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Hello! It looks like my husband and I might find ourselves with a week or so to spend in the Netherlands, including a 3 day conference in mid-March in Amsterdam. We are just beginning to plan the trip... and plan to stay at least 4 nights in Amsterdam while attending the conference (1-2 short sessions a day, which will give us plenty of time to see a few other sights that we are interested in like the Van Gogh museum, the Anne Frank house, a chilly canal ride, check out a few pubs, etc.).
My question is, would you recommend that we find another area in the Netherlands (or perhaps Belgium) to spend our remaining 3-4 nights, or stay put for the entire week and take a few day trips? We are not really "big city" people and would enjoy getting out and seeing the countryside. I would also love to tour a castle, but it appears that the Muiderslot castle does not open for the season until the end of March :-(. Maybe there is an equally spectacular one that you can recommend that we might be able to see if we spend a few days in another area?
We travel a lot but mostly to more wild, remote places, so we have very little experience with navigating on our own with trains and public transportation in non-English speaking countries, if that makes a difference in terms of your advice. This might be our one and only trip to this entire region, so we want to make the best of our 8 days! p.s. we realize that the weather will likely be cold and rainy.. but that never stops us from enjoying ourselves.
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Thats your decocker. Its supposed to do that. Don't fool with your internals, you'll shoot your eye out.
This is a discussion on 9mm Cougar (Safety switch) HELP within the Defensive Carry Guns forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Hello Friends, I have question to ask about my primary handgun - 9mm Cougar. When you insert magazine and then you cocked it. Hammer was ...
Hello Friends,
I have question to ask about my primary handgun - 9mm Cougar. When you insert magazine and then you cocked it. Hammer was clicked back. When I turn Safety switch on. Hammer kicked back in. Why ?
If I had to draw my firearm. I will have to turn safety switch off and then pull hammer. I would like to have hammer stay back with safety switch on. Is there something I can adjustment inside the firearm ? Many thanks!
Thats your decocker. Its supposed to do that. Don't fool with your internals, you'll shoot your eye out.
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Your gun has a safety/decocker mechanism that operates like the safety/decocker that Bersa uses on their guns. You do not need to thumb the hammer back after releasing the safety, just squeeze the trigger. Your initial trigger pull will be longer and heavier as with any double action pistol, your follow up shots will be shorter and crisper in the single action mode. There is nothing wrong with your gun and nothing needs to be messed with.
I would suggest you re-read your owners manual for the gun, it should explain all of this to you. If you don't have a manual call the manufacturer and they will send you one for free. Please make sure you read and understand the operation instructions for your gun before carrying it. After reading the instructions, if your still unsure take it to someone who is qualified and have them instruct you in the operation of it.It basically is individual preference on which you like best. Some manufacturers build the same gun in different configurations, on model with conventional safety and a model with a decocker lever. The advantage to a decocker is it allows you to lower the hammer without having to depress the the trigger. The main disadvantage is the longer double action pull for your first shot.Decocker.... Ok. Is it good to have one? Other firearm doesnt have decocker. Need an opinion.
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Carry it with one in the chamber, uncocked. Your first pull will be longer (Double action), the rest will be single action as the pistol cocks itself.
As already stated the gun is just fine, but you need some education. Nothing wrong with that, I always read the manual from start to finish and I have been around firearms for 40 years!! Enjoy the Cougar, is it the Beretta version or the Stoeger? I have been looking for a Stoeger locally with zero luck!! They are great guns which ever one you have.
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I don't like the decocker. Now that I've said that, I have a Berretta Cougar and the PX4 subcompact, which both have decockers. I like the guns and 'deal' with it.
What gets me is that they have versions they make that do not have them, one has no safety and one has a flip safety... the problem is that they will not sell them in the USA due to liability lawsuits by idiots.
Think of the decocker as a safety, as soon as you flip it off.... if you pull the trigger it will shoot. After the first shot the hammer will stay back ... and the trigger pull about 1/2 from what it was on the first one.. ..
What concerns me is the I've had it 2 months and after cocking it when I put the safety on the hammer drops.People need to read the instruction manuals you get with the firearm,that gun is not made to carry with the hammer cocked and I really hope that you never carried it like that.Even I will read an instruction manual for a new gun ,sometimes there are pertinent things about the gun such as do not dry fire this gun it will damage it etc.
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NEW YORK - Smarty Jones appears to enjoy the cameras and attention lavished on him as the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner.
Good thing, because all eyes are on him approaching the Belmont Stakes. A victory today would make the chestnut colt racing's first Triple Crown winner in 26 years.
Smarty can't make a move at Belmont Park without everyone nearby glancing his way or snapping his picture.
His first gallop around the sprawling track was cause for commotion Thursday. More than 100 reporters and photographers tracked him, even when he simply stood in his stall gazing back at the crowd.
"He's not afraid of people," said stable foreman Bill Foster, who sleeps in a room next to Smarty's stall in Barn 5.
Owner Roy Chapman kept up with the crowd in his wheelchair, equipped with an oxygen tank to help with his emphysema.
"All we need now is racing luck," he said. "You always need racing luck."
If Smarty Jones becomes the 12th Triple Crown winner and first since Affirmed in 1978, he also would be the first to complete the series sweep without a previous race over the Belmont surface.
"We're starting to get nervous," Servis said. "The fact that we have a chance to make history is starting to set in."
The weather forecast for today calls for a 70-percent chance of rain, reminiscent of last year's Belmont when Funny Cide lost his Triple Crown bid on a sloppy track.
"A little rain wouldn't hurt us Saturday," Chapman said. "Smarty loves an off track."
Smarty Jones is 8-for-8 and won the Arkansas Derby in the mud and the Kentucky Derby in the slop.
Trainers of other Belmont horses checked out Smarty during his foray around the track.
"He's a pretty average-looking horse," said Jason Orman, who trains the huge and regal-looking Rock Hard Ten, "but he tries hard every time. He doesn't have any excuses, and that's the sign of a good horse."
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Bobby Frankel rarely concedes anything in racing, but he said, "This horse looks like 10 lengths the best. He seems like the perfect horse right now."
Foster proudly counts himself as one of Smarty Jones' earliest believers, long before the bandwagon filled to capacity with supporters.
"If Smarty runs his race, they can all stay home," he said.
Smarty Jones galloped for the final time Friday, and trainer John Servis was pleased.
"He was very strong," he said. "He's ready."
The colt also practiced in the starting gate.
"He was perfect," Servis said. "He walked right in and stood great. That's part of his maturity.
"He's turning into a real professional."
Smarty spent the rest of the day sleeping and eating in his stall.
He is never alone these days.
Smarty was accompanied Wednesday on his 100-mile journey from Philadelphia Park by a police escort through Pennsylvania, New Jersey and into New York.
Foster said a bus full of high school athletes waved and shouted at Smarty's caravan. Cars honked, and toll booth operators took notice.
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The following discussion summarizes the significant factors affecting the consolidated operating results, financial condition, liquidity, and cash flows of our Company as of and for the periods presented below and should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and accompanying notes included with this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that are based on the beliefs of our management, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, our management. Actual results could differ materially from those discussed in or implied by forward-looking statements as a result of various factors. See "Forward-Looking Statements."
We were founded in December 2006 as a Florida limited liability company and in connection with our initial public offering, on February 3, 2011, Imperial Holdings, Inc. succeeded to the business of Imperial Holdings, LLC and its assets and liabilities.
Imperial Holdings, Inc. (the "Company" or "Imperial") operates in two reportable business segments: life finance (formerly referred to as premium finance) and structured settlements. In the life finance business, the Company earns revenue/income from interest charged on loans, loan origination fees, agency fees from referring agents, changes in the fair value of life insurance policies that the Company acquires and receipt of death benefits with respect to matured life insurance policies it owns. The Company voluntarily terminated its premium finance business in connection with the USAO Investigation. See "Legal Proceedings." In the structured settlement business, the Company purchases structured settlement receivables at a discounted rate and sells these receivables to third parties.
Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 provides additional information about our business, operations and financial condition.
