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United States Army Special Forces selection and training
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The Special Forces Qualification Course (SFQC) or, informally, the Q Course is the initial formal training program for entry into the United States Army Special Forces. Phase I of the Q Course is Special Forces Assessment and Selection (SFAS).[1] Getting "Selected" at SFAS will enable a candidate to continue on to the next of the four phases. If a candidate successfully completes all phases he will graduate as a Special Forces qualified soldier and then, generally, be assigned to a 12-man Operational Detachment "A" (ODA), commonly known as an "A team." The length of the Q Course changes depending on the applicant's primary job field within Special Forces and their assigned foreign language capability but will usually last between 56 to 95 weeks.
- 1 Special Forces Qualification Course
- 1.1 Special Forces Preparation and Conditioning (SFPC) 3 Weeks 4 Days
- 1.2 Special Forces Assessment and Selection (SFAS)
- 1.3 Course Orientation and History: Phase I (7 weeks)
- 1.4 Language and Culture: Phase II (18–25 weeks)
- 1.5 Small Unit Tactics & SERE: Phase III (13 weeks)
- 1.6 MOS Training Phase IV (14–50 weeks)
- 1.7 UW CULEX (Robin Sage): Phase V (4 weeks)
- 1.8 Phase VI (1 Week): Graduation
- 2 Further training
- 3 Notes
- 4 References
- 5 External links
Special Forces Qualification Course[edit]
Special Forces Preparation and Conditioning (SFPC) 3 Weeks 4 Days[edit]
Scope: This 19-day performance-oriented course includes physical conditioning, map reading and land navigation instruction; land-navigation practical exercises and common-task training. Course Description: To prepare and condition 18X and REP-63 (National Guard) soldiers to attend Special Forces Assessment and Selection course and the follow-on Special Forces Qualification Course.[2]
Special Forces Assessment and Selection (SFAS)[edit]
A version of SFAS was first introduced as a selection mechanism in the mid-1980s by the Commanding General of the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School at the time, Brigadier General James Guest.[3]
There are now two ways for soldiers to volunteer to attend SFAS:
- As an existing soldier in the US Army with the Enlisted rank of E-3 (Private First Class) or higher, and for Officers the rank of O-2 (1st Lieutenant) promotable to O-3 (Captain), or existing O-3s.
- Initial Accession or IA, where an individual who has no prior military service or who has previously separated from military service firse attends Infantry One Station Unit Training (OSUT, the combination of Basic Combat Training and Advanced Individual Training), Airborne School, and a preparation course to help prepare them for SFAS. This program is commonly referred to as the "X-Ray Program", derived from "18X". The candidates in this program are known as "X-Rays".. Both the Active Duty and National Guard components offer Special Forces Initial Accession programs. The Active Duty program is referred to as the "18X Program" because of the Initial Entry Code that appears on the assignment orders.
Training at SFAS[edit]
The first phase of the Special Forces Qualification Course is Special Forces Assessment and Selection (SFAS), consisting of 24 days of training held at Camp Mackall.[4][5]
Events in SFAS include numerous long distance land navigation courses. All land navigation courses are conducted day and night under heavy loads of equipment, in varied weather conditions, and in rough, hilly terrain. Land navigation work is done individually with no assistance from instructors or fellow students and is always done on a time limit. Each land navigation course has its maximum time limit reduced as course moves along[clarification needed] and are upwards of 12 miles (19 km) each. Instructors evaluate candidates by using obstacle course runs, team events including moving heavy loads such as telephone poles and old jeep trucks through sand as a 12-man team, the Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT), a swim assessment, and numerous psychological exams such as IQ tests and the Defense Language Aptitude Battery (DLAB) test. The final event, which was discontinued in early 2009 and reintroduced sometime before December of 2013, is a road march of up to 32 miles (51 km) known as "the Trek" or Long Range Individual Movement (LRIM).
Selection outcomes:
- Those who quit are Voluntarily Withdrawn (VW) by the course cadre are generally designated NTR or Not-to-Return. This generally ends any opportunity a candidate may have to become a Special Forces soldier. Active Duty military candidates will be returned to their previous units, and IA 18X candidates will be transferred to infantry units as 11B Infantrymen.
- Candidates who are "medically dropped," and who are not then medically discharged from the military due to serious injury, are often permitted to "recycle," and to attempt the course again as soon as they are physically able to do so.
- Candidates who successfully complete the course but who are "Boarded" and not selected ("Non-Select") are generally given the opportunity to attend selection again in 12 or 24 months.[6]
Upon selection at SFAS, all Active Duty enlisted and IA 18X candidates will be briefed on:
- The five Special Forces Active Duty Groups
- The four Special Forces Military Occupational Specialties (MOS) initially open to them
- The languages spoken in each Special Forces Group
Candidates will then complete what is often referred to as a '"wish list." Enlisted candidates rank the available MOS (18B, 18C, 18D, 18E) in order of preference. Officer candidates will attend the 18A course. Both enlisted and officer candidates will list in order of preference the SF Groups in which they prefer to serve (1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 10th) and the languages in which they prefer to be trained. Language selection is dependent on the Defense Language Aptitude Battery (DLAB) test scores of the candidate, as well as the SF Group to which they are assigned. Different SF Groups focus on different areas of responsibility (AOR), which require different languages. A board assigns each enlisted and officer candidate his MOS, Group placement, and language. The MOS, Group, and language that a selected candidate is assigned is not guaranteed, and is contingent upon the needs of the Special Forces community. Generally 80% of selected candidates are awarded their primary choices.
Successful Active Duty candidates usually return to their previous units to await a slot in the Special Forces Qualification Course. Because an Initial Accession (IA) 18X candidate lacks a previous unit, he will normally enter the Q Course immediately.
All SF trainees must have completed the United States Army Airborne School before beginning Phase 2 of the Q-Course.
Course Orientation and History: Phase I (7 weeks)[edit]
Course Description: Phase 1 of the SFQC is the SF Orientation Course, a seven-week introduction to SF. Dubbed the Orientation and History module, the course falls under the auspices of the 4th Battalion, 1st Special Warfare Training Group (Airborne). The course is separated into six modules:[7]
Module A – Introduction to Unconventional Warfare[edit]
This module exposes the students to the overall learning objectives and outcomes of the SFQC, trains them in tactical guerrilla warfare, and provides them the operational and strategic context under which they will train for the remainder of the SFQC. Under the supervision of the cadre in Robin Sage and mentorship of the "G" chiefs, the students are expected to complete this phase with a firm understanding of what will be expected of them throughout the remainder of the SFQC and the importance of unconventional warfare in the Special Forces mission.
