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Democratic candidates interrupt each other to make themselves noticed
Confounded by time constraints and broacast glitches, presidential hopefuls struggle to make memorable impression with viewers and voters
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MIAMI, FLORIDA - JUNE 26: Chuck Todd of NBC News greets Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), former housing secretary Julian Castro, former Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke and other candidates after the first night of the Democratic presidential debate on June 26, 2019 in Miami, Florida. A field of 20 Democratic presidential candidates was split into two groups of 10 for the first debate of the 2020 election, taking place over two nights at Knight Concert Hall of the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County, hosted by NBC News, MSNBC, and Telemundo. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Ten Democrats took to a stage Wednesday night in Miami for the first debate of the 2020 presidential campaign, but they struggled to connect with the voting viewers as they competed with each other and a debate format that didn't allow anyone to significantly break away from their competitors.
For the most part, the candidates agreed with each other on some of the biggest issues of the day, ranging from the economy, immigration policy, gun control, and reproductive rights. But in an effort to draw favorable distinctions to their respective campaigns, the candidates delivered their answers — often with practiced passion — by frequently over-talking and interrupting each other. It was the only way for some of them, especially several of the poll-trailing candidates, to seize face-and-voice time and make a rare public impression during a helter-skelter two hours of rapid-fire questioning by two sets of moderators from NBC News, MSNBC and Telemundo.
In the first of two back-to-back debates, half of the qualifying Democrats faced off, including New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan, former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro, Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke, Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and former Maryland Rep. John Delaney.
The debate resumes Thursday night with another set of candidates: spiritualist author and lecturer Marianne Williamson, former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, entrepreneur Andrew Yang, South Bend, IndIana Mayor Pete Buttigieg, former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Sen. Kamala Harris of California, New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet and Rep. Eric Swalwell of California.
An early clash between the two Texans — Castro and O'Rourke — best illustrated the awkward dynamic. During the first hour, Castro turned to all the candidates standing with him, but looked directly at O'Rourke, to demand that they join his call for the repeal of Section 1325 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, which makes it a crime to enter the United States illegally, as a means to end the separation of children from their families at the border.
"Some of us have called to end that and terminate it, some like Congressman O'Rourke have not, and I want to challenge all of the candidates to do that," Castro said. "I think it's a mistake, Beto, and if you truly want to change the system, it might as well be the same."
O'Rourke immediately rose to the challenge. "Let me respond briefly," he said interrupting Castro, who didn't stop talking. "As a member of Congress, I helped introduce legislation that would ensure we don't criminalize those seeking asylum."
For a brief few, subsequent seconds the two Texans talked over each other, trying to make points but failing to be clearly heard or understood.
Overall, the candidates on Wednesday avoided personal attacks on each other or the absent Democrats in the race, and frequently trained their fire on President Donald Trump. And, notably, none of the candidates targeted Biden, who leads in most polls.
But there were moments of combative drama, such as when Delaney, who was the first Democrat to announce a run for the White House but has been largely overshadowed by the front-running candidates, pressed himself into a colloquy on Medicare for All between De Blasio and O'Rourke.
"Americans, we should be the party that keeps what's working and fixes what's broken," Delaney said to rousing applause in the auditorium. "We should give everyone in this country health care as a basic right for free. Full stop."
As might have been expected, the debate opened with a question on the economy, posed to Warren, who argued that despite the positive news from the White House, the economy isn't working for every American. "We need to make structural changes in our government and our economy," she said.
Indeed, for the early part of the debate, it appeared as if it Warren was the headline act with nine back-up singers. Through the first half of the debate, Warren spoke for roughly 25% of the time, according to an immediate analysis by CNN.
But that advantage evaporated as the debate rumbled on. At the end, CNN announced, Warren spoke the third-most — 9 minutes and 17 seconds — trailing Booker at 10 minutes, 55 seconds and O'Rourke at 10 minutes, 39 seconds.
To be sure, the debate format didn't help any of the candidates, forcing each of them to grandstand against the tight timeframe for responding to questions or to elbow fellow Democrats to score points and claim success.
What's more, after taking a break at the midway point, the debate resumed with a technical glitch that had off-camera voices broadcasting into the auditorium and over the cable network. The interruption forced NBC's Chuck Todd to curtail his question on gun control and go to an unexpected commercial break. That move added to the appearance that the debate wasn't quite ready for prime time.
Of course, the format and broadcast miscues weren't the fault of the Democratic hopefuls, who seemed nonplussed and undeterred in making their pitches for the first time before a national audience.
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Kent Williams | Native Bone and Far to Home
KENT WILLIAMS HAS BUILT UP A FORMIDABLE REPUTATION AS A POWERFUL CONTEMPORARY PAINTER.
His is a bold realism with combined attributes of abstraction and neo-expressionistic sensibilities. His work is characterized by strong gestural forms combined with areas of arresting detail, rendered with rich dynamic brushwork.
Williams' approach to his subjects is often subjective and intense. Whether through multi-figured compositional complexity and suggestive narrative, or with the straight-forward lone human form, there is often autobiographical narrative at play. Favorite models, friends, and the artist himself all play a role in the human story of his paintings.
Williams lives in Los Angeles. He has two sons, Kerig Sun and Ian Kai.
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"Kent Williams: Native Bone and Far to Home comprises more than thirty drawings and paintings by acclaimed painter, Kent Williams (American, b. 1962). Williams' work is characterized by strong gestural forms combined with areas of arresting detail, rendered with rich dynamic brushwork. Whether focusing on the lone human form or creating multi-figured, complex compositions, Williams' friends, family members, favorite models, and the artist himself, all play a role in his often autobiographical or suggestive narratives.
Art critic Peter Frank notes a development in Williams, particularly evident in the more recent work in this exhibition: What seems to have begun as intimate portrayals in homey bedrooms or studio set-ups have become cyclones of image and effect, tossing seas of honed brushstrokes upon which personal effects bob and crash, even while the sitter at the eye of the storm regards his or her surroundings, and/or the painter and audience, with an unnerving sanguinity…They pose and ponder amidst their household cataclysms, as if in control of, or perhaps even the source for, the tornados threatening to engulf them.
Further, this exhibition, primarily focused on the last five years or so, depicts Williams' recent obfuscation of the figure, as attributes of abstraction have become increasingly more important in his practice".
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Jerry holds a degree in journalism from the University of Montana. His work has won awards from many journalism and arts organizations, including the Society of Environmental Journalists, Fund for Investigative Journalism, Center—Review Santa Fe, and the National Press Photographers Association. Jerry's images appear in publications including The New York Times, International Herald Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, Geo, Der Spiegel, Sierra, Archaeology and many others. His work has been exhibited at the FCC Cambodia, The American Center in Yangon, the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, and many other places. Several of his images are part of the permanent collection at the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts in Japan.
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Kash Doll Calls Cardi B's Spirit of Detroit Award 'Disrespectful'
Cardi B was honored with the 2017 Spirit of Detroit Award over the weekend, but not everyone was happy with her receiving the accolade. Detroit rapper Kash Doll feels that B Cardi's honor was "disrespectful" because she hasn't done anything for Detroit to receive such an award. Cardi is a native of the Bronx, New York.
"I can't believe my city," Kash wrote on her Twitter page on Sunday (Oct. 29). "It's just weird. Nothing against her I just thought u had to put work in the city to get it like other artist in Detroit. Shit Disrespectful."
Detroit council members are passing the buck on the issue. Councilwoman Mary Sheffield said she didn't request it, while councilman James Tate, believes that the matter is not as important as the bigger problems facing the city.
"Okay...since I'm getting a flood of tags and messages asking about his, I'll respond," he told Detroit News. "The Cardi B Spirit of Detroit award was not presented by me or my office. The names on a Spirit of Detroit award are already pre-printed and available for any council member who chooses to use them. This is not even close to being the biggest issue we are facing in our city (and I'm not hating on her lol), but we're trying to find out who provided it."
For her part, Cardi B thanked Detroit for her award.
