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Madison Pride and Unity marchers emphasize need to look out for the transgender community – Madison.com

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Tarik Akbik met Jerald Wright while working at Disney World in Orlando, Florida. The two would talk about dogs, drink sangria and go to clubs, Akbik said. A year ago, on June 12, Akbik heard about the mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub and found himself constantly refreshing web pages to see if anyone he knew was killed.

He found Wrights name.

Whats terrible about tragedies like this is theres 48 other people with a bunch of friends who are never going to have those moments with their friends again, he said.

Akbik spoke in front of a crowd on the Wisconsin Capitol steps on Sunday afternoon as Madison's LGBT+ community congregated for theEquality March for Unity and Pride. One purpose of the event was to remember the Pulse victims, and the other to call the community to action to prevent future tragedies. Speakers said that the transgender community is a population particularly in danger of victimization.

For the LGBT community, the 'T' often gets left behind, said U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, an openly gay Democrat from Madison.

Sundays event was both a sister march with the National March for Pride and Unity in Washington, D.C., and a remembrance of the Orlando nightclub attack of a year ago, when a gunman entered a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, killing at least 49 people and wounding 53, making it the deadliest mass-shooting in the U.S.

The event was organized by the Rainbow Resistance of Madison, a recently organized group of LGBTQAI+ individuals and allies resisting the Trump agenda and all other strides by government officials to oppress our rights.

Several speakers referenced this fear of regression of rights in the midst of what they see as intensified hate.

You know what? I sure as hell am not going to stand by and watch as fearful and small minded people are standing in the way of our civil rights and the work that we have done and oftentimes attempting to roll back these rights. And I know you wont either, said state Rep. Melissa Sargent, D-Madison.

President Donald Trump has not proclaimedJune as LGBT Pride Month, as former President Barack Obama did. Vice President Mike Pence has a contentious relationship with some in the LGBT community. In the past, Pence has called homosexuality a choice and supported a constitutional amendment that would limit marriage to a man and a woman.

The queer community always experiences a lot of violence and oppression, but I think we all feel a particular closeness right now to those issues, said Justice Kestrel, who is transgender and represents the Madison Degenderettes, a feminist and gender queer club. I think were experiencing a lot of cultural and political backlash right now.

But people in the queer community arent the only ones experiencing cultural scapegoating from the current presidential administration, Kestrel said, pointing to the homeless, undocumented immigrants, people of color and Muslims as examples.

Kestrel also pointed to the transgender community as frequently targeted. Some conservatives may realize they have lost the fight against marriage equality and focus their energies on depriving the trans community of its rights, Kestrel said, such as with bathroom legislation that would force transgender people use the restroom corresponding with the gender on their birth certificates.

I think its really important that the LGB people here stand up for their queer brothers and sisters and siblings to fight for our rights, because were being left behind, and were particularly vulnerable, Kestral said, referencing high rates of homelessness, suicide, mental illness and suicide among the transgender population.

Kaci Ninedreams Sullivan, Creator of TransLiberation Art Coalition, argued that the transgender community is often swallowed up by the majority.

I was done watching as our communities were erased into childlessness, erased into prison, erased into homelessness, despair and death, Sullivan said. We are a capable group, willing and ready to love each other and fight for each other. And we hold so much power between us ... and it is a power that cannot be erased.

Fighting for each other means everyone must acknowledge their privilege, Ali Muldrow said.

Muldrow is the Director of Youth Programming at GSAFE, an organization that aims to create safe schools for the LGBTQ+ community. When she recently ran for a seat on the Madison School Board, she was asked why she chose to jeopardize her political appeal by revealing that she's bisexual and queer when she could pass for a straight woman.

When people like me hide who we are, we make it dangerous for everybody who cant, she said.

The Orlando victims' names were read aloud, followed by a moment of silence.

Khary Penebaker, a Democratic National Committee member representing Wisconsin and gun control activist, said he met with Wrights parents, Fred and Maria Wright.

When you listen to a family member, especially a mother who cant stop crying because of losing their child over gun violence, it changes you, he said. It asks you how much more are you willing to do so that no one has to go through and live the nightmare that Fred and Maria have to go through now.

Penebaker and others urged action to make sure tragedies like Orlando dont happen again.

One audience member, who did not want to be identified because he hasnt come out to his family, noted the importance of being himself. He wore a rainbow flag tied around his neck and rainbow eyeshadow.

For a really long time, I was afraid to be who I was, he said. I want others to be okay being themselves, too.

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War on Drugs doesn’t need a surge – Allentown Morning Call

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The War on Drugs has been one of the most lopsided defeats ever.

We're talking Grenada vs. U.S. Custer vs. Sioux. Phillies vs. Everyone.

We've spent well over a trillion dollars and several decades in return for overflowing prisons, dead law enforcement officers, thriving drug dealers, urban battlegrounds controlled by gangs of thugs, grossly inadequate rehabilitation efforts and no reduction of drug use.

More and more people have figured this out. According to Gallup polling, a majority of Americans supported legalizing marijuana by 2013, and that number had reached 60 percent by last year. These attitudes have been playing themselves out in state legislatures all over the country.

Pennsylvania finally legalized medical marijuana last year, making it one of 29 states and the District of Columbia to do so. Eight states and the District of Columbia have legalized recreational use, and other states have decriminalized the possession of small amounts.

I was a passionate advocate for Pennsylvania's medical marijuana law, and I thought it was important not to muddy the waters by injecting recreational use into that discussion. But I've been clear about where I stand on that subject. As I wrote years ago, decriminalizing marijuana is a good start, but I wouldn't stop there.

