Almost immediately, a torpedo hit the ship and general quarters sounded. I rushed to my battle station in the transmitter room–no shoes on, nothing. I didn’t have time to get to my locker. Or to think. We tried to get the communications going and the radar turned on. It was brand new. Torpedoes were hitting the ship, and paint chips were spraying off the bulkheads. A radioman kept sweeping up the chips after each explosion....
The high point was Pat Buchanan’s speech, the only Republican oratorical effort chock full o’ nifty ideas. Religious warfare, for example. Gad, think of the fun we can have-mass slaughter in the name of God, killing for Christ, pogroms, heretic hunts. We, too, can at long last enjoy the charming ambience of Northern Ireland and Lebanon. Cultural cleansing, there’s another fab proposal. Why should the Bosnians have all the fun?...
Analyzing DNA samples from 50 pairs of twins and 358 other members of families with serious reading problems, the scientists focused on a region of chromosome No. 6. There they found characteristic genetic patterns in the subjects who were known to suffer from dyslexia. Within the next several years, they expect to isolate the specific gene or genes involved in the disorder. Dyslexia could then be diagnosed with a simple blood test, and young children could be given remedial reading help before the stigma of failure hobbles them....
For nearly 25 years, Israelis have been told that holding the Golan Heights is essential to their defense against an implacable enemy. Two months after seizing the towering heights from Syria in the 1967 Six Day War, the Israeli cabinet privately decided not to give it back without direct talks with Syria. Adamant in refusing to recognize Israel, Syria’s Hafez Assad went to war in 1973 in a failed effort to retake the Golan....
It’s not an uncommon sentiment on Philly’s mean streets. The city has seen 348 homicides this year as of Nov. 7. Among America’s 10 largest cities, Philadelphia had the highest homicide rate last year, leading many to dub the City of Brotherly Love the country’s murder capital. It looks as if it’s in danger of recapturing the crown. Fed up, Wilkerson and Brown turned out on a recent Tuesday night for an orientation session of 10,000 Philly Men, a grass-roots movement that aims to reduce violence by increasing the presence of black, male role models in some of the city’s most dangerous neighborhoods....
Willis’ family confirmed on Wednesday he passed away following an illness, having continued working as a broadcaster until earlier this year. Best known for his role alongside Ian Botham in England’s famous 1981 Ashes series victory over Australia, Willis took 325 Test wickets and also had a spell as captain in an illustrious career. A successful career in punditry, most prominently with Sky Sports, followed, with his harsh criticisms of England players after the team had suffered defeats often proving popular with viewers....
It’s the third installment of a trilogy that has featured a memorable split the last two seasons. Stephen Curry won in six games in 2015, but LeBron James rallied the Cavaliers from a 3-1 deficit in 2016. Golden State added Kevin Durant in the offseason, and everybody knew this is where we’d be in June. Surprise. Now it’s time to pick a side. Here is a handy viewer’s (hater’s) guide for who to root for (or against) …...
Coronary heart disease is the nation’s No. 1 killer; 6 million Americans currently suffer from it, and 1.5 million will have heart attacks this year. Exercise ECG, the noninvasive “stress test” that measures electrical impulses produced by the heart as it contracts, accurately detects a past heart attack, or one in progress. But ECG is less reliable when it comes to identifying the earlier stages of coronary heart disease, especially in women....
Movie tie-in games used to absolutely dominate the video game market, and while their golden age was the early 2000s, the 1990s had its fair share of movie tie-in titles. Both the original Home Alone and its sequel, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, received several video game adaptations, with each console getting its own slightly different variation. While none of these games are perfect, they’re certainly great for fueling Christmas nostalgia....
Since 1990, the church has been roiled by a series of scandals involving philandering bishops, embezzlement by the denomination’s treasurer and reports of sordid orgies in a Brooklyn church by cross-dressing priests using young men imported from Brazil. Over the last three decades, church membership has declined by a third to a modest 2.4 million members. Instead of civil discourse, traditionalists and modernizers in the church are hurling epithets like ““apostate’’ and ““Shiite Episcopalian’’ at each other....
