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Opinion and response on OSH 'treatment mall'
The letter below was sent July 13 2009 by the board members of the Mental Health America of Oregon to the editors of the Salem Statesman Journal in response to an editorial written by Arthur Tolan, a staff member of the Oregon State Hospital. Dr. Tolan's original opinion editorial is below.
To the Editor of the Salem Statesman Journal,
The timing of Dr. Arthur Tolan's guest opinion is impeccable and curious, since the U.S. Department of Justice is scheduled to review treatment at Oregon State Hospital in about two weeks.
Mental Health America of Oregon has a different view of treatment based on our regular contact with patients there. Treatment malls is not a new concept and does not foster recovery by itself. Recovery is driven by patients when hope and choice are present. Oregon State Hospital administrators and staff should be reminded that recovery does not come in the form of a model, mall, or prescription. It is initiated and owned by the individual and carried forth along the continuum.
Dr. Tolan talks about treatment malls using euphemisms like "neighborhood" and "downtown" which are, in fact, clinical settings with supervision and security. It is ironic that while he touts the success of this modality, in reality, most patients spend their days, and receive treatment, on locked wards.
Dr. Tolan suggests the malls will prevent recidivism and make vast improvements in the lives of persons with mental illness. That may be the hope; however, sturdy hospital-community linkages and patient advocacy are needed to make this a reality.
— Beckie Child, president of the Mental Health America of Oregon, Published July 14 2009
Oregon shifts to new model for psychiatric-patient care
By Arthur Tolan, director of clinical services at Oregon State Hospital
It's morning break time and the students begin to pour from the classroom doors, filling the hallways with chatter and laughter as they share stories and compare notes.
The flurry of activity could describe any common area where students congregate. But in this scenario, the setting is not academic. The students are patients and their campus is Oregon State Hospital.
Each weekday, dozens of OSH patients leave their wards or cottages to attend classes and participate in leisure activities in a centrally located, school-like setting called a treatment mall. This is the centralized system of care model that has become the accepted standard of practice being implemented nationally and internationally by psychiatric hospitals.
New and renovated psychiatric hospitals are employing a community design of centralized care where the patients' living areas are connected to a "neighborhood" mall that connects to a larger "downtown" mall so that patients can access all services provided in the facility and have more opportunities for healthy socialization.
For instance, a patient may attend a support group meeting in the neighborhood mall and then go to the downtown mall to access a gymnasium or fitness center, library, boutique, canteen, post office, bank, classrooms, music room and art therapy room.
Oregon, too, will provide this centralized system of care with the neighborhood and downtown malls in its new psychiatric hospital, scheduled for completion in 2011. Current OSH staffers, however, are not waiting for those doors to open to begin creating an environment conducive to recovery and a rehabilitative environment that promotes autonomy, hope, self-esteem and personal responsibility.
OSH is operating three treatment malls in Salem and Portland and will open another this fall. To date, participating patients report that they feel they have more control over their care and that the treatment malls afford opportunities to develop social and relationship skills, manage medication and avoid relapse and enjoy activities such as cooking, gardening and music therapy.
Patients need such skill- building and educational interventions to help them recover and increase their ability to live and work independently after their release from the hospital. There is growing evidence that this centralized model can provide lasting benefits, including a decrease in hospital readmission rates, increased skills in symptom management and improved quality of life.
In the past, all of a patient's meals, care and treatment have been provided on the ward. Activities were limited, and patients spent a lot of time sleeping and watching TV. In contrast, the new model encourages patients to engage in activities during treatment hours rather than allowing them to isolate in their bedrooms, TV rooms or other nontreatment rooms. And while patients live on a unit, they receive treatment, eat meals, attend classes and participate in activities in the mall areas.
Oregon is committed to this continued shift to a centralized recovery care model that is consistent with national trends. Investing and supporting the centralized treatment model with its neighborhood and downtown mall concept will greatly improve the lives of Oregonians who have a mental illness by ensuring that their return to their families and communities is timely and their long-term recovery is successful.
OUR COMMENT — Over the history of the Oregon State Hospital there has been a wide variance between those who work in the hospital, versus those who live in the hospital, or who watch it from the outside. This variance concerns the fundamentals of the institutions – it's purpose, it's practices, it's outcomes, the welfare of the persons kept inside. Considering the stakes, the wide degree of this variance, demonstrated by the polite separation of these two texts, continues this disappointing tradition of high walls and public relations.
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Sgt. Jason Busch, left, and his brother, Cpl. Josh Busch, were decorated for combat in Afghanistan. The Soldiers, who are from Seymour, Wis., both serve with the 101st Airborne Division.
BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, Feb. 2, 2011 — Two brothers in the 101st Airborne Division were decorated for separate combat actions during their deployment to Afghanistan.
One received a Silver Star Medal in December for actions during a five-day firefight in Kunar province, and the other received a Purple Heart in January after a firefight at Forward Operating Base Andar.
Army Cpl. Joshua Busch of Company D, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, was on a mission in November when insurgents attacked his platoon.
By the end of the fight, his platoon of 22 was down to nine uninjured Soldiers. He was decorated Dec. 7, for his heroic actions during that battle.
Sgt. Jason Busch, Company A, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, recalled the battle that took place about a month later in which he earned his Purple Heart.
Though both had planned to get out of the Army, they decided to stay with their platoon for this deployment. Josh extended his enlistment, and Jason re-enlisted for two more years.
Josh said he and his brother always have been close.
When Josh got to basic training, the drill sergeants asked if anyone had siblings in the Army. Josh said yes and was given the chance to be stationed at Fort Campbell, Ky., with his brother, though they are in different brigades.
Josh will finish his deployment soon, while Jason is recovering in the United States.


