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TRADEMARK Family Business Featured in Local News Progress Edition
Pictured: Mark Stanley, Lynne Stanley, their 3 sons Marcus, Corbin, and Bryson, and Tony Stanley
Trademark Home Exteriors was featured in 3 local news print editions for their annual Progress Edition as a one of the leading family owned and ran businesses in Conway, Myrtle Beach, and the surrounding area. Shown below is a copy of the printed article.
Trademark Home Exteriors is a South Carolina licensed home builder specializing in Sunrooms, Screen Rooms, Lanai's, Pergola's, home additions and Pool and Patio Enclosures. Every project is custom built, and never from a kit.
Trademark is truly a family owned and operated business managed by husband and wife Mark and Lynn Stanley, foreman Marcus Stanley, and design consultant Tony Stanley.
Mark Stanley, general manager, has over 20 years building experience and will only settle for the absolute best in quality construction and customer satisfaction. He, and the entire Stanley family take great pride in the hundreds of projects they've completed over the years, and the many friendships that have been formed with their customers along the way. It is definitely true that every Trademark customer is treated like family.
Trademark Home Exteriors has a product that will not only fit your budget but will exceed your expectations. Whether it's a quality custom built screen room, three or four season sunroom or a patio or pool enclosure, you're sure to enjoy the outdoors year round without experiencing the nuisance of fighting the outdoor elements. Our custom built rooms are designed and engineered to withstand the harshest environments and surpasses the most strict code requirements for our area. With Trademark Home Exteriors, you have the peace of mind that your investment will be of the highest quality materials and workmanship- custom built just for your specifications.
We will work with you from the initial design to delivery, Trademark Home Exteriors is truly a "one stop shopping experience". From engineered designed renderings, to HOA assistance, and all along the way, our family team will work with you from beginning to end from design to delivery.
To find out more about the many great products Trademark Home Exteriors has to offer, you can visit our beautiful showroom in historical downtown Conway at 1011 3rd Ave., or visit our website at www.TrademarkHomeExteriors.com.
Better yet, give us a call at: 843-488-2367. We would Love to hear from you!!


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Aug 18, 2011
CJAC Commends Supreme Court's Ruling in Medical Damages Case
Ruling Will Prevent Plaintiffs' Attorneys from Artificially Inflating Damage Claims
SACRAMENTO - Today the California Supreme Court ruled in Howell v. Hamilton Meats that a plaintiff may only collect as damages the amount that actually had to be paid by insurers for medical treatment rather than the retail rate that medical providers charge for that treatment. In its opinion the Court stated that it is not appropriate to "expand the scope of economic damages to include expenses the plaintiff never incurred." The case stems from an incident where a Hamilton Meat truck collided with the plaintiff as she was driving.
Medical providers negotiate reimbursement rates with insurance companies that are lower than the retail rate they would charge to someone without insurance. This allows them to gain access to the insurance provider's customers and a broader pool of patients.
CJAC President Kim Stone made the following statement:
"The Supreme Court absolutely made the right decision and we are very pleased. This case addresses a situation where a plaintiff had health insurance for which a negotiated rate was already agreed upon, so the retail rate is irrelevant and should not apply. The medical providers were reimbursed appropriately at the negotiated rate. The plaintiff was compensated for all out-of-pocket costs. This is fair and prevents an unjustified windfall for plaintiffs' attorneys."
The Supreme Court's opinion can be read here, and an amicus brief submitted by CJAC to the Supreme Court can be read here.

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New Logos: 2008 in Review
Brand New recently compiled a list of their best and worst new logos for 2008. Top honors leaned towards simple and colorful adaptations, but there is not an agreed formula for a perfect logo. According to their visitors, the new Pepsi logo was overwhelmingly negative and the new Taca logo was named as one of the best.
The top honor went to 826 Valencia and their fictional pirate themed products. A measure of playfulness is something highly respected by other designers and the best adaptations seem to come from a balance of clarity and beauty. Most logos adopted a clearer and thicker font, a welcome development seen in the evolution of the Pepsi typeface. What would you name as the best new logo of 2008?


text: Government soldiers have been pushed out of the town following the clashes [FILE: Al Jazeera] At least 16 people have been killed and 14 others wounded in clashes between Somali government troops and Sufi fighters, witnesses and local elders said. The clashes on Tuesday appeared to be part of a local power struggle sparked by politicians meeting in Dhuasamareb, in the north-central Galgadud region, aimed at forging a regional government. The confrontation between soldiers and Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jamaah fighters, usually allied to the army, erupted in the town of Guricel, 400km north of the capital Mogadishu. "There was heavy fighting inside the town, it started in the outskirts but later spread," local leader and elder Abdulahi Muktar said. "There were many dead. I saw the dead bodies of 16 people, three of them civilians." Guricel resident Dahir Hussein said corpses were strewn in the streets, and that he had seen at least 14 wounded people taken to hospital. "Fighting has stopped now and government troops were pushed out of the town, but there is still tension. We can hear sporadic gunfire in the suburbs of the town," Mohamed Dhabarey, another resident said. Local Somali army commander Abdikarim Ali said that "more than 10" people had died, and that government troops had "made a tactical withdrawal". SOURCE: Agencies Politics War & Conflict Africa Somalia


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Chic Traveller Goes to Panglao
Taking inspiration from kegler747 and realizing that I have a lot of travel photos to share, I'm going to start Photo Mondays which will feature destinations I've been to and travel photos I particularly like.
Here's a photo of me enjoying the morning sun in Panglao. Cheers!
Taken in Dumaluan Beach Resort, Panglao
Posted by Unknown Labels: bohol, island destinations, philippines, resorts, travel
9 comments:
- the donG said...
wow! beautiful panglao and of course very charming blogger!
- November 3, 2008 at 10:48 PM
- Ar-wee-der-yet said...
I never thought I could be an inspiration, hehehe :) Puro Bohol & Cebu din ififeature ko for the next several days.
Happy travels and happy blogging!
- November 4, 2008 at 9:42 AM
- Mai da Paypay said...
gwapa gid ya mitz ah! :-) very nice picture!
- November 4, 2008 at 12:38 PM
- Mich Guevara said...
i love panglao! may you have many more exciting travels to come!
- November 4, 2008 at 9:00 PM
- Mitz said...
@the dong: thank you! :)
- November 4, 2008 at 11:41 PM
- Mitz said...
@kegler747. i got it from your photo posts. looking forward to your travel photos in two of my most favorite places in the philippines! syempre biased ako because i live in cebu. hehe
- November 4, 2008 at 11:42 PM
- Mitz said...
@maidapaypay: thank you mai :)
- November 4, 2008 at 11:43 PM
- Mitz said...
@mich guevara. for a second there, i thought you were my schoolmate back then. you have the same name!
thanks for dropping by my blog. cheers to more trips! :)
- November 4, 2008 at 11:45 PM
- bert loi said...
- December 25, 2008 at 8:13 PM
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A republic is definitely important to Australian independence from Britain. With a republic, every person in that country in some form or fashion, can have a say in what their government does and how their government does it. People can truly play a part in their government, and that will allow the transition to a free country to happen quickly.
Since the beginning of Australia they have been dependent Britain. I believe one of the steps of claiming Independence of Britain is to differentiate themselves form Britain entirely. This is not the only thing they need to do to gain independence from Britain, but i believe it is a necessary step.
To say Yes to this, is to suggest that somehow Australia isn't a free and independent country, something which it most certainly is and has been for some time. Australia could have a president tomorrow and not an awful lot would change, the Royals would still visit as they do many non-commonwealth Nations; Australia would still have a close relationship with Britain and you're never going to undo history which will always shape our relationship.


