The phrase evil empire was first applied to the Soviet Union in 1983 by U.S. President Ronald Reagan, who took an aggressive, hard-line stance that favored matching and exceeding the Soviet Union's strategic and global military capabilities, in calling for a rollback strategy that would, in his words, write the final pages of the history of the ...
Colonel Eric G. Kail, U.S. Army, died peacefully Wednesday, July 24, 2013 at his home in Austin with his dear friends and family at his side.He is survived by his wife, Gigi Kail, his children, Jake and Emma, his mother, Brenda Kail of Williamsburg, Virginia, and his brother, Scott Kail of Piedmont, California.r. Kail was a recently named Chief Behavioral Scientist at APTUS Discovery in Austin. He was also the founder and president of Cardinal Leadership, Incorporated. Colonel Kail was an avid hunter and fisherman, and he could often be found outside by the grill in the evenings.
Erik Gates, who contributed to the popular Discovery Channel show MythBusters as its Amateur Rocket Expert, has died. He was 47. According to media reports, Gates died in a freak accident. He was at a building in Newbury Park, California, doing electrical work on a roof, when he fell 30 feet from a skylight. He died December 20. Gates was an owner of Gateco Electric, which was employed at the site.