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Public records: Common Pleas Court public records: common pleas Check out this story on chillicothegazette.com: https://www.chillicothegazette.com/story/news/2019/11/03/public-records-common-pleas-court/4121439002/
Justin Reutter-Mathews, Chillicothe Gazette | Chillicothe | The Chillicothe Gazette Published 8:55 a.m. ET Nov. 3, 2019
Katie L. Olney, burglary, a second-degree felony. After making special findings, court granted Judicial Release. Defendant to serve three years community control sanctions, no contact with victims, intensive Supervision Program, 200 hours community service within eight months, polyabuse assessment and treatment, complete theft offender program; complete anger management program. Nusbaum.
Marvin L. Meyers, two counts of possession of drugs, a third-degree felony and a fifth-degree felony. Defendant was sentenced to 18 months prison on Count 1 and 10 months prison on count 2, concurrent to each other for net sentence 18 months prison.
Mandatory fine waived based upon finding of indigency, one day jail time credit. Schmidt.
Iona F. Neal, one count of conveyance of prohibited items into detention facility, a third-degree felony, and one count of aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony. Defendant withdrew not guilty plea and entered a guilty plea to indicted charges. Court accepted plea. Defendant sentenced to 12 months prison on Count 1 and 8 months prison on Count 2, concurrent; Net sentence 12 months prison. Costs assessed against defendant, 33 days jail time credit. Schmidt.
Kenneth L. Hatfield, one count of aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony. Defendant withdrew not guilty plea and entered guilty plea to indicted charges. Court accepted plea. Defendant sentenced to two years community control
sanctions; Complete Community Based Correctional Facility as ordered out of Fayette County; one day jail time credit. Schmidt.
Lilian V. Whittington, one count of illegal conveyance of prohibited items onto grounds of detention center, a third-degree felony. Defendant pleaded guilty to indicted charges. Court found defendant guilty, defendant was sentenced to 12 months in prison. Ater.
Yauncey L. Shipley Jr, one count of burglary, a third-degree felony, and one count of carrying concealed weapons, a fifth-degree felony. Defendant was sentenced to 36 months prison on Count one and 12 months prison on Count two. Counts consecutive to each other (4 years net); restitution of $60,338.50 to Victim. Ater.
Dennis L. Campbell Jr, one count of aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony, one count of possession of heroin, a fourth-degree felony, and one count of illegal conveyance of prohibited items into a detention facility, a third-degree felony. Defendant sentenced to 2 years prison on Count one, Mandatory; Count two 16 months prison, Count three 24 months prison; all concurrent for an aggregate two years prison over state's recommendation of four years prison. Nusbaum.
Jonathon H. Bragg, breaking and entering and possession of criminal tools, both fifth-degree felonies. Defendant sentenced to 3 years Community Control Sanctions, polyabuse evaluation and follow up, routine testing, no establishments that sell alcohol, 200 hours Community Service within 12 months, obtain and keep employment, stay away from Cross Keys, restitution of $1691.61 to victim, enter and complete Community-Based Correctional Facility. Ater.
Amy M. Smith, theft, a fifth-degree felony. Defendant removed from Ross County Drug Court, Defendant found guilty. Defendant was sentenced to three years community control sanctions, 12 months stated; Intensive supervision; remain in Ross County jail until bed at Community Based Correctional Facility opens, complete Community Based Correctional Facility, polyabuse evaluation and follow up, random testing, no establishments that sell alcohol; 200 hours community service within 12 months, obtain
and keep employment. Ater.
Trenton S. Kuhn, domestic violence, a fourth-degree felony. Court imposed balance of Defendant's sentence, 17 months prison; Defendant unsuccessfully terminated from community control sanctions. Ater.
Aaron D Price, aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony. Defendant admitted to violations. Defendant to remain in Ross County Jail pending bed date at Community Based Correctional Facility, complete CBCF, all other
terms of Community Control Sanctions remain. Ater.
Mark A. Swain, aggravated possession of drugs, a third-degree felony, and possession of heroin, a fifth-degree felony. Defendant withdrew a not guilty plea and entered a guilty plea to indicted charges. Court accepted plea. Defendant sentenced to 12 months prison on Count 1 and 8 months prison on Count two, concurrent for a net 12 months prison); mandatory fine - waived based upon finding of indigency, three days Jail Time
Credit. Schmidt.
Heath B Morrison, one count of kidnapping, four counts of rape, one count of attempted rape, all first-degree felony. Defendant withdrew not guilty plea and entered a Alford Plea, which is a type of guilty plea under U.S. Law. After receiving set of facts Court found Defendant guilty on all counts. Oral victim impact statement sentence made by victim. Defendant sentenced to 15 years to life in prison on count one, 10 years to life in prison on each count for counts two through four and six, five years to 25 years in prison on count five, all concurrent to each other for net sentencing of 15 years to life in prison, Court found defendant to be a Tier III sex offender and advised defendant in open court of reporting requirements. Nusbaum.
Heath B Morrison, aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony. Defendant withdrew not guilty plea and entered a guilty plea to indicted charges; Court accepted plea. Defendant sentenced to eight months prison to be served concurrent to sentence currently being served. Schmidt.
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The Minister made this known on Monday while briefing journalists on Nigeria's plans ahead of the global soccer fiesta billed to take place in Russia next summer.
He said works were underway to put the Abuja National Stadium in top shape so that the Super Eagles can play some high-profile friendlies at home before departing for the 2018 Mundial.
Dalung also promised to ensure there was no political interference in the final selection of the players that will represent Nigeria in Russia.
According to him, part of the reforms the government would carry out in the Nigerian sports sector; includes zero tolerance for interference in the composition of teams.
The Minister added, "Global football is politics. But for us we are working very hard. The effort we are putting up resulted in the outcome of our last friendly match against Argentina.
"As we speak, we are improving on the outcome of that match because we know that there are other stronger contenders we are likely going to engage them before the World Cup and play one of the matches here at home to receive the blessings, prayers and support of Nigerians before the World Cup.
"We are convinced and determined that we would do everything possible not to disappoint Nigerians. We are going to wrest the trophy and bring it to Nigeria.
"Since Gernot Rohr came on board as coach of the Super Eagles, we have allowed him to exercise his discretion in determining the composition of the Super Eagles' team.
"I have spoken with him. His greatest plea is that he wants a situation the team will play at home and play in Abuja before leaving for the World Cup and we are working very hard to ensure the pitch is ready so that the team can play before leaving.
"But as for interference, that is no more part of the architecture of the administrative structure of governance of sports in Nigeria.


