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Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Minute Books, 1827-2001
The processing of this collection was made possible through generous funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, administered through the Council on Library and Information Resources' "Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives" Project.
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Repository: Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Title: Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Minute Books
Quantity: 7.3 Linear feet (27 containers)
Abstract The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) was founded on November 24, 1827 by fifty-three prominent Philadelphians; among them Horace Binney, David Landreth Jr., William Davidson, George Pepper, Nicolas Biddle and Moses Brown. Emulating similar societies existing in England at the time, the men formed their Society to promote "a highly instructive and interesting science for the purpose of improving the growth of vegetables, plants, trees, fruits and flowers." Since that time, the Society and its membership has fostered "...an appreciation of plants, acquiring scientific knowledge about them, disseminating horticultural information, and involving the public in gardening and beautifying the City of Philadelphia." More recently, the Society has worked specifically to beautify the city and help realize William Penn's founding vision for Philadelphia to be a "greene countrie towne." This is a collection of meeting minutes of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. The collection contains twenty-seven volumes of recorded meeting minutes that date from 1827 to 2001. The minutes document the business activities and projects undertaken by the Society. The volumes include reports from standing and special committees, department and project reports, and lists of premiums and awards. In addition to reports from committees, the minute books contain some announcements of events, correspondence, and a list of awards.
Identification: 2010.03
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This is a collection of minutes of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. The collection contains twenty-seven volumes of recorded meeting minutes that date from 1827 to 2001. The minutes document the business activities and projects undertaken by the Society. The volumes include reports from standing and special committees, department and project reports, and lists of monetary prizes called premiums and awards. In addition to reports from committees, the minute books contain some announcements of events, correspondence, and a list of awards.
The original numbering for the minute books has been maintained in the volume titles. The volume originally labeled volume two presumably spanning the years 1837 to 1842 is missing from the records. Additionally, volume twenty is presented in its full form but there is also an untitled, partial duplicate of this volume. Earlier volumes of minutes taken at meetings held at the American Philosophical Society and the Franklin Institute contain information that is more explicitly scientific than later volumes. Discussions focus mainly on the scientific study of plant life including areas such as cultivating and sharing new specimens. Committees from this early period of the Society included Plants and Flowers, New Plants, Fruits, and Vegetables. Minutes from later volumes focus more on advocacy and community outreach within the greater Philadelphia area, as well as general business matters, fundraising, events planning and membership development. Committees from later years include Finance, Library Building, and Flower Show (as well committees for other events). The minute books discuss numerous events in the history of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, including the takeover of the Philadelphia Flower Show from Flower Show, Inc. and the acquisition of a new headquarters. Other topics of interest include the mission of the McLean Library, the Preview Dinner set up, and Flower Show reports and attendance.
The minutes in this collection would be especially useful for studies of horticultural societies, local history and environmental and social issues.
Biographical/Historical note
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) was founded on November 24, 1827 by fifty-three prominent Philadelphians; among them, Horace Binney, David Landreth Jr., William Davidson, George Pepper, Nicolas Biddle and Moses Brown. Emulating similar societies existing in England at the time, the men formed their Society to promote "a highly instructive and interesting science for the purpose of improving the growth of vegetables, plants, trees, fruits and flowers." Since that time, the Society and its membership has fostered "...an appreciation of plants, acquiring scientific knowledge about them, disseminating horticultural information, and involving the public in gardening and beautifying the City of Philadelphia" (Ball, A Celebrated History..." p. 9). In fact, more recently, the Society has worked specifically to beautify the city and help realize William Penn's founding vision for Philadelphia to be a "greene countrie towne."
In the beginning, PHS membership (which did not include women until 1835) actively participated in the effort to promote horticulture in a few ways. At meetings, they displayed new technologies, exchanged seeds, propagated new plants, corresponded with European horticultural groups, and hosted wine tastings. In November 1828, PHS held its first flower show. The following year, at the Masonic Hall, it hosted the first ever public flower show in America at which the poinsettia was introduced in the United States. In 1836, PHS introduced sugar beet seeds to the United States. The Society hosted annual Harvest Shows beginning in 1832 and intermittent Spring Shows until 1871, at which point they were made an annual part of PHS programming.
Throughout its history, membership and membership dues played a vital role in the Society's finances and activities. Overall, PHS witnessed a steady increase in membership over time (from fifty-three members at its founding to 17,000 members in 2010); however, there were periods of significant decline, especially during wartime that severely weakened the Society's finances. It was during these periods that the Society found new ways to expand its programming, ultimately growing its membership. For example, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society established, around the time of the Civil War, a Woman's Committee to campaign for new members. Shortly thereafter, PHS instituted a formal lecture series. In the late 1910s and 1920s, Society President James Boyd reached out to amateur gardeners and created an alliance with the Flower Show of the Main Line. A library and reading room was also established. The Philadelphia Horticultural Society officially established the Philadelphia Flower Show together with the Florists' Club in 1923. Since its establishment, the annual Philadelphia Flower Show has grown to be the largest indoor flower show in the world. Other activities established in the 1920s included competitive flower shows, trips and member garden tours. Membership benefits at that time also included a subscription to the magazine "Horticulture."
The mid to late twentieth century was equally as productive. True to its mission to preserve Philadelphia as a "greene countrie towne," PHS activities focused on planting gardens throughout the city and involving the community at large. In 1953, PHS planted the azalea garden in Fairmount Park and presented it to the city. In 1974, PHS established the "Community Vegetable Garden Program," encouraging people to make productive use of vacant lots in their neighborhoods. This program eventually evolved into the nationally regarded "Philadelphia Green," which focused more generally on neighborhood beautification, including vacant lot clean up, planting vegetable and flower gardens, and sidewalk trees, as well as the provision of items such as public garbage receptacles.
PHS has benefitted from at least five strong and productive leaders. The first, William Shaffer, was president from 1867 to 1884 and brought the Society back from near financial ruin due to a drop in membership, among other things. He gave generously, restored the annual Spring and Harvest Shows, formed the Women's Committee, and revived a program of monthly exhibits. James Boyd was president from 1919 to 1929, and established the Philadelphia Flower Show, re-wrote the Society's by-laws to change PHS from a professional to an amateur organization, and restructured the budget to generate more income. Frederick C. Stout, who from 1929 to 1950 led the Society with the help of Secretary John C. Wister, built up membership, organized the program "Garden Days," involved PHS in the newly formed Pennsylvania Federation of Garden Clubs, and increased annual income to $36,000. Ernesta Ballard, who started her work for the Society as a volunteer, became the first paid president of PHS in 1973. She instituted the Philadelphia Flower Show Preview Dinner, which benefitted the Community Vegetable Garden Program. Jane Pepper assumed presidency in 1981. During her tenure, the Philadelphia Flower Show was made the largest indoor flower show in the world, the library's holdings grew, and by 1993, the "Greene Countrie Towne" initiative was underway.
The Horticultural Society has occupied several homes since its 1827 founding. It held its first meetings at the Franklin Institute, the American Philosophical Society, the Athenaeum and a few other locations throughout the city. In 1867, it built Horticultural Hall at Broad and Lardner Streets. In 1917, due to poor finances, PHS sold the building and moved to an office in the Finance Building on South Penn Square. From 1923 to 1946, PHS was housed in offices in the new Insurance Company of North America Building at 1600 Arch Street. From 1946 to 1964, it occupied office space above Suburban Station. In 1964, PHS joined with the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture in order to move into a historical row house in the Society Hill neighborhood, which was being included in the Independence National Historical Park. As of 2010, PHS resides at 100 N. 20th Street.
Ball, Liz. "A Celebrated History: 175 Years of Philadelphia Horticultural Society." Green Scene, December 2002, pp. 8-14.
Ball, Liz. "Growing Bigger and Better by Year." Pennsylvania Heritage, Spring 2001.
Peeples, Edwin A. "Summary for a Sesqui." Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Philadelphia: 1977.
Philadelphia (Pa.)
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The processing of this collection was made possible through generous funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, administered through the Council on Library and Information Resources' "Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives" Project.
This collection was minimally processed in 2009-2011, as part of an experimental project conducted under the auspices of the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries to help eliminate processing backlog in Philadelphia repositories. A minimally processed collection is one processed at a less intensive rate than traditionally thought necessary to make a collection ready for use by researchers. When citing sources from this collection, researchers are advised to defer to folder titles provided in the finding aid rather than those provided on the physical folder.
Employing processing strategies outlined in Mark Greene's and Dennis Meissner's 2005 article, More Product, Less Process: Revamping Traditional Processing Approaches to Deal With Late 20th-Century Collections, the project team tested the limits of minimal processing on collections of all types and ages, in 23 Philadelphia area repositories. A primary goal of the project, the team processed at an average rate of 2-3 hours per linear foot of records, a fraction of the time ordinarily reserved for the arrangement and description of collections. Among other time saving strategies, the project team did not extensively review the content of the collections, replace acidic folders or complete any preservation work.
