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Ever since the global financial cabal drove the world's economies into a ditch, popular movements have been rising up to fight "austerity measures" that exact punishment on the poor and leave the rich untouched. This is a familiar biblical meme for the definition of injustice. The words of the prophet Jeremiah come to mind: "Your clothes are stained with the blood of the poor and innocent" (Jeremiah 2:34).
The advocacy group Stop Gambling on Hunger reports world food prices are predicted to rise sharply in the coming months, due partly to speculation:
"The New England Complex Systems Institute, [which has] developed a quantitative model able to very closely predicted the FAO's food price index, released a new report predicting sharply higher food prices due in part to excessive speculation.
"Their model, originally released in September 2011 matched the FAO's index from 2004 to 2011. Since then it has continued to closely follow the real world numbers.
"Unfortunately, the model now predicts, 'another speculative bubble starting by the end of 2012 and causing food prices to rise even higher than recent peaks.'
"While the researchers acknowledge that the drought in the Midwest U.S. will cause prices to rise, their model shows that excessive speculative activity will have an even larger effect. Though some key financial reforms passed in 2010 may finally begin to be implemented in early 2013, that may be too late to avoid the coming price bubble."
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As conflict, rape, and other human rights abuses continue in eastern Congo, armed groups are still funding themselves with conflict minerals — gold, tin, tantalum, and tungsten — which are often used in the manufacture of cell phones, computers, and other electronics. Now advocacy group The Enough Project has issued a new report card about how well different corporations are doing at cleaning up their supply chain to avoid contributing to violence.
Some companies, such as Intel and HP, are doing much better than others — get an ethical clue, Nintendo! — but everyone has some room for improvement.
See the rankings here or take in the chart-at-a-glance here.
The global movement to implement a small tax on some financial industry trades has gained its first European partner: France. Religious and economic reform groups have been leading the movement to implement versions of what has been called the "Robin Hood Tax" or the "Tobin Tax" since the 1990s. As global markets falter and national economies are brought to their knees by an unregulated financial industry, this financial transaction tax is one small way to impact global reform.
>>On 1 August, France became the first European country to introduce a new financial-transaction tax (FTT) on equity sales and high-frequency trading.The FTT, often called a 'Robin Hood tax', is a tax on selected products traded by the financial sector, such as equities, bonds, foreign exchange and their derivatives. Where those countries where such a tax has been introduced (in South Korea, South Africa, India, Hong Kong, the UK and Brazil), the tax may have been tiny (ranging between 0.005% and 0.5%), but it has raised substantial amounts of revenue. The FTT discourages high-risk financial operations and makes the financial sector pay its fair share of taxes. This is sensible: a reckless casino culture in parts of the financial sector caused the financial crisis. It is also fair: our governments bailed out the banks but left taxpayers with debts of trillions.<<
>>On 1 August, France became the first European country to introduce a new financial-transaction tax (FTT) on equity sales and high-frequency trading.
The FTT, often called a 'Robin Hood tax', is a tax on selected products traded by the financial sector, such as equities, bonds, foreign exchange and their derivatives. Where those countries where such a tax has been introduced (in South Korea, South Africa, India, Hong Kong, the UK and Brazil), the tax may have been tiny (ranging between 0.005% and 0.5%), but it has raised substantial amounts of revenue. The FTT discourages high-risk financial operations and makes the financial sector pay its fair share of taxes. This is sensible: a reckless casino culture in parts of the financial sector caused the financial crisis. It is also fair: our governments bailed out the banks but left taxpayers with debts of trillions.<<
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Author and academic Jeffrey Sachs argues in a Huffington Post piece:
Consider the new U.S. unemployment announcement. If you are a college graduate, there is no employment crisis. 72.7 percent of the college-educated population age-25 and over is working. The unemployment rate is 4.1 percent. Incomes are good.
If you have less than a high-school diploma, however, you are barely scrapping by. Only 40.4 percent of those without a high-school diploma have a job. Their unemployment rate is 12.7 percent. Incomes are too low to make ends meet.
There are two Americas: the college-educated crowd that may have taken a hit in their retirement accounts, but who are generally doing well. Then there are the rest, around 60 percent of the population, who are increasingly dropping out of the middle class. Nearly one-half of American households are now classified as low-income, within twice the poverty line.
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In an op-ed for Politico, two Representatives highlight the recent cuts to food assistance programs, and the damaging effects they will have on the state of the nation:
The House gutted $16.5 billion from food stamps — our nation's most important anti-hunger program, which gives low-income families modest aid during tough times. These cuts mean up to three million low-income Americans – largely families with children – can't buy food.
These cuts in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program also eliminate free school meals for 280,000 children. School breakfast or lunch is too often the only complete meal a child can eat all day. We expect our students to compete in a global economy. We expect them to come to school ready to learn — but we conveniently ignore the facts.
Poor nutrition negatively affects students' academic achievement. Children who are hungry often miss more days at school and, when they do attend, they may have more trouble concentrating. They often have lower test scores.
Right now, 46 million Americans live in poverty, and more than 32 million adults and 16 million children live in food-insecure households. These families struggle every day to make ends meet — particularly as food prices continue to rise. As more and more families are getting by on less and less, food stamps help make groceries more affordable, so parents have more money to pay the rent, gas up their car and meet their children's other basic needs. Food stamps kept 4 million Americans over the poverty line in 2010, including 2 million children, and lifted another 1.3 million kids above 50 percent of the poverty line. More than any other benefit program.
Read the full article here
Duke professor Dan Ariely writes for The Atlantic:
The inequality of wealth and income in the U.S. has become an increasingly prevalent issue in recent years. One reason for this is that the visibility of this inequality has been increasing gradually for a long time--as society has become less segregated, people can now see more clearly how much other people make and consume. Owing to urban life and the media, our proximity to one another has decreased, making the disparity all too obvious. In addition to this general trend, the financial crisis, with all of its fall out, shined a spotlight on the salaries of bankers and financial workers relative to that of most Americans. And on top of these, and most recently, the upcoming presidential election has raised questions of social justice and income disparities, bringing the issues into focus even more.
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Writing in response to Peter Edelman's article on ending poverty in America, Tim Worstall counters:
The reason we can't end poverty in America is not because the country isn't rich enough to do that: it is rather because of the ignorance of those who would end poverty in America. Peter Edelman has an Op/Ed in the New York Times which shows this to horrific effect. And what's really worrying is that Edelman is supposedly one of the experts on how we ought to reduce poverty.
