Later today, the Key government is expected to announce that New Zealand is planning to send about 100 troops on a training mission to Iraq. This will be followed by a predictably divided debate in Parliament. Have Kiwi troops ever been sent on a mission overseas with a weaker mandate than this Iraqi deployment? It appears to lack authority and support (a) among the Parliament of Iraq that we are supposed to be helping and (b) among the Parliament and public here at home.
The drawn-out delay in announcing our small troop contribution to the fight against Islamic State has been due to ongoing uncertainty about the legal status of our troops while in Iraq. A so-called "status of forces" agreement between the Iraq and New Zealand was meant to include (at the very least) a formal invitation from the Iraqis – this document would go on to specify that our troops are not on Iraqi soil as foreign invaders but as guests, and would spell out the level of legal immunity our troops would have if their actions caused any harm to local citizens or their property. Even the ability of our troops to wear uniforms and carry weapons depends on the detail in this agreement. Yet our troops are heading into Iraq without any such document in place.
Unfortunately, that's a reflection of the fact that the Iraqi Parliament has lately been in no fit state to ratify such a document. As this column reported a week ago, the assassination by Shi'ite militia of the prominent Sunni sheikh Qasim al-Janabi and the kidnapping and severe beating of his nephew, a Sunni MP – not to mention the killing of all their bodyguards – has proved the last straw for the Sunni minority, and has caused the Sunni bloc of MPs to boycott parliamentary proceedings in protest. Meaning: there seems to be no functioning Iraqi Parliament, which means the Iraqi government (ie the one we're sending troops to support) is issuing its "invitations" to foreign troops purely by unilateral decree.
That's the bind the US-led coalition forces now find themselves in. While the Iranian- backed Shia militia have given some much-needed steel to the resistance against Islamic State, they have also been responsible for further mass killings and expulsions among the Sunni population – which was the same process that drove the Sunni community into the arms of Islamic State in the first place. In effect, New Zealand is going to Iraq to help fight Islamic State at the invitation of a Shia-dominated government – one that is backed by the same Shia militia who are busily fuelling support for IS among the Sunni community.
This is an argument for why New Zealand should really be going to Iraq – if at all – in order to train the Kurdish peshmerga forces, not the Iraqi Army. Focussing our effort on helping the Kurds – who have been fighting the IS successfully without having anything like the comparable weapons or training – would also be entirely feasible, now that the Americans have just opened a new training facility in Irbil, in northern Iraq. To do so, however, would mean negotiating a 'status of forces' agreement with the regional government of Iraqi Kurdistan, and this would lend the Kurds a diplomatic status bound to upset a Baghdad government sensitive to any moves towards federalism, and to granting any greater level of autonomy to the Kurds. So once again, New Zealand's military options and its political decisions are being dictated by the aberrations that disfigure the current governance of Iraq.
A different kind of polarization about Iraq has been evident in the New Zealand Parliament. Probably, no military mission we've sent abroad into a combat zone has ever faced such a broad wall of parliamentary opposition. Even though our troops are being sent to train Iraqi troops on how to fight the Islamic State – and not to engage IS directly in combat – the government enjoys only the narrowest margin of parliamentary support. Of late, Labour, the Greens, United Future, New Zealand First, and the Maori Party have all expressed their opposition to the Iraq deployment. Under our system, the government of the day is not compelled to hold and win a parliamentary vote on its decision to send troops overseas. Yet if Parliament was allowed to vote on the Iraq deployment, the chances are that the Key government – now that Northland MP Mike Sabin has resigned – would require the support of the Act Party, which earned less than 1% of the vote at the last election, to carry the day. Hardly a ringing mandate.
That's unfortunate. Any troops sent abroad to carry the New Zealand flag in a combat zone should have the comfort of knowing their actions are supported by the public, and by almost all political parties. In the past, that's largely been the case. (eg, only the Greens opposed the deployment to Afghanistan in 2003) Abhorrent as the excesses of Islamic State are, many New Zealanders remain unconvinced by the logic of this deployment.
They have good reason to feel that way. Will the training efforts of our troops make any difference whatsoever to the Iraqi people, or to the fortunes of Islamic State? Will it put our soldiers in harm's way for no winnable cause and with no exit timetable in mind? As a result of this deployment, will this country and its citizens now become the targets of terrorism? The decision to be announced later today could have consequences for all of us, for years to come.
Canada's top general says he didn't foresee that Canadian special forces troops would be directing air strikes in Iraq when he publicly ruled out this role during interviews last fall.
General Tom Lawson, Chief of the Defence Staff, told MPs at a House of Commons committee Thursday that "we're seeing an evolution in the mission" for 70 military advisers in Iraq.
According to what Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee told Green Party questioner Kennedy Graham in Parliament last week, our troops would not be engaged in the same kind of "assist" roles – ie. spotting targets for subsequent air strikes – that the Canadian special forces have been carrying out, which has exposed them to enemy fire from IS, and drawn them into firefights. Given that the Canadians have plainly been surprised by how their non-combat job has evolved into a combat one, why should we believe any of the assurances being given by the Key government? After all, there is an obvious military need for us to be doing exactly what the Canadians have been doing. In the past week, there have been persistent rumours that the US-led coalition is planning to mount a major 25,000 troop spring offensive (ie in April/May) to try and liberate the northern city of Mosul.
The initial attack on Mosul will involve five Iraqi army brigades that will be trained beforehand by U.S. forces and other members of the global coalition [ my emphasis] to defeat the Islamic State. An estimated 2,000 Iraq troops make up a single brigade.


It so happens that classical physical theories can be interpreted as a representation of local interactions between systems with determinate properties. Orthodox quantum mechanics, which is one of our most experimentally well-confirmed theories, is notoriously resistant to being interpreted in terms of the above framework. Bell-type theorems and Bell-type experiments have made such an interpretation impossible. In the early sixties, John Bell demonstrated that any theory that represents its domain in terms of the above framework satisfies a set of inequalities, the so-called Bell inequalities. Experiments on quantum phenomena violate Bell-type inequalities. By a simple modus tollens, the upshot is that no theory that includes all the elements of the above framework can recover all statistical predictions of quantum mechanics. Philosophers have been trying to interpret this result, that is, to understand what the world might be like if it is true that physical interactions between systems are non-local, or that physical systems do not possess determinate properties. This line of thought found its climax in program of Òexperimental metaphysicsÓ that developed after the violation of Bell-type inequalities was observed. Experimental metaphysics consists in deriving metaphysical conclusions from the Bell-type experimental results. The mainstream interpretation within experimental metaphysics is that Bell-type experiments force us to accept the existence of a form of non-locality at the ontological level, but a form that we can consider benign because it is of a non-causal type. In my dissertation, I assess to what extent philosophical investigation can help us decide what the world is like on the basis of our best physical theories, from the point of view of the quantum domain and with an emphasis on Bell-type phenomena. My conclusions point to a more modest view on the possible achievements of philosophy of physics than the experimental metaphysics program would have us believe. In the first part of my dissertation, I investigate what role philosophy of physics can legitimately hope to play in the development and evaluation of various accounts of quantum phenomena. I claim that it is not the role of philosophy of physics to impose criteria of acceptability on physical theories, in addition to coherence and empirical adequacy. By contrast, I take in my dissertation that the legitimate role of philosophy of physics is to clearly determine what is imposed by the phenomena and our best theories from what is a matter of preference on the basis of the structural analysis of the phenomena and theories. In the second part of my dissertation, I turn to the more specific case of the interpretation of Bell-type theorems and Bell-type phenomena. I undertake a systematic examination of the mainstream interpretation. I show that the mainstream interpretation includes three claims, one about locality, another one about causation and a last one about holism. I utilize theories of locality and causation in order to assess these three claims. On the one hand, the upshot of my analysis is that the claim about locality can be supported by a rigorous theory of locality. On the other hand, no theory of probabilistic causation can support the claims of the mainstream interpretation about causation when it is construed as a strong program of experimental metaphysics yielding conclusions about the ontology of the world. That said, weakened versions of the mainstream interpretation, those that do without conclusions about the ontology of the world, can be made compatible with some theories of probabilistic causation. In particular, the mainstream interpretation can be rigorously supported if its claims are restricted to the empirical level.


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## NOTE: THIS PROJECT IS DEPRECATED AS IS NOT SUPPORTED ANYMORE.

## Install

```bash
npm install --save webmiddle-site-nytimes
```

## Usage

```jsx
import { rootContext } from 'webmiddle';
import NyTimes from 'webmiddle-site-nytimes';
const apiKey = process.env.NYTIMES_API_KEY;
const { SearchArticles } = NyTimes.components;

rootContext.extend({
  expectResource: true
}).evaluate((
  <SearchArticles
    name="searchArticles"
    query="science"
    pageNumber={0}
    startYear={2007}
    apiKey={apiKey}
  />
)).then(resource => {
  console.log(resource);
});
```

## Components

### SearchArticles

It is just a wrapper of the [Article Search API](https://developer.nytimes.com/article_search_v2.json).

