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News-Press: "America" Could Be Required In FL High Schools
Originally posted at News-Press.
Hoping to "balance out" perceived anti-American sentiments of public school history classes, Florida lawmakers have proposed a bill that would require students to watch a controversial patriotic film not once, but twice, before they graduate.
Senate Bill 96 and House Bill 77, filed by Republicans Sen. Alan Hays and Rep. Neil Combee, would require all eighth and 11th grade students to watch conservative pundit Dinesh D'Souza's America: Imagine the World Without Her. The bill includes an option for parents to opt-out their children from the film screening.
The film seeks to combat the idea America is a "disgrace" to the world, a message that "is consistently drummed into our young people in our schools and our colleges," D'Souza said. He said the film analyzes common critiques of the country's past, like slavery and the treatment of Native Americans, and "zooms in on them to see which parts are true and which are completely false."
D'Souza, who was born and raised in India before immigrating to the U.S., said he has put together an 80-minute educational version of the film that cut out interviews with political pundits. "It's all purely historical content now," he said.
Hays said he filed the bill because he said he believed students in history classes are receiving "erroneous," negative perspectives about America's history, policies and influence in the world.
"Frankly, it's embarrassing that we allow these lies to be taught in our school system," Hays said. "Unfortunately, our parents and our school board members have not kept up with the misrepresentation of American history that is being perpetrated in our school system, and this movie gives a totally different view."
Combee said Hays asked for his support in the House on the bill. After watching the movie and talking it over, the Lakeland representative decided "it was the right thing to do."
Controversy surrounding the film
With a dismal eight percent approval on the film review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, 'America' has been criticized by some as offensive, right-wing propaganda.
"His argument boils down to this: History is written by the winners, and everyone else can go suck an egg," Newsday movie critic Rafer Guzman wrote. "Native Americans decimated by European diseases? 'It's not genocide, because genocide implies an intention' Blacks sold into slavery? Yeah, but lots of countries had slaves … As for Mexicans grousing that the United States took half their land in 1848, aren't they the ones who keep trying to sneak out of that wretched country?"
D'Souza, who is serving an eight-month sentence in community confinement for campaign finance violations, argued America should be compared to other countries, not "utopian, Garden of Eden" standards – even when considering slavery.
"Christianity came into a world where there was widespread slavery," D'Souza said. Prohibiting slavery "just wasn't an option on the table" at the time the Bill of Rights was written, as it never would have gained support for all 13 colonies, he said.
Tom Faasse, history teacher at East Lee County High School, had not seen the film. If the bill were to pass, Faasse said he would try to find other films to show his students a wide range of viewpoints. "We teach our kids to look at all perspectives. Each war has winners and losers," he said.
Faasse said he didn't believe there was a "progressive agenda" in curriculum, nor that history classes are fostering anti-American sentiments in young people.
"Particularly the population I teach in East Lee County, a lot of them are first-generation," he said. "To them, it's still the land of opportunity. They really do appreciate what this country has done and what it could do for them in the future."
School board member Steve Teuber believed 'America' was an "excellent documentary;" he has seen it twice and even bought 10 copies to hand out to friends. "I would support the bill, and may even propose it for direction in our district."
Fellow board member Pam LaRiviere said she believed the movie would be "perfect for an American history class, a civics class," but said the Legislature did not need to add further mandates for school districts.
"A lot of people who are out there are anti-Common Core, anti-government control, but they're totally behind this bill because they like the message (of the movie)," she said. "But people need to decide: do you want the state Legislature to tell us what to do, or do you want each county, each school district to makes its own decisions?"
School board members Mary Fischer, Cathleen Morgan and Jeanne Dozier did not respond to request for comment.
Matt Worley, at-large director for the Libertarian Party of Florida, called the bill the "height of hypocrisy."
"How can you rage against Common Core forcing teachers to follow geographically-broad curriculum, and then support this?" he asked.
Hays, however, remained confident his bill will be successful. He said he plans to host a screening of the film for his legislative colleagues on Feb. 11.
"I wish that the movie weren't necessary, but I think that I can do everything to make sure it's shown," he said.
The annual legislative session begins March 3.
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Ellen Kowallis says:
I don't understand why so many people would apposed such a movie to be shown, but themselves haven't even seen it? That's too weird after such a generation who upholds themselves as open minded.
Fred Abba says:
How about the middle position. Acknowledge that Slavery and Jim Crow , were bad, stealing the native Americans lands was wrong-but did many great things as a nation, in many ways we our a beacon of liberty to the world, the nation others look up to and want to come to. And more to the point, isn't there way to write history so it's relatively unbiased.
Johnny Tomson says:
One of the greatest movies of our time. This is a must watch for anyone who considers themselves an American!
Juanita Reynolds says:
Being a History Major, I can not for the life of me, understand WHY AMERICAN HISTORY is not taught in all schools!! It is our way of LIFE. Our very Nation was founded on Our History. Past history! Not to repeat former mistakes! How will our children remember AMERICA? A NATION falling to the world's MORTAL ENEMY? They must know why other countries immigrate to AMERICA! Freedom! The first and only FREE nation for about a century. Then greed allowed SLAVERY. Most think Negro race… Not… the first slaves in America were our OWN KIND. A poor person in their own villages. They did not WANT to come to a savage unknown land. Many died beside their masters!
Manny Crisol says:
After the defeat of Nazi Germany in world war II—America went into another war—the Cold War against Soviet Russia; during which time the USSR realized it was never going to defeat American Democracy. Instead Soviet Russia said that "yes, they were not going to defeat America in any battle but promised to: "DESTROY AMERICA FROM WITHIN".
America being a land committed to individual freedom "naively" allowed the infiltration of the American educational sytem by Communists, Marxists and Socialists. The development of the ideology of Liberalism was the end result of that communist infiltration of the American system. Unless the American Intelligentsia with the American masses together develop an American Democratic strategy to combat this never ending threat of communism inspired liberalism, cooperating with the evil of ISLAMIC TERRORISM–THE COUNTRY WILL BE IN MORTAL DANGER!!!
petie3 says:
Comment is correct; Krushchev said as much in his 'We will bury you' speech and the USSR Disinformazia and propaganda bureaus were as good as there was. Since WW2 the countries which went communist would fill a page; some of them, China, Cuba, West African, Vietnam, NORK still are. We have useful idiots all over academia and the DC bureaucracy, including our entitled, deluded President who was brought up by commies and Muslims; whether HE is or not is irrelevant.
Patrick McCuan says:
Where may I purchase The educational edition of this significant movie?
I want to share with members of our School Board.
Patrick McCuan


