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If you have missing teeth, it creates problems with biting and chewing, even speaking, and if it's near the front, you're likely to be self-conscious as well.
There are hidden problems too. When you lose a tooth, your jawbone and surrounding tissues start to "resorb" or shrink. This is why the faces of edentulous people – that's people with missing teeth, including those with full dentures – often have that sunken look.
Thanks to modern dental technology and expert skills, we at Ace Dental in Kentish Town can solve these problems with dental implants, which are metal screws placed permanently in the jaw, on top of which we attach a false tooth.
We assess the state of your jawbone and gum where the tooth was lost. Depending on the state of the jaw we sometimes need to prepare the site by doing a bone graft or sinus lift, which will build up the jawbone where the implant will go. As soon as you are ready, we make an appointment to place the implant.
The metal implant is screwed into the jawbone and left for about three to six months. During this time new bone grows around the implant, securing it in a process called osseointegration.
A connecting piece called an abutment is screwed into the implant and a false tooth made to exactly fit and match your other teeth is placed on top. The quality of these restorations is such that you can easily forget which tooth is the false one!
Our hygienist will show you how best to care for your implant. There's nothing complicated but it is important that you maintain a healthy mouth because, as with any other tooth, you don't want to create problems that may threaten the implant's stability.
If you need to replace all of the teeth in your upper or lower jaw, a procedure known as full-arch rehabilitation, Ace Dental is proud to offer the All on 4 implant technique. This involves using just four implants to support a prosthetic containing every tooth in the arch. All on 4 is much less invasive than other techniques, and in fact it makes a full-arch restoration possible where often it would be impossible because of the state of the jawbone. Post-operative hygiene and maintenance of the prosthetic is also much easier with All on 4.
Ill-fitting dentures can be a curse, making eating and even speaking difficult, and if you don't know when they are going to come loose, it can affect your confidence. Many people are now getting implants to stabilise their dentures, bringing back that confident smile.
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Game Designer Amy Hennig to Be Honored With BAFTA Special Award
By Carolyn CoxMay 25th, 2016, 8:30 am
Next month, veteran game designer Amy Hennig will be presented with the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Special Award in honor of her exceptional 26 years of work in the games industry.
BAFTA Games Committee chairman Harvey Elliott explained in a press release, "Amy is one of the industry's most successful and respected creative leaders, and we are thrilled to recognise her outstanding contribution through this special award – one of BAFTA's highest accolades. Her work in the games industry spans nearly three decades, and throughout this illustrious career she has championed the importance of a game's script, with this creative vision pervading all her work."
Hennig is currently the senior creative director at EA's Visceral Games, and is also known for her work on the first three Uncharted titles as well as her time at Crystal Dynamics. Her award will be presented at a ceremony in L.A. on the 12th; you can read more about the BAFTA Los Angeles below, courtesy of the press release.
Founded in 1987, BAFTA Los Angeles serves as a bridge between the Hollywood and British production and entertainment business communities. Its commitment to professional and community education is at the heart of all activity, including an award-winning community outreach programme, screenings, seminars, Behind Closed Doors series, Q&As, scholarships for British students studying in the US, a Newcomers Program for emerging British talents working in the US, and a Heritage Archive project that preserves in-depth interviews with the industry's leading talents for future generations. BAFTA Los Angeles celebrates and promotes excellence through its annual Britannia Awards, Awards Season Film and Television Tea Parties and the Student Film Awards.
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New Department of Labor Numbers Show Farmers Are Increasingly Turning to this Controversial Visa Program
Positions certified for the H-2A visa are up 21 percent over last year.
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For years, California's avocado farms have been scrambling to find enough people to pick their fruit. As a result, growers there and in several other states are increasingly turning to a controversial visa program, the H-2A, to import workers. New numbers released by the Department of Labor show that the number of positions certified for the H-2A program grew by 21 percent since the last fiscal year.
"Many farmers have to supplement their existing workforces with H-2A labor or in some cases, they are completely dependent on the H-2A program," said Jason Resnick, the vice president and general counsel for the Western Growers Association, which is based primarily in California.
Around 70 percent of farm workers were immigrants at the time of the last National Agricultural Workers Survey, and around half were undocumented, though some organizations estimate that the percent is higher. "It's always been difficult to get people to work in the fields because the wages are so low and the conditions are so harsh, thus farmers in the past have turned to vulnerable and often exploitable workers without immigration status," said Daniel Costa, an attorney and former director of immigration at the Economic Policy Institute. John Hollay, the senior director of government relations at the industry group United Fresh Produce Association, notes that "a lot of the folks that work in agriculture—and agriculture hasn't been shy about talking about this—are improperly or falsely documented."
"It's always been difficult to get people to work in the fields because the wages are so low and the conditions are so harsh," said attorney Daniel Costa.
Growers say shifts in immigration policy have made it even harder to get the labor they need, as my colleague explored in this feature about a worker shortage in California's wine country. President Donald Trump's calls for more deportations alongside targeted Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids have made workers fearful. As it becomes more difficult to find and hire undocumented workers, farmers supplement their workforce with H-2A workers, Costa said.
The H-2A visa program brings temporary agricultural workers to the United States, usually from Mexico. The guestworkers stay for up to 10 months (barring extension) and employers—mostly large agricultural producers and contractors—must provide transportation and government approved housing. The program started in the 1980s as a way to help farmers fill labor shortages during their busy seasons because of declining numbers of domestic farm laborers. Nowadays, that amounts to a 1.5 to 2.2 million person gap.
The State Department hasn't yet released the actual number of H-2A visas granted this year, but we do know that the DOL certified 242,762 job positions under the program, up from 200,049 last year. Costa thinks the number of visas granted will mirror the upward trend of jobs certified.
Produce farmers, especially those who grow berries, rely most heavily on H-2A visas, and Georgia tops the list as the state bringing in the most guest workers through the program. Mother Jones' Tom Philpott wrote that ever since the state started implementing harsher immigration policies in 2011, farmers were met with fields of rotting produce because they lacked the labor to pick and process crops, and have been turning to the program.
Though H-2A labor is more regulated than an undocumented workforce, immigrant advocacy groups say the visa has issues of its own. Farmworker Justice, a farm laborer advocacy group, published a report detailing the program's issues with wage theft, instances of human trafficking, and unsafe housing, and in 2013, the Southern Poverty Law Center wrote in an investigation that it was "close to slavery." A report released last year from University of California-Davis found that illegal recruitment fees made workers susceptible to retaliation, blacklisting, and visa denial. As my colleague Kanyakrit Vonkiatkajorn wrote about in this article, a lawsuit filed earlier this year in Washington alleged that H-2A workers were forced to continue picking blueberries despite the smoke and heat from nearby forest fires. After one worker was hospitalized, others went on strike and were subsequently fired.
And employers often complain that the visa program is expensive and burdensome. But without many alternatives, they will probably rely on the program more and more, as the Labor Department's numbers make clear. Research shows these guestworkers are paid about the same as unauthorized workers on average, Costa said, "but farmers don't have to worry about H-2A workers being deported."
California's Vineyard Workers Already Faced Long Hours, Low Pay, and Harsh Conditions. Then Came Trump's Immigration Crackdown.
These Foreign Workers Say They Were Told to Pick Blueberries Unless They Were on Their "Death Bed"
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The Finnish striker has completed a move to the Copenhagen side.
Teemu Pukki has made a surprise move to the Danish Superliga, signing for Brondby from Celtic on loan.
The forward is the second player to move from Celtic Park to Brondby on transfer deadline day, following young striker Holmbert Fridjonsson who earlier signed for the club.
Pukki had joined Celtic from Schalke 04 in a deadline day deal in September 2013 and was handed a four-year deal.
The Finland international scored on his Celtic debut against Hearts and added a second goal a week later against St Johnstone but he failed to find the net regularly scoring just seven times over the course of the season.
Used only occasionally by former boss Neil Lennon, Pukki initially looked to have been given a new lease of life by new Celtic boss Ronny Deila. He was introduced from the bench in Deila's first competitive match, against KR Reykjavic and started the return leg of the Champions League qualifier, scoring twice.
He failed to make an impact in the matches against Legia Warsaw and was substituted at half-time in the league defeat to Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
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Abraham Lincoln's Assassination @ RogerNorton.com
The Abraham Lincoln Assassination research site, operated by history teacher Roger Norton, is by far one of the best sites on the topic. It covers a wide variety of information in a very detailed manner. In addition it has sister sites devoted to specifics of the individuals, Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln.
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Boothie Barn
The Boothie Barn is a blog devoted to deep research into the Lincoln Assassination and the lives of all involved. Run by teacher Dave Taylor, it's one of the most fascinating sources of information on the topic and Dave never fails to enlighten his audience with newly found information. Dave is also a tour guide on the John Wilkes Booth Escape Route Bus Tour, organized by the Surratt Society, and he is consistently updating his blog with the wealth of information he uncovers.
Remembering Lincoln - A Project of Ford's Theatre
This site is managed by Ford's Theatre and brings together a wealth of newspaper articles, first hand accounts, and personal letters touching on many different aspects of Lincoln's death and assassination. As stated on their website, "the goal of the project is to localize and personalize the story of the Lincoln assassination for people around the United States and world."
The Lincoln Log
The Lincoln Log is a wonderful resource for anyone interested in the daily and hourly activities of Abraham Lincoln. The website provides "a daily chronology of the life of Abraham Lincoln", by allowing the user to search for any date from President's birth to his death. Each log note is sourced for further verification and research.
It's associated with the Papers of Abraham Lincoln.
The Papers of Abraham Lincoln
If you're looking for a document related to Abraham Lincoln or his presidency, one good place to start is The Papers of Abraham Lincoln. As a project of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, the site's purpose is committed to "identifying, imaging, transcribing and publishing all documents written by or to Abraham Lincoln during his entire lifetime (1809-1865)."
Mr. Lincoln's White House
While not solely devoted to the assassination, Mr. Lincoln's White House, has a vast amount of information regarding Abraham Lincoln and his presidency. It's important to understand Lincoln as a man and the era he lived in to fully capture the tragedy of his death.
The Lincoln Archives Digital Project
This website has taken on the massive undertaking of digitizing all the federal records of Abraham Lincoln Presidential Administration. Checkout their massive compilation of documents, maps, political cartoons, records and more.
National Museum of Health and Medicine
The National Museum of Health and Medicine in Silver Spring Maryland has a current exhibit entitled "HIS WOUND IS MORTAL; IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO RECOVER" - THE FINAL HOURS OF PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN". This exhibit details the autopsy of Abraham Lincoln and items on display include the surgical kit used in the autopsy of President Abraham Lincoln, as well as the bullet that killed Lincoln and fragments of the President's skull.
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All CPUs execute the programs by following the four basic steps of information processing: fetch, decode, execute, and write back. The fetch step involves retrieving program instructions from memory. During the decode step, these program instructions are decoded and divided into parts relevant to different sections of the CPU. In the next step, the arithmetic logic unit (ALU) and floating-point unit (FPU) of the Central Processing Unit work in perfect coordination to execute the program instructions. In the final step, the results of program execution are written back to the memory.


