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Gov. Dannel P. Malloy jumped into a roiling national debate over gun control, civil liberties and terrorism Thursday by revealing he has asked the White House for access to the U.S. government's "no-fly" list and other terrorism watch lists to screen firearms purchases in Connecticut.
"I intend to a sign a first-in-the-nation executive order, one that will result in banning the sale of guns to those on government watch lists," Malloy said in an early afternoon press conference.
Malloy, a second-term Democratic governor who has been closely allied with President Obama on immigration, gun control and other issues, took the action four days after the president urged Congress to pass a law barring gun sales to anyone on the "no fly" list.
"Congress should act to make sure no one on a no-fly list is able to buy a gun. What could possibly be the argument for allowing a terrorist suspect to buy a semi-automatic weapon? This is a matter of national security," Obama said Sunday in an Oval Office speech.
Malloy said Thursday he was willing to do what Congress refuses.
"We will take action. Like all Americans, I've been horrified by the recent terrorist attacks in California and Paris," Malloy said. "This should be a wakeup call for all of us. This is a moment to seize here in America. And today I'm here to say that 'Connecticut, we are seizing this moment.' "
The governor asserted he has the executive authority to add the watch lists to the criteria for denying gun permits, saying a governor has relatively broad powers over permits, so long as those denied have a right to administrative appeals.
"We believe we have the power under executive order, because what we are denying is a permit, and there is a permit process, and there is an appeal in the permit process if you are denied," Malloy said in response to questions.
Connecticut already has some of the nation's strictest gun laws, including a system of background checks that was broadened after the gun deaths of 26 children and staff at Sandy Hook Elementary School three years ago.
Under current rules, Connecticut police can deny a permit necessary to purchase a firearm to those with a criminal record or a history of mental illness. Gun owners have long complained that police also deny applications over broader questions of "suitability," standard.
Residents have the right to appeal denials to the state Board of Firearms Permit Examiners. The board's decisions can be appealed in Superior Court.
Scott Wilson, president of the Connecticut Citizens Defense League, one of the state's largest gun owners's groups, said he was alarmed that Malloy's intended use of the lists to deny purchases and possibly seize guns.
"Gov. Malloy is planning to take what is in our view unconstitutional executive action that would prohibit firearms purchases and seize firearms of individuals who have not been indicted or convicted for any crime," Wilson said. "While we are all concerned about terrorism, this approach is very un-American and shameful."
In cases where holders of firearms permits were found to be on a watch list, Malloy said he would favor the revocation of the permit, which could force affected gun owners to sell or surrender their firearms.
Connecticut's two Democratic members of the U.S. Senate, Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, who each gave speeches in favor of gun control Thursday to mark the upcoming third anniversary of the Sandy Hook massacre, offered measured support to the governor.
Blumenthal said Malloy's effort was "as much symbolic" as a anything else, saying "there are practical difficulties in implementing it." But he added it was "very important to show a state is willing to do what Congress won't."
Murphy said the governor's plan "may be a hard lift," but he also said, "I'm proud that the governor took the step."
Malloy, who welcomed a family of Syrian refugees to New Haven after an Indiana resettlement agency was told they were unwelcome, said Congress is more concerned with tightly screened refugees than the prospect of suspected terrorists or sympathizers freely buying firearms.
"Let me say this: The danger of having people on watch lists buying guns in our country is far greater than any of the risks they are talking about," Malloy said.
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida was among the Republican presidential candidates to immediately push back at Obama, calling the list an imperfect tool whose targets have no due-process rights. The government has been vague about what lands someone on the list and equally vague about how one can get off the list.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who frequently campaigned against Malloy's re-election in 2014 while chairman of the Republican Governors Association, said last week he did "not have a huge problem" with banning gun sales to those on the list.
The White House had no immediate comment. Malloy said his request for access to the federal data was well-received, but is "going through channels."
—Ana Radelat contributed to this report from Washington.


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Arni Haraldsson: The Goldfinger Project
Shary Boyle: The Clearances
01 September – 30 September 2007
Opening: Friday 31 August 2007, 6-8.30pm
Two solo exhibitions by artists Arni Haraldsson and Shary Boyle.
Exhibition Opening Hours: Mon-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat 12-4pm
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Arni Haraldsson: The Goldfinger Project
The Goldfinger Project explores the social utopian ideology and reality of the Brutalist architectural aesthetic, documenting both fictional and factual narratives from one of Brutalism's key exponents and a leading figure of the Modern movement – Erno Goldfinger.
Goldfinger's architectural legacies, key moments from his life and the architectural world are presented by Arni Haraldsson in the form of photography, film footage, historical documentation, popular cultural memorabilia, sound and resourced information. Featuring material from such diverse sources as BBC news reels of the Ronan Point tower collapse, the Barbican, Trellick Tower, t-shirts, popular music songs, advertising campaigns, interviews with residents and James Bond movies.
The Goldfinger Project is Arni Haraldsson's latest work in his investigation into the architectural language of the High Modernist era. This ongoing project of photographing and collecting material as a means to explore architecture and its cultural legacy has taken him around the globe from Rix Reinecke's landmark Ocean Towers in Vancouver, Libera's isolated Villa Malaparte on Capri to Le Corbusier's Modernist city vision of Chandigarh in India.
