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Objective To investigate the feasibility of conducting clinics for chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) in schools.
Design School-based clinical project.
Participants Children aged 11–16 years were enrolled in three state secondary schools in England.
Main outcome measures Number of children newly diagnosed as having CFS/ME.
Methods Attendance officers identified children missing ≥20% of school in a 6-week term without a known cause, excluding those with a single episode off school, a known medical illness explaining the absence or known to be truanting. Children with fatigue were referred to a specialist CFS/ME service for further assessment. The authors compared children with CFS/ME identified through school-based clinics with those referred via health services. Outcomes of CFS/ME were evaluated at 6 weeks and 6 months.
Results 461 of the 2855 enrolled children had missed ≥20% school over a 6-week period. In 315, of whom three had CFS/ME, the reason for absence was known. 112 of the 146 children with unexplained absence attended clinical review at school; two had been previously diagnosed as having CFS/ME and 42 were referred on to a specialist clinic, where 23 were newly diagnosed as having CFS/ME. Therefore, 28 of the 2855 (1.0%) children had CFS/ME. Children with CFS/ME identified through surveillance had been ill for an amount of time comparable to those referred via health services but had less fatigue (mean difference 4.4, 95% CI 2.2 to 6.6), less disability (mean difference −5.7, 95% CI −7.9 to −3.5) and fewer symptoms (mean difference 1.86, 95% CI 0.8 to 2.93). Of 19 children followed up, six had fully recovered at 6 weeks and a further six at 6 months.
Conclusions Chronic fatigue is an important cause of unexplained absence from school. Children diagnosed through school-based clinics are less severely affected than those referred to specialist services and appear to make rapid progress when they access treatment.
This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial License, which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non commercial and is otherwise in compliance with the license. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/ and http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/legalcode.
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Article summary
Article focus
Hypothesis: many children with CFS/ME remain undiagnosed and untreated, despite evidence that treatment is effective in children.
Research question: are school-based clinics a feasible way to identify children with CFS/ME and offer treatment?
Key messages
1.0% of enrolled children missed ≥20% of school because of CFS/ME.
Fewer than one in five children with CFS/ME had received a diagnosis and been offered treatment.
Children with CFS/ME who were detected through school-based clinics were less severely affected than children referred via health services and appeared to do well once treated.
Strengths and limitations of this study
Children were offered assessment regardless of how their absence had been classified.
All children given a diagnosis of CFS/ME were screened for other medical and emotional causes of fatigue and were prospectively characterised and followed up.
School clinics were conducted in three schools in the south west, which has a well-established specialist CFS/ME service. Results may not be generalisable to regions without a CFS/ME service or to regions with different socioeconomic factors that impact on school attendance.
Estimates of the prevalence of paediatric chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) show considerable variation according to survey methodology and diagnostic criteria. A postal survey of 1024 UK general practices (GPs) estimated the prevalence using the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Guidelines1 to be only 0.06% in children aged 5–19 years,2 while population-based surveys suggest that the prevalence is between 0.1% and 0.5%.3–5 These differences could be due to difficulties in diagnosis, non-attendance at medical services or differences in the type of CFS/ME identified by GPs compared with the spectrum of the condition in the childhood population. Only 52% of GPs feel confident in making the diagnosis in adults,6 let alone children. It is therefore likely that many children with CFS/ME remain undiagnosed and untreated, despite evidence that treatment is effective in children.7–11
In this paper, we report results from a school-based clinical project to assess children missing school in order to identify undiagnosed CFS/ME, and hence improve access to a paediatric CFS/ME service.
This study reports on a pilot clinical service set up with the school attendance service in Bath to try and improve school attendance. The service was offered in three state secondary schools (two mixed gender and one girls only) that were actively working to improve attendance. The attendance officer in each school identified all children in years 7–11 (ages 11–16 years) who had missed ≥20% of school over a 6-week term. Children were excluded if they only had a single episode of absence (eg, a 2-week illness), a medical illness that could reasonably explain the absence, a known hospital admission or were known to have been on holiday or to be truanting. Families of the remaining children were sent a letter from the school that invited them to meet with a paediatrician from the Bath specialist CFS/ME team (EMC) and a member of school staff to discuss why their child was missing school.
Diagnosis and management of CFS/ME
Children identified in school clinics as having fatigue were invited to attend the Bath specialist CFS/ME service12 at the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases for assessment. The Bath specialist paediatric CFS/ME service covers a region in the south west of England with a population of some 400 000 children aged 5–19 years (2001 census) and accepts referrals from schools, GPs and paediatricians. Each year, >200 children and young people are assessed and treated following NICE guidance13 in outpatient clinics unless they are too severely affected to attend clinic, in which case they are seen at home. The following self-completed inventories were collected prior to assessment, at 6 weeks and 6 months: the 11-question Chalder fatigue scale14; the 10-question physical function subscale of the SF3615 (a well-validated health survey questionnaire where the worst physical function scored 10 and good physical function scored 30), a visual analogue pain scale; the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale16 and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale.17 School attendance was recorded at the time of assessment using a single-item inventory.
Inventories were coded as missing if >1 question was missing, apart from the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale, which was coded as missing when there were >2 missing items. On the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, each seven-item subscale was excluded if there was more than one question missing. Questions for which two answers were given were coded as missing. Total scores were corrected for the number of missing items.
Children who attended the specialist service had a full paediatric assessment including a medical history, examination and screening blood tests as recommended in NICE guidelines13 to exclude other causes of fatigue. A diagnosis of CFS/ME was given using diagnostic criteria recommended in NICE guidelines13 to children who had disabling fatigue lasting 3 months or longer with one additional symptom, where no other cause for the fatigue could be established.
Children with CFS/ME were offered specialist medical care, following NICE guidance,13 by the CFS/ME specialist service. All children who accessed the specialist service received advice and help with sleep and activity management. Some children received cognitive–behavioural therapy, while others received graded exercise therapy.13 We used school attendance at 6 months, ascertained through follow-up questionnaires and by review of medical notes, as our primary outcome.
Statistical methods
We derived exact binomial CIs for proportions. We compared characteristics of children diagnosed as having CFS/ME through the school surveillance programme with those referred via health services using unpaired t tests. Gender between the two groups was compared using the χ2 test.