Jim Rossi, Regulatory Bargaining and Public Law (Cambridge University Press, 2005), ISBN 0521838924 – available June 1, 2005.
In this book, Professor Rossi explores the implications of a bargaining perspective for institutional governance and public law in deregulated industries, such as electric power and telecommunications. Leading media accounts blame deregulated markets for failures in competitive restructuring policies, as with the California electricity deregulation fiasco. However, Professor Rossi argues that governmental institutions, often influenced by private stakeholders, share blame for the defects in deregulated markets.
Among the issues address in this book are consumer service obligations, constitutional takings jurisprudence, the filed rate doctrine, the dormant commerce clause, state action immunity from antitrust enforcement, and federalism disputes. Professor Rossi's book warns against a 'deference trap' leading courts to passive roles in conflicts involving political institutions, such as regulatory agencies and states. To address such concerns, Professor Rossi's book suggests a unified set of default rules to guide courts in the United States and elsewhere as they address the complex issues that will come before them in a deregulatory environment.
The first part of the book explores the minimal role that judicial intervention played for much of the twentieth century in public utility industries and how deregulation presents new opportunities and challenges for public law. The second part of the book explores the role of public law in a deregulatory environment, focusing on the positive and negative influences it creates for the behavior of private stakeholders and public institutions in a bargaining-focused political process.
Jim Rossi is Harry M. Walborsky Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Research at Florida State University College of Law.
Regulatory Bargaining and Public Law is a must-read for anyone with a serious interest in the modern law of regulation. Rossi analyzes the new forms of regulation – misnamed "deregulation" in the popular press and in much academic work – using techniques originally developed for analyzing contracts. Rossi's approach yields fresh, new insights.
Jim Rossi has thought long and creatively about the role of courts in our evolving deregulated economy. He warns against a "deference trap" leading courts to passive roles in conflicts involving political institutions like regulatory agencies and states. When doctrines like the filed rate doctrine, the dormant commerce clause, state action immunity from antitrust, and federal preemption traditionally signal "hands off" to the courts, a new sensitivity to incentives and the context of institutional bargaining are sorely needed.
As Professor Rossi shows, the term "deregulation" may be the greatest misnomer in the legal lexicon, for rather than eliminating regulation it replaces one regulatory scheme with a new and even more complex one. Regulatory Bargaining and Public Law analyzes the resulting interactions between regulators, industry, and other groups, demonstrating that these interactions can either further or frustrate the goal of consumer welfare. Public policy analysts, legal scholars, and students of political economy will all find the book an invaluable resource.
Jim Rossi's Regulatory Bargaining and Public Law should be on the bookshelf of everyone interested in the regulatory process, antitrust, and public law. Beginning with a historical perspective that stretches back to the 1830s and the Charles River Bridge case, Rossi carries our conception of regulated industry away from traditional neoclassical notions of natural monopoly and rate-of-return regulation to more Coasian ideas that each instance of regulation is a special kind of bargain with the sovereign. That is, rather than taking areas of enterprise out of the market, so to speak, regulation is simply a special case of market bargaining. In the process Rossi explores the consequences of deregulation and other alternatives to traditional cost-of-service rate making. Of particular concern is the divergence of public and private interests that can occur when firms and the interests groups aligned with them try to obtain the best deal that they can through the regulatory bargaining process. This model helps Professor Rossi develop a cogent set of explanations for what went wrong in certain cases of deregulatory failure, such as the California electric power crisis.
Justice William O. Douglas's majority opinion in Zorach v. Clauson famously asserted that [w]e are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being. What did Douglas mean, and was he right? More recently, in cases involving the Ten Commandments, the Pledge of Allegiance and other public expressions and symbols, the Supreme Court has said that the Constitution prohibits government from endorsing religion. Can Douglas's Supreme Being assertion be reconciled with the no endorsement prohibition? And does the more modern doctrine demand that we forget, falsify, or forswear our pervasively religious political heritage? This essay, presented as the William O. Douglas lecture at Gonzaga Law School, addresses those questions.
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It is difficult, if not impossible, to discuss Dickerson v. United States intelligently without discussing Miranda, whose constitutional status Dickerson reaffirmed (or, one might say, resuscitated). It is also difficult, if not impossible, to discuss the Dickerson case intelligently without discussing cases the Court has handed down in the five years since Dickerson was decided. The hard truth is that in those five years the reaffirmation of Miranda's constitutional status has become less and less meaningful.
In this paper I want to focus on the Court's characterization of statements elicited in violation of the Miranda warnings as not actually "coerced" or "compelled" but obtained merely in violation of Miranda's "prophylactic rules." This terminology has plagued the Miranda doctrine and puzzled and provoked many commentators since then - Justice Rehnquist utilized this label to describe and to diminish Miranda - and he was the first Justice ever to do so - thirty-one years ago.
There is a growing trend in federal agencies towards explicit consideration of the Constitution, and the principles of justice that it suggests. In controversies ranging from the Justice Department's challenge to the Oregon Death With Dignity Act to IRS regulation of the political activities of non-profits, agencies have come more and more to rely on their own view of what the Constitution requires or implies.
Academic commentary almost universally lauds this move toward interpretive autonomy, if not the specific interpretations that the current administration has offered. Advocates of republicanism and cooperative regulation welcome the opportunities for wider public deliberation on constitutional issues that agency interpretation offers. And critics of this Supreme Court on both left and right are eager to find any other authority willing to countenance a different substantive view of rights, whether that be a right to be free of discrimination or a right to life.
At the same time, the Court increasingly has suggested that the legitimacy of such interpretations may be in doubt. In City of Boerne v. Flores and similar cases it rejects, almost disdainfully, the notion that Congress might be a worthy interpretive partner in elaborating constitutional norms. And its opinion in a case holding that agency regulations prohibiting disparate impact discrimination are not privately enforceable might be read to imply that there is a serious constitutional doubt whether an agency can exercise the sort of independent constitutional interpretive authority Boerne seems to condemn. Tax practitioners may recall similar doubts about the Service's authority dating back to the controversy over Bob Jones University.
This Article strives to explain the sharp divergence between critical consensus and judicial reality, with the aim of finding a way to justify cooperation and republican deliberation to a doubting Court. I argue that existing accounts fail to explain judicial attitudes because they do not consider the unique institutional needs of federal judges. Most significantly, judicial claims to sole authority to interpret the Constitution may be part of the constitutive rhetoric of judging, through which the judiciary builds and entrenches a set of norms for its own behavior. These norms, when internalized by judges, help to distinguish judicial behavior from the ordinary politics that judicial review aspires to limit.
I conclude, however, that judicial rhetoric, even in combination with other plausible arguments in favor of exclusivity, is persuasive in at most a small fraction of the constitutional cases that come before courts. I therefore propose a method, based on a survey and synthesis of those arguments, that a court can use in deciding for any given agency interpretation whether the agency's decision is a permissible, complementary elaboration or an impermissible intrusion. I then show how the method offers important insights into, for example, the disputes over disparate impact regulations and the IRS's oversight of non-profit entities.
Whether dealing with contracts, tort actions, or government regulations, lawyers are more likely to be successful if they are conversant in economics. Economics for Lawyers provides the essential tools to understand the economic basis of law. Through rigorous analysis illustrated with simple graphs and a wide range of legal examples, Richard Ippolito focuses on a few key concepts and shows how they play out in numerous applications.
CALL FOR PAPERS "The Value of Ancient Philosophy for the Contemporary World"
How may we retrieve the insights of Greek philosophy for the contemporary world? How have contemporary thinkers appropriated ancient philosophy, and what possibilities are left open for different appropriations? This special issue of the journal, Philosophy in the Contemporary World, will engage these sorts of questions, and will feature contributions from leading scholars in ancient philosophy. In accord with the aims of the journal, essays in response to this call for papers should be written for a wide audience of philosophers who are interested in the various ways that the history of philosophy can be brought to bear on contemporary issues. Essays on any figure/topic in ancient philosophy are welcome, so long as they are 3000-4000 words in length (not including endnotes). This special issue is scheduled for publication early in 2006.
Onwuachi-Willig on the "Marriage Cure"
In 1996, the United States Congress began its imposition of a marital solution to poverty when it enacted the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act ("PRWORA"). Nearly ten years later, Congress has strengthened its commitment to marriage as a cure for welfare dependency with proposals such as the Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act of 2005. If passed, this bill would provide 1.5 billion dollars for pro-marriage programs and require each state to explain how its welfare program will encourage marriage for single mothers who receive public aid. With these proposals, Congress has continued to construct poverty as a private rather than public problem. These programs, designed to move poor individuals into the husband-wife, normatively heterosexual dyad, are part of a long-term plan for privatizing economic responsibility for children in impoverished households.
This Article situates recent welfare debates concerning the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families ("TANF") program, in particular those debates concerning the proposal of the "marriage cure," within a post-colonial context and examines, both historically and currently, how the law of marriage has been used in the United States as a tool for "civilizing" outsiders. Part I analyzes how marriage laws were used in the post-bellum period as a means of minimizing states' economic responsibility to provide for newly-emancipated Blacks, especially former slave children. Part II scrutinizes the racialization of welfare recipients in the United States in recent history and dissects current and proposed TANF marriage-promotion provisions to reveal how marriage and law are again being operated as tools for domesticating welfare queens. Finally, this Article concludes by exploring alternatives to this proposed marriage cure to poverty.
American legal education has been enormously successful, fueled by high enrollment, high tuition, and a seemingly endless supply of new students. This article suggests that the model is not sustainable over the long run given the current model of education and financing. Other than the handful of highly prestigious or very low cost schools, most institutions face a precarious future. The issue is one of value; prospective students, faculty, and the public look to prestige in making decisions. This leads schools to engage in a race for higher rankings. In the short-run, schools can dress their outward appearance, but doing so fails to improve their actual quality. This failure ultimately places the school in jeopardy if costs continue to rise and job prospects do not keep pace with increased cost. The article concludes that most schools have neither the prestige nor low cost to survive without providing real value to their students. They will fail unless they radically change their business models and adopt new business techniques, including reducing the cycle time to adulthood, diversifying their customer bases, joining international consortia, partnerships, and distance learning projects, and considering mergers, acquisitions, and going out of business sales. The article proposes that schools establish real missions to build better professionals.
Like most kinds of writing, academic writing rarely shines, but far more often than ordinary writing scholarly prose is murky and impenetrable. This brief jeu d'esprit considers several forms of bad writing, rejecting the claim, increasingly made in academic quarters, that "difficult writing" is necessary to the scholarly enterprise. Bloated, foggy, and enigmatic prose masquerades as profundity that escapes conventional mental grooves. In fact it is useless, unethical, and taken far enough, evil.
Garnett on Charitable Choice and Discrimination Check out Rick Garnett's response to The "Charitable Choice" Bill That was Recently Passed by the House By Vik Amar & Alan Brownstein.


