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New York: Although they are touted as a way to make bones stronger, whole-body vibration devices may not help older women hang on to their bone mass, a study out Monday suggests.
Canadian researchers found that of 200 postmenopausal women with low bone mass, those given a whole-body vibration device to use at home for a year showed no clear benefits.
The bottom line, the researchers say, is that the tactic cannot be recommended as a way for older women to stave off the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis.
"We found that a year of this therapy did not really increase bone density in postmenopausal women," said senior researcher Dr. Angela M. Cheung, of Toronto General Hospital.
If women want to preserve their bone mass, she said, it`s best to stick with the tried-and-true: getting enough calcium and vitamin D in your diet, as well as regular, moderate exercise like walking and light weight training.
Cheung and her colleagues report their findings in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Whole-body vibration devices consist of a platform, about twice the size of a bathroom scale, that sends mild vibratory impulses through the feet and into the rest of the body of a user standing on it.
The devices -- which can be bought online, for anywhere from about $200 to more than $3,000 -- are marketed as a way to improve muscle power, jump higher and sprint faster.
They are also advertised as tools for boosting bone mass, though doctors do not generally recommend them for preventing osteoporosis, according to Cheung.
There has been animal research suggesting that low-magnitude vibration boosts bone mass, Cheung noted. One theory is that those impulses mimic the effects of moderate exercise on bone, but do it more efficiently.
But studies of postmenopausal women -- who account for most cases of osteoporosis -- have had mixed results. Most of those studies have been very small, and usually failed to control for calcium and vitamin D use, which are key nutrients in preserving bone density.
So for this latest study, Cheung`s team recruited 202 healthy postmenopausal women, most in their 50s and 60s, who had low bone mass, but had not yet developed osteoporosis.
All of the women were given calcium and vitamin D. Two-thirds of the group also received whole-body vibration platforms to use at home.
The devices were all low-magnitude, delivering mild vibratory pulses. Half of the machines were set at a relatively higher frequency (90 Hz), and half at a lower frequency (30 Hz). In both cases, the women were told to use the device every day for 20 minutes.
After a year, Cheung`s team found no significant differences in bone mass between women who used the whole-body vibration devices and those who stuck with calcium and vitamin D alone.
On average, women in all three groups showed small bone-mass losses in most areas the researchers measured, including the hips, spine and shinbone.
Whole-body vibration is currently under study for preserving or boosting bone mass in other groups of people -- including teenagers, nursing home patients and people with spinal cord injuries.
"We can`t say anything about whether it might work for those groups because we didn`t study them," Cheung said.
Her team`s study has other limitations as well. One is that the women used the devices at home, so the researchers don`t know if they were used properly. Based on data stored in the machines, a significant minority of the women did not use the devices every day for the prescribed amount of time each day.
Still, Cheung said, the findings offer no evidence that whole-body vibration does thwart postmenopausal bone loss, and that`s what women should keep in mind.
"I wouldn`t waste my time," she said, noting that the daily commitment could be put toward exercise instead. "And I wouldn`t waste my money."
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Details and reaction on the winners of the 2013 Pulitzer Prizes:
PUBLIC SERVICE: The Sun Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
The Sun Sentinel won for its investigation of off-duty police officers who recklessly sped and endangered lives. The investigation led to suspensions, firings and significant policy changes at several South Florida police agencies.
Editor Howard Saltz said he was especially proud to win for this story.
"It really changed things here for the better," Saltz said.
"This type of journalism made the community safer, and it made certain people behave in a more appropriate and just way," Saltz said. "And that's really what journalism is all about."
BREAKING NEWS REPORTING: The Denver Post staff.
A quick cheer erupted in the newsroom when word came that the newspaper had won, though there was a moment of confusion about the category.
More cheers followed when it became clear the award was in breaking news reporting for the Post's coverage of the mass shooting at a movie theater in suburban Aurora last summer, which left 12 people dead.
At the announcement, some in the newsroom teared up and others shared hugs and handshakes.
News Director Kevin Dale said the newspaper would rather win for a less tragic story.
"We are part of this community. The tragedy touches us, but we have a job to do," he said. "It's a matter of balance."
The award citation said the newspaper had used Twitter, Facebook, video and written reports to capture the story and provide context.
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING: David Barstow and Alejandra Xanic von Bertrab of The New York Times.
EXPLANATORY REPORTING: The New York Times staff.
INTERNATIONAL REPORTING: David Barboza of The New York Times.
FEATURE WRITING: John Branch of The New York Times.
Times spokeswoman Eileen Murphy said Executive Editor Jill Abramson announced the awards to the staff, saying she and Managing Editor Dean Baquet "view the wonderful bounty of prizes as a real tribute to the newsroom's excellence and dedication."
Murphy added, "We are proud to have broken new ground in multimedia storytelling and global investigative journalism."
The investigative reporting award was for reports that detailed how Wal-Mart used bribery to expand in Mexico. The explanatory reporting was for a look at the business practices of Apple and other technology companies. The international reporting award was for detailing the wealth of relatives of top officials in China's communist party. The feature writing award was for an account of skiers killed in an avalanche in Washington state.
LOCAL REPORTING: Brad Schrade, Jeremy Olson and Glenn Howatt of the Star Tribune, Minneapolis.
The winning coverage was an increase in infant deaths at day-care homes in Minnesota. The state Department of Human Services has since called for more training of home day care providers.
"I hope what we wrote ends up making an impact on the quality of child care," said Olson, 39, the father of two.
The Star Tribune devoted nine months to the project, Editor Nancy Barnes said.
With a second Pulitzer, for editorial cartooning, "it's a great day for our newsroom," she said. "Everyone has worked so hard."
NATIONAL REPORTING: InsideClimate News.
A 5-year-old nonprofit won for a series on the environmental hazards of diluted bitumen after a million-gallon spill of Canadian tar sands oil into the Kalamazoo River in Michigan in 2010.
The series began as a three-part narrative, and then reporters Lisa Song, Elizabeth McGowan and David Hasemyer published seven more stories about the spill, its environmental impact and pipeline safety issues.
The series was called "Dilbit Disaster: Inside the Biggest Oil Spill You've Never Heard Of."
"We've introduced the word dilbit (for diluted bitumen) into the national conversation about energy," said David Sassoon, publisher of the Brooklyn-based InsideClimate. "It really is a very important word because it's a very different type of oil with implications about energy policies and climate change."
COMMENTARY: Bret Stephens of The Wall Street Journal.
The Pulitzer citation said Stephens' columns on American foreign policy and politics are incisive and "often enlivened by a contrarian twist."
Editorial Page Editor Paul Gigot said in a statement, "We're delighted to see our colleague Bret Stephens recognized for his influential and popular columns on foreign affairs and politics."
CRITICISM: Philip Kennicott, The Washington Post.
Kennicott has been a Pulitzer finalist in the past and said Monday that "it's much more fun to actually win it."
His writings included a piece about a photograph of President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama hugging that went viral online. The piece was entitled "Snapshot of an equal, modern marriage."
Kennicott said he was trying to offer his sense of what the picture meant.
His favorite piece, though, was delving into why people are drawn to images of horror, in particular the picture published by the New York Post of a man standing in front of a subway train after he had been pushed onto the tracks.
"It essentially was an essay about ugliness and the way that ugliness circulates," he said.
EDITORIAL WRITING: Tim Nickens and Daniel Ruth of the Tampa Bay Times.
Nickens and Ruth wrote on issues ranging from public health to voter suppression to state politics.
The pair composed "clear and forceful editorials," Tampa Bay Times Editor Neil Brown said.
