Queen's Speech | Notes from the U.K.
Let's talk about the queen and Parliament. Why? Because it'll give us an excuse to visit all sorts of traditional English lunacy.
The queen appears in Parliament once a year, to deliver the Queen's Speech, which gets so many capital letters that even I'll use them, and I'm an aggressively lower-case kind of person. In fact, I'm capitalizing Parliament under protest. I have no idea why I've given in on that, but I do draw a line on capping the queen herself. Forget it. She's lower case like the rest of us.
But back to our topic. The Queen's Speech is Important. (Sorry—I had a cap left over and needed to get rid of it.) Why's it so important? It's one of those if-you-have-to-ask-you-won't-understand things. Traditions like this make their own reasons, and this one dates back to the sixteenth century, although the current version dates back to 1852, when Parliament reopened after a fire.
But let's start with the older stuff: From there, we'll gradually slide into the newer part–and we won't any of us know when it happened.
To begin with, an MP (that's a member of parliament) has to go to the Palace as a hostage to guarantee that Parliament will give the queen back when the hoopla's over. (The BBC calls it ceremony. I was tempted to go with uproar. You can take your pick.) It's not that relations between the Palace and the Parliament are that tense. They haven't been for centuries, but why abandon a perfectly good bit of tradition just because it's gotten old and silly? If we're going to set standards like that, the whole country will collapse.
Then the cellars in Parliament have to be searched to make sure no one's going to blow the place up, because someone did try roughly four centuries ago. His name was Guy Fawkes, and I assume the plot was real, although I should do some research and write about it one of these days. For now, though, if anyone knows enough to weigh in, please do.
While we're waiting for that, though, we'll turn to ITV to tell us a bit more.
But they're less picturesque, so forget about them.
During their search, the Yeomen of the Guard carry lanterns, which—I'm no explosives expert but I can take a guess here—aren't the best thing to combine with the gunpowder they're looking for. Maybe that has something to do with how sure they are that they won't find any. Especially since (at least as I understand it) the floors they're tapping no longer have hollow spaces underneath them because the cellars have been filled in.
Once Parliament is declared safe—or possibly before, since no one expects it not to be, except for the fact that the building's falling apart and has become a fire trap—the queen "is escorted by the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment and street liners guard the whole route and present arms as the royal party passes.
If you feel like you've dropped into a Harry Potter novel, you're not the only one.
Okay, now we've gotten her to the front door. Or not the front door, the Sovereign's Entrance, which for all I know is the back door. Remember, things got a little tense for a while between her predecessors and Parliament.
"The Queen is met at the Palace of Westminster's Sovereign's Entrance by the Earl Marshal and the Lord Great Chamberlain, who, as Keeper of the Royal Palace, wears scarlet court dress and has hanging at his hip, the golden key to the Palace.
So now we've seen her inside and she's surrounded by people with a golden key and great costumes, although, sadly, no horses.
Is gold too soft to make a useful key? I'd have thought so, but none of this has any bearing on real life. It's pageantry, so keys don't have to open doors and cellars that no longer exist still have to be searched.
In the next bit, we run into a problem The queen can't enter the House of Commons. No king or queen has since 1642, when Charles I barged in and tried to arrest five MPs and kind of, um, lost his head. The Commons may not still be pissed off about it, but no one's forgotten it either.
It's okay, though, because if the queen can't enter the Commons, her messenger can, so Black Rod, runs over for her and the door is ceremonially slammed in his face to demonstrate the Commons' independence from the crown.
Now I could be wrong, but participating in this tightly choreographed, queen-centered uproar doesn't strike me as a demonstration of independence, but then—as people often remind me when something British makes as little sense to me as all this does—I'm not British.
Yup, commands. I guess that's what passes for an invitation when you hang out with royalty. So much for independence from the crown. And yes, I'm sure someone will explain that the independence is political, or different, or specific, or all of the above, and I'm sure they'll be right in a way. But I'm not British–or I am, but I'm also not. Either way, if you want to me to stop by for a cup of tea, keep an eye on how you word the invitation, would you? I don't do well with commands.
The MPs are then led over to the House of Lords by the Sergeant-at-Arms, who's spelled Serjeant and is carrying a mace.
Keep that mace in mind, because we'll come back to it.
For the next stage of the ceremony, let's turn back to the BBC. The link is above.
"MPs . . .follow Black Rod and the Commons Speaker to the Lords chamber, standing at the opposite end to the Throne, known as the Bar of the House, to listen to the speech.
"The speech itself is carried into the Chamber by the Lord Chancellor in a satchel. He hands the speech to the Sovereign and takes possession of it again once it has been delivered.
Do either of them feed through a computer printer? Or even a typewriter? Does the speech have to be written with a quill?
And if she doesn't like what the speech says? Tough. She reads it anyway. The queen's supposed to be politically neutral. To my American sensibilities, the speech is a strange mix of the monarchical and the powerless, but it's considered so important that when a government decides to skip a Queen's Speech, say because they have a heavy agenda to implement and it will take two years instead of one, everyone takes notice.
This year–she gave the speech in June–she may have been signaling her opinion of the speech's content. She traveled from the Palace in a car, not the traditional carriage (which looks like the one Cinderella's godmother conjured up), and the procession to the Lords chamber was missing the usual heralds. Everybody in charge of anything was quick to point out that it all meant nothing—it was just a matter of logistics. And no one believes them.
But it's harder to explain away what she wore: what ITV news called a day dress, along with a hat whose decorations looked a lot like the European Union flag. The hat ended up drawing more comment than the content of her speech. The going theory is that she's not happy about Brexit.
'What power? The power to deliver a speech she may not like although we can't be sure because she's not allowed to say.
First off, a crown—the imperial state crown that's already been mentioned. I'm probably supposed to cap that, but I just can't face one more capital letter. I'd guess she has a crown to match every pair of shoes, but what do I know? She also wears the parliamentary robe, which is long and red and looks like it's lined with ermine, although I wouldn't know ermine if it bit me, which once it's dead it's not likely to do, so take that as a poetic way of saying it looks expensive. The lords in the House of Lords have ermine robes. At least those who aren't vegetarians do. The vegetarians wear robes made from parsnips or something else that would easily pass for ermine if you were in the dark and very, very drunk. Which is probably what gave rise to the saying "Drunk as a lord." It was originally "Drunk as a vegetarian lord who got into the parsnip wine," but time scraped off the excess verbiage.
Where were we? I was trying to establish that I don't know much about ermine but that I do have a reason for bringing it into the discussion.
Don't you just learn a lot here?
This might be a good time to admit that I'm not entirely sure which piece of information comes from what source or exactly which piece of symbolism is displayed when. I've done so much cut and paste in trying to make a coherent narrative that I could easily mistake a parsnip for an ermine. But honestly, does it matter? We've seen so many symbols carted back and forth that we can be forgiven if we mix a few up. It's not like we're going to recreate the whole pageant at home, is it?
So let's go back to that mace the House of Commons owns. Because, like every other symbol in this mess, it's Important. It symbolizes the royal authority by which Parliament meets, as well as the authority of the House of Commons' Speaker.
And, no doubt, its independence.
According to the BBC, "On each day that the House is sitting the mace is carried to the chamber at the head of the Speaker's procession by the Serjeant at Arms.
"It is placed on the table of the House, except when the House is in committee, when it rests on two brackets underneath the table.
"Interfering with the mace constitutes gross disorderly conduct and is a contempt of the House," and MPs can be suspended for it.
Several times since 1930, MPs have gotten mad enough to interfere with the mace. In fact, I chose 1930 because that's when a Labour MP grabbed it and tried to storm out of the chamber. Was he going to take it home? Install it in his office? Toss it in the Thames? Sadly, we'll never know because someone wrestled it away from him at the door.
In 1988, an MP was angry enough that he broke the thing—at which point you'd expect all business in the country to grind to a halt but it doesn't seem to have.
You have to take a symbol seriously to focus your anger on it that way. It is, remember, an inanimate object. As such, it has even fewer political opinions than the queen. And in case you think such contempt of a governmental symbol would come entirely from the left, it doesn't—it seems to be equally distributed between left and right, although I admit I haven't made a spreadsheet.
It's not the cheeriest set of lyrics I know, but labor history's blood-drenched enough to justify it.
I don't know the first lines of the debate about shipping. You'll have to improvise.


