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Cape Cod Healthcare is a comprehensive, regional healthcare system spanning the entire Cape. Cape Cod Healthcare is the leading provider of healthcare services for residents and visitors of Cape Cod. With more than 450 physicians, 4,500 employees and 1,100 volunteers, Cape Cod Healthcare has two-acute care hospitals, t...
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch arrives for meetings with Senate members on Capitol Hill on Feb. 2, 2017.
He defended the rights of a man, convicted of killing his young daughter, to worship in a prison sweat lodge. He wrote that “human life is fundamentally and inherently valuable” in the context of assisted suicide. And he argued a company’s owners are allowed to deny health care coverage for birth control that violates ...
More than most issues, U.S. Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch’s writings on the intersection of religion and the law have faced intense scrutiny before his expected confirmation hearings. So too have his personal beliefs as a Catholic turned Episcopalian and conservative who worships at a self-described “largely liber...
The focus is more than just a philosophical interest. With the court split between liberals and conservatives, his approach — and future votes — could impact cases dealing with religious liberty, transgender discrimination and reproductive rights.
Eugene Volokh, a University of California, Los Angeles law professor with a background in church-state relations, said Gorsuch’s judicial record shows he values federal laws that give a wide berth to religion. What Gorsuch “is saying is that Congress has told us that religious exemptions ought to be granted where feasi...
In addition, he said Gorsuch is similar to the late Justice Antonin Scalia — who he would replace — in believing it’s not the role of judges to scrub religious symbols from all corners of public life.
“Courts shouldn’t step in and try to eliminate religious references from American tradition,” Volokh said of Gorsuch’s position — noting one case in which Gorsuch disagreed with a court decision against roadside crosses that honored fallen Utah state troopers.
His nomination by President Donald Trump has invigorated like-minded legal scholars even as it troubles critics who express concern that a conservative majority on the nation’s highest court would erode protections for the LGBTQ community and reproductive rights for women.
His history on these two issues is relatively thin, only fueling the speculation on how the fourth-generation Coloradan would rule as a Supreme Court justice. A deeper review of Gorsuch’s record as a judge on the Denver-based 10th Circuit Court of Appeals and his life in Colorado offers a more complicated picture.
In one case known as Yellowbear, the judge overturned a lower court ruling and found a Wyoming prison had no compelling interest to prevent an American Indian inmate from accessing the sweat lodge to practice his religious beliefs. In another ruling, the judge maintained an Oklahoma prison needed to accommodate a Musli...
Michael Norton, a conservative and former U.S. attorney for Colorado who has analyzed many of Gorsuch’s rulings, said the judge is sympathetic to religious freedom given its prominence in the constitution.
“He’s just particularly focused on assuring the values espoused by the religion clauses of the First Amendment are in fact applied for what they are meant to be applied for,” Norton said.
The cases that draw the most attention are his rulings in Hobby Lobby and Little Sisters of the Poor, in which he challenged the Affordable Care Act’s mandate that employer health plans cover contraception for women because it conflicted with a business owner’s religious beliefs.
In Hobby Lobby, Gorsuch argued that the requirement would force business owners “to underwrite payments for drugs or devices that can have the effect of destroying a fertilized human egg,” despite arguments from the law’s supporters that an exemption would allow owners to impose their faith on employees.
As an example, Warbelow cited coverage of hormone therapy for transgender people or infertility treatment for lesbian couples.
Whether Gorsuch is open to upending Roe is a matter of debate among legal scholars. Some see his textualist interpretation of the law as a threat to abortion rights. Others suggest he would defer to existing court doctrine.
In his 2006 book “The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia,” Gorsuch offers a robust discussion of the landmark case and abortion in the context of determining the value of life, all while avoiding an overt stance.
The 311-page text, a mix of philosophical discussion and legal analysis, ultimately positions Gorsuch in opposition to assisted suicide and euthanasia.
He made clear in a footnote that he did not “seek here to engage the abortion debate” and cited Roe as the reason assisted suicide and abortion are separate matters.
“Abortion would be ruled out by the inviolability-of-life principle … if, but only if, a fetus is considered a human life. The Supreme Court in Roe, however, unequivocally held that a fetus is not a ‘person’ for purposes of constitutional law,” he wrote in the footnote.
Religion has been a constant presence, but not a dominant one, in Gorsuch’s own life, several friends and acquaintances said. He grew up Catholic and attended weekly Mass during his years at Georgetown Prep, a Jesuit school in the Maryland suburbs of Washington.
Neil Gorsuch later would join an Episcopal Church in Boulder and, after Trump announced his nomination at the White House, he gave passing mention to his beliefs. “I am so thankful tonight for my family, my friends and my faith. These are the things that keep me grounded at life’s peaks and have sustained me in its val...
