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Simon Rushworth 22nd June 2013
It's that time of the week again when our resident classic rock columnist is given the platform to tell it like it is.
But after 24 hours when his critically acclaimed review of The Who's Newcastle show went global, Self Made Man has opted to usher in the next generation.
Welcome to Self Made Boy...dad should be looking over his shoulder.
This is a blog with a difference. A very big difference in that most of it isn't written by me. That probably means it will be a major improvement on my regular musings.
Today's blog is given over to my youngest son, 13-year-old Michael, who went along to his first major gig during the week with his mum and me.
And there's nothing like starting at the top with even seasoned concert-goers professing The Who's storming set at Newcastle's Metro Radio Arena was one of the best shows they've seen in years.
To paraphrase a famous saying, give me a boy at 13 and I'll turn him into a rock fan although his initial verdict as we headed back to our car was quite philosophical.
"I suppose every concert I ever go to after this, will be downhill," he said. "Because it's IMPOSSIBLE to beat this."
He may be right. I hope he's not.
Like his older brothers, Michael is a rock fan for life even though he's spent the last 48 hours chanting "We are the Mods."
But that's his mother's bad influence!
Over to you Michael……….
Author's Note-Please note that I am only 13 so do not take any mistakes to heart as this is the 1st piece of professional writing I have ever done.
On the 20th of June, in the Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, the gates of Heaven were opened to reveal the mastery of the art of music.
Opening with an amazing support band, Vintage Trouble, The Who blew the roof off the giant arena with the sounds of Quadrophenia, Pinball Wizard and We Won't Get Fooled Again. To start with, the beautiful sound of crashing waves and into The Real Me.
As this was my 1st concert I was already blown away by the sheer volume of, my ears ringing, my eyes stinging, because of the flash of lights, and my entire body vibrating from the beautiful bass of it, I myself am a bass player so I greatly respect the amazing instrument. My initial reaction of it all was to shield my eyes, place my feet firmly on the ground and plug my ears, but I came to realise that this three pronged attack en masse on my senses was actually the closest thing I could get to being in pure awe.
Before this concert, I had practically never heard any of the Quadrophenia songs, apart from Love Reign O'er Me. I only started listening to them about two days before the concert and I was already impressed with them, how could they get better than this? I'll tell you, by seeing them LIVE!!!
In truth, although I was excited for the Quadrophenia part, it was the classics that attracted me so greatly to the concert, wanting to sing along to Pinball Wizard, Who Are You and We Won't Get Fooled Again and chant 'We Are the Mods!' with a crowd of rowdy fans.
All in all it was a fantastic concert, one which I think the North-East will never see the likes of again, and at the Great Newcastle's Arena, how fitting.
Michael Murtagh
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There are two main components that make up the .Net Framework. These are the Common Language Runtime and the .Net Framework Class Library. The Common Language Runtime (or CLR as it is usually referred to) is the foundation of the .Net Framework. It manages the memory that .Net code uses; it manages threads (more about them later); it polices code to ensure accuracy, robustness and security. Code that runs under the management of the CLR is known as Managed Code. The Class Library is a collection of code routines that can be used in the construction of programs designed for the Dot Net Architecture (DNA) and targeted for the CLR. The Class Library is comprehensive and greatly simplifies the construction of DNA applications.
Depending on whether a Managed Code component comes from somewhere on the Internet, or somewhere inside a corporate network or from the local computer (and a few other factors) the CLR assigns a trust level to the component. This trust level determines whether the component will be allowed access to local resources such as data stored on the local disks, the Windows registry or other security sensitive resources.
With the CLR enforcing security in this way, a user can safely allow a component that is embedded in a Web page to play a movie or some other such function, safe in the knowledge that it cannot gain access to their files. Since the function of the code could involve considerable interaction between the user and various data elements on the web page, which elements could reside in a database on the server system, the features of the web application can be rich indeed!
The CLR uses a system called the Common Type System to control data typeing. If a data element contains the value apple, for example, it would not make sense to use it in a mathematical operation. It is the wrong type of data for that type of operation. Preventing the attempt to perform an operation on the wrong type of data is what is referred to as data type control. Using the CTS, data carries its own type description which enables the CLR to enforce data type safety. Data type errors are a common source of program execution failures. Thus this type management helps to ensure the robustness of the managed code.
