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With the rumors and uncertainty currently surrounding the Cleveland Browns head coaching position, one thing that Browns fans can be certain of is change. One of those changes could be a switch in defensive philosophy to a 4-3 style of defense.
Aside from the obvious uncertainty due to the vacancy, adding fuel to a switch to a 4-3 defensive system are the rumors that former Detroit Lions head coach Jim Schwartz has already been tapped by the Browns front office to be the team's new defensive coordinator.
Schwartz's Lions ran the 4-3 defense under his tenure, as did the Tennessee Titans when Schwartz served as defensive coordinator from 2001-2008. Schwartz aside, the Browns have already interviewed Seattle Seahawks defensive coordinator Dan Quinn and Arizona Cardinals defensive coordinator Todd Bowles. Both Quinn and Bowles have a history of working with 4-3 defenses, specifically Quinn's Seahawks this year and Bowles's Philadelphia Eagles last season (where he served defensive coordinator).
Also, current Browns defensive coordinator, Ray Horton, is also interviewing for a head coaching position with the Minnesota Vikings. Does this all guarantee a change in defensive philosophy? No, but it also leaves the door open for a change.
Last week I discussed which Browns player could be traded should the Browns switch to a 4-3 defense. The likelihood of the front office gutting the entire defense due to such a change is unlikely, so which current Browns player would most likely be hurt given a change in defensive philosophy? At first one might think Paul Kruger.
It's unlikely that the Browns front office would trade Kruger being that they brought him in and signed him to a five-year contract. During his career. Kruger has proven to be most effective as a pass rushing outside linebacker in a 3-4 defense; however a switch to the 4-3 wouldn't make Kruger useless.
He is big enough to play defensive end in this scheme, where he would still be asked to rush the passer. Kruger did spend some time as a defensive end early in his career in Baltimore, and also played defensive end in college at Utah. In two seasons with Utah, Kruger amassed 124 total tackles and 10.5 sacks as a defensive end. Kruger also has the size to play the strong side linebacker position in a 4-3 defense, however whether or not he would be able to handle run support and coverage would be obvious concerns.
It's Barkevious Mingo who stands to be hurt the most should the Browns switch from a 3-4 defense.
A defensive end at LSU, Mingo was able to pressure the quarterback to the tune of 29 sacks in three seasons. At the NFL level Mingo could probably still be an effective pass rusher from the end position, but the switch would raise several concerns.
First off, Mingo struggled in his rookie season to stop the rush. Many recall the Thursday night football game against Buffalo where he all but rolled out a red carpet to the end zone for C.J. Spiller on a 54-yard touchdown run. As a defensive end, Mingo would be asked to set the edge on defense, which raises another potential issue aside from his struggles stopping the run.
Standing at 6'4" Mingo has decent size and length for the position, however, weighing only 241 pounds he would surly get pushed around even by heavier offensive linemen. This would hurt him not only in run support but also when rushing the passer, as a stronger lineman could just use Mingo's speed against him and send him down the field and out of the play, much like we saw at times this season. Mingo also currently lacks the coverage skills and experience to make the switch to a 4-3 weak side linebacker, although that wouldn't be totally out of the question.
The odds of the front office trading Mingo away are low considering they spent the sixth pick in the 2013 NFL Draft on him. However, a change in position due to a system change would probably impact Mingo the most, being that he is 20-30 pounds lighter than the typical 4-3 defensive ends.
