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Q: Multiple QSortFilterProxyModel performance optimization TL;DR
I want to group multiple datasets from a single table without increasing the performance
by optimizing the QSortFilterProxyModel or by iterating the table data model. (which is better in performance)

For example, the following main table:
+------+------+---------+
| Col1 | Col2 | Results |
+------+------+---------+
| a    | b    |       2 |
| a    | c    |       4 |
| v    | b    |       5 |
+------+------+---------+

Can output multiple aggregated datasets by specifying some grouping conditions
for example:

*

*Condition of group and sum "a" entries
Dataset results => a = 6

*Condition of group and sum "ab" entries
Dataset results => a = 2

*Condtion of group and sum Col1
Dataset results => a = 2
                   V = 1

Each results dataset will be displayed in a proper table view.
I succeed to achieve this by implementing multiple QSortFilerProxyModel for each group condition.
(I had to inherit the QSortFilerProxyModel set the group condition and override the filterAcceptsRow function.)
But, the issue is with the performance, on a large dataset, and with multiple proxies
the Qt proxy model will iterate (filterAcceptsRow) all the tables models X times which slow down in performance.
I want to create multiple datasets by iterating the model only once.
Is it possible to implement it by using the proxy model?
Or maybe I need to iterate the main table model by my self and to generate these custom models?
Note:
In my opinion, it looks like impossible to implement it by using the QSortFilerProxyModel, because of the model indexing,
If I sore multiple datasets, each one can have different rowCount() and the model indexing will be broken.

A: First of all, everything you need to create a custom proxy is the QAbstractItemModel. You don't need to derive from the filtering proxy classes at all. How you implement such a model is up to you, but don't be confined by thinking that the proxy needs to actually be anything but an implementation of the abstract model. The proxy classes are for your convenience: when it is not convenient to use them - don't!
Furthermore, the viable approaches differ a bit depending on what sort of output arities you have. If each filter produces only one row of results, then having just one proxy generate all of them is fine - but you're viewing each single-row result in its own table view? Perhaps your UI demands that. If the groupings can produce multi-row data (e.g. group on Col1, output sum(Results)), then you'd need individual view into each of the result sets.
Then I'd create a common proxy that interfaces to the data source, but that proxy isn't used directly. In fact, this proxy is just a QObject and doesn't derive from QAbstractItemModel at all. Instead, it would create QAbstractItemModel instances, as views into the data. They would forward requests to the common proxy that has all the data necessary to fulfill the request under any condition.

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Juul opens first North American store in Toronto
Tags: JUUL, store, Toronto
by The Canadian Press
E-cigarette maker Juul is opening its first retail store in Canada .
The Juul store in Toronto's west-end, which opened to customers Monday, marks the California-based company's first brick-and-mortar location in North America.
The stores opens mid mounting concern about the rise of teen vaping. Upon entering, Juul says all visitors will be asked to provide identification to prove they meet Ontario's legal age of 19 to purchase vaping products before they can pass through the clouded glass doors concealing the offerings from public view.
Those who gain entry will find Juul's devices and cartridges laid out on tables in the sleek showroom style of an Apple store. Patrons can interact with the devices, but not test them, because vaping is prohibited indoors.
At a media preview this week, Michael Nederhoff, general manager of Juul Labs in Canada, said the store was designed to be an "educational venue" for adult smokers looking to learn about vaping.
But as Juul has emerged as Canada's leading vaping brand, critics say the company is at risk of creating a new generation of nicotine addicts in light of recent research suggesting that the prevalence of teenage vaping has nearly doubled.
In May 2018, Ottawa formally legalized vaping, opening the door for international vaping brands such as Juul to enter the Canadian market.
Since then, Juul has captured a 78% share of Canada's vape market, with its products available at more than 13,000 vape shops and convenience stores across the country, said Nederhoff.
Nick Kadysh, Juul's director of government relations, said the company sees youth vaping as "completely unacceptable" and has taken steps to prevent its products from getting into the wrong hands.
He cited efforts such as using third-party age verification for online sales, and sending secret shoppers to check roughly 150 stores per month to make sure they're carding customers and following Juul's restrictions on bulk purchases. He said retailers who don't comply may either be "blacklisted" or reported to Health Canada.
But David Hammond, a public health professor at the University of Waterloo, said Juul and other e-cigarette makers need to go further to stem the 74% surge in vaping by Canadian teens that his research suggests.
Hammond led a study published in the British Medical Journal in June based on online surveys of Canadians aged 16 to 19 in 2017 and 2018.
The researchers found that the number of Canadian teens who said they had vaped in the last month increased to 14.6% in 2018 from 8.4% in 2017.
Hammond said the 2018 surveys straddled the month before and after Juul hit stores in Canada, and within weeks of becoming available, the brand had surged to become the third most popular among Canadian teens.
He said the brand's soaring sales in Canada are particularly alarming in light of trends in the U.S., where researchers found the increase in Juul use accounted for more than two-thirds of the overall rise in youth vaping.
Last week, Juul executives were called before U.S. Congress to field questions from lawmakers about whether the company tried to market its products to youth.
House members pointed to internal documents indicating that Juul planned to push its products on social media and offered funding to schools for anti-vaping education in a program that was quashed after the company learned that big tobacco had backed similar anti-smoking efforts decades earlier.
Juul executives in Canada said neither of those strategies were attempted in Canada, and the company has even advocated for Ottawa to ban social media marketing of vaping products.
Earlier this year, Health Canada proposed new measures to ban the promotion of e-cigarettes in public places, stores and media where young people are likely to encounter them, including point-of-sale advertisements.
Kadysh said the restriction would hinder Juul's ability to reach adult smokers when they're buying cigarettes at their local convenience store and encourage them to switch to what is believed to be a less harmful alternative.
For Hammond, this reluctance speaks volumes about Juul's commitment to preventing youth vaping.
"I think it is (disingenuous) at best for any company to suggest that those types of ads don't reach kids when it is literally inches from the candy," he said.
Last month, San Francisco banned the sale of e-cigarettes in a bid to curb underage use. But Hammond said he doesn't think a similar prohibition would be feasible or desirable in Canada.
"We can actually control these products more by having them regulated than just trying to push them under the blanket," he said.
"I think it would be a shame if we had to ban them outright because of their potential to help with adult smokers, but we need to find some way of reducing access to kids for sure."
The retail store will sell JUUL C1, the company's connected device, which includes features that allow users to monitor their nicotine usage, provide access restrictions to prevent unauthorized use and find their JUUL device if it is lost.
The JUUL C1 connected device can be paired via Bluetooth to a new mobile application. The app is being piloted in Canada to explore and refine its functionalities.
The device, when paired with the app, will include a usage monitor that provides adult smokers with greater visibility into their usage, allowing them to monitor in real-time the number of puffs they take daily, weekly and monthly. The connected device will also provide access restrictions at the user level to prevent unauthorized use and provides adult smokers with the ability to find their JUUL device if it is lost.
"As a company, we are always looking to build on our product portfolio to reach a broader range of smokers, while limiting appeal to youth," said Nederhoff. "We believe the connected device will provide current adult smokers with features they will find valuable. Based on feedback, we plan to refine and enhance the functionality of the app to further improve the user experience."
The pilot program will continue to run over the coming weeks. JUUL Labs Canada will evaluate feedback and determine whether to expand the device and app further in the country.
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CFP: The Fantastic in Children's and Young Adult Literature (11/30/05; 3/15/06-3/19/06)
Christine Mains
cemains@shaw.ca
The Fantastic in Children's and Young Adult Literature and Art
Drawn by the Fantastic
27th Annual International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts
Wyndham Ft. Lauderdale Airport Hotel
Dania, Florida
Guest of Honor: Charles Vess
Guest Scholar: M. Thomas Inge
Special Guest Writer: Kathleen Ann Goonan
Deadline for Submissions: November 30, 2005
The International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, held each
March in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is a gathering of scholars, editors,
writers, artists, and poets interested in discussion of fantasy, science
fiction, and horror in literature, film and television, and other forms
of popular culture. The conference is sponsored by the International
Association for the Fantastic in the Arts, an academic association with
members from many different countries, with areas of interest divided into
seven divisions, including a Division for Children's and Young Adult
Literature and Art.
The focus of ICFA-27 is on the fantastic in media other than the written
word or film, including comics and graphic novels, web design and photo
manipulation, cover art and illustration, picture books and pulps, film
posters and CD covers, trading cards and tarot cards, cityscapes and
landscapes, maps and tattoos and costuming, not to mention the stuff you
hang on walls.
Proposals are being solicited for the Children's and Young Adult Division.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Genres and Artifacts:
Kit Art
Books as toys
Authors and Artists:
The fantasy works of Virginia Hamilton
The young adult novels of Walter Dean Myers
Frederic Wertham
Adaptations:
From novel to film: Harry Potter, Narnia, and The Hobbit
Harry Potter film posters
Illustrated classic literature for children, especially comic book
Print and illustration history of children's literature (for example,
_The Hobbit_)
Identity and children's literature (sexual identity, ethnic identity,
political identity)
Discipline and children's literature
Historical contextualizations of children's literature, particularly in
the mode of the fantastic
Histories of YA comic narrative
Contact: To submit a paper or panel proposal in the area of the
fantastic in children's and young adult literature and art: Division
Head Joe Sutliff Sanders, POT 1215, University of Kentucky, Lexington,
KY 40506-0027 (DR.JOESS_at_GMAIL.COM)
In addition, we look forward to papers on the work of Guest of Honor
Charles Vess, Guest Scholar M. Thomas Inge, and Special Guest Writer
Kathleen Ann Goonan.
As always, we also welcome proposals for individual papers and for
academic sessions and panels on any aspect of the fantastic in any media.
The deadline for submission of proposals is November 30, 2005.
Keep checking www.iafa.org for updated information on the association,
conference guests, registration, and submission information, as well as
further details on suggested topics for academic papers and panels.
From the Literary Calls for Papers Mailing List
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or write Jennifer Higginbotham: higginbj_at_english.upenn.edu
Received on Mon Sep 26 2005 - 17:34:47 EDT
Last updated September 26, 2005


