First published in 1959, John Knowles' breakout novel A Separate Peace achieved worldwide acclaim from critics and readers alike; despite a 35-year career as a writer, the novel remains Knowles' most famous and celebrated work. The coming-of-age elements in the book have lent themselves to thousands of high school curricula since the book was released, and A Separate Peace has become a staple of the modern classic genre.
A Separate Peace presents itself as a pseudo-autobiographical account of the author's experiences at Phillips Exeter Academy, a prestigious boarding school in Exeter, New Hampshire. While the plot of the novel is completely fabricated, the aspects of boarding school life and culture are modeled after Knowles' experiences; Knowles provides his characters with a secret society that resembles one that he was a member of during his time at Phillips Exeter, and he has explicitly acknowledged that characters in the piece are modeled after his fellow students.
The book is told from the perspective of Gene Forrester, a student at Devon Academy during World War II. As the war rages on overseas, Gene acknowledges that life at the boarding school seems isolated; as carnage ensues, the campus of Devon remains shockingly carefree. The protagonist of the story finds himself growing up as the world expects its youth to devote themselves to the war, and he struggles with the forced maturity that he and his peers encounter.
As the summer session ends, Gene finally encounters his impulsive and irrational hatred for Finny that spawns as a consequence of his jealousy. The relationship between Gene and Finny left Finny exposed, and Gene's rage is ultimately subsided when he injures Finny to a degree that ultimately ends his once-promising sports career. From here, the novel devolves into an an episodic detailing of life at the boarding school, and the consequences that Gene encounters as a result of his act of violence against Finny.
Ultimately, A Separate Peace is a presentation of the thoughts and ideas of a person who is encountering just what it means to become an adult. Rather than dealing with standard coming-of-age themes, the first-person narration is a description of the thoughts and ideas of the protagonist. Because the book is based on the experiences of Knowles, he gains a notably insightful and raw description of Gene's stream of ideas. Knowles has an inescapable ability for introspection within the protagonist, in part because the character is largely based on himself.
A Separate Peace is an exploration into the growth and development that is forced upon this group of high school students. The piece is unique in its sincerity; Gene acknowledges his lapses in judgement and his misconstrued ideas, yet he still follows through. The novel is a raw, unadulterated idea of growing up.


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Higgins has no plans to retire from politics
Bernie Ni Fhlatharta
Date Published: 03-Nov-2009
Long serving Labour TD Michael D Higgins has announced that he will contest any snap General Election despite speculation that he may soon retire from politics having fought his first election back in 1969.
It is known that Fine Gael secretly expected Deputy Higgins to step down from politics and pick up a second seat in the Galway West constituency in the process but the colourful TD has no plans to retire.
"I am not making way for any party to pick up an additional seat", he told the Sentinel and indicated that Labour may, in fact, run two candidates in Galway West next time out. And it could well be a case of 13th time lucky for Deputy Higgins because that will be the number of General Elections he will have fought if he runs the next time.
However, he believes that the current Dáil will run full term – to 2012 – and if that is the case then he will make a decision on his political future closer to that time.
"But if there happens to be an election within the next year, for example, then I will be a candidate. I am certainly not going to get out of the way for the benefit of any other party," he declared.
Deputy Higgins has fought an incredible 12 General Elections during a long and distinguished political career during which he also served on Galway City Council.
He was first elected in 1981 and lost his seat in the second of two General Elections the following year before regaining the seat in 1987 and has comfortably held the Labour seat in Galway West since then. It is considered one of the safest seats in the constituency but there has been speculation that following his reelection in 2007, this would be his last term in Dáil Éireann before retiring from politics.
But he has no intention in the short term at least. It is felt that Fine Gael only have a realistic chance of winning a second seat if Michael D Higgins is not a candidate.
Fine Gael's only other chance of a second seat would be for the Fianna Fáil vote to collapse leaving them with just one seat – while their vote will be down significantly, it would be a nightmare situation for the party to end up with just one seat in Galway West.
It may turn out to be a straight battle between Deputy Padraic McCormack and his political rival Senator Fidelma Healy Eames for the sole Fine Gael seat in the constituency.
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The way we were – Protecting archives of our past
Judy Murphy
People's living conditions less than 100 years ago were frightening. We have come a long way. We talk about water charges today, but back then the local District Councils were erecting pumps for local communities and the lovely town of Mountbellew, according to Council minutes, had open sewers," says Galway County Council archivist Patria McWalter.
Patria believes we "need to take pride in our history, and we should take the same pride in our historical records as we do in our built heritage". When you see the wealth of material in her care, this belief makes sense.
She is in charge of caring for the rich collection of administrative records owned by Galway County Council and says "these records are as much part of our history as the Rock of Cashel is. They document our lives and our ancestors' lives. And nobody can plan for the future unless you learn from the past, what worked and what didn't".
Archivists and librarians are often unfairly regarded as being dry, academic types, but that's certainly not true of Patria. Her enthusiasm is infectious as she turns the pages of several minute books from Galway's Rural District Councils, all of them at least 100 years old.
Part of her role involved cataloguing all the records of the Councils – Ballinasloe, Clifden, Galway, Gort, Loughrea, Mountbellew, Portumna and Tuam. These records mostly consisted of minutes of various meetings.
When she was cataloguing them she realised their worth to local historians and researchers, so she decided to compile a guide to their content. The result is For the Record: The Archives of Galway's Rural District Councils, which will be a valuable asset to anybody with an interest in history.
Many representatives on these Councils were local personalities and several were arrested during the political upheaval of the era, she explains.
And, ushering in a new era in history, women were allowed to sit on these Rural District Councils – at the time they were not allowed to sit on County Councils.
All of this information is included in Patria's introductory essay to the attractively produced A4 size guide, which gives a glimpse into how these Rural Councils operated and the way political thinking changed in Ireland during a short 26-year period. In the early 1900s, these Councils supported Home Rule, but by 1920, they were calling for full independence and refusing to recognise the British administration.
"I love the tone," says Patria of the minutes from meetings. "The language was very emotive."
That was certainly true of the Gort Rural District Council. At a meeting in 1907, following riots in Dublin at the premiere of JM Synge's play, The Playboy of the Western World the councillors' response was vehement. They recorded their decision to "protest most emphatically against the libellous comedy, The Playboy of the Western World, that was belched forth during the past week in the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, under the fostering care of Lady Gregory and Mr Yeats. We congratulate the good people of Dublin in howling down the gross buffoonery and immoral suggestions that are scattered throughout this scandalous performance.
For more from the archives see this week's Tribunes here
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Athenry fail to take chances as they bow out of Junior Cup
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For the second year in succession Athenry were done in extra time in the FAI Junior Cup as last season's beaten finalist's came from behind to snatch an excellent game in Moanbawn on Sunday afternoon.
On a heavy pitch that was only playable following extensive groundwork by club officials all morning, the home side were by far the better side in the opening half, but failed to take advantage of a number of opportunities that came their way.
An Alan O'Donovan penalty gave them a merited advantage just after the restart, but thereafter were on the back foot as Kilbarrack took over, but for all their pressing, the home rearguard were dealing comfortably with their forays.
However they were struck a body blow just six minutes from time, as big striker Keith Kirwan was left all alone at the far post to head the equaliser and from that point on the Dubliners were the better side.
They started off the extra time in the ascendancy and enjoying all the momentum before striking for a good winning goal on 104 minutes. A strong bench allowed them to make some necessary changes and it was not a facility that was available to Athenry manager Gabriel Glavin.
With Gary Forde and Gary Delaney out through suspension following their sending off against OLBC in the previous round, and Seamie Crowe injured, it left their bench rather threadbare with just a number of young squad players available.
Playing with the aid of the slight incline and any wind advantage going, the home side had a Connor Cannon effort on target in the opening minute, while John Meleady was just over with a flick at the other end.
Meleady then tested Andrew Walsh who saved comfortably, before the goalkeeper pulled off a brilliant double save on 14 minutes.
Firstly he went full length to push away a Meleady shot and was then back on his feet to parry David Jackson's close-range rebound.
For more, read this week's Connacht Sentinel.