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text: Alonso predicts that Massa will be strong rival in 2014 4 March, 2014 201 Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso during Jerez testing Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso has tipped former teammate Felipe Massa to be a formidable rival in the 2014 F1 World Championship. After eight years in red, Brazilian Massa's move to the once-great British team Williams was seen by some as astep backwards for the 11-time grand prix winner. But after pre-season testing, Mercedes-powered Williams has emerged as one of the stronger forces for 2014, with Massa tipped as an outside chance for outright victory in Melbourne. "I've talked with Felipe several times this year already," Spaniard Alonso is quoted by Brazil's Globo. "He is happy, Williams has so much history in Formula 1 and is not just any team, and they have had a very strong pre-season," he noted. "It is very positive because now they can be fighting. Felipe will definitely be a strong rival this year," added Alonso. (GMM) Subbed by AJN. McLarenfan Alonso playing mind games with Felipe or is it a case of Alonso wanting to look like a big brother. Felipe has his big brother Rob so you can worry about your own team mate Kimi now. Tamburello1994 You ain't gonna be too concerned about Felipe's whereabouts if Kimi is in front of you. Ankit Is that all you are capable of thinking about? lol What mediocre thinking Virender Andrea Stella to Alonso (Team Radio): Massa is faster than you but we don't have Rob Smedley with us mate..Sorry, Keep Racing.. Spartacus LOL!!! Not a matter of "IF"… =El Presidente= i think they are very closely matched, but i think alonso will be given the edge. McLarenfan To be honest no but then again you had to reply I didn't ask you too. McLarenfan So very true unless he is trying to save face remember he wanted to keep Felipe so he didn't have to face the Iceman Ankit First of all there's nothing wrong with Alonso saying that Felipe will be a strong contender this year. He is already a good driver besides the fact that he's got a good enough car this year. I think most of us here agree that Williams is in a really good position this year. If Alonso also acknowledges that. what's your problem? Also nobody is dumb to come out and say all this unless they are asked about it. What were you expecting Alonso to say, anyway, other than what he said. So yes, in my opinion you are a conspiracy theorist with a very mediocre thinking. Tamburello1994 BINGO! RBC Ankit, I'm with you. Any time Alonso says a positive thing about another team some people accuse him of mind games, and when he says a negative thing they also accuse him of mind games. These are blatant anti Alonso people who hate him no matter what he does. Ankit One thing's for sure though. They just cant stop talking about him. It speaks volumes about his credentials as a race driver. Nobody and I mean nobody who follows this sport can stop talking about him, positive or negative. 😉 RBC Agreed. http://bryanvcpalacio.weebly.com brianne if this is a joke then its the most boring one… http://bryanvcpalacio.weebly.com brianne anti alonso brigade eats and breath negative alonso comments even to the point where it doesnt make any sense at all. McLarenfan LOL you are kidding me Alonso and conspiracy the bloke tried to blackmail Ron Dennis while having Pedro de la Rosa test Ferrari stuff on his car. Oh then on his return to Renault had his team mate help him win by Crashing not to mention his having Felipe's gear box seal broken again in his favor before swapping places with Felipe on track more times than Felipe would care to admit, Ankit Haha do you know how ridiculous you sound right now?The topic of discussion here is about Alonso playing mind games or not. Him saying that Felipe is a strong contender has got nothing to do with what he did in the past. As for what he did with Ron Dennis, he deserved it. Ron Dennis cheated and stole information from Ferrari. if anything, Alonso did the right thing by exposing him. Also you have absolutely no proof about Alonso ordering the team to break Felipe's gear box seal. It could be a team decision and knowing Felipe to be a team player and considering his team mate is very much in contention for the world championship, it was the right thing to do from the team's perspective. Felipe had nothing to lose. For all ypu know, it could be Felipe's joint decision with the team. You have absolutely no proof of that. If you talk facts, I'm willing to argue with you, otherwise your argument is absolutely invalid. Have a good day. Cheers! McLarenfan Well you are misinformed it was Ron Dennis who got in touch with Max over the Ferrari Information after Alonso tried Blackmailing him, why because Lewis was faster than him and it rattled his self belief of being great. Also I never took Felipe to be anyone's REAM mate Ankit You are misinformed about Felipe then! And are you saying Ron Dennis wanted to pay the 100 mil so he turned himself over? McLarenfan Ah so you corrected your spelling error! No I do not think that Ron Dennis or McLaren wanted to pay 100 million. The ruling on McLaren's breach of Article 151(c) of the International Sporting Code reveals that the scale of the scandal ran deeper than previously reported and that two drivers — Alonso and test driver Pedro de la Rosa — are implicated in the affair. The FIA said Thursday McLaren's drivers would not be punished because they gave evidence in exchange for immunity.Lewis Hamilton, who also drives for McLaren, told the FIA he had no information relating to the breach. Virender Alonso will still be on top mate, was Just having Fun – Forza Ferrari

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Then: "I gotta know. How's Mom?" Justin's brown eyes, though damp with joy, stay trained on his father's face, and thank God Grace has been moving around great recently, because Bob can't bullshit his son. When he reports that she's not using her walker, that she's going up and down the staircase, that she's even taking strolls along the beach like she used to, Justin's delight is like that of a baby. "I always loved her so much," he says. "It's gonna be rough finding a woman who'll match Mom."
Bob has so many things to tell, to ask. He wishes he could've brought in a list, but it's not allowed. "So Mac got out," Bob prods, referring to Justin's good friend Mac Gibson, a leader among the African-Americans at Rochester, who once stood up in front of the other inmates and said, "I lost my son when I came here. But now I've found someone else that I'm proud to call my son." And pointed to Justin.
