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Pick up a new baked Pecan Turnover when you come for a Saturday tour at 12::30 pm - ride in the covered wagon!. Great place to stop and shop ... and snack ... on Hwy.21 between Bryan & Caldwell.
The phone number listed on Foursquare is WRONG! Correct: 979-587-9334 . Call ahead and it will be ready! I know people who buy dozens and freeze.
I've never had a rude cashier here! If you do, speak to a manager. This is a great, responsive locally owned business and they care about your experience.
Zumbathon Sunday 6pm at Piranha Fitness, $10 donation, great door prizes. Will help school meet matching grant.
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1:10-cv-10757-TLL-CEB Doc # 25 Filed 11/03/10 Pg 1 of 18 Pg ID 298 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN NORTHERN DIVISION LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO., Plaintiff, Case No. 10-cv-10757-TLL-CEB v. Honorable Thomas L. Ludington KYLE MICHAEL BEACH, CHARLES KURT BEACH, DANIEL REISS, AND JUDITH REISS as NEXT FRIEND of SDR, VR, and NR, minors, Defendants. __________________________________________/ OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT On February 24, 2010, Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company ("Plaintiff" or "Liberty Mutual") filed a complaint against Kyle Michael Beach, Charles Kurt Beach, Daniel Reiss, and Judith Reiss as next friend of SDR, VR, and NR, minors (collectively, the "Minor Children"), for declaratory judgment [Dkt. #1]. Liberty Mutual seeks a declaratory determination that its obligation to indemnify its insureds under a policy purchased by Charles Beach for his liability to third parties is limited to a $100,000 per person for damages arising out of a automobile/motorcycle accident (the "Accident") that occurred on September 3, 2007. Now before the Court is Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment [Dkt. # 18], filed on June 14, 2010. Liberty Mutual contends that the policy limits for third party claims for bodily injury by any one person in any one auto accident is $100,000 per person and $300,000 per accident. They further contend that only one person, Daniel Reiss, sustained bodily injury in the Accident. Liberty Mutual asserts that Daniel Reiss' children's claims against Kyle Beach, the driver of the vehicle, and Charles Beach, the owner of the vehicle, derive from their father's physical injury in the accident 1:10-cv-10757-TLL-CEB Doc # 25 Filed 11/03/10 Pg 2 of 18 Pg ID 299 and are thus subject to the policy limits applicable to their father. Consequently, Liberty Mutual contends its limit of liability for damages for which the insureds are legally responsible because of the Accident is $100,000. Neither Kyle Beach nor Charles Beach, Liberty Mutual's insureds, filed an answer to Plaintiff's complaint. Defendant Daniel Reiss filed a response on June 30, 2010 [Dkt. # 21] and Defendant Judith Reiss, however, filed a response on July 2, 2010 [Dkt. # 22]. Both Daniel Reiss and Judith Reiss assert that the $300,000 per accident is the appropriate limit of liability because Daniel Reiss' three minor children have separate and independent claims against the insureds for damages resulting from their father's injuries. Plaintiff filed its reply on July 26, 2010 [Dkt. # 24]. The Court has reviewed the parties' submissions and finds that the facts and the law have been sufficiently set forth in the motion papers. The Court concludes that oral argument will not aid in the disposition of the motion. Accordingly, it is ORDERED that the motion be decided on the papers submitted. E.D. Mich. LR 7.1(e)(2). For the reasons stated below, the Court will GRANT Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment. I On September 3, 2007, Defendant Daniel Reiss was involved in a motorcycle/automobile accident with Defendant Kyle Beach and his twin brother, Kurt. The accident occurred at approximately 7:58 p.m. at the intersection of Court Street and North Charles Street in Saginaw, Michigan. Earlier that day, Kyle and Kurt Beach, then 20 years old, left their parents home in Saginaw to travel to a wooded lot in the Hemlock area and deliver firewood to a customer in St. Charles as a part of their side business of selling firewood. Kyle was driving a Chevrolet Blazer, which was titled in his father's, Charles Beach's, name. After delivering the firewood in St. Charles -2- 1:10-cv-10757-TLL-CEB Doc # 25 Filed 11/03/10 Pg 3 of 18 Pg ID 300 and approximately two hours before the accident, Kyle and Kurt drove to the Marathon Fast Pax Food Store ("Marathon Store") in St. Charles. Kyle, a minor, entered the Marathon Store and purchased beer. Kyle later stated at his deposition that he had purchased beer at the same store as many as ten time before that day. The beer was consumed as Kyle drove from St. Charles to Murin Company, Kyle and Kurt's place of employment, to return the trailer they borrowed to haul the firewood. Kyle drank the majority of the beer and had not previously drank that quantity of beer while driving. All of the beer was consumed before the accident and the containers were discarded. While driving from Murin Company to his parents' home in Saginaw, Kyle arrived at Court Street and attempted to make a left-hand turn from Court Street onto North Charles Street. At the intersection, Kyle swerved suddenly into the left lane, striking Daniel Reiss head on. Daniel Reiss was driving a 2003 Harley Davidson. An eyewitness testified that for approximately three miles before the crash, Kyle was speeding, swerving in and out of traffic, and driving carelessly. The eyewitness further testified that it looked like the motorcycle exploded and Daniel Reiss went up in the air, with a second witness testifying that he went approximately twenty-five feet in the air before landing. Daniel Reiss sustained multiple injuries, including: a comminuted right distal radius fracture; Type III A open comminuted left distal radius and ulnar fracture; high energy left pertrochanteric femur fracture; Right zone 1 sacral fracture; comminuted bilateral pubic ramus fracture; head injury; urologic injury and herniation; pain and suffering, mental anguish and emotional distress. Daniel Reiss underwent extensive medical care and treatment as a result of his injuries. Daniel Reiss filed a civil action in the Saginaw County Circuit Court against Kyle Beach, Charles Beach, Paxson Oil Company d/b/a Fast Pax Food Stores, and Citizens Insurance for -3- 1:10-cv-10757-TLL-CEB Doc # 25 Filed 11/03/10 Pg 4 of 18 Pg ID 301 damages resulting from his injuries. Daniel Reiss' three Minor Children, represented by their mother and Daniel Reiss' ex-wife Judith Reiss, subsequently filed a separate action in the Saginaw County Circuit Court alleging negligence and ownership liability against Kyle Beach and Charles Beach, and a claim against Paxson Oil Company under Michigan's Dram Shop Act (the "Judith Reiss Lawsuit"). Both lawsuits were later assigned to the Midland County Circuit Court due to the recusal of each of the judges of the Saginaw County Circuit Court Bench. The parties agreed to a special case evaluation panel, which rendered separate damage amounts against Kyle Beach and Charles Beach of $400,000 in favor of Daniel Reiss and $20,000 for each of the three Minor Children. Daniel Reiss' claim against Paxson Oil Company resolved through case evaluation in the amount of $1,750,000. The claims of the three children against Paxson Oil Company settled as a result of the case evaluation in the additional amount of $80,000 per child. Case evaluation was unsuccessful as to Kyle Beach and Charles Beach. Following the case evaluation, Liberty Mutual, which was not a party to the state court litigation, refused to offer its $100,000 policy limit in settlement of only Daniel Reiss' claim. Liberty Mutual contended that the $100,000 per person limit for bodily injury was the total amount of available coverage to Charles and Kyle Beach for any injured person and that the Minor Children's claims for