If we legalized, regulated and taxed marijuana and other drugs, we not only would have a hefty injection of new funding for desperately needed treatment and educational programs from those tax revenues, but we'd also reap a windfall from savings in prison and law enforcement spending. Gangs and other criminals that depend so heavily on drug-dealing would find themselves out of business or operating at a severe competitive disadvantage.

Noting the monumental task facing state budget negotiators this year in the face of a growing deficit, Auditor General Eugene DePasquale said at a Capitol press conference, "If I told you that the budget negotiators from the Legislature and the governor's office will have $200 million of found money that does not harm one other state program or one other state tax, would they throw that money out the window or find a way to utilize it?"

He said, "The one area ... that will bring in revenue and actually cut costs at the exact same time would be the regulation and taxation of marijuana."

Former Allegheny County prosecutor, now criminal defense attorney Patrick Nightingale of the nonprofit Law Enforcement Action Partnership, an organization of criminal justice professionals who advocate for solutions across a broad range of drug policy and criminal justice issues, argued that DePasquale is underestimating the windfall when you consider the savings in incarceration and law enforcement costs.

He concluded, "It's a win win win for Pennsylvania if we can get out of our conservative reefer madness mentality."

LEAP, founded in 2002 as Law Enforcement Against Prohibition by five police officers dedicated to educating the public about the harms of drug prohibition, became Law Enforcement Action Partnership in January to broaden its areas of advocacy.

Even if recreational marijuana legalization is a bridge too far for some of you, I suspect the vast majority of readers would agree that we at least should decriminalize possession of marijuana, eliminate mandatory minimum sentences and clear our prisons of a lot of nonviolent offenders.

Two bills have been introduced in the state Legislature that would reduce a conviction for possession of small amounts of marijuana from a misdemeanor to a summary offense, punishable by a relatively low fine instead of potential jail time.

Unfortunately, as with many other areas of progress in our society, this growing realization that drug policies of the past aren't working hit a big, not-so-beautiful wall with the election of Donald Trump and his appointment of troglodytic Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

Far from approving the trend toward scaling back the War on Drugs, Sessions wants a troop surge that would include prosecuting more drug cases, seeking more mandatory minimum sentences and directly confronting what he considers a deadly trend toward legalization of the evil weed.

Sessions said at a Senate hearing last year that our elected leaders should make it clear they take marijuana prevention efforts seriously, by "the creating of knowledge that this drug is dangerous, you cannot play with it, it is not funny, it's not something to laugh about ... and trying to send that message with clarity that good people don't smoke marijuana."

Nightingale told me, "It's as if we woke up in 1983 with Jeff Sessions. 'Good people don't use marijuana.' 'It's a gateway drug.' 'I don't believe it has medical value.'"

Nightingale, who also is executive director of the Pittsburgh branch of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, said, "We can look at three, four years' worth of data from Colorado to understand that loosening marijuana laws is not resulting in an increase of criminality, it's not resulting in an increase in hard drug use. In fact, it's the opposite."

He was particularly critical of a memo Sessions sent out last month to federal prosecutors that reversed the Obama administration approach to low-level drug crime. Sessions wants prosecutors to charge violators with the most serious offenses they can prove and seek the most substantial sentences.

Former Attorney General Eric Holder responded at the time, "The policy announced today is not tough on crime. It is dumb on crime. It is an ideologically motivated, cookie-cutter approach that has only been proven to generate unfairly long sentences that are often applied indiscriminately and do little to achieve long-term public safety."

Nightingale said Sessions thinks locking more people up for longer stretches will help solve our drug problems. "We absolutely know from 45 years of failed drug policy," he said, "that is not going to work."

This is no time for a troop surge. It's time for a carefully negotiated peace.

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While American foreign policy has for years fixated on the conflict in Syria and the Middle East, just across the border in Mexico and throughout Central America tens of thousands of people lost their lives last year because of the conflict between drug cartels competing to deliver illicit drugs into the United States.

According to a recent report from the International Institute for Strategic Studies, while approximately 50,000 lives were lost in Syria last year, approximately 39,000 were killed in Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, much of which is attributable to drug-war violence.

Mexicos homicide total of 23,000 for 2016 is second only to Syrias, and is only the latest development in a conflict that stretches back to 2006, when President Felipe Calderon deployed the military to combat drug cartels.

Although the exact number of people killed because of the drug war in Mexico is unlikely to ever be known, a recent report from the Congressional Research Service cited estimates from 80,000 to more than 100,000 in that country alone.

The cause of this violence is obvious, and it is a direct, predictable consequence of our failed policy of drug prohibition. In the near-half century since President Richard Nixon declared a war on drugs, hundreds of thousands of Latin Americans have been killed in conflicts fueled by a lucrative illicit drug trade made possible by our prohibition of drugs.

This is an insight a certain New York developer possessed 27 years ago. Were losing badly the war on drugs, Donald Trump said in 1990. You have to legalize drugs to win that war. You have to take the profit away from these drug czars.

While Trump may have since lost this insight, the fact remains that the war on drugs does more harm than drugs themselves.

Last year, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos used his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech to call for a rethink of the drug war, which contributed to decades of conflict in Colombia that killed hundreds of thousands.

Rather than squander more lives and resources fighting a War on Drugs that cannot be won -- including in our inner cities -- the United States must recognize the futility and harm of its drug policies.

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Editorial: ‘War on drugs’ costing too many lives – Ventura County Star

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In this Jan. 12, 2014 file photo, men belonging to the Self-Defense Council of Michoacan, ride on a sandbag-filled truck while trying to flush out alleged members of The Caballeros Templarios drug cartel from the town of Nueva Italia, Mexico.(Photo: Eduardo Verdugo/Associated Press)

The following editorial appeared in The Orange County Register:

While American foreign policy has for years fixated on conflict in the Middle East, just across the border in Mexico and throughout Central America tens of thousands of people lost their lives last year because of drug cartels competing to deliver illicit drugs into the United States.

