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Vergara Ruling Poses Problems for Separation of Powers and Academic Freedom
Phillip D Grant Jr and Matthew Tyler - 11th July 2014
The ruling demonstrates a lack of deference toward academic freedom, an equally important right for students and faculty.
On June 10th, handing down judgment in Vergara v. California, the California Supreme Court struck down three statutes providing tenure for primary and secondary teachers and extra job security for more experienced teachers.
The suit was filed on behalf of nine public school students by a non-profit organization, Students Matter, which primarily advocates for increasing the amount of private intervention in American public school systems. The plaintiffs believed that California's tenure laws had adversely affected their access to quality public education.
Citing Serrano v. Priest, Butt v. State of California, and Brown v. Board of Education, the court held that California's laws led to more under-qualified teachers in classrooms serving poor and minority students and hindered "meaningful, basically equal educational opportunity" guaranteed by the state's constitution. This, the court held, was the direct result of statutes granting tenure to teachers after two years of employment —which ensure that a teacher cannot be fired without due process—as well as the state's "first in last out" policy—which requires newly tenured teachers to be fired before older teachers in the event of budget shortages.
In its decision, the Court acknowledges a constitutionally mandated separation of powers, noting that "[i]t is…not this Court's function to consider the wisdom of the Challenged Statutes" and that "it is not the function of this Court to dictate or even to advise the legislature as to how to replace the Challenged Statutes." The judges' intervention in ensuring equality of education, however, may be seen as interference in a matter best left the legislature. While the challenged statutes may, in fact, lead to less equal public education, how best to remedy this is typically left to elected representatives; in other words, it is suspect whether or not teacher tenure is a justiciable matter pertinent to the Court.
What is perhaps most disconcerting about the ruling, however, is its lack of deference toward academic freedom, an equally important right for students and faculty. Since its inception in the 1800s, the public provision of education in the U.S. has often been justified by its importance in shaping an informed citizenry necessary for checking the power of government. In Sweezy v. New Hampshire, the U.S. Supreme Court, ruling on whether or not a professor could be fired based on the content of his lectures, stated that "[t]eachers and students must always remain free to inquire, to study and to evaluate, to gain new maturity and understanding; otherwise our civilization will stagnate and die." Untenured teachers—who can simply be fired at the end of an academic year by not having their contracts renewed—face more pressure to appease administrators and parents by altering their curricula or teaching styles.
While we may be past the era of McCarthyism that targeted "subversive" educators at all levels, pervasive pressure from politicians and administrators over school prayer, sexuality, evolution, and standardized test-based "accountability," among other things, necessitates the continuation of academic freedom at all levels in order to insulate quality education from political tides. As the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Tinker v. Des Moines, "It can hardly be argued that either students or teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate." A classroom in which students and teachers are both de jure and de facto allowed to discuss a range of academically appropriate topics creates a "marketplace of ideas" necessary to a liberal democracy.
Even though this law may not affect the jurisprudence of other jurisdictions outside of California, it epitomizes a shift in public attitudes toward academic freedom. Moreover, given the influence of Race to the Top in nationalizing certain aspects of education policy—and even rewarding states for reforming their tenure laws—it is possible that the preferences expressed in the Vergara ruling could have future influence on public policy, if not jurisprudence.
It is a worthwhile goal to provide equal educational opportunities to children despite ethnic and socioeconomic background. But these goals must also be weighed against the imperative of academic freedom and a separation of powers.
Phillip D. Grant, Jr. is a Ph.D. student at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, United States in the Education Administration and Policy department.
Matthew Tyler is a master's student in social studies education at Teachers College, Columbia University in New York and a 2014 James Madison Fellow.
Phillip D Grant Jr and Matthew Tyler, "Vergara Ruling Poses Problems for Separation of Powers and Academic Freedom," (OxHRH Blog, 11 July 2014) <http://humanrights.dev3.oneltd.eu/?p=11921> [date of access].


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So here's the thing. Remember when I said I didn't feel comfortable discussing this subject because it has to do with my job and I happen to like my job? Well I'm still not discussing anything. But if you happen to look at that School Library Journal blog there are some good comments.
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The Cathedral and the Bazaar:
Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary
Eric S. Raymond
O'Reilly & Associates 1999
Open Sources:
Voices from the Open Source Revolution
Chris DiBona, Sam Ockman + Mark Stone (editors)
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while ago, while chatting him up for my show on TV, I had queried Sudhir Mishra as to why Hindi film industry fails to produce qualitative movies, unlike the 1960s and 1970s, which have tremendous recall value even in the present day? I markedly remember, Mishra didn't blink an eyelid while answering this one: "That's because most producers are not literate enough to understand scripts that could elevate the standards of Hindi films. Film-making for them is limited to the weekend business these days." The proclamation stayed with me!
When you saunter into a cineplex to watch a Sudhir Mishra film, it's given that this maverick film-maker will serve you non-formulaic stuff. As a viewer, I liked some of his efforts (Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin, Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi), but a few didn't live up to my expectations. His new film, Yeh Saali Zindagi, has already generated the buzz for a variety of reasons. It's 'controversial' or 'provocative' title being the key one.
