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Rebuilding trust in banking institutions is a top item on the agenda of FDIC Director Thomas M. Hoenig, he told members of the Missouri Independent Bankers Association at their annual convention last month in Lake Ozark. Everybody talks about the fiscal cliff and other dire financial challenges, but he doesnt think anyone trusts the institutions through which these things have to be solved.
As part of this process, he advocates breaking up the largest banks, not by size but by separating their broker-dealer and trading activities from commercial banking. He has testified before Congress on this issue, and both parties seem sympathetic to his view, according to the former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. It would bring renewed vigor into the banking system, he said. High-risk trading is a needed function, in his view, but it should be done outside of commercial banking.
Also high on his agenda are the Basel III proposals, which he warned impose a highly complex set of capital standards industry-wide. In 99 percent of the cases they are impossible to understand unless you are a mathematician, Hoenig said. What we need are capital standards that are simple, understandable and enforceable.
From 1914 until the mid-1930s, when the FDIC safety net was established, the capital standard for the industry was 10-plus percent, whereas under Basel I and II it is 2.8 percent. How much capital is enough is the issue, not the formula, he argued. In a question and answer session following his remarks, he suggested that the debate should start around10 percent of equity capital. Higher capital requirements sustain growth rather than stifling it, in his view.
In wrapping up his remarks, which drew a standing room only crowd, Hoenig emphasized that commercial banking needs to be commercial banking, providing financial intermediary services between depositors and borrowers and payment services. We have a system that can serve the largest businesses and the smallest business, he said. It is a better system than five big banks.
Also commenting on Basel III, Bill Loving Jr., chairman-elect of the Independent Community Bankers of America, warned that it applies to every community bank. He advised doing some assumptions about what the effects might be, as they did in his bank, Pendleton Community Bank in Franklin, W.Va., where he is president and CEO. Our risk-weighted assets go up from $180 million to $208 million, he reported. Do an analysis, send it to your regulator, he said. And your members of Congress need to be contacted by your employees, your board and your customers.
A report from Rich Weaver, Missouri finance commissioner, showed the majority of Missouris 273 state-chartered banks performing well and somewhat improved from a year ago. As of June 30, equity capital to assets averaged 10.06 percent versus 9.88 percent in 2011; past due and nonaccrual loans were down to 3.03 percent from 4.08 percent at this time last year; allowances for loan and lease losses were down to 3.03 percent from 4.08 percent; and return on assets averaged 1.02 percent, up from 0.81 percent.
Asset quality continues to show signs of improvement, Weaver noted. The number of problem banks is down significantly, net chargeoffs to total loans are declining, and just 12 Missouri banks have Texas ratios over 100 percent.
State-chartered banks with 1 and 2 CAMELS ratings number 220, according to Weaver; half of the rest are improving, and two-thirds of the other half of the rest are stable.
The industry is not without challenges, he noted. The low interest rate environment is pinching banks, higher-yielding assets are rolling off the books, and it is difficult for small banks to generate fee income. He sees more commercial and industrial lending and he doesnt have a problem with that. He cautioned, however, that it takes a different skill set than commercial real estate lending.
Among the leading causes of bank failures is inadequate corporate governance, according to the FDICs Office of the Inspector General. Offering some advice for directors and would-be directors was Kevin J. Funnell of the law firm Bieging Shapiro & Barber LLP, who stressed the duties of loyalty and care, plus the duty to supervise, which he characterized as a sub-category of the duty of care.
He described the duty of loyalty as administering the affairs of the bank with candor, personal honesty and integrity; doing what he or she believes in good faith to be in the best interest of the bank; and being prohibited from self-dealing. The duty of care means acting with the prudence and diligence of a reasonable business person, and the duty to supervise requires properly overseeing the affairs of the bank.
Among the general director duties Funnell incorporated in the duties of loyalty and care were selecting and evaluating competent management; establishing business strategies and policies; monitoring and assessing the progress of strategies; monitoring adherence to policies and procedures and applicable laws, regulations, safety and soundness; and, most importantly, making decisions on a disinterested, fully informed basis after meaningful deliberation.
A critical element of corporate governance for both officers and directors is the business judgment rule, according to Fennell. He suggested that, in the event of bank failure, directors and officers may not be held liable for breach of the duties of loyalty and care based on reasonable business decisions made in good faith, in a disinterested manner, on a fully informed basis, after proper deliberation.
If you comply with this, Funell said, and if the FDIC sues, you have a good case that you werent grossly negligent.
Bill Poquette is editor-in-chief of BankNews.
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Introduce your kids to bone-in chicken breasts with this delicious recipe for tangy lemon garlic chicken breasts in the Crumbs blog.
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1/3 cup olive oil
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2. Add the chicken to a large, heavy-duty plastic bag and then pour in the marinade ingredients.
3. Marinate at least 4 hours or overnight.
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Add 1/2 tablespoon olive oil to a nonstick skillet and bring to medium-high temperature. 5. Remove the chicken from the marinade and put it in the hot pan, skin side down. Heat for about three minutes or until the skin is browned.
6. Place the chicken breasts on a baking sheet lightly coated with cooking spray.
7. Cook for about 20 minutes or until an instant-read thermometer measures the chicken at 155 degrees F. (The chicken meat should reach 160 after it's out of the oven.)
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Kimi Raikkonen may be out of the running for a Red Bull seat, but BBC F1 chief analyst Eddie Jordan says he is eyeing a return to Ferrari.
The Finn was initially on the shortlist to replace Mark Webber at Milton Keynes from 2014, but his manager Steve Robertson confirmed on Monday that "negotiations with Red Bull were not successful and ended some time ago".
Raikkonen's contract with Lotus runs out at the end of the year but Robertson added they "are pretty confident that Kimi will be in F1 next year".
When asked about the Ferrari talk, Robertson replied: "Until they confirm their seats, my job is to speak to all the teams and see what's available."
Ferrari have been rumoured as a possible destination for the 33-year-old, who won his one and only World Championship in 2007 with the Italian outfit, and Jordan insists it's not just paper talk.
He said 'Raikkonen had made a return to Red Bull his first priority but when talks with the world champions broke down, he turned his attention to Ferrari'.
