Monthly Archives: January 2017

A Decade Of iPhone: The Smartphone Disrupted Everything But Still Has Work To Do

It was a decade ago today when Apple introduced the first iPhone to more than a little bit of skepticism. The then-unprecedented pricing, starting at $499. The all-touchscreen design, forgoing the physical keyboard that dominated the “smartphones” of the day. … Continue reading

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Israeli forces arrest Palestinian smuggling network

Israeli security forces succeeded in thwarting another attempt to smuggle weaponry to Palestinian terrorists. Israeli security forces have exposed a network of Palestinian smugglers engaged in moving terror equipment from the PA-administered territories in Judea and Samaria to the Gaza Strip via the Kerem … Continue reading

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Boeing Sees Jet Sales Fall But Still Outpaces Rival Airbus

Boeing 787 jets on assembly line in Everett, Wash. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File) SEATTLE (The Seattle Times/TNS) – Boeing delivered 748 jets last year, fourteen fewer than in 2015, but still enough to leave it well ahead of rival Airbus … Continue reading

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Inside LAX’s New Anti-Terrorism Intelligence Unit – The Atlantic

McGinty, 54, is a retired D.C. homicide detective now living in Pasadena. McGinty’s tenure in the nation’s capital, where he attained the rank of detective first grade, coincided with that city’s worst era for crime, in the early 1990s, when … Continue reading

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Brevoort Baker II

Columbus Brevoort Baker II (Jack), 87, died Monday afternoon January 2 at Four Season Health Center. Born in Columbus, September 12, 1929, Jack was the son of Brevoort and Dorothy Schwaninger Baker. After graduating from Columbus High School in 1947, … Continue reading

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Arcata Marsh sees the coming of the drones

News item: At the Arcata Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary, birders and birds alike find themselves sharing the protected space with certain newfangled flying machines and those who operate them. While not particularly consistent with the mission of a wildlife preserve, the … Continue reading

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Globes English – Israel must choose: F-35 or F-15 – גלובס

The first two F-35 Adir Stealth warplanes delivered a month ago to the Israeli air force have already performed astonishingly in a few flights in Israeli skies. Their advanced systems are being studied by the pilots and technical crews ahead … Continue reading

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