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I work with my son's Boy Scout Troop. BSA has recently rolled out a Robotics Merit Badge. I've volunteered to develop and teach robotics merit badge for the troop.
I have five BOE-bot kits which we will be using. I've played around with the boe-bot enough to feel confident that our Scouts will find building the kit doable. I handed my laptop wit Gui-bot on it and an assembled boe-bot to my own son, and he had it programmed and doing stuff within 15 minutes. So - I feel like I'm on the right track.
Are there folks here who've done this already? Any experience to share on running a robotics merit badge course?


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Thiazide diuretics. Diuretics, sometimes called water pills, are medications that act on your kidneys to help your body eliminate sodium and water, reducing blood volume.
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Renin inhibitors. Aliskiren (Tekturna) slows down the production of renin, an enzyme produced by your kidneys that starts a chain of chemical steps that increases blood pressure.
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gregkavarnos wrote:...coz you have you are day dreaming about a bizarre theory of non-existence without perception,
It isn't a bizarre theory, it's pretty self-evident if you look at it empirically. What you are directly experiencing is all that is, there is only this present moment which is the sum total of what is presently happening.
You can claim that something is happening elsewhere, that things exist without your perception, but you can never prove it, it's a story, a very believable story, but still only a story. I understand that what I'm saying sounds ridiculous and bizarre, but I assure you I am not some fool who is blindly adopting some extreme view without having investigated it thoroughly.
gregkavarnos wrote: and the car runs over your ass and perception (via bodily feeling/sensation of intense pain) suddenly makes the car existent for you, well you may stop and think how silly your theory really is (if you are not dead).
Isn't that prime example of the car's absence in experience prior to the arising of the expressions which convey "car"(i.e. intense pain)? One can tentatively say the car is indeed composed of sensation(though sensation is a misnomer). So the appearance of those sensations in experience(which IS experience) then makes the "car" fully evident, however it is only ever experience itself.
gregkavarnos wrote: Just because YOU do not perceive a phenomenon does not mean it does not exist. And if, as you believe, existence is dependent on perception then all phenomena must exist because there is not a single phenomenon that the mind of an Omniscient One (a Buddha) is not aware of.
Right, you just said it yourself... there is not a single phenomenon that the mind of a buddha is not aware of (i.e. what is not presently occurring in awareness, is NOT). Existence isn't dependent on perception because both existence and perception themselves are misnomers. But again, tentatively yes, we can say that existence is dependent on perception(and vice versa for they are not two). Of course proper application of dependent origination would see the emptiness in both of those designations right away, being that they are inseparable.
gregkavarnos wrote: So do phenomena exist or not then???
They certainly seem to


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Maven2 has a powerful feature called Archetype.
As part of the Cargo project we have created some archetypes that you can use to get a working sample project that uses the Cargo Maven2 plugin.
Single Webapp Module Archetype
Shows how to configure Cargo and Maven2 to run functional tests directly from a single webapp module. To run it, execute:
- <version> is the version of the Cargo Archetype, as a result the CARGO version to use (for example 1.0.4)
- <application groupId> is the Maven groupId of the application that will be generated
- <application artifactId> is the Maven artifactId of the application that will be generated
- <application version> is the Maven version of the application that will be generated
Once your Maven project is generated, simply run
That command will:
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- If needed, download Jetty
- Configure Jetty
- Start an embedded Jetty container
- Deploy your web application to the Jetty container
- Run some tests on the deployed application
- We've used classic JUnit tests, but you can use whatever you like, really
- Stop the Jetty container
That archetype also demonstrates another powerful feature of CARGO: if you now run
the same steps will be done with Tomcat instead of Jetty.
The archetype actually ships with Maven profiles for the jetty6x, tomcat6x, jonas5x, jboss51x and glassfish3x containers. You can of course add and use any other container from the Containers list.
Separate Functional Test Module Archetype
Shows how to configure Cargo and Maven2 to run functional tests by creating a functional tests module next to the webapp module. To run it, execute:


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In the first edition of Cobi's Corner, LA Galaxy legend Cobi Jones speaks to Landon Donovan about the upcoming season, the MLS goalscoring record, the World Cup, and yes, THAT water fountain photo.
Check it out below.
We're just hours away from the start of the LA Galaxy's MLS Regular Season opener against Real Salt Lake, but before we turn the focus to the opener, let's focus on a few quick updates.
*The LA Galaxy released their official injury report with Robbie Rogers (left ankle) and Kofi Opare (right adductor strain) both labeled as questionable. Neither are expected to be available for Saturday's game against RSL.
*According to MLSsoccer.com, Real Salt Lake will be without the services of starting center back Chris Schuler as well as forwards Robbie Findley and Devon Sandoval due to injury.
*MLS announced their new competition updates on Friday afternoon which include adding the away goals to all MLS Cup Playoff two-leg games. The rule will be active ONLY during the opening 90 minutes as all overtime goals will not be judged based on their location.
*LA Galaxy II player-coach Laurent Courtois announced on Twitter that he'll be retiring after the 2014 USL PRO season, ending a lengthy career.
*Myself and the rest of the LA Galaxy broadcast talent and beat reporters picked the first week of actions in MLS for a new weekly prediction series.
CARSON, Calif. -- Dan Gargan is officially a member of the LA Galaxy.
The team announced on Friday that they have signed the 31-year-old veteran defender who has trained with the team throughout the 2014 preseason. LA are Gargan's sixth team as the defender has spent time with the Colorado Rapids, Chivas USA, Toronto FC, Chicago Fire and the San Jose Earthquakes. The release states that Gargan will be available for selection for Saturday's MLS regular season opener against Real Salt Lake.
Gargan is likely to be the third outside back option behind James Riley once the team is completely healthy as A.J. DeLaGarza and Todd Dunivant are expected to hold the right back and left back positions respectfully.
Thoughts on Gargan signing with the Galaxy?
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LA Galaxy's Bruce Arena and James Riley weigh in on MLS opening up the season with replacement referees
CARSON, Calif. – MLS will begin the 2014 MLS Regular Season without its usual referee crews as replacements will be taking over the officiating duties for opening weekend.
On Friday, the Professional Referee Organization announced that it will lock out its officials after the Professional Soccer Referees Association had rejected a no strike/no lockout agreement. Negotiations have been ongoing between the two sides for several months as they seek to reach their first Collective Bargaining Agreement.