According to an International Institute for Strategic Studies new report, 50,000 lives were lost in Syria last year, while 39,000 were killed in Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, much of which is attributable to drug-war violence.

Although the exact number of people killed because of the drug war in Mexico is unlikely to ever be known, a recent report from the Congressional Research Service cited estimates of 80,000 to more than 100,000 in that country alone.

The violence is a predictable consequence of our failed policy of drug prohibition. In the near-half century since President Nixon declared a war on drugs, hundreds of thousands of Latin Americans have been killed in conflicts fueled by a lucrative illicit drug trade made possible by our prohibition of drugs.

Were losing badly the war on drugs, Donald Trump said in 1990. You have to legalize drugs to win that war.While Trump may have since lost this insight, the war on drugs is still doing more harm than the drugs themselves.

Rather than squander more lives and resources fighting a war that cannot be won, the United States must recognize the futility and harm of its drug policies.

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A new exclusive clip from directorDamani Baker's "The House on Coco Road" features his activist mother Fannie Haughton's explanation for how the sudden influx of narcotics duringthe Ronald Reagan-era War on Drugshurt their Oakland hometown.

"All of a sudden, the drugs came in so heavy. It was scary, and it destroyed the entire city of Oakland. I mean, there's a discussion now on where that came from," Haughton tells Baker in the segment above, following a clip of Reagan taking the oath of office. "Entire Black communities were destroyed," she continues over archival footage of East Oakland, the Black communitywhere she worked as a racial justice activist alongside Angela and Fania Davis.

"With all of my efforts to put you in a good school andtry to balance it, we could sit on that hill in East Oakland and hear gunfire all down the hill, all night," she says. "It was very disappointing to see all of the work that we'd done be overrun by drugs. It was not a happy time in the Black community, anywhere in the states. It was not an environment to raise children."

Baker says in an emailed statement that the clip sets up why his mother moved the family to Grenada, which was run by the Black-led,anti-colonial and leftist New Jewel Movement at the time:

Ronald Regan came into my consciousness as a young child because his actions affected the lives of people around us.

This is the first moment in the film where you hear my mother say that the conditions and the leadership had become so bad in the U.S., so antithetical to everything she believed and worked for, that she knew there must be a better way, a better place to live and raise her children.

Many people in the U.S., myself included, are asking themselves similar questions today. My mother's story isn't just about relocation, it's about imagination and, as Fania Davis says, "a migration that is beyond the physical."

The Davis sisters also appear in the documentary, which chronicles Baker's emigration to Grenada and how the family survived the Reagan-ordered 1983 invasion of the country.

Distributed viaAva DuVernay'sArray,"The House on Coco Road" streams on Netflix starting June 30. Visit the film's websitefor a list of screenings throughout June.

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Crown Resorts staff in China charged with promoting gambling – The Guardian

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Eighteen Crown Resorts employees were detained in China in October 2016. Photograph: Bloomberg via Getty Images

The Crown Resorts employees detained in China last year have been charged with offences related to the promotion of gambling, the Australian casino operator announced on Tuesday.

The cases of 15 employees have been referred to Shanghais Baoshan district court. In a statement on Tuesday, Crown said that with the matter now before the court it would make no further comment.

The group which consists of a Malaysian, a number of Chinese nationals and three Australian citizens including senior Crown executive Jason OConnor were taken into custody in October after a raids in four cities across China. Casino gambling is illegal in mainland China, and Chinese law prohibits agents from organising groups of more than 10 Chinese citizens to gamble abroad.

The arrests follow a crackdown announced by Chinas Ministry of Public Security last year on foreign casinos targeting Chinese citizens.

The companys major shareholder, James Packer, said at the time of the arrests he was deeply concerned about their welfare.

Since the first raids, Crown has scaled back its Chinese ambitions, selling down its stake in the Macau-based joint venture Melco Crown, before offloading its final stake in Melco Resorts & Entertainment for $987 million.

Australian Associated Press contributed to this report

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PA’s Gambling Expansion Bill – witf.org

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The Pennsylvania House of Representatives approved a sweeping gambling bill last week to generate money for the cash-straved state. House Bill 271 was introduced by Republican lawmakers and passed narrowly by a 102-89 vote with legislators from both parties voting for and against the proposal.

The bill would allow video gaming machines to be operated by bars, truck stops, bowling alleys, VFW's and private clubs. It could lead to about 8,000 establishments operating nearly 40,000 machines - each generating tax revenue for state and local governments. It would also facilitate the development of online gaming and lottery playing and allow online fantasy sports gambling.

Supporters point to the much-needed tax revenue. House Majority Leader Dave Reed (R-Indiana Co.) said the bill would " . . . actually enhance revenue a little further." These machines have been used for years, they should be regulated, contend Lancaster Democratic Representative Mike Sturla. "This issue has been around for 30 years and for 30 years there have been members who have turned a blind eye to this," he said.

Opponents are concerned with the speed with which the bill was passed. "If you all had the chance to read it, I don't know how you did it," said Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-Montgomery County. Others are worried about the impact on their communities. Philadelphia Representative Jason Dawkins worries that "when you live in communities like mine, when you see poverty, addiction and opioid abuse, you can't understand how we are putting another potential problem in our city."

Tuesday's Smart Talk discusses the merits and potential consequences of the gambling expansion bill with Representatives Mike Sturla and Dawkins as well as Josh Ercole, COO of the Council on Compulsive Gambling of Pennsylvania and Robert Howard, co-founder of the Pennsylvania Coalition for Responsible Government.