Recent Developments, Uncertainties & Outlook
In connection with the Non-Prosecution Agreement, Imperial voluntarily terminated its premium finance business. Accordingly, the Company did not recognize any agency fees during the three months ended March 31, 2012 and, once the Company's remaining premium finance loans mature, the Company will no longer recognize revenue from interest income or origination fees. The only material revenue that the Company expects to recognize from the premium finance business in 2012 is from changes in fair value of life settlements acquired upon default and strategic sales of certain life insurance policies in its portfolio that were acquired upon default of premium finance loans. As a result, we expect our revenue in our Life Finance segment to be materially lower in 2012 than in prior year.
Additionally, the Company's ability to generate new business in the life finance segment continued to be limited in the first quarter of 2012 as the Company originated no premium finance loans and, in order to conserve capital, did not purchase policies through life settlement-related acquisitions. As a consequence, the Company's portfolio of life insurance policies is smaller than previously projected, which may result in more volatility and adversely affect the portfolio's performance.
In the structured settlements segment, on January 12, 2012, the Company resumed financing non-life contingent structured settlements using its dedicated facility for those receivables after signing an acknowledgement that provided for certain payments in respect of, the transfer of the ownership of certain lock-box accounts associated with the facility. The Company also continued to fund life-contingent structured settlements under a forward purchase and sale arrangement entered into on December 30, 2011. However, this new arrangement compressed the Company's margins as it required the Company to sell life-contingent structured settlements during the first quarter of 2012 at a discount rate that was 200 basis points higher than the rate used in the prior facility. As of the filing of this Form 10-Q, the discount rate under this forward purchase and sale arrangement is currently 50 basis points higher than the rate used in the prior facility.
The Company has also expended considerable resources resolving the USAO Investigation, as well as responding to the SEC Investigation and related litigation, advancing indemnification costs on behalf of certain employees and in conducting an independent investigation of the facts and circumstances surrounding the USAO Investigation. As of March 31, 2012 the Company's legal and related fees in respect of these matters was $12.4 million, including $5.5 million incurred during the three months ended March 31, 2012. Moreover, the Company's D&O carriers have disputed several of the claims and reserved their rights, and the Company's primary D&O carrier filed a declaratory judgment action on June 13, 2012 seeking a judgment that the claims submitted by the Company are precluded under a prior and pending litigation exemption.
At the time of the Company's initial public offering, the Company intended to hold the majority of the life insurance policies it acquired to maturity while strategically trading in and out of certain policies. In light of the USAO Investigation,
the SEC Investigation, the related shareholder litigation and the related unbudgeted expenses incurred by the Company, the Company is re-examining its strategy and cash management objectives. We estimate that we will need to pay $19.2 million in premiums to keep our current portfolio of life insurance policies in force from April 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012 and an additional $26.1 million to keep the portfolio in force through 2013. As of March 31, 2012, we had approximately $62.7 million of cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities, including $691,000 of restricted cash. As of September 30, we had approximately $41.8 million of cash and cash equivalents, and marketable securities including $1.1 million of restricted cash. Additionally, we have not yet experienced the mortalities of insureds or received the resulting death benefits from our life insurance policies (other than from policies with subrogation rights that are not reported on our balance sheet and that are considered contingent assets). We expect the lack of mortalities of insureds to continue at least through 2012. We believe we have sufficient cash and cash equivalents to pay the premiums necessary to keep the life insurance policies that we own in force and our operating expenses through at least 2012 although we will need to proactively manage our cash in advance of any liquidity shortfall. Based on our current internal forecast, we anticipate a liquidity shortfall in the third quarter of 2013. If we do not begin to experience mortalities and collect the related death benefits in a timely manner prior to that time, we will need to seek additional capital to pay the premiums, by means of debt or equity financing or the sale of some of the policies that we own. We may also seek to reduce our operating expenses in order to preserve the value of our existing portfolio of policies, and/or, under certain scenarios, lapse or sell certain of our policies or some combination of the above. The lapsing of policies, if any, would create losses as the assets would be written down to zero.
Critical Accounting Policies
Critical Accounting Estimates
The preparation of the financial statements requires us to make judgments, estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. We base our judgments, estimates and assumptions on historical experience and on various other factors that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results could differ materially from these estimates under different assumptions and conditions. We evaluate our judgments, estimates and assumptions on a regular basis and make changes accordingly. We believe that the judgments, estimates and assumptions involved in the accounting for the loan impairment valuation, allowance for doubtful accounts, income taxes, valuation of structured settlements and the valuation of investments in life settlements have the greatest potential impact on our financial statements and accordingly believe these to be our critical accounting estimates. Below we discuss the critical accounting policies associated with the estimates, as well as selected other critical accounting policies.
Life Finance Loans Receivable
We report loans receivable acquired or originated by us at cost, adjusted for any deferred fees or costs in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 310-20, Receivables-Nonrefundable Fees and Other Costs, discounts, and loan impairment valuation. All loans are collateralized by life insurance policies. Interest income is accrued on the unpaid principal balance on a monthly basis based on the applicable rate of interest on the loans.
In accordance with ASC 310, Receivables, we specifically evaluate all loans for impairment based on the fair value of the underlying policies as collectability is primarily collateral dependent. The loans are considered to be collateral dependent as the repayment of the loans is expected to be provided by the underlying insurance policies. In the event of default, the borrower typically relinquishes ownership of the policy to us in exchange for our release of the debt (or we enforce our security interests in the beneficial interests in the trust that owns the policy). For loans that have lender protection insurance, we make a claim against the lender protection insurance policy and, subject to terms and conditions of the lender protection insurance policy, our lender protection insurer has the right to direct control or take beneficial ownership of the policy upon payment of our claim. For loans without lender protection insurance, we have the option of selling the policy or maintaining it on our balance sheet for investment.
We evaluate the loan impairment valuation on a monthly basis based on our periodic review of the estimated value of the underlying collateral. This evaluation is inherently subjective as it requires estimates that are susceptible to significant revision as more information becomes available. The loan impairment valuation is established as losses on loans are estimated and the provision is charged to earnings. Once established, the loan impairment valuation cannot be reversed to earnings.
In order to originate premium finance transactions our lenders required that we procure lender protection insurance. This lender protection insurance mitigates our exposure to losses which may be caused by declines in the fair value of the underlying policies. At the end of each reporting period, for loans that have lender protection insurance, a loan impairment
valuation is established if the carrying value of the loan receivable exceeds the amount of coverage. The lender protection insurance program was terminated as of December 31, 2010, and all loans originated after December 31, 2010, do not carry lender protection insurance coverage. Thus, for all loans originated in 2011 and beyond, a loan impairment valuation is established if the carrying value of a loan receivable exceeds the fair value of the underlying collateral. The provision for losses on loans receivable has increased during the three months ended March 31, 2012 as a result of the decline in the estimated fair value of the collateral due to the higher discount rate applied in the fair value model. See Notes 6, 10 and 11 to the accompanying consolidated and combined financial statements.
Fair Value Option
As of July 1, 2010, we elected to adopt the fair value option, in accordance with ASC 825, Financial Instruments, to record newly-acquired structured settlements at fair value. We have the option to measure eligible financial assets, financial liabilities, and commitments at fair value on an instrument-by-instrument basis. This option is available when we first recognize a financial asset or financial liability or enter into a firm commitment. Subsequent changes in the fair value of assets, liabilities, and commitments where we have elected the fair value option are recorded in our consolidated and combined statement of operations. We have made this election for our structured settlement assets because it is our intention to sell these assets within the next twelve months, and we believe it significantly reduces the disparity that exists between the GAAP carrying value of these structured settlements and our estimate of their economic value.
Fair Value Measurement Guidance
We follow ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, which defines fair value as an exit price representing the amount that would be received if an asset were sold or that would be paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. As such, fair value is a market-based measurement that should be determined based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability. As a basis for considering such assumptions the guidance establishes a three-level fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value. Level 1 relates to quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Level 2 relates to observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1. Level 3 relates to unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities. Our investments in life insurance policies and structured settlements are considered Level 3 assets as there is currently no active market where we are able to observe quoted prices for identical assets and our valuation model incorporates significant inputs that are not observable. Our impaired loans are measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis, as the carrying value is based on the fair value of the underlying collateral. The method used to estimate the fair value of impaired collateral-dependent loans depends on the nature of the collateral. For collateral that has lender protection insurance coverage, the fair value measurement is considered to be Level 3 as the insured value is an observable input to the Company, but not observable to market participants. For collateral that does not have lender protection insurance coverage, the fair value measurement is considered to be Level 3 as the estimated fair value is based on a model whose significant inputs are the life expectancy of the insured and the discount rate, which are not observable.