The LA Galaxy and Real Salt Lake, like all other teams playing in opening weekend, will be affected as they saw their referee assignment changed from 2012 MLS Referee of the Year Silviu Petrescu to veteran CONCACAF official Javier Santos. A member of FIFA Puerto Rico, the Colombian official was an official during the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup and 2013 CONCACAF U-20 World Cup Qualifying tournament in Mexico. Santos has also gained substantial experience in the CONCACAF Champions League in the last three years, officiating over eight CONCACAF Champions League matches and even served as the fourth official for LA's 4-0 loss to Isidro Metapán in CCL group play last year.
Although the men in the yellow shirts will be different, Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena believes that his team and the rest of the clubs in MLS are prepared for the replacement officials.
"We've been aware of it. The referee is going to be the same for both teams. Hopefully they're all prepared to do their job and we get on with it," said Arena. "In all fairness, players have to adjust more than the referee. The referee is going to have a style of play and he's not going to be fully informed on the qualities of MLS. He's going to referee the way that he's always refereed and we're going to have to adjust quickly."
Veteran defender James Riley, who is expected to start on the left side of defense on Saturday, agrees.
"We just have to control what we can control and not worry about who is assigned to the game, but just go out and do what we can do," said Riley. "The cadence and rhythm are a bit different. He may call things a bit differently, but I'm sure that he'll get direction on how the game should be called and he'll use his ability to do so. We won't think too much about it and just hope that there is a speedy resolution.
"I think the referees overall do a fantastic job and that's a very difficult position," Riley continued. "They've been criticized a lot over the years since I've been in the league. We know that they're an integral part of this game and we want it to get better. We want the overall product both on and off the field to get better and they have a significant role in that. We as players support a quick resolution, but the season is going to go on and that's the reality of it."
Ahead of the start of the 2014 MLS Regular Season, Landon Donovan spoke to "The Sports Dude" Jeff Garcia of Hip Hop radio station Power 106 to preview the year and provide a little insight into his life.
The interview has six parts, but you can see the first where Donovan previews the upcoming season below.
PART TWO: Donovan on the USMNT's World Cup draw.
PART THREE: Donovan on his relationship with Mexican soccer fans.
PART FOUR: Donovan on who he would pick in his dream 3 on 3 team.
PART FIVE: Donovan says that his pink eye was worst than NBC's Bob Costas.
It's been some week for Robbie Keane.
First, he wins his second FAI Senior International Player of the Award, then he gets a new multi-year contract that will keep him with the Galaxy for "two possibly three years," and now he earns an honor of a different sort. GQ Magazine named the Galaxy captain as one of their "10 Best-Dressed Men of the Week."
Thanks to his smart blue-green suit that he wore at the ninth annual Oscar Wilde: Honoring The Irish In Film' Pre-Academy Awards event in Santa Monica, the Irishman came in at number four on the list in front of the likes of Joe Jonas, Shaun White and Robin Thicke.
We know what jerseys that the LA Galaxy will be wearing once the season starts on Saturday, but now we have details on shorts and socks.
On the shorts, we see the familiar Adidas three stripes as well as the blue and gold lining, but also the leticular crest that is present on the primary kit. Meanwhile, the socks provide a retro feel that takes me back to my AYSO days.
Full disclosure, I have to say that the socks may be my favorite touch of the kit so don't be surprised if you stop me on the StubHub Center concourse and find out that I'm wearing them under one of my blue suits.
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The shorts and socks together
The LA Galaxy crest
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CARSON, Calif. – The LA Galaxy's roster is pretty much set heading into the season opener against Real Salt Lake, but one question mark remains.
Trialist Dan Gargan has been with the team since the start of the preseason, but as of yet, there has been no word about a contract offer from the Galaxy. But that doesn't mean that LA isn't interested according to head coach Bruce Arena.
"We're going to try," said Bruce Arena when asked about if the team is planning to sign the 31-year-old defender.
Outside back depth is vital for LA at the moment as the club dispatched youngsters Bryan Gaul (waived) and Greg Cochrane (traded to Chicago) in recent weeks.
While Gargan's status is still up in the air, the newest member of the LA Galaxy, James Riley is expecting to get the start at left back this Saturday against Real Salt Lake due to an injury to Todd Dunivant.
Riley has seen significant time this preseason at left back due to Dunivant's nagging hamstring injury and is likely to get the nod against RSL.
"I'll be ready to go," said Riley. "Whatever Bruce decides, I feel fit and ready to go."
Dunivant is improving rapidly; however, as the veteran left back went 45 minutes in a recent scrimmage with LA Galaxy II against Cal-State Fullerton as he seeks to be available for selection for Saturday.
"I'm ready to be available," said Dunivant. "It's a good guess [that Riley starts]. I'm still working on [being 90 minutes fit], but first thing is first is getting healthy and I'm moving forward."
The LA Galaxy's new found experience has been a major plot line this preseason and on Thursday, head coach Bruce Arena went into detail about how he expects the team to be different during the 2014 campaign.
"I think the priorities were addressed with the new players," said Arena. "We needed more experience in midfield; we got that with [Stefan] Ishizaki. We needed some help on our forward line, and we got that with Samuel and [Rob] Friend. We needed some experienced players in the back; we have that now with [James] Riley. Obviously [Baggio] Hušidić is another experienced player in the midfield as well. I think that's what we needed to address. This year, we're looking at Friend or Samuel or Hušidić or Riley or [Dan] Gargan or Ishizaki. Last year it was [Jack] McBean, [Jose] Villarreal, [Hector] Jimenez, and [Rafael] Garcia, I think that's an improvement."
LAGalaxy.com will be chalkful of interesting video content this year and on Thursday, we got our first look at one video series that I know will be a favorite.
In the first edition of a new weekly series called "Kickin' It With Kelli," Time Warner Cable SportsNet sideline reporter Kelli Tennant speaks to Robbie Keane on staying with the Galaxy and living in LA.
Check it out below.
CARSON, Calif. -- Gyasi Zardes entered the preseason as something of a forgotten man with the LA Galaxy's new additions grabbing the headlines, but the forward has staked his claim to start in Saturday's season opener against Real Salt Lake.
The second-year attacker has been revitalized this preseason as he has appeared to shake off the finishing woes that plagued him in his rookie season. Just where he ends up on the field still remains a question mark, however, as he has had some of his greatest success playing on the right side of midfield and up top.
However, ask one of his more accomplished teammates about where Zardes should play and the answer is a simple one.
"His best position [in midfield] whether it's on the left or the right hand side because he's quick and can beat people," said LA captain Robbie Keane who is quick to praise Zardes for his improved finishing this preseason. "It's all well and good to be doing it during the preseason, but it's about doing it when the real business starts."
When told of Keane's declaration, Zardes agrees, "I feel like I'm good in the midfield. I feel like I pose a threat and can get the ball to the forward's feet."
