modernizing Second Vatican Council of 1962-65, which discussed relations between the Church and the modern world.

"I would say to him that we need a new Vatican council with no bishops being invited, no cardinals, no priests, but just getting the people from local parishes, and people who have come out of prison and homeless centers," she said.

Roy Bourgeois, excommunicated priest on the ordination of women

Anna Maria Tremonti | The Current | CBC Radio | December 19, 2012

For years Roy Bourgeois mixed activism with his religion as a Roman Catholic priest. He was a vocal proponent of human rights in Latin America. Then he took up the struggle for the ordination of women. For the Vatican that was one struggle too many. Roy Bourgeois has been excommunicated and todayas part of our project Line in The Sand,the Dilemmas that Define Us, we hear from Roy Bourgeois about where he drew his line.

Roy Bourgeois, excommunicated priest on the ordination of women

We started this segment with a clip from Roy Bourgeois, protesting against what's known as the School of the Americas. As a Maryknoll priest, Roy Bourgeois spent years trying to close down the military institute at Fort Benning, Georgia. It's helped train some of Latin America's most notorious military and police officers. But while he's been the face of that protest movement, it was another cause that cost him his job.

In October on the show, we spoke with Canadian lay Catholic Therese Koturbash. She's a Manitoba lawyer fighting for the ordination of women. One of the priests


with whom she worked on that campaign was Roy Bourgeois. She recalls travelling with him to the Vatican, and meeting a Church official. We aired a clip.

Today, Roy Bourgeois is no longer a priest, dismissed from the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers. He served as a priest in the Maryknoll order for 40 years. According to the Vatican, his excommunication is the result of what the Church calls his disobedience and preaching against Church teaching on women's ordination.

We requested an interview with the Maryknoll leadership in New York. But we were told they consider the matter to be a personal one concerning Roy Bourgeois, the Maryknolls and the Church. And other than a written statement that Roy Bourgeois has been released from his priestly duties by the Vatican, theMaryknolls will not comment further on this issue.

The push for female priests in the Catholic Church (CBC)

The Current with Anna Maria Tremonti | CBC Radio | October 1, 2012

There are an estimated 100 wives, mothers and grandmothers who call themselves 'Women Priests'. They are Roman Catholic women ordained against the wishes of rulers of the Vatican. But even as some Roman Catholic groups break away on this issue, others are fighting internally to convince the Vatican to agree to ordain women. We hear from a Manitoba woman who says her conversations with a top Vatican official suggests there are cracks in the wall of opposition to female priests. Therese Koturbash's day job is fighting it out in court with legal aid in Dauphin, Manitoba. But she's picked a


fight far more rough and tumble than she's likely to experience in court. She's part of a worldwide movement pushing for the ordination of women in the Catholic Church.

And she's just returned from Germany and the annual meeting of Women's Ordination Worldwide. The Church not only opposes the ordination of women, it considers the issue closed. But that has not deterred Therese Koturbash, who joined us this morning from Winnipeg.

Fiona O'Reilly is with Catholic Voices. It's a group based in the UK, whose members, while not speaking on behalf of Church officials, try to represent the view of the Catholic Church to the greater public. Fiona O'Reilly is in our London studio.

Occupy the Vatican?

Father Roy Bourgeois, a beloved Catholic priest who has supported women’s ordination, was briefly detainedbe summed up in three words: missing the boat."

"They deal with one small procedure at the very tail end of the problem: defrocking pedophile priests," she said. "Hundreds of thousands of kids, however, have been sexually violated (by) many other more damaging and reckless moves by bishops and other church staff."

Pope Benedict XVI should have taken the opportunity to threaten bishops who shield abusers and tell bishops to stop lobbying legislatures against extending the statute of limitations on abuse cases, said Anne Barrett Doyle of BishopAccountability.org, which compiles data on clerical abuse.

"Of course it's right that the viewing of child pornography be recognized as a grave crime inside the church," she said in a statement. "But practically speaking, no child will be safer because a secret church tribunal


resources for the quick adjudication of these cases."

But with so few real changes, Scicluna said he didn't expect a flood of cases to come forward, as happened in 2003-04 after the abuse scandal exploded in the United States and some 80 percent of the 3,000 cases handled by the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith were opened.

The congregation was headed by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger from 1981 until he was elected pope in 2005. Its procedures call for canonical trials or administrative punishments which can result in a priest being dismissed from the clerical state.

Recent efforts by civic authorities to investigate abuse allegations have again cast a spotlight on the Vatican's in-house penalties for acts that are criminally prosecutable in most of the world: Just last month, police raidedthe Brussels archbishop's residence and seized boxes of documents as part of an investigation into clerical sex abuse amid concerns the Belgian church was protecting pedophiles.

The rules list the attempted ordination of a woman as a "grave crime" to be handled according to the same procedures as sex abuse – despite arguments that grouping the two in the same document would imply equating them.

"The idea that women seeking to spread the message of God somehow defiles the Eucharist reveals an antiquated, backward church that still views women as unclean and unholy," said Erin Saiz Hanna, executive director of the Women's Ordination Conference, a U.S.-based organization that works to ordain women as priests, deacons and bishops.

Pope Benedict has said the question of ordaining women – often raised as an


– for the first time – heresy, apostasy and schism.

Clerical abuse is "an egregious violation of moral law," Scicluna said. "An attempted ordination of a woman is grave, but on another level: It is a wound, it is an attempt against the Catholic faith on the sacrament of (holy) orders. So they are grave, but on different levels."

Archbishop Robert Zollitsch, the dean of Germany's bishops conference, welcomed the new guidelines as a clear signal stressing that cases of sexual abuse of children and youths have to be thoroughly investigated and punished.

"The injustice of the past is being cleared, and the conclusions for the present and the future are being drawn," he said in a statement.

Benedict's native Germany has seen a flood of abuse allegations surface, and even hisown tenure as archbishop of Munich has come under scrutiny since a pedophile priest in his archdiocese was allowed to resume pastoral work while being treated.

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Associated Press writers Shawn Pogatchnik in Dublin and Rachel Zoll in New York contributed to this report.

Vatican Celebrations Overshadowed By Scandals

Thousands of Roman Catholic clergy are in Rome to mark the end of the church-designated "Year for Priests." But the celebrations are overshadowed by the worldwide clerical sex abuse scandal. Catholic activists also are in Rome demanding radical changes and a moral reckoning by Pope Benedict XVI.

Representatives of the international umbrella network Women's Ordination Worldwide protest in front of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. Erin Saiz Hanna, Executive Director of the US based Women's Ordination Conference said the Vatican has turned a


blind eye to male priests who "destroy the lives of children and families, but jumps at the chance to excommunicate women."

Welcoming priests from all over the world, the Vatican No. 2, Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, said revelations of hundreds of cases of clerical sex abuse show the need for spiritual renewal.

"The Holy Father and I have had to acknowledge the pain caused by the infidelities — some very serious — committed by some members of the clergy that have had a negative impact on the church's credibility," Bertone said. "The pope has even spoken of a persecution not from the outside but stemming from sins within the church."

Only 24 hours earlier, a group of American, German, Canadian and English women marched in St. Peter's Square andchanted their demands that women be ordained.

They wore purple stoles — the symbol for female priests; some even had Roman collars. Their protest lasted about a minute before Vatican police made them leave.

Earlier, the women had denounced the Vatican for honoring priests while the clerical sex abuse scandal is raging.

"The Vatican is all too happy to turn a blind eye when men in its ranks destroy the lives of children and families, but jumps at the chance to excommunicate women who are doing good works and responding to injustice and the needs of their communities," said Erin Saiz Hanna, executive director of the U.S.-based Women's Ordination Conference.

Under church doctrine, women who attempt to be ordained are automatically excommunicated.

Another U.S. group has converged on Rome — members of SNAP,


the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests. Spokesman Peter Isely said survivors are expecting an apology by the pope to the world, and the announcement of moves to rectify crimes committed by priests against minors.

Isely acknowledged that some victims are skeptical, while others "expect that this pope this week is going to make a dramatic, historic announcement that is going to change the future of the Catholic Church forever," Isely said.

Isely listed SNAP's demands:

— That the pope immediately order all Vatican officials, cardinals, archbishops and bishops to turn over all criminal evidence and abuse files to local law enforcement.

— That Benedict give a full account of his actions in sex abuse cases while he was archbishop in Munich, and later when he was the top doctrinal watchdogVatican's doorstep.

In his March pastoral letter to Irish faithful, the pope made a heartfelt apology for years of sexual abuse of minors by Irish priests, and he has had several moving encounters with various victims.