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AMD GameOn Returns to Hyderabad on October 12th
Shawn Zuzarte
From October 12 -13th, 2019, AMD will be hosting the fourth rendition of its annual flagship gaming event, GameOn, in Hyderabad at the HITEX Convention Center on the sidelines of Comic Con.
AMD GameOn is an annual esports event, hosted by the Radeon Technology Group at AMD and is aimed at bringing leading edge gaming hardware and software developed by the team, directly into the hands of gamers and enthusiasts. Visitors will have direct access to live demonstrations of key features, Virtual Reality (VR) experience, PC, Console and Server based gaming through high performance rigs on both days. The gaming experiences are in partnership with Sony PS4, HTC VIVE and Samsung.
In association with Playmax Interactive, AMD will also be hosting the final round of tournaments for games such as Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, DOTA 2, PUBG and Fortnite. There will be over 200 individual players competing in these tournaments which will be live streamed on Twitch, Facebook and Twitter. Participants will have a chance to take home prizes worth up to 20 Lakhs, including one of the most powerful gaming rigs built by AMD that includes the Ryzen 7 3700X and the Radeon RX 5700XT.
Visitors will be able to play and experience the latest games by unleashing the best of the performance on the latest AMD Ryzen processors and AMD Radeon graphic cards. In addition to Esports, fans will have access to 15+ PC game titles along with the latest VR games available for free play.
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There will also be recruitment booths available at the event where interested candidates can upload their resumes by scanning the QR code displayed at the booth. Those shortlisted will be invited to partake in the opportunity to be a part of the next wave within the industry.
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What is a Viral Hepatitis Virus?
Blog August 8, 2021
In recent years, scientists have learned a lot about the role viruses play in our health and well-being. For instance, many viruses cause disease and death, and they are responsible for causing many of the world's diseases. However, there are some viruses that remain virtually unknown. These viruses are called "zoon", and scientists still have a lot to learn about them.
In order for a virus to reproduce, it must attack cellular machinery (which is often called "non-living" cells). Cellular machinery is the part of a cell that makes the proteins that make up the body and keep it running. The exact role that the cellular machinery plays is not well understood, but most experts agree that it is either necessary or the other part of the virus. If the viral machinery cannot reproduce, the virus will eventually die. But if it reproduces and creates a number of healthy cells, then it can survive until it replicates again. This is what makes the virus immortal: it can replicate indefinitely without ever becoming extinct.
There are a lot of different types of viruses. Some viruses are dangerous to all living organisms, but most of them are safe. The dangerous viruses are those that contain enveloped nucleic acids – or DNA – where insertion into living organisms causes them to reproduce. These are the kind of viruses that create life in the ocean, cause an allergy in humans, and are suspected of causing cancer. Examples of these are the SARS virus and the bird flu.
Some viruses have a single insertion point that allows them to spread and reproduce rapidly. A virus with a single insertion point is called a vision, or a clump of genetic material. There may be multiple insertsions into the host cell, resulting in a larger number of cells with the virus than there would normally be with the single insertion (if it were a normal virus). These viruses are usually single stranded, or linear. A linear virus has multiple copies of itself; each copy acts like a virus on the outside of the cell. The best way to distinguish between these is to know that only the virus itself spreads, while the DNA strands are left unscathed.
A new type of virus has been discovered that is encased within a working protein. The best way to tell a virus apart from other types is to look at the genetic code – the DNA sequence of the virus. A virus that is encased within a one genome (a DNA strand that has been fashioned from a piece of RNA material) will show many similarities to its natural host. A virus that only encodes a small portion of its genome will not look very much like the rest of the virus, or will only carry the genes it needs to reproduce. It is possible to identify these viruses by looking at samples of their rna genome, or by isolating them from their natural hosts.
In order for us to treat a virus infection, we must find the protein component of the virus that is the problem. We can then use a protein isolation method such as electrophoresis to identify the particular amino acids that make up the problem virus. Once we have isolated these proteins, we can use them to construct our own versions of these proteins, called therapeutic proteins. Our bodies are capable of producing these proteins on their own, but sometimes they are lost through natural death or environmental causes. Through the use of our own genetic material, we can artificially make these proteins and use them to replace the ones that may be missing from our bodies.
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The Board of Trustees of the Geneseo Public Library District met in Foundation Room A at the library on Monday, September 11, 2017. President Bill Menendez called the meeting to order at 6:38 p.m. Board members in attendance were Christine Bergren, Lee Fluck, Tara Jimenez, Paul Pardo and Ray Rogers. Deb Wyffels, Assistant Director, was also present.
Financial Report/Bills to Be Paid. The Financial Report was reviewed and will be filed for the auditors. Paul made a motion to pay the bills, Tara seconded the motion, and the board unanimously agreed to the motion by roll call vote. Due to late fees on charge cards that do not coincide with when we pay our bills, it was suggested that all charges be made on Visa, whose billing cycle matches our bill paying period.
Director Review Bill has been unable finish the Director's Review. It will be discussed next month.
Reader Printer The printer we have now is 6 years old and difficult for older citizens to use. Claire presented a bid for a new one that is far easier and could be rented or purchased. Further discussion on this subject was tabled until the Technology Plan is presented.
Safety Training As a requirement of the Per Capita Grant, all board members must be trained in safety in the library. Claire will send each board member a link to the site where they can view the presentation.
Budget Paul moved that the Final Budget be approved and signed. Ray seconded the motion and by roll call vote, it passed unanimously. It was signed by Chris and Bill and will be filed at the Court House.
Classes/Blackhawk The Geneseo Board of Directors encourages taking classes that are relevant to the library and job desciptions. The staff should strive to master all technology equipment, genealogy equipment, copiers, etc. within the library to assist patrons. There was discussion about what other types and costs of classes are available to staff. The Policy Manual will be revised to address this after more details are worked out.
5-Year Plan A plan consisting of five projects proposed to the Board was presented. The costs and magnitude of each item vary, although no expenses were estimated. The list will be prioritized and addressed next month, possibly with estimates on each.
Employee Chart Deb presented a current employee chart, showing the divisions of employees. The marketing and programming position was vacated when Donna Murray left the area, so the job is divided up by Claire and others.
Executive Session At 7:45 pm the Board went into Executive Session. No actions were taken and at 8:06 pm they came out of Executive Session.


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Article III courts have been the subject of considerable political discussion and media attention given the fight over judicial nominations and the allegedly questionable decision-making of federal judges. No political figure has been more involved in the debate over the state of the judiciary than House Majority Leader Tom DeLay.
Now, Representative DeLay has urged reporters attempting to understand his position on the courts to read a controversial book that argues the Supreme Court is destroying America. The book makes the point that the "high regard with which most Americans currently regard the court is undeserved", in part because of "disastrous decisions" such as "Korematsu vs. United States, which placed the Supreme Court's stamp of approval on President Roosevelt's internment of the Japanese-Americans during World War II."
Politics aside, Korematsu is one of the few decisions that is almost universally regarded as being incorrectly decided, a rare and unflattering distinction in our Supreme Court's history.
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Sp1 is a member of the zinc finger transcription factors which are involved in many biological processes including cell cycle, cell differentiation, cell growth, apoptosis, immune responses, response to DNA damage, and chromatin remodeling. Sp1 can be phosphorylated by many kinases including PKA, PKC-zeta, ERK and CDK. Growth factors such as EGF and FGF2 can phosphorylate Sp1 through ERK, and HGF can activate Sp1 through PI3K, MEK and PKC-zeta (reviewed by Tan and Khachigian, 2009). There are five confirmed phosphorylation sites on Sp1: Ser59, Ser131, Thr453, Thr579, and Thr739, and phosphorylation can result in both positive and negative effects on Sp1 DNA binding and activation of the target promoter (Chu and Ferro, 2005).
Activation of Sp1 can be confirmed by detecting phosphorylation at the known sites (Ser59, Ser131, Thr453, Thr579, and Thr739) using Western blots with phospho-specific antibodies. Confirmatory evidence for the involvement of Sp1 in MUC5AC transcription comes from electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) and site-directed mutagenesis experiments (Hewson et al., 2004). Specificity can be proven by inhibiting Sp1 with mithramycin C. This describes a very experimental approach; none of these methods is validated.
Sp1 activation has been reported in mouse, rat and human, and Sp1 is orthologous between these species.
Barbier, D., Garcia-Verdugo, I., Pothlichet, J., Khazen, R., Descamps, D., Rousseau, K., Thornton, D., Si-Tahar, M., Touqui, L., Chignard, M., et al. (2012). Influenza A Induces the Major Secreted Airway Mucin MUC5AC in a Protease–EGFR–Extracellular Regulated Kinase–Sp1–Dependent Pathway. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 47, 149–157.
Chu, S., and Ferro, T.J. (2005). Sp1: Regulation of gene expression by phosphorylation. Gene 348, 1–11.
Hewson, C.A., Edbrooke, M.R., and Johnston, S.L. (2004). PMA induces the MUC5AC respiratory mucin in human bronchial epithelial cells, via PKC, EGF/TGF-α, Ras/Raf, MEK, ERK and Sp1-dependent mechanisms. J Mol Biol 344, 683-695.
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John Adams Elementary School Awarded Inaugural School Bell Award for Morning Mile Program
Adams was awarded the inaugural School Bell Award for fitness program excellence by the TPA, in recognition of their Morning Mile Program.
Published: December 18, 2015 at 3:08 p.m.
KINGSPORT, Tenn. – John Adams Elementary School was awarded the inaugural School Bell Award for fitness program excellence by the Tennessee Principals Association (TPA), in recognition of their Morning Mile Program. Adams Elementary was the first school to ever receive this award.
The Morning Mile, coordinated by Physical Education teacher Jason Hincke, is a voluntary running program open to all students at Adams Elementary. With the assistance of nearly 30 parent volunteers over the course of a week, students in grades K-5 meet weekday mornings to run before school begins. Between 50 and 70 students in grades 3-5 run an average of one and one-half to two miles each day, and between 30 and 50 students in grades K-2 run an average of one mile each day. Studies show that students who participate in physical activities such as the Morning Mile program are better prepared to learn since blood flow to the brain is stimulated.
"We are so proud of Mr. Hincke, his Morning Mile participants, and the parent volunteers who assist with this program," said John Adams Elementary School Principal Dr. Stephanie Potter. "It is such a welcome sight each morning to see the dedication and commitment each of these students exhibits as they 'run their own race.' They are preparing themselves mentally and physically for a successful day and successful life as they demonstrate the stamina and perseverance needed to be 'world class' citizens."
The School Bell Award was presented to Adams Associate Principal Philip Wright during the TPA Annual State Conference which was held December 8-10 in Nashville, TN.
For more information on the Morning Mile program, visit morningmile.com.
Kingsport City Schools (KCS) is a public school district located in Kingsport, Tenn., serving students in Sullivan and Hawkins county. The district is comprised of 13 schools, including a Pre-K, eight elementary schools, two middle schools, one high school and a non-traditional school; with total enrollment over 7,100 students. The vision of Kingsport City Schools is to be, Student Focused … World Class.
KCS has been named the top school district in Tennessee as winner of the 2014 SCORE Prize District Award by the State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) and has earned the 2014 Achievement Award in the annual Excellence in Tennessee Recognition Program by the Tennessee Center for Performance Excellence (TNPCE).
For more information on KCS, visit k12k.com, listen live on WCSK 90.3 FM, The Voice of KCS, read our blog, We Are KCS, or call (423) 378.2100. We're social too; follow us on Facebook (Kingsport City Schools), Twitter (@KCS_District) and check out our YouTube Channel (KPTSchools).


