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Syrian Bashar Assad described himself as a believer in democracy in an interview published Monday but given some two weeks before the death of his autocratic father, President Hafez Assad.
"I'm a believer in democracy and respect of others' opinions in the broadest possible sense," he said in the interview with the Egyptian independent weekly Al-Osboa newspaper.
I'm not one of those who keeps power for themselves," he added. "I believe in the need to open up to all opinions and listen to all viewpoints whether they agree or disagree."
On the battle against corruption, which started largely under his influence in the last months of his father's rule, he said, "We don't want to persecute anyone, but anyone who is found to have transgressed with regard to public money will naturally be held accountable through a fair trial."
With regard to policy towards Israel, Bashar stuck to his father's demand that Israel must withdraw from "every inch of occupied Syrian land" in return for a peace agreement.
This meant as far as the position of June 4th, 1967, before Israel occupied the strategic Golan Heights, which would put Syria on the northeastern shore of Lake Tiberius.
Bashar said peace was a "strategic choice" for his country, but "When Syria joined the Madrid conference (which kicked off the Middle East peace process in 1991) and later started peace negotiations with Israel, it did so on the basis of firm principles which we cannot accept to be fragmented or divided," he said.
Bashar told Al-Osboa's editor, Mustafa Bakri, that Syria had "got used to Israel's policy" of obstructing the peace process, which he said had led to a lack of trust in Israeli statements.
"They give example after example of how Israel is determined to continue its policy to impose a status quo on the ground, to ignore international resolutions.
"Israel has succeeded in gaining some time with this policy, but that will not cause us to forget our rights or push us to renounce even an inch of occupied land," he said.
Bashar said his father had attended a summit meeting with US President Bill Clinton because he thought he had secured a guarantee from Israel to withdraw from the whole of the Golan Heights.
But Assad was "surprised when the American president told him that Israel was prepared to withdraw from 95 percent of the occupied land in the Golan in return for security arrangements and all their other claims."
"President Assad's position was clear, he ended the meeting immediately and returned to Damascus," Bashar said.
On the subject of the Shebaa farms area on the border with Lebanon also occupied in 1967, he said, "It's Lebanese land and Israel has no choice but to withdraw from it, if it wants the border situation to calm down."
In another interview with the London-published Asharq al-Awsat daily Bashar, given about a week before his father's death, Bashar said water was more important to the Israelis than security, where they had a clear advantage over Syria.
"Contacts with Washington are continuing," he added. "President Bill Clinton has an understanding attitude towards the Syrian stance."
Asked if he expected peace in one or two years, Bashar said, "Peace is measured by results and not by time. Syria's views are clear -- we want an honorable and just peace."
Bashar, who was named Monday commander-in-chief of the armed forces as part of his ascension towards the presidency expected to be rubber-stamped by parliament on June 25th, also hinted that peace could bring a reduction in Syria's armed forces.
"The armed forces are not necessarily offensive and their size is determined by the needs of the country and likely threats," he said - CAIRO (AFP)
© 2000 Al Bawaba (www.albawaba.com)


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I've been hearing a lot lately about how the technology explosion in advisory firms is reducing job opportunities for young advisors. The idea seems to be that the increased use of software and Internet platforms in today's advisory practices is performing many of the functions that advisors used to hire junior advisors to do, leaving them with fewer jobs to fill throughout the industry.
In my experience, just the opposite is true: That the greater reliance on technology in the advisory world is creating more opportunities for young advisors than ever before. Sure, the efficiencies created by digital technology do reduce the need for some jobs, but not the jobs that young advisors are trained to do. From typing to answering phones to executing trades, today's technology has greatly reduced the number of people—and hours of labor—needed to make a thriving advisory practice work. But, even 15 years ago, young advisors were rarely hired for those jobs anyway.
The growth of the independent advisory business has always been about leverage: leveraging senior advisors so they can work with more clients, and bring in more new business. Hiring clerical staff is typically the first step toward that leverage. The second was hiring a junior advisor or two to take even more functions off senior advisors' plates—writing financial plans, researching investment options, rebalancing portfolios, etc. In recent years, technology has added a whole new level of leverage, some that replaces clerical staff, but mostly with applications that greatly expand the capabilities of those junior advisors.
So instead of replacing junior advisors, technology actually makes them more valuable to their firms. Young advisors can now do much more in portfolio management, client management, client communications, financial planning, compliance and in the back office. And they can hit the ground running with most platforms that advisors use, thanks to extensive technology training in many of today's collegiate financial planning programs.
In fact, I think it's fair to say that as technology continues to expand in its myriad applications and sophistication, young advisors will play an increasingly vital role in their firms. Someone has to make all this new technology work and work in the right ways. The truth is that the younger generation is just simply better at doing that. From a firm's website, to its CRM, to its portfolio management platform, to the interface with its custodian or B/D, young advisors are becoming essential to keeping the business up and running.
With young advisors taking over most of the operations of many firms—and the tremendous leverage that creates—the real issue that our industry will have to face sooner rather than later is that the need for senior advisors may fall dramatically.

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July 12, 2017
July 12, 2017
"I have been very satisfied with the quality of the graduates from Empire College. They are capable, smart, hard working, helpful, and friendly. I have utilized Empire's paralegal interns, and all of our law clerks have been Empire law students."
– L. Steven Turer, Attorney at Law


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MySQL Server and Connector/C installation packages both provide the files needed to build and run MySQL C API client programs. This section discusses when it is possible to install both products on the same system. For some packaging formats, this is possible without conflict. For others, both products cannot be installed at the same time.
This discussion assumes the use of similar package types for both products (for example, RPM packages for both products). It does not try to describe coexistence between packaging types (for example, use of RPM packages for one product and a tar file package for the other). Nor does it describe coexistence of packages provided by Oracle and those provided by third-party vendors.
If you install both products, it may be necessary to adjust your development tools or runtime environment to choose one set of header files and libraries over the other. See Section 22.214.171.124, "Building C API Client Programs", and Section 220.127.116.11, "Running C API Client Programs".
tar and Zip file packages install under the
directory into which you unpack them. For example, you can unpack
MySQL Server and Connector/C tar packages under
/usr/local and they will unpack into distinct
directory names without conflict.
Windows MSI installers use their own installation directory, so MySQL Server and Connector/C installers do not conflict.
macOS DMG packages install under the same parent directory but in a different subdirectory, so there is no conflict. For example:
Solaris PKG packages install under the same parent directory but in a different subdirectory, so there is no conflict. For example:
The Solaris Connector/C installer does not create any symlinks from
system directories such as
/usr/bin or
/usr/lib into the installation directory.
That must be done manually if desired after installation.
For RPM installations, there are several types of RPM packages.
MySQL Server
shared and
devel RPM packages are similar to the
corresponding Connector/C RPM packages. These RPM package types cannot
coexist because the MySQL Server and Connector/C RPM packages use the
same installation locations for the client library-related files.
This means the following conditions hold:
If MySQL Server
develRPM packages are installed, they provide the C API headers and libraries, and there is no need to install the Connector/C RPM packages. To install the Connector/C packages anyway, you must first remove the corresponding MySQL Server packages.
To install MySQL Server RPM packages if you already have Connector/C RPM packages installed, you must first remove the Connector/C RPM packages.
MySQL Server RPM packages other than
shared and
devel do not conflict with Connector/C packages and
can be installed if Connector/C is installed. This includes the main
server RPM that includes the mysqld server


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"Luna" is an object for the person designed by Alessandro Mendini. He sais about "Luna": "I like the fact that this watch is named after the moon and expresses its calm roundness and silent mystery. Watches are generally entirely rational instruments, devised almost exclusively for giving precision to our days. But this moon-watch, with its image of calm roundness, inspires a peaceful and astral reading and a tranquil progression of time, days, nights and seasons. As is sometimes the case with the moon, this watch also seems somewhat timeless."
Alessandro was born in Milan in 1931 and graduated in 1959. He is an architect, artist, designer and design manager, theorist and journalist and began his profession at the Nizzoli studio. In 1970 he gave up planning to concentrate on journalism relating to architecture and design: He has edited Casabella, Modo and Domus through which he has transmitted his ideas of renewing the world of design. Along with Branzi and Sottsass and with his presence in Global Tools and Radical design, he was the main force behind the renovation of Italian design in the 80's. In the late 70's he went back to designing and various projects and in 1979 joined the Alchimia Studio. This group of radical designers in the 80's in Memphis had upset functionalist designers by designing objects for sheer artistic pleasure and by referring to popular culture and kitsch. This was well outside the norms of industrial production and practicality. With Alchima he created objects, furniture, environments, paintings, installations and architectural works. Among his most significant works during this period were the Groningen Museum and the reinvention of the Alessi image for whom he is meta-projectual consultant. In 1989 he opened the Atelier Mendini in Milan with his brother Francesco and continued his career as a sophisticated, pop designer. The key element is always a clever hybrid between art and design resulting in popular objects that achieve great commercial success. He died on 18 February 2019.


