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Brooklyn Long Island Alumni 1st Annual College Preparation Workshop
Saturday, February 2, 2013 from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM (EST)
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The 1st Annual Financial Aid College Preparation Workshop is an initiative to familiarize aspiring high school juniors and seniors with the college admittance process in regards to scholarships, loans, etc. This program will provide the Brooklyn community of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity's initiatives with youths who are seeking higher-education.
Space will be limited. Students and parents will be asked to register online at kapsicollegeprep.eventbrite.com. We ask for students and parents to print a copy of their online registration to present the day of the event.
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Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated was founded January 5th, 1911 on the campus of Indiana University at Bloomington, Indiana. Kappa Alpha Psi, a college fraternity now comprised of functioning Undergraduate and Alumni Chapters on major campuses and in cities throughout the country, is the crystallization of a dream. It is the beautiful realization of a vision shared commonly by the late Revered Founders Elder Watson Diggs; John Milton Lee; Byron K. Armstrong; Guy Levis Grant; Ezra D. Alexander; Henry T. Asher; Marcus P. Blakemore; Paul W. Caine; Edward G. Irvin and George W. Edmonds.
The Brooklyn-Long Island Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated was founded April 9, 1949. On the social action front, B-LI began implementing other projects such as :
Canned Food and Clothing Drives in Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island Areas;
Distributed Thanksgiving Baskets and Meals;
Hosted Walk / Run-a-thons
Implemented SAT workshops.
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Long Island University, High School Building (Entrance on Dekalb Ave and Flatbush Ave)
1 University Plaza
New York,
Saturday, February 2, 2013 from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM (EST)
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Thirty things I learned while running the St. George Marathon last weekend:
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2 • Running a marathon, oddly, is a lot like writing a novel. The middle part is the hardest.
3 • It does not hurt to have an iPod loaded with B.B. King tunes. (Favorite lyric? "I let you live in my penthouse, you said it was just a shack. I gave you seven children and now you want to give them back.")
4 • Speaking of which, how did people run marathons before iPods were invented?
5 • (BTW, I was the nutball singing along to "Viva Las Vegas" somewhere near mile 19.)
6 • People who cheer you on even if they don't know you make a big difference.
7 • People who cheer you on even if they DO know you make a big difference, too. (Thanks, Ken and Geoff. Thanks, Kim. Thanks, Mom and Dad.)
8 • Running 26.2 miles is as challenging mentally as it is physically.
9 • Still, it is totally, totally worth running that distance just to hear your teenage son say, "My mom is badass."
10 • You should look past the finish line when running the last four blocks. Otherwise the sight of it so near, yet so far away will make you crazy.
11 • Guys and their special guy "plumbing" have a distinct advantage over women on a long run.
12 • Running a marathon is hard. But giving birth is harder.
13 • I liked the advice given to me on the bus ride up the canyon by a woman who has run a number of marathons. "Enjoy every minute of your run the good, the bad and the ugly. And remember that the ugly always makes for a better story."
14 • When this same woman discovered I was a first-time marathoner, she predicted I would be planning my next marathon as soon as I crossed the finish line.
15 • She was wrong.
16 • The bonfires at the race's starting line were a nice touch.
17 • Same for the cold wet towels at the race's end.
18 • Is drinking milk right after a long race actually good for you? I seriously want to know, so please advise.
19 • The race does, in fact, go to the swift. And to the nonswift, too.
20 • People have asked why I wanted to run a marathon in the first place, because running that far is crazy. I had my reasons, including this: I want my kids to know that I can do hard things. And they can, too.
21 • Even though in the interest of full disclosure I also had to tell them I finished in the bottom 10 percent.
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24 • But then I am always underprepared.
25 • For everything.
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27 • One of my favorite sights? A guy running shirtless with the words "Just Married" scrawled across his back like he was a human rear window.
28 • As it turns out, running the actual marathon is easier than training for it.
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Washington : Government Printing Office
|Chap. 748
|Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1957.
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Page 753
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply supplemental appropriations (this Act may be cited as the "Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1957") for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957, and for other purposes, namely:
For additional amounts for appropriations to the Public Health Service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1956, as follows:
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Bertha Knight Landes was a political pioneer and an #HistoricalWomanWhoRocked. She was the first woman mayor of Seattle and the first woman mayor of a major American city. She and her family moved to Washington in 1895 when her husband Henry became a faculty member at the University of Washington. Landes was the mother of three children and was active in various women's clubs. For example, she founded the Women's City Club and was president of the Washington State League of Women Voters. In 1921, the Seattle mayor appointed her to serve on a commission studying unemployment.
Landes and Kathryn Miracle became the first women to serve on the Seattle City Council in 1922. After being re-elected in 1924, Landes became the Council President. Two years later, in 1926, she ran for mayor of Seattle. Running on a platform that stressed law enforcement, reform, and morality, she defeated incumbent Edwin J. "Doc" Brown.
Both as the City Council President and as mayor, Landes supported issues like city planning and zoning, improved public health and safety programs, and better hospitals and recreation programs. She supported public ownership of utilities. Landes' administration focused on caring for Seattle's moral, social, and physical environment.
Even though her administration went well and received high marks, the issue of her sex consistently superseded her accomplishments in office; most people believed a city as large as Seattle should have a male leader. Knight was defeated for reelection in 1928. When asked what she saw as the future for women in politics, she said, "Women now wield considerable power along political lines and I believe each succeeding year for some time to come will find them wielding that power more effectively. But…at present men in general are not ready to yield to women the privilege and right of holding high political office."
After her political career, Landes wrote extensively for national magazines, encouraging other women to become involved in politics. Landes wanted women to be treated equally with men and called for public service to be gender-neutral. She wrote, "Let us, while never forgetting our womanhood, drop all emphasis on sex, and put it on being public servants."


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|Chap. 546
|Title 18, U.S. Code, amendment. 62 Stat. 839.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the analysis of chapter 229 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting at the end thereof "3619. Disposition of conveyances seized for violation of the Indian liquor laws."