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Environmental awareness is no doubt a hot topic, and one that we all have a stake in. Jobs in this field promise excellent growth over the next 10 years. Because of the explosion of interest in all things green over the last decade, unique "green-collar" jobs are starting to become part of the main stream. In January of this year, the Obama Administration awarded $2.3 billion for the Recovery Act Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credits for clean energy manufacturing projects across the United States. The White House press release stated that it will lead to "183 projects in 43 states…tens of thousands of high quality clean energy jobs and the domestic manufacturing of advanced clean energy technologies including solar, wind and efficiency and energy management technologies." Regardless of your political perspective, there is no denying that the "green" industry is poised to produce a substantial number of jobs over the next decade and beyond.
The Pew Charitable Trusts stated in a 2009 report that "clean energy economy jobs" grew by 9.1% between 1998 and 2007, compared to a growth of 3.7% for all jobs, a fact that points to the sustainability of an industry that is all about… well… sustainability.
As further support, the number of job postings including the term "green" on Indeed.com, which searches thousands of job sites, has grown 120% since 2005. And job postings with the term "environmental" have grown more than 50%. This shows a clear rise in interest in this industry.
What's more, on CNN Money's list of the "100 Best Jobs in America" (in terms of pay, growth and quality of life), environmental engineering ranked #5 with a projected growth of 31% over the next 10 years. This is a great example of a "green collar" job.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics, our go-to source for job trends, received funding this year to collect data on green jobs, which shows the growing presence of the industry. The BLS is still compiling all of the statistics and profiling for the field, but the information on careers in wind energy is now up.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics breaks green jobs down into two categories: positions in which workers create green goods or provide green services and positions where employees are there to make their company more environmentally friendly. Here are some great options in both categories:
- Sustainability coordinators
- Carbon brokers
- Environmental educators
- Eco tour guides
- Urban/land-use planner
- Environmental Engineer
- Interface designer
- Interior/exterior designer (LEED standards)
- Construction of solar thermal plants
- Forester
- Solar panel installer
- Wind turbine fabricator
Here are some green-only job boards and resources:
The credentials for green jobs are still being developed and debated, but familiarize yourself with the various certifications and requirements that currently exist. Not all green jobs require them, but they could set you apart.
Key green credentials:
- USGBC LEED Certifications
- BPI Individual Building Certification
- NABCEP Solar Thermal Installation Certification
- RESNET Certified Energy Auditor or Rater
- AEE Energy Certifications
- Green Advantage Certified Practitioners
If green is your color, consider going green in your job search for a stable, rewarding career. Why not help the environment while making a good living?
Dr. Woody is author of The YOU Plan and is an executive coach trained in organizational psychology.


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Location: A jewel poised near the Alps and beautiful Lake Geneva
Poised among the peaks of the Albis Mountains and the slender finger that is Lake Geneva, busy Zurich is located near the northern border of Switzerland, about a half hour's drive from Germany, and an hour from France. Zurich is in the Limmat Valley, formed by the river that flows into Lake Geneva from the north. The nearby Uetliberg is the highest peak in the area, and offers a remarkable view. The city is divided into twelve districts that are accessible by complex network of roads and rail. Public transportation is abundant and popular.
Business: A hub of world finance and a magnet for tourists worldwide
Situated in the very center of Europe, Zurich has grown over the centuries to become a major financial hub for Europe and the world. With 140,000 businesses, ten of Switzerland's biggest companies have their headquarters there. Though many mistake Zurich for the country's capital, that title actually goes to Bern. Switzerland's biggest airport is located in the city, and so are the central hub for the national railway network and the headquarters for the German Swiss national TV company. With its proximity to the Alps, tourism also plays a major role in the economy.
Culture: A multi-lingual and diverse city at the very heart of Europe
With its outstanding educational system, attractive business environment and governmental institutions, Zurich ranks very high in quality of life. Independent and proud, Zurich residents (and the Swiss in general) have been intellectual leaders since the time of Zwingli, a major figure in the Protestant Reformation. Because of its role as a world financial center, many of Zurich's residents are multi-lingual, with Swiss German being the country's lingua franca alongside French and Italian. The city's history is reflected in its storybook collection of Romanesque, Gothic, and Baroque style houses, churches, and municipal buildings.
Activities: Cruise on the Limmat and Lake Geneva, or ski the Alps
Whether your pleasure takes you indoors or outside, beautiful Zurich is loaded with exciting and interesting things to do and see. Art lovers can find their bliss at one of many museums including the Museum of Art (Kunsthaus) or the Reitberg. Take a cruise along the Limmat River, or out on Lake Zurich. Stroll among the shops and restaurants of Old Town (Altstadt). Savor the view of Zurich from the top of Uetliberg Mountain, relax in Parkanlage Zuerihorn (one of the city's popular parks), or check out the menagerie at the Zurich Zoo.


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Adele* Live near Madison Square Garden, Caveat – LES, 9:30pm – 11:30pm
What's better than seeing the actual Adele sing live at Madison Square Garden? Seeing 10 Adele impersonators sing live near Madison Square Garden! Bring your own black shift dress and get ready to sing Rolling in the Deep at the top of your lungs. $8.
Astronomy: The Night Sky, Marine Park – Brooklyn, 6pm – 7:30pm
Learn the history and folklore of the solar system, using the naked eye to locate stars and planets. Free.
Your Dream Coat, Gorgeous, Virginia and the Woolves, Alphaville – Brooklyn, 8pm, $10.
Two Inch Astronaut, Baglady, Shred Flintstone, Brooklyn Bazaar, 8pm, $8 – $10.
Native Harrow, Gabrielle Marlena, Mercury Lounge – LES, 5:30pm, $10.
Horoscope, Sunken Cheek, Sacramence, Autumn Pool, Motiv –A, Deep Red, SIMA, Brooklyn Bazaar, 7pm, $10.
The Ophelias, Anna Altman, Pom Pom Squad, Mercury Lounge – LES, 8pm, $8.
Cook Thuglass, Violent in Black , Mike Bennett and the SoulGlo Orchestra, The Commotions, Sonny Dumarsais & The Plan, Pianos – LES, 7pm, $10.
Fabrica Records Sundays: 3rd Edition. Chester Hawkins, Lauds, RIIOS, Sandy Ewan, Trans-Pecos – Queens, 7pm, $10.
Lee Bones & The best, Jane Church, Davey & The Chains, High Rider, Union Pool – Brooklyn, 8pm, $10.
Comedy at Beauty Bar w/ Nicki Wright, Chris Daniels, Jeff Scheen, and Jeff Arcuri, Beauty Bar – East Village, 9pm, Free, RSVP.
Free Puppies Comedy Hour w/ Jay Jurden (Stand Up NY), Remy Kassimir (Bacon Bits every Sunday @ The Stand), Peter Revello (NY Comedy Club), Rachel Green (Venus Fly Trap Presents: Sugartits), Sydnee Washington (The UnOfficial Expert Podcast), Laurel Cummings (Funny or Die), The Lantern Comedy Club – Greenwich Village, 6pm, Free, RSVP.
Too Soon? Comedy w/ Ashleybrook Roberts, Shane Torres, Tushar Singh, Katie Hannigan, Stephen Sihelnik, Chris Hamilton, Malia Sias, 135 Eldridge St. – LES, 8:30pm, Free, RSVP.
Dear White People, Lewis H. Latimer House – Queens, 2:30pm, Free.
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Some of these students he has taught since they first entered university. Some he is supervising as they prepare their dissertations, their first substantial pieces of independent research. Some he is helping to prepare for their steps into graduate school and the wider world beyond.
He guides. He invests time and concern. He encourages.
He swells with pride, a little, when they succeed. He cringes with angst when they falter, hoping it doesn't sting too much.
This gentle, patient, loving soul I married.
Yes, fatherly. It is fatherly guidance and concern and encouragement he pours into these tasks, these students.
I hope they know how lucky they are.
I hope that one day soon, he'll be imparting that fatherly touch not just on his students, but on the tiny life we will grow and nurture and one day set forth into the wide world.
To learn and think and falter and laugh and write clumsy essays of their own.
|World's best teacher, Dad-in-waiting. Source.


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An experienced T-Bone accident lawyer knows drivers and passengers could be seriously hurt or killed if a vehicle is hit from the side. People on the near-side of the vehicle have a greater risk of death or permanent injury. But people on the far side from point of impact have more limited safety features designed to protect them.
T-Bone accidents are among the most common types of car accidents. While prevention of fatalities and permanent impairments in people on the struck side of the car is essential to saving lives, those on the opposite side should also be protected as much as possible from suffering harm.
Preventing T-Bone Injury Accidents in Far-Side Passengers
When one car strikes another and the two cars form a "T," those sitting on the side of the car that was hit make up 76 percent of T-Bone accident deaths and 57 percent of serious injuries. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 214 has been in place since 1997 to try to provide as much protection as possible for individuals on the near-side of impact.
Those sitting on the far side of the vehicle make up 43 percent of serious injuries and 24 percent of fatalities. Association for Advancement of Automotive Medicine warns there is no safety standard in place to ensure they have even minimum protection.
Each year, 17,000 people suffer serious injuries or deaths while on the far side of a vehicle involved in a rollover or side impact crash. Research from Virginia Tech warns people have a close-to-equal probability of being on the far side of a vehicle as they do on the near-side of a vehicle when the car is hit from the side.
The head and chest area are most likely to be impacted for people on the far side of a vehicle when the car is involved in a T-Bone accident. Of those who were injured while on the car's far side, 21 percent suffered head injuries and 33 percent suffered chest injuries.
The majority of injuries to the head and chest occurred when the people sitting on the far side of the car came into contact with the car's interior on the side struck by the other vehicle in the T-Bone accident. Protecting motorists on the far side of the car from impact could prevent injuries and save lives.
Different safety measures should be considered to determine what is most effective in preventing deaths and injuries. Side support airbags are one option. Changing seat belt design is also a possibility. A four-point V-shaped seat belt with belts across both shoulders; a reversed geometry shoulder belt; or a seat belt with pre-tensioning could all keep far-side passengers safer.
Car manufacturers should consider including additional safety features to protect passengers in T-bone crashes. Federal regulators may also wish to move forward with passing new safety requirements for passengers on the far side of a broadsided motor vehicle.


