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...help if they couldn't get their footing, so the spray would make boarding and hijacking vessels difficult. Another option is the long-range acoustic device or LRAD, originally developed by the U.S. military and manufactured by American Technology Corporation. This 33-inch dish emits a sound blast of up to 150 decibels, deafening and driving away would-be attackers. It proved remarkably effective in foiling a pirate attack on a British cruise ship off the Horn of Africa in 2005. But it's hardly foolproof, says Butler: "Eventually [pirates] get used to it and wear earmuffs." Still, even imperfect...
...said he was excited about returning to Harvard to talk with students about beer. “I have an abiding loyalty to Harvard,” he said. Storey also spoke about how Harvard specifically influenced the formation of Harpoon Brewery. “We all had a blast drinking beer, but we were never that impressed by the beer itself,” he said. “So there was the beginning of that idea that there’s better beer out there,” he said. The participants said they enjoyed the opportunity...
...anybody had hit a home run today, they were going to walk to first base and just have a blast,” Vance said...
...report stressed that militant Sunni groups are drawing new followers as well, and Tuesday brought grim reminders of the continued presence of radical Sunni guerrilla fighters in Iraq. Twin car bombs, the signature terror weapon of Sunni militants in Iraq, exploded north and west of Baghdad. One blast in Baqubah, the provincial capital of Diyala Province, left some 40 people dead and wounded roughly 80 others, according to initial reports. Another explosion tore through Ramadi, a town which U.S. officials hailed as a success story in recent months because of its dramatically lower levels of violence. That attack killed...
...inning after Hofeld had allowed a sac fly and a Jake Doyle RBI single to cut the lead to two. But Nutter soon found himself in hot water in the next inning, allowing an RBI single to Josh Cox (3-for-5) before Gorynski’s walk-off blast. “There’s definitely a lack of experience there, but they both showed they can be capable relief pitchers,” Vance said of the two freshmen. “We had no problem bringing either of them in. Hopefully next time we have that...