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John Huff/Staff photographer Making Strides Against Breast Cancer volunteers Allison Alper, left, and Alissa Schintzius shovel debris into a front end loader as they work to clean up along Central Ave. in Dover Saturday during Dover Pride Clean Up Day.
DOVER — Despite damp conditions, dozens of Dover residents turned out to help spruce up the city on Saturday morning.Civic groups and regular citizens once again took part in the city's annual Dover Pride Clean Up Day, volunteering four hours of their time to pitch in at sites around Dover.The activity, held every year in the spring, gives residents an opportunity to help the city look its best for the upcoming tourist season and warm weather, according to coordinators at Dover Main Street.This year's event was held from 8 a.m. to noon. Sponsors included Centrix Bank, Wentworth Greenhouses and Kendall Pond Pizza. The Kiwanis Club also provided a pancake breakfast to kick off the event in the Mill Courtyard at 421 Central Ave. Volunteers then helped rake, prune, sweep, mulch, weed, paint and tend gardens around the city.Norm Fracassa, of Fracassa Designworks, was the site leader in Henry Law Park, where he was joined by personnel from Dover Fire & Rescue and citizen volunteers. At the Rotary Trailhead, Sgt. Main Spiedel led a team from the Dover Police Department. Police volunteers were also deployed to the community trail, joined by a crew from Ryan's Tree Service of Dover.
Andrew Quinton and Alicia de los Reyes work to clean up the area of Orchard St. and Central Ave. in Dover Saturday during Dover Pride Clean Up Day. John Huff/ Staff photographer
Other groups that participated in Saturday's event included a contingent of children affiliated with the Seymour Osman Community Center in Dover, as well as students at the University of New Hampshire."Something that makes Dover, I think, really nice is that we get hundreds of volunteers to come out for Dover pride clean up day," Alexander said.The annual cleanup saves the city money on labor costs, and also allows Dover Main Street to tap into the expertise of volunteers like Fracassa, who spent hours with Alexander discussing landscaping plans ahead of time."We really work hard, and people are proud to go back and look at the sites they worked on and see that they made a difference in the community," Alexander said.


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The Réseau vélo-boulot: Gatineu, Quebec and Ottowa, Ontario's Bike to Work Network
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The Réseau vélo-boulot, or Bike to Work Network, is a 20 week program, which begins in early May and runs until Car-free Day in mid-September.
Event Location:
As a regional event, the Réseau vélo-boulot occurs primarily in Gatineau (Québec), but also includes participants from Ottawa (Ontario). The two cities, located on the Ontario and Québec border, are separated by the Ottawa River, but constitute a single metropolitan area when taken together.
Action vélo Outaouais, roughly translated as the Outaouais Cycling Coalition, is the main organizer of the event and provides online support, including a carbon offset calculator and travel tips. Other sponsors include local bike shops and the local transit agency, Société de transport de l'Outaouais.
Event Summary:
The Réseau vélo-boulot, in an effort to instill the habit of bicycling to work over a number of months, opted to use a longer term approach to promote bicycling in the community. Many programs, such as Bike to Work week, generate support for bicycling in the short term, but do not create a culture of bicycling in a community or facilitate bicycling as an everyday activity. The 20 week program invites participants to make a pledge to use their bicycle at least one day each week.
Over the course of the five month event, activities are organized around bicycling, including mechanics workshops and social events as well as workshops in workplaces, which help to enhance public support of bicycling and encourages more participation in the event. Prizes, such as bicycles, bicycle equipment, transit passes, and others, are provided to further incentivize participation. By organizing bicycling through social events and encouraging new or novice cyclists to ride more often, the Réseau vélo-boulot has created momentum around bicycling in the region and has "contributed to significant increases in budget allocation to cycling infrastructure and a closer working relationship with local officials," according to organizers. As showcased by the Réseau vélo-boulot, organizing bike commuting events can have a mobilizing effect on local government and demonstrates how political support can be created around bicycling.
The initial idea for the Réseau vélo-boulot program was put forth in 2005 and based in part on the Challenge Gothenburg in Sweden. The Réseau vélo-boulot organizers were attracted to this particular European event due to the longer implementation period and the idea of a making a personal pledge to use the bicycle on a regular basis. Previous efforts (2001 to 2004) to promote bicycling to work in the region focused on a day or week long event. However, several of these events were not as successful as the organizers would have liked due to rainy conditions, which would often hinder participation, especially with individuals new to commuting by bicycle. Organizers also had doubts about the effectiveness of such short duration events in increasing the mode share of bike commuters. Hence, the idea of organizing an adapted version of the Challenge Gothenburg was done through a pilot project in 2005 with roughly 50 participants. The participants responded with very positive comments on this type of event and indicated that the feeling of "being part of a group" was important. Also, participants recommended providing on-going communication throughout the event to further build the network of bike commuters and maintain participation. Following the successful pilot, the first "official" edition of the Réseau vélo-boulot using the longer term model occurred in 2006. Over 500 participants registered for this event, exceeding even the organizers' most optimistic expectations. The following iterations of the event reached even higher levels of participation, making the Réseau vélo-boulot a truly successful program and a trademark event for the Gatineau region.
Since the inception of the Réseau vélo-boulot program, there has been generous community support for the event in the form of in-kind support from bike shops, while the local transit agency has also contributed to the initiative. Over the years, the Réseau vélo-boulot has also received funding from Transport Canada (federal ministry), Transport Québec (provincial ministry), and the City of Gatineau totaling between $25,000 and $40,000. Unfortunately, the federal and provincial ministry as well as city funding sources were only for a limited duration and have not been renewed. The current budget of between $10,000 and $15,000 is a bare minimum and poses a challenge to the organizers, as more volunteer work is needed and much less funding can be dedicated to promotion of the event. In addition, much work is required to secure adequate funding and complete the required reports once funding has been approved. The organizers are currently working diligently to secure long-term funding sources, most notably with the City of Gatineau. A sustainable level of funding, including both a part-time position and a promotional budget, would be between $25,000 and $30,000 for this event.
The program has been very successful since its inaugural year, with over 2,500 people participating in total. Evaluation data indicates that almost a quarter of the participants had either not used or rarely used their bicycle to get to work prior to registering, while many people that do bike commute increased the frequency with which they bicycled to work. This type of information clearly demonstrates the success of the program.
Lessons Learned:
The first lesson learned is to consider moving to longer term events. This is not to say that Bike to Work Day or Bike to Work Week events are no longer valid or important. The Réseau vélo-boulot still organizes activities to launch and close out the challenge, which is essential not only from a public relations standpoint, but also to communicate to the participants that the activity is currently on-going. Long lasting events like this one (20 weeks) need to have benchmarks, otherwise organizers may lose the "buzz" associated with a special day or week events.
A second important lesson is to communicate with the participants on a regular basis. Organizers need to offer workshops, social events, news items, and even the occasional "call to action" message on issues relating to bike commuting. E-mails, Facebook, and other media outlets are effective and inexpensive tools to communicate this information. This enhances the feeling that participants are part of something, part of a movement that contributes to advancing their cause.