Mount Eerie is the moniker for Phil Elverum whose poignant lo-fi songcraft and immersive sonic landscapes transports you to a distant, unknowable shore. Phil Elverum used to record as The Microphones and already has several albums under his belt in the guise of Mount Eerie.
'Clear Moon' breathes life's ebb and flow amidst delicate, beautiful soundscapes. Elverum lives in a small town of Anacortes in Washington where his music is inspired by the 'slowed-down attention' to the particular place. It is this precise 'slowed-down attention' that is evident across the entire album, creating a deeply evocative and endearing journey. 'The Place I Live' is a breathtaking hymn-like ode to Anacortes and the place where he lives. Brooding synthesizers and guiding drum beats drifts by before gorgeous backing female vocals appear on the horizon. 'If I look or if I don't look/clouds are always passing over the place I live' are the track's first words, whispered by Elverum over a spellbinding ambient soundscape. 'Clear Moon' is a collection of Elverum's thoughts drifted in memories, 'cold and clear'.
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MUSIAD brought together the world of business at the World Business Summit. Organized on the week of United Nation's 72nd General Assembly in New York City, the event drew together representatives of various sectors, such as finance, technology, construction, media-communication, and food-agriculture. The Minister of Economy Nihat Zeybekci, MUSIAD Chairman Abdurrahman Kaan, MUSIAD USA President Mustafa Tuncer and numerous senior executives from the business world addressed a speech at the summit. Organized under the leadership of MUSIAD USA, the event hosted speakers and participants from nineteen countries including France, Italy, Azerbaijan, Macedonia, and Saudi Arabia, along with Turkey and the United States.
MUSIAD Chairman Abdurrahman Kaan began his talk with an emphasis on interaction, communication, and similarities concerning the comparison of New York City and Istanbul being the two large centers of living and attraction of the world. President Kaan, highlighted particular subjects in his talk, including civilizations and behavioral patterns unique to cultures, parameters of new geopolitics, terror and the way it affects the concepts of humanity and faith, diplomacy of trade, perceptions of risk and threat, and changes in the definition and course of the concept of money, and noted:
The world is how you view it!
"It all depends on which window you are looking out from. Is it through the lens of a camera, or with your naked eye through a window that is open? New York is the center of attraction, the meeting hub of this young continent. No one can deny that. On the other end of the lens, there is Istanbul. Of course, these two cities do not border each other. However, geopolitics is now the new transborder force field of the neighborhood. The key word is the trade. All these business people came here to view the world with a naked eye, and not through a single lens."
Trade does not operate separately from politics.
"We (the business people) are obliged to produce the necessary and similar conditions for living and survival. These are products, services, technologies, and markets. However, the trade does not operate separately from politics. I believe it is necessary to look at the Turkey that appears when viewed from the lens here, from up close, and with naked eyes. The key word is manipulation, which is the new leverage of geopolitics. It is important not to fall for it."
Trade moves within diplomacy, just like politics does.
Turkey now follows an economic and commercial map that is more selective and more appropriate for its national interests. It is now shaping its domestic economy convenient for its leverages, strengths, and opportunities in the world production atlas. Turkey advocates for the integrity of capital, and not for its diffusiveness. It builds the SWOT matrix in World trade without neglecting its national and religious values. Therefore as MUSIAD, we aim for "50 agencies in 50 states" until the end of 2018 in the United States.
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Q: How to select fix number of datapoints spread evenly over a time range I am having a hard time creating a SQLite command that will return an evenly spaced out data points based on time if the number of data points is beyond 50.
Basically, I am having data stored every 30 seconds. However, if I want to see the data in the last hour, that will be a very large amount of data and will end up freezing my RPI as it attempts to visualize this data. So, my solution is to create a SQLite command that will limit the number of return data points to 50 that are spread evenly across a time range.
I have separate commands for if I want last min, 5 mins, 10 mins, etc. Once it goes beyond 1 hour, I need to limit the data so I can hard code this into the command (no need for IF statements)
Here is my currently attempt at the command which is not working:
select Voltage from Battery2 where Timestamp >= Datetime('now', '-1 hour') % (SELECT COUNT(*)/50 FROM Battery2)=0;

