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A highly critical report issued by the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) on June 11, 2013, found that almost a quarter of New York life insurers were diverting a total of $48 billion of their policies to subsidiaries in a process the report referred to as "shadow insurance." The scrutinized practice involves "reinsurance" of some of an insurer's existing policies through a wholly owned subsidiary, characterized by the report as "shell companies," rather than through a third party. The subsidiaries are generally located outside New York State, and the report alleges that insurers are using such "shadow insurance" to avoid stricter New York State regulatory requirements and to "cook their books" by reducing the amounts that the insurers have to set aside as reserves. The DFS report is a clarion call for state and federal regulators, such as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), to require more transparent public disclosures by insurers and to crack down on the growing practice. All insurers, irrespective of whether they utilize subsidiaries for reinsurance, need to be aware of increasing federal and state scrutiny and take proactive steps with the assistance of counsel to avoid attracting the unwarranted attention of regulators.
Known more formally as "captive insurance companies" or "captive reinsurance," these corporate structures differ from traditional reinsurance where risk is distributed to multiple, non-related entities through arm's length transactions. Captive reinsurance, by contrast, does not actually reallocate risk -- the parent company insurer owns the captive insurance company and generally offers a "parental guarantee" for the captive company's policies. Instead of reallocating risk, captive reinsurance is intended to allow insurance companies to maximize their resource allocations. This ultimately means that, although the policies redirected to the subsidiary are off the New York insurer's books, the risk has not changed hands. Because their parent insurers guarantee captive companies, the parent company remains on the hook for any claims from those policies should the captive company deplete or exhaust its resources.
Captive reinsurance reduces the risk-based capital a company is required to keep on hand to protect against unexpected losses or unanticipated claims. The DFS report concludes that the most common reason insurers use shadow insurance is to artificially inflate their financial health: "In other words, shadow insurance makes a company's capital buffers -- which serve as shock absorbers against unexpected losses or financial shocks -- appear larger and rosier than they actually are." Major insurers, though, ardently deny this characterization. They argue that captives are employed to maximize the efficient use of resources while dealing with differing state regulations that fail to reflect the business realities faced by such institutions.
Captive companies are often set up in states with less stringent regulatory requirements, such as Vermont, Nebraska, South Carolina, Iowa, Delaware and Missouri, or even abroad, where use of soft collateral, not just cash and bonds is allowed. The DFS report warns that this practice will lead to a "regulatory race to the bottom" that will increase the risk of firm failure. The report analogizes the risks of "shadow insurance" to the subprime mortgage crisis of 2008 and suggests that such insurer failures could ultimately necessitate another large-scale government bailout.
The DFS report also examines the public filings of more than a dozen insurers and finds that they have failed to adequately disclose their use of "shadow insurance" to shareholders. The report finds that "New York-based insurers and their non-New York-based affiliates failed to disclose nearly 80 percent ($38 billion) of the $48 billion in reserve collateral secured by parental guarantees in their statutory annual statements." Also noted in the report is the fact that:
Ten of the 17 responding insurers asserted that their holding company made relevant disclosures in SEC filings. DFS reviewed those SEC disclosures, however, and found that only five of them were what DFS would consider a "good" disclosure. The other five disclosures were either "fair" or "poor." Seven insurers made no disclosure whatsoever of parental guarantees in any disclosures in their filings with the SEC.
If these insurers' disclosures are indeed inadequate, the companies making them are exposed to substantial civil liability and potential investigation by the SEC.
As a result of the report, DFS will now require "detailed disclosure of shadow insurance transactions by New York-based insurers and their affiliates." The DFS report calls for comparable action by other regulators, including an immediate and total national moratorium on the approval of new captive reinsurance entities. Although many states have recently passed laws allowing the formation of captives, it is unlikely that other states or the federal government agencies will be as tolerant. In fact, the Federal Insurance Office, created by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, is reportedly already investigating the increasing use of captive entities by insurers.
As the issue of captive reinsurance is increasingly debated and investigated on both a state and national level, it is essential for companies to be cognizant of the evolving state of the law in this area. With the state of the law in flux, companies should review their current practices with counsel as a preemptive step to assess, address and minimize any existing liability. In particular, companies that have utilized forms of captive reinsurance should work with legal counsel to ensure that their business models conform to industry best practices and that their financial disclosures comply with SEC and other governmental regulations. Finally, all companies, regardless of whether they have ever use captive reinsurance, must be ready to adapt and respond to changes in the law and should develop and implement protocols and escalation procedures to respond quickly and effectively in the unfortunate event of any government investigation or shareholder lawsuit.
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Go ahead. Put an entire country's Olympic medal hopes on Ashley Wagner's shoulders. Ask that she single-handedly return the American women to glory in a sport they once ruled. She can take it.
Since winning her first title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships last year, Wagner has shown she's not like the one-hit wonders who preceded her. Rather than cracking under the pressure and expectations, she's thrived, giving the Americans their best shot on the international scene since Michelle Kwan and Sasha Cohen retired.
"For me, it has been my dream to not just go to the Olympics, but be competitive at the Olympics and be a medal hopeful," said Wagner, an overwhelming favorite at this year's nationals, which begin today in Omaha, Neb. "I think I have proven I can be competitive among some of the top competitors in the world, and that is very gratifying. I still have a lot of work to do, and I'm not where I want to be going into next year's Olympics. But I am closer."
For six decades, the podium at the Olympics and the world championships was U.S. territory. Americans won seven Olympic titles from 1956 to 2002, along with 10 other medals. They won at least one medal at every Winter Games but one between 1952 and 2006, and that lone exception – 1964 – came three years after the entire U.S. team was killed in a plane crash. They won 25 world titles from 1955 to 2006 and claimed at least one medal at all but two of the world championships between 1970 and 2006.