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society: Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Public Relations and Marketing Department image collection, 1958-2005; Pennsylvania Horticultural Society records, 1791-2006.
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Minute Books, 1827-2001 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society minute books, 1827-2001 Finding aid prepared by Megan Atkinson and Christiana Dobrzynski Grippe The processing of this collection was made possible through generous funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, administered through the Council on Library and Information Resources' "Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives" Project. Pennsylvania Horticultural Society McLean Library 100 N. 20th Street Philadelphia, PA, 19103 215-988-8782 mcleanlibrary@pennhort.org 2010.11.16 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Minute Books 2010.03 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society English 7.3 Linear feet (27 containers) 1827-2001 The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) was founded on November 24, 1827 by fifty-three prominent Philadelphians; among them Horace Binney, David Landreth Jr., William Davidson, George Pepper, Nicolas Biddle and Moses Brown. Emulating similar societies existing in England at the time, the men formed their Society to promote "a highly instructive and interesting science for the purpose of improving the growth of vegetables, plants, trees, fruits and flowers." Since that time, the Society and its membership has fostered "...an appreciation of plants, acquiring scientific knowledge about them, disseminating horticultural information, and involving the public in gardening and beautifying the City of Philadelphia." More recently, the Society has worked specifically to beautify the city and help realize William Penn's founding vision for Philadelphia to be a "greene countrie towne." This is a collection of meeting minutes of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. The collection contains twenty-seven volumes of recorded meeting minutes that date from 1827 to 2001. The minutes document the business activities and projects undertaken by the Society. The volumes include reports from standing and special committees, department and project reports, and lists of premiums and awards. In addition to reports from committees, the minute books contain some announcements of events, correspondence, and a list of awards. RBR Conditions Governing Access note This collection is open for research use. Preferred Citation note [Description and date of item], [Box and folder number], Pennsylvania Horticultural Society minute books, 1827-2001, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society McLean Library. Scope and Contents note This is a collection of minutes of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. The collection contains twenty-seven volumes of recorded meeting minutes that date from 1827 to 2001. The minutes document the business activities and projects undertaken by the Society. The volumes include reports from standing and special committees, department and project reports, and lists of monetary prizes called premiums and awards. In addition to reports from committees, the minute books contain some announcements of events, correspondence, and a list of awards. The original numbering for the minute books has been maintained in the volume titles. The volume originally labeled volume two presumably spanning the years 1837 to 1842 is missing from the records. Additionally, volume twenty is presented in its full form but there is also an untitled, partial duplicate of this volume. Earlier volumes of minutes taken at meetings held at the American Philosophical Society and the Franklin Institute contain information that is more explicitly scientific than later volumes. Discussions focus mainly on the scientific study of plant life including areas such as cultivating and sharing new specimens. Committees from this early period of the Society included Plants and Flowers, New Plants, Fruits, and Vegetables. Minutes from later volumes focus more on advocacy and community outreach within the greater Philadelphia area, as well as general business matters, fundraising, events planning and membership development. Committees from later years include Finance, Library Building, and Flower Show (as well committees for other events). The minute books discuss numerous events in the history of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, including the takeover of the Philadelphia Flower Show from Flower Show, Inc. and the acquisition of a new headquarters. Other topics of interest include the mission of the McLean Library, the Preview Dinner set up, and Flower Show reports and attendance. The minutes in this collection would be especially useful for studies of horticultural societies, local history and environmental and social issues. Biographical/Historical note The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) was founded on November 24, 1827 by fifty-three prominent Philadelphians; among them, Horace Binney, David Landreth Jr., William Davidson, George Pepper, Nicolas Biddle and Moses Brown. Emulating similar societies existing in England at the time, the men formed their Society to promote "a highly instructive and interesting science for the purpose of improving the growth of vegetables, plants, trees, fruits and flowers." Since that time, the Society and its membership has fostered "...an appreciation of plants, acquiring scientific knowledge about them, disseminating horticultural information, and involving the public in gardening and beautifying the City of Philadelphia" (Ball, A Celebrated History..." p. 9). In fact, more recently, the Society has worked specifically to beautify the city and help realize William Penn's founding vision for Philadelphia to be a "greene countrie towne." In the beginning, PHS membership (which did not include women until 1835) actively participated in the effort to promote horticulture in a few ways. At meetings, they displayed new technologies, exchanged seeds, propagated new plants, corresponded with European horticultural groups, and hosted wine tastings. In November 1828, PHS held its first flower show. The following year, at the Masonic Hall, it hosted the first ever public flower show in America at which the poinsettia was introduced in the United States. In 1836, PHS introduced sugar beet seeds to the United States. The Society hosted annual Harvest Shows beginning in 1832 and intermittent Spring Shows until 1871, at which point they were made an annual part of PHS programming. Throughout its history, membership and membership dues played a vital role in the Society's finances and activities. Overall, PHS witnessed a steady increase in membership over time (from fifty-three members at its founding to 17,000 members in 2010); however, there were periods of significant decline, especially during wartime that severely weakened the Society's finances. It was during these periods that the Society found new ways to expand its programming, ultimately growing its membership. For example, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society established, around the time of the Civil War, a Woman's Committee to campaign for new members. Shortly thereafter, PHS instituted a formal lecture series. In the late 1910s and 1920s, Society President James Boyd reached out to amateur gardeners and created an alliance with the Flower Show of the Main Line. A library and reading room was also established. The Philadelphia Horticultural Society officially established the Philadelphia Flower Show together with the Florists' Club in 1923. Since its establishment, the annual Philadelphia Flower Show has grown to be the largest indoor flower show in the world. Other activities established in the 1920s included competitive flower shows, trips and member garden tours. Membership benefits at that time also included a subscription to the magazine "Horticulture." The mid to late twentieth century was equally as productive. True to its mission to preserve Philadelphia as a "greene countrie towne," PHS activities focused on planting gardens throughout the city and involving the community at large. In 1953, PHS planted the azalea garden in Fairmount Park and presented it to the city. In 1974, PHS established the "Community Vegetable Garden Program," encouraging people to make productive use of vacant lots in their neighborhoods. This program eventually evolved into the nationally regarded "Philadelphia Green," which focused more generally on neighborhood beautification, including vacant lot clean up, planting vegetable and flower gardens, and sidewalk trees, as well as the provision of items such as public garbage receptacles. PHS has benefitted from at least five strong and productive leaders. The first, William Shaffer, was president from 1867 to 1884 and brought the Society back from near financial ruin due to a drop in membership, among other things. He gave generously, restored the annual Spring and Harvest Shows, formed the Women's Committee, and revived a program of monthly exhibits. James Boyd was president from 1919 to 1929, and established the Philadelphia Flower Show, re-wrote the Society's by-laws to change PHS from a professional to an amateur organization, and restructured the budget to generate more income. Frederick C. Stout, who from 1929 to 1950 led the Society with the help of Secretary John C. Wister, built up membership, organized the program "Garden Days," involved PHS in the newly formed Pennsylvania Federation of Garden Clubs, and increased annual income to $36,000. Ernesta Ballard, who started her work for the Society as a volunteer, became the first paid president of PHS in 1973. She instituted the Philadelphia Flower Show Preview Dinner, which benefitted the Community Vegetable Garden Program. Jane Pepper assumed presidency in 1981. During her tenure, the Philadelphia Flower Show was made the largest indoor flower show in the world, the library's holdings grew, and by 1993, the "Greene Countrie Towne" initiative was underway. The Horticultural Society has occupied several homes since its 1827 founding. It held its first meetings at the Franklin Institute, the American Philosophical Society, the Athenaeum and a few other locations throughout the city. In 1867, it built Horticultural Hall at Broad and Lardner Streets. In 1917, due to poor finances, PHS sold the building and moved to an office in the Finance Building on South Penn Square. From 1923 to 1946, PHS was housed in offices in the new Insurance Company of North America Building at 1600 Arch Street. From 1946 to 1964, it occupied office space above Suburban Station. In 1964, PHS joined with the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture in order to move into a historical row house in the Society Hill neighborhood, which was being included in the Independence National Historical Park. As of 2010, PHS resides at 100 N. 20th Street. Bibliography: Ball, Liz. "A Celebrated History: 175 Years of Philadelphia Horticultural Society." Green Scene , December 2002, pp. 8-14. Ball, Liz. "Growing Bigger and Better by Year." Pennsylvania Heritage , Spring 2001. Peeples, Edwin A. "Summary for a Sesqui." Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Philadelphia: 1977. Index Terms Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Horticulture Flower shows Flowers Minutes Reports Gardening Correspondence Philadelphia (Pa.) Related Archival Materials note Pennsylvania Horticultural Society: Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Public Relations and Marketing Department image collection, 1958-2005; Pennsylvania Horticultural Society records, 1791-2006. Conditions Governing Use note Copyright restrictions may apply. Please contact the Archives with requests for copying and for authorization to publish, quote or reproduce the material.
