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WATCH: Randy Travis' doctor gives update on condition

Randy Travis appears to be improving as he continues to recover from congestive heart failure and a stroke. In a video update released Monday, Dr. Gary Erwin says the country star is making progress following last Wednesday's emergency surgery for the stroke.

But Dr. Erwin adds that Travis will likely remain hospitalized at The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano for two to three more weeks before he's transferred to another facility, where he'll continue his physical therapy. The doctor also says it will likely take Randy "months to recover from the stroke."

Travis has been hospitalized since July 7th. He was admitted with cardiomyopathy and congestive heart failure, which doctors believe is what triggered the stroke. Dr. Michael Mack says tests indicate neither


The upmarket Istanbul Reina club, targeted in a gun attack during New Year celebrations that left at least 39 dead, is the haunt of Turkey's young secular elite and one of the most prestigious nightspots in the city.

With an idyllic location on the shores of the Bosphorus, on the European side of the city, and a terrace spilling down to the water's edge, Reina is the place to be seen in the city.

It is expensive and hard to get into, with bouncers giving would-be guests a hard time at the entrance to ensure they look sufficiently well-moneyed and beautiful.

The most well-heeled patrons can even be taken up to the waterside terrace of the nightclub in boats.

The club is popular with foreign visitors and of the 21 victims identifiedso far, 15 are confirmed to be foreigners.

The parties at Reina are legendary, with the action usually not starting until well after midnight and the venue endowed with several restaurants and dance floors.

READ MORE: Dozens dead in Reina nightclub attack

The view from the terrace is spectacular, just underneath the mighty first bridge across the Bosphorus with the lights of Asia twinkling on the other side.

The bridge is itself now haunted by history and named after the victims of the failed July 15 coup attempt after it became the site of fierce battles between plotters and protesters.

Its clientele includes footballers from the top Turkish sides and stars from the country's much-watched soap operas.

Every weekend their attendance at parties features in the gossip and celebrity pullouts in Turkish media.

The party


only ends in the small hours when revellers stagger outside to be whisked home in waiting cars.

But now - as with the November 13, 2015 attack in Paris when gunmen stormed the popular Bataclan concert venue killing 90 people - its name will forever be linked to Sunday's attack.

Footballer Sefa Boydas, who plays full time for Istanbul third division club Beylerbeyi SK and witnessed the attack, said he had been nervous about partying on New Year's Eve.

"A friend said: 'It wouldn't ever happen in a place like Reina'. I said actually the target is places like that," he said.

The club's owner, Mehmet Kocarslan, told the Hurriyet daily that the United States had passed on intelligence over the risk of an attack and security had been stepped up includingis subject to change as later chapters are still in the works.

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After Regina finds out that Robin cheated on her, she leaves to complete a life long dream of hers and that is to travel the world. On her travels she meets Emma, a photographer. After a while they both realize they are more than just friends...

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Regina Mills has a very serious problem. She's a nymphomaniac. This doesn't only make her work as a mayor very difficult, it also creates awkward situations. How does she deal with this when suddenly her son's birth mother is suddenly standing in front of her, and the throbbing need in her body only gets worse.


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So far, the Twin Peaks revival has included plenty of memorable moments — we see you, Michael Cera — but one of the most welcome reunions was Part Four's on-screen confrontation between Kyle MacLachlan and director David Lynch. Lynch reprised his role as the thunderously loud FBI official Gordon Cole, but instead of reuniting with his old friend Agent Dale Cooper, he found himself face to facewith MacLachlan as Cooper's longhaired, murderous doppelganger.

From Dune and Blue Velvet to Twin Peaks and Fire Walk With Me, MacLachlan and Lynch have been collaborating for decades, but for MacLachlan, playing such a sinister character opposite his longtime friend was something new. EW caught up with MacLachlan at a New York City wine tasting celebrating the launch of his new rosé, Blushing Bear. (MacLachlan is a longtime wine connoisseur with his own label, Pursued by Bear, which is produced and bottled in — where else? — Washington.) Before the next Twin Peaks installment airs Sunday on Showtime — an episode MacLachlan says he'll be watching for the first time at home along with everyone else — he spoke to EW about his big on-screen reunion with Lynch.

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West Indies seek rare series win

A buoyant West Indies team would look to create history when they lock horns with India in the third and final ODI in Kanpur on Wednesday. The Green Park in the central city of Uttar Pradesh has been witness to many an epic battle and would provide an opportunity for the visitors to seal their first bilateral ODI series win for more than a decade on Indian soil.

India on the other hand would like to believe that Visakhapatam was an aberration and continue their domination in the shorter formats. Reputation would be at stake for MS Dhoni's men as India, the current world champions are atop the ICC ODI rankings while West Indies are placed at a lowly seventh position. A loss forthe home side would not affect the positions for either teams but would certainly be a heavy dent on India's ego and pride.

India

India will once again rely on the flamboyant duo of Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan to provide them with a rollicking start. Sharma has amassed 1155 ODI runs in 2013 and sits only behind Virat Kohli. Dhawan is not too far behind and is at the sixth position as far as aggregate runs are concerned. Virat Kohli has missed the opportunity to add to his illustrious hundreds tally with scores off 86 and 99 at Kochi and Visakhapatnam respectively and would be looking to make the West Indies pay.

MS Dhoni registered a splendid fifty in Vizag, once again giving proof to the widely accepted fact that


he is one of the greatest finishers in the history of ODI cricket. The only concern for India would be the form of Yuvraj Singh. The southpaw looks a flash of the player he was and struggled against the West Indian pace and spin in the second ODI. There might be a case for him to be replaced by Ambati Rayudu but with skipper Dhoni coming out in support of Yuvraj, it looks unlikely there would be any change in the top six. Ravindra Jadeja's batting form is also a cause of worry for the hosts.

The fast bowling unit will continue to give nightmares to the Indian skipper. The trio of Mohammad Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohit Sharma, all took a pasting in Vizag and need to recuperatefrom the hammering. India would be banking on its spinners - R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja who both impressed in Vizag to replicate their performance in the decider.

West Indies

West Indies would be cock-a-hoop after their thrilling series-leveling victory. Kieran Powell, the replacement for Chris Gayle made the most of the opportunity and sparkled with a fluent 59. Johnson Charles has also looked in good touch. Darren Bravo with two consecutive fifties has been the stand-out batsman for the visitors. Lendl Simmons was involved in a match-changing partnership with Darren Sammy in Vizag.

The only disappointment for the West Indies has been the performance of Marlon Samuels who has failed to make any impact on the series thus far. Skipper, Dwayne Bravo and Sammy can provide the impetus at the


death. The latter has already shown his prowess with an unbeaten match-winning half-century in the previous match.

Ravi Rampaul picked up 4 wickets in Vizag and has bowled with zest and heart. Jason Holder has got extra bounce with his height and troubled the Indian batsmen with the new ball. Sunil Narine was very economical in the last encounter but hasn't been amongst the wickets. With Bravo, Sammy and Permaul also a part of their bowling armoury, the West Indies have quite a variety at their disposal.

Stats and Trivia

- West Indies' last bilateral ODI series win against India dates back to 2006 when as hosts they beat the touring Indian side 4-1.

- West Indies' last bilateral ODI series win against India on Indian soil dates back to 2002/03 whenthey beat the hosts 4-3 in a seven-match series.

- Ravindra Jadeja is the joint leader (along with Saeed Ajmal) amongst the wicket-takers in ODI cricket for 2013.

- Ravi Rampaul is two short of completing 100 ODI career wickets. He will become the 14th West Indian to reach the milestone should he achieve the feat.

- The last international hosted by the Green Park in Kanpur was a Test match between India and Sri Lanka in November 2009 which the hosts won comfortably.

Pitch and Weather Conditions

MS Dhoni was unhappy with the evening dew in Vizag which affected the Indian bowlers adversely as they found it hard to grip the ball. It will not be a factor in Kanpur, with the match slated to be a day game. However, an early


start in the winter in the northern Indian city would mean that overnight dew will affect the conditions in the morning. As such, the captain winning the toss would certainly put the opposition in to make use of the morning juice in the wicket.

A bright and sunny Wednesday is expected in Kanpur. The wicket is expected to offer some purchase for the faster men in the first hour before easing out to be a belter.

There will be no dearth of support for the home team in Kanpur. But the West Indies team will have enough motivation of their own - after all a series win against India in India is rare! The stage is set for the mini finale. India would want to end the home season onseries win over the West Indies. The southpaw stated that he wanted to continue scoring tons and help India win more matches.

Yuvraj Singh returned to form with a fine 55 off 74 deliveries against the West Indies in the third and final ODI in Kanpur. He put together a match-winning 129-run stand with centurion Shikhar Dhawan as hosts India beat the visitors by a comprehensive margin of 5 wickets with plenty of overs to spare.

Shikhar Dhawan blasted his fifth century of the year while Yuvraj Singh bounced back to form with his 51st half-century as India made light work of the West Indies to romp to a five-wicket victory and take the three-match series 2-1.


left wrist and took an overdose of painkillers after being named as the source of a BBC report on the Iraq war.