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Paris Week-end
A Test Day, the Salon and a Race Meeting
The traffic in Paris during the normal hours of daylight has become almost impossible, not unlike London, though the big difference is that in the French capital it is continually moving, and at times remarkably fast. If you want to get from one side. of Paris to the other, you put on your driving gloves, engage second gear and press relentlessly onwards, so that in quite a short space of time you are out the other side. Should you want to stop in Paris, then that is when the traffic becomes impossible. It is quite difficult to find parking spare for a scooter, let alone a small car, and most roads are chock-a-block down both kerbs, and in many places on the pavements as well. As a result it was deemed prudent to visit the Paris Salon by air, for it would save unnecessary hours of searching for parking places.
A smooth and quick night flight by B.E.A. Viscount, surely one of Britain's best engineering achievements, a rough old bus and a spiritedly driven taxi covered the journey there, and next morning we assembled near the Arc de Triomphe for the beginning of a rather special day. Normally the Motor Show is the first thing to visit, but this time we were able to take part in a practical motor show, before spending time in the Grand Palais. The French Presse Association, in conjunction with the French manufacturers, organised a day of driving at Montlhery, using the full 12.5 kilometre road circuit, which also includes one of the steep bankings of the piste, de vitesse, and this took place on the Friday after the motor show had opened. A large collection of French cars were assembled to take journalists arriving from almost every country in Europe out to the Montlhery Autodrome, which lies 25 kilometres to the south of Paris, and by some very clever routing, the journey was effected with a minimum of traffic bothers. Riding as passenger in a new DynaPanhard we began to wonder about horizontally opposed air-cooled engines and f.w.d., while the way the 850-cc. two-cylinder engine rushed this large four-seater saloon along still remains a surprise. Lined up in front of the pits were a wide variety of French motor cars more than one example of each being available, for there was a very large number of Press people present and the form was that one did two laps of the full circuit before handing the car to someone else.
Believing in starting at the beginning, we first took a Peugeot 203, quite normal and unchanged for many years, so popular has it proved with the French motorists. At once the steering was admired for its positive feel and the way the car could be pointed in the desired direction with the steering wheel, but it seemed undergeared and a bit underpowered, while the ride over one particular wavy section of road was very prehistoric, as was the very small and seemingly cramped interior. Deciding to make a direct comparison with the newer 403 Peugeot we were heading for it when a Dyna-Panhard caught our eye, for it had right-hand steering and a speedo calibrated in m.p.h. so we set off in that, being a new export-to-Britain model. As with the one we had journeyed to Montlhery in, the speed and spaciousness was most impressive, while the noise level was reasonably low, but the gear-change and handling were depressing to say the very least. Being used to a car that will help you to corner and certainly stay on your side when the cornering gets spirited, the Dyna was a shock, for if provoked it had a will of its own that almost represented a built-in accident. One lap sufficed and we then took a 403 Peugeot with automatic clutch by Jaeger, the English instrument firm. One of these fancy clutches already having torn itself apart in the hands of a respected and trustworthy English journalist we were bid to change gear carefully. The hat peg that protrudes from the steering column and serves as a gear lever is moved about in the normal (or abnormal, depending on one's views on this subject) manner, without any left foot movement being required, there being no clutch pedal, the clutch engaging itself when the engine speed rises to a take-on speed. This large and comfortable six-seater saloon impresses the more it is driven and we had to keep saying " but the engine is only one-and-a-half litres," which took a lot of believing. For a well balanced, well-mannered, vice-free family saloon Peugeot have the complete answer in the 403 and it made the 203 seem almost vintage like.
Still a little worried about the Dyna-Panhard and wondering whether it was our lack of experience with f.w.d. cornering technique. we took out a DS19 Citroen, and the nice man in charge of it whispered in our car as we set off " only two laps .. . well, three if you would like to." We all know, or are told often. that f.w.d. is no good. the air and hydraulic suspension is too complicated to work, the strange automatic clutch and gear-change are a snare and delusion, with the f.w.d. there is never any steering lock, power-steering and power-brakes are what is wrong with American cars and so on. But Citroen have provided all the answers and cocked a snoot at almost every criticism levelled at the DS19. When they have their flat-six air-cooled engine in production the last "snoot will be cocked." We did three laps (Ssh !) and could have gone on all day in this superb piece of French engineering, Until you have driven a new Citroen got used to the new ideas of driving, and then hurled it round Montlhery in the most diabolical and irresponsible fashion. your motoring life is not complete. We can only support the Citroen advertisements. the DS19 IS A MODERN MOTOR CAR, it makes most other things seem 10 years behind the times. We know it wheezed and puffed in its suspenders as we threw it about, and we know the funny little button on the floor is not a real brake pedal, and the gear-change is slow, but we liked the Citroen. As we cornered with the rims almost rubbing the ground we saw a Renault Dauphine on its side in the ditch.
After the best we thought we would try the worst, and chose the Simca Ariane Four; this being a large Ford-like motor car that first appeared many years ago as the Versaille or Regency, with 22 h.p. V-8 engine, built by French Fords and then merged with Sinica and had the: little four-cylinder pushrod Simea 1,100 engine fitted. We felt that this could not possibly be a nice motor car, but how wrong we were. Like the Panhard, the Ariane's tiny engine propelled it along at a speed that was not in the least bit dull, while the hat-peg gear-change was a simple and rigid mechanism, positive in its movements, rather like the old Ford Pilot used to be. In fact, the whole car was more Ford like than Simca, and had the sound basic transport character that Detroit instills into its satellites such as Dagenham and Paris. The Simca Arlene was devoid of frills or fuss, behaved surprisingly well had no nasty habits and completely wiped the smile off our faces, so that we returned after two laps, covered in confusion. This particular model had a normal four-speed gearbox, though there was another version available with an automatic clutch arrangement called " Rushmatic "—we decided we ought to try a Renault. A 4 c.v. with Feriae automatic clutch was standing idle so away we buzzed, this merry little minicar trying so hard to pretend it was a real grown up Motor car. By cornering in a continual wischen, just like an old-fashioned Porsche, we managed to scrabble round all the corners without having an accident, but felt all the time that a moment's hesitation or lack of concentration would have seen us in the ditch along with the aforementioned Dauphine. Of course, we could have merely driven slowly and respectably, but we were representing MOTOR SPORT. As lunch was approaching and the cars were being given a rest we plunged desperately into a Peugeot 403 drophead coupe, reluctant to miss a moment of motoring. After our two laps we wished we had gone to an early lunch, for the drophead two-seater 403 bears little or no resemblance to the standard four-door saloon. Just how Peugeot's have contrived to make two cars so entirely different, using the same components. remains a mystery. That we had not made a mistake was confirmed by a 403 saloon owner with whom we lunched, who had made the same unfortunate discovery.
After lunch in a large marquee alongside the track we came out into time glorious sunshine again and deciding that discretion is better than valour, we took a 2 c.v. Citroen, thinking to do a single quiet lap, just to play ourselves in again. Unfortunately, two deadly rivals, who work for equally sporting monthly journals, had the same idea, and for two glorious laps a trio of 2 c.v. Citroens engaged in unholy battle and at the end we all three called a truce. raised our hats to Mr. Citroen and decided that he knows all the answers to the needs of the everyday motorist. The 2 c.v. may not be fast, but it is incredibly safe and enormous fun to drive, and these two attributes alone are rare these days. Remembering the drop head 403 before lunch we took a perfectly normal 403 Peugeot saloon, just to convince ourselves, and came across another Dauphine lying very bent in a ditch. Preferring to use all our feet when motoring we enjoyed the normal 403 more than the one with the Jaeger automatic clutch. but the quicker gear-changes found us still changing up from third into second, when really scratching, just as we had done on the road-test car last winter. In spite of that the 403 rates as being the best normal family saloon that we have driven for a long time, having as it does a remarkable turn of speed, an unburstable engine and handling characteristics that are difficult to fault, even when sideways on along the grass verge through overdicing. Feeling that perhaps we were becoming unfaithful to Mr, Citroen we then went out in an ID19, the " cooking " version of the DS, having manual gear-change, no power steering, and other minor lack of refinement—in fact, a Woolworth's. model. Like its expensive sister it puffed and wheezed through its suspension as we enjoyed ourselves on the twists and turns of the Montlhery road circuit, but we found the manual gear-change incredibly quick, especially from third to top at peak revs., and we liked the more positive feel of the manual steering. In total we felt just a little bit more in command of the ID when on the limit, but the price to pay was physical exhaustion after two laps, compared with the ease of three in the DS. We saw another Dauphine on its side in the ditch.
