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Everything You Need To Know About Tom Cruise's Wives And Their Marriage Contracts
For the third time, Tom Cruise is about to get divorced, and according to sources it was Katie Holmes' choice, because the contract is up! Isn't love grand? Run, Katie, run!
From 1987 to 1990, Cruise was married to Mimi Rogers who, apparently at the time was a big name actress. Although I've heard her name and recognized a few of the movies she's been in, I really can't confirm that I've seen any of them. After only three years together and claiming that their sexual relationship had became non-existent as Cruise flirted with the idea of not only becoming celibate, but a monk, it was then that Rogers threw in the towel. Although she never confirmed that he was gay, she never denied it either.
It was that same year, with Cruise's sexuality still being questioned by the media, he met Nicole Kidman on the set of Days of Thunder. Not long after their meeting, the two were married. Although the rumors of Cruise being gay were temporarily put on hold, a new rumor arose suggesting that Kidman and Cruise entered into a marriage contract that would result in X amount of money per child for however many years they were together. Because it is a rumor and even those who claim to confirm it have never released documentation of it, it's hard to tell fact from fiction.
In 2001, the couple divorced and if that prenup/contract was anything like that he has with Holmes then Kidman walked away with half of Cruise's fortune. However, the couple's inability to have biological kids of their own — whether because they weren't a good match genetic wise or similar to Roger's experience, Cruise quit putting it out — may have thrown a wrench in the great master plan of even more money.
In 2006, after he'd been dating around a bit, Cruise and Holmes started seeing each other and when they got hitched, it was one of the strangest unions that Hollywood had seen. On one end we had Holmes telling reporters in interviews that she'd had a crush on Cruise since she was a kid and had his poster on her bedroom wall; all while Cruise was dancing on couches on the Oprah Winfrey show as if trying to prove that he's not gay, he is in love and yes, this is a completely legitimate reunion. If that were true, then Holmes would not have turned into a Stepford Wife overnight.
Here are some bits and pieces from these alleged contracts between Kidman and Cruise, and Holmes and Cruise, because as far as anyone can tell, he didn't have one with Rogers. But again, no one knows for sure.


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Qualified undocumented students in Florida now able to pay in-state tuition
Source: USA Today, 07/15/14
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By Ben Sheffler
A new Florida law that went into effect July 1 allows the state's undocumented students to pay in-state tuition at its colleges and universities, as long as they meet certain criteria.
To qualify for in-state tuition, an undocumented student must have attended a Florida secondary school for three consecutive years, graduated high school in the same time frame and applied to colleges within 24 months of graduation.
Qualified undocumented students, however, are still considered non-residents but will receive an out-of-state fee waiver.
The number of non-resident students cannot exceed 10% of the State University System student population, so once that number is met, even undocumented students who meet the above requirements might have to pay out-of-state tuition, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. These students also aren't eligible for state financial aid.
Liana Guerra, president of the Hispanic Student Association at the University of Florida, who also formed a group last year at UF called Gators for Tuition Equity to lobby for and support in-state tuition for undocumented students, says that because the law still considers undocumented students as non-residents, it will "continue to bar a majority of Florida's undocumented population from pursuing higher education."
Many of the students that will qualify under the law were either born as U.S. citizens, but have undocumented parents, or they were brought to Florida as children and have been through the state's educational system.
"It is wrong to treat undocumented students as equal to their peers throughout K-12 and left out to dry once they graduate high school," Guerra says. "No child who grew up in America should have limited future social and economic mobility because of a decision they did not make."
One such student, Mariana Castro, came to Florida from Peru with her parents when she was 10 years old. She graduated in the top 10% of her high school class and was awarded a Bright Futures Scholarship. And then it was taken away because she's an undocumented student.
Castro, now 20, was able to attend UF last fall, but because of high costs was unable to continue in the spring. With the Bright Futures Scholarship and in-state tuition, she said she'd only have to pay approximately $3,000 for tuition each semester at UF instead of the estimated $6,000, which she called doable. According to UF's website, out-of-state undergraduate students "should add $22,278 to projected tuition/fees" for the 2014-15 school year.
Castro said she still won't be able to afford UF without the Bright Futures Scholarship and is planning to attend a community college this fall.
Florida had an estimated 950,000 undocumented immigrants in 2012, making it the third highest in the country, according to the Pew Research Center. And according to UF's website, Hispanics made up the second largest demographic of incoming freshman in 2011 at 17.5%.
Just an estimated 5 to 10% of the approximately 65,000 undocumented students who graduate high school across the country each year go on to attend college, either because they can't afford it or aren't allowed to enroll, according to the Immigration Policy Center.
"By removing this barrier to education and making college more affordable, states will be able to reduce the high school dropout rate and increase college attainment among undocumented students," Guerra says.
There are 17 other states that have laws that provide assistance to undocumented students, and Guerra points to California and Texas as models for other states.
"Both states have been providing all qualified undocumented students with in-state tuition and financial aid for over ten years while having the largest undocumented populations in the country," she says.
"This law is definitely a step in the right direction," Guerra says, "but Florida still has a long way to go in the immigrants rights movement."

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MISENHEIMER, N.C. – The King University men's basketball team opened 2014 in style as five scorers reached double figures and the Tornado made 21 three-point baskets at Pfeiffer University. The Tornado posted their best shooting output of the season in their 111-73 Conference Carolinas win over the Falcons.
King and Pfeiffer (4-8, 0-3 CC) started the game by trading baskets, and the Tornado (5-8, 2-1 CC) used an 8-2 run to gain a 10-7 lead two minutes into the contest. Shamarae Watts started the spurt with a three-point basket that evened the score at five before Malcolm St. Louis converted a layup. Hunter LeVeau followed with a triple to cap the spurt.
The Tornado lead grew to seven after James Scales drained a three-point basket and made layup, before King gradually extended their advantage. The lead reached double figures following a LeVeau triple, and he drilled another triple to spark an 8-0 run 9:23 left in the first stanza. Drew Standifer followed with a layup, and C.J. Good connected from long range to give King a 36-18 with under eight minutes to go in the first half.
A Standifer bucket gave King their largest lead of the half at 53-30 with 1:20 remaining, and King held a 53-34 lead at the break. The Tornado shot 67.7 percent from the field, and 62.5 percent from three-point range in the first half, marking their best output in a half this season. It also marked their best shooting percentage in a half since January 3, 2013 when they shot 76.9 percent from the floor, and 71.4 percent from long range against Barton College.
The break for halftime couldn't cool the Tornado offense down as they opened the second stanza on a 10-0 run. St. Louis made a layup, and Michael Fortune followed with a three-point basket before Scottie Hendricks capped the spurt with another triple four minutes into the half.
The King lead grew to as many as 35 twice, following three-point baskets by Fortune with five minutes left and Good with just over a minute remaining. The Tornado ultimately took the game 111-73 following King's 21st triple of the night, this one coming off of LeVeau's hand.
With the 21 three-point baskets, the Tornado have now made at least 20 triples in a game three times this season. The Tornado shot a season-best 63.5 percent from the floor and 58.3 percent from long range, besting their marks of 54.2 and 52.9, both of which came against Mars Hill University. King also dished out 32 assists, marking their most dimes of the season, and the first time they reached the 30-assist plateau since the 2010-11 season.
Five King scorers reached double figures for the second time this season. LeVeau led this group with 20 points while Standifer followed with a season-high 17. Good followed with 16 points while St. Louis poured in a career-high 15 points. Hendricks chipped in with 11 points. LeVeau also grabbed a game-high seven rebounds, and Fortune dished out eight assists.
Mike Smith led Pfeiffer with 26 points while A.J. Clark followed with 20.
The Tornado will be in action again on Wednesday when they travel to University of Mount Olive. Tipoff from Mount Olive, N.C., is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.


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Gaines Adams inactive, as expected
By Vaughn McClure
Bears general manager Jerry Angelo admitted he probably didn't make any friends on the defensive line by trading for defensive end Gaines Adams. Well, at least the trade won't cause any rotation issues this week.
Adams is inactive for Sunday's game against Atlanta, Angelo confirmed. He should make his debut next Sunday against the Bengals.