But after the weapons inspector’s close friend Mai Pederson cast doubt in this newspaper last week on his ability to kill himself – she says his right hand was so weak following an accident that he would have been unable to cut himself fatally – Liberal Democrat MP Norman Baker has written to the Attorney General demanding a coroner’s inquest.

Mr Baker, who has written a book on Mr Kelly, believes he was murdered by supporters of the war, with exiled Iraqi dissidents heading his list of suspects.

In his letter to Baroness Scotland, Mr Baker argues that Lord Hutton’s finding of suicide would not have been endorsed bylunes, 30 de diciembre de 2013

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'It was the right thing to do': May says joining US and France in airstrikes against Syrian regime was the ONLY WAY to deter more chemical atrocities as she defends refusal to give MPs a vote

Britain, the US and France today unleashed a salvo of cruise missiles against Syrian regime forces

Four RAF Tornados took off from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus in the early hours and struck regime facilities

The regime was believed to have been keeping chemical weapon stockpiles at the former base

Theresa May said the action was the 'right thing to do' and rejected criticism about no Commons vote

France confirmed a 'large part' of Assad's chemical arsenal had been wiped out by the co-ordinated strikes

US, France and the UK are set to address


NATO regarding the air strikes against Syria later today

Theresa May today insisted she had done the 'right thing' by joining the US and France in unleashing a salvo of cruise missiles against Syria.

The Prime Minister said the 'limited and targeted' reprisals appeared to have been 'successful' in degrading the Bashar Assad regime's capacity to commit more 'harrowing' attacks using chemical weapons.

At a press conference in Downing Street this morning, Mrs May said Britain and its allies had 'no choice' as diplomacy alone would not deter fresh outrages.

'I believe this action was necessary. I believe it was the right thing to do,' she said.

Mrs May said chemical weapons use could not be 'normalised' and every possible precaution had been taken to avoid escalation and confrontation with Russian forces, whostate-run TV shows Damascus suburb being hit …

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Four RAF Tornados took off from Cyprus in the early hours and struck regime facilities linked to the production and use of chemical weapons. They all returned safely.

The allies were galvanised into military action after chlorine gas and another nerve agent were deployed in Douma on Saturday, killing up to 75 people, including young children.

The Ministry of Defence confirmed that Storm Shadow cruise missiles were fired at a former missile base fifteen miles west of Homs, where stockpiles of banned substances are believed to have been held. Defence Secretary


Gavin Williamson said the missions had been 'highly successful' and degraded Assad's ability to repeat the chemical outrage.

France confirmed a 'large part' of the Syrian regime's chemical arsenal was destroyed last night following the strike.

French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Saturday morning: 'A large part of its chemical arsenal has been destroyed. A lot has been destroyed in last night's strikes.'

While no further strikes have been planned, Le Drian refused to rule out a further attack if Assad crossed the 'red line' of using chemical weapons again.

He said: 'On the question of chemical weapons, there is a red line that must not be crossed, and if it should be crossed again, there will be another intervention. But I think the lesson has been learned.'

The French militarysaid it fired 12 missiles during the air strikes while the British Ministry of Justice refused to disclose how many missiles it launched. US officials hinted that they launched more than 100 at the three targets in Syria.

The EU, NATO and other allies praised the decision to respond to the use of chemical weapons, while Russia and Iran condemned it as an 'act of aggression'. President Vladimir Putin has demanded an emergency session of the UN Security Council.

The US, UK and France are due to brief Nato allies later today following the air strikes.

But Mrs May is facing a domestic backlash after defying calls from Opposition parties and some Tories to stage a parliamentary vote before sending UK forces into combat.

Downing Street said it will published the legal


advice it received today after Jeremy Corbyn branded the strikes 'legally questionable' and again urged a UN investigation into chemical weapons use in Syria - something that has been vetoed by Assad's Russian allies. SNP first minister Nicola Sturgeon said she did not believe the reprisals would help bring peace.

However, splits within Labour ranks were laid bare with some MPs breaking cover to support the PM. Mrs May's DUP allies also signalled their backing, with leader Arlene Foster saying the action was 'proportionate and justified'. David Cameron, who in 2013 lost a Commons vote after calling for strikes against Syria in response to another chemical weapons attack, also praised the action.

Although Mrs May will be coming to parliament to answer questions on Monday, there appears to be noa statement in the early hours as the strikes began, Mrs May said the decision had not been taken 'lightly' and there was 'no practicable alternative to the use of force' to deter the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian regime.

She said the strikes were in the UK's national interest and had been limited and targeted rather than designed to bring about 'regime change'.

She said: 'We cannot allow the use of chemical weapons to become normalised – within Syria, on the streets of the UK, or anywhere else in our world.'

'We would have preferred an alternative path. But on this occasion there is none.

'History teaches us that the international community must defend the global rules and standards that keep us all safe.

'That is what our country has


military facility – a former missile base – some fifteen miles west of Homs

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Tornado and Typhoon jets flew into RAF Akrotiri on Cyprus (pictured) in advance of the strikes on Syria in the early hours of this morning UK time

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David Cameron, who lost a Commons vote on military action against the Syrian regime in 2013, said he backed the strikes. DUP leader Arlene Foster also welcomed it as 'proportionate and justified'

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Britain, the US and France last night unleashed a salvo of cruise missiles against Syrian regime forces. In a statement, the PM said the decision was one she had not taken lightly and was done in the national interest. Four RAF Tornados took off from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus in the early hours and struck regime facilities linkedto the production and use of chemical weapons

The attack was focused on regime facilities linked to the production and use of chemical weapons.

Declaring his support, French President Emmanuel Macron said his nation, the United States and Britain have launched a military operation against the Syrian government's 'clandestine chemical arsenal.'

Macron said in a statement on Saturday that France's 'red line has been crossed' after a suspected chemical attack last week in the Syrian town of Douma.

He says there is 'no doubt' that the Syrian government is responsible.

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Smoke could be seen rising after the overnight airstrikes that targeted military facilities in the Syrian capital, Damascus

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The British missions against targets in Syria were launched the RAF Akrotiri base near Limassol on Cyprus in the early hours

Macron added the operation is limited


to Syria's abilities to produce chemical weapons, and would not give details about what equipment is involved in the operation or what sites it is targeting.

Despite the ferocity of the Allied strikes, Syrian air defences claim to have shot down 13 missiles fired in the attack, Syrian state TV said. The missiles had been shot down in the Kiswah area south of Damascus.

Shortly after the strike, the MOD released a statement, stating: 'The UK element of the carefully coordinated joint action was contributed by four Royal Air Force Tornado GR4s.

'They launched Storm Shadow missiles at a military facility – a former missile base – some fifteen miles west of Homs, where the regime is assessed to keep chemical weapon precursors stockpiled in breach of Syria's obligations under thethe images last week of the suffering that had been inflicted on innocent men, women and children, and there has been a need to act.

'You will be pleased to hear all of those crews have returned safely and every early indication is that is has been a highly successful mission.

'This is something we have been in discussion with the US and French over the last few days but obviously the meeting of Cabinet is where this was properly discussed.'

Mr Williamson said the service personnel involved in last night's attack have played 'an important role in terms of degrading the Syrian regime in using chemical weapons in the future'.

'The reprehensible use of chemical weapons in Douma is further evidence of the Syrian regime's appalling cruelty against its own people.

'We


will not stand by whilst innocent civilians, including women and children, are killed and made to suffer.

'The international community has responded decisively with legal and proportionate military force. Let these united actions send a clear message to the regime – the use of chemical weapons is categorically unacceptable and you will be held to account.'

US Defense Secretary James Mattis says the US and its allies have taken 'decisive action' against Syrian chemical weapons infrastructure.

Mattis briefed reporters at the Pentagon Friday an hour after President Donald Trump announced the strike.

Mattis said the United States, along with France and the United Kingdom, struck because Syrian President Bashar Assad 'did not get the message' when the U.S. launched airstrikes after a chemical attack in 2017.

The defense secretary said Friday's strikes havethe alleged chemical attack on his people that the U.S. and allies retaliated against Friday night.

He says the U.S. is 'very much aware of one of the chemical agents used.' And he says there may have been a second.

Yesterday details emerged of a Cabinet meeting the PM held on Thursday where she won the backing of her ministers to proceed without a parliamentary vote.

She told Cabinet: 'Since 1918 we have worked to uphold the international norm that chemical weapons are abhorrent and must never be used. In recent years that international norm has been eroded and that should be a matter of deep concern to us all. The use of chemical weapons should not go unchallenged.'

The Prime Minister said Britain had to act in order to restore that


norm, because the weapons inflict human misery. Downing Street sources said she made the point that these weapons had been used a number of times in Syria – and also in Salisbury.

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'These are not the actions of a man. They are crimes of a monster instead,' Mr Trump said referring to Assad (pictured)

The need to restore international norms was shared by the whole Cabinet, Downing Street sources said.

They said: 'Cabinet have been impressed that from the off she has been very robust and very clear. She was the most hawkish.'

Russia's ambassador to the UK, Alexander Yakovenko, held a press conference at his residence accusing Britain of peddling myths about Russia's activities.

