the same order and we're less apt to forget things that way," said Grady.

When it comes to a pilot flying under visual rules, the most important part of the checklist would be tuning the plane's communication system.

"That automatically puts a signature on the radar," Grady said.

Grady, who was flying the night Kennedy was, called the conditions on his later flight with Diaz-Balart virtually the same. Once airborne, the bright lights of the Meadowlands Race Track lit up the surrounding sky. But in the distance, the Empire State Building was shrouded in haze.

As the flight progressed up the coast, away from the bright lights of New York and its suburbs, the lights were harder to pick up. The haze seemed stronger, until out over the water, there was noGet Free Bets for Football!Take advantage of these amazing promotions while it lasts. Now you can bet with the finest bookmakers and get the best deal on the Net. [+]

Live Streaming FootballAs a Bet365 customer you can watch live streaming football, horse racing, tennis & hockey etc. Live betting available for all sports! [+]

BREAKING NEWS: Cuadrado returns to Juventus on three-year loan

Juventus have agreed a deal with Chelsea that sees Juan Cuadrado return to the club on a three-year loan.

After failing to establish himself at Chelsea following his move from Fiorentina in February 2015, Cuadrado spent the 2015-16 campaign at the Turin giants.

The Colombia international made 40 appearances in all competitions as Juve became the first club in Italian history to do the Serie A and Coppa Italia


through an inflation lumen to the balloon. The inflation of the balloon causes stretching of the artery and pressing of the lesion into the artery wall to reestablish acceptable blood flow through the artery.
There has been a continuing effort to reduce the profile and improve the trackability (flexibility) of the dilatation catheter so that the catheter can not only reach, but also cross a very tight stenosis. A further requirement of a successful dilatation catheter is its "pushability". This involves the transmission of longitudinal force along the catheter from its proximal end to its distal end so that a physician can push the catheter through the vascular system and the stenosis.
Two types of dilatation catheters are "over-the-wire" catheters and "non-over-the-wire" catheters. An over-the-wire catheter is one in whichthat are strongly associated with personal, marital, and sexual happiness. This lifestyle of chastity until marriage and commitment within marriage is still, in fact, the most strongly happiness-associated lifestyle in America today.

In the end, the sociological phenomena observed by Perry demonstrate that ancient, Christian moral reasoning continues to serve as a decent working theory of how human societies and human consciences actually function.

Lyman Stone is a research fellow at the Institute for Family Studies and an adjunct fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. This piece was adapted from a research brief published by the Institute for Family Studies (IFS) and used with permission by IFS. © Copyright 2019 Institute for Family Studies.


Tag: Hopi Religion

Hopi people do not have a Hopi religion in the same way most European-Americans think of religion. Hopi life is Hopi religion. There is no separation of the religious life from all other activities of the Hopi. Planting corn, weaving fabric, caring for children are all religious activities. Likewise the elaborate ceremonies of the Hopi are also seen as practical activities. Their purpose is to ensure the continuation of life. The practical and religious have no separation in Hopi life and faith (Loftin 3). For most traditional Hopi it would be literally unthinkable not to have faith in what they see as their unbroken relationship with the Creator that extends back through the history of four worlds and will continue for three more worlds and beyond.

Thestationed at the earth’s two poles to ensure this stability. Spider Woman then began creating all the plant and animal life forms on earth, giving each a name. She molded each out of the earth, covered them with her white cape, sang over them, and gave them life. The Creator and his nephew were both very pleased with the quality of her work.

The Creator then ordered Spider Woman to create human beings. This time she gathered earth of four different colors: yellow, red, white, and black. She molded a figure of each using the liquid of her mouth to form them. She covered them with the white-substance of her cape, which was the essence of wisdom, and they were created in the image of Sotuknang. She then created


four more creatures in her own image to be the female partners for the first four men. When she uncovered them it was in the time of the dark purple light — the first phase of creation. The people soon began to move but they were still damp and they still had a soft spot on their heads. The breath of life entered them and it was then the time of the yellow light — the second phase of creation. Then the Sun appeared on the horizon drying the people and hardening the soft spot on their heads. This was the time of the red light and the third phase of the dawn of creation. The Spider Woman told the people to look at the sun as itwas their father, the Creator.

Spider Woman found that the people could not talk so she called upon Sotuknang for help. He gave them the gift of speech and a different language for each color. He also gave them a respect for each other’s differences, wisdom, and power to reproduce and multiply. He gave them these great gifts with only one requirement: that they always respect, remember, and honor the Creator.

The First People in the First World went out with the pristine wisdom granted them and lived in beautiful harmony with their Mother Earth and all its creation. All people understood that their real father was the Creator, and their real mother was Mother Earth — they were made of her flesh and suckled at her breast. The First


People multiplied and spread over the earth. They understood each other without talking and the same was true in their dealings with the animals and plants. But after time they began to forget to respect and honor the Creator, and they began to use their powers only to satisfy their own pleasures. It was at this time that the animals withdrew from the people and became afraid of them. The people of different colors and languages also began to draw away from one another. The Creator was not happy with the way things were developing. Sotuknang gathered together those people who still remembered to follow the ways of the Creator and told them to travel to a large mound where the Ant People lived. The Ant People invitedthe people to live with them below the earth. Sotuknang then destroyed the First World with fire. Meanwhile the people learned many useful things living with the wise and hard working Ant People. After the Second World was created the people were allowed to emerge again. It was not as beautiful as before but still very beautiful. The animals remained wild and kept away from the people. The people began trading and bartering and soon they became greedy and wanted more and more. They soon forgot to sing praises to the Creator and instead sang praises to the goods they traded. They began to fight amongst themselves and war between villages. There were still some that remembered the Creator and sang his songs. These people were again spared


the destruction of the Second World by being sheltered underground. The Second World was destroyed by ice.

After a long period of recovery the Third World was created and the people were once again allowed to emerge and again they multiplied, this time creating great cities, and, again, the people became more involved in earthly, material pursuits than in praising and relating to the Creator. Still a few people clung to the ways of the Creator. The people became so corrupt they even made flying machines in which they could attack one another. This time the just were saved from destruction by Spider Woman, who sealed them in hollow reeds with food and water, and the Third World was destroyed by a huge flood. When the Fourth World wasunderground chamber, circular or rectangular in shape, that is sunk into the earth like the womb of Mother Earth. While public dances are held in the village plaza, secret ceremonies are held in the kivas. Ladders lead down into the kiva where, at the center, is a fire pit. The eastern side is raised above the level of the western side and the priests always occupy the lower level and the novices the raised level. Each village may have any number of kivas. Oraibi once had fourteen active kivas. The kiva is the focal point of the religious life and the heart of the ceremonies and propagation of Hopi life (Waters 126-7). Another important element of nearly all Hopi ceremonies is the pahos or prayer stick. The feathers


for storytelling and the performance of the Soyal ceremony. Elders tell stories both on adult and children’s levels. They are meant to serve as moral guides and maintain a high standard of Hopi life. Soyalangwu ceremony is performed at the arrival of Kyaamuya, the winter solstice season. The sunrise and lunar observations set the time for the ceremony. This ceremony is to give direction to the germination begun in the Wuwuchim ceremony. No colorful public dance is performed during this period. Instead, its religious significance derives throughout from rituals in the kiva which include reverent silence, fasting for purification and humility, and the eating of sacred Hopi foods to achieve prolonged spiritual concentration and dedication. It is at this time that the Soyal Katsina, the first katsina ofthe season appears.

Paamuya: Social Dances — This is the time of the “moisture moon,” in January. It is marked by “social” dances held at night in the kiva or homes, or in the plaza by day. The dances often deal with animals of the area and involve women and men in carefully planned and rehearsed dances. It is a festive time of reverence and pleasure.

Powamuya: Bean Dance, Katsinam — The Powamuya is perhaps the most complex of all Hopi ceremonies. The ceremony is the third of the great winter ceremonies and among its purposes is to purify the new life that has begun in the first two ceremonies. Beans are planted in the kivas and grown as part of the ceremonies. It is also a time of initiation


of Hopi children into either the Powamu or Katsina societies. In this ceremony the katsinam appear among the Hopi so life for all humankind can have substantial growth and maturity.

Osomuya: Night Dances, Soo’so’yoktu, Katsinam – This season encompasses the month of March when a series of katsina night dances takes place in each of the villages. From now until the end of July the katsina rituals and beliefs will be manifested in the lives of the Hopi. The katsinam are ever-watchful spirit beings, the invisible forces of life and messengers who listen for humble prayers. The immediate goal of the night dances is to create a pleasant atmosphere for all life forms, encourage their growth, and bring all- important rain.

Kwiyamuya: Hototom, Katsinam — April is the time fruitspiritual powers. Treated the same as newborn Hopi children, the eaglets receive a ritual blessing, have their “hair” washed, and are given a Hopi family surname. The eaglets remain in the village to live with and observe the people in the village for the rest of the time of the katsinam.

Wuko’uyis: Katsinam — This is the June planting season. It is an important time for all plant life, especially the sacred corn which needs special blessing to support its growth to maturity. Traditionally, a clan mother sponsors an organized planting party in her clan corn field. It is also the time of the human clowns. At about noon, a rowdy handful of human clowns appear on the roof of one of the houses of the plaza and make


their raucous and awkward way down, in search of the katsinam. The clowns have a very complex ceremonial role. They act out many activities indicative of that which is not in keeping with the Hopi way — dishonesty, disrespectfulness, laziness. In doing so they provide a great deal of amusement for the people. Their acts also provide serious and wise advice because the clowns are powerful critics of unacceptable behavior.

Talangva: Katsinam Niman — The month of July is when all activities of summer climax with the sacred Niman ceremony or Home Dance — the all-important ritual ending the katsina season. In the Niman ceremony, the katsinam who have been on earth in their physical form since the winter solstice will return home to their spiritual world. The ceremonyis performed at midsummer and is a time of high prayer and kiva rituals as well as the final katsina dances. On the first day of the Home dance the katsinas give the adopted eagles the same presents given to good Hopi boys and girls: katsina dolls, toy bows and arrows, and other gifts. The eagles are then smothered in cornmeal. All their feathers are removed except the head feathers and one primary feather on each wing. The removed feathers are used in ceremonies for years to come and in that way they stay a part of and continue bestowing blessings on the family and village into which they were adopted. The eagles are ritually buried with the gifts they received from the katsinas. The eagles and their


knowledge of how the Hopi have been living then return to the spirit land with the katsina.