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US Olympic Swimmers Were Vandals Not Robbery Victims – Brazilian Police
by Kanyi Okeke August 18, 2016, 8:57 pm 1 Comment
Brazilian police say US swimmers invented a story about a robbery in Rio to disguise a dispute over a damaged door when the swimmers vandalized a gas station.
Civil Police chief Fernando Veloso said at a press conference about four American swimmers:
"In theory, one or all of them might be charged for false communication of a crime and for damaging private assets, the gas station. I'm not saying that they are charged right now because of that. We have to finalize the investigation and in theory that could be the case. This is not really a — this kind of crime will not lead to their arrest."
Four American swimmers who claimed that they were robbed in Rio de Janeiro should apologize to residents, Brazilian police said.
U.S. Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte was confrontational with security guards after they stopped him and three other American swimmers from vandalizing a gas station because he was "very angry because he was intoxicated," said Fernando Veloso, chief of civil police in Rio de Janeiro.
Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger were taken off a US-bound plane at Rio de Janeiro airport on Wednesday night and were seen entering a Rio police station for questioning on Thursday afternoon. Team-mate James Feigen has also remained in Brazil. Three of the swimmers remain in Brazil and are being questioned by police. The fourth, gold medallist Ryan Lochte, returned to the US on Monday.
One of the American Olympic swimmers confirmed the account that the surveillance video showed that the swimmers — Ryan Lochte, Jack Conger, Gunnar Bentz and James Feigen — were committing acts of vandalism at a gas station when confronted by security guards, Brazilian police said.
The Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro earlier told BBC Brasil that at about 06:00 (09:00 GMT) on Sunday, the four men had arrived by taxi at a petrol station in Barra da Tijuca, 16km (10 miles) from the Olympic Park.
At least one of the athletes broke the door to the bathroom, the police said, and petrol station attendants asked the Americans to pay for the damage.
A verbal dispute is said to have ensued with the attendants, and security guards were called to contain the incident. The police were also called.
While police were on their way, another customer at the petrol station served as interpreter for the athletes and helped agree payment for the damage.
When police arrived, the athletes had already gone after paying for the broken door, and they returned to the Olympic Village.
Video from CCTV appears to show the athletes being detained and ordered to sit on the ground.
Mr Lochte admitted on Wednesday to some inaccuracies in his original account of being robbed at gunpoint in the early hours of Sunday, but vehemently denied making the story up.
"I wouldn't make up a story like this nor would the others – as a matter of fact we all feel it makes us look bad," he told US TV network NBC.
Lochte is one of the most successful swimmers in history, with 12 Olympic medals, and he once had his own reality television show in the US. In Rio, he swam in two events, winning gold in the 4x200m freestyle relay.
Feigen won gold in the 4x100m freestyle relay.
Bentz competed in the 4x200m preliminaries, but not the final. He still received a gold medal after the US team's win.
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I can't believe these guys could be so stupid,what were they thinking or why weren't they thinking you would think that they are getting enough attention being in the olympics already smh,what a disappointment.I'm glad Phelps had better sense thanks those guys ?
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Texas Man Survives for Five Days With Punctured Lung, No Food and Water, After Crashing Car Into Woods: 'It Truly Is a Miracle'
By Ewan Palmer On 7/1/19 at 7:11 AM EDT
A Texas man who was reported missing has been found alive. He had crashed his car and survived without food or water for five days. Jose Velazquez, 32, was last seen in the early hours of Wednesday, June 26, after visiting a bar in Main Street, Houston. His family reported him missing after he failed to turn up to work later that morning.
Several days later, Texas EquuSearch confirmed that Velazquez had been found alive but seriously injured after flipping his 2007 four-door Honda Accord in The Woodlands area of Houston. Officials were able to locate the 32-year-old after tracking his cellphone.
"Though he has multiple serious injuries; they are not thought to be life threatening, and it is thought that he will survive," Texas EquuSearch said in a statement. "Jose was badly injured and trapped in the woods for five days without food or water. Thankfully, he has been found alive, and we hope he will now have the opportunity to live another day, and many more years."
According to KHOU, EquuSearch believe Velazquez was thrown from his vehicle during the crash, but was able to crawl back towards it. He was conscious and talking when he was found by the search party around 100 yards into a wooded area after careering off the interstate on Texas 242.
According to Sergeant Erik Burse, of the Texas Department of Public Safety, similar crashes have happened at that intersection before, reports the Houston Chronicle.
"He was alive, all you can say is it truly is a miracle," Texas EquuSearch founder Tim Miller told KHOU. "He had a lot of broken ribs, a punctured lung, dehydrated. For him to still be alive, I just don't know. But it doesn't happen everyday, I can tell you that."
Velazquez was believed to be travelling to his cousin's house before he was involved in the crash. It reportedly took more than five hours to pull the wrecked Honda out of the woods.
"He said to one of our searchers 'sorry that I smell,'" Thomas Murphy, the search coordinator, told KHOU. "He had his humor after all that."
Velazquez was taken to the Memorial Hermann Hospital, where he remains in serious condition.
"The Texas EquuSearch members that were there looking for Jose did a superb job, and you can also be very proud of yourselves," EquuSearch added in a statement. "We would also like to recognize and thank Houston Police Department Missing Persons Investigator Danny Do for his quick, professional and diligent efforts to find Jose."
Jose Velazquez is recovering after crashing his car off just off an interstate in Houstin, Texas. Texas EquuSearch
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to a special issue of the prestigious Computational Intelligence journal. All submissions will go through a double-blind review process. Submitted papers must be formatted using the Springer LNCS style and not exceed 12 pages for long papers or 6 pages for short papers.
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The second South Asian Progressive Conference was held on May 23, 2004 in San Francisco. The conference was attended by over a hundred people, primarily activists from the Bay Area. The focus of the conference was on brainstorming and working to build a strong and vibrant South Asian community. The conference included a workshop on the impact of INS Special Registration on South Asian, Arab, and Muslims. Reshma Yunus, Operations Director of American Muslim Voice and Sanjeev Bery, Field Organizer of the ACLU of Northern California were speakers at the workshop.
"The FBI's post-Watergate era internal regulations restricting it from spying on local community groups were lifted; community groups started noticing strange new people showing up at mosques - increased xenophobia against Muslims and those believed to resemble Muslims," Mr. Bery said.
Mr. Bery continued, "then, a year after 9/11, the federal government implemented National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS) program." NSEERS' (also known as "Special Regi stration") purpose was to track and register male foreign nationals over the age of 16 from following countries: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Eritrea, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. Other countries were subsequently added.
Ms. Yunus discussed some of the call received at the help-line that AMV's Executive Director, Samina Faheem Sundas, had set up to provide information and education about Special Registration. She said that thousands of people who went for voluntary Special Registration were detained, and sometimes deported for simply for lack of documentation, sometimes involving errors that registrants or their immigration lawyers weren't aware of - some detained/deported.
"About 13,000 people were detained during the Special Registration process and many of those were deported. Some registrants wrongly told they had no right to counsel, or were denied right to attorneys - some not given information about where they were to be detained or deported. Many families were impacted, men, women and children," she said.
Both speakers went on to say that special registration was not adequately explained to those required to register. Ms. Yunus related an incident whereby Ms. Samina Faheem Sundas had been told, by an Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS) representative, even a comatose patient was require to be registered. Many Bay Area community groups like Alliance of South Asians Taking Action (ASATA) and Friends of South Asia (FOSA), and American Muslim Voice (AMV) and Blue Triangle were involved with community education on Special Registration and had a presence at INS facilities during the registration process.
Special Registration partially ended in fall 2003. The pressure of community groups around the country helped in ending the program by creating noise and elevating debate on the program.
Mr. Barry said that the CLEAR Act would require local law enforcement to enforce immigration law - if passed, would drive a wedge between police departments and local immigrant communities. This law could make victims of domestic violence hesitant to call the police for fear of possible repercussions from the Immigration Department. He urged participants to take active measures to lobby senators and congressional representatives to oppose the CLEAR Act.
Both speakers emphasized the need to be involved and active participants in the community at large to break down barriers of mistrust.
Anirvan Chatterjee of www.bookfinder.com contributed to this report.


