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KWAN'S LAST MISSION
A Chinese soldier hoping to return to normal life finds himself caught up in a complicated situation in Daniel’s historical thriller. As World War II winds down in 1945, Commander M.T. Kwan returns from serving with the British to his war-ravaged hometown of Guilin, China. As the Japanese pull back, Kwan—aka The Dragon—hopes to retrieve his family from where they’ve taken refuge farther inland. Colonel Lindsay Ride, his commandant with the British Army Aid Group, shows up at his family estate.
In a World of Complex Cyber Threats, Small Fixes Still Work
Cybersecurity headlines seem to get scarier by the week. Ransomware brings international airports to a standstill. Artificial intelligence is being used to supercharge phishing campaigns and discover new vulnerabilities. Nation-states are running sophisticated attacks for espionage and disruption. And looming on the horizon is quantum computing, with the potential to upend the encryption that protects our most sensitive data. It’s no wonder many small and midsize business leaders feel overwhelmed.
Navigating the World of Operating Systemsđź§: From Basics to AI Integration
Introduction to Operating Systems: An operating system (OS) is the software that manages a computer’s hardware and software resources, providing a foundation for application programs. It acts as an intermediary between the user and the computer hardware, facilitating tasks like managing files, controlling peripherals, and multitasking. Types of Operating Systems: Operating systems can be broadly classified into desktop, server, and mobile OS.
Three Poems by John Hazard
The Bob and Mary Diner, New Buffalo, Ohio, 2008 Every succulent sandwich under $4.99 A summer Thursday and Roger Dowell in overalls and long grey beard sits hunched at the counter, the village at his back and, farther off, the long-dead coal field. For $3.99 the special: fried baloney on grilled white, home fries, sizzling strips of pepper and onion. He likes the smells, takes his time, stares now and then into the kitchen, where Mary glances toward him and mumbles something to Janie, her cook.
Two Poems by Emily Ransdell
Driving Idaho Sometimes I envy the devout, days that begin and end with prayer, grown men in restaurants unembarrassed to bow their heads. But me, I’m hammered by doubt. By this fire-damaged sky, farmhouse hydrangeas parched to a passing blur. This road a ribbon of unspooled loneliness, rimmed with the tinder of endless grassland, the Sawtooth skyline glowing red. All along the highway, hand-lettered signs say Bless Our Firefighters. Waving children offering water and snacks.
One Poem by Al Maginnes
If you drive the country roads around here, you will find old barns holding fast against the gravity of gentrification, their wood worn gray as twilight, boards gone like the teeth in a friend’s mouth, those absences that become all you can see when he smiles. Time’s erosion leaves little to smile about as nails loosen their grip in wood’s fabric. Those structures were built with the help of neighbors or men hired for a few days’ labor. Once each of those nails gleamed bright as a new moon.
One Poem by Martha Silano
I can’t stop thinking about the wild horses of Chernobyl, keep going back to the sepia photographs, horses with glowing eyes, living in a town where 33 years ago the residents were ordered to evacuate, take only essentials, leave their televisions and clothes, their furniture and artwork, their cars. Were told it would just be a few days, that the police would guard their homes.
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion
What of the fact that they were white and I was brown? What of the fact that the systems we were to green were built by white people for white people? This morning I attended an environmental roundtable where I was a minority. Again. I was one of four brown people in a Zoom of 26. You’d think I’d be used to it by now but when the well-intentioned moderator speaks in her gentle voice, my heart pounds almost out of my chest. My hands begin to shake.
Maintaining a positive culture through a pandemic (and a merger)
Maintaining a positive culture through a pandemic (and a merger) Most of us would agree that 2020 has been a year like no other. Over the last decade, we’ve seen amazing advances in technology that keep us connected 24/7 (if we want to be) and heightened expectations for access to information.
Analytical approximation of the second-harmonic conversion efficiency
Abstract The second-harmonic generation process of a focused laser beam inside a nonlinear crystal is described by the Boyd–Kleinman theory. Calculating the actual conversion efficiency and upconverted power requires the solution to a double integral that is analytically intractable. We provide an expression that predicts the exact gain coefficient within an error margin of less than 2% over several orders of magnitude of the confocal parameter and as a function of the walk-off parameter.
Don’t Become a Boiled Frog – Becoming More Agile - HRProfessionalsMagazine
By John Daniel Many of us have heard the parable of the boiled frog. If you drop a frog into a pot of boiling water, it will jump out. But if you put a frog in warm water and slowly bring it to a boil, the frog will not sense the danger until it is too late. Consequently, the frog is boiled alive. While modern science has challenged the premise of the 19th century experiments that created the tale, the lesson of the boiled frog lives on.
The Vision Driving the High Cost of Dismissal from the PCUSA
Written by Jerry M. Roper, Ph.D. and John W. Daniel, D.Min. | Monday, April 15, 2019 POJ representatives have a vision of God and humanity that is fundamentally different from the vision embraced by Crestwood’s session. The struggle between these two visions drove Crestwood’s dismissal process, and likewise is driving the ultimate demise of the PCUSA.
A word in favor of rootlessness
The joys and perhaps necessary virtues of not settling down. John Daniel Essay Dec. 19, 2008 Like Tweet Email Print Subscribe Donate Now I am one of the converted when it comes to the cultural and economic necessity of finding place. Our rootlessness—our refusal to accept the discipline of living as responsive and responsible members of neighborhoods, communities, landscapes, and ecosystems—is perhaps our most serious and widespread disease.
Author John Daniel on transitions, perseverance
Hang on for a minute...we're trying to find some more stories you might like. Close Email This Story Send email to this address Enter Your Name Add a comment here Verification Send Email Cancel Three-time Oregon Book Award recipient John Daniel began the night in the Austin Reading Room, as many authors participating in the Readings at the Nick series do, by talking about Linfield. “Linfield seems to understand the importance of writing as curriculum,” he said.
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