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JMX::Jmx4Perl::Agent::Jolokia::Verifier::ChecksumVerifier - Verifies a checksum for a downloaded artifact.
This verifier provides the base for simple checksum checking. It needs to be subclassed to provide the proper extension (e.g. ".sha1") and creating of a digester.
This file is part of jmx4perl. Jmx4perl is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by The Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
jmx4perl is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with jmx4perl. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
A commercial license is available as well. Please contact email@example.com for further details.


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The Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Super Trofeo Stradale may be largely Italian and as red as Enzo Ferrari's schnoz after a Chianti bender, but it's likely a Frenchman who inspired this new Lamborghini promo video. It appears to be a stylized take on Claude Lelouch's C'etait un Rendezvous.
But where Lelouch kept to a single point of view — from the front bumper of his Mercedes — Lamborghini's send-up adds other camera angles, various leggy models lounging by the roadside and a quick stop for gas — all to set up the tag line, "Life is a Race." Lelouch laughs Frenchly at such cinematic flourishes — hauh hauh!


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Opinion: Al Qaeda on the Rebound
Editorial page editor Paul Gigot on al Qaeda's revival in Iraq after the U.S.'s troop withdrawal and how the terrorist group helped plot a foiled attack in Jordan. Photo: AP
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... I ... to just beginning to emerge about an extraordinary plot by al Qaeda to carry out a mass of terror campaign in Jordan ... this would halt attacks on tourists love embassies including the United States embassy ... to discuss and analyze the plot with me is the Journal's editorial page editor Paul to go to the ... mall this is so curly remarkable story was first reported in Cleveland Washington post and don't store very wide scale attack in Jordan was planned by al Qaeda ... seems to be by al Qaeda in Iraq right right and as it's concerning a couple of ... couple of ways one is the ... signals the ... revival of ... of al Qaeda in Iraq remember that have been really damage ... even to the point of being barely able to marshal attacks by the surge ... in the successful surge of two thousand ... seven and eight ... and um ... even ... in the early years of the ... Obama administration a Q why is it scones under ... control ... go with the ... non ... withdrawal of all U S troops ... in what everybody's gone ... I am from Iraq now ... in the Rockies are in charge of security ... neque eyes making a comeback in not only a comeback in Iraq ... that this is where Jordan comes and ... it looks like they're moving into Syria and Jordan ... will be seen to be alone in Jordanians were rested of body toward preventing police in October and we ... and the Jordanian saved eleven trained in Syria have been supported by Elpida from Iraq ... so it can be done some pretty dumb ... possible situation is no question that that al Qaeda's from playing in Syria I controllers been growing since the time since the revolution There started the rebellion started dairy ... now ... more than half I think it's almost your half ago ... um ... in because the US has been playing ... almost no world helping the opposition ... which are seeing is that some of the of ... the aid to them is coming from ... Haaretz ... and from al Qaeda people were out on a writ large ... and so the opposition is becoming increasingly ... infiltrated with ... al Qaeda ... and they're getting training and weapons ... beginning ... and communication ... beginning the weapons ... in the communications equipment ... and the Maersk reading is very clear from the spot ... India Jordan where they could be stabilize that government ... that would have very damaging consequences for the rest of the Middle East and Israel who was tough when twenty think the political consequences of the Tsar Paul I mean the ... Obama ministrations already tangled up in what happened and been Garcia netball ... Al Qaeda in Islamic McGrath ... time now this that we never had hoped that it was decimated are suppose to vendor in the campaign as I think the president put it exactly ... and Susan Rice put it ... well ... look I mean what were seen here I think is a general deterioration of security across the board in them at least ... freely across the board you seen the turmoil in Egypt ... so ... you're seeing the post ... Ghadafi period he and maybe having a lot less stable that might've been my eyes again ... in part because we ... basically we washed our hands of the situation after Ghadafi fell and the parties to come and ... and and provided a good deal ... for radical SoCal ... their ... radical Sony's and their supporting radical saw initial difficulty exactly what the U S alternative to the stage as well I mean ... when you wash your hands and it is very difficult and we know we ... we could come in and play a more active role I think in terms of shaping of that's ... that that's not how this administration works ... or already seen weeks now that the administration ... is worried about the trend ... and may start thinking about doing more in Syria ... but ... is very hard to trust them frankly to weather them out they have the nerve ... in the end of the gumption ... to go in and actually attempt to shape events in a way that other than just tangential now


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Utilization Reviews (UR)
What is Utilization Review (UR)?
The utilization review process compares requests for medical services ("utilization") to treatment guidelines that are deemed appropriate for such services and includes the preparation of a recommendation based on that comparison. The Utilization Review Program applies only to claims that are adjudicated by the State Fund. The program applies to both physicians and facilities. L&I contracts with Comagine Health for Utilization Review.
The utilization review process supports the agency's mission to purchase only proper and necessary care for injured workers.
What Requires Comagine Health Review
All inpatient hospitalizations
- Exceptions
- inpatient chemical dependency treatment and
- sub-acute stays, such as skilled nursing facility, transitional care unit or other setting that is not an acute care stay
Selected outpatient surgical procedures
- Procedures may be added or deleted due to code changes.
- UR Simplification applies to most outpatient surgeries.
- Some procedures/services may not require UR, but would still need to be authorized by claim managers.
- Providers can enter the Billing Code ID in the Fee Schedule Lookup tool to determine current outpatient procedures requiring UR
- If the Prior Authorization box indicates "Y-UR" providers must request a review through Comagine Health.
Physical Medicine:
Physical therapy, occupational therapy and work conditioning require UR after the 24th visit.
Advanced Imaging Studies
MRI studies of the spine, upper and lower extremities and brain MRI and CT studies for headaches require UR. UR requests for imaging require web access through OneHealthPort.com.
Spinal Injections
All spinal injections require UR review. See medical treatment guidelines.
Criteria used for review
Comagine Health uses the Department's Medical Treatment Guidelines.
- When there are no Department Medical Treatment Guidelines available, Comagine Health utilizes InterQual criteria.
- Initial clinical review is conducted by a registered nurse or therapist
- does not meet guidelines or criteria, referred for physician review
- physician reviewer unable to recommend approval
- requesting physician has the opportunity to discuss the case
- Comagine Health recommendations are sent to the L&I claim managers.
- The claim manager will review the information and recommendation made by Comagine Health and will then decide whether to authorize or deny the request.
- The claim manager will issue the final determination and inform the requesting provider.
Non-initiated claims
Comagine Health will review requests for treatment or procedures on non-initiated claims in the same manner as initiated claims.
- Physicians and facilities must follow the same UR process, however, L&I's determination will be delayed until the claim has been initiated and assigned to a claim manager.
- Decisions to proceed with appropriate medical care should be based on the providers' best clinical judgment and not on the status of the request.
UR Simplification (Group A Provider)
Those providers with 100% UR approval recommendations when they performed 10 or more reviews during the one year review period may be eligible to become a Group A Provider.
The Office of the Medical Director (OMD):
- manages the contract with the L&I UR vendor, and
- monitor's their quality of reviews.
Comagine Health, L&I's contracted UR vendor:
- Review cases against L&I's Medical Treatment Guidelines or InterQual criteria, and
- Recommend a course of action to the L&I Claim Manager.