As the day was drawing to a close we hurriedly took the offer of one fast lap in the passenger seat of a production Panhard coupe; of the Gran Turismo type that does so well in rallies. The driver was Gerard Laureau, one of the better D.B. specialists and the trip was nothing short of incredible. He was very brave and kept the power from the D.B. tuned flat-twin Panhard engine, full on through the corners with a result that would be difficult for a much more powerful sports car to have equalled. The D.B.s are certainly specialists' cars, like Porsches, or 300SLs, and just as a demonstration by von Trips, or Uhlenhaut, leaves you breathless, so Laurean left us breathless. In an attempt to regain our sense of proportion we decided to take a Renault, and there being a rather obvious shortage of Dauphines, We set off in a Fregate. It was not long before we wished we had not done so, for it struck us as a rather gormless vehicle, with very little character and hardly anything to commend it, unless it costs very little money. Its steering column gear-change was worse than the worst atrocity perpetrated by Longbridge before B.M.C. saw the light and returned to gear levers and it was noticeably gutless. Perhaps it was just a bad example of the Fregate, there was not time to try another.
To conclude the day and leave us with rosy memories of the French Automobile industry we had a last final dice in another ID19 Citroen this one being not quite so austere as the other in the way of interior trim. Somehow we got mixed up with the other ID and one of the DS models, so that our day ended by finding the absolute limit of cornering and stability of these remarkable French motor cars, and we ended our day's motoring very impressed. The journey back to Paris, through the evening traffic, was done five up in a Shinn Ariane Four, driven by a Parisian taxi driver of 26 years' standing, and a wonderful sense of humour. If anyone suggests that high-speed traffic driving is a myth in Paris, don't you believe them.
After such a first-class day, provided by the French Press and the French industry, the Saturday spent at the Salon came as an anti-climax. However, remembering how the Salon is always full of the interesting and unusual, the sporting and sophisticated, as well as the normal new cars, we entered the Grand Palais with keen anticipation. But we were wrong, for there was a rather dull and depressive air about the Salon this year. The number of unusual foreign makes was down to a bare minimum, "one off" " specials " were almost non-existent and the exotic and bizarre had gone completely. Last year there had been a distinct suggestion that the face of the Salon was changing rapidly and this year that suggestion was confirmed: So little was absolutely new that by walking the length of the Champs Elysees you could have seen most of the vehicles that were at the Show. In addition, the competition cars had almost disappeared and few and far between were the actual winning or record cars, still in their battle dirt, that used to be a feature of the freedom of the Paris Salon. It was not an outstanding motor show. However, all was not lost for David Brown had the new and exciting DB4 Aston Martin on his stand, with its 3.7-litre engine, coil and wishbone ifs. and disc brakes ; in fact, the car that we depicted in "Continental Notes" as long ago as October, 1957. Just nearby was another" first time out last year" car, the Lotus Elite, now being handled in France by Jacques Savoye, the man who used to race Singers before the war. A single Elite was on show, with r.h.d. and painted an unfortunate shade of blue, but nevertheless looking most desirable. Next door to Lotus was a minicar that almost made us believe in these things, for it was a Gran Turismo coupe version by Bertone of the N.S.U. Prinz, and when we looked at the 600-c.c. o.h.c. twin-cylinder air-cooled engine we began to wonder, but then our gaze fell upon the ordinary box-like four-seater Prinz and minicars were out. On the Alpine stand we're shown two of the Gran Turismo 4 c.v. Renault conversions, one a lovely scruffy looking one, just as it had finished the Tour de France driven by Michy and Ramband and the other a brand new and sleek version of the same thing. These little cars, with their plastic two-seater coupe bodies, are most pleasant and on the other side of the hall was an Italian version of the same thing that positively made the mouth water. This was the 750-c.c. Abarth-Zagato, built around Fiat 600 components, and it must surely be the fastest and smallest Gran Turismo car yet conceived. Carlo Abarth, of Turin, now has a twin overhead camshaft cylinder head to fit the basic Fiat block, the camshafts being driven by chain and there are two enormous double-choke downdraught Weber carburetters feeding into vertical inlet ports down the centre of the head, as on the old B.M.W. or the Lancia Aurelia. With the normal Abarth conversion of the pushrod 600 Fiat engine in the Zagato coupe these little cars are good for well over 90 m.p.h., so that more than the 100 should come up with the twin-cam engine. If we must have little motor cars then this Abarth-Zagato is the way to build them, and Mr. Bibendum was so impressed that he had made some special 135 by 305 Michelin " X " tyres for this little roadburner.
Whereas Maserati could always he relied upon to show a fierce sports car or a Grand Prix car, this year there were only two of the production 3.5-litre drophead coupes. which they refer to as Gran Turismo, but we consider to be "roadsters." While on the subject of roadsters we admired an open two/four-seater DS19 Citroen with special body by Henri Chapron. having only two doors and being delightfully smooth and devoid a frills. Alfa-Romeo were, also exhibiting a new roadster, on the new 2,000 chassis, and it was a two-seater on the general lines of the Giulietta Spyder, but rather more ornate, and almost unnecessarily so when compared with " little-sister." As out-and-out sports cars, the British industry was well represented, with the twin-cam M.G., the open XK150 Jaguar, the Austin Healeys, Triumphs and the A.C. Bristol. There was a Le Mans DB open two-seater, a complete chassis of one of these cars, and the neat little production coupie with their perspex roofs and zip-fastened sun blinde on the inside. Facel Vega had a beautifully finished chassis on show, as well as the complete cars, and disc-brakes were being offered which should solve some of the problems concerned with this very high-performance luxury car. Having despaired of producing the Lago-Talbot with V-8 B.M.W. engine, as exhibited last year, the now rather old-fashioned coupes from Surenses were fitted with an even older engine, the 22-h.p. V-8 Ford from the dark ages. On the Rover stand there was a rather obvious gap just where we had hoped to see the new 3-litre Rover, but nearby were two sleek Ferraris to make up for it, these being 3-litre V-12 models, one roadster and one coupe, though rumour had it that a 4.9 Super America was on its way. Bristol were showing their 2.2-litre 406 model, announced some while ago, and the adjacent Porsche stand was most unimpressive; a Carrera looking rather like a Christmas tree, with Anterican-type chromium double bumpers, white-wall tyres and a rather flashy paint job, while the normal drophead coupe now has seats with fixed squabs, just when Jaguar, and many others are offering Reuter adjustable seats. This was clearly a Woolworth's Porsche."
There was nothing like the usual number of interesting mechanical exhibits, such as working models, engines, chassis and suspensions, nor were there any American Dream cars, but Peugeot had an excellent sectioned 403 engine and Renault had a Dauphine coming sideways down a snowy mountain in the Monte Carlo Rally, so realistic that we thought we noticed the snow melting as the crowds grew larger and raised the temperature of the Grand Palais. If nothing else, 1958 will mark an epoch in the history of Citroen, for the original type of Traction-Avant that has been a familiar face since 1935, has at last gone for good. All possible models are now to DS or ID specification, including the last word in practical shooting-brakes, and a diplomat's car with a complete office in the back compartment. Of course; the little 2 C.V. is still about the place, but full production of Citroen has changed over to these two revolutionary vehicles in a surprisingly short space of time, indicating masterful planning and engineering.
Most years the Paris Salon has been well worth a visit, but this year we did not think so, there were interesting and nice cars, but the overall standard was not its usual height.
This left us a little sad, so the day after, on the Sunday of our Paris week-end. we went to Montlhory to see the Coupe du Salon meeting, but the rain poured down incessantly, the racing was dull, and our cup of despair filled to overflowing and splashed down into the puddles of rain. There was a match race between a collection of Panhard-engined "Monomills " and a team of Italian Junior Formula cars, being publicised as a Franco-Italian duel, but it was won by a Portuguese driver! However, he was driving a Stanguellini which from a distance looks like a little Vanwall, and goes pretty fast, but the Monomills were their usual depressing selves. Then came a mixed Gran Turismo race which was enlivened by a brief duel between Bianchi, the co-driver to Genclehien in the Tour de France, driving the winning 250 G.T. Ferrari, and Schild. a Swiss driver in a similar car. Hicks kept his Lotus XI Grand Tourer (!) in fourth place, between Bourillot's Ferrari and Jose Behra's Porsche Carrera, which was a good effort in view of the wet conditions and the rest followed behind at varying intervals.
The race of the day for the Coupe du Salon was for Formula Il cars and saw Russell, Brabhum, Barclay, Ballisat, Vidilles. Marsh on Coopers, Buds with his Lotus and Parkes with the interesting and beautifully made Fry-Climax. Needless to say, all eight competitors were using twin-cam Climax engines. The Fry disappeared on the opening lap, Bach was left behind by the Coopers. and Russell, Brabham, Marsh and Vitiates had a good dice for a few laps. The race was over 20 laps of the 6.291 kilometre circuit. which does not include the steep twisty bits at the end of the Montlhery road circuit, and after Vidilles had gone off the road, and Marsh had retired Russell led Brabham by a comfortable distance with the remainder tailing along behind. Bueb retired and Ballisat was lapped, so that the race resolved into a drawn out procession with only four cars running, and Russell came home the winner.