"Tim Nickens and Dan Ruth went to bat for hundreds of thousands of people, many of them poor, who were being deprived a chance at better health," Brown said in a statement. "If we don't do this work, if the Times doesn't speak up, who will?"
EDITORIAL CARTOONING: Steve Sack of the Star Tribune, Minneapolis.
When Sack, 59, walked into the newsroom Monday, he was carrying a bottle of sparkling wine. Co-workers greeted him with applause.
A 35-year veteran at the Star Tribune and a previous Pulitzer finalist, he said he was humbled to win.
The Pulitzer citation said he has "an original style and clever ideas."
"I come home happy and proud" every day, he said.
BREAKING NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY: Rodrigo Abd, Manu Brabo, Narciso Contreras, Khalil Hamra and Muhammed Muheisen of The Associated Press.
The quintet was honored for photographs of the civil war in Syria that included the dazed and weeping wounded; a heartbroken man cradling the body of his bloodied, barefoot son; a sobbing, fatherless child; an 11-year-old aiming a toy rocket propelled grenade.
AP Director of Photography Santiago Lyon called the winners "some of the bravest and most talented photographers in the world."
"I am immensely proud of them for this tremendous and well-deserved recognition of their work covering the tragic and dangerous story of Syria," Lyon said.
He also praised Manoocher Deghati, Middle East photo editor.
FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY: Freelance photographer Javier Manzano.
Manzano's picture, distributed by Agence France-Presse, showed two Syrian rebel soldiers guarding their position as beams of light stream through bullet holes in a nearby wall.
Hasan Mroue, AFP's deputy photo editor for the Middle East and North Africa, said in an email that all Manzano's pictures from Syria were "of such high caliber that we felt privileged to have them on our wire."
AFP said the photo was taken in October in Aleppo and that Manzano was born in Mexico and is based in Istanbul.
FICTION: Adam Johnson's "The Orphan Master's Son."
The book delighted and occasionally confused critics and readers with its dark and strange story of an ordinary man's travails in North Korea.
Johnson, 45, a teacher of creative writing at Stanford University, has said he was inspired to write the book after sensing a link between the North Korean dictatorship and the administration of President George W. Bush.
He believed both governments made extensive use of propaganda and he even spent a few days in North Korea to find out for himself, where he was disturbed but inspired by the government policy of not letting citizens talk to foreigners.
A native of South Dakota, Johnson is the author of two other well-regarded books, the story collection "Emporium" and the novel "Parasites Like Us."
DRAMA: Ayad Akhtar's "Disgraced."
The play is about a successful Pakistani-American lawyer whose dinner party spins out of control amid a heated discussion of identity and religion.
"I really wanted to write a play that was going to have a legitimately tragic dimension for a contemporary audience," Akhtar said Monday. "I wanted the play to have immediacy and aliveness of engagement that harkened back to a tragic form but a mass form, something that would have audiences gasping."
Akhtar, a 42-year-old New Yorker, also wrote the novel "American Dervish" and co-wrote and played the lead in the film "The War Within."
"Disgraced" had its world premiere at Chicago's American Theater Company in 2012 and then ran at Lincoln Center Theater's Claire Tow Theater. There, the lead character was played by Aasif Mandvi, the very funny correspondent on Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show."
HISTORY: Frederik Logevall for "Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam."
Logevall, 50, spent much of his 40s on the book, about Vietnam under French rule. Born in Sweden and educated in Canada, he teaches history at Cornell University.
Logevall regards "Embers of War" as a prequel to a 2001 release, "Choosing War," which tells of the U.S. decision in the 1960s to commit ground troops to Vietnam.
BIOGRAPHY: Tom Reiss for "The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal and the Real Count of Monte Cristo."
Reiss, 48, has a lifelong fascination with 19th-century French author Alexandre Dumas, one that can be traced to his French-born mother. He loved reading "The Three Musketeers" as a kid and was amazed to learn those fabulous characters were based on real people.
He learned he won the Pulitzer while visiting the dentist. Not only does he receive a $10,000 prize, but his dentist waived the fee and promised to do so again should he win another Pulitzer.
POETRY: "Stag's Leap," by Sharon Olds.
Olds chronicles her divorce in the collection, her 12th.
"I'm in shock," she said Monday when reached by phone, adding that she was trembling and a "little weepy.
"And my eyes are very open and sticky."
Olds wrote most of the "Stag's Head" poems in the late 1990s when her marriage of 32 years was ending. She waited to publish them until more than a decade had passed out of respect for her grown children.
"Writing lots and lots of poems has been the way I've lived my life since I was a teenager, really," said Olds.
GENERAL NONFICTION: Gilbert King for "Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America."
Doing research in the Library of Congress, King came across a dramatic case of four black men falsely accused of rape from 1949 that was little remembered despite its famous attorney, Thurgood Marshall. Bringing justice to the case would be one of Marshall's greatest, most trying accomplishments before the landmark suit Brown v. Board of Education.
The New York-based King, a journalist and author of a similarly themed book, "The Execution of Willie Francis," was on a book tour in Florida's Lake County, the setting of his book, when the Pulitzers were announced.
"It's sort of a 'To Kill a Mockingbird' — almost exactly like that," he said, "except you have an African American lawyer instead of Atticus Finch trying the case in the Jim Crow South."
MUSIC: Caroline Shaw for "Partita for 8 Voices."
Shaw, a violinist and vocalist, is 30 and a graduate student at Princeton University.
The winning composition was an a cappella piece, written for her vocal octet Roomful of Teeth, that is both modern and steeped in the Baroque tradition. It was released on Roomful of Teeth's self-titled debut album last October on New Amsterdam Records.
Shaw believes she is part of a new guard of contemporary classical musicians. "We're developing a language of music that comes with a lot of different styles, different kinds of work," she said.
The Pulitzer committee wrote of Shaw's work: "a highly polished and inventive a cappella work uniquely embracing speech, whispers, sighs, murmurs, wordless melodies and novel vocal effects."


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Just two weeks ago, Brandish reviewed the first edition of the Sunday Times Style Magazine's 'Mr Mills' menswear and style column. I decided that Mills needed to brighten up a bit and make the column a little more cheery and summer-inclined if he was to hold the attention of readers. Well, call me egotistical, but is it pure coincidence that the latest edition of the column featured pieces on swim trunks, sunglasses, lime green hair oil and bright-coloured ties?
Jason also picked up on the possible influence of Brandish yesterday with a post on Taz of Sa-Ra. We're not serious of course, but Mr Mills does look set to be a great read.
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Natural gas pulled back but it is obvious that this market is starting to attract a lot of interest! Reuter's and the CME Group reported that the natural gas futures open interest on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) climbed to a record high on Monday for the 11th straight day. The total futures open interest, or the number of longs and shorts outstanding, climbed 18,496 contracts on Monday to a record 1,455,630. Futures open interest increased by more than 260,000 contracts, or a whopping 22%, on this recent run. Hedge funds have increased their net-long position in natural gas futures, options and swaps for the sixth straight week. That puts the hedge funds long about 387,686 contracts their largest net long position in three years.
Why all this interest in the long side of natural gas? Because the hedge funds realize that we are crossing that historic turning point in this market where demand growth expectations will start to outstrip production increases. This is usually a sign that a market has established a long term bottom. Demand growth is what is really driving this bottom and if there was a straight demand indicator, it would be wildly bullish.
Power generators obviously are seeing the tremendous benefits both economically and environmentally of sticking with natural gas instead of coal and in some cases, even nuclear. Factories have benefited from a stable cheap and clean source of energy. The industry is gearing up for even more demand in the future and almost a day does not go by that we don't hear another bullish demand story and the industry getting ready to take advantage of it.