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With casinos on horizon, bill to curb gambling addiction draws skepticism – The Japan Times

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A childhood New Years holiday spent playing cards with his family planted the seeds of a gambling compulsion that ravaged decades of one mans life. Now 67, the former salesman from western Japan fell into debt time and time again as his addiction drew him to pachinko parlors, then illegal mah-jongg and dice games.

Gambling permeated my life, said the man, who asked not to be identified for fear of embarrassing loved ones. My fingers just dont do as theyre told. I cant count the number of times my family have had to clear up the mess by paying off my debts.

The man is among thousands in Japan whose gambling compulsion had gone largely unnoticed until a plan to introduce casino resorts forced policymakers to address the problem of addiction. At an event hosted by lawyers who oppose the governments casino plan, he said he only kicked his habit after joining Gamblers Anonymous about a decade ago.

Lawmakers are putting together an anti-addiction bill that must be passed before the first casinos can open their doors. In doing so, they must balance between safeguarding economic benefits from gambling establishments including the $200 billion pachinko industry while addressing the concerns of casino opponents who fear the businesses will spawn a new generation of addicts.

The bill doesnt specify rules that businesses must follow and penalties for noncompliance, according to a draft distributed to reporters. It broadly mandates the government to form a plan to stop gambling addiction, and says businesses must cooperate.

When it is passed, officials will start drafting regulations that could outline specific duties of gambling businesses, including restricting access to venues and providing funds to boost counseling. Thats raising concerns in Japans 11,000 pachinko parlors, which have operated in a legal gray area for decades.

People in the pachinko industry are involved with the causes of addiction, said Takeshi Shina, a lawmaker with the opposition Democratic Party, which drafted its own bill. So we will have them cooperate to eliminate it. They cant stay out of it completely.

The bill could be passed before the current Diet session ends June 18. While Prime Minister Shinzo Abes ruling coalition holds a majority in both chambers, the opposition could still delay a vote.

Gambling in Japan turns over more than 27 trillion annually, replenishes local government coffers and employs about 300,000 people many of them in regions where jobs are relatively scarce. Its legal to bet on publicly run horse, boat, motorbike and bicycle races, plus lotteries and soccer pools. Horse racing alone generated 283 billion for the central government in fiscal 2015.

Pachinko operators, which rake in more than five times the revenue of the publicly managed gambling industry, have skirted a ban on private-sector gambling by having winners swap the ball bearings they win for a token prize that can later be exchanged off the premises for cash. The government doesnt break down the amount of taxes the industry contributes.

The threat of regulation is casting a shadow over a wider betting industry already in a downward spiral, as younger people spend more of their leisure time online, and tired race tracks provide little to appeal to new customers, according to Masatoshi Yamamoto, an analyst at Mitsubishi UFJ Research & Consulting Co., who researches publicly funded gambling.

Industry turnover at pachinko parlors has shrunk by a third from a 2005 peak, and the number of venues is in a two-decade decline. While they introduced slot machines to attract younger customers, fans under 30 remain a rarity.

Shingo Ito of Nichiyukyo, a pachinko industry association, said prize values and opening times are already regulated. It also set up a phone counseling center that received 2,500 calls last year.

Its not like casinos, where people can spend as much as they want and stay as long as they like, Ito said. His group is running newspaper and poster advertisements describing pachinko as a healthy pastime to be enjoyed in moderation.

Little reliable data exist on the social costs of gambling in Japan. The results of the first comprehensive survey on addiction are due sometime in the next few months.

In general, compulsive gamblers make up 1 to 2 percent of any given population, according to James Whelan, a University of Memphis professor who briefed the Liberal Democratic Party on gambling addiction earlier this year. That could work out to 1 million or 2 million Japanese.

Whelan said the addition of casinos in Japan which may open as soon as 2023 probably wont make the issue worse, given that gambling is already widespread.

Noriko Tanaka, a counselor and campaigner on problem gambling, said she is concerned the new law wont be ambitious enough to help addicts. One cause for worry is that the draft bill refers to respect for the pachinko industrys own anti-dependency initiatives.

It could turn out to be just a fig leaf to help them pass the casino bill, Tanaka said.

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The NFLs silence on its gambling policy is deafening, and now the heat is starting to get turned up. Maybe its not the silence, but the hypocritical stance the NFL keeps taking when it comes to gambling. USA TODAYs Brent Schrotenboers piece on the NFLs do one thing but say another strategy proves that the league cant stay the current course. Whether the league and teams are courting casinos for sponsors, or making it illegal to gamble inside a stadium even though gambling on phones is legal in Las Vegas, its all just public posturing.

This is simply about public perception. The NFL has no problem with gambling when it gets to make money off sponsors. They are courting casinos as partners, while telling players they cant hold events, fundraisers, and conferences on casino grounds. The league is willing to take $750 million dollars in public money to move the Raiders to Sin City, but wants to stress that it is against legalized sports wagering expansion. Wait until Sands, Wynn, or Caesars wants to slap its name on the Las Vegas stadium through a multi-million dollar naming rights deal. Its way past the point of do as I say, not as I do. Its almost blatantly hypocritical.

The NFL has had the opportunity to change its stance. It would have been easy to come out in concert with the NBA and simply say that maybe the league could benefit from legalized sports gambling. It could even take the high road and say that legalizing gambling or at least doing research into the effects of legalization would take away a large revenue stream from organized crime. Instead, Roger Goodell has steadfastly said that gambling has no place in the NFL.

That stance is pretty rich. The NFL is one of the most wagered on leagues in the United States. Spreads are discussed on almost of their television partners programs. The injury report is almost exclusively designed to make sure that people cant take advantage of inside tips to have a better chance at winning a bet. The NFL and its teams already have official partnership deals with DraftKings and FanDuel. Both companies are involved with gambling even if they call it a different name.