At Georgetown Prep, faith was part of the conversation but so were the usual topics of politics and literature, said Michael Trent, a former classmate and longtime friend. “Neil loved to discuss things,” said Trent, who now lives in Atlanta.
He said Gorsuch is godfather to both his sons — and a doting one at that. “Not a birthday has gone by, or a Christmas, in which a package has not shown up from godfather Neil,” he said.
Trent added that Gorsuch never was one to proselytize, or even talk much about his own religious beliefs, but said Gorsuch’s faith was evident in his actions. “It’s hard to be as caring and compassionate as he is without giving credit to a higher source,” Trent said.
The first word the church uses to describe itself on its website and Facebook page is “inclusive,” and St. John’s is led by a female rector. On its website, the church encourages members to write letters to Congress asking for actions addressing climate change. And after the gay nightclub shooting in Orlando, Fla., St....
The Sunday after Gorsuch’s nomination, the early service at the church included a sermon praising diversity as God’s intent and warning against the divisiveness evident in the dysfunction in Washington.
The Gorsuch family is actively involved in the church. The judge occasionally ushers at the 9:30 a.m. service, and his wife, Louise, frequently leads prayers and reads the weekly Scripture. His two teenage daughters have assisted in ceremonial duties as acolytes.
Gorsuch also has presided over weddings.
“It meant a lot to me at the time — still does,” said Ed Hamrick, who attended Columbia University as an undergraduate with Gorsuch.
Hamrick said Gorsuch helped arrange a ceremony at the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals and made sure his bride could enter the courthouse through the judges’ parking lot, so Hamrick wouldn’t see her before the ceremony began.
Los Angeles-based sales and distribution company Indie Rights has struck a 13-film licensing deal with China’s Huala New Media. Huala is a Beijing-based distribution and tech firm.
Titles under the deal include recent U.S. theatrical releases “Hello & Goodbye,” “Hidden Light,” “A Normal Life,” “All I Want,” and “Blur Circle,” as well as a further nine titles. The deal covers all rights in mainland China, though theatrical releases are not likely.
The remaining titles include “Color Me You,” “Tangerineland,” “Dance Baby Dance,” “Her Composition,” “20 to Life,” and “30-Love.” Indie Rights expects to give another of the films, “Love All You Have Left,” a limited U.S. theatrical release in June. “Angels On Tap,” starring Ed Asner and Jamie Farr, is to have a limite...
“It’s a great way to start off the market for us. It was literally our first meeting when the Cannes Film Market opened,” Indie Rights CEO Linda Nelson told Variety.
Indie Rights struck a similar deal with Huala, for 13 films, during the American Film Market last November. It was the first AFM for Indie Rights since it became an IFTA member. Indie Rights maintains direct partnerships with the leading U.S. digital platforms including Google, Cinedigm, MGo and Adrise. That includes t...
China operates a frequently misunderstood import quota for films that enjoy revenue-sharing theatrical release through major state-owned distributors, However, there is another quota for films that are released on flat-fee terms. And China’s streaming giants enjoy some flexibility to import titles for direct-to-online ...
A herd of technology public offerings this year and next year is set to anoint venture capital winners. Here are some of them.
Brian Chesky, chief executive of Airbnb, likes to tell the story of his early struggles to fund his home-sharing start-up. Many venture capitalists refused to meet with him, he said in an email. Some walked out in the middle of meetings.
That changed after venture firms such as Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz and Founders Fund decided to gamble on Airbnb’s potential to shake up the vacation rentals business.
Three investors at those firms — Alfred Lin of Sequoia, Jeff Jordan at Andreessen Horowitz and Brian Singerman of Founders Fund — are now among the top players in the venture capital industry, according to an annual ranking compiled for The New York Times by CB Insights, which tracks the start-up industry. Airbnb, priv...
Airbnb is expected to go public sometime in the next year, following a bumper crop of initial public offerings that began on Friday with the ride-hailing company Lyft. Uber, Pinterest, Slack and others are also expected to list their shares in the next few months.
These offerings will likely mint many venture capital winners, generating huge returns for those who wrote the early checks to these companies. Here’s a look at some of the venture investors who may reap the I.P.O. rewards.
When Uber goes public, Mr. Lin may feel a sting. That’s because he made a small personal investment in the ride-hailing company when it was very young, but turned down numerous chances to invest on behalf of Sequoia as Uber grew into a behemoth.
He may have other opportunities to celebrate. Mr. Lin and Sequoia invested early in Airbnb; DoorDash, a food delivery start-up valued at $7.1 billion; and Houzz, a home design and remodeling start-up worth $4 billion.