In fact just yesterday Reuter's News reported that Phillips 66 plans to set up a 100,000-barrel-per-day natural gas liquids fractionator near its Sweeny refinery in Old Ocean, Texas to cater to the booming petro-chemical industry. They say that construction is expected to begin in the first half of 2014, with startup projected by the second half of 2015. Abundant supplies of shale gas have resulted in resurgence in the U.S. chemical industry, and several energy companies are building fractionators, or gas processing plants, to provide feedstock. The project will create more than 25 full-time jobs.
One of the keys for a lot of these bullish bets is the speculation that the U.S. will at some point allow the exports of not only our sudden abundance of natural gas but also our abundance of oil. In a must read in today's Wall Street Journal it is being reported that, "The U.S. energy industry is suddenly talking about something that was unthinkable a few years ago: Exporting crude oil. Congress largely barred such exports after the 1970s Arab oil embargo in a step to protect U.S. oil supplies. But with domestic production booming, energy-company executives are questioning whether the U.S. needs every drop of petroleum it extracts."
The Journal says, "The U.S. does regularly grant permits to send some oil to Canadian refineries. The volumes — relatively small but growing — reached 21.9 million barrels in 2012, or an average of 60,000 barrels a day, up 27% from the year before and the highest level since 1999, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
"The oil-exports debate could mirror the one the energy industry has had over the export of liquefied natural gas. Producers have been clamoring for U.S. government permission to sell such gas overseas, where prices are much higher than in the U.S."


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The Secluded Surfers Paradise Of Suluban Beach
World-class thrilling waves meet jaw-dropping scenery at the secluded surfers' paradise of Suluban Beach. Located not too far from the picturesque Uluwatu Temple, this beach is the actual site of the famous Uluwatu surf break. This beach extends right up and joins the Uluwatu Beach. Together they are the Mecca for wave chasing junkees who come to Bali.
Located at the Pecatu Village, in the South Kuta sub-district, Badung Regency, Suluban is among renowned surfing beaches along the Bukit Peninsula at the southern end of Bali that include the Uluwatu Beach, Bingin Beach, Padang-padang Beach, Dreamland Beach, Impossible Beach and Balangan Beach.
The beach is blessed with a breathtaking view on the Indian Ocean which offers a serene atmosphere and spectacular sunsets in the late afternoons, creating that most romantic aura. Approaching the area, visitors will be greeted by a fascinating scenery of white rock cliffs that stretch as far as the eyes can see. Descending some 50 meters down to the shore, a vast white sandy beach kissed by turquoise blue waters await, while the pounding waves play the true resounding sounds of nature: the perfect setting for a thrilling surfing adventure.
The character of waves at Suluban Beach is similar to those at Uluwatu Beach that come in with that great, powerful, long swell and consistent barrels that have always fascinated surfers who came to this point. Here waves can reach to between 3 and 12 feet with the average wave size being 3 to 5 feet, perfect for advanced and professional surfers. The best season for surfing at Suluban Beach is during the dry session (April to August) when the wind blows from east to west creating the perfect waves for surfing.
The word Suluban comes from the Balinese language "mesulub" which translated means: to bow down. It is suggested that the name was adopted since visitors must first crouch or bow down when they pass the crevice between boulders that resembles a cave, before reaching the beach below the rocky cliff. The Beach is also known by many people as the Blue Point Beach since it is closely associated with the Blue Point Bay Villa located on the top of the cliff which shade Suluban Beach.
Be it for a surfing holiday or a romantic getaway, the waves together with the spectacular scenery at Suluban Beach are indeed a true gem that make Bali sparkle.
Despite its secluded location, eating facilities around Suluban Beach are not hard to find. Restaurants and cafes serving international, Indonesian, and typical Balinese food can be easily found on the path leading down to the shoreline of the beach. Some of these restaurants and cafes have astounding views on the ocean, making it a perfect relaxing place after an exhausting surfing adventure.
The other popular name for Suluban Beach is Blue Point Beach and this is not without reason since if you want to reach the beach you will have to pass the Blue Point Bay villas and spas. Luxury ocean front villas located in the Southern Peninsula of Bali, right on Uluwatu and Suluban Beach facing the Indian Ocean, offer the perfect accommodation if you want to spend your time on Suluban Beach or at the Bukit Peninsula.
Aside from the Blue Point Bay Villas and spas there are also several other accommodation options that you can find near the Suluban Beach. Here are some of the accommodation options available around Suluban Beach:
- Blue Point Bay Villas & Spa, Jl Labuansait – Uluwatu, Pecatu, Bali
- Gong, Jl Pantai Suluban, Uluwatu (on the main road to Uluwatu Temple about 500 m before the temple gates)
- Sandat Mas Cottages, Jl Pantai Suluban, Uluwatu
- Suluban Cliff Bali Villa, Jalan Pantai Suluban No.9, Pecatu, Uluwatu
Located at the Bukit Peninsula, Suluban Beach is connected to Kuta and Denpasar through Jimbaran by the busy Jalan Bypass Nusa Dua and this is the only route in. Approximately 34 Kilometers from Denpasar, the beach is about 30 minutes drive from the I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport or about 45 minutes from the tourist resorts of Kuta-Legian.
From Denpasar or Kuta, take the main road (Jalan Bypass Nusa Dua) south to the junction with Jalan Uluwatu II (the famous McDonald's junction), turn west towards Jimbaran Bay, continue about 2 km and at the four road junction make a sharp left up the hill (signposted for Uluwatu). Follow the road southward until you reach the outer post of Uluwatu Temple where you will find a signpost to Suluban Beach to the right. Follow that road until you reach the Beach.
A taxi from Kuta to Suluban or Uluwatu will take approximately 30 to 40 minutes over winding roads and will cost about Rp 120,000 one-way. If you are just visiting for the day, consider asking the driver to wait for your home trip as it can be difficult to find transport back. Figure on paying the taxi driver Rp 20,000/hour to wait. Joining a tour can be a cheaper way of getting to the area as this destination is very widely offered by tour operators all over the island.
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In the first competitive game back in San Jose for many Dynamo players after their move to Houston in 2006, the Dynamo were upset by the expansion Earthquakes on goals from Kei Kamara and Ivan Guerrero. Brian Ching scored a late consolation goal from Houston.
Houston Dynamo (2-3-4) vs. San Jose Earthquakes (2-5-1)
May 22, 2008 -- Buck Shaw Stadium, Santa Clara CA
Scoring Summary:
SJ -- Kei Kamara 2 (Ned Grabavoy 3) 67
SJ -- Ivan Guerrero 1 (unassisted) 81
HOU -- Brian Ching 2 (Brad Davis 1) 88
Houston Dynamo -- Pat Onstad, Richard Mulrooney, Bobby Boswell, Eddie Robinson (Patrick Ianni 64), Wade Barrett, Brian Mullan, Ricardo Clark, Dwayne De Rosario, Stuart Holden (Brad Davis 75), Brian Ching, Franco Caraccio (Kyle Brown 55).
Substitutes Not Used: Tony Caig, Geoff Cameron, Craig Waibel, Chris Wondolowski.
San Jose Earthquakes -- Joe Cannon, Jason Hernandez, Ryan Cochrane, Nick Garcia, Eric Denton, Ronnie O'Brien (Shea Salinas 78), Ramiro Corrales, Ned Grabavoy, Ivan Guerrero, Ryan Johnson, Kei Kamara (Jovan Kirovski 80).
Substitutes Not Used: Michael Gustavson, John Cunliffe, Kelly Gray, James Riley, Joe Vide.