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Next-generation aircraft carrier: builder's sea trials done
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A shipbuilder says the USS Gerald R. Ford, the first of the Navy's next generation of aircraft carriers, has completed the builder's sea trials.
Rolf Bartschi is Newport News Shipbuilding's vice president for the Ford's construction. He told The Virginian-Pilot (http://bit.ly/2p3N2q3) that the carrier spent a week at sea undergoing tests of its systems with Navy representatives aboard. Those trials concluded Friday, he added in a statement.
Construction on the $12.9 billion carrier began in 2009, meeting with cost overruns and delays. The carrier was supposed to have been completed by September 2015 for $10.5 billion. But issues arose with the Ford's advanced systems and technology, including aircraft landing equipment and power generration.
The shipbuilder says the Ford next must undergo acceptance trials by the Navy prior to delivery.

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M. Pagano doubled to center field; B. Carson advanced to third.
M. Stewart singled to center field, 2 RBI; M. Pagano scored; B. Carson scored.
B. Cottom advanced to second on a wild pitch.
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D. Holderbac singled to left field, 2 RBI; A. Page scored; M. Hale scored.
M. Stewart singled to center field.
C. Lundell hit by pitch; M. Stewart advanced to second.
M. Ibarra singled through the right side, RBI; C. Lundell advanced to second; M. Stewart scored.
M. Hale doubled to left field, RBI; D. Yenzi scored, unearned.
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B. Cottom singled to left center, RBI; I. Danford scored, unearned.
S. Pinckert advanced to second on a passed ball.
B. Carson singled through the right side; S. Pinckert advanced to third.
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A. Page reached first on an error by ss.
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D. Wilkinson singled to center field; B. Cottom advanced to second; I. Danford advanced to third.
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M. Hale singled to left field; D. Yenzi advanced to third.
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L. Vietmeier pinch hit for B. Cottom.
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M. Hale hit by pitch, RBI; B. Myers advanced to second; I. Huffman advanced to third; D. Wilkinson scored.
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T. Yoder singled through the right side.
N. Mejia pinch hit for M. Pagano.
R. Rusnak to 3b for N. Mejia.
N. Wetherald reached first on an error by rf, advanced to second.
Q. Hecker to p for E. Berry.
J. Loudon pinch hit for C. Lundell.
J. Loudon advanced to second on a wild pitch.
Z. Ullom pinch hit for B. Wey.
Z. Ullom singled to center field; J. Cole advanced to second; J. Loudon advanced to third.
S. Pinckert singled through the left side, 2 RBI; Z. Ullom advanced to second; J. Cole scored; J. Loudon scored.
T. Yoder hit by pitch; S. Pinckert advanced to second; Z. Ullom advanced to third.
B. Carson walked, RBI; T. Yoder advanced to second; S. Pinckert advanced to third; Z. Ullom scored.