Title 18, United States Code, is further amended by inserting immediately following section 3618 thereof a new section to be designated "section 3619" and to read as follows:
"The provisions of section 3617 of this title shall apply to any conveyances seized, proceeded against by libel, or forfeited under the provisions of section 3113 or 3618 of this title for having been used in introducing or attempting to introduce intoxicants into the Indian country or into other places where such introduction is prohibited by treaty or enactment of Congress."
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Ballerina: Getting a Leg up
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Award-winning dancer/choreographer/photographer Kira Seamon showcases beautiful ballet poses that highlight a dancer's legs. Digital photographs capture stunning moments from studio to stage!! The cover design could be described as a "Self Portrait", as Kira discovered the beautiful shadows created by the sun while she was dancing in the studio.
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Professional ballerina Kira Seamon enjoys photography when she isn't dancing! She is inspired by sights found in her backyard and beyond! She has been perfecting her photographic skills for 10 years, and these books are the result. Her choreography has been seen across the US. She enjoys dance competitions and has won an over-all title and trophy in both Regional Competition and at the World Finals! She has won multiple platinum awards and Special Awards from judges, recognizing her strong music background and beautiful balletic turns. She frequently accompanies her cast on the piano during her concerts. She was awarded a Grant from the Cultural Council for her unique, 1-Woman concert which featured her performing ballet and playing the piano. Her concerts have been fortunate to have collaborators from New England Conservatory, Boston Conservatory, MIT, Boston College, Wellesley College and numerous other artistic institutions. Don't forget to check out her Youtube Channel!
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Hannity & Colmes substitute host Estrich: progressive standard-bearer?
Research ››› ››› ANDREW SEIFTER
On June 4, filling in for co-host Alan Colmes on FOX News Channel's Hannity & Colmes, FOX News political analyst Susan Estrich -- expressing her affection for co-host Sean Hannity and noting her friendship with guests Newt Gingrich and Ann Coulter -- failed to counter many of their attacks on the show against prominent Democrats and progressives; indeed, Estrich affirmed some of those attacks.
As Media Matters for America noted on June 9, Estrich joined Hannity, Gingrich, and Coulter in purporting to diagnose former Vice President Al Gore's psychiatric state based on Gore's May 26 speech on America's Iraq policy, saying, "He's off the deep end." But Estrich's harsh words for Democrats did not end with Gore.
Estrich on Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY):
GINGRICH: [Former President Bill] Clinton has, I think, to some extent mellowed and also I believe that a successful Clinton book tour by a more statesman-like Bill Clinton is not a bad prelude to the 2008 campaign by Senator Clinton.
ESTRICH: Oh, no.
HANNITY: I think you just about nailed it. It's coming.
ESTRICH: You [Gingrich] remind me of him. And I can see you two getting along, but she can't get elected, can she now?
GINGRICH: Oh, she is, I think, one of the most professional people in politics today.
ESTRICH: Well, I didn't say that.
GINGRICH: I think she is very formidable.
Estrich (who was quoted by The Philadelphia Inquirer saying, "They [the Clintons] need to shut up ... stop sucking up all the oxygen."):
ESTRICH: I mean, what are we, guys like you and I, girls and guys like you and I, Bob, supposed to think of a book [My Life] by our friend, the former president, that's coming out on June 22 when John Kerry is supposed to be in full ascendancy.
ROBERT REICH, FORMER CLINTON LABOR SECRETARY: Well, Susan, it's better coming out in June than it is coming out in August or September or October.
ESTRICH: This is true. But why now?
REICH: You mean why not wait until after the election altogether?
ESTRICH: Or maybe not write a book in June.
Estrich on "the left" and on the national progressive entertainment talk radio network Air America Radio:
HANNITY: I mean, we hear this. We've got Soros -- wait a minute. We've got Soros; we've got Podesta. We've got them going into talk radio.
But when you watch what they're doing they seem to want to attack personally conservatives just like they have hatred for George W. Bush, but they don't have ideas. Where are the ideas on the left? Where is the thinking liberal?
ESTRICH: I don't know. I don't have a full-time job on TV, so I can't tell you.
I don't know any liberal radio except the one that's failing. [For more information on Air America, see the May 31 New York Times article republished by Common Dreams; despite early financial troubles, Air America has been attracting listeners. Midday ratings for WLIB-AM in New York, which include three hours of The O'Franken Factor have been higher than the midday ratings for WABC-AM, which include three hours of The Rush Limbaugh Show.] I don't know liberal television, you know, that doesn't exist. All right.
Estrich on former Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean and, again, on Gore:
HANNITY: Are you embarrassed -- are you embarrassed, Susan, by the rhetoric of -- we're going to show Dean in a minute, but by the rhetoric of Gore, by the rhetoric of Dean? By -- well, let me...
ESTRICH: I'm so thrilled that I don't have to defend these people. I'm so thrilled that they're not the nominee.
Estrich also made clear that she "like[s]" Gingrich and Hannity; and she introduced Coulter as "my improbable friend." Estrich on Newt Gingrich and Sean Hannity:
ESTRICH: Welcome back to Hannity & Colmes. I'm Susan Estrich here having fun tonight with Sean Hannity and my good friend Newt Gingrich. People don't even believe that you're friends with me.
ESTRICH: I actually like you [Gingrich]. I'm going to be in terrible trouble tomorrow. I like Sean Hannity. I like you. I'm dead, you know. I'm just dead.
Estrich on Ann Coulter:
Estrich: Joining us here in New York is the author of "Treason" and actually my improbable friend, Ann Coulter.
Estrich, a professor of law and political science at the University of Southern California, served as national campaign manager of Democrat Michael Dukakis's ill-fated 1988 presidential campaign. But now she is a FOX News political analyst; a "pundit" for right-wing website NewsMax.com; and a syndicated columnist.
In a 1998 Slate.com e-mail dialogue with National Review contributing editor David Frum, Estrich defended The Drudge Report's Matt Drudge, who was sued for libel by Sidney Blumenthal (former senior adviser to President Bill Clinton).
