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AT&T, a long-standing source of network-enabled technology solutions for the federal government, has provided subscriber identity module (SIM) cards for the last three years to ensure teams have sufficient bandwidth needed to prepare for the competition. Without these SIM cards, many of the current teams would be unable to participate.
"The initiative by AT&T to contribute connectivity over the reliable AT&T wireless network for our teams nationwide speaks volumes. We occasionally have teams unable to participate due to unreliable or highly filtered network connections at their schools, but AT&T has yet again stepped up to eliminate that concern," said CyberPatriot National Commissioner Bernie Skoch. "We want every student to have the resources they need to develop their STEM education. We are grateful to have AT&T as a partner in this important initiative."
CyberPatriot is the National Youth Cyber Education Program created by the Air Force Association to inspire high school, middle school and elementary school students toward careers in cybersecurity or other science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines critical to our nation's future. The program features the highly successful CyberPatriot National Youth Cyber Defense Competition in which teams across the United States and Canada, as well as from Department of Defense Dependent Schools abroad, compete in a series of online rounds for a chance to earn an all-expenses-paid trip to the in-person CyberPatriot National Finals Competition in Baltimore, MD in the spring.
Supporters of CyberPatriot include Northrop Grumman Foundation, CyberPatriot's Presenting Sponsor, as well as Cyber Diamond sponsors AT&T, Cisco, Microsoft, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense; Cyber Gold sponsors Facebook, Riverside Research, Splunk, and Symantec; and Cyber Silver sponsors Air Force Reserve, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Leidos, and University of Maryland University College.
A mayor in Germany has been put under police protection after receiving threats following the killing of a young woman earlier this week.
Michael Kissel, mayor of the western city of Worms, had called for calm after the killing of the 21-year-old woman, whose body was found with several stab wounds Wednesday at her parents' home.
A 22-year-old Tunisian man she had been in a relationship with was arrested Thursday on suspicion of homicide.
The suspect's past conviction for theft and rejected asylum application prompted accusations on social media that authorities aren't doing enough to deport foreign criminals.
Friends and relatives of the victim are planning to hold a silent march in the woman's honor late Saturday.
Losing Your Mind? It Might Be Adult ADHD : Shots - Health News Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is most commonly diagnosed in children. But older adults may find that what they had worried was early dementia is actually ADHD.
"I could sense something was wrong with me," she says. "I couldn't focus. I could not follow."
Fields is now 66 years old and lives in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. She's a former secretary and mother of two grown children. Fields was diagnosed with ADHD about eight years ago. Her doctor ruled out any physical problems and suggested she see a psychiatrist. She went to Dr. David Goodman at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, who by chance specializes in ADHD.
Goodman asked Fields a number of questions about focus, attention and completing tasks. He asked her about her childhood and how she did in school. Since ADHD begins in childhood, it's important for mental health professionals to understand these childhood experiences in order to make an accurate diagnosis of ADHD in adulthood. Online screening tests are available, too, so you can try it yourself.
She's not alone. Goodman says he's seeing more and more adults over the age of 50 newly diagnosed with ADHD. The disorder occurs as the brain is developing, and symptoms generally appear around age 7. But symptoms can last a lifetime. For adults, the problem is not disruptive behavior or keeping up in school. It's an inability to focus, which can mean inconsistency, being late to meetings or just having problems managing day-to-day tasks. Adults with ADHD are more likely than others to lose a job or file for bankruptcy, Goodman says. They may overpay bills, or underpay them. They may pay bills late, or not at all.
For Cathy Fields, the more she thought about it, the more she realized distraction and the inability to focus was the story of her life. It was also the story of her mother's life. Her mother "never got things done," Fields says.
But because many of today's older adults grew up during the 1950s and '60s when there wasn't much awareness of ADHD, many were never diagnosed. And increasingly, Goodman says, he's seeing more and more patients who are concerned about dementia but who actually have ADHD — just like Cathy Fields.
Goodman also sees patients who are diagnosed after their child or grandchild gets a diagnosis. "That's the genetic link," says Goodman, "from Grandmom to Mom to daughter."
