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Impunity over Wagner mutiny signals further degradation of rule of law in Russia

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Monday, July 17, 2023

The crime is a particularly grave one under the Russian Criminal Code, punishable by imprisonment ranging from 12 to 20 years.

Key Points: 
  • The crime is a particularly grave one under the Russian Criminal Code, punishable by imprisonment ranging from 12 to 20 years.
  • Russia has long lost its status as a state governed by the rule of law.
  • It also runs counter to the experience of others in Russia who have been imprisoned for many years for expressing anti-war sentiment in public.

Undermining Putinism

    • Indeed, Putin at first tried to use the weight of the Russian legal system to pressure the Wagner Group to abandon its march on Moscow.
    • Rather than negotiate, Putin would pursue a policy of destroying those attacking the Russian state – even at the heavy cost of hostages’ lives.
    • That image of a man who will not negotiate has now been shattered.

‘Erosion of the legal system’

    • But the damage goes beyond denting Putin’s reputation – it also undermines Russia’s legal system itself.
    • In terms of Russian law, the Federal Security Bureau has presented nothing in the way of sound legal justification for dropping the criminal case against Prigozhin or the Wagner Group.
    • That the Russian authorities have so far failed to come up with any legal justification for dropping the case marks a departure from past precedent.
    • The state is prohibited from funding mercenary activities – something that raises legal questions over the financing of Prigozhin’s private army in Ukraine in the first place.

Laws not written in stone

    • In the opening days of the February 2022 invasion, it became a criminal offense in Russia to spread “false information” or “discredit” the Russian army.
    • The vaguely worded law has made possible the large-scale political persecution of Russian citizens with anti-war views.
    • I fear it will give Russian authorities even more discretion and will entail a new round of repression inside the country.

The Inner Circle Acknowledges, Cassandra Mitchell as a Pinnacle Lifetime Member for her contributions to the Healthcare field

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Thursday, July 6, 2023

RICHMOND, Texas, July 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cassandra Mitchell is being recognized by Continental Who's Who as a Pinnacle Lifetime Member for her contributions to the Healthcare field.

Key Points: 
  • RICHMOND, Texas, July 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cassandra Mitchell is being recognized by Continental Who's Who as a Pinnacle Lifetime Member for her contributions to the Healthcare field.
  • She currently works as a Clinical Implementation Manager where is responsible for providing superlative health care services to oncology patients.
  • According to Ms. Mitchell, she focuses more on behind-the-scenes of healthcare.
  • Ms. Mitchell has more than 10 years of experience in the healthcare field, having served as a Medical Technologist for five years and a Registered Nurse for ten years.

New Era of Lady Lion Soccer Begins with Coach Lindsay Riggs

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Friday, June 30, 2023

HENDERSON, Tenn., June 30, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Twenty-two years after taking over as the head coach of the Lady Lions, Jason Elliott will step back from the women's game to focus on the Lion soccer program. With big shoes to fill, Athletic Director Jonathan Estes concluded after a lengthy search that the right woman to become the third head women's soccer coach at Freed-Hardeman University was FHU alumna Lindsay Riggs.

Key Points: 
  • Riggs is an All-State coach and was chosen as one of OKC's top prep coaches as an All-City coach.
  • With big shoes to fill, Athletic Director Jonathan Estes concluded after a lengthy search that the right woman to become the third head women's soccer coach at Freed-Hardeman University was FHU alumna Lindsay Riggs.
  • "I am grateful for the opportunity to coach so many Lady Lions soccer players over the years and the relationships we have," said Elliott.
  • Coming to Henderson from Oklahoma City's Mustang High School, Riggs has served as the head soccer coach for the Broncos since 2016.

Amsterdam2023 EveryONE Conference Concludes with Global Worship at Olympic Stadium

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Tuesday, June 27, 2023

AMSTERDAM, June 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Empowered21 Amsterdam2023 EveryONE conference concluded Saturday with a global worship, prayer and commissioning service for the thousands who gathered in The Netherlands this week before returning to their home countries. More than 5,000 individuals from over 125 nations attended the conference in person at the historic RAI conference center, with thousands more joining online from 150 countries around the world.

