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"In the Russian society, among religious people, there exists categorical non-acceptance of Fener's actions. These are seen as encroaching on the unity of the Russian Orthodox Church," a Moscow Patriarchate source told Interfax on Friday. |
The Patriarch of Constantinople "is not only the head of a small Orthodox Church, he is also a Turkish citizen and his actions are bound to affect Russian-Turkish relations," the source said. |
On the other hand, Bartholomew "gladly participates in the escalation of Russian-Ukrainian relations by undermining the position of the only institute possessing the peacekeeping potential in the Russian-Ukrainian relations," which is the Ukrainian Church led by Metropolitan Onufry, the source said. |
"Both the Russian and the Ukrainian public and, perhaps, sensible people within the political elites of the two countries will soon be wondering whether Turkish partners realize what meaning this man's actions have for tension escalation in the Black Sea region. |
"Without the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, a reintegration of Donbass is not possible, because it is precisely Metropolitan Onufry who commands respect on both sides of the front line and the Church can act as a conduit in the reconciliation process, as happened more than once in European history. |
"Thus, the Turkish citizen Patriarch Bartholomew, with a tacit consent of the state of his citizenship, is undermining the Minsk process and the Black Sea regional stability," the source said. |
Mary Grabar has a most clever piece in which she asks what in the world Obama-besotted campus denizens will do with themselves once he is president. |
And, Grabar sardonically asks, whither the post-election campus? |
How will [professors] invigorate their class discussions centered on the eternal verities regarding race-class-gender without the jumping-off point about the Bush regime? What about training teachers in social justice? How will education schools train teachers to make their charges aware of the social injustice poisoni... |
What about creative writing forums? … Can the resident long-haired creative writing professor introducing the poets at a reading say only good things about the president without getting boring? How will students prop up their self-esteem without asserting their intellectual superiority to the president of the United St... |
Steve Lacy's Monk Quartet, Solo Sax Albums Reissues Lacy ran with Monk's wisdom, beginning with the idea your voice as jazz composer starts with your sound and timing as an improviser. |
Fresh Air jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews two reissues featuring the late soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy — a live recording of a 1963 quartet that only played Thelonious Monk tunes, and later music for solo soprano. Monk was always Lacy's biggest influence. |
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s Liberal Democrats, possible kingmakers after a close election in three weeks’ time, hinted they could back some form of Prime Minister David Cameron’s plan to hold an EU membership referendum in return for unspecified concessions. |
Unveiling their policy manifesto on Wednesday, the centre-left party, the junior partner in a coalition with Cameron’s Conservatives since 2010, set out five priority areas they signalled were non-negotiable in future coalition talks. |
Cameron’s plan to hold an EU referendum by 2017 was not among them, however, and though the Liberal Democrats made clear they didn’t think the Conservative leader’s Europe strategy was a wise one, they hinted they might be able to sign up to an amended version of it. |
“We don’t want an EU referendum on an arbitrary Tory (Conservative) Party timetable, we can’t make that clearer and think it is a serious risk to economic stability,” David Laws, the senior Liberal Democrat lawmaker behind the manifesto, told reporters. |
Nick Clegg, the Liberal Democrat leader, said his party’s position - that a referendum should only be held when there is a change in the EU treaties - had not changed. But when pressed, he declined to describe it as a deal-breaker in possible coalition talks in future. |
Instead, his party’s manifesto described pledges on fair taxes, economic discipline, healthcare, the environment and education as the areas where it wouldn’t compromise. |
Neither centre-left Labour nor Cameron’s centre-right Conservatives are on track to win an outright majority on May 7, in what is forecast to be one of the country’s closest elections since the 1970s. |
The Liberal Democrats go into the vote hoping they can overcome a collapse in support and hang on to enough seats to influence which major party forms the next government. |
Clegg urged voters to back his party rather than the separatist Scottish National Party (SNP) or the anti-EU UK Independence Party (UKIP), both of whom also say they hope to end up holding the balance of power. |
“There is a very thin line between Britain being governed by a coalition with a conscience or a coalition with a grievance,” said Clegg. |
Wednesday’s manifesto, which presented the party as a moderating force, was framed to allow the party to take on a coalition role with either Labour or the Conservatives. |
