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Brand Names: Alavert, Alavert Allergy, Claritin, Claritin 24 Hour Allergy, Claritin Hives Relief, Claritin Liqui-Gels, Claritin Reditab, Clear-Atadine, Clear-Atadine Children's, Dimetapp ND, Loratadine Reditab, ohm Allergy Relief, Tavist ND, Wal-itin
Generic Name: loratadine (Pronunciation: lor AT a deen)
- What is loratadine (Claritin)?
- What are the possible side effects of loratadine?
- What is the most important information I should know about loratadine?
- What should I discuss with my healthcare provider before taking loratadine?
- How should I take loratadine?
- What happens if I miss a dose?
- What happens if I overdose?
- What should I avoid while taking loratadine?
- What other drugs will affect loratadine?
- Where can I get more information?
What is loratadine (Claritin)?
Loratadine is an antihistamine that reduces the effects of natural chemical histamine in the body. Histamine can produce symptoms of sneezing, itching, watery eyes, and runny nose.
Loratadine is used to treat the symptoms of allergies, such as sneezing, watery eyes, and runny nose. It is also used to treat skin hives and itching in people with chronic skin reactions.
Loratadine may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.
What are the possible side effects of loratadine?
Get emergency medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction: hives; difficult breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.
Call your doctor at once if you have a serious side effect such as:
- fast or uneven heart rate;
- feeling like you might pass out;
- jaundice (yellowing of your skin or eyes); or
- seizures (convulsions).
Less serious side effects may include:
- headache;
- nervousness;
- feeling tired or drowsy;
- stomach pain, diarrhea;
- dry mouth, sore throat hoarseness;
- eye redness, blurred vision;
- nosebleed; or
- skin rash.
This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
Read the Claritin (loratadine) Side Effects Center for a complete guide to possible side effects
What is the most important information I should know about loratadine?
You should not take this medication if you are allergic to loratadine or to desloratadine (Clarinex).
Ask a doctor or pharmacist before taking this medicine if you have liver or kidney disease.
Do not give this medication to a child younger than 6 years old without the advice of a doctor.
Loratadine disintegrating tablets (Claritin Reditab) may contain phenylalanine. Talk to your doctor before using this form of loratadine if you have phenylketonuria (PKU).
What should I discuss with my healthcare provider before taking loratadine?
You should not take this medication if you are allergic to loratadine or to desloratadine (Clarinex).
Ask a doctor or pharmacist if it is safe for you to take this medicine if you have:
- kidney disease; or
- liver disease.
FDA pregnancy category B: This medication is not expected to be harmful to an unborn baby. Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant during treatment.
Loratadine can pass into breast milk and may harm a nursing baby. Do not use this medication without telling your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby.
Loratadine disintegrating tablets (Claritin Reditab, Alavert) may contain phenylalanine. Talk to your doctor before using this form of loratadine if you have phenylketonuria (PKU).
Do not give this medication to a child younger than 6 years old without the advice of a doctor.
How should I take loratadine?
Use exactly as directed on the label, or as prescribed by your doctor. Do not use in larger or smaller amounts or for longer than recommended.
Loratadine is usually taken once per day. Follow your doctor's instructions.
Do not crush, chew, or break the regular loratadine tablet. Swallow the pill whole.
Measure liquid medicine with a special dose-measuring spoon or medicine cup, not with a regular table spoon. If you do not have a dose-measuring device, ask your pharmacist for one.
To take loratadine orally disintegrating tablet (Claritin RediTab, Alavert):
- Keep the tablet in its blister pack until you are ready to take the medicine. Open the package and peel back the foil from the tablet blister. Do not push a tablet through the foil or you may damage the tablet.
- Using dry hands, remove the tablet and place it on your tongue. It will begin to dissolve right away.
- Do not swallow the tablet whole. Allow it to dissolve in your mouth without chewing.
- Swallow several times as the tablet dissolves. If desired, you may drink water to help swallow the dissolved tablet.
Call your doctor if your symptoms do not improve.
Store at room temperature away from moisture and heat.
What happens if I miss a dose?
Take the missed dose as soon as you remember. Skip the missed dose if it is almost time for your next scheduled dose. Do not take extra medicine to make up the missed dose.
What happens if I overdose?
Seek emergency medical attention or call the Poison Help line at 1-800-222-1222.
Overdose symptoms may include headache, drowsiness, and fast or pounding heartbeat.
What should I avoid while taking loratadine?
Follow your doctor's instructions about any restrictions on food, beverages, or activity.
What other drugs will affect loratadine?
There may be other drugs that can interact with loratadine. Tell your doctor about all medications you use. This includes prescription, over-the-counter, vitamin, and herbal products. Do not start a new medication without telling your doctor.
Where can I get more information?
Your pharmacist can provide more information about loratadine.
Remember, keep this and all other medicines out of the reach of children, never share your medicines with others, and use this medication only for the indication prescribed.
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Monkton Park in Chippenham will soon be a hive of activity on and off land for two Rotary Club events.
The dragon boat races run alongside the Art in the Park fun day on Saturday, July 12, both from 10am to 4pm.
Crews of between 13 and 17 will race 250 metres along the River Avon, many in fancy dress.
Finishing first last year in one minute 9.08 seconds were Jemima's Paddle Ducks from Chippenham Sailing Club, closely followed by Team North and the Ultrawarmers.
Caroline Attridge, of organisers Chippenham Wiltshire Vale Rotary Club, said: "Teams raise sponsorship money and in the five years it has been going, the event has raised more than £56,000 for charities and community groups.
"It's a great team-building event and a lot of fun; teams that took part previously want to do it again.
"Tuition is given before the start of your first race, so there's no experience required."
There will also be food and a beer tent in Monkton Park.
So far 16 teams have entered, including one from Goughs solicitor's six Wiltshire offices, who are raising money for Wiltshire Air Ambulance.
Team member Jonathan Shipton, who works for Goughs in Devizes, said: "The entries are up on 12 last year and it's nice to see some new ones as well."
The two Rotary events last year raised thousands of pounds for Dorothy House Hospice Care, the Royal United Hospital's Forever Friends Appeal, Bowel Cancer UK and the Springboard Opportunity Group.
Entry is free to the Rotary Club of Chippenham's Art in the Park, which offers the chance to get creative with arts and crafts.
Rotarian Roger Greenslade said: "It's a great day for families. For the first time this year we'll have a lorry trailer stage so we'll be doing an open mic as well."
The arts and crafts day was started seven years ago by the Chippenham Rotary Club's first female president, Jane Kirby, who died of cancer aged 58 in 2012.
Last year's mayor, Sylvia Gibson, was voted in as club president last week.
For more information on the dragon boat races, visit www.rotary-chippenham-wv.org.uk


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Gas pump sticker shock brings home some hard lessons we all need to learn
DAVID WEBB | The Rare Reporter
After months of ignoring it, sticker shock at the gas pump has finally registered in my consciousness. And that moment of enlightenment has led me to do a little research about economics.
I now know that I've been acting exactly how the experts predict the average consumer will when faced with an unprecedented personal experience.
It all started when I filled up my gas tank at a service station in Oak Lawn the other day, and the tab came to more than $60 for just a few drops more than 15 gallons.
It occurred to me as I drove off that using a credit card at self-service pumps could lead someone to be blindsided in a big way when the monthly bills arrive.
I drive a modest four-cylinder sedan, so I don't even want to consider what people who drive big gas guzzlers are paying to fill up — not to mention the shock that could be in store for them at the end of the month.