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The Key West Agreement is the colloquial name for the policy paper Functions of the Armed Forces and the Joint Chiefs of Staff drafted by James V. Forrestal, the first United States Secretary of Defense.  Its most prominent feature was an outline for the division of air assets between the Army, Navy, and the newly created Air Force which, with modifications, continues to provide the basis for the division of these assets in the U.S. military today.

The basic outline for the document was agreed to at a meeting of the United States service chiefs that took place from March 11 to March 14, 1948 in Key West, Florida, and was finalized after subsequent meetings in Washington, D.C. President Harry S. Truman approved the agreement on April 21, 1948, which was revised in 1954 by the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration.

Background

The Key West Agreement is a revised version of a collection of documents approved by President Harry S. Truman, and the more popular version as well. Initially, Secretary Forrestal told General Omar N. Bradley, shortly after the latter became Chief of Staff of the Army in February 1948, that the large aircraft carrier had already been approved and would be built. Secretary Forrestal, nevertheless, concluded that the time had come to decide the basic roles and missions of aviation in each service and which branch would control which assets. On 11 March 1948 he assembled the Joint Chiefs of Staff at Key West, Florida, to thrash out the roles and missions. As basic guidance, Forrestal demanded that the three services each recognize the need for mutual support of each other's legal missions.

According to Forrestal, the Joint Chiefs of Staff reached basic agreement that the Navy (including the United States Marine Corps) would maintain a separate Naval Aviation force – to include the 65,000-ton "super-carrier" and nuclear bombs that could be transported on naval aircraft – provided that the Navy would not develop a separate strategic air force. The Air Force recognized the right and need for the Navy to participate in an all-out air campaign and to attack inland enemy targets, for example, air fields from which hostile aircraft might be launched to attack a fleet. The formal agreements of the Joint Chiefs of Staff were subsequently approved by President Truman on 21 April 1948 and issued under the title of Functions of the Armed Forces and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

In turn, President Truman revoked Executive Order 9877, in which he prescribed the primary functions and responsibilities of the Armed Forces, and Secretary Forrestal issued the "functions paper" in its stead April 21. The paper, which became known as "Key West Agreement," reaffirmed primary service responsibilities and assigned secondary or "collateral" missions. A memorandum formally recording these understandings, was sent to the Secretary of Defense by the Joint Chiefs of Staff on 29 April 1948. After amending one paragraph that dealt with research and development, the Secretary of Defense formally approved it on 1 July 1948.

Functions
Less than a year after Truman's executive order was issued, the Key West Agreement listed service functions in greater detail and distinguished between primary and collateral functions as illustrated by the following list of Air Force functions:

 Gain/maintain air superiority
 Air defense of the United States
 Strategic air warfare
 Interdiction of enemy land power and communications
 Close combat and logistical air support
 Intelligence (including tactical intelligence) and aerial photography
 Airlift, air transport and resupply, and support for airborne and amphibious operations
 Interdict enemy sea power
 Antisubmarine warfare and shipping protection
 Aerial mine-laying

Consequences

From the Army's perspective, close air support (CAS) is one of the primary support functions that the U.S. Air Force provides to Army combat operations. A benchmark 1948 policy agreement among the services, the Key West Agreement, originally delineated this function. This agreement integrated the Armed Forces into an "efficient team of land, naval, and air forces," and, within that arrangement, the Air Force was given a primary mission to furnish close combat and logistical air support to the Army, to include air lift, support, and resupply of airborne operations, aerial photography, tactical reconnaissance, and interdiction of enemy land power and communications. Historically, CAS has been a function assigned to Air Force fixed wing aircraft. Assignment of CAS responsibility to the Air Force grew out of the Key West Agreement of 1948. Since that time, however, the nature of combat and weaponry has evolved to a high level of technological sophistication.  This was illustrated in combat experiences, as in Just Cause in Panama and the Persian Gulf War.

A similar conference to revise the agreement was proposed in 1993.

Key points

 The Navy would be allowed to retain its own combat air arm "...to conduct air operations as necessary for the accomplishment of objectives in a naval campaign..."
 The Army would be allowed to retain aviation assets for reconnaissance and medical evacuation purposes.
 The Air Force would have control of all strategic air assets, and most tactical and logistic functions as well.

Legacy
The Key West Agreement of 1948 was therefore vital in keeping the roles and missions of naval aviation under the control of the Navy. The Key West Agreement gave the Navy written verification that it controlled all aspects of its aviation arm, from the roles and missions, research and development, and utilization in combat. Though historians often cite the passage of the National Security Act and the Revolt of the Admirals as the key points in saving naval aviation, the agreement was just as important in the keeping land- and carrier-based naval aviation from being incorporated into the United States Air Force. Without the Key West Agreement, naval aviation might have developed under Air Force control during the Cold War years. The terms of the Key West Agreement were considered a tremendous victory for the Navy. The Navy in the Key West Conference stopped the Air Force from controlling the roles and missions of naval aviation.

See also

 United States Army Air Forces
 Pace-Finletter MOU 1952. However, the 1952 MOU did build upon the Key West Agreement.
 Johnson-McConnell agreement of 1966

References

Primary sources

 Wolf, Richard I. (1987). The United States Air Force: Basic Documents on Roles and Missions. Office of Air Force, United States Air Force, Washington D.C., p. 151.