"I feel very special and blessed Thank you CITY OF DETROIT for giving me THE SPIRIT OF DETROIT AWARD Thank you Hot 107.5 radio station for making it happen"
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Melvin E. Hetrick, Sr. -- Jan. 23, 1919 - Aug. 28, 2016
Monday, August 29, 2016 Obituaries, Rhoney Funeral Home, Town of Niagara
Melvin E. Hetrick Sr. of the Town of Niagara, passed away on Sunday, August 28, 2016, in Our Lady of Peace Nursing Care Residence. He was born on Hawthorn, PA, on January 23, 1919, the son of the late Harry and Vinnie [Young] Hetrick.
Mr. Hetrick served with the US Army, during World War II and moved to Niagara Falls in 1944. He was employed at Niagara Wallpaper, where he met his wife and later became a machine operator at Carborundum for 37 years, before retiring in 1985. Mr. Hetrick was a member of the Masonic Lodge #1049 and the Town of Niagara Seniors. He enjoyed going to the office (OTB), listening to country music and was an avid Pittsburgh Pirates Fan. Mr. Hetrick will be remembered by family and friends for his off beat sense of humor, which his sons inherited.
He was the husband of the late Mamie L. [Frantz] Hetrick, they were married on December 17, 1946 for 67 years, before Mamie passed in March of 2013. Mr. Hetrick is survived by three sons Mark E. Hetrick, Melvin E. (Denise) Hetrick, Jr. and Michael E. (Antoinette) Hetrick, six grandchildren Melvin III, Dana, Melissa, Michael, Amy and Mark, two great grandsons Jimmy and Vinnie, also many nieces and nephews. He was the father of the late William E. Hetrick, and brother of the late Ernest, Carvin and Harry Hetrick.
His family will be present on Wednesday from 6-8:30 PM at the RHONEY FUNERALHOME, 901 Cayuga Street, LEWISTON, NY, where funeral services will be held on Thursday at 10:00 AM, with the Rev. Matthew Kofahl officiating.
Memorials may be made in his name to the Niagara SPCA, 2100 Lockport Road, Niagara Falls, NY 14304.
Interment in Niagara Falls Memorial Park Cemetery, Lewiston, NY.
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Ripostena Country House in Casole d'Elsa, in Tuscany, is composed of spacious and bright apartments of various sizes and types and an independent villa, elegantly renovated by the current owners using materials and local craftsmanship for the realization of the interiors, with exposed wooden beams, typical terracotta floors, wrought iron details, to fully meet the spirit of the place. They are surrounded by beautiful gardens, olive groves and chestnut and oak woods. Ideal to spend unforgettable holidays as a couple, with friends or family, without compromising tranquility, the apartments feature an independent entrance and a private, equipped outdoor area and are equipped with all modern comforts, including a fully equipped kitchen. Guests can also enjoy the common areas, the gardens, the play areas and the large panoramic terrace. They can also relax at the edge of the beautiful infinity stone swimming pool, hidden in the middle of the hills with spectacular views, after a day of hiking, playing with children, or drinking an aperitif with friends.
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To Finish Off Polio
Along with vaccination, antiviral drugs could play a key role in the eradication of poliovirus, but it's unclear whether today's candidate therapies will withstand the challenges of the clinic.
Ashley P. Taylor
FLICKR, JULIEN HARNEISThe international spread of polio from Pakistan, Syria, and Cameroon to Afghanistan, Iraq, and Equatorial Guinea, respectively, which last month caused World Health Organization (WHO) officials to declare a public health emergency, serves as a devastating reminder that, although vaccination campaigns have squelched polio in most of the world, eradication is not complete. As of June 11, the virus has sickened 79 people in those three polio-exporting countries and 94 individuals worldwide this year alone. That's up from 55 cases worldwide through June last year.
Vaccination campaigns and global public health initiatives have caused worldwide cases of polio infection to drop from more than 350,000 reported in 1988, giving researchers reason to hope the infectious disease was near defeat. But as the WHO points out on its website, "as long as a single child remains infected with poliovirus, children in all countries are at risk of...
In addition to the formidable challenge of vaccinating every child to halt disease transmission, another problem threatens to keep complete eradication out of reach. After immunization with the live oral polio vaccine, which is used in most of the developing world, children with impaired antibody production fail to clear the infection. These immune-deficient patients can continue to excrete poliovirus in their stool for years. Although rare, such "prolonged excreters" pose a potential public health threat, because the longer the virus replicates, the greater the opportunity that—through mutation—these vaccine-derived polio strains could become neurovirulent, endangering both the immunocompromised person and those who have not been vaccinated.
"We're concerned about [prolonged excreters] because they might be the source of new outbreaks after eradication of the wild-type viruses has been accomplished," said Neal Halsey, a global disease epidemiologist from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
"There can be no true eradication of polio with the continued presence of prolonged poliovirus excreters," explained Mark McKinlay, head of the Polio Antivirals Initiative within The Task Force for Global Health, in an e-mail to The Scientist.
The only way to stop excretion, researchers say, is to use an antiviral drug, or combination of drugs. There are two such therapies now in development.
Vaccine as source of poliovirus
Live oral polio vaccines contain attenuated strains of up to three types of poliovirus. After vaccination, healthy individuals excrete viral particles in their stool for six to eight weeks, until they develop targeted antibodies and clear the virus. During this time, the vaccine strains can spread by the fecal-oral route to unvaccinated individuals. In this way, vaccine viruses can circulate and, through mutation, become paralytic. Circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses, explained John Modlin, deputy director of the polio eradication branch of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, in an e-mail, "are [oral poliovirus strains] that have gained neurovirulence through genetic reversion as a result of continuous, long-term circulation in an under-immunized population." Scientists first documented circulating vaccine-derived polio outbreaks in 2000.
The ability of the vaccine virus to become neurovirulent with continued replication is accentuated in prolonged excreters, of whom there were 65 recorded worldwide by 2012, according to a US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report. Beyond continuing to excrete virus, people with such immune deficiencies can also be infected with and excrete circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus throughout their lives.
The live oral polio vaccine is used in the developing world because, taken by mouth, it does not require a trained medical professional to administer, McKinlay said. The alternative, the inactivated vaccine, is given by an intramuscular injection.
In the U.S., the inactivated vaccine has been used since 2000 because of the risk of genetic reversion posed by the live oral polio vaccine. With one in 2.7 million total vaccinations, live oral polio vaccine reverts quickly to a neurovirulent form, called vaccine-associated paralytic polio, paralyzing the recipient.
Still, the risks of the oral polio vaccine are far smaller than the risks of remaining unvaccinated.
"The live polio vaccine has been given to billions and billions of people and has been responsible for controlling polio over much of the globe," Modlin said. "It's very inexpensive, and it's been very effective, so if you had to take your risk between getting polio and getting the polio vaccine, there's not much of a choice."
Toward reducing excretion
In 2006, a committee of polio experts convened by the US National Academies recommended the development of one or two antiviral drugs against polio to enhance vaccination-based eradication efforts. "An effective antiviral would have the potential to stop excretion of virus—and would benefit both the patient and the surrounding susceptible population," said McKinlay. Antiviral drugs could also be used to both reduce polio transmission during an outbreak and as a prophylactic after accidental exposure, he added.
If public health initiatives "are successful at eradicating polio within the next several years, that's a wonderful thing," said Modlin—whose employer, the Gates Foundation, supports the Task Force for Global Health. "But it could all be lost if there [is even one] person out there sometime in the future who continues to excrete virus. . . . The only way of addressing and managing [the problem] is to treat [prolonged excreters] with antiviral drugs. There's no other way to get rid of the virus."
Unfortunately, there are still no polio antivirals approved for marketing by any agency, and there are only two drugs in development. Pocapavir and the viral protease inhibitor, V-7404, both under study by the Rockville, Maryland-based biotech firm ViroDefense, have both been found effective against vaccine-derived and wild-type poliovirus isolates. Pocapavir has also been shown to reduce animal mortality in a mouse model of lethal polio infection and has been administered in a compassionate use program with infants who have other "serious enterovirus infections," where it has had no adverse effects, said ViroDefense President Marc Collett. With support from the Polio Antivirals Initiative, the company is now progressing pocapavir through early-stage clinical trials. The absolute soonest that either drug could reach the market is "several years for pocapavir, and several more for V-7404," Collett told The Scientist in an e-mail.