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Fisher Reunions Facilitate Community Improvements
Picturing The Past
A group gathered for the Fisher Reunion at the old Lake Toxaway Baptist Church.
Slick Fisher Road in the Lake Toxaway area of the county winds 4.5 miles beginning at North Toxaway Baptist Church on Blue Ridge Road (Hwy. 281), travelers climb approximately 341 feet in elevation and then descend about 660 feet before connecting back up with N.C. 281. The route along the highway is longer (4.7 miles) but a quicker drive. The road gets its name from Isaiah S. "Slick" Fisher.
Fisher, a grandson of James Washington Fisher, was born June 7, 1851, to William and Harriet Sims Fisher. He married Caroline Lee in 1876 and they had 10 children. The Fishers acquired a large amount of property in the northeastern part of Hogback Township in Transylvania County.
According to a brief family history submitted by his grandson, Warren Eugene "Dick" Fisher, for The Heritage of Transylvania County, volume 2, "It is not known exactly how Isaiah received the nickname 'Slick.' Some say he was a fine dresser. This seems hard to believe for country folk. Most likely his middle name was Sylvester or Sylvannus, though neither name appears in any documentation or other family names."
Fisher was a farmer and prominent in community affairs. He served as school commissioner for Hogback, District 4, was a longtime Board of Elections judge in Hogback Township and was also a delegate to the Democratic State Convention in Charlotte in 1908.
The Fishers were also long-time members of Lake Toxaway Baptist Church. Church members regularly maintained the church cemetery but many graves did not have headstones. In 1924 Isaiah Fisher, along with Rev. Wade Nicholson and Lee Norton, presented a fundraising plan through an annual event. Officers and committee members were elected and the event was named the Fisher Reunion. "Uncle Slick" served as chairman of the Arrangement Committee for many years.
In addition to the traditional picnic lunch and visiting, there were typically one or more speakers and a collection was taken. The first new monument purchased and placed was for James and Dorcas Fisher. While the main objectives were to maintain the cemetery and mark as many graves as possible, other projects were also undertaken occasionally. In 1929 funds were used to buy materials to build picnic tables for the church grounds, and in 1940 to put a fence around the church grounds so livestock would not damage the property.
Slick and Caroline Fisher surrounded by grandchildren. (Courtesy photos)
Isaiah S. "Slick" Fisher died on Dec 10, 1936, and is buried at Lake Toxaway Baptist Church cemetery, which he worked to improve and preserve. Descendant of Isaiah and Caroline raised money for concrete tables and a marble tablet in their memory in 1960. The base was inscribed with the names of their children.
The Fisher Reunion continues to be a regular event to bring family and friends together.
(Photographs and information for this column are provided by the Rowell Bosse North Carolina Room, Transylvania County Library. For more information, comments, or suggestions contact NCRoom staff at http://[email protected] or 828-884-1820.)
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Connecting in the urban environment
Last week was packed with so many great events that I needed some days of reflection before blogging about all those exciting and inspiring insights. First of all, I attended the Opening Night, City Conversations, and Rain City Chronicles events of the SFU Public Square Community Summit and the Carbon Talks lecture.
Moreover, I volunteered at the Student & Youth Conference of the SFU Public Square Communit Summit, the Built City @MOV lecture with Ray Spaxman and Brent Toderian at the Museum of Vancouver, and Heritage Vancouver's "West End Remembered" walking tour and I crossed "I walked across Vancouver" from my bucket list by joining 20 other people for the first ever Main Street Mosey.
In this blogpost, I'd like to take a summarizing look back at the SFU Public Square Community Summit events that I've attended. In the face of the Vancouver Foundation's "2012 Connections and Engagement Survey" and with more than ten diverse events centered around the topic of "Connecting in the Urban Environment", SFU hosted a unique public summit where people of all ages and backgrounds discussed the multifaceted topic of connecting in the urban environment.
With this inaugural Community Summit, SFU showed which role universities should play in today's connected world: Engaged universities should be open and active members of their communities that foster the dialogue not only with their students but also with the general public, especially on important topics such as the general summit theme of urban isolation and disconnection felt by many people in Vancouver or the specific issues of public space, transportation, housing, and schools that were discussed at the Student & Youth Conference.
So, it is of utmost importance that SFU continues this exciting dialogue through its Public Square initiative: "In SFU's community of communities, it is every place, every open space, every exchange, debate or casual conversation – in person or online – that contributes to respectful, productive and, sometimes, inspiring dialogue on any and every topic of public concern." (SFU President Andrew Petter and Chancellor Carole Taylor)
Opening Night: Be a Catalyst for Change
SFU Public Square's Opening Night at the Orpheum set the stage for the week-long community summit with a high-level panel discussion featuring Vancouver Foundation's Vice President Catherine Clement, Toronto artist-activist Dave Meslin, former Vancouver Director of Planning Larry Beasley, and author and radio host Nora Young.
According to Catherine Clement, there are many solutions to the problems of urban isolation and loneliness, from big urban design issues to small things that individuals can do, such as inviting your neighbours. In fact, the more people talk to each other, the more they trust each other, take care for each other, and do things for their community.
Dave Meslie then talked about his Toronto City Hall art exhibit "The Fourth Wall" which aims at establishing a two-way dialogue between City Hall and citizens and getting people more connected to their neighbourhood. The 36 recommendations that emerged from this project include ideas like creating a "City Hall School", redesigning public notices, or providing childcare opportunities for public meetings. Dave urges people to"raise our expectations for our cities and establish a new culture of participation where people feel that their participation is rewarding, useful, meaningful, wanted, and respected."
Larry Beasley presented Vancouver's Emery Barnes Park as an example for a publicly owned place that embraces transit, walkability, density, and mixed use and has become a shared space for everyone. In fact, all kinds of people mingle and connect in this park as the nearby located retail spaces, community centre, childcare centre, food stores, cafes, and a neighbourhood that was planned for many different people (social housing, familiy housing, market housing) draw very diverse people. This shows that by designing a park that is not only a beautiful but also an inclusive place for all people, a socially responsible government and citizenry can mitigate social isolation.
Finally, Nora Young spoke about the role of technology in overcoming urban isolation. In her opinion, there is a data revolution in which the bottom-up, user-generated, social, ubiquitous, and continually updated digital data that we are generating in our everyday lives can contribute to change. In particular, digital technology faciliates sharing and tools like Fix My Street, Meet Ups, or Social Camps can help people make connections. So, in order to make the city of the future a collaborative one, we have to ensure that people who are socially isolated are not also information-isolated.
Student & Youth Conference: Our Voices
This conference was designed for youth by youth and interactively explored issues of urban isolation and disconnection that young people are facing. While the morning sessions included scenario-based group activities on the issues of using technology to connect activity and addressing norms, the afternoon was packed with a presentation by Dave Meslin and four parallel facilitated dialogue sessions on the important issues of urban housing, public spaces, transportation, and the role of schools in creating connections.
In his talk, Dave Meslin presented three of his projects that fostered community engagement. Guerilla Gardening is about reclaiming public spaces and making people's voices matter in times when media representation of activism turns people away from it. With the Downtown De-Fence project he showed people the difference between fenced and open communities so that he was allowed to put their fences down. This shows us that schools, bike lanes, transit lines, etc. can change and it is our effort that can change something.
As Dave said, "it's a revolutionary act to get someone to change their cities, even if it's something small." Moreover, "you don't need to be a big NGO to make a difference – just be creative, fun and positive." Another project that fulfills these criteria was his City Idol project where people contributed ideas to make their city better and the winners received election campaigns to get them and their ideas into office.
In the following four parallel dialogue sessions, young people had the chance to speak to decision makers on the aforementioned four important issues. The results of these dialogue sessions and the other activities will be included in a report that will be presented to decision makers, conference participants, and the public in the future.
With regards to schools, one valuable suggestion was to give academic credits for community engagement as this is often more valuable in life than what you learn in the classroom. In particular, creativity and collaboration have to play a bigger role in our academic system and the over-emphasis on grades today translates into society's perception that something is only valuable if you get money for it.
The dialogue on public spaces highlighted that there are already many good examples of awesome public spaces in Vancouver. Nevertheless, it is important to get a much broader understanding of what public space really is and to meet people where they are as people from different cultures, age groups, socio-economic backgrounds, etc. create their own spaces and places. So, let us democratize how we shape space, break rules and go beyond design (think about how we use and occupy thesese spaces).
The session on urban housing touched the omnipresent issue of affordability but quickly became a conversation about community and home. It was mentioned that there should be opportunities for social engagement (food preparation, dining, common laundry, car sharing, etc.) and community building, that being part of a community is also about sharing responsibility, and that it is important to pay attention on what a community looks like for everyone in the different stages of life and to recognize cultural and social communities within the larger community.
Finally, the transportation dialogue discussed the issues of safety, education, and affordability as well as better public transportation options for suburban areas. Moreover, young people's stories reminded us that there's an opportunity for front line staff like bus drivers to set the tone, to get conversations started, and thereby to help people feel more comfortable and overcome the barriers of connecting.
City Conversations: Lonely in Vancouver
In the City Conversations, Catherine Clement from the Vancouver Foundation presented the main results of their research that was the underlying theme for the Community Summit. Their survey of 3,841 Metro Vancouver residents was more than just a loneliness survey as it focused on connections, engagements, and barriers on the three levels of friendship, neighbourhood, and larger community connections.
31% of respondents think that Vancouver is a hard place to make friends and 24% are alone more often than they would like to. In this regard, the fear that Vancouver might become a resort town for the rich as well as diversity challenges and the importance of interaction were highlighted. In fact, the more people begin to speak with each other, the more their trust level, their optimism about their neighbourhood, their tolerance about people who are different, and their participation in the community go up.
Sentis Research used this data to create a model that shows the drivers that can change people's attitudes and influence their actions. According to one of the model creators, this was based on a scale for caring and involved residents in which people who had higher scores generally were most optimistic about their neighbourhoods, felt their neighbours would work together to solve local problems, participated in neighbourhood and community projects, attended a neighbourhood and community meeting, and volunteered.
There are two drivers of change that would move people up on the caring and involved residents scale: Freedom from discrimination (creating a sense of belonging by connecting across boundaries) and conversations with neighbours (get-togethers with neighbours creating trust). In short, people will become more engaged the more they are free from discriminiation and talk to their neighbours.
Finally, Daphne Bremham from the Vancouver Sun replied that maybe it's not as bad as numbers indicate. In her opinion, we need to think about ourselves as multi-citizens who are engaged and connected in various neighbourhoods in Vancouver and beyond. As she writes in her article, "the tightly limited geographical definitions for neighbour, neighbourhood and community overlook other increasingly important, social media interactions, especially when you consider that Vancouverites are more connected than other Canadians."
Raincity Chronicles: Extra Ordinary
Finally, the sold-out Raincity Chronicles storytelling event once again showed us how many engaged people enrich this city with their great and inspiring ideas, stories, and projects: People who have brought their communities and neighbourhoods together, like 11-year-old Nathan Coburn who has received grants for his origami Christmas ornament workshop and yarn-art projects, Graham Anderson who has founded a co-operative urban delivery business that uses cargo trikes, or Caroline MacGillivray whose Beauty Night Society has given over 16,000 life-makeovers to women who live in poverty.
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I have been a fan of "The Fast and The Furious" franchise since the 1st movie was introduced in 2001. Since then, the series has had it's ups and downs, however, when "Fast & Furious" was released, I felt the saga was back on the right track. Since then, the movies have steadily become more and more entertaining. "Fate" finds a way to put a few new twists on the story while still sticking to the overall theme of the saga. One of the best FF movies yet and another solid entry. My only wish would have been to see how much better Paul Walker would have made it. If you like the series, add it to the collection; especially in 4K!
With this many movies in, most people likely have their opinion of the "Fast & Furious" franchise set. If you dislike the movies, this one isn't going to change your mind. If you're a fan of the movies for what they are (as I do), you'll likely enjoy this one. The conspiracy/betrayal angle was a bit better than the one with Hetty's return a while back. A few twists and a cameo add to the intrigue. The BluRay looks & sounds great. I was a little disappointed that the extended version is only available through streaming (not in the package itself), so I'll finally have to get that set up.
Loved it, one of the better in series!
The only other movie that I had seen in this franchise was the first. So I missed a lot of history in between the first and this one. That being said, I loved this movie for the pure fun of it, and I did not feel that I needed to see the others to enjoy this one. There was only one point regarding the antagonist, that may have helped me a bit regarding motivation, if I had seen a previous movie. Still, it was great fun, especially if you like the main actors in this one! Give it a shot, and enjoy!
These movies are awesome. Whats even better is the 4k on this disc, and the dolby vision takes it to another level. Im very picky about what 4k titles to buy because picture quality is important to me. Theres this reviewer on youtube "Brass Tax", honestly, the best 4k reviewer out there (very funny but extremely knoledgable on 4k) I dont buy a disc without watching his review first as he is spot on!. Heres the link for his review on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_Ah5ycpH0I&t=64s Check him out, you'll thank me!
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The story continues with the great cast. I am sad the Paul Walker is gone and to me he was a big part in making these films great. The story is good and Vin is awesome. The Rock is his standard character. The rest of the cast is fantastic. Lots of action and over the wall scenes. In a way I miss the good car races and chases of the other films. Hollywood is dumbing down movies for the limited attention span of the young generation. Worth watching and everyone will enjoy this, besides that fact.
A fun and fast ride which has all of the gang chasing down Dom who went rogue for no reason(to them). Stunts are getting to be too over the top, but it is still a fun trip. Ending is begging for a sequel. Action scenes are very good and intense. Don't like that the franchise wants to keep killing characters that you love. Jason Statham was great as always with good performances by Vin Diesel and the Rock. I would recommend this movie and it adds to your collection of Fast and Furious.
I mean what more is there to say than Vin Diesel carries this franchise. With the loss of Paul Walker may he R.I.P. I was seriously worried about where the franchise might go. Could Vin and The Rock carry it. The answer is yes. Vin Diesel did the heavy lifting here by providing the layers of complex character that were once solely on Paul Walker. The Rock threw in his comedic notes along with Jason Statham. But over all the franchise seemed to carry on despite the loss of Pablo.