External links
 Forrestal tenure synopsis: includes discussion of Key West
 Functions of the Armed Forces and the Joint Chiefs of Staff 1948, Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library, Fort Leavenworth, KS

United States documents
1948 in the United States

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Talk therapy for racism
Eight Jewish teens beat a 17-year-old Arab boy almost to death in Jerusalem's Zion Square on August 16. This week, reports the New York Times, "The education minister instructed all junior high and high schools to conduct a lesson on the episode" as the new school year began. The educational response to the hate crime won't "solve the problem" but it seems like one right response. What would a similar, pro-active response to racism — or bullying or homophobia — look like here?
Many schools and teachers avoid tough topics like these. Discussion is tough. Sometimes racism and hate surface in the classroom. A 17-year-old Palestinian student described the discussion in his school on Monday:
Tamer attends an unusual school, one that seeks to bridge the Arab-Jewish divide. But on the first day of classes Monday, when his teacher opened a discussion about the attack, the smoldering anger and distrust came through, even there. "From the age of 5, they say, 'Death to Arabs,' " he said.
When the teacher countered, recalling a film in which Palestinian children chanted, "Death to Israel, death to Jews," Tamer appeared defeated. "There is no hope when you see things like that," he said.
Hope comes from substituting communication for violence. The Teaching Tolerance project insists that race and racism are topics for the classroom, despite the difficulty. A 2009 article recommends that dialogue about race should start in the teacher-prep classroom, with "the critical approach to race that future teachers truly need," rather than a nod to diversity focused on "food, folklore and festivals."
Learning more, starting conversations
A couple of opportunities to learn more about fostering that discussion in the classroom are coming up, sponsored by MN-NAME, the Minnesota Chapter of the National Association for Multicultural Education,
A September 12 workshop features author James Loewen (Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything your American History Text Book Got Wrong, Lies Across America, Sundown Towns). On October 29, MN-NAME will hold its annual conference, with this year's theme of Insisting on Equity: Everyday People Moving Theory into Practice and Sustainability. For more information on either event, email mnmulticulturaled@gmail.com.
Naming racism and hatred, homophobia and sexism, is crucial to the discussion. Last week, Anders Breivik was sentenced in Norway for killing 77 people in an anti-Muslim, anti-multicultural frenzy. He was found guilty and not insane. That suited survivor Tore Sinding Bekkedal, who was quoted by the New York Times: "I am relieved to see this verdict. The temptation for people to fob him off as a madman has gone."
The lawyer for one of the teens charged in the beating in Jerusalem denied that racism was the motive. "'I'm not sure that he could intelligently discuss the differences between right and left in Israeli politics,' Mr. Bam said."
As if intelligent discussion ever offered a basis for hate and racism.
Quite the contrary: intelligent discussion can be an antidote, can defang the dragons.
The city-wide One Minneapolis One Read (Spirit Car this year) is a step away from racism and toward reconciliation. Think how different Anoka-Hennepin school district would look to parents and students today if, instead of insisting that no homophobia or bullying caused anyone any harm, the district had opened the 2011-12 school year with a discussion of bullying in every single classroom.
It's not too late.


Welcome to the first update on progress of the New Campus project. Updates will be provided by the project director, John McCullough, CPB Contractors/Southbase Construction (ShapEd) approximately monthly.
A cold start to Term Three did not dampen the International Students' spirits. It was great to see their smiling faces on day one, ready to get back into school life.
World Environmental Day Photo Competition.
A Junior (year 9 and 10) Ski/Snow-boarding trip to Mount Hutt is booked for Tuesday 31 July.
The Ministry of Education expects all schools to regularly consult with their community on the school's delivery of the Health Curriculum. The following is an overview of Health Education at Shirley Boys High School and the link to the community survey can be found at the bottom of the page.
Five more students have been out and about gaining some worldly experience over the past few months. This month we showcase a builder, some retail superstars, a flooring installer and an electrician.


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Imlay Shire was a local government area in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.

Imlay Shire was proclaimed on 7 March 1906, one of 134 shires created after the passing of the Local Government (Shires) Act 1905.

The shire office was in Eden. Other towns and villages in the shire include Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula and Tathra.

In 1961 Imlay Shire had a population of 5283.

Imlay Shire was amalgamated with Mumbulla Shire and the Municipality of Bega on 1 January 1981 to create Bega Valley Shire per the Local Government Areas Amalgamation Act 1980.

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Former local government areas of New South Wales
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Jobless benefit claimant numbers fall to five-year low
Number of people claiming Job Seekers Allowance drops for eighth consecutive month
David Millward
Jobless figures show continued decrease
The number of people claiming unemployment benefit in Reading borough has fallen for the eighth consecutive month.
Figures from the Office for National Statistics show 116 fewer people drawing Job Seekers Allowance (JSA) in November compared with October.
The statistics show 2.2 per cent of Reading's working-age population is taking JSA which is the lowest level since November 2008.
West Berkshire's figure has also dropped to a five-year low at 1.1 per cent while Wokingham borough remains at 0.9 per cent.
The rate fell by 0.1 per cent for both the South East and nationally, at 1.8 per cent and 2.9 per cent respectively.


Bill is an information junkie. He loves almost any piece of paper with writing on it and is tireless in his collecting of articles, books, advertisements, brochures, letters; anything he thinks will someday be useful to him, his family, or anyone else, gets carried home and put in a pile. Eventually the pile gets put into a box and the box sits in his office waiting to be organized. And once in a while, just once in a great while, Bill (or some fairy godmother of his) sorts through the boxes and some small piece of his collection gets entered into the computer. And Bill's most favorite thing (next to collecting information) is to have it all stored and organized on his computer. He just sleeps better on these rare and wonderful occasions.
So come back to the attic once in a while to see how much progress Bill is making on organizing his boxes. Because as soon as it goes onto his computer, it will likely be added to Bill's Attic, Bill's on-line repository for useful information.