**Properties**:

Name                   | Example
-----------------------|-------------------------------------
query                  | "javascript"
apiKey                 | "e735b3bce42631a54e3221bb135ca262"
startYear (optional)   | 2007
endYear (optional)     | 2010
pageNumber             | 0

**Output**: JSON resource as in the API.

### ArticleDetails

Scrapes the HTML page of the article with the given url.
The output includes the full article text.

**Properties**:

Name        | Example
------------|-------------------------------------
url         | "http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/11/business/smallbusiness/small-companies-seek-to-push-sales-and-marketing-with-own-apps.html"

**Output**: JSON resource

```json
{
    "url": "http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/11/business/smallbusiness/small-companies-seek-to-push-sales-and-marketing-with-own-apps.html",
    "title": "Even Small Players Can Seize the Day With an App Strategy",
    "description": "Consumers now expect nearly every brand to have its own app, and small businesses feel pressured to create and publish them.",
    "date": "Aug 3, 2014",
    "image": "http://www.nytimes.com/images/2012/10/11/business/11sbiz/11sbiz-thumbStandard.jpg",
    "category": "Small Business",
    "text": "In the summer of 2010, Sheri Gurock, co-founder of Magic Beans, a retailer specializing in toys and baby gear, decided..."
  }
```

## Settings

Name           | Description
---------------|--------------------------------------------------
resultsPerPage | Number of articles in each "search articles" page

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This is where the average Kolkakatan goes and spends a day hard at work. And if he works for the 'Vest Bengal Gawrment' he will arrive at 10, wipe his forehead till 11, have a tea break at 12, throwaround a few files at 12.30, break for lunch at 1, smoke an unfiltered cigarette at 2, break for tea at 3,sleep sitting down at 4 and go home at 4:30. It's a hard life!
For some reason many Bengalis don't have good bhision. In fact in Kolkata most people are wearing spectacles all the time.
…or any other name starting with Deb. By an ancient law every fourth Bengali Child has to be named Debashish. So you have a Debashish everywhere and trying to get creative they are also called Deb, Debu, Deba with variations like Debopriyo, Deboprotim, Debojyoti, etc. thrown in at times.
This is a very common Bengali exclamation made famous by Aishwarya Rai in the movie Devdas. It is estimated that on an average a Bengali, especially Bengali women, use eeesh 10,089 times every year.'Ei Morechhey' is a close second to Eeesh.
G is for Good name.
Every Bengali boy will have a good name like Debashish or Deboprotim and a pet name like Motka, Bhombol, Thobla, etc. While every Bengali girls will have pet names like Tia, Tuktuki, Mishti, Khuku, etcetera.
This the Bengali equivalent of a rock guitar. Take four Bengalis and a Harmonium and you have the successors to The Bheatles!
This is a feeesh with 10,000 bones which would kill any ordinary person, but which the Bengalis eat with releeesh!
No self-respecting Bengali is complete without his Jhola. It is a shapeless cloth bag where he keeps all his belongings and he fits an amazing number of things in. Even as you read this there are two million jholas bobbling around Kolkata, and they all look exactly the same! Note that 'Jhol' as in Maachher Jhol is a close second.
K is for Kee Kaando!
It used to be the favourite Bengali exclamation till eeesh took over because of Aishwarya Rai (now Kee Kando's agent is trying to hire Bipasha Basu).
the dress for all occasions. People in Kolkata manage to play football and cricket wearing it not to mention the daily trip in the morning to the local bajaar. Now there is talk of a lungi expedition to Mt Everest.
These are dangerous half buses whose antics would effortlessly frighten the living daylights out of all James Bond stuntmen as well as Formula 1 race car drivers.
This is the Bengali word for Naked. It is the most interesting naked word in any language!
The Bengalis believe that a touch of mustard oil will cure anything from cold (oil in the nose), to earache (oil in the ear), to cough (oil on the throat) to piles (oil you know where!).
This is always a phavourite phassion of the Kolkattan. Every Bengali is born an expert in this game. The two biggest clubs there are Mohunbagan and East Bengal and when they play the city comes to a stop.
This really has nothing to do with the Bengalis or Kolkata, but it's the only Q word I could think of at this moment. There's also Quilt but they never use them in Kolkata.
R is for Robi Thakur.
Many many years ago Rabindranath got the Nobel Prize. This has given the right to all Bengalis no matter where they are to frame their acceptance speeches as if they were directly related to the great poet and walk with their head held high. This also gives Bengalis the birthright to look down at Delhi and Mumbai and of course 'all non-Bengawlees'! Note that 'Rawshogolla' comes a close second!
Now that they finally produced a genuine cricketer and a captain, Bengalis think that he should be allowed to play until he is 70 years old. Of course they will see to it that he stays in good form by doing a little bit of 'jawggo' and 'maanot'.
Hundred years later there are still trams in Kolkata. Of course if you are in a hurry it's faster to walk.
When a Bengali baby is born he is handed one.
Bengalis are the most non-violent violent people around. When an accident happens they will fold up their sleeves, shout and scream and curse and abuse, "Chherey De Bolchhi" but the last time someone actually hit someone was in 1979.
For three months of the year the city is underwater and every year for the last 200 years the authorities are taken by surprise by this!
It's very big in Kolkata, with Park Street fully lit up and all Bengalis agreeing that they must eat cake that day.
Which is always better than today for a Bengali (see R for Robi Thakur).


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Q: Extract words from a string Sample Input:
'note - Part model D3H6 with specifications X30G and Y2A is having features 12H89.'

Expected Output:
['D3H6', 'X30G', 'Y2A', '12H89']

My code:
split_note = re.split(r'[.;,\s]\s*', note)
pattern = re.compile("^[a-zA-Z0-9]+$")
#if pattern.match(ini_str):
for a in n2:
        if pattern.match(a):
            alphaList.append(a)

I need to extract all the alpha numeric words from a split string and store them in a list.
The above code is unable to give expected output.

A: Maybe this can solve the problem:
import re

# input string
stri = "Part model D3H6 with specifications X30 and Y2 is having features 12H89"
# words tokenization
split = re.findall("[A-Z]{2,}(?![a-z])|[A-Z][a-z]+(?=[A-Z])|[\'\w\-]+",stri)
# this statment returns words containing both numbers and letters
print([word for word in split if bool(re.match('^(?=.*[a-zA-Z])(?=.*[0-9])', word))])

#output: ['D3H6', 'X30', 'Y2', '12H89']

A: ^ and $ are meant for the end and beginning of a line, not of a word.
Besides your example words don't include lower case, so why adding a-z?
Considering your example, if what you need is to fetch a word that always contains both at least one letter and at least one number and always ends with a number, this is the pattern:
\b[0-9A-Z]+\d+\b

If it may end with a letter rather than a digit, but still requires at least one digit and one letter,then it gets more complex:
\b[0-9A-Z]*\d|[A-Z][0-9A-Z]*\b

\b stands for a word boundary.

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Východní Bělorusko je historická oblast, která obvykle odkazuje na tu část Běloruska, která byla součástí Sovětského svazu v letech 1919—1939, na rozdíl od západní Běloruska, které bylo v té době součástí Druhé polské republiky.

Území bylo v letech 1919—1920 známé jako Sovětská socialistická republika Bělorusko (SSRB) a v letech 1920—1939 nesla jméno Běloruská sovětská socialistická republika (BSSR).

V roce 1939 bylo západní Bělorusko po sovětské invazi do Polska připojeno k SSSR a stalo se součástí Běloruské sovětské socialistické republiky.