Arni Haraldsson is a Vancouver-based artist and an Associate Professor of Photography at Emily Carr Institute in Vancouver. His practice documents the fading relics of High Modernist architecture as a means of reading recent historical change and exploring their symbolic complexity and status as monuments and utopian models.
Shary Boyle: The Clearances
Borrowing the title from a bitter period of 19th century Scottish resettlement the exhibition The Clearances is a construction of visual mythology based upon historical collisions of power and culture. Combining visions of the past with fresh experience from her time in London, Shary Boyle animates an exchange of fictitious and factual narratives in history, incorporating them into a mural, painted and cut-out figures and superimposed projections of light.
The Clearances depicts folklore characters, colonised peoples and brute forces of power engaged in an infinite march of erasure. Boyle's invented historical overview illustrates the slippage that occurs when worlds, realities and imaginations collide. Working on multiple layers, the dramatically lit installation stages a theatrical display referencing educational dioramas and childrens imagery. The Clearances is a result of three sources of inspiration for Boyle: The Four Kings show at the National Portrait Gallery, the New Worlds show at the British Museum and the Marks and Spencer's advert of Myleene Klass emerging from the sea, clad in a white bikini.
Shary Boyle is a Toronto-based artist whose work addresses the historicity of perception through various media including drawing, painting, sculpture and performance. Often working with an international base of musicians such as Peaches (Berlin), Feist (Paris), Es (Finland) and Christine Fellows (Canada), Boyle creates 'live' drawings–handanimated screen projections displayed during unique audio-visual performances to diverse audiences around the world. Her feminist sculptural series of porcelain figurines, created for a 2006 solo exhibition, has been acquired for permanent collection by National Gallery of Canada, the Musee des Beaux Arts in Montreal, the Paisley Museum of Art in Scotland and the Art Gallery of Ontario.
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- Nigerian Firm Wins Mining Competition in S'Africa
A Nigerian firm, Thor Exploration Limited (also known as Segilola), a gold mining company operating in Osun State, has emerged winner of the 2018 Investment Battlefield in South Africa.
A statement issued by the Special Assistant on Media to the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Mr. Olayinka Oyebode, on Thursday, said the company was selected as the most promising of the 22 junior mining firms that participated in the battlefield competition.
According to the Oyebode, Thor Exploration beat Algold Resources, a Mauritanian gold explorer and developing company, to the second place.
The company's CEO, Segun Lawson, accepted the award after pitching the project to a panel of judges made up of leading analysts and investors on Wednesday night in Cape Town, South Africa.
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CHICAGO (CBS) — Assetou has never talked about her abortions before. That changed when she learned the man who performed her abortions, Dr. Ulrich Klopfer, died and more than 2,200 fetal remains were found in his garage in Will County last week.
"I thought to myself, 'Oh my God, I did this awful thing and my children are possibly held in a box somewhere in a house,'" Assetou said. "I cried."
CBS 2 is not using Assetou's last name due to the sensitivity of the subject.
The 32-year-old said the discovery has brought back a flood of emotions about the first time she went to see Klopfer at his now-closed Gary, Indiana clinic, when she was 18. She was carrying twins and still has the ultrasound pictures. Klopfer's name is imprinted on them.
"I just said to myself, 'I can't bring my kids into this situation. I can't bring my kids into poverty. I can't bring my kids to a father who won't love them or want them,'" Assetou said.
Assetou remembers sitting in a room with other women. She remembers Klopfer talking to them before the procedure.
"He said, 'If you don't do this, it will cost you … Yearly $240,000 to take care of a kid. So would you rather deal with that or would you rather go home and just go back to your regular life?'" Assetou said. "There was no emotion. There was no empathy."
She said when she went back for her second abortion eight years later, not much had changed — except this procedure left her bleeding and scarred.
"The one thing I can remember was he was extremely rough," Assetou said. "His tone of voice, how direct, callous it was. Even the procedure … It was rough."
Klopfer lost his license a few years later. His three Indiana clinics are now closed. Authorities have said the medically preserved remains in his garage are almost 20 years old, so none of the remains are likely Assetou's babies. This gives her little comfort. She still believes in the right to choose, but hopes talking about her experiences and her decisions may be of help to someone else.
"Every circumstance is different," Assetou said. "I don't know what brought them to that level but what I will say is if you choose to do that just know it will live with you forever."
The Indiana Attorney General's Office will be handling the case of the fetal remains going forward.


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JPIC Report on World Water Day
The United Nations has designated 22 March as World Water Day to be observed worldwide. On the 2006 World Water Day, the World Water Forum, held in Mexico City, came to an end. The Forum brings together major international financial institutions, a number of multinational corporations and different governments. It receives funding from the Canadian government. Forum sponsors believe that privatizing water systems is still the best solution to the world's water dilemma.
At the same time in Mexico City, the International Forum for the Defence of Water was held. This Forum speaks out against the privatization of water in favour of community control of water services. Members from Development and Peace and KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives (both of these groups are supported by CSJ Toronto) attended the latter forum.
