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If you like to fish in Montana, might want to pay attention to see how this one plays out. Times may be of changing based on the Supreme Court's definition of non-navigable waters and private property rights. http://missoulian.com/news/local/su...cle_04e4b456-94ca-11e2-a490-0019bb2963f4.html
It should be interesting to see how this turns out. In Oregon, we have a continual battle with land owners next to rivers. Some of them have deeds that indicate they own part or all of the river next to their property. The deeds were written in error. According to the Oregon Constitution, they do not nor can own the river or the land below the normal high water mark. However, this does not mean someone can cross private property without permission to gain access to the river. The Oregon River Rights only kicks in when you have lawfully entered the river and do not traverse above the high water line. As I understand it, in Montana you have the right to cross private property to gain access? That won't fly in Oregon.
Gene - I think Montana law is exactly as you describe in Oregon. However, from what I've read over the years on this subject, in many states, including Washington, and possibly Oregon, neither side wants a definitive ruling from either a state or US Supreme court, because the consequences for the losing side would be too devastating for the broad-ranging implications it might carry, and no one can predict how courts would rule. Laws in Montana have been more explicit and state courts there have consistently supported public access, which is why this report suggests the plaintiff is probably trying to use this case to get a US Supreme Court ruling. Who among us would want our current Supreme Court to rule on a case that involves interests of wealthy, private land-owners vs. Joe Public's access rights to streams. It doesn't surprise me at all that some wealthy land owner, supported by land-owners groups (which doesn't mean groups that support your "land" and my "land"), would like to come before this court, just like wealthy and corporate political donors did, and anti-choice supporters want to. Dick
Dick, there's no doubt you correct. I'm not really sure how it would come down if the S.C. was involved. This seems more of a State issue to me so it could be they may not even consider the case... which would be fine with me.
There is nothing like getting into a body of moving water in MT and having a guy come up to you with a 7mm Mag (probably doesn't need a scope) and tell you - "hey - you are trespassing!" "Sir I got in at the bridge head or the boat launch (or some other intelligent response)" "I have the right to be here. Your actions constitutes assault and I am sure you don't want me to climb back out and call the Sheriff." "Go ahead, he is my cousin and I was the biggest contributor in the last election!" Then you say - "what's the shortest way out of here!"
Be interesting to see what happens, though the argument in the article saying the Seyler road easement wasn't a guaranteed public access is a false argument. If there is a public easement or a long term open and notorious use it will fall into what is know as the " Kings Road " since we base our public access laws on English Common law. A road for the public is a road for the public no matter how the legal easement was procured even if, it was procured through neglect of property rights.
As I understand it, in Montana you have the right to cross private property to gain access? Nope. You can't cross private property to gain river access in Montana. It's similiar to Oregon with the exception if there's a county road/bridge maintained and paid for by the taxpayers, the adjoining landowner(s) must grant you access within 15ft of the normal high water mark. I don't see this changing in the 42 waterway sections deemed as navigable and owned by the state. As of right now this pertains to all waters navigable or non. The non-navigable waterways (Ruby, Beaverhead, WF Bitteroot, Upper Blackfoot etc) and any place that has private landownership adjoining non-navigable waterways is where things will change if this gets overturned. It's been brought up almost every other year with a few cases going to the Mt SC and the ruling has always been on the side of Joe the public. I certainly hope that this will be the case again... if not, non-navigable rivers may be of limits to wade fishing (unless your a property owner) and a floater may encounter several new wire fences to deal with. If this gets overturned you're going to see a riot in Montana vigilante style. I've always wondered why the bridges on the Madison river were so low to the water in certain high class real estate sections.... I think I've figured it out now.
More challenges to what is arguably the best stream access laws in the U.S. Wealthy elitists (like King Kennedy) who believe it is their right to purchase, control and deny access to our nations most treasured resources, will continue to advance their agenda. For the record, the Ruby is navigable... was so long before barb wire fences and diversion dams popped up every 1/2 mile. IMO, all of the nations navigable waters and public owned (paid for) bridges should be public domain. In fact, I think the public is owed back compensation for the loss of use from land owners who have excluded use. If they want exclusive rights to our nations most treasured resources, then let's make them pay for it... or, in trade for a lower tax rate, allow access. I urge all of you who believe this is wrong to join and support groups like PLWA or Utah's Stream Access Coalition. The elitists have deep pockets and are hell bent on making your current and your kid's future resources off limits. We have the numbers, and with that equal footing in legal representation, but only if we unite.
Keep in mind "a Navigable waterway" is a legal definition based on very old maps and even older terms. I know of several legally designated "navigable waterways" that you might not be able to put a canoe on more than twice a year.
If the river is navigable at any time, it is considered "navigable". Rivers were the hwys in the past for moving products from one destination to another. One reason for the "navigable waterways" rights was to prevent land owners from charging a fee to float through a section of river because that is exactly what they were doing. The land owners were disrupting commerce in the day. Today, it would be like a land owner who owns property next to a highway stopping all the trucks and cars and charging them to drive past his property. When it comes to river rights, the river can be considered a street through a residential area . The high water mark is the curb. You may own the property next to the road, street or hwy but you do not own the road street or hwy... it doesn't make any difference what your deed may indicate. That's just the way it is. Your deed is not legal if it indicates you own a public thruway. The very same goes for navigable rivers. It seems the battle in Montana is exactly what we go through every few years in Oregon.
I hope they get their facts straight as Seyler Lane doesn't cross the Ruby River. East Bench does though.
Things they are a changing....look at Colorado, where they prosecuted kayakers for navigating the Colorado River. It doesn't matter what the Federal law says, it matters who can buy the most politicians, (or Judges). I used to think Mexico was corrupt.....
That's pretty much what we've found in Oregon. Fortunately, during one of the River Rights wars the Attorney General at the time wrote and opinion in regards to the subject and many counties now adhere to the opinion. Of course this can be challenged so we are always on guard for a new attack on our rights. Here's his opinion in regards to Oregon River Rights: http://www.doj.state.or.us/agoffice/agopinions/op8281.pdf One case of trespassing in Wallowa County against rafters on The Wallowa River went to court and the Judge decided against the land owner (one of my relatives!) indicating the AG opinion as the reason.


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The Crucifixion of Tomas YoungPosted on Mar 10, 2013
By Chris Hedges KANSAS CITY, Mo.—I flew to Kansas City last week to see Tomas Young. Young was paralyzed in Iraq in 2004. He is now receiving hospice care at his home. I knew him by reputation and the movie documentary "Body of War." He was one of the first veterans to publicly oppose the war in Iraq. He fought as long and as hard as he could against the war that crippled him, until his physical deterioration caught up with him. "I had been toying with the idea of suicide for a long time because I had become helpless," he told me in his small house on the Kansas City outskirts where he intends to die. "I couldn't dress myself. People have to help me with the most rudimentary of things. I decided I did not want to go through life like that anymore. The pain, the frustration. …" He stopped abruptly and called his wife. "Claudia, can I get some water?" She opened a bottle of water, took a swig so it would not spill when he sipped and handed it to him. "I felt at the end of my rope," the 33-year-old Army veteran went on. "I made the decision to go on hospice care, to stop feeding and fade away. This way, instead of committing the conventional suicide and I am out of the picture, people have a way to stop by or call and say their goodbyes. I felt this was a fairer way to treat people than to just go out with a note. After the anoxic brain injury in 2008 [a complication that Young suffered] I lost a lot of dexterity and strength in my upper body. So I wouldn't be able to shoot myself or even open the pill bottle to give myself an overdose. The only way I could think of doing it was to have Claudia open the pill bottle for me, but I didn't want her implicated."