Reports claimed that Ferrari wanted the Finn to replace Fernando Alonso, who was also mentioned as a possible replacement for Webber at Red Bull, but according to the Jordan they want him to partner the Spaniard.
A Ferrari spokesperson have denied the reports, but according to BBC Sport ' senior figures within the Ferrari team want [Felipe] Massa out and are keen for Raikkonen to return but that Ferrari president Luca Di Montezemolo is not keen on the idea.
'Signing Raikkonen would be an admission they had made a mistake when they chose to end his contract a year early at the end of 2009 and pay him not to drive for them in 2010, when Alonso joined.'
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The gas shortage that has been plaguing the city since Sandy finally forced Mayor Michael Bloomberg to initiate a gas rationing system that is receiving mixed reviews among New Yorkers. YNN's Roger Clark filed the following report.
NEW YORK CITY -- Before gas rationing went into effect at 6 a.m. Friday, Anna Wojwnik was able to make it to a Hess Station on McGuinness Boulevard.
"Come here to any gas station that was open, stay in line and get some gas so I can go to work tomorrow," Wojwnik said. "Because if I don't get gas right now I can't get gas later on because of my plates."
At 6 a.m. sharp, NYPD officers started checking the gas line on the street for plates that ended in even numbers like Wojwnik's. Starting then you needed an odd number or letter at the end of your plate to get gas on Friday, an odd-numbered day of the month.
Some were unlucky -- maybe they hadn't heard the news or simply ran out of time and had to leave the line.
The new gas rationing rules state that cars whose license plates end with an odd number or a letter can only get gas on odd-numbered dates.
Cars with a license plate ending with an even number can only get gas on even numbered dates.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg approved the plan Thursday, one week after New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie put a similar system into effect for his state.
The system is also in place in Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island.
Emergency and commercial vehicles, buses, taxis, livery cabs and doctors with MD plates are exempt from the new rules.
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After Kirk is dead McCoy informs Spock that strange as it may seem, he is Captain of the Enterprise now. Seriously? Starfleet regulations allow an officer to rise to command by murdering his Captain?! What is this, the Mirror Universe?!
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This episode is a nominee for the DITL "Best of Trek" award.
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Chapel : "Yes, Mister Spock?"
Spock : "I had a most startling dream. You were trying to tell me something... but I couldn't hear you. It would be illogical for us to protest against our natures, don't you think?" (talk about subtext...)
Spock : "Would you beam down to the planet's surface and stand with me? There is a brief ceremony."
Kirk : "Is it permitted?"
Spock : "It is my right. By tradition the male is accompanied by his closest friends."
Kirk : "Thank you Mister Spock."
Spock : "I also request McCoy accompany me."
McCoy : "I shall be honoured, sir."
"What thee are about to see comes down from the time of the beginning, without change. This is the Vulcan heart. This is the Vulcan soul. This is our way." - T'Pau to Kirk; regarding the ceremony
Spock : "He does not know! I will do... what I must... T'Pau, but not with him! His blood does not burn. He is my friend!"
T'Pau : "It is said thy Vulcan blood is thin. Are thee Vulcan, or are thee human?"
"That's T'Pau, of Vulcan. All of Vulcan in one package. How can I back out in front of her?" - Kirk to McCoy
Spock : "I see no logic in preferring Stonn over me."
T'Pring : "You have become much known among our people, Spock. Almost a legend. And as the years went by, I came to know that I did not want to be the consort of a legend. But by the laws of our people, I could only divorce you by the Kal-if-fee. There was also Stonn who wanted very much to be my consort. And I wanted him. If your Captain were victor, he would not want me, so I would have Stonn. If you were victor, you would free me because I had dared to challenge, and again I would have Stonn. But if you did not free me, it would be the same. For you would be gone. And I would have your name and your property, and Stonn would still be there."
Spock : "Logical. Flawlessly logical."
T'Pring : "I am honoured."
Spock : "Stonn; she is yours. After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing after all as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true."
Spock : "Live long, T'Pau and prosper."
T'Pau : "Live long and prosper, Spock."
Spock : "I shall do neither. I have killed my Captain... and my friend." (This is the first time this phrase is used.)
When Spock begins to act strangely, he is reluctant to discuss the cause with anybody. Finally, Kirk convinces him to reveal that he is undergoing the Pon Farr, a chemical imbalance which occurs in adult Vulcans every seven years as part of their urge to mate. If Spock cannot return to Vulcan within days, he will die - but the Enterprise is needed at Altair IV for an important ceremony and Starfleet refuses Kirk permission to divert the ship. With his friend's life at stake, Kirk disobeys orders and heads to Vulcan. On arrival Spock's wife to be rejects him, invoking an ancient combat ritual and choosing Kirk as her champion. In accordance with Vulcan law, Kirk must face his friend in a brutal fight to the death.
McCoy is having a chat with Kirk when he points out that Spock has been acting rather strangely of late, even for him. Kirk is inclined to blow this off as nothing serious, but as the two pass by the First Officer's quarters they observe him yelling at Nurse Chapel, apparently in an angry rage. Spock demands to take some leave on Vulcan, pointing out that they can divert to the planet with the loss of only a few days. Kirk, however, notes that they are on the way to Altair VI, a planet with excellent shore facilities at which Spock can take his leave. When Spock practically begs Kirk to take him to Vulcan, the Captain accedes and orders the course change.
Unfortunately, the ship subsequently recieves a message from Starfleet. The inauguration ceremony they had been due to attend on Altair VI have been moved up by six days, giving them no time to divert to Vulcan. Kirk apologetically orders the ship back onto a straight line course.
Later on, after mulling over the situation in his quarters, Kirk calls up to the bridge and asks Chekov if they can still make the detour if they accelerate to maximum. A puzzled Chekov points out that they are already back on course for Vulcan, as ordered by Spock. Kirk takes Spock from the bridge and asks for an explanation, but whilst he does not deny that he ordered the course change Spock states that he has no memory of doing so. He refuses any further inquiry, which prompts Kirk to order him to sickbay for a full examination and change course back to Altair VI.