Sitting beside him in the institutional plastic chairs, under the buzzing fans and the yawning glare of the fluorescent lights, Justin nods and says, "We had this going-away thing for Mac in the chapel. You should've seen it, Pop. Blacks and whites and Hispanics hugging each other. It was emotional. We're all happy for him, but it's a loss. They say you're not supposed to make friends in here. But I gotta be who I am. Like Mom said to me when I first went in."
He describes the meal they made for Mac's party. One pot, one microwave oven, a few scraps of meat and vegetables squirreled away for the occasion. Hearing himself, he grows somber, drowsy eyes averted; it's hard talking about his puny, regimented world. "There's no time for hesitation in prison," Justin says. "You stand in line at the microwave. You stand in line at the chow line. Put your tray down, don't spill nothing, move on."
Bob nods. "It's an education," he allows.
"This is not an education, Pop. You want an education, I'll give you five books to read." Shaking his head: "It's a sad education."
The food-dispensing machines are well stocked today. They buy bottles of water and chicken sandwiches and move to the courtyard outside. There's a wooden fence that lets the breeze through, and a full canopy of sunlight overhead. Justin's expansive yeah-baby grin returns. He says, "I remember when Mom and I would sit out by the duck pond, and Mom would sing. You know, Pop, there's people in here who don't have those kind of memories."
Just like that, Bob Volpe is thrown back into the recent past. To a previous visit, when the father was carrying on about how things are happening, all sorts of people are coming on board, we're not letting them forget—only to be cut off by the son: Pop, you and Mom are praying for a miracle, but you know something? We're already living one. And Bob thinks, as he did then: Four years of college, four in the police force, and I have never seen such growth in my boy. My God. In that six-by-nine cell, my boy has grown up. And he knows now he must not say anything about the bad old days—nor even anything about the all-consuming business at hand of trying to reduce Justin's sentence. Because this moment today out here in the prison courtyard is too precious, and it would kill him to watch his son withdraw from it. He ventures only to remind Justin that now his story will at last be told, a fact that does not displease the son. Still, Justin blurts out a question to which there is only one answer:
"Pop, do they have to go through everything to get to the nice part?"
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IT WAS ALL NICE, for a time, even the part about working as a cop on the toughest shift in the most dangerous sector of Flatbush, Brooklyn, one of the most chaotic precincts in all of New York City.
Because he needed it. Needed the jazz in his nursery-rhyme world. He was still eating his mama's cooking and going with her every morning to Mass. He rode bikes with Freddie and Rob and Ali and Mike and Chris, swam in their backyard pools, invented stupid games in the woods. He worked as a handyman and security guard at the mall alongside his brother Damian, who then decided to become a police officer like their dad, the famous Art Cop, provoking Justin to become a cop like his big brother, nothing more to it than that. He was a 20-year-old kid living in the only home he ever knew—realizing, however, that there's a world out there beyond Staten Island, and Flatbush was proof of it.
God, it's a glorious mess, the drowsy ruckus along Flatbush Avenue, the sugarcane vendors and the Guyanese peanut hawker and the Jamaican gentleman selling handmade monogrammed leather belts—guys he's supposed to chase off for not having a permit, but to hell with that. He digs the Yemeni bodega owners who sell him iced tea; Rabbi Kass, whom he sees jogging up Ocean Avenue every morning; Bolo, the mammoth Haitian nightclub bouncer; Victor, whose home is a car near the Sears parking lot; and the stocky West Indian to whom he'd give a lift home because the guy worked two jobs and didn't have the strength to pedal his bike anymore. He keeps his trunk full of diapers for the teenage mothers and toys and snacks for the little kids lingering in the project hallways. And he regularly buys breakfast for Lilian, an odd but gregarious woman in her sixties who lives alone and wanders the streets by day and sends him Christmas cards in July—perhaps because, as he would later say, "She knew better than me how fragile life was in Flatbush."


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Never having to refuel your car."
Those are the words of an advertisement from a Dublin, Ireland, company that claims to have developed a way to produce free, clean and constant energy and at the same time re-write the book on modern physics.
The ad, which appeared in last week's issue of The Economist, challenges the scientific community to debunk the company's findings. The company is seeking 12 of "the most qualified and the most cynical" scientists to test its technology and report their findings.
Steorn is a company that specializes in developing technology to prevent counterfeiting and fraud in the plastic card and optical disc industries. But at least one of the world's most prominent scientists says that with its claims of finding the Holy Grail of energy, the company may be perpetrating a fraud of its own.
Though the company's Web site is light on details, Steorn CEO Sean McCarthy revealed that the device is essentially an "all-magnet motor with no electromagnetic component involved" in an interview with Pure Energy Systems News earlier this week .
