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These malcontents should help Trump develop the best conservative ideas and present them to the voters as attractively as possible. Supply-side heavyweights Arthur Laffer, Larry Kudlow, and Steve Moore helped craft Trump's economic proposal. The man who Never Trumpniks say "never listens" heeded these free-marketeers on taxes and the Heritage Foundation on judges. Conservative Trump haters should do something productive: Offer the GOP nominee issues and ideas he can use to win.
Supply-side heavyweights Arthur Laffer, Larry Kudlow, and Steve Moore helped craft Trump's economic proposal.
Evidently it's more fun, though, to flee reality and reside in Fantasyland. If only, they say, an unknown candidate — such as Evan McMullin — could ride to the rescue, vanquish the entire GOP apparatus and its nominee, leapfrog Clinton, and then land softly in the Oval Office. Never mind that McMullin already has missed ballot-access deadlines in two dozen states.
The charisma-free Libertarian party candidate, former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson, faces a similar 90-degree climb.
The inescapable fact is that no third-party candidate has won the White House since Abraham Lincoln's Republicans defeated the Democrats and Whigs in 1860. The Never Trumpniks should Google Henry Wallace, George Wallace, John Anderson, Ross Perot, and Ralph Nader. The closest any of them got to the White House was the South Lawn during the annual Easter Egg Roll.
Turning to McMullin, Johnson, or any other Never Trumpnik would splinter the Center-Right without garnering enough votes to prevail. Meanwhile, the Left will march in lock-step, as it usually does, when things really matter.
The result? Crooked Hillary wins, likely with a large enough margin to claim a mandate. Clinton rarely awaits green lights. But if the signal is any brighter than pistachio ice cream on November 8, she will floor it on January 20, and go from zero to socialism in seven seconds.
Conservative elites on Capitol Hill, in the commentariat, and among the campaign-consultant complex know this perfectly well. Thus, Hillary Clinton enjoys a cadre of de facto conservative supporters.Even when a flawed candidate promises to practice most of what the Right has preached for decades, and even as these desperately needed solutions enjoy a fighting chance of being signed into law by a President Trump, Crooked Hillary's conservative comrades reject Trump – the only candidate who can stop Hillary. Instead, they are building the gallows on which the Left's Lady High Executioner will hang their ideas until dead.
— Deroy Murdock is a Manhattan-based Fox News contributor and a contributing editor with National Review Online. He is a veteran of the 1980 and '84 Reagan for President campaigns and was a communications consultant to Forbes 2000, the presidential bid of publisher Steve Forbes. Murdock has participated in numerous events sponsored by the Club for Growth, the Federalist Society, and the Heritage Foundation.


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Everything except the SkyTrain Holland Renner was aboard.
In a matter of seconds, Holland finds herself in a world she didn't know existed. Before, she was free within limits. Now, she's one of 400 others. Before, Holland was at least human. Now, she's not so sure. All she knows is that she needs to endure and survive.
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#rr But.....I forgot everything that happened so I'm reading it to refresh my memory 😃
TrueCaliber Apr 06
The trailer was a nice touch, but I could clearly see that one of the trains were from The Hunger Games.
Anonymus85 May 13
Sorry to tell you this but America was never a democracy. It was more a Representative Republic.
Sparklestydia May 27
Reading this again bc it's my favourite book in the universe
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Warning! don't read this book, it's a good story but the ending ruins it. Worst ending I ever read, (and I've seen pretty bad ones) it's not worth it don't read
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Quiet: Including Introverts in Your Culture
- Recognize that 1-on-1s are safer for introverts than large meetings. Use them to probe for thoughts and ideas.
- You have to be more direct that having an open door policy or asking for feedback in a large meeting.
Be Authentic
- Publicly apologize for your own mistakes taking accountability when things go wrong.
- Positively reinforce contributions by introverts, recognize that it may have been difficult for them to do.
Techniques for Getting Input from Introverts
- Give time to prepare for a meeting or conversations. "Hey, this afternoon let's talk about your ideas for improving the build process."
- Ask for input about a topic in a 1-on-1 before a larger meeting on the topic. Maybe even offer to share their ideas anonymously in the larger meeting.
Techniques for Communicating with Introverts
- Establish trust through 1-on-1s
- Start a conversation stating your intentions. Say "we'd like to improve the reliability of the deployment process and your experience would be incredibly valuable. Why do you think the last deployment failed?" rather than just starting with "why do you think the last deployment failed?"