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It's my birthday next week. I've been trying to think of what I want to do. I have an offer to go see a live performance in Raleigh and it would be fun but it isn't something I thought of myself. I tend to think of birthdays as days best spent in purely egocentric pursuits. They are, after all, all about one's self.
I was telling deadblob that I want to go to an arcade.
I want to go to an arcade of our youth, though. I want to go back in time to Space Port at Blue Ridge Mall: shitty little Blue Ridge Mall, that now has nothing in it but a Kmart and a JC Penney and an incongruously opulent Belk next to the corpse of a Sears, and a police substation where Space Port used to be. I want to go plunk tokens into games in the dark, in a place my parents have told me is a waste of time, with games I do not even begin to comprehend and people I do not know.
I tried to go take pictures of Blue Ridge Mall last year when I was in Hendersonville for my 20 year high school reunion but they came out blurry and depressing and I never posted them anywhere. The notion of an indoor shopping mall in Hendersonville of all places was so novel when I was a child. I recall the Kmart opened first, before the rest of the mall was finished, and people went to the Kmart just so they could stare down the darkened concourse at that unfinished space and fill it up with whatever they hoped it would be. The Kmart is still there but the rest of the mall has been turned into something like a beige snowscape: an arctic horizon in a blizzard, all depth perception gone, all sense of direction lost, all hope gone with it. The Kmart has somehow managed to serve as both midwife and psychopomp to a generation – two – of economic turnover. It delivered what seemed a death blow to Hendersonville's downtown but now Main Street is more alive than ever.
It isn't only people who have their Saturn's Return.
Anyway, yeah, I kind of want to go to an arcade. Maybe I want to go bowling? I dunno. Maybe I'll just go for a hike.


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By Susan Nitzke, University of Wisconsin
Everyone knows yogurt is nutritious, especially if it's made from low-fat or fat-free milk and fortified with vitamin D. Like the milk it's made from, yogurt contains calcium, potassium and many other vitamins and minerals. And yogurt with live, active cultures has the added benefit of probiotic microorganisms that help promote digestive health.
But smart consumers know some brands of yogurt have more nutritional benefits than others, says Susan Nitzke, Professor Emerita and UW-Extension specialist in nutritional sciences at UW-Madison. She points out that many yogurt choices are high in added sugar, including several types of yogurt that are marketed as "kid-friendly."
Examples of yogurt varieties that are likely to have added sugar include flavored yogurts, squeezable yogurt tubes, yogurt parfaits, frozen yogurt, and yogurt with sprinkles or other toppings.
Nitzke points out that figuring out how much sugar is added to yogurt can be confusing because there is some naturally occurring sugar (lactose) in plain yogurt. Although lactose from milk is slightly reduced in the process of making yogurt, Nitzke says that an 8-oz. cup of plain or artificially sweetened yogurt usually has roughly 15 grams of sugar in the form of lactose. "If sugar, corn syrup, honey, or evaporated cane juice are listed among the first three ingredients, the product is relatively high in added sugars," says Nitzke.
What about Greek yogurt? Nitzke says most Greek yogurt products are strained to remove much of the liquid whey. "In addition to being thicker than traditional yogurt, the extra straining process tends to concentrate yogurt's protein and reduce the content of calcium and lactose, or sugar," says Nitzke. Its reduced lactose content makes Greek yogurt a popular choice among people with lactose intolerance.
Market Snapshot, 10:00 a.m. CT (VIP) -- June 14, 2013
Emergency Straw Diets Can Work in Late Lactation


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Our production music pick of the week features the royalty free corporate music track Achieve by Dan Foster. Modern and emotional, this track is uplifting and motivational. Ideal for commercial work, and perfect for times when presenting a positive corporate image is key, this brave and encouraging piece is a must-have for producers creating multimedia projects and videos for businesses and organizations.
We selected three stock footage clips to accompany this corporate track. As the soundtrack opens with a determined tone, prominently featuring electric keyboards and a percussion loop, we chose business stock footage clip 194408, which is a simple 3D animated clip of entering a business through glass doors and a modern, clean hallway. This matches the modern, clean feel of the music, with the movement of the video mirroring the forward motion of the track.
As the production progresses, our video changes to a clip of what could be a busy call center or online support center (video ID 288622), showing numerous workers at computer terminals. The leading, encouraging feel of this corporate music track brings energy and a sense of focus and determination, highlighting the motivational yet professional nature of the track.
We close this week's royalty free music pick of the week with a pan of a city skyline at dusk, showing the track's versatility as a potential candidate for business montages and scene establishment. The pulsating rhythm and modern harmonies come together with this city skyline stock footage clip (ID 155156) capturing the motion and life of a city at the end of a hard day of work. The addition of strings into the mix at this point also reminds us of some detective or action-drama productions.
License Achieve for your next corporate video: http://www.productiontrax.com/royalty-free-music/384525


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If and when that terrible day your Mac dies finally catches up to you, you can be back up and running with all your applications, settings and data in under 5 seconds with a bootable system clone. By mirroring your entire Mac's hard drive to an external FireWire drive, you can boot from that disk using any other Mac and have your entire system at your fingertips, no tedious software installations, System Preference setting or desktop wallpaper hunting required. Using the excellent free version of SuperDuper and a regular old FireWire drive, here's how to mirror your Mac onto a bootable disk.
For more on backing up your Mac using this method plus plain old document backup, see Complete, Free Mac Backup. PC users, the process isn't quite as simple for you (with free software, anyway) but here's how to partition and image your hard drive with the System Recovery CD.