But those were the good old days. These days, well, the Americans are a bit of a mess. They haven't won a world or Olympic medal since 2006, a worse drought than the one that followed the 1961 plane crash. They'll have just two spots at worlds for a fifth consecutive year, putting them on par with that figure skating powerhouse Georgia.
It isn't much better at home, where six different women have won the past seven U.S. crowns. Should Wagner win this week, she'd be the first repeat champion since Kwan in 2005.
The women's competition begins tonight with the short program. Pairs also begins today, and men and dance start Friday.
"I want to continue building on a great season," Wagner said.
No one has felt the effects of the U.S. skating slump more than Wagner, who missed out on the Vancouver Olympics because the Americans had only two spots instead of their traditional three. Determined to avoid a similar disappointment in 2014, she left her family and friends on the East Coast and moved to Southern California in the summer of 2011 to train with John Nicks, better known as Cohen's coach.
"The main reason I went to him is because he has so much experience. He has been with so many skaters in this sport, I wanted him to call the shots," Wagner said. "It's hard to pinpoint one thing, but really he has helped my confidence in competition."
That showed at last year's nationals, where Wagner won her first title with an elegant yet chilling rendition of The Black Swan. Two weeks later, she beat two-time world champion Mao Asada to win Four Continents. A month after that, Wagner finished fourth at the world championships, the best showing by a U.S. woman since Kimmie Meissner was fourth in 2007.
"The first half of last season I was still getting used to working with Mr. Nicks and competitions and how he was handling everything," Wagner said. "When nationals came around, we had finally hit our stride."
Wagner won both Skate America and Trophee Eric Bompard – beating all three of Russia's top prospects for Sochi in the process. She then finished second to Asada at the Grand Prix final despite a nasty fall in the free skate that left her with a hip pointer.
She was able to rest and recover over the last month and is ready to finish off the season in style. First come nationals, where Wagner's biggest competition is likely to come from fellow Grand Prix finalist Christina Gao, 2008 U.S. champion Mirai Nagasu or one of the last two junior champions, Gracie Gold and Courtney Hicks.
Then it should be onto worlds, where Wagner hopes to bring the U.S. flag out of mothballs and help the Americans get a third spot back for Sochi.
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POST GAME: Falcons 4, Penguins 2
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Attendance: 2,555
Not to say that the first two games of the season were "easy" for the Springfield Falcons, but sooner than later, they were going to face some serious adversity during a hockey game.
They got their most stubborn challenge of the young season tonight from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, but Brad Larsen's club was more than equal to the task in rallying for the win. Springfield bounced back from a pair of third-period goals by the Penguins and scored two goals of its own in the closing minutes to secure a 4-2 win at the MassMutual Center.
In the process, the Falcons improved to 3-0-0 for the first time in the franchise's 19-year history, and solidifed their spot atop the American Hockey League's Northeast Division.
But it was anything but routine to get to that point.
The Baby Pens were in control for the opening minutes of the hockey game, but then embarked on a barrage of penalties that eliminated anything they had established. Consecutive penalties to Joey Mormina and Warren Peters put the Penguins down two men, and Springfield wasted little time cashing in on the power play.
Jonathan Audy-Marchessault continued his torrid scoring pace just seconds later, ripping a one-timer from the left point that beat Jeff Zatkoff near-side for a 1-0 Springfield lead only eight ticks into the two-man advantage. David Savard set him up from the right point, and captain Ryan Craig was a sturdy screen at the front of the cage.
John Moore - playing in his 150th AHL game tonight - gave the Falcons a 2-0 advantage late in the first period on what looked like a harmless wrist shot. With Matt Calvert's line on the ice, Moore sent the puck toward Zatkoff and it beat him clean, leaving the Penguins goaltender a bit perplexed as he fished the puck out of the net.
After a rather docile second period, the third period was full of fireworks.
Springfield ran into penalty trouble of its own and gave the Penguins plenty of opportunities to get back in the game. A hooking penalty to Sean Collins set up Joe Morrow's first goal of the year to make it a 2-1 margin, and less than two minutes later, Phillippe Dupuis scored to tie the game at 8:41.
The Falcons were quiet, but not for much longer.
A brutal turnover by the Penguins inside their zone allowed Audy-Marchessault to spring free and find Cam Atkinson at the far post, and Atkinson slammed it in behind Zatkoff for a 3-2 lead. Ryan Johansen applied the insurance marker at 16:02, taking a pass from Atkinson on a 3-on-1 rush and burying his second goal in as many games.
Had the Penguins come away with the victory tonight, the turning point could have easily been the two quick power-play goals to even the score in the third period. But as they've done more than once this season, the Falcons had a response. Atkinson's goal took the wind out of the Penguins and re-energized the MassMutual Center crowd, helping Springfield breathe a little easier down the stretch.
1. Cam Atkinson (SPR) -- one goal, one assist
2. Jonathan Audy-Marchessault (SPR) -- one goal, one assist
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LOL. You are still being data mined, at least by Facebook (and the government).
Just now I'm doing a showcase with facebook data... it's crazy what's in there, even if you "don't share".
LOL. You are still being data mined, at least by Facebook (and the government).
Just now I'm doing a showcase with facebook data... it's crazy what's in there, even if you "don't share".
Yeah, I've learned the hard way. IOS 7 next to brocked my iphone 4 - wifi died after upgrade, which is very common occurance. Unfortunately I also updated iPad and can't go back to IOS 6. It's almost unusable with the newer software. But the trick is on Apple, as I'm not buying another tablet after this one dies.
I type this from Macbook pro 2011. The fact that they want me to upgrade every 4 years is telling me I should not "upgrade" to El capitan and newer. And more - it's telling me I should check if ubuntu on windows is useful enough to switch after my mac dies.
Sorry Apple, but no, thanks.
That's like, your opinion man.
Coming from one of the smaller EU member countries, I'm damn happy to have access to EU labor market.
I can't find anywhere what hardware is used in the game, and also what hardware was used for training.