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text: A Case of Multimodality Multiparametric 11C-Choline PET/MR for Biopsy Targeting in Prior Biopsy-Negative Primary Prostate CancerTakei, Toshiki MD, PhD*; Souvatzoglou, Michael MD*; Beer, Ambros J. MD*; Drzezga, Alexander MD*; Ziegler, Sybille MD*; Rummeny, Ernst J. MD†; Schwaiger, Markus MD*; Eiber, Matthias MD†Clinical Nuclear Medicine: September 2012 - Volume 37 - Issue 9 - p 918–919 doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e31825b23a6 Interesting Images Abstract Author Information Article Outline Abstract: We introduce the case of a 70-years-old man with an elevated level of prostate-specific antigen and prior negative biopsy. For targeting rebiopsy, the patient underwent 11C-choline PET/CT and subsequent PET/MR. Both the high uptake in PET and the abnormal findings in MR gave strong evidence for prostate cancer at the ventral periphery of the right apex. This location is sometimes not covered by routine sextant biopsy. The following targeted rebiopsy was positive for prostate cancer. This case indicates the potential role of PET/MR for identifying primary prostate cancer because of its high soft tissue contrast and the possibility of a multimodality approach. From the *Department of Nuclear Medicine and †Institute of Radiology, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany. Received for publication January 24, 2012; revision accepted March 6, 2012. Conflicts of interest and sources of funding: none declared. Reprints: Toshiki Takei, MD, PhD, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Klinikum Recht der Isar, Technische Universität München. Ismaninger Str. 22, D-81675, München, Germany. E-mail: email@example.com. Abstract REFERENCES Back to Top | Article Outline REFERENCES Figure 1 1. Beer AJ, Eiber M, Souvatzoglou M, et al.. Radionuclide and hybrid imaging of recurrent prostate cancer. Lancet Oncol. 2011; 12: 181–191. Cited Here... | PubMed | CrossRef 2. Souvatzoglou M, Weirich G, Schwarzenboeck S, et al.. The sensitivity of [11C]choline PET/CT to localize prostate cancer depends on the tumor configuration. Clin Cancer Res. 2011; 17: 3751–3759. Cited Here... | PubMed 3. Testa C, Schiavina R, Lodi R, et al.. Prostate cancer: sextant localization with MR imaging, MR spectroscopy, and 11C-choline PET/CT. Radiology. 2007; 244: 797–806. Cited Here... | PubMed | CrossRef 4. Fuchsjäger M, Shukla-Dave A, Akin O, et al.. Prostate cancer imaging [review]. Acta Radiol. 2008; 49: 107–120. Cited Here... | PubMed | CrossRef 5. Haider M, van der Kwast T, Tanguay J, et al.. Combined T2-weighted and diffusion-weighted MRI for localization of prostate cancer. AJR. 2007; 189: 323–328. Cited Here... | PubMed | CrossRef 6. Park BK, Lee HM, Kim CK, et al.. Lesion localization in patients with a previous negative transrectal ultrasound biopsy and persistently elevated prostate specific antigen level using diffusion-weighted imaging at three tesla before rebiopsy. Invest Radiol. 2008; 43: 789–793. Cited Here... | View Full Text | PubMed | CrossRef 7. Alonzi R, Padhani AR, Allen C. Dynamic contrast enhanced MRI in prostate cancer. Eur J Radiol. 2007; 63: 335–350. Cited Here... | PubMed | CrossRef 8. Scher B, Seitz M, Albinger W, et al.. Value of 11C-choline PET and PET/CT in patients with suspected prostate cancer. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2007; 34: 45–53. Cited Here... | View Full Text | PubMed | CrossRef Keywords: PET/MR; 11C-choline PET; prostate cancer; biopsy © 2012 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.


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Property DetailsIt is a large residential property in the Cloverleaf Estate, Ladyville, Belize District near Mile 7 off the Philip Goldson Highway (aka the Northern Highway). It sits on high land and is comprised of two Lots totaling 2.67 acres consisting of approx. 386 ft (117m) of road access by approx. 304ft (92m) in width. It is next to a canal which is within a short distance of and has access to the Caribbean Sea. It is also close to the Belize River which flows alongside the Phillip Goldson Highway (aka the Norther Highway) .
The Cloverleaf Estate is situated approx. in the centre of Belize's shoreline (North to South) thus having easy access to the North, South and West of the country, Belize's cayes, its international airport which is a 10 minute drive away as well as the municipal airport for domestic flights which is about 15 minutes away.