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An Investigation and Treatment of an Uncommon Ethiopic Binding Structure, and Consideration of its Historical Context and Lithography in the Age of Silent Cinema
Mr. Dan Paterson, Rare Book Conservator
and Cyntia Karnes, Senior Paper Conservator
Conservation Division
January 29, 2009
About the Lectures:
"An Investigation and Treatment of an Uncommon Ethiopic Binding Structure, and Consideration of its Historical Context"
MS 93 of the Thomas Kane collection in the African and Middle East Division at the Library of Congress bears the hallmarks of a traditionally bound Ethiopian manuscript with the notable exception of a third sewing hole located in the middle of each section. In general, the three major characteristics of Ethiopian bindings are text blocks without a square; wooden boards sewn on with the thread used to attach the sections; and link stitch sewing consisting of even numbered sewing stations in which two stations utilize one length of thread and two needles. The cause and effect of the relationship between the number of needles to sewing holes presupposes Ethiopian bindings will automatically have 2, 4, or 6 stations, dependant on the size of the volume.
The anomalous sewing pattern of MS 93 was discovered when the volume came into the conservation lab in 2006 for extensive treatment. The presence of odd numbered sewing stations led to multiple questions that needed to be addressed prior to treatment. Some questions were best suited to conservation expertise, while some required the added knowledge and input of curators and historians. Questions that were germane to developing the treatment strategy included: Did the content or format of the book influence the sewing style? How important is the provenance to the structure of the book? Are there other items in the Kane collection that have similar sewing patterns? If so, is there something about the nature of the collection that accounts for unusual sewing structures? How does MS 93 affect our understanding of Ethiopian bindings in general? Is it much ado about nothing? This paper will attempt to address these questions through an in depth examination of the collection, consultation with experts outside conservation, and a review of published material concerning Ethiopian bindings.
"Lithography in the Age of Silent Cinema"
The 1896 premiere of the first motion picture in America sparked a period of enormous growth in the lithographic industry. Hundreds of lithographic companies competed for exclusive contracts with motion picture production companies, creating posters in ever-larger sizes and an increasing array of colors. Lithographic firms hired formally trained artists to execute bold designs according to specifications by the film studio. By the 1910s, some studios had set up art departments staffed with well-known artists to supply original drawings for reproduction through chromolithography. As such, the best silent era movie posters are highly skilled renderings that exhibit an array of tones, textures, and techniques.
Such artistry is exhibited in three six-sheet movie posters (The Embezzler (1914), The Ghost's Bride (1916), and The Silent Avenger (1927)), each measuring almost seven feet square, recently treated by conservators at the Library of Congress. These posters, spanning the mature era of silent film, were severely damaged by active mold growth and had suffered large tears and losses; and their canvas backings, affixed with grommets for hanging, had significantly deteriorated and could no longer support their weight. It was also discovered that one of the posters, Gotham Productions' The Silent Avenger, printed by Morgan Lithographic Co., was pasted over another poster dated thirteen years earlier: Universal's The Embezzler, printed by Otis Lithographic Co. With support from the Library's curator of posters, a complex treatment was undertaken to repair the damages wrought by age and exposure, and to reveal the underlying poster that had been lost to the public for close to ninety years. The treatment was recounted in detail.
The treatment of these posters, thought to be the only known surviving copies, also provides an opportunity to explore the beginnings of cinema, and the history of design, production, and distribution of lithographic posters during the silent film era.
About the Speakers:
Dan Paterson began studying bookbinding and book conservation in 1997 while working at the Newberry Library in Chicago. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2003 with an MLIS and Advanced Certificate in Preservation and Conservation Studies. He has worked as a Preservation Specialist and Rare Book Conservator at the Library of Congress since that time.
Cyntia Karnes is a Senior Paper Conservator at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Previously, Ms. Karnes was an Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in paper conservation at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, and an Associate Conservator at the Winterthur Museum, Gardens and Library in Delaware. She earned a Master of Science degree in paper conservation with a minor in photograph conservation from the Winterthur Art Conservation Program at the University of Delaware in 1999.


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Employee turnover is an age-old problem in the hospitality industry, and will continue to present challenges in the years ahead. Though the industry itself is growing, labor shortages are on the rise in the coveted 18-24 age bracket. What's more, employees show continued willingness to move from one employer to another for better benefits, a healthier workplace culture, higher salary and similar. This presents a significant challenge to hospitality organizations whose success depends on a qualified, well-trained and competent work force.
Many companies struggle to train new employees because those doing the training are often new themselves. Consequently, many new hires are faced with learning their responsibilities while on the job and in the line of fire. This leads to an erosion of service quality.
Tech learning
Hotels should consider training approaches that seek to exploit the capabilities of technology-based training. IT-based training tools, while not new, have become more affordable and accessible on site at hotel properties, due to their ease-of-use and ability to create customized, modularized training content.
So how does today's hotelier come up with the right learning approach and infrastructure using today's state-of-the-art technologies? The answer is to move training online for centralized management but with localized, on-demand delivery. This approach makes sense for consistency, leveragability, and updating. Content changes can be made quickly and easily, and organizations can reuse training materials, thereby sharing the development costs.
Many companies are also turning to video games and simulation tools to teach core service concepts and managerial decision-making and to help make learning more engaging and fun. Cold Stone Creamery, for example, developed a game called Stone City to teach portion control to scoopers and its impact on store profitability.
Learning management
To help address training needs across geographically disperse enterprises, some vendors have created a solution called a learning management system (or LMS). An LMS offers several advantages over first generation computer-based training technology, including:
Traditional, face-to-face training carries several challenges, including high costs, scheduling and logistical considerations, and tracking results. Using an LMS, a great deal of training can be done on-line, resulting in cost savings as well as flexibility in changing content. The user can also monitor who has taken the training and who hasn't through the use of on-line tracking and testing capabilities.
At InterContinental Hotels Group, training on the Priority Club rewards program is routinely delivered and measured to more than 3,000 hotels across North America and Canada via an online LMS to ensure consistent program delivery and standardized service levels across all its brands.