I assume it's a cluster of computers talking to each other, writing down trees of possible moves (to RAM, but still writing down), after they have played more games than a single human could in their lifetime against one human brain who is not allowed to talk to other players and has only seen a small fraction of games the AI version has.
Yes, computers with enough resources to compute numerous trees will win. But human brain is still more creative. And incredible, considering how much it can do on a much smaller sample of data and ridiculously small short term memory (sth like 7-10 items only!)
Running on hardware of my choice?
My 2011 MBP is great, but I'm not looking forward to the day I have to replace it.
>Recently, on one Devuan box, I noticed that KDE power management (Powerdevil) no longer supported suspend and hibernate.
You know what the problem with that is? Why on earth does KDE even includes power management? And network manager and and and. All those should be just deamons or command line utilities common to all the distros.
Linux is so fragmented it's not even funny. Forked to oblivion.
I fear the day where Apple finally makes OSX as dumb as iOS is. As since Ubuntu switched to unity there's basically no real alternative. It's so sad how fast it went all downhill since what, 2012 or something. Crazy.
And systemd is just another nail in the coffin.
Uhm my mac is model 2011, never reinstalled it, never cared much for cleaning it or whatever.
Still works pretty ok. I used to reinstall Windows alot. Not sure what it is that Windows is doing wrong, but something is fundamentally wrong with the way installs / updates are managed the system will get clogged no matter what.
Rule No. 1 of corporate life:
if you don't know everybody to know about it, don't put it in writing, ever. Yes, SMS/chat/whatever is writing. Even talking on mobile phone could be "writing".
Can I create a camera which is using nikon or canon bayonet without purchasing the patent / copyright? I sincerely don't know, but I would imagine not. API is a spec, pretty much like a bayonet mount is...
Both work due to gravity. The difference is, in chain fountain, it's the link between beads that's pulling the next bead down and in siphon it's vacuum between molecules in the tube?
Funny, I was just exploring alternative options for my office.
I hate chairs. There is no way anybody use chairs "as intended", e.g. straight back etc. It just doesn't work. Sooner or later you'll crumble in one way or another.
I'm 34, but I've been working with computers for 16 years. Right now I have pain in my left arm, and tickling in my fingers. Probably injured nerve in my neck or sth.
Besides, posture is very important also for the mind. Good posture = better concentration. Buddhists, zen-Buddhists and yogis have figured that a long time ago.
This seems an interesting alternative: http://www.zafu.net/zenoffice.html Not really expensive. I might just order it and try it. I find seiza position quite comfortable, but haven't found any studies on long term health effects. It could slow down blood circulation in legs, which again is not very healthy.
Exactly. This is - interestingly - aligned with Oracle's "private cloud" vision.
How about don't put anything you want to keep private anywhere online?
Are you saying you trust FB the data which you don't want the world to see and access?
How naive.
I think in general there's more inovation in Java EE than Java JRE at this point.
What people don't see is that Microsoft changed c# very much from the early days, trying to compete with Java.
Dynamic types were addedd to support LINQ, which was added to counter the raise of ORM like Hibernate and later JPA.
In reality, MS has no strategy, they are just adding and adding fetaures, which are percived as invoation, but in reality are just lack of platform strategy. Throw it to the wall and se what sticks is what they do.
No amount of careful planning will ever replace dumb luck.


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By Dan David, newyorkrangers.com
Three years ago, the New York Rangers sent a team of prospects to the annual Traverse City Prospects Tournament in Traverse City, Mich., and that group -- which featured Artem Anisimov, Brandon Dubinsky, and Marc Staal -- came home with a championship.
The 2007 Rangers prospects were a strong team, but they were in fact a surprise winner at the time and were coming off a fourth-place finish in the previous year. The victorious group included 16 players whose NHL rights belonged to the Blueshirts and six players invited to take part in the tournament. To get to the 2007 final against Columbus, they had to win a very tough 3-2 game against the host Red Wings, who are always among the tournament favorites.
It's a different story entering the 2010 tournament, which begins on Saturday when the Rangers once again face Columbus prospects. This time around, however, the Blueshirts must be considered a favorite on the heels of the organization's impressive third-place run last year as well as The Hockey News' 2010 survey of scouts that ranked the Rangers No. 5 in the NHL as far as the prospects in the pipeline.
Ryan Bourque and Evgeny Grachev skated on the same line on Friday at the MSG Training Center before leaving for Traverse City, Mich. Both were members of the Blueshirts' 2009 third-place team. • MORE PHOTOS |
As the Rangers prospects gathered at the MSG Training Center on Friday for their flight to Traverse City, forward Evgeny Grachev, making his third trip to the tournament, was very clear about the group's intentions.
"We expect to win this tournament as a team," said the 20-year-old Grachev, whose three trips to this tournament tie Tomas Kundratek for the most of any players on the 23-man roster. "That is our goal."
Grachev spent last season in the American Hockey League with the Hartford Wolf Pack, where he played under head coach Ken Gernander and his assistants J.J. Daigneault and Pat Boller. He'll have a big comfort factor in Michigan, since the same Hartford coaches will be direct the Rangers prospects team.
Having been to this tournament more times than any teammage, Grachev is one of eight members of last year's squad that won three in a row to close out their stay in Traverse City. Only an opening-game loss to eventual tournament champion Carolina prevented them from taking their second championship in three years.
Forward Ryan Bourque, another returnee, said he learned a lot from last year's tournament and will apply those lessons this year. On Friday at the Training Center, Bourque was the left wing on a practice line with Grachev, the No. 21-rated prospect in Future Watch, and center Derek Stepan, the Rangers' highest-rated Future Watch player at No. 16.
"The more pressure you put on yourself, the worse you're going to play," said Bourque. "They are all good players there (in Traverse City), so keep it simple and good things will happen. You're playing with older and stronger guys, so just try to keep your game simple, and things will fall into place.
