Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill on Monday calling for California to derive all its electricity production from renewable sources. Photo courtesy of the California Governor's Office
Sept. 10 (UPI) -- California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Monday that aims to eliminate fossil fuel use for electricity by 2045 and serves as a rebuke to U.S. withdrawal from the Paris climate accord.
In the final months of his four terms as governor, Brown signed the bill days before the start of a global climate summit in San Francisco. It calls for acceleration of a timeline for use of renewable energy, like solar energy and wind power, and requires that all electricity generated in the state be derived from renewable sources by 2045. Hawaii has adopted a similar goal.
"It's not going to be easy. It will not be immediate. But it must be done," Brown said at the signing ceremony. California is committed to doing whatever is necessary to meet the existential threat of climate change."
Opponents of the bill argued that it would not make a substantial difference in the rise of the earth's temperature and could put employees in fossil fuel industries out of work.
California has been committed to ambitious energy goals and has found itself in a standoff with the administration of President Donald Trump. Although Trump pulled the United States from the 195-nation climate agreement, Brown has maintained the state's aggressive environmental policies. Brown has been involved in California mandates to reduce carbon emissions and supplement renewable energy use, and in an extension of the state's cap-and-trade program, a first for a U.S. state.
He has also been critical of White House attempts to relax air quality rules and potentially stop California's authority to adopt more stringent vehicle emission standards.
Prior to Monday's ceremony, Brown signed legislation blocking new oil and gas extraction plans off the state's coast. The action is regarded as a direct rebuke of the Trump administration's reversal of policies enacted by former President Barack Obama.
"Today, California's message to the Trump administration is simple: Not here, not now," Brown said in a statement regarding the enactment of the extraction law. "We will not let the federal government pillage public lands and destroy our treasured coast."


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The US space agency NASA is tracking two British explorers on a 3,650 kilometers journey across Antarctica to learn more about humanity's ability to survive on Mars. Explorers Justin Packshaw,57, and Jamie Facer Childs, 37 are on an 80-day trek across the southernmost continent as part of the Chasing the Light mission — a grueling expedition that could give a better understanding of the psychological and physical impact of other worlds on the human body and mind.
The US space agency NASA has released a spectacular panoramic view of the landing site of the Perseverance rover on Mars. The panorama shows the rim of the Jezero Crater where the rover touched down last week and the cliff face of an ancient river delta in the distance.
Less than a day after NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover successfully landed on the surface of Mars, engineers and scientists at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California were hard at work, awaiting the next transmissions from Perseverance. As data gradually came in, relayed by several spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet, the Perseverance team were relieved to see the rover’s health reports, which showed everything appeared to be working as expected.
After seven months, the Hope craft launched by the United Arab Emirates has successfully entered the orbit of Mars. Next up are China's Tianwen-1 and the US's Mars 2020. February is full of nail-biting moments of truth for three countries — indeed, the world — as three separate Mars missions approach the red planet.
China launched a rover to Mars on Thursday, another milestone for its space program after putting humans into orbit and landing a probe on the moon. It is among a trio of nations, along with the United Arab Emirates and the United States, launching missions to the Red Planet this month, taking advantage of a period when Mars and Earth are favorably aligned.
The United Arab Emirates launched its first mission to Mars early on Monday as it strives to develop its scientific and technology capabilities and move away from its reliance on oil.
The United Arab Emirates has postponed to Jul 17 the launch of its mission to Mars due to weather conditions at the launch site in Japan, the UAE government communications office said on Tuesday.
A space control center in the UK has been used to test-drive a prototype Mars rover thousands of miles away in Chile’s Atacama desert. Experts at the European Space Agency’s centre in Oxfordshire completed a series of tests across nearly 11,000 km in order to see how the Mars rover reacts to commands across large distances.
During 14 years of intrepid exploration across Mars, it advanced human knowledge by confirming that water once flowed on the red planet - but NASA's Opportunity rover has analyzed its last soil sample. The robot has been missing since the US space agency lost contact during a dust storm in June last year and was declared officially dead on Wednesday, ending one of the most fruitful missions in the history of space exploration.


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List of grade level Asian books (Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Taiwanese, and other Asian books in different language): Grade level and contents of the books.
As you can see, there are a number of levels for each book. We find that Japanese level of books for preschool and elementary teachers are high quality compared to the Western books we have access to. Because of this, we try to choose Japanese books over the other Asian books. In addition, it is usually not hard to find the level of a book in a Japanese bookstore.. E-books Do you find that the Kumon textbooks are educational enough for you? We recommend that you try to find the books by author or level. There is a high chance that the books that we choose are the best for the Kumon program.
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There comes a time in our lives when our traditional cultures recognize, and begin to depend on us, as young adults. The quinceañera is a big one.
It was my privilege to shoot yesterday, at Aimara’s induction into adulthood. The ceremony was held in church, and the party (naturally) at a local Shriners’ gathering hall. The ceremony was conducted entirely in Spanish; the party about half and half, with plenty of cumbias, rancheras, and traditional waltzes—and a few questionable classics to keep it spicy.


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Seinfeld: 15 Appearances Of Now-Famous People
Is there any better feeling than spotting a celebrity in another show before they made it big? The dopamine rush from knowing you are the smartest person alive is like no other. One of the best shows for it is Seinfeld, bringing many modern day stars into the spotlight. Here are 15 of our favorite pre-celebrity appearances from Seinfeld.
Before he was cooking meth or raising five boys in his tighty whities, he was converting to Judaism for the jokes as Tim Whatley the dentist.
Squint your eyes because, YES, that is Chris Parnell playing one of the NBC executives who offers Jerry his own sitcom.
Who knew that little executive would one day go on to be the voice of every white male character in everything ever made.
Under all that clown makeup is the face of Jon Favreau. Never give up on your dreams, because while you may be dressed up as a clown right now, you could one day go on to be friends with Vince Vaughn.
The 40 Year Old Virgin star was once just the artist responsible for the Kramer painting seen in every college dorm room.
George kicks none other than Drake Bell off the frogger game in the season nine episode “The Frogger.” Drake Bell used that exchange to one day become one of the worst micro celebrities ever.
Another Breaking Bad alum makes an appearance in the episode “The Glasses.” Anna Gunn plays Jerry’s love interest Amy who is convinced Jerry is going insane.
That has to be the hardest relationship she’s ever portrayed on screen.
James Spader plays the recovering addict “Stanky Hanky” who refuses to give Geroge a genuine apology for an offhand comment he made years ago.
Don’t hate the Spader, hate the James.
Before she was a superstar she was walking with her hands way too close to her sides. Luckily she learned to swing her arms like a pro after this guest spot.
With this many Breaking Bad actors, it’s possible there was more meth hidden in this show than we remember. Bob Odenkirk plays Elaine’s boyfriend who is “almost” a doctor.
French Stewart is on screen for maybe 10 seconds as the movie theater manager who informs Elaine that her boyfriend has been in a car accident.
Patton Oswalt plays a video store clerk in season 6 episode 5 “The Couch”. We assume Patton relished this role.
KG makes his Seinfeld debut as “guy smoking a cigarette outside of Monk’s.” Who knew this smoker would become one of the greatest legends in rock history?
Stephen Root plays the bank manager who decides whether or not a “hey” constitutes a “hello.” One day he’ll be slinging dodgeballs at the speed of light with fellow list member Christine Taylor.
Nick Offerman’s betrothed and comedy darling Megan Mullally appears as one of George’s dates, but she was also considered for the role of Elaine!
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Federal officials are rethinking a plan to build new high-speed railroad tracks through parts of Connecticut and Rhode Island after complaints that the project would devastate neighborhoods, marshlands and tourist attractions.
The Federal Railroad Administration dropped the proposal from the latest version of a $120 billion to $150 billion master plan, released Wednesday, to rebuild the congested Northeast Corridor between Boston and Washington, D.C., over the next 30 years.
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Billie Eilish unseats record-breaking 'Old Town Road' to top Billboard charts with 'Bad Guy'
Even Lil Nas X couldn’t tame this “Bad Guy.”
The Billie Eilish song, which has lingered at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts for nine weeks, has finally claimed the top spot, unseating Lil Nas X‘s record-breaking “Old Town Road” after 19 weeks atop the charts. The fifth release from Eilish’s album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? bears the distinction of knocking the longest-running song of all time from the No. 1 spot.
After nine consecutive weeks in the second position, “Bad Guy” now holds the record for most weeks spent in the runner-up spot before claiming the lead. Previously that record was held by three songs: The Weeknd’s “Starboy,” Justin Bieber‘s “Sorry,” and OutKast’s “The Way You Move,” all of which spent eight weeks at No. 2 before claiming the Billboard Hot 100 crown.
Eliish is now the first-ever artist born in the 2000s to top the Billboard Hot 100. She’s also the youngest to lead the list since a then-16-year-old Lorde did in 2013 with “Royals.”
As for “Old Town Road,” it falls to third place after its record-setting 19 weeks atop the chart, and it’s now one week away from breaking the record held by “Despacito” for No. 1 in digital song sales (the Luis Fonsi song featuring Daddy Yankee, and later Bieber via a remix, held the top spot in 2017 for 17 weeks). The song has become something of a phenomenon, even earning Lil Nas X a Time magazine cover.
Lil Nas X was quick to celebrate Eilish’s achievement, tweeting “congratulations to billie eilish!! u deserve this!!” shortly after the news broke on Monday. Billy Ray Cyrus, who is featured on the popular “Old Town Road” remix, also applauded Eilish on Twitter. “Well deserved. Your persistence paid off,” he wrote. “Thanks everybody. It was a hell of a ride.”


