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Атеизм в Армении () — совокупность граждан, организаций, движений в Армении, отрицающих существование Бога и отказывающихся от религиозных верований.

Философские предпосылки для возникновения и распространения в Армении нерелигиозных взглядов в целом и атеизма в частности прослеживаются ещё в трудах средневековых армянских философов, работы которых, наряду с произведениями западноевропейских просветителей эпохи Просвещения, а впоследствии также и с научными открытиями Чарльза Дарвина, стали фундаментом для укрепления и систематизации атеистического мировоззрения в Армении уже ко второй половине XIX века.

История
Зачатки армянской философии нашли своё отражение в религиозных мифах и памятниках народного творчестве Древней Армении. Уже к IV веку н. э. происходят значительные духовные изменения в жизни Древней Армении: христианство становится государственной религией, создаются армянский алфавит и письменность. Через некоторое время спустя в Древней Армении развивается собственная оригинальная, а также появляется переводная литература. На древнеармянский язык переводятся труды Аристотеля, Филона Александрийского, Порфирия, Гермес Трисмегиста, риторические произведения Теона, грамматика Дионисия Фракийского, басни Олимпиана и многие другие. Новая литература давала возможность древнеармянской аристократии приобретать научные знания на родном языке. Переводные произведения греческой науки и литературы породили богатую комментаторскую литературу древнеармянских философов, грамматиков и писателей. Как указывает Исаян Т. С., философские учение этого периода процветали в стенах школ, находящихся под контролем церкви, в связи с чем возникновение оппозиционной материалистической системы в то время являлось сравнительно редким явлением.

Определённое значение имела также такая историческая особенность Древней Армении, как замена древнеармянской религии на новое христианство в лице Армянской апостольской церкви, произведённая государством «сверху». Исаян Т. С. видит в данном факте причину сильной и выразительной стихийно-материалистической направленности и свободомыслия в воззрениях древнеармянских мыслителей и в мировоззрении народных масс. Вместе с тем, в воззрениях народных масс имеется также противоположная материализму религиозно-идеологическая направленность. Причём, как указывает Исаян Т. С., религия и идеализм особенно сильны в области наиболее общих представлений о мире.

Как указывает Исаян Т. С., выработка философских понятий в Древней Армении в V—VI веках была тесно связана с первыми шагами науки о мире — астрономии, космологии, географии и других наук. На армянский язык были переведены естественнонаучные труды, такие как «О мире» Псевдо-Аристотеля, «О природе» Зенона, «О строении человека» Григория Нисского, и впервые, «Геометрия» Евклида. В труде «Книга опровержений» Езника Кохбаци, «Толкование Бытия» Егише, «Определение философии» Давида Непобедимого рассматривались также и проблемы строения вселенной, структуры мира и другие. А уже в VII веке проблемы естественных наук стали рассматриваться отдельно от философии. Первым в этом направлении стал Анания Ширакаци, который заложил фундамент для наиболее широкого и глубокого интереса к науке и философии, для развития эмпиризма и сенсуализма в познании внешнего мира, идеи которого в XIII—XIV веках нашли отражение в номинализма Ваграма Рабуни, Ованеса Воротнеци и Григора Татеваци.

Философские предпосылки в трудах армянских философов Средневековья и Нового времени

VII—XI века
Значительной фигурой в развитии армянской философии является Анания Ширакаци. Большое количество дошедших до нас его трудов («Космография», «Теория календаря», «Арифметика» и оригинальные труды «О вращении небес», «Об облаках и знамениях», «О движении Солнца по созвездиям Зодиака», «Об астрономии») свидетельствует о высоком уровне естествознания, математики, астрономии и географии, достигнутом в Древней Армении ко времени деятельности Ширакаци в первой половине VII века. Ширакаци, как указывает Исаян Т. С., с удивительной силой логики сумел обобщить ценный материал, накопленный учёными античности и прийти к теоретическим выводам, нередко далёким от теологического догматизма.

Ширакаци утверждал, что природа производна Бога, но она реальна, имеет конкретно-определённое бытие, познаваемость. Ширакаци создал философскую систему, которая в основу происхождения мира имела четыре элемента: огонь, включающий в себя сухость и теплоту; воздух, включающий в себя влажность и теплоту; воду, включающую в себя влажность и холод; землю, включающую в себя холод и сухость. Учение античных философов о четырёх элементах издавна было известно в Древней Армении, оно излагалось в ряде трудов, начиная с V века. Однако, как указывают источники, идея о стихиях уходит своими корнями в древнеармянскую религию, которая, по-видимому, представляет собой очистившуюся от религиозных напластований натурфилософскую догадку, выработанную в Армении.

Наряду с воззрениями о стихии Ширакаци касается также и вопроса о познаваемости образованного этими стихиями мира. Во многих случаях он стремится совместить «церковное» с языческим, обосновать свои выводы ссылками на Библию, но это не могло его удовлетворить. Он пишет: «Не найдя в Священном писании ничего обстоятельного о землеописании, кроме редких разбросанных и в то же время трудно постигаемых и тёмных сведений, мы были вынуждены обратиться к языческим (античным) писателям, которые установили географическую науку, опираясь на путешествия и мореплавания, и подтвердили её геометрией, которая обязана своим происхождением астрономии».

Ширакаци защищал астрономию от астрологов и, прежде всего, халдейских. Он пишет: «Если звёзды действительно, как они говорят, являются причиной зол, то причина их злой природы восходит к тому, кто создал их, ибо если они злы от природы, то более злым должен быть творец, создавший их». По мнению Исаяна Т. С., опровержение Ширакаци утверждений астрологов по сути дела означало опровержение фатализма и всякого рода суеверия.

Анания Ширакаци придерживался геоцентрического воззрения на мир, высказывая мысли в пользу шарообразности Земли, меньше всего считаясь при этом с библейским мифом о сотворении. Также Ширакаци является автором интересных высказываний о природе Солнца и Луны, довольно верных объяснений явления затмениях этих небесных тел. По мнению Исаяна Т. С., тем самым Ширакаци наносил урон христианским воззрениям. Труды Ширакаци расшатывали авторитет церкви, тем более, что он оспаривал права церкви на посредничество между Богом и человеком: человек может общаться с Богом непосредственно, таким же образом, минуя церковь, Бог может поучать каждого.

По замечанию Исаяна Т. С., Ширакаци выносил в заголовки составленных им загадок такие предложения: «Бог − бездельник, крест − неодержимый», или «Господь − вор, дьякон − некрещёный, пророк − лжец» и тому подобное. Свободомыслие Ширакаци не могло не бросаться в глаза каждому, кто знакомился с его сочинениями. Не случайно, по наблюдению он был часто преследуем и гоним церковью. По мнению Исаяна Т. С., как не ограничены, непоследовательны те или иные взгляды Ширакаци, они знаменуют собой начало мощного течения натурфилософского, стихийно-материалистического понимания природы.

Примечательна позиция богослова и философа V века Езника Кохбаци, который в ходе рассмотрения проблемы добра и зла пришёл к выводу, что на место божественной предопределённости надо поставить свободное волеизъявление человека. Идеи Кохбаци о свободе воли, содержащие в себе отказ от слепого повиновении судьбе, призывали к активному действию. Так, Езнику Кохбаци принадлежат следующие слова: «Когда разбойник нападает на страну, чтобы истребить жителей, то не должны ли жители собирать войска для изгнания разбойника из страны?.. Изгоняя врага из страны, мы доказываем, что не по определению судьбы свершилось разорение, а вследствие насилия разбойника…».

XI—XIII века
Философ, поэт, астроном и богослов Ованес Имастасер (около 1045—1129) является автором ряда дошедших до нас трудов по математике, астрономии, философии и другим наукам, а также осуществил реформу армянского календаря. В своём произведении «Слово мудрости» Имастасер высказывал мысль о том, что лучшим учителем для человека, посвятившего себя искусству, является природа, у которой он должен учиться и которую должен изучать и познавать. Имастасер считает, что «наука, не подтверждённая опытом, не есть наука». Он пишет: «Исследователь должен быть всесторонне образованным и знающим, он должен (изучать) не только Св. писание, но и внешние (светские) науки; если даже он полностью овладел ими и искушён в них, всё же без опыта его знание не может быть точным; только опыт незыблем и неоспорим».

Врачеватель XII века, классик средневековой медицины Мхитар Гераци указывает, что болезни не есть наказание всевышнего за грехи людей, как и само лечение не связано с вмешательством творца. Причины возникновения болезней, по Гераци, следует искать в изменениях организма, воздействии природы на организм человека. А познание причины уже есть познание самой болезни. Даже душа для Гераци не была связана со сверхъестественным, она есть часть тела. Гераци пишет: «Учёные врачи уподобляют тело человека бане, ибо баня действует при наличии трёх вещей, которыми являются: стены, вода и воздух. Также тело человека построено из трёх вещей: одна − это сухие и твёрдые части, вторая − это влаги, которые называются четырьмя соками или четырьмя субстанциями, то есть кровь, жёлтая желчь, и третья − это три пневмы, то есть три души, а именно: растительная душа, животная душа и чувственная душа».

Особого значения заслуживает деятельность мыслителя, литературного и общественного деятеля, богослова и священника XII века Мхитара Гоша, который, помимо всего прочего защищал идею о признании в Армении двусоставной судебной системы: духовной и светской: светский суд должен вести царь, а духовный − епископ с двумя или тремя советниками.

