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Long time intelligence expert retires after 46 years service
Mar 2, 2010
FORT McPHERSON, GA (March 1, 2010) - One of U.S. Army Forces Command's (FORSCOM) veteran intelligence experts retired here Feb. 28 after more than 46 years conducting, managing and supporting Army military intelligence activities in the United States, Europe, Vietnam, Korea and Southwest Asia. Melvin W. Kerns, who was the assistant deputy chief of Staff, G-2 at FORSCOM at retirement, started with the Army's largest command in January 1984.
Soldiers deploying to Afghanistan to get new MultiCam uniforms, boots, gear
Mar 2, 2010
Soldiers deploying to Afghanistan will be issued the new "MultiCam" fire-resistant Army Combat Uniform complete with new Mountain Combat Boots and MultiCam-patterned Modular Lightweight Load-carrying Equipment, or MOLLE, gear beginning in July.
Observers set to ensure safe, fair Iraqi national elections
Mar 2, 2010
Soldiers across Iraq have been assisting various stakeholders with their efforts to ensure that the national elections held March 7, are run fairly and safely.
U.S. engineers train Haitians to assess building damage
Mar 1, 2010
The Naval Facilities Engineering Command partnered with Army engineers, Navy Seebees, and engineers from the Air Force to train Haitian engineers on building assessment, to ensure Haitian citizens are living in structurally-sound buildings.
Elections part of big picture in Iraq
Feb 27, 2010
Iraqi police are preparing themselves for the elections in Iraq. With the help of U.S. forces, they have been working to build a safe and secure environment, not only during the elections, but long after the last ballot is cast.
Army Recruiting Tops In the Southeast
Feb 26, 2010
REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. -- For many teenagers and young adults, the Army can be a "once-in-a-lifetime chance." That's what it was for Col. Glenn Richie, commander of the 2nd Recruiting Brigade, when he chose the Army as his career path while a college freshman. "From that one-chance encounter (with a recruiter), I received the opportunity of a lifetime," he said. "I've been blessed to travel the country, and lead some of the best men and women in the U.S. Army."
Plan to reduce warrior tasks, battle drills forwarded to CSA
Feb 26, 2010
The deputy commanding general for Initial Military Training said he hopes the current warrior tasks and battle drills that all Soldiers are expected to know will be reduced significantly to stop what he called "task paralysis."
Steel Spike seniors get gut check: Soldiers shooters first
Feb 26, 2010
The 46th Engineer Battalion, 1st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade recently gave their senior leaders a "gut check" during a two-day exercise to test tactical and technical knowledge and offer a reminder that all Soldiers are "shooters first."
Polk NCO story proof that heroes still exist, inspire
Feb 26, 2010
Newspaper writers are taught to be objective in their reporting. We are urged to avoid getting "too close" with the subject of our work, to shun the use of first-person pronouns and keep away from editorializing, or giving personal opinions, about the people or topics we cover. Sometimes that is easier said than done.
5-25 Field Artillery acclimates, learns in Utah
Feb 26, 2010
Preparing for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan, Soldiers from 5th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, conducted infantry tactics training at Camp Williams, Utah, Feb. 15-16. The 5-25 FA Soldiers are in Utah to perform artillery tasks as part of off-post training exercises supporting the Patriot Brigade's 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment. However, the 5-25 FA "Red Legs" took time to take infantry tactics classes that they might actually be called upon to perform during deployment.
48th Chem Bde converges on Fort Polk
Feb 26, 2010
Commanders, command sergeants major and first sergeants from five chemical battalions and 27 companies across the 48th Chemical Brigade gathered at Fort Polk Feb. 17-19 for the first brigade off-site training event of the brigade's history.
Brigade deploys first task force in 65 years
Feb 26, 2010
Forty-two Soldiers from the 162nd Infantry Brigade recently deployed to Afghanistan to act as combat advisors to Afghan security forces. In short, they will get to practice what they preach. The 42 Soldiers of Task Force Tiger are the first Soldiers of the 162nd Inf Bde to deploy as a task force in support of combat operations since World War II. These Soldiers will fill a variety of roles as advisors for Afghan Security Forces.
Medic completes specialized training
Feb 26, 2010
Most of the Soldiers going through combat advisor training at Fort Polk's 162nd Infantry Brigade are from the National Guard and Reserve components of the Army. However, The 4th Battalion, 353rd Infantry Regiment, 162nd Inf Bde, recently put an active-duty Soldier through the rigors of combat advisor training.
Polk NCO overcomes obstacle to lead way
Feb 26, 2010
Fort Polk's Staff Sgt. Nathan Brown lost half a leg during combat operations. Despite challenges, Brown serves as a trainer with JRTC Operations Group.
U.S. military assesses outlying support network in Haiti
Feb 26, 2010
The deputy commanding general of Joint Task Force-Haiti met with local non-governmental organizations and a U.S. Army civil affairs team during a visit to discuss the needs of communities outside the nation's capital.
Patches fly on COB Basra
Feb 26, 2010
Effects cell Soldiers from the 1st Infantry Division donned combat patches Feb. 15, 2010, during a ceremony in the Overlord conference room in the General John W. Vessey Headquarters Building at Contingency Operating Base, Iraq. As he entered the room for a scheduled briefing, Lt. Col. Ralph L. Kauzlarich, deputy chief of staff for effects, asked Sgt. Major Wade P. Wells, the cell's sergeant major, if everyone who was supposed to be at the meeting had arrived.
Fort Irwin breaks ground on new barracks, company HQ
Feb 26, 2010
FORT IRWIN, Calif.- A nondescript lot with a few tumbleweeds and sage bushes out in the High Desert will soon become a hub of activity for Soldiers at Fort Irwin and the National Training Center as leaders at Fort Irwin broke ground on an $18 million unaccompanied enlisted barracks and company operations facility on Thursday afternoon.
Paintball has a healing affect
Feb 26, 2010
FORT SILL, Okla. - One hundred and twenty recently redeployed Soldiers for new friendships and practiced teamwork as part of a resiliency program at Fort Sill.
