transit that accompanies POTUS when he uses AF1 to fly domestic. As I recall Bill Clinton's primary AF1 got stuck in the mud on the side of the taxiway at CMI and the second 707 was quickly brought in to retrieve him. Maybe one of the spare Air Force Gulfstream jets is nearby when a 747 is used to move Obama somewhere in America.
canuck44 il y a 7 ans -3
21 would not be too many for this guy...He, Reggie and one golf partner to the course, two more to transport secret service, back up for each and the decoy. Another one to fly Mooch to Andrews to load up for next vacation on the taxpayer using either the AF version of the 757 or 737. Mother can ride with her but kids get one, secret service needs two more. Then there is the hairdresser, speech writer, personal secretary, press secretary, thugs to keep press away. Back ups and decoys required. Rest of entourage of 75 driven by limo. Two more at destination delivered by C-17. Before you know it they will need to ask back the four test birds because they didn't order enough.
Well, according to the story, they will get the 4 test birds at some point. Maybe it's time we rethought the whole presidential security thing, then again, maybe it's just the utter disdain that everybody has for the flagrant abuse.
For this guy? He wont even see them, even if they are completed on time.
Vern Schulze il y a 7 ans 5
Clearly some Obama haters expressed in the comments below. Too bad they can't read. These helicopters will not even be delivered until 2020. Unless the President figures out a way to change the Constitution, these will be only be available at the end of the next presidents term.
canuck44 il y a 7 ans 1
I understand English as a second language is tough but if you look at the verb tense in the first sentence it extrapolates current usage into future planning as a sarcastic reply to Wayne. In fact there have times when high utilization has stressed the current availability. Likewise if you know anything about rotary wing operation a lot of maintenance hours are devoted to support every flying hour...which would be doubled for flying any president around. We didn't even look at the Presidential dogs...the four footed ones.
BaronG58 il y a 7 ans -4
Obama has ignored the Constitution since day one. Why would he not use his pen and cell phone in this situation.
MANBOI il y a 7 ans 2
Great! How much did this cost US to cancel the old order then place a new order?
I think the old VXX replacement helicopter program had costs ballooned to $14 billion for 28 helicopters because there was SO MUCH STUFF added to the program: secure communications gear, anti-missile defenses, NBC gear, etc. Wiki says that SECDEF Gates cancelled the program after nine aircraft had already been built at a cost of $600 million each.
stevensoap il y a 7 ans 2
I worked at the Test Hangar when those first five or so "HilleryHawks" showed up. I say that Lockheed Martin had a lot to do with the contract negotiations being "fixed" and the Sikorsky S92 should have won that contest. The Canadians have several of those VXX (Augusta built I think) airplanes and the tail rotors were so apt to failure that the entire test program was way behind schedule and way over cost. I think Canada had like 35 of the airframes and only enough parts to keep 5 or 6 in the air. Bad tail rotor design was the bottom line. If an real investigation was made of that first deal I think Lockheed Martin would be shown to be the crooked bastards they are!
Just my personal opinion.
BTW I was a government Flight Test employee not contractor affiliated.
Lockheed's reputation is well deserved but they just have better lobbyists than the rest.
C. WESLEY GRADY il y a 7 ans 2
Since when did facts ever get in the way of an anti-Obama post? Add up the vacations of the past 10 Presidents and first is "W", followed by old Ronnie, "we don't need no damn air traffic controllers"Raygun. Still let's jump on Obama because he is for the little guy.
Yep, and he's a lying little guy too. I expect he'll be picked on til he's gone, Wes. He's a little more blatant than his predassessors and I think that is what makes him such an easy target, among many other things.
josh homer il y a 7 ans 1
Exactly Wesley. It's incredibly hypocritical that when Bush and co were allowed to spend us into bankruptcy, with NO peep from Fox or their followers. He starts a war based on lies, had 13 Benghazi's, multiple intelligence failures, outing a CIA agent, THOUSANDS of Americans dead.....but BENGHAZI!
james pomerville il y a 7 ans -3
The problem with his vacations are that him and his wife spare no expense when they travel ,( and they needlessly travel separately lots of times.) The number of vacations taken are on par with his predecessors ,,But the expense levels are thru the roof.
I am as patriotic as the next guy - but what does it say when our president has to be so isolated from the rest of us? In other nations, even those with nuclear arsenals, fly commercially to get from point A to point B. I think this isolation and protection makes it a lot easier to do very unpopular things. It kind of reminds me of Thomas Jefferson "A government afraid of its citizens is a Democracy. Citizens afraid of government is tyranny!"