Module B – Introduction to Special Forces[edit]
This module is intended to provide the soldiers an understanding of Special Forces, its history, organization, attributes and the core tasks that relate to their mission. Lessons include SFOD-A and SFOD-B numbering convention, command and control architecture, joint special-operations area, duties and responsibilities of each MOS, SF planning and organization, core mission and tasks, SOF physical fitness and nutrition. The training is to prepare the potential Special Forces soldier for what is expected of him and the standards that he must acquire to graduate the SFQC and be a member of the Army Special Forces.
Module C – Airborne Operations and Refresher[edit]
This module allows the soldier to maintain his jump proficiency and prepare for the training he will encounter throughout the SFQC.
Module D – Special Forces Planning[edit]
This module provides the soldiers an understanding of the Special Forces Mission Planning process. The soldiers are given classes on the Military Decision Making Process followed by a practical exercise that reinforces the training.
Module E – Operational Culture and Regional Analysis[edit]
The purpose of this instructional module is to give students a foundational understanding of the battlespace including: operational culture and a systems' analysis of an area. The lessons include a view of one's own cultural lenses, leading to an understanding of the perspective of others as well as the use of PMESII-PT system of regional analysis to deduce the capabilities, people and environment of a given area. The Pineland Area Study will be used as the basis for analysis allowing for a more comprehensive understanding of the training environment.
Language and Culture: Phase II (18–25 weeks)[edit]
Phase 2 of the SFQC focuses on language and culture. During Phase 2, soldiers receive basic special-operations language training in the language assigned to them at the completion of Special Forces Assessment and Selection. Languages are broken into four categories based on their degree of difficulty to native speakers of English. Soldiers who are assigned a Category I or II language will be enrolled in an 18-week language program, while soldiers who are assigned a Category III or IV language will attend 24 weeks of language training.
Students receive instruction in three basic language skills: speaking, participatory listening and reading (limited). An overview of physical[clarification needed] and social systems, economics, politics and security, infrastructure, technology, culture and regional studies forms the cultural component. Language instruction focuses on functional application geared toward mission-related tasks, enhanced rapport building techniques, cultural mitigation strategies, interpreting and control of interpreter methods. Also during Phase 2, a progressive physical training program is started in order to prepare for Phase 3.
To successfully complete Phase 2, soldiers must achieve a minimum of 1/1 Listening and Speaking as measured by the two-skill Oral Proficiency Interview.
Small Unit Tactics & SERE: Phase III (13 weeks)[edit]
Small Unit Tactics is the third phase in the qualification course. The 13-week[citation needed] program provides soldiers in the SFQC the apprentice-level tactical combat skills required to successfully operate on an SF OD-A.
Students will master the following tactical skills: advanced marksmanship; small-unit tactics; SF common tasks; urban operations; mission analysis; advanced special operations level 1; sensitive-site exploitation; military-decision making process.
At the end of Phase 3, soldiers will enroll in SERE Level C, where they will receive intensive training in support of the Code of Conduct. Training includes survival field craft skills, techniques of evasion, resistance to exploitation and resolution skills in all types of environments. Students will participate in a survival and evasion field-training exercise and in a resistance-training laboratory. The course spans three weeks with three phases of instruction. The first phase lasts approximately 10 days of academic instruction on the Code of Conduct and in SERE techniques that incorporate both classroom training and hands-on field craft.
The second phase is a five-day field training exercise in which the students practice their survival and evasion skills by procuring food and water, constructing evasion fires and shelters and evading tracker dogs and aggressor forces over long distances. The final phase takes place in the resistance-training laboratory, where students are tested on their individual and collective abilities to resist interrogation and exploitation and to properly apply the six articles of the Code of Conduct in a realistic captivity scenario.
MOS Training Phase IV (14–50 weeks)[edit]
The purpose of this phase is to train selected soldiers in the critical MOS and skill level tasks and competencies required to perform the duties of a member of an SF ODA. Candidates must have successfully passed the SF Orientation Course, Language, SUT, and SERE before entering Phase IV training. Any variation from these prerequisites requires a waiver from the Commanding General, SWCS.
18A – Special Forces Detachment Officer[edit]
This phase is intended to train selected officers in the critical branch tasks and competencies required to perform the duties of a detachment commander of a Special Forces ODA. The course focuses on the full operational spectrum of problem analysis and resolution design associated with SF core missions across the elements of national power spectrum. Duties and functional-area familiarization of the 18 series MOSs: communications, engineer, medical, weapons, intelligence; the military decision making process; special-operations mission planning; adaptive thinking and leadership; special reconnaissance; direct action; unconventional warfare; foreign internal defense; counterinsurgency operations; military operations in urban terrain; interagency operations; warrior skills; Advanced Special Operations skills; OPFUND management; elements of national power considerations; culture; in-depth core mission analysis; information operations, planning and conduct of ODA training; and three field-training exercises.
- Module A – Special Forces Mission Analysis and Planning: The module provides student officers with an introduction to SOF mission peculiar software; fire support; an introduction to IO; mission planning using the MDMP; target analysis; infiltration/exfiltration planning; non-conventional unassisted evasion and recovery planning.
- Module B – Adaptive Thinking and Interpersonal Skills: This module develops the officer's ability to perform as an adaptive leader in an asymmetrical environment.
- Module C – SR/DA: This module teaches the doctrine associated with special reconnaissance and direct action missions and provides an introduction and overview of sensitive site exploitation operations and target site exploitation.
- Module D – Foreign Internal Defense/Counterinsurgency: This module develops the officer's capacity to develop a strategy based approach to FID support planning, and training that employs a methodology of balanced, decentralized, intelligence driven lethal and nonlethal operations across the operational spectrum. It emphasizes the importance of combined, multinational and interagency integrated operations and the establishment and functionality of mission supportive informal command relationships to stimulate their capacity to act as force multipliers. This module includes a FID/JCET FTX where students work by, with, and through host nation partners.
- Module E – Unconventional Warfare: This module teaches student officers how to implement the developmental processes of an insurgency and identify the components of an insurgency. Implement the role and functions in operations as it relates to the seven phases of US sponsored insurgency. Demonstrate the uses of UW as a strategic option during the initial phases of a Geographic Combatant Commander's Campaign Plan. This module includes UW Case Studies and a Case Studies Brief and a UW Pilot Team FTX.
- Module F – Advanced Special Operations: This module familiarizes students with the basic fundamentals of advanced special operations.
- Module J – MOS Cross Training: This module provides officers with knowledge and education of the duties, responsibilities, and capabilities of the individual MOS members of the SFODA. It identifies what the 18B, 18C, 18D, 18E are trained on during the SFQC and provides a familiarization of the role of the SF Warrant Officers, Operations Sergeant, and Intelligence Sergeant to future detachment commanders. This module will also provide limited MOS specific cross-training to students in the 18A Phase IV SFQC.