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Looks like it to me but I am no bird expert. Their were two of them which were kind of neat. Seriously wish I had my 70-300 on at the time but i only brought my 105mm because i was intending to do macro shots on my afternoon walk. Anyway after much cropping I think it turned out quite well. Last one is just a fun lizard shot I just had to include.
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Water Saving Week 2016
Water Saving Week is a national campaign to promote simple water saving tips for the home, garden, schools, workplace and communities.
Waterwise and WaterSafe are leading the week, which runs from 21 - 25 March 2016.
The campaign aims to raise awareness of the need for everyone to use water wisely - whatever the weather and wherever the location - to protect this precious and finite resource for generations to come.
The campaign will see five themes across the week, all with daily challenges and water saving tips. These include "water in school", "water in your workplace" and "water in your home".
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David Porter, Lindsay Tripp, and Heather Martin
Open educational resources (OER) offer a host of benefits, not the least of which are cost-savings for students and pedagogical flexibility for instructors. This panel discussion explores the intersection of open education advocacy and copyright. Lindsay Tripp revisits an idea explored at last year's ABC Conference, that copyright managers at post-secondary institutions are well positioned to advocate for open education. Heather Martin shares the results of a student survey that raises questions about traditional course materials and whether the move to open is inevitable in the context of the current post-secondary copyright framework. David Porter explains how eCampusOntario's work in the post-secondary sector is focussing on open educational practices, with a goal of implementing good public policy using open licenses for government sponsored curricular materials.
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David Porter
Dr. David Porter is the CEO of eCampusOntario, the primary face of the Ontario Online Learning Consortium (OOLC), a not-for-profit corporation whose membership is composed of all publicly-funded colleges and universities in Ontario.
David is a long-time advocate for the benefits of adapting new technology to deliver educational opportunities, and has been involved in open and distance learning since the 1990s, at both the K-12 and higher education levels.
David was formerly Associate VP Educational Support and Innovation at the British Columbia Institute of Technology. For 11 years, David was the Executive Director of BCcampus. During his term at BCcampus, David and his team engineered Canada's first government funded open textbook program, a leading-edge move in higher education in 2012.
David has also worked as a project leader and consultant for international open and distance learning projects, most recently in Mongolia, Malaysia, and Vietnam. He is a co-editor of the International Journal of eLearning and Distance Education (IJEDE.ca), an open access journal.
Heather Martin
Heather is the Copyright Officer at the University of Guelph, and also manages the Library's E-Learning and Reserves Services team. Her latest project is chairing the University of Guelph's task force on Accessible and Affordable Course Content and Open Educational Resources.
Lindsay Tripp
Lindsay is the Copyright Librarian at Langara College in Vancouver, BC. In 2016, she helped found the College's Open Education Advisory Committee, Open Langara. As Open Langara's co-lead, she supports open education initiatives on campus and the College's participation in the wider open education community. Lindsay also belongs to the BC Open Education Librarians (BCOEL), a group of academic librarians exploring ways to foster use of quality OER among faculty and students. She proudly champions equitable access to affordable education.


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Headlands International Dark Sky Park
The largest forested tract in the vicinity of Mackinaw City is The Headlands, an Emmet County park that spans over 600 acres and features 2 miles of shoreline on Cecil Bay and the Straits of Mackinac. This unique park includes 4.3 miles trail, two rental houses, outstanding views of the Mackinac Bridge and an interesting history.
The park is the former vacation retreat of the McCormick family, who amassed its fortune by inventing the reaping machine in the 1800s and then creating International Harvester. Roger McCormick established the area in the late 1950s when he hired a helicopter and dropped 50lb. sacks of flour to mark the boundaries of the property he wanted to purchase.
The Headlands remained in the hands of the Chicago industrialist until his death in 1968, when the property was assumed by the McCormick Foundation. In 1966 the Little Traverse Conservancy assisted Emmet County to acquire the tract with the help of a Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund. County officials then turned the two McCormick vacation homes, including the impressive Beach House designed by Chicago architect Roy Binkley, into rentals and the maze of two-tracks on the property into a trail system.
In 2011, The Headlands was designated an International Dark Sky Park, only the sixth such park in the United States and the ninth in the world. Since then the county has established a 24-hour parking area, trail and stretch of lakeshore for dark sky viewing and monthly programs at the Beach House with a local night-sky expert. Shipwreck enthusiasts will also find The Headlands interesting as several vessels lie just off shore.