Pocapavir binds to a pocket in the virus's protein coat, preventing the pathogen from unloading its RNA into the host cell. The drug has been shown to reduce the duration of polio excretion among vaccinated patients in Sweden. Study participants, who had already been immunized against polio by the inactivated polio vaccine, were given the monovalent oral polio vaccine type 1 followed by two weeks of daily treatment with pocapavir or placebo. Monitoring virus titer as well as the shedding of virus in patients' stool over six weeks, the researchers found that the drug reduced the overall median time of virus excretion from 13 days to 10 days, a statistically significant change.
"[Pocapavir] shows promise as having an effect at reducing excretion of the virus," said Halsey, who was not involved in the work. "That is what we're looking for. It would be nice if it were a more dramatic effect, but nevertheless, there is some effect, and right now, we don't have any drugs . . . available that would do that."
The results were mixed, however, with 41 percent of treated subjects ceasing to shed the virus within just five days, while the other 59 percent continued to shed virus as long as those receiving the placebo. Moreover, pocapavir-resistant polio, as confirmed by laboratory tests, emerged in some subjects and circulated in the clinic, Collett said.
ViroDefense is now gearing up for a pilot study to test pocapavir on prolonged excreters of polio. The hope is to stamp out the lingering vaccine virus in these prolonged excreters so that it does not continue to replicate and mutate, potentially to a paralytic form that could cause outbreaks.
"How [pocapavir] will behave with real disease remains to be seen," Richard Whitley, a professor of pediatrics in the University of Alabama, Birmingham, School of Medicine who was part of the National Academies committee that recommended polio antiviral development, told The Scientist in an e-mail. "But it is the only game in town."
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Abington Friends School Holds Two Open Houses; Attendees Invited to See Stellar Education in Action
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Q: Web service SocketTimeOutException causes database inconsistency I want to overcome the following scenario when calling a Rails Web service from Android device with the help of Apache HTTP Client library
Scenario :
Client (Android) : Initiates HTTP POST request (Using Apache HTTP Client, JSON as exchange format) to inserts few records into the server database (MySQL).
Server (Web service in Rails) : Process the request and inserts records into the database successfully BUT at the same moment time out (SocketTimeOutException) occurs at the client side.
Client (Android) : On time out, retries to execute the same HTTP POST request and once again the same records get's inserted into the database and Database INCONSISTENCY occurs.
Can any one please help me to overcome this situation.
Thanks in advance
EDIT:
My current scenario:
1) User tries to register using the Android app by filling and submitting data. So basically POST service contains all the required user into which is sent to the server (Rails and MySql)
2) POST request is processed by server and this process is basically responsible for inserting records into the database and providing response to client with the USER_ID for which data is inserted.
3) BOOM!! The data is inserted in the MySql database but for some reason there is SocketTimeOutException on the Android side and because of which there is no USER_ID on Android side and user tries to register again........ Data base inconsistency and I am SAD :(
NOTE : Occurrence of step 3) is very rare.. BUT it is frequent when server is too busy or is having some processing load on it..

A: For the specific case you describe above I would suggest you add a session cookie to the proceedings. When the user posts the data you check if there is already a USER_ID for that session, if it is you return it, if not you do the database insert. So even if the initial insert happens, followed by a timeout before the user gets the response, you will be able to serve the response when the user retries the registration. Without getting your DB trashed.
You can also do a lookup in the database for an identical (or otherwise unique) record (created very recently) and return that USER_ID on the second request. This will depend on what data the user sends in. But if it's a registration and you get two posts with the same email in short succession it's a safe bet that it's from the same user ...
Before the edit:
Since you are using Rails you could simply leverage the create_or_update method to create the records. Basically you check if the records already exist and then update them instead of blindly inserting new ones.
This is a problem you would probably have to handle anyway since two clients could potentially post identical information at the same time even if you didn't have the problem with reposts.
If you want a more detailed description of how this works you'll have to provide more information about what the post contains. The keys and unique fields are interesting in this case as are any information about if the records are bound to a specific user etc...

A: Please try to use below code
HttpParams httpParameters = new BasicHttpParams();
            int timeoutConnection = 30000;
            HttpConnectionParams.setConnectionTimeout(httpParameters, timeoutConnection);
            int timeoutSocket = 30000;
            HttpConnectionParams.setSoTimeout(httpParameters, timeoutSocket);
            HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient(httpParameters);
            HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost(url);
            StringEntity se = new StringEntity((JSONRequest));
            httppost.setEntity(se);
            httppost.setHeader("Accept", "application/json");
            httppost.setHeader("Content-type", "application/json; charset=utf-8");
            ResponseHandler<String> responseHandler = new BasicResponseHandler();
            strResponse = httpclient.execute(httppost, responseHandler);

set the timeout according to your requirement.

A: #rule always allow php and mysql scripts to timeout before your clients (Android or any other). You can ensure this easily by appropriately setting the timeouts on all the endpoints of your system.
Specifically for your scenario, you can add a boolean to your users table and name it verified.

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*When the user registers, verified is unset (verified=false) by default.

*When the user logins for the first time, verified is set (verified=true).

*When a user registers and the username specified already exists, allow registration if verified==false else do not allow registration.

*(cost) When a user registers, he should login. It is preferable to remove the registration page and show the user a visual indicator that registration is done and now we are logging you in. I usually do this by showing upon registration a progress dialog saying "Registering..." then going to the login page and showing the user a progress dialog saying "Logging in...".

This should ensure that the problem does not occur anymore. If an error (timeout) occurs on the login screen, the user should stay on that screen so that he can retry. This is really a normal flow on android (Intent).

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*You can of course force the login to be silent on the registration page and keep retrying until it works.

*You can also remove the extra login step and just verify the user upon the first transaction, but that would cost alot (You will have to check on each request)

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Iris Automation and MVT Geo-Solutions Granted BVLOS Special Flight Operations Certificate by Transport Canada
The commercial drone industry is beginning to see regulatory bodies across the globe grant advanced drone operation certificates and waivers. These are still limited steps, but these early trailblazers are demonstrating what is required to integrate into the national airspace and making the way a lot easier for those who follow.
Recently, MVT Geo-Solutions, in partnership with Iris Automation, was granted Canada's first Beyond-Visual-Line-Of-Sight (BVLOS) Special Flight Operations Certificate (SFOC) by Transport Canada, using just Iris Automation's onboard Detect-And-Avoid (DAA). What is unique is that the approval was given based solely on that system's capabilities, which means it does not require ground-based observers or radar. This will be one of the first BVLOS flights that uses just onboard DAA for air risk mitigation.
The permission will allow the company to conduct flights in the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Center of Excellence controlled airspace Remotely Piloted Aircraft System test range, which is located in Alma, Quebec.
The opportunities inherent in autonomous drone flights are varied and profitable. There are many useful applications of unmanned drone flights, including but not limited to mapping, road and community planning, surveilling, energy system infrastructure, inspection of construction sites and bridges, emergency response to remote areas, and package delivery.
Drones on BVLOS flights can capture more data with fewer flights than those without BVLOS can manage. BVLOS capability can help companies cut costs, improve data capture and smooth workflows.
"Achieving the first BVLOS approval in Canada further validates our technology, alongside multiple permissions we already have received from regulators in the US and South Africa," says Alexander Harmsen, CEO of Iris Automation. "This tech is critical to safely integrate drones into the airspace along with manned aircraft."
UAS Center of Excellence director William de Keiser says the Center is looking forward to the opportunity to take advantage of Iris Automation's DAA system in upcoming flights, which will be happening in the coming weeks. Data from these early flights will help to inform future BVLOS flights in Canada.
