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This past Sunday, under the beating hot Los Angeles sun, LACMA finally held its inauguration ceremony for "Levitated Mass," the 340-ton piece of California granite which traveled for 11 days at 8 miles an hour through Southern California, eventually to be placed across a 456-foot long trench in the northwest quadrant of LACMA's campus. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was there (his speech was mediocre). County supervisor[…..]

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There was a common perception that Jayson Werth is injury prone, but he went almost four years between stints on the disabled list (his previous being May 23, 2008). His loss hurts fantasy owners, though not nearly as much as it is likely to hurt the on-base-challenged Nationals. Meanwhile, mixed-league afterthought Rick Ankiel becomes a much better risk; the team really needs his power, even if he brings little else to the table offensively. In the fantasy realm, however, owners can do a lot better when searching for a replacement in most league formats, which is where Value Picks comes in...
With the assistance of Sam Miller, DiSars recrudesced again Wednesday, and the fact that the 2010 "winner" of this "award" was none other than Dayan Viciedo (Yahoo! 8%, ESPN 0%, CBS 25%) was mentioned. With 28 strikeouts and just three walks in 97 plate appearances, it appears that Viciedo has reverted to his apparent pursuit of Gary DiSarcina's goal of never walking. But in some ways, his 2012 stats are even more concerning still. He's swinging at only 49 percent of pitches compared to nearly 56 percent in 2010, but he's also taken 37 percent of his pitches seen for strikes, whereas his 2010 aggressiveness held this rate to just 26 percent. In some instances, a reduction in swings at pitches outside the zone (from 45 percent in 2010 to 36 and 39 percent, respectively, in 2011 and 2012) would compensate for taking a few more pitches for strikes (which patient hitters do). Yet connecting on just 57 percent of those out-of-zone swings is disconcerting, to say the least. Part of the reason his 2012 outlook was so positive is that he wasn't missing these pitches previously. He had just a 25 percent miss percentage on pitches outside the zone (75 percent rate of making contact) in 2011. There's still the possibility that Viciedo will find some magic bullet (such as moving his hands back four inches in his stance) and instantly become the solid mid-order hitter that we hoped for. And the lack of pressure from young up-and-coming players, combined with the bleak outlook for the Sox in 2012, makes it less likely that he'll be demoted or lose too much playing time. His stat line is bad enough now, however, that he can safely be cut in most formats and subsequently re-acquired if he starts hitting.
Nobody ever suggested that the Oakland A's are the most popular baseball team, and that helps explain why their most often-used number-three hitter, Josh Reddick (Yahoo! 30%, ESPN 65%, CBS 57%), is available in so many leagues. The A's organization (and general manager) will forever be synonymous with the "Moneyball" philosophy and discerning market inefficiencies, and it appears as though they've keyed in on a new inefficiency: low-OBP isolated power. Reddick has always been this sort of hitter, which never sat well with Boston's management and led them to seek out a hitter with a more patient and selective approach.
While his defense won't help a fantasy owner, it is likely to keep him in the lineup during slumps; he's a smooth, rangy right-fielder who can cover center field in a pinch. Oh, and he has a cannon attached to his right shoulder that has allowed him to rack up 10 assists in his brief MLB career to date (four so far in 2012), confirming that the 34 assists he piled up between 2007-2008 in just 205 games was not some sort of minor league illusion. That's nearly 27 assists per 162 games, which compares favorably to Alex Gordon's MLB-leading total of 20 outfield assists in 2011 and the mere 16 for the second place outfield assistant. Reddick may not end up leading the league, but he should be a frequent contender.
Not much positive can be said about his teammates or his home ballpark, but if he keeps batting third, at least he'll be surrounded by the best Oakland has to offer, and that should allow him to end the season with representative totals in runs and runs batted in.
He's a one-category guy who probably is no better at the plate than the ill-fated Clete Thomas AL-only recommendation last week, but Jarrod Dyson (Yahoo! 3%, ESPN 5%, CBS 9%) is so great at that one category that he's actually worth picking up in deeper mixed leagues until Lorenzo Cain returns. Vince Coleman led off for the Cardinals for years, posting lines as bad as .232/.301/.280 in 1986. Dyson's career batting line is a not-far-off .234/.301/.331, though that's probably slightly lower than his true skill level. He has hit .282/.348/.367 in 659 Triple-A plate appearances, so slightly lower doesn't mean to expect him to suddenly become Kenny Lofton at the dish. Nor is he really Vince Coleman on the basepaths either, though with the change in strategy over the years, it's not inconceivable that if he (and his manager) was willing to take more risks, he would pile up more. So far, he's been on first base 79 times with second base open and has gone 23-for-26 in steal attempts with four pickoffs (zero pickoff caught stealing). This means that 38 percent of the time, he tried to steal. Thirty-four percent of the time, he both attempted and succeeded in stealing. Coleman's numbers were astonishing: 51 and 41 percent, respectively. Since Dyson has appeared as a pinch runner so often, it's not safe to pro-rate his steal rate per PA, but even with a .300 OBP, he should manage a 60-steal pace.
As in real baseball, Delmon Young (Yahoo! 26%, ESPN 27%, CBS 55%) is getting another chance this week to show that he belongs on a Value Picks list. If he plays his way off this list, he may re-emerge on Michael Street's DH list in the future, even if he doesn't like the idea very much. If he doesn't rebound, he won't be the only player to peak at age 24 (Nick Markakis appears to be on this career path as well, providing evidence that it's not necessarily a matter of having a bad attitude—no one would question Markakis' attitude). Unlike many other players listed as Value Picks, Young is likely to get snatched up as soon as he strings a couple good games together, so there's some strategic value to being overly patient with him too.
Despite a bad week (.150/.190/.150 and his first off day of the year), Denard Span (Yahoo! 20%, ESPN 39%, CBS 44%) remains a very solid pickup among typical waiver wire fodder. He has the Indians, Tigers, and Brewers coming up, so the schedule makes this a good time to pick him up. Tangentially, who would have guessed that the Brewers would have the second-highest runs allowed per game through May 10? It can't even be blamed on sixth-turned-fifth starter Marco Estrada, who has a 4.50 ERA and 1.125 WHIP so far.
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Just curious, what are your thoughts on Dirks?
May 11, 2012 08:21 AM
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I think Dirks is good enough to be an excellent 4th OF, marginal full-time player, so I haven't been bullish about him earning enough playing time on the Tigers. He does enough of everything to be an asset without really getting attention. I guess I'd compare him to David Murphy, but without the ballpark to aid his stats. Since he's younger, that may still be plenty good enough, and it goes without saying that as long as he's hitting, he should get to play... he's been playing despite being dinged up as it is.
May 14, 2012 04:35 AM
McClouth is the only guy available in my league from this list. I love my deep leagues but man, when I lose someone like Werth, it hurts badly.
May 11, 2012 21:29 PM
Do you think Bobby Abreu can produce enough to be a value pick? or Roger Bernadina?