Essentially, these two lessons illustrate the two objectives of the Reseau vélo-boulot —
1) to encourage and support individuals to commute by bike and 2) to create a network (or critical mass) of cyclists that can help in advancing the bike commuting cause. Though the Gatineau-Ottawa region had a respectable number of bike commuters before the Réseau vélo-boulot, organizers feel that the Réseau vélo-boulot has contributed to creating a community around bike commuting and bicycling in general and has increased the visibility of the bicycle mode on a regional scale.
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Blackwater Valley Exorcism (aka The Devil Within)
A troubled priest is called to an isolated ranch to examine an emotionally disturbed 18-year-old girl. After deciding that an exorcism must be performed to save the girl's life, Jacob is forced to improvise...
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Not bad. It had it's moments. But if you are looking at it compared to "The Exorcism of Emily Rose" or "Exorcist" it will definately come in last. I felt some of the characters didn't need to be there and almost felt it distracted too much from the main storyline. I would say if you are bored and have time, perhaps put it in the DVD player.
- kani36, Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Based on an actual event...sorry if I laugh at that statement, as there's been tons of cheap horror flicks that are 'based on actual events.' The funniest thing about this movie is that the movie doesn't even center around the poor hapless girl who's being possessed, but on the supporting characters. Her father is a psycho who thinks his wife is cheating on him...her mother is addicted to pills...her own priest has had a thing for her older sister for years and they've even had sex! While he's trying to execute the demon out of her! Totally wack. Totally, totally wack.
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HOUSTON, July 19, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LINN Energy, LLC (Nasdaq:LINE) and LinnCo, LLC (Nasdaq:LNCO) announced today that management will host a conference call on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013, at 10 a.m. Central (11 a.m. Eastern) to discuss the Company's second quarter and its outlook for the remainder of 2013. Prepared remarks by Mark E. Ellis, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Kolja Rockov, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will be followed by a question and answer session.
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This Valentine Cake is a sweet way to express your love for a special someone.
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- Unsalted butter, for pan
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- 6.00 large eggs
- 1.333 cup(s) all-purpose flour, sifted
- 6 tablespoon(s) unsalted butter, melted
- 1.00 teaspoon(s) pure vanilla extract
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- 2.00 pint(s) raspberries
- Confectioners' sugar, for dusting
- Cocoa powder, for dusting, optional
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. Butter an 11 1/2 x 9 1/4 x 2 1/2-inch heart-shaped cake pan and line with parchment paper. Butter and flour the parchment paper, and set aside.
- Set the bowl of an electric mixer over, but not touching, a pot of simmering water. Combine the granulated sugar and eggs in the bowl, and whisk until mixture is warm to the touch, about 2 minutes.
- Transfer the bowl to an electric mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, and beat on high speed until the mixture is very thick and pale, about 4 minutes. With a rubber spatula, gently transfer the mixture to a large mixing bowl. Sift in the flour in three additions, folding gently after each. Combine the butter and the vanilla, and add in a steady stream as you fold in the third addition of flour. Fold gently, and transfer to prepared pan. Smooth the top with an offset spatula.
- Bake until the cake is springy to the touch and golden brown, about 40 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. When ready to use, turn out cake onto a cutting board or a cake turntable covered with parchment paper, and carefully peel the parchment paper off the cake.
- To assemble: Using a serrated knife, cut cake in half horizontally. Brush cut sides of cake liberally with raspberry simple syrup. Spread bottom layer to within 1/2 inch of edge with half of the whipped cream. Cover cream with an even layer of raspberries. Spread remaining whipped cream over berries. Place top of cake cut side down over cream. Dust with confectioners' sugar and cocoa powder, if desired.
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A game of Sorcery and Piracy. You must be both crafty and cunning to survive in this cut throat world of magic and backstabbing. Read more
A game of Sorcery and Piracy. You must be both crafty and cunning to survive in this cut throat world of magic and backstabbing.
About this project
Lost Legacy is a card game played on a large board where you move your cards around like in a game of chess. Character cards strategically travel the map to battle one another while you lay traps to trick your opponent and set walls to block paths.
GAME TIME: 30 Minutes
We keep the fun of a
collectible card game, but take out the difficulty of collecting it.
Lost Legacy is a game designed to challenge players, but not their
wallets. In collectible card games, players must purchase multiple
booster packs to acquire a couple random cards. If you want to get any
cards in those games you have to sink a ton of money into them. In Lost
Legacy, players need only purchase one Expansion Set to acquire every
card from that set! This allows everyone to easily pick up the game and
build any deck they want without breaking the bank.
If you wanna learn the rules, then check out the following tutorial video. It's only a few minutes long and should explain most of the basics of the game...
Lost Legacy is made by Dreamastermind, Inc. which is a small family owned company located in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. Ryan W. Soltis is the creator, web designer, graphic artist, and illustrator for all the cards in the game. Kevin Pedersen is the supporting designer and lead playtester. We take pride in listening to the community when it comes to making new cards or fixing old ones. Our dream is to make this game the best it can be while giving players a fun and challenging experience!
Our goal is to produce the second expansion
set for the Lost Legacy card game. We've been vigorously testing out
all the new cards over the past few months in the form of proxy packs.
Players downloaded the packs off of the website and tried out dozens of
different cards. You told us what you liked, what was cool, what ticked
you off, and what you wish we made. We listened to the players and
worked together on the project. The proxy packs were a
big hit, but players kept asking if we would release them in the form of
a new set. A new set costs a lot of money for a small company like us, but with the help of Kickstarter, we can make it happen!
Kickstarter is a fast growing website where users can pledge towards inventive new projects that they like. What are the benefits you ask? You get rewards! That's right, you will receive unique rewards depending on how much you pledge. Examples include receiving a copy of the game when it's completed or even limited edition game boards that you cannot get except during this promotion. Users will also receive the product earlier than anyone else can.
The goal is how much money we need to raise in order to release the second expansion set. If we do not reach our goal within the time limit, then the set doesn't get made, but nobody gets charged any money either.
This set has been in the making for quite some time and the final results showcase every bit. A lot of effort was put into the design of each card with careful consideration of which cards would make it into this set.
- New Win Conditions: The wood elementals focus on gaining magic points. They make the forest flourish with elves, dragons, and deadly plants. As an alternate to playing characters, you can use your magic points to fuel other abilities or even gain honor!
- Vampires, Swordsman, and Water Monsters: The exact opposite to the wood elementals are the water elementals, which will deplete your opponent's magic until nothing is left. Vampires will drain the life out of your opponent's deck until they run out of cards and choices. Each theme has it's own feel to it and plays out with an entirely different set of goals!
- Previous Theme Support: This set introduces brand new elemental witches that control the ocean and weather, a Phoenix that will revive fallen birds to the sky, and rocks that will block your opponent's moves in their tracks!