About 60 percent of children with ADHD go on to become adults with ADHD, says Dr. Lenard Adler, a professor of psychiatry at the New York University School of Medicine. As these older adults weren't diagnosed, they learned to work around the problem, Adler says. They developed coping systems to deal with their inability to focus or pay attention.
Brown didn't learn to read until she was 12. And, she says, she had to work a lot harder in school than other kids did for the same grades. When she went to nursing school, Brown made sure she sat in the first row during lectures so she wouldn't miss anything or be distracted. And when it came to testing, she says, she literally set her desk up in the back of the class, facing a corner.
When she finally got diagnosed and prescribed medication, Brown says, the change was "stupendous." She's not scattered, and can start projects and finish them. "I wish I had it when I went to school 25 years ago," Brown says. "It would have helped me for sure."
For older patients, an ADHD diagnosis can be a huge relief. If you've spent your whole life with a disorder for which people said you were lazy, stupid, incompetent, says Goodman, "It's liberating to realize the impairments are the result of a treatable disorder and not a character weakness or intellectual inadequacy."
So for older people with memory and focus problems, Goodman says, it's important for doctors to check for ADHD. While it could be cognitive decline, there's growing awareness that it could also simply be the symptoms of a lifelong childhood disorder.
Now that’s one lovestruck couple!
Eva Longoria and her fiancé Jose “Pepe” Antonio Baston celebrated their engagement with a glitzy private party in Dubai on Monday.
The newly engaged couple looked as in love as ever as they shared kisses throughout the fun-filled evening.
Longoria, 40, announced the happy news on Sunday with a photo of the couple kissing in a desert in Dubai, showing off her unique engagement ring, a ruby surrounded by clusters of diamonds.
“Ummmm so this happened….#Engaged #Dubai #Happiness,” she wrote.
The Desperate Housewives star has been dating the businessman, 47, since 2013.
“He’s been sweeping her off her feet and courting her like a proper gentleman,” a source told PEOPLE at the time of their budding romance.
When Sanique Francis got word that the man suspected of killing her sister and nephew earlier this week was killed, she was in disbelief. And even after the news was confirmed by her mother, her family's pain remains the same.
"I am somewhat happy that he was killed, but it doesn't ease the pain of what we are going through. Our family is numb with grief, and we have to be all over the place trying to get things in place for my other nephew, who is currently in the hospital. I am relieved him dead and gone though," she said.
Reports from the Watt Town police are that at about 1:45 a.m., Orville Scarlett was attacked by residents who chopped him several times.
The police were summoned, and he was seen lying in the back of a yard with chop wounds all over his body. He was taken to the St Ann's Bay Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Scarlett was named as the main suspect for the chopping death of his former girlfriend, Allisha Francis, and her son, Jahmarnie Jackson on Tuesday night in Linton Park, St Ann. The incident also left the woman's 12-year-old son battling for life.
Since the vicious attack, a manhunt was launched for Scarlett, although the police had implored the residents not to take matters into their own hands.
As news circulated of Francis' death, rumours began swirling that the deceased only got involved with Scarlett because he had received an insurance settlement following an accident. However, her sister has rubbished the claims, stating that they were a couple before he was awarded the money. She added that Scarlett had accused her sister of withdrawing money from his bank account, causing her to spend little over a month behind bars.
"He had given her his pin and gave her access to all his money. When they broke up, he told a lie that she had stolen money from his account and she spent time behind bars. But we had repaid him even more than what he said she took. He was a heartless man," she said.
The NFL turned over some 200 documents on Friday as evidence that will be used Monday in the appeals of four players suspended for their alleged roles in the New Orleans Saints bounty scandal.
But according to attorney Peter Ginsberg, who represents linebacker Jonathan Vilma, there isn’t a piece of evidence corroborating the NFL’s claim that the player offered $10,000 to anyone that could knock out an opposing quarterback during the 2009 playoffs.
A report by James Varney of the New Orleans Times-Picayune casts doubt on the evidence the league has in suspending Vilma for the entire 2012 season without pay. Will Smith, Scott Fujita and Anthony Hargrove will also be appealing their lesser suspensions on Monday.