Before I proceed further, let me tell you that the title is of immense significance to the film. Sure, it may sound offensive [the Censor Board chief too raised a hue and cry, asking Mishra to change the title of the film], but why does a commonly used word ['saali'] create an uproar? Actually, I am quite amused at the brouhaha. In our society, we refer to the sister-in-law as saali, don't we? Besides, almost three decades ago, the Dilip Kumar starrer Sagina had a very popular song [which we recall to this day], 'Saala Main To Sahab Ban Gaya' and more recently, 'Pappu Can't Dance Saala' from Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na took the nation by storm. Even recently, the word 'Saali' was used in a song from No One Killed Jessica, 'Aali Re Saali Re'. Also, when you view Yeh Saali Zindagi, you realize that 'saali' has been used as a symbol to the vagaries of life and not as a derogatory, abusive, swear word. It's not slang, but a flare-up of expression.
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NCAA MEN'S 1ST & 2ND ROUNDS: OKLAHOMA CITY
Noah Hartsock
THE MODERATOR: We have student-athletes, Jimmer Fredette and Noah Hartsock.
Q. For either of you guys, a few players said when the adrenaline wore off from yesterday, wondered how you guys would feel. Can you describe maybe waking up this morning and getting ready to go today?
NOAH HARTSOCK: I woke up this morning a little bit sore. I think from the double overtime, your body took a beating. I think we came out focused this morning. We're happy and excited for another chance to play. We got ready for this next game.
JIMMER FREDETTE: I agree with Noah. We were pretty sore, obviously, and we'll get all the treatment we can today. And we had a good practice today, went hard, got our game plan, and got ready for the Kansas State team. So we're going to be ready to go tomorrow, but we are -- we definitely woke up a little bit sore today.
Q. Jimmer, when the brackets came out, you jumped on the fact pretty quickly that you had a chance to go to Salt Lake City if you got through the first two games. Can you talk about that now a little bit more now that you're maybe one step closer to doing that?
JIMMER FREDETTE: You know, obviously, we have a very tough game on Saturday against Kansas State and, you know, if we were to win that game, it would be great for us to be able to go back to Salt Lake and play in front of kind of a home crowd, basically, and that would be a great thing for our program, for our fans and everything.
But, you know, obviously we can't look ahead. We've got a huge game coming up. They're a very, very, very talented team. We have to be ready to go.
Q. Jimmer, K-State is a team that likes -- that fouls a lot, gets called for a lot of fouls. You like to draw a lot of fouls. How conscious are you going to be coming into the game, and what makes you so good as drawing fouls?
JIMMER FREDETTE: I try to be aggressive, go to the basket, and use my body control to create contact and make the referees try to call something. And, you know, in the NCAA Tournament, it's pretty physical. So they're going to let some things go, I realize that, but I'm still going to try to draw contact, try to draw fouls, and get to the foul line where I know I'm pretty successful.
Q. Jimmer, a follow-up on that. Seems like they're letting people play a lot, it's not like the TCU game when you went there 24 times to the line and except for the Villanova game, doesn't seem like they're calling a lot of ticky-tack fouls to get people to the line. Do you have to adjust your game that way, Noah, rebounding and the emphasis on that. Can you address that?
JIMMER FREDETTE: Yeah. I don't think you can let it necessarily change your game. You still got to be aggressive, but you got to play through it, basically, not worry about it, get through it and finish anyway. And if they do call it, try to get a 3-point play out of it and just know that they're not going to be helping you a whole lot out there, either side. It's going to be pretty consistent on either side. You have to be aggressive on the defensive end and not really let it affect you on the offensive end.
NOAH HARTSOCK: From the rebound standpoint, I mean Florida, they're big, athletic, and the way they ran different styles of defense, it's hard to get back and box out. Kansas State, watching theme, they're very big and got a lot of offensive boards last game. I think that's going to be a big emphasis for us, boxing out, make sure we get our man, and get the ball and run and play our style game that we always play.
Q. For each of you guys, what -- how much of an enjoyable situation is it for you to still be able to play the underdog? A lot of time during the course of the season, you're not in a that position but you still are. Is that fun?
JIMMER FREDETTE: I think it's good for us playing against Kansas State who has been in the top ten basically the whole season, and, you know, they're very talented. It's good for us to be able to come in and have not a lot of pressure on us necessarily to, you know, to win or whatever. You know, I'm sure most people think that Kansas State is going win this game and rightfully so. We're going to just go there with a mindset we have nothing to lose, go out and play as hard as we possibly can, and hopefully give them a fight and maybe come out with a win.
Q. Guys, have you faced anyone this year that reminds you of the way K-State plays, or is this a wholly unique challenge?
NOAH HARTSOCK: You know, I think we talked about it today, Coach has talked about a lot about San Diego State, and the way they play, aggressive, long, you know, dominant players. And so when we play Kansas State, it's a different school, you know, different league. So, I mean, it's -- what's fun about the NCAA, you get different challenges. So you have to adjust your game and get your mindset ready for it, and, you know, we just got to be ready to go out and play.
It's that time of month when anything can happen. We got to go out and play hard and just play to the best of your abilities, what we've been doing all season long.
THE MODERATOR: More questions?
Q. Jimmer, you've discussed a lot about playing in the prisons with your brother. I was just curious, when he first came to you and told you and asked you about doing this, what your first impression was, and then also if you remember the first time you actually went into one them, what you're thinking when you're walking through this and never experienced it before?
JIMMER FREDETTE: At first I didn't believe him, of course. I was like, "What are you talking about?" You know, just playing another joke on me like he always does and trying to play with me and everything, but then he went a couple times without me, and I realized it was real. We had to fill out a lot of paperwork and everything to actually be able to go and play.
