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The portable JETS will allow small units supported by Army Forward Observers or Joint Terminal Attack Controllers to have access to precision targeting in all operational environments.
Col. Brian C. Stehle, Project Manager Soldier Weapons showed Lowman weapons from his portfolio. He described how the M240 and M249 Machine Guns keep the opposing force in position and how the XM25 Counter Defilade Target Engagement System can airburst ammunition over them. Stehle also briefed the M110 Semi-Automatic Sn...
Col. Lanier Ward of the Rapid Equipping Force, which is part of U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command but receives Milestone Decision Authority from PEO Soldier, said his organization seeks innovative materiel solutions to meet urgent requirements, typically within 180 days. One such project REF is working on is Dron...
Maj. Nicole M. Clark, APM for Soldier Protective Equipment, shows Mr. Christopher J. Lowman how hard armor saves Soldiers’ lives. She added that there’s never been a case of hard armor allowing complete penetration by a bullet.
Finally, Lowman learned of the importance Non-Commissioned Officers to PEO Soldier’s success. Each PM shop has a Senior Enlisted Adviser who brings field knowledge and experience to what PEO Soldier is developing. Stehle said how Master Sgt. Jason Lee Barton, PM SW SEA, brings invaluable Soldier’s perspective on the we...
A number of groups recently sent a letter to GOP leaders in the House of Representatives encouraging them to quash a bill meant to repeal the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), a panel of 15 unelected bureaucrats empowered to make cuts to Medicare when spending exceeds targeted growt...
The signers argue that if the health law is taken apart piecemeal, focus on the ultimate goal — the ACA’s full repeal — will dissipate. Americans will be stuck with most of this harmful law, indefinitely.
Although the signers’ intentions appear pure and their goal admirable, they fail to see that the immediate danger posed to seniors by the IPAB’s creation in 2015 is simply too great to ignore in hopes of the ACA’s full repeal.
As the letter rightly points out, IPAB will essentially mean rationed care for our nation’s seniors. The 15 officials who will make up the board will not only be empowered to make what is expected to be billions of dollars’ worth of cuts to Medicare every year, but will be required to do so when spending exceeds target...
Due to the ACA’s restrictions on IPAB’s cost-cutting methods, the board is expected to focus on minimizing payments provided to doctors who serve Medicare patients. However it is no longer financially viable for many physicians to serve Medicare patients as it is, and such cuts would exacerbate a Medicare-doctors short...
While this form of rationing would most certainly be harmful to patients who need dependable doctors, a far worse form of rationing could be close behind. For example, IPAB may eventually be allowed to resort to Great Britain’s chosen rationing methods and refuse to provide certain effective treatments to patients who ...
If the ACA had honestly addressed fundamental problems in Medicare instead of focusing on harmful and ineffective “band-aid” fixes like IPAB, such worries would not concern us today. But the law’s authors put politics over patients and hurried a flawed and unpopular bill though the legislative process. Now, years later...
The signers of the letter may be correct in their theory that deconstructing the health law piece by piece will make it harder for lawmakers to repeal the bill in full. But they also could be wrong, and if Congress misses what could be its last chance to eliminate IPAB — one of the most egregious aspects of the law — i...
In short, seniors’ health is too important to play politics with, even when the political goals are commendable. Speaker John Boehner and Majority Whip Eric Cantor must do all in their power to remove IPAB from the books as soon as possible and still pursue larger efforts to repeal the whole Affordable Care Act because...
Donald J. Palmisano is the former president of the American Medical Association and the spokesperson for the Coalition to Protect Patients’ Rights.
BBC Radio 1’s Teen Awards returns in October!
BBC Radio 1’s Teen Awards returns with live music, amazing celebs and this year's Teen Heroes.
BBC Radio 1’s Teen Awards returns this October to honour the nation’s inspirational teenagers.
BBC Radio 1 Teen Awards recognise heroes, in your everyday life, music and entertainment.