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In his new book, "Gay Marriage: Why It Is Good for Gays, Good for Straights, and Good for America," author Jonathan Rauch argues that allowing same-sex marriage would benefit the institution and create a "win-win-win" situation for all.
Rauch was online to discuss his book, his position on gay marriage and the debate over same-sex unions.
Rauch is a senior writer for National Journal magazine, writer in residence at the Brookings Institution and vice president of the Independent Gay Forum
The transcript follows.
Editor's Note: Washingtonpost.com moderators retain editorial control over Live Online discussions and choose the most relevant questions for guests and hosts; guests and hosts can decline to answer questions.
Opponents of gay marriage point out that gay unions, on average, do not last as long as heterosexual marriages (by a long shot). Of course the same can be said of Las Vegas drive-through weddings and those involving teen-age girls (which still happen in the Southeast).
Considering that age at wedding day is one of the strongest predictors of divorce, would soceity perhaps be better off if there were FEWER marriages?
Jonathan Rauch: Thanks for tuning in...
I guess you all know that Massachusetts will start issuing fully official marriage licenses to same-sex couples on May 17th. A big day--for gays, for marriage, for everybody.
So I'm glad to have a chance to hash out some of these issues here.
Then there's the book, which I encourage everybody to check out.
I'm always tickled when people compare straight marriages with gay "unions" (i.e., non-marriages) and find the latter less durable.
The whole point, of course, is that marriage is more durable than any other arrangement known to man. That's even _after_ accounting for the conflating variables (different populations, etc.) Marriage itself fortifies relationships, because of the social expectations and investment that go with it.
And that's why gay couples need marriage!
Me, I think society definitely needs more marriages. The problem today for marriage is that heterosexuals are abandoning it.
So gay marriage (GM, hereafter) is part of the solution.
For people who do not accept gay marriage for religious reasons, I like to point out the following. Unless you believe your religion is the one true religion and you know for certain your religion is correct, then you should consider the following: why should you impose your religious beliefs upon others? Some religions accept gay marriage. Why not let the decision to enter a gay marriage be a decision made according to the beliefs of the people involved in the decision. In my belief: if you don't believe in gay marriage, don't marry a gay. Am I making any sense?
Jonathan Rauch: Yes!
I'd be concerned if I thought that any church would be required to celebrate or sanctify a same-sex marriage. And I'd fervently oppose steps in that direction.
But, as time goes on, we'll have religion on both sides of this question. On my book tour, I met a Baptist church elder in Memphis whose church is even now considering whether to sanctify gay unions.
So there's no way to make every religion happy. We'll have to decide civil marriage as a civil matter.
Gay or Straight, all any government license recognizes is a CIVIL union, no matter what the noun at the top of the license is.
CHURCHES, TEMPLES, SYNAGOGUES, MOSQUES, etc. perform ceremonies for RELIGIOUS unions, no matter what the noun at the top of the license is.
This isn't rocket science or even Algebra I.
Government does the legal thing, religion does the God thing. They are two separate entities and you can be married in the eyes of God and not the government and vice versa.
Unless, of course, God gets an appointment as a municipal judge then I guess he can do both things at once if he wants.
Jonathan Rauch: Agreed...but with a caveat.
Marriage is a hybrid. It's both legal and social. Legal marriage is the license from the government, and all the entanglements and prerogatives that go with it. Social marriage is the rings and vows and ceremonies and the hundreds of ways in which society invests in marriage.
Religion is an important part of social marriage--though not the only part.
So here's my caveat. If legal marriage were to be totally cut adrift from social marriage--so that most Americans considered gay marriages to be nothing but a legal fiction--gay couples wouldn't get the whole deal. They wouldn't get the social investment that makes marriage special.
That's one of the reasons I favor going a state at a time with gay marriage. Let it start out where it has social support. Then it has the best shot at working. And as the rest of the country sees that the sky doesn't fall and in fact marriage is strengthened, GM will win not just legal but also social acceptance.
Which is like getting a bicycle instead of a unicycle.
I'm a straight man who strongly believes that gays and lesbians should be allowed to marry under the law. All the talk of gay marriage supposedly threatening straight marriage sounds like fearmongering to me.
At the same time, I can appreciate the feelings of many Christians regarding the religious aspect of marriage. So I would support a compromise that would give "civil unions" all the legal rights and responsibilities of marriage. As I understand it, no civil union law currently does that. What do you think of such a compromise?
Jonathan Rauch: Wrong compromise, I think.
Civil unions are a purely legal contraption. They were invented yesterday. It's not clear that they'd include the social side of marriage.
So gay couples would probably be shortchanged.
Plus it's not a great idea to set up alternatives to marriage, because they're very tempting to heterosexuals--giving them another excuse not to marry, and weakening marriage's status as the gold standard for committed relationships.
So society would probably also be shortchanged.
Marriage is the only relationship you don't have to explain. So I think the way to strengthen marriage while giving gay couples what they need is to say, "If you want the benefits of marriage--GET MARRIED."
But do it in states that are ready to try it and that will give it a fair shot.
Grand Rapids, Mich.:
My only hesitation toward gay marriage is something I never hear discussed. That is the possible negative effect it might have on a heterosexual child being raised by two homosexuals. Have there been any studies that address this issue?
Jonathan Rauch: Well, one thing to remember is that marriage and adoption/child custody, though related, are separate issues.
I believe all states allow single-parent adoption, for instance. You don't have to be married at all, much less straight-married, to adopt kids.
But to address the question...It's controversial. There's a fair amount of research, but it's a long way from definitive. Some people say it shows that children raised by same-sex couples do just as well, other people say there are some questions outstanding.
My take is that we don't yet know whether a same-sex couple can be considered _optimal_ parents. But:
1) We'd certainly know by now if they were rotten parents, because we have lots of grown kids raised by gay couples. And any problems they have are hard to find. Which tells you that if being raised by a same-sex couple is a disadvantage, it's only a small one. (Unlike being raised by a single parent, where, statistically speaking and just on average, disadvantages are not hard to find.)
2) We don't require straight couples to be optimal in order to marry or raise kids. And we shouldn't require that of gay couples.
I think adoption/custody decisions should be made case-by-case, with the interest of the child (not the parents) foremost.
Which means that neither gay couples nor single parents nor less-than-optimal straight couples nor anyone else should be automatically ruled in or out.
In my own personal opinion, allowing gays to marry would send a terrible message to the children of America. First, it is already hard enough to explain, much less guide or direct "sexuality" amongst kids today, mostly because of media imagery. Now you want to confuse them even more with "Mommy, why does Johnny have two daddies?" While I defend the right of gays to "be gay," I beleive that this "alternative" (notice I don't say "deviant" or some other negative term) sexuality should not be "promoted". Surely you recognize that heterosexuality is the natural order of humanity, so how can you not see that it would be detremental and confusing to children for gays to be allowed to marry (and for that matter, to adopt), forcing the issue to have to be explained to kids who aren't likely to be able to comprehend. I've always been a liberal Democrat -- perhaps you would call me conservative on this issue. However, I do not hate, or discriminate against gays -- I just have a problem with the wholesale "promotion" of homosexuality, homosexual "rights," and such. Your thoughts on this would be appreciated. Thanks.
Jonathan Rauch: I don't think it's a question of "promotion." I think it's a question of civil and legal equality.
I believe that homosexuality is perfectly natural _for homosexuals_, just as heterosexuality is perfectly natural _for heterosexuals_. It's not like millions of people wake up at age 13 and decide to be gay for the fun of it. Homosexuality is statistically rare--like left-handedness--but it is natural. Here we are, after all.
It is something of a disadvantage that gay couples are infertile. But no one draws a perfect hand in life. And we don't go around denouncing other people who face particular disadvantages in life. We don't denounce diabetics for needing insulin, and say that giving it to them "promotes diabetes."
(No direct equation of diabetes and homosexuality intended. Illustrative purposes only.)
The only result of denying marriage to gay people will be to make many of them miserable. How can that be in anyone's interest?
And, ending where I began...I believe in the golden rule. I don't know of any straight people who'd impose upon themselves or other straight people the burden of going through life without any prospect of marriage. They wouldn't tolerate that for a minute. So that burden shouldn't be imposed upon gays.
I have a personal comment:
My partner and I have been in a committed, monogamous relationship for seventeen years. We have two children together, ages 6 and 8. We are law-abiding American citizens. We work. We pay taxes. We vote. We, and especially our children, do not have the rights and protections accorded to heterosexual married families. Our family deserves the same support and affirmation that heterosexual families have. This will strengthen marriage and families in the United States, as our commitment and desire to raise our children in a positive environment is recognized.
Jonathan Rauch: Agreed. Thanks.
One of the oddest things about selling the idea of gay marriage is that, in all other contexts, social conservatives understand that expecting everyone to get married is good for marriage. Marriage works best when it's a norm--something all parents tell all children they should do someday with the person they really love.
All the conservative reasons to support marriage are exactly the same reasons to support gay marriage.
"Gay marriage" makes about as much sense as issuing drivers licenses to blind folks. If "equal protection" is to be taken without any limits, that's the result -- blind folks with drivers licenses (among other absurdities). Justice under the law is about treating people and things appropriately to their particular circumstances. That means that it's appropriate to treat different people differently.
Jonathan Rauch: Actually, gay marriage is like issuing drivers licenses to people who insist they're not blind and can drive. And who then turn out to drive perfectly well.
And insisting that gay marriage can never be tried on one square inch of U.S. soil--as proponents of the constitutional ban on gay marriage would do--is like saying, "I say you're blind, and I'm going to ban you from ever taking an eye test."
Sure, it's appropriate to treat people in different situations differently.
But the situation of a gay man who wants to marry another gay man is identical, situationally, to the situation of a straight man who wants to marry a woman. After all, for gay people to fool straight people into marrying us isn't an option.
GM redefines the boundaries of marriage. It's foolish to pretend otherwise. Marriage has been exclusively man-woman throughout 3000+ years of western civilization.
But recognition that some people are homosexual is a new thing. And the deepest meaning of marriage is found in the words of the vow:
"To have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part."
If you can operate the car, you should be allowed to drive. And if you can be a good and devoted spouse, you should be allowed to marry.
It always seemed like a irrefutable argument that the banning of gay marriages is a clear and explicit violation of individual rights solely on the basis of gender. Gender is a protected category under federal law. If one is denied a job solely on the basis of gender, that is illegal. If one is denied housing solely on the basis of gender, that is illegal. Marriage is no different.
How have courts all of these years justified this clear case of sex discrimination? I can not think of any legal argument that could hold up current discriminatory practices.