But the first time we went, it's kind of funny because to get to the recreational facility like where the basketball court is, you got to walk right through the yard, and it's where everybody is just chilling there, just hanging out, kind of, and they're looking at you, "What are you guys doing here?" It's kind of intimidating at first, but it's a fun experience, and it was something that I enjoyed.
Q. Jimmer, follow-up to that, how physical were those games?
JIMMER FREDETTE: They were very physical for sure. They're very physical. They were big and strong guys. But it was good. They were good sports, and, you know, they went in and they would follow foul you hard and help you back up, because they knew if they didn't act good, that the privilege would be taken away from them and they didn't want that.
They wanted to stay out and wanted to play against us. It was always really tough, competitive games, but there was never any trouble, so it was fun.
Q. Jimmer, lot has been made of rebounding and Noah talked about it, but would you talk about defending Pullen and Clemente and the challenge that they present you guys?
JIMMER FREDETTE: They're two very athletic, quick, good-shooting guards. They're very versatile. They can get to the basket. They got a good middle game, shoot the ball from the outside at any time. And we realize that. We know we have a very tough challenge ahead of us as guards to try to stop these guys.
They push it hard in transition, as hard as anybody in the country, and we got to stop their transition and get out to them when they shoot the ball and hopefully they'll miss.
Q. Jimmer and Noah both, how much pressure do you feel having been taken off the team going into Saturday's game, having won a game? And, Jimmer, which of your teammates plays most like a prison inmate (laughter)?
JIMMER FREDETTE: Well, I think that to address the first question, yes, you know, the monkey is off our back, kind of, so to say, because we got that first win, and, you know, people can't talk about it anymore. It's done with, and now we're kind of playing more relaxed and freely, and, like I said, because we're going to be the underdog, it's another reason to just go out and play relaxed and put in the best effort that you possibly can.
And I'd say that Chris Miles probably plays most like an inmate. He's a pretty big physical guy, and he likes to throw guys around. I would say he's probably the best one.
NOAH HARTSOCK: Talk about that. Chris Miles, he's a pretty physical guy, but, you know, without that, getting the first win was something big for us and our program. You know, we're excited to keep going on, what we can accomplish in the tournament. We got a great challenge in Kansas State up next, and, you know, we're going to have to play hard. I think it's go to be a good game, pretty close.
We have to play as hard as we can to get that win. I'm really excited, and I think we'll play a little bit more loose and more relaxed because we got the first win.
Q. Everybody is talking about the fans that are here for Kansas State and Kansas. Did you guys notice the pretty vocal, local BYU cheering section last night?
JIMMER FREDETTE: Yeah. It was good that we had a good support to come out and watch us. I have some family members here, and I know that Noah has a lot of family members here, being from Oklahoma, and there was just some BYU faithfuls that came. We had a good little crowd, I think. And obviously Kansas State is going to have a ton of people, and Kansas's fans will be there watching. They'll probably be rooting for us as well. It will be a great environment, and we're really excited to go out and play and hopefully everybody will come out and watch again.
THE MODERATOR: Last couple of questions.
NOAH HARTSOCK: Just think about, we had a great fan support coming out. Personally, I had about 21, 23 tickets to fill out. I turned some people down as well. I know they're going to be out here again in full force. I think we'll get some more people out. That's good about BYU being affiliated with the church is that, you know, you're going to have fans everywhere you go. They're going to come and support you. We're real excited about that.
THE MODERATOR: We have time for two more questions.
Q. Guys, how long did you allow yourself to enjoy the first win before you started worrying about the second game?
JIMMER FREDETTE: I think it was all day yesterday until about 15 minutes after the Kansas game, because we had a team meeting and it was getting into the next game. So all the way up until that point, we were enjoying it, but once we had that meeting, we talked a little bit about Kansas State and a little bit about what we need to do and focusing in on getting a good night's rest and having a good practice today and resting and getting ready for this game.
I'd say up to that point we enjoyed it, but now we're all focused and ready to go again.
THE MODERATOR: Last question.
Q. Great. Thanks, Guys.
Coach Dave Rose of Brigham Young University now in the interview room. We'll begin with a statement from the Coach and then questions, please.
COACH ROSE: We're excited for our second round game and know that we're playing a really good Kansas State team, but I think that the challenge is what our players are ready for, and we look forward to our game tomorrow.
I'll take any questions.
Q. Dave, you're 40 minutes away from playing in Salt Lake City. Can you say what kind of opportunity this game tomorrow presents for you?
COACH ROSE: You know, I hope our players realize that, you know, we've got a real challenge in front of us, but, you know, it's a time of year where you go out and you play your hardest and, you know, great things can happen for any basketball team at this time that's still in the tournament.
So you don't want to look too far ahead, but I think that anything that can kind of maybe motivate you a little bit more is a good thing, and I think our players would really look forward to that opportunity. And so we'll just kind of treat it like something that's out there that's good for our team if we can accomplish another goal.
Q. Dave, you've had a chance -- we talked to your players after the game the other night, and it seemed like the only thing they really knew about K-State is how physical the team was. Now that you've had a chance to break down tape and really dive into that team, what is it that stands out about Frank Martin's club?
COACH ROSE: They're physical and they play really, really hard, as hard as any team I think we've seen, and then their skill, their guards, that combo of Clemente and Pullen is -- I watch a lot o f college basketball. You'd be hard-pressed to find a backcourt that is as fast, as talented, as quick, as skilled as their backcourt. We've got good guards on our team, and it will be a good matchup, but I'm really impressed with Kansas State's guards.