At one point he compared allegations that the Syrian government had gassed its own people to Tony Blair'sclaims that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.

He also suggested the alleged use of chemical weapons was a hoax and may have been used to discredit Assad. The Russian embassy in the UK said: 'Military strikes may be used to cover up all the evidence, or lack thereof, on the ground.'

Russian defence ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said the military had 'proof that testifies to the direct participation of Britain in the organising of this provocation in eastern Ghouta'.

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In the early hours UK time, Donald Trump said he had ordered 'precision strikes' on Syria in retaliation for the 'evil and despicable' poison gas attack that killed at least 75 people on April 7 (a young victim is pictured)

He said Britain had told the White Helmets, who act as first


responders in rebel-held areas, to fake the suspected chemical attack. British intelligence sources said however it was 'crystal clear' the Syrian regime was behind the attack and 'nobody serious' in the international community had any doubts about this.

Inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons will today start investigations on the ground into the suspected attack in Douma.

It came as UN secretary general Antonio Guterres told the UN the Middle East was in such chaos it had become a threat to international peace and security.

'I have done so because I judge this action to be in Britain's national interest': Theresa May's statement in full

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Theresa May's statement in full

'This evening I have authorised British armed forces to conduct co-ordinated and targeted strikes to degrade the Syrian Regime'schildren; a significant body of information, including intelligence, indicates that the Syrian regime was responsible for this latest attack.

As the Prime Minister has made clear, this pattern of behaviour must be stopped, not just to protect innocent people in Syria from these horrific weapons, but also because the erosion cannot be allowed of the international norms that prevent the use of chemical weapons.

Our action is proportionate, specifically aimed at degrading the regime's ability to use chemical weapons and deterring further such appalling acts; it is therefore focused on regime facilities linked to the production and use of chemical weapons.

The UK element of the carefully coordinated joint action was contributed by four Royal Air Force Tornado GR4s.

They launched Storm Shadow missiles at a military facility – a former missile


base – some fifteen miles west of Homs, where the regime is assessed to keep chemical weapon precursors stockpiled in breach of Syria's obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention.

Very careful scientific analysis was applied to determine where best to target the Storm Shadows to maximise the destruction of the stockpiled chemicals and to minimise any risks of contamination to the surrounding area. The facility which was struck is located some distance from any known concentrations of civilian habitation, reducing yet further any such risk.

Detailed analysis of the effectiveness of the strike is currently underway, but initial indications are that the precision of the Storm Shadow weapons and meticulous target planning have resulted in a successful attack.

PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FRIDAY NIGHT ADDRESS TO THE NATION

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President Trump's Friday night address

My fellowAmericans: a short time ago I ordered the United States armed forces to launch precision strikes on targets associated with the chemical weapons capabilities of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. A combined operation with the armed forces of France and the United Kingdom is now underway. We thank them both.

Tonight I want to speak with you about why we have taken this action. One year ago, Assad launched a savage chemical weapons attack against his own innocent people. The United States responded with 58 missile strikes that destroyed 20 percent of the Syrian air force.

Last Saturday, the Assad regime again deployed chemical weapons to slaughter innocent civilians, this time in the town of Douma near the Syrian capital of Damascus.

This massacre was a significant escalation in a pattern of


chemical weapons use by the very terrible regime. the evil and despicable attack left mothers and fathers, infants and children thrashing in pain and gasping for air.

These are not the actions of a man. They are crimes of a monster, instead.

Following the horrors of World War I a century ago, civilized nations joined together to ban chemical warfare. Chemical weapons are uniquely dangerous not only because they inflict gruesome suffering but because even small amounts can unleash widespread devastation.

The purpose of our actions tonight is to establish a strong deterrent against the production, spread and use of chemical weapons. Establishing this deterrent is a vital national security interest of the United States. The combined American, British and French response to these atrocities will integrate all instruments of ournational power -- military, economic, and diplomatic.

We are prepared to sustain this response until the Syrian regime stops its use of prohibited chemical agents. I also have a message tonight for two governments most responsible for supporting, equipping and financing the criminal Assad regime.

To Iran and to Russia I ask, what kind of a nation wants to be associated with the mass murder of innocent men, women and children? The nations of the world can be judged by the friends they keep. No nation can succeed in the long run by promoting rogue states, brutal tyrants and murderous dictators.

In 2013 President Putin and his government promised the world they would guarantee the elimination of Syria's chemical weapons. Assad's recent attack and today's response are the direct result of


Russia's failure to keep that promise. Russia must decide if it will continue down this dark path or if it will join with civilized nations as a force for stability and peace.

Hopefully some day we'll get along with Russia and maybe even Uran, but maybe not. I will say this, the United States has a lot to offer with the greatest and most powerful economy in the history of the world.

In Syria the United States with but a small force being used to eliminate what is left of ISIS is doing what is necessary to protect the American people. Over the last year, nearly 100 percent of the territory once controlled by the so-called ISIS caliphate in Syria and Iraq has been liberated and eliminated.

The United States hasblood or treasure can produce lasting peace and security in the Middle East. It's a troubled place. We will try to make it better, but it is a troubled place. The United States will be a partner and a friend, but the fate of the region lies in the hands of its own people.

In the last century, we looked straight into the darkest places of the human soul. We saw the anguish that can be unleashed and the evil that can take hold. By the end of World War I, more than 1 million people had been killed or injured by chemical weapons. We never want to see that ghastly specter return.

So today, the nations of Britain, France and the United States of America have marshalled their righteous


Current Children Counter Less Racial Disparities In Kidney Transplantation

Racial disparities in kidney transplantation among children is cut down by a policy instituted in 2005 states study emerging in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN). Children are better off receiving kidneys from live donors, though, and receiving organs from deceased donors can diminish the limited supply of organs available to kidney failure patients on waiting lists.

Current Children Counter Less Racial Disparities In Kidney Transplantation

Everyone with kidney failure deserves a transplanted kidney that works well. But because children with the disease have the greatest long-term potential for a healthy future, in 2005 the United Network for Organ Sharing instituted a policy, Share 35, to preferentially offer kidneys from younger (< 35 years of age)deceased donors, who are more likely to have been healthier at the time of their deaths than older donors, to pediatric patients. (The United Network for Organ Sharing manages the nation''s organ transplant system under contract with the federal government.)

What effects have Share 35 had on kidney transplantation? For example, in the past, black and Hispanic children with kidney failure experienced reduced access to transplantation compared with white children. Has Share 35 had an impact on these racial disparities? Also, has Share 35 inadvertently promoted deceased organ donation over living donation for children in need of a kidney transplant?

To answer these and other questions, Sandra Amaral, MD (The Children''s Hospital of Philadelphia) and her colleagues analyzed data from the US Renal Data System before and after Share 35.


about the health of their kids and spouses or partners, their available social support and family functioning.

Once the children reached the age of 10 or 11, they filled out their own questionnaires.

When they reached adolescence, the young participants were asked about their engagement in risky behaviors such as drug and alcohol use, carrying a weapon or running away from home. A total of 2,910 teens completed the study,

The researchers found that teens who had been exposed to maternal depressive symptoms during middle childhood were more likely to use alcohol, cigarettes or marijuana, and to engage in violent and nonviolent delinquent behavior.

In addition, they were more likely to engage in these behaviors earlier than teens whose mothers had low or no symptoms of depression.

The study team also found thatWhat similarities do the characters of Faust and Peer Gynt have in Goethe's Faust and Ibsen's Peer Gynt?

Faust and Peer Gynt, in Goethe's Faust and Ibsen's Peer Gynt, are not alike in character traits though they are alike in some of their actions taken. Faust is an accomplished and respected academic who is looked up to and admired. He takes false steps in life because he is frustrated with the limits to knowledge and his inability to find what needed is known:

FAUST: What a man knows not, that he doth...

Faust and Peer Gynt, in Goethe's Faust and Ibsen's Peer Gynt, are not alike in character traits though they are alike in some of their actions taken. Faust is an accomplished and respected academic who is looked up to


and admired. He takes false steps in life because he is frustrated with the limits to knowledge and his inability to find what needed is known:

FAUST: What a man knows not, that he doth require,And what he knoweth, that he cannot use.

Peer Gynt, on the other hand, is a worthless fellow who has no participation in seeking anything of value that might give betterment to his life. In fact, he kidnaps Ingrid for her money.

This leads to one way in which the actions of Faust and Peer might be said to be similar. Faust, after becoming enamored with the image of Helen of Troy and thereafter being convinced by Mephistopheles (Mephisto) to take a youth and love potion, transfers his enamored and newly lustful feelings to Gretchen, whomhe passes on the street. This attraction is soon to lead to seduction through Mephisto's coercion and intervention. Similarly, Peer kidnaps Ingrid on her wedding day though he feels no love for her. Though he seems a harmless sort of braggart and day-dreamer

PEER: Peer Gynt he rides first, and there follow him many.—His steed it is gold-shod and crested with silver.Himself he has gauntlets and sabre and scabbard.

his greed and spite lead him to act for his own selfish means without thought of others, as is seen when he abandons Ingrid--and prefers the woman in green!