Misconduct Summary:
SJ -- Nick Garcia (caution; Reckless Foul) 35
SJ -- Ryan Cochrane (caution; Reckless Foul) 40
Referee: Jair Marrufo
Referee's Assistants: Chris Strickland; Peter Manikowski
4th official: Hidajet Tica
Attendance: 10,046
Weather: Clear-and-74-degrees
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When U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward negotiated a treaty with the Russians to purchase Alaska in 1867, it was called "Seward's Folly" because many believed the "last frontier" was a wasteland.
Mendell's Folly in Bethany is no wasteland. The 125-acre Bethany Land Trust property on the border of Bethany and Beacon Falls is the group's largest preserve – and one of its oldest. The property was given to the trust in 1971 by Tibby and Clarence Mendell, who was a dean and classics professor at Yale.
"It's been said that one of Clarence Mendell's students, on seeing this wilderness of muddy fields and rocky hillsides, called it Mendell's Folly," according to a guide to the property. But, like Alaska, the beauty of Mendell's Folly is striking, with its white birch-filled forests, beaver pond and beautiful stone walls that snake across the woodlands along several miles of trails.
After passing a horse farm and crossing the lively Hockanum Brook, visitors are immediately swallowed up by the forest. The main path – Tibby's Trail – passes huge stone walls, pine groves and seemingly endless mats of princess pine before splitting into two trails. Visitors can either continue to follow Tibby's Trail, which runs along the southern end of a huge marsh, or travel the rugged White Birches Trail to the preserve's highest point. All paths are marked with yellow blazes and are easy to follow.
The birch trail passes through a grove of what I like to call "birch bark Indian canoe" trees and past several neat double-trunk oak trees. The trail dips down a ravine and passes more massive stone walls before depositing visitors at a beaver pond and a gorge filled with massive rocks.
The trip around the western side of the massive swamp is the highlight of this journey. With trails right along the edge of the swamp – merely a step or two away from the muck – the marsh has a plethora of wildlife activity. A kingfisher — one of my favorite birds — darted across the sky before landing on a high branch of one of the many dead trees in the swamp. A monarch butterfly floated from flower to flower, seeming to race the bees for the pollen and nectar. Nearby, a millipede undulated across a rock.
The views of the marsh are expansive and beautiful, with a late-summer sky filled with puffy clouds only adding to the effect. Goldenrod are in full bloom, signaling the end of another summer is close.
Seward's treaty securing Alaska was ratified in the U.S. Senate by a single vote. I have a feeling after visiting this preserve, a vote on the worth of Mendell's Folly would be unanimous.
To get there, take Route 42 in Bethany to just east of the border with Beacon Falls. There is a parking area at 335 Beacon Road. Visitors go down the driveway and must open and close the gate by hand and drive to the parking area and preserve's trailhead.
Visit http://www.bethanylandtrust.org/Maps/BLT_Mendell_s_Folly___Apr05.pdf for a map of the preserve.
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Should Drug and Device Manufacturers Be Immunized Against State Tort Law Liability If Their Products Have Been Approved By the FDA? NoBy Marilyn Mann, 1 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, DC
I. Introduction
In the November 2008 issue of eSource, Jeffrey D. Zigler wrote 2 to oppose the enactment of federal legislation that would overturn a recent Supreme Court decision that held that the preemption clause of the Medical Device Amendments of 1976 3 bars common-law claims challenging the safety or efficacy of a medical device marketed in a form that has received pre-market approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). 4 Mr. Zigler, a consultant to the medical device industry, argues that the legislation, the Medical Device Safety Act of 2008, 5 should be opposed because (1) the legislation would be disadvantageous to the medical device industry, 6 and (2) the FDA premarket approval process for medical devices sufficiently protects consumers. 7
The Supreme Court will soon determine whether FDA approval of a drug's label preempts failure-to-warn claims under state law. 8 Because the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, which provides the statutory framework for the regulation of drugs by the FDA, does not contain a preemption clause, in Wyeth v. Levine the Court will decide whether preemption of state tort litigation is implied by the statute, even though it is not explicitly stated.
Below I argue that state tort litigation supports, rather than impedes, effective FDA regulation of drugs and medical devices. Because the public policy arguments against preemption of state tort law are similar in the case of drugs and devices, I address both of them together below.
II. State Tort Litigation Does Not Conflict with the FDA's Authority
State tort litigation does not seek to replace the FDA as final decision-maker over drug or device labeling or safety information. For example, state failure-to-warn litigation challenges the manufacturer's failure to warn about risks that were known at the time of plaintiff's injury. It does not challenge the FDA's original decision to approve the drug. Moreover, FDA approval by necessity is based on the agency's assessment of the product's benefits and risks at the time of approval. Pre-market clinical trials generally involve only a few thousand patients and last only a period of a year or less. Pre-approval testing generally is not able to detect safety problems that only develop over a long period of time, result from drug interactions, occur rarely, or affect groups that were excluded from the studies. Accordingly, FDA regulations permit revision of labeling as new information becomes available, including in some cases without FDA preapproval. 11 In addition, the manufacturer is permitted to communicate safety information in other ways (e.g., "Dear Doctor" letters) as soon as such information becomes available.
III. The FDA's Post-Approval Monitoring System Cannot, By Itself, Adequately Safeguard Public Health
State tort litigation plays an important role in protecting consumers from dangerous products. By necessity, drugs and devices are approved on the basis of imperfect knowledge. Safety risks often become clear only after a drug or device has been approved and has been used by thousands, or even millions of people. Despite the FDA's current pro-preemption position, 12 the agency cannot by itself perform the immense task of monitoring the safety of every one of the drugs and devices on the market. The FDA does not have sufficient access to safety information and other resources that would enable it to monitor on a daily basis the safety of every one of these products.
The argument that the FDA is capable of policing the market on its own 13 is called into question by recent history. Over the past several years, the agency has experienced numerous regulatory failures with recently approved products. In each of these cases, there was a considerable delay between the time when the manufacturer became aware of a serious hazard with its drug and when the manufacturer provided that information to the FDA. 14
In addition, the FDA resources for monitoring the safety of the thousands of drugs and devices that it has approved are limited. According to reports issued by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the FDA's post-approval surveillance programs detect only a small fraction of all adverse drug events. 15 The current regulatory framework is focused on the evidence that is available to the agency before a product is approved. State tort litigation provides the FDA, the medical profession and the public with information that is not known and would not otherwise be available to the FDA.
IV. Conclusion
Preemption of state tort litigation would undermine the FDA's mission of protecting the public from dangerous products. Congress should pass the Medical Device Safety Act of 2008 and, if the Supreme Court rules in favor of preemption in Wyeth v. Levine, similar legislation with respect to FDA regulation of drugs.
The ABA Health eSource invites comments from its readers. Reader articles will be published as we have room, especially where articles provide additional insights into topics previously addressed in The ABA Health eSource.
1 Marilyn Mann is a branch chief in the Division of Investment Management, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Commission disclaims responsibility for any private publication or statement of any Commission employee or Commissioner. This article expresses the author's views and does not necessarily reflect those of the Commission, the Commissioners, or other members of the staff. Her email address is firstname.lastname@example.com.
2 Jeffrey D. Zigler, Medical Device Safety Act of 2008: Implications For Industry, ABA Health eSource, November 2008, http://www.abanet.org/health/esource/Volume5/03/zigler.html.
3 21 U.S.C. § 360k(a).
4 Riegel v. Medtronic, 552 U.S. __, 128 S. Ct. 999 (2008).
5 Medical Device Safety Act of 2008, H.R. 6381, 110 th Congress, 2d Sess. (2008) (Source: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c110:1:./temp/~c1104NyGvO::).
