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Research Center Tied to Drug Company - The New York Times
A June 2002 e-mail message to Dr. Biederman from Dr. Gahan Pandina, a Johnson & Johnson executive, included a brief abstract of a study of Risperdal in children with disruptive behavior disorder. The message said the study was intended to be presented at the 2002 annual meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. "We have generated a review abstract," Dr. Pandina wrote, "but I must review this longer abstract before passing this along." One problem with the study, Dr. Pandina wrote, is that the children given placebos and those given Risperdal both improved significantly. "So, if you could," Dr. Pandina added, "please give some thought to how to handle this issue if it occurs." The draft abstract that Dr. Pandina put in the e-mail message, however, stated that only the children given Risperdal improved, while those given placebos did not. Dr. Pandina asked Dr. Biederman to sign a form listing himself as the author so the company could present the study to the conference, according to the message. "I will review this morning," responded Dr. Biederman, according to the documents. "I will be happy to sign the forms if you could kindly send them to me." The documents do not make clear whether he approved the final summary of the brief abstract in similar form or asked to read the longer report on the study.
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A February 2002 e-mail message from Georges Gharabawi, a Johnson & Johnson executive, said Dr. Biederman approached the company "multiple times to propose the creation" of the center. "The rationale of this center," the message stated, "is to generate and disseminate data supporting the use of risperidone in" children and adolescents.
In a November 1999 e-mail message, John Bruins, a Johnson & Johnson marketing executive, begs his supervisors to approve a $3,000 check to Dr. Biederman as payment for a lecture he gave at the University of Connecticut. "Dr. Biederman is not someone to jerk around," Mr. Bruins wrote. "He is a very proud national figure in child psych and has a very short fuse."
But e-mail messages and internal documents from Johnson & Johnson made public in a court filing reveal that Dr. Biederman pushed the company to finance a research center at Massachusetts General Hospital, in Boston, with a goal to "move forward the commercial goals of J.& J." The documents also show that the company prepared a draft summary of a study that Dr. Biederman, of Harvard, was said to have written.
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tors. In a November 1999 e-mail message, John Bruins, a Johnson & Johnson marketing executive, begs his supervisors to approve a $3,000 check to Dr. Biederman as payment for a lecture he gave at the University of Connecticut. "Dr. Biederman is not someone to jerk around," Mr. Bruins wrote. "He is a very proud national figure in child psych and has a very short fuse." Mr. Bruins wrote that Dr. Biederman was furious after Johnson & Johnson rejected a request that Dr. Biederman had made for a $280,000 research grant. "I have never seen someone so angry," Mr. Bruins wrote. "Since that time, our business became non-existant (sic) within his area of control." Mr. Bruins concluded that unless Dr. Biederman received a check soon, "I am truly afraid of the consequences."
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A select few of West Lancashire College students were recently chosen to attend Fast Trackers – Be the Engineers of the Future Event in London, an event focusing on learning about the development of the High Speed Two (Hs2).
The schedule for the students included visits to London railway stations and a star-studded evening of talks at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. After working with 40 engineers from across Network Rail and Mott MacDonald, the students earnt an Industrial Cadets' gold award from the Engineering Development Trust. Competitions were held and both West Lancashire College teams won individual awards that were judged by an expert panel of special guests in a bid to win prizes.
All of West Lancashire College attendees were nominated for an award. Overall winners were: Most Improved Team, Public Speaker Award – Ben Johnson. Outstanding Student Awards – Philip Howarth and James O'Brien who won Helicopter rides.
Enrichment Co-ordinator at the college Rebecca Connick attended the trip and says
'I am so proud of these learners and I would like to congratulate all who attended, not only did we received fabulous feedback about their impeccable behaviour but we returned home with a host of awards. Once again we are very proud to be West Lancashire College'.
To find out more about courses available at West Lancashire College, please contact Course Enquiries on 01695 52300 / enquiries@westlancs.ac.uk / www.westlancs.ac.uk

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Afghanistan: Film Revisits Destruction Of Bamiyan Buddhas
By Andrew Tully
One of the Bamiyan Buddhas, shortly before it was destroyed in March 2001 (epa) Five years ago this month, the ruling Taliba in Afghanistan blew up the two Bamiyan Buddhas -- one of them more than 50 meters tall and believed to be the world's largest representation of Buddha. The Taliban deemed the effigies offensive to Islam and carried out the destruction despite pleas from leaders around the world -- including UNESCO, the government of neighboring Pakistan and the grand mufti of Egypt. Swiss filmmaker Christian Frei has produced "The Giant Buddhas," a documentary about this great cultural loss and what it says about tolerance and cultural diversity.