derivative injury are also so limited. Daniel Reiss, who it is worth noting is not an insured or a party to the insurance agreement, alleges that this was the first time Liberty Mutual "took [this] position." Daniel Reiss Resp. to Pl.'s Mot. for Summ. J. 9. In the state court action, then-Plaintiff Daniel Reiss' motion for summary judgment against Kyle Beach and Charles Beach was granted by Midland County Circuit Court Judge Michael J. Beale. As a result, the issues of liability, causation, comparative negligence, and the no-fault -4- 1:10-cv-10757-TLL-CEB Doc # 25 Filed 11/03/10 Pg 5 of 18 Pg ID 302 threshold of Daniel Reiss' serious impairment of body function and permanent serious disfigurement as to Kyle Beach and Charles Beach, Paxson Oil Company, and Citizens Insurance Company of the Midwest were resolved. Paxson Oil Company subsequently resolved the case, and Citizens Insurance Company was later dismissed through a stipulated order. The only issue to be determined in the instant action for declaratory judgment is the amount of Liberty Mutual's indemnity obligation to its insureds, Kyle Beach and Charles Beach. II The Limit of Liability provision in Charles Beach's Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company Auto Policy ("the Auto Policy") provides: The limit of liability shown in the Schedule or in the Declarations for each person for Bodily Injury Liability is our maximum limit of liability for all damages, including damages for care, loss of services or death, arising out of "bodily injury" sustained by any one person in any one auto accident. Subject to this limit for each person, the limit of liability shown in the Schedule or in the Declarations for each accident for Bodily Injury Liability is our maximum limit of liability for all damages for "bodily injury" resulting from any one auto accident. Charles Beach and Kyle Beach are listed as two of the covered drivers under the Auto Policy. The relevant insurance policy period was from July 27, 2007 through July 28, 2008. III Insurance contract construction principles are well-settled under Michigan law, and courts are to examine the policy as a whole and enforce it in accordance with its terms. See, e.g., North Am. Specialty Ins. Co. v. Myers, 111 F.3d 1273, 1278 (6th Cir. 1997); Upjohn Co. v. New Hampshire Ins. Co., 438 Mich. 197, 207 (1991). Insurance companies may also limit the risks they are willing to assume, and adjust its premiums accordingly. See Ill. Employers Ins. of Wasau v. Dragovich, 139 Mich. App. 502, 507 (1984). When presented with a dispute, a court must determine what the parties' agreement is and enforce it. Fragner v. Am. Comm. Ins., 199 Mich. -5- 1:10-cv-10757-TLL-CEB Doc # 25 Filed 11/03/10 Pg 6 of 18 Pg ID 303 App. 537, 541 (1993). First, the court must determine whether the agreement is clear and unambiguous on its face. Group Ins. Co. v. Czopek, 440 Mich. 590, 595 (1992). If an ambiguity exists, the policy must be construed in favor of the insured. Powers v. DAIIE, 427 Mich. 602, 624 (1986). If no ambiguity is found, the court will uphold the clear meaning of the insurance contract that does not violate public policy. Vanguard Ins. Co. v. Clark, 438 Mich. 463 (1991). Liberty Mutual argues that its Auto Policy limit of liability provision, provided in relevant part above, is clear and that the damages alleged in the Judith Reiss Lawsuit are included in the "per person" limit of liability of $100,000. Liberty Mutual asserts the relevant provision plainly states that the "per person" limit of liability is the maximum amount payable for all damages arising out of bodily injury sustained "by any one person in any one auto accident." Daniel Reiss was the only person who sustained bodily injury in the Accident. This fact is undisputed. Furthermore, Liberty Mutual asserts that the Defendant minors were not in the accident, and thus could not have sustained bodily injury "in" the accident. To support its interpretation of the Auto Policy provision language, Liberty Mutual contends that Michigan courts have repeatedly applied the same interpretation to the same or similar language as found in the instant Policy, with all damages claims, direct and consequential, resulting from injury to one person being subject to the "per person" limitation. State Farm v. Descheemaeker, 178 Mich. App. 729, 732-33 (1983); see also Gibbs v. Armvoit, 182 Mich. App. 425 (1990); Auto Club v. Lanyon, 142 Mich. App. 108 (1981). Liberty Mutual advances State Farm v. Descheemaeker as being directly on point. In Descheemaeker, the insured, Carolyn Fliger, was involved in an automobile accident with John Descheemaeker who sustained serious physical injuries. 178 Mich. App. at 730. Fliger's insurance policy provided liability coverage for bodily injury of $25,000 per person and $50,000 per accident. Id. Descheemaeker filed suit against Fliger for his physical -6- 1:10-cv-10757-TLL-CEB Doc # 25 Filed 11/03/10 Pg 7 of 18 Pg ID 304 injuries, and his wife and children sought derivative damages for loss of consortium, society, and companionship. Id. at 730-31. The parties agreed that Descheemaeker's damages alone exceeded $25,000 and that the damages to his wife and children also exceeded $25,000. Id. The claims against Fliger were settled by payment of the undisputed $25,000 policy limit to a single individual, Descheemaeker, with the second $25,000 left to the outcome of State Farm's declaratory judgment action. Id. The Michigan Court of Appeals agreed with the trial court's decision in favor of State Farm, finding that defendants were not entitled to the second $25,000. Id. The court reasoned that the liability policy limit of $50,000 for "each accident" resulting in bodily injury did not apply unless two or more persons sustained bodily injury in the same accident. Id. The court defined "bodily injury" as meaning "bodily injury to a person and sickness, disease or death which results from it," stating that this definition has been found to be unambiguous and understood as contemplating "actual physical harm or damage to a human body". Id. (citing Nat'l Ben Franklin Ins. Co. of Mich. v. Harris, 161 Mich. App. 86, 89 (1987); Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co. of Mich. v. Hoag, 136 Mich. App. 326, 334-35 (1984)). Additionally, the court noted that "[n]on-physical injuries, such as humiliation and mental anguish that lack any physical manifestations do not constitute "bodily injury," and it follows that other nonphysical injuries, such as a loss of consortium, society, and companionship, are also not bodily injuries. Id. As a result, the second $25,000 policy limit did not apply to derivative claims asserted by accident victim's family members. Id. at 730. The court emphasized that even if the claims made by the wife and children did meet the minimal requirement of physical manifestation, the policy limit of $25,000 per person would preclude their recovery because their damages would still be derivative in nature to John Descheemaeker's bodily injury. Id. at 732. The court reasoned that when a policy fixes a maximum recovery for "bodily" injury to one person, it has generally been -7- 1:10-cv-10757-TLL-CEB Doc # 25 Filed 11/03/10 Pg 8 of 18 Pg ID 305 held that the limitation is applicable to all claims of damages flowing from the bodily injury, even if part of the damages are claimed by someone other than the person suffering the bodily injury in the accident. Id. at 732-33. Stated otherwise, "all damage claims, direct and consequential, resulting from injury to one person, are subject to the limitation." Id. (emphasis added). Relying on this decision, Liberty Mutual notes that the Judith Reiss Lawsuit alleges that the Minor Children suffered "economic and non-economic losses, including mental anguish, pain and suffering, emotional distress, fright, shock, humiliation and embarrassment, and loss of consortium" as a result of their father's injuries. Judith Reiss Compl. ¶ 33 (emphasis added). As was the case in Descheemaeker, Liberty Mutual argues that its policy adds