The other inactives for the Bears include Hunter Hillenmeyer, Adrian Peterson, D.J. Moore, Jarron Gilbert, Lance Louis, Matt Toeaina, and Juaquin Iglesias.
Defensive tackle Israel Idonije will play almost two weeks after having his left knee scoped.
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SHENZHEN, China – One year after his stunning debut at the Masters, Chinese 15-year-old golfer Guan Tianlang is growing accustomed to being in the spotlight.
Guan looked composed and confident as he shot a 1-under 71 in the first round of the China Open on Thursday in front of a gallery that grew to more than 100 spectators midway through the front nine.
The teenager's star has risen quickly in China since his breakthrough at Augusta National, where at the age of 14, he became the youngest golfer to make the cut at the Masters.
At this time last year, he had about 25,000 followers on Sina weibo, China's version of Twitter - not bad for a high school student. Now he's up to 2,700,000, and counting.
At the China Open on Thursday, Guan, still an amateur, drew as many onlookers as the No. 3-ranked player in the world, Swede Henrik Stenson, playing two groups ahead of him.
Walking to the 5th tee, several young women raced ahead of him on the path and turned quickly to snap photos with their camera phones as he strolled by. A nicely hit approach shot was greeted with calls of 'Nice shot' in Mandarin on the 5th hole; a near-miss on a birdie putt minutes later elicited a disbelieving groan from the crowd.
Through it all, Guan appeared unfazed by the attention, unlike his far more experienced playing partner, Morten Orum Madsen of Denmark, who barked at the crowd at one point for taking photos during his swing.
''I think it feels good to play at home,'' said Guan, who is from nearby Guangzhou. ''It's not far away from my hometown and (I'm) used to the conditions here so I feel good.''
Despite his recent celebrity, Guan has tried to strike a balance between his blossoming golf career and being a normal teenager.
He spends most of the Chinese school year in class and takes his schoolwork with him when he's on the road so he doesn't fall too far behind.
Last year, he played in four PGA Tour events after the Masters, making the cut once at the Zurich Classic, where he finished 71st. He didn't repeat his title at the Asia-Pacific Amateur in October, which means he missed a repeat performance at Augusta National this year.
He's playing a tournament in Guangzhou next week and then plans to take a few months off to get back to classes. He's in no rush to turn pro, either.
''I think definitely I'm on the right progress. Last year, I have a great tournament (at the Masters) and have a lot of great experience, and starting with this year, we think we don't want to play too much tournaments at first,'' he said. ''I think it's pretty good to not playing too much tournaments to focus on improving myself.''


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Back in the early '80's Raul began his Lowriding days by cruising around with some of his friends. "One of them had a '78 Monte Carlo, and I told myself that one day I would own one and build it the way I wanted," says the longtime Lowrider. The opportunity to own one came to him five years ago when he spotted this Monte Carlo for sale in Orange County. "I ended up getting the car for only $1,800 and I immediately started working on it," says Raul. The build followed several steps. Tony out of Compton, CA installed the two chrome pumps with eight Diehard batteries and four switches. Kali, out in Lynwood, CA, reinforced some of the Monte's pressure points in his garage and Javier Molina, from Compton, CA, took care of the bodywork before spray painting it pure gold and adding custom flake. Once Javier was done, Curly, out of Paramount, CA, added the pinstripes on the car. With the car's exterior looking close to complete, Jose, at Riding Duty in Gardena, CA, stitched together the vinyl, suede, and leather interior. Chilo of Compton, CA installed the Kenwood deck with two Pioneer amps and two JL Audio subwoofers. When it was time to finish off the build, Speedy, at Speedy's Metal Finishing in Long Beach, CA, took care of all the chrome found throughout the Monte Carlo. "I want to dedicate this car to the memory of my compadre, Hugo Sixtos. He will always be in my memory for all his support and help putting my car together. Hugo passed away on September 4, 2011 in a car accident, and he will always be missed by my family, friends, and all the Our Style club members from Los Angeles," says Raul. You've given him a great dedication indeed, Raul.
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Nashua downs Lebanon, wins Jr. Legion title
August 06. 2013 9:41PM
Tournament MVP Ricky Constant pitched a complete game two-hitter to lead Nashua past Lebanon 5-2 for the New Hampshire American Legion Junior Baseball Tournament championship at Concord's Memorial Field Tuesday.
Earlier in the day Josh Weiss pitched a complete game four-hitter to lead Lebanon past Exeter, 6-1.
Constant struck out eight batters and was supported by a five-run, third inning rally.
Sam McCarthy belted a two-run single followed by RBI doubles from Pat McDonnell and Jake Butler. Constant also contributed a sacrifice fly. Caleb Broughton drove in Lebanon's two runs with a fifth inning single.
Lebanon pitcher Chase Hussey suffered the loss. He fanned seven and allowed eight hits in seven innings.
In the first game Weiss walked six and fanned three for the mound win. Ben Robinson, Bryar Roulliard, Brady Bates and Sam Hastings each had two hits for Lebanon. Gavin Daigneault had two hits for Exeter.


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By Edward Krudy
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The race for New York City comptroller is now a dead heat between Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and Eliot Spitzer, the disgraced former New York governor, as a series of high-profile endorsements have apparently helped Stringer close the gap.
The two candidates for the Democratic nomination are neck-and-neck at 46 points, according to the latest Quinnipiac University poll released on Thursday. The previous poll on August 14 showed Spitzer with a 19-point lead over Stringer.
Spitzer's near-celebrity status and name recognition helped him surge in the polls after entering the race as a latecomer against the little-known Stringer.
But following two live television debates, endorsements from city newspapers and public figures, the latest results indicated New Yorkers were becoming more familiar and more comfortable with Stringer.
"If the polls now show that the race between Spitzer and Stringer is neck-and-neck, my instinct would be that it is highly likely Scott Stringer will win," said Harrison Goldin, who was comptroller for 16 years. He has endorsed Stringer.
The comptroller manages the city's $140 billion public pension fund, reviews the city's $70 billion budget, and has audit powers over a myriad of city agencies.
This will likely be the last Quinnipiac poll on the comptroller's race before the primary vote on September 10. The winner will face John Burnett, who is unopposed as the Republican candidate, on November 5.
John Liu, the incumbent comptroller is not running for a second term. He is running in the Democratic primary for mayor.
Faced with a cool response from the Democratic establishment, Spitzer, who resigned as governor after a prostitution scandal in 2008, has cast himself as an outsider who can change a broken system.
At the same time he has cast his opponent as a creature of the establishment, more interested in political ties than reforming the system.
Spitzer has also seen his strong lead among black voters weakened, according to the poll. They back Spitzer by 52 points to 40 points for Stringer, compared with 68 points versus 21 points in the middle of August.
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It might be surprising, but the Good Doctor has much in common with a long-haul truck (aka lorry) driver. He goes where he's needed, when he's needed, covering thousands of miles. (Although his "when" has a bit of a different flavor.) His vehicle is his home most of the time, and he's constantly moving. Hot showers and good meals are never guaranteed. He picks up hitchhikers on the way who travel for part of the journey with him. And he has a special relationship with his mode of transportation that only he can have.
Of course, there's no way he'd ever fill out his logbook, although the requirement for examination by a doctor every two years wouldn't be a problem. When you, too, are ready to go over-the-road, maybe it's time for you to pick up this TARDIS Trucker Hat. This 6-panel, meshback baseball cap has an adjustable snapback closure, and looks like the TARDIS on the front. We strongly suggest that you don't point out that every load is, by definition, LTL (Less Than TARDISLoad).
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Skip to comments.Iranian Alert -- DAY 39 -- LIVE THREAD PING LIST
Posted on 07/18/2003 12:00:58 AM PDT by DoctorZIn
The regime is working hard to keep the news about the protest movment in Iran from being reported.
From jamming satellite broadcasts, to prohibiting news reporters from covering any demonstrations to shutting down all cell phones and even hiring foreign security to control the population, the regime is doing everything in its power to keep the popular movement from expressing its demand for an end of the regime.