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Code that targets the CLR (i.e. it is designed for the CLR) all conforms to the same set of rules regardless of the language in which it was written. This means that components that were written in one language can readily be reused by, or can interact with, code written in another language. As long as the language compiler is one that targets the CLR it does not matter which language a programmer chooses to use. The resulting code can share all its components with other CLR targeted programs. While it might not be the best idea to use a variety of languages in a single application because of the resulting potential for maintenance difficulties, this feature does mean that a programmer can reuse an existing component even though it was written in some other language. There is no point in reinventing the wheel! This reusability can greatly reduce the time it takes to develop an application.
The CLR also supports interoperation between managed code and unmanaged code. Unmanaged code is code that does not target the CLR, such as code that was written prior to the DNAs release. This includes COM components and DLLs, which are types of objects commonly found in existing systems. This interoperability means that existing code can be used without having to be re-written.


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Local Political Analyst to Lead Discussion on Upcoming Elections
Just in time for the 2013 elections, we will feature a political analyst at our seventh event in the Dinner and Discussion series.
On Wednesday, Oct. 30 at 5:30 p.m. Dr. Quentin Kidd will lead a discussion about the upcoming elections, Virginia's political landscape and his predictions for what will happen at the polls.
The Inn at Warner Hall's Dinner and Discussion series features prominent speakers, gourmet buffet dinner and thoughtful conversation.
Dr. Kidd is a professor of political science and Director of the Judy Ford Wason Center for Public Policy at Christopher Newport University (CNU) in Newport News, Va. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Texas Tech University. At CNU, Kidd teaches courses in American political behavior, political campaigns and elections, and research methods and quantitative analysis. He has received numerous awards including being named "Professor of the Year" three times by the students at CNU.
Dr. Kidd's most recent book is The Rational Southerner from Oxford University Press (co- authored with M.V. Hood III and Irwin L. Morris). He is also the author of Civic Participation in America.
Dr. Kidd served as an advisor to the (Virginia) Independent Bipartisan Advisory Commission on Redistricting and on the Virginia Commission for National and Community Service. He is faculty chair of the College Leaders Program at the Sorenson Institute for Political Leadership at the University of Virginia.
He appears often on radio and television programs in Virginia and nationally to talk about politics and public policy, and has been quoted in a variety of national publications as well as local and state publications. He served for 11 years in the U.S. Army and U.S. Army Reserves as a psychological warfare specialist, including a combat tour in Kuwait and Iraq during the Persian Gulf War in 1991.
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Habitat introduces new e-commerce platform
Habitat has introduced a new e-commerce platform to allow the brand to evolve its online customer experience after reporting an increase of over 35% in traffic in the last year. Developed by an in-house team and digital agency Salmon, the new responsive site has been built on Magento Enterprise Edition for a mobile audience in-mind as over 50% of online shoppers are using mobile and tablet devices to purchase from the brand.
Phase one of the project introduces a refined user experience with easier navigation and multi-devide image browsing, an easier check-out process, enhanced search function and improved rich editorial content. The platform will also allow for near-term developments such as the introduction of user-personalised experiences across channels and a click-and-collect service from Habitat flagship stores and its 84 Mini Habitat stores nationwide.
Launched last month after an extensive Beta testing phase, the new site has already seen strong conversion uplifts year on year and significantly increased revenues.
"We've already received very positive feedback from customers about their online experience with us on the new site and conversion figures show the new platform is making it much easier to shop with us online," comments Jackie Bullock, Head of Ecommerce at Habitat. "At the start of the project we identified a series of customer demands that we simply could not meet with a platform that was being outpaced by our competitors. Our aim was to upgrade to a more flexible, sustainable platform that would support our multi-channel growth and at the same time allow us to develop an inspirational brand experience - and this is what the new platform has allowed us to do. Now our customers are more immersed and inspired by their online journey and we're excited about starting phase two and showing the true capabilities of the new site."
