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This mini-castle with European charm and sensibilities is located in Pacific Palisades. It is an incredibly comfortable spectacular ocean view house with 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and sleeps 6 in luxury. Exceptional California warmth for entertaining intimate groups or just relaxing and enjoying the California lifestyle. Two large front balconies overlook the ocean. The rear-garden patio affords bucolic privacy. There is extensive landscaping all around. The interior is filled with art and fine furnishings. The fully equiped gourmet kitchen is the focal point of the main floor. There is a grand piano for your enjoyment in the living room.
Entire upper floor is a Master suite, with spa tub, balcony with ocean view, and separate library. This Villa is a beautiful and comfortable vacation spot in West Los Angeles. It is only available for a MINIMUM ONE MONTH stay or more.
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We are both involved in cinema. We are interested in art, literature, history, fine food and wine and travel.
Our home is situated in one of the most pristine, safe and desirable areas of Southern California.
Our house is extremely comfortable, pleasing to the eye and it is wonderful antidote to the cold of winter or oppressive heat of summer.
If you have small children, one of our neighbors has a fantastic swim school on her property.
My family (my husband, two young sons and I) booked a three month stay at this beautiful house from our home in Copenhagen. We wanted to try out living in California. We loved this house so much, the neighborhood of Pacific Palisades and the schools that we decided to stay on and were lucky the house was available. We really like the family feeling in the house with enough bedrooms for everybody but also great space for hanging out in the kitchen together or eating all together on the patios or in the dining room. My boys really like relaxing on the sofas and playing the piano. My husband and I especially like the private master bedroom and library which is like a special retreat for us in the evenings. Having the ocean view from the balcony, and the opportunity to watch the sunrise and the sunset from the house everyday is just amazing.
I recommend this house to anybody because they will feel like they are "coming home" when they walk into the warm house filled with art and beauty and has an ocean view. So happy we found this house.
We spent 1 month is this magnificent home! The location & views are incredible and if you love to cook, the kitchen is perfect. The house has lots of space (we have 4 kids!) and the owners had everything clearly listed with helpful guides & instructions. We would definitely rent the house again and would highly recommend it!
This magnificent home is truly one-of-a kind. From the two ocean facing terraces to the lush gardens surrounding "the secret path" in the back of the property, the place is magical. If you like to cook, this is the house for you. Complete with a chef's kitchen, this home has every amenity. It is accurately described on VRBO, and if anything the description does not do it justice. This home is immaculate and everything is of the highest quality. We were just a few driving blocks to the beach, and just as close to Palisades Village. We were able to frequent three different Farmer's markets from this location (Wed, Sat, Sun) because the house is situated perfectly between Malibu and Santa Monica (and the one n the Palisades Village was probably the best). The Owner was "right on it" with any questions we had and went out of her way to introduce us to several babysitters and a fabulous swim teacher for our 3-year old. The Palisades Village has a great park at the recreation center for kids, and the library in the Village was good for our daughter also. There are many restaurants in the Village and Santa Monica that were excellent, in addition to several on directly on the ocean. We loved the restaurants but enjoyed cooking at the house more, because of the kitchen, outdoor area, and grill. We HIGHLY recommend this home.
We rented this home for two months over the winter and it was fantastic. The home sits on a hill with a view of the ocean at morning light and city lights at night. As we walked in and out each day, the scent of the flowers from the large garden in front was an unexpected delight. The garden and patio in the back are also special with orchids in bloom throughout our stay and a great variety of other flowers and plants, with the sound of bubbling water at all times in the stone planter. The library of art books throughout the house provided a never ending source of interest and the EXTENSIVE movie/DVD collection was really appreciated. The kitchen is large and set up for people who enjoy cooking and entertaining. The bedrooms were all comfortable and the upstairs master bedroom and master library both had a connecting large patio overlooking the ocean, which we really used and enjoyed. This was a real home away from home. We would definitely come back.
We stayed in this house over Christmas with 2 other family members and loved it. The views over the Pacific are spectacular- and I live in the south of France-overlooking the Mediterranean, so I know what I'm saying! The kitchen is great and we did a lot of cooking and entertaining and it was all very convenient. The decoration is amazing- not surprising as the owners are in the film industry- we loved the big dining/ living area, the beautiful little back garden and the large terraces- off of dining area and the whole length of master suite.The master suite is really exceptional- aside from the large bedroom (with great bed) there is a beautiful bathroom- 2 sinks, tub and separate shower and wc- all with views of the Pacific and a large walk-in closet and an office. It's in a great neighborhood and we would love to come back.
We spent two months at this lovely house, and wish we could have spent two years. There are panoramic ocean views from the master suite and upper deck, as well as the living room and front porch. We had most of our meals on the front porch, as it has a dinner table for eight (in addition to the dining area, inside, which has a table for ten). The grounds surrounding the house, especially in back, give seclusion and are exquisitely kept. Rose bushes are piled high in the front; there's a vegatable garden on one side; and the herbs, fruit trees, and flowers in back make a quiet setting for the back patio, where we usually gathered before dinner. A gardener comes once a week.
The house inside is very spacious, with four bedrooms, and very high ceilings. The kitchen is first-rate, with just about every utensil you can think of, including a six-burner industrial range, two dishwashers, and two ovens plus microwave. The living room has a small, well-tuned grand piano and a working fireplace. There is a small TV area that features a good size HD TV and a library of several hundred of the best movies ever made.
