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Bankruptcy Judge Sends a Message to Bank of America
Bank of America has been ordered to pay $10,000 per month for every month it continues to badger a couple to pay off a loan that was discharged in bankruptcy, in a ruling from a prominent judge who says he means to "send a message."
"This is not just a stupid mistake. This is a policy," wrote Judge Robert Drain of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York. "And frankly, $10,000.00 a month plus attorney's fees may not mean much to Bank of America, but at least it will send a message that other attorneys may pick up on."
Judge Drain's decision, memorialized in a written ruling issued Tuesday, documents a barrage of letters and phone calls attempting to collect the debt from Edwin and Michelle Ramos. Chapter 7 bankruptcy relieved them of the obligation to pay off their home loan while preserving the bank's right to foreclose on its collateral. The calls and letters kept coming to the Ramoses, even after their attorney pointed out that their personal liability had been discharged in bankruptcy. The bank ignored him, he said, and, according to court records, failed to respond to Judge Drain until 10 days after he signed an order imposing sanctions on the lender.
In a statement, Bank of America said it's "resolving the issues with the court" and working with the homeowners "while we continue researching and investigating what transpired."
Judge Drain is not alone in his criticism of Bank of America. In March, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Karen Jennemann in Orlando, Fla., fined the bank $220,000 for repeated violations of court orders involving a loan-modification arrangement.
"The Debtors, even to this date, continue to receive statements from BOA claiming substantial additional payments due, erroneous payment amounts, inflated interest rates and incorrect loan type, and purporting to hold over $12,000 of the Debtors' payments in 'unapplied funds,'" Judge Jennemann wrote.
When it came to the $227,000 home loan of Warren and Mary Houghland, the judge said it should be considered paid. The bank disputed the order, saying it was unfair, and earlier this year settled with the homeowners.
Consumer bankruptcy attorneys say not much has improved in lender behavior in spite of promises that the alleged sins of the past won't be repeated.
Long after Bank of America signed on to a widely trumpeted $25 billion home lending industry consent decree requiring it to improve its treatment of borrowers, consumer attorney Thomas Cox of Maine says violations of specific requirements are "routine. I see them all the time."
Consumers with enough spare cash or savvy to hire a lawyer can prevail on lenders to make good on agreements to modify loans, Mr. Cox said. But they're in the minority, he said. Most distressed consumers hoping for a loan modification are at the bank's mercy. The consent decree advertised as the answer to industry practices that wrongly forced people out of their homes lacks an enforcement mechanism, Mr. Cox said.
In the case of the discharged debt collection, the Ramoses had to not only hire a lawyer but also had to reopen their bankruptcy case.
Last week, Bank of America agreed to stop the calls and letters except for informational notices that inform the Ramoses of what they have to do to hold onto their home. Chapter 7 bankruptcy absolved them of the obligation to pay the debt but preserved the bank's lien on their property.
"This is a national problem. It's happening all over the place," said New York attorney Michael Schwartz, who represented the Ramoses. "Why is BofA doing it? Because they can."
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Towny Advanced is a versatile, player-controlled land management plugin for use with Bukkit/Tekkit/Spigot/Libigot. Towny offers solutions for pvp, griefing, chat, inflated economies and monsters to minecraft server admins. Towny allows players to work together and against each other as they see fit.
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1.14.* Support: The Latest Towny Release Build ( 0.94.0.0 ) Supports CB/Spigot 1.13 builds and is available here. You can use this until a proper build is released for 1.14. You will need to add BARREL to the switch_ids list in the config.
1.13.* Support: The Latest Towny Release Build ( 0.94.0.0 ) Supports CB/Spigot 1.13 builds and is available here.
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- Allows players to own and manage land based on a pre-set grid layout.
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- Towns grant protection from monsters, pvp, fire, explosions and greifing.
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Bestway NEW GENERATION Steel Frame Pools use strong, corrosion-resistant steel frames to hold a heavy-duty, PVC and polyester 3-ply wall in place. They're great outdoor swimming pools for families and garden spaces of all sizes and they're designed to last.
For most of their above ground pools Bestway use their trade-marked TriTech 3-ply reinforced material that has a polyester mesh core encased in two layers of laminated PVC providing superior strength and durability. This premium grade above ground pool material can withstand extreme conditions including exposure to ultraviolet rays and chlorine, plus it is stress-tested against the weight and strain of large volumes of water. Designs range from gigantic, rectangular swimming pools measuring up to 32ft to smaller Splash Frame Pools for little ones.
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Bestway Steel Frame Pools have been specially designed to make setting up and taking down as simple as possible. This is a very attractive and strong pool with its smart grey exterior and mosaic print liner as well as a 3-ply pvc wall-support band.
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Manufacturer Bestway Size 14ft Round Pool Height 48" (132cm) Shape Round Water Depth 43.3" (110cm) Pool Capacity 90% = 15,232 litres Hose Size 1.25" Filter Pump Bestway filter pump - flow rate 3028ltr/800gal (58386) Filter Cartridge Bestway filter cartridge Type II (58503) Ladder Included Yes Debris Cover Yes Ground Cloth Yes Maintenance Kit No Next Day Delivery Yes Pump Warranty 12 months Hose Warranty 1 month Frame Warranty 6 months Liner Warranty 6 months To keep your pool water clean you will need a Filter Pump. You can choose from a Cartridge Filter Pump or a Sand Filter Pump. Buy a pump that works with the water capacity in your pool. For outstanding performance and low maintenance invest in a Sand Filter Pump. No need to buy replacement cartridges as the sand lasts around 5 years. You can order your sand at a reduced price if you order at the same time as your pool. Replacement Filter Cartridges for your filter pump. If you buy these at the same time as your pool not only do you benefit from a reduced price but you can also choose the quantity you wish to buy from packs of 2, 6 or 12. If you buy these separately you can only buy at full price and in packs of 12. Bestway recommend you should change your filter cartridges every 2-3 weeks. To ensure your pool is completely cared for it's a good idea to buy a maintenance or cleaning kit and/ or pool vacuum. We have a wide range of cleaning accessories for you to choose from. To ensure you kill those bugs in your pool water use some swimming pool chemicals. If you buy the Starter Kit from the dropdown menu above you'll get everything you need for the whole season at a discounted price. If you don't like the idea of adding chemicals to your pool water you can purchase a Bestway Chlorinator which will produce natural chlorine and keep your water sparkling and healthy. You'll need to buy salt to make the system work, take a look at the Salt Table on the salt product page to work out how much you will need for the water capacity of your pool. A Debris Cover will keep out dirt, leaves and insects as well as help keep in any warmth that has been built up during the day. These are available for Fast Set and Metal Frame pools. For spare parts, repair kits etc take a look at our Pool Accessories section to see if we can help. A Ground Cloth will protect the bottom of your pool from puncture risk. The Ground Cloth is suitable for use with any above ground swimming pool. All pools over 33" deep come with a ladder but if you have small children you might want to buy a ladder to go with your pool even if it is 33" or below. Buy a Solar Cover and channel the sun's heat into your swimming pool. Suitable for use with any above ground pool and can be cut to size if we don't have the exact size to match your pool. Also helps keep leaves etc out of the water. NB there should be a gap between the edge of the solar cover and the edge of pool to allow it to float freely just below the water line. Take the effort out of cleaning your pool and choose one of the Bestway Automatic Pool Cleaners. These cleaners work with your filter pump to to reduce the burden of maintenance and leave you more time for fun in the sun. To extend the period of use of your pool why not buy a pool heater? Ensure your heater will work with your pump capacity and that you buy a heater that is suitable for the water capacity in your pool. For a high performance heater you should invest in an Elecro Heater. Anything over 3kw will need to be wired into the mains by an electrician but it's worth it to be able to enjoy your pool for so much longer. These heaters will heat all sizes of pools, even the huge ones!