XVIII век
Особое место в становлении и последующем оформлении атеистического мировоззрения в Армении занимают такие мыслители XVIII века, как Иосиф Эмин, Мовсес Баграмян и Шаамир Шаамирян. Шаамир Шаамирян, опираясь на теорию естественного права, пытался найти причины, побуждающие человека к негативным асоциальным действиям. Он находит эти причины в природе самого человека. Иосиф Эмин, который также был сторонник теории естественного права, называет священнослужителей всего лишь «группой ловких людей». Поэтому, согласно Эмину, «если мусульмане отнимают жизнь, то духовенство наше держит в заточении души армян».

Шаамир Шаамирян и Мовсес Баграмян были сторонниками отделения церкви от государства, изоляции церкви от участия в вопросах управления обществом. Они чтили религию, однако сильно критиковали духовенство, вместе с этим разрабатывая «Западню честолюбия» − первую Конституцию Армении.

XIX век

Свободомыслие и атеизм в Армении во второй половине XIX века охватывали широкий круг различных проблем, среди которых выделялись такие проблемы, как социально-исторические основы критики религии, естественнонаучные достижения как средство борьбы с религией, противоположность светской этики и этики религиозной, поиск путей преодоления религии и многие другие. Разработка коренных проблем атеизма сыграла существенную роль в последующем восприятии атеизма в Армении в начале XX века.

По мнению Исаяна Т. С., во второй половине XIX века является исключительно важным в духовной жизни Армении по своему содержанию и направленности, поскольку именно на этот период времени падает появление светлой плеяды мыслителей, из среды которых Микаэл Налбандян выделяется как первый из прогрессивных деятелей, у которого материализм сложился как система философии, а ученики и последователи которого сумели довести этот материализм до воинствующего атеизма.

Значителен тот факт, что атеизм в Армении во второй половине XIX века развивался в условиях стремительного развития науки и культуры. К данному периоду времени относится распространение современных достижений в области астрономии, физики, химии, геологии, биологии, медицины, эволюционного учения Чарльза Дарвина. В этот же период протекала деятельность известного естествоиспытателя-дарвиниста Назарета Тагаваряна, автора оригинального труда «Дарвинизм» hy.

Как указывает Исаян Т. С., современный армянский атеизм в значительной степени основан на работах таких армянских просветителей XIX века, как историки-арменоведы Мкртич Эмин и Гевонда Алишана, разрабатывавшие летописные и другие первоисточники, обогащая новыми изысканиями национальную историографию; Хачатура Абовяна, классика армянской литературы писателя-демократа Перча Прошяна, поэта-просветителя Смбата Шахазизяна выдающегося армянского писателя Раффи, выдающегося писателя, мастера социально-политической сатиры Акопа Пароняна.

Распространению атеизма в Армении также способствовало резкое увеличение выпуска печатной продукции и удельный вес в ней светских книг. Появление многочисленных периодических изданий, сатирических и иных журналов в немалой степени обусловлено было деятельностью армянских просветителей Микаэла Налбандяна, Степаноса Назаряна, Арутюна Свачяна, Григора Арцруни. Особенно значимым является появление на исторической арене Микаэла Налбандяна — материалиста в философии, демократа и революционера в практически-политической деятельности.

Будучи передовыми людьми своего времени, армянские просветители второй половины XIX века сочетали в себе политический радикализм, проявлявшийся у всех в разной степени, с прогрессивными философскими и научными воззрениями, в своих произведениях нередко обращавшихся против религиозного мировоззрения.

Как указывает Исаян Т. С., армянское свободомыслие и атеизм во второй половине XIX века проявлялись прежде всего в трёх основных формах:
 Первая форма — это народная оппозиция религиозным организациям и её служителям.
 Вторая форма — пропаганда и распространение научных знаний.
 Третья форма — научная критика религии и церкви, осуществлявшаяся многими армянскими мыслителями второй половины XIX века.

Деятели армянского просвещения XIX века в своём творчестве опирались на народное вольнодумство и на достижения естествознания, синтезируя антирелигиозные аргументы. Таким образом, проявления армянского атеизма во второй половине XIX века были разнообразны как по форме, так и по идейному содержанию. Так, в мировоззрении Назарета Тагаваряна, М. Мамуряна, Е. Шахазизяна, С. Восканяна отразился стихийный материализм, который у них часто прикрывался деизмом: Григор Арцруни и Степанос Назарян разделяли материалистические представления; Микаэл Налбандян, Галуста Костанян, Раффи, М. Малакян, А. Айкуни открыто отстаивали материализм. Как указывает Исаян Т. С., именно материалистические идеи, в больше или меньше мере, свойственные всем крупным представителям армянского просвещения, лежали в основе их критики религии.

Как указывает Исаян Т. С., армянское свободомыслие и атеизм, как и прежде, строились на ясных, в достаточной степени усвоенных общих положениях просветительской философии. Материализм в теории познания, принцип полезности в вопросах этики, в социально-политической области, направленная против провиденциализма теория естественного права, глубокое уважение к науке, обличение невежества и обскурантизма, безоговорочное признание примата силы человеческого разума — всё это лежало в основе армянского атеизма второй половины XIX века. Вместе с тем, основы религиозного мировоззрения критиковались не только с позиций атеизма, но и деизма пантеизма, а также религиозного скептицизма.

Не всё из пропагандируемого армянскими просветителями проникало в печать и, тем более, доходило до армянского читателя. Нередко критика Армянской церкви маскировалась под видом разоблачения ислама, католицизма или института папства, либо же суеверия, отличавшие паству Армянской церкви, изображались в качестве придатка отдалённой исторической эпохи.

В Армении XIX век в большей степени, чем предшествующие эпохи, отличался повышенным интересом к опыту критики христианства. Вместе с этим, армянские просветители данного периода восприняли определённые идеи западно-европейской философии. Так, Микаэл Налбандян и Г. Арцруни нередко ссылались на Жан-Жака Руссо, Дидро и Вольтера.

Примечательно, что армянская атеистическая литература второй половины XIX века отличалась тем, что в сложившихся в Армении конкретно-исторических условиях именно через художественную литературу более свободно и в то же время более доходчиво могла передаваться критика церкви и религии, идеи свободомыслия и атеизма.

Как указывает Исаян Т. С., в XIX представители Армянской церкви активно пропагандировали концепцию врождённой религиозности армянского народа, ссылаясь на национальный склад мышления армян, на их самосознание, целиком, якобы, направленное на поиск путей в потустороннем мире.

В 1896 году архиепископом Месроп Смбатян писал: «с большой болью в сердце признаём, что как городское, так и сельское население, постепенно отходит от родной церкви, той церкви, которая была и должна остаться единственной и крепкой опорой национальной целостности». Архимандтрит Гарегин Овсепян свидетельствовал, что атеизм «различными путями распространяется среди простого народа. В сёлах тоже часто слышим те же легкомысленные рассуждения, то же непочтительное отношение к церкви и её служителям». Процесс нарастания антицерковных настроений в Армении, распространение атеизма в той или иной степени отразила также и периодическая печать.

Осознание сложности сложившейся ситуации как опасной для религии прослеживается в целом ряде работ идейных защитников церкви. Понимая значение естественно-научных знаний в противостоянии атеизма с религией, адепты церкви настаивали на необходимости уделить больше внимания преподаванию религиозных дисциплин в армянских школах, настаивали на необходимости обновления богословских догматов. Епископ Гр. Агапирян в статье «Неверие» отмечал:

Согласно наблюдениям Исаяна Т. С., в армянской литературе до начала XX века атеизм в Армении практически не освещался. Атеистическая мысль как тема исследования вовсе отсутствовала. Лишь ряд статей, отдельные главы тех или иных сочинений литературного, исторического и философского характера, где речь идёт об армянском свободомыслии, могут быть отнесены к вопросам атеизма в Армении.

Как свидетельствует Исаян Т. С., развитие атеистической мысли во второй половине XIX века в Армении отличалось постепенным нарастанием непримиримости в отношении к церкви и клерикализму вообще.

Религиозная реакция на распространение атеистических идей
В ответ на укрепление позиций атеизма во второй половине XIX века в Армении со стороны церкви и её сторонников усиливаются нападки в сторону адептов атеистического мировоззрения. Так, по мнению Исаяна Т. С., деистические по своему характеру высказывания многих армянских мыслителей церковная историография преподносила в качестве теистических. Так, известно, что даже Микаэл Налбандян в освещении религиозных авторов оказывался «богобоязненным интеллигентом». Нечто подобное, по мнению Исаяна Т. С., совершалось со стороны церковной историографии в отношении Степаноса Назаряна, хотя последний не был материалистом, но тем не менее делался акцент на якобы дилетантизме его знаний, обусловивших его критику христианства и церкви. Вместе с тем, в своих воспоминаниях о Степаносе Назаряне Габриэл Тер-Ованнисян пишет: "Когда речь шла о духовенстве «Назарян говорил возбуждённо» и повторял: «нынешнее армянское духовенство надо стереть с лица земли… вырвать с корнями… уничтожить».