Advertisement Square, Site wide "I felt relieved," he answered. "I finally saw an end to this four-and-a-half-year fight. If I were in the same condition I was in during the filming of 'Body of War,' in a manual chair, able to feed and dress myself and transfer from my bed to the wheelchair, you and I would not be having this discussion. I can't even watch the movie anymore because it makes me sad to see how I was, compared to how I am. … Viewing the deterioration, I decided it was best to go out now rather than regress more." Young will die for our sins. He will die for a war that should never have been fought. He will die for the lies of politicians. He will die for war profiteers. He will die for the careers of generals. He will die for a cheerleader press. He will die for a complacent public that made war possible. He bore all this upon his body. He was crucified. And there are hundreds of thousands of other crucified bodies like his in Baghdad and Kandahar and Peshawar and Walter Reed medical center. Mangled bodies and corpses, broken dreams, unending grief, betrayal, corporate profit, these are the true products of war. Tomas Young is the face of war they do not want you to see. On April 4, 2004, Young was crammed into the back of a two-and-a-half-ton Army truck with 20 other soldiers in Sadr City, Iraq. Insurgents opened fire on the truck from above. "It was like shooting ducks in a barrel," he said. A bullet from an AK-47 severed his spinal column. A second bullet shattered his knee. At first he did not know he had been shot. He felt woozy. He tried to pick up his M16. He couldn't lift his rifle from the truck bed. That was when he knew something was terribly wrong. "I tried to say 'I'm going to be paralyzed, someone shoot me right now,' but there was only a hoarse whisper that came out because my lungs had collapsed," he said. "I knew the damage. I wanted to be taken out of my misery." His squad leader, Staff Sgt. Robert Miltenberger, bent over and told him he would be all right. A few years later Young would see a clip of Miltenberger weeping as he recounted the story of how he had lied to Young. "I tried to contact him," said Young, whose long red hair and flowing beard make him look like a biblical prophet. "I can't find him. I want to tell him it is OK." Young had been in Iraq five days. It was his first deployment. After being wounded he was sent to an Army hospital in Kuwait, and although his legs, now useless, lay straight in front of him he felt as if he was still sitting cross-legged on the floor of the truck. That sensation lasted for about three weeks. It was an odd and painful initiation into his life as a paraplegic. His body, from then on, would play tricks on him. Keep up with Chris Hedges' latest columns, interviews, tour dates and more at www.truthdig.com/chris_hedges.New and Improved CommentsIf you have trouble leaving a comment, review this help page. Still having problems? Let us know. If you find yourself moderated, take a moment to review our comment policy. Join the conversation
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Birth Date | February 13, 1978 |
Death Date | 2003 |
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Gender | Female |
Hair Color | Brown |
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Dr. Eva Popoff, Ph.D was one of the executives of fCon, who worked with her co-workers, Seth Crown, and Esmond Baza, on trying to execute fCon's plan of taking over all of the computer networks in the world with DataWraiths.
Eva Popoff was born on February 13, 1978 in Lyon, France. She received her education from the American University of Paris. Her education included a great deal of language studies, as she was able to speak fluent English, German, Russian and Cantonese in addition to her native French. she was recruited into fCon as the head of Human Relations. Her personnel file reads that she was "excellent at managing large groups of people, but somewhat unapproachable in one on one situations."
A very driven, ambitious individual, she was put in charge of recruitment and training for the DataWraith project, working closely with Crown and Baza. Popoff was very enthusiastic about the project and eagerly embraced its dangerous potential to control everything from checking accounts to global politics and public opinion, imposing a "digital new world order" with the ability to "crush all who would oppose us." Outside her enthusiastic emails, however, she had a coldly analytical approach to the DataWraith mercenaries, referring to them only by their alphanumeric serial number, correctly deducting that a rogue user was loose inside the system and fighting off the DataWraiths.
In the end, Popoff, Crown, and Baza decided to confront the threat Jet posed directly. However, the trio were digitized without the algorithms and were transmogrified into a twisted, inhuman creature. Jet was able to successfully defeat the monster, and Alan trapped her and her two colleagues on a hard drive, indicating he was in no hurry to attempt to see if he could restore them to humanity.


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A glimpse of the scarred Loblolly pines in Bastrop State Park that were part of the disaster burn last summer. There were miles and miles of glimpses like this. The trees near the road have already been cleared. It's pretty scary to see how wildfires just take over completely without being able to be controlled. It was an amazing thing to see. None of the cabins in the state park were burned - there were firefighters stationed at each cabin - dousing their roofs to prevent the flames from jumping. Another amazing thing that you'll notice in the burn area is that there are no animals-no birds-no wildlife. Although it is incredibly sad, it is also heartening to see a year later all the grasses and saplings growing in all on their own. It's a renewing feeling to be a witness to this.
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These photographs remind me so much of our beautiful Blue Mountains where it's a regular event to experience what we call bush fires. Here they threaten homes and lives and it's our Rural Fire Brigade that keeps us safe, mostly it's manned by volunteers.
Many Australian trees depend on fires to propagate.
I find it interesting to discover how the same types of events are experienced and impact various parts of the world. Thanks for sharing Laurie.
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While the drought no longer dominates headlines, it remains a serious concern for farmers across the U.S. Plains and western Midwest.
Dry weather conditions persist and, with only light showers and snowfall on the immediate horizon for many, farmers may encounter fields suffering from depleted subsoil moisture when planting begins across the central United States in about 10 weeks.
"Once temperatures drop, public attention shifts away from the drought conditions that persist," said National Corn Growers Association President Pam Johnson. "News stories have begun speaking of the drought of 2012 as if it were in the past.
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Ukraine's new Western-backed leader sought urgent talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday after separatist rebels shot down an army helicopter despite orders from their own commander to observe a fragile truce.
The death of nine servicemen outside the pro-Russian stronghold city of Slavyansk and loss of two other soldiers in militia attacks prompted Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to threaten to unleash a powerful new military campaign in the industrial east.
Poroshenko's warning dealt a crushing blow to hopes of the sides mediating an end to 11 weeks of fighting that has killed more than 435 people and brought the ex-Soviet nation to the brink of collapse.
Kiev's temporary ceasefire was picked up by separatist commanders on Monday but was due to expire tomorrow morning after just one round of inconclusive and indirect talks.
Putin urged both sides to extend the truce and further asked senators to revoke his March 1 authorisation to invade his western neighbour in a self-proclaimed bid to "protect" ethnic Russians from the nationalists now in power in Kiev. Russia's rubber-stamp upper chamber approved Putin's request yesterday in a 153-1 vote.
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Last year, about $450 million belonging to top executives at billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson's New York firm took a quick round trip to Bermuda.
In April, the executives sent the money to a reinsurance company that they'd set up on the island 650 miles off the North Carolina coast. By June, the Bermuda company, which has no employees and sells far less reinsurance than the industry norm, had sent all the cash back to New York, to be invested in Paulson & Co. funds.
By recycling the funds through Bermuda-based Pacre, the Paulson executives are positioned to legally exploit a little-known tax loophole, reduce their personal income taxes and delay paying the bill for years.
"These types of reinsurance companies are permitting U.S. taxpayers to defer -- indefinitely -- U.S. tax," said David S. Miller, a tax lawyer at Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft. For some, he said, it's "an unjustified benefit."
A decade after the U.S. Internal Revenue Service threatened to crack down on what it said were abuses by hedge-fund backed reinsurers, more high-profile money managers are setting up shop in tax havens. Stamford-based SAC Capital Advisors' Steven A. Cohen and Third Point's Daniel Loeb and Paulson have started Bermuda reinsurance companies since 2011, following a similar Cayman Islands venture by Greenlight Capital's David Einhorn.
Because reinsurers, which sell coverage to other insurers, manage large pools of capital, they're a handy way to funnel a U.S. hedge fund investment through a tax haven.
At a time when the Obama administration and Congressional leaders of both parties are calling for a corporate tax overhaul that includes eliminating some loopholes, the reinsurance tax dodge is gaining popularity among hedge funds. The three new reinsurers backed by U.S. hedge fund managers put a combined $1.7 billion back into the managers' hands.
Other top money managers, including some in London, are hiring advisers to explore setting up reinsurance companies in Bermuda, said Timothy Faries, an insurance lawyer at Appleby, one of the island's largest law firms.
Fund managers are "trying to find a way to have a vehicle that can go offshore and avoid paying taxes," said William Berkley, founder of W.R. Berkley, a Greenwich-based insurer.
"You have one company that does it and nobody pays attention. You now have four or five and it's likely to get more people's attention."
Those involved in establishing reinsurers defend the strategy. "Given the world we're in, it's just good tax management," said Robert Cooney, who served as CEO of one of the first hedge-fund-backed reinsurers from 1999 to 2006.