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Children start coming to the Dentist at all different ages. Many parents have different reasons for when they bring their child for their first exam; be it a Head Start or Kindergarten check-up, or the age they themselves first went to the dentist.
Q: At what age should my child start going to the dentist?
A: At the age of 1. By the time a child turns 1, they will already have four teeth on top and four teeth on the bottom. Also, this age is a good time to get your child introduced to the dental office at a young age.
Q: What will take place at the "Age 1" Visit?
A: At the child's first visit a knee to knee oral exam will be performed between the child, parent, and dentist as well as Fluoride treatment. Also, the parent will receive education on brushing their child's teeth.
Q: What is Fluoride and why is it recommended?
A: It is a naturally occurring mineral that helps protect against cavities. When placed as a topical fluoride (rinse, varnish or foam) the teeth absorb it and become stronger against tooth decay.
Q: What can parents be doing at home?
A: There are many things parents can be doing at home to aid in their child's oral health.
Brush your child's teeth 1-2 times per day with a soft toothbrush and pea-sized amount of toothpaste.
Minimize the number of sugary beverages your child drinks (soda pop, juice, etc.) If you give your child juice, dilute it with some water.
If you put your child to bed with a bottle, give them water. Giving a child milk or formula at bedtime will increase the likeihood of decay, known as baby bottle decay.
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Remind your children to brush and floss regularly.
Buy oral care products that contain fluoride.
Take your child to see the dentist every 6 months.
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Chew sugar free gum. Xylitol is the best non-sugar gum.
If your child is active in sports, protect their teeth with a mouth guard.
Ask your dentist about dental sealants to help seal out decay.
Do you think your child needs braces? Talk to your dentist.
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|2008-01-16, 21:08
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Wow the Patlabor Theme is absolutely amazing . Can't believe I've never heard it before, but I'm adding it to my collection. Well let's see here:
#25 Gitsac 2nd Gig 19641 units
#24 Card Captor Sakura 20192 units
#23 Azumanga Daioh 23725 units (WTF Opening)
#22 Air 23905 units
#21 Love Hina 24013 units (Really hard to see this text)
#20 Gundam ZZ 26028 units (Even though it proclaims Anime Janai)
#19 Fate/Stay Night 26047 units
#18 Gundam Wing 28469 units (Always loved Just Communication)
#17 Patlabor 28514 units (This song is just WOW!)
#16 Initial D Fourth State 29508 units (I never saw the appeal, honestly)
#15 Future Boy Conan 31158 units (I'm going by Katakana alone at this point)
#14 Dragon Ball GT 31696 units (Say what you want about the series, but I like the music)
#13 Lupin The Third 1st Series 35331 units (Worst Song EVER!)
#12 Fullmetal Alchemist 36519 units
#11 Nadia The Secret Of Blue Water 36821 units (Love this song too)
#10 Martian Successor Nadesico 37897 units (If nothing else people are getting a lecture in classic anime theme songs)
#9 Dragon Ball Z 40065 units
#8 Cowboy Bebop 40212 units
#7 Suzumiya Haruhi 41307 units (Did not expect to see this here to be honest)
#6 Code Geass 44657 units (Nor this)
#5 Zeta Gundam 54994 units (My all time favourite! I WANNA HAVE A PURE TIME, EVERYONE'S A NOBLE MIND!)
#4 Gundam Seed 58563 units (You know what, I can see this beating Zeta out and I'm okay with it even if I don't think it's anywhere near as good. Afterall this is a sales chart)
#3 Gundam Seed Destiny 69247 units (Okay now really, this just isn't fair)
#2 Mobile Suit Gundam 80928 units (It's....Gundam again)
#1 Neon Genesis Evangelion 173458 (More than double MSG. With the number of times this has been re-released over the years nothing else really had a fair shot)
Sunrise series basically dominate this list with at least 9 series on it (6 of which are in the top 10). Second place I think goes to Toei with at least a couple. The list makes sense, although I had no idea Gundam Seed Destiny sold so much. By this logic 00 is likely to be on this list at some point.
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Destiny is not a mistake.... at least it's sales figures anyway
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY (Kidou Senshi Gundam SEED DESTINY) 68,729 (13, not including Special Editions and Fan Discs) (Sunrise/Bandai Entertainment)
2005/02/24 80,635 Vol. 1 (Four episodes up to Vol. 12)
2005/03/25 73,115 Vol. 2
2005/04/22 69,751 Vol. 3
2005/05/27 68,416 Vol. 4
2005/06/24 65,649 Vol. 5
2005/07/22 66,509 Vol. 6
2005/08/26 60,431 Vol. 7
2005/09/23 62,330 Vol. 8
2005/10/28 58,228 Vol. 9
2005/11/25 61,066 Vol. 10
2005/12/23 67,052 Vol. 11
2006/01/27 64,745 Vol. 12
2006/02/24 95,544 Vol. 13 (Two episodes)
2006/05/26 48,208 Special Edition I
2006/08/25 48,929 Special Edition II
2006/11/24 46,070 Special Edition III
2007/02/23 66,492 Special Edition IV
2007/06/22 29,653 SEED & SEED DESTINY Fan Disc SEED SUPERNOVA er
2007/09/25 23,495 SEED & SEED DESTINY Fan Disc SEED SUPERNOVA ist
|2008-01-17, 03:58
|Link #44
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Although I started this thread and contribute once in a while to it, eggplant has been doing an absolutely phenomenal job of posting and updating anime DVD sales figures here on a regular basis. I take my hat off to him.
|2008-02-26, 01:28
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
other then dvd sale and how many eps contain in per dvd,
dvd price is an important element also.
so using the following equation can find out
how much money did per ep earn in an anime :
(dvd sale)*(dvd price)/(eps contain in dvd)
if you need dvd price, go to amazon.co.jp.
after the calculation, the top3 tv animes after 2000
on "how much money did per ep earn" are :
1. haruhi
2. gundam seed destiny
3. code geass
price does matter, and it matter much.
|2008-03-16, 03:09
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: San Diego
Regarding what Kaoshin-sama posted above, Sunrise's Gundam series generally have 50-ish episodes, while their Code Geass had 26, and Haruhi had 14.
If I'm right, it's charting how many DVD units of each series has been sold, and so, Neon Genesis Evangelion aside, people would buy twice as many DVD's for any of the Gundam series in the top 10 than they would for Code Geass is they wanted the entire series, and still twice as many DVD's of Code Geass than they would Haruhi. (So for those who don't want to multipy two times two in their head, Gundam DVD sales would generally be quadruple Haruhi sales and double Code Geass')
Of course, if I'm wrong, I'm wrong.
Continuing, I'm still surprised that The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and Code Geass are on there, as they're each two years and a year and a half old, respectively. Most of the other series in the top ten have had at least five years to sell units (SEED Destiny had about three and a half, averaging.), with half over ten years old.
|2008-03-16, 15:44
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2007
Doroku shows, such as Gundam SEED and Fullmetal Alchemist, also targeted kids, but they were able to appeal to an older audience too, such as teenagers and the hardcore anime fanbase. Because of that, the DVD sales for those shows are always higher than the animes that are specifically for kids.
|2008-07-21, 09:53
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Junjou Romantica sold over 10k? Wow. That makes me quite happy. I hope the studio will consider a second season after noticing this. On the other hand, Vampire Knight only sold nearly 3k? Damn.