Title Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Minute Books
Subject Correspondence; Flower shows; Flowers; Gardening; Horticulture; Minutes; Pennsylvania Horticultural Society; Philadelphia (Pa.); Reports
Description The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) was founded on November 24, 1827 by fifty-three prominent Philadelphians; among them Horace Binney, David Landreth Jr., William Davidson, George Pepper, Nicolas Biddle and Moses Brown. Emulating similar societies existing in England at the time, the men formed their Society to promote "a highly instructive and interesting science for the purpose of improving the growth of vegetables, plants, trees, fruits and flowers." Since that time, the Society and its membership has fostered "...an appreciation of plants, acquiring scientific knowledge about them, disseminating horticultural information, and involving the public in gardening and beautifying the City of Philadelphia." More recently, the Society has worked specifically to beautify the city and help realize William Penn's founding vision for Philadelphia to be a "greene countrie towne." This is a collection of meeting minutes of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. The collection contains twenty-seven volumes of recorded meeting minutes that date from 1827 to 2001. The minutes document the business activities and projects undertaken by the Society. The volumes include reports from standing and special committees, department and project reports, and lists of premiums and awards. In addition to reports from committees, the minute books contain some announcements of events, correspondence, and a list of awards
Date 1827; 1828; 1829; 1830; 1831; 1832; 1833; 1834; 1835; 1836; 1837; 1838; 1839; 1840; 1841; 1842; 1843; 1844; 1845; 1846; 1847; 1848; 1849; 1850; 1851; 1852; 1853; 1854; 1855; 1856; 1857; 1858; 1859; 1860; 1861; 1862; 1863; 1864; 1865; 1866; 1867; 1868; 1869; 1870; 1871; 1872; 1873; 1874; 1875; 1876; 1877; 1878; 1879; 1880; 1881; 1882; 1883; 1884; 1885; 1886; 1887; 1888; 1889; 1890; 1891; 1892; 1893; 1894; 1895; 1896; 1897; 1898; 1899; 1900; 1901; 1902; 1903; 1904; 1905; 1906; 1907; 1908; 1909; 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919; 1920; 1921; 1922; 1923; 1924; 1925; 1926; 1927; 1928; 1929; 1930; 1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970; 1971; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1976; 1977; 1978; 1979; 1980; 1981; 1982; 1983; 1984; 1985; 1986; 1987; 1988; 1989; 1990; 1991; 1992; 1993; 1994; 1995; 1996; 1997; 1998; 1999; 2000; 2001
Rights Copyright restrictions may apply. Please contact the Archives with requests for copying and for authorization to publish, quote or reproduce the material
Contributing Institution Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
Sponsorship This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education
Full Text Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Minute Books, 1827-2001 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society minute books, 1827-2001 Finding aid prepared by Megan Atkinson and Christiana Dobrzynski Grippe The processing of this collection was made possible through generous funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, administered through the Council on Library and Information Resources' "Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives" Project. Pennsylvania Horticultural Society McLean Library 100 N. 20th Street Philadelphia, PA, 19103 215-988-8782 mcleanlibrary@pennhort.org 2010.11.16 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Minute Books 2010.03 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society English 7.3 Linear feet (27 containers) 1827-2001 The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) was founded on November 24, 1827 by fifty-three prominent Philadelphians; among them Horace Binney, David Landreth Jr., William Davidson, George Pepper, Nicolas Biddle and Moses Brown. Emulating similar societies existing in England at the time, the men formed their Society to promote "a highly instructive and interesting science for the purpose of improving the growth of vegetables, plants, trees, fruits and flowers." Since that time, the Society and its membership has fostered "...an appreciation of plants, acquiring scientific knowledge about them, disseminating horticultural information, and involving the public in gardening and beautifying the City of Philadelphia." More recently, the Society has worked specifically to beautify the city and help realize William Penn's founding vision for Philadelphia to be a "greene countrie towne." This is a collection of meeting minutes of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. The collection contains twenty-seven volumes of recorded meeting minutes that date from 1827 to 2001. The minutes document the business activities and projects undertaken by the Society. The volumes include reports from standing and special committees, department and project reports, and lists of premiums and awards. In addition to reports from committees, the minute books contain some announcements of events, correspondence, and a list of awards. RBR Conditions Governing Access note This collection is open for research use. Preferred Citation note [Description and date of item], [Box and folder number], Pennsylvania Horticultural Society minute books, 1827-2001, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society McLean Library. Scope and Contents note This is a collection of minutes of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. The collection contains twenty-seven volumes of recorded meeting minutes that date from 1827 to 2001. The minutes document the business activities and projects undertaken by the Society. The volumes include reports from standing and special committees, department and project reports, and lists of monetary prizes called premiums and awards. In addition to reports from committees, the minute books contain some announcements of events, correspondence, and a list of awards. The original numbering for the minute books has been maintained in the volume titles. The volume originally labeled volume two presumably spanning the years 1837 to 1842 is missing from the records. Additionally, volume twenty is presented in its full form but there is also an untitled, partial duplicate of this volume. Earlier volumes of minutes taken at meetings held at the American Philosophical Society and the Franklin Institute contain information that is more explicitly scientific than later volumes. Discussions focus mainly on the scientific study of plant life including areas such as cultivating and sharing new specimens. Committees from this early period of the Society included Plants and Flowers, New Plants, Fruits, and Vegetables. Minutes from later volumes focus more on advocacy and community outreach within the greater Philadelphia area, as well as general business matters, fundraising, events planning and membership development. Committees from later years include Finance, Library Building, and Flower Show (as well committees for other events). The minute books discuss numerous events in the history of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, including the takeover of the Philadelphia Flower Show from Flower Show, Inc. and the acquisition of a new headquarters. Other topics of interest include the mission of the McLean Library, the Preview Dinner set up, and Flower Show reports and attendance. The minutes in this collection would be especially useful for studies of horticultural societies, local history and environmental and social issues. Biographical/Historical note The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) was founded on November 24, 1827 by fifty-three prominent Philadelphians; among them, Horace Binney, David Landreth Jr., William Davidson, George Pepper, Nicolas Biddle and Moses Brown. Emulating similar societies existing in England at the time, the men formed their Society to promote "a highly instructive and interesting science for the purpose of improving the growth of vegetables, plants, trees, fruits and flowers." Since that time, the Society and its membership has fostered "...an appreciation of plants, acquiring scientific knowledge about them, disseminating horticultural information, and involving the public in gardening and beautifying the City of Philadelphia" (Ball, A Celebrated History..." p. 9). In fact, more recently, the Society has worked specifically to beautify the city and help realize William Penn's founding vision for Philadelphia to be a "greene countrie towne." In the beginning, PHS membership (which did not include women until 1835) actively participated in the effort to promote horticulture in a few ways. At meetings, they displayed new technologies, exchanged seeds, propagated new plants, corresponded with European horticultural groups, and hosted wine tastings. In November 1828, PHS held its first flower show. The following year, at the Masonic Hall, it hosted the first ever public flower show in America at which the poinsettia was introduced in the United States. In 1836, PHS introduced sugar beet seeds to the United States. The Society hosted annual Harvest Shows beginning in 1832 and intermittent Spring Shows until 1871, at which point they were made an annual part of PHS programming. Throughout its history, membership and membership dues played a vital role in the Society's finances and activities. Overall, PHS witnessed a steady increase in membership over time (from fifty-three members at its founding to 17,000 members in 2010); however, there were periods of significant decline, especially during wartime that severely weakened the Society's finances. It was during these periods that the Society found new ways to expand its programming, ultimately growing its membership. For example, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society established, around the time of the Civil War, a Woman's Committee to campaign for new members. Shortly thereafter, PHS instituted a formal lecture series. In the late 1910s and 1920s, Society President James Boyd reached out to amateur gardeners and created an alliance with the Flower Show of the Main Line. A library and reading room was also established. The Philadelphia Horticultural Society officially established the Philadelphia Flower Show together with the Florists' Club in 1923. Since its establishment, the annual Philadelphia Flower Show has grown to be the largest indoor flower show in the world. Other activities established in the 1920s included competitive flower shows, trips and member garden tours. Membership benefits at that time also included a subscription to the magazine "Horticulture." The mid to late twentieth century was equally as productive. True to its mission to preserve Philadelphia as a "greene countrie towne," PHS activities focused on planting gardens throughout the city and involving the community at large. In 1953, PHS planted the azalea garden in Fairmount Park and presented it to the city. In 