The 2015 year for DbI has been an exciting one. The World Conference in Bucharest was an opportunity for individuals to meet and share knowledge as well as joining with colleagues from the World Federation for the Deafblind (WFDB). This partnership is so important to the work of DbI. Many of the members of DbI are working with children and young adults and the connection with WFDB helps bridge the gap from school to adulthood.
In every field, professionals are talking about succession planning. DbI is no exception and seeing three young professionals receive awards at the World Conference helps us look to the future and the continued growth of DbI. The Young Leadership Award was presented for the first time in Bucharest and I encourage you to consider nominating a deserving individual for this award. As a professional, please talk to others about your work with individuals who are deafblind and help them see that working in the field is one of the best jobs anyone could have. We need to continue to bring qualified individuals into the lives of people who are deafblind.
Following the Bucharest Conference, there were several changes in the composition of the Board. This presents the perfect moment to ponder our strategic decisions and direction for the coming years, matters that we already touched upon during our meeting of the new Board in Bucharest. These were also some main points discussed at the recent meeting of Management Committee in London this past October.
I believe that DbI is a unique organization; one with great potential. In addition to organizing conferences and meetings and facilitating DbI networks, DbI is primarily a group of people who have a great deal to share with each other. Through our meetings and conferences we transcend institutions' and organizations' interests to achieve common goals. I should therefore like to use this opportunity to encourage all members (board members, network members, etc.) to use DbI as the opportunity to share. You and your organizations are great sources of expertise, experience and passion. Our networks and conferences are places where you can find each other to talk about challenges, issues and solutions, but we should also be finding each other throughout the year.
Let us resolve to use this enormous network more often, to query each other and exchange knowledge and ideas, perhaps about recent studies, technical and medical matters and practical matters of education. Let's make a deal that any opportunity to support one another is used openly.
I could name a few countries where changes in the financial climate have made it necessary to make challenging decisions that have a large impact on deafblind people's support. But I also know that all supporters, experts and organizations are looking for solutions. Wouldn't it be fabulous if we shared more of this together? And this could be so easily achieved! On the back of each DbI Review there is a list of names and email addresses. Send a message, arrange a Skype meeting, let's keep meeting with each other.
Many international development programs are based in countries where there are comprehensive laws that mandate education for all children, regardless of their disabilities. The countries they serve are not always so fortunate.
The United Nation Sustainable Development Goals1 give every country the aspiration to: ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. Achieving this goal for children and young adults who are deafblind is a great challenge since more than 95% of this population is currently left out of educational services.
International Non-Government Organizations (INGOs)2 who have the mission to support efforts in countries around the world where education for all children is not yet a right have a lot of work to do but must proceed with care. Often times we operate from the framework of our own experiences, imposing our own country models in places that have a very different landscape and culture.
The early pioneers in our field like Jan van Dijk3, developed approaches for educating children with congenital deafblindness that were very much grounded in our ability to join them and try to understand their perception of the world.
While the population of children with deafblindness has changed, from the days of Helen Keller and Laura Bridgman4 to children born during the rubella epidemic over 50 years ago to the new generation of children with CHARGE and other very unique and complex diagnoses, it reminds us that we must reevaluate the reality of each child every day. Even though it is not totally possible, we must try to step into the experience of our students and how they perceive the world. By doing so, we will find the best ways to communicate together and to create meaningful learning opportunities that will open up the world to them.
In professions like law, medicine and education, certain fundamental practices that are at the core do not change. When we think back to the days of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan, we are reminded that no matter how advanced our thinking becomes and how advanced the technology, we must still first build a relationship with our students and provide ongoing opportunities to build direct social communication – Just the same as mothers and their infants have always done.
Our interactions with people who are deafblind are very personal. We would not cast off these core elements but rather enhance them by coming up with creative ways that will broaden their life possibilities. An example of this can be seen in the technology that has enabled people who are deafblind to have the same access to internet communication as people who are sighted and hearing. What a boon this has been in minimizing isolation for so many.
Throughout the years, the work of Perkins International5 and other INGOs6 in the field have sought to help find those local solutions to challenges faced by individual programs and the larger systems that serve children who are deafblind.
The pioneers of the work everywhere in the world were teachers and parents who operated on their own passion to offer access to education for children who are deafblind. Many began with no formal training but knew it was the right thing to do. Many had acquired information in a variety of ways and have encountered incredible challenges in their path. We should all be inspired by these individuals who have really shaped all of the work in our field.
Even today, where services are still being developed we have to open ourselves to the realities of these countries before we jump to help them. We must immerse ourselves into the life of individual schools and cultures with very few resources. At times it seems daunting, but this process provides us with the valuable opportunity to live the reality and help work out solutions that will be meaningful. It is a very enriching experience to step away from all of the material and professional resources that are available in developed countries and step back into the core of what it means to teach children with deafblindness.
As we support our colleagues in the development of services, our role becomes one of encouraging them not to try to replicate schools from the west, but in a way, give them permission to draw from the richness of their own surroundings and cultures.
When we try to replicate our own systems in another culture, it often just doesn't feel right. An example can be seen in a deafblind unit near the coast of Kenya. In the Kenyan culture festive music and drumming are part of their traditions. We needed to let the teachers know that it was ok to bring music and drumming into the classroom. Once the drums were brought into the otherwise quiet classroom, circle time came alive and staff and students were fully engaged and happy.
One of the great challenges for children who are congenitally deafblind is in understanding the world that surrounds them. The strategy of teaching in natural environments and keeping to the pace of our students and having them fully participate in every activity are considered best practices that sometimes are difficult to embrace in modern western schools where the pace is more hurried.
As we support schools, we come away reminded that sometimes a little bit less can be more – as long as it isn't too much less – and as long as teacher and parents are given appropriate training and support. Often, teaching children in natural environments is the only option. Teachers cannot afford specialized teaching materials. They cannot use commercially made materials that often don't exactly meet the specific learning style of a child. There is no rush to keep a tight schedule of classes so teachers can adjust their pace and ensure that children have the time necessary to fully participate in tasks.
I would like to share an example of how our partners, with our support have managed to provide very meaningful education for their students. At Bhakti Luher in Malang, Indonesia7, there is no Walmart, rather, there are often small kiosks in villages where people buy their food and household supplies. At this longtime partner of Perkins International, the children learn many skills through the real life practice of making items such as shaved ice and snacks and selling them every day within in their community. They are providing a real service that makes them valued members of the community, while they are learning valuable social communication and independent living skills, concepts, and a sense of belonging. They are also bringing in financial resources that help defray program expenses.
In order to support the growth of high quality educational services we all must be challenged to go to the next level. The next level comes from building communities of practice where professionals and families alike can come together to build their own momentum and evolving best practices. An example of this can be seen in Voice and Vision in India8, where professionals from programs around the country have joined together to train teachers, families, and CBR workers in addition to developing culturally and linguistically accessible materials.
There has been much debate in the field of international educational program development about the merit of bringing teachers out of their own environment for training. It has been our experience in working with the Educational Leadership Program9 that bringing people outside their culture to see mature multifaceted educational models has the benefit of giving an already good teacher confidence and additional competence to critically think about how to take their programs to that next level and to think outside of the box about creative solutions to the challenges in their home countries.
Another example in Latin America, Perkins International in partnership with the Catholic University of Cordoba (Universidad Católica de Córdoba)10 has addressed the worldwide challenges of transition to adult life through an international online training course that brings together parents, professional, employers among others that will to push their systems to come up with creative solutions.
In order to establish services for children and young adults who are deafblind, understanding the landscape is crucial and no one understands the situation better than those who live there. To do this I want to share a couple of stories of places where we have worked that exemplify how we must work within the reality of our partners.
Some of you may be familiar with Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR)11. It was first initiated in Asia thanks to the work of Bob Jackle of CBM (Christoffel Blindenmission)12. Simplistically, CBR is a model that was developed primarily to help adults who are blind establish themselves as working and contributing members of their home villages. The CBR worker helped the person who they were serving settle in meaningful work, gathering the support needed from their family and other members of their community who would receive training.
This idea of reaching out to people in their home communities caught on like wildfire throughout Asia and is spreading into other regions of the world. In the process it has also been modified to meet a broader need.
As people in the blindness field saw the reach and value of the CBR model, it was adapted by visionaries such as those at Blind Peoples Association (BPA)13 where a group of visionary professionals had established a school program on their campus in Ahmedabad for children with multiple disabilities but they faced many challenges. One of the big challenges was finding children in remote areas of Gujarat and providing them with needed services.
Through the wisdom of the BPA leadership they decided that they needed to train CBR workers in the basic competencies of working with children with multiple disabilities so those people could identify children in the subregions of Gujarat and then work with their families to provide learning opportunities.
These CBR workers began to carefully document information about the children with multiple disabilities and worked in defined areas to offer guidance and support including their goals and results. Their presence in often extremely remote villages drew attention and support to the needs of the children.
In one Jain community where BPA had a presence, the project, brought to light the needs of children with multiple disabilities and resulted in the donation of a place in the temple compound where children with disabilities and their families could meet together and receive services. The same held true in other communities and gradually, with some support from government, what came to look more like school programs began springing up around Gujarat. When children attended these programs, small and informal parent groups began to also emerge.
In the Philippines, where many children are also served using the CBR model, PAVIC14 which is the very strong organization of parents of children with visual impairment identified the lack of availability of trained occupational and physical therapists as a significant problem and as parents will do, they found a creative way of solving it. They brought families together on family weekends where therapists could evaluate children and then show their families what they could do at home.
In many parts of the world, there is very little support given to families with children that have disabilities and particularly those with deafblindness and multiple disabilities. In part, this is due to the lack of awareness in medical communities but also from the lack of financial resources to support comprehensive early intervention, school and adult services. This has resulted in many children being placed in children's homes. It is often the perception that children's homes or orphanages just provide care and not education.
Leaders of children's homes in Eastern Europe, Russia and other parts of the world have proven this notion very wrong. These people have shown their commitment to offering high quality educational services and have become the centers of excellence in their countries in the education of children with deafblindness and multiple disabilities. They have reached out to engage families in ways that will encourage them to keep their relationship with their children. They run family camps and support family networks. In addition, many are beginning to provide direct early intervention services so children will have a stronger likelihood of remaining in the care of their parents.
These are just a few examples of the ways that people have just worked with what is their reality and found the most dignified of solutions. For those who are lucky enough to be in positions where they can support and offer guidance in the development of services for students with deafblindness, keep your ear to the ground and learn about the culture and landscape; keep the fundamental values that you hold firm, but also keep an open mind to the possibilities that suit the culture; help facilitate the dialogue about needs and solutions – you will learn a lot; finally be a catalyst to helping partners find creative solutions to challenges that will take them to the next level.
5 www.perkins.org. Perkins School for the Blind is a large corporate member of DbI.
9 www.perkins.org/international/elp. The Educational Leadership Program is Perkins International's flagship teacher training program.
11 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community-based_rehabilitation. The aim of community-based rehabilitation (CBR) is to help people with disabilities, by establishing community-based programs for social integration, equalization of opportunities, and rehabilitation programs for the disabled.
12 CBM is a large corporate member of DbI.


