To register for the 2015 course, visit https://www.edx.org/course/justice-ha…. PART ONE: THIS LAND IS MY LAND The philosopher John Locke believes that individuals have certain rights so fundamental that no government can ever take them away. These rights—to life, liberty and property—were given to us as human beings in the the state of nature, a time before government and laws were created. According to Locke, our natural rights are governed by the law of nature, known by reason, which says that we can neither give them up nor take them away from anyone else. Sandel wraps up the lecture by raising a question: what happens to our natural rights once we enter society and consent to a system of laws? PART TWO: CONSENTING ADULTS If we all have unalienable rights to life, liberty, and property, how can a government enforce tax laws passed by the representatives of a mere majority? Doesnt that amount to taking some peoples property without their consent? Lockes response is that we give our tacit consent to obey the tax laws passed by a majority when we choose to live in a society. Therefore, taxation is legitimate and compatible with individual rights, as long as it applies to everyone and does not arbitrarily single anyone out.
PART ONE: THE MORAL SIDE OF MURDER If you had to choose between (1) killing one person to save the lives of five others and (2) doing nothing even though you knew that five people would die right before your eyes if you did nothing—what would you do? What would be the right thing to do? Thats the hypothetical scenario Professor Michael Sandel uses to launch his course on moral reasoning. After the majority of students votes for killing the one person in order to save the lives of five others, Sandel presents three similar moral conundrums—each one artfully designed to make the decision more difficult. As students stand up to defend their conflicting choices, it becomes clear that the assumptions behind our moral reasoning are often contradictory, and the question of what is right and what is wrong is not always black and white.
We went yesterday to the Art Gallery of NSW. We saw there this picture:
In the Art Gallery Shop were a lot of different things for sale that promoted the theme of “The Lady and the Unicorn”. I was interested in finding our more about the tapestry.
“The six tapestries can be viewed as an allegory of the five senses – sight, hearing, taste, touch and smell – plus a sixth ‘internal’ sense – heart, desire or will.
Made at the very moment of transition from the Medieval period to the Renaissance, they continue to reveal a poetic medieval world of the senses, the spirit, romance, chivalry and morality.”
In the above link it says the following about the rediscovery of the tapestry:
“The lady and the unicorn was rediscovered in the mid 1800s in very poor condition. The tapestries were described as laying ‘abandoned and rolled into a corner … where rats and dampness had started attacking the edges’.”
Precinct to integrate patient-centred healthcare with research and teaching one step closer
Development partner chosen for innovative $500M Health and Wellbeing Precinct.
The University of Wollongong’s innovative Health and Wellbeing Precinct will include Australia’s first primary and community health clinic to offer truly integrated, patient-centred healthcare, as well as aged-care and retirement living facilities, and research and teaching programs.
New details about the planned Precinct were revealed today (Thursday 22 February) when UOW Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Wellings CBE announced that Lendlease had been chosen as preferred respondent for the project. Lendlease was chosen following a national open-market Expression of Interest process that commenced in November 2016.
“The development of the Health and Wellbeing Precinct is a major initiative for the University that will bring significant benefits to the Illawarra community and beyond,” Professor Wellings said.
“It will create a space where medical professionals sit alongside students, researchers and academics and where aged-care centres sit alongside state-of-the-art rehabilitation services, where GPs will work side-by-side with dieticians, dentists and psychologists.
“Lendlease provided the most comprehensive development concept and vision for the Health and Wellbeing Precinct, which best meets UOW’s vision to advance education, research, community engagement and employment opportunity for graduates.”
The Health and Wellbeing Precinct will integrate research and teaching environments with non-surgical health care and aged-care facilities to translate research into action while developing and delivering new models of patient-centred care and training the next generation of healthcare professionals.
HEALTH AND WELLBEING STRATEGY
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Health and Communities) Professor Alison Jones said the precinct will enhance UOW’s already strong multidisciplinary focus on aged care and provide new research and teaching opportunities in nursing, nutrition, physical activity and rehabilitation, psychological wellbeing and mental health, and technological support for ageing, among other areas.
“The Health and Wellbeing Precinct is one of the key planks of UOW’s Health and Wellbeing Strategy which will harness and build upon the collective talent across the University, our partners and communities themselves, to improve the physical, mental and social wellbeing of our communities,” Professor Jones said.
“The Precinct will have a strong focus on teaching and research, which will see research translated into practice to improve patient experience and outcomes.
“It will enhance our ability to train the health workforce of the future to deliver patient-centred models of care within an interdisciplinary model.”
ECONOMIC BENEFITS
The overall development represents a $450-$500 million investment in the Illawarra, with Stage One accounting for $200-$250 million.
Economic modelling indicates that Stage One, in its the initial five-year development and operation, will add $600 million in total value to the Illawarra (in direct, indirect and induced impacts) and create more than 2,000 jobs.
