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...Define "Great" "America's the greatest!" "Tom Brady is the greatest quarterback of all time." "William Shakespeare is the greatest writer of the English language." No one can argue with those sentiments, can they?  No one can argue with wanting greatness, right?  Everyone's in favor, righ...

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...eddings Just Believe? Pretty Death Still I'm Sad Slipping Through My Fingers Is It Worth Dying For? Magical Thinking Frightening Shock to the System I Am a Rock God Broth A Moment in Time 220 Volts, Right Through the Heart Memorial Bring Out Your Dead Cousins Life and Love are Warmth—Farewell, Dearest Friend Crisis in Heaven Plastic Animals Not Muc...

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...gh My FingersIs It Worth Dying For?Magical ThinkingFrighteningShock to the SystemI Am a Rock GodBrothA Moment in Time220 Volts, Right Through the Hear... ...ial slurs on them has been generally condemned more recently. ⦁ However, systematically underpaying them, allowing them to be under-insured and in g... ...t or prevail. Ideally it will, but in practiceless so. Likewise, our legal system doesn't aim to reveal the truth, except ideally. I'm all in favor of... ... for matter and energy to combine in useful ways. A galaxy forms, a solar system comes into being, planets coalesce. On one of those planets,chemical... ...ing. A tiny probability, but in enough universes, inenough galaxies, solar systems, and planets, it happens to come true in one of them. Life there e... ...etiquetteDefine "Great""America's the greatest!""Tom Brady is the greatest quarterback of all time.""William Shakespeare is the greatest writer of the... ...ng? Versatility? Longevity? Innovation? Which of those doyou think makes a quarterback great? I tend to love how much they innovated, myself, and alwa...

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...Unfortunately, the existence of command, control, communications, and intelligence (C3I) structures, mechanisms, systems, and capabilities does not guarantee success. Major Orr attacks the basic problem of producing a conceptual model of the combat operations process. Only after he establishes the context, a paradigm of warfare based on...

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...ountered without effective command structures, controlmechanisms, communications systems, and intelligence capa-bilities. Such is the complex nature o... ...heUnited States Air Force at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, serv-ing as a weapon systems simulation analyst. In 1975, MajorOrr was assigned to Wright-... ...based, high-energy lasers. In 1981,Major Orr was selected as the first Air Force SystemsCommand research associate at the Airpower ResearchInstitute, ... ... Airpower Research Institute (ARI) as aresearch associate sponsored by Air Force Systems Command(AFSC). In previous assignments, I had used my trainin... ...els of pieces of the combatoperations process. I had also been introduced to C3I systemsand concepts during an extensive review of AFSC analysiseffort... ...le through-out the game. Great changes in probability structure, as whenthe star quarterback is injured in a football game, are excep-tions rather tha...

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...tes and their proper disposal, and even some wars. In the year 2020 Commander Lemuel Gulliver XVI returns from a twenty year odyssey around the solar system, searching for sites where the world's excess people can be re-located. He found none. On his return he vows to search for solutions to the planet's most pressing problem. He has written six books of his planned fourte...

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.......................................................... 34KINO’S POLITICAL SYSTEM ....................................................................... ...it has done theserapidly. Its currency increases in value. Its educational system is growing effectively. And the presidentwanted me to know that Kino... ...ing. Seeking rewards just because you are a human beingdoes not fit in our system. You must be a valuable part of the system—making contributions. ―... ...to compete and produce in this modern ever-changingworld. So our education system emphasizes logical development through studying philosophy andlogic.... ... computers that evaluate the application of laws forthe society. The legal system is based on the simpler Napoleonic law which is based on the actuals... ...nsuming recreation. I don‘t think ithas the lucrative potential of playing quarterback, striker or power forward, though.‖ --―I know that America...

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...tes and their proper disposal, and even some wars. In the year 2020 Commander Lemuel Gulliver XVI returns from a twenty year odyssey around the solar system, searching for sites where the world's excess people can be re-located. He found none. On his return he vows to search for solutions to the planet's most pressing problem. He has written six books of his planned fourte...

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...nder Lemuel Gulliver the 16th has completed the first journey aroundthe solar system. Today, May 17, 2025 is a day that will be forever engraved in th... ...muel Gulliver the 16threturns from his odyssey of exploring most of the solar system in search of possible homes forthe millions or billions of earthl... ...t might be suitable forunderground cities. But there is no place in our solar system as ‘people friendly’ as our ownEarth.” —“What made you volunt... ...ealizable dream, but will we decide topursue it?” —“With that whole solar system out there, isn’t there some possibility of finding aplace for uto... ...f waste made me eager tobegin my voyage into the deepest regions of the solar system searching for a hospitablesettlement site for those who wished to... ...annon who is ourconservative. But he has always been known as Con. He was our quarterback. Always thesmartest of us, Con became a multi-millionaire wi... ...ore?” —“We scored a lot. We just couldn’t stop anybody. When Con was the quarterback atUCLA he must have thrown 20 touchdowns against us in his c...