Q. Dave, have you -- now that you've gone into a second day and had a practice at this event, what have you noticed about your team as far as coming out of that double overtime, their mental and physical state, game preparation, their attitude, all those kind of things that you monitor as a coach to see if they're ready because it's -- this is kind of a new experience for all of them?
COACH ROSE: We had a really spirited practice today. I thought our guys got after it really well. The one thing I kind of noticed is, you know, we had -- I don't know if "pressure" is the right word, but there was a lot riding on these 1st Round games the last few years as far as our inability to advance and the fact that we've advanced in this Tournament, I think our guys feel really good about themselves.
This is a real confident team. They play well when they're confident. I think that obviously getting that win in the 1st Round can help our confidence. So we look forward to getting out there and then playing again.
Q. Dave, lot of talk about the Kansas and Kansas State fans in town. Did you notice the local contingent of BYU fans getting pretty vocal last night?
COACH ROSE: We had a great following. Our fans have been tremendous all year long. I think that it's one of the things as a coach, you know, you really want to win for your players because your players put so much into it, but I'm happy for our fans because it was a big win, and, you know, we've got a chance to play again on Saturday, and I would expect that we'll have a lot more that will come out on Saturday.
Q. Got two questions. You mentioned Clemente and Pullen. They're kind of unique in the fact they're kind of combo guards. What kind of problems does that create? And also I notice you guys are a pretty good rebounding team. You got a five advantage for the season. How concerned are you about rebounding against K-State?
COACH ROSE: Well, one thing about Clemente that is different from a lot of the guards you see is he is so fast with the ball. He can get from one end of the floor to the other as quick as anybody, and that's going to be an issue for us. We're going to have to probably use a secondary defender to try to slow him down somehow, and that causes problems because then you're in help and you're rotating a lot.
But rebounding is our biggest issue. Their size causes problems, and if you -- you know, we use a secondary defender on a post player to try to get the ball out of the post, or a shot goes up and you're out of position to rebound, we had some of those problems yesterday against Florida when we went down and doubled their post and they shot out of that double, left the weak side guard against a much bigger player and caused us problems.
Those are issues we have to deal with. Obviously, Kansas State is a really good team. You get to this point and you're going to play a recently good team, and their size is an issue for us but also the speed of those two guards.
Q. Coach, along with what you just mentioned about Clemente, can you take it a step further and some of the finer details about his ability to get from A to B, you know, it's a blur, and just what that does exactly to your defense and how it can change the game?
COACH ROSE: There's a lot of guys that you play and you really want to speed them up, because if you can speed them up, you can kind of get them out of their rhythm. I can't see that with him. The faster he goes, the better he gets, it seems like, and he can stop on a dime and convert shots. He finds his players as far as guys that are open.
I think that his skill level at that position for the pace that he plays at is really unique in this game.
Q. Dave, you and Coach Martin have kind of a unique health-related connection in a way. Could you discuss briefly just your background with Coach Martin and maybe some conversations you've had recently about this deal and everything else?
COACH ROSE: We spoke the other day after our coaches meeting, and he told me about experience that he had a few years ago, and both issues were issues with our pancreas. So he seems to be really doing well and fine. Told me about a whole life-changing experience that he had, and obviously my experience this summer was something that has changed my life, too.
I just -- I feel good that he's feeling well and is able to overcome his health challenges, and I really know that I'm fortunate to be in the situation that I'm in.
Q. Coach, of the five teams you've had, all have won 20 games at least, three won Conference Tournaments. This was the team that won in the NCAA Tournament. What makes them different from the other teams?
COACH ROSE: Well, you know, comparing teams is hard for me because I have just a great love for all these guys we've coached and all the teams that we've had. I'm really happy for this team, because we've got, you know -- one of the goals that all those teams had was to advance in the Tournament and we weren't able to do that.
This team has come close with a lot of things. You know, we were a game short of winning the Conference Championship, we got beat in the semifinals of the Conference Tournament, but this is a really big accomplish for this group of guys, and I just -- I'll always remember how they've been up for all the challenges that they've had.
We've had illness, guys missing games, more injury, we've had a couple surgeries. Starters have missed more games than I think any other year if you combine the other four years off of just this team. So they've been through challenges and they've responded to challenges.
And I think I talked about it yesterday. As a result of those things, it really prepared us for what we needed yesterday. We had a guy come off the bench who -- and Mike Loyd, who in the last three weeks had been given multiple opportunities because of some of those illness injury factors, and he really pulled through for us in a big game.
So we're looking forward to the next game, and hopefully this thing keeps going with this good team. It's a really good team.
Q. Coach, from your perspective, compare and contrast the Mountain West and the Big 12.
COACH ROSE: Compare and contrast? I think that probably the biggest difference in the league are the fact that the Big 12 has more teams that are at the top of our league. We've got four, five really, really good physical, deep teams, and the Big 12 probably has the same but maybe more of them.
I think that the style of play is pretty similar. You get teams throughout the Big 12 that really like to race the ball up, that are really committed to the defensive end of the floor. I think you've also got teams in the Big 12 that like to kind of pull that thing back and play possession by possession. I think both teams going into this have seen this game played at about every pace, every different style as far as their league is concerned.
But I think the two of us kind of play pretty similar. We both like to score. I think both our teams play really hard. I think we compete hard. Defensively we help quite a bit, and both teams are pretty good rebounding teams. So we have good guard play, strong, effective post players. I think it's a good matchup.