language which further reinforces the scope of the limit of liability provision by expressly stating that bodily injury must be sustained in the accident. As a result, the Minor Children's alleged damages claims are derivative of Daniel Reiss' injuries and thus included in the $100,000 per person limit. Liberty Mutual emphasizes that the Judith Reiss Lawsuit acknowledges that the claims are derivative in nature, as it alleges that the Minor Children suffered losses "as a result of their father, Daniel Reiss' injuries." Judith Reiss Compl. ¶ 33. Liberty Mutual contends that although the Michigan Supreme Court has recognized that a child can maintain a separate and independent claim for loss of parental society and companionship under Berger v. Weber, 411 Mich. 1 (1981), this argument was rejected as applied to insurance policy limits in Auto Club v. Lanyon, 142 Mich. App. 108 (1981). In Lanyon, the court concluded that the child's claims of loss of society and companionship were, in fact, derivative claims and the child was not entitled to separate and independent limits despite the holding in Berger. Id. at 111- 12. The court reasoned that the bodily injury sustained by one person in any one occurrence included "all injuries and damages sustained by others as a consequence of that bodily injury." Id. -8- 1:10-cv-10757-TLL-CEB Doc # 25 Filed 11/03/10 Pg 9 of 18 Pg ID 306 As a result, the child's claim for loss of society and companionship did not entitle her to a separate claim for bodily injury which would increase the policy's limitations. Id. Liberty Mutual argues this same reasoning applies in the instant case, and the $100,000 policy limit of liability for bodily injury should encompass the derivative claims made by Daniel Reiss' Minor Children because Daniel Reiss was the only person who sustained bodily injury in the accident. By contrast, Daniel Reiss relies on language from the Dram Shop Act, MCL 436.1801, that provides for a spouse, child, parent or guardian of the injured individual to have a right of action in his or her own name to support the argument that his children's claims are not derivative of his claims. Relying on this statute, Daniel Reiss argues that the Dram Shop Act requires that the children bring their own lawsuit against Liberty Mutual's insureds in order to prosecute their "right(s) of action in his or her own name." MCL 436.1801(3). Likewise, the Judith Reiss Lawsuit alleges violations of the Dram Shop Act by Kyle Beach and Charles Beach. However, such an argument does not apply to the instant action, not only because it is unrelated to the insuring provisions of the policy but also because neither Kyle Beach nor Charles Beach were a person or retail licensee who furnished the alcohol that contributed to the intoxication of the person causing the injury. Instead, the claims at hand sound in common law negligence. Daniel Reiss' Dram Shop Act arguments are briefly included to discuss and distinguish the relevant facts from the main case upon which Daniel Reiss relies, Auto Club Ins. Ass'n v. Hardiman. Daniel Reiss argues that Auto Club Ins. Ass'n v. Hardiman, 228 Mich. App. 470 (1998), is the most appropriate authority in the instant case, and rejects the arguments raised by Liberty Mutual. In Hardiman, a six year old child witnessed an accident in which her pedestrian brother was struck by an automobile, rendering him a paraplegic. Id. at 472. The ACIA automobile policy provided liability coverage of $100,000 per person and $300,000 per occurrence for bodily injury, -9- 1:10-cv-10757-TLL-CEB Doc # 25 Filed 11/03/10 Pg 10 of 18 Pg ID 307 and provided that the limit "per person" was the maximum that would be paid for bodily injury sustained by one person in one occurrence, including all claims for derivative damages allowed under the law. Daniel Reiss correctly asserts that this is similar to the language in the Liberty Mutual policy, although it should be noted that the Hardiman policy limit was for one person in one occurrence and the Liberty Mutual policy limit is for "one person in any one auto accident." Furthermore, the insurance company in Hardiman similarly argued that the child's claims were derivative of her brother's claims and subject to the $100,000 per person limitation, inclusive of all claims for derivative damages. Id. The child's representative maintained that the $300,000 per occurrence limitation was available to the child because her claim involved a separate, independent cause of action that was not derivative of her brother's claims. Id. The court of appeals affirmed the trial court's finding that the child's claim was subject to the "per occurrence" as opposed to the "per person" coverage limit because the child's claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress was made on her own behalf, for her own injuries, for a tort directed at her rather than at her brother. Id. at 473. The court further stated that the claim for negligent infliction of emotional distress involved a separate, independent cause of action, seeking recovery for a tort directed at the child personally which was not contingent on any recovery by her brother. Id. Daniel Reiss contends that in the case at bar, the claims of the Minor Children are separate, independent statutory causes of action seeking recovery for their own damages, and not for the damages of their father. Relying on Berger v. Weber, supra, Daniel Reiss also alleges that the Michigan Supreme Court has recognized a child's independent right of action under the Dram Shop Act for loss of parental society and companionship where the child's parent is negligently injured, noting that the success of the child's claim is not contingent on any recovery under the statute or common law. As a result, Daniel Reiss asserts that his children's claims against the automobile -10- 1:10-cv-10757-TLL-CEB Doc # 25 Filed 11/03/10 Pg 11 of 18 Pg ID 308 owner and operator are not derivative and therefore not subject to the $100,000 per person limit under the Policy. Furthermore, Daniel Reiss notes that in Hardiman, the ACIA cited the same three cases in support of its argument that Liberty Mutual now argues apply to the instant case. The Hardiman court concluded that the ACIA's reliance on the cases was misplaced, finding that they all involved claims by family members for loss of consortium, society, and companionship, and none involved a claim of intentional or negligent infliction of emotional distress. 228 Mich. App. at 474. Daniel Reiss argues that Liberty Mutual's reliance on this reasoning is similarly misplaced because his children's claims are separate, independent statutory claims under the Dram Shop Act. Daniel Reiss emphasizes that Section 5 of the Dram Shop Act provides that an action under the Act against a retail licensee shall not be commenced unless the minor or alleged intoxicated person is a named defendant in the action, and is retained in the action until the litigation is concluded by trial or settlement. Daniel Reiss' assertion that the holding in Hardiman and the language in Section 5 of the Dram Shop Act are applicable is incorrect. Section 3 of the Dram Shop Act provides Except as otherwise provided in this section, an individual who suffers damage or who is personally injured by a minor or visibly intoxicated person by reason of the unlawful selling, giving, or furnishing of alcoholic liquor to the minor or visibly intoxicated person, if the unlawful sale is proven to be a proximate cause of the damage, injury, or death, or the spouse, child, parent, or guardian of that individual, shall have a right of action in his or her name against the person who by selling, giving, or furnishing the alcoholic liquor has caused or contributed to the intoxication of the person or who has caused or contributed to the damage, injury, or death. MCL 436.1801(3) (emphasis added). As noted above, a Dram Shop Act claim is properly brought against the party who provided alcohol to a minor or intoxicated person, where the unlawful sale is a proximate cause of the