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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - Alabama athletic director Mal Moore remains hospitalized at Duke University Medical Center.
University spokeswoman Debbie Lane said Thursday evening that Moore "is resting comfortably and continues to undergo tests required to further evaluate his condition."
He was hospitalized in Birmingham with pulmonary problems and transferred to the hospital in Durham, N.C., Wednesday night for more tests.
The 73-year-old Moore spent two days in DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa last August with an irregular heartbeat, but was cleared to return to work immediately.
Moore has led his alma mater's athletic department since 1999 and has been part of 10 football national championships as a player, coach or administrator.
The football building is named after him.
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The woman accused of setting a series of fires at a Little Rock apartment complex admitted to setting some of them and said she "probably" started others, an investigator told a judge during a detention hearing Wednesday.
Special Agent David Oliver, an arson investigator with the Bureau of Tobacco, Alcohol, Firearms and Explosives, said Lacey Rae Moore, 43, agreed in writing to waive her Miranda rights and signed a statement confessing to multiple fires in one building of Forest Place Apartments.
"On the others, she said she didn't remember but said she probably started them," Oliver said. "She said she was under the influence of drugs at the time."
Oliver added Moore indicated she felt stressed at the times of the fires and that setting them provided relief as she was taking "all kinds of pills."
A judge ultimately didn't grant Moore's release pending trial, ordering her instead to undergo a mental evaluation in a secure facility.
During his time on the stand, Oliver also said Moore had just broken up with a boyfriend before the first fires were set and was "angry at different things in her life." And, he said, she had been accused by the apartment complex of stealing a plant from the hallway, resulting in police going to her apartment and questioning her in front of her children.
"Through the text messages I saw, she was very angry" about that, Oliver said.
Oliver said Moore was developed as a suspect because of her proximity to the Forest Place fires — each was started near her unit or outside one where she once lived — and because of extensive social media postings she made on Facebook about them, including some posts where she said the arsonist wouldn't be caught.
Moore is accused of starting seven fires at the apartment complex, including one that caused millions in damage and resulted in 79 people being permanently displaced. The two she acknowledged setting at Forest Place came after the large fire there, Oliver testified.
Oliver said he spoke to displaced residents who said that fire was "the most terrifying thing they've ever lived through."
Also Wednesday, Moore's ex-husband took the stand and asked the judge not to grant her release because she has repeatedly attempted suicide and is a "real and present risk to herself" with the case hanging over her.
"I would say she's facing more stress than she's ever faced in her life and it would be impossible for her to bear," John Moore said.
Magistrate Judge Beth Deere ultimately ordered the mental evaluation at a Bureau of Prisons site, saying it needed to be a secure facility because Moore "presents a clear and convincing danger to the community."
The evaluation will help determine if Moore is competent to assist her lawyers and whether she was legally competent during the alleged crimes. Deere said.
For more on this story, see Thursday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
A judge is expected Wednesday to consider whether to release a Little Rock woman pending trial after she was indicted in connection with a series of arsons at an apartment complex where she once lived.
Lacey Rae Moore, 43, is accused of setting seven fires between February and June 2013 at Forest Place Apartments, causing millions in damage, displacing dozens of residents and injuring two firefighters.
Moore, a former resident at the complex, was also the lead and only named plaintiff in a federal lawsuit filed over the fires, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported Tuesday.
Authorities announced Monday that Moore had been arrested after being indicted on five federal counts of arson, two counts of arson resulting in injury and one count of possession of an unregistered destructive device. She was booked into the Pulaski County jail and remained there Wednesday pending the 11 a.m. hearing in U.S. District Court before Magistrate Judge Beth Deere.
One of the fires, a May 16 blaze at Forest Place, caused an estimated $4 million in damage, permanently displacing nearly 80 residents. A June 28 fire forced dozens to evacuate and resulted in 11 residents being permanently displaced, authorities said.
Authorities say Moore faces up to 20 years in prison on each arson count.
A March 11 trial date for Moore was set after he first appearance in court Monday, though preliminary trial dates are often delayed.


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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A onetime leading cocaine trafficker who gained notoriety a decade ago for testifying against Medellin cartel member Fabio Ochoa in a U.S. courtroom has been slain by gunmen in his homeland
Two hit men on motorcycles killed Alejandro Bernal and another man in the town of Sopo north of Bogota on Nov. 30 while they were engaged in real estate and luxury automobile deals, the national police director, Gen. Jose Leon told, The Associated Press on Tuesday.
Bernal, who was in his mid-50s, had been in Colombia for about a month, Leon said. U.S. Bureau of Prison records say he was released from federal prison in April 2009.
Leon said police investigating the killing were operating with two theories: Bernal was killed in retaliation for cooperating with U.S. authorities, or he was trying to get back into the drug business.
Bernal was considered a major trafficker by U.S. and Colombian authorities when they arrested him in 1999 along with more than 30 other alleged associates, including Ochoa, in what was dubbed "Operation Millennium."
Prosecutors said Bernal was the brains of the operation, Ochoa the brawn.
In testimony in U.S. court, Bernal described Ochoa as a friend since their initial cocaine dealings in 1983. He said he later delivered planeloads of cocaine to the late Mexican drug king Amado Carrillo Fuentes in the late 1980s.
U.S. prosecutors called Bernal's Bogota office of the late 1990s "the Wal-Mart of drug trafficking" and said his organization smuggled 30 tons of cocaine a month to the United States. They said Bernal served as a broker, connecting Colombian producers with world-class smugglers who used everything from frozen fruit pulp to billiard tables to smuggle the drug into the United States.
Bernal and most of his co-defendants cooperated with U.S. prosecutors.
At a sentencing hearing in 2003, Bernal's attorney, Ruben Oliva, acknowledged the risk of reprisal that Bernal faced for cooperating with U.S. investigators against Ochoa, whose family is legendary in Colombia for its place in the Medellin cartel alongside the late Pablo Escobar.
"He's painted a big target on himself, his wife, his family and his sister through his cooperation with the government," Oliva said.
Later that year, Ochoa was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Associated Press writer Frank Bajak contributed to this report.


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G4S's integration business, G4S Technology, (formerly Adesta), has a new EVP: Sam Belbina. Belbina will be in charge of business development, marketing and communications, and strategic initiatives such as new markets and the expansion of National and Global Services business.
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Oddly enough, although the white paper had been out for close to a week when I wrote this column, I still can't find any major advertising of the guide's availability on any of the top-level pages for SQL Server or Analysis Services. Perhaps it was hidden away somewhere, but Microsoft should do a better job of making sure that gems like this one get plenty of air time to ensure the widest possible audience can benefit. (Of course, the consultant in me doesn't mind all that much when I get to look really smart by having content that my customers couldn't find on their own, so maybe I should be saying thanks to Microsoft.)
It would be pretty boring if I devoted an entire editorial to every white paper that Microsoft pumped out, but I like to make exceptions for the special few that truly offer great, hard-to-find advice, especially if they explore complex performance-tuning topics. The "Analysis Services 2005 Performance Guide" is written by Elizabeth Vitt, who has been in the Microsoft BI game since the earliest days and has a wealth of knowledge to share. I could ramble on and try to describe the best parts of the document. But, it's sort of hard to summarize 120 pages of hard-core technical knowledge in the space of a few sentences. So do yourself a favor and digest every nugget of info this valuable paper provides.


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Just before an American Airlines plane ran off a Wyoming runway last December, the pilots struggled to engage the brakes and thrust reversers that help slow speed, according to documents released Friday.