This is based on this stack overflow post: How to select fixed number of evenly spread rows in timeseries sqlite database
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Here is some sample data from the output of the function:
Voltage: 54
Timestamp: "2022-01-13 16:47:47"

Voltage: 54
Timestamp: "2022-01-13 16:48:18"

Voltage: 54
Timestamp: "2022-01-13 16:48:49"

A: You can use NTILE() window function to divide the resultset in 50 groups, based on the column Timestamp and then with aggregation pick 1 row from each group with MAX() or MIN() aggregate function:
WITH cte AS (
  SELECT *, NTILE(50) OVER (ORDER BY Timestamp) nt
  FROM Battery2
  WHERE Timestamp >= datetime('now', '-1 hour')
)
SELECT MAX(Timestamp) AS Timestamp, Voltage
FROM cte
GROUP BY nt;

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Investing In Whisky: A Beginner's Guide With Master Collector Mahesh Patel
John McCarthy Contributor
(Courtesy of Mahesh Patel)
World-renowned collector and connoisseur Mahesh Patel wants you to know that dealing in high-end whisky is not just serious business, it's also seriously fun. It's a world where aficionados of all levels of income and expertise seek out rare bottles of the world's finest elixirs to buy, trade and sell, while simultaneously draining a fair share of the best.
Sure, there are plenty of unscrupulous bottle flippers out there giving devoted whisky lovers a bad rap, much like ticket scalpers who buy up high demand seats just to sell them back to true fans at top dollar. But as far as Patel's concerned, there's nothing wrong with buying whisky as an investment. In fact, he thinks it's a smart bet.
"If you know what you are doing, the right bottles purchased at retail will almost always increase in value over time," says Patel, who owns one of the world's largest whisky collections. "There's little value in parking your money at the bank these days, and the stock market is always a risk. So people say, 'hey, maybe I should buy a few bottles of this old whisky,' and that's OK. But if you can, buy two or more so you can drink it, too."
On the last point, he practices what he preaches: In London last November he cracked open his diamond encrusted bottle of Royal Salute Tribute to Honor–A $250K blended scotch—in honor of Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee.
Following is a primer on how you can follow in Patel's footsteps and build up a collection that could prove a good investment, while providing you with some top-shelf fuel for celebrating good times as well.
Patel started seriously collecting about 25 years ago in Atlanta, where his day job as a commercial real estate developer brought financial success that grew steadily with his passion for whisky. And today he's expanded far beyond collecting. He is currently a partner in Sirius whisky company, with whom he creates his private label, Syndicate 58/6, a small batch blended scotch that releases only 500 to 600 cases every 18 months. He also produces Universal Whisky Experience, an annual high-end tasting event in Las Vegas, and he's currently launching his latest venture, Whisky Concierge, a service that focuses on helping clients source top-of-the-line juice. But Patel got started like most people—out of sheer curiosity. "I come from a collector background where I was drawn to the fun element of it, picking up different bottles to try, and before I knew it my collection was born. Eventually, I started to get a little more serious."
But building a valuable collection isn't as easy as raiding your local liquor store and filling up a cart— you need to know your stuff. Here, Patel offers advice on getting started, getting serious, and ascending to the greatest heights of collecting whisky.
Level One: Getting Started
Go Drinking: Practice is the only way to develop your palate, so sip as many different whiskies as you can. Seek out bars with good collections and sample different brands and styles. Chances are you will find yourself sitting next to a fellow aficionado, so make friends and talk shop. Also, look for tasting events where you can pay one price to sample some of the higher-end stuff, eventually you'll start to develop a feel for what you personally enjoy. Remember, just because something is popular or expensive doesn't mean you will like it.
Do Your Homework: Read as much as you can about the different whiskies and their styles, and focus on the regions that are serious right now: Scotch, American, Japanese and Irish. Get to know how each style employs different recipes, distillation techniques and aging strategies. The more educated you are about the product, the better your chances of making good purchasing decisions.
Go Shopping: Now that you are getting to know your stuff, go out and experiment. Your best bet is seeking out limited editions, which almost every major house releases. For now, stick to the retail market—there are plenty of opportunities to find bottles that are likely to increase in value. Duty free shops in airports are a great resource as most carry limited stuff with no chance of getting ripped off. Also, reputable on-line retailers have made it much easier to find low production bottles as well. Seek out solid retail outlets with good selections and chat up the owners. Sometimes they'll let you know if something special comes in or add you to a list to have a better shot at scoring low allocation products like Pappy Van Winkle. Also, many distilleries have fan clubs which offer opportunities to pick up special bottlings such as Friends of Laphroaig or The Ardbeg Committee.
Don't Get Burned: "When investing in a whisky, the quality is obviously important, but your best bet is to stick with a brand with good pedigree," says Patel. "The reputability of established houses have been built over time and their products will always be in demand." Also pay attention to reviews. A well rated whisky will get buzz, so more of it will get drunk. A larger production limited release that's in demand can attain a higher resale value than a more exclusive bottling that experts don't like. And be cautious of buying old bottles. Regardless of its age, it has to be something special to have value.
Level Two: Getting Serious
Go Drinking: So you are now getting into the serious part of building your collection. Tastings and networking should go together at this point so you should join or even create local drinking clubs, check out online communities, and hit the festival circuit such as Whisky Live, Whisky Fest or Patel's Universal Whisky Experience. These events give you direct access to whisky makers and you can connect with fellow collectors to expand your personal network. Not to mention sipping through great whiskies in search of your new favorite.
Do Your Homework: Touring distilleries is an important part of whisky education; they offer an intimate view of the production process from grain to glass. Learning the similarities and differences between the houses will give you a leg up in making informed purchases. Bonus: Collector's are like kids in candy stores in a distillery's gift shop. It's the perfect place to score collectibles.
Go Shopping: As you get further into it you will want to track down bottles that are no longer available at retail, and good bottles from closed distilleries like Rosebank or Brora are highly collectible. Auctions are an option as well, but stick to bigger, more reputable houses that do hallmarking and proper authentication. But don't go broke. Set yourself a price point based on what you can afford and stick to it, most collector's deal in bottles under $5,000. And don't forget the 20% up-charge on the hammer price.
Don't Get Burned: It's possible to find good bottles in online auctions, but can also be a great place to get ripped off. Remember you'll be making a purchase sight unseen so you can't examine the bottle or check the condition of the label, which is an important element of its value. E-Bay is also dangerous, there are a ton of fakes out there. "Retail operations, trading with other whisky connoisseurs and to a certain extent, reputable auctions are the way to go," says Patel. "Build a trusted network and trade bottles amongst yourselves."
And beware, pricing rare whisky is tricky business. Avoid online evaluation companies as they rely on auction data compiled over time which is shaky science at best. Instead, check the original retail value against what bottles are trading for through private collections. Those prices are more reflective of the true value of the whisky.
Level Three: The Big Time
Go Drinking: To get into the upper echelon of collecting, you must not only possess the interest, but you also need the scratch required to drink with the big boys. Private tours and high-end events such as Patel's 'Ultimate Whisky Experience' is where you'll find the good stuff, but dipping into the personal stash, preferably surrounded with friends and considerable ceremony, is one of the great joys of life to the serious whisky geek.
Go Shopping: At this point you are collecting to put money away as an investment, and you are now looking at big bottles Like a Mortlach 75, or 50 Year Old Balvenies—which are in the $35,000 range. There are always unique pieces that are hitting the market on this level. Meanwhile, you will use your contacts to buy and sell rare stuff and its at this point many collectors explore purchasing whisky by the cask.
Don't Get Burned: There is a lot of buzz out there about big money paper fund products, where people buy stocks against whiskies that are not yet aged, but Patel wants nothing to do with it. "The groups of people out there who are doing this really don't care about whisky, to be honest. They just want to create a commodity for its rarity then buy it all out and dump it on the market. I don't like that kind of so-called investing and I think it's the wrong way to think about this. Most of the people I know are true collectors and connoisseurs, and I think those two elements need to be together."
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Giulio Andreotti (Róma, 1919. január 14. – Róma, 2013. május 6.) olasz politikus, író és újságíró.