The results of the examination are startling - Spock's body chemistry is massively out of balance, and is growing worse. If the imbalance is not corrected soon then he will die. Since McCoy has no knowledge of the condition he has no idea how to cure it. Kirk talks to Spock and manages to convince him to explain. Spock states that Vulcans experience a periodic mating cycle which he calls the Pon Farr. Like many creatures, during this time Vulcans are compelled to return to their home to mate.
Kirk calls Starfleet and requests permission to divert to Vulcan, but this is refused point blank. He decides to divert anyway, judging that Starfleet is exaggerating the importance of the Altair VI inaguration. The ship heads off for Vulcan at Warp 8.
They arrive to be greeted by T'Pring, Spock's wife to be. Spock, Kirk and McCoy beam down to the planet for the ceremony, which is officiated over by T'Pau. A highly respected and important member of Vulcan society, T'Pau is and the only person ever to turn down the offer of a seat on the Federation Council. T'Pring arrives accompanied by Stonn, a pure-blooded Vulcan. However, as the ceremony gets underway she abruptly halts the proceedings, declining to go through with the marriage and invoking the koon-ut-kal-if-fee, her right to a physical challenge between her husband and a champion who will fight on her behalf. Surprisingly, she picks Kirk to be her champion.
Spock asks that T'Pau forbid the challenge, since Kirk "does not understand" what is happening, but T'Pau allows Kirk to decide, telling him another champion will be selected if he declines. Kirk accepts the challenge, reasoning that if he refuses then T'Pring will just pick Stonn as her champion since the two are obviously together. Whilst Stonn would probably win over the weakened Spock, Kirk figures that he can just throw the fight and let Spock win. Only after he accepts does he find that the fight is to the death.
Despite Spock's condition he is a formidable opponent, and appears to be quite skilled with the traditional Vulcan weapons they are using. Kirk, on the other hand, is fatigued by the intense heat and thin atmosphere of the planet. McCoy objects to the conditions, telling T'Pau that Kirk is seriously disadvantaged. He suggests he inject Kirk with a tri-ox compound to compensate for the thin air, which T'Pau allows. The combat continues but despite the injection Kirk is unable to compete with his First Officer and Spock is able to strangle him. McCoy pronounces the Captain dead and beams back to the Enterprise with Kirk's body.
Spock remains behind to discuss the outcome, asking T'Pring to explain her actions. She tells him that he has become much known amongst their people, practically a legend, and that she "did not wish to be the consort of a legend." She also developed a preference for Stonn, something Spock fails to understand. T'Pring points out that she could only legally end her arrangement with Spock through the koon-ut-kal-if-fee, but if she had chosen Stonn as her champion then Spock might well have killed him. By choosing Kirk there are only two outcomes; Kirk wins, in which case he is unlikely to want a complete stranger as his wife and so she will be free. Or Spock wins, in which case he may well free her anyway since she had resorted to the challenge. Either way, she would be able to be with Stonn. And even if Spock had won and then decided to hold her to the marriage, he would have gone back to his life in Starfleet leaving her behind with control of all of his land and property, "and Stonn would still be here". Thus she stood to gain no matter what the outcome. Spock congratulates her on her sound use of logic, and frees her to be with Stonn - though he points out that, logic or not, Stonn may find in time that marriage to T'Pring is not as satisfying as he might hope for.
Beaming back up, Spock announces that he intends to resign his commission and submit himself to Starfleet for disciplinary action. However, Captain Kirk proves to be alive and well - the injection McCoy gave him was a neuroparalyzer which simulated death. Spock cannot contain a moment of pure joy at seeing Kirk alive, though he subsequently denies this completely. He also notes that engaging in the combat on the surface has apparently resolved his biochemical imbalance, leaving him fit and well. Better still, a message from Starfleet indicates that T'Pau has intervened with the Federation, clearing Kirk of any negative consequences for his disobedience to orders in diverting to Vulcan. With the situation resolved, the ship proceeds on course.
One of the very best of the original series, this episode scores on multiple levels.
It's hard to really grasp today just how big a deal the Vulcans were in Star Trek. Today we judge alien species in sci fi by how well constructed they are as a species - what are their motivations, and how do those motivations shape their actions, their culture, their way of dealing with one another? There are so many well developed alien cultures, even just in Star Trek itself, that it's hard to really grasp that back in the 60s this kind of thing really hadn't been done with television science fiction. Sci fi aliens tended to be either monsters or pretty much just the same as humans. What Amok Time does is present us with Vulcans as a species which, whilst they look pretty much like us, have some truly fundamental differences. To see that their biology differs so fundamentally, and that their culture builds relationships around this the way it does, was pretty ground breaking at the time and even now remains truly fascinating to watch.
It also plays well with what we already know about Vulcans. Up to now they have been all about the logic and discipline, and to see Spock struggle with the prospect of losing this is amazing. Nimoy does a fantastic job in throughout the episode, though my favourite is the scene with Chapel mentioned in the quotes section. It's also quite remarkable to see how T'Pring treats him - by Human standards she's being an incredible bitch here... but that's the point. It's not a matter of Human standards, but of Vulcan ones. And when she explains her actions to Spock he seems not only to accept it but to be quite impressed by the sheer cold blooded ruthlessness she displayed. And yet, in his words to Stonn, there is a faint underscore of scorn, of "yeah, you think you want this woman around? Try it and see, mate." Great stuff.
I also have to give a nod to Celia Lovsky's T'Pau. I love her "take it or leave it" attitude to questioning. This is their way, this is what they do, and if you don't like it then you're not a real Vulcan in her eyes and you can stuff off and do your own thing someplace else. When Spock objects to fighting Kirk she just pointedly asks him if he's a Human, or a Vulcan - if it's the former then he can object to their ways all he likes, if it's the latter then he can shut up and get on with it. When McCoy objects to the conditions she shrugs it off with "The air is the air, what can be done?" She's clearly not acting out of any kind of malice here - she does offer Kirk a way out and does let McCoy do his injection after all. She's just completely committed to doing things properly, come what may. A great character and a real presence in the episode for such a small role.
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Southampton sent Fulham to the foot of the Barclays Premier League table with an emphatic 3-0 victory at Craven Cottage.