It really is unfortunate that such a wonderful road circuit as Montlhery has to be wasted on small " club-type " meetings. but the Union Sportive Automobile, who run the Coupe du Salon, are a small concern who cannot afford to do more. If some of the money that is squandered at Reims and Le Mans could be put into the Montlhery road circuit and we had the French Grand Prix there, that race might regain its status as the oldest classic.
In teeming rain we joined the throng of traffic returning to Paris from its day out in the country, not at Montlhery, but down in the Loire valley, and early next morning in perfect weather conditions we flew back to London, the view of southern England and northern France at the same time from a height of 11,000 feet being truly wonderful, as was the sunshine that greeted us at. London Airport. -D.S.J
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The Top Reasons People Use Medical Marijuana
In states that have already legalized medical marijuana, patients come in all shapes and sizes, and they seek relief for a host of physical and psychological disorders. To gain insight into patients in California, a new report from HelloMD — a digital healthcare platform — compiled a comprehensive profile of their cannabis use, preferences and perspectives.
After surveying more than 1,400 patients in the state, analysts found that 66 percent of respondents use marijuana as their primary treatment method. Surprisingly, the top health issue people reported using marijuana for was anxiety, followed by pain, stress, back pain, insomnia and depression. As the graph below shows, patients in California use marijuana for a wide range of health disorders, including many chronic conditions.
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"There is overwhelming evidence that marijuana helps to alleviate a range of conditions that affect millions of Americans," HelloMD CEO and co-founder Mark Hadfield told ATTN:. "If you take into account the relatively benign nature of marijuana — with zero deaths from overdose — and contrast that with this overwhelming benefit, it is really quite an eye-opener."
Benefits of marijuana extend beyond medical treatment.
While an overwhelming 84 percent of respondents feel that marijuana effectively treats their targeted disorder, many also report using the substance for relaxation (76 percent), sleep (65 percent), mood elevation (47 percent), and even alcohol replacement (18 percent).
That last point is worth considering for a moment. Nearly two in 10 medical marijuana patients in California apparently use cannabis as an alternative to alcohol, a substance that is significantly more dangerous and addictive than cannabis. This finding is consistent with previous research that has found that marijuana could reduce alcoholism in some patients.
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Men and women use it differently.
While both men and women tend to use marijuana for the same medical reasons, men prefer smoking or vaporizing cannabis in its traditional form whereas women increasingly favor tinctures and topical creams. Women also prefer cannabis delivery services to visiting dispensaries, and they're more likely to recommend medical marijuana to friends and family. ATTN: also recently reported on how marijuana affects men and women differently on physical and psychological levels.
This survey serves as a window into the rapidly growing medical marijuana movement in the U.S. While 23 states and the District of Columbia currently have legal marijuana systems in place, either for medical or recreational purposes, the number is expected to grow over the coming years as additional states vote on their own legalization measures.
"Since cannabis is shown to be benign, beneficial and so broadly applicable, what reason is there for it to remain illegal?" Hadfield told ATTN:. "We would hope that our study would help to inform regulators and legislators as they focus on this issue."
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Hungary In the News
Background: Hungary became a Christian kingdom in A.D. 1000 and for many centuries served as a bulwark against Ottoman Turkish expansion in Europe. The kingdom eventually became part of the polyglot Austro-Hungarian Empire, which collapsed during World War I. The country fell under Communist rule following World War II. In 1956, a revolt and an announced withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact were met with a massive military intervention by Moscow. Under the leadership of Janos KADAR in 1968, Hungary began liberalizing its economy, introducing so-called "Goulash Communism." Hungary held its first multiparty elections in 1990 and initiated a free market economy. It joined NATO in 1999 and the EU five years later. In 2011, Hungary assumed the six-month rotating presidency of the EU for the first time.
Location: Central Europe, northwest of Romania
Country name conventional long form: Republic of Hungary
Country name conventional short form: Hungary
Country name former: Republic of Hungary
Age structure: 0-14 years: 14.9% (male 767,824/female 721,242); 15-64 years: 68.2% (male 3,361,538/female 3,444,450); 65 years and over: 16.9% (male 622,426/female 1,058,582) (2011 est.);
Death rate: 12.68 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)
Infant mortality rate: total: 5.31 deaths/1,000 live births; male: 5.57 deaths/1,000 live births; female: 5.04 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.);
Total fertility rate: 1.4 children born/woman (2011 est.);
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 3,000 (2009 est.);
Nationality: noun: Hungarian(s); adjective: Hungarian;
Ethnic groups: Hungarian 92.3%, Roma 1.9%, other or unknown 5.8% (2001 census);
Religions: Roman Catholic 51.9%, Calvinist 15.9%, Lutheran 3%, Greek Catholic 2.6%, other Christian 1%, other or unspecified 11.1%, unaffiliated 14.5% (2001 census);
Languages: Hungarian 93.6%, other or unspecified 6.4% (2001 census);
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write; total population: 99.4%; male: 99.5%; female: 99.3% (2003 est.);
GDP (purchasing power parity): $190 billion (2010 est.); $188.5 billion (2009 est.); $201.2 billion (2008 est.);
Labor force: 4.3 million (2010 est.);
Unemployment rate: 10.7% (2010 est.); 11.4% (2009 est.);
Budget: revenues: $63.1 billion; expenditures: $67.31 billion (2010 est.);
Industries: mining, metallurgy, construction materials, processed foods, textiles, chemicals (especially pharmaceuticals), motor vehicles;
Industrial production growth rate: 11% (2010 est.);
Electricity - production: 37.55 billion kWh (2010 est.);
Electricity - consumption: 42.7 billion kWh (2010 est.);
Electricity - exports: 4.703 billion kWh (2010 est.);
Electricity - imports: 9.879 billion kWh (2010 est.);
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#Ibiza, Featured, News
Kygo announced as Ushuaïa Ibiza's latest superstar resident
By We Rave You Staff
Ushuaïa Ibiza Beach Hotel have confirmed Norwegian-born producer, musician, and DJ Kygo as their latest superstar resident. It follows Ushuaïa's continuing run of star-studded residency announcements adding to the world-class resident line-up.
With the success of his exclusive three-part residency at Ushuaïa last year, the tropical and deep house artist returns to redefine Sunday nights on the party island. Commencing on 9th July at the number one open air club Kygo will be taking over decks every Sunday evening through until the 10th September. Chart-smashing phenomenon Kygo will conduct ten consecutive shows promising Ibiza visitors nothing short of spectacular.
Ushuaïa has certainly secured themselves a heavyweight when it comes to bringing the most sought after names to the world-renowned stage. Emerging on the scene with a remix of Ed Sheeran's – 'I See Fire', Kygo is the fastest artist to reach one billion streams on Spotify. The release of his album Cloud Nine last year shot the superstar to worldwide critical acclaim. His latest collaboration track 'It Ain't Me' featuring multi-platinum artist and actress Selena Gomez has racked up over 170 million streams on Spotify alone.
Kygo has toured the globe, played two back-to-back headline gigs at Hollywood Bowl, sold out shows at the Barclays Centre in New York City and last year performed at the closing ceremony of the Rio Olympics. It is all evident the music prodigy beacons an extraordinary international appeal.
The dedication to tie down the 'Firestone' star ensures Ushuaïa remain one step ahead of the game. It is also Ushuaïa's outstanding line-ups, sound, and visuals, cutting edge production and superb stage design that deliver an unparalleled experience for revelers. In addition, Kygo's tropical house sound will compliment the breathtaking vistas of the Balearic island.
Check out the below for the full Kygo show dates and click here for the full Ushuaïa calendar.
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I would have completed my 2010 running goals in late December but my bout with pneumonia got the best of me. Even during my recovery I was a bit diffident in terms of what I'd be capable of accomplishing as a runner. My weakened condition made me feel like I'd never run again like I had in the fourth quarter of '09 where I did my best running to date. After this weekend's runs I feel much better about what I could accomplish. I was reading fellow runner/blogger EZEthan's recent post if his 2010 running goals and it prompted me to focus on mine.
1. Fully transition to mid/front foot running style. I'm still very intrigued by the things I read in the book "Born to Run" about the Tarahumara running style. My father, who has been walking the streets of NYC for decades, told me that he's moved fully to a front foot walking style and is seeing great benefits. I'm right behind you Dad!
2. Raise at least $200 for charitable causes by donating per race mile.
3. PR in a race - preferably in a longer distance than 5K (but I'll happily take a new 5K PR!).
6. Participate in at least 5 races. Bonus points for running one in NYC.
I think my approach to running in 2010 will be less focused on competitiveness and more on perfecting my style and efficiency. I really want to consistently reach the state of fully pleasurable running. I think achieving that will be a gateway to longer distances (13.1 miles?). In the meantime the goals are set. I'm ready to start knocking them down.
One more thing - Runners's World just posted their top 100 running blogs for 2009. The Emerging Runner came in at #4!
Great Goal setting. I believe they will all be achievable for you. Congrats on the #4 blog. May one of your goals also include being healthy with no major ailments. Take care.
Thanks Kenley. You are so right - keeping healthy has to be the #1 goal.
Congrats on your blog coming in at #4!!!