These efforts by the regime, while successful in the short term, do not resolve the fundamental reasons why this regime is crumbling from within.
Iran is a country ready for a regime change. If you follow this thread you will witness, I believe, the transformation of a nation. This daily thread provides a central place where those interested in the events in Iran can find the best news and commentary.
Please continue to join us here, post your news stories and comments to this thread.
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My wife made comment some months ago, something to the effect that this is a special insult. Perhaps others here could enlighten us more.
If this isn't true, why wouldn't they issue a denial?
As you are sitting at your computer complaining about the hot weather, someone in Iran is desperately trying to find their loved ones. Someone has disappeared that they love and they fear that the government has taken them into to custody. The likelihood they will survive is minimal.
As you are contemplating your plans for tonight, Iranian students are gearing up for another night of clashes.
As you are contemplating your plans for the weekend, many of those students will be taken into custody because of their protest from Friday night.
As another day falls away and the sun sets, Iranian students and their families are left wondering if the rest of the world is hearing them.
As our politicians set out to get themselves re-elected next year, another Iranian student will be "lost to the cause" because of the government's crackdown.
As dangers gather around the world, the group of people that can really help them are already in Iraq helping a freed country.
As you wonder why nobody cares about Iran in the media, imagine how the Iranian students feel each and every night.
If the most you can do is pray, than do it. Pray for the safety of these students and their families. Say a praise to God for the courage and bravery of this generation.
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Being smacked with a shoe is a high form of insult in the Arab world. Recall the footage of the Iraqi man taking off his shoe and smacking Sadaam's portrait with it.
I guess it comes from the days when shoes could be expected to be encrusted with camel and goat dung.
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Ian Somerhalder: One Million Twitter Followers!
Ian Somerhalder and girlfriend Nina Dobrev make their way through LAX Airport to catch a departing flight on Monday (August 8) in Los Angeles.
The night before, the Vampire Diaries co-stars and cast mate Paul Wesley attended the Teen Choice Awards, where their CW show picked up five awards!
"Teen Choice was a awesome- thank you for the support. You really are amazing to us, thank you!" Ian tweeted.
The 32-year-old actor also recently reached more than one million followers on Twitter.
"1,000,000 amazing people talking to each other on twitter. Thank you all so much. Having a million friends is a very very cool thing!" he wrote in another tweet.
FYI: Nina is carrying a green "Gatsby Exotic" bag by Longchamp.
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Abstract: The Southern Governors' Association, formerly the Southeastern Governors' Conference, is a regional association of state governors that was founded in 1934 to represent the common interests of chief executives of the southern states and to provide a vehicle for promoting those interests. The collection consists of annual meeting transcripts and programs, annual reports, and other related publications. Materials span 1983-2010 and cover such topics as aging, agriculture, banking, business, climate change, diversity and race issues, drug prevention, economic development trends, education, emergency response management, energy, environmental concerns, finance, globalization, government, health care, infant mortality, housing and urban development, immigration, industry regulation, international relations with Latin American and African nations, national and international politics, poverty, the prison system, regional challenges and cooperation, technology, tourism, trade, transportation, and welfare reform. Annual meeting speakers include southern governors and other politicians, academicians, and military and business leaders.
Repository: Southern Historical Collection
Collection Highlights: Materials in the collection cover a vast number of topics, including race relations and diversity. Annual Meetings discuss issues such as race and diversity (Folders 28-29) and include prominent African American politicians as speakers, including Marian Wright Edelman and Andrew Young. Folder 84 also contains a 1993 report on the "African Heads of State" summit for that year.


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Ai Kijima's pop art-inspired works feature cartoon characters collaged into layered quilts, which appear as both safety blankets and menacing meditations on global culture. Born in Japan and based in New York, Kijima begins each piece by searching through her extensive trove of textile scraps cut from bed sheets or curtains designed for children. Kijima sews the fabric pieces into kaleidoscopic quilts brimming with energy and visual information. The collaged images fail to cohere into any linear narrative but create a snapshot of juvenilia from different parts of the world. Her arrangements draw out existing threads in the images, exaggerating the codes of gender, nationality, and violence laced into the cartoons by their corporate authors.
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Duck Confit? Yes. Mac and Cheese? Yes. Add Maker's Mark® to all that? Pure magic. This made-from-scratch mac and cheese is well worth the effort. If you don't have time to make your own duck confit, you can usually find cooked legs online or in your gourmet grocer's meat section.
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- 4 cups duck fat
- 3/4 cup Maker's Mark® Bourbon
- 2 cups smoked gouda cheese, coarsely grated
- 1-1/2 cups extra-sharp cheddar cheese, coarsely grated
- 1 cup fresh chévre (un-aged goat cheese), crumbled
- 5 tablespoons duck fat, reserved from confit
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 3 teaspoons fresh thyme, minced
- 2 teaspoons fresh sage, minced
- 3/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 4 cups whole milk
- 2 cups shredded or pulled duck confit meat, packed full
- 1-3/4 cups fresh breadcrumbs made from crust-less French baguette
- 1 pound dry penne or macaroni pasta
- 8 teaspoons heavy cream, if assembling the cups the day before serving
- For Duck Confit, sprinkle 1 tablespoon of salt in the bottom of a dish or plastic container large enough to hold the duck pieces in a single layer.
- Evenly scatter half the garlic, shallots and thyme in the container.
- Arrange the duck, skin-side up, over the salt mixture, then sprinkle with the 2 tablespoons salt, garlic, shallots, thyme and a little pepper.
- Cover and refrigerate for 1–2 days.
- Preheat the oven to 225°F.
- Melt the duck fat in a small saucepan.
- Under cold water, rinse the salt and seasonings off the duck.
- Next, pat them dry with paper towel, thoroughly.
- Once dry, arrange the duck pieces in a single snug layer in a high-sided baking dish or ovenproof saucepan.
- Pour the melted fat over the duck (the duck pieces should be covered by fat), and place the confit in the oven.
- Cook the confit slowly, until the duck is tender and can be easily pulled from the bone.
- Remove the confit from the oven, then cool and store the duck in the fat. (The confit will keep in the refrigerator for several weeks, and you can reuse the strained duck fat, once poured into a container and cooled.)
- For Mac and Cheese, preheat oven to 375°F.
- Mix all cheeses.
- Set aside 1 cup for topping in a separate bowl; cover and chill.
- Melt 4 tablespoons duck fat in large saucepan over medium heat.
- Add flour and stir until mixture turns golden hue, about 4 minutes.
- Deglaze with bourbon by pouring it in.
- Reduce the bourbon by half.
- Add the thyme, sage, nutmeg, 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper.
- Gradually whisk in milk and heavy cream.
- Simmer until thickened and smooth, stirring often, about 4 minutes.
- Add cheeses from large bowl.
- Stir until melted and smooth.
- Gently fold in the 2 cups of pulled duck confit meat until well combined.
- Set aside.
- Adjust seasoning to your liking.
- Melt the remaining tablespoon of duck fat in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat.
- Add the breadcrumbs; toss.
- Stir until golden, about 2 minutes.
- Transfer to plate.
- Cook pasta in boiling salted water until tender but firm to bite.
- Drain.
- Transfer to large bowl.
- Pour cheese and confit sauce over; toss.
- Divide among eight 1-1/4 cup custard cups/ramekins.
- Sprinkle with the reserved cheese.
- Place cups on rimmed baking sheet.
- Cover with foil; chill for 1 hour.
- Uncover, drizzle each with 1 teaspoon cream.
- Cover with foil; bake 15 minutes, chill.
- Uncover, then sprinkle partially baked chilled or just assembled cups with breadcrumbs.
- Bake pasta until beginning to bubble and tops are golden, about 20 minutes.
- Serve immediately.
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THE 2001 Beltwide Cotton Production Conference's general session will feature the most intensive involvement ever by U.S. cotton industry members, especially producers.
Twenty producers from across the Cotton Belt are scheduled to share their insights on 1) the future of cotton breeding and improvement, 2) technology's role in least-cost cotton systems, 3) the role of fiber quality and 4) trends in cotton marketing.