Jonathan Rauch: This question makes an interesting counterpoint to the last one.
For two-thirds of Americans (and the above questioner), the opposite-sex restriction constitutes the very definition of marriage.
For the other third, that restriction constitutes discrimination. This group would say that removing the discriminatory restriction makes marriage _more_ true to its meaning.
But that's the debate we're having. It's about the definition of marriage. What _is_ marriage? And it's an inherently political debate. I'm not convinced courts, by themselves, can or should settle it.
There really is nothing that anyone could say that would dissuade me that gays should be allowed to marry. However, I think that the overwhelming majority of gay marriage opponents feel the same way.
What is there to do at this point?
Jonathan Rauch: Actually, when I'm out in bookstores or on talk radio, I'm finding that a lot of Americans are in between the two extremes, grappling conscientiously--movingly--with this issue. They want to show compassion for gay couples, but they're reluctant to fiddle around with what they see as the basic definition of marriage. It's touching to see.
And I've found that many these people are reachable. Maybe they don't change their minds (though some do--I've seen it). But they're searching. And they're the ones who ultimately will decide.
Nice to see you again on Live Online, Jonathan.
How do you feel about achieving gay marriage via the courts vs. via state legislatures, even if the latter takes decades? While I strongly favor gay marriage, and have never heard a decent argument against it, I have been somewhat persuaded by the argument that a having gay marriage imposed on the nation via a sweeping, Roe v. Wade type court decision could produce a backlash, and in the long run hurt the cause of equal protection regardless of sexual orientation.
Jonathan Rauch: To me, the critical distinction isn't courts vs. legislatures. Both have their appointed roles.
Rather, it's states vs. federal. As long as one state's decision isn't imposed on the whole country by five judges, we can keep GM from setting off another abortion-style, multi-decade culture war.
A war, btw, that would trap many gay marriages in a long-term cultural crossfire. And that would harden against GM many folks who otherwise, given a little more time, would come around.
That said, the _best_ way to get GM will be through a state legislature, with a governor's signature. Then no one can say it's judicial tyranny. And my friends in California say they think we're less than a decade away from legislative enactment in that state. Gov. Schwarzenegger--a Republican!--has said he's OK with GM if passed by the legislature. And a committee has reported out a GM bill. It won't go anywhere this year, but...
And remember: Massachusetts will probably have a statewide referendum on GM in 2006. And there's a fair chance the public in that state will approve it.
So we may not be as far from getting GM the old-fashioned way--with the consent of the governed--as some might fear.
Los Angeles, Calif.:
It seems like the only thing that could be done at the federal level to constitutionally ban gay marriage, would be a constitutional amendment. What is the feasibility of such an amendment ever passing? Considering the 3/4 state ratification requirement, it seems a very unlikely possibility.
Jonathan Rauch: Of course, the point of the constitutional amendment is to freeze the process before California or some other state can do what I've just suggested.
I take the amendment very seriously. Not this year...but if the Dems do badly in 2004 and lose Senate seats, and if their loss is chalked up to excessive liberalism on social issues...and then if a federal judge orders the whole country to recognize a Massachusetts gay marriage (a decision the Supreme Court would almost certainly overturn, but that would take time)--then the amendment could pass lickety-split.
Jonathan, Congratulations and thank you for your excellent book and for your participation in these chats.
Have you been following the truly disturbing actions taken by the General Assembly in VA? HB 751 not only prohibits the state from recognizing civil unions (which it didn't anyway), but could ban domestic partner benefits already provided by employers. Further, it could keep gay couples from maintaining Powers of Attorney and naming each other in wills, which are rights available to all Americans regardless of sex, marital status, or living arrangement.
That two-thirds of Virginia lawmakers are willing to dismantle civil rights for all their constituents in their quest to deprive gay citizens of these contractual rights is terrifying.
Jonathan Rauch: Hi, Phoenix...my hometown!
We're already in full backlash mode. Two dozen states have amended or are seeking to amend their constitutions to ban gay marriage.
And Virginia, as you note, is going much further. The Virginia legislation can only be described as spiteful. It could abrogate even basic contract rights for same-sex couples. That's probably unconstitutional--we'll see. But if it passes, it will make me deeply ashamed of my state.
I agree with you that in America marriage is a combination of legal status and socital perception.
For most of society that percenption includes a religious conotation. Every day people all over the country are looking for the perfect church to get married in. And for the most part will never see the inside of one again.
For myself, I considered the legal aspect over when we went to the courthouse to get our license. But didn't consider us married until the service in our everyday church.
The easiest answer is if we could somehow go back in time and change so the legal union did not, and could not, involve a church, taking away a minister's ability to preform a legally binding ceremony. Then everyone would get married at the courthouse and then go to their church if they wanted their union "blessed".
Unfortunately we can't do that so the issue is complicated and not easily solved.
Jonathan Rauch: Marriage is a hybrid. It combines social and legal elements in a way that nothing else does.
Marriage would lose much of its bonding power--the power that fortifies rather than merely ratifies relationships--if it became a government license and nothing more than that.
So it's better to keep the social and legal elements in harmony to the extent we can. Which will mean starting out with gay marriage in places where it enjoys substantial social support. I.e., Massachusetts, Oregon, or California--not Texas or Virginia.
Takes time, but there are no shortcuts.
As Frost (?) said: The only way out is through.
Silver Spring, Md.:
You argue that gay marriage would ground young gay men and make them more committed to their relationship. How do you respond to the argument that it is not marriage that tames the male, but a woman, and a gay (male) marriage (lacking a woman) does not have the domesticating effect?
Jonathan Rauch: It's probably some of both. But there's no doubt, at least in my mind, that bonded, committed male-male couples have stabler homes and lives and loves than unbonded, uncommitted men.
And a lot of the power of marriage comes from outside the couple themselves. It comes from the resources invested in the marriage by the rest of society: parents, inlaws, neighbors, colleagues--even the people who ask routinely, "How's your husband/wife?" They're really saying: "I expect you to know the answer to this question. Are you looking out for your spouse?"
We have many stories, now, out of San Francisco of gay couples who got married there expecting just to get a piece of paper from the government. Instead--often to their own surprise--they found that marriage itself deepened the relationship. I myself have met several couples in my book travels who've said exactly that.
When you wake up the next morning after getting married, everyone looks at you differently. They treat you as having crossed a line. You've made the ultimate commitment.
That's what gives marriage its binding power.
What do you think about the backlash concern? Some people are saying that those concerns were foolish -- after all, there haven't been any riots in the streets or physical attempts to prevent same-sex couples from getting married in places where they are permitted to do so. Others note that hate crimes against homosexuals have increased dramatically, as have the number of ballot initiatives and other laws to prevent same-sex couples from having any of the rights of marriage. (Info from http://blogdenovo.org/archives/000247.html)
Jonathan Rauch: See next question...
I would disagree that the courts couldn't settle the civil rights aspect of this issue.
It is impossible to argue that the denial of marriage to gays is a violation of their civil rights based upon sex discrimination.
All of the cultural arguments for denying gay and lesbian civil rights seem motivated by people's weird superstitions and customs.
Just as in Brown v. Board of Education, the courts could demand enforcement of civil rights. Kudos to those brave practioners of civil disobedience like the mayors of San Francisco and New Paltz!
Jonathan Rauch: ...and next question...
Opponents of gay marriage (and other social policy topics) always say that judges are imposing their will on the people, judicial fiat, and so on. Weren't the Mass. judges simply performing their proper constitutional function by interpreting what the meaning of the legislative body's law? If the Mass. law on marriage was written in a way that no longer makes sense, then re-write the law! But don't blame "activist" judges for interpreting the law. Your thoughts on that perspective?
Thanks for your work on this.
Jonathan Rauch: There is such a thing as activist judging, and imho the Massachusetts supreme court did it.
But sometimes that's part of judges' job. As Brendan Sullivan once said, "I am not a potted plant."
The thing we GM advocates need to realize is that there's a price for everything. No judicial fiat will ever carry the same social legitimacy as would legislative enactment. In a democracy, full legitimacy comes from the people.
I certainly don't begrudge gay couples their day in court. That's an important part of the process.
But it's not enough. We on my side of this issue need to be out there persuading the straight world that GM will not hurt them and may--I'd say almost certainly will--be a win-win. Sometimes relying too much on the courts makes us lazy.
And sometimes--see notes on backlash, above--it can set us back.
Personally, I'm very glad there's a public referendum at the end of the rainbow in Massachusetts. That's democracy and I'm willing to take my chances with it.
San Francisco, Calif.:
Do we really need more marriages? I mean -- is there really a value to having adults tied to each other in this way -- I'm constantly befuddled by what this is supposed to achieve. If we do have marriage as an institution, I certainly think it should be open to everyone -- but that doesn't answer the question of why we still hang onto the institution. Isn't marriage rooted in a notion of how society should function (with breadwinners and family structures) that isn't germane today? I think the gay marriage debate brings a lot of this to the fore -- and rather than trying to make the institution into more it also raises the question of why we keep touting the institution at all.
Jonathan Rauch: Marriage is more important than ever. In a world without strong ties of tribe, where grown children live far from their parents, and so on, it's all the more important to create families. And that's what marriage, uniquely, does. It takes unrelated people and makes them next of kin. It does that by making them kin legally, but also by expecting them to _act_ like kin socially.
Married people are healthier, happier, more prosperous--they even live longer. Less crime, depression, suicide, I could go on and on. And all of that is true even after adjusting for conflating variables (differences in population, etc.)
That's because marriage gives people family and a person to come home to. Someone whose "job" is to notice if you _don't_ come home. Or to drop everything and help when you're in trouble.
In America today, a third of all children are born out of wedlock. That's a staggering figure, and it lurks behind many of our poverty and crime problems.
There is a threat to marriage, but it's not gay couples who want to get married...it's straight couples who aren't getting married or aren't staying married.
To me, the big social payoff of gay marriage--apart from its many benefits for gay couples--is that it gives us an opportunity as a society to climb back up the slippery slope...to move back toward marriage as a universal rite and expectation.
Good for gays...good for their communities (more marriages mean solider neighborhoods)...good for marriage itself.
That's why I argue in the book--oops, there I go, plugging my book again--that gay marriage is nothing less than the trifecta of modern American social policy.
We don't get many of those. It's not an opportunity we should miss.
Jonathan Rauch: Seems like a good note to end on...
And I've tried your patience.
(As Groucho Marx said, "And you must come over and try mine sometime.")
Thanks to all questioners...and debaters.
It's a heated debate but we gotta to have it.

