Новости за 09.12.2017

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Shortly after the House passed a two-week spending bill on Thursday, the Senate followed with a vote of 81-14. President Trump signed the bill Friday, temporarily averting a government shutdown. The stopgap measure will keep the federal government open through Dec. 22. Republicans, who are trying to finish work on their tax bill, will need Democrats' help to pass a two-year budget deal. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Thursday Democrats "will not leave here without... Читать дальше...

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• Deutsche Bank is hiring Peter Selman, a former Goldman Sachs partner, to run its global equities business.
• Selman spent 22 years at Goldman Sachs before retiring in 2016 as a cohead of global equities trading and execution services.
• The hire is part of a wave of additions to the bank's sales and trading operation, including 50 managing directors and directors in the US this year.

Deutsche Bank is hiring an ex-Goldman Sachs partner to run its global equities business... Читать дальше...

PARIS (AP) — France bid farewell Saturday to its biggest rock star, honoring Johnny Hallyday with an exceptional funeral procession down the Champs-Elysees, a presidential speech and a parade of motorcyclists — all under intense security. Few figures in French history have earned a send-off as elaborate as the one for the man sometimes dubbed the French Elvis. It was ordered by President Emmanuel Macron — a Hallyday fan himself, like generations of others across the French-speaking world. "Johnny was yours. Читать дальше...

Pacers 106, Cavaliers 102 Victor Oladipo scored 33 points to help the Indiana Pacers top the Cleveland Cavaliers 106-102, snapping their league-leading 13-game winning streak. The Pacers made 15 3-point shots. Oladipo made 6 of 13 treys. Myles Turner added 15 points for Indiana. LeBron James paced the Cavaliers with 29 points on 12-of-22 shooting and also had 10 rebounds and eight assists. Kevin Love added 20 points and J.R. Smith 15 for the Cavs. The Pacers shot 44.2 percent (38 of 86) overall while the Cavs were at 43 percent (37 of 86). Читать дальше...

President Trump visited the Florida panhandle city of Pensacola, close to the Alabama border, Friday night to rally for Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore, who has been credibly accused of sexual harassment and assault by multiple women, in a final push before Tuesday's special election. The president cast Moore as a champion of job creation who would "vote for our 'Make America Great Again' agenda." By contrast, he said, Moore's "liberal Democrat" rival, Doug Jones, is "completely controlled" by Democratic leadership and will "never... Читать дальше...

Dear Shohei,

I am a Mariner fan and have been since I was born. Being a Mariner is in my blood. The moment that cemented my love for baseball - and the Mariners - was in the 1995 American League Division Series. My father tells me stories about how excited I was listening to the radio as Edgar Martinez hit "The Double" that drove in Ken Griffey Junior and sent us to the Division Championship. I was five years old.

I am 26 years old now. I have idolized many great Mariners in my short life; Griffey. Читать дальше...

Warfare History Network

History, Asia

“Please express my admiration to that saga writing Cat crew. This rescue was truly one of the most remarkable feats of the war.”

In the predawn darkness of Dobodura, New Guinea, 2nd Lt. William J. Smith of the U.S. Army Air Corps was roughly awakened by a noncom announcing that it was time to get dressed and get to the mess tent for breakfast.

Smith had not slept well, having spent most of the night fighting mosquitoes that had managed to get inside his cot’s netting. Читать дальше...

Donald Trump’s hopes of brokering an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal were fraying as the Palestinian president announced he would refuse to meet the US vice president in protest at the White House’s decision on Jerusalem.  An aide to Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian leader, said he was cancelling a meeting with Mike Pence, the US vice president, because America had “crossed all the red lines with the Jerusalem decision”. "There will be no meeting with the vice president of America in Palestine,” said Majd al-Khalidi, a diplomatic advisor. Читать дальше...

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — A Seattle man has been sentenced to over 19 years in prison for shooting a man to death near Bothell after the man tapped on his car window while he was using heroin. The Daily Herald reports 23-year-old Jesse Ackerman was sentenced this week in Snohomish County Superior Court. A jury found him guilty in October of second-degree murder in the death of 36-year-old Ryan Osborne. Ackerman claimed the killing was in self-defense. Osborne died in the street outside his home in December 2016. Читать дальше...

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Magna 1,000,000
Were going to play amazing, we will hit the post twice, we will play fast football direct, 3 shots will be going in but for some absolute world class saves. We will concede on a corner and then we will score from a cross for the first time ever.

Then there will be a penalty call and replays show it was never a penalty. Fulham get the winner through the penalty that should never have been.

