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Heh. As Neffi points out - Okay for me, but not for thee. Wonder if his position on the subject has changed?
Banter in Atlanter points out another former Marine giving a crook grief.
JTG points us to an interesting discussion at Brad Hicks' place of fireworks and culture (the comments are worth the read, too.)
Lastly - Masked Menace® provides this option for the Castle Flag - I would change Victoria to Vincit, per CAPT H's observation. SWWBO wants one more color in there. Whattaya all think?
No, MajMike, I *don't* think white, over the red, would be a good choice, thenkewverramuch!~ -the Armorer
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Good news for Manhattan. The "Little Apple" that is - Manhattan Kansas, from Congresswoman Boyda's office today:
MANHATTAN MAKES FINAL CUT FOR NATIONAL BIO- AND AGRO-DEFENSE FACILITYAS DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY NARROWS POTENTIAL NBAF SITES FROM 16 TO 5, KANSAS REMAINS A STRONG CONTENDER
WASHINGTON, D.C. -The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced that a site in Manhattan , Kansas , is on a list of five finalist locations to host the new National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF), a $500-million, state-of-the-art laboratory devoted to researching human and animal health in the interest of America 's national security.
DHS previously announced a list of 18 potential sites for NBAF in August of 2006. Today's down-selection narrows the field down to five, dramatically increasing the odds that Manhattan will ultimately serve as NBAF's home.
Congresswoman Nancy Boyda (Kansas Second District), who represents Manhattan in Congress, said, "I'm thrilled that Kansas remains a strong contender to host the NBAF facility. Not only would Manhattan 's scientific resources prove invaluable to NBAF, but the facility would tremendously benefit Kansas . Its construction would pump half a billion dollars into our local economy, enhance our state's reputation for excellence in bioscience research, and most importantly, allow Kansans to lead the way in modernizing America's biodefense capabilities."
Boyda added, " Manhattan 's strong research mission and agricultural background makes it a uniquely suitable home for the new laboratory. I'll continue to do everything I can in Congress to bring this cutting-edge facility to our state."
Good for Manhattan, bad for Leavenworth - we were trying to land that puppy, too. Ah, the work potentials in *that* facility! -the Armorer
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Snerk! My buddy Kevin G, who lives in another city that was a candidate site for the bio-terror facility is also very happy with the decision made today:
Oh thank Gawd!Kansas site makes cut for federal bioterror lab
Columbia was pushing for this, against I might add, a fair amount of opposition. I sure as hell didn't want this facility here. If isolated Plum Island was not considered sufficient for a Cat 2, why the hell would a Cat 4 be fine for suburbia?
Their choices of location suxed ass too. Anyhow, call me a nimby, but no thank you and KS is more than welcome to it.
Heh. There were sighs of relief around here, too. Though I freely admit I wouldn't have minded getting some HLD work out of that facility. Who knows, we still might, though I don't particularly want to live in Manhattan (fine place, lived there twice before - I just like the KC area better). -the Armorer
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A term of art from the artillery. Harassment and Interdiction Fires.
Back in the day, when you could just kill people and break things without a note from a lawyer, they were pre-planned, but to the enemy, random, fires at known gathering points, road junctions, Main Supply Routes, assembly areas, etc - to keep the bad guy nervous that the world around him might start exploding at any minute.
*Not really relevant to today's operating environment, right? But, it *is*
The UAVs (oops, can't call 'em UAVs anymore - they're now Unmanned Aerial Systems... some Colonel got his Legion of Merit for that change...), er, um UAS's we fly over Afghanistan and Pakistan looking for targets of opportunity are a form of H&I fires, if you really want to parse it finely. We just have better sensors and fire control now.
I call the post that because it's random things posted by me and people I've given posting privileges to. It's also an open trackback, so if someone has a post they're proud of, but it really isn't either Castle kind of stuff, or topical to a particular post, I've basically given blanket permission to use that post for that purpose. Another term of art that might be appropriate is "Free Fire Zone".
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