How can government be afraid of it's citizens when they hide from us, and get all their financial backing from large corporations and a small handful of extremely powerful individuals. Who represents the people?
Yes, I know, we must always use the excuse of "terrorism" or "national security" - and some of those concerns are valid... but these days everything is labeled "top secret" or "terrorist" or "threat".
Maybe forcing the POTUS (and others like Nancy Pelosi) to fly commercially is the right thing to do!
Good Morning. How you doing these days?
Sorry I was gone for a while- The last two months have been absolute torture. I was in bed in agony for 23 hours a day every day for 60+ days.
Doctors are now considering installing a pain pump to squirt morphine directly into my spinal column - inside my flesh... it's not something you can ever get off of and I don't want to do it. The doctors are so pushy and they have a lot of power over you.
I don't have any options in my situation - only one pain management doctor I am allowed to see (unless I can pay 2000 per visit out of pocket plus the cost of medication which i cannot.
But today was a great day - I was up and moving for a couple hours. I am very weak and my muscles are atrophying. I try to stretch a bit - but this pain - it's like a dagger is literally stick in my back and twisting around - it's horrific.
I hipe I have more days like today - and I hope to get better finally
Sometimes the pain can override even the best day. You probably couldn't fly but it might be worth it to be pain free. idk. I have basically retired a 2nd time now. My guaranteed money stopped on 4/1. They are going to keep me current up there and there may be some actual fill in to cover a few vacations or such, but that's it. I'll hit 65 in November anyway, and unless they lift the age again, the ATP will go away. I'll probably hang on to a commercial for awhile after that. That 1500 hr/ATP rule won't affect me as that is a 135 operation and it only applies to the 121's. Get to feeeling better. We'll toss up a prayer.
I assumed you were a 20,000 hour pilot! LOL
you have a lot of wisdom - and are a good person to argue points with. People wrongfully think that an argument is a fight, no, it's just bouncing ideas back and forth. It's fun to be devils advocate and explore things from all sides. This site sure is a great place to get different ideas from people - so many different backgrounds and levels of experience.
Congrats on the retirement. Now move aside old man and make room for a college graduate LOL
Seriously though- I need to talk to you on the phone about something- or via email - how do we exchange info without posting it here? HMMMM lets look
There is an Email but it will only work on a user name unless they have changed it. You could send to me on it but Idk if it would let me reply or not. I know
I couldn't make a direct send to you. Go to it and send me your regular Email and we'll go from there.
Go to DISCUSSIONS, then click on NO NEW MESSAGES and it will bring up the format. Pretty much self explanatory rom there. It doesn't send an alert or anything but I'll check it later in the day.
Hey, here's hoping you're feeling better soon!
David Burke il y a 7 ans -1
The whole Presidential Travel detail has gotten way out of control. WEBINAR!!
That is a possibility. The secret service doesn't want to lose another President though, so how much is too much. There is bound to be a hole in there somewhere that cannot be planned for. To a degree, it is more of a deterrent than anything. They lost Kennedy though and after attempts on Ford and nearly a success on Reagan, where do you draw the line? Back to the original question, How Much is too Much?
BeechSportBill il y a 7 ans 0
...they also evidenty have several V-22 Ospreys painted in US Marine 1 colors - seen at Arlington Washington, during Obama's 'visit to OSO' publicity stunt...
Those are not 'white tops' used for Presidential transport as Marine One but rather 'green tops' used to support Presidential transport (ie Secret Service, press, staff & equipment). The V-22's replace the CH-46 Sea Knights and CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters that previously filled that role.
Zany4God il y a 7 ans 0
I couldn't really discern the design of the proposed helicopter, but is sure looks like a highly modified H-53.
I feel the concern is we are a bankrupt country. Everyone on this site that has a few bucks left over after obligations has a higher net worth than our country. Question is do we really need 21? Could we get by with 15? This is where leadership arrives and ask these questions. Problem we have is this administration is comfortable with I.O.U. business plan.
Er.A.K. Mittal il y a 7 ans -3
By Obama ? Yes.
But for Obama ?
Definitely NO !