Reference

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Liv Tyler Web Site - Articles - "Rings" director wants to film "Hobbit"
"Rings" director wants to film "Hobbit"
New Zealand film director Peter Jackson, tipped to win an Oscar for his "The Lord of the Rings" epic, says he would like to make "The Hobbit" prequel to the trilogy and work with some of the same actors again.
Speaking to journalists in Berlin ahead of the European premiere of the last part of the "Rings" trilogy -- "The Return of the King" -- Jackson said he was sad but also relieved that the mammoth project he has worked on for seven years was over.
"I'm glad there's not a fourth Lord of the Rings film next year," he said. "I feel very tired and exhausted."
"I've been working very hard this year. It was the hardest year of the whole seven really," he said, adding that the last part had twice as many computer-generated shots as the second, "The Two Towers", which won an Oscar for digital effects.
"It's my favourite because it has a stronger emotional depth than the other two films, it has a sense of closure," he said on Monday.
Despite his exhaustion, Jackson is not resting on his laurels and said if complex rights issues can be resolved he would like to direct "The Hobbit", J.R.R. Tolkien's prequel to the "Rings" trilogy set some 50 years earlier.
"I'd be interested in doing it because I think it would give continuity to the overall chapter," he said.
While many of the lead "Rings" characters do not appear in "The Hobbit" story, the wizard Gandalf, played by Ian McKellen, and Gollum, the cave dweller corrupted by the powerful ring, do and should make a comeback. Arwen, the elf princess played by Liv Tyler, could also feature again, Jackson said.
Jackson made movie history by filming all three parts of the "Rings" trilogy simultaneously. The first two films have earned a combined $1.8 billion and won a total of six Oscars.
Barrie Osborne, the producer of the trilogy, and Philippa Boyens, the writer, both said they hoped for more Oscars for the third instalment, especially one for Jackson's directing.
"The film is a memorable film that will stand the test of time and be around forever and ever. However winning depends on what's happening in the world, what other films are out there that you're competing with," Osborne said.
Boyens added: "Peter didn't make these films to win an Oscar...It's always been really hard for fantasy films or films perceived as fantasy to get that kind of acknowledgement."
Jackson, 42, has certainly not let fame go to his head. He met journalists in an upmarket Berlin hotel barefoot and wearing a faded shirt and threadbare shorts. While he said "Rings" was the hardest thing he would ever do, more challenges await.
"I just love making movies. I have done since I was seven years old," he said.
Jackson will take a few weeks off over Christmas and then start writing the script for his next project, a remake of the classic "King Kong" which, like the "Rings", he will also film in New Zealand, using the same team of special effects experts.
Richard Taylor, whose special effects workshop made 48,000 props for the trilogy and whose work earned two Oscars, says "King Kong" will be even better than Lord of the Rings.
"I have every aspiration to make King Kong much cooler," he said. "It's going to be a very beautiful film."


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Digimon Survive Gets Delayed Until 2020
Nicolas Robinson July 9th, 2019 - 2:56 PM
Recently, Bandai Namco stated that the game Digimon Survive, which was initially slated for a 2019 release date, has been delayed until 2020. The producer of the game, Kazumasu Habu recently took to Twitter to explain the reason for the delay. He stated that the reason for the delay was "Regarding Survive, the planned release date has been changed to 2020 because of a reorganization of our game development structure. Sorry to keep you waiting. Once again, I feel deeply the hardships of game development… We will continue to develop the game in order to make it a good product, so please look forward to it. "Very little is known about its exact release date. All that is known now is that it will be delayed until 2020.
サヴァイブに関しまして、開発体制の立て直しに伴い、発売予定を2020年へ変更させて頂きました。
お待たせし誠に申し訳ございません。
改めてゲーム開発の難しさを痛感しています・・・。
製品として良いモノにすべく開発を続けて参りますので、何卒宜しくお願い申し上げます。
— ハブ (@habumon) July 8, 2019
For those who are unfamiliar with the game itself, Digimon Survive is an SRPG or Strategy RPG in which the player places their character, or in this case Digimon on a grid and then strategically moves them around a field in order to attack other players. This is very similar to the Fire Emblem Series style of gameplay, and is the first SRPG in the Digimon Game Series.
The game itself centers on the character Takuma Momozuka who gets lost with his friends on a school camping trip and ends up in a fantasy world described as "a strange new world of monsters and danger". He leads his friends on a journey through this fantastical world full of strange digital creatures called Digimon and over the course of his journey, he will have to make certain decisions that affect the story of the game. If you make the wrong choice you can get a game over and will have to start again, so choose wisely. The game will also include several different paths, many Digivolutions, and many endings.
Digimon Survive is being developed by Witchcraft, with character designs by Uichi Ukumo, and the music by Tomoki Miyoshi. The game is set to be released on the PC, The Nintendo Switch, the Playstation 4, and the Xbox One.
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Dr. Rod Van Horn, DVM, discusses how treats can fit into an overall healthy pet diet. He also gives advice on what things to look for — and what to avoid — when choosing treats. Specific information on Barkery brand treats is included.
Ice cream puppy melting hearts at restaurant in Taiwan?


Durham bucked the national downward trend for high street footfall in 2016. Figures show a modest increase of 1.7% in the numbers of people visiting the city's centre as compared to 2015.
A number of reasons had caused business people to feel pessimistic about the local economy's 2016 performance, ranging from long-running roadworks on the A690 during summer to ongoing renovation work at The Gates shopping centre to the impact of the Brexit vote.
Durham City Centre also lost its branch of BHS, which had been one of its biggest stores. Other concerns were centred on the growth of online retailing and the popularity of out-of-town shopping facilities.
Durham Markets, the company that owns Durham Market Hall and operates a number of other markets in the city, reported a slight decrease in footfall in 2016.
Durham's three-day Christmas Festival, held over the first weekend in December, saw 30,000 shoppers visiting the city's festive markets.
Nationally, the picture was less positive, with The Guardian newspaper reporting a decrease of 9% in high street footfall in the run-up to Christmas.


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Roma vs. Juventus Predictions, Betting Tips and Previews
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Stadio Olimpico – Serie A
Roma v. Juventus Predictions, Betting Tips and Previews
Juventus look to build on an impressive start to 2020 as they travel to fourth-placed Roma on Sunday in Serie A. The home side are aiming to get into the Champions League for next season.
Roma beat Juventus for the for time in five meetings when the sides faced off last season at the Olimpico. Goals from Edin Dzeko and Alessandro Florenzi with no reply sealed the fate of the Bianconeri.
Roma remain signficantly hampered by injuries, as Justin Kluivert, Bryan Cristante and Javier Pastore are all sidelined in midfield, whilst Davide Santon, Davide Zappacosta and Federico Fazio all miss out in defence. Henrikh Mikhitaryan will hope to start on the flank with Diego Perotti and Cengiz Under failing to impress.
Maurizio Sarri will be tempted to start Adrian Rabiot again in midfield, as the midfielder is growing into his new role. Giorgio Chiellini and Sami Khedira remain sidelined through injury whilst Rodrigo Bentancur serves the second of his three match suspension.
Roma vs. Juventus Predictions, Preview and Predictions
Roma are one of few clubs to have a decent head-to-head against Juventus over the past few years, picking up points in each of the last three seasons. However, with the Bianconeri looking on top form, and the Giallorossi losing their last game against Juve's Piedmont neighbours, Torino, Paulo Fonseca will have a job on his hands on Sunday. His side are 3.05 for the win, with the draw at 3.65.
Maurizio Sarri's Juventus have started 2020 as they ended 2019: trading blows with Inter Milan at the top of the Serie A table. Having dominated the league again last season, they found themselves in second place at Christmas, for the first time since Napoli pushed them close in 2018. The Old Lady has started slowly in many of their recent seasons, all of which have ended in a Scudetto, before picking up form in February.
A large reason for this is the strength in depth of the Juventus squad, who are able to boast the likes of Douglas Costa, Juan Cuadrado and Gonzalo Higuain on the bench. Whilst this helps the side avoid fatigue in the later stages, it does little to boost early form against the bigger sides earlier in the season.
Roma will be hoping that Juventus' recent 4-0 win of overperforming Cagliari was a mere blip, rather than a sign of things to come in 2020. Previous to their defeat on Sunday, the Giallorossi were undefeated in seven games, and will have felt confident over the winter break. If they are able to carry this confidence into Sunday's game, they have a genuine chance of matching a Juventus side that has looked off-colour at times this season.
At their best however, the eight-times consecutive Scudetto winners have looked unplayable, with this weekend's result largely depending on which Juvetus side shows up. It's 2.20 that Juve turn up with enough in the tank to win.
Cristiano Ronaldo to score anytime at 1.05
The mercurial forward seems to get better with age, scoring a hat-trick in his last game, and will be causing constant problems down a vulnerabel right-flank.
Under 2.5 goals scored at 1.16
This is a typically low-scoring fixture with this bet paying out in all of the last five games.
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the weather here has been so insanely gorgeous, temperatures in the low 70s, cool breezes, blue skies, and plentiful sunshine. it's been perfect weather for shorts and a sweater, or your favorite denims with a T. i am seriously looking forward to breaking out a scarf or two, and perhaps my new wool panama hat...just saying. anywho, this salad was the perfect picnic salad, so we did just that...on our fire escape of course. we used our rad picnic blanket (ahem, i mean tea towels), laid them out to cover the beautiful black metal beneath, served our salad, and dug in.
this chopped salad was inspired by a fresh vegetable salad in Jerusalem, and also inspired by the massive amounts of beautiful tomatoes and peppers out there this time of year. you may notice that i include sweet peppers in the ingredient list. mine somehow never made their way into my bag at the farmer's market, but i left them on the list because they i know they will surely be a lovely addition here. the tahini sauce is super dreamy and creamy, there's nothing better than when the tomato juices mix with the tahini sauce and you're left with a slightly tomato-spiked sauce! the crushed pine nuts and mint was kind of an afterthought, but i had the mint on hand and i love the flavor of toasted pine nuts, and thought it would be a great addition. turns out it was, but next time i will add more (i increased the amounts in the recipe below).
the next couple of weeks are fun ones for me and my husband. he will be turning the big 3-0, and i will be celebrating my birthday a few days later. lots of celebration and good times around here. stay tuned for celebration goodies, swiftly followed by detox!
serve with additional tahini sauce and enjoy!