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Sun Resolution
I resolve to be like the ladybird beetle (Coccinella spp.), an immigrant from Asia, who has brought much value to rich North American gardens and farmlands by porting their natural appetite for pests from the plains (e.g. aphids) and in the darkest winters, show us that even miniature insects can survive when they hibernate in large collective groups.


text: Hello this is our first time owning a full-blooded Bernese Mountain Dog we've had a couple mixes in the past. we got her as a rescue from someone who bought her at a pet store and decided they didn't want her. we adopted her when she was 4 months old and now she is 7 months old and she only weighs 53 lb. she hasn't grown like we thought she would or like our other bmd in the past. we have all the paperwork from the people that originally purchased her and everything's in order she's AKC registered but she's just tiny. is this normal? we're feeding her she eats great she's not skinny by any means she's just very little and short and petite. Her height (ground to back) is only 22in.


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Did you know there was a World Breastfeeding Week? Well there is!
World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) is celebrated worldwide every 1-7 August since 1992.
Did you know that there was a Breastfeeding Awareness month too? Yes, you are right!
August is Breastfeeding Awareness month!
This year's World Breastfeeding Week theme, 'BREASTFEEDING SUPPORT: CLOSE TO MOTHERS', highlights Breastfeeding Peer Counselling. There were series of breastfeeding events to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week 2013. Though now is September, there's still few breastfeeding events to be carry on.
Well, for me, everyday is breastfeeding day! We have to enjoy and appreciate our breastfeeding journey! Therefore, I specially handmade a "Happy Breastfeeding" card and dedicate this card to every breastfeed mom. You are GREAT!
I want to take this opportunity to congratulate my friends and other mothers that successfully breastfeed your baby beyond 1 year or more! CONGRATULATIONS, gals! WELL DONE! I'm proud of you!
For those still breastfeed your baby, KEEP IT UP! There are many mothers out there accompany each of everyone of us to nurture our future with liquid gold from our breast. Happy Breastfeeding! We are GREAT!
Hope you all like the card! ;)


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Theologising about migration in Europe
Union Chapel, as part of its Christian commitment to social justice, is aiming to work with others in developing relevant ways of theologising on migration in Europe.
Migration is a key feature of our contemporary world. The ease of travel, the globalised economy and perpetual inequalities and conflict result in the large-scale displacement of peoples.
Migration is a faith issue because:
- The majority of migrants are also people of faith, be that a major religion or a smaller minority religious group. Some migrate explicitly because of persecution of their faith community.
- Migration has a significant impact on the practice and experience of religion. Faith is a vehicle for maintaining and asserting cultural identity. It is a source of support and comfort. It is constantly changing in response to new contexts and migration impacts on the religious practice and experience of receiving communities too.
- Migration can create disruption or conflict in communities with religious identity being exploited in a hostile and sometimes violent manner.
Union Chapel Church intend to explore some of these issues by:
- Building a bibliography/library of resources
- Holding small reflection and support groups for practitioners
- Hosting a major conference at Union Chapel as the culmination/departure point for an in-depth conversation
- Updating our website with occasional papers, reflections, liturgical materials and study materials for faith communities seeking to theologise on migration


