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Bombs, Bugs, Drugs, and Thugs: Intelligence and America’s Quest for Security

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Bombs, Bugs, Drugs, and Thugs: Intelligence and America’s Quest for Security

Bombs, Bugs, Drugs, and Thugs: Intelligence and America's Quest for Security

Recent years have seen numerous books about the looming threat posed to Western society by biological and chemical terrorism, by narcoterrorists, and by the unpredictable leaders of rogue nations. Some of these works have been alarmist. Some have been sensible and measured. But none has been by Loch Johnson. Johnson, author of the acclaimed Secret Agencies and “an experienced overseer of intelligence” (Foreign Affairs), here examines the present state and future challenges of American strategic

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San Francisco Tops Ranker's April Rankings of America's Coolest Cities

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Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) April 26, 2013

San Francisco holds a narrow lead over New York City as the #1 coolest city on Ranker’s “America’s Coolest Cities” list, a crowd-sourced list on the consumer opinions website, Ranker.com. More than 1,000 people have voted on the list as of April, 2013 and the gap between the cities competing for “Coolest City in the US” is smaller than Rhode Island. The top 10 has cities representing both coasts, the South, and the Midwest while seemingly thriving cities like Los Angeles and Miami not even making the Top 10.

The rest of the Top 10 Coolest Cities in US are as follows:

1) San Francisco

2) New York City

3) Boston

4) Seattle

5) New Orleans

6) Chicago

7) Austin

8) Portland

9) Honolulu

10) Las Vegas

David Kevoe, who was born on the East Coast but settled in LA, thinks show business’s biggest city ranks lower on the list because “LA is the place I would want to live mainly due to the sun and the weather, but not that much fun to visit compared to these other cities”. Kevoe’s pick for #1 city is Las Vegas due mostly to the entertainment value offered.

See the full list of Awesome US Cities, as well as 1,000’s of other Travel lists at Ranker.com.

Ranker.com is the premier data source for aggregated consumer opinions. Over seven million people go to Ranker each month to view, rank and vote their opinions on matters both entertaining and practical. Ranker’s proprietary algorithms and datacentric approach to opinion aggregation deliver the most credible answers from “the best” to “the worst” across a wide range of topics including food, sports, travel, entertainment, cars and many others. For more information, visit Ranker.com.







Management Consulting Firm Oliver Wight Americas, Inc. Announces Education Course Scholarship Program for Professors and Students

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New London, NH (PRWEB) October 06, 2011

In an article released by the Associated Press on June 8, Stacy Anderson states, President Barack Obama says the growth of the U.S. economy will depend in part on training new workers for jobs in the manufacturing industry. (Released through Manufacturing.net /News/2011/06.) Oliver Wight Americas desires to help prepare college students for careers in manufacturing by incorporating both professors and students into this education program. The benefit to professors is to help them prepare students for management positions in industry. The benefit to students is to provide them with a vision of key planning and management processes when they become employed after college. It is also common, in many companies, for an Oliver Wight-trained prospective employee to qualify for a higher entry-level pay status.

Oliver Wight Americas will offer two tuition-free seats in each course taking place in the fall of 2011; one for a full-time professor currently teaching a business management curriculum and one for a student currently enrolled in a similar curriculum. The courses available include Business Excellence, Sales and Operations Planning/Integrated Business Planning, Demand Management, Integrated Supply Chain Management, and Master Scheduling. The Oliver Wight Americas website provides detailed descriptions on the business improvement courses along with the dates and locations. Applications for attendance can be filled out on the website. Please visit http://www.oliverwight-americas.com/courses/scholarships/scholarship-student.htm for more information and the application for this program.

About Oliver Wight Americas, Inc.

Oliver Wight Americas has been both a thought leader and hands-on practitioner for over 40 years. As a global business management consulting and education firm, the company specializes in helping organizations work smarter, faster, and better than their competitors. Its principals are seasoned professionals who have real-world manufacturing experience and transfer this knowledge to the people at all levels of an organization, providing tools to help organizations internalize that knowledge and achieve a competitive advantage in the marketplace. The largest world-wide consultancy of its type, Oliver Wight has offices throughout Europe, North and South America, and the Asia/Pacific Region. For more information, please visit http://www.oliverwight-americas.com.

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