Примечательна судья Галуста Костандяна в контексте его взаимоотношений с церковью. Выступавший в начале своей деятельности как спиритуалист (1860-1870-е годы), Костандян в дальнейшем испытывает в дальнейшем воздействие западноевропейского материализма, а также современных ему естественнонаучных идей и совершает эволюцию в сторону атеизма. Он положительно относился к материалистическим и антирелигиозным мыслителям конца XVIII века, в частности, к Дюпюи, Вольнею, распространяя их антирелигиозные идеи. Кроме того, будучи эрудированным писателем, он привлекал к своей работе обширный литературный материал, как это было в подготовленном им труде «О методе», выход которого в свет в 1879 году произвёл впечатление «неожиданно взорвавшейся бомбы». Костандян делает ссылки на труды Геккеля («Антропология, или история развития человека»), Дарвина («Происхождение человека и половой отбор»), египтолога Г. Масперо («Древняя история народов Востока»), Штрауса («Жизнь Иисуса»), обращается к тезисам Гумбольдта, Канта, Спинозы, Бэкона, Маркса).

Материалистические представления о природе, высказанные Костандяном, также расходились с теологическими взглядами на природу. Во времена Костандяна в Западной Армении, где работал Костандян, бытовало мнение, будто если Бог пожелает, то может сотворить всё и сокрушить, положить начало законам природы и по своему желанию изменить или отменить их. По Костандяну же, в реальной природе, развивающейся по своим, внутренне присущим ей законам, и где господствует причинная обусловленность, нет места для каких-либо сверхъестественных сил. Костандян считал даже, что история человечества приобрела характер закономерного развития благодаря исследованиям социологов.

XX век

Атеизм в Советской Армении

Преимущественно, историография армянской атеистической мысли фактически начинается в советское время. В 1920—1930 годах в Армении, присоединённой большевиками к атеистическому Советскому Союзу, сложилась определённая система распространения атеизма, переводились и издавались труды критиков религии, предназначенные большей частью для практики атеистической пропаганды. На армянский язык были переведены работы А. Бебеля «Христианство и социализм» (1920), сборник статей «Можно ли жить без веры в бога? Что говорит Ленин» (1924), «Учебник для антирелигиозных кружков рабочих» с предисловием Ем. Ярославского (1930), «Антирелигиозное пособие для крестьян, для антирелигиозного актива села и для сельских антирелигиозных групп» с предисловием Ем. Ярославского (1930), «Антирелигиозная работа в армии» (1930), а также целый ряд популярных работ, среди которых: брошюра М. М. Шеймана «Нравственность религиозная и нравственность пролетарская» (1930), К. Н. Берковой «Антирелигиозное воспитание в семье» (1930), А. В. Луначарского «Введение в историю религии» (1931), И. Эльвина «Церковь и трудящаяся женщина за рубежом» (1932), Г. Гурева «Астрономия и религия» (1932), Н. Амосова «Сказка о Христе» (1938), И. И. Скорцова-Степанова «О вере в бога и дьявола» (1939) и др.

В 1924-1925 годах издавались критиковавшие деятельность Армянской апостольской церкви брошюры бывших монахов Абела Назаряна, Беника, епископа Ашота и других. Несмотря на значительный рост научно-атеистической литературы, в Армении в первые годы советской власти, до 1930—1940 годов работа по систематическому изучению истории армянской атеистической мысли преимущественно не велась. Исключение составляет труд А. Ганаланяна «Образцы армянского антирелигиозного фольклора» (1938), в которой были собраны антирелигиозные басни, пословицы и поговорки, критикующие церковь и религию.

В советские годы стали уделять определённое внимание изучению армянской философии. В Вестнике Комакадемии, журналах Под знаменем марксизма, Молодой большевик, Нор уги впервые появляются статьи Г. Гюликехвяна, Г. Габриеляна, Г. Ванандеци и других советских армянских учёных, посвящённых проблемам атеизма. В работах Г. Ванандеци, Г. Габриеляна впервые освещены были проблемы армянской атеистической мысли XIX века. Из трудов данных авторов широкому армянскому кругу читателей впервые стало известно об атеистических трудах Галуста Костандяна.

Помимо указанных работ, имеют важное значение ряд статей, относящихся к истории атеизма в Армении, появившихся в 1940 году в журнале «Безбожник».

Перед и после Второй мировой войны вместе с общим вниманием к истории армянской культуры возрастает также и интерес к истории армянского свободомыслия. Расширяется источниковедческая база для изучения истории армянского свободомыслия и атеизма. В этот период были переизданы произведения таких армянских просветителей второй половины XIX века, как Микаела Налбандяна, Г. Тер-Ованнисяна, Раффи, Перча Прошяна, Г. Агаяна, Мурацана, Акопа Пароняна, Галустан Костандяна, Арутюна Свачяна, М. Мамуряна и других, где отражаются воззрения авторов относительное религии и института церкви.

Теме армянского атеизма были посвящены ряд брошюр и статей, опубликованных после В 1950—1960-х годах издательствами «Айастан», «Луйс, Митк», «Знание», а также в сборнике «Вопросы научного атеизма», журнале «Наука и религия».

В статье профессора МГУ имени М. В. Ломоносова Х. Н. Момджяна, посвящённой общественно-политическим воззрениям Микаэла Налбандяна, указывается, что «до Налбандяна никто в Армении не разоблачал с такой силой антинародную политику церкви, её неразрывную связь со светскими угнетателями народа, её враждебное отношение к общественному прогрессу, к просвещению народных масс». Характеризуя атеистические воззрения Налбандяна, Момджян пишет, что «смело выступая против религии и церкви, Налбандян не освобождался, однако, от некоторых деистических предубеждений, хотя при этом надо иметь в виду, что в условиях тогдашней армянской действительности деизм продолжал оставаться вежливой формой отказа от религии». В целом, взглядам Микаэла Налбандяна относительно религии посвящён значительный массив литературы.

Значительным трудом в изучении духовной культуры Армении второй половины XIX века явилось издание двухтомной фундаментальной работы академика наука АН Армянской ССР А. Г. Иоаннисяна «Налбандян и его время».

Характеризуя Галуста Костандяна, Г. Г. Габриелян отмечает, что «не только из числа древних мыслителей, но и мыслителей XIX века мало кто выступал с атеистическими лозунгами, если не оговориться, что такие были единичны. К числу их относится Костандян… Материалист-Констандян последовательно разоблачает религию и безо всякого сомнения приходит к принципиальному отрицанию религии». В «Истории армянской философской мысли», изданной на русском языке, профессор Г. Г. Габриелян о том же Костандяне пишет следующее: «В лице Костандяна домарксовский материализм заканчивает своё развитие, и доходит до воинствующего атеизма».

Атеизм в современной Армении

По мнению Георгия Дерлугьяна, в силу особенного исторического развития Армении сегодня в стране мало кто из армян назовёт себя полным атеистом, так же как и трудно будет найти среди армян и религиозных фундаменталистов.

Численность атеистов
Согласно данным американского института Гэллапа, 18 % населения Армении считает себя нерелигиозной. Согласно данным переписи населения Армении 2011 года, 34 373 граждан государств, то есть около 1,1 % от всего населения, указали в графе религиозных убеждений «нерелигиозный».

Нерелигиозность, в том числе атеизм, в настоящее время не представлена в Армении в какой-либо институциональной форме, тем не менее существует значительное атеистическое движение. Площадками для обмена идеями между атеистами служат социальные сети.

Согласно опросу, проведённому Pew Research Center в Армении в 2015 году, 5 % опрошенных в Армении не верит в Бога, 95 % — верит, а 85 % населения Армении считает себя христианами.

Правa атеистов в Армении

Согласно ст. 17 Конституции Армении «в Республике Армения гарантируется свобода деятельности религиозных организации» и «религиозные организации отделены от государства». Тем не менее, ст. 18 Конституции устанавливает, что «Республика Армения признает исключительную миссию Армянской Апостольской Святой Церкви как национальной церкви в духовной жизни армянского народа, в деле развития его национальной культуры и сохранения его национальной самобытности».

Статья 29 Конституции Армении устанавливает запрет на дискриминацию в зависимости от пола, расы, цвета кожи, этнического или социального происхождения, генетических признаков, языка, религии, мировоззрения, политических или иных взглядов, принадлежности к национальному меньшинству, имущественного положения, рождения, инвалидности, возраста либо иных обстоятельств личного или социального характера.

Статья 41 Конституции Армении устанавливает, что:
1. Каждый имеет право на свободу мысли, совести и религии. Это право включает в себя свободу изменения религии или убеждений и свободу их выражения в форме проповеди, церковных церемоний, иных культовых обрядов или в иных формах как единолично, так и сообща с другими и публично или в частном порядке.

2. Выражение свободы мысли, совести и религии может быть ограничено только законом — в целях государственной безопасности, защиты общественного порядка, здоровья и нравственности или основных прав и свобод других лиц.

3. Каждый гражданин, вероисповеданию или религиозным убеждениям которого противоречит военная служба, имеет право на замену её альтернативной службой в установленном законом порядке.

4. Религиозные организации равноправны и наделены автономностью. Порядок создания и деятельности религиозных организаций устанавливается законом.

Статья 77 Конституции армянского государства устанавливает запрет на злоупотребление основными правами и свободами, направленное на насильственное свержение конституционного строя, разжигание национальной, расовой, религиозной ненависти, пропаганды насилия или войны.