Vatican police ask women priest campaigners to leave

Vatican City (CNN) -- Activists campaigning for the Catholic Church to ordain women as priests were asked to leave the Vatican on Tuesday.

They argue that women in the priesthood could have helped lessen the impact of the child abuse scandal sweeping the church.

"We believe that if women had a say in the church, if there was more accountability and more transparency, that the men would have been held more accountable," said Erin Saiz Hanna, executive director of the U.S.-based Women's Ordination Conference.

The half-dozen campaigners had unfurled a


probably would have been mitigated," she said.

Thousands of people have come forward in the United States, Ireland, the Netherlands, Austria and Pope Benedict XVI's native Germany saying they were abused as children by Catholic clergy.

The crisis has particularly shocked deeply Catholic Ireland, where three government-backed investigations have uncovered physical and sexual abuse stretching back decades.

Critics charge that the Vatican systematically covered up abuse around the world by shuffling abusive priests from one parish to another or quietly pushing them to retire.

The pope has met with victims in the United States and Malta, and vowed that the church will seek justice for the victims.

Schoettly rejects her excommunication and acts as a priest for a congregation of 40 to 70 people, she said. She has performed baptisms, and will officiateat her first wedding next month, she said.

"The Catholic people have accepted us. Many priests accept us," she said of women priests, adding that there were now more than 100. "We are not going away," she said.

Therese Koturbash, a Canadian lawyer and the international coordinator of the womenpriests.org campaign, said her group was seeking "dialogue" with the Vatican hierarchy.

"Obviously, our church leaders aren't showing us leadership and dialogue. So if they are not doing it, we are here gracefully showing leadership, coming, knocking at the door year after year," she said. "Please, we want to talk about this."

The Catholic Church has traditionally not ordained women, noting that all of Jesus's disciples were men.

Protesters March in Vatican for Female Priests

By CBSNEWSCBS/APJune 8, 2010, 9:14 AM

Groups that have long demanded


that women be ordained Roman Catholic priests took advantage of the Vatican's crisis over clerical sex abuse to press their cause Tuesday, demanding the Vatican open discussions on letting women join the priesthood.

Representatives of the Women's Ordination Conference stage a protest in front of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome on Tuesday, June 8, 2010. AP PHOTO/PIER PAOLO CITO

The umbrella group Women's Ordination Worldwide said the Vatican shouldn't be celebrating the priesthood while "turning a blind eye when men in its ranks destroy the lives of children and families."

"While the hierarchy spends their time covering up scandals and throwing major celebrations for themselves, Catholic women are working for justice and making a positive difference in the world," said Erin Saiz Hanna, the Women's Ordination Conference executive director.

She spoke ata news conference before a dozen members of the reform groups marched to the Vatican in a bid to hand out flyers to tourists, priests and other passers-by.

Police stopped them when they reached the square and asked them to leave, which they did.

Vatican's pink smoke protesters want women priests (video)

Bursts of pink smoke filled the air in Rome today as Catholic women staged a protest calling for women's equality in the church, while top Roman Catholic cardinals readied to elect the religion's next pope.

The Women's Ordination Conference, which has been lobbying the church for more than three decades to ordain women, staged the colourful protest at Piazza Garibaldi in Rome and in five locations across the United States, including Washington and San Francisco.

The organization's members and allies gathered


in the morning carrying signs and canisters filled with pink smoke, which they released into the air.

The smoke is symbolic of how the church's male cardinals will announce the results of each vote during the conclave starting Tuesday afternoon. A chimney on the Sistine Chapel will release black smoke if the cardinals failed to reach a consensus and white smoke if they have successfully selected Benedict XVI's successor.

Question of women 'secondary'

Canadian Therese Koturbash donned a pink shirt for the protest and held up a canister, pink smoke billowing into the air behind her. She is the international ambassador for Women Priests, an organization that relies on theological and academic reasoning to convince religious authorities to start ordaining female clergy.

The pink smoke protest in Rome and across the U.S.Tuesday was organized by a group pressuring the Vatican to start ordaining female priests. (Karen Pauls)

"The pink smoke is a sign of the voices we’re mourning who are excluded from the current conclave," she said. She said she was attending the protest because of her strong belief that the Vatican's refusal to ordain female priests means Catholics are being deprived of some of the priests God intended them to have.

Currently, women cannot be ordained to serve as priests, and there is little indication that the next pope will shift the church's stance on female ordination.

Terence Fay, a Jesuit priest teaching at the University of Toronto's school of theology, echoed Ouellet's response. He said it takes a long time for such a liberal shift to happen, because a leader


can only move so much on the political spectrum during his reign or he risks alienating his constituency.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Representatives of several groups supporting the ordination of women as Catholic priests staged a small demonstration near the Vatican Oct. 15.

While 25 women experts and observers participated in the Oct. 5-26 world Synod of Bishops on the Bible, the protesters called for the synod, at the very least, to urge the Vatican to allow women to proclaim the Gospel and preach at Mass.

Anne Brown, a member of the New Wine organization in Great Britain, told a press conference she personally feels called by God to the priesthood.

While she said she did not expect any movement toward women's ordination anytime soon, "the ministry of preaching the word atthe Mass could be opened up to laypeople."

"The voices of women, in particular, need to be heard with their own perspectives and stories, breaking open the Scriptures for the people of God in our time," Brown said.

Church norms restrict preaching the homily at Mass to ordained priests or deacons.

Inside the synod hall Oct. 14, participants heard from a variety of women who serve the church, but they did not call for ordination.

Dominican Sister Mary Viviana Ballarin, president of the Italian Union of Major Superiors, spoke to the synod about the way many women express their fidelity to God's word, share it with the world and serve the church.

"There is a mysterious and very close bond between the word and women," she said.

Like Mary, many consecrated women have heard


the word of God and have not hesitated to carry it "to those who hunger and thirst for the truth, to all, even to those who do not know how to seek it."

Many women in the church, she said, know their strengths and are happy to place them at the disposition of the church so that "hope, love, dignity, tenderness and also beauty can inhabit every human heart."

Sister Ballarin said there is "a multitude of women" teaching in Catholic schools, nursing in Catholic hospitals, running AIDS clinics, caring for women victims of human trafficking, assisting the homeless and the sick "in very corner of the globe."

"This multitude of women, tirelessly dispensing the word with a mother's hands and hearts, are the face of the church as mother; theyare its fertile womb, the space in which God can encounter the human person and the person can encounter God," she said.

At the press conference on women's ordination, Aisha S. Taylor, the 27-year-old executive director of the U.S.-based Women's Ordination Conference, said she was pleased so many women were invited to the synod, but they represent fewer than 10 percent of the participants and none of them have a right to vote on the synod propositions.

Taylor said that by excluding women from ordained ministry, "the church is operating in the world as incomplete, with only one leg to stand on and one arm to extend."

"The radical equality" of all people proclaimed in the Gospel, she said, requires the church to open ordained ministries to women.

In 1994 Pope John


Paul II issued a document saying that because Jesus chose only men as his apostles, the church is not authorized to ordain women. He also said the position was a definitive, ordinary church teaching that must be firmly held by Catholics and is not subject to change.

Still, Taylor said she expects women to be ordained Catholic priests in her lifetime.

Angelika Fromm of the Purple Stole movement in Germany told reporters, "the Bible itself calls for the full and equal participation of women" in the church and "any other interpretation is incorrect and unjust."

After their press conference, nine women supporting ordination walked to the Vatican carrying a sign that said: "Ordain Catholic Women."

Several of the women dressed in purple and pink togas and carried signs with the names ofwomen who are described as leaders in the Christian communities of the New Testament, including Mary Magdalene, Phoebe and Junia.

Catholic Women March in Rome for Female Priesthood

USA Today | October 15, 2008

ROME (AP) — Catholic women seeking to become priests denounced the church's ban on female ordination as sexist and unjust, bringing their campaign close to the Vatican on Wednesday during a worldwide gathering of bishops.

The small group of women representing Catholic organizations from around the world marched across the Tiber River close to St. Peter's Square, some wearing signs with the names of prominent women in the early days of the Roman Catholic Church.

"Ordain Women! Ordain Women!" the woman chanted. They later tried to deliver a petition to the Swiss Guards at the Vatican, but nobody came


to pick it up.

Aisha Taylor, the executive director of the Women's Ordination Conference in the United States, said the women wanted to call attention to the issue during the synod, a meeting of 253 bishops underway.

But the Vatican is not likely to drop its long-standing prohibition on women in the priesthood.

In May, the Vatican insisted that it is properly following Christian tradition by excluding women from the priesthood and issued a new warning that women taking part in ordinations will be excommunicated.