Mauricio Pochettino's men produced a magnificent second-half display to seal their first win at the home of the London club for over 66 years. The result condemned Fulham to a fourth straight top-flight defeat and left Rene Meulensteen's side three points adrift of safety.
Southampton took the lead just after the hour as Adam Lallana marked his 250th appearance for the club with a goal. From there, Fulham's resistance wilted, with Southampton's lead doubled after 70 minutes through Rickie Lambert's simple finish. Jay Rodriguez capped off the win in fine style with a magnificent strike from the edge of the area following a superb counter-attack from the visitors.
Fulham, who handed debuts to new signings William Kvist and Lewis Holtby, spent much of the opening stages on the back foot and almost fell behind as Maarten Stekelenburg was forced into a reflex save after Steve Sidwell had turned Rodriguez's cross towards his own net.
The visitors continued to dictate play in the first half, but struggled to create any meaningful opportunities. Calum Chambers flashed a shot wide just before 20 minutes. Meulensteen's men soon responded and would have levelled if not for Artur Boruc, who produced a fine stop to keep out Brede Hangeland's close-range header.
Still, Southampton enjoyed the better of the play, midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin drawing another strong save from Stekelenburg before Maya Yoshida glanced a header wide. Most of Fulham's threat came via striker Darren Bent, who was twice denied by Boruc shortly before the interval, first from a left-footed volley, then from a near-post effort after the striker had broken free of the Southampton defence.
Southampton brought on Jack Cork in place of Victor Wanyama at half-time, and the visitors almost broke the deadlock early in the second half as Schneiderlin's spectacular overhead kick flew just over the crossbar. Lallana tested Stekelenburg but beat the Fulham goalkeeper after 64 minutes as he drilled home a superb left-footed finish after latching on to a through-ball from Lambert.
Southampton gained in confidence following the goal, Steven Davis and Schneiderlin both seeing goalbound efforts blocked. The second goal soon arrived as Lambert struck his eighth of the season. The England striker had the simple task of slotting home from close range after Nathaniel Clyne's low cross had found him unmarked in the area.
Pochettino's team refused to take their foot off the gas and Rodriguez appled the gloss to a fine display 15 minutes from time, cutting on to his right foot and curling past a despairing Stekelenburg and into the top corner.
Fulham manager Rene Meulensteen: "We are in a situation where we seem to have to drag the ball over the line. Artur Boruc made some great saves. It was the same against Swansea. We should have taken the lead but we didn't.
"The second goal really killed us. We have to work hard and keep lifting ourselves. It (going bottom) was always a possibility. Now we have to stand up for ourselves. At least we have some new faces in and guys who can breathe a bit of confidence into the group."
Southampton manager Mauricio Pochettino: "In the first half we were a bit mistaken about our set up. We knew Fulham were going to be defending deep and would want to close down the space for us and that they were going to go on the counter attack.
"In the second half we corrected certain positions such as Rickie [Lambert], Adam [Lallana] and Jay Rodriguez's positions on the pitch and tat allowed us to get the goal which opened up the game for us. Overall we controlled the game.
"It was very important that the three strikers got goals and that's always going to increase their chances of making it to Brazil [as part of Roy Hodgson's England World Cup squad]."
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"On February 3, 1868, a vicious blizzard lashed the Avalon Peninsula killing more than 30 people. In Upper Island Cove a man named John Coombs and his two teenaged children, Mary and Richard, were frozen to death. John Coombs had gone into the woods to cut wood when he was overcome. In separate incidents the younger Coombs and two other residents of the town perished in the storm. Thereafter throughout the Avalon Peninsula the accepted expression for a bad storm was a "Coombs' Day." "Looks like we're going to have a Coombs' Day tomorrow" or "That was a real Coombs' Day," were commonly heard for generations after. The idiom lasted until the early 1920s."
From Les Harding's Exploring the Avalon. (Exploring Newfoundland Series. St. John's: Breakwater Books, 1998. page 90.)


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Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson eludes Bears lineman Israel Idonije as he runs with the ball during the fourth quarter drive leading to a touchdown. The Chicago Bears fell to the Seattle Seahawks 23-17 in overtime Sunday December 2, 2012 at Soldier Field. | Tom Cruze~Sun-Times
Updated: January 5, 2013 6:25AM
A day later, and the Bears still had no answers for Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson.
''I wish I knew,'' coach Lovie Smith said Monday when asked about the rookie who guided the Seahawks to a 23-17 overtime victory at Soldier Field. ''If I knew that, believe me, we would have done everything we possibly could to contain him.''
The Bears are fortunate they won't be seeing quarterbacks who can run like Wilson in the last four weeks of the regular season. But the loss to the Seahawks raises similar concerns about the Bears as when they were trampled in San Francisco on Nov. 19.
In both games, defensive failures stand out, whether it's coaches not quickly identifying things or players not reacting appropriately to adjustments. On top of that, the Seahawks' and 49ers' abilities to control the line of scrimmage against the Bears' vaunted defensive front is disconcerting.
It should be a well-known fact that if the playoffs started today, the Bears have beaten just one playoff team — the Indianapolis Colts in rookie quarterback Andrew Luck's first NFL game. All four of the Bears' losses have come against playoff teams: the Green Bay Packers, the Houston Texans, the 49ers and the Seahawks.
Smith said no one played well on defense against the Seahawks, noting that the pass rush wasn't nearly as effective as it was a week earlier against the Minnesota Vikings.
''The pass rush wasn't there, we didn't contain the quarterback the way we needed to, we didn't get off the field on third downs [or] take the ball away as much as we needed to,'' Smith said.
Much like the Bears were bewildered by 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick's arm, they had few explanations for the Seahawks' zone-read option. Wilson ran the zone-read — or some variation of it — just eight times in regulation. But as he said afterward, the Seahawks realized it was ''wide open, pretty much'' and used it extensively in overtime.
How much? The Seahawks used the zone-read option on six of their 12 overtime plays. If you count the play-action play they ran from the zone-read option for the game-winning touchdown, it accounted for more than half of their snaps.
Wilson said the Seahawks initially had called for the zone-read option on the game-winning pass — believing it would continue to work — but decided to change it.
