Ancient sculpture excavated in Rome in 1506 and displayed in the Vatican The statue of Laocoön and His Sons, also called the Laocoön Group (Italian: Gruppo del Laocoonte), has been one of the most famous…
Why the U.S. Navy Manages a Forest
By Trent Osmon, forestry program manager for Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Midwest’s Public Works Department (PWD) Crane environmental division The predawn light reflects an eerie blood-red from the underbellies of the incoming clouds. As the…
FBI sting operation
Not to be confused with Adscam. 1970s and 1980s FBI sting operation Abscam (sometimes written ABSCAM) was an FBI sting operation in the late 1970s and early 1980s that led to the convictions of seven…
U.S. charges Russian military hackers with attacking American…
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department on Monday accused six Russian computer hackers of causing power blackouts, financial losses of nearly $1 billion and targeting the 2018 Winter Olympics in China. Court documents said the…
Schwarzenegger: California Republicans off the rails with fake…
Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks onstage during Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Annual Grants Banquet at Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel on July 31, 2019 in Beverly Hills, Calif. | Kevin Winter/Getty Images SACRAMENTO — Former California Gov. Arnold…
oldest masonry fort in the United States
United States historic place Aerial view photo taken from northwest. Although the fort had a water-filled moat at the time, it was originally a dry moat. The Castillo de San Marcos (Spanish for "St. Mark's…
Rudy Giuliani’s Daughter Caroline on Voting for Joe…
I have a difficult confession—something I usually save for at least the second date. My father is Rudy Giuliani. We are multiverses apart, politically and otherwise. I’ve spent a lifetime forging an identity in the…
practical joke
Hammer and Nails (1977) by Hans Godo Frabel. A "glass hammer" is an impossible object which an apprentice might be sent to fetch as part of a fool's errand A fool's errand is a type…
Covid-19 herd immunity, backed by White House, is…
Dozens of scientists from around the world warned against a "herd immunity" approach to curbing the spread of Covid-19 in a letter published Wednesday in the medical journal The Lancet. Herd immunity, which occurs when…
1989 film
Raiders of the Lost Ark:The Adaptation Directed by Eric Zala Produced by Chris Strompolos Screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan Story by George LucasPhilip Kaufman Starring Chris Strompolos Angela Rodriguez Eric Zala Music by John Williams Cinematography…