Thanks for the data!
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Of course I'm just amazed to see more than 10k copies have been sold, since I didn't even think there were that many fans of the genre, which should mean that people who aren't the first targeted audience also enjoyed the series (something I couldn't have imagined for a yaoi series). Of course, I may also be underestimating the power of some fangirls(/boys)... it wouldn't be the first time (I am suddenly reminded of the Katekyo Hitman Reborn Hibari/Mukuro ending single, sung by the respective seiyuu, that sold over 60k units).
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MEXICO CITY - The world's most-wanted drug lord, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, arrived at the Mexico City airport after his arrest early Saturday and was being taken directly to prison, said Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam.
Guzman appeared in a white shirt and dark pants and had a mustache and full head of dark hair as he was held at the neck and escorted by two masked marines.
A massive operation that mushroomed through the western Mexican state of Sinaloa between Feb. 13 and 17 netted Guzman, who was captured at 6:40 a.m. by Mexican marines at the Miramar condominium along the waterfront in the resort city of Mazatlan, officials said.
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto confirmed the arrest on his Twitter account Saturday afternoon.
Guzman, 56, was found with an unidentified woman, said one official not authorized to be quoted by name, adding that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Marshals Service were "heavily involved" in the capture. No shots were fired.
Murillo Karam said a coordinated operation by several Mexican security agencies came upon several houses where Guzman was known to stay, though the prosecutor didn't say in what city. He said they found tunnels connecting seven homes and the city's sewer system, presumably for escape. The doors were reinforced with steel, which delayed entry by law enforcement, presumably allowing Guzman to flee several attempts at his capture before Saturday.
Murillo Karam didn't say how authorities traced him to Mazatlan, but said they knew of his whereabouts several times. They were unable to mount an operation earlier because of possible risks to the general public, Karam said.
Guzman's arrest followed the takedown of several top Sinaloa operatives in the last few months and at least 10 mid-level cartel members in the last week. The information leading to Guzman was gleaned from those arrested, said Michael S. Vigil, a former senior DEA official who was briefed on the operation.
The Mexican navy raided the Culiacan house of Guzman's ex-wife, Griselda Lopez, earlier this week and found a cache of weapons and a tunnel in one of the rooms that led to the city's drainage system, leading authorities to believe Guzman barely escaped, Vigil said.
As more people were arrested, more homes were raided.
"It became like a nuclear explosion where the mushroom started to expand throughout the city of Culiacan," Vigil said.
Authorities learned that Guzman fled to nearby Mazatlan, where he was arrested with "a few" of his bodyguards nearby, Vigil said.
"He got tired of living up in the mountains and not being able to enjoy the comforts of his wealth. He became complacent and starting coming into the city of Culiacan and Mazatlan. That was a fatal error," he added.
Vigil said Mexico may decide to extradite Guzman to the U.S. to avoid any possibility that he escapes from prison again, as he did in 2001 in a laundry truck - a feat that fed his larger-than-life persona. Because insiders aided his escape, rumors circulated for years that he was helped and protected by former Mexican President Felipe Calderon's government, which vanquished some of his top rivals.
Calderon congratulated Pena Nieto on the capture Saturday via his Twitter account.
Guzman faces multiple federal drug trafficking indictments in the U.S. and is on the DEA's most-wanted list. His drug empire stretches throughout North America and reaches as far away as Europe and Australia. His cartel has been heavily involved in the bloody drug war that has torn through parts of Mexico for the last several years.
"It would be a massive black eye on the (Mexican) government if he is able to escape again. That's the only reason they would turn him over," Vigil said.
Experts predict that as long as Guzman's partner, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada is at large, the cartel will continue business as usual.
"The take-down of Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman Loera is a thorn in the side of the Sinaloa Cartel, but not a dagger in its heart," said College of William and Mary government professor George Grayson, who studies Mexico's cartels. "Zambada ... will step into El Chapo's boots. He is also allied with Juan Jose 'El Azul' Esparragoza Moreno, one of most astute lords in Mexico's underworld and, by far, its best negotiator."
Zambada's son was arrested in November after entering Arizona, where he had an appointment with U.S. immigration authorities to arrange legal status for his wife.
The following month, Zambada's main lieutenant was killed as Mexican helicopter gunships sprayed bullets at his mansion in the Gulf of California resort of Puerto Penasco in a four-hour gunbattle. Days later, police in the Netherlands arrested Zambada's flamboyant top enforcer as he arrived in Amsterdam.
For that reason, rumors circulated that that the government was mounting a major operation to get Zambada.
Guzman's capture ended a long and storied manhunt. He was rumored to live everywhere from Argentina to Guatemala.
His location was part of Mexican folklore, with rumors circulating of him being everywhere from Guatemala to almost every corner of Mexico, especially its "Golden Triangle," a mountainous, marijuana-growing region straddling the northern states of Sinaloa, Durango and Chihuahua.
In more than a decade on the run, Guzman transformed himself from a middling Mexican capo into arguably the most powerful drug trafficker in the world. His fortune has grown to more than $1 billion, according to Forbes magazine, which listed him among the "World's Most Powerful People" and ranked him above the presidents of France and Venezuela.
His Sinaloa Cartel grew bloodier and more powerful, taking over much of the lucrative trafficking routes along the U.S. border, including such prized cities as Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez. Guzman's play for power against local cartels caused a bloodbath in Tijuana and made Juarez one of the deadliest cities in the world. In little more than a year, Mexico's biggest marijuana bust, 134 tons, and its biggest cultivation were tied to Sinaloa, as were a giant underground methamphetamine lab in western Mexico and hundreds of tons of precursor chemicals seized in Mexico and Guatemala.
His cartel's tentacles now extend as far as Australia thanks to a sophisticated, international distribution system for cocaine and methamphetamines.
Guzman did all that with a $7 million bounty on his head and while evading thousands of law enforcement agents from the U.S. and other countries devoted to his capture. A U.S. federal indictment unsealed in San Diego in 1995 charges Guzman and 22 members of his organization with conspiracy to import over eight tons of cocaine and money laundering. A provisional arrest warrant was issued as a result of the indictment, according to the U.S. State Department.
He has been indicted by federal authorities in the United States several times since 1996. The charges include allegations that he and others conspired to smuggle "multi-ton quantities" of cocaine into the U.S. and used violence, including murder, kidnapping and torture to keep the smuggling operation running. He's also accused of conspiring to smuggle heroin into the United States and money laundering.
In 2013, he was named "Public Enemy No. 1" by the Chicago Crime Commission, only the second person to get that distinction after U.S. prohibition-era crime boss Al Capone. Guzman faces a two-count indictment in Chicago charging him with running a drug smuggling conspiracy responsible for smuggling cocaine and heroin into the U.S. He's also charged in New York with drug trafficking, murder, kidnapping and other crimes.
Guzman is still celebrated in folk songs and is said to have enjoyed deep protection from humble villagers in the rugged hills of Sinaloa and Durango where he has hidden from authorities. He is also thought to have contacts inside law enforcement that helped him evade capture, including a near-miss in February 2012 in the southern Baja California resort of Cabo San Lucas just after an international meeting of foreign ministers. He was vacationing in Cabo during a visit by then-U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
"There's no drug-trafficking organization in Mexico with the scope, the savvy, the operational ability, expertise and knowledge as the Sinaloa cartel," said one former U.S. law enforcement official, who couldn't be quoted by name for security reasons. "You've kind of lined yourself up the New York Yankees of the drug trafficking world."
