E A Southee Public School is a co-educational government primary school located in southern Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia.
The school was established in 1969 with only 9 classrooms (Where the infants' area is now). Four extra classrooms (the primary department) a canteen, hall and library were added later. In about 2003, there was an addition of a COLA - Covered Outdoor Learning Area. In 2003, from P&C funding, the school bought a cover for the playground equipment and the school now has 2 sets of equipment. There are a number of sporting facilities too including the EA Southee wall, Basketball Court, Netball Court, Cricket nets and many soccer fields.
Ethelbert Ambrooks
The school takes its name from Ethelbert Ambrooks Southee was the principal of Hawkesbury Agricultural College, on the outskirts of Sydney. He also had some science degrees. He died just before the School was opened in 1969.
The school was established in 1969 with only 9 classrooms (Where the infants' area is now). Four extra classrooms (the primary department) a canteen, hall and library were added later. In about 2003, there was an addition of a COLA - Covered Outdoor Learning Area. In 2003, from P&C funding, the school bought a cover for the playground equipment and the school now has 2 sets of equipment. There are a number of sporting facilities too including the EA Southee wall, Basketball Court, Netball Court, Cricket nets and many soccer fields.
Ethelbert Ambrooks
The school takes its name from Ethelbert Ambrooks Southee was the principal of Hawkesbury Agricultural College, on the outskirts of Sydney. He also had some science degrees. He died just before the School was opened in 1969.
Jim Cirillo was a noted firearms trainer and former member of the NYPD's elite Stakeout Unit (often called the "Stakeout Squad"). He died on July 12, 2007 as a result of an automobile accident versus a semi tractor-trailer.
In his five years on the Stakeout Unit, from 1968-1973, he was involved in seventeen gunfights.
In more recent years, he was involved in firearms training for police and civilians, publishing books and videos on the subject through Paladin Press, and teaching classes at a number of private schools.
Cirillo also worked on bullet design, creating bullet noses designed to "dig into" a target rather than deflecting from them.
At about 7pm on July 12, Cirillo turned onto New York State Route 8 in Madison County, New York, just west of West Edmeston, New York, directly into the path of the truck. The truck struck his car on the driver's side door. Cirillo died at the scene.
Books and Videos
* [http://www.paladin-press.com/detail.aspx?ID=139 Guns, Bullets, and Gunfights: Lessons and Tales from a Modern-Day Gunfighter (book)]
* [http://www.paladin-press.com/detail.aspx?ID=1520 Jim Cirillo: Modern-Day Gunfighter (DVD)]
* [http://www.paladin-press.com/detail.aspx?ID=1532 Secrets of a Master Gunfighter (DVD)]
In his five years on the Stakeout Unit, from 1968-1973, he was involved in seventeen gunfights.
In more recent years, he was involved in firearms training for police and civilians, publishing books and videos on the subject through Paladin Press, and teaching classes at a number of private schools.
Cirillo also worked on bullet design, creating bullet noses designed to "dig into" a target rather than deflecting from them.
At about 7pm on July 12, Cirillo turned onto New York State Route 8 in Madison County, New York, just west of West Edmeston, New York, directly into the path of the truck. The truck struck his car on the driver's side door. Cirillo died at the scene.
Books and Videos
* [http://www.paladin-press.com/detail.aspx?ID=139 Guns, Bullets, and Gunfights: Lessons and Tales from a Modern-Day Gunfighter (book)]
* [http://www.paladin-press.com/detail.aspx?ID=1520 Jim Cirillo: Modern-Day Gunfighter (DVD)]
* [http://www.paladin-press.com/detail.aspx?ID=1532 Secrets of a Master Gunfighter (DVD)]
Morbidity and Mortality
A study by Freeman and Kendell (1980) found two deaths out of 183 ECT patients at Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Scotland, in 1976. That gives a death rate of a little over one per cent.
A register-based cohort study of all inpatients admitted to a psychiatric hospital from 1976 to 2000 showed that ECT patients had an increased suicide rate in the first week after the last treatment.
One difficulty in assessing the mortality rate of ECT patients is the tendency for doctors to assume that some other, pre-existing condition was the cause of the patient's death. An example: a case study in Clinical Geriatrics magazine reported that an 80 year old man developed catatonia and died of aspiration pneumonia after an ineffective course of ECT. The author ascribed the death to undiagnosed catatonia, rather than ECT.