Tax avoidance isn't the only advantage to establishing a Bermuda reinsurer, insurance executives said. It means creating a large, fee-paying client that is unlikely to take its money out of a hedge fund after a bad year. Moreover, insurance companies get to invest customers' premiums for months or years before they pay out claims.
Cohen's, Loeb's and Einhorn's reinsurance firms are better designed to reap those non-tax benefits than Paulson's company, Pacre, which has just one outside investor. The white, steel- and-glass complex overlooking Bermuda's capital of Hamilton, which is listed as its legal address, is the office of another reinsurer to which it outsources its underwriting.
Pacre sold about $8 million of reinsurance coverage from April to December, or 1.6 percent of its $500 million in initial shareholders' equity. That's far below the average of 47 percent for 15 publicly traded Bermuda insurers during their most recent nine months.
Cohen's and Loeb's reinsurers employ underwriting staff and have set targets of insurance sales equivalent to 30 percent and 19 percent, respectively, of their equity in their first full year, according to disclosures to reinsurance brokers.
Paulson, 57, declined to say whether he plans to get a tax benefit from Pacre.
"That's never been a portion of the business we've ever commented on," said Armel Leslie, a spokesman for Paulson's hedge fund. The companies set up by Paulson, Loeb and Cohen, a Greenwich resident, are located within a half-mile of each other in the narrow streets ringing Hamilton. The pastel-hued business district overlooks a harbor where Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich docked the world's largest luxury yacht last month.
Bermuda, which imposes no corporate income tax, is the global center of the reinsurance industry. Since it emerged in the 1980s, the reinsurance business has lifted Bermuda's economy, creating jobs for underwriters, actuaries, lawyers and accountants.
The companies backed by hedge funds -- lightly regulated funds available only to institutions and wealthy individuals -- are no less welcome. A 2001 presentation by a group of business leaders to encourage development in Bermuda touted the tax benefits of what it called "reinsurance wrapped around a hedge fund."
After Paulson set up the Pacre venture last year, Wayne Furbert, then the minister of business development, called it "a strong vote of confidence in Bermuda as a leading financial jurisdiction," according to the local newspaper, the Royal Gazette.
By setting up reinsurance companies there, money managers can take advantage of a loophole in IRS rules. Ordinarily, when hedge fund managers invest in their funds, they pay either the 39.6 percent rate for ordinary income or the 20 percent long-term capital gains rate, depending on how frequently securities are traded, plus an extra 3.8 percent health-law surcharge. If they were to move the hedge funds to tax havens, they would incur IRS penalties on earnings from what the agency calls "passive foreign investment companies."
Here's the catch: The IRS doesn't penalize earnings from insurance companies, which it considers to be "active" businesses. As a result, by routing money through a Bermuda reinsurer, which in turn puts its assets back into their own hedge funds, fund managers can defer any taxes until selling the stake. They then pay only the lower capital gains tax rate.
In the meantime, the money grows tax-free, and the savings add up. Investing $100 million in a hedge fund that returns 15 percent annually, and paying the top marginal ordinary income rate on profit, results in a $50 million profit after taxes after five years. If the investment is taxed like a Bermuda reinsurer, the gain is $77 million.
To qualify as an active company and avoid the tax penalty, the IRS says firms can't have a pool of capital that's far greater than what they need to back the insurance they sell.
But the IRS has never specified exactly how much is too much.
"The $64,000 question is how big a reserve can you have?" said Robert Cudd, a tax lawyer at Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco. "There's no easy answer to that."
The IRS in 2001 disclosed plans to clarify its definition of insurance companies, a move that might prevent abuses by hedge funds, Cadwalader's Miller said. He said it never followed through.
The fact that Pacre and the other startups trust virtually all their assets to one hedge fund manager may allow them to argue to tax authorities that they can't afford to take on the extra risk of selling much reinsurance, Miller said.
"Under the current law, so long as Pacre's reserves are not excessive -- and they probably aren't -- this probably works," he said. "I think you need a change in law."
The first prominent hedge fund to set up a large Bermuda reinsurer was Louis Moore Bacon's New York-based Moore Capital Management, in 1999. He originally planned for Max Re Capital to invest all its assets in his funds, and shares were marketed in part as a tax-efficient way to invest in a hedge fund, said Cooney, a career insurance underwriter who was Max Re's first CEO. Forbes estimated Bacon's net worth at $1.3 billion as of September 2012.
As it turned out, Max never invested more than 40 percent of its assets in hedge funds and now puts less than 5 percent in them. Still, the tax-avoiding aspect of Max Re was highlighted in a 2001 article in Institutional Investor magazine, titled "The Great Hedge Fund Reinsurance Tax Game." Two years later, the IRS threatened to scrutinize the practice.
Phony Insurance
The IRS said some of the offshore arrangements were shams, either because they weren't selling enough insurance or because the insurance they reported selling was phony. The IRS "will challenge the claimed tax treatment," government lawyers wrote.
The IRS has rarely if ever done so. Tax lawyers and insurance executives said they were unaware of any company targeted by the IRS, even in private.
"Nobody's been challenged, so nobody knows whether it's ironclad or not," said Faries, the Bermuda lawyer. The IRS declined to comment.
A year after the IRS notice, Greenlight Capital Inc.'s Einhorn started laying the groundwork for another reinsurer in a tax haven. Greenlight Capital Re, which opened in 2006 in the Cayman Islands, put 100 percent of its assets under Einhorn's control. Einhorn, 44, whose net worth is estimated by Forbes at $1.2 billion as of last September, took the reinsurer public in 2007.
Third Point's Loeb, 51, was next in 2011 with Third Point Reinsurance, which raised about $785 million, including $75 million of Loeb's own money. Forbes magazine estimated his personal fortune at $1.3 billion as of September.
And last year, SAC's Cohen, 56, whose net worth Bloomberg estimates at about $9.5 billion, put $125 million of his own money into a $500 million reinsurance company called SAC Re.
Both Cohen and Loeb followed the Greenlight model: hire a handful of local employees to sell reinsurance while relying on the hedge fund firm to manage the assets.
A stable pool of capital to invest may be particularly welcome at SAC Capital, whose outside investors this month asked to withdraw $1.7 billion amid a U.S. government insider-trading investigation. Outside money accounts for less than half of SAC Capital's $15 billion under management; the rest belongs to Cohen and his employees.
Cohen and SAC haven't been accused of any wrongdoing and believe they've acted appropriately, a spokesman said in November. They declined to comment for this article.
Third Point Re said in a statement last year that it located in Bermuda because of the island's "respected regulatory regime" and talented workforce. It hired John Berger, a career insurance executive, as CEO.
Tax Advantage
As for the tax benefits, Berger said in an interview, "Anybody in Bermuda has a tax advantage."
Hedge fund-backed reinsurers turn the traditional business model on its head. Reinsurers help insurance companies cushion big risks, such as a California earthquake or a wave of lawsuits against asbestos makers.
A typical reinsurer invests its capital conservatively, in investments that are unlikely to decline in value and are available to pay claims on short notice. It might invest in Treasuries and investment-grade corporate bonds, and focus on making money through selling as much profitable coverage as possible.
By contrast, the hedge fund-backed reinsurers seek big returns from investing and more stable results from underwriting.
A.M. Best, which gauges insurers' financial strength, has given "A-" ratings to the companies set up by Paulson, Cohen, Loeb and Einhorn with the understanding that they compensate for volatile investments by selling fewer policies than their competitors.
Paulson's firm, Pacre, takes that approach the farthest. Pacre helps protect insurers against natural catastrophes such as Florida hurricanes. While traditional reinsurers have far more exposure, Pacre won't risk more than $170 million, or about one-third of its capital, according to Edward Noonan, chief executive of Bermuda reinsurer Validus Holdings Ltd., which handles Pacre's underwriting.
That loss would happen only if it had to pay out every single policy in full at the same time -- "in the event the end of the world happened," Noonan said on an April conference call.