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Mr. Sardar joined Greenhill in 2018. He principally advises corporate clients and financial sponsors on a variety of M&A and strategic advisory transactions, primarily in the Consumer and Retail sector.
Prior to joining Greenhill, Marco worked at Barclays where he focused on M&A and Corporate Finance transactions in the Consumer and Retail group. Prior to that he was at Morgan Stanley.
Marco holds a BBA from Baruch College.

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Le Charcoal is a multi cuisine restaurant located on the Kundanahalli – ITPL road next to the Cosmos Bus stop. I had been there with my family to gobble up some good food and believe me , I was not disappointed. Now lets go ahead with the review.
AMBIENCE : Unlike most AC restaurants the restaurant is spread across an open area with two type of seating arrangements – one in the garden area( mostly meant for couples ) and a wooden courtyard like structure which was meant to accommodate big groups and families. The dining area was clean and well maintained. I was a little disappointed with the washrooms and hand wash areas as they were shabby and untidy.
SERVICE : The restaurant service was excellent, infact one of the best services in this category of restaurants. We were greeted by the hotel staff, and they explained us about the food tastes and served the food happily. The service was very fast and we did not have to wait for a long time to get our food on our plates.
FOOD : The menu consisted of a wide variety of item for us to select from ranging from Chinese and continental food to Authentic Indian and Arabian cuisine.
Roasted and Curled Papad for Starters(Complimentary)
Chicken Hakka Noodles
Garlic Naan and Roti
Chicken Hot and Sour Soup
Egg Tadka and Dhaniya chicken
We ordered Chicken Hot and Sour soup and Fish Kebab as starters. The soup was spicy and flavoured well with garlic and chicken. Fish Kebab was soft and was served with Pita bread, mayonnaise and Hummus which was a very different combination for the taste buds unlike the age old green chutney. For main course we ordered Chinese as well as Indian Foods and both varieties tasted awesome. I want to specially mention the Le Charcoal special Dhaniya chicken which brought in a completely different flavour.
The biryani served here is Kolkata style biryani which was very different from the spicy Hyderabadi biryani served in most parts of the city. It was less spicy with the other flavours intact.
MUST ORDER : Chicken Noodles , Fish Kebab , Dhaniya chicken
PRICING : The prices are very reasonable near about 600 for 2 people. It’s a must visit if you want good food at a reasonable rate.
Food Taste : 4/5
Pricing : 4/5
Ambience : 3.5/5
Service : 4.5/5