injury. Under Section 5 it is required that the minor or intoxicated -11- 1:10-cv-10757-TLL-CEB Doc # 25 Filed 11/03/10 Pg 12 of 18 Pg ID 309 person be an identified plaintiff in the case. They are not, by statute, required to be a defendant because of his or her potential liability under the Dram Shop Act. Neither Kyle Beach nor Charles Beach unlawfully sold, gave, or furnished alcohol in the case at hand as is required by the Dram Shop Act. Alternatively, the Minor Children's claims against Kyle Beach and Charles Beach sound in negligence and are common law claims, not statutory Dram Shop Act claims. Additionally, the child in Hardiman was an eyewitness to an accident that rendered her brother a paraplegic, with the court concluding that the cause of action for negligent infliction of emotional distress by the minor bystander–a person within the zone of danger at the accident–was not derivative. The court expressly noted the limited aspect of its decision, stating that it was "presented with the single narrow legal issue of whether defendant's bystander claim of negligent infliction of emotional distress is derivative of [her brother's] negligence claim, such that it is subject to the same $100,000 a person limit of coverage as her brother's claim." Hardiman, 228 Mich. App. at 473. The court also distinguished the minor's claim from derivative injury claims, finding that "[u]nlike the loss of consortium claim, an injury the bystander suffers is not one that results from an injury to another person. Rather, the injury is directly to the bystander as a result of the bystander seeing the accident and reasonably believing that the direct victim of the accident would be seriously injured or killed . . . ." Id. at 476 (emphasis in the original). Here, the minor children were not eyewitnesses to the accident, and, as stated by Daniel Reiss, fortunately not even present at the time of the accident. As noted above, Judith Reiss states that the injuries to the minor children were "as a result of their father, Daniel Reiss' injuries." Judith Reiss Compl. ¶ 33. Such injuries, using language from the Hardiman opinion, "result[ed] from an injury to another person." In Defendant Judith Reiss' response, she notes that Liberty Mutual relies on a series of decisions from the Michigan Court of Appeals in support of the relief sought in its motion, all of -12- 1:10-cv-10757-TLL-CEB Doc # 25 Filed 11/03/10 Pg 13 of 18 Pg ID 310 which were issued prior to November 1, 1990. Judith Reiss asserts that these decisions are not authoritative precedent pursuant to MCR 7.215(J)(1). Judith Reiss offers Hardiman as controlling precedent after November 1, 1990, and asserts that it has not been reversed or modified. However, as noted above, Hardiman is distinguishable on the facts because the Minor Children's claims are based on their father's injuries. While the decisions cited by Plaintiff may lack precedential force, the reasoning of the cases is sound and not inconsistent with any known published precedent. Because the cases offered by Liberty Mutual present similar and useful factual comparisons, as well as guidance on areas of applicable law that are not inconsistent with any known published precedent, the authority presented by Liberty Mutual is, at a minimum, highly persuasive. The Minor Children's claims against Kyle Beach and Charles Beach do not arise under liability imposed by the Dram Shop Act and do derive from their father's injuries. Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment will be granted because the applicable policy limit of liability for bodily injury resulting from the Accident is the "per person" limit of $100,000 for all damages claims made by Daniel Reiss and the Minor Children for damages arising out of the Accident. IV Daniel Reiss also challenges the interpretation of the Beach's policy in his response. He asserts that the children did suffer "bodily injury" within the meaning of the policy, which states that "bodily injury" means "bodily harm, sickness or disease that results." Daniel Reiss emphasizes that the policy does not define the meaning "bodily harm, sickness or disease." The mere fact that a term is not defined in a policy does not render that term ambiguous. Henderson v. State Farm Fire and Cas. Co., 460 Mich. 348, 354 (1999). In such an instance, the reviewing court must interpret the terms of the contract in accordance with their commonly used meanings. Id. Daniel Reiss asserts that in determining the common use of a term or phrase, use of a dictionary is appropriate. Stanton -13- 1:10-cv-10757-TLL-CEB Doc # 25 Filed 11/03/10 Pg 14 of 18 Pg ID 311 v. City of Battle Creek, 466 Mich. 611, 617 (2002) (interpreting the phrase "motor vehicle" under the Michigan Vehicle Code). Relying on Webster's New World Dictionary (3rd College Edition), Daniel Reiss offers the meaning of "sick" as including "deeply disturbed or distressed; extremely upset, as by grief, disappointment, disgust, fear, etc."; "in poor condition; impaired; unsound"; and "mentally ill or emotionally disturbed." He also asserts that the definition of "disease" includes "any departure from health; illness in general"; and "any harmful or destructive condition" and the definition of "harm" includes "hurt; injury; damage." Daniel Reiss argues that when the common, ordinary meaning of the language used in the Auto Policy are read in the context of his Minor Children's claims, it cannot be reasonably argued that the children did not suffer "bodily injury," and that even if the Court accepts Liberty Mutual's argument that there must be a "physical manifestation" then it gives rise to a genuine issue of material fact because no discovery has been conducted regarding the children's injuries. However, as noted above, even if the children did have a physical manifestation, the $100,000 policy limit would preclude their recovery because their damages would still be derivative in nature to their father's bodily injury. See Descheemaeker, 178 Mich. App. at 732. Daniel Reiss argues that Liberty Mutual's argument that because the children were not physically "in the accident" they could not have sustained "bodily injury" is novel and should be rejected pursuant to Hardiman. Daniel Reiss highlights that the language in the insurance contract in Hardiman essentially mirrors the language in the Auto Policy. As discussed above, the alleged injuries in the instant case are distinguishable from the injuries of the child in Hardiman. Furthermore, Daniel Reiss contends that although his children did not witness the accident itself as did the minor child in Hardiman, they have witnessed and continue to witness the disabling and disfiguring injury to their father, resulting in harm, sickness and damages to the Minor Children. -14- 1:10-cv-10757-TLL-CEB Doc # 25 Filed 11/03/10 Pg 15 of 18 Pg ID 312 Daniel argues that the children should not be penalized and denied coverage determined to be available to the child in Hardiman because they were not "in" the accident. He further asserts that the definition of the word "in" includes: "affected by"; "with regard to" and "as concerns," Webster's Dictionary, supra, and that Liberty Mutual's restrictive definition requiring actual physical involvement should be rejected. Daniel emphasizes that the principle of requiring a child to be physically "in" the accident was rejected in Hardiman as the child in Hardiman was in the zone of danger and suffered her own, personal injuries as a result of the accident which were wholly independent of those caused to her brother. The Minor Children in this case by contrast do not have claims wholly independent of their father's injuries, but instead only have claims that are admittedly derivative of their father's. See Judith Reiss Compl. ¶ 33. Finally, Daniel Reiss offers the curious argument, as a stranger to the Beach's policy with Liberty Mutual, that where a fair reading of a contract leads one to understand there is no coverage and another to understand there is coverage, the contract is ambiguous and should