Tala’paamuya: Snake-Antelope or Flute Ceremonies — This is the time of the summer social dances which include the Flute and the Snake-Antelope ceremonies

which are held on alternate years. The Flute Ceremony is a symbolic representation of the entire pattern of humanity from the emergence to the present through song and dance. The ceremony is to help bring the last of summer rains and warming to mature the crops. The Snake-Antelope Ceremony is the most famous to the general public of all the Hopi ceremonies due to its sensational aspect of men dancing with live rattlesnakes in their mouths. The ceremony lasts sixteen days and the Snake Dance is held on the finalday. The ceremony consists of gathering the snakes, of races, and of dances. The Snake Dance itself does consist of the men dancing with all kinds of snakes, including rattlesnakes, clenched gently between their teeth. Rarely is anyone bitten. After the dance the snakes are released outside the village with the blessing that they carry the message of the renewal of life to the four corners of the world.

Nasanmuya: Maraw, Harvest — This is the harvest season in September and the time of the beginning of the women’s ceremonies. The Marawimi Ceremony is performed only by those women and a few men who are initiated into the Maraw society. The ceremony is focused on prayer and meditation.

Toho’osmuya: Lakon, O’waqolt — October is the time that the women’s ceremonies


continue. Only women who are part of the Lakon society can participate in the

Lakon Ceremony and a few men are also participants to carry out specific ceremonial duties. The ceremony deals with reinforcing maternal ideals. The final part of the women’s ceremonies is O’waqolt, or the Basket Dance. As with the previous two ceremonies, the dance involves both men and women and encourages healthy impregnation and maternal ideals.

From approximately the winter solstice to the summer solstice the Hopi are assisted in their ceremonies by the spirits called katsinam. Katsinam are believed to come from the San Francisco Mountains to the west of the Hopi mesas, but they are also said to be from neighboring stars and distant worlds. They are invisible forces of life. They are not godsbut messengers. Their mission is to help bring rain and snow, moisture to help the continuation of life through the crops of the Hopi. There have been as many as 350 different katsina in the Hopi ceremonies. When the men who impersonate the katsinam dance, they lose their own identities and become the katsina. It is a great responsibility. Girls are given likenesses of the katsina carved from cottonwood roots to help them learn about the spirits. It is believed that the katsinam emerged with the people, were with them on their migrations, and now continue to help them. The songs and dances of the katsinam are meant to serve as prayer, to provide help, and to bring happiness. The katsinam can be extremely powerful and at times


ceremony with the exception of one, the Maasaw katsina. He is designated to stay and look over the Hopi villages and keep them safe. Maasaw is a wonderfully complex god in Hopi beliefs. He not only gave the Hopis their land and taught them farming, but also taught them fire making, homebuilding, and hunting skills. It must also be remembered that he is the god of death. The description given of the god in the numerous stories of his escapades is a most gruesome one:

He was about to step past the stranger, when the man [Maasaw] all at once changed his appearance so drastically that he now looked most repulsive. By making his transformation he had turned himself into a grotesque figure. His head was of colossal sizeand his face was covered with blood. Sores infested his head, fromwhich sprouted only a sparse covering of hair. Ugh, he presented such an ugly sight! His body was clearly in a state of putrefaction, so offensive was the stench he emitted. His shins were clearly visible, spotted with boils from which dripped pus (Molitki & Lomatuway’ma 45).

Maasaw had the capability to change himself into other forms as needed, primarily in order not to frighten villagers who could sometimes die from the sight of him. Hopi stories abound of his adventures that range from nobly protecting the Hopi people and helping them against their enemies to lecherous acts of taking sexual advantage of women.

Stories played a key role in the education of children and the general perpetuation of


in touch with the Creator. This connection begins at birth. For the first twenty days of a child’s life it is kept in a darkened room. The process has been explained as follows:

…the twenty day confinement period after birth is understood as a reenactment of the emergence myth, the darkened room symbolizing the underworld from which the Hopi emerged in the beginning. The baby when born is perceived by the Hopi to be incomplete, just as the first Hopis were in the underworld. According to tradition, Hopis in the underworld underwent a metamorphosis from insect-like creatures to fully human beings who finally emerged into this world. The twenty-day confinement period following a birth is divided into four periods of five days each, symbolic of previous worlds. The dayafter the birth the attendant rubs four lines of sacred cornmeal onto the four walls of the room, each one about one inch wide and six inches long. Then at sunrise on the tenth, fifteenth and twentieth days, one cornmeal line is removed to symbolize the transition of the infant from one world to another. At sunrise on the twentieth day, the baby is considered to have emerged to this world and is taken outside to the edge of the mesa to be presented for the first time to the sun….. The presentation of a twenty-day old infant to the sun is likened to the emergence of the Hopi through the earth navel. (Loftin 29)

The beauty of this ceremony in connecting each newborn with the original creation of


of religious observance, but it is a characteristic of many cultures. Women are perceived as innately sacred. They have, naturally, tremendous sacred power to create life within themselves. They are the human manifestation of Mother Earth. Men, on the other hand, need to create external structures of relationship with God to attempt to make themselves sacred and keep a connection with the Creator.

Hopi women are also the owners of the fields. They call upon the male members of their kinship group to assist them in caring for the crops. The dry agriculture of the Hopi lands can easily be seen as a condition which would need divine intervention for success. When the Hopi emerged they were given their choice of what they wished to grow for sustenance. Stayingwith Spider Woman’s advice, they chose a short blue variety of corn that is noted for its difficulty to grow but also its hardiness. The Hopi now grow six kinds of traditional corn: yellow, blue, white, red, purple and sweet. These colors correspond to the cardinal directions of the Hopi: red, southeast; white, northeast; blue, southwest; yellow, northwest; purple, up; and sweet or speckled corn, toward the center of the earth (Page 31). Corn is seen not only as the basis for the life of the Hopi but a metaphor for the Hopi themselves. The Hopi word quatungwu means a harvested corn plant and also a human corpse. They are both transitory (Loftin 31). The Hopi concept of death and the afterlife is also deeply connected with their


of life, not a set of imposed rules. Life is to be experienced in a receptive manner rather than as a series of events where the individual attempts to manipulate life by imposing individual will.

Today about 6,500 of the 9,500 Hopi live in villages on or around the three ancient mesas. The villages express considerable independence in government and religious ceremonies (Secakuku 1), but they are all represented by a tribal council imposed by the U.S. government. The history of foreign intervention into Hopi life is a long and extremely complex one. Spanish, American, Navajo, and other pressures and influences have taken their toll on the Hopi ways, but compared to many Native American groups they have been extraordinarily resilient. Only about five percent of the Hopis haveHopi Voices: Recollections, Traditions, and Narratives of the Hopi Indians, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1982.

Loftin, John D., Religion and Hopi Life in the Twentieth Century, Bloomington & Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1991.

Malotki, Ekkehart and Michael Lomatuway’ma, Stories of Maasaw, A Hopi God, Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 1987.


An example of a large scale ground-mounted solar array. Thomas Pearson for FPL

ATHOL – The final results are in for the Athol Zoning Survey regarding large ground-mounted commercial solar arrays. A total of 171 people took part in the survey, with 154 complete responses collected.

The survey was undertaken by the Athol Department of Planning and Development in an effort to include the community at large. According to Town Planner Eric Smith, the Board of Planning and Community Development is working to develop amendments to the existing ground-mounted solar photovoltaic installations zoning bylaws during the solar moratorium period that was approved by voters 180-2 at a special town meeting in July.

Smith said 93 percent of the respondents indicated that Town Management and the BPCD represent the best way forFamily solicitor and specialist cross-border mediator at MSB, Wendy Eves, has made the shortlist for Family Law Associate of the Year at the National Family Law Awards 2018.

The awards aim to celebrate the success and achievements of family lawyers and the vital contribution that they make to society.

And Liverpool are also represented in the Clerking Team of the Year category and Family Firm for the North, with 7 Harrington Street Chambers and Broudie Jackson Canter making the respective shortlists.

It is the second time MSB have made the shortlist at the awards, having won Family Law Firm for the North in 2017.

MSB Solicitors have been shortlisted for the Family Law Regional Firm of the Year for the North, for the second year running.

The Family Law Awards were launched in


2010 in order to recognise the important work of family lawyers across the country and celebrate achievements and advances in the sector.

It is the second time MSB have been shortlisted in this category and this year, they join another Liverpool firm, Paul Crowley & Co. Also in the running are Manchester-based Hall Brow and Yorkshire firm Switalskis.

Amelia Hayden, trainee solicitor in our commercial team, will ditch her desk and don her gi this Thursday, 7 September when she teaches a beginners self-defence class for the Merseyside Women’s Lawyers Division (WLD).

WLD Merseyside organise a number of events throughout the year with the aim of bringing together women in the legal profession. It is an opportunity to share experiences, transfer knowledge and expertise, have access to support and career adviceis welcome news and a much deserved win for our family team, for whom the last 12 months has marked a significant period of development.

In September, MSBs family team were shortlisted for the Regional Firm of the Year for the North in the national Family Law Awards.

And in July last year, MSB were appointed to the International Child Abduction and Contact Panel by the Official Solicitors Office, following an intensive application process evidencing considerable experience and expertise in this area of the law.

MSB are the only firm in the North West including Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, North Wales and Cheshire to be appointed to the panel.

Just days since it was announced she will succeed Paul Bibby as managing partner of the firm, MSB Solicitors’ Emma Carey has been


listed in the elite “leading lawyers” list by The Legal 500 – Britain’s top guide to the legal profession.

The guide, which was published on Wednesday [11 October 2017], states: “Emma Carey is an excellent leader; she has superb knowledge of the law and is also very sensitive and insightful, which is of huge importance for her vulnerable clients."