The furnishings are extremely comfortable and quite artistic. There is statuary everywhere, and the functional fireplaces are actually works of art made from sea shells. We loved it. It felt like a movie set.
The upstairs is entirely master suite, including an office that is as big as many people's living room, and a deck that spans the entire front of the house.
Lastly, the owners were extremely nice, and solicitous of taking care of any problems.
Just so you don't think we're relatives of the owners, I will mention two small down sides. One is that, even in June, July, and August, it gets cool at night--bring a light sweater. Second, LA traffic is a nightmare to the uninitiated. Fortunately, you won't have to stray far into it, as the local area (Pacific Palisades, Santa Monica, and Malibu) has everything you need and then some.
Close to the finest dining and shopping in Southern California, Close to fully equiped ocean sailing and boating harbor,
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Most hospitals rely on electronic systems to ensure the right patient receives the right medication in the right dosage at the right time. Clinicians often perform workarounds when it comes to these barcoded medication administration (BCMA) systems.
To identify the reasons for workarounds, a team of researchers observed and interviewed staff, attended staff meetings, and analyzed override data at a 470-bed hospital in the Midwest and a 929-bed health care system on the East Coast from 2003 to 2006. They identified three categories of workarounds. The first type of workaround was omission of process steps. It included actions such as providing medication without first confirming the patient's identity or scanning the medication without reviewing the medication list, its name, or the dosage. Steps performed out of sequence comprised the second type of workaround. It included using the BCMA system to document the medication as administered either long before or long after it actually was given. The final workaround, unauthorized process steps, included adding new steps in the process or changing how a step was performed, such as putting a patient's barcode on a clipboard and scanning it from there. Causes determined for the workarounds were technology related, task related, organizational, patient related, and environmental.
The most common causes for workarounds were organizational, in which workflow policies were incompatible with safety. Examples included having medications and patients with no barcodes, multiple barcodes on medications, or labels obscuring barcodes so that scanners could not record the data. Most workarounds resulted from poor process design, such as having to wake a patient to scan a wristband when providing IV medication. Because of the prevalence of workarounds, the authors recommend that hospitals revise their protocols so that adhering to policy is easier than deviating from it. This work was funded in part by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (HS11530 and HS14253).
See "Workarounds to barcode medication administration systems: Their occurrences, causes, and threats to patient safety," by Ross Koppel, Ph.D., Tosha Wetterneck, M.D., M.S., Joel Leon Telles, Ph.D., and Ben-Tzion Karsh, Ph.D., in the July/August 2008 Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 15(4), pp. 408-423.
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Exercise powers nurse's breast cancer recovery
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Rebecca Wilson has seen a lot in her role as a critical care nurse. So when she discovered a small lump on her breast last year, she wasn't too concerned. She was young, healthy, had no family history and was just days away from participating in the Komen Triangle Race for the Cure.
"I knew I had a lump," Wilson said. "I remember walking through the Komen race, through the vendors, and I thought there was no way that I had breast cancer."
Three days after the race, Wilson went in for her mammogram. Then she got the news that nobody wants to hear: her results were positive.
"You kind of go out of your mind, really panicked," Wilson said. "I thought that I'm not ready to die. I'm too young for this. I didn't know what to do."
Wilson's family immediately drove 16 hours overnight from Canada to Raleigh. Everybody pitched in, but Rebecca struggled, thinking often of her two young children. Eventually, Rebecca told her friends and co-workers.
"My heart just broke when I found out," said friend and co-worker Pam Pluff. "I knew I had to help make it easier for Becky. It's such a difficult thing to go through. You've got the chemo and your whole family life that you're trying to keep together. I was available and just wanted to do what I could to help out."
Pluff and others helped Wilson's support network grow. Wilson leaned on her family and friends, she put together a recovery plan and she became determined that cancer would not take her down. "Early in my diagnosis, I looked at my kids and I decided that I wasn't going to be a sick mom," Wilson said. "I was going to carry on, act normal and be there for them. We used my hair falling out as a cue that things would be a little different, but that I wasn't going to be sick mom. And I wasn't."
Wilson's positive attitude fueled her desire to fight cancer by staying fit. She knew it helped, she had the research to prove it, and she got a lot of encouragement from her sister who Wilson describes as a fitness guru.
"It was really counter-intuitive to do exercise," Wilson said. "But by doing it – after days of doing chemo and days when you can't lift a glass or get off the couch – it was the only thing that made me feel better."
"She kept saying I'll give you a key to my house, just get me off the couch, make sure I just don't sit there," Pluff said. "So that was one of the things I decided to do. I was going to walk with her, run with her, whatever she needed me to do."
Despite a double mastectomy, six rounds of chemo, reconstructive surgery and radiation treatments, Rebecca never stopped exercising. "It's something that I have to make myself do," Wilson said, "but after I'm done, I feel so good. It takes your mind to a place where you are active, you are fighting your illness and you are preventing it from coming back."
Rebecca's exercise routine and her fight against cancer has blossomed into a huge group effort. She formed a team for the Komen race called "Treasured Chests" that currently has close to 40 team members and has raised over $2,500 for Susan G. Komen.