Faust and Peer both have many adventures, for example Walpurgis Night and the encounter with the mountain king, but for Faust, his adventures are associated with seeking knowledge (while Mephisto entraps him in


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              Defendant was arraigned on August 17, 2012. At the conclusion of the
preliminary hearing, it appeared to the court that a felony had been committed and that
there was sufficient and probable cause to believe defendant committed the felony. The
information was filed on September 27, 2012. The matter was set for


    On Friday, August 12, 2012 at about 4:00 in the afternoon, the victim left
her home, and she returned on Sunday, August 14 at about 6:30 or 7:00 in the evening.
While she was gone, defendant was hired to do some front landscaping work at the
victim’s house. She locked “everything,” and did not give defendant a key to her home
before she left. But she told him she would leave a key to the shed in the drawer of a
table on her patio.
              When she returned on Sunday evening, the victim noticed a cigarette in the
carport and noticed the family room blinds weren’t straight. When she walked inside her
home, the first thing she noticedwas the television was gone. In her bedroom, all the
drawers were open and everything was gone. A window and its frame were damaged.
Two of the three televisions, the VCR, a portable DVD player and a stereo were gone.
Tools were missing from the shed, but the shed was locked and the key to the shed was in
the table. The victim described many other items that were taken as well.
              About three weeks after the burglary, the victim was in defendant’s
mother’s home and saw what she believed were some of her belongings. She specifically
recognized one of her possessions “on her coffee table” there. It was the ornate seashell
her mother brought back after visiting Hawaii for the first


time. She took the shell to her
own house and told the investigator about it.

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              An investigator with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department identified
defendant as a suspect after being given the seashell. The investigator questioned
defendant about the seashell and he said he got it from Calvary Chapel Church on Golden
West. He said it was in a bag of clothing they give to needy people. He said he gave the
seashell as wellas other items he found in the bag to his mother.
              During the interview of defendant, the investigator told defendant his
fingerprints were found all over the victim’s bedroom. The investigator testified that, in
fact, none of defendant’s fingerprints had been found in the interior of the victim’s home,
and described the questioning technique as a ruse. When told of the fingerprints found,
according to the investigator, defendant told her that out of curiosity “he had gone
through her drawers, her jewelry box, her closets, and that’s why his fingerprints would
be found there.”
              A Calvary Chapel employee testified. She was asked whether Calvary
Chapel gives out items such


Fernandez.

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Initially, Fernandez fronted the Longs one-half kilogram of cocaine every two months. After about two years, Fernandez began fronting the Longs an entire kilogram every two months. This continued until 1992, when Mohler contacted Robert Long again. Mohler could give Robert Long a better price on the cocaine than Robert Long received from Fernandez, so the Longs began dealing with Mohler instead. On October 1, 1993, undercover police arrested Patrick Paden, one of Mohler's couriers, with one kilogram of cocaine.

5
Attempting to steal from his supplier, Juan Sierra, Mohler told Sierra that he lost two kilograms in the arrest. Sierra discovered Mohler's deception and terminated their relationship. Sierra then asked Robert Long to assume Mohler's role. The Longs paid Sierra $27,000, and Sierra delivered one kilogram for the moneyand fronted a second kilogram.

6
In November of 1993, the Longs purchased a new home on 540 Blue Valley Road, outside of Lancaster, Ohio, for $87,000. The Longs initially occupied the Blue Valley residence in April of 1994, but then moved to Florida in December of 1994. The Longs sold the Blue Valley property in April of 1995 for $175,000. Petitioner, an attorney, handled the closing on the Longs' behalf.

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After the Longs moved to Florida, they directed their Ohio cocaine business through Donald and Marilyn Ross,1 who lived in central Ohio. Donald Ross made approximately two trips each month to Tennessee — one to pick up cocaine from Sierra, and another to deliver payment. Donald and Marilyn Ross handled loads of up to eight kilograms per month.

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In exchange for


1995, law enforcement executed a number of search warrants at homes belonging to Karen Long, members of her family, and Donald and Marilyn Ross. Petitioner contacted the Longs in Florida, informed them of the raids, and traveled to Florida to meet with them. At Petitioner's direction, the Longs sold many of their assets and returned to Ohio.

13
The Longs gave Petitioner $60,000 from the sale of their assets. After Petitioner received the money, he placed liens on the Longs' remaining pieces of real estate to prevent the government from attaching them.

14
A grand jury subpoenaed records of all monies paid to, given to, or handled by Petitioner for the Longs. On March 28, 1996, Petitioner prepared and produced two letters summarizing monies the Longs paid to him for his activities.could relay in the event the government offered them immunity or otherwise compelled them to testify. Following their instructions, the Huffs later told the grand jury they knew nothing of the Longs' drug business.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

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On May 22, 1996, the grand jury indicted the Longs and nineteen co-conspirators on numerous counts of drug trafficking and money laundering-related offenses. Until September of 1996, Petitioner continued to represent Robert Long. Karen Long retained Michael McGinley. On September 5, 1996, the grand jury returned a Superseding Indictment that added ten additional defendants, including Petitioner. In light of his indictment, Petitioner moved to withdraw as Robert Long's counsel. The district court granted the motion on September 27, 1996. On March 6, 1997, prior to trial, Robert Long and Rodolfo Fernandez, two of the


denied both that he knew the extent of the Longs' cocaine enterprise and that he willfully participated in any of the Longs' criminal activity. Counsel for Robert Long represented at a pretrial conference that he did not know whether his client would invoke his Fifth Amendment privilege if called as a witness in a joint trial.2 The district court denied the request for severance.

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Beginning on March 6, 1997, the government jointly tried Petitioner along with several co-conspirators including Robert Long and Rodolfo Fernandez. Requests for severance were renewed throughout the trial and denied. The trial lasted nine weeks and involved more than seventy witnesses. On April 29, 1997, the jury convicted Petitioner, Robert Long, and Fernandez on all counts. Petitioner received a ten-year sentence. In his appeal toGordon Power Station

The Gordon Power Station is the largest conventional hydroelectric power station in Tasmania, Australia; located in the South West region of the state. The power station is situated on  Gordon River. Water from  Lake Gordon descends  underground past the Gordon Dam and into the power station.

Technical data
The Gordon Power Station system comprises three  Francis-type turbines that have a combined generating capacity of  of electricity, covering about 13% of the electricity demand of Tasmania. The first two turbines were commissioned in 1978, before the third was commissioned a decade later in 1988.

The power station is fuelled by water from Lake Gordon. Water from Lake Pedder is also drawn into Lake Gordon through the McPartlans Pass Canal.

The station output is fed from each


Jami Attenberg

Biography

Jami Attenberg is the New York Times best-selling author of seven books of fiction, including The Middlesteins and All Grown Up. She has contributed essays to the New York Times Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, the Sunday Times, and Longreads, among other publications. She lives in New Orleans. Her most recent book is All This Could Be Yours.

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All This Could Be Yours: A Novel

From critically acclaimed New York Times best-selling author Jami Attenberg comes a novel of family secrets: think the drama of Big Little Lies set in the heat of a New Orleans summer

“If I know why they are the way they are, then maybe I can learn why I am the way I am,” says Alex Tuchman of her parents. Nowthat her father is on his deathbed, Alex—a strong-headed lawyer, devoted mother, and loving sister--feels she can finally unearth the secrets of who Victor is and what he did over the course of his life and career. (A power-hungry real estate developer, he is, by all accounts, a bad man.) She travels to New Orleans to be with her family, but mostly to interrogate her tightlipped mother, Barbra.

As Barbra fends off Alex’s unrelenting questions, she reflects on her tumultuous life with Victor. Meanwhile Gary, Alex’s brother, is incommunicado, trying to get his movie career off the ground in Los Angeles. And Gary’s wife, Twyla, is having a nervous breakdown, buying up all the lipstick in drug stores around New Orleans and bursting into crying fits. Dysfunction is at


the number of layers in the winding. To make a coil, the operator twists the end of the wire around the appropriate terminal on the bobbin and pushes the start button. Typically the machine winds the first layer at low speed before switching to high speed; the controller stops the machine whenever a tap must be made. At such time, the operator pulls a 1ength of wire from the guide to make a loop, directs it to the appropriate terminal location, and then restarts the machine. This is repeated for as many taps as are needed. Finally the machine stops at the end of the winding, the wire is attached to the last terminal and severed. The operator then removes the bobbin from the arbor, trims the excessI was nine years old when my dad brought home his first dead animal. He didn't kill it himself – which would perhaps have been more normal in the region of rural north Nottinghamshire where we lived. Now I come to think of it, I was almost certainly the only kid in my school to have a stuffed ocelot in his living room, but I don't remember being too alarmed. I suppose I was used to this kind of behaviour from my dad – a man so enthusiastic about the animal kingdom that he'd once driven the family car into a ditch, from which it had to be winched out, due to excessive staring at a bull. There were an initial cursory couple of questions from me about


the ocelot's name and origin, a long-suffering look from my mum, and a hiss from the family cat. After that, it settled in pretty contentedly – until it was replaced by equally inanimate and often even more exotic peers. A stoat. A koala.