Founding partner and head of crime, Sean Sexton, also makes the list and MSB has been recommended as a top tier firm for crime and fraud for the second year running.

Savera UK is a Merseyside based charity dedicated to tackling domestic abuse within black and minority ethnic communities. The charity raises awareness among professionals and practitioners of the specific harmful practices of forced marriage, honour based abuse and female genital mutilation.Steven M. Hagis Jr.

Love to Fill a Doorway

When Steven M. Hagis Jr. was 2, the family pediatrician told his parents that if they doubled his height at the time ‹ 3 feet 4 inches ‹ they could figure out how tall he would eventually be. So they braced for a giant son. As it turned out, Mr. Hagis, who was 31 and a vice president at Cantor Fitzgerald, grew to 6 feet 10 inches.

Naturally, he was drawn to basketball ‹ and coaches were drawn to him. More than 60 colleges tried to recruit him, said his father, Steven Hagis, but he wound up at Fairfield University in Connecticut, where he and another very tall teammate were known as the "twin towers."

He seriously injured his knee during his sophomore


year and stopped playing, focusing on a degree in finance. He wound up as a trader.

After graduating from college, Mr. Hagis met his wife, Gloria (she is 5 feet 3 inches tall), while he was working as a bouncer at a sports bar. As she was leaving, Mr. Hagis said, "Where are you going?" ‹ the first line in what became a three-hour conversation.

She interrupted the conversation about 90 minutes through, called her mother and said, "I'm going to marry this man," recalled Mrs. Hagis.

When she got home that night she told her mother that she had forgotten what he looked like, except that he was as tall as their front doorway. "Go stand in the doorway," her mother said.

So she did, and they both decided that sheA daily dose of unique art, culture and technology from around the world.

Musician Gary Skaggs pedals and plays around San Francisco aboard his custom piano bike, St. Frankenstein. It took Skaggs two years to build the 320-pound three-wheeler out of an $80 junk piano and a heavy duty front loader tricycle. Since the piano bike’s completion in 2008, Skaggs has been taking it to the Embarcadero in San Francisco to perform for tips. He is able to play and pedal at the same time, though steering is particularly challenging and hills are a real hazard. For more on Skaggs and St. Frankenstein, see this post & video by Mike Kepka of the San Francisco Chronicle blog, The City Exposed.


President Donald Trump has stocked his administration with a small army of former lobbyists and corporate consultants who are now in the vanguard of the effort to roll back government regulations at the agencies they once sought to influence, according to an analysis of government records by The New York Times in collaboration with ProPublica.

The Times adds new details to our previous reporting on Trump’s weakening of ethics rules and former lobbyists working on regulations they opposed on behalf of private clients just months ago.

The Times scrutinized financial disclosures of top White House staffers and found that the lobbyists and consultants in their ranks had more than 300 recent corporate clients and employers, including Apple and Anthem, the insurance company.

One striking case involves Michael Catanzaro, an appointee onCentral will complete their games against North East Stars and St. Ann’s Rangers.

W Connection are third with 43 points, followed by Defence Force (42 points) and North East Stars (41 points).

Central coach Dale Saunders made no changes to his starting line-up that defeated Morvant Caledonia United 3-0 on Tuesday, to return to winning ways after a two-game losing spell in the league, and it paid off.

Marcano scored his first in the 35th minute to hand Central a 1-0 lead which the “Sharks” held to the break.

Marcano, who had gotten close twice earlier and had an effort kept out by Kelvin Henry, beat the Sando goalie on the rebound after Henry had blocked out an attempt from Ricardo John.

Henry was well-positioned a minute before the break to keep out


a Sean De Silva attempt following a feed from John. And well into the second half the Sando shot-stopper was brilliant again, putting behind a strike from above the box by Corbin.

But from the resulting corner kick, Marcano headed past Henry at the back post to give Central a 2-0 cushion in the 64th minute after De Silva's cross had beaten a handful of players.

Sando were halfway back four minutes later when midfielder Akeem Humphrey thumped a low strike to beat goalkeeper Akel Clarke from the top of the area – slicing the deficit 1-2.

However Marcano completed his hat-trick in the 79th minute with his 12th league goal this season to put his side 3-1 ahead.

Marcano pounced on a back pass by Sando defender Kevon Neaves and showedexcellent fortitude, after being hacked down outside the box by Henry, to spring to life again and enter the area with the ball before firing into an open net.

Sando’s troubles worsened a minute later when Grenada national team defender Shannon Phillip saw red for a dangerous tackle on Central substitute forward Nicholas Dillon.

The night, however, was not over for Sando and their goalkeeper Henry who made a stoppage-time save to deny De Silva after Dillion had knocked down a Marcano cross to the onrushing midfielder.

Central finally found their fourth goal in the second minute of stoppage-time for the 4-1 finish when Corbin slid in to put a Dillon strike over the line after the latter had rounded goalkeeper Henry.

Central will next focus on their Caribbean crown defence, when


they travel to Haiti next week for the final round of the Caribbean Club Championship 2016 along with last season's runners-up W Connection.

Connection will take on Jamaica's Arnett Gardens and Central are against host club Don Bosco FC in the semi-final round on Friday April 29 at the Stade Sylvio Cato, with both winners securing Concacaf Champions League spots for the 2016/17 season.

The Caribbean final, and third place play-off which will determine the third and final Caribbean spot at the Concacaf Champions League, will be contested on Sunday May 1.

Central are hosting Saturday's (tonight) "Bitten" boat party as part of their fundraising efforts to travel to Haiti next week. Boarding for the Harbour Master begins at 11pm and returns at 3am. Persons interested in tickets – which cost$200 – are asked to contact the club’s Facebook page Central FC Fan Club.

W Connection, meanwhile, are after their third major domestic title this season – after the First Citizens Cup and Toyota Classic – when they take on Caledonia in the final of the Lucozade Sport Goal Shield 2016 from 6pm at the Hasely Crawford Stadium on Sunday April 24.


Two shot in Spennymoor as 'feud' turns to violence

TWO men were arrested following a gangland-style shooting that left one man in hospital and another needing treatment in a suburban street.

TWO men were arrested following a gangland-style shooting that left one man in hospital and another needing treatment in a suburban street.

Yesterday police stood guard outside a terraced house in Clyde Terrace, Spennymoor, County Durham, which neighbours said was the home of a notorious local family.

An 18-year-old local man arrested on Saturday night on suspicion of attempted murder has been bailed pending further inquiries while a 32-year-old local man, also arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, remains in custody at Bishop Auckland police station.

The arrests followed the shooting of two men, aged 40 and 59, after an altercation atThe FBI has given Hillary Clinton a huge boost with just hours to go in the US presidential campaign by clearing her of wrongdoing following a new trawl of email material.

FBI director James Comey told Congress on Sunday that Mrs Clinton should not face charges over messages found on the computer of disgraced politician Anthony Weiner - the estranged husband of the Democratic candidate's close aide Huma Abedin.

He said the bureau had come to the same conclusion it reached in July, when it ruled that Mrs Clinton was "extremely careless" in handling classified information while Secretary of State, but that her conduct did not amount to criminality.

Trump on FBI's decision to clear Clinton

Mr Comey said that the FBI had worked "around the clock to process and review a


rally in the Detroit suburbs that it would have been impossible for the FBI to review the huge tranche of emails in so short a time.

He said: "Hillary Clinton is guilty. She knows it, The FBI knows it. The people know it."

Mr Comey's announcement that agents would be reviewing more emails shook up the race for the White House with just 11 days to go - when Mrs Clinton appeared to be building an unassailable lead.

Some commentators described the development as an "almost nightmare scenario" for Mrs Clinton's campaign, while the FBI director faced criticism from Democrats and Republicans for turning the investigation "into a political football" .

Image: The letter from James Comey confirming no criminal case against Clinton

The revelation helped deflect attention away from allegations of sexualassault by 12 women against Mr Trump and coincided with the race tightening in key battleground states.

:: Parties battle for Latino vote in Arizona

On Sunday night, Mrs Clinton told suporters in Manchester, New Hampshire, that the US was facing a "moment of reckoning" on election day - when voters must choose between "division and unity".

She was introduced by Khizr Khan, the Muslim-American father of a slain Gold Star soldier who came under attack by Mr Trump in one of the most damaging episodes of the Republican candidate's rollercoaster campaign.

Clinton communications manager reacts to news on emails

In a powerful address, Mr Khan said: "Mr Trump, would my son, Captain Humayun Khan, have a place in your America?

"Would Muslims have a place in your America? Would Latinos have a place


The first step is to have a good command over English. Joining the Best English Speaking Course in West Delhican be of great help in this regard.
IELTS-TOEFL-PTE Course: 4 Useful Tips for Clearing PTE with Flying Colors. The Pearson Test of English (PTE) is an English aptitude test which assesses the proficiency of the candidate on his or her ability to read, write, listen, and speak the language.

Clearing this test is an added professional advantage for the candidate. The test comprises of a set of 20 questions, which need to be completed in 2 hours.
Languages. Top Soft Skills Training classes in West Delhi. Career and Technical Education. The Best College Placement Training course in Uttam Nagar. Classifieds, Free Classifieds, Online Classifieds, Free Ads. The Best College Placement TrainingRobert Mugabe has resigned as president of Zimbabwe after 37 years.

He is expected to be replaced by former Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa.

Mugabe's departure sparked wild celebrations in parliament and on the streets of Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has resigned with immediate effect following last week's military coup.

A motion was filed in the Zimbabwean parliament Tuesday afternoon calling on the 93-year-old ruler to be removed from power. Hours later, Mugabe sprung a surprise by handing in his resignation after 37 years as president.

Emmerson Mnangagwa, the former vice president of the ruling ZANU-PF party, is expected to take over as leader within 48 hours, according to a party official.

Mnangagwa was fired by Mugabe two weeks ago in an apparent attempt to smooth a path to the presidency for his wife,


Grace. It was this that triggered last week's military coup.

Zimbabwean's celebrate Mugabe's resignation. Reuters

Celebrations broke out at a joint sitting of parliament when Speaker Jacob Mudenda announced Mugabe's resignation, according to Reuters.