None of the 181 people aboard Flight 2253 from Chicago was injured in the incident at the Jackson Hole airport, but the material made public by the National Transportation Safety Board raises questions about the Boeing 757-200's braking system and the pilots' actions.
The pilots had anticipated a rough landing as they approached the airport, according to a cockpit voice recorder transcript and other documents.
Light snow was falling and conditions were icy. On top of that, the airport's runway is short. The pilot of a smaller plane that had just landed told air traffic controllers that the first two-thirds of the runway were fine, but braking was "poor" on the final third.
A few minutes before landing, the American captain told passengers: "We don't try and make a smooth landing here at Jackson Hole. We just put the aircraft on the runway very quickly and firmly and go into full reverse and then use a heavy amount of braking (to) make sure we stop in the first part of the runway. So just be aware of that that's normal procedure for a mountain airport."
As the plane touched down, the pilots struggled several times to engage the thrust. "No reverse ... I can't get it," said the first officer, who was at the controls. They finally succeeded, but by the plane was nearly out of runway.
The captain's call for the brakes to be used was followed by sounds of physical exertion, mechanical clicks and thumps. "All right, I got max brake," he said.
But four seconds later the first officer swore, and then said: "I don't know what the (expletive deleted) is wrong. ... We're screwed."
The plane is then heard thundering off the runway. It came to rest in deep snow 730 feet past the end of the runway.
"Well ... end of our career," the captain said.
But the first officer insisted, "It's not the end. We did everything right. We didn't get the thrust reversers."
The pilots did acknowledge in interviews with investigators that they didn't try to manually engage the plane's speed brakes _ essentially wing panels that pop up _ as American's procedures require under the circumstances.
The pilots have successfully completed "corrective action" under an American program that doesn't penalize pilots who disclose errors, the airline said in a statement.
The safety board is continuing to investigate the Dec. 29 incident. The transcript was released along with more than 300 pages of evidence gathered by investigators, who will try to now figure out what caused to the overrun and make safety recommendations.
Runway overruns are the most common type of airline accident worldwide, according to the Flight Safety Foundation of Alexandria, Va., which promotes global aviation safety. Of the 1,508 aviation accidents between 1995 and 2009, 442, or nearly a third, were runway excursions, the foundation said.


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NEWBERRY, S.C. – The King University baseball team opened their 2014 season on Saturday with a tough road doubleheader at Newberry College. The Tornado dropped a tough 3-2 decision on a walk-off in game one before Newberry took the nightcap 8-2.
Newberry (2-0) had the game's first scoring chance in the second inning as they put runners on first and second with now outs. However, Cory Rhodes worked out of the jam, getting back-to-back groundouts before striking out Robert Kosch to end the threat.
The Tornado (0-2) broke through in the fourth inning as Geoff Cieslewitz started the frame with a single to center field. After J.D. Wallace sacrificed him to second with a bunt, Tyler Raymond drove Cieslewitz in with a single to center field to give King a 1-0 lead.
Nevertheless, the Wolves responded with a run on two hits in the bottom half of the inning. With two runners on, Kosch ripped a single to center that scored JoJo Bradley to even the score. Rhodes stranded both runners to keep the score knotted a one after four innings.
King grabbed the lead again in the fifth inning as Joe Ganger laced a leadoff single to center, and Tom Hooker followed with a sacrifice bunt to move him to second. Following a walk, Justin Trent ripped a single through the left side to score Ganger and give the lead back to King. Newberry then got back-to-back outs to strand two runners and keep their deficit at 2-1.
The Wolves again had an answer, however. In the seventh inning, a Ryan Cranmer single to center scored Kosch to even the score at two. The Tornado bullpen then stranded a pair of Newberry runners to give the offense a chance to regain the lead. However, Newberry's pitching held King's offense down over the final innings, giving their offense a chance to win the game in the bottom of the ninth.
In the ninth inning, the Wolves' Wesley Camp earned a leadoff walk and stole second. Jermale Paige was hit by a pitch and Cranmer walked to load the bases. Albert Baur then earned another walk to force in the game-winning run and give Newberry the 3-2 win.
Raymond and Ganger paced the Tornado offense with two hits apiece while Raymond and Trent drove in the Tornado runs. Rhodes tossed six and one-thirds innings and allowed two runs on four hits while striking out five in the no decision.
King looked to bounce back in game two as Garrett Cook gave the Tornado the early lead with his first home run of the season. However, Newberry again had an answer, this time in the second inning. Brandon Sheridan drove in Bradley, who reached on an infield single to start the frame, to even the score. After a single put two runners on, Alex Martin induced a ground ball to Logan Schmidt at second base. Schmidt got the first out at second and Trent turned the double play to get King out of the inning.
The Tornado regained the lead in the fourth inning as Hunter Smith sparked the offense with a one-out double to right field. After an out, and a walk, Carl Roberts came up with a two-out hit. He ripped a single through the left side that scored Smith and gave King a 2-1 lead.
However, the Newberry offense answered again, this time with a flurry of runs. The Wolves scored three runs, two on a Cranmer single in the fourth to take a 4-2 lead. In the sixth, the Wolves tacked on four runs, two a Baur triple to right field to take a commanding 8-2 lead. The Tornado couldn't comeback in the bottom of the frame as Newberry took the game 8-2.
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BEIJING (AP) — A former worker told state media Wednesday he set the fire that killed 14 young women at a Chinese clothing factory because he was angry over several hundred dollars in unpaid wages.
The suspect, Liu Shuangyun, told Guangdong Satellite Television during a taped jailhouse interview early Wednesday morning that he started the fire "because I couldn't get my salary."
Asked whether he had thought about or regretted the loss of life the fire had caused, Liu said: "I didn't think about these things."
Fourteen people were killed and one person was seriously injured in the fire Tuesday afternoon in Shantou city in Guangdong province, the provincial emergency department said on its microblog.
The Southern Metropolis Daily said in an online report that the victims were all women aged 18-20.
"The whole time, I've been very impulsive, very angry about this," Liu said during the television interview. "So I did these things."
Sitting on a chair, his hands in handcuffs, Liu said the factory boss owed him 3,000 yuan (US$461). The reporter said Liu quit the factory three years ago and that since then his former boss had only given him excuses for why he couldn't pay the back wages.
A photo accompanying its report showed a four-story building, lined with windows on each floor, its front completely blackened. The fire had not spread to an adjacent building.
Senior provincial officials set up a team to investigate and step up safety measures to avoid similar fatal fires, Guangdong's emergency department said. The factory made underwear, it said.
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(1) I would like to point out certain factors and methods which should be borne in mind in connection with inspirational writing and mediumship, and which have a bearing on the writing of such books as The Secret Doctrine, the Scriptures of the world, and those transmitted volumes which potently affect the thought of the race. . .
Some transmitters work entirely on astral levels and their work is necessarily part of the great illusion. They are unconscious mediums and are unable to check the source from whence the teachings come; if they claim to know the source, they are frequently in error...
Some work only on mental levels, learning, through telepathy, that which the Elder Brothers of the race and their own souls have to impart. They tap the sources of knowledge stored in the egoic consciousness. They become aware of the knowledge stored up in the brains of disciples on the same ray as themselves. Some of them, being outposts of the Master's consciousness, become also cognisant of His thought. Some use several of the methods, either consciously or unconsciously . . .
Each generation now should produce its seers . . . They must seek preeminently to be dependable instruments, unswayed by passing storms. They must endeavour to remain free from depression, no matter what occurs; liberated from discouragement; with a keen sense of proportion; a right judgment in all things; a regulated life; a disciplined physical body, and a whole-hearted devotion to humanity. Where these qualities are present, the Masters can begin to use Their destined workers; where they are absent, other instruments must be found.
