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A Closer Look at Lumentum Holdings's Options Market DynamicsRecord Shattered: MCG Sees Historic Attendance at India-Australia Boxing Day TestA look at today’s free daily horoscope readings for Monday, Dec. 30, 2024 Today’s Birthday (12/30/24). Your work, energy and health flower this year. Connect and communicate for community support. Professional changes motivate educational adventures this spring. Tackle domestic repairs this summer. Connect, network and share next autumn. Adapt winter investigations for new conditions. Do what you love to grow. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is an 8 — This New Moon illuminates career opportunities. Develop interesting projects over the next two weeks. Pursue exciting possibilities. Your professional status and influence rise. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is an 8 — Educational opportunities arise after tonight’s New Moon. The next two-week phase favors study, investigation and exploration. Consider new perspectives. Make connections, contributions and discoveries. Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is an 8 — Find creative ways to grow your family nest egg. A lucrative two-week phase dawns with tonight’s New Moon. Launch valuable initiatives with your partner. Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is an 8 — Collaboration comes naturally, especially over two weeks following tonight’s Capricorn New Moon. You’re on the same wavelength. Take your partnership to the next level. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 9 — Energize your physical moves. This New Moon initiates two weeks of strengthening work and health. Put your heart into your actions. Practice makes perfect. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is an 8 — Enjoy yourself. Stir up some romance. The New Moon begins a two-week family, fun and passion phase. Get creative. It’s all for love. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is an 8 — Realize domestic visions with upgrades over a two-week New Moon phase. Get creative. Improve the beauty and functionality of your home. Nurture your family. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 9 — Profit through communications. Possibilities spark in conversation over this two-week New Moon phase. Creative projects flower. Express, share and connect. Write your story. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 9 — Begin a lucrative New Moon phase. Discover fresh markets and rising prosperity. Strengthen financial foundations for growth. Rake in and conserve a healthy harvest. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 9 — Pursue personal dreams. Expand talents, capacities and skills over two weeks, with the New Moon in your sign. Grow and develop. Shine your light. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 6 — Dreams seem within reach. Insights, breakthroughs and revelations sparkle under tonight’s New Moon. Enjoy a two-week creative, imaginative and organizational phase. Imagine the possibilities. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 9 — Connect shared support for big results. This New Moon phase benefits team efforts. Grow through friendships, social networks and community participation. Have fun together. (Astrologer Nancy Black continues her mother Linda Black’s legacy horoscopes column. She welcomes comments and questions on Twitter, @LindaCBlack . For more astrological interpretations like today’s Gemini horoscope , visit Linda Black Astrology by clicking daily horoscopes , or go to www.nancyblack.com .) ©2024 Nancy Black. All rights reserved. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency.
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By Dr Bomai D Witne SORCERY or witchcraft accusations and accusations related violence existed in many countries for many centuries. Sorcery is a belief that some people in a particular community possess supernatural powers to cause illness, deaths, or misfortunes to the community and witchcraft is a belief that refers to the use of some forms of supernatural powers and materials to cause illness, deaths, or misfortunes in the community. Beliefs of sorcery or witchcraft continue to lead to accusations and violence in many communities around the world. I use the word sorcery and sorcery accusations related violence (SARV) in this article to refer to different forms of violence related to sorcery beliefs and inflicted on individuals accused of practicing sorcery or witchcraft. Papua New Guinea needs a combination of locally relevant approaches to address and prevent SARV. The peacebuilding strategies and responses to SARV by the Yuri people of Chimbu Province provide insights into the way that indigenous knowledge systems can be harnessed in community responses to SARV. In Europe, SARV ended in the eighteenth century due to improved laws and law enforcement, education, science and rapid socioeconomic, cultural, political, and religious development. However, in many post-colonial countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, sorcery beliefs have also been part of the worldview of the people. Contemporary circumstances such as illness, deaths and misfortunes in the community have been interpreted in the context of sorcery beliefs, and in many instances, resulted in accusations and violence. For example, some farming Ngamiland people of Tanzania, accused old women of using sorcery powers to cause draught and killed them. The Maluku people of Indonesia accused political rivals or competitors of using sorcery to make opponents sick or die. They used both modern medicines and the services of local diviners, who were believed to possess powers to heal victims of sorcery. These are only two of many documented