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Hello everyone! Heidi, here today and I have a card to share with you using paper from the Family Fun Set Paper Kit Meghan Kay Paper, tags from Dimestore Vogue Paper Sheets & Tags and some fun embellishments.
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Hello everyone! Heidi here today and I have a card to share with you using several of the products from Vintage Street Market.
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Hello! Heidi, here today and I have a fun Easter gift bag to share with you. Easter is only one week away and a lot of people give sweet treats during the holiday so I thought I would share a quick, easy and pretty gift bag that would be prefect for the occasion.
I started out with a pink gift bag and then I added the Hop on Over sticker to the front of the bag. The sticker is from the Happy Easter Quote Sticker Sheet. Then I added lavender double ruffle trim and white pom-pom trim along the top and bottom.
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Hello everyone! Heidi, here today and I have a sweet little treat to share with you.
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Hello, Heidi here today and I have a couple of Valentine cards to share with you using some of the wonderful VSM products.
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To finish off the card I added some cotton candy Stickles to the dress, hat and shoes on the lady die cut.
Valentine Bingo Card
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This is the second card that I designed and for this one I used a sweet vintage Valentine image from the The Graphics Fairy.
I used die templates from Spellbinders to create all of the die cuts and then I layered them using 3D foam squares in between the layers. For the background I used some of the red foil from the Party Games Paper Sheets & Tags collection. I love this red foil! It can be used for so many different occassions.
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With attention of citizen activists in Ohio focused this past fall on day-to-day battles against corporate harms or the World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting in Seattle, legislation to further reduce citizen authority over corporations was passed by state lawmakers with virtually no public
The Ohio General Assembly approved in October House Bill 78, titled Modernization of the Ohio General Corporation Law. The bill allows the
withholding of listing a corporations purpose and names of corporate directors at the time of incorporation, permits important corporate meetings to be held outside Ohio, and reduces the legal liability of corporate officials for corporate debts, obligations and liabilities.
This stealth legislation should be a wake up call to citizen groups in other states struggling to strengthen democratic values and processes. The price of liberty is eternal vigilance, to paraphrase one of our founding fathers.
Promoted by the Corporations Committee of the Ohio State Bar Association, composed of corporate attorneys from across the state, H.B. 78 is the first major revision of Ohio's corporate code since 1955. At the very least, such a bill should have been voted on only after significant public debate from
diverse groups and individuals across the state concerned about environmental, health, farm, labor, consumer, and citizen democracy issues. Better still would have been these same groups and individuals writing the bill in the first place.
Many of the H.B 78s provisions came from the State of Delaware. Like desperadoes of old who used to run south of the border to escape prosecution, Delaware has been for decades the safe refuge for corporations seeking the absolute lowest level of accountability to citizens and public officials.
For several generations leading up to the 1930s, US judges, laws and regulatory agencies had granted expansive rights and powers to corporations. But a big problem remained for corporate agents. Many state corporation laws, constitutional amendments and legal precedents which citizens over decades had used to define corporations were still on the books. State laws and state constitutions like those in Ohio still extended to citizens and their elected officials legal rights to set criteria for corporate existence, to grant and revoke charters, to hold managers, directors and stockholders liable and
accountable for their corporations abuses, to safeguard minority stockholders and to govern the internal structure of corporations.
Its a trend, says Richard Grossman of the Program on Corporations, Law and Democracy. The American Bar Associations corporate attorneys target state legislatures. They call it modernizing, but theyre writing significant changes in the law, and they keep doing this in state after state. It just happened to be Ohios turn.
By the time a few environmental, labor and consumer organizations around the state learned about this stealth legislation, it had passed the Ohio House of Representatives 94-1 and had three hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The bill was labeled by corporate attorneys and other promoters as simple housekeeping and updating antiquated laws. The bills chief proponent in the House called the legislation, a straightforward but dull piece of legislation... not likely to generate widespread interest in the corridors of the House and Senate but is offered for the benefit of Ohios strong corporate community.
Many legislators in the Ohio House and Senate admitted they didnt know the bills contents but voted for it anyway. So much for representative government.
When inquiring about testifying on the bill at the fourth and final public hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, I was asked if I was a corporate attorney. Greg Finnerty, legislative counsel for the Ohio State Bar Association said publicly, Its not the most interesting topic in the world...
Its only of interest to those engaging in corporate interests. I cant believe anyone cares. Apparently only corporate attorneys, not ordinary
people or citizen organizations, should be interested in whether corporations should be even granted greater powers to define themselves.
With one minor change, the Judiciary Committee voted the bill out of Committee unanimously. The following week, the bill passed the full State Senate 28-5.
The corporate media did not serve the public well on this issue -- or maybe it did its job all too well. No major newspaper or electronic media outlet in the state even bothered to report the bills basic contents. Alas, only a few community newspapers were interested.
The Ohio Committee on Corporations, Law and Democracy, an American Friends Service Committee-sponsored group of citizens statewide concerned about the illegitimate authority of corporations to govern, and the dangers this poses to democracy, mobilized against the bill at the last minute. The Ohio Sierra Club and the United Steelworkers of America in Ohio came out against the
bill. In addition, the Ohio AFL-CIO sent a letter to every State Senator
calling for further investigation into the bill before a vote.
At a time when seemingly everything is being privatized or corporatized in our society -- from health care, to prisons, education, social services, ideas, cultural values, agriculture, media, and elections -- giving up citizen authority over corporations deserves timely public information and debate. Unfortunately, neither our elected representatives nor the mainstream press felt that this bill was important enough to seriously examine and question. And unfortunately, a critical mass of Ohios people were not organized well enough to know this bill was in the pipeline, able to resist it once introduced, or force our elected representatives to amend it in ways that would have strengthened citizen authority over corporations.
HB 78 was a Wrong Turn in Ohio (WTO) for those striving to achieve democratic control over corporations. It represents a victory this year for the ABA corporate road show and for strengthening corporate power in the U.S.
While important follow-up work to the Seattle World Trade Organization meetings and actions must be done, the same goes for our own WTO. Ohioans and, in fact, citizens in every state face a daunting, yet exciting, challenge ahead to understand and reverse the constitutional doctrines and laws in our states and at the federal level passed or constructed to insulate corporations from meaningful democratic control.
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This is a very simple challenge. I was not able to find a lot of information about it, but it seems to be initiated by the Hoover Dam Visitor Center. The tour consists of three caches which are easy to find. At every stage, you have to fill out a little paper with an easy puzzle on it. The boxes with the puzzle papers are easy to find and are in plain sight.
You can claim your prize at the visitor center. Make sure you check the hours of operation of the visitor center.
Unfortunately, the prize is not even worth your time. You only get one of this cheap plastic hard hats you will also get if you take one of their tours. Basically, you can ignore the prize for this tour and just enjoy geocaching around in this area. The advantage for statistic fans: you will be caching in two different states. I recommend you to take one of the tours at least (which also gives you the hard hat ;-))
Check also my review of this small geocache challenge.