Some people learn at night and regularly bring over into their physical brain consciousness the facts they need to know and the teachings they should transmit. Many methods are tried, suited to the nature of the aspirant or chela. Some have brains that act telepathically as transmitters. I deal with the safer and rarer methods which utilise the mental vehicle as the intermediary between the soul and the brain, or between the teacher and the disciple. Methods of communication on the astral level, such as the ouija board, the planchette pencil, automatic writing, the direct voice and statements made by the temporarily obsessed medium, are not utilised as a rule
by chelas, though the direct voice has had its use at times. The higher mental methods are more advanced and surer - even if rarer.
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The true transmitters from the higher egoic levels to the physical plane, proceed in one or other of the following ways:
1. They write from personal knowledge, and therefore employ their concrete minds at the task of stating this knowledge in terms that will reveal the truth to those that have eyes to see, and yet will conceal that which is dangerous from the curious and the blind . . .
2. They write because they are inspired. Because of their physical equipment, their purity of life, their singleness of purpose, their devotion to humanity and the very karma of service itself, they have developed the capacity to touch the higher sources from which pure truth, or symbolic truth, flows. They can tap thought currents that have been set in motion by that great band of Contemplators, called Nirmanakayas, or those definite, specialised thought currents originated by one of the great staff of teachers. Their brains being receptive transmitters, enable them to express these contacted thoughts on paper - the accuracy of the transmission being dependent upon the receptivity of the instrument (that is, the mind and the brain) of the transmitter. In these cases, the form of words and sentences are largely left to the writer . . .
3. They write because of the development of the inner hearing. Their work is largely stenographic, yet is also partially dependent upon their standard of development and their education. . . . The responsibility as to accuracy is therefore divided between the one who imparts the teaching, and the transmitting agent. . . . He must have a certain amount, therefore, of education, and be himself a profound seeker of truth, before he will be chosen to be the recipient of teachings that are intended for the general public or for esoteric use. Above everything else, he must have learnt through meditation to focus himself on the mental plane. (4 - 174/8).
(2) This form of work might be divided into three methods:
There is first the higher clairaudience, that speaks directly from mind to mind. This is not exactly telepathy, but a form of direct hearing. The teacher will speak to the disciple as person to person. A conversation is therefore carried on entirely on mental levels, with the higher faculties as the focussing point . . .
Secondly, we have telepathic communication. This is the registry in the physical brain consciousness of information imparted . . .
Thirdly, we have inspiration. This involves another aspect of development. Inspiration is analogous to mediumship, but is entirely egoic. It utilises the mind as the medium of transmission to the brain of that which the soul knows. Mediumship usually describes the process when confined [Page 221] entirely to the astral levels . . . The medium is an unconscious instrument, he is not himself the controlling factor; he is controlled. (4 - 180).
(3) One of the interesting things that is happening, and one of the factors which will serve eventually in the work of demonstrating the fact of the soul, is the mass of communications, inspired writings, and telepathic dictations, which is flooding the world today. As you know, the spiritualistic movement is producing a vast amount of this inspired or pseudo-inspired literature, some of it of the very highest order, and unquestionably the work of highly evolved disciples, and some of it most mediocre in quality. The various theosophical societies have been the recipients of similar communications, and they are found in every occult group. True communications are frequently of deep spiritual value, and contain much teaching and help for the aspirant. Students of the times would do well to remember that it is the teaching that is of moment, not the supposed source; by their intrinsic value alone, these writings and communications must be judged. These communications emanate in the majority of instances from the soul plane, and the recipient or the communicator (the intermediary or the scribe) is either inspired by his own soul, or has tapped the thought level, and knowledge of the ray group to which his soul belongs. He tunes in on a reservoir of thought, and his mind and brain translate these thoughts into words or phrases.
In a lesser number of cases, the man who is receiving a dictation or writing, is in telepathic rapport with some more advanced disciple than himself, and his mind is being impressed by some chela in his group. This chela, who is closer to the Master than he is, passes on to him some of the knowledge that he has absorbed through being able to live within the Master's aura. But the Master is not concerned in the process; it lies between the chela and the aspirant. In these cases the receiver of the communication is often misled, and thinks that the Master Himself is dictating to him, whereas in reality he has - through a more advanced chela than himself - tuned in on the Master's thought atmosphere.
None of the Masters of the sixth initiation (such as the Masters M. and K.H.) are at this time working through dictation with Their disciples. They are too much engrossed with world problems, and with the work of watching over the destinies of the prominent world figures in the various nations, to have any opportunity to dictate teaching to any particular disciple in some small field of activity, and upon subjects of which sufficient is already known to enable the disciple to go ahead alone and unaided. Two of the Masters are working telepathically, and through dictation with several [Page 222] accepted disciples, and Their effort is to inspire these disciples, who are active in world work, to greater usefulness in the Plan. They are working in this way in order to impress a few of the prominent thinkers in the field of science, and of social welfare, with the needed knowledge, which will enable them to make the right moves in the emergence of the race into greater freedom. But I know of no others, in this particular generation, who are so doing, for They have delegated much of this work to Their initiates and disciples. The bulk of the communicators today (working through aspirants on the physical plane), are active working chelas of accepted degree, who (living as they do in the thought aura of the Master and His group) are steadily endeavouring to reach all kinds of people, all over the world, in all groups. Hence the increasing flood of communications, of inspired writings, and of personal messages and teaching.
When you add to the above the equally large flood of communications which emanate from the transmitters' own souls, and from the realm of the subconscious, you have accounted for the mass of the material going out now. In all this there is need for deep thankfulness at the growing responsiveness and sensitivity of man. (14 - 107/9).
See also: ( 18 - 251).
(1) If you will seriously consider with me what the intuition is not, I think my words will find in you an inner response.
The intuition is not a welling forth of love to people, and, therefore, an understanding of them. Much that is called the intuition is recognition of similarities, and the possession of a clear analytical mind. Intelligent people, who have lived in the world for some time, and who have experienced much, and who have contacted many other people, can usually sum up with facility the problems and dispositions of others, provided they are interested. This they must not, however, confound with the intuition.
The intuition has no relation to psychism, either higher or lower; the seeing of a vision, the hearing of the Voice of the Silence, a pleased reaction to teaching of any kind, does not infer the functioning of the intuition. It is not only the seeing of symbols, for that is a special sort of perception, and the capacity to tune in on the Universal Mind upon that layer of Its activity which produces the pattern-forms on which all etheric bodies are based. It is not intelligent psychology, and a loving desire to help. That emanates [Page 223] from the interplay of a personality, governed by a strong soul orientation, and the group-conscious soul.
Intuition is the synthetic understanding which is the prerogative of the soul, and it only becomes possible when the soul, on its own level, is reaching in two directions: towards the Monad, and towards the integrated and, perhaps (even if only temporarily) co-ordinated and at-oned personality. It is the first indication of a deeply subjective unification, which will find its consummation at the third initiation.
Intuition is a comprehensive grip of the principle of universality, and when it is functioning there is, momentarily at least, a complete loss of the sense of separateness. At its highest point, it is known as that Universal Love, which has no relation to sentiment or to the affectional reaction, but is, predominantly, in the nature of an identification with all beings. Then is true compassion known; then does criticism become impossible; then, only, is the divine germ seen as latent in all forms.
Intuition is light itself, and when it is functioning, the world is seen as light and the light bodies of all forms become gradually apparent. This brings with it the ability to contact the light centre in all forms, and thus again an essential relationship is established, and the sense of superiority and separateness recedes into the background.