In Toronto, Development and Peace and KAIROS and other groups sponsored Toronto's participation in World Water Day. People gathered to join with people of faith and conviction across Canada and around the world to call for the protection of water as a sacred gift in light of the water crisis facing our world today, and to ensure that all people have access to water.
In Nathan Phillips Square, a Water Ritual was held, impassioned speeches were given on the necessity of protecting water and a proclamation from Mayer David Miller was read. This proclamation affirmed the right of all persons to access clean drinking water and asks that the federal government recognize water as a basic human right; it encourages the role of the public sector in settling water policies and delivering and regulating water services.
Let us continue to support the efforts of Development and Peace, KAIROS, and other organizations in the defense of water for all.
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Non-Profit Executive Transitions
Nothing is more critical in the life of a non-profit than a transition of leadership. Whether the transition is well anticipated, or brought about by unexpected circumstances, there is both great risk and great opportunity. To maximize the chances of a successful transition, organizations should consider the following:
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Open June 16, 2015 through May 3, 2016
This exhibition invites you to step behind the scenes with Brown's researchers in Egyptology, archaeology, medicine, and materials science. Together they have used modern technologies to discover how the objects in Brown's ancient Egyptian collections were made and used thousands of years ago. Although many of the objects presented here are broken and do not have a definite date or place of origin, by looking inside the objects themselves, we can learn a great deal about their histories.
This research is an interdisciplinary effort with objects from three different collections: the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, the Department of Egyptology and Assyriology, and the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World. All of these are research collections, which means that they are under constant study by members of the Brown community.
As you walk through this exhibit, you will see ancient and modern worlds collide. Familiar technologies such as X-rays, CT scans, and photography--and some less familiar ones--can show us what ancient Egyptian objects were made from, how they were constructed, and what roles they played in daily life.
We invite you to step inside the lab with us…
This exhibit was curated by Jen Thum, Ph.D. candidate in the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World and Julia Troche, Ph.D. Brown University Department of Egyptology and Assyriology
Click on the related link below to view an interactive PDF about the objects and technologies exhibited for Uncovering Ancient Egypt. Please be sure to save the PDF to your computer and open it in Adobe Reader in order to play the embedded sound and video.


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The fields for both the Kentucky Derby and the Kentucky Derby Betting Championship are falling into place, and TwinSpires.com is offering players two more opportunities to attend the Greatest Two Minutes in Sports on May 7 at Churchill Downs(Louisville, Kentucky).
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This Kathleen, GA, deck was a redecking project. Archadeck of Central GA replaced the existing wooden decking boards with TimberTech Legacy decking in Pecan. Choosing a low-maintenance decking board, such as TimberTech, means the deck will never need to be painted, stained, scraped or power-washed. Nor will it warp, cup, split or rot — leaving more time for enjoyment and less time worrying about maintenance!
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Source: Brian Resnick, "The Myth of Self-Control," Vox, 24 November 2016. Source: W. Hofmann, "Everyday temptations: an experience sampling study of desire, conflict, and self-control," Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, June 2012, 102(6):1318-35. The author doesn't believe self-control exists, yet oddly, he only proves that his definition of self-control is inaccurate. There is a strong…Read More
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Question: Hi My fiancee told me that she'd sent a question to you about me, and showed me your response today. Her email wasn't exactly truthful, so I decided to email you myself and hope for advice about my situation. Sex was never a problem for me; I was in my early twenties when I did it,…Read More
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How can I help my boyfriend with his sexual desires?
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Question: This morning, I found that I still have problems with anger management. I had to go to a doctor's appointment again, and when I went to the front desk, the secretary mentioned my bill. I have been unable to pay, due to no work, and many health problems which prevent me from working. Sad…Read More
How can a young man stay focused?
Question: I am interested in getting your thoughts on being focused on the goal. It is hard when you see so much of the things you want in life, that at times you feel as though that it is not meant for you. My situation appears to be going nowhere. I feel that the more…Read More
by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: Acts 20:18-38 I. When we look at the various denominations around us, it is hard to miss their enthusiasm and the emotional quality to the things that they do. A. They really get involved in their worship. B. The bigger churches services are large productions. C. A friend once told me about a revival…Read More


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Hello, when trying to generate a 3D PDF of a bridge beam I get the error shown in the subject line and the PDF file is blank. Is there a limit on how many elements that can be included in a 3D PDF? Here is an image of what I'm trying to produce....
Win 7
You can upload the file here by selecting ' Reply ' and then select the 'Advanced Reply Editor '
Select the tool shown above, and upload the file from your computer
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Carl, here is the CAD file with the geometry.
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pdf.pltcfgLike Jan, I too was unable to reproduce using both MicroStation 08.11.09.357 and 08.11.09.459
I attach the pdfplt.cfg file delivered with my *.357 build which I had running on win 7 PLATFORM for you to test / compare against.
Hi Kevin,
KKnepper said:but Microstation still crashed each time while generating the plot.