- More Equipments and Environments: There have been few useful equipments and environments and this set changes that completely. Tons of powerful cards that interact with your characters and their surroundings that change the battlefield entirely!
By making a pledge, you can receive different rewards depending on the amount you pledge. Check out the list of rewards starting from the top right to see what is best for you. You can always suggest new rewards and they might show up later on. There is also the possibility of everyone's rewards being upgraded if we exceed our goals. For more information on the different products that come with the rewards, take a look down below...
Yes, but that doesn't mean you can't get it. For shipping to Canada, please add an additional $10 to your pledge. For shipping to anywhere else in the world, please add an additional $20 to your pledge.
With your help we can together create a spectacular card game that everyone can enjoy. Thank you for taking the time to check out Lost Legacy. If you want to learn more, take a look at the official website located at the link below. Thanks again!
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After weather postponed the original date, the Eagle Butte Practice Rodeo was held last Thursday at the rodeo grounds.
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The Toronto Women's Bookstore needs your help! The 36-year-old non-profit, feminist bookstore, which is committed to anti-oppression, risks having to close its doors if it doesn't raise $40,000 by January. The store has issued a letter to the community asking for donations so that it can remain afloat while the current managers and staff take time to devise strategies to make the store more sustainable.
For those of you who are not familiar with the Toronto Women's Bookstore, it's more than just a bookstore. The TWB offers workshops, courses, readings, and other events that foster a sense of community. It is an organization that offers a safe space where women of colour, aboriginals, queer people, transgendered individuals and many others can find books and community resources. Interested in how privilege operates within our society? The TWB has offered a course called "Out of the Ivory Tower and Into the Community: Unpacking and Unlearning Privilege." Ever wanted to learn some hot burlesque moves? The bookstore has a course in that, too.
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1. Gentoo developer moves
The following developers recently left the Gentoo project:
The following developers recently joined the Gentoo project:
The following developers recently changed roles within the Gentoo project:
2. Gentoo security
emul-linux-x86-java: Multiple vulnerabilities
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in emul-linux-x86-java, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of Service.
For more information, please see the GLSA Announcement
libexif: Buffer overflow
libexif does not properly handle image EXIF information, possibly allowing for the execution of arbitrary code.
Firebird: Buffer overflow
A vulnerability has been discovered in Firebird, allowing for the execution of arbitrary code.
3. Gentoo package moves
This section lists packages that have either been moved or added to the tree and packages that have had their "last rites" announcement given to be removed in the future. The package removals come from many locations, including the Treecleaners and various developers. Most packages which are listed under the Last Rites section are in need of some love and care and can remain in the tree if proper maintainership is established.
Last Rites:
Note: Due to this edition being published late, the Last Rites section will not be included.
4. Bugzilla
The Gentoo community uses Bugzilla (bugs.gentoo.org) to record and track bugs, notifications, suggestions and other interactions with the development team. Between 25 June 2007 and 01 July 2007, activity on the site has resulted in:
Of the 9878 currently open bugs: 11 are labeled 'blocker', 107 are labeled 'critical', and 355 are labeled 'major'.
Closed bug rankings
The developers and teams who have closed the most bugs during this period are:
New bug rankings
The developers and teams who have been assigned the most new bugs during this period are:
5. GWN feedback
The GWN is staffed by volunteers and members of the community who submit ideas and articles. If you are interested in writing for the GWN, have feedback on an article that we have posted, or just have an idea or article that you would like to submit to the GWN, please send us your feedback and help make the GWN better.
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Cama e Café, Rio de Janeiro
Posted on: January 27, 2010 at 2:47AM
I have recently returned from a fabulous 2 weeks in Brazil and I have to say that the highlight of my trip was the 4 days I spent in a Cama e cafe in Santa Teresa. The owner (Ana Laura) and her family made me feel extremely welcome. The house also held the main office for the whole Cama e Cafe network and Daniella and Stephanie (The office Staff) were very nice and knowledgeable about all the things to see in do in the area. It felt like I was staying with family and not at a rented place. Santa Teresa is am area filled with artist and lovely cafe's and bars. I quickly got to know a few of them and they showed me a part of Rio that I would have never discovered if I had kept to the tourist areas near Copacabana or Ipenema. If you are looking for a real taste of Brazilian life, I suggest you forgo the high rise hotels on the beach for at least a little part of your stay and go hang with the locals up on the hill. You won't regret it. J.R. Gentle, Charlottesville, VA.
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Most of the foreign sources we have discussed, and yet will discuss are very broad sources which, while they may identify and name the emigrant, also include thousands of local persons who never emigrated. Hence, there is a great amount of research "noise" (as far as an emigrant origins researcher is concerned) in the inclusion of non-emigrants in such records. Because of this situation, it may be difficult to determine if a person found in such records (civil, church, census, etc.) is really the emigrant sought, or simply someone with the right age and name.
There are, however, for most countries of our ancestors, two broad types of records that focus specifically on emigrants. Because of their focus on identifying persons who left the home country, these various records are often grouped together, often under a term such as "Emigration Lists." While they are indeed lists of emigrants, it is important to understand the differences between the two major types of these lists. These two groups include:
Actual lists of departing residents, notably passenger lists
Lists of those persons requesting permission to emigrate
Both of these types of lists are very important to emigrant origins research, but researchers need to understand the fundamental differences between them, which include not only who is listed, but the information recorded, and, perhaps most importantly, the manner of finding and searching such lists. Therefore, we will discuss the first group in this lesson, with the second group covered in the next lesson.


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DALLAS — It's the big night.
The corsages, the dresses... but the pledge?
It is a prom pledge: No tanning. And for students at First Baptist Academy of Dallas, it has unanimous support.
While all proms have a theme, this one is a little different — dress for fun, but wear your real color.
"Girls look beautiful the way they are, in the skin they are in," said senior Kristen Verhuiden, who says she is proud to be pale.
She wants her fellow classmates to avoid the peer pressure of tanning. She says the golden glow has to come from within.
"We're just going to go natural and be confident in who we are," she said.
School leaders got behind the effort right away.
"You always hear about drugs and alcohol, teen pregnancy, but you don't hear about skin cancer and kids dying from these things," said Head of School Brian Littlefield.
Dermatology nurse practitioner Melodie Young does. The First Baptist mom wants to push the "no-tan" pledge nationwide.
"We all know the dangers of smoking," Young said. "When I was growing up, it was the dangers of not wearing a seat belt, and so every generation we have something new that is a high-risk behavior."
The American Melanoma Foundation says melanoma is the second most common cancer among 15 to 29-year-olds. The foundation blames tanning beds for the disturbing increase in the deadly disease that accounts for 75 percent of skin cancer deaths.
That's why the First Baptist girls are fighting for their friends and trying to look at Hollywood beauties from a different perspective.
"You look at Nicole Kidman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Taylor Swift... these are gorgeous and pale girls," Young said.
Pale and powerful — just like these students ending the school year with a simple message: You can be beautiful without being bronze.