We are way past the point of pretending that football and gambling dont go hand in hand. Its almost to the point that the NFL is insulting a large portion of its fans intelligence. Maybe its all about public relations, but three out of four sports fans are in favor of legalized sports gambling.Its time to come clean, but theres no sign of the league changing its stance. That means more articles, social media chatter, and television debates on the NFLs hypocritical stance.

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Tracy Jesperson, Chautauqua Alcohol and Substance Abuse Council, speaks with students of G.A. Family Services Accountability and Responsibility program about gambling advertisements and addiction. P-J photo by Gavin Paterniti

The dangers of gambling and addiction were the focal points of a presentation at G.A. Family Services this week.

On Monday, the partnership between the Chautauqua Alcohol and Substance Abuse Council and the G.A.s Accountability and Responsibility program yielded a teaching moment aimed at preventing local youth from making unhealthy decisions about gambling.

The presentation was given by Tracy Jesperson, CASACs prevention educator, who spoke with three Accountability and Responsibility program students about recognizing and analyzing gambling advertisements; thereby helping them to make a more informed choice about participating in gambling in the future. The students were given the definitions of gambling and addiction, and were then handed examples of actual advertisements advocating for gambling.

Many New York state youth gamble despite the fact that it can turn into an addiction, and its illegal in many forms, Jesperson said. One of the factors that play a part in this decision is youth exposure to gambling advertising. Advertisements are created not only using written language, but also visual and sensory language. So learning to critically view these advertisements so that youre able to understand the advertisers motivation and accuracy level of these advertisements is an important skill necessary to make healthy decisions.

Jesperson said individuals are more likely to be struck by lightning at some point throughout their lives than to win a large sum of money via a lottery jackpot. The presentation was intended to raise awareness among youth about the media and the ways in which it can impact their lives, consciously or subconsciously, by teaching them media literacy.

G.A. Family Services Accountability and Responsibility Program is an afterschool program that focuses on at-risk youth and helps develop life skills and positive decision-making. It admits up to 10 teenagers, ages 13-18, per cycle, all of whom were referred by a juvenile probation officer or the Department of Social Services Child Services.

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SANTA FE COUNTY, New Mexico Police in New Mexico have released body camera video of a man accused of leaving his three children in the car while he went into a casino to gamble.

Around 10:00 p.m. on June 1st, Santa Fe County sheriffs deputies were called out to the Camel Rock Casino on Highway 285. They confronted 34-year-old Andrew Martinez in the parking lot. He told investigators hed been in the casino for about 15 minutes.

Deputies were called by casino security, who noticed Martinez left his three kids a four-year-old and twin two-year-olds in his SUV in the casino parking lot.

Martinez claimed he wanted to get a burger on special.

McDonalds has specials. I mean, you can get a burger for a buck, Martinez is heard saying in the video.

The video makes it clear that the deputy grew irritated by the minute when dealing with Martinez.

Deputy:So if I go watch surveillance, youre not playing a card game?

Yeah, I was, Martinez said.

Deputy: So thats not getting refreshments. Youre gambling. Do you think its a good idea to leave your kids out in the car for 20, 30 minutes while you go gamble a hand, right? This was a poor mistake.

The deputy checked on the kids in the car, who were quiet, but OK.

Deputies tested Martinez to see if he was under the influence. Investigators believed hed been drinking, but he swore he did not.

Either way, he was taken to jail, and the kids went home with their mother.

You going in that casino and leaving your kids out in the car is child neglect, the deputy said.

Martinez is charged with three counts of child abuse through abandonment.

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Massachusetts is the latest state considering whether to legalize physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients, and just over half of Americans support such a law.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 51% of American Adults favor allowing voluntary euthanasia in the state where they live. Twenty-nine percent (29%) are opposed to such a law, but a sizable 20% remain undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

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DENVER, Colorado (ChurchMilitant.com) - The Denver-based group Compassion and Choices, formerly known as the Hemlock Society, has released a report, marking the one-year anniversary of the passage of the so-called End of Life Option Act in California. The group states in its release that hundred of adults have been prescribed lethal drugs since the passage of California's euthanasia law. The group also said that the majority of private insurance companies cover the cost of life ending drugs, including Blue Cross, Blue Shield and Kaiser.

As Church Militant reported on May 31, not only are major insurers covering suicide drugs, but they are pressuring healthcare providers to recommend life ending drugs while denying coverage for more expensive life-saving therapy. As the cost of health insurance continues to rise under Obamacare since it was passed in 2010, insurers are incentivised to cover suicide and not life-sustaining treatment, simply because the former is cheaper, making the insurers into de facto death panels.

The End of Life Option Act in California was pushed by the family of Brittany Maynard in cooperation with Compassion and Choices. Maynard was a 29-year-old from the San Francisco Bay Area who moved to Oregon, where assisted suicide had been legal since the 1990s, after being diagnosed with brain cancer. Church Militant reported on the resulting suicide spike following the nationwide coverage of Maynard ending her life.

A 2015 study from the Southern Medical Journal concluded that legalization of physician-assisted suicide not only leads a "copy-cat" effect of suicidal inclinations, but that euthanasia legalization has no effect on the frequency of non-physician-assisted suicide.

In 1980, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith released theDeclaration on Euthanasia. In that document, the CDF explained the special place of redemptive suffering in the Catholic faith, "According to Christian teaching, however, suffering, especially suffering during the last moments of life, has a special place in God's saving plan; it is in fact a sharing in Christ's passion and a union with the redeeming sacrifice, which He offered in obedience to the Father's will."

