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3 Cyber Security Discussions That Have Moved from the Server Room to the Board Room of South Carolina Businesses
Monday, October 30th, 2017
By 2021, cybercrime will cost the world economy an estimated $6 trillion annually, up from $3 trillion in 2015 (Cybersecurity Ventures). No longer solely the concern of IT departments, the greatest transfer of economic wealth in history must be addressed — as a top priotity — by stakeholders of businesses and nonprofits of all sizes.
Indeed, with recent earth-shattering breaches — like that of Equifax — and increased litigation against board members following privacy breaches, the subject of cyber security is finally getting added to the board meeting agenda.
To help your leadership team clearly establish your company's cyber security stance, here are 3 conversations moving from the server room to the board room (and it's not just for Fortune 1000 companies):
1. Have We Already Been Breached?
First, you must rip off the band-aid. The ethical response to the statistics (which say companies of all sizes are likely to have already experienced a breach) is to determine what data has already been exposed and to report it to the appropriate channels.
Action Item: Bring in a legal specialist and a 3rd party security auditor to examine potential breaches with your IT department.
2. We Are Responsible.
The second point of discussion is to formally acknowledge that all company stakeholders are ultimately responsible for securing your company's data. Former Equifax CEO Richard Smith, for example, claimed a security staffer failed to complete their responsibilities—this attempted blame shifting is now being thoroughly evaluated by the federal judicial system.
Action Item: With the input of a cyber security consulting firm, renew your chain of responsibility and implement new weekly reports and check points for increased accountability. Consider designating a board committee to oversee cyber security matters.
3. How Will We Detect and Respond to Future Attacks?
The final point of conversation won't be limited to a one-time discussion. Evaluate the strength of your essential cyber security practices, personnel, and partners.
Action Item: Document your methodology for detecting and responding to future attacks, ensuring that all vectors of cyber attack are accounted for.
Creating a Unified Response
Before initiating these conversations in the board room, you may need to discuss the real risk posed to companies like yours. We suggest reviewing Verizon's 2017 Data Breach Investigation Report to see how companies in your industry are being targeted by hackers.
To provide your executive team and board of directors with an overview of your company's security policies and risks, consider a Security Framework Assessment. An executive report provided by an unbiased, third-party auditor can take board room conversations and translate them to actionable insights.
By Charles Johnson, CEO of EDTS Cyber. For more information, visit www.EDTScyber.com, call 855.411.3387 or email Charles Johnson email@example.com for a free consultation.


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The Cinquecento is already an icon among car lovers, and we are no exception to say the least. But there is even more. We drove the Abarth version of this 500, which has in the few years of its life already managed to grow into a living legend. Now this legend has got the unique name of Abarth on its bonnet, and the powerful wings of 140 horses… needless to say that what follows here is a tale of passion…
Hans Knol ten Bensel
Admitting colour…
The creators of the Abarth 500C developed not only the performance, they did not neglect the design of the charming 500 C.
Alongside the classic body colour scheme, Abarth is offering two-tone paintwork for the first time on a 500. Although your eye may linger on the new colours, the long, dynamic spoiler reminds you that the Abarth 500C means business. The spoiler not only adds flair to the sporting image but also ensures an improved CZ load and more effective air flow distribution. The Abarth 500C is enhanced by new 17" diamond pattern alloys and a white diamond version of the popular 5 petal design.
…in sporting comfort.
Another strength of the 500 C is the outstanding climatic and acoustic comfort. Thorough aerodynamic research means that the turbulence experienced with the roof open has been reduced to a minimum, so you can enjoy fully the open road and engine sound
The Abarth 500C allows you indeed all the sensations of a real sports car: with the hood closed, it offers performance worthy of a hard top version but when the roof is rolled down, life gets even more beautiful when you speed along with the wind rushing through your hair to the beautiful sound of the twin silencer exhaust.
The electric hood, which faithfully traces the car's roof line, means that the Abarth 500C can be enjoyed at any time of year. Indeed, even in the wintery snow days, we enjoyed open air pleasure in the Abarth.
A true design object in its own right, the hood of the Fiat 500C is distinguished by its sophisticated electrically-controlled movements and its impressively finished and carefully crafted technical features: from the glass rear window to the third brake light built into the spoiler. The hood is available in 2 colours (black and titanium grey) and can be combined with classic Abarth colours as well as 2 specially-created two-tone combinations: the more sporty version (racing black and white) and a more elegant version in two tones of grey. A chromatic liner runs along the two-tone body to simultaneously divide and combine the car's two spirits: out-and-out sports performance below and the elegance of a cabriolet above.
Performance: the Abarth signature of sound and fury…
The new car is a true Abarth and this is confirmed by a 1.4 Turbo T-Jet power unit that delivers 140 HP, for significant performance: 0-100 km/h in just 8.1 seconds and a torque of 206 Nm at 2000 rpm in Sport mode – a delightful engine with a beautiful sound and smooth willingness that ensures not only thrilling performance but also makes the Abarth 500C a source of unique pleasure during day-to-day use.
In detail, the engine is a 1368 cc 4 cylinder 16 valve unit (turbo charged with a fixed geometry IHI RHF3-P turbocharger) that delivers exhilarating performance. Top speed is 205 km/h while acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h – as we said - takes place in just 8.1 seconds. This is partly achieved by the overboost function, activated by the Sport button that modulates control unit mapping and turbo pressure in addition to load on the steering wheel. Yet this typically Abarth performance comes with very frugal fuel consumption: 6.5 l/100 km over a combined cycle.
This lively yet smooth new power unit also has proven eco-friendly credentials: the new Abarth car is already able to meet the toughest restrictions imposed by future European standards (Euro 5).
In addition to the engine, the Abarth 500C retains all the engineering features already so appreciated on the original model, such as TTC (Torque Transfer Control).
The engine is indeed a true delight. Flexible at lowest revs in city traffic, docile as a lamb in "normal" mode, brilliant in the "sports" mode, with ample power throughout the rev range.
The gearbox: "Abarth Competitzione" at the push of a button…
The most important new feature of the 500 C is the race inspired "ABARTH Competizione" gearbox. With this unit, Abarth re-writes history:
In 1949 Karl Abarth was beginning to market his first official product, a racing gearbox with a steering wheel-mounted lever for the Fiat Topolino, able to offer slick gear shifts under sporty driving conditions. More than 60 years later, the ABARTH Competizione is offered as standard on the Abarth 500C with the same philosophy. It takes the form of a 5-speed gearbox with electrohydraulic control and driver interface created with paddles behind the steering wheel.
In detail, the innovative gearbox, derived from an MTA (Manual Transmission Automated) unit, consists of a conventional manual gearbox on which the manual linkage is replaced by an actuator controlled electronically by a TCU (Transmission Control Unit) which optimises both gearshifting and mechanical efficiency. This gearbox also offers auto mode for greater comfort and manual mode for maximum driving satisfaction. A sport setting may be added to both modes, with repercussions on shift speed.
The new ABARTH Competizione makes driving more fun, complementing out-and-out racing attributes with the possibility of shifting up through the gears on the steering wheel as though you were driving a real supercar. Indeed, we were soon using the manual function, actuating the paddles behind the wheel for changing up. As the gearbox and computer will automatically change down when you are driving slower, you did not need to worry about this. When you still do downshift manually to keep the revs up, a short flick of the paddle will indeed let the box change down with the computer giving an impulse to rev up the engine so it enters smoothly the lower gear, an expert rally driver could not improve on this, and needless to say we could not resist the temptation to do this time and again…
In terms of safety, the Abarth 500C also offers the features already successfully adopted on the Abarth 500. The Abarth 500C is indeed a very safe car. We could test the 500 C in icy and snowy condions, and were impressed by the stable, effective braking and predictable handling at all times. It is also good to know that the Abarth 500C is also fitted as standard with 7 airbags (two front, two window bags, two side bags and one for knee protection): The car also uses sophisticated technical solutions to ensure that the driver is in perfect control of the car (active safety): from ABS with electronic brake distribution (EBD) to the advanced electronic stability program (ESP ), from the anti-slip regulation (ASR ) system to the Hill Holder devices – which help the driver with hill starts - and hydraulic brake assistance (HBA) to help with emergency stops.