Sledgehammer on the lookout
Feb 26, 2010
Sgt. Anthony Vasquez, Company A, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, provides security Feb. 16, 2010, as leaders of the 1st Bn., 15 Inf. Regt., the Diwaniyah Provincial Reconstruction Team and members of the Director General take soil samples in Diwaniyah, Iraq. The samples were taken to determine if land was suitable for "tunnel houses," low-tech versions of greenhouses.
Building sustainable agriculture in the Iraqi heartland
Feb 26, 2010
Leaders of the Diwaniyah Provincial Reconstruction Team and the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, recently completed the first step toward what is hoped to be a lasting source of income for many farmers in Diwaniyah. While Company A, 1st Bn., 15th Inf. Regt. Soldiers provided security Feb. 16, 2010, unit leaders, along with PRT Agricultural Advisors, Dr. Mohamed, Dr. Abdul and Bill Baker, escorted representatives of the Director General of Agriculture to five farms to determine if they are suitable sites for plastic tunnel houses.
90th Sustainment Brigade cases colors, heads home
Feb 26, 2010
JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq - The 90th Sustainment Brigade, 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) held a casing ceremony Feb. 19 outside the brigade headquarters building, to retire the brigade's colors for its re-deployment from Iraq.
'Sound the Trumpets' to feature 2 Soldiers' solos, plus Army Herald Trumpets
Feb 25, 2010
"Sound the Trumpets" will feature The Army Herald Trumpets and showcase two of the Army Ground Forces Band's top-notch Soldier-musicians, Staff Sgt. Byron Bartosh and Spc. Kailin Eskander, who will perform trumpet and English horn solos respectively in Aaron Copland's "Quiet City," Atlanta, March 6, 2010.
Some West Point seats for Soldiers go vacant
Feb 25, 2010
The U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., long renowned for cultivating some of America's most celebrated leaders, offers 170 slots each year for prior-service Soldiers, yet many go unfilled.
Third Army holds planning conference for 2010 Land Forces Symposium
Feb 25, 2010
As the date for the 2010 Land Forces Symposium quickly approaches, senior leaders from 14 countries in the U.S. Central Command and Third Army area of responsibility met in Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 22-26 to develop a theme, speakers and panels for the annual event.
Fort Stewart Youth Center celebrates Arbor Day, plants trees
Feb 25, 2010
<b> FORT STEWART, Ga. </b>-The Fort Stewart Youth Center, with a little help from the Keep Liberty Beautiful organization, the Directorate of Public Works and the garrison command team, celebrated Arbor Day by planting two young trees outside the Fort Stewart Youth Center, Feb. 19. The trees, a crepe myrtle and Shumard oak, were donated to the youth center by Keep Liberty Beautiful.
Holbrook renovations complete at Fort Stewart
Feb 25, 2010
<b> FORT STEWART, Ga. </b>-Extensive renovation work at Holbrook Pond Recreation Area and the Outdoor Recreation Center at Fort Stewart is complete, and the facility stands willing and able to serve Soldiers, their Families and others who like the idea of "getting away from it all and enjoying the great outdoors."
FORSCOM BRAC relocation to Fort Bragg
Feb 25, 2010
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (Feb. 24, 2010) - Key influencers in U.S. Army Forces Command's relocation to Fort Bragg, N.C., as part of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure legislation attended a luncheon today hosted by the All American Defense Business Association at the Fort Bragg Officer's Club. (Left to Right) Col. Stephen J. Sicinski, Fort Bragg Garrison Commander; Mr. Tommy Bolton, Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army for North Carolina; Lt. Gen. Frank Helmick, Commanding General, XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg; Mr. Troy E. (Gil) Gilleland, Senior Executive Service (SES) member/Deputy G1 for U.S. Army Forces Command; and Brig. Gen. Eric Porter, Deputy Chief of Staff-G1, U.S. Army Forces Command. The purpose of the association is to build the Defense and Homeland Security related industry clusters at Fort Bragg and in the region. U.S. Army photo by Jim Hinnant, FORSCOM Public Affairs.
Fort Stewart BOSS Soldiers enjoy the snow of the Smoky Mountains
Feb 25, 2010
There are a lot of recreational activities, sports and events that people in certain areas cannot enjoy due to the climates in which they live. However, Fort Stewart Soldiers experienced something new that many around the area have never been able to experience firsthand. The installation Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers program provided Soldiers an opportunity to head up to Gatlinburg, Tenn. for a weekend of snowboarding and skiing on the Smokey Mountains at Ober Gatlinburg Ski Resort and Amusement Park, Feb. 19-21.
Fort Stewart welcomes home 139th MP Co
Feb 25, 2010
<b> FORT STEWART, Ga. </b>- The 139th Military Police Company, 385th Military Police Battalion, formed two-and-a-half years ago, returned to Fort Stewart after a year-long deployment to Iraq, Feb. 16.
Soldiers aid avalanche victims in Afghanistan
Feb 25, 2010
Soldiers from the 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Falcon, flew to the aid of avalanche victims in northern Afghanistan, Feb. 9.
Fort Stewart DPW recognized by Secretary of the Army
Feb 25, 2010
<b> FORT STEWART, Ga. </b>-For a second year in a row, Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield has achieved recognition through the Secretary of the Army Environmental Award for Sustainability. Stewart-Hunter's Prevention and Compliance Branch of the Directorate of Public Works' Environmental Division has once again been recognized as Runner-up - Installation/Activity, according to Tressa Rutland, chief of the Prevention and Compliance Branch.
ARMY FAMILY COVENANT: Fort Stewart Commissary honors Covenant with continued improvements, deals
Feb 25, 2010
<b> FORT STEWART, Ga.</b>-The Fort Stewart commissary has just undergone upgrades to make it just one of many military commissary projects which benefitted in the million dollar investment to make coming to an installation grocery store up-to-date and shopper friendly.
Spartan Brigade bridges gap with restored tank to Iraqi forces
Feb 25, 2010
FORWARD OPERATING BASE MAREZ, Iraq - Sergeant Mark Wheeler, Company B, 26th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, takes a moment to look over his work and to run his hand over the rough and dirty surface of the Russian T-55 tank sitting in his maintenance bay. He doesn't see the rust or dirt that makes his job seem impossible. In three months, he hopes to have this tank running, so it can be presented to the Iraqi Army. Fixing this broken tank, which was sentenced to a junkyard and making it run before presenting it to the Iraqi Security Forces his unit is partnered with, is a project being chaired by the Spartan Brigade.
