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Kanye West Says He Is 'Deeply Grateful' for Wife Kim Kardashian on Their Anniversary
Kanye West is letting everyone know about his deep abiding love for his wife, Kim Kardashian West
Published on May 24, 2018 09:55 PM
Kanye West is letting everyone know about his deep abiding love for his wife, Kim Kardashian West.
The rapper, 40, couldn't contain his affections for the Keeping Up with the Kardashians star, 37, in a Twitter post he shared on his fourth wedding anniversary Thursday evening.
"Gratitude and happiness best describe what my wife means to me. I'm deeply grateful and purely happy 😊," West tweeted.
He followed it up with another tweet about his "one of my favorite moments" involving his wife, a video of her dancing to Tejano music star Selena's song "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" during Halloween last year when Kardashian dressed up as the late singer.
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The mother of three also wished her husband a happy anniversary earlier on Thursday by sharing a never-before-seen photo from their stunning 2014 wedding in Florence, Italy.
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"4 years down and forever to go…" she captioned the post. "Thank you babe for giving me our family and caring so much about us. Thank you for inspiring me on a daily, I'm so lucky. I can't wait for forever… Happy Anniversary."
The anniversary comes on the heels of a challenging time for the couple, who share daughters North, 4½, Chicago, 4 months, and son Saint, 2. Two months ago, West, 40, dominated the news cycle with Twitter sprees, explosive interviews and a controversial alliance with President Donald Trump.
He also revealed that he suffered from an opioid addiction after becoming dependent on the pain medications following a liposuction procedure in 2016.
Sources have told PEOPLE that Kardashian West, 37, does her best to support her husband when he stirs up controversy — even though it can be challenging.
Kim Kardashian Shares Never-Before-Seen Kanye West Wedding Photo: '4 Years Down, Forever to Go'
"Does Kim agree with everything Kanye does and says? No, absolutely not," one source said. "But does she stand by him? Always. They always have each other's backs and will always go to bat for one another."
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Another source told PEOPLE that the reality star is especially supportive of West because they have a family together.
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"She's very forgiving towards him, especially since he is the father of her children," the source said. "He's been through low points before and she knows people make mistakes."
Three weeks ago, West escaped the Hollywood scene and stationed himself in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, remaining mostly under the radar as he works to finish his upcoming albums. Kardashian West has traveled back and forth between Jackson Hole and Los Angeles to spend time with her husband — and it looks like she might be back in town for their anniversary. On Wednesday, she shared a photo of the couple's eldest daughter overlooking a picturesque landscape.
"Kanye will be in Jackson Hole for several more weeks," a source told PEOPLE earlier this week. "Kim will travel back and forth to see him. She's happy he's focused on his music instead of going on social media rants."
"Kanye seems great," the source added. "He loves Jackson Hole. He thinks it's the perfect place to create his music."
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Class in the United States
Spring Quarter, 2002 -- 8 Quarter Hours Credit
Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Lab 1, 1050
Sarah Ryan, Labor Studies, L2108, 867-6720, ryans@evergreen.edu
Allen Mauney, Mathematics, L3210, 867-5458, mauneya@evergreen.edu
What are we talking about when we talk about "class"? Are there identifiable social classes in the US? How fixed or how fluid is our society in terms of who has wealth or power? Does the US really have a giant "middle class"? What is a "working class," and who might be considered to be part of it? What relationships exist among class, race and gender? How do you look at numbers that describe wealth and population groups and decide what kind of story the statistics tell? This will be an introductory program in statistics that will look critically at theories of social class.
Students will gain a working knowledge of basic statistical methods and learn to apply them to demographic and economic statistics, in order to critique an argument, test a thesis, or advocate a position. The entire class will work on a project collecting live data from a student-designed survey. They will administer the survey, tabulate the results and interpret the results. Students will use computers and Excel to work with statistical problems. Class time will include hands-on computer work, as well as book seminars, films, lectures and workshops. Credit will be awarded in labor studies, or sociology, and statistics.
Schaum's Outline of Beginning Statistics, by Larry J. Stephens, McGraw � Hill, 1997
Class: A Guide Through the American Status System, by Paul Fussell, Touchstone Books, 1992
The Power Elite, by C. Wright Mills, 1956, Oxford University Press edition, 2000
Fear of Falling: The Inner Life of the Middle Class, by Barbara Ehrenreich, HarperCollins, 1990
Black Wealth, White Wealth: A New Perspective on Racial Inequality, by Melvin L. Oliver, Thomas M. Shapiro, Routledge, 1997
Nickel and Dimed : On (Not) Getting by in America, by Barbara Ehrenreich, Metropolitan Books. 2001
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Laser 4K Smart TV Player review – bring a world of content to any TV
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By Stephen Fenech	 On Jul 31, 2017
If you're after an easy and affordable way to turn your existing television into a smart TV then you'll find the answer with the new Laser MMC-X40 4K Smart TV Media Player.
The small device – about the size of an Apple TV or Telstra TV unit – connects to your TV via HDMI and to the internet with a cable or Wi-Fi.
There is no set up involved, you just connect the Laser 4K Smart TV Media Player to your TV or computer and you can get started.
Users can access streaming services like Netflix, Stan and YouTube and play 4K content.
The device is running Android so it is also possible to install apps from the Google Play Store to run on your TV including all the catch-up TV apps like SBS On Demand, Tenplay and ABC iView as well as use the built-in browser to surf the web.
And because you have access to the Google Play Store, you can also install apps like Foxtel Now and stream your content even though there is no native Foxtel App on your television.
But the fun doesn't end there.
There is also a microSD card slot so you can view your own videos and photos through the Laser 4K Smart Media Player on TV.
Three USB ports can also be used to transfer content or to connect a Bluetooth dongle for a mouse or keyboard.
It even has Miracast so you can mirror content from your smartphone or tablet on your TV screen.
The Laser device is also DLNA compatible so it's possible to access content that is stored on connected hard drives and computers on your network.
It can play high compression files from H.265 and 4K UHD at 60fps (frames per second).
The Laser 4K Smart TV Media Player comes with a two-sided controller that can act as a remote, a mouse and a keyboard.
The controller was frustrating to use at times with the on-screen mouse hard to control.
The directional controls were also a little temperamental but we still managed to navigate the system.
For our review, we connected the Laser 4K Smart TV Player to a computer monitor and to our TV.
When it was connected to the monitor, we paired a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard to the device and were able to easily navigate the system.
Connected to the TV, we had to rely on the Laser controller which wasn't always as intuitive as we hoped for.
But despite that, there is no denying the fact that the Laser 4K Smart TV Player offers plenty of bang for your buck and helps deliver a huge amount of content that you may not have been able to otherwise access.
The Laser 4K Smart TV player is available now for $249.95 from www.laserco.com.au.
The Laser MMC-X40 4K Smart TV Player is a gateway to an amazing amount of content and convenience so you can turn any TV into a smart TV.
If you're after an easy and affordable way to turn your existing television into a smart TV then you'll find the answer with the new Laser MMC-X40 4K Smart TV Media Player. The small device – about the size of an Apple TV or Telstra TV unit – connects to your TV via HDMI and to the internet with a cable or Wi-Fi. There is no set up involved, you just connect the Laser 4K Smart TV Media Player to your TV or computer and you can get started. Users can access streaming services like Netflix, Stan and YouTube and…
Laser 4K Smart TV Player
Rating - 75%
PROS: Easy to connect and set up, turn any TV into a smart TV, offers access to a huge amount of content, works with a TV or computer.
CONS: Remote not as responsive and easy to use.
VERDICT: The Laser MMC-X40 4K Smart TV Player is a gateway to an amazing amount of content and convenience so you can turn any TV into a smart TV.
User Rating: 2.38 ( 39 votes)
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Live at Town Hall, Birmingham is een livealbum van The Enid. The Enid en haar fanclub organiseerden jaarlijks een groots concert voor haar fans in met name het Verenigd Koninkrijk. In 2010 vond dat concert plaats in de Town Hall van Birmingham, normaal de concertzaal van het City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.