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.... . . . . . . . . . . 11 Distributed Planning: The Key to Centralized Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Unmanned Aerial Systems: The Air Force in Transition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Intelligence Reform: The Secondary Effects of Merging Intelligence with Surveillance and Reconnaissance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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...g: The Key to Centralized Control . . . 13 Unmanned Aerial Systems: The Air Force in Transition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ...t the programs of today will have an impact upon the future.For example, the systems currently in design and those in the USAF in-ventory today will, ... ... in design and those in the USAF in-ventory today will, by and large, be the systems available for use in warfarebetween 2018 and 2023. With informed ... ...d by an understanding of airpower his-tory and a realization of current USAF systems and strategies. It is notmeant to be all encompassing, but rather... ...inition of Global Vigilance, Global Reach, andGlobal Power; not in a weapons systems–specific context, but rather as aframework through which the USAF... ...n for being ahead, and a plan for being behind 20–0 at the half, with your quarterback hurt and the phones dead, with it rain- ing cats and dogs a...

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...it would have had no selectional advantage at all, and would have just been a useless “organ,” if it could not have linked up to pre-existing thought systems.” —NOAM CHOMSKY, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics, MIT “Boston University’s Andrey Vyshedskiy brings a neuroscientist’s perspective to the discussion of human mental history in On the Origin of the Human Min...

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...st been a useless“organ,” if it could not have linked up to pre-existing thought systems.” —NOAM CHOMSKY, Professor Emeritus of Linguist... ...e experiments, as well ascomprehensive analysis of the development of the visual system on theevolutionary timescale. I found the neurobiological expl... ... theory of the evolution of “mental synthesis” through a refinement of thevisual system and the theory of conscious thought the voluntary synchronizat... ...ll rights reserved.No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, ortransmitted by any means without the written permission of ... ...s, but they constitute the memory themselves. The entire cortex is a memory system. It isn't a computer at all. JEF... ... yard line, you rely on your friend to recall previously seenimages (such as the quarterback, the intercepting defender, the ball, andthe position on ...

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...nge and then handed Cholo a floppy disc. “Here you go.” “It was nice working with you, pepino,” Chox said as he began copying the slide deck to his system. Chox rubbed his weary eyes. “Yes.”...

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...e in the old antebellum south takinga ride on the old Underground Railroad system. Because he wasn't a slightly brain damaged bumpkin,Chox often foun... ...king with you, pepino,” Chox said as hebegan copying the slide deck to his system. Chox rubbed his weary eyes. “Yes.” **** “What the hell did you ... ...nd the onceyearly Presentation Design trade show sponsored by ThrazWeapons Systems and Soy Sauce.” “You mean it?” Chox grinned. “I sure do, kid.” C... ...g the once yearly Presentation Design trade showsponsored by Thraz Weapons Systems and Soy Sauce. Chox and Tazzer were at the Boobies Magazinecompoun... ...holo pushed back the sombrero from his head, pluggedthe Zip drive into his system and furiously began copyingfiles to his show systems. Suddenly, the... ...been acting like a real jerk lately. Who doyou think you are? The starting quarterback for theRichmond Muffins professional football team?” Chox smil...

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...tes and their proper disposal, and even some wars. In the year 2020 Commander Lemuel Gulliver XVI returns from a twenty year odyssey around the solar system, searching for sites where the world's excess people can be re-located. He found none. On his return he vows to search for solutions to the planet's most pressing problem. He has written six books of his planned fourte...

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...ttle cruise through space youcan tell us what to do. Remember I‘m still the quarterback, so I‘ll call the signals. And as Iremember we were here to pi... ...imes are inconflict with each other. We have conflicts within our own value systems and between whatwe value and what others value. ―On my voyage I... ...Itseemed that it should be so easy to have all people accept the same value system. But as Ipondered the questions it became obvious that we will neve... ...ry we believe in certain humanistic principles. If itis a more totalitarian system we may appreciate the order that it gives. We seldom stray fromour ... ...thinking person can accept any scriptures as basic assumptions for a belief system or areligion.‖ —―Well, I have taken a great deal of philosop... ...ight add the assumption that truth is better than ignorance, but all belief systemswould support that claim. They would merely disagree on what truth ...