Comment on The Mental Health Act 1987: Quo Vadimus?
Pratima Murthy has given an accurate summary of discussions, over the past several decades, in the field of mental health legislation and public policy (1). As she indicates, until recently, the mental health sector was marked by lethargy and lack of commitment. Following the initiation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which India has both signed and ratified, we are now speaking a rights-based language in the current process of amendments to the Mental Health Act (MHA), 1987. It is essential that these rights be suitably represented, to facilitate the provision of optimal mental health services in India.
Almost half of India's population lives below the poverty line (2), with development taking place in a skewed manner. Further there is a rural-urban divide in all services. In this situation, many people face major barriers in accessing mental healthcare. Not only is the absence of service a hindrance, but the absence of an informed consumer movement weakens the spirit of community activism that should hold the State accountable for the delivery of what is a constitutional right of every Indian – the right to health and healthcare. The very nature of mental illness further complicates the behaviour of clients, and caregivers, and often influences health-seeking patterns.
In developed nations, people are entitled by law to healthcare, and insurance protects them from out-of-pocket expenditure. Such facilities do not exist in India's healthcare system (2). The draft amendments focus on this issue and attempt to bring policy and legislation to view mental healthcare as a basic right.
The process of drafting amendments should be based on an analysis of the national mental health scenario. The amendments should address the gaps in the existing system and also lay the ground for a policy, based on the lessons learned from the past. As is noted in the commentary, the two activities address challenges that both the sector and people with mental health issues face. Given the high incidence and prevalence of mental illness and disability, this process needs no justification (3). The strengthened National Mental Health Programme, as part of the 11th Five Year Plan, not only allocated an increased budget of Rs 1,000 crore, but also aimed to "decentralise the Programme and synchronize with National Rural Health Mission". (4) However, it is debatable whether this led to any change or had any impact at the grassroots level, resulting in overall improvement of the quality of life of clients and their caregivers. To date only 123 of 626 districts are covered by the District Mental Health Programme (DMHP) and the status of these 123 districts is not entirely satisfactory. It is against this background that we must examine previous legislation and policy and evaluate their effectiveness or competencies.
The relation between poverty and ill health, mental health included, has long been discussed. However, the limited impact of the DMHP as it exists today cannot be attributed to poverty alone. We need to address the need for community services and culturally relevant, inclusive forms of treatment and therapy (5). We need better planned and strategised forms of training that are not entirely medicalised, for both mental health professionals and other management and administrative professionals. We also need additional human resources so that community or health workers are not overburdened. And while many speak of a failed DMHP, states like Kerala seem to have something better to showcase (6) and we should learn from these success stories.
Emergency services and hospitalisation will remain an important part of mental healthcare. The question is not of shutting down mental healthcare institutions but of whether these archaic structures can be made more humane and liveable. The ill effects of the process of unplanned "deinstitutionalisation" in the United States have been captured by Pete Earley, a journalist and a caregiver himself, in his book Crazy: A father's search through America's mental health madness(7). Almost overnight, mental hospitals were shut down with negligible community resources to depend on. As a result, many people with severe mental disorders became homeless and would wander the streets, and many finally ended up in prisons. In fact, some of the jails during this period had specific floors assigned for those with mental health issues. Earley speaks of the difficulties of dealing with real world concerns around his son's illness against this background. He speaks of times when he almost hoped that his son would get picked up by the police simply so he could initiate treatment which in his case would be life saving.
While the aim of universal access at the community level is admirable, we must ensure the basics are in place.
The author has rightly stated that the move from being "objects of charity" and "dangerous" to being subjects with rights is a much needed change, one that took long in coming because of stigma, discrimination, and the burden of the legacy of mental illness from earlier years. The draft amendments have tried to shed the "Mental Hospital Act"' feel and balance the need for emergency services and hospitalisation; while ensuring that mechanisms of checks and regulation are in place. Two provisions are particularly interesting: a client's access to the Mental Health Review Commission (MHRC) via telephone or mail, and the role of the MHRC, through which members are empowered to make unplanned visits to institutions to ensure that basic standards are maintained and the rights of its residents are safeguarded at all points (8).
Mental illness presents complex and unique scenarios. All precautions must be taken to balance the possible tensions between rights and care. The needs of clients must assume paramount importance; their care and well being must be the core of the intervention. The suggestion, in Section 20 of the draft amendments, to decrease the "supported admission period" – the period for which a person can be committed to a mental health facility without his/her consent – from 90 to 30 days is welcome (8). This will work well even for homeless persons with mental health issues, who otherwise may be forgotten within the system. However, the more difficult issue of homeless people with long term care needs may have to be addressed in greater detail. Can open rehabilitation homes in the least restrictive community environment be set up for this purpose?
There is always the fear that these checks remain on paper as part of the Act. After all, not many regulatory bodies have been able to go beyond presenting reports and laying norms and guidelines to actually effect change. One way to encourage this system and create transparency is to go the public-private partnership way and open one's doors to civil society participants.
While some attention has been paid to children with mental health issues, mental retardation has been left out of the scope of the law, as the author notes. This is a vulnerable group and often prone to abuse within custodial institutions. A detailed look may be warranted, at the environment of those referred to as minors in the draft amendments. Similarly, in the case of women, neuropsychiatric conditions are estimated to be the second highest cause of disease burden worldwide (9). A UNDP report indicates that 70 per cent of the poor are women (10) and calls for special approaches to women's mental health. There is a need for an additional focus on women's mental and social health.
While the need for an MHA cannot be dismissed, there is also a need to engage and work in tandem with other processes, be it the Persons with Disabilities Act, the National Trust Act or the National Health Bill. As the author points out, especially in an Indian context, the family or caregiver is affected, almost as much as the person with mental illness. Benefits and welfare measures are needed, especially with the majority of people living in poor socioeconomic conditions. Further, rehabilitation, while dependent on clinical and psychological interventions, also draws heavily from social processes such as inclusion in employment schemes and assistance in housing and hostel facilities.
Mental health issues have initiated extensive debate and continue to do so. Dr Murthy has rightly stated that one can neither over- nor under-medicalise mental illness. The draft amendments draw from this perspective in defining the role of mental health facilities and mental health professionals. Some out of the box thinking is needed to fine tune these definitions and lay down specific protocols, such that the roles of mental health professionals other than psychiatrists and medical practitioners are also specified.
The interests of individual groups should not override the general good, notes the author. There is a pressing need for the mental health lobby to capitalise on this process which has been much delayed and make the best of it, keeping in mind the needs of both clients and caregivers. It is the right time to engage in debate and discussion and contribute to changing the face of mental healthcare in our country.
At Banyan, we run a transit care service for homeless people with mental illness, two community mental health programmes, a long term care centre, and an independent living programme. We also have a large coalition of users/ survivors and caregivers under the fold of Amity, an activist movement, and the Banyan Academy of Leadership in Mental health, our training, research and advocacy wing.
As a service provider and a public health activist, I would like to see policy and legislation improve the lives of people at the grassroots. Access to care, the burden on the family, stigma, lack of emergency services, absence of welfare schemes and entitlements — all these continue to plague the mental health sector, with the consequent impact on the lives of people with mental health issues and their caregivers. A good healthcare system should be equipped to deal with the needs of the most marginalised as well, more so in the case of mental illness and related vulnerabilities.
We need to be looking at the system with fresher perspectives, not just from a human rights stand (which should be cross cutting), but from the economic and health perspective of a developing country. The concept of a mental health system is still hazily defined with options other than the typical community programmes and mental hospitals scarcely discussed. How then will rehabilitation, allied services and a recovery-based model gain momentum? Critical issues of long-term care, both in the case of homeless persons and the elderly, haven't been dealt with seriously.
This issue must receive the attention that it deserves before it turns into the next crisis. Already we have mental hospitals that house several residents for as long as 25 years. But merely emphasising the need to discharge is only solving one part of the problem. "Trans-institutionalisation" is another response which again is not a sustainable solution.
There is little or no innovative thinking as a result of which there is a sense of jadedness within the system. Accountability and effectiveness haven't been emphasised enough, and proper monitoring and evaluation is not built into the legislation or policy.
Murthy P. The Mental Health Act 1987: Quo Vadimus? Indian J Med Ethics. 2010 Jul-Sep;7(3): 152-6.
Jain S, Jadhav S. A cultural critique of community psychiatry in India. Indian J Health Serv. 2008;38(3):561-84.
Earley P. Crazy – a father's search through America's mental health madness. New York: Putnam Publishing Group; 2006. p. 71.