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Robert John Godfrey – toetsinstrumenten
Max Read – toetsinstrumenten, gitaar, basgitaar, zang, vocoder
Jason Ducker – gitaar
Nic Willes – basgitaar, percussie
Dave Storey – slagwerk, percussie
Met gasten:
Francis Lickerish, Grant Jamieson, Jon Beedle – gitaar
Sean Montgomery – orgel van Town Hall
Chandos Symphony Orchestra o.l.v. David Etheridge

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Muziekalbum uit 2013
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Q: Javscript function returns diffrent arrays I have an api function that converts an image file to a src url. And this one works well.
const requestImageUrl = (data) => {
    return axios.post(baseUrl + `/image`, data, {
        headers: {
            "Content-Type": "multipart/form-data",
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};

I want to convert all images to urls and store them in a array.
So I made a code like down below. But it didn't work really well.
convertToUrl(images) {
    let imageUrls = []
    for (let i=0; i<images.length; i++) {
        const formData = new FormData()
        formData.append('file', images[i])
        PostingApi.requestImageUrl(formData).then(res => {
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So I changed code like this using async and await. And it worked well.
async convertToUrl(images) {
    let imageUrls = []
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Both returned same values, array which has length of 2. But they were slightly different as you can see in the picture down below. When I open up the arrays in console, they had same things, but when they are enclosed, it wasn't same. Could you tell me why they return diffrent values?
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In response to the spectacular view of the Sun Moon Lake and surrounding mountains, the building expresses the 360-degree vista experience of the site. The form and placement of the hotel is "molded" from the natural boundaries set by steep unbuildable slopes and crops of old trees on site. The molded building footprint is further stretched to its maximum to harvest the horizontal expanse of the site. The resultant contoured forms of the architecture hovering above the treetops evoke images of geological or meteorological effects liken to spinning clouds or wind-swept rock striations. Each floor is a pre-stressed prefab structural unit organically stacked. The generous overlaps create vast, sweeping overhangs of roofed patios as layers of hanging gardens of landscape, deck and views.


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Wood strength loss as a measure of decomposition in northern forest mineral soil
Martin Jurgensen, Michigan Technological University
David Reed, Michigan Technological University
Deborah Page-Dumroese, USDA ARS Moscow Forestry Sciences Lab
Peter Laks, Michigan Technological University
Anne Collins, Michigan Technological University
Glenn Mroz, Michigan Technological University
Marek Degórski, Stanislaw Leszczycki Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Wood stake weight loss has been used as an index of wood decomposition in mineral soil, but it may not give a reliable estimate in cold boreal forests where decomposition is very slow. Various wood stake strength tests have been used as surrogates of weight loss, but little is known on which test would give the best estimate of decomposition over a variety of soil temperature conditions. Our study showed that radial compression strength (RCS) was a better indicator of wood strength change in southern pine (Pinus spp.) and aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) than surface hardness or longitudinal shear. The suitability of using the RCS to measure wood decomposition in boreal mineral soils was tested in six Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) plantations along a North-South gradient from Finland to Poland. After 3 years RCS losses ranged from 20% in northern Finland to 94% in central Poland, compared to dry weight losses of 3% and 65%. RCS was a sensitive indicator of initial wood decomposition, and could be used in soils where decomposition is limited by low temperature, lack of water or oxygen, or where a rapid estimate of wood decomposition is wanted. © 2005 Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.
European Journal of Soil Biology
Jurgensen, M., Reed, D., Page-Dumroese, D., Laks, P., Collins, A., Mroz, G., & Degórski, M. (2006). Wood strength loss as a measure of decomposition in northern forest mineral soil. European Journal of Soil Biology, 42(1), 23-31. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2005.09.001
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Inspirational young mum Laura takes on walking challenge just 3 years after surviving stroke.
Stroke survivor, Laura Caughey from Banbridge is taking on 13 miles at Northern Ireland Chest Heart & Stroke's 70th Anniversary Mourne Way Challenge Walk this June.
Laura explained, "I decided to take part in the Mourne Way Challenge Walk because NICHS is a charity which is very close to my heart. I suffered a stroke on the 1st February 2013. I was just 31 years old and a wife and mother to three beautiful boys."
Like anyone, Laura was shocked that stroke could ever happen to her, especially at such a young age, "What happened that day changed my life and who I am in more ways than words can describe."
Laura Caughey with husband, Alan whose quick reactions were vital in Laura's recovery following the stroke she suffered in February 2013.
Laura suffered paralysis, vision impairment and memory loss. Thankfully, many of those symptoms resolved themselves after time however some did not and three years on, she still feel the effects of the stroke both physically and mentally.
Despite everything Laura has gone through, her perspective on life is inspirational, "I was lucky – my husband Alan recognised that it was stroke right away. I received TPA (tissue plasminogen activator) due to the speed at which I was taken to hospital and thanks to the ambulance team, nurses and consultants who looked after me."
Laura went on to say, "For a while what happened – my stroke – defined me and consumed me and whilst I still feel the effects, I have learnt to embrace who I am now and lead a lifestyle that helps manage the risk of any potential future strokes. I am healthy and young, my stroke was caused by a heart defect but I still need to ensure that I am as healthy as possible to try to avoid it happening again – and it could – around 30% of stroke survivors will experience a recurrent stroke or TIA."
"Stroke no longer defines me but it took a long time before I truly felt that to be the case. I see the services that NICHS provides as an amazing benefit to the people of Northern Ireland and for that reason I want to support this charity to help people recognise the signs and symptoms of stroke, learn how to lead a healthy lifestyle and raise awareness about the fact that stroke has no preference – it happens to people young and old!"
Find out more about the stroke support that Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke offers.


Apart from sharing a couple of podcasts recorded "live" in London and Paris, I didn't do much here at Pietist Schoolman during our three-week travel course on World War I. Over at The Anxious Bench I did find time to write about the history of time travel and to collaborate with Beth Barr and Kristin DuMez on a list of twelve books by women that evangelicals should read.
• RIP Lamin Sanneh, one of the most significant historians of world Christianity, and Gary Gutting, whose philosophical posts for the New York Times I've often shared in these Saturday links wraps.
• I'm about to launch a new podcast on sports with a couple of Bethel colleagues, so I was interested in Seth Wickersham's long report on the problems of the Cleveland Browns. But I wasn't expecting to find disgraced megachurch pastor Bill Hybels show up two-thirds of the way through the article — in the middle of the sexual harassment scandal that led to his departure from Willow Creek.
• Are wealthy evangelicals starting to rethink their financial support of a Republican Party controlled by Donald Trump?
• I'm glad my blogging hiatus kept me from being tempted to comment on the Covington students and their MAGA hats. The best takes I read on that kerfuffle: Farhad Manjoo's conclusion that journalists (and probably others of us) need to rethink how we use Twitter; and Mike Pesca's response, unusually nuanced for something in Slate.
• With a temporary budget deal in place, the public historians of the National Park Service can now get back to their important work.
• And maybe Congress can now take up its most important work for 2019.
• What can the Old Testament teach us about friendship and loneliness in an age of social media?
• No, you really shouldn't put much stock in that DNA test you took.
• Some more fodder for that sports podcast I mentioned above (stay tuned for details later this week): this Ringer piece on the decline of football in one of its traditional hotbeds.
• "What are you watching?", I asked my wife last night. "Marie Kondo." And thanks to my my Anxious Bench colleague Melissa Borja, I actually knew what she was talking about.
• This Chronicle oped starts off sounding like yet another dismissal of the lecture, but stick with it to get some ideas that dovetail well with good lecturing.
• But, as David Brooks reminded us, teaching and learning are matters of love and emotion as much as reason and method.
• Glad to see that my friend John Schmalzbauer is getting some significant attention for the new book on religion and higher education that he co-wrote with Kathleen Mahoney.


WAIKOLOA, HAWAII (HawaiiNewsNow) - We're learning more about the Big Island man who died on the job in Waikoloa Wednesday morning.
His family members are sharing their pain to let others know about the great man they lost and how important it is to spend time with the ones you love.
Police say 34-year-old Aaron Barrett was electrocuted around 8:45 a.m. while he was doing construction at the Hilton Waikoloa.
His ex-wife said he was doing electrical work when he grabbed hold of a conduit that was energized.
It's a sudden and devastating loss for his two sons, 10-year-old Aden and 8-year-old Matthew.
"My two sons looked up to their father so much. He was a role model to them. He was a big part of their lives and it's gone," said Casi Zamudio.
Barrett was a sailor and an artist. His mother, Connie, said she'll miss his contagious smile the most.
"I miss him so much. He's the only one who would come up to me every day and give me a hug and tell me that he loved me," Connie Barrett said.
"Treasure your time with your family because you never know when that time is going to be gone," she said.
Catastrophically, losing Aaron isn't the first child the Barrett's have lost.
"We are devastated. We are trying to take it one step at a time. We lost a daughter to leukemia in 2009; she was only 27 at the time. So it's tragic to lose one child and unbelievable to lose two," said Aaron's father, Jeff Barrett.
Through their tragedies, the Barretts have learned a deeper meaning of hope and faith and they want to share that message with others.
"Savor every minute with your family, savor life, just soak every minute of it up. Don't take anything for granted," Jeff said.
"And when you have a tragedy…lean on your family, take it one step at a time, trust in God," he said.
An investigation is now underway to determine what exactly happened that caused the electrician's death.