Identification of children with fatigue
The project was carried out over three school terms between 3 September 2007 and 15 February 2008 for school 1 and over two terms between 31 October 2007 and 15 February 2008 for schools 2 and 3. The school rolls for children in years 7–11 at the time of the study were 925, 1055 and 875 children, respectively (total 2855).
Figure 1 shows the flow of children through the study. A total of 461 (16.1%) children were reported to have missed ≥20% of school over a 6-week period during one or more terms. Of these, 315 (68.3%) had only a single episode off school, had a known medical illness that could explain the absence (three of these had CFS/ME and were being seen by the specialist CFS/ME service) or were known to have been on holiday or to have been truanting. The remaining 146 children (5.1% of school roll) had missed ≥20% school without an identifiable cause and were invited to a clinical review at school. Of these, 112 (76.7%) attended the school clinic.
Forty-eight children (42.9% of those assessed and 2.1% of the school roll) described significant fatigue as a major cause of their absence and were given appointments for more detailed assessments at the specialist service. Of the remaining 64 children assessed, 30 had medical problems that explained their absence. These included recurrent headaches/migraines in nine children, infections (eg, tonsillitis, diarrhoea and vomiting or viral upper respiratory tract infections) in eight children, 24 children were missing school because of social or emotional problems, eight because they were truanting and two had a diagnosis of CFS/ME confirmed by a paediatrician but had not been referred to the specialist service.
Forty-one children with fatigue attended further outpatient assessment by the specialist service, while one child was severely affected so was assessed at home. Of these, 23 were diagnosed as having CFS/ME that was thought to be the main reason for their reduced school attendance and were offered rehabilitation. Of the 19 children assessed but not diagnosed as having CFS/ME, 14 had fatigue secondary to mood disorders (mostly anxiety and depression). Of these, 11 were referred to local Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. Five children had other medical problems that were thought to be the cause of their fatigue (sleep apnoea (two), recurrent tonsillitis (one), migraine (one) and undiagnosed sleep disorder not CFS/ME (one)).
In summary, a total of 28 children (6.1% of the 461 children who were missing ≥20% of school) had CFS/ME. These included 23 (82.1%) new cases of CFS/ME identified through school clinics, and two (7.1%) children identified as having CFS/ME previously diagnosed by a paediatrician but not known to the school or to the specialist service. Only three (10.7%) children with CFS/ME were already being seen by the CFS/ME service and so were not offered further assessment. The estimated prevalence of CFS/ME sufficiently severe to cause a child to miss ≥20% of school was 28/2855=0.98% (95% CI 0.65% to 1.41%). This is likely to be an underestimate as some of the 39 children who were invited to but did not attend school clinics were likely to have had CFS/ME.
Comparison of children with CFS/ME identified through school with those referred by health services
Table 1 compares the characteristics of the 23 children identified as having CFS/ME through school surveillance and who attended the specialist service with those of 604 children with CFS/ME referred to the specialist service by a health professional. Children identified through surveillance were less fatigued, had less pain, had fewer symptoms and were less physically disabled than those referred to the specialist service. However, the length of time for which children had been unwell (mean 20.2 months, SD 17.1) was comparable. There was little evidence that levels of anxiety and depression differed between the two groups.
Outcomes of treated CFS/ME in children identified through school
Of the 23 children diagnosed as having CFS/ME, four were given advice about managing CFS/ME but did not attend follow-up appointments or return follow-up inventories. Of the remaining 19 children, 12 (63.2%) were attending full-time school by 6 months, of whom six had made a full recovery and were attending full-time school with minimal advice after 6 weeks. One housebound child improved and was attending school part time every day by 3 months. For the remaining six children, school attendance did not alter significantly at 6 months.
In school-based clinics, 28 of the 2855 (0.98%) children aged 11–16 years were missing ≥20% of school and were diagnosed as having CFS/ME. Of these, only 3 of 28 (10.7%) had received a diagnosis and accessed specialist treatment. The duration of symptoms in those identified through clinics was comparable to those referred to via health services, but they were not as severely affected. Outcomes following treatment were encouraging.
There are several possible reasons why children missing significant amounts of school with CFS/ME are not identified. Those with mild or moderate CFS/ME may not see their GP or may not be recognised as having CFS/ME if they are seen. Alternatively, GPs and paediatricians may not be aware of specialist CFS/ME services or may feel that the child's CFS/ME is not sufficiently serious to warrant a referral. Children referred to the Bath specialist CFS/ME service are more severely affected than those described by other specialist services.12 Differences in characteristics at referral did not appear to be explained by the length of time from symptom onset or co-morbid mood problems.
Strengths and weaknesses
Children were offered assessment regardless of whether their absence had been classified as 'authorised' or 'unauthorised'. This is because fatigue that is causing a child to miss school may have been ascribed to social or educational problems, leading their absence to be classified as unauthorised. All children given a diagnosis of CFS/ME had been screened for other medical and emotional causes of fatigue, were prospectively characterised and followed up with well-validated inventories.
Our clinics were conducted in three schools in one city in the south west of England in which there is already a well-established specialist CFS/ME service. The prevalence of CFS/ME, and reasons for school absence, may be different in regions where there is no specialist service and may vary according to the prevalence of socioeconomic factors that impact on school attendance. One of the schools was a girls-only school. A cross-sectional study of British children found little evidence that female gender was a risk factor for CFS/ME diagnosed using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria or parental report,3 although adult CFS/ME is more common in women than in men.18 If the prevalence of CFS/ME was higher in girls than in boys aged 11–16 years, then we would have overestimated the overall prevalence. We were not able to obtain information on children who did not attend the specialist service for assessment.