Q. Coach, Florida had the fifth fewest fouls of any team nationally. Kansas State has the 17 th most fouls committed of any team nationally. I know you wanted to be aggressive yesterday. Could you be any more aggressive and take advantage of that particular characteristic?
COACH ROSE: Fouls are tough questions for me because every game is called differently. We'll play on attack. That's what we like to do. That's kind of a big key to our success is that we want to play on attack offensively and we also want to play on attack defensively. And the way we attack defensively is sometimes we'll get beat and have to spring a secondary defender or third defender.
We always want to be in a position where we're not on our heels, we're initiating the pace of the game. Then, you know, the games will be called and players have to adjust to that. But our players, I think, have done a pretty good job. We play a lot of players. So we haven't had a lot of disqualifications, and I think Frank's team is the same.
They have a lot of players who go really deep on the bench. Like every team, there's a few players that you really can't afford to get in foul trouble, and those are guys we'll really try to protect.
THE MODERATOR: Last couple of questions for Coach Rose.
Q. Coach, Jimmer has obviously established himself this year and obviously in the tournament so far. If there are any people out there that have not seen him play yet, how would you describe his style of play and his game?
COACH ROSE: Well, I think it's kind of hard to describe it. You need to kind of come and watch it, because he's just got a real feel for how to read defenses. His game is so complete as far as his ability to bounce, shoot, pass, read ball screens, read defenders, but he's got two, three ways that he can shoot a three, which is different than most guys because he can shoot that off the dribble, he can catch and shoot it, he can kind of drive at you and back step and shoot that three, and that's a pretty talented guy just in itself, and then he has the ability to get in the lane and get to the basket and finish with his right hand, finish with his left hand, draw contact, get to the free-throw line and score. He's a really, really good offensive scoring guard and I'm glad that he gets the opportunity to continue to play so people can see him. He's fun to watch.
THE MODERATOR: Do we have a last question? Great. Thank you, Coach.
COACH ROSE: All right. Thank you guys.


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Home Health Concordia Healthcare "Overcharged NHS by 6000%"
Concordia Healthcare "Overcharged NHS by 6000%"
Elliot Preece
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A Canadian pharmaceutical company has been accused of deliberately overcharging the NHS more than £100 million over the past 10 years.
Concordia Healthcare, which was founded in 2012 and owns numerous pharmaceutical brands, allegedly hiked the price of liothyronine, a medicine used to treat thyroid disorders, by more than 6,000% over the past decade.
Although the company was founded just five years ago, Concordia has pursued a "growth via acquisition" strategy and operates a number of pharmaceutical brands. The company allegedly began its overpricing strategy in 2007.
According to the Competition and Markets Authority, Concordia began increasing the price of its thyroid medication in 2007. Over the last decade, the cost of a single packet of liothyronine paid by the NHS has increased from £4.46 to a staggering £258.19.
This price increase occurred despite the manufacturing costs of liothyronine remaining stable, according to a statement from the CMA.
Liothyronine is an essential medicine for treating a variety of thyroid conditions. People with an underactive thyroid — medically referred to as hypothyroidism — often use liothyronine to treat a deficiency of natural thyroid hormone production.
Hypothyroidism affects an estimated two people in every 100 and results in a variety of major symptoms, ranging from fatigue and lethargy to weight gain. Liothyronine is considered one of the only treatments for hypothyroidism for patients that fail to respond to levothyroxine.
According to the CMA, Concordia Healthcare could be fined as much as 10% of its worldwide annual revenue in response to the overpricing scandal.
In a statement, CMA chief executive Andrea Coscelli stated that drug companies that "abuse their position and overcharge for drugs" force UK taxpayers to overpay for medical treatments and care.
Coscelli also stated that the CMA's findings are "provisional" and that the company hasn't yet been found to have violated competition law.
Concordia is not the only pharmaceutical company to face public and regulatory scrutiny for its pricing strategy. American drug giant Pfizer was recently forced to pay a record £84.2 million in fines after it was found to have overcharged the NHS for a vital anti-epilepsy medication.
The medication in question, which contains phenytoin sodium, is used by approximately 48,000 people in the UK to treat epileptic seizures. Pfizer reportedly increased the price of the drug by 2,600% overnight, resulting in significant unexpected costs for UK taxpayers.
According to the CMA, Pfizer's decision took advantage of a practice by the NHS that prevents patients from being switched to alternative medication brands. As a result of the price increase, the NHS spent more than £50 million on the drug in 2013, compared to £2 million in 2012.
Pfizer was also found to have overcharged UK health services specifically, offering an identical drug for a significantly lower price to healthcare providers in other European countries.
The decision to find Pfizer is currently under appeal. Currently, the CMA has publicly stated that it will consider representatives from Concordia before moving forward with a legal decision over the company's pricing tactics.
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Ayakashi: Romance Reborn Mobile Game Announces End of New Content From October 2022 Onwards
September 26, 2022 Angelus Victor
Voltage just announced that the English version of their Ayakashi: Romance Reborn mobile gacha game will no longer receive any content updates from the end of October 2022 onwards.
The app will still be accessible, but no new Gachas or Events aside from the Birthday Draws scheduled for November and December will be held after that period. However, it is unknown if this means the servers will shut down after December, but I wouldn't be surprised if we saw the End of Service notice at that date, given the current circumstances.