An estimated 70,000 people have been killed in drug violence since former President Calderon deployed thousands of soldiers to drug hotspots upon taking office on Dec. 1, 2006. The current government of Pena Nieto has stopped tallying drug-related killings separately.
Growing up poor, Guzman was drawn to the money being made by the flow of illegal drugs through his home state of Sinaloa.
He joined the Guadalajara cartel, run by Mexican Godfather Miguel Angel Gallardo, and rose quickly through the ranks as a ruthless businessman and skilled networker, making key contacts with politicians and police to ensure his loads made it through without problems.
After Gallardo was arrested in 1989, the gang split, and Guzman took control of Sinaloa's operations.
Stevenson contributed to this report in Mexico City. Spagat reported from San Diego, California, and Caldwell from Washington, D.C.


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Designer behind success of Jimmy Choo shoes bares her soul
Reading Tamara Mellon's memoir, In My Shoes, is a lot like wearing a pair of stilettos: thrilling and uncomfortable at the same time.
Until 2011, Mellon strode around in shoes by Jimmy Choo, the high-end brand she founded in London in 1996 with Choo, a Malaysian couture shoemaker, and her father, entrepreneur Tommy Yeardye, who had worked with Vidal Sassoon.
She was 28, single, living in her parents' basement, recently fired from British Vogue and getting over a nightclubs-and-cocaine habit.
The business made her famous. Marriage to a man from a wealthy American family made her a Mellon. By book's end, she's cashed out of Jimmy Choo for a reported $135 million and is starting a new brand, Tamara Mellon.
The memoir follows the rise of Jimmy Choo alongside the more interesting tale of the making of Tamara Mellon as she melded society, celebrity and fashion in her own life.
Fashion designer Tory Burch and others have built brands around their images. The dirt usually comes out later. Mellon, 46, is fearless in choosing to start her label with a chronicle of her drug use, love affairs, depression and major mother troubles.
One of her best traits is a steely will. By her account it took her just six weeks in rehab to get clean.
It's the things she can't control that drive her crazy — such as Mr. Choo, her mother and a series of private-equity executives who have their way with the shoe company.
"I simply never imagined when I started this journey just how many back stabbings, cliff-hangers and oncoming trains lay ahead," she writes.
So much bile comes Mellon's way that I couldn't help wondering if she had done something to deserve it. She doesn't admit to any fault or take any blame. Whatever the truth, a life lived fighting people off and feeling alone is sad. All the glamour — outfitting stars at the Oscars, holidays in Capri — does very little for her.
Even her fairy-tale wedding is drained of joy: "My face hurt from maintaining a beauty contestant's frozen smile, and I was counting the hours. I had one more costume change, an amazing gray silk cocktail dress from Chloé for going away. Then I'd throw the bouquet and go back to the hotel and cry."
Soon enough she divorced Matthew Mellon, tired of what she calls his "lovable incompetence"; became a single working mom; and defended herself against a lawsuit brought by her mother, who thought she was owed money.
Fortunately, there are some parts that Tamara Mellon seems to take genuine joy in telling: the story of her father, who began with nothing; the story of how she started designing Jimmy Choos when she decided Choo himself wasn't up to the job.
Mellon went to the flea market for inspiration and met with a manufacturer in Italy to get the shape of the heel just right.
"The few times that Jimmy had anything to say about design," she writes, "it was with a complaint that I was making the heels too high."
The book closes with Mellon finally claiming happiness, living in New York and dating former Hollywood talent agent Michael Ovitz, about whom she writes, "It's such a relief to be with a real grown-up."
'In My Shoes'
By Tamara Mellon
Portfolio/Penguin. 275 pp. $29.95.


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(RNN) – President Donald Trump will nominate State Department spokesperson and former Fox News journalist Heather Nauert to be the next UN Ambassador, according to multiple reports.
The current ambassador, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, announced in October her intention to leave the post at the end of the year.
Nauert joined the State Department in April 2017, and served for seven months this year as an acting Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs.
Bloomberg first reported Nauert's selection. Fox News also confirmed it.
Trump will reportedly announce the nomination on Friday.
Nauert, 48, graduated from Mount Vernon College and has a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University.
She joined Fox in 1998, left for ABC News in 2005, and returned to Fox two years later.
According to her State Department bio, she has traveled extensively for her work as a journalist and once participated in a prestigious Council on Foreign Relations program.
In her public statements, she has challenged Russia and pushed for peace in Yemen, among other international issues.
A CNN source told that network that "her ability to be a polished proxy on television" and loyalty to the Trump administration worked in her favor.
"People don't know very much about her," Richard Gowan, a senior fellow at the United Nations University, told CNN. "People will be interested to see whether she's willing and able to do the diplomatic toil or whether she will see this as an extension of the spokesman position and focus more on presentation of US position before the Security Council."
Trump last month said she was "under very serious consideration" for the post.
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I use classicthesis for my thesis, which is quite uncommon for my institution (the LaTeX class provided by the institute has line lengths of 130 chars and very tiny borders on A4 paper).
My supervisor says I can use whatever I want, but I want to explain my choice somewhere in the thesis, especially for the co-readers. I don't want anyone to say "he is just increasing page count with this ridiculous amount of whitespace on each page".
I currently put it into the colophon, before the technical details.
It reads something like this and covers around 80% of one page:
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I am eager to see the movie again and again,because
the story, the music, the cinematography are all top notch. However, I don't give out 10s that exactly. So a 9 it is. Since the borderline of the story must be slightly improved.But i love this movie very very much.


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Although there are considerably more than 800 publicly traded U.S. banks, many investors shy away from this sector. The reported financial statements look funny, and the results don't neatly fit into the handy-dandy screens and formulae that many investors like to use. That's a shame, because as Warren Buffett has shown in the past, well-chosen bank stocks can be as lucrative as industrial, health-care, or technology stocks.
For this column, I am grouping institutions of all stripes -- be they money-center banks like Citigroup
The basics
Let's start off with a brief examination of what banks do. Simply put, banks buy and sell money. Banks purchase money through deposits like checking and savings accounts; CDs; and debt or equity financing, or both. Banks sell money by making loans or investing in securities, or both. Buy low and sell high -- value creation at its finest.
Most, if not all, banks also make money from a constellation of fees and service charges. Some will even sell off almost all of their loans shortly after origination. Furthermore, many banks also have other income-producing operations, like asset-management and insurance businesses.
Interest rates are important to banks because they essentially determine the price at which money is bought and sold. But it's not particularly Foolish to make sweeping statements like "rising/falling rates are bad." Good bank managers are neither stupid nor helpless, and they can adjust to different environments.
To a large extent, then, the more important factor is how interest rates behave relative to a bank's management's expectations. If managers are preparing for higher rates, and those higher rates don't materialize, it's likely that the business won't perform as well as hoped (and vice versa with falling rates). Unfortunately, there really isn't a handy ratio or formula to easily establish management's expectations. It requires paying attention to Securities and Exchange Commission filings like 10-Ks and 10-Qs and management comments during conference calls.
There are many moving parts to a bank. It doesn't really have revenue in the normal sense of the word, but you can look at the combination of interest income (minus loss provisions) and non-interestincome as a proxy. Clearly, you'd like to see these numbers going up.
Deposit growth and loan growth are also both important. If deposit growth is weak, other more expensive sources of funds might have to be tapped. Likewise, if loan growth is sluggish, it will be more difficult for the bank to earn a profitable spread on the money it controls.
Let's also not overlook earnings growth -- a growing bottom line is just as important to a bank as any other company. So, for all of the fancy or confusing concepts that follow, don't forget that income and per-share earnings growth are still important.