These days, taxidermy is almost as much a hip lifestyle statement as it is a pursuit of the socially inept. It's been branded "in" by the New York Times, with former sparrows and ex-rabbits increasingly present in the background of design magazine photoshoots. That was simply not the case in 1985. Then, perhaps even more than now, there was a certain type of provincial British man who would keep a dead badger in his freezer with no real concern for what society might think. Elsewhere inhis house, you'd find sinks lined with a thick film of old hair and window ledges supporting an inexplicable quantity of empty milk cartons.

My dad was not this man. Nor was there anything self-consciously eccentric about his newfound interest in taxidermy. That year, he had accepted a somewhat vague part-time position as the artist-in-residence at an educational resource centre just outside Nottingham. Farnley House was a large Georgian building resembling the lair of some shut-in Victorian philanthropist. Down its corridors could be found rooms full of all manner of animals, only some of which – including Fred, the judgemental pet eagle-owl of in-house taxidermist Ben – were alive. Since it was relatively rare that Nottingham's schools took advantage of this zoological bounty, my dad would simply make the


creatures in question feel less neglected by taking them away on breaks – either painting them at home or using them as props for his other job, as a supply teacher in some of Nottingham's roughest secondary schools.

After half a decade in education, my dad had realised that supply teaching was a bite-or-be-bitten world, and the stuffed beasts he brought to his classes from Farnley proved an invaluable distraction: by being Stuffed Animal Guy, he could avoid being Persecuted Supply Teacher Guy. Teachers at his regular schools got used to seeing an inert fox or a baby capybara in the corner of their staff rooms. Though during Ben's day as guest speaker at one school, the deputy headmistress let out a shriek when she witnessed the large deadowl on the table next to her slowly swivel its head and offer her a single, ominous blink.

Ben's taxidermy wasn't just limited to dead creatures, as I discovered one day when I came home to find my dad crouched in front of the living room coffee table, on which sat a hard white blob about the size of a builder's fist.

"TOM! COME 'ERE AND SEE THIS," said my dad, whose standing as one of the five loudest men in northern Britain was even safer when animals were the subject.

"What is it?" I asked.

"Ssshhh. You've got to be really quiet or you'll wake him."

I could now see that the white blob had legs and eyeholes. "Is that … a toad?" I asked.

"Yes. He's got his protective winter coating on.


Pick him up if you like but be very careful, because he might get angry and break out of it. Like the Incredible Hulk. Then he will bite you."

After I'd lifted the white blob and ascertained that it contained only air, not amphibian, the full story emerged. That morning, a bored Ben had ventured out into the woods behind Farnley, found a toad, snuck up on and chloroformed it, and taken it back to his workroom. He'd covered it in dental putty, being careful to leave a breathing hole, and allowed it to set for the next few hours. At the end of the day, he'd gone back to the woods, cut the dried putty and released the toad, who'd wandered off into the woods like the druggedhostage of some unexpectedly kindly terrorists.

Over the next couple of years, the animals kept coming home – some for good, when Farnley moved to smaller premises and they were up for grabs. Though we'd had it to stay with us for a short while, in the end Farnley's polar bear went to live with the janitor – a man I assume wasn't subject to many lady-callers – in a small flat in central Nottingham. Strangely, it has taken me over two decades to realise there's anything truly odd about having a polar bear temporarily guarding your entry hall, and with that comes the inevitable other questions. How exactly did my dad fit it in the boot of a Morris Marina? When Paul Abbott's mum called my mum to


say Paul couldn't stay that time, was it really just because Paul "didn't like sleeping in a new house with the light out", or was there a (giant, furry) hidden subtext?

My parents don't own any stuffed animals now, and part of me mourns that fact. The various Farnley residents who came to stay for good – a fox, an African mole rat – became casualties of several house moves, or were passed on to friends. Last to go was not a wild animal at all, but a wonky-jawed West Highland terrier who, after his stuffing fell out for the last time, was transported to the local recycling centre. Before that, he put in many unstinting years' service as our guard dog – the only blip being when weMichael Whelan

The chairman of Corby Town Football Club says a new partnership with the Jimmy Kane Trust will be a massive boost.

The trust was set up after the death of the former Corby councillor, chairman of the football club and town stalwart Mr Kane in 2007.

On Saturday, a presentation took place at half-time during Corby Town’s game against Redditch Utd which cemented the link between the trust and the Steelmen.

Corby Town chairman Stevie Noble said the trust would be supporting the club’s youth teams, which go all the way from under-eight to under-18 level, by providing training equipment and kits, among other things.

He added: “Jimmy’s daughter, Carol-Anne Kane, came along to help officially launch the partnership, which will help support lots of youngsters in the town. There is


indicates that petitioner was complaining of auditory hallucinations which were commanding her to hurt herself and to hurt other people. At the time of this interview, petitioner denied any homicidal ideation, but claimed that she was hearing voices and seeing "shadow-like people-demons-spots of things." Petitioner was diagnosed as having paranoid schizophrenia with suicidal ideation. Petitioner agreed to voluntarily commit herself and was placed in the Caro Regional Center on July 25, 1997. On August 19, 1997, she was transferred to the Center for Forensic Psychiatry.[3]
The psychiatric admission summary from the Center for Forensic Psychiatry, dated August 19, 1997 indicated that petitioner cooperated with her interview. Although she was aware that she was charged with murder, petitioner declined to discuss the case, informing the forensic examiner that her attorneyadvised her not to say anything. When asked if it was her criminal defense attorney who so advised her, she said that it was not. Petitioner advised the forensic examiner that she had a history of mental illness. Petitioner informed the examiner that she had been in a deep depression prior to the murder and had attempted suicide in March of 1997 by taking an overdose of Paxil and Risperdal, two psychotropic medications that had been prescribed to her. Petitioner told the forensic examiner that voices inside her head had told her to kill herself. She also experienced visual hallucinations in the form of "shadow like people." Petitioner denied homicidal ideations at the time of this interview. The admission summary included a clinical diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder,


the Forensic Center for Psychiatry for several months until a determination was made that she was mentally competent to stand trial. On December 4, 1997, a preliminary examination was conducted, after which petitioner was bound over for trial. Petitioner was subsequently referred back to the Forensic Center for a culpability determination. On May 6, 1998, the Forensic Center for Psychiatry issued a report which opined that petitioner met the statutory criteria for legal insanity at the time of the murder. The forensic examiners based this conclusion on petitioner's history of mental illness, along with the fact that she informed the examiners that she had auditory command hallucinations at the time of the murder which told her to kill her husband. The forensic examiners also noted that petitioner hadnot been taking her medications for two weeks prior to the killing.[6] The St. Clair County Prosecutor's Office sought a second forensic opinion from Dr. Charles Clark, who opined that petitioner was not legally insane at the time of the murder.
On October 8, 1998, petitioner pleaded guilty but mentally ill to second degree murder, in exchange for which the St. Clair County Prosecutor agreed to dismiss the open murder charge against petitioner. Petitioner's counsel indicated that this was the extent of the plea agreement and further indicated that he had met with petitioner on numerous occasions to discuss the case. Counsel indicated that he had filed a notice of insanity in this case and had discussed with petitioner the possibility of raising this defense at trial. Significantly, counsel


sentence. Petitioner indicated that prior to entry of her guilty plea, she was aware that there was a forensic center report which indicated that she had a defense of insanity. However, petitioner testified that she was willing to plead guilty in order to obtain a minimum sentence of eight to ten years, rather than risk going to trial on a first degree murder charge. Petitioner admitted that the trial court asked her at the time of her guilty plea whether any other promises had been *666 made to her, but claimed that her attorney had advised her to tell the court that no other promises had been made. Petitioner claimed that when she returned for sentencing, she was shocked when she received a minimum sentence of fifteen years.Petitioner claimed that she would not have pleaded guilty had she known that she was going to receive fifteen years in prison. Petitioner claimed that she was induced to plead guilty by her attorney's representation that she would receive no more than eight to ten years in prison.[15]
Petitioner indicated that the homicide that she was charged with occurred as a result of her hearing voices. Petitioner testified that she had been hospitalized for a period of time, and was later placed on medication at the St. Clair County Jail. However, petitioner indicated that she did not believe that the medication that she was receiving at the time was strong enough. Petitioner claimed that she was delusional while at the St. Clair County Jail and testified that she was


continuing to hear voices every day. Petitioner also claimed that there was an incident in which she attempted suicide in the St. Clair County Jail by saving up her medicine and then attempting to take a overdose. Petitioner claimed that she was still hearing voices at the time of the evidentiary hearing, although she indicated that they were not as bad as before.[16]
On cross-examination, petitioner admitted that her mental illness did not prevent her from having a clear memory of what transpired at her guilty plea hearing. Petitioner also acknowledged that she knew what she was saying at the time of her guilty plea. Petitioner insisted that her attorney promised her that she would receive eight to ten years if she pleaded guilty. She further indicated that herthat her decision to tell the trial court that there was no specific sentence in this case was a rational and knowing decision that had not been affected by her mental illness or by the voices. Although petitioner claimed that she was hearing voices on the day of her guilty plea, she indicated that the voices were merely advising her to listen to her lawyer because he had her best interests at heart.[17]
Assistant Prosecutor Joseph McCarthy indicated that petitioner had the same calm demeanor at the time of the guilty plea that she had at the evidentiary hearing, appeared to understand the proceedings, and acted appropriately. McCarthy further indicated that the plea took place only after the prosecutor's office had obtained a second forensic opinion which indicated that


competent to proceed with the guilty plea. See United States v. General, 278 F.3d 389, 396 (4th Cir.2002).
Moreover, petitioner has offered insufficient evidence which would call into doubt her competency at the time that she pleaded guilty. In support of her claim that she was mentally incompetent to plead guilty, petitioner points to her history of mental illness, her use of antipsychotic medications prior to entry of the plea, her low IQ, the finding by the forensic examiners that she was legally insane at the time that she committed the crime charged, and the fact that she attempted to commit suicide in the St. Clair County Jail in January of 1998.
Not every manifestation of mental illness demonstrates incompetency to stand trial. Neither low intelligence, mental deficiency, nor theHedi Slimane Photographs Yet Another Musician in Black and White for Saint Laurent