Results in context with previous literature
The prevalence of diagnosed CFS/ME in this study (3/2855=0.11%) is similar to the prevalence of 0.07% reported in two other school surveys19 and the prevalence of CFS/ME diagnosed in primary care (0.06%).2 We identified more children with CFS/ME than a recent British study, which identified chronic fatigue syndrome in only seven of 8839 children enrolled in 10 schools.20 However, that study screened children who missed 20% of school and whose absence was recorded as 'medical absence', whereas we assessed children who missed school for any reason, including those whose absence was classified as unauthorised. Our prevalence estimate was also higher than estimates of between 0.1% and 0.5% from population-based studies,3–5 perhaps because these used the adult definition of CFS/ME, which requires 6 months of fatigue and four additional symptoms. Our prevalence estimate is lower than that of 2.3% for CFS/ME with 3-month duration, from a study in twins.21
Surveillance is particularly important for diseases, such as CFS/ME, where there may be poor parental recognition of symptoms and presentation for assessment.22 This project suggests that undiagnosed CFS/ME can be identified through school-based clinics and may be an important and underappreciated cause of school absence in children aged 11–16 years. We also identified potential medical or psychological causes of fatigue in children who were not diagnosed as having CFS/ME. Although we do not have outcome data for these children, the identification of a potential cause is likely to be of benefit in this group. Reduced school attendance is associated with worse educational attainment and may increase the risk of unemployment.23
Surveillance can be justified when improved outcomes in those identified and treated outweigh both harms and costs. NICE guidelines13 recommend that even those children who have mild CFS/ME should be referred to a specialist CFS/ME service after 6 months. There is some evidence that particular treatments (graded exercise therapy and cognitive–behavioural therapy) are moderately effective in children,8–11 while the recently reported PACE trial provided strong evidence that these treatments are moderately effective in adults.24 Large-scale randomised controlled trials are needed in children; however, our finding that more than half (12/23) of children with school-clinic-diagnosed CFS/ME returned to full-time school within 6 months of the start of treatment compares well with results from other follow-up studies,25 suggesting that offering specialist services to children with CFS/ME identified through surveillance may reduce school absence. Nonetheless, it would be of interest to evaluate whether school nurses, rather than doctors, can undertake the initial assessments in school clinics and to conduct randomised controlled trials evaluating the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of school-based surveillance programmes for CFS/ME. Further studies are needed to investigate the potential for harm in offering surveillance for fatigue to children who do not have a medical diagnosis to explain their absence from school.
In conclusion, school-based clinics are feasible and have the potential to identify children with CFS/ME, which may reduce school absence and its harmful consequences. Together with referral to specialist services, school-based clinics have the potential to improve overall school attendance.
The authors would like to thank the schools, the attendance officers, young people and their families who took part. The authors would like to thank Peter Shiarly who set up and managed the database. Particular thanks to Larry Cunningham who helped us work with the schools in this project.
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To cite: Crawley EM, Emond AM, Sterne JAC. Unidentified Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS/ME) is a major cause of school absence: surveillance outcomes from school-based clinics. BMJ Open 2011;1:e000252. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000252
Funding This work was supported by the Linbury Trust Grant number LIN 1750. The funders did not take part in the collection, analysis or interpretation of the data and have not been involved in writing this article for publication. The researchers are independent from the funders.
Competing interests The authors declare that (1) EMC, AME and JACS did not receive any financial support from companies for the submitted work; (2) EMC, AME and JACS have no relationships with any companies that might have an interest in the submitted work in the previous 3 years; (3) their spouses, partners or children have no financial relationships that may be relevant to the submitted work and (4) AME and JACS have no non-financial interest that may be relevant to the submitted work. EMC is a medical advisor for the Association for Young people with ME (AYME).
Ethics approval The clinical service in this study was provided as an outreach from the Bath specialist CFS/ME service. The North Somerset & South Bristol Research Ethics Committee decided that the collection and analysis of data from children and young people seen by the CFS/ME specialist service were part of service evaluation and as such did not require ethical review by the NHS Research Ethics Committee or approval from the NHS R&D office (REC reference number 07/Q2006/48).
Contributors EMC conceived the idea for this study, conducted the school clinics, analysed the data with support from JACS and wrote the first draft of the paper. AME contributed to writing and the interpretation of the data helping to critically revise the paper. JACS helped with the analyses and contributed to writing the paper. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. All authors had full access to all the data in the study. EMC will act as guarantor for this paper.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.
Data sharing statement No additional data available.


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I can't believe New York's Fashion Week is almost here. It runs September 5-12 throughout NY headquartered at Lincoln Center. Just yesterday, I blogged about Fall Fashion week '13 and now we are preparing to see Spring 2014. Crazy! I have yet to contemplate my new fall threads!
What shall I wear during Fashion Week and beyond?
My email inbox is clogging up with 2013 fall trends, enticing me at all hours of the day and night. I'm compelled to draw up my list of "lust-haves, must-haves" so I can make the wisest purchasing decisions. What you might not know about me- I am a fastidious note organizer and maintain spread sheets on everything. OK, this might seem a little extreme or bordering on OCD when I confess that I keep a spread sheet of my favorite movies, French restaurants, a wine list which I've since abandoned and now, a fashion spread sheet.
The price of well made clothing has gone up like mad. You can read the main reasons in this article. One main reason is that the cost of labor has gone up, particularly in France. So, given that I don't have the purchasing power I had 10 years ago, and the fact that wages have been stagnant, I am selective of my wardrobe purchases. An organized spread sheet helps me immeasurably in making the best choices possible.
I salivate over fall fashion, particularly coats and jackets. Like shoes, they make a statement and multi-task by providing warmth and concealing those extra winter pounds. Wintertime, I like to throw fondue parties, with pitchers of watermelon sangria topped off with cream cheese frosted cupcakes. So, with my seasonal indulgences and my tendency to be cold, coats and jackets provide the greatest fashion impact for me.
This fall season, leather and shearling are everywhere. I adore shearling and need to update the lipstick cherry red one I bought years ago which still looks spanking new.
So here are some of the items I have chosen to go into my spread sheet for this 2013 fall season.
I love dresses. They are feminine, flattering and not frequently worn by the most women. While I love pencil skirts, they are not practical for someone sitting in a wheelchair. I have a hard time crossing my legs without exposing to the world that I am wearing Wonder Woman Underoos. (Yup, secretly I have a thing for Wonder Woman and like to pretend I am a super hero.) Since my mom reminds me often that I should act and sit like a lady, fuller, flouncier dresses and skirts fit the bill and are more forgiving.
Handbags and "it" bags are not my thing. I prefer shoes. I hate cheap shoes and invest my money in beautifully crafted pairs which will last a very long time. In my February post for 2013 Fall Fashion Week, I included these Altuzarra checkered boots. I love checkered anything ever since my mod and rude girl phase in high school. But wait, I also went through a punk phase. So here are the Zanotti tartan plaid zip boots that make me weak in the knees. As for the black patent leather Pollinis, they remind me of something Catherine Deneuve wore in the 1967 film "Belle du Jour". The shoes in that film were designed by the much emulated, Roger Vivier. Though the Pollinis are less expensive, they still have that formidable, classic buckle. Any pilgrim woman of yore would duck out early from Sunday services to buy such awesomely buckled pumps. This look doesn't grow old for me and it's a definite "lust-have". My preference is for a chunky heel over a stiletto. I chuckle to myself watching women in stilettos teetering while navigating the old cobbled streets of Nolita. Just a little TMI.