It's weird. I am surprised because of the error message you mentioned (Engineering contents of active model could not be loaded.), there are only normal graphic elements in the design file, so I am not sure where the message comes from. I think the reasons can be:
KKnepper said:My computer only has 4GB of ram, could that be an issue?
In my opinion not. Mine has 6 GB and it's not so big difference. Moreover MicroStation is 32bit application, so it doesn't utilize all memory anyway.
With regards,


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If you're one of those people that loves to detail their car, you're not alone! In fact, when it comes to taking care of your car, detailing it is actually really important. So many people tend to overlook this factor, but did you know that many automotive specialists offer this as a service as well?
Mother Nature can wreak havoc on vehicles. From rain, snow, sleet, hail and just the general wear and tear of the sun, it's no wonder that the exterior of your vehicle needs a little facelift here and there. And, while you might be tempted to detail your car at home, why not leave it to the car specialists instead? They've got the equipment and know-how to do the job right!
The debate is on about how often a car should be detailed. Depending on who you ask, you're going to get different answers. If you want the thoughts and opinion of automotive specialists, these factors should be taken into consideration when deciding how often to detail your car.
• Climate
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The longer you leave that stuff on the exterior of your car, the more damage that you're letting happen. If you have something foreign on the outside of your car, it's always smart to take the car to an auto specialist and have it detailed.
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text: Still going after all these years Written by: Geraldine Faulkner | Published: 15 November 2016 Comment on this article Cardiff Council's Lamby Way Depot is a poster boy for ultra-efficient MRFs and co-mingled waste collection. Geraldine Faulkner visits the site, which is supplied by machinery giant Bollegraaf Recycling Solutions Figures published last month revealed Wales is recycling double the amount of waste it did a decade ago and is exceeding the current statutory recycling target of 58%. This success can be attributed to many factors; the Welsh government's energetic leadership, the 22 Welsh local authorities signing up to the recycling ethos and, of course, householders in Wales engaging enthusiastically with the clean environment agenda.It was also 10 years ago that Cardiff Council significantly extended its materials recycling facility at its Lamby Way Depot on the outskirts of the Welsh capital."When the redeveloped MRF came on line, it may have been one of the biggest and most forward-thinking facilities at the time," recalls Ben Maizey, contracts manager – recycling with Cardiff Council, one of the few authorities that manages its waste and recycling in-house. "It was an example of how bigger MRFs were being built and offered key learning points. With the push to achieve recycling targets, everyone in Wales looked to us to see how it would go."Despite doubts being expressed by the Welsh government over the years about the efficiency of MRFs – the government made it clear that it prefers kerbside sorting to co-mingled waste collection – some councils and private sector companies disagree, arguing that modern machinery can sort the waste out faster and effectively to reach end markets.Cardiff Council believes each authority has to seek out its own best solution for recycling collections, but the right infrastructure is critical to any business case. "MRFs allow residents to place all their recyclates in one receptacle; our trucks pass quickly through the streets collecting, so reducing traffic congestion which is always a problem in cities," argues Maizey. "We continue to work towards our recycling targets as planned and now we're up to 58% in 2015/16. It shows that Cardiff and Wales are moving in the right direction and the MRF technologies are helping us achieve our targets." Bollegraaf Recycling Solutions installed the original processing system in Cardiff's MRF in 2000, along with the extension in 2006. Ten years down the line it is still working 16 hours per day. According to Trevor Smart, country manager UK & Ireland for Bollegraaf Recycling Solutions, the system continues to deliver for the client. Smart points to one trend that has taken place over the past decade: "Originally the technology focused mainly on paper processing while bottles were not a fixture, but now the emphasis is on more cost-effective plastics recovery." Operating up to three shifts – 6am to 2pm, 2pm to 10pm, and 10pm to 6am – the Cardiff MRF deals with two different waste streams: the bagged co-mingled recycling from the capital (35,000 tonnes p.a.), and materials collected in wheelie bins from a nearby neighbouring authority (18,000 tonnes p.a.) which doesn't have a MRF. "It is good to support other authorities and maximise recycling coming out of households," comments Cardiff Council's contracts manager. "We realise there's still some recyclates being lost into the general waste stream and we are working hard to educate residents on recycling more. This means we're prepared to accept the increased tonnage and maximise the value of the materials."Maizey explains how he has seen his job change over the years."I have been with Cardiff Council for eight years," he explains. "I started on a graduate scheme and worked on projects for the council for two years, which included setting up materials contracts for the MRF, then I left and did some project work before coming back to the waste team. I was fortunate that I was recruited to the contracts manager position. Originally, it involved just selling materials generated by the MRF; now I look after the operation of the waste management depot too," adds Maizey.Looking after the operations means getting involved with the maintenance, and this has led to a close co-operation between the MRF and Bollegraaf."The balers, conveyors and screens, including two HBC 60 (for aluminium cans) and two HBC 80 balers (for PET bottles), have been supplied by Bollegraaf," says Smart. "Over the years, there have been various upgrades on items such as shafts, but the prime junctions are still the original bits of kit."The MRF team manages the day-to-day wear and tear of the machinery."If it was