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NOTICE OF MEETING
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GALVESTON
THURSDAY - JUNE 23, 2016 - 1:15 P.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS - CITY HALL
823 ROSENBERG, GALVESTON, TEXAS
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
DECLARATION OF A QUORUM AND CALL MEETING TO ORDER
Reverend Meredith Holt Crigler, Grace Episcopal Church
Texas Flag - Honor the Texas Flag. I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state, under God, one, and indivisible.
PRESENTATIONS/REPORTS OF COUNCIL, OFFICER BOARDS, AND CITY MANAGER
6.A.
Pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.0415, the City Council may report on any of the following items:
1. Expressions of thanks, gratitude, and condolences
2. Information regarding holiday schedules
3. Recognition of individuals
4. Reminders regarding City Council events
5. Reminders regarding community events
6. Health and safety announcements
6.B.
Public notice and briefing on the process for relocation of retail services and obtaining public input for the US Postal Office located at 601 25th Street, Galveston, TX—presented by Joel Roitenberg, US Postal Service.
Documents: USPS Letter.PDF
COMMUNICATIONS AND PETITIONS
Claim # 16-049 Xochitl Gonzales
Claim #16-050 Juan C. Hernandez
Claim #16-051 Galveston Automotive Pros
Claim #16-052 Dan Pugh
Claim #16-053 Harry B. Tull
Claim #16-054 Lidia Polio/Elisa Sanchez
Claim #16-055 Karen Davis
Claim #16-056 Craig Baumgartner
Claim #16-058 Yvonne Falkenhagen
Claim #16-059 Edward Brown
Claim #16-060 Jazzmine Davis
Consider for approval an Ordinance of the City of Galveston, Texas, designating the property located at 4714 Ave Q ½ as a "Galveston Landmark"; property is legally described as "Menard M B Survey, Lots 18 and 19, Block 133; Denver resurvey; in the City and County of Galveston, Texas"; requesting the historic preservation officer to record the property's Landmark Designation in the Official Public Records of real property in Galveston County, the tax records of the City of Galveston and the Central Appraisal District, and the official Zoning maps of the City of Galveston, Texas; designating the site as a Historically or Archeological significant site in need of tax relief to encourage its preservation; Planning Case No. 16P-030; making various findings and provisions related to the subject.
Documents: 16P-030 CC PKT with Ordinance.pdf
Consider for approval an ordinance of the City of Galveston, Texas, amending the 2015 Galveston Land Development Regulations, Article 11: "Noncomformities," by adding to the list of exemptions, "Places of Public Assembly in areas zoned (R-1) to include Church/Place of Worship"; Planning case number 16ZA-004; making various findings and provisions related to the subject. (Janice Norman)
Documents: 16ZA-004 PKT CC.pdf
8.C.
Consider for approval an ordinance of the City of Galveston, Texas, Abandoning approximately 310 square feet of City right-of-way, consisting of a 10-foot alley and adjacent to property commonly known as 1315 40th Street and legally described as "Part of Lot A (1-1) a west Norris subdivision, in the City and County of Galveston, Texas"; Planning case number 16P-025; Making various findings and provisions related to the subject. (Janice Norman)
Documents: 16P-025 PKT.pdf
8.D.
Consider for approval an ordinance of the City of Galveston, Texas, abandoning approximately 6,000 square feet of alley right-of –way adjacent to 1102 Market; Adjacent property is legally described as "Lots 1 through10 and the east half of Lot 11, Unit 1 Campus View Condo and 6.291% Interest Common Elements, part of 11 and 13 and all of 12, south 84 feet of Lot 14 and the southwest part of Lot 13 (14-1) and the north 36 feet of lot 14 and the northwest part of Lot 13 (14-2), Block 551, in the City and County of Galveston, Texas"; Planning case number 16P-028; Making various findings and provisions related to the subject. (Janice Norman)
A. Agenda Items
B. Non-Agenda Items
ORDINANCES (NOT REQUIRING PUBLIC HEARINGS)
10.A.
Consider for approval an Ordinance of the City of Galveston, Texas, adopting the homestead, elderly, and disabled ad valorem tax exemptions for tax year 2016, pursuant to Chapter 33, Section 33-24 of the Code of the City of Galveston 1982, as amended; making various findings and provisions related to the subject. (M. Loftin)
Documents: Property Tax Exemption Staff Report June 2016.pdf, 16-XXX Tax--Adopting Tax Year 2016 Ad Valorem Exemptions.doc
10.B.
Consider for approval an Ordinance of The City of Galveston, Texas, amending "The Code of The City of Galveston 1982, as amended", Chapter 2, "Administration", Article III, City Council, Section 2-134 "Agenda", to require submission of agenda items, by elected officials, no later than 3:00 p.m. on the day before the 72 hour posting period required by the Open Meetings Act; providing for an effective date; making various findings and provisions related to the subject. (Yarbrough)
Documents: City Secy agenda ordinance- rev.docx
10.C.
Consider for approval an Ordinance of the City of Galveston, Texas, Amending Chapter 34, "Traffic", Section 34-117.5, "Two-Hour Parking Between 9:00 A.M. and 6:00 P.M." of "The Code of the City of Galveston 1982", As Amended, Adding the East Side of the 300 Block on 19th Street; Making various findings and provisions related to the subject; Providing for an effective date. (K. Hockersmith/Legal)
Documents: 2 hour parking 300 block.docx
10.D.
Consider for approval an Ordinance of the City of Galveston, Texas, establishing an Economic Development Program pursuant to Chapter 380 of the Local Government Code; specifying criteria for awards under the program; providing for the administration of the program by the city manager or his designee; making various findings and provisions related to the subject and providing for an effective date of July 1, 2016.
Documents: 380 Ordinance with Exhibit A- Final 6-16.docx
10.E.
Consider for approval an Ordinance of the City of Galveston, Texas amending Chapter 8 "Beaches and Waterways", Section 3, "Beach Access and Parking" of "The Code of the City of Galveston 1982", As Amended, to prohibit vehicular traffic on any public beach West of 103rd Street between the hours of Midnight and 5:00 A.M.; Making various findings and provisions related to the subject and providing for an effective date. (David Smith/Legal).
Documents: camping west of 103rd.docx
CONSENT ITEMS
The following items shall be considered for action as a whole, unless one or more Council Members objects. The City Manager is authorized to execute all necessary documents upon final approval by the City Attorney.
Consider for approval authorizing the Mayor to sign a letter to Senator Larry Taylor conveying the City's concerns regarding property tax reform and relief issues under review by the Texas Senate Select Committee on Property Tax Reform and Relief. (Maxwell)
Documents: Senator Taylor Letter_Property Tax Reform.docx
Receive and file Mayoral appointments to the Galveston Housing Authority Board of Directors. (Yarbrough)
Documents: GHA Appointments.PDF
Receive and file Capital Assets Audit Report AU2016-1. (G. Bulgherini)
Documents: Capital Assets AU2016-1.pdf
Consider for approval a renewal of the Interlocal Agreement between the City of Galveston and the City of Austin for the short-term sheltering of Galveston residents in the event of a mandatory evacuation. (Wisko)
Documents: Shelter agreement with Austin.doc, Galveston City (signed by COA).pdf
Consider for approval a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Galveston, Texas ("the City"), approving an Interlocal Agreement with the Gulf Coast Center ("the Center") providing two center-owned, handicap accessible vehicles and drivers for the use of the city in the event of a formal mandatory evacuation; authorizing the City Manager to execute the Interlocal Agreement; providing for findings of fact and providing for an effective date.
Documents: Gulf Coast Center Resolution.PDF
11.F.
Consider for approval a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Galveston, Texas, Distributing and awarding Fiscal Year 2016 Hotel Occupancy Tax revenues to eligible Arts and Historic Preservation Organizations under single-year contracts; Distributing and awarding Hotel Occupancy Tax revenues for Fiscal Years 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 to eligible Arts and Historic Preservation Organizations under multi-year contracts; Approving the annual budgets of such recipients; Authorizing the City Manager to execute contracts with such recipients; Directing the City Secretary to send a certified copy of the Resolution to the Park Board of Trustees; Providing for Findings of Fact and Providing for an effective date. (Legal)
Documents: a h preservation hot tax awards resolution.docx
11.G.
Consider for approval a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Galveston, Texas, Authorizing the City Manager to execute an application for a grant in the amount of $90,082 through the Body Worn Camera Grant Program through the Criminal Justice Division of the Texas Governor's Office; Authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents relating to the grant and to accept any funds distributed under the grant; Providing for findings of fact and providing for an effective date.
Documents: resolution for body cameras.docx
11.H.
Consider for approval a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Galveston, Texas, accepting the City's portion of a 2016 Byrne Justice Assistance Grant from the Department of Justice in a joint total amount of $32,441.00, and said City portion to provide for the purchase of tactical equipment for the City's Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Unit; authorizing the City Manager to execute an Interlocal Agreement with Galveston County and the City of Texas City; appointing the County as Fiscal Agent for the grant; equally dividing the total grant award between such parties; providing for findings of fact and providing for an effective date. (D. Smith/D. Torres)
Documents: JAG Interlocal Agreement.PDF, JAG Staff Report.PDF, JAG - Byrne Justice Asst Grant 2016.doc
11.I.
Consider for approval the purchase of two GS Products Automated Refuse trucks from Houston Freightliner/Sterling through HGAC Buy for a total price of $389,658 which will be funded by the Sanitation Capital Outlay Account. (D. Smith)
Documents: Refuse Packet.pdf
11.J.
Consider for the approval allowing the Fleet Facility to purchase the listed service vehicle(s) and associated equipment from Silsbee Ford through Buy Board, for a total price of $37,785 which will be funded from the vehicle capital outlay account. (D. Smith)
Documents: Slisbee Purchase Packet.pdf
11.K.
Consider for approval the repairs to the main blower assembly on unit 1116, which is a sewer Vactor 2100 vacuum truck, to Kinloch Equipment for a total cost of $28,380.43. Funding source is the Garages Vehicle Repairs Account 5020-811561-531250. (D. Smith)
Documents: Kinlock Repairs Package.pdf
11.L.
Consider for approval a rate decrease with BFI Transfer Systems of Texas at the Refuse Transfer Station. The decrease will be 0.367% or $0.14 per ton. The new tonnage rate would decrease from $37.67 to $37.53. Estimated annual savings is $3,780.00. Funding source is the Sanitation Division Refuse Disposal Account. (C. DeWitt)
Documents: BFI - Rate Decrease.pdf
11.M.
Consider for approval Bid #16-028 for the Annual Street Striping Contract from Stripe Lines as primary vendor and Batterson as secondary vendor. Funding Source is the general operations budget of the Public Works Streets Division funds with an estimated annual cost of $99,752. (K. Hockersmith)
Documents: Annual Street Striping Contract.pdf
11.N.
Consider for approval Change Order #3 for the 43rd Street reconstruction project contract with Main Lane Industries, Ltd, increasing the contract amount of $7,494,958.53 by $199,692.14 to a new total of $7,694,650.67. The funding source for this project is the CDBG DR Non-Housing Round 2.1. (D. Christodoss)
Documents: Main Lane Industries - CO 3 - 43rd Street Reconstruction.pdf
11.O.
Consider for approval the bid from Ardent Construction, LLC in the amount of $4,111,000.00 for the construction of the Galveston Lasker Park Community Swimming Pool Project located at Lasker Park, 43rd & Ave.Q. Funding sources are IDC, TPWD grant, foundation grants, donations, neighborhood revitalization fund and Better Parks for Galveston. (B. Sanderson)
Documents: Consider For Approval - Lasker Park Pool Construction Bid.pdf
11.P.
Consider for approval Change Order No. 1 to the contract with Cardinal Contractors, Inc., increasing the contract amount by $11,025.73 to a new total of $15,898,025.73, for soil removal related to the 59th Street Pump Station project, and authorize the City Manager to execute all documents upon final approval of the City Attorney. (J. Simsen)
Documents: FINAL STAFF REPORT, Cardinal change order 6-15-2016.docx, Change Order No. 1, Cardinal Contractors.pdf
11.Q.
Consider for approval a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between City of Galveston/Island Transit and the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC), Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), Houston METRO et al. regarding cooperative, comprehensive and continuing metropolitan planning process, as required by the US. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Guidelines, 23 CFR 450 Subparts A & C). (R. Beverlin)
Documents: HGAC Packet.pdf
11.R.
Consider for approval an Advanced Funding Agreement (AFA) between City of Galveston and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) for the Downtown Pedestrian Transit Connectivity Improvements Project (TxDOT CSJ 0912-73-206) (R. Beverlin)
Documents: Pedes Packet.pdf
11.S.
Consider for approval minutes of the April 7, 2016 Special Meeting, the April 13, 2016 Special Meeting, the April 19, 2016 Special Meeting, the April 28, 2016 Workshop and Regular Meeting, and the May 17, 2016 Special Meeting. (J. Williams)
Documents: DOC123.PDF
11.T.
Seeking City Council to ratify the City Manager's action approving a contract with J. Benham Construction, Inc., to facilitate the emergency repair to the concrete pavement located near the intersection of 59th & Ball Ave due to public safety concerns in the amount of $26,444.25 consistent with Sec. 252.022 (a) (2) of the Local Government Code. Funding source is $26,444.25 funded from the Streets Division General Operations Account. (K. Hockersmith)
Documents: J Brnham - Emergency Repair.pdf
11.U.
Consider for Approval the purchase of Firefighter Protective Clothing in the amount of $35,151.00. (Wisko)
Documents: PPE.6.23.2016.pdf
Discuss and consider for action ex officio appointments of Council Members to city boards, commissions, and committees of the City of Galveston, and receive a report from the City Attorney on term limits as to the effect on Council Members on boards. (McMorris/Woods)
Discuss and consider for approval of the appointment of Susan Fennewald to the Park Board submitted by the District 3 Council Member. (McMorris/Woods)
Discuss and consider for approval of the appointment of Douglas Godinich to the Wharves Board submitted by the District 1 Council Member. (McMorris/Woods)
Pursuant to Texas Gov't Code 551.071- Consultation with attorney, an executive session will be conducted to discuss and receive legal advice concerning pending litigation and/or a settlement offer, or on a matter in which the duty of the attorney to the governmental body under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with this chapter, related to the following:
13.A.1.
No. CV-007-4053 City of Galveston V. John Maguire et al, In the County Court at Law #2 of Galveston County. (D. Glywasky)
Matter of the Appeal from the Ethics Commission of the City of Galveston related to the ethics complaint of Benjamin Hannon. (D. Glywasky)
ACTION ITEMS (RESULTING FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION)
Consideration of granting authorization to the City Attorney to effect partial settlement of the matter of No. CV-007-4053 City of Galveston V. John Maguire et al, In the County Court at Law #2 of Galveston County. (D. Glywasky)
Consider for action the Matter of the Appeal from the Ethics Commission of the City of Galveston related to the ethics complaint of Benjamin Hannon. (D. Glywasky)
I certify that the above Notice of Meeting was posted in a place convenient to the public in compliance with Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code on June 20, 2016 at 12:30 P.M.
Janelle Williams, City Secretary
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA), PERSONS IN NEED OF A SPECIAL ACCOMMODATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCEEDING SHALL, WITHIN THREE (3) DAYS PRIOR TO ANY PROCEEDING, CONTACT THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, SUITE 201, 823 ROSENBERG, GALVESTON, TEXAS 77550 (409-797-3510).