WASHINGTON, March 26, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- The film begins with a scene of stark beauty: the great Bamiyan Valley in remote northeastern Afghanistan. The sky is brittle blue, and the early morning sun makes the cliffs glow like embers.
It was here that the Bamiyan Buddhas had stood for more than 1,000 years until the Taliban decided there was no place for them in an Islamist country.
The Long Way Around
But Frei's film doesn't rush immediately to the destruction of the statues. Instead, he takes a leisurely and circuitous route through Qatar, Canada, China, and France in search of what these monumental structures meant to the culture of Afghanistan and the world.
The Bamiyan Valley (courtesy photo)
At one point, "The Giant Buddhas" follows the route of a Chinese monk who made a pilgrimage to India 1,400 years ago and stopped in Bamiyan to marvel at the sculptures.
The film also features local Afghans who today are Muslims but who say they are comfortable with the idea that their ancestors were Buddhists.
Tolerance And Intolerance
It travels to China, where entrepreneurs have recreated scale models of the effigies to draw tourists.
But mostly the documentary is about tolerance and intolerance.
While the film focuses on the Taliban's refusal to permit these Buddhist icons on its territory, it also explores accusations that the objections of the outside world were in part to blame for the destruction of the sculptures.
Some of the people interviewed in "The Giant Buddhas" say the West was just as intolerant of the Taliban as the Taliban was intolerant of Buddhist imagery. This, they say, may have led the Taliban to believe they had to blow up the statues.
As the film slowly approaches the actual destruction of the statues, it includes excerpts from television news broadcasts of world leaders urging the Taliban to spare the Bamiyan Buddhas.
But perhaps the most eloquent commentary on the demolition was from an unnamed Afghan who lives with his family in a Bamiyan cave, just has his ancestors did before him.
"The Taliban were happy," the man says. "They had destroyed something that could never be rebuilt. It was gone forever. They clapped their hands and jumped around and danced for joy."
The man tells of the trouble the Taliban had trying to destroy the effigies. First, he said, they brought in tanks to open fire with their cannons, but the statues wouldn't fall. They tried dynamite, but that, too, failed.
Finally, the man says, the Taliban enlisted the help of explosives experts from Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. But Frei, the film's director, emphasizes there's no evidence the governments of these two countries were involved in the destruction of the Buddhas.
Not Black And White
"The Giant Buddhas" is 95 minutes long, and the destruction of the statues doesn't come until about 35 minutes into the film. Frei says his work isn't about the destruction, but rather it documents the importance of these Buddhist icons and how they figure in the clash of the Western and Islamic cultures.
The place where one of the Bamiyan Buddhas stood (courtesy photo)
Frei says it is right for those outside Afghanistan to be angry about the destruction of the statues. But he argues that, in many cases, the Western reaction was to view all Muslims as being as intolerant as the Taliban.
In fact, Frei says, Islam has many faces. He points to the tolerance of the residents of the Bamiyan Valley, and that of a Sufi, or Islamic mystic, who was interviewed in his film.
"The motivation for me to make a film is always to show that the world is multifaceted and not that simple, not that black and white," Frei said. "Of course, it was an act of ignorance to destroy the Buddhas, but for example in the film I have a Sufi sequence -- you know Sufism? The tolerant Islam. So you get away from the film I think with this information: OK, but it's not all about fundamentalism, in this film there's a lot of beauty."
Information Is The Key
Frei says he hopes his documentary will show audiences around the world -- especially Western audiences -- ways to break out of their cultural shells and realize that they live in a world that is less polarized than they may believe.
"It's always about information," he says. "I think the lack of information leads to preconceptions and stereotypes and ignorance, finally. And the best way to counter it is information and emotion and maybe documentary film, I don't know. I hope so."