How can you prepare yourself and your family for unpredictable disasters?
Disaster preparedness isn't just a fancy term used by state institutions anymore – it has actually transformed into a mass movement because people are now aware that in the battle against the unpredictable power of Mother Nature, man can lose easily.
The losses incurred in the aftermath of natural or manmade disasters can easily bring a community and thousands of families to their knees.
It's true: man is capable of creating wonderful things with his mind. However there is one thing that mankind has yet to conquer in his quest for an ideal world: Mother Nature herself.
Why should anyone care about preparing for a disaster?
When Mother Nature decides that it's time for a powerful earthquake in one city and a hurricane the size of a football field in another, all we can do to survive is to prepare for worst case scenarios so that we will have sufficient knowledge and resources to withstand unpredictable catastrophes, should they come one day.
Disaster preparedness should never be based on fear or anxiety, but rather, on the logical premise that if you know what to expect during a disaster and you have the essential resources needed to survive it, there's a very good chance that it will not cause lasting problems for you and your loved ones.
This is the guiding principle of this book and it is my sincere hope that it shines through in these pages.


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Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters (CHKD) is located a mile to the west of downtown Norfolk, VA, and is part of the Eastern Virginia Medical Campus.
Take I-64 East through the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel to Norfolk.
Take the I-264 West exit to downtown Norfolk and look for the CHKD sign at Exit 11-B (Brambleton Avenue).
Go west on Brambleton for two miles to Colley Avenue.
After crossing the bridge, turn right on Colley Avenue, then left on Olney Road.
CHKD is at the corner of Children's Lane and Olney.
Take I-64 East to I-664 onto the Monitor-Merrimac Bridge-Tunnel.
After the tunnel, look for the CHKD direction signs.
Take Exit 15A (left exit) to I-264 East.
After the downtown tunnel, take the left exit to St. Paul's Boulevard.
Turn right on St. Paul's, then left at Brambleton Avenue.
CHKD is at the corner of Children's Lane and Olney Road.
Take US 13 South through the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel.
Take I-64 East to I-264 West and look for the CHKD direction sign at Exit 11-B (Brambleton Avenue).
Go west on Brambleton 2 miles to Colley Avenue.
Take I-64 West to I-264 West toward downtown Norfolk and look for the CHKD direction sign at Exit 11-B (Brambleton Avenue).
Turn right on Colley, then left at Olney Road.
Take 58 East to I-264 East (look for the CHKD direction sign) and proceed through the downtown tunnel to Norfolk.
Take the left exit to St. Paul's Boulevard. Turn right on St. Paul's, then left at Brambleton Avenue.
Take 17 North for approximately 30 miles to Route 104 North.
Take 104 N for 7 miles and then I-464 North to downtown Norfolk.
Follow signs to downtown Norfolk, proceeding over the Berkeley Bridge.
Take the left exit (Exit 9) to St. Paul's Boulevard.
Turn right at St. Paul's, then left at the third stoplight (Brambleton Avenue).
CHKD is in the second block at the corner of Children's Lane and Olney Road.
Take 168 North and the 168 Bypass to I-464.
The EVMC/Ft. Norfolk stop of Norfok's light trail train, The Tide, is convenient to Eastern Virginia Medical Campus, which includes CHKD. For schedules and fare information, click here.
After exiting The Tide, use the pedestrian walkway above Brambleton Avenue.
Continue through the campus two blocks to Olney Road, then turn left.
CHKD is at the corner of Children's Lane and Olney Road.


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France's MPs vote in favour of rapid financial aid for domestic violence victims
The French parliament has voted unanimously in favour of providing rapid financial aid to victims of domestic violence - allowing them to leave abusive partners without financial constraints.
French politician Valerie Letard, who proposed the domestic violence aid bill, during an address in Vincennes in January 2022. (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP)
After passing unanimously in the French Senate, the bill, which would provide emergency assistance to victims of domestic violence, also received the united support of France's Assemblé Nationale on Monday.
First proposed by centrist senator Valérie Létard, the proposed law has the goal of ensuring that victims of domestic violence can get to safety as quickly as possible, by removing the financial constraints that many experience.
France's Gender Equality Minister, Isabelle Rome, told La Croix that this law will help to ensure that victims of domestic violence are able to leave unsafe situations and remain away from their aggressors.
Rome went on to explain that the financial aspect is of particular importance because of the many victims who are "financially dependent on someone else or held under another's control, and therefore are sometimes left with no choice but to return."
The proposed law will still need to be finalised, as amendments were added when it went through the Assemblé Nationale. According to reporting by La Croix, the a final version of the text is likely to pass France's parliament in the coming weeks, and it could come into effect within the next nine months.
There is a difference over the form the financial assistance will take – the Assemblé Nationale supported adding an amendment that would make the financial aid available in the form of a grant and not simply an interest-free loan, which the senate had voted on.
If the bill passes in its current form then the financial support for domestic violence victims could be conditional on a "protection order," a criminal complaint or a report made to the public prosecutor.
The proposed law would also make it so that a portion of the funds would need to be paid within three days.
One of the proposed plans could be to make it so that – if the aid is granted in loan-form – then the person convicted of violence would be responsible for its repayment.
These specifics will be clarified in the final version of the text which should be voted on in coming weeks.
The plan to provide financial support for victims of domestic violence was inspired by a previous experiment conducted in the département of Nord in north-east France.
According to data by the French ministry of the interior, there were at least 207,743 victims of domestic violence in France in 2021 – the majority of them women. The ministry recorded that 122 women were killed by their spouse or ex-spouse in the same year.
Despite the high numbers of deaths linked to domestic violence, French authorities have often been reluctant to tackle to problem, with victims reporting that police did not take their concerns seriously or failed to help people in need.
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French Prime Minister Macron doubles down on pension age as strikes loom
Frenchman extradited to US on hacking charges pleads not guilty
France's prime minister on Sunday ruled out backtracking on a plan to raise the retirement age as unions prepared for another day of mass protests against the contested reform.
An increase in the minimum retirement age to 64 from the current 62 is part of a flagship reform package pushed by President Emmanuel Macron to ensure the future financing of France's pensions system.
After union protests against the change brought out over a million people into the streets on January 19, the government signalled there was wiggle room on some measures, including the number of contributing years needed to qualify for a full pension, special deals for people who started working very young, and provisions for mothers who interrupted their careers to look after their children.
But the headline age limit of 64 was not up for discussion, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said Sunday.
"This is now non-negotiable," she told the FranceInfo broadcaster.
While unions have welcomed the government's readiness for negotiation on parts of the plan, they say the proposed 64-year rule has to go.
Calling the reform "unfair" France's eight major unions, in a rare show of unity, said they hoped to "mobilise even more massively" on Tuesday, their next scheduled protest day, than at the showing earlier this month.
"Even more people"
"It's looking like there will be even more people", said Celine Verzeletti, member of the hardleft union CGT's confederation leadership.
Pointing to opinion polls, Laurent Berger, head of the moderate CFDT union, said that "the people disagree strongly with the project, and that view is gaining ground".
It would be "a mistake" for the government to ignore the mobilisation, he warned.
Unions and the government both see Tuesday's protests as a major test.
Some 200 protests are being organised countrywide, with a big march planned for Paris, culminating in a demonstration outside the National Assembly where parliamentary commissions are to start examining the draft law on Monday.
The leftwing opposition has submitted more than 7,000 amendments to the draft in a bid to slow its path through parliament.
Macron's allies are short of an absolute majority in parliament and will need votes from conservatives to approve the pensions plan.
The government has the option of forcing the bill through without a vote under special constitutional powers, but at the risk of triggering a vote of no confidence, and possibly new parliamentary elections.
In addition to protest marches, unions have called for widespread strike action for Tuesday, with railway services and public transport expected to be heavily affected.
Stoppages are also expected in schools and administrations, with some local authorities having already announced closures of public spaces such as sports stadiums.
Some unions have called for further strike action in February, including at commercial ports, refineries and power stations.
Some observers said the unions are playing for high stakes, and any slackening of support Tuesday could be fatal for their momentum.
"They have placed the bar high," said Dominique Andolfatto, a professor for political science. "They can't afford any missteps."
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Elizabeth (Betty) Morrison - March 5, 2011
ELIZABETH (BETTY) MORRISON It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our dear mother Betty, on March 5, 2011 at St. Boniface Hospital at the age of 85. She passed away peacefully with family at her side after a week long battle with pneumonia. Betty was predeceased by her parents and her husband Bill who passed away in 1972. Left to cherish her memory are her two daughters, Jean (Stuart) Swain, Liz (Rick) Wiles; and grandchildren, Kelly, Roxane, Cory and Shannon; and great-grandchildren, Ayla and Annike. Betty is also survived by her brother Gordon Kirkland and sister-in-law Jan McQueston. Betty was born in Scotland on June 13, 1925. She married Bill and returned to Canada as a war bride. They resided in St. Vital and she was an active member of Regents Park United Church now know as St. Mary's Road United Church. She worked at Luke's Electric for several years. Betty was a longtime volunteer at the Scottish Pavilion at Folklorama. A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, March 15 at 2:00 p.m. at St. Mary's Road United Church, 613 St. Mary's Road. Private family interment at Glen Lawn Memorial Gardens at a later date. A special thank you goes out to all the staff at Concordia Hospital, CancerCare Hematology Department and St. Boniface Hospital for their kindness and compassionate care over the last few years. If friends so desire, in lieu of flowers, donations can be made to CancerCare Manitoba, 1160-675 McDermot Ave., Winnipeg, MB R3E 9Z9 or a charity of your choice.
As published in the Winnipeg Free Press on March 12, 2011
http://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-175954/
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Q: 8086: Working with values from input For example, I input 1995.
In the memory, that's stored as 31 39 39 35, the ASCII for 1995.
Then I convert it to hex so it becomes separated into 13 5F (19 95).
Code used is
mov ax, [memory location of first two bytes]
sub ax, 3030
aad