Neil Stewart, CEO at Salmon said: "Habitat's new Magento platform brings the flexibility and scalability it requires to engage with its clients at every touchpoint, whenever and wherever they choose to shop. It marks a truly exciting time of growth and improvement for Habitat by enabling it to respond to the market demands at speed, whilst delivering a more personalised customer experience. Phase two will see Salmon deliver further enhancements to enable a rich multichannel experience for customers."
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yikes . . . Paradise Cove (Malibu) Cars & Coffee and The Queens English at Woodley Park are also on April 7th.
hmmmm . . . i think Steve and i will hit Paradise Cove and then drive the Bugeyes over the hill to Queen's English.
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Home Entertainment 10 Best Shows like Into the Night To Watch in 2022
10 Best Shows like Into the Night To Watch in 2022
By Christopher Reyes
The unknown lurks in the night waiting to sink its evil claws into the innocent; a common perception that we all have grown up with. While we associate night with fear and daylight with safety, what happens if the monster that we fear is none other than the sun that is the very source of life?
Into the Night is a Belgian apocalyptic sci-fi thriller drama series that focuses on a group of people whose idea of an uneventful flight goes haywire when a man in khaki pants hijacks the plane and forces it fly towards westwards. He claims that it is the only way to stay alive. And he is proven right when a solar event causes the sun to destroy everything in its path.
Into the Night is more than a story of a catastrophic cosmic event. It is a saga of survival.
If you are looking for some similar series that leave you at the edge of your seats, then look no further.
Here is a list of similar binge-worthy series:
The Leftovers give us a glance of a post-apocalyptic world, with the series picking up three years after the 'Sudden Departure', a mysterious event that causes synchronous disappearance of 140 million people on October 14, 2011. It is a story of those left behind who are wounded from within. Especially the Garvey and Murphy family.
Perhaps the most intriguing part of the series is that it doesn't begin by explaining the absurdities but dives into raw human emotions such as grief and uncertainty and whether or not it's possible to move on from such a tragedy. The viewers are as much in the dark as the characters who are desperately trying to attach meaning and purpose to their lives.
It is a world that you and I cannot imagine with fringes of humor and hope as characters try to rebuild their lives. The unusual way that the series deals with spirituality and helplessness, makes it worth watching.
Every time you see Into the Dark, one of the main things that will hit you is the group's fight for survival. And when we talk about surviving against catastrophe, we cannot move further without mentioning Lost.
Not much time is wasted in building a back story and in the very first seconds of the first episode of Lost the passengers find themselves in an island immediately following a plane crash. With time travelling, supernatural elements, research experiments that are complex enough to drive one mad, Lost never loses sight of the survivors of the crash who now battle against odds that threaten their very existence.
With flashbacks now and then, we get to see the lives of our characters before the crash and before long we start to relate with them. Even with life-threatening situations, the series ensure comic reliefs here and there when even the most stoic characters have their moments.
Betrayal and sacrifice decide the faith of all the people stranded on the island, and at the end of each episode, we are left with some answers and additional questions.
Here is another series based on a post-apocalyptic world. Only this time an alien invasion wipes out 90% of the human civilisation by destroying the world's major cities and capitals. All militaries are defeated and demolished, leaving behind a group of civilians who share a common goal of regaining control of their world.
Unlike most shows that involve aliens, this series is based on the fact that aliens successfully invaded and have taken over the planet. It is a treat for all sci-fi lovers. Devoid of the ugly rubber suits or hilariously artificial tentacles, Falling Skies effectively introduces the horrors of an alien invaded earth. With scores of mysteries to unravel, you will find yourself strangely addicted to the ploys and plans of the aliens whose intentions the script withholds for a long time.
Nothing unites humans like the will to survive and fight back. With ordinary people who have no superpowers joining forces to survive, Falling Skies appeals more to the audience.
We often come across plots where a group of people are cut off from the rest of the world as they are stuck in an inaccessible place. Colony breaks all such notions.
The series depicts what would happen if a city like Los Angeles is cut off from the rest of the world, and the residents are forced to live under the control of aliens. The City of Angels is now walled off and divided into Los Angeles, Santa Monica, and San Fernando Valley. No one knows if life survives beyond the wall.