"Komen is such a big entity that supports breast cancer research and survivors," Wilson said. "It's a place where you can go and not feel alone. Nobody is safe from it, but hopefully one day, we will be. Hopefully through the efforts of Susan G. Komen we can find a cure. And I'm going to be a part of it, and everybody who supports our team is going to be a part of it."
It has been a long road for Becky since last year's Komen race. She has faced challenges she never imagined. And now that she is cancer-free, she has a single goal: to finish the race without stopping.
"Now, it's full circle for me," she said. "It's going to be emotional when I run the race and complete the 5k. I've been talking about this for a year."


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I have been reading this book- 'The church in emerging culture', ed Leonard Sweet. It takes a look at where church is up to from 5 perspectives- Andy Crouch, Michael Horton, Fredrica Mathewes-Green, Brian McLaren and Erwin McManus.
I have lost my way with it a little- more because of the format I think. Each person writes a chapter, then the other authors get a chance to put in footnotes and comments. I like the idea, but in practice, it makes for a strange book- lots of the comments are congratulatory, or disagreeing whilst being terribly nice.
However, there is an introduction by Leonard Sweet in which he uses this image to make us think about the different ways of being church. I have simplified (because I had to- the bloke it too clever for me!) the discussion, and reproduce it here.
What do you think? Is this a good analogy?
I suppose the interesting thing is that flowers and fruit grow in all of these places- and they can all be very beautiful…
An 'enclosure'- fenced off enclave of righteousness. Rooted in traditions. Collaboration between divine gardener (God), master gardeners (ministers) and horticulturalists (theologians), along with the canonical seasons.
Fruit and flowers grow and are appreciated.
The outside of the garden is of little concern. The garden is shaped and hallowed.
The garden demands that we walk slowly, prune quickly, earn the flowers by hard work- composting them well with the goodness distilled from previous generations.
Alien seeds are not tolerated. Constant struggle to win back the garden from the encroachment of time and surrounding wilderness.
Made for walking. Tied together by paths and vistas. Taking the old story of nature, and reforming it in new ways.
Rather than setting up high barriers, the park regulates the space by RULES. It is open to visitors at appointed times and under the supervision of park-keepers.
Technology and innovation are employed in parks- fountains, play areas- things that attract visitors.
The park manager decides which features to include in the park, borrowing from a wide variety of flora and fauna- but does not do so uncritically- always striving to work within the opportunities given by landscape and tradition.
The glen is an open and unprotected, surrounded by encroaching vegetation and forest.
It is defined by the relationship between landscape and soil fertility that allows settlement. The edges of the glen- its crags and steep slopes, require hard work to navigate. People avoid these places because of the fear of falling.
Glen dwellers revel in the mystery of the seed and season. They travel in packs of people of group consciousness. They are concerned with the cultivation of food from the land to feed the hungry, not about the beauty of gardens and parklands.
In the garden, you are what your parents planted- here, you are what your seeds become…
The people of the glen have to be highly adaptable and innovative to survive. The thin soil easily washes away, and new production methods have to be embraced.
However, in the Glen, tradition is powerful. People are more likely to look backwards than forwards. The reformers often seek to purify what already exists…
A tract of moist grassland where flowers and grasses grow in profusion- all muddled together. There are also boggy places with fragile mosses and lichens. Willows and shrubs also grow there. They just happen. They are not managed by humans. The are rich in botanical (theological) diversity.
They are what first grows after devastation- for example, a forest fire.
Meadows are then inventive, creative and developmental.
The plants that grow in the meadow are intermingled and to some extent dependent. A Flax will never become a meadowsweet, but they will grow side by side. Beauty is evident in each. Fruit grows amid flowers and weeds.
Dwellers in the meadow are not interested in rules or doctrines- but rather in images and relationships and stories that bring people together.
There may be no easy, well trodden paths, but the meadow invites you to run through it bare foot. In this way, every generation can cut its own path. Every generation can turn from a world in which we have tried to garden everything and walk free.
In the meadow, all parties are active, none are passive.
In the meadow, there is a high rate of invention, but a high rate of failure. Plants come for a while, but die away to be replaced by other plants, as the soil conditions and moisture levels change.


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We've got lots of news to report from the Aaron Freeman camp this morning, the most important bit of which is that the artist formerly known as Gene Ween is happy and healthy. Congrats go out to Aaron for passing the 15 month mark in his sobriety, an accomplishment he wisely calls "the most important thing I've ever done." Now that Freeman's back in "fighting shape," there's lots of music on the horizon for the singer-songwriter who co-founded Ween with Mickey "Dean Ween" Melchiondo.
Even in Ween's earliest days Freeman and Melchiondo were known for their experimental recording efforts using four-track cassette recorders. Aaron will pass the lessons he learned from those days and beyond to future musicians taking part in his Experimental Analog Recording summer workshop at The Paul Green Rock Academy in Woodstock, New York. Here's the description of what participants will learn at the workshop, which takes place from July 15 – 19 and is open to those ages 8 – 18…
Students will use analog recording techniques and materials to create an innovative and experimental music piece. Kids will work collaboratively to come up with concept, play and produce the work. Each student will leave with a copy of the work they've created.