Complete approach
Though successful, online training should not be viewed as a comprehensive solution to replace all face-to-face training. Rather, many companies have experienced success through a blended approach of offering both face-to-face and on-line training. For instance, initial set-up/installation training can be done face-to-face, while on-going new employee training or training that focuses on particularly complex or problematic areas can be handled through a web-based approach.
To determine what's best, hospitality professionals need to take into account where employees are located, what is most accessible, what the learning objectives are, and what approaches will yield the desired results.


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News & Events
FY 1997 Budget Proposal
Statement of
David A. Kessler, M.D.
Commissioner of Food and Drugs
Food and Drug Administration
Department of Health and Human Services
the Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies
House Committee on Appropriations
March 12, 1996
Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, it is a pleasure to appear before you as we present the 1997 Food and Drug Administration budget proposal.
We are fully conscious of the need to provide the best government services for the taxpayers' dollars. It is therefore most satisfying that we can support our request for essentially the same budget as last year with evidence that FDA is providing critical public health protection, and that the agency's performance is continuously improving.
FDA's activities, which ensure the quality of $1 trillion worth of products, are always too numerous to list in our annual budget presentation. Last fiscal year was no exception, and I will only mention a few of its highlights to illustrate the agency's continuing strides to promote and protect the public health.
FDA's Center for Devices and Radiologic Health certified 10,200 mammography facilities from coast to coast, thereby improving the quality of mammography for all women. This program, mandated by the Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992, was implemented in record time to meet the Congress-specified timetable. By the end of this year, an estimated 185,000 American women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. The new mammography standards and the mandated inspection program now in force will improve the chances that their disease will be detected in early stages, when it can be best treated.
A significant FDA proposal published last year outlined a new patient information program that creates private market incentives to provide useful written information with each filled prescription for drugs. The proposal is designed to increase patients' familiarity with the drugs they use, their potential adverse effects and the importance of the prescribed regimen. Studies have shown that lack of such information significantly contributes to widespread medication misuse that adds an estimated $20 billion to the nation's annual health care bill and causes great losses in productivity.
As part of the Vice President's National Performance Review, FDA last year proposed substantial changes in the way we regulate drugs, medical devices and medications made using biotechnology. The six regulatory proposals to reform the regulation of biologics represent the most significant overhaul of regulation of well-characterized biotech-derived drugs ever attempted by the agency. In essence, FDA proposed to completely harmonize its regulation of such products across the agency.
For most biotech drugs, FDA will eliminate its existing requirement that manufacturing plants be licensed; do away with the existing requirement that test results for each individual lot of biotech drugs be submitted to the agency after the product has been approved by the agency; and the agency will consolidate its 21 different application forms for biotech drugs into one form.
These and the other proposed changes in device and drug regulation will save the companies product development time and tens of millions of dollars, without lowering FDA's high standards of safety and efficiency.
We took a major step to improving the safety of our seafood by issuing the final rule instituting in the industry the so-called HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) system, which focuses on preventing problems before they occur and designing safety into the processing of seafood.
Finally, FDA made one of its potentially greatest contributions to the nation's public health by proposing new ways of keeping cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products out of the reach of our teenagers. More than 400,000 Americans die each year of lung cancer, respiratory illnesses, heart disease and other smoking-associated diseases -- more than the combined annual toll of AIDS, alcohol, car accidents, murders, suicides, illegal drugs, and fires. Since smokers almost always become addicted to nicotine in tobacco during their teenage years, our proposal has the potential of sparing this country enormous amount of personal suffering, lost productivity, and medical expenditures.
I could cite many other activities carried out by the agency in its daily work to protect American consumers and promote the public health. But I believe that what puts FDA's performance most clearly in perspective are three recent reports which probe one of the agency's most frequently criticized core functions, the drug review process.
Two of these reports were submitted to Congress. One is the agency's review of last year's progress in implementing the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA), and the other, a General Accounting Office (GAO) study of FDA's drug approvals, was released in October. The third document is FDA's own analysis of the agency's performance in the international arena by comparing the American patients' access to important new drugs with access to such drugs by patients abroad.
Taken together, these three reports profile in depth the invigorating change in the FDA culture actually began some years ago as the agency added modern, efficient management techniques to its traditionally solid scientific base.
This trend is best reflected in the drug review times achieved since the 1992 passage of PDUFA, under which the agency committed itself to very high performance standards. The annual goals rise steeply each succeeding year.
We already have achieved one major 1997 performance goal. We achieved it in fiscal year 1994 -- a full three years ahead of schedule. For the drugs submitted to FDA in fiscal year 1994, we reviewed and acted upon 96 percent of them on time. In most cases, this meant first action occurred within 12 months.
In addition to the new drug applications, PDUFA sets the pace for the agency's review of two types of supplementary applications -- dealing with effectiveness and manufacturing --, for resubmitted applications, and for elimination of backlogs. Rather than reiterating the extensive data from our report to Congress, I can summarize last year's results in all of these categories as being on target or ahead of schedule.
The PDUFA performance targets were established in 1992 in a three-stage process that we regard as a model for reinventing government. First, Congress, government experts, the industry and consumer groups developed a consensus on performance goals. Next, we agreed on the timetable when these goals have to be reached. And last, but equally important, FDA was given the necessary resources to make the program work.
Although greatly assisted by PDUFA, FDA's faster drug reviews cannot be solely credited to the Act. The agency's advance toward shorter approval times started in the late 1980s, when FDA scored significant performance improvements. These early advances are documented in the second report I mentioned. GAO's study of "FDA Drug Approval" tracked the agency's handling of new drug applications (NDAs) submitted from 1987 to the end of 1992, and found solid evidence of progress.
"We found a considerable reduction in approval time..." the report states. "It took an average of 33 months for NDAs [new drug applications] submitted in 1987 to be approved but only 19 months on average to approve NDAs submitted in 1992. Further, the reduction in time was observed for all NDAs and not just for those that had been approved.... [T]he consistency of all our results supports the conclusion that the reduction in time is real...."