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Carlo Cottarelli, former director of the IMF, addresses journalists after speaking with Italian President Sergio Mattarella on May 28, 2018 at the Quirinale presidential palace in Rome, Italy. (Michele Spatari/NurPhoto/Zuma Press/TNS)
Italy mired in political turmoil as populist parties rage
ROME — Italy sank deeper into political uncertainty as populist leaders pulled the plug on their attempt to form a government after the president rejected their choice of a euroskeptic, Germany-bashing candidate as finance minister.
The anti-establishment Five Star Movement said it was considering proposing impeachment of President Sergio Mattarella, while anti-immigrant League leader Matteo Salvini hinted at a conspiracy and made a thinly veiled call for new elections.
Five Star leader Luigi Di Maio blamed credit-rating companies for torpedoing the cabinet.
"Let's be clear then, what's the point of going to vote since governments are decided by the credit-rating agencies and the financial lobbies," Di Maio said on his Facebook page. On Friday, Moody's put Italy's credit rating on review for a possible downgrade, citing risks to its fiscal strength from the government plan put forward by Di Maio and Salvini.
Mattarella said he rejected the populists' choice of Paolo Savona for finance minister for the good of the country and the financial "savings of families" that had been endangered by rising bond spreads and market concerns.
The president summoned Carlo Cottarelli, a former executive director of the International Monetary Fund, to his office on Monday, a state official said. Cottarelli may be asked to try to form an interim government before the country heads to early elections, according to television broadcaster RAI.
Five Star leaders are discussing a possible attempt to seek Mattarella's impeachment, invoking a constitutional clause which says the president is not responsible for actions carried out as part of his office, except for high treason or for violating the constitution, a Five Star official said. Mattarella's office declined to comment on the report.
A government plan by the Five Star's Di Maio and Salvini of the League had spooked European Union partners and financial markets with pledges for fiscal expansion and tax cuts challenging EU budget rules. The Italy-Germany 10-year yield spread reached the widest since 2014 on Friday.
Both men have vowed to vote against a so-called technocratic or nonpartisan government, if such a coalition comes to a confidence vote in Parliament.
"I agreed to all the ministers except the finance minister," Mattarella said at the presidential palace in Rome. "I asked for a figure who would mean not risking an exit from the euro. Now some political forces are asking me to hold elections. I will take decisions on the basis of how the situation evolves in Parliament."
Both Salvini and Di Maio had staunchly backed Savona, and pressed Mattarella regarding the proposed government team in separate meetings with the head of state earlier on Sunday afternoon.
"We worked for weeks, day and night, to ensure the birth of a government which defends the interests of Italian citizens. But someone (under pressure from whom?) said no to us," Salvini wrote in a Facebook post. "At this point, with the honesty, coherence and courage of always, you must now have a say," Salvini said in a call for early elections.
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Born April 15, 1941 in Manhattan, of Jewish immigrants from Poland and Galicia, Elazar has been active for many years on the New York and Tel Aviv literary scenes. His poems and stories have appeared in numerous literary magazines, newspapers and anthologies throughout the world.
Since first publishing in 1964, he has had 14 books published, including The Importance of Swimming, Television Analogs, Love Cycles, A Jew in the House of Harvard, Poet's Guide to the Holy Landand The World According to Animals.
A Jew in the House of Harvard was awarded first prize by the Israel Federation of Writers for the year 1987. His two most recent stories are available at Storie Magazine, LeConte Publications, in Rome.
Translated into eight languages, including Hebrew, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Turkish and Hungarian, Elazar's readings and seminars include such venues as, The New School for Social Research, The Whitney Museum School of American Art, WBAI Radio, WNET TV/Channel 13, CBS TV/Video at The School of Visual Arts, and the American Embassy in Tel Aviv.
During the Scud War in Israel, continuing a career begun in the U.S., Elazar wrote a weekly column for The Jerusalem Post and is now contributing editor of LeConte Publications, in Rome.
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I am having a table named employee with columns name,salary,address.
The query should return the first two highest column values from the employee table.
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Last Tuesday, two men testified in Britain about a hacking scandal. Not a hacking scandal to release classified government documents. Not even a hacking scandal to skim credit card or ATM numbers, although the motive for financial gain was certainly present.
The men were Tom Crone and Colin Myler, former senior executives of News Corporation. On Tuesday, they testified about a British newspaper, News of the World, that allegedly hacked the voicemail accounts of a 13-year-old murder victim and the relatives of fallen soldiers. They testified that they told James Murdoch, son of Rupert Murdoch and heir to News Corporation, just how far the hacking extended back in 2008.
Although the testimony will continue for some time, News of the World has already felt the damage. Following the initial allegations earlier this summer, the paper so feared by both British police and politicians closed July 11th. While the paper may be finished, the questions raised about declining journalistic standards are far from answered.
Unfortunately, this decline in journalistic standards isn't confined to News of the World. Rather, current media trends reward reporting ranging from poorly researched to simply unethical. The problem is structural.
With the advent of cable news broadcasting came the 24-hour news cycle. No longer were we satisfied consuming news daily, paper spread on our laps and cup of coffee in hand. Now, we could have news updates as they came in, the sooner the better. How could print newspapers compete, especially for breaking news stories? With constantly-updated online versions of the print paper. While this strategy has helped print newspapers compete with broadcast journalists, it rushes the process. Good journalism takes time. It takes research, fact-checking, and thorough editing. No matter how competent the journalist, this rush to publish online inevitably leads to less thorough reporting and more inaccurate stories. In the News of the World scandal, it even led reporters to act unethically, all for the purpose of acquiring information faster than the competition.
To be fair, errors made in online stories are often corrected before going to print. But print publication is costly. In contrast, online media requires little start-up and is cheaper to maintain. The advantages inherent to online media have created an abundance of online news sources, including online-only newspapers, blogs, and social media sites. As these news sources become increasingly competitive with one another, we become over-saturated with the same information, the same facts and details repeated endlessly through infinite news sources. No longer are we content with just the facts, each as carelessly swept into the garbage as the newspaper itself. Now we demand entertainment. We demand juicy details, even controversy. Anything to make us choose this news source over that one. Above all, News of the World's forte—sensationalism.
These trends both propelled tabloids forward and nailed the coffin of print journalism. Online newspapers, originally intended only as supplements for the print dailies, have forced a decline in print subscriptions and a loss of revenue. High-end papers, such as News Corp.'s Times of London, lose millions a year. Why pay if you can get it online for free? Even if your preferred paper doesn't have an online version, you can find the information elsewhere. Consumers are still willing to shell out money—but only if the information is different. If no one else is reporting it. If it's sensationalized. Cue tabloids like News of the World, whose profits balanced the losses of the Times.
Earlier in this article, I said the problem was structural. Time for full disclosure: we are the structural problem. Scandals like News of the World will happen again and again because people are willing to pay for tabloids over quality journalism. The first step is to stop supporting papers whose journalistic standards aren't up to par. The outrage in Britain was a good start. We should also remind ourselves that good reporting takes time. The quickest updates aren't necessarily the most factual nor the latest scoop the most ethically acquired.
Most importantly, we must come to terms with the money needed to pay journalists and to produce a quality publication. We need to support quality journalism—and that includes financially. The 24 hour news cycle and the proliferation of online media have given our news consumption a sense of entitlement. Why should we pay for news? Shouldn't information be free? Isn't information central to engaged citizenship and to democracy itself? It most certainly is. A world without journalistic integrity — above all, a world of misinformation — threatens democracy every, single day.


