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The DHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has released a redacted version of a report (OIG-09-103) that was provided to Congress in August, evaluating the TSA’s “Traveler Redress Inquiry Program” (TRIP). The TRIP name may be corny, but it’s also oddly accurate: it’s a system for inquiries, not answers, and as the OIG concludes it advertises more than it delivers and and often doesn’t result in real redress.We commend Rep. Bennie Thompson, Chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, for
The Fourth Star: Four Generals and the Epic Struggle for the Future of the United States Army by Washington Post Pentagon reporter Greg Jaffe. Judging by an interview on NPR’s Fresh Air today, it sounds interesting. The focus is on four generals, their backgrounds, how they were influenced by the military’s Vietnam and Gulf War experiences as they went into Iraq, and how Petraeus, though looked down on in some quarters as a political general with too much time in DC, had the political skills
I’ve received a few invitations to virtual conferences but hadn’t paid too much attention to them in the past. They seemed a little Second Lifey to me. However, while I was at Compendium Blogware , our marketing department sponsored a virtual event and received a huge volume of qualified leads… many more than they would have than had they had a booth in a regular marketing event. Virtual conferences deserved a second look and there’s an upcoming opportunity for you to check out a virtual
Ruins of an Ancient Greek city built at Pergamon, in Turkey. I’ll post a larger scale image to Flickr soon which offers a slightly better, less cropped, perspective.
New safaris in the sky Skysafari Australia has launched four new tours combining a scenic helicopter flight and some of Tropical North Queensland’s famed attractions. For a taste of indigenous culture join the new ‘Guurrbi Experience’ tour which takes passengers on a scenic coastal flight to Cooktown where Aboriginal elder Willie Gordon leads them on a guided tour to six rock art sites. Or to experience some of the tropical north’s best fishing, Skysafari’s new ‘Reel Heli Fishing’ tour is
Five days, five countries, five languages and you don’t even leave Queensland - Jessica Reid joins a new indigenous tour from Townsville. “If you need any supplies I suggest you get them now from Coles because we won’t pass another one for quite a while,” said Tony O’Connor from Kookaburra Tours. “He’s lying!” cried our indigenous guide Jai Cummings. “There’s a huge supermarket where we’re going and a hardware store and a chemist too.” And sure enough, we soon found soap and antiseptic tre
Between Oxford and Stockholm, there was a last minute irresistible reason to change plans and detour through Paris to have dinner as a guest of Dom Perignon in Versailles! In the style and room that Louis IV dined... ok, quite honestly, for something that "once in a lifetime" feeling, how could you turn down such an opportunity? So that meant hopping on a train to London in the morning, then Eurostarring it over to Paris, and then into the infamous Hotel de Crillon (according to wikipedia, i
On unexpected inspiration and another random close up look at Oxford... how about some Moss and Spiders? And also praying mantis and silk worms... (And yes, moss fascinates me, remember the Singapore Moss ?) So here are some fun little adorable moss clumps on the bridge... and then a huge spider that i found there too... then exploring into some of the zoology labs where i was whisked away to see some very cool (and insanely fly/web filled) space of pretty massive spiders and silk worms which a
It’s OPEN SEASON ON RINOs-And already begun in New York. Are you locked and loaded and ready for bear? THE MOVEMENT NEEDS YOU RIGHT NOW! It’s RINO Season in NY-23. Come join the hunt! The Battle for the Soul of the Party is taking place right now in NY-23 – the special Congressional Election in New York’s 23rd District. Republican Party leaders nominated Dede Scozzafava , a pro-abortion, pro-same sex marriage, pro-card check, pro-cap and trade tax raiser. For the first time, so
It’s 1995 1 , and my friend Jeff was showing me a cool game he found while logged in (via our telephone modems) to AOL. It was called Gemstone III, a text-based adventure/roleplaying game by a company called Simutronics. It was what came to be called today as a MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game). To play it, you issued commands into the game like a UNIX terminal. To travel, you just typed in N, S, SW, etc. as in “North”, “South”, “SouthWest”. If you were trying to get
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