That is a question clients might want to ask after BlackRock cast its shareholder votes against a proposal designed to ensure transparency in how Big Tech platforms respond to government demands for censorship. The proposal was sponsored by the National Legal and Policy Center, which I chair. As a shareholder in Alphabet, the parent of Google, we asked the company to provide a report, updated semi-annually and published on its website, that would disclose requests from “the Executive Office of the President, Centers for Disease Control, or any other agency or entity of the United States Government” to remove or take down material from its platforms....

Your bladder is the organ located in the urinary tract. It is the waystation between your kidneys, which filter waste out of the bloodstream to make urine, and your urethra, which is the tube that your urine passes through when you urinate. The bladder collects urine and stores it until you’re ready to release it. Two common causes of dysfunction of the urinary system and the bladder are bladder cancer and bladder infections....

Masters, a 34-year-old chief operating officer at investment firm Thiel Capital founded by billionaire tech mogul Peter Thiel, made the comments at a Conservative rally in Phoenix on May 25, where he was addressing critical race theory (CRT), at which Republicans have regularly taken aim. “Too much of schooling in America has become a machine to uproot common sense and to replace it with something much more sinister. You’ve heard about critical race theory,” Masters told the “America’s Comeback Tour” audience, The Informant reported on Monday....

Polls released since the October 6 debate show that one of the most important midterm contests between Kelly, a retired astronaut, and venture capitalist Masters has gotten significantly tighter, with just over a week to go until election day. According to an average of recent polls compiled by RealClearPolitics, Masters was trailing his rival by 1.5 points on Monday. On the day of the October 6 debate, the site had Kelly ahead by more than 4 percentage points, with an estimated 49 percent of the vote compared to Masters’ 44....

Initially the injured MVP came off the bench, but after Shaun Livingston was ejected in the second quarter, Golden State needed Curry more than ever. It took him a while to get going, but then Curry went off in the fourth quarter and overtime as he scored 27 points. MORE: Why Steph is unguardable | Two-time NBA MVP list In fact, Curry set the NBA playoff record for points by a single player in overtime and outscored the entire Trail Blazers team 17-14....

The six-page, handwritten essay also corroborates reports of a February railway accident in which hundreds of passengers were allegedly killed. “When something like this happens,” says the report, “the people are told that it was done by South Korean spies.”

If so, this is their best chance in centuries to start unshackling. Elections to Scotland’s first national Parliament in nearly 300 years are due this week. And the separatist Scottish National Party–with some financial backing from Connery–looks set to capture more than 30 percent of the vote. Granted, that’s a long way short of total victory. But party leader Alex Salmond is convinced that the real prize will one day be his: “The destination of Scotland is already settled: an independent country within the European context....

It took Donaldson three awful years with Oakland to become a starter. Bautista bounced from Baltimore to Kansas City to Pittsburgh before settling in Toronto. Encarnacion was essentially anonymous in Cincinnati. The edge the trio played with in Toronto as a result of those early struggles, and the swagger with which they launched their 289 combined homers from 2015-17, endeared each player to Blue Jays fans. Canada had not seen a World Series contender since the early 1990s, then watched the Blue Jays make the ALCS in consecutive campaigns....

Last offseason, the Toronto Blue Jays were the talk of baseball. No club had made more — or more significant — roster moves than the suddenly relevant Jays. They added National League Cy Young winner R.A. Dickey, perennial All-Star Jose Reyes and several other quality players, including Melky Cabrera and Mark Buehrle. All of it was done in hopes of improving their 2012 record of 73-89. They improved on that record in 2013 — by one game....

Toronto lost veteran Mark Buehrle after last season, so Chavez will likely take his spot in the rotation. MORE: Greatest Blue Jays of all time Chavez, 32, became a full-time starter for the Athletics in 2014. He has a 15-23 record since that time and has a career ERA of 4.55. His best season came in 2014 when he went 8-8 with a 3.45 ERA. Hendriks, 26, sported a 2....