To put things in perspective, I started driving when I was 14 and at that time — I'm talking about nearly a half-century ago — gas cost about 33 cents per gallon. If I'm figuring correctly, I think that's about a 1,200 percent increase in my lifetime of driving.
Admittedly, talking about price increases that have occurred over a 50-year period, the increase might not seem so radical. But just a little over a decade ago, gas cost less than $2 per gallon. It cost me less than $30 to fill up a similar car's gas tank back then.
If it were only gas that had increased in price, it might not seem like such a big deal. But everything that we require to go about our daily lives, such as groceries and clothes, has increased just as dramatically.
Even the price of beer, which one needs in order to cope with the stress of all the other high prices, has skyrocketed.
We've all been warned for a long time by people who lived through the Great Depression of the 1930s that hard times could be coming. But most of us never took those predictions seriously.
After my gas pump experience the other day my research revealed that my delayed awareness of the seriousness of the situation is not abnormal. In fact, it is a condition that is known as "normalcy bias."
Basically, what that means is that if a person or group of people have never experienced a type of disaster or other traumatic experience, they tend to discount the possibility of it ever occurring.
I assume that's why — despite the repeated warnings that prices for gas and everything else that depends on energy for its production and distribution would be going through the ceiling — that so many of us have ignored the threat.
It's clearer to me today than it was a week ago that all of us could be on the brink of making some pretty severe changes in our lifestyle to cope with the economic hardships that appear to be on the horizon. Considering the numbers of people who are unemployed, surviving on food stamps or even homeless, there's a real crisis out there that most of us just don't fully comprehend.
What's really scary is that all of the states and local governments are bankrupt and are quickly becoming unable to help support people who are in trouble. The federal government is in the same shape, and the dollar is losing its value quickly.
An even scarier scenario is that many people live beyond their means and amass big debts that will crush them should they become unemployed or lose a paycheck for any other reason.
Again, someone who has never lost a job or been unable to find one may not realize that it could indeed happen to them as well, according to the "normalcy bias" theory.
One of the examples of "normalcy bias" afflicting a whole group of people reportedly occurred in Germany in the 1930s when Jewish people who had lived in the country for generations failed to realize the dangers they faced from Adolph Hitler and his Nazi Party. These intelligent, affluent, accomplished and sophisticated people simply were unable to comprehend what was about to happen to them.
Some things are out of our direct, individual control as regards what could happen to the economy. But there is something that everyone probably needs to do in troubling times: I now remember financial experts on talk shows recently advising people to get out of debt, stay out of debt, start foregoing some luxuries, build a strong cash reserve to take care of basic needs and fill pantries with nonperishable foods.
Until my moment of awareness at the gas pump the other day, I might have considered such a plan to be a little alarmist, because like most people I know, I've never gone without anything. But that could change.
Now, it just seems like good common sense.
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Five suspects accused of ambushing a man at a Novato hotel pleaded not guilty Friday in what could be a dispute over a stolen kitchen appliance and other belongings, according to sources familiar with the investigation.
The suspects — Myia Simmons, 23; Indugo Williams, 35; James Ahrenholz, 23; Randy Martin, 24; and Ann Ruggiero, 22 — denied charges of attempted kidnapping and assault during an appearance before Judge Kelly Simmons, who declined to reduce their $100,000 bail amount.
A sixth suspect, 48-year-old Karen Greer, also appeared Friday to plead not guilty to drug- and theft-related charges.
Greer was found with an iPod belonging to the alleged victim, police said.
The judge dropped bail to $25,000 for Greer, whose lawyer, Marta Galeano, said Greer is homeless with a 13-year-old daughter and a cancer-stricken mother.
The defendants return to court Feb. 19 for a preliminary hearing of the evidence, after which the judge will decide whether there is sufficient cause to hold a trial.
"It's a tempest in a teapot, really," said Jon Rankin, the defense attorney for Indugo Williams.
The alleged incident occurred at about 2 a.m. Jan. 31 at the America's Best Value Inn at 7600 Redwood Blvd. in Novato. According to Novato police, the victim and his girlfriend were getting out of their car when several attackers jumped out of a U-Haul van.
Authorities allege that the attackers assaulted the 38-year-old man, stole his iPod and tried to drag him back to the U-Haul van. They failed and fled without him.
Police and sheriff's deputies stopped the van a short time later in Ignacio and detained its five occupants, who were identified as Simmons, Williams, Ahrenholz, Martin and Greer.
Greer had the victim's iPod and drugs in her possession, police said. The van also contained bolt cutters and personal documents, both of which suggested to police that the suspects were involved in other crimes.
The alleged victim never called police and left the hotel with his girlfriend, sources said. It was a hotel employee who reported the incident.
About 45 minutes later, a Mill Valley police officer found the injured victim and his girlfriend sitting in a car on Miller Avenue. The victim was not hurt enough to call paramedics, and police took him and his girlfriend back to Novato for questioning.
The suspects were also taken in for questioning.
The alleged victim denied knowing the suspects, but police said he was not chosen at random, and sources said he sometimes stayed at the hotel with Ruggiero and her boyfriend.
The incident might have occurred because the alleged victim had stolen a kitchen appliance and other property from one of the defendants, and the others were confronting him about it, sources said.
Ruggiero was not among the alleged attackers in the U-Haul van. Police suspect she was staying at the hotel and texted the other defendants to let them know when the victim was coming.
"Her innocence will be cleared up in a little bit of time," said her defense attorney, Kevin Heaney. "I think it was a misunderstanding."
The five main suspects could face more than six years in prison if convicted of attempted kidnapping and assault. Indugo Williams could face even more because of his prior record, which includes convictions for unlawful sex with a minor, assault and drug crimes.
He and Myia Simmons, who are romantically involved, have also been charged with robbery for a Jan. 26 incident at the Northgate mall in Terra Linda. Simmons allegedly stole a woman's purse and ran outside to a stolen car that Williams was driving, but the owner of the purse punched Simmons repeatedly until she gave it back.
Williams and Simmons are being held in lieu of an extra $75,000 bail in the robbery case. They did not enter pleas in that matter Friday.
"This is her first time in any kind of serious offense," said Simmons' lawyer, Robin Brennan.
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The Detection of Drug-Resistant HIV-1 in Taiwan
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|HIV Infections
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional
|Official Title:
|The Detection of Drug-Resistant HIV-1 in Taiwan
- genotypic resistance testing [ Time Frame: May 2009 ]
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|April 2008
HIV-1 infected patients in Taiwan
Detailed Description:
Drug-resistant HIV strains may develop during antiretroviral therapy, and transmission of drug-resistant virus has been documented to be possible. The emergence of drug resistance in HIV has been associated with suboptimal virologic response to antiretroviral therapy [1]. The likelihood that a patient will acquire drug-resistant virus is related to the prevalence of drug resistance in the population with specific high-risk behaviors. In the western countries, studies suggest that the prevalence of viral resistance to at least one antiretroviral drug ranges from 6% to 16% in treatment-naïve patients, and among them, about 3% to 5% with reduced susceptibility to more than one class [2-4]. However, there is no data addressing the prevalence of drug resistance in various populations in Taiwan currently.
Drug resistance can be measured using either genotypic or phenotypic resistance assays. Genotypic assays detect mutations that cause dug resistance; phenotypic assays are drug susceptibility assays that measuring the in vitro ability of the virus to grow in the presence of serial dilutions of the inhibitors (that is, antiretroviral drugs). Because of its more rapid turnaround time and less expensiveness, a genotypic assay is generally preferred to phenotypic assay [5]. Genotypic resistance assay has been available in three AIDS centers in Taiwan. However, the methods used for genotypic assay are different in the three centers, and these data have not been gathered and analyzed to know the epidemiology of HIV resistance in Taiwan, thus the interpretation and application of the results from genotypic resistance assay for selection of antiretrovirals are quite questionable in Taiwan.