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The British Council UAE has organised the Unified Champion Schools Programme, a programme promoting social inclusion within schools and communities in the UAE. Earlier in 2019, the Unified Champion Schools pilot training took place in Abu Dhabi and Ajman inviting teachers and students from a total of 18 UAE schools and 8 Centres for people of determination. The next phase of the programme is the National Trainer Training which will take place from 5 – 12 December 2019.
UNIFIED CHAMPION SCHOOL PROGRAMME
The Unified Champion School Programme aims to increase sports and leadership opportunities for all students in the UAE regardless of determination or ability and therefore create inclusive school communities. The Programme started in 2018 following
There are three components to the programme: Inclusive Youth Leadership, Inclusive Sports and Whole School Engagement
Inclusive Youth Leadership: an all-embracing leadership club for every student in the UAE. Students are brought together in this component to create social opportunities and lead their schools on the advancement of inclusion.
Unified Sports: this component brings together students with and without intellectual disabilities in a team set up, encouraging them to participate in inclusive sports training and competition.
Whole School Engagement: the third component is focused on the prevention of bullying and promotion of inclusive initiatives that will reach entire school populations through engaging, inspiring, and optimistic events.
NATIONAL TRAINER TRAINING
As part of the programme there was be National Trainer Training from 5 – 12 December 2019.
The British Council worked in partnership with the Special Olympics to train 32 selected teachers/trainers to become 'Unified Champion Schools Trainers', in a course delivered by trainers from the Youth Sports Trust International.
During the five-day course, teachers and coaches from the UAE participated in theoretical and practical sessions to develop their skills and knowledge of working with people of all abilities, to deliver inclusive activities across a variety of subject areas.
Participants were trained on how to train other teachers and coaches to deliver inclusive programming in their schools using the train the trainer model.
Teachers also received a three-year plan which will support them in rolling out the programme with other schools in the UAE.
The Unified Champion Schools Programme is an important part of the UAE 2019 Year of Tolerance and is organised in partnership with Special Olympics and the Ministry of Education (MoE).
Gavin Anderson, Director, British Council, United Arab Emirates said:
"We are delighted to successfully complete the National Trainer Training as part of the Unified Champions Schools Programme in partnership with Special Olympics and the Ministry of Education. It is a pleasure to work together with the Ministry, the Special Olympics and Youth Sports Trust International to deliver this programme which embodies our shared vision of increased and inclusive participation in sport across all of the schools in the UAE. Participating in sport is invaluable to the life of young people and we believe that this should be accessible to all students regardless of ability. By training the next generation of inclusive sports teacher we equip them with the skills and tools to deliver inclusive activities and programming across schools in the country."
H.E Shamma Al Mizuri Minister of Youth and Chair of Special Olympics UAE said:
"I would like thank the British council for the support and partnership with this program. I think the Unified Champions Schools is one of the important programs in Special Olympics. It does not only use sports as an inclusive mechanism between students of intellectual disabilities and those without, but it also activates different inclusive activities in a school. So, plays on so many different values that we need to nurture and cultivate in young people. One of the visions of Special Olympics UAE is to be the beacon of harmony and hope inclusivity around the world and especially in the section of education. Therefore, one of the things we want to work on is how can we make the best model of Unified Champions schools start in the UAE and then export it around the world."
Testimonials from participants:
Ms. Amal Alali Senior Specialist in People of Determination division from ADEC:
"As a Senior Specialist in People of Determination division from ADEC, the National Trainer Training has given me a deeper insight of what I should be looking for in classrooms when I tour the schools. I am in the phase of overseeing the current practices in private schools in Abu Dhabi; to look into the amount of effort, time, resources and staff the schools are putting in. The next stage is looking into how we, as ADEC, can facilitate, help and support schools to make them inclusive. So, this training has come at the right time because this sets the bar for what I need to expect to see in schools and in classrooms."
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Full width waveform, please
Feedback Feature Suggestions
Alexandre_Siufy (Alexandre Siufy) February 24, 2021, 1:41pm #1
Yes, please bring back the full width waveform.
That's a UI item that serves multiple functions, and now in 1.8 it serves next to none.
You could use it to easily move within a song (to the "loud part"), now it's that much harder.
Also, the way the progress is shown (by sort of "bolding" the waveform) doesn't help matters, as it tends to make everything one big blur. So if you want to move BACK, it's quite hard to discern where that "loud" part started, once it's played…
KML February 28, 2021, 7:06pm #2
Although I understand the esthetical (minimalistic) choices of 1.8, I totally agree about bringing back the full length of the waveform, there is a lot of wasted space and it impairs functionality. It's a pity given how useful the waveform is. The transparency of the bluish overprint that covers the played part of the track could be increased to make the waveform easier to read and to use.
AnimalOnDrums February 28, 2021, 7:26pm #3
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Simon_McEntyre (Simon McEntyre) February 28, 2021, 7:56pm #4
I'd be interested in Roon explaining their rationale for changing the waveform size… again. I can only imagine this relates to the new portrait view on tablets. As I've posted elsewhere, in its present state it's neither use nor ornament to me. Shame.
k6davis (Keith Lamont Davis) February 28, 2021, 8:18pm #5
I fully agree.
Not only is the waveform smaller and not functional, but the currently playing song information is pushed to the left corner of the screen in smaller type and often truncated for lack of space.
The entire bottom playback bar of 1.7 should be restored. It was fantastic as it was.
Bart_Maguire (Bart Maguire) February 28, 2021, 8:52pm #6
I don't think it was fantastic in 1.7, it was very easy to move the current playing position when you picked up a tablet. Now that it is shorter this happens less - but the waveform is so much less useful.
One big use-case for me is to time-shift radio programmes and listen to them later and I always want to see the waveform, so that I can skip loud/quiet passages, so that I can skip talking or adverts or so that I can skip a track I don't want to hear right at the moment. All this is now much harder than it used to be.
Quadman February 28, 2021, 8:53pm #7
Plus 1, please bring back the old waveform.
TuliaNonTroppo February 28, 2021, 9:11pm #8
I use the waveform quite a bit. I appreciate the improvements to the waveform made in 1.7, and I feel that shortening makes it more difficult to use.
I also wish that the shortened version could be used for the phone version of the app.
Albert_Frei (Albert Frei) March 1, 2021, 1:44pm #10
As already posted elsewhere in the forum, I cannot understand this change. Even the Roon-logo is basically part of the waveform. At least for tablets, this view should be clearly spread.
The information about the current playing track is no longer satisfactory (Classical have long titles).
The header (my albums, etc.) is so much too big, it could be saved space here without loss of information.
Classical lovers who want to play special parts or someone with other long playing tracks (audio books, self-recordings) now have a massive limitation compared to all previous versions of Roon.
A design change certainly always has supporters and opponents.
But here you lose a useful function because you can practically no longer use it.
You should be able to expect more functionality and not less from a new software release.
Neil_Russell (Neil Russell) March 1, 2021, 2:01pm #11
That has been variable back to at least 1.6 (my first version). Some of the "waveforms" have been wide, some nonexistent. On my computer, I haven't seen any change. But then again, it seems there is so much variance on what people are experiencing. Makes you wonder why.
extracampine March 1, 2021, 2:25pm #12
Yeah I requested some improvements to the waveform seekbar almost 6 years ago:
The waveform seekbar Feature Requests
I really like the waveform seekbar where you can see the track visually, and skip to a point in the track. It would be great if this could be made a little more of a feature - perhaps slightly larger and with more resolution - its very basic at the moment. In Foobar, there is a plugin called 'waveform seekbar' that does just this - it takes a bit of time to scan all of your files, but it gives a visual representation of the track that is of similar detail to something you might see in audio edit…
Disappointingly, the seekbar has gone backwards since then. It's a very useful feature and could be made a lot better - even allowing the dynamic range of a track to be visualised. Hopefully the team will be able to work on this soon.
mikeb March 1, 2021, 4:00pm #13
Definitely a bit of deja vu here, Roon tried cannibalizing the waveform with 1.6., but restored it after some outcry. Now they're trying again. Oh, and the new app icon is a plain white chicklet for anyone without 20/20 vision. I support the full width waveform requests.
Roon 1.6 Feedback Thread Roon Software
The "footer" is not an improvement, and the once iconic waveform display has gone. Next step, cut all the jelly fish in half too? The waveform display was an instantly recognisable almost trademark. I dunno, but it seems like Roon has morphed from being a serious audiophile grade player into a karaoke machine. But perhaps thats where the market is… /rant
bbrip March 1, 2021, 4:17pm #14
I'm not quite sure what all this excitement over the waveform is all about. What insight does it actually provide? That some bits are loud, and some bits are soft? I can see that even with that graph being a little shorter than in 1.7.
HIFIbliss March 1, 2021, 5:47pm #15
Instead of a waveform I currently have a straight line.
I am not sure how this occurred in the first place.
I can't find how to change it back to a waveform does anyone know how to do this?
Trickydickie March 1, 2021, 6:06pm #16
You only get a waveform for locally ripped music, not QoBuz or Tidal.
Thank you for the quick response.
I know I had a waveform when Roon was first initialized.
You would think it would still be applicable with streaming Tidal or Qobuz.
Ognian_Gueorguiev March 1, 2021, 7:27pm #18
Well the waveform doubles as a seekbar, and I think half the gripe is that the seekbar aspect is so reduced as to be clumsy to use. And this in a music player software that doesn't have fast forward / rewind buttons.
CrystalGipsy (Resisting the flow!) March 3, 2021, 8:16am #19
I never even noticed it looked smaller as I pay little attention to it, which I guess most users dont and why they reduced it. All I want is to play music not umm and arghh over the dynamic range representation in a waveform whilst it plays.
bbrip March 3, 2021, 8:22am #20
Its a purely subjective topic / design choice. Not something to bother about while a pretty big number of functionalities are objectively broken.
Alexandre_Siufy (Alexandre Siufy) March 3, 2021, 1:22pm #21
The waveform isn't only to "umm and arghh over the dynamic range representation"… Have you noticed that Roon doesn't have forwards/backwards buttons, to jump to another part of a song? Guess why that is?
The waveform! You're supposed to be able to pinpoint exactly where you want to go in a song just by clicking on the waveform. A brilliant idea, much better than navigating the song through buttons.
BUT, there isn't a brilliant idea that can't be implemented poorly, and unfortunately, the 1.8 version of it is, frankly, poor.
The width is insufficient, and the glossy blue overlay is, well, too much.
This needs to go back to how it was in 1.7.