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Tugas 3 Bahasa Inggris Bisnis 2
Tenses Chart
Nama : Indah Sevia Wulandari
Kelas : 4EA03
1. While she was trying to read, her friend was practicing the piano.
2. He has been buying several jerseys in the last two years.
3. She will bone the meat later.
4. By the time you get there they already left.
5. I was drowwing. Nobody save me.
6. He said she that she had not returned the book yet.
7. What are you darning at the moment.
8. She thinks her husband will buy a new fridge.
9. How much have you spent in Londonso far ?
10. In a month's time I learned more words than ever.
11. After he saw the giraffe he spoke to the keeper.
12. The was buying weed-killer when they arrested him
13. The plumbing always gives trouble during the summer.
14. The trend was rising when they reached the lake.
15. Do you recognize this statue ?
16. They say that they will not performent tomorrow.
17. What have you been doing since your last recital ?
18. As it rained he put up his umbrella.
19. They heard Beethoven better conducted earlier in the year.
20. What is going on here ?
21. I only have just realized what she meant.
22. I will never plant crocuses again.
23. Were you enjoying yourself when I saw you at the party ?
24. I will be to the zoo and going while they are still talking about visiting it.
25. She doched at Tilbury last week.
26. He always accelerates too quickly.
27. Do you hear that awful noise ?
28. By the time the bridgade arrived, the house collapsed.
29. I saw a new type of windscreen wiper while I was walking round the exhibition yesterday.
30. They have been waiting to take off since ten this morning.
31. She shot at least three tigers in
last year. India
32. We saw what we have seen.
33. He heard an owl hooting as he walked through the wood.
34. They have been producing a hundred shirts every day for two months now.
35. Where were you going when I bumped into you ?
36. Who told the grasshopper to dance? The ant in the fable did .
37. They were high heels every day last term.
38. What do you with a gun in your car ?
39. He still doesn't find his watch.
40. I have lived there several years before I found the nest.
41. When it sting him ?
42. She likes cockles. Naturally she prefer lobster.
43. Dragon flies have beautiful wings.
44. Time and tide wait for no man, the saying runing.
45. I bought some new pruners the other day.
46. The girl in the pay box seldom smiles nowadays.
47. The moment he opened the boot the spare wheel fell out.
48. Too many cooks spoiled the broth.
49. He left
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C.J. Fair considers himself "a top wing player in the country." This season, the former City star will get a chance to prove it.
Fresh off summer appearances at the LeBron James and Kevin Durant skills academies, Fair is confident that his junior season at Syracuse will be his best yet.
"This year my role is much bigger than my previous two years," Fair said. "I'm more of a focus this time. I'm one of the leaders on the team. It's just a different approach to the game. I'm an upperclassman now, so I've gotta come with that approach and lead the team."
In Fair's two college seasons, the Orange have gone 61-11. But with Kris Joseph (Boston Celtics), Fab Melo (Boston Celtics) and Dion Waiters (Cleveland Cavaliers) off to the NBA, Fair said he's ready to pick up his production and guide Syracuse deep into the postseason once again.
Fair, who graduated from Brewster (N.H.) Academy after three years at City, averaged 6.4 points and 3.8 rebounds in 18.6 minutes as a freshman. The 6-foot-8, 220-pound forward's role expanded considerably during the 2011-12 season, with averages of 8.5 points and 5.4 rebounds. Fair said he relished his role as one of Syracuse's super subs.
"I could say it worked in my favor a lot. I knew coach [Jim Boeheim] wanted me and [Waiters] to come into the game and contribute right away," Fair said. "He didn't look at it as his bench players; he looked at us as his starters to come in and basically take over the game. Not just scoring and stuff, but changing the whole tempo and getting the team [fired up]."
One of Fair's best games of his sophomore season came as a starter. In a 64-63 win over Wisconsin in the NCAA tournament's Sweet 16, Fair led Syracuse in points (15), rebounds (seven) and steals (four). He shot 7-for-9 from the field against the Badgers after going 7-for-27 during the previous six games.
"[In] previous games [I was] taking the same shots, [and it] just wasn't falling," Fair said. "That game, it just fell for me. I had a rhythm that I didn't have the previous few games. But it was all about rhythm and seeing the ball go through the net."
Fair appeared in all 37 of the Orange's games as a sophomore, starting nine. But despite coming off the bench, Fair averaged the second-most minutes (26.4) on the team behind Joseph (32.2). He was the Orange's fifth-leading scorer and second-leading rebounder. Only returner – senior guard Brandon Triche – averaged more points than Fair last season, so it stands to reason that the former Knights star is due for a rise statistically again this year.
"It's something I've been waiting for my whole college career," he said. "I've … tried to prepare myself [for a bigger role]. As far as being the kind of vocal leader, that's something I never was given the chance to do [as an underclassman at City and Syracuse and at Brewster]. I always had someone else on the team for that. This year I've got to be more vocal."
Much of Syracuse's offense runs through its forwards, so Fair said he's been getting more attention in practice than in years past. Fair said this will be a "well-balanced" Syracuse squad that plays well together.
"It's a different look for this team," Fair said. "I think we can have a good year this year. … The record might not show it at first, but [we should] be a national title contender."
The Sweet 16 is an occasional series profiling the best Division I college basketball players from the Baltimore area. Players were selected based on prior accomplishments and projections for the upcoming season.


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How to Draw Hairstyles for Fashionable Children
You rarely see a kid with a fantastic 'do. When you draw fashions for children, make sure your figures have simple hairstyles. In real life, you rarely see a kid with a fantastic 'do. After all, their main agenda is playing, and a parent's goal is keeping kids' hair easy to care for and style.
Stick with the short and sweet look
A short cut is every parent's dream, and it helps showcase your children's fashion designs. A short cut on a girl tends not to go much past the ears; a short cut on a boy usually crops in pretty close to the head.
Nobody's hair lays like a helmet around the face. Add a few stray hairs on top of the head for a cute effect.
Draw a circle for a kid's head.
Most children's faces run on the round side, so a circle with little definition works best.
Sketch a curved line a little more than halfway up the circle across the forehead for bangs.
Draw the hair visible behind the ears, ending just below the ears. Also add lines for the part.
Make the ends slightly uneven so they resemble hair and not a helmet. Keep in mind that hair with bangs doesn't have a true part, so draw a few lines downward and curving at the crown of the head to indicate that the bangs fall from that point.
Darken the lines at the crown using a pencil point, and add dimension and value by using your pencil to shade. Add shine by leaving some white space.
Here's how to draw a boy's short cut:
Draw a circle for a boy's head. Add a face grid and facial features. Draw a the hairline curving up from the ears and peeking over the nose.
Add jagged lines and blank spaces across the front of the hairline and along the outer perimeter of the hair, especially on the sides. Add a few broken pointy lines on the inside of the hair.
Hold back hair in ponytails, pigtails, and braids
Ponytails, pigtails, and braids are great for keeping hair out of a child's eyes, and they also throw in a dash of fun that works for fashion designs. All these hairstyles belong to the same family. The hair is tied back differently in each style, but they all work with any little girl's outfit.
To add a ponytail to your child's fashion figure, follow these steps:
Draw a child's head and add a hairline.
Keep the hairline slightly higher than an adult's hairline; children tend to have larger foreheads and heads in proportion to their bodies. Most children's heads run on the round side, so a circle with little definition works best.
Curve the hairline on her forehead to her ears. Draw a line above her head — the distance between this line and her eyes should be almost the same as the same distance from her eyes to her chin. Use parallel lines to show that the hair is pulled up from the sides to form a side ponytail toward the top of the head.
After you've tied or clipped the hair up and back, hair flows from the tie or clip in an uncontrolled way.
Add shading around the hairline of her forehead and the ponytail holder. Darken a bunch of lines around the ponytail holder and the ends to add dimension to her hair.
For downward pigtails, try out these steps:
Draw a child's head.
Most children's heads are rounded, so a circle with little definition works best. Draw the head from the front to show the pigtail action.
Start with a center part, bring the hair down over the ears, and secure both sides with a tie or clip.
From the bottom edge of the tie or clip, draw a series of parallel curves for hair that reaches above the shoulders. Add shading and darker lines around the center part and where the hair bunches up around the tie or clip.
Here's how to draw tiny braids:
Draw a child's head. Sketch a series of zigzag lines and loops and curves for a curly look.
Most children's heads are rounded, so a circle with little definition works best. Draw the head from the front with a center part so the braids show in all their glory.
Add dark and light lines with loose and tight loops. Add a few braids by using two to three lines of tight loops on top of each other, moving together away from the head. Draw a bead at the bottom of each braid.
After you master these pulled-back looks, you can adapt them in so many ways. You can place the pigtails higher on the head rather than closer to the chin, or you can pull braids up into a ponytail. Kids can have fun hairstyles — experiment!