As is the case with any business, profitability is paramount to banking success. Strong profitability can easily spell the difference between an average stock and an above-average winner.
Net interest margin is a good baseline measurement of the profitability of a bank's core lending and borrowing business. Net interest margin is basically the difference between interest income (loans, securities, et. al.) and interest expense (deposits, borrowed funds, et. al.). In some ways, I suppose you could think of it as a bank's gross margin.
When analyzing net interest margin, I'd suggest you do so in the context of similar banks and their strategies. Among banks in similar lines of business, higher margins can be a sign of great management. But it could the result of riskier lending policies. Narrower margins can suggest trouble on the deposit side and a higher cost of funds. Or it could mean more conservative lending practices. Context matters when comparing numbers.
The efficiency ratio is another useful metric. There are different ways to calculate this number, but the fundamental underpinning is the same: It is designed to measure the ratio of non-interest expense to income. Ideally, you want this number to be as small as possible -- the smaller the number, the less being spent on things like marketing, salaries, and branch expenses, and the better the earnings.
A bank's capital structure, asset quality, and liquidity are all important. Because the spreads on borrowing and lending money are relatively narrow, banks employ considerable leverage to pump up their earnings power. To make sure that banks don't overdo it and imperil their solvency, bank regulators impose limits.
To be "well capitalized," a bank must have a ratio, expressed as a percentage, of risk-based total capitalto total assets of 10%. ("Risk-based" refers to certain adjustments that are made to reflect that some assets -- like cash and treasury securities -- are less risky than others.) Likewise, shareholders can examine the ratio of shareholders' equity to assets to get a grasp on whether the company is increasing or decreasing its leverage.
Asset quality is important; if people don't repay their loans, the bank in question will have some problems. Numbers to look out for include net charge-offs, the percentage ofallowance of loan losses to total loans, and the percentage of non-performing loans tototal loans. Watch their trends to see whether asset quality is going downhill.
Liquidity is also important in the banking world; it basically reflects how easily a bank can lend money. If a bank is very liquid and has a lot of cash on hand, it can respond very quickly to new opportunities. Of course, there is an opportunity cost associated with keeping cash on hand -- you may lose out on what you could make by lending it out. So if a bank is too liquid, it's leaving money on the table. There are two quick ways to check liquidity -- the percentage of assets held in cash and treasury securities and the loan/deposit ratio. Ideally, this latter number should be near 100% for most well-capitalized banks.
All other things being equal, it's generally a good idea to invest with the folks who've proved that they can make the most money with a given amount of capital. One way to make that judgment is to look at a company's return on assets and return on equity. In a sense, these metrics capture the end result of a management's decisions on liquidity, leverage, credit quality, and other operational options.
The one note of caution I'd sound on return on assets is that you should make sure you're comparing banks with similar business models. Banks that generate a lot of non-interest income, like Bank of New York
Return on equity is also highly useful for me. I like that you can break it down into net margin, asset turnover, and financial leverage and study how and why one bank may be better than another. Moreover, I've found that banks where management has consistently produced above-average return on equity are often above-average performers in the stock market.
Know the business
There is no such creature as a "typical bank" -- each has its own nuances and individual risk factors. Take beleaguered DoralFinancial
Knowing the business is also important when you compare banks. Comparing a huge money-center bank like KeyCorp
Don't overthink this
We have offered this brief treatment on bank stock analysis to help you with your evaluations of these stocks. But as is always the case, numbers tell only a certain side of the story. It's important to do your own due diligence and strive to really understand the policies, strategies, and expectations of the company in question before buying a small piece of it.
True, the banking sector has some unusual ratios and metrics for measuring performance, but don't get bogged down in the details. Ultimately, the pattern of success behind a bank stock investment is little different than that for most any other company -- a pattern of consistent growth in earnings, dividends, and assets, skillful and honest leadership, and expectations of further growth.
This article originally ran on August 31, 2005. It has been updated.
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It's that time of year again, when the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute for Legal Reform's (ILR) releases its list of the Top Ten Most Ridiculous Lawsuits.
And this year's list includes some real head shakers. ILR contends the lawsuits reflect an ongoing abuse of the legal system.
"Abuse of our legal system is no joke, and these examples range from the outrageous to the absurd," said ILR President Lisa A. Rickard.
"This poll reminds us that, as a society, we sue too much. In turn, these abusive lawsuits inflict harm on lives, jobs and our economic growth."
The list was composed based on vote cast by visitors to FacesOfLawsuitAbuse.org. The lawsuits were picked from the website's monthly polls in 2012, which are designed to raise awareness of abusive lawsuits made against businesses, communities and individuals.
The list includes:
- Intoxicated Florida driver pleads guilty to manslaughter, then sues victim he killed.
- Michigan woman files $5 million suit for the leftover gas still in her repossessed car.
- Thirteen-year-old Little Leaguer sued by spectator who got hit with baseball.
- Maximum-security inmate who went to jail with five teeth sues prison for dental problems.
- Anheuser Busch sued after longneck bottle used as weapon in bar fight.
- National Football League fan sues Dallas Cowboys over hot bench.
- California restaurateur sued for disabilities act violations in parking lot he didn't own.
- Colorado man wins $7 million after blaming illness on inhaling microwave-popcorn fumes.
- A $1.7 billion suit claims City of Santa Monica wireless parking meters cause health problems.
- Bay Area parents sue school after their son was kicked out of honors class for cheating.


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Most of us start the year with high hopes for the health of our bodies, minds, careers, and — of course—bank accounts. But you probably don't need a statistician to tell you that when it comes to keeping your New Year's resolutions, the odds are stacked against you.
A popular study published in the University of Scranton's Journal of Clinical Psychology found that while nearly half of Americans usually make resolutions, just 8% are successful in keeping them, and about one-quarter report that they fail to meet their goals year after year.
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Why do these plans fall apart so easily? We talked to two certified financial planners to find out what held people back from sticking to their self-improvement plans in years past — and what can be done to overcome these obstacles in 2018.
No. 1: Your resolutions are unrealistic or unclear.
Vague, lofty goals like "lose weight" or "save money" can do more harm than good; undefined targets can leave you overwhelmed and discouraged when you don't immediately succeed. That's why resolutions should start small, according to Kristen Euretig, certified financial planner and founder of Brooklyn Plans in Brooklyn, N.Y., a company specializing in helping today's women with their finances. "Take into account a realistic but ambitious goal that can be achieved in a year and would be forward momentum toward an even larger goal," says Euretig. "Buying a house may be too much to tackle in a year, but saving the first 10% of a down payment could be a realistic starting point that would also be quite an accomplishment."
Another trick to keep you from getting overwhelmed? Be as specific as possible. Euretig recommends breaking up big resolutions into defined subgoals with set deadlines. Rather than resolving to pay off student debt, says Euretig, start by figuring out if your payment plan is working to your advantage. That way, you'll better understand the time and effort required to reach your goal and appreciate any incremental progress along the way.
No. 2: Your resolutions don't align with your needs or lifestyle.
Ever find yourself rationalizing your way out of a behavioral change? Maybe you can't go to the gym today because you have important errands to run, or you neglect that book on your nightstand because there is a movie on Netflix you've been meaning to watch. Your reasons may be legitimate, but using them as a means of abandoning your self-improvement plan is detrimental to you in the long term.