The Abarth 500C also offers the "TTC " (Torque Transfer Control) which improves the transfer of drive torque to the wheels and, in particular, guarantees excellent cornering behaviour, thus making the car safer and more entertaining during a sporty drive. The Abarth 500C offers also a suprising degree of comfort. The front system is a MacPherson configuration while the rear suspension features interconnected wheels (i.e. semi-independent) with a torsion beam. Both configurations selected have been appropriately revised and developed for the new vehicle to ensure both great handling and creditable driving comfort.
We drove the 500C in difficult winter conditions, but were astonished by the high degree of driveability and docility, making it, together with its magnificent sound and performance, a truly delightful machine. Just make a test drive, and be – literally – transported…
Hans Knol ten Bensel
The 500 C emblem is tatstefully written on the dashboard, like a thoroughbred befits...
Push the sports button, and the 140 horses are unleashed...

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While attending law school at the University of South Carolina, Paul was actively involved in pro bono activities and served as President of the Christian Legal Society. Also at USC, Paul served as Research Editor for the South Carolina Law Review and authored a note in the Annual Survey of South Carolina Law, S.C. L. Rev. 1259 (1998). He was a member of Wig and Robe, the Order of the Coif, and he received the CALI award (formerly American Jurisprudence) in Admiralty.
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Augusta County. Formed in 1738 from Orange and named for Augusta, Princess of Wales and mother of George III. Originally it included a large part of the middle west. President Woodrow Wilson was born in Staunton.
Erected 1929 by Conservation & Development Commission. (Marker Number Z-110.)
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2009 - Minutes of March 17 Meeting
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March 17, 2009
Open Meeting; Joint meeting with Finance Committee.
Quorum present: Tina Skorput Cooper (TSC), Chair.; Curt Wilton (CW); Robert Salerno (FinCom); Gary Schieneman (FinCom); Julia Krahm (FinCom).
Board and FinCom review the FY 2010 draft budget. Both Boards have reviewed the draft budget independently and have come together for a discussion and finalization of draft.
AA presents the budget highlights and notes that the only major outstanding budget item is the Berkshire Hills Regional School District (BHRSD) operating and capital budgets. For tonight's purposes, the most recent BHRSD figures are being used. Providing that the BHRSD budget stays at the present amount, the overall FY 2010 Town budget will increase approximately .6% from the current year.
The largest line item increases are with the Council on Aging; Health Insurance and County Retirement.
Both Boards agree not to grant the budget increase requested by the Library. The Library is on pace to end the year with a surplus and indications are that the cuts in State Aid to Libraries will not be as deep as previously thought. Both Boards feel that the Library will be adequately funded for FY 2010 at FY 2009 levels.
Citing the same budget surplus scenario as with the Library, both Boards agree that the Tree Warden budget should be level funded for FY 2010 instead of granting the proposed increase.
CW notes that the Board has done its best to hold the line in all areas of discretionary spending. Most departments have responded favorably with the Board's pre-budget request to hold the line on next year's spending.
There being no further questions, the Board and FinCom agree on the
proposed draft budget and Annual Town Meeting warrant as presented.
FinCom member Julia Krahm commends the Board for bringing in a reasonable FY 2010 Town budget.
TSC makes a motion to make the position of Town of West Stockbridge
Wetlands Consultant a Special Municipal Employee. CW seconds the motion. Vote taken, 2-0 in favor. This vote will allow the Conservation Commission to hire a wetlands consultant to review cases on the ConsCom's behalf yet allow that same person to represent clients before the Board at some time in the future.
Greg Winters (GW), representing the Town's auditing firm of Thomas
Scanlon, CPA, presents his firms FY 2008 audit and management findings to the Board and the Finance Committee.
GW begins by reading his management findings. Town Treasurer Karen Williams points out that the finding calling for periodic review of the Treasurer's investments should be modified. The Treasurer does, in fact, meet with the FinCom on a scheduled basis to review the Town's investments.
Management findings that have been rectified from the previous year are: Cash reconciliation, which is now being completed on a timely basis; corrections of how deposits are credited to Cemetery Perpetual Care and Perpetual Care Interest; and no more instances of vendor checks being dispersed without first appearing on a warrant signed by the Selectmen.
GW then presents the financial statements. GW addresses a long series of questions from the Selectmen and FinCom members to various statements and reports.
Overall, GW indicates that the Town remains in sound fiscal shape with overall sound financial management. GW notes that the Town has drawn down its free cash to lower levels than in the recent past because of substantial one-time purchases and debt payments made in the previous year. However, the Town still has in excess of $500,000 in its Stabilization Fund.
Complete copies of the FY 2008 Town audit and management report are available for public viewing in the Town Clerk's office.
There being no further questions regarding the FY 2010 audit, CW makes
a motion to adjourn the meeting. TSC seconds the motion. Vote taken, 2-0 in favor.
Meeting minutes approved by:
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Tina Skorput Cooper, Chair. Curt Wilton
Date ______________
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Every student in Year 9 follows courses which are tailored to the criteria set by the National Curriculum and the Arts Council. Year 9 can follow two courses, one curriculum and one enrichment.
The core curriculum course allows the students to explore a range of social, historical and cultural issues through the medium of drama. They will be required to utilize a range of skills, acting, directing, problem solving and team building. They also have the opportunity to evaluate their work and the work of others in a range of formats.
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3. It encourages growth. I'll be the first to admit that I don't understand how this works 100% but many people testify that taking care of hair ends helped their hair grow. I think this is likely due to better length retention.
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Art materials have evolved since those school day art classes involving overalls and horrid soggy paintbrushes. Lynne Chapman, a professional illustrator, reviews Derwent's fabulous Inktense and Graphitint watercolour drawing pencils. Easy to store and fun to use – they might be just the tools you need to persuade you to try illustrating your own blog posts! Julia, Cartoons & Illustrations Editor
Those kind folks at Derwent have been in touch again and sent me another parcel: a pressie of art materials play with. It came almost on my birthday too! I got all sorts of bits and bobs, some familiar, some new things to try…
They sent me another set of my all-time favourite tool: the Inktense watercolour pencils.
This 12 set is really all you need. I once went to their shop in the Lake District and bought lots of other colours to add to my kit, but have taken most of them out again, because these colours are so well chosen.
Inktense pencils are absolutely perfect for sketching on the go. I just love the way you can combine dynamic drawing with painterly mark-making and fill the page with vibrant colour, while carrying almost no kit – just a handful of pencils and a waterbrush.
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This was a thoroughly embarrassing defeat to India A for the world's No 1-ranked one-day side. It was only a warm-up match, but such encounters have lost their irrelevance under this regime, in which Ashley Giles is only continuing the work of Andy Flower.
It was a point made by Ian Bell, whose 91 off 89 balls with eight fours and two sixes was a beacon in the chilly fog that hung over the ground for much of the day, and even he was dropped on 16 and 35.
"We pride ourselves on taking the warm-up games seriously and look to win them," he said. "That's what served us well in Australia ahead of the 2010-11 Ashes and we definitely came into today looking to win with that sort of attitude. But we were completely outplayed."