"The Giant Buddhas" was presented on March 26 at the National Gallery of Art in Washington. The showing is part of the Environmental Film Festival, which features 100 productions over two weeks in various settings around the American capital.
Afghanistan's Musical Revival
BACK IN THE GROOVE Decades of war and the Taliban's five-year ban on music took their toll on Afghan classical music. Musicians have been trying to resuscitate the art since the end of Taliban rule. But they face serious economic and artistic challenges -- including the threat of possible attack by Taliban fighters if they perform in provincial areas...(more)
View slideshow of Afghan musicians. RealVideo
Archeologist Hunts For Third Bamiyan Buddha
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Health Care Reform Impact on Free Clinics
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Posted: Mon 6:51 PM, Mar 22, 2010 |
Updated: Tue 11:56 AM, Mar 23, 2010
Much of the health care community is trying to figure out the impact health care reform will have on their organizations and also the community.
Staff at the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Free Clinic say the Virginia Association of Free Clinics is going to spend the next week sorting through the recently passed health care bill and seeing what effects it will have on free clinics.
While those clinics currently serve the uninsured, this bill may cause them to reconsider the role of free clinics.
"Where in a continuum of health care there are gaps in service, where a community members cannot get what is needed, it makes sense that that's where a free clinic will step in in the future," says Keith Gnagey, executive director of the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Free Clinic.
Gnagey says in the short-term, nothing has changed and the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Free Clinic will continue to provide the same services to the community.
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IV long Lasting Impacts
A European countries become richer and more powerful leading to them dominating the world for over 400 years
B Native American populations devastated by war and disease
C African Slavery begins in the Caribbean to do the work on farms and spreads
D Wars for land, wealth, and freedom are fought between European nations, their colonies, and their people for 400 years
E Columbian Exchange introduces new things to each continent involved in Triangular Trade
III Reasons for European Exploration In The New World
A God - Religious Freedom: Pilgrims, Puritans, and Quakers ;Spread Christianity: Spanish Catholic Missions
B Gold - Anything of value: Gold, Silver, Food, Furs, Animal Skins, land, slaves
C Glory - Fame, Power, Importance
II European Countries In The New World
A Spain leads the way and dominates Central America by brutally taking Native riches and land
B Portugal takes South America but with less brutality
C France goes to North America and the Caribbean to establish trade settlements.
D France settles Mississippi River valley to trap for furs and trade with the Natives
E The Netherlands develop trade settlements in North America, South America, and the Caribbean. Most importantly New Amsterdam.
F England is the last European country to begin settling in the new world. They struggle to find success.
Yes it had always been there and Natives had always lived there
Called the new world because there was no record of contact between the rest of the world and this new place
Ancient Chinese maps of North America and shipwrecks found of Chinese Junks (ships) of that era have been found off the coast of California. Native American legends tell of Chinese visitors.
In the Pacific Northwest of the present-day United States, investigations at eight different sites have uncovered Chinese coins.
A garment from the Nez Perce tribe of present-day Idaho that's dated at over 300 years old has woven ornaments into it that are believed to be Chinese beads.
1421 Theory
In his bestselling book, "1421: The Year China Discovered America," British amateur historian Gavin Menzies turns the story of the Europeans' discovery of America on its ear with a startling idea: Chinese sailors beat Christopher Columbus to the Americas by more than 70 years.
Columbus definitely wasn't the first European to arrive in the new world.
Most famously Leif Ericsson beat Columbus to the new world by about 500 years. He was a viking conquere who sailed from Greenland to parts of North America known today as Newfoundland Canada around the year 1000 AD.
It is believed that Columbus first made land fall on the island of Samana Cay. At that time the natives called it Guanahani.
I Europeans Arrive
A In 1492 Columbus sailed the Ocean Blue
B Looking for a western water route to Asia
Landed on an island in the Bahamas
Columbus becomes the first European to continually return to the new world
He starts a flood of millions of Europeans traveling to the new world.


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Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame – Updates
Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame, unfortunately, has had to cancel their Induction Ceremony and Gala Dinner for 2021. With ongoing restrictions surrounding COVID-19, we are looking to 2022 with hope of being able to host an Induction Ceremony where we will be able to celebrate our 2020 Inductees and a new round of Inductees slated to be chosen this year.