1974, PHS established the "Community Vegetable Garden Program," encouraging people to make productive use of vacant lots in their neighborhoods. This program eventually evolved into the nationally regarded "Philadelphia Green," which focused more generally on neighborhood beautification, including vacant lot clean up, planting vegetable and flower gardens, and sidewalk trees, as well as the provision of items such as public garbage receptacles. PHS has benefitted from at least five strong and productive leaders. The first, William Shaffer, was president from 1867 to 1884 and brought the Society back from near financial ruin due to a drop in membership, among other things. He gave generously, restored the annual Spring and Harvest Shows, formed the Women's Committee, and revived a program of monthly exhibits. James Boyd was president from 1919 to 1929, and established the Philadelphia Flower Show, re-wrote the Society's by-laws to change PHS from a professional to an amateur organization, and restructured the budget to generate more income. Frederick C. Stout, who from 1929 to 1950 led the Society with the help of Secretary John C. Wister, built up membership, organized the program "Garden Days," involved PHS in the newly formed Pennsylvania Federation of Garden Clubs, and increased annual income to $36,000. Ernesta Ballard, who started her work for the Society as a volunteer, became the first paid president of PHS in 1973. She instituted the Philadelphia Flower Show Preview Dinner, which benefitted the Community Vegetable Garden Program. Jane Pepper assumed presidency in 1981. During her tenure, the Philadelphia Flower Show was made the largest indoor flower show in the world, the library's holdings grew, and by 1993, the "Greene Countrie Towne" initiative was underway. The Horticultural Society has occupied several homes since its 1827 founding. It held its first meetings at the Franklin Institute, the American Philosophical Society, the Athenaeum and a few other locations throughout the city. In 1867, it built Horticultural Hall at Broad and Lardner Streets. In 1917, due to poor finances, PHS sold the building and moved to an office in the Finance Building on South Penn Square. From 1923 to 1946, PHS was housed in offices in the new Insurance Company of North America Building at 1600 Arch Street. From 1946 to 1964, it occupied office space above Suburban Station. In 1964, PHS joined with the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture in order to move into a historical row house in the Society Hill neighborhood, which was being included in the Independence National Historical Park. As of 2010, PHS resides at 100 N. 20th Street. Bibliography: Ball, Liz. "A Celebrated History: 175 Years of Philadelphia Horticultural Society." Green Scene , December 2002, pp. 8-14. Ball, Liz. "Growing Bigger and Better by Year." Pennsylvania Heritage , Spring 2001. Peeples, Edwin A. "Summary for a Sesqui." Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Philadelphia: 1977. Index Terms Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Horticulture Flower shows Flowers Minutes Reports Gardening Correspondence Philadelphia (Pa.) Related Archival Materials note Pennsylvania Horticultural Society: Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Public Relations and Marketing Department image collection, 1958-2005; Pennsylvania Horticultural Society records, 1791-2006. Conditions Governing Use note Copyright restrictions may apply. Please contact the Archives with requests for copying and for authorization to publish, quote or reproduce the material.
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The objectives of the audit was to examine the effectiveness and efficiency of DIMIA's decision-making processes and management systems for delivering the parent and partner aspects of the family stream of the Migration Program.
The family stream of Australia's Migration Program enables the reunion of immediate family members of Australian citizens, permanent residents or eligible New Zealand citizens. It consists of four main categories;
Partner;
Child;
Parent; and
Other family.
Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
Veterans' Appeals Against Disability Compensation Decisions Follow-up Audit
This was a follow-up of Audit Report No. 29 2000-01, Review of Veterans' Appeals Against Disability Compensation Entitlement Decisions. That audit examined the Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA's) and the Veterans' Review Board's (VRB's) management of the review of decisions for disability compensation. The objective of this audit was to assess the extent to which DVA and the VRB had implemented the four recommendations of Report No.29 2000-01, taking into account any changed circumstances, or new administrative issues, affecting implementation of these recommendations.
Department of Veterans' Affairs; Veterans' Review Board
Published: Wednesday 25 June 2003
Management of Specialist Information System Skills
The objective of the audit was to report to Parliament on the progress Defence has made since June 2001 in implementing appropriate strategies for recruiting, developing and retaining skilled IT personnel. The audit focused on management of specialist information system skills and did not examine skills needed by users of information systems, although the latter is of obvious importance for overall performance. In June 2001, the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit (JCPAA), after reviewing the ANAO's Audit Report No. 11 Knowledge System Equipment Acquisition Projects in Defence, commented that its major concern about Defence's ability to develop a knowledge edge with adequate coherence, centred on Defence's ability to recruit, develop and retain skilled individuals needed in all parts of the DIE. The JCPAA recommended that the ANAO conduct an audit of Defence's strategies for recruiting, developing and retaining skilled IT personnel.
Defence Housing and Relocation Services
Defence has long provided housing assistance for members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and their families. In 1988, this function passed to the Defence Housing Authority (DHA), which was established to provide suitable housing to meet Defence's operational needs. In 2000, Defence and DHA signed a Services Agreement valued at $3.5 billion over 10 years. The objective of the audit was to assess whether Defence's management of its housing and relocation services provided for ADF members meets specified requirements; and to make practical recommendations for more efficient, effective and economical use of public resources provided for this purpose.
Indigenous Land Corporation - Operations and Performance Follow - up Audit
In 2000, the ANAO tabled Audit Report No 49 1999-2000, Indigenous Land Corporation operations and performance. The 2000 audit made nine recommendations for improvement. This follow-up audit examined the Indigenous Land Corporation's implementation of the recommendations of the 2000 audit.
Published: Friday 6 June 2003
Australian Industry Involvement Program
Australian Industry Involvement Program. Department of Defence The audit examined the management by Defence of its Australian Industry Involvement (AII) Program. AII is the major program through which Defence gives effect to government policy on Australian industry. The objective of the audit was to assess the extent to which the AII Program has achieved its two policy objectives, which are to :
develop and sustain strategically important capabilities in Australian industry to support Australian Defence Force operations and Defence capability development; and
maximise Australian industry involvement in Defence's procurement of goods and services, consistent with the government procurement policy objective of achieving best value for money to the Commonwealth.
Published: Thursday 17 April 2003
Navy Operational Readiness
The Navy Operational Readiness audit examined the systems that Navy uses to manage readiness and concludes coverage of Navy: readiness organisation and management structures (as well as the interface between these systems and Defence enabling operations); management and maintenance of operational readiness (covering personnel, collective training and other components of operational readiness); and readiness performance information processes. The objective of the audit was to provide assurance to Parliament concerning the progress that Navy has made in the development of operational readiness management and evaluation systems and to identify areas for improvement in these systems.
Published: Wednesday 5 March 2003
Retention of Military Personel Follow-up Audit
This audit followed up the ANAO's 2000 performance audit report on retention of military personnel (Audit Report No.35 1999-2000 Retention of Military Personnel), which focused on examining whether ADF personnel management practices to retain personnel were commensurate with the cost of recruiting and training new personnel, or whether more cost- effective steps could be taken to reduce the separation rates of desirable personnel. The objective of the follow-up audit was to assess Defence's implementation of recommendations made in the original audit report and their effectiveness in helping Defence control the flow of trained personnel from the Services.
Published: Thursday 27 February 2003
Defence Ordnance Safety and Suitability for Service
The Service Chiefs of Navy, Army and Air Force are accountable to the Chief of the Defence Force for the way that equipment is used by their Service. They are also accountable for the safety, fitness for service and environmental compliance of the equipment. The audit report deals with the way that the Service Chiefs are assured of the safety and suitability for service of the Australian Defence Force's (ADF's) ordnance systems. Ordnance systems include munitions such as missiles, shells and mines, and the auxiliary material necessary to aim, launch and guide munitions.
Published: Thursday 29 August 2002
Fraud Control Arrangements in the Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA)
The ANAO reviewed arrangements for the development of the department's fraud policy, fraud risk assessment and fraud control plan within the core functional areas of the department that are responsible for these activities. The audit also examined the operational procedures and guidelines that were in place to implement the departments' fraud policy. The objective of the audit was to assess whether DVA has implemented appropriate fraud control arrangements in line with the Fraud Control Policy of the Commonwealth and whether these arrangements operate effectively in practice.
Department of Veterans' Affairs

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A new Turkish game show asks clerics to persuade atheists and win prizes. Although this could be a total farce and never hit the airwaves I think it would be an interesting show because it seems like there is so much confusion about the beliefs to begin with.