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Willem Munter (1682-1759) was een Nederlands politicus. Hij was meermaals burgemeester van Amsterdam in de periode 1726-1747. In totaal is hij wel tien keer burgemeester geweest. Hij trouwde in 1712 Catharina Pels, dochter van Andries Pels (1655-1731). Na haar overlijden in 1739 trouwde hij met de weduwe Catharina Cornelia Backer.

De vader van Willem Munter was Cornelis Munter. Hij is ook burgemeester van Amsterdam geweest, en was tevens raadslid van de Admiraliteit van Amsterdam, bewindhebber van de WIC en directeur van de Sociëteit van Suriname.

In 1716 kreeg Willem een zoon: Cornelis Munter (1716-1750).

Burgemeester van Amsterdam


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The 'January effect' for stock markets is fading: Goldman
By Helen Reid
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. and UK equity indexes holding near record highs, a brighter earnings outlook and rising forecasts for economic growth have all spurred talk of the "January effect," or the notion that the first month of the year is always bullish for stocks.
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) shortly after the opening bell in New York, U.S., January 5, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
Data suggests otherwise. A Goldman Sachs analysis of returns since 1999 noted that the January effect has faded compared to a longer history going back to 1974.
2016 was a particularly rough January for U.S. and European equity markets which suffered one of their worst starts to a calendar year on record.
Since 1999 the data shows average performance for January has been -0.5 percent against +0.2 percent for all months, relegating the "January effect" to the status of market folklore.
On average, the STOXX 600 .STOXX has risen 1.5 percent in January since 1974, compared with an average of 0.7 percent for all months, thought those numbers are flattered by a 27 percent surge in January 1975.
However, the bank's analysis does find evidence that reallocations across regions are more common in January, a trend that has picked up over the past decade.
The S&P 500 index is more likely to underperform the STOXX 600 in January, when the American index's valuations look stretched at the end of the year, the Goldman's research found.
This could be because investors are more likely to shift their regional allocation into markets trading at a discount when starting new mandates at the beginning of the year.
The S&P 500 trades at just above 17 times forward earnings, close to its highest since 2004, according to Thomson Reuters data. The STOXX 600 trades at about 15 times, putting the differential between the two near its widest in seven years.
While the January effect is no longer as strong as it was, the other market adage -- "sell in May and go away" -- still held some truth particularly in Europe where stocks are generally weaker over the summer, Goldman wrote.
Reporting by Helen Reid, Editing by Vikram Subhedar