“There could be nothing credible about that because it never happened,” Ginsberg said of the assertion Vilma offered up cash for a knockout hit on a quarterback.
Basically, the summary is that the Saints did operate a pay-for-performance system that is illegal in the NFL. But Ginsberg says there isn’t evidence that a more sinister pay-to-injure program was in place.
“That’s because there are no credible witnesses who could substantiate the commissioner’s allegations,” Ginsberg said.
Of course, perhaps the NFL has additional evidence that will paint an entirely different picture at appeal. The NFLPA believes its case has been strengthened. Keep in mind, the appeal is going straight back to the NFL though and chances of a victory or reduction of penalty seem slim. Stay tuned.
We’ve all come across this at some point, people saying what real witches do and don’t do. The irony is that you’ll see the same statements interchanged with whether or not witches do it, based on the witch saying it. “Real witches [don’t] curse.” or “Real witches [don’t] use crystals.” or “Real witches [don’t] work with deities.” It is the worse form of witchsplaining in action, but most of all comes across as grandstanding their authority on the subject. Grandstanding almost always comes from a place of insecurity. I think making statements about what “real witches” do and don’t do is just as dangerous as encouraging people to take their magick frivolously and not put any serious thought into their practice, training or the positive or negative consequences of the use of any magick.
Most interestingly is that it seems when these people try to argue why they believe this, it comes down to one of two areas – witchcraft as a magickal science and witchcraft as a spirituality or religion. While these two areas often intersect, these are two distinct things and not always packaged together for witches nor does it always need to be.
Alchemy in a lot of ways is very similar in this sense. Alchemy is a magickal science for some while others have alchemy as their main spiritual path. What would be more effective, if you truly want to help someone out is to share your point of view with anecdotes of the results you have witnessed in your magick and that of others.
I have been watching for the last couple of weeks people spouting their reasoning for their opinions based on their belief (or lack) of witchcraft as a spirituality and belief (or lack) of witchcraft as a magickal science and feel that the arguments seem to usually fall quite short and limited in their points of views in both areas, but it’s not my place to impose my opinions or beliefs on other people without being asked, especially strangers. One of the things that is beautiful about witchcraft is its lack of central authority and dogma and the diversity of magickal paths this creates as a truly Aquarian practice.
When we make blanket statements of absolute certainty about witchcraft we begin sewing the seeds of dogma. Challenging ideas and bringing in different viewpoints and voices keeps us from being dogmatic and I find that I usually only interject when witches start making claims of certainty and sweeping generalization of witchcraft when there’s strong evidence to the contrary. Because as we have seen with other religions and spiritualities throughout history, dogma is the seeds of the weeds that will turn into extremism and fundamentalism and strangle out everything that is beautiful about the craft. Everything should always be questioned and discussed.
The witch is historically the non-conformist, often living on the outskirts of the village instead of actively participating in it. The witch is the heretic in the eyes of group-thought, the one who walks alone down the crooked path instead of the straight or bent paths. The witch is historically marked as other, being under no authority of another, including the gods themselves – free and sovereign to do as they Will. People are often surprised to find out that I am not pro-cursing. I am not anti-cursing either. I believe in “do what thou Will shall be the whole of the law”. Will with a capital W. Your Higher Will. Everyone’s Higher Will is different and takes them down a different path. It is not my place to tell witches that they are real or not real for following my ideas or perception of what witchcraft should or shouldn’t be.
Now, do I think that there’s self-proclaimed witches that seem to have no idea what they’re talking about and probably couldn’t cast a spell to walk out of a door? Absolutely. But I don’t feel threatened by these people and furthermore I could be completely wrong about them. Just because I can’t see it doesn’t mean that they aren’t a witch in their own world. Their magick has absolutely nothing to do with my own and I am secure enough in my own power to not feel the need to tell others how wrong I perceive their witchcraft to bring legitimacy to my own. I am secure in my magick because I know it works. I don’t need others to validate my magick and I don’t need to invalidate the magick of others to know that I am a witch.