"Unskilled Sales Labor" or "Business Advisor" Choose?
"Unskilled Sales Labor" or "Business Advisor" – Which Role Will You Choose?
If the traditional meaning of "unskilled labor" disturbs me from a personal standpoint, this new definition may disturb many in the broader business community as it pertains to remaining competitive and relevant in today's changing business environment.
Sales skills matter and make a difference. If your sales approach and skills are the same as anyone else's, what is special about you or your organization? Why would potential customers choose you, much less pay extra for your products or services? What is your individual competitive advantage? If you can't answer this question instantly and succinctly, you may be an "unskilled" sales professional with little or no hope of consistently winning in the sales arena.
It's so easy to blame inadequacies in our organization, management, product or service offering for our failure to close the sale. When reflecting on a sales call, we should ask ourselves, "What was my personal role in the outcome?" Did I really take the time to understand this customer or prospect's long term objectives and strategies? THEIR customers' needs? Did I consider the impact of THEIR competition, future product or service introductions, consumer demands and opportunities in my proposed solution? How does their unique competitive environment affect all of these considerations? The sales professional who fails to understand the customer also casts themselves in the role of "unskilled sales labor," putting them at a distinct disadvantage against anyone who is doing their homework.
Our transformation to the role of business advisor will add authentic value that reaches beyond the scope of mere products and services. Business advisors bring a deeply networked collaboration to the customer. They facilitate synergy inside and outside an organization, paving the way for innovation. As a business advisor, the sales professional is not only a highly skilled but a highly valued asset with an attitude and approach that clearly differentiates him/her from the competition. This role can't be assumed; it is earned when a sales professional invests time and energy, networks inside the organization and explores to gain a deep understanding of the customer.
Today "unskilled labor" means "not-uniquely-skilled" labor. What selling skills are you cultivating to ensure you are among the next generation of "skilled" sales professionals to become a business advisor?


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Галина Миколаївна Кузнецова (по чоловікові Петрова;  10 грудня 1900, Київ, Російська імперія —  8 лютого 1976, Мюнхен, ФРН) — російська поетеса і письменниця, мемуаристика.

Біографія
У 1918 році закінчила в Києві першу жіночу гімназію Плетньової, а в 1920 році разом з чоловіком, білим офіцером, переїхала до Константинополя, потім перебралася в Прагу, а в 1924 оселилася в Парижі.

Писала вірші і прозу, починаючи з 1922 року. Її публікації почали з'являтися в часописах «Новий час», «Посів», «Ланка» «Сучасні записки», їх помітила критика (В'ячеслав Іванов, Георгій Адамович та ін.).

У 1926 році через Модеста Гофмана познайомилася з російським письменником Іваном Буніним, у них почався бурхливий роман. Галина Кузнецова роз'їхалася з чоловіком і зійшлася з Буніним.

З 1927 року жила разом з сім'єю і домочадцями Буніна в Грассі у Франції.

У 1933 році вступила в любовний зв'язок з сестрою Федора Степуна Маргаритою (1895–1971), в 1934 поїхала до неї в Німеччину.

У 1941 — 1942 роках подруги знову жили в сім'ї Буніна.

У 1949 вони переїхали до США, працювали в російському відділі ООН, в 1959 були разом з відділом переведені до Женеви, закінчили життя 1976 року в Мюнхені.

Головна книга
Вірші і проза Кузнецової продовжували публікуватися в найбільших емігрантських виданнях — «Сучасних записках», «Новому журналі», «Повітряних шляхах».

У 1967 році у Вашингтоні був опублікований її «Граський щоденник», який вона вела в 1927 — 1934 роках . Він став не тільки змістовним історико-літературним джерелом, а й помітним явищем літератури, головною книгою автора — так чи інакше, нічого найкращого його Галина Кузнецова не створила. За мотивами книги знято художній фільм Олексія Учителя «Щоденник його дружини» (2000), який отримав більшу популярність і нагороджений безліччю премій.Близькість до Буніна визначає поезію і прозу Кузнецової, так само як і її місце в російській літературі. Вельми однорідні вірші Кузнецової присвячені природі; ясні, гарні замальовки меланхолійні за настроєм. Її проза бідна подіями, рефлективна і завжди пов'язана зі спогадами. З тонким психологічним чуттям описані нею відносини між людьми в перші роки після перевороту і втечі з Росії.

Публікації

 Утро, Paris, 1930 (сборник рассказов)
 Пролог, Paris, 1933 (роман)
 Грасский дневник. Вашингтон: Viktor Kamkin, 1967
 Грасский дневник. Париж, 1974
 Грасский дневник. Рассказы. Оливковый сад. М.: Московский рабочий, 1995
 Грасский дневник. М.: АСТ-Олимп, 2001
 Женская проза русской эмиграции / Сост. О. Р. Демидова. СПб.: Рус.христиан. гуманитар. ин-т, 2003.
 Бунин и Кузнецова. Искусство невозможного: Дневники, письма/ Сост. О.Михайлов. М.: Грифон, 2006
 Пролог. СПб: Изд-во Міръ, 2007
 Грасский дневник/ Составление, вступительная статья, комментарии О. Р. Демидовой. СПб.: «Міръ», 2009

Література

 Степун Ф. Встречи. М.; СПб., 1995.
 Мельников Н. Г. Кузнецова Галина Николаевна // Литературная энциклопедия русского зарубежья, 1918—1940 : в 4 т. / РАН Ин-т науч. информации по общественным наукам ; гл. ред. А. Н. Николюкин. — 2-е изд. — М. : РОССПЭН, 1997. — Т. 1 : Писатели русского зарубежья. — С. 225—227. — ISBN 5-86004-086-5 (т. 1).
 Устами Буниных: Дневники Ивана Алексеевича и Веры Николаевны Буниных и другие архивные материалы: в 2 т. / ред.-сост. Грин М.; предисл. Мальцева Ю. — Мюнхен: Посев, 2005.
 Духанина М. «Монастырь муз». К истории творческих и личных взаимоотношений Г. Н. Кузнецовой, И. А. Бунина, Л. Ф. Зурова, В. Н. Муромцевой-Буниной, М. А. Степун .
 Батшев В. Писатели русской эмиграции. Германия, 1921—2008: Материалы к биобилиографическому словарю // Литературный европеец. — Франкфурт-на-Майне, 2008. — С. 145—146.

Примітки

Російськомовні письменники XX століття
Авторки щоденників
Російськомовні поети
Статті з джерелами з Вікіданих
Мемуаристи XX століття
Письменники за алфавітом
Письменниці XX століття
Поети за алфавітом
Померли в Мюнхені
Уродженці Києва


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Leaked press release shows new BlackBerry
A leaked press release from American telecommunications group AT&T reveals a new BlackBerry device is to be released next month, following Apple's new iPod announcement on Wednesday morning.
Gizmodo.com have posed the release, which claims the new device will boast 1GB of memory, a built-in GPS feature and be the "fastest BlackBerry yet".
"Customers will be entering a bold new world next month with the debut of the BlackBerry Bold," the press release says, adding the device will only be available to existing AT&T customers.
While the press release is a draft and does not reveal exact release date and time, it confirms the device will be sold for a relatively affordable $US299.
Read more on BlackBerry


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using System;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
using MaterialForms.Wpf.Fields;
using MaterialForms.Wpf.Fields.Defaults;
using MaterialForms.Wpf.FormBuilding;

namespace MaterialForms.Wpf.Annotations
{
    [AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Class | AttributeTargets.Property, AllowMultiple = true)]
    public class BreakAttribute : FormContentAttribute
    {
        public BreakAttribute([CallerLineNumber] int position = 0) : base(position)
        {
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Height of the break. Accepts a double or a dynamic resource.
        /// </summary>
        public object Height { get; set; } = 8d;

        protected override FormElement CreateElement()
        {
            return new BreakElement
            {
                Height = Utilities.GetResource<double>(Height, 8d, Deserializers.Double)
            };
        }
    }
}


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Whether storing utensils or planting kitchen herbs or flowers, our 2 qt. personalized Berry Wreath stoneware crock makes your décor truly personal. This holder features your choice of design color and 1 or 2 lines of personalization. Designs are sand-etched and filled with color for a textured look and feel.