What makes the Rangers such a strong contender in 2010 is not just the potential of a top line that features names like Bourque, Grachev, and Stepan. The Blueshirts' greatest strength is their overall degree of big-game experience coming into Traverse City. Of the eight teams in this tournament, the Rangers have the most players (seven) who have competed in a World Junior Championships, including last January's gold medalists Bourque and Stepan. The Rangers also have more players drafted or signed by their own organization (18) than any other team as well as the most players (10) who were taken in the first three rounds of an NHL Entry Draft.
Only two teams in this tournament have three Future Watch Top-75 players on their roster, and the Rangers are one of them (Stepan, Grachev, and defenseman Ryan McDonagh). The only other team with three is St. Louis, which has the top-rated prospect in defenseman Alex Pietrangelo.
Defensemen Dylan McIlrath and Ryan McDonagh -- both first-round draft picks -- give the Blueshirts plenty of strength on their blue line at Traverse City. • MORE PHOTOS |
The Rangers will play in the tournament's Gretzky Division along with Columbus, Carolina and Minnesota. If they win the Gretzky group round-robin, they would play the winner of the Howe Division, which features St. Louis, Tampa Bay, Dallas and Detroit. Seven of the eight teams are returning from last year's tournament, while Tampa Bay is back after a one-year absence. A showdown with the host Red Wings, sure to pack the house for every game since Traverse City is the site of their main training camp, would not happen until the placement round, if at all.
Many of the players participating in Traverse City will be invited to the Blueshirts' main training camp, which begins on Sept. 17. All of them recognize the opportunity this tournament provides as far as making an impression on Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather and head coach John Tortorella, who are both in Traverse City.
"I was fortunate enough last year to come into main camp after Traverse City, and I think it really helps you for that, too," said Bourque. "Going from one step in juniors to a higher step and then even a higher step at main camp. I think the whole experience is just great for your development and it's great to have one year under my belt coming into this year.
Keep an eye on newyorkrangers.com throughout the tournament for up-to-the minute coverage on the progress of the Traverse City Prospects Team, including in-game reporting.


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Luckner, Felix, Graf von (fāˈlĭks gräf fən lŏkˈnər) [key], 1886–1966, German naval officer. In World War I he commanded (1916–17) the commerce raider Seeadler. Luckner slipped through the British blockade and before his capture near the Fiji Islands (Sept., 1917), destroyed Allied shipping worth more than $25 million. His bold operations earned him the nickname "the Sea Devil."
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Matthew and Trista Wenz, Brainerd, a girl, Kailey Anne, 7 pounds, 6 ounces, Aug. 24, 2011. Grandparents are Mike and Lisa Schilling, Little Falls, and Chuck and Donna Wenz, Little Falls.
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Jesse and Tressa Geschwill, Swanville, a boy, Grant William, 8 pounds, 8.5 ounces, Sept. 4, 2011. Grandparents are Mike and Marge Mohler, Little Falls, Bill Geschwill, Little Falls, and the late Annette Geschwill. Great-grandparent is Evangeline Mohler, Little Falls.
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Jennifer and Jim Roeder, Wadena, a girl, Callie Rae, 8 pounds, 12 ounces, Aug. 26, 2011.
Emily and Chad Fleischhacker, Brainerd, a girl, Jayda Jo, 3 pounds, 13 ounces, Aug. 28, 2011.
Samanth Beto and Shawn Gruidl, Little Falls, a boy, Grantlee Shawn, 6 pounds, 13 ounces, Aug. 29, 2011.
Adele and Peter Decker, Motley, a girl, Unity Desiree, 8 pounds, 4 ounces, Aug. 30, 2011.
Mirinda Munsch, Baxter, and Vincent Hines, Motley, a boy, Avery Vincent, 6 pounds, 5 ounces, Aug. 30, 2011.
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*Title:* Zharillia
*System:* ACKS
*Time:* Every other Thursday 2100 EST - 2300 EST (Next is 08 March, 2012)
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*Dungeon Master:* Roger Burgess (roger dot burgess dawt iii at geemale dut com)
Will you be the first to find the lost Dwarven citadel of *Thrumi Zud*?
Why does the herpetologist Otto Aggenbaucher want to study Thunder Lions?
How will *Krutus Schneps*, known as the Jolly Fat man in Red and
White, screw up the summoning of the demon Ashgorat?
Is Oxnard, the Immortal Bone Man sorcerer even on the level?
Why is it lucky to rub the foreheads of Dwarves and *why don't they drink ale*?
Zharillia, that place where if you fall off the edge of the world,
you'll probably starve to death before you hit something. Ancient
beyond belief, with continent sized shards of a broken, shattered
world floating about in the Ether, Zharillia's strangeness only begins
with the surface details. Life is cheap on a 5000 mile wide floating
rock and it's hard to tell what's more dangerous: the people or the
monsters. Only the lucky will survive.
I can be contacted at +Roger Burgess (my avatar is a shocked-looking
Pip-boy). Bring 1st level FLAILSNAILS compatible characters of the
following classes: Fighter, Dwarven Vaultguard, Magic-User. Other classes and
races will be unlocked through play. If you want to be a priest,
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The troupe has previously presented Szász's urgent, atmospheric interpretations of Mother Courage, Uncle Vanya, and Desire Under the Elms, as well as his staging of Peter Weiss's already extreme Marat/Sade. Here the director works with some of the same fine actors, among them Mickey Solis, who played O'Neill's anguished son of the New England soil smitten with his stepmother, and ART stalwart Karen MacDonald, who embodied Brecht's indomitable parasite on the back of the Thirty Years War. The two portray the raging Konstantin and his vain, tight-fisted mom, Irina Arkadina, who's torn between an overwrought, apologetic love for her son and the sheer inconvenience of him.