Furthermore, though the genotypic assay is less straightforward, several conditions exist to cause the discordance between genotype and phenotype, and the discordance may result in the difficulty in phenotype prediction from genotype [6]. Thus, phenotypic assay may help interpretation of resistance testing results and provide a guide to decide the optimal regimen. With the availability of newer classes of antiretrovirals in the near future, currently commercially available phenotypic testing using the recombinant viruses with insertion of reverse transcriptase and protease gene sequences may not be enough. A new phenotypic assay that can measure the virus ability to grow in the different concentrations of NRTIs, NNRTIs, PIs, entry inhibitors, CCR5 inhibitors and integrase inhibitors will be needed.
It has been known that HIV-1 load in plasma is strongly correlated with disease progression, response to antiviral treatment, and transmission from mother to child. The plasma viral RNA is more representative of the replicating virus pool at any time point than the cell-associated proviral DNA. In order to study the relationship of the complete HIV-1 genome to phenotypic resistance, we choose to focus on plasma virions. However, for those patients whose plasma viral load is not high enough to conduct this analysis, we will instead of using patients' proviral DNA from infected PBMC for phenotypic resistance analysis. Two strategies will be used to amplify viral genome. The first one will be amplification of a nearly full-length viral genome. If this strategy does not work, the second strategy will be to amplify two fragments of viral genome and to assemble these two fragments by unique restriction enzymes.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|20 Years to 60 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- HIV-1-infected subjects under antiretroviral therapy if they are 20 ~ 60 years old and have a plasma HIV RNA > 1000 copies/mL and give inform consents will be enrolled.
Exclusion Criteria:
- with antiretroviral therapy within 4 weeks
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00690001
|Contact: Szu-Min Hsieh, M.D.
|886-2-2312-3456 ext 7831
|National Taiwan University Hospital
|Taipei, Taiwan, 100
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|Principal Investigator: Szu-Min Hsieh, M.D.
|Principal Investigator:
|Szu-Min Hsieh, M.D.
|National Taiwan University Hospital
|Responsible Party:
|Szu-Min Hsieh, National Taiwan University Hospital
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00690001 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|June 1, 2008
|Last Updated:
|July 7, 2008
Keywords provided by National Taiwan University Hospital:
HIV-1 infection
Treatment Experienced
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
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Zadar Apartment
Entire home 64m2(700sqm)plus 9m2 balcony with barbecue; in the centre of the town(but very quiet) Poluotok(old part of city)on first floor.Two bedroom(equipped with two(2) single bed and one(1) double bed,satellite tv, closet and hi-fi, air conditioner)living room( big couch for two people and extra bed)) ,satellite tv, hi-fi ,air conditioner,internet,kitchen(totally equipped) and dining room,bathroom, wc and bar(pantry). Best service and quality for best price in town!!Suitable for 6 people.
Fully equipped apartment,adapted and newly renovated in centre of town.
FREE parking for guests who stays more then 5 days!!
1.Double private room(queen bed)- when you book this room you get entire room,shared bathroom,shared living room and kitchen(use of kitchen is 7€ per day)
2.Triple private room(two single beds and sofa bed)-when you book this room you get entire room,shared bathroom,shared living room and kitchen(use of kitchen is 7€ per day).
3.Standard 7 bed apartment-you get entire apartment.
Other facilities include;
-Washing machine,
-two(2)air conditioners
Zadar is characterized through a mild Mediterranean climate, which influences the Mediterranean vegetation, with the average July temperature of 28 C.
Please Note:
Check-in : 13.00-18.00 Please advise us in advance of your time of arrival
Check-out :10 am
Cancellation policy is 24hrs in advance
Tax included.
We accept payment by cash only.
Availability & RatesTo view availability and prices please select dates and click 'Update Dates'
Apartment Facilities & Policies
- Air Conditioning
- Airport Transfers
- Bicycle parking
- Breakfast Not Included
- Cable TV
- Cooker
- Currency Exchange
- Dishwasher
- DVDs
- Express check-in / out
- Telephone/Fax Facilities
- Free City Maps
- Free City Tour
- Free Internet Access
- Free WiFi
- Fridge/Freezer
- Hair Dryers
- Internet Access
- Iron / Ironing Board
- Self-Catering Facilities
- Late check-out
- Laundry Facilities
- Linen Included
- Luggage Storage
- Microwave
- No Curfew
- Outdoor Terrace
- Parking
- Reading Light
- Taxes included
- Tea & Coffee Making Facilities
- Towels For Hire
- Towels Included
- Utensils
- Washing Machine
- Wi-Fi
Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 1 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
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Check-in : 13.00-18.00 Please advise us in advance of your time of arrival
Check-out :10 am
Cancellation policy is 24hrs in advance
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Center of old town Zadar, street ;Ulica Dragutina Parcica
next to main city street Siroka ulica(Kalelarga),next to Roman Forum and St.Anastasias Chatedrale(Sveta Stosija).When you come to Roman Forum search for news stand(tobbaco stand) Antea near cinema(caffe bar) Callegro,then go trough little passage and you come Donat restaurant and there is apartment in street Ulica Dragutina Parcica number 4.
Bus stop is 50 meters away on the Liburnska Obala street. 'Poluotok' bus goes every 15 minutes from the main Zadar bus station Kolodvor. Ferry is 1 min walking.Taxi cost 40 kuna(6euro)/5 km
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Zadar attracts everyone with its artistic and natural beauty and with generous welcoming of its population.The downtown of Zadar is centered around the Roman Forum, within city walls with numerous gates and towers. Roman elements took part in the formation of Zadar being , up to the present days.
The town of Zadar has a very long tourist tradition and offers a lot in order to meet the interests of the guests: tourist villages, hotels, apartments and villas, cultural events, nautical tourism with marinas, wonderful beaches, promenades, excursions to islands and interesting surroundings, restaurants offering Dalmatian specialities and international food and numerous konobas the best places to experience typical Dalmatian cuisine, with an authentic Dalmatian atmosphere, and much more.


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MIAMI - A Russian space craft is expected to hit the Earth on Sunday.
The failed Russian Mars probe, named Phobos-Grunt, will plummet back to Earth since being declared a loss in November of 2011.
Nearly 500 pounds of the 13 ton space craft are expected to survive reentry into the atmosphere with the rest incinerating. What remains of the space craft is expected to break up into 20-30 segments and more than likely fall into the ocean, being most of our planet is covered by water.
The latest predictions have it splashing down in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South America on Sunday. The exact location of the crash will more than likely will change in the next few days. The Earth's atmosphere expands and contracts, which will alter the drag on Phobos-Grunt and the angle it is pulled to Earth. The path will become a little more certain on Saturday.
NASA and FEMA are both monitoring the situation just in case of the outside chance that there are impacts in the United States.
On Friday, the International Space Station had to be moved to dodge a softball sized piece of space junk that was part of the Iridium 33 communications satellite. The Iridium 33 collided with a broken Russian spacecraft in 2009 creating a large cloud of thousands of pieces of debris which orbit the Earth and create collision hazards to working spacecraft like the ISS.
This is the thirteen time since 1998 that the station has had to dodge space junk.