A retrospective CAT scan and case review of 41 patients at least six months after ECT treatment showed a significant relationship between frontal lobe atrophy and ECT.
In 2007 Dr. Harold A. Sackeim of Columbia University published a study of 250 electroshock patients in New York City hospitals. The results indicated that certain types of electroshock treatment (bi-lateral, temple to temple) do cause long-term amnesia and mental impairment, especially among women and elderly patients.
History of Dissent
American psychiatrist Max Fink, editor in chief of 'Convulsive Therapy' magazine, who has been researching and writing about ECT for over 50 years, traces the origins of the controversy surrounding ECT back to the post World War II conflict between psychoanalysts (who in the 1960s headed most academic departments of psychiatry in the USA) and those who favoured somatic therapies. The introduction of neuroleptic and anti-depressant drugs in the late 1950s temporarily distracted from the conflict, but by the 1970s psychiatrists were becoming aware of the shortcomings of the new drugs and began to turn again to somatic therapies. Fink sees this as unfortunate timing as the 1970s also saw increasing concerns for the rights of people with mental illness.
In 1971 the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society formed a task force on ECT, concluding that it was a proven treatment for depression, but unproven in the treatment of schizophrenia or in the treatment of young children. In 1973 California introduced a law preventing the use of ECT on children under 12. Other states imposed lower age limits: Tennessee 14 (1976); Colorado 16 (1977); Texas 16 (1993). Texas also introduced reporting requirements and collects statistics on the use of ECT.
In 1975 the American Psychiatric Association followed the example of the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society and set up a task force, concluding that ECT was a useful treatment for depression, especially depression that had not responded to drugs, and mania. Researchers in Britain reached similar conclusions, but found low standards of care in many British hospitals. Fink quotes from the ensuing editorial in the medical journal The Lancet: “If ECT is ever legislated against or falls into disuse it will not be because it is an ineffective or dangerous treatment; it will be because psychiatrists have failed to supervise and monitor its use adequately.”
Max Fink says that the controversy surrounding ECT has led to “sparse and uneven” availability of the treatment, and that few psychiatric residency programmes offer training in ECT. As a consequence psychiatrists start to treat patients with ECT when they have little skill or knowledge.
A study by Freeman and Kendell (1980) found two deaths out of 183 ECT patients at Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Scotland, in 1976. That gives a death rate of a little over one per cent.
A register-based cohort study of all inpatients admitted to a psychiatric hospital from 1976 to 2000 showed that ECT patients had an increased suicide rate in the first week after the last treatment.
One difficulty in assessing the mortality rate of ECT patients is the tendency for doctors to assume that some other, pre-existing condition was the cause of the patient's death. An example: a case study in Clinical Geriatrics magazine reported that an 80 year old man developed catatonia and died of aspiration pneumonia after an ineffective course of ECT. The author ascribed the death to undiagnosed catatonia, rather than ECT.
A retrospective CAT scan and case review of 41 patients at least six months after ECT treatment showed a significant relationship between frontal lobe atrophy and ECT.
In 2007 Dr. Harold A. Sackeim of Columbia University published a study of 250 electroshock patients in New York City hospitals. The results indicated that certain types of electroshock treatment (bi-lateral, temple to temple) do cause long-term amnesia and mental impairment, especially among women and elderly patients.
History of Dissent
American psychiatrist Max Fink, editor in chief of 'Convulsive Therapy' magazine, who has been researching and writing about ECT for over 50 years, traces the origins of the controversy surrounding ECT back to the post World War II conflict between psychoanalysts (who in the 1960s headed most academic departments of psychiatry in the USA) and those who favoured somatic therapies. The introduction of neuroleptic and anti-depressant drugs in the late 1950s temporarily distracted from the conflict, but by the 1970s psychiatrists were becoming aware of the shortcomings of the new drugs and began to turn again to somatic therapies. Fink sees this as unfortunate timing as the 1970s also saw increasing concerns for the rights of people with mental illness.
In 1971 the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society formed a task force on ECT, concluding that it was a proven treatment for depression, but unproven in the treatment of schizophrenia or in the treatment of young children. In 1973 California introduced a law preventing the use of ECT on children under 12. Other states imposed lower age limits: Tennessee 14 (1976); Colorado 16 (1977); Texas 16 (1993). Texas also introduced reporting requirements and collects statistics on the use of ECT.