This is where the sovereignty of the witch seems to come in. This is also why I don’t feel the need to prove my magick to others. They don’t need to believe it. That doesn’t effect me in any way, shape or form. Their opinion does not take away from my power because I do not believe that my craft works, I know that my craft works. At the same time this isn’t a free-pass to stay stubborn and ignorant or set in one’s ways without an open mind. There are often times that I come across certain methods of folk magick and have seen people achieve success with them when it should go against the “science” of how magick works.
Perhaps if others put as much time and thought into living and creating magick from a place of personal authenticity and honest evaluation, they might not have to feel threatened by others and scold others for not living up to their “right way” to do things. Then again, perhaps not. However, my personal goal has been to focus more on my own craft, and not on the magick of strangers unless I am formally teaching or training them, in which case I still try to just show various ideas, options and paths as well as the occult or metaphysical theory of “science” behind it. What they do with it or how they choose to incorporate it in their lives is up to them.
I rather empower people to find their own path and their own relationship with magick than dictate it to them. I have seen my own beliefs shift and evolve over the years through experience, so I know not to take stock in what I’m currently believing. Instead I try to take a more “scientific” approach of understanding what I know as true for myself from repeated real results, while acknowledging the paradox that just because I got results through my ways doesn’t mean that others can’t get results in a completely different way that flies completely contrary to my own methods.
I'd like to thank 'old trucker' for bringing this topic back. I'm sure there are readers who weren't aware of this BC Liberal history. And I find it interesting to note that most of those posters from 2013 are no longer to be seen on these forums. Could it be that they, like many others have found the BC Lib fans here to be unbearably rude so have moved on to other sites?
Cactusflower wrote: I'd like to thank 'old trucker' for bringing this topic back. I'm sure there are readers who weren't aware of this BC Liberal history. And I find it interesting to note that most of those posters from 2013 are no longer to be seen on these forums. Could it be that they, like many others have found the BC Lib fans here to be unbearably rude so have moved on to other sites?
.. Cf you are relentless! They do have medication for obsessive- compulsiveness. As I have said, before you continue slagging and pumping your chest ... Be cautious because when this entire mess has concluded some of your NDP heroes and heroettes just might be part of it all. Then who will you point the finger at? As your fearless leader has said this is about cleaning up this mess not playing politics. Oh wait .. Did he really say that? Or was it Wilky?
^^just what I expected, but I'm not ready to leave this site again yet, so keep it up. It's good for a laugh anyway.
History lessons may be lost on you, but those new to this site need to be informed before the by-election, and certainly before the next general provincial election.
What is your opinion on this one Cactusflower? The topic is BC government, right.
Corruption and politicians go hand in hand, every one of them bs the voting public to place X next to their name on the ballot.
Voting public have to try to pick the one they feel is less likely to really f things up. This whole thing is a hit & miss bleep shoot.
I am placing a 90% probability or higher that your in on it, aren't you? Possibly all of you.
It is possible that in order bury this in complexity, THAT is why you want the housing crisis to continue...isn't it? Nothing to do with helping people through Immigration. It's to cover your tracks...isn't it? Add a million people and the problem isn't who did it anymore...it's mired in Canadians paying $1500 for a bedroom and a shared bath with 4 other people in Vancouver. It's mired in Vancouver homeowners charging people that have no where else to go $1200 to rent a tent in their back yard.
What would be the worst that would happen if you gave the bank or the landlord 50 cents on the dollar? Only reason a bedroom rents for $700 to $1300 is because of this fiasco. Your rent is really only worth half...the rest is drug money. Death and corruption money. The rent you pay, the mortgage you pay...what is the worst that could happen if the majority of the people in BC refused to pay...? What is the worst that would happen if you said "It's revolt time". What would happen if the people of BC said that anyone that knew about it in the BC legislature is to be considered a 'suspect' and their political position and role is to be considered invalid.
RCMP...You knew about it(?). You did nothing(?). You are in on it...aren't you? The fact that you can commit acts of self preservation by covering up your tracks and not answering to people you serve tells me you have grown far too powerful and you need to be stopped. If there are ANY top level RCMP staff that are in on it...your entire organisation needs to come down. Yes...you have to be perfect...it's expected. ROYAL Canadian mounted.....ROYAL... Do we need Her Majesty's intervention?