The church has always banned the ordination of women by stating that the priesthood is reserved for men. The decree issued in May was explicit in its reference to women.

Pope Benedict XVI led the doctrinal office before becoming pontiff in 2005. Like his predecessor, Pope John PaulII, he has consistently rebuffed calls to change traditional church teachings on divorce, abortion, euthanasia, gay marriage and the requirement that priests be male and celibate.

Taylor conceded that no discussion on women's ordination was likely to open — and certainly not at the synod, a gathering convened by the pope when he deems necessary, and devoted this time to discussing the relevance of the Bible for contemporary Catholics.

Taylor did take the presence of 25 women, either as observers or experts, at the synod as a mildly encouraging sign. But — with the women representing just 10% of the synod and none having a vote — she said it was not enough.

"The exclusion of women from the priesthood is a grave injustice in our church ... (and) a blatant


example of sexism," she told reporters in Rome. "Even though leaders have come out saying no, and it's over and over again, I do believe that cannot continue for too many decades."

The Vatican's firmness on the issue has dashed the hopes of women seeking to be priests but also of Catholics who see that as an option for a church struggling to recruit men. It has also raised fears that women might abandon the Roman Catholic Church for other branches of Christianity that allow female priesthood.

In March, the archbishop of St. Louis excommunicated three women — two Americans and a South African — for participating in a woman's ordination. They were part of the Roman Catholic Womenpriests movement, which began in 2002.

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OTTAWA (CNS) -- Speakers at a Canadian conference on ordaining women as Catholic priests attacked the hierarchy of the Catholic Church as being hypocritical and "morally bankrupt."

Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza, a professor at Harvard Divinity School, described the Catholic hierarchy as "morally bankrupt" for its stand against the use of condoms, women's reproductive freedom and homosexuality.

She was the July 22 keynote speaker at the international Women's Ordination Worldwide conference, which was held in Ottawa July 22-24 and drew nearly 500 people from 20 countries.

In a statement about the conference, Archbishop Marcel Gervais of Ottawa said it was being held "completely outside the realm of our faith."

In her remarks, Schussler Fiorenza took particular aim at the U.S. bishops who, she


said, lost their "last shred of religious moral credibility in the last election when bishops made candidates' position against women's reproductive life the key issue of Catholic identity."

The bishops did not care about "those on death row or the millions of children who are born daily into dehumanizing poverty and starvation, or who are killed by American bombs and occupation," she said. "We have come together here to celebrate our common struggles for a just church and to renew our vision for a world free from oppression," Schussler Fiorenza said. "We come from near and from far to be church." U.S. feminist theologian Rosemary Radford Ruether spoke of a vision of the church as a community liberated from patriarchy.

"A church which claims to be the sacrament of liberationfor society while itself embodying the worst pattern of oppression internally compounds sinful distortion with hypocrisy and is simply unbelievable," she said. Constructing a church of liberation from patriarchy requires dismantling clericalism, she said.

Ruether, professor emeritus at the Pacific School of Religion at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, Calif., also told the conference delegates that the Eucharist should be a symbol of participation in authentic life.

"Yet, it has become the sacramental symbol most radically alienated from the people and transformed into a clerical power tool," she said.

"Excommunication, or denial of the Eucharist, is the prime tool by which one punishes those who resist clerical control," she said.

Several of the women attending the conference had been excommunicated after being "ordained" to the priesthood contrary to church law. Among


them were women who were ordained in a 2002 ceremony held on the Danube River on the German-Austrian border and were excommunicated by the Vatican.

Four more women were to be "ordained" as priests aboard a boat on the St. Lawrence River near Gananoque, Ontario, following the conference. Two of the women involved in the 2002 ceremony, Christine Mayr-Lumetzberger of Austria and Gisela Forster of Germany, were to perform the ceremony.

Archbishop Gervais had ordered his clergy and administrators not to discuss the ordination of the women in advance of the women's ordination conference.

"I would count on all of you to refrain from offering any public statements, or public prayers -- for or against -- in connection with it as the gathering is taking place completely outside the realm ofour faith," the archbishop said.

The event's objectives "are clearly in opposition to the official teachings of the Roman Catholic Church," he said in a letter.

In a 1998 apostolic letter, Pope John Paul II reinforced the limits on dissent in the church, saying Catholics must fully accept church teachings even on such issues as women's ordination.

Conference coordinator Marie Bouclin said that the hierarchy's "attempt to shut down any discussion on women priests is a reaction that does not manifest confidence in their arguments."

"It's too bad they don't take this as an opportunity to celebrate the great contribution of women in all the churches," she said.

Former Ottawa Mayor Marion Dewar, a Catholic, spoke about the archbishop's letter in her address to conference delegates.

"Imagine our bishop saying 'You can't talk about


that this weekend -- those women have nothing to do with our church,'" she said. "Sorry fellows, but I'm going to be there."

On Parliament Hill hours before the conference began, delegates hugged and greeted other participants as they arrived from Washington, D.C., on a "Witness Wagon" bus tour that included religious centers and memorial sites honoring women as prophetic leaders.

Also at the gathering -- held at the monument to Canada's "Famous Five" women's suffrage activists -- were a handful of peaceful demonstrators opposed to the ordination of women priests. Among them was Diane Watts, a Catholic and the national president of Women for Life, Faith and Family, who carried a placard stating "Feminist Priesthood Not for Catholics."

Watts said she did not think those attending the conference "understand theof Ottawa has ordered the city's Catholic pastors and priests not to discuss the issue of female ordination in anticipation of an Ottawa conference promoting the controversial practice later this month.

Archbishop Marcel Gervais issued a letter to all Ottawa pastors, administrators and priests last week reminding them that the event's "objectives are clearly in opposition to the official teachings of the Roman Catholic Church."

"Furthermore," he wrote, "I would count on all of you to refrain from offering any public statements, or public prayers -- for or against -- in connection with it -- as the gathering is taking place completely outside the realm of our faith."

Archbishop Gervais, who is on vacation, was not available yesterday to comment further on his order.

The focus of the Women's Ordination Worldwide Conference,


taking place July 22-24 at Carleton University, is to advocate that women be allowed to become priests.

The issue has been a persistent thorn in the Vatican's side. In recent decades, the church has repeatedly rejected a small, but growing, movement pushing for the reversal of its stance that only men can serve as priests.

Organizers of the conference said they were not surprised by the archbishop's letter.

"It would be surprising if he said anything different," conference spokeswoman Marie Marie Bouclin said from her Sudbury home.

"He pretty much has to toe the party line and that's what the Vatican's line is -- that we're not supposed to talk about it," she said. "We've said all along that our first hope, aim, objective is to convince the papacy to reopen theCross, says he was contradicting the archbishop's orders to remain silent on the issue, because he's "right on side with him."

Rev. Andre Samson of St. Margaret Mary's church said the archbishop's move was to avoid splinters within the faith, referring to the rifts within the Anglican church over same-sex marriage.

"I really think that the main value that we should preserve in the church is unity," he said yesterday. "The day we become divided, we are doomed."

He says he agrees with the archbishop's stance, and while he was open to talking to a reporter, he would not be discussing the issue of women's ordination within his parish.

Following the conference next weekend, nine women, including a Canadian, are scheduled to be ordained as Catholic deacons and priests on a boat


in the St. Lawrence River near Gananoque on July 25.

While a handful of women have been ordained in similar river ceremonies in Europe in recent years, the planned ordination set for the St. Lawrence River is the first of its kind in North America.

The ceremony is being held in a river so as to be in "international waters," thus avoiding the jurisdiction of the dioceses of either Kingston or Ogdensburg, New York.

For decades, the church has refused to consider the idea of ordaining women as priests. The council of Vatican II refused to consider the issue. In 1976, Pope Paul VI argued that a priest must bear a natural resemblance to Christ, who is interpreted as being male.

Pope John Paul II used a different rationale, but was justas adamant that women could not become priests. In May 1994, he issued Ordinatio Sacerdotalis, which said the church had no authority to ordain women.

It was followed in November 1995 by a letter signed by the prefect of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, who is now Pope Benedict XVI.

Women's Ordination Worldwide

Women's Ordination Worldwide (WOW) is a dynamic international umbrella network working for women's ordination in the Roman Catholic Church. WOW's founding principal is equality.

'There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus'. Galatians 3.28

Founded in 1996 at the First European Women's Synod in Austria, Women's Ordination Worldwide (WOW) is an ecumenical network of


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Kurnool: Distressed farmers were forced to sell tomatoes at one rupee a kilo at Pathikonda on Friday. The agriculture market yard was unwilling to lift the produce and the unauthorised market yard by private agents started buying tomatoes at a steep discount.