Ownership of Life Insurance Policies
In the ordinary course of business, a large portion of our borrowers default by not paying off the loan and relinquish ownership of the life insurance policy to us in exchange for our release of the obligation to pay amounts due. We also buy life insurance policies in the secondary and tertiary markets. We account for life insurance policies that we own as investments in life settlements (life insurance policies) in accordance with ASC 325-30, Investments in Insurance Contracts, which requires us to use either the investment method or the fair value method. The election is made on an instrument-by-instrument basis and is irrevocable. We have elected to account for these life insurance policies as investments using the fair value method.
We initially record investments in life settlements at the transaction price. For policies acquired upon relinquishment by our borrowers, we determine the transaction price based on fair value of the acquired policies at the date of relinquishment. The difference between the net carrying value of the loan and the transaction price is recorded as a gain (loss) on loan payoffs and settlement. For policies acquired for cash, the transaction price is the amount paid.
Valuation of Insurance Policies
Our valuation of insurance policies is a critical component of our estimate for the loan impairment valuation and the fair value of our investments in life settlements (life insurance policies). We currently use a probabilistic method of valuing life insurance policies, which we believe to be the preferred valuation method in the industry. The most significant assumptions which we estimate are the life expectancy of the insured and the discount rate.
In determining the life expectancy estimate, we analyze medical reviews from independent secondary market life expectancy providers ("LE providers"). Historically, the Company has procured the majority of its life expectancy reports from two life expectancy report providers and currently uses AVS Underwriting, LLC ("AVS") life expectancy reports for valuation purposes. The LE provider reviews the medical records and identifies all medical conditions it feels are relevant to the life expectancy of the insured. Debits and credits are then assigned by the LE provider to the individual's health based on these medical conditions. The debit or credit that an LE provider assigns to a medical condition is derived from the experience of mortality attributed to this condition in the portfolio of lives that it monitors. The health of the insured is summarized by the LE provider into a life assessment of the individual's life expectancy expressed both in terms of months and in mortality factor.
The resulting mortality factor represents an indication as to the degree to which the given life can be considered more or less impaired than a standard life having similar characteristics (e.g. gender, age, smoking, etc.). For example, a standard insured (the average life for the given mortality table) would carry a mortality rating of 100%. A similar but impaired life bearing a mortality rating of 200% would be considered to have twice the chance of dying earlier than the standard life.
The probability of mortality for an insured is then calculated by applying the life expectancy estimate to a mortality table. The mortality table is created based on the rates of death among groups categorized by gender, age, and smoking status. By measuring how many deaths occur before the start of each year, the table allows for a calculation of the probability of death in a given year for each category of insured people. The probability of mortality for an insured is found by applying the mortality rating from the life expectancy assessment to the probability found in the actuarial table for the insured's age, sex and smoking status. The Company applies an actuarial table developed by a third party. In contrast, in pricing trades, we believe many market participants generally reference a table developed by the U.S. Society of Actuaries known as the 2008 Valuation Basic Table, or the 2008 VBT. The table used by the Company to value its life settlements is generally more conservative in that it applies the mortality experience of an insured population that is representative of participants in the life settlement market. Because of the relative greater wealth of the insured whose life insurance policy is sold into the life settlement market, and thus their access to superior healthcare, these individuals tend to live longer than the general population. This is referred to by participants in the life settlement market as the "wealth effect." The Company believes the modified table is consistent with modified tables used by market participants and third party medical underwriters.
The mortality rating is used to create a range of possible outcomes for the given life and assign a probability that each of the possible outcomes might occur. This probability represents a mathematical curve known as a mortality curve. This curve is then used to generate a series of expected cash flows over the remaining expected lifespan of the insured and the corresponding policy. A discounted present value calculation is then used to determine the price of the policy. If the insured dies earlier than expected, the return will be higher than if the insured dies when expected or later than expected.
The calculation allows for the possibility that if the insured dies earlier than expected, the premiums needed to keep the policy in force will not have to be paid. Conversely, the calculation also considers the possibility that if the insured lives longer than expected, more premium payments will be necessary. Based on these considerations, each possible outcome is assigned a probability and the range of possible outcomes is then used to create a price for the policy.
As is the case with most market participants, the Company uses life expectancies that are provided by third-party life expectancy providers. These are estimates of an insured's remaining years. If all of the insured lives in the Company's life settlement portfolio live six months shorter or longer than the life expectancies provided by these third parties, the change in fair market value would be as follows (dollars in thousands):
Change in LE Mths Adj Value Value +6 85,149 (17,146 ) - 102,295 - -6 121,682 19,387
The Company believes that investors in esoteric assets such as life insurance policies typically target yields averaging between 12% - 17% for investments of more than a 5 year duration, which is consistent with the Company's historical use of a 15%-17% discount rate to value its life insurance policies prior to the third quarter of 2011.
We believe that the USAO Investigation along with certain unfavorable court decisions unrelated to the Company contributed to a contraction in the life settlement marketplace. This perceived softening in the market was also corroborated by third party consultants engaged by the Company and is consistent with discussions involving the Company and other market participants. In general, since the onset of the credit crisis in 2007, capital has been limited and credit has been costly for the purchase of life insurance policies in the secondary and tertiary markets. In light of the USAO Investigation and publicly available information about the Company when given the choice to invest in a policy that was associated with the Company's premium finance business and a policy without such an association, all else being equal, the Company believes that an investor would generally opt to invest in the policy that was not associated with the Company's premium finance business. Accordingly, the Company viewed a further adjustment to its discount rates as necessary at December 31, 2011 because of the changes in the market along with the increased perceived risk premium that a market participant would require to transact in a policy associated with the Company and further adjusted its discount rates, resulting in a weighted average discount rate of 24.31% calculated based on death benefit.
While the Company believes that since entering into the Non-Prosecution Agreement, market participants will require less of a risk premium to transact in policies associated with the Company, at March 31, 2012, the Company considered the discount rate based on information that was then available and, in doing so, determined that further adjustments to discounts rates in its fair value model for non-premium financed and premium financed investment in life settlements was not warranted at that time.
As of March 31, 2012, the Company owned 197 policies with an aggregate investment in life settlements of $102.3 million. Of these 197 policies, 154 were previously premium financed and are valued using discount rates that range from 18.65% - 32.25%. The remaining 43 policies are valued using a discount rate of 16.65%.
The discount rate incorporates current information about market interest rates, the credit exposure to the insurance company that issued the life insurance policy and our estimate of the risk premium an investor in the policy would require. The extent to which the fair value could vary in the near term has been quantified by evaluating the effect of changes in the weighted average discount rate on the death benefit used to estimate the fair value. If the weighted average discount rate were increased or decreased by 1/2 of 1% and the other assumptions used to estimate fair value remained the same, the change in fair market value would be as follows (dollars in thousands):
Wtd. Avg Rate Rate Adj. Value Change in Value 24.09% -.50 % 105,014 2,719 24.59% - 102,295 - 25.09% +.50 % 99,686 (2,608 )
Future changes in the discount rate which we used to value life insurance policies could have a material effect on our yield on life settlement transactions, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of our operations.
At the end of each reporting period we re-value the life insurance policies using our valuation model in order to update our loan impairment valuation for loans receivable and our estimate of fair value for investments in policies held on our balance sheet. This includes reviewing our assumptions for discount rates and life expectancies as well as incorporating current information for premium payments and the passage of time.
Revenue/Income Recognition
Our primary sources of revenue/income are in the form of unrealized change in fair value of life settlements, agency fees, interest income, origination fee income, servicing income and realized gains on sales of structured settlements. Our revenue/income recognition policies for these sources of revenue/income are as follows:
� Unrealized Change in Fair Value of Life Settlements-The Company acquires certain life insurance policies through purchases in the secondary and tertiary markets and others as a result of certain of the Company's borrowers defaulting on premium finance loans and relinquishing the underlying policy to the Company in exchange for being released from further obligations under the loan. We initially record these investments at the transaction price, which is the fair value of the policy for those acquired upon relinquishment or the amount paid for policies acquired for cash. The fair value of the investment in insurance policies is evaluated at the end of each reporting period. Changes in the fair value of the investment based on evaluations are recorded as changes in fair value of life settlements in our consolidated and combined statement of operations. The fair value is determined on a discounted cash flow basis that incorporates current life expectancy assumptions. The discount rate incorporates current information about market interest rates, the credit exposure to the insurance company that issued the life insurance policy and our estimate of the risk premium an investor in the policy would require.