When it was established in April, Pacre's startup capital included $450 million from the "principals" of Paulson's hedge fund, according to A.M. Best. While A.M. Best didn't name the principals, Paulson owns about 53 percent of his firm's assets under management, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, and at least 75 percent of the firm. No other officer of the firm owns even 5 percent, according to a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission last year.
Bloomberg estimates Paulson's net worth at $11.2 billion. He opened his money management firm in 1994, and rose to fame in 2007 after a wager against the collapsing U.S. subprime mortgage market generated billions in profits. Paulson told a Congressional hearing in 2008 that all of his personal investments were with Paulson & Co., which now manages about $18 billion in assets. He announced plans last year to donate $100 million to conserve Manhattan's Central Park, steps from his six-story townhouse.
The other $50 million for Pacre came from Validus, to which Pacre outsources its underwriting. Validus sold premiums worth 32 percent of its equity in the most recent nine months.
Pacre invested the entire $500 million in startup capital in four Paulson & Co. hedge funds. Through December, those investments have lost about $19 million in value. Since the funds lost money, the Paulson investors wouldn't have owed income taxes anyway.


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The last few days of September are upon us, and as the leaves begin to fall, we continue to fall more in love with the Cambridge family. While they kept a low profile this week as they were still on holiday at Balmoral, we look forward to their return to London in the coming weeks where they will begin a new chapter of their lives at Kensington Palace.
Last week update:
- September 22- The church bells are ringing! On Sunday, William was spotted driving himself and Catherine to mass in Scotland. The two were photographed heading to Crathie Church near Balmoral Castle where Queen Victoria started the tradition of attending mass there in 1848. The church has many Royal connections and is the chosen place of worship when the Royal family is on holiday at the Scottish estate. Paying homage to her surroundings, Kate was seen wearing her tartan "Workers Coat" by Moloh, a black hat by Lock and Company, and her Kiki McDonough citrine drop earrings. There were no signs of George in the back seat, however I am sure he was in good hands with Nanny Webb back at the castle!
- September 22- George is ready to spread his wings and fly! On Sunday it was reported that The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge applied for Prince George's passport so he can travel the world with his mum and dad. A trip next year to Australia and New Zealand is supposedly in the works as William expressed that he was "very hopeful" to visit last month at the Anglesey Show. More recently, the Prime Minister of New Zealand and his family were guests of the Queen at Balmoral and discussed visiting the country with Will and Kate. Although William has been there on many occasions, Catherine has never been there and is "very keen" to visit according to the Prime Minister. We hope Kate gets her wish because it would be so lovely to see Will, Kate, and George on the very same trip that Charles, Diana, and William took when he was a baby!
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- September 27- A tale of two coats! Well, coat of arms that is…William and Catherine may have gotten married three years ago, but their individual coat of arms just got married on Friday! Kensington Palace announced that the College of Arms in London designed the joint coat of arms to represent William and Catherine's Royal union. The new design features William's shield on the left which displays the three lions of England, the lion of Scotland, and the harp of Ireland. Kate's shield which is to the right of William's, features three acorns that represent the three Middleton children, Kate, Pippa, and James. This coat of arms was granted to the Middleton family ahead of Will and Kate's 2011 wedding. If their marriage wasn't official before, it sure is now!
- September 27- Save the date! Kensington Palace announced on Friday that the christening of Prince George will take place on Wednesday, October 23 at the Chapel Royal in St. James' Palace. Prince George will have just turned 3 months old the day before which is a common age for babies to be baptized. The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Justin Welby will conduct the service which will be an intimate, private affair with only the closest family and friends present. I know we all consider ourselves close friends of the Duke and Duchess, however this is one event we won't get to witness. Don't fret though, professional photographs will be made available afterwards and there is always the commemorative coin! Many were expecting the baptism to take place at Buckingham Palace as that is where William was baptized, however the couple known for paving their own path chose the Chapel Royal due to it's small, private nature. The Chapel Royal was also where the coffin of the late Princess Diana laid before her funeral at Westminster Abbey which may also be a reason why the couple chose this venue. Still no word on the Godparents, so I am hoping that means I am still in the running!
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- No official engagements have been announced. The couple is due to move into Kensington Palace within the next week.
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If you do the rugby shirt idea, may I suggest avoiding the ones with giant stripes. Perhaps choose ones with darker colors. Perhaps a dark cardigan sweater as well. Darker colors in general will add a slimming effect. Avoid wale cord pants. If you wear cords, choose the thinner cords. Your new look really should include a new lifestyle. It would be prudent to seriously consider an exersize schedule, starting a.s.a.p. Clothes alone will not do the job. You may want to consider swimming. It can be a very gentle yet effective form of excersize and will yield good results. Eat less carbohydrates. Eat less in general. No second servings at dinner. No desserts until next spring. Do not eat at least 2 hours before bedtime. Avoid sugar altogether. Watching ones eating habits can assist in losing some weight effortlessly. If you stick with less food and more excersize, you'll be amazed at how fast you'll get into shape, and how many more clothing options will open to you. Start now, and come next spring you'll have literally transformed your appearance for the better. As a matter of fact, I'm going to do it too. 30lbs worth, starting this weekend. Please know that these words, and all other help here is meant in a positive way, and we would love to see 'before & after' photos as you go. Best of luck. You can do it!
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Mrs. Evelyn Drain, 74, of Emhouse passed away on Wednesday, October 4, 2006 in Dallas, Texas. She was born on February 22, 1932 in Emhouse, Texas.
She was a member of Emhouse United Methodist Church.
Visitation will be held from 6:00 -8:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 7, 2006 at the funeral home. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 8, 2006 at Corley Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Alison Humann officiating. Interment will follow in the Pattison cemetery. Pallbearers will be Jim Roy Brown, Randy Dosser, Don Dosser, Robert Olslocisky, Lee Montgomery, and Scott Montgomery.
Mrs. Drain was preceded indeath by her Husband, Howard Neyland Drain.
She is survived by her Sons, Danny Lee Drain of Corsicana, TX., and Howard Lyn Drain of Emhouse, TX., Daughter, Kimberly Ann Stacy of Emhouse, TX., Seven Grandchildred, Four Great Grandchildren., Mother, Ernie Rea Fincher of Corsicana, TX., Brother & Sister-in-Law, Edgar Lee & Nancy Montgomery of Navarro, TX.


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This thread asks an interesting question: is it possible to run Android UI on desktop ?
Well, I think that is possible but very difficult, and almost impossible if the source code is not available. I said almost, because as the well know sports brand remind us: impossible is nothing.
In the meantime, this screenshot shows how using tweaked skins you can run the emulator in a native window, even at a bigger size. This one is 640x480.
There's no special keys or buttons (dpad) here, so you must remember this
F1/PgUp | Menu key |
F2/PgDown | Star key |
F3 | Call key |
F4 | End Call key |
Home | Home key |
ESC | Back Key |
F7 | Power button |
F8 | Disable/Enable all networking |
F9 | Start tracing (only with -trace) |
F10 | Stop tracing (only with -trace) |
Keypad 2468 | Dpad arrows |
Keypad 5 | Dpad center |
Keypad 79 | Rotate device skin |
Keypad + | Volume Up key |
Keypad - | Volume Down key |
Keypad / | Decrease onion alpha |
Keypad * | Increase onion alpha |
Ctrl-K | Switch between 'unicode' and 'raw' keyboard modes |
Download the WINDOW-L and BIGWINDOW-L skins from http://codtech.com/downloads/android-window-l-skins.zip, unzip it in some directory of your preference (/home/android/skins in the following example) and then run the emulator
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I've problem connecting my new television by a HDMI cable.
My notebook (HP pavilion dv6 with an ATI mobility radeon 4500/5100 series graphyc card, windows 7 32 bit system) when I plag the cable see the PHYLIPS television but on the TV monitor I've "no signal".
I've done all the task connection written on the tv guide to plag a PC and I tested all the 3 HDMI ports and I've always the same problem,
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This course will introduce major individuals, events, and movements that have played a formative role in shaping the present notion of Western Civilization. Discussions in class will teach you how to analyze primary sources and use them both to understand perspectives from the past and to form historical arguments. To learn about the past we will consider not only texts but sometimes also such highly visual media as pottery, city planning, architecture, and painting.Satisfies the general education requirement in Western civilization/world history.