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Winter 2014 Life to the Fullest Newsletter from Swedish Cancer Institute
Celebrating Lung Cancer Awareness Month in a BIG Way!
Swedish Cancer Institute and Seattle Radiology have been screening for lung cancer by low dose CT scan since 2000 as Principal Investigators in the International Early Lung Cancer Action Program, an international screening registry. This program, in addition to the large National Lung Screening Trial by the National Cancer Institute and several other international lung screening research trials, has been instrumental in delivering the need for lung cancer screening to the forefront and addressing this dreadful cancer in a complete face off. This research has clearly demonstrated an ability to significantly improve survival and save lives by early detection of lung cancer through routine low dose CT scan imaging.
Nearly a year ago the United States Preventive Services Task Force made a formal Grade B recommendation for lung cancer screening, by low dose CT scan, in high-risk people. People ..
MEDIA ALERT: Swedish Launches 'Voices of Cancer' Podcast
New program hosted by Thrive Through Cancer founder takes on common issues faced by cancer patients and their loved ones
What: Today, Swedish is launching "Voices of Cancer," a weekly podcast sponsored by the Swedish Cancer Institute and hosted by cancer survivor and Thrive Through Cancer founder Rose Ibarra. The series tackles issues that people diagnosed with cancer and their loved ones commonly face—from dating and careers to parenting and research.
Episode I starts at the beginning—"The Diagnosis." The series will continue with discussions around cancer and:
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No Increase In Cardiac Mortality from Breast Radiotherapy
Today, I can provide them with even greater evidence that the techniques that we use today are safer and have less risk of cardiac injury. According to a study published in the October 1, 2014 issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics (Red Journal), the official scientific journal of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), the survival from breast cancer is the same regardless of whether you were treated with radiation to your left or right breast mound.
Many studies over many decades have shown that breast cancer patients treated with radiation therapy have improved local-regional recurrence, and breast cancer-specific survival after breast-conserving surgery and overall survival (OS) after mastectomy. The media has focused its attention on long-term follow-up of historic radiation therapy trials for breast cancer which demonstrated a potential increase in cardiac mortality. However, these studies used earlier modes of radiation therapy including Cobalt and orthovoltage radiotherapy, and did not employ CT-based planning, which allows for greater cardiac avoidance. Three recent studies suggest that ....
Physical activity and lung cancer
Can physical activity help treat or prevent lung cancer? According to a 2007 study presented at the American Association for Cancer Researcher's 6th Annual International Conference on Cancer Prevention, the answer is yes!
Physical activity is linked with a lower risk of developing lung cancer. The benefits of physical activity extended to men, women, current smokers, former smokers and never smokers. The activities did not require hours a day or an expensive gym membership. Even gardening twice a week reduced the risk of developing lung cancer.
A growing body of research shows that it is safe for patients with lung cancer to exercise before, during and after treatment. Pulmonary rehabilitation programs have
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Westside Wholesale offers under cabinet lighting fixtures from the most reliable companies like Elco Lighting, Halo, Kichler and Sylvania. The items that you can purchase include fluorescent under cabinet lights, low voltage mini puck lights, xenon and halogen lights, chain connectors, splice boxes, linkable cables and other accessories. As you can see, here you can find everything you need to install a lighting fixture in your kitchen.
All of the fixtures and applications that we sell have a warranty and reasonable pricing but these are not their only advantages. For instance, you will be pleasantly surprised with how easy and simple it is to install an under cabinet lighting. Each kit comes with the necessary wires, screws and a mounting guide. Also, most of the lights are made from a highly durable stain-resistant plastic that prologs the life of the unit.
If you need an under cabinet light with a unique or unusual design and color, you can certainly find it here. White plastic is not the only material that we offer; there are bronze, nickel and steel lights available as well.
Before placing an order, read the description of the light carefully and ensure that it matches your requirements. After that, add the selected item to your cart and proceed to checkout. Orders in the United States are usually shipped within three days.
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In recent years, the 126th MHD has become one of the most mobilized units in the Massachusetts Army National Guard. The 126th deployed to Bosnia and Kosovo prior to 9/11. When the terrorist attacks occurred in New York City, the 126th received one of the first calls from the U.S. Army Center of Military History to cover the efforts of the military and the first responders to Ground Zero.
In 2002, the 126th was the first MHD deployed to the Afghanistan Theater after the initial phase of Operation Enduring Freedom. The unit worked for U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) with Civil Affairs (CA), Special Operations and Psychological Operations (PSYOP) units.
When the invasion of Iraq was still in its planning phase, USASOC wanted the 126th MHD to deploy with the first U.S. Army units into Iraq with U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (USACAPOC). The 126th redeployed to Fort Bragg, N.C. to prepare for Operation Iraqi Freedom and quickly turned around and deployed to Kuwait. In March 2003, the 126th crossed the berm from Kuwait into Iraq with CA units.
October 2005 the 126th MHD was again called to action. From November 2005 to November 2006, the detachment was assigned to cover the entire Iraq Theater, where it worked with Infantry, Cavalry, PSYOPS and CA units.
Military History Detachments are unique units in the force structure of the U.S. Army. There are twenty-seven MHDs in the Army, almost exclusively assigned to the National Guard or Army Reserve. Presently, there is only one Active Duty MHD. Detachments consist of three soldiers, one field grade officer and two noncommissioned officers.
Members of MHDs are called combat historians and when MHDs are fully staffed, there are eighty-one combat historians in the U.S. Army. On behalf of U.S. Army historians, MHDs collect and archive copies of historical documents, photographs, museum artifacts and conduct oral history interviews.
Photographs taken by MHDs are particularly important to Army historians. They can show the specific terrain in which a unit operates, how soldiers wear their equipment and what special weapons systems and vehicles they utilize. Future historians will use the photographs and oral history interviews to enhance our knowledge of how specific units operated in theater.
Military History Detachments work throughout the theater of operations. The MHD develops a collection plan based on units in their area, specific kinetic operations and the time and resources available. Once the collection plan is complete, combat historians travel to combat units to execute the collection plan. Combat historians typically accompany soldiers on combat patrols, cordon and searches, raids and other missions in order to capture history as it is occurs. MHD soldiers must be fully proficient in all of the soldier's skills whom they study and interview since they are often in the field with them.
After missions, combat historians interview soldiers to obtain first-hand accounts from soldiers' perspective. These oral interviews, in addition to photographs, official operations orders, storyboards, intelligence data, after action reviews and other relevant historical documentation are collected by the MHD. With this information at hand, historians who write the official U.S. Army history will have a complete and accurate account of important military operations and events.
The 126th MHD continues to uphold the traditions of its predecessors and ensures the accomplishments and sacrifices of our soldiers are accurately preserved for generations to come.
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Early GM 5.7 Diesel
I have tried to e-mail Chris to get some answers, prior to placing an order for a kit, but I am still a bit unclear on the answers he delivered.