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LynneYoga necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 210 diseños de 52 diseñadores freelance.
My name is Lynne Gardner. I fell unaware into the practice of yoga at age ten as a means of recovery from a childhood disability. I breathed and soulfully willed my body out of deformity and into the lively vibrant being that I desired. I now bring this transformation to the individual and the world through the practice of LIFE YOGA. I have created a new entity and school of Yoga, and this Logo is for my company which attracts teachers, students, and non yogis alike. It is the mission of LIFE YOGA to bring yogic philosophy, expansion theory, and yoga practice to the world in a way that is applicable to everyday life.....taking the mystique out of the practice, and teaching people how to use their breath, body, and life experience as tools for BEING transformation. LIFE YOGA works from the inside out...from the soul. through the breath and the physical body, through the physical world, and out into collective consciousness. LIFE YOGA offers advanced teacher training, yoga for entrepreneurs, private yoga therapy sessions, and raises money for non profit organizations which benefit and educate disadvantaged children. I passionately believe that transformation of the individual leads to world change....one soul at a time! In one year this logo will be EVERYWHERE!
My target audience is between the ages of 25 and 50.....both male and female, yogis and non yogis. They are educated beings who are learning oriented, and wish to suck all of the juice out of every moment of life. They will be drawn to LIFE YOGA either through physical necessity, a self help desire, or by the stellar reputation of LIFE YOGA teachers. They like GOOD ENERGY, light, and love!
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if you have any idea that can help me I would be grateful :):) So i should create a web service wich will communicate with my android application .in my android app the client choose two point start and arrival this two point will be send to my web service to find the bus that has the shortest path between them. i have a problem analytically and programmatically i find a dijkstra algorithme in this link http://www.vogella.com/code/de.vogella.algorithms.dijkstra/codestartpage.html and i find this also http://www.codeweblog.com/dijkstra-shortest-path-algorithm-to-optimize-combat/
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Edward Feete was buried this past week.
His was a simple service at a Falls Road funeral home, attended by dozens of his friends and remaining family. Eddie was 68, still youngish by today's standards for a long life. But Eddie was a big guy — a very tall, big-boned, heavy guy. His heart had had enough.
Many of you in Towson and on the north side of Baltimore knew Eddie. For most of the twenty-four years before he retired in 2012, Eddie was a bagger at the Giant Food store in Ridgely Plaza. When the store moved to Timonium Square across from the Fair Grounds, Eddie moved with it for his last years of employment.
Eddie was the big bagger who was always friendly, always courteous and always diligent in his job. People looked for Eddie, and for many of us, the trip to the grocery store was only complete if you could say hello to Eddie. He had a charming magnetism about him that belied his imposing frame. Although he had little to say, his greeting was always enthusiastic and genuine. Eddie loved people and, consequently, people loved Eddie.
Eddie was special. He was developmentally disabled from birth. His condition was once commonly called mental retardation, but no matter how you describe Eddie's disability, he functioned at a high level as compared to many with similar needs.
Eddie was fortunate to be born into a loving home and family. As he grew up, his parents included him in every activity they could. Eddie became a lifelong fisherman with a special taste for crabs. He enjoyed trips and picnics and family holidays like any other child and young man. His nephew remembers being swept up into Uncle Ned's lap; it was like being hugged by a make-believe bear.
As Eddie's parents grew older, they knew they had to give Eddie a life of his own, and they needed to provide for him after they were gone. Eddie attended the school run by the Chimes in Baltimore, one of our region's many fine non-profit agencies that serve the developmentally disabled. As a young man, Eddie received vocational training from the Chimes before joining Giant Food. Eventually, he moved into a Chimes residence. Eddie's father volunteered as a board member of the Chimes for many decades. When he died, Eddie was elected to serve on the board, in memory of his father. Eddie wore his suit to meetings and participated as many hours as possible before he needed to go home to rest.
Eddie had a home to live in. He had housemates and many friends. He had a paying job with which to partially support himself. He had social service professionals who looked after his progress and health. When Eddie developed arterial sclerosis late in life, many of his family and professional support team tried to convince Eddie of the merits of exercise, but Eddie would have none of it. Life at the gym was not for him. Life for Eddie was not a race to be won or lost. Life was here and now.
In "Four Quartets," T.S. Eliot wrote:
The captains, merchant bankers, eminent men of letters,
The generous patrons of art, the statesmen and the rulers,
Distinguished civil servants, chairmen of many committees,
Industrial lords and petty contractors, all go into the dark…
Most of us do not leave much behind when we exit this world, and we certainly take nothing with us. We leave memories and our reputations, which themselves only last a generation or two — and then we are gone. In the end, you can measure any person, including the richest, the proudest and the most powerful, by how many hearts he has touched and how many tears are in the room as mourners bow their heads in a final prayer. By those measures, Eddie was a great man and a treasure among us.
It is said that society can be judged by how well it cares for its most vulnerable citizens, those least able to provide or care for themselves. Eddie lived a relatively long, full and productive life — in a way that people with disabilities could not have lived as little as a generation ago. These are angry times, and often we lose perspective on how far we have come and have a hard time believeing that maybe the glass is really half full. Because Eddie was such a decent person, he made our lives richer, even as he was enriched through our efforts. We should remember Eddie's example when we are tempted to grouse and despair. Eddie saw something positive in every day and welcomed every person he encountered.
At the cemetery where Eddie's ashes are now interred, the tombstone reads, "Our Loving Gentle Giant."
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Lindsey Jean necesitaba un nuevo diseño de papelería y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 396 diseños de 83 diseñadores freelance.
Lindsey Jean
I am a motivational speaker who empowers people to live the amazing, incredible lives they were born and intended to live. This is a big year for me, I am building a large reputation and writing a book. I have made most of my money in real estate investing although my primary audience is empowering people to take their lives to the next level.
My target audience is the general public and corporate world. I speak at real estate investing workshops, personal development seminars and am looking to break into the world of key note speaking (motivational). I will most likely be hired by or appeal to a professional, powerful and energetic audience.
I am looking for my name "Lindsey Jean" written in a powerful and unique way that stands out and makes an impact. I am looking for something bold and powerful that looks professional. I am not looking for a logo, just my name in an interesting and creative way. This will be used for marketing pieces that I use to promote myself.


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About the necropolis of Pantalica that was added to Unesco's World Heritage List in 2005 - Location:Region of Sicily near Syracuse - The Necropolis of Pantalica contains over 5,000 tombs cut into the rock;
we know only the last used as a necropolis. how do we know when the site is started if everything has been destroyed by subsequent installations?
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I love Bible study, and one of the forms of Bible study I enjoy the most is what I call "Scripture sleuthing."
This is when I search the Scriptures diligently and in-depth to try to locate every verse related to a particular topic or question, usually one that is very controversial, like, "Will people who have heard the Gospel before the Rapture still be able to respond to the Gospel after the Rapture?"
You may not agree with my conclusion, but that's okay, as long as your conclusion is also based on the Scriptures. The fact of the matter is that it is not possible to find definitive answers in the Bible to all the questions we have. And often the verses we may be able to find about a particular topic can be interpreted in different ways.
1 Corinthians 13:12 says, "For now we see in a mirror dimly. But then face to face; now I know in part, but then I shall know fully..." What is this verse talking about? I think it is referring to when we will be standing face to face with Jesus Christ. But then, others may interpret it differently.
One thing is certain. When I do stand face to face with Jesus, I have a long list of Bible questions already prepared that I hope He will provide answers to. For example, "Who are the mysterious people living in the flesh who are pictured as dwelling on the New Earth outside the New Jerusalem in the eternal state?" (Rev. 21:24-27 and 22:2).
I also have a lot of questions for the Apostle Paul. Even the Apostle Peter was mystified by some of Paul's writings (2 Pet. 3:16)!
God's plan of salvation — grace through faith in His Son Jesus — is clearly spelled out in the Bible. But for understanding beyond that, there are two essentials. One is the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, a gift each person receives at the moment of salvation. The second essential is what a former colleague of mine, Dennis Pollock, always called "the dirty five-letter word." It is STUDY.
I once had a person ask me, "Why didn't God just give us a clear and precise list of all future prophecies in their proper order? And, in like manner, why didn't He provide us with a 1, 2, 3 type list of how a church is to be organized and governed and how we are to conduct a worship service?"
The best answer to this question I have ever run across is one that I pasted in the front of my Bible many years ago. It was penned by Jimmy Swaggart:
"Strange as it may seem, I believe the latitude within Scripture is a circumstance deliberately set up by God to allow us more scope with which to work out the precise direction our lives are to take within God's plan. Certainly the Father could have, in His perfection, foreseen the controversy arising from the sometimes less than explicit language of the Bible. He could have written a cold, lifeless manual precisely spelling out every conceivable theological question, along with specific explanation on any particular subject. But He didn't do this. He left us room to grow, develop, and learn through our need to search the Scripture."
In short, as we spend time in God's Word seeking to better understand it, we are drawn into an ever deeper relationship with Him.