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History of Western civilization from ancient Mediterranean origins through medieval and modern development of Europe to contemporary world.
Satisfies General Education requirement for western civilization/world history.
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This is a delectable dish that looks as good as it tastes. Mother usually saved this recipe for special occasions, but when she did make it, we sure enjoyed it. The best part is the mouthwatering dressing that even tempted us while it cooked.—Mary McGuire, Graham, North Carolina
15 Make-Ahead Salad Recipes
- 8 cups shredded cabbage (1-1/2 to 2 pounds)
- 2 tablespoons chopped pimientos
- 1/2 cup chopped green pepper
- 3/4 cup chopped onion
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup white vinegar
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 tablespoon mustard seed
- In a large bowl, combine the cabbage, pimientos, green pepper and onion; set aside. In a small saucepan, combine the remaining ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 20-25 minutes or until slightly thickened.
- Pour over cabbage mixture; toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate 4 hours or overnight. Yield: 8-10 servings.
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A new captain has been appointed to lead the Riverside County sheriffâs station in Perris.
Capt. Mike Judge, a 17-year veteran of the department, began his new assignment Sept. 5. He replaces John Hill, who was promoted to chief deputy after leading the Perris Station since late 2011. Hill now oversees corrections operations, sheriffâs officials said in a news release.
The Perris Station provides service to more than 230,000 residents and covers more than 200 square miles.
Judge will serve as police chief for the cities of Perris, Menifee and Canyon Lake, which have contracts with the department for policing services. He will also oversee deputies serving the surrounding unincorporated communities, including Lake Mathews, Mead Valley, Homeland, Winchester and Woodcrest.
The departmentâs forensic services bureau, which is responsible for the collection, preservation and identification of evidence, also operates out of the Perris station.
âCaptain Judge has extensive experience, working varied assignments within the Sheriffâs Department,â Sheriff Stan Sniff said in a written statement. âHe has exhibited success at each assignment he has been.â
Judge, 48, began his law enforcement career in 1988 with the Hemet Police Department before joining the Sheriffâs Department in 1996.
He was promoted to sergeant in 2000 and worked patrol at the Jurupa station, then in Norco. In 2005, he was promoted to lieutenant, serving at the Southwest Detention Center in French Valley. In 2008, he transferred to the neighboring Southwest Station, where he worked in patrol operations, oversaw special teams and had other assignments. He was transferred to Ben Clark Public Safety Training Center in 2010.
Last year, Judge was promoted to captain and placed in command of the Coordinated Custody Management Unit, which includes the alternative sentencing program and inmate training and educations bureau, sheriffâs officials said.
Judge holds a bachelorâs degree in workforce education and development and a masterâs in education from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
Judge and his wife, Kim, live in San Jacinto.


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January's long been considered a dumping ground for weak film releases, as studios avoid the award season, figuring it hopeless, and don't want to focus on the film during more important box office periods like summer. This is where you get your Season of the Witch, your spit-out-by-a-computer RomComs like Bride Wars and dreadfully inane "family fare" like Kangaroo Jack or Are We There Yet? (Answer: No.)
Really, who can forget the highly awaited Highlander 3: The Final Dimension (1995) and Big Momma's House 2 (2006)? And generally, when a once-anticipated high profile film gets held until January (see: The Lovely Bones), it's often not a good sign.
But quite a few very good films have found themselves popping up in theaters in January, too, due to a studio's indifference, or due to bad timing, bad luck or even just a smaller studio's attempt to capitalize on a less crowded schedule. In short, even in the dead of winter, post-Oscar consideration period, there are gems to be found. Here are a few of the more intriguing January releases.
Note: This is not an entirely objective list; some January films that became big box office hits - such as Taken - are excluded because, frankly, they're not as good. But yes, some bona fide money hits got their start right after New Year's.


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Mr. Robert J. Williams, 82, of Genesee Lane in Champlain Park, died peacefully Sunday, January 8, 2012 at the CVPH Medical Center in Plattsburgh.
He was born in Clementon, New Jersey on February 23, 1929, the son of the late James and Evelyn (Wendell) Williams.
Bob went to school in Barrington, N.J. and entered the U.S. Army when he was 17 and reenlisted in 1949. He was honorably discharged in 1951. He was employed by Plattsburgh Dairy, Millbrook and most recently NYSEG. While stationed at Fort Hamilton Army Base in Brooklyn, Bob met his future wife, Mary Nori and they were married 60 years at the time of his death. He was a former member of the Cumberland Head Fire Department and enjoyed slow pitch softball, golf, casinos, traveling, horse races , Tic Tacs, Jujy Fruits, and spending time with his extended family and friends.
He is survived by his wife, Mary, his sons, Michael (Peg) of Fredericksburg, Va., Mark of Hollywood, Fl., Kevin (Carla) of Ravena, N.Y., a daughter Kelly (George) Sydnor of Plattsburgh. , Peter (Ruth) Drechsler of Scotia, N.Y., 14 grandchildren; Megan , Colleen, Ariane, Jason, Kate, Matt, Charles, Nori, Nathan, Brenna, Desire, Lincoln, Jonathan, and Jordan, 9 great grandchildren; Mariana, Marc Jr., Maxwell, Kayler, Syria, Felix, Odis, Meadow Bell and Dimitri, a sister; Joan Reynolds, his very special brothers in law; Joseph (Peg) and Bob (Marge) Nori, and many nieces and nephews.
Bob was predeceased by his loving daughter, Karen E. Miller in 1989. His parents, two brothers in law; Anthony Nori and John Adisano and sisters in law; Carmella Phelan, Adelaide Ward and Frances Adisano also died earlier.
Calling hours will be held on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 from 4:00 to 7:00pm at the Brown Funeral Home, 29 Broad Street in Plattsburgh. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 10:00am in the Brown Funeral Home Chapel. Entombment will be in Whispering Maples Mausoleum in Plattsburgh at a later date.
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De La Fuente runs for NYC mayoral seat
His "first problem is that he does not live here," said the Times.
Don Bauder 9:30 p.m., March 25
As y'all know by now, the Transformers star (you know, besides the Giant $#&@^@! Robots) recently gave an interview to the Hollywood Reporter in which he declared himself "done" with the studio system that made him a star. And to illustrate his frustration, he chose the following remarkable image: "These dudes [in the independent world] are a miracle," he said. "They give you the money, and they trust you -- [unlike the studios, which] give you the money, then get on a plane and come to the set and stick a finger up your ass and chase you around for five months."
Bold words, Mr. LaBeouf. But life is long, and you're only 26. It's not difficult to imagine the following scenario...
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16 U.S. Code § 1721 - Congressional findings and purpose
§ 1721.
Congressional findings and purpose
(a) FindingsThe Congress finds the following:
Conserving or developing natural and cultural resources and enhancing and maintaining environmentally important lands and waters through the use of the Nation's young men and women in a Public Lands Corps can benefit those men and women by providing them with education and work opportunities, furthering their understanding and appreciation of the natural and cultural resources, and providing a means to pay for higher education or to repay indebtedness they have incurred to obtain higher education while at the same time benefiting the Nation's economy and its environment.
(b) PurposeIt is the purpose of this subchapter to—
perform, in a cost-effective manner, appropriate conservation projects on eligible service lands where such projects will not be performed by existing employees;
assist governments and Indian tribes in performing research and public education tasks associated with natural and cultural resources on eligible service lands;
expose young men and women to public service while furthering their understanding and appreciation of the Nation's natural and cultural resources;
(Pub. L. 91–378, title II, § 202, as added Pub. L. 103–82, title I, § 105(6), Sept. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 848.)
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Subchapter effective Oct. 1, 1993, see section 123 of Pub. L. 103–82, set out as an Effective Date of 1993 Amendment note under section 1701 of this title.
Short Title
For short title of title II of Pub. L. 91–378, as added by Pub. L. 103–82, title I, § 105(6), Sept. 21, 1993, 107 Stat. 848, as the "Public Lands Corps Act of 1993", see Short Title note set out under section 1701 of this title.
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The London 2012 Olympic Games will be the most connected ever. Not only in terms of media coverage sent digitally across the world, but also the countless devices behind the scenes that we'd never think of as requiring an internet connection, such as the environmental controls adjusting heating and air conditioning.