In 1975 the American Psychiatric Association followed the example of the Massachusetts Psychiatric Society and set up a task force, concluding that ECT was a useful treatment for depression, especially depression that had not responded to drugs, and mania. Researchers in Britain reached similar conclusions, but found low standards of care in many British hospitals. Fink quotes from the ensuing editorial in the medical journal The Lancet: “If ECT is ever legislated against or falls into disuse it will not be because it is an ineffective or dangerous treatment; it will be because psychiatrists have failed to supervise and monitor its use adequately.”
Max Fink says that the controversy surrounding ECT has led to “sparse and uneven” availability of the treatment, and that few psychiatric residency programmes offer training in ECT. As a consequence psychiatrists start to treat patients with ECT when they have little skill or knowledge.
The Global Party of Canada was a minor political party in Canada, led by Edward John Slota of Toronto. It advocated wealth redistribution through monetary reform. It aims to change the Canadian economic system and to lead world-wide change through the associated "Global Party of the World".
Mr. Slota sought election to the Canadian House of Commons in the June 28, 2004 election in the Toronto riding of Beaches—East York, and was the party's only candidate. He won 85 votes, 0.2% of the total vote in the riding. The party appears to have ceased functioning after his death on March 14, 2005.
The party was not registered with Elections Canada, the Canadian government’s election agency, and therefore was not recognized as an official party.
The Global Party attempted to ally itself with the Green Party of Canada by encouraging voters to support Green candidates in other ridings.
The Global Party believed that a massive creation of new money by the Bank of Canada would free enterprise, create jobs and wealth, and prevent communism and dictatorship. The creation of new money would enable a Global Party government to pay every man, woman and child $1,500 to $3,000 per month for life, eliminate the need for taxes, and provide sufficient capital to increase spending for "common good" projects, such as schools, health and welfare, etc., by fifty percent. In addition to unleashing tremendous economic forces, this would eliminate the "hierarchy of money" and permit the "self-actualization" of all people.
The party’s monetary reform proposals are similar to those of the Committee on Monetary and Economic Reform (COMER) and of the theory of social credit expounded by previous Canadian political parties, including the Social Credit Party of Canada and the Abolitionist Party of Canada.
From the Party’s website:
:The Global Party of Canada is arched to develop a major Paradigm Shift, a quantum leap from the old hierarchy's mode of distribution "debt and taxes", to the "constitutional creation of money" mode of distribution based on equality, unleashing tremendous human energy and ingenuity, and creating a standard of living, of freedom, and liberty, of influence and hope unequaled in the history of the world.
:Current economics are essentially false or bogus. Canada's traditional economy is based on debt and taxes the main cause of under employment and unemployment. Failure to produce the maximum of goods and services that can be produced and failure to use all available economic resources to produce goods and services, result.
Mr. Slota sought election to the Canadian House of Commons in the June 28, 2004 election in the Toronto riding of Beaches—East York, and was the party's only candidate. He won 85 votes, 0.2% of the total vote in the riding. The party appears to have ceased functioning after his death on March 14, 2005.
The party was not registered with Elections Canada, the Canadian government’s election agency, and therefore was not recognized as an official party.
The Global Party attempted to ally itself with the Green Party of Canada by encouraging voters to support Green candidates in other ridings.
The Global Party believed that a massive creation of new money by the Bank of Canada would free enterprise, create jobs and wealth, and prevent communism and dictatorship. The creation of new money would enable a Global Party government to pay every man, woman and child $1,500 to $3,000 per month for life, eliminate the need for taxes, and provide sufficient capital to increase spending for "common good" projects, such as schools, health and welfare, etc., by fifty percent. In addition to unleashing tremendous economic forces, this would eliminate the "hierarchy of money" and permit the "self-actualization" of all people.
The party’s monetary reform proposals are similar to those of the Committee on Monetary and Economic Reform (COMER) and of the theory of social credit expounded by previous Canadian political parties, including the Social Credit Party of Canada and the Abolitionist Party of Canada.
From the Party’s website:
:The Global Party of Canada is arched to develop a major Paradigm Shift, a quantum leap from the old hierarchy's mode of distribution "debt and taxes", to the "constitutional creation of money" mode of distribution based on equality, unleashing tremendous human energy and ingenuity, and creating a standard of living, of freedom, and liberty, of influence and hope unequaled in the history of the world.
:Current economics are essentially false or bogus. Canada's traditional economy is based on debt and taxes the main cause of under employment and unemployment. Failure to produce the maximum of goods and services that can be produced and failure to use all available economic resources to produce goods and services, result.