The story follows a family that is fighting to survive while also fighting to stay together as they navigate this new world. Some of the biggest villains in Colony are not the extraterrestrials, but everyday citizens who've turned on each other. Secrets are revealed slowly and that glues us to our seats.
It is a story of humanity at its best and its worst and an attempt of maintaining normalcy under oppression. The colony is one of its kind series and worth a watch.
The Rain is a post-apocalyptic web television series that is set in a world that is far from the one we know. A deadly virus that is carried by rainfall wipes out almost all humans in Scandinavia and all of a sudden the mundane teen struggles in the lives of Danish siblings Simone and Rasmus, fade away as they embark on a journey of survival.
The world as we know crumbles around in the first 15 minutes of the show and proceeds at a chaotic speed. But never once does the story make you feel that you have been left behind. Six years after the event, the siblings emerge from their bunker a join a group of other young survivors and together they march through despair and destruction
The Rain since the initial few minutes thrive son hope rather than nihilism. Not burdened by unnecessary drama, the plot helps the characters to grow and along with it our need to find answers and see the ultimate fate of these people.
As the high school students in the town of West Ham, Connecticut board the bus for a 10-day trip, a disturbing smell permeates the town but these young people can't be bothered much. After all, what can ruin a much-awaited trip? However, their happiness is short-lived because they are sent back home that same night only to find that everyone is gone.
Left to fend for themselves, these privileged teens behave as any confused teen would do. They refuse to take the situation seriously and fight among themselves and only sober up when one of them dies.
Besides being saddled by the usual teenage angst, the group now has to find ways to survive. Twists and turns propel the story forward as the group tries its best to put pieces together and figure out what's going on. Morality is questioned at every step and greed, fear, anger, pride, envy, vengeance makes them act out.
An isolated group of people creating a society is nothing new, but the way The Society does it makes it one of our favorites.
Losing your way anywhere on Earth is one thing, but getting lost in space and getting stranded in an unknown planet with strange albeit habitable conditions takes matters to another level.
While a lot of shows using scientific plots to make them interesting, Lost in Space seamlessly blends in scientific knowledge as an important part of the ploy and time and again saves the lives of the characters. Despite all the scientific jargon, this series in its heart is a story of the Robinson family struggling with an absentee father, an overachieving mother and an insecure youngest child. And this is just the tip of the iceberg because now they must co-exist with everyone else stranded with them.
With a story that doesn't lack anything, whether it is an adventure, the will to survive, drama, deception, secrets and yes a pace that slowly and steadily answers all questions, Lost in Space is as binge-worthy as it gets.
While alien invasion has more to do with imagination and speculation of life apart from what we know, there is this one thing that has already infested and dominates our life. And what is it? The omnipresent technology that we all love so much.
Black Mirror is a British dystopian science fiction anthology that examines the dark side of life and technology through different stories. Each story explores a different aspect of the rapidly evolving tech world.
The future of warfare, the growing obsession with social media approval, or even who might be peering at us through our webcams are some of the many concepts that the show brings forth. Since the series doesn't stick to one storyline, different episodes deal with different genres like comedy, thriller, romance, horror, and more often than not a combination of all.
The show is scarily close to real life. It examines our daily life critically and enlarges the consequences of our addiction to technology and forces you to get on board and watch some of your biggest fears unravel on screen.
The horrors of a nuclear apocalypse are unfathomable. Should such a thing happen, the widespread radiation will leave our planet inhabitable. The 100 combines our worst fears and the best of technology in this post-apocalyptic science fiction drama to create a series full of seat edging tension.
The show starts 97 years after a devastating nuclear apocalypse wiped out almost all living things. Those who survived now live in a space station orbiting the Earth which they call the Ark. But after three generations resources are drying up and any crime is punishable by death unless you are below 18. So the heads of the Ark send down 100 prisoners, under the age of 18, to find out if Earth is survivable and to make the lives of other people a bit easier.
The young people are in for multiple shocks and challenges and they will have to go to extreme lengths if they want to survive. At the same time, they have to figure out who they can trust and whom they can't.
It is very little you can do when an epidemic breaks out with no cure at hand. Quarantining and securing the containment zone seems like a feasible solution. But it's easier said than done.