"I Robert Gabriel Mugabe in terms of section 96 of the constitution of Zimbabwe hereby formally tender my resignation," said Mudenda, reading the former president's historic letter.

Below is a BBC video of the announcement. Cheers can be heard in parliament and there were celebrations in the streets of Harare, Zimbabwe's capital. People were heard chanting "new Zimbabwe."

The moment the speaker of Zimbabwe's parliament read out Robert Mugabe's letter of resignation https://t.co/ookRf1pBzM pic.twitter.com/eT5kRpNpnM — BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) November 21, 2017

Mugabe, who has been in power since Zimbabwe became an independent nation in 1980, was expected to resignachieve the brighter future it so deserves."

The US Embassy in Harare said it was a "historic" moment, according to the BBC. It said Zimbabwean's had "raised their voices and stated peacefully and clearly that the time for change was overdue"

People took to the streets to ask Mugabe to resign. Reuters

Mugabe is the only leader Zimbabwe has known since a guerrilla struggle ended white-minority rule in the former Rhodesia in 1980. He took the once-rich country to economic ruin and kept his grip on power through repression of opponents.

It is likely to take years to reverse the damage caused by Mugabe's economic policies. Mugabe's policies have caused public external debt — most of which is already in arrears — to balloon to more than 40% of gross domestic product,


PHILADELPHIA — Former Vice President Joe Biden sold his decades of public service as an asset during a campaign rally in Philadelphia on Saturday afternoon.

"I know to make government work," Biden told the crowd of roughly 2,000 people in a rally his 2020 campaign labeled as a "kickoff" event. "Not because I've talked or tweeted about it, but because I've done it. I've worked across the aisle to reach consensus to help make government work in the past. I can do that again, with your help."

Biden also elaborated in his speech on his role in helping pass the Affordable Care Act and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, also known as the stimulus package.

"What I did as vice president and worked with Barack Obama on [was17 Related Articles, between 2018-09-25 and 2018-09-26

How Instagram Rose Into a Cultural Powerhouse. Instagram’s co-founders, who resigned on Monday, presided over a company that boomed with help from technological advances and societal changes. >>

Inside Imogen Thomas' family home. And Imogen Thomas is continuing on her quest to adapt to life as a single mother as she took to Instagram on Monday to share an insight into their beautiful home, where she is living with her girls >>

Instagram CEO, co-founder abruptly resign to 'explore curiosity'. Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger will step down within the next few weeks. >>

Instagram co-founders Systrom, Krieger set to leave the company. Instagram's co-founders, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, resigned and will leave the company to move on to their next project.


>>

Kurt Coleman, 21, shares photo of his younger self. He's the social media star and socialite who boasts an impressive 139,000 followers on Instagram. >>

Noah Cyrus' ex Lil Xan hospitalized 'for eating Flamin' Hot Cheetos'. Lil Xan presumably won’t be eating Flamin’ Hot Cheetos again after the popular snack left him hospitalized. The rapper took to his Instagram page on Monday, explaining the situation. >>

Skin Deep: Now Women Are Supposed to Worry About Their Jawlines Too?. Credit social media and the virtual office for the beauty world’s newest concern: the softening jawline. Here, the latest steps people are willing to take for an Instagram-ready jaw. >>

Tiffiny Hall shares incredible mid-air bar workout. In a video posted on her Instagram page, the 34-year-old bares her incredible six pack absas she smashes a series of exercises while doing a chin-up at a bar. >>

Video: Sam Cochrane showcases his musical talent. Sam Cochrane showcases his musical talent on Instagram, playing the piano and producing music in the studio. >>

Video: Tiffiny Hall shares incredible mid-air barre workout. Is she training for Ninja Warrior? Tiffiny Hall shares incredible mid-air bar workout that she has been working towards since the birth of her son in a clip posted to Instagram. >>

WATCH: Take it from Busy Philipps: Achieving #MomGoals is tougher it looks. The actress, mom and Instagram star took time out of her busy schedule to look back at some old memories and give advice to her younger self. >>


Promotion

New Annie musical completely modernised

There are a few eye opening statements about the new Annie musical, which has just been confirmed as being written by Emma Thompson, and there are some huge changes and plans in store for the completely modernised story.

It's funny though, when you read all the changes, the location, the music, the actors, you wonder how Emma Thompson could have written it, but she has.

We'd heard the rumours before, but now they are confirmed as Emma Thompson herself revealed that she has written the script and that the film is going forward. However, those aren't the big details.

Through BBC Newsbeat Thompson reveals that that the film is a modernisation of the Annie script and will see the story set in modern day New York andSupportive care needs of Americans: a major issue for women as both recipients and providers.
In 2004, there were approximately 44 million men and women in the United States who were providing unpaid care to a family member, friend, or neighbor; these caregivers represented an estimated 22.9 million households (21% of all U.S. households). The 1-year economic value of this unpaid labor force was recently estimated to be 306 billion dollars. Caregiving is an important issue for women, as they represent 61% of those providing care and 65% of those receiving care. Women caregivers tend to fare worse than men, reporting higher levels of symptoms tied to depression and anxiety and lower levels of subjective well-being, life satisfaction, and physical health. In addition, the care that women provide is


Mini Teaser: If the United States cannot get its fiscal house in order, the dollar’s privileged position as the world’s reserve currency may be at risk—at a time when there seem to be few if any plausible alternatives.

IN OUR common narrative, the modern era of global finance—what we call the Old Order—begins with the Great Depression and New Deal of the 1930s. The economic model put in place by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and others at the end of World War II is seen as a political as well as economic break point. But arbitrarily selected demarcation points in any human timeline can be misleading. The purpose of narrative, after all, is to simplify the complex and, over time, to remake the past in today’s terms. As weapproach any discussion of the Old Order, we must acknowledge that the image of intelligent design in public policy is largely an illusion.

There is no question that the world after 1950 was a reflection of the wants and needs of the United States, the victor in war and thus the designer of the peacetime system of commerce and finance that followed. Just as the Roman, Mongol and British empires did centuries earlier, America made the post–World War II peace in its own image. The U.S.-centric model enjoyed enormous success due to factors such as relatively low inflation, financial transactions that respect anonymity, an open court system and a relatively enlightened foreign policy—all unique attributes of the American system.

But the framework of the global financial system in the twentieth


century and its U.S.-centric design were the end results of a series of terrible wars—starting, in the case of America, with the Civil War. The roots of the U.S.-centric financial order that arose at the end of World War II extend back into the nineteenth century and reflect the political response of a very young nation to acute problems of employment and economic growth—problems that remain unresolved today.

From an American perspective, the modern era of what we describe as the global financial system based upon the U.S. dollar begins with Abraham Lincoln, the great emancipator who took office in March 1861 as the American republic stood on the verge of dissolution. In those days, “money,” as understood by Americans, comprised gold and silver coins, foreign currency and notesthe debt. The Treasury Department suspended convertibility and issued large quantities of “greenbacks” in the form of paper dollars to pay for the immediate cost of fighting the war. By the end of the Civil War, the greenback traded down to a fifth of face value when measured in gold. Yet Lincoln won the war, even in death, because the Union outspent the Confederacy using the credit afforded by paper money created by government fiat. And the Civil War set the precedent for Washington to engage in massive currency inflation in times of exigency and also to develop by fiat new platforms for creating financial leverage to meet national needs. As Wall Street speculator Ray Dalio wrote a century and a half later, “Virtually all of what they


call money is credit (i.e., promises to deliver money) rather than money itself.” Lincoln used that fact to win the Civil War.

Even without a central bank, from the end of the Civil War to the start of World War I in 1914, the United States saw powerful economic growth. So strong was demand for a means of exchange that the much-abused greenback dollar traded back to par value against gold by the time President Ulysses S. Grant officially restored convertibility at the end of his term. The public remained highly skeptical of paper money or other promissory notes, with good reason. As Mark Twain immortalized in Pudd’nhead Wilson, Roxy lost the savings accumulated from eight years of labor as a riverboat servant when her bank failed. Roxy concludedthem from the harsh discipline of “market forces,” to recall the words of South Carolina’s Democratic senator Ernest Hollings. The private clearinghouse system developed in major U.S. cities during the nineteenth century was inadequate to provide liquidity in times of market upheaval. Thus twelve Federal Reserve banks were created to support the liquidity needs of banks and, in a big-picture sense, provide another layer of financial leverage on top of national banks to support the funding needs of the U.S. economy.

Yet, even after the Fed’s establishment, the U.S. economy continued to labor under the weight of deflation and slack demand. In that sense, the First World War was the first true watershed for America’s economic narrative; it forced Americans to look outward for growth and financial interaction with


foreign states as a single nation. Public sentiment was split between sympathy for the British, French and Belgian forces, on the one hand, and for the Central powers led by Germany on the other. But all Americans welcomed the vast demand for goods and services as a relief from years of price deflation on the farm and slack job growth in urban markets driven by the adoption of new technology and imports from Europe. Allan Nevins and Henry Steele Commager wrote, “Economic considerations re-enforced sentimental and political ones.”

The gradual American economic mobilization to support the Allies in World War I not only marked a growing willingness of Americans to engage in foreign intervention overseas but also saw a vast transfer of wealth from Europe to the former coloniesindividuals. A number of new GSEs were created to fund and manage the American war effort via the issuance of debt. Compared to the neoliberal orthodoxy of today, there was little fretting over market forces during World War I. Jobs and inflation were the top issues. Wage and price controls and other authoritarian mechanisms were employed by Washington without apology to limit cost increases because wages were constrained. The American farm sector recovered from years in the doldrums as global demand for cotton, grains and meat soared, pushing up domestic prices as well. By 1917, when the United States entered the war militarily on the Allied side, the American economy was running better than it had in many decades. The following year, however, when the debt available to


the Allies dried up and exports to Europe slowed, the U.S. economy quickly faded as well. By 1919, the United States was entering a serious economic slump.

