Joshua Tree Report: January 29th, 2017

This is the Joshua Tree Report for January 29th, 2017.

General Data

The temperature in Cody is 44° Fahrenheit and the weather is partly cloudy. The temperature in Kirkwall is 6° centigrade and the weather is sunny. The temperature in Muscat is 27° centigrade and the weather is sunny. A barrel of crude oil is selling at $53.17, and $1.254 currently exchanges for £1. (I appear to have gotten this calculation wrong in previous weeks.) This week's geospatial image is Hermaness Hill on the isle of Unst, Shetland.

In the News

Here are a few of this week's top stories.

The changing face of cyber espionage (Politico)

Trump Staffers Are Reportedly Using Private Email Accounts (Gizmodo)

President Trump is still using his “old, unsecured Android phone” (Ars Technica)

The New Arab–Israeli Alliance (World Affairs Journal)

Libya Islamists lose key Benghazi district (BBC)

Suspected Emirati spy killed in Libya's Tripoli (al Jazeera)

Pakistan test-fires long-range Ababeel missile (UPI)

New Zealand rodeo turns to men dressed as sheep (BBC)

Saddleworth Moor mystery body identified (BBC)

Boxing clever: The firms based in shipping containers (BBC)

Don’t Shred Your Credibility for Your Tribe (National Review)

Memo to Media: It’s Not about You (National Review)

Top Podcasts

Due to extenuating circumstances, I did not listen to any podcasts this week.

Course Report

ENG 199: I read 3 chapters from Arabian Sands by Wilfred Thesiger.
PAC 130: Due to extenuating circumstances, PAC 130 was cancelled this week.
BA 480: Due to extenuating circumstances, BA 480 was cancelled this week.
HST 406 (O): I expanded my master timeline of the First World War.
REL 199: I accomplished nothing.

Quote of the Week

"Don't you know yet? It is your light that lights the worlds."
- Rumi