$10 million Sports-duds firm claims line of Jacko-themed footwear bombed because he failed to produce an album in time to promote it. Filed 1992, settled. $7 million Said Jackson lifted 67 seconds of its recording of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony for “Will You Be There?” from the film “Free Willy.” Filed 1992, settled. $10 million Claim they were fired because they “knew too much” about Jackson’s alleged indiscretions. Field 1993, pending....
If anything, the new league season promises to be bigger and better than ever before and the first set of mouth-watering fixtures, including a rematch of last season’s grand final, will hopefully serve as a teaser to an exciting campaign ahead. Without further ado, Goal explores five storylines that could impact the first weekend of the 2017-18 season. Arnie and Muscat renew their rivalry As last season’s top two sides prepare to do battle at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday evening exactly five months after an epic Grand Final, the Big Blue has been overshadowed by a war of words between the two rival coaches....
The honky-tonky pop-star, portrayed by Miley Cyrus, lived a double life as an ’everyday high-schooler’ while donning a blonde wig and masquerading as pop sensation Hannah Montana. The show’s opening scene ends by specifically highlighting how even the protagonist’s best friend is blissfully ignorant to her alternate identity. See where this is going yet? RELATED: Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity is Proof That the Zelda Franchise Should Expand A Legend of Zelda series could have ‘The Best of Both Worlds’ by taking cues from this dynamic and applying them to Zelda, who is known to likewise have different roles and identities across the franchise....
Doctor Who has had an alright track record with video games, seeing a couple of adventure games that were decent enough experiences, but lacking in gameplay and visuals. Recently, Doctor Who tried out the VR genre with Doctor Who: The Edge of Time, which saw the return of David Tennant, but the game itself was pretty bare bones. The most successful video game that Doctor Who has had is arguably not a Doctor Who game itself, but an appearance in Traveller’s Tales LEGO Dimensions; a multiverse crossover title where The Doctor plays a pivotal role....
The U.S. officials charge that the film is Libyan propaganda, They say it was funded by more than $1 million funneled to the production company Hemar from the Libyan-Arab Finance Corp., a Libyan government entity. When the film began, Hemar was a subsidiary of Metropole, controlled by British businessman Tiny Rowland–and partly owned by LAFICO. The FBI, asked by Scottish police, is preparing a rebuttal of the film. “It’s Libya disinformation,” says Vincent Cannistraro, ex-head of CIA counterterrorism....
I get out of my car and glide through the Stop & Shop’s sliding doors. I tuck my sunglasses into my jacket pocket, and scoop up a shopping basket without breaking stride. While my eyes adjust to the fluorescent lighting, I notice a frustrated man struggling to separate two shopping carts that have been wedged together. Good luck, pal. I stop by the deli first, the only potential speed bump in my meticulously choreographed routine....
Many might not even notice it, but Troy Baker has lent his voice to a startling number of video games and animes. He also has a long music career in the alternative rock scene and was a lead singer for the band Tripp Fontaine. According to Troy, his voice acting career began with him doing radio commercials in Dallas. Eventually, he found himself working for Funimation, where he did English dubbing on a number of anime shows including Dragon Ball Z, Fullmetal Alchemist, and One Piece....
Actually, Lebed insisted that he intended to rule democratically. He is feared by rival political leaders, all of whom applauded his dismissal, but ordinary Russians have made him the country’s most popular politician. Still, after four months in office as national-security chief, the 46-year-old retired general had become the loosest cannon in Russian politics. At times, his high-handed independence served the country well; he made peace in Chechnya largely through the force of his own will, and now that he is gone, the breakaway republic may slide back into war....
[HTML1] In a world where shooters are, as a rule, only supposed to use shades of grey and brown (and occasionally beige), Insomniac Games stormed into E3 2013 with a cinematic trailer for Sunset Overdrive, a cartoonish open world third-person shooter that’s quite literally fueled by caffeine (or possibly something else - we’re not quite sure what the ingredients of OverCharge are). An exclusive for the Xbox One, Sunset Overdrive so far looks somewhat like a zanier version of the PS4 game inFAMOUS: Second Son, complete with special abilities (amps) and extreme verticality that allows players to run along walls, surf along or under ziplines, and bounce off cars and other objects to reach higher ground....