That they were, managing only 175 all out to India A's 224 for four, and maybe they were out-thought too. Perhaps England were hampered by the loss of captain Alastair Cook, who arrived feeling unwell and returned to the team hotel, with Eoin Morgan taking over. But England's bowlers delivered too many short balls, whether slower-ball bouncers or of the more rapid variety.
They were taking the new one-day international regulation permitting two bouncers an over to the extreme. And India A's openers, captain Abhinav Mukund, who made 57, and Murali Vijay (76), took advantage in a stand of 118 in 23.1 overs, after a fog-delayed start and a long break after just five overs that led to it being a 39-over match.
Of the seamers, only Jade Dernbach, using his variations cleverly to take two for 23 from seven overs, impressed, while James Tredwell bowled his off-spinners cannily.
India's seamers, with Sri Sreesanth to the fore, may not have had the same pace as England's, but they bowled a much better length. It was simple, sensible cricket on a pitch Bell described as "a bit tacky and not coming on as you'd have liked".
Cook's absence looked to have left the identity of his opening partner for the forthcoming series still unknown, with the candidates Bell and Kevin Pietersen opening together. But Bell revealed that he would be opening with Cook, as he had done since Pietersen's 'retirement' last year.
"I've really enjoyed being at the top of the order," he said. "It's a good place to bat. Hopefully Cooky and I can do a good job at the top, and with Kev at three it will work nicely."
Pietersen, playing his first 50-over match for England since February, made a bright 19 with four fours before he charged Sreesanth and could only find mid-on.
Samit Patel was given an opportunity at No 3, but when he was quickly lbw it sparked a middle-order collapse that left England 65 for five at the end of the 18th over. As Bell said: "You are not going to win too many games from there. We play a lot of 40-over cricket at home and you would be happy most of the time chasing 229 [the revised target]. If we'd had wickets in hand we probably would have been able to knock that off."
But they did not have those wickets in hand, and only Craig Kieswetter, who received a beauty from seamer Mohit Sharma to be caught behind for a duck, can be excused censure.
Bell did not seek to use the cold weather, with the temperature at just 4C (39F) for much of the morning, as an excuse. It is hardly unusual in England. "I played at Liverpool [for Warwickshire against Lancashire] in April last year and it was probably just as cold," he said.
There was brief hope during the batting Powerplay when Bell opened his shoulders, but when he was ninth out, skying Sharma, the game was up.
England, who will not practise today, now have a second warm-up match against Delhi tomorrow, when Joe Root should be given a chance in the middle order before Friday's first one-day international in Rajkot.
India's Virender Sehwag has been dropped for the first three ODIs in Rajkot, Kochi and Ranchi after the 2-1 defeat to Pakistan.
India (for first three ODIs v England): MS Dhoni (c), G Gambhir, A Rahane, C Pujara, R Sharma, Y Singh, S Raina, R Ashwin, R Jadeja, A Mishra, I Sharma, A Dinda, S Ahmed.


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Bronco president unveils proposal for glass plant in Napa
Bronco Wine Co. president Fred Franzia said Tuesday his company is exploring the possibility of building a $200 million glass container plant in Napa Valley.
It's the first time a new glass bottle manufacturing facility has been proposed in California since the 1960s. Franzia revealed his plans during an event at Bronco's Harlow Court wine-bottling facility in Napa held to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the launch of Charles Shaw Wines, also known as "Two-Buck Chuck." More than 300 million bottles of Two Buck Chuck have sold.
"Why celebrate on April 17?" said Franzia. "It's tax day and we're counting on people having two dollars to celebrate with."
Bronco is the largest wine-grape growing operation in California, a bulk supplier to other wineries, and annually produces more than 22 million cases of branded wine under various labels, making it the fourth-largest California wine company by volume.
Franzia has quietly been planning the glass plant for some time and hopes to build it on an 80-acre industrial-zoned site Bronco owns by the Napa Airport. Franzia claims the project will create 350 jobs with an annual payroll in excess of $35 million and that it will increase Napa's tax base by $2 million per year.
Such a proposal will undoubtedly meet resistance, especially from environmentalists, but Franzia claims the strategic location will eliminate 62,000 truckloads or roughly 375,000 diesel-driving hours per year -- eliminating tons of air pollutants. Raw materials would arrive via rail.
The proposal, which will need approval from the Airport Commission, Planning Commission and Napa's Board of Supervisors, includes an 8-acre "park and arboretum buffer" between the eastern boundary of the glass plant and Highway 29.
"If anybody is up to the task (of working for regulatory approval) Fred is," Napa Supervisor Bill Dodd said.
In the last couple of years, California vintners have been hit with huge price increases for glass bottles. Whether for trucking in sand, firing the massive furnaces or shipping finished bottles, fuel is a key ingredient in making and shipping glass bottles. Because of price considerations, some wineries routinely purchase glass from Mexico and a few have even sourced bottles from China.
"We don't want to put our wine in bottles made in China," Franzia said. "We want to succeed in the global marketplace with bottles made right here."
Slow growth in grapes: While U.S. wine sales grew by about 9 percent last year, according to the Nielsen Company, California's wine grape acreage rose by just 1 percent, according to the California Grape Acreage Report released last week.
According to the report, released annually by the California Agricultural Statistics Service, California's wine grape acreage totaled 527,000 acres in 2006.
Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon continue to be the most-planted varietals.
Table grape acreage remained flat at 93,000 acres, and raisin-type grape acres totaled 240,000, down 6,000 acres from 2005.
People: Santa Barbara vintner William "Bill" Foley II has announced his purchase of the iconic property Gaia Vineyards, formerly known as Fess Parker's Ashley's Vineyard. The 213-acre Pinot Noir and Chardonnay vineyard is the most westerly in the Santa Rita Hills AVA. Foley already owns Foley Estates Vineyard and Winery in Santa Rita Hills and Lincourt Vineyards in Solvang.
L'Expansion, a French business Web site, reported last week that Patrick Ricard, chairman and CEO of Pernod Ricard, the world's second largest drinks company, has nominated Pierre Pringuet as his successor. Ricard, who will be 62 on May 12, had already announced that he would be stepping down in 2008. He has been head of the company since 1978. His father, Paul, founded the Ricard business, which merged with Pernod in 1974. Pringuet joined the Pernod-Ricard group in 1987 as development director.
Pernod Ricard owns many popular spirits and wines brands, but its largest presence in California wines is its ownership of Mumm Napa.


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The mission of Ronald McDonald House Charities® of Southwest Florida is to create, find and support programs that directly impact the health and well-being of children and their families in Southwest Florida.
With the generosity of our community, the efforts of our volunteers, staff and local McDonald's restaurant owner operators, we are meeting that mission through our five programs. RMHC of Southwest Florida supports:
- The Ronald McDonald House®
- The Ronald McDonald Family Room®
- The Ronald McDonald Care Mobile® Program
- Grant Program
- Scholarship Program
We rely on fundraisers, general contributions, memorials, and in-kind contributions to fund the significant balance of money required to operate all our programs. To all of you who contribute so generously, rest assured that your contributions are used effectively and are very much appreciated by the families and children we serve.
There are so many ways to get involved with RMHC Southwest Florida! Check them out here! We look forward to meeting you!


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Mobile phones and tablets have become an inseparable part of our daily lifestyle. Every day we download apps, play games online, surf web, bank online, and do n-number of things on smartphones. Are you aware that all this can directly hamper security of your personal data? Your current location can be compromised, call logs or messages can be deleted, contact list can be shared or erased, identity can be snitched, bank accounts details can be hacked, and more. Precisely, someone at a remote location can fully control your techy-baby.
"WHAT.....?" May be this is the first reaction after reading this. But that's true, someone somewhere may have access to your information and the question arise "Are We Really SECURE?"