They are in reference to an early GM Diesel, and since I am sure he is BUSY, and that my follow up mail is simply in the backlog of mail I am convinced that he is dealing with on a regular basis, I thought that I would try to make both his and my life easier and see if I could not get my answers here on the forum. The car that I would like to convert is a 1983 Buick Park Avenue with the 5.7 diesel. The car has the mechanical pump on the front of the engine, bypassed/eliminated and an electric pump was installed at the rear of the car, near the tank. Since I did not do this, and I am not sure why it was done, I am not sure how it is plumbed. My first question that I am still a little unclear about, is that since there is not a kit for this vehicle offered on the site, I had inquired as to what I needed to order to make the conversion. Chris did answer that question, and if I understood him correctly, he said that I could order ANY kit that was offered, that had a tank that would fit in the trunk of my car, since the kits only varied on installation. Now, does that mean that there is no difference in the kits for the Mercedes with a 15 Gal. round tank, and a VW with a 15 Gal round tank? That being asked, is it safe to assume that I could order either kit, and use them to make the conversion on my old Buick? Or, would there be a better suited kit offered, to make the installation easier to accomplish? Since the lift pump that feeds the IP is now at the rear of the car, I assume that it would be easiest/best to install a new and separate pump to service the WVO tank. Given that scenario, what additional switches/relays/valves/etc.. would be needed? Or, will plumbing that be a nightmare, and there is a better/simpler solution? Last but not least ,has anyone here had ANY experience doing a conversion on one of the early GM diesels? |
Look to the 6.2L crowd for information - your 5.7L IP is basically the same as the one they use. There don't seem to be many of those 5.7's around anymore - I haven't seen one advertised in a long time.
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Thanks! I have looked at the 6.2 postings! Not found the info that I am looking for yet. Still hope that I will get some info to help me get this project started.
As to your fuel pump situation, I've always liked having the fully redundant system. It came in handy last weekend for me when my stock lift pump died - I was able to drive home still. It was cheaper than a tow truck!
Putting the fuel pump near the tank makes it much easier to prime the filter and it makes air leaks much less of a problem.
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The spare-tire tanks are smaller. I think 15 gallons is optimistic but even if it really does hold 15 gallons, it will seem like you have to fill it all the time. Some people like it, I hated it. The standard Frybrid kit for MBZ and the standard kit for VW are the same. For later TDI VWs you need to add a pump, but that doesn't come in the kit anyway. Quote:
Yes, if you have an electric pump for the diesel, you will also need one for the VO, if you run the VO with a regular return to tank. If you run the VO with a return to loop, you will need to locate the pump somewhere in the fuel loop, but out of the path of the diesel. This is very easy to do, don't let the words throw you. You might opt for a new lift pump that handles both fuels, in which case you will eliminate the one by the diesel tank and put a more stout and robust pump near the engine. Or you might eliminate the electric pump and go back to the mechanical pump, and in that case of course you would have brand-new one. I do always tell people that are going to use that mechanical pump for VO to always replace it with a brand new one before running VO, unless they know they replaced already within the last six months or so. VO will soften some rubbers, and can aggravate the problem of that membrane failing. I prefer the mechanical pump myself, and since they cost $35 it's not tough to replace them every year or two. Just my opinion, but there are answers to your choices. Quote:
Hopefully helpful-- Jeff
98 Jetta TDI, Frybrid, Installation thread here. 50,000 miles on VO as of 1/1/08 91 F-250, 7.3, 5-Spd, Cheap redneck homebrewed conversion. 19,000 miles on VO as of 1/1/08 87 MBZ 300SDL, PlantDrive single-tank system. Lisa's new car, 12,000 miles on VO as of 1/1/08, over 10,000 miles on one filter. Installing VO conversion kits (all makes) in Southern California, e-mail me |
IMHO, the 350 Olds diesel is not a bad engine at all.
It's actually heavier and beefier than the 6.2/6.5. Uses the same db2 IP as the 6.2, and even the 7.3 Ford IDI, and parts are cheap... Tho they are becomming more difficult to find. Oldsmobile racers seek out the diesel block because it's super heavy duty and has a fantastic oiling system. They install 455 cranks and overbore them up to 425 cid. Theoretically, I suppose it's possible to push a diesel version up to 425 cid, but it would require custom pistons [about $700], and you could also crank up the IP...... Probably not practical, but an interesting thought... Of course if your going to go that far, you could turbo charge it too. Yea, yea, I know, I'm talking too much
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It's actually quite a nice engine to drive. The problems with it will come if you get water in your fuel. Contrary to popular belief it is not the same block as the gasser 350, it was a specially developed diesel block made very very strong. That is why the racers will seek them out. As long as you avoid water in the fuel, it will not give any more problems than any other diesel, and will run many hundreds of thousands of miles.
It is smooth and surprisingly powerful, and gets astonishing gas mileage for a V-8. I had friend who had one for many years, and he got 28mpg out of his. Jeff
98 Jetta TDI, Frybrid, Installation thread here. 50,000 miles on VO as of 1/1/08 91 F-250, 7.3, 5-Spd, Cheap redneck homebrewed conversion. 19,000 miles on VO as of 1/1/08 87 MBZ 300SDL, PlantDrive single-tank system. Lisa's new car, 12,000 miles on VO as of 1/1/08, over 10,000 miles on one filter. Installing VO conversion kits (all makes) in Southern California, e-mail me |
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text: In Utah, judge's ruling ignites same-sex marriage frenzyBy Tom Watkins, CNNUpdated 10:17 PM ET, Fri December 20, 2013Same-sex marriage in the U.S. 32 photosShante Wolfe, left, and Tori Sisson are cheered Monday, February 9, as they become the first same-sex couple to file their marriage license in Montgomery, Alabama. Federal courts have cleared the way for same-sex marriages in the state.Hide Caption 1 of 32Same-sex marriage in the U.S. 32 photosNewlyweds Jeff Delmay and Todd Delmay hug during a marriage ceremony in a Miami courtroom on Monday, January 5. Florida began allowing same-sex marriages after a judge -- following similar rulings across the nation -- struck down the state's old law banning such unions.Hide Caption 2 of 32Same-sex marriage in the U.S. 32 photosChad Biggs, left, and his fiance, Chris Creech, say their wedding vows at the Wake County Courthouse in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Friday, October 10, after a federal judge ruled that same-sex marriage can begin there.Hide Caption 3 of 32Same-sex marriage in the U.S. 32 photosJoshua Gunter, right, and Bryan Shields attend a rally in Las Vegas to celebrate an appeals court ruling that overturned Nevada's same-sex marriage ban on Tuesday, October 7.Hide Caption 4 of 32Same-sex marriage in the U.S. 32 photosFrom left, plaintiffs Moudi Sbeity; his partner, Derek Kitchen; Kody Partridge; and Partridge's wife, Laurie Wood, celebrate after a news conference in Salt Lake City on Monday, October 6. The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for legal same-sex marriages in five more states -- Virginia, Utah, Nevada, Indiana