Prowling the stage accessorized by chains and itching to use his gun, Solis is an explosive, commanding presence; curled with his mom in near-fetal embrace, he is a touchingly neglected child. And MacDonald, garbed by David Zinn in a series of sadly sexy get-ups, captures her character's bewilderment as well as, in the over-the top scene where she chases Brian Dykstra's wimpy Trigorin up and down a mountain of suitcases, Arkadina's romantic desperation. Molly Ward, in very short skirts and with a naive ecstasy that resolves itself into perseverance, is an unusually guttural but effective Nina. All of the actors, in fact, manage to hold onto their humanity — Chekhov's great gift to his characters — while negotiating the drenching, possibly renewing storm of Szász's imagination.
It wouldn't do to pour rain on The Corn Is Green, and the Huntington Theatre Company's gratifying revival of Emlyn Williams's semi-autobiographical 1938 play (at the Boston University Theatre through February 8) is as bright as a sunny day in rural Wales — swollen by gorgeous choral singing (in Welsh and English) and shadowed by the coal mines. Former artistic director Nicholas Martin, who's as adept at unlocking the warmth of old-fashioned works as he is at etching the savage cartoons of Christopher Durang, helms the production, which originated at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in 2007. And three-time Tony nominee Kate Burton reprises her turn as brisk, fervent educator L.C. Moffat, playing opposite her son, a hulking yet sensitive Morgan Ritchie as Morgan Evans, the rum-loving miner's son whose capable brain Miss Moffat stuffs with learning while putting a gleam on his rough edges, mapping a path for him out of the dead end of his origins, and prying open his writer's imagination with her schoolmarm's crowbar.
Most people know The Corn Is Green from its film incarnations, which field Bette Davis and Katharine Hepburn as the bicycling, no-nonsense angel of literacy who inherits a house in a late-19th-century Welsh village and arrives gung-ho to challenge the landed gentry's ideas about education and class — to wit, that the Welsh-speaking sons of miners leave school at 12 to go underground, turning themselves into buckled old men by 20, while the privileged earn or buy themselves degrees. But the play is both deeper and wittier than the films, and it holds a particular resonance for the Burton-Ritchie clan. Richard Burton (himself the protûgû of an exceptional teacher who pulled him by his larynx out of the mines) played Morgan Evans in 1947 and later made the playwright godfather to his daughter Kate.
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Jo Mannies reports at the Beacon that Glenn Burleigh, the head organizer for St. Louis ACORN, claims there is no housing arm in Missouri.
However, a local spokesman for ACORN says that most of its operations in Missouri and many other states are not financed with federal money and would feel little effects from congressional attacks to cut off government money. The bulk of the local ACORN money is private aid from its members, said spokesman Glenn Burleigh.
The federal money in question, he said, goes to ACORN's housing arm, which does not have offices in Missouri. Burleigh noted that the errant workers in the video have been fired, and contended that GOP critics are primarily engaging in "political theater'' aimed at discrediting the group's efforts to help the poor. (italics mine)
(Update: - St Louis office is now closed, by KC office is still open)
um - Acorn Housing is in Missouri. They're in St Louis, as a matter of fact. Do a search for "4304 Manchester ave" and the Google Maps result it ACORN, with http://www.acornhousing.org as the link
In addition, the St Louis Federal Reserve Bank has a program called, Learn Before You Leap for St Louis Homebuyers. That link will take you to a pdf that identifies ACORN HOUSING on Manchester road as a place to get low-income housing assistance.
So, is Glen lying, or does he not know what is going on in his own state?
The real answer is ACORN officials have been out saying the federal cut off won't affect them, because that's the spin they want. It will, and it does.
As reported at Big Government, AHC gets grants from the federal government, then funnels that money to ACORN activism and political work. Glenn claims he gets no direct federal money, and that's true, but with 300 subsidiaries and access to SEIU/PROVOTE/AFCSME and others, the result is ACORN the political branch feeds off funds the government gives their charity arms.
A perfect example is the 2006 minimum wage battle in Missouri. SEIU, led by Sara Howard, helped fund the measure, and used ACORN to man the petition drives. Those petition drives were then combined with Project Victory 2006, the McCaskill GOV operation. The money was for minimum wage, but the result was voter registration and direct pleas to help McCaskill.
Mannies made a typical mistake. She listened to a left wing political activist and took him at his word. Me, I used Google, because I don't trust left wing political activists.
UPDATE 1:45 p.m.: This blog says ACORN Housing shut its office and fled St Louis, a few weeks after Mayor Slay congratulated them on doing such a good job. It also says a St Louis ACORN board member asked where all the money went.
That said, there is an ACORN Housing in Kansas City. You can find them on the AcornHousing.org site.
ACORN Housing Corp
6301 Rockhill Road, suite 201
Kansas City, MO 64131
I took the step of calling them. They said the St Louis office closed, but the Kansas City office is open.
To find out what happened to the St Louis office, I called the number of the office on Manchester. That is now the Acorn Community Organizing office, but no one picked up the extension. But do you know who is listed as having the number? Julie Terbrock - of ACORN (and of ProVote), who is listed as the contact for HCAN. Apparently, ACORN Housing in St Louis was only here a short time - enough to get $100,000 from the city to file for 24 mortgages. Wait, what?
From the Provocateur Blog:
So, with this program, HUD earmarks money for foreclosure prevention. Then, that money filters to the cities. Then, each individual city uses that money for various foreclosure prevention programs. In this case, St. Louis was earmarked with $500,000. Then, the city used that money to provide grants to various charities and other homeowner services groups including ACORN. ACORN received $100,000 from the city.
With this money, ACORN would then negotiate loan modifications for distressed borrowers with their banks. Here's the problem. According to city spokesperson, Heather Dunsford, ACORN has worked with 59 borrowers, and of those 35 were referred to other agencies. For this, ACORN agreed to charge the city $750 per borrower. 24 borrowers, at $750 per borrower, is only $18,000. So, where is the rest of the money?