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Q: Momentum carried by an electromagnetic wave According to my physics book,

Whenever a particle absorbs a certain amount of energy from an electromagnetic wave, it also simultaneously absorbs a corresponding momentum in the direction of propagation of the wave

I'm not sure what the term "corresponding" refers to in this sentence.

A: In general, from relativity we learn that $m^2 c^2 = E^2/c^2 - p^2$. If you substitute in $p=0$ you get Einstein's famous $E=mc^2$. Since light is massless you can instead substitute in $m=0$ and get $E=pc$. So for a massless thing like light there is a definite corresponding amount of momentum associated with any given amount of energy.

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Similar to the pumpkin bar recipe, this cake starts with the usual dry ingredients including the familiar characters in pumpkin pie spice: allspice, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and nutmeg.
Because the butter is melted, you don't need an electric mixer for the batter. There's something nice about stirring by hand that I appreciate. This cake takes two eggs, pumpkin, sugar and melted butter which get blended with the dry ingredients. You can put this batter in a loaf pan or a square pan or probably most any shape. I chose square.
Now it did take a bit of time to bake and it cracked on top- but that's what it took for this cake to be fully cooked.
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I used the electric mixer to whip this up even though Martha says to stir. I think the mixer is better to whip some air into this and make sure there are no lumps. I also didn't let the cream cheese come to room temp so it was a bit stiff. The mixer did a fantastic job.
And the result…yummy. Again, this isn't as sweet and pumpkin pie like as the bars from last week. This is spicy, dense and rich. Perfect with a cup of coffee or tea. You can see the pretty uniform texture with tiny bubbles.
I made this cake yesterday (before I made the pump/white choc blondies). The cake is great- a little denser than I usually like but very, very tasty. I wasn't thrilled with the frosting. I wanted more honey flavor and less cream cheese flavor, which is just a personal preference. Thanks Lauren great autumn treats!!
Respectfully, I tend to agree with the post asking for more honey . . . I found the frosting to be a bit fatty/waxy and thought it could use a little more sugar and honey to cut the butter-like mouth-feel. Yum, another round of pumpkin spice cake!


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Yesterday's article was about "The Princess and the Frog", and today, i will talk about another new Disney animated movie: "Glago's Guest", directed by Chris Williams. This one will be a "short" and each of you who will go in theatre to see "Bolt" will have the pleasure to discover it.
Chris Williams, the director of "Glago's Guest", was part of the Walt Disney Studios for 14 years joining the Florida Animation Studio in 1994. Chris was also part of the "Mulan" story team,and after completing his work on "Mulan", he came to the Californian animation Studios where he wrote the story that became "The Emperor's New Groove". John Lasseter loved Chris williams storytelling and directing and he hand-picked Chris to helm the studio's Thanksgiving 2008 feature, Bolt.
And what's the story of "Glago's Guest, you ask? Well, here is the pitch: "Glago's Guest" follows the intriguing and thought-provoking story of a lonely Russian soldier stationed in a remote deserted Siberian outpost in 1924....
When the soldier's solitude is interrupted one day by the arrival of a strange new "guest"...
Glago is jolted out of his uneventful daily routine but soon comes to realize that things aren't always what they appear to be...."
With its bold art direction, stylish depiction of the frozen Russian landscape, and inspired computer-animation, "Glago's Guest" is an exciting, and original short film that uses the medium to full advantage.
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The holiday season is such a wonderful time to spend with family and friends. But sometimes for the elderly, the holiday season can be depressing, stressful, and sometimes confusing if their physical, emotional, and at times, mental needs are not addressed.
As a nurse, I have seen many elderly patients become depressed during the holidays. But as a grandchild of a 97 year old grandmother with restricted mobility, I see it happen at every holiday celebration.
For many seniors, including my grandmother, the holidays serve as a reminder of those that have passed on and how lonely he/she may be today. The holidays may also remind them of their inabilities to participate in celebrations, and how they can't do the things they used to so easily anymore. My grandmother used to cook Thanksgiving dinner every year. She also used to make her favorite sugar cookies and send each of us a bin our own bin of cookies. She loved to entertain and cook, but cannot do it anymore.
The struggle that we, as "caretakers" of aging parents have, is to provide a way for our elders to enjoy the holidays, but their circumstances can be a little challenging. The solution is to be present and include your elders by having them participate in as many activities as they can. Make sure your loved one feels a sense of belonging, or self-worth. Make them feel special by including them in holiday planning, dinner preparation, decorating, or even filling out holiday cards.
1) Respect your senior's schedule. If they are used to waking up, eating, or going to bed at a certain time, follow their schedule as much as possible. Staying up later or eating meals later can be difficult and cause unneeded stress. Ask about their schedule before planning your holiday gathering.
2) Older family members get tired very easily. Limit the number of activities or the length of time they are involved in each activity. Since noise and confusion of a large family gathering can lead to exhaustion, designate a "room to nap" where they can lay down and sleep. Be sure someone acts as a companion, making sure the senior is comfortable.
3) If you are planning to bring the holiday crowd to the home of an older person with memory impairment or behavioral problems, do not rearrange their furniture. This could confuse the person and cause anxiety. If the gathering is in another home, remove all slippery throw rugs and other items that could pose a threat to someone who has difficulty walking or has balance problems.
5) If an older adult has physical limitations but wants to help with the holiday preparation, have them do simple but helpful tasks like greasing pans, folding napkins, sorting silverware, arranging flowers, or handing you the ornaments when decorating the tree.
7) In addition to memories, seniors need new things to look forward to. Add something new to the holiday celebration, go window shopping, take a drive to see festive holiday decorations, or listen to the sounds of the season at a local restaurant.
8) Since most seniors are confined indoors, make sure their day contains activities that increase their exposure to daylight.
Remember, not every moment will be a delight, but don't fret! Giving your elders your time, attention and love is their best holiday gift.