Ahhhh, accessories. Less expensive than an exquisite pair of shoes but just as mouth-watering and show-stopping. Accessories deliver instant impact, fashion cred and transform an outfit. Sunglasses can change your look instantly. This pair by Karen Walker is at the top of my list of "wants" and "needs". I love the shape, skeleton heads and grayish pink hues. Add this snake printed circle scarf with custom painted brooch by Jamie Kreitman®, the "Piaf" beret and Derek Lam boots and "you're goin' places kid."
My favorite item of all is this red sculptural hat by Lock & Co. Doesn't it look superb with a simple black turtleneck? I can't wait to dig out my cashmere turtlenecks and perch this dilly of a hat on my head. Also, I wouldn't think twice about pairing it with the floral MSGM floral flouncy dress shown above.
Last but not least, I saved the one fashion item that confounds me. This military inspired I-am-not-sure-what-the-hell-this-is number which has me scratching my head. Who would wear this, why and where? After some long and hard thought, I listed perfect places to wear this look:
1. Band camp – You will be one-stand out fashionable gal wearing this hot little number.
2. Sergeant Pepper Lonely Hearts Club Band Memorabilia show. I love the Beatles, so I would consider wearing this along with a Capuchin monkey sitting on my left shoulder (think Michael Jackson) to show my devotion.
3. My next blind date. It is really difficult finding a guy who is not only smart, doesn't have photos of his mommy in his mismatched sock drawer, or who has a good sense of humor. I would love to wear this jacket, with that band hat and enter into a restaurant playing this trumpet. If he gets my humor and laughs, then I am pretty certain we will roll off into the sunset after sharing a plateful of sashimi.
See you in a few weeks in NY at Fashion Week. I can't wait to see what struts out on the catwalk for Spring 2014.


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Am not much of a fan of "The Beatles." Ringo evinced nerve, not talent, is enough to succeed. Harrison evinced nice guys, who care, can land on top. McCartney evinced a cute, girlish man can always do well. All three warned of the hollowness of celebrity to follow.
"The Beatles" shoved the call for massive social change toward centre stage. The "baby boomers," born between 1 January 1946 and 31 December 1959, caused the change, and the damage. Not one of "The Beatles" was a boomer: Harrison, the youngest, was born in 1943. So, a conduit, at best, they fanned emberettes into flamers.
Ultimately, Lennon evinced intelligence out lasts nervy, nice and cute. Along with Plato and Marx -- Karl and Groucho -- Bruce and Hicks, Springsteen and Dylan, Lennon will vanguard the inter-glactical survival mission, in 2348. The first launch, from a wobbly, gerry-built facility on Mars, will be of the starship Imagine.
Gawd forbid something good is said about Yoko, but she edsured a sage got his rightful place. Lennon is a historic figure, earned with thought and action. The future is grateful to Yoko: she's to Lennon as Boswell is to Johnson. The present remains mildly tolerant of her. Maybe it was her association with artist, Andy Warhol, whom the future will also treat much better than does the present.
Lennon and McCartney inadvertently altered music. They changed the way music is written: E-minor, A-7th, C, G. They changed the way it's performed: intricate tours, huge audiences and price gouging.
Most anyone who writes, regularly, turns a phrase as well as Lennon and McCartney. Lyrically, Simon or Springsteen and, okay, Dylan, write much better than did Lennon and McCartney. Sid Vicious had his moments, too. Few write as effectively, in metaphor or allusion and with such common sense, as John Lennon, on his own.
Here's a live performance video from February 1964. The venue is the old Coliseum, in Washington, DC. Across town, James Brown was also performing to a packed house.
A 21 year-old Jack Alix, "JA the DJ," introduced the band. You can just hear the end of his introduction, and see him passing Harrison and McCartney, as they take the stage. Alix (1942-2006) worked WEEL-AM, at the time of this concert, and was the top jox in Washington. He also introduced "The Beatles" at their DC Stadium show. Not once did he claim to be the "5th Beatle."
Fan or not, the opening riff of "She Loves You" is a rush, sending shivers up and down the spine. Never has an E-minor had such gravitas. It kick-started the reign of the largest and, sadly, most influential generation in history.
The apogee of "The Beatles" is that riff. "Rubber Soul" and "Sgt. Pepper" reveal creative excellence in pop music. Anything by Brian Wilson or John Lennon, on his own, is so much better than anything by "The Beatles," it's unfathomable. Nothing "The Beatles" did is as exceptional or imbued with the meaning of the opening riff of "She Loves You."
A few things to notice in the video. The show is almost the same, word for word, as in Montreal, earlier that month. Nonetheless, "The Beatles" seem more relaxed in Washington than Montreal.
The Montreal show seemed more contrived and controlled. It was one of the first on the tour. The atmosphere in Washington seems less tense than in Montreal.
The McCartney arrogance is evident in Washington. Lennon seems looser: great thoughts fermenting. There are two or three insinuating cut-aways to manager, Brian Epstein (right): his eyes are as the pop-up dollar amounts on an old cash register.
In Washington, "The Beatles" take the stage via the audience. What act, today, would risk its status by entering from the crowd. How gauche would that be?
Would it be safe, today, to take the stage via the audience? The security for "The Beatles" was heavy: three or four middle-aged and balding guys, with huge bellies. What act, today, would stand for less than 30 or 40 pumped thugs as escorts, each armed to his or her gold tooth. Load-in gets a balding, middle-aged guy, with a pot belly, for security, not the star.
The stuff scattered on the stage, around the drum riser, isn't love notes or room keys tossed from the audience, but beats dropped by Ringo. McCartney does the talking. Lennon is yet to find Yoko, I mean, his voice.
You'd never predict what was to come watching this footage. Hardly anyone rushes the low-slung stage. There's almost no stage security, and a couple of guys fumble, adjusting the tom-tom that Ringo knocks over when he drops a beat; the Gert Reuter era, of smooth, silent and stealthy stage managers, is a few years off. No toadies are noticed harvesting post-show companions for the band.
Rows of girls sit, primly, swaying to the music. The convent swoon, one wag calls it. Most wear a large button, bearing the name of their "fave Beatle," pinned as a corsage. A few years later, these same girls would come to their senses: "women," marching to end an unjust police action and burning bras, wanting careers and routinely living out of wedlock (sic). All they were saying was, "if you won't give us a chance, we'll take it," and they did.