Key Points: 
  • More than 5,000 individuals from over 125 nations attended the conference in person at the historic RAI conference center, with thousands more joining online from 150 countries around the world.
  • Empowered21 Global Chair Dr. Billy Wilson announced that the next EveryONE conference would be held in Indonesia next summer, focusing on reaching EveryONE Asia.
  • The Oral Roberts University worship band from Tulsa, Okla., lead a time of praise and worship.
  • A final time of worship was led by a combined group from Dunamis and ORU Worship.

Global Leadership Network Appoints David Ashcraft to Propel Global Initiatives

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Monday, June 26, 2023

SOUTH BARRINGTON, Ill., June 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Leadership Network (GLN), a prestigious organization at the forefront of global leadership development, is delighted to announce the appointment of their new President & CEO, David Ashcraft.

Key Points: 
  • SOUTH BARRINGTON, Ill., June 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Leadership Network (GLN), a prestigious organization at the forefront of global leadership development, is delighted to announce the appointment of their new President & CEO, David Ashcraft.
  • With a remarkable track record of visionary leadership and a commitment to driving positive change on a global scale, David brings an exceptional set of skills and experiences to propel the organization's mission forward.
  • As the newly appointed President & CEO, David will lead Global Leadership Network in its continued pursuit to serve more pastors, equip more churches, and inspire more leaders.
  • David credits much of his own leadership development to his attendance at The Global Leadership Summit every year since its inception.

A Heavenly Gathering: Christian Influencer Convention Las Vegas 2023, Inspiring & Empowering the Faith Community Globally

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Friday, June 23, 2023

The Christian Influencer Convention (CIC) is coming to the fabulous Las Vegas on July 26, 2023!

Key Points: 
  • The Christian Influencer Convention (CIC) is coming to the fabulous Las Vegas on July 26, 2023!
  • The convention will feature an array of panel discussions designed to inspire personal and spiritual growth, as well as foster a sense of belonging within the Christian community.
  • The Christian Influencer Convention will take place on July 26th at the South Point Hotel Spa and Casino in Las Vegas in partnership with the sponsors SOS Radio, CTN, Christian Business Network & many more.
  • Secure your place at the 2023 Christian Influencer Convention and experience a gathering like no other, one that will ignite your soul, reaffirming your faith.

English philosophers thought they had sloughed off the dead weight of history, but history suggests otherwise

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Monday, June 19, 2023

Krishnan is interested not only in “what people thought but what they were like”.

Key Points: 
  • Krishnan is interested not only in “what people thought but what they were like”.
  • The two questions are not as separate as many assume: a penetrating portrait of a philosopher can do much to illuminate their thought.
  • Review: A Terribly Serious Adventure: Philosophy at Oxford 1900-60 – Nikhil Krishnan (Profile Books) The range of thinkers surveyed is quite broad.
  • Prichard, developments accelerated with the arrival of a younger generation increasingly interested in philosophical developments elsewhere, particularly Cambridge and Vienna.

Slaying the Hegelian dragon

    • Moore, whose example brought on a spate of conversions at the turn of the century.
    • His colleague Bertrand Russell wrote:
      It was towards the end of 1898 that Moore and I rebelled against both Kant and Hegel.
    • It was towards the end of 1898 that Moore and I rebelled against both Kant and Hegel.
    • Both Russell and Moore had been under the spell of the Hegelian philosopher J.M.E.
    • Their apostasy is a central origin story of analytic philosophy: slaying the Hegelian dragon and sloughing off the dead weight of history.

Plain common sense

    • The intellectual sobriety, the return from the spiritual heights, was admired as a gritty, secure way forward.
    • Though it took some time to spread, this sensibility would eventually breach the “dreaming spires” of Oxford.
    • Austin, who is given the most space of any thinker in Krishnan’s history, declared “Moore’s my man”.
    • Rather than deferring to common sense, Austin directs our attention to common language.
    • Moore’s influence was exerted through his personal example, but also through his editorship of the premier philosophy journal Mind.