6 While I do not necessarily agree that state tort litigation, or the threat thereof, would negatively impact the future of the medical device industry, this issue is beyond the scope of this article.
7 Mr. Zigler does not state this point directly, but his views are clear from his characterization of the sponsors of the Medical Device Safety Act of 2008 as "would-be champions of healthcare consumer protectionism" and his approval of what he states was the basis for the Supreme Court's decision in Riegel v. Medtronic: the Court's recognition that Congress, in enacting the preemption clause of the Medical Device Amendments of 1976, had concluded that the FDA's pre-approval process was already "stringent enough, and sufficiently protected consumers." However, I believe Mr. Zigler misconstrues the basis for the Court's decision, which was based on the language of the preemption clause, not on Congressional intent.
8 Wyeth v. Levine, cert. granted 128 S. Ct. 1118 (2008).
9 I claim no originality for the ideas expressed in this article, as the ground has already been well-plowed by many others. See, e.g., David A. Kessler & David C. Vladeck, A Critical Examination of the FDA's Efforts To Preempt Failure-To-Warn Claims, 96 Geo. L.J. 461 (2008); Leonard H. Glantz and George J. Annas, The FDA, Preemption, and the Supreme Court, NEJM 358;18:1883-85 (2008); Gregory D. Curfman, Stephen Morrissey, and Jeffrey M. Drazen, Why Doctors Should Worry About Preemption, NEJM 359;1:1-3 (2008); Brief for Donald Kennedy and David Kessler as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondent, Wyeth v. Levine, No. 06-1249.
10 To obtain approval for a new drug, a manufacturer must submit a new drug application (NDA) for the FDA's review. 21 U.S.C. § 355. An NDA must include all information bearing on a drug's safety and effectiveness, including the results of animal testing, pharmacological studies, and full reports of all clinical trials performed on human subjects. Premarket human trials often involve only a few thousand subjects, and the conditions of the study are carefully controlled, with subjects who take other drugs or have other diseases excluded. These conditions often differ dramatically from those under which a drug is used once it is approved.
11 Importantly, FDA regulations provide that "labeling shall be revised to include a warning as soon as there is reasonable evidence of an association of a serious hazard with a drug." 21 C.F.R. § 201.80(e); see also 21 C.F.R. § 201.57(c)(6)(i).
12 Until 2002, the FDA recognized that state tort litigation served as an important adjunct to the agency's own efforts. Kessler & Vladeck, supra note 8, at 483-86. Currently, the FDA takes a pro-preemption position. See, e.g., Brief for United States as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner, Wyeth v. Levine, No. 06-1249.
13 See, e.g., Petitioner's Brief, Brief for United States as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner, Wyeth v. Levine, No. 06-1249.
14 See, e.g., McDarby v. Merck, 949 A.2d 223, 241-44 (N.J. App. Div. 2008) (Merck delayed reporting information on Vioxx's cardiovascular risks to FDA); Alex Berenson & Gardiner Harris, Pfizer Says 1999 Trials Revealed Risks With Celebrex, N.Y. Times, Feb. 1, 2005, at A1 (Pfizer withheld from FDA for two years study showing cardiovascular risks with Celebrex); Gardiner Harris & Eric Koli, Lucrative Drug, Danger Signals and the FDA, N.Y. Times, June 10, 2005 (discussing delays in reporting safety information on Propulsid); Denise Grady, FDA Reviews Accusations About Diabetes Drug, N.Y. Times, Mar. 16, 2000 (company failed to submit safety data on Rezulin to FDA).
15 IOM, The Future of Drug Safety, Promoting and Protecting the Health of the Public 51, 53 (2006); GAO, Drug Safety: Improvement Needed in FDA's Postmarket Decision-Making and Oversight Process 18 (2006).
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ASHEBORO | Robert Allison "Bobby' Welsh, 77, of East Drive, died Sunday, May 12, 2013, at Randolph Hospital.
ASHEBORO | Robert Allison "Bobby' Welsh, 77, of East Drive, died Sunday, May 12, 2013, at Randolph Hospital.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Hunt's Plank Road Chapel, Old Plank Road, by the Revs. Clay Davis, Jim Honeycutt and Howard Moffitt. Burial will follow in New Hope Memorial Gardens.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Pugh Funeral Home, 437 Sunset Ave.
Mr. Welsh was born May 2, 1936, to Benjamin N.P. Welsh and Lucy Gardner Welsh. Bobby was a native of Kershaw County, S.C., and enjoyed anything cowboy. He loved music, especially Johnny Cash, Hank Williams Sr. and George Jones, his animals, horses and his two special K-9 friends, Pearlie and Dobie. He liked gardening and all things John Deere. He retired from Jockey International and also from Elastic Therapy. He was active in Hunt's Plank Road Chapel.
He is survived by his wife, Christene Hussey Welsh; two daughters, Deborah Robinson of Asheboro and Carolyn Christine Welsh of Lexington; son and wife Robert Lee and Ronda Welsh of Asheboro; grandchildren Travis Henley, Hannah Henley, Taylor Robinson, Cassie Phillips and Dustin Welsh; great-grandchildren Raven Henley, Gaven, Alysa and Wilow Grace Phillips; and one brother, James Welsh of Bethel, Conn.
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Giants defensive tackle Chris Canty and offensive lineman David Diehl ripped Eagles guard Todd Herremans for the two plays on which Herremans was penalized during Sunday night's game. Both termed the two hits "dirty."
"Two of them. Same guy," Canty told the Newark Star-Ledger. "When you talk about players doing that to one another ... playing hard, playing between the whistles is one thing. But that was a dirty play. I think we all can agree on that."
Herremans was called for tripping on the first one, although it looked more like a clip when he dove at Canty's legs from behind. The second was called a chop block because Canty was engaged with center Mike McGlynn. Herremans could face a fine, when the league issues its weekly penalties Friday.
"In a league where we're trying to crack down on defenseless players and things of that nature, that can't be allowed," Canty said. You're talking about defensive players taking shots on quarterbacks and wide receivers, well the league has to protect defensive players as well.
"That kind of behavior, it's either taught or it's allowed. Either way, it has no place in our game."
Diehl, watching the game on TV, because he was injured, also was not happy with the plays.
"I don't play that way. I never have," Diehl said. "There's a difference between cutting somebody and cutting somebody from behind late like that and going after somebody's legs. I think it was a dirty shot. If you're out in the open and cut somebody from the front, that's legal, when you see them coming. But when their back's to you, we all know that's blatant."
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You sir are a god of parody. This was hilarious the whole way through. Everything from the word choice to the stance in the photos was pure Phil Elmore style masturbatory paranoia speak. I think you really need to let this one build up into a regular discussion topic and/or regularly accepted truth before exposing just how tragically stupid good 'ol Phil is.
Once again, brilliantly done kickcatcher, you get a gold star AND a smiley face.
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That article was pure magic! Imagine Phil's face when he sees this thread and realizes he's been had. Maybe someone should post the link on the martialist.
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2/01/2006 11:21pm, #14
Well-done Kickcatcher! Like already stated, how could Phil not notice that this was a parody? I mean who is going to walk around with four books strapped to their body like seen in the picture.
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2/01/2006 11:27pm, #15
My favorite is the fact that most of the vital areas of the body are uncovered. What if the felon goes for your eyes? Or your throat? WHERE IS YOUR ANNE RICE NOW?--
2/01/2006 11:28pm, #16
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Not much more to say than has already been said. Kudos to the amazing job, only you should've taken at least one picture with the trademark Phil Elmore eyebrow. He might've asked you to write for his newsletter every issue, thinking he had found a protege. Maybe even be interested in a date...