May 14, 2012 03:58 AM
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Abreu: I think I've started to upgrade my expectations of what older great players can do now, at least in terms of rate stats. Abreu's issue is playing time, since he's likely going to be a disaster afield. It will be interesting to see what LA does in the wake of the Rivera injury, not that he was hitting anyway. I think this may work out great for LA, in that they could do something of an offense/defense platoon, perhaps using Gwynn with flyball pitchers... and thus keep Abreu's legs fresh and get the most out of him. We'll see if that's really what they do, but I'd be very worried about playing time for Abreu, and probably would leave him alone in all but NL-only leagues (where he's probably gone already), or - possibly - OBP-based leagues.
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|Breast Cancer
|Other: Reflexology
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Home-Based Symptom Management Via Reflexology for Breast Cancer Patients
- Health Related Quality of Life [ Time Frame: 11 Weeks ]
|Study Start Date:
|May 2011
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|April 2017
|Primary Completion Date:
|March 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Intervention
Reflexology: 4 weekly foot reflexology sessions delivered by friend/family member
Other: Reflexology
Friend/family member trained in foot reflexology protocol by certified reflexologist; friend/family member provides 4 weekly sessions to patient
No Intervention: Control
Standard medical care: no reflexology
Detailed Description:
This project tests the benefits of a home-based intervention of foot reflexology for improving health-related quality of life (HRQOL) including symptom responses, functioning, and health perceptions in women treated with chemotherapy for advanced breast cancer. Reflexology applies a firm walking-motion during sessions and is based on the premise that the foot has reflexes mirroring organs of the body. Symptom burden is the strongest predictor of HRQOL for cancer patients. This project brings together expertise from nursing, reflexology, communication, statistics, and health economics. The primary specific aims, in a sample of 200 women with advanced breast cancer receiving chemotherapy, are to determine the effects of a 4-week, home-based reflexology intervention delivered by a friend/family provider compared to attention control for improvement of:
HRQOL including symptoms, functioning, and health perception at study weeks 5 and 11.
The investigators hypothesize that the reflexology group will have better HRQOL (symptoms, functioning, and health perception) than the attention control group at study weeks 5 and 11.
Multiple symptom responses and times-to-response as determined by weekly symptom assessments during the 4-week intervention time.
The investigators hypothesize that the reflexology group will have a higher proportion of symptoms that respond to the intervention and shorter time-to-symptom-responses than the attention control group.
- Symptom-related use of unscheduled health services during the 11-week study. The investigators hypothesize that fewer unscheduled services will be used for symptom management over the 11-week study period by women receiving reflexology compared to women in the attention control.
The exploratory aims are to: 1) Explore differences between trial arms in perceptions of social support due to the family- or friend-delivered reflexology sessions at study weeks 5 and 11; 2) Determine if effects of the reflexology intervention on HRQOL are mediated by social support; and 3) Use the newly developed NIH PROMIS standardized symptom and functioning instruments to assess the effects of the reflexology intervention and to compare the responsiveness of PROMIS instruments and existing instruments designed to measure similar constructs.
This project has immense potential to make an effective symptom management intervention accessible to patients in their homes via a friend or family home provider. The investigators will not only intervene to enhance HRQOL but also to evaluate social support and costs associated with unscheduled health services. Effective symptom management provides time and cost savings to clinicians, advances the current state-of-the-science, and promotes adherence to medical treatment that may ultimately enhance survival.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|21 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age ≥ 21
- Diagnosis of breast cancer, Stage III, IV, or Stage I or II with metastasis or recurrence
- Able to perform basic ADLs
- Undergoing chemotherapy and/or hormonal therapy for breast cancer
- Able to speak and understand English
- Have access to a telephone
- Able to hear normal conversation
- Cognitively oriented to time, place, and person (determined via nurse recruiter)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Diagnosis of major mental illness on the medical record and verified by the recruiter
- Residing in a nursing home
- Bedridden
- Currently receiving regular reflexology
- Diagnosis of symptoms of deep vein thrombosis or painful foot neuropathy, which will require medical approval
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01582971
|United States, Illinois
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 49201
|United States, Michigan
|Hurley Medical Center
|Flint, Michigan, United States, 48503
|Lemmon-Holton Cancer Center
|Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, 49503
|Breslin Cancer Center
|Lansing, Michigan, United States, 48910
|Sparrow Cancer Center
|Lansing, Michigan, United States, 48912
|McLaren Macomb
|Mt. Clemens, Michigan, United States, 48043
|St. Joseph Mercy Oakland Hospital
|Pontiac, Michigan, United States, 48241
|Beaumont Hospital
|Royal Oak, Michigan, United States, 48073
|St. Johns Providence
|Warren, Michigan, United States, 48093
|Principal Investigator:
|Gwen Wyatt, PhD, RN
|Michigan State University
|Responsible Party:
|Gwen Wyatt, Professor, Michigan State University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01582971 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
1R01CA157459-01 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|Study First Received:
|April 17, 2012
|Last Updated:
|April 28, 2016
Keywords provided by Gwen Wyatt, Michigan State University:
Breast Cancer
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Breast Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Breast Diseases
Skin Diseases
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Washington, D.C.—The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) and Public Architecture announce a partnership to support pro bono service for non-profits seeking interior design expertise.
Through the new relationship, ASID and Public Architecture will encourage ASID members to pledge to The 1%, a nationwide program of Public Architecture that challenges architecture and design firms to commit a minimum of 1 percent of their time to pro bono service, and facilitates a matching service to connect firms with non-profits seeking pro bono design services.
"The interior design community has played a necessary and important role in The 1% program since its founding," says John Peterson, founder and president of Public Architecture. "We're inspired by ASID's vision and support of the profession's role in improving communities in need."
ASID is committed to advancing the profession and communicating the impact of interior design to enhance the human experience. The 1%'s firms, which include ASID members, on average contribute $9 million in pro bono services annually. This new partnership is aimed at providing members with the resources, opportunities and support needed to increase service.
"From designing livable homes for veterans, to creating warm and welcoming environments for children's hospitals, each day we hear about the many inspiring service projects our members are working on in their communities," says ASID national president Barbara Marini, FASID, IDEC. "Through our official partnership with The 1% program, we aim to recognize this work, while also making it easier for any member who wants to get involved in pro bono projects."
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Soria happy in new home, wishes Royals well
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Joakim Soria was relaxing in the Texas clubhouse on Saturday morning, watching TV while waiting for a pre-workout card game to start. The former Royals closer looked quite at home with the Rangers.
"They treat me really good and everything is going smooth," Soria said.
Soria, his $8 million contract option for 2013 declined by the Royals, became a free agent and signed with the Rangers for $8 million over two years plus an option for 2015. He missed all of last season after undergoing Tommy John surgery at the end of Spring Training.
One factor favoring the Rangers was that Dallas is relatively close, a nine-hour drive, from his parents' home in Monclova, Mexico, and it likely means more family visits.
Soria's rehabilitation work is going well.
"I threw 45 pitches yesterday in the bullpen, and I expect to throw 45 again on Monday, with a changeup. Then I'll start throwing some breaking balls," he said. "And I've been feeling great."
This was the second time that Soria had the reconstructive elbow surgery.