Hip-hop pioneer Grandmaster Flash, violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and music charity the Playing for Change Foundation have been named recipients of the 2019 Polar music prize. The Swedish award is considered the music world’s equivalent of the Nobel prize.
Grandmaster Flash AKA Joseph Saddler is a founding figure in hip-hop. As a DJ, he developed innovations including the backspin technique and punch phrasing, and popularised scratching. With Cowboy, Melle Mel and the Kidd Creole, Saddler formed Grandmaster Flash & the 3 MCs. Their 1981 single, The Adventures of Grandmas...
German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter began her career in the 1970s, when she was spotted as a teenage prodigy. Age 17, she made her US debut with the New York Philharmonic. Mutter is known for playing classical and contemporary work, and is a four-time Grammy winner. She described the Polar prize as a “huge honour”.
The Playing for Change Foundation is a non-profit created in 2007 to “create positive change through music and arts education”. It has established 15 music programmes in Bangladesh, Brazil, Ghana, Mali, Nepal, Rwanda, South Africa, Morocco, Mexico, Argentina and Thailand, with free classes in dance, instruments, langua...
The Polar laureates each receive 1m Swedish krona (£83,000). It is the second time in the prize’s 28-year history that the 12-member committee has nominated three laureates. The committee receives nominations from the public and the International Music Council, the Unesco-founded NGO that promotes geographic and musica...
Metallica won the 2018 prize. Previous laureates include producer Max Martin (2016), György Ligeti (2004) and Joni Mitchell (1996). Abba manager Stig Anderson founded the prize in 1989.
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden will present the 2019 awards at a ceremony and banquet at Stockholm’s Grand Hôtel on 11 June.
• This article was amended on 7 March 2019 because an earlier version described the International Music Council as “Unesco-funded”. This has been corrected to say Unesco-founded; the NGO receives some, but not all, funding from Unesco.
DETROIT — A Rochester Hills, Mich., man faces up to 5 years in prison — for reading his wife's e-mail.
Oakland County prosecutors, relying on a Michigan statute typically used to prosecute crimes such as identity theft or stealing trade secrets, have charged Leon Walker, 33, with a felony after he logged onto a laptop in the home he shared with his wife, Clara Walker.
Using her password, he accessed her Gmail account and learned she was having an affair. He now is facing a Feb. 7 trial. She filed for divorce, which was finalized earlier this month.
About 45 percent of divorce cases involve some snooping — and gathering — of e-mail, Facebook and other online material, Lane said. But he added that those are generally used by the warring parties for civil reasons — not for criminal prosecution.
Blending corn kernels not only gives you a sweet and smooth purée to use in soups, fritters and cornbread, but it also brings out the kernel’s starchier nature. And this can be a good thing, especially when it comes to making a sweet summery sauce for pasta.
In this recipe, the starch in the blended corn becomes the binder for a luscious, silky purée that coats the pasta as if it were made of thickened cream.
But instead of dairy, the flavor here is pure summer corn, intensified by some whole corn kernels that have been sautéed in brown butter for texture, along with scallions for depth and red chili flakes for a snap of heat. The dish is finished with fresh soft green herbs – basil or mint – and a squeeze of lemon juice fo...
The key here is getting the texture of the sauce just right. If it’s too thin, it won’t cling to the pasta. If it’s too thick, it winds up gloopy and sticky.
Usually, it ends up too thick, a result of all that starch. That’s why saving some of the pasta cooking water is essential. Adding a tablespoon or two will thin down the sauce nicely. And bear in mind that the corn sauce will continue to thicken as it sits on the pasta. So if there’s any lag time between the cooking an...
You can use any short pasta shape, but I particularly like orecchiette and farfalle, which have cuplike crevices that capture the corn kernels and herbs.
And although you may not want to think about this right now in the middle of corn season, this recipe is also delightful made with out-of-season corn from the supermarket. Which means that, even in November, you can have a taste of summer.