The launch of the $399 device comes as Facebook's Oculus and HTC prepare to lower their entry points to the VR universe. |
Further proof that 2016 could yet be the year virtual reality takes off came with the launch of Sony's (SNE - Get Report) PlayStation VR. |
The headset, which retails at $399, promises the user an immersive gaming experience at a fraction of the price of Facebook's (FB - Get Report) Oculus Rift VR portal and the HTC Vive. Some observers claim the device will bring "virtual reality to the masses," and Sony shares rose by 1.3% in Tokyo on Thursday. |
Gadget nerds had high hopes that virtual reality would take off as a means of consuming, and sharing, media this year, though several high-profile launches have failed to gain significant traction because of the high cost for early adopters. |
But the Sony launch could change this. |
And rivals are also working to lower their entry points. HTC (HTCKF and HP (HPQ - Get Report) just announced a partnership to make the Vive system more affordable. The companies are bundling an HP Envy desktop and the Vive system for $1,499, representing a saving of more than $100 on buying the two separately. |
And Facebook's Oculus Touch controller this week became available for pre-order, offering, at a price of about $200, a more affordable alternative to the Rift portal. |
In March Oculus launched a new VR software package that could ultimately replace the pub. |
Oculus Social Trivia works by allowing users to create an online avatar and then battle other avatars in trivia contents, or join together to watch videos produced by film maker-founded Vimeo or Amazon-backed (AMZN - Get Report) video streaming service Twitch in virtual chatrooms. |
Elsewhere in the VR world, Alphabet's (GOOGL - Get Report) YouTube launched its 360-degree live streaming service at Coachella in California in April, allowing festival goers to share their experience with friends remotely and connecting artists including headliners Guns N 'Roses and LCD Soundsystem to a global audienc... |
Matador is completely aware of how ridiculous its premise is, announcing as much in the very beginning. In the first 10 minutes, the audience is introduced to a German drug dealer who is thinking about starting a sausage business on the side (he’s already got a slogan: “Do your wurst”); an informant gets a meat cleaver... |
Gabriel Luna plays Tony Bravo (With a name like that, secret bureau work is predestined.), a Drug Enforcement Administration agent recruited by a couple of CIA officers, including the comely Annie Mason (Nicky Whelan), because of his soccer-playing past. Bravo is to attend open tryouts for the L.A. Riot (Yep… ), the so... |
Matador is silly, well-paced fun that’s at its best when it goes big and broad—as in the opening German drug dealer, complete with comical accent, rat-like features and gory machinations—much like films of Robert Rodriguez, who directed the first episode “Quid Go Pro” and runs El Rey. The soccer scenes are cheaper repl... |
One of the more perplexing characters on the show is Galan’s daughter Senna (Yvette Monreal), a snotty singer who proudly tells her father she hasn’t worn underwear since grade school. Well-rounded female characters don’t seem to be Matador’s focus (Annie’s biggest contribution to the undercover op necessitates she wea... |
Matador has the potential to be really fun, once the place-setting of the first episode is out of the way. But the show won’t unlock that potential unless it fully buys into how ridiculous it can truly be. |
Few outside Visakhapatnam would have heard of Jitendra Das Maganti. But come September, the promoter of the 25-year-old SevenHills Hospitals in the coastal town, is set to enter the who's who list of the Indian healthcare industry. |
Maganti is setting up Asia's largest hospital near the Mumbai international airport with 1,500 beds in partnership with the Bombay Municipal Corporation. The first phase, costing Rs 1,000 crore (Rs 10 billion), will have a built-up area of 2 million square feet. |
With entrepreneurs like Maganti drawing up aggressive plans, India has added 10,000 to 15,000 beds every year over the past five years. |
Still, said Wockhardt Hospitals CEO Vishal Bali, this was grossly inadequate considering the population and poor healthcare spending by the government. Pradip Kanakia, head of markets and healthcare services, KPMG, agreed: "The availability of hospital beds in our country is just over 0.7 per 1,000 people currently, ag... |
Large hospital chains like Apollo, Fortis Healthcare, Wockhardt, Max Healthcare and regional players like the Manipal Group in the South and Emami in the North East have already made large healthcare infrastructure in various metros, Tier-II and Tier-III cities with advanced medical care facilities. |
The returns have been better than expectations. Apollo Hospitals, the largest hospital chain in Asia with 7,500 beds, doubled its profits with revenue growth of over Rs 100 crore (Rs 1 billion) for the first quarter of 2009-10. |
The chain, which has cash reserves of close to Rs 3,800 crore (Rs 38 billion), has aggressive plans to add another 1,600 beds within the next two years. Apollo is growing at close to 25 per cent. "We have been growing at 54 per cent every year for the past five years and have posted profits consecutively for the last f... |