"I know what to expect, I know how to pace myself throwing-wise, and I feel like I'm really close to going back," he said.
Soria wants to be ready for Major League competition by late May or early June. If that's the case, guess which team visits Texas on May 31-June 1-2? Yep, the Royals.
Although the Rangers and the Royals share the Surprise training complex, there's little interaction between the teams except when they play each other, and Soria hasn't seen much of his old teammates.
"I still have friends over there, I still have communications with them but I'm in a different jersey now. I'm a Texas Ranger and it's not fair to my new team for me to have something going on over there," Soria said.
"I loved Kansas City because they were great fans and they always were good to me, but now I've got a new club. That's the way baseball is, and I guess they understand that."
Soria knows the Royals well and kept up with their offseason moves.
"They have a really good team over there. They're young and they're talented and they want to get established in the Major Leagues," he said. "[New closer Greg] Holland did a great job last year and I just wish him the best; I wish whole team the best and I hope we see them in the playoffs."


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Company unplugged: New leaner name better fits Opera Philadelphia
A new name for the old Opera Company of Philadelphia has been a long time coming.
"The Opera Company of Philadelphia -- that's a lot of words," said director David Devan. On Tuesday, in the middle of the opera season, he changed the company's name to, simply, Opera Philadelphia. The leaner, hipper moniker represents what Devan says is the future of opera.
Last year, during the production of "La Boheme," the company posted a YouTube video of its singers confessing the songs they have on their iPods. When they are not working, the singers tend to listen to Jack White, Metallica and sports talk.
"I love the Dixie Chicks and Lady Antebellum," said soprano Leah Partridge. "If I'm cleaning house, or just to kind of clear my brain."
A couple years ago the Opera Company of Philadelphia scored a viral hit when it posted another YouTube video of their surprise pop-up performance in the Wanamaker Building in Philadelphia, racking up over 7.5 million views.
With a 10-year commitment to producing new operas, an ongoing chamber-opera series, a full-production season, and outreach to outlying neighborhoods, the company has been slowly redefining itself for the last few years. Now, with the name change to Opera Philadelphia, Devan says the company is better able to promote nontraditional works in nontraditional places.
"I think traditional -- or, let's call them classical -- arts organizations need to think about the city as their performance space, as opposed to these narrowly defined opera houses and concert halls," said Devan, who is thinking about staging operas that do not require full orchestration, or use electronic and amplified sound, to free a performance from the proscenium.
The next production, beginning next week, is "Silent Night," a new work co-commissioned by Opera Philadelphia. It won a Pulitzer Prize last year.
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Another flare of European financial worries and a honing in on Italy's total debt to GDP ratio, which is second only to Greece, shot the U.S. dollar skyward Monday (and again Tuesday). The U.S. dollar posted new highs early Monday morning, which may be a shot across the bow for the dollar bears… and commodity bulls. As far as yesterday was concerned, the dollar strength help pressure most commodities, with the exception of Class III.
Class III futures spent Sunday night through most of Monday trading the new week slightly higher. Monday's volume registered at just over 900 contracts, as sideways futures trade continues. The two-sided spot cheese activity that started last week may not be finished, as 10 loads of block cheese traded Monday to trim the price by only 1.25 cents to a close of 2.0975 (barrels finished unchanged with no activity). Under spot weakness, Class III contracts flirted with pressing lower, but regained composure and 2011 contracts finished modestly higher yesterday. A large discount to the spot market and grueling summer heat that is forecast for certain dairy regions over the next six to 10 days underpinned prices.
Looking a little closer, the August contract is narrowing and range-bound in its price movements, while the more deferred 2011 contracts simply got to a point where producer selling dried up. Commercial buy interest is moderate into the discounted Class III forward curve, and buyers seem more interested in the flatter 2012 contracts lately. Meanwhile, the futures market trend has yet to be clearly defined as of late, and we expect more of that choppy type trade until prices break out of the recent ranges lead by the August contract.
This morning, we look for Class III to open mixed.
An interesting session on Monday for the grain markets, as the sharply higher dollar and relatively good weather was poised to push things sharply lower. However, after trading to double-digit losses on corn in the overnight session, prices were relatively quiet and, in fact, bounced back fairly well ahead of the USDA report.
After the close-crop condition ratings came in unchanged for both corn and soybeans, though it seemed trade was fearful of a slight decline while spring wheat ratings came in up 3% this week to 73% good to excellent. Those ratings were likely to weigh slightly when the overnight market opened, but the plummeting Euro and equities amidst a soaring U.S. dollar took center stage and crushed the grain complex. Bulls are a thinning and dying breed; at this point they need a major USDA revision in their favor to get any real traction upward beyond a dead-cat bounce.
We look for corn to open 12 to 15 cents lower and soybeans to open 6 to 9 lower.
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Block cheese: $2.0975 (down 1.25 cent)
Barrel cheese: $2.1025 (unchanged)
Butter: $2.03 (unchanged)
Grade A NFDM: $1.625 (unchanged)
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BOSTON -- Veteran reliever Jose Veras has taken rookie and fellow Dominican Jose Cisnero under his wing. Veras was impressed with Cisnero this spring and isn't surprised the 24-year-old right-hander was able to throw 5 2/3 innings in two appearances in his debut.
"He's a good pitcher," Veras said. "You can see the way he's been throwing the ball is the way you have to pitch at this level, keep the ball down. You keep the ball down and you can get the job done. He keeps pitching and attacking the zone. You can see he looks comfortable on the mound."
Veras was intrigued about Cisnero after watching him throw this spring and asked about his background. Cisnero went a combined 13-7 with a 3.70 ERA in 28 combined starts last year for Triple-A Oklahoma City and Double-A Corpus Christi.
"As soon as I saw this guy in Spring Training, I knew he had good stuff," Veras said. "As soon as I saw him throw in the bullpen and then a couple of innings in the spring, I said, 'This guy can be good at this level.' When you have the talent he has and you keep the ball down the way he does, it's impressive to see a young kid control the ball like that."
Brian McTaggart is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Tag's Lines. Follow @brianmctaggart on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I was browsing over at alexa.com the other day (the site that measures website rankings) and found that Accesstoinsight.org is doing very well, consistently ranking around #100,000 out of all websites on the web. But this was kind of surprising:
About 42% of all their traffic is from Botswana.
Access to insight is ranked #35 in the country of Botswana. That means that only 34 websites have a higher ranking / more hits, in all of Botswana.
According to Wikipedia, most are Christian, followed by indigenous religions, Islam, and Hinduism, with no mention of Buddhism. So what is going on there? Is it a glitch at alexa.com ? Or is there something about Botswana that Wikipedia missed?


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Situated near the airport, this hotel is within 2 mi (3 km) of Crosswinds Golf Club, Tanger Outlets, and SK8 City. Frames n' Games is 1.7 mi (2.8 km) away.
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Along with a restaurant, this hotel has an outdoor pool and a 24-hour fitness center. Free WiFi in public areas, free self parking, and a free airport shuttle are also provided. Additionally, a bar/lounge, a spa tub, and a 24-hour business center are onsite.