Meanwhile, heat oil in large sauté pan over medium heat; add scallion whites and a pinch of salt and cook until soft, 3 minutes. Add 1/4 cup water and all but 1/4 cup corn; simmer until corn is heated through and almost tender, 3 to 5 minutes. Add 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper, transfer to a blender and pur...
Heat the same skillet over high heat. Add butter and let melt. Add reserved 1/4 cup corn and cook until tender, 1 to 2 minutes. (It’s OK if the butter browns; that deepens the flavor.) Add the corn purée and cook for 30 seconds to heat and combine the flavors.
Reduce heat to medium. Add pasta and half the reserved pasta cooking water, tossing to coat. Cook for 1 minute, then add a little more of the pasta cooking water if the mixture seems too thick. Stir in 1/4 cup of the scallion greens, the Parmesan, the herbs, the red pepper flakes, 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pep...
Also, a Chicago priest blessed the Mandalay Bay hotel floor where Las Vegas shooter conducted massacre.
A promising neighborhood spot that's still settling in.
Chef Kevin Hickey talks about how he developed the duck-centric menu for the Duck Inn in Bridgeport.
Do new chef collaborations mean Billy Dec is growing up?
Is a colorful restaurant entrepreneur getting serious at last?
A southern-themed River North joint makes a loud, twangy case for itself.
The Chicago in Evan Osnos's story is the Chicago you'd see out the window of the mayor's limo.
Noam Murro—director of 300: Rise of An Empire—enters a decidedly more adorable fantasy realm with Night Shift, a Fantasia homage featuring a rubbery-limbed janitor/sorcerer (note the Mickey gloves!) taking care of business with the help of an animated, bucket-toting mop.
Murro’s piece was featured as part of a larger showcase of shorts at the Cannes Lions festival in June. His next film, Blink, will star Jamie Foxx as a hospital worker who has ulterior motives when he starts caring for the paralyzed survivor of an unsolved bank robbery.
Play on the idiom “die happy,” literally “pass into the nine fountains [of the afterlife] with a smile on one’s face” (含笑九泉 hánxiào jiǔquán). Upon the launch of the Shenzhou 9 manned spaceship on June 16, 2012, netizens quipped, “Now that the Shenzhou 9 has launched successfully, our leaders can smile in fountains of b...
A common theme in netizen complaints was the disparity in funds spent on grandiose projects and foreign aid, such as school buses donated to Macedonia and massive and ornate government buildings, compared with the amount spent on social welfare projects. On some forums discussing the Shenzhou 9, users copied text from ...
“Smile in fountains of booze” was blocked on Weibo on June 18, 2012. The phrase has since been unblocked.
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Cecil Cooper has been around long enough to know results early in spring training aren’t worth much. Nonetheless, once the competitive juices flow, it’s easy for frustrations to boil.
With only one Astros victory in 13 Grapefruit League outings, Cooper wondered if his club had set some record by failing to hit, pitch or field well this spring. As the manager admitted, the Astros have stunk and keep stinking in the three phases of the game.
“I think in the next three weeks you’ll see more veteran pitchers getting stretched out and going more,” Cooper said. “So your games should be a lot crisper. Less mistakes should be happening, and just see the team kind of start to round into shape.
The optimist would note the team’s stats are skewed. Younger prospects have played a lot, and some of the club’s key players — ace Roy Oswalt, slugger Carlos Lee, shortstop Miguel Tejada and setup man LaTroy Hawkins — have not because of World Baseball Classic participation.
Astros manager Cecil Cooper (left) and general manager Ed Wade are waiting for the team to sort itself out.
The pessimist would worry because established veterans haven’t been immune to poor play.
Tejada will rejoin the Astros on Saturday. Lee rejoined the club Monday. A few more cuts will be made soon, and young 40-man-roster players will be optioned back to minor league camp Monday.