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I have been working on practicing right speech, which is really hit or miss for me at times. Importantly, I find it helpful to remember some of the specific phrases used in the suttas describing what is right/wrong speech.
In the last couple of weeks, I have tried using an acronym as a memory-device when walking around during the day, to help me evaluate what I'm saying, about to say/write, or just said/wrote. It isn't great but here it is -
and Not
or a Lie
That was the best I could think of. The capital letters are the basis for the acronym. Do you have a better suggestion or approach?
Basically, it is very helpful for me to remember that wrong speech is not just a lie or speaking harshly, but also immoderate (not in accord with the dhamma, or worthy of recording) or divisive 'trying to divide those here from those over there' (however the suttas word that).


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Divine Mercy Apostolate Conference 2011 – Live on Church Services TVThursday, February 17th, 2011
The Divine Mercy Apostolate Conference is being broadcast live on Church Services TV this weekend.
The link is http://www.churchservices.tv/live/DivineMercy
Please find the full details of the Event below.
Date: Friday February 18, 2011 – Sunday February 20, 2011
Venue: The RDS, Dublin Donnybrook, Dublin 4 Hall 1
Main Speakers:
- Bishop Martin Igwe Uzoukwu
- Sr Caterina Esselen O.L.M. Sr. M. Caterina Esselen is a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy to which Saint Faustina belonged. Its mission is to spread devotion to the Divine Mercy. Sr. Caterina grew up in Belgium. She studied and worked in the United States until she joined the sisters' active-contemplative community in Boston, MA in 1995. She has been proclaiming the message of Divine Mercy at conferences, in parishes and prisons. Sr. Caterina is also the Vocation Directress and Mistress of Formation for the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy in Boston.
- Fr. Cathal Price C.C. from Kilbarrack/Foxfield Parish, Dublin
- Fr Kevin Doran Secretary General of the Eucharistic Congress
- Eucharistic Healing Service
Fr Pat Martin from the USA
Opening Hours:
Saturday: 9.00am – 9.00pm
Sunday: 9.00am – 7.00pm
Saturday: €25.00
sunday: €20.00
Weekend: €30.00
Please click here for the Times of the Divine Mercy Conference and the Schedule of events in Word Schedule of Events
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Remember the The Divine Mercy Apostolate Conference is being broadcast live on Church Services TV this weekend.
On Divine Mercy
Divine Mercy is needed more than ever today for every individual as it is a very individual need.
The Government needs it, especially with an election looming, to ensure the country will not be thrown into a deeper depression.
With crime at an all time high, unemployment off the scale, whatever Government takes office at the next election is in need of Divine Mercy.
While the banks seem to have survived their crises, individuals are still left to pick up the pieces. For those individuals, Divine Mercy is offered.
Our world cries out for Divine Mercy, as the cost of living increases. More and more people find it difficult to make ends meet.
Whatever political parties/parties take office at the next general election, one of their first priorities must be the well being of the individual.
It must take into account, not only their individual social needs, their political viewpoint, but also their spiritual ethos. Individual needs cannot be ignored.
Divine Mercy is the answer. It takes into account the wider community and the wider world.
The health of every nation depends on the social and spiritual protection of the individual and their religious liberty.
This freedom is to be found in Divine Mercy. Divine Mercy crosses all divides.
We who advocate and spread the message of Divine Mercy believe it to be the most essential element of our society that needs to be discovered today.
For more information please see details of our Divine Mercy Conference, in the RDS 19th&20th Feb 2011
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In the final analysis, the Kings' 6-4 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday wasn't the finest hockey game ever contested in the long and occasionally compelling history of the NHL.
But it sure had a little something for everyone at Staples Center.
Both starting goaltenders were pulled from the game, for instance. One team scored three consecutive goals, but the other struck five consecutive times and rallied to win. There were three fights in the first period. One team took 10 penalties and the other took eight.
Rookie defenseman Jake Muzzin scored the tying goal and Jeff Carter supplied the go-ahead strike to complete the Kings' rally from a 4-1 deficit.
The Kings (12-7-2) won for the seventh time in their past eight games and for the ninth contest in the past 11.
It was their biggest comeback victory since April 6, 2010, when they rallied to defeat the Ducks 5-4 in a shootout after trailing 4-1. The Kings won Tuesday by playing their second outstanding third period in as many nights.
Monday, they scored four times in the third period to beat Nashville 5-1.
"Every good team tries to establish an identity, on home ice especially," said Anze Kopitar, who had a goal and an assist in the Kings' sixth consecutive victory at Staples Center. "Overall, with our identity we've done a good job of showing what we're all about.
"You definitely want to be a hard team to play against."
The Kings looked like a tired team at the start Tuesday. The Blues pressured them and tried pushing them around, too, before Kings enforcer Kyle Clifford took a one-sided decision from St. Louis' Roman Polak in one of three first-period fights.
Kings coach Darryl Sutter yanked starting goalie Jonathan Bernier after the Blues built a 3-1 lead only 1:14 into the second period.
Jonathan Quick replaced Bernier and gave up Chris Stewart's backhander that gave the Blues a 4-1 lead at 6:31 of the middle period.
The ice soon tilted in the other direction, though.
The Kings stormed back on goals from Slava Voynov, Mike Richards, Muzzin, Carter and Kopitar. The Blues had no response. Even pulling starter Jaroslav Halak in favor of Brian Elliott had little impact in slowing down the Kings' third-period charge.
Sutter later joked he planned to split the goaltending duties between Bernier and Quick. At least, it seemed like he was joking.
"Back-to-back games, right?" he asked reporters.
The Kings seemed to be skating through mud over the better part of the first two periods, which wasn't too dissimilar to Monday's 5-1 victory over the Nashville Predators. Then, suddenly, they were flying around the rink and the Blues looked like their legs went dead.
The Kings also benefited from some shaky goaltending from Halak, who didn't have much work through two periods but was under siege to start the third.
Muzzin beat him with a harmless-looking shot from a sharp angle on the wing, but Carter sent a laser by him for his 15 th of the season.
It was Carter's fourth goal in two games and his 11 th in his past 11 games.
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What to expect in 2014
Juiced-up menus: Juicing of fruits and vegetables is becoming popular as more people seek healthy alternatives to pork belly and egg-topped dishes.
Hot hot hot: Sriracha and its wannabes won't sizzle out anytime soon. Despite fans griping online about a possible shortage, the hot sauce will keep its spot among the most raved-about condiments.
Grown-up kids food: Homemade comfort foods will continue to get dished out much fancier than your mama made it thanks to the continued popularity of gastropubs that have created grown-up grilled cheese sandwiches and more.
Ram-nut?: Food adventurist Eddie Lin, who has been a guest judge on "Top Chef" and "Bizarre Foods," jokes that 2014 may bring the ramen donut. On a more serious note, he believes next year will dish out more creative hybrids, so get ready to wait in line for the next big thing.
Food fusions are not new.
Corn dogs (corn bread + hot dog) and PB&J sandwiches have been popular for years. But that doesn't mean America's hottest culinary trendsetters aren't continuing to work on wacky recipes to wow us.
In 2013, foodies reveled in radically new recipes like the ramen burger and enjoyed simple tweaks on traditional treats like the Cronut. Even this year's rare Thanksgivukkah, when America's traditional celebratory feast converged with the Jewish holiday Hanukkah, resulted in a latke-topped turkey dog created by "Next Food Network Star" finalist Adam Gertler that was featured for a limited time at Dog Haus in Alhambra and Pasadena.
