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The City Council of a Maryland beach community held a special session Saturday to pass an “emergency ordinance” explicitly barring women from removing their tops at the beach — or in any other public place.
Ocean City Mayor Richard Meehan called the meeting to “protect” family rights after the local shore patrol decided they would no longer order topless women to cover up. That decision was made after local “top free” activist Chelsea Covington complained to officials last summer that the state constitution prohibits gender discrimination, which she argued would make laws ordering only women to wear tops illegal.
Worcester County State’s Attorney Beau Oglesby decided that the law on indecent exposure was unclear and asked for a final opinion from the Maryland attorney general’s office, which is still pending. Until an opinion is issued, the beach patrol did not believe it could take action against topless women as it had in the past, said Ocean City Beach Patrol Captain Butch Arbin.
That’s when Meehan went into overdirve. “Ocean City is a family resort and we intend to do whatever is within our ability to also protect the rights of those families,” he declared.
The city’s new emergency ordinance amends the town code concerning nudity. While continuing to prohibit exposure of male and female genitalia, it also clearly declares that it is illegal to expose “the female breast with less than a fully opaque covering” on the beach and in any public area. Anyone who does so will be subject to a fine of up to $1,000.
The ordinance, read during the videotaped session Saturday, states that “there is no constitutional right for an individual to appear … in a state of nudity.”
It adds: “Whatever personal right one has to be nude or in a state of nudity, that right becomes subject to government interest and regulation when one seeks to exercise it in public.”
The ordinance was passed unanimously and took effect immediately.
Meehan declared at the end of the session: “We will not allow women to be topless on our beach or on any public property within the city limits. We have never been a topless beach and we will not become a topless beach.”
A town spokeswoman said the law won’t affect breastfeeding.
At the start of the session, City Solicitor Guy Ayres read the ordinance, which included a list of reasons why the law is legal and why it does not violate constitutional protections against discrimination.
“Equal protection” does not demand “that things that are different in fact be treated the same in law, nor that a government pretend there are no physiological differences between men and women,” Ayres read..
He added: “People don’t have the right to impose their lifestyle on others who have an equal right to be left alone. Ayres also said that “females baring their breasts in public, although not offensive to everyone, is still seen by society as unpalatable.”
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June 11, 2017 at 10:17AM
from Mary S Papenfuss
A women’s bike that offers excellent comfort and endurance
Tomorrow, the bicycle celebrates quite a big birthday. It’s exactly 200 years since Karl Drais set out on his so-called ‘running machine’ in Mannheim, Germany. His invention formed the basis of the bike as we now know it. Clearly much has changed, but it’s hard to think of another machine that has stayed so true to its roots. One of Germany’s most successful modern frame builders is Canyon. Its bikes always score highly in reviews thanks to their compelling mix of performance, value and good looks – and this latest model will, too. The WMN range is designed and engineered for female riders. From geometry to handling, it’s built to be comfortable, quick and agile. Disc brakes add security when stopping and the aluminium frame is robust. Frau Drais would have been most impressed (canyon.com).
Price: £1,499
Frame: aluminium
Brakes: disc
Gears: Shimano Ultegra
June 11, 2017 at 10:11AM
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Accounting firm certified through peer review
The Southern The firm of Wm. Bradley Ogden, CPA, completed a peer review of its accounting and auditing practice. “The reviewer concluded that the firm’s system of quality control for the accounting and auditing practice in effect for the year ended October 31 … |
June 04, 2017 at 11:29AM
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Hussain Nawaz’s objections over JIT members to be heard in Supreme Court today
Geo News, Pakistan Regarding the JIT member from the State Bank of Pakistan, Amir Aziz, Hussain says he was part of the investigation team in the Hudaibiya Paper Mills case during the regime of former president Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf. Aziz also threatened the … SC to hear Hussain Nawaz’ petition questioning ‘impartiality’ of two JIT members todayDaily Pakistan Supreme Court to hear Hussain Nawaz’s objections on two JIT members todayARY NEWS PM’s son quizzed by JITThe Nation The News International –The Express Tribune –SAMAA TV all 53 news articles » |
May 29, 2017 at 11:35AM
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The Express Tribune |
Budget 2017-18 – what it brings for ICT
The Express Tribune The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will spend this amount to streamline mobile banking in the country, including technical training and hand-holding of relevant organisations. It is anticipated that the e-gateway will enable Pakistanis to send and … |
May 29, 2017 at 11:35AM
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The Congressional Budget Office on Wednesday released an updated analysis of the American Health Care Act, the House GOP healthcare bill, that economists and advocates said contained some alarming takeaways for the future of the fight against the opioid crisis.
While the nonpartisan CBO projected that 23 million more Americans would be uninsured by 2026 under the AHCA compared with projections under the current healthcare system, two other issues are contained within those numbers.
The first: The newly amended AHCA keeps largely in place the more than $800 billion in cuts to federal Medicaid spending over the next decade from the original version of the bill.
It does so by rolling back the Medicaid expansion established under the Affordable Care Act as well as other changes under the law. The CBO estimates that, under the AHCA, approximately 14 million people would come off the Medicaid rolls by 2026.
The second issue, and one not present in the previous version of the AHCA, is the so-called MacArthur Amendment, which would allow states to apply for permission to rescind some of the Affordable Care Act’s regulations if they introduce policies designed to lower insurance premiums.
The CBO found that about one-third of the US population lives in states that would most likely make “moderate changes” to regulations under the MacArthur Amendment and about one-sixth lives in states that would make more extensive changes.