After World War I, America descended into a period of isolation and uneven economic circumstances presided over by the dominant Republican Party, which rejected U.S. involvement in world affairs and promptly raised tariffs to protect Americans from cheap imports. When Congress enacted Smoot-Hawley eight years later, the increase in tariffs was marginal compared with earlier increases in import taxes. But no amount of tariff protection could shield U.S. workers and industries from the impact of technological changes such as electricity and the growing use of machines.

The return to “normalcy” promised by President Warren Harding meant an environment where large corporations and banksprowled the economic landscape unhindered, and the federal government largely withdrew from the economy, compared with the policies of Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. The Fed played a relatively marginal role in the post–World War I period and did little to alleviate the economic stagnation that affected much of America’s rural areas. Urban workers had employment, but wages remained stagnant even as the concentration of wealth in the United States increased dramatically.

Image:Pullquote: The reason that the dollar is the currency of choice in the free world is because of the American political system, not just economic or foreign-policy considerations.Essay Types: Essay


of the road. The boy signaled Coates and said "my butt, my butt," and other things in Spanish. Coates saw Jesus emerge on a bicycle from the bushes and stopped him. Don Martinez, a truck driver who frequently acts as a Spanish translator *1362 for the Martin County Sheriff's office, was dispatched to the scene. Martinez testified that the boy said that a man offered him some money to go into the woods, and that when he did, the man pushed him to the ground, dropped down his pants, and used a stick on him.
The boy was taken to Martin Memorial Hospital. Dr. Jose Serra said that the boy complained that his butt hurt. The boy told Dr. Serra that a man gave him money to go intothe woods with him, and when he did, the man pushed him down, laid on top of him, and put a stick in his butt. Dr. David Melzer also saw the boy and testified that there was some evidence of bleeding from the boy's rectum. Daniel Nippes, a criminalist, testified that he analyzed some of the boy's clothes, and that there was a small quantity of seminal fluid on the crotch area of the boy's underwear and on the seat of his shorts, and fecal residue on the seat of his shorts.
Officer John Silvas, who speaks Spanish, interviewed Jesus at the Martin County Jail. Jesus told Silvas that he was twenty two years old and was born on July 10, 1966. Jesus said that the boy asked him


for money, and he admitted to Silvas that he took the boy into the woods, knocked him down and tried to pull his pants off, but that he did not do anything more.
The boy testified at trial that Jesus offered him money to go into the woods and when he did, Jesus pulled off his pants and put his "thing" in his butt. At the time of the trial, the boy was nine years old.

ADMISSION OF APPELLANT'S STATEMENTS
Jesus claims that the trial court erred in admitting into evidence his statements to others. He asserts that the statements were not voluntary or admissible since he had a difficult time understanding the Spanish spoken to him, since he spoke a Guatemalan version of Spanish, and since he had only alow level of education.
Patricia Richey, a certified federal interpreter, testified that she had a difficult time communicating with Jesus at first, although it got easier. She said that Jesus used words that she did not understand and that she had to explain words to him in common Spanish. For instance, she said that Jesus did not know the difference between the Spanish words for lawyer and judge.
On the other hand, Officer Silvas said that Jesus used words that were familiar to him as ordinary Spanish, and never used words that were of a different dialect. He said that Jesus never indicated that he did not understand a question and that he responded appropriately to his questions. Silvas stated that Jesus indicated that he knew the meaning of the


(Ill.Rev.Stat.1989, ch. 38, par. 16-1(a)(2)). It appears that defendant, who was a resident of New York State, may have passively resisted extradition.
On January 17, 1990, defense counsel filed his appearance and filed a demand for speedy trial, despite the fact that defendant had not yet been arrested. On January 19, 1990, a warrant issued for his arrest, defendant was arrested, and he was formally arraigned. He made bond and was allowed to return to his home in New York State, and trial was set for April 16, 1990.
On March 14, 1990, defendant's attorney moved to withdraw from representing defendant because of conflicts involving payment for his services. This motion was granted on March 30, 1990. The court appointed new counsel for defendant on May 14, 1990, but onMay 18, 1990, she sought leave to withdraw, based upon a conflict of interest which stemmed from her purchase of stock in the allegedly fraudulent investment project for which defendant was being prosecuted. Leave was granted, and the court again appointed new counsel on June 15, 1990. On *860 July 13, 1990, counsel entered his appearance.
On October 18, 1990, defendant filed a motion to dismiss for failure to provide a speedy trial as demanded by defendant's original counsel on January 17, 1990. The motion was denied on February 10, 1992. The court found the January 17, 1990, speedy trial demand was a nullity due to prematurity, in that counsel submitted the demand prior to defendant's arrest.
On March 5, 1992, defendant filed a new demand for speedy trial. On


April 27, 1992, the case was set for a May 6, 1992 pretrial conference and trial on July 8, 1992. The record is devoid of the reasons therefor, but on May 28, 1992, the case was reset for trial on August 3, 1992.
On July 10, 1992, defendant moved to continue the trial "to a later date." The motion was granted on July 14, 1992. On November 10, 1992, the State filed a motion to set a court date, and on December 8, 1992, a pretrial conference was set for January 25, 1993.
On January 24, 1993, the case was called. The docket notes indicate that a jury trial was to be set and a status hearing was scheduled for March 1, 1993.
On February 10, 1993, defendant filed a motionto waive his appearance at the March 1, 1993, status hearing. The court granted defendant's motion on February 26, 1993, and the status hearing was moved to March 15, 1993. On that date the case was set for jury trial on June 7, 1993.
Defendant filed a motion to dismiss on March 18, 1993, and on March 26, 1993, the State moved for a trial setting on or before April 16, 1993. Three days later, notice of an April 12, 1993, trial date was filed. On April 8, 1993, defendant moved for a continuance of the April 12, 1993, trial setting, stating that "counsel for [d]efendant needs additional time in which to prepare for trial." The continuance was granted, and the case was continued to June 7, 1993.
On May


Buy the Ebook:

About The Colossus of New York

In a dazzlingly original work of nonfiction, the award-winning, bestselling author of The Underground Railroad recreates the exuberance, the chaos, the promise, and the heartbreak of New York. Here is a literary love song that will entrance anyone who has lived in—or spent time—in the greatest of American cities.

A masterful evocation of the city that never sleeps, The Colossus of New York captures the city’s inner and outer landscapes in a series of vignettes, meditations, and personal memories. Colson Whitehead conveys with almost uncanny immediacy the feelings and thoughts of longtime residents and of newcomers who dream of making it their home; of those who have conquered its challenges; and of those who struggle against its cruelties.

Whitehead’s style is as multilayeredand multifarious as New York itself: Switching from third person, to first person, to second person, he weaves individual voices into a jazzy musical composition that perfectly reflects the way we experience the city. There is a funny, knowing riff on what it feels like to arrive in New York for the first time; a lyrical meditation on how the city is transformed by an unexpected rain shower; and a wry look at the ferocious battle that is commuting. The plaintive notes of the lonely and dispossessed resound in one passage, while another captures those magical moments when the city seems to be talking directly to you, inviting you to become one with its rhythms.

The Colossus of New York is a remarkable portrait of life in the big


city. Ambitious in scope, gemlike in its details, it is at once an unparalleled tribute to New York and the ideal introduction to one of the most exciting writers working today.

About The Colossus of New York

In a dazzlingly original work of nonfiction, the award-winning, bestselling author of The Underground Railroad recreates the exuberance, the chaos, the promise, and the heartbreak of New York. Here is a literary love song that will entrance anyone who has lived in—or spent time—in the greatest of American cities.

A masterful evocation of the city that never sleeps, The Colossus of New York captures the city’s inner and outer landscapes in a series of vignettes, meditations, and personal memories. Colson Whitehead conveys with almost uncanny immediacy the feelings and thoughts of longtime residents andof newcomers who dream of making it their home; of those who have conquered its challenges; and of those who struggle against its cruelties.

Whitehead’s style is as multilayered and multifarious as New York itself: Switching from third person, to first person, to second person, he weaves individual voices into a jazzy musical composition that perfectly reflects the way we experience the city. There is a funny, knowing riff on what it feels like to arrive in New York for the first time; a lyrical meditation on how the city is transformed by an unexpected rain shower; and a wry look at the ferocious battle that is commuting. The plaintive notes of the lonely and dispossessed resound in one passage, while another captures those magical moments when the city


224 Kan. 745 (1978)
585 P.2d 1066
In re INQUIRY RELATING TO DISTRICT JUDGE HAROLD L. HAMMOND.
No. 50,485
Supreme Court of Kansas.
October 28, 1978.

ORDER OF PUBLIC CENSURE
This is an original proceeding in discipline against the Honorable Harold L. Hammond, Judge of Division 2 of the Johnson County District Court at Olathe, in the Tenth Judicial District.
Formal proceedings before the Commission on Judicial Qualifications were commenced by the service of a Notice of Formal Proceedings on respondent and his counsel on August 4, 1977. Answer was filed September 22, 1977. The matter came on for hearing before the Commission on November 28, 1977. After both sides had presented evidence and rested, and after oral argument, the Commission took the matter under advisement. Thereafter, and on February 14, 1978, the Commission made writtenFindings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Recommendations. Judge Hammond accepted the Commission's Recommendation by written acceptance dated February 28, 1978. The matter was argued orally before this court on September 22, 1978, having been delayed by respondent's ill health and hospitalization.
Concisely, the Commission found these facts: that respondent, while serving as a district judge, had sexual relations in his chambers with one of his female employees; that he made demands for sexual relations with another; that sexual relations with the respondent were made a condition of the continued employment of each of the two female employees; and that one was terminated for refusing to continue a physical relationship with respondent, and the other for refusing to have such a relationship. Respondent, having accepted the Commission's recommendations, cannot


of Roslavlsky District
Andreyevka, Zharynskoye Rural Settlement, Roslavlsky District, Smolensk Oblast, a village in Zharynskoye Rural Settlement of Roslavlsky District

Sverdlovsk Oblast
As of 2010, one rural locality in Sverdlovsk Oblast bears this name:
Andreyevka, Sverdlovsk Oblast, a village in Sysertsky District