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Hundreds of farmers attended the inaugural 'No Till' Groundswell day, organised by Hertfordshire farming family The Cherrys last year. This year they added an extra day, which focused on bringing cattle back onto the land.
The day started with Tom Chapman, a member of the Pasture Fed Livestock Association, talking about the practicalities of mob grazing in the UK.The day started with Tom Chapman, a member of the Pasture Fed Livestock Association, talking about the practicalities of mob grazing in the UK.
Having read a Nuffield Scholarship report on mob grazing, he immediately rushed out and set up electric fences on fields where the suckler herd was set stocked. He felt this might give him some control – as the animals were now only grazing the bits he wanted them to!
After completing his own Nuffield study in 2012, he changed the herd to all spring calving and transitioned the breed away from dairy genetics to the Sussex breed, which live on next to nothing in winter.
Mob grazing, Tom explained is short duration, high density grazing with a long grass recovery time from 40 to 100 days or longer. This allows mature grass plants with deep rooting systems to build higher quality soil. The cattle eat the top third of the grass and trample some on the soil surface – so earthworms can reach it to pull it down into the soil.
Set stocking which has no recovery period exhausts the plant, using all its energy to produce a new young shoot, which is then nipped out by the animals as soon as it appears, repeatedly. The plant then dies and weeds come in to fill the space.
Tom gave lots of tips for water and fencing which he has learnt over the years, including fencing across the centre of a water trough to allow access from both sides, using braid instead of wire because it handles repeated stretching better, and using the least amount of movable fence posts possible. In wet weather, give the animals a smaller area and keep them there for a shorter time.
"I am a huge fan of variety in the grass ley mixtures," said Tom. "Different plants with different rooting depths provide a nutritional mixture of energy and protein and minerals. We have a little ryegrass in them, but a lot of timothy and cocksfoot and clovers and plantain and yarrow, vetches and sheep's parsley. Even some maize and a few sunflowers. At times it is a mass of bees.
Green plants capture sunlight and carbon dioxide and turn weathered rock minerals into fertile topsoil. Unless there are green plants there will be no soil, explained Australian Dr Christine Jones, an internationally renowned and highly respected groundcover and soils ecologist, who headlined Day One at Groundswell.
And where there are plants – soil carbon and mineral levels also rise.
"Today, soil is often regarded as an inert media that plants grow in," said Christine. "But 85 to 90% of plant nutrient acquisition is mediated by microbes. But what feeds the microbes and with what? The answer is that plants feed the microbes with liquid carbon.
Sugary fluids translocate out through tiny root hairs and 'communicate' with the finger-like processes of mycorrhizal fungi, as well as making little lumps on the roots called aggregates. These aggregates have lower oxygen levels inside, which encourages bacteria that feed and fix nitrogen. These, along with many other soil organisms, all help to produce humus – the Holy Grail of fertile soil formation.
Christine then explained how quickly these critical pathways shut down when artificial fertiliser is applied to crops. The plant does of course have a readily available source of nitrogen and phosphate – but it will not be able to take up any of the other, between 16 to 70 nutrients it would normally take up alongside organic N and P, because the pathway has been closed. So the plant, and anything that eats it, will lose out.
When grass is grazed short continuously, the roots will shorten and die and the soil will lose its soul and die too. The aim is to have good, fertile topsoil down to one metre depth. A plant can have 50% of its leaves removed and its roots will remain intact. But if 70% of a plant is grazed, half the roots will stop growing for three weeks.
If the plant is 90% grazed – all of its roots will stop growing for three weeks. Not good news for rotational grazers or set stockers that over-graze.
Christine also said that ideally fields should have different types of roots and that mixed herbal leys offer the best opportunities for building good soil. Sward diversity is good for animal health. Mycorrhizal fungi do not exist well under monocultures.
In fact 'diversity' became the key word of the session and the day. Diverse swards offer lots of positives – better animal health, better soil health and structure and the need for less artificial inputs. Diversity also produces a common mycorrhizal network, which likes being connected to a lot of different plants.
After lunch it was time to briefly venture outside to see John Cherry move his 120 beef shorthorn cow and calf suckler herd for the day. The animals were quietly grazing their plot of permanent pasture – but were very happy to move on to the next day's plot. It took John less than ten minutes. Simple.
Meanwhile, James Daniel of Precision Grazing was showcasing the latest in fencing – making it quick and easy for one person to take down and erect new front and back fences. He uses Kiwitech, innovative equipment made, tried and tested in New Zealand for the past 30 years and now for sale for the first time in the UK.
Back inside the conference barn to a passionate talk by dung beetle enthusiast Dr Sarah Beynon. She told delegates that this hugely nutrient-rich resource is a package of natural fertiliser. She reckoned that her Aberdeen Angus bull produces nine tonnes a year, so with 10 million cattle in the UK that means 90 million tonnes produced a year. This could annually cover 4.8% of the permanent pasture in the UK. Thank goodness for the 47 species of dung beetles that work hard to decompose it all.
The dung 'dwellers' and 'tunnellers' have different jobs to do within the pat. Earthworms will not go into dung unless yellow dung flies and the dung beetles have been working there before them – it is a successive community.
Sadly dung beetles are in decline due to insecticides/wormers used on cattle and sheep. Sarah urges responsible use by farmers guided by facts and faecal egg counts rather than regular routine use.
So that was the first day of Groundswell 2017. A well thought out, well attended show that taps into a growing realization that the approach to farming needs to change – based on biology not chemistry.
Thanks must go to John, Paul, Alex and Harriet Cherry and their team for hosting this innovative event, including delicious 100% grass-fed beef rolls for lunch, drinks from the Earthworm Arms bar, a fascinating book shop in the Black Barn and take-away, eco-friendly hot mugs and water bottles.
Day 2 focused on the success of continuous no-till farming that has been practiced at Lannock Farm for the past six years. Many hundreds of farmers were expected to attend.


TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / April 15, 2019 / Intellipharmaceutics International Inc. (OTCQB: IPCIF and TSX: IPCI) ("Intellipharmaceutics" or the "Company"), a pharmaceutical company specializing in the research, development and manufacture of novel and generic controlled-release and targeted-release oral solid dosage drugs, today reported the results of operations for the three months ended February 28, 2019. All dollar amounts referenced herein are in United States dollars unless otherwise noted.
On April 12, 2019, we and Mallinckrodt LLC ("Mallinckrodt") mutually agreed to terminate our license and commercial supply agreement effective no later than August 31, 2019. Under the terms of our mutual agreement, Mallinckrodt has been released from certain obligations under the license and commercial supply agreement as of April 12, 2019. The Company is in discussions with other parties who are interested in marketing and distributing our products which have been licensed under the agreement.
In March 2019, we announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") acknowledged receipt of our resubmission of the abuse-deterrent oxycodone hydrochloride extended release formulation ("Oxycodone ER") New Drug Application ("NDA") filed on February 28, 2019. The FDA informed us that it considers the resubmission a complete response to the September 22, 2017 action letter it issued in respect of the NDA. The FDA also assigned a Prescription Drug User Fee Act ("PDUFA") goal date of August 28, 2019.
On February 21, 2019, we and our CEO, Dr. Isa Odidi ("Defendants"), were served with a Statement of Claim filed in the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario ("Court") for a proposed class action under the Ontario Class Proceedings Act ("Action"). The Action was brought by Victor Romita, the proposed representative plaintiff ("Plaintiff"), on behalf of a class of Canadian persons ("Class") who traded shares of the Company during the period from February 29, 2016 to July 26, 2017 ("Period"). The Statement of Claim, under the caption Victor Romita v. Intellipharmaceutics International Inc. and Isa Odidi, asserts that the Defendants knowingly or negligently made certain public statements during the Period that contained or omitted material facts concerning Oxycodone ER abuse-deterrent oxycodone hydrochloride extended release tablets. The Plaintiff alleges that he and the Class suffered loss and damages as a result of their trading in the Company's shares during the Period. The Plaintiff seeks, among other remedies, unspecified damages, legal fees and court and other costs as the Court may permit. On February 26, 2019, the Plaintiff delivered a Notice of Motion seeking the required approval from the Court, in accordance with procedure under the Ontario Securities Act, to allow the statutory claims under the Ontario Securities Act to proceed with respect to the claims based upon the acquisition or disposition of the Company's shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX") during the Period. No date has been set for the hearing of the Notice of Motion. No date has been set for the hearing of the certification application. The Defendants intend to vigorously defend the action and have filed a Notice of Intent to Defend.
In February 2019, we received tentative approval from the FDA for our Abbreviated New Drug Application ("ANDA") for desvenlafaxine extended-release tablets in the 50 and 100 mg strengths. This product is a generic equivalent of the branded product Pristiq® sold in the U.S. by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, LLC.
In January 2019, we announced that we had commenced a research and development ("R&D") program of pharmaceutical cannabidiol ("CBD") based products. As part of this R&D program, we filed provisional patent applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office pertaining to the delivery and application of cannabinoid-based therapeutics, began talks with potential commercialization partners in the cannabidiol industry, and identified a potential supplier of CBD. We hold a Health Canada Drug Establishment License, or DEL, and a dealer's license under the Narcotics Control Regulations ("NCR"). Under the NCR license, we are currently authorized to possess, produce, sell and deliver drug products containing various controlled substances, including CBD, in Canada.
On April 4, 2019, a tentative approval from TSX was received for a proposed refinancing of the debenture originally issued to us in 2013 (the "2013 Debenture") subject to certain conditions being met. As a result of the proposed refinancing, the principal amount owing under the 2013 Debenture will be financed by a new debenture (the "New Debenture"). If issued, the New Debenture will have a principal amount of $1,050,000 and will mature on November 1, 2019, bear interest at a rate 12% per annum and be convertible into 1,779,661 common shares of the Company at a conversion price of $0.59 per common share. Dr. Isa Odidi and Dr Amina Odidi, who are shareholders, directors and executive officers of the Company, will be the holders of the New Debenture.
The Company recorded net loss for the three months ended February 28, 2019 of $3.2 million or $0.16 per common share, compared with a net loss of $3.1 million or $0.91 per common share for the three months ended February 28, 2018. In the three months ended February 28, 2019, the net loss is attributed to the lower licensing revenues from commercial sales of generic Focalin XR® and, to a lesser extent, sales of generic Seroquel XR® shipped to Mallinckrodt, combined with increased administrative expense related to professional and legal fees. In the three months ended February 28, 2018, the net loss was attributed to lower licensing revenues from commercial sales of generic Focalin XR® and, to a lesser extent, sales of generic Seroquel XR® shipped to Mallinckrodt, combined with increased R&D expenses.
The Company recorded revenues of $0.3 million for the three months ended February 28, 2019 versus $0.3 million for the three months ended February 28, 2018. Such revenues consisted primarily of licensing revenues from commercial sales of the 15, 25, 30 and 35 mg strengths of our generic Focalin XR® under its license and commercialization agreement with Par Pharmaceutical, Inc. The increase in revenues in the three months ended February 28, 2019 compared to the three months ended February 28, 2018 is primarily due to slightly higher profit share payments from sales of generic Focalin XR® capsules in the U.S. Beginning in early 2018, we began to see a significant impact from aggressive pricing by competitors, resulting in a marked increase in gross-to-net deductions such as wholesaler rebates, chargebacks and pricing adjustments. While the gross-to-net deductions fluctuate on a quarter over quarter basis, profit share payments for the last quarter has been consistent over the same period in 2018. Revenues from generic Seroquel XR® are still well below levels expected at the launch of the product in 2017, primarily due to the Company's commercial partner entering the market later than planned. Management is continuing to evaluate strategic options to improve returns from this product.
Expenditures for R&D for the three months ended February 28, 2019 were lower by $0.1 million compared to the three months ended February 28, 2018. The decrease is primarily due to significantly lower patent litigation expenses partially offset by higher third party consulting fees.
Selling, general and administrative expenses were $1.2 million for the three months ended February 28, 2019 in comparison to $1.0 million for the three months ended February 28, 2018, resulting in an increase of $0.2 million. The increase is due to higher expenses related to administrative costs, partially offset by a decrease in wages and marketing cost.
The Company had cash of $2.8 million as at February 28, 2019 compared to $0.3 million as at February 28, 2018. The increase in cash was mainly due to the cash receipts provided from financing activities derived from the Company's two registered direct offerings in March 2018, the a convertible debenture financing in September 2018 and an underwritten public offering in October 2018, offset by ongoing expenditures in R&D and selling, general and administrative expenses.
As of February 28, 2019, our cash balance was $2.8 million. We currently expect to satisfy our operating cash requirements into the third quarter of 2019 from cash on hand and quarterly profit share payments. The Company will need to obtain additional funding as we further the development of our product candidates. Potential sources of capital may include payments from licensing agreements, cost savings associated with managing operating expense levels, equity and/or debt financings and/or new strategic partnership agreements which fund some or all costs of product development. We intend to utilize the capital markets to bridge any funding shortfall and to provide capital to continue to advance our most promising product candidates. Our future operations are highly dependent upon our ability to source additional capital to support advancing our product pipeline through continued R&D activities and to fund any significant expansion of our operations. Our ultimate success will depend on whether our product candidates receive the approval of the FDA or Health Canada and whether we are able to successfully market approved products. We cannot be certain that we will be able to receive FDA or Health Canada approval for any of our current or future product candidates, that we will reach the level of sales and revenues necessary to achieve and sustain profitability, or that we can secure other capital sources on terms or in amounts sufficient to meet our needs or at all.
There can be no assurance that we will enter into new license and commercial supply agreement for the marketing and distribution of products which have been licensed under the Mallinckrodt agreement, that our products will be successfully commercialized or produce significant revenues for us. Also, there can be no assurance that we will not be required to conduct further studies for our Oxycodone ER product candidate, that the FDA will approve any of our requested abuse-deterrent label claims or that the FDA will meet its deadline for review and ultimately approve the NDA for the sale of our Oxycodone ER product candidate in the U.S. market, that we will be successful in submitting any additional ANDAs or NDAs with the FDA or Abbreviated New Drug Submissions ("ANDSs") with Health Canada, that the FDA or Health Canada will approve any of our current or future product candidates for sale in the U.S. market and Canadian market, that any of our products or product candidates will receive regulatory approval for sale in other jurisdictions, that our desvenlafaxine extended-release product candidate will receive final FDA approval, or that any of our products will ever be successfully commercialized and produce significant revenue for us. Moreover, there can be no assurance that any of our provisional patent applications will successfully mature into patents, or that any cannabidiol-based product candidates we develop will ever be successfully commercialized or produce significant revenue for us.
Intellipharmaceutics International Inc. is a pharmaceutical company specializing in the research, development and manufacture of novel and generic controlled-release and targeted-release oral solid dosage drugs. The Company's patented Hypermatrix™ technology is a multidimensional controlled-release drug delivery platform that can be applied to a wide range of existing and new pharmaceuticals. Intellipharmaceutics has developed several drug delivery systems based on this technology platform, with a pipeline of products (some of which have received FDA approval) in various stages of development. The Company has ANDA and NDA 505(b)(2) drug product candidates in its development pipeline. These include the Company's Oxycodone ER based on its proprietary nPODDDS™ novel Point Of Divergence Drug Delivery System (for which an NDA has been filed with the FDA), and Regabatin™ XR (pregabalin extended-release capsules).
Certain statements in this document constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and/or " forward-looking information" under the Securities Act (Ontario). These statements include, without limitation, statements expressed or implied regarding our expectations , plans, goals and milestones, status of developments or expenditures relating to our business, plans to fund our current activities, and statements concerning our partnering activities, health regulatory submissions, strategy, future operations, future financial position, future sales, revenues and profitability, projected costs and market penetration and risks or uncertainties arising from the delisting of our shares from Nasdaq and our ability to comply with OTCQB and TSX requirements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as " appear", "unlikely", "target", "may", "will", "should", "expects", "plans", "plans to", "anticipates", "believes", "estimates", "predicts", "confident", "prospects", "potential", "continue", "intends", "look forward", "could", "would", "projected", "goals" ,"set to", " seeking" or the negative of such terms or other comparable terminology. We made a number of assumptions in the preparation of our forward-looking statements. You should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements, which are subject to a multitude of known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, future circumstances or events to differ materially from those stated in or implied by the forward-looking statements. Risks, uncertainties and other factors that could affect our actual results include, but are not limited to, , the effects of general economic conditions, securing and maintaining corporate alliances, our estimates regarding our capital requirements, and the effect of capital market conditions and other factors, including the current status of our product development programs, capital availability, the estimated proceeds (and the expected use of any proceeds) we may receive from any offering of our securities, the potential dilutive effects of any future financing, potential liability from and costs of defending pending or future litigation, our programs regarding research, development and commercialization of our product candidates, the timing of such programs, the timing, costs and uncertainties regarding obtaining regulatory approvals to market our product candidates and the difficulty in predicting the timing and results of any product launches, the timing and amount of profit-share payments from our commercial partners, and the timing and amount of any available investment tax credits, the actual or perceived benefits to users of our drug delivery technologies, products and product candidates as compared to others, our ability to establish and maintain valid and enforceable intellectual property rights in our drug delivery technologies, products and product candidates, the scope of protection provided by intellectual property rights for our drug delivery technologies, products and product candidates, recent and future legal developments in the United States and elsewhere that could make it more difficult and costly for us to obtain regulatory approvals for our product candidates and negatively affect the prices we may charge, increased public awareness and government scrutiny of the problems associated with the potential for abuse of opioid based medications, pursuing growth through international operations could strain our resources, our limited manufacturing, sales, marketing and distribution capability and our reliance on third parties for such, the actual size of the potential markets for any of our products and product candidates compared to our market estimates, our selection and licensing of products and product candidates, our ability to attract distributors and/or commercial partners with the ability to fund patent litigation and with acceptable product development, regulatory and commercialization expertise and the benefits to be derived from such collaborative efforts, sources of revenues and anticipated revenues, including contributions from distributors and commercial partners, product sales, license agreements and other collaborative efforts for the development and commercialization of product candidates, our ability to create an effective direct sales and marketing infrastructure for products we elect to market and sell directly, the rate and degree of market acceptance of our products, delays in product approvals that may be caused by changing regulatory requirements, the difficulty in predicting the timing of regulatory approval and launch of competitive products, the difficulty in predicting the impact of competitive products on sales volume, pricing, rebates and other allowances, the number of competitive product entries, and the nature and extent of any aggressive pricing and rebate activities that may follow, the inability to forecast wholesaler demand and/or wholesaler buying patterns, seasonal fluctuations in the number of prescriptions written for our generic Focalin XR® capsules which may produce substantial fluctuations in revenue, the timing and amount of insurance reimbursement regarding our products, changes in laws and regulations affecting the conditions required by the FDA for approval, testing and labeling of drugs including abuse or overdose deterrent properties, and changes affecting how opioids are regulated and prescribed by physicians, changes in laws and regulations, including Medicare and Medicaid, affecting among other things, pricing and reimbursement of pharmaceutical products, the effect of recent changes in U.S. federal income tax laws, including but not limited to, limitations on the deductibility of business interest, limitations on the use of net operating losses and application of the base erosion minimum tax, on our U.S. corporate income tax burden, the success and pricing of other competing therapies that may become available, our ability to retain and hire qualified employees, the availability and pricing of third-party sourced products and materials, challenges related to the development, commercialization, technology transfer, scale-up, and/or process validation of manufacturing processes for our products or product candidates, the manufacturing capacity of third-party manufacturers that we may use for our products, potential product liability risks, the recoverability of the cost of any pre-launch inventory, should a planned product launch encounter a denial or delay of approval by regulatory bodies, a delay in commercialization, or other potential issues, the successful compliance with FDA, Health Canada and other governmental regulations applicable to us and our third party manufacturers' facilities, products and/or businesses, our reliance on commercial partners, and any future commercial partners, to market and commercialize our products and, if approved, our product candidates, difficulties, delays or changes in the FDA approval process or test criteria for ANDAs and NDAs, challenges in securing final FDA approval for our product candidates, including our oxycodone hydrochloride extended release tablets product candidate, in particular, if a patent infringement suit is filed against us with respect to any particular product candidates (such as in the case of Oxycodone ER), which could delay the FDA's final approval of such product candidates, healthcare reform measures that could hinder or prevent the commercial success of our products and product candidates, the risk that the FDA may not approve requested product labeling for our product candidate(s) having abuse-deterrent properties and targeting common forms of abuse (oral, intra-nasal and intravenous), risks associated with cyber-security and the potential for vulnerability of our digital information or the digital information of a current and/or future drug development or commercialization partner of ours, and risks arising from the ability and willingness of our third-party commercialization partners to provide documentation that may be required to support information on revenues earned by us from those commercialization partners. Additional risks and uncertainties relating to us and our business can be found in the "Risk Factors" section of our latest annual information form, our latest Form 20-F, and our latest Form F-1 and F- 3 registration statements (including any documents forming a part thereof or incorporated by reference therein), as amended, as well as in our reports, public disclosure documents and other filings with the securities commissions and other regulatory bodies in Canada and the U.S., which are available on www.sedar.com and www.sec.gov. The forward-looking statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are based on what we believe are reasonable assumptions as of the date of this document and we disclaim any intention and have no obligation or responsibility, except as required by law, to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Trademarks used herein are the property of their respective holders.
Unless the context otherwise requires, all references (i) to "we," "us," "our," "Intellipharmaceutics," and the "Company" refer to Intellipharmaceutics International Inc. and its subsidiaries and (ii) in this document to share amounts, per share data, share prices, exercise prices and conversion rates have been adjusted to reflect the effect of the 1-for-10 reverse split which became effective on each of Nasdaq and TSX at the open of market on September 14, 2018. The common shares of the Company are currently traded on the OTCQB and the TSX.
Nothing contained in this document should be construed to imply that the results discussed herein will necessarily continue into the future or that any conclusion reached herein will necessarily be indicative of our actual operating results.
The condensed unaudited interim consolidated financial statements, accompanying notes to the condensed unaudited interim consolidated financial statements, and Management Discussion and Analysis for the three months ended February 28, 2019 will be accessible on Intellipharmaceutics' website at www.intellipharmaceutics.com and will be available on SEDAR and EDGAR.
Summary financial tables are provided below.