GAO also compared the most recently available data on the speed of drug approvals in the United Kingdom and the U.S. The report concluded that while comparisons between the British Medicines Control Agency and FDA are difficult for a variety of reasons,
"the most recent data show that overall approval times are actually somewhat longer in the U.K. than they are in this country."
For us, the GAO comparison of FDA's performance with its British counterpart confirmed a fact which is not widely known and even less acknowledged: the agency leads the world in rapid and efficient review and approval of new drugs.
Evidence of the agency's performance can also be seen in our response to the AIDS epidemic. FDA makes a maximum effort to speed all needed therapies to those who are suffering: in the last four months of 1995, for example, the agency approved 15 drugs for the treatment of cancer. But our progress in approving new breakthrough drugs has been particularly notable in AIDS therapies, all but one of which have been made available in this country well ahead of the rest of the world.
AZT, the world's first effective antiretroviral, was approved here in March, 1987, at about the same time as in France and United Kingdom, and a month ahead of Germany. DDI, the second antiretroviral, received FDA's approval seven months ahead of France, ten months ahead of Germany, and 28 months ahead of the U.K. DDC was allowed on the American market a year and a half ahead of France and Germany, and 27 months ahead of the U.K.
D4T, the fourth drug against AIDS, was approved in France, Germany and the United Kingdom in January of this year. In the U.S., it was approved in June 1994. 3TC, which FDA approved in November 1995, is yet to be approved elsewhere. Saquinavir and ritonavir, the two antivirals that FDA approved since last December, are also awaiting foreign approvals. The review of saquinavir took 97 days, and ritonavir was approved in just 72 days, a new record for the AIDS therapies. Both products are protease inhibitors, the first new class of AIDS drugs since AZT.
Other important drugs that FDA approved well ahead of its counterpart agencies included taxol for ovarian cancer, fludarabine for chronic lymphocytic leukemia, dornase alpha, also called DNAse or Pulmozyme, for cystic fibrosis, Betaseron for multiple sclerosis, and riluzole for Lou Gehrig's disease.
To more fully evaluate FDA's worldwide standing, we last year performed a study comparing the availability of new drugs here and in England, Germany and Japan, the countries which together with the U.S. account for 60 percent of global pharmaceutical sales.
Our analysis focused on 185 new drugs -- out of the worldwide total of 214 -- that were launched in at least one of the four surveyed countries between January 1990 and December 1994, the most recent five-year period for which we could get the data.
Once the data base was assembled, we asked a number of questions: First, we wanted a two-country comparison between the U.S. and each of the other three countries to see, comparatively, when drugs were approved. In every case, for the time period studied, the U.S. was the first to approve more of the drugs that eventually became available in both countries.
Of the 58 drugs that were approved both here and in the U.K., 30 were approved first in the U.S. The U.K. was ahead of us in approving the remaining 28. But if our edge over the U.K. was only slight, the disparity between us and the other two countries was much bigger. We were first in approving 31 of the 44 drugs approved both in the U.S. and Germany, and we were ahead of the Japanese in allowing marketing of 10 of the 14 compounds eventually used in both countries.
When we looked at the comparison of when these drugs became available to patients, there were other surprises. Of the 30 drugs that reached our market ahead of the U.K., we were faster than the British by an average of 17 months. Of the 28 drugs that the U.K. sent to market first, their average lead was not quite 16 months. In comparison with Germany, we get drugs that both countries approve to the market about 18 months faster -- on average -- than the Germans when we market the drug first. They get to market on average of 11 months faster than us when they approve it first.
When a drug is approved in both the U.S. and Japan, the U.S. gets it to market on the average nearly two years before the Japanese. When they approved a drug first, they did so by an average of about 19 months.
But what about the drugs that have been approved in those other countries, but not approved in the U.S.? Do European and Asian citizens have important pharmaceuticals available to them that are not available in America? And if so, are these drugs clinically significant?
Of all the therapeutics from these 214 on the market worldwide that we have not approved, only a small handful could be considered important molecular entities -- i.e., drugs that offer at least a modest therapeutic advance over existing products, or can be used to treat conditions for which no therapy now exists. Everything else is a standard drug with an essentially equivalent product already on the American market.
Here is what we found: In England, there are 29 drugs from this (((therapeutically important?))) group that are not approved in America. Conversely, we have 18 drugs on the market that they do not.
When we studied the list of drugs they had but we did not, we found two that we thought might be priority drugs. One was remoxipride, which appeared to be a promising new treatment for schizophrenia. The English approved it, but as more and more patients took the drug, it was found that in some of them it caused the bone marrow to shut down, causing aplastic anemia, a life-threatening disease.
The other drug was centoxin, a biotech product of an American company to treat sepsis caused by gram negative bacteria. It was also approved in the U.K., while FDA did not find that the submitted data demonstrated safety and efficacy. We asked the company to carry out another study which eventually showed that the drug did not work, and that it might actually increase the risk of patient death.
Both of these drugs have been taken off the world market.
There is one other set of international data that bears on an issue of current interest. As the agency's review and approval times have grown shorter, we have heard increasingly frequent claims that the overall time to develop a drug has grown longer. If true, this would be a disturbing trend.
FDA has not been able to conduct its own study of overall drug development times, but there is some information in the literature that does not support these statements. According to a recent study by the Centre for Medicines Research, a private organization that works closely with the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, there has been no real change in drug development times since 1980. The Center checked the development time of 700 drugs in 20 countries -- including the U.S. -- and found that between 1980 and 1994, the mean development time varied between 10 and 12 years. In 1994, it was 11.5 years.
Drug development time before an application is submitted to FDA is influenced by factors that in most cases are not under the control of the agency. To such extent as the agency can facilitate the process by clarifying to sponsors what studies are needed to win rapid approval for their products, we are committed to do so. When it comes to potentially unique life-saving drugs, FDA time and again takes the initiative to work hand in hand with the drug developers to expedite the approval process. Fast access to new drugs and devices ranks at the very top of the concerns of the agency.
Important as they are, drug approvals are only one of many concerns of FDA, whose responsibilities include thousands of products of importance to the public health.