Edit. Things aren't working anymore. Things are obviously rotten to the core and we need a MAJOR 'control -alt -delete'. The sheer scale of this issue infiltrates nearly everyone's lives. Some homeowners, speculators and property mangers have benefitted from it huge, but for the average person-no. Some people are working two minimum wage full time jobs to pay for this corruption. Some people that are on social assistance, disability, and low income seniors are having their ENTIRE incomes taken away to pay for this corruption.
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Cactusflower wrote: ^^just what I expected, but I'm not ready to leave this site again yet, so keep it up. It's good for a laugh anyway.
Never fear, I have complete faith, that most of those new to this site, will have you figured out in short order.
Hypocrites have proven over and over again, that they tend to forget, their posts remain as evidence of their endless hypocrisy, particularly where anything NDP is involved.
That's an alibi we might expect from a criminal gang member. So perhaps it's not surprising this excuse was used by a BC Liberal.
Ask any of your friends and acquaintances if they agree with you, and you will receive a resounding "Yes!" But trying to organize a revolution in Canada is like trying to organize a kindergarten baseball game. It just can't be done. I recall one year back in the 70s when a one day general strike was being organized. Most workers were so afraid of losing their jobs if they didn't show up to work that day that the strike didn't materialize, so management was never held accountable......as usual. A revolt would be much harder to organize, but it sure be great if someone could pull it off.
Canadians just don't have the where-with-all to pull together to get things done.
Cactusflower wrote: A revolt would be much harder to organize, but it sure be great if someone could pull it off.
A revolt can be a very peaceful process. The revolt will come at the ballot box one day.
^^I wish I could be alive to see that happen, but I'm just not that optimistic.
The biggest corruption in BC governance is the BC NDP openly stealing taxpayer $$$ (many, many millions) to pay for their incompetently run and bankrupt excuse for a party.
The next biggest corruption is the twisted nonsense the BC NDP put forth as "getting big money out of politics" by "banning" corporate and union donations, while stealing taxpayer $$$ to pay the incompetent BC NDP party debts.
The BC NDP did NOTHING about 3rd party advertising/advocacy. Zero, zip, nada. That is part of the part of the corrupt plan of the BC NDP to scam the BC taxpayer. Corporate and union donations will still happen, and phony "advocacy" groups will be set up to propagandize on behalf of the parties.
"Third-party advocacy groups raise hundreds of thousands ahead of Alberta election"
"Third-party advocacy groups hoping to shape Alberta’s spring campaign have brought in hundreds of thousands of dollars in the past two months, often from large corporate and union donors, ahead of the first election since the introduction of strict fundraising limits for political parties."
There is an old saying: "the fish rots from the head". The "head" at this time in BC is "sticky fingers" Horgan and his band of petty thieves.
.... Horgan and his band of petty thieves.
Yes. Yes, they certainly are 'petty' in comparison to the BC Liberals!!
"the petty divisions of party politics"
of secondary or lesser importance, rank, or scale; minor.
If the defenders of the BC Liberal government corruption on this site are being paid by the word, I think I know which one is the wealthiest.
Jazmyn Starr Lawrence, booked by Washington State Patrol for driving under the influence, third-degree assault and battery and reckless endangerment.
Joseph Jay Roberts, booked by Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office for residential burglary, third-degree theft, first-degree possession of stolen property, theft of a firearm and first-degree traffic.
Danielle Leigh March, booked by Washington State Patrol for driving under the influence.
Marc Andrew Woodyard, booked by Bellingham Police Department for voyeurism.
Rachel Marie Granity, booked by Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office for failure to appear for second-degree theft.
Salish David Miller, booked by Ferndale Police Department for driving under the influence.
Antini Joseph Saselli, booked by Department of Corrections for a department detainer.
Kelly Scott Bunting, booked by Bellingham Police Department for second-degree burglary.
Chandra Sue Dibley, booked by Bellingham Police Department for shoplifting and failure to appear for second-degree computer trespass.
Robert John Williams, booked by Bellingham Police Department for failure to appear for second-degree criminal trespass.
Anthony Warren Shea, booked by Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office for a warrant arrest.
Gary Richard Friesen, booked by Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office for second-degree assault and felony harassment.

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