be construed against the drafter and in favor of coverage. Raska v. Farm Bureau, 412 Mich. 355, 362 (1982). Although insurance contracts are generally considered contracts of adhesion and ambiguous terms are construed against the drafter under general contract principles, id. at 371-72, the Auto Policy language is not ambiguous or unfair in this case. An interpretation construing the language to broaden its scope is inappropriate, and would be taking the language out of the "reasonable expectations of the parties." Id. Furthermore, as discussed above, "bodily injury" has been found to mean "bodily injury to a person and sickness, disease or death which results from it," with the court in that case finding that this definition is unambiguous and understood as contemplating "actual physical harm or damage to a human body". Descheemaeker, supra (citing Harris, 161 Mich. App. at 89; Hoag, 136 Mich. App. at 334-35. Because the Minor Children were not in the -15- 1:10-cv-10757-TLL-CEB Doc # 25 Filed 11/03/10 Pg 16 of 18 Pg ID 313 accident, nor were they near the accident as witnesses in the zone of danger, their resulting injuries are derivative of their father's injuries and Liberty Mutual's motion for summary judgment will be granted. V Daniel Reiss also argues that Liberty Mutual and its insureds did not object to the state court's scheduling order and participated in the case evaluation as ordered by the court. Daniel Reiss notes that he and the Minor Children had separate case evaluation awards and separate fees paid to the case evaluation panel. Daniel Reiss contends that if a liability insurer defends with knowledge of facts that would allow avoidance of liability to the insured, but does not provide reasonable notice of the possible disclaimer to the insured, a presumption of prejudice arises, making proof of actual prejudice unnecessary to apply estoppel to any coverage defenses. Smit v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 207 Mich. App. 674, 685 (1994). Waiver or estoppel may be applied to extend coverage to losses not within the terms of the policy if the inequity to the insurer that will result from broadening the policy coverage is outweighed by the inequity suffered by the insured. Lee v. Evergreen Regency Coop., 151 Mich. App. 281, 286 (1986). Liberty Mutual asserts that it has not waived its rights to rely upon the limits of liability in the Policy, and is not estopped from doing so. Liberty Mutual was not a party to either underlying state court lawsuit, and contends the assertion that its insureds should have objected to the case evaluation procedure on its behalf have no merit. The parties' papers do not reflect whether the Beaches were represented by counsel provided by Liberty Mutual. Moreover, under Michigan law, absent knowledge and participation by Liberty Mutual, the doctrines of waiver and estoppel cannot broaden the coverage offered by an insurance policy. Kirschner v. Process Design Assoc., Inc., 459 Mich. 587, 594 (1999) (citing Ruddock v. Detroit Life Ins. Co., 209 Mich. 638, 654 (1920)) -16- 1:10-cv-10757-TLL-CEB Doc # 25 Filed 11/03/10 Pg 17 of 18 Pg ID 314 (emphasis added). This is not a case where coverage is at issue, but rather contract interpretation of the stated limit of liability for bodily injury. See Allstate Ins. Co. v. Tozer, 392 F.3d 950, 956 (7th Cir. 2004) (concluding that the doctrine of estoppel does not prevent an insurer from asserting that emotional distress claims are subject to an "each person" limit of liability applicable to another's bodily injuries). Additionally, the court in Smit, a case on which Daniel Reiss relies, concluded that the trial court erred in holding that estoppel or waiver precluded the insurance company from establishing that the loss at issue was excluded under the terms of the insurance policy. 207 Mich. App. at 685. Daniel Reiss has not advanced any facts that would justify the applicability of the doctrines of waiver and estoppel and thus preclude Liberty Mutual from asserting that the Minor Children's claims in the Judith Reiss Lawsuit are subject to the "each person" limit of liability applicable to another's bodily injuries. As a result, Liberty Mutual's motion for summary judgment will be granted. VI Accordingly, Plaintiff Liberty Mutual's motion for summary judgment [Dkt # 18] is GRANTED, and the Court CONFIRMS that Liberty Mutual's obligation to indemnify its insureds under the policy purchased by Charles Beach is limited to $100,000 for all damages, both direct and derivative, arising from Daniel Reiss' automobile/motorcycle accident. s/Thomas L. Ludington THOMAS L. LUDINGTON United States District Judge Dated: November 3, 2010 -17- 1:10-cv-10757-TLL-CEB Doc # 25 Filed 11/03/10 Pg 18 of 18 Pg ID 315 PROOF OF SERVICE The undersigned certifies that a copy of the foregoing order was served upon each attorney or party of record herein by electronic means or first class U.S. mail on November 3, 2010. s/Tracy A. Jacobs TRACY A. JACOBS -18-
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The present invention is directed to a new visualization platform for the interactive exploration of large datasets. The present invention integrates a collection of relevant visualization techniques to provide a new visual metaphor for viewing large datasets. It is capable of providing comprehensive support for data exploration, integrating large-scale data visualization with querying, browsing, and statistical evaluation. A variety of techniques are utilized to minimize processing delays and the use of system resources, including processing pipelines, direct IO, memory mapping, and dynamic linking of "on-the-fly" generated code.
1. A computer-implemented method executed in a visualization platform that includes a physical display coupled to the visualization platform, a data collector element for collecting real-time data from a network, a visualization interface element, and an aggregation element interposed between the data collector element and the visualization interface element, characterized by:
said data collection element includes a schema file that includes an entry for each of a plurality of data record types, each entry specifying a data record format of an ordered set of fixed-length fields, and the collection module is constructed to:
receive data records of said types,
if the received data record is of a variety A, store the received data record in a storage medium with an association to said corresponding entry of said schema file, wherein the variety A data record is a record with an ordered fixed-length fields format that correspond to the entry of said schema file;
if the received data record is of a variety B, convert the received data record to an ordered fixed-length fields format that correspond to an entry of said schema file and store in said storage medium the converted data record with an association to said corresponding entry of said schema file, wherein the variety B data record is a record that does not have an ordered fixed-length fields format that correspond to an entry of said schema file; and
said aggregation element includes processing modules that process said records (DDS tool), and processing modules that process aggregates of said records (AGGR tool), and said aggregation element processes streams that contains pluralities of said records in a pipeline manner, and
said visualization interface element is constructed to display, on said display, information generated by one or more of said AGGR tool;
wherein the aggregation element also includes geometry modules that map data to display objects and coloring of said display objects, wherein the display objects are taken from a set that comprises points, lines, polygons, and triangles, each of said geometry modules having a standard input and a standard output, wherein the standard input is an input that accepts data that is sent to a geometry module, and the standard output is an output that transmits out of said geometry module processing results created by said geometry module.
