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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, APRIL 28, 2014
PAGE 7
THEATER
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Actor Joshua McGuire performs during the play "Privacy" by James Graham in London. The play allows audience members to take selfies before intermission.
London stage hit 'Privacy' makes drama from data
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LONDON — "Privacy," a new drama that has London buzzing, is probably the first play to open with a request that the audience keep their smartphones switched on. It's certainly the first to have theatergoers snapping selfies before the intermission.
By the end, they may be tempted to throw those phones out the window.
James Graham's exciting, interactive and alarming drama suggests that our smartphones and computers know us better than we know ourselves. The play asks whether privacy is dead in an era when millions share their innermost thoughts on social media, mobile phones act as electronic trackers and government snoops hoover up vast amounts of data on their citizens.
Graham insists the play is not arguing "that we should all dump our iPhones in the dustbin." Despite months of eye-opening research, he still has a smartphone and a Twitter account.
"We wanted to say, look, a lot of this stuff is amazing, but we have to keep constantly checking in and going, is the balance right?" he said. "The amount we share ... has changed radically in the past five years in a way I think it hasn't in the past 500 years."
The play, which opened this week at London's Donmar Warehouse, follows a fictional writer and a director — "better-looking, thinner, younger versions of us," quips the play's real director, Josie Rourke — as they explore the power of the Internet and the meaning of identity in an online age.
Graham - a 31-year-old
wunderkind whose last play, "This House," made backroom British politics in the 1970s unexpectedly thrilling — conducted 60 hours of interviews with dozens of researchers, politicians, civil liberties activists and spies.
A cast of six plays everyone from the former head of British spy agency GCHQ to the inventor of the supermarket loyalty card and Cambridge University academics who say they can infer everything from political views to sexual orientation from an individual's Facebook "likes."
Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden appears, too, as do the Guardian newspaper journalists who published his leaked documents revealing details of U.S. spies' ability to snoop on vast amounts of electronic communications.
FOOD
Calorie labels to appear on more than just menus
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Agrarian 300 450 Hot Cakes
Egg Calories with Leg 450 600 Hot Cakes
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WASHINGTON — Diners could soon see calorie counts on the menus of chain restaurants.
But will they be able to get that same clear information at grocery stores, convenience stores, movie theaters or airplanes?
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The calories of each food item are pictured on a McDonald's drive-thru menu in New York.
The food industry is closely watching the Food and Drug Administration to see which establishments are included in the final menu labeling rules, which are expected this year.
The idea is that people may pass on that bacon double cheeseburger if they know that it has 1,000 calories. Or on the chili hot dog at the convenience store counter.
But nonrestaurant establishments have lobbied hard for exemption, and the rules have been delayed.
The FDA has sent the rules to the White House, meaning they could be released soon. The calorie labels may be required as soon as six months after the final rules are announced.
Here are a few places you may or may not see calorie labels once the rules kick in:
RESTAURANTS
The restaurant industry pushed for menu labeling and helped it become law as part of health overhaul in 2010. Chain restaurants that operate all over the country wanted the federal standards because of an evolving patchwork of state and local laws that require calorie labeling and could have forced those outlets to follow different rules in different locations.
FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg told Congress earlier this month that writing the rules has been "much more challenging than expected." The agency issued proposed rules in 2011 but has faced pressure to revise them to exclude retail outlets like grocery and convenience stores.
The rules will only apply to restaurants with 20 or more outlets, so independent eateries are exempt. Bakeries, coffee shops and ice cream parlor are all expected to be included if they have enough stores to qualify. But alcohol most likely won't have to be labeled in any of those places — FDA proposed exempting it.
SUPERMARKETS AND CONVENIENCE STORES
Not all restaurants are happy with menu labeling though. Pizza restaurants, led by delivery giant Domino's, say it doesn't make sense to force their franchisees to order expensive new menu boards when few people walk into their brick-and-mortar outlets. They argue for putting the information online. The pizza companies say there are more than 34 million ways to order a pizza, and they need more flexibility on labeling than other restaurants. Supporters of the rules say pizzas are no different from sandwiches or other foods that have a variety of toppings.
The supermarket and convenience store industries were perhaps the most unhappy
The restaurant industry has pushed for those outlets to be included, arguing that many of them are promoting their prepared food sales and directly competing with restaurants. Nutrition advocates have also called for those stores to be included, saying that a rotisserie chicken labeled with a calorie count at a restaurant should also be labeled at the grocery store takeout next door. Same with baked goods like muffins, pies or loaves of bread.
The supermarket industry estimates it could cost them a billion dollars to put the rules in place costs that would be passed on to consumers. Along with convenience stores, the supermarkets say the ever-changing selection at salad bars, deli counters and other prepared food stations would make it difficult and costly to nail down accurate calorie counts and constantly update signs.
with the rules that the FDA proposed in 2011. The agency proposed requiring those stores to label calories for prepared foods on menu boards and displays.
Both industries argue that the law is intended for restaurants and not for them. They say the labeling rules will be much easier to put in place at restaurants with fixed menus.
Footwork music star DJ Rashad dies in Chicago
CHICAGO — Rashad Harden, a house music and footwork pioneer who performed as DJ Rashad, was found dead this weekend of an apparent drug overdose, authorities said Sunday. He was 34.
but narcotics and drug paraphernalia were found near his body, she said. An autopsy was conducted Sunday but the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office said it is waiting for the results of toxicology tests to determine a cause of death.
Harden's death comes just days before his EP was scheduled for release and less than a month after fellow house music star Frankie Knuckles also died the city.
Chicago Police spokeswoman Janel Sedevic said a friend found Harden's body Saturday afternoon in an apartment on the city's West Side. There was no sign of injury,
Harden, a resident of Calumet City, was poised for a breakout year, according to
the Chicago Sun-Times. His fifth album received his best reviews, he was scheduled to play clubs all over the world and his latest EP, "We On 1," was scheduled to be released Monday.
"It's just a tragic loss of a great musical genius," said longtime friend and collaborator Morris Harper, who performs as DJ Spinn and who was scheduled to appear with Rashad in Detroit on Saturday night.
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