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The struggle between capability and cost doesn't look the same on a spreadsheet as it does from the cockpit or an isolated landing zone. The truth is somewhere in between: The Osprey may be too costly to keep, but it's becoming too useful to abandon.
Excitement is in the air for Marvel fans with the debut of Netflix’s latest series, Luke Cage, which can be viewed in its entirety on the network now. Along with lead actor Mike Colter, actress Simone Missick is also poised to breakout via her important role on the superhero show.
Simone Missick plays police officer Misty Knight, a familiar name to Marvel fans as the private detective with the bionic arm and as a love interest of martial arts mystery man, Iron Fist. In Luke Cage, Knight appears in the show well ahead of her arm being replaced by Iron Man/Tony Stark and is seen in her early days ...
Check out the following pages for information and images featuring the lovely Simone Missick.
The Danish Royal Library will be forced to cut 43 out of 322 positions, trim its opening hours and completely close some smaller reading rooms.
Library director Erland Kolding Nielsen said that the cuts are a direct result of austerity measures imposed by the government.
“We are losing some valuable specialists that have important knowledge about our collections,” Nielsen told Politiken.
Tom Ahlberg, the editor of the cultural magazine Søndag Aften said that the cuts are hitting the library’s core services.
“I think they are much deeper than any decision maker had imagined,” he said.
The library is under the same mandate as other state institutions to cut budgets by two percent. Over the next four years the library will be forced to cut our 26.4 million kroner of it’s 339 million kroner budget.
Since about half of the Royal Library’s expenses are bound by fixed costs in buildings like the world-renowned Black Diamond, Nielsen said that he is now “facing the toughest decisions on savings I have endured in my 30 years as director”.
Bertel Haarder , the culture minister, said that he is “angry” about the cuts, but will not get involved in the library’s decisions.
“Of course the government wants to provide more money for core welfare in our society,” said Haarder.
Since its inception in the mid-1600s, the Royal Library has been a cultural bastion for scientists, writers and students from around the world.
In the United Nations Archives we acquire, preserve, and make available for public consultation, records created or received by the United Nations (UN) in the course of business. Archives serve as institutional memory and provide evidence of the past. They promote accountability and ensure the organization's actions an...
ADNAN JANUZAJ has urged West Ham fans to trust new manager David Moyes.
Moyes handed Januzaj his senior debut in his first game in charge of Manchester United in August 2013, with the 22-year-old going on to have an impressive breakthrough campaign.
The Scot lasted just 10 months in the Old Trafford hotseat but the pair were reunited last season when he signed the Belgium international on loan at Sunderland.
The duo could not stop Sunderland from being relegated, but Januzaj has backed Moyes to turn things around at struggling West Ham.
West Ham yesterday appointed Moyes as the replacement for Slaven Bilic, who was sacked on Monday, with the Hammers sitting 18th in the Premier League.
Januzaj, now at La Liga outfit Real Sociedad, told Sky Sports: "He's a good manager. Obviously it's been difficult for him too.
“I’m happy for him because it's a nice move and I hope everything goes well for him.
"He likes to play good football. It's not easy sometimes, it depends on the squad.
“People have to trust him because he's done it at Everton for a long time."
Moyes’ first game will come after the international break when West Ham take on Watford at Vicarage Road on November 19.
Motherboard reports that "while America’s most expensive surveillance drone, the Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk, can stay aloft for 32 hours, the Pentagon is looking for a drone that can fly nonstop for a week or more at a time, if two recently submitted solicitations are to go by."
"In a solicitation published last November, the Department of Defense (DoD) is calling on contractors to submit designs for a low cost, ultra-long endurance UAV that can perform intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions for seven days or more. Specifically, the DoD wants to eliminate the need for la...
Popular Mechanics reports that "America's infrastructure—its highways, bridges, airports—has been in some state of degradation for decades. But there is another "highway" few people talk about that's vital to our way of life. You likely use it every single day, but you've never even seen it."
"We're talking about spectrum, the information superhighway that carries voice, video, and data to our smartphones and televisions. It's a part of the electromagnetic spectrum (hence the name) once dominated by radio communication and broadcast users. Now certain spectrum bands have been overwhelmed by billio...
The Manila Times reports that "President Rodrigo Duterte has warned the United States to stop building 'permanent' arms depots in the Philippines because it will disrupt regional security."
"Duterte claimed that the US military is unloading arms in some parts of the country."
The Associated Press reports that "on any given day at MacDill Air Force Base, web crawlers scour social media for potential recruits to the Islamic State group. Then, in a high-stakes operation to counter the extremists' propaganda, language specialists employ fictitious identities and try to sway the targets fro...