That's what Gwen Cogshell, former St. Louis board member of ACORN, wanted to know and so she organized a press conference in St. Louis this past Wednesday. It's a press conference that you will likely hear nothing about. No local media covered the press conference. Fox News sent out a news crew but that was for a documentary due later about ACORN. That's too bad because several troubling things were revealed at the press conference. For instance, ACORN no longer has an active office in St. Louis. Who exactly was going to counsel the borrowers if there's no one locally to do the duties? Second, the city gave ACORN the money up front. In other words, before ACORN had done one thing, they were given the full grant. So, who exactly was watching the money?
What's more troubling is the series of questions raised. What's happened to the rest of the money? Did it go to housing activities or to activities to other parts of ACORN? Why was money even given to a group with no active office in St. Louis? None of these questions will have answers until ACORN opens up its books.
The only other mentions of Gwen Cogshell is the ACORN site itself, from 2004, and a minutes from a Metro St Louis meeting.
What happened to ACORN Housing in St Louis? Did Mayor Slay's office give them $100,000, and what happened to it?


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Justin Timberlake Talks Jessica Biel, Britney Spears and On-Screen Nudity
The newly single Hollywood bachelor opens up about his exes and his new movie in the latest issue of Vanity Fair.
-Faye Brennan
He loves to make us laugh as a guest host on Saturday Night Live, but when it comes to talking about his love life, Justin Timberlake is usually very shy. However, for the first time in awhile, the pop star turned movie actor is opening up about his past loves and losses.
In the new issue of Vanity Fair (on newsstands this week), Mr. JT speaks about his relationships with his famous exes, Jessica Biel and Britney Spears. He admits that, as of late, he's started to think about having a family, but that the concept of marriage is "damn near impossible."
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Here are some of the highlights from his interview with Vanity Fair contributing editor Vanessa Grigoriadis:
On Jessica Biel: "She is the single-handedly most significant person in my life. In my 30 years, she is the most special person, O.K.? … I don't want to say much more, because I have to protect things that are dear to me—for instance, her."
On Britney Spears: "I wish her the best—that goes without saying. We haven't spoken in 9 or 10 years. We were two birds of the same feather—small-town kids, doing the same thing. But then you become adults, and the way you were as kids doesn't make any sense. I won't speak on her, but at least for me, I was a totally different person."
On dating other celebrities: "Why do you think we wind up dating each other, and feeling more comfortable around each other? We understand what it's like. 'Oh, thank God—finally, somebody who knows how I feel.' It's refuge."
On his nude scenes in the upcoming film, Friends With Benefits: "It was fun, but I can't say I'm going to be butt-naked in a movie again. I only did it because I'm young now, and everything's where it's supposed to be. I figured this is the time, before gravity gets the best of me."
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Imagine two food favorites—graham crackers and whipped cream—in one wonderful cake. The results are heavenly!
16 Banana Split-Inspired Recipes
- 1-1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs, divided
- 1 package white cake mix (regular size)
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1-1/2 cups water
- 2 egg whites
- 4 tablespoons canola oil
- 1 pint heavy whipping cream or 1 carton (12 ounces) frozen whipped topping, thawed
- Set aside 2 tablespoons graham cracker crumbs. In a large bowl, beat the remaining crumbs, cake mix, sugar, water, egg whites and oil for 2 minutes.
- Pour into two greased and floured 9-in. layer pans. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Let stand a few minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
- Cut each cake horizontally into two layers. Place bottom layer on a serving plate. Spread whipped cream between layers and frost entire cake. Sprinkle reserved graham cracker crumbs on top. Refrigerate until serving time. Yield: 16-20 servings.
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text: Believing He Got Herpes, Man Kills Self, Three WomenIrin Carmon6/15/11 5:50pmFiled to: horribleBrinton marcell millsapAlexandria j. baker pierceMurderherpesSTDs129EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkCollege student Alexandria J. Baker Pierce drove to Durham on Friday with two friends to tell the guy she'd slept with that she hadn't in fact given him herpes. Brinton Marcell Millsap, 23, responded by fatally shooting all three and then killing himself.AdvertisementMillsap's brother told the Raleigh News-Observer that he had lupus, and was "outraged" at the apparently false rumor that Pierce had given him herpes.That rumor, according to Pierce's mom, was started by one of her daughter's friends, "who was like a daughter to me." She said her daughter "taught 2-year-olds at a Greensboro day care center, liked to cook big meals for her friends and since high school had a personalized license plate she adored that said 'worldluv.'"AdvertisementMillsap had told one of the friends he would later murder that if he tested positive for herpes, he was going to kill Pierce. Another friend said Millsap had recently been told of his lupus that he didn't have long to live.Rumor Of STD Led To Slayings, Relatives Say [News Observer]Reply129 repliesLeave a reply


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This is a venture into a new market for us. Obviously, we are targeting everyone looking to purchase chess-related equipment. Our chess sets are, for the most part, higher end, but I want to be sure that the design will appeal to anyone looking to purchase chess equipment.
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Robert Burns' doodles return to Dumfries
20 October 2011 Last updated at 16:26 BST
Three verses scratched on glass by Robert Burns have made a long-awaited return to Dumfries after 177 years.
Using some kind of diamond stylus, or even a diamond ring, Burns etched the poems on windows at his favourite howff, the Globe Inn.
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SINGAPORE, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Singapore's sovereign wealth funds Temasek Holdings has said its partial sale of stakes in China's state-owned banking giants Bank of China (BOC) and China Construction Bank (CCB) is part of its routine portfolio adjustment, a local daily reported on Thursday.
"This sale is part of our portfolio rebalancing, which we do from time to time," the Business Times quoted a Temasek spokesman as saying in a statement on Wednesday. "Temasek continues to hold substantial positions in Chinese banks."
