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Military link to today's data mining
After world war 2, Fredrick Terman became head of Standford University School of Engineering. He brought personnel that work with him at Harvard University that created technology used in World War 2. The office of Naval Research gave the Stanford University Engineering Department their first contract. (microwave research). In 1951 he created the Stanford industrial park. The Stanford Industrial Park which eventually became Silicon Valley leased land to companies such as Lockheed Corporation, Hewlett Packard, General Electric, and other important technology companies.
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Get things under control, Minister
THERE are Ministers who can’t go a day without being on the news. So often they appear, usually they talk absolute rubbish as one did last week. Upstaging more senior ministers is a no-no.
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Ladies night at the movies
Rave reviews from patrons is the reason “Ladies Night” will become a monthly occurrence at the Fusion Superplex.
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Former US President George H.W. Bush dies at 94
HOUSTON (AP) — He was the man who sought a "kinder, and gentler nation," and the one who sternly invited Americans to read his lips — he would not raise taxes. He was the popular leader of a mighty coalition that dislodged Iraq from Kuwait, and was turned out of the presidency after a single term. Blue-blooded and genteel, he was elected in one of the nastiest campaigns in recent history.
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EDITORIAL: Another chance to be presidential and Trump blows it again
When the US Postal Service delivered over a dozen potentially lethal pipe bombs to public figures last week, Americans were immediately reminded that all of these intended victims, from former President Barack Obama to former CIA director John Brennan, have been frequent targets of the demagogic rhetoric of Donald Trump.
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INSIGHT: Shorts fired in Dealey Plaza echo in the White House today
At precisely 1pm on November 22, 1963, the 35th president of the United States was pronounced dead at Parkland Hospital Trauma Room 1 in Dallas, Texas.
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EDITORIAL: Bully boy tactics and ‘hogwash’ denials
Government service in Western democracies is often coveted by citizens who seek a stable, secure position with a regular pay cheque and a sense of serving the greater good of the nation. Government service is also often reviled and ridiculed by those outside government who are supposed to be the clients of public servants.
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EDITORIAL: Trump and the damage to the FBI
IT IS hard to know how to respond to the outrageousness that the Trump administration in the United States has become. This foolish president continues to insult the leaders of the nations who have stood beside America for nearly 75 years and assault the foundations of an American foreign policy that has made major contributions to world peace and prosperity for most of that same period. His rudeness and haughty behaviour on his recent trip to Europe cannot be excused.
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Inequality in Haiti
THE administration of President Jovenel Moise struck a raw nerve with the Haitian people when it announced that fuel prices would be increasing.
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EDITORIAL: Changing faces - the story of the White House chaos
The sad, dangerous chaos that is the Trump administration was illuminated again last week when EPA administrator Scott Pruitt resigned. Pruitt, as venal and corrupt as any senior official in Trump’s government, was reportedly the subject of 13 different corruption or misconduct investigations when he finally resigned under pressure from the White House chief of staff.
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EDITORIAL: Trump’s daily diet of six outright lies
PERHAPS the biggest casualty of the Donald Trump presidency in the United States has been the truth. Trump lies all the time, without appearing to hesitate first. There is no evidence Trump possesses any internal governor that would regulate his mendacious behaviour.
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Pompeo seeks to bring back the swagger
American Secretaries of State have normally visited their headquarters building on C Street in Washington shortly after they receive the oath of office. Mike Pompeo was determined to be different. Officially administered the oath of his new office b
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EDITORIAL: The changing face of diplomacy
Among the many perplexing aspects of the bizarre spectacle that is the Donald Trump administration in Washington, the curious rebirth of the concept of diplomacy is one of the strangest.
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EDITORIAL: Asian Geopolitics - A Sign of Things to Come?
As April unfolds in Washington the American foreign policy apparatus is about to undergo a profound change in personnel, tone and substance. Most notable among the departures are former Exxon executive Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State and general H.R. McMaster as National Security Adviser.
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EDITORIAL: Bolton's spectre an unwelcome surprise
AMERICAN president Donald Trump continues to surprise us. Just not in a good way.
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LETTER TO THE BUSINESS EDITOR: Why Wal-Mart’s big box does not fit the Bahamas
Kindly allow me space to reply to Richard Coulson’s February 25 letter to the editor, and to the public at large, with further insight on why Wal-Mart or a similar company entering the Bahamian market is not a good thing for the country.
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The shrinking of US foreign policy
American embassies can represent a lot of things to different people, but they generally become important when someone needs to renew a visa or replace a lost passport. For Americans overseas, there might be an invitation to a Fourth of July party celebrating the US national day.
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Christie loses his cool
One of the many tasks of the US Central Intelligence Agency is to keep an updated psychological profile of political leaders from around the world.
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WikiLeaks: CIA has targeted everyday gadgets for snooping
Maybe the CIA is spying on you through your television set after all.
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Fidel Castro dies age 90
MIAMI (AP) — Fidel Castro, who led a rebel army to improbable victory, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 U.S. presidents during his half century rule of Cuba, has died at age 90.