The chain, which currently runs 29 hospitals with 3,300 beds, targets to almost double that number by 2012 in about 40 hospitals with an investment plan of over Rs 2,500 crore (Rs 25 billion). |
Wockhardt Hospitals, now a chain of 12 hospitals, is also growing at about 25 per cent for the past five years. |
Investment in a tertiary care facility is estimated at an average Rs 60-65 lakh (Rs 6-6.5 million) per bed and that for a secondary care hospital, about Rs 20-25 lakh (Rs 2-2.5 million). Break-even on the investment can happen within 36 to 48 months. |
Real estate constitutes about 40 per cent of the cost of a new project in large cities. So, many healthcare providers have begun to look at Tier-II and Tier-III cities in a major way. Fortis Managing Director Shivinder Mohan Singh said while it could take four to five years for a 250-300 bed hospital to break even in T... |
The private players are planning huge facilities like medicities of 1,000-1,500 beds with numerous specialties under one roof, instead of the normal 200-300 bed hospitals. Fortis is setting up its flagship project, Fortis International Institute of Medical Sciences, at Gurgaon with an investment of close to Rs 1,000 cr... |
Medanta, a medicity with 1,250-bed super specialty tertiary care hospital promoted by noted cardiac surgeon Naresh Trehan, is also coming up in Gurgaon. This project is expected to commence operations from October 1. |
In Mumbai, two large projects are being rolled out, the Anil Ambani Group promoted Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and SevenHills Hospitals, both in Andheri. |
Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital is planned as a 750-bed tertiary care hospital with one of the most modern healthcare facilities in Asia and the first phase is already operational. |
Hand-held and perfectly portable, these wraps are great on the go. |
Combine cinnamon and pepper; press evenly onto beef steaks. Heat large nonstick skillet over medium heat until hot. Place steaks in skillet; cook 9 to 12 minutes for medium rare to medium doneness, turning occasionally. |
Combine hoisin sauce and honey in large bowl. Carve steaks into thin slices; season with salt, if desired. Add steak slices, coleslaw mix and apple to hoisin mixture; toss to coat. |
Place equal amounts of beef mixture down center of each tortilla, leaving 1-1/2-inch border on right and left sides. Fold bottom edge up over filling. Fold right and left sides to center, overlapping edges; secure with wooden picks, if necessary. |
Nutrition information per serving: 484 calories; 13 g fat (5 g saturated fat; 4 g monounsaturated fat); 67 mg cholesterol; 958 mg sodium; 61 g carbohydrate; 8.8 g fiber; 32 g protein; 6.8 mg niacin; 0.5 mg vitamin B6; 1.9 mcg vitamin B12; 1.8 mg iron; 26.6 mcg selenium; 4.3 mg zinc; 90.1 mg choline. |
The twice-removed judge has defied party leaders who have called for him to step down, casting himself as an enemy of establishment Republicans. |
He did not answer several direct questions about allegations that have surfaced over the last week. The Washington Post's report a week ago that Moore tried to court two young women when they were teenagers and he was in his 30s has since spurred at least six other women to come forward with separate claims. |
Without talking specifics, Moore on Wednesday called the claims “scurrilous, false charges” and portrayed them as an attempt to shift the focus from policy issues in the race against Democrat Doug Jones. A former federal prosecutor, Jones is seeking to be the first Democrat elected to the U.S. Senate in Alabama since 1... |
Moore talked briefly after about 90 minutes of speeches and sermons from supporters in the clergy who painted Moore as a righteous crusader and his detractors as immoral backers of a corrupt status quo. |
After Moore’s brief remarks, organizers opened the floor to questions from media members. When he was asked two questions about his response to the allegations of sexual misconduct, he quickly hustled out the room. |
Janet Porter, a conservative activist who helped set up the event, turned her frustration on the reporters in the room. |
“I’m glad you got more church than you’ve probably had in the last 10 years,” she said. |
Packing for a tropical vacation is one of the easiest packing chores, since the sun, heat and humidity mean that there is a minimum of bulky clothing to bring. In fact, simply a lightweight duffel could be perfect for toting your essentials, especially if you will be flying on a small plane with limited overhead bin sp... |
Research your destination's particular entry requirements. While you always need a passport to travel outside of the United States, some tropical destinations also require visitors to purchase tourists cards or visas upon arrival. The fees tend to be small and can be paid in US currency. Some countries also have exit t... |
Do not pack any camouflage clothing, since it is illegal to wear camouflage in a number of equatorial countries and insensitive in those with a history of political strife. Consider packing multiple swimsuits because the humidity of the tropics will mean that clothing might not always dry overnight. Bathing suits, shor... |