One point that has to be made about poverty right at the start: to all intents and purposes America, like all other industrialised nations, has abolished poverty. What we have traditionally called poverty that is. Proper destitution, people dying of starvation in the streets from the lack of the wherewithal to purchase food. Absent drug or mental problems this simply does not happen any more. The reason being that we've all had those industrial revolutions and the societies are rich enough that we make sure such doesn't happen. Sure, different places have different ways of doing it, some more governmental and tax based than others, but that basic job of feeding the starving, clothing the naked and sheltering the homeless does get done.
Peter Edelman writes for The New York Times:
The Associated Press reports on new analysis on global poverty:
Poverty across the planet will be virtually eliminated by 2030, with a rising middle class of some two billion people pushing for more rights and demanding more resources, the chief of the top U.S. intelligence analysis shop said Saturday.
If current trends continue, the 1 billion people who live on less than a dollar a day now will drop to half that number in roughly two decades, Christoper Kojm said.
"We see the rise of the global middle class going from one to two billion," Kojm said, in a preview of the National Intelligence Council's global forecast offered at the Aspen Security Forum in Colorado.
"Even if some of the most dire predictions of economic upheaval" in the coming years prove accurate, the intelligence council still sees "several hundred million people...entering the middle class," Kojm said.
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Earl Ofari Hutchinson writes for The Huffington Post:
USA Today reports on a new study by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, called Kids Count:
The well-being of American children looks to be a mixed bag, with gains in academic achievement and health offset by growing economic distress, a new study finds.
Employee rights activists Mary Kay Henry and Christine L. Owens write for CNN:
Reuters reports:
"Senators are planning to introduce a bipartisan bill on Monday to give the country's securities regulator the authority to seek tougher fines for alleged Wall Street criminals.
Scott Keys reports for ThinkProgress:
"One of the most conservative congressmen in the country stepped up to defend Huma Abedin, a top aide to Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, and the rights of all Muslim-Americans yesterday against Rep. Michele Bachmann's (R-MN) spurious accusations that she is affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, calling them 'the wrong thing to do.'"
During a town hall held by Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) on Sunday, a constituent lauded Bachmann's anti-Muslim witchhunt about a supposed Muslim Brotherhood infiltration of the U.S. government and called on her congressman to support her efforts. Sensenbrenner instead used the opportunity not only to defend Abedin, but to advocate for the larger notion of religious pluralism in America and a separation between church and state."
Read more about Rep. Sensenbrenner's response here
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AACC Asian Oscars2015-05-04All student groups are welcome to attend the annual Asian Oscars Award Ceremony. Extraordinary students and organizations will receive awards for their contributions to Rutgers University and local communities.
Project Korea:2015-05-03Korean Student Association's annual culture showcase.
China Nite XX2015-05-02CSO's 20th annual fashion show, with the theme Beginnings. ChinaNite is a stage where students, designers, dancers, actors, and more can get together to create an amazing story that is not only interesting, but also appealing to its viewers.
Asian American Studies Learning Community Scholars Art Exhibition2015-05-01Students of the Asian American Studies Learning Community will be presenting their final projects.
5th Annual Asian American Studies Undergraduate Symposium2015-04-28This symposium will provide a unique opportunity for undergraduate scholars conducting exciting research on topics related to Asians in the Americas and the Diaspora to share their projects with faculty, university administrators, other students, and members of the public.
Rutgers Day2015-04-25Join the Asian American Cultural Center for Asian American crafts and games, and meet famous paper cutter Master Cheng.
Dan aka Dan My Adoption Story2015-04-20Film screening, q&a and performance by DANakaDAN. DANakaDAN is an alternative hip hop artist based in Los Angeles, CA. He recently produced a documentary series detailing his very personal journey with meeting his biological family for the first time, including an identical twin brother he never knew about.
GiveMe5 Campaign2015-04-20In honor of Earth Day, this event will use interactive games and activities to teach about the 5 resources we can all save daily, including water, electricity, time, money, and gas to protect the planet and improve the quality of life for all sentient beings.
Balancing Acts: Managing Identity(s)2015-04-17This conference will consist of student panels facilitated by staff and faculty, ending with an open discussion to further define contemporary student experience in campus community!
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My rabbits really like to play with these things, I just wish they didn't wreck them so quickly.
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My bun enjoys anything in the basket and exploring the basket itself, however if she's going to gnaw, she goes for her willow ball instead.
Pros: Consistent interaction and way to provide fun, hay, treats
Cons: Bun prefers Willow ball to chew on over basket itself
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this is cute! it's a different way to give them timothy hay, and i think they like to pull it out and get messy
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Cricket Wireless Awards Grants to Ten Chicago Heroes
CHICAGO, March 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — As part of the inaugural Cricket Community Voices Grant program, Cricket Communications, Inc. has awarded 10 compassionate Chicagoland organizations with the funding and resources needed to help make a difference in their communities.
As a way of encouraging community service and promoting corporate responsibility, the Cricket Community Voices Grant program was created to give something back to Chicagoland neighborhoods that are most in need of help. Through the program, Cricket hopes to enable community activists and entrepreneurs to turn their great ideas into effective, ongoing programs.
Cricket created an advisory panel of veteran community leaders and activists that served as judges for the program. The panel reviewed more than 75 grant applications, and after hours of deliberation, 10 winners were selected based on the positive impact on their respective Chicagoland communities to receive over $19,000 (combined).
"Since our arrival in Chicago less than two years ago, Cricket has been offering Chicagoans a clear voice so they can stay connected with family and friends. We're proud to be giving them a voice to serve others in need," said Al King, Area Vice President for Cricket Communications in Chicago.