Aaron also has just announced a new batch of five gigs that starts on April 18th at Oak Ridge, Tenn.'s Lincoln's Sports Grill and continues with shows at Narrows Center For The Arts in Fall River, Mass. on April 26th, at Higher Ground in South Burlington, Vermont on the 27th and concludes with performances at The Sinclair in Cambridge, Mass. on May 9th and at Brooklyn's Music Hall of Williamsburg on May 10th.
Finally, Freeman has shared with us that he's aiming to start recording his first solo album of original material this summer. He's been writing throughout the past year and we're excited to hear what he comes up with.
4 thoughts on "Aaron Freeman To Play Shows, Teach Experimental Analog Recording & Plans To Record First Solo Album of Original Material"
April 5, 2013 at 1:23 am
Just keep playing. As a fan, I look forward to your future endeavors.
April 5, 2013 at 9:03 am
Stay on the path Aaron. Forget the past and express yourself. Your best is yet to come.
April 5, 2013 at 10:40 am
There are very few artists that I would follow from their original bands to their solo work. But, there are very few artists I enjoy as Ween…so….looking forward to it! A workshop for young musicians in analog is a fantastic idea too. Ween's music is influential to any musician that listens to it. I hope to hear a younger generation that knows Ween.
April 5, 2013 at 3:06 pm
Dear Aaron,
First, I love you and always will. I saw your solo show in Boulder and really enjoyed it. I hope that you will someday consider playing with the other members of ween as your music as a group has forever changed me. The experiences and people that Ween shows bring together are unlike any other. I miss you and hope you will come back to Colorado soon.
John Motley


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Paducah, KY, NBC affiliate WPSD caught a glimpse of two leading Republicans talking about how they were going to talk about the shutdown.
WPSG news director Bill Evans told TVSpy the station had asked for an interview with Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell. When he showed up in the right spot, "An NBC producer/camera team hooked the Senator up and the producer asked questions while we recorded the answers here in Paducah."
While he was hanging out after the interview and WPSD was still recording Rand Paul, the junior Senator from Kentucky, approached the Republican Minority Leader and asked, "You got a second?"
McConnel told Paul, "I'm all wired up here." But that didn't stop Paul from telling McConnell how he talked about the government shutdown with CNN and how it would compare to what the Democrats were saying.
"I just did CNN and I just go over and over again 'We're willing to compromise.' 'We're willing to negotiate,'" said Paul. "I don't think they poll tested 'We won't negotiate.' I think it's awful for them to say that over and over again."
Paul is referring to Democrats saying they won't negotiate over the bill linking the debt ceiling to funding for the Affordable Care Act.
"I think if we keep saying 'We wanted to defund it. We fought for that and now we're willing to compromise on this,'" said Paul. "I think they can't. We're gonna. We, I think. Well, I know we don't want to be here. But we're gonna win this I think."
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Alan Cross's artist profile of Oasis explores why the music is so popular as well as why the tabloids and music magazines have always found the band so newsworthy. This episode of The Alan Cross Guide to Alternative Rock is loaded with eccentric facts about Liam and Noel Gallagher and the rest of the always-controversial band.
Cross has enjoyed a long career in radio and his voice is paced beautifully. Even when he's covering a lot of ground in a short span of time, he never sounds rushed. In his recordings, musicians are portrayed both intimately and expertly. Listeners are left with a profound sense of musical and biographical understanding - and they might just put down their headphones and start a band themselves.
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Cassidy dispatches Ivey and Nguyen for first bracelet
Joe Cassidy has been around the poker world for quite a while now, actually since 2002. Despite making waves in the poker world during the height of the Poker Boom Cassidy was still in search of his first major tournament victory when he sat down at the final table of the $5k Limit Omaha 8 or better tournament at the 2012 World Series of Poker. And it would take a monumental performance by Cassidy to earn that first tournament victory; having to dispatch a pair of the game's all-time greats to earn his first WSOP bracelet.
But dispatch them Cassidy, as he sent Phil Ivey to the rail in 3rd place and came back the following day to battle Scotty Nguyen heads-up for the bracelet. Cassidy took a commanding 3.5-to-1 chip-lead into heads-up play against the 1998 WSOP Main Event Champion, and Scotty was unable to get anything going against Cassidy. In the end Cassidy would pick-up his first major tournament victory by denying Scotty Nguyen his 6th WSOP bracelet.
Cassidy now has over $1.8 million in career tournament earnings and after making three WSOP final tables, along with four WPT Top 7 finishes, Cassidy can now cross his name off the list of the best players who haven't won a WSOP tournament, or in Cassidy's case, any live tournament.
The nearly $300k payday was the largest for Cassidy since a runner-up finish at the 2004 United States Poker Championship in Atlantic City, and his first six-figure cash since 2009 when Joe just missed the televised final table of the WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamond Poker Classic, finishing in 7th place.
For Ivey it was his third close call with a bracelet in 2012, and even though he is prime position to win the WSOP Player of the Year award, it's obviously the bracelets that are driving him. So far Ivey has finished 7th in the $5k Seven-Card-Stud 8 or better tournament, a runner-up finish in the $10k Pot Limit Holdem tournament, and now a 3rd place showing in the $5k Omaha 8 or better tournament.
In addition to Cassidy, Ivey, and Scotty Nguyen, the final table of the tournament also included Mike Matusow, Ryan Lenaghan, and Meng La.