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This application claims priority to Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/167,349, filed on Nov. 24, 1999, the content of which is incorporated by reference herein.
The present invention relates generally to data visualization and, more particularly, to the use of data visualization for analyzing large-scale data sets.
Many data analysis tasks that are tractable on small or medium-sized data sets can be difficult at greater scale. When practitioners refer to terabyte databases, they sometimes mean databases of image, sound or video data. In contrast, the present invention is enables a user to work with many small records describing transactions, network status events, etc. The data processing involved is different in terms of the number of records and data items to be interpreted. For example, with regard to modern voice communication networks, information is stored for each of the hundreds of millions of calls made daily. Understanding the relationships between them is increasingly important, e.g. to manage integrated communication services for global enterprises, but the data management problems that result are even more challenging than for a single service.
More than just scale is involved: it is desirable to raise the level of abstraction in large-scale data visualization, and to improve the real-time response of the analyses. This can help network managers and business decision makers to recognize and respond to changing conditions quickly; within minutes when possible. It is desirable to provide good interactive response, avoid instance-specific processing, and be flexible enough to support experiments in both back-end queries and the user interface. The inventors have found that commercial database systems either couldn't handle such large volumes or consumed far too many resources.
The present invention is directed to a new visualization platform for the interactive exploration of large datasets. The present invention integrates a collection of relevant visualization techniques to provide a new visual metaphor for viewing large datasets. It is capable of providing comprehensive support for data exploration, integrating large-scale data visualization with querying, browsing, and statistical evaluation. A variety of techniques are utilized to minimize processing delays and the use of system resources, including processing pipelines, direct IO, memory mapping, and dynamic linking of "on-the-fly" generated code. Unlike prior art formal databases which focus on a query/response methodology, an embodiment of the present invention uses an approach that emphasizes data streaming.
These and other advantages of the invention will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art by reference to the following detailed description and the accompanying drawings.
Other windows are also possible, as outlined, for example, in
A. Data Collection and Storage
The data that is utilized in the system may be collected from many different sources having their own specialized formats. Such data must be converted to the internal self-describing format. When that data is already in a fixed format, all that is need is to associate a data record schema with the file. The schema can be either in the header of the file, as described above, or can be placed in a separate schema file. SWIFT-3D utilizes a schema file with the following sections:
name name
field name [unsigned] (char|short |int|long|float|double) size
The inventors utilize C programming conventions, such as the data types, in the examples herein. For example, the following is a representative schema for a node in a frame relay network:
Standard data processing tools suffice for such data conversion, but it should be noted that some types of data may need more intricate pre-processing. For example, in voice networks, the detail record for each call conforms to an industry standard format called Automatic Message Accounting (or AMA) that has about 50 attributes such as originating and terminating phone numbers, date, time and duration of the call. The AMA format has many sub-record types that can be combined to describe a call. Extracting information from AMA files is further complicated because, depending on the type of call, a value can be stored in different sub-records. For example, the dialed number is kept in different places in domestic and international calls. Such idiosyncratic processing should be performed by custom tools to load into the self-describing format utilized in the context of the above system.
For reading records off disks, SWIFT-3D advantageously uses Direct-IO if available. Direct-IO, as is understood in the art, bypasses kernel buffer copying from disk, and can be twice as fast as normal IO. Normal IO can be faster for data that was recently read and is still in cache, but this is the rarely the case given large datasets.
B. Data Processing
Initial processing of a data feed usually involves reading in records and computing basic statistics. SWIFT-3D advantageously includes libraries of different tools permitting sophisticated processing of the data. Tools are provided to filter records (e.g., remove call records that did not complete), count based on attributes (e.g., count number of incomplete calls by area code and exchange), and split a single file into several based again on some combination of attributes (e.g., separate calls into a file per type of service such as toll free calls, operator calls, collect calls, etc.). The inventors have found it convenient to group the toolkits into tools that operate on record-based files and tools that operate on aggregate files. The inventors refer to the toolkits respectively as "DDS" (Dynamic Data Schema Library) and "AGGR" (Aggregation Toolkit).
SWIFT-3D advantageously relies on a stream pipeline model. Accessing large-scale data on disk can be expensive. Instead of storing the output of each processing step to disk, stream processors may be implemented as concurrent processes that exchange data. SWIFT-3D extends the traditional UNIX pipe model of a single writer and single reader to that of a single writer and many readers to minimize data copying. For example,
The user, for example, may use such filtering/splitting/counting capabilities to process a day's worth of telephony data and compute how many calls there were per area code and exchange (NPA, NXX) divided by separate filters into toll-free calls, business calls, residential calls, etc. The user may want to filter out complete calls from incomplete calls and compute separate counts for each. The user may want to split the calls into a count for each originating NPA/NXX and for each terminating NPA/NXX—or count minutes instead of calls. The expressions used for filtering, counting, or splitting advantageously can be specified in a C-style expression. For example, the expression:
if (tos == TOLLFREE && iscomplete) KEEP; else DROP;
filters out calls that are not toll free (1-800, 1-888, 1-877) or not complete. These expressions advantageously can be turned into code that is compiled into shared objects "on the fly" and are then dynamically linked in and executed. This approach combines the speed of compiled code like C with the flexibility of tools such as AWK.
The format for the aggregate files is advantageously self-describing and can be specified as follows. Each aggregate file in SWIFT-3D has two sections: a dictionary section and a data section. The data section can be a two dimensional array of values (integers, floats, etc.). One dimension corresponds to what the inventors refer to as a "frame" (typically a time bucket) and the other corresponds to an aggregation type which the inventors call an "item." The dictionary can be used to map item identifiers to item positions in the second dimension. For example, the aggregation file could contain the number of phone calls in a day by time of day and by NPA/NXX. Each frame would contain information about a ten minute interval; each item would contain the count of calls for one area code and exchange (for the 10 minute interval). The dictionary section would provide the ability to associate a particular area code and exchange (e.g. 973-360) to a particular item (say position 12345). The files can be designed to be accessed and changed incrementally: when new data arrives, these files are opened and the various counts are increased in place (using some buffering to minimize accesses to the files). It is advantageous to do the actual updating of the files using memory mapping, due to the random access nature of the updating. File locking can be used to protect against accessing such a file in the middle of an update. Each update can increment a count stored in the file. This allows the visualization tools to efficiently check if the file has been modified.
C. Data Visualization
The visualization interface 203 allows users to explore data filtered by the stream processors. As represented abstractly in
By keeping enough information to link the raw data, aggregate data and visual objects, the system enables the visualization tools to be highly interactive. The combined interface of data analysis and visual metaphors permit the user to engage in a dialogue with the data through the visual metaphor. As the flow chart in
D. Applications
SWIFT-3D can be applied to many different problems, particularly with regard to network visualization. These include the ability to provide an abstraction that permits visualization of the data across the information strata of network element, network, services and customers; the ability to view cross network interactions and their impact upon a service and/or customer; the capabilities to discern impact on one or more customers when there is a network event.
