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What happened to Okagbare? Even the finals she used to qualify for with ease, she faltered this time ![]() |
FortuneTeller:Thank you |
Although the identities of grand jurors are sealed to the public, there’s no reason to believe they aren’t a range of ordinary Americans. |
The FBI’s investigation into potential collusion between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia appeared to kick into higher gear with news this week that special counsel Robert Mueller had enlisted a federal grand jury in Washington as part of his efforts. The grand jury reportedly began working in recent weeks, issuing subpoenas for documents related to former national security adviser Michael Flynn’s business dealings. The high-profile and intensely political nature of this investigation could put this grand jury under unusual pressure. The panel is reportedly not dedicated to the Russia probe alone and could have other cases on its docket as it meets weekly ― or every other week ― until the completion of its term. Grand jury proceedings take place largely in secret, meaning the public will likely learn little about what the jurors are hearing. But legal experts say the use of the grand jury suggests Mueller’s investigation is diving in deeper. The duty of a grand jury is to decide if there is probable cause to pursue criminal charges. Grand juries have the power to issue subpoenas for documents and for witness testimony, which is delivered under oath without the presence of a defense attorney. Prosecutors can thus use grand juries to investigate more expansive matters. If or when the prosecutors think there’s cause for an indictment, they will ask the grand jury to vote. A federal grand jury doesn’t need to reach a unanimous decision. Of the 16 to 23 Washington residents on the panel looking into possible collusion with Russia, only 12 need to vote yes to indict someone. Grand juries differ from trial juries, or petit juries, in a few other substantive ways. Although courts do vet grand jurors, the individuals who sit on these panels don’t go through the extensive process of voir dire, in which lawyers and judges ask about their opinions and backgrounds to ensure they can serve impartially on specific cases. “Grand juries line ’em up, file ’em in, sit ’em down and off you go, because grand juries often hear all manner of cases,” said Andrew Leipold, a professor at the University of Illinois College of Law and an expert in grand juries. “They might hear several cases in a day, a drug crime here, a gun possession there, a fraud case, and so it’s impossible really to sort of track the way you would with a trial jury what are your particular biases and what are your leanings about this and that.” In Washington, which voted almost 91 percent for Hillary Clinton in November, the partisan makeup of the grand jury likely leans heavily against Trump. The D.C. grand jury is one of at least two such federal panels examining the Trump team in the wake of the 2016 election. A grand jury in eastern Virginia, not far from Washington, has been looking into Flynn’s ties to foreign agents. That region of Virginia also leans heavily blue. Additional grand jury subpoenas have reportedly been issued in connection with the June 2016 meeting between top Trump campaign officials ― including the president’s oldest son, Donald Trump Jr.; son-in-law Jared Kushner; and then-campaign manager Paul Manafort ― and a Russian lawyer with links to the Kremlin. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/grand-jury-trump-russia-investigation_us_598494c1e4b041356ebf7a9f?utm_hp_ref=donald-trump |
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FortuneTeller:I slept from the late afternoon till a few hours ago. |
FortuneTeller:I understand |
FortuneTeller:Can't forget about you |
FortuneTeller:Si senorita |
0b100100111:In the U.S., mortgage and "buying a house" mean the same thing. Of course, it's highly likely that the couple took out a mortgage for their house. Besides, it could be an 800 sq ft home they bought. |
InvertedHammer:But there is no law barring private individuals partnering with the govt in building court houses. From the article, it was clear that the Dr, Anambra state govt and the state judiciary were informed about the project, and even gave the necessary approvals. It's the unfounded ego of the state chief judge that is the problem. If he had issues with the project, he could have sought to stop it during construction or before construction started. Someone's hard-earned money cannot just go to waste like that. It's inhumane. |
FortuneTeller:Come let's eat some popcorn |
FortuneTeller:I'm still up o |
happney65:Buhari's name makes me puke |
newsynews:Point of correction: no human being is an article for sale |
Bolt is irreplaceable! I dont think we will ever see an athlete like him for the rest of our life times. |
Iamsheye:Thank you |
FortuneTeller:Thanks for the sweet melody ![]() |
At my niece's birthday party in SD. The little girl will soon be a teenager
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Happy birthday to me. I wish myself a long life and many productive years ahead. |
FortuneTeller:Thank you ![]() |
FortuneTeller: How do you know I like such passionate activity? ![]() |
Your eyes would pop out if you visit a Miami or Los Angeles beach. Too many hot bodies in those places. |
eduj:And the Ibom deep-seaport will have the combined capacity of the PH, Onne and Warri ports with regard to the number of containers it will handle. |
Suspense12:Those ones are super classified lol |
The 9/11 attacks occurred on the 60th anniversary of the groundbreaking. On September 11, 2001, the Pentagon was nearing the end of its first full-scale renovations when American Airlines Flight 77 smashed into the building’s east side, which was unoccupied due to the construction. Nearly 200 people lost their lives in the attack, though the recently installed security improvements that were part of the renovation project, including reinforcing the building’s concrete and installing blast-proof windows and walls, undoubtedly saved hundred of lives. Plans were soon underway for an extensive reconstruction program, dubbed the Phoenix Project, which was completed in February 2003 at a cost of $5 billion—five times the cost of the original building. |
It’s pretty difficult to understand just how big the Pentagon is. In fact, the U.S. Capitol could fit into just one of the building’s five sides, and with 5,100,000 square feet, it has twice the office space of the Empire State Building. This makes the Pentagon the largest office building in the world by total floor area. When Dwight Eisenhower took up his position as army chief of staff after World War II ended, he got lost in the vast complex while on a walk and was forced to ask a group of stenographers for directions back to his own office. And while it is possible to get from the furthest points in under 10 minutes, that requires taking a shortcut through the open courtyard at the center of the complex (known as Ground Zero), and walking very fast. For those unable to physically walk the corridors on their own, the Department of Defense provides a fleet of scooters, or self-propelled vehicles (SPVs), that are allowed to zip around at up to 3 mph.