It will also generate more than $6 million in annual economic benefits to the public through the provision of aged care and healthcare services.
PRECINCT FACILITIES
Stage One of the Health and Wellbeing Precinct vision includes health-related research and teaching facilities integrated with a primary and community health clinic, a 108-bed residential aged care facility, 199 independent retirement living units, a childcare centre, and retail and commercial facilities. Additional parking spaces will also be included in the development.
The hub of the Precinct, the intoHealth Primary and Community Health Clinic, is modelled on the renowned Mayo Clinic in the United States and will offer truly integrated patient-centred healthcare – everything from respite and rehabilitation to aged-care and mental-health services – for the first time in Australia.
Covering 7.5 hectares at the southern end of the Innovation Campus, the Precinct will complement existing health services and help relieve pressure on local health networks in the Illawarra by offering non-surgical care focussed on preventative health and the maintenance of physical and mental health and wellbeing.
The Lendlease proposal ranked highest overall after competing bids were evaluated, scored and ranked on a number of criteria, and was determined to best meet UOW’s vision for the Health and Wellbeing Precinct.
Lendlease is Australia’s largest owner, operator and developer of retirement living communities with more than 12,500 units across 71 communities nationally.
NEXT STEPS
UOW and Lendlease will now enter a negotiation phase to reach a commercial agreement. If the negotiations are successful, this will be followed by extensive stakeholder engagement, planning approvals, geotechnical and site enabling works throughout 2019.
UOW anticipates construction commencing in 2020, with the first facilities operational by 2022.
Lendlease intends to partner with an aged care provider active in the local Illawarra region.
ABOUT UOW’S HEALTH AND WELLBEING STRATEGY
UOW’s Health and Wellbeing Strategy aims to address global and regional health challenges by capitalising on the University’s expertise in medical research, research application and education, and its focus on high-impact science.
It is focused on five key initiatives with a local, national and global outlook: the Health and Wellbeing Precinct; the $80 Molecular Horizons life-science research centre; Clinical Education Unit for regional nurses at Bega and South Western Sydney; the Mind the Gap initiative for mental health services in the Shoalhaven; and a Rural and Regional Postgraduate Medical Training Network.
The Skin of Others explores the meeting between Douglas Grant, an Indigenous activist and first world war veteran, and the famous Australian author Henry Lawson which took place at Lawson’s north Sydney home in 1921. Drawing from papers left behind by Percy Cowan, the short film uses dramatic re-creation, archival stills and animated backdrops to bring the meeting to life. The film is the latest in the Present Traces series of films from Macquarie University, based on archive material • Watch more from the Present Traces series
The Skin of Others explores the meeting between Douglas Grant, an Indigenous activist and first world war veteran, and the famous Australian author Henry Lawson which took place at Lawson’s north Sydney home in 1921. Drawing from papers left behind by Percy Cowan, the short film uses dramatic re-creation, archival stills and animated backdrops to bring the meeting to life. The film is the latest in the Present Traces series of films from Macquarie University, based on archive material
The Turnbull Government has launched an all-out attack on our democratic rights.
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From Wikipedia:
Still the Water (2つ目の窓 Futatsume no mado) is a 2014 Japanese romance film directed by Naomi Kawase. It was selected to compete for the Palme d’Or in the main competition section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
The above link leads to an article about Naomi Kawase and five things to know about her. In the introduction it says:
“The Singapore International Film Festival spotlights Naomi Kawase, one of the most respected and well-known filmmakers of contemporary Japanese cinema. The Jury Head of this year’s Asian Feature Film Competition held a masterclass as part of the festival, and here’s five things to know about this auteur.
One of the most well-known contemporary Japanese filmmakers today, Naomi Kawase’s fiction and non-fiction works have transcended cinemas and theatres to make their way into museums and arts institutions. Her thematic explorations on the state of modern Japanese society, female representation, dysfunctional family structures, coupled with her own personal reflections, have attracted a loyal following of film programmers, critics and audiences.
The Singapore International Film Festival puts the spotlight on Naomi Kawase, one of the most respected and well-known filmmakers of contemporary Japanese cinema. The Jury Head of this year’s Asian Feature Film Competition held a masterclass as part of the festival, and here’s five things to know about this auteur.”
One of the five things she mentions ia the following:
location, location, location
and she revealed to this the following:
“Naomi revealed that although she used to stay in Tokyo, she has since moved out from there. She currently resides the small town of Nara, where the pace of life is slow – but she doesn’t mind it at all.
“It is actually that kind of environment that is conducive to discovering important things in life”, she says. “And the town has a long history, surrounded by Nature.”
The temples of Nara, known collectively as the Nanto Shichi Daiji, remained spiritually significant even beyond the move of the political capital to Heian-kyō in 794, thus giving Nara a synonym of Nanto (南都“The southern Capital”).
In 2010, Nara celebrated the 1,300th anniversary of its ascension as Japan’s imperial capital.[14]”
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