a privately run MRF, the plant could be run until it breaks down and then repaired," observes Maizey. "But I have to maintain the machinery here, otherwise it runs the risk of being closed for more than a day. Preventative maintenance is important in that not only does it prevent downtime, it enables the team to see what needs to be worked on."Smart supports this view."Maintenance is the most important element after a MRF has been built," states Bollegraaf's UK and Ireland manager. "There is always something to be tweaked. Can we do something differently? Personally, I love the problem-solving aspect of the job and it is what makes me get up in the morning."The relationship between Cardiff Council's team at the MRF and Bollegraaf is so well established, the machinery giant has used a photo of the Wales-based MRF as its showcase."The Cardiff MRF is on the front of our corporate brochure," says Smart with a smile. "That shows the kind of relationship we have; especially when you think of all the massive MRFs that Bollegraaf has built in the US."As for the success of the system's durability, the UK and Ireland manager comments: "It's not about reinventing the wheel, it's a case of using the right one." Fact file: Bollegraaf HBC baler series Sorted and baled recyclables handled by HBC baler series include HDPE, e.g. milk bottles and cans (HBC 110), aluminium cans (HBC 60), PET bottles such as cola (HBC 80), corrugated cardboard (HBC 110) and newspaper (HBC 80) HBC balers include horizontal, single-ram extrusion baler, vertical baler, single-ram extrusion baler with pre-press lid option and two-ram Safety: Machines are fully automatic and supplied with safety locks on access doors Baler PLC programme includes the following internal self-protecting algorithms: The ram will not go forward if the needles are not in the 'up' position, nor will they go down if the ram is not forward. The needles will not go down if the fingers are not in the correct position BOSS system concept: To ensure the transponders are always functioning, they are led past an automatic test equipment and released for operation by a green lamp and an acoustic signal at the entrance of the production hallWales on track with recycling targetsAccording to the Welsh government, the final results for 2015/16 show the average combined reuse, recycling and composting rate across Wales' 22 local authorities was 60%, an increase of four percentage points on last year's final figure and 30 percentage points more than nine years ago. It is also said to be two percentage points higher then the current statutory recycling target of 58%.Figures released in October showed the amount of biodegradable municipal waste that local authorities are sending to landfill has reduced by 80% in a decade. Authorities are reported to have sent 170,567 tonnes of biodegradable waste to landfill in 2015-16, 58% less than the legal allowance of 410,000 tonnes. All 22 local authorities are said to have achieved their individual allocated allowance.Cabinet secretary for the environment and rural affairs, Lesley Griffiths, said: "Wales leads the way in the UK when it comes to recycling, with these latest figures confirming we are exceeding the ambitious 58% target. This is encouraging as it also suggests we are well on track to meet our 70% target by 2025." This material is protected by MA Business Ltd copyright. See Terms and Conditions.


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The overdose epidemic isn't slowing down - here's the solution
Lisa Raville is the Executive Director of the Harm Reduction Action Center, a public health agency that works with people who inject drugs. Her experiences as an overnight homeless shelter coordinator, a County Supervisor campaign manager, and an AmeriCorps volunteer at an HIV/AIDS agency cultivated her activism. She holds leadership positions on the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition and the Colorado Consortium on Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention. In 2014, Lisa won the Colorado Public Health Association Award for Excellence in Policy.
"Drugs, "thugs," and other things we're taught to fear" from TEDxBinghamtonUniversity is my favorite TEDx talk. Gabriel Sayegh is a national expert in drug policy reform efforts and works to end mass criminalization, mass incarceration, and the war on drugs. I thought he does a great job weaving his own story in with the US's archaic drug policies and how incarceration doesn't work with drug use, never has, never will.
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One meets the following difficulties in applying evolutionism to ethics:
1. Historical method:
The first difficulty in the application of Evolutionism in Ethics arises in regard to method. The method of Evolutionary Hedonism is historical and not ethical. Evolutionary Hedonists try to explain how the human behaviour originated and how much it has contributed to the preservation of the existence of human race.
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The viewpoint of Evolutionism is natural. Green's calling it the "Natural Science of Moral Assumptions" is realistic enough. The Evolutionists explain the history of human behaviour.
Its basis is cause and affects not the ideal. They search for 'what' hi the history of human behaviour. Their explanation of life is scientific and historical, but ethics searches for 'what ought to be'. Its objective is ideal and not fact.
It is a normative science, not a factual or historic one. It looks for the standard or measuring for judging the propriety of actions. It analyses good and bad, not cause and effect its objective is the description of the real nature of morality. Its postulates are axiological. In this way, it is obvious that Evolutionary Hedonism leaves the main problems of ethics untouched.
2. Biological basis:
The second difficulty in its application to ethics relates to the question of basis. To put ethics on a foundation of biological laws is to forget its real nature. Natural life and moral life are things apart from each other.
The principle of "Might is right" may find application in the animal world but the moral principles of human life cannot conceivably be based on animal laws like the natural selection and survival of the fittest."
The aim of humanity cannot be the preservation of life irrespective of the means adopted. Life can also be sacrificed for the preservation of morals. The principle of the dominance of strong over weak dominates the animal theories.