An interesting example is the examination of calls that cannot be completed due to congestion at the customer premise. Keeping this number low is important due to the resources consumed. It is important both to the customers (who need reliable service for telemarketing sales and customer support) and to the network service provider from a financial standpoint (because unanswered calls consume network resources and may incur cross-carrier settlement charges without creating revenue). In visually exploring voice network events, the inventors noticed that on several days within an interval of several weeks, many unanswered calls originated in a certain metropolitan area (cf.
Another application concerns analysis of an Internet service. There is considerable motivation for understanding relationships between usage of multiple services, both from a single service provider, and between competitors. It is desirable for an Internet service provider to know how much coverage an Internet access service has. The coverage is measured by the number of the area code and exchanges (and ultimately households or customers) where connecting to the Internet is a local call (usually without per-minute charges). Two companies offered to provide what codes and exchanges were covered if given the locations of the modem pools of the Internet service provider. The two companies produced very different answers. To understand the differences, SWIFT-3D can be utilized: areas claimed to be covered in the answer of company A were colored blue, those claimed to be covered in the answer of Company B were colored green, where both companies agreed, the map was colored gray. There were widespread differences in many states, while a few states had good matches. In order to decide which company's answer was more correct, customer usage data could be superimposed on the map. In the generated visualizations (cf.
A third application involves recognizing the characteristics of virtual private networks (VPNs) provisioned by customers on a large packet network, and their relationships to physical network facilities.
It should be noted that, even with the disparity among these application domains, it was not difficult to tailor SWIFT-3D to each. In large measure, this is due to the similarity of the visual models, and to the high-level descriptions used to specify much of the analysis and display. Probably the most difficult aspect in modifying SWIFT-3D for an application is construction of tools to massage the application's data into a format suitable for the system.
The foregoing Detailed Description is to be understood as being in every respect illustrative and exemplary, but not restrictive, and the scope of the invention disclosed herein is not to be determined from the Detailed Description, but rather from the claims as interpreted according to the full breadth permitted by the patent laws. It is to be understood that the embodiments shown and described herein are only illustrative of the principles of the present invention and that various modifications may be implemented by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention. For example, the detailed description described a method for inferring network management metrics from based upon the disposition of customer transactions across a conventional voice toll-switched network. However, the principles of the present invention are readily extended to any large-scale data visualization problems. Such an extension could be readily implemented by one of ordinary skill in the art given the above disclosure.
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Zumba Fitness has recorded its eighth straight week atop the UK All Format Gaming Charts once again beating Codemaster's DiRT 3 to the top spot.
Marking its 11th overall week topping the gaming charts since it launched in April, the dance-based fitness game has retained its crown as the UK's highest selling game across all platforms beating a resurgent DiRT 3 into second spot after the racing sim saw sales increase 50 per cent due to new pricing offers.
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Movie tie-in Cars 2 rounded out the top three ahead of Just Dance 2: Extra Songs and Lego Pirates of the Caribbean in fourth and fifth respectively.
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The trend toward lower fuel prices is expected to continue through the holiday season. Where can you find the lowest prices for gas in Acadiana? We've got the answer.
The trend toward lower fuel prices is expected to continue through the holiday season. Where can you find the lowest prices for gas in Acadiana? We've got the answer.
Gas prices are at a four year low and that is good news for Acadiana drivers.
With the change to winter blend gas and a conflict brewing in the Middle East you'd think gas prices would be higher. They aren't, and that's good news for Louisiana drivers.
Louisiana drivers have a little more money in their pocket than they did six months ago. We have even more if you look at what we were paying for fuel one year ago. Compared to last year, the prices now are comparable to fill up four times and get the fifth one free.
With plenty of vacation driving between now and the beginning of school Louisiana drivers might just be getting an early Christmas gift in the form of significantly lower gas prices.
The price of gas may seem high but you'll breath a sigh of relief when you consider where the price was just six years ago.
What do you think? Will this work? I'm not very mechanically inclined, but it sort of makes sense to me.
While we might all cringe a little at every fill up, the price of gas in Louisiana isn't really that bad. Check out the gas prices at some of your favorite vacation destinations to see how much money you'll need to budget for a fill up.
If you're planning on hitting the road this weekend there is good news if you're driving. Gas prices are on the way down, at least for now.
Louisiana gas prices are at their highest in 9 months. One analyst says the higher prices are part of a seasonal trend and prices should go down by the time school is out for summer.


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Palestinians face losing their home on the (firing) range
About 1,500 Palestinians living in the South Hebron Hills will likely be uprooted to make way for an Israeli military firing range.
Ramallah, West Bank
Khalid Jabareen's tone was frantic as he discussed the future of his village and family, even though he thought the moment he dreaded – when they would be expelled from their homes – was months away.Â
"What should we do when they come to kick us out? They will come with bulldozers when our children are asleep. Then we don't know where to go," Mr. Jabareen said, speaking last week in the West Bank town of Yatta. "I think we have three or four months until we are expelled."
Two days later, the Israeli military sent the first unmistakable sign to his village Jinba of residents' impending expulsion, as scores of armed soldiers entered their village, checked IDs, and photographed the residents' cave dwellings and tents.
"We were all sleeping when we heard the noise of the helicopters," Jabareen recounts a day after the raid. "They told us to leave our homes for an hour, set up an army tent close by, and took photos."Â
His village of Jinba is one of eight in the South Hebron Hills, home to about 1,500 Palestinians altogether, that will soon be uprooted to make way for Firing Zone 918, a military training ground. The Israeli Ministry of Defense asked the High Court of Justice to green-light the necessary evictions and demolitions last month, setting in motion the eviction of Palestinian residents who say their roots there go back generations.Â
Military necessity?
The Israeli plan to transform the hilly landscape at the southern tip of the West Bank into a firing zone goes back to the 1970s, when the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) declared some 30,000 dunams (7,500 acres) in the area a closed military zone. Under Israeli military law, only permanent residents are allowed to remain in closed military zones, and most of the residents do not meet the requirements to be considered permanent residents by the Israeli authorities. Some of them live in traditional tents and caves, by choice, while others have been unable to obtain the permits necessary to legally build.Â
Palestinians continued to live in the area relatively unperturbed until 1999, when eviction orders forced the evacuation of about 700 residents.Â
What followed were petitions by the residents and Israeli NGOs to the Israeli Supreme Court and an unsuccessful mediation effort. In the meantime, Palestinians continued to live and work on the land they say they have lived on for generations. The legal proceedings continued for 12 years, until the Israeli defense ministry finally pushed for the Supreme Court's approval for the evacuation of the area.
In its statement, the ministry contested residence claims by some of the 49 residents petitioning the court, stating that an investigation revealed that 38 of them actually had permanent residents in or near the nearby town of Yatta.Â
While humanitarian organizations and the European Union heavily criticized the planned evictions, Israel says it needs that particular area for training because of its unique topography and because of its security status.