Containment plays around a similar concept. It follows the events after an epidemic sweeps across the whole of Atlanta. An urban quarantine is put in place in the city, with several people trapped inside the containment zone. The virus is lurking at every nook and corner of the city and one wrong action can be the news bearer of several deaths. And the virus isn't the only dangerous thing out there. With order crumbling to pieces and chaos overtaking the city, everyone puts their needs first and they can go to any extent if it guarantees safety.
It is a heart-touching story that has a diverse array of characters who are living an estranged life away from close ones and families, trying to rebuild their lives. Containment is a stroke of brilliance that portrays something extremely plausible and relatable beautifully.
There you go. A perfect guide to several series similar to Into the Dark. While you await the release of new seasons, you can binge on these dramas that not only entertain but also provide food for thought.


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Lucas: I want to point out preliminarily that I have some written testimony of people who could not be here today.
Primavera: Ms. Lucas, can you begin by stating your name, and who you represent.
Lucas: My name is Carrie Ann Lucas. I am here today on behalf of Not Dead Yet and the Center for Rights of Parents with Disabilities.
I just handed the legislative aide written testimony from Robin Stephens, Renee Walbert, Cara Jean Reimann, Robin Bolduc and Bruce Goguen, Stephen Mendelson, and Menda Warne. These are people who could not be here today, but who have written testimony in opposition to the bill.
Primavera: Thank you, please proceed. If you could make the microphone really close to your mouth, that would be great.
Lucas: I am 43 years old, and I live in and work in Windsor. I am a disabled woman, a mother, an attorney and I am a business owner. I am a parent to four adopted children with disabilities, two of whom are dependent on medical technology to live. I and the organizations I represent are opposed to HB 1135.
I am a person with multiple disabilities. I have a progressive neuromuscular disease that has caused me to lose muscle function throughout my entire body. I have weakness in every muscle in my body, including my facial and eye muscles. My organs are affected, I have low vision, and I am very hard of hearing. I have a gastrostomy tube, and I am dependent on a ventilator to breathe. Without my ventilator, I don't have years to live. I don't have 6 months, 6 weeks, or 6 days, I would only have hours to live. I have a terminal condition – very much like ALS, and I would be covered by this bill. I understand the sponsors have said this bill is not for the disabled, but respectfully Ms. Ginal, this is you are incorrect. This is about many many people with disabilities.
I am afraid if I were to become depressed, either situational depression, or major depression, and this bill passes, I could go to my doctor and ask for a lethal prescription. Because I have a disability, and because physicians are terrible at evaluating quality of life of people with disabilities, I would likely be given that lethal prescription, rather than be referred for mental health treatment. There is no requirement that I go to the doctor who knows me best, I am a smart woman, I would go to the doctors who devalue me the most. And they would probably give me that lethal prescription instead of referring me to the mental health treatment I would so desperately need. There is no requirement that doctors refer me to mental health treatment.
A woman in my situation but without my disabilities would not get a lethal prescription, and would most likely encounter a vigorous effort to ensure she did not take her life. And that is disability discrimination.
Webster's defines suicide as action of killing oneself intentionally. That is what this is. Language should be honest. The title of the bill is highly offensive. It suggests my family and friends who have passed were undignified because they did not choose suicide. It suggests that those who rely on attendant care to assist with personal care are undignified. Why do some people equate needing help with bodily functions to a loss of dignity? We are not a nation of middle schoolers. The fact we need help, that society says if you need help that you would literally rather die of embarrassment than utilize assistance means we have something seriously wrong with society.
Primavera: Are you through with your testimony?
Lucas: I am expensive to keep alive. I understand that. I have had to fight to ensure that I have access to attendant care to live in the community. I have had to fight insurance denials that refused to pay for my ventilator and other equipment necessary to live. I have had to fight efforts to place a do not resuscitate order in my medical file. In a profit driven healthcare system, just as happened to Barbara Wagner and Randy Stroup in Oregon, people will die needlessly when insurance companies refuse to pay for necessary medications and treatment, and instead offer to pay for a much cheaper lethal prescription.