That being said, not all is lost because both the Dawn and Twilight chapters from the mobile game did get a Nintendo Switch release in a more visual-novel format. Only time will tell if we'll get the third Night chapter in a similar manner.
For those unaware, Ayakashi: Romance Reborn is a Japanese card-based romance-action game, originally released for smartphones, with an offline Nintendo Switch release in 2021. The story is set in the Meiji period, revolving around a "thousand-year romance" with ayakashi, a name for monsters in Japanese folklore.
The heroine suddenly has her onmyoji power awaken and stumbles across ayakashi whom she once met in her past life 1,000 years ago. Together they expel evil spirits that roam the streets at night and eventually save the country by unveiling the truth behind a tragedy that happened in ancient times.
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A year since that terrible day
A year on from her talk on the 2016 US Federal Election at the WEL NSW Annual General Meeting last year, Meredith Burgmann reflects on President Trump's first year.
When photographer Annie Leibovitz was collecting her photos for a book about the last decade, she had already decided what the final photograph would be... President Hillary Clinton in the White House. She imagined that Hillary would choose Eleanor Roosevelt's desk for the shot.
I'm a bit like Annie Leibovitz. I awaken shocked every morning that Donald Trump is in the White House instead of Hillary. Then of course I become even more shocked by what he has just tweeted.
In my original angry speech, made four days after the vote, I predicted that Hillary would be blamed for the defeat and in part this is true. Like powerful women the world over she is depicted as the Wicked Witch of the West and when expedient, Snowball from Animal Farm who, once exiled, became the scapegoat for all subsequent disasters.
I also predicted that Trump's mutually exclusive policies would eventually become unravelled. This has not come true at all. Trump supporters seem unfazed by the growing disaster that is his foreign policy and completely oblivious to all the promises Trump made which have been "walked back" since his election. Even his strident pledge to gaol "crooked Hillary" has simply disappeared.
Critics point out that Hillary's book showed little reflection on errors made during the campaign. We all know what they were. They were damaging but not fatal. Certainly not fatal if committed by a man. She WAS too close to Wall Street and she WAS a hawk, she DID use unfortunate language (basket of deplorables) but Trump does this from sunup to sundown without reproach (except when he strays into that casual racism he can't avoid...Pocohontas for example).
What I did love about What Happened is Hillary's estimation that her personal grooming probably took 800 hours out of her campaign. But it was important. Remember how she was lambasted for wearing a scrunchie and "letting herself go" when she was Secretary of State? I have been repeating her very early quote for years. "Don't you believe it, the hair matters".
I might not agree with Julie Bishop's views on the world or even her choice of expensive clothing, but we must acknowledge that always looking that good is a real effort and takes time.
I like that we now refer to this imperative to be well presented as 'the woman's tax'.
In the book we saw glimpses of the private Hillary but not much. I think that women politicians feel they have to be more closed about their private lives. I wonder what will happen to Jacinda Ardern once the honeymoon is over?
So what has happened for women after a year of Trump?
On his first day on the job, Trump signed the reinstatement of the 'global gag', which is that requirement that no US aid money can go to reproductive health organisations which provide, or even talk about abortion. This will affect millions of poor women in developing countries and cost lives. Who can forget that triumphant photo of Trump signing the order flanked by seven white men in suits?
Also, immediately after Trump removed (by executive order) the requirement for health funds to provide for family planning, Notre Dame University publicly announced they were no longer providing reproductive health services in their employee health scheme. Expect a flood of similar actions.
We keep realising how much Obama held back the tide.
Finally, Trump's status as 'the ultimate unpunished sexual predator' has surely had something to do with the outpouring of women's anger amidst the revelations about Harvey Weinstein, Matt Lauer, Kevin Spacey etc.
The women's march of 21 January, the largest single day global protest in history, was marked by women wearing 'pussy' hats. Just as women had outed themselves as 'nasty women' during the campaign, they 'owned' Trump's vulgar attacks. Trump's cruel misogyny has really pissed women off.
The viral success of #MeToo is as much about Trump as it is about Weinstein.
And these women are not going to sit around and swap harassment stories. Ashwin Tambe reports a huge spike in women running for office. Emily's List (US) has reported that in 2017, 16,000 women have expressed interest in running for office compared to 920 in 2015 and 2016 combined.
Let's hope they stay pissed off.
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Posted on March 20, 2009 by scottsoapbox | No Responses
And you thought mixing cel phones and driving was bad… how about web enabled smart phones and sequestered juries?!
Last week, a juror in a big federal drug trial in Florida admitted to the judge that he had been doing research on the case on the Internet, directly violating the judge's instructions and centuries of legal rules. But when the judge questioned the rest of the jury, he got an even bigger shock.
Eight other jurors had been doing the same thing. The federal judge, William J. Zloch, had no choice but to declare a mistrial, a waste of eight weeks of work by federal prosecutors and defense lawyers.
"We were stunned," said a defense lawyer, Peter Raben, who was told by the jury that he had been on the verge of winning the case. "It's the first time modern technology struck us in that fashion, and it hit us right over the head."
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vera wrote: that the only problem is that you've decided it's a problem and you've claimed it as your own.
Beautifully said. I'm writing this one down. I can use the reminder.
that the only problem is that you've decided it's a problem and you've claimed it as your own.
It is a common ego story: "My problem is huge...no one can solve it...my problem fully and irrevocably defines me...I am my huge insolvable problem.......I don't really want to solve my problem, I want to have it. Without my problem, who would I be?"