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McCain on Secret Service: Why Do I Need It?
John McCain often says on the campaign trail that he wants to take on the system in Washington. Usually, he's talking about congressional spending and pork-barrel projects. But he also wants to challenge the system of protection that forces presidents to live life in a bubble.
"It's my intention, if we win this nomination, to reject Secret Service," he said during one of his many conversations with reporters on his Straight Talk Express this weekend. "Why do I need it?"
He adds: "The day that the Secret Service can assure me that if we're driving in the motorcade and there's a guy in a rooftop with a rifle, that they can stop that guy, then I'll say fine. But the day they tell me, 'well, we can't guarantee it,' then fine, I'll take my chances."
McCain rejected Secret Service protection in 2000, after winning the New Hampshire primary. But he wants to go further, rejecting the massive security apparatus should he become president.
"It's the inconvenience," McCain said. "It's the inconvenience it causes people. It's a waste of the taxpayers money. It's just everything I don't like."
McCain admitted that a modern American president can't live without Secret Service protection. But he said presidents have let the protection get out of hand.
He recalled a time during Bill Clinton's presidency, when Clinton and his wife, the first lady, both had events in New York City, each traveling with large security caravans. "The island of Manhattan was gridlocked," he recalled.
The security overkill, he said, causes presidents to work differently than they otherwise might, he said.
How should it work?
"You got a problem up on Capitol Hill? It's 12 blocks away, right?" McCain asked. "Alright. You hop in a car with tinted glass, and maybe one secret service guy with you. And you drive up. Okay? And you get out of the car, you walk into Sen. Harry Reid's office and you say, Harry..."
McCain recalled seeing pictures of Harry Truman walking, almost alone, along the streets of Washington while president.
"I will admit you can't do that," McCain said. "But you don't need 50 cars and SUV's full of people driving along, stopping traffic."
Could he really do that? Could he shrink down the security apparatus that has grown so large? Would it be a wise thing?
Probably not. Presidents always chafe under the watchful attention that the Secret Service provides. But in the end, the agency gets it way, as they did when they closed Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House after the September 11 attacks, despite protests.
And yet, one gets the sense that McCain is a stubborn man, who just might complain even more than the office's previous occupants.
--Michael D. Shear
Post Editor
November 18, 2007; 11:00 AM ET
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How many vehicles were actually Secret Service motorcade vehicles? If you check it is only a few. The rest of the vehicles are his staff, his luggage, his cook, his personal aid's, his medical folks, etc, etc, etc........................
Posted by: redb96 | August 15, 2008 12:38 PM | Report abuse
Well, let's see. McCain wants to reject Secret Service Protection? What for?
In our society today Secret Service protection is essential whether he likes the idea or not.
And how can anyone give a 100% guarantee on anything? More likely, the Secret Service can minimize the risks and hazards. Noone can offer a 100% guarantee on anything.
Though, I will offer my own 100% guarantee that I won't vote for him under any circumstances.
And, that you can take to the bank!
Posted by: Ciolajr | January 10, 2008 7:42 PM | Report abuse
I wonder if he'd feel the same way sitting in DC rush hour traffic for hours as he commutes from the White House to Andrew Airforce Base. LOL!
I love the point that if he feels this way, he should reject all the commodities afforded to him as President. (i.e. White House, limo and Airforce One to name a few!)
And way to go John_D...excellent point that "the purpose of the Secret Service is not just to protect the President, but also the democratic right of the American people to choose.... and to have that choice stick!" So true!
I wonder if he'd feel the same way if he knew how many crazies show up at the White House and sites with the intent to do harm upon the President?!
Then again, who the heck is Michael D. Shear? With so many inaccuracies, did he even quote McCain right?! You have to wonder...
P.S. The U.S. Secret Service falls under the Department of Homeland Security :)
Posted by: mlw22sb | January 4, 2008 11:49 PM | Report abuse
While he does have a good point about having an extreme amount of protection, IE the 'free speech zones' that the current admin sets up, the SS is surely needed.
Kennedy thought that riding in an open motor car with SS in the car behind him was a good idea too...whoops.
Posted by: thegribbler1 | November 20, 2007 10:26 AM | Report abuse
McCain should think things through before he makes ridiculous statements to the press.
He clearly is out of touch and this statement is a symptom of his poor common sense and lack of awareness with what the voters need. He may be trying to be macho here but he is making no sense.
The mere fact that someone is the President makes them a target for every nut and terrorist in the world.
Let's say McCain goes out to dinner as President and he has no Secret Service protection with him. You and your wife and kids are sitting in the restaurant and McCain walks in and some nut starts shooting at him because he hates the President. Your wife and kids happen to be in the line of fire and are shot and killed.
The protection that the Secret Service agents routinely provide will stop those types of attacks. They go in ahead of the president and advance all of the sites visited. They protect the office and the people around the President in the process.
Any President in this day and age has a responsibility to the people to stay alive. He also has a responsibility to protect the innocent bystanders around him from being injured or killed.
It is sad to think that McCain would risk remaining safe and protecting those around him. He clearly has made this statement as a last ditch effort to get some press because he has been declared a non entity in the Presidential race. I only wish he would say something of value at this point.
Posted by: new.voter | November 19, 2007 9:13 PM | Report abuse
I guess he knows that after the inception of the SS that no president has ever been killed unless the SS was there to protect him. The SS, which is part of the Department of the Treasury has never failed to let thoughs under their protection to get shot. If a president has been shot you can guarantee an SS agent was there. When Kennedy was killed he had said just days before he wanted to and was going to do away with the federal reserve. I guess he did not remember that the SS WORKS for the department of the TREASURY. You have to see this vid about the SS to believe the fishy use of the SS. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XY02Qkuc_f8 How best to control someone than to give them "protection" which is really his "minders"
Posted by: yarply | November 19, 2007 6:06 PM | Report abuse
CLINTON SHUT DOWN PENN AVE...not Bush. And then right after he left office, he told Bush he should re-open it. Just another example of his and her cowardice.
Posted by: rcooper | November 19, 2007 4:14 PM | Report abuse
Sorry it was goofticket thats the sarcastic idiot...
Posted by: tenniswrestler | November 19, 2007 3:36 PM | Report abuse
I think McCain has a good point, why sould we pay taxes on something that isn't guarenteed? They can't guarentee protection, they can only provide the best they can give. If McCain thinks hes tough and doen't need it, more power to him. Thats his decision. And as for hdavis21ch: People shooting at the white house would still be crime. Think of better sarcasim next time your trying to make an idiot point. ANd if you really want to take a stand on campaign issues visit www.mitchellinteractive.com its a great site!
Posted by: tenniswrestler | November 19, 2007 3:34 PM | Report abuse
Mr macho, I don't need your stinkin protection, I'll take'em all on. I'm meaner, tougher, uglier and I been tortured. If I can take it, so can our enemies, torture them all and keep your stinkin protection. God had better love the repuglicans, nobody else does!
Posted by: racom | November 19, 2007 3:10 PM | Report abuse
There's no fool like an old fool.
Posted by: PatrickNYC1 | November 19, 2007 2:03 PM | Report abuse
You guys STILL haven't fixed the error regarding when/why Pennsylvania Ave. was closed. Might be a good idea!
Posted by: gmg22 | November 19, 2007 1:36 PM | Report abuse
The bubble's a big problem, as is the myth/reality that the president is indispensable.
So too, by the way, is the ever-present risk that any security apparatus around the president morphs over time into a Praetorian Guard -- I write this with all due respect to the people in the Department of Treasury...
More power to McCain, I hope his idea has legs.
Posted by: carringtonward | November 19, 2007 11:22 AM | Report abuse
TMSHawaii: you meant the BUSHsh@@ Express, didn't you!
Posted by: bfcs922 | November 19, 2007 10:50 AM | Report abuse
Sadly, The Straight Talk Express has become The Bullsh@@ Express.
Posted by: TMSHawaii | November 19, 2007 8:42 AM | Report abuse
I remember in 2000 when Karl Rove spread the rumors that McCain had an illegitimate black child, his wife Cindy was an addict, and that McCain was crazy. Turns out the last one is true.
Posted by: ProfessorVP | November 19, 2007 4:43 AM | Report abuse
McCain is just a sad figure now.
He literally embraced the very people who profited by the lies their organizations spread about him.
He sold his soul for what he thought was a chance to become President, and got nothing for it.
Posted by: unitcaptain11 | November 18, 2007 9:52 PM | Report abuse
So he says he'd reject Secret Service protection...but he already said he'd kill himself if the Democrats won both the House and the Senate in 2006, and he didn't do that. I doubt he would really reject protection, he might just use people outside of Secret Service.
Posted by: mac_guru | November 18, 2007 9:35 PM | Report abuse
McCain needs to keep in mind that the purpose of the Secret Service is not just to protect the President, but also the democratic right of the American people to choose, in a free and fair election, who will govern them - and to have that choice stick.
That right is priceless.
Posted by: John_D | November 18, 2007 9:33 PM | Report abuse
Mc Cain is an idiot.
He has no choice on protection.
The nation protects the office, regardless of what loon we elect for the job. Mc Cain cannot stop secret service.
It protects our mansion at 1600 Penn. Ave, our really nice 747's, and the really big black cars we own...that, we, let them use.
In fact, , if he wans to, he can rent an apartment, buy his own car, and fly around coach on Southwest out of his own pocket.
If the moron wants to use our stuff, it comes with protection.
I don't want bullet holes all over the White House, thank you.
Posted by: goofticket | November 18, 2007 8:27 PM | Report abuse
Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House was not closed for traffic (if that is what you mean) after 9/11. It was closed for traffic after Timothy McVeigh blew up his bomb.
Posted by: hdavis21ch | November 18, 2007 7:25 PM | Report abuse
Senator McCain needs to take into account the impact of an assassination or assassination attempt on our country. He personally may not want the bother of a security presence, but the United States has the usual percentage of crazy people and one or more of them could probably obtain a weapon. If he wants the job bad enough, he's got to be willing to live to do it. Leave martyrdom to the jihadis.
Posted by: mclean1 | November 18, 2007 5:48 PM | Report abuse
The "Free Speech Zones" make me wonder about Bush....If you don't have the guts to face us what will you have the courage to face?
Posted by: willandjansdad1 | November 18, 2007 5:40 PM | Report abuse
Let's not forget that McCain is the douchebag who put all those soldiers lives at risk and had 4 Blackhawk helicopters flying overhead so he could deceive the public into thinking that the surge was working and going to the local Iraqi market was like a walk in the park. He should have refused a security detail that day.
Posted by: jeffgeoduro | November 18, 2007 5:12 PM | Report abuse
President Clinton used to jog every morning. He went along the mall on various routes depending on what he felt he wanted to see.
He ran with 2 agents trailing right behind and with some invited friends. The friends were optional.
The communications and battle wagon vehicles were not always visible as they trailed at a discrete distance. At times, the distance was tightened up.
Communters became used to seeing the President jog by as if he was just another guy.
His distance to my car once was about 18 inches.
He wasn't at the height of his popularity at this time BTW. He took his risks when he was out.
Land of the free. Home of the brave.
Posted by: dickbarber | November 18, 2007 5:02 PM | Report abuse
God, I used to really like McCain. He was the kind of Republican I could vote for. He got stabbed in the back by the Bushies in South Carolina in 2000 and then sucked up to the damned back-stabbers this time. If the old "straight-talk express" was still out there I would pull that lever for a true patriot and hero. He just lost me by glad-handing with Fallwell and Bob Jones. Come back John...the old John McCain could could be a real "Uniter".
Posted by: willandjansdad1 | November 18, 2007 3:41 PM | Report abuse
Pull a Bushie!
When Mitt Romney wins, make ME his Vice-President, let me hide in Cheney's(Disinfected) Hide-Away, and I can assure you-Romney will be as safe as in his Mother's Arms!
Do anything to Mitt, and say hello to RAT!
In the meantime, I'll be just quietly sneaking around getting into things!
LOL! Might not work.
They'll do in Mitt just so they can get to ME!
Use Cheney again!
Posted by: rat-the | November 18, 2007 2:45 PM | Report abuse
George WMD Bush is a Tyrant. The U.S. Government are War Criminals. US Forces are a terrorist organization. The reason we need Homeland Security S.S. Agents are because we are living in the 4th Reich. The U.S. Dollar is going to collapse. We are going to be under Martial Law. And We are going to lose the Dubya Dubya Three!
Posted by: postamerican | November 18, 2007 2:16 PM | Report abuse
If he does not want it, fine, but he should not be critical of the other candidates if they want SS protection.
McCain likely does not stir up any passion, negative or enthusiastic, on his campaign trail anyway.
Posted by: bringbackimus | November 18, 2007 2:04 PM | Report abuse
Pennsylvania Avenue was closed in Oct 1995 following the Oklahoma City bombing. Modifications were made following that, but it has remained closed since then.
Are you unable to check basic facts? Or do you just make up things you are too lazy to even 'Google'?
What a pathetic excuse for journalism.
Posted by: gth | November 18, 2007 1:15 PM | Report abuse
What a President knows if far more valuable than the individual. As President, it would be reckless for McCain to travel without a full Secret Service detail and expose state secrets to capture.
Posted by: don4463 | November 18, 2007 1:00 PM | Report abuse
John McCain's courage is to be admired. Please see www.entrepreneurshipparty.com for a non-polarization choice in candidate and to see the eDemocrats and eRepublicans we have endorsed. Please encourage the Washington Post and other media to cover the The "E" Party. The "E" is for You and Me! The Men Who Hold High Places Must be the First to Start to Mold a New Reality Closer to the Heart. The Big 6 "E's" Entrpreneurship, Exports, Education, Environment, Excellence in Govt. and Health
Posted by: hleonhardt | November 18, 2007 12:59 PM | Report abuse
Yet another area where I agree with John McCain... I hope this guy pulls it out. Wish I could move to New Hampshire...
Posted by: edmcglothlin | November 18, 2007 12:49 PM | Report abuse
John McCain does not need protection because he is a nonfactor for this election. Ron Paul has clearly surpassed John McCain and he is now a "top tier" candidate. He dominates in Straw Polls, Debate Polls, Fund Raising, Web Traffic and Grass Roots Networking. I have gathered the evidence and created a website.
Please visit www.thecaseforronpaul.com and see the evidence for yourself.
Posted by: editor | November 18, 2007 12:45 PM | Report abuse
Who needs the Secret Service when they got the Worldwide Army of don't fall under any law Blackwater.
Posted by: stan_h_zx | November 18, 2007 11:59 AM | Report abuse
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' MOB Wives Chicago" star Renee Fecarotta Russo is a phony!
According to her bio on the new VH1 reality show, Renee, 42, was raised by her mobster uncle, "Big John" Fecarotta, following the death of her own father.
But Gary Fecarotta, son of the alleged loan collector and hit man for the famed Chicago mob "The Outfit" told The ENQUIRER that's a load of baloney!
"Renee is an imposter, a complete fraud, and her claim that she was raised by my father, John, is bogus," revealed Gary.
"She was never his best friend, nor was he her mentor, and she's using the family name to get on TV and to make a quick buck."
Gary says Renee was nothing more than a distant niece to his father – and that she only added his name to hers "to get a bit of street cred!"
"It's clear she's making money off of our name, and her appearance on the show is just making the family look bad and bringing back bad memories of our father's murder 26 years ago," Gary continued. "My dad would be turning in his grave if he saw what she was up to."
John Fecarotta was gunned down by fellow mob hit man Nick Calabrese outside a bingo hall in 1986.
On the show, Renee claims to be loyal to his memory. But Gary says all she's doing is digging up the past and glorifying the Chicago mob.
"Her role in that show is an absolute joke, and she has no right to claim that she has lived the mobster life," he added.