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The new, US-market Ford EcoSport unveiled just ahead of the 2016 Los Angeles International Auto Show will almost certainly be imported; the real question is from where. While we thought it plausible that the pint-sized crossover could be built at one of Ford's plants in Mexico, it looks like the new vehicle will instead be sourced from India, according to CNBC.
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Aaron Birch
YES! Although I personally would love to see a 6-speed manual.


This collaborative spirit is most visible in the 'Hacks/Hackers' movement, where journalists meet with web developers to exchange tips and ideas, and work on joint projects. Data journalists also often take part in – and organise – 'hack days' or 'hackathons' aimed at opening up and linking data and creating apps, or work with external agencies to analyse data gathered by either party.
This can lead to culture clashes around differing ethical principles. In his seminal volume Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution (1984), for example, Steven Levy outlines normative values that hackers should adhere to, most relevantly: sharing; openness; decentralisation; and improving the world. Journalists not adhering to these values – for example, those who do not share their data or who are not open about the processes involved in acquiring or analysing it – could find themselves accused of unethical behaviour by their collaborators.
In the end, however, a journalist did perform a role in leaking the complete data that served as a lesson in protecting sources. In his book on Wikileaks (Leigh and Harding, 2011), Guardian journalist David Leigh included a password of Assange's which turned out to be "the full passphrase to WikiLeaks' copy of the encrypted, unredacted cables.
Another example where ethical codes sometimes differ between occupations and countries is in privacy.
That seems a sensible guideline to adopt in publishing (more recent judgements have also recommended disclosing specific remuneration).
In the US personal data is more accessible, but that does not mean its publication does not create ethical issues. Following a mass shooting in Connecticut, the Journal News in New York decided to publish an interactive map of pistol permit holders in the the area, based on Freedom of Information requests. The map led to a backlash from readers and calls for a boycott of the paper.
Kathleen Culver notes that the publication could have considered the ethical issues more carefully. The ethical principle of 'minimising harm', for example, was not served by making it easy for criminals to identify which homes did not have a pistol (or at least a licence for one) and were therefore less well defended – or conversely, which ones had a gun they might steal. The principle of accuracy may have been ignored by publishing data which was out of date, and the principle of context was overlooked in not comparing the licence ownership to anything else (such as gun use, or patterns of ownership). Culver suggests the map should not have identified individuals but rather aggregated totals, allowing the map to still serve the public interest while avoiding the attendant risks (Culver, 2013).
Even anonymized data can reveal private information. When the Kansas City Star analysed a healthcare practitioner's database and combined it with other records, they found 21 doctors with multiple malpractice payments that had never been disciplined.
Once again, the judgement is between public interest and individual privacy. In this case there was a clear case, in the absence of action, for disclosure.
Identification does not always take place in the published data. A story in the UK's Birmingham Evening Mail based on spending data headlined 'City council spends nearly £1m on bed and breakfast rooms for Birmingham's homeless' not only named one recipient, but also led the story with prominent photographs of two hotels.
Given the vulnerability of groups staying in these hotels, it might be asked whether the impact of publishing such details was justified. In this case, although the identities of recipients added concrete detail, it was not essential to the story, which was about the body spending the money. Having an internal list of groups considered to be vulnerable might assist in making quick decisions in the newsroom in similar situations.
A similar example comes from an investigation into Olympic torchbearers. The author received an anonymous tip-off that two daughters of one sponsor's chief executive had been given Olympic torchbearer places. This did indeed turn out to be the case, but as one of the daughters was under 16 the decision was taken by one national newspaper not to name the executive because it would identify the minor.
Journalists sometimes look for stories in data on the users of their site. In one particularly high profile example, a journalist at the financial news service Bloomberg noticed that one of the users of the service had not logged in for some time. He picked up the phone and asked their employer – Goldman Sachs – if they had left the company. The question led to a complaint from Goldman Sachs and a growing scandal about journalists' use of data on 300,000 users of Bloomberg services.
"Bloomberg staffers could determine not only which of its employees had logged into Bloomberg's proprietary terminals but how many times they had used particular functions," reported the New York Post. Spokesman Ty Trippet pointed out that the data did not include "security-level data, position data, trading data or messages", but it did include the behaviour of fellow workers and bosses (Seward, 2013), and the controversy was significant enough to lead the company to announce that journalists would no longer have access to client log-in activity, and to review their internal standards.
In the next part I look at mass data gathering. If you have examples of ethical dilemmas, best practice, or guidance, I'd be happy to include it with an acknowledgement.


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