Tambov Oblast
As of 2010, eleven rural localities in Tambov Oblast bear this name:
Andreyevka, Michurinsky District, Tambov Oblast, a village in Zavoronezhsky Selsoviet of Michurinsky District
Andreyevka, Muchkapsky District, Tambov Oblast, a village in Zapolatovsky Selsoviet of Muchkapsky District
Andreyevka, Nikiforovsky District, Tambov Oblast, a village in Yekaterininsky Selsoviet of Nikiforovsky District
Andreyevka, Gavrilovsky Selsoviet, Rzhaksinsky District, Tambov Oblast, a village in Gavrilovsky Selsoviet of Rzhaksinsky District
Andreyevka, Zolotovsky Selsoviet, Rzhaksinsky District, Tambov Oblast, a village in Zolotovsky Selsoviet of Rzhaksinsky District
Andreyevka, Sampursky District, Tambov Oblast, a village in Satinsky Selsoviet of Sampursky District
Andreyevka, Sosnovsky District,Tambov Oblast, a selo in Andreyevsky Selsoviet of Sosnovsky District
Andreyevka, Staroyuryevsky District, Tambov Oblast, a village in Vishnevsky Selsoviet of Staroyuryevsky District
Andreyevka, Bolshelipovitsky Selsoviet, Tambovsky District, Tambov Oblast, a village in Bolshelipovitsky Selsoviet of Tambovsky District
Andreyevka, Dubrovsky Selsoviet, Tambovsky District, Tambov Oblast, a village in Dubrovsky Selsoviet of Tambovsky District
Andreyevka, Tokaryovsky District, Tambov Oblast, a village in Alexandrovsky Selsoviet of Tokaryovsky District

Republic of Tatarstan
As of 2010, five rural localities in the Republic of Tatarstan bear this name:
Andreyevka, Alexeyevsky District, Republic of Tatarstan, a village in Alexeyevsky District
Andreyevka, Bugulminsky District, Republic of Tatarstan, a selo in Bugulminsky District
Andreyevka, Cheremshansky District, Republic of Tatarstan, a village in Cheremshansky District
Andreyevka, Novosheshminsky District, Republic of Tatarstan, a village in Novosheshminsky District
Andreyevka, Nurlatsky District, Republic of Tatarstan, a selo in Nurlatsky District

Tomsk Oblast
As


resonance imaging

QUADAS

:   Quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies

STARD

:   Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy

TRIP

:   Turning Research into Practice

**Publisher's Note**

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

We thank the British Heart Foundation (BHF) for supporting Drs. Kadoglou and Trivella through a grant on heart failure (grant number PG/17/49/33099), which served as an important foundation to this project.

DR participated in the design of the review and drafted the protocol. HH participated in the design of the review and in the drafting of the protocol. NK participated in the design of the review and in the drafting of the protocol. ML provided methodological support for the design of the review and contributed in drafting the protocol. RS designedDefendants.

OPINION
MOTLEY, District Judge.
I. BACKGROUND
A. Introduction
Plaintiffs Eliezer Wahhab and Amehra Brown claims that Wahhab was assaulted by security guards while they and their family were at a restaurant in the food court of a shopping mall. After an altercation arose between Wahhab and the restaurant manager over food quality, security guards, some of whom were off-duty police officers and some of whom were civilian guards responded. Wahhab alleges that he was forced to accompany the guards to a security room toward the rear of the mall, where he was severely beaten and suffered injuries including a shattered jaw. Plaintiffs filed suit against the restaurant, its manager, various security guards, the guards' security company, the security company's owner, the mall, and the City of New York.
*280 B. Procedural History
Eliezer Wahhab


and Amehra Brown filed this action against the above-named defendants on February 4, 2002. On April 2, 2004, The Gallery at Fulton St., LLC, ("Gallery," also hereinafter referring to the shopping mall itself), owner of the shopping mall where the incident occurred, joined issue with the complaint, requesting a jury trial and asserting cross-claims against The City of New York ("City" or "City of New York"), Samuel Rushing ("Rushing"), Top Potato Plus ("Top Potato"), Theodore Priftakis ("Priftakis"), Cannady Security Co. ("Cannady Security"), Henry Cannady ("Cannady"), and Jovan Rouse ("Rouse"). Top Potato is the restaurant in the food court of the Gallery where the altercation took place between plaintiff Wahhab and defendant Priftakis, manager of Top Potato. Cannady Security is the employer of the civilian and off-duty security guardsat the mall, Cannady being the owner of Cannady Security.
Top Potato and Priftakis answered the complaint on April 4, 2002. The City of New York responded with its Answer to the Complaint on July 11, 2002.
This case was transferred from Judge Batts to the undersigned in July 2002. The matter was placed on the suspense calendar from September 28, 2002 until November 22, 2002, while the criminal charges against plaintiff Wahhab were resolved. Thereafter, an Amended Complaint was filed by plaintiffs on December 23, 2002, which added New York City Police Officer David E. Martin ("Martin"), Shield # 88157 as a defendant.
Cannady Security, Cannady, and Rouse answered the amended complaint on January 13, 2003. Top Potato and Priftakis filed an answer to the amended complaint on March 3,


2003. On March 28, 2003, The City of New York filed an answer to the amended complaint. All defendants then moved for summary judgment, and on May 20, 2004, defendants Priftakis and Top Potato were dismissed by Stipulation.
C. Facts
The incident leading to the present action occurred in the afternoon of October 8, 2001 at The Gallery at Fulton Street, a shopping mall in Brooklyn. Plaintiffs Eliezer Wahhab and Amehra Brown, along with one or two of their children, were at the Top Potato concession stand in the food court of The Gallery at Fulton Street.[1] Wahhab and Top Potato Manager Theodore Priftakis became involved in a quarrel concerning unsatisfactory food and soft drinks. Wahhab requested but was denied a refund, and, upset with the service, knocked a containerseveral officers then allegedly forced Wahhab to the ground, punching and kicking him in the process, immobilizing his arms behind him, and repeatedly stating, "You're going to jail." (Wahhab Dep. at 57).
Defendants also claim that Wahhab was punched, but only once, and relate a different set of circumstances giving rise to the blow. Rouse alleges that he was struck by Wahhab "in the back of the neck, shoulder area" as the group was entering the security office. (Rouse Dep. at 48-49). It was then that Rushing and Martin allegedly grabbed Wahhab and, with Rouse's assistance, brought Wahhab to the ground. (Rouse Dep. at 52, 56). Rouse alleges that at that time Wahhab was again instructed that he was in no trouble, would not go to jail, and that


Dep. at 86, 90). Other conditions Wahhab attributes to the incident in question are sharp pains in his left shoulder, numbness in his chin and lip, biting his lip when he speaks, loss of sensation in the left side of his neck, loose teeth, two broken teeth, and diminished eyesight. (Wahhab Dep. at 94-95).
Plaintiffs assert twelve claims in total, including deprivations of civil rights for unreasonable search and seizure and excessive force, assault and battery, intentional, reckless and negligent infliction of mental and emotional pain, false arrest, kidnapping, negligent hiring, screening, retention, supervision and training, willful, reckless, and negligent misrepresentation, and respondeat superior liability.
Three motions for summary judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56 are now before the court, one from defendant City of New York,Corruption and the Anti-Corruption Procedures of the Police Department, known commonly as the "Mollen Commission Report," which describes a New York City Police Department ("NYPD") policy of reacting to officer misconduct with "tolerance or willful blindness." See Pl.'s Mem. Opp. Summ. J. at 9. Plaintiffs also refer to statistical information obtained from the Civil Complaint Review Board's 2002 Annual Report, which reveals that in 2000, one year before the incident in question, 4, 113 complaints alleging misconduct were filed against New York City police officers, of which 233 were recommended for discipline. See Pl.'s Mem. Opp. Summ. J. at 9. In 2001, 203 disciplinary penalties were imposed by the New York City Police Department, only one of which received termination, and only one of which received a suspension


supervision and training against the City, because Rushing and Martin were not working as NYPD officers at the time of the events at issue here. City of New York submits in support of this contention that Rushing and Martin were off duty working as mall security guards, they were in plain clothes, they were using mall-issued radios, and they acted in response to a call from a fellow member of mall security. Def.'s Mem. Supp. Summ. J. at 13.
The City of New York's argument here is precluded by the conclusions reached in other sections of this opinion which do not relieve the City from liability for the actions of defendants Rushing and Martin. It has yet to be established whether defendants Rushing and Martin acted under color ofand began drinking with Pitchell and another individual. When the bar closed, they went to Callan's apartment to continue drinking. At approximately 3:00 a.m., after discussion on a variety of topics, Callan went into another room and emerged with a gun, which he then used to shoot and seriously injure Pitchell because of something Pitchell said about former President Kennedy. Pitchell, 13 F.3d at 546. The court concluded that the defendants were not acting under color of law. Callan was not "acting in accordance with police regulation, as was the off-duty officer in Stengel... nor was he invoking the authority of the police department...." Id. He was an off-duty cop, "who while drunk in his own home, used his own personal weapon to shoot a guest." Id.
In Manning