Promotes skin rejuvenation and elasticity.
Botanical/Latin Name: Pogostemon cablin (Sweet Dark/High Alcohol Content).
Patchouli oil (Dark) from Indonesia has a lighter color than the patchouli from India. However, it is just as heady with subtle differences in aroma. Less sweet in character than the Indian patchouli, it is an excellent single note perfume oil.
We have confirmed the Patchouli Alcohol content at 33 percent.
An aphrodisiac and mild sedative, Patchouli oil is one of the most relaxing, grounding and earthy scents in aromatherapy.
A powerful attraction oil, inhalation of this oil can leave you feeling breathless.
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Q: Canvas and Apache Permission denied I'm setting up a test server for canvas-LMS. However when I try to access it after following all the steps in the production start guide to install all the requirements and do all the initial setup I get the terrible "You don't have permission to access / on this server."
The default site that apache provides worked fine but when i registered canvas I got the error. Here is my /etc/apache2/sites-available/canvas:
<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName canvas.example.com
  ServerAlias files.canvas.example.com
  ServerAdmin youremail@example.com
  DocumentRoot /var/canvas/public
  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} !=https
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/health_check
  RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L]
 ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/canvas_errors.log
  LogLevel warn
  CustomLog /var/log/apache2/canvas_access.log combined
  SetEnv RAILS_ENV production
  <Directory /var/canvas/public>
    Allow from all
    Options -MultiViews
  </Directory>
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:443>
  ServerName canvas.example.com
  ServerAlias files.canvas.example.com
  ServerAdmin example@example.com
  DocumentRoot /var/canvas/public
  ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/canvas_errors.log
  LogLevel warn
  CustomLog /var/log/apache2/canvas_ssl_access.log combined
  SSLEngine on
  BrowserMatch "MSIE [2-6]" nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown downgrade-1.0 force-response-1.0
  BrowserMatch "MSIE [17-9]" ssl-unclean-shutdown
  # the following ssl certificate files are generated for you from the ssl-cert package.
  SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem
  SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key
  SetEnv RAILS_ENV production
  <Directory /var/canvas/public>
    Allow from all
    Options -MultiViews
  </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