� Agency Fees-Agency fees are paid by the referring life insurance agents based on negotiations between the parties and are recognized at the time a life finance loan is funded. Because agency fees are not paid by the borrower, such fees do not accrue over the term of the loan. A separate . . .


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The noise actually stops and all you hear is just the normal engine revving when I give it gas. Once I let my foot off the gas it'll come back
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The noise actually stops and all you hear is just the normal engine revving when I give it gas. Once I let my foot off the gas it'll come back
Hi everyone. I recently purchased a 2001 VW Jetta Wolfsburg. It has 112,000 miles on it now. The previous owner has all the documents for all repairs since he bought it in '01 and it shows that he...
So I just bought a 2002 TT with 95k miles last week. The reverse lights do not come on and I suspect it is the swtich. The guy also told me the cruise control does not work but I didn't think much of...
Trade for Porsche Boxster?
I'm interested. Can I come down to see it this week, im in Burke.
I've got to sell my current car before I can go after this one, the sale is pending right now so I'll get back to you really soon. I'm fine with coming up to PA
I'll buy it this week if you can meet me somewhere closer to Maryland, I live in Virginia, maybe annapolis or baltimore?
Sorry if you mentioned this somewhere, but ill ask anyways, where are you located?
Okay, I'm 100% interested, it just comes down to when I can sell my current car, I have a loan on it so it'll take a little bit. Keep me updated if you still have it
What exactly is wrong with the display? Are you talking about the thing that shows the temperature and what not or a navigation unit
Hey, im selling my current car this weekend and am very interested, is it still available>
About to hit 110,000
Pm replied :)
How many miles and where are you located?
Intersted in my VR6?
Where in PA, im in northern VA
For sale for $4200 obo?????
7700 cahs? I'm in Virginia, maybe we can meet half way? I can do it this weekend
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Image widget 3.2.5 worked like a dream. The new one 3.2.7 doesn't work. I cannot upload images to my sidebar with it. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Image widget 3.2.5 worked like a dream. The new one 3.2.7 doesn't work. I cannot upload images to my sidebar with it. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Hi, I hope someone can help. I am a newbie, but image widget 3.2.7 is not working on new website also. It brings up the "Widget Image Widget" and allows me to enter all the associated info, but if I click on "Add Image" nothing happens. Does the same thing in IE9 and Firefox 5.0. Can anyone help?
Same problem here.
The media uploader page goes blank on my whole wordpress site. I resolved it be de-activating the image widget. Now everything works fine again.
i had the same problem, but solved it by copying the inserted image's html from the post to the caption box, and then just copied the text i wanted to display. http://www.fitifuti.com
oops, now the images are in, but the links dont work, nothing happens when i click on them.
I am also having problems with 3.2.7
Has the programmer for the widget said anything?
Hey folks. I work with the guys who make this plugin and have contributed to it a bit. The latest version works fine for me on WP 3.2 and 3.1. Here's what I need from people it's not working for:
1) What version of WP are you running?
2) Have you tried clearing your browser cache?
3) Do you have a plugin or theme that overrides the built-in WP version of jQuery? We required jQuery 1.4.2, which has been in WP since version 3.0.
WordPress 3.2.1
FlexSqueeze Theme
it's not just on one browser/computer. It was on my computer, my client's computer, my work computer, etc. We've tried Firefox 3 & Internet Explorer (various versions).
Plugins are usually:
WP DB Backup
All in One SEO
Contact Form 7
Those are the ones that were on all 3 sites I got errors from after upgrading. There were other plugins on a various, but these were what was in common.
Answer to Matt Wiebe
I hope you can shed some light on this.
Here is the background info:
WordPress 3.2.1
All Plugins up to date
Theme up to date
Cache is cleared everytime I exit FireFox 5.0
Firefox has all updates
Windows 7 x64 has all updates
Popups allowed for entire website I am working on
Installed Widgets:
All in One SEO Pack
Out-of-the-box SEO
Contact Form 7
Just another contact form plugin. By Takayuki Miyoshi
Google XML Sitemaps
Image Widget By Shane and Peter, Inc. | Visit plugin site
Jetpack by WordPress.com - deactivated
NextGEN Gallery
SI CAPTCHA Anti-Spam
"Widget Image Widget" allows me to enter all the associated info, but if I click on "Add Image" nothing happens. No popup blocker message and Popups allowed for website.
Does the same thing in IE9.
If I right mouse click on "Add Image" and select "Open Link in New Tab" it opens a new tab and lets me select an image file, I can select upload, but when I select "Insert Into Widget" it goes to a blank browser tab and original tab is unchanged. So I cannot insert a graphic with this widget.
Does anyone have any ideas to fix this?
Okay folks, I've made an update that should hopefully fix this. Try downloading 3.2.8, clear your browser cache, and see if it works.
Tried it on one, seems to work fine. Now to go back to yesterday's work and see if it works there.
Thank you so much
Thank you. That seems to have fixed it.
Hi, now after the update i able to insert the image, but there is no frame around it. I havent updated or changed anything on my theme, and i had it before.
Image widget 3.2.8 not working for me.
I'm at WP 3.2.1
I'm a newbie, but I think I've followed your instructions.
Added the widget to the sidebar.
Uploaded a 128 x 128 pxl image.
Added it to the image widget box, added link, added and saved.
All I see is a thin oblong box!
Any suggestions please?
Many thanks,
Johnes - have you tried adding your image to a page or post? Does it appear? I've noticed sometimes images that are loaded to the media gallery still end up with 0mb of information, basically they didn't load correct. So check the image itself.
Hi cryptidresearch,
I tried as you suggested and yes it does show in the post.
But I then have the problem that it is also a link to another site of mine and I can't see how to add a hyperling to the image,
Thanks for your patience and help.
My site is http://www.theyreal.com
Hi cryptidresearch,
I have managed it.
Added the hyperlink in the graphic import box.
So yes that works fine.
Which still leaves me unable to post the graphic in the sidebar.
Thanks again,
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Golden Globes Gossip Galore!
- Rumors and quips and news, oh my! Let's start with James Franco and Anne Hathaway.
Every Wednesday, we play Midweek Madness, the game in which Margaret and I read the weekly tabloids so you don't "have" to. This week David Beckham allegedly paid a "Bosnian bombshell" $10,000 for sex; she snipes, "I wasn't impressed."


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Besides being really disappointing in myself, I've also been kind of on edge lately. I'm honestly beginning to hate all the things I used to enjoy and that just really sucks. So I've decided that I should take a break from online-things for a while. So I'll be off for a week.. or the rest of the month. I dunno, we'll see.
Until next time.. whenever that is.
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Located in Winchester, this hotel is 0.7 mi (1.1 km) from Boulevard Mall and within 3 mi (5 km) of Las Vegas Convention Center and University of Nevada-Las Vegas. Fashion Show Mall and Thomas and Mack Center are also within 3 mi (5 km).
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Coffee/tea in a common area, laundry facilities, and a 24-hour front desk are available at this smoke-free hotel. Free continental breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, barbecue grills, a picnic area, and gift shops/newsstands are onsite.
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All 124 rooms have flat-screen TVs with cable channels and feature kitchens with refrigerators, stovetops, and microwaves. Free WiFi, coffee makers, and free local calls are among the other amenities available to guests. Weekly housekeeping is available.Would you like to give us feedback? Share it! Opens in a new window
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Btw, I've blogged about that at http://gnodet.blogspot.com/ On 12/19/06, Guillaume Nodet <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > I have committed in jencks some work I have done the past weeks > on a pooled ConnectionFactory for ActiveMQ. > This add the following features: > * multiple connections are used to improve throughput (until the > AMQ broker is multithreaded) > * support for XA transactions: when creating a session, if an XA > transaction is active, > the session will be enlisted in this transaction > * support for JCA : if used with JCA inbound support, there is a > need to wrap the > XAResource so that the TM knows that both XA resources belongs to the same > ResourceManager > > Support for XA / JCA is much faster than the JCA outbound support > because the AMQ resource adapter reverts the connection in a fully clean state > after use. This may be needed when dealing with container managed security, > but when this feature is not used, I would recommend using this pooled > connection factories, which performs much better. > > -- > Cheers, > Guillaume Nodet > -- Cheers, Guillaume Nodet
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Scott Pomfret served eight years at St. Anthony Shrine.