Without being connected to a power supply and without using existing energy surrounding the device -- like heat -- the motor creates energy from nothing, Steorn claims.
"It's a fraud," said Dr. Michio Kaku, a leading theoretical physicist, author and professor whose accolades, awards and acknowledgments are too numerous to list here. "The irony here is that this is a company that makes anti-fraud technology. It's [their claim is] not possible … you can't sue me for quoting the rules of physics."
One of the fundamental laws of physics and the first law of thermodynamics is the "Principle of the Conservation of Energy," which states that energy can neither be created nor destroyed, it can only change form.
"This company here does not use fancy superconductors or lasers, it's just a simple magnet machine," Kaku giggled. "And so there's usually a slight of hand. Usually, you know, in the back some place energy's coming in but you can't see it and it's energizing their machine."
Kaku said that because these are technology experts and not physicists and that magnetic fields are invisible, Steorn may not have any idea that its machine is a fraud.
But he said the company's challenge to the scientific community is not necessarily the way to prove him wrong.
"Most reputable scientists don't want to be part of something like this because they realize it's a hoax," he explained. "But what happens is, shady scientists, you know, scientists who want to get their names in the paper or get a piece of the action, they sign up for the challenge and there's a lot of hoopla, television cameras come and say, 'Look, here is the scientist.' The scientist says, 'Oh my gosh, this guy's going to revolutionize the energy situation -- change the world.' Then they get headlines that way."
McCarthy said that the doubts of Kaku and others in the scientific community are precisely why they had to get their challenge into the public domain.


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OGC Op. No. 09-03-02
The Office of General Counsel issued the following opinion on March 2, 2009 representing the position of the New York State Insurance Department.
Re: Group medical malpractice insurance on an excess line basis
Questions Presented:
1) If an unauthorized insurer issues a policy that insures a locum tenens1 staffing company for physicians for general liability and the physicians that the company employs for their medical malpractice liability, does such a policy constitute a group medical malpractice policy within the meaning of the New York Insurance Law?
2) May an unauthorized insurer deliver to a physician in New York a certificate of insurance under a group medical malpractice insurance policy issued outside of this state?
3) Would an unauthorized insurer run afoul of the New York Insurance Law if its insured mails to a New York hospital an Acord 25 Certificate of Liability Insurance ("ACORD") evidencing that one of the doctors with whom the hospital independently contracts is insured under a group policy issued outside of this state?
1) Yes. Because the policy is underwritten and issued on a collective basis insuring the interests of two or more physicians, the policy is a group policy under the Insurance Law and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
2) No. Where the master policy is issued outside of New York, an unauthorized insurer may not deliver to a physician in New York a certificate of insurance under a group medical malpractice insurance policy.
3) No. As long as the insurer solicited, principally negotiated, issued, and delivered the policy and the certificates thereunder outside of New York, the insurer would not violate the Insurance Law if the policyholder or a doctor insured under the policy sends to a New York hospital a copy of the ACORD certificate, which merely evidences that the doctor is so insured.
The inquirer reports that she represents ABC Insurance Company ("ABC"), an Illinois domiciled insurer that is eligible to write on an excess line basis in both New York and Massachusetts. XYZ, Inc. ("XYZ"), a locum tenens staffing company for physicians and other medical professionals operating out of Massachusetts, staffs physicians throughout the United States. ABC provides professional liability coverage to XYZ and medical malpractice insurance to its physicians through a licensed non-resident excess line agent in Massachusetts.
XYZ placed Dr. M, a New Jersey resident physician, as an independent contractor at Hospital A in New York. At the time of placement, XYZ e-mailed from Massachusetts to the New York hospital a copy of the ACORD form, showing that Dr. M is covered for acts within the course and scope of his placement with XYZ, together with a note stating that the New York policy limits includes $1.3 million per claim, and $3.9 million in the aggregate. Hospital A is listed as the certificate holder on the ACORD form, but it has no legal rights or coverage under the policy.
The inquirer asserts that because XYZ—not ABC—sent the ACORD form to the hospital, and because ABC did not deliver an actual certificate by mail or otherwise in New York, ABC does not believe that the policy is a New York policy subject to the New York excess lines law, N.Y. Ins. Law
The inquiry to the Department is two-fold: 1) whether ABC has violated the Insurance Law if XYZ sent to Hospital A an ACORD certificate evidencing that insurance, which was issued outside of this state, is in place for Dr. M; and 2) whether if Dr. M were a New York resident, and a certificate of insurance were delivered to him in New York, ABC would run afoul of the Insurance Law. As to the second question, the inquirer posits that even if Dr. M were a New York resident, ABC is actually issuing in Massachusetts an individual policy to XYZ with Dr. M as an additional insured, and therefore Massachusetts law would apply, not the New York Insurance Law. Accordingly, the New York State Insurance Department's analysis begins with an analysis of whether the policy is a group or individual policy under New York law.