Melissa Ellis, certified financial planner at Sapphire Wealth Planning in Overland Park, Kan., knows that a thorough understanding of your current behaviors and lifestyle can help you anticipate the setbacks you will face throughout the year and think up solutions that will keep you on track when challenges arise. If your goal is to max out your Roth IRA, Ellis notes, you need to make sure you have the discretionary income to make it happen; if you know at the start of the year that you'll have to cut back somewhere else in your budget (like your take-out habit) to find the extra money, you're more likely to stick to the plan.
No. 3: You sacrifice your future well-being for your present happiness.
Most of us treat our future self as a different person. Unfortunately, it's often a person we don't seem to care much about. This phenomenon — our willingness to sacrifice our future well-being for immediate gratification — is called myopia temporal discounting. It's one reason why many people continually put off diets, start saving for retirement later than they should, or rack up credit card debt for items or experiences they can't afford. In fact, credit cards are the ultimate trap for people who like to live in the present vs. think about the future.
"It's easier to put off the intangible, because it's not an immediate need," says Ellis. Try connecting with your future self by visualizing what you would like your life to look like at age 40, 60, or 75, and think about what steps, however small, you can take today to make that vision a reality.
You should know your financial personality — that is, how you perceive time and how that perception impacts your financial habits — before you make any financial resolutions. The better you understand your strengths and weaknesses, the more likely you will be to succeed.
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No. 4: You don't hold yourself accountable.
Can you remember what your resolutions for last year were? It typically only takes about three weeks for most of us to get back into our old routines and forget all our intentions for the new year, especially if you don't have a time frame for achieving the goal or a way to measure your progress.
"The best way to stick to resolutions is to make them real and to hold yourself accountable," says Euretig. "Write goals down. Make a vision board. Put a picture of the vision board as the wallpaper of your phone. Share your resolutions with an accountability partner who you can check in with along the way or with your social media community." Setting aside time each week or each month to check in with yourself about your success will help you remember the resolutions throughout the year. If you need an extra boost, tap a friend or family member who can help remind you to stay on track or, even better, join you on the journey.
No. 5: You forget to reward yourself.
It's easy to lose motivation as the year goes on and you settle into old routines. Any sense of urgency goes away, and you can end up putting off behavioral changes indefinitely until it's January again.
That's why Ellis recommends rewarding yourself throughout the year if you are successfully sticking to your resolution. If you meet your goals of, say, paying off a department store credit card, maybe buy yourself a pair of shoes — but be sure to do it in cash, so you're not buying something you can't afford and racking up more debt. "It's something concrete you can look at to remind you that you have made a change," Ellis says.
Whether your goals are about money, your career, relationships, or fitness, it's important to remember that good things typically don't come easily. Taking time to set the right goals, define an execution plan, and regularly track your progress will make sticking to your resolutions a little less painful — and a lot more likely to happen.
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New Scientific Options for Preventing Breast Cancer
Research Update on Compounds to Incorporate Into Your Breast Health ProgramOctober 2008
By Laurie Barclay, MD
One of the most frightening events that a woman will ever face is being diagnosed with breast cancer. While many women diligently seek health screenings to catch this insidious disease in its early stages, few of us realize the cancer-preventive potential of nutrients such as vitamin D and pomegranate.
These scientifically documented agents provide powerful protection against breast cancer through a number of fascinating mechanisms. By favorably affecting gene expression, pomegranate, green tea, curcumin, and vitamin D can restore healthy cell division patterns,1-4 while soy extracts can help guard against estrogen's hyper-proliferating effects.5
One in eight women in the United States will be diagnosed with this life-threatening disease during her lifetime.6 Even with all the advances in pharmaceutical technology, mortality rates for breast cancer have remained stagnant for the past few decades. As the scientific evidence for natural cancer-protective compounds continues to mount, many of today's leading scientists believe that a multi-pronged nutritional strategy holds the key in helping to win the war against breast cancer.
The Epidemic of Breast Cancer
Today, breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in American women, excluding skin cancer.7 This is in part due to earlier and more frequent detection with mammography and breast examination, but also due to increasing risk factors for breast cancer. These risk factors include delayed childbearing, having fewer children, use of pharmaceutical hormone replacement therapy, and obesity, especially in postmenopausal women.8 In the United States, an estimated 178,480 new cases of invasive breast cancer were diagnosed in 2007, along with more than 40,000 deaths, making breast cancer the second leading cause of cancer death in women.7
Natural Options for Preventing Breast Cancer
Recent studies offer hope that vitamin D and foods-beverages such as green tea, pomegranate, curcumin, and soy may help promote breast health and reduce breast cancer risk. These foods are rich in healthful compounds known as polyphenols, which are active in many pathways that regulate cell growth and metabolism.
"Research has indicated these compounds have a potential not only in prevention of breast cancer but also for treatment," Bharat B. Aggarwal, PhD, Ransom Horne, Jr., professor of cancer research at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, tells Life Extension magazine. "Most of the natural products, including vitamin D, green tea, pomegranate, and curcumin, mediate their effects through modulation of multiple cell signaling targets."
"This is a big advantage because scientists are beginning to realize that multi-targeted therapies are needed for the treatment of cancer," says Dr. Aggarwal, who is also a professor of cancer medicine in biochemistry, and chief of the cytokine research laboratory, Department of Experimental Therapeutics, at M.D. Anderson. "These natural products are designed to be multi-targeted naturally."
Cancer-Preventive Potential of Vitamin D
Vitamin D, created by the body in response to sunlight, and present in fortified milk, fish, and fish liver oils has long been touted as a natural preventive agent against bone loss seen with aging and the menopause. But can it also benefit breast health?
"Vitamin D seems to reduce cell division in many types of cells," Julia Knight, PhD, associate professor of public health sciences at the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, tells Life Extension. "Too much cell division can lead to cancer development." Dr. Knight, who is also a senior investigator and leader at the Prosserman Centre for Health Research, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, notes further, "Vitamin D is also important for other reasons such as for bone health."
Marilyn Tseng, PhD, an associate member of the Fox Chase Cancer Center, in Philadelphia, PA, agrees that numerous lines of evidence suggest that vitamin D might be protective against cancer. These include population studies showing lower breast cancer rates in areas of the US that get more sunlight, and laboratory studies showing that vitamin D has anticancer effects.9
In addition, epidemiological studies show that women with low vitamin D intake tend to have high breast density on mammograms, which is associated with increased risk for breast cancer.10,11 Lower amounts of sun exposure are also linked to increased breast cancer risk in light-skinned women.12
"The active form of vitamin D in the body (1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D) is thought to have several anticarcinogenic (anticancer) effects, including inhibition of cell proliferation and induction of apoptosis (natural cell death), Dr. Tseng tells Life Extension.