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Q: Is there a way to create an organization dashboard in Azure DevOps? Our team is currently using DevOps and are very pleased with how everything is working. We've setup Dashboards in each project that tracks work items and sprints and would like to do the same at the Organization Level. Is there a way to create a master overview of multiple projects in an organization?

A: Unfortunately we cannot create an organization level dashboard, it's not supported.
We can only create the Team Project level dashboards for teams, please see Add and manage dashboards for details.
However there's already a user voice submitted here to suggest the feature and it's in planned, but based on the response seems no plans to store a dashboard on organization overview. So you can vote it up and add your comments on the existing user voice or submit a new one to suggest the feature...

In our VSTS Feature
Timeline(https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/vsts/release-notes/), you
see a feature called "Dashboards – Create dashboard separate from a
team" under "Reporting"
This feature will allow you to create a Dashboard that has no
association with the team. This means you don't need to create a team,
to make a Dashboard. You can create any number of these Dashboards and
share them with who you want.
However, Dashboards will still be stored with a Team Project. So to
address your scenario (cross-team-project Dashboard), you'll just have
to pick a team project to store the dashboard.
We don't have immediate plans to store a dashboard outside a team
project.

A: Our team was dealing with the same problem as yours, and we decided to develop our own dashboard solution at the end.
After using it as an internal tool for several months, we recently made it available as a SaaS.
You may check it out on meercode.io for more information.
Your feedback will be greatly appreciated.

A: Behind the dashboard widgets are queries, and it is possible to execute those queries across multiple projects.
When you open the query editor, there is a checkbox:
"Query across projects" checkbox (imgur)
This way we created a project in Devops that only contains a dashboard that shows all work items in any project, assigned to or followed by the current user.
That and some nifty colored tiles =)


An 10 page paper on Pope Gregory VII (papacy 1073-1084). This paper presents a history of his political dealings and philosophies under the precept of his visions which are: that the church should control the government and that an army of Christian Knights should go forth and ensure, at whatever cost, the conversion of all humanity to Catholicism. He did not instigate the Crusades in his time, but he fathered the idea and it was carried out beginning ten years after his death. The paper presents in detail his political dealings with King Henry IV under his precept that the church should rule over kings and lords. Bibliography lists 8 sources.