New York, the motion is denied.
3. Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress
Defendants Gallery, Rushing and Martin argue that plaintiffs' emotional distress claims are subsumed by plaintiffs' assault and battery claims, citing Bender v. City of New York, 78 F.3d 787 (1996). In Bender, the jury granted duplicative awards allowing Bender to recover for the same injury under separate causes of action. Id. at 793. The Second Circuit held that:
[A]t least part of the injury she suffered from the false arrest for assault  loss of liberty  is part of the injury she suffered from the intentional infliction of emotional distress. Similarly, at least part of the injury she suffered from the battery  emotional pain and suffering  *293 is part of the injury she suffered from the"And now..." "It's..." "Monty python's flying circuses." "Good evening" "And welcome to the arthur ludlow memorial baths, newport" "For this year's finals" "Of the all-england summarize proust competition." "As you may remember, each contestant has to give" "A brief summary of proust's a la recherche du temps perdu" "Once in a swimsuit and once in evening dress." "The field has now narrowed to three finalists" "And your judges tonight are" "Alec and eric bedser, ex-surrey cricketers;" "Stewart surridge, ex-captain of surrey;" "Omar sharif;" "laurie fishlock, ex-surrey opening batsman;" "Peter may, the former surrey and england captain;" "And yehudi menuhin, the world-famous violinist" "And the president of the surrey cricket club." "And right now it's time to meet your host for tonight" "Arthur mee!" "Good evening and welcome." "Whereas


time." "And now, ladies and gentlemen, I'd like you to welcome" "The last of our all-england finalists this evening" "From bingley, the bolton choral society" "And their leader, superintendent mcgough." "All right, bingley." "Remember, you've got 15 seconds" "To summarize proust in their entirety" "Starting from... now!" "Proust, in his first book" "Wrote about, wrote about, fa, la, la..." "Proust, in his first book, wrote about..." "He wrote about..." "Proust, in his first book" "Wrote about the..." "He wrote about, he wrote about" "He wrote about, he wrote about" "He wrote about, he wrote about" "Proust, in his first book" "In his first book, wrote about the..." "Very ambitious try there" "But in fact the least successful of the evening." "They didn't even get as far as thethe race." "A team of french chiropodists" "Working with brand-new corn plasters" "And dr. scholl's mountaineering sandals" "Were covering ground fast." "The glasgow orpheus male voice choir were tackling" "The difficult north col." "Altogether 14 expeditions were at his heels." "This was it." "Rick had to make a decision." "Well, he decided to open a salon." "It was a tremendous success." "Challenging everest?" "Why not drop in at ricky pule's" "Only 24,000 feet from this cinema." "Ricky and maurice offer a variety of styles" "For the well-groomed climber." "Like sherpa tenzing and sir edmund hillary" "Be number one on top when you're number one on top." "This cinema is proud to present 20th-century frog's production:" "Oh, james!" "Oh, beatrice!" "Oh... james!" "Oh... oh, beatrice!" "Oh... oh, james" "I


course, it is far too early to place bets on 2010, but it certainly seems like the moneyed rivals (and the real frontrunners on the list) have their work cut out for them. Image-building, party-building, alliance-building — that’s a whole lot of infrastructure investing.

(In early December 2005, there was a story in media about 88 Filipino workers who were stranded in the Dubai international airport and could not proceed to Iraq, but refused to come back to the Philippines. They and the 51 workers Mayberry testified about – and possibly other unpublicized groups – may be part of what Madsen calls “low-wage slave trading in the Middle East.”)

Madsen says that the Arroyo administration banned the PPI… from further recruiting Filipino migrant workers for the Middle East after atimes, that the neo-cons in Washington, who are led by Cheney, wanted to see Arroyo removed from office, for (a) withdrawing the Filipino contingent from Iraq; (b) signing an oil exploration agreement with the Chinese on the Spratlys; and (c) failing to dismantle the Jemaah Islamiyah camps in Mindanao…

But after the Aragoncillo-Michael Ray Aquino espionage case was thoroughly investigated by the Americans, Estrada – considered the main beneficiary and financier of the caper – and Panfilo Lacson – the former boss of Aquino – have been dropped from the neo-cons’ short list of replacements for GMA, and the Americans have decided to stay with GMA until 2010, or until a suitable replacement can be found before 2010.

Which suggests, first of all, that the tapes were genuine to begin


man, he likes to throw in references that most people don't pick up on unless they're also well-read. Oddly enough, this movie was released not long after Mel Gibson's version of HAMLET came out, so there were people who were able to pick up on the references...Predictor'
---

Esports, MOBA game, League of Legends, Winning Probability, Confidence-Calibration

Introduction
============

League of Legends (LoL) is arguably one of the most popular multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) games in the world. It is the game in which the red team and the blue team compete against each other to destroy the opponent’s main structure first. It was reported that the 2019 LoL World Championship was the most watched esports event in 2019[@starkey_2019]. Thus, from both academia and industry, forecasting the outcome of the game in real time has drawn lots of attention. However, it is a challenging problem to predict the actual winning probability because the outcome of the game may change due to various reasons.

Many existing efforts to predict the match outcome of the MOBA game in real time have


Respawn's Apex Legends now available

Available on Origin

Electronic Arts and Respawn Entertainment have released a new free to play battle royale game called "Apex Legends", which is now available for download on PS4, Xbox One and PC.

Apex Legends is based in the Titanfall game universe, allowing gamers to take control of human and robotic heroes. Each hero or legend features special powers, abilities and weapons. Each game can host up to 60 players, which can collaborate in teams of three. EA plans to bring Apex Legends on a competitive level and we'll see new game contents in the upcoming months.Warren, QB – Tennessee, 56
 Wayne Meylan, NG – Nebraska, 55
 Terry Hanratty, QB – Notre Dame, 54

Simpson, Keyes, and Hanratty were juniors
Source:

All-Americans

1967 Consensus All-America Team

Offense

Defense

Statistical leaders
Player scoring most points: Leroy Keyes, Purdue, 114.

See also
1967 NCAA University Division football rankings
1967 College Football All-America Team
1967 USC vs. UCLA football game

Footnotes

References

*


tent. He told us that he was a firefighter, and he couldn’t come help himself because he would be fired if the department found out that he was supporting the protests, but he wanted us to have the first aid equipment.

2012: It was Sunday afternoon at the NATO Summit in Chicago, and the police had laid into a kettled crowd with batons, causing a lot of terrible injuries. A medic friend from NYC, having lost her buddy in the chaos near the front line, was trying to help a head-wounded protester on her own, wrapping her arm around his head to stop the spurting blood as she was hit with batons because she had no safe room to stop and treat him properly. She managed to maneuver himHutch Harris of the Thermals

Welcome to 5-10-15-20, a new feature in Pitchfork News. In 5-10-15-20, we talk to artists about the music they loved at five-year interval points in their lives. Maybe we'll get a detailed roadmap of how their tastes and passions helped make them who they are. Maybe we'll just learn that they really liked hearing the "Karate Kat" theme song over and over when they were kids. Either way, it'll be fun.

My dad is a professional piano player. He would always play around the house while I was growing up, and that was one of the first songs that he showed me and my sister when I was five and she was three. That song works well for kids because it's really upbeat and kind


me a mixtape when I was either 15 or 16 with "Bombshell". We had a band called Buncha Losers in high school. He was the drummer.

I love that song. One of the raddest things about that song is they set an alarm off like maybe halfway through. Or maybe it's kind of near the end, when they break down and everyone's just hitting their instruments. This alarm is just going all the way through the song. It's rad and abrasive.

That was my introduction to punk rock, and it was the classic story of one mixtape changing my life. Minor Threat was on there, Subhumans, probably stuff by Dinosaur Jr. and Sonic Youth. I was living in San Jose, and Green Day were putting out their first records. OperationThe memo going out on Monday discusses the corporate policy committee briefly
at the end.  The corporate policy committee does the MD PRC (evaluation of
MDs and promotions to MD), reviews the recommendations of the other
committees (which we are just now forming).  Additionally, the corporate
policy committee met to determine the membership and charters of the other
committees (including the PRC committees).  The corporate policy committee is
comprised of the most senior executives, including the Office of the
Chairman, the leaders of the four business units and the heads of the
corporate functions.  In addition to the specific items mentioned above, the
corporate policy committee was intended to discuss and resolve the major
issues facing the company, including issues of strategy, personnel and


DOWNLOADS

OTHERS

Smack Down Pain

Description

WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain (Known as Exciting Pro Wrestling 5 in Japan) is a video game released on the PlayStation 2 console by THQ on October 27, 2003. It is a sequel to WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth and is part of the WWE SmackDown! (later renamed WWE SmackDown vs. Raw, now simply WWE) series based on World Wrestling Entertainment's weekly TV show of the same name. It was the first SmackDown! game to feature a catchphrase not linked back to The Rock in its title. It was also the final WWE game under the SmackDown! name and it was succeeded by WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw.

WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain (Known as Exciting Pro Wrestling 5 in Japan) is a video game releasedon the PlayStation 2 console by THQ on October 27, 2003. It is a sequel to WWE SmackDown! Shut Your Mouth and is part of the WWE SmackDown! (later renamed WWE SmackDown vs. Raw, now simply WWE) series based on World Wrestling Entertainment's weekly TV show of the same name. It was the first SmackDown! game to feature a catchphrase not linked back to The Rock in its title. It was also the final WWE game under the SmackDown! name and it was succeeded by WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw.


Granberg-Michaelson on ecumenical vision

01 March 2000

by Wesley Granberg-Michaelson

The year is 2054, a thousand years after "formal East-West schism". The place is the international religious zone of the city of Jerusalem. The Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and the Ecumenical Patriarch of the Orthodox Church are co-celebrants for the eucharist at a service which officially heals the rift between the Eastern and Western church after 1000 years of division.

Prophetess Gloria Elijah, secretary general and "pastoral facilitator" of the Community of Christian Communions (CCC), is also participating in this service, which many are calling the most significant event in Christian history since the Reformation. Church leaders from around the world have gathered, while services of "virtual celebration" in several sites around the globe are occurring simultaneously. "Personal participants", whochose to link into this celebration from their individual communications modules, are estimated to create an audience of over 150 million.

Yet, despite its historic significance, today's celebration is being taken almost for granted by Christians in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Dramatic events in the life of the churches over the past 50 years not only led to today's historic eucharist service, but also reshaped ecumenical relationships and institutions throughout the world.

Some church historians, tracing the roots of ecumenical history since the turn of the century, point to the dialogue between Orthodox and other churches in the former World Council of Churches (WCC) fifty years ago as a turning point. By 2010, the WCC had reorganized itself to represent major Christian groupings, called "streams of conviction and practice",


instead of individual member churches. Further, it built direct links with the eight regional councils of churches existing at that time, "re-centring" it staff and resources in these locations. All this created a new framework, which began to nurture wider ecumenical relationships. This was at a time, one must recall, when neither Pentecostal, Evangelical, and the Roman Catholic communities had been included within this so-called "ecumenical" organization.