Intuition, therefore, brings with its appearance three qualities: Illumination, . . . Understanding . . . Love . . . These three words sum up the three qualities or aspects of the intuition, and can be covered by the word, universality, or the sense of universal Oneness. (10 - 2/5).
(2) Let us now consider the intuition, which is the opposite of illusion, remembering that illusion imprisons a man upon the mental plane, and surrounds him entirely with man-made thought-forms, barring out escape into the higher realms of awareness, or into that loving service which must be given in the lower worlds of conscious, manifested effort.
The major point I would seek to make here, is that the intuition is the source or the bestower of revelation. Through the intuition, progressive understanding of the ways of God in the world, and on behalf of humanity are revealed; through the intuition, the transcendence and the immanence of God is sequentially grasped; . . . through the intuition man arrives at the experience of the kingdom of God, and discovers the nature, the type of lives and of phenomena, and the characteristics of the Sons of God as they come into manifestation. Through the intuition, some of the plans and purposes working out through the manifested created worlds, are brought to his attention, and he is shown in what way he and the rest of humanity [Page 224] can co-operate and hasten the divine purpose; through the intuition, the laws of the spiritual life, which are the laws governing God Himself, conditioning Shamballa, and guiding the Hierarchy, are brought to his notice progressively, and as he proves capable of appreciating them and working them. (10 - 135/6).
(3) The intuition is in reality only the appreciation by the mind of some factor in creation, some law of manifestation and some aspect of truth, known by the soul, emanating from the world of ideas, and being of the nature of those energies which produce all that is known and seen. These truths are always present, and these laws are ever active, but only as the mind is trained and developed, focussed, and open-minded can they be recognised, later understood, and finally adjusted to the needs and demands of the cycle and time. (4 - 15).
(4) The intuition which guides all advanced thinkers into the newer fields of learning, is but the forerunner of that omniscience which characterises the soul. (4 - 16).
(5) The ignorant and the wise meet on common ground as extremes always do. In between are those who are neither totally ignorant nor intuitively wise. They are the mass of the educated people who have knowledge but not understanding, and who have yet to learn the distinction between that which can be grasped by the rational mind, that which can be seen by the mind's eye, and that which only the higher or abstract mind can formulate and know. This ultimately merges in the intuition, which is the "knowing faculty" of the intelligent and practical mystic who - relegating the emotional and feeling nature to its own place - uses the mind as a focussing point and looks out through that lens upon the world of the soul. (4 - 17/8).
(6) Intuition reveals not the way ambition can be fed, nor the manner in which desire for selfish advancement can be gratified. (4 - 70).
(7) Only as the man becomes intuitive does he become of use in a Master's group. . . . When (the intuition) is beginning to function, then the disciple can pass from the stage of probation to that of acceptance in a Master's group. (4 -167).
(8) That which is the opposite pole of illusion is, as you well know, the intuition. The intuition is that recognition of reality which becomes possible as glamour and illusion disappear. An intuitive reaction to truth will take place when - along a particular line of approach to truth - the disciple has succeeded in quieting the thought-form-making propensities of the mind, so that light can flow directly, and without any deviation, from the higher spiritual worlds. (10 - 67).
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(9) Once man is impersonal and free from the reactions of the lower self, and his consciousness is illumined by the clear light of the intuition, then his "window of vision" becomes clarified and his sight into reality is unimpeded. Obstructions (always erected by humanity itself) are removed, and he sees all life and form in their true relation and can comprehend, and even occultly "see", the "passage of the energies". (16 - 422).
(10) Something of the quality and the revelatory power of the intuition is known by all disciples; it constitutes at times (from its very rarity) a major "spiritual excitement". It produces effects and stimulation; it indicates future receptivity to dimly sensed truths, and is allied - if you could but realise it - with the entire phenomena of prevision. A registration of some aspect of intuitional understanding is an event of major importance in the life of the disciple who is beginning to tread the Path to the Hierarchy. It provides testimony, which he can recognise, of the existence of knowledges, wisdom and significances, of which the intelligentsia of humanity are not yet aware; it guarantees to him the unfolding possibility of his own higher nature, a realisation of his divine connections, and the possibility of his ultimate highest spiritual attainment. (18 - 131).
(11) The power of the intuition, which is the goal of much of the work which disciples must do, requires the unfoldment of another faculty in man. The intuition is a function of the mind also and, when rightly used, it enables man to grasp reality with clarity, and to see that reality free from glamour and the illusions of the three worlds. When the intuition functions in any human being, he is enabled to take direct and correct action, for he is in touch with the Plan, with pure and unadulterated fact and undistorted ideas - free from illusion and coming direct from the divine or universal Mind. The unfoldment of this faculty will bring about a world recognition of the Plan, and this is the greatest achievement of the intuition in this present world cycle. When that Plan is sensed, there comes the realisation of the unity of all beings, of the synthesis of world evolution and of the unity of the divine objective. All life and all forms are seen in their true perspective; a right sense of values and of time then eventuates. When the Plan is truly intuited and at first hand, then constructive effort becomes inevitable and there is
no lost motion. It is the partial realisation of the Plan and its interpretation at second or third hand by the ignorant, which is responsible for the wasted effort and the foolish impulses which characterise the present occult and world organisations. (5 - 25).
(12) By learning to break through the glamour in their own lives and [Page 226] to live in the light of the intuition, disciples can strengthen the hands of Those Whose task it is to awaken the intuition in man. (5 - 26).
(13) (The disciple) learns, finally, to substitute the intuition - with its swiftness and its infallibility - for the slow and laborious work of the mind, with its deviousness, its illusions, its errors, its dogmatisms and its separative thinking and cultures. (6 - 415).
(1) Be joyful, for joy lets in the light, and where there is joy there is little room for glamour and misunderstanding. (5 - 461).
(2) Aim at demonstrating happiness. Be joyous in your work and service. Be not so intense, but go happily along the lighted Way. Such is my prayer for you. (5 - 408).
(3) You can train yourself to build in that quality of joy which is the characteristic of a personality which is consciously anchored in the soul realm. (5 - 398).
(4) To those who wrestle, strive, and hold on, the joy is doubled when the materialisation comes. The joy of contrast will be yours, for knowing the past of darkness you will revel in the light of fruition; the joy of tried and tested companionship will be yours, for years will have proved to you who are your chosen associates, and in community of suffering will come the strengthened link; the joy of peace after victory will be yours, for to the tired warrior the fruits of achievement and rest are doubly sweet; the joy of participation in the Masters' plan will be yours, and all is well that associates you closely with Them; the joy of having helped to solace a needy world, of having brought light to darkened souls, of having healed in some measure the open sore of the world's distress, will be yours, and in the consciousness of days well spent, and in the gratitude of salvaged souls, comes the deepest joy of all, - the joy a Master knows when He is instrumental in lifting a brother up a little higher on the ladder. This is the joy that is set before you all - and not so very far ahead it lies. So work not for joy, but towards it; not for reward, but from the inner need to help; not for gratitude, but from the urge that comes from having seen the vision and realisation of the part you have to play in bringing that vision down to earth.
It is helpful to differentiate between happiness, joy and bliss: First, happiness, which has its seat in the emotions, and is a personality reaction.
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Second, joy, which is a quality of the soul and is realised in the mind, when alignment takes place.