The four panel discussions included in the meeting Jan. 10-11 in Anaheim, Calif., also will feature ginners, merchants, cooperative officials and one textile manufacturer along with research, Extension and allied industry representatives.
That session is part of the 2001 Beltwide Cotton Conferences, which are being held under a theme of "Possibilities, Progress, Promise, Jan. 9-13. The National Cotton Council is the primary forum coordinator.
"The growers on our program planning team wanted to hear about technology, technology and more technology and ways it could be used to reduce their inputs," said program coordinator Anne Wrona, who serves as the NCC's manager, cotton agronomy and physiology. "This conference will look at new technologies, such as transgenics, and at some variations of older technologies with the aim of improving the overall use of farm resources and moving growers forward to profitability."
Wrona said that while agronomic practices will be the forum's cornerstone, emphasis also will be given to ways for improving fiber quality and marketing efforts.
On Jan. 10, Lake Providence, La., producer Donna Winters will moderate a panel on which her neighbor, cotton producer Jack Hamilton, will be joined by a seed breeder, geneticists and seed company representatives in a discussion on how to ensure that needed cotton varieties are brought to market.
Another group will discuss the use of conservation tillage, gin process control, irrigation, row spacing, sod-based rotations, transgenics, precision agriculture and other technologies under development as means of least-cost cotton production and sound stewardship of resources. On that panel, moderated by NCC Board Chairman Ron Rayner, an Arizona cotton producer, will be El Campo, Texas, ginner Jimmy Roppolo and producers Ted Sheely, Lemoore, Calif.; Ken Van Loben Sels, Los Banos, Calif.; Mark Williams, Farwell, Texas; Kenneth Hood, Gunnison, Miss.; and Joseph Boddiford, Sylvania, Ga.
On Jan. 11, producers Wiley Murphy, Tucson, Ariz.; Eddie Smith, Ralls, Texas; Larry McClendon, Marianna, Ark.; and Louie Perry, Jr., Moultrie, Ga.; will join ginners Michael Hooper, Buttonwillow, Calif., and Van Murphy, Quitman, Ga., and textile manufacturer, Harding Stowe, Belmont, N.C., for a panel discussion of how agronomic and ginning practices affect fiber quality. Alabama producer Jimmy Sanford will moderate.
A panel moderated by Texas producer William Lovelady, will cover changes in marketing tools and services. Joining Gilliam, La., producer Danny Logan will be cooperative executive Bruce Groefsema, Bakersfield, Calif., and merchants Edward Price, Kinston, N.C.; Robert Weil, Montgomery, Ala.; and John Mitchell, Memphis.
Also featured in the general session will be: 1) opening remarks by NCC President Robert McLendon, a Leary, Ga., producer who will talk about progress in technology; 2) a report on Bt refugia for 2001 by Clarkedale, Ark., producer Allen Helms; and 3) Memphis merchant William B. Dunavant, Jr.'s insight into cotton's global marketplace.
Other key reports that morning will focus on: the possibilities for transgenics, risk management tools/strategies for producers, and Cotton Incorporated's production research by Corcoran, Calif., producer James Hansen.
The production conference's afternoon special sessions will focus on harvest aids, Bt cotton resistance management, cotton yield monitors, options hedging, farm management/finances, new developments from industry, crop insurance and E commerce. Workshops will be held on crop management problem solving, the World Wide Web of Cotton and the Internet, which will include free time to navigate.
The conferences also feature The Cotton Foundation technical exhibits and the 12 cotton research conferences, which will convene Jan. 12-13 in both the Hilton Anaheim and the Anaheim Marriott hotels.
The Beltwide Cotton Conferences bring cotton producers and other industry members together with others who have a stake in a healthy U.S. cotton production sector, including university and USDA researchers, Extension personnel, consultants and allied product and service providers.


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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 10 (UPI)–Clint Eastwood's estranged wife Dina has withdrawn the documents she filed for legal separation, UsMagazine.com reported Thursday.
Dina, 48, filed for legal separation Sept. 9, but returned two days later to have the document dismissed.
The couple have been living apart since June 2012. They were married for 17 years before they split up and have one child, a 16-year-old daughter named Morgan.
UsMagazine.com said no reason was given for Dina's change of heart to withdraw the separation papers, a move that came just as Clint, 83, was photographed with his new girlfriend, Erica Tomlinson-Fisher.


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by Susan Mikula Campbell
Wheatfield Supervisor Bob Cliffe is once again trying to implement something he has been saying is needed in the town since he first took office - term limits.
The Town Board on Monday approved a public hearing for 7 p.m. Aug. 27 at Town Hall on Cliffe's proposal to increase the supervisor's term to four years and limit any one's service in that office to two terms, or a total of eight years.
The Town Board would have to approve a public referendum on Cliffe's proposal at the regular meeting that will immediately follow the public hearing in order to meet the deadline for November's general election.
"Eight years is plenty of time, then it's time for somebody else with new ideas to come on board," Cliffe said. "I have always felt that positions of power need to have clear limits."
Historically, Wheatfield has had three supervisors who have served more than eight years, most recently, Cliffe's predecessor Tim Demler.
Cliffe, who is in his second two-year term, said another benefit is being limited to two four-year terms would mean a supervisor, once elected, would only have to go out looking for election money one time. Money can be a problem and a corrupting influence, he noted.
He also pointed out that members of the Town Board primarily get their information from the supervisor.
"If I start to think I'm too important, I could stop working in the interest of the taxpayers and homeowners," he said.
In other matters:
•The board decided to accept the YMCA's proposal to use the town's Youth Center/gym for day programming from September through June at a rental rate of $800 per month. The town attorney, board liaisons and recreation director will work on a final contract for implementing the YMCA's proposal.
The town had also considered a proposal submitted by the YWCA.
Cliffe said the two proposals were similar in many ways, but the YMCA program had more programs for senior citizens. Also, the YMCA currently operates a summer camp at the Wheatfield Youth Center.
"We already have experience with the YMCA and know we can work well with them," Cliffe said.
The YMCA's programs for children and adults will offer preference to Wheatfield residents.
Cliffe said the arrangement is an opportunity to use the facility at times when it is usually empty at no additional cost to taxpayers.
•The board approved a request by Building Inspector Joe Caturia to establish fees for renewing building, electrical and plumbing permits for unfinished projects. The first year extension would be $20 for each permit area and the second year extension would be $45 for each area.
Caturia also noted that his department has been enforcing the town's new sign law, primarily in the Niagara Falls Boulevard and Williams Road area. He said about 30 to 40 violation notices have already been sent out from his office in an attempt to clean up that area.


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I wrote recently about a report that a friend of mine needed from his Access database. In the first post, I used a CTE and an outer join to cull together some data, however since I wasn't sure Access would support any of that, I came up with another way.
If you read the last post, you'll have my setup code and sample data. In this one I decided to move to sub-queries as the first part of my work. I started with this:
SELECT a.date_sent 'date_sent' , ISNULL( a.five_day_call, 0) 'five_day_calls' , ISNULL( b.ten_day_call, 0) 'ten_day_calls' FROM ( SELECT date_sent , COUNT(*) 'five_day_call' FROM calls WHERE DATEDIFF(DAY, date_sent, acc_call_date) < 6 GROUP BY date_sent ) a inner JOIN ( SELECT date_sent , COUNT(*) 'ten_day_call' FROM calls WHERE DATEDIFF(DAY, date_sent, acc_call_date) < 11 GROUP BY date_sent ) b ON a.date_sent = b.date_sent go
I know this doesn't work because both queries don't have all the dates. However there was a better way, and one I should have thought of immediately. A few people noticed this in the comments to the previous post. We are looking to count records, according to some criteria. The SUM function will do this. If I run this, I get a count of calls in my 5 day window.
SELECT a.date_sent 'date_sent' , SUM( CASE WHEN DATEDIFF(DAY, date_sent, acc_call_date) < 6 THEN 1 ELSE 0)
FROM calls GROUP BY date_sent
That worked, and it's easy to understand. What SQL Server does is look through each row, and if there is a row that matches the DATEDIFF function, meaning the call back date is less than 6 days from the call date, then it returns a 1 for that row. Otherwise a 0 is returned. If I then sum the results for each day, I essentially get a count for the date since each call counts as one (or zero).