Laboratory studies have shown that 1,25-dihydroxy-vitamin D suppresses growth of breast cancer by blocking signals that stimulate cancer cell growth, by enhancing signals that inhibit cancer cell growth, and by favorably altering regulators of the cell cycle.1 This three-pronged attack can prevent mutated cells from becoming malignant and even induce cancer cell death. In addition, vitamin D plays a role in the effects hormones have on breast cancer, including the potential stimulating effects of growth hormone and prolactin.13,14
Vitamin D may also help prevent or modulate breast cancer through interactions with the vitamin D receptor in mammary cells. By binding with the vitamin D receptor in healthy cells, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D influences proteins involved in cell differentiation, survival, and proliferation. The active form of vitamin D may discourage proliferation and promote differentiation in breast cancer cells that are vitamin D receptor-positive.15
In one investigation, scientists prospectively examined the relationship of vitamin D and calcium intake to breast cancer incidence. Higher intake of vitamin D and calcium was associated with a modestly reduced risk of breast cancer in premenopausal women. Interestingly, the protective benefits were more pronounced for more aggressive breast tumors.16
Another large prospective study examining the relationship between vitamin D intake and breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women found that those who consumed at least 800 IU per day from diet and supplemental sources had a lower risk than those consuming less than 400 IU daily. Vitamin D's protective effect was most pronounced during the first five years after the baseline dietary assessment and against estrogen- and progesterone-receptor negative cancers.17
A recent case-control study comparing 1,394 postmenopausal breast cancer patients with 1,365 controls showed that low levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (the primary circulating form of vitamin D and precursor to 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D) were significantly related to breast cancer risk. In fact, women in the highest category of 25-hydroxyvitamin D blood level had an amazing 70% reduction in their risk of breast cancer. This association was even stronger in women who never used menopausal hormone therapy.18
A pooled analysis examining the dose-response association between serum vitamin D levels and breast cancer risk revealed that women with serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels of approximately 52 ng/mL (130 nmol/L) had a 50% lower risk compared with women who had serum levels <13 ng/mL (32 nmol/L). This protective serum level correlates with approximately 4,000 IU of vitamin D daily.19
According to Dr. Knight, the optimal amount of vitamin D supplementation may vary based on an individual's amount of sun exposure,12 intake from dietary sources such as fortified milk and fatty fish, and use of supplements. Fortified milk, as well as some brands of soy milk, contain about 100 IU per cup on average.
For people living in northern latitudes, vitamin D supplementation is more important in the winter, when little vitamin D is obtained from the sun.20 People with darker skin need more sun exposure than do lighter-skinned people to make the same amount of vitamin D, and as a result, they often have lower blood levels of vitamin D.
"Supplements of 800 and 1,000 IU vitamin D can now be obtained and are sometimes recommended to older women, along with calcium, to prevent osteoporosis," Dr. Knight says. "The optimal amount to prevent breast cancer is unknown and may vary by age and other factors." Dr. Knight believes that additional research would be helpful to evaluate the optimal blood levels of vitamin D for different aspects of health and the effect of individual factors such as age, skin color, body weight, geographic location, and sun exposure on the optimal amount for supplementation.
Other experts have proposed that daily intake of 1,000-4,000 IU vitamin D is needed to obtain healthy serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D of 30 ng/mL (75 nmol/L), which may confer protection against breast cancer and other malignancies such as colon, prostate, ovarian, lung, and pancreatic cancers.9
Excessive vitamin D intake can result in hypercalcemia, or increased blood calcium levels. The potentially harmful effects of hypercalcemia may include gastrointestinal symptoms, depression, confusion, and more frequent urination in greater amounts. While the Institute of Medicine's established upper limit of vitamin D is 2,000 IU per day, recent clinical trials in healthy adults have found no evidence of toxicity at doses ≥10,000 IU/day.21
Protecting Against Breast Cancer with Green Tea
"Green tea, traditionally used in Chinese medicine, has several health benefits including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anticancer effects," Arpita Basu, PhD, assistant professor of nutritional sciences at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, tells Life Extension. "Keeping in view the high burden of breast cancer among US women, and the increasing use of complementary and alternative medicine, green tea phytochemicals deserve special attention in breast cancer prevention and treatment."
Green tea is rich in plant compounds known as polyphenols that can help prevent disease. The most active group of green tea polyphenols are the catechins, particularly epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG).
Laboratory data from cell culture and animal models provide convincing evidence for the anticancer effects of green tea polyphenols, or of EGCG, on breast cancer.2,22-24 In laboratory studies, green tea polyphenols and EGCG have been shown to suppress the growth and reproduction of human breast cancer cells.25,26 Of even greater interest, these beneficial compounds in green tea delay the appearance of tumors in mouse models of breast cancer27 and cut down on the total tumor burden (amount of cancer in the body) when human breast cancer cells are injected into laboratory mice.26
"In mouse models of breast cancer, green tea catechins induced cell death, leading to smaller tumors and longer survival, and also caused a reduction in the tumor oxidative products," Dr. Basu says. "Thus, the anticancer effects of green tea extend beyond its antioxidative and anti-inflammatory properties, which also independently contribute to decreased risks of breast cancer."
Other exciting benefits of green tea include inhibition of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) production,27,28 which cuts off the blood supply needed for tumor growth; down-regulation of estrogen receptor-alpha function in breast cancer cells;29 reduction of tumor invasiveness;27 and increased apoptosis, or programmed cell death, in cancer cells.30
"Oxidative stress has been implicated in promoting growth and malignancy of cancers including breast cancer," Jian-Wei Gu, MD, assistant professor of physiology and biophysics at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, tells Life Extension. "Aside from the role of free radicals in the induction of mutation, oxidative stress also alters cell signaling pathways involved with apoptosis [programmed cell death] resistance, proliferation [growth], angiogenesis [new blood vessel formation], and metastasis [spread]. Therefore, antioxidants, especially EGCG in green tea, can inhibit tumor progression."
A fascinating experiment by Dr. Gu's laboratory showed that EGCG, 50-100 mg/kg/day, added to the drinking water of female mice inhibited growth of breast cancer. After five weeks of EGCG treatment, the weight of breast tumors shrunk an astounding 68% in mice consuming EGCG daily, and the tumors were 66% smaller.31
This effect appeared to result from EGCG blocking the growth of blood vessels to the tumors, thereby choking off their blood supply.31
The anticancer effects of green tea have been shown to work together with and enhance those of the natural supplement curcumin;32 of reishi mushroom (used in traditional Chinese medicine);33 of the breast cancer drug tamoxifen;34 and even of the monoclonal antibody trastuzumab, which is used alone or in combination with chemotherapy for breast cancer.35
"Some observational studies have suggested a significantly decreased risk of breast cancer as well as improvement of clinical features of breast cancer malignancy associated with green tea consumption," Dr. Basu says, citing two reports.36,37 "However, these studies do not suggest a cause and effect relationship but provide a basis for green tea catechin interventions in clinical trials."
Studies in healthy human volunteers have shown that consuming green tea catechins is safe and may enhance the body's ability to detoxify carcinogens that increase cancer risk.38 In an ongoing trial, the National Cancer Institute is testing the effect of green tea polyphenols in 288 patients with breast cancer.39 Dr. Basu is enthusiastic that the results of this trial "will conclusively prove the anticancer effects of green tea phytochemicals." A phase II study examining green tea's chemoprevention effects against breast cancer is also under way.40
Based on the evidence to date, Dr. Basu notes that drinking two to four cups of freshly brewed green tea a day should be considered one of many healthy dietary choices in preventing primary or recurring breast cancers, and that supplements may also be appropriate.
Another expert weighing in on the question of green tea and breast health is Min Zhang, PhD, MD, a senior research fellow in the School of Population Health at the University of Western Australia.
A case-control study in Southeast China by Dr. Zhang's group showed that regularly drinking green tea is associated with decreased risk for breast cancer.41
"Our research showed that regular consumption of green tea can protect against breast cancer," Dr. Zhang tells Life Extension. "The accumulated evidence from other studies suggested that green tea supplements may have similar benefits as drinking green tea."
To examine this further, Dr. Zhang's group is planning a clinical study in breast cancer patients, comparing the effects of encapsulated green tea extract with those of placebo.


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Campus Construction Update: Week of July 26, 2010
Editor's note: Watch for the next Campus Construction Update on Aug. 20.