The Importance of the American Robotics BVLOS Announcement
Jonathan has written about drone cargo ships for Rolls-Royce, about the use of drones to bring Web connectivity for Facebook, and about drones used in mining, construction and elsewhere for Kespry. A longtime Engineering News-Record (ENR) contributor, he's helped the magazine win three American Society of Business Publication Editors awards for reporting and writing. He has written about construction tech for ENR, BuiltWorlds and Cadalyst, and for corporations including Procore, ARC Document Solutions and others. A longtime freelance journalist and tech writer, he's contributed to Fortune, Reuters and other media, and has reported for the Wall Street Journal and New York Times. He earned a BA in Professional Writing and Creative Writing from Carnegie Mellon University.
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This is an archive of our news section. It is no longer updated but we kept it here so that you could see some of the things that the FDA, big pharma and politicians did during the Canada drug reimportation debate of 2004 and 2005. The first fifty posts are formatted HTML (include links) but the 1,000+ posts after that are plaintext (no links, just text). We decided it would be pointless to keep the links in since most (if not all) of the outgoing links are already dead and we simply do not have the manpower to go through and fix the html for 1000+ posts. Thank you for understanding.
Big Pharma Buys Democrats to Kill Reimportation Legislation
According to Washington Post Staff Writer Jeffrey H. Birnbaum, drug firms are now wooing Democrats to help defeat their drug reimportation bills:
"In the year since they took over on Capitol Hill, Democratic leaders have been unable to pass either a bill allowing reimportation of drugs from Canada or a measure requiring negotiation of drug prices under Medicare. Neither is likely to reach the president's desk this year. Lawmakers on both sides of these issues say the primary reason is the influence, now redirected, of the drug lobby."
One of the tricks Big Pharma uses is called "clogging the system" – they hire Democratic lobbyists from all the major firms to prevent opponents from using those consultancies.
Other tactics include:
investing millions of dollars into Democratic goals
increasing lobbying by 25% to $22 million last year
forming alliances with every patient group it can find
Drug Firms Woo Democrats, Helping Defeat Their Bills
Politicians that get into bed with big pharma are:
betraying the trust of the people they serve
killing free competition
poisoning the political process
If the drug industry is allowed to put politicians on both sides of the political spectrum into their pockets, our democratic system of government will be sicker than the millions without access to affordable drugs.
The health of our people and government is under attack but the TV news networks continue to debate: "Does Eliot Spitzer swallow?"
It is sad that they spend more time talking about politicans who sleep with a whore than they do about politicians who act like one.
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March 18, 2008.
Judge Throws Out Canadian Drug Lawsuit
A federal judge has thrown out Montgomery County's lawsuit arguing that the FDA unfairly barred it from importing lower cost prescription drugs from Canada for its employees.
County officials say they're reviewing their legal options and deciding their next move.
Source: Judge Throws Out Canadian Drug Lawsuit (Associated Press)
August 30, 2006.
Senator or Stain on Senate Floor – How Did Your Senator Vote on Drug Reimportation Amendment
Would you like to know how your senator voted on the prescription drug reimportation amendment?
According to the Vote Summary of U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 109th Congress – 2nd Session, those who voted for the ammendment outnumbered those who opposed it by over two to one.
Statement of Purpose:
To prohibit the United States Customs and Border Protection from preventing an individual not in the business of importing a prescription drug from importing an FDA-approved prescription drug.
Vote Counts:
YEAs: 68
NAYs: 32
Who voted for the ammendment?
Akaka (D-HI), Allard (R-CO), Baucus (D-MT), Bayh (D-IN), Biden (D-DE), Bingaman (D-NM), Boxer (D-CA), Brownback (R-KS), Burns (R-MT), Byrd (D-WV), Cantwell (D-WA), Carper (D-DE), Chafee (R-RI), Clinton (D-NY), Coburn (R-OK), Collins (R-ME), Conrad (D-ND), Craig (R-ID), Dayton (D-MN), DeMint (R-SC), Dodd (D-CT), Dorgan (D-ND), Durbin (D-IL), Feingold (D-WI), Feinstein (D-CA), Grassley (R-IA), Harkin (D-IA), Inhofe (R-OK), Inouye (D-HI), Jeffords (I-VT), Johnson (D-SD), Kennedy (D-MA), Kerry (D-MA), Kohl (D-WI), Landrieu (D-LA), Lautenberg (D-NJ), Leahy (D-VT), Levin (D-MI), Lieberman (D-CT), Lincoln (D-AR), Lott (R-MS), Lugar (R-IN), Martinez (R-FL), McCain (R-AZ), Menendez (D-NJ), Mikulski (D-MD), Murkowski (R-AK), Murray (D-WA), Nelson (D-FL), Nelson (D-NE), Obama (D-IL), Pryor (D-AR), Reed (D-RI), Reid (D-NV), Rockefeller (D-WV), Salazar (D-CO), Sarbanes (D-MD), Schumer (D-NY), Sessions (R-AL), Shelby (R-AL), Smith (R-OR), Snowe (R-ME), Specter (R-PA), Stabenow (D-MI), Talent (R-MO), Thune (R-SD), Vitter (R-LA) and Wyden (D-OR).
Thank you all for having the common sense and wisdom to protect our borders from real threats and to help grandparents throughout the US get safe, affordable prescription drugs from Canada. You are all a credit to the Senate and politics in general.
Who voted against the ammendment?
Alexander (R-TN), Allen (R-VA), Bennett (R-UT), Bond (R-MO), Bunning (R-KY), Burr (R-NC), Chambliss (R-GA), Cochran (R-MS), Coleman (R-MN), Cornyn (R-TX), Crapo (R-ID), DeWine (R-OH), Dole (R-NC), Domenici (R-NM), Ensign (R-NV), Enzi (R-WY), Frist (R-TN), Graham (R-SC), Gregg (R-NH), Hagel (R-NE), Hatch (R-UT), Hutchison (R-TX), Isakson (R-GA), Kyl (R-AZ), McConnell (R-KY), Roberts (R-KS), Santorum (R-PA), Stevens (R-AK), Sununu (R-NH), Thomas (R-WY), Voinovich (R-OH) and Warner (R-VA).
Shame on you!
By wasting Homeland Security resources to protect Big Pharma's profits, you:
endangered our country by exposing us to real terrorist threats
betrayed the people of the state who voted for you hoping that you would protect the interests of the constituents, not those of corporations who put short-term profits ahead of long-term national health
made grandparents suffer needlessly because the drugs they paid for were stolen by their own government at the Canadian border
In my opinion, the carrion who voted against this amendment are not Senators.
The word senate is derived from the Latin word senex (old man).
If anyone called me 'old man' to my face, they would be asking for one in the kisser. If they quietly looked up 'old man' in a dictionary, however, there would probably be a picture of someone who looks a lot like me (not as virile and charming, mind you, but the similarities would outnumber the differences).
The meaning of the word senate comes from a simple social organization in which decision-making powers are reserved for the eldest men in a society.
Again, if you put me somewhere on a scale between youngest and eldest in our society, I would probably be closer to the latter.
While it would be unreasonable (and age discrimination) to expect only the eldest of our society to be voted into our Senate (we are a democracy, after all, and there are many Senators with wisdom beyond their years), you would think that the Senate would at least have the courtesy, wisdom and common sense to protect the interests of the eldest in our society – people on whose backs this nation was built.
If the Senate puts corporate profits over the interests of taxpayers who worked hard and, in some cases, risked life and limb for this nation, what kind of sacrifice can you expect from the next generation?
That is why I think the carrion who voted against this amendment are not Senators. They ignored the immediate interests of the eldest in our society. More importantly, they betrayed the long-term interests of our nation by showing that personal sacrifices for the good of the nation are not repaid in kind but campaign contributions are.
Simply put, the short-sighted slugs who voted against the amendment are not Senators but stains on the Senate floor.
Hopefully there will be a clean-up on aisle five when their seats are up for election.
Source: US Senate Roll Call Votes
July 27, 2006.
Senator Vitter Follows Through
Vitter Shows Off His Follow-through (Source: The Shreveport Times)
Give US Senator David Vitter credit for pushing ahead on one of his key campaign issues by working to loosen the borders for the importation of cheaper prescription drugs from Canada.
Vitter… engineered passage of a Canadian loophole on a Food and Drug Administration ban regarding the importation of prescription medicine…. while sold more cheaply to Canadian and other foreign markets, are often made in the same factories.