The grant winners serve a diverse range of Chicagoland communities:
- Because I Care Inc – Youth Mentoring and Computer Literacy Training – Austin
- Ravenswood Manor Improvement Association – Community Awareness Project – Ravenswood Manor
- Project VIDA – VIDA Wellness Center – Little Village
- Friends of Parks – Nature Along the Lake – City of Chicago
- Casa Aztlan – Technology Access in Pilsen – Pilsen
- The Strawberry Girls - Letters to Our President – Austin
- Latino Progressando – Teatro Americano Institute – City of Chicago
- Michael Trout – Good From the Hood Community Garden – Lawndale
- Essie Little Fold Daycare – Go Green – Austin
- A Special Wish Chicago – Watch-A-Wish Video Program- City of Chicago
"We are excited to have support from Cricket to create a community garden for the children and families of Lawndale," said Michael Trout, one of the grant recipients. "The Good From the Hood Garden is an opportunity for neighborhood families to enjoy a safe place to meet and play, while also learning about how to grow their own fruits and vegetables and the importance of fresh foods as part of a healthy diet."
For more information about the program and the next round of Cricket Community Voices Grant program, visit www.chicagocommunityvoices.com. To learn more about the Cricket community visit www.mycricket.com/community.
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Make sure each of your kids has his or her own space to call and care for as their own or they're going to go nuts -- and drive you nuts, too. (I'm probably not telling you anything you don't already know.)
I am a new Liveaboard, a mid-40's single male on a 29 foot sloop in Newport, Oregon, altogether different from your situation. My boat is big enough for me alone, although I wish I would have gone a few feet longer and wider. I am learning as I go: the first lesson I learned was about space management and purging possessions. Be ready for that.
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i checked the fuses but its not that sometimes it will come on but now it dont stay on how can i fix my self??
Since the bulb been replaced . What else could it be
Auto zone ran diagnostic when engine light came on said EGR valve. Cars doesn't seem to be getting gas and actually dies at times.
the sprayers dry rotted and I need to replace them as they won't work and I have no washer fluid coming out.
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Spain's next PM warns of tough times ahead
Ben May, analyst at Capital Economics, said the eurozone debt crisis is likely to worsen next year, hindering Spain's efforts to bring its finances and economy back to health.
Capital Economics forecasts Spain's economic output will fall by 1.5 percent in 2012. "In that environment, it will be very difficult to reduce the budget deficit even if they do implement additional austerity measures," May said.
Investors seemed mildly supportive of Rajoy's plans, with Spanish stocks and bonds outperforming other European markets on Monday. The Madrid stock exchange rose 0.6 percent while borrowing costs for Spain's 10-year bond dropped 0.11 of a percentage point to 5.15 percent.
Spain's opposition Socialist Party slammed Rajoy for providing few specifics on how he will cut government services to reduce the deficit or create jobs.
"He didn't explain how he's going to do it," said Jose Antonio Alonso, spokesman for the Socialists. "It was a disappointing speech ... it was ambiguous and it wasn't clear."
Spain is often cited along with Italy as the next most likely European country to need international financial help. But both Spain and Italy's economies are larger than those three smaller nations combined and considered too big for Europe's rescue fund to handle.
The Fitch Ratings agency warned last Friday it was considering downgrading the credit ratings of Spain, Italy and four other eurozone nations.
With recession looming, some economists say that European governments need to balance some of their debt reduction measures with growth-boosting reforms.
Rajoy said his would focus on the labor market. He wants to encourage hiring, for example by changing the way companies and unions negotiate collective bargaining accords. The main business federation and labor unions have until mid-January to come up with their own reforms, otherwise the government will impose its own plan.
"These reforms must be done as soon as possible," Rajoy told the 350-member Congress of Deputies, the lower chamber of Parliament.
Banks heavily exposed to the burst real estate bubble need to get rid of thousands of unsold homes they hold, Rajoy said. Spain is saddled with about 700,000 unsold new homes from the construction binge.
Rajoy expects more bank mergers - troubled savings banks in Spain have already fused from 45 to less than 20 over the past two years.
He also endorsed a business leaders' proposal to boost productivity by moving most midday holidays to Monday, ending a cherished Spanish practice of creating four-day weekends when holidays fall on a Tuesday or Thursday.
Antonio Barroso, an analyst with Eurasia group, said Rajoy's measures addressed Spain's most pressing difficulties, such as unemployment and a vulnerable banking sector.
Barroso said "controlling expenditure is the number one priority" for the government but reducing the deficit and reforming public administration will be easier than restoring the health of the financial sector and tampering with labor entitlements.
He said tackling the problems of Spain's financial sector "is very complicated," adding that the Bank of Spain and the Popular Party are both split about the possibility of setting up a bad bank for toxic assets. Another possibility is establishing an asset protection scheme for financial institutions with bad property debts.
"The situation is very fluid," Barroso said of government solutions to the country's financial crisis.
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Myanmar/ Burma – Brutal crackdown against a student protest (05.03.15)
France is concerned about the use of violence to crackdown against peaceful student demonstrations in Burma.
Myanmar/ Burma – Ms. Annick Girardin's visit to the Women's Forum Myanmar-ASEAN (05.12.14)
The theme of this forum, which will be co-hosted by the Embassy of France in Yangon, is "The role of women in societies in transition."
Myanmar/ Burma – Resumption of Doctors Without Borders activities (24.07.14)
France welcomes the Burmese authorities' decision to allow Doctors Without Borders to resume its activities in Rakhine state, a region experiencing a serious humanitarian crisis.
Myanmar/ Burma – Sentencing of journalists (10.07.14)
France is concerned over the sentencing of five Burmese journalists to 10 years in prison as well as hard labor.
Myanmar/ Burma – Death of opposition leader Win Tin (21.04.14)
Win Tin, a journalist who began his career in the Agence France-Presse office in Yangon, embodied for more than 40 years the fight against oppression and the struggle for freedom alongside Aung San Suu Kyi, with whom he co-founded the National League for Democracy in 1988. He received the French Republic's Human Rights Prize in 1998.
Myanmar/Burma – Violence against humanitarian personnel (27.03.14)
France is concerned about the violence perpetrated against UN and NGO personnel and buildings in Sittwe, in northern Rakhine state. The violence has led to the evacuation of many personnel members and the suspension of humanitarian assistance.
Myanmar – Situation in Rakhine state (12.02.14)
France is concerned at the situation in Rakhine state. Sectarian tensions are being exacerbated by the humanitarian crisis and human rights violations facing Buddhist and Muslim communities – the vast majority of whom want peace, security and development.
Myanmar – Signing of the additional protocol to the safeguards agreement with the IAEA (17.09.13)
France welcomes the signing on September 17 by Myanmar of an additional protocol to its safeguards agreement with the IAEA. The signing of this protocol supports the positive reform process under way in the country which France encourages.