The biker abused Ashish Bhardwaj, a final year law student who lived in Delhi's Burari, and his friends for walking so late at night leading to an altercation, police said.
New Delhi: A 24-year-old law student was shot dead in Delhi by an unidentified man on a motorcycle after a scuffle, police said on Friday.
Police said the incident took place on late Thursday night when Ashish Bhardwaj, a final year law student of a Gurgaon-based private college, was walking along with his friends, near their residence in Nala Road in Burari.
"The biker intervened and abused them for walking so late in the night which led to an altercation. They indulged in a scuffle and Bhardwaj's friends Anup and Himanshu tried to overpower the accused. The biker pulled out his pistol and fired at Bhardwaj," a senior police officer said.
Anup and Himanshu, who are preparing for the civil services examination, informed the police and Bhardwaj was taken to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead on arrival, the police officer said.
Bhardwaj stayed here with his elder brother.
"We are investigating the case to ascertain the identity of the accused person. A probe is on with all possible angles including personal animosity," he added.


In this program, Bard biology majors spend an intensive semester immersed in science while living in New York City and taking advantage of its wealth of scientific resources and opportunities. Students in the program conduct original research supervised by faculty at the Rockefeller University and take courses on both the content and the contexts of scientific research. For more information, see the BRSS website.
The Bard Summer Research Institute is an eight-week program that offers campus-based summer research opportunities for undergraduate students. Students work on projects related to faculty interests, with faculty serving as their mentors. Applications for the program are due in the spring semester.
Through the Global and International Studies program, biology students can undertake an academic concentration in Global Public Health by taking a suite of courses in political studies, economics, and social dimensions of health, in addition to their coursework in biology. Students completing this program complete one senior project on a topic in biology relevant to public health.
In March 2000, Bard College and Rockefeller University in New York City established a collaborative program in science. Among many joint ventures of the collaboration, Rockefeller faculty reserve places for Bard students in their Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows Program, in which college sophomores and juniors do laboratory research and work alongside world-renowned scientists doing leading biological research in their fields. Student spend 10 weeks during the summer on The Rockefeller University campus, working on projects that have been individually tailored by faculty, and postdoctoral and graduate fellows to meet student research interests.
Students pursuing a degree in biology at Bard can apply to enter the master's degree program of the Center for Environmental Policy after their third year. After two years of study at the Center and the completion of a master's thesis in environmental policy, students graduate with both a bachelor's degree in biology and a master's degree in environmental policy. For further information, contact the Center for Environmental Policy.
Many Bard biology students conduct summer research in REU Programs at a number of institutions nationwide. These programs, which are funded by the National Science Foundation, are designed to give undergraduates the opportunity to participate in the excitement of scientific discovery. Several recent Bard students have participated in the REU program at the nearby Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, a world-renowned ecological research center, located near the Bard College campus.
Hudsonia is an independent, nonprofit, tax-exempt institute for environmental research and education. Most projects are in New York and neighboring states, but activities have ranged afield to South America, New Mexico, and Canada. Hudsonia's research library, collections, and equipment are available to the Bard community. Interns assist in project work. Current and recent studies include stream fauna and pollution, invasive wetland plants, Hudson River wetland vegetation, fish communities, the threatened Blanding's turtle, the relationship of sensitive habitats and rare species to land use, insect populations, mosquito surveillance, the human ecology of wetlands, and environmental planning for residential developments.


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Third Thursday Talks: Bruce Davidson and The Evolution of Seeing
Thursday, November 19, 2020, 4pm - 5pm
Live Virtual Event
UCR ARTS is pleased to present the exhibition Lift Your Head: Bruce Davidson and the Evolution of Seeing. Curated by Sarah Bay Gachot, the exhibition features works by Davidson in the permanent collection of the California Museum of Photography and explores historic context and viewer response as key factors in the evolution of meaning in photographs.
Join us for a conversation with curator Sarah Bay Gachot and UCR Arts Senior Curator Douglas McCulloh, with a special appearance by Bruce Davidson.
NEW: UCR ARTS is pleased to present the digital world premiere of a Bruce Davidson film. View Isaac Singer's Nightmare and Mrs. Pupko's Beard, written and directed by Davidson in 1972, directly after the talk or during select virtual screenings.
Screening Dates:
5pm PST November 19 through 5pm PST November 22
5pm PST July 15 through 5pm PST July 18
About the exhibition Lift Your Head: Bruce Davidson and the Evolution of Seeing:
Photographer Bruce Davidson (b. 1933 Oak Park, Illinois) is known for his intimate and humanist approach to documentary photography. Through remembering the historical context in which he worked and the opposing views his work provoked, this exhibition explores how understanding and "reading" documentary photography has evolved over the past half century. Davidson never claimed to be driven by ideology or agenda; his art was born from his roving curiosity, a deep desire for human connection, and the willingness to be patient. But despite the artist's best intentions to simply immerse and observe, ideologies and agendas can manifest far beyond the frame when it comes to documenting the world, and it is within this resulting conversation that we can find meaning in images.
The exhibition features photographs from some of Davidson's best-known projects, including Brooklyn Gang, Time of Change, East 100th Street, and Subway.
Register for FREE here
Participants will receive a link to the virtual event in their email 24 hours prior to the event.
Third Thursday Talks are made possible with the generous support from the Marjorie and Glenn Thomas Memorial Fund.
It's because of supporters and friends like YOU that we are able to make Third Thursday Talks and all of our virtual programs possible.
Please consider making a donation to UCR ARTS today. And, when you do, Thank You.
And, when you do, thank you.
Images: Bruce Davidson, Birmingham, Alabama, 1963. From the Times of Change and Subway series, 1961-1965. Gelatin silver print, mid-vintage, 11×14 inches. © Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos.


Society for the Protection of the Child and the Less Privileged (SOPCALP) is an NGO established in 1997, and our purpose is "Bearing the Concerns of the Poor". Our objectives include the holistic development of the child, community-based and people-centred development, and equipping people with knowledge and practical skills to develop the community. We have long running HIV/AIDS and Microcredit programs, and at the core of our microcredit program is the capacity development of local women.


Being able to plan, articulate, and report impact is important for the institution's reputation as well as individual researchers' profiles.
These workshops are designed for researchers and their support teams, to enhance the societal and economic impact of their research and more effectively engage end users throughout the research process.
Strategic workshops for senior management to embed impact throughout the organisation.


Shopping for wedding party supplies should be part of the fun as you prepare for that special day. Whether you're about to exchange vows with your partner for the first time or you're renewing your commitment after being married for many years, you can make the occasion an unforgettable event with just the right touch of decorations and favors. Don't be afraid of the cost because it doesn't even have to put a dent in your pocket – that is, as long as you find the right supplier.
In this digital age, the best way to find supplies for your wedding is online, especially if you're going for a theme like beach, Wild West, or Hollywood. At PartyStuffShop.com, you can browse through the category of your choice, pick out the items that you like, and place your order. You don't even have to leave your home to do your shopping in Singapore.
If you decide to have a luau theme, for example, you can purchase a grass table skirt with hibiscus flowers for your buffet table. Match that with really long lei garlands to hang around the venue and flower leis for your guests. You can then have some colorful paper umbrellas for your drinks, appetizers, and desserts. This is a good option whether you want a garden wedding or indoors.
If you're going for conventional theme for your wedding or your anniversary, then you can purchase hangings, balloons, and backdrops in your chosen color, such as gold, silver, or mint.
PartyStuffShop.com works hard to provide just about all your party needs, regardless of what theme you have in mind. You can also order theme party supplies for your friend's bachelor or bachelorette party.
Have fun at your wedding and make it unforgettable. Shop party supplies online at PartyStuffShop.com and place your order today because items tend to run out fast. If your order is qualified, you may even have your wedding party supplies delivered to you for free.


Around 2005 Frank discovered what dawned on me in 2001; that these 'emerging church' folks were valuable friends and conversation partners in discovering the life, meaning and mission of Jesus' followers in the 21st century. He asked me what he should be reading more of, and who he should be talking to. I introduced him to some friends, and gave him some contacts with the e-zines. After digesting more of 'the conversation,' Frank penned an article that went viral, Will the Emerging Church Fully Emerge? Andrew Jones and many othersweighed in. .