There are a number of factors that a man considers and studies before he is able to make a wise decision on a particular engagement ring he wishes to buy before he proposes to his partner. The shape of the diamond, as well as the shape of the ring's setting often plays a significant part in how much his partner would like the engagement ring. The man also needs to decide what type of gemstone should be used in the diamond, and whether it should be a real gemstone or rather a fake one that will offer a significant reduction in the price of the engagement ring.
When a real gemstone is preferred, the man needs to decide on additional properties, such as the quality of the gemstone. The higher the different qualities, such as the cut, color, and clarity of a particular gemstone, the more the gemstone will cost; thus increasing the price that the man will have to pay for an engagement ring.
If a man has decided how much he can spend on a diamond engagement ring, or another type of engagement ring, and have decided on the other particular properties, such as how the ring should look and whether gold, white gold or platinum should be utilized for the setting of the ring, then he can move on to finding the most appropriate online retailer to buy the engagement ring from. While there are many different online retailers, we often find that both James Allen and Blue Nile are the most preferred of them all.
First of all, the shopping experience you experience while browsing Blue Nile and James Allen tend to defer significantly. You can observe a much cleaner and more professional look when you visit the Blue Nile website, while the James Allen website tends to exhibit a more colorful and lively frontend for their customers and visitors to enjoy.
Both Blue Nile and James Allen offers professional customer support, which can be obtained by simply visiting their website and requesting feedback on questions and comments. In addition to the customer support system, both brands also offers a user account management system, which customers can use to save their payment details, view their last orders and quickly order new items without having to go through a time-consuming checkout process again.
One particular aspect that puts James Allen above Blue Nile is the way their selection process is dealt with. According to Your Diamond Teacher, Blue Nile simply offers a list of available diamonds without a preview being available for every single diamond on the list. This makes it difficult for a person with some knowledge about diamonds to inspect the diamond. James Allen, however, has incorporate a 360 degree technology into their website that displays a high-quality, high-resolution image of each diamond, allowing a potential customer to observe the diamond up close, as if they had it with them.
The first step to buying an engagement ring for your partner might be to determine the look of the ring, the gemstone to be used, the quality of the gemstone that should be utilized and, of course, how the setting of the ring should be made, it is important not to forget the fact that choosing the right retailer to buy the engagement ring from is just as important. In this post, we outlined the differences between two of the most popular online jewelry retailers, Blue Nile and James Allen, both offering several types of engagement rings and the option to get the ring delivered to the customer's doorstep for free, with the condition that the customer resides within the United States.


1. What do Viking Model Number and Serial Numbers Look Like?
Viking Model Numbers generally begin with a V (for Professional Series Products) or D (for Designer Series Products).
Viking Serial Numbers have many digits and an occasional letter.
2. What does the Viking Model/Serial Tag Look Like?
3. Where do I find the Viking Model Number and Serial Number?
Viking Model Numbers and Serial Numbers are printed on white labels attached to your Viking Appliance.
Remove the left rear grate and the left rear burner bowl. Look in the hole for the label. You may need a flashlight.
Open the Oven Door. Look on the upper left oven face for the label.
If you do not see it there, remove the toe-kick grill (below Oven Door) and the label will be in the middle attached to the bottom frame.
Look on the left underside of the Rangetop's Drip Tray Handle for the label.
Look underneath the Cooktop for the label.
Open the oven door. For double oven units, open the bottom oven door. Look on the left side of the oven cavity frame for the white label.
On newer units, after opening oven door, look up under the control face for the label.
Remove both produce drawers. Look at the now-exposed refrigerator wall for the label.
Remove crisper drawers and look for tag on interior refrigerator wall. OR Look up at interior ceiling right side.
Look on top right hand side interior side wall.
Remove the grease filters and look for the label inside.
Open your cabinets and look at the front of the motor cover.
Remove the drip tray and look up under the left front bottom. You may need a flashlight.
12. For Viking Kitchen Cleanup: Dishwashers, Trash Compactors, and Disposals.


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The  was the major navy base for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the Kwantung Leased Territory before and during Second Sino-Japanese War. Located in at Ryojun ), (present-day Lüshunkou, China, The Ryojun Guard District was responsible for control of the strategic seaward approaches to Manchukuo and to north China and for patrols in the Yellow Sea and along the China coastlines. It was disbanded in 1943.

History
The  were second tier naval bases, similar to the first tier , with docking, fueling and resupply facilities, but typically lacked a shipyard or training school. They tended to be established by strategic waterways or major port cities for defensive purposes. In concept, the Guard District was similar to the United States Navy Sea Frontiers concept. the Guard District maintained a small garrison force of ships and Naval Land Forces which reported directly to the Guard District commander, and hosted detachments of the numbered fleets on a temporary assignment basis.

The port of Ryojun on the Kwantung Peninsula was an area with a long association with the Imperial Japanese Navy, having been first seized during the First Sino-Japanese War in December 1894. Japan was forced to abandon the port due to the Triple Intervention in February 1896, and its port facilities were soon occupied and developed by the Imperial Russian Navy as Port Arthur, Russia's most important naval base in the Far East.

The Russian naval base was seized by Japan after the Battle of Port Arthur in August 1904 and was proclaimed the . However, it lacked the shipyards, armories and the training facilities associated with other naval districts, (for which it relied on Sasebo Naval District).  Tasked primarily with coastal patrols of the Liaodong Peninsula and control of the strategic seaward approaches to Tianjin and Beijing, it was regarded as a prestigious posting, with its commander receiving his commission directly from the Emperor.

However, on March 14, 1914, the status of the Ryojun Naval District was reduced to that of a third echelon naval port, or . It served as a staging point and refueling base in World War I for operations against the Imperial German Navy's German East Asia Squadron based out of Tsingtao. With the Allied victory in World War I eliminating the German threat and with the Washington Naval Treaty limiting naval forces, Ryojun Military Port was deactivated on December 1, 1922.

In April 1933, the base was reactivated, and its role expanding to include patrols and guard of the coastline of Manchukuo. On November 20, 1941 in anticipation of the coming war with the United States, Ryojun was upgraded to Guard District status.

However, on January 15, 1942, with Japan in full control of the seaward approaches to China and Manchukuo, the Guard District was again deactivated.