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.... Random battles to begin with were because of technicallimitations to old systems. They couldn’t possibly program all of those enemies into theplayin... ...ot be too much. It is always goodto be able to skip a cutscene. The battle system shouldn’t be over complicated. Theplayer should have a sense of what... ...er. So that doesn’thave to be off the table. It is a simple and manageable system after all. Fetch questsshould not be too taxing- not over and over a... ...oucan do. It is a thing as old as RPGs themselves. It started with the job system. Eachplayer is given a job: black mage, white mage, warrior, archer,... ...un like going on a race.Philosophy of- Has a good story. Has a good battle system. Has a good inventory. Isfun. Stirs the emotions. Is involving. At b... ...ough it is not an exact match, just forvideo game’s sake. You can have two quarterbacks in football- player one and two.American football doesn’t have... ...erbacks in football- player one and two.American football doesn’t have two quarterbacks but a video game is more fun with twoof them- at least in two ... ...e fun with twoof them- at least in two player form. You could have a green quarterback and a red one.The green quarterback throws a green football and... ...you will get more points. So the better player of you two shouldbe the red quarterback. Call it “fantasy football,” or some name that suggests it is n...

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... plO9ide an iDaipt into the abeDpta and weaknesses of selected manual systems, electro-mechaDica1 aDd electronic Cl')'Pio-equipmenta•. ... ...umbers. This means that we have to devise l::::===- systems for particular applications that the opposition will fi... ... have close to infinite worth, though; and for these. we provide systems with resist- ance that you can talk ofin terms ofcenturies of... ...ts on why we make the kinds of choices we do among the many systems and techniques ru be talking to you about during the res... ...siness as a cryptanalyst and a designer of specialized man- ual systems not long after World War n. It seemed to me in those days ... ... "FIRE A GUN," or "REGROUP AT THE CROSSROADS," or ··QUARTERBACK SNEAK." or what-have-you. ID a rip_ syste... ... microphones-the kind UIed to pick up a quarterback'. signals in a huddle- ...

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... plO9ide an iDaipt into the abeDpta and weaknesses of selected manual systems, electro-mechaDica1 aDd electronic Cl')'Pio-equipmenta•. ... ...umbers. This means that we have to devise l::::===- systems for particular applications that the opposition will fi... ... have close to infinite worth, though; and for these. we provide systems with resist- ance that you can talk ofin terms ofcenturies of... ...ts on why we make the kinds of choices we do among the many systems and techniques ru be talking to you about during the res... ...siness as a cryptanalyst and a designer of specialized man- ual systems not long after World War n. It seemed to me in those days ... ... "FIRE A GUN," or "REGROUP AT THE CROSSROADS," or ··QUARTERBACK SNEAK." or what-have-you. ID a rip_ syste... ... microphones-the kind UIed to pick up a quarterback'. signals in a huddle- ...

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...ay football at North Valley High School and my teamdepends on me.I play as quarterback for the team.We are the NorthValley Sharks and use to ... ...y that I work out the most.My mom saysshe is going to have my dad check my system for steriods. "WATCH OUT", the guy driving the SUV hollered,just b...

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...fective military action, as demonstrated bythe successful use of space systems in the Gulf conflict. Col John A . Warden III, the ar... ...tch a volatilepart of the world with the joint surveillance target attack radar system(JSTARS), the airborne warning and control system (AWA... ..., we cannot afford to cut further the modernization programsfor our three major systems. The B-2, F-22, and C-17 are essential forvery different missi... ... chart" that identifies the key nodes of theenemy as an operating system. From that total array of moresignificant potential t... ...d to win airsuperiority over the whole of Iraq and Kuwait by the systematicattack of the main Iraqi radar and air defense comman... ... another key element in the execution of the aircampaign. As the quarterback for all the air players in the Gulf, GenChuck Hom...

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...otal science and technologypicture. Thus, the manner in which our laboratory system isorganized is a critical factor in the Air Force’s ability to ass... ...elopment programs so the nation would have the mostadvanced technical weapon systems to fight the next war. Toward New Horizons and the influence of A... ...oadvancing science and technology. From this foundationemerged the Air Force Systems Command (1961) and a net -work of 13 laboratories that remained i... ...al Viccellio spoke openly about his mo-tives for reorganizing the laboratory system. His vicecommander, Lt Gen Lawrence P. Farrell Jr., provided infor... ... much soul-searching andhard work by him and others to reform the laboratory systemby moving off in a totally new direction. He welcomed what hejudged... ...cessfulcompletion of his vision. In effect, he operated as both thecoach and quarterback to accomplish the goals he set. In thecase of moving to a sin...