During an October 29, 2008 telephone conversation, the inquirer stated to the Department's Office of General Counsel ("OGC") that to the best of her knowledge, Dr. M is not a voluntary attending physician at a New York hospital;2 rather, he is an independent contractor. OGC will not opine on whether the New York Public Health Law, which governs hospitals, permits a New York hospital to employ independent contractors. Therefore, the scope of this opinion is limited to construction of the Insurance Law alone.
I. The policy that ABC issued is a group policy under New York law
Contrary to the inquirer's assertion, the policy that ABC issued to XYZ is a group property/casualty insurance policy under New York law. Prior to 1986, insurers could not write group property/casualty insurance (including medical malpractice, which is a type of property/casualty insurance) in New York. In 1986, the Legislature enacted Insurance Law
11 NYCRR § 153.1(g)(1) defines a group policy as a "policy underwritten and issued on a collective basis of: (i) property/casualty insurance insuring the interests of two or more persons or entities." Thus, if a policy is underwritten and issued on a collective basis insuring the interests of two or more persons or entities, then the policy is a group policy.
However, 11 NYCRR
Where an insurer elects to issue a single policy with a first-named insured and additional insureds, such policy shall not be considered a "group policy" in regard to the following:
(i) corporations or other entities under common control as defined in section 107(a)(16) of the Insurance Law, with regard to their related interests;
(ii) franchisors and their franchisees, with regard to their related interests;
(iii) members of a partnership or joint venture, with regard to their related interests;
(iv) family members, but only for purposes of policies subject to section 3425 of the Insurance Law; or
(v) shared interests, provided that such shared interests exist among all additional insureds, and only to the extent of such shared interests.
11 NYCRR § 153.1(s) defines "shared interests" with regard to liability insurance. That provision states:
Shared interests means:
(2) for liability insurance, ownership or control of an additional insured's operations and activities such that, if damages arise from such operations or activities, the first named insured and all insureds may be jointly liable.
Therefore, a single policy issued with named additional insureds is not considered a group policy if all the insureds have shared interests, provided that the shared interest exists among all the additional insureds, and only to the extent of the shared interests.
The exception has no application here. At the time that ABC delivered the policy in question, it did not know Dr. M's identity, but rather underwrote his risk on a collective basis with the risk of other doctors that XYZ places. Further, each doctor insured through XYZ is an independent contractor; they have no shared interests in the operations or activities of each other. Thus, if one doctor were sued for medical malpractice, no other doctors would be jointly liable. Accordingly, the policy falls squarely within the definition of a group policy set forth in 11 NYCRR Pt. 135, and Dr. M is a certificate holder under the group policy.
II. Delivering in New York a certificate of insurance under a group policy issued outside of this state constitutes "doing an insurance business" in this state.
Turning to the question of whether ABC runs afoul of the Insurance Law if it delivers to Dr. M, with whom the hospital independently contracts, a certificate under a group policy that is issued in Massachusetts, Insurance Law
(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph two, three or three-a of this subsection, any of the following acts in this state, effected by mail from outside this state or otherwise, by any person, firm, association, corporation or joint-stock company shall constitute doing an insurance business in this state and shall constitute doing business in the state within the meaning of section three hundred two of the civil practice law and rules:
(A) making, or proposing to make, as insurer, any insurance contract, including either issuance or delivery of a policy or contract of insurance to a resident of this state or to any firm, association, or corporation authorized to do business herein, or solicitation of applications for any such policies or contracts.