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Q: AWS SQS Java SDK: Endpoint Override With A Path I am using the AWS SDK version 2.14.26.
I want to be able to point it to my simulator for AWS SQS, which allows for me to do fancy things such as return errors, delay responses, ect. I do have ElasticMQ, but I also want to do the fancy things, for which I have a webapp which simulates many things, one of which would be SQS.
My webapp is hosted at http://localhost:8088/simulators/v1/aws/sqs. I would hope I could then expect the sdk to make any API requests starting from that path https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSSimpleQueueService/latest/SQSDeveloperGuide/sqs-making-api-requests.html
For example,
https://sqs.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/
?Action=CreateQueue
&DefaultVisibilityTimeout=40
&QueueName=MyQueue
&Version=2012-11-05
&AUTHPARAMS

Would become
http://localhost:8088/simulators/v1/aws/sqs
?Action=CreateQueue
&DefaultVisibilityTimeout=40
&QueueName=MyQueue
&Version=2012-11-05
&AUTHPARAMS

But when I create the client and try to get a queue:
SqsClient client = SqsClient.builder()
                .region(Region.of("SIMULATOR"))
                .credentialsProvider((()->AwsBasicCredentials.create("ignored", "bySim")))
                .endpointOverride(new URI("http://localhost:8088/simulators/v1/aws/sqs"))
                .build();
client.getQueueUrl(GetQueueUrlRequest.builder()
      .queueName("test123")
      .build());

I get
software.amazon.awssdk.services.sqs.model.SqsException: null (Service: Sqs, Status Code: 404, Request ID: null, Extended Request ID: null)
Looking at wireshark, it seems to just be pointing at / rather than the endpoint I wanted, which caused it to get a 404
1287    2020-10-12 16:07:10.982955272   127.0.0.1   127.0.0.1   HTTP    801 POST / HTTP/1.1  (application/x-www-form-urlencoded)
[Full request URI: http://localhost:8088/]

Is there a way to get the aws sdk to start from the path of /simulators/v1/aws/sqs? Because I would like my simulator app to be able to simulate may APIs, and not have to use the root path.


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Target Bumps Starting Wage to $15; Extends COVID Health Benefits
$2-per-hour increase meets retailer's 2017 goal By Jon Springer on Jun. 17, 2020
Photograph courtesy Target Corp.
Target Corp. said it would reach its goal of a $15 starting hourly wage for all hourly workers beginning July 5.
The company also announced it was providing a $200 one-time "recognition bonus" to all store and distribution center workers as it suspends a $2-per-hour premium pay it extended to workers during the coronavirus crisis. Target also said it would offer workers free access to virtual doctor visits through the end of this year, regardless of whether they currently subscribe to a Target healthcare plan. Welfare policies enacted during the crisis, including a 30-day paid leave for vulnerable team members and free backup care for family members, were also being extended, the Minneapolis-based mass merchant said.
Target said the $15 wage was 25% higher than the industry average. The hourly raise is the first since a bump to $13 per hour in June 2019. The company said it would reach the $15 threshold in September 2017, when its starting wage was $11 per hour.
"In the best of times, our team brings incredible energy and empathy to our work, and in harder times they bring those qualities plus extraordinary resilience and agility to keep Target on the forefront of meeting the changing needs of our guests and our business year after year," Brian Cornell, chairman and CEO of Target, said in a release. "Everything we aspire to do and be as a company builds on the central role our team members play in our strategy, their dedication to our purpose and the connection they create with our guests and communities."
The $200 recognition bonus will be distributed at the end of July. It follows previously distributed bonus payments of $250 to $1,500 to hourly store team leads who oversee store departments.
Target said the wage increases, bonuses and premium pay and other investments in the safety and well-being of workers represents an increase of $1 billion over last year.
To support the health and safety of team members during a stressful year for the country, Target will also offer free access to healthcare through virtual doctor visits, regardless of whether team members currently subscribe to a Target healthcare plan. The offering is through the CirrusMD app and focuses on virtual healthcare visits for team members to securely text, share images or video chat with a doctor. The platform will be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week at no extra cost to U.S.-based team members until the end of December 2020, so they can conveniently and safely seek medical advice at a time of heightened focus on health and well-being.
Target's extended benefits related to COVID-19 provide a 30-day paid leave for team members who are 65 or older, pregnant or have underlying medical conditions per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Eligible team members who have not yet used this one-time 30-day leave option will continue to have access to this benefit.
Free backup care for all U.S. team members has been extended through the end of August.
Target will continue to waive its absenteeism policy and offer paid leave options for team members who are symptomatic, have a confirmed case of coronavirus or have been quarantined due to exposure. And with the strains of both COVID-19 and social unrest, Target said it would continue to support team members' mental health by offering free counseling sessions, along with new anxiety and sleep resources that have been made available to all team members.
"The most important investments we make are in our team. I have tremendous gratitude for the way our team members show up with such purpose and pride for our guests, communities and one another," said Melissa Kremer, Target's chief human resources officer. "These investments help ensure that team members can build meaningful careers, take care of themselves and their families and contribute to building our communities through their work inside and outside of Target."
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No cookery collection is complete without a good chilli recipe. Here's mine – spicy and rich. The chocolate adds a depth of flavour that makes all the difference. Serves loads of people, or freezes well in batches.
Warm the olive oil in a heavy bottomed pan or casserole over a medium-low heat. Add the onions, bay leaf and a pinch of salt and sauté, stirring at times, until the onions are soft (around 10 minutes).
Add the peppers and cook for 10 minutes more, then the garlic and cook for another couple of minutes.
Turn the heat up. Add the minced pork and beef, and brown well (around 10 minutes). Add the tomato puree, chilli powder, cumin, ground coriander, cinnamon, chocolate and stir for a couple of minutes.
Add the red wine and simmer for five minutes.
Add the tomatoes and stock; season well. Simmer, uncovered, for one hour, stirring. Add the pinto beans and cook for 15 minutes more.
Taste, adjust seasoning and stir in the herbs.
Serve with Sour cream, grated cheddar, sliced spring onions, roughly chopped coriander leaves and boiled rice for the carb eaters.