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Welcome to Leith Walks, home of the original Trainspotting Tours and the book Choose Life. Choose Leith: Trainspotting on Location by Tim Bell, published by Luath Press.
The tours: engaging, intelligent, entertaining, heart-breaking, well-informed in every part of the Trainspotting Phenomenon. COMMENTS >>
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The state of Scotland as 2022 dawns
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It was Harry Gibson (the play) and Danny Boyle (the film) who took the Trainspotting story away from Leith. Irvine Welsh's focus was on the collapse of the community of Leith - the demolitions, the dispersals, the diaspora - into which heroin and HIV were added...
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Cosmic Rift
Title: Cosmic Rift
Subject: Station.com, Daybreak Game Company, Cosmicrift.jpg, Massively multiplayer online games, SubSpace (video game)
Publisher(s) Sony Online Entertainment
Distributor(s) Sony Online Entertainment
Designer(s) Jeff Petersen
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
NA April 17, 2001
Genre(s) Action
Mode(s) Multiplayer
Cosmic Rift was a two-dimensional massively multiplayer video game designed by lead programmer Jeff Petersen. It is based in a science fiction universe wherein players can fly from an overhead view one of 13 spaceships,[1] each with their own strengths and unique weapons, in a variety of gaming zones each with a different objective.[2]
Closing 1.1
Gaming Zones 2
Screenshot of a generic zone portraying the basic game play system and graphical interface, which bear resemblance to those of the game SubSpace.
Cosmic Rift is provided as part of the Station Pass package offered by Sony Online Entertainment, which also includes Infantry and Tanarus. Its gameplay is comparable to Virgin Interactive Entertainment's Subspace, another two-dimensional space shooter written by Jeff Petersen prior to joining Sony's team. Today, Subspace remains available in a freeware flavor known as Continuum.
Cosmic Rift was released as an open beta in April 2001, which lasted until May 2002. From this point forward players were required to pay a monthly fee to gain full access to any of the Station Pass games, with limited capability permitted to non-subscribers.
One of the largest draws for subscribers was the 4 on 4 league which sustained the generally low popularity of the game until August 2004, when the league completed its sixth and final season. The remaining subscribers lingered for approximately one year playing only in the Rift Ball league (see zone description below) until August 2005. Since the end of this league, the Cosmic Rift's player base had been essentially non-existent.
On May 23, 2007, it was announced that the Station Pass games would become completely free as of June 26, 2007.[3] A map editor[4] for both Cosmic Rift and Infantry were also being worked on in hopes to have them publicly released by the time the three Station Pass games are made free.[5] This announcement had initially prompted an increase in the population of the game's servers. Despite these efforts, however, the game's population still remained largely insubstantial.
On March 1 of 2012 Sony Online Entertainment announced that Cosmic Rift, Infantry, Star Chamber: The Harbinger Saga, and EverQuest Online Adventures were to come to close on March 29, 2012.
The reason given by Sony Online Entertainment for the closings was that development resources for those titles would be better put to use on developing newer games.[6]
Gaming Zones
Alpha Zone: Team or solo free for all with no objective but to destroy any enemy ships, intended for beginners.
Chaos Zone: Team or solo free for all with no objective but to destroy any enemy ships, intended for experts.[7]
Conquest: Teams are associated with a particular base, which they must defend, while simultaneously attempting to overwhelm the bases of opposing teams.[7]
CRPL: Stands for Cosmic Rift Players League, organized four on four matches with limited lives for each player.[8]
Dueling Zone: Intended for solo one on one matches, with small team or free for all combat permitted.[9]
Rift Ball: Two teams compete in a format similar to soccer, the objective is to score goals with a Rift Ball that is passed between ships. Combat is permitted while controlling this ball.[10]
Rogue Trader: An RPG based game where the objective is to earn money via gathering minerals, and destroying enemy ships. The money can be used to purchase improvements to one's ship that remain persistent across multiple sessions.[7]
Scrimmage [9]
Seek and Destroy: One player possesses a flag, and the opposing players must attempt to destroy this particular ship which then moves control of the flag to the killer. Victory goes to the team which holds the flag for a set period of time.[7]
Speed Zone: Objective is to destroy as many enemy ships possible in a limited time frame.
Super Fortress: Eight flags which are randomly distributed across the map must be gathered by a team and held for a set period of time.[7]
Total War: Two teams face against each other with the intent to destroy the opposing team's base. The base comes equipped with computer-controlled turrets.[9]
Gravity Well: This zone is currently not online, but the premise consists of multiple gravity wells that will destroy one's craft, and weapons that will be awarded for destroying other ships.
^ Station.com - Cosmic Rift
^ GameSpy.com - Preview: Cosmic Rift
^ http://stationpass.station.sony.com/subscriptionUpdate.vm
^ Station.com - Cosmic Rift:
^ Station Pass Games Announcement!
^ Sony closing four online titles in March
^ a b c d e Cosmic Rift - Game Info
^ Cosmic Rift
^ a b c Scrim server needed back up again
^ New RB Zone and CR
Cosmic Rift Main Site
Station Pass - Cosmic Rift and Infantry Discussion Boards
Massively multiplayer online games
Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Star Wars Galaxies, EverQuest, PlayStation 2
Station.com
Sony, Jeopardy!, EverQuest, Star Wars Galaxies, Electronics
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Prices have soared so high, so fast, that buyers are being increasingly priced out of the market.
A couple of months ago, a woman paid a visit to Jeff Schrier's used car lot in Omaha, Nebraska. She was on a tight budget, she said, and was desperate for a vehicle to commute to work.
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"'That's what I get for $7,500?'" he recalled her saying. The vehicles had far more age or mileage on them than she had expected for something to replace a car that had been totaled in a crash.
The woman eventually settled on a 2013 Toyota Scion with a whopping 160,000 miles on it. Schrier isn't sure he made any profit on the deal. "We just helped her out," he said.
Consider that the average price of a used vehicle in the United States in November, according to Edmunds.com, was $29,011 — a dizzying 39% more than just 12 months earlier. And for the first time that anyone can recall, more than half of America's households have less income than is considered necessary to buy the average-priced used vehicle.
The days when just about anyone with a steady income could wander onto an auto lot and snag a reliable late-model car or buy their kid's first vehicle for a few thousand dollars have essentially vanished.
When the government reported that consumer inflation rocketed 6.8% in the 12 months that ended in November — the sharpest jump in nearly 40 years — the biggest factor, apart from energy, was used vehicles. And while the rate of increase is slowing, most experts say the inflated vehicle prices aren't likely to ease for the foreseeable future.
Why prices will keep soaring in 2022
The blame can be traced directly to the pandemic's eruption in March of last year. Auto plants suspended production to try to slow the virus' spread. As sales of new vehicles sank, fewer people traded in used cars and trucks. At the same time, demand for laptops and monitors from people stuck at home led semiconductor makers to shift production from autos, which depend on such chips, to consumer electronics.
When a swifter-than-expected economic rebound boosted demand for vehicles, auto plants tried to restore full production. But chip makers couldn't respond fast enough. And rental car companies and other fleet buyers, unable to acquire new vehicles, stopped off-loading older ones, thereby compounding the shortage of used vehicles.
"What used to be a $5,000 car," he said, "is now $8,000. What used to be $8,000 is now $11,000 or $12,000."
Used vehicle prices are so high that Karl Hogan of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, was able last month to quickly sell his 2007 Toyota Tacoma small pickup truck, with more than 170,000 miles on it. Even with the vehicle's age and mileage, a man from Ohio forked over $6,500 for it.
"If I didn't take it," Hogan said, "there were three people waiting. I couldn't get any off, but I wanted a new truck."
Clarified: How supply chain issues could leave your favorite store out of stock
Among the few consumers who stand to benefit are those who want to sell a used car and don't necessarily need to replace it. The average trade-in value in October, Paris said, was $9,000 — twice what it was a year earlier.
But for people who have no vehicles to trade in and only modest incomes, the options are few to none. J.D. Power's Paris says that if they can afford it, buyers should consider a new vehicle. He recently managed to get a couple thousand dollars whacked off the sticker price on a new Ram pickup, though he had to travel from the Washington, D.C., area to Philadelphia to reach a willing dealer he had located by searching internet forums.
"If you look hard enough and are willing to wait and travel," he said, "you can find deals across most brands."
Consumer prices soared 6.8% in past year, most since 1982