The show will showcase a Greek Orthodox, rabbi, an imam and a Buddhist monk against one another with over a panel of professed atheists. The game show is to broadcast on Turkey's Kanal T television in September.
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Q: Rest service receive null data from the Post request when I send the post request to my Rest service it finds null values in the body. Do Anyone see what mistake it could be?
function execute_postNewUser(tempo_id, tempo_date, callback){

    // create the JSON object
     var args = {
        data : {
            'id' : tempo_id,
            'date' : tempo_date
                },
        headers : {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
    };

     console.log('JSON OBJECT ' + args.data);

     client.post('http://localhost:49952/api/values', args, function(data,response){
        console.log(data);
        console.log(response);
     });
}

Here is a capture of the powershell
Data should be the tempo_id value and the tempo_date value, but the args.data just give me [Object, Object].
The Rest service is functionnal but receives only Null data from that request.

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July 30 — Become Who You Are Through Evangelism — Romans 10:9-17.
By: Tim Harvey
Series: Become Who You Are
Jul 30, 2017July 30 — Become Who You Are Through Evangelism — Romans 10:9-17.
Jul 23, 2017Evening July 23, 2017– Unbroken Chain of Grace — Romans 3:21-26 and Luke 18:9-14.
Evening July 23, 2017– Unbroken Chain of Grace — Romans 3:21-26 and Luke 18:9-14.
Series: Unbroken Chain of Grace
Jul 23, 2017July 23, 2017 – Become Who You Are Through Fellowship – Hebrews 3
July 23, 2017 – Become Who You Are Through Fellowship – Hebrews 3
By: Spencer Pate
Jul 16, 2017July 16th 2017 – Become Who You Are Through Fasting — Matthew 9:14-17
July 16th 2017 – Become Who You Are Through Fasting — Matthew 9:14-17
July 16th 2017 - Become Who You Are Through Fasting -- Matthew 9:14-17
Jul 16, 2017Evening July 16th — Unbroken Chain of Grace — Ephesians 1:3-14
Evening July 16th — Unbroken Chain of Grace — Ephesians 1:3-14
Evening July 16th -- Unbroken Chain of Grace -- Ephesians 1:3-14
Jul 9, 20177/9/17 Become Who You Are Through Bible Reading Psalm 119:36-37
7/9/17 Become Who You Are Through Bible Reading Psalm 119:36-37
Jul 9, 2017Evening 7/9/17– The Unbroken Chain of Grace Romans 5:1-11
Evening 7/9/17– The Unbroken Chain of Grace Romans 5:1-11
Jul 2, 2017July 2, 2017– Become Who You Are Through Prayer
July 2, 2017– Become Who You Are Through Prayer
Jun 25, 2017June 25th 2017 –Titus 2:11-15
June 25th 2017 –Titus 2:11-15
We were saved from the penalty of sin.
We are being saved from the power of sin.
We will be saved from the presence of sin when we meet our Savior face to face.
Jun 18, 2017June 18th 2017 — The Parable of the Lost Son — Luke 15:11-32
June 18th 2017 — The Parable of the Lost Son — Luke 15:11-32


On March 20-21, 2015, The Catholic University of America's School of Arts and Sciences, School of Theology and Religious Studies, and University Honors Program was proud to present an interdisciplinary graduate conference to explore the influence of Mary and her image through time. The conference included papers that draw on various approaches to the subject, including art history, history, music, literature, theater, and theology. Over 140 faculty, staff, students, and those with a general interest in the topic attended the two-day conference.
The opening day of the conference was held at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, and featured a keynote address by renowned medieval historian Dr. Miri Rubin, Professor of Medieval and Early Modern History at the University of London. Among Professor Rubin's publications is Mother of God: A History of the Virgin Mary. The second day of the conference was held at the Pryzbyla Center on the campus of The Catholic University of America and featured several morning and afternoon sessions along with a light reception.
More about the NMWA Conference Partnership.
More about keynote speaker, Miri Rubin.


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Trigonurus edwardsi is a species of rove beetle in the family Staphylinidae. It is found in North America.

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There's a UU Book Club!!
September 1, 2016 September 1, 2016 CZ
There is a Unitarian Universalist Book club on GoodReads. It is called Justice and Spirit. There are UUs from all over reading and talking about books. This can help us all learn and and grow together while we search for truth and meaning in our world.
From the UUA "The September pick for the Justice and Spirit: Unitarian Universalist Book Club is "Cultivating Empathy: The Worth and Dignity of Every Person—Without Exception" by Nathan C. Walker. "This emotionally honest and personal exploration of conflict introduces a creative and compassionate way to develop empathetic responses using the spiritual practice of the moral imagination." Order your copy of this Skinner House title from inSpirit: The UU Book and Gift Shop, and join the conversation with the book club on GoodReads."
Have fun reading.
Can we still be good neighbors in an election year?
August 15, 2016 August 15, 2016 CZ
http://www.uuworld.org/articles/we-can-still-be-good-neighbors?utm_source=uuworld&utm_medium=front&utm_campaign=1st
This quote from the article spoke to me, "Each presidential campaign cycle seems to have less and less to do with governing or democracy, and more to do with deepening our divisiveness. Democracy requires disagreement and the skills to manage it, listening and tolerance." What spoke to you?
Where does our answer come from?
June 28, 2016 June 27, 2016 CZ
West Virginia has taken a beating over the past week and a half. There have been massive floods, broken dams, children washed away, lives lost, houses washed away, and what feels like insurmountable damage.
There have been outcries for prayers. Prayers for West Virginia have filled my Facebook. Prayers for the flood victims. Prayers for people helping. Prayers for those still missing. Prayers for those who are found. Prayers for those who are safe. Continue reading →
Michigan mosque takes in homeless Unitarian Church | Religion News Service
April 23, 2016 April 22, 2016 CZ
http://religionnews.com/2016/04/19/michigan-mosque-takes-in-homeless-unitarian-church/
This is a beautiful story about working together. This is what community is all about.
Exciting Program for Middle Schoolers in Fairmont
February 23, 2016 CZ
We are excited to that Learning Options, Inc. is hosting MIT's Zero Robotics Middle School Summer Program July 5th through August 15th. If you know of someone in this age group, please direct them to our website immediately while spaces are still available. We started with 20 spaces, and they are filling fast.
Details for ZERO Robotics from MIT
ZERO is designed for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students. During the course of the five-week summer program, team members will be introduced to programming, coding, space engineering, and more! Programming of SPHERES
(Synchronized, Position, Hold, Engage, Reorient,Experimental Satellites)
The program culminates in a tournament where winning teams' SPHERES compete aboard the International Space Station (ISS). SPHERES will be seen in a live stream from the ISS, in action, based on the codes and programs written by the ZERO team.
The program will include 5 weeks of classes, Monday through Wednesday, 9:00am – 2:00pm, at The Learning Center facility in Fairmont, WV and will include one or more offsite visits to the NASA IV & V facility in Fairmont.
LOI Robotics team will have two 10-member teams. (Only 20 available slots.)
6th, 7th, and 8th grade students are elligible to join the Learning Options ZERO robotics teams.
PS: Tuition assistance is currently available to residents of Harrison County, WV, through a grant from the Sacred Heart Children's Charity. Details for applying can be found inside the registration form.
This is a great opportunity to celebrate the 3rd and 4th principle (3rd Principle: We believe that we should accept one another and keep on learning together. 4th Principle: We believe that each person must be free to search for what is true and right in life.) and be involved in the community.
August 15, 2015 April 4, 2016 CZ
The third Sunday of the month is this Sunday August 16th.
We will be meeting at the Uptown Event Center in Clarksburg, WV at 11am.
Our service with be about community with a message about "Transcending Individualism".
We hope that you can join us for this service and the coffee hour afterward.
~Namaste
July 3, 2015 April 4, 2016 CZ
Join us on Sunday, 5 July, for a celebration of the summer at Audra State Park — pot-luck picnic, hiking, and perhaps swimming in the Middle Fork River. We will have a small discussion/devotional on our 4th principle "a free and responsible search for truth and meaning?" led by John Hall.
The Middle Fork River at Audra State Park
We will meet in the picnic area at eleven.
Email westforkuu@gmail.com for more information or to carpool.
Directions to Audra State Park:
(http://www.audrastatepark.com/)
From Rte. 33.
Turn on Talbot Road. At the first Y, stay left. At the next intersection, turn left and travel approximately six miles. You will reach Audra State Park. This route is approximately 13 miles from Rte. 33.
From Belington
At the only stoplight in town, turn on to Audra State Park Road and stay straight. This route is approximately 10 miles from Belington.