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Death's midwife helps terminally ill Canadians end their lives
By Robert CribbStaff Reporter
Sun., Oct. 21, 2012timer15 min. read
Reaching beneath a desk in her home office, Ruth von Fuchs pulls out a white plastic box containing a collection of tubes, valves and microwave turkey roasting bags.
This is her death kit.
With the blasé patter of an airline attendant explaining the protocols of oxygen mask use, the 71-year-old retired librarian removes a microwave bag and pulls it over her head, her face shrouded beneath clear plastic, her features blurring, her graying bun compressed into a soft helmet.
Slowly, her fingers begin to pinch a seal around her neck using Velcro strips she attached at the open end of the bag.
Her voice muffled and faint, she points to the spot where a tube is to be inserted.
"I would probably use helium," she declares, deadpan. "A few deep breaths and you fade off."
Von Fuchs is death's midwife.
On four occasions, she has held the hands of terminally ill Canadians as they lived out their final wish: to pre-emptively end their lives with someone, anyone, there to provide humanity as they breathe their last breaths.
"No one wants to die alone," says von Fuchs. "Most people just want someone there to hold their hand."
She sits with people suffering with incurable diseases or perhaps their family members who wish to be with them if they take their own lives. She will pull out the visual aids, reveal her collection of items and explain how each works.
Down the road, when she decides the time is right, she will pull the kit out from under her desk one last time for her own do-it-yourself death, she says.
Whether von Fuchs is breaching Canadian criminal law prohibiting "assisted suicide" is a question mired in the complexities of legislative language and the mysteries of human desire.
Here's what is clear: an underground movement of death facilitators has emerged to help Canadians execute their final wish despite threats of arrest and imprisonment.
Clandestine "hastenings" — self-planned deaths generally performed in private homes using drug cocktails or makeshift helium hoods — are a quietly growing phenomenon.
And experts say that growth can only continue as the country's population ages and political intransigence continues to deny legalization of euthanasia and assisted death.
Interviews with six Canadians planning their own deaths reveal a perspective many of us can't understand.
It is a state of mind guided by the inevitability of a physical deterioration so brutal and terrifying they have reached a desperate but unshakable conclusion: that surrender into final sleep is preferable to a descent into anguish.
Reaching that point comes after thoughtful — and often agonized — reflection, they say.
Once they are there, Canadian law makes it all the more complicated for them to follow through.
Finding someone to help means subjecting friends, family members or physicians to the possibility of a prison sentence.
Von Fuchs and other right-to-die believers have mapped out a legal grey area rife with life-and-death questions the courts and Parliament have yet to clearly answer.
At its core is this: who has the right to choose when and how we die?
"I think its one of the most profound issues of human rights of our time," says Jocelyn Downie, a leading Canadian health law expert at Dalhousie University and author of Dying Justice: A Case for Decriminalizing Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide in Canada.
"I think we could be at the very moment of transformation."
Public debate has re-emerged of late over Canada's criminal prohibition on assisted death and euthanasia, with some prominent calls for legalization of assisted death in Canada from physicians, lawyers, politicians and ordinary Canadians.
Meanwhile, the federal government and most medical bodies remain vehement in their opposition to legislative change that would open the door to assisted killing.
All of that public debate has ignored this truth: despite criminal laws and social taboos, many Canadians are already choosing to end their lives with assistance from friends, physicians and, increasingly, a network of volunteer death supporters.
No one knows how many are secretly planning and executing their own deaths each year with support from others.
But those who bear witness say clandestine deaths are an increasingly attractive choice for terminally diseased Canadians who can no longer wait for legal authorization to end their lives.
"It's just right that people have the opportunity to be autonomous and self-determined and less subject to the odious constraints of a state that would say, 'We've spent so much time fighting death that we confer upon you a duty to live,' " declares Russel Ogden, a Vancouver criminologist who attends hastenings for Canadians who choose to end their lives.
The act of comforting the afflicted by helping them breathe their last breath is a tightrope walk performed in the shadows.
Generally executed in private homes, the process is legally complex and can be medically dicey.
Those who wish to take matters into their own hands must go about the grim process of illegally importing lethal drugs, in some cases from foreign websites, or piecing together equipment from items purchased at grocery or hardware stores.
Supportive death hasteners tend to operate quietly behind the scenes. All are nervous about attracting the attention of authorities.
In interviews, eight Canadians who have attended hastenings, ranging from an atheist physician to a retired United Church minister, were all careful to say they "support" — not "assist" — people they call "clients."
The practical distinction may be subtle.
But it holds tremendous legal consequence.
While "assisting" a death is a criminal offence, "supporting" appears to be a sufficiently muddled concept to escape prosecution.
Police have questioned most of the eight, but no charges were pursued.
For those who wish to die, that provides little comfort.
Inside the system's shadowy cracks, some Canadians attempting suicide fail in ways that leave them in worse condition than they were.
Some refuse medical treatment that would ease excruciating and intractable pain.
Others seek out people like Ruth von Fuchs.
Visit her on a quiet west-end Toronto street and you'll discover an elegant woman, her still-youthful face framed by a dramatic sweep of silvery hair pulled into an updo.
She'll take you upstairs to a small second-floor office nook where she sits surrounded by overstuffed shelves containing books with titles such as A Good Death, Last Rights and ThePeaceful Pill Handbook.
At various times, two tabby cats and a couple of American Eskimo dogs will sniff at you as she speaks for an hour uninterrupted about the art and politics of self-prescribed death and how Canadian laws designed to protect life have created anguish.
"The knowledge that tomorrow will not be better than today — and likely worse — that is a type of incurable misery," she says of a belief reinforced while she watched her partner of 21 years suffer through a long and wrenching battle with cancer in 2009.
"He didn't give up soon enough. He had a failure of realism. I don't want to go through a period of increasing decrepitude. I don't want to lose my ability to know when to fold."
Like those who share her beliefs, von Fuchs displays none of the discomfort many of us have with death.
"You can buy the helium tanks used for blowing up balloons at most Toys R Us stores," she advises practically. "I'm a fan of using all the available technology."
Things can go wrong, of course, when you're relying on discount department store items to execute your final wishes.
"It's tricky," she warns. "You have to practise."
Von Fuchs was recently contacted by an 87-year-old Ontario woman with multiple health issues who wishes to "go while the going is good."
In a rare twist, the woman was referred to von Fuchs by her doctor.
"That doesn't happen often," she says. "But there are doctors who understand and want to provide this service to patients who need it and want it."
Hasteners typically hold a view of death sanitized of religious or spiritual meaning.
Von Fuchs is a lifelong atheist who rejects the cultural celebration of courage in the face of disease.
She has no children to be impacted by her choice.
"My father died when I was 10 and I think that kept me from thinking that death was distant and out there," she says. "I was made unable to have that delusion.
"People say you should always be hopeful. That's foolishness. Just as there are unjustified fears there can be unjustified hope. Neither is good. We let people horrified by hopelessness endure a type of torture."
Public opinion polls show strong support for their legalization.
In a recent groundbreaking decision — now under appeal — a B.C. Supreme Court judge found in favour of Kelowna-area woman named Gloria Taylor, who was seeking the help of a physician to end her life in the face of her ALS (she died earlier this month of natural causes).
And both a Quebec commission and a Royal Society of Canada expert panel recently urged politicians to provide greater protections for Canadians who wish to end their own lives.
Quebec is promising to establish more lenient provincial laws that could give doctors and their patients a degree of latitude that could result in a form of assisted suicide without prosecution.
"We've never been so close to a permissive regime," says Downie. "If Quebec goes through with what it has said it will do, that will be transformative for Quebec, and then I think you'll see a domino effect across the country. That could be the pivot moment."
But resistance also remains vigorous.
The medical profession and successive federal governments have firmly rejected calls for change, affirming that assisted death is both unethical and criminal.
When a private member's bill proposing to legalize assisted suicide was introduced in 2009, it was overwhelmingly defeated by a vote of 228 to 59.
Anti-euthanasia organizations also hold powerful voices in the debate, arguing that legalization of self-engineered deaths will create a slippery slope that could end with vulnerable Canadians being pressured by their families or their physicians to choose assisted death.