Here are some tips to be safe while scrolling through apps on your Android device.
- Install mobile anti-virus software with advanced features that help in protecting personal information while providing anti-phishing. You can shop for Norton anti-virus or McAfee software for enhanced protection
- Don't leave your phone's Bluetooth turned on, as Bluejacking & Bluebugging can be dangerous allowing hackers to use your phone's features like forwarding incoming calls, listening to calls, sending text messages, clicking photographs, and more.
- Make sure Wi-Fi is connected through a secured connection
- See app's rating & reviews before downloading, as this can reveal potential problems faced by an app or any technical issue you might encounter
- Downloading a free app? "Beware," as they are more prone to frauds. It's better to go for paid apps
- After carefully installing an app, make sure to look out for recent app reviews in Google Play and if there's any update that's worth getting
Most importantly carefully check privacy policy of an app and permissions it seeks before downloading, as it's not just you but all your acquaintances' will be at risk of theft. Have a safe Android app experience. Read more...


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Once in a Blue Moon: #VisitLakeCharles Photo of the Month8/25/2015 by Elizabeth Eustis
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Everyone likes to take photos of the area whenever traveling. And, let's face it, "selfies" are fun too. But I LOVE to hear from people who are experiencing the best of what the area has to offer from food , the great outdoors to cultural excursions . I am always on the hunt for a great photo that not only shows the beautiful landscape and funComments | Read More →


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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2015 News Releases > October 2015 > Kiwanis hear report on breast cancer research
Kiwanis hear report on breast cancer research
PLAINVIEW – The Plainview Kiwanis Club closed out Breast Cancer Awareness month with a special program on Thursday concerning the ongoing breast cancer research at Wayland Baptist University.
Dr. Adam Reinhart, professor of biology and chemistry at Wayland, co-sponsors a student research group with Dr. Gary Gray that focuses on the effects of medicinal plants on breast cancer cells. The research line started in 2007 after a trip to teach at Wayland's Kenya location ended with Dr. Reinhart and Dr. Vaughn Ross, who has since retired, bringing back samples of plants that Kenyans use to treat ailments.
"We have all of these students from all over Kenya, a society that pretty much uses exclusively medicinal plants for the majority of problems there, because a lot of these people don't have access to modern medicine," Reinhart said. "This stuff has been used for literally thousands of years and some of it works really well."
Dr. Reinhart's research group began looking at the effects of plants with anti-inflammatory properties on cancer cells. As the research continued, they narrowed their scope to specifically looking at breast cancer cells, finding a strain of cancer cells that when injected into mice mimic Stage 4 breast cancer. These cells could be grown in a petri dish and the effects of plant extracts tested in a sterile environment.
Through the research process, students have discovered a molecule in a specific plant extract with an unfamiliar molecular weight. Reinhart said they believe it has not yet been specifically identified and described. Additional testing has shown positive results in the molecules effects on cancer cells.
Reinhart said the next step will be testing the findings on mice injected with the cancer cells.
While any future implications in the fight against cancer remain uncertain, Reinhart pointed out that the immediate benefit of what his students are doing is in their preparation for future study within the scientific community. He said being able to work on these types of research projects teaches students to "do science."
"Science is one of these things that, yeah there is a lot of book knowledge you can get, but it's also kind of an art. You have to learn how to do science," Reinhart said. "You have to learn how to build experiments. You have to learn how to design things well enough to get the kind of data you are looking for."
Reinhart's list of students who have worked on the project throughout the years concludes with a blank space where the name of the next student will be included.
"The take-home message is that research really, really helps our students," Reinhart said. "To have our students be able to talk at a very high level about the research they did really helps them out when applying for medical school, or dental school, or Ph.D. programs.
"We are taking applications right now for next year's research program."


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UCLA Coach Rick Neuheisel is not pondering a quarterback switch.
Richard Brehaut, who returned last week from a broken leg but did not play, was upgraded from "questionable" to "probable" for this week's game against Colorado.
Still, Neuheisel said no matter how good Brehaut may look in practice, Kevin Prince will start for the Bruins.
"There is no question about that," Neuheisel said.
Of course, that doesn't mean Prince will finish.
Prince led the Bruins to victories over California and Arizona State, but the win streak came to an end Saturday in Salt Lake City, where Utah beat the Bruins, 31-6.
Prince had 163 yards rushing against California. He finished with 10 yards rushing against Utah. After completing 11 of 17 passes for 196 yards against Arizona State, he was 12 for 24 for 146 yards, with two passes intercepted, against Utah.


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Gasp! Just the right amount of baby blue to make a room breath taking. The mixture of prints, from the polka dot baby blue blanket to the floral curtains, and those baby blues make this room design one of my all time favorites.
Just plain pretty. Take a look in the Etsy shop for some items to add a little baby blue in your home design, it'll SO be worth it :)
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Batavia Farmers Market
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The walk includes four distinctive homes, a tour of the historic Newton House and other historic buildings presented by Collins Construction Group and The Kane County Chronicle. A tea will be held also for all House Walk patrons. The walk benefits the Batavia MainStreet Program and its mission to enhance the identity of Batavia's downtown area as the heart of the community.


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The New Levée en Masse
© 2006 Audrey Kurth Cronin
From Parameters, Summer 2006, pp. 77-87.
The means and ends of mass mobilization are changing, bypassing the traditional state-centered approach that was the hallmark of the French Revolution and leaving advanced Western democracies merely to react to the results. Todays dynamic social, economic, and political transitions are as important to war as were the changes at the end of the 18th century that Clausewitz observed. Most important is the 21st centurys levée en masse, a mass networked mobilization that emerges from cyber-space with a direct impact on physical reality. Individually accessible, ordinary networked communications such as personal computers, DVDs, videotapes, and cell phones are altering the nature of human social interaction, thus also affecting the shape and outcome of domestic and international conflict.
Although still in its early stages, this development will not reverse itself and will increasingly influence the conduct of war. From the global spread of Islamist-inspired terrorist attacks, to the rapid evolution of insurgent tactics in Iraq, to the riots in France, and well beyond, the global, non-territorial nature of the information age is having a transformative effect on the broad evolution of conflict, and we are missing it. We are entering the cyber-mobilization era, but our current course consigns us merely to react to its effects.
The Levée en Masse
in the French Revolution
The French Revolution marked the beginning of the age of modern warfare, characterized by the culmination of a fundamental shift from dynas-
tic warfare between kings to mass participation of the populace in national warfare. Although the Treaty of Westphalia of 1648 is commonly cited as the point of origin for the sovereign state, the French Revolution marks its true consolidation, with the formal abolition of the Holy Roman Empire as the result of Napoleons conquests in 1806.1 The character of war is constantly in flux: the American Revolutionary War was associated with many of the same anti-authoritarian passions that powered the French Revolution. But as George Washingtons correspondence reflected, without national institutions to support the army, the problem of mobilizing and directing resources hobbled the American colonists war effort. The key element in the firm establishment of the modern secular state within the West, and a watershed in the evolution of modern war, was the states connection with the mass mobilized army. And at the heart of that new army was the levée en masse.
The French term levée has two meanings in this context, both levy and uprising, each of which is important for understanding the nature of the levée en masse and its relationship to the dramatic changes that occurred in warfare at the time.2 In its first meaning, the levy referred literally to the 23 August 1793 decree by the French National Convention that the entire population was obliged to serve the war effort. As a result, all single men between the ages of 18 and 25 were required to join the army. The French population at the time was the second largest in Europe, bested only by the Russians, and thus it supported a huge military mobilization: by September 1794, the French Republic had 1,169,000 men under arms, out of a total population of about 25 million.3 For comparison, the current population of France is approximately 61 million, with about 134,000 on active duty.4 The percentage of population mobilized during the wars of the French Revolution was unprecedented in Europe, in itself a revolutionary achievement. Therefore, the first meaning of the word referred literally to the goal of mass mobilization: the provision of large numbers of soldiers supported by the people.