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Getting selective with febit
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BOSTON—On Jan. 20, the Molecular Genetics Core Facility (MGCF) at Children's Hospital Boston became one of the most recent users of the HybSelect technology offered by febit—a provider of automated solutions for enabling biochip applications in life sciences with headquarters in Lexington, Mass., for the Americas and Heidelberg, Germany, for the rest of the world.
The announcement came close on the heels of the late-February launch of febit's new HybSelector instrument. Both announcements, along with ongoing work at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), illustrate febit's push to be a leader in the next-generation sequencing (NGS) market, says Peer Staehler, febit's chief scientific officer.
All three pieces of news reflect different aspects of febit's progress, with the MGCF work showing the value and potential of febit's HybSelect technology—particularly when paired with the SOLiD platform from Applied Biosystems, part of Life Technologies Corp.—at an end user's location. The work at CHOP, on the other hand, has shown the ability of febit's technology to provide NGS more as a service model.
But concurrently with those two relationships, the power of febit's newest technology is something that had already been shown with the recent establishment of a febit-based facility to perform targeted NGS work on large scales.
As Staehler explains, febit combined the SOLiD 3plus System with febit's HybSelect Sequence Capture Solution in one streamlined targeted NGS pipeline, providing what he says is the ability to "resequence relevant genes in hundred of sample in a very reasonable timeframe and very economical framework. The febit-based facility includes two SOLiD 3plus sequencing systems as well as two of febit's proprietary new HybSelector platforms and was recently used to resequence several hundred thousand bases in over 400 clinical samples over a four-week period.
"We will have the capacity to do more than 1,000 samples per week soon, which will enable studies with thousands of samples to be conducted in a reasonable timeframe," Staehler notes.
The news about the HybSelector launch hit the news wires on Feb. 17, with the announcement that it would be unveiled at the 11th annual Advances in Genome Biology and Technology meeting being held Feb. 24-27 in Marco Island, Fla. The new HybSelector instrument is designed to replace the Geniom RT Analyzer for high-quality DNA enrichment followed by targeted next-generation sequencing.
"The HybSelector features all technical components necessary for HybSelect, our DNA enrichment protocol," says Staehler. "We are able to offer the HybSelector at a very competitive price. This will enable the large genomics research community, which has already indicated a high interest in affordable, targeted resequencing solutions, to use HybSelect's high sample throughput at low acquisition costs." The economic benefit of HybSelect increases the potential for widespread use of NGS in clinical studies, Staehler adds.
In Boston, the MGCF chose febit's Geniom RT Analyzer—as the HybSelector wasn't available for sale yet, with the aim of enabling genetics researchers to conduct the highly economic targeted enrichment of genes of interest for resequencing.
"We feel that febit's HybSelect technology will be a powerful tool for our researchers, in conjunction with our Applied Biosystems SOLiD platform, at a reasonable cost," says Hal Schneider, core manager of the MGCF. "The ease and flexibility of HybSelect allows us to study a variety of genetic diseases and multiplex bar-coded libraries, making sequence capture projects much more accessible and affordable for our investigators."
According to febit, the economical nature of HybSelect increases the potential for widespread use of next generation sequencing in clinical studies because—instead of sequencing the complete genomes of only a few patients—HybSelect enables the analysis of specific genes of interest from large patient cohorts for the same price and data management effort. The larger patient pool now provides the statistically relevant data that are necessary for clinical studies.
"Targeted enrichment and multiplexing are necessary to truly benefit from the advantages of high performance sequencers, and febit has developed HybSelect to meet this need," Staehler notes. "Together with Life Technologies' SOLiD 3, HybSelect can sequence 16 parallel samples in one run. febit is currently working on an upgrade to a 96-plex barcode set. This will enable sequencing of 2,304 samples in six working days."
While Staehler notes that he is proud of the MGCF work in Boston, he points out that ongoing work at CHOP in Pennsylvania has been able to showcase the power of febit's newer systems and workflows, sending samples to be processed through febit's new NGS facility. In fact, the work at CHOP is one of four "first studies" to demonstrate the power of febit's new targeted resequencing pipeline when used for clinical partners.
At CHOP specifically, febit is working on the development of a clinical diagnostic test for sensorineural hearing loss. The Molecular Genetics Laboratory at CHOP specializes in providing DNA-based diagnostic testing for genetic disorders affecting children and adults in the United States and around the world, with the knowledge that more than 40 genes are known to influence hearing loss, which has a genetic etiology in the majority of cases.
Utilizing a targeted capture and resequencing approach to analyze multiple genes simultaneously can significantly reduce the time and expense of analysis, potentially matching the level of single gene disorders, Staehler says. The purpose of the joint study with CHOP is to explore the feasibility of clinical molecular diagnostic testing of approximately 37 genes and validation of this approach by sequencing of 96 affected patients.
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Today the sun has shone! At last! And it's forecast to be good for the rest of the week too!
When there was no more room I put in another table and some other small furniture behind the window, but with room for customers (!) to pass between.
I also hung some things from a beam and I think it looked rather pretty when I'd finished!
Later in the week I'm hoping to take over my welsh dresser to display some more things, and get a plate rack up on the wall to display (it's all there in the name) plates.
Two lots of people came in to look round while I was there so I think maybe I'd better come up with a list of prices in case there's any chance of a sale!
I'm so glad your little store is coming along. Nice window display. Will you be adding any color or maybe your store name above the outside windows? The street area certainly looks clean.
It certainly looks interesting, and I am sure you will have lots of folks dropping in so better get on with those pretty price tickets!
I wonder if there will be a photo of your dresser and the plates soon?
Chez Penny was a craft and brocante shop in the elegant but still sleepy town of Le Dorat, Haute Vienne, France. Now the shop is closed and no longer serves its previous function but is having a bit of a renaissance as I paint and decorate.