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In a statement, the bank said, 'The Bank of Russia from 28 July has stopped operations in the framework of replenishing international reserves
, which was connected with the rise in volatility on the domestic currency market.
This denotes comfortable international reserves
for Qatar, although these have "fallen slightly" in December compared to the previous month.
There was an increase in gross international reserves
and progress in some areas of structural reforms, including the privatization of state-owned assets, under the program.
Despite solid numbers, Latin American international reserves
fell to 6% from 10% of the world's total foreign reserves.
hit a record US$25 billion in mid-2005, which enabled the country to end longstanding arrears with the Paris Club of bilateral creditors and buy back US$31 billion at a 60 percent discount.
With the allocation, the Net International Reserves
(NIR) of the Bank of Jamaica have increased to over US$1.
This led to a depletion in international reserves
which declined to levels close to three-months of prospective import cover, generally considered the minimum safety level for fixed exchange rate regimes.
Kazakhstan's international reserves
exceed USD 100 billion, the gross international reserves
grew by 0,8% and made up $28 billion.
By Pratap John Chief Business Reporter Driven by high hydrocarbon prices, Qatar's international reserves
have edged higher, totalling $39.
Government's signing of a US$120 million bond with Scotiatrust and Merchant Bank Trinidad & Tobago Ltd will help to boost international reserves
and contribute to the financing of capital works, said Prime Minister David Thompson, reports BGIS (Aug.
As a result of these reforms and initiatives, El Salvador today enjoys fiscal stability, low inflation, strong international reserves
and a legal environment that supports private investment.
Strong macroeconomic tools and management systems have led to coordinated fiscal and monetary policies and a high level of international reserves

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Ernesto “Joey” Loyzaga, also known as “Baby Dynamite” during his heyday, is back in town to take part in the upcoming “PBA: Return of the Rivals” set for Feb. 17 at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum.
Joey, the son of Caloy “The Big Difference” Loyzaga, was part of the PBA legends that came to the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan Thursday night. According to him, the original plan was to have the games back in October before being moved to February. It turned out to be a blessing in disguise since he was really scheduled to arrive in Manila.
Set to play at the Araneta Coliseum on Feb. 17, Joey can’t help but reminisce of the good old days.
When asked on what he remembers the most, Loyzaga said that it was winning the All-Filipino title back in 1988. The Anejo Rum 65ers won that series 3-1 over the Alvin Patrimonio-led Purefoods Hotdogs.
“I think when we won the All Filipino over Captain Alvin, Purefoods-Ginebra. When we played against all those sophomore guys – Jojo Lastimosa, Patrimonio, Jerry Codinera, and Al Solis. We had Rudy Distrito, Leo Isaac, Dante Gonzalgo, Romy Mamaril and Chito. Those were the days. Seems like just yesterday and people still remember. Nakakataba ng puso yun,” he shared.
Loyzaga will be part of the Ginebra team that will be coached by Robert “Sonny” Jaworski. Other players on the roster include Bal David, Noli Locsin, Bennet Palad, Leo Isaac, JV Gayoso, Vince Hizon, Marlou Aquino, Benny Cheng, Rudy Distrito, Wilmer Ong, Romulo Mamaril, Pido Jarencio, Eric Menk, EJ Feihl and Bobby Jose. (Brian Yalung)


