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from ABC News (Australia)
Where did the term "pastoral theology" come from, and why was the university curriculum ever carved up so that pastoral or practical theology occupied a completely different division from systematic theology or theological ethics?
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from Anglican Journal
Bishop June Osborne, who was the first woman dean of Salisbury Cathedral, has become the first woman enthroned as bishop of Llandaff.
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from Asia Times Online
10 percentage point drop is biggest for new president since 1995.
US congress empty-handed ahead of break, group readies push for tax cuts
It’s time to move past healthcare say Gingrich, small businesses. Congressional Republicans will likely enter the long August recess without having passed any major legislation since Trump took office
Opposition leader Mohammad Alloush has realized that making a deal with the Russians is better than continuing in an uphill battle against them without broad support from elsewhere. Ultimately the US and Russia hope that the two camps in the Syrian conflict will join efforts to fight radical jihadi groups such as Jabnhat al-Nusra and ISIS in al-Ghouta and elsewhere.
Communist rebels have seized on the government's pre-occupation with Islamic State linked militants to make strategic gains and undercut a once hopeful peace process. A series of armed encounters between the two sides has put Duterte’s once hopeful peace initiative in a state of limbo
That Pyongyang has declined to engage can be understood by considering what benefits would accrue to North Korea from such discussions. There is no reason for the North to hold talks with the South since Pyongyang has no need for what Seoul is offering at this time.
Risks emerging in China's dollar-denominated bonds that could give the Fed greater pause for thought as it raises rates
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from Billings Gazette
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock signed an executive order Sunday declaring a fire emergency in the state. The largest area burning in the state is the Lodgepole Complex, which includes three fires that have burned 226,000 acres and destroyed about a dozen homes in northeastern Montana. The fire has also consumed ranch land and depleted hay supplies. Fences were either destroyed or cut by landowners in an attempt to save cattle.
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from The Guardian (UK)
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Dunkirk in the spotlight: could the film help bail out the city?
Christopher Nolan’s epic Dunkirk is a golden opportunity for this French port city to branch out from the heavy industry that has dominated it for a century.
Should the Americanisation (or Americanization) of English worry us?
From the first settlers to the New World, English speakers have absorbed myriad influences – modern anxieties about ‘corruption’ say a lot about our times. The linguist David Crystal has argued that any pride taken in a native language may be “tinged with concern when you realise that other countries may not want to use the language in the same way”. The truth is, the English language is not fixed and has undergone myriad changes over the centuries; absorbing words, phrases and spellings from all over the globe. Numerous dialects and regional peculiarities mean a linear view of its history is imperfect. Nevertheless, roughly speaking, there have been four key linguistic shifts: old English from the 5th century (Beowulf); Norman-influenced middle English from the 11th century (Chaucer); early modern English from the 15th century (King James bible/Shakespeare); and the emergence of modern English towards the end of the 17th century.
Dunkirk in the spotlight: could the film help bail out the city?
Christopher Nolan’s epic Dunkirk is a golden opportunity for this French port city to branch out from the heavy industry that has dominated it for a century.
Should the Americanisation (or Americanization) of English worry us?
From the first settlers to the New World, English speakers have absorbed myriad influences – modern anxieties about ‘corruption’ say a lot about our times. The linguist David Crystal has argued that any pride taken in a native language may be “tinged with concern when you realise that other countries may not want to use the language in the same way”. The truth is, the English language is not fixed and has undergone myriad changes over the centuries; absorbing words, phrases and spellings from all over the globe. Numerous dialects and regional peculiarities mean a linear view of its history is imperfect. Nevertheless, roughly speaking, there have been four key linguistic shifts: old English from the 5th century (Beowulf); Norman-influenced middle English from the 11th century (Chaucer); early modern English from the 15th century (King James bible/Shakespeare); and the emergence of modern English towards the end of the 17th century.
