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Recently, artificial intelligence and how it will change the nature of warfare has become a top priority when discussing the future of military power.But within the Department of Defense and the military services, AI ambitions are not aligned with current budgetary realities.All of the Defense Department's deficiencies can rarely be fixed with a budget increase, but troops are bought.As a former Chief of Naval Operations and former member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and a continuing participant in non-governmental dialogue in Asia, including with China, I have followed China's impressive military growth. While Chinese ships, aircraft and technology are…

Letitia Pryor, Nicole Stephan and a seven-person steering committee from BV Made found a new location for the makerspace.Stephen and Pryor had looked at light industrial spaces for a makerspace, including the former Tomken Jeep Building a few miles north of town and the former BV Auto Building on Highway 24, but by signing a contract to use a renovated gas station that was until recently an ATV and Jeep rental spot, the BV Made team secured a location in the heart of town that would function not only as a makerspace but also as a retail store selling BV…

There's a lot to look forward to in Google's new Pixel 9 Pro and Pro XL, from a refreshed design to a suite of new AI skills. And while many of those skills are image-based (the wild generative AI Pixel Studio is one of them), Google's Gemini Advanced can provide detailed (though sometimes inaccurate) answers to just about any question you might have. So I thought I'd take on the ultimate challenge: a review of the camera itself. I've already written a review of the Pixel 9 Pro XL, highlighting the good things about it, like the updated design, longer…

What makes the future bright or challenging is the advancements and directions of technology, and today nowhere is this more important than battery technology. In my last column I said that batteries are the missing link to alternative and independent energy.As promised, this month’s column will discuss SSB technology (solid-state batteries) and how it fits into the battery industry.In technical terms, solid state meant “transistorized.” The term arose in the 1950s when transistors replaced the relatively sensitive vacuum tubes. However, when used in the context of batteries, it has a completely different meaning. In today's battery technology, the term “solid…

CNN — Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is recuperating at home after being hospitalized with West Nile virus, a spokesman said. Fauci, a longtime public health official who rose to prominence as part of the White House coronavirus task force, is expected to make a full recovery, a spokesman said. Get the CNN Health weekly newsletter Each year, about 1,000 Americans are hospitalized with the most severe form of West Nile virus, which is spread by the bite of infected mosquitoes, and an average of another 1,500 are diagnosed after showing…

Over the past quarter century, Deschutes County's population has doubled, but the number of health care workers has not kept up.Deschutes County's population now exceeds 200,000, nearly double what it was in 2000.These people will eventually need medical procedures and visits to the hospital, and wait times can stretch into weeks due to provider consolidation, rising costs, and a national shortage of nurses and doctors.Though the health care job market is expanding, there is a national shortage of nurses and doctors that is impacting Central Oregon. Burnout among medical staff is at an all-time high, and the population over 60…

Name: Salpa (Salpa fusiformis)Habitat: Widely distributed in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.Diet: Phytoplankton and other things small enough to get caught in feeding netsWhy they're awesome: Often referred to as “jelly balls” or “buckets of snot,” these marine creatures have a transparent, gelatinous texture.There are over 70 species of salps worldwide, with Salpa fusiformis being the most common. Salps live from the ocean's surface down to depths of about 2,600 feet (800 meters). They are barrel-shaped and measure just 0.08 inches (0.2 centimeters) when born, growing to about 4 inches (10 centimeters) as adults. They form long chains that drift…

Lake County Health Department Director Mark Pfister has experience with mass vaccinations having dealt with a pandemic scare from the H1N1 influenza virus in 2009, and the county became the highest-vaccinated county in the state during the COVID-19 outbreak.Pfister said the H1N1 virus is highly virulent and that similar resistance to a mass vaccination drive was seen 12 years ago and surfaced again as plans were made to inoculate the majority of the population in early 2021.”Lessons have been learned,” Pfister said, “We knew what wasn't working for some groups of older adults, and we made changes in our response…

ZURICH (Reuters) – Debt levels in the United States and Europe are a risk to international financial stability and for Switzerland, Swiss Finance Minister Karin Keller-Sutter said in a newspaper interview published on Saturday. In an interview with Swiss daily newspaper Blick, Keller-Sutter praised Switzerland's “disciplined” finances, saying they had enabled the country to cope with the economic challenges brought about by the coronavirus pandemic and Russia's aggression in Ukraine. In contrast, other countries “have so much debt that they can barely take action anymore,” she said, citing France as an example. “Or look at America. America is a time…

Asia/Indonesia – State and Religion in Indonesia: The Role of Faith in Public Life Agency Fides JAKARTA (Fides) – Indonesia is not a theocratic state, but it is also a secular state. As Indonesians often say, Indonesia is a “moderate” country that recognizes that religion has a vital role in public life and considers it an important element in the life of civil society. This does not mean that the state should have religious power or that it should interfere, interfere or obsessively control the life of religious communities. It does mean that the state stands and acts as a…