Recent DHS testimony to Congress

Written testimony of NPPD for an October 30th House Homeland Security joint subcommittee hearing titled “Cyber Incident Response: Bridging the Gap Between Cybersecurity and Emergency Management” 10/30/2013 Written testimony of NPPD for an October 30th House Homeland Security joint subcommittee hearing titled “Cyber Incident Response: Bridging the Gap Between Cybersecurity and Emergency Management”. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) Office of Cybersecurity and Communications Acting Assistant Secretary Roberta Stempfley addresses DHS’ coordination with state, local, tribal, and territorial emergency managers on cybersecurity issues. Note: You are subscribed to receive email alerts when new written testimony has been published on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's website www.dhs.gov/news-releases/testimony. Written testimonies of NPPD and MGMT for an October 30th House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency hearing titled “Facility Protection: Implications of the Navy Yard Shooting on Homeland Security” 10/30/2013 Written testimonies of NPPD and MGMT for an October 30th House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency hearing titled “Facility Protection: Implications of the Navy Yard Shooting on Homeland Security” U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) Federal Protective Service Director Eric Patterson and NPPD Office of Infrastructure Protection Assistant Secretary Caitlin Durkovich address the efforts by NPPD to increase security and resilience at our nation’s federal facilities. U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Management Directorate (MGMT) Chief Security Officer Gregory Marshall addresses access control for federal facilities.

Take the Obamacare survey

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Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" manuscript goes on line tonight

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http://chronicle.com/article/Frankensteins-Manuscript/142701/?cid=pm&utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en

Here's where to find it:

http://shelleygodwinarchive.org/

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As 50th Anniversary approaches, Oswald's widow still protest husband's innocence

Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald (Photo credit: cliff1066™)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2480374/The-secret-life-JFK-assassin-Lee-Harvey-Oswalds-widow-Marina.html

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The Tea Party comes to a campus

English: The Mad Hatter, illustration by John Tenniel (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

When a college president also runs for a Senate seat…
http://chronicle.com/article/Tea-Party-Favorite-Runs-a/142693/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

Coast Guard testimony on maritime transport issues

US Coast Guard (USCG) Medium Endurance Coastal Buoy Tender or Cutter maintenance Ship #208 in Morro Bay, CA, off Morro Strand State Bach, replacing a red navigation buoy (Photo credit: mikebaird)

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Oliver Stone Conference at Rider, Saturday, November 2

Français : 66ème Festival du Cinéma de Venise (Mostra), 6ème jour (07/09/2009) Oliver Stone (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The Films of Oliver StoneOne-day Conference and Appearance by the FilmmakerSaturday, November 2, 2013Rider University Film and Media/Cinema Studies

Conference Schedule 

9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.Breakfast/WelcomeNorth Hall 202

9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.Concurrent panels

A.  JFK and Historical Intervention
North Hall 207Chair: James Castagnera, Rider University

“JFK and Its Historical Significance,” Joan Mellen, Temple University

“JFK and the Fate of American Liberalism,” Aaron Good, Temple University

B.  Oliver Stone: Myth, Philosophy, and ReligionNorth Hall 129Chair: Richard Good, Rider University

“Making the Myth: From The Doors to Alexander,” Christian Jimenez, Rutgers University

“From Barbarians to Savages: Atheism and Authority in the Films of Oliver Stone through the Lens of Conan the Barbarian,” Elliot Ratzman, Temple University

10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Concurrent panels

A.  The Aesthetics of Oliver Stone
North Hall 207Chair: Jack Sullivan, Rider University

“Platoon as Musical War Movie,” Todd Decker, Washington University in St. Louis

“Oliver Stone: Genre Filmmaker?” Douglas MacLeod, SUNY Cobleskill

“John Williams’ Scoring of JFK,” Jack Sullivan, Rider University

B.  War, the Presidency, and PowerNorth Hall 129Chair: Erica Ryan, Rider University

“Oliver Stone’s Korean War: Nixon, Untold History, and American Memory,” Levi Fox, Temple University“Stone/Dubya: The Improbable President,” Kingsley Marshall, Falmouth University“ ‘The Enemy Was In Us’: Analyzing the War Films of Oliver Stone with the ‘Just War’ Doctrine,” Mark Pearcy, Rider University

12:15 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Lunch
North Hall 202

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. 
Oliver Stone and History
North Hall 207

Chair: Anne Osborne, Rider University 

“Scarred Histories: Oliver Stone’s Impact on Historical Filmmaking,” J.E. Smyth, Warwick University

“Oliver Stone’s JFK: The Official Verdicts and the Location of History,” Christopher Sharrett, Seton Hall University

“Thinking about Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States,” Dan Georgakas, Cineaste

2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.  
JFK: The Media and Its Meaning—North Hall 202 

Chair: Thomas Simonet, Rider University

 “JFK: The Film, the Book, and the Nascent Internet: Popular Culture Meets Professional Journalism (for the last time),” Jack Bratich, Rutgers University

“The Quest for Truth: Oliver Stone’s JFK as Advocacy Journalism,” Pamela A. Brown, Rider University

4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Oliver Stone Speaks about his Work
BLC Theater

Interviewed by Cynthia Lucia, Rider University, and Gary Crowdus, Cineaste, followed by audience Q/A

5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.  
Reception for conference participants and registrants
BLC Art Gallery

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