The Special Forces operational detachment commander is a captain who has been awarded the 18A MOS. He commands the detachment and is responsible for everything that the detachment does or fails to do. The commander may command or advise an indigenous battalion combat force. The commander will regularly meet abroad with the country team to include ambassadors, foreign ministers of defense and foreign presidents. He ensures his detachment is trained for combat anytime, anywhere and in any environment. The commander ensures that he and all of his detachment members are cross-trained on all assigned equipment and duties in case of injury or death to a detachment member during a mission.
18B – Weapons Sergeant[edit]
Weapons sergeants have a working knowledge with weapons systems found throughout the world. They gain extensive knowledge about various types of small arms, submachine guns, machine guns, grenade launchers, forward-observer procedures and directs fires and indirect-fire weapons (mortars), anti-tank missiles. They learn the capabilities and characteristics of U.S. and foreign air defense and anti-tank weapons systems, tactical training and range fire as well as how to teach marksmanship and the employment of weapons to others. Weapons sergeants employ conventional and unconventional tactics and techniques as tactical mission leaders. They can recruit, organize, train and advise or command indigenous combat forces up to company size. Course instruction includes direct- and indirect-fire systems and procedures: mortars, light/heavy weapons, sniper systems, anti-armor systems, forward observer and fire direction center procedures, close air support; Warrior skills; combatives; plan and conduct training; field training exercise.
- Module A - Light Weapons: The purpose of this module is to produce a weapons sergeant capable of employing, maintaining and engaging targets with select U.S. and foreign pistols, rifles, shotguns, submachine guns and machine guns and grenade launchers
- Module B - Heavy Weapons: The purpose of this module is to produce a weapons sergeant capable of employing, maintaining and engaging targets with select U.S. and foreign anti-armor weapons, crew-served weapons, mortars and in the use of observed fire procedures.
- Module C - Tactics: The purpose of this module is to produce a weapons sergeant proficient in Special Forces and light-infantry tactics through platoon level.
- Tactics FTX: This module develops the student's knowledge, skills and understanding of the Special Forces weapons sergeant on tactics, techniques and procedures that affects mission planning as it pertains to SF operations. This will increase the student's understanding of his operational environment.
18C – Engineer Sergeant[edit]
Engineer Sergeants are experts in employing offensive and defensive combat engineer capabilities, including demolitions, landmines, explosives and improvised munitions, construction, home-made explosives, reconnaissance, and target analysis. Special Forces engineers are taught advanced demolition skills for destroying targets with non-electric and electric firing systems, with U.S., foreign and civilian demolition components. Engineer sergeants plan, supervise, lead, perform and instruct all aspects of combat engineering, demolition operations and theater-of operations construction engineering in either English or their target language. They can recruit, organize, train and advise or command indigenous combat forces up to company size. The course covers: basic military construction techniques and procedures; basic and intermediate demolitions; Special Forces Tactical Facilities, UXO/IED; target analysis/interdiction and mission planning; Warrior skills; combatives; plan and conduct training; and field-training exercises.
- Module A - Demolitions: To provide students with baseline knowledge of explosives theory, their characteristics and common uses, formulas for calculating various types of charges and standard methods of priming and placing these charges. Lesson plans include explosive entry techniques, demolition material, demolition safety, firing systems, calculation and placement of charges, expedient charges and range operations.
- Module B - Construction: To provide students with knowledge and training in the role of an SF engineer; blueprints (read/design); construction of a masonry wall; welding, concrete construction, types and sitings of obstacles, wire obstacles, fighting positions, bunkers and shelters, camp construction/fortification, heavy equipment operations (skid-steer loader, scraper, grader, scoop loader, utility tractor), electrical wiring, plumbing and logistical operations. The construction module requires soldiers to learn to read blueprints as well as design, and to construct a theater-of-operations building, as well as field fortifications to be used as fire bases while deployed on an SFODA.
- Module C - UXO/IED: To provide students with knowledge and skills in the construction, demolition and emplacement of special-purpose munitions and unexploded ordnance, including IEDs. Homemade explosives.
- Module D - Reconnaissance: To provide students with knowledge and training in target analysis/interdiction and mission planning.
- Module E - Engineer Field Training Exercise: To complete the foreign internal defense scenario-based 18C SF engineer tasks.
18D – Medical Sergeant[edit]
Medical sergeants specialize in trauma management, infectious diseases, cardiac life support and surgical procedures, with a basic understanding of veterinary and dental medicine. Both general healthcare and emergency healthcare are stressed in training. Medical sergeants provide emergency, routine and long-term medical care for detachment members and associated allied members and host-nation personnel. They establish field medical facilities to support unconventional-warfare operations. They provide veterinary care. They prepare the medical portion of area studies, briefbacks and operation plans and orders. Soldiers selected for MOS 18D attend 250 days of advanced medical training. Additionally, they spend two months of the year on a trauma rotation in hospital emergency rooms. Formerly, 18D trainees received instruction involving ballistic wounding of goats at a "Goat Lab" facility on Fort Bragg. This controversal practice was discontinued by an act of Congress in 2013.[8] The medical-training phase includes a nationally accredited emergency medical technician paramedic program. They can recruit, organize, train and advise or command indigenous combat forces up to company size.
18E – Communications Sergeant[edit]
The Special Forces communications sergeant has to learn U.S. communication systems as well as those systems found throughout the world. He must incorporate this information and technology into his communications planning, and teach it to the other members of his ODA. Communications sergeants have a thorough grounding in communication basics, communications procedures, computer technology; assembly and systems applications. They must understand communication theory – how to install, operate and maintain radio systems across all bands. They must be able to make communications in voice to data, and to read voice and data radio nets by using computer systems and networks. Communications sergeants are experts in sending and receiving messages to link the SFODA with its command and control elements. They are familiar with antenna theory, radio wave propagation and how to teach it to others. Communications sergeants prepare the communications portion of area studies, briefbacks and operation plans and orders. They can recruit, organize, train and advise or command indigenous combat forces up to company size. The course provides training in computer applications, satellite radios and satellite and antenna theory and radio wave propagation. Soldiers learn how to construct field-expedient antennas, employing communications procedures and techniques and communicate throughout the HF, VHF and UHF spectrums, all culminating with a field training exercise. The course goal is to develop a world-class SF Communicator capable of employing, accessing and familiar with SF, joint and interagency communications.
- Module A – Course Orientation: Provides the students with the information of what is covered in the 18E Course, the student evaluation plan and conduct while attending the course.
- Module B – Computer Applications: This module instructs Ssldiers to become proficient in computer applications A+ training and NET+ training. The A+ training provides soldiers the training necessary to troubleshoot and repair basic computer components, hard drives, power supplies, motherboards, video cards and other internal components of a computer. The Net+ training provides soldiers the training necessary to network computers in a LAN and WAN and setting up servers and routers. Installing, operating and maintaining the SND-L and SOMPE-G. Students are postured at the end of this module for external certification in CompTIA+ network and security.