Pope St. John Paul II, in his encyclical Evangelium Vitae, solemnly defined that euthanasia was a grave evil:

Taking into account these distinctions, in harmony with the Magisterium of my predecessors and in communion with the bishops of the Catholic Church, I confirm that euthanasia is a grave violation of the law of God, since it is the deliberate and morally unacceptable killing of a human person. This doctrine is based upon the natural law and upon the written word of God, is transmitted by the Church's Tradition and taught by the ordinary and universal Magisterium.

The retired Episcopal (Episcopal Church of the United States of America) bishop of Newark, New Jersey, John Shelby Spong, who doesn't believe in a personal God, is currently on Compassion and Choices'Board of Advisors. Observers can note the presence and influence of Protestantism, giving oxygen to the culture of death throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, beginning with the 1930 Lambeth Conference, which asserted the moral liceity of contraception.

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Interview: David Le’aupepe of Gang of Youths talks his uncompromising devotion to beautiful lyrics – Grimy Goods (blog)

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Every few years it seems, Australia manages to churn out another solid indie band or artist that manages to make headlines with a stunning debutso its understandable if youre having trouble keeping up. However, it would be criminal to continue overlooking one such act that made its damn-near flawless debut in 2015 withThe Positions, a gift from the aptly named and soulfully riotousgroup Gang of Youths. Comprised of a tightly knit group of five close friends and led by the songwriting prowess ofDavid Leaupepe, the band executes its impassioned songs with a strenuous balancing of poetically dense lyricismand equally complex sonics. Mincing no words and giving listeners a voraciously intimate encounter with his own struggles and demonsof whichLeaupepe is admirably open aboutthe band mingles bittersweet hopes with crushing realities, while also refusing to engage in any cultural glorification or romanticizing of such griefs.

Their songs are chock full of personal anecdotes, withLeaupepe giving little glimpses into his own life and emotions that are somehow dually personal as they are universal. Its also hard not to notice that nearly every second of their longer than average songswith the exception of a few instrumental crescendosis filled with the frontmans singing. He just doesnt stop, and frankly, you wont want him to.

Im not exactly a soft-spoken, reserved person, Im pretty fucking loquaciouson a good day,Leaupepe says with a laugh. On a bad[day] Im downright fucking yappy.

ForLeaupepe, his lyrics are one-half of the lifeblood of Gang of Youths existencewhich sounds like maybe a redundant thing to point out, until you actually listen to his lyrics, which to his and the bands credit, are actually quite intelligible for all their guitar riffs and thundering percussion. Then once youre done listening and singing along, go look them up, seriously, its the kind of literary snippets you might dive into in an English course. Itd require an essay to dive into all the nuances here, but songs like Magnolia, Poison Drum, and The Diving Bell, emit a beauty through Leaupepes choice words alone. And of course, it doesnt just happen by accidentin fact, the effort is quite strenuous at times.

Its a struggle for me to get anything out because Im sort of in this period of my life where Im starting to care a lot more about what people think about my work, and that can be distracting and hard. But I always have to temper it with a sense of authenticity to myself, authenticity to the kind of shit I want to make, and the kind of thing I want to leave behind on the earth when I die,Leaupepe explained. What I think is most authentic to me is I want to write lyrics that are meaningful to me, potentially meaningful to others, and sound beautiful. When I read a book Im looking for beautiful writing that speaks to me in some way, even if its simple and minimalist or dense and verbose. I just want to speak to people in a way thats life-affirming.

In many ways, according toLeaupepe, sub-par lyricism has found its way into our entertainment, and he refuses to contribute to the degradation of an art form he is so passionate about. Acknowledging that sounds harsh, as he puts it, he also genuinely believes that for people who arent interested in lyrics, theres melody and music to keep them entertained, while for people who are, there are themes, concepts, complexity, and density for them as well. But even so, for the former, Gang of Youths has more than a few hot licks, catchy hooks, and gorgeous soundscapes to keep even the most casual of listeners caught by their ear.

One of the first things youll realize as you listen toThe Positions for the first time is that the songs opener, Vital Signs, is a seven-minute journey that entreats you to everything. Its a veritable journey of emotional release thats unraveled simultaneously throughLeaupepes lyrics and the bands various melody changeslike some high-strung drama in four acts, their songs change and evolve alongside their themes. Like his lyrics,Leaupepe and company have deep running ambitions and expectations for the very notes they play. As someone who was once apart of the hardcore punk scene in Australia,Leaupepe refered back to how such bands managed to communicate a wide range of emotions and all these sides of humanity, using solely a two to three minute hardcore punk song as a conduit.

I can respect that and I think thats really admirable, weve just chosen not to do that. Weve decided that we want different moods and different sides of our musicality to come through in order to embody the vast scope of human experience,Leaupepe says of the way they arrange their songs. The songs on our records need to reflect the vast array and litany of human emotions and experiences. We need to reflect all the sides of humanity, not just the ones that rock super hard.I want to reflect the emotional environment I was in when I wrote a particular song, what the song was about, through the sonics.

WithThe Positions now aged two years and now on the road for an exhausting bout of touring that sees Gang of Youths traversing the most of North America in the span of two weeks, Gang of Youths have returned with two new singles. Atlas Drowned and Let Me Down Easy, the bands introduction to the tumultuous nature of the past yearpolitically, socially, culturally, take your pickare as poignant as they are ruthless. Between obvious references to the rise of polarizing and divisive movements, as well as an allusion to last years Paris terrorist attacks,Leaupepe and company avoid getting into the messy specifics of political alignment and instead aim for its larger implication for the individual, the people listening to their songs, and the soul.