But at times, when Zardes pushes forward, it changes the Galaxy's formation as their 4-4-2 formation evolves into an apparent 4-3-3, something that the second-year attacker is keenly aware of.
"I'm always pushing into the attack," said Zardes of his positioning on the field. "I don't know what the coaches have in mind, but wherever they use me whether it's as a forward or in midfield, I'm going to try to be a threat."
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No fewer than 4 people came into the gallery today with a pressing interest in the smell that our presence here is creating. In fact, the building guy came by to see what the smell was. A primer: really good hides are generally smoked. Both Michael and I are working on hide. He is working on a buffalo skin, I am beading on deerskin. My skins are smoked. Smoke smell is one that I don't even really notice anymore, but if anyone ever comes up with a perfume oil called "Wow that traditional dancer is hot looking" it will have sage and sweetgrass notes with a finish of smoked hide.


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VA's security shortcuts put millions of veterans' data at risk, former VA cyber official alleges
Monday - 6/3/2013, 6:01am EDT
The Veterans Affairs Department is putting its systems and the data of tens of millions of veterans in jeopardy because of a lack of institutional control over its cybersecurity evaluation and approval process, according to a former high- ranking VA computer security official and multiple other current and former agency officials.
Jerry Davis, the former deputy assistant secretary for information security (DAS IS) in VA's Office of Information and Technology, alleges in documents obtained by Federal News Radio that he was coerced into rubber stamping 250 security certifications for agency IT systems.
In a letter to Congress, Davis said he was reluctant to sign the documents because he felt the systems had not gone through the proper oversight process.
Jerry Davis, former deputy assistant secretary for information security in VA's Office of Information and Technology
He said VA officials wanted him to sign off on more than 500 security documents in total as a condition of his release from VA to become the CIO of NASA Ames in Moffett Field, Calif.
"I attest that as the DAS IS, there is a clear and present danger and risk of exposure and compromise of sensitive data for perhaps hundreds of thousands to millions of veteran[s]; all facilitated by coercion, intimidation and an improper process executed to assess system security," Davis wrote on Jan. 28 to VA's designated approving authority for IT systems, which can be anyone from the agency chief information officer to the program manager who is known as the official system owner.
The documents that Davis said the agency wanted him to sign are called accreditations and authorizations (A&A), which previously were known as certifications and accreditations (C&A). Every agency must demonstrate its IT systems meet cyber policy and regulations through these A&As, which are required as part of the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA). Each system needs an authority to operate (ATO) before it can be brought online and agencies must renew the ATO every time there is a major change to it.
Rush to get ATOs signed
Multiple current and former VA officials also say agency management continues to "blanket" sign these security documents, including the final few dozen in preparation for Tuesday's hearing on IT security before the House Veterans Affairs Committee.
A VA spokesman disputes the claim that agency systems and data are at risk.
But multiple sources, all of whom requested anonymity for fear of retribution and because of the sensitive nature of the issue, corroborated Davis' allegations and said the process hasn't improved since Davis left in early February.
"To me, it seems like all they did was reprint the [authority to operate] letters without going through the proper checks," said one VA source. "There isn't enough time to do each ATO. I think they have been doing a batch at a time. I've seen folders come trickle in and I don't believe they have many more left. They are still being signed today. I know what [management] are saying. They have a procedure in place before the ATO is signed where the local level does the checks and then the security official signs it. I think it's just a CYA to say they only sign ATOs when the process is done. Are they following the process? It's hard to say. But it seems like nothing has changed since Jerry left."
In fact, internal emails obtained by Federal News Radio show a scramble to sign the final 16 security certifications before the House hearing.
"You are being requested to take immediate action to resolve the ATO discrepancy and produce a completed package by 31 May, as all systems must have a current ATO prior to Mr. [Stephen] Warren's 4 Jun congressional hearing," wrote Gary Stevens, director of VA's cybersecurity office, in an email to agency information security officers responsible for finalizing the ATOs, which was obtained by Federal News Radio. "Non-receipt of the required information will result in the issuance of a Denial of Authority to Operate (DATO) by the respective date."
A spreadsheet, also obtained by Federal News Radio, listed the 16 critical systems and what they were missing. All needed either the finalized FISMA checklist and/or signatures from the system owner. This may seem like a minor oversight, but according to the checklist, system owners must confirm they have reviewed "the System Security Plan, Risk Assessment, Contingency Plan tests, security control test results, and the Plan of Action and Milestones that summarize deficiencies for remediation."
It also requires the owner to "assert that operating this system in the VA enterprise poses an acceptable level of risk to agency operations and assets."
Possible, but improbable
A former government official with an expertise in cybersecurity and FISMA said VA, or any other agency for that matter, could get more than 500 ATOs signed off in a matter of weeks if they had a well-managed cybersecurity oversight and documentation process.
But the former official, who requested anonymity because they still work for the government as a contractor, said VA's history as well as reports from its inspector general and the Office of Management and Budget show the department's processes are insufficient.
Davis expressed those same concerns in memos to VA senior officials after signing 250 ATOs. He added "with reservations" after his signature on each document.
"I attest that any document, artifact and other legal instruments from the date of January 25, 2013, and heretofore that bears my signature as the DAS IS used to validate that VA information systems, processing, storing or transmitting sensitive veteran information were signed by myself under duress," Davis wrote in the Jan. 28 memo. "I attest that as the DAS IS I have no confidence or trust in the processes that were executed by any employee or contractor of the Department of Veterans Affairs is [sic] effective or provides reasonable assurances that veteran data is adequately secure."
The VA spokesman said even though veteran data and IT systems are not at risk, the expiration of the ATOs drove a sense of urgency to ensure a check of all management controls had taken place.
"An ATO constitutes VA's approval for a system to operate within its IT environment. This approval is mandated by several regulatory requirements, and is a largely paper-based process that validates that an IT system has the proper system documentation and an analysis of the system's technical, managerial, and operational security controls," the spokesman said in an email response to questions. "Federal agencies, including VA, are moving away from the paper-based ATO process toward a more real-time approach based on 'continuous monitoring.' Key aspects of the continuous monitoring approach have been in place for some time, including the ability to see all devices on the network dating back to the early part of fiscal year 2011."
The spokesman said VA has 593 ATOs under review, and as of May 29, 560 ATOs, or 94 percent, have been completed.
"VA engages in continual assessment and authorization processes that ensure systems are secure and compliant with federal law and VA policy," the spokesman said. "Despite the fact that ATOs are generally awarded for three years, security documentation is updated and reviewed no less than annually."
But a security report obtained by Federal News Radio shows more than 2,500 open plans of action and milestones (POAMs).