The agency has also made improvements in the times for the review and approval of medical devices. With respect to the so-called 510(k) process, through which 98 percent of all medical devices evaluated by FDA reach the market, the average review time in fiscal year 1995 was 137 days, down 24 percent from the 184-day average in fiscal year 1994. The average review time for those devices needing premarket applications (PMAs) is still too long, but we are making progress there as well. The average PMA review time in fiscal year 1995 was 20 months.
It is important to remember, however, where the Agency was in the 1980s. Congress found -- as did FDA -- that the scientific and medical standards for the review of medical devices were lacking. FDA looked at devices the way an engineer would, and we failed to focus sufficient attention on whether the device would actually make the patient better. Congress told us to do better, and we have. The clinical standards for medical device reviews have been bolstered significantly, and now we are hard at work on reducing the review times.
We are making similar efforts to increase the timeliness and predictability of our action on food and color additive petitions. First, in order to address the backlog of pending petitions, we have allocated additional resources to the program: 23 additional agency scientists have been reassigned temporarily to the food additive program; the agency is awarding contracts for expert review of certain portions of food additive data packages; and one and one-half million dollars have been spent on enhanced computing facilities for the program. With these efforts we will begin to see a decrease in the petition inventory.
In addition to these added resources, we instituted a threshold of regulation policy under which indirect food additives that do not present any substantial safety concerns are exempted from the petition process. The agency processed 47 submissions under this new policy in 1995.
This review of FDA's performance would be incomplete without at least a brief reference to the many activities undertaken in pursuit of our mandate as a science-based consumer protection agency. FDA investigators were involved last year in hundreds of cases involving the manufacture, imports or distribution of dangerous or potentially hazardous products.
One example of their activities involved a Massachusetts shrimp company which was adulterating its products with three chemicals: it used saccharine to overcome an undesirable taste, sodium hydroxide to alter the color, and sodium tripolyphosphate to increase the yield. The president of the company was convicted on 101 counts and sentenced to three years in prison, to be followed by two years of supervised release.
Another important consumer protection action, carried out in cooperation with the U.S. Customs Service and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, halted the smuggling into the U.S. of large quantities of clenbuterol and other unapproved drugs that were then mixed in feed sold to veal producers throughout the Midwest. Clenbuterol is used in some countries to increase muscle in animals, but traces of the drug in meat products have caused outbreaks of food poisoning in France and Spain. FDA discovered that the drug was reaching this country when it appeared in animals shown in agricultural competitions. The indicted Wisconsin feed distributor is awaiting sentencing.
Finally, FDA's criminal investigators continue to play a leading role in shielding the public against dangerous product tampering. A recent case which they helped to swiftly resolve in cooperation with FBI involved the tampering of a baby formula and an attempted blackmail. The suspect was apprehended before his scheme caused any bodily harm, and has been indicted by a federal grand jury.
All of our activities follow the two principles that have traditionally guided Congress and FDA in setting regulatory policies: products that are important for the public health must be safe and effective. If a drug or a medical device is not safe, it should not be approved or allowed to harm consumers. If it does not work, it is of no value to the public, and has no justification in the market place.
These principles are a proven success. They have made FDA's rigorous product evaluation a lasting and effective shield for the nation's public health, and have helped make American therapies and devices sought-after throughout the world.
We are determined to maintain those standards, Mr. Chairman. We will be fast -- and keep on working at getting faster -- while continuing to protect the public health. The principles of safety and effectiveness, speed and caution are not at cross purposes: they work in harmony for the benefit of the American consumer, whose health is our most important achievement.
Turning to FDA's FY '97 budget request, the Administration's budget includes a total FDA request of $1,024.2 million. This consists of $878.4 million in budget authority, $106.3 million in authorized user fees and $39.5 million for two new user fees proposed for legislation. The budget authority is maintained at the FY '96 level. The user fees reflect modest increases in existing user fees and the two new proposed additive user fees, for Medical Devices and Imports. Without an increase in non user fee areas, FDA is absorbing cost increases necessary for the agency to carry out its primary mission. The highlights of our FY '97 request are as follows:
Food Safety Initiatives +$3.8 Million
FDA proposes a series of Food Safety initiatives to address current concerns and to meet the safety issues we are likely to encounter as we enter the 21st century. The initiatives include expedited implementation of the new Seafood HACCP regulation ($1.2 million); Federal and state partnerships to enhance food safety ($1.2 million); and new approaches for the review of food additive petitions ($1.4 million). For FY 1997, FDA is applying a $3.8 million increase to its operating base to cover the anticipated FY 1997 cost of these initiatives.
Buildings and Facilities -$3.8 Million
The FY 1997 budget request for Buildings and Facilities of $8.4 million is $3.8 million below the FY 1996 level. The requested $8.4 million will enable the Agency to maintain its many facilities nationwide by addressing only our most urgent repair and improvement requirements.
Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) +$0.4Million (user fees)
In FY 1997, federal and state personnel will inspect 10,000 mammography facilities and conduct 3,000 facility certifications. To meet the costs of the program, FDA requests an increase in MQSA authorized inspection user fees of $0.4 million for a total of $13.4 million and 35 FTEs.
Prescription Drug User Fees Act (PDUFA) +$2.8 Million
FDA requests an increase of $2.8 million in FY '97 and estimates total user fees of $87.5 million and 700 FTE to implement PDUFA in FY '97. As envisioned in the Act, this level of support will enable the Agency to diminish significantly the time necessary to review new prescription drug and biological product license applications. In FY '97, 90 percent of filed New Drug Applications (NDA) and Product License Applications /Establishment License Applications (PLA/ELA) submissions are to be reviewed within 12 months.
In addition to the existing user fees, FDA will be seeking separate legislative approval of the following additive user fees:
Medical Device Review - User Fees +$24.5 Million
FDA is requesting $24.5 million in additive user fees, to be collected from the medical device industry. These application fees will enable the agency to promptly review device applications. If user fee legislation is adopted, we have committed to making decisions on 510(k) applications within 90 days. Ninety-nine percent of all premarket applications are filed under section 510(k). We have also committed, in connection with user fee legislation, to review the more complicated PMA applications within 180 days.