This is the default file. I haven't changed anything at all.
The start guide: https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms/wiki/Production-Start
I'm newish to apache so any help is appreciated! Thanks!

A: From my experience with both Rails/Passenger and dealing directly with Canvas, it doesn't sound to me like the request is being handled by Passenger, and as a result, is trying to pull the directory listing of /var/canvas/public, which is likely disabled based on the error you're getting.
I would double check that the Passenger module is actually being loaded; you should be ale to confirm with:
apachectl -t -D DUMP_MODULES
You should see something along the lines of "passenger_module (shared)" - if you'll need to ensure it is loaded. If you do see it, you'll want to make sure that it is properly configured (you may need to set the PassengerRoot and PassengerDefaultRuby directives, depending on your deployment). You may want to revisit the Production Start docs section regarding this for a bit more detail.
Let me know if you're still having trouble; I'm somewhat familiar with dealing with Canvas.
edit:
If Passenger is in fact loaded but still showing a blank page, it could be that, as I mentioned before, there are some missing Passenger configuration directives. I can duplicate the behavior you're describing by comment out PassengerDefaultRuby and PassengerRoot directives from my passenger.conf. The path you'll want to see these to will vary by your system/deployment method, but to give you an idea, here is what mine looks like on a cPanel sandbox server using RVM:
PassengerRoot /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448/gems/passenger-4.0.19
PassengerDefaultRuby /usr/local/rvm/wrappers/ruby-1.9.3-p448/ruby
You should be able to get the ideal settings for these directives by re-running passenger-install-apache2-module - it should give you the directives on the output.
You can see a bit more about these directives in the Passenger docs.
I could be off base here, but it sounds like this might be your issue.


