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08 Mar 2010

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Monday Morning News Kick Off: China Launches Remote-Sensing Satellite; Orbital Sciences to Buy GD Satellite Unit; Raytheon’s Major GPS Contract; and More

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Welcome to the Monday Morning News Kick Off post from got geoint? Could spring actually be here?? It will be in the 60s this week in the Washington, DC area and the sun is a shining. So, do you find that this nice weather puts a spring (bad pun) in your step? If so, why not add a little more juice to your day by checking out of MMNKO post. This week, we mainly cover a number of industry news including Orbital Sciences’ plan to buy GD Advanced Information System, Raytheon’s massive GPS contract, and IceWEB’s contract with the Navy. As we always say, fire up that second cup of coffee and read on.

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20 Nov 2009

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Friday’s Food for Thought: Mapping Human Behavior and Our Collective Unconscious

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CarlJungWelcome once again to our Friday’s Food for Thought post. Since we have been doing posts lately about the mapping of human behaviors (i.e., sins and corruption), we decided to make this week’s FFT post all about the mapping of human activity and the concept of the collective unconscious. We spend a considerable amount of time focusing on mapping and imagery of our globe for various GEOINT purposes. Perhaps it is time to use the same analytical thinking to map what makes us tick as human beings? Pretty heady stuff for sure, but it is Friday after all. Hope you enjoy.

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