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Surging prices for food staples from coffee to meat to vegetables are driving up the cost of groceries in the U.S., pinching consumers and companies that are still grappling with a sluggish economic recovery.
Federal forecasters estimate retail food prices will rise as much as 3.5% this year, the biggest annual increase in three years, as drought in parts of the U.S. and other producing regions drives up prices for many agricultural goods. The Bureau of Labor Statistics on Tuesday reported that food prices gained 0.4% in...


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Rebirth Walkthrough
Sneak into Steiner's compound
This sneaking mission is very pre-set ... since the A.I. doesn't allow for stealth gameplay anyway. Begin by subduing the Russian mechanic outside the cargo cage. And by subdue, IGN means you rip his throat out with your bare hands just like Sly "Adrian" Stallone in Rambo 4.
Kill the first enemy and then follow Reznov. You will only kill one more enemy before you break noise discipline, so stick close to the Russian.
Rebirth - Intel 1 While playing as Mason, after you kill the mechanic, turn left at the container (the one next to Mason after the corpse is ditched) and take the tape player. Chances are you will be killed when the chopper if spots you (if you do it quickly, that may not happen) but the intel will be saved to your profile/system file.
At this point you follow Reznov, unless IGN tells you otherwise. For now, follow Reznov (after killing Mr. Goodwrench) and stay close to him. After the chopper moves past (and the containers are set down), run to the next location -- under a small scaffold.
The chopper should return (coming back). Wait with Reznov under the scaffolding, the move with him when he does.
When you move out from under the scaffolding, move to the next enemy soldier and hack his face off with the melee button.
Reznov, being Russian A.I., ain't particularly communicative about this next step. Sometimes the voice bit is heard (muffled) but he relies on his hand motion to tell you (Mason) to cack the next dude. Well, that didn't work so well.
This is the next man set-up to die. Kill his ass and Mason will find an AK-74U. It's not sound suppressed, so don't fire until Reznov gives the okay.
After killing this second dude, Mason will arm himself with an AK-74U (handy little weapon issued to T-55 tank crews ... in Soviet Russia, tanks crew you!). However, maintain noise discipline and head up the ladder to the next zone.
Follow Reznov to the rooftop. Melee the enemy at the top of the ladder (QTE/Quick Time Event) and enjoy the back-breaking fun.
Melee the enemy at the top and you will get yourself a new shotgun as well. Once you and Reznov go down the ladder and into the elevator shaft, you can start the butchery.
Locate Chemikalien Wissenschaftlerfuhren Steiner[edit]
The goal in the lab is to turn the inhabitants in the left screenshot into the that of the right screenshot.
Enemies are numerous and way too close for sniping, so the red dot sight on the AK-74s are great for taking down the enemies. Use cover as best you can and lob grenades slowly (the AK-74U with grenade is best). You have a lot of enemies to weed through and too many explosions will also lock out one of the level's secrets. Naturally, if you got it already, let'er rip.
Rebirth - Intel 2 While playing as Mason, check inside the experiment chamber with the Nova 6 gas cannisters. If you do not rupture the containers, the test chamber will not seal. The best way to take down that Spetsnaz dips--- is to circle around back (after taking out the enemies in the galleries) and riddle his ass with bullets. Once he and his Russian buddies are all dead, you can explore the test chamber with minimal risk. (In the Wii version, this intel will instead be under a staircase after Intel 3)
Get past the galleries in the main Nova 6 test chamber, and you will locate a door where you and Reznov will encounter Steiner, and take him out Delta-Green style.
The Nova-6 main test chamber has galleries up top; detonating a grenade against the back wall of each gallery generally shreds the opposition, but not always.
Bonus Task - I Hate Monkeys You can do this as either Mason or Hudson (you both go through the same hallway), but if Mason killed the monkeys before, those remain dead when Hudson retreads the same path. The hallway outside the main Nova 6 test chamber has several monkeys bunched up at the end of the hall. Perfect place for a hand grenade. Time it so your gunfire kills at least one more monkey when the grenade turns that batch of monkeys into a basketful of flesh. You need to kill seven monkeys within a 10 second window, and the ones in the Nova 6 chamber do not count (if killed by the gas). Note that if you kill the monkeys as Mason, Hudson will not be able to perform this task.
Get to the compound alive[edit]
You will now play as Hudson. Begin by using your machinegun intermittently, but hose grenades like no tomorrow. Try to catch enemies in a grenade blast. Save the MG for single enemies or those who are in positions where you cannot hope to explode a grenade with any reliability. All troops and vehicles on the ground are valid targets -- only the choppers are invalid (they are story elements).
The armored car has infinite ammo, but the machinegun overheats. The grenades don't have a thermal cap/limit, but their rate of fire is slower. Use grenades on enemies on the ground and enemy ground vehicles; use the machinegun for taking down lone RPG soldiers.
Bonus Task - No Leaks Don't die as Hudson until you manage to reach the compound. Note that if you do die, and restart from a checkpoint, you need to do this all over again. Best do this on Casual difficulty.
After your vehicle is destroyed, you will be in the yellow fog. Unlike normal damage, damage to the suit will accrue over time and break the faceplate. If your suit is breached, you will die a horrible, horrible death. Best to fall back and use the L85 with FLIR scope to pick out enemies in the fog. It is distance sniping, and if you have enemy fire coming in, stop, crouch, and look before you continue.
With the pea soup atmosphere, you will need all your wits to survive. Taking too much damage will break the mask and expose Hudson to insta-death. Use the Enfield's FLIR scope to pick out enemies from a distance (and scout ahead). One shot to the head will be sufficient to break the enemy's gas mask.
Rebirth - Intel 3 While playing as Hudson, proceed until you encounter a house with its second floor on fire. Stop there and go back the way you came (basically back downstairs) and exit the first floor. Upon exiting this house, turn left and investigate the small kitchen/mess room. There is a tape player on the pantry. It's to the left of the oil lamp. If you fight the enemy choppers, you're too far ahead.
Past the building on fire, you will need to fight some choppers. Head outside to flank the Russian squad holding down Weaver's team. After waste them, one of the Reds drops a STRELA-3 (an anti-air missile). Sprint out when the coast is clear and take it, then head back into the house. Since the environment is indestructable from vehicle fire, you can simply spam fire the STRELA-3 (the missile will auto-track) and back away once the missile leaves the tube.
As your faceplate breaks, you may only take less and less damage before you are instantly killed. Past the burning buildings, you will flank the enemy squad pinning down Weaver's fire-team. Kill them, take the STRELA-3 and head back into the house. Locate an exterior balcony (or a window) and hold both AIM and FIRE on a chopper until the missile leaves the tube. The missile is fire-and-forget, so retreat once you shoot.
When the choppers are gone, use the L85 and snipe the remnants of the soldiers outside the base. As you enter, switch one weapon to a red dot sight and brutalize the enemy until you reach the end of the road. Once Hudson locates Mason, the mission is over.
Once past the Nova-6 (you can actually backtrack once the mask is off -- the gas effect will be gone) assault the facility and locate Herr Doktor Steiner to end the mission.
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About half the insurer's clients will be shifted to private companies if they do not object
Citizens Property Insurance is undergoing an unprecedented shift of policyholders from the state-run company to private insurers.
By the end of the year, state insurance regulators are expected to approve the removal of nearly 600,000 Citizens customers from the state's largest property insurer, which now covers some 1.2 million policyholders.
Not that many Citizens customers will leave the state-backed coverage; the numbers reflect removal requests that may be duplicated by private companies seeking the same policies, while roughly one-third of the Citizens policyholders will exercise their right to reject the move.
Nonetheless, Barry Gilway, Citizens' president and chief executive, told the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee on Tuesday that he expects Citizens will net a reduction in the range of 250,000 to 300,000 policies — offset by new policies — that will result in the insurer covering less than a million by early next year.
It would be the first time Citizens' coverage has dropped to that level since 2005, and would be well below the 1.5 million policy peak reached in 2012.
The reduction in Citizens policies will translate into lower exposure for the government-backed insurer in the event of a major hurricane strike.
Even at the 1.2-million-policy level, Gilway said Citizens has lowered its total exposure by $140 billion over the last two years, with a related drop in projected losses from a massive 1-in-100-year storm from $21.8 billion to $18.6 billion.
The reduced exposure also lowers the prospect of a so-called "hurricane tax" — an assessment on most insurance policies in the state, including auto coverage, if Citizens cannot pay for its losses.
"I suggest to you that there has been huge progress," Gilway told the lawmakers.
Senators who have long criticized the growth of Citizens readily agreed.
"I think it's time to party," said Sen. Alan Hays, R-Umatilla, who called it the "best" insurance news he has heard in nearly a decade in the Legislature.
Others offered more cautious appraisals.
Sen. Jeff Clemens, D-Lake Worth, said one major tool the state has used in enticing private companies to enter the property insurance market is through higher premiums.
"We've raised rates on a lot of consumers and have made it very difficult for them to be able to afford homeowners insurance," Clemens said.
Sen. Tom Lee, R-Brandon, wrote Gilway earlier this month complaining that while he supports the "take-out" program, Citizens was giving policyholders inadequate information weighing the benefits and risks, while not addressing the critical issue of the cost of the new policies.
Gilway said Citizens immediately responded to Lee's critique and is now offering a "more balanced" information letter, while taking steps to give customers policy cost information even if the take-out companies will not provide it.
But he cautioned that the policy cost comparisons were often inaccurate because of pending rate changes for either Citizens or the private companies.
Another controversy over the shift of policyholders from Citizens revolves around the private companies themselves.
Gilway and Bruce Lucas, chairman and chief investment officer for Heritage Insurance Co., defended Citizens' decision earlier this year to quickly push through a deal that allowed Heritage to earn up to $52 million for taking over Citizens' policies. The company has been paid about $33 million so far after claiming some 39,000 policies.
The deal has drawn more scrutiny since the year-old Heritage also gave about $150,000 to Gov. Rick Scott's re-election campaign and the state Republican Party.
Gilway called it "a fantastic transaction," saying Heritage's removal of policies had resulted in a $12 billion reduction in Citizens" exposure and lowered reinsurance costs by $10 million.
However, Gilway conceded there were "communication" problems with the deal, including its rapid approval — which sidestepped some of the normal Citizens' review processes for approving take-out companies. Gilway said future deals would be vetted through the normal process.
Clemens questioned the concept of private firms approaching the state with deals, rather than the state seeking competitive bids.
If the state handled its road contracts in the same manner, "I think several of us would be in jail," Clemens said. If the state likes competition, a bidding process "would seem to be a more open and transparent way of getting these deals done," he said.
The rush of private insurers to claim Citizens' customers is expected to slow with the start of a new state insurance clearinghouse, which is designed to offer Citizens' customers competitively priced private policies.
The clearinghouse is likely to provide coverage to the more attractive policies in Citizens' portfolio, leaving private insurers with fewer take-out targets, Gilway said.
Gilway said the clearinghouse will have a beneficial impact for Citizens because fewer new policies will be coming in as consumers wont be eligible for state-backed coverage if they can find competitively priced policies in the clearinghouse.
Meanwhile, Lee, a former Senate president, added another note of caution, saying some of the positive news about the reduction in Citizens' size is related to the fact that Florida has not been struck by a hurricane since 2005, a record-breaking lull.
"I think we have to be careful of taking victory laps and high fives," he said.


