Joshua Tree Report: June 4th, 2017

This is the Joshua Tree Report for June 4th, 2017.

General Data

The temperature in Cody is 73° Fahrenheit and the weather is fair. The temperature in Kirkwall is 8° centigrade and the weather is partly cloudy. The temperature in Muscat is 37° centigrade and the weather is clear. A barrel of crude oil is selling at $47.66, and $1.28 currently exchanges for £1. This week's geospatial image is the Ardverikie Estate, filming location of Monarch of the Glen and Salmon Fishing in the Yemen.

In the News

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

Iran's Growing Casualty Count in Yemen (War on the Rocks)

Turkey’s German Spy Network (RUSI)

Why the Trump Administration Should Reconsider Oman (Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington)

Moving Al-Udeid Base from Qatar Discussed in Washington D.C. (Small Wars Journal)

Zanbaq square: Huge blast in Afghanistan's Kabul mapped (al Jazeera)

What Is the Haqqani Network? (Voice of America)

Bahrain court dissolves main secular opposition group (BBC News)

Muammar Putin at the Versailles (al Jazeera)

US begins sending weapons to Kurdish YPG in Syria (al Jazeera)

Syrian rebels: US sends more arms against Iran threat (al Jazeera)

US begins sending arms to Kurdish fighters in Syria (AFP)

Algeria and Morocco urged to assist Syrian refugees (al Jazeera)

Rehab for jihadists (BBC News)

Superheroes and hijabs: Malaysia's Muslim cosplayers (al Jazeera)

Security Firm Discovers Link Between WannaCry Ransomware and Southern China (Gizmodo)

Who Are the Shadow Brokers? (Schneier on Security)

Tainted Leaks (Schneier on Security)

Defense contractor stored intelligence data in Amazon cloud unprotected [Updated] (Ars Technica)

Trump decision 'will encourage activists' (BBC News)

Fragile future for US nuclear power (BBC News)

Ninety jobs at oil giant Shell to go in Aberdeen (BBC News)

The Pentagon Is Still Worried About Climate Change (War is Boring)

Time Is Running Out to Avert Climate Wars (War is Boring)

Back From The Dead? Reported Sightings Fuel Hope For Return Of Tasmanian Tigers (NPR)

BA flights disrupted for third day after IT crash (AFP)

How to Spring Clean Your Digital Clutter to Protect Yourself (Wired)

How to Build a Smart Home Where Everything Might Actually Work (Gizmodo)

I’m a Portlander. Political Extremism Is Poison (War is Boring)

Field of Dreams: A Farm-League Approach to OA-X (War on the Rocks)

CT scans to 'improve' Scotland's sheep stocks (BBC News)

Belgium: Female students asked to wear low-cut tops to graduation (BBC News)

In 1905, Japanese Battleships Pulverized a Russian Fleet (War is Boring)

Unexploded device found on Brough of Birsay () Top Podcasts

These were my favorite podcasts from the last week.

Guardian Long Read: Killer, kleptocrat, genius, spy: the many myths of Vladimir Putin – podcast (The Guardian)

Stretching the special forces thin (War College)

Risky Business #456 -- Your MSP *will* get you owned (Risky Business)

Episode 196 - WannaCry: Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda (The Southern Fried Security Podcast)

D4E6 - Communications & Network Security (CyberSecStudy)

D5E1 - Identity & Access Management (CyberSecStudy)

D5E2 - Identity & Access Management (CyberSecStudy)

D5E3 - Identity & Access Management (CyberSecStudy)

D5E4 - Identity & Access Management (CyberSecStudy)

D5E5 - Identity & Access Management (CyberSecStudy)

D6E1 - Security Assessment & Testing (CyberSecStudy)

D6E2 - Security Assessment & Testing (CyberSecStudy)

For king and another country: Indian soldiers on the Western Front (The National Archives)

Sahib, the British soldier in India, 1750 - 1914 (The National Archives)

Sources for army officers' commissions (The National Archives)

Voices of the First World War: After Kut (BBC)

Voices of the First World War: Kut: Sand, Mud, Mirage (BBC)

Voices of the First World War: Jutland (BBC)

Voices of the First World War: Salonika (BBC)

Episode 1 - Forgotten Heroes, The Indian Army in the Great War (BBC)

WW1 At Home 1 - Spies, Bravery & Acme Whistles (BBC)

Radiolab: Shots Fired: Part One (Radiolab)

Radiolab: Shots Fired: Part Two (Radiolab)

Course Report

ENG 199: I didn't do any reading this week.
PAC 130: I didn't do any physical training this week.
BA 480/CS 406: I listened to eight CyberSecStudy CISSP exam preparation podcasts and reviewed the OSI Model twice.
PI5502: I reviewed a number of documents from the Qatar Digital Library.
HST 406 (OGHAP): I listened to eight podcasts about the First World War.

Quote of the Week

"Another evil which comes from the superficial notice of historical events, is that some readers are either wholly ignorant of the events, or cannot call them to remembrance sufficiently to be able to grasp the author's meaning, so that there is no alternative between either accepting blindly what is said, or remaining unconvinced."
- Carl von Clausewitz, On War, Book 2 Chapter 6