Mike Hampton has remained healthy and pitched well. Non-roster invitees Russ Ortiz and Jose Capellan have given the Astros hope that they won’t have to hand out the fifth starter’s spot by default. And Alberto Arias is making it clear he shouldn’t be discounted on the mound just yet.
Jason Smith has hit well enough to show there is at least one pure shortstop capable of holding down the utility infield spot as Tejada’s primary backup. Third-base prospect Chris Johnson and outfielder Brian Bogusevic have shown they have the potential to contribute in the majors. Oh, and the catching depth isn’t as w...
Fernando Nieve (11.57 ERA) and Felipe Paulino (15.75 ERA) have struggled. Brandon Backe is hurt. And Clay Hensley (0-1, 23.62 ERA) may have eliminated himself from any hope of making the club’s 25-man roster.
Ortiz, Backe, Capellan and Hensley were the top contenders for the fifth spot in the rotation at the start of camp. At that point, the club said Backe had a lead on the others. That is no longer the case.
“I think Nieve needs to step up, because he has not pitched as well as I had hoped,” Cooper said. “But Ortiz and Capellan have pitched really good. They’ve been impressive. Hence, they’re both going to get stretched out and get their individual starts so we can make some further evaluations.
Despite his 6.00 ERA and strained left intercostal muscle, Backe hasn’t been ruled out yet.
Among the competitors for the utility infield spot, Tommy Manzella is hitting .182, Edwin Maysonet .111 and Matt Kata .211. Smith, though, is at .450 (9-for-20) with two triples, a double, one RBI and four runs.
NME Radio has another jam-packed schedule of delights for you this week (December 8 – 12).
Paul Stokes is in at 11.30am for The Top Ten Music Moments Of 2008 today and every weekday until Friday December 19 while NME‘s Jaimie Hodgson drops by with three new Radar tracks at 4pm.
Today’s New Music Session at 4pm features London minstrel Alessi’s Ark.
Neil Cole‘s got Coldplay‘s Chris Martin on the phone during his show from 10am and NME‘s Hamish MacBain and Paul Stokes are in to talk about the NME Albums Of The Year from noon.
The Independent‘s Jon Gibbs joins Neil Cole from 10am to discuss the year’s best music books and We Are Scientists are in performing ‘Lethal Enforcer’ acoustic.
To tune in, head to Sky Channel 0184, Virgin Media 975, Freesat 727 or via NME.COM/Radio.
We are still a few weeks away from the draft lottery, and more than two months out from the 2019 Draft and the start of free agency. Thus, we’ll have plenty of time to discuss and debate how this all-important upcoming offseason will play out.
However, before giving a final review of the 2018-19 campaign and begin looking ahead toward this summer, I think it makes sense to glance at the big picture before diving into a detailed analysis.
So much of the Knicks future is unknown due to the fact that they are dependant on the luck of the draw next month, and the desires of notably mercurial and unpredictable players in early July. In many respects, the Knicks future revolves around ping pong balls bouncing the right way on May 14th and where Kevin Durant ...
If the Knicks hit the lottery and win the Zion Williamson sweepstakes next month, they will be in prime position to make a great deal of noise in free agency, as it’s safe to assume the appeal of playing with Zion will be a valuable card the Knicks can play during their pitch to Durant and others. Yet, attempting to pr...
Yes, a plethora of the league’s most respected reporters and insiders have gone on record stating they are convinced KD is headed to NYC. And, yes, based on the Knicks decision to trade Kristaps Porzingis to clear cap space, it certainly seems the New York front office seems quite confident they will land a big fish (o...
Still, even with all that said, there’s obviously no guarantee that Durant will sign on the dotted line. Even if KD is dead set on leaving the Warriors, plenty of other teams will be lining up to secure his services. Would he consider joining forces with LeBron James in L.A.? Unlikely. But maybe he’d view himself as th...