2/01/2006 11:37pm, #17Originally Posted by kickcatcher
You might instead quote pieces, then comment on how it should have been an obvious parody (criticism tends to be covered by fair use).
2/01/2006 11:41pm, #18
Originally Posted by Arahoushi
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That's covered in the follow up article.
You can't cram that much pure gold into just one issue...even if it is a mega issue.
For your throat you put books into your scarf obviously....or your bandana in the summer....yes I know this means you have to wear it around your neck like a mexican bandit and not your head reducing the tough guy image...but it's better than a knife in the throat right?
For your eyes you cut the bottom off of two small pepsi bottles and use string to tie them over your eyes. You may think that this would have a negative effect on your vision. However, the angle of the plastic will actually ENHANCE your peripheral vision meaning that it is even HARDER for the attacker to sneak up on you. Not only that, but because the plastic is clear no one will notice meaning that you can still mack on the babes! And that book body armour under your jacket will make you look extra buff. BOOYAKASHA!!
2/01/2006 11:45pm, #19
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You're my hero, Kickcatcher
2/01/2006 11:48pm, #20Originally Posted by The Limey
Of coures, a minimum the e-budoka who took on Phil's article on e-budo didn't make that any better with their own Orientophilism, but Lowry should be exonerated from such claims.--


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October 8, 2006
Vernon Fire Safety Day
Vernon, CT
The Connecticut Humane Society will be on site with our Mobile Adoption Center with pets looking for loving new homes. This event features many activities for children with even a visit from Smokey the Bear. The event will take place in the K Mart Plaza on Rt. 30 in Vernon. For more information contact Ken Kalos at (860) 875-4079.


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Developing a checklist for considering 'colloquial evidence' in guideline development: a case study from NICE
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Background: Colloquial evidence (CE) is the non-scientific evidence that helps provide context to experimental evidence and is used to inform guidance in areas where there are gaps in the published literature. Despite the inherent biases, the use of CE is becoming increasingly important in capturing the experience of patients.
Objectives: To identify best practice in the use of CE and to ascertain how CE is being used at NICE.
Methods: A focused literature review was undertaken. Relevant data was extracted from the NICE guideline manual by two reviewers, using standardised forms and quality assured and analysed by a third reviewer.
Results: The review illustrated that scientific and colloquial evidence is considered in guideline development. CE ranges from information from experts or users based on their own values and experiences, to published policy reports outside the peer-reviewed literature. In NICE's guidelines programme, CE includes expert/professional and patient/carer/lay views, grey literature (including evidence from internet and policy reports) and testimony from stakeholder consultation. Similar results were seen for other guidance development programmes. An appraisal checklist has been proposed from NICE's review and the tools currently available.
Discussion: As decisions often need to be made on areas where there is a lack of scientific evidence, using CE appropriately is essential. There is a lack of appropriate methodology for integrating the different types of evidence and appraisal tools and therefore further development is needed.
Implications for guideline developers: A priority is a validated CE data quality check-list to assist decision makers.


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Update Samsung Galaxy A7 To Android Oreo/Nougat
This is AOSP ROM and We are going to talk about update Samsung Galaxy A7 to android Oreo/nougat and both processes are same.The difference is while updating to android 8.0 Oreo you need to download Oreo ROM(.zip file) and while updating to android nougat you need nougat rom (.zip file).In this article, you will get full tutorials for installing oreo or nougat update using lineageOs Oreo Update and Resurrection Remix 5.8.5.This method works only for Samsung Galaxy A7.
Android Oreo releases the android open source project (Aosp) for the android ROM developers to develop this version according to them and many rom developing organization's like lineageOs, Resurrection Remix, Mokee Rom, Aosp Extended , Dirty Unicorns and OmniRoms and many more other groups are trying to develop this project and that leads the way to update android devices to latest version.
Not Every Update Is Official Update
If you are doing this first time the let me tell you not the every update is official update.Android developers groups working on the open source project and make the ROM according to them and then launch the ROM and you will get the update.And then you will be able to update to android Oreo/Nougat.Some updates are official and some are not.
New features Oreo Update-
- Quick message
- Adaptive Emojis
- Fast processing.
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- Galaxy Note5 Duos should be charged at least 70%.
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- Oreo ROM needed.
Important Points-
I will personally suggest to charge your phone at least 70% and also backup your device in case if anything goes wrong you will able to backup your data.
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- After phone reboots, Galaxy Note5 Duos Updated to Oreo Successfully.
Steps for flashing Oreo g-apps
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This is the second method but this will work only if the official update comes if your device will not get official oreo update then you will not be able to update to oreo 8.0 using this method.So check before proceeding.
- Go to the updater application if not then go to setting then check for update.
- Then you have to browse the oreo rom which you downloaded earlier.
- Then click install or update whatever option is showing in the screen.
- Then wait after several reboots your device successfullt updated to android oreo 8.0.
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Fake Tan Fail Has Man Scared His Foot Will Fall Off
A lot of things can go wrong when you get a fake tan, but there's much more potential for trouble when you don't even know you are getting one.
That's what happened to one poor guy who took off his sock and discovered in horror that his foot was severely discolored.
Fearing disease and a need for amputation, he told his wife, who let him know she had borrowed one of his socks to apply her fake tan and forgot to tell him.
Thought my foot was falling off .....Turns out my bloody Mrs used me sock for her fake tan....Posted by Girlsmouth on Monday, October 2, 2017
At least he knows what to get her for the holidays - a tanning mitt.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — Around the country on Election Day 2012 with AP reporters bringing the latest developments to you:
On election night, when it came to presidents on television, Barack Obama had some competition. Abraham Lincoln gave him a real run for his money.
More than once on Tuesday night, movie trailers featuring Daniel Day-Lewis inhabiting the title role of Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" interrupted electoral-vote tallies and political analysis. And watching the slow, deliberate movements of the 16th president, with epic music swelling in the background, you couldn't help but draw some parallels.
Neighbor angry at neighbor. Deep reservations about the union. Americans divided into clusters, feeling powerless against a government many despise or disdain.
Yet under Lincoln, somehow Americans made it through. It was bloody and ugly and perhaps almost fatal that time around, but the experiment in a democratic republic survived.
Obama hinted at that in his victory speech. "We are not," he insisted, "as divided as our politics suggest."
Yes, "Lincoln" is merely a movie about a man who lived long ago and did some things we long remember. But the uncertainties that it summons linger still, uncomfortably and across party lines, as this election draws to its weary end. A house divided against itself: Can it stand?
Says the current and future president: "The task of perfecting our union moves forward."
— Ted Anthony — Twitter http://twitter.com/anthonyted
AP White House Correspondent Ben Feller, who has covered the presidencies of Barack Obama and George W. Bush, gives his big-picture analysis of what Washington will look like after Election Day 2012:
"President Barack Obama's victory means that everything he campaigned upon is alive and about to drive the political conversation with his adversaries. Every legacy of his first term is safe and enshrined to history.
"Yet big honeymoons don't come twice and Republicans won't swoon. If Obama cannot end gridlock, his second term will be reduced to veto threats, empty promises, end runs around Congress and legacy-sealing forays into foreign lands.
"Obama will push for higher taxes on the wealthy as a way to shrinking a choking debt and to steer money toward the programs he wants. He will try to land a massive financial deficit-cutting deal with Congress in the coming months and then move on to an immigration overhaul, tax reform and other bipartisan dreams.
"He will not have to worry that his health care law will be repealed, or that his Wall Street reforms will be gutted, or that his name will be consigned to the list of one-term presidents who got fired before they could finish. Voters stuck with him because they trusted him more to solve the struggles of their lifetime.