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All 105 rooms provide free WiFi and free wired Internet, flat-screen TVs with cable channels, and conveniences like refrigerators and microwaves. Guests will also find MP3 docks, room service, and coffee makers.
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In addition to an outdoor pool, Hilton Garden Inn Savannah Airport provides a spa tub and a 24-hour fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Wireless Internet access is complimentary.
This 3-star property offers access to a 24-hour business center and meeting rooms. Event facilities measuring 1464 square feet (132 square meters) include conference space. This business-friendly hotel also offers coffee/tea in a common area, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and laundry facilities. An area shuttle within 5 mi and a roundtrip airport shuttle during limited hours are complimentary for guests. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
- Luggage storage
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- Conference space size (feet) - 1464
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Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning.
Great American Grill - This restaurant specializes in American cuisine and serves breakfast and dinner. A children's menu is available.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
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An outdoor pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a 24-hour fitness center.
- Golfing nearby
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Taylor Swift Graces Tim McGraw's 'Highway Don't Care' Video
Country star Tim McGraw is joined by 'American Idol' judge Keith Urban and none other than Taylor Swift in his dramatic video for 'Highway Don't Care.'
Swift doesn't interact with any of her costars in the clip, only singing her parts while partially obscured behind a curtain. The video mostly focuses on the dangers of texting and driving, with a young crying girl — the very kind to which Swift's music appeals — driving dangerously with a cell phone. We won't give it away, but it's graphic, disturbing and heartbreaking … and there's a twist.


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Happy Birthday, Virat Kohli
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India batsman Virat Kohli, born in Delhi on 5 November 1988, came into the limelight when he led the under-19 team to World Cup glory in 2008. He was also an important member of India's 2011 World Cup-winning squad. Kohli started out as a brash youngster, but is now one of the finest young batsmen in world cricket. [CYCSPL]


text: Culture 3 February 2013 Why is there so much nudity in "Girls"? Warning: contains mild spoilers. Sign up for our weekly email * Print HTML "I'm planning to expose all my vulnerabilities to the entire internet," Hanna Horvath beams in the second series of Girls. Hanna, an aspiring writer, has been commissioned to produce an article for the online magazine jazzhate.com (a non-existent website, for which a real internet domain was purchased by HBO in May last year). "You could have a threesome with some people that you meet on Craigslist, or do a whole bunch of coke and then just write about it," her editor suggests. Horvath, who is both playfully naïve and acutely self-aware, scores coke from the endearing former addict downstairs, confronts her gay ex-boyfriend Elijah and her straight ex-best friend Marnie for having slept together, evicts Elijah, then goes home with the former addict. "For work." She wears a fluorescent fishnet vest and a child's skirt all the while, something we the audience are constantly made to notice (in the bright lights of a supermarket, for example, or when queued to do so by Marnie: "What are you wearing?"). Only time will tell whether the article will ever get written. I doubt it. The experience-seeking brief was a MacGuffin: one which has produced ample exposition, delivered unflinchingly with signature bravura by Lena Dunham and her cast. Girls has been praised for its approach to on-screen nudity. Dunham revels in the body as a simple matter of fact: a necessary element in (as opposed to the ultimate object of) sexual relationships, a truth familiar to everyone, and a pretty much endless source of awkwardness and fun. "It's hard for me to write from a place of fantasy to see sex as glamorous," Dunham says. "I think it can be kind of a battleground." Those who criticise the nakedness in Girls (Linda Stasi at the New York Post referred to Dunham as a "pathological exhibitionist") are swiftly denounced as apologists for the airbrushed, size-eight culture we are generally confronted with on television. As Nat Guest has written in the Independent: "For all the howls of enraged anguish, you'd think that the girl had literally barged into everyone's kitchens whilst they were having breakfast and whacked her baps out all over the table." But the truth is that the nudity in Girls really is shocking, and purposefully so. It cannot be avoided, and while uninhibited representation should be of course be applauded, defending its function as purely emancipatory is to miss the importance of autobiographical exhibitionism in Lena Dunham's art. In Tiny Furniture (2010), Dunham's feature-length debut, our hero, Aura, is an unemployed film studies graduate returning home from university with a terminally ill hamster and 357 hits on her YouTube page. She has appeared online in an unflattering bikini, something Dunham also did, while studying at Oberlin. Late in the film there is a short-lived but memorable sex scene in a large metal pipe. Watching the scene provokes a glut of emotions: embarrassment, guilt, recognition. Why, one wonders, would the film include such a moment, if not to strike at truthfulness? The film is honest in other ways too. The "tiny furniture" of the title refers to the plastic miniatures photographed by Aura's mother Siri (played by Dunham's actual mother, the photographer Laurie Simmons), but also to what Lorrie Moore calls "the ways in which replication is utilized in art and reality is reduced to plaything." The decision to shoot the movie in the Dunham family's own TriBeCa apartment may have helped finance the project, but it also works because authenticity matters to Dunham. As a writer and director, she plays with the fabric of her life, and we are never really sure just how much Dunham we are seeing at any one time. From the very first episode, in which Hanna issues the critical discourse a reality check by telling her parents she may be "the voice of her generation," only to backtrack, "or at least a voice", markers of artifice litter the show. The central characters discuss who they are most like in Sex and the City. Hanna is on a mission to define what it means to be an over-educated twenty-something in a hostile economic reality: or, as she explains to her parents, "to be who I am." Last year, novels (or something like them) by Sheila Heti and Ben Lerner grappled with the same problem: how to locate authenticity in a world in which everything is a symbol for something else. However, Lena Dunham's medium (multi-million dollar book deals aside) is television, in which the visual is key. As Richard Brody's excellent New Yorker blog "Lena vs. Hanna" has suggested, the lives of the character Hanna and the writer/actor/director/starlet Lena are diverging. We know Dunham does not work at the Greenpoint Café Grumpy. And yet, when we see her nude at the Emmys, eating cake on the toilet, we cannot help but feel that is precisely something Hanna would do. Nothing cuts through the layers of fictionality better than undoctored nudity, in all its gut-wrenching immediacy. It shocks us, so that when we see it in a drama, we are no longer concerned with looking at the furniture. We are looking at a real woman. Last week it was announced that Girls has been recommissioned for a third series. No surprises there. Dunham has also announced that she will write and co-produce a new series based on All Dressed Up and Everywhere To Go, the forthcoming memoir from New York's original personal shopper, Betty Halbreich. In response to an interview with Laurie Simmonds, who admitted to having a hard time watching her daughter's performance in Girls, Vanity Fair have speculated the show might be comparatively light on nudity. But who knows what the adaptation from text to screen might provoke. Dunham, unlike Hanna, is not only a writer, but a highly-skilled director. While Hanna Horvath does a bunch of coke and fails to write about it, Lena Dunham produces an episode of her hit TV show, in which semi-farcical events are legitimised by carnivalesque semi-nakedness. She parades the unseen truth beneath a fishnet top, and in spite of arguments about the differences between Hanna and Lena, nobody can deny the familiar normality of the human body. Girls is on Sky Atlantic on Monday evenings at 10pm. › Is marriage really better than any other type of relationship? Lena Dunham in the second series of "Girls". Image: HBO. Philip Maughan is a freelance writer in Berlin and a former Assistant Editor at the New Statesman. Subscribe from just £1 per issue More Related articles At best, The Confession Tapes makes you feel unease. At worst, despair #2: The Confession Tapes, Tricky's ununiform and Deep Blue Something How Gossip Girl changed the way we talk about television Subscription offer 12 issues for £12 + FREE book LEARN MORE Close This week's magazine


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Glue Factory StakesLogic Grid puzzles come with a handy interactive grid that will help you solve the puzzle based on the given clues.
