The Toluid Civil War ends. Kublai Khan defeats his brother and pretender to the title of Khagan, or Khan of Khans, Ariq Boke, who surrenders to Kublai and is summarily imprisoned. He dies a year later under mysterious circumstances, possibly by poisoning, but the cause of death is still uncertain. However, this battle essentially marks the end of a unified Mongol Empire.
Kublai Khan publicly reprimands his own officers for executing 2 Song Dynasty Chinese generals without trial or investigation. This act is one of many in order to enhance his reputation amongst the Chinese, to increase his legitimacy as a just ruler, and win over more defectors from the Southern Song.
The threat of the US military intervention in Iraq and Syria erupting into a far wider war has increased sharply in the wake of a series of Turkish air strikes against SyrianKurdish militia forces that are aligned with Washington.… ... ....
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (CNN)Donald Trump on Saturday ratcheted up his attacks on his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, accusing her of "running against all of the American people.". "Hillary Clinton is not running against me, she's running against change ... JUST WATCHED. Trump. I am asking the American people to dream big. Replay. More Videos ... MUST WATCH. Trump. I am asking the American people to dream big 00.50 ... Read More ... ....
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Tens of thousands of prisoners across the country withheld their labor – for which they are paid as little as 17 cents an hour – in support of inmates’ rights. @nickywoolf. Richard Castillo has not yet been convicted of the crime – evading police in a vehicle – of which he stands accused. But he has been imprisoned since February 2013, including 12 months in solitary confinement ... Read more ... Another inmate who joined the strike was Tony ... ....
Nearly 1,000 people have been treated for breathing problems linked to toxic gases from a sulphur plant which Islamic State militants are suspected to have set on fire near the city of Mosul, hospital sources said on Saturday. No deaths were reported in connection with the incident, said the sources at the hospital in Qayyara, a town south of Mosul. The first cases began arriving on Friday morning, they said ... ADVERTISEMENT ... Reuters ... ....
Every year, 1.5 million bicycles are stolen, and it appears that no matter how strong a bike's lock is, a determined thief can break it. But now there might be a new sheriff in town ... entrepreneur Daniel Idzkowski and Swiss-born engineer Yves Perrenoud are behind the project ... So, we turned to chemical compounds that seem like the only real way to disable the thieves without causing anyone permanent harm."...
Signaling a cutback in water supplies for agriculture and other human needs, California regulators proposed overhauling the management of the Sacramento River on Wednesday, saying more water should be devoted to Northern California’s dwindling fish populations ... The board avoided issuing a specific recommendation on how much additional water should go to fish ... Ryan Sabalow. 916-321-1264, @ryansabalow ....
(Source. Dinsmore & Shohl LLP). In the June 3, 2016 'Federal Register,' EPA published a final rule that will be used to define the scope of a stationary source consisting of oil and gas operations for the purposes of the New Source Review and Title V Operating Permit Programs. Specifically, the final rule will define the term 'adjacent,' which is used to determine the scope of an oil and gas operation stationary source ... v ... v ... Cir ... 16-1264....
Omeros Announces PositiveData from OMS721 Phase 2 Clinical Trial in Renal Diseases. -- Pursuing BreakthroughTherapy Designation in IgA Nephropathy (Berger’s Disease) --. Omeros Corporation (NASDAQ... Based on that meeting, Omeros is pursuing FDA breakthrough therapy designation ... The mean baseline uACR was 1264 mg/g and reached 525 mg/g at the end of treatment (p = 0.011), decreasing to 128 mg/g at the end of the follow-up period....
(Source. Omeros Corporation). -- Pursuing BreakthroughTherapy Designation in IgA Nephropathy (Berger's Disease) --. SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 17, 2016-- Omeros Corporation (NASDAQ...Statistical significance (p ≤ 0.017) was achieved on key endpoints of improvement in renal function ... The mean baseline uACR was 1264 mg/g and reached 525 mg/g at the end of treatment (p = 0.011), decreasing to 128 mg/g at the end of the follow-up period....
Dixe Wills set off on a pilgrimage round Britain in search of diminutive places of worship. Here he picks 10 of the most unusual, from a chapel built by prisoners of war in the Orkneys to a plywood labour of love in a Norfolk garden. St Thomas à Becket, Fairfield, Kent ... By rights, it shouldn’t be here at all ... The first record of it is in a 1264 report detailing its burning down by angry citizens during a dispute with the local priory ... ....
As tensions rise in Oregon and Northern California over reports of wolves attacking livestock, a $15,000 reward has been issued for information that would lead investigators to the poacher who killed a mother wolf in southern Oregon. On Oct. 6, investigators found a radio-collared female gray wolf known as OR28 dead in the Fremont-Winema National Forest near Summer Lake, Ore.A U.S ...The U.S ... 916-321-1264, @ryansabalow ....
At 1.15 Friday morning, NormaRae Johnson was lying in bed, having just fallen asleep as the wind howled outside her Reddinghome. She woke with a jolt as the oak tree outside her bedroom window came crashing down, smashing part of her fence and raised-bed gardens and mangling the home’s gutter. “Oh, it could have been much worse,” said Johnson, 71. “I could have lost my life.” ... Ryan Sabalow. 916-321-1264, @ryansabalow ....
(Source. AmRest Holdings SE) ... The settlement date is October 13th, 2016. The buyback is based on Resolution No ... The detailed information regarding the transaction.. 1) The average price PLN 229.54, ... 4) AmRest owns in total 26 822 of its own shares, 26 822 votes on the AGM of AmRest, being 0.1264% in the total number of votes ... (noodl....
(Source. Town of Corte Madera, CA) PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE OF. INFORMATIONAL STUDY SESSION. Town Hall. 300 Tamalpais Drive Corte Madera, CA 94925-1418 APPLICANT. TOWN OF CORTE MADERA. TOWN AGENCY. CORTE MADERA PLANNING COMMISSION. HEARING DATE. THUR SD A Y , OC TOB ER 13, 2016 ( N OTES PECIA L M EETI N G D A TE). TIME AND PLACE ... SUBJECT ... Phil Boyle, Senior Planner ... Original documenthttp.//www.ci.corte-madera.ca.us/Archive.aspx?ADID=1264....
A pair of warm storms expected to hit Northern California later this week could dump more than 8 inches of rain in the mountains and have North Coast rivers roaring ... On Thursday evening, the first of the two weather systems formed in the tropical Pacific Ocean will hit the West Coast, bringing gusty winds and substantial rain to Washington, Oregon and California, mostly north of San Francisco ... Ryan Sabalow. 916-321-1264, @ryansabalow ....