My question is, what do I do to make it 07CB, the real equivalent of 1995, instead of 13 5F which is 19 and 95 separately? What I want to do is work with 1995 as a year, i.e. subtract or add from it.

A: I have splitted the job into two different parts. One part for to convert the decimal ASCII (with a base ten value system) into the AX-register, with multiplication and adding the values together. And the other part for to convert the value in AX into hexadecimal ASCIIs and with storing the result in a reserved memory location. Here is a code example of the second part:
ASCII     DB "0000", "$"

   mov  di, OFFSET ASCII
   mov  cl, 4
A: rol  ax, 4
   mov  bl, al
   and  bl, 0Fh             ; only low nibble of byte
   add  bl, 30h
   cmp  bl, 39h             ; avove "9"
   jna short B
   add  bl, 7               ; then letter from "A" to "F"
B: mov  [di], bl
   inc  di
   dec  cl
   jnz A

This routine can simple be enhance for 32 bit register. Just use "mov cl,8" + "A: rol eax,4" + ASCII DB "00000000","$"  and also simple be reduce for 8 bit register for to get only 2 ASCIIs.

A: I am going to assume you have stored the 5 CHARACTERS ('1','9','9','5','$') in the buffer named 'ASCII'  (remember, 5 chars, including the terminating '$' byte, we need that!)
ASC2DEC:
    mov si, offset ASCII # this is where we get characters from
    mov cx, 0       # zero register to hold final result
cvtchar:
    mov al, [si]    # get a character (30-39 representing 0-9, right?)
    cmp al, '$'     # are we done?
    jz  cvtdone     # zero byte! (told you we needed that!)
    add cx, cx      # cx = cx * 2
    mov cx, bx      # bx = cx
    add cx, cx      # cx = cx * 2 (so now cx = cx * 4 overall)
    add cx, cx      # cx = cx * 2 (so now cx = cx * 8 overall)
    add cx, bx      # cx = cx + bx (so now cx = cx * 10 overall)
    inc si          # increment our pointer for next time
    and ax, 0Fh     # isolate the low nybble with the value (and zero rest of ax!)
    add cx, ax      # add new value to the final result
    jmp cvtchar     # do it again!
cvtdone:
    mov ax, cx      # obtain result in ax

We read each character, strip off the last nybble (the 0-9 part), and add that to our final result after multiplying by ten.  We continue doing this until we reach the '$' delimiter.  (a zero is more typical, but you're learning, so use whatever you want! yay!)
A walkthrough...
ASC2DEC:
    si = offset ASCII
    cx = 0

cvtchar:
    al = [si]     # = '1' = 31h
    al == '$'?    # nope!
    cx = cx * 10  # essentially shift cx left one digit (right?) (and 0 * 10 = 0!)
    si = si + 1   # bump pointer
    ax = ax & 0fh # & = AND, so now ax = 1 (note how we skillfully zeroed rest of ax!)
    cx = cx + ax  # cx == 1!
    jmp back to cvtchar...

cvtchar:
    al = [si]     # al = '9' = 39h
    al == '$'?    # nope!
    cx = cx * 10  # so cx now = 1 * 10 = 10
    si = si + 1   # bump pointer
    ax = ax & 0fh # ax = 9
    cx = cx + ax  # cx = 19
    jmp to cvtchar for another loop...

cvtchar:
    al = [si]     # al = '9' = 39h
    al == '$'?    # nope!
    cx = cx * 10  # cx = 190
    si = si + 1   # bump pointer
    ax = ax & 0fh # ax = 9
    cx = cx + ax  # cx = 199
    jmp to cvtchar (again!)

cvtchar:
    al = [si]     # al = '5' = 35h
    al == '$'?    # nope!
    cx = cx * 10  # cx = 1990
    si = si + 1   # bump pointer
    ax = ax & 0fh # ax = 5
    cx = cx + ax  # cx = 1995
    jmp to cvtchar (again!)

cvtchar:
    al = [si]     # al = '$' = 24h
    al == '$'?    # YES!
    jmp cvtdone

cvtdone:
    ax = cx       # get our final result in ax (1995!)

Now I imagine someone is going to ping me about doing the wacky adding to multiply cx by 10, but it's easier to repeatedly add cx (and bx) to get the result than to manipulate ax and dx to use the mul 10 instruction... which would destroy our character held in al (the digit!)  There are always other ways to do something.  This works, it's understandable, doesn't involve warping the logic to keep the registers loaded with desired values and serves as an example of what you can do.
This routine doesn't have a particular limit, although it'll get weird for values above 65535. (2^16-1).  Look up Integer Overflow to help understand why.  But it'll handle any number of digits (well, up to 5!) as long as you terminate them with the '$' character.
It doesn't do negative values, and it'll give wacky results if any of the characters encountered are NOT digits  (!%&$ will return 157, honest!).  But that's a lesson for another day.
Of course, displaying the result is another topic... I've actually covered it nicely in another question somewhere, using nasm and 32 or 64 bit instructions (you're using 16 bit here), but the concepts are identical, as are most of the instructions too!  Look here, here, and here.

A: The problem with your code is that the aad instruction expects the high order digit to be in ah and low order in al.  Your mov ax instruction gets them in the wrong order.  To fix this, try:
mov ax, [buf]
sub ax, 3030
xchg ah, al
aad             ; `al` now holds 10 * 1 + 9

To accumulate the full value 1995, you'd continue from here:
mov ah, 100
mul ah          ; `ax` now holds 1900
mov bx, ax      ; save
mov ax [buf+2]
sub ax, 3030
xchg ah, al
aad
add bx, ax      ; bx now holds 1995