Burma/Myanmar – Release of political prisoners (24.07.13)
France welcomes yesterday's release of political prisoners in Burma as President Hollande called for during his meeting with President Thein in Paris on July 17.
Myanmar/Burma - Human Rights Watch report (22.04.13)
We have taken note of the Human Rights Watch report, which accuses the Burmese authorities of having carried out a campaign of ethnic cleansing against the Rohingyas and reveals a number of disquieting facts. It is up to the Burmese authorities to shed full light on the communal violence that has been taking place in Rakhine State for a year now.
Burma – Unrest in Meiktila (22.03.13)
France is concerned by the violence that took place in the town of Meiktila which has resulted in the death of around 20 people. It extends its condolences to the people of Burma and to the bereaved. France urges the parties involved to demonstrate tolerance and restraint, and has confidence in the Burmese government to swiftly restore calm.


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Holds a Lot
posted 6 years ago
My sister has had one of these for her rabbit's food for many years. Her bin seems much sturdier than the ones made now. I personally like my vittles vaults better.
Pros: Holds a lot, Air-Tight Seal
Cons: Rather Flimsy
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I have heard so many bad things about Purina, I would NEVER feed it to my dog. Supposedly if you read the ingredients list you will see "fillers." And ex-employee told me that they use lots of terrible things for these fillers. Since Purina is associated with other human food companies like little debbie, they sometimes use tampered with batches of cake mix. I have no idea if this is true or not. But when my parents switched their dog from Purina Puppy Chow to Flint River Ranch years ago we noticed an amazing transformation. He actually wasn't growing hair under his neck or on his belly, and it all grew in after the switch. We also had never seen his coat look healthier. So if you think you like Purina, try switching to something more natural and you will most definitely see a difference.
Pros: Dogs like it
Cons: NOT GOOD FOR THEM!
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My dog loves this food, and its pretty inexpensive.
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posted 7 years ago
This is a great food but sometimes a little too much for shelter dogs...the lack of normal exercise plus good food can make them fat. Otherwise a great product
Pros: its good food
Cons: sometimes causes weight gain in the shelter
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- Dec 28, 2005Milk Thistle for Alcoholic and/or Hepatitis B or C Liver Diseases: study
showed no benefit-A Systematic Cochrane Hepato-Biliary Group Review with
Meta-Analyses of Randomized Clinical Trials
The American Journal of Gastroenterology
Volume 100 Page 2583 - November 2005
Andrea Rambaldi, M.D.1, Bradly P. Jacobs, M.D., M.P.H.2, Gaetano Iaquinto,
M.D.3, and Christian Gluud, M.D., Dr. Med. Sci.1
OBJECTIVES: Our objectives were to assess the beneficial and harmful effects
of milk thistle (MT) or MT constituents versus placebo or no intervention in
patients with alcoholic liver disease and/or hepatitis B and/or C liver
METHODS: Randomized clinical trials studying patients with alcoholic and/or
hepatitis B or C liver diseases were included (December 2003). The
randomized clinical trials were evaluated by components of methodological
RESULTS: Thirteen randomized clinical trials assessed MT in 915 patients
with alcoholic and/or hepatitis B or C liver diseases. The methodological
quality was low: only 23% of the trials reported adequate allocation
concealment and only 46% were considered double blind. MT versus placebo or
no intervention for a median duration of 6 months had no significant effects
on all-cause mortality (relative risk (RR) 0.78, 95% confidence interval
(CI) 0.53-1.15), complications of liver disease, or liver histology.
Liver-related mortality was significantly reduced by MT in all trials (RR
0.50, 95% CI 0.29-0.88), but not in high-quality trials (RR 0.57, 95% CI
0.28-1.19). MT was not associated with a significantly increased risk of
adverse events.
CONCLUSIONS: Based on high-quality trials, MT does not seem to significantly
influence the course of patients with alcoholic and/or hepatitis B or C
liver diseases. MT could potentially affect liver injury. Adequately
conducted randomized clinical trials on MT versus placebo may be needed.
Extracts of milk thistle (MT), Silybum marianum (L) Gaertneri, have been
used as medical remedies since the time of ancient Greece and are widely
used as an alternative medication (1-3). Silymarin is the collective name
for the flavonolignans (silybin or silibinin, silydianin, silychristin)
extracted from the MT (2). These extracts have been shown to protect animals
against various hepatotoxins including acetaminophen (4, 5), radiation (6),
iron overload (7), phaloidin (8, 9), carbon tetrachloride (10-12), and
thioacetamide (13). The "hepatoprotective" actions of MT may include
inhibition of lipid peroxide formation, scavenging of free radicals, and
changing of the physical properties of cell membranes (1, 14-16). Increased
lipid peroxidation is frequent in all stages of liver damage from alcoholic
and non-alcoholic liver disease (17). MT may also reduce liver fibrogenesis
(18, 19).
This systematic review summarizes the data from randomized clinical trials
to examine the beneficial and harmful effects of MT for alcoholic and/or
hepatitis B or C liver diseases. The reasons for focusing on these
disorders, having different etiologies, are the following. First, many
trials conducted before the 1980s did not exclude the etiology of hepatitis
B virus and many trials conducted before the 1990s did not exclude the
etiology of hepatitis C virus. Second, alcoholic and viral liver diseases
often coexist. Third, alcohol and hepatitis B and/or C constitute the major
etiologies of chronic liver diseases in the Western World (20).
We found no significant effect of MT on all-cause mortality. We observed a
potential beneficial effect of MT on mortality in patients with alcoholic
liver disease, but this effect could not be confirmed in two high-quality
trials. We also observed a potential beneficial effect of MT on
liver-related mortality, but again this effect could not be demonstrated in
three high-quality trials. As the methodological quality of some of the
trials was low, we are not able to exclude bias as the cause of our positive
findings (24-26). The methods and definitions used to establish
liver-related mortality varied or were unclear. Therefore, this outcome
measure should be cautiously evaluated. Further, publication bias and
selective reporting bias must be considered (56, 57). The estimate on
all-cause mortality in high-quality trials was a RR of 0.95 (95% CI
0.55-1.65). This estimate is compatible with a 45% reduction in all-cause
mortality as well as with a 65% increase in all-cause mortality. In general,
one should only introduce interventions based on findings in high-quality
trials (24-26).
