Farewell F-117 ‘Til We Meet Again

Posted on March 12, 2008 by Robert D

The world’s first attack aircraft to employ stealth technology is slipping quietly into history. The inky black, angular, radar-evading F-117, which spent 27 years in the Air Force arsenal secretly patrolling hostile skies from Serbia to Iraq, will be put in mothballs next month in Nevada. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, which manages [...]

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Hong King schools close amid flu fears

Posted on March 12, 2008 by nuke

Update from ABC News …“Since March 6, health officials have recorded nine flu outbreaks,mostly at schools, affecting 532 people in the territory of nearly 7 million” also, NP’s amyjudd reports All kindergartens and junior schools in Hong Kong have closed early for their Easter holiday, after a flu-like illness killed three children. The Education Bureau [...]

Filed under: China, News and politics, Now Public | 15 Comments »

Last Lamb of the Season (Knock on Wood)

Posted on March 12, 2008 by swampie

SwampMan gently woke me this morning by picking up my foot and shaking my whole leg like a pit bull would shake one of those lil’ sissy dawgs. I startled awake. He’s lucky there wasn’t a gun within reach.“The alarm didn’t go off, we’re LATE!” he announced as he headed off to take a shower. [...]

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“It wasn’t a bank robbery. It was a domestic situation”

Posted on March 12, 2008 by nuke

Update 2:  Matt Williamson has more…“Family in shock”  Update 1: EJ’s John Surratt connects the dots in Thursday’s edition….. A recent divorce became public and violent Wednesday morning inside Regions Bank in downtown McComb, leaving four people dead, including the bank’s manager and a customer who tried to intervene. Police said Robert Lanham Jr., 35, [...]

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Happy Birthday Melissa!

Posted on March 12, 2008 by nuke

Nuke’s daughter turns 21 TODAY!!! Happy birthday Melissa. You make me very proud! Love, Dad

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Web 3.0 is closer than you think

Posted on March 12, 2008 by nuke

After Google, what’s next? Writing at Times (UK), Jonathan Richards talks to the “real” inventor of the world wide web (sorry Goracle), Tim Berners-Lee, and speculates on the future of the internet. A fascinating article indeed. Here is an excerpt: The semantic web is the term used by the computer and internet industry to describe [...]

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