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Technical summary - OpenVMS systems virtualisation on HP VM
The following technical summary is intended to help you understand some of the key aspects that you will come across when working with a virtualised OpenVMS Integrity system running under HPVM.
OpenVMS guests under HP VM
- HPUX based hypervisor on Integrity Server hardware.
- Limited storage device support (eg: no direct access to fibrechannel devices).
- AVIO drivers for storage and network.
- Supports clustering.
- Supports MSCP storage.
- Last release of HP VM to support OpenVMS is HP VM V4.3 (based on HP-UX V11iV3 September 2011).
- Not supported on -i4 Integrity Servers (HP VM V6.x).


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Weird Unsocialized Homeschoolers
Weekly Training:
None happened this week. The weather just sucked and I wish we hadn't gotten that spurt of nice weather, then back to normal. The girls have been doing daily workouts though.
Monday - For the 3rd day in a row, Brianna did her school work first thing in the morning. And as a bonus, since she was still doing her when Tanya showed up, it got Tanya right to work too instead of their usual playing before a herd them to the kitchen. *fingers crossed* that this keeps up!
Tuesday - Still going with first thing in the morning school *yay* Brianna and I planted our egg shell seeds. After sorting out the ones that were too small or broken, we ended up with 2 dozen egg shells to fill. We planted potted-strawberries, green peppers, mini mixed peppers, pumpkins and cherry and beefsteak tomatoes.
Wednesday - Since Brianna's still doing her school work first thing in the morning. I had her catch up on the graphing portion of their geography class while Tanya did her work for the day.
Thursday - A quiet day with boring work lol
Friday - Tanya had church duties due to Easter so didn't come today. I had Brianna catch up on the photo periods for geography to go with the graphing she did on Wednesday
Monday - Didn't *happen* on Monday, but it's all she talked about so we'll add it here lol On Sunday, Brianna made almost our entire Easter Dinner herself.
Tuesday - A quiet day with boring work lol
Wednesday - We FINALLY caught up completely on geography. The girls used the 3 weeks of clues to try to find educated guesses of where the Mystery Locations were. On Friday the last of the clues will be out, but since we planned Titanic stuff for Friday and the following Monday, we'll be doing them next Wednesday
Thursday - My mom's been helping me with marking the girls work while I try to find all the stuff I need to catch Tanya up to where she "should be". We've discovered that she has no clue how to punctuate or capitalize properly (or very often) and strangely has almost no clue about fractions. This is strange because she cooks and bakes and doesn't seem to screw up recipes that use measuring cups. Her most memorable mistake was for a question that asked if a cake is cut into 1/8ths or 1/4ths, which would be a bigger piece. Her answer? "It doesn't matter, it's the same cake" *facepalm*
Friday - We began our Titanic unit (which will have it's own blog post later).


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Los Angeles International Airport logged its first runway incursion of the year Saturday when a pilot failed to stop and crossed onto the south airfield, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
The pilot of American Eagle Flight 63, a SAAB 340 turboprop plane bound for San Diego, was instructed by an air traffic controller to stop before entering LAX's southernmost runway at 6:35 a.m., said Ian Gregor, an FAA spokesman.
Instead, the aircraft crossed the runway, Gregor said.
An executive jet was lined up for takeoff on the same runway, but the pilot was not yet cleared for takeoff, Gregor said. As a result, the runway was clear and there was no immediate threat of a collision, he said.
The FAA recently imposed a rule requiring air traffic controllers at LAX Tower to get a correct "read back" of instructions from pilots arriving and departing the airport. The pilot apparently repeated the controller's instructions to stop, but continued across the runway, according to Gregor.
The south airfield at LAX has long been cited as a hotbed of runway incursion activity, prompting airport and city officials to launch a massive $333 million runway renovation. The South Airfield Improvement Project, which includes a new center-line taxiway, is scheduled for completion in June.
Additionally, airport officials plan to install a runway stoplight system by the start of next year on the inner runway and four taxiway intersections on the north airfield. An additional set of lights will also be placed along three taxiways on the south airfield.


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The main reason for using an earlier alternate Earth as scenario for a novel or a series is the freedom to explore events that did not happen in our world. I've already covered the absence of a Roman Empire. A bigger distortion, following critical suggestions from early readers, was the introduction of the prior arrival of another group of off-worlders – the crew of a lost star-cruiser from yet another alternate Earth. Yeah, I felt it stretched credibility too far as well.
This criticism of my original scenario took place near the summit of the hubris under which the Bush administration took on two wars that they thought would be walk-overs. My critiquers didn't accept that any society without advanced technology could pose a threat to a modern intrusion. Hello, Iraq and Afghanistan. We now know better – in fact I knew better then – but I felt I should cater to the beliefs of my potential readers.
So I added the Trigons to the series, conquering the indigenous Greco-Carthaginian Empire about two hundred years earlier. I had felt the indigenous empire was all too capable of getting the better of my hi-tech arrivals, and so I postulated only a couple of hundred Trigons who had intermarried to the point that they had become a foreign aristocracy who devoted most of their energy to protecting their privileges from the locals – much like the Normans in 11th/12th century England. I did keep my intention of showing that a lack of technological expertise doesn't mean the local antagonists are incompetent, and also that in any conflict situation it is morale, belief system, and courage that wins every time. Unless you happen to be sitting in Langley, Virginia, and bombing some helpless individuals in Pakistan, but then the degree of arrogance displayed is counter-productive to any future settlement.
The Trigons were from a society technologically more advanced than my Iskander Earthlings, but they were a military crew, capable of operating their star-cruiser efficiently, but no more capable of maintaining or replacing it than would the modern crew of an atomic submarine be of doing the same to theirs. When refueling or major maintenance is needed on any of these modern 'wonders' they have to be taken to the specialist installations to have the work carried out by a whole new team. No wonder then that the Trigon conquerors lost not only the use of their star-cruiser in the intervening 200 years, but also the ability to maintain a technologically advanced society. They are right back to the same 17th century infrastructure that the locals had created.
Which brings me to the reasons for picking the late 17th century for my Gaian society. Firstly it has to be the romance of the period. In Earth history this is squarely located in the middle of "Three Musketeers" territory with all the excitement of swordfighting and sailing ships. The early financial empires, the Fuggers and the Medici, had begun to give way to national banks in Venice, Holland, and England. The primitive broadside warships of the Armada period had given way to the standardized 'rates' and fleet tactics of the Anglo-Dutch wars. Ships and mariners could undertake routine ocean voyages – not without periodic disasters, but more certainly than could the sailors of Philip and Elizabeth's time. The pike was being superseded by the musket and bayonet, and field artillery had become more of a battlefield weapon than the old cannon hauled by teams of oxen. The early glimmers of science were beginning to make way against the dead weight of revealed knowledge and superstition.
The next reason has to be the availability of good historical records of the period. I have to admit that my depth of research would be considered scanty in a history department, but with two good works to bookend the period available, I can easily find extra publications to expand on particulars. For my window into the thoughts, society, and actions of my 17th century Gaians, I found Samuel Pepy's Diary to be a valuable source. For my guide to the politics and campaigns of the period I find Sir Winston Churchill's biography of his ancestor John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, to be more than adequate. I have a collection of history books that I have accumulated over the years – almost too many to detail, but I'll mention some – "European Economic History"; "25 Centuries of Sea Warfare" and N.A.M. Rodger's "Naval Histories of Britain"; "Western Civilization"; "By the Sword"; "A Brief History of Science"; "The Lore of Ships"; "Anne of England"; "The Old European Order"; as well as all the instant sources to hand on the Internet.
I particularly like the date, 1670, the year in which a young woman called Julie d'Aubigny was born. For readers who find my heroine Gisel Matah to be a bit too hard to believe, I'll mention something of what is known about "La Maupin". Julie was born to the wife of a minor nobleman, Gaston d'Aubigny, a secretary to the Compte d'Armagnac. Gaston had two passions in life – womanizing and sword fencing – and having no sons to train devoted his attention to his daughter. Perhaps he also thought he should give her some advantage in life to protect her from men like himself. Anyway, by the time Julie was sixteen she could better most of the men who came to her father's Salle – his swordfighting gymnasium at the Count's chateau.
Julie was also somewhat precocious, becoming the mistress of the Count at the age of 16, and going on to a collection of lovers – male and female – over the following 20 years. She also had a husband who she lived with once, a fellow called Maupin who the Compte d'Armagnac had selected to prevent scandals should she become pregnant. Julie sometimes fought as a man and sometimes as a woman, and had at least one lover with whom she operated a fencing school. She also had a fine, if untrained, contralto voice and sang in opera in Marseilles and Paris.
Her most notorious exploit was the time she attended a ball given by the King's brother, the Duc d'Orleans, dressed as a man. She attempted to seduce three young noblewomen at the ball, leading to challenges from three courtiers who were their escorts. Julie readily accepted the challenges, dismissed their complaints that the streetlights were out with the observation that the moonlight was sufficient, and defeated all three of them. King Louis XIV, the "Sun King", was furious at her wounding three of his courtiers and wanted her thrown into the Bastille. One account says that Monsieur, the King's brother, interceded on her behalf, but the version I like says she had an interview with the king herself and charmed him into forgiving her.
Julie died young, giving up her wild life and the Paris Opera in 1705 to enter a convent, where she died a couple of years later. She deserves a new novel to be written about her – to complement the one written in 1835 – but I'm not sure whether to attempt it. As my historian friend at the University of Calgary says, my French isn't up to original research. She did suggest a couple of English language sources I might try, but … we shall see