The woodlands and undeveloped shoreline are home to 20 species of wildflowers a variety of plants, including endangered Dwarf Lake Iris and the threatened Pitcher's Thistle. Wildlife that can be spotted includes bald eagles, osprey, white tail deer, wild turkeys, coyotes and occasionally even a black bear.
The two-track trails are short and make the Headlands an easy hike, off-road bike ride or Nordic ski outing that is ideal for families. A number of loops are possible but the entire perimeter of the trail system is only 3.5 miles. What is described below is a 4-mile loop that includes the most interesting and scenic sections of the park.
The main trailhead just off Wilderness Park Drive is where most visitors begin their outing at the Headlands. Follow the Park Road for 200 yards to the well marked junction with Trail. Posted in red markers, Frog Pond Trail winds through a dark stand of cedar before breaking out at McCormick Lake at Mile 0.6 and arriving at the Guest House at Mile 0.8. Follow the Park road to pick up the Coastal Trail, marked in yellow within a 100 yards.
The Coastal Trail quickly drops down to the public beach where it is not well marked. It follows the sandy shore for a quarter mile and then becomes a faint two-track that leads away from the water into the trees and at Mile 1.3 pops out at the Dark Sky Viewing Area Trailhead. Follow the Park Road to the left around the Beach House to reach the end of it where there is parking and a trailhead for Ridgeline Trail, the park's longest at 1.5 miles and is posted in yellow.
The Ridgeline Trail quickly passes a spur to the beach and then begins an interesting stretch through a cedar forest where you skirt the base of a steep shoreline bluff, the headlands from which the park earns its name. There is rarely a view of the water through the trees but on a windy day the roar of waves crashing ashore fill the woods.
At Mile 2.3 you have another chance to follow a spur, the left-hand fork, to the shoreline and you should as it gives way to an incredible view of Mackinac Bridge and any vessels passing through. The right-hand fork of Ridgeline Trail climbs to the top of the Headlands and within a quarter mile comes to the first of two junctions with the Overlook Trail, marked in green. This 0.8-mile semi-loop leads you out to a viewing point of the Headlands. If it's May there will indeed be trilliums lining the trail.
You return to the Ridgeline Trail at Mile 3.6 and by heading east (right) you will return to the main trailhead in less than a half mile. Along the way you pass a junction with the Old Orchard Trail, a 0.82-mile loop through mostly open fields.
At main trailhead is a parking lot, picnic table, information kiosk and a vault toilet. The other two trailheads that offer limited parking are the Dark Sky Viewing Traihead and Voyager Trailhead, both near the Beach House.
The park offers two facilities for rental by the public; the Beach House, which accommodates 18 people in two bedrooms, and the Guest House that provides accommodations for 22 people in four bedrooms on three levels. Both have full kitchens and a conference area and are reserved through Emmet County (231-436-4051).
There are no vehicle or entry fees at the Headlands.
From I-75 in Mackinaw City depart at exit 338 and then turn west on Central Avenue. Follow Central Avenue for 2 miles and then turn south on Wilderness Park Drive. The park entrance is reached in a quarter mile.
Contact Emmet County Parks (231-348-1704; www.emmetcounty.org) or the Petoskey Area Visitors Bureau (231-348-2755, 800-845-2828; www.petoskeyarea.com).
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…But it Can Be Very Hard on You. Several things happen to our mouths as we get older. This is a fact that I know all to well as a dentist. I have struggled to help aging patient maintain their teeth and therefore their dignity. Money sometimes is a problem that stands between a patient and ideal dental health, but some times money is no object and yet ideal dental health cannot be achieved because of the changes that occur in an Old mouth.
The first of these changes is likely to happen as you age happens when you or your spouse retires. For most people when they retire they loose their dental insurance shortly there after. Making sure that you plan for your oral health well before you retire can make a big difference. Most dental insurances pay a yearly maximum of $1000. In many cases this only restores one tooth. This has been the same benefit since dental insurance was invented in the 1970's. Yet I assure you that the cost of a gallon of gas much less a crown or filling has not stayed the same since the 1970's. Point is if you have very much work to be done in your mouth and you want dental insurance to pay the maximum toward your dental care you better give yourself more than one year to get it all done.