The former government official said having so many open POAMs could mean the risk is higher to the systems because the goal of the POAMs is to close down vulnerabilities.
"What they seem to be measuring here is documents, so it looks like they are doing documents for document sake and not closing actual vulnerabilities," the former official said after viewing the security document. "They are measuring the checklists, but it's hard to say whether they are closing the actual problems. That's a lot of actions that are open and it should make you a little nervous."
ATOs' expiration comes as no surprise
The fact that the ATOs were going to expire in December wasn't a surprise to VA.
Davis suspended certifications and accreditations for 16 months in an August 2011 memo in preparation for the agency's move to continuous monitoring. The goal of continuous monitoring is to give agencies real-time views of the health of their computer networks. ATOs still would be required under continuous monitoring, but they would be updated almost in real time.
In May 2012, VA's IG approved of the move to suspend ATOs.
"We determined that VA's continuous monitoring approach complied with FISMA requirements and supported OMB and NIST guidance," the IG wrote in its report on allegations that the agency was not following FISMA. "However, this continuous monitoring approach did not relieve VA from also ensuring the implementation of adequate controls to secure its mission critical systems. We will continue to evaluate the effectiveness of VA's continuous monitoring program and information security controls as part of our annual FISMA assessments."
Roger Baker, assistant secretary in the Office of Information and Technology, VA
Additionally, Roger Baker, the assistant secretary in the Office of Information and Technology and chief information officer at the time, said in a letter responding to that IG report that OIT "concurs with the findings" and submitted comments regarding recommendations that centered on the security of VA's mobile computing efforts.
But when the continuous monitoring program fell behind schedule and wasn't going to be fully implemented by December 2012, Davis said in a Jan. 14 memo to Baker that "it was recommended to the principal deputy assistant secretary of OIT [Stephen Warren] that all 545 system ATOs be extended until Aug. 31, 2013, which will allow sufficient time to deploy the new [continuous monitoring] tool and populate the tool with system information for near real-time diagnostics and remediation. This would allow VA to focus on meeting the metrics established by OMB and DHS for continuous diagnostics and provide a much better assurance of system security posture."
Warren now is the acting CIO.
Documents show Davis alerted Baker in the Jan. 14 memo about his concerns about the veracity of the security documents. He also warned Warren three other times about his apprehensions to sign the ATOs, according to documents Davis sent to Congress.
ATO process is trustworthy
When asked about this in an email, the VA spokesman again disputed Davis' allegations that the ATO process was problematic. He said the agency trusts the ATO validation process and the work of its systems security officers.
"We are unsure as to why the CISO [Davis], who owned system security and security processes, never in his two years at the agency alerted leadership to concerns about the process until he had announced that he was leaving the agency and would be leaving the ATO certification work unfinished," the spokesman said.
The spokesman said it was Davis, not Baker or current VA CISO Stan Lowe, who wanted to "blanket" sign the ATOs.
"In late 2012, Mr. Davis informed the former Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology [Baker] that the goal of instituting continuous monitoring by the end of the year would not be met, and that 593 ATOs would expire on Dec. 31, 2012. He then suggested that one blanket waiver be signed for all IT systems," the spokesman said. "This suggestion was rejected by the assistant secretary precisely because we felt it important that he complete his task of ensuring that each of VA's IT systems are properly validated, and that those responsible for the systems take ownership of system security and document this ownership via a certification. Instead, the department has been working to assure that the requirements for each system ATO is properly conducted and documented."
But Davis stated his opposition to blanket signing the ATOs in his Jan. 14 letter to Baker and in other documents sent to Congress.
"Attempting to prosecute these activities using an expedited process is extremely risky," he wrote. "There undoubtedly will be errors and omissions in process and procedures in the rush to complete these activities. I cannot and will not sign as the DAS IS any artifact attesting positively to a process that does not add value, is not needed, is wasteful, unnecessarily uses up resources and jeopardizes the integrity of the information security program."
He added that the current process will further set VA behind in reaching the goals of continuous monitoring.
Three-steps to secure systems
Davis also detailed a three-step plan to deal with the expiring ATOs in the letter to Baker.
He recommended to Baker that VA should "establish a memorandum for the file which stipulates as system ATOs expire, those systems will be rolled into the [continuous monitoring] program as quickly and as soundly as possible. This is consistent with the direction required by both OMB and the Homeland Security Department for managing systems security in a proactive and near real-time fashion."
Additionally, he said "another extension is unnecessary and does not provide any measurable value nor do they increase system security."
Davis told the Hill that Baker never responded to his concerns.
Baker, who left VA in April and now is chief strategy officer for Agilex, declined to comment through a company spokesman.
Additionally, Davis said in the Jan. 14 memo that Warren would not release him to his new job as NASA Ames CIO until he signed the more than 500 ATOs by Jan. 25, which happened to be Davis' last scheduled day at VA.
Davis, who filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against Warren for prohibited personnel practices, said in a letter to VA oversight committees that he had several conversations with Warren about the "improper" process in renewing the ATOs. Davis also told Warren that he wouldn't "jeopardize the personal information of veterans, information that we are entrusted to protect and that we had a duty to protect" by blanket signing the security certification documents.
Davis said in his letter to Congress that the VA general counsel in February instructed John Gingrich, the agency's chief of staff at the time, to grant Davis his release to NASA.
Circumvent the processes?
Multiple current and former VA officials say Davis never promised to get the more than 500 ATOs done at a certain time, and it was Warren who was pushing to get them signed.
One former VA official said Warren wanted to get the ATOs signed and then circle back around to complete the actual security steps.
A current VA official said it was clear that Warren wanted Davis to circumvent the FISMA and ATO process.
"Information security and compliance with FISMA is all about ensuring proper procedures and policies are in place and we are managing the IT security function in the best way possible for the department," the current VA official said. "You have to go through the ATO process so you find any critical vulnerability, which has happened before. We found an unencrypted point-to-point connection that we were transmitting data through. We didn't get hacked or we didn't lose any data that we know of, but the ATO helped us find that hole. You don't want to be in the position of having to explain why you have that vulnerability because you didn't properly do the ATO."
All current and former VA officials talked to for this article as well as other current and former government officials attested to Davis' skills as a cybersecurity professional and honesty as a person.
There are, however, several unanswered questions about Davis' allegations:
- Why did Davis sign 250 ATOs, even with putting "with reservations" next to
his signature if he thought VA's process was so inadequate and would put VA
data and systems at a greater risk?
- Did Davis promise to get these ATOs done before leaving VA?
A history of cybersecurity shortcomings at VA detailed by the IG and GAO is part of what led Davis to pause and not just rubber stamp the security documents before he left VA. Davis, a retired Marine and CIA analyst, said the defective security certification processes are putting veterans' data "at serious risk of compromise or misuse."