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"The most ridiculously zany food trend of 2013 must be the Cronut knockoffs that have been going around, from Rockenwagner's Cro-doughs to Torrance Bakery's Cronuts," said Eddie Lin, a Los Angeles blogger known for his exotic tastes chronicled in "Deep End Dining" and host of "Kamikaze Kitchen," a web series on YouTube.
The Cronut is the delicious result of combining the buttery, flaky croissant and a fried doughnut, invented by chef Dominique Ansel of Dominique Ansel Bakery in New York City. Ansel trademarked the creation in May after the Cronut craze started making its way to Los Angeles.
But aside from Cronut copycats, Ansel's culinary creation also inspired other innovative donut developments. Vandy Altounian and Anthony Valerio, an aunt and nephew team who boast two victories on Food Network's "Cupcake Wars," created the "brioughnut." The brioche and doughnut hybrid has been popular at the duo's shop, Confexion Cupcakes & Cake, in Pasadena.
Then there's Donut Friend in Highland Park, a made-to-order donut shop that allows foodies to create everything from Gruyere-and-honey-stuffed donuts to donut sandwiches and more.
The Cronut even sparked a novel idea for Kai Loebach, owner and operator of Kai's Catering and the German street food eatery, Currywurst.
"At the height of the Cronut craze I thought: 'What are the two items that Americans love?' Obviously, donuts and hot dogs," Loebach said.
And that's how the doughnut dog was born: a Chicago-style hot dog wrapped in a sweet, unglazed doughnut bun topped with housemade mustard, sauteed onions and/or sauerkraut.
"I didn't want to go too over the top with bacon glaze or anything like that, but I thought it would be fun to play into the Cronut craze with my own take on the doughnut," said Loebach, who admits one of his biggest guilty pleasures is a Cronut.
For those with a savory rather than sweet tooth, the year's best food trend may have been the ramen burger. Lin, who has been a guest on Andrew Zimmern's Travel Channel show "Bizarre Foods," said he personally loved taking a bite out of the crispy yet juicy creation.
"I enjoyed the mash-up nature of the ramen burger: two discs of cooked then grilled ramen sandwiching a 75/25 beef patty, all slathered with a secret shoyu sauce," said Lin.
This creation also hailed from New York earlier this year where chef Keizo Shimamoto fused a Japanese favorite and American staple to the delight of foodies everywhere.
It finally hit Los Angeles in September because Shimamoto wanted his mom, who lives in Torrance, to try it. Little did he know he'd end up serving more than 1,000 ramen burgers to folks who lined up as early as 6 a.m. at pop-up spots in Torrance and Pasadena.
Since then, copycat ramen burgers have been cropping up around Los Angeles — on wheels, thanks to Me So Hungry food truck — so foodies can continue to try the savory sandwich.
So what will be cooked up in 2014?
A ramen donut dipped in Sriracha?
The Mac & Cheese Burger? (It's actually been done at Chicago's Rockit Burger, though it hasn't reached the "craze" level yet.)
Loebach, who has catered to the taste buds of Angelenos for 25 years, said, "Who knows?"
But Lin is willing to bet that the next big thing will be crazier than ever and proclaims, "The zaniness will march forth!"


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A NEIGHBOUR has described the terrifying moment the building next door partially collapsed sending bricks flying into his yard.
The extension at the back of the end of terrace crumbled away with a 'big bang' shortly after builders had finished working on it for the day.
The roof folded in on itself and the back wall bowed out leaving a gaping hall in the back of the property.
Police had to cordon off part of the street over fears debris could fall from the Audley Range building and hit somebody.
Firefighters were also brought in so that an aerial ladder platform could be used to help survey the damage.
Yesterday the safety and stability of the building was being investigated by a structural engineer and builder.
Kamil Krzyszczak, who lives next door, said he had been told not to go into his back yard in case more rubble fell.
The 28-year-old machine operator said: "I heard a big noise.
"We are lucky we were not hurt because it is at the side of our home.
"The inspector said we should not go into our back yard because it is dangerous.
"I was scared because the noise was so loud and some of the bricks came into the yard."
The building, on the corner of Lincoln Road, has planning permission to become a restaurant and Asian sweet centre and work was underway to convert it.
It was empty when it partially collapsed.
Hyndburn crew manager Liam Barker said firefighters were called to the scene around 9pm on Tuesday.
He said: "The roof had collapsed and pushed the wall. It was into the roof space.
"We used the aerial ladder platform as a viewing platform and removed the overhanging masonry."
Permission was granted to applicant Mohammed Yasin in October 2013 for the installation of a new shop front with replacement first floor windows and creation of a dormer and single-storey extension.
An objection was submitted by Hassan Sonde, who raised concerns about traffic congestion. He also said he was worried the creation of a dormer would restrict the amount of light reaching properties behind the structure.
The building's owner, who asked not to be named, said she bought the property around six months ago and Tuesday's collapse was because the internal joists were not strong enough.
She said: "It is an old building. There is nothing wrong with it.
"The builders were going to take the roof down anyway.
"The nice thing was it all fell inside and did not come out in the street. There is nothing to worry about because the builders are on it."
Workmen were assessing the building yesterday.
Audley ward councillor Zamir Khan, who knows Mr Yasin, said: "I will be looking into this. I shall pop down and have a look.
"As ward councillor, public safety has to be my first and foremost concern.
"The first question must be whether the owner was following planning rules and building regulations.
"It he was, there may be wider implications in terms of the structural safety of other buildings in the area.
"I am sure the relevant people from the council, the fire brigade and the police will be looking into this.
"A collapse like this is obviously a matter of concern to me. This is a matter for buildings inspectors to look at."
Sayyed Osman, Blackburn with Darwen Council's director of environment, housing and neighbourhoods, said work was being done to make sure the building was safe.
He said: "The council's building control team is responsible for building safety and has been collaborating with the emergency services to secure the house.
"Further investigations are ongoing with the structural engineer and a builder to ensure further safety and stability of the building."


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WESTMINSTER – Two teenagers were arrested on suspicion of burglarizing a home Thursday afternoon.
Authorities said they received a phone call regarding suspicious persons entering a home at 1:40 p.m. on the 15300 block of Danborough Street. Arriving two minutes later, officers spotted the teens carrying boxes, Sgt. Cameron Knauerhaze said in a statement.
Officers said they attempted to stop them, but the teens dropped the boxes and ran in separate directions.
One teen ran into Susan B. Anthony Elementary School and attempted to hide in a classroom, causing the school to be locked down, Knauerhaze said.
Police said a nearby plain-clothes officer found the boy and arrested him without incident.
The school remained on lockdown until the second boy was found and arrested off-campus, Knauerhaze said.
Items recovered in the boxes included three guns, jewelry and electronics, authorities said.
Both teens have been booked into Orange County Juvenile Hall.
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Napa and Vallejo received shout-outs this week for very different reasons.
Once again, Vallejo was included in the Forbes magazine list of America's most miserable cities. This year, ranking at No. 6.
Meanwhile, a study also released this week found Napa to be the happiest city based on 10 million posts collected on the social media website Twitter.com.
This was not the first time Vallejo has been included in the magazine's lists. Last year, Forbes ranked the Vallejo-Fairfield area as the No. 5 city for the most auto theft.
Even though Vallejo did not make the list of most miserable cities in 2012, the previous year Vallejo was ranked No. 8.
Topping the list this year is Detroit.
The ranking is based on nine factors for the 200 largest metro areas in the country, according to the magazine.
The factors include: Violent crime, unemployment, foreclosures, taxes (income and property) and home prices, and quality of life issues, including weather and commute times.