We're currently living and working amid an Internet of Things, where the number of devices connected to the internet is increasing exponentially – and this doesn't just mean profound changes at global sporting events, but also in our homes and offices. When a Digital Multimedia fridge freezer was announced by the electronics manufacturer LG back in 2006, people wondered why a fridge needed an internet connection, but five years on the concept isn't so unusual; at the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, over 50 per cent of the gadgets on display had some kind of internet connectivity.
Humans are playing a smaller and smaller role in the exchange of information online; we're becoming an ever-shrinking component of this Internet of Things, with the number of connected devices reaching 50 billion by 2020. "It's a concept which we are going to see explode over the next few years," Ian Foddering, chief technology officer and technical director for Cisco UK, says. "More than ever before, people are driving devices to become internet enabled – and the power and data that they can produce is staggering."
The term Internet of Things was coined back in 1999 by the British technology pioneer Kevin Ashton, who envisaged a time when the internet would be so ubiquitous that the notion of "going online" wouldn't be a conscious act; the internet and physical world would become inextricably linked to one another. His prediction began to be realised during 2008 or 2009, when the number of devices connected to the internet outnumbered the people using it. The term started to be more widely circulated and today The Internet of Things is referenced in the same breath as a whole heap of technologies: smart objects equipped with sensors that push information across the internet; virtual personalities; machines that control themselves without human intervention; ambient intelligence, where computers can sense and react to the presence of humans; and, of course, the network infrastructure that quietly pulls all this stuff together.
The "things" themselves are being developed and launched all the time. We're seeing remote controls for television sets that can sense who is holding them and offer tailored viewing choices on screen; bathroom scales that don't so much speak your weight as tweet your weight; web-enabled thermostats that replace those fiddly plastic boxes with intelligent, reactive devices that can create your own "personalised temperature schedule" after a week of use. As already mentioned, the London Olympics will rely on online thermostats – but the event's safety and security will also depend on the internet, with CCTV cameras hooked up to the network, while the logistics of moving athletes in and around the city will also rely on internet technology.
The motor industry has been at the forefront of the Internet of Things. It's not difficult to transform a car into a wi-fi hotspot, embed a screen into the dashboard and bundle iTunes, Spotify, Facebook or Twitter with the car to allow entertainment and interaction during the journey. But companies like Ford and Volkswagen are now moving towards the kind of connectivity that bestows a kind of intelligence on cars. Ford and Bug Labs recently launched their open-source car software, Open XC, that's able to perform tasks like monitoring fuel efficiency and traffic, while upgrading itself automatically over the air. Volkswagen, meanwhile, has announced its "Urban Intelligent Assist" system for the Audi range that's making gentle nudges towards the eventual goal of autonomous driving. When Google began testing a fleet of driverless cars a couple of years ago, people were horrified at the implications – but internet-enabled navigation equipment, cameras, sensors and lasers can, in theory, drive a car better than any human. And if the number of lives lost in traffic accidents can be drastically cut, as Google claims, why not place our faith in technology?
But the Internet of Things isn't all about offering humans opportunities for saving time and effort; it has a more important role to play in terms of managing and allocating the world's resources, thus providing us with information to help tackle problems such as poverty. A Dutch company called Sparked has conducted tests where sensors have been implanted in the ears of cattle, allowing farmers to monitor their health, track their movements and improve yields as a result. As sensors like these become ubiquitous in all walks of life, they'll be able to help authorities to monitor usage of utilities, or health services to keep track of hospital equipment, while initiatives such as Nasa's Planetary Skin Institute can tackle the problems of food, water and energy security. Often, the solutions to any problems detected by the Internet of Things can be deployed automatically; they become systems that, in effect, take care of themselves.
With so many responsibilities transferred into the hands of technology, can we trust the internet to cope with the additional burden? Cisco's network infrastructure will be taking the strain during the London Olympics, but there are global challenges posed by the Internet of Things – not least the need for each of the billions of new gadgets and sensors to have their own unique IP address. This is part of the reason for the current switchover to IPv6, a more secure new system that increases the potential number of addresses from 4.3 billion to something totally future-proof: more addresses, in fact, than there are bacterial cells on the planet.
Then, all these sensors will need to be powered; this will require substantial innovation in the world of alternative energy sources. One of the biggest breakthroughs came this time last year, when a commercially viable nanogenerator was announced at a meeting of the American Chemical Society – a system whereby our own body movements can generate electricity. "This development represents a milestone toward producing portable electronics," Zhong Lin Wang, lead scientist at the Georgia Institute of Technology, says. "Our nanogenerators are poised to change lives in the future."
We're already at a point where running shoes for Olympic athletes can monitor performance and send data instantly back to training camps; soon those sensors will be powered by the act of sprinting.
There's no doubt that the Internet of Things will change everything. "This may seem like a bold statement," Dave Evans, chief futurist for Cisco, says. "But consider the impact the internet already has had on education, communication, business, science, government, and humanity." Devices will gather, analyse and distribute data, talking to each other directly and developing their own intelligence, thereby heralding the next evolution of the internet.
"With a trillion sensors embedded in the environment – all connected by computing systems, software and services – it will be possible to hear the heartbeat of the Earth," Peter Hartwell, senior researcher at HP Labs, says. "And what does it mean for the next big event?" asks Cisco's Ian Foddering. "What does the future look like where everyone and everything is connected?" It's a question that may be answered in just a few Olympic Games' time.
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Types | 1000 Pieces, Wasgij |
Dimensions | 68 cm x 49 cm / 26.7 in x 19.3 in |
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Candlelight Inn, Napa |
1045 Easum Drive, 94558, Napa, Valle de Napa, California, ESTADOS UNIDOS. |
Descripción: Candlelight InnNestled between the Bay Area and the Wine Country the Candlelight Inn?s idyllic location makes it one of California?s most prized destinations. This luxury Bed and Breakfast is an ideal retreat for those that look for both seclusion and adventure. Housed in a historic Tudor building and surrounded by breath-taking scenery guests can experience the charm of a traditional Bed and Breakfast with the conveniences of today. The Candlelight Inn is more than just a luxury accommodation as it provides guests with a wide range of recreational activities. From wine tasting to culinary tours and hot air balloon rides you can enjoy everything that this rich region has to offer.There are ten spacious rooms to choose from, all tastefully decorated in typical Wine Country style. Every room comes with a private bathroom complete with bathrobes and hair dryers. If you are looking for a bit more privacy then you may wish to stay in the Creekside Cottage. This roomy lodging is set apart from the main building and comes with its own private deck and Jacuzzi tub, which overlook the creek. The Inn has onsite internet access and free parking. Guests receive a three-course gourmet breakfast every morning. This boutique property is the perfect combination of practicality and modern-day luxury all at the heart of the Napa Valley. Descripción de habitaciones: Candlelight InnStandard Queen: The most economical of all the rooms, include a standard Queen size bed, hardwood floors, private bath with shower and views of the garden.Deluxe Queen: For a touch more luxury these rooms come equipped with a Queen size bed, a private bath with 2 person spa-tub, a working fireplace and views of the grounds. Deluxe King: For those who are looking for ultimate luxury the hotel provides several options: Creekside Cottage: A spacious cottage with private deck over-looking the Napa Creek. With king size bed, fireplace, two-person jacuzzi tub, sitting area and a flatscreen TV. Candlelight Suite: Featuring a four-poster king sized bed, a private bath with a steam sauna, A handmade stained glass window on the wall high above the bed featuring a candle streams changing colored light onto the polished dark wood floors. The 46-inch flat screen features a WII console for tennis, golf, bowling and other realistic, enjoyable games. This special room has the original leaded glass chandelier hanging from the ceiling. The Majestic: Has a King-size bed, a fireplace with a beautiful antique mantel. A private deck with pool and garden views. Private bath with a two-person spa tub. Garden View: Featuring an elegantly draped four-poster king-size bed, a private deck with easy access to the expansive garden and pool and a double Jacuzzi spa tub. Aclaraciones e información adicional: Candlelight InnOutdoor pool is seasonal.