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Supreme Court rulings could impact California same-sex couples
On Behalf of Michael A. Sawamura, Attorney at Law | Dec 3, 2012 | Estate Planning |
California has been no stranger to the controversy surrounding same-sex marriage and the courts continue to struggle to make sense of the situation. Some much-needed guidance on legal issues related to same-sex marriage may be on the horizon, as the United States Supreme Court convenes this month to decide which of five cases challenging the Defense of Marriage Act it will hear in the coming year.
For same-sex couples, the high court's decision could have serious financial and estate planning repercussions. The cases the court may consider affect issues concerning taxation, health care and survivorship benefits for same-sex couples, all of which could end up costing, or saving, these couples thousands of dollars or more each year.
One of the cases comes from San Francisco, where a female federal court employee sued because she was denied health insurance benefits for her female spouse under DOMA. A dispute resolution officer for the court system agreed with the woman, and ruled that her partner should be afforded spousal benefits. The federal government, however, ordered the woman's insurer not to process the application for her partner. The woman sued and won a victory in federal district court which may now be reviewed by the Supreme Court.
In an important estate taxation case, a New York woman sued after she was forced to pay federal estate taxes on her inheritance from her lesbian spouse that she would not have had to pay had their marriage been between a male and female.
A third case involves several Massachusetts same-sex couples who were denied Social Security survivor benefits for their spouses, benefits an opposite-sex married couple would have no trouble procuring.
The Court will meet behind closed doors to determine whether to hear any, or all, of these cases in 2013. Those seeking more information on the current state of the law should contact an experienced estate planning attorney.
Source: CNBC, "Benefit fight brings lesbian couple to high court," Nov. 26, 2012