Apaches take less aggressive role in Iraq
Feb 25, 2010
As the role of U.S. forces turns from a kinetic, action-oriented posture to a supporting role for the Iraqi Army and Police, unit missions must also adapt to the changes.
Army Emergency Relief campaign begins March 1
Feb 25, 2010
The annual Army Emergency Relief campaign kicks off March 1 and will run through May 15.
Updated Web site helps wounded warriors, families
Feb 25, 2010
Defense Department officials have updated and improved access to the National Resource Directory, a Web site for wounded, ill and injured servicemembers, veterans, their families and those who support them.
$1.9 billion in research to focus on protecting Soldiers
Feb 24, 2010
The Army's fiscal 2011 science and technology budget that recently went forward for approval tops out at $1.9 billion and includes funding for advanced medical and force protection research efforts.
Army's budget request prioritizes BCT Modernization
Feb 24, 2010
The new Brigade Combat Team Modernization plan and the Army's goal to "achieve balance" by 2011 are among top priorities in the Army's budget request for next year.
Signal Soldiers work with Iraqi counterparts
Feb 24, 2010
Addressing the Iraqi Army communications troops gathered before him, the instructor hammered home how key their role is to operations. "Your reports are a big factor to conducting operations," said U.S. Marine Sgt. Michael E. Mullins, 14th Division Military Transition Team "The information that you provide is essential to getting help to a wounded Soldier or getting support to troops under attack, so it's vital that those reports be precise." Over the past few weeks, Marines with the 14th Div. MiTT and Soldiers from 256th Signal Company, 17th Fires Brigade have begun training troops from Signal Co., 14th Iraqi Army Division, at Camp Wessam on radio communications functions and procedures.
U.S., Iraqi forces secure election sites
Feb 24, 2010
Soldiers of the 69th Armor Regiment and Iraqi Security Forces in Babil Province have joined forces to ensure the safety of Iraqi citizens during the upcoming national elections, only the second such elections since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein.
203rd BSB fit to fight
Feb 24, 2010
Command Sgt. Maj. Spencer Gray saw a problem in his battalion, the 203rd Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division. "I watched the same Soldiers going on the over-weight program over and over again," he said. "I decided something needed to be done and we made it a battalion-wide effort." From that moment, the 203rd BSB's "Fit Nation" program was born a few months ago.
Iraqi border police conduct weapons classes
Feb 24, 2010
In Maysan Province, more than 80 kilometers from the nearest major city, a group of Iraqi border guards stand on Iraq's eastern frontier, their every move observed by Iranian sentries a few hundred meters away.
Establishment of standardized Iraqi NCOES met with challenges, successes
Feb 24, 2010
Although it seems unrealistic for an Army to be comprised of Soldiers who were unable to read, it was one problem facing the Iraq Ground Forces Command and the Iraq Training and Advisory Mission-Army as they attempted to develop and implement a structured noncommissioned officer education system for Iraq's soldiers
Shutting off the fires: conference proposes turning pollution into profit for Iraq
Feb 24, 2010
The common sight of fires burning high above the horizon throughout Iraq may soon become a thing of the past, according to attendees of the United States Division-South Oil Conference.
FORSCOM's 'First Lady' stresses importance, unique role of Family Readiness Support A
Feb 23, 2010
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (Feb. 23, 2010) - U.S. Army Forces Command's "First Lady" stressed the importance and the unique role of Family Readiness Support Assistants (FRSA) here today during her remarks to the 300 attendees of the Family Readiness training session hosted by the XVIII Airborne Corps. Mrs. Diane Campbell, wife of FORSCOM's commander Gen. Charles C. Campbell, expressed her and Gen. Campbell's appreciation to the attendees for what they do to help support Soldiers' Families. "We share your vision, encourage you, and (we) thank you for what you do," she said.
Marriage Retreat for Soldiers
Feb 23, 2010
Brigade Chaplain (Maj.) Shawn McCammon invited couples of the brigade to participate in this event, providing them with food, childcare, a room at the Sheraton Music City Hotel and a chance to relax and rebuild life's most important bonds.
Sustainers improve morale and services for troops in Haiti
Feb 23, 2010
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti - Servicemembers throughout Haiti have seen improved morale as a result of several quality of life improvements thanks to 3d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) Soldiers and the rest of the team within Joint Logistics Command - Haiti. hile support to humanitarian assistance and disaster relief continues, U.S. forces are now eating food other than MREs, receiving mail, and sending their dirty clothes out for laundry service.
101st CAB honors members of the regiment
Feb 23, 2010
The 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division paid tribute to its history by appointing new honorary members of the regiment during a ceremony at Fort Campbell Feb. 19, 2010.
412th Theater Engineer Command Soldiers Build Strong Bonds at Hilton Head, S.C., Resort
Feb 23, 2010
HILTON HEAD, S.C. (Feb. 23, 2010) -- The Army Strong Bonds retreat is a no brainer, you are being paid to attend, you are staying at a beautiful resort, and you are receiving world class instruction on communication, intimacy, and conflict management skills, that's according to Chaplain Col. Steven Dyess the 81st Regional Support Command Chaplain.
Strength in Diversity: training ammunition manager keeps U.S. Army Europe Soldiers locked and loaded
Feb 23, 2010
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany - Every commander knows the best training plans in the world are useless without the proper resources. When training, Soldiers needs more than motivation when they head into a fire-fight. They need ammunition. That is where Roy Hale, U.S. Army Europe's (USAREUR) Deputy Training Ammunition Officer, comes in.
Comedians keep COB Echo laughing
Feb 23, 2010
"Who here has dogs'" A few Soldiers in the audience raised their hands. "What kind of dog do you have," comedian Ray Barnett asked a Soldier. "A bullmastiff' Those are the kind of dogs that, if he gets goin' on your leg, you just let him finish."
Ft. Bliss community helps fight breast cancer
Feb 22, 2010
El PASO, Texas - More than 1,000 Fort Bliss Soldiers along with 15,000 area residents and breast cancer survivors showed their support for victims of breast cancer during a Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure event held at Cohen Stadium Sunday.