IG, GAO report long-standing problems
VA's IG wrote in the both the fiscal 2010 and fiscal 2011 FISMA audits that the agency didn't do a good enough job to fix specific cyber issues and didn't follow the standard approach to identify and track those problems.
The IG said VA's process to implement cyber recommendations through its POAMs was deficient, and said VA needs to improve how it evaluates information security controls through its continuous monitoring program.
"You could get someone to sign off on the ATOs, but if you are really managing the process appropriately you'd go back and make sure you are closing the problems and the IG reports show VA has a terrible POAM process," said the former government official, who is an expert in cybersecurity. "ATOs are just a byproduct of an agency understanding its systems and risks."
A spokeswoman for VA's IG office said the inspector general still is finalizing the 2012 FISMA report.
With so many open POAMs, the former government official questioned the quality of any ATO.
"If you have 50 percent or more open, that means you are at risk because you are supposed to be closing them down," the former official said. "If these are moderate to high risk systems, or contain personal information or patient data, it could mean the risk has increased because what's the likelihood of them being brought to a resolution in a satisfactory way? It's one thing to have ATO, but it's another to have that many open POAMs."
Additionally, the Government Accountability Office testified in May 2010 that VA made limited progress in resolving long-standing deficiencies in securing its information and systems.
"Even if they are implementing continuous monitoring only on some systems, that's considered a major change so the ATOs wouldn't be valid anymore," the former official said. "Given all the evidence out there, it's improbable that VA could sign off on ATOs for all 500 systems and understand the risk and how to mitigate the risks in such a short amount of time. It's possible for an agency with a mature process, but VA doesn't seem to have one."
The VA spokesman said key aspects of the agency's continuous monitoring program have been in place since early 2011.
"To date, VA has implemented tools that provide aspects of continuous monitoring, such as reporting when computers are not compliant with VA security policies, Federal Desktop Core Configuration compliance, U.S. Government Configuration Baseline compliance with vendor patching policy, deep dive analysis of malware indicators, local file storage analysis, continuous gateway scanning and continuous scanning at all facilities," he said.
OMB's report to Congress on FISMA for 2012 shows VA has implemented continuous monitoring, but only on a subset of its systems.
Congress weighs in
Davis' letters to the House and Senate Veterans Affairs committees have raised concerns and questions about differing stories of who wanted to blanket sign the ATOs.
A Senate Veterans Affairs Committee staff member said Baker briefed the committee in January about Davis' allegations.
"We were told about the situation with Jerry Davis and told Jerry wanted to have a blanket waiver signed," the staff member said. "The committee is concerned about what's going on with IT. There is a lot of information that is lacking and needs to be provided to us. And what's being told to us is now being contradicted to what's in these documents [provided by Davis]."
Stephen Warren, deputy assistant secretary, Office of Information Technology, VA
The staff member said the committee met with Warren in March and asked about the signing of ATOs. The staff member said Warren assured the committee there was a process for the ATOs to be signed.
Another Senate staff member with knowledge of VA said agency officials in meetings with Hill staff about IT said Davis was responsible for completing the ATOs and that he didn't keep those promises.
"VA told us they have been dedicating staff to getting the ATOs completed," the second staff member said. "We've asked for more information, but haven't received it yet. We are looking at it, but not sure what's going on."
The House is holding a hearing Tuesday that will address this ATO signing issue as well as other cybersecurity concerns at the agency.
"The committee takes these allegations very seriously, which is why our Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations is having a hearing on the matter June 4," said a spokesman for the majority side of the House Veterans Affairs Committee.
Rep. Mike Michaud (D-Maine), ranking member of the Veterans Affairs Committee, said in an emailed statement that recent IG reports, which found problems with VA's cybersecurity, are concerning.
"Whether it's transmitting sensitive veterans' information over the Internet or 'authority to operate' lapses, these practices are unacceptable and shouldn't have happened in the first place. I'm hopeful these incidents are isolated and not just the tip of the iceberg," he said. "The importance of sound IT fundamentals for VA cannot be overstated. They are critical to providing veterans the care they've earned as well as breaking the unacceptably large VA claims backlog. In fact, the VA's new computer system is the centerpiece of their transformation plan to break the backlog by 2015. VA's IT efforts are centralized in policy, resources and execution. If it is not run well, it seriously damages the whole department's ability to achieve its mission. It's critical that VA's IT security is second to none, and I know our committee is committed to getting to the bottom of all this during the June 4 hearing."
Editor's Note: Davis' documents and the VA provided different totals for how many ATOs needed to be signed.
This article is part of Federal News Radio's ongoing special report, VA Cyber Efforts in the Hot Seat.


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Lynnwood senior guard Jasmin Edwards drives to the hoop during Saturday's game against Moses Lake. Edwards had a game-high 18 points for the Royals.
A day after losing a hard-fought semifinal game to Gonzaga Prep, Lynnwood rebounded to beat Moses Lake 48-38 in the 4A girls state tournament and earn a third-place trophy, the best finish for a girls basketball team in the school's history.
"We have made history in the sense that this is the best girls basketball team Lynnwood has produced," Royals head coach Everett Edwards said. "I'm am so proud of our team. We did want to win it all, we had hoped for it. But things didn't go that way and it was a good life experience for our girls to face adversity and heartbreak yesterday and to have to come through and play today and get a win."
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"We've had a lot of challenges at Lynnwood and this senior group really was the one that changed the culture for girls basketball here," coach Edwards said of the trio.
Jasmin Edwards was instrumental in the team's victory. Despite nursing a sore wrist from an injury she suffered the night before, the point guard scored 18 points and hit a key 3-point shot that tied the score late in third quarter. She also had three steals to spearhead the Royals' defense in her final basketball game in a Lynnwood jersey.
"We've come up so short, but just to end this season on a win, just makes it such a better moment because the last three we've ended on a loss," Jasmin Edwards said. "Just being with this team and making it to state and getting third — which is still a great spot to get — it's really good."
The usually up-tempo, offensive-minded Royals had to change their style a bit to beat Moses Lake. Stuck in a grind-it-out defensive battle, the Royals clamped down on defense in the second half to overcome a 34-28 deficit midway through the third quarter.
"(Moses Lake) packed in the key really tight," Everett Edwards said. "I think we had 10 points after the first quarter and that's not our style of play. We can play up-tempo where we score 70 points or we can win games when it's down in the 30- to 40-point range. Usually our defense keeps us in it."