Who, indeed!! Let's see...without your problem what would remain? Well, for starters, your consciuosness would remain. And your sense of smell, and your ability to think, and appreciate and maybe even emanate love. It is certain that without your problem, "you" would be very different.
Yes, Andy. I do know what you mean. I was very much like that when I was younger and still catch myself out turning things into problems.
Once a solution has been created my mind must invent another problem to solve in order to create the sense that there is some sort of steady progression towards an ultimate point when all my problems will be solved and life will be perfect. This validates the mind's role in bringing about happiness. If I just stopped and realised that there are no problems as such then my mind would have nothing to do and could not be declared as the source of peace and happiness. Obviously it doesn't like this.
I know what it's up to but it's still in charge for some reason.
The experience of awakening occurs, if only for a moment or two. Then the mind grabs onto it, claims it and labels it and starts out looking for it again. There is deep irony here, because the experience of awakening is nonmental. Eckhart says it happens by grace, the first time. I found that meditation helped me experience a state where the mind is at least very toned down if not still. Doesn't mean you will wake up, but at least it establishes a fertile seed-bed.
Yes, I think for me meditation helps in the same way. I get very caught up in intellectualising and trying to think my way out of things. These days I find it very difficult to make decisions in my life because I lack the sense of whether (in the context of my day-to-day bill-paying, job-going, family-loving life) certain things are right for me or wrong for me.
I am stuck in this place of not being sure about what matters and what doesn't. And when I do think something matters I second guess myself as to whether it should matter, whether it is just an ego thing etc. I suppose I don't trust my mind and because I don't seem to tune into anything other than it I feel like I am stuck in a stagnant place. It's like I accept the situations within my life but am unable to decide whether I want to embrace or abandon them. All this mental stuff really saps the creativity and freedom from my life.
I can't seem to just give up on all this rubbish, meditation at least gives me a break from it.
Lucid living is consciously being all that you are. Waking up to your essential identity as awareness doesn't negate your individuality. Quite the opposite. Lucid living is understanding just how important your individuality is. Becuase it is by dreaming itself to be you as an individual that the life-dreamer is able to experience the life dream. Lucid living is feeling truly empowered as a person because you know that the creative eneregy of the whole world universe is propelling you forward in your life. Lucid living doesn't deny the delights and dramas of everyday existence. It charges life with new significance and meaning. Everything that you experience is a manifestation of your essential nature. So everything is showing you something about who you are -- like a dream. You are continually dreaming up new situations that give you the opportunity to become more conscious. Lucid living is wholeheartedly engaging with ordinary life as an epic adventure of awakening. Lucid living isn't withdrawing into some detached state of enlighenment. It is enjoying an exhilarating state of enlivenment."
Your mind has brought you many successes in the dream world (I prefer the analogy 'world stage'.) And that is fine, just fine. But now, your mind is relieved of delivering final fulfillment from all of it. For that you can rely on your essential nature - timeless, eternal, inviolable pure awareness. So, extract modest enjoyment from your daily life. None of that stuff is required to do more than put food on the table -- and it never was capable of more than that anyway. Let it drone away, take moments for Self in all of it. And brief moments repeated often will do the trick for stabilizing Self-realization...check out greatfreedom.org for techniques and encouragement.
And stick around the little blue forum, too. Read a couple dozen of kiki's posts for some comfort...click on his name and "search users posts." Or any other member whose writing has appeal.
So everything is showing you something about who you are -- like a dream. You are continually dreaming up new situations that give you the opportunity to become more conscious. Lucid living is wholeheartedly engaging with ordinary life as an epic adventure of awakening."
Thanks, Andy. This is really great stuff to read. It speaks very directly to my lack of trust and fear - the sense that the older I get the more uncertain I am about absolutely everything. In my mid-late 20s I felt cheated, angry and so, so bitter when I realised that so much of what I was taught about as being fundamental and fixed in life was actually completely flimsy. It was kind of like finding out there's no such thing as Santa Claus.
Now I just need to give myself permission to continue to enjoy those things again. Even if they aren't the answer to all life's problems or the providers of ultimate peace. Instead of denying myself altogther as some sort of punishment for allowing myself to be tricked for so many years.
Do this, vera. Make a conscious decision to do something small for yourself, like formally take an afternoon to do something you like. Not something you think you "should like." Something you actually do like. And do it again and again.
Self-punishment is very sad, and unnecessary. There is another book I recommend -- it's called "Able & Equal" by Denton Roberts -- there are a few copies at abebooks and alibris..used. It is out of print. But it is all about being your own best friend. During and after awakening, there will still be a Vera. But gradually, she will become more comfortable with her new perspective as witness of the "old trapped, script-driven Vera" and have much more freedom and comfort to act spontaneously in truly life-supporting ways. Tim Freke, my new favorite writer talks about "Big Love" entering as the guiding and directing energy we experience. And applying Big Love to yourself is a keystone.
Blaming our parents or society or ourself for being "tricked for so many years" is a waste of time. It's getting stuck in the psychological "past" and prevents enjoying the present moment. Vera...Vera...Vera...you deserve to enjoy every single moment of your life.
Thanks, Andy. I'm only just starting to realise that I have never been very good at letting myself do things for the joy of doing them. Particularly if they don't support or contribute to some story in my head. I have abandoned plenty of things that brought me a lot of joy because I didn't think I was good enough, or people would ask me "Where will doing that get you?" Or something about them was unpopular. It's probably time to rediscover some of those things. I have tried to do this in the past and I get this real terror rising up in me. However I think in the light of recent experiences welcoming in the fear, I might be less inclined to recoil this time.