Senate Passes Drug Reimportation Amendment
Senate Passes Drug Reimportation Amendment (Source: The Hill)
Supporters of drug reimportation notched a win yesterday when the Senate passed a bill that would prohibit federal funds from being used to confiscate prescription drugs from Canada.
The measure passed 68-32, with no opposition from Democrats.
Senate OKs Canada Drug Import Plan
Senate OKs Canada Drug Import Plan (Source: Guardian Unlimited)
The Senate opened the way Tuesday to let Americans import prescription drugs into the United States from Canada, seeking to ease a regulatory ban on cheaper medicine crossing the border.
The proposal, which was approved 68-32, would create a Canadian loophole on an FDA ban on importing prescription medicine into the United States.
Levin, Stabenow Support Prescription Drug Measure
Levin, Stabenow Support Prescription Drug Measure (Source: Detroit Free Press)
Senators Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow helped the Senate pass a measure letting people buy their prescription drugs from Canada.
The Senate's homeland security spending bill approved last week allows Americans to import prescription drugs from Canada despite a Food and Drug Administration ban on importing prescription medicine into the United States.
Prescription drugs are generally sold at cheaper prices in Canada and other countries because of government price controls. The Senate passed the measure on a 68-32 vote.
Editor's Note: Brand name drugs are sold cheaper in Canada but 'government price controls' are only one of many factors. To find out more, please read our Prices Page Also, keep in mind that generic drugs tend to be cheaper in the US than they are in Canada. For more information, see Hints / Tips (scroll down to "Generic Drugs – Buy Locally and Shop Around").
Prescription Drug Myths in the News
It is amazing what passes for news these days.
An article that appeared on a Daily News website on May 22nd offered this quote from an American pharmacist as to why drugs were so expensive in the United States:
"You just have to try to make them understand the tremendous cost of bringing a drug to market."
The reporter then went on to explain how a new drug must go through a long research and testing process, followed by costly marketing phase.
For a more accurate account:
Fiction: Each New Drug Costs $800 Million Dollars to Develop
Why are Canadian Drug Prices Lower?
The article also seemed to suggest that there was something wrong with generic drugs:
"(Patients) should know they have a choice between falling in with a brand name or a generic… The majority of the time, it's fine to use a generic substitution."
The majority of the time it's fine to use a substitution? I would be interested to know in what cases it would not be fine. A generic drug, by definition, is therapeutically equivalent (identical in strength, concentration, and dosage form) to a brand-name drug.
The article goes on:
Still, in some cases, the generic substitution isn't the best option for a patient. Other times, a generic equivalent isn't available for a brand-name medication, in which case a doctor would need to prescribe a substitution.
While I can understand the second sentence (generic drugs cannot be manufactured until the patent on the brand name drug expires), the first sentence suggests that a generic substitution may not the best option for a patient.
Again, how can a therapeutically identical generic not be the best option? Perhaps it is not the best option for the manufacturer of the brand name drug (nor for the pharmacy?).
For the patient, however, how can a drug that is equal to a brand name drug with the same use and metabolic disintegration but cheaper not be the best option from a consumer's perspective?
The pharmacy then goes so far as to offer tips for consumers which include the following question to ask your doctor or pharmacist:
Are there any risks (side effects or reactions) if I change from my current branded drug to a generic medication?
Sorry to sound like a broken record but generic drugs are identical in strength, concentration, dosage form and metabolic disintegration so if the patient is currently using a brand name drug that has a generic equivalent, there should be no problem whatsoever in switching to the less expensive alternative.
As you already know, brand name drugs are much cheaper in Canada.
This is not the case for generic drugs:
Generic Drugs – Buy Locally and Shop Around
May 25, 2006.
Some Still See Canada as Option
Some Still See Canada as Option (Source: Rocky Mountain News)
Seniors continue to buy medicines from Canada despite the push to enroll them in Medicare prescription drug plans.
A year's worth of Canadian drugs can cost the same or less than drugs bought in the cheapest Medicare plan. And the process is simple.
"We will save you 53 percent on the top 10 medications. Medicare doesn't come close to giving that kind of discount," said Andrew Stempler, president of rxnorth.com. "As soon as the Americans don't need me anymore, I won't be in business."
Editor's Note: RX North is listed in our Pharmacies section.
Online Canadian Prescription Drugs Available to Nevadans
Nevadans can buy cheaper Canadian prescription drugs beginning next week. A state legislative committee gave final approval to rules allowing Nevada residents to make the purchases online.
So far, the Nevada State Board of Pharmacy licensed four Canadian pharmacies that meet the standards set by the state. The bottom line is, right now, any resident of Nevada can legally buy the cheaper Canadian drugs from those four companies.
Source: KLASTV
Editor's Note: A link to the Nevada State Governor's Approved Canadian Pharmacies List can be found on our Useful Links page under the 'Government' heading.
Prince George's Officials Want Canadian Drugs
Prince George's Officials Want Canadian Drugs (Source: WTOP News)
Some Prince George's County lawmakers want the county to look at buying prescription drugs from Canada in an effort to save money.
Montgomery County lawmakers have already approved legislation that allows for the import of prescription drugs for its employees and retirees from Canada.
The county expects to save about $15 million a year.
GOP Conservatives Strategize with Dorgan on Reimportation
(Dead Link Removed) GOP Conservatives Strategize with Dorgan on Reimportation (Source: The Hill)
A group of conservative Republicans has opened talks with the leading Democratic proponent of a bill to allow for the reimportation of prescription drugs from Canada and other countries.
Republican freshman Senators David Vitter and John Thune are backing a reimportation bill that is identical to a House bill by Rep. Gil Gutknecht. The senators have been meeting with Sen. Byron Dorgan, who last year tried to force consideration of the issue by holding up the nomination of Mark McClellan to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Industry Aims to Defeat Discount Drug Initiatives
Industry Aims to Defeat Discount Drug Initiatives (Source: LA Times) (Dead Link)
The (pharmaceutical) industry already has raised an unprecedented $8.6 million to defeat a ballot initiative being readied by Health Access California, an Oakland-based nonprofit…
The Health Access measure would compel drug makers to offer discounts to 6 million to 10 million Californians — making a substantial dent in the industry's profits…
The companies are treating that approach, which is paralleled by Democratic legislation pending in the state Assembly, as far graver than last year's press to allow the importation of Canadian drugs.
Nevada Legislators Consider Drug Importation Plan
Nevada Legislators Consider Drug Importation Plan (Source: KRNV)
A plan to help Nevadans buy prescription drugs from Canada has passed the Assembly Commerce and Labor Committee…
The bill instructs the state Board of Pharmacy to inspect and license Canadian pharmacies. The state would then create a Web site with links to the pharmacies, to help Nevadans buy their drugs online.
Another Upstate County Considers Canadian Drug Option
(Dead Link Removed) Another Upstate County Considers Canadian Drug Option (Source: WSTM)
Lawmakers in another upstate county may soon clear the way for government workers to obtain prescription drugs from Canada.
This week in Binghamton, Broome County legislators plan to review a program that backers say could result in big savings to taxpayers.
Last June, Schenectady County moved to permit its workers to obtain long-term prescription medications from Canada.
Murphy Leads the Fight to Allow Drug Reimportation
(Dead Link Removed) Murphy Leads the Fight to Allow Drug Reimportation (Source: The Herald)
At a public hearing before the Public Health Committee in the state capitol Friday, people on all sides debated whether the state should buy drugs from Canada… to lower the cost of prescription medication.
Senator Christopher Murphy… is the chairman of the committee. He introduced bill 1236, which would pave the way for the state to begin the importation and reimportation of drugs from Canada…
Sandra Micalizzi, secretary of the Senior Citizen Committee, was a geriatric nurse for nearly 30 years. She told the committee that there is a clear need for such a bill, given the current state of health coverage.
Canada 'Nowhere Near' Internet Pharmacy Clampdown
(Dead Link Removed) Canada 'Nowhere Near' Internet Pharmacy Clampdown (Source: Reuters)
Canada said on Friday it was "nowhere near" deciding how to clamp down on Internet pharmacies that send cheap medicine to the United States, often without Canadian doctors having seen the patients.