Five horses have just competed in the annual "Glue Factory Stakes". With the given clues, determine for each horse: its color, its number, its jockey, and where it finished.
Finish: Win, Place, Show, 4th, 5th
Horses: Ghoulish Pleasure, Infirm, Roughage, Seattle Slow, Secret Harriet
Colors: Black, Red, Yellow, Blue, White
Numbers: #18, #29, #37, #46, #50
Jockeys: Allen, Jerry, Luke, Nathan, Tim
1) The 5 horses are: Infirm, the horse ridden by Tim, the horse that wore black, #50, and the horse that Placed.
2) The 5 jockeys are: Allen, the one that rode Seattle Slow, the one that rode the horse that wore red, the one that rode #18, and the one that rode the horse that Showed.
3) Secret Harriet finished ahead of the horse that wore blue, which finished ahead of the horse ridden by Luke.
4) #50 finished ahead of the horse that wore white, but finished behind Roughage.
5) Jerry finished next to #37.
6) Allen finished next to #29.
7) The horse that wore blue finished two positions away from #50.
8) The horse that wore yellow finished two positions away from #46.
9) Luke finished at least two positions away from #46.
10) Nathan finished at least two positions away from #50.
11) Luke rode a horse that wore an even number.
12) Only one of the horses that wore a primary color also wore an even number.
AnswerMuch of the grid can be filled using the normal process of elimination. The following explanation resolves one of the more difficult sections.
If #46 finished 5th, then the horse that wore yellow would have had to Show (clue 8), and Luke would have had to have ridden the horse that Showed (clues 3 and 9). This would mean that Luke rode the horse that wore yellow, which Showed. The horse that Showed could not wear #18 (clue 2) or #50 (clues 3, 4, and 7); Luke could not wear #37 or #39 (clue 11) or #46 (clue 9); therefore, Luke could not have ridden the horse that Showed. Thus, #46 could not have finished 5th, which means that #18 finished 5th.
Win: Secret Harriet, Black, #46, Allen
Place: Seattle Slow, Blue, #29, Nathan
Show: Roughage, Yellow, #37, Tim
4th: Ghoulish Pleasure, Red, #50, Jerry
5th: Infirm, White, #18, Luke
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Welcome to Local 6 Theme World
October 29, 2013
Pieces of Fury
An update from the other side of I-4. Busch Gardens sent out these photos of some of the sections of its new thrill ride "Falcons Fury" arriving at the port of Tampa.
What will be North America's tallest freestanding drop tower arrived in 9 easy pieces from Spain.
When put back together into one ginormous tower, the whole thing will feature more than a million pounds of steel.
It took a month-long voyage across the Atlantic and into the Gulf and two days to truck them to Busch Gardens.
Smaller pieces have arrived from Slovakia, Switzerland and Germany,
The 335-foot tall ride will go up soon. Here is art of what it will look like.
As we first told you in June, when it opens next Spring "Falcons Fury" will drop riders 60 miles per hour straight down. A special first-of-its-kind feature will rotate the seats at the top -- pivot 90 degrees -- so riders are looking face down at the drop of doom.
Here's a link to The Busch Gardens web page for the ride
And in this classic Theme World entry, you can see more concept art and a video of what the drop will look like.
We, of course, will keep you posted.
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From Our BFFS: Does Kristen Stewart Do a Good British Accent in SWATH?
Not that we doubted this at all, but Kristen Stewart is officially bad-ass. And also? British! It's all in the awesome, supersized new trailer for Snow White & The Huntsman.
Pretty much everyone in Hollywood was at the weekend's premiere of Mirror Mirror. But come on — how badly do you want Lily Collins and Victoria Justice to be besties? [Just Jared Jr.]
Dance lessons from Debby Ryan? Ugh. Some fans have all the luck. [M]
Some of these celeb wax figures are kinda awesome. But Justin Bieber's? Uh, we prefer the real thing, thankyouverymuch. [Posh24]
We never thought we'd be saying this but you guys, Katy Perry is a pretty awesome rapper. [Hollywire]
If you were a vampire, would you be like Bella Swan? Sookie? Only this quiz knows for sure… [gURL]
And speaking of vamps, Ian Somerhalder got his GF Nina Dobrev a $1,000 chair for her bday. We personally would've preferred a car, but to each his own. [Wetpaint]
Yup, Jersey Shore has been renewed for season 6! But it looks like Ronnie and Sammi are (for real) over for good… [Cambio]
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Pianist Olli Mustonen Joins the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, 2/21-23
All single tickets for the 2012-2013 season are available online at atlantasymphony.org, or by calling 404.733.5000. Tickets may also be purchased at the Woodruff Arts Center Box Office, located in the Woodruff Arts Center at 15th and Peachtree Streets. Box office hours are Monday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.; Tuesday through Friday 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.; Saturday 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.; and Sunday 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Atlanta Symphony Hall, Memorial Arts Building, Woodruff Arts Center
Thursday, February 21, 2013, 8:00 p.m.
Friday, February 22, 2013, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, February 23, 2013, 8:00 p.m.
Robert Spano, conductor
Olli Mustonen, piano
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
VERDI Overture to La Forza del Destino
RESPIGHI Concerto in modo misolidio
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2
Tickets are $24-$75. More details here.


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RIVERSIDE -- Tim White is undeterred by the challenges he'll face when he takes over as chancellor of the California State University later this month.
"I'm extremely bullish on California," he said, in his office at UC Riverside, looking out over the campus. "I'm an immigrant kid, went to public school and community college."
White was born in Argentina and his family lived in Canada before emigrating to California when he was a child and graduated CSU schools twice, earning a bachelor's degree from Cal State Fresno and a master's from Cal State Hayward.
"Here's my opportunity to give back," White said.
Outgoing Chancellor Charles Reed became a lightning rod for criticism and dissatisfaction as the CSU went through repeated belt-tightening. White wants to change the tone and get all combatants fighting on the same side.
"I'm not interested in fighting with people. Never have been. But I'm interested in fighting for people." His peers are optimistic about his prospects leading the CSU system.
"I think he'll be an outstanding chancellor," former Cal State San Bernardino president Al Karnig said. "I'm tremendously optimistic about Tim."
Karnig's successor is similarly hopeful.
"Tim White wrote me a very warm, welcoming letter in June, when my appointment was first announced," CSUSB President Tomas Morales said. "I think we're very, very fortunate to have Chancellor White as our next chancellor in the California State University system."
