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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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My Delilah and A New Law Restricting Pet Stores To the Sale Only of Dogs, Cats and Rabbits From Animal Shelters & Non-profit Rescue Operations
Sonya Zalubowski writes: Her name was Delilah, intriguing, especially for a dog that didn’t even weigh six pounds. Was she named after the Biblical tale of Samson and Delilah, the temptress that helped lead to the strongman’s downfall? Besides my own pop culture ignorance — I’d never heard of the song — I had no idea because she was a rescue dog that I found online. Someone else named her. That was just the beginning of the mystery about to unfold for me, the mystery involved in adopting such a dog, both the joys and sorrows. more »
GAO Reports: Health Insurance Exchanges & College Students and Food Assistance
Claims costs generally grew from 2014 to 2017, but selected issuers sometimes experienced wide swings in costs from year to year. Most issuers attributed the volatility in costs, in part, to large changes in the number and health of enrollees each year. Average monthly claims costs varied significantly across issuers in the same state. For selected issuers, differences in per member per month claims costs within a given state were often more than $100 — significant given that median per member per month claims costs were about $300. Selected issuers also varied significantly in their decisions to expand or reduce their participation in the exchanges and make changes to premiums and plan design. more »
Life, Love & Marriage Chests in Renaissance Italy at the Frist* Museum
During the Renaissance, a period spanning from the fourteenth to the sixteenth centuries, elaborately decorated wooden wedding chests known as cassoni were an integral part of Italian marriage rituals. Commissioned in pairs and shaped like ancient sarcophagi, they were paraded from the bride’s house to her husband’s after the wedding. Throughout the marriage, the chests continued to be used as storage and seating and were among the most prestigious furnishings in the home. more »
Sex, Race and Religion Flood the Streets of Washington, DC Over MLK Weekend
Jo Freeman writes: Sex, race and religion marched through the streets of Washington, DC over the long holiday weekend dedicated to the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King. There wasn’t much brotherly (or sisterly) love, which would have been a more fitting tribute to Dr. King’s memory; neither was there any physical violence, though there were some confrontations. The Women’s March was so successful in 2017 that it has become an annual event.
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