"America may not be filled with hope anymore, but it told Mitt Romney to keep his change."
— Ben Feller — Twitter http://twitter.com/benfellerdc
The latest report from Michael Oreskes, a veteran political journalist since the 1970s and now The Associated Press' senior managing editor for U.S. news:
Historical trivia moment: 1816 was quite a long time ago. America was a very different place, still a fledgling country starting to push across a largely unknown continent.
Yet you have to go all the way back to 1816 for the last time that the country did what it did Tuesday. Not since Jefferson, then Madison and then Monroe (in 1816) has the United States elected three presidents in a row to a second term.
What does that mean? It is hard to argue this has been a period of calm or stable politics, though compared to the late 1960s and 1970's it does seem almost placid. After all, Lyndon Johnson was forced to abandon re-election hopes by a faraway war, Richard Nixon was impeached and driven from office, Gerald Ford then lost to Jimmy Carter in large part because he pardoned Nixon, and Carter then lost to Reagan because the economy went south and he seemed to blame Americans for it.
You could argue that Roosevelt, Truman and Eisenhower were the moral equivalent of three two-term presidents in a row. Roosevelt was elected to four terms but died soon after. Truman finished Roosevelt's fourth term, and was re-elected. Then Eisenhower served two terms. Then the 60s started.
— Michael Oreskes
The Republican National Committee's election night festivities in Washington started with an optimistic tone. Supporters milled about well-stocked buffets and bars as musical performers riled up the crowd at the Ronald Reagan Building downtown.
Within hours, the palpable excitement was neutered as news organizations called the election for President Barack Obama. A once-deafening roar subsided into a slow murmur as the crowd began to rapidly dissipate, the GOP's victory in the House of Representatives now overshadowed.
The few remaining were disappointed, but conciliatory.
"(We) still have the status quo in the House and the Senate, and (Obama's) going to have to reach out to them," said Republican Joe Hagerty of Virginia.
The party was supposed to last until 2 a.m., but the atrium was almost empty by the time midnight rolled around, save for a handful of people. One woman left shouted to no one in particular: "We live in the socialist republic of Obama!"
— Donald Borenstein
AP National Political Editor Liz Sidoti's take on Barack Obama's victory speech:
It was a speech far different from the jubilant and lofty one he gave in Chicago four years ago.
With one term nearly over and the next ahead of him, a seasoned Obama talked of a resilient America — a place where people have "picked ourselves up" and fought back during tough economic times. He declared that the "best is yet to come."
And he struck a more bipartisan tone — by necessity as much as anything else given that power remains divided on Capitol Hill. He said he wants to meet with Republican rival Mitt Romney to discuss how they can work together, and he said he looked forward to working with the GOP.
Yet he also urged patience, saying progress will come in fits and starts.
— Liz Sidoti
Maybe they should ask for a cat?
President Barack Obama told Sasha and Malia Obama in his victory speech how proud he was of them — they were becoming strong, smart, beautiful women just like their mother, he said — but that didn't mean they were getting a second dog.
"One dog's probably enough," he said to laughter from the crowd.
Four years ago, of course, in his first victory speech, Obama had promised his girls they would have a new puppy in the White House. The First Dog soon followed, named Bo.
It was striking to see how the girls had grown since that night four years ago. Now, Malia, 14 — who wore a dress with a bright blue skirt, black top and pink belt — looked as tall as her mother, and in flat shoes, yet. Sasha, now 11, who four years ago jumped up into her father's arms on the victory stage, also looked mature in a dress with a bright green, bouncy skirt.
It was not lost on commentators that the next four years will bring renewed, intensified interest in the girls' lives, as they become full-fledged teenagers in the public eye.
— Jocelyn Noveck — Twitter http://twitter.com/JocelynNoveckAP
In his 20-minute speech to supporters after winning re-election, President Barack Obama touched on familiar themes he has emphasized throughout his presidency. He urged people to come together and said he would work with leaders in both parties to improve education, spur innovation, reduce debt and lessen global warming.
"We want to pass on a country that's safe and respected and admired around the world. A nation that is defended by the strongest military on earth and the best troops this world has ever known," he said.
He made references to victims of Superstorm Sandy and the Navy SEALS who killed Osama Bin Laden.
"This country has more wealth than any nation, but that's not what makes us rich," he said. "We have the most powerful military in history but that's not what makes us strong. Our universities, our culture are the envy of the world but that's not what keep the world coming to our shore."
It's "the belief that our destiny is shared, that this country only works when we accept certain obligations to one another."
— Julie Pace — Twitter http://twitter.com/jpaceDC
"Whether I earned your vote or not, I have listened to you. I have learned from you. And you've made me a better president." — Barack Obama, in his victory speech.
"Tonight in this election you, the American people, reminded us that while our road has been hard, while our journey has been long, we have picked ourselves up, we have fought our way back, and we know in our hearts that for the United States of America, the best is yet to come." — President Barack Obama in Chicago after winning re-election, to wild applause. He said he had just spoken with Romney.
Republicans clinched control of the U.S. House of Representatives for two more years, setting up future clashes with re-elected President Barack Obama.
The GOP won 217 seats. Two Louisiana Republicans will face each other in a December runoff, assuring the GOP will have 218 — the number needed for a majority in the 435-seat House.
Their margin will likely resemble the majority they enjoy in the current House, which they control by 240-190. There are also five vacant seats.
Newly re-elected President Barack Obama has just stepped before the podium to address his supporters. There is jubilation in the Chicago hall where he is delivering his victory speech, minutes after Mitt Romney officially conceded.
He's accompanied by the first lady and their two daughters.
— Julie Pace — Twitter http://twitter.com/jpaceDC
AP National Political Editor Liz Sidoti has this to say about Mitt Romney's concession speech:
Mitt Romney hardly lingered on stage in Boston after conceding to Barack Obama. And the Republican sounded like a candidate who knew when to call it quits after two unsuccessful attempts at the presidency.
In a brief speech, Romney said he gave it all to his campaign and that he wished he could have delivered the White House for his supporters.
Romney was respectful when he talked of Obama, calling him "the president" and saying that: "I pray that the president will be successful in guiding our nation."
And, after a sharply negative campaign, Romney also urged Americans not to engage in partisan bickering.
— Liz Sidoti
Chants of "Mitt! Mitt! Mitt!" rose from the crowd as Republican Mitt Romney closed his concession speech.
He kissed his wife, Ann, who joined him on stage in Boston, and gave running mate Paul Ryan a big hug.
"I so wish that I had been able to fulfill your hopes to lead the country in a different direction," Romney said during his remarks, "but the nation chose another leader."
Added Romney, who lost his bid to unseat President Barack Obama: "At a time like this, we can't risk partisan bickering and political posturing. Our leaders have to reach across the aisle to do the nation's work."
"We look to Democrats and Republicans in government at all levels to put people before the politics," Romney said.
"I believe in America. I believe in the people of America. ... I ran for office because I'm concerned about America. This election is over, but our principles endure."
— Steve Peoples — Twitter http://twitter.com/sppeoples
— Kasie Hunt — Twitter http://twitter.com/kasie
Shortly before 1 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Mitt Romney appeared at the Boston Convention Center to deliver a concession speech.
He was greeted by cheers and whistles in anticipation of what he'd say. Senior aides filed into the ballroom as Romney prepared to take the stage; visibly emotional, they shared hugs with each other as they watched.
Upon Romney's announcement that he had called President Barack Obama "to congratulate him on his victory," the raucous crowd redoubled its noise.
"This is a time of great challenges for America, and I pray the president will be successful in guiding our nation," Romney said.
He thanked his running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, earning big applause.