Shouting, spitting, cussing, and foaming at the mouth,Leaupepe tackles a philosophy of irrational self-interest that has stricken our society in Atlas Shrugged, its title a well-prepared pile-driver rather than a subtle dig at Ayn Rands novel and monument to rational egoism Atlas Shrugged. Its rare to see any artist in any genre so willfully name drop the likes of Rand and Nietzsche in the explanation of a song, but thats exactly whatLeaupepe did in an Instagram post when the song was releasedbut more so than the broad, overarching themes and philosophies that inspired it is the bands ability to make it not only digestible, but so potently personal.

Gang of Youths at Constellation Room Photo: Steven Ward

With all this accentuated energy going on behind the scenes and in the studio, for a band whose unapologetic zeal for life roars through effortlessly in their baroque-rock anthemsits perhaps understandable that their live shows are absolutely insane. Personally, Ive only seen Gang of Youths once in the Constellation Room in Santa Ana. The room was decently filled and my defining memory is ofLeaupepe dancing on the bar counter (the man shakes his hips and howls like the most on-key demon in existence) and jumping into the crowd to dance and twirl fans. They were one of the top five acts Ive ever seen live and itd honestly be a disservice to your very soul to not see them on their current U.S. tour.

Every show we attack in the same wayI mean it comes from our attitude towards life, attacking life with a sense of ferocity and engagement. It doesnt matter how big the fucking room is, it doesnt matter how many people are in there when you believe in the power of an artform its unifying and emancipatory power you cant help but be excited, a serious and passionate Leaupepe explains. Everybody in this band desires to be the very best at what we do.

Gang of Youths will be playing the Echo this Thursday. Tickets are still available here. For more information on their tour and to stay up to date on future release visit their Facebook and website.

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PBOC Loses Control Of Yuan Peg, Setting The Stage For A Global Currency Catastrophe – SilverSeek.com

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Its early Wednesday morning, with gold up $14oz; silver up $0.15/oz; and everything else from oil (Brent crude at 2004 lows!), to base metals, equities, junk bonds, and Treasury yields crashing. Whilst, in the wake of yesterdays crashing currency cornucopia article countless currencies, commodity or otherwise, are freefalling.

Lets just start with some of the minor horrible headlines of the past 24 hours; after which, well build up to the BIG KAHUNA that has the global economy and financial markets on the precipice of the abyss

And then theres the official MSM reason for this mornings global stock plunge, which has Dow Futures down nearly 300 points just before the NYSE open. Which, whilst it certainly is bad news and part and parcel with the unfolding explosion of global geopolitical tensions is decidedly NOT the principal catalyst for this mornings financial implosion

Moreover, for some comic relief, even I am in awe of the unprecedented falsity of this mornings ADP employment report in somehow, despite the worst economic data since 2008, proclaiming December to have produced a whopping 257,000 jobs. I mean, has ADP, like the BLS, adopted double seasonal adjustments? Or its own, fictional birth/death model? Or has it started to include panhandlers in the ranks of the employed? And has Mark Zandi officially become a modern-day Wesley Mouch; i.e., Americas de facto head of economic propaganda from Atlas Shrugged?

However, whats really troubling financial markets aside from the inexorable bursting of the epic, unprecedented bubbles created by Central banks cumulative response to the 2000 and 2008 crises is last nights double-barreled bombshells from China. One, in accelerating the pace of the Yuans devaluation from 6.20/dollar at the time of the initial devaluation in August; to 6.55/dollar this morning, nearly a half-percent weaker than yesterday morning. And second, the far more important development of the offshore Yuan market uncontrollably plunging portending, potentially in the very near-term the cataclysmic Yuan devaluation I first predicted last April; and afterwards, mere hours before the initial devaluation four months ago.

Trust me, its no coincidence that the recent, dramatic leg down in the global commodity and currency implosion commenced that very fateful day in early August. Or that the recent acceleration of the Yuans devaluation commenced the day after it was accepted into the IMFs strategic currency basket. Regarding the latter, the Chinese government was clearly waiting for its hollow, but symbolically important acceptance into the Western Ponzi scheme before taking the matter of its own collapsing Ponzi scheme into its own hands. Which is exactly what it is doing, in setting the stage for a global currency catastrophe.

Of course, the loss of control of the offshore Yuan market i.e., the unofficial, or black market rate that all dying currencies eventually fall to (like Argentina and Venezuela last month) is EXACTLY what I described in September 1sts most dangerous, destabilizing force on Earth. In it, I warned of the tightrope the PBOC was walking in attempting to gradually devalue the Yuan whilst simultaneously supporting the offshore Yuan by not only buying offshore Yuan whilst selling onshore Yuan, but cracking down on those nasty speculators attempting to sabotage the great Chinese empire by shorting offshore Yuan.

Taking the cake in the category of Keystone Kops financial planning is the fact that the Chinese are wasting countless hundreds of billions supporting the (Offshore) Yuan, whilst at the same time devaluing it!

My friends, this is why I know historys largest fiat Ponzi scheme, involving all nations, is on the verge of its inevitable annihilation. The ramifications are too broad and terrifying to list here which is why its so convenient that the Miles Franklin Blog archives the hundreds of articles and podcasts I and David Schectman have produced as always, for free. Whether the powers that be can hold on another year an election year, at that without a major financial disaster occurring is something I cant predict. However, the end game is irreversibly set in stone, approaching like a runaway train on an icy, downhill track. And as for what asset class will be most in demand as this unprecedented calamity unfolds, I have never been more certain it will be Precious Metals. In other words, I can only reiterate, as vehemently as possible, to PROTECT YOURSELF, and DO IT NOW!

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OAKLAND, Calif. -- As the gold confetti fell and a fresh gray NBA champion cap sat a tad off-kilter on his head, Kevin Durant embraced his mother Wanda. Then he moved across the podium and hugged Stephen Curry before accepting his MVP trophy and hoisting it for everyone to see.