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Hearing postponed for suspect in $5M violin theft
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A plea hearing has been postponed for a Milwaukee man accused of stealing a $5 million Stradivarius violin.
Salah (suh-LAH') Salahadyn (suh-LAH'-ha-deen) pleaded not guilty in February to being a party to felony robbery. He later asked to enter a new plea. A hearing for that was set for Monday, but the judge postponed proceedings due to scheduling issues.
The new plea hearing will be July 24. That's the same day Salahadyn's co-defendant is to be sentenced. Thirty-six-year-old Universal K. Allah pleaded guilty in May to being party to robbery.
The 300-year-old violin was missing for nine days before police recovered it in good condition.
Salahadyn was convicted in 2000 of trying to resell a $25,000 statue to an art gallery owner from whom it had been stolen.
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Astronaut Don Pettit personifies one of the zucchini plants aboard the International Space Station in his series "Diary of a Space Zucchini." Now New Hampshire Public Radio has given that zucchini and its existential reflections a voice.
Photo by Don Pettit.
NHPR's Sean Hurley loaned his voice to the intrepid zucchini for the station's "Word of Mouth" show. The audio segment is just a small excerpt of the entire diary, which you can read at Astrobiology magazine.
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Cuba shows U.S. its response plans in case of oil spill
WASHINGTON — As Cuba prepares to embark on a new round of exploratory offshore drilling, U.S. officials are slightly more enlightened about the island nation's plans in the event of a catastrophic oil spill on the scale of last year's Deepwater Horizon explosion.
Several Caribbean countries — including the United States and Cuba — met last week in the Bahamas to talk about response plans. U.S. officials got an opportunity to see the Cuban disaster-response plans; Cuba already has participated in a mock response drill in Trinidad with the Spanish oil company that's doing the first round of drilling. That company, Repsol, also agreed to allow U.S. inspectors from the Interior Department to look at the rig that will be doing the drilling.
Sarah Stephens, the executive director of the Center for Democracy in the Americas, said she was encouraged that Cuban and American officials had met, along with other nations that have an interest in regional oil production.
"There should be a lot more direct conversation and collaboration between the U.S. and Cuba and others about the rig, because it's inevitable," she said.
U.S. officials say their priority is mitigating any potential threat to the United States and its territorial waters from oil drilling in Cuban waters. They say they've done nothing to facilitate oil drilling in Cuban waters, and that their main goal is to be prepared for the possibility of a spill and how they'd respond to it.
"The United States will continue to engage multilaterally to advance regional collaboration and to ensure responsible stewardship of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea," the State Department said in a statement issued before the meeting in the Bahamas.
Although U.S. officials say they're not actively working to keep Cubans from drilling in their own waters, the Cuba embargo that's been in place since the 1960s may have slowed things down.
Repsol had to find an oil rig made from fewer than 10 percent U.S. components — not an easy task. Although few rigs are made in the United States, many components of them are, including software and blowout preventers.
The rig, which is owned by a subsidiary of the Italian oil company Eni, will be used next by a rotation of state-owned oil companies: Petronas, a Malaysian company, and the Oil and Natural Gas Corp., an Indian company that will be partnering with Russia's Gazprom.
"That rig was custom-built to be sure that it met the embargo limitations," said Jorge Pinon, a former Amoco executive and a visiting research fellow with Florida International University's Latin American and Caribbean Center's Cuban Research Institute. "That's why it's taken so long, over the last three years, for international oil companies to be able to drill in Cuba."
Pinon and other experts in Cuba's drilling and regulatory abilities remain concerned that the U.S. government hasn't spoken with the state-owned oil giants that will be leasing the rig after Repsol to drill in Cuban waters.
"Politics have exceeded common sense in protecting the environment and economy of Florida," Pinon said.
The United States doesn't have the same leverage with the companies next in line, however, Interior Department officials told Congress in October. But because it's a public company and because of its other extensive U.S. interests, Repsol is likely to exercise caution in a prospect less than 100 miles from the Florida coastline.
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Four fishermen are safe after they were thrown overboard from their sinking boat off Key Biscayne and spent more than 10 hours in the water, according to Miami Fire Rescue.
The 22-foot vessel capsized Friday night at 7 p.m., officials with the U.S. Coast Guard said.
One man swam to shore after the boat capsized and reported that there were three others missing, MFR said.
Coast Guard officials launched a helicopter and small boat search crew to look for the other passengers. Two of the missing passengers were rescued by Good Samaritans. The third was found by fire rescue crews.
The boaters were all wearing life jackets, according to MFR.
"These four men are returning home to their loved ones today because they were smart, prepared and wore their life jackets," said Lt. Cmdr. Gabe Somma, Coast Guard Seventh District Public Affairs Officer, in a press release. "We cannot stress enough that emergencies on the water can happen at any moment and today's incident illustrates the need to have safety equipment on board and readily available."
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The past couple of years have brought a lot of changes in North Carolina public schools. One of the biggest � or at least the most controversial � is the Common Core.
When the state Board of Education adopted the Common Core State Standards in 2010, it did not attract a lot of attention outside of education circles. That has changed. As 45 states adopt and implement the Common Core, it has become a household word, and most public-school families have seen changes in what their children are bringing home.
It has become very political, with critics on both sides of the conservative-liberal divide.
A committee in the state Legislature is now looking at the impact of the Common Core, and last week it held a public hearing.
Alamance-Burlington School System Superintendent Lillie Cox spoke at the hearing, representing the N.C. School Superintendents Association as well as the district. She is on the NCSSA board of directors.
Cox told the legislators there is a lot of misinformation about the Common Core, like the standards that dictate how districts teach.
�New standards tell us what students must know and be able to do,� according to a transcript of Cox�s remarks that ABSS sent to the Times-News. �They do not dictate the specifics of how we teach. Instructional decisions are made at the school and classroom level.�
Cox recommended the Legislature give schools a chance to make the Common Core work and not change standards again.
�Teachers do not need to have the rug jerked out from under them with another standard change at this point,� Cox said, according to the transcript.
Barbara Brown was another local voice talking to the legislators. She spoke representing FreedomWorks, the Washington-based conservative-libertarian organization.
Brown, like other critics, compares Common Core to flying an airplane while building it.
Brown said speakers at the hearing were reading from materials associated with the Common Core, some of which they called sexually explicit, and some too convoluted for adults to understand geared toward kindergartners.
The Common Core is supposed to put more emphasis on critical thinking and problem solving, and less on memorization, which Brown said was wrong-headed in many cases.
�You can�t argue with the fact that two plus two is four and always has been,� Brown told the Times-News. �To get ready for life, you�ve got be able to add, subtract, multiply and divide.�
Brown said using the unproven methods associated with the Common Core is basically an experiment on students.
�These are the kids,� Brown said.
The common core came from the National Governors Association and a pair of nonprofit organizations: the council of Chief State School Officers and Achieve.
The Federal government has encouraged states to adopt the Common Core. North Carolina was among 11 states to receive $400 million in Race to the Top funds. Those funds have pretty much run out at this point.
North Carolina also was among many states to get waivers from the consequences of the No Child Left Behind legislation.
A lot of curricula and testing are considered �Common Core aligned,� meaning they teach to the standards and test them. Districts get to choose how they get to the standards.
Common Core is often called a curriculum. It is not, but it has a huge impact on curriculum. Schools can make their own curricula, but they have to teach the things required in the Common Core. There is also a large industry dedicated to creating Common Core-aligned curricula.
In North Carolina they also have to teach to the Essential State Standards, a set of standards North Carolina adopted in subjects besides reading and math.