Referring to his wife, Romney said: "I also want to thank Ann, the love of my life. She would have been a wonderful first lady."
— Steve Peoples — Twitter http://twitter.com/sppeoples
— Kasie Hunt — Twitter http://twitter.com/kasie
The sounds of celebration around the White House were so loud that they could be heard a couple blocks away after the presidential race was called for Barack Obama.
Mobs of people were on each side of the White House and cheering was boisterous. Cars honked. Strangers high-fived. People held cut-out pictures of Obama and signs reading "four more years." One man walked around shirtless with an Obama "O'' on his chest.
— Donald Borenstein
"I have just called President Obama to congratulate him on his victory." — Republican Mitt Romney.
Maine is the first state to approve same-sex marriage by popular vote. Washington state is the first to legalize recreational use of marijuana.
Voters a continent apart, making history on two divisive social issues.
The outcome in Maine broke a 32-state streak, dating to 1998, with gay marriage rebuffed by every state that voted on it.
Gay marriage is legal in six states and the District of Columbia — in each case the result of legislation or court orders, not by a vote of the people.
The marijuana measure in Washington sets up a showdown with the federal government.
— David Crary — Twitter http://twitter.com/CraryAP
Democrats won a narrow majority in the Senate, keeping the control they've held since 2007, by snatching Republican-held seats in Massachusetts and Indiana and turning back challenges in Virginia, Ohio and Connecticut.
Republicans were undone by stumbles in Missouri and Indiana, with candidates' clumsy statements about rape and abortion doing severe damage to their individual chances — and their party's hopes of taking over.
In Massachusetts, Democrat Elizabeth Warren knocked out Republican Sen. Scott Brown, who had stunned the political world in 2010 when he won the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's seat. The strong Democratic tilt in the state and President Barack Obama's easy win over former Gov. Mitt Romney in Massachusetts helped the consumer advocate in her bid.
Heading into this election, with 33 seats up for grabs, Democrats held a 53-47 edge in the Senate, including the two independents who caucus with them. So Republicans needed a net gain of four seats to grab the majority. Shortly after 11 p.m., Democrats gained a lock on 50 seats, enough to keep control once Obama won re-election.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., spoke of conciliation.
"Now that the election is over, it's time to put politics aside and work together to find solutions," Reid said in a statement. "The strategy of obstruction, gridlock and delay was soundly rejected by the American people. Now they are looking to us for solutions."
— Donna Cassata — Twitter http://twitter.com/donnacassataAP
AP National Political Editor Liz Sidoti offers up this analysis in miniature:
"Talk about a good night for the president. Barack Obama didn't just win in his Midwestern firewall states of Ohio, Wisconsin and Iowa. He prevailed in places that even fellow Democrats expected to tilt Mitt Romney's way: Colorado for starters. And he was locked in close races in Virginia and Florida, two states that Republicans long had argued were fertile GOP territory. The Electoral College victory his, Obama now is awaiting the results of the popular vote. He and Romney are locked in a tight race for it as Tuesday turns to Wednesday."
— Liz Sidoti
This tidbit comes from a story by AP reporters Steve Peoples and Kasie Hunt, awaiting Mitt Romney's appearance in Boston:
"The Republican nominee had already written a 1,118-word victory speech that he thought would conclude his yearslong quest for the presidency. Earlier Tuesday, Romney said he had no regrets no matter the outcome."
— Kasie Hunt — Twitter http://twitter.com/kasie
— Steve Peoples — Twitter http://twitter.com/sppeoples
This bit from AP's main story on the election offers a bit of context:
"The election emerged as a choice between two very different visions of government — whether it occupies a major, front-row place in American lives or is in the background as a less-obtrusive facilitator for private enterprise and entrepreneurship."
Barack Obama wins — he'll serve a second term as president after a hard-fought election.
AP is calling the presidential election for Obama after Romney lost Ohio and several other key states.
The Chicago convention center where Obama supporters have gathered to watch the results is exploding in joy and enthusiasm. Not so the Romney camp in Boston, which has been muted as results increasingly showed the tally of electoral votes rising in Obama's column.
EDITOR'S NOTE — Follow AP journalists on Twitter where available with the handles listed after each item.


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WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Americans are eating healthier and are more educated about what they eat, U.S. Agriculture Department officials say.
A survey of nearly 10,000 people by the department's Economic Research Service found 20 percent of the "improvements in diet quality" came from a reduction in consumption of food outside the home, the Los Angeles Times reported. The survey found, on average, Americans ate three fewer meals away from home and consumed 1 1/2 fewer snacks each month.
They consumed 127 fewer calories each day of the meals they did eat away from home, and said they wanted to be more knowledgeable about what they ate, the study said.
Forty-two percent of working-age adults and 57 percent of older adults said they used nutrition facts panel on food packages most or all of the time when deciding what foods to buy, the USDA said in a statement.
The study found the number of working-age adults who believe they are able to lose weight grew by 3 percent from 2007 to 2010, a period during which consumers increasingly relied on nutritional information, and not price, when shopping for food.
"When individuals believe that their actions directly affect their body weight, they might be more inclined to make healthier food choices," said Jessica Todd, author of the study.
The USDA credited several federal initiatives for the changes, including a website that offers meal planning advice and an online food tracking tool.


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Posted on February 16, 2011
I'm not going to fill you in on all my strange habits because a) I have to save something for the national Enquirer, and b) you might giggle so much that the books would fall through the holes in the banana boxes. But I thought I'd mention one of them: I am addicted to the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.
It's not a matter of sitting and watching for two nights in a row. It's a matter of disconnecting the phone, barricading the door, and sitting glued to the set as I make notes on each dog that crosses the screen. I rank each according to its fitness to win, and watch for the judge to confirm my choices. I have learned something by doing this. I've learned I'm a crummy dog show judge.
Basically, after analyzing my own choices, I find I give points to particularly fuzzy dogs, to dogs that smile a lot, and to dogs that bounce a bit more when they hear the applause. It's a matter of sheer sentiment rather than a cool, detached, objective decision.
I'm afraid this carries over into my judgment in other areas. The last time I was asked to act as a judge in a competition, I believe I was the only person on the panel who deducted points if it looked like the contestant wasn't having fun. And once in a while, it comes into how I sell books.
Somebody gave me a small stack of catalogs for airplane engine parts, dating from the 1930s. While these are not so collectible as the same catalogs might be from the 1920s, they're reasonably rare and collectible. Instead of listing them individually on eBay, however, I listed them as part of a larger collection, including some flying school correspondence course material and some textbooks on sheet metal work, and a lot of miscellaneous bits of aviation ephemera. The eBay customers were not pleased: more than one emailed me to let me know they'd as soon buy the things individually as buy a whole boxful of stuff.
I understood that. But the stuff came from one person, the person whose name was listed on the certificates for classes in aircraft blueprint reading and basic aircraft construction. That would be the same person whose name was listed on those certificates from Douglas Aircraft: the Win-The-War certificates they gave employees who made suggestions to speed up the assembly line, and the one saying he had spent 1944 and 1945 helping Douglas Aircraft build planes. That would be, I expect, the same person who put them in a box in the first place.
It was an important chunk of his life, or so I judged: those years he spent studying airplanes and how to build and/or fly them. I have had the impression, through the years, that a lot of people felt what they did during World War II was important in their lives. And though I realized all the time that this might matter to no one but him, I opted to try to sell the collection as one item.
Fortunately, I didn't have to make that decision in Madison Square garden, under the lights and in front of the cameras. Tell you what: if they ever do a Westminster Book Show, I won't apply to be a judge. Like as not, I'd just ask to see what kind of boxes the books were carried in.
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