- Module C – Communications Procedures: The module instructs the soldiers on basic communications fundamentals such as basic radio theory, basic electricity, radio telephone procedures, signal-operating instructions, communication security, power applications and information operations/electronic warfare as they pertain to an SF communications sergeant.
- Module D – Radios Common to the Army: Students receive instruction on the operation of radios and radio-secure systems common to Army units such as the AN/PRC-148, AN/PRC119F, AN/PYQ-10 simple key loader and the AN/CYZ-10 electronic transfer device.
- Module E – Satellite Communications: Soldiers learn satellite theory, the use of satellite radios such as the AN/PSC-5C/D AN/PRC-117G and BGAN attenna and the radio's modes of operation, demand assigned multiple access and point to point operations.
The soldiers are also trained in the use of multiple computer applications such as VIASAT, PDA-184, and MoVer to install, operate and maintain satellite communications links.
- Module F – Communications Planning: The Communications Planning Module instructs soldiers in the matters of communications planning such as transmission site selection, the duties and responsibilities of the SF communications sergeant, signal support in the Special Forces group, MDMP, mission planning and preparing a signal annex to an operations order as it pertains to his duties and responsibilities.
- Module G – High Frequency Communications: The module instructs soldiers in the use of the high frequency (HF) radio spectrum to communicate, such as training in antenna theory and radio wave propagation, the calculation of length to determine how to make HF antennas for short, medium and long-range communications. The operation and troubleshooting of the AN/PRC-137 special mission radio set (SMRS) and AN/PRC-150 are also taught.
- Module I – Field Performance: This module measures the soldier's proficiency in the use and techniques of the equipment and procedures taught throughout the SF Communications Sergeant Course. The soldiers must achieve a passing grade to become qualified.
UW CULEX (Robin Sage): Phase V (4 weeks)[edit]
Since 1974, Robin Sage, the culmination exercise for the SFQC, has been the litmus test for soldiers striving to earn the coveted Green Beret. (Prior to 1974, similar exercises were held under the name Devil's Arrow, Swift Strike, and Guerrilla USA.)[9] It is during Robin Sage, held across 15 rural North Carolina counties, that soldiers must put all of the skills they have learned throughout the SFQC to the test in an unconventional-warfare training exercise. The exercise, broken into two phases, puts students on their first SFODA. The SFODA is trained, advised and mentored throughout the entire exercise from mission receipt through planning and infiltration. During the first week, the students are taught the necessary skills to survive and succeed in a UW environment using the small group instruction teaching methodology. The remaining three weeks focus on their planning and application during Robin Sage. The students are placed into an environment of political instability characterized by armed conflict that forces soldiers to exercise both individual and collective problem solving. A key to the success of the Robin Sage training is its real-world feel[citation needed] that is established by the use of guerrilla forces. The SFODA must assess the combat effectiveness of the G-forces, and then train them in basic individual tasks from each of the MOSs as well as collective tasks in basic small-unit tactics, while remaining responsive to asymmetrical challenges. Just as language plays a key role in all other phases of the pipeline, language skills will be put to the test during Robin Sage. During this training, the SFODA must demonstrate its knowledge of UW doctrine and operational techniques.
On the last day of isolation the detachment presents its plan to the battalion command and staff. This plan will explain how the commander intends to execute the mission. The next day, the students make an airborne infiltration into the fictitious country of "Pineland". They then make contact with the guerrilla forces and begin Robin Sage. Students will then begin their task of training, advising, and assisting the guerrillas. The training will educate the guerrillas in various specialties, including weapons, communications, medical, and demolitions. The training is designed to enable the guerrillas to begin liberating their country from oppression. It is the last portion of the Special Forces Qualification Course before they receive their "Green Berets".
ROBIN SAGE involves approximately 100 Special Forces students, 100 counter-insurgent personnel (OPFOR), 200 guerrilla personnel, 40 auxiliary personnel, and 50 cadre. The local communities of North Carolina also participate in the exercise by role playing as citizens of Pineland.[10] The exercise is conducted in approximately 50,000 square miles (130,000 km2) of North Carolina. Many of the OPFOR and guerrilla personnel are made up of North Carolina residents who are financially compensated for their participation.[11] The role of the guerrilla chief, "G-chief," is sometimes played by a retired Green Beret. In previous years, during the summer Robin Sage exercises, Army ROTC cadets acted as the OPFOR or guerrilla fighters.[12] Participation of AROTC cadets in Robin Sage has not taken place since summer of 2009.
Death during ROBIN SAGE[edit]
On 23 February 2002,[13] during an off-post traffic stop, Moore County Deputy Sheriff Randall Butler shot to death 1st Lieutenant Tallas Tomeny, 31, and wounded Staff Sergeant Stephen Phelps, 25, during a Robin Sage exercise.[14] The two soldiers had presumed that Butler was aware of the Robin Sage training, and when stopped, attempted to bribe him with "Don" (Pineland currency), which looks similar to Monopoly money.[14] The deputy used his entire supply of chemical spray on Tomeny, who backpedaled and screamed, shaking his head. Phelps continued to think that the deputy was part of the play of the exercise and grabbed the bag holding his machine gun, running for cover. Butler shot Tomeny once, turned, and shot the fleeing Phelps twice after telling him to show his hands.[14] Prior to the accident, there was confidence within the military establishment that the law enforcement community of North Carolina was well familiarized with the exercise. Press releases are now issued before an exercise commences and law enforcement officers who participate in the training are now required to wear a distinctive uniform.
On 27 October 2009 a federal civil trial jury in Greensboro, North Carolina awarded $750,000 to Phelps after he sued Butler and the Moore County Sheriff's office. Tomeny's estate had previously settled out-of-court with the sheriff's office. Jurors said that they did not believe portions of Butler's testimony about what had occurred during the shooting incident.[15]
Phase VI (1 Week): Graduation[edit]
Phase 6 is the final phase and consists of one week of out processing, the Regimental First Formation where students don their green berets for the first time, and the graduation ceremony.
Further training[edit]
After successfully completing the Special Forces Qualification Course, Special Forces soldiers are then eligible for many advanced skills courses. These include, but are not limited to, the Military Free Fall Parachutist Course (MFF), the Combat Diver Qualification Course and the Special Forces Sniper Course (formerly known as the Special Operations Target Interdiction Course).[16] All Special Forces soldiers conduct real world, non-combat operations in order to maintain their skills. Special Forces Medical Sergeants (18D) often work in both military and civilian Emergency Rooms in between deployments.[17]
Additionally, because one of the Special Forces soldier's primary mission is the instruction of other forces, they participate extensively in special operations training courses offered by other services and allied nations throughout their careers.