Here is a look at the final table payouts from the tournament:
1. Joe Cassidy — $294,777
2. Scotty Nguyen — $182,213
3. Phil Ivey — $136,046
4. Meng La — $102,260
5. Greg Jamison — $77,342
6. Elie Doft — $58,873
7. Bart Hanson — $45,084
8. Mike Matusow — $34,748
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Our little boy arrived on March 4th, 2012. Thought I would share some of the birth story with you ladies I have gotten to know here!
I woke up at 5:30, rolled out of bed and felt fluid running out (way too much to be pee!). We had a baptism to go to that morning, so I was hoping contractions would wait awhile or start slow and mild. I laid in bed for about an hour, then got up and decided to start cleaning up the house and packing my bag, as I knew we would have a baby sometime that day. We went to church and made it thru the baptism with no contractions, just fluid leaking periodically. We got home and I decided to take a shower then try the breast pump for a bit to see if that would bring on ctx. That started some mild contractions that were irregular, but maybe around 10 minutes apart. We decided to head to our Bradley class, and just see what happened. On the way, we decided that was not going to happen as ctx were now more regular about 8 minutes apart and getting stronger. We stopped at a park and decided to walk...made it through about 4 ctx and decided to head home to try to relax as they were getting much stronger. Got home, could not get comfortable, kept feeling like I had to go to the bathroom. Called Dr., told them contractions were coming every 5-6 minutes. About 5 minutes later, I told DH, "I think we need to get to the hospital!" I rode kneeling in the backseat, and that 5 minutes I just prayed that we would make it and that all would be okay, as I was starting to feel lots of pressure. We showed up on the OB floor, nurse got us straight to a room. I puked, got checked (9cm +2), and got on the bed. My body was pushing, but I was still trying to relax with it. Doctor got there about 15 minutes later and I pushed with about 3-4 ctx and baby was out! Oh, that felt so good to not be pregnant anymore! Labor was very intense, and pushing seemed more painful than I remember with my daughter (pushed for 1.5 hours), but I was in a different position too so maybe that made a difference.
Anyway, we are home, loving on our little man, and nursing is going pretty well this time!
Yay! Congratulations! I'm glad to hear that everything is going well and that you're enjoying being not pregnant anymore!
So happy for you! Congrats! Hope you recover quickly!
Awe how awesome!! Congratulations and good job! Please share pics when/if you can~
Lisa- mom to 4 boys, expecting our 5th surprise in May
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Very awesome! It seems to have gone pretty quickly in the end! How big was your baby? What did you name him?
3times, yes, very quick 2nd stage, well pretty quick overall =). He was 8-8.1, 22", and his name is Owen Neal.
Thank you for sharing! Congratulations and Welcome baby Owen!
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9-12 - Bond Actions
To increase the effectiveness of FDA's import operations by appropriately utilizing the CBP bond provisions, in conjunction with FDA's enforcement discretion, in an effort to deter the distribution of imported articles prior to FDA release.
Sections 801(b) and 536(b) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and 21 CFR 1.97 provide for the delivery to the owner or consignee of a lot offered for entry into the United States, pending a decision to admit the lot upon the execution of a bond (commonly referred to by FDA as a "redelivery bond"). This bond is filed with the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and provides for the payment of liquidated damages in the event of default. (The individual or firm posting the bond is referred to as the "Importer of Record.")
This bond contains a condition for redelivery of the lot, or any portion thereof, upon demand of CBP and also a provision for the performance of conditions as may be legally imposed for the relabeling or other action necessary to bring the article into compliance or rendering it other than a food, drug, device, or cosmetic.
FDA district personnel have and may utilize enforcement discretion when evaluating cases of bond violations and penalty recommendations. While it may be accurate to state that FDA "rarely mitigates", it should be pointed out that districts have at their disposal, and may wish to exercise, enforcement discretion when, in their judgment, appropriate circumstances are present. Some examples of appropriate circumstances are stated in Penalty Recommendation.
Importers are not specifically required by law to hold a shipment in any given location once a bond has been filed, pending a decision by FDA whether or not to sample. However, in the event FDA decides to collect a sample, CBP can require, under terms of the bond, that the importer return the entire shipment or any portion thereof for sampling, if the shipment has left the port area. If unable to redeliver upon demand by CBP, the importer is subject to assessment of liquidated damages.
In advising importers who inquire about making immediate distribution of any entry, district personnel should recommend that distribution be withheld pending an Agency decision on admissibility. Generally speaking, a bond violation occurs when the importer fails to redeliver merchandise, upon CBP demand, that has been distributed for sale before sampling and/or release by FDA, or before an authorized FDA representative expressed that the merchandise may proceed without FDA examination.
Following are examples of situations which may, if the merchandise is not redelivered on Customs demand, result in bond violations:
- Distribution of a shipment before FDA has decided whether or not to sample;
- Distribution of a shipment after FDA has elected to sample but before the sample(s) can be collected;
- Distribution of a shipment that appears to be violative, before or after the receipt of a Notice of Detention and Hearing;
- Distribution for sale of a shipment before FDA can inspect and/or sample the merchandise that was relabeled or reconditioned pursuant to an approved Application For Authorization To Relabel Or To Perform Other Action under 801(b) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Form FD-766);
- Distribution of a shipment for which a Notice of Refusal of Admission has issued.