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About Annapurna Yojana in MP – The Madhya Pradesh Government is going to launch the Annapurna Yojana. The main motive of this scheme is to provide healthy food to poor is all set to be launched by the state government of Madhya Pradesh. As per source annapurna scheme has been inspired from the Tamilnadu's Amma Canteen scheme.
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UKGC highlights lack of 'means to replace funds' as reason behind Football Index downfall
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Andrew Rhodes, the CEO of the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC), has issued a full response to a number of questions asked of the regulator by former customers of football player exchange platform Football Index.
Following the collapse of the operator, and its parent company BetIndex, a number of criticisms of the UKGC's regulatory oversight were raised – although the Commission did suspend the firm's licence after it entered administration.
Addressing customers, Rhodes stated that Football Index had 'non-compliance issues and practices' which needed to be addressed, but added that these circumstances were 'not severe enough' that the UKGC felt the need to put an end to the company's operations.
However, he did acknowledge that BetIndex failed to notify the Commission regarding a number of changes to its financial position in 2020, highlighting the company's inability to replace rapidly spent finances as a core reason behind its collapse.
Football Index, the UKGC detailed, 'went from holding significant cash reserves to meet its liabilities to voluntarily doubling its liabilities to customers without any means to replace those funds, beyond attracting new customers'.
As the operator struggled to acquire new customers during 2020 due to football being suspended, it made the decision to hold one-months worth of cash to meet liabilities, money which was subsequently quickly spent and not replaced, leading to its decline.
Despite noting Football Index's own failings, Rhodes did also agree with the findings of the government's Independent Review into the matter that the UKGC 'should have drawn a line' under earlier efforts to 'find protections and interventions' on behalf of BetIndex customers after learning of the enterprise's financial position.
A major criticism of the UKGC's conduct prior to and during the collapse of Football Index revolved around accusations that the body should have acted earlier, with a letter sent to The Guardian a year prior comparing the company's operations to that of a pyramid scheme.
Defending the UKGC's decision not to suspend BetIndex's licence in 2018, 2019 or 2020, Rhodes argued that this would have led to the firm's customers to 'lose significant amounts of money' due to being locked into open shares.
"We were always conscious that any steps we took could negatively impact on consumers already active on the platform and create a 'cash run'", Rhodes explained. "Our focus therefore was doing what we considered was best for consumers.
"The Commission was able to secure improvements in compliance from BetIndex but at that time, there were insufficient financial grounds on which to suspend the licence."
The compliance issues referenced did not concern BetIndex's financial viability, Rhodes noted, but instead related to safer gambling controls, product promotion and terms and conditions, although he added: "To be clear, these were serious failings and in no way acceptable."
The Chief Executive concluded: "While I was not Chief Executive or employed by the Commission when BetIndex collapsed, the level of contact I received when my appointment was announced left me in no doubt of its importance, and it has been a significant part of where I have spent my time since joining the Commission in June of this year.
"As Accounting Officer, I take responsibility for the Commission and the actions we take as a result of what happened and there are many things we already do differently and there are things that will form part of our advice in response to the Gambling Act Review.
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Q: Conflicting types for functions in C using header file and makefile I'm using a makefile for C that worked when it just had main.c and data.h but then as soon as I added a function header to data.h and and file for that function which actually defined the function it started erroring at compile time.
I had:
/* main.c */
#include "data.h"
int main () { /* this is empty */ }

and
/* data.h */
char foo(char);

and
/* foo.c */
#include "data.h"
char foo(char){
    ...
}

The error I get is conflicting types for 'foo' and note: previous declaration of 'foo'.
Other people having this issue had tried to use a function before it was declared or something along those lines but I cant seem to find that coming up in this example.

A: The error message sounds like the signatures of foo in data.h is not the same as in foo.c
e.g.
char foo(char);

and
char foo(char*);

or
// missing return type may produce a different/additional warning/error, depending on the compiler
foo(char);

Check the specific locations of the conflicting declarations and compare.