Temasek Holdings reportedly raised 3.62 billion U.S. dollars from share placements in the two banks.
Temasek had a 6.76 percent stake, or 16.91 billion shares, in CCB as at December 31, 2010, according to the lender's annual report for 2010. It also had a 4.06 percent stake in BOC. After the share placements, its stakes in the CCB and BOC have been reduced to 6.2 percent and 2.2 percent, respectively.
Prices of CCB shares fell by 3.24 percent to close at 6.27 HK dollars on the Hong Kong stock market on Wednesday, while BOC lost 3.63 percent to close at 3.72 HK dollars.
Temasek is expected to announce its financial results for the financial year ended March 31, 2011 on Thursday. Analysts have tipped for its assets to grow strongly from 186 billion Singapore dollars (151.2 billion U.S. dollars) last year to a record 200 billion Singapore dollars (162.6 billion U.S. dollars).


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Sunday, July 3, 2011
Making of KURSK Pages 11 & 12
KURSK will be on hiatus for another few weeks as I prepare for the San Diego Comic Con. I hope to see everybody there!
When I return I'll be wrapping up the first issue of KURSK to be available for purchase.
See you back here in a few weeks for the action-packed, chapter one conclusion of KURSK!!
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Thanks Dan! Yeah, layouts are very important if you want a tight page design. In this case I was planning to do page 11 in all silhouette, and I wanted to make sure the page reads well as silhouette figures, and structures. I think it's important to sketch out in silhouette even if the page remains open because it ensures that characters are recognizable at a glance, and that composition appears dramatic in design.
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"New Television" began as a local pilot production of WNET (New York) in 1986. In 1987, WGBH signed on as co-producer, and the shows were aired in Boston and New York. In 1988 and 1989, KCET (Los Angeles) and WETA (D.C.) became producers in association. In 1991, PBS picked up "New Television," and it was broadcast nationally. The following year, the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio, replaced WNET, WETA, and KCET as co-producer with WGBH. In 1993, WGBH ceased to be a co-producer for the series, and the "home base" moved to Connecticut Public Television (CPTV) in Hartford, CT.
"New Television" commissioned, produced, and acquired programming. In its early years, "New Television" broadcast works commissioned by The Contemporary Art Television (CAT) Fund. Increasingly, experimental films as well as video works were broadcast as a part of this series. Many of the later episodes of "New Television" contain works that play with and deconstruct the documentary genre. Series release date: 1986
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Browns Park Golden light and fiddle tunes filtered out of the former one-room schoolhouse while a harvest moon rose in the eastern sky over Browns Park Saturday night.
In the far reaches of Northwest Colorado -- a remote landscape of sagebrush and marshes famous for harboring outlaws such as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Billy the Kid -- folks came together to stomp their feet and socialize with far-flung neighbors.
In years past, the Saturday night dance was a staple of entertainment characterized by revelry and dancing that lasted into the morning hours. Though recent hoedowns and parties at the restored Lodore Hall aren't as ambitious, Saturday's celebration was fraught with tradition.
"There won't be gunfights in the parking lot and the dance won't go on until dawn like the old days, but everybody has a good time," said local resident Bob Molloy.
At least three times a year, locals gather to commemorate the seasons such as an annual Christmas party and a spring celebration. The hall, which is in the countryside 80 miles west of Craig on Colorado Highway 318, offers a prime view of the Gates of Lodore's steep canyon walls high above the Green River.
Dancing is always in season among the locals who wasted no time Saturday pushing aside tables to make room for a dance floor. As a band of two guitar players and two fiddlers started, hands clapped and boots stomped as couples sashayed across the wooden floor.
"There's not enough of these kinds of dances anymore," said Anna Velasquez.
Velasquez, 16, of Maybell was dressed almost identically to her friend, Amanda Nichols, 15, of Craig. They wore stiff blue jeans, red plaid shirts over white tank tops, cowboy boots and long pigtails under cowboy hats.
Why did they come?
"The cowboys," Nichols said. "Usually there's a bunch of really hot cowboys but they didn't show up this time."
Teenagers from nearby border towns such as Vernal, Utah, and Rock Springs, Wyo., have been known to mingle and country dance, adding to a local base of mostly old-timers.
Because of Saturday's lack of eligible boys, the girls danced mostly with each other, at times struggling over who should lead.
Pat Brannan remembers a time when dances went a little differently. Dubbed "box-socials," women cooked dinners that men bid on -- an attempt for women to raise money for their Browns Hole Homemakers Club. High bidders would eat the dinners with their respective chefs.
"Some fool who I didn't know would always buy my dinner," joked Brannan, who has lived in the area since 1932.
"Everybody knew everybody," she said. "If not, you'd find out after dancing with them."
A few months ago, about 35 members of the homemakers club completed renovations on Lodore Hall, formerly the Lodore School, built in 1911. With funding help from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the agency that runs the nearby Browns Park Wildlife Refuge, the building was restored and is one of just four buildings in Moffat County on the National Historic Register.
Over a three-year span members removed old electrical wiring and upgraded it to code. Cedar shakes replaced unattractive siding and two new cement-floored outdoor restrooms were substituted for portable outhouses.
Inside, a fresh coat of white paint contrasts against dark-stained window trim. A former church bench taken from a chapel in nearby Greystone lines the perimeter of the room, providing ample space for onlookers to relax out of dancers' paths. A sun-baked wooden sign above the hall's entrance harkens back to the building's former life as a schoolhouse, which housed 20 children at its peak in 1913. It reads "School District No. 1, 1911."
The space is used at least once a month as a meeting room for the club. Started in 1955, the group boasts membership across the nation, secretary Mara Molloy said. Some who visit the area send in the $10 dues with the main mission of caring for the historic building.
"Four years ago you would not have known this is the same place," Mara Molloy said, pointing out a recently installed antique wood stove and new roof.
