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Mari Stull has reviewed the social media pages of State Department staffers for signs of ideological deviation. She has researched the names of government officials to determine whether they signed off on Obama-era policies — though signing off does not mean officials personally endorsed them but merely cleared them through the bureaucratic chain. And she has inquired about Americans employed by international agencies, including the World Health Organization and the United Nations, asking their colleagues when they were hired and by whom, according the officials.
"She is actively making lists and gathering intel,” said one of the sources, a senior diplomat.
Stull also requires that every directive issued by the office be reviewed by her first, causing a bureaucratic bottleneck and even stalling issues that appear to be priorities of the White House.
According to two officials, she has stripped all references to “international law” and “international order” from action items and memos coming from the international organization bureau.
“I don’t know if she thinks international law doesn’t exist if they just take out any reference to it, but that’s not really how things work,” one of the officials familiar with the matter said.
"She is actively making lists and gathering intel,” said one of the sources, a senior diplomat.
Stull also requires that every directive issued by the office be reviewed by her first, causing a bureaucratic bottleneck and even stalling issues that appear to be priorities of the White House.
According to two officials, she has stripped all references to “international law” and “international order” from action items and memos coming from the international organization bureau.
“I don’t know if she thinks international law doesn’t exist if they just take out any reference to it, but that’s not really how things work,” one of the officials familiar with the matter said.
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Could this be the end for the Mars Opportunity Rover?
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/jun/14/mars-storm-nasa-rover-opportunity?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Google%2B
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/jun/14/mars-storm-nasa-rover-opportunity?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Google%2B
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Brain tumors come in all shapes and sizes—and so do their symptoms. The key to a tumor's symptoms really depends on its location. Find out if that's a warning sign of a brain tumor.
http://www.hownutrition.info/7-warning-signs-of-a-brain-tumour-you-should-know/
http://www.hownutrition.info/7-warning-signs-of-a-brain-tumour-you-should-know/
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A cold sea fog descends over Forth Rail Bridge as the sun sets over Queensferry, Scotland.
The bridge was constructed in the late 1800s and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and in 2016 was voted Scotland's greatest man-made wonder.
The bridge was constructed in the late 1800s and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and in 2016 was voted Scotland's greatest man-made wonder.
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"The Ayeyawady River delta in Myanmar is home to millions of people, and is a hub of agricultural activity. Unlike other large rivers across the world, however, the Ayeyawady has been relatively untouched by large infrastructure and dam projects for the past 50 years, and its geologic evolution has never previously been studied.
A team from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has collaborated with Myanmar scientists to present the first extensive view of the delta's history, revealing how its floodplains and shorelines on the Andaman Sea have grown and shrunk over the past 10,000 years. The study, published June 12, 2018, in the journal Earth Surface Dynamics, shows that shifts in monsoon climate have changed the shape of delta in the past, and suggests that human impact could drastically alter the region in the future, says lead author Liviu Giosan, a geologist at WHOI.
"In geological terms, the Ayeyawady, as any delta, is kind of an ephemeral feature. If the river can dump enough sediment onto the area through seasonal floods, the surrounding land will stay above sea level. But if those sediments can't keep up with sea level rise, the delta will eventually be submerged and overtaken by the sea" Giosan says.
According to the new study, the delta has changed repeatedly over the past several thousand years, showing that the region is particularly vulnerable to changes in outflow, ocean currents, or storm frequency.
To map the delta's geologic history, Giosan's team consulted 19th century British charts--which even today are the only available depth soundings off the Ayeyawady--to analyze long-submerged landscapes. They also turned to satellite imagery and NASA's digital elevation data to spot past channels but also shorelines, which appear as slight ridges in the otherwise flat landscape.
On the ground, the researchers dug trenches and drilled cores into those former shorelines and channels, revealing layers of sand and silt that they could then date in the lab. The resulting data showed that the ebb and flow of the delta was linked to extreme climate events: during long periods of heavy monsoons, more sediment traveled downriver, maintaining the delta's coastline. In dryer intervals, that flow dwindled, and waves and tides from the Andaman Sea chipped away at the landscape".
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A team from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has collaborated with Myanmar scientists to present the first extensive view of the delta's history, revealing how its floodplains and shorelines on the Andaman Sea have grown and shrunk over the past 10,000 years. The study, published June 12, 2018, in the journal Earth Surface Dynamics, shows that shifts in monsoon climate have changed the shape of delta in the past, and suggests that human impact could drastically alter the region in the future, says lead author Liviu Giosan, a geologist at WHOI.