Az Olasz Kereszténydemokrata Párt egyik vezéregyénisége volt. Az olasz politikai élet főszereplője az 1950-es évek és 1990-es évek között.

Örökös szenátor 1991 óta, a legtöbbször megválasztott olasz politikus, csak 1948-1953 között (amikor Alcide De Gasperi megelőzte őt a listán) és 1963-1968 (ekkor Aldo Moro volt előbb a listán) között nem választották meg.

Andreotti töltötte be Olaszország történelmében legtöbbször a miniszterelnöki és miniszteri tisztségeket. Az alábbi tisztségeket töltötte be:
 Hétszer volt miniszterelnök: Többek közt az 1976-1978 közötti kommunisták távolmaradásával fémjelzett "nem-bizalmatlansági" és az 1978-1979 közötti "nemzeti szolidaritási" kormány miniszterelnöke volt, amit Aldo Moro meggyilkolásának emlékére hoztak létre.
 Huszonhétszer töltött be miniszteri tisztséget:
 Nyolcszor volt honvédelmi miniszter
 Ötször volt külügyminiszter
 Háromszor volt gazdaságban állami részvételért felelős miniszter
 Kétszer volt, pénzügy-, költségvetési és gazdasági, ipari, kereskedelmi és kézművesipari miniszter
 Egyszer volt kincstárügyi, belügy-, kulturális javakért felelős – és politikai kommunikációért felelős miniszter.

1945 és 2013 között folyamatosan tagja volt az olasz törvényhozásnak: Először a Nemzetgyűlés, később 1948-tól a Camera dei deputati, 1991-től az szenátus (Senato della Repubblica) tagja haláláig.

1999-től haláláig számos alkalommal nyomozás indult ellene a maffiával való kapcsolatai miatt. 2003. május 2-án a Palermói Fellebviteli Bíróság elítélte "per concorso esterno in associazione mafiosa" (külső közreműködés maffia jellegű társulásban) miatt. A Semmitőszék kifejezett együttműködésről beszélt a Cosa Nostra vezetőségével egészen 1980 tavaszáig, míg a későbbi időszakra vonatkozóan nem állt meg a vád. Az 1980-ig tartó együttműködéssel megvalósított bűncselekmény ugyanakkor az ítélet megszületésekor már elévült.

Élete

Gyermekkora és iskolái

Andreotti Rómában született, szülei Segni városból származtak. Kétéves volt, amikor édesapja meghalt, 2 testvére volt: egy bátyja és egy nővére, nővére akkor hunyt el, amikor felvették egyetemre. A római Liceo Torquato Tasso-ban érettségizett. Ezt követően felvették a Római La Sapienza Egyetem jogtudományi karára. Egyetemi tanulmányai folytatása mellett a pénzügyi hatóságnál dolgozott asszisztensként, hogy kevés jövedelméből bátyját és őt felnevelő édesanyját anyagilag támogassa.

1941-ben színjeles diplomát szerzett a jogtudományi karon.

Politikai karrierjének kezdete

Már egyetemi tanulmányai alatt tagja volt az Olasz Katolikus Egyetemi Hallgatók Szövetségének (FUCI), amely az egyetlen olyan katolikus szervezet volt, amit a fasizmus alatt nem tiltottak be. Itt ismerkedett meg Alcide De Gasperivel.

"Éppen tengerészeti jogot tanultam, bementem az egyetemi könyvtárba, ahol egy könyvtáros megkérdezte tőlem, hogy »Nincs magának jobb dolga ennél?« Hezitáltam egy kicsit. Pár nappal később hívott engem Spataro, aki pár évvel azelőtt újjászervezte az Olasz Kereszténydemokrata Pártot. Később újra összefutottam azzal a könyvtárossal, aki azt mondta: »De Gasperi a nevét akarja tudni«. De Gasperit még nem ismertem, ő mondta nekem hogy »gyere hozzánk dolgozni«. Szóval akkor kezdtem el, úgyhogy nem sok közöm volt ehhez. De ahogy azt tudni illik, a politika egy olyan gépezet, amit ha egyszer elkezd az ember, többé nem tudja abbahagyni."

1943-ban részt vett a Camaldoli-kódex szerkesztésében, amely a második világháború után a kereszténydemokrata kormányok alapvető célkitűzései tartalmazta. Tagja lett az illegálisan megjelenő Il Popolo napilap szerkesztőségének. 1944. július 30-án a nápolyi kongresszuson megalakult hivatalosan is a kereszténydemokrata párt, augusztusban pedig a párt ifjúsági szervezete, melynek 1944-1948 között titkára volt.

Az Alkotmányozó Nemzetgyűlés tagja és az első kormányzati felelőssége

Alcide De Gasperinek köszönhetően jelent meg a politikai életben: 1945-ben a Nemzetgyűlés tagja lett, 1946-ban az új alkotmány előkészítésére létrehozott Alkotmányozó Nemzetgyűlés (Assemblea costituente) tagja lett. Ők ketten egymást véletlenül ismerték meg a Vatikáni Apostoli Könyvtárban, ahol De Gasperi könyvtáros volt, aki azért dolgozott a Vatikánban, hogy elkerülje a fasiszta rendszer esetleges büntetéseit.

