In its course to the heart the inferior vena cava ascends close to the backbone; passes the liver, in the dorsal surface of which it forms a groove; enters the chest through an opening in the diaphragm; and empties into the right atrium of the heart at a non-valve opening below the point of entry for the superior vena cava.
Geometrically, these significant entries correspond to backbone crossings, where non-parallel backbone segments pass each other at a close distance.
In addition, thousands of Independents and Republicans, like my parents, who voted for Culver the first time have lost faith that he has the backbone to pass a bill if he wins reelection.
The question is, should you give up on justice because you don't have the backbone to pass the reforms that are needed?" asked Kent Scheidegger, legal director for Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, which works to ensure what it calls "swift and certain punishment" to those convicted of crimes.
The drive there is heavenly, following the backbone of the peninsula, passing forested hills and winding through gorges.
He also thinks that using search committees to pick university presidents virtually guarantees that people with convictions and backbone will be passed over in favor of people who don't rub any campus constituencies the wrong way.
Oh well, at least train journeys through the beautiful backbone of England will pass us by in a flash!
In effect, and even without passing the Cisa bill that McConnell wants, the NSA and FBI are already tapping the internet backbone in secret to conduct "cybersecurity" investigations that sweep up a lot of American communications.
Since computing GIs (of all orders) amounts to taking sums of entries in the writhe matrix, only significant entries will have significant contribution to GI. Significant entries in the writhe matrix correspond to backbone crossings, where backbone segments with non-parallel directions pass one another at a close distance.
The collection process, according to Thursday's report, led to Canadians' information being grabbed, likely from the very backbone of the internet, and being passed on to agencies in other Five Eyes countries like the NSA.