''They were looking for that [zone-read option] play, I think," Wilson said.
It's was another example of how the Seahawks kept the Bears off-balance and controlled the line of scrimmage.
The No. 1 read in the zone-read option is the defensive end. If he crashes and goes after the running back, the quarterback keeps it. The Seahawks also used a variation in which a tight end essentially pulls to block the optioned defensive end.
Julius Peppers, Israel Idonije and Corey Wootton all faced it, but Peppers saw it most often. On third-and-two at the Bears' 47 in overtime, Peppers went after running back Marshawn Lynch, and Wilson ran for five yards.
Overall, the Bears struggled to get to Wilson. He was sacked twice. According to Pro Football Focus, he completed 18 of 21 passes when not pressured by the Bears for 254 yards and two touchdowns. Other than the sacks, the official game stats credit the Bears for only two quarterback pressures.
Lynch had runs of 14 and 11 yards on read-option plays straight through the defense, while his four-yard touchdown run came on the tight end-pulling variation.
''Just about every good defensive game we've played around here, we've all had something to do with that, player-wise,'' Smith said. ''And [Sunday] we all had something to do with that performance that we're not proud of.
''Got to make sure it doesn't happen again.''


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Ai Weiwei
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News about Ai Weiwei, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Sep. 21, 2014
Chinese activist and artist Ai Weiwei has managed to collaborate with San Francisco production company For-Site, producer of public art, on exhibition At Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz despite being unable to leave his home country; installed in Alcatraz, former maximum-security penitentiary, exhibit features 176 portraits of prisoners and conscience and political exiles around world, composed of 1.2 million Lego pieces. MORE
Aug. 14, 2014
Artist Maximo Caminero pleads guilty to criminal mischief for dropping a vase by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei on floor of Perez Art Museum Miami as part of protest, and is sentenced to 19 months probation and 100 hours of community service; must also pay restitution. MORE
May. 16, 2014
A O Scott reviews documentary film Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case, directed by Andreas Johnsen. MORE
Apr. 18, 2014
Roberta Smith reviews survey of works by Ai Weiwei at the Brooklyn Museum. MORE
Feb. 28, 2014
Holland Cotter reviews exhibit of works by four artists of Chinese descent, including Ai Weiwei, Frog King Kwok, Tehching Hsieh and Martin Wong, at e-flux gallery. MORE
Feb. 19, 2014
Artist Maximo Caminero says he destroyed Ai Weiwei vase on display at Perez Art Museum in Miami to protest its neglect of local artists. MORE
Dec. 3, 2013
Chinese artist and political dissident Ai Weiwei is planning to show a series of new artworks on grounds of Alcatraz; show is both unusual chapter for former penitentiary and promises to be high-profile project for Ai. MORE
Jun. 15, 2013
Performance artist and musician Laurie Anderson is planning several large multimedia shows this summer, including a collaboration with artist Ai Weiwei at Luminato Festival in Toronto and River to River Festival show The Language of the Future at Rockefeller Park. MORE
May. 22, 2013
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei plans to post music video featuring re-creations of scenes from his detention in 2011 on Web site; plans to release album of six songs on second anniversary of his release. MORE
Feb. 25, 2013
Excerpts of interview with Chinese conceptual artist, sculptor, photographer and filmmaker Ai Weiwei, subject of Alison Klayman documentary Ai WeiWei: Never Sorry. MORE
Dec. 30, 2012
Nicholas D Kristof Op-Ed column asserts that emergence of artist Ai Weiwei as icon of resistance in China represents progress there and is reflection of unofficial pluralism that is slowly gaining ground; says one of most important roles America can play in China and rest of world is to speak up for democracy, human rights and free speech. MORE
Nov. 3, 2012
Ai Weiwei, Chinese artist and critic of Communist Party, says he has repaid loans totaling $1,400 that he had received online to help him pay taxes and penalties that Chinese officials had levied against him. MORE
Nov. 1, 2012
Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei, who was accused of tax evasion, says he will begin paying back $1.4 million he collected from thousands of supporters to help him pay bond for his tax appeal. MORE
Oct. 12, 2012
Roberta Smith reviews Ai Weiwei: According to What?, the Chinese artist and activist's first American museum survey at Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington. MORE
Oct. 2, 2012
Lawyer friend of Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei says in an online posting that officials have revoked the business license of Ai's art production company. MORE
Sep. 28, 2012
Persecuted artist and Chinese Communist Party critic Ai Weiwei says he will not pay taxes and penalties that the government says he owes; Weiwei was detained for 81 days in 2011 and after his release, Beijing officials told him he owed $2.4 million. MORE
Sep. 27, 2012
Chinese court upholds $2.4 million tax evasion fine against China's most famous dissident, Ai Weiwei; case is widely seen by activists as an attempt to muzzle Ai, who has repeatedly criticized the Chinese government for flouting the rule of law and the rights of citizens. MORE
Sep. 26, 2012
Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei says authorities are holding his passport and that as a result he cannot travel to the United States for long-planned artistic events or start a job as a visiting professor in Germany. MORE
Jul. 27, 2012
Manohla Dargis reviews documentary movie Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, directed by Alison Klayman. MORE
Jul. 27, 2012
Manohla Dargis reviews documentary movie Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, directed by Alison Klayman. MORE
Jun. 22, 2012
Ai Weiwei, the Chinese rebel artist, says that his one-year probation has ended but that the police told him he could not leave China because of continuing investigations. MORE
Jun. 21, 2012
Chinese authorities bar Ai Weiwei from the courtroom where his lawsuit against tax officials is being heard; hundreds of supporters gather at the court in Beijing, despite a small army of police officers; Ai's wife and legal advisers sit in on the hearing, while he sends Twitter messages ridiculing the authorities. MORE
May. 27, 2012