For all of his brilliance as a general, Napoleon could not have accomplished his dramatic transformation of the European landscape without
the broad-based participation of the French populace, both its young male conscripts and its civilian labor, and his ability to harness these things for the army. Numbers were crucial to the strategy of the French Army, enabling it to function on several fronts simultaneously and to sustain casualties that its opponents usually could not bear.5 The French tended to win when they had superiority in numbers. They enabled Napoleon to take greater risks, engage more often in battle, spread his troops over wider territory, and embark on more daring political ends.6 His opponents soon learned to counter his mass, with the result being a dramatic increase in the average number of men engaged in European battles, from a height of 60,000 to 80,000 on the field in the mid-17th century, to a total of 250,000 (Wagram, 1809; Borodino, 1812) or even 460,000 (Leipzig, 1813) by the early 19th century.7 The resulting mobilization of the people in the service of the state, indeed now actually embodying the state, was a watershed. It foreshadowed the nationalized warfare of the industrialized era that followed, culminating in the First and Second World Wars. For Napoleon, the people were clearly the engine of war.
This literal meaning of the levée en masse, referring to mass conscription, is best known. But its second meaning, levée as uprising, is more crucial in explaining the paradigm shift now under way. If conscription was the end, inspiration was the means. Education and ideology helped to drive young men to the army and the broad population to support of the war effort.8 The French populace was reached, radicalized, educated, and organized so as to save the revolution and participate in its wars. It is no accident that the rise of mass warfare coincided with a huge explosion in the means of communication, particularly a dramatic growth in the number of common publications such as journals, newspapers, pamphlets, and other short-lived forms of literature. No popular mobilization could have succeeded in the absence of dramatically expanding popular communications.
The publishing world in France was deregulated between 1789 and 1793, resulting in a sharp drop in the publication of books and a corresponding dramatic increase in shorter, cheaper, more accessible forms of communication. Censorship of forbidden texts, particularly so-called philosophical books, was also removed. The resulting spread of the ideology of the Enlightenment drove cultural and social changes, with a free and extensive public exchange of ideas that had been illegal under the old regime. The highly competitive, chaotic publishing trade that resulted moved toward an emphasis on shorter, more frequently produced, less capital-intensive tracts intended to reach a broader market and earn a quick profit. Over the course of the French Revolution, the number of journals produced in Paris went from four to a peak of 335, the number of printers quadrupled, and the number of
publishers and sellers nearly tripled.9 Ideas spread by exploiting the freest and cheapest of all possible means of communication, within the constraints of the technology of the time.
Thus the deregulation of the presses democratized communications. The outcome was a dramatic expansion vertically, horizontally, and temporally, as communications more frequently reached a wider range of people, some of whom could not even read. In the provinces, a strong tradition of reading aloud in homes or worship services flourished. The oral tradition also encompassed a large number of songs, printed and distributed or simply heard and repeated. Famous songs such as the Marseillaise created unity and a sense of republican identity. Revolutionary images were also extremely important; the storming of the Bastille by the Parisian populace on 14 July 1789 was pictured in a flood of newspapers, pamphlets, and engravings. Such powerful symbolic pictures appeared on paper money, letterheads, stamps, membership cards, calendars, even wallpaper and childrens games. Communications were central to developing a national identity, a sense of passion among the people, who were thus motivated to fight for the broader cause.
The role of the poor French peasant in particular, supporting the revolution and fighting its wars, was central to the power of the popular army. The passionate participation of the working-class Frenchman, who previously would not have been granted the right of citizenship, was a vital evolution in the organization for war.10 The unprecedented range of communications effected a transformation of individuals in the lower strata of French society into the People, the holders of popular sovereignty.11 They also enabled the quite conscious building of a national identity: from a focus on warfare in the service of local nobility, those on French territory drew themselves into one focused and motivated fighting unit. The French people believed that they were fighting a war for freedom and against tyranny, for their revolution and against monarchical power, and the bombardment of information from above and within consolidated those beliefs. In this culmination of social, political, and military change, the French nation and the army were as one.
Carl von Clausewitzs expression of war as the continuation of politics with an admixture of other means was at least in part a description of this extraordinary process of physical and ideological mobilization of the masses into war in the service of the French Republic. The French military mobilization was admittedly not an instantaneous and overwhelming success: its effects were felt gradually, required trial and error in organization, and combined elements of old and new. Clausewitzs On War was essentially a philosophical treatise in Hegelian tradition, examining elements of continuity and change and working toward a new synthesis. But he stressed that war could be understood only within its political, social, and historical circumstances. Even as he also appreciated that the massive French mobilization he had witnessed might not necessarily be the model for future wars, Clausewitz recognized the political forces that Napoleon had harnessed and understood their larger significance.
Emerging Cyber-mobilization
Todays Western armies are faced with ends and means of mobilization that diverge from those that predominated during the era of revolutionary nationalism. In its inherent connection to changes in communication, its ideological narrative, and even its employment of specific means, the process currently in progress is a historical successor to the popular uprising at the heart of the changes that Clausewitz observed. Instead of driving toward the industrialized state, 21st-century mobilization is presently perpetuating a fractionation of violence, a return to individualized, mob-driven, and feudal forms of warfare.
Under way is a broad social and political evolution through ordinary communications that reach vulnerable individuals and catalyze changes in violence. The typical focus of military planners on using high-end tools for tactical connectivity has missed the point: what is unfolding is a widespread egalitarian development more related to the explosion of publications and printing that catalyzed and consolidated the French Revolution than it is to the high-technology military advances of the late 20th century. We are poised at a new era, ripe for exploitation in unpredictable and powerful ways. Western nations will persist in ignoring the fundamental changes in popular mobilization at their peril.
Numerous, obvious parallels to the revolutionary years of the late 18th century can be drawn. These include a democratization of communications, an increase in public access, a sharp reduction in cost, a growth in frequency, and an exploitation of images to construct a mobilizing narrative. Each will be treated here in turn.
First, todays means of communication have gone through a process of deregulation and democratization similar to that which occurred in France at the end of the 18th century. The result has been a global explosion in chaotic connectivity. The press of the revolutionary era developed in an institutional vacuum, with no copyright, no rules on publishing or journalism, no concept of intellectual property, no libel laws or vetting of information.12 Although states like China and Singapore have recently instituted highly controversial web censorship, for good or ill the current state of cyber-space is roughly comparable to the era of expansion in publishing that followed the deregulation of the French press. Few institutional frameworks or standards provide structure in cyberspace, and the broad political potential of this new realm is little analyzed or understood.
Second, there is a dramatic increase in popular access to information. The Internet was designed during the height of the Cold War to be redundant, decentralized, persistent, and survivable in the event of a nuclear attack. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the world wide web consortium was created to facilitate the spread of global connectivity. It has wildly succeeded. Throughout the 1990s, the use of the Internet at least doubled each year, and although the pace has recently slowed somewhat, global connectivity continues to grow.13 Currently there are more than a billion Internet users in the world, with by far the largest number in China.14 The resulting popular access to the web provides those same structural advantages of decentralization and survivability to ordinary people, including businesses, nongovernmental organizations, and advocacy groups, but also to members of criminal networks, gangs, terrorist groups, traffickers, and insurgents. Effective combinations of new technologies, such as laptops and DVDs, along with old technologies, such as videotapes and cell phones, are facilitating political and social movements driven by newly powerful ideologies. The result is creative anarchy, full of heady opportunity but also pregnant with unpredictable change and real-world effects, especially for war.
