Free agent Sergio Romo close to finalizing deal with Dodgers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sergio Romo is close to finalizing a one-year deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers to become their setup man.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sergio Romo is close to finalizing a one-year deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers to become their setup man.
Wilson VornDick
Security,
Perhaps a joint, secure, and streamlined personnel evaluation system would unshackle and release one of DoD’s most potent and lethal weapons – its people.
After the Allied invasion of Sicily was complete in the late summer of 1943, Lieutenant General George Patton took a respite from the war to type up an Efficiency Report for his deputy, Lieutenant General Omar Bradley. The short, two page report had only thirteen questions. In them, Patton... Читать дальше...
A federal judge has blocked Anthem's attempt to acquire Cigna in what would have created the largest health insurer in the nation.
Kyle Mizokami
Security, Asia
And it proved almost impossible to sink.
In early 1945, the Imperial Japanese Navy made a difficult decision: it would sacrifice the largest, most powerful battleships ever built to protect Okinawa, the gateway to Japan’s Home Islands. The decision sealed the fate of the battleship Yamato and its crew, but ironically did nothing to actually protect the island from Allied invasion.
The battleship Yamato was among the largest and most powerful battleships of all time. Читать дальше...
About 300 people turned out Wednesday for the dedication of Potter’s Lane, an Orange County apartment building constructed with recycled shipping containers that will house homeless veterans.
Читать дальше...Clark County School District Police arrested Arbor View High School's athletic director on Tuesday. Roger Brown, 54, remained in jail where he was booked on ...
Thomson Reuters
CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) — The Army on Wednesday granted the developer of the Dakota Access oil pipeline formal permission to lay pipe under a Missouri River reservoir in North Dakota, clearing the way for completion of the disputed $3.8 billion project.
The Standing Rock Sioux tribe, which is concerned a pipeline leak could pollute its drinking water, has vowed to challenge the Army's decision in court.
The stretch under Lake Oahe is the final big chunk of work... Читать дальше...
The exit of Dean Blundell means the Sportsnet show’s new host trio can focus on sports and leave the vulgar humour behind
Kyle Mizokami
Security,
She might be old--but America's enemies still don't want to challenge this fighter.
The USAF bought its last F-15 in 2001, but foreign sales have kept Boeing’s production line humming since. The company has twice in recent years tried to again attract the interest of the Air Force, first with the semi-stealthy Silent Eagle in 2010. In 2016, Boeing again introduced a new F-15, Eagle 2040C. Eagle 2040C is designed to carry up to sixteen AIM-120D AMRAAM radar-guided missiles... Читать дальше...
Robert Farley
Security, Asia
What should the U.S. Navy do about it?
The ASBM is essentially a sea denial/anti-access weapon, not a sea-control weapon. It cannot prevent the USN from killing Chinese ships, only change the method by which the Americans do so. The use of such a weapon in anger would carry the potential for grave escalatory consequences on both sides. It’s difficult to imagine what, besides Taiwan, China and the United States might be willing to tolerate such risk for. Читать дальше...
Anton Pilipa was last seen in 2012, and flew back to Canada this week after being treated at a hospital in Manaus, Brazil.
When it comes to George Clooney, do as he says, not as he does. The veteran actor could learn a lesson in never saying never, especially now that he and wife Amal Clooney have suddenly...
The ruling marks another victory for anti-trust officials, who sued the companies in July last year to stop the deal.
CANBERRA, Australia — U.S. officials stopped screening refugees for potential resettlement in the United States this week but will return to the Pacific atoll of Nauru to continue working toward a deal that President Donald Trump has condemned as “dumb,” an Australian minister said Thursday. Immigration Minister Peter Dutton would not say when U.S. Department
The search for alien life is usually centered around so-called habitable zones, or the regions around stars in which conditions are believed to be suitable for liquid water to potentially pool, and life to form, on planets.
CINCINNATI — Trevon Bluiett has been Xavier’s one constant during a time of transition. Bluiett scored 20 points for the fifth time in six games, and the 24th-ranked Musketeers overcame sloppy ball handling and pulled away to their fourth straight victory, 72-61 over DePaul on Wednesday night. The Musketeers (18-6, 8-3 Big East) kept it
Jake Gyllenhaal kicks off promo for his limited, 10-week run in Broadway’s Sunday In The Park With George. The 36-year-old actor and his co-star Annaleigh Ashford stepped out to meet with members of the press at Hudson Theatre on Wednesday (February 8) in New York City. PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Jake Gyllenhaal [...]
Talal Belrhiti
Politics, Africa
Morocco is part of a new generation of forward-thinking African powers.
Just after returning home from the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, the ninety-two-year-old president of Zimbabwe lambasted other African leaders for voting overwhelmingly to welcome Morocco into the AU. He lamented that they suffered from a “lack of ideology,” and that “they have not had the same revolutionary experience as some of us.”
Fortunately, the nonagenarian... Читать дальше...
Gabe Collins
Security, Asia
A Sea-Based Pershing II missile can blunt China's A2/AD threat and help restore regional strategic balance.
Speed kills. This simple but powerful concept applies in spades to strike assets—particularly when speed and lethality can be obtained at sufficiently low costs to be deployed at scale. Consider, for instance, China’s intensive investment in ballistic missiles as part of its ongoing anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) strategy aimed at restricting... Читать дальше...
Soul star Jodie Abacus was inspired to write his new single about the refugee crisis. He explains why.
No, that's not a Donald Trump hair joke. It is nothing more than the end of a simile on lying. Rugs are the epitome of lying, since nothing lies more obviously than a rug. Of course, I could have gone with a different motif, but Al Franken had already used the title: "Lies And The Lying Liars Who Tell Them," so I had to go with what was available, as it were.
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