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"On 29 November 2017, Victoria became the first Australian state to pass legislation allowing assisted suicide. The law gives anyone suffering a terminal illness, with less than six months to live, the right to end their life. The law had an 18-month implementation period, and came into effect on 19 June 2019. The Bill On 20 September 2017, the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2017 was introduced into the Legislative Assembly of the Victorian Parliament by the Andrews Labor Government. The bill is modelled on the recommendations of an expert panel chaired by former Australian Medical Association president Professor Brian Owler. The proposed legislation was said by proponents to be the most conservative in the world; it contains 68 safeguards including measures designed to protect vulnerable people from coercion and abuse, as well as a Review Board to promote compliance. Labor and Coalition MPs were allowed a conscience vote on the Bill. The bill was debated in the lower house over three sitting days, passing the assembly without amendment on 20 October 2017 after an emotional and tense debate which lasted more than 24 hours. The bill was passed by 47 votes to 37. The bill moved to the Legislative Council for debate. Former Prime Minister Paul Keating spoke out against the passing of the bill to the upper house saying "the passage of the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill through the Victorian lower house is truly a sad moment for the whole country." The Prime Minister at the time, Malcolm Turnbull, who is also against euthanasia, said: > It is the Victorian parliament's job to do this, I'm not a supporter of > euthanasia but I have been following the debate and it would be very > interesting to see if their upper house passes it and what follows on from > it. ... Federal law prevails over a state law but only in an area that both > the Commonwealth and the state parliament have jurisdiction, so you've got > to begin with an area where the federal parliament has jurisdiction. On 14 November 2017, the government agreed to a series of amendments designed to garner further support for the bill in the Council. For terminally ill adults in severe pain and with only 12 months to live, the deadline to access lethal drugs was cut to six months, except for sufferers of neurodegenerative conditions such as motor neurone disease and multiple sclerosis. Additionally, an amendment restricting this scheme to people who have lived in Victoria for 12 months was accepted, as was a requirement for a death to be documented as assisted dying, in addition to noting the underlying disease. Funding for palliative care in regional areas was also increased as part of the agreement. On 22 November 2017, the bill in its amended form passed the Council by 22 votes to 18, after a marathon sitting lasting more than 28 hours. The bill returned to the Legislative Assembly for consideration of the Council's amendments. The Assembly approved of the Council's amendments on 29 November 2017. In passing the legislation, Victoria became the first state to legalise assisted suicide. The law received royal assent on 5 December 2017, and came into effect on 19 June 2019. The 18-month period allowed for implementation of the scheme including establishment of a review board. Reactions Kathy Eagar, the executive director of the Australian Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration, and director of the Australian Health Services Research Institute at the University of Wollongong, has analysed the statistics surrounding euthanasia internationally, and says the law is limited. According to Eagar, the most important reason people choose euthanasia is that they don't want to lose their independence and autonomy. She believes euthanasia is a social issue and not a health issue, and maintains that less than one in five people choose euthanasia due to pain. Lorraine Baker, the Victorian President of the Australian Medical Association, said that the passing of the legislation marked a "significant shift" in medical practice in Victoria, but the conscientious objection provisions contained in the legislation would ensure that doctors would not be forced into taking part in voluntary assisted dying. Euthanasia advocate Philip Nitschke called the law "beg and grovel legislation" because people will only be able to access it as a privilege granted in extremis rather than as a right to be accessed at a time nominated by the patient. First use Kerry Robertson was the first person to be granted a permit under the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act. Robertson was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010 and was declared cancer free after surgery, chemotherapy and radiation treatment. Four years later she developed a tumour in her in bones, that spread to her lungs and brain. When the cancer spread to her liver Robertson ceased treatment. Her palliative care team was unable to ease the pain. Robertson applied for the permit on the first day the act came into force, 19 June 2019, citing "loss of joy" as her reason. Robertson ended her life on 15 July 2019 at the age of 61 with her two daughters, and best friend by her side. See also *Euthanasia in Australia *Health care in Australia *Euthanasia in New Zealand *Oregon Death With Dignity Act *California End of Life Option Act *Assisted suicide References Further reading Victoria's hub for health services and business - Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill Euthanasia in Australia Health law in Australia Assisted suicide Disability rights Humanism Palliative care "