I do not want to die, I am not ready to die. I do not want to be driven towards death by a system that devalues my life. I have a lot of living to do. I have four kids who depend on me being alive. I have dozens of clients who rely on me as their lawyer. This bill affects me and my community, and I ask that you vote against this bill.
Primavera: Thank you. Are there any questions for Ms. Lucas? Are you representing those other people on the list?
Lucas: No, there is testimony. I passed out testimony from each of those to the legislative aide.
Primavera: Ok, she is busy up here collating, Let people know we will add that as part of the record here today. Ms. Lucas, I had one question. On page 12, and I don't know if you have a copy of the bill in front of you, on line 16, it talks about how the attending physician will refer the individual for counseling, and you mentioned mental health, and I wasn't sure if you saw that in the bill and if you don't believe that takes care of your concerns, or if you would rather see it strengthened to say something more like mental health?
Lucas: Doctors who are attending physicians are not necessarily trained in assessing psychiatric conditions. They might be able to do a simple assessment, but the problem is physicians very much devalue in general, people with disabilities' lives. When studies have been done looking at what physicians have said, physicians will say they rate quality of life for quadriplegics being very very low. The people themselves are being, when they are asked what their quality of life, it looks like the quality of live of people without disabilities. Some people think they have a fabulous life, some people think they have a horrible life, most people are somewhere in the middle, just like the typical population. So because doctors devalue our lives, they are going to immediately think, "of course you want to die." I am a smart person, I would say the right things. I would say all the things that would cause a doctor to believe me. Because I know what their biases are, and I wouldn't be referred to mental health treatment. Instead, if it were required, everybody has to be assessed, then that could be ruled out. But that doesn't happen in this bill.
Primavera: Thank you. Rep. Landgraf?
Landgraf: Thank you madam chair, and thank you very much for coming, I am very happy you celebrate your life. I wanted to see if you could tell us about Barbara Wagner, the case in Oregon?
Primavera: Rep Landgraf, can you make sure when you speak, that you are really close to the microphone. Did everybody understand her question? Okay, Ms. Lucas?
Lucas: Barbara Wagner was a woman with advanced breast cancer in Oregon. Her doctors prescribed a particular regimen of chemotherapy. It was not likely to cure her breast cancer, but it was expected to, to extend her life. The Oregon Health Plan, which is what Medicaid is called in Oregon, told her, no they would not pay for that chemotherapy, and instead, they offered a number of options, hospice, and the other option was to pay for a lethal prescription. So instead of continued help to live, she was told they would help her to die. And that is really our concern. I have an article about Barbara Wagner, and Randy Stroup. I can distribute those. Randy Stroup was an individual who had prostate cancer who had a similar experience. Doctor prescribed chemotherapy, but treatment was not being covered by the Oregon State Plan, and instead a lethal prescription was offered.
Primavera: Rep. Landgraf Oh, they turned the volume up. I am not speaking louder. Does that help? Good. Rep. Landgraf?
Landgraf:. Thank you for that. Do you see anything in this bill that would keep that from happening, are there any safeguards?
Lucas: Nothing in the bill would prevent that from happening, and that is a concern. This is where if people are not being directly coerced, the economic realities of a health care system that is so driven by economics and profit means that people will be pushed toward suicide. They will have no other options. That really is what is so concerning about this bill, and it does nothing to fix that situation.
Landgraf: Thank you madam chair. One last question. You said you have two children who are dependent on assistance. And I am wondering if your children are of age, and I'm sure they aren't at this point, but if they were of age to qualify for this. Can you see a scenario where you could possibly manipulate them into taking this route?
Lucas: One of my children is of age. She is 24 years old. She's deaf-blind. She doesn't use standard sign language, It would be very easy for someone to manipulate her. The way this bill is written is it allows people to help, assist with communication who are known to the person, and that would make it easy to be manipulated. For both of my children. My oldest daughter has a genetic disorder and is reliant on a gastrostomy tube. She cannot swallow or eat, so it would be very easy to manipulate her. My other daughter has cerebral palsy, also reliant on a gastrostomy tube to live. Her speech is difficult to understand. She too would be easy to manipulate if she were of age as well.
Primavera: Thank you. Okay, Rep. Everett?