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- ^ Department of the Army, Special Forces Overview
- ^ https://atrrs.army.mil/atrrscc/courseInfo.aspx?fy=2013&sch=331&crs=011-F82&crstitle=SF+PREPARATION+AND+CONDITIONING&phase=
- ^ https://atrrs.army.mil/atrrscc/courseInfo.aspx?fy=2013&sch=331&crs=2E-F129%2f011-F44&crstitle=SF+ASSESSMENT+AND+SELECTION+%28SFAS%29&phase=
- ^ "Training , GoArmy.com". Httphealthcare.goarmy.com. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
- ^ Ausspecialforces.Com. "Comparative information on US and Australian Special Forces Selection attrition rates".
- ^ The time window to attend SFAS a second time can be heavily influenced by deployment schedules, as "non-selected" candidates are assigned to infantry units in the meantime.
- ^ https://atrrs.army.mil/atrrscc/courseInfo.aspx?fy=2013&sch=331&crs=2E-F253%2f011-F95&crstitle=SF+QUAL+%28ORIENTATION%29&phase=
- ^ "A baaaad idea? Fort Bragg to stop using goats in medical training". Retrieved 2013-10-31.
- ^ Kelley Twedell. "Robin Sage, Special Forces Training Begins Saturday". FortBraggPatch. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
- ^ John Pike. "Marines train alongside soldiers at Robin Sage exercise". Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
- ^ Central N.C. residents notified of Robin Sage exercises." WRAL.com. N.p., 01 08 2010. Web. 10 Jun 2011. <http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/8068218/> para 4
- ^ http://www.marquette.edu/rotc/army/training-summer-robin.shtml
- ^ John Pike. "Robin Sage". Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
- ^ a b c "Conflicting version of Robin Sage Incident". Training.sfahq.com. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
- ^ Associated Press, "Jury awards at least $750,000 to former soldier", Military Times, 28 October 2009.
- ^ http://www.shadowspear.com/vb/threads/shooters-and-thinkers-the-special-forces-sniper-course.3181/
- ^ Carol Smith (19 March 2003). "Medics hone their 'perishable skills'". Seattle PI.
External links[edit]
- The short film Big Picture: Special Forces is available for free download at the Internet Archive


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Tim Streather has been named in the centres after missing last week's win through injury. The 24-year-old partners Joe Munro with Joe Cobden moving to the bench.
Nottingham recorded a remarkable 63-7 win over the Bris when the sides first met at Meadow Lane in November.
But Green and Whites Head Coach Martin Haag stressed: "That is water under the bridge.
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HFW day 6 : Date Night with Hubby
My hubby is not a kind of man who like certain kind of style. He never complained or say I like u wearing this and that, or I hate you when you put this n that. at first I was a bit like "Is he never really care about my outfits?" but he said "just dress what you love, what makes you feel comfortable n confident because when U feel it, it will look good on you.". He actually said what I always say to him every time he asked my opinion about his looks. haha
So, for date night with hubby, I put a touch of pink (one of my favorite color) and flower on my scarf to make it a bit sweeter. And to make my hubby happy, I bring clutch which he gave me last month.
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I love the way you wore that cardigan. :D It's so pretty. And Mo is the same way...he always says wear whatever you want! :)
Castle Fashion- L'OrealDecember 31, 2011 at 1:01 PM
i've been checking out your outfits... you've really got a good eye for color, cut, and texture... your choices are happily (and thoughtfully) haphazard. i love it! all of it!
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Initial analysis of ocean color data from the ocean color and temperature scanner. I. Imagery analysis
Applied Optics, Vol. 38, Issue 3, pp. 476-485 (1999)
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The ocean color and temperature scanner (OCTS) collected global ocean color data from November 1996 to June 1997. Analyses of OCTS imagery indicate three features that impair scientific research uses: (1) band misalignments, (2) image striping, and (3) image noise. These are due to (1) band offsets in the sensor design, (2) detector radiometric response variability, and (3) primarily cloud contamination, respectively. Methods are analyzed to ameliorate the effects of each that facilitate use of OCTS ocean color data for quantitative scientific analyses.
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I need a minimizig bra for my humongous norks! 36HH
(28 Posts)I want a bra that i can wear with a jumper that doesnt show any cleavage that doesnt give me major double boob and make it look like im trying to keep two water melons warm!
I get measured and get new bras regularly but always end up with double boob and i hate it! also my boobs look hideous because they are so big and i really want a bra that squishes them in a bit, making it easier to buy clothes!
An hour of googling has shown up loads of minimizer bras, all going up to a DD or E at the largest!
Cany anyone reccomend or find me one please?
My norks will thank you very much
Where did you get measured? You shouldn't get double boob with a well fitting bra.
What Tickled said.
Good fitting bras do not create double boob syndrome.
Where are you being measured?
Is it M&S?
I have a huge chest, bigger than yours and don't get double chest. I get measured at bravissimo, it really made a difference!
Have you tried Bravissimmo?
As a fellow 36HH'er I would recommend you pay them a visit - most places have a shop or you can order online
Another recommendation for bravissimo here. Get fitted properly by them and you will look fab! I'm about your size and the difference is truly remarkable. They have a wide range of styles and prices.
You're not being fitted right. Bravissimo are good. Pepperberry can be good for clothes that are shaped for large boobs but their sizing is erratic so you do have to try every single thing on before you buy so you'll be taking lots back.
But the best solution - go to Rigby and Peller, do a day shopping trip if need be. yes, their stuff's not cheap but it's great and I bet you'll spend less on bras overall as you'll have a small quantity of ones that work instead of vast numbers of ones that don't. I swear by them.
??? I'm wearing a 36H. At no point do I ever have double boob. Get yourself properly fitted (are you certain you are a 36HH?) and get some good bras. Be prepared to pay more (mine are £50 each) but it is worth it. I'd recommend PrimaDonna as a good make for the larger of chest.
You don't need to minimise. You do need a bra that is the right shape for you, and also for the clothes you wear. I have different bras for different clothes, because how my breasts "sit" affects the line of my tops.
Would second PrimaDonna - got mine from Rigby and Peller.
Don't get a minimising bra! They shove your boobs under your arms and it feels weird when you swing your arms when you walk. Plus they never look nice. <bitter experience>. Just go to Bravissimo and get the best bras you can afford.
Get fitted by Bravissimo and then buy from Ebay Shop... muuuuuch cheaper!
36HH/J (depending on style) here and like fryingpanalley has said, a minimiser just shoves everything under your arms. bravissimo is the place to go
Debenhams do a good selection in your size.