and Wisconsin.Hide Caption 5 of 32Same-sex marriage in the U.S. 32 photosAbbi Huber, left, and Talia Frolkis exit the City County Building in Madison, Wisconsin, after applying for a marriage license on October 6.Hide Caption 6 of 32Same-sex marriage in the U.S. 32 photosRob MacPherson, right, and his husband, Steven Stolen, hug during a news conference at the American Civil Liberties Union in Indianapolis on October 6.Hide Caption 7 of 32Same-sex marriage in the U.S. 32 photosMary Bishop, second from left, and Sharon Baldwin, right, celebrate with family and friends following their wedding ceremony on the courthouse steps in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on October 6.Hide Caption 8 of 32Same-sex marriage in the U.S. 32 photosJennifer Melsop, left, and Erika Turner kiss after they were married in front of the Arlington County Courthouse in Arlington, Virginia, on October 6.Hide Caption 9 of 32Same-sex marriage in the U.S. 32 photosPastor Carol Hill from Epworth United Methodist Church speaks during a marriage-equality ceremony at the Kathy Osterman Beach in Chicago on Sunday, June 1. June 1 marked the first day that all of Illinois' 102 counties could begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.Hide Caption 10 of 32Same-sex marriage in the U.S. 32 photosWilliam Roletter, left, and Paul Rowe, right, press close to each other after having their photo taken with their newly acquired marriage certificate Wednesday, May 21, at City Hall in Philadelphia.Hide Caption 11 of 32Same-sex marriage in the U.S. 32 photosJulie Engbloom, left, and Laurie Brown embrace after they were wed in Portland, Oregon, on Monday, May 19. A federal judge struck down the state's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage.Hide Caption 12 of 32Same-sex marriage in the U.S. 32 photosJennifer Rambo, right, kisses her partner, Kristin Seaton, after their marriage ceremony in front of the Carroll County Courthouse in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, on Saturday, May 10. Rambo and Seaton were the first same-sex couple to be granted a marriage license in Eureka Springs after a judge overturned Amendment 83, which banned same-sex marriage in Arkansas. Hide Caption 13 of 32Same-sex marriage in the U.S. 32 photosSame-sex couples get their marriage licenses at the Oakland County Courthouse in Pontiac, Michigan, on Saturday, March 22, a day after a federal judge overturned Michigan's ban on same-sex marriage.Hide Caption 14 of 32Same-sex marriage in the U.S. 32 photosUtah state Sen. Jim Dabakis, left, and Stephen Justesen acknowledge the crowd after being married in Salt Lake City in December 2013.Hide Caption 15 of 32Same-sex marriage in the U.S. 32 photosPlaintiffs Laurie Wood, left, and Kody Partridge, center, walk with attorney Peggy Tomsic in December 2013 after a judge heard arguments challenging Utah's same-sex marriage ban.Hide Caption 16 of 32Same-sex marriage in the U.S. 32 photosHawaiian Gov. Neil Abercrombie, left, and former Sen. Avery Chumbley celebrate with a copy of the Star-Advertiser after Abercrombie signed a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in Hawaii in November 2013.Hide Caption 17 of 32Same-sex marriage in the U.S. 32 photosNewark, New Jersey, Mayor Cory Booker officiates a wedding ceremony for Joseph Panessidi and Orville Bell at City Hall in October 2013. The state Supreme Court denied the state's request to prevent same-sex marriages temporarily, clearing the way for same-sex couples to marry.Hide Caption 18 of 32Same-sex marriage in the U.S. 32 photosA couple celebrates at San Francisco City Hall upon hearing about the U.S. Supreme Court rulings on same-sex marriage in June 2013. The high court cleared the way for same-sex couples in California to resume marrying after dismissing an appeal on Proposition 8 on jurisdictional grounds. The court also struck down a key part of the Defense of Marriage Act, a 1996 federal law defining marriage as between a man and a woman. Hide Caption 19 of 32Same-sex marriage in the U.S. 32 photosAt the state Capitol in St. Paul, Minnesota, Gov. Mark Dayton signs a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in May 2013.Hide Caption 20 of 32Same-sex marriage in the U.S. 32 photosDelaware Gov. Jack Markell holds up legislation in May 2013 allowing same-sex couples to wed in the state.Hide Caption 21 of 32Same-sex marriage in the U.S. 32 photosRhode Island state Sen. Donna Nesselbush, right, embraces a supporter after the Marriage Equality Act was signed into law at the statehouse in Providence in May 2013.Hide Caption 22 of 32Same-sex marriage in the U.S. 32 photosJamous Lizotte, right, and Steven Jones pose for photos while waiting for a marriage license in Portland, Maine, in December 2012.Hide Caption 23 of 32Same-sex marriage in the U.S. 32 photosMaryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, center, shakes hands with Senate President Thomas V. "Mike" Miller after signing a same-sex marriage bill in March 2012. The law was challenged, but voters approved marriage equality in a November 2012 referendum.Hide Caption 24 of 32Same-sex marriage in the U.S. 32 photosWashington Gov. Chris Gregoire celebrates after signing marriage-equality legislation into law on February 13, 2012. Voters there approved same-sex marriage in November 2012.Hide Caption 25 of 32Same-sex marriage in the U.S. 32 photosPhyllis Siegel, right, kisses her wife, Connie Kopelov, after exchanging vows at the Manhattan City Clerk's office on July 24, 2011, the first day New York's Marriage Equality Act went into effect.Hide Caption 26 of 32Same-sex marriage in the U.S. 32 photosIn 2010, television reporter Roby Chavez, right, shares a moment with gay rights activist Frank Kameny during Chavez and Chris Roe's wedding ceremony in the nation's capital. Same-sex marriage became legal in Washington in March 2010.Hide Caption 27 of 32Same-sex marriage in the U.S. 32 photosOlin Burkhart, left, and Carl Burkhart kiss on the steps of the New Hampshire Capitol in January 2010 after the state's law allowing same-sex marriage went into effect.Hide Caption 28 of 32Same-sex marriage in the U.S. 32 photosMaine state Sen. Dennis Damon, left, hands Gov. John Baldacci the bill that the state Senate passed in May 2009 to affirm the right of same-sex couples to marry.Hide Caption 29 of 32Same-sex marriage in the U.S. 32 photosAmy Klein-Matheny, left, and her wife, Jennifer, exchange vows in Iowa after same-sex couples were allowed to marry there with a court ruling in April 2009.Hide Caption 30 of 32Same-sex marriage in the U.S. 32 photosMichael Miller, left, and Ross Zachs marry on the West Hartford Town Hall steps after same-sex marriages became legal in Connecticut on November 12, 2008.Hide Caption 31 of 32Same-sex marriage in the U.S. 32 photosLara Ramsey, left, and her partner of eight years, Jane Lohmann, play with their 7-month-old son, Wyatt Ramsey-Lohmann. The two wed in 2004 after Massachusetts approved same-sex marriage. Massachusetts was the first state to do so.Hide Caption 32 of 32Story highlights Ruling is "a travesty of justice," National Organization for Marriage president says Laws "demean the dignity of these same-sex couples for no rational reason," federal judge writesLawsuits were brought by three same-sex couples who want to marryDecision strikes down a Utah law approved by voters in 2004It was joyful mayhem Friday night in the county clerk's office in Salt Lake City, Utah, after a federal judge struck down the state's ban on same-sex marriage, saying the law "conflicts with the United States Constitution's guarantees of equal protection and due process under the law.""I proposed to my partner of 27 years in June, but I said, 'We're not going to get married until we can get married in Utah," state Sen. Jim Dabakis, who is openly gay, told CNN."He said, 'So, that's just an excuse never to get married.'"Not so. As soon as the judge's