Using Fresh Flowers On Wedding Cakes – The Guide.
A Guide to Using Real Flowers on Wedding Cakes.
There is a lot of confusion regarding the use of fresh flowers on Wedding Cakes so I thought I'd clarify a few points.
First the negatives of using fresh flowers on wedding or other celebration cakes….
EDIBLE OR TOXIC? - Firstly, and not wanting to state the obvious here, quite a few plants are actually poisonous and could cause a range of symptoms from vomiting to blistering skin around the mouth etc or worse if ingested. They have no place being attached to food items such as a cake and particularly with the boom in popularity of edible flowers on wedding cakes there is a risk that non edible flowers might be mistaken for edible when they are not. There are an increasing number of wedding cakes which are being decorated with fresh flowers and leaves that are actually poisonous. Even if they are not actually eaten there is a risk that sap or fine hair irritants from poisonous plants can leech into a cake if they come into contact with it. I recently saw a wedding cake on Pinterest with Euphorbia stems poked into the cake itself. The gardeners amongst you will know that the sap of Euphoribia is an extreme irritant and causes problems even if it comes in contact with the skin let alone ingested. The Royal Horticultural Society produces a list of those plants that have been clearly identified as clearly poisonous but this is not a comprehensive list.
In the photo below the stunning cake is made by the fabulous Bees Bakery. Bees Bakery is scrupulous about only sourcing organic edible flowers from us here at Maddocks Farm Organics to decorate their wedding cakes. The cake below is photographed alongside flowers in vases including one which is poisonous. Can you identify which one is?
There is a fashion amongst cake makers to artistically drape any flowers or foliage around cake and this has been causing big concern in the horticultural world with experts such as James Wong writing of the dangers in the Guardian. If it's not edible don't have it in contact with your cake.
CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION - Secondly, there is the temptation to pick up flowers from a supermarket or florist or to ask your wedding florist to bring along a few extras to decorate the cake when you are getting married. Please don't for a number of reasons. Firstly floristry flowers are absolutely not the same as edible flowers even if they are the same species. Irrespective of whether you are, or are, not planning on eating them they are still going to come into contact with the cake that you are going to put in your mouth. Flowers from a florist, supermarket or garden centres are not designed to be eaten. They are routinely sprayed with insecticides, herbicides and fungicides, none of those are regulated fit for human consumption because they are designed to maximise the shelf life of the flower – not to be eaten. More importantly, more than 90% of flowers sold in uk are imported and flown long distances many from Africa and Columbia. They are not not regulated for the pesticides they use and just as importantly they are not packaged or handled with food hygiene in mind – quite the opposite! There has been a lot of negative press in recent years about flower pickers suffering huge ill effects from coming into contact with sprayed flowers let along the impact on the environment (but that is a whole other story). Whilst this article pertains particularly to Australia rather than the UK it does illustrate what happens to imported flowers to make them 'safe'.
FOOD HYGIENE - UK Environmental Health advises against garnishing your wedding cake with anything that is not an approved food product unless you can ensure that it is free from microbial, chemical or physical contamination.
Finally, for the same reason, please make sure that your caterer or florist does not push the stems of flowers into the cake that you are going to eat. These flower stems have recently been in water in vases or florist buckets so again there are food hygiene problems. Hospitals have banned fresh flowers from wards partly because of the number of bacteria harboured in flower water. Just remember that your cake maker, whilst qualified in food hygiene, is not a horticulturalist and should not be expected to know about flowers. Likewise your florist, may well know about flowers but not cakes.
Another stunning cake from Bees Bakery using our edible flowers. Just one £13.50 was used to decorate this cake.
Please don't let the above put you off using& fresh flowers on wedding cakes because edible flowers on a wedding cake are stunning and a cheaper alternative to a lot of fancy sugar work. Fresh edible flowers are more contemporary, smell wonderful and also a fantastic talking point. You just need to follow a few simple rules.
1) Buy your flowers from an reputable organic source.
Edible flowers cannot be washed and should therefore be sourced from an organic source. Do not be afraid to ask questions and to ask for a firm's organic credentials. A company is not allowed by law to refer to itself as organic, or even state that it grows organically, unless it is both licenced and regulated. At Maddocks Farm Organics, we are licenced with the Soil Association as both growers and processors of edible flowers. Our fields and production methods are inspected annually and we have had outstanding reports every single year which is why Jan was made an Organic Hero by the Soil Association and why our products have won several awards. Whilst some organic growers do use natural insecticides such as garlic spray etc, we use nothing here at Maddocks Farm relying on crop rotation, good organic gardening practices, companion planting, sacrificial planting and beneficial insects such as ladybirds to keep our plants free of pests and diseases.
2) Ask how your flowers are grown, picked and processed.
Here at Maddocks Farm our plants are grown directly in the soil (as is a requirement of the Soil Association) so that they have a ready source of minerals and other nutrients they need for healthy natural growth. We grow in raised beds to keep the plants clean and use a mixture of unheated polytunnels and natural outside planting. Our flowers are brought into the preparation room within 15 minutes of being picked and each flower is checked before being packed into food grade approved recycled and recyclable packaging. They are then put immediately into a fridge before packing up for despatch in thermal biodegradable boxes. Our flowers are sent out by overnight courier with chiller packs included to ensure that they arrive before 12 noon the following day in perfect condition. This is particularly important in the height of summer.
A wedding box selection from Maddocks Farm Organic. Here three boxes for £35. The bride chose to have a smaller number of larger blooms for her cake.
3) Think about how you want to use the flowers.
– Are you having a naked or iced cake and if so what sort of icing are you having?
Some edible flowers have very soft petals which absorb the fat from butter icing or cream if they are left on the cake for too long – an example of this is borage. Having said that, cakes with fresh cream etc should not be left on display for too long anyway – food hygiene regulations state no more than 4 hours and less if the weather is very hot.
An Autumn naked wedding cake with fresh cream and fruit looks stunning with fresh edible flowers – this one made by MMYC Bakery.
– Where is your cake going to be displayed and for how long?
With the best will in the world, if you want your cake to sit outside, in directly sunlight or in a boiling hot marquee for several hours then you might want to consider crystallising your flowers, using dried or pressed flowers or just using really robust flowers that can cope with heat or using flower picks. Your edible flower grower can advise on this. In summer the more robust flower option include cornflowers, calendulas, carnations, dianthus and rose buds. Avoid nasturtiums, borage, chamomile and phlox as they will wilt very quickly.
At Maddocks Farm we generally send out our flowers without stalks on them so that they can either be balanced on, or stuck to the cake as you choose. If you want the flowers to hold for a long time, or want larger statement flowers then you can request that they come with stalks on them and these can be placed into florists' picks which look like small golf tees and can contain small amounts of sealed water so that statement flowers don't wilt. These are very cheap and widely available online.
– When should you add the edible flowers to your cake?
The later you add fresh flowers to your cake the better. Most good wedding cake makers will assemble the cake on the day of the wedding for you at the venue. If they are delivering the cake the day before then keep the flowers separate in the fridge in their container until the morning of the Wedding. Edible flowers will survive for for a few days in their sealed boxes in the fridge but will deteriorate if they are put on the cake the day before and then refrigerated on the cake. They just dry out.
A stunning cake, using fresh edible flowers made by an amateur wedding cake maker using 4 boxes of edible flowers from Maddocks Farm Organics. They used the edible flowers to sprinkle over the entire table.
– If you have to travel to your wedding venue.
I cannot reiterate enough the importance of using the flowers fresh. If you are getting married some distance from home then please don't get the flowers delivered an extra day earlier to your house and then travel with them. They hate this. We can send directly to the reception venue where you can arrange for somebody to pop them in the fridge and they'll be waiting for you. Once they are in the fridge this stops any deterioration in quality, just like any other food stuff. If this is not possible then consider petal confetti (see below) or dried edible flowers as an alternative to whole blooms.
– Do you want to use edible petal confetti?
Petal confetti is a stunning and extremely fashionable option. It is also one to consider if you are planning on making and decorating your own wedding cake and are working on a budget. It is an extremely cost effective option as 1 large box of flowers for petal confetti will cover a standard three tier wedding cake with ease. The petals can just be scattered over the cake, (requiring no expertise!) for a stunning natural look. A few accent flowers can be used as a flower cake topper if required. Edible confetti made from calendulas and cornflowers holds extremely well on a cake as well so is a good summer choice.
– When should you order your flowers?
As soon as possible. Maddocks Farm Organics is a very small family firm and every week we have at least three times the number of enquiries as we do flowers. We would therefore recommend pre-ordering your flowers as early as possible. When you place your order you will be asked to choose the delivery date for the flowers; where you'd like the flowers delivered to; to list all your contact details and for information about colours and what you would like. You can contact Jan and change any of these at a later date if, for example, you decide you'd like the flowers sending straight to the reception venue instead. The important thing is to get the order in the diary so that your flowers are reserved.
Do also consider using edible flowers out of your own garden for a lovely personal touch. Remember to ensure that the species and variety are definitely edible; that they have not been sprayed with anything; and that they away from where pets have been. Alternatively have a go at growing your wedding cake flowers. The best source of edible flower seeds in the UK is The Edible Flower Shop. Just ensure when you grow your own that you grow them organically.