"At least that's how the multimillion-dollar initiative is being sold to the Defense Department."
Military Times reports that "the first joint training exercises in Poland for freshly deployed U.S. troops and their Polish counterparts are underway."
"A U.S. armored brigade of 3,500 troops from Fort Carson, Colorado, arrived this month in Zagan, southwestern Poland, as a deterrence force on NATO's eastern flank."
Fox News reports that "North Korea will be casting a dark — and nuclear — shadow over U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis' first foray abroad.
"When Mattis calls on South Korea and Japan from Wednesday he will be visiting Washington's two staunchest allies in Asia. Both host tens of thousands of American troops and both will be looking for reassurances the new administration in the U.S. is not going to drop the ball on North Korea."
The Associated Press reports that "U.S. combat veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan say they are outraged at the temporary ban on immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries and the suspension of the U.S. refugee program that has blocked visas for interpreters who risked their lives to help American troops ...
"Thousands of veterans have signed petitions. One soldier says he has bought a plane ticket for his Afghan translator in case that country is added to the list of banned nations."
The Los Angeles Times reports that "the Pentagon is compiling a list of Iraqi citizens who have worked with the U.S. military and is recommending that they be exempt from President Trump’s temporary ban on entry to the U.S. by people from Iraq and six other predominantly Muslim countries, according to the U.S. military...
"The move could potentially shield tens of thousands of Iraqi interpreters, advisors, and others who have assisted the American military from the president’s controversial executive action that blocked visitors from Iraq, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Somalia, Libya and Yemen."
Stars and Stripes reports that "Japanese citizens do not want to pay more for hosting U.S. military personnel and are now more likely to predict a downturn in bilateral relations, according to a Nikkei poll released Monday."
"The survey taken this past weekend found that 57 percent of Japanese favored maintaining spending on U.S. bases at current levels, while 30 percent said Japan is spending too much. Five percent said Japan should spend more, the poll said."
Military Times reports that "the core of the Army’s ground combat systems is under threat of being seriously outmoded by foreign adversaries like Russia, China, and North Korea, according to the Congressional Research Service."
"Developed primarily in the 1970s, the Army’s fleet of main battle tanks, tracked infantry fighting vehicles, tracked self-propelled artillery and multiple launch rocket systems were designed to battle a larger Cold War adversary, a report produced by CRS explains."
Wired reports that "Tiny drones could scout high-rise buildings and underground tunnels for possible threats to US troops in cities of the future. But instead of spending years cooking up the necessary drone technologies in military research labs, the Pentagon might be better off shopping for the latest civilian drones...
"US military leaders have discussed the need for a new generation of scout drones for some time. After all, kicking down doors is a dirty and dangerous business for US troops trying to clear enemy-held buildings. It would be far safer to deploy diminutive drone buddies to provide an initial peek inside, and identify an...
Asia Times reports that "on January 16, Cambodia announced that its annual joint military exercises with the United States, known as Angkor Sentinel, will be canceled until at least 2019. The surprise move came just days before the inauguration of US President Donald Trump and underscored Cambodia’s ever-growing econom...
"Defense Ministry spokesman Chhum Socheat attributed the decision to two key reasons. First, the military was too busy enforcing a national anti-drug campaign, which was launched last month. Second, with commune elections scheduled for June, the armed forces are needed to 'protect the good security and public orde...
The Associated Press reports that "the Russian military says its warplanes have flown a joint mission in Syria against the Islamic State group together with the U.S.-led coalition."
"However, the Pentagon denies Russia's claim."
The Washington Post reports that "after more than two years of searching the Army has finally settled on the pistol that will replace the branch’s nearly 32-year-old sidearm."
"The up-to $580 million contract for the 'Modular Handgun System' has been awarded to Sig Sauer, a German firearms company, according to a release from the Army. The Army’s aging 9mm M9 Beretta will be replaced by a variant of Sig’s P320 pistol."
PBS NewsHour reports that "in the port city of Bremerhaven on Germany’s North Sea coast, approximately 4-thousand American troops and 25-hundred vehicles began arriving in early January. Known as the Iron Brigade, they’re from the Army’s 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team of the 4th Infantry Division, based in Fort Carson...
Sports, Military Share Strong Connection in U.S.
Sports Illustrated reports that "Americans love their military, and Americans love their sports. The parallel between those attachments is irresistible. Here are two cultures bound by rule and hierarchy, animated by youth and steeped in history. They both work in teams, train relentlessly and thrive on aggression. Both...
