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Introduces object-oriented programming and provides a foundation in the Access object model and the Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) programming language.
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1. Double Clicking on the dcUpdater file could not install
Note the missing "Installation To:" even though the following was set in the dcUpdater file:
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- <InstallDirectory>Plugins</InstallDirectory>
- <BaseDirectory>Find and Run Robot</BaseDirectory>
2. Running dcUpdater from Start Menu produces a lot of duplicate files
I've mentioned this before, but not sure if I'm doing something not entirely right?
3. Signalling FARR
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- <SignalForUpdate>FindAndRunRobot.exe</SignalForUpdate>
I thought the above would signal FARR to reload the plugin? I'm (almost) sure that didn't happen. It's meant to reload and run through the Init isn't it??
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In 2010, St. John's Medical Center acquired a Toshiba Aquilion ONE, the world's first dynamic volume CT scanner. With 320 detector row coverage, the AquilionONE has the ability to scan an entire organ in a single rotation. The AquilionONE has the power to reduce costs by replacing several exams with one, reduce risk by lowering radiation and contrast dose.
CT Services Include:
Cardiac Computed Tomography Angiography [1]
Calcium-Score Screening Heart Scan [2]
[1] http://www.tetonhospital.org/services/radiology/cardiac-computed-tomography-angiography
[2] http://www.tetonhospital.org/services/radiology/calcium-score-screening-heart-scan


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In case you're wondering, what is the meaning of "S" modifier, this paragraph might be useful:
When "S" modifier is set, PHP calls the pcre_study() function from the PCRE API before executing the regexp. Result from the function is passed directly to pcre_exec().
For more information about pcre_study() and "Studying the pattern" check the PCRE manual on http://www.pcre.org/pcre.txt
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I love her teeth and this picture is just gorgeous [2] <3 <3 <3 Her diastema makes her cute in a different way ;D
it`s NOT true !!!!! don`t you see this..............!
Her teeth makes her even more charming. :]
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and with this teeth, she's with johnny depp! but i agree with the edmund... her teeth turns the picture adorable, though i think that even their teeth were fixed, she wouldn't be just anothe diva... she has a different beauty ;)
the teeth add a sort of quirkiness to the picture, if she'd have had her teeth fixed, It'd just be another diva admiring herself, now it's just completely adorable and at the same time very beautiful :)
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Think back, if you can, to the summer of 2010. We know it's hard to think of summer when the nation is blanketed in ice, but just try to remember the insane media spectacle surrounding Chelsea Clinton's wedding to Marc Mezvinsky. An entire area of upstate New York was immobilized when the pair chose to marry in Rhinebeck because Chelsea Clinton is, oddly enough, probably the closest thing our country has to royalty, and millions of dollars were spent on the lavish event. Now, reports are claiming that the marriage is already on the rocks, that Mezvinsky has fled their NYC home to go skiing in Jackson Hole, WY for months at a time without Clinton, and that drama ensued when Clinton said she wanted to start a family.
Sure, there are random unnamed friends who anonymously tell these gossip sites that "Yes! they are breaking up!" and "No! They're doing fine!" and we're inclined to believe the reports that they're just fine. After all, the pair has been together for six years and have known each other since college, you'd think they're pretty solid by now. But more than anything, we're really just trying to convince ourselves they are happy because we'd be super pissed off if these people spent MILLIONS of dollars on this wedding and all these resources were completely wasted on a six-month marriage. The media spends this much time caring because, sure, they want to focus on the money and the Clintons and the glitz, but also because weddings are happy events that occur even during bad news cycles and it's fun to focus on them. We really hope they're doing okay because we don't want this to end badly. That happens enough each time Charlie Sheen gets married.


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The Mocs finished with a 12-6 overall record, the most dual wins in the Heath Eslinger era, and put five individuals in the NCAA Championships. Coach Eslinger honored six seniors, including Joe Burns (Morristown, Tenn.), Kelly Felix (Franklin, Tenn.), Demetrius Johnson (Memphis, Tenn.), Manny Ramirez (Fayetteville, N.C.), Dan Waddell (Chattanooga, Tenn.) and Brandon Wright (Germantown, Tenn.).
Nick Soto (Spring Hill, Fla.) took home Freshman of the Year Honors. The 2012 SoCon champ at 133, Soto was the league's Freshman of the Year and spent most of the season ranked at 133. He finished with a 24-8 overall record.
Freshman Kevin Malone (Carrollton, Ohio) was the team's Most Improved. He led the squad with a 25-12 overall record and was second in the SoCon at heavyweight.
The Academic Award went to junior Dean Pavlou (Cleveland, Tenn.). An Exercise Science major, Pavlou carries a 3.61 g.p.a. and is a two-time Academic All-NWCA honoree.
Pavlou and Felix split the Ethan Reeve Workhorse Award. Both competed at 149 with Felix getting the nod for most of the season. Pavlou stepped in for the SoCon tournament and won the event to advance to the NCAA Championships for the second time in his career. Pavlou finished with a 19-8 overall record while Felix was 14-10 in his final season.
Waddell took home the Jim Morgan MVP honor. Waddell had one of the most memorable moves in recent Mocs history in the finals of the SoCon Tournament. Trailing 2-3 with time winding down, he grabbed Campbell's Nick Rex in a headlock and slammed him to the mat for two points as time expired. Waddell won the title at 157 and advanced to the NCAAs for the second time in his career. He finished the year with a 22-11 overall record.