The price for 60 kgs hovered at around Rs 80 and Rs 150 for most of the time while the better variety fetched Rs 500, said a private buyer.

This triggered protests from farmers at Pathikonda, the second largest market for tomatoes in AP after Madanapalle.

Agricultural marketing department regional joint director, Sudhakar, who had been camping at Pathikonda market, said the farmers were persuaded to sell their produce at the market yard from 6 pm on Friday.

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By Muhammed Aladdin

On its National Day, Kuwait celebrates an endless history of struggle, perseverance, and triumph. The 25th of February, 1950 marks the ascension of Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah to the throne. A decade later, Kuwait gained its independence from the British on the 19th of July, 1961.

The country has an ancient heritage dating all the way back to the times of antiquity. As, 2,000 years ago, the Greeks arrived at the island of Failaka, then named Icarus; Charax, a major trading port in the time of the Seleucid Empire located within the modern borders of Kuwait. Despite the Hellenistic influence, the aboriginal inhabitants were always the Bedouin Arabs of the desert.

With time, the country has grown into modern-day Kuwait. The beautiful desert metropolis has been plagued bya number of conflicts, but its people always came to the aid, fighting for their land, identity, and history. The National Day is not just a day of celebration, but of remembrance, and with that said, here is our bucket list for the historical landmarks of Kuwait, and why they are worth a visit.

National Museum of Kuwait

Situated on the Arabian Gulf Street, the National Museum of Kuwait is a true representation of Kuwaiti cultural and historic heritage. The museum used to be the royal residence of the Sabah Family, however, as the country grew, the need for a national museum grew with it. So, the Department of Antiquities and Museums bought the palace and the construction of an edifice dedicated to the nation began.

Inside the museum, there are


prehistoric artifacts excavated from Failaka Island that include engraved tools, doors, and blades from the Neolithic age. There are also Greek coins from the Hellenistic period.

The museum houses several photographs showcasing the old Kuwaiti way of life and models of ancient Arab mud houses.

Failaka Heritage Village

One of the few heritage villages in all of Kuwait, Failaka preserves the essence of the Kuwaiti traditional identity. It is a place where visitors can enjoy the comfort of spacious houses, resembling the homes of the Arabs of past time.

In the center of Failaka Village, Qa’at Al-Khair, a hall that houses up to 450 people, offers visitors a true taste of Arab hospitality. In addition, there are Arabian horses and camels for tourists to ride, and by the end of the day,the people of Failaka hold barbecue dinners for guests under the moonlight.

Kuwait House of National Works Museum

Through the halls of Kuwait House of National Works Museum, one can witness the grim reminders of the first Gulf War. The building is a tribute to the brave Kuwaiti soldiers and citizens who lost their lives during the onslaught of the conflict.

Although the war has ended more than a decade ago, its tremors resonate through the exhibits, with replicated mortar attacks and gun blasts; a reminder that war brings nothing but plight and destruction.

Tareq Rajab Museum

The Tareq Rajab Museum is the culmination of decades of effort by Kuwait’s First Minister Tareq Rajab and his wife Jehan Wellborne. The couple met in Britain when Tareq Rajab traveled to Britain to study Art


and Archaeology; they married in 1955, and with a common passion for heritage and culture, the dynamic duo worked together on collecting over 30,000 artifacts from all over the world.

At the end of their life, their private collection has been housed at Tareq Rajab Museum, which opened door to the public in the 1980s. The collection included Islamic Arts, metal and glass works, Treasures of Ceramics, Gold and Silver jewelry, costumes of sheiks and shepherds, English costumes, Bahraini pearls, pottery, metalwork, glass, masonry, manuscripts, musical instruments, and many more artifacts.

Sadu House

A traditional Kuwaiti house that has been transformed into a cultural center, the Sadu House is a museum that best showcases the cultural heritage of Kuwait’s Bedouin traditions. Especially, the world-renowned Sadu weaving.

The exceptional museum shows the nomadicart of weaving, its different styles, and history. In addition, it informs other Bedouin art forms and crafts.

The Seif Palace

Perhaps, one of the early buildings of modern Kuwait, Seif Palace is well-known for being the home of the Kuwaiti royal family. However, to the surprise of many, the residence is rarely used by the monarch. While Bayan Palace serves as Al-Sabah’s official family home, Seif Palace is reserved for special ceremonies and events.

Built in 1896, Seif Palace is at the heart of Kuwait City serving as a magnificent example of Islamic architecture with mosaic tile works and columned halls. It is known to be the first house to have electricity in all of Kuwait, and there, Sheikh Mubarak of Kuwait has received many esteemed guests. Those include the


British Viceroy to India in 1915 and the Danish Explorer and Photographer Ronkier Lens in 1912.

Kuwait Towers

Symbolizing Kuwait’s economic resurgence to the world, the Kuwait Towers are a group of three slender towers inaugurated in 1979 and were one of the most-visited landmarks of modern-day Kuwait. The design is a combination of traditional Islamic elements and more modern architectural themes. It has drawn inspiration from the blue-tiled mosques and long minarets of Samarkand and Bukhara.

The towers grew to signify Kuwait’s opulence and prosperity and a return to the world scene after the unraveling of the Gulf Wars.

Liberation Tower

As a monument of their triumph in their struggle for liberation, the Kuwaiti government built the second tallest tower in Kuwait and the fifth tallest telecommunication tower in the world. Itwas dubbed the Liberation Tower and was dedicated to the Kuwaiti people and the international coalition that liberated the country during the aftermath of the Gulf War.

Dhow Harbor

The Dhow Harbor used to be one of the prominent docks for sailing ships in Kuwait. Visitors get to see the old wooden ships with their silk-white wide sails that used to be the driving power behind the Kuwaiti economy. In a time before the discovery of oil, locals used to board these ships and engage in fishing, pearling, and coastal trading.

Guests at Dhow Harbor get to board the ship “Fateh Al-Kheir”, the oldest and largest wooden Dhow in all of Kuwait.

Grand Mosque

Nestled in the heart of Kuwait City, the Grand Mosque, or as it is known by the locals “Al-Masjid


throwing pottery with the hippies in Missouri to poems about nature, religion, divorce, love, depression, relationships, the unfairness of life and other dark tales about living in the perfect world.

Yvonne's humorous book, Email Episodes ~ A Hilariously Honest Look at Life, is about a woman experiencing an identity crisis as she faces divorce and approaches mid-life with teenagers who are raising reptiles in the basement.

A great book of short entertaining stories, which also shares some of life's triumphs and troubles shared by all mothers of teenagers. Those going through divorce, leaving organized religion, or learning to live authentically will appreciate the candid humor.

The genealogy of the Bates family of Cherokee County, Georgia is traced back to Charlton Bates and Nancy Kelly (O'Kelly) Bates, who are first mentioned livingin South Carolina in 1812. Through DNA testing, we know that our family has a ancestor blood-related to James Shockley Bates.

The descending lineage mentioned in this book are David Ward and Nancy Martin, Thomas F. Bates and Sarah Elizabeth Ward, Savannah Bates and Alexander Newton Smith, and Lemuel Harris Bates and Lillian Margaret Smith.

Many of the children and extended family members of these family heads are mentioned in this book, and more than 200 photos document the journey.

Of broader interest, the book contains some history of the Cherokee and Hall Counties of Georgia as remembered by the Bates family who lived in the area.


God says, or how He sees things; they simply want to follow their feelings and fulfill their desires.

And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not , shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand : And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it .

-Matthew 7:27

(Read "The Biblical Understanding of Weddings & Marriage" here at creationliberty.com for more details.)

"In spell crafting, candles speak a magickal language . Their words are the flickering flame, popping wax, and curling smoke. A candle flame touches something deep within your being. It represents the spirit's highest potential while the smoke carries your wishes,someone who puts their faith into the sorcery, it's not worth selling your soul over.To give an example of connecting the concept of visualization sorcery and candle witchcraft, an online store called "The White Witch Parlour" published an image that showed someone holding a candle, and said:The context "healing witchcraft" talked about in this quote is irrelevant because I'm simply showing an example of what witches/sorcerers do. The Lord God hates these visualization techniques taught by pagans.

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers , and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone : which is the second death.

-Revelation 21:8

" Hold the candle in your hands and visualize the final result of


people from them, and destroyed them to cleanse the land for His people.However, the Bible does speak of birthdays in two places, and we should look at the context of them to find out who was celebrating birthdays:

And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday , that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.