The video is one second under ten minutes. A great piece of herstory, and a brief reminder boomers were once, relatively, no different than the hip-hop kids of today. Click here to start the video. It takes only a moment to load and keep in mind the music is looped.
dr george pollard is a Sociometrician and Social Psychologist at Carleton University, in Ottawa, where he currently conducts research and seminars on "Media and Truth," Social Psychology of Pop Culture and Entertainment as well as umbrella repair.
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Charter activations
Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands
Hurricane Maria, a Category Five storm, passed over Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands on 21 September. 15 people were killed in Puerto Rico and the storm left the entire island without power. It was described as the most devastating storm the territory has experienced in a hundred years.
Maria had briefly weakened to Category 4 after devastating Dominica, but since regained strength. Over 12,000 people took refuge in 500 emergency shelters in advance of the storm in Puerto Rico, which left widespread flooding over half a metre deep in some locations. Many homes, particularly those constructed with wood, were flattened by Maria's strong winds or inundated in the resulting floods. There are concerns that it may take months to restore power to the island, such was the damage to the island's power grid.
The storm left many stranded by floods, and almost crippled the communications network, making relief efforts and assessments of the damage difficult. Estimates suggest San Juan, on the coast, has particularly suffered, with 80% of homes suffering at least some damage.
The island is still housing evacuees from other nearby Caribbean islands that were affected by Hurricane Irma, which narrowly avoided Puerto Rico.
In the U.S. Virgin Islands one person was killed as the storm passed close by, particularly affecting the island of St. Croix.
Type of Event: | Ocean Storm - Hurricane |
Location of Event: | Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands |
Date of Charter Activation: | 2017-09-19 |
Time of Charter Activation: | 06:36 |
Time zone of Charter Activation: | UTC+02:00 |
Charter Requestor: | US Geological Survey on behalf of Federal Emergency Management Agency |
Activation ID: | 554 |
Project Management: | Purdue University |


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2003 New York City Real Estate Sales
- Creator
- GIS Lab, Newman Library, Baruch CUNY
- Description
This point layer was created from Detailed Annual Sales Reports by Borough published by New York City Department of Finance. It represents locations of all properties sold in New York City. Several Python scripts were written to read-in each borough's sales data and combine them into sales for New York City as whole. NYC Geoclient API, developed by NYC DOITT, was used in a script to geocode locations of the properties sold. Locations geocoded by the script were matched by property address or by property block and lot information, if the address was missing or incomplete. For some properties lot information has changed from the year of the property sale (e.g. lot has been split and renumbered) and doesn't exist in the city's current property and address database. Manual matching was performed for those records by examining archival tax maps. Due to the vertical nature of the real estate market in New York, multiple points / transactions may coincide in the same location. The coordinate reference system for this layer is NY State Plane Long Island in feet. The unique identifier of the dataset is Sale_id. Bbl_id is a unique identifier for the property and may repeat in the dataset if the property was sold more than once in the same year. The user should be cautious of sales with values less than $10 or equal to $0, which are marked as non-usable in this dataset. These sales are transfers of property and are not considered representative of true market conditions. This layer was created as a part of the NYC Geocoded Real Estate Sales data series.
- Publisher
- Newman Library (Bernard M. Baruch College)
- Place
- New York City, New York, United States, Bronx County, New York, United States, Kings County, New York, United States, New York County, New York, United States, Queens County, New York, United States, Richmond County, New York, United States, Borough of Bronx, New York, United States, Borough of Brooklyn, New York, United States, Borough of Manhattan, New York, United States, Borough of Queens, New York, United States, and Borough of Staten Island, New York, United States
- Subject
- Real property, Property, and Real estate business
- Date Issued
- 5/31/2016
- Temporal Coverage
- 2003
- Provider
- Baruch CUNY
- Resource Class
- Datasets
- Resource Type
- Point data
- More details at
- http://hdl.handle.net/2451/34666
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Hacking a Vectrex
A couple of years ago I hacked a few Vectrex's, 3 for a colleague and one for myself. Here is a simple documentation of how I did it.
From Wikipedia:
The Vectrex is a vector display-based home video game console that was developed by Western Technologies/Smith Engineering.[1] It was licensed and distributed first by General Consumer Electronics (GCE), and then by Milton Bradley Company after its purchase of GCE. It was released in November 1982 at a retail price of $199 ($480 adjusted for inflation[2]); as Milton Bradley took over international marketing the price dropped to $150, then reduced again to $100 shortly before the video game crash of 1983 and finally retailed at $49 after the crash.[3] The Vectrex exited the console market in early 1984.
Since the Vectrex is a vector display, it lends itself for generating waveform imagery; more than a few artists have modified the Vectrex to feed it signals to make waveshape patterns. To get the image back into video you need to rescan (rephotograph) the Vectrex display. The vanilla Vectrex has limited bandwidth, though there are ways to use it display modified video as well, but that the subject for a future article.
You will need:
- 3 mini or phone jacks
- wire
- a .1" square 4 conductor connector to mate with Vectrex x,y,z connector.
- heat shrink
First take the back panel off your Vectrex by removing the 5 screws:
After removing the back case find a place you would like to add your 3 jacks. You can see I put them in the place that would not interfere with Vectrex circuitry. This image shows the jacks from the inside after wiring. Use your ruler, drill 3 holes, 1/4" for mini jacks, and attach the jacks. Then wire the grounds together.
On the Vectrex find where 3 wires attach with a white connector to the bottom circuit board. It's at the bottom right when the screen is facing away from you. Remove this connector.
You are going to need a ground wire so solder a wire to the corner hole near the connector block as shown. This hole is over a ground trace on the circuit board.
My approach is to create a connector that will mate with the white block that the wires are attached to. This way, if you wanted, you could easily put your Vectrex back together at some later point. If you prefer you could just cut the wires and extend them to the mini jacks. Another advantage of using a connector is that you can separate the cover from the chassis if needed, rather than having them always tethered. I created a 4 conductor mate that has a the forth conductor outside the Vectrex block for ground. Attach the ground wire, using heat shrink, to the far connector. Then solder 4 long wires that will extend and solder to your jacks. One at the end goes to the grounds for all 3 jacks. The other 3 wires will go one to each jack. I wired my jacks from top to bottom, X, Y and Z. The wires should be: orange: x, blue: y, and white:z. Use heat shrink, you want to avoid any shorting and these wires are in close proximity on the connector.
