Conan, dog injured in al Baghdadi raid, honored by President Trump at White House
by Nick GivasThe dog injured during the mission that killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was honored Monday afternoon during a surprise ceremony at the White House, with President Trump, Vice President Pence and First Lady Melania in attendance.
Conan, a Belgian Malinois who was named after talk show host Conan O'Brien, was hailed by Trump as a "special" animal who helped execute a "flawless attack" on the ISIS leader.
"Conan came over from the Middle East -- just arrived with some of the great people from the special forces that did the -- it was a flawless attack," the president said. "And al-Baghdadi is gone. That was a flawless attack and I just met quite a few of them. And we just gave Conan a medal and a plaque.
As the president spoke, Conan stood next to Vice President Mike Pence, who petted his head.
TRUMP TWEETED DOCTORED IMAGE TO THANK DOG IN BAGHDADI RAID
"And I actually think Conan knew exactly what was going on," Trump continued. "The dog is incredible... We spent some good time with it. And so brilliant -- so smart.
"The way it was with the special forces people that have worked with him, for obvious reasons they can't be out in front of the media," he added. "But they did a fantastic job. Conan did a fantastic job. We're very honored to have Conan here."
Conan has since recovered from his injuries and returned to active duty.
At one point while the first lady and Conan were walking back toward the White House, a reporter asked if she had any interest in adopting Conan as a pet for her son Baron, and she laughed before replying, "no."
INDIANA VETERAN ADOPTS DOG THAT SERVED ALONGSIDE HIM IN AFGHANISTAN
U.S. forces killed six ISIS members – four women and another man aside from Baghdadi – in the October raid. Baghdadi detonated an explosive vest as U.S. forced closed in, also killing two children he had brought with him into a tunnel.
The death of Baghdadi was a milestone in the fight against ISIS, which brutalized swaths of Syria and Iraq and sought to direct a global campaign from a self-declared “caliphate.” A yearslong campaign by American and allied forces led to the recapture of the group's territorial holding, but its violent ideology has continued to inspire attacks.
Baghdadi's identity was confirmed by a DNA test conducted onsite, Trump said. The ISIS leader was later buried at sea.
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Some have called for the heroic canine to receive a Purple Heart. Earlier this month, Lt. Col Daniel Gade directly addressed the president and offered up his own Purple Heart to Conan as a symbol of the canine's accomplishments.
“Look, these dogs are heroic. The president’s instincts are right and right on the Purple Heart medal, it says, ‘The President of the United States,’” Gade explained on "Fox & Friends," rejecting the Pentagon's policy on the matter.
Fox News' Joshua Nelson contributed to this report


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My mama and grandmama came to visit me this weekend!
We went to North Van:
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and ate at the Cheshire Cheese:
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I think they liked it:
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The next day we walked from my house to
Au Petit Chavignol and had fondu and a really good local BC wine! So awesome!
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What a wonderful surprise! Oh, and my grandmother is badass if you didn't already know. I mean, look at her juggle!:
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All in all, it was a great time, and I'm so incredibly happy that they made an impromptu visit. Hopefully they can do it again soon, I think they had a good time, and being from California, they loved the rainy weekend.
K, now time to catch up on my coding, so much to do! Next post == reliving the demoscene with
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- salt - Static variable in class com.bcmcgroup.flare.client.ClientUtil
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- sampleStix101Doc - Variable in class com.bcmcgroup.flare.test.UnitTests
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- sampleStix101File - Variable in class com.bcmcgroup.flare.test.UnitTests
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- sampleStix10Doc - Variable in class com.bcmcgroup.flare.test.UnitTests
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- sampleStix10File - Variable in class com.bcmcgroup.flare.test.UnitTests
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- sampleStix111Doc - Variable in class com.bcmcgroup.flare.test.UnitTests
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- sampleStix111File - Variable in class com.bcmcgroup.flare.test.UnitTests
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- sampleStix11Doc - Variable in class com.bcmcgroup.flare.test.UnitTests
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- sampleStix11File - Variable in class com.bcmcgroup.flare.test.UnitTests
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- save(Document, String) - Method in class com.bcmcgroup.flare.client.Subscriber10
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Strips off the TAXII portion from the supplied TAXII Inbox_Message Document
and then saves the content as an XML File to the appropriate feed destination.
- save(File, String) - Method in class com.bcmcgroup.flare.client.Subscriber10
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Strips off the TAXII portion from the supplied TAXII Inbox_Message File
and then saves the content as an XML File to the appropriate feed destination.
- save(String, String) - Method in class com.bcmcgroup.flare.client.Subscriber10
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Strips off the TAXII portion from the supplied TAXII Inbox_Message String
and then saves the content as an XML File to the appropriate feed destination.