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The building went up in record time. The groundbreaking ceremony was held on September 11, 1941, and work quickly got underway, with more than 15,000 workers on site around the clock. The demand for office space was so great that the first workers moved in before the complex was fully finished, and many employees found themselves working in offices without walls and traveling around the complex on wooden planks laid across open construction pits. Construction wrapped up on January 15, 1943. It’s been estimated that under normal circumstances, construction should have taken four years—the Pentagon went up in just 16 months. This speedy construction was costly, however: The project was initially budgeted at $35 million, but wound up costing $63 million, more than $900 million in today’s money. |
4. The Pentagon was built on land occupied by the descendants of former slaves. During the Civil War, a settlement known as Freedman’s Village sprung up on Robert E. Lee’s former estate, as escaped slaves made their way to the non-Union held territory. Twenty yeas after the war, these settlements were uprooted, and several predominately black neighborhoods, including Queen City and the seedier, red-light district of Hell’s Bottom, formed nearby in what became known as East Arlington. When the Pentagon’s planners realized that the original site selected for the massive complex was not large enough, the government agreed to evict more than 150 families from East Arlington and appropriate their land There are twice as many bathrooms as necessary. In an America still highly segregated by race, the Pentagon’s planners found it necessary to design the building with separate facilities for black and white employees, including “white” and “colored” cafeterias for the construction crews and 284 bathrooms, twice the number needed for the anticipated staff levels. However, in June 1941 President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 8802, which prohibited segregation among federal employees. At first, Virginia authorities, determined to enforce the regulations laid out in its Jim Crow-era Separation of Races law, insisted that the facility be segregated, before finally relenting and ceding control of the Pentagon to the federal government. From its opening, all facilities were open to both black and white employees, making the Pentagon, for a time, the only non-segregated building in Virginia. .
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On January 15, 1943, work was completed on the new headquarters for the U.S. War Department (the modern-day Department of Defense) in Arlington, Virginia. The massive complex, commonly known as the Pentagon, was built to house the nearly 30,000 defense workers tasked with helping America win World War II. With more than 17 miles of corridors, it remains one of the largest office buildings in the world, and has become a symbol—for better and for worse—of military might. It owes its unique shape to a different planned location. Several sites were considered for the new military complex. The original choice was a sprawling stretch of land just to the east of Arlington Cemetery, on land that once belonged to Confederate General Robert E. Lee. At the time, the tract was managed by the Department of Agriculture, which ran an experimental farm on the land. Arlington Farms was bound by access roads, forming a slightly irregular pentagon shape. The idea of using Arlington Farms was soon scraped, however, over concerns about the sensitivity of placing a military complex so close to the nation’s most hallowed ground, and President Roosevelt instead selected a site that had once been home to Hoover Field, the first airport to service the Washington, D.C., area. As it was too late to start a new design process, the pentagon shape remained, though its five sides were straightened and smoothed to the more standard form we know today. There are a few reasons the building is so short. One of Somervell’s first dictates was that the massive building be no taller than five stories (plus two stories below ground). This was due, in part, to concerns over disrupting the scenic views to and from the Virginia site and Washington, D.C. There was also a more practical reason–the steel shortage already underway in a nation girding for war. Instead of steel, the building was built primarily of reinforced concrete, 435,000 cubic yards of it. Much of the filler for this concrete was dredged from the grounds around the Pentagon itself, including the Potomac River. Concrete was also used to build a series of ramps throughout the complex, which eliminated the need for steel-enforced elevators. Additional concessions to the war included the lack of bronze doors, plaques and any other touches that were deemed purely decorative. http://www.history.com/news/9-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-pentagon
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Lol. Some source in the PDP is only flying a kite. Its crystal clear that the PDP ticket will either be: Atiku/Soludo or Atiku/Peter Obi. |
How can one man have a net worth of over N4 trillion? Oprah is still the richest Black woman in the world and richest African-American, while Alakija is the richest African woman. It's also somewhat surprising that 6 of the 10 richest Black billionaires in the world are Africans |
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