The ideal of man is sacrifice, altruism and social welfare. In animal life, it is force which is of consequence but in a moral life, it is the ideal self sacrifice which counts. Evolutionist Alexander concedes that biological assumptions camion serve to explain moral values.
It is pure opportunism to order conduct for the aim of life-preservation as and when the circumstances allow. Morals, as Kant has stated, are categorical imperatives.
3. Biological Ideals:
The third difficulty is about the ideals. The ideals of Evolutionary Hedonism are actually not ethical. The ideal of morality is not life-preservation. Long life and pleasure may be physical or biological ideals but they cannot be ethical ideals.
A simple life is the ideal of morality, not life of complexity. To start with a complex life is liable to yield more pain than pleasure, and, even if some pleasure does accrue, mere pleasure cannot be accepted in the capacity of an ideal of moral life.
Length and breadth also have no reciprocal relation. It has generally been noticed that the two are mutually exclusive. It is extremely difficult for both length and breadth to exist together in life.
The value of life is measured not by its length, but by its moral excellence. It may sometimes become necessary for health to proceed according to natural laws but natural laws are not moral laws and neither can any judgment of good or bad be based on them.
A natural life is unconcerned with any moral qualities. In a moral life qualities abound. Animal life is one of dependence while moral life is founded in self-control or freedom of will. An animal adapts himself to the environment whereas man tries to transform the environment to suit him.
It is this difference between man and animal which the evolutionists fail to remember. Actually the problems facing ethics and biology are completely different. Moral adjustment is not the natural adjustment of animals.
4. Difficulties in the organic theory of society:
The Evolutionists explain the relation between man and society on the basis of Organic theory. But the relation of society to man is not the same as the relation of body to its parts.
The individual can violate the social customs and also live apart from it in exclusion. He has his own separate existence, an independent consciousness and his own life but no part of the body can live separated from it Apart from the body it has no life, no existence.
The good of the body is its good. But, in ethics, besides the social good man also has his own individual good. Both egoism and altruism have their proper place in ethics. A social man also has his own individual self.
There may be a similarity in organism and social structure and some light is thrown on the relation of interdependence between society and the person by conceding this similarity but the social and organic structure also have dissimilarities, which it would not do to forget because then there is a possibility of making grave mistakes.
5. Evolutionary laws are based on experience:
Contrary to the Intuitionists, the Evolutionists believe that morality is hereditary and acquired by man moral laws are those which the human race found beneficial in its preservation and it is due to this reason that they are handed down in heredity, but laws grounded in experience cannot be universal something that the moral laws should be.
Experience changes with time and place, thus, laws based on it cannot produce any permanent standard it is not possible to come to any judgments regarding good and evil if such be the state of affairs.
Evolution may assist in the explanation of historical evolution of moral behaviour but it does not lead to knowledge of the basis of the validity of moral assumptions.
6. Difference between pleasure and life preservation:
It is wrong to look upon pleasure and life preservation as inseparable. Sometimes even pain may preserve life. How helpful are the painful yet life preserving distasteful medicines and the obeying of the basis laws of health?
The enjoyment of pleasures originating in sensual preoccupation is pleasant yet detrimental to life. Excessive enjoyment usually tells upon life. The improvement and deterioration of life cannot be measured by pleasure and pain, which cannot be the motives: of actions but which can be the result of actions.
7. Contradiction of egoism and altruism:
The Evolutionists, like the Utilitarian's, have not been able to explain the reciprocal relation of egoism and altruism.
The Evolutionists assumed, as the Utilitarian's have done, that pleasure and duty, egoism and altruism are mutually contradictory and while Utilitarian's tried to fill the gap with feeling.
The Evolutionists relied on biological laws for an explanation of it, but the indispensability of moral laws cannot be explained by biological or social, political or economic laws.
They are only indicative of physical obligation or external control. The basis of a moral life is the feeling of duty. It is essential and long-lasting. It has with it a feeling of happiness, not the pain of obligation. Actually, the mutual relations between man and society cannot be explained on the basis of biological basis.
8. Biology, the basis of evolutionism, is not hedonistic:
To call Evolutionary Hedonism, Hedonism is wrong. According to Spencer, the standard of right and wrong is physical health. According to Leslie Stephen it is social consolidation and the preservation of life energy.
Thus, the value of morals depends upon its being of assistance hi the improvement of bodily health and increase of life energy and the perfection of social structure. Therefore, the increase of pleasure or a complete annihilation of pain cannot be ethical ideals.
The basis of Evolutionary Hedonism is biology but biology itself is not hedonistic. The laws of biology say that energy increases with action but decreases with use. Excessive pleasure is destructive of life energy. Actually, the goodness of an action does not depend upon its being pleasant
9. Defective ultimate ideal:
Thus the ultimate ideal of Spencer is illusory. He imagines an ideal society which will have complete adjustment and the consequent pleasure completely devoid of pain. According to Spencer, pleasure is due to the effect of adjustment, a state of complete adjustment being completely free of pain.
In that circumstance, moral laws will become natural and intuitional. The optimism is unfounded. The history of human life does not show any basis for such optimism. To start with, it is difficult to prove that the evolution of the entire human race is gravitating towards such an adjustment.