Third, bliss, which is the nature of the Spirit and about which speculation is fruitless until the soul realises its oneness with the Father. This realisation follows upon an earlier stage wherein the personal self is at-oned with the soul. Therefore speculation and analysis as to the nature of bliss is profitless to the average man whose metaphors and terminologies must perforce be personal, and related to the world of the senses. Does the aspirant refer to his happiness or joy? If he refers to the latter it must come as the effect of group consciousness, of group solidarity, of oneness with all beings, and may not be interpreted in terms of happiness after all. Happiness comes when the personality is meeting with those conditions which satisfy it in one part or other of its lower nature; it comes when there is a sense of physical well being, of contentment with one's environment or surrounding personalities, or of satisfaction with one's mental opportunities and contacts. Happiness is the goal of the separated self.
When however we seek to live as souls, the contentment of the lower man is discounted, and we find joy in our group relationships, and in bringing about those conditions which lead to the better expression of the souls of those we contact. This bringing of joy to others, in order to produce conditions in which they may better express themselves, may have a physical effect as we seek to better their material conditions, or an emotional effect as our presence brings to them peace and uplift, or an intellectual result as we stimulate them to clarity of thought and understanding. But the effect upon ourselves is joy, for our action has been selfless and non-acquisitive, and not dependent upon the aspirant's circumstance or worldly state. Much happiness is necessarily foregone when ill-health makes its pressure felt, as the environment is difficult, and the "accumulated karma of many births" presses down, or as the troubles of the family, nation or race, weigh upon the sensitive personality. The happiness of youth, or the self-centred contentment of the selfish insulated person (hiding himself behind the shield of his protective desires), must not be confounded with joy.
It is a platitude as well as an occult paradox, to say that in the midst of profound personality distress and unhappiness, the joy of the soul may be known and felt. Such however is the case, and it is for this the student must aim. (4 - 368/70).
(5) The only cure for this creeping inertia, is to ignore the body and take your joy in the livingness of service. I speak here not of definite disease or of serious physical liabilities; to these right care and attention must be [Page 228] duly given; I speak to the thousands of ailing men and women who are preoccupied with taking care of themselves, and so waste hours of the time which could be given to the service of humanity. (8 - 168).
(6) The races today are steeped in misery and an unhappy psychological acquiescence in sorrow and pain. The clear light of love must sweep away all this, and joy will be the keynote of the coming New Age. (12 - 120).
(7) We stand today on the verge of great things. Humanity is on its way with renewed impetus. It stands no longer at the cross roads, but irrevocable decisions have been made, and the race is moving forward along a path which will lead it eventually into light and peace. It will find its way into "the peace which passeth understanding" because it will be a peace which is independent of outer conditions, and which is not based upon what present humanity defines as peace. The peace which lies ahead of the race, is the peace of serenity and of joy - a serenity, based upon spiritual understanding; and a joy which is untouched by circumstance. This joy and serenity is not an astral condition but a soul reaction. These qualities are not achieved as the result of disciplining the emotional nature, but demonstrate as a natural, automatic reaction of the soul. This is the reward of a definitely achieved alignment. These two qualities of the soul - serenity and joy - are the indications that the soul, the ego, the One Who stands alone, is controlling or dominating the personality, circumstance, and all environing conditions of life in the three worlds. (15 - 200).
(8) The future holds within its silence other modes of saving humanity. The cup of sorrow and the agony of the Cross are well-nigh finished. Joy and strength will take their place. Instead of sorrow we shall have a joy which will work out in happiness, and lead eventually to bliss. We shall have strength which will know naught but victory, and will not recognise disaster. . . . Only the dawn is with us yet - the dawn of the Aquarian Age. The full tide of light is inevitably moving upon its way towards us. (18 - 234)
(9) And my brother, be happy. Learn to feel joy - a joy which is based on the knowledge that humanity has always triumphed and passed onward and forward, in spite of apparent failures, and the destruction of past civilisations; a joy, which is founded upon the unshakable belief that all men are souls, and that "points of crisis" are factors which are of proven usefulness in calling in the power of that soul, both in the individual man, in a race, or in humanity as a whole; a joy which is related to the bliss which characterises the soul on its own level, whereon the form aspects of manifestation do not dominate. Ponder on these thoughts and remember you are [Page 229] grounded in the centre of your Being and can, therefore, see the world truly and with no limited vision; you can stand unperturbed, knowing the end from the beginning, and realising that love will triumph. (5 - 471).
(10) In these days of world pain, let love and joy equally be keynotes of your life - as a group and as individuals - for they carry the healing vibrations of the Hierarchy. (5 - 299/300).
(11) I call you also to a cultivated joyousness, which will end in releasing you to fuller service. (5 - 138).
(12) So many in the final years of life, live, think and act in such a manner that the soul withdraws its attention. Thus only the personality remains. To all of you who have passed the half century I would say: Face the future with the same joy as in youth, yet with an added usefulness, knowing that the wisdom of experience is yours, the power to understand is yours, and that no physical limitation can prevent a soul from useful expression and service. I would remind you of something which is often forgotten: It is far easier for the soul to express itself through an older experienced body, than through one that is young and inexperienced, provided that there is no pride and no desired selfishness, but only longing to love and to serve. (5 - 465/6).
(13) Ponder on joy, happiness, gaiety and bliss; these release the channels of the inner life, and reach - in a wide circle - many kinds of men. They heal and cleanse the physical body, and help you do your work with little effort, a proper sense of values, and a detachment which is based on love and not isolation. 5 - 170).
(14) Meditations on joy:
1. The Joy of the Soul irradiates my life, and lightens all the burdens which those I meet may carry. The Joy of the Lord is my strength, and I develop strength in joy for others. (5 - 176).
2. Joy - Like a bird on the wing, I fly towards the sun. I sing in my soul, so that all I meet can hear. (5 - 435).
3. "With industry I work as doth the ant. With speed I travel as moves the hare upon its path. With joy I climb as doth the goat which scales the precipice and stands upon the mountain top. Industry, speed and joy must be the keynotes of my life; diligence with the task assigned; speed to assent with all the Master says; speed on my way to service; and joy to shower forth on all I meet. Such is the Way for me." (5 - 462).
4. Let the song of the soul be sounded forth by me, and the clear high notes bring peace and joy to others. My word today is Joy. (5 - 565).
5. Sit in perfect silence and quiet for fifteen minutes, not negatively [Page 230] drifting into a semi-tranced condition, but actively becoming aware of that inner centre of stillness and of peace where joy and bliss have their home. (5 - 577).


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Katy Brown and Ruth Rosselson put the pharmaceutical industry under the microscope and looks at some of the non-prescription drugs consumers might want to choose or avoid.
Raking it in
Combined drug sales for the top ten global pharmaceutical companies topped $250 billion in 2004.(1) The income of the five biggest drug companies alone is double the combined GDP of all the countrsies in sub-Saharan Africa.(2) The profit margins of the pharmaceutical industry are higher than any other industry.(3)
Hard Sell
Drug companies claim that they must keep prices high in order to recoup research and development costs. However, the industry spends up to $60 billion a year on drug marketing - twice what it spends on research and development.(1) In 2004, Pfizer spent almost $120 million for media ads for Lipitor, the world's number-one selling prescription drug, while companies promoting erectile dysfunction treatments Viagra, Levitra and Cialis spent $425 million.(1)
Access to Essential Medicines
One-third of the world's population don't have access to the medicines they need, rising to half in some parts of Africa and Asia.(5) In the Third World the only drugs available to treat some diseases are highly toxic or ineffective. Pharmaceutical companies do not spend enough money on research and development for diseases of the poor as there is little financial incentive. Often production of certain drugs is phased out, if they don't provide big enough profit margins for the companies that make them.
