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from The Guardian (UK)
Home of one of first Bibles printed in Welsh saved from flood risk
One of the most important sites in the history of the Welsh language is being protected from the threat of flooding and heavy rainfall by harnessing the element that is putting it at risk. The upland farmhouse Tŷ Mawr Wybrnant in Snowdonia, north Wales, is the birthplace of Bishop William Morgan, whose translation of the Bible in the 16th century was a key moment for the Welsh language. An original copy of Morgan’s Bible is on display at the restored stone house, but both the building and the book have been put in jeopardy by flooding and heavy rainfall. The National Trust, which manages the building near Betws-y-Coed, has now installed a pico (mini) hydropower scheme that will use a stream to run an improved heating system and keep humidity levels in check.
Detectorists jailed for stealing £12m Viking hoard of gold and silver
Two metal detectorists who unearthed an astonishing hoard of gold jewellery, silver ingots and coins buried more than 1,000 years ago by a Viking warrior in Herefordshire have received lengthy jail sentences for theft. George Powell, 38, of Newport, and Layton Davies, 51, of Pontypridd, should legally have declared the find, estimated to be worth as much as £12m, but instead they began showing it to dealers to try to sell some of it off. Sentencing the men on Friday to 10 years and eight and a half years respectively for stealing, Judge Nicholas Cartwright said they had cheated not only the landowner, but also the public of “exceptionally rare and significant” coins. “You cheated the farmer, his mother, the landowner and also the public when you committed theft of these items,” he said. “That is because the treasure belongs to the nation. The benefit to the nation is these items can be seen and admired by others. Stealing the items as you did denies the public the opportunity of seeing those items in the way they should be displayed. When treasure is found it belongs, from the moment of finding, to the nation.”
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Didn’t watch the public impeachment hearings? Here are the seven biggest surprises
Twelve witnesses, dozens of hours of testimony and thousands of pages of documents — all spread over five long days of historic impeachment hearings. The House is weighing whether to bring articles of impeachment against President Trump for pushing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to open investigations into Trump’s political enemies, including an energy company that once employed the son of former Vice President Joe Biden and a debunked conspiracy theory that Ukraine, not Russia, interfered in the 2016 U.S. election.
JOE BIDEN, OTHER DEMOCRATS PRESSURING PATRIARCH OF JERUSALEM TO RECOGNIZE SCHISMATICS, SAYS SOURCE IN PATRIARCHATE
“Patriarch Theophilos is under pressure from the United States. However, the source of the pressure is not the American embassy and the Israeli Foreign Ministry, as some media reported, but representatives of the U.S. Democratic Party,” the source told RIA-Novosti. “First of all we are talking about diplomats appointed by Hillary Clinton when she was Secretary of State,” the source added. In particular, the Patriarch received a letter from Joe Biden, Obama’s Vice President who personally supervised the Ukrainian direction of foreign policy and whose family’s ties in Ukraine are a major news item at the moment. Joe Biden has met with Patriarch Bartholomew many times, and in 2015 Constantinople’s Order of St. Andrew bestowed upon him the Patriarch Athenagoras Human Rights Award, which it gave to Epiphany Dumenko, the primate of the schismatic OCU, this year.
'I Would Probably Be Hanged in Brussels'
In an interview with DER SPIEGEL, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic discusses new tensions in the Balkans, his country's efforts to improve relations with Russia and his anger at the European Union.
from HumanProgress.org Education Website
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from Los Angeles Times
Didn’t watch the public impeachment hearings? Here are the seven biggest surprises
Twelve witnesses, dozens of hours of testimony and thousands of pages of documents — all spread over five long days of historic impeachment hearings. The House is weighing whether to bring articles of impeachment against President Trump for pushing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to open investigations into Trump’s political enemies, including an energy company that once employed the son of former Vice President Joe Biden and a debunked conspiracy theory that Ukraine, not Russia, interfered in the 2016 U.S. election.
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from Orthodox Christianity – orthochristian.com
Religious Organization in Moscow, Russia
“Patriarch Theophilos is under pressure from the United States. However, the source of the pressure is not the American embassy and the Israeli Foreign Ministry, as some media reported, but representatives of the U.S. Democratic Party,” the source told RIA-Novosti. “First of all we are talking about diplomats appointed by Hillary Clinton when she was Secretary of State,” the source added. In particular, the Patriarch received a letter from Joe Biden, Obama’s Vice President who personally supervised the Ukrainian direction of foreign policy and whose family’s ties in Ukraine are a major news item at the moment. Joe Biden has met with Patriarch Bartholomew many times, and in 2015 Constantinople’s Order of St. Andrew bestowed upon him the Patriarch Athenagoras Human Rights Award, which it gave to Epiphany Dumenko, the primate of the schismatic OCU, this year.
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from SPIEGEL International (Der Spiegel)
News & Media Website in Hamburg, Germany
In an interview with DER SPIEGEL, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic discusses new tensions in the Balkans, his country's efforts to improve relations with Russia and his anger at the European Union.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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