Thunderstorms on July 21 that unleashed torrents of rain and spawned three tornadoes in southern Maine also made their mark, happily minor, on the Hedge/Roger Williams construction site. Winds, which gusted up to 90 mph in some parts of the state, knocked over 40 feet of the fence around the site. "We called the contractor," Portland-based Wright-Ryan, "and the superintendent was nearby, and he just came over and put it back," says project manager Paul Farnsworth. Read more of this week's news from the renovation of Hedge and Roger Williams halls.
There will be less craning and straining in the name of patriotism when the Bobcats play on the renovated Garcelon Field. At the old grandstand, the flagpoles were atop the press box behind the spectators. So anybody who wanted to gaze at Old Glory during the national anthem had to twist right around to see it. The renovated facility, says project manager Mike Gustin, will feature three flagpoles behind the scoreboard, at the north end of the field by the Residential Village. "Now you'll just be able to look across the field," Gustin says. Read more of the news from the Garcelon Field renovation.
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My Amityville Horror (2013)Horror Documentary
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For the first time in 35 years, Daniel Lutz recounts his version of the infamous Amityville haunting that terrified his family in 1975. George and Kathy Lutz's story went on to inspire a best-selling novel and the subsequent films have continued to fascinate audiences today. This documentary reveals the horror behind growing up as part of a world famous haunting and while Daniel's facts may be other's fiction, the psychological scars he carries are indisputable.... Full synopsis »
What is the worst thing you've ever experienced? After ten adaptations, sequels and remakes, the house at 112 Ocean Avenue gets another theatrical treatment, this time in the form of a documentary that focuses on Daniel Lutz, the stepson of George Lutz and one of the individuals who experienced firsthand what happened in Amityville. It's My Amityville Horror, and it makes the worst thing you've ever experienced look like a walk in the park. Full movie review »


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Well, with the featured articles sorted out for the time being, I'd like to move on to another feature of the site that's been rather neglected: the Quote of the Week. If nobody objects, I propose the following:
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- Any existing nomination that has negative votes will be struck.
- All other items that are on there now will be left for one month before being removed.
- The Quote of the Week nominations will be featured in the community messages and anywhere else I can think of to promote it.
And I encourage anyone that has the time to have a look over the list of proposals and vote for or against the items on there. ProfessorTofty (talk) 18:27, March 9, 2013 (UTC)
- I also recommend that promoted entries be put up for at least two weeks instead of one for the time being, due to the current shortage. - Nick O'Demus 20:02, March 9, 2013 (UTC)
- That's a good idea; I don't have any objection to it. ProfessorTofty (talk) 20:05, March 9, 2013 (UTC)
- Since there doesn't seem to be any objections, I am going to go ahead and start moving forward with this. ProfessorTofty (talk) 00:47, March 12, 2013 (UTC)
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[a/s/l] 23|male|washington
[what?]currently i am a freelance graphic designer right out of college. when i find a stable job i'll definitely support crunchy roll but i'm still poor like i was in college...
[how] i've always enjoyed watching animation, i started t when i was young and watched transformers and voltron. i enjoy some of the american cartoons here such as the simpsons, family guy and the occasional looney tunes and disney. i find that anime can get addicting and it eats up a lot of time. it's a really good way to kill idle time. my favorites include: school rumble, excel saga, bleach, maburaho, karin, (basically almost anything that j.c. staff produces), ranma 1/2, elfen lied, fmp, love hina oh the list goes on...
1. Francis
2. 21/m/philippines
3. I sometimes laugh by myself when I accidentally think of something stupid... especially if I imagine something funny about a person close to me at the moment... but just to be respectful, I keep it all to myself... but backfires in a sense that people think I'm loosing it...
4. I was watching anime here in the philippines way back since i can even remember.. but can not distinguish at those moment what anime and cartoons are.. until I've watched rurouni kenshin where I did some research which led mo to anime, Jpop, Jdorama, Kpop and, crap, I'm even starting to learn japanese!
*rawr* みつけた。。。
3-15% of humour,20% of weird,25% of intelligence~and 40% of totally Anime!!
4-used to it since ages,I watch Gundam,D oreamon and Ultraman(hah u may laugh on that but it is cool anyway) ~currently Bleach~
I love anime so much i watch anime everyday id say InuYasha got me into anime i started like last year, ive watched over 50 animes, i kind of like ecchi (its funny),(i give up i like all types of anime excepy shojen,saga,yaoi,and yuri, my current favorite anime is Naruto~!!!!!!!, my favorite games~i don't have any i like almost all video games im a techno kinda person.
Hello everybody! im new here, obviously being that this is an introduction thread. well anyways this site owns me now (screw cartoon network! i cant stop watching Naruto!)
and there is no turning back........
After years of absence from CR, I've returned with a renewed interest in anime.
-ermm....i'm sure there are many weird things about me...but nothing in particular comes to mind right now!!
-haha, the first anime i watched was Rurouni Kenshin, though at the time i didn't know it was anime (or what anime was for that matter.. ) then after a few years came Inuyasha on Cartoon Network and i found that my friends liked it too and my world just grew from there!
-Im just plain weird lol...
-A relative of mine owns a anime shop, so i was exposed to it really young. First thing i saw was Rurouni Kenshin, i liked it very much but then for some reason, i stopped watching animes for a long long time (maybe because i was spending all my free time practicing guitar... whatever). But then, for some reason, i came across Elfen Lied on Utube and, GOD IT PWNED ME.. seriously, i watched all the eps in the same day. But Utube started deleting lots of eps of lots of anime for some reason, so a friend of mine showed me this site (U own Shinji!) and i started to watch lots of series.. I kind of like ecchi the most its so funny! Well, im done lol.
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3. Grew up In Japan?
4. Well living in japan, it was hard to avoid >_>
Anyway, great site, and the high quality stream was well worth $5 too
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2- 25 / Male/ Germany
3- There are a few wired things about me, maybe i'll tell them one day to you
4- A few years ago "Vision of Escaflowne" an "Cowboy Bebop" were on the german MTV, since that i've been into anime and they didn't let me go since today.
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-- 21/F/ New jersey
-- hmm i love online games! ffxi player , What can i say about me.. i'm very random!!! I love long walks in the beach.....and drawn people in the water along the way XD meh .. oo yeah sorry for my english..i'ma latina from colombia
-- Well it was longgg time ago when i was like 10 or 11 My brother loved anime so much that i just sit next to him and watched anime all day hehe the first anime that got me hook up was Saint seiya and ranma1/2 <3333,from then on i'm such a geek!! i love all kinda of anime my favorite now is Melancholy of haruhi,bleach and I"S pure , o yeah i love reading manga as well
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My hobbies are folding origamis =] and watching animes/reading mangas.
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I first watched Sailor Moon and Pokemon without knowing they are anime/manga and then I started reading Fushigi Yugi and watched the anime and got into the anime/manga world =] What got me in J music is when I was really into kpop and my favorite singer is BoA. She now sings mostly J music so yea. What also got me into J music is after hearing the songs of Ayumi Hamasaki and Utada Hikaru. I'm not much of a gamer, but I do like online game and online RPG games like Ragnarok Online and I have played in a private server before.
Names Tranel, i'm 16 and i live in detroit. I've been here for a nice while but never came to the forum. Not really much of a talker but i love anime espacially Gantz, Elfen Lied, and Negima.
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2. 16/male/virginia
3. WoW....so...addicted...
4. When i was little, i got into Ranma 1/2 and loved the show.
umm anime so addicited :D
i started reading ranma1/2 when i was in 9th grade and got addicted
1. Bryan. Prefere Bry or BryBry as called by friends.
2.18/m/Northern VA
3. Guaranteed to make you go crazy or your money back!
4. Saw Yu Yu Hakusho and was hooked! Specially after seeing Akira!