Between 1975 and 1999, of the drugs approved for sale globally, only 1% targeted tropical diseases and tuberculosis, despite such diseases accounting for 11.4% of global disease. Malaria gets the most research funding of all tropical diseases but still only 0.3% of money spent on medical research and development is spent on malaria.(6) Malaria kills one child every 30 seconds (7) yet athsma receives 20 times more funding.(3) In 2000 Glaxo Wellcome (now GlaxoSmithKline) launched the first anti-malarial to be developed by a drug company in 40 years. This drug was not aimed at treatment, however, it was prevention - and marketed to the approximately seven million tourists who visit malarial regions rather than the people who live in them.(3)
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (www.theglobalfund.org) was created in response to the lack of availability of drugs in the Third World. Its aim is to increase resources to fight three of the world's most devastating diseases and direct those resources to areas of greatest need through partnerships between governments, civil society, the private sector and affected communities.
Corporate Lobbying
A special report published in July 2005 by America's Center for Public Integrity found that the pharmaceutical and health products industry in the US had spent more than $800 million in federal lobbying and campaign donations at the federal and state levels in the past seven years. In 2004, drug makers spent $123 million on lobbyists, a record amount for the industry. Of the 1,291 lobbyists listed that year as representing pharmaceutical corporations and their trade groups, some 52 percent were former federal officials. Lobbyists don't just lobby congress but an array of agencies including the Department of Health and Human Services, the Food and Drug Administration and the State Department.
In recent years, the industry has shown significant power in influencing US trade policy (and the WTO, see below). The US Trade Representative, which shapes the country's trade agreements with other nations, recently, at the behest of the pharmaceutical industry, pressured Guatemala into repealing a recently passed law permitting wider marketing of generic drugs.(1) It is this political influence that is perhaps most damaging. In America, high drug prices could be considered a devious scam but in the Third World drug pricing is a matter of life or death.
This report identifies companies trying to influence the political process by marks in the Political Activity column on the main table.
Bad Science
Adverse drug reactions to animal tested drugs (ADRs) are currently the fourth biggest killer in the western world after heart disease, cancer and stroke. 8 10,000 people are killed annually in the UK alone by ADRs.
Europeans for Medical Progress (www.curedisease.net) represents doctors and scientists who oppose animal testing, not because it harms animals, but because it harms humans. According to their director Kathy Archibald 'We already have superior methods of studying human diseases and developing and testing drugs to treat them: microdosing, for example, is a way of testing miniscule doses of new medicines in human volunteers in complete safety, to obtain information about human metabolism of the drug that could never be obtained by using animals. Animal tests should be compared scientifically against microdosing and other human-based methods (including human tissue and DNA chip studies) - 83% of GPs and over 140 MPs agree - please ask your MP (see www.curedisease.net). Arthritis drug Vioxx caused 320,000 heart attacks and strokes, though tests in mice and monkeys had shown it was cardioprotective. Human-based tests could have prevented this tragedy and must be used to prevent another Vioxx in future.'
Animal Testing
Over 2.8 million animals were used in laboratory procedures in the UK in 2004, an increase of 2% on 2003 figures. Animals used included over 5,000 dogs, 100,000 birds, 200,000 fish, almost 15,000 rabbits, plus horses, cats, ferrets and millions of rodents. The major uses of animals in research are fundamental biological research (31%) and breeding of transgenic and genetically mutant animals (34%). Toxicity testing accounted for 15% of procedures. 60% were performed without anaesthetic. There were only 25 home office inspectors to police these procedures. It is estimated that over 100 million animals are used every year worldwide in laboratory experiments, at least 10-11 million of these in the EU.(9)
Animals are used in a variety of experiments all of which cause pain and suffering. Animals either die from the effects of the experiment or are killed afterwards for post mortem examination.
According to Penaran Higgs of the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection; "It is still legal under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, for animals in laboratories to be subjected to poisoning, burning, blinding or electrocution, to be deprived of food, water or sleep; applied with skin and eye irritants; subjected to psychological stress; deliberately infected with disease; brain damaged; paralysed; surgically mutilated; irradiated; gassed; force fed, electrocuted and killed.'
She also pointed out that 'Many people believe that such procedures are necessary for "life-saving medical research" to take place, but the reality is that less than 25% of vivisection is for applied medical research, most of it is to profit pharmaceutical companies. We would argue that to cause such suffering in another sentient being, for whatever reason, is simply unethical."
Contrary to popular belief, animal experiments are actually very rarely required by law. There are a few cases where the law actually stipulates animal experiments, but usually the law simply requires that a company submits a certain amount of test data before a product can be marketed, without dictating the method by which that test data must be required.(15)
None of the companies covered in this report have an adequate animal testing policy and most companies conduct or commission testing (see table).
According to Jess Worth, ActionAid's HIV & AIDS Campaign and Research Officer, '40 million people worldwide have AIDS. 6.5 million of this total need antiretrovirals (ARVs) to avoid imminent death. In Africa only a tenth of these people have access to the drugs they need, as they are prohibitively expensive. As most drugs are under patent, big pharmaceutical companies have a complete monopoly over who they sell them to and how much they charge. Governments simply can't afford brand name ARV drugs at the prices charged by pharmaceutical countries to treat their people. In Africa many people live on a dollar a day or less so can't even afford discounted drugs.'
In the past three years 'generics companies', primarily in Asia have started producing and selling these drugs at just above cost price, massively undercutting the brand name drugs produced by the pharmaceutical giants. One million people are now treated due to this break with patenting law. The pharmaceutical industry has lobbied hard against this. 'These companies will do anything they can to uphold patent rights at the cost of peoples lives. Drug companies prefer to drop the prices of their own drugs and donate them at a loss or at cost price, allowing them to maintain price control. They would rather lose some money in the short term than risk losing their monopoly. AIDS victims are on treatment for life however, and without ARVs face HIV resistant strains and ultimately death so need a stable, sustainable drug source, Therefore drug donations are not a long term solution' Jess Worth, ActionAid.
In March 2001, 39 drug companies, including Bayer, Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham (now GlaxoSmithKline), Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Janssen-Cilag, Novartis and Wyeth, (all covered in this report), took the South African government to court in an attempt to stop the country importing and manufacturing cheap generic drugs.(14)
Fortunately for the 4.2 million HIV positive people living in South Africa, the companies dropped their case in the face of enormous public pressure. Pfizer has also been criticised for blocking access to affordable, generic versions of its ARV drugs in South Africa.(16)
Drug Pushing
It's not just at government level that Big Pharma likes to exert its influence. In both the North and South, drug companies spend huge amounts employing drug reps to influence doctors' prescribing habits. In Turkey for example, drug companies have given doctors refrigerators, TVs, money, even prostitutes in return for prescribing their brands.(3) Fridges, cash and TVs have apparently been offered as bribes in India and Nepal and computers, wine and spirits are the inducements of choice in Kenya.(3) The US, Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand have adopted codes on drug promotion, but this doesn't mean that bribery doesn't happen, it's just less overt. In America, drug companies pay for 57% of the costs of Continuing Medical Education (CME) - seminars to keep doctors up to date on research and treatment in their fields. Other incentives include drug samples, pens and free lunches.(3) Meanwhile GlaxoSmithKline has been accused of using expensive holidays, stereos, tickets to football matches and money to persuade thousands of German and Italian doctors to prescribe its drugs.(3)
A study of young doctors in the US found just over half of those polled said they see drug reps at least once per week and nearly one quarter reported seeing reps daily.(10) Evidence shows that doctors who attend pharma-sponsored CME, receive free drug samples or accept travel expenses, are more likely to prescribe the sponsor's drug. Even small gifts can influence doctors' prescribing habits.(3)
No Free Lunch (www.nofreelunch-uk.org) is a group that campaigns against such promotion by drug companies and encourages doctors to take a pledge to go 'drug company free'.
