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IRVINE, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/14/13 -- Solarflare, the leader in application-intelligent 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) networking software and hardware, today announced the deployment of the first two applications for the ApplicationOnload Engine (AOE) -- Line Arbitration and Resilient Ethernet. The launch of these AOE applications will help transform the way financial institutions manage and process data feeds, maintaining ultra-low latency while improving reliability.
Announced in early 2012, Solarflare's AOE represents the next step in the evolution of application acceleration, placing Solarflare on the leading edge of the Custom Compute wave. With the introduction of the AOE's first two platform applications, Solarflare's breakthrough technology will allow redundant User Datagram Protocol (UDP) multicast feeds to be transparently arbitrated within FPGA-based hardware on a network server adapter, significantly reducing host server processing load.
Typically, the delivery of UDP multicast feeds is subject to dropped packets, mitigated by redundant data streams. Line arbitration is being performed at line rate on the AOE, greatly accelerating application processing and providing the lowest deterministic latency with improved reliability. By arbitrating feeds in the FPGA, the effective message rate to the server is cut in half, allowing servers to more effectively handle increasing trading volume and providing the opportunity for server consolidation. Solarflare has a proven track record within the financial services industry, providing over 600 customers worldwide with technology that significantly improves network performance, latency and jitter. The AOE platform represents Solarflare's latest breakthrough in application acceleration.
Solarflare's other new application -- Resilient Ethernet -- provides a redundant Ethernet data stream between publishers and consumers that is fully transparent to the application software. This AOE application ensures a higher degree of reliability that improves financial data delivery performance, reduces CPU processing load and provides industry-leading, ultra-low latency. All without requiring any changes to application software.
"With the release of the AOE's first two applications, Solarflare once again serves the financial services market through the delivery of application-intelligent networking. With the proliferation of network data, the AOE provides the ideal technology going forward to cope with the challenge of ever-increasing processing demands. Throwing more cores at this issue is obviously not the answer," said Russell Stern, CEO of Solarflare. "The launch of these two AOE applications, however, is just the tip of the iceberg. When it comes to unlocking the potential of the AOE platform, a myriad of companies can now accelerate a vast array of applications in a multitude of vertical market segments."
For detailed information, please visit the Solarflare AOE product page.
About Solarflare
Solarflare is a leading provider of application-intelligent networking I/O products that bridge the gap between applications and the network, deliver improved performance, increased scalability, and higher return on investment. The company's solutions are widely used in scale-out server environments such as high frequency trading, high performance computing, cloud, virtualization and big data. Solarflare's products are available from leading distributors and value-added resellers, as well as from Dell, IBM, and HP. Solarflare is headquartered in Irvine, California and operates an R&D facility in Cambridge, UK.
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We invite you to visit with us - all are welcome! We proclaim a belief in the triune God and share God's love with one another, in the community and in the world. St. Timothy offers opportunities for Worship, Bible studies, fellowship and projects to help others in the Hyde Park area.
Pastor Wayne Olson
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We are a small and active congregation eager to welcome you to the family of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. We offer a tranquil sanctuary nestled in a woodland setting that is conducive to a comfortable worship experience away from the activities and stresses found in work and everyday life. Enjoy air-conditioning during the summer months.
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Wednesday Bible Classes held at 2:30p and at 7p. All welcome.
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But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, [5] he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit. - ESV
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Adopt-a-Highway clean-up scheduled for Saturday, 25 October.
We are a participating congregation in the Love, INC ministry. Steve is liaison for St. Timothy and can be contacted for more information. A list of requested items for donation is posted on bulletin board. Please click on the Ministries Page to access news and events pertinent to Love, INC. A bin in located at rear of church for placement of your donations.
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What are/were your vaccination plans for your DD? I don't want a debate, just more information please.