-Genesis 40:20

The birthday was being celebrated by the King of pagan Egypt, and he ended up executing the chief baker on this occasion. God has never looked favorably upon the Egyptians, nor their practices, so this is one place we can see that the birthday celebration is not connected with anything holyand righteous.The second place a birthday is mentioned is in the New Testament:

But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.

-Matthew 14:6

This was not the same Herod that killed the firstborn of every household in attempt to kill Jesus as a child; this Herod is his son. (i.e. Herod Jr.) John the Baptist told Herod Jr. that his taking of the wife of his brother (Philip) was sin because the law stated that the taking of a deceased brother's wife was only lawful if he had no children, and she had a daughter. Herod Jr. wanted to kill John, but out of fear of the public's outrage of executing John (since he was publically considered a prophet of God), Herod threw


not giving them a present for their birthday, but the hatred is demonstrated quite clearly in most instances. For example, a man is dating a woman and he forgets her birthday; what happens? If a man forgets the woman's birthday, he is shunned in a hateful manner, which means he has an OBLIGATION to give that gift, or he will suffer the consequences.One author wrote about her personal feelings as she slowly began to hate her boyfriend as her birthday passed without him giving her anything:This is a process that happens to people every day of the year; where anger and hatred is built up against someone for not fulfilling an obligation. The man probably cared very deeply for her, and was out working to earn a livingBrazilian presidential election – a setback for the masses

Jair Bolsonaro, the 63-year old right-wing reactionary and former army captain, has won the Brazilian presidential election, having secured in the final round 55.1 per cent of the votes. His opponent, Fernando Haddad of the Workers’ Party (PT) received 44.8 per cent (45 million voted for him).

Bolsonaro gained notoriety for his absurd, nauseating and extremist rhetoric rather than for anything he has accomplished during his seven terms as a Congressman for the misnamed Social Liberal Party. He has routinely hurled insults and women, blacks and homosexuals, encouraged the police to kill suspected criminals, and portrayed the military junta that ruled Brazil between 1964 and 1985, perpetrating repression and violence on an industrial scale, as a role model. He is pliant


state, privatisations and lower taxes. No wonder then that formerly sceptical business leaders, in Brazil as well as abroad, were won over to Bolsonaro’s side, regarding him as a ‘defence of last resort’ against PT, especially the highly popular former president Lula.

Not surprisingly then, no sooner was he elected the US President Donald Trump called Bolsonaro to congratulate him on his electoral success, with both of them expressing strong commitment to working together, according to the White House.

Equally not surprisingly, on the Monday (29 October) following his election, stock markets in Brazil registered significant gains.

To give the reader an idea of the character and thinking (thoughtlessness would be more appropriate) of the president-elect of Brazil, we reproduce below his choicest utterings:

• In 1999 he called for the BrazilianCongress to be closed, adding that the former military regime “should have shot some 30,000 corrupt people, starting with the President Fernando Henrique Cardoso”.

• In 2003, he told a fellow legislator in front of television countries: “I am not going to rape you because you do not deserve it”. He repeated the comment on the floor of the Congress in 2014, resulting in a formal reprimand and a $3000 fine.

• In 2011, on being asked what his reaction would be if one of his sons turned out to be a homosexual, he said: “I would be incapable of loving a homosexual son. I’d rather he died in a car accident”.

• On being asked what he would think if one of his sons married a black woman, he shot


his anti-working class policies, he was able to win domestic and foreign business lobbies and produce a conservative rebellion by the conservative, mainly well-off Brazilians who long for order, old customs, a more organised society with clearly-defined hierarchies, discipline and authority – a desire to return to the past. He played on the grievances of the petty-bourgeois sections who complain about blacks ‘jumping the queue’ and feel excluded by ‘identity politics’.

He successfully portrayed himself as an honest, selfless figure fighting for the common man while actually espousing the interests of domestic and foreign capital. He was helped to victory by the successful attempts of the business lobby to keep Lula out of the race by ensuring he stayed in prison on trumped-up corruption charges. Had Lula been allowed14 Related Articles from 2018-10-16

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NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Thursday ruled that 2008 Batla House encounter was genuine and convicted lone suspected Indian Mujahideen operative Shahzad Ahmed of killing Delhi police inspector MC Sharma.

The court will decide on the quantum of punishment to Shahzad Ahmed on July 29, Times Now reported.

Additional sessions judge Rajender Kumar Shastri had on July 20 reserved the judgement after conclusion of final arguments by the prosecution and the defence.

During the trial, the prosecution examined 70 witnesses, including six eye-witnesses who were part of the raiding team of Delhi Police special cell.

In its final arguments, the prosecution had contended that it has sufficient circumstantial evidence and phone records to prove that Shahzad was present in the Jamia Nagar flat in Batla House and was among those whohad fired at the police team leading to the death of Delhi Police inspector M C Sharma.

It had said that Shahzad, along with another accused Junaid, had jumped off the balcony and fled after firing at the police team during the September 19, 2008 Batla House encounter.

The counsel, appearing for Shahzad, however, had claimed that he was not present in the flat in which the alleged shootout took place.

The defence had claimed that as per ballistic reports, the bullets found in the slain police officer's body matched the gun seized from the spot and not from the weapon which was allegedly retrieved from Shahzad's possession when he was arrested.

It was contended on his behalf that none of the witnesses had given any description of the occupants of the


flat.

Shahzad is said to be one of the occupants of the flat in Jamia Nagar where the encounter took place on September 19, 2008 between the officers of the special cell and the suspected IM terrorists allegedly involved in the September 13, 2008 serial blasts at Karol Bagh, Connaught Place, Greater Kailash and India Gate left 26 dead and 133 injured.

Other accused named in the chargesheet are Junaid, Mohd Atif Ameen, alias Bashir, and Mohd Sajid. However, Mohd Saif was not made an accused as he had allegedly locked himself inside the toilet in L-18 flat of Batla House when the encounter was on and had surrendered peacefully.

While Atif and Sajid had been shot dead in the encounter, Junaid has been declared a proclaimed offender in the caseas he is absconding.

During the trial, Shahzad had called as defence witnesses Saif and Zeeshan, both lodged in Sabarmati jail in Ahmedabad in connection with the serial blasts of July 26, 2008 there, to show that he was not at the spot.

(With inputs from PTI)


Algeria's long-awaited metro system opens in Algiers Published duration 1 November 2011

image copyright Reuters image caption The metro cost an estimated 90bn dinars ($1.2bn; £750m) to build

Thousands of people have used the underground metro in Algeria's capital, Algiers, after it finally opened 28 years after construction first began.

The BBC's Chloe Arnold says there was a festival atmosphere, as the opening coincided with a national holiday.

The 10-stop, 6.5km (four mile) line is only the second rail system of its kind in Africa, after the one in Cairo.

After work began in 1982, work was halted because of an economic crisis and a decade-long civil war.

The first passengers were able to use the metro a day after it was officially launched by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.

Our correspondent says security was tight whenthe metro opened, though many of the police officers were showing passengers how to use the ticket machines and escalators.

Algerians told the BBC they were proud of their new rail network, which connects Algiers' Central Post Office to the suburb of Kouba.

Hassan, who was riding the metro with a friend, said they had waited 30 years for this day, and gone through a lot of hardship while construction was going on.

Algeria went through 10 years of civil unrest as government forces fought an Islamist insurgency and as many as 250,000 people lost their lives.

"This is a great day for our nation," Hassan said.

Work on the project was first interrupted when a collapse in worldwide oil and gas prices sent Algeria's economy into free fall.

The country is the world's


Jason Todd, was the second Robin, brutally murdered by the Joker. Resurrected, Jason turned against his mentor for not avenging his death. Now on a path to redemption, Jason uses the skills Batman taught him as an anti-hero using the Joker's former identity: The Red Hood. He is often considered an estranged member of the Bat Family and Batman's greatest failure. He now leads a group called the Outlaws.

Looking forward to him taking over the reigns. I've enjoyed his work on the Batman Back-up stories, and have really enjoyed Talon thus far. It sounds like he understands what really make each character tick, especially Jason - which is a big concern for me because he is one of my favorite characters. Can't Wait!

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The Lowcountry Jaycees meet on the 4th Thursday of each month at 6pm at the Port Royal Town Hall, 700 Paris Avenue.Home>News>World’s best return to Manchester for World Taekwondo Grand Prix

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World’s best return to Manchester for World Taekwondo Grand Prix

The stage is set for Manchester to host the penultimate World Taekwondo Grand Prix of 2018 on 19-21 October as the world’s very best athletes prepare to return to the home of taekwondo in Great Britain.