examples of SARV. They only just begun to hint at the complexity of the problem of SARV. The instances of SARV have increased in many countries. The United Nations Human Rights Commission now recognises SARV as an ‘egregious violence’ that required the states, civil society organisations, scholars, practitioners and all levels of national communities to develop nationally and locally appropriate ways to address it. PNG is one of many nations to take up the challenge of developing a national response to SARV. There is also interest and support for understanding local responses to SARV in a linguistically and culturally diverse country such as PNG, with diverse beliefs and ritual of supernatural powers, sorcery, and SARV require multiple responses in recognition of the diverse context and the challenges of addressing SARV in PNG. This article focuses on how the Yuri people addressed SARV. The Yuri people are comprised of more than 13 clans based in scattered villages along the Kubor Range, in the central highlands of Chimbu Province in PNG. The Yuri people’s responses to SARV offers a unique perspective that can inform national and global conversations of SARV when viewed through the lenses of Indigenous Knowledge, local transrational peacebuilding, social relationships, and restorative justice. This framing of Yuri responses to SARV follows the lead of Melanesian cultural authorities, who have observed that people in different communities, like the Malaita people of Solomon Islands, were knowledgeable and able to find solutions to their problems and adapt new knowledge in changing circumstances. Peace studies scholars pointed out that the different experiences, knowledge, and skills that are possessed by people in a community offer potential for bridging different knowledge systems to arrive at ‘transrational’ peace. This is one of a number of important concepts from peace studies that also help to foreground the importance of social relationships and the culture of mutual caring and sharing for others as the foundation for peacebuilding and restorative justice. Peace studies research has also established that the desire for peace and safety within communities can be built and maintained through collective discussions and consensus. It creates agency for men, women, youth, community leaders and all members of the community who participate in conversations and engage in activities to advance their own wellbeing as well as the wellbeing of others and the community. In an endeavour to create a safe and peaceful community, SARV must be assessed with the view to identify and address underlying causes. In the context of Yuri, every Yuri person was already embedded in Yuri social relations and peace-building initiatives since 2013. My role was to organise my clan group for peacebuilding and people from other clans did the same. We came together to publicly denounce all forms of violence and establish peace in the community. The actions and support of the community was expressed through the cultural activities such as singing, dancing, hosting tribal youth camp, peace walks, participating in sports, inter Christian worship and spreading message of peace and unity. This local initiative was to understand the importance of a peaceful society based on unbreakable social harmony and relationships to address and prevent SARV which was helpful to Yuri as well as people working to end SARV in national and international contexts. Dr Witne has recently completed a PhD by publication under the Australia Awards Scholarship at the Queensland University of Technology. The title of his thesis is Understanding Indigenous responses to sorcery accusation related violence: Peacebuilding by the Yuri people of Papua New Guinea. He is a lecturer in Political Science and PNG National History in the Division of Social Science at the University of Goroka. Dr Witne shares part of his PhD thesis.The Giants were a no-show against the Bucs after releasing quarterback Daniel Jones
49ers RBs Christian McCaffrey, Jordan Mason placed on IRI'm A Celebrity's Alan Halsall - known for his long-standing role as Tyrone Dobbs on Coronation Street - has opened up to his fellow campmates about his divorce and co-parenting with his ex-wife Lucy-Jo Hudson. Alan told Dean McCullough about how they met on the set of Corrie and eventually parted ways after their daughter Sienna's birth. He said: "Lucy left Corrie in about 2005, then we got married in 2009. "We then split up after Sienna was born. I love what I've got, even now I'm on my own, I love it when it's me and Sienna and that'll change I'm sure, that'll be different at some point but I've never done dating apps. READ MORE: BBC Strictly Come Dancing pro says star 'shouldn’t be in the competition' as final nears Lucy-Jo Hudson, known for her role as Katy Harris, took to social media to offer her perspective. She said: "Just wanted to put the record straight. First of all, me and my ex have been divorced seven years. I actually can't believe it's a topic of conversation because it's pretty boring. "We share Sienna 50/50. We communicate. She's a happy kid. We get on great. We have to work out weekends what we're swapping, certain days he wants, certain days I want. We're constantly communicating because it's important for Sienna and to plan what we're doing. We don't want her missing out so we change things for each other," reports the Mirror . Alan Halsall is currently a contestant in the jungle (Image: ITV/REX/Shutterstock) "Second of all, myself and Lewis [Devine] will be sat down with Sienna watching the jungle. We wish him nothing but the best." As Alan prepared for his appearance on 'I'm A Celeb,' Lucy-Jo shared a glimpse into her life through a touching Instagram post about 'family time' with 11 year old Sienna.