- save(Document, String) - Method in class com.bcmcgroup.flare.client.Subscriber11
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Strips off the TAXII portion from the supplied TAXII Inbox_Message Document
and then saves the content as an XML File to the appropriate collection destination.
- save(File, String) - Method in class com.bcmcgroup.flare.client.Subscriber11
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Strips off the TAXII portion from the supplied TAXII Inbox_Message File
and then saves the content as an XML File to the appropriate collection destination.
- save(String, String) - Method in class com.bcmcgroup.flare.client.Subscriber11
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Strips off the TAXII portion from the supplied TAXII Inbox_Message String
and then saves the content as an XML File to the appropriate collection destination.
- savePath - Variable in class com.bcmcgroup.flare.test.UnitTests
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- saveQuery(Document, String) - Method in class com.bcmcgroup.flare.client.Subscriber11
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Saves the TAXII Poll_Request with Query parameters locally for FLAREmiddleware to retrieve
- saveStatus - Variable in class com.bcmcgroup.flare.test.UnitTests
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- schema - Variable in class com.bcmcgroup.flare.client.TaxiiValidator
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- schemaFactory - Variable in class com.bcmcgroup.flare.client.TaxiiValidator
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- seeds - Static variable in class com.bcmcgroup.flare.client.ClientUtil
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- sendPost(HttpsURLConnection, String) - Static method in class com.bcmcgroup.flare.client.ClientUtil
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Sends an HTTPS POST request and returns the response
- sendResponse(OutputStream, HttpExchange) - Method in class com.bcmcgroup.taxii10.StatusMessage
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Sends the Status_Message HTTPS response
- sendResponse(OutputStream, HttpExchange) - Method in class com.bcmcgroup.taxii11.StatusMessage
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Sends the Status_Message HTTPS response
- ServiceInstance - Class in com.bcmcgroup.taxii11
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Used to construct a Service_Instance object for a Discovery_Response
- ServiceInstance(String) - Constructor for class com.bcmcgroup.taxii11.ServiceInstance
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- ServiceInstance.TargetingExpressionInfo - Class in com.bcmcgroup.taxii11
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- ServiceInstance.TargetingExpressionInfo() - Constructor for class com.bcmcgroup.taxii11.ServiceInstance.TargetingExpressionInfo
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- serviceType - Variable in class com.bcmcgroup.taxii11.ServiceInstance
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- serviceVersion - Variable in class com.bcmcgroup.taxii11.ServiceInstance
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- setAddress(String) - Method in class com.bcmcgroup.taxii11.ServiceInstance
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- setAvailable(boolean) - Method in class com.bcmcgroup.taxii11.ServiceInstance
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- setCapabilityModuleId(String) - Method in class com.bcmcgroup.taxii11.ServiceInstance
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- setFormatId(String) - Method in class com.bcmcgroup.taxii11.ServiceInstance
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- setMessageBinding(String) - Method in class com.bcmcgroup.taxii11.ServiceInstance
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- setProtocolBinding(String) - Method in class com.bcmcgroup.taxii11.ServiceInstance
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- setServiceVersion(String) - Method in class com.bcmcgroup.taxii11.ServiceInstance
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- setTargetingExpressionId(String) - Method in class com.bcmcgroup.taxii11.ServiceInstance.TargetingExpressionInfo
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- setup() - Method in class com.bcmcgroup.flare.test.UnitTests
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- sign(Element, KeyStore.PrivateKeyEntry, int) - Static method in class com.bcmcgroup.flare.xmldsig.Xmldsig
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Method used to create an enveloped digital signature for an element of a TAXII document.
- signInboxMessage(Document, String, String, String, String) - Static method in class com.bcmcgroup.flare.xmldsig.Xmldsig
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Method used to create enveloped digital signatures for an for a TAXII Inbox_Message (Content_Block and entire Inbox_Message)
- statusDetail - Variable in class com.bcmcgroup.taxii10.StatusMessage
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- statusDetail - Variable in class com.bcmcgroup.taxii11.StatusMessage
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- StatusMessage - Class in com.bcmcgroup.taxii10
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- StatusMessage(String, String, String, String, String) - Constructor for class com.bcmcgroup.taxii10.StatusMessage
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Constructor for a StatusMessage
- StatusMessage - Class in com.bcmcgroup.taxii11
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- StatusMessage(String, String, String, HashMap<String, String>, String) - Constructor for class com.bcmcgroup.taxii11.StatusMessage
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Constructor for a StatusMessage
- statusType - Variable in class com.bcmcgroup.taxii10.StatusMessage
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- statusType - Variable in class com.bcmcgroup.taxii11.StatusMessage
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- stixVersions - Static variable in class com.bcmcgroup.flare.client.ClientUtil
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- Subscriber10 - Class in com.bcmcgroup.flare.client
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- Subscriber10() - Constructor for class com.bcmcgroup.flare.client.Subscriber10
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- subscriber10 - Variable in class com.bcmcgroup.flare.test.UnitTests
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- Subscriber11 - Class in com.bcmcgroup.flare.client
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- Subscriber11() - Constructor for class com.bcmcgroup.flare.client.Subscriber11
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- subscriber11 - Variable in class com.bcmcgroup.flare.test.UnitTests
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Hi! I'm Naseem.