Manchester 2018 will feature 250 of the best male and female taekwondo athletes, representing 53 different countries. Athletes will compete in eight different weight categories. Top athletes participating in the event include home-grown heroes Bianca Walkden and Jade Jones (GBR), as well as Tae-hun Kim and Dae-hoon Lee (KOR), Vladislav Larin (RUS), and Panipak Wongpattanakit (THA).

Taking place at the Manchester Regional Arena, Manchester 2018 will be the fourth World Taekwondo Grand Prix of


2018, following successful events in Rome, Moscow and Taoyuan. It will also be the fourth time that Manchester has hosted a Grand Prix event, with the city having hosted the first ever Grand Prix in 2013. South Korea currently lead the 2018 Grand Prix series with eight gold medals, but all is to play for and, as well as topping the medal table, athletes will be hoping to make the most of the Olympic ranking points on offer.

World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue said:

“Manchester is the birth place of the Grand Prix. It is a taekwondo-loving city that has an excellent track record in hosting world-class events. We have no doubt that this Grand Prix will be no different and will not only offer the perfect environment for athletesbut also the ultimate fan experience. Having already staged three captivating Grand Prix’s this year, we are excited to witness our talented athletes on the global stage once more. With so much at stake, fans around the world are sure to see some scintillating, competitive action here in Manchester.”

GB Taekwondo has partnered with Swedish gaming company, Hello There Games, to arrange an esports tournament, during the competition. Players will compete in Hello There Games’ new game, “Taekwondo Grand Prix”, which was released on 3 October. The game is played on the innovative multi-player platform, Steam, and features motion-captured professional fighters. The game follows Olympic rules and is fully supported by World Taekwondo.

Following Manchester 2018, the last World Taekwondo events of 2018 will be the Grand Prix Final and


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I'm honored that I was called and chosen to be a nurse and I'm proud to work in my profession.

Recently, a group of women on The View decided to degrade and bash Miss Colorado for her bold move in this weekend's Miss America Pageant. She walked across the stage in navy blue scrubs, white shoes, and she wore a stethoscope around her neck. In the talent portion of the competition, Miss Colorado shared about the reason she became a nurse and how she helped make a difference in a specific patient's life. She also served to remind the millions of nurses out there that we are NOT JUST A NURSE.

Bashing fellow professionals is NOT ok. I realize that the show is called "The View" and it's allLINCOLN, Neb. -- So long, Big 12. Nebraska's membership in

the Big Ten Conference is official.

The Big Ten's board of presidents and chancellors unanimously

welcomed Nebraska to the club on Friday, just a few hours after the

school formally disclosed its interest. The move takes effect July

1, 2011.

Nebraska chancellor Harvey Perlman said the Big Ten offers

stability "that the Big 12 simply cannot offer."

Nebraska is the Big Ten's first addition since 1990, when Penn

State joined, and it comes just six months after the league

announced that it was looking at expansion.

Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany said he presumed there would be

a Big Ten championship football game beginning in 2011. He also

said the conference would "pause" from further expansion during the

next 12 to 18 months. He declined to comment on whether Notre Dame

or any


other school was on the league's radar.

Nebraska's departure is a potentially crippling blow to the Big

12 and the biggest move yet in an offseason overhaul that will

leave college sports looking much different by this time next year.

"We've had a couple disappointing days with the departure of

two valued members," Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe said during a

teleconference. Beebe vowed to work to keep the 10 remaining

members together but acknowledged that other Big 12 schools are

mulling their options.

Perlman said he believed Nebraska is much more "aligned" with

the Big Ten than the Big 12 when it comes to academics, culture and

athletics.

The university issued a statement that said for more than 20

years, Nebraska has compared itself to a list of 10 peer

institutions established by the regents. Five of the 10 are BigTen

members; four are former Big Eight schools that joined Nebraska in

the Big 12 in 1996.

"The University of Nebraska would have new opportunities with

membership in the Big Ten -- and I believe the Big Ten would be a

stronger conference as well," university president J.B. Milliken

said.

Nebraska's move comes at the end of a crazy week in college

athletics.

On Thursday, fellow Big 12 member Colorado announced it was

leaving for the Pac-10. Texas and other schools in the Big 12 South

-- Perlman told the regents that the Pac-10 had been in touch with

many schools in that division -- could be the next to leave.

Texas

regents have scheduled a meeting for Tuesday to discuss the Longhorns'

future in the Big 12.

"One school leaving a conference does not destroy a

conference," Perlman said. "Nebraska did not start this

discussion.


and the enormity of the mountains rising up beyond.

"When we were in the village of those people living by the witch woman, it was in a mountain pass," Nicci said.

Kahlan nodded, feeling discouraged that the mountains were still far off beyond rugged woodlands. "That means we still have a long way to go."

When hopelessness threatened to overwhelm her, she forced it away by keeping herself focused on what she would say to Red once they reached her. They couldn't afford to fail.

Hunter trotted off down the slope, looking back over his shoulder as if to say, "Come on. Let's go."

Without a word, they all moved out to follow. The slope led them down into densely forested lowlands among craggy hills. Though they weren't mountains, it was still difficultaltogether different matter. Hope will not accomplish such things."

"It's hope based in precedent." Nicci gestured off to the southwest. "Sulachan came back from the world of the dead. His demon spirit did, anyway, but his body had not been preserved the way Richard's is so he can never really join fully with it. His spirit returned to a desiccated corpse."

"That's true," Red whispered as she brooded in thought.

Nicci leaned closer to the woman. "And how did Sulachan accomplish such a thing? How did he bring his spirit back? He used Richard's lifeblood. Prophecy names Richard as the bringer of death. In this case, Sulachan used that to bring him, in death, back to the world of life. Richard's body still contains that blood of the bringer of death."

Red


already moving. He knew who had interrupted to create that disturbance in the flow at the last instant. He looked back over his shoulder when he heard boot strikes and saw the whole force of men following.

"Wait here. All of you, wait here."

The soldiers reluctantly slowed to a halt, remaining near the cobblestone square piled with the rubble of the tower. Nicci, Kahlan, and the three Mord-Sith ignored his instructions and followed him without pause. At the moment he needed to catch the person responsible and didn't want to stop to argue with them, but he knew he couldn't let them go all the way.

Rather than go down the road, he instead headed in the other direction, around the citadel. She wouldn't likely be down in the city.him."

"The problem was, I feared it wasn't strong enough–"

Nicci flicked a hand in the air. "Not strong enough. Of course. Not strong enough."

"–So right when I found out we were going to have to face Sulachan at any moment, I went back to the Keep and retrieved the sword. Traveling in the sliph with the sword drained away most of my life force and made the poison a lot stronger. That was what I needed to kill Sulachan."

Both women stared openly at him.

"Oh yes," he added, "and while I was there I also collected all the souls that have been lost for the last three thousand years or so, and..." He held out his hand to where the half people were all cooperating with the soldiers who were


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Disappointed over the lack of action by the White House and Congress over the long-term fate of DACA and immigration reform, Dreamers are focusing their energies on this year's elections and mobilizing through political action.

In September, President Donald Trump marked March 5 as the last day of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, better known as DACA. The Obama-era executive action allowed young undocumented immigrants illegally brought to the U.S. as young children to apply to work and study in the country without fear of deportation.

But two federal judges blocked the Trump administration from rescinding the program and the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the government’s appeal, which expanded Dreamers’ timeframe to garner congressional support for a permanent solution.

“They kind of gave people a relief,” said Astrid Silva, a DACA beneficiary and co-founder of Dream Big Vegas in Nevada who has been involved in immigrant and political activism for nearly 10 years. She worked with former Sen. Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, and put pressure on the Obama administration before the former president announced the DACA program.

On Monday, hundreds of Dreamers and allies marched in Washington from the American History Museum to the U.S. Capitol — blocking intersections and facing arrests — to demand that Congress pass legislation. Early Monday morning, some of the protesters staged a sit-in blocking the entrance to the Democratic National Committee headquarters. In it, some were publicly revoking their Democratic Party affiliation.

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"He created this crisis when he ended DACA in September, and he has sabotaged every reasonable legislative solution," Praeli said of Trump in a statement. "We will maintain pressure on him and demand that he fix what he broke when he ended DACA six months ago."

Javier Gamboa, a DACA recipient and the director of Hispanic media for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, sees this year’s midterm elections as crucial to electing officials as a way to find a solution for Dreamers and immigrants with no legal status.

Gamboa's job at the committee is to get Democrats elected to the House. Although the party's focus is centered on becoming the majority in Congress, for him theupcoming changes in the U.S. With the presidential inauguration only just behind us, we are already seeing intense shifts in policy targeting changes in the health care system, immigration reform and the renegotiation of trade deals. In this time of transition it is important not to lose sight of what this means for the environment and the U.S.’s role in fighting global climate change. Under the old administration, climate change was an accepted fact and U.S. environmental policy reflected that.