Attach the block to your connector. I wound some black tape around the connectors, so no chance for it to come apart or short.
I have applied +-5 analog signal directly to these inputs but to be safe use attenuators to knock down the voltage as needed. Attenuators will also allow you to adjust the relative affect of each input. A next better approach is to build the attenuators directly into the side of the Vectrex. Use 10K pots ( I had 4K pots on hand), attach ground from the jacks to the CCW end of the pot (notice I bused a wire from the ground on the one of the jacks to all 3 pots) and the signal from each jack to the CW end of it's corresponding pot. The X, Y and Z leads from the Vectrex would attach to the wipers of each pot.


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Tour Diary – Southern California, San Diego and LA (July 15 and 16)
Southern California – San Diego and LA (July 15 and 16)
I don't hate Southern California, I hate LA. I don't care if it's fashionable or unfashionable to hate LA. I just hate LA. But San Diego is another matter. I know nothing about the city or whether a city actually exists, but the weather here, the light here, the breezes here are so beautiful, they almost compensate for all that concrete. It's an oddly soothing place especially if you spend the day in the confines of Humphry's-By-The-Bay….so my perspective is slightly skewed. Coming down from our three day sojourn through the desert, the cooling breezes coming off the San Diego Bay were all the welcome that we needed as we stepped off the bus. We never got the air-conditioning unit fixed but the #2 unit did a bearable job.
The gig at Humphrey's is always fun because it's such a great set-up for the travelling musician. It's on a great piece of real estate: an outdoor venue sitting in the courtyard of the hotel, with the stage backing on to an immense marina. It is mere steps from backstage to ones hotel room. I think our performances here have been inconsistent over the years. Tonight was one of those shows that I couldn't get a read on. My sound on stage wasn't great. I wasn't even enjoying my guitar sound, but I feel that we played well. It took its own course so we rearranged the set list mid-way through in order to go with the flow. Not a huge crowd tonight, but some pockets of real enthusiasm. Overall, a very good day.
I guess the truth is that I don't really "get" LA. Maybe saying that I hate LA is a bit strong. Perhaps if I lived here or visited it more often or was given a tour by a native Los Angelino I wouldn't find the place so ugly, so devoid of character, so uninteresting at street level. In any case when we arrived, Alan, Jeff and I hopped a cab and when to the one place here we knew we would find something unique and peculiar to this city: the Hollywood Cemetery. It's odd that in all my visits to LA I have never visited this place. I love graveyards and it makes a visit all the more interesting when you trip over a small, modest grave marker for someone like Fay Wray or Jane Mansfield or John Ford. Then there are the monuments to eternal greatness like Douglas Fairbanks mausoleum or Cecil B De Mille's twin sarcophaguses. In any case, it was nice to be in a quiet green space. The oddest marker was the one for Johnny Ramone. We couldn't decide if his monument was an actual grave marker, or a prop for a movie, or some kind of ironic, cruel, post-mortem joke played on the ultimate New York punk rocker by some of his rich Angelino pals. In any case he looked very out place sitting there across from Douglas Fairbanks, just a stones throw away from Tyrone Power.
The gig tonight was at The Wiltern: a very large venue which we haven't played in about twenty years (back when we were hip with the LA in-crowd). I think that, back in the day, it was a proper sit down theater. It has since been renovated and turned into one of those extremely cavernous theater-clubs. I suppose it wouldn't be so cavernous if it were filled with a screaming audience, but tonight it felt awful cavernous. We had a tough time with the sound on stage and fought through a low end swamp for the entire performance. We had a few people who told us that it sounded great out front, so, for the health of our psyche, we'll believe them….
Rumour has it that Michael Jackson is dead….I heard it on TV.


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Berhampur- Land of Puri Upma
By Anubhav Sapra
Berhampur- the fourth most populous city of Odisha is easily accessible from Bhubaneshwar and Cuttack and has some of the best street food in Odisha. Also known as Silk city, Berhampur is a major trading centre for spices, tamarind, clothes etc.
We started our food journey in Berhampur by visiting the Bara Bazar- a major trading hub. The two most valued food items in Berhampur are Papad and Pickles. We were a bit sceptical when Jagdish, who runs a facebook page by the name Discover Berhampur straightaway took us there. But it was a divine experience to sample almost 25 different varieties of pickles, our favourite being Navratan pickle – sweet, spicy, tangy, made with dry fruits and cherries. We got some papad made with dal and sesame seeds packed to take back home. They are really amazing. We also spotted Nabat in all the shops – a mix of jaggery and sugar, used for making a refreshing summer drink.
On the way back, Jagdish took us to Balaji sweets in Bada bazar for Malpua and Rasbali. Malpua is offered to Lord Jagannath in Puri. Back home, malpua is made during the Holi festival. The dough made up of white flour is deep fried and dunked in sugar syrup. Rasbali is flattened deep fried chhena soaked in condensed milk (rabri).
Our best meal in Odisha was at Pidha Hotel at City High School Road. Started by Arjun Sahu 50 years back, the shop is now run by Nilanchal Sahu. The restaurant opens up briefly for lunch from 12 noon to 3:00 pm. The word pidha means "a wooden low-rise chair". The best mutton curry we had in Odisha was at this hotel. The whole experience of eating here was incomparable. One needs to take off their shoes to enter the restaurant and on a pidha (on the ground). A dried eco friendly leaf is spread in front of the diner. A generous helping of rice with dal is served with charu pani (similar to rasam, made with tamarind and turmeric) in a small bowl. And finally comes the show stopper, in another dried plate- mutton curry- small pieces of mutton cooked in a thick gravy, with a few spices and enriched full of flavours. It was simply delectable. In the evenings, Pidha hotel serves biryani. We wish we had more time in Berhampur to try their biryani.
One place which was highly recommended by everyone on social media was Hotel Girija, Girija Chowk for chicken pakoda and pudding. I quite liked the pudding but pakoda wasn't what we were expecting.
Next stop for lunch was New Biryani Centre, at Corporation Road, Biju Patnaik Park. What we liked about this 27 years old establishment was a clear distinction between Biryani and Pulao. Biryani is layered with chicken and rice while pulao is meat/chicken fried with rice. We tasted both and enjoyed the fragrant non-greasy rice with mutton. As mentioned in the earlier blog about biryani in Cuttack, the biryani here is a mix of Awadhi and hyderabadi style. Biryani is accompanied with Dalma and Pulao with baingan ka dalcha.