I would personally recommend prima donna bras , I am a 36 h and previously was wearing a 38ff in fantasie fitted by bravissimo and JLewis.
When I went to an independent lingerie shop that stocked prima donna I was amazed at the differenc in the way I lookked. I cannot over emphasise how much it changes your shape to have a proper fitting excellent quality- designed for big boobs bra.
You don't need a minimiser you need a fabulous bra.
They are expensive but really worth it. I have bought three and chucked out all my old one. I will never wear anything else.
My 10yr old ds even noticed that I looked slimmer.
go to nearest stockist to get fitted then buy online they're cheaper in my local shop than in R%P
Empriente make also very good but fit is different to prima donna so you need to try on first.
One trick I liked in R&P was that they get you to put your top back on over the "New" bra when trying it on to see what it looks like - it's easiest to see the effect of a good bra on your figure with your clothes back on as it turns out. The difference between my Fantasie/Freya bras and the PrimaDonna (36H) they sold me was amazing. Wherever you end up going, wear a t-shirt and put it back on before choosing your bra.
Thanks for the replies everyone!
I don't get messured at m+s, not after they got it totally wrong and hey never have my 'size' anyway.
I get messured at a place called 'leaia' don't know if its an independant bra store or a chain but they stock freya etc..
They always bring the bras in different size though, which has always confused me..
I HATE the way my boobs look in my current bras, im spilling out and have double boob and they look saggy, the middle bit of the bra is not touching my body IYSWIM?
Thanks for the advice, i have just ordered 2 prima donna bras in a 36HH and if they dont fit properly i will go and get messured at my nearest stockist!
I have also found a bra i used o have which I LOVED and havent been able to find it again, untill now, and its a prima donna bra! Have orderd it and hope its as good as i remember!
I honestly hate my boobs, i'm looking into breast reduction surgery and have a consultation in january but need bras that fit for now!
Thanks again everyone, Love mumsnet!
if you're spilling out and middle part is not against chest, then the cup is clearly too small. You would probably also need to go up more than 1 cup size. if they're saggy as well, you might need to go down a back size.
Does the band of your bra ride up when you lift up your arms? Can you fit your hand between the band and your back? If yes to both, then it's too big on you.
What dress size are you, top and bottom? If you're a size 8 on the bottom, say, then it would be unlikely that you'd measure a 36 round the back.
No, its quite tight round my chest, leaves red dents when i take it off, too small?
Im a size 12/14 but 16 on top
OK, so we can help you, can you follow this measuring guide?:
Measure under your bust (hold the tape tight) to get your band measurement. Do not add on any inches to this measurement. Then measure across the fullest part of your bust. Each 1" of difference between the two measurements equals a cup size. So, lets say you measure 34" underneath and 42" across? That would give you a starting point of 34FF.
The band may well feel too tight if the cups are too small as all the fabric in the band is being used to compensate for the lack of fabric in the cups.
Never understood the fullest part of your bust thing.
Are you talking the height from your chest to the highest bit of your boob ie if you lay flat on the floor, the nearest bit to the ceiling or do you mean if you bent over how far are they from end to end ie from the chest to the nipple. ie how far out they go if they went for the 90 degrees Barbara Windsor look. I think mine are about twice as long as they are in horizontal height so to speak - when I'm vertical and without any support, they almost reach my tummy button)
You can either measure around the fullest part whilst wearing your best fitting bra or you can measure without a bra by leaning forward so your boobs hang down towards the floor. With either method, keep the tape measure loose and as straight as possible.
I got my minimiser from m&s. Took some trying on but finally found one that makes me look nearly flat chested! Yay!
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One particularly promising strategy emerging from NHPC efforts to address disparities is the development of interactive mapping and analysis tools. These tools help plans quickly identify geographic areas with characteristics that signify good opportunities for interventions. For example, software tools and algorithms, such as those developed by RAND for the NHPC, enable plans to highlight census tracts that have a high volume of members with diabetes from a given race/ethnic group who have not received one or more recommended elements of care. Figure 1A shows such a map of a health plan's market area, and Figure 1B provides more detail on this area. These maps serve, in some fashion, as a "geographic Pareto chart," and a plan can use this information to focus more efficiently on a variety of interventions, ranging from targeted mailings to providers in this area to communitywide education.

The effectiveness of displaying complex data through maps, such as those shown in Figures 1A and 1B, rests on a number of general principles, including making large data sets coherent and encouraging the viewer to make comparisons by region and race/ethnicity1. For example, Figure 1A shows that the Hispanic diabetic members in one plan who are not receiving LDL tests tend to be clustered in a relatively small number of areas. The Pareto chart in Figure 1B shows that four of the clusters account for a significant proportion of disparities observed in that market; clusters (C, E, F and A) account for 80 percent of the Hispanic diabetics in that market not receiving LDL tests. This type of information has helped plans focus more efficiently on where they may want to implement an intervention.

View Figure 1A. Clusters of Census Tracts with High Numbers of Hispanic Diabetic Members in the Plan Service Area Who Have Not Received LDL Tests (opens in new window)

View Figure 1B. Pareto Chart Showing Count and Proportion of all Diabetic Members in Clusters Not Receiving LDL Tests (opens in new window)

Several plans now use these tools to target and develop interventions and have noted that the tools provide a way to focus resources, enabling interventions that would have otherwise been cost prohibitive. As plans have grown more sophisticated about the possibilities for assessing and acting on disparities, they also have noted the need for measures of other types of information that may contribute to disparities.

GIS tools make it easy for plans to begin to assess these potential contributing factors. For instance, Figure 2 highlights how GIS tools can help different stakeholders and decision-makers test their working hypotheses about factors that may explain the observed pattern. Figure 2 shows an enlarged view of a portion of Cluster C, a predominantly Hispanic Area (>90 percent of residents are Hispanic) with relatively high rates of health plan diabetic members who had not received LDL tests. At the local level shown, it is apparent that the patterns of care are not as homogenous across census tracts as one might assume based on the overall low performance rate for the cluster.

When plan decision-makers are initially presented with such maps and asked to speculate why they think Hispanic members living in some census tracts tend to receive worse care (as indicated by the darker shading) than Hispanic members living in nearby census tracts, the most common answer is that Hispanic members in the areas receiving worse care tend to be poorer than those receiving better care. However, upon closer examination of Figures 2B and 2C, decision-makers could easily see that poverty levels do not appear to play a large role in the observed care patterns shown in Figure 2A. Rather, levels of linguistic isolation appear to have a much larger role. Indeed, showing the data on maps such as these helped convince decision-makers that linguistic isolation is an important consideration in any intervention they might devise and helped plans identify specific census tracts or neighborhoods where they might want to target their efforts. Though not shown in this example, the map data generally is presented in combination with other types of information (e.g., summary tables of subgroup characteristics and statistical associations) to further clarify the observed patterns.