To get the final query, I can then do this, adding a column for each type of row I am looking for.
SELECT a.date_sent , SUM( CASE WHEN DATEDIFF(DAY, date_sent, acc_call_date) < 6 THEN 1 ELSE 0) 'five_day_calls' , SUM( CASE WHEN DATEDIFF(DAY, date_sent, acc_call_date) < 11 THEN 1 ELSE 0) 'ten_day_calls'
FROM dbo.Calls
GROUP BY date_sent
That produced the correct results, and it was easy to convert to Access.
Again, I'm not sure this is the most efficient way to do this, but it worked and it was an interesting problem. If you have a better way to do it, let me know.
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Winslow Homer studio to open June 23
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Winslow Homer studio to open June 23
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The Portland Museum of Art has announced the dates for its summer tours of the Winslow Homer studio in Scarborough.
The museum says it will offer tours twice daily on Mondays and Fridays from June 23 through Sept. 4. Tickets for museum members are now on sale, while tickets for the general public become available May 31.
The museum bought the building in 2006 and opened it to the public last September following a multimillion-dollar renovation. The studio overlooks the Atlantic Ocean and is where Homer lived from 1883 until his death in 1910 and where he produced some of this most notable work.


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As part of his preview for the 18th season of Major League Soccer, SI.com's Grant Wahl surveyed 19 players from around the league about various topics both on and off the field. Players were promised anonymity in response for their honest answers.
We cannot confirm if any Dynamo players were questioned for the survey, but it was nice to see some Dynamo representation in one of the answers.
When asked who is the one coach you would like to play for that is not currently your coach, Dominic Kinnear finished tied for second in the polling behind LA Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena. It's no surprise that those two coaches finished 1-2 as they are arguably two of the most successful coaches in MLS history.
A lot has been written about Kinnear over the past few days, from his longevity with the franchise to his success on the field. But it's always good to see a player, coach, executive earn praise and respect from their peers in the game.
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Artists: Timmy B
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What year did you start tattooing?
I started tattooing in 2005. It definitely wasn't the best way to start and I definitely wish I had some sort of apprenticeship, but I guess working out of people's kitchens and doing tattoo parties every weekend was one way to do it. Aside from the fact that our autoclave was a toaster oven and that I had to scrub tubes bare-handed, it at least got me somewhat into the world of tattooing.
How did you get into tattooing?
I got into tattooing because I had harassed a local kitchen magician tattooer for months after he tattooed one of my best friends in his kitchen. I was 17 and no shop was interested, so I harassed this guy until he finally agreed to show me the ropes. He would take me with him to tattoo parties and have me make line drawings for him of tattoos that he would do. Sometimes these parties lasted for upward of 12 hours, so I would be tracing and watching him all day long. He paid me $100 a day to do this and I couldn't believe that I could make that kind of money just by drawing. I was hooked. From there, he slowly taught me how to tattoo, so we would be side-by-side tattooing in people's living rooms all across western Massachusetts.
Do you have any special training?
I don't have any special art training at all. I've never learned how to draw the right way or paint or anything. my old boss, Dustin Golden, taught me how to watercolor, and that's about as formal as I got as far as art training went.
What conventions have you worked at? Have you won any awards? What are some of your best convention memories?
I've worked at way too many shows, and some have been across the globe, including France and Liverpool. I do a lot in America, in pretty much every state you can think of. Some amazing memories may be better saved for my own brain than on paper because most of them include things I would never recommend people doing. Let's just say some artists like to get a little crazy and jump off of roofs into pools or fill hot tubs with a nearby planted tree. I have been very fortunate in the award-winning category. I've won more than I ever thought I would, and I'm always humbled by it. It's very flattering, but you can't let a trophy or a piece of wood define who you are as an artist, and it by no means should make you think you're better than anyone.
How do you describe your style?
My style is something that sort of just developed over time. I loved realism for the first few years of my career and I loved new school too. Tony Ciavarro is a Massachusetts tattooer, and I was obsessed with him when I started. So I tried to do that and failed. Then I jumped into realism and really learned a lot. My style is a mix of realism, traditional, and new school, and whatever else people want to call it.
What inspires you as an artist?
As an artist I think I am inspired by everything. Nature, animals, advertisements and the ancient color theory behind them, murals and street art—even restaurant art has come into some of my tattoos before.
What sets you apart from other artists?
I think some things that set me apart as an artist—and I hope these are true—are that I always try and be humble, talkative, and nice to people. I want up-and-coming artists to be able to come up to me just like I went up to Bob Tyrrell, Nikko Hurtado, and Kyle Cotterman and be received with pleasant interaction. I don't want to be an untouchable rock star guy, and I wholeheartedly try to just be relaxed and helpful to anyone. I also always wear a disgusting red Coca-Cola hat, so that probably sets me apart the most. I think most people probably shower more too. But that's another story.
What other mediums do you work in?
The only other mediums I work in currently are watercolors. I'm about to start trying my way with some colored pencils and markers, and I'd love to learn to oil paint, but currently I'm living out of trash bags with three cats that have to live in my bedroom with me due to the imminent fear of dogs tearing them apart. So once I get on my feet and get my own place in New York, hopefully I can start painting again and experimenting a bit.
What tattoo artists do you admire most?
The artists i admire most are the ones with no egos. I don't care if you're just starting or you're super famous. I think that if you are really talented and an overall just good person that that makes you incredible to me.
What kind of tattoos do you look forward to doing?
The kind of tattoos I look forward to doing at this point are the ones where my clients really think outside of the box. I love a challenge if I feel I can do a good job with it, and I love when people have two or three ideas that you would normally never associate as being together in one piece. I also enjoy the old-fashioned morph tattoo. Throwing some antlers on a human or a duck or something—classic. Oh, and you can never go wrong with a skull of any kind. But we all know that.
Before someone gets a tattoo what advice do you give them?
Before someone gets a tattoo I'll usually just make sure they know the process really well, that they know they don't have to do anything, and you always want to make sure they've eaten and drank enough fluids, but that's all standard, I think. I'll also try and make sure they're just very mentally prepared and have a really good idea of what's about to happen. But the best advice I can give is really just to sit still and laugh at my jokes. They might suck sometimes but if I'm tattooing you, you better laugh, dammit.
Is there a tattoo that you haven't done yet that you are dying to do?
Honestly, there really isn't any tattoo i've been dying to do. I mean, I'd love to start dabbling into different styles and experimenting with new ways of approaching old things, but I'm very content with working on my clients who provide me with a list of things they like and allow me to pretty much do whatever I want with them.


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Lords to rule on overseas credit card protection
Appeal threatens confidence in e-commerce
A forthcoming decision by the House of Lords could seriously dent confidence in cross-border e-commerce. The Lords have been hearing arguments in the case this week.
The Consumer Credit Act allows shoppers to claim refunds from credit card issuers if they encounter problems with goods purchased using a card.
Section 75 of that law says the card issuer is liable as well as the supplier of goods in cases of misrepresentation or breach of contract. It covers goods of between £100 and £30,000 in value, though it only covers up to £25,000 of losses.
Credit card issuers argue this should not be the case with overseas purchases, but the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has won a case in court ruling that it does apply to foreign buys.
The House of Lords has been hearing arguments this week in an appeal against the OFT's court victory. Experts say an overturning of that decision could knock confidence in internet shopping from foreign suppliers. The Lords will not immediately publish a decision.
"The Court of Appeal judgment in March last year confirmed the OFT's view that credit card issuers are jointly liable with overseas suppliers if the consumer has a valid claim for misrepresentation or breach of contract by the supplier where the price of the purchase is above £100 but no more than £30,000," said an OFT statement. "Consumers are, therefore, currently able to make a claim against the credit card issuer as well as or instead of the overseas supplier."
The association which represents payment and credit card firms, APACS, said the use of the law to protect all foreign purchases was flawed.
"Section 75 was written for hire purchase agreements and was not designed to cover credit cards or the extensive way we now use them," said APACS director of communications Sandra Quinn.