Therefore, a person, firm, association, corporation, or joint-stock company that makes, or proposes to make, any insurance contract does "an insurance business" within the meaning of the Insurance Law. To do an insurance business, the individual or entity must be licensed, or exempt from licensing. See Insurance Law
Furthermore, under Insurance Law
Therefore, the fact that the group policy to XYZ was issued in Massachusetts has no bearing on the analysis if the certificate to Dr. M is delivered in New York. The Department has consistently interpreted the provisions of the Insurance Law to apply to each certificate under a group property/casualty insurance policy as if the certificate were a separate policy of insurance, except where the law expressly provides otherwise. See 11 NYCRR
Under Insurance Law § 1101(b)(2), the only possible relevant exception under the circumstances presented is the excess line exception set forth in Insurance Law § 1101(b)(2)(F). That statute provides that transactions authorized by Insurance Law
Although ABC is generally eligible to write on an excess line basis in New York, it may not write this group medical malpractice insurance policy on an excess line basis, because excess line polices may only be written on a group basis if the group is a type permitted by the New York Insurance Law and the regulations promulgated thereunder. See 11 NYCRR Pt. 153; see also, OGC Opinion dated August 12, 2003 (noting that 11 NYCRR Pt. 153 applies to all policies issued on a group basis, whether the insurer is authorized or not) As a general matter, group property/casualty insurance is not permitted in New York, except where specifically provided under the Insurance Law. See 11 NYCRR Pt. 153 (Regulation 135). For example, Insurance Law
In sum, because ABC is not an authorized property/casualty insurer in this state, it may not deliver the certificate to Dr. M in New York unless it is licensed as an insurer pursuant to Insurance Law
III. The ACORD certificate is for informational purposes only, and the mere delivery of the ACORD form under the circumstances described would not violate the Insurance Law.
Lastly, the inquirer asks about delivery of the ACORD certificate. That certificate of insurance is a commercially created document that the insurance industry uses to summarize information about a person or entity's insurance coverage. The form itself states:
This certificate is issued as a matter of information only and confers no rights upon the certificate holder. This certificate does not amend, extend or alter the coverage afforded by the policies below.
In other words, the ACORD certificate is not an insurance contract. See Circular Letter 15 (1997); Circular Letter 8 (1995); see also OGC opinions dated February 15, 2006; December 4, 2002; and September 8, 2000. However, if the certificate were to contain any amendments, extensions, or alterations to the coverage afforded by the policy, then it would have to be filed as a policy form with the Department pursuant to Insurance Law
Specifically, the inquirer asks whether ABC runs afoul of the Insurance Law if XYZ were to send an ACORD certificate to Hospital A as evidence that Dr. M is covered under a group policy issued in Massachusetts. The inquirer asserts that merely sending a certificate of insurance under a group policy that was lawfully issued in another jurisdiction as evidence of insurance is permissible, and to that end, the inquirer relies on an OGC opinion dated January 2, 2002. That opinion states:
The exemption in section 1101(b)(2)(E) applies to subsequent transactions effected by mail after the policy has been negotiated, issued and delivered outside of New York. In the instant case, assuming that the policies in question are negotiated, issued and delivered outside of New York and the insurer is authorized to do an insurance business in its place of domicile, it would not have to be licensed in New York to perform subsequent transactions by mail.
As noted above, in order to do an insurance business, an individual or entity must be licensed, or exempt from licensing. See Insurance Law
Here, the ACORD certificate simply advises that Hospital A is the certificate holder, XYZ is the insured, and Dr. M is covered for medical malpractice under XYZ's policy. It is issued for information purposes only, and confers no additional rights to the hospital. Therefore, even though the policy would be a group policy under New York law, the mere delivery of the ACORD form under the circumstances described would not violate the Insurance Law.
Further, providing evidence of coverage fits squarely within the sort of transaction that the Insurance Law permits with respect to a policy and the certificates thereunder that an unauthorized insurer has principally negotiated, issued, and delivered outside of this state. In this instance, XYZ (the insured), sent the hospital (the certificate holder under the ACORD certificate who has no coverage under the actual policy) an e-mail evidencing that Dr. M is insured. As long as ABC solicited, principally negotiated, issued, and delivered the policy and the certificates outside of New York, there is no violation of the Insurance Law simply because ABC's insured sent to a New York hospital a copy of the insurance certificate as evidence that a doctor is covered under the policy.
For further information you may contact Senior Attorney Sapna Maloor at the New York City office.
1 A medical practitioner who temporarily takes the place of another. See Miriam Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary 448 (1996).
2 Chapter 50 of the Laws of 2008 amends Chapter 266 of the Laws of 1986, and permits the Superintendent of Insurance and the Commissioner of Health to purchase an excess liability policy, or policies, or reimburse a hospital for the same, for certain voluntary attending physicians (VAPs) that have a minimum of $1.3 million coverage per claim, and $ 3.9 million coverage in the aggregate with an authorized insurer. Because the state provides this "free" layer of excess coverage, most New York hospitals, in order to satisfy the eligibility criteria for that coverage, require that their VAPs maintain the minimum level of primary medical malpractice coverage with an authorized insurer. Since Dr. M is neither a voluntary attending physician, nor insured by an authorized insurer, it does not appear that Dr. M is eligible for the "free" excess program.