As soon as it appears that one of the above situations may have occurred, FDA district personnel should report the situation in writing to the CBP Port Director, as an investigation may be initiated by CBP to determine whether a bond violation has occurred. The report to CBP should be strictly factual, with enough background information for CBP to accurately assess the case. The report should, at this point, contain no recommendations nor should it judge the case before the importer of record has had an opportunity to present evidence. The District should offer CBP full cooperation in conducting any investigation that is considered necessary.
If an importer has distributed a shipment before FDA has determined whether to sample or after a Notice of Sampling has issued but before the samples are collected, the written report should ask CBP to require redelivery for sampling purposes.
If, at the time of the aforementioned report to CBP, the shipment had been sampled and a Notice of Detention and Hearing had already issued on the shipment, a Notice of Refusal of Admission should be issued. The Notice of Refusal of Admission should be executed in the usual manner.
NOTE: A Notice of Detention and Hearing and Notice of Refusal of Admission are not required in cases where FDA has not sampled the shipment.
Where the articles are distributed prior to FDA sampling, FDA should consider following up in domestic channels, for example, by collecting official domestic samples. Where samples have been collected by FDA and are shown to be violative, and the goods are not redelivered, FDA may consider recommending seizure, or some other action, to remove the violative product from distribution channels.
If CBP, after review of FDA's report along with any other information, determines that the articles are not entitled to admission, CBP may issue a Notice of Redelivery (CBP Form 4647) to the importer of record. If redelivery is not made within a specified time (currently 30 days) CBP regulations provide for the issuance of a Notice of Penalty or Liquidated Damages Incurred and Demand for Payment (CBP Form 5955A). CBP has amended the amount of liquidated damages to be assessed to three times the value of the restricted merchandise not redelivered (19 CFR 113.62(k)) and increased the amount of the bond required for such entries to three times the value of the merchandise (CBP Directive 3510-03, 1/14/91). These amounts are current as of the date of the issuance of this RPM. Check CBP regulations for current amounts. The Notice (Customs Form 5955A) will generally request liquidated damages in the amount prescribed by regulation for the undelivered merchandise, plus duties. This Notice gives the importer of record an opportunity to object to the action if he or she feels there are extenuating circumstances, and to explain in a written petition why he or she should not be subject to the stated penalties.
The importer of record generally will submit a petition to CBP to either void the Notice of Penalty and Liquidated Damages or will offer to pay a lesser amount. If there are mitigating circumstances, CBP and FDA may agree to the payment of a lesser amount. See 21 CFR 1.97(b).
If the importer of record refuses to pay the amount agreed upon by CBP and FDA, the importer has the option of presenting the case to a CBP Court. Generally, if the Court rules for the government, the importer must pay the original amount of liquidated damages.
When the importer of record is a customhouse broker and not the ultimate consignee, a plea is frequently entered for cancellation of liquidated damages on the basis that the broker had no part in the distribution of the merchandise. It should be emphasized that any importer of record has agreed to the obligations set forth in the bond, most importantly, redelivery. If such bond holders were excused from their obligations, the bond provisions would be unenforceable, and the distribution of imported goods prior to release would be encouraged. It may be pointed out to customhouse brokers that their assumption of the responsibility of importer of record was entirely voluntary. By filing the entry as importer of record, the customhouse broker assumes all obligations under the bond.
In evaluating a bond action case, it should be remembered that the bond penalty is intended to make the unauthorized distribution of articles unprofitable. Very often penalties are so small that such penalties, in effect, encourage the illegal distribution of future imported lots.
In the absence of any aggravating factor, the following mitigating factors may be utilized in determining if mitigation is warranted. Districts do have enforcement discretion to consider mitigation under other circumstances.
- The merchandise was exported after detention but prior to the issuance of a Notice of Refusal of Admission because the importer was not aware he/she was supposed to wait for the Refusal before exportation. The importer is able to supply documentation that the specific merchandise detained was, indeed, exported.
- A shipment was released by CBP under an Immediate Delivery Entry (I.D.) and distributed prior to FDA release because it was the initial entry subject to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act by the importer who was not aware of FDA requirements.
- Conditions out-of- control of importer - Examples:
- An entry is stored in a public storage warehouse pending FDA clearance but is inadvertently shipped even though the importer has issued instructions to hold the merchandise until further notice. The importer must be able to document the issuance of such instructions, which must be verifiable by FDA.
- A shipment being held pending FDA clearance is stolen or damaged or destroyed in an accident. FDA personnel should obtain written documentation of the theft or accident from the importer before considering recommending mitigation.
- It is the responsible party's first/only failure to redeliver within two (2) years, and the firm's cooperation with FDA has been positive in providing access to records, initiating recalls, etc.
- There exists either a non-violative FDA analysis or "acceptable" private laboratory analysis for which audit sample is not available. NOTE: repetitive failure (more than once within two (2) years) to have audit samples available constitutes an aggravating factor. (See Aggravating Factors below.)
- Importer has an excellent compliance history with the district.
- The importer has had only one or two bond offenses since doing business in the FDA district, constituting a small percentage of the importer's total entries which FDA has chosen to examine; and
- The importer has an excellent recorded history of entering product in compliance with the Act and has fully cooperated with FDA while in business in the FDA district; and
- The importer makes a reasonable attempt to retrieve the entry as soon as it is brought to his/her attention.
