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As waves of Allied bombers struck Germany with increasing effect in 1944-1945, the Germans -- having lost the ability to bomb Great Britain effectively -- sought revenge by launching V-weapons at Allied population centers and strategic ports. V-1 and V-2 attacks did inspire public fear as intended, but inaccuracy made them militarily ineffective. Also, the ever-increasing Allied strength in Europe following the June 1944 invasion of France made the V-weapon mission practically hopeless from the beginning. Germany could not perfect the weapon fast enough or produce enough of them to avoid defeat in WWII.
German V-weapons killed more than 15,000 people and wounded another 47,000 in England, Belgium, Poland, France and Germany. Main V-weapon targets included London, Antwerp, Brussels and Liege. By the end of the WWII, a total of more than 15,000 V-1s and V-2s struck England and Belgium, but flak and fighters destroyed another 6,000 Buzz Bombs before they reached their targets. The Nazis used forced labor to build V-weapons and an estimated 20,000 people died producing them in brutal work-camp conditions.
Both the V-1 and V-2 foreshadowed future weapons development. The V-1 Buzz Bomb's pilotless, self-guided aircraft features reappeared in later cruise missiles, and the V-2, as the first practical rocket-guided ballistic missile, pointed the way toward nuclear-armed ballistic missiles.
Click on the following links to learn more about German V-weapons.
President Obama seems unwilling to acknowledge that reasonable and principled people oppose his stimulus bill because they believe another approach will yield significantly better results.
Now, there may be a few Republican members of Congress who may fit that description, though they are a tiny number, but anyone following the very loud and heated debate in Congress knows the loyal opposition has a full-blown plan of its own, heavily weighted on tax cuts.
Republicans certainly have acknowledged we are in a serious recession and they, like Mr. Obama, think the government has to take action to get this economy growing again. But he was unwilling to grant Republicans due recognition that they just have honest policy differences.
Now, he may disagree with what the Republicans are proposing, but don’t tell us they are not proposing anything or suggest they do not recognize the seriousness of the economy’s troubles. It is disrespectful and suggests he is unwilling to engage them in the kind of dialogue he has said many times that he welcomes.
Several of his observations about the economy especially struck me as over the top.
The first is his belief that there is nearly unanimous agreement among economists that his $825 billion plus spending plan is the only way to get our economy moving again. There are many economists who question the efficacy of a massive public works spending plan because it has failed whenever it has been tried. The Cato Institute has run full-page newspaper ads that list nearly 100 top college and university economists who say his plan will not work.
Economists in many prestigious think tanks like the Hoover Institution, the American Enterprise Institute and the Heritage Foundation have published many studies pointing out its flaws.
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office is critical of it, too. One CBO study showed only a fraction of the stimulus money would be spent by the end of this year, and perhaps only half by 2010 when it is quite likely the recession will be over. Jason Furman, Mr. Obama’s campaign economist, said last year that infrastructure spending was one of the “less effective” stimulus plans.
Throughout his news conference, the president went to great pains to characterize this recession as the worst ever. No one doubts its ferocity, but is this really “the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression” or “an unprecedented problem” as he described it Monday night?
When Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office in 1933, unemployment was more than 35 percent, banks went under, businesses were closing left and right, home foreclosures skyrocketed, and the stock market crashed.
Last month, unemployment was more than 7 percent. Weekly economic data are routinely reported to be the lowest or the highest since the recession of 1990-91 (when the jobless rate hit 7 percent), or the recession of 1981-82 when the unemployment rate peaked at 10 percent plus.
As for the debate over whether spending massive sums of borrowed money will jump-start the economy, Mr. Obama said that was an issue we had “resolved a pretty long time ago” under the New Deal.
But for all the New Deal spending on make-work, public works projects, the jobless rate by the end of the 1930s stood at 25 percent, according to Commerce Department and Census Bureau data.
There’s a painful lesson to be learned there, but one Mr. Obama and his economic advisers refuse to acknowledge.