Golden State teammates Draymond Green (23) and Klay Thompson (right) celebrate after Mondays 129-120 victory over Cleveland for the Warriors second ...

Durant capped his spectacular first season with the Warriors by bringing home an NBA championship, scoring 39 points in a Finals-clinching 129-120 victory over LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 5 on Monday night.

"It's just a great group of guys, great community, great arena, great fans," Durant said. "I'm just so happy to be a part of it."

Stephen Curry added 34 points, 10 assists, 6 rebounds and 3 steals as Golden State closed out its second title in three years after squandering a 3-1 lead a year ago to the Cavs. That missed opportunity stung ever since, and even Durant understood, because he gave up the same lead to the Warriors a round earlier with Oklahoma City.

"We learned from everything we've been through," Curry said during the trophy celebration. "Our perspective, being blessed to play on this stage three years in a row, it's for these fans, for our organization, for these families. To be back here, bring ol' Larry back home, I'm just excited to do something special. I'm ready to do it again."

James, who in 2012 with Miami beat the Thunder in Durant's only other Finals, wound up with 41 points, 13 rebounds and 8 assists.

"I left everything on the floor every game," James said after averaging a triple-double in his eighth Finals.

Kyrie Irving followed up his 40-point gem in Friday's Game 4 with 26 points, but he shot 9 for 22.

"Well I'm not happy he won his first. I'm not happy at all," James said of Durant. "... Getting that first championship for me was like having my first son."

Durant drove left, right and down the middle, knocked down three-pointers, dished and dunked. He hit a 17-foot fadeaway over James early in the fourth quarter, then assisted on a three-pointer by Andre Iguodala the next time down as the Warriors pushed a 98-95 lead to 103-95 early in the fourth quarter.

The Cavs scored the next three points, but Durant responded with a three-pointer for a 106-98 lead with 10 minutes remaining.

Cleveland pulled within 108-102 on a Kyle Korver three-pointer, but again Durant had an answer with a dunk. The Cavs never were closer than eight points the rest of the way.

Iguodala, the 2015 Finals MVP, came up big again with 20 points off the bench.

Durant shot 14 for 20 and Curry -- the two-time reigning MVP who took a backseat as the new big star got acclimated -- finished off a brilliant postseason. Not to mention a healthy one after his 2016 injuries.

Draymond Green stayed on the court in a game that featured three technicals on one play with 3:08 left before halftime. David West fought for the ball with Irving, then they got tangled up and Tristan Thompson entered the fray. He and West went at each other face to face. West, Thompson and J.R. Smith received technicals after a replay review.

Green had sat out Game 5 a year ago, suspended because of flagrant foul point accumulation after he swiped at James' groin in Game 4. He had 10 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists in the clincher.

"I had a letdown last year," Green said. "If KD was the consolation prize to lose, thanks for that loss, and we're champs this year."

During the trophy ceremony, Golden State Coach Steve Kerr said, "I want to say a special thank you to Mike Brown and my whole coaching staff."

The reigning NBA coach of the year returned for Game 2 of the Finals after a six-week absence from the bench.

On Monday, Golden State used a 27-4 second-quarter run to take charge and got to celebrate right at home in Oakland surrounded by a deafening home crowd waving yellow rally towels and holding up phones to shoot video and photos as the final minute of the clock ticked away.

The Warriors became the first Bay Area team to capture a championship at home since the A's finished the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 5 of the 1974 World Series.

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VICTORIA - Premier Christy Clark appointed a new 22-member cabinet Monday while acknowledging her Liberal minority government is likely destined to be short lived.

Clark said she told her new ministers to be prepared to govern despite a looming confidence vote in the legislature that could result in her government's defeat by the end of this month.

"We are in caretaker mode," she said at a news conference following a swearing-in ceremony at the official residence of the lieutenant-governor.

"We're not pursuing any major new policy changes, which is why it's pretty much a stand pat cabinet," Clark said. "But at the same time we do have a responsibility to be in the house, to be able to answer questions in the house."

British Columbia politicians return to the legislature on June 22 and Clark's Liberals are expected to face a united effort by the New Democrats and Greens to defeat her minority government in a confidence vote.

Last month's election did not produce a clear winner, with the Liberals winning 43 seats in the 87-seat legislature.

The Liberals won the most seats so parliamentary convention requires that Clark receive the first chance to form a government.

But the NDP, with 41 seats, and the Greens, with three seats, have signed an agreement to vote against the Liberals in a confidence vote. The Greens have also agreed to support an NDP minority government led by John Horgan on future confidence matters.

Clark's new cabinet has five new ministers including Ellis Ross, B.C.'s first indigenous cabinet minister with a portfolio as he takes over at natural gas development and housing.

Mary Polak, the former environment minister, becomes the health minister, and Jas Johal, a first-time politician and former television reporter, is the minister of technology, innovation and citizens' services.

"The new cabinet does reflect some new perspectives based on what we heard during the election," Clark said. "The team reflects the results of listening to what voters told us in the last election."

She said last month's provincial election made two things clear: people want a government that works across party lines and one that will bridge urban and rural divides.

Clark said despite the scenario that leads to her government's defeat, the Liberals will introduce a throne speech next week.

"Our job in a vote of confidence is to present a throne speech that reflects the direction we'd like the province to take," she said. "That's the government's chance to set out for British Columbians and for every member of the house where we want to take the province."

Clark also said the government will put forward a Liberal member to serve as Speaker of the legislature, but she didn't mention who that person would be.

Parliamentary tradition holds that the government side is responsible for the Speaker's position, she said. The Speaker serves as an impartial referee during debates and can be called upon to cast votes in the event of a tie.

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