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The Spanish Fork Dons had a 14-11 lead over the Maple Mountain Golden Eagles with 3.7 seconds left on the clock in a Utah Class 4A state play-in game on Tuesday night. On 4th down, all Spanish Fork had to do was run out the clock. The ball was snapped to quarterback Jason Money who ran right as he watched the clock expire. He then just sort of stopped, forgetting that the play had to end. Maple Mountain's Jason Blanthorn stripped the ball and teammate Brandon Beebe picked it up and returned it 25-yards for the game-winning, season-saving touchdown.
The play is both incredible and heartbreaking depending on which team you identify with during your next viewing of the play. It is an incredible lesson to kids to play to the final whistle and proof that anything can happen. Also, it sucks. The game was over. All he had to do was fall down.
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The First Bicycle in the World – History, and Appearance
The first bicycle came into existence relatively recently but has gained worldwide popularity very fast. Bicycle is a comfortable, handy means of transport that can carry a rider over long distances at minimum physical and resource costs.
But it wasn't always that way. The first bicycle wasn't the same as its modern versions and an inexperienced spectator couldn't tell what he sees – a bicycle or a trolley.
The evolution of bicycles took a long time. For decades first models and prototypes were attracting scholars, enthusiasts, and inventors who have tried to create something brilliant and simple at the same time.
The first bicycle didn't have pedals, saddles, and even chains. It was a strange but unsophisticated invention, created by a German professor, Karl Freiherr von Drais. He spent his life creating and inventing fantastic devices at that time devices most of which are still in use.
For example, Karl's draisine, now – railcar, a human-powered railway vehicle, is still widely used all around the globe. Our world would have been very different if not for him. Just imagine that the first meat grinders, keyboarded typewriters, hay chests, music recorders, and stenograph machines were invented and developed by one man.
Laufmaschine is a wooden bicycle frame with two wheels and handlebars
But his most famous and significant invention is and will be a velocipede. He named it a Laufmaschine – literally the «running machine». Although it was just a bicycle's prototype at best, this invention has served as the basis of further bicycle's development.
The reason for this invention is very unusual. The eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815 had caused rapid and global cooling causing mass hunger and epidemics across the globe. Western Europe had suffered a lot and almost all cattle had died because of starvation and fodder shortages.
These factors had nudged a young, ambitious, and noble inventor to create an alternative means of transport. As a result, the «running machine» was invented. Although it wasn't perceived as something serious or decent, it had gained wide popularity in Western Europe. More than ten thousand samples were sold in less than a decade.
Laufmaschine was a prolonged wooden bicycle frame with two wheels and handlebars. It was propelled by human power. A rider, placed between two wheels was forced to move his legs, accelerating his machine then leaning forward on the handlebar. Such riding requires serious physical performance and perhaps, it was a sight to see: flying like rockets across the streets gentlemen losing their hats on the move.
It's interesting that this velocipede was called a «pedestrian hobbyhorse». This is a case when appearance is in full compliance with the name. Despite its funny name, technological characteristics and performance of a «pedestrian hobbyhorse» are equal to modern city bikeы, whose ancestor a Laufmaschine is.
Laufmaschine was able to reach speeds of twenty kilometers per hour and weighed only forty-five pounds (around twenty kilos) which is roughly equal to the city bike's weight.
More than two hundred and three years have passed since the first bike ride, taken by Karl Freiherr von Drais in a distant 1817. History tells that his ride was shorter than thirteen kilometers and took place between his home and the nearest post station.
In those days such a performance would have amazed all surrounding people but perhaps, Karl himself would have been amazed, if he knew how his short and solely ride will change the world.
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Karl's «running machine» had started the irreversible process of endless invention and technological progress because it is really hard to underestimate the role that bicycles play in our society.
Because of his noble status, Karl was unable to patent his invention but he received big donations and profits from the distribution. No doubts that Karl's Laufmaschine is the oldest bike ever. It created the term «velocipede» which is a French word and launched the global process of cycling development.
Bicycle evolution involves numerous inventors, prototypes, and bicycle analogs. Although future inventors had done a great job developing and creating new bicycle types, exactly Karl Drais is the founder of the bicycle world.


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2019 Day 10 – Greenwich
Miraculously, we both wake without effect from the celebrations of yesterday. I did wonder, after that second martini, if there'd be a price to pay. Today zips along at a very different pace, visiting the borough of Greenwich, nestled into the bank of the Thames. An educational, multicultural bus ride later, we're there.
Greenwich has a surprisingly long history – home to a royal palace in the late 1400s, it's the birthplace of both Henry VIII and Elizabeth I.
More widely known for being the point of the Greenwich meridian line, it's also been home to a Royal Hospital for men who served in the Royal Navy (1684 – 1869) and then a Royal Naval College (1873 – 1998) training over 27,000 men and women.
Today it houses the University of Greenwich and the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, as evidenced by a steady stream of warm up scales – it's exam time. But we're here to see the star attraction – the incredible baroque ceiling of the Royal Hospital's dining room.
Painted over a 19 year timeline, the work of James Thornhill, it's considered London's answer to the Sistine Chapel. It's truly magnificent, an ode to its royal sponsors, William III and Mary II, the might of the Royal Navy, and the power of the seas on which they sailed. There's even a benefactor's board, outlining the various amounts donated by the power brokers of the day.
We learn the intricacies of the various scenes, set with over 200 allegories and subtle political commentary, through our wonderful guide, who we have, rather pleasingly, all to ourselves.
Tour over, we pop into the Chapel with its glorious pale blue and ivory ceilings. Design ed by James Stuart, a contemporary of Wedgewood's, their influence on each other is clear.
We also see the skittles alley, built from old ships' cast offs, the main entertainment for recuperating sailors.
Another guide explains that they'd initially built a library, but hadn't quite countered on the rather salient issue of illiteracy. Chillingly, prior to skittles, this room was once the surgery – we can clearly see the indents in the stone sills, where surgical tools were sharpened.
There's nothing to make you appreciate living in modern times more, than a glimpse into medical practices of yesteryear.
It's an enormous site, designed by Sir Christopher Wren, who interestingly did not charge a fee for his twenty years work on the project. There's also an homage to Lord Nelson – his body lay in state in the Painted Hall where over 30,000 people came to pay their respects,
an impressive set of Water Gates, the official "royal" entry points to Greenwich and a rather lovely view through to the Queen's House, across the way.
So much to see and very worth the time to visit.
Later, we pop into the heart of Greenwich which features many nautical themed pubs and shops as well as the Cutty Sark museum, the last remaining tea clipper. For a change of pace, we take the Thames River bus back into London. It races along with great views of the river bank, the Tower of London and London Bridge. It's a great way to travel – no traffic jams, views aplenty and each time the boat takes off, it roars like a jet engine. And you get to exercise your core balancing to get that perfect shot! It's been a long day. We had intended a stop at the British Museum in the late afternoon, but instead settle for a drink in a typical London pub then make the trek home. One thing about London, there's no shortage of things to do.
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pearliestravelwisdom on June 6, 2019 at 11:13 am
The weather is looking a tad wet there Puss.
We did a river bus when last in London and loved the different views it afforded us.
Miss Baci Travels (But first, coffee) on June 6, 2019 at 6:31 pm
Me too! Loved the power of the boat as it took off. It's a bit wet occasionally then a few lovely days to follow. Gorgeous yesterday and today…rain tomorrow! Sx


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Someone attracted to theories of ethical or human perform will locate in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics one of many few easy versions proper via to this present day. on the centre of his research, either sober and wary, are such techniques as happiness, advantage, selection, prudence, incontinence, excitement and friendship. Aristotle's arguments are certainly not of simply old curiosity, yet proceed to exert a key impression on present-day moral debate. The 13 contributions during this quantity current the rules of Aristotle's research, in addition to the fashionable heritage of its reception.
Weston examines the position of literature in philosophical mirrored image at the value of existence, addressing either the eu "Post-Nietzschean" culture and the expanding significance of those matters for significant American and British thinkers.
What supplies an animal 'rights? ' What makes product trying out on animals improper? In Animal Rights, Human Wrongs in demand activist and thinker Tom Regan skillfully places forth the argument for animal rights in the course of the exploration of 2 questions imperative to ethical concept: What makes an act correct?
One of this century's most vital philosophers the following specializes in Plato's PROTAGORAS, PHAEDO, REPUBLIC, and PHILEBUS and on Aristotle's 3 ethical treatises to teach the basic continuity of Platonic and Aristotelian mirrored image at the nature of the great. In so doing Gadamer not just succeeds in giving us an incisive instance of his interpretive artwork but additionally supplies us a clearer photograph of the moral size of his personal philosophy and the sensible implications of hermeneutical concept.
Why do humans stay away from paying taxes? this is often the significant query addressed during this quantity via Robert McGee and a multidisciplinary workforce of members from around the globe. using insights from economics, public finance, political technological know-how, legislation, philosophy, theology and sociology, the authors reflect on the advanced motivations for no longer paying taxes and the stipulations lower than which this habit should be rationalized.
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It is clearly in the strong sense of "dominant" (and the contrasting weak sense of "inclusive") that Hardie and Kenny claim that Book  expounds eudaimonia as a dominant and not an inclusive end. The second point concerns the nature of Aristotle's inquiries about eudaimonia in Book . It is not always easy to decide what kind of question he is answering—for example, a linguistic, a conceptual, or an evaluative question. At one end of the scale there is the observation that all agree in using the word eudaimonia to stand for that which is "the highest of all practicable goods" (), and that all take the expressions "living well" and "doing well" to be equivalent to it.