Atlanta Classic will be played in 2018.
There are plenty of reasons for Florida A&M football fans to get excited for the 2017 season.
The Rattlers get to open their season at home on national television. Tennessee State is back on the schedule in the newly-minted FAMU Tampa Football Classic. FAMU is coming off its best season in years.
If Athletic Director Milton Overton Jr. has his way, 2018 will be even better.
Overton last week said contracts are waiting to be signed to revive the Atlanta Classic for the 2018 season. He’s steadily tried to pick up more classic games for the Rattlers, particularly ones FAMU owns.
A discussion that was supposed to come up during last week’s Board of Trustees meeting, but was tabled, centered on the formation of a nonprofit to make the classics on the Rattlers’ schedule FAMU-owned.
"Now that I've actually got a game, I want to make sure we have a business structure," he said.
An example of this structure is the Florida Classic Consortium for the annual Florida Classic between Bethune-Cookman and FAMU, which is played at Camping World Stadium. B-CU and FAMU co-own that nonprofit, which hosts the events surrounding the Florida Classic, including the annual Battle of the Bands.
FAMU made about $870,000 off last season’s Florida Classic, according to Overton.
“The Florida Classic operates under a 501(c)(3) and so we’re basically taking that model and we’re going to create a business entity to run all of our new games,” Overton said.
Overton has pictured FAMU-owned classics since he first arrived on campus in 2015.
“It’s a template that works really well,” he said. “It’s the best template in HBCU college sports. We generate a lot of dollars through the Florida Classic because it’s set up with that model. I want to just take that same model, expand that model to 100 percent FAMU-owned.
Another discussion that was put on hold by the BOT was the expansion of beer sales at Bragg. Right now, FAMU's has a license to sell beer at the stadium, but so far only people in the north end zone club have had access to alcohol.
Overton said sales would be limited and wouldn't happen near the student section.
"This is more about policies," he said. "We have authority to sell beer in Bragg, we just don't. We do it through the membership, if you come into the club, but that's a benefit to purchase a club ticket.
"What we're talking about is what they do at FSU at baseball or over at the Civic Center. At a concession stand, you can sell."
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe wants to reduce its budget deficit to 4 percent of gross domestic product in 2019, down from an 11.1 percent forecast this year through various expenditure cuts, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said on Thursday.
The deficit widened after President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government cranked up spending by increasing public sector salaries and purchasing farming inputs for rural farmers ahead of a disputed July 31 presidential election.
Ncube told members of parliament during a pre-budget briefing that the government would stop the central bank’s quasi-fiscal operations such as providing direct funding for projects, review annual bonuses to the public service, cut foreign travel and perks for senior officials.
Ncube said the government would also partially sell or list its shares in telecoms, banking and mining companies it owns in a period of six to nine months from now.
Past efforts by former finance minister Patrick Chinamasa to rein-in spending under Robert Mugabe’s rule failed, partly due to lack of political support, analysts say.
Ncube is under pressure to push through the reforms needed to lift Zimbabwe’s stricken economy and attract foreign lenders.
Zimbabwe, which dumped its currency for the U.S. dollar in 2009, is facing acute dollar shortages, which has seen prices of imported goods, including medicines spiral in recent weeks.
The chorus of the first single – ‘Loaded’ – from Kane’s latest album was penned by Del Rey, the two sharing a love of 60’s inspired culture and sounds. “She loves similar things,” Kane said of their shared interests.
Kane revealed that the two had only met in passing a year before they started to write songs together for the album. The two met initially at a Jamie T gig.
Kane also revealed that Jamie T “brought lots to the table” in their collaboration.
Kane recently announced that he was taking ‘Coup De Grace’ on a nationwide tour calling at Glasgow, Manchester, Norwich, Birmingham, Leeds, Hull, Newcastle, Bristol, Leicester, London, Nottingham and ending near his hometown in Liverpool.
Kane’s full upcoming dates are below. Tickets are available now and are on sale here.