"While I can cause my own death, the question is whether there should be a line in the sand for someone else causing my death," says Alex Schadenberg, executive director of Canada's Euthanasia Prevention Coalition.
"Our answer is, 'Absolutely.' You can't always be assured you're safe when someone else has influence over your death."
Schadenberg, who has an autistic son, was drawn to the anti-euthanasia movement in the late 1990s, inspired in large part by raging public debate over the death of Tracy Latimer at the hands of her father, Robert.
"What made me particularly concerned was the vulnerability of persons with disabilities and the growing public tolerance for euthanasia and how it might impact people with disabilities."
Latimer was released from prison in 2010, a decade after the Supreme Court upheld his conviction for assisting in the death of his severely disabled 12-year-old daughter.
It remains an object lesson of the kind of high-stakes legal fate that Canada's right-to-assisted-death supporters are trying to delicately negotiate.
But more than ever before, advocates across the debate seem to agree we have reached a defining moment on the question of assisted suicide.
And the emergence of a death-hastening movement is perhaps the most conspicuous sign of the underground rebellion.
"The culture is definitely changing on this," says University of Toronto bioethicist Kerry Bowman. "If people want this service and people are willing to provide it, and it's done in an objective way, it's coming from the people. There's no way that any of this could be part of direct health-care system. It would be too much of a conflict from an ethical point of view."
Vancouver-based Ogden has been researching assisted death as a criminologist since 1991 and began pushing for legal reform with the birth of his Farewell Foundation last year.
Behind the political advocacy, he's also quietly performed the far more ethically thorny work of supporting those who can't wait for the legal and political debate to play out.
He has attended the deaths of five Canadians and an American who decided that suicide was preferable to a life lived with incurable disease.
Each was a relative stranger to him — no childhood bonds or family ties. He generally gets to know them over a series of conversations spanning up to a year prior to their death.
He accompanied them to a place of their choosing, in one case a Swiss medical clinic called Dignitas that specializes in legal assisted suicides.
In each case, he watched as they swallowed a cocktail of drugs or inhaled helium they had independently acquired to complete the deed, he says.
In the moment, he was a quiet presence, a witness, observing as their final breaths gradually faded into silence.
When it was over, he typically picked up the phone and called the authorities to report the death.
"They'd like their deaths to be documented for what they are to law enforcement and the coroner," he says. "We're prepared to do that."
After studying assisted suicide for two decades, he believes what he is doing is both legal and desperately needed in Canada.
Nobody, including police, seems to be able to prove otherwise.
"There's no obligations for citizens to live lives that they believe aren't worth living. We're not bypassing any law. We're trying to act within it."
Does counselling someone in the methods of committing suicide qualify as assistance? What about providing the equipment or medications?
Ogden will do neither, he says.
But how, say critics, can death hasteners like Ogden ensure medically safe procedures or assess the mental capacity of those vowing to end their own lives as lay people without medical or psychological training?
According the Farewell Foundation's procedures, those seeking assistance meet with a support team to ensure they are capable of making the decision.
"If a member's capacity is in doubt, greater scrutiny and additional consultation is necessary," the policy reads. "The support team must take care to ensure that a decision for self-chosen death is informed and voluntary."
The methods chosen for those deaths must be "humane and non-violent" in order to "prevent impulsive acts."
Ogden says not everyone who seeks supports receives it.
"I've looked at situations where people were planning their death and told them, 'If this is the way you're planning to end your life, I wouldn't be willing to attend.' What we are advocating is people taking advantage of humane, non-disfiguring methods and that they do their own research on how to carry out the various steps. It's about personal responsibility."
If the foundation agrees to attend at a death, at least two members will be present at the appointed time and place, and its policies require reporting to the coroner.
Ogden concedes that his members are not trained professionals.
"We don't see a need for training because the person doesn't need to know how life is ended because they aren't going to be involved. The core requirement is to sit on your hands. It would be a violation of the law to intervene. If someone is struggling to end their life and you step in and finish the job, that's murder."
No matter how controversial it may be, a death wish appears to be worth the risk for many Canadians.
Five members of the Farewell Foundation have taken their own lives since August, says Ogden. While each consulted with him on their plans, they ended up committing suicide without his assistance.
Toronto-based Dying With Dignity, a registered charity that supports Canadians on right-to-die issues, receives more than 200 calls a year, many from people seeking information about how to end their own life.
Wanda Morris, Dying With Dignity's executive director, says the experience of bearing witness to a death hastening last year has only reinforced her convictions.
"Just to witness the gratitude this person had . . . I really get that there is some suffering that only death can end," she said.
Morris was drawn to this work in the aftermath of her father-in-law's chilling death.
In the end, the dementia that stole his cognitive abilities also made him violent.
One day, he struck out at his daughter, who was taking care of him, hitting her across the face, she says.
Then came the nursing home and the restraints.
"My husband said, 'You can't ever let something like that happen to me,' " she recalls, wiping her eyes. "I love my husband dearly, so I decided I had to get informed and see what our choices are."
Those choices remain limited in the mainstream health-care system, which views the work of amateur death hasteners with suspicion.
When Morris recently approached the Ontario College of Nurses seeking help in finding nurses interested in helping clients end their lives, the response was definitive.
"The (College of Nurses of Ontario) has stated that euthanasia and assisted suicide is illegal, and there is no role for nurses in facilitating these activities," the college responded in a letter of response to Morris.
Linda Marie Pacheco, a palliative care nurse in Toronto, wanted to apply for the job.
But she was told by her college that doing so would risk her licence, even if she wasn't hired as a registered nurse.
"They're saying no matter what job I do, if it's in the field of health care, I have to uphold he rules of the college," she says. "That surprised me."
After two decades of caring for patients with intractable disease, she was drawn to the notion of educating people about their options, providing alternatives, ensuring they don't make botched attempts at suicide that could leave them even worse off.
"I can't stand by and let people suffer," she says. "I see these people as angels of mercy to help alleviate suffering. I've been at the bedside of many people in anguish and it's horrible. I got excited about being able to give these people the education they need and respect their rights as a human being."
Ogden's work as a death facilitator has led to police questioning on seven occasions, he says. He was subpoenaed three times to court (in 1994, 2003 and 2004).
Following another death he witnessed in 2007, Vancouver police officers "swarmed the area" and took him into custody, he says.
But they closed the file without laying charges.
"There's no offence in attending a suicide," says Ogden. "While it may be 'repugnant and ghoulish' (as a Vancouver Police report concluded), it's not against the law."
He has also paid a high professional price for his work.
As an academic studying suicide and end-of-life issues in part by observing them, Ogden ran into problems with Kwantlen Polytechnic University in B.C., where he was a professor.
In 2006, the school withdrew approval for a research proposal he submitted, citing legal implications.
Today, he remains listed on the school's website as a faculty member on leave and he is included in a B.C. public salary disclosure list as having earned just over $85,000 last year.
But he says he hasn't been scheduled by the university to teach any courses since 2008.
A Kwantlen spokesperson said the professor is conducting "independent research."
"I miss teaching," says Ogden, "and not doing it is challenging to the identity of a university instructor."
She's imagining the future.
"If I do live long enough to see the law changed, I will have a death day party," she finally says, still staring out the window as if picturing her guests standing amid the greenery below.
Her brother and her sister-in-law would come, she says. She'd ask the contractor working on her home renovations.
She'd also invite her nephew to come with his video camera and use the occasion to create an instructional video for others planning a home death.
She would want company. People to hold her hand.
But they won't come if Canadian laws remain unchanged, she predicts.
"When it's surrounded in a kind of criminality, people just want to run away."
There's a long pause, her eyes still fixed on the backyard.
"Life is not fair. This is not a beautiful world. Sufferers should have a choice."
Robert Cribb is a 2012 Atkinson research fellow who has spent the past four months examining how Canadians face the end of life. This story is part of a series that continues over the next two months.