The Paris Agreement, considered the most ambitious global climate change efforts to date, was signed by 195 nations in December 2016. The agreement shows how serious the international community is about combating climate change.While the United States often claims the position of a leader in global policy, its waning


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Pacific-based architecture firm WOHA offers a sustainable, urban alternative to the environmentally and socially destructive nature of modern mega cities.

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The rate and degree of evolution for building types and development patterns around the world may be one of the most critical decisions facing the fate of the biosphere over the next century. While a growing number of voices can point to the decidedly unsustainable nature of the settlementto earn more than they could panhandling, establishing a network that spurs stable employment, and eliminating blight from the streets of Memphis. Mayor Jim Strickland said the program brings to fruition an imperative aspect of his administration's plans to bolster the city.

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The idea originated from Christine Todd, the community ministries coordinator at Calvary Church, Johnson said. Todd discovered a similar program called There's a Better Way in Albuquerque, N.M. Leaders there said the program has exceeded expectations.

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Te Reo Māori has been given a boost with the revival of an influential language society based at the Victoria University of Wellington.

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In the 1970s, the Māori Language Society was pivotal in pushing the Government to declare Māori an official language. Now, it's making a comeback.

The society was originally created in the early 1970s before being dissolved over a decade later.

It was a key group in the campaign that led to the Māori Language Act in 1987, making it an official language.

For respected Tūhoe leader Tamati Kruger, the mere mention of the society brings back a flood of positive memories.

As a young man, he was a founding member and served as the society's president.

Mr Kruger said the club was very politically active and hetook part in campaigns to pressure the Crown to change the law.

"We pushed for legislation to give some substance and commitment by the Crown to Te Reo and also improve the use of Te Reo in television, radio and in the media."

He said Pākehā as well as Māori students were members of the society.

Besides fighting for legislative change, the club was a chance to hone their reo skills, he said.

"It was a great club, we would learn poetry, songs, help each other with our homework and strengthen our general knowledge on things Māori."

Mr Kruger said Te Reo was what made Aotearoa unique but many people did not realise its importance until they were in a different country.

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the pressure and the expectation from other cultures about their knowledge around Māori because it's the thing that makes New Zealand special.

"Everyone's got a harbour bridge or a skytower and beautiful scenery but not everyone has Te Reo Māori."

Mr Kruger, who was recognised this week with the Victoria University's Distinguished Alumni Award, said he was glad the Māori Language Society was reborn in April.

The man behind that is Māori studies lecturer Vini Olsen-Reeder, who has given the society its proper Māori name - Te Hohaiti o te Reo Māori ki Wikitoria.

He said so far more than 100 people have registered as members.

"Our main purpose really is to open up access for our Māori language students at Victoria to somewhere they can come and kōrero Māori in a relaxing,both houses of parliament in 2015 as well as that year’s presidential contest. In both elections, PiS focused heavily on demonizing refugees as a threat to traditional Polish society despite no large refugee community existing in the country.

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Prisoner numbers must be cut to prevent further violence, the Parole Board chairman for England and Wales says.

Speaking after a riot at Birmingham prison, Nick Hardwick said there was only "a small window" in which to act.

The Ministry of Justice is recruiting an additional 2,500 prison officers to tackle prison violence.

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In 1999, after two years of prompting from the Arcturians, she began sharing her
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documenting her journey and talking to others all over the world with similar
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Once she built a solid foundation of knowledge regarding the
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CHESSPLAYING computers are old hat. A superthinker that can best the champions of rapid-response trivia on "Jeopardy"? Last year's news—February of last year, to be precise. Matt Ginsberg, an entrepreneur by day, has set his sights on unconquered territory: crossword puzzles.

The Oxford-trained Dr Ginsberg, a former artificial-intelligence researcher, has created Dr Fill, a system that analyses both clues and answers to solve puzzles with what he says is now a fair degree of accomplishment. Dr Ginsberg previously created the first bridge-playing program that competed at a master level. He is a crossword puzzle constructor, regularly selling his work to Will Shortz, the New York Times editor, who also directs the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, at which Dr Fill will debut on


out "you beat Dr Fill" buttons to the competitors who rank higher than the algorithm's would have had it competed in earnest. Based on testing against previous year's puzzle Dr Fill might place 20th.

The competition's organisers need not worry that Dr Ginsberg, as a professional constructor, can give his software an unfair edge. He confesses that he is a terrible solver, and, by the time his own puzzles are published, often incapable of completing them.

@frailb and @jouris: You're talking about classical artificial intelligence, which isn't what the field has been up to for decades. Modern AI, the kind of Marvin Minsky lambasted a few years ago for being trivial, requires massive computational power and storage. The tasks required in Dr Ginsberg's work, for instance, cannot be reduced efficientlyprobably would hold a half dozen people tops. There was also a warehouse with racks of repeating rifles at the mine - these were disposed of during the 1950's. There was also the ruins of a machine gun mounted in the downtown park (next to the post office). There were some interesting stories that went along with that too but I suspect they were created late at night at the bar.

end .Dick .Woods' email

.Brent .Nebeker

I was just reading more on your page about .Ray-.Sonora, you mentioned what
you thought were machine gun nests. My dad has told me that some
old-timers told him that they had these there to protect the town from
possible invasions from Poncho Villa and his gangs in the early 1900's. I
really don't know the validity of


the mines.

July 13th Review (pp 49-50)

(1200 IWW deported from District by Citizens)

Brig. Genl .Parker, Commander the Southern Division. All requests from Governor
referred to .Parker. .Campbell urged that troops be sent to .Clifton, .Morenci, .Bisbee,
.Jerome, .Mohave Co., .Humboldt, .Ray and .Ajo. Governor wired Sheriff .Wheeler for a
statement of the reasons why the men were deported. The Sheriff at late hour had not
acknowledged receipt of the inquiry.

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pp23-24

After the .Jerome Deportation and the arrival of troops no further strikes or stoppages
of Copper production occurred in this District. The poison well had been removed. The
Governor alone, faced the music of future public praise and comdemnation.

While the .Wobblies had lost their fight at .Jerome they had made headway in their
attacks upon the Copper Camps of .Globe and .Miami, .Bisbee, .Clifton and .Morenci. .Ray
ofall the major copper camps remaining untouched by the .Wobblies. The reason was due
to foresightedness of the General Manager of the .Ray Consolidated Copper Co. Mr.
.Lewis S. .Cates, now President of the .Phelps-.Dodge Corp.

.Ray held an isolated position in the rugged mountains of Pinal County, connected
with the outside world by a single county road and a Railroad, controlled by the
Company to its Junction Point with the .Arizona Eastern Ry. at .Kelvin, a rarely used and
almost impossible road connected with .Superior, site of the .Magma Copper Co. Anyone
entering .Ray was obliged to use the Railroad or these two roads. A handful of Company
Deputy Sheriffs could easily command them and under .Cates they did. No suspicious
character or known labor agitator was permitted to enter the were quickly picked up and
with


the help of Judge .French, Justice of the Peace were arrested as a vagrant or
trespasser and "floated out of Town." .Ray was an out and out, 100 percent, non-union
community, and this means all Unions. .Cates well earned his sobriquet "The Czar of the
.Pinals." .Ray had no strikes, .Cates' methods worked during the critical period. The
inference might be gained that .Cates was a rough-neck, came up in the mining game to
his commanding position in the Copper World, the hard way but he was not by any
means.

.Lewis S. .Cates was born (a blue blood) of a distinguished New England family,
educated and a graduate of the famed Massachusetts Institute of Technology as Mining
Engineer. Casting his future in the Western Copper Camps his ability and courage to
tackle tough and difficult jobs wassoon recognized by his Employers. He pushed up the
ladder rung by rung until he Became General Manager of the .Ray Consolidated Copper
Co. at .Ray, .Arizona, a stepping stone to higher and more important positions. .Cates, the
cultured gentleman was a natural mixer among all kinds - a firm and trustworthy friend
to high and low alike and an unforgiving enemy.