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Summer season looks closer and Love Family Park recently revealed the complete group of artists that will perform on its twenty-second musical reunion.
The carefully selected list of 22 artists is led by techno icons Sven Väth and Richie Hawtin, alongside other essential names like Nina Kraviz, Solomun, Fritz Kalkbrenner, Dixon, Seth Troxler, Loco Dice, Ricardo Villalobos, Amelie Lens and many more.
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Millet-based snacks to be piloted in TN noon meal scheme from January
CHENNAI, November 21, 2020 11:34 IST
The State will also introduce greens/soups in two districts on a pilot basis, with funding support from the State Balanced Growth Fund, officials said at a review meeting on Friday
S. Madumathi, secretary of the Government Social Welfare and Nutritious Noon Meal Programme, said millet based snacks would be provided in Salem and Namakkal districts and greens/soups in Tiruchirapalli and Tiruvannmalai districts on a pilot basis from January 2021, with funding support from the State Balanced Growth Fund.
The State has been performing exceptionally well in the implementation of 'Early Childhood Care and Education' (ECCE), she said while delivering a special address at the State Development Policy Council's review meeting on ECCE on Friday.
Ms. Madumathi noted that unlike other states, Anganwadi workers in Tamil Nadu are employed on a regular basis and are paid on a special time scale. They are paid adequately, and awards with citations and cash prizes are given to best performing Anganwadi workers, she added.
She also pointed out that the introduction of LKG/UKG classes on a pilot basis in Anganwadi Centres co-located within the government middle school premises has got good response and enrolment, especially during the COVID-19 period, has increased.
C. Ponnaiyan, Vice Chairman, State Development Policy Council noted that the State has been a pioneer in implementing child welfare programmes, well ahead of many Indian States and is doing very well in the implementation of ECCE.He reiterated the importance of ensuring that benefits reach people from poorer sections and SC/ ST communities and ensuring the removal of gender biases and pervasive patriarchal values and to realise the need for providing creches and day care, especially for children of poor rural and urban working women.
The State would continuously engage with academicians and experts to update the content and to ensure inclusiveness of ECCE, Mr. Ponnaiyan noted and also recommended imparting training to parents of toddlers through media about childcare and education.
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Most of Scandinavia determines fines based on income. Could such a system work in the U.S.?
"This is no constitutionally governed state," one Finn who was fined nearly $50,000 moaned to The Wall Street Journal, "This is a land of rhinos!" Outrage among the rich—especially nonsensical, safari-invoking outrage—might be a sign that something fair is at work.
Finland's system for calculating fines is relatively simple: It starts with an estimate of the amount of spending money a Finn has for one day, and then divides that by two—the resulting number is considered a reasonable amount of spending money to deprive the offender of. Then, based on the severity of the crime, the system has rules for how many days the offender must go without that money. Going about 15 mph over the speed limit gets you a multiplier of 12 days, and going 25 mph over carries a 22-day multiplier.
Most reckless drivers pay between €30 and €50 per day, for a total of about €400 or €500. Finland's maximum multiplier is 120 days, but there's no ceiling on the fines themselves—the fine is taken as a constant proportion of income whether you make €80,000 a year or €800,000.
Income-based fines could introduce fairness to a legal system that many have shown to be biased against the poor.
Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Austria, France, and Switzerland also have some sliding-scale fines, or "day-fines," in place, but in America, flat-rate fines are the norm. Since the late 80s, when day-fines were first seriously tested in the U.S., they have remained unusual and even exotic.
But to advocate for the American adoption of day-fines isn't to engage in the standard grass-is-greener worship of Scandinavia that's in style right now. It's logical. Yes, day-fines might dissuade the rich from breaking the law; after all, wealthier people have been shown to drive more recklessly than those who make less money, and Steve Jobs was known to park in handicapped spots and drive around without license plates.
But more importantly, day-fines could introduce some fairness to a legal system that many have convincingly shown to be biased against the poor. Last week, the Department of Justice released a comprehensive report on how fines have been doled out in Ferguson, Missouri. "Ferguson's law enforcement practices are shaped by the City's focus on revenue rather than by public safety needs," it concluded.
"There's a renewed interest in this because of the outrageous kind of fining and gouging that has become well-known out of Ferguson," says Judith Greene, who founded Justice Strategies, a nonprofit research organization. "But of course that kind of stuff goes on everywhere." Greene says that day-fines won't curb the troubling practice of aggressive, means-to-an-end fining, but it would be effective to introduce them anyway. "Then the criminal fines should come into the picture as they were originally intended, which is a criminal sanction—a penalty for crime—and then scaled appropriately," she says.
Greene has seen America's experience with day-fines firsthand. Nearly 30 years ago, she helped launch a pilot program in Staten Island. The first day-fine ever in the U.S. was given in 1988, and about 70 percent of Staten Island's fines in the following year were day-fines. A similar program was started in Milwaukee, and Greene went on to work with a few other cities in implementing the day-fine idea. All of these initiatives, she says, were effective in making the justice system fairer for poor people.
Finland was the first country to introduce day-fines, having established them in 1921, but the roots of the idea run deeper. Fines were first set up as a punishment in Europe in the 1100s, and well into the Middle Ages remained a second-best alternative to simply punishing offenders by seeking personal vengeance. Montesquieu was among the first to recognize the importance of implementing them on a sliding scale. "Cannot pecuniary penalties be proportionate to fortunes?" he wondered in 1748's The Spirit of the Laws.
"Cannot pecuniary penalties be proportionate to fortunes?" Montesquieu wondered in 1748.
Tapio Lappi-Seppälä, who is the director of the University of Helsinki's Institute of Criminology and Legal Policy, says that an overwhelming majority of Finns still support them. "It is a matter of social justice and equal impact of punishment," he says.
Citizens in other countries aren't always so supportive, though. In 1991, the governments of England and Wales tried out day-fines, only to abandon them after criticism from the media. "[This failure] can be attributed mainly to the U.K. government's inability to defend a sound system against ill-founded public pressure and misplaced criticism," Lappi-Seppälä wrote in the Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice.
To be sure, not all of the criticism of day-fines is misplaced. Casey Mulligan, a professor of economics at the University of Chicago, has valid concerns about them. "An income-based system might appear to 'help the poor,' but that's forgetting the victims of those crimes," he says. He notes that income imbalances between neighborhoods could create disparities in the incidence of reckless driving. "Do we want more speeding past schools in poor neighborhoods than in rich neighborhoods?" he asks. Day-fines might make more sense in a place like Finland, where income inequality isn't as pressing of a problem (by one measurement, at least).
Mulligan also points out that because some penalties involve time in custody, in court, or in jail, the system does, to an extent, mete out justice equally. "The value of the time component of a penalty is proportional to the penalized person's value of time," he says. In terms of earnings potential, an hour of a CEO's time is worth a lot more than an hour of a janitor's.
But at least when it comes to discouraging the wealthy from breaking the law, day-fines could be effective, says Marc Bellemare, a professor of applied economics at the University of Minnesota. "When considering a proportion of their income…people are at least constantly risk-averse. This means that the worst that would happen is that the deterrent effect of fines would be the same across wealth or income levels," he says.
He doesn't think the American system should be revamped overnight, but thinks that day-fines could hold promise. "We should start small—say, only speeding tickets—and see what happens," he says. Now that America is no longer of the "lock 'em up" mentality, day-fines should get another shot.