South on Interstate 79
Take Exit 115 (Stonewood/Nutter Fort exit).
If traveling south on interstate 79, take exit 115 (Stonewood/Nutter Fort exit). Make a left on to Rte. 20 south. After 4 miles, you will need to make a right to stay on Rte. 20 south. Stay on Rte. 20 for approximately 10 miles. Then make a left on to Rte. 119 north. Follow Rte. 119 north for approximately five miles. Turn right on to Audra State Park Road. Follow for six miles until you arrive at Audra State Park.
Drop of Water
July 1, 2015 July 1, 2015 CZ
Building the World toCome
April 11, 2015 April 10, 2015 LdeG
Building the World to Come
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/johnbeckett/2015/04/building-the-world-to-come.html
The Dude, the Zen Master, and Community
June 17, 2014 LdeG
"You perfect your instrument, which is yourself, to become a player. But playing in a band, where you hear the sounds of all the instruments, is very different from playing alone."
Bernie Glassman in The Dude and the Zen Master by Jeff Bridges and Bernie Glassman


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Indian Pharmaceutical Industry
Therapeutic Growth
COVID-19 Impact on Pharmaceutical Industry
Inflammation and Immunology
The Company has a portfolio of over 150 products across 15 therapeutic areas with annual sales of over Rs. 2,000 crores.
Its top brands include Prevenar 13, Lyrica, Corex – DX, Dolonex, Enbrel, Becosules, Gelusil and Folvite among others
Pfizer Limited (NSE: PFIZER) was listed on the Indian stock exchange in 1966. Today, the company has over one lac shareholders in India. With annual sales of over Rs. 2,000 crores, it is the fourth largest multinational pharmaceutical company in India. The Company has a portfolio of over 150 products across 15 therapeutic areas. 1
Its top brands include Prevenar 13, Lyrica, Corex – DX, Dolonex, Enbrel, Becosules, Gelusil and Folvite among others. In addition to its commercial operations, Pfizer Limited also operates a state-of-the-art, award-winning manufacturing facility in Goa that produces more than a billion tablets annually.
The Company employs 2,631 colleagues, and is committed to providing therapies to prevent and treat some of the most critical diseases that impact public health in India today.
Verna, Goa
Thane Belapur Road, Navi Mumbai
According to the Indian Economic Survey 2021, the domestic pharmaceutical market is expected to grow three times in the next decade to US$ 42 billion in 2021 and US$ 65 billion by 2024 and may reach ~US$ 120-130 billion by 2030. 2
The Union Budget 2021 puts a spotlight on health and well-being. Doubling up healthcare spending and allocating a sizable outlay for developing capacities of primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare systems and promoting new and existing institutions to concentrate on emerging diseases over the next 6 years, is a welcome move. The focus is now on overall well-being of the people including preventive and curative health with a larger emphasis on immunization. Allocating Rs 35,000 crore for COVID-19 vaccine and the assurance that any additional spending required would be provided for vaccination, is a welcome step. However, much needs to be done to improve national healthcare spending as a percentage of GDP.
The Indian pharma market (IPM) grew at 4.3% over the April 2020 - March 2021 period, with a turnover of Rs 1,56,797 Crore. The growth was primarily driven by price, which contributed 4.3% to the total, followed by new products at 3.6% and volume at -3.6%. Multinational companies hold about 20% share in the market and have grown at 2.6%.
Cardiac has overtaken anti-infectives to emerge as the top therapy. Antivirals have registered highest growth of 161% due to pandemic. The acute care segment is growing at a meager 2% due to low patient volume during the pandemic. Anti-infective, being the most impacted, declined by 12%. Within the acute therapeutic areas, vitamins, minerals & supplements (VMS) was least impacted. Chronic segment has also suffered due to the pandemic as growth slipped to 8.4% (Mar'21 MAT) from 11.7% (Mar'20 MAT). Both cardiac and cardiovascular and neuroscience (CNS) therapies posted double-digit growths.
IPM grew faster in March 2021 due to the base effect of lockdown beginning March 25, 2020. IPM growth declined to 4.3% in 2021 as compared to 10.5% growth last year. Loss in potential sales is estimated at approximately Rs 8,000 Crore.
The impact was higher as the lockdown period overlapped with monsoon season which typically are growth drivers for acute therapeutic areas. With limited face-to-face detailing, new launches were either delayed or saw lower uptake but are now picking up. Vitamins has shown strong recovery driven by consumer awareness and their role in immunity building for COVID-19. The respiratory therapeutic area has shown lower growth levels. A research indicates lockdown linked drop in asthma attacks mainly due to lower levels of air pollution, fewer cold and flu infections. Limited access to healthcare professionals in Tier 1 Cities due to stricter lockdown, reverse migration, lower inter-district travel for medicine purchase and increased focus on rural markets are potential drivers for rural growth. Going forward, health systems needs to be mindful of increasing co-morbidities/ new diagnosis in COVID-19 recovered patients.
The company collectively addresses 15 therapy areas with a portfolio of over 150 products that include therapeutics and vaccines.
Vaccine: The company's Vaccine business focuses on a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine - Prevenar 13. This vaccine provides broad coverage against the most prevalent 13 serotypes of streptococcus pneumoniae. Prevenar 13 is now ranked 16th in the Indian Pharma Industry (March 2021). Prevenar 13 is truly the only vaccine for all age groups, as the Drugs Controller General of India in May 2021 has granted approval for 18-49 years age group in addition to the pediatric, adolescent and 50 plus age group.
The company continues to enjoy a leadership position in the pneumococcal vaccines market with a share of 55.4%. It is committed towards creating awareness, education and make vaccines available so that more individuals can be protected against devastating pneumococcal infections.
The Inflammation and Immunology vertical makes available medicines to patients suffering from chronic diseases related to immune system like Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriasis, Psoriatic Arthritis, Ankylosing Spondylitis and Internal Bowel Diseases. These advance therapies include drugs made from protein-cytokine, and oral therapies that manage inflammation and pain. The goal of this team is to transform the management of chronic inflammatory diseases, many of which are not well managed by existing treatment options that provide only symptomatic relief.
In 2019-20, the company's Internal Medicine (IM) team framed a new mission for the next five years and developed a strategic roadmap – "To deliver sustainable, market-beating growth through differentiated go-to-market strategies (GTM)". The key shift in GTM was to create two distinct market segments: Core market, focused on specialists in the urban geographies and Multiplier market, focused on general/family physicians in the extra-urban rural geographies.
During the year under review, this shift in GTM enabled the company to significantly maximize its presence in specialties like cardiologists, gynecologists, chest physicians, orthopedics etc. in the core geographies and increased reach and penetration in the rural and extra-urban geographies, leading to consistent market beating growth for key brands. The company also deployed innovative digital channels to improve trade engagement (retail, semi-stockist, stockist) across core and multiplier markets and ensure availability of key medicines for the patients, especially during lockdown.
Respiratory Portfolio
The company has presence in the Respiratory portfolio with Cough, Oral Corticosteroids and Smoking Cessation therapies. The flagship brand Corex Dx has maintained leadership position in the dry cough Respiratory Portfolio Market with 18.1% value market share. One of the major initiatives taken during the year was 'cough the right way' –a campaign that aimed to create awareness and educate patients on good practices to be followed to avoid spread of infections. As part of future growth strategy, the company continues to focus on building brands in the productive cough segment with line extensions of Corex LS and Corex LS Junior.
During the year, there has been continued focus on the smoking cessation drug Champix with launch of #BreakTheStick campaign. The campaign was initiated by the company in November 2020 with the aim to create an ecosystem to support smokers looking to quit smoking, while also enabling more primary care physicians to address smoking cessation successfully. A detailed omnichannel programme aided outreach to over 1,00,000 consumers, with 14,000 engaging on the micrositequittoday.in for a deeper understanding of the therapy, and over 330 smokers going through with an actual online consultation. The HCP engagement arm of the programme, designed for primary care physicians and chest physicians, empowered over 2500 doctors through more than 25 Key Opinion Leader (KOL) advisory and certification programs.
Vitamins Portfolio
The company's flagship brand Becosules continues to lead and shape the B-complex vitamins market with growth of 32%. With a legacy of more than 60 years, the brand is still growing faster than the market with an Evolution Index (EI) of 103, which has resulted in moving its market share to 75.1%. Continuous focus on expanding the prescriber base, increasing consumer demand and innovative channel initiatives have been the key pillars to strengthen brand's leadership.
With Becosules getting the over the counter (OTC) brand status coupled with the new GTM model helped the company to expand its retail reach. The company also drove aggressive retail engagement and connect at approximately 50,000 chemist outlets and build consumer awareness to help them Boost Immunity with Becosules.