Our observations confirm two recent meta-analyses on MT for patients with
liver disease of any cause (3, 58, 59), in spite of the following facts. Our
systematic review included five more randomized clinical trials (41, 44, 52,
54, 55), excluded data from quasi-randomized clinical trials (59), which may
significantly bias estimates of interventions effects (26, 60), and included
more patients with alcoholic liver disease (3).
The statistically significant effect of MT on all-cause mortality identified
in subgroup analysis of patients with alcohol-related liver disease were not
confirmed in a further subgroup analysis including patients with alcoholic
liver disease co-infected by HCV. Further, this effect could not be
demonstrated in three high-quality trials (24-26). Therefore our findings
are not robust enough to form a fundament for therapeutic recommendations.
We found that MT significantly improved two liver biochemical variables,
s-bilirubin and GGT. For the remainder of our analyses on liver biochemistry
markers, MT had either effects that were dependent on the statistical model
we used or had no significant effects. Further, when focusing on
high-quality trials we could not demonstrate significant effects (24-26). In
all circumstances the effects of MT on liver biochemistry were not dramatic.
This systematic review has a number of potential limitations. First, the
small sample size limits the power of our meta-analyses. The CI for the
pooled estimate is sufficiently wide, meaning that a substantial benefit or
harm cannot be excluded. Our review does not preclude the possibility of a
beneficial or harmful effect of MT in alcoholic liver disease or in other
forms of liver disease for that matter. Evidence show how much effects of
medical intervention may change over time. Ioannidis and Lau (61) applied
"recursive cumulative meta-analyses" of randomized clinical trials to
evaluate the relative change in the pooled treatment effect over time for 60
medical interventions within pregnancy/perinatal medicine and cardiology.
When 2,000 patients have been randomized, the pooled RR may change by a
factor 0.7 to 1.3. At present, only about 1,000 patients with alcoholic
liver disease and/or hepatitis B and C have been randomized to MT versus
placebo or no intervention. Second, we chose to include only alcoholic liver
disease and viral liver disease in the review. The major reason is that
viral and alcohol-related liver diseases frequently coexist in the same
patient. Several trials were old and did not check for viral liver disease
in patients with suspected alcoholic liver disease. Further, hepatitis B or
C marker positivity was not an exclusion criterion for the entry of the
patient in one of the trials on patients with alcoholic liver disease (50).
Other liver diseases like non-alcoholic liver disease and toxic liver
diseases should be considered in other reviews. Finally, the duration of
treatment as well as the dosing and the preparation of MT varied. This may
have caused variable intervention effects. However, none of our subgroup
analyses revealed that these factors were responsible for our finding of
lack of intervention effects.
Among the randomized clinical trials reporting adverse drug events, MT
appeared safe and well tolerated. We recognize it is difficult to interpret
the risk of adverse events from the literature for several reasons (62).
Events may be missed since search terms related to adverse events are often
not indexed, and causality is difficult to discern when events are published
in a case report or case series. Among the studies that we excluded were
some randomized clinical trials considering 180 patients with unspecified
form of liver diseases (63). MT seemed to be well tolerated in this trial,
although adverse events have been reported in the literature (64).
In conclusion, although MT constituents have been used as a medical
intervention for more than 2,500 yr, there remains insufficient evidence to
support or to refute its use for liver patients. We need to conduct
high-quality, placebo-controlled randomized trials before MT or MT
constituents can be advocated for patients with alcoholic and/or viral liver
Search Results
We identified 1,833 references through electronic searches of The Cochrane
Hepato-Biliary Group Controlled Trials Register (n = 40), The Cochrane
Library (n = 75), and MEDLINE and EMBASE (n = 1,716) and through reading
bibliographies (n = 2) (Fig. 1). Of these, 1,766 were in vitro studies,
animal studies, studies unrelated to liver disease, duplicate reports, or on
other patient types. Therefore, these references did not meet our inclusion
criteria and were excluded. The remaining 67 publications were on patients
with alcoholic and/or hepatitis B or C liver diseases treated with MT. Of
these, 41 publications were excluded because they were observational studies
or randomized trials that did not fulfil our inclusion criteria.
Accordingly, 26 references referring to 13 randomized clinical trials could
be included (30-55).
Included Trials
Eleven of the 13 randomized clinical trials were described in full paper
articles (30, 31, 34, 39, 41, 44, 48-52) and two in abstract only (54, 55).
The experimental treatment consisted of silymarin orally in 10 randomized
clinical trials (30, 34, 39, 44, 48-52, 55); IdB1016 orally in two
randomized clinical trials (IdB1016 is a lipophilic complex with silybin and
phosphatidylcholine in a molar ratio of 1:1) (31, 54); and
silybin-N2-cyclodextrin, a new oral formulation containing silybin, in one
randomized clinical trial (41).
The randomized clinical trials could be divided into four groups according
to etiology:
o chronic alcoholic liver disease included 657 patients, of which the
majority had cirrhosis (30, 34, 39, 41, 44, 48, 51, 52, 55);
o hepatitis B included 8 patients with acute hepatitis B (49);
o hepatitis C included 10 patients with chronic hepatitis C (54);
o alcoholic and/or hepatitis B or C liver diseases (31, 50), of which
one trial included 20 patients with hepatitis B and hepatitis C (31) and the
other included 200 patients with alcoholic liver disease with or without HCV
antibody positivity (50). Anti-HCV antibodies were positive in 29 (13
receiving MT and 16 receiving placebo) of the 75 patients for whom stored
sera were available after completion of the trial (50).
Excluded Studies
A total of 33 studies on MT for liver diseases, described in 43 publications
(available on request), were excluded mainly because they were observational
studies or case series.
Methodological Quality of Included Trials
Only one (51) of the 13 randomized clinical trials provided a sample size
estimation that was based on liver histology.
The method to generate the allocation sequence was considered adequate in
six (46.2%) of the trials (30, 39, 41, 44, 50, 51).
Only three (23.1%) of the trials described adequate allocation concealment
(44, 50, 51).
All but one of the trials (52) were described as double blinded (92.3%).
However, only six (46.2%) trials described the use of placebo with identical
presentation in the control arm (31, 39, 41, 44, 50, 51). None of the trials
checked the success of blinding.