The Jays have played on artificial turf, with dirt cutouts around the bases, home plate and pitcher’s mound throughout their history, but the team’s VP of business operations mentioned that the club plans to begin installing the dirt as soon as February. MORE: Baseball’s best-looking lawns | Greatest Blue Jays of all time The new Jays dirt infield would mean that only the Rays remain among MLB teams that play on full artificial turf, a surface hitters love because of the speed of a batted ball and that defenders and pitchers loath because of the ball’s unpredictable bounces....

The pitcher took to social media to explain he blew out his tire on his way to Toronto. He was set to be introduced by the club Friday afternoon. MORE: Most memorable MLB deadline deals | Before Price: Baseball’s best LHPs While the news about Price’s tire is upsetting, there’s a silver lining in everything. The newest Blue Jay tweeted Thursday night that he wants a giant bag of popcorn to be at his locker when he arrives....

Many people will have realized that last night’s moon was blue by name only. In terms of appearance, it looked like a normal full moon in a silvery or golden color. Gianluca Masi, founder of the Virtual Telescope Project in Italy, was able to capture the photo below of the blue moon as it rose above the city of Rome. Far from being blue, the moon appears a deep red colour like it normally does when it is near the horizon....

One company believes that it has a solution to that problem, and it just got the backing of BMW to tackle it. Alitheon, a Washington-based startup, has developed a “digital fingerprinting” technology that can analyze an item and tell you whether or not that item is a certified part or if it’s a fake. CEO Roei Ganzarski told Newsweek that because of the nature of mass production, a machine producing thousands of the same product every day will do so to exact specifications with only minute differences....

The Tesla CEO’s deal to take over the company closed last week, although the billionaire tried to pull out from the agreement in July, prompting Twitter to sue him in response. He has spoken of prioritizing free speech and reinstating banned accounts on the platform. As Twitter users gear up for anticipated changes, a video in which comedian and filmmaker Burnham shared his take on the tactics of social media companies and the effect it has on everyday users has resurfaced online....

WATCH: Ligue 1 clash ends in brawl Boateng had switched his allegiance from his native Germany, who he represented at youth level, to Ghana, in time to become an important member of the side that came within a penalty shootout of the World Cup semi-finals. The Ghana team also met with former South Africa president Nelson Mandela, something that was a dream come true for the midfielder. “There were three people I always wanted to meet: Michael Jackson, Muhammad Ali and Nelson Mandela,” Boateng said in an interview with The Guardian ....

The West Virginia coach went in on some of college basketball’s biggest names when they all picked No. 12 Buffalo to upset his Mountaineers. Jay Bilas, Seth Davis, and Doug Gottlieb were among those who predicted an upset. Huggins was asked about it after West Virginia’s 68-62 win, and he did not hold back. “I’m going to have really lost my mind when I start paying attention to what Jay Bilas and people say,” Huggins told The Buffalo News....

This article explains body acne causes and treatment. Types of Acne There are two types of acne: inflammatory acne and non-inflammatory acne. Non-Inflammatory Acne Most people who have acne have some form of non-inflammatory acne. Most commonly, these are comedones—whiteheads and blackheads. You may have comedones anywhere on your body, including your back, chest, shoulders, and buttocks. Inflammatory Acne The body is also particularly prone to inflammatory acne because your torso contains more sebaceous glands (glands in the skin that secrete oil) than other parts of the body....

The West may have the biggest stalls in the world’s media bazaar, but it’s not the only player. Globalization isn’t merely another word for Americanization–and the recent expansion of the Indian entertainment industry proves it. For hundreds of millions of fans around the world, it is Bollywood–India’s film industry–not Hollywood, that spins their screen fantasies. Bollywood, based in Mumbai, has become a global industry. India’s entertainment moguls don’t merely target the billion South Asians, or desis, at home; they make slick movies, songs and TV shows for export....