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Any decent surfer must first and foremost know how to swim. Reef is the exception to the rule. He's an amazing surfer but is terrified of drowning. But rather than give up on his passion, he's kitted himself out in state-of-the-art rubber rings. And anyone who dares to laugh at him will get a clip round the ear from Reef and a sound pecking from his loyal duck, Kwakwak!
Game Details
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The First Day of the Rest of Your Life
- Tom Dawson
- 4 December 2009
(15) 113min
An enormous hit at the French box office, writer-director Remi Bezancon's second feature explores the highs and lows of middle-class suburban family life. Split into five chapters, each of which offers the perspective of a different member of the 'ordinary' Duval clan, the film picks out five significant days in the characters' lives between 1988 and 2000. Thus eldest son and medical student Albert (Pio Marmai) leaves home, teenage daughter Fleur (Déborah François) contemplates losing her virginity, and middle child Raphael (Marc-Andre Grondin) remembers a romantically charged encounter with a female air-guitarist. As for the parents, mother Marie-Jeanne (Zabou Breitman) ponders an extra-marital affair, while father Robert (Jacques Gamblin) receives an unexpected medical diagnosis.
Less substantial than either Summer Hours or A Christmas Tale, two other recent French family sagas, the slickly photographed and scored The First Day of the Rest of Your Life breezes its way through its narrative coincidences. Bookended by Super 8mm footage of the Duvals themselves larking around on the beach and in the garden in blissful times, it ultimately presents a sentimental vision of 'la vie famille', even if the performances of the attractive ensemble cast are undeniably engaging.
GFT, Glasgow from Fri 4-Thu 10 Dec. Cameo, Edinburgh and Filmhouse, Edinburgh from Fri 11 Dec. See profile.


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Pair have reportedly reworked 'Immigrant Song' for film's soundtrack
Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer Karen O has reportedly penned a cover of Led Zeppelin's 'Immigrant Song for the US remake of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, which has been scored by Nine Inch Nails mainman Trent Reznor.
According to a report on Indiewire.com the first trailer for the film, which stars Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara, features the cover. It sees O singing over a version of the Led Zeppelin track reworked by Reznor.
Details of the score and whether Reznor is working with guest vocalists have not been formally confirmed. O does have experience of working on cinematic scores, having written the score for 2009's Where The Wild Things Are.
The US remake is being directed by David Fincher, who also directed The Social Network. Reznor and writing partner Atticus Ross scored the Facebook film, winning an Oscar in the process. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo will be released in UK cinemas in December.