Neuroscience and Cardiovascular
The company's Neuroscience portfolio represents multiple brands that are leaders in their respective segments. Pacitane (Trihexyphenidyl) leads in its therapeutic category with 68% market share with 13% growth over last year. Ativan (Lorazepam) is the second largest anxiolytic brand in the Benzodiazepine Tranquilizer market growing at 14.6%.
The Cardiovascular (CV) team operates in the antihypertensive segment with its brands Minipress XL and Targit Range. Minipress, the leading brand in the market, for uncontrolled hypertension has maintained its market share at 43.9% with growth of 8% and EI of 101. The company continued its engagement activities in the area of uncontrolled hypertension through medico-marketing initiatives with physicians, nephrologists and cardiologists.
Eliquis® (Apixaban) a Factor Xa Inhibitor Anticoagulant is a leading oral Anticoagulant, predominantly prescribed by cardiologists, cardio like physicians and orthopedic surgeons. Eliquis is the leader in the Novel Oral Anti-Coagulants (NOAC) Market, with an EI of 125 and it grew by 69% over last year same period as per MAT Mar 2021.
During the year under review, the team has bought in extraordinary reach and penetration for the brand through the new go-to-market strategies. As per this new structure, Eliquis is now promoted by two teams under one leadership, allowing for increased reach amongst consulting physicians and orthopedic surgeons while sharpening focus and coverage amongst cardiologists. This co-marketing strategy has also helped maximize geographic penetration beyond metro and tier 1 cities which enables the company to improve lives of more patients across the country than ever before.
The company's portfolio in Women's Healthcare comprises many of the segment's iconic brands, supporting important life-stages like pregnancy, menopause, reproductive health including contraception. Brands like Folvite, Autrin, Premarin and Ovral L continue to maintain their leadership position in the represented market and the consolidated portfolio continues to grow faster than the market average. Shift in go-to-market strategies and enhanced focus on gynecologists accelerated the prescription growth and now three brands in the portfolio – Folvite, Autrin and Folvite MB feature amongst the top 100 IPM brands prescribed by gynecologists.
Gastric portfolio
The company has presence in gastroenterology segment with brands like Neksium, Gelusil and Mucaine. The focus of its Esomeprazole Proton Pump Inhibitor (PPI) - Neksium, has been on delivering excellence by driving strong in-clinic focus at key specialties including gastroenterologists and orthopedicians. The company launched Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) Clinic, Pfizer's first ever annual initiative to reach more than 10,000 HCPs and drive GERD awareness. The company has intensified focus on nursing homes and small hospitals that have helped sustain momentum. Neksium D, launched in 2019, continues to build growth for the brand and has been positioned to drive differentiation by targeting patients with symptoms related to Refractory GERD.
Pain and inflammation portfolio
The company has a pronounced presence in the pain and inflammation category with brands Dolonex (Piroxicam) and Wysolone (Prednisolone). Both are legacy brands with more than 40 years of presence in India and are leaders in their respective categories, having impacted lives of more than 10 million patients in the Country. Dolonex DT and Wysolone both have a strong EI of 101 and 112 respectively indicating that they are growing faster than the market. The company has continued its engagement activities in osteoarthritis (OA) and low back pain (LBP) through medico-marketing initiatives with orthopedicians and physicians on treating OA and LBP.
The portfolio expanded in December 2020, with the introduction of Dolonex E (Etoricoxib) for the treatment of osteoarthritis. The company plans to further expand the portfolio to provide a range of solutions for management of osteoarthritis.
The company's Hospitals business unit focuses on institutions such as hospitals and nursing homes with an advanced anti-infectives and sterile injectables portfolio.
Pfizer's original breakthrough innovative and patented drug Zavicefta 2gm/0.5gm (ceftazidime-avibactam) has recorded an exponential growth driven by increased uptake across more number of hospitals. This novel drug is indicated for the management of hospital-acquired pneumonia including ventilator-associated pneumonia (HAP/VAP), complicated intra-abdominal infection (cIAI) and complicated urinary infection (cUTI) in adults. The emergence and spread of carbapenemase-producing pathogens are a concern and has highlighted the urgent need for new antimicrobial agents.
financial results for the quarter and year ended March 31, 2021.
Pfizer Limited announced its Audited results for the quarter and year ended March 31, 2021. 3
Revenue from operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2021 stood at ₹535 crore as compared to ₹502 crore in the same period last year, a growth of 6.5%.
Revenue from operations for the year ended March 31, 2021 is ₹2,239 crore as compared to ₹2,152 crore in the same period last year, showing a 4% growth.
In India, the COVID-19 pandemic continued to develop rapidly into 2021, with a significant rise in the number of cases. The current year sales, primarily for Hospitals and Vaccines businesses, have been impacted due to the pandemic.
The Company has monitored the impact of COVID-19 on all aspects of its business. The management has exercised due care, in concluding significant accounting judgements and estimates, recoverability of receivables, assessment for impairment of goodwill, intangible assets, inventory based on the information available as on date, while preparing the financial results as of and for the year ended March 31, 2021.
While business-critical functions continued to be fully operational to ensure there are no interruptions in the delivery of its medicines to the hospitals and patients, rest of the colleagues worked from home. Several measures have been put in place for communications, technology and productivity improvements to help employees cope with this change.
Consumer Healthcare business
During the current quarter, the Company completed the wind down activities for its Consumer Healthcare business consisting of two brands – Anacin and Anne French. The compensation of ₹27.5 crore derived based on the fair value of Pfizer Consumer Healthcare Products as determined by the independent valuers along with the incremental wind down cost of ₹11.6 crore will be received by the Company.
Profits before other income and tax
Profit from operations (before other income and tax) for the quarter ended March 31, 2021 registered a growth of 23% to ₹98 crore as against ₹80 crore in the same period last year.
Profit from operations (before other income and tax) for the year ended March 31, 2021 registered a growth of 28% to ₹603 crore as against ₹469 crore in the same period last year.
Net Profit after tax for the quarter ended March 31, 2021 is ₹100 crore as against ₹103 crore in the same period last year
Net Profit after tax for the year ended March 31, 2021 is ₹497 crore as against ₹509 crore in the same period last year
Quarter and Year ending March 2020 had Prior year tax reversals ₹44 crore, thereby resulting in the lower net profit during the period / year when compared with same period last year
The Board of Directors of the Company has recommended a normal dividend of Rs 30/- per equity share of Rs 10/- each (300%) and a special dividend of Rs 5/- per equity share of Rs 10/- each (50%), aggregating to total dividend of Rs 35/- per equity share of Rs 10/- each (350%) for the year ended March 31, 2021.
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NHL - US Sports: Rangers remain in confident mood
Forward Andrew Copp says the New York Rangers remain in a confident mood despite losing the last two games to the Tampa Bay Lightning in the now-tied Eastern Conference Final.
New York are 6/4 to eliminate the two-time defending champions and 13/2 to win the Stanley Cup themselves against the Colorado Avalanche who await their opponent for the final.
What: Tampa Bay Lightning vs. New York Rangers, Western Conference Finals Game 5
Where: Madison Square Garden, New York
When: 01:00, Friday 10th June, 2022
How to watch: TNT or bet365 Live Stream
Odds: TB Lightning 4/5 NY Rangers 21/20
Copp making an impact
27-year-old Copp was acquired by the Rangers from the Winnipeg Jets ahead of the trade deadline and made an immediate impact in the regular season scoring 18 points (eight goals, 10 assists) in 16 games to help the Rangers finish second in the Metropolitan Division (52-24-6).
With a single regulation win more than Tampa Bay in the regular season, New York have home advantage for conference final something Copp was keen to stress after a 4-1 defeat in Game 4 on Tuesday.
The series shifts back to New York on Thursday where the Rangers have won their last eight post-season games with a plus-19 goal differential (35-16). They are 3-0 in home games following a road loss.
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Powers of recovery
Copp also points to being 3-1 down against the Pittsburgh Penguins in Round 1 and 2-0 down to the Carolina Hurricanes in Round 2 as reasons for optimism as the Rangers rallied from the adversity to win both series in a Game 7.
In the 18 playoff games so far, Copp has 13 points (six goals, seven assists).
He said to the media: "We're probably in the best spot we've been through three series, we've got two games at home.
"I think we're all confident where we're at right now, but there has to be an increased level of desperation for sure."


Arguably the most desirable semi-automatic pistol on the planet. Originally produced for test acceptance by the U. S. Army in 1906, there is some question about how many of this unique variation were actually made.
The serial number of the example shown [on page 111] is "2", number "1" having been used in the actual test, while number "2" was for "back up". U. S. Army records of the test program indicate that pistol number "1" was subjected to severe use and abuse in the course of the tests. To date, serial number "1" has not been located and is thought by many collectors to have been discarded after the tests were completed.
