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If You're Looking For A Link To the Mueller Report, Look No Further
Editor's Note:
We're not downloading the entire Mueller report, but here is the Justice Department URL to read the report at:
Report On the Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Election, Vol I and II; Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller, III
https://www.justice.gov/storage/report.pdf?_ga=2.80421777.744576135.1555603755-461170982.1555603755
Mueller received the following military awards and decorations:
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California State Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones Statement on Trump Rule to Restrict Funds for Women's Health Services
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - In response to reports that the Trump administration is preparing the release of a rule restricting Title X funding for organizations providing vital women's health services, such as Planned Parenthood, California Insurance Commissi… more »
A UK Law Requires Companies Employing More Than 250 to Report Their Gender Pay Gap: What Does the US Have?
From 2017, any organisation that has 250 or more employees must publish and report specific figures about their gender pay gap. The gender pay gap is the difference between the average earnings of men and women, expressed relative to men’s earnings. For example, ‘women earn 15% less than men per hour'. Employers must both: publish their gender pay gap data and a written statement on their public-facing website report their data to government online - using the gender pay gap reporting service. If your organisation has fewer than 250 employees, it can publish and report voluntarily but is not obliged to do so. more »
National Institutes of Health: Mediterranean Diet May Slow Development of Alzheimer’s Disease, Recipes by Lisa Mosconi
In a new study, Dr. Lisa Mosconi from Weill Cornell Medicine and her colleagues measured changes in brains over time. They performed baseline brain imaging in 34 people who ate a Mediterranean diet and 36 people who ate a Western diet. The volunteers ranged in age from 30 to 60 and showed no symptoms of dementia when the study began. The researchers then repeated the scans at least two years later. The study was supported by NIH’s National Institute on Aging (NIA). Results were published online in Neurology on April 13, 2018. more »
Secret Cities: The Architecture and Planning of the Manhattan Project
Secret Cities examines the cities as case studies in modern urban planning and building technology, while revealing the distinct way of life that emerged at each site. The exhibition also explores the architectural and planning legacy of the Manhattan Project, including its role in the emergence of multidisciplinary corporate architecture and engineering firms. The exhibition concludes with an overview of the postwar development of the three cities, which remain important centers of scientific research today. more »