Just north of Vallejo, however, Napa acquired bragging rights as the happiest city, at least according to Tweets.
The study was done by University of Vermont mathematician Lewis Mitchell and his colleagues. The group collected 10 million Tweets that had location data attached from 373 urban areas in the country.
The words then were categorized as happy or sad based on words like "sweet" or "good" as happy ones, and "hate" or "wrong" as sad ones.
Hawaii was ranked the happiest state, and Louisiana as the least happy.
The least happy city, at least according to Tweets, went to Beaumont, Texas.
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Woman claims gang sergeant visited her while on duty
YAKIMA, Wash. -- New information is coming to light surrounding the activity of Yakima Police Sergeant Erik Hildebrand. The sergeant is now the subject of a third internal investigation in two years.
A woman told KIMA that Hildebrand used to stop by her house regularly when he was supposed to be working.
This woman contacted KIMA soon after we posted our first story about Yakima Gang Sgt. Erik Hildebrand on Facebook. She asked us to hide her identity.
The woman we call "Nancy" says she spent time with Hildebrand in the spring of 2007.
"About midnight, 1 a.m.," she said. "He would call and say he was on a call in my area and wanted to know of it was okay if he stopped by and chatted."
She claimed Hildebrand came over while on duty in his police car and uniform over a two-month span.
"You're not doing an investigation at 2 a.m. watching TV with me," she said.
Nancy said she never told police because she feared repercussions at the time. She said our report compelled her to come forward now.
"I'm not the type of person that would say things and I've decided I should," she said. "I guarantee there's there's a lot of other women, or girls, who knows what age. out there, that things have happened to, and because of his high power will never say anything that happened."
Action News doesn't know if there are more woman out there. That had some of you asking how much of your tax dollars are being spent on this.
Both YPD and Interim City Manager Michael Morales declined our request for an interview until the investigation was over. But Mr. Morales did send me a text message early that said, "Our time and cost have all been with internal resources. No special consultants or attorneys. It takes time because it has to be done right for both parties' sake."
Sgt. Hildebrand remains on paid leave at a salary of more than $85,000 a year. Morales says he still gets his money because there's no punishment against him.
KIMA tried contacting Sergeant Hildebrand for this story. We did not get a response.
Credible sources said the sergeant is out of state getting treatment.


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Could my toddler have a development problem?
As you watch your toddler grow and anticipate his milestones, it's natural to wonder (and even worry) about whether his development is on track. ("Shouldn't he be waving by now?" or " His sister was using a spoon by this age — why isn't he?") But chances are that he'll develop just fine, on his own timeline.
In most instances, children reach each developmental milestone (like toilet training, climbing, and talking) right around the expected time, and if they don't they catch up soon. On the other hand, spotting potential problems sooner rather than later is important if your toddler does have a genuine developmental delay.
What does "developmental delay" mean?
Doctors use this term when a child doesn't reach developmental milestones within the broad range of what's considered normal. The delay might be in one or more areas: gross and fine motor skills (such as walking and scribbling with a crayon); communication and language skills (both "receptive," which relates to understanding, as well as "expressive," which relates to speaking); self-help skills (like toilet training and dressing); and social skills (such as making eye contact and playing with others).
"It's important to remember that while development tends to unfold in a typical progression — most babies crawl before they walk, make sounds before they say their first word — children develop at different rates and in different ways," says Claire Lerner, child development specialist at Zero to Three, a national nonprofit promoting the healthy development of children.
For example, one 18-month-old may have advanced motor skills because she loves to explore and interact through movement but may not say many words. Another toddler the same age may be stringing two words together but be less adept at activities requiring motor skills.. "What's most important to track is that the child is making forward progress in all domains," explains Lerner.


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2013 Results for 2014 Impact
LRI 2013: Novel Research — Real-Life Results
The Lupus Research Institute is not about a building with labs and microscopes. It's about people –our patients, our scientists, our advocates, the pharmaceutical and biotech companies, the NIH – the lupus community – thinking outside the box and working together for Life Without Lupus®.
As LRI Scientists Turn Patient Lives Around
This year, your support helped deliver astonishing discoveries in preventing heart disease, organ damage, flares and anemia. And major breakthroughs to speed the development of new treatments. Here are just a few 2013 stand-outs:
Preventing Heart Disease
Young women with lupus are at highest risk for premature cardiovascular disease — atherosclerosis,
heart attack and stroke. Two breakthroughs this year move us closer to preventing these life threatening complications. How HDL, the good cholesterol, turns bad in lupus is at the "heart" of both discoveries.
Drs. Bevra Hahn and Maureen McMahon, University of California , Los Angeles, first discovered the damaging effects of HDL in lupus. Their newest findings show that a new combination of blood tests can predict risk for heart disease. Now they are working to bring this test combination to the clinic to identify patients who should receive treatments to prevent heart attacks and strokes.
Dr. Mariana Kaplan at the NIH discovered how HDL turns from good to bad in lupus — chemicals unleashed by over-active immune cells. Her discovery points to new ways to prevent premature heart disease in lupus by removing or deactivating these immune cells.
Breakthroughs Leading to New Treatments
LRI researchers continue to rapidly advance understanding of how the lupus immune system works. As a result, safer new treatments are now in the works to better manage the immune system and prevent further harm. LRI researchers at Yale University have made particularly stellar progress this year discovering new targets for drug development and a revolutionary drug delivery system:
Dr. Carla Rothlin
and colleagues found a way to calm down the immune system to prevent it from over-reacting. Immune responses are controlled by specialized cells known as dendritic cells. Dr. Rothlin's team found that a protein called protein-S, which lupus patients don't have enough of, acts as a signal to turn off these cells. Next step is to develop therapies that can supplement protein-S.
Dr. Mark Shlomchik
and other Yale colleagues provided new insight on the role of proteins called toll-like receptors in lupus. Several drugs that inhibit these receptors are now in lupus clinical trials. The findings provide new clues as to which patients are most likely to benefit from these drugs.
Dr. Tarek Fahmy developed 'magic bullet' capsules called nanogels that deliver tiny doses of conventional lupus drugs directly to immune cells, successfully preventing lupus kidney disease in mice and sidestepping toxic side effects. Dr. Fahmy now plans to test the nanogels in lupus patients.
Preventing Anemia
Anemia affects up to 75 percent of people with lupus,causing weakness,shortness of breath,and headaches as well as severe fatigue. Dr. Westley Reeves and his team at University of Florida discovered a cause of anemia in lupus and are looking at TNF inhibitors, already used to treat rheumatoid arthritis,as a potential treatment.


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Denyse Schmidt has a new line of fabric at JOANNS, of all places! You'll find it under the label "DS Quilts" and there are a plethora of prints, in 2 colorways. These were the 5 prints I loved the most so I grabbed them up!
I know... Joanns! Which means you can use coupons too!
Eli is not a thing that I love, but a little boy that I love! Today he was wrestling with my granny square blanket and I had to snap a few shots. At one point he was rolling around on the ground with it wrapped around his waist. Don't worry, I was keeping an eye on him. But as you can see - he won the match!
The newest thing I love... finding cute baby shoes on Ebay for cheap!
I found, bid, and won these Keen sandals for Eli for a mere $9.53! Most of the auctions for similar sandals were ending between $18 and $20 so I consider this a deal!
(This particular listing spelled it "Keens" with an (s) on the end so I think that's how there were only a few bids... gotta love typos!)
What are you loving these days?
Oh, and can you say SPRING?! There's another thing I'm loving!
Even though we've had over 12" of rain this month alone, I'm still loving it!