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... doctrine and policy.His duties included formulating policy to protect Air Force infor-mation systems and advising the director of Intelligence, Surve... ...s Schlesinger succinctly described the problem, stating,“The central weakness of the existing system lies in the struc-ture of Joint Chiefs of Staff. ... ... mentioned contributed toan environment where reform was deemed necessary. Reform-ers saw the system as unbalanced, with too much controlvested in the... ...es of US and allied aircraft that supported operations. Allservices shared a variety of space systems, including the newlylaunched Global Positioning ... ...s andtechnical limitations.”78 Finally, “stovepiped intelligence andcommand information systems” were also prevalent and affectedsupport to tact... ...ct to the tasked agencies.9Altering Power Relations The 9/11 Report noted that there was no “quarterback”within the IC who “called the plays,” which ... ...egovernment, requiring greater cooperation among intelligenceagencies, and creating a single “quarterback” to assign rolesand responsibilities.67 Gol... ...nmentto assign responsibility for the conduct of organizational activi-ties—to designate the “quarterback” who the 9/11 Report ar-gued did not exist. ...

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...nd his Functional or Service components. The JFC is the team cap­tain, the quarterback of joint operations. As such, it is his job to harmonize allsub... ...terdiction The Relationship In modern warfare, any single system is easy to overcome; combinations of systems, with each protecting... ...points in others and exposing enemy weak points to be exploited by other systems, make for an effective fighting force. —Vice Adm St... ...a Joint Force Commander’s campaign requires the synchronizedmelding of all systems and environmental dimensions of war fighting. Conse­quently, a soli... ...ogistic requirements, a simple force struc­ ture, and primitive logistic systems will differ from interdiction conducted against a highly mechaniz... ...entration and Channelization: The more limited the enemy’s trans­portation system, the more it is subject to interdiction. Channeling the enemyinto ch...

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...to both novelty substance consumers and the regularfluxes of the excretive system, and he thought himself lucky to possess such aconvenient mechanism ... ...ed an oxycodone instant release thirty milligram tablet andfucked the star quarterback upstairs and it was all over in four and a half minutesanyways,... ... other people do laugh, and so theydid.) Interestingly enough, the star quarterback this year had, his eighth gradeyear, weighed nearly two hundred... ...ly preventingany starving societal degenerate from taking advantage of the system, well-lubricated with the finest of homosexually-recommended lubrica... ...rious deficiencies ofthe standing public and private secondary educational system. Varied degrees of incompetency, all the way throughout. Hairs on... ...in hypothermia, while it drips out the last fecalremnants of the excretive system, which immediately freeze on their slow Romanritual exiting the sphi... ... at your richshithead cocktail parties in the glaring and narcotic imaging system of sensory inputyielding information osmosis, sensory input yielding...

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...rations are conducted more efficiently than by terrestrial systems. —Gen Chuck Horner, commander, US and Allied ... ... one whose doctrine is the least wrong and the one that has a system . . . flexible enough to adapt its doctrine once combat... ... 8/15/07 7:34:49 AM The United States command and control system has provided a high degree of control through the ... ... from new nuclear powers is a lack of a sophisti­ cated system to control their nuclear weapons. —Richard A. Pau... ...d, and a plan for being behind 20–0 at the half, with your quarterback hurt and the phones dead, with it raining cats and dogs... ...wmember, 2006, Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System 4701-Text.indd 47 ...

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...ard that those little guys have a terrific punch that paralyzesthe nervous system.” Continued Adib.“We thought it was the nervous system also until we... ... you think your school is the only one that hasproduced three professional quarterbacks in Texas?Sarah has a big butt(different conversation by anothe... ...ere tasked with theresponsibility of injecting into the water distribution system of this largeAmerican city, an element that would strike terror in t... ... satellite tasking group.With the advent of the UAVs into the surveillance system the duty of thesatellite crew changed to a larger geographical forma... ...hen the facephotos from the nest in Afghanistan were run in the I.D. image system,they bingoed on this bunch. However there was Zippo on the asset.Buc... ... Al-Akayev by hisface image we sent to CENTCOM. Langley put his mug on the systemwhen our group was trying to get feedback and Tel Aviv must havecrack... ... guarded by some young American thatwas probably only a year ago, football quarterback of his school.”“Colonel. First of all, its not my call to give ...

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...demy inJune 1954 and served as a missile officer in the first tacticalnuclear missile system fielded by the Air Force. Shortly afterjoining the Air Fo... ...wth ofCarbondale and its transformation into the nucleus of a com-plex transportation system. The first part of the route had to maneuver around Moos... ...rst million-dollar infrastructureinvestment in the still-new United States. The canal system al-lowed the coal to get to the Hudson River and on to th... ...the plebehike marked acceptance into the corps of cadets, some relaxationof the plebe system, and entry into the academic year. ... ...tted against Army’s legendary Earl ‘Red’ Blaik.”12 When it was all over Navy, led by quarterback Zug Zastrow,had played an inspired game and defeated... ...These included the training manual that specified drill and for-mations and the honor system. Jerry had a special interest in the honor code, especia...