The hotel offers a wide-range of services including bike rental, car hire, massage, hiking, Fax/photocopying and concierge service. As well as providing activity packages which include wine tours, horse-back riding and hot air balloon rides. Restaurant: Although the hotel does not have its own restaurant it has links with many local establishments and is happy to make reservations on behalf of guests. The hotel does serve a 3 course breakfast to guests in the morning. Shops: The hotel also has links with several local gift shops. |
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Número de habitaciones: 10
Categoría oficial: 5 Stars
Fecha de creación o última remodelación: 1929.
Régimen de fumadores: Non-smoking property.Tarjetas de crédito aceptadas: American Express, Visa, Euro/Mastercard. The hotel reserves the right to pre-authorise credit cards prior to arrival. Período de cierre del restaurante: N/A Cómo llegar: From San Francisco airport: Start out going west toward T-1 Turnaround Merge onto US-101 N toward San Francisco Merge onto I-380 W via EXIT 423B towardI-280/San Bruno Merge onto I-280 N via EXIT 5A towardSan Francisco Follow 19th Avenue to the Golden Gate Bridge Cross the Golden Gate Bridge into Marin (you?ll be on I-101 North) Take Highway 37 exit (at Novato) east to Highway 121 Turn left onto 121 (at Infineon Raceway) continuing to Highway 29 Turn left (north) to Napa Take the First Street exit and turn left to go over the overpass Pass the Chevron on your right Take the next right onto Easum Drive The inn is straight ahead. From Oakland airport: Take Hwy 880 North to Hwy 80 East (towards Sacramento) Take the Napa cutoff in Vallejo (at Marine World Parkway, Hwy 37 west) Follow the signs to Highway 29 Turn right (north) at 29 (If you miss the exit, there is another further north at Hwy 12 West, which will take you to Hwy 29 also) Follow signs for 29 North to Napa Take the First Street exit and turn left to go over the overpass Pass the Chevron on your right Take the next right onto Easum Drive The inn is straight ahead. From Sacramento airport: Take 1-80 West to the Highway 12 West exit (about 45 minutes) Exit on Highway 12 West Curve through the vineyards to where 12 meets 29 Follow signs for 29 North to Napa Take the First Street exit and turn left to go over the overpass Pass the Chevron on your right Take the next right onto Easum Drive The inn is straight ahead Coordenadas GPS: 38° 18' 12.18'' N 122° 18' 41.35'' W Aeropuerto más cercano: Oakland - 49.5mi
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Rule 1.15
Safekeeping Property
(a)Depositing Funds.
- (1) All funds received or held by a lawyer or law firm on behalf of a client or a third party, or held by a lawyer as a fiduciary, other than reimbursement of advances for costs and expenses shall be deposited in one or more identifiable trust accounts; all other property held on behalf of a client should be placed in a safe deposit box or other place of safekeeping as soon as practicable.
- (2) For lawyers or law firms located in Virginia, a lawyer trust account shall be maintained only at a financial institution approved by the Virginia State Bar, unless otherwise expressly directed in writing by the client for whom the funds are being held.
(3) No funds belonging to the lawyer or law firm shall be deposited or maintained therein except as follows:
- (i) funds reasonably sufficient to pay service or other charges or fees imposed by the financial institution or to maintain a required minimum balance to avoid the imposition of service fees, provided the funds deposited are no more than necessary to do so; or
- (ii) funds in which two or more persons (one of whom may be the lawyer) claim an interest shall be held in the trust account until the dispute is resolved and there is an accounting and severance of their interests. Any portion finally determined to belong to the lawyer or law firm shall be withdrawn promptly from the trust account.
(b) Specific Duties. A lawyer shall:
- (1) promptly notify a client of the receipt of the client's funds, securities, or other properties;
- (2) identify and label securities and properties of a client, or those held by a lawyer as a fiduciary, promptly upon receipt;
- (3) maintain complete records of all funds, securities, and other properties of a client coming into the possession of the lawyer and render appropriate accountings to the client regarding them;
- (4) promptly pay or deliver to the client or another as requested by such person the funds, securities, or other properties in the possession of the lawyer that such person is entitled to receive; and
- (5) not disburse funds or use property of a client or third party without their consent or convert funds or property of a client or third party, except as directed by a tribunal.
(c) Record-Keeping Requirements. A lawyer shall, at a minimum, maintain the following books and records demonstrating compliance with this Rule:
- (1) Cash receipts and disbursements journals for each trust account, including entries for receipts, disbursements, and transfers, and also including, at a minimum: an identification of the client matter; the date of the transaction; the name of the payor or payee; and the manner in which trust funds were received, disbursed, or transferred from an account.
(2) A subsidiary ledger containing a separate entry for each client, other person, or entity from whom money has been received in trust.
The ledger should clearly identify:- (i) the client or matter, including the date of the transaction and the payor or payee and the means or methods by which trust funds were received, disbursed or transferred; and
- (ii) any unexpended balance.
- (3) In the case of funds or property held by a lawyer as a fiduciary, the required books and records shall include an annual summary of all receipts and disbursements and changes in assets comparable in detail to an accounting that would be required of a court supervised fiduciary in the same or similar capacity; including all source documents sufficient to substantiate the annual summary.
- (4) All records subject to this Rule shall be preserved for at least five calendar years after termination of the representation or fiduciary responsibility.
- (d) Required Trust Accounting Procedures. In addition to the requirements set forth in Rule 1.15 (a) through (c), the following minimum trust accounting procedures are applicable to all trust accounts.
- (1) Insufficient Fund Reporting. All accounts are subject to the requirements governing insufficient fund check reporting as set forth in the Virginia State Bar Approved Financial Institution Agreement.
- (2) Deposits. All trust funds received shall be deposited intact. Mixed trust and non-trust funds shall be deposited intact into the trust fund and the non-trust portion shall be withdrawn upon the clearing of the mixed fund deposit instrument. All such deposits should include a detailed deposit slip or record that sufficiently identifies each item.
(3) Reconciliations.
- (i) At least quarterly a reconciliation shall be made that reflects the trust account balance for each client, person or other entity.
- (ii) A monthly reconciliation shall be made of the cash balance that is derived from the cash receipts journal, cash disbursements journal, the trust account checkbook balance and the trust account bank statement balance.
- (iii) At least quarterly, a reconciliation shall be made that reconciles the cash balance from (d)(3)(ii) above and the subsidiary ledger balance from (d)(3)(i).
- (iv) Reconciliations must be approved by a lawyer in the law firm.
- (4) The purpose of all receipts and disbursements of trust funds reported in the trust journals and ledgers shall be fully explained and supported by adequate records.
- [1] A lawyer should hold property of others with the care required of a professional fiduciary. Securities should be kept in a safe deposit box, except when some other form of safekeeping is warranted by special circumstances. For purposes of this Rule, the term "fiduciary" includes personal representative, trustee, receiver, guardian, committee, custodian, and attorney-in-fact. All property that is the property of clients or third persons should be kept separate from the lawyer's business and personal property and, if funds, in one or more trust accounts. Separate trust accounts may be warranted when administering estate funds or acting in similar fiduciary capacities.
- [2] Separation of the funds of a client from those of the lawyer not only serves to protect the client but also avoids even the appearance of impropriety, and therefore commingling of such funds should be avoided.
- [2a] In relation to (b)(5), consent can be inferred from the engagement agreement or any consequential agreement between the lawyer and the client regarding the disbursement of fees, i.e., when earned fees are routinely withdrawn from the lawyer's trust account upon an accounting to the client, when costs and expenses of litigation are routinely withdrawn, or when other fees/costs or expenses are agreed upon in advance.
- [3] Lawyers often receive funds from third parties from which the lawyer's fee will be paid. If there is risk that the client may divert the funds without paying the fee, the lawyer is not required to remit the portion from which the fee is to be paid. However, a lawyer may not hold funds to coerce a client into accepting the lawyer's contention. The disputed portion of the funds should be kept in trust and the lawyer should suggest means for prompt resolution of the dispute, such as arbitration or mediation. The undisputed portion of the funds shall be promptly distributed.