"Samuel Casey Carter is an American author, researcher, non-profit executive, and education management entrepreneur. He is known for his work for the public and private school systems including KIPP, the Cristo Rey Network, National Heritage Academies, and Faith in the Future. Early life and education Carter was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and moved to Washington, D.C., when he was a young child, where he attended Annunciation Catholic School while his father served in the Nixon and Ford administrations. Carter graduated from the Portsmouth Abbey School in 1984Portsmouth Abbey School: Alumni Authors Portsmouth Abbey School and matriculated at St. John's College in Annapolis, MD (from which he received a 2013 Award of Merit.Award of Merit Recipients St. John's College His post-graduate work included studies at Middlebury College, the University of Oxford, and the Catholic University of America. Carter is a descendant of Charles Carroll, sole Catholic signatory of the Declaration of Independence. Career From 1994 to 1998, Carter was the executive editor of Crisis Magazine. Carter was a Bradley Fellow at the Heritage Foundation from 1998 to 2000, during which time he wrote about issues of school choice and competition in K-12 education. While at the Heritage Foundation, as a part of their No Excuses Campaign and to honor the Salvatori Prize for American Citizenship, Carter wrote No Excuses: Seven Principals of Low-Income Schools Who Set the Standard for High Achievement in 1999. In April 2000, Carter's first book, No Excuses: Lessons from 21 High-Performing, High- Poverty Schools, was published by the Heritage Foundation. A review by Richard Rothstein in the New York Times challenged the book's value, citing "contempt for most public education", prompting a response from Carter published in the paper on the same day as Rothstein's subsequent column. In 2008, Washington Post education columnist Jay Mathews ran a contest to label highly-successful schools serving low-income neighborhoods. A majority of respondents endorsed Carter's "No Excuses Schools". In 2003, Carter joined the Advisory Board Company. There, he worked as a director of research in their management consulting and leadership development divisions, H*Works and The Academies. From 2005 to 2007, Carter was president of National Heritage Academies, where he oversaw corporate strategy and the implementation of educational operations with a focus on turning around low-performing schools. In 2010, Carter's second book, On Purpose: How Great School Cultures Form Strong Character, was published by Corwin Press. In 2011, Carter, as a senior vice president, developed global strategy for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's corporate social responsibility mission and served as executive director of the HMH Foundation. In 2012, Carter became the founding chief executive officer of Faith in the Future. This partnership, initially established for a five-year period, was extended through 2022 in early 2016 Published works *Carter, Samuel Casey (1999). No Excuses: Seven Principals of Low-Income Schools Who Set the Standard for High Achievement. Washington, D.C.: Heritage Foundation. *Carter, Samuel Casey (2000). No Excuses: Lessons from 21 High-Performing, High-Poverty Schools. Washington, D.C.: Heritage Foundation. *Carter, Samuel Casey (2000). No Hay Excusas: Lecciones De 20 Escuelas De Escasos Recursos Y Alto Rendimiento (Spanish). Washington, D.C.,: Heritage Foundation. *Carter, Samuel Casey (editor) (2009). Mandate for Change: A Bold Agenda for the Incoming Government. Washington, D.C.: Center for Education Reform. *Carter, Samuel Casey (2011). On Purpose: How Great School Cultures Form Strong Character. Los Angeles, CA: Corwin Press. *Carter, Samuel Casey (co-author) (2012). Data Backpacks: Portable Records & Learner Profiles. Washington, D.C.: Foundation for Excellence in Education. *Carter, Samuel Casey (2016). Quando la scuola educa (12 progetti formativi di successo) (Italian). Rome, Italy: Città Nuova Editrice. References External links * C-SPAN interview for On Purpose * How do great school cultures come about? A Q&A; with Samuel Casey Carter MinnPost Living people American male writers Alumni of the University of Oxford Catholic University of America alumni Year of birth missing (living people) "
"The Holton Bath House is a bathhouse in Holton in Jackson County, Kansas which was built in 1938 as a WPA project. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. The listing includes two contributing buildings: the bath house and a filter house. It includes the pool as a non-contributing structure because the original Depression-era pool was replaced in 1986. Bob Paulette and Murray Wilson were design engineers for the project. The bath house is Rustic in style and is in plan. It is built of steel and reinforced concrete on a concrete foundation. References National Register of Historic Places in Kansas Buildings and structures completed in 1938 Jackson County, Kansas Public baths on the National Register of Historic Places Works Progress Administration in Kansas "