A: You forgot your include guard in the header file.  It gets included in both C files, so you get the same two function declarations pasted in.  Change your header file like so.
#ifndef DATA_H
#define DATA_H

char foo(char);

#endif


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Get hooked on Family Fishing. Bring your friends or family, or simply join the 'fishing family' at the Sydney International Regatta Centre for 'catch and release' fishing with barbless hooks. You can fish every Tuesday from 9am-5pm (subject to the needs of other major events). Check the SIRC event calendar for changes.
Learn about responsible 'catch and release' practices at the scenic Penrith Lakes. There are currently nine species of freshwater fish at the Lakes, including Australian bass, freshwater catfish, long-finned eel and carp.
You must have a fishing licence (can be purchased on site) and are required to bring your own equipment.
Contact the Regatta Centre for more details about the fishing program and to find out what you need to bring. The program is coordinated by the Sydney International Regatta Centre and supervised on the day by the Department of Primary Industry 'Fishing Volunteers'.


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SU4214 莫札特,貝多芬:木管八重奏及小夜曲 Philharmonia Octet / Beethoven, Mozart, Klein - Music for Wind Instruments (Supraphon)
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Recorded in the Church of Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren in Prague - Vinohrady, January 20-22, 2016.
The present album marks the 10th anniversary of the PhilHarmonia Octet. The ensemble is made up of superlative soloists, laureates of major international competitions, and members of globally renowned orchestras (the Berliner Philharmoniker, WDR Koln, Czech Philharmonic, etc.). The recording features works by both Czech and foreign composers. The Serenade in C minor is one of the first pieces signalling the change in Mozart's music, with the hitherto enthralling playful abandon being replaced by serious, dramatic tones. Although formally an entertainment piece, Die kleine Nachtmusik possesses an intellectual profundity. On the other hand, the Wind Octet in E flat major (originally denominated Partita), written by Beethoven at the age of 22, fully corresponded to the piece's being designated to be performed at banquets - most likely those held by his employer, Maximilian Franz, the Elector and Archbishop of Cologne. Technically challenging, it is conceived as a concert piece, with the parts possessing a virtuoso stylisation. The extraordinarily gifted Czech pianist and composer Gideon Klein (1919-1945) wrote his Divertimento when he was twenty years of age, when he only had less than six years of life ahead of him, before dying at the Furstengrube concentration camp.
One of the most mature of his works, the piece reveals the artist's having been affected by Janacek and Schonberg, yet palpable too is the influence of Neo-Classicism and the Moravian folk song. The album presents three totally different facets of the wind octet, encompassing music that spans almost two centuries, as performed by a brilliant ensemble.
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Octet in E flat major, Op. 103
Klein, Gideon:
Divertimento for 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets, 2 Horns and 2 Bassoons
Serenade No. 12 in C minor, K388


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Lifetime GPS Tracking Is Not Punishment, Says Wisconsin Supreme Court
The court relies on a debunked recidivism estimate to justify tagging and surveillance of sex offenders.
Last week the Wisconsin Supreme Court unanimously ruled that defendants need not be informed that pleading guilty to certain sex crimes will subject them to lifetime GPS monitoring because that requirement is not a punishment. In reaching that conclusion, the court relied on a widely cited but fictitious recidivism estimate as well as the familiar but dubious assumption that a state's asserted interest in promoting public safety justifies the burdens and restrictions it imposes on sex offenders long after they have completed their sentences.
Under Wisconsin law, people convicted of serious sex offenses involving minors are required to wear GPS transmitters on their ankles for the rest of their lives unless they leave the state, become permanently incapacitated, or successfully petition a court for relief after 20 years. The Department of Corrections reviews tracking data every night and receives alerts whenever an offender leaves an "inclusion area," enters an "exclusion area," or tampers with his GPS device. Malfunctions and signal loss that cause erroneous alerts can lead to arrest, jail, and loss of employment.
The court notes that the tracker, which "can cause blistering, especially when wet," creates a noticeable bulge and is visible whenever the offender wears shorts or sits down. It includes a speaker than can be used to issue commands or reminders, which "can be heard by anyone within earshot of the offender," who has to sit near an electrical outlet one hour a day to recharge it.
In addition to facilitating constant surveillance, then, GPS tracking conspicuously marks anyone who wears it as someone to be shunned, feared, despised, and perhaps worse. That mark of shame compounds the stigma associated with registration as a sex offender, which also entails restrictions on where people can live, work, or "loiter." But according to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, the public shaming is incidental to the main purpose of GPS tracking, which is regulatory rather than punitive. "In light of the 'frightening and high' rate of recidivism for sex offenders," the court says, "the relatively minimal intrusion of lifetime GPS tracking…is not excessive in relation to protecting the public."
That "frightening and high" quote comes from a 2002 opinion by Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, who asserted that "the rate of recidivism of untreated offenders has been estimated to be as high as 80%." Kennedy seems to have gotten that number from Solicitor General Ted Olson, who cited a DOJ manual that in turn relied on an unreferenced 1986 estimate in Psychology Today. That estimate has been debunked repeatedly and repudiated by its original source. It nevertheless lives on in the decisions of courts across America, justifying all manner of restrictions on sex offenders.
The continued reliance on fanciful recidivism numbers can be crucial in cases like this, where the difference between a regulation and a punishment depends partly on whether the burdens imposed by a law are disproportionate to its impact on public safety. If the annual risk that a sex offender will commit a new crime is not "frightening and high" but, as the evidence indicates, low and shrinking over time, forcing a 70-year-old who served time for a sex offense half a century ago to continue wearing a GPS transmitter makes even less sense than it does on its face.
Another important factor in the Wisconsin Supreme Court's decision was the supposed constitutionality of continuing to imprison sex offenders after they have completed their sentences, which SCOTUS has said is fine as long as you remember to call the place where they are confined a "treatment center" rather than a prison. "Lifetime GPS tracking," the Wisconsin Supreme Court says, "provides a middle ground between releasing dangerous sex offenders into the public wholly unsupervised and civil commitment."
In other words, if you are required to wear a conspicuous ankle monitor that is used to keep you in your "inclusion areas" and out of your "exclusion areas" for the rest of your life, you should shut up and be grateful that you get to walk about in public at all. When indefinite imprisonment does not count as a punishment, any burden that falls short of that is a mere inconvenience that can easily be justified by "frightening and high" recidivism rates, even when those rates are pulled out of thin air.
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Jacob Sullum is a senior editor at Reason.
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Memphis vs Utah State Prediction, Odds & Best Bet for First Responder Bowl 2022 (Expect Fireworks in Dallas)
By Devon Platana
Memphis vs Utah State odds, prediction and betting trends for NCAA college football First Responder Bowl. / AP Photo/Daniel Kucin Jr.
Memphis vs Utah State Game Info
2022 NCAA College Football Game — SERVPRO First Responder Bowl
Memphis Tigers (6-6) vs. Utah State Aggies (6-6)
Date: Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022
Venue: Gerald J. Ford Stadium — Dallas, TX
The 2022 NCAA college football bowl game matchups have been revealed, including the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl between the Memphis Tigers and Utah State Aggies.
Memphis enters this bowl contest on the back of a 34-31 loss to SMU on Nov. 26, ending the former's win streak at two games. Meanwhile, a 42-23 blowout loss to Boise State a few weeks back ended Utah State's three-game winning streak, leaving the school hungry for a win to end the year.
Can Memphis extend its bowl winning streak to two consecutive appearances? Or will Utah State win its third bowl game since 2018?
Memphis vs Utah State Odds & Spread
Moneyline: MEM: (-280) | USU: (+225)
Spread: MEM: -7.5 (-105) | USU: +7.5 (-115)
Memphis enters this contest as a clear favorite on the spread and moneyline. This First Responder Bowl clash also features a total of 6.5, which is slightly above average compared to this year's bowl games.
Memphis vs Utah State Prediction & Pick
Memphis is the clear favorite at the First Responder Bowl and a lot of that like has to do with Utah State's awful defense. Though the Aggies have won more often than not lately, their defense has surrendered an average of 37 points over the last three games and must face a Tigers offense that operates at a 32.9 PPG clip (No. 26).
Furthermore, Utah State allows the 18th-most rushing yards in the nation (198.4). If Memphis can get a sizeable lead at some point, its run game — which averages 132.6 rushing yards (No. 86) should have no issue running out the clock.
Memphis is the more well-rounded team and, as long as it sticks to what's worked, a victory should be right around the corner.
Final Score Prediction: Memphis: 38 | Utah State: 27
Memphis vs Utah State Betting Trends
- Memphis is 4-2 against the spread (ATS) in its last six games.
- Utah State is 5-2 straight up in its last seven games.
- The total has hit the over in eight of Memphis' last 12 games.
- The total has hit the over in five of Utah State's last eight games.
Memphis vs Utah State Best Bet
All NCAAF betting lines, odds and prop bets are available on FanDuel Sportsbook.
Neither of these teams is a defensive juggernaut. After all, Memphis has allowed 30-plus points eight times this season while Utah State has done so seven times. Considering how the total has also gone over in 13 of their last 20 games combined this season, chances are there's another high-scoring affair approaching.
Needless to say, expect a lot of points at this year's First Responder Bowl.
Bet: Over 62.5 Points (-105)
Devon Platana is not a FanDuel employee. In addition to providing DFS gameplay advice, Devon Platana also participates in DFS contests on FanDuel using his personal account, username PepeSilvia0. While the strategies and player selections recommended in his articles are his personal views, he may deploy different strategies and player selections when entering contests with his personal account. The views expressed in their articles are the author's alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of FanDuel.