"I'm nowhere near a decision," he told reporters after a cabinet meeting in Ottawa.
FDA Seizes Prescriptions Sent to US from Abroad
FDA Seizes Prescriptions Sent to US from Abroad (Source: Boston Globe)
The Food and Drug Administration is seizing prescription drugs shipped to US patients from overseas under I-Save Rx, the program sponsored by five states to help residents obtain low-cost medicines.
At least 54 customers said the FDA confiscated orders sent from Britain since late January, said Tony Howard, president of CanaRx Services Inc., the program's Tecumseh, Ontario-based supplier. The orders were worth $13,000, Howard said.
"I think the FDA's in collusion with the drug companies," Philip Flavin, 57, a disabled former respiratory therapist from Glenview, Ill., said.
Instead of receiving his order of Merck & Co.'s bone-strengthening drug Fosamax in January, he got a letter from the FDA saying the package had been seized by the US Post Office.
Montana House Endorses Canadian Drug Reimportation
Montana House Endorses Canadian Drug Reimportation (Source: Billings Gazette) (Dead Link)
The House gave initial approval Thursday to a bill aimed at giving older state residents access to cheaper prescription drugs from Canada.
Reimporting drugs is technically illegal, but the laws are generally not enforced. Latest estimates show between 1 million and 2 million Americans get their drugs from Canada, with the average consumer saving 25 percent to 50 percent.
Under (Rep. Rick) Maedje's bill, the Department of Public Health and Human Services would run the prescription drug Web site, endorsing only registered Canadian pharmacies inspected by the state's pharmacy board.
Ontario Supplier Blasts FDA for Seizing Prescription Drugs from Canada
(Dead Link Removed) Ontario Supplier Blasts FDA for Seizing Prescription Drugs from Canada (Source: CBC News)
"Can you imagine if a senior didn't get their medication and had a problem because the FDA seized it?" said (Tony) Howard.
"If the FDA is going to attack 70-year-olds and stop their medications, there's a big problem in that country."
Drugs like cholesterol-lowering Lipitor were among those stopped at airports by the FDA, which has always opposed drug imports and deemed them unsafe.
"These are maintenance medications and they're clearly labelled in sealed packages," said Howard, who resent medications to 54 customers who contacted the company.
Drug Companies' PAC Gives Big After Schwarzenegger's Vetoes
(Dead Link Removed) Drug Companies' PAC Gives Big After Schwarzenegger's Vetoes (Source: San Francisco Chronicle)
For more than a decade, a trade group representing the nation's biggest drug companies was content to sit on the sidelines of California's legislative races.
But after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed four bills in September that would have made it easier for Californians to buy cheaper prescription drugs from Canada, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Alliance quickly emerged as one of California's major players and one of the governor's key supporters.
The PhRMA group jumped into state legislative races late in the 2004 campaign — only two weeks after Schwarzenegger's Sept. 29 veto of the industry-opposed bills. It raised nearly $360,000 from its members — most of it during one week in mid-October — for distribution largely to Republican candidates backed by the governor.
Bill Would Make State Import Discount Drugs from Canada
(Dead Link Removed) Bill Would Make State Import Discount Drugs (Source: Portland Press Herald)
(Rep. James) Campbell, who serves on the legislative committee that is considering the bill, said Monday he is trying to help Mainers who are too poor or too badly disabled to take one of the well-publicized bus trips to Canada that senior citizens have been making in recent years to save money on their medications.
"I was wondering what happens to the seniors who can't get out of the house or can't afford the trip," Campbell told the committee. Poor Mainers should not have to choose between paying the rent and buying medications, said state Rep. Timothy Driscoll…
Profits – Sole Reason For Blocking Cheap Drugs
Profits – Sole Reason For Blocking Cheap Drugs (Source: Scoop New Zealand)
The biggest argument put forth by Bush and the industry against importation is safety. But in reality, the safety concern is patently bogus, mainly because the imported drugs are nearly all from the same manufacturers who already provide drugs to US suppliers.
According to (Doctor Peter) Rost, half of the large drug companies, including Roche, Glaxo, Novartis, Astra-Zeneca, and Sanofi-Aventis, are currently foreign corporations anyways. He maintains that our government allows these foreign drug makers to charge more in this country than their own governments allow them to charge, and this is the reason why they fight against reimportation.
"So what do these foreign companies do?" he said, "They take out big ads in American newspapers, and tell us that reimportation is not safe," he told the committee, "while they know full well that it's been done safely and cost-effectively in their own home markets, in Europe, for over twenty years."
Otsego Looks Into Plan to Lower Drug Costs
(Dead Link Removed) Otsego Looks Into Plan to Lower Drug Costs (Source: The Daily Star)
Pharmacies in the county would be offered the option of participating in the program, and county residents would be able to choose from three options to save money on drug purchases, (Otsego County's Health, Education and Agriculture Committee Chairman Eugene) Wells said.
"If they bought their prescriptions from participating local pharmacies, they would receive discounts of up to 22 percent," he said. "If they used a U.S. mail-order pharmacy, they would save from 30 to 35 percent. And if they purchased prescriptions from a Canadian mail-order pharmacy, they would save from 45 to 60 percent."
(Dead Link Removed) Bad Medicine (Source: Boston Magazine)
(Helen) Donega, who lives in North Adams, survived a mastectomy, then found she'd have to pay more than $100 a month for tamoxifen to prevent a recurrence. So she delayed taking it.
"You are gambling," she says, "and there are a lot of people who have more aggressive cancer than mine who did the same thing."
At issue in the tamoxifen case, which was dismissed by a trial judge and is now on appeal, is whether AstraZeneca struck a deal with a generic-drug company to extend the length of its brand-name patent, a practice called "evergreening." The cost of a drug often falls by as much as 80 percent when its patent expires, yet the alleged deal, plaintiffs continue to assert, allowed the company to charge 95 percent of its original price.
At the writing of this post, a 20mg tablet of Nolvadex (brand name of tamoxifen) was priced $3.65 at an American online pharmacy. A Canadian pharmacy listed Nolvadex at $0.97 for the same 20mg tablet. A women living with breast cancer taking a daily dose of 40mg will be forced to spend $219 every month for Nolvadex in the United States. From a Canadian pharmacy, the monthly cost would be only $58.20. Although the price of generic tamoxifen has dropped in the US, it still costs $1.27 per tablet – $0.30 more per tablet than the brand name product at a Canadian online pharmacy.
Missouri Bill Allowing Importation of Canadian Drugs Faces Stiff Opposition
(Dead Link Removed) Missouri Bill Allowing Importation of Canadian Drugs Faces Stiff Opposition (Source: Canadian Press)
Lobbyists for drugmakers and pharmacies criticized legislation Wednesday that would license Canadian pharmacies to sell drugs in Missouri.
Representatives of the pharmaceutical industry suggested such a practice would be unsafe for consumers…
It amazes me to think that some anti-reimportation advocacy groups are still stooping to pick up the old "safety" red herring. Everyone knows that Canadian drugs are as safe as American drugs. In fact, many believe that drugs obtained in Canada are "safer" that those obtained in the US.
Washington State House Passes Canada Drug Bill
(Dead Link Removed) House Passes Canada Drug Bill (Source: The Olympian)
In an effort to make it easier for people to buy cheaper prescription drugs in Canada, the state House passed a bill Friday directing the state Health Department to license Canadian pharmacies.
Rep. Sherry Appleton, who sponsored the bill, said the monthly drug bill for her 88-year-old mother, a cancer survivor, dropped from $836 to $300 when she started buying medications over the Internet from a Canadian pharmacy.
"I think people will feel more comfortable going across the border, knowing we have said as a Legislature that it's all right," said Appleton.
Cost of Prescriptions Making Many 'Sick'
Cost of Prescriptions Making Many 'Sick' (Source: Pahrump Valley Times) (Dead Link)
Barbara Grabski worries that her prescriptions are making her sick. It's not the drugs themselves, she says, but the extra work she must take on to pay for them.