Andreotti hamarosan a Negyedik De Gasperi-kormány tagja lett, 1948-ban megválasztották képviselőnek az Olasz Képviselőházba, Róma-Latina-Viterbo-Frosinone választókerület képviselője volt. Az 1980-as évekig ez a választókerület volt a fellegvára.

Andreotti a további De Gasperi kormányok és a Pella-kormány alatt a Miniszterelnökség államtitkára volt. 1952-ben Andreotti a Római helyhatósági választások előtt kihasználva diplomáciai és a FUCI (Olasz Keresztény Egyetemi Hallgatók Szövetsége) elnöki tisztségét, – De Gasperivel és Montinivel ellentétben – sikerült rábeszélnie XII. Piusz pápát hogy mondjon le a "Sturzo műveletről" (amely felvetette egy neofasisztákkal kötendő választási koalíció ötletét).

1950-es és 1960-as évek

1954-ben töltött be először miniszteri tisztséget: az Első Fanfani-kormány belügyminisztere volt, majd Adone Zoli kormányában pénzügyminiszter volt 1958 augusztusáig, amiről lemondott mert a Giuffré-ügyben nem tett megfelelő lépéseket a pénzügyi csalás megszüntetésére. A vádak alól azonban egy parlamenti vizsgálóbizottság felmentette.
Ez egy banki csalási ügy volt, aminek lényege volt hogy egyházi hivataloknak nyújtott anyagi segítséget, a második világháborúban megsérült templomok és egyházi épületek újjáépítésére. Giambattista Giuffré egy imolai bank alkalmazottjaként kezelte ezeket a befektetéseket. Befektetést nyújtott azonban a Romagnai magánszemélyeknek is biztosított, 70% és később 100%-os kamattal. Később kiderült, hogy Giuffré a Ponzi-rendszernek megfelelő pilótajátékot folytatott.

Andreottit egy másik nyomozóbizottság 1961-1962 között elmarasztalta a fiumicinói repülőtéren zajló építkezésekkel kapcsolatos szabálytalanságok miatt. Ezekben az években kezdett felemelkedni a kereszténydemokraták Andreottit támogató szárnya, akik 1952-ben – a Vatikán jóváhagyásával – meghiúsították Luigi Storzo választási listán való szereplését. Ez a szárny az egyházi,jobboldali szellemiségű személyekből áll.

Így tudták eltávolítani a De Gasperi vezette szárnyat a pártvezetés éléről. Az Andreotti vezette szárnynak sikerült eltávolítani Alcide De Gasperit a miniszterelnöki pozícióból és a pártvezetésből is. Az 1960-as évek elején honvédelmi miniszter volt, amikor kirobbant a SIFAR-botrány (Olasz Katonai Hírszerzés), amit a L'Espresso című hetilap robbantott ki. Egy állítólagos neofasiszta katonai puccsot tervezett Giovanni De Lorenzo a csendőrség parancsnoka és az Olasz Szociális Mozgalom képviselője.

Andreotti feladatnak kapta, hogy a SIFAR-botrány dokumentumait semmisítse meg. A hírszerzés ugyanis kompromittáló dokumentumokat tartalmazott vezető olasz politikusokról. Egyesek később azzal vádolták Andreottit, hogy a megsemmisítés előtt lemásoltatta a dokumentumokat és a másolatokat elküldte a P2-páholy részére, annak ellenére hogy a parlamenti nyomozóbizottság elrendelte a dokumentumok elégetését Fiumicinóban.

1968-ban kinevezték a Olasz Kereszténydemokrata Párt Olasz Képviselőházi frakcióvezetőjének, ezt a tisztséget 1972-ig töltött be.

1970-es évek: Andreotti miniszterelnöksége

1972-ben lett először miniszterelnök, ezt a tisztséget először 1973-ig töltött be. 1974-ben ismét honvédelmi miniszter lett, ekkor készítette vele Massimo Caprara az Il Mondo hetilap újságíró az interjúját. Ebben elismerte, hogy Guido Giannettini – aki neofasiszta szellemiségűként az MSI híve volt és ő volt a felelős az 1969-ben Piazza Fontanan elkövetett merényletért – a katonai hírszerzésnek dolgozott. 1974 és 1976 között költségvetési és gazdasági programért felelős miniszter volt a 4. és 5. Moro-kormányban.

A "nem-bizalmatlansági" és "nemzeti szolidaritási" kormány

1976-ban az Aldo Moro vezette kormány elvesztette a szocialisták támogatását a parlament két házában, emiatt előrehozott választásokat kellett kiírni.A kereszténydemokraták nyertek a választásokon, de az Olasz Kommunista Párt nagyon megerősödött, addigi történelmének legjobb eredményét érve el, a legfőbb ellenzéki párttá vált, Enrico Berlinguer főtitkárral az élén. Ezt követően Berlinguer javaslatot tett a "történelmi kiegyezésre", hogy kereszténydemokrata-kommunista koalícióval egy stabil kormányzás jöjjön létre, ezt a kereszténydemokrata részről Aldo Moro és Amintore Fanfani támogatták. Ezzel a gazdasági válságot és a mindennapossá vált terrorizmust akarták kezelni.

Erre a feladatra Andreotti lett kiválasztva kereszténydemokrata részről, 1976. júliusában ismét miniszterelnök lett a Harmadik Andreotti-kormány élén. Ezzel létrejött a "bizalmas"kormány, hiszen a kormányban a kereszténydemokratákon és az MSI párton kívül nem volt más párt. A szocialisták és kommunisták ellenzékbe kerültek, ők adták ezt a nevet a kormánynak. Andreotti a kormányt a nemzeti szolidaritási kormánynak nevezte. Ez a kormány 1978 januárjában bukott el. Márciusban Aldo Moróval új kormány jött létre, amely ígéretet tett egy a történelmi kiegyezésre, amellyel egy ugyancsak tisztán kereszténydemokrata kormányzat jött volna létre, de a kommunisták szavazatára is számított immáron (ez ellen csak az Olasz Szociális Mozgalom, Olasz Liberális Párt és a Déltiroli Német Néppárt szavazott.) A kormány 1978. március 16-án jött létre, pont aznap rabolták el Aldo Morót a Vörös Brigádok terrorszervezet.

A drámai körülmények miatt a kormányt a "nemzeti-szolidaritási" kormánynak nevezték, a kommunisták javaslatára. Tették annak ellenére, hogy Andreotti elutasított mindennemű követelést a baloldaltól (csökkentette a miniszterei számát, beleértve néhány pártonkívüli minisztert is, kivéve Antonio Bisaglia és Carlo Donat Cattin minisztereket, akik nyíltan ellenezték a "nemzeti szolidaritási" kormányt.)

Andreotti szerepe Moro elrablásában ellentmondásos: Elutasított mindenféle tárgyalást a terroristákkal államérdekből, Moro családja azzal vádolta őt, hogy valójában részt vett Moro elrablásában.