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Managing Batch Processes in 2020
Senior Pharmaceutical Executives Agree, the Motif of Batch Manufacturing Will Change Dramatically In the Next Dozen Years
By Dave Harrold
A dozen years from now—2020—Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia and Turkey could account for as much as one-fifth of global pharmaceutical sales, according to a recent PricewaterhouseCoopers report, "Pharma 2020: The Vision—Which Path Will You Take?" PricewaterhouseCoopers also reports that 58% of multinational pharmaceutical executives said the center of gravity is shifting to Asia Pacific.
Richard Spoor, senior vice-president of global procurement at Merck & Co., Whitehouse Station, N.J., says, "We're seeking to outsource non-core functions—those where external manufacturers may have greater expertise, and also have the ability to deliver a particular active ingredient, excipient or even a final product more efficiently than we could."
Janet Woodcock, deputy commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has alluded to one of the reasons: Pharmaceutical manufacturing is not "state-of-the-art." She went on to describe what is causing many drug manufacturers to incur manufacturing costs that are as high as its R&D investments.
According to Woodcock, manufacturing utilization rates are as low as 15% at some companies due mainly to inefficient batch production processes. Woodstock added that some companies are wasting as much as 50% of what they produce; product scale-up activities remain unpredictable; some companies' global operations are fragmented; and too many companies don't know the causes of production failures.
The handwriting is on the wall. Like it or not, where and how we manage batch processes will differ dramatically by 2020.
More Innovation Required
Many batch management innovations were initiated by people working in the highly regulated biopharma sector. Ironically, at the same time, the sector lags behind others in implementing these improvements. (See "Is PAT a Silver Bullet," June '08, p.55.)
From a controls, automation and integration perspective, among the most significant of these efforts is the ANSI/ISA-88 and -95 series of standards and references.
Bob Lenich, data management services director with Emerson Process Management, observes, "Certainly the adoption and use of past innovations and solutions will continue to represent good engineering practices in the future. However, where and how the biopharma sector manages batch processes in the future requires that it embrace the industry's Operational Excellence and FDA's Process Analytical Technology (PAT) initiatives to seek out and adopt even more innovative batch management solutions that reduce batch review and release cycle times; increase use of integrated recipes and automation to reduce unintentional SOP errors and batch processing problems; reduce recipe-to-recipe and batch-to-batch variability; and increase standardiz ation to support technology transfer and help ensure regulatory compliance."
When you add these goals to the likelihood of increased contract manufacturing from the burgeoning drug manufacturing business overseas, and factor in recently introduced prescription drug "pedigree" laws, it may appear that the pharma industry is facing insurmountable odds—until you learn that some pharmaceutical companies are close to achieving these goals.
Each year, the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering announces the winners of its Facility of the Year Awards. In 2007, Cook Pharmacia in Bloomington, Ind., won for Facility Integration, and Genentech's Oceanside, Calif., facility won for Project Execution. Both used advanced approaches. Cook's project transformed an abandoned television factory into a scalable, tightly integrated contract manufacturing facility, while Genentech's "design-build hybrid" project used ISA88 to develop an automated recipe-level process control system. Genentech applied the FDA's 21 CFR Part 11 regulation to develop a paperless, dock-to-dock system that includes assembly of electronic batch-end records and electronic signatures. What Cook and Genentech's accomplishments reveal is that, when it comes to batch management, innovation is quite doable.
MES Misapprehensions
At a recent control and automation user conference, David Kircher, manager of global manufacturing execution systems (MESs) for Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Ill., described how Abbott implemented a highly automated, tightly integrated batch management solution at its facility in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico. He reported there was considerable discussion at Abbott about the need for an MES at the Barceloneta plant, but there also were some common misapprehensions about MESs, such as:
- MES is best suited for single-product plants. False. Because MES facilitates product changeovers and enables other efficiencies, it's actually better suited for plants producing campaigned products.
- Avoid implementing MES during plant start-up. False. Despite some disruption during implementation, a significant amount of good results come from implementing MES from the beginning. With MES present, there is no need to write instructions and author procedures more than once, and personnel training can be streamlined and standardized.
- Delay the cultural trauma of switching to a paperless system until after plant start-up. False. The need to undergo this culture change has to happen sometime; why not sooner rather than later?
- Enterprise resource planning (ERP) and process control systems (PCS) can be made to do what an MES does. False. Each of these tools—ERP, MES and PCS—has a sweet spot. For MES, it's the ability to manage manual operator instructions and procedures, close orders, execute weigh-and-dispense activities and perform other functions. ERP and PCS also have advantages and limits. For example, Abbott's ERP system doesn't handle material expiration dating.
- MES represents a huge integration challenge. False. MES implementation doesn't necessarily require customization. Abbott's customizations were limited to integrations and custom reports. Everything else was implemented "out of the box."
Honeywell Process Solutions' Chris Morse adds that MES can help close the cost of the production/sale price loop by automatically collecting costs, such as raw materials, utilities, equipment occupancy, etc., and presenting business managers with near- real-time production costs.
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Last night, for the first time this season, manager Don Mattingly had the pleasure of writing Hanley Ramirez's name onto his lineup card at shortstop, the first step in a healing process that should effectively conclude about six weeks from now, when Zack Greinke's broken collarbone is expected to be healed. Fellow right-hander Chad Billingsley, who underwent Tommy John surgery last month, won't be back until next year, but once the Dodgers' other injured starters make their way off of the disabled list, Mattingly should have ample rotation depth to endure the 2013 season without him.
Ramirez missed the first 25 games while nursing a torn ligament in his thumb, which he suffered in the World Baseball Classic championship game, and for which he required surgery on March 22. The Dodgers missed him dearly, as the mélange of Luis Cruz, Nick Punto, and Justin Sellers combined for a .171/.242/.220 triple-slash line and only two extra-base hits (a double and a homer), both of them by Sellers. The 29-year-old Ramirez is now three years removed from his last 4.0-plus WAR campaign, but he logged a 774 OPS after coming over from the Marlins last summer and should more than make up for any defensive shortcomings with the offensive upgrade that he immediately provides.
The fans at Dodger Stadium didn't have to wait long for Ramirez to make his impact felt—he did so in his second and third trips to the plate on Tuesday night. After grounding out in the first inning, Ramirez drilled a solo shot to left field in the third, pushing the Dodgers' early lead to a comfortable 5-1. An inning later, he smacked a double to the opposite field, which didn't result in any additional runs, but did put Rockies starter Jorge De La Rosa in a second-and-third, two-out bind.
Doing the math, it took Ramirez three at-bats to match the extra-base hit totals compiled by Cruz, Punto, and Sellers in 84. Ramirez told reporters after the game that the thumb still bothers him when he's throwing, but he certainly looked no worse for the wear at the plate in the 6-2 Dodgers victory.
And the Dodgers could hardly be more thrilled to have him back. In PECOTA's mind, Mattingly's squad needed merely to tread water in the absence of some of its key cogs in order to stay on track for its first division title since 2009. Tuesday's win brought the Dodgers back to an even .500 on the season, and if the injury bug is done biting, Ramirez's return portends much brighter days ahead.
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The 26-year-old Nicasio's last outing against the Dodgers, which came on June 2, 2012, ended badly for the northpaw, and not because Ethier notched a hit in their only showdown. Nicasio left that game with a knee injury, which eventually required microfracture surgery to remove loose bodies and repair the patella tendon, a tough break just months after he made a miraculous recovery from a fractured skull suffered when a line drive hit him in the head. He bounced back to earn a spot in Colorado's Opening Day rotation, and though Nicasio's 14-to-13 K:BB through five starts is worrisome, he appears to be trending upward after a five-inning, one-run effort at Chase Field his last time out.
