BLACK HAWK DOWN THE TRUE STORY; What Really Happened in Shame of SomaliaEWAN McGREGOR'S latest film has landed the Scots heartthrob actor in a storm of controversy.Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
I never listen to music or podcasts or audiobooks when Roo and I go on our walks. I sometimes problem-solve about something that has happened that day; I sometimes strategize about a project. And sometimes I just walk. I look at the houses on our regular route and make up lives of th...
193Somalia0.380 192South Sudan0.381 191Central African Republic0.387 189Niger0.394 189Chad0.394 188Mali0.410 Limitations of the HDI There arecriticisms of the HDI. It is a simplification and an admittedly limited evaluation of human development. The HDI does not specifically reflect quality-of-life fa...
If maritime terrorism has largely remained a virtual threat [28], the breakthrough for maritime security came with the rise of piracy off the coast of Somalia between 2008 and 2011. The dangers of piracy for international trade brought the maritime dimension of security to the global ...
Yup. One problem with life is that there isn't a reset button. I'd be curious to see what would have happened had I gone to big state school, or if I had focused a bit more and gotten myself in the Harvard grad school. Really? I know tons of totally ignorant people that tend...
Following the disappearance of aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart in July 1937, her aviator-style hat and goggles became a popular children's Christmas gift. Earhart was declared dead in January 1939, and various theories continue to circulate about what could have happened to the famed pilot. ...
Mycroft contents himself with running the country for the next few days, averting a minor war in Africa and doing a secret deal to rescue some British citizens being held hostage in Somalia. He will wait three months and then have the hostage–takers killed, after all the fuss has died dow...
I respect the Marines; I just have happened to serve in the Army. I had Marine Recon thanking us and telling us how squared away we are. Tell a paratrooper they aren't trained. We both spend a ridiculous amount of time in the field training. ...
Qatar peaked back in 2008 and is now producing almost 200,000 barrels per say below that peak. From the looks of what has happened in the last fur months they may be in terminal decline. They can only hope that the decline slows. Is this their Seneca Cliff? Saudi Aramco to cut drillin...
Indeed, one could argue that the cops who killed Tony Timpa were even more callous than those who oversaw Floyd's death because Timpa's cops were joking around as Timpa was dying. However, few know about Timpa's tragedy (which happened a few years ago) because he was white. ...