"This current case tests the validity of an interpretation by the Court of Appeal, which gives card issuers an open-ended liability to provide insurance for customers, not only for the amount of a transaction undertaken abroad but also for any consequential loss.
"Pending a decision card companies will continue to meet their legal obligations to honour these section 75 claims but the industry looks forward to having clarification of the law which has been unclear for far too long," said Quinn.
In 2004, the OFT asked the High Court to clarify once and for all whether the law applied to overseas purchases. The High Court said it did not. The Appeals Court, though, reversed that decision.
"There is nothing in section 75(1) or (2) that provides for a distinction to be drawn between transactions entered into in this country and transactions entered into abroad, to say nothing of transactions entered into on the internet, the place of which may be quite difficult to determine," said Lord Justice Waller in that ruling.
A judgment from the House of Lords usually follows six to eight weeks after the case has been heard.
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Lindsay Lohan in 'Liz & Dick'
Grant Bowler and Lindsay Lohan as the famous couple as they filmed 1963's epic "Cleopatra," a critical and financial disaster for 20th Century Fox. The pair met on the set and had a notorious affair that became an international scandal and soon ended both of their marriages. Taylor had been married to her fourth husband, singer Eddie Fisher, and Burton was married to Sybil Burton.
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(Reuters) - Commercial shipping traffic on the Mississippi River north of St. Louis was restored late on Tuesday when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed emergency repairs to a lock gate damaged by a boat earlier in the day.
Army Corps spokesman Mike Petersen said on Wednesday that 15 barge tows containing 85 barges were waiting to pass through the lock at 9:30 a.m. CST (10.30 a.m. ET). He said a queue of 19 tows containing 142 barges had formed before the lock reopened at 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
The accident at Lock 27 near Granite City, Illinois, the system's busiest lock, occurred early on Tuesday in the auxiliary chamber. It is the only operational lock as the larger main chamber is closed for scheduled repairs until March.
Although vessel traffic on what is known as the mid-Mississippi River was seasonally slow, the lock closure was the latest logistics headache for shippers that rely on the inland waterways system to haul billions of dollars of grain, coal, fertilizer and other commodities.
Low water along a busy stretch between St. Louis and Cairo, Illinois, has been threatening to disrupt traffic on the drought-drained river since December.
Dredging operations have slowed traffic at various points of the river for months.
A six-mile stretch at Thebes, Illinois, has been closed for 16 hours a day since December as the Army Corps works to remove river-bottom rock pinnacles that pose a threat to boats during low water conditions.
(Reporting by Karl Plume in Chicago; Editing by Grant McCool)


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Traders at some of the world's biggest banks manipulated benchmark foreign-exchange rates used to set the value of trillions of dollars of investments, according to five dealers with knowledge of the practice.
Employees have been front-running client orders and rigging WM/Reuters rates by pushing through trades before and during the 60-second windows when the benchmarks are set, said the current and former traders, who requested anonymity because the practice is controversial. Dealers colluded with counterparts to boost chances of moving the rates, said two of the people, who worked in the industry for a total of more than 20 years.
The behavior occurred daily in the spot foreign-exchange market and has been going on for at least a decade, affecting the value of funds and derivatives, the two traders said. The Financial Conduct Authority, Britain's markets supervisor, is considering opening a probe into potential manipulation of the rates, according to a person briefed on the matter.
"The FX market is like the Wild West," said James McGeehan, who spent 12 years at banks before co-founding Framingham, Massachusetts-based FX Transparency LLC, which advises companies on foreign-exchange trading, in 2009. "It's buyer beware."
The $4.7-trillion-a-day currency market, the biggest in the financial system, is one of the least regulated. The inherent conflict banks face between executing client orders and profiting from their own trades is exacerbated because most currency trading takes place away from exchanges.
Benchmark Investigations
The WM/Reuters rates are used by fund managers to compute the day-to-day value of their holdings and by index providers such as FTSE Group and MSCI Inc. that track stocks and bonds in multiple countries. While the rates aren't followed by most investors, even small movements can affect the value of what Morningstar Inc. estimates is $3.6 trillion in funds including pension and savings accounts that track global indexes.
One of Europe's largest money managers has complained about possible manipulation to British regulators within the past 12 months, according to a person with knowledge of the matter who asked that neither he nor the firm be identified because he wasn't authorized to speak publicly.
The FCA already is working with regulators worldwide to review the integrity of benchmarks, including those used in valuing derivativesand commodities, after three lenders were fined about $2.5 billion for rigging the London interbank offered rate, or Libor. Regulators also are investigating benchmarks for the crude-oil and swaps markets.
"The FCA is aware of these allegations and has been speaking to the relevant parties," Chris Hamilton, a spokesman for the agency, said of the WM/Reuters rates.
World Markets
It may be difficult to prosecute traders for market manipulation, as spot foreign exchange, the trading of one currency with another at the current price for delivery within two days, isn't classified as a financial instrument by regulators, said Arun Srivastava, a partner at law firm Baker & McKenzie LLP in London.
The WM/Reuters rates data are collected and distributed by World Markets Co., a unit of Boston-based State Street Corp., and Thomson Reuters Corp. Bloomberg LP, the parent company of Bloomberg News, competes with New York-based Thomson Reuters in providing news and information, as well as currency-trading systems and pricing data. Bloomberg LP also distributes the WM/Reuters rates on Bloomberg terminals.
State Street hasn't been alerted to any allegations of wrongdoing involving the rate, said a person with knowledge of the matter.
Automated, Anonymous
"The process for capturing this information and calculating the spot fixings is automated and anonymous, and the rates are monitored for quality and accuracy," State Street said in an e-mailed statement. The data are derived from "multiple execution venues through a streaming rather than solicitation process," it said.
World Markets states in the methodology posted online that it doesn't guarantee the accuracy of its rates.
State Street hired London-based Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP to ensure that the rates comply with the set of draft principles for financial benchmarks published in April by global regulators following the Libor scandal, according to a person briefed on the matter.
Nick Parker, a spokesman for Freshfields, declined to comment. Thomson Reuters referred inquiries to State Street.
'Extremely Costly'
Introduced in 1994, the WM/Reuters rates provide standardized benchmarks allowing fund managers to value holdings and assess performance. The rates also are used in forwards and other contracts that require an exchange rate at settlement.
"The price mechanism is the anchor of our entire economic system," said Tom Kirchmaier, a fellow in the financial-markets group at the London School of Economics. "Any rigging of the price mechanism leads to a misallocation of capital and is extremely costly to society."
The rates are published hourly for 160 currencies and half- hourly for 21 of them. For the 21 -- major currencies from the British pound to the South African rand -- the benchmarks are the median of all trades in a minute-long period starting 30 seconds before the beginning of each half-hour.
If there aren't enough transactions between a pair of currencies during the reference period, the rate is based on the median of traders' orders, which are offers to sell or bids to buy. Rates for the other, less-widely traded currencies are calculated using quotes during a two-minute window.
Big Four
The benchmarks are based on actual trades or quotes, rather than the bank estimates used to calculate Libor. Still, they're susceptible to rigging, according to the five traders, who said they had engaged in or witnessed the practice.
While hundreds of firms participate in the foreign-exchange market, four banks dominate, with a combined share of more than 50 percent, according to a May survey by Euromoney Institutional Investor Plc. Deutsche Bank AG, based in Frankfurt, is No. 1, with a 15.2 percent share, followed by New York-based Citigroup Inc. with 14.9 percent, London-based Barclays Plc with 10.2 percent and Zurich-based UBS AG with 10.1 percent.
The traders interviewed by Bloomberg News declined to identify which banks engaged in manipulative practices and didn't specifically allege that any of the top four firms were involved. Spokesmen for Deutsche Bank, Citigroup, Barclays and UBS declined to comment.
Trading Window
As market-makers, banks execute orders to buy and sell for clients as well as trade on their own accounts.
Companies and asset managers typically ask banks to buy or sell currencies at a specified WM/Reuters fix later in the day, most commonly the 4 p.m. London close. That arrangement is open to abuse, as it gives traders a window in which they can adjust their own positions and try to move the benchmark to boost their profit, three of the dealers said.