Part of Karnig's optimism stems from White's experience at UC Riverside, although he allows the scope is growing dramatically, from a student body of 20,000 to 440,000.
"It's a big job, a much bigger job than being the president of one campus."
One of White's goals is to leverage the economies of scale of all 23 CSU schools, and possibly the 10 Universities of California, and allow them to buy goods and services more economically.
Even as the head of UCR, a position he's held since July 2008, he's reached out to other California public schools, instead of trying to go at it alone.
"I know Tim; I've worked with Tim on a couple of things," Cal Poly Pomona President Michael Ortiz said. "Tim has had the vision to engage the UC at Riverside with the CSU."
Ortiz also praised White's focus on environmental issues at UC Riverside and his work to further diversify the school, which is regularly hailed as one of the most diverse in the nation.
The school, White said, is a place where all groups of students, whether they're divided by gender, ethnicity, religion or socioeconomic background, do equally well, which he said the CSU needs to do as well.
"We've got to become the national exemplar when it comes to getting rid of those gaps" in achievement. "We've found a way to close that gap here."
White will look to attract more international students to the system, both for how they enrich campus life, he said, and because they bring in additional revenue to their campuses.
"I was actually fortunate enough to be on the chancellor selection committee," said Cal State Student Association President David Allison, also a student at CSUSB.
"He's been a student, a faculty member, every part of the CSU. I think he's going to do a great job - he understands every part of the CSU."
One of his first goals as CSU chancellor will be to visit all 23 of the system's campuses in 2013, seeing what's going right and what's going wrong.
"I'll start seeing the general patterns. I'm sure there'll be differences at the larger, more established campuses and the small, more developing campuses."
Even before taking over the top job, White made the news last week. Gov. Jerry Brown blasted the UC regents at their meeting in Oakland after they approved a $50,000 raise for the new chancellor of UC Berkeley over his predecessor. (The additional revenue came from privately donated funds, and not taxpayer dollars.) In November, White asked CSU trustees to reduce his salary by 10 percent -- from $421,500 to $380,000. (Nicholas Dirks' salary as the top administrator at UC Berkeley will be $486,800 annually.)
Marcia Marx, the California Faculty Association president at Cal State San Bernardino, was no fan of Charles Reed, but is optimistic about his successor.
"All signs point in that direction -- being a different kind of leader. He certainly is familiar with being in a large-scale educational system," she said. "We're hoping to see a lot of improvement. We already saw a great indicator with his readiness to accept a 10 percent pay cut. I think that was a real good faith effort. We've been arguing that the administration has not had the same problems in terms of salary that faculty has."
"Tim White hit one out of the park by making the request to the board of trustees to take a salary cut," said Cal Poly professor James E. Swartz, a member of CSU's Academic Senate. "He has made the metaphorical shot heard around the world."
Although White asked for a lower salary in recognition of the tough times faced on CSU campuses, he defended the high salaries California's top educators bring home.
"I've been a president now at three campuses," he said. "It's 24/7/365. If you have a partner or a spouse, it's unpaid and they're (also) involved."
As a result, "you have to have people who are smart, ambitious, clairvoyant, high-energy, willing to work nights, weekends."
And while it's easy to focus on salary costs, White said a good administrator can save a university far more, as well as generate additional revenue.
"The amount of return on investment on a president is huge," he said. "If you don't have a good, solid president with all of these qualities, you run the risk of being a bad steward. So it's a matter of being penny-wise and pound-foolish."
The state's public colleges are also competing with universities around the nation, where mid-six-figure salaries for university presidents are the rule, rather than the exception.
White would like to "change the conversation to completion rates, enrollment rates, things that really matter."
When he leaves the CSU years from now, the new chancellor would like his legacy to be the system "will have a swagger to it, of pride, achievement, of contributing to every state in the union, and that our doors will be wide open to everyone."


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I had taken a hiatus from blogging because there seem to be nothing of great interest in the religious world to blog about at this time. When it comes to religion, there are so few things to discuss before I start repeating yourself. I am not back with a renewed vigor but with a struggle of the bible and believing kind.
Here is my religious struggle. I have stopped attending church on a regular basis because I just don't want to be there and I am having some serious questions about the bible. I do visit a church on occasion (when I visit my church-going parents) and I do acknowledge that some of the messages are pretty good. However, I am becoming an unbeliever in the word-for-word bible. I do unwaveringly believe that a God exists and he created the things we see but the details which are laid out by the Christian bible (any religion as a matter of fact) seems a bit fuzzy.
I have realized that faith in one's religion takes a lot of gusto, trusting, and naivety. It's like that passage in which Jesus states that you have to be like a child to enter into the kingdom of heaven. He was right. Children believe a lot of things without question. It is only when we question that we (I) start scratching my head thinking W-H-A-T??? Interestingly, the same bible encourages the believers to test and see 'if it is true.' Unfortunately, my testing has led to more questions that no one seems to be able to answer.
I recognize that this could be a phase (a very long phase) but I have no intention of denying my ambiguity about the bible and religion. I am not ready to toss out the bible and neither am I willing to venture to the dark side of atheism. Something just seems 'rotten in Denmark' but the alternative to walk away does not seem right either. What to do? What to do?
With all that being said, the true face of Christianity is quite majestic: The caring for others; The willingness to call a stranger brother or sister; The sense that there is so much more to life than what the eye can see. Ironically, I have not given up prayer. It is quite a comforting practise-afterall, I do believe in the existence of a God who can see and hear. The essence or the 'spirit' of religion is hard to resist in such a f-up world. It's almost like a peace in the midst of chaos. I guess that's the part I find very difficult to give up despite my questioning.


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There have been so many attempts at putting musicians in separate locations together. For various reason so far none has really taken hold. The video above shows that it does seem we are getting closer to that reality though.
"Here's a quick demo of a how to record peer to peer using albeton as our software. We then use google+ and other google products to communicate, organize and essentially recreate the studio environment but from anywhere in the world. Welcome to the future friends, this is just the beginning." – lucai
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Adverse Event Reports
For certain FDA-regulated products, FDA provides a mechanism for the public to quickly access public information from adverse event reports submitted to the Agency. Even where provided, however, such information is not now always accessible in a manner that allows users to generate summary reports of this information.
The Task Force proposes for public comment:
- FDA should expand the areas in which it provides the public with online access to public information from adverse event reports about FDA-regulated products submitted to FDA, in a format that is searchable and allows users to generate summary reports of this information, including, if known and as applicable, the trade name and/or established name of the product, dosage, route of administration, description of the adverse event, and the health outcome. Adverse event report information should continue to be disclosed with a clear disclaimer about the limits of the information.
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Docket Management Process
FDA does not now routinely post comments from people who identify themselves as "individual consumer" when they submit comments using www.regulations.gov.
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- FDA should change its current practice so that comments submitted at www.regulations.gov from people self-identified as individual consumers are posted on that website in the same manner as other comments. In the Federal Register notice soliciting public comment, FDA should adequately inform commenters about the public disclosure of their comments on www.regulations.gov .