Несмотря на провозглашение права на свободу мысли, совести и религии (ст. 41 Конституции РА), запрета дискриминации в том числе на основании «религии, мировоззрения, политических или иных взглядов» (ст. 29 Конституции РА), тем не менее данные право нередко остаются нарушенными и незащищёнными, а дискриминация не наказывается.

Так, в современной Армении дискриминация атеистов проявляется прежде всего со стороны представителей Армянской апостольской церкви. Так, директор музеев и архивов Первопрестольного Святого Эчмиадзина иерей Асохик Карапетян в 2013 году в одном из телеинтервью от имени Церкви заявил, что «армянин-атеист — неполноценный армянин», впоследствии не только не отказавшись от своих слов, но и подтвердив их:

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 Աթեիստական գրականությունը Հայաստանում, Երևան, 1985

На русском
 Исаян, Торгом Саркисович. Свободомыслие и атеизм в Армении во второй половине XIX века [Текст] : Автореферат дис. на соискание ученой степени доктора философских наук. (625) / Моск. гос. ун-т им. М. В. Ломоносова. Философ. фак. Москва : [б. и.], 1969 — 44 с.
 Саркисян, Малхаз Константинович. Свободомыслие в средневековой Армении IX—XIV веков : диссертация … кандидата философских наук : 09.00.06 Ленинград, 1987—193 с. — Библиогр.: с. 166—193.
 Саакян, Размик Аракелович. Свободомыслие и антиклерикализм Степаноса Назарянца : диссертация … кандидата философских наук : 09.00.06 Ереван, 1981—157 с. — Библиогр.: с. 143—157.

Ссылки
 «Атеистическая Армения»  — научно-просветительский атеистический портал Армении
 Thoughts of an Armenian Atheist
 «Современная религиозность в Армении» — Интервью с Юлией Антонян

Атеизм в Армении


For a country like South Africa, the issue of conserving water has long since moved from choice to necessity – the country simply cannot afford to let any of its fresh water go to waste. Three years' worth of drought has depleted water levels in the Western Cape – to the point that the City of Cape Town is counting down days until it turns off supply to household taps for its inhabitants, and starts rationing water from communal sources.
Water supply is literally a case of life and death, and it would be a real shame if we were to run out of it. But the days might be coming when we will lose this precious resource, if we are not careful with our use of water. The situation in Cape Town has taught us that water is a finite resource that should be prudently utilised and saved at all costs. With the growth of population, the demand for water has correspondingly increased; the Food and Agriculture organisation (FAO) reports that global water withdrawal increased from less than 600 km3/year in 1900 to almost 4,000 km3/year in 2010. According to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), global demand for water is projected to increase by 55 percent between 2000 and 2050, mainly driven by a 400 percent increase in demand from the manufacturing sector.
Proper water management is getting more and more important, and not only in manufacturing, as the sector is just one of many stakeholders dependent on this natural resource. Different types of industries demand different quantities of water resources, and produce and dispose of different kinds of wastewater – Agriculture, for instance, uses about 70 percent of the world's water withdrawal; for irrigation, livestock watering and cleaning, and aquaculture. The production of energy also requires water in processes such as thermal power plant cooling systems or lowering the water table for raw materials extraction. It is imperative that these industries adopt sustainable means of conserving water; and luckily technologies for water management have become many, varied and easily available as research into water conservation methods intensified.
Israel is leading the way in this regard; having embarked on an idyllic desalination and drip irrigation processes that have turned arid parts of the country into productive arable lands. Following their strict water usage discipline would go a long way into conserving local water resources and ensuring their longevity.
There are industry-specific treatment technologies (for example there are treatment technologies for agricultural wastewater and for mining wastewater), as there are different methods for urban and rural areas – the Water Management and Treatment Technologies Conference was organised so as to discuss the various ways in which we can conserve and recycle water for both domestic and industrial use. Scheduled for the 13th of July 2018 at the Emperors Palace Convention Centre in Johannesburg, the event brings together the some of the best ideas in water treatment technology to discuss clean water technology, water solutions and strategies in domestic and industrial waste water treatment. We will also focus on current advances in water treatment research.
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Chakrabarti, A (1999) Numerical Solution of a Singular Integro-Differential Equation. In: ZAMM, 76 (4). pp. 233-241.
Numerical solution is obtained for the singular integro-differential equation with an antisymmetric forcing function f(x) (i.e. f(- x) = - f(x)), with end conditions \phi (- 1) = \phi (1) = 0, by three different methods, the two first of which presented here, produce the solution as accurate as the one obtained by Frankel (see ), recently. The convergence of the first method discussed in section 2, is also analysed.
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Charles Remington Goldman (born 9 November 1930 in Urbana, Illinois) is an American limnologist and ecologist.

Education and career
Goldman graduated from the University of Illinois with B.A. in geology in 1952 and M.S. in zoology in 1955. He received his Ph.D. in limnology-fisheries in 1958 from the University of Michigan. From 1957 to 1958 he was a Fisheries Research Biologist with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in Alaska. At the University of California, Davis he became in 1958 an instructor and was promoted in 1966 to full professor of zoology. There he was from 1966 to 1969, and from 1990 to 1991 he was the  founding director of the Institute of Ecology and from 1971 as Distinguished Professor of Limnology. in the Department of Environmental Science and Policy In 2010 following retirement from UC Davis he was appointed an adjunct Professor at the University of Nevada, Reno and the Desert Research Institute that had awarded him the Nevada Medal for Science in 2003.

In the mid 1960s Goldman established the Tahoe Research Group at U.C. Davis Group which would later become the Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC).

 He was instrumental in reestablishing the European Crayfish Industry with resistant Lake Tahoe Crayfhis following a plague of North American origin that decimated the European native crayfish stocks.

He did environmental studies on the impacts of hydroelectric dam projects in Honduras,  Costa Rica, Argentina,Ecuador,Nigeria and Papua New Guinea.
He discovered trace element limitation of algal growth in North American and New Zealand Lakes resulting in fertilization of sockeye salmon lakes.
He developed a  gas phase calibration method for 14 Carbon productivity measurements in marine and freshwaters
He demonstrated the importance of lake and riverside vegetation (alder trees) in providing nitrogen fertilization of streams and lakes
He mentored 101 graduate students and 37 post doctoral students while teaching from 1958 until 2010 at the University of California, Davis
He received the Diane Feinstein conservation award from the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency in 2022 for his research and environmental leadership.

He served as vice president of the Ecological Society of America, as president of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, and on many national and international committees, notably as chair of the U.S. National Committee of UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme.

In 1963 he was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Goldman has published five books and over 400 scientific articles. He has produced four educational films, including three on Lake Tahoe and one on "Research to Protect the Tropics" narrated by the late Lloyd Bridges as Vice President of Research for the Organization of Tropical Studies.

He was a Guggenheim Fellow for the academic year 1964–1965. In 1998 he received the Albert Einstein World Award of Science. U.C. Davis's Goldman-Schladow Limnology Fellowship is named in his honor through the Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC).

Selected publications
 with Alexander J. Horne: Limnology, McGraw Hill 1983
 as editor with James McEvoy III and Peter J. Richerson: Environmental quality and water development, Freeman, San Francisco 1973
 as editor with Michio Kumagai and Richard D. Robarts: Climatic Change and Global Warming of Inland Waters: Impacts and Mitigation for Ecosystems and Societies, Chichester, West Sussex, UK : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2013.

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Speak to Rozz T'ver outside barraks. She is right behind you as you zone in.
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There are 2 guards outside each door. They Are aggro linked with the captain, I managed to split a guard off quite a way from the barraks outside and the other 2 still came. guards are immune to changes in run speed as has been common in this zone.
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Q: Redirect user to the second last page in CakePHP I have a model class Event which has the following actions in question: view and delete.
The deletion can only happen from the view action. Getting to the view action is possible from two places that are:
events/dashboard

and
calendar/view_calendar

the latter takes three parameters: user_id, month and year so that would for example be
calendar/view_calendar/120/5/2014
So depending on which action user got to for example events/view/1400, he has to be redirected accordingly.
The referer does not work as it redirects to the events/view with the id of event which has already been deleted.
Any help or guidance is much appreciated.

