| Is Homeland Security Too Focused on “Guns, Guards and Gates”?
September 11th was a brutal reminder that there are people out there who have the desire and means to kill us in a mass attack, and we have to stop them. "The best defense is a good offense", we like to say, but in this case it's a little trickier than that. We need an offense mindful of long-term gains and a defense more nuanced than smash-mouth football. "Guns, guards and gates," our bulwark against external threats, remains an essential part of our defense. Yet consider this: attacks attempted or carried out in the UK involved insiders, young Brits willing to kill their fellow citizens. It's hard to employ a simplistic "us vs. them" strategy, when "they" are living and working alongside us. To better understand this quandry, I recently caught up with Juliette Kayyem, Undersecretary of Homeland Security for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and a former adviser with the National Commission on Terrorism.
Parties to hold conferences at Longowal today
Dr Harjit Singh Gill, Professor Emeritus with the JNU in New Delhi, was appointed chief editor of the Punjabi kosh (dictionary) and Dr Joga Singh was appointed as co-ordinator of the Punjabi dictionary project. The Syndicate also gave its approval to the memorandums of understanding signed by the university with the Kutztown University, Pennsylvania, the USA, and the Kwantien University, Surrey, Canada. With this, the university would now be able to use collective expertise and resources to promote excellence among its students. A partnership between the universitys Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology with the International Water Management Institute, Colombo, for a study of usage of underground water resources in Hoshiarpur district was also approved. The Syndicate also gave its approval to a scheme under which faculty members conferred upon with awards by distinguished national or international societies would be honoured by the university and will be given citations.
Anderson recruiting minority police officers
ANDERSON Call the police today and there's a good chance that the officer who knocks on your door will be a white man. While the city is proud of its existing officers, officials are making a strategic effort to see that Anderson's police force better reflects the community they serve and protect. Ideally, in a police force the size of Anderson's, one-third of the officers would be minorities, said Capt. James Johnson, who was recently promoted to run the department's support services division. “We're no where close," Capt. Johnson said. “This is a problem that has plagued the force for forever." Support services develops the city of Anderson Police Department's recruitment programs, which puts Capt. Johnson in charge of reversing the trend. He said he believes many people discard law enforcement as a profession because they don't see their peers pursuing it.
Native reserve's auto thieves driving police to distraction
And before the Chevy disappeared, it too was racing along Highway 20, back in the direction of the Six Nations territory, where both young men lived. The twin thefts were a sign of the times. On and around Canada's most populous native reserve, the Six Nations of the Grand River, car theft has the hallmarks of a small industry, with stolen vehicles being dumped in quantities that can only be described as startling. In 2004 to 2006, more than 1,200 vehicles with an estimated value of $33-million, were hauled away from the reserve. In 2007, at least 578 were recovered. This year's tally so far exceeds 80. And because the 18,000-hectare reserve - an hour's drive west of Toronto and home to the protagonists in the long-running Caledonia land-claim tussle - is so thickly forested, the real numbers are probably higher still.
Pakistan YouTube incident adds to international outage
After a two hour stretch yesterday of refusing service to YouTube users across the globe, the Google-owned site said Pakistan is to blame. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority ordered ISPs to re-route traffic away from a specific YouTube URL pointing to a trailer for Dutch Politician Geert Wilders' anti-Islamic video. .
Richard Darman (1943 - 2008) His Budget Plan Trimmed the Deficit But ...
As budget director in the cabinet of President George H.W. Bush, Richard Darman was the chief architect of the landmark 1990 deficit-reduction plan. Because it included tax increases, that plan earned Mr. Darman the lasting enmity of Republican conservatives, and effectively banished him from government for the remainder of his career. Yet the budget agreement also laid the groundwork for fiscal balance in the U.S. later in the decade. Mr. Darman died Friday at age 64 of acute myelogenous leukemia. While his first love was government service, he carved out a successful and lucrative second career as a partner at the Carlyle Group, the private-equity firm. At the time of his death, he was also chairman of the power company AES Corp. Frequently described as both brilliant and brash, Mr.
Hardware Optimus Maximus OLED Keyboard Finally Shipping
At this price this keyboard will not be used at low margin POS locations, it would just be silly. There might be utility if prices came WAY down; I would guess that Mickey Dees probably pays something like 10 bucks for their POS keyboards, which have custom keys. Albeit not custom keys that change contextually but do you really think a hamburger cashier needs that? .
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