Customers often wait until the hour before the 4 p.m. close to place large orders to minimize the opportunity for banks to trade against them, one investor and a trader said.
Index funds, which track baskets of securities from around the world each day, are particularly vulnerable because they need to place hundreds of foreign-exchange trades with banks using WM/Reuters rates, according to two money managers. The funds buy securities to match their holdings to the indexes they are required to track. The issue is most acute at the end of the month, when index-tracker funds invest new money from clients.
Concentrating Orders
By concentrating orders in the moments before and during the 60-second window, traders can push the rate up or down, a process known as "banging the close," four dealers said.
Three said that when they received a large order they would adjust their own positions knowing that their client's trade could move the market. If they didn't do so, they said, they risked losing money for their banks.
One trader with more than a decade of experience said that if he received an order at 3:30 p.m. to sell 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) in exchange for Swiss francs at the 4 p.m. fix, he would have two objectives: to sell his own euros at the highest price and also to move the rate lower so that at 4 p.m. he could buy the currency from his client at a lower price.
He would profit from the difference between the reference rate and the higher price at which he sold his own euros, he said. A move in the benchmark of 2 basis points, or 0.02 percent, would be worth 200,000 francs ($216,000), he said.
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OpenBSD 5.2-current (GENERIC.MP) #17: Fri Jan 18 17:50:43 MST 2013 email@example.com:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP
acpicpu0 at acpi0: PSS acpicpu1 at acpi0: PSS acpitz0 at acpi0: critical temperature is 65 degC acpibtn0 at acpi0: PWRB cpu0: PowerNow! K8 2500 MHz: speeds: 2500 2400 2200 2000 1800 1000 MHz pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0 0:0:0: mem address conflict 0xe0000000/0x20000000 pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "ATI RX780 Host" rev 0x00
Is any one else getting this? Does it represent failing memory?
My pcidump -v | grep 0x200:
0x001c: BAR mem 64bit addr: 0x00000000e0000000/0x20000000
0x001c: BAR mem 64bit addr: 0x00000000e0000000/0x20000000 0x001c: I/O Base: d1 I/O Limit: d1 Secondary Status: 2000 0x001c: I/O Base: e1 I/O Limit: e1 Secondary Status: 0000 0x001c: BAR io addr: 0x0000fc00/0x0004 0x001c: BAR empty (00000000) 0x001c: BAR empty (00000000) 0x001c: BAR empty (00000000) 0x001c: BAR empty (00000000) 0x001c: BAR empty (00000000) 0x001c: BAR empty (00000000) 0x001c: BAR empty (00000000) 0x001c: BAR io addr: 0x00000000/0x0004 0x001c: BAR empty (00000000) 0x001c: BAR empty (00000000) 0x001c: I/O Base: c0 I/O Limit: c0 Secondary Status: 2280 0x001c: BAR empty (00000000) 0x001c: BAR empty (00000000) 0x001c: BAR empty (00000000) 0x001c: BAR empty (00000000) 0x001c: BAR empty (00000000)
Added: Just to be sure that I was not having a hardware issue , I booted Jggimi's live fluxbox amd64 cd and the memory conflict did not show up in the 5.0 dmesg
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Good day, shep. I responded to your post on misc@ about this, since you mentioned my live media but did not explain which kernel it used.
To follow up to my comments there, I believe patch 1.96 to src/sys/dev/pci.c is a likely root cause for the message. You could prove this by building a test kernel without the patch. The remaining subsequent patch, 1.97, may or may not have a conflict if 1.96 is removed. I haven't checked this.
Patch 1.96 caught my eye first because of the log message for the patch:
Add resource tracking for PCI bus numbers. This will allow us to prevent attaching the same PCI bus twice and in the long run this will allown us to hot plug PCI busses and support CardBus on machines where the firmware doesn't assign a bus number to CardBus devices. While there, print a bit more information for memory and io conflicts.
Whether the message is correct, in that your hardware has a memory addressing conflict in how the PCI buses interconnect ... I wouldn't know.
Here's a link to the Web interface to the OpenBSD CVS repository for pci.c. From there, you can look at the patch in unified diff form ("preferred") or even in multiple colors, showing the lines of code added, edited, or removed.
Thanks for stepping in, I am just getting my feet wet with the firstname.lastname@example.com mailing lists. I usually try to come here first for problems.
I spent a good 5 hours trying to update the bios on my board, which I thought I should do before going further. There were 3 options to update the bios and the easy one to use a thumb drive (F12 during POST) did not work. I then tried to put an old floppy drive which the bios did not seem to recognize - the bios upgrade utility would not find the floppy. The floppy was not recognized by OpenBSD either. I then cleared the cmos - the thumb drive flash utility still would not come up and the floppy (I tried 3 different floppy drives and 2 cables) would not be recognized by the bios. I then found the FAQ(8) to ukc the floppy if not recognized by the kernel but given that the bios could not find it I called it a day.
I also booted the 5.2 install disk and it also had the mem conflict message - I can't believe that I had missed the error all these months. With all the trouble with the bios and floppy drive recognition I'm beginning to wonder if either the memory or mobo is going south.
The CVS log entry for 1.94 states:
Introduce pci_probe_device_hook(pci_chipset_tag_t, struct pci_attach_args *). This mandatory function will get invoked in pci_probe_device(), and allows a pci host driver to alter the pci_attach_args passed to a device when attaching. This function will also, if returning non-zero, cause the device to be skipped completely during all the phases of the PCI device discovery (i.e. ressource enumeration, ressource assignment, and actual attachment). This particular feature is experimental and might be reverted in the future (or the scope narrowed to device attachment only). A dummy #define pci_probe_device_hook() 0 is added to all platforms except sgi, where real functions (currently only returning 0) are added; real meat will be added shortly.
--- src/sys/dev/pci/pci.c 2011/06/12 12:13:28 1.93 +++ src/sys/dev/pci/pci.c 2011/10/10 20:42:37 1.94 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -/* $OpenBSD: pci.c,v 1.93 2011/06/12 11:13:28 kettenis Exp $ */ +/* $OpenBSD: pci.c,v 1.94 2011/10/10 19:42:37 miod Exp $ */ /* $NetBSD: pci.c,v 1.31 1997/06/06 23:48:04 thorpej Exp $ */ /* @@ -461,6 +461,13 @@ pci_probe_device(struct pci_softc *sc, pcitag_t tag, pa.pa_flags |= PCI_FLAGS_MSI_ENABLED; } } + + /* + * Give the MD code a chance to alter pci_attach_args and/or + * skip devices. + */ + if (pci_probe_device_hook(pc, &pa) != 0) + return (0); if (match != NULL) { ret = (*match)(&pa);
If in a few days there are no further posts in misc@ in response to your query, you might contact the developer who commited 1.94 -- Miod Vallet (miod@), and politely ask his advice. He might recommend ignoring the messages - or he might ask you to participate in further testing by applying test patches, building kernels, and testing them with your hardware. Or, he might recommend repairing/replacing your hardware.
The second possibility -- kernel testing -- is very common when users contact developers over specific hardware issues. If you've never used cvs(1) or built a kernel from source, it would be an invaluable learning experience for you, as OpenBSD is source-code maintained using cvs(1) and unified diff(1) patches.
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Kim Kardashian is not one to hide things from the spotlight, and adding boyfriend Kris Humphries to the
cast family on Keeping Up with the Kardashians is no exception. However, whatever happened to the video for her flop single Jam (Turn It Up)? Releasing a video to tout her track seems like it would be right up Kim K's alley…so why hasn't anyone seen it?
Kim shot a music video for the tune, but her sisters Khloe and Kourtney are claiming the video
much like the movie she made with Ray J was never meant for the public's eyes. Perez Hilton reports that while some of video shoot will appear on the upcoming season, her sisters insist Kim made the music video for her eyes only.
Kourtney asserts, "No, no, no. What was that [footage in the show's commercial]? I think that was a part of her video, maybe. They were there when she was shooting her video. I've never seen it…I think it's for her eyes only."