A: Put a second Parameter to the view, like
events/view/1400/0

for dashboard
and
events/view/1400/1

for view_calendar
and pass these params to your delete action, like
events/delete/1400/1

In your delete function you can you use the usual redirect:
if($secondParam == 1) {
    $this->redirect(array('action' => 'view_calendar'));
} else {
    if($secondParam == 0) {
        $this->redirect(array('action' => 'dashboard'));
    }
}

A: You can save somewhere the information about the referrer when you land in events/view and the pass it to events/delete.
You can use a named parameter or a query string so your link to the delete action becomes appear something like
events/delete/1400/referrer:dashboard

or
events/delete/1400/referrer:view_calendar

or
events/delete/1400/?referrer=dashboard

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A 49-year-old man was killed after he was thrown from his motorcycle and run over by another vehicle in Jupiter late Tuesday afternoon.Jupiter police said the fatal crash occurred at the intersection of Alternate A1A and Old Dixie Highway.Police said Daniel Cioffi was driving his motorcycle north on Alternate A1A when he struck a center median, sign and then slid into the southbound lanes, where he was struck by a passing vehicle.Cioffi was taken to St. Mary's Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead.The cause of the crash remains under investigation.More From WPBF: Email alerts | Mobile | Social9146236
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A 49-year-old man was killed after he was thrown from his motorcycle and run over by another vehicle in Jupiter late Tuesday afternoon.
Jupiter police said the fatal crash occurred at the intersection of Alternate A1A and Old Dixie Highway.
Police said Daniel Cioffi was driving his motorcycle north on Alternate A1A when he struck a center median, sign and then slid into the southbound lanes, where he was struck by a passing vehicle.
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Recently, I was cleaning out my old Word docs, when I found the original beginning to Not Dreaming of You.
Although I loved the idea of opening the story with Kiki cataloguing her teacher gifts and crying over her kids, this scene contained too much information and backstory at once, most of it dumped into their conversation. I wanted to give the reader a sense of Kiki and her history, but as I learned more about writing, I decided this had to go. I eventually removed it and replaced it with the current "dream prologue" and airport goodbye scene, then worked additional details into other parts of the story.
With tears in her eyes, Kiki sat at her desk behind a pile of gifts, ranging from a canvas tote bag with an apple on the front to a "World's Greatest Teacher" coffee mug.
As she packed them to take home, she recorded the year and student's name on the bottom of each present, just as she always did on the last day of school. She picked up one of the handmade cards and read it again.
Deer Miss Villanueva,Thank you for being my teacher this year. You are much niser than my teacher last year. She was at a difrint school. I licked coming to your class alot. I hope my dad works in Arjinteena agin next year, so I can see you.
Kiki thought about how timid the second-grader had been at the beginning of the year. Like many of the students in the private school where she taught, Megan's father was transferred from the U.S. to Buenos Aires by his company, and the child had been overwhelmed by the move. But, when her mother came to pick her up at the end of the first day, Megan had run back and thrown her arms around her new teacher in a grateful hug.
Kiki imagined a whole summer without "her kids." Even the excitement of going back to L.A. and spending time with Chris couldn't stop the ache in her chest as she'd waved goodbye to them. She grabbed a tissue from the box on the corner of her desk and blew her nose into it.
"Almost. . . As soon as I finish this one, we can carry everything to the trunk." Kiki tried to get ink to adhere to the bottom of a scented candle. She dropped the pen and grabbed a Sharpie, wrinkling her nose at the smell as she uncapped it.
She'd noted Alejandra's business suit when she came in. Since Kiki had rarely seen her friend out of blue jeans from kindergarten through college, the banker's clothes always looked strange to her. It was hard to believe this was the same girl who drove the teachers crazy with rubber cement "boogers" and fake sneezes.
And now she wears designer clothes and has access to the vault.
A monster? Kiki snatched it from her. "Are you crazy? It's a drawing of me, by one of my students." She turned it right side up and held it so her friend could see.
"If you say so." Alejandra shrugged. Kiki snorted at her, smoothed out the picture, and slid it into a manila envelope with her other paper treasures. Once they were in the car, Kiki noticed it was unusually quiet, considering she and her best friend were in it together. She knew she had lots to think about, but she wondered why Ali was giving her the silent treatment.
She reached over and thumped her friend on the arm. "What's the matter, malcriada? Are you mad at me?" Alejandra blew out a loud breath.
Kiki thought of how she wouldn't see her parents, or her aunt and uncle, or Ali, for the next three months. A case of premature homesickness washed over her, but she tried to focus on how great it would be to spend time with her like-a-brother-to-her cousin, again.
That wasn't the complete truth, but she wasn't ready to tell Ali the rest, yet. As unusual as it was for her to keep anything a secret, Kiki hadn't been completely honest with anyone about this trip. Not her parents, not Alejandra and not even Chris. It was much more important than a visit, or even a man-hunting expedition. Kiki had called and made an appointment long distance that she had never been able to bring herself to make in Buenos Aires.
"Ha! You have Luis to keep you warm. From what I've seen, he's doing a pretty good job of it—Stop! Stop!" Kiki yelled as she rolled down her window.The car screeched to a halt. "What?" Alejandra asked.
"Manuelito's back!" Kiki watched as her favorite teenager ambled over to the car. "Tía Kiki!" He said, as she reached through the window to put her hands on his cheeks.
"He's only been gone for two weeks, Kiki," Alejandra said.
Kiki ignored her. "How was your trip to France? Parlais vu Frances?""Oui. . .Well, a little," Manuelito said.
"Manuel! Vamanos!" Kiki turned and saw several other teenagers motioning toward Manuelito.
"Okay, I'll be there," he called as he walked away.
Alejandra drove on, as Kiki watched the kids in the rearview mirror. Manuelito put his arm around a sweet-faced teenage girl.
They turned into Kiki's parents' driveway, just a few blocks from the school. Although Buenos Aires was known more for French architecture than Spanish, Kiki always experienced a sense of well-being when she saw the large, Spanish-style house spread out in front of her. It was just as it had always been, in warm yellow with three welcoming archways across the front. And, the feeling was almost the same at her aunt and uncle's home, a quarter of a mile away.
But, as comforting as her surroundings were, she couldn't hang around and wait for something to happen. There were aspects of her future too important to leave to chance any longer, and, besides, she'd been having a feeling there was something in store for her back in California.
"Yes. It is," Kiki admitted. She'd thought knowing the statistics would make her feel more relaxed, but her research was having the opposite effect. But obsessed or not, she knew what was important to her and even her best friend couldn't change her mind about it.
Alejandra was quiet. Kiki knew Ali hated it when life got too serious. She opened her door, so Kiki followed suit and met her at the back of the car. As Ali lifted the trunk lid, she smiled mischievously.
"You know, if you would drop this celibacy rule you have now, you could save time by going to bed with lots of cute guys. It would be more fun than planning a wedding, and you'd still end up with a pretty baby." She flipped an eyebrow as she reached into the trunk.Leave it to Ali to find the sexiest solution to any situation.
Yes. . . But I love you, and I want this for you. Kiki's chest ached as she looked into her friend's hazel-brown eyes. She remembered when they were seven and she'd used a magic marker to play connect the dots with the sprinkling of freckles across Ali's nose. She couldn't let her oldest and dearest friend feel guilty about being happy.
"Yes, you did. And, I know how you love to be right about everything." They grabbed the bags and boxes from the trunk and headed to the house.
"It's not that I love to be right," Kiki said somberly. "I just am—when it comes to matters of the heart, anyway—It's like, a gift." She lifted one of the gift bags a student had given her to illustrate her point.
"But maybe they'll be calling me 'Crazy Kiki With a Husband and Babies.'" She opened the front door, and they were accosted by a barking, twirling, fur-covered maniac. Although the box she held blocked her view, Kiki could feel him brushing against her calves. "You're going to take good care of my Boby while I'm gone, since my parents will be traveling, right?" she asked.
Kiki reached over and covered Boby's ears. "Don't say things like that to him. You never know what animals can understand," she whispered. The two of them stared at each other for a moment, then burst out laughing. The tears started flowing again. "I'm going to miss you two," Kiki said, as she threw her arms around Alejandra, squeezing poor Boby between them.
So far, each of my published stories--including Always Dreaming of You, now on presale--has gotten a brand new beginning after the book was written. I've learned a lot since I first started these novels, though. I think the next book, No More Mr. Nice Girl, will keep the beginning I originally wrote. That will be quite an achievement for me.