Details of Ai Weiwei's illegal detention in China reveal the ways in which the most stubborn dissidents joust with their tormentors and try to maintain resistance in the face of seemingly absolute power; a Beijing court will hear a lawsuit that he has filed against local tax officials for demanding that he pay $2.4 million in back taxes and penalties. MORE
May. 9, 2012
Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei announces that a court in Beijing has agreed to hear his lawsuit against the city's tax authorities. MORE
Apr. 14, 2012
Ai Weiwei, China's most famous rebel artist, files lawsuit against Beijing tax authorities for violating his rights in bringing a tax case against him; tax officials claim Ai's company Beijing Fake Cultural Development Ltd owes $2.4 million in back taxes and penalties. MORE
Mar. 30, 2012
Artist Ai Weiwei says that the Chinese tax authorities have upheld a ruling that his company must pay a multimillion-dollar fine for tax evasion after a review of his case. MORE
Jan. 13, 2012
Roberta Smith reviews a display of Ai Weiwei's porcelain sunflower seeds at the Mary Boone Gallery. MORE
Jan. 6, 2012
Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei says that the tax authorities in Beijing have agreed to review their ruling that he pay a multimillion-dollar fine for tax evasion. MORE
Nov. 30, 2011
Lu Qing, the wife of dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, is questioned by the Beijing police for more than three hours. MORE
Nov. 12, 2011
Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei announces the decision to contest an upaid tax assessment of about $2.4 million; he will use donations from thousands of Chinese supporters to post a guarantee of half the bill, which will allow him to contest the order to pay the fine. MORE
Nov. 7, 2011
Ai Weiwei, one of China's best known artists and a voluble government critic, receives over $550,000 in contributions from more than 20,000 people to help pay a punitive $2.4 million tax bill, in a gesture that is both benevolent and subversive; Ai had been detained in April 2011 by the government and held for 81 days on tax evasion charges, but claims his prosecution is politically motivated. MORE
Nov. 2, 2011
Ai Weiwei, dissident Chinese artist whose secret detention earlier this year stirred an international outcry, says that he has been given two weeks to pay $2.4 million in back taxes and penalties; bill suggests that the government is continuing its campaign against Ai, whose work frequently takes aim at official corruption. MORE
Apr. 6, 2011
Holland Cotter Critic's Notebook discusses rise of Ai Weiwei as a dissident artist and public intellectual in China, in light of his recent detention by the Chinese authorities. MORE
Apr. 5, 2011
Contemporary art organization AW Asia is moving ahead with installation of public art project by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei outside Plaza Hotel in New York City even if Ai, who was detained by authorities in China, is unable to be present. MORE
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An Online Store Whose T-Shirts Tacitly Support Ai Weiwei Is Shut Down
Taobao, the Alibaba-owned Chinese website similar to Ebay, has told an artist that his virtual T-shirt shop has been shuttered. The reason? Possibly the T-shirt's oblique support for the artist Ai Weiwei.
November 12, 2014, Wednesday
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'The Storm of Reality': Chinese Poetic Voices From the Lower Tier of Society
Reacting to a far more complicated, and in some ways tougher, reality than when a last wave of poetry caught public attention in the 1980s, new voices are emerging from China's working class.
October 24, 2014, Friday
MORE ON AI WEIWEI AND: Adonis , Ai Weiwei , Breytenbach, Breyten , Horn, Rebecca , Szirtes, George , Beijing (China) , China , Books and Literature , Contests and Prizes , Factories and Manufacturing , Migrant Labor (Agriculture) , Poetry and Poets , Sufism (Religion) , Suicides and Suicide Attempts , Unemployment
Celebrity Selfies as Art, Via John Baldessari
The current issue of Visionaire is devoted to works by John Baldessari with celebrity self-portraits providing the raw material.
October 20, 2014, Monday
MORE ON AI WEIWEI AND: Ai Weiwei , Baldessari, John , Barrymore, Drew , Cyrus, Miley , Diaz, Cameron , Harris, Neil Patrick , Hoffman, Dustin , Ono, Yoko , Visionaire , Art
Frieze Week Descends on London
With nine fairs, seven auctions, and more than 150 selling exhibitions in galleries, London's "Frieze Week," which starts Monday, is a hectic seven days in the art world.
October 13, 2014, Monday
MORE ON AI WEIWEI AND: London (England) , Wynn, Elaine , Wynn, Stephen A , Ai Weiwei , Mayfair (London, England) , Art , Auctions , Frieze Art Fair , Christie's , Sotheby's , van Rijn, Rembrandt Harmenszoon , Bacon, Francis , Collectors and Collections , Saatchi Gallery
Ai Weiwei at Alcatraz, Another Ace Hotel Collaboration and More From the Cultural Calendar
Plus, a chic new cocktail lounge in Dallas, a survey of Brooklyn artists and more things to see and do in the week ahead.
September 29, 2014, Monday
MORE ON AI WEIWEI AND: Ai Weiwei , Alcatraz (San Francisco) , Brooklyn (NYC) , Dallas (Tex) , Los Angeles (Calif) , Ace Hotel , Brooklyn Museum , Art , Fashion and Apparel , Hotels and Travel Lodgings , Museums , Surveillance of Citizens by Government
Art Man of Alcatraz
The Chinese activist Ai Weiwei is mounting an exhibit at the infamous Alcatraz prison featuring 176 Lego portraits of prisoners of conscience and political exiles.
September 21, 2014, Sunday
MORE ON AI WEIWEI AND: Art , Ai Weiwei , Alcatraz (San Francisco)
Ai Weiwei and the Apocalypse
Despite inflated budgets and egos, the art provocateur makes his film acting debut.
August 22, 2014, Friday
Man Gets Probation in Attack on Ai Weiwei Vase
Maximo Caminero, a 51-year-old artist from the Dominican Republic, will be on probation for 18 months, after what he called "an act of solidarity" with Ai Weiwei.
August 14, 2014, Thursday
MORE ON AI WEIWEI AND: Art , Caminero, Maximo , Vandalism , Perez, Jorge M, Art Museum of Miami-Dade County , Ai Weiwei
Challenging Authority and Taking the Heat
"Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case" is Andreas Johnsen's documentary about Mr. Ai, a Chinese artist long at odds with his government.
May 16, 2014, Friday
MORE ON AI WEIWEI AND: Art , Ai Weiwei , Johnsen, Andreas , Movies , Documentary Films and Programs , China
Rights Lawyer Detained Ahead of Tiananmen Anniversary
Pu Zhiqiang has been formally detained on suspicion of "picking quarrels and provoking trouble" after meeting with other rights activists and scholars to discuss the 1989 crackdown, his friends and human rights groups say.