There was a fair description of follow-up and withdrawals/drop-outs in 12
(92.3%) trials (30, 31, 34, 39, 41, 44, 48-52, 54). None of the trials
stated that they used an intention-to-treat method to evaluate their data.
All the trials but three (30, 41, 44) presumably used intention-to-treat
All-Cause Mortality
Combining the results of the 13 randomized clinical trials demonstrated no
significant effect of MT given for a median duration of 6 months (range 1 wk
to 41 months) on all-cause mortality (RR 0.78, 95% CI 0.53-1.15). There was
no significant heterogeneity (I2= 5.9%). In the MT group, 36/456 (7.9%)
patients died versus 45/459 (9.8%) patients in the control group (Fig. 2).
Subgroup analyses stratifying the randomized clinical trials according to
the single methodological quality components (generation of the allocation
sequence, allocation concealment, blinding, and follow-up) did not
demonstrate significant differences regarding the effect of MT on all-cause
mortality between trials with and without adequate methodology.
Subgroup analysis stratifying the randomized clinical trials into trials
with all components adequate, trials having some components adequate, and
trials without any of components adequate (not estimable since no events
occurred in this group) (Fig. 3), did not demonstrate significant effects of
MT on all-cause mortality.
MT did not significantly influence all-cause mortality in the trials with a
treatment duration less than 6 months (RR 0.35; 95% CI 0.04-3.22) or in the
trials with a duration of treatment of at least 6 months (RR 0.81, 95% CI
0.54-1.20); or in the trials including patients with chronic liver disease
(data not shown); the RR in the trials including patients with acute liver
disease was not estimable since no events occurred in this group. A
worst-case scenario analysis considering all patients who dropped out or
were withdrawn dead did not find a significant effect of MT (RR 1.09; 95% CI
0.75-1.58). None of the trials reported mortality data distributed on Child
class or other prognostic classification.
MT significantly decreased all-cause mortality in patients with alcoholic
liver disease (RR 0.58, 95% CI 0.34-0.98; p= 0.04) (30, 34, 39, 41, 44, 48,
51, 52, 55). There was no significant heterogeneity (I2= 0%). In the MT
group 16/325 (4.9%) patients died versus 28/332 (8.4%) in the control group.
This finding could not be confirmed nor refuted in two high-quality trials
In patients with alcoholic liver disease or alcoholic liver disease with HCV
antibody positivity (50), MT demonstrated no significant effect on all-cause
mortality (RR 1.11, 95% CI 0.62-1.99). In the MT group 20/103 (19.4%)
patients died versus 17/97 (17.5%) in the control group. In patients with
hepatitis B (49) none of the patients died out of the 13 in the MT and 15 in
the control group. In patients with hepatitis C (54) none of the patients
died out of the 5 in the MT and 5 in the control group. In patients with
hepatitis B and hepatitis C (31) none of the patients died out of the 10 in
the MT and 10 in the control group.
Liver-Related Mortality
Among the 13 trials only four reported liver-related mortality (Fig. 4) (39,
44, 50, 51). Three of the trials included patients with alcoholic liver
disease (39, 44, 51) and the Pares et al. trial included patients with
alcoholic liver disease or alcoholic liver disease with HCV antibody
positivity (50). These trials found a significant effect of MT on
liver-related mortality (RR 0.50, 95% CI 0.29-0.88; p= 0.02). There was no
significant heterogeneity (I2= 0%). In the MT group, 16/422 (3.8%) patients
died versus 31/422 (7.3%) patients in the control group.
Subgroup analysis demonstrated no significant effect of MT on liver-related
mortality in the three trials having all four methodological components
adequate (RR 0.57, 95% CI 0.28-1.19) whereas MT significantly decreased
mortality in the trials having only one or more components adequate (RR
0.41, 95% CI 0.17-0.97). This effect was based on only one trial with less
than 100 patients randomized (39). There was no significant difference
between the two estimates (test of interaction z = 0.57). The effect of MT
on liver-related deaths in the trials with no adequate methodological
component was not estimable due to any deaths. A worst-case scenario
analysis of patients with alcoholic liver disease (all patients who
dropped-out or were withdrawn were considered dead) changed the estimate to
no significant effect of MT on liver-related mortality (RR 0.81, 95% CI
Liver-Related Complications
In the only trial reporting individual liver-related complications, MT did
not significantly affect the incidence of patients with ascites, hepatic
encephalopathy, or gastro-intestinal bleeding (50). MT demonstrated no
significant effect on combined liver-related complications (44, 50).
Liver Biochemistry and Liver Histology
MT significantly decreased s-bilirubin concentration and GGT activity in
both fixed effect and random effects model analyses:
o s-bilirubin: WMD -4.68 N<mol/L (95% CI -7.72 to -1.64 N<mol/L; p<
0.05) (fixed effect model). There was no significant heterogeneity (I2= 0%)
o GGT: WMD -26.80 U/L (95% CI -32.86 to -20.73 U/L; p< 0.05) (fixed
effect model). There was significant heterogeneity (I2= 68%).
MT showed a significant beneficial effect on AST and ALT when analyzed by
the fixed effect model, but not in the random effects model. MT did not
significantly influence prothrombin or s-albumin. There were no significant
effects of MT on liver biopsy findings in the only trial reporting this
outcome (51).
Adverse Events
In the MT group 0/456 patients had serious adverse events versus 0/459
patient in the control group. MT did not significantly affect the occurrence
of non-serious adverse events (RR 0.83, 95% CI 0.46-1.50). In the MT group,
16/456 (3.5%) patients had non-serious adverse events versus 20/459 (4.4%)
patients in the control group. The adverse events observed in the MT group
encompassed impotence (one patient), pruritus (four patients), cephalea
(three patients), and nausea (one patient). The authors did not report the
type of adverse event in seven patients. The adverse events observed in the
control group were pruritus (11 patients), cephalea (four patients), and
nausea (one patient). The authors did not report the type of adverse events
in four patients.
Inclusion Criteria
We applied The Cochrane Collaboration methodology (21) and followed our
predefined, peer-reviewed, published Cochrane Hepato-Biliary Group protocol
(22). Only randomized clinical trials were included (22). Patients with
alcoholic liver cirrhosis, liver fibrosis, hepatitis, and/or steatosis as
well as patients with viral induced liver disease (hepatitis B and/or
hepatitis C) according to the diagnostic work-up used in the individual
trial were included (22). The trials should have administered MT or any MT
constituent at any dose or duration versus placebo or no intervention (22).