"Over the past 15 years, with American servicemen and women engaged in seemingly endless campaigns overseas, the country's military and sports cultures have pulled even closer. Early expressions of post-9/11 resilience—the field-sized American flags, the fighter jet flyovers, the troop tributes and camouflage unif...
The Washington Post reports that "retired Marine Gen. James N. Mattis was confirmed and sworn in as President Trump’s defense secretary Friday, breaking with decades of precedent as a recently retired general became the Pentagon’s top civilian leader."
"Mattis, 66, was approved with a 98-1 vote after the presidential inauguration and then sworn in by Vice President Pence. The new Pentagon chief released a statement to U.S. troops afterward that credited not only them, but intelligence personnel as 'sentinels and guardians of our nation' — rhetoric that is i...
Business Insider reports that "the US military wants a missile that can carry explosive-packed drones to a target hundreds of miles away, according to a contract solicitation from the Pentagon."
"Earlier this month, the DoD announced it was soliciting proposals for this new missile system, which would be fired by the Army's existing MGM-140 Tactical Missile System or the M-270 Multiple Launch Rocket System. But unlike traditional armaments, the Army wants this missile packed with unmanned quad-copters tha...
Popular Mechanics reports that "the Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Arizona Senator John McCain, released a paper on Tuesday calling for the Pentagon to receive a nine percent boost in defense spending next year. The plan calls for spending more than $400 billion over five years, reversing what the Sen...
"The document, called Restoring American Power: Recommendations for the FY 2018-FY2022 Defense Budget, calls for spending an additional $430 billion in defense spending during that five year period. The Senator claims that the Budget Control Act of 2011—also known as the Sequestration—created 'havoc' when it ...
The Associated Press reports that "sending thousands more American troops into Iraq or Syria in a bid to accelerate the defeat of the Islamic State group would push U.S. allies to the exits, create more anti-U.S. resistance and give up the U.S. military's key advantages, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said in an Ass...
"Speaking from his Pentagon office overlooking the Potomac River on Wednesday, Carter said he favors looking for ways to speed up the counter-IS campaign, which administration critics including the president-elect, Donald Trump, have called slow-footed and overly cautious."
Oaf, a gay, cat-obsessed, Morrissey-loving, hairy giant, lumbers through life unencumbered by any worry about how much space he takes up. He’s got a crush on rocker Eiffel, who plays in the “disco grindcore” band Eja©uloid, and his every step propels this alpha bear through a series of weird adventures, all brilliantly...
A visually and narratively witty breath of fresh (and very odd) air in the world of gay comics, Wuvable Oaf is the product of writer/artist Luce’s out-of-left-field imagination and make-everything-big-and-round drawing style. The third issue, out now, finds Oaf on his first date with Eiffel (at the restaurant Rage Agai...
Give a wide berth: There’s lots more Wuvable Oaf on the very next page!
Want to get Luce to sign your copy of Wuvable Oaf #3? He’ll be at Floating World Comics in Portland, OR, from 6–10pm today and at The Escapist Comics in Berkeley, CA, on August 12th from 7-9pm.
“Rage Against the Cuisine.” Heh. That’s funny.
Is that a drawing of Andrew Sullivan?
Florida’s on the Verge of a Massive Voter Enfranchisement Success \| Democracy Now!
The 2018 U.S. midterm elections mark a critical point in the era of President Donald Trump. The potential Democratic takeover of the House of Representatives, and potentially the Senate, has energized voters hoping for a “blue wave,” while Trump and Republican efforts to motivate their base have unleashed a torrent of ...
Whether he owns it or not, these horrors are a culmination of an increasingly hate-filled campaign season, led by the president himself as he lashes out at women, immigrants and people of color at rallies around the country. But there also is a surge of women and people of color running for office. The question now is,...
Republican efforts to purge voter rolls of likely Democratic voters have sparked a national movement to ensure the right to vote. In Florida, a remarkable citizen initiative is poised to succeed, which will restore the right to vote to over 1.4 million Floridians — people previously convicted of felonies. If it passes,...
Across the United States, more than 6.1 million people with felony convictions are not allowed to vote. Florida, along with three other states — Iowa, Kentucky and Virginia — bars ex-felons from voting for life. In Florida, 1 in 5 African-Americans in Florida and 10 percent of the state’s adult population can’t vote be...
Those sentiments were echoed just last week by Georgia’s Republican candidate for governor, Brian Kemp. He was secretly recorded at a fundraising event, expressing concern that the campaign of his Democratic opponent, Stacey Abrams, is pouring resources into a massive get-out-the-vote operation. Kemp said that is “some...