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The MVP exits: Giannis, Greece fail to advance at World Cup
Zion ready for highly anticipated debut
Mavs' Powell lost for season as feared
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SHENZHEN, China (AP) Giannis Antetokounmpo now has a little more time to get ready for the NBA season.
That would be an unwanted consolation prize.
The reigning NBA MVP's stay at the World Cup is over, even after a victory in the team's finale. Greece needed to beat the Czechs by at least 12 points to have any chance of reaching the quarterfinals, and instead is heading home after an 84-77 win on Monday wasn't enough to push it to the next round.
"He's proud of his team. ... We gave everything we have," said Thanasis Antetokounmpo, the MVP's brother, along with his Greece and now Milwaukee Bucks teammate. "It's crazy - you win and you don't get to the next round."
Giannis Antetokounmpo fouled out with 5:32 left, called for charging on a play that left the Greek bench and fans howling in disbelief. Greece was up by 10 at the time, on the cusp of the margin it needed to advance.
Czech guard Tomas Satoransky of the Chicago Bulls knew it was a big call.
"We knew that he would go for the Eurostep or try to force it," Satoransky said. "In Europe, they'd probably call it. In the NBA, they wouldn't call it, obviously, because they protect stars."
Giannis Antetokounmpo did not make himself available to reporters for the second consecutive game. He also told FIBA officials that he was too upset to speak Saturday after Greece's 69-53 loss to the U.S.
Antetokounmpo is the first reigning NBA MVP to play in the World Cup or the world championships. Only three reigning MVPs have played in the Olympics - Michael Jordan in 1992, Kobe Bryant in 2008 and LeBron James in 2012, all for the U.S., and all going home with a gold medal.
"He came, he worked 100%, he tried 100% to get this game," Greece coach Thanasis Skourtopoulous said.
Greece, up by seven both times, had to take fouls three times in the closing seconds - unusual for a team with a lead, of course, but the only number that mattered was the scoring margin and the Greeks simply needed more points.
It almost worked: Nick Calathes' deep 3-pointer with 7 seconds left pushed Greece's lead to nine, but Jaromir Bohacik - who was 5 for 6 from the line in the final 20 seconds - made a pair with 4.6 seconds remaining, and that was the end for Greece.
Greece had its chances, leading by as many as nine in the first half. But the Czechs closed the half on a 16-6 run - a stretch where Giannis Antetokounmpo went to the bench with 1:10 remaining after an ill-advised offensive foul, his third personal of the game - and, because of the point-differential tiebreaker, Greece knew it needed a dominant 20 minutes of second-half basketball to keep hope alive.
And it wasn't to be. So soon, it'll be time to head back to Milwaukee.
The Bucks open training camp Oct. 1, play their preseason opener Oct. 7 against Chicago and open the regular season on Oct. 24 at Houston - in a game that will feature the last three MVPs, with Antetokounmpo, Rockets guard and 2018 winner James Harden and new Houston guard Russell Westbrook, the 2017 MVP when he was with Oklahoma City.
Thanasis Antetokounmpo said getting to share the World Cup stage with his brother, even with a disappointing final outcome, was what he would remember.
"It was a dream come true," he said.
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VIDEO: Wahine On Front Line Support TMT Moratorium
on Jul 24, 2019 at 10:38 pm
KEALAKEHE, Hawaiʻi - Jennifer Leinaʻala Sleightholm and Hokulani Reyes share their experiences opposing the construction of Thirty Meter Telescope, they speak in favor of Resolution 233-19.
(BIVN) – Two wahine that have been on the frontline in the stand against the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea testified, side by side, at Wednesday's Hawaiʻi County Council meeting in Kona.
Jennifer Leinaʻala Sleightholm and Hokulani Reyes were speaking in support of a council resolution "strongly urging" Governor David Ige and Mayor Harry Kim to honor the request of Hilo's State Senator Kaialiʻi Kahele "calling for a moratorium on the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna A Wakea."
"It's one thing to be watching on the news or watching live streams on Facebook," Sleightholm explained, "of what it feels like to be standing in a line, arms locked with other wahine, but to be staring into the soulless eyes of enforcement who are there, just doing their jobs, in full riot gear."
"And to be standing in that line and looking over and seeing my adult children," she said with emotion, "looking over at me, and to reassure them from that line that I'm okay. That we are all okay."
"We don't have millions of dollars like the corporations have," Sleightholm said, "but we've been standing for years also with just aloha."
"I think that the 60-day moratorium is necessary," she added, "because I think that the governor is making very rash decisions, very reactive."
"You go up to the Mauna, you feel that aloha," testified Reyes. "I've had to come down two days ago to hoʻomaha and to rest for myself, but as I came down there wasn't anybody exchanging aloha with me like they do up there. So I am in complete support of Senator Kai Kahele's… 60-day rest because in Hawaiʻi, it's very important to hoʻomaha, it's very important to hoʻoponopono after something that's been so heavy."
The Council ultimately passed the resolution by a 6 to 3 vote.
Filed Under: Hamakua Tagged With: Hokulani Reyes, Leina'ala Sleightholm, Thirty Meter Telescope


Python List Length Example on String 3. When you use this len function on String List, it will return the total number of words in a string. Or, say, it finds the length of the string items in python list.
The len() method for getting the length of a list The Python has a built-in method len() for getting the total number of items in a list, tuple, arrays, dict etc. The len() method takes an argument where you may provide a list and it returns the length of given list.


Essentially, USB connection from the DM10 only works for a few seconds and then it stops completely. I used MIDI monitor to troubleshoot and it shows that MIDI notes are logged fine for a few seconds and then stop altogether. I have tried two cables and both USB ports on my MacBook Pro with identical results. I cannot find the USB2 driver that the previous user described. Also, the DM10 does not seem to detect the Firmware software so I cannot update the firmware on it.
I am running OSX Yosemite and the intention is to use the DM10 to trigger Addictive Drums in Garage Band 10. I have been able to do this before, but it has been some time. Firmware was last updated when my laptop was running OSX Lion. Any suggestions?
Thanks for the post. If you want to update the firmware update, we recommend using a PC computer. Typically the module can be read and perform better on that operating system. You can download the latest update by logging onto www.alesis.com/products/view/dm10. Click on the DOWNLOADS tab to download and update your module to the latest version.
Hello, Thanks for the post. If you want to update the firmware update, we recommend using a PC computer. Typically the module can be read and perform better on that operating system. You can download the latest update by logging onto www.alesis.com/products/view/dm10. Click on the DOWNLOADS tab to download and update your module to the latest version.


So you have decided that you would like to have a Chinese name for yourself. Maybe you're studying Chinese, or traveling to the country and want to fit in better. Perhaps you just love the language and desire to integrate yourself more into the culture.
No matter the reason, there are many things to consider when you decide to choose a Chinese name for yourself.
Your primary objective must be to have a name that seems like it could be an actual Chinese person's name, however you likewise want it to be one that you identify with.
I would strongly urge you to select one of the top one hundred most usual Chinese last names. This makes sure Chinese people will identify your name as an individual's name rather than an object or a location.
Your complete name ought to only be two to three characters long. The last name is one character, and your first name should be either one or two characters long.
If you're only simply thinking of obtaining a Chinese name, it's most likely you are not a specialist Chinese speaker now. Whether you are or not there are many cultural subtleties included with discovering a suitable Chinese name that you should see to it to run any kind of possibilities by at the very least two native speakers.
In China, the natives see it as amazingly immodest to call a child after a celebrity, a "rule" that has roots in royal laws that restricted residents from having the very same name as the emperor.
You're trying to find a name that will be with you for the rest of your life, so take your time.
Chinese surname. Ladies in the mainland of China do not normally take their hubby's name, so married couples do not often have the same last name.
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After having such a good run of success it's easy to forget the struggles. Hard times come to us all, and I guess I forgot how much I have struggled in my bid to get where I am. When you fall down it is easy to throw in the towel and drop everything one by one and give up. And the past few weeks have definitely tested me.
At the moment life is testing me, and there are definitely days where I want to curl up into a ball and forget about the day. This has probably been indulged by my lie-ins and naps. Prolonging the start of the day and then needing a break from it. Why do the struggles bring on such lethargy and tiredness? And for no reason what-so-ever.
I think that it is time to pick myself up, learn from my past mistakes these last few weeks and get on with things.
I know I have been telling myself that every few days for the past couple of weeks. But I can't prolong this any more. I need to appreciate where I am, where I have been and where I am going. Because I have got a lot to be thankful for.
So today I am writing this post to remind myself and to remind anyone out there that we all have our struggles, but getting back up is always an option.
How do you make it through tough times?
What's your ultimate happy quote?
Ahhhh, you hang in there. It sounds like you are doing just that and it's great you're recognizing that it's just temporary. Happiness is definitely a choice and sometimes a hard one to make, as silly as that sounds. It seems like you've got a great head on your shoulders and will definitely come shining through this.


News Corp heading for a split?
Rupert Murdoch's media empire News Corp may be splitting into two companies, separating its publishing assets from its bigger entertainment arm.
The publishing operations include The Wall Street Journal and New York Post in the US, The Times and Sun in the UK, some Australian papers and HarperCollins, which publishes books.
The entertainment businesses include 20th Century Fox Film Studio, Fox broadcast network and Fox News channel, and Star TV operations including Star TV India.
News Corp's entertainment operations form a bulk of its business, and revenues, accounting for three-quarters of the company's revenue for the first nine months of the current fiscal. The company posted an operating profit of $4.2 billion for the nine months ended March, of which $458 million was contributed by its publishing operations.
The decision is unlikely to impact the Murdoch family's effective control of the company through its 40% voting stake in New Corp, The Wall Street Journal reported.
The move comes in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal in the UK, which has shaken up News Corp, forcing the closure of News of the World, and the trimming of Murdoch's elder son James Murdoch's role.
The scandal also forced the company to abandon plans to increase its stake in UK satellite TV operation British Sky Sy Broadcasting PLC.


Writing is about getting something down, not about thinking something up.... Once writing becomes an act of listening instead of an act of speech, a great deal of the ego goes out of it.... We can either "think of something to write about" or we can write about what we happen to be thinking about.Initiation ToolThis tool encourages you to lighten up and stop taking writing so seriously that it is frightening.... Tell the storyteller five things you'd like to hear stories about.Post-apocalyptic second comingLesbian prostitute in Victorian LondonSteampunk Western involving culture clashTerrorist invasion of preschool where President's daughter attends, heroic actions of preschool teacher who outwits the terrorists and saves all the kids, except maybe that one mean one you know will bite it from the beginningQuest story centering on a woman, in the tradition of The Talisman, Earth Children, Outlander, etc.
When people undertake writing, it is often not with the agenda of writing but with the agenda of "becoming a writer." ... The bottom line, the fact that the act of writing makes you a writer, barely enters the equation at all. Instead, we come up with ideas like "Real writers are published," or "Real writers make a living from their writing." In a sense, we are saying, "Real writers get validation from others that they are writers."This essay is weak. That was my initial thought. A weak exercise. I gave myself permission to skip it and planned a blog entry about how grown up I am now, that I can merrily neglect the assignment because I recognize it for the busy seatwork it really is.
My life is set to change whether I like it or not (I like it). There is no doubt this change will be hard. But while my life is changing I might as well revert to the habit that served me well before I got sidetracked.
Trouble is, it's not quite like riding a bike. You forget how to do it. You're like the rusty old Tin Man standing in the apple orchard, totally locked up until Dorothy and Scarecrow come along and figure out you need your joints oiled.
Julia Cameron is my Dorothy. Stephen King is my scarecrow.
I've started reading The Write to Right. Again. But this time, I think it's gonna provide the oil I need to get my joints moving.