Types of Outcome Measures
The primary outcome measure was the number of patients dying (22). Secondary
outcomes measures were the development of clinical symptoms and
complications analyzed separately and combined, liver biochemistry, liver
biopsy findings, as well as number and type of adverse events (22).
Search Strategy for Trials
The following databases were searched: The Cochrane Hepato-Biliary Group
Controlled Trials Register (December 2003), The Cochrane Central Register of
Controlled Trials on The Cochrane Library (Issue 4, 2003), MEDLINE (1966 to
December 2003), and EMBASE (1974 to December 2003) using the search terms
"milk thistle" or "silymarin" or "silybin" or "silibinin" or "silydianin" or
"silychristin" or commercial names (LegalonB., SilipideB., RealsilB.,
CarsilB., SiliphosB.) and "liver disease" or "alcoholic liver disease" or
"viral liver disease" or "hepatitis B" or "hepatitis C" (22). The MEDLINE
search was combined with the search strategy of The Cochrane Hepato-Biliary
Group (23).
The principal authors of the identified trials were approached and inquired
about additional randomized clinical trials. Pharmaceutical companies
involved in the production of MT products were contacted in order to obtain
unidentified published or unpublished randomized clinical trials.
Patient Characteristics, Diagnosis, and Interventions
The following items were recorded from the individual randomized clinical
trials: mean (or median) age, sex ratio, liver disease according to the
etiology, duration of liver disease, severity of liver disease at entry,
alcohol consumption at entry, type and dose of MT-intervention, and type of
control intervention. Development of clinical symptoms and complications,
liver biochemistry (serum (s)-bilirubin, prothrombin time, s-albumin,
s-aspartate aminotransferase (AST), s-alanine aminotransferase (ALT),
s-alkaline phosphatases (AP), s-gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT)), liver
biopsy findings, alcohol consumption, quality of life, and adverse events
during follow-up were registered.
Assessment of Methodological Quality
The methodological quality of the randomized clinical trials was assessed
using individual components of methodological quality (22, 24-26). We
registered whether the randomized clinical trial reported the use of
intention-to-treat analysis, i.e., all patients randomized must be retained
in the trial (22). Data on the number of patients with each outcome by
allocated treatment group, irrespective of compliance of follow-up, were
sought to allow an intention-to-treat analysis.
Statistical Analyses
The meta-analyses were performed in Review Manager Software (version 4.2.7)
from The Cochrane Collaboration (http://www.cochrane.org). We examined all
outcomes with both the random effects model and the fixed effect model (27,
28). Dichotomous data were analyzed by calculating the relative risk (RR)
and continuous outcomes as weighed mean difference (WMD), both with 95%
confidence intervals (CI). Heterogeneity was examined by the O2 test (p<
0.1) and a useful statistic for quantifying inconsistency (I2=[(Q -
df )/Q]C 100%, where Q is the O2 statistic and df is its degrees of
freedom) (29). Potential causes for heterogeneity were explored by
performing subgroup analyses.
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UCLA's locker room was so quiet, you could hear a Fiesta Bowl drop. Some players closed their eyes and some gazed into nothingness, their heads covered in towels, tears rolling down their cheeks.
Outside, defensive coordinator Nick Aliotti tried to explain the unexplainable.
``This was by far - and this is an understatement - the most horrendous performance by a defensive team I've ever been involved with or watched on TV,'' Aliotti said after a devastating 49-45 loss to Miami on Saturday, before 46,819 in the Orange Bowl.
``There was so much riding on this game, it's hard to imagine how we could play so poorly. This is as tough as it gets, because we were so close to something special. To experience this is pretty devastating.''
Devastating is gaining 670 yards and scoring 45 points, and losing.
Devastating is blowing a 38-21 lead with 16 minutes left.
Devastating is wasting a career performance by quarterback Cade McNown, who threw for a school-record 513 yards and five touchdowns.
Devastating, and ironic.
All season the Bruins (10-1) dismissed the means (close calls, sloppy defense and fabulous finishes) and focused on the ends: winning.
Saturday, the means fought back.
Their weaknesses were exposed on national television, on the biggest day of the college season, with the Fiesta Bowl and potential national title at stake - not to mention $6 million for the Pacific-10, a Rose Bowl for Arizona and a chance for the Bruins to erase their reputation for being soft in front of an East Coast audience.
But there was no debate: the defense rested, and a 20-game winning streak died hard.
``When a team is weak in one area and you're competing for a national championship, you're bound to get found out one day,'' Bruins guard Andy Meyers said. ``It's an absolute joke and a travesty. I apologize to all the Bruin fans. We gave them hope and let it fall.''
All season coach Bob Toledo clung to the theory that you win with offense and keep from losing with defense.
Saturday, the defense lost - yielding 689 yards to the Hurricanes and 299 yards to their punishing tailback, Edgerrin James. Both figures are UCLA opponent records.
The Bruins played without injured linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo for all but two plays and had 10 men on the field for one Hurricanes touchdown. On another drive, the Hurricanes covered 80 yards in four plays - all runs.
``It's beyond words,'' said UCLA cornerback Marques Anderson, who missed countless tackles. ``These are the games national championship teams have to win.''
All season the Bruins came from behind to win.
Saturday, they came from ahead to lose, as Miami finished with a 28-7 surge and finished the Bruins the way they finished Arizona, Stanford and Oregon State.
Of course, there are no surprises in the storied Orange Bowl - where Miami has busted seven winning streaks of 10 games or more, where the Hurricanes upset Nebraska in the 1984 Orange Bowl, where Doug Flutie found Gerard Phelan for a Boston College miracle and a phantom penalty on Rocket Ismail's punt return against Colorado cost Notre Dame the 1990 national title.
On Saturday, as the Hurricanes rallied from a 45-35 deficit in the final minutes Saturday, the crowd of 46,819 sounded like 75,000 and ghosts of upsets past enveloped.
``It was David vs. Goliath, and God came through for David again,'' Miami defensive end Derrick Ham said.
All season the Bruins created game-changing turnovers. Saturday, fumbles by receivers Brian Poli-Dixon and Brad Melsby changed the game.