"In geological terms, the Ayeyawady, as any delta, is kind of an ephemeral feature. If the river can dump enough sediment onto the area through seasonal floods, the surrounding land will stay above sea level. But if those sediments can't keep up with sea level rise, the delta will eventually be submerged and overtaken by the sea" Giosan says.
According to the new study, the delta has changed repeatedly over the past several thousand years, showing that the region is particularly vulnerable to changes in outflow, ocean currents, or storm frequency.
To map the delta's geologic history, Giosan's team consulted 19th century British charts--which even today are the only available depth soundings off the Ayeyawady--to analyze long-submerged landscapes. They also turned to satellite imagery and NASA's digital elevation data to spot past channels but also shorelines, which appear as slight ridges in the otherwise flat landscape.
On the ground, the researchers dug trenches and drilled cores into those former shorelines and channels, revealing layers of sand and silt that they could then date in the lab. The resulting data showed that the ebb and flow of the delta was linked to extreme climate events: during long periods of heavy monsoons, more sediment traveled downriver, maintaining the delta's coastline. In dryer intervals, that flow dwindled, and waves and tides from the Andaman Sea chipped away at the landscape".
(Posted by +rasha kamel )
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Telltale nabs yet another big license, is working on a Stranger Things game https://www.destructoid.com/telltale-nabs-yet-another-big-license-is-working-on-a-stranger-things-game-508126.phtml
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Saying it Out Loud
So we all know that a fairly large majority of white Conservatives in Arizona think this way. It’s part of the reason charter schools in Arizona are taking over leaving little money and support for public schools here. When the DeVos gang finally pushes through school vouchers, this state is going to become quite an unhappy battleground for civil rights
So we all know that a fairly large majority of white Conservatives in Arizona think this way. It’s part of the reason charter schools in Arizona are taking over leaving little money and support for public schools here. When the DeVos gang finally pushes through school vouchers, this state is going to become quite an unhappy battleground for civil rights
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ALMA spies 3 planets around a young star - ALMA image of a disk of material surrounding the young star HD 163296. This dusty disk has been known since 2016 to have gaps in it, presumably from newly forming planets. Now astronomers see disturbances in the disk, indicating where 3 new planets are moving within the disk. Image via ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO); A. Isella; B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF). Two independent teams of astronomers said today (June 13, 2018) that they’ve uncovered convincing evidence...
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There are many strategies you can use to promote good sleep, including making changes to your diet, as some foods have sleep-promoting properties. Here are the 9 best foods you can eat before bed to enhance your sleep quality.
http://health-zone.org/13-best-foods-to-eat-to-get-more-sleep/
http://health-zone.org/13-best-foods-to-eat-to-get-more-sleep/
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"Two independent teams of astronomers have uncovered convincing evidence that three young planets are in orbit around an infant star known as HD 163296. Using a new planet-finding strategy, the astronomers identified three discrete disturbances in a young star's gas-filled disk: the strongest evidence yet that newly formed planets are in orbit there.
Over the past several years, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has transformed our understanding of protoplanetary disks—the gas- and dust-filled planet factories that encircle young stars. The rings and gaps in these disks provide intriguing circumstantial evidence for the presence of planets. Other phenomena, however, could account for these tantalizing features.
Using a new planet-hunting technique that identifies unusual patterns in the flow of gas within a protoplanetary disk, two teams of astronomers have confirmed the distinct, telltale hallmarks of newly formed planets orbiting an infant star in our galaxy. These results are presented in a pair of papers appearing in the Astrophysical Journal Letters."
Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2018-06-trio-infant-planets-newborn-star.html
Over the past several years, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has transformed our understanding of protoplanetary disks—the gas- and dust-filled planet factories that encircle young stars. The rings and gaps in these disks provide intriguing circumstantial evidence for the presence of planets. Other phenomena, however, could account for these tantalizing features.
Using a new planet-hunting technique that identifies unusual patterns in the flow of gas within a protoplanetary disk, two teams of astronomers have confirmed the distinct, telltale hallmarks of newly formed planets orbiting an infant star in our galaxy. These results are presented in a pair of papers appearing in the Astrophysical Journal Letters."
Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2018-06-trio-infant-planets-newborn-star.html
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Sanders gets best reception at early 2020 audition http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/392186-sanders-gets-best-reception-at-early-2020-audition -via Flynx
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