Le Need: Brimble Le Need's !!
My good friend, collegue and fellow blogger Jo has featured a few piccys of me in her lovely blog... you can check it out...HERE - BRIMBLE'S WORLD (a world of all things Brimble).
Only thing is... she missed one vital piece out of my style.. and that's all my scruffy clothes layered on at home so I can stay toasty!!
Yess I'm cold as well haha.. Love this picture!


Unison Research are an Italian HiFi manufacturer who have been making components for nearly 30 years and they are famous for their valve amplifiers. Over the years they have released my audiophile classic designs such as the Absolute 845.
The Unico range presents something a little different, it includes 3 CD players and a range of integrated, pre and power amplifiers. What makes the Unico integrated amplifier range unique is their hybrid design combining a tube based pre amplification stage with a solid state power amplification stage. Will this be an amplifier with all the benefits of both technologies with none of the drawbacks, I was very excited to find out.
The Unico 150 with its 150 watts per channel @ 8 ohms is Unison Research most powerful amplifier and that is for good reason. Building an amplifier with higher power can mean adding more stages to the circuit to increase the gain. With the Unico range the amplifiers are either a 2 or 3 stage circuit, with the Unico 150 being the latter. The company have designed the amplifiers with as few stages as possible, a less is more philosophy. The first two circuit stages are valves used to give the amplifier its "character" with Unison Research choosing specific pure class A Tridoes based on certain key performance factors.
The dual mono, zero feedback solid state amplification stage is a class A/B design that can provide 220 watts per channel into a 4 ohm load. It is supported by two large torodial transformers that are capable of 400VA + 400VA continuously. Unison Research have chosen to use Mosfets in the Unico 150 that are capable of handling 1200w and 50amps so they are always working well under capacity.
The tube preamplification stage is a hightlight feature of the Unico 150 but its far from all that is good about it . It has an armoured ALPs Potentiometer, the inputs are connected only one at a time with armoured mechanical relays separating them and deflecting any potential RF noise other connected cables could introduce as potential antennae.
For the balanced inputs transformers are used for a truly balanced transmission creating a theoretical infinite ground reference. Unison Research have chosen Mundorf capacitors for critical circuit positions, using them in parallel to reduce the effects of parasitic capacitance and to ensure low inductance. These design inclusions were made after vigorous listening tests to ensure the right performance, despite their extra cost.
There is a lot going on under the hood of the Unico 150 with a lot of attentions to detail paid to it's circuit design and power supplies. Lets not forget the asking price is only £4499 at the time of writing. I say only because we get a lot here for our money and I think in order to achieve that there has been a little bit sacrificed with the visual appeal of the amplifier.
It's a nice looking amplifier and at 25kg its reasonably heavy but there are not any lavish touches to talk about. The volume and selector knobs have a unique interaction to them and I a little disappointed with the use of plain white LED's for front indicators. Unison Research are far from alone in missing an opportunity to use the LED lighting to create nice visuals instead of just using a basic bright white light. Luxman and Musical Fidelity are good examples of LED's done right. I am also a little disappointed with the top plate on the Unico 150, it feels too thin and will rattle with just a little tap.
There are plenty of connections on the rear including two balanced inputs and importantly a home cinema bypass. The connections used are of a good quality and feel very secure when you interact with them.
The Unico 150 has a short warm up cycle before you can use it, the left and right channel power indicator LED's flash during this cycle. The manual states a 10 minute warm up period but in reality I think the Unico 150 sounds good straight away, it's not an amplifier you will need to turn on an hour before you want to listen to it.
It does get fairly hot in use but thanks to the huge heat sinks and the well ventilated top the heat is limited to above the heat sinks rather than the whole amplifier becoming part of the heat sink as it does in a lot of cases. I would still suggest good ventilation as being important here.
During my time with the Unico 150 its been working hard to win me over and for the most part it has and I can fully appreciate what Unison Research have created here. This is an amplifier designed for audiophiles to really enjoy listening to their music and enjoy their whole music collection. The amplifier remains totally composed for the very most part, with big and dynamic swings being handled extremely well even at very loud volumes. It presents music with a nice combination of sweetness and smoothness and marries this with excellent insight and micro detail retrieval keeping things interesting.
It has a fantastic mid range with vocals sounding as sweet as any I have had in my listening room to date. Female singers have a wonderful seductive tone and I am thrilled listening to Barb Jungr's album Walking in the Sun.
You can get a good taste of this from the song demonstration video below.
Unison Research claim to have built many prototypes and conducted many hours of listening tests until things were just right and interestingly their hard work has resulted in a product you can easily listen to for hour upon hour. Music is presented with an organic tonal quality, some could call warm others would call musical with the later referring to a presentation that is engaging on an emotional level. I listened to all manner of music styles through the Unico 150 from Classical to Dr Dre, from Pink Floyd to Boz Scaggs and there is a consistency to how all these music styles are presented, all being very easy to listen to and quite often thrilling. The amplifier has very good timing with good soundstage width and depth. You can push the amplifier hard and it still refuses to "harden up" despite having a volume ceiling in our review system past which the clarity starts to reduce.
If I was to put my critical hat on and dissect the presentation I could critique the Unico 150 for being a little heavy handed in its presentation and favouring an overall warm tonal presentation in favour of leading edge clarity and sound stage space. I do feel this criticism would be missing the point of the Unico 150, its not designed as an audio analysis tool but a music maker to put a smile on your face and keep it there. The smile will keep getting bigger the more time you spend listening, it makes the old fashioned act of pressing play on an album and letting it play through a joy and not a chore because it doesn't punish music that's not produced perfectly. It gives all music styles good drive and purpose and there is an abundant amount of energy and toe tapping rhythm.
The other Achilles heel with the Unico 150 is with its deep bass control and presence. For the majority of music this will go by without ever being noticed because the amplifier's presentation doesn't need a full bass to balance it. The Unico 150 does do big bass, I don't want to mislead with my previous comment play a track like Biggy Smalls Nasty Girl from Greatest Hits The Notorious B.I.G. and its bass quality is just as sweet sounding as the gruff vocal.
I have often suggested the best way to asses the performance of a hifi component is to remove it from the system and see how much you miss it. Going forwards is not always as obvious as going backwards which is always very obvious. I spent a lot of my review time with the Unico 150 unsure of how its performance was compared to using the Chord DAVE as a DAC and Preamplifier into the Luxman M700 Ultimate Power Amplifier. I thought there was a lot of similarities with the later pairing being better for overall transient clarity and sound stage space. I was only partially right and actually quite wrong at the same time.
At the end of the review I installed the Luxman M700U and set the DAVE back to DAC and preamplifier duties and listened to the same tracks I had been using to test the Unico 150. There was definitely a cleaner leading edge and more sound stage space but that is because there was something missing - music. The Chord DAVE and Luxman combo sounded lean, dry and analytical by comparison, dear I say it even mechanical. A few hours later when the Luxman had warmed up the gap closed a bit but there was still some missing from the presentation. This came as a real shock to me and I still cant believe it now.
I am in personal deliberation over this situation - audiophiles often say tubes don't measure good but they sound good, they say tubes have a distortion that's pleasing to the ear. In this situation and comparison am I preferring a "nice" distortion to the clean and accurate truth?
I started the review full of hope that a Hybrid Integrated Amplifier could have all the positives of both tubes and solid state technologies without any of their drawbacks. Does the Unico 150 hit a home run and achieve this near impossible task, not quite but it does make a very good justification for the hybrid amplifier because there is definitely something in it.
More importantly it has exceeded my expectations for an integrated amplifier at this price point. The Unico 150's qualities were very obvious to me during the review period but it's overall quality wasn't made apparent until I took it out and realised how much I missed it. A musical presentation that is full of life, energy and most impressively soul.
Spending time with the Unico 150 and enjoying its many performance strengths justifies audiophiles decisions to use a tube preamplifer with solid state amplification in separates form. The comboination works at creating a very engaging, lively, sweet and easy to listen to musical experience that can hold your attention and keep you in the listening seat for many hours without fatigue or worse boredom.
The Unico 150 strikes a nice balance, it makes you aware of a recordings strengths and weaknesses without ever punishing them to the point of being un-listenable, even at loud volumes.
The big thing here is the price, the Unico 150 is £4499 at the time of writing and I think presents fantastic value for money for what it delivers. I would prefer a few changes to the visuals and construction and would happily pay a few hundred pounds premium for them but in reality these are far from deal breakers. Its not a perfect amplifier but I do feel it could be pretty much most things to a lot of audiophiles who favour musical involvement.
The Unison Research Unico 150 deserves our Special Performer Award, it has impressed me no end and has me intrigued to explore the audio world of valves. If you are shopping at around this price level you should hear it for yourself.


