Monday, April 8, 2019

New Submachine Gun

The U.S. Army Selects New Submachine Gun

The Swiss-made Brugger and Thomet APC9K is the Army’s first official subgun since World War II.

By Kyle Mizokami

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The U.S. Army has officially selected the Brugger and Thomet APC9K to outfit its Personal Security Details.

The APC9K is the first new submachine gun for the U.S. Army since the M3 “Greasegun” of World War II. The service will buy 350 of the compact automatic weapons for $2.5 million, with an option to buy 1,000 more. The B&T APC9K beat out guns from more than ten other companies, including Colt and Heckler and Koch, as well as guns based on the M-16 and MP-5 weapons platforms.

It's Not Just You: Cars are Crazy Expensive

Average prices are up 29 percent from 2009.

BY ZACH BOWMAN

ZACH BOWMAN

We finally know how much the 2020 Jeep Gladiator will cost. The truck starts at a shave north of $35,000, delivered. And if that seems insane for a steel-wheeled pickup truck to you, you’re not alone. We see all sorts of new vehicles around here, and increasingly, the first question out of any of our mouths is not, "how much horsepower does it have?" but rather, "What was the sticker?" That’s where the really shocking numbers tend to lie.

In Famed Oceanic Hole, a Chilling Discovery

2 bodies discovered during expedition into Great Blue Hole by Cousteau's grandson

By Evann Gastaldo

This undated image provided by the Belize Tourist Board shows an aerial view of the Great Blue Hole, a popular diving site that is part of Belize’s barrier reef. (AP Photo/Belize Tourist Board)

Belize's Great Blue Hole was popularized by underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau in a 1971 episode of his series, The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau.

We Might Be About to See the First Ever Photo of a Black Hole

An announcement next week by an international collaboration might contain the first-ever photo of a black hole's event horizon.

By Avery Thompson
Supermassive black holes

PHOTO 12/GETTY IMAGES

Next week, a collection of countries around the world are going to make a big announcement, and no one is sure exactly what it’s going to be. However, there are some possibilities, and the most exciting one is that they are about to reveal the first-ever photograph of the event horizon of a black hole.

The Power of Remembering through Traditions

Jessica Smartt

“And when your children ask you, ‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’ then tell them, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck down the Egyptians.’” Exodus 12:26-27a (NIV)

Consistently Inconsistent

by Shawn McEvoy, Crosswalk.com Editorial Director

But if you're not sure, if you notice that you are acting in ways inconsistent with what you believe - some days trying to impose your opinions on others, other days just trying to please them - then you know that you're out of line. If the way you live isn't consistent with what you believe, then it's wrong.
Romans 14:23 , The Message

Never brag on a four-and-a-half year-old.

Bitcoin jumps

Bitcoin jumps 20 percent, mystery order seen as catalyst

Tom Wilson, Tommy Wilkes

LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin soared to its highest in almost five months on Tuesday, pulling smaller cryptocurrencies up with it, after a major order by an anonymous buyer set off a frenzy of computer-driven trading, analysts said.

The original cryptocurrency soared as much as 20 percent in Asian trading, breaking $5,000 for the first time since mid-November. By mid-afternoon, it had settled around $4,800, still up 16 percent in its biggest one-day gain since April last year.

Amazon Is Making Big Changes at Whole Foods

New round of price cuts takes effect Wednesday

By Rob Quinn

A Whole Foods Market in Upper Saint Clair, Pa. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Whole Foods is taking steps to change its "Whole Paycheck" image with another round of price cuts.

Measle Cases

Measles count in US this year already more than all of 2018

Measles cases in the US have already surged past the total for all of last year, officials say

By MIKE STOBBE

The number of U.S. measles cases through the first three months of this year have surpassed the count for all of 2018, health officials say.

There have been 387 cases through March, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Monday. There were 372 last year.

Start Fresh: Repairing Fractured Relationships

Blythe Daniel

“Then they will rebuild the ancient ruins, They will raise up the former devastations; And they will repair the ruined cities, The desolations of many generations.” Isaiah 61:4 (NASB)

My mother, Helen, didn’t have the luxury of many loving moments with her mother. Throughout Mom’s childhood and adult years, my grandmother was battling the effects of anger, alcoholism and anxiety. When something didn’t go right, her anger went over the top. You can never do anything right. You’re so stupid. My mother walked on eggshells, trying to avoid the constant verbal and emotional abuse.

Seeing Clearly

By Touching Lives

“My ears had heard of You but now my eyes have seen You. Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.” Job 42:5-6

Daily News Roundup

Daily News Roundup: Another Day, Another Data Breach

CAMERON SUMMERSON

It’s April Fools’ Day, but you won’t find any fake news here. Today we’ll take a look at the top stories from the weekend, including the demise of AirPower, government malware in the Google Play Store, and more.

NASA and MIT's Transforming Wing Could Change How Planes Are Built

Composed of hundreds of small, identical pieces, the shape-shifting wing can automatically morph to the most efficient shape for a given stage of flight.

By Eric Limer

ELI GERSHENFELD, NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER

NASA is no stranger to transforming aircraft. Consider the ten-engine drone called Greased Lightning, which can shift from VTOL into cruise mode in midflight.

How to Break Away From ‘Beach Body’ Anxiety

Oliver Strewe/Getty Images/Lonely Planet Images

Everybody has a “beach body.”

LAURA DELARATO

The internal panic sparked by a beach trip takes up more space in our brains than we should allow.

We've been fed a fictitious understanding that only one kind of body is allowed on display at the proverbial runways of a sandy coastline. If it hasn't been toned, plucked, waxed, slenderized, and dieted, then it should stay home — or dare not display any kind of unsuitable imperfection.

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