Seconding that sentiment is little sis, Khloe, saying, "They were filming that behind-the-scenes, but not the whole music video. But I'm sure you're gonna see [something]. I don't know what they edit into the episodes. I've seen it. It's to die for. Her body is banging, baby…The song was for charity; it wasn't for her to have a recording deal. [It was] something she just wanted to be for herself and for fun, so the video she made just for herself. It was never meant to be played publicly."
Kim shooting video of something she doesn't want the world to see? I don't buy it. Plus the video was shot by acclaimed video director Hype Williams who most likely doesn't do videos that are not meant for release. Music videos are meant to be seen, it's relationships that celebrities tend to keep private…but wait, does Kim have it backwards?
She reveals to US Weekly that her new beau Kris, basketball player for the New Jersey Nets, will be making more than a cameo on the sixth season of KUWTK. While they haven't been dating very long, Kim is smitten. She says, "[Kris] is in my life, so he will be on [the show] a little bit. He won't be the main focus of the show or anything, but the reality of my life is that he is in it, so yeah, he will be on the show."
When pressed about Kris and how he handles the additional attention and publicity that goes along with dating a Kardashian, Kim raves, "He's great. It was a good test for him. He is totally fine with it and he makes it easy." A source close to the middle Kardashian also believes wedding bells are in the future for K-Squared, predicting, "I foresee an engagement this summer."
So, Kim's music video stays in the vault while her romance is front and center in the public eye. Do you think it's possible that Mr. Humphries looks better on the small screen that Kim K's musical stylings?


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A jury has retired to consider its verdict in the trial of a former Labour MP accused of receiving £53,000 by making false expenses claims.
Margaret Moran is alleged to have claimed nearly her entire annual allowance in one bogus expense entry and forged invoices for more than £20,000 of non-existent goods and services.
Moran, 57, submitted an invoice for £22,500 in August 2008 - just under the annual maximum expense allowance for an MP - to treat dry rot at her Southampton home, using the money instead to fund ''home improvements'', the jury has heard.
Moran, who served as MP for Luton South from 1997 until the 2010 general election, is accused of falsely claiming about £60,000 in parliamentary expenses between 2004 and 2008, of which she received £53,000.
Southwark Crown Court, in London, has heard that she was able to make the dry rot claim by ''flipping'' her two homes - changing which property was her second home and therefore allowing her to claim expenses on it.
She also allegedly changed dates on invoices for the work so that the money would be paid.
One invoice in August 2007 was for £14,805 - apparently for boiler repairs and work on her conservatory in her constituency home in Luton, when it was actually at her house in Southampton, the court heard.
On another fake bill for more than £4,000, address details given for a building firm were those of an elderly couple.
She also claimed more than £2,000 for a landline at her flat when there was no phone line fitted, the jury heard, and for carpet for three bedrooms for her one-bedroom Westminster flat.
Moran, of St Denys, Southampton, is accused of 15 charges of false accounting and six of using a false instrument over the claims for parliamentary expenses.
The former politician was found unfit to stand trial due to mental health issues, so proceedings are taking place in her absence.
Rather than finding her guilty, jurors have to decide whether Moran did commit the acts alleged in the charges, and whether they amount to the offences with which she is charged.
Moran altered addresses to make it look as if she was making legitimate claims for her second home or constituency office, when they were to cover her personal costs, jurors heard.
Prosecutors say Moran ''abused the scheme'', going as far as to re-submit expenses claims with different descriptions and supportive invoices if they were initially rejected by parliamentary authorities.
The former Luton South MP tried to claim £47 for printing 50 Christmas cards, but was told that greetings cards were not covered by Parliamentary expenses, the court heard.
So she submitted a new invoice for the same amount, but this time for ''printing services'', jurors were told.
The same thing happened with a claim for birthday cards, which were later described as ''surgery cards'', it is alleged.
Moran submitted a claim for £22,500 for urgent works for dry rot at her Southampton home on April 1, 2008.
Jurors heard, however, that a builder completed the work between September 2007 and March 2008 before the property became Moran's recognised second home in October 2008.
It had previously been listed as her first home after the sudden death of her sister as she became guardian to her two young children, the court heard.
James Sturman QC, defending, said the case represented ''a very, very unhappy period for British democracy'', as Moran is the fin
''Your task is an onerous one. You have to ask if this lady, who is not here, who it is agreed by all parties is not fit to defend herself....whether she committed the offences alleged against her.''
Mr Justice Saunders told jurors they were not deciding whether Ms Moran is guilty or not guilty as she is not medically fit to stand trial.
''What you have to decide is whether she did the acts which constitute the offences,'' he said.


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History wouldn't let Charlie Heller forget; Meet the author May 19
Charlie Heller flipped on the television to unwind after a long day.
The Tonight Show Host Jay Leno was luring University of Michigan students into showing their ignorance. When was World War II? Who was President during the war? When Leno asked, "Who were the Allies?" one student answered that the U.S. and the Germans teamed up against the Russians.
Heller nearly fell off his chair.
How could these kids be unaware of the cataclysm that dominated the 20th century, took the lives of millions — and transformed his own?
From age three to nine, Heller was Ota, living in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia. For three of those years he was one of Europe's thousands of children who grew up hidden under the noses of the Nazis.
Heller lived "in hiding like an animal," missing his Jewish father Rudy and witnessing his Catholic mother's bravery in the face of Nazi torture and enforced labor. His Jewish heritage kept secret from him, he believed they were persecuted because his father had chosen to fight with the British Army.
Three years after World War II ended, the shadow of Communism fell over Czechoslovakia. The reunited family took flight, and 13-year-old Ota Karel Heller disappeared into all-American Charlie Heller.
At 76, the tall man with laughing green eyes and brown hair is uncannily youthful. Quick with a smile, muscular from years of skiing and boating, formidable with both master's degree and doctorate, Heller lived the American dream.
He married his New Jersey high school sweetheart, worked hundred-hour weeks, had a son and grandchildren, skied, sailed and played golf, enjoying success at every turn.
Classmates at Oklahoma State University knew Charlie as a varsity basketball player and winner of the Outstanding Student award.
Midshipmen knew him as Dr. Heller, their engineering professor at the U.S. Naval Academy.
Entrepreneurs knew him as a venture capitalist who started two successful software companies and served as director of the University of Maryland's Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship.
For all those years, he seldom looked back.
In 1989, Czechoslovakia broke free from Communist domination in the peaceful Velvet Revolution. With Heller's homeland in the news, friends besieged him with questions. Instead of his usual curt answers, Heller related anecdotes of the life he left behind.
The following year, Heller returned to the land of his birth. As his plane descended, he spotted his village, Kojetice, and the woods he walked with Dedecek, his 80-year-old great grandfather.
In Prague, he found his boyhood friend Vlad'a Svoboda. After 42 years, memories flooded back.
"People who experience constant trauma even in early childhood don't forget those things that caused the trauma. You may block them out — I did — but they're still there in your soul," Heller says.
In a life filled with drama, memories define him.
One is saying goodbye to his beloved Dedecek as the old man, dressed in a gray suit and "a gray overcoat with a six-pointed yellow star with the strange word Jude at its center," boarded a train. He was murdered at Treblinka.
To find the thread of his story, Heller poured over old photos and journals. How, he asked himself, had he "suppressed knowledge of my true ethnicity. Had I been ignorant of my background, had I been in a state of deliberate denial? Or had I simply feared the truth?"
Prague: My Long Journey Home, published last year in the Czech Republic and now in the U.S., is Heller's story of survival, acceptance and triumph. Glimpsed through the innocent eyes of a child, Prague makes the Nazi devastation all the more incomprehensible. Heller's book — which has earned the Writer's Digest Mark of Quality — packs drama, humor and historical detail into a loving tribute to Heller's parents and the friends who helped them.
"I wrote to honor them and to show young people that it is possible to overcome difficulties, even tragedy, through perseverance and strong will," Heller said. "They should never give up, no matter how bleak the situation may appear."
Meet Heller and hear him read from Prague at 3pm on Saturday, May 19, at The Annapolis Bookstore, 35 Maryland Ave. Follow Heller at www.charlesoheller.blogspot.com.