Melsby's came with 3:34 left and the Bruins driving for the clinching touchdown. On third-and-8 from his 44, McNown hit Melsby down the middle. He dodged one tackle, gained 30 yards and was hit by Miami's Edward Reed.
Melsby appeared to have one knee down when the ball popped loose, but the officials ruled it a fumble. Miami's Delvin Brown recovered, and eight plays later James - who else? - rumbled 1 yard for the go-ahead touchdown.
``I had the worst seat in the house, but I'd venture to say he was probably down,'' Toledo said.
McNown took possession with 50 seconds remaining and quickly moved the Bruins to Miami's 29. But the drive stalled and the Fiesta Bowl evaporated when his fourth-down pass fell incomplete in the back of the end zone.
``It's great for the fans to see a shootout all the time,'' McNown said. ``But you can't win football games giving up yardage like that.''
UCLA vs. MIAMI: A CLOSER LOOK
Miami tailback Edgerrin James, who rushed for 299 yards and three touchdowns, leading a Hurricanes attack that gained 371 yards on the ground.
UCLA's defense, which yielded 49 points and 689 yards to Miami, failed to create turnovers and allowed the Hurricanes to convert 11 of 15 third-down opportunities.
The teams combined for 94 points and 1,359 yards offense.
``I'm disappointed, but it's not emotionally crushing. We just did not play good enough defense.''
- UCLA coach Bob Toledo
Sep. 12 UCLA 49, Texas 31
Sep. 19 UCLA 42, Houston 24
Oct. 3 UCLA 49, Washington St. 17
Oct. 10 UCLA 52, Arizona 28
Oct. 17 UCLA 41, Oregon 38, OT
Oct. 24 UCLA 28, California 16
Oct. 31 UCLA 28, Stanford 24
Nov. 7 UCLA 41, Oregon St. 34
Nov. 14 UCLA 38, Washngton 28
Nov. 21 UCLA 34, USC 17
Dec. 5 Miami 49, UCLA 45
NOTEBOOK: Melsby not sure about call but takes blame
MIAMI - Brad Melsby wasn't too sure about the call, but he had no doubt about the impact.
``Basically, I lost the game,'' said the UCLA receiver, referring to his fumble at the Miami 26 with 3:24 left that the Hurricanes recovered and used to drive for the winning touchdown in their 49-45 victory at the Orange Bowl on Saturday that ended UCLA's hopes for a national championship.
``The feeling on the sidelines was we were going to make plays again and find a way to win. We were on the way to doing that when I fumbled.''
Melsby, with UCLA facing third-and-8 at its own 44 and clinging to a three-point lead, caught a ball over the middle from Cade McNown and slipped a defender before he was hit by a pair of Miami players, including strong safety Edward Reed.
Reed's hit popped the ball loose and the refs said it happened before Melsby hit the ground. However, TV replays appeared to indicate that Melsby's knee was down before the ball came loose.
Andy Myers, for one, didn't need to see the replay.
``It took all the self-control I had not to punch the official,'' Meyers said.
``I had the worst seat in the house,'' said UCLA coach Bob Toledo, ``But I'd venture to say he was down.''
``I really don't know,'' said Melsby, a junior from Los Alamitos High. ``I took a pretty good hit. The first thing I thought was that I was down, but I should have had better control of the ball. I should have had the ball and we should have run out the clock.''
One play and out: UCLA lost its all-conference linebacker, Brendon Ayanbadejo, on Miami's first offensive play. Ayanbadejo sprained the medial collateral ligament in his left knee and returned for one play.
He hopes to be back for the Rose Bowl.
``I got hurt on the ground when someone fell on me,'' Ayanbadejo said. ``It's strange. They say if you play full speed and know what you're doing, you won't get hurt. The play we practiced against was different from the way they ran it.''
Ayanbadejo and safety Larry Atkins are the only senior starters on defense. Ali Abdul Azziz replaced Ayanbadejo and had two tackles.
``Whenever you miss a good player in a big game, it hurts,'' defensive coordinator Nick Aliotti said.
Drifting away: Several players, including captains Cade McNown and Andy Meyers, questioned the preparation techniques of the young defensive players.
``There were plenty of things going on, including a lack of focus,'' Meyers said. ``When you look over something, you're bound to trip on what's in front of you.''
Chaos reigns: The most humiliating moment of an embarrassing game for the UCLA defense came late in the first quarter, when Miami quarterback Scott Covington passed to uncovered receiver Aaron Moser for a 7-yard touchdown.
``We had 10 guys on the field,'' Bruins coach Bob Toledo said in disgust.
The numbers lie: Check the tackle statistics for UCLA's second-year defenders: Ryan Nece had 12, Jason Stephens had 11, Tony White had 10 and Marques Anderson had seven.
For every tackle they made, they seemed to miss two. The Bruins were well-positioned on most plays - for once, alignments and assignments weren't the problem - but they could not corral Edgerrin James.
``The defense played really well the last two games,'' Nece said. ``For this to happen and us to have breakdowns and not execute the fundamentals, it's very frustrating.''
- Billy Witz and Jon Wilner
1. Tennessee (12-0) 4.99
Beat to Miss. St.
Lost to Miami
3. Kansas State (11-1) 6.31
Lost to Texas A&M
4. Florida State (11-1) 8.20
Did not play
5. Ohio State (10-1) 12.33
Did not play
Records tied or broken Saturday by Miami running back Edgerrin James:
His 299 rushing yards broke Big East and Miami school marks.
His 299 yards also most by UCLA opponent.
His 39 attempts tied Ottis Anderson for school record.
His 13th 100-yard game broke Anderson's school record.
His three TDs gave him school record 17 this season.
4 Photos, 3 Boxes
PHOTO (1--Color) UCLA was utterly unable to contain Miami's offense, particularly running back Edgerrin James, who gained 299 yards rushing.
(2) Miami's Matt Sweeney (98) celebrates after the Hurricanes' 49-45 win over UCLA which dashed the Bruins' title hopes.
Wilfredo Lee/Associated Press
(3) no caption (Edgerrin James)
BOX: (1) UCLA vs. MIAMI: A CLOSER LOOK (see text)
(2) BCS MADNESS (see text)
(3) RUNNING WILD (see text)
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