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Enforcement Priorities and Actions
Each year, FDA's Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA) issues a workplan that provides estimated resource allocations and information regarding planned target activities, such as inspections. This information is not disclosed due to a concern that it may provide regulated industry with information that may allow it to more easily avoid detection and circumvent the law. FDA generally makes available on its web site press releases issued by the Department of Justice (DOJ) announcing when it files a case on FDA's behalf, or the results of a case, but currently there is not a comprehensive list of the court actions pursued by FDA available to the public.
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- In the weekly FDA publication, FDA Enforcement Report, FDA should disclose when the U.S. Department of Justice files a case seeking enforcement action on FDA's behalf in a court of law and the final determination of that case, if known.
- FDA should post on its website all Agency Workplans (i.e., the annual Office of Regulatory Affairs Annual Field Workplan) that are older than five years, starting with the FY 2001 Workplan.
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Import Procedures
Importers, or third parties working on behalf of importers, file information about products offered for import into the United States. FDA conducts evaluations of those filers who submit information electronically to FDA to determine if they are submitting accurate and truthful data to FDA. The outcome of the filer evaluation is not disclosed.
The Task Force proposes for public comment:
- FDA should disclose the outcome of the filer evaluation for importers or third parties working on behalf of importers.
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The Task Force proposes for public comment:
- FDA should disclose the name and address of the entity inspected, the date(s) of inspection, type(s) of FDA-regulated product involved, and the final inspectional classification—Official Action Indicated (OAI), Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI), or No Action Indicated (NAI)—for inspections conducted of clinical trial investigators, Institutional Review Boards (IRB), and facilities that manufacture, process, pack, or hold an FDA-regulated product that is currently marketed. The disclosure of this information should be timed so as not to interfere with planned enforcement actions.
- FDA should generate, and share with the public, information about the most common inspectional observations of objectionable conditions or practices that are made during inspections of FDA-regulated establishments and post that information online on a regular basis.
Product Applications (Including Investigational Applications)
FDA generally does not disclose any information about the existence, status, or contents of an investigational application submitted to the Agency, until the product has been approved, licensed, or cleared. Statutes and FDA regulations generally prohibit the release of information from or about an unapproved application.
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- FDA should disclose the existence and, when asked, confirm the existence or non-existence of investigational applications. For investigational applications, the disclosure should include the name of the application sponsor, the date the application was received, the proposed indication(s) or intended use(s) of the product, and the proposed proper and/or trade name of the product, if available.
- FDA should disclose: (1) whether an investigational new drug application (IND) has been placed on hold, terminated, or withdrawn, whether an investigational device exemption (IDE) has been terminated or withdrawn, or whether an investigational exemption for a new animal drug has been terminated and (2) if an IND has previously been placed on hold, whether and when the hold is lifted. A statement should be included that such actions may be taken for various reasons, only some of which relate to safety or effectiveness.
- FDA should disclose the fact that an NDA, NADA, ANDA, ANADA, BLA, PMA, or 510(k) application or supplement was submitted (or resubmitted) to the Agency at the time the application is received by FDA. The disclosure should include the name of the application sponsor, the date the application was received, the proposed indications or intended use of the product, and the proposed proper and/or trade name of the product, if available.
- FDA should disclose that an unapproved NDA, ANDA, NADA, ANADA, BLA, or PMA, or uncleared 510(k) has been withdrawn or, if FDA determines that the application was abandoned, abandoned by the sponsor. If the drug, biological product, or device is associated with a significant safety concern, FDA should provide a brief description of the product, the use for which approval was sought or obtained, and the identified safety concern.
- When an application for a designated orphan drug or a designated minor use/minor species animal drug has been withdrawn, terminated, or abandoned, FDA should disclose, if it determines, based on its review, that the application was not withdrawn, terminated, or abandoned for safety reasons and the product, if approved, could represent a significant therapeutic advance for a rare disease or for a minor animal species. A disclaimer that provides that FDA's expressed views about the product do not reflect whether a subsequent application involving the product will be accepted for filing or will be approved by FDA should accompany the disclosure of this information.
- FDA should disclose the fact that the Agency has issued a refuse-to-file or complete response letter in response to an original NDA, BLA, or an efficacy supplement for an NDA or BLA at the time the refuse-to-file or complete response letter is issued, and should, at the same time, disclose the refuse-to-file or complete response letter, which contains the reasons for issuing the letter.
- FDA should disclose the fact that the Agency has issued a refuse to approve letter in response to a NADA, or a supplemental NADA to add a new species or indication, at the time the refuse to approve letter is issued, and should, at the same time, disclose the refuse to approve letter, which contains the reasons for issuing the letter.
- FDA should disclose the fact that the Agency has issued a "not approvable" letter in response to a PMA for a medical device and the fact that FDA has issued an "additional information (AI)" letter in response to a 510(k) submission, and should, at the same time, disclose the "not approvable" letter or "additional information (AI)" letter, which contains the reasons for issuing the letter.
- FDA should disclose relevant summary safety and effectiveness information from an investigational application, or from a pending marketing application, if the Agency concludes that disclosure is in the interest of the public health, which includes when FDA believes it is necessary to correct misleading information about the product that is the subject of the application.
- FDA should convene a group of internal and external stakeholders to discuss the possible uses of non-summary safety and effectiveness data from product applications, the circumstances under which it would be appropriate for sponsors to disclose non-summary safety and effectiveness data from applications submitted to FDA, and if appropriate, the format and the method by which disclosure should occur.
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When an FDA-regulated product is defective, potentially harmful, or mislabeled, recalling that product—removing it from the market or correcting the problem—is often the most effective means for protecting the public from products that violate the laws administered by FDA. Generally, FDA does not have mandatory recall authority (i.e., authority to order a manufacturer and/or distributor to recall a product), except under limited circumstances, but a firm may initiate a recall at any time. FDA issues a written notification that a recall is terminated to the recalling firm, but does not notify the public when a recall has been terminated.
The Task Force proposes for public comment:
- When a system is set up that provides FDA with authority to require companies to submit certain information to the Agency when they initiate an action to recover or correct a product that is in the chain of distribution, FDA should disclose this information as soon as practicable after receiving this information from the firm.
- If FDA is aware of confusion in the marketplace about products that may be implicated in a food outbreak, and information gathered by industry or other sources may serve to alleviate that confusion, FDA should support efforts by industry and others to communicate information to the public about products that are not subject to the recall when sufficiently reliable information about products not connected with the recall exist, if FDA concludes that disclosure of this information is in the interest of public health.
- If FDA determines that a recall is terminated, that information should be disclosed to the public. A recall is considered terminated when FDA determines that all reasonable efforts have been made to remove or correct the product in accordance with the recall strategy and when it is reasonable to assume that the recalled product has been recovered, corrected, reconditioned, or destroyed.
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FDA may issue either a warning letter or an untitled letter to individuals or firms notifying them of violations of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) to allow them an opportunity to voluntarily comply with the law. The Agency posts warning letters on the FDA web site and if the Agency can determine that a firm has fully corrected violations raised in a warning letter, FDA will issue an official "close-out" notice that will also be posted the web site. Some Centers proactively post untitled letters online.