Secondly, even if it be assumed that man is constantly moving towards progress, it is still difficult to believe that this progress can at some stage come to a state of complete adjustment.
Actually, the very idea of complete harmony is contrary to the theory of Evolutionism. Evolution is change. Human evolution is not dependent upon adjustment with nature and its aim also is not an adjustment with the environment.
The meaning of evolution is progress according to one's self consciousness. In this development, strongly ethical people try to mould the environment to concur with their ideals.
In this it would be wrong to assert that natural evolution will by itself establish complete adjustment Moral life is a self conscious life. It depends upon the free will of an ethical person.
Morality is above unconscious adjustment it tries to see the ideal state of society. As man undergoes moral evolution his ideals are correspondingly elevated and thus it is incorrect to imagine any stationary ideal state in his evolution.


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Karma's Leash left chilly Canada and headed south to warmer weather. And wow, what a trip! Tina in Covington, GA said: Bayne and I had the honor of hosting Karma's Traveling Leash. I live in the city of Covington, GA, also known as Hollywood of the South because of all the … [Read more...]
Karma's Leash Does Rally-O in Canada!
After spending the day doing therapy visits with Bristol and Tina, Karma's Leash hit the Rally-O ring with Diesel! Diesel's bestie Savy had to get in on the act, too! … [Read more...]
Karma's Leash Hits Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada!
Karma's Leash left Ohio and spent some time with our friend Tina in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Tina and her adorable therapy dog, Bristol, took Karma's Leash along to cheer up some patients :) (Humorous side note: Tina nearly bought Karma's leash in the Paco Sample de … [Read more...]
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Karma's Traveling Leash left Tennessee and headed to Ohio to spend some time with Erin and the gang. Karma's Leash had a great time in Ohio. She got to experience all the joy of Ohio from a snow storm to almost 60 degree weather all in the same week. The little naked man, … [Read more...]
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Karma's Leash wrapped up her stay in Tennessee this week, and is about to head out to Ohio. Karma's Leash rounded out the stay here in TN by going with Achilles to his first big day at my work. Not only did he help with some of my training classes, but he also worked on the … [Read more...]


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Rune had spent the night before her wedding in the spare room of her parents' apartment, the only night she had ever spent under their roof. After an early breakfast she had jogged to the back entrance of the Sjeldnjar townhouse and slipped in, completely avoiding the press camped out the front of the building. Once inside she'd gone straight to the suite she called 'the wedding ready room' in her head to shower and then submit to hairdressing and makeup.
He bridesmaids and flower girls arrived from wherever they'd stayed for the night and were submitted to the same routine of beautification. Heiress-presumptive to the throne, Princess Silvana, age seven, was the youngest of the bevy of flower girls that were going to precede Rune and her father down the aisle. Rune's friend from the orphanage, And, tried to explain to the Terrencian bridesmaids why her name was a conjunction.
Rune simply tuned it out as background hum and floated through the morning. She didn't even look at herself in the mirror until they settled the antique silver Sjeldnjar coronet on her head to hold the veil in place. It was like the formal photograph, someone had worked magic and she actually looked like a princess.
Archduke Franz had won the argument over what his half of the wedding party was wearing and only his brother and best man, Archduke Dionysus, was in military uniform. The groom and the other groomsmen were wearing dark, tailored suits without a medal or decoration in sight. Franz thought he was doing fine until he ruined his tie three times and one of his former squad mates took pity on him and tied it for him.
All too soon it was time to get in the cars to be driven to the cathedral. One of the groomsmen, Berthold joked, "If you've changed your mind, we can take the drivers and make a break for the border in the cars."
Franz looked around. "No," he declared. "If I miss this appointment it will just upset her. To say nothing of annoying my uncle and her aunt. I think we should go to the cathedral. Besides, Berthold, if we don't go to the wedding, you won't get to dance with the bridesmaids."
"There is that," conceded Berthold as he opened a car door. Then they were in the cars and on their way.


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By the turn of the century, O'Rourke had also developed a parallel career as a producer, consistently working on excellent albums like Smog's Red Apple Falls and US maple's self-titled debut. Jeff Tweedy's passion for Bad Timing meant O'Rourke was soon enlisted to perform with the Wilco frontman at Chicago's Noise Pop festival in 2000. O'Rourke brought along drummer Glenn Kotche, and the trio's performance impressed Tweedy so much that he asked Kotche to join Wilco, and invited O'Rourke to salvage the messy sessions for what would become Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. The three also formed experimental collective Loose Fur, who cut their first self- titled album in summer 2000. "When Jim and Glenn and I get in a room together, Loose Fur records just happen," marvels Tweedy. "Pure forward momentum and then a sudden realisation that we've completed a record and it sounds like us, and not very much like anything else."
In fact, some of the highlights of Yankee… were de facto Loose Fur tracks, with the three left alone in the studio to strip back the over-layered recordings. The trio hit the studio again in 2006 to record the heavier Born Again In The USA, again in a matter of hours. "On any of the things we've done together," says Tweedy, "I don't remember a time working with Jim where I've felt anything less than love for, and from, him. That's along with admiration, and appreciation that I get to be friends with and work with such a rare bird. A true genius. Believe it!"