For FY '97 the user fee goal is to increase the percentage of 510(k) applications completed within 90 days from 50 percent in FY '95 to 90 percent, and to increase the percentage of first review cycles for PMAs completed within 180 days from 45 percent in FY '95 to 75 percent. The proposed user fees will also help to increase industry guidance, strengthen postmarket monitoring, improve the Agency's ability to assess public health risks, and upgrade automation capabilities and integrate program information systems.
Import Inspection Enhancement - User Fees +$15.0 Million
FDA is proposing to collect $15.0 million in additive import user fees to fund the Operational and Administrative System for Import Support (OASIS). The system is expected to enable the agency to substantially reduce the risk of potentially harmful foods and other imported products reaching the American market place. The importer/broker community benefits through faster turn-around times, elimination of large volumes of paperwork, and reduced costs of doing business. OASIS will give FDA staff access to historical information to better target high risk products and firms, the ability to plan inspections more effectively, and the ability to share findings from inspection and lab analyses with other offices.


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Brantley Gilbert Talks About His New Album
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Brantley Gilbert's new album, Just As I Am, hit stores Monday, May 19th. He sat down with Boxer of WMZQ to talk about what the album means to him, as well as what sets it apart from his other albums, and more.
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text: I think it's a mistake to assume the gods are benign. The word "worship" derives from the Old English word for "worthy". I wonder then, why have I rarely seen the question asked whether the Pagan gods are worthy of worship. To put it another way, why should we assume the gods can be trusted? If the gods are paragons of virtue, are they not also paragons of vice? The polytheistic gods, as I understand them, are not necessarily good and they are not omni-benevolent. If the myths are to be believed on any level, the gods are just as flawed as human beings — they just have more power. Why bow down to power, if it is not paired with virtue? One answer perhaps is that the gods should be worshiped because they are — just as nature can be worshiped because it is. Nature is not moral or virtuous, but worship (or reverence) is a natural human response to it. But worshiping something and trusting it are two different things. I don't ever assume that nature is benign or trustworthy. Why should we assume the gods are trustworthy? [Read more…]


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pretty cool man
cool vid, music is gay
Skimboarding? C'mon man!
Good stuff. Watched on mute though so can't comment on the tunes.
Skimboarding.... the unicycle of surfing. I guess it was kinda cool but.... skimboarding.
Cool just another one with the ocean


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FAQ - Financial Aid
What is the tuition at Washington State?
Beginning Fall Term 2015, tuition is $139 per credit hour for Ohio residents, and $278 per credit hour for Non-Ohio residents.For a worksheet of average costs, CLICK HERE, Fees and payment plans, CLICK HERE.
What is "verification" and why do I have to complete more paperwork?
Any student who applies for federal student aid (FAFSA) can be randomly selected for verification. Once you are selected, you must submit certain documents to confirm information on the application. These documents may include, but are not limited to, signed copies of IRS Federal Tax return transcripts for student, spouse and/or parent; verification worksheets; W2 forms, proof of child support paid or received, etc. Financial aid cannot be finalized until all forms are completed.
Why do I have to use last years' tax information - that information isn't accurate anymore?
Even if you feel the FAFSA will not reflect changed financial circumstances in the current year, complete the FAFSA as best you can, supplying the information requested. Washington State Community College has a formal institutional appeal process to handle unusual circumstances. Students may submit a special circumstances appeal form to help determine if your circumstances bear consideration in reevaluating your financial aid eligibility. To see if you are eligible for an appeal, please contact the Office of Financial Aid.
Can I use all of my financial aid for the year in one semester?
No. Federal regulations require us to disburse aid equally across terms of enrollments.
Why do I have to use my parent's tax information if I don't live with them and they don't support me?
The instructions on the FAFSA reflect rules set by Congress. If you have extenuating circumstances, such as parental abuse or if both parents are deceased, please contact the Office of Financial Aid. We are NOT able to consider appeals to become independent just because you live on your own and are self-sufficient, you are not claimed by your parents as a tax exemption, your parents refuse to provide information on the FAFSA or your parents do not support you.
I need a copy of my IRS Federal Tax Return Transcript and I don't have one?
You may obtain copies of federal tax return transcripts and past W-2's at www.irs.gov or by calling 1.800.829.1040.You may also obtain copies of W-2's from your previous employer(s).
Do I need to file a tax return?
You may contact an accountant to determine your filing status, or you may visit the IRS website at www.irs.gov and follow the directions there.
How will I know how much financial aid I'm getting?
If a student is eligible for financial aid, he/she will receive a Financial Aid Award Letter. This letter tells: type(s) of award(s) student will receive; amount(s) per semester; terms and conditions to meet while receiving aid. Students may also check their WebAdvisor account to view aid and accept student loans if desired.
How long before I know about my financial aid status?
It will take 7-14 business days for the Financial aid office to receive information from the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). You will be notified by mail of the next step to take in order to process your financial aid. It can take 6-8 weeks to complete the entire process.
I don't think I will qualify for aid. Should I apply anyway?
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Is there a deadline to apply for FAFSA?
Please check the Financial Aid main page for FAFSA priority deadlines. We use the priority deadline for each semester when determining scholarships.
Learn more about the financial aid process and how to apply by clicking here: Applying for Financial Aid at Washington State Community College.


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C.S. Lewis was a certain Christian but an uncertain Platonist. A comparison to his contemporary A.E. Taylor, author of a magisterial commentary on Timaeus, illuminates the debt Lewis owed the Platonic dialogue. Taylor was a Christian, an apologist, and (with somewhat less reason than he might have thought) he was proud of his prosody. Lewis [Read More…]
Narnia, Plato, and C.S. Lewis on the Hope of Heaven
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But you know what?
Caution is for pussies.
In the ALN section of HIO, we don't do caution. We leap to conclusions with hops that an NBA All-Star would envy.
Seriously, it's WAY too early for dramatic pronouncements.
Well, except for one: They have to get fighting out hockey.