3 There are other ways that group property/casualty insurance may be issued in this state. For example, N.Y. Ins. Law Article 59 (McKinney 2000), which implements the federal Liability Risk Retention Act of 1986, 15 U.S.C. §§ 3901, et. seq. ("L.R.R.A"), permits the formation of purchasing groups as a vehicle for obtaining commercial liability insurance coverage. Since neither XYZ nor its physicians have formed a purchasing group, those statutes have no application here.
4 The Department has construed the word "mail" in N.Y. Ins. Law § 1101(b)(2) (McKinney 2000) to include e-mail. See Office of General Counsel Opinion ("OGC") dated April 26, 2001.


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unless you live in Europe or the Far East where cellphones are like candy in one of the $.25 dispensors, you'll always be a couple of years behind in phone quality. You can thank the FCC for that faux pas.
Darn right Karm! I have travelled to Asia extensively...Japan, China, Tawain and Korea. Even the '3rd world' Asian countries have better service than we do. I MEAN IT! They have broadband! You should see the powerful, broadband, fully loaded mini computers these people are using. They call them phones, I call them laptops that fit into the palm of your hand! This isn't new either. They have had this type of lifestyle for years now. YEARS! Meanwhile, I am still waiting a decent Smartphone!
No FCC over there to stop business innovation. Ride the underground subways and you will see people watching full fledged movies, sending e-mails and havin g conversation with no interruption of service or dropped calls.
ALL of the Asian executives I have to work with when I am there laugh in bewilderment when I tell them how pathetic the US cell phone system is. I directed them to websites to explain the FCC...they cannot begin to understand it. It makes no sense to them. All they keep asking me is, "When will your government stop this?" The US is clearly falling behind. We are not #1 any more.
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Weird Georgia: Okefenokee Vortex
By Jim Miles
The Okefenokee Swamp is one of America's most beautiful and mysterious natural wonders. Covering an area of 700 square miles in southeastern Georgia, the swamp is 40 miles long from north to south and 20 miles wide from east to west, and penetrated by few roads. The Okefenokee Wildlife Refuge, established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1937, contains 445,000 acres.
The Okefenokee's wildlife is extremely varied, with hundreds of species of birds, reptiles, fish, and mammals. The most famous inhabitants are the fearsome alligators, equipped with big teeth, powerful jaws, and dangerous tails. Although measuring up to fifteen feet in length and weighing as much as 700 pounds, they are surprisingly swift.
Since humans first arrived in the region, few have had the nerve to venture into this vast, foreboding swamp. For millennia stories have circulated about supernatural beings, bizarre creatures, eerie craft, and ghosts lurking in this primeval wilderness. The tales are still told, and new ones are generated by those who dare enter the Okefenokee. Here is one of the strangest.
The witness reports that the encounter occurred around two a.m. on June 1, 1973, near Folkston, and lasted three to four hours.
"I left home in Macclenny, Fl, and drove north on Route 23/121 into Georgia around 2 a.m. I came to a crossroads just outside of Folkston Ga. It had been raining and was extremely dark. At that time I was still on time, when I came to the cross-roads. I took the same turn I always took onto Route 252 going towards Brunswick Ga. I drove this route many times on my way to Kingsport, N.J., to make deliveries. I was driving a tractor trailer and was loaded with shower bases.
"As I drove up Route 252 something seemed to change; things got really quiet. The night seemed to become still and black; my head lights were not going out as far as they normally did, I couldn't see very far in front of me, and the amount of distance I could see seemed not to change. All of a sudden I came up to a sign in the road; it was the same one I had turned at about a half hour earlier. I thought that it might of been a different cross-road, so I took Route 252 again, and drove for another half hour or so then I came to the cross-roads again.
"Then I figured that someone might of changed the signs, but I knew that I turned the right way, but that direction wasn't doing any good; I kept coming back to the same cross-roads. I stopped and looked at my map and picked a different route to Brunswick, I decided to take Route 40 to Kingsland then take 17 up to Brunswick, I turned onto Route 40 and headed east on 40 for about half an hour and came back to the same cross-roads.
"It seemed strange that I hadn't met any other trucks or cars in all this time, I didn't know what to think; at first I was worried that I wouldn't make my drop in time. Now I was worried that I wouldn't be able to go anywhere and that I might be stuck in some kind of time warp or something weird like that. I tried the other routes from the cross-roads and they all led to the same place, the cross-roads.
"I really don't know how long I was in this loop but I was scared. I stopped the truck and got out; it was really strange because I could barely hear the engine running on the truck. It was as if it was muffled, and all around the truck was lit up. It didn't seem like it came from a 'light.' The area around the truck was light enough to see the asphalt and the texture, but I could only see to a distance of about 20 feet, then it was as if there was a wall of darkness outside, and it felt threatening.