Another thing to prepare for is life without dental insurance. Weather or not you have teeth you need to budget a yearly expense toward maintaining your teeth (natural or artificial). You should talk to your dentist about the annual cost for cleaning, x-rays and exams. If you have dentures you should be aware that they do not last for ever and usually require refitting or remaking at some interval. Heck even dental insurance companies will pay for a new denture every 5 years. Plan for it!
The second thing that affects the mouth as we age is gum disease or Periodontal Disease. It affects about 75% of the American population and those over 60 make up the bulk of those affected. The signs and symptoms of gum disease include but are not limited to: bleeding when you brush, red swollen guns, bad breath, receding gums, and plaque and tarter on your teeth. The results of gum disease go unnoticed most of the time but include: tooth or gum pain, infection, gingival recession, bone loss and tooth loss. Now the effects of gum disease cannot be easily reversed but it is very important to keep the factors that cause gum disease at bay. This requires that you get your teeth cleaned at least twice a year. IF you have not been to the dentist in quite a while, it is quite likely that your cleaning will be more involved and require more follow up to correct years of abuse and neglect. So plan for it budget some time and money to up keep what you have.
The gingival recession caused by gum disease puts your teeth at risk of root caries or cavities on the root of you teeth. The roots of your teeth were designed to be covered by bone and gums. When they are exposed to the oral environment they do not fare well. Root caries can be hard to detect, progress very rapidly and be very hard to fix. This three headed dragon makes root caries the arch nemesis of dentist everywhere. Gum grafts and bone grafts are the best ways to treat receding gums, but some times enough damage has been done that it cannot be reversed.
The third thing that effects the aging mouth is your medications. The average 60 year old patient is taking 5 medications. Many of those medications have the side effect called dry mouth. As it turns out a dry mouth increases you chances of getting cavities especially the aforementioned root caries. Saliva is the natural buffer for the acids produced in your mouth by the bacteria that cause cavities. Classes of medications that cause a dry mouth include many high blood pressure medicines, asthma medications and antihistamines. Other things that decrease the amount of saliva a person makes are aging, smoking, mouth breathing, immune disorders and cancer treatments. The best ways to prevent root caries is the use of supplementary fluoride treatments, good oral hygiene and regular dental cleanings and exams.
Certain diseases become more prevalent in older generations. One such disease in Diabetes. Diabetes affects your mouth in several ways. Most importantly changes the way your body fights infections and makes the diabetic patient more at risk. Gum disease is a chronic infection of the gums. The presence of gum disease often makes diabetes worse and the presence of diabetes definitely makes gum disease worse. Gum disease often results in gingival recession, those exposed roots are at an increase risk of getting a cavity that is hard to detect, progresses rapidly and can be very hard to fix. It is a vicious cycle.
The last thing that affects the aging mouth is just that. It is getting older everything in it is getting older. Every tooth, filling, and crown is getting older. The expected lifespan of a filling is 10 years, a crown is maybe 20 years. Some last longer, some not so long. There are many factors that affect how long a restoration last in a particular patients mouth so ask your dentist about your mouth. The important thing to remember as we live longer more of our dental work will have to be redone and replaced!
Yes getting older is inevitable, but it is also manageable. Forty years ago (and perhaps still today) getting all your teeth pulled before you got too old was a popular notion. Some of those patients are still alive and dealing with the ramifications of that decision. It does not have to be that way. With a little knowledge and preparation you can take your teeth with you to the grave.
IF you have questions or concerns please feel free to call Dr. Seume at Hitchcock Dental at 409-986-6018
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NCI Inc., Reston, Va., has announced that it was awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee, single-award indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract valued at $125 million for cyber network operations and security support (CNOSS) services for the U.S. Army's Network Enterprise Technology Command (NETCOM) G3/5/7. NCI has served NETCOM since 2007, with two predecessor contracts to CNOSS. The new contract has a 12-month base period with two one-year option periods and one six-month option period. NETCOM has primary oversight of network operations and security for the U.S. Army and serves as the single point of contact for network development and protection.
It's fall and for many this time of year means apples, pumpkins and long drives to take in the changing colors of the autumn foliage. For some parents of high school seniors, however, this time of year also means scouring Scholarships.com and Fastweb searching for answers (and applications) to the question, "If my son/daughter gets into the college of his/her choice, how will we pay for it?" Simultaneously, they are pulling together the information for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) forms.