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Prior to seeing this type of information mapped, decision-makers with quality improvement backgrounds tended to assume that when aggregate data (e.g., within a member service area or region) showed a consistent disparity between the receipt of indicated care by African-American or Hispanic members versus White members, their strategy should simply be to target all members belonging to the disadvantaged racial/ethnic group. Based on that logic, for example, one health plan's initial strategy to address an observed disparity in LDL test rates between diabetic Hispanics (60 percent) and Whites (70 percent) was to develop and mail new member education materials about diabetes to all members residing in predominantly Hispanic census tracts. However, maps highlighted local variation in quality of care between neighboring census tracts (all of which were predominantly Hispanic), leading the plan to modify its approach, resulting in a better-targeted, less costly intervention.

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1. Lurie N, Fremont AM, et al. "The National Health Plan Collaborative to Reduce Disparities and Improve Quality." The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, 34 (5): 256-265, 2008. (http://www.rwjf.org/files/research/lurienhpcjointcommissionarticle.pdf )
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Could've done more, but I was fussy with her face. Moving on.
[*EDIT: Yeah, so I had found some time and went back and messed with it more - especially her ear. Damn that thing was bad. But I swear that's the last time.]
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- VHS said...
Geez. This looks great!
- naomiful said...
Ah... didn't see the revised version. Looks much better, not so fuzzy anymore...
Watch that shoulder though, the shape is a little strange.
Oh oh... and the arm coming up with the ball looks like it doesn't belong to her.
I'd go in depth on tips, but I don't wanna clog up your comments page lol, maybe later ^_^;; keep it up! - 10:46 PM
- COMIKXGUY said...
i just like the idea of madusabolt
i like the face too
reminds me a little of middleton/ramos/skottie style but in your own awesum way - 4:45 AM
- azhar said...
excellent digital paint job..
i wish i can meet you and learn how to draw and paint...
btw...yer style is unique, different, rare and energetic...
not similar to anyone like ramos, skottie..etc
kudos for you again for persistent post on your blog..
make me drop by yer blog every mornin,having coffee..to start a day...
if u r free drop by to my blog...need yer advice on my artwrk. ( everyone is welcomed)
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- Leaf said...
Love the warmth and feel of the hair. Fantastic effort.
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- CCarman said...
looks awesome!!
great study.
Loved the new Iron Man issue btw, brilliantly choreographed fight with the Scarecrow. The work your doing on that book should get you an Eisner, it's one of the few books I'll venture into the comic shop to pick up.
Chris - 10:21 PM
- arnie said...
don'r beat yourself up to much, that's the point of 90 minutes sketches. learing about how you do something. and not being afraid to fix something when you know it's wrong.
peace out - 12:13 AM
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'an apple a day keeps the doctor away...'
it also works with your awesome artworks, Sir! ^^
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Not only the food but the food service was poor - knives and forks placed next to you for the next course while you were still eating - - -
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3) wrote several emails to Costa.
I have not heard a word from the company. To my mind, this is not customer service. The cruise was NOT luxurious. The customer service was even less so.
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Greek Food Festival
The 40th annual Greek Food Festival opens on Friday, September 21st at Tivoli Village with a 26.2 mile torch relay. The relay begins at 2:00 pm and concludes with the lighting of the torch on festival grounds at approximately 7:00 pm at St John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church, 5300 El Camino Ave in Las Vegas.
The individual runners and teams are exclusively fundraising for active military families within the Las Vegas Valley facing hardship.
The Greek Food Festival will continue through Sunday, September 23. Complete details can be found at http://www.lasvegasgreekfestival.com/


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With two teammates having already clinched state tournament berths, Wapakoneta Redskins junior Colton Brown nabbed a 2-1 win on an ultimate tiebreaker to join Dallas Ambos and Landon Hall at the state meet in Columbus this week.
Three of Wapak's four district qualifiers advanced to state for the first time, while junior Heath Newman finished fifth and is an alternate for the state meet.
The Redskins concluded the two-day Division II district wrestling tournament Saturday at the Stroh Center on the campus of Bowling Green State University.
SPENCERVILLE — The Wapakoneta Redskins held the Elida Bulldogs scoreless in the second period Saturday, the impact from which could be felt the rest of the game.
The Redskins went from a 10-6 first-period lead to a 23-6 advantage at halftime.
Not only did the shutout in that period allow the Redskins to build their lead before halftime but it gave them the benefit of the game's time being on their side, too.
Wapak's lead hovered between 15 and 20 points for much of the second half, never having it threatened by Elida.
The long trip to northern Ohio was well worth it.
The Wapakoneta Redskins made the more than two-hour trip to Star Lanes at the Harbor in Port Clinton and returned to Auglaize County with a sectional championship.
Wapak won the Division I boys bowling sectional tournament Friday and qualified for the district tournament. After three games and six Baker matches, Wapak had the top score (3,878) among 13 teams.
The top four teams from each sectional advanced to this Saturday's district tournament.
From staff reports
Wapakoneta Redskins freshman Josee Kaeck put together her best average of the season Saturday and it advanced her to districts.
The Redskins as team, however, were 19 pins shy of qualifying for districts, as they finished fifth Saturday at their sectional tournament needing a top-four effort to advance in the state tournament.
The Redskins totaled 2,971 pins after three games and six Baker matches Saturday in a Division I sectional tournament at Star Lanes at the Harbor in Port Clinton.
CRIDERSVILLE — Laughter and smiles filled the meeting room at the Cridersville Fire Station on Friday night as many families gathered for Family Movie Night to watch the movie The Croods.
The event was sponsored by Cridersville Health Care and the Cridersville Fire Department. Cridersville Health Care provides the snacks, drinks and movies, while the fire department provided a great viewing space and the proper equipment to project the movie onto the wall.
BOTKINS — In anticipation of next month's competition, Fairlawn and Miami East school choirs joined Botkins Local School in a full-day workshop dedicated to the improvement and interaction of the small school choirs last week.
Botkins vocal teacher Melissa Grunden organized the event along with the visiting choir directors.
"It's almost like an all-day bootcamp," Grunden said. "Just repetition, but, also, I think in hearing other groups, that also kind of kicks them into gear — it ups the excitement a little bit."
Five Wapakoneta High School students were recently named winners of the school's Laws of Life Essay Contest, and are now eligible to compete at the state level in the spring.
The contest is sponsored by the Better Business Bureau (BBB) and the John Templeton Foundation, and is meant as a character education assessment.
The essay was assigned during the fall to all WHS seniors in their english classes. Students were asked to submit an essay that defined certain laws or values that they live their lives by, according to WHS english teacher Linda Temple.


