Patterns and algebra: Sites2See. Centre for Learning Innovation Access the resources for Best Start numeracy20 Try The Learning Federation’s Monster choir: making patterns23, missing monsters24 and look and listen25. Use musical number patterns with music maker26, odds and evens27 and make a counting rule in musical times28. Assess Stage 2 students’ understanding of counting rules31. Same-sex marriage in the United States Same-sex marriage is legally recognized in some jurisdictions within the United States and by the federal government. Seventeen states[a] and the District of Columbia have legalized same-sex marriage. Eight Native American tribal jurisdictions[b] issue marriage licenses for same-sex couples. Oregon recognizes same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions. Limited recognition has been granted to out-of-state same-sex marriages in Ohio,[2] Missouri,[3] and Colorado.[4] Utah recognizes for 2013 income tax filings all pre-2014 same-sex marriages, but offers no further recognition.[5] Recently, U.S. district courts in Utah,[6] Oklahoma,[7] Virginia,[8] Texas,[9], Michigan[10] and Ohio[11] have declared state constitutional amendments banning same-sex marriage to be unconstitutional under the Constitution of the United States. Legal issues[edit] Federal law[edit] DOMA was challenged in the federal court system. State laws[edit] Same-sex marriage allowed1 Statute bans same-sex marriage
Tony Nicklinson euthanasia: 'My life is miserable and undignified' says locked-in syndrome sufferer A man who is physically unable to commit suicide yesterday took his 'right-to-die' case to the High Court. A stroke in 2005 left Tony Nicklinson with 'locked-in syndrome' – mentally sound but paralysed from the neck down and unable to speak. At the High Court in London, he described his existence as 'dull, miserable, demeaning, undignified and intolerable' as he began his landmark case that challenges the law on murder. Court plea: Tony Nicklinson, 58, pictured with his wife Jane, suffers from 'locked-in' syndrome. His case will be heard at the High Court today He wants the three judges to rule that if, and when, he decides he wants to die, a doctor will be immune from prosecution if they help him. Mr Nicklinson, 58, who communicates by blinking or with limited head movement, described having no 'privacy or dignity left' and said his right to choose life or death had been taken away, And a recent Twitter campaign urging him to live has only reinforced his resolve.