Photo: Barrister Sarah Hannett, solicitor Louise Whitfield, David Buxton and Matthew Smith from the EHRC.
We are in no doubt that this case was a major factor which persuaded the government to increase the cap and put in place some mitigating measures for people still affected by the cap. For us pursuing it was the right thing to do.
The government's arguments in this case have confirmed that true motives behind their policies are not about removing barriers and helping each Disabled person to fulfil their potential and pursue their dream career, but to push as many Disabled people as possible into any kind of jobs. The cap punishes people who need expensive support. It bars Deaf BSL users from senior positions and we are disappointed that this was considered to be ok.
The case never looked at all the other problems with Access to Work which we know are ongoing and we will carry on campaigning against.
Giving judgment today in the High Court, Mr Justice Kerr did not think the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) was breached because he believed the whole process was to support disabled people into work. He agreed that Mr Buxton and other Deaf people were disproportionately worse off because of the cap but he thought the increased cap was justified, mainly because he believes it was a legitimate aim to get more disabled people into work even if it meant some people did not get all the support they needed as a result.
Mr Buxton has decided not to take this case further in the Court of Appeal as he believes this is unlikely to lead to the end of the cap or better recognition of the rights of Deaf people. Therefore he urges Deaf and disability rights movements to press on Parliament to strengthen the law including the provision of a new BSL Act, and to make the Government reveal the return on investment in Access to Work funding. Mr Buxton's case was funded by the Equality and Human Rights Commission. ENDS.
1. This statement is issued by David Buxton, the claimant in the judicial review claim; he can be contacted on buxtondc@aol.com.
2. More information on the wider campaign to Stop Changes to Access to Work is available here: https://stopchanges2atw.com/.
3. Mr Buxton was represented by Louise Whitfield of Deighton Pierce Glynn; she can be contacted on 020 7407 0007 and the judgment will be available in due course on the firm's website at https://dpglaw.co.uk/.


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Republican House freshman Mike Lawler on Speaker stalemate
Elena Burnett, Sarah Handel
In vote after vote this week, Republican Representative Kevin McCarthy has failed to secure the House speakership. The Californian is cutting deals with members of his own party who oppose him, but he hasn't yet been able to sway them. That means basically all House business is at a standstill, and brand-new lawmakers have yet to be sworn in. This year we're following a couple of incoming freshmen as they get their footing on the Hill, and one of them, Republican Congressman-elect Mike Lawler of New York, joins us now. Welcome back, sir.
MIKE LAWLER: Thanks for having me.
SUMMERS: Thanks for being here. So you, at this point, have voted repeatedly in support of Kevin McCarthy to be House speaker over the course of three days. And I just have to say I would imagine this is not quite how you imagined the start of your congressional career would look.
LAWLER: Well, not exactly. And it certainly, you know, does not look very organized. But the bottom line is, you know, this is part of our democracy. People have their voices heard. They're elected to represent their constituents. And ultimately, though, we're going to have to come to a resolution. And I believe when all is said and done, Kevin McCarthy will have the votes to be the next speaker of the House. As I've said many times, whether it's the first vote, the fifth vote or the hundredth vote, I'm supporting Kevin McCarthy.
I believe he has earned that support. He had the overwhelming support of the conference in our November elections - 85%. And here on the floor, continually, he's had over 90% of the support of the conference. Obviously, we'd like the conference to be unified, and we'd like to get to a point where we can elect Kevin and then move forward and get about the business of governing, which is what we were elected to do. The American people elected us to be a check and balance on the Biden administration and ensure that one-party rule ended. And...
LAWLER: You know, if we're going to do the work that we were elected to do, we need to elect a speaker first.
SUMMERS: So I've spent a lot of time on Capitol Hill. I've covered Kevin McCarthy, and he is a member with a reputation of being personable, of trying to build relationships with members, including freshmen like yourself. What has he done? What has he said to you and other incoming Republicans to ensure that you support him as you do?
LAWLER: Well, it's not about what he's done to - or set and to, you know, kind of ensure my support. No. 1, he was extremely supportive during my election and came and campaigned for me. And I'm a big believer in loyalty. You stick with the one who brought you to the dance. And, you know, he worked tirelessly over the last four years to end one-party rule, to end Nancy Pelosi's reign as speaker, to flip the House from Democrat to Republican and to advance our agenda - the commitment to America. So, you know, ultimately, I believe he has earned the right to lead our conference and lead our House forward. And, you know, I think loyalty has got to matter for something in this business. You see often a lot of people are not, and a lot of people are focused on, you know, what is maybe best for themselves. But, you know, in this sense, he is looking out for the conference, and I believe he's the only one who can keep the conference together - all 222 of us - to advance our agenda.
SUMMERS: That said, as you pointed out, there is a small group - roughly two dozen or so, depending on which vote you look at - who have voted for other Republicans or voted present in some cases. Have you had any conversations with them, and do you have any sense of whether they plan to budge or what it would take for them to support McCarthy as you do?
LAWLER: Look. I think, you know, obviously there are a lot of concerns that have been raised by those 20 or so individuals. Kevin has negotiated in good faith to address their concerns, whether it's on the rules or the budget process. I and many of my colleagues have spoken to them directly one on one, in groups. And I think we are making progress. I think there are continuing conversations ongoing while, you know, we're on the floor voting. But the conversations within the last 24 hours, I think, have been very productive and advanced the ball forward. So, you know, whether it's today, tomorrow or shortly thereafter, I'm confident when all is said and done, Kevin McCarthy will be the next speaker of the House.
SUMMERS: We've got just about a minute left. So I just want to end with this. Without a speaker, the House cannot swear in members like yourself. But there's also other things that are held up here. The business of the House can't happen. There have been no rules adopted to govern how the House works. No bills can be passed. No resolutions can be adopted. You all - bluntly, you're stuck until the speaker is elected. Does that concern you, and does that concern you what this shows to the country?
LAWLER: Look. I think it's obviously disappointing and not the way that any of us would have liked to start the 118th conference - Congress. But at the end of the day, you know, we will get this done. We will elect Kevin McCarthy as our next speaker. And we will get about the work that we set out to do, which is being a check and balance on the Biden administration, reining in wasteful government spending, securing our southern border, increasing domestic production of energy. These are issues that unify the Republican conference and we will move forward on in short order. So, you know, obviously, you know, government and sausage-making can be messy at times. But, you know, we will advance forward as a united conference and get about the work of the people in quick order.
SUMMERS: We've been speaking with Republican Congressman-elect Mike Lawler of New York. Thank you so much for your time.
LAWLER: Thank you. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
Elena Burnett