ruling was reported, "We ran down here," Dabakis said as he surveyed the crowd. "It's a madhouse down here. There's hundreds of people, wedding certificates are being issued, there's marriages taking place all over the hallways. Everybody's embracing. It's just a warm, wonderful moment in the state of Utah."In striking down the state law, which voters had approved in 2004, U.S. District Court Judge Robert J. Shelby wrote in a 53-page ruling that the state's "current laws deny its gay and lesbian citizens their fundamental right to marry and, in so doing, demean the dignity of these same-sex couples for no rational reason."Accordingly, the court finds that these laws are unconstitutional," he said.Shelby said lawyers for the state had offered no evidence that opposite-sex marriage would be affected and that their "fears and speculations are insufficient to justify the State's refusal to dignify the family relationships of its gay and lesbian citizens."In addition, the Constitution protects the rights of same-sex couples, including their right to marry and to have that marriage recognized by their government, he said. "These rights would be meaningless if the Constitution did not also prevent the government from interfering with the intensely personal choices an individual makes when that person decides to make a solemn commitment to another human being. The Constitution therefore protects the choice of one's partner for all citizens, regardless of their sexual identity."The lawsuit was brought by one gay and two lesbian couples in Utah who wish to marry but have been unable to do so because the Utah Constitution prohibits same-sex marriage.The decision was greeted with joy from a spokesman for GLAAD, formerly the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. "At last, loving and committed couples in Utah will have the opportunity to celebrate marriage equality this holiday season," said Wilson Cruz in a posting on its website."We are seeing state leaders and more and more citizens recognize that loving and committed couples should not be legally kept apart," said Cruz. "We look forward to seeing that momentum to continue in 2014."Gov. Gary R. Herbert expressed disappointment at the ruling by Shelby, whom he called "an activist federal judge." Herbert said he was working with his legal counsel and the acting attorney general "to determine the best course to defend traditional marriage within the borders of Utah."A spokesman for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said in a statement that it supports "traditional marriage," while teaching that everyone should be treated with respect. "This ruling by a district court will work its way through the judicial process," Eric Hawkins said."We continue to believe that voters in Utah did the right thing by providing clear direction in the state Constitution that marriage should be between a man and a woman and we are hopeful that this view will be validated by a higher court."The president of the National Organization for Marriage, Brian Brown, called the ruling "a travesty of justice."In a statement, he added, "This trend of vetoing the voters from the bench must be stopped."That view was not shared by Clifford Rosky, chairman of the board of Equality Utah. "We think it is a thoughtful and careful ruling that is based on the Supreme Court decision last summer and we expect that it will be upheld ultimately by the United States Supreme Court," he said.By early Friday evening, Rosky told CNN he had signed as a witness to multiple marriages among same-sex couples.Though the state has already filed a notice of appeal, the state's lawyers did not file a motion for a stay in district court, which allowed the marriages to begin at once. "Why they didn't ask the district court for a stay is a mystery, to say the least," Rosky said."There are hundreds of people here -- it's past 5 o'clock and the clerk is not closing the door."Same-sex marriage is banned by constitutional amendment or state law in: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.But it is legal in 17 other U.S states and the District of Columbia: California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington.Worldwide, 16 other countries (and parts of Mexico) have laws allowing same-sex marriage and domestic partnerships. Most of these are in Europe and South America.Civil unions, which are legal in Colorado, grant couples most of the rights of state civil marriages, but provide none of the federal benefits of marriage, such as Social Security benefits.These rights include spousal support, medical decision-making privileges, access to a partner's insurance, and hospital visitation rights.Though the U.S. Supreme Court has signaled that it is reluctant to issue a national opinion on the matter, lower courts and states have not been so reluctant, said Carl Tobias, a professor of constitutional law at the University of Richmond."I'm just struck by how quickly this is all moving," he said. "It just seems like it's picking up steam in terms of challenges."He attributed the change to a greater acceptance of gays and lesbians, especially among young people. "They just don't see this as a great moral issue that needs to be something codified as a prohibition in the law," he said. "Everybody knows gay people -- either in their families or friends or workplaces -- so what's the big deal?"President Bill Clinton signed the Defense of Marriage Act banning federal recognition of same-sex marriage and defining marriage as "a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife" in 1996.Last June, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected parts of DOMA, in a 5-4 decision that dismissed an appeal over same-sex marriage on jurisdictional grounds and ruled same-sex spouses legally married in a state may receive federal benefits.On Thursday, the New Mexico Supreme Court ruled unanimously to allow same-sex marriage statewide and ordered county clerks to begin issuing marriage licenses to qualified same-sex couples.More from justiceBoston bombing trial: Life or death?Georgia police officer killed in 'ambush' CNN reporter grills Ferguson police chiefPowered by Livefyre


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The fallout in Miami, Latin America, and the Caribbean has been devastating. Almost 200 Stanford employees in Florida have lost jobs, thousands of investors in the region have had accounts frozen, and 30,000 worldwide have lost a total of $8 billion in life savings to the giant house of cards. And each allegation has dealt another body blow to America's already teetering confidence in government safeguards and the economy.
Even more than Bernie Madoff's tale, Allen Stanford's rise and fall is the story of the past decade in America, where greed mixed with cynical politics birthed a perfect storm for accused hucksters such as Stanford to bring the global economy to its knees. And as Stanford's story shows, the warning signs were there. They were simply ignored.
When the elevator doors open to the posh Stanford offices in Miami, the wealth and vision once synonymous with the fallen firm are glaringly obvious.
Well-worn, brass-studded leather couches rest on rich Oriental rugs, conjuring images of an old-money British banker in his study. Leather-bound volumes and yellowed globes line polished mahogany bookshelves next to huge impressionist oil paintings.
For a time, these three floors seemed like the center of a new investment empire, built by a man who did everything in his power to change his origins.
Robert Allen Stanford, in fact, was born in 1950 in Mexia, an oil boomtown on the endless plains of central Texas about 85 miles south of Dallas.
He lived in Mexia (pronounced muh-HAY-uh) until the fourth grade, when his parents separated and he moved with his mother to Fort Worth. But those who remember him from that young age say that even then, he was famous for trying to make a buck.