Third, the Internet and associated technologies represent the same type of low-cost, high-regularity communications that were so popular during the French Revolution. While vast regions of the world continue to lack computer access, growth in connectivity in the developing world now represents the key force behind the global expansion of the Internet.15 Of course, cyber-mobilization need not be directly correlated with numbers on the net; in less connected local or regional settings, access by individuals and small groups can give them disproportionate power. Cell phones are especially popular in countries that lack a fixed infrastructure for land-line telephones; in 2002, the number of mobile phones per capita internationally for the first time exceeded the number of traditional telephones.16 Todays audience can select
its sources of information from an astonishing array of choices: blogs are todays revolutionary pamphlets, websites are the new dailies, and list serves are todays broadsides.
Fourth, like its predecessor, todays cyber-mobilization uses powerful images to project messages, even to those who cannot read. There are countless examples. Al Qaedas mobilization and recruitment techniques are often mentioned: instead of engravings of the storming of the Bastille, al Qaedas catalytic images are pictures of Osama bin Laden in a cave, attacks on Muslims in Chechnya and Bosnia, Americans torching of bodies in Afghanistan, and British attacks on civilians in Iraq. In order to demonstrate ruthlessness and gain followers, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has likewise posted images of beheadings, the training of suicide bombers, live-action attacks in Iraq, a monthly online magazine, and pictures of some 400 martyrs. Zarqawis slick video, All Religion Will Be for Allah, is available for downloading off the Internet and can even be shown on a cell phone.17 DVDs and videos downloaded on the web or simply passed from person to person and carried across borders contain footage of brutal attacks and fiery speeches. The low cost threshold affects not only the demand side but also the supply side of cyber-mobilization. High-speed Internet access is increasingly available, and inexpensive tools for producing high-quality videos, with greater bandwidth, improved video compression, and better video editing have resulted in much higher-quality films. The outcome of such efforts is a potent mythology of an anti-Muslim campaign and a romanticized image of global resistance to the West.
Despite the obvious differences in their aims, the stories of sacrifice by soldiers of the levée en masse are echoed in the statements of jihadists and suicide attackers. For example, during the French Revolution there was a cult for the Martyrs of Liberty, glorifying dead heroes such as Barra, a 12-year-old boy who was killed when fighting in the republican army in the civil war in Vendee.18 The killing of the 12-year-old Palestinian boy Mohammed al-Dura echoes today. Military propaganda during the French Revolution emphasized the eagerness of the soldier to die. Soldiers lent their blood
to cement the edifice of sovereignty of the People, and those who died achieved immortality: The man who dies in service for his fatherland falls [and] gets up. His irons are broken. He is free; he is the King, he seizes heaven.19 Parallels with todays glorification of suicide attackers are obvious. Personal narratives of injustice, struggle, and noble sacrifice are among the most powerful vehicles for mobilization in any culture, and today they are being actively disseminated over the web.
The effects of connectivity are not only broadening access but also actually changing the meaning of knowledge, the criteria for judging assertions, and the formulating of opinions. As more and more people are tapping into the web, the dark side of freedom of speech, indeed of freedom of thought, has emerged. What is truly authoritative on the web? Whose ideas have legitimacy? What is worth fighting for? As in the French Revolution, assumptions about the answers to these questions, about who is qualified to answer them and how, will have important effects.
When combined with increasing global economic activity moving across porous borders, the vast information available on the Internet, CDs, videotapes, audiotapes, and cell phones is in most places minimally controlled and within reach even of those who cannot read. The result is access by a much broader, less educated, and more varied cross-section of the international population than was touched by 20th-century means. The long-term implications could be either a new era of enlightenment or a return to the dark ages.
Implications for War
In democratizing global communications, the Wests initial assumption was that the natural outcome would be the spread of democratic concepts. And to some extent, that did happen. The combination of cell phones and the Internet has facilitated a variety of democratic movements, including the Rose Revolution in Georgia, the Orange Revolution in Ukraine, the sweeping of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo into power, anti-globalization protests by groups like Direct Action, and many other types of grass-roots campaigns. Another powerful motivator in the post-Cold War years was the conviction that democracies do not fight each other: with the spread of connectivity would come increasing access to the ideals of the liberal state, an undermining of authoritarian regimes, and a natural reduction in war. Sadly, however, democratic means did not guarantee democratic ends. Like the printing press, television, or radio, these new tools were just as capable of advocating repression and violence as democratic change. The new age of communications has proven to be a double-edged sword.
Like the levée en masse, the evolving character of communications today is altering the patterns of popular mobilization, including both the
means of participation and the ends for which wars are fought. Most important, it is enabling the recruiting, training, convincing, and motivating of individuals who are driven to engage not primarily in the high-tech cyber-attacks that many US policymakers are focused upon, but in old-fashioned violence in the physical world. Todays mobilization may not be producing masses of soldiers, sweeping across the European continent, but it is effecting an underground uprising whose remarkable effects are being played out on the battlefield every day.
The Internet is utterly intertwined with the insurgency in Iraq, for example. Insurgent attacks are regularly followed with postings of operational details, claims of responsibility, and tips for tactical success. Those who use insurgent chat rooms are often monitored by the hosts and, if they seem amenable to recruitment, contacted via email.20 Insurgent sites contain everything from practical information for traveling to Iraq to morale boosters for those currently involved in the struggle. Videos of killings by the Baghdad Sniper or Juba, who is claimed to have killed 143 American soldiers and injured 54, are posted on the web.21 Cyber-mobilization already has changed the character of war, making it much harder for the United States to win in Iraq, and it has the potential to culminate in further interstate war in the 21st century.
Just as the telephone, telegraph, and radio eventually engendered countervailing technologies in code-breaking, monitoring, intercepting, and wire-tapping, the United States is gradually recognizing the strategic potential of these means and just beginning to effectively react. Most of the United States efforts have been focused on counteracting their practical, logistical effects, including terrorist fund-raising on the web, preventing the use of the Internet for logistical coordination, intervening in communications, and tracking statements and websites. These activities are imperative, demanding intelligence collection, monitoring, disinformation, and disruption, but they are embryonic and limited in their scope. The intelligence communitys relatively narrow remit cannot cover the full implications of the physical and ideological mobilization that is currently taking place. The parallels drawn here with the levée en masse should give us pause.
The good news, however, is that this connectivity can also provide the means to counter the use of these tools to mobilize for radical causes, if the United States will consciously engage in a wide-ranging counter-mobilization. Overall connectivity is far higher in countries that represent more open, democratic societies.22 This should be a tool that greatly advantages the United States, one that Western military organizations are adept at using themselves. But currently the security implications of connectivity are too controversial to analyze seriously. Americans are too busy worrying about the economic benefits of the web and who is to control it, arguing about impositions on freedom of speech and who is to determine them, willing to neglect the impact of what appears on the web even as it translates into killing people in the real world. The Internet is vital to US security, not only because of its obvious centrality to the American economy, but also because of its less-obvious role in animating our friends and enemies. The state can reclaim the tools of popular mobilization, but only if it will more seriously address the need to understand, react to, and employ them.
The United States needs a counter-mobilization. So-called information warfare and public diplomacy do not capture the extent of this shift. Putting todays developments within their historical context, the United States should get beyond its cultural myopia and turn more attention to analyzing and influencing the means and ends of popular mobilization. We must stop operating as if this dimension of warfare did not exist, because we are bearing the brunt of our unwillingness to confront it. Mobilization is a crucial element, not just in producing numbers of soldiers but, more important, in inspiring violence and crafting the account of the struggle. The information revolution is not just changing the way people fight, it is altering the way people think and what they decide to fight for. In its naďve enthusiasm for the information age, the West has lost control of the narrative, failing to effectively monitor it or even to seriously consider its consequences.