- [4] Paragraphs (b)(4) and (b)(5) do not impose an obligation upon the lawyer to protect funds on behalf of the client's general creditors who have no valid claim to an interest in the specific funds or property in the lawyer's possession. However, a lawyer may be in possession of property or funds claimed both by the lawyer's client and a third person; for example, a previous lawyer of the client claiming a lien on the client's recovery or a person claiming that the property deposited with the lawyer was taken or withheld unlawfully from that person. Additionally, a lawyer may have a duty under applicable law to protect such third-party claims against wrongful interference by the client, and accordingly may refuse to surrender the property to the client. For example, if a lawyer has actual knowledge of a third party's lawful claim to an interest in the specific funds held on behalf of a client, then by virtue of a statutory lien (e.g., medical, workers' compensation, attorneys' lien, a valid assignment executed by the client, or a lien on the subject property created by a recorded deed of trust) the lawyer has a duty to secure the funds claimed by the third party. Under the above described circumstances, paragraphs (b)(4) and (b)(5) require the lawyer either to deliver the funds or property to the third party or, if a dispute to the third party's claim exists, to safeguard the contested property or funds until the dispute is resolved. If the client has a non-frivolous dispute with the third party's claim, then the lawyer cannot release those funds without the agreement of all parties involved or a court determination of who is entitled to receive them, such as an interpleader action. A lawyer does not violate paragraphs (b)(4) and (b)(5) if he has acted reasonably and in good faith to determine the validity of a third-party's claim or lien.
- [5] The obligations of a lawyer under this Rule are independent of those arising from activity other than rendering legal services. For example, a lawyer who serves as an escrow agent is governed by the applicable law relating to fiduciaries even though the lawyer does not render legal services in the transaction.
- [6] Nothing in this Rule is intended to prohibit an attorney from using electronic checking for his trust account so long as all requirements in this Rule are fulfilled. It is the lawyer's responsibility to assure that complete and accurate records of the receipt and disbursement of entrusted property are maintained in accordance with this rule. Many businesses are now converting paper checks to automated clearinghouse (ACH) debits. Authorized ACH debits that are electronic transfers of funds (in which no checks are involved) are allowed provided the lawyer maintains a record of the transaction as required by this rule. The record, whether consisting of the instructions or authorization to debit the account, a record or receipt from the financial institution, or the lawyer's independent record of the transaction, must show the amount, date, recipient of the transfer or disbursement, and the name of the client or other person to whom the funds belong.
Prior Rule Comparison
This rule is substantially the same as the original Rule 1.15 adopted January 1, 2000 except that the language has been substantially simplified for ease of understanding and the portions regarding the Financial Institutions duties redacted as they are appropriately incorporated into the "Trust Account Notification Agreement" signed by all Virginia approved financial institutions.
Committee Commentary
The Committee chose to modify the rule for ease of understanding and enforcement with no substantive changes to a lawyer's safekeeping property and recordkeeping requirements.
Amendments effective November 1, 2013, clarified that paragraph (a)(1) requires that funds must be placed in an identifiable trust account, while other property may be placed in a safe deposit box or other place of safekeeping.
Updated: November 5, 2013


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I'd get a box. I mean you get KOTOR first, you get Galaxies, and there are just more good games. Luckily both those are going to PC so I'm set (for now....)
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"In my experience there's no such thing as luck." - Ben Kenobi
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Halo is reason enough to get the x-box but is the only game worth getting for it until other games become really cheap. But I hear Halo is coming to PC so that might affect oyur decision. GameCube has more good titles and good ones on the way but they keep pushing back the release dates.
I'd recomend the Gamecube for now and wait for the X-Box to lower to a good price before getting one.
Well, since I grew up on Nintendo also and already had a DVD player, I bought the Game Cube. It's very awesome, especially with Smash Bros. Melee. Plus the new Mario Sunshine is coming out, and the long awaited Zelda. Can't miss that!
Padme wants some Jedi Juice!
Don't forget Star Fox Adventures and Metroid Prime!
Definately Xbox, I mean have you played Obi-Wan, or Halo.
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You dare compare Obi Wan with Halo?
Obi-Wan is, quite possibly, in the top three worst games I've ever had the misfortune of playing. And I've played a boat load bad games.
I agree with Boba Rhett. Obi-Wan ALMOST makes me ashamed to be a Star Wars fan.
I was going to comment, but anyone who praises "Obi-Wan'' is asking for the hurt. Halo is a freakin' incredible game, but that's the only X-Box game I've played I liked immensely.
I don't play games that often, but RE for GC is by far my all time favorite game (I'm a huge RE fan,) and SSBM is possibly the funnest multi-player console game ever. But a lot of great games get ported to all 3 systems nowadays.
And what's all this talk of playing "Galaxies" on a console? Are you people mad or stoned? The only way this game should be played is on a PC, IMO.
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I have to concur, Obi-Wan is God-awful, while Halo is simply God-like.
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In support of those with issues, take a look at all complaints received by the NHTSA. Each brand and model should have equal chance of being complained about there. Take a look at all the powertrain complaints for the Focus. It's more than most other cars' total complaints, and is a far greater percentage of total complaints than any other car at more than a third.
Looking through the actual powertrain complaints, I count roughly 70% of them specifically mention the typical DCT complaints you hear about on here; shuddering, bucking, lunging, poor shift quality, engine bogging down in turns, etc.
I ignored complaints about hill roll back since I'm on the side of that not being a case of poor implementation on Ford's part. It is what it is.
I noted the cars that were in their first model year for more direct comparison.
Notice the Veloster, also with a DCT, has negligible powertrain complaints.
Total Powertrain
2011 Jetta 164 19 1MY
2012 Focus 153
2011 Cruze 143 30 1MY
2010 Mazda3 93 13 1MY
2012 Civic 58 13 1MY
2012 Cruze 55 9
2011 Elantra 40 3 1MY
2012 Jetta 40 5
2012 Veloster 40 3 1MY
2012 Elantra 33 5
2012 Mazda3 10 3 1MY w/ Skyactive
Sorry, formatting wasn't the same as when i was writing the post. The first number after each model name is total complaints and the second number is complaints specifically about the powertrain which of course includes the transmission.
You can correct me if I am wrong however, but the Veloster and the Focus are the only ones with the DCTs, not sure if the Jetta can be had with the DSG; I believe it only has the Tiptronic sport mode in the regular autobox
And for a lot of people the nuances of the DCT are not explained and for pretty much 99% of us on this forum this would probably be your first encounter with a SMG/DCT type transmission.
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San Francisco-based iRhythm Technologies, which develops a cardiac rhythm monitor, has scored $10M in a funding from St. Jude Medical, Mohr Davidow Ventures, and Synergy Life Science Partners, St. Jude and iRhythm announced Thursday. According to the firms, the investment comes as part of a partnership, where the two will co-market iRhythm's cardiac rhythm monitor. iRhythm's devices are single-use devices used in heart arrythmia patients, used to collect diagnostic information in patients. More information »


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Oilers Cheer Team makes debut performance
by Edmonton Oilers Press Release / Edmonton OilersOver 100 talented dancers participated in Oilers Cheer Team tryouts last month. (Photo by Andy Devlin / Edmonton Oilers Hockey Club) |
"We are very pleased to welcome these talented young women to the Oilers family," said Allan Watt, Oilers Vice President Communications & Broadcast. "Since announcing the creation of the first-ever Canadian NHL Cheer Team, we've received tremendous interest from the dance, cheer and gymnastics communities across Oil Country."
The Oilers Cheer Team consists of 19 women aged 18-29 who competed with over 100 talented dancers to earn a spot on the first ever Canadian NHL Cheer Team. In the past six weeks, the team underwent a rigorous tryout and interview process to earn a spot on the team, and then practiced multiple times per week to learn and perfect their in-game routines.
In addition to performing at Oilers home games, helping with promotions and interacting with fans, the Cheer Team will soon begin participating in charity fund raising and special events throughout Oil Country acting as ambassadors for Edmonton and your Oilers Hockey Club.
Watch for the first-ever Oilers Cheer Team calendar which will be available later this month.
Edmonton Oilers hockey is presented in part by the Rexall Family of Pharmacies, Molson Canadian, ATB Financial, Cenovus Energy and Ford.