Moro az emlékirataiban keményen elítélte Andreottit, amiért nem volt hajlandó tárgyalni a terroristákkal. Moro megölése után 1978 májusában folytatódott tovább a "nemzeti-szoldaritás" kormánya. Ennek keretében jóváhagytak olyan fontos törvényeket, mint az egészségügyi reformot. A kommunisták azon követelését, hogy aktívabban szerepet tudjanak vállalni a kormány munkájába, azt a kereszténydemokraták elutasították. Ezt követően Andreotti 1979 júniusában lemondott.

1980-1992

1983-ban Bettino Craxi első szocialista kormányának külügyminisztere lett, ezt a tisztségét 1989-ig töltötte be. Külügyminisztereként támogatta az Egyesült Államok és Szovjetunió közötti párbeszédet.

A kormányon belül gyakori nézeteltérések voltak Craxival, azonban Andreottival a kereszténydemokraták megtartották befolyásukat. A sajtó ekkoriban a Craxi szocialista miniszterelnök, Andreotti külügyminiszter és Arnaldo Forlani – miniszterelnök-helyettes, majd a kereszténydemokrata párt főtitkára – fémjelezte CAF-trió.

Ebben az időben, 1990-ben hagyták jóvá a Mammí-törvényt, amely a televíziós reklámokat szabályozta (kedvezve ezzel a magántelevíziókat tulajdonoló Silvio Berlusconi vállalkozónak.)

1991-ben örökös szenátorrá nevezte ki Francesco Cossiga akkori köztársasági elnök.1992-ben lemondott miniszterelnöki tisztéről.

Örökös szenátori ideje

1992-ben Andreotti volt az egyik legesélyesebb jelölt köztársasági elnöknek, miután 1992 áprilisában lemondott Francesco Cossiga. Azonban ez az esély szertefoszlott két okból: 1992. március 12-én szitává lőtték a Cosa Nostra maffiózói, Salvo Lima Palermo egykori kereszténydemokrata polgármesterét, aki éppen Andreottival készült találkozni. 1992 májusában a Palermót Trapanival összekötő autópályán merényletet követtek el Giovanni Falcone maffia ügyeiben nyomozó bíró, felesége és kísérete ellen, akik a helyszínen meghaltak.

Így más nevek is szóba kerültek: Giovanni Spadolini a Szenátus akkori elnöke és Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, akit végül megválasztották köztársasági elnöknek, a baloldal szavazatával együtt. 1993. március 27-én beidézte Andreottit a palermói Ügyészség, azzal vádolva, hogy közreműködött a Cosa Nostrával Lima megölésében. A Szenátus pedig jóváhagyta, hogy az ügyészség eljárást indítson ellene a maffiával való 1980-ig tartó állítólagos személyes kapcsolatai ellen.

Ugyanebben az évben néhány bűnbánó vallomása nyomán eljárást indított ellene a perugiai ügyészség, azzal vádolták, hogy ő volt a megbízó Mino Pecorelli újságíró 1979-es megölésében. Az ügyben a Legfelsőbb Bíróság felmentette őt 10 évvel később. 1993 októberében ő lett az igazgatója a Vatikán havi magazinjának a 30 giorni nella Chiesa e nel Mondo. 1994-ben megszűnt az Olasz Kereszténydemokrata Párt, ekkor átment az Olasz Néppárthoz, 2001-ben a Margaréta-párt tagja lett.

2006 májusában bizalmat szavazott a balközép Romano Prodi második kormányának.

Bírósági ügyei

Kapcsolata a Cosa Nostrával

Andreottit a Palermói Bíróság bűnszerzetben való részvétellel vádolta, 1999. október 23-án hirdette ki az első fokú ítéletében a bíróság bizonyítékok hiányában felmentette, a palermói Fellebviteli Bíróság is felmentette a vádak alól 2003. május 2-án. A bíróság azzal vádolta, hogy 1980-ig aktív kapcsolatot ápolt a szicíliai Cosa Nostra maffiaszervezettel. A Fellebviteli Bíróság azzal vádolta, hogy "a vádlott valódi, barátságos és stabil elérhetőséget biztosított a maffia tagoknak 1980-ig".

A Palermói Ügyészség kihallgatta 1993. május 19-én Francesco Stramandino csendőrt, aki beismerte, hogy 1985-ben részt vett egy találkozón, amin Andreotti külügyminiszterként találkozott Andrea Manciaracina maffiafőnökkel. Stramandino Andreotti biztonságáért felelt akkor. Manciaracina pedig Totó Riina bizalmi embere volt akkoriban.

Pecorelli-gyilkosság
1979. március 20-án megölték Mino Pecorellit az Osservatorio Politico nevű politikai hetilap igazgatóját. A nyomozóhatóság szerint Andreotti volt a gyilkosság megbízója. Pecorelli – aki már számos Andreotti számára kínos cikket írt: mint például a SIFAR-botrányban való érintettsége – éppen a kereszténydemokraták illegális pártpénzeiről és Aldo Moro elrablásával és megölésével kapcsolatos titkokról készült sajtókampányt indítani.

Különösen, hogy az újságíró politikai kapcsolatot vélt felfedezni az 1974-es olajbotrányban, amikor kiderült, hogy a meghatározó olasz pártok kenőpénzeket kaptak a nemzeti gázszolgáltatótól az ENEL-től, amiről az újságban a címlapon Andreotti fényképével számolt be . Később a bűnbánó Tomasso Buscetta beismerte, hogy Gaetano Badalamenti, azaz "don Tano" mesélte neki, hogy a "...gyilkosságot a Salvo unokatestvérek követték el Giulio Andreotti megbízásából". Aki attól félt, hogy Pecorelli olyan cikkeket fog megjeleníteni, amely tönkreteheti politikai karrierjét.

1999-ben a Perugiai Büntetőbíróság felmentette a vádak alól. 2002. november 17-én a Fellebviteli Bíróság első fokon 24 év szabadságvesztésre ítélte Andreottit és Badalamentit. Andreottit gyilkosságra való felbujtásban találták bűnösnek. 2003-ban a Legfelsőbb Bíróság felmentette a vádak alól és megszüntette az eljárást.

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Giulio Andreotti életét dolgozza fel Paolo Sorrentino A megfoghatatlan című filmje.

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Lucas Auer, född den 11 september 1994 i Tyrolen, är en österrikisk professionell racerförare och fabriksförare för Mercedes-AMG i bl.a. DTM.

Auer är nära släkting med Gerhard Berger.

Han har tagit flera topplaceringar i olika formelbilmästerskap, bland annat mästerskapsseger i Formula BMW Pacific 2011, andraplats i det tyska F3-mästerskapet 2012 bakom Jimmy Eriksson, och två fjärdeplatser i European Formula Three Championship  och .

Inför 2015 bytte han till DTM där han sedan dess kör för Mercedes-AMG.