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What ails the economy does not afflict every community equally, but the recession has reached nearly every corner of the nation. A new index of economic health shows the recession spreading to 93% of the metro areas in the U.S., and 44 of the 50 states, by the end of January.
The new measure, the Adversity Index, is produced by Moody's Economy.com and msnbc.com. Each month, the index will take the economic temperature of every metro area and every state. Each one will be judged to be either expanding, at risk of recession, in recession or recovering. The index uses federal data and Moody's estimates on employment, industrial production, housing starts and house prices to track changes in jobs, industrial output, investment and wealth.
The recession has hit hardest in Elkhart, Ind., a struggling Midwestern city that msnbc.com is focusing on, as part of a special project to tell the story of the nation's economic suffering. By January 2009, employment in the Elkhart metro area had fallen 9.4% from a year earlier, the worst decline in the nation. Industrial production fell 21.9%, also the worst, according to The Elkhart Truth.
Only six states — Alaska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Wyoming — were not in recession in January. But the Adversity Index designates each as at risk of recession, meaning they were in transition from expansion toward recession.
Looking more closely at metro areas, 93% were in recession by the end of January 2009. That's 353 out of 381, up from only 88 a year earlier.
Of the 28 metro areas not in recession, most were in energy-producing areas of the Southwest and West. Of those, only one, the inland port of Laredo, Texas, was still expanding in January, boosted by strong trade with Mexico. But even in Laredo the news was mixed: Its employment levels and home prices were still rising, although industrial production had fallen. The rest of the 28 areas were judged to be at risk, meaning they appeared to be in transition toward a recession.
The area that has been in recession the longest, according to the Adversity Index, is Detroit, which fell into that category in August 2005. It was followed over the next year by Flint, Saginaw, Ann Arbor and a host of their Michigan neighbors.
A manufacturing downturn reached the carpet-making areas of northwest Georgia by the summer of 2006, then later that year took hold in parts of Indiana and Ohio.
"It's kind of two recessions at once," said Andrew Gledhill, an economist for Moody's Economy.com. "A lot of these industrial Midwest areas, especially those linked to automobile manufacturing, have really been suffering since 2000. It had been slow, then really was exacerbated."
The downturn spread rapidly in 2008. That January, the index showed only two out of 10 metro areas in recession. By April, it was three in 10. In July, five out of 10. Then came the worst of the financial market turmoil, in September and October. By the time voters elected a new president in November, eight out of 10 metro areas had been hit. As of the end of January this year, the figure was nine out of 10.
The downturn arrived in Elkhart by December 2006, as sales slowed of its biggest product, recreational vehicles. The recession fell heavily on Elkhart, not only because of high gas prices but also because RVs are a big-ticket, discretionary purchase, often among the first expenses cut from household budgets.
Dependence on manufacturing stands out as a key problem in Elkhart. Of all the metro areas in the U.S., Elkhart-Goshen had the highest share of its workforce in manufacturing jobs, according to a Moody's estimate based on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for 2007.
While 10% of workers nationwide held manufacturing jobs, in Elkhart that figure was 48%.
And second place wasn't even close.
"You could easily make the argument that Elkhart is the least economically diverse area of the nation," Gledhill said. "It makes you vulnerable."
"You would have some advantages at the same time, such as being a cheaper place to do business," Gledhill said. Indeed, labor, taxes and other business costs in Elkhart were only 88% of the national figure, according to the Cost of Doing Business Index from Moody's Economy.com. And affordable housing is abundant in Elkhart, which had no housing bubble.
It will probably take Elkhart longer than the nation in general to pull out of the recession, Moody's forecasts. It anticipates unemployment rates of 16.9% for this year, 16.5% in 2010, 14.0% in 2011 and 13.6% in 2012.
"Elkhart's economy will deteriorate further over the months ahead," Moody's economist Jimmy Jean wrote in a February report. Because of the dependence on manufacturing, Elkhart "is expected to be one of the nation's weakest performers over the forecast horizon."
It's not as though times have been hard in Elkhart forever. From 2002 through 2006, the metro area was adding manufacturing jobs.
"It was working for them," Gledhill said. "But conditions can often change very quickly."