But what revitalized the mission and image of the old WCC during this period were the "peace armies". This movement, inspired by the vision of Mahatma Ghandi in the mid-twentieth century, emerged almost by accident at the end of a programme called the "Decade to Overcome Violence". In 2011 a group of one hundred young people gathered by the WCC travelled towhat was then eastern Turkey, placing themselves in the middle of an armed ethnic conflict as "soldiers of peace" and non-violence. Eighty-nine became martyrs, killed by a missile whose origin was vehemently denied by both sides in the conflict.

But the globe's conscience was touched and outraged by this act. Remarkably, thousands of young people began contacting the WCC volunteering to join such "peace armies". Over the next three years, an estimated 50,000 young people, mostly from churches and Christian federations, were trained and dispatched through efforts co-ordinated by the WCC to offer themselves as non-violent insurgents in locations of conflict throughout the globe. Relatively few died, and mediated political solutions emerged in six such locations, including, most dramatically, in the former Indonesia, and between Armenia and Georgia.

Among the


eleven survivors of the initial massacre were an Orthodox seminarian from Romania and a young Catholic priest from Chile. Their words the next day were heard by millions, and will be repeated at today's eucharist in the remarks of Prophetess Elijah: "We came and shed our blood for the name of the peace of Christ. But our churches say we cannot share the body and blood of Christ. That is a heresy we will no longer obey".

In the funerals and services of commemoration which followed, many began openly breaking the existing norms governing eucharistic sharing. This trend of "ecclesiastic disobedience" became a continual problem for church officials in the years, which followed. Theologians returned attention to studies on "the ecumenical significance of baptism" which had been completed earlierby the WCC, with participation from the Vatican, but lacked specific means of implementation and had gone largely unnoticed by the churches.

Meanwhile, the "peace army" initiative eventually took on a life of its own, separating itself from the WCC, and creating an Inter-Faith Co-ordinating Committee with an indirect relationship to United Nations. Yet, this experience of massive ecumenical action for peace had a major impact on how the WCC as well as regional and national councils evolved.

In many respects, the African churches were the most innovative in ecumenical relationships. By 2015, the cause of economic sustainability had created widespread grass roots co-operation between the Pentecostal, "Western protestant", Roman Catholic and "African rooted" churches. Growing networks of self-help projects, co-operatives, and church-related micro-enterprise initiatives were making the churches in


several countries the most important vehicles of social and economic infrastructure.

But it took the leadership of Cardinal Mathai from the roman Catholic Church to merge this co-operation into a new "Council of African Churches", established in 2024. By then Africa was recognized as the world centre of Christianity in terms of numerical growth and spiritual vitality. Its new council of churches, so broadly inclusive of the Christian traditions and so deeply engaged in the social and economic challenges of the continent, became a compelling model.

Similar developments emerged in Latin America, as its Catholic bishops pushed the boundaries of their autonomy, and as the dominant Pentecostal and Evangelical churches became increasingly involved in dialogue and co-operative grass roots action with various parts of the Catholic church. Its new "Federationof the Peoples' Churches" was formed in 2027.

This was the same year that Cardinal Mathai was elected as the first African pope of the Roman Catholic Church, taking the name of Pope Stephen. His conservative theological views on doctrinal matters were balanced by his remarkable social and ecumenical involvement in Kenya and Africa. His papacy, along with strong pressure from the models of ecumenical life that had taken root in Africa and Latin America, resulted in reconstituting the WCC.

Regional councils, now constitutionally linked as parts of the former WCC, had been transformed through wider ecumenical participation, and increasingly insisted that the whole of the WCC take on this character. But pouring new ecumenical wine into old wineskins, in the end, seemed very ill advised. At the clear suggestion


of Pope Stephen and certain Orthodox and Protestant churches, a new ecumenical structure was born in 2035. Named the "Community of Christian Communions," it included Roman Catholic, Pentecostal, Western Protestant, Orthodox, Evangelical churches and groups as founding members.

Pope Stephen's untimely death in 2038 led to the unexpected election of Cardinal Rivera as Pope Francis, leading to other ecumenical consequences, River, of Hispanic descent, was an author, spiritual leader, and Benedictine called in 2025 from his monastery to lead the archdiocese of New York at the age of 41. For a decade his commitments to simplicity, prayer and hospitality, and the renewal inspired in many parishes, drew global attention. His weekly meditations were read by millions on the wireless web.

But then he returned to monastic life at a Trappistmonastery in the mountains of Colorado, serving as their abbot. A hopelessly deadlocked College of Cardinals turned to Rivera as a stunning choice.

When Pope Francis moved out of the Vatican, announcing his plans to "live with the people of the church" in ten different locations of the world over his first two years, this symbolized his commitment to decentralize significant, unprecedented power and authority to regional and national conferences of bishops. His "spirituality of relinquishment" reshaped the understanding of the Bishop of Rome, a process first hinted at by Pope John Paul II at the end of the twentieth century, but not realized until Pope Francis.

This devolution of power on the part of Rome to regional and national bishops was essential in enabling Orthodox churches to make an


ecumenical breakthrough. As the CCC, along with regional and national church councils, became more widely inclusive in their membership, Orthodox churches, while remaining faithful, were increasingly is9olated because of their official ecclesiology. While some national settings had embraced a mutual recognition of baptism, in others Orthodox churches remained resistant to such formal declarations.

It took the diplomatic and spiritual initiative of the Ecumenical Patriarch, who as a young person had served as a "steward" at the ninth assembly of the former WCC, to convene a Pan-Orthodox gathering in 2042. This session finally reached a consensus that the CCC as well as regional and national councils/federations of churches could be regarded as "ecclesial reminders" of the one undivided church. This enabled the various Orthodox churches to respond according to "theirdeepest discernment" at regional and local levels.

The presence and address of Pope Francis at this Pan-Orthodox gathering, as well as the participation as an observer of Prophetess Gloria Elijah - at that time she was "spiritual leader" of the Conference of African Churches - proved to be decisive and prophetic. Twelve years later, after Prophetess Elijah had become the leader of the CCC, these three unique personalities in the Christian world were leading the service of joint eucharist celebration and healing in Jerusalem.

Ecumenical challenges, of course, remain. In China, for instance, the explosive growth of the church - now the fastest in the whole world - has only recently become linked to ecumenical life. The former communist party government eventually collapsed in the early 21st century under the


uncontrollable influence of the wireless web, and the dynamism of economic revitalization introduced at that time.

The new "nationalist democracy" which emerged allowed the churches to function freely (a "free market of religion" was the government's slogan). But much of the church adopted a syncretistic mixture of fervent personal faith and individual economic prosperity - not unlike versions, which were popular in America in the late 20th century. Churches were also highly nationalistic, and often suspicious of ecumenical organizations. But by 2045, most had affiliated formally with the CCC, and today, ecumenical links with these fast-growing churches have begun to mature.

Inter-faith relations are now a feature of nearly every regional council as well as the CCC. But two trends have been perplexing. First is the emergence of "Islamic Christians",a rapidly growing movement in many parts of the world. While its insistence on blending key features of these two traditions in one faith and practice has been consistently condemned, its growth has been enormous, especially in northern Africa, the former Indonesia, and several parts of the Middle East, and in America. The CCC will have to make a decision about whether it will accept these religious communities as full participants within the next few years. Many, but not all, Orthodox and Evangelical churches remain strongly opposed.

Additionally, the emergence of countless "virtual religious communities" formed exclusively as "affinity groups" within the wireless web pose additional ecumenical dilemmas. While highly creative theologies, often blending Christian themes with various cosmologies and astrological revelations, it is challenging to determine which are


For Sandra Younger, a 50-year-old from San Diego, Comey's exit reinforced her suspicion "something fishy" was going on with the president and Russia. She said it was inappropriate to fire Comey given that he was overseeing the Russia investigation.

"If I had nothing to hide and someone wanted to investigate, I would say, 'Go ahead, do your thing, I don't care, because you won't find anything,'" said Younger, a Democrat who imports jewelry supplies. She added of Trump: "He seems to be buddy-buddy with these epic creeps."

But William Shepherd, a maintenance worker from Anderson, Indiana, felt it was the president's prerogative to choose his FBI director. He said he was untroubled by claims Trump tried to persuade Comey to back off the investigation, saying those revelations only emerged afterComey was fired and wanted to defend himself.

"These headlines don't really concern me, although they are attention-grabbers," said Shepherd, a 40-year-old Republican.

Of the six in 10 Americans who think Trump tried to obstruct or impede the investigation, most are Democrats and independents. Only a quarter of Republicans feel Trump meddled in the probe.

The poll began the day before Comey testified publicly before the Senate intelligence committee and continued through Sunday. Three percent of interviews were conducted before the hearing.

"I've not ever been a particular fan of Mr. Comey's," said James Shaw, 53, of Olney, Illinois. "But he's an honest broker. I don't think he's politically motivated. I don't think he's partisan."

Americans are mixed on whether the Justice Department investigation, now led by Mueller, can be fair and impartial.


We are pleased to share with our readers overviews on four important Western cannabis markets compiled by BDS Analytics for the month of June. BDS Analytics offers a full understanding of the evolving cannabis market though several offerings, including its GreenEdge Retail Sales Tracking, Consumer Insights, Industry Intelligence and CBD Market Monitor divisions. For those not familiar with the Colorado-based company, which was founded in 2015 and is run by co-founders CEO Roy Bingham and President Liz Stahura, we have been covering their progress since almost day 1.

During June, a common theme remained the decline in market share of flower sales relative to concentrates and ingestibles as well as the smaller category of pre-rolls. The overall share of the market for flower ranges from just 33% in CaliforniaFlower have ceded share to other categories, pre-rolled joints are another matter. This past June, revenues from pre-rolled joints contributed nine percent of the overall revenue in California. In contrast with Flower, the pre-rolled joint category recorded a year-over-year average retail selling price increase of 27 percent while Flower prices only increased by one percent. With higher prices in pre-rolled joints, dispensaries experienced a decreased year-over-year unit sales volume of 10 percent.

Concentrates, a classification that includes extracts, solventless concentrates and vape products remained the largest category by sales revenue accounting for 37 percent share of overall revenue for the month. The $90.9 million in Concentrate sales remained constant from the trailing month and were 13 percent higher than June, 2018. In the first six months of 2019, Concentrate