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Students can now directly apply for double majors at NUS
February 28, 2017 fasswebmaster FASS in the News
Channel NewsAsia Online
This was a report on new education-related initiatives that NUS will be introducing in the new academic year. Students looking to study at NUS can directly apply to about 70 new combinations of Double Major or Major-Minor combinations spread across 16 subject areas in Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, as well as Science and Technology. Professor Tan Eng Chye, NUS Deputy President (Academic Affairs) and Provost noted that to be an effective contributor in the workplace of the future, graduates need to develop deep expertise in more than one core discipline. He added that the University saw students gaining knowledge in multiple fields in recent years, often outside of their core disciplines. Therefore, to encourage students to expand their domain expertise, NUS has developed a broad suite of combinations for students doing a single-degree major to pursue a second major or a minor. Prof Tan also highlighted that the new combinations have been structured such that students will be able to complete all modules within four years.
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Live screening of Hacking the Wild premiere on 16th Feb
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CNM's Dr Andrew Quitmeyer is starring in Discovery Channel's 'Hacking the Wild' series, which premieres this month. Watch the trailer here https://goo.gl/xLC516
Dr Quitmeyer is hosting a live screening of the first show on 16 Feb 2017, 11am at LT 7A, Building 36.
To read more on his research and for details of the screening head over here
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Which industries are vulnerable to the 'sharing economy'? (Opinion, Page A22)
February 9, 2017 February 9, 2017 fasswebmaster FASS in the News
This was an article contribution by Distinguished Professor Ivan Png from the Department of Strategy and Policy at NUS Business School and the Department of Economics at NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Prof Png shared his views of the sense and nonsense of the "sharing economy", citing Uber as an example.
The article is part of a monthly series "Ask: NUS Economists" by the NUS Department of Economics. Each month, a panel will address a topical issue.
The pros and cons of US withdrawal from TPP (Opinion, Page A20)
In today's edition of The Straits Times, there was an article contribution by Associate Professor Shin Jang-Sup from the Department of Economics at NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Assoc Prof Shin noted that history tells us that the freest trade does not necessarily guarantee maximum growth of the world economy. He opined that it also tells us that the launch of the World Trade Organization regime and various other initiatives to further liberalise the world economy, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) had, at best, a marginal effect on global economic growth. He added that in this respect, US President Donald Trump's dumping of TPP and his intended revisions of other trade agreements would not have strong negative effects on the world economy.
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Guard against gig economy creating permanent underclass (Opinion, Page A21)
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This was an article contribution by Associate Professor Irene Ng, who is from the Department of Social Work at NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Director of the Social Service Research Centre at NUS; and Professor Lim Sun Sun, Head of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at SUTD. The authors discussed the challenges that arise from gig economy employment of low-wage workers.
They noted that without the security of an organisation that provides employment benefits such as healthcare, insurance and skills upgrading, low-wage workers' gig economy employment offers limited social mobility. They opined that on the low-wage, low-skills end, the gig economy is really more of a chore economy manned by people performing chores that the wealthy seek to outsource. To avoid entrenching people within the chore economy, the authors also highlighted the need to implement policy safeguards that can offer these low-wage workers the advantages of long-term employment, and public education to apprise them of the value of upskilling.
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It was reported that Ms Nur Diyanah Razali, a final year student from the Department of Malay Studies at NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Science, is now working on her thesis on Malay theatre for her final year studies. Ms Diyanah attributed her love for Malay theatre to her participation in Semarak Temasek, a Malay theatre competition, when she was in junior college.
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After collapsing at his job and spending a week in a hospital, Thomas Strathmann of Bozeman, Mont., left with a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes and two boxes of insulin. He was told they would last "a few days," he remembers. The next box would cost between $500 and $600. He was 28 and uninsured.
An emergency mental health clinician, Strathmann earned just enough to not qualify for Medicaid and says he couldn't afford a plan on the Healthcare Marketplace ("Obamacare"). He turned to the same local nonprofit health service to which he referred clients. The organization offers single-use insulin "pens," charging on a sliding scale according to income. For the last three years, he's bought boxes that contain five pens each at $10 a box. The supply is supposed to last five days. He is unsure what he would do if the charity closed or he became ineligible for the program.
"I can't describe this situation where you are required to have something to live and can only have as much as it as you can get at any one time," Strathmann says.
Out of concern that something will interrupt his supply, he has started skipping doses and stockpiling pens.
One of four people with diabetes in America have rationed insulin, according to a Yale University study released in December. The cost of diabetes medicines has increased exponentially in the last 20 years, forcing patients to struggle with out-of-pocket expenses. One study, published in JAMA, showed that the price of insulin as charged at the pharmacy tripled from 2002 to 2013.
It's continued to skyrocket since. A study from the Health Care Cost Institute, published last month, measured a spike from 2012 to 2016 in terms of how much is spent on Americans with type 1 diabetes (by insurance companies, governments, or patients as a total). It doubled from an average of $2,864 per patient in 2012 to $5,705 in 2016.
To cover these costs, some diabetics are skimping on insulin. "I hear about it once a week," says Kevin Codorniz, M.D., medical director of diabetes treatment at Loma Linda University Health in Southern California. "Their share of cost is so high that it's prohibitive for them" to take the amount prescribed.
David Nathan, M.D., director of the Diabetes Center at Massachusetts General Hospital, says he's heard from patients struggling to afford $300 to $500 a month in out-of-pocket expenses. Some tell him they skip dosages. "I assume [others] are embarrassed to tell me," Nathan says. It's the prideful or shy patients he worries most about.
The results of insulin rationing can be deadly. In February of 2017, Shane Patrick Boyle died of diabetic ketoacidosis in Arkansas, shortly after aging out of the Obamacare provision that allowed him to stay on a parent's insurance plan until age 26, and after failing to raise enough for a month's supply of insulin on GoFundMe. In another publicized case, Alec Smith, a Minnesota restaurant manager with type 1 diabetes, also departing his parents' insurance plan at 26, died while looking for affordable insurance options.
Insulin has been used since the 1920s and has been produced in roughly the same way for decades — harvesting it from an animal pancreas or using recombinant DNA techniques to create and extract it from bacteria. There have been some new products for diabetes, such as insulin pumps and longer-lasting drugs, but most of these are for unique or severe cases or people with high-quality health coverage. Most patients use basic forms of insulin that have existed for decades, according to Dr. Codorniz, with pharmaceutical companies making tweaks to the medication or delivery process to maintain patents.
Some patients have blamed drug manufacturers for inflating the prices. In 2017, people with diabetes filed a class action lawsuit against Sanofi, Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly in a Massachusetts court, accusing the three companies of working in "lock step" to increase prices of their nearly identical products. In 2018, the attorney general of Minnesota filed suit against the same three companies, accusing them of raising insulin prices in cahoots.
Eli Lilly has responded to the fury by manufacturing an "authorized generic" version of their insulin Humalog for $137, half the price of its usual cost and opening a "solution center" where patients can call to ask about lower-cost options.
Dr. Codorniz warns it's "a complicated matter; it's not just the drug companies being greedy." He said many have offered low-income and underinsured patients rebate coupons, but these rebates often have the effect of driving up copays for consumers.
The American Diabetes Association has spoken out against the rise in costs and made policy proposals, including streamlining the process to get Food and Drug Administration approval for generic versions of insulin medications, guaranteeing pricing transparency, and increasing access all around. The organization has also created a guidecontaining suggestions and resources for anyone struggling to afford insulin.