Trailing by six with 3:49 to play in the third quarter, Edwards called a timeout and switched up his defense to focus on Moses Lake stars Jessie Loera and McKenna Walker, who combined to score 22 points. The adjustment worked. Lynnwood held the Chiefs scoreless for the rest of the quarter and surrendered just four points the rest of the way. The Royals outscored Moses Lake 20-4 from that point to win the game.
"We mixed in a little triangle-and-two and diamond-and-one (zone defenses)," Edwards said of the defensive adjustment. "(Loera) and (Walker) were good players and it was a situation where we wanted to take them away and make other players beat us. It almost seemed like that rattled them a little bit. It seemed like they were shooting their shots from a little bit further out and that allowed us to get out in transition and make some plays."
After the timeout, Dani Hayes made a 3-pointer from the left corner and Edwards added another after a steal by Hayes to tie the score at 34. After an Edwards' steal, Mikayla Pivec grabbed two offensive rebounds and was fouled while trying to put-back the second. She made one of two free throws to give Lynnwood its first lead since the first quarter.
The Royals built that lead to eights with 2:35 to play in the game when Jasmin Edwards made a driving layin as the shot clock buzzer sounded. With its offense finally in gear, Lynnwood's defense continued its domination, holding Moses Lake to just four points in the quarter to secure the victory.
"I think we just made it clear that this is going to be our last time playing together, our last half, our last quarter," Jasmin Edwards said. "We all kind of stepped up and made the adjustments we had to. We just didn't let them get the shots that they did previously. We just kind of toughened up, I guess."
Although the Royals will be losing starters Jasmin Edwards and Douglas to graduation, the future is bright for the Lynnwood girls basketball team. It returns guard Jordyn Edwards and posts Mikayla Pivec, Monty Cooper and Kelsey Rogers next year. Pivec finished Saturday's game with 15 points and 19 rebounds.At Tacoma Dome
Lynnwood 10 10 17 11 — 48
Moses Lake 8 14 12 4 — 38
Lynnwood—Jasmin Edwards 18, Monty Cooper 2, Grace Douglas 3, Mikayla Pivec 15, Kelsey Rogers 5, Jordyn Edwards 0, Amina Donahoe 0, Dani Hayes 5, Madison Eyer 0, Sarah Grant 0, Chelsea Tuiasasopo-Campbell 0, Hannah Valavala 0. Moses Lake—Alysha Overland 1, Madison Tudor 0, Santana Anderson 0, Stephanie Overland 2, Hailee Bishop 0, Jessie Loera 10, McKenna Walker 12, Selina Koon 0, Emily Olson 5, Avery Clark 4, Carina Lefave 0, Kaitlyn Stevens 4. 3-point goals—Jasmin Edwards, Douglas, Hayes, Loera 2, Walker, Olson. Records—Lynnwood 24-2 overall.
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Meadowdale's Madison Buchea (15), Alyssa Reuble (6), and Ashley Brooke (10) celebrate their 3rd place finish at the 3A state tournament Saturday in Lacey.
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The Mavericks, who rode the arm of senior pitcher Alyssa Reuble for five state playoff games, called upon their ace one more time. Reuble delivered, and the Meadowdale offense erupted for seven runs, as the Mavericks defeated University 7-2 to clinch third place in the 3A state tournament Saturday afternoon at the Regional Athletic Complex in Lacey.
The third-place finish ties the Meadowdale school record for the top finish. The 1997 Mavericks softball team also placed third at state.
"It's definitely really exciting," Reuble said. "We really wanted to come home with hardware this year. We haven't had hardware since 1997, so this was definitely a big thing for us."
Meadowdale head coach Dennis Hopkins said that the Mavericks are going to miss Reuble, the lone senior on the Meadowdale squad, when she graduates and begins her collegiate career at Seattle University.
"She's the greatest. Probably one of the best players I've ever coached," Hopkins said. "I'm going to miss her big time, but we're such a young team that she's left them with a great legacy to follow behind."
Reuble pitched every inning of every state playoff game for Meadowdale — and all but two games for the Mavericks (24-3 overall) during the regular season. Meadowdale pitching coach T.R. Smith estimated that Reuble threw about 500 pitches in her two days at Lacey.
And, "She was fantastic," Smith said.
Smith, who started working with Reuble over the summer, was invited to be a coach at Meadowdale about a week before the season started. After working with last year's Herald Player of the Year, Everett pitcher Lexie Levin, Smith began working with Reuble.
"She's got good break on the ball, and she hits her spots," Smith said. "She probably has the most movement of (pitchers in) Wesco. People can hit speed. People have a hard time hitting break."
Reuble allowed two hits before giving up four hits and two runs in the top of the seventh inning against University. Perhaps, she just wasn't ready for her high school career to be over?
"I kind of was thinking that in my head," Reuble said. "People are probably thinking I'm trying to stay out here longer than I want to."
The Mavericks found themselves in the third-place game, after losing a close 2-1 contest to eventual-3A state champion Kamiakin to start Saturday's games.
It was the Mavericks first loss of the season to a 3A team — they lost to Wesco 4A's Cascade and Snohomish — and snapped a nine-game Meadowdale winning streak.
Meadowdale then found itself facing Juanita in a loser-out game. The Mavericks defeated the Rebels 4-2. Reuble had nine strikeouts in the game, which was played less than an hour after Meadowdale's tough loss to Kamiakin.
Kamiakin became the first 3A team to get back-to-back 3A softball championships since Kennedy did it in 2007 and 2008.
"When they lost that one, they knew that their next goal was to tie the '97 team, which won districts and also got third place in state," Hopkins said. "So their goal then became, 'Ok, you refocus and you retool. We've got to at least tie that record. We can't let that go by.'"
Julia Reuble, Alyssa's younger sister, had a two-run single in the Juanita game during Meadowdale's four-run fourth inning.
The Mavericks continued to pile the runs on against University (21-7), scoring two early in the first inning and five in the fourth.
Haili Taylor batted 2-for-4 against the Titans with a double and two runs scored. Ashley Brooke went 2-for-4 with an RBI double and a run scored and Alyssa Reuble batted 2-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored.
Reuble walked in the final at bat of her high school career.
"We feel good," Hopkins said. "We were a little disappointed this morning when we couldn't quite pull it off but we were close. We were one out away and the magic kind of tailed off a little bit but we brought it back and were able to (get third place)."
Saturday's wins came the day after a dramatic 10-inning victory over Enumclaw, where the Mavericks scored five runs in the bottom of the 10th inning to advance to the state semifinals. Hopkins, who has coached at Meadowdale for eight years and been the head coach for four of them, said the team figured out that they had seven comeback games in the seventh inning — or extra innings — and that had become somewhat of a trend this season.