Yet sometimes those lofty dreams clashed with reality. As Airbnb grew, Mr. Chesky said, he wanted to hire executives from Apple and Disney, companies he admired for their creativity, design and simple product lines.
Mr. Lin, a former executive at Amazon-owned Zappos, said he had gently suggested that Airbnb emulate businesses that looked more like itself: ones with complex operations in many different places and a wide array of inventory, like Airbnb’s millions of home listings.
To help make the point, Mr. Lin introduced Mr. Chesky to Jeff Wilke, the head of Amazon’s retail business, in 2012. That meeting persuaded Mr. Chesky to shift his focus. Airbnb ended up poaching top Amazon executives to become its chief financial officer and head of its homes business.
“Part of our job is to help with the sparring of ideas,” Mr. Lin said.
What’s next? Mr. Lin said he and his team were looking at everything from robotics and artificial intelligence to payments and short-form video.
Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, the founders of Andreessen Horowitz, have long been fixtures in the top rankings of venture capital investors, thanks to investments in companies like Lyft. Mr. Jordan, their partner, has recently outdone them.
Mr. Jordan, 60, got behind companies such as Pinterest, the digital pin board, which recently filed its prospectus for going public. He also bet on Instacart, the grocery delivery company worth $7.6 billion, and Lime, a scooter start-up valued at $2.4 billion.
In 2011, Mr. Jordan also led Andreessen Horowitz’s $60 million investment in Airbnb. He has said the company’s “marketplace” model of matching travelers with home providers reminded him of the early days of eBay, where he was an executive for five years.
When Airbnb experienced a hiccup in 2011 — a host’s home was trashed by a guest — Mr. Jordan helped the company with a new insurance program, Airbnb Guarantee, which was modeled after one at eBay.
Mr. Jordan, who also led OpenTable before joining Andreessen Horowitz in 2011, said part of his investment success was due to the firm’s wide range of services for start-ups, including recruiting, public relations and business development. It was once unusual for venture firms to to provide those services, though they ...
Apoorva Mehta, founder and chief executive of Instacart, said Mr. Jordan often provided corporate development advice and introductions to potential retail partners.
“Jeff has always felt like an extension of our team,” Mr. Mehta said.
Mr. Jordan, who declined to comment on the current wave of I.P.O.s, said he was looking for the next “platform,” which could be voice or augmented reality and virtual reality.
Founders Fund does not offer a suite of services to its start-ups. That’s in keeping with the contrarian philosophy of its founder, Peter Thiel.
“We’re not operating the company,” Mr. Singerman, a partner at the firm, said of the reason for not providing additional services. He added that he also eschewed the typical venture capital practice of investing in companies based on a specific strategy or thesis.
All of this helps explain why Mr. Singerman, a 42-year-old former Google engineer, has backed companies as diverse as a health insurance start-up, a payments company, a cancer drug maker and a seller of cheap novelty gifts. And, of course, Airbnb.
Mr. Singerman, who joined Founders Fund in 2008, said his biggest challenge was finding the right companies and persuading the founders to let him invest. To source deals, he relies on a broad network of contacts, which led him to Stemcentrx, a cancer drug company that was sold to AbbVie in 2016 for $5.8 billion, and R...
There’s one area in which Mr. Singerman is like other venture capitalists: his professed nonchalance toward I.P.O.s. Founders Fund tends to hold stock in its investments “for a very, very long time,” so a company’s public offering “doesn’t impact us,” he said.
In 2016, Mr. Singerman invested in a company called Long Term Stock Exchange. Founded by Eric Ries, the author of the start-up bible “The Lean Startup,” the company wants to open a new stock exchange for young companies that are seeking investors who will stick around for the long haul.
Mr. Ries said he had gone to Mr. Singerman for funding because he knew his idea was “out on a limb” and would require patience from investors.
A new branch of international chicken chain Nando's is set to open in Northern Ireland.
The new store iis expected to open next year and will occupy a 3,500 sq ft unit at The Junction, which is located on the outskirts of Antrim town.
The addition of the restaurant is part of a £30m redevelopment of the retail park which has been ongoing since April of this year, and aims to make The Junction the largest shopping outlet in Northern Ireland.
It currently houses a range of restaurants and a 10 screen omniplex cinema.
Once completed in 2020, the development will contain four distinct sections: food and film; home retail; supermarket; and shopping and leisure.
The redevelopment will take in new retail units; two new drive-thrus; new cafes and restaurants; new road infrastructure; and a full landscaping plan.
The Junction retail park was bought by Lotus Property in 2016.