His book, "Since My Last Confession," mocks Cardinal Sean O'Malley and suggests that some local clergy are sexually active.
Pomfret said he was amazed that the friars removed him from
leadership because he interviewed many of them for his book.
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My USB drive has broken quite spectacularly.
What has happened is that I used to have one, 1GB pendrive. Now, apparently, I have two physical disks (yes, physical disks not partitions - linux and windows mount them like that), one 982MB in in size, and still very much alive, and another -512B (yes, it's negative!) in size. It wouldn't mind, but windows PCs go beserk when you give them a drive with a negative size. I'm looking for a way to wipe the whole drive (it's a USB pendrive), and i'm very happy to do it physically if there is a way to do it with a magnet or something.
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Is "whisper campaign" the new election meme?
If he "believes in the power of prayer", he's fucking stupid or he's fucking pandering.
"Prayers offered by strangers had no effect on the recovery of people who were undergoing heart surgery, a large and long-awaited study has found.
And patients who knew they were being prayed for had a higher rate of post-operative complications like abnormal heart rhythms, perhaps because of the expectations the prayers created, the researchers suggested. "
maybe HRC can channel her inner daniel day lewis at the next debate and yell at him, "Admit youre a false prohphet!!"
seriously, i do see the difference between this attempt by senator obama, and huckabee's scary hints of prostetant-fascim, but as an atheist, is it too much to ask all candidates to chill on the religion crap? its a bit creepy. we keep this crap up, and one day the christian nationalists are going to have the white house.
As a non-believer I see your point as I would prefer religion be not in the public forum. But at a time when the Clintonistas as supporting a whisper campaign that Obama is a muslim, this may be the most honest way of dealing with it. It is, so to speak, an affirmative defense, and not a shrill "liar, liar, pants on fire" respone.
He's touting UCC as the source of his Christian chops?
Could be worse I guess.
He could have said he was Unitarian Universalist. ;)
That's it I'm voting for Ron Paul. May as well get the nut in a shell as opposed to a nut in a candy wrapper.
the muslim thing is coming from the media, the republican swift boaters, and other southern baptist groups, i dont think is coming from Clinton.
it would be a stupid move on their part and besides the media has asked them this on national tv so is not a new smear campaign, that racist anti muslim crap has been going on for a while. they know that most of the country associates muslims with terrorists, hell even this fine rag went on a small anti muslim rant not too long ago. i think is the GOP getting ready to smear him, since theyre all good with the smear campaign against HRC, theyre just covering their bases. i think both of these candidates need to be a little more careful and not be too bruised up when they get ready for romney or mccain.
i can see the difference, too, but that doesn't mean those fliers don't creep me out.
nonetheless, having grown up in the south, i know really well that there are tons of people who would not vote for obama simply because his middle name is hussein. it's almost like a superstition, and i don't think this is going to convince those people otherwise, honestly. because most of those people would never in a million years vote democratic, certainly not for a black man named hussein.
(and, for what it's worth, they'll never vote for HRC either.)
of course it's pandering. he is running on hope after all, maybe he's hoping this'll win over those people. who knows.
all that said, it still creeps me out. a better tactic more in line with his message of unity, would be to educate people on tolerance and respect of peaceful muslims.
it's kind of crappy that his response to being accused of being a muslim is to print up campaign fliers with a christian church on them, talking about how he's guided by prayer. it just allows people keep the perception that muslims don't pray to god, are not guided by prayer and faith. that a good muslim couldn't be an effective, peaceful leader.
i guess our generation should focus on getting the first black president elected, and leave the de-stereotyping of muslims to our grandchildren? just comes across as another well-intentioned but inexperienced attempt at pandering to the christian right. (the donnie mcclurkin incident being another good example.)
or the first woman president.
He's boasting about being with United Church of Christ.
Not to offend any UCCrs out there, but comparing UCC to Evangelical Christendom is like equating a Care Bear to a Grizzly.
I have two questions. First, is there precedent for a Democratic presidential campaign to release a brochure that is so religious in nature? Second, how is the Obama campaign distributing them? Obama wants to run a different kind of campaign, and this is certainly different from any Democratic campaign I remember from the last twenty years.
As an atheist, I don't have a problem with a candidate speaking about his/her religious faith if it is essential to who he/she is as a person; the more I know about a candidate, the better. I would hope an atheist or agnostic would be just as forthcoming, as politically unwise as that would be in the current climate.
Yes, the committed christian thing is a bit off-putting, but Obama is not, in my book, pandering in the way the Clintons machine panders. Obama has never shyed away from saying he is a christian. He is reacting the best way one can react in a place like S.C. What you have to remember is what Obama says to christians that Clinton would never say outside a Human Rights Campaign dinner, that of tolerance of gays and and end to the homophobia.
@8 "a better tactic more in line with his message of unity, would be to educate people on tolerance and respect of peaceful muslims."
While I totally agree that this would be a better tactic, I'm pretty sure it can't be done in the 5 days left before the primary.
@5: Hey, I heard that!
Though as a born-and-bred UU, I'd rather see someone from UCC in office than just about any other Christian denomination.
And some day, far in the future, I hope to see a president who didn't need to continually tout their Christ-centric religious beliefs in order to get into office, an office that's not supposed to have a religious litmus test.
Kinda my point, jessica. The only thing kinder and gentler than UCC in the Christian catalog would be UU.
Bub @ 11, these are being distributed in and around churches - my understanding is they're not just wandering the mall touting his religious faith; it's very targeted and very much addressing the muslim nonsense. I'd love for them to talk about religion less, too, but Obama's faith is a real part of who he is, and if he ignores the muslim rumors his campaign is dead.
Obvious comment: bizarre, strange, scornable, when GOPsters tout their religion/faith/membership in faith communities.
When Obama does it: that's just fine.
Guess we're all believers now. Praise the Lord and pass the ballot!
2: Obama's belief in the power of prayer is not a belief in an interventionist god. It's just a contemplative spiritual practice. He believes that prayer is good for summoning inner strength, and for "developing empathy and compassion" to deal with problems better. He doesn't believe that god is going to swoop down and fix everything if we just pray hard enough.
Napoleon @10: As a former UCC student minister I regard that as a compliment.
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NFL Team Report - New York Jets - INSIDE SLANT
One of the most underwhelming quarterback battles in the NFL got a whole lot more interesting last Friday night, when the Jets selected West Virginia's Geno Smith in the second round of the draft.
The presence of the polarizing Smith interjects some drama -- something that owner Woody Johnson surely enjoys -- into what was a two-man derby between the beleaguered Mark Sanchez and the injury-prone David Garrard.
And while Smith is the future at quarterback for the Jets, Sanchez and Garrard made it clear Thursday they're eager to prove they belong behind center for the season opener against Tampa Bay on Sept. 8.
"As long as I'm healthy and able to continue to work with the team and don't have setbacks with my knee or my back or anything like that, then I know that I have the ability to (start)," said Garrard, who missed the last two years following back and knee surgeries.
"But I can't talk about it. I've still got to go out on the field and do it. I've been trying to be the No. 1 guy for the last two years and it's one thing after the other that hasn't allowed that."
Sanchez, as always, said all the right things about how the Jets were still his team -- just as he did last year, when he ended up distracted by the Tim Tebow circus.
"No doubt," Sanchez said when asked if he expected to remain the starter. "Sure. Of course."
But last year, Sanchez had the support of his head coach and ownership. Now, Rex Ryan is out of patience with Sanchez -- remember the icy death stare he gave Sanchez after the five-turnover game against Tennessee officially extinguished the Jets' playoff hopes -- and fighting to keep his job under new general manager John Idzik, whose favorite talking point is competition, which is something Sanchez didn't face in his first four seasons.
"They said. 'We're going to compete' and that's what we're doing," Sanchez said of Jets management. "They drafted a quarterback, so let's compete."
NFL Team Report - New York Jets - NOTES, QUOTES
--One player who won't be competing for the starting quarterback job -- finally and officially -- is Tim Tebow, whose bizarre tenure with the Jets came to a merciful conclusion when the Jets released him Monday morning.