Another great experience was of trying kebabs straight from skewers at Rahim KGN Kebab shop, Corporation Road, in front of Biju Patnaik Park. The shop is managed by two brother Sharukh and Rahim. They have 3 different kinds of kebab- chicken, mutton and prawns priced at 10, 20, and 30 respectively. The small marinated pieces of meat are barbecued over charcoal. Once barbequed to perfection, some masala and lemon are sprinkled on the kebabs and the skewer is handed over to the customer. One can eat right from the skewers. KGN also offers brain and trotters in their menu.
We also tried two different kinds of snacks from the street at City High School road. The two food carts adjacent to each other sell mix chakuli and sprouts chaat. The chakuli shop is run by Tumba Nath and Sprouts chaat shop by L Somesh Patro. Mix veg chakuli – made with the batter of white lentil and vegetables are first pan fried then crushed on the pan while frying. It gives it a crisp texture. Next to mix veg chakuli shop is another cart that sells pan fried sprouts- a mix of matar, chana, moong, onion, tamarind, tomatoes, carrot, ginger and spices.
The highlight, however, was the ghughni chaat at Sri Ram Ghugni stall run by Pinto. Started in 1992, they make the best ghugni chaat in town. This place reminded us of Tamatar ki chaat of Varanasi or tokri chaat of Lucknow. A perfect chaat should be a mix of many ingredients – sweetness, spicyness, tanginess, crispiness, softness – all in one. A treat for the eyes- everything you can wish for is added to the ghugni- tomato, bada, ghugni, sew, boondi, onion pakoda, spices, lemon and whatever else is available at his stall is added to the ghugni chaat. We can rate this place as one the best chaat we ever had anywhere in India.
The most popular berhampuria breakfast dish is Puri and Upma. A perfect example of south meets east. You can spot puri umpa stalls everywhere in Berhampur in the morning. This is the soulfood of Berhampur. 2 pooris are put in a dona, topped with normal upma, masala upma, ghugni, sambar, chutney, and sooji halwa. It has to be relished from hands devoid of a spoon. The best place to go for Puri upma is Samala Hotel in Annapurna market.
In Berhampur, I met Vaishali – the most enthusiastic foodie in town. She loves her city and knows the food places inside out. She is so enthusiastic that she can ask you to jump from the rickshaw if she finds something interesting to eat. And it did happen at one place. On last evening in Berhampur, she literally stopped the rickshaw midway at Giri Market, at Kishore pakoda cart to let us try three snacks- saku, papu segudilu, and jackfruit chips. Saku is a close cousin of big size idly – steamed one side and pan fried on side. And Papy Segudilu is big size ring shaped snack made up of rice flour,turmeric, hing, green chilli and salt, that are boiled and made into dough. Then they are coated with sesame seeds, made into rings and deep fried in oil.
We ended our journey at Billu dhaba- a dhaba run by Gurmeet Singh. Gurmeet Singh's father bought the land in 1986 while working as a truck driver and made this a full fledged dhaba in 1991. This is the place for north Indian style food in Berhampur. I also learned a new dish Egg Tadka- scrambled egg mixed with black lentils, fried in spices and topped with cream.
A delightful journey from one of the hidden gems of the country!


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This post is by Jarie Bolander of EnduranceLeader.com.
Ever wonder why nice guys finish last?
It's not that they are any less talented, smart, hardworking, or ambitious. In fact, lots of nice people are just as talented as those brash, self-centered, type-A CEOs that grab all the national headlines.
The reason why it appears that nice guys (and gals) finish last is because they don't brag about their accomplishments. There are many nice people who have been successful (Bob Moore of Bob's Red Mill Comes to mind), yet all we ever hear about are the self-promoting egomaniacs that can't seem to shut up.I know, it's unfair. But you can do something about this by realizing that self-promotion is not just for all those self-centered braggarts—it can be for us nice people as well.
Self-promotion is not evil
Most nice people are cringing right now. How can self-promotion not be evil, vile, conceited, self-serving, and ego-centric? Self-promotion can be all those things, but it does not need to be.
The art of self-promotion for nice people is to leverage your nice qualities so that you get the credit you deserve, make your voice heard, attract others to work with you, and get—and give—credit where credit is due. It's as simple as the right thing to do. You owe it to yourself and the other nice people around you.
The root of the problem
Let's step back a bit and get to the root of the self-promotion issue for nice people. Most nice people have a strong sense of justice, of right and wrong. They strive to treat their fellow humans (and other creatures) with respect, reverence, and compassion. In the nice person's mind, this should be all that is required to earn recognition for their accomplishments. In a perfect world, it would be.
We don't live in a perfect world.
Instead, we are bombarded with lots of stimuli that make it hard to interact with the world around us. It's actually hard to seek and understand the truth about who's responsible for what. That's why we take shortcuts.
Cognitive shortcuts
All of us take shortcuts to make sense of the world. We rely on patterns, and fill in the blanks when bombarded with data and stimuli. That's one of the reasons we always remember the loud-mouth bragger. It's not that we want to—it's just they have jumped above the noise and caught our attention.
Through repetition, we get tuned into these blowhards and remember what they did—even though we don't like them. It's strange but it's just like all those obnoxious ads we get inundated with daily. We think they are bad. We acknowledge they are in poor taste. But we remember them and, when it comes time to buy, we tend to buy those brands.
What a nice person can do
Okay. I hope by now all you nice people now realize that you need to speak up and be heard. Most people won't give you the credit you deserve unless you ask for it. I know, it's not in your personality, but yet you get frustrated when others take credit or you are not recognized for your accomplishments.
You can change but you don't need to sell out or change who you are—you just need to politely self-promote.
Just because you're nice does not mean that you can't or shouldn't self-promote. In fact, nice people can do a great job of self-promotion, and be more effective at it. The fact is that, deep down, everyone hates those blowhard braggarts anyway. Actually, nice people have a big advantage over blowhards, since we're actually are more inclined to help others promote themselves as well.
Nice people unite!
One of the strongest assets nice people have is that they care about others. Think about your own life. How often do you help out a friend, brag about a co-worker, or encourage others to succeed?