"The vital importance of this firing zone to the IDF stems from the unique topographical character of the area, which allows for training methods specific to both small and large frameworks, from a squad to a battalion," the Israeli defense ministry wrote last month.Â
"The area in question is characterized by numerous security threats, including the presence of illegal residents and criminal and terror elements. In response to these threats, ongoing and routine IDF exercises are carried out to deal with these security concerns. Part of the IDF's response to terror and criminal threats is a high level of familiarity with the area in question and those who inhabit it and thus a degree of surveillance is necessary," the IDF wrote in an e-mail to the Monitor this week.
Government policy?
Firing zones make up about 18 percent of the West Bank, and about 45 percent of all demolitions of Palestinian structures in the Israeli controlled sections of the West Bank since 2010 took place in such firing zones, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.Â
The West Bank is split into three zones – Area A, under full Palestinian control; Area B, under joint Israeli-Palestinian control; and Area C, under full Israeli control. For the estimated 150,000 Palestinians (a small fraction of the Palestinian population in the West Bank) living among the 300,000 Israeli settlers in Area C, building permits are extremely diffcult to get – but without them, Palestinians in Area C cannot legally build and establish permanent residency. Area C makes up about 60 percent of the West Bank.Â
The European Union has been pressuring Israel to change its policies in Area C and to issue more building permits for humanitarian projects and has also been critical of the demolition and evacuation plans for the South Hebron Hills.
"The intention by the Israeli Ministry of Defense to prohibit permanent residence in the firing zone and thus to evacuate 8 communities (…) entail the forced transfer of up to 1,800 people, contrary to Israel's obligations as the Occupying Power," the EU said in a statement released after a visit of EU diplomats in the firing zone the day after the IDF entered Jinba.
Hafez Houraini, who coordinates the Palestinian Popular Committee in South Hebron, says the demolitions and evacuations are an attempt to drive them out of Israeli-controlled Area C and into population centers in Palestinian-administered Areas A and B.
"Palestinians in this area are struggling peasants," Mr. Huraini says. "Israel wants to push them out of the area."
When queried, the Israeli foreign ministry denied that the government has any such policy goal.Â
'Here for generations'
The Israeli Civil Administration in the West Bank says that the Supreme Court will most likely support the evacuation of firing zone 918 because it too considers Palestinians there illegal residents.
"The court told us to wait with the demolitions. Although the court has not ruled yet, we think that it will agree that these structures are illegal and continue to spread illegally," Guy Inbar, spokesman of the Civil Administration, says.
But NGOs and residents point out that the villages existed prior to the beginning of the Israeli military occupation of the West Bank in 1967 and that the area's "cave-dwellers" have practiced their traditional way of life for decades.
"These communities are there for generations and they have the right to a basic standard of living," says Israeli attorney Tamar Feldman, director of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel's (ACRI) human rights program for the Palestinian territories, which handled the resident's legal cases. "But instead, the Israeli army uses this territory as a firing zone, although it is occupied territory."
The Israeli Defense Ministry has said it would allow the communities to continue to graze their sheep and cultivate their land in the firing zone on Jewish holidays and weekends, when the military does not train.Â
But the Palestinian residents say that nearby Yatta, the poor and crowded town of 50,000 that is the most logical place to relocate, does not have what they need to make a living.Â
"We have 3,500 sheep in Jinba. What should I do with these animals in a city?" Jabareen says. "There is no space in Yatta."
In addition to the eight villages slated for evacuation, there are four inside the firing zone which are not set for complete evacuation yet. However, they also face demolition orders for structures built without permits, which is many of the buildings in their villages, and say that their traditional way of life is threatened.
"This land here is our place, this is where we have freedom," says Rasmiyye Hamamne, a woman from Mufaqara, one of the villages in the firing zone not slated for evacuation. Her husband, Na'man, says that this family has lived in a cave for generations. "My grandfather lived here, and his grandfather lived here. We will stay here as well."


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China's marketplace, the world's second-largest, features slowed as well as performed worse yet than numerous analysts likely in the first of all three months of year. Annual progress was 5.7% in the Earnings to 03 quarter, balanced with 7.9% in the earlier three months. Analysts had guess a figure more detailed 8%. China wants to tottenham growth immediately after it smack a 13-year reduced 2012. Other key element data on the subject of Monday even came in cheaper than market requirements, raising questions over the prospect for expansion. Industrial output flower 8.9% on March by a year previous, much lower as compared with analysts' targets connected with 10%. Meanwhile, solved asset investment, a key person of China's emergence, rose in an annual quote 20.9% in the first 11 weeks of year. People had estimated growth of in excess of 21%. "The Chinese economic climate is indicating soft emergence momentum from the first fraction," reported Wei Yao of Societe Generale. "All these particular figures indicated that the economy is in a poor recovery.In 'Not a bad thing'Continue examining the main story"Initiate QuoteGiven Beijing's goal of reorientating the financial state, a relatively nominal economic progress is not a bad thing in the more lengthy term"End QuoteWei YaoSociete Generale Over the past decades, China seems to have relied seriously on the exports and purchase spending to look after a strong swiftness of emergence. However, since economic growth in its important markets such as US and Europe possesses slowed, and it is exports have buy eq2 power leveling stressed, there have been necessitates China to help rebalance its country's economy. Beijing has well known this and possesses indicated that the application wants to strengthen domestic require to reduce it has the dependence on exports and get more supportable growth. At one time, China has brought to deal with a prolonging wealth hole, which has triggered fears involving social unrest in the area. There have been needs the new leaders, which only took charge around March, to your job towards a inclusive improvement model. Authorities said a fabulous slower pace of success may actually enable China, simply because it tries to achieve those pursuits. "Given Beijing's goal of restructuring the economic climate, a relatively moderate economic progress is not a very bad thing in the long term," mentioned Ms Yao involved with Societe Generale. She added the "could help lawmakers focus much more the quality as an alternative to speed of the economy". Accommodative policy China is taking various procedures over the past several months to initiate growth. The particular central bank has reduced interest rates twofold since August to reduce debt costs meant for businesses together with consumers and also increase loans. Beijing has also recognized infrastructure initiatives worth more compared with $150bn (£94bn). A slowdown within exports has added to calls for Asia to rebuild its expansion model Analysts reported China ended up being likely to keep using easy monetary policies as being a tool to be able to sustain growing, and may not raise quotes or look for ways to limit use of capital. "Certainly utilizing this type of number, guidelines certainly wouldn't tighten and would definitely continue to be pretty accommodative," stated Tao Wang, an economist using UBS. However, a few analysts cautioned against from now on aggressive reducing measures, putting that this type of measures may promote program bubbles along with overheat any economy. "Another year of propped-up improvement via say spending together with a credit deluge would, many of us fear, push China alarmingly close to confirming Wen Jiabao correct -- that the ongoing economic device is 'unsustainable',Within eq2 power leveling said Alistair Thronton, older China economist from IHS Global Observation. "If something is definitely unsustainable, at one point, it won't be regular."
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