For the final 10 Blues will throw everything at them, the... Читать дальше...

Business has become one of the most sought after career activity in the modern day. People love to become an entrepreneur and there are many business options available for people who would like to become a businessman. One of the most loved business options is network marketing business. In general, network marketing is a kind of business chance that is well accepted with people searching for part-time, full time and flexible businesses. Network marketing is a business field that depends on a set of distributors to develop a business. Читать дальше...

Kyle Mizokami

Security, Europe

Russia’s service handguns are simple, rugged and reliable, made to be built—and used—in wartime.

As the successor to the Soviet Army, the Russian Ground Forces inherited vast stocks of small arms to arm and equip a much smaller ground force. Stored in arsenals across eleven time zones were large number of sidearms for officers, vehicle crews and political commissars alike. These pistols, as well as new designs, arm today’s Russian army providing... Читать дальше...

Exclusive interview of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) with His Excellency,Mr. Ion Ion Gâlea, Ambassador of Romania to the Republic of Bulgaria. 

There's a cracking interview with him in the Guardian. Unfortunately, it's written by Jacob Steinberg, who is a poor writer and a prize tit, so i won't link it coz he's a cock.

Anyway, Sully says you won't get anyone more honest people in football, which may be true, unless he's trying to get yer cash, best thing he says though is about his nipper, who will take over West ham, and whom we all love, obvs.

“Jack’s learning his trade,” Sullivan says. “He was desperate to do it. He... Читать дальше...

Although Israel doesn’t officially acknowledge it, it is well understood that the country possesses a nuclear weapon arsenal (although the exact number of warheads are in dispute). It is similarly well understood that the United States opposed Israel’s nuclear weapons program during the John F. Kennedy and, to a lesser extent, Lyndon B. Johnson administrations. One part of the history that is less well known is that much of the funding for Israel’s nuclear weapons program came from private Americans in an effort that was spearheaded by... Читать дальше...

Zachary Keck

History, Middle East

A history you may not know. 

Although Israel doesn’t officially acknowledge it, it is well understood that the country possesses a nuclear weapon arsenal (although the exact number of warheads are in dispute). It is similarly well understood that the United States opposed Israel’s nuclear weapons program during the John F. Kennedy and, to a lesser extent, Lyndon B. Johnson administrations. One part of the history that is less well known... Читать дальше...

Hollis Johnson/Business Insider

• A publisher of repair manuals reports that owners are discouraged by plastic engine covers.
• The CEO provides some amusing alternative uses for the covers.
• Covers can be removed without voiding a car's warranty.

You can still purchase guides to fixing your car, and Haynes Manuals will be happy to sell them to you.

But the company asked customers what's keeping from getting under the hood — the survey was "informal" — and the answer wasn't surprising. Читать дальше...

I have an uncomfortable feeling that I will be excoriated for starting this thread. But if you already bothered to click, then at least hear me out! 

The Sun says we are competing with Torino for PSV Eindhoven wing sensation Steven Bergwijn. The 20-year-old academy product has helped his Dutch club go eight points clear at the top of the Eredivisie. The article says that the Holland Under-21 international’s form has alerted  Mauricio Pochettino, and that he is said to be considering an offer next month. It adds how Italians Torino had a £9million bid for Bergwijn rejected in August, but they still remain interested as do West Ham and Bournemouth. Читать дальше...

Charlie Gao

Security, Europe

It seems to be everywhere. 

Recently, the Tu-22M3 bomber has been the face of the Russian air force all over the world. Between dropping bombs over Syria to patrolling airspace over Japan, the Tu-22M3 has also been receiving a series of upgrades. These upgrades allow for greater bombing accuracy with conventional weapons, as well as the capability to fire new Air-Launched Cruise Missiles (ALCM). One of these upgrades may change how the Tu-22M3 is controlled under the New START treaty. Читать дальше...

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson arrived in Tehran on December 9 for talks with his counterpart, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, about imprisoned British-Iranian citizen Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who is already serving a five-year prison sentence for allegedly planning the "soft toppling" of Iran's government while traveling there with her toddler daughter, faces fresh propaganda charges that could add 16 years to her prison term. (AP)

Dave Majumdar

Security, Asia

The addition of the new medium range air launched cruise missiles is a break with Japan’s traditional post-World War II defense policy. 

Japan is responding to North Korea’s ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programs by adding air-launched cruise missiles to its arsenal.

The country–which operates under a pacifist constitution since the end of the Second World War—is looking at buying Lockheed Martin’s stealthy 600+ nautical mile... Читать дальше...