Notre Dame started its spring schedule with a bang, recording back-to-back 7-0 wins, first over Western Michigan and then against Wright State. Both matches took place Sunday at Eck Tennis Pavilion.
The two matches were the first time the Irish have been in action since November.
Irish senior Monica Robinson follows through on a serve during Notre Dame’s 6-1 victory over Indiana on Feb. 20 at Eck Tennis Pavilion.
In the first match of the day against Western Michigan, the Irish enjoyed singles wins from senior Monica Robinson, junior Allison Miller, junior Brooke Broda, freshman Zoe Spence and freshman Bess Waldram. All five won their matches in straight sets. Sophomore Rachel Chong dropped the first set of her singles match, 7-5, before storming back to win the last two sets, 6-3, 10-8.
In doubles action, the Irish won all three matches behind their doubles teams of senior Mary Closs and Miller, senior Jane Fennelly and Waldram, and Broda and Robinson.
In the second match against Wright State, Robinson won her singles match, 6-0, 6-0. Miller followed that up with a 6-2, 6-0 singles victory of her own while Waldram won 6-2, 6-3. Fennelly posted a 6-0, 6-0 victory. Individual victories by Spence (6-4, 6-0) and Closs (6-4, 6-1) rounded out the singles play.
In doubles play, the doubles pair of Closs and Miller won their match, 6-3, while the duo of Chong and Spence emerged victorious, 6-0. The doubles pair of Broda and Robinson suffered the only Irish defeat on the day, dropping a nail biter 7-6(5).
Irish head coach Jay Louderback was pleased with what he saw from his team.
Louderback was also satisfied with the way the two freshmen on the team performed.
Louderback said his team will continue to work on their singles performance.
The Irish will be back in action Sunday when they travel to take on ACC foe University of Pittsburgh.
SPA FRANCORCHAMPS: Spa veteran Kimi Raikkonen kept Ferrari on top of the Belgian Grand Prix practice timesheets on Friday, just ahead of Formula One world championship leader Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes.
Finnish driver Raikkonen, four times a winner at one of the most exhilarating and daunting tracks on the calendar and chasing the 100th podium finish of his career on Sunday, produced a time of 1 minute 43.355 seconds under leaden skies.
Both Ferrari and Mercedes ran with new engines in their cars, but Raikkonen gave little away when asked if he was impressed with his new power unit.
Raikkonen has won four times at the sweeping and spectacular Spa-Francorchamps circuit set in the forests of the Ardennes, but his and Ferrari’s last win was in 2009. “Yes, it was a long time ago,” he agreed.
Hamilton was 0.168 seconds off the pace, with Finnish team-mate Valtteri Bottas — who will start the race from the back of the grid because of engine penalties — third fastest.
Raikkonen’s team-mate Sebastian Vettel had been top in the morning session — the first since the three-week August break — in 1:44.358. The German, 24 points behind fellow four times champion Hamilton with nine of 21 races remaining, was fifth in the afternoon.
Vettel expressed optimism on Thursday that Hamilton could be reeled in over the remaining races, some of which should favour Ferrari more than Mercedes.
“Points-wise we know that we are a little bit behind but I don’t think it’s anything that we can’t do,” the German told reporters.
"The Patridge Family" star David Cassidy was arrested by police in upstate New York in August 2013 and charged with drunk driving. According to Schodack police, the 63-year-old former teen heartthrob had a blood alcohol content of .10 when he was stopped at a late night DUI checkpoint.
Cassidy--hit with with a felony because of a prior DUI conviction in Florida in 2010--was arraigned in a town court outside of Albany and then sent to the Rensselaer County Jail where he posted $2500 bail.
Grain Valley, MO -- The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association is asking members to contact their representatives in Congress to oppose measures in the House transportation bill (HR 3550) that would add tolls to existing interstate highways. The 108,000-member organization of small-business truckers and other trucking professionals is also asking its members to support an amendment to that bill that will be offered by Rep. Mark Kennedy, R-MN. The amendment is a version of Kennedy's FAST Act (originally introduced as HR 1767).