Now, he'll try to reverse his fortunes against Ethier, who is off to a pedestrian .244/.333/.400 start in the first year of a five-year, $85 million extension signed last June. Judging by the sequences and outcomes of their past meetings, the keys for Nicasio will be improved fastball command and better utilization of his secondary offerings, which include a slider and a changeup.
Six of Ethier's seven hits against Nicasio have come off of the hard stuff, including a home run on an outer-third heater on July 16, 2011 and the three knocks that he has collected in their last three head-to-head encounters.
That shouldn't come as much of a surprise, considering that—as evidenced by the chart from his Hitter Profile—Ethier is an outstanding fastball mistake hitter, and is especially dangerous in the thigh-high, outer-third area where Nicasio's gopher ball crossed the zone. Ethier is prone to chasing fastballs above the letters and struggles to handle those that get under his hands, but pitchers who miss those targets typically pay the price.
The trouble for Nicasio is that his off-speed arsenal, which Kevin Goldstein noted was "unrefined" in 2010, remains a work in progress. He has thrown a four-seam fastball on 72 percent of his career offerings and 73 percent of the time this year, largely because his slider and changeup aren't generating the desired results. Nicasio has missed the strike zone with more than 46 percent of his secondary pitches this year, and left-handed batters have swung and missed only once on the 28 sliders that they have seen.
Ethier's two strikeouts versus Nicasio have come on an elevator fastball and a slider in the dirt. If he can work his way into two-strike counts, expect Nicasio to try to tempt the lefty-swinging Ethier with similar unhittable offerings again tonight.
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Principal Katya Villalobos opened the evening with a speech that hit a wide range of themes: Stephen Colbert jokes about the class of 2013's technology-obsessed and self-absorbed generation (always "tweeting your Vines, hashtagging your Spotifies and Snapchatting your 'YOLOs'"), Winnie the Pooh-themed metaphors (the importance of being wise like Owl, individualistic like Tigger and a true friend like Pooh) and a line from a Jay-Z song ("Nobody built like you, you design yourself.").
But she rejected Colbert's characterization, saying she's had the opposite experience with the Class of 2013.
"In you, I see passion. I see energy, creativity, innovation, dedication and hope. A lot of hope."
The ceremony was held on the football field, with the main stage set up over the huge Gunn "G," emblazoned in red and white on the AstroTurf. Parents, friends and family sat on the field and in the bleachers, but many left their seats throughout the ceremony to take photographs of their graduates.
In addition to Villalobos, three students and NBC Bay Area News Anchor Raj Mathai spoke to the class. The ceremony also included presentations of the class gift — a new speaker set for the football field — by senior class president Nitika Johri and of two major awards. The ceremony in south Palo Alto culminated in the calling of each graduating senior to the stage to receive his or her diploma.
The graduates began the evening by filing in to "Pomp and Circumstance," tassels on the right-hand side, waiting to be ceremoniously moved to the left. Some wore graduation caps with simple felt acronyms of their college destinations — USC, BU, CP — and others were more decorated, such as with a miniature tree. One cap simply read "LIFE."
Student Jonah Kaye spoke about sometimes-meaningless yearbook declarations and "both unhealthy and galvanizing stress" about school, grades, thin college-admissions envelopes and what students think they're supposed to do and be.
"Keep pushing," he urged. "We are ready to move on. We have so much to push forward to that we can't waste time perseverating over every moment, every frame, every yearbook line.
"You know what? We made it. We're here," he said, as cheers rose up from the crowd.
Emma Schectman, her graduation cap fully covered in sequins colored for her chosen college, Boston University, spoke second.
She said after months of questions about what college she would attend and uncertainty about graduation, the one question that remains is, "What am I leaving behind?"
She said Gunn is set apart from other schools in the area not only by its programs and special events — birthday-grams, Spring Fling, the "Not In Our School" campaign — but also by the individuals who make up the Gunn community.
"Gunn is made up of pieces. There's a piece for every person, every individual. There's a piece for every friendship made and every lesson taught. When you put these pieces together, they create a picture of the Class of 2013. So I guess the real questions is not 'What are we leaving behind?' but 'What are we taking with us?'"
She ended with the sentiment that each student will take a piece of his or her personal and academic experiences at Gunn with them, wherever they go.
The third and final student speaker, Benjy Steinberg, chose to fast-forward to the year 2043 instead of reflect on the last four years. The focus of his speech: the class of 2013's 30th high school reunion, where the "middle-aged counterparts" of his classmates would surely have gained weight, been married and divorced three times, served in the Peace Corps, found God, lost a leg in a car accident or dropped out of Harvard University to become an artisan cheesemaker.
"There are tragedies and there are miracles. But every change and everything unchanged is beautiful," Steinberg said. "As I stand here tonight in 2013, I know that our lives will take turns that we would be foolish even to guess."
But the one thing that's for sure, Steinberg said, is that the Gunn community will always be with them. Thirty years down the line, the same group of students will gather again as 40-something-year-olds in the same place, still connected by their high school.
Guest speaker Mathai, who graduated from Los Altos High School in 1989 and had many family members who attended Gunn, gave three pieces of advice to the graduates: Tomorrow is the first day of the rest of your lives, so seize it; appreciate your parents or whoever raised you; and live in the moment.
"To the Class of 2013: Go get it!" he ended emphatically.
The two awards given on Wednesday night, the Faculty Cup and Principal's Cup, recognized exemplary students and faculty.
The Faculty Cup, established in 1966, is awarded each year to one male and one female student who exemplify certain traits.
"Since its formation, Gunn has viewed education as richer and a lot more complex than test scores and percentile rankings, and our mission statement lists traits having to do with confidence, creative thinking, adaptability, resilience, respect for one's self and others and social and ethical responsibility," said Carole Stroud, a Spanish teacher retiring this year who has worked at Gunn since 1988.
Stroud presented silver cups to Andrew Duffy — described by staff as "the calm within the storm" — and Jennifer Mota Melville, a distinguished leader who is also Henry M. Gunn's granddaughter.
The Principal's Cup, presented by Villalobos, was given to Kristy Blackburn, an English teacher who also advises the school newspaper, The Oracle.
After the tassels were moved to the left and caps thrown into the air, Schectman reflected.
"It's about time," she said with a laugh.
She said she plans to study marine science at Boston University next year.
"It's bittersweet," said Schectman's father, Hal, in between snapping photos of his daughter. "This is what you work for, and then you don't want it to happen."
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Owl City, aka Adam Young, is currently sharing the spotlight with Carly Rae Jepsen on the smash single 'Good Time.' However, Young recently found himself atop the Empire State Building for the first time ever for a photo shoot and press opportunities.
The Empire State Building is now the second tallest building in New York City as the Freedom Tower continues to rise in the spot once occupied by the fallen Twin Towers. But the ESB is both a landmark and emblematic of the city and its resilience, so naturally, Young had a keen perspective of his place in the universe.
"I have seen it in films, the Cary Grant film, I think," he told Artisan News about his earliest memories of the ESB. He has gone to the top and "can check it off my list now," he said. So he has one less thing to accomplish on the bucket list.
When asked how he felt while standing atop one of the most famous and massive skyscrapers of the equally famous and massive Manhattan skyline, Young said, "It's vast. I feel very small, in a good way." It certainly makes you see things in a unique way, we'll give him that!
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