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from The Heritage Foundation
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America's Future Is with India and Israel
The main thrust of Trump’s strategy will be to reduce the potential for large-scale destabilizing conflicts in parts of the world where those interests are greatest. America needs a forum to coordinate with India, Japan and Australia—key allies in Southeast Asia—on how to respond to China’s effort to rewrite rules of the commons. All that’s needed is the will to get a high-level dialogue going—a dialogue that can move the United States to the next level of global diplomacy.
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How Trump's Treasury chief can handle the debt ceiling like a pro
The debt ceiling is knocking on the administration’s door. As U.S. Treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin will be in charge of determining how to deal with this unwelcome visitor. Mnuchin’s predecessor, Jack Lew, greeted the ceiling’s approach with loud, doom-and-gloom warnings of impending U.S. default. It rattled markets needlessly. Mnuchin can better serve the country by staying the current course and reassuring U.S. investors at home and abroad that the federal government is good for its debts. The administration must work with Congress to seek more than just a higher credit limit.
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America's Future Is with India and Israel
The main thrust of Trump’s strategy will be to reduce the potential for large-scale destabilizing conflicts in parts of the world where those interests are greatest. America needs a forum to coordinate with India, Japan and Australia—key allies in Southeast Asia—on how to respond to China’s effort to rewrite rules of the commons. All that’s needed is the will to get a high-level dialogue going—a dialogue that can move the United States to the next level of global diplomacy.
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from The Hill
How Trump's Treasury chief can handle the debt ceiling like a pro
The debt ceiling is knocking on the administration’s door. As U.S. Treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin will be in charge of determining how to deal with this unwelcome visitor. Mnuchin’s predecessor, Jack Lew, greeted the ceiling’s approach with loud, doom-and-gloom warnings of impending U.S. default. It rattled markets needlessly. Mnuchin can better serve the country by staying the current course and reassuring U.S. investors at home and abroad that the federal government is good for its debts. The administration must work with Congress to seek more than just a higher credit limit.
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from The Living Church
FACING EPISCOPAL CHURCH DECLINE
New analysis by Dr. Jeremy Bonner, a Durham-based researcher, offers clarity on the numerical fortunes of the Episcopal Church (TEC) in the USA in recent decades. Discussions of TEC’s numerical fortunes usually take place within the context of its divisions, with the result that clarity is often the first casualty. Using a range of measures, looking across a long period of time, and supplemented by the latest data from TEC, Bonner’s work offers an academically robust picture of what has been happening to the main Anglican church in the United States. This is highly significant for American Anglicans, but also for the wider Communion.
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from Mises Institute
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]Ron Paul: Economic sanctions as foreign policy are based on the idea that it's good to make civilians suffer in order to bring about regime change. It's a failed strategy. Why is Congress so eager for more sanctions on Russia? The neocons and the media have designated Russia as the official enemy and the military industrial complex and other special interests want to continue getting rich terrifying Americans into believing the propaganda.
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from The Paris Review
Solomon D. Butcher’s prairie photographs embrace homesteading life in all its complexity.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Removal of Olympic National Park mountain goats proposed
Mountain goats are eating themselves out of house and home in Olympic National Park, where officials are weighing several options to remove the non-native species to uphold their mission to preserve native habitat. The introduction of mountain goats in the 1920s has damaged the environment and posed a threat to the public, officials say in a draft plan proposing removal of the popular but non-native species.
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from UPI News Agency - United Press International
Maryland expanded its Medicaid eligibility program in 2014 as part of the Affordable Care Act but saw little difference on the number of visits to emergency rooms.
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from WSU News
Something’s missing – where are all the wasps?
“The number of yellow jackets is really down from what we normally see this time of summer — really down,” said Washington State University entomologist Richard Zack. Wasps are typically a common sight – and nuisance – around gardens, picnics, hiking trails and garbage bins by mid-July, he said. This year, however, this sleek, black and yellow-striped insect is hardly noticeable. Here’s why: Spring weather largely determines wasp population levels from year to year and this past one was not favorable to the insect’s survival, explained Zack.
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