Category: Heroes
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The names of journalists killed in 2020
Safaa Ghali, killed in Iraq, January 10 Ahmed Abdul Samad, killed in Iraq, January 10 Amjad Anas Aktalati, caught in crossfire in Syria, February 4 Lourenço Veras, murdered in Paraguay, February 12 Abdiwali Ali Hassan, murdered in Somalia, February 16 Abdul Nasser Haj Hamdan, caught in crossfire in Syria, February 20 Maria Elena Ferral Hernández,…
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Rule 5, Section 4, Article 3, Item 7
As no doubt countless people who visit this website know, the last three sentences of the 2018 National Football League Rulebook Rule 5, Section 4, Article 3, Item 7 read as follows: Kicking shoes must not be modified (including using a shoelace wrapped around toe and/or bottom of the shoe), and any shoe that is worn…
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Dick Sarns, medical device legend, retires
Dick Sarns, founder of NuStep and designer of the heart-lung machine that revolutionized cardiac bypass surgery from the 1960s onward, has retired. Having celebrated his 91st birthday back in June and done more for medical device innovation in Ann Arbor than perhaps any other human being, Sarns has more than earned such a respite. I hope you…
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Obergefell of Obergefell v. Hodges
“Recounting the circumstances of three of these cases illustrates the urgency of the petitioners’ cause from their perspective. Petitioner James Obergefell, a plaintiff in the Ohio case, met John Arthur over two decades ago. They fell in love and started a life together, establishing a lasting, committed relation. In 2011, however, Arthur was diagnosed with…