As CAHF's original Induction Ceremony date of 3 June 2021 is upon us, we would like to highlight our 2020 Inductees and the amazing accomplishments they've brought and continue to bring to Canadian aviation and aerospace industries.
2020 Inductees
Joe Randell – President and Chief Executive Officer of Chorus Aviation Inc, Joseph Randell has been devoted to Canadian aviation and the regional airline market for three decades. Following his MBA, which focused on the airline industry, Randell founded Air Nova, introduced the use of regional jets. After Air Nova sold to Air Canada, Randell's next venture was Chorus Aviation, now a global player in aircraft leasing.
Bjarni Tryggvason – Bjarni Tryggvason's passion for flight started young when he joined the Royal Canadian Air Cadets and earned his commercial pilots wings by age 20. After a degree in engineering physics, he started work at the Atmospheric Environmental Service. In 1982, Bjarni joined the National Research Council's (NRC) Low Speed Aerodynamics Laboratory and a year later was accepted to Canada's first astronaut corps. Working with the NRC and the Canadian Space Agency, Bjarni helped develop and design satellites and fluid dynamics projects, but his primary focus was vibration isolation systems. In 1997 he served as payload specialist aboard the shuttle Discovery and after returning to Earth remained active in Canadian aviation.
Clifford McEwen – Starting his military flying career in 1916, Clifford McEwen joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force and then transferred to the Royal Flying Corps. After flying most of the war in Italy as a scout pilot, McEwen went on the join the Canadian Air Force in England where he served as part of the Air Board and the inter-war Royal Canadian Air Force. When war broke out again McEwen was promoted from Group Captain to Air Commodore where he worked to establish Canadian authority over aerial operations while conducting antisubmarine warfare. McEwen went on to be promoted to Air Vice-Marshall and used his outstanding leadership skills and discipline to boost morale and improve performance within the RCAF.
Shirley Render – With a passion for aviation and history, Shirley Render is one of Canada's foremost aviation historians and a leader in the stewardship of this country's aviation heritage. Soon after volunteering at the Western Canada Aviation Museum Shirley was sitting on the board, running the quarterly newsletter and curating its exhibits. After earning an MA in History, she wrote two influential books: No Place for a Lady and Double Cross. In 1990 she entered politics, being elected as the MLA for St Vital. She served in positions as Legislative Assistant and Minister of Consumer & Corporate Affairs. Following politics, she returned to the Museum as Executive Director and Curator in 2002. Under her leadership the struggling museum was revitalized which culminated in its re-design as the Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada.
The Red Knight – During its twelve-year run, seventeen different pilots flew as the Red Knight for over 600 air show appearances – making the Royal Canadian Air Force Training Command's solo performer second only to the Snowbirds for number of performances flown by a military aerobatic display team. The team is equipped with their venerable Canadair CT-114 Tutors decked out in Day-Go red. The team has performed in each of Canada's 10 provinces and the Yukon and have made appearances in the Bahamas and in the United States.
While CAHF continues to plan for 2022, we encourage you to visit our new website! Our physical museum is currently closed due to restrictions in the province of Alberta, so we've been focusing on displaying our collection for you on our website. As we work to digitize our collection, we will continue to update our member biographies and collection pages. To visit the website, please click here.
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National Enquiry Commission hands over report to Hadi
The National Commission for Enquiry into human rights abuses has handed over to President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi a report on the their findings in the period from February 1, 2018 to June 31, 2018, the Commission's chairman Ahmed al-Muflahi said.
In a statement to Saba on Monday, he said that the Commission, since its inception in January 2016, has issued five reports. Its latest reportcarried 4468 allegations of abuse, of which 1900 cases were verified.
The Commission found 58 cases of child soldier recruitment and 94 cases of landmine planting committed by the Houthi armed group. The landmines, antipersonnel and anti-vehicle, resulted in killing 61civilians and wounding 79 others.
The Commission found documented allegations of 19 attacks on historical and cultural sites, four attacks on health workers and facilities, and forced displacement of 864 people constituting 142 families.
Of the 70 alleged extrajudicial killing, the Commission authenticated 51 cases. It also authenticated 355 arbitrary arrests and forced disappearances, 19 cases of torture and inhumane treatment, 21 deliberate bombing of houses, and five US drone attacks on civilians.