Christine Eibner, a health economist for the Rand Corporation, said that while there was a lot of uncertainty about how states would change regulations, it was reasonable to think state legislators would be under a lot of pressure to cut back on so-called essential health benefits, or certain conditions that insurers are required to cover, if other states are able to show that doing so brings down premiums. If that happens, substance-abuse treatment is viewed as the benefit “most at risk” to be cut, Eibner told Business Insider.
Approximately 1.84 million people in the US are receiving treatment for substance-use disorders or mental illnesses through the Medicaid expansion or the ACA’s individual insurance marketplace, according to research conducted by Richard Frank, a professor of health economics at Harvard Medical School, and Sherry Glied, a dean at New York University. All of those people would be at risk of losing the approximately $5.5 billion paid out for treatment through those two avenues of insurance.
A 2017 Health and Human Services report found that approximately 34% of individual-market insurance plans did not cover substance-abuse treatment before the Affordable Care Act. Under the AHCA, a similar number would most likely either not cover treatment or begin underwriting substance-use disorder as a preexisting condition for thousands of dollars in premium surcharges, making insurance prohibitively expensive, Frank told Business Insider.
Eibner said the individual market wasn’t the only place where treatment coverage would be affected. While she said employer-sponsored insurance would most likely continue to cover treatment, she expected Medicaid programs in states rolling back regulations related to the essential health benefits to cut substance-abuse treatment coverage as well.
Amendments to the AHCA allocate $15 billion over nine years and $8 billion over five years, respectively, to offset some of the costs to consumers if states waive benefits like substance-abuse treatment coverage and coverage for Americans with preexisting conditions. Frank found in his preliminary calculations, however, that those funds would be exhausted many times over in just a few short years just to pay for treatment for opioid-use disorder and serious mental-health conditions, leaving aside the myriad other conditions those funds are supposed to help cover.
Gary Mendell, the CEO of Shatterproof, a national nonprofit working to end the opioid crisis, has come out fervently against the bill.
“It’s unbelievable that in the middle of a crisis our legislators would even consider reducing access to insurance for those needing treatment for substance-use disorder,” Mendell told Business Insider.
While Mendell said he had engaged with the Trump administration over its ongoing commission dedicated to tackling the opioid crisis, he said that if the AHCA were signed into law, the administration and Republicans would have “zero credibility” in trying to fix the crisis because of how many people would be likely to lose access to treatment.
An analysis conducted by Eibner and Christopher Whaley, a policy researcher at Rand, found that in places that waive substance-treatment benefits, the out-of-pocket cost for consumers who use those benefits could rise by $1,333 a year. For “high-need” consumers, like those who need an in-patient stay at a treatment facility, out-of-pocket costs could rise to $12,261 a year.
“This assumes people still continue to use treatment,” Eibner said. “Some may not seek it at all if it becomes too expensive.”
Mendell said the AHCA would make substance-abuse treatment prohibitively expensive and, in particular, medication-assisted treatment, or MAT.
Considered by many experts to be the “gold standard” for overcoming opioid addiction, MAT uses prescription medications like buprenorphine or methadone to reduce cravings, allowing patients to work on the underlying issues leading to their substance use without the constant pressure of withdrawal.
Because of its promising results, MAT has gained bipartisan support in statehouses and on Capitol Hill, but it’s expensive and remains difficult to access.
Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price said in West Virginia earlier this month that MAT amounted to “substituting one opioid for another,” a claim almost universally rejected by scientific, medical, and treatment communities. Mendell went so far as to call Price’s statement a “dangerous comment that perpetuates misinformation.”
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May 27, 2017 at 11:32AM
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April 30, 2017 at 10:18AM
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Atlanta-based Hotel Equities (HE) has been selected to manage the 107-room Home2 Suites by Hilton hotel in Carbondale, Illinois. Starting immediately, Hotel Equities will partner in a supportive role to help manage the final construction and development …
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April 30, 2017 at 11:24AM
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In view of law laid down by Apex Court in case of Poolpandi & Others v. Superintendent, Central Excise & Others, presence of counsel refusal during interrogation/recording the statement of a person under Customs Act would not be violative of Article 20 (3) and 21 of Constitution of India.
April 23, 2017 at 11:31AM
from CA Sandeep Kanoi
EUR/USD is showing little movement in the Friday session. Currently, the pair is trading just above the 1.07 line. On the release front, Eurozone and German Manufacturing PMIs both beat their estimates, and the Eurozone current account surplus was much …
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April 22, 2017 at 10:49AM
from EUR Editor
-AUD/USD Snaps Back on Strong Australia Employment, Widening China Trade Surplus. -EUR/USD Holds Monthly Opening Range Ahead of Easter Holiday. AUD/USD Daily Chart – Created Using Trading View Make Sure to Check Out the DailyFX Guides for Additional …
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April 16, 2017 at 10:40AM
from EUR Editor
The EUR/USD is finally breaking above the resistance trend line (dotted red) after having built divergence between the bottoms (purple line). This bullish breakout could spark a retracement within wave 2 vs 1 (green). The EUR/USD built a corrective ABC …
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April 16, 2017 at 10:40AM
from EUR Editor
EUR/USD is unchanged in Friday’s European session, as the pair trades slightly above the 1.06 line. On Thursday, the euro lost ground as US unemployment claims were unexpectedly strong. In economic news, German banks and stock markets are closed for Good …
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April 16, 2017 at 10:40AM
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