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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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Culture Watch Book Reviews — Against All Odds: Resisting Oppressive Cultures, Political Violence and Natural Catastrophe
Reviewed by Serena Nanda: Wadjda is the story of a quietly but ingeniously, rebellious ll year old girl in Saudi Arabia, determined to buy and ride a bicycle. In Hold Tight, Don't Let Go, Magdalie makes one unsuccessful effort after another to survive after the Haiti earthquake, particularly after her decision to refuse to sink to selling sex. Malala recounts her experiences as she and her father fight the Taliban for the right of girls to go to school in Pakistan. Hawaii, The Lost Kingdom, introduces us to Hawaii’s last queen, Lili’ukalani, not widely known to Americans, perhaps because her fight for independence was ultimately unsuccessful. more »
John Singer Sargent's Intimate Portraits of Artists and Friends: Witty and Radical
Bringing together remarkable loans, some rarely exhibited, from galleries and private collections in Europe and America, the exhibition will follow Sargent's time in Paris, London and Boston as well as his travels in the Italian and English countryside. Musée Rodin, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Musée d’Orsay, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts are amongst the institutions that have lent works. more »
The Scout Report for a Spring Break: Loneliness; On Broadway; Biomedical Engineering; The Most Dangerous World Ever?; Killer Digital Libraries; Landscape Architecture; The Muse, a Free Job Hunting Service
Some of the topics covered: Researchers think it's time to treat loneliness as a serious public health issue; official site of the Common Core State Standards Initiative, with much to offer for K-12 educators, parents, and generally curious; nearly 13,000 viewers have subscribed to the National Science Foundation's YouTube channel; a list of over 250 excellent digital libraries and archives; curators collected social media posts related to Broadway, a narrow 13.5-mile slice of Manhattan over a period of 158 days, creating an interactive digital installation; in addition to jobs, The Muse features profiles of each company, which include video interviews with employees, office photographs and descriptions of the company culture. more »
When Planning a Visit To Washington DC: Restoring the United States Capitol Dome and Rotunda
The Architect of the Capitol began a multi-year project to repair deficiencies, restoring the Dome to its original, inspiring splendor. The Dome has not undergone a complete restoration since 1959-1960 and due to age and weather is now plagued by more than 1,000 cracks and deficiencies. Construction task lighting is visible and 720 LED construction task lights are installed to help workers as they restore the Dome at night. more »