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Released: Sep 01st, 2006
Running Time: 108
Director: Buster Booty
Company: Buster Booty Productions
Distribution Companies: Juicy Entertainment
Thi Michele, Rebecca Steel, Ginger (I), Tyce Bune, Savannah (I), Cheyne Collins, Anthony Hardwood, Vanity Lynn
Critical Rating: AAA 1/2
Genre: Specialty
At the end of each of these five one-on-one scenes, the girl takes an internal pop, squeezes out the jizz and then eats it. Some of the dudes fish out the spunk and feed it to the girls. Some of the girls feed themselves.
What helps give this title a bit of umph is the intensity of the performances. The girls get fucked hard. They get choked. Tyce Bune puts Thi Michele in a headlock when he drills her in doggy. Cheyne Collins grabs Vanity by the head, orders her to open her mouth and spits down her throat.
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Course Prefix: LAW-715
Course Section: 001
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Jay
Course Description:
Sports Law is a course that deals with the legal issues relating to the structure and operation of the sports industry. The course reviews various principles applicable to sports including antitrust, labor, intellectual property, league policies, NCAA regulations, and general business operations. Various other legal issues relating to professional and amateur sports will be covered.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Letter Grade Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Flexible Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class
Participation Points: Yes for students with regular attendance and contribution to discussion
Attendance Policy: Per Statement of Student Policies
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British drug researcher David Nutt is often at the center of controversy. His proposals for more rational, evidence-based drug policies have triggered angry reactions, and he was fired as a top U.K. government adviser in 2009 for criticizing a new cannabis policy. Nutt believes society should focus more on reducing harm from drugs; among his own projects is a safer substitute for alcohol, which he considers one of the most dangerous drugs around. Nutt has identified several molecules that he says may provide the same pleasant feeling as alcohol but without the risks.
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Kerry works at the Bolinas and Stinson Beach libraries.
This is an official blog for the Marin County Free Library.
This is the last week for a wonderful show of Mary Tuthill Lindheim's work. Mary was a masterful sculptor, ceramist and jewelry maker. She was a creative person in every sense of the word. Marin Museum of Contempory Art has worked with Abby Wasserman to create a vibrant and exciting show. of Mary's finest work. Please go to Marinmoca.org for more information. the show closes on January 15 2012. The Library has Abby Wasserman's book: Mary Tuthill Lindheim, Art and Inspiration.
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Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue responded to a structure fire in the 5700 block of School Street NE in Bremerton at about 6:44 p.m. Monday.
Upon arrival, firefighters observed heavy smoke coming from a motorhome parked under the carport of a single family home. A neighbor was using a garden hose on flames coming from one of the motorhome's windows.
The fire was quickly extinguished and damage was contained to the motorhome. The homeowners were not home at the time, but returned while crews were on scene.
According to CKFR spokesperson Ileana LiMarzi, a neighbor saw flames coming from the motorhome as she was leaving her house. She alerted another neighbor who was outside and together they opened the garage and retrieved a garden hose. The neighbor, Augie Lujan, kept water on the fire until crews arrived. Lujan stated heavy flames were coming from the window.
The County Fire Marshal was called to the scene and determined that the cause was electrical.
"If the two neighbors had not been observant and acted quickly the fire could have been much more serious with extension to the carport overhang and to the home itself," LiMarzi said.
CKFR had two engines and one medic unit respond. The Bremerton Fire Department also assisted with an engine and medic unit.
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Experimental demonstration of kinogram-based single-phase decryption technique for information security
Applied Optics, Vol. 46, Issue 31, pp. 7662-7669 (2007)
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The kinogram-based single-phase decryption technique is experimentally demonstrated. Only one phase spatial light modulator is used to simultaneously display the encrypted information and the decrypting key. The intensity decrypted image is obtained by Fourier transforming the phase decrypted information. We investigate the effect of the binary and multiphase keys on the security level of the encrypted information. The accepted displacement of the decrypting key within the system is determined. The influence of the optical system bandwidth and noise on the decryption quality is also investigated.
© 2007 Optical Society of America
OCIS Codes
(070.2580) Fourier optics and signal processing : Paraxial wave optics
(100.1390) Image processing : Binary phase-only filters
(100.5090) Image processing : Phase-only filters
(230.6120) Optical devices : Spatial light modulators
ToC Category:
Image Processing
Original Manuscript: May 23, 2007
Revised Manuscript: August 10, 2007
Manuscript Accepted: August 13, 2007
Published: October 25, 2007
Tien Viet Vu, Nam Kim, Jun-Won An, and Sung-Back Hong, "Experimental demonstration of kinogram-based single-phase decryption technique for information security," Appl. Opt. 46, 7662-7669 (2007)
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OC Animal Care prides itself on our quality volunteers, specifically selected for their passion and love for animals! Each potential volunteer must undergo a recruitment process that ensures the volunteer and OC Animal Care are a good fit for each other. The recruitment process is as follows:
Orientation meetings are an excellent opportunity to ask any questions you may have regarding the volunteer program. There is absolutely no obligation to join the program, although we expect to add several wonderful new volunteers to our team from each orientation!
RSVPs will be accepted via voicemail message or email message made directly to the Volunteer Program Coordinator on or after a designated date (see calendars below). Voicemails or emails sent elsewhere, or those received before the designated RSVP date, will not be accepted. You will receive a follow up phone call or email message letting you know of the status of your RSVP within the following days.
Because OC Animal Care is fortunate to have so many caring community members eager to help the animals at our shelter, volunteer orientations and their corresponding waitlists fill very quickly. It is recommended to contact the Volunteer Program Coordinator as early as possible once RSVPs are accepted.
*Please check back often as orientation dates and RSVP dates may change. Additional orientations may be scheduled and posted here at the discretion of the Volunteer Program Coordinator.*
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Grapeseed and the Spire Collection Present an Evening of Exquisite Food and Wine
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Reservations are also available using Open Table.
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- Tuesday: Fish Tacos, Two Ensenada Tacos $10
- Wednesday: Soup & Salad Day, Any of our Big Entree Salads and a bowl of our Soup of the Day $10
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Titled 'Stranger', the minute-long clip was uploaded to YouTube without a description
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JJ Abrams has released a mysterious teaser video through his TV and film company Bad Robot Productions.
Titled 'Stranger', the minute-long clip was uploaded to Bad Robot's newly-created YouTube channel yesterday (August 19) without a description.
The black-and-white video shows a man staggering across a beach at night while an enigmatic voiceover intones: "He arrived knowing nothing of himself. Who is he? Soon he shall know…"
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Bad Robot's TV productions over the years include Lost, Alias, Fringe and Person Of Interest. The company also receives a "co-production" credit on all of Abrams' big screen projects including the recent Star Trek films and the forthcoming Star Wars: Episode VII.
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