The tropics often means mosquitoes, making insect repellent a must. Some people prefer to buy bug spray when they arrive, thinking that a local repellent will be more effective against local pests, but this is not always a good plan. Insect repellents in other countries can contain chemicals that have been banned in th... |
Tropical destinations tend to be equatorial, which means the sun is especially strong. Think about wearing a sunscreen with a higher SPF than you do at home and be sure to pack plenty of it. Make certain to bring beach cover-ups and broad-brimmed hats to protect yourself from sunburn or skin damage, but remember that i... |
Water sports are a big part of life in the tropics. If you plan to explore the ocean, pack your fins, snorkel mask, wetsuit and scuba diving license. |
McLaughlin, Elle. "What to Pack for Tropical Vacations." Travel Tips - USA Today, https://traveltips.usatoday.com/pack-tropical-vacations-14717.html. Accessed 19 April 2019. |
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The build-up to the final was marred by complaints by hosts United Arab Emirates that suggested that Qatar's Sudan-born Ali, who finished the tournament as the top scorer with nine goals, and teammate Bassam Al-Rawi did not meet FIFA's criteria for eligibility to play for Qatar. |
Qatar comprehensively defeated the UAE 4-0 in the semi-finals of the tournament in a match that saw Qatari players pelted with shoes by the home fans. |
And the World Cup 2022 hosts completed a remarkable run in the tournament by shocking four-time champions Japan 3-1 in Friday's final at Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi. |
Ali's spectacular overhead kick put Qatar ahead after 12 minutes to break Egyptian legend Ali Daei's mark and give his side an early lead. |
The shock result looked even more likely when Abdulaziz Hatem doubled Qatar's lead in the 27th minute. |
Japan reduced the arrears through Takumi Minamino's 69th-minute strike, but a penalty from Akram Afif restored Qatar's two-goal cushion with seven minutes to go, securing the win for Qatar and sending Japan to their first defeat in an Asian Cup final. |
The win represents a major boost for Qatari football, after the team went six games without conceding a goal before Friday's final. |
And their win over the Blue Samurai - who have dominated previous tournaments - will give the nation added impetus as they prepare to host the 2022 World Cup Finals. |
March 7 was a night to celebrate those who in the Times Review Media Group’s publication areas have gone above and beyond in giving back to their communities. |
Shelter Islander Phil Power was the Reporter’s choice as its Person of the Year with the announcement of his selection appearing in the first issue of 2019. |
He joined with honorees chosen by the Suffolk Times, News-Review and the Northforker at a gala dinner at Riverhead’s Polish Hall. |
Mr. Power is considered the universal volunteer on the Island, serving the Fire Department, the Shelter Island Emergency Medical Services and the Board of Fire Commissioners. |
He was instrumental in uniting the Heights and Center Fire Departments into a single unit in the late 1990s and came up through the ranks of the department to serve as chief. |
In 2011, he was named Emergency Medical Technician of the Year after 35 years of service. In 1999, he had been named Firefighter of the Year. |
The Lions Club chose him two years ago as its Citizen of the Year and Lions Club member Dr. Frank Adipietro said of him, “He wakes up every day and says, ‘What can I do to help the other guy? What can I do to make a difference? What can I do for my community? |
Jan 31 (Reuters) - Futures for Canada's main stock index rose on Thursday, as oil prices strengthened after data showed signs of tightening supply in the United States. |
March futures on the S&P/TSX index were up 0.18 percent at 6:55 a.m. ET. |
GDP data for November, producer prices and raw materials data for December are due at 08:30 a.m. ET. |
The Toronto Stock Exchange S&P/TSX composite index closed up 21.41 points, or 0.14 percent, at 15,484.55 on Wednesday. |
Dow Jones Industrial Average e-mini futures were down 0.1 percent at 7:15 a.m. ET, while S&P 500 e-mini futures were up 0.07 percent and Nasdaq 100 e-mini futures were up 0.42 percent. |
The Canadian province of Alberta will ease oil cut in February and March, earlier than expected, saying on Wednesday that its rare step to limit production had eased a glut of crude. |
Canadian National Railway Co: JP Morgan raises target price to C$119 from C$116. |
Imperial Oil Ltd: Morgan Stanley cuts target price to C$42 from C$51. |
MEG Energy Corp: Morgan Stanley raises rating to overweight from equal-weight. |
“We have taken note of the Cayman Islands position and believe that the Cayman Islands is cast in the ‘lightest shade of gray’ among the financial centers with which we have been listed,” Kurt Tibbetts, the Cayman Islands’ Leader of Government Business, said in a statement sent to Reuters. |
The Group of 20 leading industrialized and emerging nations pledged on Thursday to crack down on jurisdictions that fail to cooperate in cross-border tax evasion cases, using information from the OECD as its basis. |
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