In the remaining days before the midterms, Trump has deployed a new tactic, threatening to overturn birthright citizenship by executive order. This is the clause in the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment that guarantees citizenship to those born on U.S. soil. While clearly unconstitutional, many take this as his contin...
She has a silver-grey trunk, is 200-years-old and unusually resilient. Betty, a mature ash tree in Norfolk, is offering hope that ash dieback disease will not be as destructive as first feared after scientists identified her “strong tolerance” to the disease.
Researchers from a government-backed consortium of universities and research centres have developed three genetic markers to enable them to predict whether a tree is likely to be tolerant to the disease, raising the possibility of using selective breeding to develop strains of disease-resistant trees.
They identified Betty, a slender, 18-metre tall tree, as unusually tolerant. The female ash, which was coppiced fifty years ago, is untouched by the fungal disease which has killed half the ash trees in Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, the first ancient woodland in Britain to succumb to the disease in 2012.
Scientists for the Nornex consortium, a group of researchers led by the John Innes Centre, produced genome sequences for two tolerant Danish trees and established three markers which they believe are predictive of a tree’s ability to shrug off the fungal disease.
One researcher’s computer “collapsed” under the weight of the data processed as 248 trees were tested from the Norfolk woodland, which experienced “a massive fungal infection” of ash dieback, according to the researchers.
The scientists predict that 3% of British ash trees will show a fairly high level of tolerance to the fungal disease – a degree of resistance believed to be significantly higher than on the continent. The disease has killed 90% of the ash trees in Denmark but scientists at the John Innes Centre predicted that could now...
Betty was named by Ann Edwards of the John Innes Centre who first identified the outbreak in Ashwellthorpe. “It’s been an emotional roller coaster. I spent the whole of 2012 being really sad. Now something positive has come out of it, I feel much better,” she said.
Just three metres from Betty is a sapling which has copper-coloured stains on its trunk, showing it is dying from the disease. Further away, an ash tree called Clarence has died. But Edwards pointed to another younger tree which is so far surviving despite being just centimetres from a completely dead ash. “This could ...
What researchers don’t yet know is whether a super-tolerant tree such as Betty produces super-tolerant offspring. Edwards is hopeful because Betty’s flowers are likely to be pollinated by an “exceptionally healthy-looking” male tree called Donald nearby.
Betty produced a huge seed crop this spring but most of it was blown away by Storm Katie before it could be collected.
The genetic markers, however, can now be used to quickly test and select other ash trees across the country.
Professor Allan Downie of the John Innes Centre and coordinator of the Nornex consortium called the identification of genetic markers “a large first step” in fighting the epidemic.
But he said it was a race against time to identify a wide genetic mix of genetically-tolerant ash trees before the next deadly threat – the emerald ash borer beetle – strikes. The ash borer is moving quickly westwards through Russia and is now top of the UK’s plant risk register, which now counts 811 pests and diseases...
The Nornex report and all data is freely available to other scientists and the public. Prof Downie said he hoped an effort by citizen scientists and wildlife charities to plant and grow potentially disease-resistant ashtrees will quicken the fightback against the disease.
Ash dieback was first identified in Britain in 2012 and is thought to have arrived via imported saplings and by spores carried on the wind from Denmark, where the fungal disease has already killed 90% of its ash trees. Within three years, the disease has spread to the Lake District, Scotland, Wales and the south-west.
It’s been four and a half long, tiresome years since Adele topped the charts with 2011’s 21. But it looks like we won’t have to live in an Adele-less world for too, too much longer — that is, if Pharrell has anything to say about it.
At the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, the “Happy” hitmaker said he’s collaborating with Adele on her forthcoming third album, and he knows exactly why it’s taking so long.
“She’s kinda like, ‘OK, guys, I’m gonna open my diary for 20 minutes.’ So it’s like, OK, you have 20 minutes, or 32 minutes really,” he said.
After that, the British singer resumes mommy duties with her 2-year-old son Angelo, whom she welcomed in October 2012 with longtime boyfriend Simon Konecki.
“Then she gives it to you and closes it up and disappears, and she’s off with her beautiful boy — and that’s what it’s all about,” Pharrell continued.
So at least now we have some kind of explanation for the wait… working on an album in 20-minute intervals is no hastily accomplished feat. But Pharrell’s involvement is definitely making us excited — and he teased that her musical magic is still very much in tact.
Agreed on all counts. Now let’s get that album finished already!

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