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From stunning sky-high buildings to exploring epic desert dunes, Ben Lerwill offers a rundown of the Arabian Gulf's top experiences
See the world's tallest building
Soaring into the Arabian sky at a height of 2,717ft, the Burj Khalifa has stood as the world's tallest building (and by some distance) since its completion in 2010. Visitors can be whisked up to the 124th floor to take in the extraordinary view from the observation deck. The structure itself is made up of more than 26,000 glass panels. burjkhalifa.ae
Visit the world's largest theme park
Abu Dhabi's Ferrari World is the largest indoor theme park on the planet, its gleaming red canopy giving shelter to a pulse-raising range of adrenalin thrills and Ferrari-themed shops and restaurants. While top billing goes to Formula Rossa — the world's fastest rollercoaster, which reaches a top speed of 150mph — there's a whole host of family-friendly rides and attractions. ferrariworldabudhabi.com
Hit the desert
Desert defines much of the region's landscape, and the epic dune-filled interiors of Qatar, Dubai and Abu Dhabi can all be explored in rip-roaring fashion. A 4WD dune-bashing tour offers the chance to experience the magnitude of the Arabian sands up close — courtesy of some high-speed driving manoeuvres — while comfortable desert camps are also popular.
Stroll along the corniche
An evening walk along one of the region's corniches — city avenues that sweep for a mile or more along the water's edge — lets visitors witness the Gulf at its most appealing, with the sea breeze mingling with the late heat of the day as locals meet, eat and relax. Doha, Muscat and Abu Dhabi all have atmospheric corniches.
Appreciate Islamic Art in Doha
A beautiful waterside building created by renowned architect IM Pei, Doha's Museum of Islamic Art is a fitting showcase for Qatar's religious treasures, from ornate ceramics to manuscripts and embellished carpets. mia.org.qa
Explore the fjords at Musandam
Oman's remote Musandam Peninsula has huge rugged inlets that draw understandable comparison with Norway's fjords, making a cruise along the coast — with time for snorkeling in the clear waters — a dramatic experience.
See some iconic architecture
The Gulf plays home to a glossy array of eye-catching architecture, including Qatar's Aspire Tower and Abu Dhabi's Capital Gate — a skyscraper that leans almost 20 degrees to the west, while Dubai's New York-inspired Al Kazim Towers is proof of the region's diverse influences.
Get up high
If the phenomenal view from Burj Khalifa isn't quite vertiginous enough for you, ascend to the skies above Dubai by other means. Take a hot-air balloon ride over the dunes and oases of the desert, watching the sun rise against the Hajjar Mountains, or take a helicopter tour over the city itself, admiring the emirate's iconic skyline from above.
Visit a falcon hospital
Falconry is a serious business in the Gulf, and the pastime's long desert traditions mean the majestic birds themselves are looked after with real care and reverence. So much so there are dedicated falcon hospitals, which can be visited on guided tours — Abu Dhabi is home to the largest such facility in the world, with its own falcon museum. falconhospital.com
Venture into the past
The Gulf may be best known for its burnished modern cityscapes, but this doesn't mean its traditions have been lost. From the boats crisscrossing the waters of Dubai Creek to the vendors who still hawk their wares in Muscat's atmospheric Old Town or Kuwait's clattering Sharq fish market, much of the region's past has been kept alive.
Explore a historic fort
Overall, the region has relatively few heritage sites, so the historical forts dotting the landscape hold huge cultural interest. Offering a fascinating window onto the warriors (and architects) of the past, these strongholds were built to protect settlements from attack. Qatar has some particularly fine examples, as does Oman.
Visit a lesser-known emirate
Dubai and Abu Dhabi draw the vast majority of tourists to the UAE but there's plenty to reward visitors to the other five emirates, from the mountain scenery of Fujairah and the historic old town of Sharjah to the palm-lined sands of Ajman and the fertile surrounds of Ras al-Khaimah.
Splash out
Uber-luxury experiences on offer in Dubai include a stay at the 'seven-star' Burj al Arab (perhaps arriving via the rooftop helipad), paying $30,000 a night for an entire floor at Raffles Dubai, a desert safari in a Mercedes G-Wagen, or a $135 Wagyu tenderloin at Jumeirah Emirates Towers.
Dine in a big-name restaurant
Eating well isn't difficult in the Gulf. International celebrity chefs have long recognized its appeal as a foodie destination, with the likes of Jamie Oliver, Pierre Gagnaire and Marco Pierre White all putting their name to local restaurants. For a high-end culinary experience in a memorable setting, meanwhile, seek out a highly prized table at Nobu at Dubai's Atlantis, The Palm. atlantisthepalm.com
Visit a souk
Nothing in the Gulf sums up the atmosphere of Arabia more readily than its oldest markets. Muscat's Muttrah Souk, where the aroma of frankincense adds to the sense of portside exoticism, is the perfect example. It's somewhere to browse tiny stalls selling Omani silver and embroidered textiles, before losing yourself in winding lanes infused with sunbeams and spices.
Enjoy traditional cuisine
Doha's Souq Waqif is a warren of shopping lanes and shisha lounges, as well as home to lots of wonderful traditional restaurants. Immerse yourself in soft lamplight, live Arabic music and exotic decor and enjoy the flavors of the Gulf and Middle East. It's a chance to sample the myriad delights of a mezze menu, such as kibbeh (spiced meat), tabbouleh and baba ghanoush.
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Progesterone vs. synthetic progestins and the risk of breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
© The Author(s). 2016
- Received: 14 August 2015
- Accepted: 22 June 2016
- Published: 26 July 2016
Use of menopausal hormonal therapy (MHT)-containing estrogen and a synthetic progestin is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer. It is unclear if progesterone in combination with estrogen carries a lower risk of breast cancer. Limited data suggest differences between progesterone and progestins on cardiovascular risk factors, including cholesterol and glucose metabolism. Whether this translates to differences in cardiovascular outcomes is uncertain. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to synthesize the existing evidence about the effect of progesterone in comparison to synthetic progestins, each in combination with estrogens, on the risk of breast cancer and cardiovascular events.
We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and Scopus through 17 May 2016 for studies that enrolled postmenopausal women using progesterone vs. synthetic progestins and reported the outcomes of interest. Study selection and data extraction were performed by two independent reviewers. Meta-analysis was conducted using the random effects model.
We included two cohort studies and one population-based case-control study out of 3410 citations identified by the search. The included studies enrolled 86,881 postmenopausal women with mean age of 59 years and follow-up range from 3 to 20 years. The overall risk of bias of the included cohort studies in the meta-analysis was moderate. There was no data on cardiovascular events. Progesterone was associated with lower breast cancer risk compared to synthetic progestins when each is given in combination with estrogen, relative risk 0.67; 95 % confidence interval 0.55–0.81.
Observational studies suggest that in menopausal women, estrogen and progesterone use may be associated with lower breast cancer risk compared to synthetic progestin.
- Progesterone
- Synthetic progestins
- Breast cancer
- Cardiovascular events
- Systematic review
- Meta-analysis
Menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) is highly effective for the treatment of symptoms related to menopause [1]. MHT regimens typically include estrogen and, for women with an intact uterus, a progestin to protect the endometrium from hyperplasia caused by unopposed estrogen. A number of US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved hormone preparations are available for treatment of women with menopausal symptoms [2]. The biochemistry, metabolism, and both beneficial and harmful effects of the various synthetic progestins differ widely from native progesterone and from each other [3].
Micronized progesterone is a bioidentical hormone with a molecular structure identical to that of endogenous progesterone produced by the ovary. Synthetic progestins have a different chemical structure from progesterone. These compounds mimic some of the effects of progesterone but may have different actions on progesterone receptors [4]. Synthetic progestins may be structurally related to progesterone (e.g., medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA), dydrogesterone) or to testosterone (e.g., levonorgestrel, drospirenone) with differing potency and pharmacokinetics. The physiologic effects of a particular progestin depend not only on these properties but also on receptor binding. In addition to binding to progesterone receptors, these compounds may also have an affinity for androgen, glucocorticoid, and mineralocorticoid receptors [5].
Although some data suggest that MHT increases the risk of breast cancer [6], the risk of breast cancer may differ depending on the type of MHT used. For example, MHT containing conjugated equine estrogens (CEE) and medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) has been associated with increased risk of breast cancer compared to CEE alone [7]. Further, breast cancer risk may vary between regimens containing different progestins, with some synthetic progestins exhibiting greater risk than others [8]. The effects of progesterone have been shown to be growth-promoting, neutral, or anti-proliferative in breast cells, whereas in women, synthetic progestins, especially the combination of CEE and MPA, have been found to be growth-promoting [9]. In contrast to progestins, progesterone in combination with estrogen has not been associated with increased breast cancer [8]. Emerging evidence suggests that the progesterone receptor acts as a modulator of estrogen receptor α (ERα) binding and transcription, blocking estrogen-mediated cell proliferation. The presence of progesterone receptors in breast cancer that are positive for ERα is associated with positive clinical outcomes [10].
Progesterone and synthetic progestins also demonstrate varied effects on lipids, coagulation factors, glucose, and insulin and may therefore differentially impact cardiovascular risk, though data are sparse [11].
The PEPI trial previously demonstrated that, when combined with CEE, progesterone, unlike MPA, did not negate the positive effects of CEE on high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) [7]. A recent randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial utilizing 300 mg of progesterone daily showed no adverse changes in endothelial function, blood pressure, weight, or markers of inflammation or coagulation. Although HDL-C was decreased on treatment, the change was not believed to be clinically relevant [12]. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to synthesize the existing evidence about the effect of progesterone compared to synthetic progestins on the risk of breast cancer and cardiovascular disease.
A predefined protocol was developed by experts from the Endocrine Society to conduct this systematic review. The protocol included explicit criteria for study selection and plans for the data extraction and analysis. We followed the standards set in the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis (PRISMA) [13] statement for reporting this review as shown in Additional file 1. This systematic review was submitted for PROSPERO registration but it did not meet registration requirement.
Eligibility criteria
We included comparative/controlled studies that enrolled women aged 45–59 years who were within 10 years of menopause and received MHT. The studies had to compare estrogen with progesterone (crystalline progesterone preparations) with any of the synthetic progestins in combination with estrogen and report outcomes of interest for a follow-up period ≥6 months. The outcomes of interest were the risk of breast cancer and cardiovascular disease. We excluded non-comparative studies, case series, and non-original papers.
Literature search