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Editor in Chief Dr KK Aggarwal, Padma Shri Awardee Dated: 28th July,2019
Guidelines for introducing solid foods to infants may lead to unhealthy weight
(NIH, July 26, 2019): Common recommendations from hospitals and infant formula manufacturers for introducing solid foods to infants could raise the risk of overfeeding or underfeeding, suggests a computer modeling study funded by the National Institutes of Health. The study, led by Bruce Y. Lee, M.D., executive director of the Global Obesity Prevention Center at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore is published in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine.
Parents often seek guidance from medical professionals on how and when to first give solid foods to their infant. Many national and international organizations recommend waiting until an infant is 6 months old before introducing solid foods. However, recommendations vary significantly for infants between 6 months and 1 year. Little research evidence is available on how much solid food is appropriate during this time and what types of solid food are best.
In the current study, researchers developed a computer model that captured feeding behaviors, physical activity levels, estimated metabolism and body size of infants from 6 months to 1 year in response to guidance from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and baby formula manufacturers Enfamil and Similac. All of the simulated tests resulted in either overweight or underweight simulated infants by 9 months. The researchers recommend that medical and professional organizations, government agencies and industry consider developing consistentguidelines on how best to introduce infants to solid food, including appropriate portion sizes and food types based on whether the primary feeding type is breastmilk or formula.
To minimize the risk of foodborne infection, children should not be fed
● Raw (unpasteurized) milk or juice
● Raw or partially cooked eggs or foods containing raw eggs
● Raw or undercooked meat, poultry, fish, or shellfish
● Raw sprouts
On this World Hepatitis Day, let’s join hands to eliminate hepatitis from the country
Viral hepatitis is emerging as an important global public health challenge. Infectious diseases such as HIV and TB have been the hot topics for discussion, but, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), viral hepatitis is the 2nd major killer infectious disease after tuberculosis (TB), and 9 times more people are infected with hepatitis than HIV. Viral hepatitis is now the 7th most important cause of death worldwide, as per the World Hepatitis Alliance, moving up three ranks from the 10th position in 1990.
Hepatitis is preventable, treatable and in the case of hepatitis C, curable. Yet its prevalence is rising. This is because in its early stages, viral hepatitis is mostly asymptomatic. Many people are unaware that they are infected because jaundice appears only in the later stages. But asymptomatic patients are as infectious as those who have symptoms. This scenario highlights the role of “silent transmission” in spread of the disease.....read more
The very purpose of life is to face sufferings
According to Hinduism, the very fact we are born means that in our last life, we did not get liberation or Moksha. It also means that some sufferings in our last birth still remained. Therefore, the purpose of this birth is to face those sufferings.
When the purpose of our life is to face sufferings, then why suffer from them?
This should be considered as ‘sukh’ and not ‘dukh’. As per Vedic literature, every adversity is an opportunity to learn or to do something different.....read more
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New Delhi: In a unique initiative, the central government has decided to keep Safdarjung Hospital open on Sundays for elderly people. They can seek consultation from 9.30am to 12.30pm, officials said. Laboratory and diagnostic facilities will be available at the emergency block. Dr Sunil Gupta, medical superintendent of Safdarjung Hospital, said Union health minister Harsh Vardhan will inaugurate the first Sunday OPD for the elderly on July 28. Health ministry officials said OPD services had been extended to Sundays for the elderly because they faced various difficulties during the weekday rush at the hospitals. “Nearly 8,000 patients, many of the senior citizens, visit Safdarjung daily. So they have to stand in queue for hours to see the doctor or get medicines. The new initiative is aimed at offering some comfort to elderly patients,” explained a doctor. He added that working family members would also find it more convenient to bring the elders to hospital on Sundays.
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NEW DELHI: As many as 10.74 crore poor families in the country have been benefited from the Ayushman Bharat under which free treatment up to Rs five lakh can be availed, health minister Harsh Vardhan said in Lok Sabha on Friday. He said during the Question Hour that as on July 23, a total of 16,039 hospitals (8,059 private hospitals and 7,980 public hospitals) have been empanelled under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY). "The total number of beneficiary families under AB-PMJAY are around 10.74 crore. Under AB- PMJAY, states are free to add additional families at their own cost," he said. Vardhan said under the scheme, states have the flexibility to choose the mode of implementation. They can either implement it in insurance mode, or through a trust or in a mixed mode i.e. both the insurance and trust mode, he said.
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Patients suffering from adverse effects of a faulty medical device will soon be entitled to compensation from the manufacturers and importers of such devices. A nine-member medical devices sub-committee headed by former director general of health services (DGHS), Dr B.D. Athani, is in the final stages of coming up with a legally binding compensation formula, two people aware of the matter said, requesting anonymity. New provisions will be added to the Drugs and Cosmetics Act to introduce a compensation plan for faulty medical devices having adverse impacts on patients, they said. India does not have any legal provisions to compensate patients facing health problems due to implants or use of faulty medical devices. Under the law, companies are liable to pay compensation only when something goes wrong during a clinical trial. The medical devices sub committee, which was set up in December 2018, has already examined relevant provisions in legislation, such as the motor vehicles Act, the formula prescribed in the Johnson and Johnson (J&J) hip implant case and the rules for injuries or deaths from clinical trials. Compensation has been determined on the basis of parameters such as the base amount, loss of wages, and the degree of disability, said the first person mentioned above.
National Medical Commission Bill 2019 may create 3.5 lakh registered, legal quacks in India, say doctors
India Today- Milan Sharma
The government may be on track to bring in the new National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill, 2019, in Parliament. However, there is another predicament that could lead to stormy discussions and protest from the doctor fraternity. India Today has learnt that the contentious bridge course, that was met by wide spread protests from the doctor community in the country has been quietly replaced by the "limited license to practice modern medicine" clause. Under section 32 of the NMC Act 2019, which talks about the role of the community health provider, it states , "The commission may grant limited license to practice medicine at mid-level as a community health provider to such person connected with modern scientific medical profession who qualify such criteria as specified by the regulations: provided that the limited license to be granted under this sub-section shall not exceed more than one-third of the total number of licensed medical practitioners registered under sub-section (1) of section 31." Section 31 of the Act pertains to maintaining a national register of all the recognised medical practitioners to be maintained by the Ethics and Medical Registration Board. In the earlier version of the NMC Bill 2018, doctors and health practitioners opposed the proposed bridge course which allowed practitioners of alternative medicines such as homoeopathy and ayurveda to practice allopathy.
Health ministry constitutes MDTAG to advise CDSCO on matters related to regulation of medical devices
Pharmabiz India- Shardul Nautiyal
In order to advise Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) on matters related to regulation of medical devices, the Union health ministry has constituted a Medical Devices Technical Advisory Group (MDTAG) with Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) as the Chairperson and Deputy Drugs Controller of India, Medical Devices Division, CDSCO as the Member Secretary. MDTAG has been envisaged to examine the issues relating to implementation of medical devices regulations, suggest CDSCO regarding strengthening of medical devices regulations in the country including Make in India, ease of doing business etc. and taking up matters with Drug Consultative Committee (DCC), Drug Technical Advisory Board (DTAB) and the Union health ministry as per requirement. The meeting will be called by DCGI at least once in four months at CDSCO, headquarters, New Delhi. The group may co-opt other experts from relevant field as deemed necessary. MDTAG will have representatives from Department of Science and Technology(DST), National Institute of Biologicals (NIB), Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB), Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), IIT, New Delhi, Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DEITY), Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), National Health Systems Resource Centre (NHSRC), state drugs controller (Haryana state), Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Medical Technology Association of India (MTAI), Association of Diagnostics Manufacturers of India (ADMI), Association of Indian Medical Device Industry (AIMED), Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and American Chamber of Commerce in India (AMCHAM India) as its members.


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Manhattan Concert Productions presents the National Children’s Festival Chorus and the National Festival Chorus this summer at the renowned Orchestra Hall, Chicago.
Join Guest Conductor Henry Leck at the helm of the National Children’s Festival Chorus performing Mozart’s Alleluia, Bach’s Der Herr Segne Euch and many more select treats in this wonderful program.
One of the most active choral conductors and composers on the international circuit today, Z. Randall Stroope will present the National Festival Choruses invigorating, multi-lingual program. Works include Rachmaninoff’s Come Let Us Worship, Telemann’s Laudate Jehovam Omnes Gentes and Stroope’s very own Amor de mi alma which will be sung in Spanish.
Yorkville High School Wind Ensemble will make their debut performance at Orchestra Hall as part of this concert. Their program includes classic favorites including Gustav Holst’s Jupiter, Steven Bryant’s Dusk, and Charles Rochester Young’s Tempered Steel.
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Washington, DC – Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence John D. Rockefeller and Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee Patrick Leahy wrote to President Bush today to call on him to provide Congress with additional information on his highly-classified electronic surveillance of U.S. citizens. They called on the president to provide further information on his legal justifications for the program and his efforts to inform Congress about the program.
The full text of the letter follows below:
December 20, 2005
The White House
Dear Mr. President:
Your recent acknowledgement of the existence of a highly-classified program to conduct electronic surveillance on U.S. citizens and permanent residents without obtaining a court order as required by law has raised a number of troubling issues in the minds of the American people. That is why Democrats and Republicans have called for prompt and thorough congressional investigation of this program. We write to ask that you immediately provide Congress with additional details on the extent and scope of this program, your legal justification for your actions, and your efforts to inform Congress about this program.
The relevant law governing surveillances, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (“FISA”), could not be clearer on the need to obtain a court order for such surveillance. It also provides for emergency procedures and for authorization of electronic surveillance during a time of war, with reasonable time limits beyond which a court order must be obtained. We are deeply troubled by your assertions that the Constitution and the Authorization for Use of Military Force passed by Congress following the 9/11 attacks provide you justification for contravening a statute’s clear language. In your public statements to date, you have not made a convincing legal argument for the authority to do so.
In addition, public statements by several of the handful of Members of Congress who were provided a briefing on this program indicate that insufficient information was provided to them under ground rules that did not enable Congress to conduct satisfactory oversight. There are questions whether your Administration has properly complied with the National Security Act of 1947 requirement to keep the appropriate committees of jurisdiction “fully and currently informed of the intelligence activities of the United States.”
It is important for Congress to review these matters. We respectfully ask that you cooperate fully to provide all necessary information on all relevant aspects of this program, including presidential orders, supporting legal opinions, complete descriptions of actions taken under the program, and other information, to the appropriate oversight committees.
As Congress begins to examine this program in greater detail, it is clear Congress and the American people need immediately to understand at least four issues:
- Under what specific legal authorities did you authorize warrantless electronic surveillance of American citizens and permanent residents inside the United States?
- Given your assertion that the FISA is insufficient in providing appropriate authority and procedures to protect Americans from terrorism, what specific powers or authorities are insufficient and why, in the four years since the 9/11 attacks, has your Administration not proposed correcting modifications?
- You have stated that you authorized the NSA to intercept the international communications of people with known links to al Qaeda and related terrorist organizations. Have you ever authorized the interception, without a warrant, of purely domestic communications, or communications of people without known links to al Qaeda and related terrorist organizations?
- Could you please provide additional information on the legal and other justifications for limiting briefings on these matters to a handful of Members of Congress, as well as information on the dates, attendance, and issues discussed at these briefings, so it can be determined whether you complied with the letter and spirit of the National Security Act of 1947?
John D. Rockefeller IV
Select Committee on Intelligence
Committee on the Judiciary