"He was always known as an entrepreneur," says Bob Wright, editor of the Mexia Daily News and a family acquaintance. "He liked to make money, and he always seemed to have a few things going."
Childhood friend Jo Bennett recalled to the Houston Chronicle that as a boy, Stanford tried to sell her his bike for a profit when he got a new one as a gift. In high school, Stanford played football, and at Baylor University, he taught scuba lessons to make extra money. His roommate at Baylor, then a strict Baptist school, was James Davis, who became a lifelong friend.
Stanford graduated from Baylor in 1974 with a business administration degree (Davis graduated the next year with an accounting and finance diploma) and joined his father in Mexia to help run the family insurance business. But Stanford had bigger plans.
"I couldn't stay in a small town and be content," Stanford told Forbes magazine last fall.
By the early 1980s, Stanford had persuaded his father to sell the insurance business and join him in Houston as a real estate speculator. Houston's market had crashed after the oil bubble burst, and the Stanfords began buying up distressed properties at bargain prices — run-down apartment complexes and strip malls, and later larger swaths of land.
By the mid-'80s, Allen Stanford had set his sights beyond real estate. In December 1985, with a few million in start-up cash from his father, he established an offshore bank called Guardian International Bank in Montserrat, a small British territory in the Leeward Islands.
The bank earned licenses to manage international banking accounts and in five years grew to about $14 million in holdings. But by 1990, Stanford faced an IRS lawsuit accusing him of owing the government $420,000 in unpaid taxes — and at the same time, the British government successfully pressured the territory to toughen regulations on its banks. In 1991, Stanford withdrew his license in Montserrat and began looking for another Caribbean home.
He found it later that year in the tiny island nation of Antigua and Barbuda, a country of about 85,000 in the middle of the Lesser Antilles. Stanford relocated to Antigua and split his company into the two central pieces that still exist today. The first, called Stanford International Bank, was housed in a hillside estate in the capital city of Saint John's. The other arm, called Stanford Group Company, was based in downtown Houston. He made James Davis, his college roommate, director and chief financial officer of both companies. Stanford, though, was the sole shareholder.
Stanford International Bank operated outside of direct U.S. scrutiny. The bank's certificates of deposit — which are similar to savings accounts, except they are held for a preset period of time with a fixed interest — consistently returned more than most American deposits, with funds in the mid-'90s routinely bringing 15 percent interest.
Meanwhile, Stanford's Houston-based firm, Stanford Group Company, was a traditional SEC-regulated broker. They managed portfolios, traded stock and, quite prominently, sold CDs in Stanford's Antiguan bank to American investors.
About six years after moving his offshore bank to Antigua, state records show, Allen Stanford brought his company to South Florida and made Miami the de facto heart of his new empire — midway between his Houston investment headquarters and the Antigua bank, and close to the wealthy Latin Americans to whom he catered.
He opened his first office in 1997 at the Miami Center, a luxe 34-story office tower on Biscayne Boulevard. In the exclusive complex, Stanford joined white-shoe law firms such as Hughes Hubbard & Reed and the local branches of financial heavy hitters Smith Barney and Citibank.


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International Banking (CAIIB 2010)
International Banking (CAIIB 2010)
Other Details
Binding | Paperback |
Imprints | Macmillan Publishers India |
Edition | 1 |
Language | English |
About the Book
The book is divided into four modules. The first module extensively covers various aspects of International Banking, focusing on recent changes in the functioning of international banks along with the gradual evolving of the global monetary system during the last six decades. The second module deals with the dynamic global foreign exchange and money markets with particular reference to the Indian markets. The third module covers, inter alia, various methods through which export and import transactions can be financed. This module also elaborates on institutions that are involved in such financing and in providing insurance cover. The last module dwells with the derivative transactions for hedging risks from currency exposures.
The book has been structured primarily keeping in mind the needs of those bank officials who intend to appear for optional paper on International Banking for the CAIIB qualification. However, the book will also be of interest to those who would like to have a view of the entire gamut of international banking--the risks and the challenges in today's liberalised global markets.
Table of Contents
MODULE A: INTERNATIONAL BANKING & FINANCE • Global Trends And Developments In International Banking • International Financial Centres, Offshore Banking Units, Sezs • Profitability Of International Banking Operations • Correspondent Banking And Inter-Bank Banking • Investment Banking, Wholesale Banking, Retail Banking, Merchant Banking • International Financial Institutions: IMF, IBRD, BIS, IFC, ADB • Legal And Regulatory Aspects • Risk Management • Operations Of Foreign Branches Of Indian Banks • Fundamental Principles Of Lending To MNCs, Monitoring, Legal Aspects And Documentation • International Credit Rating Agencies And Rating Criteria • Raising Resources • Project Finance • MODULE B: FOREIGN EXCHANGE BUSINESS • Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) And Its Philosophy • Different Types Of Exchange Rates • NRI (Non-Resdident Indian) Customers And Various Banking And Investment Products • Remittance Facilities • MODULE C: INTERNATIONAL TRADE • Various Aspects Of International Trade, Government Policies, DGFT And Their Schemes, Customs Procedures, Bank's Role In Implementing These Policies And Schemes • Laws Governing Trade Finance Viz, FEMA, Niact, Indian Stamp Act, Exim Policy, RBI/FEDAI Guidelines • Role Of Banks, Including Exim Bank, In Financing Foreign Trade, Various Facilities To Exporters And Importers Including Projects Finance, Forfaiting And Factoring • Risks Involved In Foreign Trade Finance: Country Risk, Currency Risk, Exchange Risk, Legal Risk Etc, Role Of ECGC • MODULE D: DERIVATIVES • Treasury Operations Of Banks And Corporates • Forex Derivatives • Indian Currency Futures Market


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A film lavished with a blockbuster budget, John Carter is an action-adventure telling the story of war-weary, former military captain John Carter, who is inexplicably transported to Mars where he becomes reluctantly embroiled in a conflict of epic proportions.
STV's Grant Lauchlan was joined in the Moviejuice studio by screenwriter Sergio Casci and film critic Siobhan Synnot.
Grant thought it was okay, but – considering the Pixar pedigree behind it – he was expecting more.
Siobhan said: "I think it has to be more than okay as well. It cost $250m, it has to be one of the biggest box office successes of all time to make its money back. I don't really see that happening."
Sergio added: "I thought it was an absolute mess. I didn't know who was doing what to whom, never mind why.
"I was dying for it to end. I just thought it was one of the dullest two hours."
When Grant asked if it was because he was a sci-fi fan, Sergio replied: "I'm not a particular sci-fi fan, but I can appreciate good sci-fi films, and this ain't one of them.
"We're talking a quarter of a billion dollars, and I was just wanting Darth Vader to turn up and kill them all so they could go home."
So, stars out of five. For Grant it was a "space odyssey that didn't really take off", and he gave it three stars.
Siobhan wasn't as kind, giving it 2.5, while Sergio just gave it just 1.5, adding "please don't make me watch it again". Ouch!