In the late 20th century, communications connectivity in the military enabled a movement toward coordinated conflict, and the United States has assumed that this process will be further refined in a linear direction toward synchronized, swarming attacks. Instead, the evolution has been back toward the role of the individual driven by a common inspiration who now has more information, more motivation to attack, and more powerful conventional weapons with which to do damage. The result is a change in relative advantage at the individual level played out, for example, in the increasing role of suicide attacks in warfare. In todays social and political context, it is not
enough to focus on military organizational and doctrinal changes like networking and swarming. In the long run, the swarming that really counts is the wide-scale mobilization of the global public.
Will the United States recognize the significance of connectivity and its implications for conflict? It is hard to say. Much depends on the brilliance of our leadership. Todays Jomini would be an advocate of swarming and netcentric warfare. Todays Clausewitz would analyze the strategic implications for war of the broader social, ideological, and political changes brought about by cyber-mobilization. Successfully harnessing these elements is the key to advantage in future war.
The author would like to thank John Collins, Joseph Collins, Patrick Cronin, T. X. Hammes, Thomas Hippler, Alfred Paddock, and Sarah Percy for assistance with this article. None is responsible for its remaining flaws.
1. Stephen D. Krasner, Westphalia and all That, in Ideas and Foreign Policy: Beliefs, Institutions, and Political Change, eds., Judith Goldstein and Robert Keohane (Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell Univ. Press, 1993), p. 247.
2. Thomas Hippler, Citizenship and Discipline: Popular Arming and Military Service in Revolutionary France and Reform Prussia, 1789-1830, unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, European University Institute, Florence, 2002. Forthcoming 2007 in English with Routledge Press and in French with Presses Universitaires de France.
3. John Keegan, A History of Warfare (New York: First Vintage Books, 1994), p. 233.
4. International Institute for Strategic Studies, The Military Balance 2005-2006 (London: Routledge, 2005), p. 61.
5. Jeremy Black, Western Warfare, 1775-1882 (Bloomington: Indiana Univ. Press, 2001), pp. 19-29.
6. Peter Paret, The Genesis of On War, Introductory Essay to Carl von Clausewitz, On War, ed. and trans. Michael Howard and Peter Paret (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton Univ. Press, 1976), p. 9.
7. Martin van Creveld, Technology and War: From 2000 B.C. to the Present (New York: The Free Press, 1989), p. 113.
8. This is not to imply that there were no draft dodgers or deserters. Desertion was a particular problem in the late 1790s, when the troops produced as a result of the 1793 levée en masse began to depart. See Alan Forrest, Conscripts and Deserters: The Army and French Society during the Revolution and Empire (Oxford, Eng.: Oxford Univ. Press, 1989).
9. Information about the growth of the press during the French Revolution is drawn from Robert Darnton and Daniel Roche, eds. Revolution in Print: The Press in France, 1775-1800 (Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 1989).
10. Keegan, p. 234.
11. Hippler, p. 153.
12. Jeremy D. Popkin, Journals: The New Face of News, Chapter 8 of Darnton and Roche, Revolution in Print, p. 147.
13. K. G. Coffman and A. M. Odlyzko, The Size and Growth Rate of the Internet, First Monday, AT&T Labs Research, 2 October 1998; http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue3_10/coffman/.
14. See World Internet Usage Statistics, at http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats3.htm.
15. A. T. Kearney, Measuring Globalization: Economic Reversals, Forward Momentum, Foreign Policy, No. 141 (March/April 2004), pp. 54-69.
16. Ibid.
17. Susan B. Glasser and Steve Coll, The Web as Weapon: Zarqawi Intertwines Acts on Ground in Iraq with Propaganda Campaign on the Internet, The Washington Post, 5 August 2005.
18. Hippler, p. 137.
19. Ibid., p. 138.
20. Jonathan Curiel, TERROR.COM: Iraqs Tech-savvy Insurgents are Finding Supporters and Luring Suicide Bomber Recruits over the Internet, The San Francisco Chronicle, 10 July 2005.
21. Eben Kaplan, Terrorists and the Internet, 2 March 2006, Council on Foreign Affairs, Background Q&A, http://www.cfr.org/publication/10005/.
22. See Measuring Globalization, Foreign Policy, No. 148 (May/June 2005), pp. 52-58.
Dr. Audrey Kurth Cronin is Director of Studies for the Oxford Leverhulme Program on the Changing Character of War and a member of the international relations faculty of Oxford University (England). Previously she was a professor at the US National War College, and prior to that she was Specialist in Terrorism at the Congressional Research Service. Among her recent publications are How al-Qaeda Ends, International Security, 31 (Summer 2006, forthcoming); Attacking Terrorism: Elements of a Grand Strategy, with James Ludes, eds. (Washington: Georgetown Univ. Press, 2004); and Behind the Curve: Globalization and International Terrorism, International Security, 27 (Winter 2002/2003).
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4 young Belgians filed in the same catalogue as Tame Impala, Deerhunter, The Paperhead and The Sufis. Named themselves after the stolen mat in The Big Lebowski. 2012s release of their first album 8th Cloud got them rave reviews & healthy radio plays at home and in The Netherlands. They played over 40 shows in less than a year, including Pukkelpop, Ancienne Belgique and Crossing Border. In November 2012 they spent 5 days in a local church to record 6 new songs with Niels Hendrix resulting in the album Rapids, mixed by Paul Butler (from The Bees, producer for Devendra Banhart & Michael Kiwanuka), who sums it up: 'this band are on point, the concept of psychedelia rubbing together with glorious song craft was very appealing for us to work on'. Further endorsement comes from Jacco Gardner who has picked them as support for his European tour dates.
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It's a summer recess right now. All my favorite radio show are on a holiday and are being replaced by live coverage of the music festivals.
So tonight instead of tuning into the radio I'm watching a cheap video from a old cult movie. It's the greasy animated fantasy gore and slut from Heavy Metal. I've watched it before, really a long time ago over at some friends house but because of the recent Southpark tribute to this 1981 movie, I decided to give it another go. I found an online copy of it. The soundtrack is pretty ok. I really like the theme song. I've got two versions of it. The soundtrack version by Sammy Hagar and a version by Don Felder from the Eagles. They're both from 1981 so I can't figure out which one's the original and which is the remake. They're both quite distinctly different so I'm posting both of them.
Sammy Hagar - Heavy Metal
Don Felder - Heavy Metal (Takin' A Ride)
Turns out that they both are a part of the original soundtrack. Case closed.


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I could illuminate you with my biography though I fear it would distract you from my message, all you really need to know is that I am better version of you. I have insight and knowledge of your world that can only be gleaned by being desired and vilified simultaneously. I have been celebrated and chastised by your sickening culture and as a result am able to view your world from within and above.
Your earth is dark and grim and pain filled, you suffer in every nook and every cranny of this God-forsaken place, you strive to make the best of your lot; struggle and squirm in the mire; desperate for the tiniest respite from the never ending sorrow that fills your insignificant minds.
You live in filth; your streets are dustbins over flowing with the wrappings of the endless junk that you stuff into your greedy gaping mouths. Your pavements are smeared with the faeces of your dogs. Your track-suited offspring run amuck; spreading hate through your crumbling streets. Your pathetic minds are empty; curiosity has gone all you can think of is numbing what little intelligence you have left with endless mind altering substances.
In the thirties and forties you struggled through depression and war, black and white movie stars filled your theatres, their flickering faces populated your dreams; your deep lonely darkness was momentarily, shimmering silver gorgeousness. Now you are undone; your corrupt and exploitative media saturates every corner, reveals every secret, every pimple on the face of your stars. No more glamour, no more mystery; all is the endless quest for a mirage that you foolishly believe is 'reality'.