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Samuel Norman Seaborn is a fictional character played by Rob Lowe on the television serial drama The West Wing. From the beginning of the series in 1999 until the middle of the fourth season in 2003, he is deputy White House Communications Director in the administration of President Josiah Bartlet played by Martin Sheen. The character departed from subsequent seasons show after Lowe decided to leave the series, although he returned for several episodes in the final season when he became Deputy Chief of Staff to the new president portrayed by Jimmy Smits.

Series creator Aaron Sorkin originally conceived Sam Seaborn as the main character in The West Wing. The pilot episode makes him the main protagonist and he remains a focal point through the first season. However, as other characters developed - particularly Sheen's role as President and his ability to govern despite obstacles such as his previously undisclosed multiple sclerosis, his campaign for re-election, foreign policy, and terrorism - this greatly diminished the emphasis on the Seaborn character. When the series started, Lowe was the series highest paid actor. However, due to the change in plot direction over subsequent seasons, many cast members got significant pay increases as their roles expanded, while Lowe did not get see any change. Unhappy with the situation, Lowe decided to leave the series in season 4.

Casting
The role of Sam Seaborn was initially offered to actor Bradley Whitford, who had auditioned for the part of Josh Lyman. However, Whitford wanted and was eventually given the role of Josh, and the part of Sam went to Rob Lowe, whose audition, said show creator Aaron Sorkin, "left our jaws on the floor".

Sam's inept performance as a White House tour guide in the pilot episode may have been inspired by former Clinton press secretary Joe Lockhart, who told the Chicago Tribune that despite having to give tours on a regular basis, he did not know whether the Roosevelt Room was named after Franklin or Teddy Roosevelt, saying, "I haven't gotten caught yet, but I've made up a few things."  (It is actually named after both Roosevelts.)

When the show premiered, Seaborn was considered the lead, and the pilot centered on the character.  But the acclaimed cast of the show—including Allison Janney, Richard Schiff, Dulé Hill, John Spencer, Whitford, and Martin Sheen (whose role as President was initially scripted as a small role) and Stockard Channing (whose First Lady was initially scripted as a guest role)— were all strong actors and eventually Lowe's character was no longer the lead. Lowe and series creator Aaron Sorkin soon found themselves at odds over the network's meddling with the show, most notably the network demanding changes in the Sam Seaborn character. Eventually, Lowe left the series.

Lowe's performance as Seaborn received a Emmy nomination, two Golden Globes nominations, three Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations and a Satellite Award win.

Character role and development

Early life and education
Sam grew up in Laguna Beach, California. He makes a reference to going to Dungeons and Dragons camp when he was younger in the episode "The Two Bartlets". Sam graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University and Duke University School of Law. He makes repeated references to his alma mater, especially in the earlier seasons, indicating a certain pride in his attendance there. "Princeton" is his Secret Service code name, and he mentions being the recording secretary of the Princeton Gilbert and Sullivan Society. He can speak Spanish, as seen in Season 3 episode "Ways and Means".

It is hinted in several episodes that Sam has a difficult relationship with his father and that they do not speak regularly.

Sam attended Duke Law School and was the editor of the Duke Law Review (which, in reality, is known as the Duke Law Journal).

Career prior to the White House
Sam was a staffer for several congressmen and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. He was also a practicing lawyer, working at the law firm of Dewey Ballantine in New York City before joining the fictional Gage Whitney Pace (aka "Gage Whitney"), reputedly the second biggest law firm in New York City. Sam worked there for seven years and was concentrating on helping an oil company with a deal that would protect them from litigation in the event of an oil spill when his old friend Josh Lyman comes to visit him. Josh is running John Hoynes' presidential campaign and comes to try to recruit Sam as a speechwriter. Sam declines, explaining that he is about to be made partner and is getting married soon (the engagement later fell through). Sam returns to work but, feeling guilty about the deal he is making, begins trying to convince the oil company to buy newer, better tankers than the ones they want, unleashing the wrath of his boss and jeopardising his promotion to partner. In the midst of this, Josh returns from a trip to New Hampshire during which he has seen Hoynes' dark-horse challenger, Jed Bartlet, speak to a small audience of voters. Josh has been sufficiently inspired to abandon Hoynes' campaign and go work for Bartlet, which in turn convinces Sam to do the same. Sam becomes part of the talented team of staffers who help Bartlet to a very unlikely victory in 1998.

Personality
Sam's tragically flawed romantic relationships are something of a theme of the series with Josh once describing Sam's love life as "a moveable feast". After joining the campaign, Sam broke up with his fiancée, Lisa Sherborne, whom he was planning to marry in September of that year (the joke was that they broke up so that her name wouldn't become Lisa Sherborne Seaborn). Sam's other romantic relationships include a high-priced call girl named Laurie, played by Lisa Edelstein (with whom he slept without knowledge of her profession), and Leo McGarry's daughter, Mallory O'Brien, a fourth-grade teacher — a relationship Leo jokingly tries to sabotage, telling Sam, "I don't mind you dating my 'only' daughter, but you can't expect me not to have some fun along the way."

Sam's trademark — both his greatest strength and greatest flaw — is his unflinching idealism. His unwavering faith in and love for the American political process and the positive impact that government can have in its citizens' lives define his character. Sam believes in doing the right thing simply because it is right, even when the consequences might be politically disastrous. This often causes him to clash with the other members of the senior staff, who tend to be more practical when approaching political problems. Occasionally Sam's idealism and faith in people are disappointed, to which he reacts very strongly. In the second-season episode "Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail", Sam finds out that his father has been having a 28-year affair while married to his mother, a revelation that deeply shakes his sense of what he can and cannot count on. This feeling is reinforced by his discovery that a White House staffer convicted of treason during the Cold War, who Sam has always believed was innocent, actually had been a spy.

Another trademark of Sam is his ability as a speechwriter. He is an extremely talented writer, one of the very few people Toby recognises as an equal in his field. Sam is seen in many episodes to rewrite speeches over and over, unwilling to put words in the President's mouth that he isn't completely satisfied with. After a pipe bomb explodes at a university in "20 Hours in America, Part II", killing 44 people, including three swimmers, Bartlet gives a speech, written by Sam, that includes the following: More than any time in recent history, America's destiny is not of our own choosing. We did not seek nor did we provoke an assault on our freedoms and our way of life. We did not expect nor did we invite a confrontation with evil. Yet the true measure of a people's strength is how they rise to master that moment when it does arrive. Forty-four people were killed a couple of hours ago at Kennison State University; three swimmers from the men's team were killed and two others are in critical condition; when after having heard the explosion from their practice facility they ran into the fire to help get people out ... ran into the fire. The streets of heaven are too crowded with angels tonight. They're our students and our teachers and our parents and our friends. The streets of heaven are too crowded with angels, but every time we think we have measured our capacity to meet a challenge, we look up and we're reminded that that capacity may well be limitless. This is a time for American heroes. We will do what is hard. We will achieve what is great. This is a time for American heroes and we reach for the stars. God bless their memory, God bless you, and God bless the United States of America."
Bartlet campaign advisor Bruno Gianelli asks Sam when he wrote the last part. He replies, "in the car", which prompts the response, "Freak".

White House
After the election, Sam becomes Deputy White House Communications Director in the Bartlet Administration, often collaborating with White House Communications Director Toby Ziegler to write the President's most important public addresses, most notably States of the Union and his first inaugural address.

In an episode in the third season, Sam is awed by President Bartlet's foresight and wisdom when resolving an apparent impasse among the Chinese, the Taiwanese and the United States. President Bartlet predicts that Sam will run for President someday and should not be scared; Bartlet believes that he can do it.

Run for Congress
During the fourth season, Sam decides to run for Congress in his home district — the California 47th in Orange County, California — in a special election held after deceased Democratic candidate Horton Wilde posthumously makes history by defeating arch-conservative Republican incumbent Chuck Webb. Sam first becomes familiar with the congressional race when he is sent to talk to Wilde's campaign manager, Will Bailey, on behalf of the Democratic Party, to convince him to drop the campaign. Will continues running the campaign with earnestness and energy after Wilde died, an act that is seen as bizarre and pointless — or, as Sam puts it to him, "a national joke". After seeing firsthand how dedicated Will is and realizing that he is a public servant in the mould of Bartlet's own senior staff, Sam becomes impressed with how he ran Wilde's campaign and offers his own name as a replacement candidate for election night in case Wilde wins, not thinking he will have to honor the promise. When Wilde does win, Sam decides not to back out but to use this opportunity to promote a truly liberal agenda in the traditionally conservative district. He goes to California with the blessing of Bartlet and his fellow White House staffers. Once he learns that Will Bailey is not going to stay on to manage his campaign, he recommends him as a temporary replacement for himself in the White House, to help Toby write Bartlet's second inaugural address.