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Base Nation – U.S. Military Bases Worldwide
by David Vine
An introduction to the American Empire Project
From a hilltop at the Guantánamo Bay naval station, you can look down on a secluded part of the base bordered by the Caribbean Sea. There you'll see thick coils of razor wire, guard towers, search lights, and concrete barriers. This is the U.S. prison that has garnered so much international attention and controversy, with so many prisoners held for years without trial. But the prison facilities take up only a few acres of the forty-five-square-mile naval station. Most of the base looks nothing like the detention center. Instead, the landscape features suburban-style housing developments, a golf course, and recreational boating facilities. This part of the base has received much less attention than the prison. Yet in its own way, it is far more important for understanding who we are as a country and how we relate to the rest of the world.
What makes most of the naval station so remarkable is just how unremarkable it is. Looking out on Guantánamo Bay, a U.S. flag flies outside base headquarters. Nearby, an outdoor movie theater has a regular schedule of Hollywood blockbusters. Next door, there are bright-green artificial turf fields for football and soccer, at a new sports facility that also features two baseball diamonds, volleyball and basketball courts, and an outdoor roller-skating rink. In the air-conditioned gym, ESPN's Sportscenter plays on TV. Across the main road there's a large chapel, a post office, and a sun-bleached set of McDonald's golden arches. Neighborhoods with names like Deer Point and Villamar have looping drives and spacious lawns with barbecue grills and children's toys. There's a high school, a middle and elementary school, and a childcare facility. There are pools and playgrounds, several public beaches, a bowling center, barber and beauty shops, a Pizza Hut, a Taco Bell, a KFC, and a Subway.
From the hilltop you can also faintly see two nearby Cuban towns, but most everywhere else on base it's easy to forget you're in Cuba. What base residents call "downtown," for example, could be almost anywhere in the United States—or at another of the hundreds of U.S. military bases spread around the globe, which often resemble self-contained American towns. The downtown is where you find the commissary and the Navy's version of the post exchange, or PX—the shopping facility present on U.S. military bases worldwide. Surrounded by plentiful parking, the commissary and exchange feel like a Walmart, full of clothing and consumer electronics, furniture, automotive products, and groceries. At Guantánamo, the base souvenir shop is one of the few reminders of where you really are. There, along with U.S. Naval Station Guantánamo Bay postcards and mugs, you can buy a T-shirt bearing the words DETAINEE OPERATIONS.
The only McDonalds on the island of Cuba in Guantanamo Bay. Image is in the public domain via wikicommons.com
During years of debates over the closure of Guantánamo Bay's prison, few have asked why the United States has such a large base on Cuban territory in the first place, and whether we should have one there at all. This is unsurprising.
Most Americans rarely think about U.S. military bases overseas. Since the end of World War II and the early days of the Cold War, when the United States built or acquired most of its overseas bases, Americans have considered it normal to have U.S. military installations in other countries, on other people's land. The presence of our bases overseas has long been accepted unquestioningly and treated as an obvious good, essential to national security and global peace. Perhaps these bases register in our consciousness when there's an antibase protest in Okinawa or an accident in Germany. Quickly, however, they're forgotten.
Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles and Humvees at Camp Arifj an, Kuwait, a major deployment base during the second war in Iraq. (Master Sgt. David Largent, U.S. Army). Image is in the public domain via TheEmpireProject.com
Of course, people living near U.S. bases in countries worldwide pay them more attention. For many, U.S. bases are one of the most prominent symbols of the United States, along with Hollywood movies, pop music, and fast food. Indeed, the prevalence of Burger Kings and Taco Bells on many of our bases abroad is telling: ours is a supersized collection of bases with franchises the world over. While there are no freestanding foreign bases on U.S. soil, today there are around eight hundred U.S. bases in foreign countries, occupied by hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops.
Although the United States has long had some bases in foreign lands, this massive global deployment of military force was unknown in U.S. history before World War II. Now, seventy years after that war, there are still, according to the Pentagon, 174 U.S. bases in Germany, 113 in Japan, and 83 in South Korea. There are hundreds more dotting the planet in Aruba and Australia, Bahrain and Bulgaria, Colombia, Kenya, and Qatar, to name just a few. Worldwide, we have bases in more than seventy countries. Although few U.S. citizens realize it, we probably have more bases in other people's lands than any other people, nation, or empire in world history.
Map showing the global reach of the US Military. Image is in the public domain via ZapLog.nl
And yet the subject is barely discussed in the media. Rarely does anyone ask whether we need hundreds of bases overseas, or whether we can afford them. Rarely does anyone consider how we would feel with a foreign base on U.S. soil, or how we would react if China, Russia, or Iran built even a single base somewhere near our borders today. For most in the United States, the idea of even the nicest, most benign foreign troops arriving with their tanks, planes, and high-powered weaponry and making themselves at home in our country—occupying and fencing off hundreds or thousands of acres of our land—is unthinkable.
Rafael Correa, the president of Ecuador, highlighted this rarely considered truth in 2009 when he refused to renew the lease for a U.S. base in his country. Correa told reporters that he would approve the lease renewal on one condition: "They let us put a base in Miami—an Ecuadorian base."
"If there's no problem having foreign soldiers on a country's soil," Correa quipped, "surely they'll let us have an Ecuadorian base in the United States."
David Vine is the author of Base Nation: How U.S. Military Bases Abroad Harm America and the World and Island of Shame: The Secret History of the U.S. Military Base on Diego Garcia and an associate professor of anthropology at American University in Washington, D.C. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, Mother Jones, and The Chronicle of Higher Education, among other publications. He lives in Washington, D.C.
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Iran says scientist was killed in 'new, complex' operation – top official
Dec 1, 2020 7:50 AM PHT
A top Iranian official Monday, November 30, said nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed in a new type of "complex operation," blaming arch-foe Israel and an exiled opposition group.
The "operation was very complex, using electronic equipment and no one was present at the scene," the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Rear-Admiral Ali Shamkhani said.
The People's Mujahedeen of Iran (MEK) were "certainly" involved, along with "the Zionist regime and the Mossad," Shamkhani said, referring to the Israeli government and its external security agency.
"The enemy used a completely new, professional, and specialized method and reached its goal," he added, without elaborating on the weaponry involved.
Without citing sources, Fars itself claimed that the attack had been carried out with the help of "a remote controlled automatic machine gun" mounted on a pick up truck.
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani had Saturday accused Israel of acting as a "mercenary" for the United States by carrying out the assassination.
The scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh died on Friday from his wounds in a hospital, according to Iran's defense ministry, which had in a statement said assailants targeted his car and engaged in a gunfight with his bodyguards outside the capital.
Iran's foes had singled out Fakhrizadeh as a target "for 20 years," and an attack was anticipated to take place at some point, Shamkhani said.
"Security forces had predicted the possibility of an attack on him, even predicting the possible location of the incident," he said at the scientist's funeral in Tehran.
But given the "frequency of (such) news in these 20 years, the required seriousness was sadly not applied" this time, he added.
According to Iran's defense minister Amir Hatami, Fakhrizadeh was one of his deputies and headed the ministry's Defense and Research and Innovation Organization, focusing on the field of "nuclear defense." – Rappler.com