I am Coco LaVerne a fledgling glamour-puss and international Icon ready willing and able to bring back beauty and purity of heart. I am poised to stamp out hate and fear and ignorance with my six inch heels. Here on this perfectly formed blog I will focus my gaze on every aspect of your culture illuminating injustice and highlighting hypocrisy. Despite my revulsion for the human race I suspect that there are a few illuminated souls who seek solace in the knowledge that they are not alone. Like me you can take control, aspire to be more, to be beautiful and elegant as I believe that to be true personifications of humanity one must project an image of serenity and calm of wisdom and harmony of understanding and tolerance. I will try and assist you my Darlings if only by example.
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Ovechkin goes for 50, Panthers go for playoff spotby Adam Schwartz
Capitals left wing Alexander Ovechkin is one goal away from his third 50-goal season, and a Washington win, coupled with a New Jersey loss, would see the Caps pass the Devils for second in the Eastern Conference. But while Washington is mostly locked into a postseason spot, the Panthers need the win to move ahead of idle Carolina for eighth place in the East (7:30 p.m. ET, GCL).
Also looking to move up in the East are the Rangers and Canadiens, who go into tonight's game in Montreal (7:30 p.m. ET, RDS) tied for sixth in the East with 80 points each.
In the West, Minnesota will try to join the playoff party when they try to snap a four-game losing streak tonight against the Avalanche (8 p.m. ET, GCL). The Wild currently is 11th in the West, so they'll need to jump over a few teams. Ahead of them are the Blues and Oilers, who meet tonight in Edmonton (10 p.m. ET, GCL), and the Stars, currently the No. 8 seed, look to defend their position tonight against the Canucks (10 p.m. ET, TSN).
In New Jersey, Martin Brodeur takes his first shot at passing Patrick Roy's all-time wins record when the Devils host the Blackhawks (7 p.m. ET, NHL NET).
Other games on a busy Tuesday include the Sabres at the Senators; the Penguins, winners of eight of their last 10, visit the Thrashers, who have won six straight; the Maple Leafs are in Tampa Bay (7:30 p.m. ET, TSN); the Flyers look to snap a 20-year losing streak in Detroit (7:30 p.m. ET, VERSUS); and the Sharks look to keep pace with the Red Wings atop the West standings when they visit the Coyotes.
Here's what to watch:
* Devils goalie Martin Brodeur has won seven of eight games with two shutouts since returning from a torn distal biceps tendon that kept him out for 50 games, and he's yielded more than two goals just once during that span. Brodeur is 7-2-0 with four ties and a 1.88 goals-against average in 14 career games against the Blackhawks.
* Canadiens right wing Andrei Kostitsyn leads the team with 23 goals, but has just 1 goal in his last 10 games. Kostitsyn, who has 6 assists and 9 points in nine career games against the Rangers, had six shots Saturday in Montreal's 3-1 loss to the Devils, the most he's had in a game since Dec. 27.
* Buffalo center Derek Roy leads Northeast Division forwards with an average ice time of 21:32 per game. Roy leads the team with 38 assists and 18 power-play assists.
* Pittsburgh, which has earned at least a point in each of their last 10 games (8-0-2), is 24-10-5 when scoring first, but just 13-16-3 when allowing the first goal. The Penguins, who have the fifth-worst road penalty killing in the Eastern Conference at 78.8 percent, have the fourth-best man-down unit in the conference at home, at 83.6 percent.
* Lighting goalie Karri Ramo, who was selected No. 191 in the 2004 Entry Draft, has earned Tampa Bay at least a point in four of his last five games. Ramo, who has become Tampa Bay's starting goalie since Mike Smith has been sidelined with a concussion, has won two straight games after dropping six straight.
* Florida left wing David Booth, whose 26 goals are seven more than any teammate, has 5 goals and 9 points in his last four games, including a three-point game Saturday in Florida's 4-3 shootout loss to Tampa Bay.
* Canucks right wing Pavol Demitra, who generally plays on a line with Mats Sundin and Ryan Kesler, has 5 assists and 6 points in his last six games. Demitra, who hasn't been a minus player in his last 12 seasons, is a plus-9 this season. He has 20 goals and 46 points in 44 career games against the Stars.
* Sharks center Joe Thornton, who has led the League in assists the three previous seasons, is tied for fifth in the League this season with 54 assists, and has just 1 assist in his last 12 games. Thornton had a plus-23 rating in 45 games prior to the All-Star break, but has a minus-5 rating in 23 games since then.
* Edmonton right wing Ales Kotalik, who mostly has played on a line with Ales Hemsky and Shawn Horcoff, has no points in five games since being acquired by the Oilers on March 4. Kotalik, who was a minus player in each of his six previous seasons, has a minus-8 rating in 61 games this season.
* The Wild, who are 21-1-1 when leading after two periods, is 2-21-3 when trailing after two periods. Minnesota, which has yielded the second-fewest goals in the Western Conference with 169, has been outshot in 39 of their 69 games but is 16-19-4 in those games.
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Please note: Anything I write about Hurricane Irma is second hand, or from my Pops. I'm not in Orlando. I'm in Tokyo keeping a close eye on the storm.
Over a week ago, Devin texted me, "Fuck climate change." He lives in LA. The temperature was in the 100's. "Yeah, weird times we live in," I said. Hurricane Harvey was getting Biblical on Texas. I was watching, but keeping my distance. Some of my friends reported on it, donated to it, and volunteered. I did nothing. Was thinking about setting up a "Poet for hire" service and donate all proceeds to Red Cross. If any other writers are doing this, please let me know. I will research and see how I can set something like that up.
The first time I heard about Hurricane Irma was a random Dan Rather tweet.
Urgent: If you are not aware and up to date on Hurricane Irma, read up on it now. Folks this is potentially more dangerous than Harvey.
— Dan Rather (@DanRather) September 4, 2017
He also said…
Irma now at cat 5. The U.S. has never been hit by two cat 4+ in one season, much less back to back (as would be the case with Harvey + Irma)
— Dan Rather (@DanRather) September 5, 2017
Irma ravaged the Caribbean. They said it was headed toward Florida, but Central Florida? Naw yo. Forever I grew up hearing about hurricanes, tornadoes…nothing. Orlando never gets hit. Miami, yeah. South Florida, ok, but Orlando? Naw. This bitch Irma, like a high school classmate said, is acting like an ex-wife. She ain't going nowhere and all she want to do is break shit, but she all bark no bite. I'm still worried about tornadoes though. Haruki don't know shit about no damn tornadoes. "It's like getting sucked into the sky," I said.
I've been calling my parents, checking on him. Peter just left there, visiting. I was worried about them and whether our old house can take all that rain. If he shook, Pops damn sho don't act like it. I even called them around ten. He didn't even answer the phone cursing, "Goddamnit, the hell is this calling at this time ah night. I was falling in some good sleep." When he picked up, the background sounded calm, quite.
"Yeah, just calling to check on yall."
"We sleep."
"How is it out there?"
"We're in a hurricane."
Yeah, I know dick.
"You know, the wind is blowing. It's raining, that's about it. They say it's suppose to die down after midnight. We surviving."
Been watching this live stream for updates. Any little ol' damage, they zoom in on it, like it's just a pixel to a larger picture of destruction. It's scary enough, you don't have to freak people out. As of now it's headed north over Orlando, downgraded to a category 2. Think everybody's gonna be ok. You know global warming is getting bad when a hurricane can reach Central Florida.
I'm thinking about you yall. Remotely riding the storm out, if even just virtually. Stay safe. Stay inside. It'll be over soon.


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