We vaccinate on schedule. After doing a lot of research I came to the conclusion that I fear the diseases the vaccines prevent far more than I fear any potential side effects. I would prefer to do a delayed vaxing scheme (to better nail down allergic reactions) but that would require so many more appointments of screaming and pain and since we started daycare at 11 weeks and have no family history of reactions to vaccines we thought it best to just bite the bullet and do the regular schedule. I did, however, delay newborn vaccinations until her 2 day checkup. I didn't want my birth experience (and her's) to be tainted by needles and I didn't see her running into HepA between the birth center and our house. We vaccinated against chicken pox after a lengthy debate and talk with our pedi. Not sure if you know but our DHs are highly susceptible to the herpes viruses. Their whole family gets colds sores and Izzy's had shingles twice. I figured that if T were to not be vaccinated and get chicken pox naturally it could be BAD. So, while I think its rather silly to vaccinate against something that I experienced as no worse than a mild case of poison ivy, I took our family history into account and decided to give it to her.
I'll continue to reevaluate as she ages, since part of it for me is that baby systems are still developing and so much more vulnerable to disruption. I feel much more comfortable vaccinating an older child.
ETA Another big part, though, is that I have seen plenty of convincing evidence that the decline of most of the diseases we vaccinate against is due much more to things like cleaner water, advanced sewage systems, nutrition, fresher food, and other improvements in public health that help people's immune systems get stronger rather than due to vaccines (most were sharply declining BEFORE the vaccine was introduced). If I traveled to an area where one of these diseases was still rampant, it would be an entirely different matter. But living in middle America with very little exposure to third world populations, I think that most vaccines introduce unacceptable risk for little payoff.
And I totally agree with you that getting to hear other people's experiences is one of the best things about preg.org :)
Thanks guys! I just wanted to know what others have done. So many decisions about things, that it's nice to hear what others have done.
We absolutely do. I see it as part of living in community and a way in which I can help improve not just my own kids health, but also protect the more vulnerable in our society. Herd immunity is important, and large groups opting out of vaccinations weaken the protection of vaccinations as a whole. We also travel and plan to travel internationally frequently with our children, so want to protect them. The only one we delay is Hep B as I don't want to vaccinate my newborn, so we do it at the 9 month visit as there are no other shots then.
I really liked Dr Sears' Vaccine Book. It's a good starting point to get information and start deciding what's best for your family. It got me to question and search around a bit more. I have no issues with vaccinations, I just feel that there's too many too young. Hep B is one where I don't get why it's given at birth. There's no good reason for it for most people. So Aiden is 3/4ths up to date. The rest waits until he's a bit older and there's a break in the normal vaccine schedule. For us it's not a big deal to break things up because we don't have to schedule an appointment with a doctor or anything - just show up to an immunization clinic and tell them what he's getting that time (the one thing the military did get right :p).
We live in a large city that does experience epidemics of some of the major preventably diseases on a regular basis. We also ride public transit a lot, which is like a big rolling germ factory. I have actually had to tell BOTH of my kids, "Stop licking the bus!" :puke: So we did want to vaccinate for most things, and we pretty much followed Dr. Sears' delayed vaccination schedule. We spread them out so the kids never got more than two pokes, or four vaccines, at once. I'm still not convinced that a child's tiny body can handle the 5 or 6 or 7 vaccines that they want to give at one time. We didn't do HepB because it is an STD that our kids are not at risk for. We also didn't do Chickenpox right away for Tiven because we hoped to expose her to Chickenpox naturally. We did decide to vaccinate her for it when I was pregnant with Weston because there was an epidemic (half her preschool was out sick & she still didn't get it!) and we didn't want to risk Weston getting it as a newborn. There's conflicting information on whether breastfeeding provides immunity to chickenpox or not, and I wasn't willing to be the test subject. I can't remember if we've given Weston the Chickenpox vaccine yet or not. :oops:
And the reason HepB is given at birth is because the medical establishment doesn't trust women enough to know whether they might be infected or not. :roll: They treat everyone as being at risk and therefore all babies are at risk and therefore all babies need the shot at birth.
We have done a bit of a delayed schedule. Our pediatrician is cautious and doesn't like to give more than 3 vaccines at a time so we are quite a bit behind the actual schedule. I'm very glad about this because one of my biggest concerns was too many too young and at once so it works for us. We are more comfortable giving the vaccines as no family history of problems, both kids are in daycare 3 days a week as well. It really is a very personal decision, good luck!
They give so many vaccinations now, even compared to 10 years ago when my first two were babies. I agree with waiting on Hep B. I don't know why they are in such a rush. It's a blood borne pathogen. You can only get it through sex or blood exposure. I don't think my newborn is going to be sharing needles or having sex.
I'm considering a modified schedule so that my kid won't be getting six or seven vaccines at once. Does anyone know of any good research on this subject? Any information on how many vaccines it's safe to give at once? I know certain ones you can only get in combination any more, like DTaP.


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DALLAS, TX -- (Marketwire) -- 01/24/13 -- Sloan Wealth Management, LLC, an independent investment advisor registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, has posted their much anticipated yearend letter. The letter details another year of great performance as many of their global macro calls in 2012 were profitable for their investors. The following is the 2012 year end letter:
Fundamentals vs. Fear -- Worry About Your Worries
The members of the Portfolio Management Team at Sloan Wealth Management (SWM) coach two baseball teams, two soccer teams, one T-ball team and one basketball team for our collective young children. Thus, we find ourselves stressing the basics. Learning the fundamentals of how to catch a pop-up will eliminate some of the fear of getting hit in the face. In 2012, we found many parallels to the capital markets as our portfolios posted high double digit returns in the face of fear. Fueled by the media, bad memories and political shenanigans, many investors took their eye off the ball and missed another great year of wealth creation in the capital markets.
Auld Lang Syne -- Should Old Acquaintance be Forgot...
At SWM, we thoroughly enjoy the process of penning our year end letter. We discuss the events in our lives as they relate to events in the capital markets -- giving merit to the highs, cursing the lows and making sure we learn from both -- and no acquaintances are forgotten. Part of our process is to review our past year end letters to make sure they are worth the paper they were printed on. (Our past musings can be read at www.sloanwm.com). We realize this is a humbling business, but also feel it's appropriate to highlight the results of our hard work and thoughtful research. The following are some highlights of our research opinions from last year -- based on the fundamentals and not fear.
- Stocks outperform bonds (we believe this trend will continue in 2013)
- Homebuilding industry rebounded and sector was one of the best performing in the stock market
- Corporate spending on technology increased and so did the price of the tech stocks
- Germany thrives on weak Euro (2nd highest returning developed country in world in 2012)
- Volatility caused by global hedge funds and computer programs continued
- Low yield on bonds will drive money to equities
- This current decade has high probability of being profitable for our clients
Now, with the decade 30% complete, $1 million invested on January 1, 2010 would amount to $1.32 million at the end of 2012 or a 32.8% cumulative return (net of fees -- see performance notes at bottom). The Moderate Risk Composite is made up of a collection of globally diversified portfolios with a similar moderate risk level.
Globe Trotting -- Technology Continues to Shrink the World
In 2012, an estimated one third of the world (over two billion people) now has access to the internet. The summer Olympics served as a further reminder of how the world is connected, as did the returns of the global capital markets. In the USA, the resilience of our stock market and our economy was on further display after super storm Sandy and the "Fiscal Cliff" failed to hold down our nation. We hope the phrase "Fiscal Cliff" will soon be forgotten.
Das ist Gut ("This is good" in German) -- As predicted in our previous letters, the European Union remains intact and the financial crisis on the other side of the pond did not take down the global economy. In last year's letter, we discussed our investment in Germany. It was the second best performing developed country in 2012. In the emerging world, China seems to have engineered a soft landing and looks to grow around 7.5% per year while India at a rate of 6.5% annually. The emerging markets continue to fuel growth around the world as the largest demographic shift in the history of mankind occurs with over one billion people making their way above the poverty line in the coming decades. Once over the poverty line, one tends to improve their eating, transportation and increase overall consumption of goods and services.
Best Kept Secret -- Valuations Matter
Let's review the fundamentals of stock valuation to discuss the current state of the stock market.
Earnings -- When purchasing a stock, you are buying a stream of future earnings. The earnings of the S&P 500 in 2011 were the highest in history at over $96. That record did not last long, as 2012 is forecast to be in the $100 range. The consensus estimates for 2013 is $112. Despite all of the events of the year, many companies posted record earnings. Our portfolios were up 16.5% while US GDP is estimated to grow at only 2.5% to prove again that portfolios can go up and corporations can make money while the economy muddles along.
Multiples -- The second part of the picture is the multiple placed on those profits. This multiple is the premium an investor is willing to pay for these future earnings. The current price-to-earnings multiple (P/E) of the market is 13 times 2013 earnings estimates. The average multiple when interest rates are this low is closer to 16 times earnings. In conclusion, with a modest increase in earnings and a more normalized multiple, the stock market could be poised for further gains in 2013.
Rebound -- Underestimating the Housing Recovery
We predict the domestic economy will continue to grow modestly for the 5th straight year. The recovery in housing will be a fundamental reason and lead to the aforementioned multiple expansion. We believe the effects of the housing recovery are being greatly underestimated. Home building helps many industries beyond its namesake. Home building creates jobs in concrete, lumber, light fixtures, heating and cooling, real estate agents, mortgage brokers, lawyers and many others. In addition, it creates property tax revenues that fund communities and even education. The National Association of Home Builders estimates that three jobs are created for every home built.
Aside from these positive effects to the economy, an improvement in home prices creates confidence. In most cases, the home is a family's largest asset. The increase in price of your largest asset creates financial stability and wealth which fuels multiple expansion.
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The foregoing data represents the performance of the Moderate Risk Portfolio developed by Sloan Wealth Management, LLC ("Sloan"). The Moderate Risk Portfolio is allocated in a range of investments according to Sloan's proprietary investment strategies. Sloan's proprietary investment strategies may be allocated amongst individual stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and other instruments with a view towards income and/or capital appreciation depending on the specific allocation employed by each model portfolio. Past performance of the Moderate Risk Portfolio may not be indicative of their future performance. No current or prospective client should assume that future performance results will be profitable or equal the performance presented herein. The performance results of the Moderate Risk Portfolio do reflect the re-investment of dividends and other earnings. The performance shown does reflect the deduction of Sloan's advisory fees, brokerages fees or other expenses. Performance has been calculated from sources which Sloan deems to be reliable, but Sloan has not independently verified such information and does not guarantee the accuracy thereof. Different types of investments involve varying degrees of risk, and there can be no assurance that any specific investment strategy will be profitable. The use of Sloan's Moderate Risk Portfolio may not be appropriate for certain investors as part of their overall investment strategy. Additional information about Sloan, including its investment advisory services, and applicable fees can be obtained by requesting a copy of Tribeca's disclosure statement of Part II of the Form ADV which is available upon request. Sloan is an SEC registered investment adviser with its principal place of business in the State of Texas. Sloan and its representatives are in compliance with the current registration requirements imposed upon registered investment advisers by those states in which Sloan maintains clients. Sloan may only transact business in those states in which it is registered, or qualifies for an exemption or exclusion from registration requirements. Any subsequent, direct communication by Sloan with a prospective client shall be conducted by a representative that is either registered or qualifies for an exemption or exclusion from registration in the state where the prospective client resides. For information pertaining to the registration status of Sloan please contact Sloan or refer to the Investment Adviser Public Disclosure web site (www.adviserinfo.sec.gov).
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Plz any help,
How to get a 4 point circle in marvelous designer 3 ?????????
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How to get a 4 point circle in marvelous designer 3 ?????????
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just a big WOW !
Great use of MD. Images looks good - despite the chromatic abberation ;-)
Hi my friends.. im happy for your coments.. tks a lot, you are truly my friends!!! This is my first test using Marvelous Design.. and i can say "thats Marvelous"!! Ronen askme to do a making of / tutorial and i acept it.. I will try to show my workflow on this scene
Tks Ronen.. its a grate honor for me!!
This is really nice...I really impress doing your modelling...Thank you for sharing..
wow! great all but i like light overall too much!
Incredible results! I wish someone would do an in depth tutorial on how to achieve these types of cloth.
Ramon Zancanaro is one of the persons that I proud to call my friend. He is not only a unique artist but he is also a enlighten human being, always ready to help and share some good laugh.
Well done, Ramones!
Very impressive modeling. Nice use of Marvelous Designer (CLO3D).
Great news, Romon. I'm looking forward to an insight into your workflow. Good luck with making of / tutorial, and I guess we'll see you soon:) @RamonZancanaro
@RamonZancanaro tudo muito simples né meu caro! *-* hahaha tu é o melhor e tu sabe disso né seu demônio! ahhaha
@AmerG There is a feel bits and bobs on internet but I reckon that Ronen 'noise' means that something are already been planned ehehe
@AmerG hmmmmm ;)
@BBB3 Indeed! I take it they did not think of it being used in such a way, right? Mostly intended for fashion clothing on human models?
@ronenbekerman Yes, but it works wonders on furniture, though. Only drawbacks being the all-tris output and high polycount.
@BBB3@ronenbekerman yeah, but because of this, he use the "Quadrify mesh" and he really dont care with the polycount. he's amazing! *-*
ramon was my teacher! he's awesome, and completely humble! he lives in my town ^^
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Up to 30,000 jobs expected to go at group, but CEO says 'no big announcement' next week
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Royal Bank of Scotland Group chief executive Ross McEwan moved to reassure employees that there will be "no big announcement" on job cuts when the lender publishes the results of its strategic review next week.
"This type of thing is frustrating and unsettling," Mr McEwan (56) wrote in a memo to employees today. "This has been building over recent weeks and months and was always to be expected ahead of our strategy update."
Ulster Bank employees are among the thousands who have been left fearing for their jobs following reports of as many as 30,000 positions expected to be cut.
However, in a letter to union representatives at the IBOA, Mr McEwan said the Irish unit was committed to follow the procedural agreement that was recently laid down between the bank and IBOA, which lays down ground rules for negotiation between the union and management. The agreement, which was ratified late last year, also provides for independent mediation if the parties cannot reach agreement on any issue.
General secretary of the IBOA Larry Broderick said the confirmation from the chief executive would be of some degree of comfort to employees, who have already been hit with 1,600 job cuts in the past four years.
"It is also a concern for customers who have remained loyal to Ulster Bank – despite a number of recent difficulties caused in part by the flawed provision of support services from RBS," he said. "Further cuts in the branch network, as well as outsourcing, may also affect access to services for many customers – as well as causing increased pressure on the remaining staff. Mr McEwan's commitment that the existing framework will be used for negotiations on future change offers the prospect that any further restructuring might be managed with greater care and consideration for both customers and employees."
Mr McEwan, who replaced Stephen Hester as CEO in October, will next week detail his plan to shrink RBS's investment-banking and overseas units to focus on consumer and commercial banking in Britain, according to a person with knowledge of the matter who asked not to be identified before the announcement. The overhaul will lead to job losses over the coming years, the person added.
The group is expected to use annual results next week to announce its exit from many of its riskier investment bank activities, as well as much of its overseas business.
RBS employs 120,000 staff but the Financial Times said the downsizing by chief executive Ross McEwan will lead to a reduction of about a quarter in the group's headcount over the next three to five years.
The bank, which is just over 80 per cent-owned by the Government, will refocus its activities on retail customers, small businesses and larger corporates.
Mr McEwan said in a video posted on the company's website this week: "My aspiration is not to run the world's biggest bank. My aspiration is to run the best bank in the UK — nothing to do with size. A lot of our costs are old costs related to a big global group that we are not any more."
The group's annual results on Thursday are set to reveal an annual loss of close to £8 billion for 2013 after it stunned the City last month by revealing a string of scandal-related financial charges worth more than £3 billion.
RBS is expected to make heavy cuts to the 11,000 jobs in its investment bank, including a retreat from its US and Asian markets businesses. The planned sale of its US retail bank Citizens will remove 18,500 jobs, while further reductions will come from its float of Williams & Glyn's, which employs about 4,500 staff.
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A fantasy someone has while under the influence of marijuana. Somewhere between a day dream and a regular dream.
When I was packin' the bowl, I had a pipe dream that I was on the beach in Jamaica!
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n : a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe);
' I have this dream about being the king of the universe.'
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A vain dream that will never happen, given the harsh reality of life.
World peace and human equality are examples of pipe dreams because humans are more naturally inclined to kill off their competition than to cooperate.
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Synonym for illusion.
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A dream that is so unrealistic that you would have to be smoking a crack pipe to believe it could come true.
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imalwaysidiot 456 days ago
that set made me orgasm
JzRamireZz_79 457 days ago
I guess Nulgath in Friday release a class O.o ??
StickyOtter 457 days ago
Great work but i think the back shoulder is a bit out of perspective i think.
Andy72AQW 457 days ago
Very nice.
Quintenii_AE 457 days ago
Awesome stuff! The shading is incredible and the bottom right helm would go really well with pretty much anything! :O
DageTheEvil 457 days ago
glowing eyes are animated and the staff has an animation as well


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Improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, have been the bane of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan: lethal, difficult to detect and all too common.
As the defining weapon of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, IEDs killed 9,137 coalition troops, Afghan troops and civilians in Afghanistan in 2010, and 10,256 coalition troops, Iraqi troops and civilians in Iraq in 2010, according to the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization's 2010 annual report.
They're also spreading beyond southwest Asia, averaging 260 IED events per month outside of Iraq and Afghanistan, according to the report.
To deal with the daunting threat, JIEDDO is getting creative in the methods it's employing to defeat IEDs, including the use of specialized intelligence focusing on IED source materials, and also robots being developed in conjunction with the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
As many as 80 percent of IEDs in Afghanistan are made from ammonium nitrate originating from Pakistani fertilizer plants, said Army Lt. Gen. Michael Barbero, JIEDDO program executive officer. At a Land Warfare Institute briefing Nov. 10 in Arlington, Va., Barbero pushed for better intelligence that hones in on how the materials are getting from the plants in Pakistan into the hands of terrorists.
That increased focus on intelligence is proving fruitful already, but there's still much progress that must be made, he said.
"From these two legally operating factories in Pakistan, we know where they are producing, we know who their distributors are -- and we are getting great support from them," he said. "What we don't understand is how this ammonium nitrate gets from the factories to these insurgents. That's the greatest intelligence gap we have."
With that information, the military can track financial data – and can enlist in the Treasury and State departments to help, Barbero said.
DOD also is looking at another avenue of attack: robotic tools that can help dismounted troops investigate more safely. JIEDDO recently coordinated with NIST on a three-week testing exercise in which the performance of the six robots JIEDDO tested, and that of more than 80 that were previously tested at the same site by the Homeland Security Department.
"The intended outcome is to establish a baseline for performance in standard robotics functions," Matt Way, program integrator, who oversaw the event for JIEDDO, said in a media release. "Ultimately, these exercises will reduce performance risk in theater."
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The IED fight is now a globsal threat, not just channelized to Iraq and Afhanistan. It is by far the weapon of choice for the enemy. Homemade explosive made from commom fertilizers is their first choice. Although, Ammonia Nitrate was banned in Afghanistan, we need to focus on how it is making it in the country from Pakistan. The deployment of more ISR assets along the border may add a benefit? Also, working with the manufactures to see if their is an alternative to the ingridients in production to reduce the volatility. I believe we are making great progress in the training of soldiers prior to their deployment with Home Station Training (HST) better preparing them when they encounter IEDS during their missions.We must continue to win the hearts and
minds of the Afghanistan people through non-kinetic efforts. We have to convince the neutral networks to become friendly networks through key leader engagements and humanitarian efforts, thus making
harder for the threat networks to freely emplace the devices.
"we know who their distributors are" but, what is being shipped. They ship, lets say, one truck load (30 55 gal cans) of ammonium nitrate originating from Pakistani fertilizer plants. The distributors keep 10 for them selfs and fill 10 with sand that go back on the truck to complete the 30. The 10 55 gal cans are then un-trackable. then every one gets paid. Could work that way.
REG: "I video taped a lot of my convoys in Iraq."...if my cell phone is sitting on my desk, about 1-2 seconds before my phone rings, the speakers on my desk will begin to buzz. Most likely some sort of electronic interference. I would like to think those in the military community are aware of this Phenomena, the problem is, the vehicle is probably already on top of the IED when an insurgent hit their button, OR, the vehicle is moving at a rate of speed which would prevent the driver from stopping before rolling over top of the device. If the signal is electronic - they could possibly jam the signal somehow; however, if it was physically connected -- it would be pretty hard to stop the transmission
You could go after the source of the surplus military grade weapons, used for IED's but that may mean stepping on a few of our "allies" toes. Wouldn't want to rock the boat of the world arms trade now would we?
So let's take 80% of JIEDDO funds and give them to the intelligence community to find the sources. They don't seem to be interested in seriously considering ideas outside their tight circle of friends. The robots were largely developed from money from other agencies, so how much was spent for the meager achievements of JIEDDO? We could have probably built blast proof roads across Afghanistan for that amount.
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