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November 10, 2020, 3:16 PM · Superstar violinist Hilary Hahn was on sabbatical for an entire year, from September 2019 to September 2020 -- and I don't know about you, but I've missed her performances!
Hilary Hahn. Photo by Michael Patrick O'Leary.
This weekend she appears in her second live concert series since returning: performances of Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 5 with the Houston Symphony, conducted by Marin Alsop. (Her first was last week in Dallas.) Happily, if you are not in Houston, you can still watch the 8 p.m Central Saturday concert by streaming it on your computer for $20. Click here for tickets. (After all, we have to enjoy those opportunities that have opened up rather than closed down - before the pandemic this probably would not have been possible for those outside Houston!) Also on the program is Haydn's Symphony No. 60 and Keyla Orozco's "PerpetuumM."
Hilary will actually be playing for a live audience at Houston's Jones Hall, where audience capacity has been reduced from 2,912 to 450 for the shows, which occur Friday, Saturday and Sunday. (Only the Saturday concert will be streamed.)
The Houston Symphony is one of the few major symphonies in the United States to return to performing in a hall for a live audience, and the organization, in consultation with medical experts at Houston Methodist Hospital, has devised a detailed list of safety protocols for each performance. Those include things such as temperature checks for everyone upon arrival at the hall, mandatory mask-wearing, increased cleaning, social distancing and 25 percent or less audience capacity.
"We began performing weekly via livestream in May, at first from the individual musicians' homes, in a series we called the Living Room Series," said Houston Symphony spokesman Eric Skelly. "Then in July, we began livestreaming from the stage of our home theater, Jones Hall, which seats just over 2,900 at capacity. This is the 'Live From Jones Hall Series,' which we're continuing throughout the entire 2020-2021 Season."
"We began meticulous planning over the summer to invite audiences back to the hall, and by the end of August we were inviting tiny audiences of staff and major donors," Skelly said. "When we opened the 2020-2021 season in September, we obtained the permit from the mayor's office to invite a small audience of 150 -- comprising full-season subscribers -- per performance. It went so well, we were able to get a permit to increase the audience size, so that for November and December, we're able to increase to 450 per performance. That enables us to put single tickets on sale to the general public again. With annual favorites like 'A Very Merry POPS,' we're able to add performances to accommodate audience demand."
Skelly said that audiences have responded well and that several weeks ago, a patron who is an infectious disease specialist even gave the symphony good marks for its safety measures, posting "Well done!" on social media.
Interview with Hilary Hahn: Recording Suzuki Books 1-3 and Returning from Sabbatical
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SCHISM AS A STANCE OF NONEXISTENCE: THE MOSCOW PATRIARCHATE AND NEW LINES IN ORTHODOXY
By Webmaster on February 11, 2022 Governance & Unity Essays, Governance & Unity News
Source: Public Orthodoxy
by Heta Hurskainen | български | ქართული | ελληνικά | Română | Русский | Српски
With its autonomous church in Ukraine, the Moscow Patriarchate could not accept the Patriarchate of Constantinople's actions to grant autocephaly to the Orthodox Church in Ukraine (OCU) in 2018–2019. The Moscow Patriarchate severed its relationships with Constantinople and other primates who recognized the OCU and searched for ways to emphasize conciliarity within Orthodoxy while at the same time ignoring the Ecumenical Patriarchate's position. The decision to establish the Patriarchal Exarchate of Africa at the turn of 2022 was a nonaccidental result of this development.
The Moscow Patriarchate had already cut ties with Constantinople in 2018 before the tomos was handed to the OCU in January 2019. By October 2018, the entire Constantinople Patriarchate was considered tainted. The Moscow Patriarchate referred to Constantinople as schismatic, stopped mentioning Patriarch Bartholomew's name in the liturgy, and dissolved the eucharistic connection with the Ecumenical Patriarchate. For the Moscow Patriarchate, finding a new way to cooperate within global Orthodoxy was essential.
By January 2019, the Moscow Patriarchate had appealed to the four ancient patriarchates as a whole. Constantinople was one among the patriarchates of Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem. The Moscow Patriarchate appeared to particularly emphasize the Alexandrian Patriarchate's statements from the spring of 2019.
This is logical. Since the Patriarchate of Constantinople was no longer considered part of world Orthodoxy and its patriarch, Bartholomew, was no longer mentioned in the liturgy, the Moscow Patriarchate needed to turn to the next prestigious patriarchate. The Alexandrian Patriarchate, which belonged to the original Pentarchy of Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem, was the next most prestigious church after Constantinople. According to the Moscow Patriarchate's interpretation of canons and schisms at the time, only Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem belonged to global Orthodoxy at this point.
The Moscow Patriarchate's relationship with the Alexandrian Patriarchate changed in autumn 2019, when Alexandria sided with Constantinople and recognized the OCU. Moscow cut off eucharistic relations with the individual clerics and hierarchs who recognized the OCU but not with the entire patriarchate. The Moscow Patriarchate acted on this judgement because the Patriarch of Alexandria had made the decision to side with Constantinople himself, and because the choice to follow Constantinople was not made according to the synodal process in the Holy Synod of the Alexandrian Church.
One can see the differences between Moscow's attitude toward Constantinople and Alexandria. The former was considered schismatic as a whole, whereas the only schismatics in the latter were individual pastors and bishops. As a result, there were those in the Alexandrian Patriarchate who still stood by Moscow's side—at least in Moscow's eyes.
Moscow left the Alexandrian Patriarch's name out of the liturgy. This meant that only two of the ancient patriarchs—the Patriarchs of Antioch and Jerusalem—were mentioned in the Russian liturgy. It also meant that the Moscow Patriarchate needed to find a loyal ally from the remaining ancient patriarchates to emphasize its willingness for conciliarity.
The Patriarch of Jerusalem, Theofilos III, visited Moscow in November 2019. During the visit, Patriarch Kirill for the first time referred to the Church of Jerusalem as the mother of all churches. By highlighting the Church of Jerusalem, the Moscow Patriarchate shifted its focus from the Moscow–Constantinople axis. With this new emphasis, Moscow denied its own and Constantinople's rights as the first among equals. Moscow created a system that enabled it to claim to follow canonical order while ignoring Constantinople's and the Alexandrian Patriarch's positions. By doing so, Moscow moved toward a form of Orthodoxy where Moscow was a part of global Orthodoxy, but churches recognizing the OCU were considered schismatics.
The Moscow Patriarchate was disappointed in the Amman meeting hosted by the Patriarch of Jerusalem in 2020 because not all the local churches that had rejected the OCU's position attended. Among the ancient patriarchates, only Jerusalem, who arranged the meeting with the support of Moscow, was present. The Moscow Patriarchate did not say that the Patriarch of Jerusalem would honorarily replace the patriarchs of Constantinople or Alexandria. Rather, Moscow claimed that, unlike Constantinople, the Patriarch of Jerusalem would act as a voice of the Church's synodality in an attempt to reconstruct the synodal decision to achieve a worldwide Orthodoxy.
The news from January 2022 revealed that the Moscow Patriarchate wanted to be viewed as patient and willing to open a dialogue with the Alexandrian Patriarchate—such as with Constantinople in 2018—until Moscow had to act in the name of a canonical Orthodox Church. The interference took place within Moscow's interpretation to help priests who had been victims of the inner schism within the Alexandrian Patriarchate.
The Moscow Patriarchate has since lifted the status of the Jerusalem Patriarchate to first among Orthodox churches and ignored Constantinople in several cases. The Alexandrian Patriarchate has also been ignored by Moscow, but in an even more destructive way than Constantinople has, since Moscow has drawn a border line of schism through it. The Moscow Patriarchate appears to have found a way, in its own eyes, to claim that its actions are conciliar and canonical. Its strategy requires the attendance of ancient patriarchates. Because Moscow does not want to be ignored, it draws new lines within and around global Orthodoxy and ignores the old ones.
Heta Hurskainen is Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology (Western) at the University of Eastern Finland, where Orthodox and Western Theology are studied side by side within one School of Theology.
Public Orthodoxy seeks to promote conversation by providing a forum for diverse perspectives on contemporary issues related to Orthodox Christianity. The positions expressed in this essay are solely the author's and do not necessarily represent the views of the editors or the Orthodox Christian Studies Center.
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Le tournoi d'ouverture de la saison 2003 du Championnat d'Haïti de football est le premier tournoi saisonnier de la quatorzième édition de la première division à Haïti. Les seize meilleures équipes du pays sont regroupées au sein d'une poule unique où elles s'affrontent une seule fois. Il n'y a pas de relégation à l'issue du tournoi.