"I'm stressed around the clock," said Grabski, a 60-year-old diabetic and breast cancer survivor. "They tell you to rest, but I've got to work to pay for all this. It's a vicious little circle."
So Grabski works four days a week at the Department of Motor Vehicles, one other day cleaning houses and is looking for a part-time job on weekends. She tests her blood sugar once a day, instead of the recommended three times, to save money on the test strips. Last year she said she spent $4,500 on prescription drugs – about one in every five dollars she takes home from the DMV.
Many people, especially senior citizens like Grabski, are turning to overseas pharmacies to save money. Scores of Web sites offer access to Canadian pharmacies that often sell drugs for as much as 30 percent less than U.S. suppliers.
Ottawa Drug Bust?
(Dead Link Removed) Ottawa Drug Bust? (Source: MacLeans)
Despite recent and mildly conciliatory words about not wanting to put the kibosh on a $1-billion-plus business, Dosanjh has made it abundantly clear in the past month he is prepared to take on Canada's Internet pharmacies… His all-out offensive follows Bush's visit to Canada in early December, when the President raised the issue of Canadian drugs undercutting U.S. retailers with Prime Minister Paul Martin. Some critics have even speculated about a direct trade-off: an end to the flow of cheap drugs in exchange for the reopening of the border to Canadian beef…
If the Internet drug trade went under in Canada, up to two million Americans would find themselves without a ready source of affordable medicines.
Lawmakers Eye R.I. Move to License Canadian Pharmacies
(Dead Link Removed) Lawmakers Eye R.I. Move to License Canadian Pharmacies (Source: Sentinel & Enterprise)
With a growing number of senior citizens being forced to choose between paying the high cost of prescription drugs or heating their home, Rhode Island Rep. Fausto Anguilla said he couldn't wait any longer for the federal government to step in.
The Bristol Democrat filed legislation empowering the state Board of Pharmacy to license Canadian pharmacies so residents can safely purchase drugs sold over the border for a fraction of the cost.
If Massachusetts passed a similar law, Leominster Mayor Dean Mazzarella said he'd owe it to city employees to explore the possibility.
He said he knows many residents in the city who already purchase drugs from Canada…
U.S. First Nations to Import Canadian Drugs?
(Dead Link Removed) U.S. First Nations to Import Canadian Drugs? (Source: CBC News)
The Minnesota government has started contacting First Nations in the state to see if they'd be willing to provide citizens with prescription drugs from Canada.
Minnesotans can currently use a state-sponsored website to purchase prescription drugs from four Canadian online pharmacies…
…government officials are investigating the possibility of using the sovereign status of First Nations in the state to import prescription drugs and then distribute them to Minnesotans.
Council Considers Offering Data on Canadian Drugs
Council Considers Offering Data on Canadian Drugs (Source: LA Times) (Dead Link)
The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to study setting up a website to help residents buy less expensive drugs imported from Canada, although such purchases are illegal.
The website, if approved by the council, could be operating by this summer. It probably would be modeled on a San Francisco Department of Public Health website that steers visitors to the sites of three Canadian firms that sell prescription drugs to Americans.
Senate Mulls Mail Order Drug Issue
(Dead Link Removed) Senate Mulls Mail Order Drug Issue (Source: Bristol Press)
Dr. Peter Rost, Pfizer's vice president of marketing for endocrine care, who previously marketed drugs for another company in Scandinavia, said that open re-importation forced prices down domestically and boosted sales.
Rost called the fight against re-importation "a fight to continue to charge our uninsured, our elderly, our poor, our weakest, full price, while giving everyone else a rebate."
"This is fundamentally unethical. This is not how we're supposed to treat our grandparents who built this country," Rost said, stating that his views did not represent those of his employer.
Internet Pharmacy Groups Mount Commons Offensive to Save Industry
Internet Pharmacy Groups Mount Commons Offensive to Save Industry (Source: Canadian Press)
With high noon fast approaching in the showdown between the federal health minister and Internet pharmacies, the industry's biggest trade groups are set to mount their latest offensive Wednesday in front of a parliamentary committee.
The Canadian International Pharmacy Association will argue the U.S. market for prescription drugs from Canada is relatively small and manageable, eliminating the need for Ottawa to step in with changes to federal law that could effectively crush the $1-billion industry.
Public Support Fuels Latest Reimportation Push in Congress
Public Support Fuels Latest Reimportation Push in Congress (Source: AMNews)
Public support is also reflected in recent opinion polls. For example, a Kaiser Family Foundation survey found that 73% of Americans think Congress should change the law to allow reimportation. Only 21% oppose such measures. Sixty-nine percent said legalizing the practice would make medicines more affordable without sacrificing safety.
"People are not that concerned about the safety issue," said Harvard University professor Robert Blendon, MD, PhD, who helped conduct the Kaiser survey. "At the moment, they feel comfortable with drugs from Canada."
As long as people see a familiar label on their Canadian drugs, they think the medications are the same as they would get from their corner pharmacy, said Marvin Shepherd, PhD, professor of pharmacy at the University of Texas.
Bush Threatens to Veto Medicare Changes
(Dead Link Removed) Bush Threatens to Veto Medicare Changes (Source: ABC News)
The presidential threat appeared to have little impact on Democrats. They argue that the 2003 Medicare overhaul needs to give seniors more access to affordable prescriptions by permitting drug importation from Canada and allowing the government to negotiate drug prices.
"This is an attempt by the president to stop the bipartisan groundswell for drug reimportation and price negotiation and just the latest example of the Republican Party putting special interests ahead of the American people," said Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid.
Red Lake Band, Canadian Tribes Discuss Direct Trade
(Dead Link Removed) Red Lake Band, Canadian Tribes Discuss Direct Trade (Source: Associated Press)
Leaders from the Red Lake Band of Chippewa and eight Canadian tribes are discussing ways to open direct commerce across the border, including prescription drug sales.
One idea is the establishment of a pharmacy in Thief River Falls at the Seven Clans Casino, where lower-priced prescription medications imported from Canada would be sold.
The joint Dakota Ojibwe Tribal Council operates a pharmacy in Winnipeg licensed by the Manitoba Pharmacy Association.
House Passes Drug Reimportation Bill
(Dead Link Removed) House Passes Drug Reimportation Bill (Source: WCAX)
From the article: The Vermont House has passed a bill that requires the Douglas administration to join a multi-state program that allows people to import cheaper prescription drugs from Canada…
Governor James Douglas is expected to sign the measure…
Drug Companies Crack Down on Canadian Internet Pharmacies
Drug Companies Crack Down on Canadian Internet Pharmacies (Source: ABC News)
Pharmaceutical companies including Pfizer, Wyeth, and Eli Lily have all cut off supplies to any Internet pharmacy selling drugs to Americans.
Documents obtained by ABC News show how Merck's Canadian subsidiary — Merck Frosst — approached drug wholesalers that supply the Internet pharmacies. The company demanded " a written statement that you have not sold and will not sell Merck Frosst's drug products to entities which are selling, or enabling for sale, such products into the United States," according to one document.
"I believe it is to drive us out of business because it is a complete cutoff," said Dave MacKay, chief executive of the Canadian International Pharmacy Association.
Op/Ed: No Good Reason to Bow to U.S. Pharma's Lobbying
(Dead Link Removed) Op/Ed: No Good Reason to Bow to U.S. Pharma's Lobbying (Source: Toronto Star)
Even though several major pharmaceutical companies, including GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, AstraZeneca, and Merck, have begun to stop supplying product to pharmacies that resell to the U.S., there are at least two reasons why that approach should not lead to a Canadian drug shortage.
First, the refusal to supply drugs is already being challenged in both Canada and the U.S. with several pending antitrust lawsuits as well as complaints before the Canadian Competition Bureau.
Second, the Canadian government could respond to the pharmaceutical companies by issuing compulsory licenses that would allow their generic pharmaceutical competitors to manufacture the same product in Canada provided the brand-name companies are given reasonable compensation.
While such an approach would spark an outcry from the industry, no industry should be permitted to hold a country hostage with threats that undermine public health.