"I'm always confident in the girls," Reuble said. "We were the 'Cardiac Kids,' so we were going to come through one way or another."
Hopkins said that had become a nickname for the team, which was known for nail-biting finishes for their coach.
"The Heart Attack Kids," Hopkins said. "Seven comeback games this season. ... It's exciting. My heart would probably like less excitement. These are the greatest games ever. This is the best softball we've seen in a long time."
And some of the best pitching thanks to Reuble, who will leave quite a void when she graduates. Fortunately for the Mavericks, it won't be the last time they see a Reuble in a Meadowdale uniform.
Freshman Julia Reuble is still on the team, and she also pitches.
"We'll still have a Reuble on the mound," said Hopkins.
Meadowdale 7, University 2
At Regional Athletic Complex
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Brittany Hecker and Lacey Awbery. Alyssa Reuble and Rebecca Wright. WP—Reuble. LP—Hecker. 2B—Brooklynn Tacke (U), Ashley Brooke (M), Haili Taylor (M). Records—University 21-7 overall. Meadowdale 24-3.
Kamiakin 2, Meadowdale 1
At Regional Athletic Complex
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Kate Austin, Jessica Edminster (7) and Tawny Becker. Alyssa Reuble and Rebecca Wright. WP—Austin. LP—Reuble. S—Edminster. 2B—Melanie Oord (K). HR—Becker (K). Records—Kamiakin not reported. Meadowdale 22-3.
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Vol. 12 , No. 06
The Future of Government in California
The office of controller may conjure images of dry financial analyses and stuffy monetary reports, but Kathleen Connell brings a special passion to her work. As the state's chief financial officer, she is an outspoken advocate for efficiency in budgeting and for aggressive curbing of waste in the distribution of funds. Since taking office in 1994, Connell has uncovered more than half a billion dollars of waste and fraud in state government.
Connell brings a plethora of private and public financial experience to her role in the state government. She has run her own investment banking firm and served as vice president and director for Chemical Bank of New York. She also served as director of housing for Los Angeles.
As controller, Connell has a wealth of ideas for the improvement of California. In the last year she has worked on initiatives to help local governments deal with federal welfare reforms, to bring new technological resources to community colleges, and to bring zero-based budgeting to the state government. She believes that prudent financial planning can make a huge difference in funding for California's schools and infrastructure.
Connell has a Ph.D. from UCLA and has taught graduate school courses at UC Berkeley and at UCLA, where she is the founder of the Center for Finance and Real Estate.
Kathleen Connell's visit to CMC is sponsored by the Rose Institute for State and Local Government.
Medicine in the Year 2000: Meeting the Health Care Needs of High Risk Populations
Dr. Xylina Bean is the medical director of the Children's Services Department at the King/Drew Medical Center in Los Angeles, where she also serves as executive director of neonatology and the high-risk children's follow-up program that she established in 1987. In the same year Bean also started the first program at Drew University that focused on the needs of substance-abusing children and their families, resulting in the establishment of SHIELDS, a nonprofit corporation that runs 15 community-based programs serving over 500 families and 2000 children.
Bean received a B.A. from Mount Holyoke College in 1969, and in 1973 she was the first African-American female to graduate from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. After training at King/Drew Medical Center she joined the faculty in 1978. She is associate professor of pediatrics at Drew University and associate clinical professor at UCLA Medical Center. In her "off" time, Bean volunteers and serves on the board of Wilmington Community Clinic which serves indigent patients.
Bean's extensive curriculum vitae reveals an active scholar and major contributor to the field of medical science. It also describes a humanitarian physician dedicated to serving the community.
Xylina Bean's work with children at risk is at the cutting edge of one of the major health care issues of modern times. Her address is the first in the Athenaeum series Women in Medicine.
Technology, Self, and the Moral Project
As a prestigious 1996-1997 Phi Beta Kappa visiting scholar, Ken Gergen was chosen to contribute to the intellectual life of American colleges and universities like CMC. The goal of the program is to foster an exchange of ideas between visiting scholars such as Gergen and undergraduate students through campus visitations.
Gergen began his teaching career at Harvard University and continues it today at Swarthmore as the Gil and Frank Mustin Professor of Psychology. Gergen's academic journey has also taken him abroad as a visiting professor at Kyoto University, Marburg University, the Sorbonne, and Heidelberg University. Recently he was a Fulbright fellow in Argentina, a resident scholar at the Rockefeller Study Center in Italy, and a fellow of the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study.
For his large portfolio of scholarly work and contributions to academics, Gergen was awarded the Alexander von Humbolt Prize in the Humanities in Germany, and he has received grants and fellowships from the National Science Foundation and the Guggenheim and Ford Foundations. He is a fellow of the American Psychological Association, an associate editor of Theory and Psychology, and a founder of the Taos Institute.
Gergen's Athenaeum presentation will discuss the effects of 20th-century communication technologies on human relationships, and especially conceptions of the person. He will expand significantly on the emerging concept of relational selves, and its implications for cultural life.
Saints, Sinners, and Scoundrels: A New Look at the Overland Emigration of 1846
The Western frontier has always held a special fascination for Americans, be they explorers, historians, or individuals out to seek their fortunes. Almost as soon as Europeans began to settle in America, they began pushing toward the Pacific Ocean, and their journeys have left a distinctive mark on American culture and ideals. Will Bagley has a special appreciation for the American spirit of motion and exploration. In 1969, the writer took a raft down the Mississippi River from Rock Island, Illinois to New Orleans, Louisiana. His continuing interest in ways west has led him to a directorship of the Oregon-California Trails Association. His Athenaeum lecture will be based on original research and will address such issues as America's westward expansion and the role of the government in promoting such movement.
Will Bagley has edited such books on western migration as A Road from El Dorado: The 1848 Trail Journal of Ephraim Green (1991) and Frontiersman: Abner Blackburn's Narrative (1992). The writer and historian has also worked to update Dale Morgan's West from Fort Bridger (1994) and contributed to Peter DeLafosse's Trailing the Pioneers: A Guide to Utah's Emigrant Trails (1994). He has written for the Western Historical Quarterly, Utah Historical Quarterly, Salt Lake Tribune, and Overland Journal. Bagley's current projects include Kingdom in the West: The Mormons and the American Frontier, for which he will be series editor; a biography of California pioneer Samuel Brannen; and a history of the Mountain Meadows Massacre.
Black History Month
An Afternoon with James Earl Jones
4:00 p.m., Bridges Auditorium
In celebration of Black History Month and Claremont McKenna College's 50th anniversary, the Office of the Dean of Students and the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum are privileged to host James Earl Jones in a public lecture. This special event is open to all members of the Claremont community.