While alcohol has always been prohibited at the hall, history has it that cowboys would check their guns at the door, which was manned by a large local rancher who served as a bouncer.
During breaks in the music, revelers were known to filter outside to drink alcohol, said Clifford Smith, 78.
As the night wore on and the band began to tire, people would pass around an upturned cowboy hat for donations. Small children exhausted by the activity would fall asleep on benches or tables.
Browns Park population, hovering at about 286, holds fewer people than in its heyday, old-timers said. In the early 1900s every homestead was filled, where now only remnants of those outposts remain, Brannan said.
Trying to tap into that bygone era is precisely why Jon Adler of Steamboat Springs made the almost 300-mile round-trip Saturday.
"It seems like something that's fading," he said. "This is a chance to be a part of it."
Adler said he hasn't otherwise visited the area much except for a rafting trip down the Green River, but Saturday's dance may change that.
"It's beautiful out here. I should come more often," he said.
Matt Cretney of Milner also yearned to experience a morsel of history.
He spent much of the night dancing with his daughter, Samantha, 8, who twirled the night away in a long pink skirt and a cowboy hat.
"I heard about it by word of mouth," Kretney said of the hoedown. "When September rolls around, I'm looking for it."


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Mack Brown will duck out after Alamo Bowl
The Alamo Bowl game against Oregon will be Mack Brown's last as Texas football coach.
The school announced Saturday that Brown won't be back for a 17th season with the Longhorns.
Sources said Brown, who will lead 8-4 Texas versus Oregon on Dec. 30 in San Antonio, has decided to resign.
In a statement, Brown said "it's been a wonderful ride."
"We built a strong football family, reached great heights and accomplished a lot, and for that, I thank everyone. It's been a wonderful ride," Brown said. "Now, the program is again being pulled in different directions, and I think the time is right for a change. I love the University of Texas, all of its supporters, the great fans and everyone that played and coached here. I can't thank (former Texas athletic director) DeLoss Dodds enough for bringing our family here, and (school president) Bill Powers and the administration for supporting us at a place where I have made lifelong friendships.
"It is the best coaching job and the premier football program in America. I sincerely want it to get back to the top and that's why I am stepping down after the bowl game. I hope with some new energy, we can get this thing rolling again."
New AD Steve Patterson, former Trail Blazers president and general manager, also released a statement.
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by Kevin Snow / Buffalo SabresClick here to listen to Regehr's entire interview with the media.
The 31-year-old Regehr joined the Sabres on June 25 along with Ales Kotalik and a 2012 second-round draft pick in a trade that saw Paul Byron and Chris Butler go west. Originally drafted 19th overall by Colorado in 1998, Regehr had 163 points (29+164) in 826 games with the Flames from 1999-2011.
"I'd love to beat any team. But especially when you're playing a team that you've played with for a long time, the first time you play them you'll want to beat them. Anytime we go out there, it doesn't matter against who - we want to win the game. That's the ultimate goal."
At 6-foot-3 and 221 pounds Regehr was acquired to add some sandpaper to the Sabres blueline. He's done that in spades so far, leading the Sabres in hits with 31 through 11 games. But he is also being counted on for his veteran presence, and that's something the team could use right now as they try to rebound from a 1-3-0 start to their season-high five-game homestand that concludes Friday.
"We need to play a game a certain way, and we need to do it every single time we're out there. If we do that, things will take care of themselves."
Patrick Kaleta received a four-game suspension from the NHL today for his head-butt on Philadelphia's Jakub Voracek at 4:58 of the first period in Wednesday's game. Kaleta will also forfeit $19,621.64 in salary. He is eligible to return to the Sabres lineup on November 12 in Boston.
The Flames are last in the Northwest Division – and 14th overall in the Western Conference – with a 4-5-1 record through 10 games. They open up a three-game road trip tonight in Detroit, and conclude Sunday in Denver against the Colorado Avalanche. Miikka Kiprusoff is 4-4-0 on the season with a 2.50 GAA and .913 save percentage. He played only two periods in his last start, surrendering five goals on 18 shots in a 5-1 loss to Vancouver. No Flames skater has reached double digits in points yet, with Alex Tanguay leading the way with nine points (2+7) in 10 games. Calgary captain Jarome Iginla has just four points (2+2) in 10 games.
Friday's game is one of the 10 times this season the Sabres will come off a rest day against a team playing its second game in a row.


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Updated 6:56 pm, Thursday, March 29, 2012
WASHINGTON — Congress has passed a stopgap three-month bill to keep federal highway and transit aid flowing and avoid a widespread shutdown of construction projects.
The House acted first, passing the extension on a mostly party-line vote after Republicans rejected Democratic entreaties to take a comprehensive overhaul of transportation programs.
The Senate approved the House's extension by a voice vote a few hours later despite objections from some Democrats.
President Barack Obama's signature is required by Saturday, when the government's authority to spend money on transportation programs expires.
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Material Computation: Higher Integration in Morphogenetic Design Architectural Design by Achim Menges
The production of architecture, both intellectually and physically, is on the brink of a fundamental change. Computational design enables architects to integrate ever more multifaceted and complex design information, while the industrial logics of conventional building construction are eroding rapidly in a context of increasingly ubiquitous computer-controlled manufacturing and fabrication. A novel convergence of computation and materialisation is about to emerge, bringing the virtual process of design and the physical realisation of architecture much closer together, more so than ever before. Computation provides a powerful agency for both informing the design process through specific material behaviour and characteristics, and in turn informing the organisation of matter and material across multiple scales based on feedback from the environment.
Architectural contributors include Cristiano Cecatto, Neri Oxman, Skylar Tibbits and Michael Weinstock. Features from Buro Happold's SMART group, DiniTech, Foster + Partners' Specialist Modelling Group, the Freeform Construction group and Stuttgart University's Institute for Computational Design. You can buy this book at Amazon.


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