Fort Bliss TAPS seminar helps families tackle grief
Feb 22, 2010
FORT BLISS, Texas Aca,!" Strangers from across Texas gathered in the sunlit auditorium of the Fort Bliss Youth Plex united by a common experience: the loss of a loved one. Colleen Thigpen, her best friend Karen Neugent and her two sons Maverick and Matthew made the drive up from Houston to attend the Tragedy Assistance Program For Survivors seminar and the Good Grief Camp for children Feb. 20.
"Sending them away with God": 2nd Brigade Combat Team chaplain joins Haitians in worship
Feb 22, 2010
Maj. Brad Baumann, 2nd Brigade Combat Team chaplain, was invited to preach at the Prophecy Church of God of Charadeux, Haiti on Feb. 21. His chaplain's assistant, Spc. Midine Beauvais, translated the sermon for him. The locals were thrilled to have the chaplain at their church, as well as a group of 2BCT Paratroopers in attendance. However, Maj. Baumann hasn't lost sight of his primary mission in Haiti, preaching for his troops.
Army watercraft assists Colombian Red Cross with delivery of humanitarian aid
Feb 22, 2010
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti - Humanitarian assistance in the form of food, water, mattresses and tents have poured into Haiti from countries around the world in the aftermath of the Jan. 12 earthquake that devastated the southern region of this small Caribbean nation.
Progress at Toussaint L'Ouverture Airport
Feb 20, 2010
PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI - Commercial airline traffic is increasing at Toussaint L'Ouverture Airport in Port Au Prince. Feb. 19 marked the return of commercial airline passenger service for the first time since the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake which struck Haiti. Between military, commercial, and passenger airline service the airport handles about 75 flights per day.
107 Soldiers become US citizens at Al-Faw Palace
Feb 20, 2010
VICTORY BASE COMPLEX, Iraq - The United States Forces - Iraq command staff held its 16th naturalization ceremony Feb. 15, welcoming 107 new U.S. citizens in Al-Faw Palace at Victory Base Complex, Iraq.
'Iron Chef' competitors sizzle at Fort Polk
Feb 19, 2010
Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division and 1st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade competed in a head-to-head culinary arts contest at the Patriot Inn Dining Facility Jan. 29.
U.S. military credentials Iraqi media, aids reporting
Feb 19, 2010
The Iraqi press' ability to report on United States Division-South was aided recently, thanks to a helping hand from U.S. Army public affairs representatives. Area journalists were invited to Basrah International Airport Feb. 13, 2010, to reestablish relations with the U.S. military - relations that had been strained for at least the last year.
Utility monitoring system helps Fort Bragg conserve energy
Feb 19, 2010
FORT BRAGG, N.C. - For 25 million square feet and a couple thousand buildings in its real estate portfolio, Fort Bragg spends nearly $60 million each year on energy.
The Way Ahead at Fort Polk: Perfect storm for Home of Heroes
Feb 19, 2010
FORT POLK, La. -- Did you know that about 60 percent of the Soldiers deployed to U.S. combat operations are trained and certified to deploy at the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk'
Work is a blast for 1-15 Inf. Regt. Soldiers
Feb 19, 2010
"This is the only thing I was looking forward to," said Cpl. Sean Taylor, in between the series of explosions. Taylor, Company B, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, was on day nine of the 15-day 1st Bn., 15th Inf. Regt.'s Team Leader Course, which began Feb. 1 at Forward Operating Base Echo.
Military Transition Team joint patrol with 52nd Iraqi Army Brigade
Feb 19, 2010
Photo release concerning a patrol the 5214 Military Transition Team conducted with the 52nd Iraqi Army Brigade
Provider command staff briefs incoming replacements
Feb 19, 2010
JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq - Command staff and leaders with the13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) and the 15th Sustainment Brigade, met with their replacement counterparts, the 103rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) and the 3rd Sustainment Brigade Feb. 13 at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, during their initial pre-deployment site survey.
Italians take the lead in rubble removal mission on the streets of Port-au-Prince
Feb 18, 2010
Paratroopers with 2nd Brigade Combat Team have partnered with Italian soldiers and the Center of National Equipment to clear rubble from the streets of Port-au-Prince. The troopers are pulling security on the site and assisting with the removal, but the Italians have much better assets for the job. Troopers are trying to show the Italians how to work with the Haitian government and local police to secure the areas of rubble removal so the Italians can take control of the mission.
101st CAB prove valor at Firebase Ripcord
Feb 18, 2010
In July 1970, the 101st Aviation Group, currently the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, was awarded the Valorous Unit Award in Thua Thein Province, Vietnam, for their success in extracting personnel and materiel from Fire Support Base Ripcord.
Army raises more than $3.5 million for CFC
Feb 18, 2010
For the sixth year in a row, the Army in the nation's capital has contributed more than $3 million to the Combined Federal Campaign, the world's largest annual workplace charity program.
New York Army National Guard Soldiers Mobilize For Afghanistan
Feb 18, 2010
BUFFALO--More than 300 family members, public officials, veterans and friends from the community turned out to the Connecticut Street Armory here for a send off ceremony for members of the New York Army National Guard's 152nd Engineer Support Company. Eighty members of the Buffalo-based unit are joining other troops from the communities of Horseheads and Walton to deploy to Afghanistan as part the 827th Engineer Company. This will be the second overseas deployment for about 25 percent of the unit. The unit is comprised of various tradesmen, college students, public and private employees from the region. The unit's primary mission for Operation Enduring Freedom will be to build roads in the rugged and undeveloped regions of Eastern Afghanistan. During his remarks, the unit commander, Capt. Jeffrey Miles praised his soldiers hard work in preparing the mission as well as their performance during past state emergencies in the region including the floods which struck Western New York last August.
10 new lake cabins to open in March
Feb 18, 2010
FORT SILL, Okla. - Lake Elmer Thomas Recreation Area has 10 new cabins available to reserve beginning at the end of March. The cabins will be used by units one weekend a month for off-site retreats to enhance family wellness.
Fort Drum Soldiers graduate Warrior Leader Course
Feb 18, 2010
Soldiers bring fresh, clean water to Haiti
Feb 18, 2010
Since they arrived last month, some American Soldiers here have been saving lives by purifying and distributing clean water.
Press conference reveals progress in Babil
Feb 18, 2010
Key leaders with the Babil Provincial Reconstruction Team and the 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, held a press conference Feb. 15, 2010, at Forward Operating Base Kalsu, to present U.S. personnel to the Iraqi media and discuss current and future efforts in rebuilding Iraq's essential services. "It's important to keep an open relationship with the people of Iraq," said Maj. Jim Hathaway, operations officer with the 2nd Bn., 69th AR, during his opening remarks. After Hathaway Rick Roberts, Babil PRT team leader, spoke. "We are meeting not just as friends but as partners," he said, "And like all friends and partners, we need to talk."
Assuring democracy through greater security
Feb 18, 2010
The Wasit province, south of Baghdad, is home to more than 250 polling stations that will be used in the upcoming Iraqi Parliamentary Election. Schools, Libraries and other local buildings are set to house the voting booths where Iraqis will determine their next government representatives. Although the primary security for the elections will be the Iraqi Police, U.S. forces continue to play a role in helping provide security to the province. For the 252nd Military Police Company of the Tennessee National Guard, the task of inspecting polling sites for security remains a priority.
Soldiers train to protect VIPs
Feb 17, 2010
Troops in Haiti remember fallen
Feb 17, 2010
Exactly 30 days after the devastating earthquake that rocked Haiti, U.S. servicemembers paused Friday to remember those who perished in the disaster.
U.S. forces continue to shift responsibility to Iraqis
Feb 17, 2010
U.S. military leaders returned four camps to the government of Iraq in the country's southern region recently as part of the planned U.S. drawdown of forces.
Iraq takes major step toward securing coastline
Feb 17, 2010
As part of the effort by the government of Iraq to increase the stability and international standing of the country, the Iraqi Navy officially welcomed two new ships to its fleet during a ceremony along the country's southern coast Feb. 14.
308th teaches Iraqi mechanics 'Pride in Performance'
Feb 17, 2010
The Iraqi Army's adoption of the humvee as a normal part of their tactical vehicle fleet has created the need for expert mechanics trained on the famous truck. That is why two Soldiers with the 308th Brigade Support Battalion conducted a 15-day light wheel mechanic course at the end of January with soldiers from the Iraqi Army's 14th Division at Camp Wessam.
Vectors prep sister units for combat ops
Feb 16, 2010
If the old adage "Experience is the best teacher" is correct, then the 48th Chemical Brigade has selected a top-notch unit to train its company commanders and first sergeants in the finer points of movement on today's battlefield.
Joint medical team provides caring hands for Haiti effort
Feb 16, 2010
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti - Twenty-three members of Joint Task Force - Bravo's Medical Element finished a 28-day deployment to Haiti Feb. 14 after being called-upon to provide emergency medical services after the Jan. 12 earthquake here. The team deployed from Honduras via air on Jan. 17 in support of Joint Task Force Haiti and to provide immediate assistance to Haitians in need of urgent medical care in and around the town of Killick on the coast west of Port Au Prince.
Resolute medic provides helping hand
Feb 14, 2010
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti - Specialist Chad Parrish, a medic assigned to Fort Eustis's 7th Sustainment Brigade recently had the opportunity to not only provide assistance to Haitian patients, but also meet a world-renown doctor.
Iraqi commands train to train others
Feb 13, 2010
Trained in advanced operations, close quarters marksmanship, information gathering and taking action against possible threats, Iraqi commandos have a wide array of skills to teach and guide the other units of the Iraqi Army on how to function in combat.
New oil service center opens at JBB
Feb 13, 2010
JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq - Officials with the Mayor's Cell and Shaykh Shehab Ahmed Al-Tmime celebrated the opening of the new oil service center with a ribbon cutting ceremony Feb. 8 at Joint Base Balad, Iraq.
Let's get ready to rumble
Feb 13, 2010
.S. and Iraqi soldiers had a unique training opportunity Feb. 7, crawling toward each other in a seven-on-seven "Breaveheart" rumble at Forward Operating Base Echo. The goal of the competition was to take down the opposing teams "king" using techniques learned in their 10-day, level-two combatives class. To get to the king, the combatants had to fight their way through chokes and take-downs while trying to get their opponents to tap out.
Training Iraqis to rain steel from above
Feb 13, 2010
As the U.S. military prepares to leave all of Iraq's security in the hands of Iraqi forces, the training the two forces have conducted has created a military capable of defending Iraq's sovereignty from any threat. Mortar soldiers don't factor into normal security and stability operations, but they are a key element for a military capable of guaranteeing its nation's borders. Beginning in July 2009, the Mortar Platoon, 4th Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, and Capt. Michael Bradbury, the battalion's fire support officer, began talking with the leadership of the Mortar Battery of the Iraqi Army's 38th Brigade. Once a solid foundation was established, U.S. and Iraqi leaders began planning training for the Iraqi mortar soldiers in Maysan Province.
In service of others
Feb 13, 2010
He was born in Nigeria and lived there for 22 years. His father, a village elder and Muslim religious leader, made an early impression on his life, an impression that still guides him now as he works to become an Army chaplain. Spc. Mikail Lawal traveled to America in 1995 to become an All-American tennis player at Morehouse University in Atlanta. While at Morehouse, he also earned a Bachelors of Science degree in psychology.
Mississippi Armor sergeant earns top honor
Feb 13, 2010
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE TAJI, Iraq - The Order of Saint George bronze medallion was awarded to the assistant operations sergeant with the 155th Special Troops Battalion, 155th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) Feb. 9 in a ceremony at the headquarters company building at Contingency Operating Base Taji, Iraq.
Army to test racing skills in new computer game
Feb 12, 2010
Directing Ryan Newman's #39 U.S. Army Chevrolet Impala to the front of a military convoy will be the challenge for players of "Army - Race for Strength," the new interactive, augmented-reality game debuting this week nationwide.
Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey spread joy to Fort Bragg
Feb 12, 2010
Tuesday was a day for clowning around and good laughs as Dave and Cherie, the ambassadors of laughter from the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus visited Fort Bragg. The two performed for Soldiers in the Warrior Transition Battalion as well as for students at Bowley and Murray elementary schools to spread cheer and the word that the circus is coming to town.
Warrior ethos: Paratrooper saves gunner from burning vehicle
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Two acts of bravery saved the life of a Soldier, whom others said, most definitely would have died had it not been for a heroic action. On May 17, 2009, in the Rusafa district of Baghdad, 1st Lt. Luis Reyes twice entered a burning vehicle to rescue his injured gunner, Spc. Robert Mayes. The two men were assigned to the 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division.
Afghan strategy bears fruit, Iraq on track
Feb 12, 2010
Noting signs that the new strategy in Afghanistan "is beginning to bear fruit," Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates also said during an interview aired Monday that the effort to build up Iraq's security forces and move forward with the U.S. drawdown plan there remains on track.
Local trucking company assists small Army bases
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Soldiers in Iraq prepare for stateside hurricanes
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While Soldiers from the 155th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), prepare to re-deploy in early March, they are simultaneously preparing for their stateside mission should a hurricane hit the Mississippi gulf coast.
Previously injured Soldiers return to JBB
Feb 12, 2010
JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq - Eight Soldiers who were injured while serving in Iraq returned to Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Feb. 5 during Operation Proper Exit Four, to tell their stories and witness the changes the country has undergone since they last served here.
5/7 Cav takes 'reins' of command at FOB Falcon
Feb 11, 2010
The leaders of 5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, headquartered at Fort Stewart, took command of their area of responsibility in Iraq during a ceremony at Forward Operating Base Falcon, Jan. 22.
Son of 3rd CAB Soldier headed to West Point
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Brian Calkins, a former JROTC student at Richmond Hill High School, is thankful that his parents taught him how to set goals and reach them. Recently, that skill, along with a 3.7 GPA, helped the high school senior reach the goal of a lifetime - acceptance to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
Hunter Army Airfield community holds prayer breakfast
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<b> HUNTER ARMY AIRFIELD, Ga. </b> - About 50 Servicemembers and civilians shared a mouth-watering breakfast at the Soldiers Inn Dining Facility at Hunter Army Airfield at 7 a.m., Feb. 4. The group gathered to remember the National Day of Prayer and the value that prayer has for our servicemembers on Hunter and for people in all areas of the world.
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As the Ghostriders of 10th Transportation Company, 3rd Sustainment Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, departs from LSA Sustainer, Haiti, the devastation of the country becomes more and more apparent.
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Open floorplan, trouble with transition of flooring
Hi all, we are building a new home with a kitchen, dining, and living area that will be a wide open area. I am struggling with the flooring placement. We would like to have tile in the kitchen, hardwood in the dining and carpet in the living but again, am struggling with how to make it flow. Does anyone have any ideas? Any pics of these types of floorplans would be great! Thanks!!
My kitchen is tiled and it opens into my dining room which is all wood. I had the guy who refinished my wood floors make a pretty wood saddle to transition the two floors. I'm very happy.
I also had him do the same thing in one of my bathrooms. A saddle/thresh hold was missing and when you opened the door between the bedroom/bathroom you could see the floors meet - and not in a pretty way. He put a small wood saddle there as well. Looks very good.
In our last house we had brick front hall and oak in kit, din and liv. They were the exact same height and we didn't need a saddle. In this house we went from tile in bath's to wood. 1870 building. In one we needed a saddle, we had a soapstone one made to match our bath counter. The other ended up the same height and the wood ran the length so none needed.
I don't like the look of more than one floor in an open area that you described. If each room could be closed of from the other it might work but I don't think you are going to get the "flow" that you want in that space with 3 different floors. What you could do is pick either the tile or hardwood and put a nice ares rug in the living room.
I would like to attach a copy of our floor plan, but am having trouble getting it to attach, maybe I am being really blind but I am not seeing the box to attach my pic. My main concern is where the dining/kitchen area flow into the living area. I just can't envision how to make the tile from the kitchen and hardwood in the dining mesh up with the carpet in the living area.
I have an open concept house. I understand what you
are going through. It is so hard to decorate and plan
floors. We went with wood throughout but have chosen to have two different wood colors.
I did find some photos from the web for you to visualize.
Best of luck,
I lived with an open floor plan with sheet vinyl kitchen/carpeted family room for 15 years and absolutely hated it.
1. Changing the floors tends to negate the open floor concept if you want your rooms to flow from one to the other. Better to have hardwood throughout and an area rug in the LR. If you want to define separate spaces, you don't want an open floor plan.
2. The carpet/vinyl transition was an amazing, disgusting dust catcher, and the carpet wore a lot faster there than anywhere else. I didn't have a metal strip (which would have looked ugly).
I've changed to one surface, hardwood, throughout the kitchen and FR and am much happier.
We have exactly what you're asking about....Tile in Kitchen, Foyer, and PR; Hardwood (Brazilian Cherry) in DR; Carpet in FR & LR. All have transition pieces. What transition piece is used depends on the transition. We have oak transitions b/w FR & Kitchen & b/w LR & Foyer. We have Brazilian Cherry transitions b/w the Kitchen & DR and b/w the LR & DR.
I didn't like the transition-less setup b/w carpet & tile & carpet & wood b/c the tile & wood are hard surfaces while the carpet is a soft surface. That meant I sunk in when stepping on the carpet & if my foot was on the transition point, it was half at one level & the other half at a different level...that hurt my arch!
If you want pics, let me know. I'm at work right now so I can't take any!
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buehl, if you could post pics that would ge great!!
I appreciate all of your thoughts and opinions. As I am leaning right now, I am thinking of maybe eliminating the carpet in the living and putting it to all hardwood. I just have a hard time with spending the $$ to place hardwood and then covering the majority of it with area rugs....
Thanks again!
LOL Sara74! We originally had planned all hardwood throughout the downstairs + tile in the kitchen/foyer/PR. But, when the estimate came in well over 10K for the FR, DR, LR, and Office, we decided only the DR would have wood for now...and we DIY'd it. We put new carpet in the FR and left the LR & Office alone (carpet is still OK in those rooms).
Someday, after college for our children, we'll do hardwood everywhere, but not in the near future.
I'll post later tonight.
I have BC in DR, tile in kitchen, and carpet (for now - eventually will do HW, prob. oak) in FR that is open to kitchen. DR has a 4ft wide doorway to kitchen. I just have a strip of BC that they ripped down and beveled the edge to meet the tile (lower) there right now since I am having tile issues. Where the DR floor meets the foyer tile near the stairs they put in a BC T-moulding.
The carpet in the FR was installed after the kitchen tile and the edge is just tucked under. No transition strip. I guess if you stepped right on it, you'd have the edge (started with factory edge there - you don't want cut tile!) and would have the arch issue but we never noticed it. We have the same "tucked" transition b/t the bathroom tile and hallway carpet upstairs.
The area would look larger if you did all the same flooring though, if you can afford it. I really want oak in my FR, but have oak cabinets in kitchen so would not continue them there, stick with tile, even if I have to replace the current tile b/c of installation problems.
I know this post is older, but I never heard anyone address the use of hardwood in a kitchen where one may not be able to address spills in a speedy fashion, thus ruining the hardwood. Someone suggested placing carpets/rugs over the hardwood; but as someone else stated, that sort of negates the reason for putting down the hardwood to begin with.
I'm of the opinion that flooring transitions totally suck and should be avoided whenever and wherever possible. For us, that means wood everywhere except full bathrooms.
The hardwoods in our house, save for the kitchen, are over 100 years old. The ones in my parents' former house are older yet. I think it is a misconception that hardwood floors are more susceptible to spills than other flooring types. While a large leak will ruin a wood floor, it would also ruin any other material. For daily spills, durability is not an issue. We have hardwood in every room except the bathrooms. No material is perfect but I think hardwoods are pretty close :-)


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In the Bible, Paul told us to shun Christians who continuously, willfully sin. We are not to shun worldly people. In fact, selling his cakes to gays is a good opportunity for him to speak about Christ to them. But, if he really feels it's wrong to sell to gays he can advertise that his cakes come only with a short haired figure in a tuxedo and a long haired figure in a bridal gown. The government can't dictate what goes on his cakes.
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The Calgary Flames are looking to avoid a fourth straight home defeat Friday (9 p.m. ET) against a Tampa Bay Lightning team which has won four straight on the road.
Calgary opened a five-game homestand with a 4-3 shootout victory over St. Louis on Dec. 23, but has been outscored 8-1 in the last three contests. The Flames dropped six in a row at home Oct. 30-Nov. 20.
'You certainly feel a little bit better if you've been scoring, but, to me, that's a little bit of a cop-out. You've got to take ownership of it and be ready for the next opportunity that comes.'-Flames forward Lee Stempniak
Sean Monahan's second-period goal in Tuesday's 4-1 loss to Philadelphia was Calgary's first in a 159:35 span.
''You certainly feel a little bit better if you've been scoring, but, to me, that's a little bit of a cop-out," said Flames forward Lee Stempniak, who has been held without a point in 11 straight contests. "You've got to take ownership of it and be ready for the next opportunity that comes.''
Among the NHL's top rookie scorers with 11 goals, Monahan snapped a six-game point drought Tuesday.
"Putting the puck in the net gives you confidence, and it's big for me to put the puck in the net," said Monahan, who has recorded nine of his 17 points against teams from the Eastern Conference. "That helps the team, but at the end of the day I want to win games."
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The Lightning are in the midst of their most successful road stretch in six years.
Valtteri Filppula and Alex Killorn each had a goal and an assist as Tampa Bay (24-12-4) used a three-goal second period Wednesday to open a four-game trip through Western and Central Canada with a 4-2 victory over Vancouver.
The Lightning own a 16-5 goal advantage during a four-game road winning streak that is the team's longest since it won six in a row Jan. 8-Feb. 7, 2008. Tampa Bay scored 11 goals and was shut out three times during an 0-5-2 road slide that preceded this current winning stretch away from home.
"We fell behind, got the lead and found a way to hold onto it," said coach Jon Cooper, whose team is 10-8-2 on the road this season. "It's what you have to do if you want any chance to make the playoffs: Find ways to win on the road and hold leads."
The Lightning were able to avoid a third straight defeat overall and bounce back after they were unable to hold a first-period lead in a 4-3 home loss to the New York Rangers on Sunday.
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Social sign-in has become a powerful force for marketers and consumers, validating the notion of federated identity in consumer-facing contexts. (Ironic that consumerization of IT is successfully tackling even the single sign-on problem that has bedeviled IT, showing how identity for the top line of the business can overcome resistance in ways that business-to-employee scenarios typically can't.)
But not all consumer-facing federated SSO is social. When I was with PayPal, our team worked on the underpinnings of what eventually turned into Log In with PayPal, which is strictly about federated identity flows for commercial purposes. And today Amazon has come out with Login with Amazon, a powerful statement of Amazon-as-identity-provider. They've been testing this with their own web properties Zappos and Woot; now they're enabling third-party merchants and other sites to use Amazon for authentication of people who already have active Amazon accounts, along with learning a few selected user attributes: name, email, and optionally the zip code of the default shipping addresses. No huge social graphs here, just data that partner eCommerce sites need to function (and make money).
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I had the chance once again to do a podcast with Mike Gualtieri as part of his wonderful Forrester TechnoPolitics series, talking about the usability affordances of passwords that make them natural targets for consensual impersonation. As Mike memorably puts it, is this behavior frisky, or risky? Just like in our last podcast together, I found myself confessing deep dark authentication secrets. Take a listen and let me know your thoughts.
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Forrester research has always identified security as a major impediment to broad scale implementation for cloud, regardless of the model, SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, the adoption rate has been slowed by security concerns. Cloud providers recognize this is an impediment to selling cloud services and in response are strengthening their security controls. In Forrester's Forrsights® research program we interview over 2000 security decision makers on a variety of security issues and topics. Cloud security tops the list of concerns regarding cloud deployments.
The appetite on the buy-side is very real for secure IT cloud infrastructures. Our research shows a lot of very strong interest in the deployment of private cloud platforms because of the elasticity, reduced cost and cycle times required to deploy solutions in these environments.
This week Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced that AWS GovCloud (U.S.) and all U.S. AWS Regions have received an Agency Authority to Operate (ATO) from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) requirements.
Obtaining FISMA Moderate certification indicates AWS' focus on providing strong security controls for its cloud offerings. Forrester assumes AWS commercial clients could benefit from this as well by AWS security processes propagating to other areas of AWS' cloud business.
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Andras Cser probed a sore spot in IAM last week with his post, "XACML Is Dead." It's a necessary conversation (though I did see a glint in his eye at the Forrester BT Forum after he pressed Publish!). Our Q3 2012 Identity Standards TechRadar showed that XACML has already crested the peak of its moderate success trajectory, heading for decline. We haven't seen its business value-add or ecosystem grow since then, despite the publication of XACML 3.0 and a few other bright spots, such as Axiomatics' recent funding round.
It's not that we don't need an interoperable solution for finer-grained access control. But the world's demands for loosely coupled identity and access systems have gotten...well, more demanding. The solution needs to be friendly to open web API security and management. It needs to be friendly to mobile developers. And it most certainly needs to be prepared to tackle the hard parts of integrating authorization with truly heterogeneous cloud services and applications, where business partners aren't just enterprise clones, but may be tiny and resource-strapped. This admittedly gets into business rather than technical challenges, but every ounce of technical friction makes success in the business realm less likely.
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Conversations with vendors and IT end users at Forrester's Security lead us to predict that XACML (the lingua franca for centralized entitlement management and authorization policy evaluation and enforcement) is largely dead or will be transformed into access control (see Quest APS, a legacy entititlement management platform based on BiTKOO, which will probably be morphed by Dell into a web SSO platform).
Here are the reasons why we predict XACML is dead:
Lack of broad adoption. The standard is still not widely adopted with large enterprises who have written their authorization engines.
Inability to serve the federated, extended enterprise. XACML was designed to meet the authorization needs of the monolithic enterprise where all users are managed centrally in AD. This is clearly not the case today: companies increasingly have to deal with users whose identities they do not manage.
PDP does a lot of complex things that it does not inform the PEP about. If you get a 'no, you can't do that' decision in the application from the PEP, you'd want to know why. Our customers tell us that this can prove to be very difficult. The PEP may not be able to find out from the complex PDP evaluation process why an authorization was denied.
Not suitable for cloud and distributed deployment. While some PEPs can bundle the PDP for faster performance, using a PEPs in a cloud environment where you only have a WAN link between a PDP and a PEP is not an option.
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As data flows between countries with disparate data protection laws, firms need to ensure the safety of their customer and employee data through regulatory compliance and due diligence. However, multinational organizations often find global data privacy laws exceedingly challenging. To help our clients address these challenges, Forrester developed a research and planning tool called the Data Privacy Heat Map (try the demo version here). Originally published in 2010, the tool leverages in-depth analyses of the privacy-related laws and cultures of 54 countries around the world, helping our clients better strategize their own global privacy and data protection approaches.
Regulation in the data privacy arena is far from static. In the year since we last updated the heat map, we have seen many changes to how countries around the world view and enforce data privacy. Forrester has tracked and rated each of these 54 countries across seven different metrics directly within the tool. Among them, seven countries had their ratings change over the past year. Some of the most significant changes corporations are concerned with involve:
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A common theme during this week's SAS and FICO user conferences was how to use Big Data to make fraud decisions faster, more accurately and without impacting the customers in any negative way.
Big Data is basically about 3Vs: Volume, Velocity and Variety of data to gain veracity and value in fraud management. Volume and Velocity are nothing new: fraud management products have long been capable of analyzing terabytes of data in billions of transactions - in real time.
What's really new for Fraud Management about Big Data is Variety. Using all types of new information to make better decisions with lower false positive rates. The new data sources that are increasingly used in Fraud Management are:
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 Hedin was born in Paris, France, and raised in North Carolina and Minnesota. He studied music at the College of William and Mary and in the fall of 2002 entered the Graduate Writing Program at The New School in New York City. After earning his M.F.A. in fiction from The New School he started teaching, first at Long Island University and The New School, and later in the Expository Writing Program at New York University.

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 "Benjamin Hedin went looking for the civil rights movement's past, but he also ran smack into the present, which can suddenly look like the past and then just as suddenly look totally different. By bringing stirring people like Septima Clark into focus, Hedin does what good historians do, but by entwining history with current events, he does a lot more. Here is a haunting meditation on living in history as well as with it."—Sean Wilentz, author of The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln

 In March of 1965, Martin Luther King led thousands in an epic march from Selma, Alabama to the state capital in Montgomery, in what is often seen as the culminating moment of the Civil Rights movement. The Voting Rights Act was signed into law that year, and with Jim Crow eradicated, and schools being desegregated, the movement had supposedly come to an end. America would go on to record its story as an historic success.

 Recently, however, the New York Times featured an article that described the reversion of Little Rock's schools to all-black or all-white. The next day, the paper printed a story about a small town in Alabama where African Americans were being denied access to the polls. Massive demonstrations in cities across the country protest the killing of black men by police, while we celebrate a series of 50th-anniversary commemorations of the signature events of the Civil Rights movement. In such a time it is important to ask: In the last fifty years, has America progressed on matters of race, or are we stalled—or even moving backward?

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 "In Search of the Movement is a true marvel. Benjamin Hedin's insightful combination of reportage and history of the Civil Rights movement allows us to see the era with fresh eyes. By tracing the continued legacy of the black freedom struggle from the 1960s to the present, this gem of a book wonderfully illuminates how the movement is living and thriving in our own time."—Peniel Joseph, author of Stokely: A Life and Waiting 'Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America

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One side of the sky was dominated by clouds and the moon, and the other side was clear.
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In the book I wrote in my wife Briggs's memory, Briggs:, Love, Cancer, and the Medical Profession, I wrote about the last time I remembered her comp...
I see that 20 chairs have been set out. All but two are empty. I have ridden 80 miles, and climbed 700 feet, to read to two people. I inch closer, take a breath. I see that the people are a mother and daughter. They're sitting up front, holding my book. Something inside me cracks.
You'd think a guy who has taken many bike tours -- who has written a book about one of them -- might remember that riding a heavy bike, over distance, does not feel like a montage. You'd think I'd remember that. You'd be mistaken.
Sidewalks, bike lanes, pedestrian crossings, parks, and green areas are all pieces of a complex puzzle to help citizens navigate their city safely and sustainably.
Bike helmets can be quite boring. Similar in size and shape, usually color becomes the only unique factor. And even the color combinations tend to be bland and uninventive. But in a world that creates more and more ridiculous travel pillows, where there's a will, there's a weird way.