Commenting on Wednesday's announcement, Alastair Coulson, Lotus Property Managing Director said: “We are delighted to welcome Nando’s to The Junction, this addition of such a strong brand is a testament to the confidence surrounding The Junction’s future.
Famed for its Peri-Peri flavoured chicken, the restaurant already has a number of outlets in Northern Ireland, including branches in Londonderry, on the Boucher Road in Belfast, and at the Abbey Centre.
Since entering the UK market in the 1990s, the South African company has gained almost cult-like status, becoming the subject of internet memes and synonymous with the phrase 'cheeky Nando's'.
US rock band the Nine Inch Nails are giving away a second new album online, just two months after the first.
The 10-track record, called The Slip, is available for free from the band's website "as a thank you to our fans for your continued support", they said.
In March, the group released nine songs from their instrumental album Ghosts I-IV for free on the site, with the full 36 tracks costing $5 (£2.55).
The group sold more than 10 million albums in the US between 1992 and 2007.
But they have been outspoken critics of the music industry and the price of CDs.
Singer and songwriter Trent Reznor has attacked his former record label Universal for "ripping off" fans, and once told a crowd to "steal, steal and steal some more".
The band's deal with Universal has now ended, but The Slip will still be coming out on CD, Reznor said.
"For those of you interested in physical products, fear not. We plan to make a version of this release available on CD and vinyl in July."
The move follows the pay-what-you-like offer to download Radiohead's latest album In Rainbows and Coldplay's recent decision to give away the first single from their new album.
Khaira, who had led the charge against Rana Gurjit in the sand mine row, said the minister had handed over his resignation on January 4, but Amarinder betrayed the people of the state by keeping it under wraps for 12 days.
Leader of opposition in the Punjab assembly Sukhpal Singh Khaira on Tuesday accused chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh of trying to save his “tainted” confidante, power and irrigation minister Rana Gurjit Singh, who has resigned from the state cabinet.
Claiming that Rana Gurjit was asked to “step down” by the Congress high command, Khaira, who had led the charge against him in the sand mine row, said the minister had handed over his resignation on January 4, but Amarinder betrayed the people of the state by keeping it under wraps for 12 days. “This is the CM’s last f...
Khaira said the Congress leadership should drop Rana Gurjit without any delay. “It is a test of newly elected Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s zero tolerance to corruption. If Amarinder is able to save him, we will not sit quiet. We will come out with more exposes on him as this is just tip of the iceberg,” he said. K...
Asked about Rana Gurjit’s statement daring him to resign from his post on moral grounds as his name also allegedly figured in a drug case, Khaira dismissed the demand. “Why should I respond to a tainted person who has been forced to quit due to his involvement in a scam? The facts are in my favour. I will come out with...
The AAP leader said had Amarinder dropped Rana Gurjit when the sand mining controversy broke out, he would have become a hero and the action would have deterred ministers and bureaucrats from indulging in such activities. “The CM missed the bus by setting up a bogus commission which gave a clean chit to the minister. W...
Khaira said he would approach the high court to seek a CBI inquiry into the minister’s allegedly illegal land acquisition in a village near Mullanpur, conflict of interest as a minister, etc.
What I do know for sure: You can't trust anything Andrew Breitbart says or anything his websites claim until it's been independently verified by someone not affiliated with the right-wing media. The (universally male) right-bloggers who've been harassing the poor woman involved in this story (see here and here, if you ...
Jonah Goldberg, for example, cannot get enough of "Weinergate," and I imagine him giggling every time he types that non-word.
He was the first to mention the story on the Corner this weekend, complete with a presumption of guilt that he did not bother to back up with any sort of argument or evidence. Having already interrupted his somber remembrance of America's fighting men and women in order to make the most obvious joke possible, twice, ab...
At first his office said his Twitter account was “hacked.” Now he says it was all a “prank.” This is an important change in language because to claim his account was hacked is to claim he was a victim of a crime. Meanwhile a prank is something he can wave away.
He changed his story! First it was a "hack," meaning someone else gained access to his Yfrog account in order to embarrass him, and now it's a "prank," meaning someone else gained access to his Yfrog account in order to embarrass him, and also for a laugh.
I don’t think this is a colossal scandal, but the selective standards of the MSM drive me crazy. Recall that the NY-26 race we’ve just finished analyzing was a result of the fact that a sitting congressman had to resign because he sent a picture of himself without shirt to a woman on Craigslist. In 2006, Nancy Pelosi u...
Maybe no one has taken credit for it because the point was to make people think Weiner took and sent the photo. And doesn't "hiring a lawyer" count as working to "hunt down this guy"?
Anthony Weiner could be trying to make this all go away because he did something wrong. But it also seems possible that he wants it all to go away because it's a stupid, false story.

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