TRUE COPY OF THE NOTES OF HON. .THOMAS E. .CAMPBELL (Govenor in 1917)

(Written between 1934 and 1939)

FROM: http://digital.library.arizona.edu/bisbee/docs2/rec_camp.htm

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Conversation at Bisbee, AZ, Museum

In 2004, I was able to visit many places in Arizona. At the museum in Bisbee, I talkedd to an authority on mining. He knew of earthen fortifications on the Mexican side of the border in Pancho Villa's day, but no others. He was sure there were no fortifications around


Bisbee and that any union-management disputes were solved without the military. He did say pumping stations were build in the area around the mine, which was a more likely fit with the description I had given him. Hmmmph!

email from .Justin Bittick--12/31/2005

My name is .Justin Bittick and I was born in .Ray 1961, just a few years before the town died. You asked about the machine gun nests at .Ray. My father, Joe Bittick, was born in 1909, Winkleman, AZ, and retired from the Kennecot .Mines there at .Ray. He told me about the bunkers being put in for the First World War out of fears that Mexico might accept Germany's offer of an alliance and attack the .US. The mine would have been a prime target. He neverworking in the Mineola, New York district, discovered that he was under investigation.  Sidney Romanoff, a fellow agent who was also under investigation and was obtaining confidential information from Wenig concerning his case, arranged for Weiser to receive like consideration.  After his initial contact with Wenig, Weiser performed go-between services for other agents, arranging for them to meet with and purchase information from Wenig.1

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In March 1967, at the request of Wenig, Sidney Romanoff contacted Weiser and informed him that an investigation was being conducted into the prior audits of Cesare Viviano, an IRS agent working in the same group with Weiser, and that Wenig possessed information that might prove helpful to Viviano.  Thereupon Weiser arranged a meeting between Viviano and Wenig for March 21, 1967.


Viviano was instructed by Weiser to give Wenig $200 for the information.  On the agreed date Viviano, accompanied by Weiser, met Wenig at the Roosevelt Field Shopping Center in Westbury, Long Island.  Both entered Wenig's car, but Weiser, after having conversed with Wenig about his own case, left.  Wenig, in conferring with Viviano, showed him some records of the information gathered by the IRS in its investigation of his prior audits.  Viviano admitted having taken a bribe on several cases, but he could not remember others.  Wenig and Viviano exchanged phone numbers, Wenig assigned Viviano a code name, 'Victor,' and Viviano gave $200 to Wenig.  During the meeting Wenig was equipped with a Kel transmitter, and the car was outfitted withbeen taken, he would tell Wenig to take a partner.  Again, Wenig was equipped with a Kel transmitter, and the conversation was recorded.  On April 18 and 19, 1967 Wenig and Viviano spoke on the phone, and Viviano indicated that certain audits were 'okay.'  These conversations were also recorded.  Their next conversation occurred on December 11, 1967, and at that time Viviano revealed further information about an audit, currently being investigated, for which he had admitted taking a bribe.  In a December 13 phone conversation, they agreed to meet for lunch later that day.  During lunch, Viviano handed Wenig $50 under the table to show his appreciation for what Wenig had done for him.  Both phone conversations and the conversation during


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Anyone who followed the 2008 presidential campaign will recall Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, the man who was plucked out of obscurity by Republican candidate John McCain to be paraded around as “Joe the Plumber,” intended, presumably, to represent the voice of the American Everyman.

No one is suggesting that Joe was stupid or dimwitted or in any way mentally challenged. It wasn’t his native intelligence that troubled us. Rather, what made Joe so damned infuriating was his annoying combination of abysmal ignorance and near suffocating arrogance. While practically every word out of his mouth was factually inaccurate or unsupportable, he uttered them with the supreme confidence of a Nobel Laureate.

For example, while portraying himself as a “small businessman,” he complained that if Obama were elected, his proposed tax plan wouldcareer went bust.

In 2011, Joe had enthusiastically spoken in favor of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s busting of the state’s public sector unions. It was a speech Joe was more than willing to give because, deep-down, he had always been anti-union (plumbers’ logo notwithstanding), seeing organized labor as one further step on the road to socialism.

But in 2014, things picked up. Joe was finally able to land a decent job—one with livable wages and benefits. He got hired on at a Jeep plant. Alas, it was a union plant, represented by the United Auto Workers. Joe the Plumber—the rugged individualist and self-made man—is now a member of the UAW. Who would’ve thunk it?


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According to the US Geographical Survey, the quake's epicentre was 36 miles south of the city of Esmeraldas, at a depth of 6.2 miles.

A destructive Pacific-wide tsunami was not expected, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said in a statement.

There was no report of significant damage, but electricity was cut in some coastal areas. However, people ran into the streets as far away as the highland capital Quito, according to witnesses, suggesting fears over earthquakes remain strong.

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after a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Ecuador Ecuador earthquake in pictures A collapsed bridge after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit the city of Guayaquil, Ecuador, late 16 April 2016. At least 77 people were killed and hundreds injured in an earthquake affecting the Ecuadoran northern coastal region. EPA/Freddy Constante Ecuador earthquake in pictures Police officers stand next to a collapsed overpass in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Saturday April 16 2016. The strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades flattened buildings and buckled highways along the country's coast, killing at least 41 people and causing damage hundreds of kilometres away from the epicenter in the capital and other major cities. AP Photo/Jeff Castro Ecuador earthquake in pictures Rescue workers work to pull out survivors trapped in a collapsed building after ahuge earthquake struck, in the city of Manta early on April 17 2016. At least 41 people were killed when a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Ecuador, destroying buildings and sending terrified residents dashing from their homes, authorities said late on April 16. Ariel Ochoa/AFP/Getty Images Ecuador earthquake in pictures People walk near a damaged house after an earthquake struck off the Pacific coast in Manta, Ecuador, April 16 2016. REUTERS/Paul Ochoa Ecuador earthquake in pictures People stand on the debris of a building after an earthquake struck off the Pacific coast in Manta, Ecuador, April 16 2016. REUTERS/Paul Ochoa Ecuador earthquake in pictures People gather next to a collapsed house in Guayaquil on April 17, 2016. At least 41 people have been killed by the powerful earthquake that


struck western Ecuador on Saturday and the toll will likely rise further, the country's Vice President Jorge Glas said. JOSE SANCHEZ L/AFP/Getty Images Ecuador earthquake in pictures People stand amongst the rubble of fallen homes in Manta on April 17, 2016, after a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Ecuador on April 16. At least 77 people were killed when a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Ecuador, destroying buildings and a bridge and sending terrified residents scrambling from their homes, authorities in the Latin American country said on April 17. JUAN CEVALLOS/AFP/Getty Images Ecuador earthquake in pictures View of rubble after a 7.8-magnitude quake in Portoviejo, Ecuador on April 17, 2016. At least 77 people were killed when a powerful earthquake struck Ecuador, destroying buildings and a bridge and sending terrifiedresidents scrambling from their homes, authorities said Sunday. JUAN CEVALLOS/AFP/Getty Images Ecuador earthquake in pictures People help clean rubble after a 7.8-magnitude quake in Portoviejo, Ecuador on April 17, 2016. At least 77 people were killed when a powerful earthquake struck Ecuador, destroying buildings and a bridge and sending terrified residents scrambling from their homes, authorities said Sunday. JUAN CEVALLOS/AFP/Getty Images Ecuador earthquake in pictures People watch a collapsed house in Guayaquil on April 17, 2016. At least 41 people have been killed by the powerful earthquake that struck western Ecuador on Saturday and the toll will likely rise further, the country's Vice President Jorge Glas said. JOSE SANCHEZ L/AFP/Getty Images

President Rafael Correa said the epicenter was the fishing village of Mompiche on the Pacific coast, and only


they were recognized by the Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education and presented with a framed resolution during URIs annual Rainville Awards ceremonies on April 8.

"Im not sure what happened," says Weiss who has epilepsy. "It was December 14. I was stressed out studying for my exams. I might have forgotten to take my medicine."

Kristin Rodina of Ridge, New York was in a shower stall in Hutchinson Hall, next to Weiss when she noticed Weiss was in distress. Pulling back the shower curtain, the wildlife and conservation biology major saw Weiss lying down with her head against the wall. When the 19-year-old sophomore shouted Weiss name and there was no response she figured that Weiss was having a seizure. Teresa Rodina who also lives in HutchinsonHall heard her sister yelling and sensing something was wrong, came running to the shower area. While Kristin stayed with Weiss, Teresa sought help from residence assistant Frank Breau of Brewer, Maine.

After dialing for help, the two sought medical assistance from Emily Paul, also aresident of Hutchinson and, like Weiss, a volunteer member of URIs Emergency Medical Services.

"I had to go on autopilot," recalls Paul, a freshman nursing student. "I had to forget that Katie and I were friends and let my brain, not my emotions, take over. I knew what I was doing."

By this time, Weiss had turned blue and had stopped breathing. Paul gave her friend mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Tossing aside praise for her own quick action, Paul who also has epilepsy says she doesnt feel like