It was a stunning discovery, which broke a neat divide between two styles of prehistoric flight. The dinosaurs took to the skies by transforming insulating fuzz into elegant, flattened feathers, and eventually giving rise to birds. The pterosaurs—often bundled together with dinosaurs, but actually a very different kind of reptile—did so by lengthening their fingers to support membranes, creating a style of wing that bats later reinvented. But Yi straddled both worlds. It was a dinosaur that independently evolved the leathery wings of pterosaurs, and covered their leading edges with fuzzy proto-feathers.

After the Spencer Dam on the Niobrara River was compromised, water washed out a road, a tavern and more, and inundated pastures and livestock pens.

[E21B] EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING (mining, quarrying E21C; making shafts, driving galleries or tunnels E21D); OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS [5]

[F24F] AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING (removing dirt or fumes from areas where they are produced B08B 15/00; vertical ducts for carrying away waste gases from buildings E04F 17/02; tops for chimneys or ventilating shafts, terminals for flues F23L 17/02)

Nobody’s saying we shouldn’t invest to protect ourselves from cyber threats. But this new worry about Chinese spy devices implanted in the Metro should remind us of lessons from the Cold War. While the CIA was focused on the clandestine dramas of spycraft, it totally missed the big picture. It remained committed to hyping growing Soviet military power, right up until the Soviet Union imploded.

In fact that is a statement in itself, and now that I research and teach dark and fraught topics as my daily norm (i.e. death, grief, evil, religion and the supernatural, cultural politics, mental illness, terrorism…) I observe the same thing. That is, human resilience and agency. The way people care, and love, and live, amidst the worst situations. In fact, wherever I have travelled, this has struck me. Children playing pop songs on keyboards in the middle of refugee camps in Palestine. Women with babies tied to their backs, parading towards vaccination clinics in post-conflict South Sudan, in the most beautiful clothes and carrying colourful umbrellas. Ugandan mothers who warmly shared meals with me in their tiny dust-floored kitchens. 

– Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney is privately urging Trump to dump Acosta, Politico’s Eliana Johnson and Burgess Everett report: “Acosta critics, including Mulvaney, have argued that he has not been aggressive enough in stamping out Obama-era workplace regulations and employment discrimination lawsuits, and they are using the Epstein lawsuit to push him out the door. Mulvaney on Tuesday acknowledged the tension with Acosta but said it was merely part of the job. ‘I push all of the Cabinet Secretaries on the deregulatory agenda, as it is a top priority of the President,’ Mulvaney said in a statement. … One move that has particularly rankled conservatives is Acosta’s decision to allow an employment discrimination lawsuit to proceed against Oracle, the rare Silicon Valley company that is not entirely hostile to the GOP.”

Fifty-one Region 2 businesses received grants totaling more than $1.4 million from Michigan’s Going Pro Talent Fund for fiscal year 2019.

Virginia’s Democratic governor slammed Republican legislators for adjourning a special session on gun legislation after less than two hours:

James Thomas, plant manager at AlcoTec, walks through the inventory at the business’ Traverse City location.

Severino has been out all season due to lat and shoulder issues. He may resume throwing as early as next week, but they are obviously not rushing him. Nor do they need to given the Yankees’ six and a half game lead in the Al East. When Severino does come back, Cashman suggested that he might be used as a limited 75-pitch starter or see action out of the bullpen.

The deal guarantees Netflix exclusive access to most of the facilities at Shepperton Studios including its 14 sound stages from October.