It has long been known that cognitive (thinking and reasoning) stimulation of the brain’s cerebral cortex enhances the brain development of children and reduces degeneration with aging. In addition, competition enhances engagement. During long trips or while waiting, Heilman, a neurologist, along with his grandchildren, children, and son-in-law would play games. Studies of patients with brain injuries and functional brain imaging have revealed that different parts of the cerebral cortex perform different functions. We developed and selected games that we had fun playing, were competitive, did not need a computer or purchases, and stimulate different specific areas of the brain. In this book, we describe areas of the cerebral cortex and their functions. We then describe some games that may stimulate these areas, as well as provide enjoyment.

This document describes a study done for the U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command (CASCOM) to assess future needs for temporary petroleum pipeline structure. At the time this work was begun, the Army was weighing further development of a new pipeline capability, the Rapidly Installed Fuel Transfer System (RIFTS), and also conducting its normal cycle of future force structure planning. This project reviewed historical uses of temporary pipelines and surveyed future scenarios in order to develop a broad list of potential pipeline requirements. Next, against this list of likely requirements, the performance of several fuel distribution options -- including existing and planned pipeline units and equipment, new pipeline options, and the use of trucks -- was assessed across a variety of performance dimensions. The analytic results pointed to no clearly best choice. Instead, the preferred course of action is very sensitive to the decisionmaker's assessment of the environment and weighting among the importance of the different performance dimensions. A decision-support table to help the decisionmaker with this assessment is provided along with supplementary recommendations on near-term investment of reset funds and the reallocation of personnel within existing petroleum pipeline unit designs. The findings in this document should be of interest to those engaged with future Army logistics support force structure requirements.

Navy analysts are struggling to keep pace with the growing flood of data collected by intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance sensors. This challenge is sure to intensify as the Navy continues to field new and additional sensors. The authors explore options for solving the Navy’s “big data” challenge, considering changes across four dimensions: people, tools and technology, data and data architectures, and demand and demand management.

Discusses the history and responsibilities of the Media, the gathering, writing, and presentation of news, and the future of journalism as technology changes.

Journalism Today, 6th Edition contains a large amount of new material that deals with the Information Age. With the enormous impact of the Internet on journalism and the world, it becomes a must for students to understand the relationship between technology and journalism. Journalism Today offers students insight into the journalism process. This text deals with interviewing, story leads, staff organization, school newspapers, ethical and legal concerns, and many more engaging topics.

Discusses the history and responsibility of the media, the gathering and writing of the news, and the future of journalism as technology changes.

Discusses the history and responsibility of the media, the gathering and writing of the news, and the future of journalism as technology changes.

How much data regarding U.S. anti- and counterterrorism systems, countermeasures, and defenses is publicly available and how easily could it be found by individuals seeking to harm U.S. domestic interests? The authors developed a framework to guide assessments of the availability of such information for planning attacks on the U.S. air, rail, and sea transportation infrastructure, and applied the framework in an information-gathering exercise that used several attack scenarios. Overall, the framework was useful for assessing what kind of information would be easy or hard for potential attackers to find. For each of the attack scenarios, a team of "attackers" was unable to locate some of the information that a terrorist planner would need to gauge the likely success of a potential attack. The authors recommend that procedures for securing sensitive information be evaluated regularly and that information that can be obtained from easily accessible, off-site public information sources be included in vulnerability assessments.

You may have noticed that life is full of heartache and anguish. Think you have it bad? Try being two lovers pursued by rabid wolves through the frigid wilderness at midnight. Endure a marriage bad enough to be compared to the Hindenburg disaster. Drink up life with the same gusto with which Ophelia drowns herself in the Mason's graveyard; but you'd better do it fast, because an alcoholic demon wants to breathe on you, and in the process, grab your soul! In this collection of less than serious poems, some prose and others well, more like real poems, relationships lead to lamentation, sparking nightmare visions, absurd delusions and ridiculous fantasies. Along the way, meet Satan, Joan of Arc, a rather sweet fairy, a nameless cowboy, and of course, the eponymous boyfriend. He's just not relationship material. There's lots of sex and violence. Within these pages, everything is ironic and depraved!

The Department of Defense has hypothesized that future demand for uncrewed systems (UxS) will strain the capacity of the defense industrial base (DIB). This report contains an analysis of UxS demand and recommendations on strengthening the DIB.