Although Jones is best known for his work in film and television, he began his acting career in the theater. He was in the historic company that incubated a generation of future black stars and produced Jean Genet's The Blacks (1959). In the New York Shakespeare Festival, which Jones has participated in since 1959, he has played roles from Hamlet to King Lear. The awards he received for his stage work in the 1960s presaged his current success as a nationally known screen actor.
Jones was nominated for the Academy Award for his role as Jack Johnson in the film The Great White Hope (1970), after earning the Tony Award for the same role on stage. The diverse litany of his roles from theater to television to film include those on Broadway in Master Harold... and the Boys (1982) and Fences (1987) as well as the voice of Darth Vader in the original "Star Wars" trilogy (1977, 80, 83), and in Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove (1964) opposite George C. Scott. More recently, Jones appears in the film version of Cry the Beloved Country (1995).
Among his many awards and recognitions, Jones holds honorary doctorates from Yale, Princeton, and Columbia Universities. In 1992 he was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Bush. He is also the recipient of the prestigious NAACP Hall of Fame Image Award for his great contribution to the arts. In 1990 the Los Angeles Film Teachers Association presented him with the Jean Renoir Award for his collected work.
You are welcome to join Claremont McKenna College for this special event featuring one of America's most respected and celebrated veteran actors.
James Earl Jones will speak at 4:00 p.m. in Bridges Auditorium, 450 North College Way. There is no reserved seating and the doors will open at 3:00 p.m.
The History of Women in Medicine
Rosemari Marshall Johnson is a practicing anesthesiologist at Scripps Clinic in La Jolla as well as an active leader in medical organizations. Johnson served on legislative and women in medicine committees for the California Society of Anesthesiology before becoming its president in 1995-96. She is currently active in leadership on the national level.
A Mount Holyoke College graduate in French literature, Johnson received her medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine. After moving to San Diego in 1969, she received teaching appointments at Mercy Hospital and the University of California School of Medicine before becoming the first woman invited to join San Diego's Anesthesia Service Medical Group in 1977.
Johnson has also devoted time to developing the "Pass It On" mentoring program in San Diego to link pre-med students with practicing physicians to share skills and guidance. She is also the proud mother of a Scripps alumna.
Johnson brings her own experience as well as that of the pioneering women before her to the Athenaeum to provide perspective on women in the medical field. Hers is the second lecture in the Athenaeum series Women in Medicine.
The New Creation/Evolution Controversy
Charles Darwin's work on the theory of evolution is often viewed as the first unbreachable gap between science and faith. The word of the Bible was set at odds with the wisdom of naturalism, and the two systems of thought have been depicted at war ever since. Professor Phillip Johnson asks, however, if faith and science are really disconnected from one another. The highly controversial answer that this author arrives at is "no." Evolution is not a factual theory counter to principles of faith, but an idea deeply rooted in faith.
Phillip Johnson has explored the connection between science and faith in his books, Darwin On Trial (1991) and Reason in the Balance: The Case Against Naturalism in Science, Law, and Education (1995). Among the issues he tackles is the current focus of schools, courts, and science on the theory of evolution to the exclusion of all other possibilities. His work is "about God, sex education, evolution, abortion, the search for a grand unified theory in physics, what our public schools should teach" and about how all of these issues are interwoven in a very fundamental way.
Phillip Johnson received his A.B. from Harvard University and his J.D. from the University of Chicago. He currently teaches criminal law at the University of California, Berkeley. Johnson's extensive experience includes a clerkship to the U.S. Supreme Court under Earl Warren and a position as deputy district attorney of Ventura County. His other books are Criminal Law: Cases, Materials, and Text on the Substantive Criminal Law in Its Procedural Context (1975) and Criminal Procedure: Cases and Commentary (1990).
Whispered Silences: Japanese Americans and World War II
A professor of history at Cornell University, Gary Okihiro is at the forefront of Asian American scholarship.
His book, Cane Fires: The Anti-Japanese Movement in Hawaii, 1865-1945 was the recipient of the 1992 outstanding book award from the Association for Asian American Studies. His other books include Margins and Mainstreams: Asian Americans in American History and Culture (1994) and Japanese Legacy: Farming and Community Life in California's Santa Clara Valley (1985).
In addition to other scholarly writings Okihiro also publishes book reviews in The New York Times Book Review, Journal of American History, and Western Historical Quarterly.
Okihiro is also well known for his work in the field of African studies. Prior to completing his masters degree at UCLA, Okihiro taught school in Molepolole, Botswana, an experience that has sparked a lifelong and in-depth interest in contemporary and historical Africa.
Mr. Okihiro's lecture on the experiences of Japanese-Americans during World War II complements both the Athenaeum series on the era surrounding CMC's birth, as well as the spring semester series on the American West.
Chaucer and His Voyeurs: Medieval Texts, Early Modern Readers
Seth Lerer was born in Brooklyn the year before the Dodgers left for California. After attending Wesleyan University, Oxford, and the University of Chicago, and teaching at Princeton for ten years, he eventually followed them-winding up not in Los Angeles, but Stanford, where he joined the faculty as professor of English.
He has published widely in the field of medieval studies, and his interests include the history of reading, courtly culture, and children's literature. He also is a member of the Department of Comparative Literature at Stanford, where he serves as director of undergraduate studies. His most recent book is Courtly Letters in the Age of Henry VIII: Literary Culture and the Arts of Deceit, to be published by Cambridge University Press in the summer of 1997.
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RICHARD FERGUSON reports on the Brumbies beating the Reds and starting the season with a win.
The Brumbies beat the Reds 24 – 6 after leading them 8 – 6 at the break.
The first half of Super Rugby for these teams was just that, a first outing that saw little cohesion and penalties a plenty. Both teams' kickers battled for accuracy as the wind played havoc. The Brumbies did manage to score a try with the first attacking move of the game, Jesse Mogg dotting down in the corner after about 10 minutes.
The Brumbies streaked ahead in the second half, keeping the Reds scoreless while kicking their own penalties. The kicking was a woeful display, so much so that the Brumbies used four different kickers with little success. Mogg scored his second try of the match on the sound of the siren, which was converted by replacement Robbie Coleman.
Clyde Rathbone had a solid return match, but in a match dominated by forward play and the backline not getting much room to move, he did not exactly shine.
The talking point throughout the match was the breakdowns and the referee's interpretation of the new laws, which resulted in a stop start match. The Brumbies, and in particular David Pocock, adapted to the referee's calls and took full advantage in the second half.
The score line does give a false impression about how close this match was, with the Reds' defence holding strong for long periods of time. What would be a concern for coach Ewen McKenzie though, is the fact that the Reds never really looked like scoring a try all match.
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