If there was no Cosmic Ordering then it would have been necessary to invent it.
If we obey the great laws, we shall be happy.
Now beggars can be choosers with Cosmic Ordering.
I wonder if people always choose what will make them unhappy.


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Wanted to share a picture of a sunset I took one night in April right off my back porch. I couldn't believe the colors.
Actually I stood on the porch and moved to get the complete sky. Silly me I didn't even think about using the panoramic setting. So I have three separate shots. This is the middle one. I had it on my facebook page as the header but just changed it for a panoramic shot my son got at the beach last week. Aren't those colors gorgeous? What wonderful inspiration for a quilt, don't you think? Maybe there's a quilt in my future with these colors.


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Hain Ahmed pasa (? - Kairó (?), 1524. január) török beglerbég, pasa, Egyiptom kormányzója, majd szultánja.

Nevének eredete

A "Hain" török szó, és árulót jelent.

Élete
Grúz származású volt. Tanulmányait az Enderûn Mektebi-ben végezte.

1521-ben Nándorfehérvár, 1522-ben Rodosz meghódításában vett részt.

1523-ban pályázott a nagyvezíri posztra, de azt riválisa, Pargali Ibrahim pasa kapta meg. Ezután Egyiptom kormányzójává nevezték ki, ahol szövetséget kötött az elnyomott mameluk emírekkel, és Egyiptom szultánjává kiáltatta ki magát. Még pénzt is veretett a saját képmásával.

Halála
Szulejmán szultán Pargali Ibrahim pasát bízta meg a lázadás leverésével. Ezalatt Kadizade Mehmed emír egy nyilvános fürdőben kísérelt meg egy merényletet Hain Ahmed ellen, sikertelenül, aki elmenekült. Nem sokkal később elfogták és Kairóban (?) lefejezték.

Halála után érkezett Kairóba Pargali Ibrahim nagyvezír, aki megszigorította a tartomány polgári és katonai közigazgatását és Güzelce Kászim pasát nevezte ki Egyiptom új kormányzójának.

Külső hivatkozások
 Mehmed Süreyya (haz. Nuri Akbayar) (1996), Sicill-i Osmani, İstanbul:Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları  C.I s.196
 Danışmend, İsmail Hâmi, (1971), Osmanlı Devlet Erkâni, İstanbul:Türkiye Yayınevi s.99-106
 Yayın Kurulu "Ahmet Paşa (Hain)", (1999), Yaşamları ve Yapıtlarıyla Osmanlılar Ansiklopedisi, İstanbul:Yapı Kredi Kültür Sanat Yayıncılık A.Ş. C.2 s.146

Oszmán hadvezérek
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Trump Travel Ban Is Just One of Many U.S. Policies That Legalize Muslim Discrimination
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If you were a thief, would you rather see a door guarded by our Medeco brand lock or a hardware store lock? Since locks are your first line of defense, it pays for you to know as much as the burglars. Here are the targeted weak points, and what Medeco has done to guard them.
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The bolt is made of hardened steel, and is virtually impossible to saw through with a common hacksaw.
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Der Stehende Hirsch, auch nur als Hirsch bezeichnet, ist eine Plastik im Ortsteil Alexisbad der Stadt Harzgerode im Harz in Sachsen-Anhalt.

Sie befindet sich in der Ortsmitte von Alexisbad vor dem Eingang zum Hotel Morada in der Kreisstraße.

Gestaltung und Geschichte
Die einen Hirsch darstellende Plastik wurde vor dem Jahr 1860 von Johann Heinrich Kureck im Hüttenwerk Mägdesprung als Zinkguss geschaffen. Bis zu den Geweihrosen hat die Plastik eine Höhe von 185 Zentimetern. Sie steht auf einem eisernen Sockel von 146 mal 45 Zentimetern. Die Oberfläche ist farblich behandelt.

Eine gleichartige Plastik befand sich im Schlossgarten Dessau. Eine ähnlich gestaltete Plastik, jedoch mit einem stärkeren Geweih, der Akademie-Hirsch, steht auf dem Hüttenplatz des Hüttenwerks Mägdesprung.

Die Plastik ist im amtlichen Denkmalverzeichnis unter Silberhütte mit der Erfassungsnummer 094 50136 eingetragen und wird im Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler genannt.

Literatur
 Falko Grubitzsch in: Georg Dehio: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. Sachsen-Anhalt. Band 1: Ute Bednarz, Folkhard Cremer u. a.: Regierungsbezirk Magdeburg. Neubearbeitung. Deutscher Kunstverlag, München u. a. 2002, ISBN 3-422-03069-7, Seite 5.
 Falko Grubitzsch unter Mitwirkung von Winfried Korf und Theo Gosselke: Landkreis Quedlinburg. In: Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt – Der Landeskonservator (Hrsg.): Denkmalverzeichnis Sachsen-Anhalt. 1. Auflage. Band 7.2. Michael Imhof Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-86568-072-3, Seite 160.
 Matthias Reichmann, Die Harzer Eisenhütte unterm Mägdesprung, Leipzig 2001, Seite 129.

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Kulturdenkmal in Harzgerode
Metallskulptur
Erbaut in den 1850er Jahren
Hirsch in der Kunst
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The vibrancy, the lure of Samoa
By Mata'afa Keni Lesa, 02/07/2016
One of the most wonderful things about Samoa is that we might be a small country but there is diversity in interests and hobbies. Whatever you're looking for whether it is spiritual sustenance, recreational activities or simply something for relaxation and pleasure.
It's safe to say there is hardly a dull moment on these sunny shores.
There is always an event that keeps us occupied, which is fantastic because it speaks of the vibrancy and colour within our community.
Some of these events have been around for years while some are not so new.
Take for instance the biggest sporting event of the week, the S.I.F.A Samoa Golf Open, which over the years has continued to bring some of the best golfers from the world to Samoa.
Since Thursday, close to 70 professionals and amateurs have been enjoying some superb weather at the Fagali'i Golf Course, adding to the excitement of this year's tournament.
Samoa may not necessarily be the world's greatest golfing destination but the growth of the Samoa Open over the years does tell us that it is a tournament worth developing.
Besides, if the stories from the players and administrators that we've been hearing about how great the tournament is, there is reason to inject more funds and resources into such tournaments.
We say this because sports tourism is something for Samoa to explore and develop. Take golf for example. In other countries where there are four seasons in a year, there is a limited time when one can play. Not here in Samoa.
As all golfers will tell you, this is a country where you can play all year round.
Which means there is no reason why we cannot have more than one major tournament a year, attracting golfers for a bit of sun and sand.
The wonderful thing about these tournaments is not necessarily who wins. Okay maybe the serious competitors might have a different. But for most of them, it's the camaraderie and the networks that are developed that matters.
It's about us hosting visitors and making them feel so welcome they can hardly wait to return to their countries and tell everyone about Samoa.
Which is why we believe the government and the relevant authorities should place more emphasis on developing these events.
And it doesn't have to be confined to golf.
We've got some fantastic ocean and water spectacles like the popular Game Fishing tournament that is held every year.
We recently had a seniors cricket tournament at Tuanaimato. That was another example of how these sports can attract the masses to Samoa.
We've had marathons, iron man challenges, runs up the mountains and bike races across the country including Savai'i.
They are fabulous ways to draw visitors to these shores. And let's not forget the recent Savai'i Crossing Challenge organised by the Pualele Outrigger Canoeing Club. And many other events locally organised whether it is sports, religious, arts, educational and whatever.
These are not just some events. These are events with a global appeal and with endless potential to draw different kinds of tourists.
Tourists, especially people who are passionate about these activities, will pay major dollars to come providing that they are organised properly with packages and what have you to ensure their stay is enjoyable and memorable.
Which reminds us about something the Minister of Tourism, Lautafi Fio Purcell said earlier this year when he took on the role.
Listen again: "The challenge for me for the next five years, is how will we go forward with this development," he said.
"I believe we still haven't reached the standard that we are supposed to be in the tourism industry.
"We should be thinking of different ways so that we can realise the potential of Samoa as a destination not only for tourists to visit for just days but actually stay in Samoa for a longer period and spend money in Samoa. That's what we want."
Great point Lautafi. Let's explore all avenues.
And one of the best ways forward is to provide tourists with real reasons to come to Samoa, such as events they will not want to miss out on. The simple logic is that when we give them a compelling enough reason to come to Samoa with the right systems and support mechanisms in place, they will.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is a broad topic but as we take a break this weekend, it's something worth exploring further with the idea of putting it into action sooner rather than later. That's what we think anyway.
Have a wonderful weekend Samoa, God bless!
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