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The Episcopal Diocese of Newark, NJ, has approved a resolution stating that committing suicide or assisting another to commit suicide may be morally permissible under certain circumstances. The resolution was passed after a lengthy debate by approximately two-thirds of the 600 delegates attending the diocesan convention January 26-27. The resolution states that it is acceptable for a terminally-ill person to commit suicide if "pain is persistent and/or progressive; when all other reasonable means of amelioration of pain and suffering have been exhausted; and when the decision to hasten death is a truly informed and voluntary choice free from external coercion." This statement is in direct opposition to a resolution adopted by the national Episcopal Church during its General Convention in 1991. That resolution states that "it is morally wrong and unacceptable to take a human life in order to relieve the suffering caused by incurable illness." The sometimes controversial Episcopal bishop of Newark, John S. Spong, said that his diocese's new resolution would be brought to the national General Convention in 1997.
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A powerful congressional committee, citing the "exceptionally high" salaries of executives at the Smithsonian Institution, amended an appropriations bill to say no salary at the museum complex should be higher than the $400,000 the president of the United States is paid. In 2005, Smithsonian Secretary Lawrence M. Small received a base salary of $573,832, according to records the House Appropriations Committee released yesterday. In a boisterous meeting, the panel's Democrats and Republicans condemned the executive pay levels.
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From the NYS DEC -- ALBANY, NY (08/07/07; 0920)(readMedia)-- New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Pete Grannis announced today that didymo is confirmed to be present in a section of the Batten Kill in Washington County. This is the first known presence of this aquatic nuisance algae... called "rock snot" in New York State.
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An AEROSMITH Behind The Music special is currently being produced by VH1 for a tentative early July air date, according to AEROSMITH fan site Aero Force One. "Over the last couple weeks they caught up with old managers and producers," states a message on the site. "They once again sat down with [drummer] Joey Kramer and digging a little deeper, they spent 5 hours with [frontman] Steven [Tyler] and his wife Teresa the other day."
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Intranets improve employee productivity by allowing users to quickly access content without the need for third-party intermediaries who may be unavailable to help you when you need it most. Intranets act like self-service stations and empower users with the ability to find the information they're after without having to rely too heavily on others.
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"It was supposed to be a way to encourage more public funding for the arts in a state that ranked near the bottom for such investments. But with Oregon facing a bleak budget in the next two years, the Oregon Cultural Trust could be headed for the scrap heap. Three bills - proposed by Sen. Bev Clarno, R-Redmond, and discussed by a Senate committee Monday - would erase or freeze key pieces of what was called an innovative blueprint for stimulating arts and cultural support when the trust was created two years ago."
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