C'est le Don Bosco FC qui remporte la compétition après avoir battu l'AS Cavaly en finale de tournoi, les deux clubs ayant terminé à égalité en tête du classement final. C'est le second titre de champion d'Haïti de l'histoire du club après celui remporté en 1971.

Les clubs participants

Compétition
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 Victoire : 3 points
 Match nul : 1 point
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Bilan de la saison

Voir aussi

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  Page complète sur la saison sur RSSSF

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Liberals in wealthy San Francisco neighborhood actually fighting proposed homeless shelter
Didn't someone say helping the downtrodden is part of liberals' DNA — particularly in Nancy Pelosi's neck of the woods?
Dave Urbanski
UPDATE: The San Francisco Superior Court judge overseeing the lawsuit filed by Embarcadero homeowners to block construction of the homeless shelter near the Bay Bridge threw out the complaint. The new center is expected to open by year's end.
Wealthy San Francisco residents — a number of them reportedly donors to Democratic and left-wing groups — are fighting a proposed homeless shelter in their posh neighborhood on the city's eastern waterfront, the Washington Free Beacon reported.
The GoFundMe campaign — "Safe Embarcadero for All" — was created last week and has raised over $66,000 of its $100,000 goal as of Friday afternoon.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed proposed a homeless shelter in the city's Embarcadero section, which sits by the financial district, South Beach, and the Bay Bridge — but certain residents are balking at the plan.
'Deeply flawed'
More from the GoFundMe page:
South Beach, Rincon Hill, Bayside Village, East Cut & Mission Bay residents, businesses and other interested parties are organizing to oppose Mayor London Breed's proposal to build a 225 bed Navigation Center on Seawall Lot 330. The process of picking the site was shrouded in secrecy with no input from citizens or Supervisors. Residents first learned of the plan from the newspaper.
The Mayor's legislation to fast-track homeless shelters is deeply flawed. Newly proposed ordinances give the Mayor extraordinary emergency powers and remove the Board of Supervisors' oversight over the process of building shelters. This undemocratic process has left us no choice but to pursue legal options to ensure that the City adheres to normal environmental and building rules designed to protect health and safety.
Homelessness is a very real problem that we all need to help solve. However, completely removing meaningful community engagement and Board oversight is no way to achieve a lasting solution.
The Mayor's attitude is that neighbors of proposed shelters need to be "educated" rather than engaged with. The Mayor should not be allowed to steamroll over communities just to pursue a campaign promise.
Nancy's neighborhood
The Free Beacon said the proposed homeless shelter site and surrounding neighborhoods are in California's 12th Congressional District — represented by none other than Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The paper added that San Francisco is among the wealthiest cities in America, with an average household income of $141,000 — and in fact, a family of four with an annual income of $117,400 would qualify for subsidized housing.
Fox News reported that its review of records found that "multiple individuals — bank executives, professors, and authors — who donated to the GoFundMe page have also contributed to Democratic political groups, including thousands of dollars to the Democratic National Committee, MoveOn, Hillary Clinton's campaign, and other left-leaning organizations."
The network said it reached out to Pelosi's office, asking if she supports the project to combat homeless in her own district; it isn't clear from Fox News if her office responded or not.
'#stopthemegashelter'
Homeless shelter opponents also launched a website called #stopthemegashelter, saying the planned location is "home to thousands of families, visited by millions of tourists and at the center of some of San Francisco's most iconic events — including the San Francisco Marathon, San Francisco Giants stadium and on one of the busiest bicyclist paths in the city."
Over 1,500 people have signed the site's Change.Org petition to move the shelter site as of Friday afternoon; the goal is 2,500 signatures.
The Free Beacon said Mayor Breed, in response to the opposition, tweeted Wednesday that San Francisco's homelessness crisis is so bad the city "can't afford unnecessary delays."
As you may have heard, the city last year launched a pricey "poop patrol" to clean up human feces on streets and sidewalks. And residents have even launched their own campaigns to document the squalor around them.
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The shares are not redeemable by the company prior to October 31, 2023. On October 31, 2023 and on October 31st every five years thereafter the company may redeem the shares at $25.00 per share, plus accrued and unpaid dividends.
The Series 20, Rate-Reset shares are convertible, at the holder's option, into Series 21 Floating-Rate preferred shares on October 31, 2023 and on October 31st every five years thereafter. The Floating Rate preferred share will calculate and pay a quarterly dividend equal to the sum of the Government of Canada 3-month Treasury Bill Rate plus 2.59%. In addition, on October 31, 2028 and on October 31st every five years thereafter, holders of the Series 21 Floating Rate shares will have the right to convert all or a portion of their shares into an equal number of Series 20 Rate-Reset preferred shares.
Contingent Conversion: If a "Trigger Event" (as defined below) were to occur, all of the then outstanding Preferred Shares Series 20 and 21 will be automatically exchanged, without the consent of the holders, for newly issued fully-paid and freely-tradable common shares of the Bank, the number of which to be determined in accordance with the Contingent Conversion Formula; rounding down, if necessary, to the nearest whole number of Common Shares, such conversion being referred to herein as the "Contingent Conversion". Fractions of Common Shares will not be issued or delivered pursuant to a Contingent Conversion and no cash payment will be made in lieu thereof. A Trigger Event means any one of the following: 1) the Superintendent publicly announces that the Bank has been advised, in writing, that the Superintendent is of the opinion that the Bank has ceased, or is about to cease, to be viable and that, after the conversion of the Preferred Shares and all other non-viability contingent capital instruments issued by the Bank and taking into account any other factors or circumstances that are considered relevant or appropriate, it is reasonably likely that the viability of the Bank will be restored or maintained; or 2) a federal or provincial government in Canada publicly announces that the Bank has accepted or agreed to accept a capital injection, or equivalent support, from the federal government or any provincial government or political subdivision or agent or agency thereof without which the Bank would have been determined by the Superintendent to be non-viable. See the share's prospectus for the exact details.


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