Sam is expected to lose in a landslide. President Bartlet goes to California to lend his support, taking with him Sam's friends on the senior staff, who believe campaign manager Scott Holcomb is wasting Sam's time by having him run a safe, timid campaign. In the midst of the visit, Sam learns that Bartlet is putting off announcing the Democratic tax plan Sam himself had helped design, so that Sam won't feel pressured to support it and further stigmatize himself during the election. Sam is appalled and decides to put things right. While introducing the President at a campaign event, he adds that the audience shouldn't "let him off this stage" until he has announced the tax plan. Backstage, Bartlet watches Scott Holcomb react with distress and asks why he is running Sam's campaign the way he is. Holcomb admits that he is anticipating Sam's loss and trying to smooth the way for a less divisive candidate the next time around, prompting Bartlet to (unofficially) fire him and get Toby to take over the campaign for the final weeks. Toby runs a thoroughly honest and liberal campaign, not until the very end of which does Sam realize, "I'm going to lose". Toby confirms it, explaining, "They're going to throw rocks at you next week, and I wanted to be standing next to you when they did." They hug, and this is the last scene in which Sam appears until the end of the final season of the series.

When Sam does reappear, it is implied that Sam lost the election to Congressman Webb, and then declined the promotion to Senior Counselor to the President that had been suggested by Toby. Instead, he quit politics, remained in his home state of California, and joined an unnamed law firm in Los Angeles which pays him a salary that would "make [Josh] puke".

Return to the White House
Although Sam is mentioned occasionally following his departure — most notably calling Josh to tell him to "roll with the punches" after the latter unwittingly caused the defection of a Democratic Senator — he is not seen in the series until the last episodes of the seventh and final season, following the election of Congressman Matt Santos as President.

In a development reminiscent of his recruitment of Sam into Josiah Bartlet's campaign for the presidency eight years earlier(Ep 23), Josh Lyman (now Chief of Staff-designate in the incoming Santos Administration) flies to Los Angeles on a same day round trip to offer Sam the post of Deputy White House Chief of Staff. Although initially hesitant because he is again engaged, Sam ultimately agrees as he later sees that Santos is part of a bright future for the country. Sam accepts on the condition that Josh take a vacation after witnessing the toll of post-election stress, insisting that Josh will need to be at his best when helping govern the country.

Sam's final appearance of the series comes in the final episode, meeting with new President Matt Santos and Josh Lyman in the Oval Office.

See also
The West Wing
List of characters on The West Wing
List of The West Wing episodes

References

The West Wing characters
Fictional political consultants
Fictional American lawyers
Fictional characters from Orange County, California
Fictional Democrats (United States)
Television characters introduced in 1999

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TJ Loves Sally 4 Ever Resources
Education & Outreach 2020-2021 Season
In under two hours, TJ Loves Sally 4 Ever explores a dizzying amount of American history and intersections between race, gender, class, and sexuality. While we at SpeakEasy pride ourselves on our productions sparking conversations, theatre can only be the beginning. Here are some additional resources for bringing the conversation of TJ Loves Sally 4 Ever further into your life.
On Our Founding Fathers and The Legacy of American Slavery
Danielle, Britni. "Sally Hemings wasn't Thomas Jefferson's mistress. She was his property." The Washington Post, 7 Jul. 2017.
Hannah-Jones, Nikole. "Our democracy's founding ideals were false when they were written. Black Americans have fought to make them true." The New York Times, 14 Aug. 2019.
Jones, Ashley M. "What It Means To Say Sally Hemings." Magic City Gospel, Hub City Press, 2017.
Karp, Matt. "What They Didn't Teach You About the Civil War." Gravel Institute, 15 Oct. 2020.
Loewen, James W.Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong.New Press, 2018.
Romano, Renee C., et al. Historians on Hamilton: How a Blockbuster Musical Is Restaging
America's Past. Rutgers University Press, 2018.
Shuster, Kate. "Teaching Hard History." Southern Poverty Law Center, 31 Jan. 2018.
Washington, Harriet A. Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present. Anchor Books, 2008.
Zinn, Howard. A People's History of the United States. Harper Perennial, 1980.
On The Intersection of Race and Gender
Cherry, Myisha. "Black Feminism Is For Everybody." Womankind Magazine, 6 Jun. 2020.
Collins, Patricia Hill. Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of
Empowerment. Routledge, 2008.
Combahee River Collective. "The Combahee River Collective Statement." 1997.
Forestiere, Annamarie. "America's War on Black Trans Women." Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, 23 Sep. 2020.
hooks, bell. Ain't I a Woman?: Black Women and Feminism. South End Press, 1981.
McMillan Cottom, Tressie.Thick: And Other Essays. The New Press, 2019.
Paz, Isabella Grullón and Maggie Astor. "Black Trans Women Seek More Space in the Movement They Helped Start." The New York Times, 28 Jun. 2020.
Taylor, Keeanga-Yamahtta. "Until Black Women Are Free, None of Us Will Be Free." The New Yorker, 20 Jul. 2020.
On White Privilege
Bonilla-Silva, Eduardo. Racism without Racists: Colorblind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United States. Beacon Press, 2018.
Fleming, Crystal Marie. How to Be Less Stupid about Race: On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide. Beacon Press, 2019.
León, Felice. "How White Privilege Works." The Root, 15 Aug. 2018.
Oluo, Ijeoma. So You Want To Talk About Race. Seal Press, 2019.
Ramsey, Franchesca. "Why Does Privilege Make People So Angry?" MTV Decoded, 13 Jan. 2016.
On Race in Academia and Higher Education
Arday, Jason et al. Dismantling Race in Higher Education: Racism, Whiteness and Decolonising the Academy. Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
Dizikes, Peter. "Straight talk about race in academia." MIT News, 8 Dec. 2020.
McCluney, Courtney L., et al. "The Costs of Code-Switching." Harvard Business Review, 15 Nov. 2019.
Montañez, Amanda. "This Is What the Race Gap in Academia Looks Like." Scientific American,
19 Feb. 2018.
Morris, Monique W. Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools. New Press, 2018.
Simien, Justin, director. Dear White People. Lionsgate, 2014.
Tatum, Beverly Daniel. Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? Hachette Book Group, 2017.
On Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs)
The Frederick D. Patterson Research Institute. "HBCUs Make America Strong: The Positive
Economic Impact of Historically Black Colleges and Universities."UNCF, 14 Nov. 2017.
Harris, Adam. "Why America Needs Its HBCUs." The Atlantic, 16 May 2019.
Kendi, Ibram X. "Flawed Attacks on the HBCU Idea." Diverse: Issues In Higher Ed, 18 Oct. 2010.
Legacy History Pride. "HBCU Marching Bands."
Lovett, Bobby L. America's Historically Black Colleges & Universities: A Narrative History, 1837-2009. Mercer University Press, 2009.
Local & National Resources
BLACK LIVES MATTER BOSTON
Website: www.BlackLivesMatterBoston.org
BOSTON EDUCATION JUSTICE ASSOCIATION
Phone: Text BEJA to 69238
Website: www.BostonEdJustice.org
CITY LIFE/VIDA URBANA
Address: 284 Amory Street, First Floor, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Website: www.clvu.org
COMMUNITY CHANGE, INC.
Address: 2 Oliver St Suite 802, Boston, MA 02109
Website: www.CommunityChangeInc.org
FACING HISTORY
Address: 16 Hurd Road, Brookline, MA 02445
Website: www.FacingHistory.org
THE FRONT PORCH ARTS COLLECTIVE
Website: www.FrontPorchArts.org
MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES FOR BIPOC
Address: 55 Fruit St, Boston, MA 02114
Website: www.MassGeneral.org
Address: 45 Franklin St # 3, Boston, MA 02110
Website: www.PosseFoundation.org/sites/boston
RACIAL JUSTICE & HEALTH EQUITY
Address: 1010 Massachusetts Ave, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02118
Website: www.bphc.org
SHOWING UP FOR RACIAL JUSTICE (SURJ) BOSTON
Website: www.SURJBoston.org
VIOLENCE IN BOSTON, INC.
Website: www.ViolenceInBoston.org
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