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In the centuries following the burning down of Basing House by Oliver Cromwell in 1645, all sorts of odd things kept turning up in the ruins. There was fine glass from Venice, an ivory cup from west Africa, apothecary jars from Delft and fragments of a Chinese bowl. Random though these remnants were, they were nothing compared with the assorted jumble of house guests who had left them behind. For three years at the height of England’s civil war, 500 or so mostly strangers had been obliged to cram hugger-mugger into the…

Sierra Gawlowski, PE, earned her BS in civil engineering and is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Washington. She has worked for a private engineering consulting firm as well as for public agencies. Sierra enjoys mentoring engineering students and junior staff. She also leads a project team for Engineers Without Borders and currently sits on the board of directors for Kilowatts for Humanity.Gawlowski is a paid member of the Red Ventures Education Integrity Network. Last reviewed May 20, 2022. …

Sierra Gawlowski, PE, earned her BS in civil engineering and is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Washington. She has worked for a private engineering consulting firm as well as for public agencies. Sierra enjoys mentoring engineering students and junior staff. She also leads a project team for Engineers Without Borders and currently sits on the board of directors for Kilowatts for Humanity.Gawlowski is a paid member of the Red Ventures Education freelance review network.  Last reviewed April 15,…

Let this be a lesson to all Marvel Cinematic Universe supporters and detractors alike; when approaching the topic of 2014’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier, anything less than benign neutrality will be met with swift retribution in the form of a myriad of tweets refuting your stance. Here we have the site of the latest Winter Soldier divide, a tweet from user Jayden challenging Twitter to pick one MCU film to disappear from the world forever. Among the four choices are the aforementioned Winter Soldier,…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Jurors in Johnny Depp’s libel lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard heard a snippet of testimony Tuesday contradicting one of Heard’s key witnesses, but much of the context was stripped away. Jennifer Howell — who once employed Heard’s sister, Whitney Henriquez — testified briefly Tuesday in the six-week civil trial through a recorded deposition. Depp is suing Heard for libel in Fairfax County Circuit Court over a December 2018 op-ed she wrote in The Washington Post describing…

The federal government said May 12 that artificial intelligence technology to screen new job candidates or monitor worker productivity can unfairly discriminate against people with disabilities, sending a warning to employers that the commonly used hiring tools could violate civil rights laws. The U.S. Justice Department and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission jointly issued guidance to employers to take care before using popular algorithmic tools meant to streamline the work of evaluating employees and job…

Breadcrumb Trail Links News Canadian Politics Canada 'We don't think that the criminal law is the way to approach it,' a Canadian Civil Liberties Association official said. 'We are talking about putting people in prison for things that they said' People at the National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa. Photo by Julie Oliver/Postmedia/File Article content OTTAWA – Civil liberties groups say a proposed law that would make Holocaust denial a criminal offence is likely unconstitutional and unlikely…

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has issued the UPSC exam calendar 2023 for the civil services examinations, engineering services examinations and others too. Annual UPSC exam calendar 2023: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has released the annual examination calendar for the year 2023 on its official website upsc.gov.in. The commission has announced the tentative schedule for Civil services prelims exams 2023 to Central Armed Police Forces…

The remaining flight was completed with just one functional engine.The Indian Air Force (IAF) completed repairs of the runway at Bagdogra airport in north Bengal on Tuesday, allowing civil flights to operateIANS Last Updated:April 27, 2022, 11:37 ISTFOLLOW US ON:The Indian Air Force (IAF) completed repairs of the runway at Bagdogra airport in north Bengal on Tuesday, allowing civil flights to operate. This airport, used jointly by the IAF and passenger flights, had been closed for nearly two weeks after cracks were…