You are a literate sensitive intelligent person. With a jillion stories and scripts. And you are not at all alone. I had a similar set of marching orders which I managed to shed through the years. When the "should" terror or the "should not" terror arises, deconstruct it with that great big mind. Then forgive whoever gave it to you and forgive yourself for nourishing it. And add this permission: "I cannot love myself without joyously responding 'yes' to at least one spontaneous, uncensored desire every day. If I cannot love myself (even my egoic self or whatever self-concept I have in this process), any love I try to project will be unnecessarily badly diluted -- Why Would I Do That?"


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The "One Mississippi" vocalist pairs with the Grammy and Oscar-winning R & B star for a new single
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On September 30, Kane Brown will follow the success of his August-released single "One Mississippi" with a superstar duet with an unexpected country-adjacent performer: Grammy and Oscar-winning R&B artist, H.E.R.. Entitled "Blessed & Free," the song has roots in 2020 but has been previewed with video and audio clips via Brown's Instagram.
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At the 2021 CMT Awards, H.E.R. expressed her love of Nashville and country music on the red carpet while speaking to CMT. She noted, "I wrote a lot of my last project in Nashville. This is because people who write in country music love to sit down with guitars and tell authentic stories. I'm all about including authenticity, emotion, and real experiences in my music. That's why I love coming here, and country music, too."
Famously, H.E.R. paired with Chris Stapleton for a bluesy take on H.E.R.'s single "Hold On" at the 2021 CMT Awards. Regarding country music's admiration, in general, of H.E.R.'s considerable talents, Stapleton noted in January 2021 interview that, "The artist I find most interesting right now is H.E.R.. She's an R & B artist and the real deal. She's just an awesome guitar player and singer. If something like that could take place, I would be into that a lot, just to see what would happen, because I'm so fascinated by her talent."
Aside from releasing new material, Brown is in final preparation for his 35-date Blessed & Free Tour, which kicks off on Friday, October 1, in Sacramento, CA. The tour has dates scheduled for all 29 National Basketball Association arenas plus dates in Las Vegas and other locales. Tickets for these events can be purchased by clicking here.


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Why Brand Marketing Is Changing - And How to Keep Up
12/2/2013 Dorie Clark Strategy & Growth
If you're like most middle market leaders, you're inundated with unwanted marketing messages - endless radio and television ads, spam email, junk flyers in your mailbox, and more. The same is true for our customers, and that's why traditional brand marketing approaches are quickly losing their effectiveness, says Joe Pulizzi, founder of the Content Marketing Institute and author of the new book Epic Content Marketing.
"Our customers are being inundated with over 13,000 messages a day, so how are we supposed to get their attention with our products and services?" he asks. "We may think we need to amplify [our advertising], to get more products and service in front of them." But in the TiVo and smartphone era, he says, that's a losing battle: "They can completely ignore us. If you want to cut through the clutter, you have to give them something useful, meaningful, and entertaining."
That means an entirely new approach: "We have to stop marketing the way we've always marketed," he says. "I'm not an advertising or traditional marketing hater; it can still be effective, but it's just not nearly as effective as it used to be, especially if you don't have millions of dollars on hand."
The answer, he says, is a new kind of brand marketing: creating content on an ongoing basis that customers will voluntarily seek out. First, he says, you should seek out "a niche where you can position yourself as a leading information provider." He points to the example of River Pools and Spas, a middle market company based in Virginia that has excelled by providing useful and detailed information that can help customers make better buying decisions (What type of lining should I get for my pool? When's the best time of year to do an installation?). Pulizzi says of them, "Nobody was answering customer questions, so they said, 'Let's answer every one of them.' And now they dominate the marketplace."
Pulizzi also cites the Indium Corporation, a middle market company that develops and manufactures products used in electronics assembly. "They have 17 of their engineers blogging on a regular basis because they understood that engineers like to buy from other engineers," he says.
If you want to develop your own strategy for content marketing, it's essential to figure out which channel to focus on. "Everybody says, 'I've got to be on Facebook and Twitter and LinkedIn and have a blog,'" says Pulizzi, "and I say, 'No, you don't! Become an expert and dominate one niche with one channel.'" In other words, choose a strategy - blogging, podcasting, tweeting, etc. - and focus your efforts. That doesn't mean you should avoid other social networks, but you should principally think of them as ways to drive traffic to your primary channel. For instance, if you have a podcast, use your blog to promote it rather than developing an entirely separate blog strategy - at least at first. "Your blog might be show notes [from the podcast], or five links to things we talked about, or backstage video we caught, but the [main] content is on the podcast," says Pulizzi.
For companies that want to get started with content marketing, here are five questions to consider up front:
What channel (such as videos, a blog, a print magazine) will allow our company to truly shine?
Who will take primary responsibility for creating the content? Will others contribute as well?
What customer questions can we answer?
How frequently can we commit to producing content (since consistency is key)?
What are our metrics for monitoring progress? Is it the number of followers, likes, or shares? Increased customer inquiries?
Dorie Clark is an NCMM contributor and marketing strategist who teaches at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business. Learn more about her new book Reinventing You: Define Your Brand, Imagine Your Future (Harvard Business Review Press). Follow her on Twitter.
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