Everett: Thank you madam chair. Thank you Ms. Lucas for coming down today. Isn't this bill necessary to manage end of life pain?
Lucas: It's not. It really isn't. Every person in this country, every person in Colorado, who is in intractable pain, can receive palliative sedation. It allows people to say goodbye to their family, have those final moment, receive sedation at whatever dose is needed to alleviate their pain. If that means they are sedated, and that medication slows their breathing, and hastens their death, that is still permitted under the terms of a Supreme Court decision. That is permitted and available to people. People don't always have access to that, we need to improve access to palliative care, we need to improve access to hospice. But this bill doesn't do that. This bill will do just the opposite. It provides no incentive to improve end of life care.
Primavera: Thank you. Rep. Everett?
Everett: Thank you Madam Chair, and one more question. Again, thank you for coming today Ms. Lucas. How do you know when a person takes the pill, they aren't forced? I mean, what's the protections there?
Primavera: Ms. Lucas. Sorry I have to call on you because people are listening. That way it gives control for this hearing. So please proceed.
Lucas: They don't. There's no way to know. There's no requirement to have a disinterested party present at the death. There's no requirement that a physician or medical professional be present at th death. So there's no way to prevent someone from grinding up the pills or dumping the 90 pills applesauce and feeding it to grandma. You don't know if she changed her mind. And that is really a concern.
Landgraf: Thank you madam chair. I want to go back to something Rep. Court said earlier. She mentioned how many of us have oxycontin, or other painkillers at home. I recently had my hip replaced, so I was given pain killers. So I could take that medicine, and basically have the same result. So why in the world do we need this?
Lucas: We don't need this. Everybody has the ability to commit suicide on their own. We don't need to involve the government in doing this, we don't need to involve the state in doing this. It requires people be able to self-administer the medications. So if you are able to self-administer the medications. We know people like Derek Humphry, who has written the Final Exit book. It will tell you exactly how to do it. It is the Anarchist's Cookbook for suicide. It will tell you how to do it, without having this bill. If someone wants to do that, they can. The problem with this bill is it makes it sanctioned, and an option for insurance companies to say we will pay for this instead of paying for treatment. And it promotes death, and it will cause unneeded deaths in this state. That is the concern, and it really isn't necessary.
Primavera: We are past our five minute timeline, and we do have other witnesses from the disability community. Ms. Lucas, we appreciate your testimony today.


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I was walking around my neighborhood this evening and saw the pavement littered with broken branches and sidewalks awash with mud because of the flash floods this morning. What crossed my mind immediately on seeing the debris was, "where is the MP?"
We had many flash floods in the past few days. The media, even the online ones, were quick to point their fingers at the Minister of Environment and Water Resources and also the PUB. But what about the MPs of the various affected constituencies? I did not see the MP for my constituency, Seng Han Thong do a walkabout around after the flash flood in his constituency, to access the damage caused by the natural disaster and to re-assure the affected residents.
We don't need bureaucratic MPs, who sit behind their desks oblivious to the troubles faced by their constituents. Or MPs who come to meet their constituents once a week for 2 - 3 hours, to write petitions for them. Or even MPs who send their grassroots leaders and civil servants to fix a problem when it arises. We need an MP, who will walk his grounds. An MP of the people for the people.
Nobody can control nature. Yeah sure, 'once in fifty years freak floods' do happen. But that does not mean that MPs must only come out once in a few years, just before the elections.
And what about the opposition candidates? The recent problems caused by the freak weather, was a perfect opportunity for the opposition candidates to do what the MPs of the various constituencies failed to do in the constituencies that they intend to contest. But I think they too overlooked the obvious.
The people must demand the MPs of their constituencies to stop bureaucratic and be more engaged with the welfare of their constituencies. And they must only vote for candidates who show genuine concern for their constituency.
Our MPs will only start to appear at our wet markets once every 4 years.
See our Georgie Yeo appeared out of nowhere at the Aljuenied wet market.


5. articles are limited to those from ARTnews or Art in America or Sculpture.
NOTE: students should browse through the print issues of these 3 journals for recent years.