Hedi Slimane has really been putting his photography skills to work as the new creative director of Saint Laurent.
Most recently, he's rounded out his uber cool cast of musicians/models like Beck and Edie Campbell with pouty It girl/up-and-coming musician Sky Ferreira (who was front row at his PFW debut and wore pre-fall look 7 while performing on Jimmy Fallon last week).

Most recently, he's rounded out his uber cool cast of musicians/models like Beck and Edie Campbell with It-girl/up-and-coming musician Sky Ferreira (who was front row at his PFW debut and wore pre-fall look 7 while performing on Jimmy Fallon last week).

The 20-year-old stars, pouty and cat-eyed, in Slimane's pre-fall look book, which is pretty much shot


Canadian Motivational Speaker To Visit Buffalo Again

#buffalo #newyork #canadian — Canadian motivational speaker yours truly, Clint Cora, is probably going to make another return visit to Buffalo, New York this fall. After a recent trip to do a diversity talk at Daemen College, there is now interest from the Buffalo area for me to do a Toastmasters event down there.

I have spoken at a Toastmasters district conference in Niagara Falls, New York before and the contacts made there resulted in a few visits to local clubs. Now, there is talk to get me to come down and do my motivational speech at a club for an open house event which would not only be open to Toastmasters members in Buffalo, but also public which is the general intention.

AThe starting point was randomly selected from the potential participant list at the antenatal clinic. This study included pregnant women who came for their first booking for antenatal care at the clinic and were aged between 15 and 45 years (childbearing aged according to the World Health Organization, 2015). Then, every second pregnant woman who came to the clinic before seeing the physician on the list would be approached for the study.

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over coal ash pollution at its Gallatin plant upstream from Nashville. The first is a federal lawsuit brought by SELC on behalf of Tennessee Clean Water Network and Tennessee Scenic Rivers Association over coal ash contamination of the Cumberland River and Old Hickory Lake. Those same groups are also participating in the lawsuit the state of Tennessee filed against TVA a year ago in state court for coal ash pollution from the Gallatin power plant in violation of Tennessee law.The Tasmanian Government has sold almost $50 million of Housing Tasmania properties in the past four years, State Parliament has heard.

Leader of Government Business in the Upper House Leonie Hiscutt revealed 372 Housing Tasmania properties had been sold since 2014 for a total of $48,599,798.

In the 2017-18 financial year, 77 Housing Tasmania properties were sold for a total of $11,133,798.

Of those properties almost half (38) were sold on the open market.

Airbnb urged members to oppose more restrictive regulation. ( Supplied: Airbnb )

Since 2014, 113 properties have been sold on the open market, however, a change to the recording system meant sales types were not available prior to January 2016.

The information was provided in response to a question on notice from Pembroke Labor MP Jo Siejka.

According to Ms Hiscutt,


it is government policy to first offer Housing Tasmania properties to people eligible for the HomeShare or Streets Ahead programs to enable low-income households to enter the housing market.

When offers were not received from people eligible for the programs, or when there was fire damage or structural problems with the property, they could be sold on the private market.

Labor housing spokesman Josh Willie said the figures showed Tasmania's public housing portfolio had not been growing, despite the housing crisis.

He said the Government should be investing more in social and public housing.

"That's incredibly frustrating for community members who are waiting for a house, seeing houses that are empty for sale on the open market while they are couch surfing and sleeping rough," Mr Willie said.

"The Government has been announcingsales are used to construct suitable properties," he said.

Mr Jaensch said the Government was continuing work on its affordable housing strategy.

Airbnb rallied members to oppose changes

Details of the sales came as submissions to the Legislative Council committee inquiry into short-stay accommodation were published.

The inquiry received 192 submissions, with a significant number of almost identical submissions from people identifying as Airbnb hosts.

Before submissions closed, Airbnb contacted people asking them to provide feedback to the inquiry through a link provided in an email.

According to a screenshot of the email, Airbnb warned that home sharing and travel could become harder and more expensive for hosts and guests if Tasmania's short-stay accommodation rules were changed.

The Tourism Industry Council of Tasmania (TICT) raised concerns in its submission that the cost burden was significantly


The city of Hyderabad is built on the banks of the Musi river. In the local language, the city is known as the city of the lion. From this time on, the city has seen several important symbols of Islamic rule. In the year 1591 AD, Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah, the ruler of the then Qutub Shahi dynasty, founded the city. Each of these construction industry patterns is of very good quality. This region is considered as one of the major agricultural products producing regions in India.

Why would you go to Hyderabad?

In a survey of 2015, Hyderabad became known as one of the top 10 sights in the world. There are many places to visit such as Sri Sailam, Athipathala Falls, Chilkur Balaji Temple, Anant Giri Hills. SoA Talent man is in jail after police say he attempted to lure women into his vehicle. On January 13, police say the man attempted to physically push a woman into his Jeep Cherokee in the Medford Center. On January 17, the man attempted to lure another female into the vehicle. A third incident occured two days later in the area of East Main and Genessee. Medford Police were able to track the vehicle to its owner. After questioning the suspect, 39-year-old Fidel Flores-Avalos of Talent was taken into custody and charged with attempted kidnapping.


hearing loss among the boys and girls of elementary school-age in urban areas in Rasht, northern Iran. Rasht is the capital of Guilan province in Iran with a population of 920,000. The study protocol was approved by the Review Boards of Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Guilan, Iran, (approval id: IR.GUMS.REC.1394.135) and complied with the principles outlined in the Helsinki Declaration.

Sampling was performed using multistage random cluster sampling method. Firstly, 15 schools were randomly selected from a list of elementary schools in the urban areas of Rasht. Then, sampling occurred in classes randomly chosen from each grade in the selected schools. A total of 2100 students were selected from all 6- to 13-year-old children during January and April 2015. Informed consent was obtained from the parents of theHow to provide both energy and data by using footstep? By Laurence Kemball-Cook, founder of Pavegen (23 minutes)

Proptech 2016 – London – May 19th 2016

Laurence Kemball-Cook, founder of Pavegen, talks about the “flooring revolution” in which his company is involved. Pavegen technology consists in using the weight of every footstep in order to provide both energy and data. It has been implemented in busy streets (Oxford street for example) but also in retail and office areas (in which it is very relevant to know what are the movements of the clients or the employees). In 2015 the startup raises £2M from over 1,500 investors on equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube.

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enabling people of all abilities and ages to have a better time on their bike.
MBUK brings you all the latest news, coolest kit, plus exclusive info on the newest and best bikes that you can buy.

The 2014 season looks to set be incredibly busy for Bianchi, Italy's oldest bike manufacturers. Not only have they launched updates to their flagship Oltre road race and Infinito Classics bikes, they've also announced a new carbon platform with the Intenso, taken over sponsorship of the Belkin pro team and continued their partnership with Italy's vintage flavoured L'Eroica amateur event.

At Eurobike 2013 they had plenty on display, including a limited edition Oltre XR2, the more affordable Intenso, disc versions of the Oltre XR2 and Infinito CV and a range of designer watches.

Bianchi OltreXR2 limited edition

The Oltre XR2 with an 80th anniversary Campag Record group

Seemingly not content with the stunning Oltre XR2, Bianchi have also prepared a limited edition version, complete with Campagnolo's 80th anniversary Record groupset. The finish has been co-ordinated with the flat black and deep red hues of the group, with custom components matched to the classy feel.

In its XR2 guise, the Oltre frame weighs 895g (55cm) and features full internal cable routing, a BB386 bottom bracket shell and a new carbon layup aimed to increase both drivetrain stiffness and comfort.

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Shimano's new hydraulic/Di2 levers made their appearance on the disc-equipped Infinito CV

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Saudi to free 850 Indian prisoners from its jails
On February 18, Prince Mohammed ordered the immediate release of 2,107 Pakistanis incarcerated in Saudi jails. China is Saudi Arabia's largest trading partner, with bilateral trade in goods totalling $63bn a year ago .