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package hex.drf;

import hex.ShuffleTask;
import hex.gbm.DTreeUtils;
import hex.gbm.DTree.TreeModel.CompressedTree;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Random;

import water.Iced;
import water.MRTask2;
import water.fvec.Chunk;
import water.fvec.Frame;
import water.util.ModelUtils;
import water.util.Utils;

/** Score given tree model and preserve errors per tree in form of votes (for classification)
 * or MSE (for regression).
 *
 * This is different from Model.score() function since the MR task
 * uses inverse loop: first over all trees and over all rows in chunk.
 */
public class TreeMeasuresCollector extends MRTask2<TreeMeasuresCollector> {
  /* @IN */ final private float     _rate;
  /* @IN */       private CompressedTree[/*N*/][/*nclasses*/] _trees; // FIXME: Pass only tree-keys since serialized trees are passed over wire !!!
  /* @IN */ final private int       _var;
  /* @IN */ final private boolean   _oob;
  /* @IN */ final private int       _ncols;
  /* @IN */ final private int       _nclasses;
  /* @IN */ final private boolean   _classification;

  /* @INOUT */ private final int _ntrees;
  /* @OUT */ private long [/*ntrees*/] _votes; // Number of correct votes per tree (for classification only)
  /* @OUT */ private long [/*ntrees*/] _nrows; // Number of scored row per tree (for classification/regression)
  /* @OUT */ private float[/*ntrees*/] _sse;   // Sum of squared errors per tree (for regression only)

  private TreeMeasuresCollector(CompressedTree[/*N*/][/*nclasses*/] trees, int nclasses, int ncols, float rate, int variable) {
    assert trees.length > 0;
    assert nclasses == trees[0].length;
    _trees = trees; _ncols = ncols;
    _rate = rate; _var = variable;
    _oob = true; _ntrees = trees.length;
    _nclasses = nclasses;
    _classification = (nclasses>1);
  }

  @Override public void map(Chunk[] chks) {
    double[] data = new double[_ncols];
    float [] preds = new float[_nclasses+1];
    Chunk cresp = chk_resp(chks);
    int   nrows = cresp._len;
    int   [] oob = new int[2+Math.round((1f-_rate)*nrows*1.2f+0.5f)]; // preallocate
    int   [] soob = null;

    // Prepare output data
    _nrows      = new long[_ntrees];
    _votes      = _classification ? new long[_ntrees] : null;
    _sse        = _classification ? null : new float[_ntrees];
    long seedForOob = ShuffleTask.seed(cresp.cidx()); // seed for shuffling oob samples
    // Start iteration
    for( int tidx=0; tidx<_ntrees; tidx++) { // tree
      // OOB RNG for this tree
      Random rng = rngForTree(_trees[tidx], cresp.cidx());
      // Collect oob rows and permutate them
      oob = ModelUtils.sampleOOBRows(nrows, _rate, rng, oob); // reuse use the same array for sampling
      int oobcnt = oob[0]; // Get number of sample rows
      if (_var>=0) {
        if (soob==null || soob.length < oobcnt) soob = new int[oobcnt];
        Utils.shuffleArray(oob, oobcnt, soob, seedForOob, 1); // Shuffle array and copy results into soob
      }
      for(int j = 1; j < 1+oobcnt; j++) {
        int row = oob[j];
        if (cresp.isNA0(row)) continue; // we cannot deal with this row anyhow
        // Do scoring:
        // - prepare a row data
        for (int i=0;i<_ncols;i++) data[i] = chks[i].at0(row); // 1+i - one free is expected by prediction
        // - permute variable
        if (_var>=0) data[_var] = chks[_var].at0(soob[j-1]);
        else assert soob==null;
        // - score data
        Arrays.fill(preds, 0);
        // - score only the tree
        score0(data, preds, _trees[tidx]);
        // - derive a prediction
        if (_classification) {
          int pred = ModelUtils.getPrediction(preds, data);
          int actu = (int) cresp.at80(row);
          // assert preds[pred] > 0 : "There should be a vote for at least one class.";
          // - collect only correct votes
          if (pred == actu) _votes[tidx]++;
        } else { /* regression */
          float pred = preds[0]; // Important!
          float actu = (float) cresp.at0(row);
          _sse[tidx] += (actu-pred)*(actu-pred);
        }
        // - collect rows which were used for voting
        _nrows[tidx]++;
        //if (_var<0) System.err.println("VARIMP OOB row: " + (cresp._start+row) + " : " + Arrays.toString(data) + " tree/actu: " + pred + "/" + actu);
      }
    }
    // Clean-up
    _trees = null;
  }
  @Override public void reduce( TreeMeasuresCollector t ) { Utils.add(_votes,t._votes); Utils.add(_nrows, t._nrows); Utils.add(_sse, t._sse); }

  public TreeVotes resultVotes() { return new TreeVotes(_votes, _nrows, _ntrees); }
  public TreeSSE   resultSSE  () { return new TreeSSE  (_sse,   _nrows, _ntrees); }
  /* This is a copy of score0 method from DTree:615 */
  private void score0(double data[], float preds[], CompressedTree[] ts) {
    DTreeUtils.scoreTree(data, preds, ts);
  }

  private Chunk chk_resp( Chunk chks[] ) { return chks[_ncols]; }

  private Random rngForTree(CompressedTree[] ts, int cidx) {
    return _oob ? ts[0].rngForChunk(cidx) : new DummyRandom(); // k-class set of trees shares the same random number
  }

  /* For bulk scoring
  public static TreeVotes collect(TreeModel tmodel, Frame f, int ncols, float rate, int variable) {
    CompressedTree[][] trees = new CompressedTree[tmodel.ntrees()][];
    for (int tidx = 0; tidx < tmodel.ntrees(); tidx++) trees[tidx] = tmodel.ctree(tidx);
    return new TreeVotesCollector(trees, tmodel.nclasses(), ncols, rate, variable).doAll(f).result();
  }*/

  public static TreeVotes collectVotes(CompressedTree[/*nclass || 1 for regression*/] tree, int nclasses, Frame f, int ncols, float rate, int variable) {
    return new TreeMeasuresCollector(new CompressedTree[][] {tree}, nclasses, ncols, rate, variable).doAll(f).resultVotes();
  }
  public static TreeSSE collectSSE(CompressedTree[/*nclass || 1 for regression*/] tree, int nclasses, Frame f, int ncols, float rate, int variable) {
    return new TreeMeasuresCollector(new CompressedTree[][] {tree}, nclasses, ncols, rate, variable).doAll(f).resultSSE();
  }

  private static final class DummyRandom extends Random {
    @Override public final float nextFloat() { return 1.0f; }
  }

  /** A simple holder for set of different tree measurements. */
  public static abstract class TreeMeasures<T extends TreeMeasures> extends Iced {
    /** Actual number of trees which votes are stored in this object */
    protected int _ntrees;
    /** Number of processed row per tree. */
    protected long[/*ntrees*/]   _nrows;

    public TreeMeasures(int initialCapacity) { _nrows = new long[initialCapacity]; }
    public TreeMeasures(long[] nrows, int ntrees) { _nrows = nrows; _ntrees = ntrees;}
    /** Returns number of rows which were used during voting per individual tree. */
    public final long[] nrows() { return _nrows; }
    /** Returns number of voting predictors */
    public final int    npredictors() { return _ntrees; }
    /** Returns a list of accuracies per tree. */
    public abstract double accuracy(int tidx);
    public final double[] accuracy() {
      double[] r = new double[_ntrees];
      // Average of all trees
      for (int tidx=0; tidx<_ntrees; tidx++) r[tidx] = accuracy(tidx);
      return r;
    }
    /** Compute variable importance with respect to given votes.
     * The given {@link T} object represents correct votes.
     * This object represents votes over shuffled data.
     *
     * @param right individual tree measurements performed over not shuffled data.
     * @return computed importance and standard deviation
     */
    public abstract double[/*2*/] imp(T right);

    public abstract T append(T t);
  }

  /** A class holding tree votes. */
  public static class TreeVotes extends TreeMeasures<TreeVotes> {
    /** Number of correct votes per tree */
    private long[/*ntrees*/]   _votes;

    public TreeVotes(int initialCapacity) {
      super(initialCapacity);
      _votes = new long[initialCapacity];
    }
    public TreeVotes(long[] votes, long[] nrows, int ntrees) {
      super(nrows, ntrees);
      _votes = votes;
    }
    /** Returns number of positive votes per tree. */
    public final long[] votes() { return _votes; }