Tebow's release was announced in a 136-word news release that came 399 days after the Jets, in perhaps the worst move in franchise history, sent fourth- and sixth-round picks to the Broncos in exchange for Tebow.
The Jets promised to come up with innovative ways to use Tebow, but of course, those plans never came to fruition as he took just 77 offensive snaps -- or roughly one snap per press conference he conducted.
Despite having no interest in bringing Tebow back to vie for the starting job this summer, the Jets -- who owed the Broncos $2.53 million, or half of Tebow's original signing bonus -- held onto him beyond the draft in hopes of being able to trade him. But with the Jets possessing as much negotiating power as Tebow possessed marketability, his release was inevitable, complete with the canned quote from Rex Ryan.
"We have a great deal of respect for Tim Tebow," Ryan said in a press release. "Unfortunately, things did not work out the way we all had hoped."
That's one way to put it.
--The Jets added depth along the offensive line Monday, when they signed guard Steven Peterman, who spent the last seven years with the Lions. Peterman started all 16 games last year and should compete for a starting job with fellow free-agent signing Willie Colon and rookie Brian Winters.
--Running back Chris Ivory, whom the Jets acquired from the Saints in exchange for a fourth-round pick during the second day of the draft, signed a three-year extension on Monday. Ivory, who averaged 5.1 yards per carry in three seasons with the Saints, enters the season as the heavy favorite to serve as the Jets' No. 1 running back.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "You're just professional and you're cool, and if the guy has a flat tire on the side of the road, I'm going to stop, I'm not just going to blow by him. But at the same time, I'm not sending him gifts on his birthday or anything." -- Jets QB Mark Sanchez on the awkward relationship he shared with Tim Tebow as they competed for playing time last year.
NFL Team Report - New York Jets - STRATEGY AND PERSONNEL
A closer look at the Jets' picks:
Round 1/9 - Dee Milliner, CB, 6-0, 201, Alabama
Milliner was one of the most decorated cornerbacks in the draft, as well as perhaps its most banged-up. He's already had five surgeries, including a recent shoulder operation to repair a torn labrum, but the Jets are confident in his medical records and believe he can perform in the NFL as he did at Alabama, where he led the nation with 21 pass breakups last year. Not drafted to replace Darrelle Revis, but will likely anchor the secondary for years to come.
Round 1/13 - Sheldon Richardson, DT, 6-3, 294, Missouri
Viewed as a bit of a reach by many draftniks, but Richardson fills a glaring need for a team that lost its two starting nose tackles and whose rush defense fell to 26th in the NFL last season. Richardson only played two years at Missouri but led the SEC with 75 tackles last year and recorded 30 tackles on third or fourth down.
Round 2/39 -- Geno Smith, QB, 6-3, 218, West Virginia
One way or the other, he'll likely be the defining pick of the John Idzik Era. Jets were thrilled he fell from a potential No. 1 overall pick all the way into their laps in the second round, but is it a good idea to draft a quarterback when the head coach is very likely entering a lame-duck season? Smith's struggles in the second half of his senior season - and in the wintry conditions of the Pinstripe Bowl, located just a few miles from MetLife Stadium - are cause for concern, but his upside was too good to pass up. May not be an immediate starter, but Mark Sanchez's days in green and white are surely numbered.
Round 3/72 - Brian Winters, G, 6-4, 320, Kent State
Another pick who will contribute right away. Winters played left tackle at Kent State but is expected to move to guard for the Jets, who lost guards Matt Slauson and Brandon Moore via free agency. A tough (he was a wrestler in high school) and experienced (50 starts in college) player, Winters should fit right in with the Jets' lunch-pail offensive line.
Round 5/141 - Oday Aboushi, T, 6-6, 308, Virginia
Aboushi, a Brooklyn native, is more of a project, especially with Austin Howard ahead of him on the depth chart. Like Winters, he played guard at the Senior Bowl and could end up becoming a versatile utilityman along the line.
Round 6/178 - William Campbell, DT, 6-5, 311, Michigan
Yet another player who will switch positions as a pro. Campbell played in 51 straight games, mostly at defensive tackle, for the Wolverines but is expected to move to the offensive line. He's more of a long-term project than Aboushi and may not see much action as a rookie.
Round 7/215 - Tommy Bohanon, RB, 6-1 246, Wake Forest
Bohanon was a do-everything type at Wake Forest who played four years of special teams and has experience at both tight end and H-back, so he has the potential to be a useful late-round find. With Lex Hilliard atop the depth chart at fullback, Bohanon should have a chance to compete for the starting job immediately.
FRANCHISE PLAYER: None.
TRANSITION PLAYER: None.
--WR Braylon Edwards made an unlikely return to the Jets after he was cut by the Seahawks last December and became an unlikely contributor with 10 catches in the final three games. Of course, he was a contributor solely because the Jets had the worst wide receiver corps in the league. Edwards is clearly on the downside at 30, and the fact that new Jets GM John Idzik was with the Seahawks last year surely doesn't help his chances of returning.
--G Brandon Moore is one of the Jets' two longest-tenured players and he showed no signs of slowing down in his 11th season and would likely be welcomed back. He did appear worn out by the constant drama surrounding the Jets, though, and could seek a deal with a contender.
--WR Chaz Schilens played in 15 games, his most since his rookie year in 2008, but Schilens proved to be nothing more than a replacement-level talent. Won't likely be pursued by Idzik and might have a hard time finding a deal anywhere.
--LB Bryan Thomas is the lone remaining signee from 2002. He fared pretty well as a rotational player before suffering a torn pectoral muscle in December. That's just the latest injury in a litany of ailments suffered by Thomas over the years and more proof there's little left in the tank. His chances of returning may have further diminished when it was revealed he was arrested on domestic violence and drug possession charges in October.
UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS (not tendered offers)
--TE Dedrick Epps (not tendered as ERFA).
RESTRICTED FREE AGENTS: None.
EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS FREE AGENTS: None.
--TE Jeff Cumberland: RFA tendered at $1.323M with no compensation; $1.323M/1 yr.
--K Nick Folk: UFA; $780,000/1 yr, $65,000 SB.
--RB Lex Hilliard: UFA; 1 yr, terms unknown.
--T Austin Howard: RFA tendered at $2.023M with second-round pick as compensation); terms unknown.
--LB Josh Mauga: Potential RFA; terms unknown.
--LB Calvin Pace: FA, had been released by Jets; 1 yr, terms unknown.
--LS Tanner Purdum: Not tendered as RFA; 2 yrs, terms unknown.
--LB Antwan Barnes: UFA Chargers; $4M/3 yrs, $900,000 SB.
--G Willie Colon: FA Steelers; $1.2M/1 yr.
--NT Antonio Garay: FA Chargers; 1 yr, terms unknown.
--QB David Garrard: FA; 1 yr, terms unknown.
--RB Mike Goodson: UFA Raiders; $6.9M/3 yrs.
--RB Chris Ivory (trade Saints).
--S Jaiquawn Jarrett: FA; terms unknown.
--S Dawan Landry: FA Jaguars; terms unknown.
--G Stephen Peterman: FA Lions; terms unknown.
--FB/TE Josh Baker (released).
--S Yeremiah Bell: UFA Cardinals; 1 yr, $905,000/1 yr, $65,000 SB.
--DE Mike DeVito: UFA Chiefs; $12.6M/3 yrs, $6.2M guaranteed.
--RB Shonn Greene: UFA Titans; $10M/3 yrs, $2.5M guaranteed.
--TE Dustin Keller: UFA Dolphins; $4.25M/1 yr, $2.25M guaranteed.
--S LaRon Landry: UFA Colts; $24M/4 yrs, $14M guaranteed.
--NT Sione Po'uha (released).
--CB Darrelle Revis (traded Buccaneers).
--LB Bart Scott (released).
--G Matt Slauson: UFA Jets; $815,000/1 yr, $100,000 SB/$200,000 guaranteed.
--S Eric Smith (released).
--T Jason Smith (released).
--QB Tim Tebow (released).


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Child of Eden Sweetens the Kinect Sensor Bundle
In case you were still on the fence about dropping $150 on Microsoft's magical camera stick, the company today announced that the bundle is getting updated to include a download code for a free copy of sensual shooter Child of Eden.