Districts are reminded that the enforcement discretion available to you may be utilized when determining whether or not to mitigate bond penalties based on other factors the district deems pertinent.
Although often used by importers in the past as "extenuating circumstances," the following are not considered examples of true mitigating circumstances:
- The amount of merchandise missing;
The seriousness of the violation.
Note - FDA may consider a firm's history of previous bond violations to show that the importer (e.g. broker serving as importer of record) was aware of FDA and CBP procedures, and that mitigation may not be appropriate.
In addition, there are some aggravating factors which would generally preclude any mitigation. These factors follow.
- Attempt to deliberately evade FDA surveillance.
- Fraud.
- Un-redelivered product has resulted in injury or poses a risk to the public health.
The "redelivery bond" is a CBP requirement and the mitigation process is a CBP procedure. Therefore, FDA will not consider mitigation until a mitigation petition is filed with CBP and forwarded to the district for evaluation.
As with the basic decision to mitigate, districts do have enforcement discretion, based on their judgment and evaluation of the facts, to determine the degree of mitigation. The following general guidelines should be considered in determining the amount of mitigation:
- In instances involving the documented exportation of the merchandise, first time importers, and situations out of control of the importer, (see items A, B, and C in Penalty Recommendation) districts can, based on their evaluation of the facts in the petition, agree to mitigate the penalty to a nominal amount or recommend no penalty.
- In all other instances, districts should generally consider mitigating the penalty to the level of the value of the non-redelivered merchandise. The degree of mitigation can vary depending on the district's evaluation of the facts in the petition. However, except for those instances noted in item 1. of this section, mitigation below the value of the non- redelivered merchandise should be considered only in exceptional circumstances.
If the districts have doubts concerning the amount of the penalty recommendation, they should submit the case to the Division of Import Operations, OEIO/DIO for review and advice.
Until this functionality is available in OASIS, each district shall maintain a log of bond violations and assessment of penalties, in the event that it becomes necessary to check on the past violations of an importer of record. The specific format for such a log is at the district's discretion; however, it should contain at least the following information when available: Name and address of the importer of record; product involved; value of merchandise not recovered; penalty paid; date of action; sample number; reason for the detention; and concise reason for the bond action. It is no longer necessary to send a list of bond actions to DIO.


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Good piece here by CBS Sportline's Dennis Dodd on the last six years of college football.
Dodd writes the following, and we agree:
This is not a golden age of college football, it is the golden age. Move over Knute and Grantland. We are living in revolutionary times, an era of unprecedented growth, popularity and innovation. The best players, best teams and best coaches of a generation have combined in this short period to give us things we thought we would never see.
And he recognizes how offensive innovation has been in the vanguard of that golden age–something we've been talking about for a while now:
Since the beginning of the 2000 season, all-time highs have been established in 10 of the 14 offensive categories tracked annually by the NCAA. In that period, the Division I-A records for average passing yards in a game ('03, '05) and cumulative completion percentage ('04, '05) have been broken twice.
Like it or not, scheme and style of play on offense–and its evolution–has always been the biggest influence on the game. Systems like the Single Wing, the Box, the T-Formation, the I-Formation, the Veer, the Wishbone and the various permutations of the Spread have, over the years, spawned changes in everything from defensive style and formations, to recruiting, to the size and speed of the players.
Utah broke the BCS stranglehold in 2004 with Alex Smith running a variation of (Delaware Coach Dave) Nelson's old offense. West Virginia finished in the top five in rushing last year running the zone-read option. No Mountaineers offensive lineman weighed more than 290 pounds.
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Most importantly, offensive innovations have allowed teams without talent to not only compete with the big boys but also to become big boys themselves. And so we see a former lightweight like Louisville moving to the Big East, where it now has a shot to do something that was inconceivable just a few short years ago–win a national title.
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Lady Rev. Adelaide Heward-Mills of the Light House Chapel International has urged Ghanaian couples to take the institution of marriage seriously and look up to God during hard times.
Lady Rev. Heward-Mills who was the Guest of Honour at the opening ceremony of this year's Joy Beauty and Bridal Fair currently underway at the Accra International Conference Centre admonished young people who are getting into marriage to do so with the desire to serve and not be served.
She said "it is obvious to all of us that marriage is under attack and everything that God has made and God has instituted like marriage is being attacked by the enemy in no subtle way."
Lady Rev. Heward Mills explained that because people have departed from the "divine manual" that God has given about the institution and therefore marriages are not successful these days.
She stated that Ghanaians must submit themselves to God's word if they want their union to survive. "There is a cross in every marriage. There is a crucifixion in every marriage… the cross is part of every life… Therefore if you want a successful marriage, there is a cross and that cross is sacrifice."
She said the situation where couples look at what they can get from marriages instead of what they can give must stop.
"Sometimes you have a need that you expect your partner to meet and he may not be around to meet it. Then you begin to sulk, you become something else because you feel that 'what I invested in, I am not getting [anything] out of it' but marriage is not an investment to get something out of. Marriage is to give yourself and as you give yourself, you encourage your partner to also give himself and God who is the manufacturer of marriage blesses it," she stressed.
Lady Rev. Adelaide Heward-Mills, who is the wife of the Presiding Bishop of the Light House Chapel International, Bishop Dag Heward-Mills said, due to the selfishness of people who enter marriage these days it is difficult to make things work. She therefore admonished couples to be selfless.