    /** Returns accuracy per individual trees. */
    @Override public final double accuracy(int tidx)  {
      assert tidx < _nrows.length && tidx < _votes.length;
      return ((double) _votes[tidx]) / _nrows[tidx];
    }

    /** Compute variable importance with respect to given votes.
     * The given {@link TreeVotes} object represents correct votes.
     * This object represents votes over shuffled data.
     *
     * @param right individual tree voters performed over not shuffled data.
     * @return computed importance and standard deviation
     */
    @Override public final double[/*2*/] imp(TreeVotes right) {
      assert npredictors() == right.npredictors();
      int ntrees = npredictors();
      double imp = 0;
      double sd  = 0;
      // Over all trees
      for (int tidx = 0; tidx < ntrees; tidx++) {
        assert right.nrows()[tidx] == nrows()[tidx];
        double delta = ((double) (right.votes()[tidx] - votes()[tidx])) / nrows()[tidx];
        imp += delta;
        sd  += delta * delta;
      }
      double av = imp / ntrees;
      double csd = Math.sqrt( (sd/ntrees - av*av) / ntrees );
      return new double[] { av, csd};
    }

    /** Append a tree votes to a list of trees. */
    public TreeVotes append(long rightVotes, long allRows) {
      assert _votes.length > _ntrees && _votes.length == _nrows.length : "TreeVotes inconsistency!";
      _votes[_ntrees] = rightVotes;
      _nrows[_ntrees] = allRows;
      _ntrees++;
      return this;
    }

    @Override public TreeVotes append(final TreeVotes tv) {
      for (int i=0; i<tv.npredictors(); i++)
        append(tv._votes[i], tv._nrows[i]);
      return this;
    }
  }

  /** A simple holder serving SSE per tree. */
  public static class TreeSSE extends TreeMeasures<TreeSSE> {
    /** SSE per tree */
    private float[/*ntrees*/]   _sse;

    public TreeSSE(int initialCapacity) {
      super(initialCapacity);
      _sse = new float[initialCapacity];
    }
    public TreeSSE(float[] sse, long[] nrows, int ntrees) {
      super(nrows, ntrees);
      _sse = sse;
    }
    @Override public double accuracy(int tidx) {
      return _sse[tidx] / _nrows[tidx];
    }
    @Override public double[] imp(TreeSSE right) {
      assert npredictors() == right.npredictors();
      int ntrees = npredictors();
      double imp = 0;
      double sd  = 0;
      // Over all trees
      for (int tidx = 0; tidx < ntrees; tidx++) {
        assert right.nrows()[tidx] == nrows()[tidx]; // check that we iterate over same OOB rows
        double delta = ((double) (_sse[tidx] - right._sse[tidx])) / nrows()[tidx];
        imp += delta;
        sd  += delta * delta;
      }
      double av = imp / ntrees;
      double csd = Math.sqrt( (sd/ntrees - av*av) / ntrees );
      return new double[] { av, csd };
    }
    @Override public TreeSSE append(TreeSSE t) {
      for (int i=0; i<t.npredictors(); i++)
        append(t._sse[i], t._nrows[i]);
      return this;
    }
    /** Append a tree sse to a list of trees. */
    public TreeSSE append(float sse, long allRows) {
      assert _sse.length > _ntrees && _sse.length == _nrows.length : "TreeVotes inconsistency!";
      _sse  [_ntrees] = sse;
      _nrows[_ntrees] = allRows;
      _ntrees++;
      return this;
    }
  }

  public static TreeVotes asVotes(TreeMeasures tm) { return (TreeVotes) tm; }
  public static TreeSSE   asSSE  (TreeMeasures tm) { return (TreeSSE)   tm; }
}


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5 January 1531 – Henry VIII ordered not to remarry
Posted By Claire on January 5, 2015
On 5th January 1531, Pope Clement VII wrote to Henry VIII following a plea from Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII's wife. In his letter he forbade Henry to remarry while the case for the annulment was still on-going and threatened him with excommunication if he took matters into his own hands and disobeyed Rome:
"At the request of the Queen, forbids Henry to remarry until the decision of the case, and declares that if he does all issue will be illegitimate. Forbids any one in England, of ecclesiastical or secular dignity, universities, parliaments, courts of law, &c., to make any decision in an affair the judgment of which is reserved for the Holy See. The whole under pain of excommunication. As Henry would not receive a former citation, this is to be affixed to the church gates of Bruges, Tournay, and other towns in the Low Countries, which will be sufficient promulgation. Rome, 5 Jan. 1531."
Henry had been trying to get his marriage to Catherine annulled since the summer of 1527 and had a new queen, Anne Boleyn, waiting in the wings. It is little wonder that Henry VIII did eventually take matters into his own hands, breaking with Rome and marrying Anne in secret in January 1533. The annulment of Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine was declared by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer on 23rd May 1533 following a special trial at Dunstable Priory, Bedfordshire.
A Timeline of Anne Boleyn's Relationship with Henry VIII – From 1528-1533 gives more information on Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII's relationship.
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LP vi. 525, 526, 529
Categories: Anne Queen Consort, Henry VIII, Marriage
Tags: annulment, Catherine of Aragon annulment, great matter, Henry VIII annulment, Henry VIII divorce, Henry VIII's great matter, Pope Clement VII
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20 thoughts on "5 January 1531 – Henry VIII ordered not to remarry"
Jane Eyre says:
So Henry married Anne BEFORE he was divorced with Catherine????
Then the marriage was not freaking valid!!!
I am confused…
He didn't divorce Catherine, their marriage was annulled and this meant that it had never been valid. Henry was convinced, and so were many of those he sought advice from, that his marriage to Catherine had never been valid and therefore did not exist. He believed that the Pope acted contrary to God's law in issuing a dispensation for it. He therefore believed that his marriage to Anne was valid whenever it took place because his first marriage was not lawful and therefore was not valid. I hope that makes sense. See https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/did-henry-viii-commit-bigamy-when-he-married-anne-boleyn/ for more on this.
trm says:
Henry's 'belief' that his marriage [as distinct from matrimony ] was invalid has no more effect on the truth than his contemporaries' belief that the world was still flat. It boils down to a matter of competence [a canonical term for jurisdictional or legitimate authority ]. Henry had the authority to dissolve his marriage to Kathryn because he gave himself such authority. Charles I paid the ultimate price for similar assumptions.
Henry's support from scholars of the time, like Cranmer, are of little account due to their sense of self-preservation. Cranmer 's hiding of the fact of his own marriage from Henry is a strong case-in-point. Cranmer may have had a sincere belief in his evangelical persuation, but his bravery came only at the end [far too late, as a personal opinion ].
Henry may have convinced himself of his own Divine Right [a term not in use in his generation]; but it does not give him due competence.
Henry's biblical 'scholarship' was tailor-made for his preferences. His biblical reference was Lev 20:16, forbidding the marriage of a man to his sister-in-law: he conveniently overlooks Deut 25:5, requiring a brother to wed his brother's widow. As a devout Christian, Henry, or his advisors, should have also considered Jesus' own reflection in MT 23:24.
Admirers of Anne Boleyn [as I am ] need to recognize a simple fact: that she and Henry were truly husband and wife only after Kathryn's death. The events of 1527-1536 were mere flumery in terms of matrimonial jurisdiction.
Ironically, it all came to nought. Henry was a widower once- or twice-over by the summer of 2536.
I'm certainly not defending Henry VIII, what I'm saying is that what mattered back then was what Henry VIII thought and what happened. Whatever our views are on the matter, they don't change what happened then and what was seen as lawful by Henry VIII and that's what mattered at the end of the day. He had believed for years that his marriage to Catherine was invalid and he had learned people agreeing with him, therefore he saw his marriage to Anne, whenever it happened (November 1532, January 1533) as completely lawful and right. He would not have considered himself a bigamist and neither would those he was seeking advice from.
People didn't believe the world was flat in 1531. People have known the world was round since the Ancient Greeks, Mesopotamia, India, Egypt and Henry's scholars would certainly have known.
Henry believed sincerely that his marriage was not valid, but yes, his use of Leviticus was convenient and it does support his point of view. However, Katherine had Deuteronomy which was given preference in order to protect a widow who had no child. A strict reading of this shows that a widow, dwelling in the home of two brothers, were one died and no son had been born, the living brother had the legal obligation to marry her and protect her. His first son would be the heir for his dead brother. The Talmud also uses the Book of Ruth and other examples to extend this to mean, close male relatives, so it could be an uncle who made this offer, as with Ruth, who was the widow of two brothers and lost two adult sons. A strict reading of Leviticus means the wife, not widow, of a brother, although a second verse extends this to a widow. It is often interpreted as while his brother lived and assumed were there had been children. If there are no children or the marriage was not consummated, as claimed by Katherine, which is highly likely, then Deuteronomy was given preference and Henry in fact was obliged to marry Katherine. The Church had taken that the marriage to Arthur was not consummated and granted a dispensation. Henry argued that the dispensation was not valid but he also overlooked the fact that he had a healthy child. Leviticus does not say sons, it says childless. The noun is gender neutral. Katherine could show that they had a child, Mary and she was Henry's heir. Henry interpreted the verse to mean sons, again very convenient. The Church also argued that after so long the marriage had made itself good and so a new dispensation could be given to confirm the marriage. Henry was off the mind that a woman could not rule and was desperate for a son. He couldn't divorce Katherine because he wouldn't be able to remarry, not with a wife still alive. He needed an annulment. Henry had begun the process in 1526 but nobody saw the problem with his marriage. He had to examine it properly. Katherine viewing the marriage as valid refused to agree so the marriage had to be looked at by a court and she now appealed to the only authority she recognised, Rome, which was her right. Henry had also met Anne Boleyn who would only be his wife. Almost on a promise of sons, Henry agreed to marry her and at some point in 1527 the couple were on the same page, probably had now fallen in love and Henry wanted his annulment to wed Anne as well as to have sons. It may be convenient, but it was also what he sincerely had come to believe. He was losing patience by 1531 and he would seek his own solution. Thus the warning above and through the next two years.
Yes, Henry definitely did marry Anne, who was up the spout with Elizabeth as he couldn't wait any longer in January 1536. His own method of getting an annulment, via Archbishop Thomas Cranmer and his court at Dunstable to declare his marriage to Katherine invalid and his new marriage valid, had not yet been completed. The Curia in Rome only stopped dragging it's feet in 1534, declared for Katherine and Henry was declared Excommunication, which was not enforced until 1538. In the eyes of the world and Catholic Church, yes, you are right, the only authority which could now make any decision was Rome as Katherine had legally brought her case to them. Henry had allowed the case to go to Rome and in 1529 to 1533 he could do nothing to prevent Katherine from exercising this right, short of locking her up, taking all her servants away, not allowing any communication and binding and gagging her. It was not against any law to appeal to Rome until Henry made it so in 1533/4. A long process in Convocation and Parliament made Henry Head of the Church in England, a Church which remained Catholic, not Protestant, but without the trimmings, made his marriage to Anne valid and their children his only heirs. This included the break from Rome and the Treason Act which made writing, talking and thinking anything against the new marriage treason. However, in 1531, Henry was still a child of the Catholic Church fully and as no decision on his marriage had been made, he wasn't entitled to act and marry Anne Boleyn. The Pope had every right to issue a warning and it was hard luck. Henry would have to wait or find a way forward, to get his clergy on his side.
Henry may have believed he was free to marry, but yes, you are right, until someone declared his first marriage invalid he had to wait. Katherine was also still living at the palace. Henry needed to remove himself from contact with Katherine, Anne would make him do that over her still making his shirts. He had to bribe the English clergy over their allegiance to the Pope, he had to use threats to bride Convocation and he needed support from abroad, so he flattered King Francis with a visit with Anne and his court in 1532. He and Anne began to sleep together in October that year, may have had a ceremony of betrothal or marriage in November and then the ceremony we know about at the end of January 1533, at which Henry claimed he already had his annulment and was free to marry. He had to wait for Rome, ironically to confirm his new Archbishop, Thomas Cranmer who then did the honours in April 1533. Henry believed he was free to marry Anne and that she was carrying his son. However, yes, in the eyes of most people, his marriage to Anne was not valid at the time as he still had a living wife. He would not actually be free before Katherine died in January 1536. It was then even more ironic and sad as his marriage to Anne ended in her callous execution and the trauma of the death of their son, also in January 1536. Although this didn't end the marriage to Anne, she was more vulnerable, with the events of May 1536, following as her enemies gathered.
Henry used two things to invalidate his marriage to Anne. He tried to say she had contracted marriage to Henry, Earl of Northumberland, who swore this was not true. This failed so he used incest, with her sister, for which he never got any dispensation although he had hinted at it in 1526. This was a plausible argument, which Anne, already condemned agreed. She may have been promised a pardon or just fearful for her daughter, Elizabeth, on whom she doted. Anne had been promised a swift death, with a sword, rather than burning, the normal execution of a female traitor. She still was unsure, however. She also seems to have been under the impression that she would go to a convent. The reason Henry had to have his marriage declared invalid to Anne was to declare Elizabeth illegitimate. Her execution would end his marriage, but he wanted no contenders for his crown not with his new Queen to be, Jane Seymour. Elizabeth would still be his legal heir and he wanted her set aside. The Act of 1536 world confirm this and make Mary illegitimate and only children born to Jane, legitimate. However, this last callous act was needed to make certain as he still needed a clergyman to make the declaration. The law was firmly rooted in common and canon law and the latter still had priority in 1536 when it came to marriage and the family. For Thomas Cranmer, a man who had so much hope in Anne as a supporter of reform, this was a terrible blow, but as a man who owed his appointment to Henry, he really had no choice. In five years Henry had evolved from a child of the Catholic Church being told to behave and wait for her authority on his marriage to a man who gave the orders to state and church. The change was terrifying.
Bruges, Tournay as in Belgium ????
Yes, that's right.
And then he used the same excuse to get rid of Anne by insisting that their marriage was invalid by having relations with her sister, he really was the worst hypocrite of all, he changed the laws around to suit himself.
@Claire, but he married Anne BEFORE his marriage to Catherine was annulled like you stated in your article, no?
jfmewborn says:
Jane, I think Henry was pretty confident that in some way his marriage to Catherine would be dissolved. When Archbishop Cranmer declared the marriage invalid in May 1533, that meant that there had never been a marriage at all – – from 1509 to 1533. So, legally, Henry had never been married to Catherine and there was thus no bigamy when he married Anne.
But still, couldn't Henry wait 4 freaking months?
And besides, he was STILL married to the Spanish lady, annulment or not.
I don't think he knew when the marriage was going to be annulled at this point. He married Anne in January 1533 because he had started sleeping with her after their trip to Calais (and may well have married her in a ceremony in November 1532) and so there was the risk of pregnancy. Henry needed to be married to Anne so that any child resulting from their relationship would be legitimate.
Yes, but it already didn't exist in Henry's head. Obviously it sounds crazy to us but to Henry, and to some canon law experts he sought advice from, it just was not valid and therefore he was free and single regardless of when it was actually annulled. Once it was annulled any other marriage that Henry had entered into, i.e. his marriage to Anne Boleyn, was deemed legal.
charlie palmer says:
Probably the earliest example of the need for separation of church and state.
Since Henry's marriage to Anne was also annulled, he couldn't have committed bigamy, in any event … because it, too, was invalid from the outset. Also, the only one who thought that Henry's marriage to Catherine was invalid was Henry … both Martin Luther and William Tyndale agreed with the Pope that the marriage to Catherine was valid !
Martin Luther agreed?????
According to John Schofield's biography of Thomas Cromwell, he opposed the divorce because "what G-d had joined, let no man put asunder." (p. 54.)
Henry probably wasn't amused to find a number of leading Lutheran and Evangelical churhmen, not even William Tyndale, from whom he had lifted the idea as the Supreme Head of the Church to get his own annulment and to not wait for the Pope, wrote against his divorce from Katherine of Aragon, believing his marriage to her valid. Not that Henry, Luther and Tyndale actually agreed on anything which wasn't to his own advantage and he still held them as heretics. Anne Boleyn may have encouraged the use of the Tyndale New Testament and had one herself, but Henry remained traditional and as soon as Anne was out of the picture, Tyndale was hunted down in the Empire, taken by his agents and burned as a heretic. I think his opposition to his annulment made it personal. The same with Cardinal Pole who wrote to condemn his marriage and treatment of leading Catholic officials such as Thomas More and John Fisher and the monks. Henry had him hunted down on the Continent but was unable to get to him, so he waited, then attacked his brothers, brother in law and elderly mother instead. It eas all personal and all vicious.
John Boulter says:
Thomas Cromwell was a 100% behind Henry so I cant see him being opposed, He made a lot of money out of the sacking of the RC Church's etc. He is said to be Little Jack Horner sitting in the corner. Martin Luther where and how does he come into the picture, A German who was married or going to marry a Nun, dont see how he fits in the puzzle.
Henry actually asked the opinions of the German reformers and his own English ones in exile. Not one of them supported his reading of scripture because they had a better knowledge. Henry was a fine theological student, but he wasn't an expert. Cranmer used old laws to back up Henry, as did Cromwell and rewrote English history. They didn't use theological arguments. They ditched them. They found what would support King Henry. Ironically, the students of the Bible and theology understood that Deuteronomy takes priority over Leviticus in the case of a childless widow of a brother and obligations in the Hebrew Bible. (Don't worry, it took me 20 years to get it). Luther may have had some odd ideas on runaway nuns and celibacy, marrying Katherine, a runaway nun, but his Old Testament knowledge was sound. Even more convincing was William Tyndale who wrote a pamphlet against Henry's annulment, despite saying King's are not subject to Pope's and the unofficial patronage of Anne Boleyn of his New Testament. Henry wanted international support and hoped these very influential men would support him. None of them did. Philip of Bavaria who wanted support for what turned out to be bigamy even asked Luther to support him. Not surprisingly he said no. Henry in fact found any great statesman and churchmen on both sides of international reputation against him. On the Catholic side he was opposed by the best selling author of Catholic theology and promotion, Sir Thomas More and a Bishop of renown, international reputation and a keen supporter of Katherine, who made it no secret, John Fisher. He was not supported by every great family, either, although they gave in and accepted his will. He was not supported by all of the Universities as he claimed and the so called old laws were probably invented. It made no difference because by 1533 Henry had found his own strength. With the two people willing to do his bidding, especially Cromwell and his legislation which propped up Henry and Anne, on pain of death, his bribing the clergy into submission, now he was not going to be opposed. The Act of Supremacy gave Henry incredible powers. The lion had found his true strength and no longer could anyone tell him what to do. He may need a bang on the head to later become a Tyrant but now he could clearly see his way forward, his will was starting to be everything and no doubt he may even have wished he had broken with Rome and everything which held him back years ago.


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Joint NGO Statement on the 10th Anniversary of the Horizontal Directive
Ten years on and nothing to show for it.
On 2 July 2008, the European Commission proposed an important new anti-discrimination law. While not exhaustive, this directive could ban discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation in all areas of social life, including education, housing, and access to goods and services. These protections are sorely needed. (Remember, at the moment, wide-ranging protection is only available under the EU's employment directive.)
But 10 years on, the draft directive remains stuck at the EU Council. This means that in 2018, in many member states, people can still be refused when they ask to open bank accounts because they are considered "too old". In 2018, we are still hearing stories of couples having their request to rent an apartment turned down – because they are a lesbian couple. We still know of children that are kept apart from their friends and sent to "special schools" – because they have a disability.
Yet in the past decade, the world has moved on. Several EU countries have adopted more progressive equality laws and stepped up non-discrimination protection for their citizens on a country-by-country basis. Meanwhile, the directive that planned to introduce an EU-wide minimum level of protection against discrimination on all grounds listed in Art. 19 of European Treaties remains in cold storage.
It is simply mindboggling that, in 10 years, no significant progress has been made at EU level to close these legislative gaps. And these are not minor issues – these gaps leave substantial numbers of EU citizens vulnerable to discrimination (except in the area of employment) based on inherently personal qualities like their age, disability, sexual orientation or religious belief.
This stagnation is particularly concerning in the current context of populist politics. When groups of people are turned into scapegoats for a whole range of societal ills, intolerance grows. When intolerance is left unchecked – and in some cases actively stoked by public figures – then those groups that are painted as 'outsiders', 'different' or 'a burden to society' really require a basic level of legal protection to rely on. It is clear that, more urgently than ever, a strong legal framework is needed to protect all people in the EU against discrimination in all areas of life.
As emphasised by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, human rights are inalienable, and inherent to all human beings. The EU must send a clear message that human rights are non-negotiable, and the best way of doing that is to start at home.
On the 10th anniversary of the Horizontal Directive, we therefore urge both the European Commission and the EU's member states to come up with a roadmap on how to close the legislative gaps against discrimination on all grounds covered by the proposed directive. They must turn the legislative silence into a clear affirmation of the fact that the provision of these rights must not be politicised.
Just ahead of next year's EU elections, there is no better time for the EU than today to reinstall the trust of its citizens that the union can live up to its key values of equality and non- discrimination and be a key driver to equal protection of human rights for everyone.
AGE Platform Europe (AGE)
The European Disability Forum
The European Women's Lobby (EWL)
ILGA-Europe – the European Region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,Trans & Intersex Association.
IGLYO- The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer & Intersex(LGBTQI) Youth & Student Organisation
Transgender Europe (TGEU)
Read and download the statement in PDF format below:
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In the fall of 1962, Eugene Sukup, a young, innovative farmer, bought his first grain bin to dry and store shelled corn. Unfortunately, he found drying to be slow, and pockets of grain began to overheat and spoil. To solve this problem, he modified a stoker auger from a coal furnace and inserted it in an electric drill. Then, using a chain, he hung it from the top of the bin to loosen the hot spots and prevent spoilage.
Eugene began making the stirring augers at a local welding shop in Sheffield, Iowa. He sold 5 units to a local bin dealer for $29 each; but when he went back to check on them, he found that only 3 had sold and one of those had been returned. To make a successful product, it had to be automatic, so Eugene went back to the drawing board. He came up with the idea of adding a horizontal auger through the handle of the drill. He patented the idea and the Stirway stirring machine and Sukup Manufacturing Company were born.
After serving as the President of his company for 32 years, Eugene Sukup turned over the position to his son, Charles, in 1995. Eugene now serves as Chairman of the Board. Eugene's wife of over 60 years, Mary, serves as Corporate Secretary. Charles had been Vice President and focused mainly on engineering and sales concerns. As President, Charles, along with the rest of the family, has continued to expand the company to include a full line of grain handling products, including bins and dryers. Eugene's son, Steve, graduated from Iowa State University in 1979 with a degree in Industrial Engineering. Steve serves as the company Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. His main responsibilities include financial operations and manufacturing the Sukup line of equipment. Steve served in the Iowa Legislature from 1994-2002 and was Speaker Pro Tem of the Iowa House of Representatives.
Throughout the years, Sukup Manufacturing Co. has continually grown and expanded its product offerings. First, adding products to go in and on grain bins to make in-bin drying more efficient. Then, in 1998, venturing into portable, continuous flow dryers that offer higher capacities and more flexibility than in-bin drying. In 2001, Sukup Manufacturing Co. took a huge leap and began manufacturing the grain bins themselves.
The key to Sukup Manufacturing Co's success has been its innovative ideas that have resulted in over 80 U.S. patents. Sukup Manufacturing Co. remains the largest family-owned, full-line grain system manufacturer. About 600 people are employed by Sukup Manufacturing Co. Eugene Sukup was active in the business right up until his passing in July of 2018 and was often heard to say, "I haven't 'worked' a day in my life. I just love what I do."


What should have been your typical dysfunctional Jewish family Thanksgiving dinner, instead turns into an unexpected home invasion with death on the line. Holiday Hostage is a comedic short from director D.W. Moffett and writers/stars David Storch and Abby Walla.
The family dynamic is set. Mom is an overbearing Jewish mother making every attempt to keep the family together. On the other side, her children desperately need to escape from under the crushing weight of mom's maternal smothering. Oh, and let's not forget dirty Grandma ready to get it on. Before the siblings can get out the door, they're stopped by a crazed gunman Gary (Don Stark). He plans to murder the family the minute Thanksgiving is over, so he can return to the comfortable life he once had in prison.
Holiday Hostage is a comedy exploring family dynamics, and specifically, in this case, the Jewish family dynamic. Mother controls her kids and calls it love. The kids are so neurotic over mom's constant stream of passive-aggressive disapproval that they have secrets carelessly hidden from mom. And Grandma is in a phase of geriatric sexual rage, just like your average senior.
I'm generally hard on comedies because ultimately they should make you laugh. I laughed in Holiday Hostage, primarily from a few unexpected zingers from Grandma and some nicely placed fart jokes. But most of the short is your typical, dare I say stereotypical, Jewish family conflict. Not necessarily original or groundbreaking and with an ending that can be figured out from sketch comedy aficionados.
That said, I'm not going to give a bad review just because "I've seen it before." The short is professionally produced with a good sitcom feel. The performances from Wheeler, Storch, and Walla are spot on. The comedy and script hit all the right moments, and the 15-minute runtime is perfect so as to not overstay its welcome. I just wish it didn't repeat the same old ideas and gags, you see in every other family comedy.
Holiday Hostage (2018) Directed by D.W. Moffett. Written by David Storch, Abby Walla. Starring Maggie Wheeler, David Storch, Abby Walla, Bunny Levine, Don Stark.