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Is Guadagno's 'Think Tank' First Step on Road to Run for Governor?
Lee Keough and John Reitmeyer | April 14, 2016
Stepien is back on political scene to serve as new group's executive director
Credit: NJ Office of Information Technology
Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno has announced an organization that political observers consider her first move as a candidate for governor in 2017. Called Building A Better New Jersey Together, the group appears to be designed to give Guadagno her own identity, one that is separate from Gov. Chris Christie.
The lieutenant governor calls the 501c4 organization a "think tank," but due to its political underpinnings it seems to be similar to New Way for New Jersey, the organization run by Phil Murphy, an expected Democratic candidate for governor.
"It's a way for running for governor, while you're not running for governor," said Matthew Hale, a political science professor at Seton Hall University.
In announcing the group, Guadagno delivered a mixed message. Despite the fact that she has served as the number two public official in the state for the past six plus years, she was adamant that Trenton and state government were "the problem, not the solution."
This is "not the government people deserve or want -- those in Trenton are aloof" from the people, she said. "Insiders and bureaucrats think that they have the answers and that the answers only come from Trenton. We New Jerseyans live in the real world."
But Guadagno also credited Christie for the state's resurgent economy, with its 4.3 percent unemployment rate. "We have a lower unemployment rate than even North Carolina."
Bill Stepien, who managed both of Christie's gubernatorial campaigns but was later embroiled in the Bridgegate scandal, will serve as the group's executive director, she said.
Hale called Stepien's involvement "the biggest political news of the day" and said the recruitment of Stepien was "a pretty good get for Guadagno" despite his ties to Bridgegate. "Many people give him a lot of credit for Chris Christie's rise."
Stepien, who was expected to be named the state GOP chairman after Christie was reelected, was Christie's campaign manager and involved with Bridget Kelly in 2013, at the time of the Bridgegate scandal, which involved lane closures at the George Washington Bridge. He was never charged with any wrongdoing, but he was fired by Christie, who said at the time that he had lost faith in Stepien.
State Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick (R-Union), another Republican rumored to be considering a run for governor, said he didn't know much about the group. He added that Guadagno is a "good friend" and he welcomed any effort to solve New Jersey's problems. Asked if the formation of the group could eventually threaten his own chances to be governor, Bramnick deflected the question, saying it would be better asked of Guadagno or a political analyst.
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Mark Sisson blogs at MarksDailyApple.com and is the author of The Primal Blueprint.
The dedication of my readers to maintain the Primal lifestyle through thick and thin never ceases to impress me. They fly halfway across the world just to go barefoot, eat turkey skin, crawl around on a jungle gym, and hunt for sandcrab carcasses in Oxnard, CA. They research, shop for, and eventually purchase entire chest freezers and then fill the interiors with cow, lamb, and pig pieces. And, if a slew of recent emails is indeed representative of the community at large, they're deeply committed to eating Primally when traveling, on the road, camping, or in the middle of the ocean. (In the last week I've received emails from a band member, a truck driver, a backpacker, and a naval officer.) That's great, and I'm happy to hear about the dedication, but they weren't writing in for virtual pats on the back. They wanted cold, hard advice for staying dietarily true in unfamiliar, potentially unfriendly locales, and I thought I'd help out.
So, what is one to do without access to the local grass-fed beef guy, cast iron skillets, bug-eating chicken eggs, and the diner that cooks everything in bacon grease?
If you don't want to be relegated to canned items and dry goods on your road trip, this is a no-brainer. Get a medium-or large-sized cooler and two gallon-sized ziploc bags full of ice, plus two more spare bags. When the ice melts, stop at a gas station or fast food joint, dump (or drink) the water, and refill the bags with fresh ice. If a bag breaks, pull out a new one. You'll have a portable fridge and a constant, inexpensive way to keep it, and your food, cold.
Hard boil at least a dozen eggs per person. My method for large eggs: put eggs in pot, cover with two inches of cold faucet water, bring to a roiling boil, turn off heat, put the cover on, and let sit for seven minutes. After seven minutes, dunk your eggs in an ice bath to stop the cooking. This leaves the yolk slightly soft and still creamy. Add 30 seconds to the cooking time if you want a drier yolk. Place eggs in gallon ziploc bags. Keep the shell on and a steady supply of ice in the cooler and they'll last up to a week. Take some salt and pepper, too.
Cook two or three pounds of meat per person. Be it a roast or a bevy of steaks, get your hands on the best meat you can and grill it, roast it, or sear it. Stick to ruminants (beef, lamb, bison), since they keep better than chicken, pork, or fish (less delicate polyunsaturated fats). Stick to singular hunks of meat you can conceivably eat cold with your hands, rather than stews, chilis, or soups that require utensils and heating. Keep the sauciness to a minimum and stick to simple flavors, like salt, pepper, and a few herbs.
Roast, grill, or bake a bunch of veggies. Cook some sliced carrots, onions, peppers, cauliflower, zucchini, and asparagus – or any physically large vegetables that taste good cold – and pack them away. The easiest way is to throw them in a roasting pan with some salt, pepper, and fat (olive oil, coconut oil, macadamia oil, or palm oil all work great. The tastiest way is to grill them over open flame, seasoned similarly. Include a few baked sweet potatoes, too, which taste incredible cold.