"Jim is very good at imparting a personality on the music," says Stereolab's Tim Gane, "and that's a great thing. Nothing's covered up and that's one of the aspects of Jim as a personality, everything is quite near the surface. His music really speaks of his personality."
In 2000, O'Rourke moved to New York. There, he picked up studio work on various Sonic Youth projects which culminated in an invitation to join the group. It was, he admits, a bizarre occurrence for someone who had dismissed the band's debut, Confusion Is Sex, as not being "noisy" enough back in the '80s. O'Rourke brought guitar, bass and synthesiser along with his engineering and mixing skills, staying with the band for some of their best-loved late-period records – 2000's thorny, ambitious NYC Ghosts & Flowers, the elegiac Murray Street (2002) and 2004's superlative Sonic Nurse.
"Jim joining just seemed like the most natural thing in the world," explains guitarist Lee Ranaldo. "He was so capable, we really loved hanging around him and working with him. I kinda felt like we were adding our Eno to the band, that was what I joked at one point. 'Cause he was doing a lot of stuff with one of those suitcase synthesisers Eno used to use with Roxy Music. I loved that period of Sonic Youth. Sonic Nurse was maybe the culmination of our work with him. I remember during the mixing, Jim was ill, he had the chills and the shakes, and was sat behind the mixing console for these crazy long endurance stretches with a scarf around his neck and a hat pulled down. We all really loved the way it turned out, though."
O'Rourke released his third solo album, Insignificance, on September 11, 2001. incidentally, O'Rourke was at Sonic Youth's Echo Canyon studio in downtown Manhattan that morning, just a few blocks away from the World Trade Center. "It was crazy," is all he will say, evidently still finding it a difficult subject to discuss. With its stripped-down production and distorted guitars, Insignificance was quite the departure from Eureka. But O'Rourke's own solo career was soon put on hold as his commitments to Sonic Youth grew. "Up until that point, I only played in Europe and Japan," O'Rourke says. "Because you can't tour the US with a guitar on top of a table, going 'blonk, blonk, blonk'. So touring with Sonic Youth seemed like the most amazing gift and opportunity. But you can't get off the rollercoaster as soon as you think. A friend of mine is in another band, and his wife has a great phrase, 'the golden handcuffs'. I don't mean to say I didn't enjoy my time with them, it's just that before you know it, two, three, four, five years have passed. The world of professional music is a machine. You're not in control of your life anymore, the rollercoaster doesn't stop. I really did enjoy playing with them, I got along with all of them great – but I had to get off the rollercoaster. That kind of life wasn't for me. Not being able to do my own things just caught up with me."


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I just found Filemaker Pro 7 on Apple website,
I should have found it before I asked the question ? Does anyone have any opinions on Filemaker?
Does anyone know or use a good reliable database software that is suitable for medical records on 0sX. Ready made stuff for podiatrists are readily available for PC, however I will not go PC (i love my mac). Are there pro's and con's?
Do these require "setting up" or are they ready to go (where patient records and details can just be typed) As I am also looking at purchasing MYOB account edge (I currently run MYOB First accounts) , is there a DB that will link card files with MYOB (to avoid re typing client details.)
Any help appreciated
I just found Filemaker Pro 7 on Apple website,
I should have found it before I asked the question ? Does anyone have any opinions on Filemaker?
Hi Benny
A quick look at Mac Products Guide
under "medical" returned 266 records
just read an interesting article in australian financial review about a dr (?) john tyler who uses FM7.0 and his mac (lovely picture of a powerbook ) to record data about his patients and their treatments for ivf australia - "A sophisticated database is being used to improve the treatment and care of patients at a Sydney fertility clinic"Originally posted by benny gsr@Aug 9 2004, 10:46 PM
I just found Filemaker Pro 7 on Apple website,
I should have found it before I asked the question ? Does anyone have any opinions on Filemaker?
i tried to link to the website, but the article is a subscription only one, so you'll have to buy the paper!
btw as far as databases are concerned, it's not so much the database, more the gui that allows you to access the records easily, or the ability of the programmer to display the data in a format that you want. i think the benefit of fm7.0 is that it's all there and quite easy (supposedly) to do on your own without programming skills. MySql is free, but you need to know your way around if you're going to utilise it properly. also i would assume that filemaker would support their customers in a similar fashion to myob (have no idea what their support is like, so excuse my assumption if it's a bad one!!, whereas MySql will be developer orientated.
hope that helps!
btw you can try fm7.0 before you buy! (i think for 30 days)
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Thanks for the info. Very helpful
I think FM 7.0 is looking the goods.
I'll give that trial a go.
Filemaker Pro is the standard database program for Mac OS. It's incredibly powerful and flexible. Taking the time to learn how it works and what you can do with it is entirely worth the effort.
The interface is probably the last remaining example of the old Mac Draw interface - you can create layouts simply by pasting fields, lines and anything else...stretching with the mouse etc etc. Data manipulation is specially excellent for numbers, and data can be drawn from multiple databases.
The discussion has continued at AppleTalk Australia.