Child of Eden Hits PS3 with Move, 3D Support in Sept. 27
After some delays, and some uncertainty about Move support, developer Tetsuya Mizuguchi himself takes to YouTube to confirm the game's release and show us how it will work with Move.
Child of Eden Makes Beautiful Music on PS3 this September
Q Entertainment's spiritual successor to classic musical shooter Rez, Child of Eden, already released on the Xbox 360, will come to the PlayStation 3 on September 20 in North America, September 23 in Europe.
I Waited a Decade for a Game that Moved Me Like Rez
I'd played games avidly since I could manipulate keys on a keyboard, with the same ferocity of concentration that I'd read all the books in my parents' house. I read everything from Agatha Christie's endless novels to "Thus Spoke Zarathustra".
End the Slander Against On-Rail Games. End it Now.
Did you think there were too many on-rail games at E3 this year? Kotaku reader Ivan Lopez remembers the good ol' days of Time Crisis and House of the Dead. He's staying loyal to the genre and wants to know if on-rail games were always treated this badly or if fans have just moved on and in true on-rail style can't…
Rez Creator Talks About Positive Power of Games, Plays Child of Eden at TED
Tetsuya Mizuguchi, the developer behind Space Channel 5, Lumines, and Rez—and its upcoming spiritual sequel Child of Eden—joined the long list of smart, creative types who can boast of having their own TED talk. What does Mizuguchi think is an "idea worth spreading"?
Watch Someone Play Child of Eden Without Clapping
There are two control schemes for upcoming trippy space shooter Child of Eden: Both involve the Xbox 360 Kinect's ability to track movement in real time, this is how you play without clapping.
Answering Questions About Vibrators Is so Embarrassing
Making video games that support them, however, is totally awesome. In 2002, game designer Testuya Mizuguchi made a "trance vibrator" for his synethesia shooter Rez. The trance vibrator even came in a washable "protective glove".
In The Mood For A Little Child Of Eden?
We've been sold on Rez creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi's celebration of music and movement since we saw Child of Eden at E3 2010, so each additional trailer is just a bittersweet reminder that we don't have yet.
Child of Eden's PS3 Release Pushed to September
Though Child of Eden, the rhythm-action game from Tetsuya Mizuguchi, is still due for a Kinect-enabled June 14 release for Xbox 360, the game's PS3 release is being pushed into September, says Ubisoft. It is expected to have PlayStation Move support. [IGN]
This Child Of Eden Trailer Is Gaming Synaesthesia [Update]
Dated for June, Child of Eden is the upcoming rhythm action game from Tetsuya Mizuguchi, the game designer responsible for the classic shooter Rez.
Four Minutes That Prove Child Of Eden Is The Prettiest Kinect Game
Child of Eden, spiritual successor to Dreamcast classic Rez is the most colorful, trippy Xbox 360 Kinect game I've ever seen. It'll be out on June 14. Coming to PS3 too. Here it is, played live, at PAX East.
Child of Eden Has A 'Beauty' Unlike Rez And A Vibrating Belt
The moment that Child of Eden, the follow-up to Sega's trippy musical shooter Rez, starts to look evolutionarily different from its predecessor is during the level known as "Beauty." It's a trip through a softly colored, garden-like alien world, full of bizarre abstract creatures.
Preview: Finding Happiness With Child of Eden
Developer Q? Entertainment's Child of Eden finds players in a happier place than the game it was inspired by, the trippy 2001 musical shooter Rez.
Child of Eden's Ending Will Feature Your Happiest Moments
Tetsuya Mizuguchi wants to share your "happy feelings" with the world—or at least with the people who play Child of Eden, developer Q? Entertainment's spiritual sequel to the classic synaesthetic shooter Rez.
Child Of Eden's TGS Footage Gets The Party Started
The more we see of Tetsuya Mizuguchi's new game, the more the similarities to his previous masterpiece Rez become apparent, but that's OK. Rez with better graphics and lots of rhythmic arm waving will be lots of people's cups of tea.
Is Child of Eden A Downloadable Game? Well, No.
There has been confusion about how multi-platform motion title Child of Eden is going to be released. The game's developer has cleared up that confusion.
Ubisoft Is Bringing Something New To PAX
Are you going to this year's PAX convention in lovely Seattle, Washington this weekend? Kotaku is. Ubisoft is too, giving many attendees their first look at games like Rez spiritual sequel Child of Eden, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood and something new.
Every Day Kinect Is Getting Better And Better
Worried about Kinect lag? Tetsuya Mizuguchi, the game designer behind Rez and Lumines, is here to quell your fears.


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Fabulous! We loved it and my husband requested it for dinner the very nest night. Says it's the best meal I have cooked for him ever. p.s. We've been married 48 years Guess I'll have to stock up on chicken thighs
2 die for! I loved this and so did the family.
What a great blend of flavors (although I would add more "heat" next time). I quadrupled this easily, and took it for a potluck at work. It was a hit! The lime peel and juice added at the end is a nice touch!
I liked this recipe - it was quick and easy - but it wasn't quite what I was expecting. It was yummy and definitely *was* Thai chicken so I guess I just don't know what I was expecting!! I used 1T ground ginger since I didn't have and don't care for fresh. I also put half a box of rice noodles in the bottom of the 9x13 pan before baking and added half a cup of water to the sauce mix (I will add more next time since the bottom noodles got crunchy). All in all, this was a good recipe and I know I will be making it again!


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I am launching telecommer.com, a site I write about how to handle phone interactions with your telcom and tv reps. I've been told I have a very readable tone.
I would appreciate any critiques, advice, barbs, encouragement, or heck even if only an interested ad click at my new site. 8^) No fraud please.


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Saturday with Claire Byrne Saturday 28 September 2013
Saturday with Claire Byrne questions agendas, dissects the week gone by, and debates the likely issues of the week to come.
Claire is joined by a panel of guests to discuss the Seanad Referendum and more.
This week Claire is joined by Minister of State Alex White, Senator Katherine Zappone, TD Billy Timmins, TD Pearse Doherty, Irish Times Political Correspondent Harry McGee and Irish Independent Personal Finance Editor Charlie Weston.
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Good Gravy Beef Stew
Total Time
2hrs 10mins
Prep 10 mins
Cook 2 hrs
I made this up because it's just stuff we like. Dip the gravy up with sourdough rolls.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 lb stew meat
- 1⁄2 cup flour
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 can beef broth
- 1 can condensed cream of mushroom soup
- 1 onion, chopped
- 4 large potatoes, cut up
- peeled baby carrots
- Coat meat with flour and brown in oil.
- Drain.
- Add soups.
- Simmer 30 minutes.
- Add vegetables and simmer another hour.
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"This is the most fucked-up comic signing story I've ever read"
To clarify the "incident" at my Seattle signing. NSFW! - artist Alex Pardee deals with some crazy shit. (via)
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Toon Link on a Mission by OrangetaviWatch
©2013-2016 Orangetavi
A gift done for *jurieduty from a while back that I decided to color. I loved Windwaker and I love Toon Link portrayed looking badass :]
Inspired by this piece.
Inspired by this piece.
i hate chu-chu's > 3 >
Crap, this is amazing!
Im very inspired by it. Keep up the awesome work!
Im very inspired by it. Keep up the awesome work!
stupid CHU CHUS!!!!
Woo, Chu Chu!
Shing shing shing shing shing shing shing shing BANANA SWORD!!
looks like the link from phantom hourglass o-o i never heard of windwaker...
Phantom Hourglass Link first appeared in Windwaker. (they are the same Links)
Wind Waker's my favorite Zelda by far, and this is freakin' awesome!!!
YEAH! This is awesome! I love the way you drew this and the colors! It's lovely!
Awesome perspective!
AHHHH I love this O__________O
Hoooot. I love the coloring on this!
that colouring is solid awesome
this is sooo good
his face looks so creepy
Toon Link For the win!


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I've had the opportunity to do many awesome things as The Budget Fashionista , but nothing compares to the excitement I felt when I got to interview one of sheros, Lynda Carter, aka TV's Wonder Woman. Lynda and I chat about being a super hero (and yes we talk about the underoos), her career as a singer, and how she keeps her skin looking so fabulous (the secret? Get an Aloe Vera plant in your home). Click on the player below to listen.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. ---- After leading the team with 12.2 points and 8.2 rebounds per game, including nine double-doubles, senior forward LaKenya Drayton became the first Auburn Montgomery women's basketball player to receive Southern States Athletic All-Conference honors since 2009-10.
