Minutes one day before plants a session referendum questions in catalonia about whether the vote will proceed and what happens next. Meanwhile across the border in france the second largest cattle and community watches and waits. The u. N. Will investigate accusations of war crimes in yemen but its had to make a lot of compromises. With an agenda stretching from trade to north korea the u. S. Secretary of state arrives in china. Spains catalonia region is twenty four hours away from a political confrontation a banned secession referendum is scheduled to take place on sunday campaigners for a yes vote occupying schools expected to be used as polling stations but the Spanish Government insists there will be no vote it says the referendum is illegal and is deploying police to ensure that no ballots are cast opinion polls suggest forty percent of registered voters in catalonia want to break away. Call pennell is live for us in barcelona i believe the police have been pretty active today. A
Wa nted coming back. It says here companies wanted to hire eu workers and they will have to buy the sponsorship permits. In other words if you want to work here and take the job then let me be clear,. What youre seeing as you will be able to jump on your plane in vilnius, london dublin, get over the border. What is wrong with that . The issue will be you will not be able to work. Spot on. You need an employer will have to pay for it. That is something this paper suggests comes from a democratic elected government in britain as opposed to some bloke sitting in brussels who no one voted for. However we voted against this kind of thing. No we didnt this is controlled. There will still be lots of people who can come to this country without the job, spent a lot of time here and look for a job and the time possibly apply for benefits. Yarn as alarmist as nigel farage. It is a fouryear waiting period, which David Cameron suggested. This is about control and westminster, not brussels. People v
Nicholas lambert talk about the marylandnds voyage to , the german naval expansion and british Army Blockade in the war. This is a 50 minute event. Our two speakers artistically naval historians. Are distinguished naval historians. Gary weir is the chief historian of the Geospatial Intelligence agency. Served 19t, dr weir years as a department of the navys history and heritage command. One of the leading experts on undersea warfare, intelligence, tradecraft, and related technologies. His books include building the forged in war the Naval Industrial complex and american submarine tide theon, rising Untold Stories of the western submarines that fought the cold war russian submarines that fought the cold war. The winner of the Richard Leopold prize. Also the former editor of the National Journal of naval history. Dr. Weir is here to comment on the Technological Development of the submarine, and the role and plans of the german navy as world war i developed. This was this is his first appe
Tradecraft, and related technologies. His books include building the kaisers navy, forged in war the Naval Industrial complex and american submarine construction, rising tide the Untold Stories of the western submarines that fought the cold war russian submarines that fought the cold war. And the winner of the Richard Leopold prize. Also the former editor of the National Journal of naval history. Dr. Weir is here to comment on the Technological Development of the submarine, and the role and plans of the german navy as world war i developed. This is his first appearance at the Maryland Historical society. [applause] our other speaker is professor nicholas lambert. Currently the class of 1957 distinguished chair of naval American Heritage at the u. S. Naval academy. After receiving his doctorate from oxford in 1992, he has held fellowships at yale, wolfson college, oxford, and Southampton University of england, and was an associate fellow at the Royal United Services institute in london.
The walls in the yerba buena tunnel. These are concrete spots that indicated corrosion and needed to be replaced. Now, this comes after a large 13 x 12 inch chunk of concrete fell from the wall and hit liz g gustens car. The collision popped her tire and caused more than 3,000 worth of damage to her car. February 1st, caltran workers tapped the walls of the tunnel with a hammer to see if any more spots rang hollow. Workers found 13 locations i mentioned that had been loosened from the rebar by moisture and rainwater and they range in size from a few inches to a few feet. All of those pieces have been removed. Tomorrow caltrans will meet with the federal Highway Administration to seek additional expertise. Caltrans wants to make sure this problem isnt more extensive, and if it is, what technology could they use to detect other corrosive spots and how do they fix it. Were looking at an 80yearold tunnel. The tunnel was built in 1934. It was one of the largest diameter tunnels that was bui