Consider quality cheese, cured meats, smoked fish, and full-fat yogurt. These are worthwhile foods that also do best when refrigerated. You can technically get by keeping them at room temperature, but I'm not a fan of sweaty meat and cheese or warm, runny yogurt. If you like your gouda to perspire, go for it.
Take some fruits and vegetables that are commonly eaten raw. Carrots, berries, bananas, tomatoes, avocados, apples, plums, peaches, and jicama can all hold up for a couple days outside the cooler, and for quite longer within it.
If your trip is long and your supply of food begins to dwindle, you can easily restock at grocery stores with hot bars along the way. Rotisserie chickens will last at least two days in the cooler; disassemble for efficient storage. Keep your eyes out for barbecue joints, as ribs, pulled pork, and brisket will all keep if kept cold. Just be sure to keep those ziploc bags full of fresh ice.
There's nothing wrong with a can of sardines or a handful of macadamias, and not every car, boat, or bindle can accommodate a cooler. In these situations, knowing which foods are both non-perishable (or at least have a decent lifespan out of the fridge) and Primal can help you decide what to buy and bring on the trip.
Get a wide variety of canned seafood. This is arguably your most nutritious, dependable option, with plenty of omega-3s, protein, minerals like selenium, magnesium, zinc, and iodine, and if you choose wisely, bones, skin, and connective tissue. Sardines, herring, mackerel, trout, oysters, clams, tuna, and salmon are all relatively common items. Restocking can be a cinch, since you can find canned sardines and tuna in most places. Keep a jar of Dijon and buy cherry tomatoes when they're available. Mix the Dijon with a couple cans of the fish of your choice and toss in a handful of tomatoes for a quick and dirty salad. I'd avoid canned meats, however. Maybe I'm not being fair, but something about canned shredded beef creeps me out. And for those of you worried about BPA, I'll take trace amounts of probable endocrine disruptors over week old soybean oil and deep-fried chicken extrusion encased in wheat flour. Speaking of which, make sure your seafood comes canned in olive oil, its own oil, or water.
Buy, or make, jerky of all types. I recommend taking the extra time to procure a large slab of lean meat so you can choose your marinade and save incredible amounts of money and make your own jerky.
Buy, or make, pemmican. Man cannot live on lean meat alone. No, he needs fat, especially animal fat. Pemmican provides both protein and saturated animal fat, but it takes some getting used to. I still haven't full embraced it myself… but there's no denying its ability to nourish and sate. And if you've already made jerky, making pemmican is the next natural progression.
Bring some nuts. Nuts get kind of a bad rap for their caloric density and tendency to stall weight loss in some folks, but caloric density in a small package may be what you're after. If so, take your favorite nut. I like macadamias, for the buttery smoothness and low omega-6 levels, but even walnuts are better short-term feeding options than your average fast food menu item.
Make some kale chips. Not much more needs to be said. Watch the vid and follow along.
Make a Primal energy bar. Honestly, you could probably get by on this bar.
No cooler, no canned goods (cause maybe you just don't feel like all that prep work), surrounded by chain restaurants and fast food joints pumping the area with potent smells, hunger scratches at your belly. You would go without, except it's been hours and you have several days left on the trip. You've gotta eat. There are "choices," like fast food spots, but not any you feel like acknowledging. This is where the rubber meets the road. This is where boys become men and girls become women. It's a test, of effective foraging in a suboptimal environment, akin to looking for fruit during a nasty drought or berries in the dead of winter. Can you do it?
Scan the menu and identify the biggest immediate threats – grains (especially wheat), seed oils, and sugar – and eliminate them from contention. No buns, no stir fries, no deep fried items, etc.
Run reconnaissance. Does this Mexican place cook in real lard? Does this burger joint grill over open flame (good; slim chance of added oils) or fry on the range (maybe not good; watch for liberal oil usage)? Does the restaurant make their own dressings fresh? Don't take "reconnaissance" literally and go sneaking around in the kitchen. Instead, ask the head cook or manager those basic, pointed questions to get real, honest answers.
Forget celiac; you're allergic to whatever ingredient they derive their oil from. Is soybean oil used, like at Chipotle? You are allergic to soy. Canola oil? You're allergic to canola. A Worker Bee even convinced an Indian restaurant he frequented that he was "allergic to vegetable oils of all kinds" and that his doctor "forbade him from eating anything made with vegetable oil." And it worked. He got everything made with real ghee and butter.
If foraging conditions prove way too harsh, I'll just not eat and chalk it up to an impromptu, truly random intermittent fast. This is pretty standard for me. I can handle not eating for a day and maintain energy without going too crazy. But that's me – I've been doing this for years and I've built up a strong tolerance to going without. You may not, and that's cool. Just know that it's a viable option, and often a better one than eating junk.
I've found that things change when I'm traveling with family or friends. If it's just me on business, alone, I'll often skip meals, but if I have my wife or kids along, or I'm traveling with friends for pleasure, I generally will not skip meals. I'm there to be with them, to enjoy their company, and if they're eating, so am I. If I have to meet someone for a business lunch, I'm not going to sit stone-faced and staring as the other person wolfs down a plate. That's just bizarre. For all you parents, I'd strongly recommend not forcing your family into an IF against their will.
I've been pretty successful following these general guidelines over the years, but I'm interested to hear what works for you folks. How do you cope with unfamiliar, unfriendly food environments? Do you abstain from food altogether, do you dip into the 80/20, or do you somehow maneuver your way around the dietary land-mines to get a full stomach?
Let me, and everyone else, know in the comment section!
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