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Frequently Asked Questions
On Wednesday, Council adopted a bylaw, called the City Amenity Bylaw, which aims to help manage the safety and amenity of our central city and suburban shopping areas.
The people of Nelson were asked to make submissions on a draft bylaw and Council received over 319 submissions. Those submissions have helped shape the content of the final Bylaw.
Nelsonians value their freedom to use public places as they wish, including the right to protest. However they also recognise that a degree of balance is required, and some private uses of public spaces are not appropriate as they undermine general public enjoyment of an area.
The process to develop a bylaw is a complex process, and hopefully the following Q&A sheds a little light on this.
What is a bylaw?
A bylaw is a rule or regulation that can be put in place by a local authority.
This particular bylaw addresses the safety and amenity of our central city – in other words, how does our city look and feel for residents and visitors when they come into our central city. We want people to feel welcomed, comfortable and safe. Businesses need to be able to trade and public areas should be able to be enjoyed by all.
What areas does this Bylaw address?
This bylaw relates to city amenity, (use of spaces, addressing lighting, and the blocking of retail windows), and to safety (no sleeping overnight without permission, notifying Council of organised events that could impact road users or general public).
Why has this taken so long?
Many people have asked why this process has taken so long. Bylaws can only be adopted after they have followed a process set out in legislation - the Local Government Act 2002. The process has several steps and includes developing a Draft Bylaw, advertising the Draft Bylaw, calling for public submissions, holding a hearing so people can speak to the Mayor and Councillors about their submissions, and then considering those submissions and making a final decision on the content of the Bylaw.
How does this impact the people currently sleeping without shelter in City Centres?
Homelessness in any form or for any reason is not the best outcome for any Nelson citizen's health, safety or wider wellbeing. A multi-agency approach is needed, and Council has a role as a facilitator.
By working with agencies such as the Ministry of Social Development, Police, Salvation Army, and the District Health Board, we can help people find safer and healthier options for accommodation.
This bylaw will mean people sleeping on our central city footpaths (or park benches) during night time hours cannot do so unless permission is given. The bylaw also means things cannot block the windows of retailers/stores in the Central City.
How and when will this be enforced?
The bylaw will commence on 11 September 2017.
With existing bylaws a variety of enforcement methods are used, which commence with conversations with those in breach, to legal action for more serious cases. The enforcement process for this bylaw will be the same.


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No grace period in cycling safety rule
MOTORISTS won’t be given a free pass on new laws protecting cyclists just because they are new, Tasmania Police have warned.
And police said they would be enforcing the minimum distance passing laws just like any other road safety measure.
The new laws require motorists to pass at least 1m from a cyclist on roads with a speed limit of 60km/h or less, and 1.5m on roads over 60km/h.
Drivers who break the law face fines of up to $159.
The RACT gave its “inprinciple” support to the laws, as it would to any measure that “delivers a road safety benefit”.
“But we’ll be keeping a watching brief on how the laws will be enforced,” an RACT spokesman said.
The laws took effect on Wednesday but don’t expect police to accept this as an any sort of excuse for breaking them.
“There will be no educational grace period as there has been significant promotion of these passing distances for some time, including advertising road signage,” Assistant Commissioner Richard Cowling warned.
“In enforcing these rules, Tasmanian Police will exercise discretion that is appropriate to each individual case.”
He encouraged all drivers and cyclists “to show respect to one another and exercise patience to ensure we all get to our destination safely.”
“The new rules, incorporated into the official Road Rules, provide a safer environment for some of our most vulnerable road users,” he said.
“As highlighted by the Road Safety Advisory Council, a bicycle is harder to see than a vehicle and has far less protection; that’s why distance makes the difference.”
Assistant Commissioner Cowling said the laws, which already exist in NSW, Queensland, South Australia and the ACT, enhanced safety there.
“Where this legislation has been introduced in other jurisdictions, it has been realised that motorists give more room to cyclists when overtaking than they used to,” he said.
A 2016 evaluation trial in Queensland saw police officers note there was limited enforcement of the passing rule because of difficulties in collecting enough evidence.
However, overall most officers believed that drivers were giving riders more space as a result of the laws.

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A narrow, 70-mile long peninsula runs along the east coast of Virginia. Called the Eastern Shore, this farming community is where I grew up, where my parents still make their home, where my grandparents and great-grandparents on both sides of the family lived out their lives. It is home.
It is a place of quiet beauty, isolated by water – the Atlantic Ocean on one side and the Chesapeake Bay on the other. I was the kid who listened to the older folks talk. That’s basically what I still like to do. One difference is that now, with their permission, I record the stories as I listen.
When I started recording these stories eight summers ago, I thought it would be simple. I did not expect to feel so deeply connected to the stories, to feel so connected to my ancestors and to this place. Nor did I expect the interviews to propel me to ask questions about American attitudes toward progress.
Through the collection of oral histories and photographs, I have learned about the production and preparation of locally grown food and the farm-based culture that surrounded this life. Between May 2009 and August 2010 – the first phase of the project – I collected interviews with 32 men and women who have lived or worked on farms in Accomack and Northampton Counties, particularly before 1960. I worked through the Eastern Shore of Virginia Historical Society, with a generous grant from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and the PNC Foundation.
For the past year, again through the Eastern Shore of Virginia Historical Society, and with a generous grant from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, I am collecting additional interviews to complete this project.
The entries in this blog are excerpts from interviews. The photographs are family photographs shared with the project. All rights to this material are reserved in anticipation of a gallery exhibition and publication. A digital database will eventually be available through the Eastern Shore of Virginia Historical Society and the Eastern Shore Public Library.
I am deeply appreciative for the support and encouragement of these organizations and for the people of the Eastern Shore who freely share their stories and intimate knowledge of this coastal landscape.
I welcome your comments and I hope you enjoy these excerpts as much as I enjoy recording them.

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