The search included the electronic databases of MEDLINE, MEDLINE in-process and other non-indexed citations, EMBASE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and Scopus. We expanded the search to include all languages, with the latest date of inclusion to be 17 May 2016. The database search was conducted by an experienced Mayo Clinic reference librarian. Controlled vocabulary supplemented with keywords was used to search for comparative studies of progesterone vs. synthetic progestins and risk of breast cancer and cardiac events. A manual search for the included studies' bibliographies and previous relevant systematic review were also conducted. A detailed search strategy is described in the Additional file 2.
Study selection
Using an online reference management system DistillerSR (Distiller SR, Evidence Partners Incorporated, Ontario, Canada), abstracts and titles that resulted from the electronic search strategy were independently evaluated by two reviewers for potential eligibility, and the full-text versions of all potentially eligible studies were obtained. Two reviewers working independently considered the full-text reports for eligibility. The level of agreement between the two reviewers (k level) was 0.7 and 0.8 for abstract screening and full-text screening, respectively. Disagreements were harmonized by consensus and, if not possible, by consensus through arbitration by a third reviewer.
Data extraction
Using a standardized, piloted, and web-based form (Distiller SR; Evidence Partners Inc.), two reviewers independently extracted data from each study and later reconciled differences, if present. Reviewers determined the methodological quality of studies and collected descriptive, methodological, and outcome data. We extracted the following variables from the studies: study characteristics (study design, inclusion and exclusion criteria), baseline characteristics, and patient demographics, and outcome data.
Risk of bias assessment
We used a modified Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) [14] to appraise the risk of bias of the observational studies. The quality of evidence was evaluated using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) [15] methods.
Data synthesis and statistical analysis
We extracted or calculated the relative risk (RR) of the outcomes of interest with 95 % confidence interval (CI). The I 2 statistic was used to assess heterogeneity of the treatment effect among studies for each outcome. I 2 value >50 % and p value <0.10 of the Cochrane Q test suggested substantial heterogeneity that is due to real differences in study populations, protocols, interventions, and/or outcomes. Publication bias was not assessed due to the small number of the studies included. The statistical analyses using DerSimonian and Laird random effects model were performed with CMA version 2 (Biostat, Englewood, New Jersey).
Description of included studies
Study population
Age (mean) ±SD
Group 1
Group 2
Type and route of estrogen
Follow-up (mean) in years
Espie et al. [16]
4949 postmenopausal women were included in two groups: exposed group, 2693 postmenopausal women who were receiving MHT or who stopped <5 years, and unexposed group, 2256 postmenopausal women who had never received MHT or who had stopped >5 years.
MHT regimes were estradiol alone (351 postmenopausal women), estradiol + natural progesterone and estradiol + synthetic progestins (excluding medroxyprogesterone acetate and 19-nortestosterone derivatives)
60.6 ± 6.3 for exposed group, 64.2 ± 8.3 for unexposed group
Estradiol + natural progesterone
Estradiol + synthetic progestins (excluding medroxyprogesterone acetate and 19-nortestosterone derivatives)
Estradiol transdermal in 78 % and oral in 22 %
Breast cancer risk
Fournier et al. 2008 [8]
80,377 postmenopausal women were included in two groups: MHT never-users with 23,703 postmenopausal women and MHT ever-users with 56,674 postmenopausal women.
MHT regimes were estrogen alone, estrogen + progesterone, estrogen + dydrogesterone, estrogen + other progestins, weak estrogens and other unknown MHT
(almost exclusively estradiol compounds)
55.0 ± 4.8 for MHT never-users, 52.3 ± 4.1 for MHT ever-users
Estrogen + progesterone (almost exclusively estradiol compounds)
Estrogen + synthetic progestins (almost exclusively estradiol compounds)
Postmenopausal women received either oral or transdermal estrogen (% not reported)
Breast cancer risk
Cordina-Duverger et al. 2013 [17]
1555 postmenopausal woman, 739 cases treated with combined estrogen and progestagen. 816 controls
Range (25–75)
Estrogen + progesterone: 25 cases and 34 controls
Estrogen + synthetic progestins : 55 cases and 43 controls
Not specified
Breast cancer risk
The effect of progesterone vs. synthetic progestins in combination with estrogen on breast cancer incidence
Group 1
Incidence of breast cancer in group 1
Group 2
Incidence of breast cancer in group 2
Relative risk (RR)
95 % confidence interval (95 % CI)
Espie et al. 2007 [16]
Estradiol + progesterone
Estradiol + synthetic progestina
Fournier et al. 2008 [8]
Estrogen + progesterone (almost exclusively estradiol compounds)
129/40,537 person-years
Estrogen + synthetic progestin (almost exclusively estradiol compounds)
635/135,288 person-years
Estrogen + progesterone (almost exclusively estradiol compounds)
129/40,537 person-years
Estrogen + synthetic progestinb (almost exclusively estradiol compounds)
606/128,253 person-years
The relative risk (95 %) for breast cancer according to the route of administration of estradiol and the type of progestogen used
Study name
Type of MHT
Synthetic progestins
Espie et al. 2007 [16]
Oral estradiol
0.81 (0.23–2.85)
Transdermal estradiol
0.46 (0.13–1.62)
1.07 (0.50–2.27)
Risk of bias assessment of the included studies
Representativeness of the exposed cohort
Selection of the non-exposed cohort
Ascertainment of exposure
Outcome of interest was not present at start of study
Comparability of cohorts
Assessment of outcome
Adequacy of follow-up cohort
Espie et al. 2007 [16]
Somehow representative
Drawn from the same community
No description
Study control for most important factors
No description
Fournier et al. 2008 [8]
Somehow representative
Drawn from the same community
Written self-report questionnaires
Study control for most important factors
Self-report questionnaires or files of health insurance plan. (Pathology reports were obtained in 96 % of cases)
We also identified a population-based case-control study that reported similar results. The study showed no significant increased risk of breast cancer among women treated with progesterone in combination with estrogen, odds ratio (OR) 0.80 (CI 95 % 0.44–1.43). However, there was a non-significantly increased risk of breast cancer among users of estrogen with synthetic progestins, OR 1.57 (95 % CI 0.99–2.49) [17].
Based on this systematic review and meta-analysis, progesterone may be associated with lower breast cancer risk compared to synthetic progestins, when each is given in combination with estrogen. No studies have been found reporting on the risk of cardiovascular disease in postmenopausal woman receiving estrogen with progesterone vs. those who are receiving estrogen with synthetic progestins, and no previous systematic reviews have evaluated this question.
Progestin is utilized in MHT regimens for women with an intact uterus to prevent endometrial hyperplasia. Progestins used for MHT regimens can be administered orally, transdermally (patch containing norethisterone/norethindrone), or directly to the endometrium (levonorgestrel intrauterine system). While the levonorgestrel intrauterine system has been shown to be adequate for endometrial protection [18], it is not currently approved by the US FDA for this indication.
The potential role of progestins in increasing breast cancer risk associated with MHT has come under greater scrutiny after the Women's Health Initiative trial suggested increased risk of breast cancer with continuous use of CEE and MPA for greater than 5 years compared with CEE alone, which showed no increased risk [19]. In fact, CEE alone was associated with a lower risk of breast cancer than placebo after 11 years of observation [20].
Both progesterone and synthetic progestins and the dosing regimen may impact breast cancer risk. In the E3N cohort study, MHT regimens containing estrogen and progesterone or dydrogesterone were not associated with a statistically significant increase in breast cancer risk. All other progestins were associated with an increased risk, with no difference between various progestins [8]. The results of this meta-analysis (which includes the E3N study) are consistent with these findings and show a decreased risk of breast cancer associated with the use of progesterone compared with a progestin (RR = 0.67 (95 % CI 0.76–0.81)).
Progesterone and synthetic progestins may be administered continuously with estrogen or sequentially for 10–14 days per month. Some, but not all, studies comparing these regimens have shown increased risk of breast cancer with continuous dosing compared to sequential dosing [21–23]. Randomized clinical trials are needed to clarify these findings.
Clinical implications
Accumulating evidence suggests that important differences in risks and benefits exist between various MHT regimens, making individualization of MHT essential. Women with an intact uterus require the use of progesterone for endometrial protection when using systemic estrogen therapy for the management of menopausal symptoms. While an additional study is needed to confirm these results, data suggest lower risk of breast cancer with progesterone and dydrogesterone and do not support a class effect of progestins on breast cancer risk [24]. More studies are needed to define a potential difference in cardiovascular risk between progesterone and synthetic progestins.
Strengths and limitations
The strength of our review relates to following a predefined protocol, rigorous database search, and duplicate study selection and data extraction. The main limitations are the observational nature of the evidence, which lowers the confidence in the estimates, and the small number of studies included. We were unable to ascertain the presence and impact of publication bias due to the small number of studies. In terms of the individual studies, the major strength of the Fournier study [8] was the inclusion of multiple menopausal hormonal therapies: the regular follow-up implemented in the study. It was the first epidemiological study to provide results indicating that estrogen-progesterone and estrogen-dydrogesterone combinations may be the least harmful MHT in terms of breast cancer risk. However, the results cannot be translated into firm clinical recommendations. The strength of the Espie study [16] was that they studied the previous use of progestins prior to menopause. They found that it had no influence on the risk of breast cancer irrespective of whether or not the women were subsequently exposed to MHT. One limitation of that study was that it was influenced by the common practice in France in which gynecologist avoided prescribing MHT to high-risk women. Lastly, the results of this review are largely influenced by a single large study.
Observational studies suggest that in menopausal women taking estrogen, progesterone use may be associated with lower breast cancer risk compared to synthetic progestin.
MHT, menopausal hormone therapy; CEE, conjugated equine estrogens; MPA, medroxyprogesterone acetate; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; CI, confidence interval; RR, relative risk; OR, odds ratio; PRISMA, Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis; NOS, Newcastle-Ottawa Scale; GRADE, Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation
Michael Gionfriddo was supported by a CTSA Grant Number TL1 TR000137 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS). The contents of this manuscript are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH.
Authors' contributions
NA, QH, MG, and OM participated in the data collection. NA, KM, SF, and MM participated and drafted the manuscript. NA and KM performed the statistical analysis. NA, KM, and MM participated in the analysis and interpretation. SF and MM critically revised the article. SF and MM approved the final revision of the review. All authors approved the final manuscript.
Competing interests
This review was funded by a contract from the Endocrine Society. The Endocrine Society as the funder had no role in literature search, statistical analysis, or the wording of the final report. Michael Gionfriddo was supported by CTSA Grant Number TL1 TR000137 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS). The contents of this manuscript are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH.
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