Please note: There is an online LibGuide on the library website http://library.plymouth.edu/ for this assignment. Go to "Select a Course" and use down arrow to choose AR1065 Art Foundations.
PLAN A: Browse print copies of Sculpture, Art in America, and/or ARTnews. Print copies of these journals are all on the compact shelves on the Lower Level (just outside Writing Center), in alphabetical order by TITLE. The current issue of each is on the slant shelves of the Browsing Journals, across from the Info Desk. When you have chosen a sculptor and wish to find additional articles in one of the 3 assigned journals, search the Art Full Text database (connect by clicking the "Library Databases" link under the basics search box on the Library website).
PLAN B: Search Art Full Text database by topic, limiting results to the three required journals.
Art in America is indexed and available in FT on Academic Search Premier (2002-present). It is also indexed on Art Full Text and some of the articles on this database will be available in full text (2002-present). Lamson owns this in paper from 1971 – present.
ARTnews [one word] is indexed on Art Full Text and on Academic Search Premier, but it is NOT available in Full Text on either database. Lamson has paper from 1956 – present.


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CHICAGO (AP) Tyler Chatwood really had something to talk about after his performance at Wrigley Field.
Chatwood kept showing progress in his return from a second Tommy John surgery, pitching seven sharp innings as the Colorado Rockies slowed the Chicago Cubs 2-0 Sunday.
Nolan Arenado backed Chatwood (2-1) with two home runs.
Chatwood gave up two hits, struck out seven and walked one. He missed all of 2015 and most of 2014 because of his elbow injury.
''Got to be up there after the last two years, but the biggest thing is we were able to win a series against a really good team,'' he said.
The Rockies took two of three for their first series win at Wrigley since 2011. The Cubs were trying to reach 10 wins in the first 12 games for the first time since 1969.
Chatwood, Miguel Castro and Jake McGee combined to hold the Cubs to three hits. Chicago had been averaging 6.45 runs per game, second in the majors.
The Cubs tried to come back in the ninth. Jason Heyward doubled with one out and Anthony Rizzo was hit by a pitch with two outs before McGee struck out Kris Bryant for his third save.
Chatwood threw 100 pitches in his third start since April 29, 2014.
Arenado hit a two-out homer into the left-field basket off Jon Lester (1-1) in the fourth and a two-out drive off Justin Grimm in the ninth. He has six home runs this season and seven career multihomer games.
''Today, I was really focused on staying back and staying on my back leg and it worked out,'' he said.
The Rockies had four hits against Lester, who struck out 10 in 7 1-3 innings. He also led off the sixth with a double - his first career extra-base hit - to make him 5 for 100 at the plate.
''At the end of the day, I didn't execute one pitch and it ended up costing us,'' Lester said.
Chatwood retired the first 14 hitters, striking out six, until Jorge Soler drew a two-out walk in the fifth. Javier Baez followed with a single for the Cubs' first hit. David Ross grounded into a forceout to end the inning.
''I was able to locate my cutter, and fastball command was good to lefties,'' Chatwood said.
Rockies star Carlos Gonzalez went 0 for 4, ending an 11-game hitting streak this season and a career-high 21-game hitting string dating to 2015.
Weiss expressed little concern over rookie Trevor Story's recent struggles. Story leads the majors with seven home runs, but is 3 for 16 with 10 strikeouts in his last four games.
''I still think he's competing really well and he's still a dangerous bat at the top of our lineup,'' Weiss said.
Rockies: RHP Jon Gray (abdominal strain) is expected join the team in Cincinnati this week, when the team will likely decide whether he's ready to return to the rotation or make another rehab appearance. He made two rehab starts with High-A Modesto since going on the disabled list April 3.
Rockies: RHP Jordan Lyles (0-1, 11.25 ERA) will start the series opener Monday at Cincinnati. He is 3-1 with a 5.77 ERA in his career against the Reds, who will pitch RHP Alfredo Simon (0-1, 12.15).
Cubs: RHP John Lackey (2-0, 5.68) takes the mound against his former team for the series opener Monday at St. Louis. Lackey, who is 11-4 with a 2.03 ERA at Busch Stadium, will pitch against RHP Mike Leake (0-1, 6.97).


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