No, this is not a cynical attempt to exploit the horrific George Parros injury for cheap politically-correct points. Parros was the victim of a freak accident. It's just too bad his kids were at the game to see their father wheeled off the ice on a stretcher.
If there were no fighting in the NHL, Parros wouldn't have been in the opening-night lineup. Neither would his dancing partner, the Leafs' Colton Orr. That's two more spots for skill players on the respective rosters.
Fighting in pro sports is pointless and stupid. It's an automatic ejection in tough, physical sports such as football, soccer and basketball.
You say it keeps players honest and protects the smaller skill guys?
So Parros wins a close decision in his first fight with Orr. Travis Moen pounds out a solid decision over Mark Fraser, and Jarred Tinordi punches out Carter Ashton.
Did it change the momentum of the game?
Did it give David Desharnais more room to roam on the ice?
Then there's the entertainment argument.
"Does anyone go to the bathroom during a fight?" the Don Cherry constituency asks.
How about we introduce a new crowd-pleasing element: The First Star of every game is fondled by a stripper at centre ice.
No one would go to the bathroom.
Alright, enough ranting from the Ol' Blogger, who is infrequently sought out for advice by Brendan Shanahan.
The Canadiens won a couple fights and lost the game. The home team was second best in most of the puck battles against a Leafs lineup that includes not one player less than 6 feet tall.
The Canadiens have eight players under that bar. And the aforementioned DD, Brian Gionta and Daniel Brière had very quiet nights against Toronto.
In the postgame show on TSN 690, the lads were asking why 6'2″ Lars Eller – two goals and an assist, six SoG, two hits and 50 per cent on draws – played 16:20 while DD – zero points, one SoG, no hits and 6-4 in the faceoff circle – played 18:24.
The even-strength minutes were fairly even for the two centres, but Desharnais added 3:19 on the power play to 1:29 for Eller.
Alex Galchenyuk had two assists and was plus-2 in 13:23 – less ice time than Gionta, Rene Bourque (who actually played well), Brière and Max Pacioretty.
On a team with three second lines, the EGG (Eller-Galchenyuk-Gallagher) aggregation was the home team's best – by a lot.
Perhaps DD, the captain and Brière will fare better against teams less physical than the Leafs.
Unfortunately for the Canadiens, the Atlantic Division includes – in addition to Toronto – the Bruins, Senators, Sabres and two Florida teams that aren't exactly shrinking violets.
Positive note: the Canadiens fourth line – with and without Parros – played well. Moen was particularly energetic.
Maybe DD and the boys can fatten up against Detroit.
Yeah, right.
The radio guys also were wondering why a Norris Trophy defenceman played 44 seconds on the Canadiens penalty-kill while Raphael Diaz played 6:20.
I didn't like Diaz during the pre-season, and my dissatisfaction carried over into the opener.
Yes, the guy is good on the PP. His patience and slick passing created a goal. But Diaz has no physical game, and Michel Therrien is pairing him with Andrei Markov, who sorely needs the kind of hard-hitting partner that Alexei Emelin was before he wrecked his knee last season.
Markov is still a force on the PP and occasionally zips off a nifty outlet pass. But the veteran Dman was caught flat-footed at the Toronto blueline on a Canadiens' power play, and Tyler Bozak wheeled away to score the goal that turned the game in Toronto's favour.
If Carey Price stops Bozak on the second-period breakaway, it's 2-2 and who knows? But Price didn't have much chance on the other goals, and I thought he made some big stops.
James Reimer faced 37 shots, but there wasn't much in the way of sustained Canadiens pressure. And the Leafs, winning puck battles all over the ice, had more clear-cut scoring chances.
Heading into the season, I thought the Canadiens had issues on the back end.
P.K. is incomparable, of course, and was excellent against his hometown team. Josh Gorges was steady and ended the night at plus-1. Jarred Tinordi played a shade under 15 minutes, blocked two shots and did not look out of place.
But Markov, Diaz and a game-but-slow-and-undersized Francis Bouillon …
Emelin is sorely missed. I'm not counting on much from Davis Drewiske or Douglas Murray (who seems to get hurt climbing out of bed in the morning).
There's help in the system – Nathan Beaulieu is up for the time being, Darren Dietz and Magnus Nygren looked promising in pre-season – but it doesn't do to rush defence prospects unless they're high first-round blue chippers.
Philadelphia is at the Bell Centre on Saturday.
There could be fighting.
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Guest Comment from savethepuck:
Yeah I'm a glass half full guy, but maybe I saw the game differently than some, and it makes me sleep better at night and doesn't make me get so worked up over a regular season loss. It's an 82 game season and there will be games when breaks go the other way. I'm not even going to bother arguing with those who are blaming Price, I'm starting to realize it's a waste of time, like beating your head against a wall. It was a crazy hockey game, seemed like both teams were playing run and gun and giving up a lot of glorious scoring opportunities at both ends. Habs went down 1-0 on a 5 on 3 PP but the Habs fought back and tied it up ( on an incredible patient hockey play by some Diaz guy that most here hate ). The kid line then tied it up and things were looking good. Leafs tied it on a great shot by Phaneuf and then went ahead on a short handed goal by Bozak. That goal rolled off Markov's stick at the blueline, and Carey may of cheated a bit thinking Bozak was going to deke to the forehand before he went high blocker, but I'm not going start blaming anyone because it's pointless. The backbreaker was the 4th goal, which was one of the luckiest bounces you will see pop back on the stick of Mason Raymond. This was one out of 82 games that either team could of won, if the Habs are well below 500 after 20 games, I'll start to worry a little.


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When attention deployment is driven by salient stimuli, it is considered to be bottom-up, memory-free, and reactive. Attention can also be guided by top-down, memory-dependent, or anticipatory mechanisms, such as when looking ahead of moving objects or sideways before crossing streets. Humans and other animals have difficulty paying attention to more than one item simultaneously, so they are faced with the challenge of continuously integrating and prioritizing different bottom-up and top-down influences.
Could it be that mindfulness is the same as prioritizing bottom-up influences?