"In order to safeguard the institution of marriage upon which nationhood is built, we need to sacrifice our desires, our expectations and decide ...what am I going to put in this thing that I'm entering that will make a difference," she added.
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The surprise package for this year's event was revealed when the bride and groom of the fair were unveiled. Guess what! They were Joy FM's very own Araba Koomson and renowned young actor John Dumelo!
They were clad in white wedding attires while another couple was gorgeously dressed in a traditional wedding costume.
The Human Resource Manager of Joy FM, Tina Nahyi who welcomed exhibitors and patrons to the event said this year's fair is unique because it has brought together a larger number of providers of marriage-related products and services in Ghana.
She said "we developed this event to make wedding planning easy and fun and to make the wedding day the most memorable day in one's life."
Mrs. Nahyi said the days for the remainder of the fair would be themed which will include the Traditional wedding day, Beverage day and the White wedding day.
She said patrons will witness a repackaged marriage seminar to meet the present challenges in marriage.
Over a hundred exhibitors are participating in this year's event which will run till Sunday evening.
The event is organised by Joy FM and powered by myjoyonline.com.
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Replying to a question in Parliament, which discussed Indias Sethu Samundram Canal project on Thursday, foreign minister Lakshman Kadirgamar said there was a possibility of taking India to an international court.
This is obviously a measure of last resort in the event of failure to resolve any issue through bilateral consultations and friendly co-operation, the minister said.
However, he said he was hopeful that the two countries will be able to work together and address the environmental and livelihood issues and mitigate any adverse effects.
The Lankan foreign minister said resorting to international legal action now was premature but remained in the realm of possibility.


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We've got not one but two videos for you today, both about Nintendo, and only one of them deliberately funny.
The first is an adventure in selective bleeping: a comedy troupe took those old, godawful Zelda cartoons and made them much, much racier by knocking out a few words. Although you've got to wonder what the writing team was thinking when they wrote in Zelda trying to take off Link's belt. You'll never view his sudden jump to puberty in "Ocarina of Time" the same way again.
The second is a power ballad written to Shigeru Miyamoto, who, yes, is a respected game designer and a powerful influence on pop culture, but this song is…it's…it's a freaking power ballad about a game designer. And it kinda makes the poor guy sound like something of a child molester. You'll find it embedded up top, while the Zelda vid is below after the jump.
Now, what does "father of my childhood" even mean?


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Visiting my sister and let me tell you, we been having a delightful and cozy time together. Our little babies combined ( 3 ) have been such a delight. Cousins together are the best.
Having a sister to share all the ups and downs of raising children is such a comfort to me.
What have we been up to? LOTS !!! But really just simply enjoying life together is the best part. Having our early morning coffee while waking up makes the early mornings golden. Her back patio sits on the water which the babies think is delightful for turtle feedings and goose sightings.
Watching the sun rise the other day I happened to get some fun pictures of the pink clouds on the water just as it was rising. You can see the reflections of the clouds on the water which helped described how beautiful the morning was.
Can you see a little turtle head bobbing up in the picture below? He is looking for his bread crumbs which he is not bashful for begging for every time he hears little voices out on the deck. Of course the little ones are delighted to help a needy turtle out time and again.
The geese are loud and a little bossy when it comes to sharing their bread with the ducks and turtles but they sure are cosy to have around. Hearing their honking throughout the day makes me happy and snug 🙂
After watching the sun rise we decided we had to wake Aunty and Cousin who were trying to catch up on some much needed sleep. 🙂 Sheets, babies and kitties filled our morning until breakfast hunger got the best of us. I think we will surprise Aunty again tomorrow morning 🙂
Her cat Bay is the baby sitter and baby referee at times. He works his tail off trying to keep the babies happy. Literally 🙂


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McAllister: Houllier will avoid surgery
Aston Villa assistant manager Gary McAllister says that Gerard Houllier will not require surgery after going to hospital with chest pains.
• Houllier taken to hospital
• Thompson: Signs are 'positive'
Houllier was admitted to hospital on Wednesday evening and it is reported he is unlikely to return to the Villa bench this season as he recuperates.
However Houllier, who underwent a major heart operation when manager of Liverpool in 2001, will not require surgery.
McAllister, who played under Houllier at Anfield, said: "I visited Gerard yesterday in hospital after training and was surprised how well he looked. It was really surprising. If you took away all the stuff attached to his arms, he didn't look ill.
"He is on the coronary ward. He was great and bubbly. He had a tough night but he was looking surprisingly well and in fine fettle."
When asked if Houllier would need surgery, McAllister said: "They (the specialists) are definitely saying there is no surgery needed, which is a massive plus. The last time there was major surgery. This time there will be no surgery needed, purely medicine and rest."
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Was looking at some pictures of the Alfa 8C and found this... the Diva.
Now looking at the back, it's obvious that you see it has inspiration from the Tipo 33 Stradale, which to me is the most gorgeous car ever made. The rear of the Diva looks pretty fantastic I must say.
Then you see the front...
... and then it all makes sense that the designer was Sbarro. So close to making something exquisite, then they go all weird.
Car was actually based on the Alfa 159 instead of the 8C and the engine is ust a 3.2 V6 with 190 bhp. Peppy car, but nothing too amazing.
I'll go back to looking at the 33 Stradale now...