I live a quiet life. Writing comes easy and books were my first friends. If I were queen, I would mandate morning walks and afternoon naps for all. I thrive on working remotely and moving around freely, which is what I love about freelancing. I take care of myself, sit in the sun, listen to music, stretch out, and in general feel much fondness for the growing movement of digital nomads, of which I consider myself part.
Prior to freelancing, I dedicated myself to academia and nonprofits, earning a Master of Public Health degree and supporting efforts to dismantle mass incarceration and grow greater freedom and power for people living with HIV/AIDS.


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2020 has been quite a year.
It has been suggested that a lightweight event that would allow us as Computer Science educators to share experiences and lessons learnt as a result of teaching in the time of COVID and to look forwards to the post-COVID future would be a 'good idea' ... so here we are.
When
January 20th 2021
Where
Online! This event will be facilitated by the School of Computer Science and Informatics at Cardiff University but will be open to all from Computer Science schools across Wales (and beyond?)
What
Discussion/Workshop/Sharing sessions will run throughout the day, with people able to drop in and out as needed/desired. Session topics are now being gathered, a 'wish list' is below, but please feel free to propose topics...
Potential Topics
- Virtual Environments (for student socialisation, remote marking, quizzing)
- Engaging recorded materials for the flipped classroom
- Engagement and Feedback in live-online classes
- Online community (for new students and ongoin)
- Tackling ASync overload
- Debugging at a distance
- Future of blended/online CS teaching
How?
Get in touch with Martin Chorley<EMAIL_ADDRESS>to propose a session topic, by January 13th. Sessions will be finalised and a schedule made available as soon as possible...


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| Regional Chairman’s Award | 192 | Gunn High School Volunteers/KPC&B & Gunn High School | Palo Alto, CA USA |
| Regional Winner 1 | 254 | KPC&B/NASA Ames Research Center/Unity Care/Dionex Corporation/Cypress Semiconductor & Bellarmine College Preparatory | San Jose, CA USA |
| Regional Winner 2 | 60 | Ford Motor Company/Laron Engineering & Kingman High School | Kingman, AZ USA |
| Regional Winner 3 | 359 | KPC&B/McInerny Foundation/Naval Sea Systems Command Detachment Pacific/U.S. Army Hawaii Directorate of Public Works/University of Hawaii College of Engineering & Waialua High School | Waialua, HI USA |
| Regional Finalist 1 | 701 | NASA JPL/Buck Foundation & Vanden High School | Fairfield, CA USA |
| Regional Finalist 2 | 376 | KPC&B/Stanford University/Pete Weber Performance Products & Newark Memorial High School | Newark, CA USA |
| Regional Finalist 3 | 115 | KPC&B/Hitachi Data Systems /Sand Hill Challenge & Monta Vista High School | Cupertino, CA USA |
| Imagery Award | 253 | DeVincenzi Metal Products Inc. & Fairchild Semiconductor and Mills High School | Millbrae, CA USA |
| Leadership in Control Award | 258 | Applied Materials/KPC&B & Lincoln High School | San Jose, CA USA |
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| Delphi "Driving Tomorrow’s Technology” Award | 368 | KPC&B/HECO/Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation/RHT Enterprise & McKinley High School | Honolulu, HI USA |
| Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Entrepreneurship | 330 | NASA-JPL/Raytheon/J&F Machine & Hope Chapel Academy | Hermosa Beach, CA USA |
| DaimlerChrysler Team Spirit Award | 100 | SLAC/IBM alphaWorks/Lockheed Martin & Woodside High School | Woodside, CA USA |
| Judges Award Friday | 359 | KPC&B/McInerny Foundation/Naval Sea Systems Command Detachment Pacific/U.S. Army Hawaii Directorate of Public Works/University of Hawaii College of Engineering & Waialua High School | Waialua, HI USA |
| Rookie All Star Award - Friday | 973 | NASA ARC/Cal Poly SLO & Atascadero High School | Atascadero, CA USA |
| #1 Seed | 254 | KPC&B/NASA Ames Research Center/Unity Care/Dionex Corporation/Cypress Semiconductor & Bellarmine College Preparatory | San Jose, CA USA |
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