May 6, 2014, Tuesday
MORE ON AI WEIWEI AND: Ai Weiwei , Pu Zhiqiang , Teng Biao , Gao Yu , Hu Jia , Hong Kong , China , Beijing (China) , Twitter , Human Rights Watch , Human Rights and Human Rights Violations
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Named by ArtReview as the most powerful artist in the world, Ai Weiwei is China's most celebrated contemporary artist, and its most outspoken domestic critic. In April 2011, when Ai disappeared into police custody for three months, he quickly became
Ai Weiwei The Fake Case
After 81 days of solitary detention world famous Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is put under house arrest. He suffers from sleeping disorder and memory loss, 18 cameras are monitoring his studio and home, police agents follow his every move, and heavy res
"The Sand Storm," Starring Ai Weiwei
In Jason Wishnow's film, Ai plays a water deliveryman in an arid world.
'Ai Weiwei: According to What?'
A look at the Ai Weiwei survey at the Brooklyn Museum.
Ai Weiwei on Art and Technology
The artist addresses the flow of information and how it affects art today.
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Chris Pratt and Anna Faris were on hand at the premiere of Guardians of the Galaxy last night to christen Pratt's new career as a movie star. I'm not loving his suit. It's boring, and the tie looks sloppy (needs pressing?), and his douche hair is too much. Chris Pratt is so cute! What is this look? Why is he fighting his hotness? Chris Evans is always fighting his hotness—I need one of the Chrises to just own his sh*t and show up looking great. Full Story
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I like Anna Faris so much, so much, so much. But… I'm worried. I worry that maybe the pressure after baby was too much, what with getting a new show and – gasp! – being almost 37 in Hollywood. Was it too much? There seems to be a lot of stress on her face, you know? Like…is it breaking? I don't want to say that. Full Story
Anna Faris: American Horror Story at the Oscars
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It just reminded me of the black rubber suit dude on that show. And I don't even watch the show. But that character has been on so many magazine covers and blogged about so many times you can't get away from it. And when she walked onto the carpet, covered in black, all the way up her neck and down to wrists, with that heavy fringe closing everything off, and the lights giving it that gleam, it's all I could think of. Full Story
Over & Under the Number 5
When did this become a PR rule for women in Hollywood? Never admit to sleeping with more than 5 men. Three years ago, Mariah Carey famously claimed: "Please! I never had any type of sexual relationship with (Eminem). I can count the number of people I've had sex with on fewer than the fingers on one hand. Full Story
Fantasy SNL
Over the weekend Lainey and I got into a conversation about fantasy hosts for SNL. People who might actually make it bearable. I said my fantasy host would be Louis CK, but he's my fantasy host for everything. And honestly, I can't see him doing a show like SNL because I'm not sure he could concede enough authority to the writers. Full Story


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Nicolas Anelka scored a double as West Bromwich Albion twice came from behind to earn a thrilling 3-3 draw at West Ham United.
Joe Cole opened the scoring inside the first four minutes for the hosts, only for Anelka to return to haunt former manager Sam Allardyce, who signed the Frenchman for Bolton Wanderers in 2006, with a brace that put West Brom in command.
Anelka's first goals for the Midlands club proved not to be enough to secure the points as the hosts launched a second-half fightback, substitute Modibo Maiga restoring parity as Ben Foster was unable to stop the forward's shot creeping into the net and Kevin Nolan pouncing to net his first goal since the opening day of the campaign. West Brom refused to lie down and secured a share of the spoils after 69 minutes, Saido Berahino's fine effort from an angle ensuring West Ham remain in the relegation zone, although the visitors are nine without a league triumph.
Jussi Jaaskelainen returned to West Ham's XI in place of Adrian, while Berahino and Anelka led the line for West Brom in six changes made by interim head coach Keith Downing.
The visitors went close early on when Chris Brunt volleyed into the side-netting from James Morrison's cross. However, they fell behind moments later, Joe Cole slotting home with a cool finish following neat link-up play with Nolan.
James Tomkins was forced off with a groin injury, and replaced by Guy Demel, and the switch seemed to give West Brom the initiative in possession as they dominated play. However, it was the hosts who continued to create the better opportunities, Carlton Cole heading over from a Matt Jarvis corner before Demel shot wide from point-blank range.
Mark Noble spurned another chance for West Ham as he curled a free-kick off target, and Allardyce's men were made to pay for their profligacy just five minutes before the interval when Anelka converted from Brunt's through-ball to net for his sixth different Barclays Premier League club.
Anelka put West Brom ahead in first-half injury time with his second after the hosts had failed to clear Brunt's corner.
Maiga was brought on for Carlton Cole at the break and made an instant impact, testing the reflexes of Foster before finding the net in the 65th minute with a curling shot that crept under the England goalkeeper's body. The turnaround looked to have been completed two minutes later when Nolan bundled the ball home from a Maiga knock-down to score only his second goal of the campaign.
But there was to be yet another twist in the tale, which came courtesy of England Under-21 forward Berahino, who teased the West Ham defence before firing in off the far post. West Brom finished the contest the stronger of the two sides, Berahino hit the woodwork with a free-kick, but the visitors could not find a dramatic late winner.
West Ham manager Sam Allardyce: "The game was very frustrating. There is a reason why that happened, none of our centre-backs are fit. Losing James Tomkins was a big blow for us. Our coping mechanism was playing four full-backs across the back four. That has cost us three points. They did their very best but got caught out. We didn't have enough aerial threat defending corners.
"We showed great fighting spirit in the second half. We practise on the training ground how to hold on to leads. But the players forgot how to deal with West Brom's kick-off and stop them scoring. You can blame anxiety or fatigue, but you can't forget how to deal with them."
West Brom interim head coach Keith Downing: "That [the character] comes from the players. They take a lot of credit from the fact that they grow when we concede. From Hull onwards, through Tottenham and today - twice coming back - that goes down to the players' attitude to get themselves back into the game.