Accents of infallibility

    • He would say, goggling at you as if either you or he must be mad; and no reply was possible.
    • He would say, goggling at you as if either you or he must be mad; and no reply was possible.
    • very quiet and if possible ironical or at any rate unexcited and unrhetorical […] Austin carried this to an extreme.
    • To chasten, to subdue, to silence were among the many things Austin knew how to do with words.

The Austinian superego

    • But he also makes it clear that this was only so long as everyone agreed with Austin.
    • One participant said of these Saturday meetings that “it was always just a little as if the headmaster were present”.
    • To say that Austin “really should have been better at conceding a point” is a mild censure.
    • His method of rule was that of the manager, rather than the magus or maestro.
    • Krishnan never contrasts Austin’s philosophical views with Wittgenstein’s in any detail, but he does frequently contrast their manner of teaching.
    • This is a little facile, and contradicted by Krishnan’s claim that “an entire generation of philosophers spoke in [Austin’s] voice”.
    • Yet the quality of Berlin’s thought is obvious, even if it is difficult to say exactly what he was first-rate at.

A historical turn

    • Similarly, Krishnan struggles to see the philosophical appeal of Berlin – a thinker whose style of speech he describes as “allusive and incontinent”.
    • Krishnan is right when he says that how people react to a thinker “mark[s] a deep difference between temperaments”.
    • But it is complacent to present the difference here as between those seduced by “rhetoric” and those unimpressed with the arguments.
    • Each member of this group was to some extent influenced by Collingwood, another Oxford thinker given short shrift by Krishnan.
    • From my own experience, a historical interest continues to be regarded by most professional philosophers as somewhere between a tolerably mild eccentricity and an unhealthy diversion.

Create Captivating, Bible-Based Lessons that Will Capture the Attention of Young Christians

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Thursday, June 15, 2023

NEW CASTLE, Del., June 15, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Author Donna Syme PhD provides youth ministry leaders with refreshing instructions to create impactful, bible-based children's messages in Will They Follow?: A Leader's Guide to Reaching Today's Children ($16.49, paperback, 9781662866791; $7.99, e-book, 9781662866807).

Key Points: 
  • NEW CASTLE, Del., June 15, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Author Donna Syme PhD provides youth ministry leaders with refreshing instructions to create impactful, bible-based children's messages in Will They Follow?
  • Syme penned a well-thought-out book that describes how to create a Sunday morning program that young Christians will look forward to attending.
  • Syme aims to inspire teachers to do more than just teach Bible lessons.
  • Instead, she provides the knowledge to create a program that fulfills Christ's final command to make disciples.

$1 Million Gift Focuses on Recruiting Qualified Pharmacy Students

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Monday, June 12, 2023

She and her late husband, Geroge, co-founded Wedgewood Pharmacy in 1981 and worked together to transform the local community pharmacy.

Key Points: 
  • She and her late husband, Geroge, co-founded Wedgewood Pharmacy in 1981 and worked together to transform the local community pharmacy.
  • “The school of pharmacy is beyond grateful for this generous donation that will allow us to recruit Christian pharmacy students,” said Bates.
  • Of the $1 million gift, $750,000 will fund student recruitment efforts in order to continue bringing qualified students into Cedarville’s pharmacy program.
  • The remaining funds are broken down into categories: $100,000 for pharmacy students who travel on mission trips or contribute at professional pharmacy organization meetings, $100,000 for the hardship fund and $50,000 for professional development for students.

The Inca Arrives to USA, a Strong Outlook for Peru Tourism Recovery

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Saturday, May 27, 2023

Key Points: 
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230526005330/en/
    Peruvian actors from Cusco promoting the Inti Raymi 2023 in New York City, as tourism in Peru is once more on the rise.
  • This performance was displayed by 30 actors from Cusco, Peru, as a promotional strategy to get Peru back in the news and in front of potential visitors in a positive way.
  • Throughout June, Inca rituals are performed to honor the earth, the sun, and the region’s glacier-capped mountains.
  • Bucket-list experience Machupicchu and other key sites of Peru will be featured in the next iteration of the Transformers franchise.