UCP responds to province's crude-by-rail plan
Some producers have complained that the lower differentials make crude-by-rail shipments less profitable. The National Energy Board says crude-by-rail exports from Canada reached a record high in December.

Hopeful Warren Unveils Universal Child Care Plan
Programs like the federal government's Head Start make preschool available to children from poor families. Families with income less than 200 percent of the poverty line would get free access.

Israel's moonshot blasts off with a successful launch
Air Force also has asmall research spacecraft aboard the rocket, for a one-year mission in orbit around Earth. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Florida on Thursday night carrying Israel's first lunar lander.

Stone says posting judge pic was egregious error
Trump denies collusion and Russian Federation denies USA allegations it interfered to undermine the American democratic process. On Monday, Stone posted a photo of Jackson with what appeared to be crosshairs near her.

Why is PM Modi Silent on Kashmiris Being Targeted: Omar Abdullah

The petition has arraigned eight states and the Central government as respondents.

The NHRC has also issued a notice to the Delhi Police commissioner and has asked the Union ministries to submit the report on the matter within two weeks.

Hearing the public interest litigation (PIL), the apex court asked government-appointed


nodal officers (usually senior police officers) to take steps to prevent acts of intimidation, threat, assault and social boycott of Kashmiris, including students, reported Bar and Bench.

Omar added the decision in no doubt has been taken without taking in to consideration inputs from central and intelligence agencies. Condemning the rising incidents of lynching cases in India, the Supreme Court had, in 2018, instructed Parliament to come up with a new law which would deal with such offences.

The former home and finance minister also took a dig at Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy's statement that he favoured a call for the boycott of Kashmiri products and visiting the state as tourists.

Khan said 300 students from Uttarakhand state alone have returned to Kashmir.

Mohammad Yasin Khan, president of Kashmir Traders and ManufacturersFederation, told AFP that threats of violence were still being made. It had also sought immediate setting up of a nationwide helpline number and a website containing contact details of the nodal officers appointed in politically-sensitive districts. Several Kashmiri students were reportedly harassed and beaten up across states in the days after the attack. Immediately after the attack, mobs and vigilante groups engaged in vitriolic hate speech and began attacking, and threatening Muslims and Kashmiris throughout the country, the petition said.

He said that "alienation among Kashmiris" will only increase with the situation that has unfolded in India. The Jaish-e-Mohammed has claimed responsibility for the attack.


Protecting the Public from H1N1 through Points of Dispensing (PODs).
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Middle East Continues to Dominate U.S. Foreign Policy, but Our Strategy in Region Remains Largely Unclear

Like every U.S. president of the last half-century, I find it nearly impossible to avoid focusing most of my foreign policy attention on the continuingly chaotic and confusing region of the world that is the Middle East.

I have now spent five decades working on foreign policy in government, and I’m still struggling to make sense of the Middle East. It’s an extremely turbulent area, where tensions flare up regularly.


Its economic growth has been tepid at best, and its overall governance is feeble. The region is currently flooded with refugees. And city after city is fraught with danger, destruction and devastation.

Robert McFarlane is a PSA Advisory Board member and served as President Reagan’s national security adviser. The original article appeared in The Washington Times.

The means of coercing Iran

How would the prospects for stability in the Middle East be affected if Iran were to succeed in its effort to become a nuclear power? In what ways might we expect Iran to behave differently?

The behavior of the Soviet Union in the late 1970s is instructive on this point. Despite signing the 1972 SALT I Agreement with the United States, which put restraints on strategic nuclear forces, the USSR soonPractice, Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs; Distinguished Scholar, IU School of Global and International Studies; Director, Center on Congress at Indiana University. He served as U.S. Representative from Indiana’s 9th Congressional District from 1965-1999 and is a current Advisory board member for the Partnership for a Secure America. The article originally appeared in the Huffington Post

To Win the War on Terror, We Must Win the War of Ideas

What is ISIS?

This time a year ago, most Americans wouldn’t have been able to answer that question. Today, the Islamic State group dominates the news headlines through its terrorist actions across the Middle East and in European countries such as France and Denmark.

The sudden ascendancy of a group that, 12 months ago, had yet to pervade the nation’s


killed scores of civilians.

Over the past week I hope you saw these news reports from northern Nigeria. And I hope you did not flip or click away to the next article – horrified, yes, but hoping these were only isolated incidents happening in some difficult-to-reach place in some other African country.

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Operation Lifeline Syria

Middle East suffers a new trauma every week. Iraq is disintegrating, as the Syrian conflict crashes across its borders. Gaza is in flames, as long-term neglect takes its toll.a member of PSA’s Board of Advisors as well as a former Under Secretary of State and of Defense and a former Ambassador to Zambia, Egypt, the Philippines, and India. The article was co-authored by Leslie H. Gelb, a former New York Times columnist and senior government official. Original article posted at the Daily Beast.

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U.S. policy is going down the drain in Syria diplomatically and militarily. The choice: deal with Assad or fail.

The Syria conference underway in Geneva to transition from the rule of President Assad will fail, and the Obama team knows it. There is no incentive now in the Assad or rebel camps for diplomatic compromise, and the U.S. knows that. Nothing the U.S. and its allies are doing or planning


on the military front will compel President Assad to step aside, and the White House understands that full well. The reality on the ground today is that American-helped moderate rebels continue to flounder, while Assad’s forces and those of the jihadi extremists prosper. Obama officials see this as well and realize that nothing they are doing or are likely to do will alter those facts.

So, if President Obama understands what he is doing will fail, why is he doing it?

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Presently, theis possible?

Syria, as currently constituted, is a chaotic, confusing and challenging country, one partitioned into multiple centers of power and plagued by a brutal civil war that has killed approximately 100,000 people according to United Nations estimates and that, sadly, seems to have no end in sight. Over 6 million Syrians have been displaced, with prospects of more to come in what is the world’s most daunting humanitarian crisis. (more…)

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Our Shared Responsibility to Protect

In less than a decade, the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) has emerged as a widely shared doctrine of international relations, an amazingly rapid development for a concept that did not exist at the time of the Rwandan genocide or Balkan wars of the 1990s. Every nation in the world, including the United States, has recognized a responsibility to protect civilians anywhere from genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, or ethnic cleansing, and — at least in theory — has pledged to act accordingly.

Sadly, the promise of R2P has been more noteworthy in the breach than in the honoring of our commitments. The currentNestled between the sloping hills of Beit Jala, the sister town of Bethlehem, is the Angel Hotel - the epicentre of the coronavirus epidemic in the occupied West Bank city.

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Since the first seven cases were announced on 5 March, the number of confirmed patients has risen to 20, all of whom are Palestinian residents of Bethlehem.

The city has since been placed on lockdown by the Palestinian Authority (PA).

Of the 20 cases, 16 were being quarantined in


the Angel Hotel, along with 15 American tourists who are believed to have come into contact with those carrying the virus according to the PA.

The hotel has become somewhat of a spectacle in the city, as curious residents of Bethlehem pass by in their cars, trying to get a glimpse at the hotel past the police barricades and dozens of mask-clad PA soldiers.

But while the scenes outside the hotel seem like something straight out of a chilling science-fiction film, the people stuck inside the hotel have been telling a different, much more positive story.

Palestinian hospitality takes over

Photos of pastries, fruit smoothies and traditional Palestinian dishes flood the Facebook page of Phyllis McDuffie Creel, one of the Americans under quarantine at the Angel Hotel.

Creel travelled to Bethlehem as partInternet and Society, Professor (by courtesy) of Electrical Engineering in Stanford University’s Department of Electrical Engineering, and a leading expert on net neutrality.

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Modeling larval dispersal for the gilthead seabream in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea.
To investigate dispersal and connectivity between spawning and lagoon nursery habitats of the gilthead seabream, Sparus aurata, in the Gulf of Lions (northwestern Mediterranean Sea), we modeled the potential transport of the species' larvae between its supposed main spawning site in the region (the Planier Island) and two of its main local nursery areas (the coastal lagoons of Thau and Salses-Leucate). Passive larval drift simulations using a dispersal biophysical model showed a large variability in the possible trajectories from spawning to nursery areas and in the predicted ages for larvae arrival on the two nursery sites. The most common ages at arrival obtained in the simulations (20-60 days) are broadly consistent with previous modeling studies but contrastPosted by:

[T]he final text is…distinguished by its “creative ambiguity”…imbued with baptismal theology and the branch theory…and moved slightly, but consciously, away from the principle of exclusivity and towards the principle of inclusiveness.

[I]t is strange for a Hierarch to invoke former professors and not the Prophets, the Apostles and the Church Fathers, which is what he confessed at his ordination as Bishop. — Met. Hierotheos

Source: Orthodox Ethos

Original Text in Greek: Ναυπάκτου κ. Ἱεροθέου: Οἱ ἀποφάσεις τῆς Ἱεραρχίας τῆς Ἐκκλησίας τῆς Ἑλλάδος γιὰ τὴν «Ἁγία καὶ Μεγάλη Σύνοδο» καὶ ἡ κατάληξή τους. Translated, for the Holy Metropolis of Nafpaktos and St. Vlassios, by Anastasios Filippides.