You will be working in the baby room in conjunction with two nursery assistants and an Early years teacher. The hours required are 8:30AM until 4:00PM and some of your daily tasks will include but are not limited to changing nappies, going outside with the children, and being active on the floor during play time.
The schools latest OFSTED report was rated as Outstanding and they are very proud of the fact that they are a roman catholic faith school. They have lovely facilities which include a large outdoor facility, trampolines, and a fully equip Nursery wing.
The school is located near Archway station, there are also various busses that can drop you near the school.
There are various opportunities for forward progression at this school. Furthermore, they strongly believe in Continued Progress Development so will be investing in your education while you're there to make you're confident and strong in your position.
It is essential that all candidates applying for this role have a Nursery Nurse qualification!


Usual care for sciatica is 'stepped' and starts with advice, analgesia and 'wait and see', where patients are only referred to other services if symptoms fail to improve. We have shown the superiority of stratified care (subgrouping for targeted treatment) over usual care for non-specific back pain. We now aim to test a new model of stratified care for patients with sciatica.
In a pragmatic RCT with 470 primary care sciatica patients, participants will be randomised to stratified care or usual care. Stratification will be based on a combination of 4 clinical indicators (interference with work-ability, pain below the knee, intense leg pain and sensory deficits) that predict referral to spinal specialists and 8 prognostic indicators of persistent disability (STarT Back tool). Patients will be allocated to 1 of 3 subgroups: those at low risk will receive advice and support to self-manage; those at medium risk will receive a course of physiotherapist-led treatment, and those at high risk will be 'fast-tracked' to spinal specialists. Primary outcome is time to symptom resolution collected using regular SMS text messages. Linked qualitative interviews will be conducted with patients (and clinicians) in the 'fast-track' pathway to explore it's acceptability.
Primary analysis will compare time to resolution between stratified care and usual, non-stratified care, on an intention-to-treat basis, and cost-effectiveness will also be investigated. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and Cox regression analysis will be used. Qualitative interviews will be analysed thematically.
This is the first RCT to test a model of stratified primary care for patients with sciatica and suspected sciatica.


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NICUnurse's Review of Barbara Freethy's Can't Let Go
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Note from NICUnurse: Due to an email snafu, this post was originally intended for December 26, 2017, which was the actual release date. A huge thank you to Dani at Inkslinger PR for the chance for us at Wickedcoolflight to make it up to her and to the author!
The last thing Griffin Hale needs at his bar is a nosy artist looking for personal stories to turn into movie plots. He has carefully cultivated a scene of complete normalcy for people who need it more than Annie could possibly imagine, and it's his job to protect them. But the beautiful redhead with the compelling green eyes is difficult to turn away. Annie's fantasy world where good always conquers evil is not the life that Griffin has lived, and he can't help but think she'll never be satisfied with anyone less than a superhero.
After a string of bad relationships, Annie willingly admits that most real men don't live up to her muscle-bound, cape-wearing protectors of the world, but when her stubborn curiosity propels her into a danger she never expected, she begins to realize that some heroes work in the dark…and a man who fights for you is a man worth fighting for.
While Griffin is determined to keep Annie alive, he's not at all convinced he can give her the happily-ever-after she's looking for. But then some stories take an unexpected turn…
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Can't Let Go is book 5 of the Callaway Cousins series (a spinoff of The Callaway series). All of the books are stand-alones. And since I've skipped a few, I can say that they truly are standalone stories.
Annie Callaway is the free-spirited graphic artist in a family of straight-laced overachievers. While she loves her siblings dearly, she feels she's never quite lived up to their high standards. And she's lost her job, so it's a double whammy to her ego and self-esteem. Trying to feel brave, or at least less like a failure, she attempts to overcome her fear of the ocean. And unwittingly is surrounded by sharks. Griffin Hale comes to her rescue and brings her safely to shore. And she can't stop thinking about the handsome stranger. She sets out to find him to thank him for saving her life and they somehow form a friendship and, eventually, a relationship. But Griffin has secrets and Annie isn't sure she wants to be a part of the mystery.
I really enjoyed this story because of this unlikely couple. They are opposites in almost every way, yet they compliment each other's lives well. Until danger comes along. Griffin needs to get his life back and Annie needs to be less fearful. Throw in a bit of a mystery and it was a book I had a hard time putting down. I love mysteries and I love to try to figure out who the bad guy is before the author reveals them. But this author had me stumped!
If you like mysteries that don't involve a lot of heavy emotions, this book (and both series) are for you. It was a quick, fun read for me.
I give this book 4 propellers. It didn't stay with me long after I reached "The End," but it was certainly enjoyable and well worth my time. If you enjoy books that are not quite so heavy on the sexy times, I highly recommend Barbara Freethy books.
PRAISE FOR BARBARA FREETHY BOOKS
"A fabulous, page-turning combination of romance and intrigue. Fans of Nora Roberts and Elizabeth Lowell will love this book." NYT Bestselling Author Kristin Hannah on Golden Lies
"This book has it all: heart, community, and characters who will remain with you long after the book has ended. A wonderful story." — NYT Bestselling Author Debbie Macomber on Suddenly One Summer
"Barbara Freethy is a master storyteller with a gift for spinning tales about ordinary people in extraordinary situations and drawing readers into their lives." — Romance Reviews Today
"I love The Callaways! Heartwarming romance, intriguing suspense, and sexy alpha heroes. What more could you want?" — NYT Bestselling Author Bella Andre
A man walked into the bar. He wore dark-gray slacks, a white button-down shirt, and a striped navy-blue tie. His brown hair was cut very short, his face cleanly shaven. And he was the last person Griffin wanted to see. But whatever Paul Daniels had to say needed to be said with a bit more privacy.
He tipped his head toward a table in the corner, then poured two shots of bourbon and walked around the bar, sitting down across from a man who inspired both loyalty and frustration whenever they met up. "Could you look more like a fed?" he asked.
"I didn't have time to change," Paul Daniels replied. He took the shot with a swallow of satisfaction. "Smooth."
"You must be off the clock."
That answer didn't make him happy. "I told you we need to take a break."
"And we did. It's been two months," Paul replied. "Megan is a twenty-four-year-old woman. She's jittery, fragile, and isn't doing well in isolation. She needs people around her that she doesn't have to lie to. It won't be for long—a week, maybe ten days."
"You always say that."
"And I'm mostly telling the truth."
He drank his shot, breaking his own rule about not drinking while working, then said, "Where is she?"
"In the car."
"Alone?"
"Rob is with her." Paul paused, resting his forearms on the table, as his brown-eyed gaze settled on Griffin's face. "She's not any happier about this than you are, but I think this would be a good place for her."
"Where is she from?"
"A long way from here. I'm not worried about danger finding her; I'm worried about her cracking or running. Some people can live a lie with no problems. Others can't."
He knew that better than anyone.
The door opened again, and for a split second he thought it might be the person Paul had brought to the bar, but the woman with reddish-blonde hair and sparkling green eyes was much more familiar and even more disturbing. She'd been very attractive in the orange bikini she'd had on yesterday, but it had been hard to get past the enormous fear in her eyes. Today, wearing white jeans and a clingy blue top, she looked beautiful and back on her game.
But why was she here? He couldn't believe it was a coincidence.
"Damn," he muttered.
"Ex-girlfriend?" Paul asked, raising an eyebrow as he followed his gaze.
"No, but not someone I wanted to see."
"You never want to see anyone. I'm still surprised someone as unfriendly as you decided to open a bar."
Sometimes—like today—he asked himself the same question. But while there were a lot of people in the bar, he didn't have to interact with very many of them.
As the redhead's gaze lit on him, a smile spread across her face. He felt like he'd just been struck by a hot, bright ray of sun. It warmed up places in his body that had gone cold a long time ago.
"I'm going to get Megan and bring her in," Paul said, getting to his feet. "I'll let you deal with whatever this is."
"What?" he asked, a little distracted by the woman making her way across the bar.
"I'll be right back."
He had a lot more he wanted to say to Paul, but his friend was already gone, and the woman he'd pulled out of the ocean yesterday was almost at his table. He stood up, his nerves tightening. He could sense danger from a mile away. He didn't know why this woman was trouble; he just knew that she was.
Barbara Freethy is a #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of 60 novels ranging from contemporary romance to romantic suspense and women's fiction. Traditionally published for many years, Barbara opened Fog City Publishing in 2011 and has since sold over 7 million books! Twenty-three of her titles have appeared on the New York Times and USA Today Bestseller Lists, including one title, SUMMER SECRETS, which hit #1 on the NYT. In 2014 Barbara was named the Amazon KDP Bestselling Author of all time! She was also the first Indie writer to sell over a million books on Barnes and Noble.
Known for her emotional and compelling stories of love, family, romance and suspense, Barbara is a six-time finalist and two-time winner in the Romance Writers of America acclaimed RITA contest for her novels DANIEL'S GIFT and THE WAY BACK HOME.
For more information, visit her website at www.barbarafreethy.com
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I'm a wife of a retired AF Airman, a mom of 3 (2 boys and 1 girl) and, of course, a NICU nurse. I've always loved to read and write. My house is probably not as clean as it could be because I'd much rather read than clean, but whatever! I'm also jumping into the world of book editing and proofreading so send any new authors that are looking for editing services my way! I joined Wicked Cool Flight in October of 2016 as a book reviewer and am now a part of the team full time.
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