Though the progress of the American trials is well documented, controversy still surrounds the .45 Lugers. Work apparently began in the late summer of 1906, when 5000 cartridges were sent to Luger from Frankford Arsenal. The pistols were completed late in February 1907, two of them arriving at Springfield Armory some time prior to 28th March. One gun, believed to have been no. 1, was put through the trials whilst no. 2 was retained for examination. The latter still exists, thought he fate of its companion is unknown.
But where are the others? And, if so, how many? Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken clearly made more than two, as at least one would have been retained in Germany as a safeguard against the loss of the guns despatched to the USA; coincidentally, .45 Luger no. 4 is said to have been found in Germany in 1945 and taken to the USA as a souvenir. Another example, apparently numbered '4', was pictured in LUGER. The late August Weiss credited his predecessor, Heinrich Hoffmann, with a statement that "no more than six" 45 caliber guns had been made.
Harry Jones pictured two surviving .45 caliber pistols in the revised edition of LUGER VARIATIONS, commenting that the second survivor was fired 150 times in 1960 without a single stoppage. Unfortunately for Luger and DWM, the ammunition used in 1907 was not as reliable! It is reported that there is a .45 cal Luger in the Robert W. Norton Gallery, in Shreveport, Louisiana. Mr. Norton was an early Louisiana oilman, and this Luger was purchased by Mr. Norton from Harry Jones. In some of his writings Harry Jones tells about himself and Mr. Norton taking the pistol out and running a box of ammo through it. The pistol is pictured on page 381 of Scott Meadow's "US MILITARY AUTOMATIC PISTOLS". The pistol has a commercial proof, but also has the GL proof on the toggle. This gun is not marked with a serial number, but the magazine is marked with the numeral "3" ...The origin of this particular specimen has not been determined, but much speculation has been made as can be seen in the writings above.
The following photographs of the .45 caliber Luger, and its magazine, that was formerly of the Harry Jones collection and now resides in the Norton Gallery, have been provided through the courtesy and generosity of Mike Jones, from his father's photo archives. The photo of the right side of this gun is not known to have been previously published and is an exclusive addition to the Lugerforum. Copyright for these photographs is retained by Mike Jones.


Recent ransomware threats have escalated into a global crisis, and cybersecurity experts and government authorities have redoubled their investigative efforts. Of grave concern is the possibility that the recent Petya attack had more sinister motives than typical ransomware operations, and that state actors were involved behind the scenes.
The Petya attack -- which disrupted major government agencies, infrastructure sites, multinational companies and other organizations -- actually used the cover of a ransomware attack to deploy a more malicious exploit, called a "wiper," that paralyzed thousands of computers and destroyed data in dozens of countries around the world, some leading cybersecurity experts have concluded.
The National Cyber Security Centre, which operates within the UK's GCHQ intellligence agency, late last month raised questions about the motives behind the attack, saying it had found evidence that questioned initial judgments that collecting ransoms was Petya's chief goal.
The financial motivation was questionable early on, based on critical evidence seen during the intial outbreak of the attack, noted Vikram Thakur, technical director at Symantec.
The large number of victims located in Ukraine and the fact that the infection vector was software primarily used there raised suspicions, he told the E-Commerce Times.
Further, "the single bitcoin wallet payment method, use of a single email for decryption communications, absence of a C&C (command & control server), encryption of files with extensions primarily used by businesses, the wiping of the MBR, along with the randomly generated key displayed to the victim, all contributed to the belief that the attacker did not expect to receive ransom in exchange for decryption keys," Thakur said.
The single email was a key concern of researchers. German provider Posteo shut down the email used by the hackers as the sole means of contact, which professional hackers would have expected to happen. They would have established more than one potential means of collecting ransom and then releasing data back to victims.
Kaspersky Lab, one of the first cybersecurity firms to publicize the true nature of the attack, posting on June 28 that the Petya malware attack was a wiper disguised as ransomware.
"Our analysis indicates that ExPetr/NotPetya (additional names of the Petya exploit) has been designed with data destruction in mind," the firm said in a statement provided to the E-Commerce Times by spokesperson Jessica Bettencourt.
"To launch this attack, its authors have carefully created a destructive malware disguised as ransomware," Kaspersky noted. "While some parts of this destructive malware still operate as original building blocks, meaning they might be mistaken for ransomware, their true purpose is destruction -- not financial gain."
"Ransomwares and hackers are becoming the scapegoats of nation state attackers," tweeted Matthew Suiche of Comae Technologies, who separately came to the same conclusion as Kaspersky.
The suspicion of nation-state involvement goes beyond idle speculation. The NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence made a similar assessment and raised the specter of invoking Article 5, possibly designating the cyberoperation as similar to an armed attack that would invoke a military response.
"In the case of NotPetya, significant improvements have been made to create a new breed of ultimate threat," said Bernhards Blumbergs, a researcher at the CCD COE.
For the latest attack, the malware was developed more professionally than the "sloppy WannaCry," he noted. Instead of searching the entire Internet, the malware searches for new hosts to infect, going deeper into local computer networks.
The attackers used the stolen EternalBlue exploit that the Shadow Brokers stole from the National Security Agency, the CCD COE confirmed.
The attack was too sophisticated for unaffiliated hackers to put together as a practice run, its researchers concluded.
Further, it was unlikely that cybercriminals were behind the attack, as the method for collecting ransom was so poorly designed that they would not have been able to collect enough to cover the cost of the operation, they pointed out.
While the think tank is accredited by NATO and financed by member nations, it does not speak on behalf of the alliance, a spokesperson for the CCD COE told the E-Commerce Times.
Neither WannaCry nor Petya utilized sophisticated revenue-collection methods, which suggests the campaigns may have been designed for "geopolitical deception or information operations designed to sow chaos in a rival political information space," Kenneth Geers, a NATO CCD COE ambassador, told the E-Commerce Times.
Russia was behind the Petya attack, according to the Ukrainian security agency SBU. The malware impacted numerous Ukranianan business and infrastructure targets, including the international airport and Chernobyl nuclear plant, before spreading worldwide.
Petya exhibited similarities to the 2016 Black Energy attacks that hit the Ukranian power grid, the SBU pointed out.
Extensions used in the recent attack were very similar to those of BlackEnergy's KillDisk wiper in 2015 and 2016, Kaspersky researchers noted.
In collaboration with Palo Alto Networks, Kaspersky found certain similarities in code design, but the firms could not say for certain whether there was an exact link.
"As in the case of WannaCry, attribution is very difficult, and finding links with previously known malware is challenging, said Costin Raiu, director of Kaspersky's global research and analysis team.
"We are sending an open invitation to the larger security community to help nail down -- or disprove -- the link between Black Energy and Ex Petr/Petya," he told the E-Commerce Times.
The Petya outbreak displayed similarities with the 2016 Ukraine attack, said Anton Cherepanov, ESET malware researcher.
There were links to the TeleBots used against Ukrainian financial institutions, he told the E-Commerce Times, as well as a Linux version of the KillDisk malware the attackers deployed.
North Korea is the likely culprit behind the WannaCry attack, in the view of a number of cybersecurity experts who noted code similarities to the 2014 Sony hack.
"North Korea is isolated and already under tight international sanctions, so cyberattacks offer Pyongyang the opportunity from time to time to sucker punch the west," said Kaspersky's Raiu.
However, nailing down the attribution for the Petya attack has been more difficult than tracing the Sony attack's origins, he suggested.
U.S. officials have not attributed the attack publicly to any particular organization or state, but the Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team earlier this month put out an alert with a technical analysis on the Petya malware attack, which DHS still referred to as "ransomware."
The Petya variant encrypts victim's files with a dynamically generated 128-bit key and creates a unique ID for the victim, the report states.
There is no apparent relationship between the victim's assigned ID and the encryption key, which means there may be no way to decrypt files even if a ransom were paid, it notes.
The Petya variant uses the SMB exploit, as described in the Microsoft MS17-010 security update issued in March, along with a modified version of the Mimikatz tool, which can be used to obtain a user's credentials, according to DHS.
The damage Petya caused to public infrastructure and private businesses was extensive. Global shipping company A.P. Moeller-Maersk issued an update at the end of June saying it expected to return to an almost-normal operational environment by July 3, but warned it would take longer to restore all applications and workstations.
Maersk IT chose to shut down all systems during the attack to contain the issue, Signe Wagner a spokesperson for the company, confirmed to the E-Commerce Times.
She did not have access to her own email for several days, she said.
Merck & Co. confirmed that it was hit by the malware despite having installed updated patches, but noted that it had implemented business continuity plans.