The Task Force proposes for public comment:
- FDA should post untitled letters on the FDA website, and, if requested by the recipient of the letter, the response to the untitled letter, as appropriate.
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pink_trike wrote:I did loathsomeness practices for many years and found them to be very beneficial at that time. However, speaking from my training and experiences as a psychotherapist, I no longer consider them to be healthy or appropriate for most Westerners except in the rare situation where the practitioner has a close consistent engaging student/teacher relationship with a Buddhist teacher who is very familiar with the Western psycho-cultural mileau and who understands that extreme practices are contraindicated and potentially harmful for a great many Westerns.
"'This body, sister, comes into being through food. And yet it is by relying on food that food is to be abandoned.' Thus was it said. And in reference to what was it said? There is the case, sister, where a monk, considering it thoughtfully, takes food — not playfully, nor for intoxication, nor for putting on bulk, nor for beautification — but simply for the survival & continuance of this body, for ending its afflictions, for the support of the holy life, [thinking,] 'Thus will I destroy old feelings [of hunger] and not create new feelings [from overeating]. I will maintain myself, be blameless, & live in comfort.' Then, at a later time, he abandons food, having relied on food. 'This body, sister, comes into being through food. And yet it is by relying on food that food is to be abandoned.' Thus was it said, and in reference to this was it said."
At Savatthi... "There are these four nutriments for the maintenance of beings who have come into being or for the support of those in search of a place to be born. Which four? Physical food, gross or refined; contact as the second, intellectual intention the third, and consciousness the fourth. These are the four nutriments for the maintenance of beings who have come into being or for the support of those in search of a place to be born.
"And how is physical food to be regarded? Suppose a couple, husband & wife, taking meager provisions, were to travel through a desert. With them would be their only baby son, dear & appealing. Then the meager provisions of the couple going through the desert would be used up & depleted while there was still a stretch of the desert yet to be crossed. The thought would occur to them, 'Our meager provisions are used up & depleted while there is still a stretch of this desert yet to be crossed. What if we were to kill this only baby son of ours, dear & appealing, and make dried meat & jerky. That way — chewing on the flesh of our son — at least the two of us would make it through this desert. Otherwise, all three of us would perish.' So they would kill their only baby son, loved & endearing, and make dried meat & jerky. Chewing on the flesh of their son, they would make it through the desert. While eating the flesh of their only son, they would beat their breasts, [crying,] 'Where have you gone, our only baby son? Where have you gone, our only baby son?' Now what do you think, monks: Would that couple eat that food playfully or for intoxication, or for putting on bulk, or for beautification?"
"No, lord."
"Wouldn't they eat that food simply for the sake of making it through that desert?"
"Yes, lord."
"In the same way, I tell you, is the nutriment of physical food to be regarded. When physical food is comprehended, passion for the five strings of sensuality is comprehended. When passion for the five strings of sensuality is comprehended, there is no fetter bound by which a disciple of the noble ones would come back again to this world.
pink_trike wrote:Yes, but also the most harmful to people who have eating disorders that cause them to avoid food, or those who are attracted to extremes of all kinds.
Ben wrote:Dear Khalil Bodhi
Having said that, my own experience has been on some vipassana retreats the awareness of the loathsomeness of food manifested naturally.
Ben wrote:The awareness of the loathsomeness of food, is not misplaced aversion due to body-image/eating disorder issues nor is it aversion as a result of food not being to one's liking. Underscoring the awareness of the loathsomeness of food is a base of equanimity.
Ben wrote:The awareness of the loathsomeness of food, is not misplaced aversion due to body-image/eating disorder issues nor is it aversion as a result of food not being to one's liking. Underscoring the awareness of the loathsomeness of food is a base of equanimity.
http://www.yellowrobe.com/pali-canon/sutta-piaka/majjhima-nikaya/255-sabbasava-sutta-all-the-taints.html wrote:Taints to be abandoned by using
13. "What taints, bhikkhus, should be abandoned by using? Here a bhikkhu, reflecting wisely, uses the robe only for protection from cold, for protection from heat, for protection from contact with gadflies, mosquitoes, wind, the sun, and creeping things, and only for the purpose of concealing the private parts.
14. "Reflecting wisely, he uses almsfood neither for amusement nor for intoxication nor for the sake of physical beauty and attractiveness, but only for the endurance and continuance of this body, for ending discomfort, and for assisting the holy life, considering: 'Thus I shall terminate old feelings without arousing new feelings and I shall be healthy and blameless and shall live in comfort.'15. "Reflecting wisely, he uses the resting place only for protection from cold, for protection from heat, for protection from contact with gadflies, mosquitoes, wind, the sun, and creeping things, and only for the purpose of warding off the perils of climate and for enjoying retreat.
16. "Reflecting wisely, he uses the medicinal requisites only for protection from arisen afflicting feelings and for the benefit of good health.
17. "While taints, vexation, and fever might arise in one who does not use the requisites thus, there are no taints, vexation, or fever in one who uses them thus. These are called the taints that should be abandoned by using.
Ben wrote:Why is it a scream?
pink_trike wrote:Does anyone know if "loathsome" is a precise translation?
catmoon wrote:Ben wrote:Why is it a scream?
Oh sorry. I thought you had just found an extremely polite way to say that on some retreats the food was really truly awful. Maybe I read a tone of voice into what you were saying that you never intended.
Manapa wrote:so i could be "that which is not beautiful"
Asubha (adj.) [a + subha] impure, unpleasant, bad, ugly, nasty; nt. ˚ŋ nastiness, impurity. Cp. on term and the Asubha -- meditation, as well as on the 10 asubhas or offensive objects Dhs. trsl. 70 and Cpd. 121 n. 6. -- S iv.111 (asubhato manasikaroti); v.320; Sn 341; Sdhp 368. -- subhâsubha pleasant unpleasant, good & bad Sn 633; J iii. 243; Miln 136.
-- ânupassin realising or intuiting the corruptness (of the body) It 80, 81; DhA i.76. -- kathā talk about impurity Vin iii.68. -- kammaṭṭhāna reflection on impurity DhA iii.425. -- nimitta sign of the unclean i. e. idea of impurity Vism 77. -- bhāvanā contemplation of the impurity (of the body) Vin iii.68. -- saññā idea of impurity D iii.253, 283, 289, 291. -- saññin having an idea of or realising the impurity (of the body) It 93.
-- http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philol ... :2462.pali
Khalil Bodhi wrote:Anyway, thank you all again. Be well.
Khalil Bodhi wrote:Thank you everyone for the excellent replies. I don't intend to deeply cultivate the perception of loathsomeness of food on a regular basis (I can certainly appreciate the dangers that would arise from doing so without the guidance of a qualified teacher) but am interested in using it as a tool to prevent my mind from being consumed by sensual pleasure while eating. I do find that simply reflecting on the process of mastication and digestion helps to reframe the experience of eating and gives me enough space to disentangle myself from the sticky strands of sensuality when I'm eating a particularly tasty food. Anyway, thank you all again. Be well.
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