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US Christian Leader: Israel Should Reach Out to African-Americans
Michael Freund, The Jerusalem, June 20, 2004
A prominent Christian broadcaster and African-American leader is calling on Israel to make a more concerted effort to reach out to blacks and other minority groups in the United States in order to improve its image and boost its standing among different sectors of the American public. "I think you have a natural ally in terms of African-Americans as a group in the United States," said Pastor Glenn R. Plummer, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Religious Broadcasters Association, which represents over 1,700 Christian television, radio and other media in the United States. "I don't know that there is a lot of effort being made in that direction. I think there is a lot of room for improvement in terms of reaching out to those groups by Israel," Plummer said in a radio interview conducted in Jerusalem on behalf ofthe America's Voices in Israel program. A resident of Detroit, the 49-year old Christian evangelical leader is here on his second visit, and he says that one of his reasons for doing so is to learn more about Israel's rescue of Ethiopian Jews.
"As an African-American myself, I am intrigued and I have been amazed by this story,"Plummer said, "It is a fascinating story of how Israel went there, took out seats on these huge planes, put all these people in them and brought them here. I never knew this story until I came here," he said. Plummer seemed impressed that Ethiopia's black Jews had been welcomed in Israel with open arms. "As a black from America, we sometimes think in polarized terms of black and white," he said. "The divisions and polarizations that are in America, that is not their experience here, which was very refreshing for somebody like me to hear." Plummer believesthat the story behind Israel's absorption of the Ethiopians needs to be more widely disseminated in the United States. "It is something I think that our country needs to hear, that African Americans need to hear. I think that it will heighten the commitment of a whole group in our country who love the Bible but are not necessarily jointed yet with Israel, and I am personally driven to see that happen."
Plummer noted with pride the widespread support that Israel enjoys among Christians throughout the United States. "Aside from Jewish organizations, I would venture to say I don't think there is another group in America that is more outspokenly supportive of the State of Israel than evangelical Christians." The underlying reason for this support, he said, was not a desire to proselytize. "I think there is genuine love in the hearts of Americans, particularly among the evangelicals, for the nation of Israel, for the Land of Israel and for the people of Israel." "Not to have a passionate love for the Jewish people just does not make sense," he asserted, pointing out that Jesus and his disciples were all Jews.
Asked about recent strains in black-Jewish relations in the United States, Plummer said he thinks that at least part of the problem stems from certain African-American political leaders,"who have taken the position that Israel is now the Goliath and the Palestinians are the Davids They have painted this picture of Israel being the oppressor." "Maybe they are just ignorant of the facts, but that is hard for me to believe," he said, adding that, "As an African-American leader I feel very differently." One of the emotional highlights of his visit, Plummer said, was going to the Old City of Jerusalem and seeing the Temple Mount. Being here, he said, has been "a wonderful experience. It has revived inside of me the desire to see others come and visit Israel".
Preferring not to comment on Israel's internal political situation, Plummer did have one piece of advice for Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and for all Israelis. "Don't quit, don't give up, don't back down. You may be tired, but continue to be strong and be courageous, remember who your real strength is. You are Israel!" "Your strength," he concluded, "is in the G-d of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. He will never forsake you."