Inventing Illness
Whilst millions of people go without the life-saving drugs they need in the Third World the pharmaceutical industry is busy looking for new profitable markets in the West. There are now drugs for a wide range of conditions that previously have been considered normal life experiences; male pattern baldness, unwanted facial hair, wrinkles and both male and female sexual dysfunction for example. Shyness has now been re-classified as Social Anxiety Disorder, for which GlaxoSmithKline has had its anti-depressant drug Seroxat (called Paxil in America) approved to treat.(3) Seroxat has been linked to self-harm and addiction and has been found to induce withdrawal effects that include nightmares and electric shock sensations in healthy volunteers.(11)
The industry also pushes for more and more people to be included in guidelines for drug treatment for existing conditions. By lobbying the World Health Organisation in 1999, when it held meetings to set high-blood-pressure guidelines, the resulting recommendations were biased towards the interests of drug companies, rather than the best medical evidence.<3> The lower the figure defining high blood pressure, the bigger the market for blood pressure lowering drugs.
According to a paper titled 'Pharmaceutical Industry Agenda Setting in Mental Health Policies' by S. Beder and R. Gosden, many companies use public relations techniques "to manipulate psychiatric thinking and public policy-making in the mental health field."(12) Companies use public relations firms to create artificial grassroots concern groups as fronts for promoting psychiatric industry products.
A number of companies including Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKlineBeecham (now GlaxoSmithKline), Hoffman-La Roche, Bayer and Bristol-Myers Squibb gave money to the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) which a few years ago mounted an anti-stigma campaign to advocate the elimination of discrimination against people diagnosed with schizophrenia, as long as they were on medication.(12) All of the companies, together with NAMI itself, are on the client list of Nelson Communications, a giant PR conglomerate.(12)
The pharmaceutical industry also uses its influence to set the agenda in the realm of academia. Six companies - Janssen Cilag, Eli Lilly, Pfizer, Novartis, Lundbeck and AstraZeneca, all manufacturers of schizophrenia drugs - funded the prestigious Neuroscience Institute of Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders (NISAD).(12) Beder and Gosden argued that these companies "set the agenda" by "selectively funding psychiatric research aimed at propagating the belief that mental disorders are caused by brain defects." According to the paper, the propagation of these brain-based theories had provided the "necessary framework" for arguing that drugs (rather than "talking therapy" such as psychotherapy) were suitable forms of treatment.(12)
The World Trade Organisation's (WTO) Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) is an international agreement on protection of patents, copyrights, and trademarks which sets out minimum guidelines for intellectual property protection that must be met by all WTO members. TRIPS treats medicines in the same way as any other patented products ? such as compact discs or video games. It gives patents on medicines for a minimum of 20 years, so patent-holders have a monopoly over the drug for that time. During this period, when generic drugs are unavailable, governments and individuals in poor countries can't afford to buy the drugs they need.(5)
There are safeguards within TRIPS that developing countries can write into their national laws in order to protect public health. However, until recently the legislation wouldn't allow countries without the capacity to manufacture their own generic drugs to import them from countries that do. It is estimated, for example, that 350,000 people on AIDS treatment rely on India's generic production, around half of all people on ARV drugs in the Third World, Indian drug companies are widely credited with lowering the price of ARV drugs in Africa from more than $10,000 to about $300 per person each year.(5)
Under pressure from US officials, and direct lobbying from the pharmaceutical industry, many countries have failed to take full advantage of the safeguards within TRIPS when wording their own legislation. In fact India, which amended its patenting law in March 2005, not only failed to make maximum use of TRIPS flexibilities, it actually contains stronger patent protection than the WTO requires. This will severely limit the ability of the Indian generic industry to produce the next generations of ARVs, making them prohibitively expensive. This will almost certainly deprive both India's five million people living with HIV as well as patients in other developing countries of low-cost drugs.(13)
A new report by ActionAid 'Under the influence: exposing undue corporate influence over policy-making at the World Trade Organization' shows the extent to which the pharmaceutical industry was involved in pushing through the TRIPS legislation and how hard it lobbied against developing countries proposals to protect human health. Close observers report that Pfizer (makers of TCP and Sudafed on the table) in particular played a big role, negotiating directly with the WTO Secretariat and member states to find an 'acceptable' text for the 2003 agreement on TRIPS. Some accounts refer to countries holding talks on the 'Pfizer proposal'.
Peter Hardstaff, the World Development Movement's head of policy, comments; "It is a disgrace that international trade rules continue to prioritise the profits of multinational drug companies over the rights of poor countries to produce, and sell to each other, cheap generic medicines that are essential for tackling disease and ill health."
Cherry-picking publicy funded research
Contradicting drug company claims that their profits are vital to fund research and development is the fact that public money tends to support the initial hard work for drug research. Once a research angle looks financially promising, pharmaceutical companies step in. The president of top pharmaceutical company Merck's research institute pointed out: "About 95% of the fundamental discoveries that point you in the right direction come out of basic science funded by government and not-for-profit sources."(4)
As long as society gets new drugs in the end though, does it matter whether public money goes to private companies? An example from the USA suggests it does. Taxol is a drug used to treat breast and ovarian cancer. The main public funder of biomedical research in the US, the government National Institute of Health, developed the drug and paid for all the clinical trials. It gave exclusive production and manufacturing rights, however, to pharmaceutical company Bristol Myers Squibb for no royalties.(4) Bristol Myers charged $10,000 for an annual course of the drug, despite it costing just $500 to manufacture. The US government was challenged on the issue and responded with the argument that what is good for Bristol Myers is good for the US economy. Patients in the US with multiple sclerosis, breast cancer, colon cancer, heart disease and AIDS currently pay up to 100 times the actual cost for prescription drugs that have been developed with funding from the US.
Many people these days think carefully about reaching for an over-the-counter (OTC) medicine and consider whether a natural alternative might do instead. It's perfectly possible to treat some minor ailments using plants and foods, avoiding the need for some OTC medicines altogether. For example, a simple home remedy such as honey and lemon can offer relief from flu symptoms or sore throats. Remember that all medicines need to be used with caution, natural or not, and might need to be avoided altogether if you are pregnant.
As with any medicine, it's best to be as informed as possible about what you are taking, and why. Many OTC remedies also only target specific symptoms whereas many of the complementary therapies aim to treat the whole person rather than just the symptoms.
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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has praised his side's "excellent" defensive display in Saturday's hard-fought 1-0 win over Sunderland.
The Gunners edged a close encounter courtesy of Santi Cazorla's first-half strike, a goal that capped off a dominate opening 45 minutes for the away side as they controlled proceedings with ease.
However, the tide turned after the break when Carl Jenkinson was dismissed for a second bookable offence and, in light of Laurent Koscielny's withdrawal through injury ahead of the game, Wenger was keen to commend the performance of makeshift centre-back Bacary Sagna and the resolve of the whole team.
"It was a game with a high level of intensity," he told reporters. "We showed some good things going forward but we couldn't get the second goal, then we had to show another side in the second half, especially in the last 20 minutes down to ten men. We had to be committed.
"Today the defence were excellent. When you think that Sagna has just been told 15 minutes before the start that he was playing centre-back, overall him and [Per] Mertesacker were excellent.