"He [Anelka] had a good game. He combined with Berahino really well. He has the quality to drop in and link the play and controls the game from that area. He got on the shoulder for his first goal and then a typical poacher's goal from the corner. It has been a while since he has played but his dedication and attitude has always been spot on. He is prepared to play and wants to play."
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1929: In Cleveland' fans have no trouble telling the players apart' as both teams wear numbers on their uniform backs for the first time in Major League history. The Indians beat the Yanks 4-3' despite a homer by New York's Mark Koenig off Willis Hudlin in the 6th inning. Also in the 6th' Yankee catcher Bill Dickey records three assists. For New York' it is their 3rd loss after 6 straight wins.
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On other 13ths of May…
2001: The Yanks finally lose to a below .500 team as the Orioles double them up 10-5. Paul O'Neill hits a 2-out' 2-run homer in the 9th to tie' but the O's score 5 runs off Mariano Rivera in the top of the 11th to win. The big hit in the worst blown save of the Yankee closer's career is Jeff Conine's HR.
2000: The Diamondbacks defeat the Padres' 6-2' as Todd Stottlemyre wins the 136th game of his career. His dad, Mel, won 164 games in a 10-year career spent entirely with the Yankees, and the two now become the first father-son duo to combine for 300 wins.
1997: Tino Martinez continues his hot hitting with a home run in the Yankees' 7-run 6th inning' as New York beat the Twins 11-2. Bernie Williams belts a solo homer in the 5th to snap a 2-2 tie. Martinez's homer' his 15th' leaves him one behind Ken Griffey and puts him in select Yankee company: only Mickey Mantle and Babe Ruth (4 times) have hit 15 homers in the first 40 games of a season. The defending World Series champions have won 17 of their last 23' while the Twins lose for the 16th time in 20 games.
1977: Ed Figueroa pitches his fourth straight complete game' and Thurman Munson cracks a 7th inning homer to lead New York to a 3-0 win over the Angels.
1973: In the opener of a doubleheader at the Stadium, the Yankees tie a Major League record by hitting 4 solo homers in a shutout game in which no other runs are scored. The mark was originally set by Cleveland on August 2' 1956. Roy White' Bobby Murcer' Ron Blomberg and Graig Nettles all go long in the 4-0 win over Baltimore. Mel Stottlemyre is the winner. The Yanks jump on Dave McNally for 5 runs in game 2 but score zero when Eddie Watts contributes 4 innings of relief. The Orioles win' 9-6.
1955: It's Friday the 13th, and bad luck for the Tigers as Mickey Mantle homers from both sides of the plate for the first time in his career. In all' Mantle has 3 roundtrippers' the first two lefty against starter Steve Gromek' and the third off Bob Miller' all to the deep reaches of the right centerfield bleachers. The Mick adds a single to complete a total of 5 RBIs, accounting for all of his team's runs as New York beat Detroit 5-2. Whitey Ford goes seven innings for the win. Mantle joins Tony Lazzeri (1927)' Ben Chapman (1932)' and Bill Dickey (1939) as the only Yanks to hit three homers in a game at the Stadium.
1951: At Philadelphia's Shibe Park' Mickey Mantle hits his first righty homer' off Alex Kellner' in the majors' then makes the last out by popping up his bunt attempt with the tying run on 3rd. The A's win 5-4' then win the nitecap as well. Mantle has no homers in the 2nd game loss' but misses 2nd base on a hit.
1947: The Yankees pound the Browns 9-1 with Charlie Keller' Joe DiMaggio and Johnny Lindell combining for consecutive homers off starter Fred Sanford in the 6th inning.
1946: The Yankees become the first Major League team to sign a contract with an airline to fly on a regular basis' as they take a United flight to St. Louis to take on the Browns. Red Ruffing and four others choose to take the train.
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MONDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- For men with advanced hormone-resistant prostate cancer who have also failed chemotherapy, the new drug Zytiga (abiraterone acetate) along with the steroid prednisone appears to increase survival modestly, a new study reports.
Based on data from the ongoing clinical trial, Zytiga was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in April. It works by inhibiting the production of the male hormone testosterone, which promotes the growth of cancer cells. In this regard, the drug mimics hormone therapy.
"Abiraterone prolonged overall survival in this patient population that had extremely limited therapeutic options after chemotherapy," lead researcher Dr. Fred Saad, chief of urology at Notre-Dame Hospital in Montreal, Canada, said during a Monday morning press conference.
Men taking the drug combination had an average survival of 14.8 months, compared with 10.9 months for men taking a placebo.
"Abiraterone represents a valuable treatment option for patients with metastatic, castration [hormone]-resistant prostate cancer who had been treated previously with chemotherapy, with very manageable treatment-related toxicity," Saad said.
The study findings were scheduled to be presented Monday at the American Urological Association's annual meeting, in Washington D.C. Because the study was presented at a meeting, the data and conclusions should be viewed as preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal.
The study included 1,195 men with prostate cancer who did not respond to hormone therapy and had failed earlier chemotherapy. The researchers, from 147 hospitals across 13 countries, randomly assigned the men to take either Zytiga plus prednisone, or a placebo.
The drug combination was well tolerated and resulted in less fatigue, back pain and spinal compression among the men taking it, compared with the placebo, Saad said.
The most common side effects among those taking Zytiga and prednisone were lower levels of white blood cells, fluid retention, low potassium levels, abnormal liver function tests, high blood pressure and heart problems, the researchers noted.
A one-month supply of 120 pills of Zytiga costs $5,000, said Kelly McLaughlin, a spokeswoman for the maker of the drug, Centocor Ortho Biotech Inc., and sponsor of the study.
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"It will provide people with late-stage disease with an opportunity for an extended survival that they didn't have before. I can't say it's a home run because it's only a few months improvement," he added.
Very aggressive prostate cancer may be able to make its own testosterone, which the cancer cells need to grow. "Zytiga blocks that," D'Amico explained.
"This drug provides longer life and better quality of life to men with very advanced prostate cancer," D'Amico said. "There are studies now to see if this drug will improve cure rates in men with advanced, but not metastatic [cancer that has spread to other organs], prostate cancer," he added.
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