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Home Current Affairs Daily current affairs for May 11-13,2018 ( English)
Daily current affairs for May 11-13,2018 ( English)
Important Days:
1. May 11- National Technology Day with the theme 2018 "Science and Technology for a Sustainable Future". The day is being commemorated to celebrate the anniversary of first of the five nuclear tests of Operation Shakti (Pokhran-II) nuclear test, held from 11 to 13 May 1998 in Pokhran, Rajasthan. The operation was led by former President APJ Abdul Kalam, who was then Director of Defence Research and Development organisation.
2. May 12 - International Nurse Day (IND) is observed every year across the world to mark the birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale. The theme chosen by International Council of Nurses (ICN) for 2018 IND was 'Nurses: A Voice to Lead – Health is a Human Right'.
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National:
1. Rythu Bandhu (friend of farmers) Scheme, an investment support scheme to support livelihood of farmers has been launched by Telangana government. Under this scheme, farmers will directly get financial support twice every year to maximise agricultural production and productivity. They will get investment support of Rs 8,000 per acre every year (Rs. 4000 each for monsoon and Rabi season) as crop investment support. It is first of its kind investment support scheme for farmers to be launched by any state in India.
2. World's second oldest grain of magmatic zircon (a mineral that contains traces of radioactive isotopes) have been discovered by Scientists from Singhbhum rock sample( Champua) in Odisha's Kendujhar district. It is an estimated 4,240 million years old. The oldest zircon older than this discovery was found in Jack Hill, Western Australia. It is 4,400 million years old and is the oldest known rock sample. It is metamorphosed sedimentary rock.
3. Under Swadesh Darshan Scheme, the Ministry of Tourism has decided to expand Buddhist tourism circuit to 21 more states to make it India's first trans-national tourist circuit. The states now that will be covered includes Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Kerala, West Bengal, Goa, Gujarat and Jammu & Kashmir. Earlier it was envisaged only to seven major Buddhist pilgrimage sites in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. The expansion of Buddhist tourism circuit aims to catch new-age Buddhist tourists from the West, besides those from traditional markets in South East Asia.
4. 'Kerala Fibre Optic Network Limited'- a Joint Venture company will set up by the Kerala Government to launch its new optic fibre network. The company will implement the Kerala Fibre Optic Network (K-FON) project. The K-FON initiative will provide speedy internet connectivity to government offices and educational institutions and to the public at an affordable rate.
1. The direct bus service between Janakpur (Nepal) and Ayodhya (India) was jointly inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Nepalese counterpart KP Sharma Oli. It was launched as part of India's Ramayan Circuit under Swadesh Darshan Scheme to promote religious tourism in Nepal and India. The government has identified 15 destinations in India for development under Ramayana Circuit theme under Swadesh Darshan Scheme. They are Ayodhya, Nandigram, Shringverpur and Chitrakoot (Uttar Pradesh), Sitamarhi, Buxar and Darbhanga (Bihar), Chitrakoot (Madhya Pradesh), Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh), Mahendragiri (Odisha), Nashik and Nagpur (Maharashtra), Bhadrachalam (Telangana), Hampi (Karnataka) and Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu).
2. The first meeting of SCO tourism ministers(Shanghai Cooperation Organization) since the organization was established in 2001 in Shanghai was held in Wuhan, China. The meeting approved joint action plan that will serve as guideline for tourism cooperation between SCO member states for 2019-2020.
3. NASA's Carbon Monitoring System (CMS) programme has cancelled by US President Donald Trump's administration citing reasons of budget constraints and higher priorities within science budget. It was also in line with Donald Trump's latest broad attack on climate change. NASA's CMS Programme costing $10 million per year was meant to track carbon and methane, key greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming.
4. India and Peru signed agreement in field of Renewable Energy during Vice president Venkaiah Naidu's visit to Peru. It was his first state visit to three Central American nations Guatemala, Panama and Peru. This was very important visit as it will help to enhance and strengthen India's bilateral relations with these nations and will increase trade, investments and cooperation among these countries.
Science and Technology/ Defence:
1. Under the Digital India Initiative of Government, STAR - scheduled test for airmen recruitment was successfully conducted in online by the Indian Air Force ( IAF). It was conducted at 439 centres spread over 102 cities across the country in collaboration with Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) Pune. This makes IAF first of any of three services to undertake selection tests online.
2. The 6th United States-India Aviation Summit( biennial summit) jointly organised by Ministry of Civil Aviation and US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) was held in Mumbai, Maharashtra from 9 to 11 May, 2018.
3. Atal Tinkering Labs of Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) of NITI Aayog had organized an Atal Tinkering Marathon in an effort to identify India's best student innovators. Atal Tinkering Marathon's Top 30 Innovations to be supported through industry partnerships were showcased on the eve of the National Technology Day. These top 30 innovations have been identified from 20 different States/UTs from across India. They were showcased through a booklet compiling the work done by the children, the mentors, teachers and schools.
4. To combat chronic disease like Japanese Encephalitis (JE) and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) ,United States' prestigious Stanford University has agreed to assist Uttar Pradesh Government. JE is a mosquito-borne flavivirus. It belongs to the same genus as dengue, yellow fever and West Nile viruses.
5. Bangabandhu-1 (Bangladesh's first communication satellite) will be launched from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A by SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket. It is named after Bangladesh's "Father of the Nation"- Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. It has been built by Thales Alenia Space, a Franco-Italian aerospace manufacturer. It carries total of 40 Ku and C-band transponders with capacity of 1600 megahertz and has predicted life span of 15 years. It will expand Ku-band coverage over all of Bangladesh and its nearby waters including Bay of Bengal, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Philippines and Indonesia. It will provide citizens of Bangladesh Internet connectivity, phone services, radio, backhaul, direct-to-home (DTH) TV services and other communication related services.
1. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has put state-run lender Dena Bank under prompt corrective action (PCA) framework. This means Dena bank can disburse loans for credit facilities already sanctioned, but cannot sanction fresh loans. It has barred Dena Bank from extending fresh credit in view of deteriorating financial health due to mounting non-performing assets (NPAs) and mounting losses. It makes Dena Bank first lender to face curbs on lending under PCA framework.
Appointments/Resignations:
1. Sachin Bansal, the co-founder and group Chairman of Flipkart, resigned from his post on May 9, 2018.His exit comes in the wake of the Walmart-Flipkart deal in which US retail giant Walmart acquired 77 percent stake in Flipkart with an investment of around USD 16 billion. However, co-founder Binny Bansal will retain his 5.5 percent stake and will be Chairman of the company's Board. Sachin and Binny Bansal started Flipkart in 2007 with Rs 4 lakh, going door-to-door to deliver books.
1. India Day was held at the 71st Cannes International Film Festival in France on May 11, 2018 to bring together the French and Indian film industries. It is being organised by French Embassy in India and UniFrance, promoter of French films abroad at Terrasse UniFrance in Cannes. Among celebrities present at 'India Day' will be actor-director Nandita Das for her biopic "Manto"; Ken Scott with actor Dhanush, for "The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir"; Michelin-star chef Vikas Khanna for his directorial debut "The Last Color" and Antara Rao for her short film "Asthi".