Orange County football schedule for the CIF-SS championship games, Nov. 29WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith moved to abandon two criminal cases against Donald Trump on Monday, acknowledging that Trump’s return to the White House will preclude attempts to federally prosecute him for retaining classified documents or trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat. The decision was inevitable, since longstanding Justice Department policy says sitting presidents cannot face criminal prosecution. Yet it was still a momentous finale to an unprecedented chapter in political and law enforcement history, as federal officials attempted to hold accountable a former president while he was simultaneously running for another term. Trump emerges indisputably victorious, having successfully delayed the investigations through legal maneuvers and then winning re-election despite indictments that described his actions as a threat to the country's constitutional foundations. “I persevered, against all odds, and WON," Trump exulted in a post on Truth Social, his social media website. He also said that “these cases, like all of the other cases I have been forced to go through, are empty and lawless, and should never have been brought.” The outcome makes it clear that, when it comes to a president and criminal accusations, nothing supersedes the voters' own verdict. In court filings, Smith's team emphasized that the move to end their prosecutions was not a reflection of the merit of the cases but a recognition of the legal shield that surrounds any commander in chief. “That prohibition is categorical and does not turn on the gravity of the crimes charged, the strength of the Government’s proof, or the merits of the prosecution, which the Government stands fully behind,” prosecutors said in one of their filings. They wrote that Trump’s return to the White House “sets at odds two fundamental and compelling national interests: on the one hand, the Constitution’s requirement that the President must not be unduly encumbered in fulfilling his weighty responsibilities . . . and on the other hand, the Nation’s commitment to the rule of law.” In this situation, “the Constitution requires that this case be dismissed before the defendant is inaugurated,” they concluded. Smith’s team said it was leaving intact charges against two co-defendants in the classified documents case — Trump valet Walt Nauta and Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos De Oliveira — because “no principle of temporary immunity applies to them.” Steven Cheung, Trump's incoming White House communications director, said Americans “want an immediate end to the political weaponization of our justice system and we look forward to uniting our country.” Trump has long described the investigations as politically motivated, and he has vowed to fire Smith as soon as he takes office in January. Now he will start his second term free from criminal scrutiny by the government that he will lead. The election case brought last year was once seen as one of the most serious legal threats facing Trump as he tried to reclaim the White House. He was indicted for plotting to overturn his defeat to Joe Biden in 2020, an effort that climaxed with his supporters' violent attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. But the case quickly stalled amid legal fighting over Trump’s sweeping claims of immunity from prosecution for acts he took while in the White House. The U.S. Supreme Court in July ruled for the first time that former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution, and sent the case back to U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan to determine which allegations in the indictment, if any, could proceed to trial. The case was just beginning to pick up steam again in the trial court in the weeks leading up to this year’s election. Smith’s team in October filed a lengthy brief laying out new evidence they planned to use against him at trial, accusing him of “resorting to crimes” in an increasingly desperate effort to overturn the will of voters after he lost to Biden. In asking for the election case to be dismissed, prosecutors requested that Chutkan do it “without prejudice,” raising the possibility that they could try to bring charges against Trump again after he leaves office. But such a move may be barred by the statute of limitations, and Trump may also try to pardon himself while in office. The separate case involving classified documents had been widely seen as legally clear cut, especially because the conduct in question occurred after Trump left the White House and lost the powers of the presidency. The indictment included dozens of felony counts accusing him of illegally hoarding classified records from his presidency at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, and obstructing federal efforts to get them back. He has pleaded not guilty and denied wrongdoing. The case quickly became snarled by delays, with U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon slow to issue rulings — which favored Trump’s strategy of pushing off deadlines in all his criminal cases — while also entertaining defense motions and arguments that experts said other judges would have dispensed with without hearings. In May, she indefinitely canceled the trial date amid a series of unresolved legal issues before dismissing the case outright two months later. Smith’s team appealed the decision, but now has given up that effort. Trump faced two other state prosecutions while running for president. One them, a New York case involving hush money payments, resulted in a conviction on felony charges of falsifying business records. It was the first time a former president had been found guilty of a crime. The sentencing in that case is on hold as Trump's lawyers try to have the conviction dismissed before he takes office, arguing that letting the verdict stand will interfere with his presidential transition and duties. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office is fighting the dismissal but has indicated that it would be open to delaying sentencing until Trump leaves office. Bragg, a Democrat, has said the solution needs to balance the obligations of the presidency with “the sanctity of the jury verdict." Trump was also indicted in Georgia along with 18 others accused of participating in a sprawling scheme to illegally overturn the 2020 presidential election there. Any trial appears unlikely there while Trump holds office. The prosecution already was on hold after an appeals court agreed to review whether to remove Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis over her romantic relationship with the special prosecutor she had hired to lead the case. Four defendants have pleaded guilty after reaching deals with prosecutors. Trump and the others have pleaded not guilty. Associated Press writers Colleen Long, Michael Sisak and Lindsay Whitehurst contributed to this story.