The FAST Act requires that any tolls on existing interstate highways should be collected on new lanes only from users who voluntarily choose to drive in these lanes; toll revenue could be spent only on the lanes where it was collected; and the bill also requires the tolls to be eliminated once the lane is paid for. In addition, there would be electronic collection - no cash tolls or tollbooths.
"Obviously, we would like to see no tolls of any kind on any interstate highway, but some highly influential people in Congress are bound and determined to get tolling programs into this bill. Congressman Kennedy's FAST program is not the perfect answer, but it at least gives us a fighting chance to put reasonable and responsible limits on tolling," Spencer stated.
Founded in 1973, OOIDA is the national trade association representing the interests of small-business truckers and other trucking professionals in the United States of America. Small-business truckers (companies operating six or fewer trucks) make up over 70 percent of the motor carrier industry. OOIDA represents more truck drivers and more trucking companies than any other association in that industry. The association currently has more than 108,000 active members from all 50 states.
For more information, contact the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, 1 NW OOIDA Drive, Grain Valley, MO 64029; e-mail the association at ooida@ooida.com; go the Web site at www.ooida.com; call at (816) 229-5791; or fax to (816) 427-4468.
Some drama with WWE’s WrestleMania 34 weekend is already apparent, as former WWE Divas Champion Alica Fox was seen in an argument with Ronda Rousey’s husband. Fox and Travis Browne were having a conversation in which Fox swore at him and called him “rude” before smacking a camera or phone away. So far it appears this argument was legitimate, but one never knows based on the different shows that WWE is involved with. Here’s the latest on Fox confronting UFC fighter Travis Browne, who is married to new women’s superstar Ronda Rousey.
According to a report from The Sun‘s Jake Lambourne, some video footage recently emerged from an argument between WWE’s Alicia Fox and UFC fighter Travis Browne at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in New Orleans. It’s unknown what the two parties were arguing about, but Fox called Browne “rude” and said she couldn’t “believe that.” There were also a few beeps heard to censor out Fox’s swearing. Another female is seen in the video trying to calm Fox down and telling her, “you’re making a scene.” At one point, Alicia Fox realizes someone next to them is recording the incident and she shoves the phone or device out of their hand.
Rousey has been married to Travis Browne since August of 2017. Based on the footage that has surfaced, it doesn’t look like Ronda Rousey was anywhere near the scene at the time of the argument, but that’s also unknown. As seen in the Ringside News‘ Twitter video posted below, it’s possible that Fox was inebriated at the time of the incident.
With the latest incident, there are already WWE fans speculating that this is one of those “made-for reality television” moments. Fox has appeared on the E! series Total Divas from 2013 through 2017 and it’s likely that there will be a bunch of footage being shot from WrestleMania weekend. Many of Fox’s Total Divas castmates are involved in matches for the pay-per-view, including Nia Jax, Alexa Bliss, Naomi, and Carmella.
Alicia Fox hasn’t been featured much at all on WWE Raw or at pay-per-view events. She had to miss the first-ever women’s Royal Rumble match due to an injury. She had been recovering from a tailbone injury and reports say she had been cleared to return. However, Fox wasn’t announced to appear in the first-ever WrestleMania women’s battle royal match on Sunday night.
Meanwhile, Ronda Rousey will be featured in a match on the WrestleMania 34 main card when she teams up with Kurt Angle and takes on the team of Triple H and Stephanie McMahon. Most likely, Travis Browne will be in the audience rooting her on, but probably not anywhere near Alicia Fox.
Former Auburn offensive coordinator Chip Lindsey has hired Cole Weeks, a graduate assistant at Auburn and one of Lindsey's former quarterbacks at Southern Miss, to his staff at Troy.
Chip Lindsey has added a former Auburn staffer to his support staff at Troy.
Cole Weeks, who spent the last two seasons as a graduate assistant at Auburn working with the Tigers' quarterbacks, has joined Lindsey at Troy. The Trojans officially announced the addition of Weeks on Friday afternoon.