The Decisions of the Hierarchy of the Church of Greece on the “Holy and Great Council” and the Final Outcome

By His Eminence Met. Hierotheos Vlachos

Wednesday, 28


September 2016

AT ITS MEETINGS on 24 and 25 May 2016, the Hierarchy of the Church of Greece, as was its right and responsibility, studied the texts adopted by the Pre-Conciliar Pan-Orthodox Conferences and Summits of the Primates, further to the decision and proposal of the Standing Holy Synod. Having taken into account Article 11 of the Organisation and Working Procedure of the “Holy and Great Council” it decided to submit proposals, amendments, corrections and additions, which were submitted within the prescribed time to the competent Pan-Orthodox Secretariat of the “Holy and Great Council”.

As stated in Article 11 of the Organisation and Working Procedure of the Holy and Great Council “At the conclusion of deliberations, the approval of any change is expressed, according to pan-Orthodox procedures, by the consensusof the delegations of each autocephalous Orthodox Church. This means that an amendment that is not approved unanimously shall not be passed.”

The important thing is that most of these proposals were adopted unanimously by the Hierarchy of the Church of Greece, while some were approved with a minority of one or two Bishops voting against out of a total of 76 present, and one proposal was approved by an open vote. These facts imply that this decision by the Hierarchy of the Church of Greece was solidly supported and expresses the consciousness of the Orthodox Church in Greece, which has a high theological, pastoral and monastic ecclesiastical level.

I. The Key Points of the Decisions of the Hierarchy

There are four key points in the decisions taken by the Hierarchy,


namely, the issue of the person, the granting of autonomy to an ecclesiastical province, the Orthodox Church and the rest of the Christian world, and the unity of the Church as a given fact.

According to the Fathers of the Church, the term person was attributed to the Triune God, while throughout patristic literature the biblical term human being (anthropos) is used for humans in the theological meaning of human beings created in the image and likeness of God. When sometimes the Fathers use the term hypostasisfor human beings, they use it based on the Bible and not on philosophy. However, in modern philosophy existential personalism has developed, which deviates from patristic tradition by identifying nature with need and sin, and desire-volition with the person. For this reason theof the saints and the devout mind of the Church.” The principle of exclusivity cannot fall victim to the principle of inclusiveness, which undermines the given fact of the unshakable unity of the One Church.

II. The Encyclical of the Standing Holy Synod

Because these basic decisions had been taken by the Hierarchy, the Encyclical sent by the Standing Holy Synod to the Dioceses and read in all the churches gave the assurance that the decisions taken were based on the teaching of the Church and that in the “Holy and Great Council” the Bishops would express the experience and faith of the mystery of Pentecost and the confession of our Saints. Specifically, among other things, it writes:

The Hierarchy of the Church of Greece, with absolute faith in the teachings


of the Prophets, Apostles and Fathers, and with respect for the Conciliar polity of the Orthodox Church, has studied thoroughly the proposals of the Standing Synod one by one, in a spirit of unity, responsibility and seriousness, and with unanimity on most points and an absolute majority in others, has made corrections to the texts presented, and additions where needed, so that these are the final decisions of our Church with regard to these texts. The corrections and additions, which are substantial and in accord with the timeless experience and tradition of the Church, will be submitted to the Pan-Orthodox Secretariat of the Holy and Great Council in Crete and will supported by Archbishop Hieronymus of Athens and All Greece, in order to improve the texts already elaboratedprevailing in me during the sessions of the Council in Crete.

In what follows the decisions of the Hierarchy of the Church of Greece on the three texts will be presented, with some theological EXPLANATORY COMMENT to illustrate their value, together with an indication of which ones were approved or rejected during the meetings of this Council in Crete.

III. Documents That Were Changed

Changes, corrections, additions and removals were proposed to three of the six texts distributed to the Hierarchs. We shall look at these in detail.

A. “The Mission of the Orthodox Church in Today’s World”

The text entitled “The Mission of the Orthodox Church in today’s world” signed by the Primates of the Orthodox Church in Geneva in January 2016 differs in many respects from the corresponding text prior to


discussion has indicated that there is a problem with the term ‘human person’, and as it only occurs seven times in the text it would seem preferable to delete it, as the Synod of the Church of Greece has maintained, and the Primate of the Church of Jerusalem and the Church of Jerusalem agree.

In the course of discussion on the “human person”, Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro, on behalf of the Serbian Orthodox Church, and Patriarch Daniel of Romania agreed with the proposal of our Church using various arguments. Thus, along with our Church, this issue was supported by four of the ten Churches present.

However, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew insisted on the retention of the word “person”. After praising the level of theology of the Metropolitans of Pergamon andthe human being as a specific bearer of the image of the personal God and as a member of a community of persons who, through the unity of the human race, reflect by grace the life and communion of the Divine Persons of the Holy Trinity.

Instead of this, the Hierarchy of the Church of Greece decided to propose the following wording:

Freedom and Responsibility. 1. Freedom is one of God’s greatest gifts to the human being.

In other words, it suggested the deletion of the parenthetical phrases – “both as a specific bearer of the image of the personal God and as a member of a community of persons who, through the unity of the human race, reflect by grace the life and communion of the Divine Persons of the


Holy Trinity” – which refer to the ontology of the person and the community of persons, and are theologically problematic.

EXPLANATORY COMMENT In the context of the previous comment about the person, the aim is to emphasise the freedom of humans, as creations of God, by deleting the expressions in parenthesis. The parenthetical phrases risk starting a discussion about defining what is meant by the “communion of the Divine Persons”, and what is meant by “a community of human persons” who reflect the unity according to grace of the human race “in the life and communion of the Divine Persons of the Holy Trinity.” There might also be a discussion about determining what is meant by the human being “as a specific bearer of the image of the personalor Act has been issued”, that is, “autonomy cannot be granted.”

After this the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece said that we would be delighted to receive the Patriarch in the Church of Greece, whether in the southern or in the northern Provinces. So the Church of Greece did not insist on the inclusion of the paragraph in the text, because it considered that, after the explanation by the Ecumenical Patriarch, the question was redundant.

C. Relations of the Orthodox Church with the Rest of the Christian World”

The text put before the “Holy and Great Council” for discussion and decision entitled “Relations of the Orthodox Church with the rest of the Christian world” is derived from the combination of two texts which had been elaborated in Pre-Conciliar Pan-Orthodox Conferences.


One of them had the same title as the text under discussion, and the other was entitled “The Orthodox Church and the Ecumenical Movement”.

The merging of the above texts, which was carried out in the period 2014-2015 by the special Inter-Orthodox Commission for the review of the texts, gave rise to a number of problems and contradictions crept in, as we will now see.

1. The Orthodox Church and Those Outside It

The pre-2014 text used the term “the rest of the Christian world” for Christians outside the Orthodox Church, not only in the West but also in the East, and spoke of dialogues between the Orthodox Church and these Christians. The whole text was divided into chapters, namely: “The Dialogue with the Anglicans”, “The Dialogue with the Old Catholics”,the very essence of the Church have emerged. (Emphasis added.)

This significant comment disappeared in the consolidated text signed by the Primates of the Churches in Geneva in January 2016!

In other words, from that text it was clearly inferred that the One Church is the Orthodox Church, whereas other Christian groups have broken away from it. And yet this paragraph was deleted before the text was signed by the Primates.

These reasons prompted the Standing Holy Synod and the Hierarchy of the Church of Greece to bring the whole text into line with the meaning of the title, “Relations of the Orthodox Church with the rest of the Christian world”. Among other things, they decided to use the phrase “Christian Confessions and Communities”.

Specifically Paragraph 6 read:

The Orthodox Church acknowledges the


historical existence of other Christian Churches and Confessions not in communion with her.

Instead of this, the Hierarchy of the Church of Greece decided to propose the following wording:

The Orthodox Church is aware of the historical existence of other Christian Confessions and Communities not in communion with her. (Emphasis added.)

The same phrase is repeated in the same paragraph and in paragraphs 16, 19, 20 and 21 of this document and is corrected likewise.”

EXPLANATORY COMMENT As is well known, the title of this text refers to the Orthodox Church and the rest of the Christian world, in both East and West, namely, the Pre-Chalcedonians, Nestorians, Monothelites, Roman Catholics, Anglicans, Old Catholics, Reformed, etc. This implies that the content of the text ought not to differ from its title, which indicatesthe difference between the Orthodox Church and the rest of the Christian world. The rest of the Christian world, in other words, those outside the Orthodox Church, apart from the Christians of the East, is divided into the Christians of the West who broke away from the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church in the 11th century, centred on the Pope, and also the Protestants who broke away from the Pope, who are divided into many Christian groups. During the second millennium they were assigned various names, such as Latins, Franco-Latins, Papists, etc., while the Reformers, Protestants, Anglicans and their groups were called Confessions. The Christians of the East are included among them. Because the Orthodox Church has the self-awareness that it is the One, Holy, Catholic and