As part of National Cyber Security Awareness Month, (ISC)², a nonprofit that educates and certifies information security professionals, is sharing a series of weekly security awareness tips. The series will include tips for more secure software as well as advice targeted at conference attendees, parents, teachers, senior citizens, homeowners and CEOs.
The first set of tips provides guidance for conference attendees, including:
SeKON Enterprises Incorporated, Herndon, Virginia, was awarded an $12,433,560 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, with options, to provide engineering, cybersecurity and configuration management support services to the program executive officer, Defense Healthcare Management Systems. The total potential contract value, including the one-year base period and four one-year option periods, is $75,603,463.
LongView International, Reston, Virginia, has been awarded a maximum $8,291,746 modification (P0006) exercising the first option period on a one-year base contract (HT0011-13-F-0039) with three one-year options for software design, development and testing to support emerging requirements in the Defense Medical Logistics Standard Support (DMLSS), DMLSS Customer Assistance Module and Joint Medical Asset Repository applications to meet information assurance and the establishment of new data exchanges/services. Location of performance is at the Joint Medical Logistics Functional Development Center at Fort Detrick, Maryland, with a Sept. 29, 2017, completion date.
When your personal applications are slow, there's no doubt it's frustrating. The news clip buffers, the song won't download, a game takes ages to start up, etc. But when apps perform slowly for military, intelligence or other critical government entities, national security might, in fact, be at risk.
The director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) views cyberspace as one of the bureau's top priorities across its entire mission set. Not only is economic national security threatened from cyberspace, it also may hold clues to deterring and preventing crimes—if the bureau can exploit it effectively.
"Cyber touches everything I'm responsible for," said FBI director James Comey. "It's not a thing, it's a way." Comey described the important of cyberspace at the final plenary session of the AFCEA/INSA Intelligence and National Security Summit 2014, held September 18-19 in Washington, D.C.
Among the many perils faced by the United States, space and cyberspace pose some of the greatest challenges. And, there is no public wave of awareness or demand for action looming on the horizon, to the detriment of the nation.
The U.S. Defense Department is developing new strategic approaches to deal with new threats that have novel aspects, and these approaches are being reflected in defense intelligence capabilities. These capability changes will need to take place concurrent with ongoing operations to address these challenges, according to a high-ranking Defense Department official.
The Internet of Things promises to change everyday life—and intelligence operations—but it remains far from reality, according to government and industry experts. Aspects ranging from security to architectures remain to be determined as changing technologies alter outlooks.
The key to exploiting cyber intelligence is to understand your own organization in a threat context, said panelists at the AFCEA/INSA Intelligence and National Security Summit 2014, being held September 18-19 in Washington, D.C. Government and industry must understand their cyberthreats at both the tactical and strategic levels, panelists offered.
The Internet of Things that will connect virtually all electronic devices in a surge of ubiquitous networking will be a target-rich environment to terrorists, saboteurs, criminals and other cybermarauders, according to a panel focusing on that aspect of future cyberspace.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is looking to replace its Automated Biometric Identification System, or IDENT, in the next two to four years, an official with the department says. IDENT is DHS's central system for storing and processing biometric and associated biographic information for various homeland security purposes.
Technique Solutions Inc., Stafford, Virginia, was awarded a $25 million indefinite- delivery/indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price contract for the entire spectrum of equipment and services associated with the Cyber Network Defense mission and information assurance support. Funding and work location will be determined with each order, with a completion date of Sept. 14, 2019. Army Contracting Command, Key West, Florida, is the contracting activity (W912PX-14-D-0002).
The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate has transitioned the first technology in its Transition to Practice (TTP) program to commercial market two years ahead of schedule. The effort involves Los Alamos National Laboratory's Quantum Secured Communication, which was picked up by the company Allied Minds. That private-sector entity exclusively licensed the technology in August 2013 and formed Whitewood Encryption Systems Incorporated to bring it to market. The product is a next-generation encryption system that leverages the quantum properties of light.
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is seeking information from small businesses as potential sources to provide cyber-related support services; to conduct activities; and to create products to improve the U.S. Defense Department's cyber systems. Specifically, the agency's omnibus indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract will support the U.S. Cyber Command's ability to operate resilient, reliable information and communication networks; counter cyberspace threats; and assure access to cyberspace.
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The final day of AFCEA TechNet Augusta 2014 kicked off with a solemn remembrance of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks that rocked the nation. The conference then, necessarily, moved on to the future.
