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The program suffered from the Pentagon’s typical rush, according to a 2006 RAND Corp. study. “The DD(X) program shares some characteristics inherent in many modern defense acquisition programs: high technological complexity and a limited opportunity to employ competitive sourcing in the later phases where detail design and production costs frequently argue against multiple suppliers,” it said. “The program is further complicated by a mandate to support both Ingalls and BIW (the two remaining shipyards capable of developing and producing this class of ship) and by the fact that a third firm, Raytheon Systems (the developer/producer of the warfare system), adds as much value to the system as the ship producer.” Bottom line: the Navy effectively became the prime contractor on the program, which “leads to complex issues on how to structure and manage the program.”The new destroyer was envisioned as the heart of the Navy’s surface fleet, operating close to shore where war planners were betting major future combat would take place. But by 2006, alarms were beginning to sound about the very reason for building the ship—the guns that would allow it to pound shore targets. “Although the ship’s centerpiece, its two advanced gun systems, would give the Navy the ability to provide sustained, high-volume fire support to troops ashore, that capability has not been in high demand in the United States’ past several conflicts,” the Congressional Budget Office reported that year. It would have been worthless in landlocked Afghanistan and of “very little use” in Iraq, where U.S. forces “moved rapidly out of range of the Zumwalt’s guns.” Well, Marines always harrumph: “What about protecting us when we have to conduct the amphibious landing that is the reason we exist?” Sorry, CBO said, that argument no longer carries much seawater. “The United States has not conducted such a landing in more than half a century,” it noted, “although it has had opportunities to do so.”

Tonina "Historia de Un Amor" (from Black Angel) It is both a little misleading but also perfectly fitting that most people’s introduction to Tonina Saputo will come through her Spanish-language album. For an artist who mixes jazz, folk and soul elements, and who can move from upright bass to acoustic guitar and work comfortably within those idioms, this torch song gives just a taste of her talents. NPR thought so too, putting "Historia" as its 47th best song of year.

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At the forefront of the premium movement has been Lake Champlain Chocolates (LCC), who are hoping for a solid Christmas after opening a new production facility in Vermont.

This vegan food truck focuses on seitan — in sandwiches, in nuggets, etc. Its debut schedule includes two days a week in the Back Bay area and one downtown; consult its website for up-to-date location information.Opened: April 2, 2018

"The doctor just said she’d slept funny, but we knew something wasn’t right, so we took her to A&E who sent her to the children’s hospital. They did tests and an MRI scan and found an abscess deep in her neck. It was too dangerous to drain it, so she was on antibiotics for six months. She’d be OK for a few weeks, then she’d get tired and ill again."

And the program’s twists and turns are instructive for another reason: for decades, the Navy has hatched schemes to build numbers of ships it can never afford. Because the Navy has been biting off more than it can chew, budget-wise, that leads to rising price tags for each ship it does end up buying. That, in turn, leads to fewer ships in the fleet, but no concomitant reduction in their missions. That overwork has led to sailors working 100 hours a week, and a pair of at-sea collisions in 2017 that claimed the lives of 17 sailors. 

The family celebrated the end of two horrendous years with a huge party in their daughter’s honour, with 400 people.

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Technology constantly changes, which means that at this point, there are many settings an oven can have. Functions can vary, but the principle of operating should be similar to any countertop oven you have had. Entry level toasters have the basic settings of bake, toast, and broil. Higher-level oven models and more popular brands will include other settings like roast and defrost.

It wouldn’t be a Sunday roast without a side of roast veggies, with oven-baked vegetables a good way to not only get your daily servings in, but make a chilly winter’s day that bit more bearable. With plenty of vegetable varieties fine to go in the oven, what you decide to cook will also impact for how long and at what temperature you should cook with.

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