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Special Education and the Law
A Guide for Practitioners
Allan G. Osborne, Jr. - Snug Harbor Community School (Retired), Quincy, Massachusetts
Charles J. Russo - University of Dayton, USA
Forewords by Richard D. Lavoie and Suzanne Eckes
Legal Issues | Legal Requirements | School Management
January 2021 | 288 pages | Corwin
The essential resource for success in special education
Educators face major challenges when addressing the needs of students with disabilities. This includes understanding a complex legal field: special education law. Special Education and the Law, Fourth Edition: A Guide for Practitioners is the ultimate for busy educators. Osborne and Russo, past presidents of the Educational Law Association, are experts in translating legalese into language that educators can understand. They have created a resource that examines legislation and interprets the statutes and their regulations in a reader-friendly format. Major topics include rights of access to public education, procedural due process, placement requirements, delivery of related services, discipline of students with disabilities, and remedies for failure to adhere to the law. With a preventative approach to litigation that separates it from other publications, this book features:
Updates on legal developments from the almost-1000 federal and state cases decided since publication of the third edition in 2014
Coverage of IDEA, ADA, FAPE, 504, discipline, IEPs, LRE, parental considerations, public vs. private school considerations, and attorney fees
A focus on federal and state interpretations
With its user-friendly format, this resource will help educators focus on their core competency: providing exemplary education to students with special needs.
Online Resources for Special Education and the Law, Fourth Edition
Foreword - Richard D. Lavoie
Foreword - Suzanne Eckes
Chapter 1: Special Education Law: An Introduction
Finding Legal Material
History of the Equal Educational Opportunity Movement
Legislative Mandates
Chapter 2: Rights to a Free Appropriate Public Education
Free Appropriate Public Education
Least Restrictive Environment
Entitlement to Services
Child-Find
Students in Non-Public Schools
Chapter 3: Related Services, Assistive Technology, and Transition Services
Chapter 4: Parent and Student Rights
Student Records and Privacy
Chapter 5: Due Process Procedures for Evaluation, Development of IEPs, and Placement
Evaluation Procedures
Developing Individualized Education Programs
Changes in Placements
Chapter 6: Student Discipline
Pre-1997 Case Law
The 1997 and 2004 IDEA Amendments
Chapter 7: Dispute Resolution
Resolution Sessions
Due Process Hearings
Cases Under Other Statutes
Chapter 8: Remedies for Failure to Provide a Free Appropriate Public Education
Compensatory Educational Services
Attorney Fees and Costs
Chapter 9: Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act
Eligibility for Protections Under Section 504 and the ADA
Discrimination in Education Prohibited
Otherwise Qualified Students with Disabilities
Providing Reasonable Accommodations
Participation in Athletics and Extracurricular Activities
Section 504 Service Plans
Defenses to Charges of Noncompliance
Chapter 10: Conflict Management: IDEA Compliance
Preventative Law
Selecting an Attorney
Chapter 10: Conflict Management
Chapter 10 from Special Education and The Law, fourth edition, explains conflict management as well as Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) compliance.
Osborne and Russo provide a relevant, useful guide for practitioners working with students with disabilities and their families. The book is "busy-teacher" friendly, providing comprehensive information in an easy-to-read format.
Debi Gartland
Professor of Special Education, Towson University
A well written resource for anyone involved in the Special Education process. This resource is one that should be referred to often when working with parents, schools, advocates, and courts.
Erin Schons
Assistant Education Director, Children's Home Society of South Dakota
The perfect resource for special education staff to refer to case law in a succinct presentation.
Rebecca Brooks
Assistant Professor, Cal State Univ, San Marcos
It is vitally important that teachers and building level administrators be versed in education law since it is often their actions that create litigation and consequent case law. This is particularly true in special education where statutory and procedural mandates are changing and complex. Drs. Osborne and Russo's 4th edition of Special Education and the Law presents a straight forward and easy to understand reference as well as an enjoyable read of essential knowledge and legal background for practitioners that should be required reading in all schools of education and administration.
Lois F. Berlin
Retired Superintendent, Falls Church City and Alexandria City, VA
Special education law is among the most complex legal fields because it requires precise educational plans for each individual child, collaborative interaction between school officials and parents, and involves extensive statutory, regulatory, and judicial mandates. Nonetheless, Allan Osborne and Charlie Russo make the complex simple while ensuring that the reader understands the subtleties of the law. The fourth edition, which includes updates on two landmark Supreme Court cases, should be an essential part of any school official's library.
William E. Thro
General Counsel of the University of Kentucky and award winning education law scholar
Authored by the Past-Presidents of the Education Law Association
Osborne is not only a former elementary principal, but also one of the country's leading experts in special education law
Covers IDEA, ADA, FAPE, 504, discipline, due process, IEPs, LRE, parental considerations, public vs. private school considerations, and even attorney fees - all buzz words in special education
Takes a preventive approach to special education litigation, separating it from the competition
Focuses on federal and state interpretations of the law, another unique feature that distinguishes it from competition
Foreword by Suzanne E. Eckes, JD, PhD
Foreword by Richard D. Lavoie, MA, MEd


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Alleghany Meats does its part to preserve local farming and agriculture in northwestern Virginia. (Photo: The Highland Center)
They could be called the new kid on the block. Certainly, not as polished or well- known as others, but make no mistake about it, in less than three years Alleghany Meats of Monterey, Va., has arrived and is already fulfilling the vision of its founders.
This is not a story about a meat-processing company with all the bells and whistles, the latest equipment and vast years of experience. It's the tale of a facility established to help local agriculture survive and flourish.
Alleghany Meats just opened its doors on April 5, 2012. In an era when most of the successful meat operations are those that have persevered and refined their operations and markets through many generations, Alleghany Meats represents an opportunity to celebrate a genuine back-to-basics processing service.
The problem for many livestock producers in the Northwestern area of Virginia was a lack of processing facilities for their animals. Without that element, those who raised cattle, hogs, goats and sheep were left to fend for themselves. Large packing houses were not offering them the prices they needed to truck their animals great distances. Worse yet, those who raised livestock for their own consumption had to slaughter and cut up the animals in makeshift facilities that afforded little in the way of sanitation or food safety.
In 2005, a grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission was matched by funds from the Highland-Bath Office of Virginia Cooperative Extension, The Highland Center and local agricultural producer associations and farmers, and within a year a feasibility study showed a sufficient number of animals in the region to warrant a market analysis for a slaughter facility. This was at a time when the number of slaughter facilities had dwindled to about one-third of the total operating 15 years earlier.
"It all started with that study," explains Josh Moyers, who came on board as operations manager of Alleghany Meats in January of this year. Josh had some experience as a farm butcher and worked at the new enterprise for three years as a manager's assistant.
"There were around 90 shareholders who put up about $1 million to build the plant," he notes. "Most of them were farmers and livestock producers who felt such an operation could help them get a better grip on their future in agriculture." Alleghany Meats also secured a USDA loan making it a private/government venture.
Pushing for profit
Plant capabilities go beyond pork and beef. Alleghany Meats also processes bison, lamb, goat and yak.
Located on a six-acre tract near Forks of the Water, Alleghany Meats is not only playing its part to help save local farming and agriculture, but is designed to make a profit.
"We are obtaining inspection services from the Virginia Dept. of Agriculture and are slaughtering two or three days a week," Josh continues. "We are getting livestock from West Virginia, Southern Virginia and even from North Carolina. In a word, we have greatly surpassed our original expectations.
"The largest percentage of those using our facility are people who raised their own animals and fill their home freezers with the meat," he says. "But now we have about 35 to 40 percent of our volume in customers who raise their herds and want to market meat from those animals under their own private-label on a commercial basis."
He adds that in addition to beef and pork, the 3,500-sq.-ft. plant also processes bison, lamb, goat and yak.
With seven employees, Alleghany Meats has rapidly learned the key elements of customer education and pricing. The business operates as a limited liability corporation and is run by a seven-member board.
"We still get customers who think that if they bring in a 1,000-lb. animal, they should get 1,000 lbs. of finished meat," Josh reflects. "We have to continuously keep them informed about the loss of bones, blood, offal and hides. We go out of our way to explain what they will receive, even how there will be shrinkage in the cooler as the carcass is cooled and aged."
He adds that it took some time to understand how to price their services and believes they are rounding the corner in understanding how to run the business. He offers the story of one customer who now drives his animals past five other slaughter plants to bring them to Alleghany Meats.
The learning curve has been quick at the company, and not just in transitioning from cheap pricing to service fees that return a profit. They've brought on a HACCP coordinator, Ruth Chappelle, and are looking at a small 10- by-15-ft. plant addition for smoked product.
More than slaughtering services
A rack of sausage is loaded and ready for the smoker.
In addition to custom slaughter and cutting and wrapping services, the firm is producing both fresh and smoked sausage and bratwurst and offers customers a large-diameter cased summer sausage, in addition to bacon and ham.
Josh feels the 300-lb. smoker they recently brought on-line has added greater service capability for their customers. They've also purchased a tumbler to boost the quality of their finished products.
Not yet flush with a full marketing budget, Alleghany Meats does well in promoting its services through participation in local radio shows. It also has grown in its marketing power through its website, alleghanymeats.com.
Josh says he is extremely proud of how far the fledgling business has come, but remains quite candid about how much they have to learn.
"We keep trying until we understand things and move to get them right," he adds. "The thing that helps the most is when we get feedback from our customers about what they like and don't like. Without that information, we're left to doing a lot of guessing. Listening and understanding is maybe the best thing we can do to learn. It has taught us not to just jump into something until we look at it from all the angles possible."
He adds that the possibility of game processing could be in the cards for the company, but says they will not go that route until they fully understand how to make it self-sufficient and profitable.
Like we said earlier, the story of Alleghany Meats is not about any fancy bells and whistles. It is just one of a group that saw a need and has taken some measured steps to fulfill it. Reminds one of how the small meat-processing industry really began in America.
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