Nonetheless, Durant’s decision will have an enormous impact on how the Knicks proceed. If KD decides to re-locate to New York, he’ll likely bring a buddy along with him. That’s a selling point the Knicks will undoubtedly harp on when they sit down with Durant. The Knickerbockers are poised to enter the offseason with n...
However, Leonard has given no indication he’ll seriously consider New York. Ditto for Klay Thompson. Jimmy Butler and Kemba Walker may be interested in signing with the Knicks, but would it be wise to offer either Butler or Waker a max pact? Kyrie Irving is an enigma. Would he consider leaving a competitive team in Bos...
Again, the Knicks offseason likely hinges on Durant’s decision.
If New York reels in KD, then the franchise automatically switches into “win now” mode. The addition of Durant, an all-time great and currently one of the five best players on the planet, transforms them into an immediate contender. Given Irving’s history of knee issues and his tendency to portray himself as uncomforta...
However, let’s say Durant decides to bail on the Knicks and re-sign with the Warriors or join another team. That’s when things get dicey.
The Knicks greatest asset right now is their abundant cap space. If they can parlay that cap space into KD and Kyrie, or say, KD and Klay, that’s a grand slam. But, if they strike out on Durant, it’s imperative that they stay patient and avoid blowing their hard-earned cap space imprudently.
New York GM Scott Perry and president Steve Mills will face plenty of pressure from long-suffering Knicks fans in July, as New Yorkers will be desperate to walk away with something, anything, to show for the disastrous 2018-19 season. This is where Perry would need to demonstrate great restraint.
If they whiff on KD and Kyrie, signing Bronx-native Kemba Walker, who grew up as a Knicks fan, would certainly be tempting. The Knicks have lacked a top-tier point guard for the longest time, and, make no mistake, Walker is just that. He’s a three-time all-star, and one of only four players in NBA history (along with J...
There are other enticing free agents set to hit the open market this summer. Tobias Harris, born and raised on Long Island, is a very good player who is just 26, but it’s hard to justify signing him to a contract that will pay him $25-plus million per season. Khris Middleton is also squarely in his prime at age 27, but...
New York will have plenty of opportunities to splurge, even if they don’t hit their primary targets. With over 45% percent of all players in the league set to hit free agency this offseason, all NBA agents will be looking to get the Knicks, with money potentially burning a hole in their pockets, to bid on players.
As July gets closer, we’ll examine in detail which players might be a solid fit for a young, rebuilding squad (under the assumption Durant doesn’t sign with New York), but the take-home point, for now, is that it would be best for the Knicks to preserve their cap space and go big-game hunting again in 2020, instead of ...
While this outcome would undeniably be frustrating for fans, it would be the franchise’s best course of action.
If the Knicks are unable to lure the cream of the crop, the prudent decision would be to patiently kick the can down the road, and roll that cap space over. At that point, New York would have several options. They could wait out the market and sign promising players to one-year deals (preferably with a team option for ...
Bottom line: The worst-case scenario for the Knicks this offseason is not completely missing out on top-tier free agents; it would be overspending on the wrong free agents.
Africa: Is There a Remittance Trap?
Washington DC — Workers' remittances--the money migrants send home to their families--command the attention of economists and policymakers because of their potential to improve the lives of millions of people.
Amounting to over $400 billion in 2017, remittances rank between official development assistance and foreign direct investment in terms of size. Such massive financial flows have important consequences for the economies that receive them, especially when many countries receive flows that are large relative to the size ...
Many argue that remittances help economies in two ways. First, because remittances are person-to-person transfers motivated by family ties, these transfers from outside the country help relatives back home afford the necessities of life.
But remittances also have the potential to fuel economic growth, by funding investment in human or physical capital or by financing new businesses.
Economists have worked to measure both of these effects. Many studies confirm that remittances are essential in the battle against poverty, lifting millions of families out of deprivation or bare subsistence.
But at the same time, economic research has failed to find that remittances make a significant contribution to a country's economic growth (see Chart 1).

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