The conference announced the awards at a banquet held Wednesday night at the Cramton Bowl Multiplex, site of the conference tournament from Feb. 27-March 2. Psachal Maize and Katie Williams also earned All-Division recognition, while Caitlin Cunningham, Jazmine Jackson and Kamesha Strong made the SSAC All-Academic team.
Drayton has been a force for the Warhawks throughout the season, hitting 49.1 percent of her shots from the field (fifth-best in the conference) despite battling a foot injury throughout the season. She scored 20 or more points five times, including a season-high 23 points against Southern Wesleyan in November. Drayton also grabbed 10 or more rebounds in 13 of 29 games, with a career-high 17 boards versus Spring Hill in January.
"Kenya's growth from the first day she stepped on campus to today, it's as impressive of a growth that I've seen in my five years here," head coach Dan Davis said. "Her two-year career has been outstanding, and she's grown as a true leader of our program. She's left an impact not just on the court, but in the classroom and in the community."
The Hepzibah, Ga., native started all 60 games in her two-year career at AUM, tallying 658 points and 472 rebounds. She added 18 double-doubles during that span, and scored in double figures on 37 different occasions.
Maize averaged 8.9 points and 3.9 rebounds per contest. She scored a team-high 12.3 points per game after entering the starting lineup in December. The Mobile, Ala., junior guard scored in double figures in 12 of 19 games as a starter, with a season-high 23 points versus Faulkner in January.
"If I had to pick a player that was most-improved this year, there's no doubt that it would be Psachal," Davis said. "She brings a work ethic and the kind of attitude that you have to have to win. I knew she would come to every game ready to play because of her effort in practice. She's somebody that we believe should be a leader for this team next year."
Williams scored 9.8 points per game while joining Drayton as the only Warhawks to start all 30 games. She hit a team-leading 63 shots from 3-point range, which ranked fourth in the SSAC. Her 24 points against Brenau in January were the most for a Warhawk this season.
"Katie had a really solid campaign," Davis said. "She brought a certain toughness onto the court. She just has a really solid, competitive edge, and she's another player that is going to have to step into a leadership role next season."
Cunningham made the All-Academic team for the third time in as many seasons at AUM. The senior from Winchester, Tenn., averaged 5.2 points and 4.3 rebounds per game, both career highs. Her season was highlighted by a pair of 15-point performances against Madonna (Dec. 30) and Belhaven (Jan. 19). Cunningham was also named the team's representative on the Musco Lighting Champions of Character Team.
"Caitie is certainly a deserving representative on the Champions of Character team," Davis said. "She is one of the most unselfish players I've ever coached, someone who just really cares about her teammates on and off the court. She's a first-class young lady.
Strong received All-Academic honors for the second time. The Selma, Ala., senior led the Warhawks with 92 assists in 29 games, and also chipped in 4.8 points and 2.3 rebounds per game. She dished out a career-high 10 assists against Southern Wesleyan (Nov. 17) and scored a career-high 14 points at Birmingham-Southern (Dec. 4).
Jackson made her debut on the All-Academic team in her first eligible season as a sophomore. She scored 4.3 points per game, highlighted by a three-game stretch from Dec. 30-Jan. 4 where she scored in double figures in each contest, with back-to-back 18-point performances against Ave Maria and Emmanuel. Jackson hit 16 of 38 attempts from long distance, the best 3-point shooting percentage on the team.
To qualify for the All-Academic team, student-athletes must maintain a 3.25 cumulative GPA or better and have completed three terms at the institution.
AUM is currently 21-9 after falling to Coastal Georgia in the quarterfinals of the SSAC Tournament. The team is awaiting a possible at-large bid into the NAIA Tournament. The field will be announced next Wednesday.


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Saizen Media had the pleasure to create an entirely original key art illustration for Russian MMORPG "Terra Magica". The piece was developed using a mixture of 3d modeling, illustration and digital matte painting.
Additionally the key art was used as official landing page for the game page. The web page features partcile effects and animations which contirbute to bring the scene to life.
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QUENTIN DEMPSTER: To fashion, and the excitement of the annual Australian Fashion Week extravaganza event in Sydney. There was pouting and silly walks, posing and poseurs, lots of flash and lots of flesh, and there was the seemingly de rigueur look of disdain, disinterest, disintegration and distrust on the faces of most of the models. We put together this post-modern, multi-layered, soft fabric, made in New South Wales montage, in tribute to the men and women who every year prove that fashion is more than a mere way of life; it's an obsession.
WOMAN: It takes approximately eight hours, from start to finish, to paint the dress on, to do the face, get the hair, the nails, everything finished.
I think the main thing with models for body art, though, is that they have a lot of patience, they don't mind standing still for long periods of time and they have a great sense of humour.
MODEL: It's a fantastic experience. Not only do I dress up and become liberated in my underwear, but I'm pretty much it's a nice – it's a really hard experience to describe, but, pretty much, just think about being a human canvas and just getting a beautiful art drawing drawn on you by two artists. It's a really good experience.
WOMAN: The gold leaf one, that just goes overnight?
WOMAN: Absolutely, washes off in the shower. It's a shame to see all that money go down the drain but, hey, that happens in clothing anyway, doesn't it?
LILY COLE: You think I'd go crazy, that I've got my head in two different places, but I think that, as much as it's like a schizophrenic life, it kind of keeps me sane, because I'm constantly reminded of perspectives and – I mean, after the, like, mayhem of Fashion Week, I can't explain how refreshing it is to go into school, and it's – it's like a beautiful simplicity. It's no normal.
MAN: Everyone is busting to get out of school and you're busting to get back into school?
LILY COLE: It's just nice, yeah, and I'll get bored in a week and then I disappear off to do another shoot, so it's fine. It's keep you - - -
MAN: Fantastic!
LILY COLE: I miss about half the year, probably, in total from school, and then my teachers are really supportive and I mean the discipline comes down to myself, so, I mean, if - there will be no need for me to be at school if I wasn't keeping up with the work, so I make the effort and take the books on planes. I was reading some stuff backstage in hair right now, so - - -
WOMAN: No problem at all. Thank you. Hope you enjoyed it.
QUENTIN DEMPSTER: We did.


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Wow, this is real dope. Second entry from Gorillaz's Plastic Beach hitting March 9th…. If you were around during the 3 Feet High & Rising / De La Soul Is Dead era, this type of behavior from De La Soul is what we would expect – not, uh… "Pawn Star". Anyway, this is a goofy 70′s/80′s era cereal jingle that defies all expectations – we for sure thought De La was already off that – thank the fates they ain't…. Kid approved.
Gorillaz + De La Soul + Gruff Rhys – "Superfast Jellyfish"
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Although Eastern Pacific Hurricane Amanda had lost some strength after peaking over the weekend, the season's first storm has regained some of its punch.
As of the 2am Pacific (4am Central) advisory on Hurricane Amanda, the storm had sustained winds of 125 miles per hour. It was located about 620 miles to the south of the southern tip of Baja California, moving to the north/northwest at 5 miles per hour.
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When I add an image to a post I want it to be in a div e.g. , and I want that to be done automatically, so I don't have to do that in HTML editor. I don't want to use js to accomplish this and by the way I want to know how to automatically add custom classes to a image in a post. Cheers!
By default images already have unique class's but this depends on your theme. Use firebug and hover over the images and you should see stuff like
If you want to change the class or id or alter any attributes of the image you can use the
I have found the following code while making some research. You can easily wrap a Post image in a Div by using the built-in filter of WordPress i.e image_send_to_editor. Here is an example,
Thanks to http://wpalkane.com/hacks/wrap-post-image-inside-div-automatically/
You answer was close but not enough because the hook checkpoint for get_image_tag_class() only changes the class attribute. So I was playing around and find out that the right thing for wrapping each image is get_image_tag() so the code goes like this :
You answer was partially right so it's the best one ;) Cheers mate and thanks for your help.
the answers here can be divided into 2 methods:
1) functions, that work in POST EDITOR (back-end) (see posted answers)
p.s. another methods to change front-end output: