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happy anniversary to the halifax resolves. and may the legacy of freedom and bravery and our independence continue to inspire us for generations to come. thank you, madam speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from iowa, mrs. miller-meeks, for five minutes. mrs. miller-meeks: thank you, madam speaker. i rise today in honor of national librarian day, which is recognized every april 16. as we celebrate the profound impact of literature, let us not forget the unsung heroes behind its organization and dissemination, our dedicated librarians, of which my mother was one. with roughly 17,500 public libraries spread across the nation, including more than 550 within iowa, librarians are the pillar of our communities. it is an era marked by rapid digital transformation, librarians have imagined to adapt to the times. libraries now offer free computer skills classes and access to free online resources. many public libraries even offer language and citizenship classes, access to useful tools,
happy anniversary to the halifax resolves. and may the legacy of freedom and bravery and our independence continue to inspire us for generations to come. thank you, madam speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from iowa, mrs. miller-meeks, for five minutes. mrs. miller-meeks: thank you, madam speaker. i rise today in honor of national librarian day, which is recognized every april 16. as we celebrate the profound impact of literature, let us not...
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the mackay-bennett was based in halifax. and it was the first ship that was chartered by the white star line to recover the bodies of titanic's dead. john jacob astor, the richest man in the world died in the tragedy. his body was recovered. he had the modern day equivalent of $75,000 in us cash on him, plus british pounds, plus gold, plus francs. --and a gold pocket watch with his initials on it. isidor straus, his body was recovered. it was picked up in halifax and then brought back to new york by special train. there was no sign of his wife's body ever being found. the mackay-bennett ultimately recovered 306 bodies. when the bodies were picked up, they tried to identify who the person was and even what class they were. the first class passengers, they would store them on board in a coffin. lower class passengers were, if they had coffins available, they would use them. and after that, they put them in bags. the decayed bodies, most of them were just put in a bag and buried at sea. so even in death, the class distinction e
the mackay-bennett was based in halifax. and it was the first ship that was chartered by the white star line to recover the bodies of titanic's dead. john jacob astor, the richest man in the world died in the tragedy. his body was recovered. he had the modern day equivalent of $75,000 in us cash on him, plus british pounds, plus gold, plus francs. --and a gold pocket watch with his initials on it. isidor straus, his body was recovered. it was picked up in halifax and then brought back to new...
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his first novel followed the impact of the famous world war i explosion in halifax harbour on the lives of its fictional characters. other novels would follow. as he made his last appearance in the anchor chair, his long-time partner and close friend had this to say. >> he's leaving permanent tracks along the way he traveled, worked and created. they are tracts of courage from what he knew to be right and to do it with grace and class. >> hey, robin. >> i guess that's it. >> good night. >> he and jim headed mcneal lehrer productions. he pursued other projects, continuing his deep connection to the arts. he served as chairman of the mcdowell artists colony in new hampshire for 17 years. we spoke in 2007 during the centennial celebration. >> the way you -- real importance of art is it's the greatest expression of american freedom. artists are intellectually and creatively for your than anybody. -- freer than anybody. >> your understanding as expressing american freedom has been lost? >> i don't know if it is seen as acutely in the public consciousness. winston churchill said in the late 4
his first novel followed the impact of the famous world war i explosion in halifax harbour on the lives of its fictional characters. other novels would follow. as he made his last appearance in the anchor chair, his long-time partner and close friend had this to say. >> he's leaving permanent tracks along the way he traveled, worked and created. they are tracts of courage from what he knew to be right and to do it with grace and class. >> hey, robin. >> i guess that's it....
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natalie perks, bbc news, halifax. time for a look at the weather. here's louise lear. we really don't know where we are from one day to the next. it was cold and frosty this morning, can you believe it, this is the lake district where temperatures got down as low as minus four degrees. white spread cold out to the west under the clear skies. it's all coming to an end because we've got quite a lot of cloud and rain arriving as we speak so a bit of a north—south divide with the weather story this afternoon. you can see the cloud piling on across scotland bringing outbreaks of rain. somewhat erratically moving its way out of scotland into northern england and across north wales. clouding over a cross england and wales. we might continue to see some late afternoon sunshine across east anglia and the south—east and here temperatures could peak at 15 celsius but cooler and disappointing elsewhere. through this evening and overnight the rain will think its way steadily southwards. it's going to bring a blanket of cloud through the night as well. clear skies into scotland
natalie perks, bbc news, halifax. time for a look at the weather. here's louise lear. we really don't know where we are from one day to the next. it was cold and frosty this morning, can you believe it, this is the lake district where temperatures got down as low as minus four degrees. white spread cold out to the west under the clear skies. it's all coming to an end because we've got quite a lot of cloud and rain arriving as we speak so a bit of a north—south divide with the weather story...
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his first novel, "burden of desire", followed the impact of the famous wwi explosion in halifax harbor on the lives of his fictional characters. other novels would follow. as robin made his last appearance in the anchor chair, his longtime partner and close friend had this to say. jim: he's leaving permanent tracks along the way he traveled and worked and created. they are tracks of courage to do what he knew to be right and to actually do it right and to do it with grace and class and with good humor. [whistling] >> hey robin. >> i guess that is it. >> good night. jeffrey: robin remained involved with the newshour. he and jim headed 'macneil-lehrer productions' which owned the program until 2014. and in addition to writing, he pursued other projects. continuing his deep connection to the arts, he served as chairman of the macdowell artist colony in new hampshire for 17 years. he and i spoke there in 2007 during macdowell's centennial celebration. robin: the real importance of art is that it is the greatest expression of american ideal of freedom. artists are intellectually and creativ
his first novel, "burden of desire", followed the impact of the famous wwi explosion in halifax harbor on the lives of his fictional characters. other novels would follow. as robin made his last appearance in the anchor chair, his longtime partner and close friend had this to say. jim: he's leaving permanent tracks along the way he traveled and worked and created. they are tracks of courage to do what he knew to be right and to actually do it right and to do it with grace and class...
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he also balked at the idea, leading an expedition up to capture halifax. he had his hands full and challenges galore outside of boston. so john hancock acquiesced, but he was still determined to form body of marines for service with the fleet. so congress directed nicholas and other marine officers to recruit their own men. this picture depicts, those first recruits. congress chose to organize the marines differently than the two battalions they originally envisioned. in order to have them be able to easily transition from fighting at sea to fighting ashore. so they organized first marines into ten companies of 50 marines each one company of 50 marines could be assigned to an individual ship as marine detachment on board that ship if required. do limited operations ashore, they could task, organize those 50 man companies into larger battalions to fight ashore. and that's, in fact, what would happen in support of george washington during ten crucial days, which we'll talk about here in a moment. nicholas led the effort recruit five companies to man the flee
he also balked at the idea, leading an expedition up to capture halifax. he had his hands full and challenges galore outside of boston. so john hancock acquiesced, but he was still determined to form body of marines for service with the fleet. so congress directed nicholas and other marine officers to recruit their own men. this picture depicts, those first recruits. congress chose to organize the marines differently than the two battalions they originally envisioned. in order to have them be...
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the destroyer of wells, robert oppenheimer, the american physicist oppenheimer, spoke of halifax. the rephrase sprang to mind in 1945, just after the 1st successful nuclear weapon tested new mexico. the la team of scientists for 3 years with a $2000000000.00 budget to build 3 atomic bombs, giving the us incredible military superiority at the end of world war 2, the visitors to say a scam. because the usually we have a slowing in the midst, which was distributed. so you know, some good though a lot of these skills shortly and this is a for sure appointment to store at them socially. i mean it's lovely. spoke to matthew through stuff in the media to of what square has been throwing up. there could be a separate source. what would the do? i knew a single shortly or a gun isn't stressed. my pin, we're particularly out there hold on visionaire. so sort of the scale of what you on the yeah for the most of them, you know, as soon as i can reach out to the credit union has spent that no, they didn't yet we're on a posted anywhere on the best number to get you through and then sort of comp
the destroyer of wells, robert oppenheimer, the american physicist oppenheimer, spoke of halifax. the rephrase sprang to mind in 1945, just after the 1st successful nuclear weapon tested new mexico. the la team of scientists for 3 years with a $2000000000.00 budget to build 3 atomic bombs, giving the us incredible military superiority at the end of world war 2, the visitors to say a scam. because the usually we have a slowing in the midst, which was distributed. so you know, some good though a...
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this art project in halifax was set up as a direct result of the deaths of women and children in england from domestic violence in the first three weeks of lockdown. children are helped to heal through art. their work is presented to perpetrators to make them confront their actions. sometimes ijust need a bit of courage to say about things that happened at home but i didn't have the confidence to say it. she is only nine, but she has seen misery and abuse at home and is now with art therapist georgia, who is helping her to express her thoughts. is that you that - you're painting there? yeah. this doll, like, goes from younger me to older me now that i've turned nine and i'm worried about the future and if there's going to be any more worries that i'm going to be having at home. it made me feel like family was not safe. i was only ten... the diary of an 18—year—old girl who has been coming here since last summer. the violence of her father haunts her. he was using anger against us, the kids, which would be strangling, smacking, sometimes even throwing us out. it was going on since i w
this art project in halifax was set up as a direct result of the deaths of women and children in england from domestic violence in the first three weeks of lockdown. children are helped to heal through art. their work is presented to perpetrators to make them confront their actions. sometimes ijust need a bit of courage to say about things that happened at home but i didn't have the confidence to say it. she is only nine, but she has seen misery and abuse at home and is now with art therapist...
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this art project in halifax was set up as a direct result of the deaths of women and children in england from domestic violence in the first three weeks of lockdown. children are helped to heal through art. their work is presented to perpetrators to make them confront their actions. sometimes ijust need a bit of courage to say about things that happened at home but i didn't have the confidence to say it. she is only nine, but she has seen misery and abuse at home and is now with art therapist georgia, who is helping her to express her thoughts. is that you that - you're painting there? yeah. this doll, like, goes from younger me to older me now that i've turned nine and i'm worried about the future and if there's going to be any more worries that i'm going to be having at home. it made me feel like family was not safe. i was only ten... the diary of an 18—year—old girl who has been coming here since last summer. the violence of her father haunts her. he was using anger against us, the kids, which would be strangling, smacking, sometimes even throwing us out. it was going on since i w
this art project in halifax was set up as a direct result of the deaths of women and children in england from domestic violence in the first three weeks of lockdown. children are helped to heal through art. their work is presented to perpetrators to make them confront their actions. sometimes ijust need a bit of courage to say about things that happened at home but i didn't have the confidence to say it. she is only nine, but she has seen misery and abuse at home and is now with art therapist...
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this art project in halifax was set up as a direct result of the deaths of women and children in england from domestic violence in the first three weeks of lockdown. children are helped to heal through art. their work is presented to perpetrators to make them confront their actions. sometimes ijust need a bit of courage to say about things that have happened at home, but i didn't have the confidence to say it. she's only nine, but she's seen misery and abuse at home and is now with art therapist georgia, who's helping her to express her thoughts. yeah. this door, like, goes from younger me to older me now that i've turned nine and i'm worried about the future and if there's going to be any more, like, worries that are going to be at home. it made me feel like family wasn't safe. i was only ten... the diary of an 18—year—old girl who's been coming here since last summer. the violence of her father haunts her. he started using that anger against us, the kids, which would be strangling, smacking, sometimes even throwing us out. it were going on since i was in year six. the damage he did
this art project in halifax was set up as a direct result of the deaths of women and children in england from domestic violence in the first three weeks of lockdown. children are helped to heal through art. their work is presented to perpetrators to make them confront their actions. sometimes ijust need a bit of courage to say about things that have happened at home, but i didn't have the confidence to say it. she's only nine, but she's seen misery and abuse at home and is now with art...
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natalie perks, bbc news, halifax. time for a look at the weather. it's question time tonight. tonight on question time, i'm joined by the lives of two party offering a clear alternative on the left and the right. we are in buxton in derbyshire, live on iplayer at 8pm and on bbc after the ten o'clock news. now it's the weather. it's been very wet of late. we have been talking about april showers and a lot of heavy rain around at the met office has said provisionally some spots have seen their wettest april on record. there is still a whole lot more in april, another 11 days, but will there be more rain? yes and no. it won't be completely dry or feeling very warm at times, it is looking drier as this area of high pressure starts to build in from the west, the third time we've seen that since the second week of january. still some more rain overnight tonight, claiming southwards, so showers following behind. a blustery north—westerly wind, a lot milder than last night, instead of a widespread frost. we are looking at lows between five and nine to start tomorrow. tomorrow, sunsh
natalie perks, bbc news, halifax. time for a look at the weather. it's question time tonight. tonight on question time, i'm joined by the lives of two party offering a clear alternative on the left and the right. we are in buxton in derbyshire, live on iplayer at 8pm and on bbc after the ten o'clock news. now it's the weather. it's been very wet of late. we have been talking about april showers and a lot of heavy rain around at the met office has said provisionally some spots have seen their...
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natalie perks, bbc news, halifax. time for a look at the weather. here's louise lear. we really don't know where we are from one day to the next. it was cold and frosty this morning, can you believe it, this is the lake district where temperatures got down as low as minus four degrees. white spread cold out
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charleston, new york, new jersey, halifax in nova scotia. 1.2%. we don't know how much traffic is necessarily being diverted. some of these ports could be affected and either a positive way in terms of ships going directly they are or may be negative if they have to go to the port of baltimore first and then go to these ports. interesting to keep track and an eye on the data. the type of ships that go into the port of baltimore. we are looking at in purple at bulk carriers. 82. this does include the bridge collapsed on march 26. down but not the lowest over the last year to date. dry cargo, passengers, 46. nonemergent and tankers. it's interesting to see the traffic for the week did not go down in a massive, massive way. sonali: we thank you so much for your analysis. for more on the shipping industry we are joined by john wobensmith, genco shipping and trading president and ceo. genco ships dry bulk commodities like grain. let's talk about the shipping process as it has been changed over the last week. john: we have been fortunate we did not have
charleston, new york, new jersey, halifax in nova scotia. 1.2%. we don't know how much traffic is necessarily being diverted. some of these ports could be affected and either a positive way in terms of ships going directly they are or may be negative if they have to go to the port of baltimore first and then go to these ports. interesting to keep track and an eye on the data. the type of ships that go into the port of baltimore. we are looking at in purple at bulk carriers. 82. this does...
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so that includes the likes of halifax , includes the likes of halifax, bank of scotland. and they saw that were being contacted that they were being contacted by hundreds of customers. so that alerted them to the problem. and then they've communicated it accordingly . the communicated it accordingly. the research we carried out at raisin shows that at less than a third don't report , or rather, third don't report, or rather, don't report when they've been involved in a scam either because they're not aware of it for quite a while . or there's for quite a while. or there's the emotional aspect. we feel embarrassed or we feel angry, but it is important that we do feed this back to the vendors or the platforms, because then they can take action. i think with tickets and i was after some tickets and i was after some tickets earlier this year, i hasten to add, it wasn't. taylor swift, but there was. what was it? >> kevin ? >> kevin? >> kevin? >> well, okay, it was ac, dc yeah, good man. >> see, that's more my team. >> see, that's more my team. >> ben i miss pearl jam as well.
so that includes the likes of halifax , includes the likes of halifax, bank of scotland. and they saw that were being contacted that they were being contacted by hundreds of customers. so that alerted them to the problem. and then they've communicated it accordingly . the communicated it accordingly. the research we carried out at raisin shows that at less than a third don't report , or rather, third don't report, or rather, don't report when they've been involved in a scam either because...
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catalans drew last year's final 32—32 with halifax panthers in the inauguralfinal, but went one better this year. it's a big day in the football today — first up, the old firm derby between rangers and celtic at ibrox, which sees the two clubs start the dayjust one point apart. celtic top the table with 74 points but, perhaps crucially, rangers have a game in hand. if ranges were to lose, i still think the league table is alive, because with a game in hand they get a chance to go back to them with one point. if it is a draw, i think it is very much alive. i think if ranges one, they put one hand on the thing. in ranges one, they put one hand on the thin. ., , ., ., , . thing. in that period of time since the last celtic— thing. in that period of time since the last celtic game _ thing. in that period of time since the last celtic game it _ thing. in that period of time since the last celtic game it has - thing. in that period of time since the last celtic game it has looked | the last celtic game it has looked very special indeed. so if they win this one. — very special indeed. s
catalans drew last year's final 32—32 with halifax panthers in the inauguralfinal, but went one better this year. it's a big day in the football today — first up, the old firm derby between rangers and celtic at ibrox, which sees the two clubs start the dayjust one point apart. celtic top the table with 74 points but, perhaps crucially, rangers have a game in hand. if ranges were to lose, i still think the league table is alive, because with a game in hand they get a chance to go back to...
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this museum in halifax paid £25,000 at auction, way over its 7000— £10,000 estimate even say they think they have banked a bargain, along with the rest of the outfit and they were excited to see the purchase. first up, the breaches. but a moment. see the purchase. first up, the breaches. buta moment. ibe see the purchase. first up, the breaches. but a moment. be still my beatini breaches. but a moment. be still my beating heart- _ breaches. but a moment. be still my beating heart. have _ breaches. but a moment. be still my beating heart. have you _ breaches. but a moment. be still my beating heart. have you washed - breaches. but a moment. be still my beating heart. have you washed our| beating heart. have you washed our hands? have _ beating heart. have you washed our hands? have you _ beating heart. have you washed our hands? have you got _ beating heart. have you washed our hands? have you got clean - beating heart. have you washed our hands? have you got clean hands? l beating heart. have you washed our i hands? have you got clean hands? put a hand _ hands? have you got clean hands?
this museum in halifax paid £25,000 at auction, way over its 7000— £10,000 estimate even say they think they have banked a bargain, along with the rest of the outfit and they were excited to see the purchase. first up, the breaches. but a moment. see the purchase. first up, the breaches. buta moment. ibe see the purchase. first up, the breaches. but a moment. be still my beatini breaches. but a moment. be still my beating heart- _ breaches. but a moment. be still my beating heart. have _...
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natalie perks, bbc news, halifax. good luck to fay at the weekend. and are good luck to fay at the weekend. jifuc are majestic good luck to fay at the weekend. isic are majestic of course. here's sarah with a look at this morning's weather. is it going to warm up? it is quite deceptive because it looks sunny but it is cold. . . deceptive because it looks sunny but it is cold. , , .., ., it is cold. yes, it is quite cold, a cold air mass, _ it is cold. yes, it is quite cold, a cold air mass, and _ it is cold. yes, it is quite cold, a cold air mass, and if— it is cold. yes, it is quite cold, a cold air mass, and if you are - cold air mass, and if you are stepping _ cold air mass, and if you are stepping out this morning you might see frost _ stepping out this morning you might see frost around and there will be some _ see frost around and there will be some windscreen scraping the first thing _ some windscreen scraping the first thing but _ some windscreen scraping the first thing but there is sunshine around us well— thing but there is sunshine ar
natalie perks, bbc news, halifax. good luck to fay at the weekend. and are good luck to fay at the weekend. jifuc are majestic good luck to fay at the weekend. isic are majestic of course. here's sarah with a look at this morning's weather. is it going to warm up? it is quite deceptive because it looks sunny but it is cold. . . deceptive because it looks sunny but it is cold. , , .., ., it is cold. yes, it is quite cold, a cold air mass, _ it is cold. yes, it is quite cold, a cold air mass, and...