Weeks' exact role is not yet know, though he will be an on-field assistant for Lindsey, who will finalize the roles of his staff at a later date, according to Troy.
Weeks has a long history with Lindsey dating back to 2014, when Weeks played quarterback at Southern Miss, where Lindsey was the offensive coordinator at the time. Weeks made two starts in five games and threw for 761 yards with two touchdowns for the Golden Eagles in 2014. The following season, he served as a graduate assistant working with Southern Miss' quarterbacks under Lindsey during his second year as offensive coordinator in Hattiesburg.
Prior to his two-year stint at Auburn, Weeks was the quarterbacks coach at Jones County Community College in Ellisville, Miss.
“I’ve had the opportunity to see Cole mature from a player to a coach, and he is one of the rising stars in this profession,” Lindsey said in a release. “Cole commanded the respect of his teammates during his playing days at Southern Miss and those leadership characteristics have followed him now as a coach."
The Public Works Department (PWD) has suspended four officials, including an XEN and a SDO, for the construction of Rampura-Maur road with low-quality material. However, the action in the 2012 case was reportedly taken now only after local MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal was informed of the matter at sangat darshan on January 6.
The Public Works Department (PWD) has suspended four officials, including an XEN and a SDO, for the construction of Rampura-Maur road with low-quality material.
However, the action in the 2012 case was reportedly taken now only after local MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal was informed of the matter at sangat darshan on January 6.
XEN Adesh Gupta, SDO Paramjit Singh Deol, JE Jasvir Singh and Ved Parkash have been suspended for failing in their duties to maintain the quality of the road.
PWD chief engineer Maddan Kumar Bansal was evasive when queried on the delayed action in the case and whether Harsimrat Badal had 'directed' the department to act.
So, with departments seemingly acting only on instructions from top political leaders on issues raised at sangat darshans, there is considerable dread among officials who have indulged in wrongdoings, especially perhaps in water supply and sanitation.
A private builder had constructed 20.4 km of Rampura-Maur road at a cost of Rs 13 crore. Work was started on June 13, 2011 and was completed on July 31, 2012.
The road started developing potholes within two months of completion. A check was carried out and a quality control team from the department checked this road in September 2012. Chief engineer, quality control cell, Ashok Goyal gave a report which stated that officials failed to ensure that quality material was used in the project, leading to the crumbling of the road within two months of completion.
In spite of the road, no action was taken against any official or company representative. The company was allowed to build the road again, which also developed potholes in a very short time, again.
You don't know me, but I know who you are, and I will not forget.
You are deploying from Fort Carson and Fort Hood and Fort Bliss and Fort Stewart. You hail from Middletown and Middleboro and Greenville and Redding and Thousand Oaks and Maple Tree. You are white, black, brown and yellow—but always Americans first.
You are with the 3rd Brigade Combat Team and the 10th Combat Support Hospital and the 571st Air Ambulance Medical Evacuation Company. You are with the 1st Cavalry Division and the 3rd Infantry Division and the "Iron Horse" 4th Infantry Division. You are Black Knights with the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment. You are engineers, drivers and medics in the 13th Corps Support Command.
Your motto is "We Will," "Steadfast and Loyal," "Swift and Deadly," "Always Prepared," "First to Fight," and "No Task Too Tough."
You will be joined overseas by thousands of sailors and Marines on the USS Boxer and USS Bonhomme Richard and USS Cleveland and USS Dubuque and USS Anchorage and USS Comstock and USS Pearl Harbor. You will get support in the Gulf from an airborne infantry brigade, a squadron of F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighters, and two squadrons of F-16CJ radar-jamming fighters.
You have friends on the USS Constellation in the Persian Gulf, and the USS Harry S. Truman in the Mediterranean Sea, and the carrier USS Abraham Lincoln stationed at Perth, Australia, and the USNS Yano en route to the Red Sea, and the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson on its way to a training mission in the Pacific.

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