So, you have it in you—now you just have to apply it to yourself. The easiest way to do this is to find a couple of other nice people, and work together. Complements and praise are far more powerful when someone else gives them to you. This is why actively collaborating with other nice people can make it easier to self-promote.
Obviously, as a nice person, you know that whatever is said must be true, accurate, and correct.
Beyond collaboration
Having others promote you is powerful, but it's not always practical or appropriate. Eventually, you are going to have to toot your own horn. To help you do that, take a look at the tips below:
1. Be subtle and tactful
Self-promotion does not need to be grandiose or in-your-face. It can be subtle and tactful.
There are natural places in a conversation to add a useful bit of self-promotion. For example, let's say you're talking with co-workers about the project you just finished. You can ask them to give you feedback on the part you did by simply saying "What did you think of the financials in the report we just did? I'm curious to know how they could be improved," or something like that. This subtle hint that you did them, under the context of improvement, will get you credit as well as valuable feedback.
2. Practice on and with other nice people
I know this might sound strange, but you can practice self-promotion with others. Doing so will give you the confidence to perform on your own.
The best people to practice with are—you guessed it—other nice people. You can team up (as I suggested above) and practice on each other. I know this seems a little weird, but the more you practice in a safe environment, the better you will get.
3. Just the facts
All those braggers out there usually distort the facts to their advantage. While it's not technically lying (although it feels like it), nice people have a hard time embellishing. That's why it's easier to just state the facts about what you did. It may not be as powerful but, over time, it does get through.
4. Promote others
Promoting others is a great way to learn how to promote yourself, and it's also a great way to share credit when it's due. It's best to promote others that will promote you in return. Otherwise, you are just amplifying the impact of braggers and blowhards.
5. Give mutual credit
When you do take credit or self-promote, make sure to spread the credit around. Us nice people can find it a lot easier to share the credit with others then to take it all yourself. In fact, it can sometimes lead others to jump in and give you more credit.
6. Keep it simple
Simple self-promotion works the best. What I mean by this is don't overly complicate the message or pile on everything you have done. Keep the self-promotion context specific and don't dominate the conversation. Expanding too broadly will just bore people and turn you into the kind of person you already despise.
7. Be a little funny
Humor is a great way to break the ice and get over your self-promotion nerves. Take a shot at yourself before telling everyone what a great job you did. You can also poke a little fun at co-workers before telling them what a great job they did. Just make sure to keep it classy, respectful, and not trashy.
Really, it's not that slimy
I'm sure some of you are still not convinced that self-promotion is a good idea. I'm also sure that you sometimes get frustrated when people glance over your work and give others credit. It's hard to face, but there is so much noise out there that you do have to self-promote in order to get heard.
As long as you do it responsibility and are nice about it, you will probably find that it's kinda fun—it does feel good to share your accomplishments with others!
Jarie Bolander is an engineering by training, entrepreneur by nature and leader by endurance. His new site, EnduranceLeader.com combines two of this passions – leadership and endurance athletics. Endurance Leader's main premise is that by enduring through hardships and struggle, we can conquer anything. You can follow him on Twitter via @EnduranceLeader.


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In March, the Canadian government introduced a bill that would bring about sweeping changes to its copyright and trademark laws. This includes giving more power to customs and border protection agents without any judicial oversight. The move is intended to prevent counterfeit goods from entering the country, but has been criticized for being less about protecting Canadians and more about caving to American demands. With the U.S. dictating global intellectual property standards, the new legislation represents the return of ACTA and would pave the way for Canada to ratify the controversial international treaty.
Over the years, the U.S. has been critical of Canada's efforts in addressing trade in counterfeit goods and has been pressing for intellectual property reform. In the 2009 United States Trade Representative (USTR) Special 301 Report, Canada was placed on a priority watch list of countries that do not provide adequate intellectual property enforcement. As part of its 2013 Trade Policy Agenda, the USTR is now pushing Canada to comply with the Anti-Counterfeit Trade Agreement (ACTA). The multinational treaty is designed to standardize intellectual property laws around the world. Although it has been signed by a number of countries, including Canada, so far only Japan has ratified ACTA. It was the result of public pressure associated with risks to internet privacy and online freedom of speech which lead to ACTA being rejected by the European Parliament in July of 2012. At the time, many assumed that ACTA was dead, but it still remains a top priority for the U.S. and they are attempting to revive the discredited agreement by trying to get the six necessary ratifications for it to come into force. In an effort to satisfy U.S concerns, Canada recently announced legislation which is aimed at bringing them in line with ACTA.
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The Council of Canadians have questioned whether the anti-counterfeiting bill, "is one of the conditions the U.S. government put on Canada joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade negotiations." The group is urging that intellectual property rights be taken out of the TPP and the Canada-European Union (EU) Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) talks. There have already been attempts to use CETA negotiations to sneak in parts of ACTA. Stuart Trew, trade campaigner with the Council of Canadians wondered since, "The Harper government seems to have just collapsed in front of U.S. demands for border enforcement of Hollywood's intellectual property rights despite the global controversy with ACTA. Can we expect Harper to bend this easily to European demands in CETA and U.S. demands in the TPP that will increase the price of drugs and undermine access to affordable medicines?" ACTA also favours Big Pharma with patent protections that would limit generic competition and would lead to higher drug costs.
On March 20, the USTR officially notified Congress of its intention to enter into negotiations with the EU on a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) agreement. In the letter, they also outlined specific goals in different areas such as intellectual property rights. As part of the transatlantic talks, the USTR, "Seek to obtain, consistent with U.S. priorities and objectives, appropriate commitments that reflect the shared U.S.-EU objective of high-level IPR protection and enforcement, and to sustain and enhance joint leadership on IPR issues." A Civil Society Declaration signed by European and U.S. groups is insisting that the upcoming negotiations, "exclude any provisions related to patents, copyright, trademarks, data protection, geographical indications, or other forms of so-called intellectual property. Such provisions could impede our rights to health, culture, and free expression and otherwise affect our daily lives." Some have warned that the TTIP could be used as a way to implement ACTA through the backdoor.
ACTA is part of the international agenda of patent, trademark and copyright lobbies. The agreement favours big businesses over individual innovators and creators. It was designed to protect the interests of multinational corporations at the expense of fundamental civil rights. ACTA is being used by the U.S. to pressure other countries into adopting a new global standard for intellectual property enforcement. The supranational treaty would impose draconian laws which threaten the sovereignty of member nations.


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