"Cazorla [was] top, top class. When you think that this guy is not a starter for the Spanish national team, it shows you how strong they are."
Martin O'Neill, meanwhile, admitted to initial teething problems regarding Steven Fletcher and new signing Danny Graham's partnership – but is confident the pair will soon click for Sunderland.
"It was a great game from start to finish. The tempo was very high early on, obviously Arsenal are a top quality team and caused us a lot of problems in the first half," he told reporters.
"In the second half we were roaring at them before the man was sent off. I just don't know how we didn't score. I think the two players [Graham and Fletcher] can play together, it's not a problem it will just take time."
Wenger praises makeshift Arsenal defence in victory over Sunderland
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has praised his side's "excellent" defensive display in Saturday's hard-fought 1-0 win over Sunderland.


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The Energy and Climate Change Committee believes that energy companies found to have mis-sold electricity and gas deals should pay compensation to consumers. The Committee is concerned that customers may be pressured into switching supplier on the door-step without proper consideration of the options when confronted with a vast array of complex tariffs and a hard sell. Figures from Ofgem suggest that up to 40% of consumers who switch do not end up with a better deal. The report also raises concerns about the propensity for energy prices to 'rise like a rocket and fall like a feather', the growing complexity of tariffs and the market dominance of the 'Big Six' vertically integrated energy companies. The MPs single out recent price increases from ScottishPower for particular criticism. Customers who use the least energy will be hit the hardest from August when the increases are put into effect providing an apparent incentive for higher consumption - when energy companies are now supposed to be helping consumers become energy efficient. Electricity and gas tariffs are now so complex that even the Energy Minister admitted he got confused when trying to switch. The Committee is worried that a lot of people are simply bamboozled by their bills and the vast array of different tariffs on offer. The industry should address these problems immediately without waiting for Ofgem or the Government to act.11 May 2011 Phil Bentley, Martin Lawrence, Sara Vaughan, David Mannering, Alistair Phillips-Davies and John Campbell 11 May 2011 Phil Bentley, Martin Lawrence, Sara Vaughan, ... The consequence then is that we are going to have to buy more gas from international markets. ... The consequence is that prices will go up to the end consumer; so not only no investment and no jobs, higher prices.
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Police are growing increasingly concerned after former footballer Clarke Carlisle went missing.
Clarke Carlisle (pictured), 37, of Fulwood, Preston, was last seen by a family member on the Flag Market in the city at about 2.30pm on Thursday (14th) although he may have travelled to Manchester.
He is described as afro-caribbean, six foot four inchs, slim build, with tattoos on his arms.
He was last seen wearing a black zip up jacket, a black t-shirt, blue jeans and Nike trainers.
Detective Chief Inspector Steve Holgate said: We are extremely concerned about Clarke and we would urge anyone who sees him or knows where he is to get in touch with us. We would also appeal directly to Clarke himself to contact us if he sees this appeal to let us know he is safe.
Anyone with information can contact Lancashire Police on 101 quoting 0235 of September 15th.
Alternatively the independent charity Crimestoppers can be contacted anonymously on 0800 555 111 or online at crimestoppers-uk.org.


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PARIS (AP) — Protesters squatting in treetop tents and makeshift shelters are battling French riot police trying to expel them from the site of a planned airport in western France.
Officers hurled tear gas projectiles and protesters responded with gas bombs and stones, as the two sides went head to head for a second day over a project that critics say will destroy woodland and cause pollution.
Eight people were arrested Saturday and three were hurt in the fighting, according to the Sipa news agency.
The issue has split the Socialist-led government of Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, which includes some Green Party members. Ayrault is the longtime mayor of the nearby city of Nantes and has championed the airport plan.


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Winemaker Charles Smith Sues Over Anonymous Blog Comments
from the hello-ms.-streisand dept
Instead, Smith decided to sue the anonymous commenters for libel, and since Gray's blog is hosted by Google, it received the subpoena, and has agreed to hand over the names, unless Gray tries to quash the subpoena -- something he does not appear to be interested in doing. Now, reading through the original comments, there might be stuff in there that's defamatory -- though, it seems like a long shot. For the most part, it's clearly just people venting, and I would imagine that anyone reading those comments would take it as such. However, by filing the lawsuit, and calling that much more attention to the issue and the lawsuit, just in an attempt to "out" the commenters, it seems that Smith is now calling a lot more attention to what people think of him and (at the same time) making it clear that he also reacts in a legalistic way when someone doesn't like him. It would seem that Smith comes out looking less favorable in filing the lawsuit than in just letting it go. As multiple people noted "this suit is a prime example of how not to handle criticism."


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- How many times have you done your civic duty and cast a ballot for the best candidate? If you can say every election since you've been eligible, that's commendable. But, can you say that you've taken place in every election for 50 years consecutively?
Nineteen Wayne County residents can proudly say that and were inducted into the Pennsylvania Voter Hall of Fame yesterday. These outstanding citizens have cast a ballot every November for at least the last 50 consecutive years. To be chosen for induction, an application must be completed and verified that their voting record is accurate.
Wayne County Commissioners Wendell Kay, Brian Smith and Jonathan Fritz were in attendance when the regularly scheduled commissioners meeting took place. Also in attendance was Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Carol Aichele, representative for Senator Pat Toomey Frank Mazza, representative for Senator Lisa Baker Bruce Mackle, representative for Congressman Tom Marino Anthony Herzog and director of elections for Wayne County, Cindy Furman.
Aichele spoke fondly of Wayne County, calling it her second home and remarking that her "family has been escaping to Wayne County for the past 25 years." She spoke with great pride and thanks to the inductees.
Aichele was nominated by Governor Tom Corbett in January 2011 and was confirmed in the Senate in April 2011. She is the Commonwealth's Chief Election Official. She graduated from Cornell University with a degree in economics.
"I've heard every excuse for not going to vote," she said. Those excuses ranged from inclement weather to that thinking your vote doesn't matter. Aichele commended the inductees for never letting the weather, or any other reason, deter them from casting a ballot. In an age where "less than 25 percent" voted in the spring primary, this kind of dedication is extraordinary.
She said the inductees are "some of Wayne County's finest citizens" and that by exercising their civic duty by voting, they set the "very best example to [their] kids and grandkids."
Kay said he was honored by these stewards for "taking to heart all of their duties and obligations." Fritz also expressed his sincere thanks to the inductees and praised them for a job well done.
The inductees were presented with documents congratulating them on their achievement. Their names will also appear at the Voter Hall of Fame in the state building in Harrisburg.
The 2012 Pennsylvania Voter Hall of Fame inductees are:
•Eric Anderson
•Doris R. Cook
•Meryl R. Cron
• Robert H. Cron
•Junita H. Diehl
• Eloise Fasshauer
• Mark H. Hawley
• Lewis C. Henshaw
• Jean Kowalewski
• Konstanty Kowalewski
• Gus Leunes
• Alan Llewellyn
• Marjorie L. Marshall
• Dean H. McKinney
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Big Sean And Naya Rivera Strike A Pose For Terry Richardson (Photos)
Big Sean and Naya Rivera had a special body party in Terry Richardson's latest photo shoot. The rapper and Glee starlet showed off their toned and chiseled features while cheesing with the spectacled photog. The chemistry is evident on-cam. "I love all of his songs, he's incredibly talented, and really, really great and such a good songwriter, so I'm totally supportive of all his music. I'm a fan," Naya recently told VIBE Vixen. The two even collaborated on a track called "Sorry," which hits iTunes today. Swipe through the flicks above.
Photo Credit: Terry Richardson