U.S. Grabs 81-Year-Old's Lipitor Sent via Canada
(Dead Link Removed) U.S. Grabs 81-Year-Old's Lipitor Sent via Canada (Source: The Capital Times)
Charles Netzow is upset that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has confiscated a drug that was being mailed to him from a pharmacy in Canada to help keep his cholesterol under control.
"I'm angry because it's nonsense," the 81-year-old suburban Fox Point man… after receiving a notice from the FDA indicating that his 90 tablets of Lipitor were confiscated…
Governor Jim Doyle, an advocate of access to cheaper online Canadian pharmacies, said he had no doubt that the drugs Netzow has been getting are the same drugs sold in the United States.
Doyle said he believed the FDA was confiscating drugs because of pressure from drug companies.
"The Bush administration has really put pressure on Canada to shut this down… The real question for the FDA and the Bush administration is, why don't you get on the side of the people?"
Alcock Offers High Level Support to Web Pharmacies
(Dead Link Removed) Alcock Offers High Level Support to Web Pharmacies (Source: CBC Manitoba)
Treasury Board President Reg Alcock met with federal Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh in Ottawa Thursday to discuss ways Ottawa could address medical concerns about internet pharmacies without killing the industry.
Dosanjh has said the government could make it illegal for pharmacies to fill prescriptions for patients who have not been seen in person by a Canadian doctor, prevent the filling of prescriptions for foreigners who are not in Canada, or ban certain drugs from being exported.
Any of those moves would effectively kill the online pharmacy business, which employs an estimated 2,500 Manitobans and brings millions of dollars to the province's economy.
Alcock, the Liberal MP for The Winnipeg South, says no federal action against internet pharmacies is imminent.
Aberdeen Pharmacy Sues Canada Drug
(Dead Link Removed) Aberdeen Pharmacy Sues Canada Drug (Source: Keloland)
A wholesale pharmacy in an Aberdeen is trying to shutdown the pipeline of prescription drugs from Canada…
Jewett Drug Company is suing Canada Drug, a Sioux Falls business that offers customers access to cheaper medicines from Canada. In court papers, Jewett says Canada Drug is operating as a pharmacy without a license.
Steele, Hiett Introduce 'Rx for Oklahoma'
(Dead Link Removed) Steele, Hiett Introduce 'Rx for Oklahoma' (Source: Shawnee News-Star)
Providing access to prescription medicines for low-income and uninsured Oklahomans is the goal of the "Rx for Oklahomans" drug plan introduced Tuesday by State Rep. Kris Steele and Speaker Todd Hiett, R-Kellyville.
"What we are proposing is actually, I think, a result of some legislation that Gov. (Brad) Henry carried when he was a senator…"
The governor introduced his "Prescription for Savings" program Jan. 26 that would establish a program to resell U.S. prescription drugs imported from Canada.
Henry's program would also create a state Web site that allows Oklahoma citizens to order cheaper prescription drugs from Canada and other industrialized countries that rely on U.S. pharmaceutical companies for their supplies.
Manitoba Premier Remains Hopeful Internet Pharmacy Compromise Can Be Reached
(Dead Link Removed) Manitoba Premier Remains Hopeful Internet Pharmacy Compromise Can Be Reached (Source: Canadian Press)
Manitoba Premier Gary Doer remained hopeful Monday that a federal crackdown on the Internet pharmacy industry can be averted…
Doer said… he believes a compromise can be found that will let the industry flourish… while setting rules to control the flow of cheaper Canadian drugs to underinsured and uninsured Americans.
"We can't just throw away 2,500 jobs because of either pressure from the United States or Big Pharma here in Canada."
Vermont Presses Drug Companies on Pricing Issues
Vermont Presses Drug Companies on Pricing Issues (Source: Times Argus) (Dead Link)
Tiny Vermont – with less than half a percent of the nation's population – is exerting an outsized influence on the issue of prescription drugs.
Whether it's in the halls of Congress, in the Statehouse in Montpelier or, this week, in a national gathering of state attorneys general at a Chicago hotel, Vermont officials and organizations are at the forefront of one of the hottest political and economic topics nationwide.
Vermont is so far the only state to sue the Food and Drug Administration over its refusal to permit state government to set up a pilot prescription drug reimportation program.
And Vermont's actions have been noticed.
As the attorney generals met in Chicago, the pharmaceutical industry put on a nearby counter-event, offering more opulent drinks and refreshments, according to those who were there.
Canadian Drug Cutoff Could Shift Markets
Canadian Drug Cutoff Could Shift Markets (Source: Billings Gazette) (Dead Link)
(Tom) Kennedy also raises the possibility of a link, a quid pro quo, between the proposed change in Canada's drug policy and plans to reopen the U.S. borders to Canadian beef. Both took place during a similar time frame and both are matters under the jurisdiction of the Food and Drug Administration, he said.
If that's true, he said, it would be a double whammy for Montanans.
"They'd have their drugs cut off and they'd be impacted with Canadian beef coming back into the market," he said.
Putting international and federal politics aside, the state, too, has jumped on the drug importation bandwagon. House Bill 364, sponsored by Rick Maedje of Fortine, would facilitate the mail-order purchase of drugs from Canada. A hearing on the bill took place this week. To date, it remains in committee.
City to Offer Canadian Prescription Drug Plan
(Dead Link Removed) City to Offer Canadian Prescription Drug Plan (Source: Providence Journal)
In a move expected to save a substantial amount of money, the city is partnering with a Canadian prescription service to enable current and retired city employees to buy their prescription drugs from north of the border.
Mayor Scott Avedisian announced the initiative this week, saying that about 1,500 past and present municipal workers will now have the option of buying their prescription drugs from Canada.
Prescription drugs cost markedly less in Canada, and the city, which is self-insured for medications and other health expenses, should save as much as 40 percent, Avedisian said.
School Department employees and retirees will not have the option; the department has its own self-insurance system. But Avedisian said that, after the city reviews its experience and savings in a few months, he probably will recommend that the schools follow the city's lead.
Brooks: "Extend Drug Discount"
(Dead Link Removed) Brooks: "Extend Drug Discount" (Source: WOKR)
Discounts on prescription drugs could be available to everyone in Monroe County soon.
County Executive Maggie Brooks wants to expand a program that's now only for people over 50.
It wouldn't cost the county anything because it's run through a local company that purchases the drugs.
Area resident Ted Chikey happily shovels his driveway and his neighbor's driveway–every day. He's on prescription drugs for blood pressure, cholesterol and thyroid problems.
"I feel terrific!" Chickey said. "I probably feel better than you do!"
Chickey turned down the Monroe County drug card in favor of getting drugs through Canada.


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Alternative dispute resolution list
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ASADA letter to National Sporting Organisations
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Australian and New Zealand Sports Law Association webinar – 7 April 2020
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Bench Book 2020
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Financial hardship statutory declaration
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09/05/02 - 16:32 #77
I do the usual CV stuff(bike,rower,stepper etc) and then work on the Biceps, Triceps, Abs, Quads, Hammies and the back.
wicket Posts: 3,479
Originally posted by hutchio
You sound like a very fit young man. Do you go swimming regularly too? Are you in a local club for rugby? One of my son's mates plays in the local area's rugby team and his brother is up at Barnard Castle doing a college course to enable him to become a professional rugby player.
Originally posted by wicket
You sound like a very fit young man
You betcha;)
I don't go swimming that often now because it's about £3:50. And yes I do play rugby for my local team.
I don't go swimming that often now because it's about £3:50. .
Whoa, that is a bit steep. The pool we go costs about £6 for the four of us. I presume it is a pool with extras (flumes, etc) to charge such a price.
I presume it is a pool with extras (flumes, etc) to charge such a price.
Hell no. But it's the nearest to me.
That is shocking then.:(
Certainly is. But the nearest pool is a further 20 miles away. And i just can't be arsed going there. And that's one with all the slides and such.
Mark Hughes Posts: 3,304
You can say rugby if you want. It may be brutal, but at least enjoyment can be had from it.
Long distance running is the worst. It kills and is boring as hell.
Each to their own...
*hates rugby, enjoys long distance running (now)*
Originally posted by Mark Hughes
That said, I wouldn't inflict /either/ on school kids compulsorarily
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