"I was scared enough to kneel down on the road and pray that God would get me out of there. The tears were running down my cheeks as I prayed. Then I just got in the truck and started to drive. This time things started to change. My lights started to light up more and I could start making out things that I could remember. I headed up 252 and got into Brunswick, pulled into the truck stop, and knew I was running late. As I walked in the waitress said hello as if nothing was wrong, I looked at the clock and it said 3;00 o'clock, right on time. I wasn't behind at all."
This story was reported to the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC).
Jim Miles is the author of nine books about the Civil War, two Weird Georgia books, and three books about Georgia's Civil War ghosts. Buy Jim's books.


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COLUMBIA - South Carolina and Ole Miss, two teams who hadn't really played anybody, finally played somebody when they played each other this weekend at Carolina Stadium.
South Carolina lost the first game of the series Friday night and was an out away from falling behind 0-2 in the series in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader, but the Gamecocks tied it on Max Schrock's pinch hit three-run homer in the ninth and won it 5-4 on Brison Celek's RBI single to right in the bottom of the 10th.
South Carolina (18-1, 2-1 SEC) won Saturday's second game 3-1 to take the series two games to one.
"Some days baseball will put you at a loss for words," said South Carolina coach Chad Holbrook. "I kind of felt that way, especially after game one. The beautiful thing about this game is there is no clock and no time limit. I've got a resilient group of players and they always think they can win the game. Lo and behold, they found a way to do it when the odds were stacked against them."
Schrock's dramatics were underscored by the fact he wasn't supposed to play because of a sprained ankle.
He didn't take batting practice and his injured ankle was enclosed in a boot in pre-game warmups. He was finally cleared by the training staff for pinch hit duty just prior to game one.
"I didn't feel very loose," Schrock said, "but I went up there and saw a pitch up and put a good swing on it."
In game two, South Carolina freshman pitcher Will Crowe allowed one run on six hits in 51/3 innings and relievers Cody Mincey and Joel Seddon shut out the Rebels the rest of the way.
"It was just a great day for our team," Holbrook said. "All we ask them is to never give up. I think they feel they can win every game."
In game one Friday night, Ole Miss (17-4 ,1-2 SEC) got a grand slam from Auston Bousfield in the sixth inning and no-hit relief the rest of the way to give the Rebels a 6-4 victory.
"After how we lost the game Friday night, they could have easily felt sorry for themselves and not come out without any energy," Holbrook said. "But they played their butts off. That's all we ask them to do."
After being an out away from being ahead 2-0 in the series, Ole Miss coach Mike Bianco took the losses in stride.
"It's the game," Bianco said. "We've been in a lot of close ones, and they had all gone our way. It's baseball."
You have to tip your cap. For them to finish like that, it shows what kind of club they've got. For us, it's tough. A couple of at bats, a couple of pitches. And they seemed to get all the hits. When they needed a big hit, they got it and that's how you win."
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I really liked the menu icons I saw in the preview and was really diappointed to see them not change between themes once I got my phone. Any idea why? Did the preview phone you guys got have some newer firmware/OS on it than the one that shipped with my phone? Or is my service provider just a lamo that tweaked the default setting to pix it to one set of icons so that they can have their own crap on the menu (Rogers Mall). I'm with Rogers. What did other Rogers customers and folk with other service providers experience?...
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Microsoft mentioned a few times that Windows 8 was supposed to bring a hefty performance boost along with it, and we were curious just how much speed you'd gain just by installing it. We ran a few speed tests with each, and here's how they compare.
Note: As with all our Windows 8 coverage this week, this is all based on the developer preview of Windows. At the time of this writing, we still have a year before Windows 8 is officially released, so things are subject to change, but these are our preliminary tests of the fledgling operating system.
Instead of performing a bunch of synthetic benchmarks, we performed a number of everyday tests to get an idea of if one's user experience would actually feel faster. All tests were performed on a clean installation of the OS, with the same programs installed. Overall, we found both to be pretty similar in performance, with a few exceptions.
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Alexander Pushkin's short novel is set during the reign of Catherine the Great, when the Cossacks rose up in rebellion against the Russian empress. Presented as the memoir of Pyotr Grinyov, a nobleman, The Captain's Daughter tells how, as a feckless youth and fledgling officer, Grinyov was sent from St. Petersburg to serve in faraway southern Russia. Traveling to take up this new post, Grinyov loses his shirt gambling and then loses his way in a terrible snowstorm, only to be guided to safety by a mysterious peasant. With impulsive gratitude Grinyov hands over his fur coat to his savior, never mind the cold.
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