Although the U.S. Defense Department and the military industry are feeling the effects of constrained budgets, they have not yet been forced to find truly innovative solutions, Mark Bigham, chief innovation officer for Raytheon Intelligence and Information Services, told the AFCEA TechNet Augusta 2014 audience.
Bigham quoted Winston Churchill as saying that Americans will always do the right thing after they've exhausted all other alternatives. He also cited another Churchill quote: "Gentlemen, we have run out of money, now we have to think."
Mission success in the cyber arena, especially in a constrained budget environment, requires both cooperation and innovation, but military and industry officials speaking at AFCEA TechNet Augusta 2014 say they are not yet seeing enough of either.
Maj. Gen. Stephen Fogarty, USA, the new commanding general, U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence, Fort Gordon, initiated the discussion, saying that cyber is "inherently joint," and warning against stovepiped systems and information for different mission areas, such as cyber, signal and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. The Army, he said, has to cooperate with the other services, the Department of Defense, the National Security Agency, industry and multinational partners.
Senior military leaders will try next week to hash out differences on the command and control (C2) of the Joint Information Enterprise, or JIE, said Lt. Gen. Mark Bowman, USA, director, command, control, communications and computers/cyber and chief information officer, Joint Chiefs of Staff. Gen. Bowman made the remarks while addressing the audience at the AFCEA TechNet Augusta 2014 conference, Augusta, Georgia.


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This years event will feature University of Minnesota head football coach Jerry Kill, the 2014 Big 10 Coach of the Year.
Friendly confines, a number one seed and leading three-fourths of the game wasn't enough to put the Augustana Vikings men into Tuesday's Central Regional Championship.
The Vikings defeated the Bulldogs of Minnesota Duluth 71-62 behind 30 points from Casey Schilling.
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yesterday I took a picture of one of my Dutch Yamadori Hawthorns that I would like to share with you. I collected this trees a long time ago in the dunes close to were I live. Back than it was about 1.60 m high and now, after I chopped it down in several stages that I spread out over several years, it measures about 82 cm in height. I am especially pleased with how it's new top that I created is developing. The earlier to wide top with out any taper now shows great taper and in some more years it will look pretty convincing! The branches need much more growth and styling before this tree will fully reach what I have in mind for it, but it is already showing a lot of promise for the future. Dutch Yamadori Hawthorns, like any kind of Yamadori, are pretty hard to find and collect, so I am realy happy I found this one and that it is doing so great. Especially the large natural deadwood section is unique on a small tree from Holland! I just love working on these Hawthorns, they are just perfect to creat Bonsai from!
Above: There is hardly any wire in this tree at this moment, it will be rewired in early spring. As you can see, I use what ever is at hand to position branches in there place! The stick on the left that I used to hold the that branch up, is half a cloth hanger. 🙂
Above: These Hawthorns grow in the dunes next to the see so only the top few inches are actually soil, under need that it is all sand. To free it from the ground, I only had to use a small hook and my hands. I can clearly remember that wile I was sitting on my knees concentrating on freeing the roots, some very big black highland bulls that room this dunes, thought it would be funny to suddenly appear right next to me and scare the shit out of me. We never saw or heard them coming!
Above: After I cleaned my trousers, I proceeded shortening the unwanted branches. This is by now means a simple task with all these very sharp needles!
Above: The tree in my back garden. It is planted in a large tube, were the roots can crow freely in. The yellow arrow shows were the present day top is created.
Above: A year later the to long and useless branches are shortened again. This forces the tree to back bud all over the lower parts. Than I only have to wait and hope that they will appear from just the right places to use in my design. This procedure is spread out over as much growing seasons as is necessary to keep the tree safe and healthy
Above: This is how the top section still looked only a few years ago. All these tinny branches you see here are new ones. As expected, they appeared after cutting back the thick top branches. Just look how ugly and to wide the top section looked in this picture. The green arrow shows the than still tiny present top! Amazing what you can do with some optical illusions, dont you think?!
Above: Forgive me for not having all the dates of these pictures at hand, but this one is made the winter after the old top section was reduced. The tree looks so fragile in this picture if you compare it to the first picture! I still find the metamorphosis that a tree has to go trough to become a Bonsai, unbelievable. It is good to keep taking and saving pictures to convince your self and others what realy happened in the pre Bonsai live of a tree! Although it takes for ever to style a Bonsai, I would not want to miss it for the world! Patience will be rewarded in the end!
Hans van Meer.