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Sunday Brunch: Poached Eggs on Grilled Polenta Cakes
These tender cakes make a great base for anything that's saucy and rich. While a thick ragu may be the ideal pairing in the evening, poached eggs are a perfect touch come morning. More
These tender cakes make a great base for anything that's saucy and rich. While a thick ragu may be the ideal pairing in the evening, poached eggs are a perfect touch come morning. More
It's elegant and fairly easy. Also: extravagantly spiced, just barely sweet enough, and filled with fruit flavor (the non-Froot Loop kind). It's the kind of dessert you'd serve to guests after a hearty dinner, and they'd never know it was low-calorie, with pretty decent doses of protein and fiber. More
This recipe for Eggs Poached in Tomato Sauce on Couscous with Oregano and Parsley is a hearty, meal-worthy take on the Italian classic eggs in purgatory. A simple tomato sauce is enlivened with Greek oregano and acts as the poaching liquid for farm fresh, pastured eggs. While the eggs gently poach in the sauce, couscous is steamed and croutons are fried. The eggs and sauce are ladled onto the fluffy couscous, topped with crunchy croutons, and finished with parsley and shredded Parmigiano. This is one of those preparations that lets the delicacy of fresh eggs really come through. More
This week's Cartoon Kitchen features Serious Eats' cartoonist in residence Larry Gonick's spin on poached peaches. --Ed Levine... More
Eaten straight out of hand or cut up, a ripe peach is hard to beat. But, peach perfection is a fleeting thing, and the only way to forestall an impending perish? Cooking the fruit. Cobblers, pies and preserves all have... More
Frustrated by differing advice, Rob Manuel at b3ta tests and documents four methods for poaching eggs, with results ranging from "I wouldn't feed this to a dog," to "It's bloody perfect." So what's the secret to making perfect poached eggs? Plastic wrap, possibly. [via David Jacobs] Related: How to Poach an Egg tutorial video by cia_b. View all of cia_b's egg cooking tutorial videos.... More


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SEADS Naming Contest! Win an iPad mini!!!
As part of the ongoing SEADS initiative within the Bi-Co, Haverford and Bryn Mawr Colleges will be transitioning to a single, shared online course catalog and course registration system in time for Fall 2013.
Features of this new system will include:
• Advisors gaining access to students' course and major information during course selection, regardless of home campus.
• A streamlined lottery process for both students and faculty.
• Quicker updates from course registration to Moodle class lists.
• Easier access to cross-majoring between campuses.
With "Virtual Bryn Mawr" and "Haverford Online Registration" merging, a fresh Bi-College-appropriate name is needed for our shared online system. As mentioned in the November issue of The SEADS Report, the monthly e-newsletter, SEADS would like to involve the community by holding a "Naming Contest" for this enhancement to the Bi-Co experience.
All Bi-College community members are encouraged to submit thoughtful nominations. All persons with eligible submissions will be entered into a drawing for a new iPad mini! You can submit as many entries as you want!
Please fill out the Google Form that is linked on the blog's "Resources" page by 5 p.m. on Monday, January 28. The SEADS Steering Committee will review the nominations and choose a list for community voting that will take place in Spring 2013.
Thanks so much for participating in this exciting initiative! As always, you can follow our progress on the SEADS website (www.haverford.edu/seads), which includes contact information for SEADS team leaders, as well as here on the SEADS blog (http://seads.blogs.brynmawr.edu/) and in the SEADS monthly e-newsletter, which is distributed to all Bi-Co community members.


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President Obama didn't think much of the Republican National Convention.
He told some 10,000 people Saturday at a rally in Urbandale, Iowa, that the agenda set out by nominee Mitt Romney and other speakers in Tampa was "better suited for the last century" more often than not.
(RELATED: Obama Jumps Into National Security Void)
"It was a rerun. We'd seen it before. You might as well have watched it on a black-and-white TV," Obama said, clearly enjoying himself. "If you didn't DVR it, let me recap it for you. Everything is bad, it's Obama's fault, and Gov. Romney is the only one who knows the secret to creating jobs and growing the economy."
He added, "There was a lot of talk about hard truths and bold choices, but nobody ever actually bothered to tell you what they were."
(RELATED: Team Obama Thinks This Race is In the Bag)
He said Romney "did not offer a single new idea, just retreads of the same old policies that have been sticking it to the middle class for years." He told the audience, "you've lived through it and you can't afford to repeat it."
The crowd booed when Obama opened his speech with a mention of the GOP convention. "Don't boo," he told them. "Vote."


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DrumeatDrum....First of all,how can you be absolutely certain, that Simon Phillips has back problems that are directly caused by playing drums?How can you also directly attreibute it to his set up?If he in fact has back problems,he clearly dosen't show it.
Clearly ,speculation.
Secondly,we're talking about drum SET,and not marching drums .The topic is flattening toms,using a drum KIT,not timp toms, tenor drums or marching snares.More that a few drum corps timp tom quad set up drummers DO have back problems.This isn't on topic really is it?
Thirdly,how does anyone know,that years down the road,that drummers that set up their kits with flat ,and low toms,won't have physical issues either?
Apples and oranges.I still say drum fashion.
Lets turn the clock back to illustrate my position a bit more clearly.
February 9,1964.The Beatles played live on the Ed sullivan show,and 73 MILLION people watched Ringo Starr,playind his Ludwig oyster black pearl drums.That was the date ,that millions of kids decided to play drums,and most of them wanted LUDWIG drums.So much so that Ludwig was producing over 100 sets a day and running 24 hours a day,6 days a week,and STILL not keeping up with demand.DRUM FASHION.
Ludwig drums,THEMSELVES were drum fashion,for most of the 60's and early 70's.The Ludwig speed king pedal,was also drum fashion.No matter what kit you played,most drummers were using a speed king.Ludwig drums from that era are sought after and collectable,because of the time period,and because their sound.See...DRUM FASHION.....GOOD thing.
That's what I'm talking about.It's not a personal attack,it's and educated observation.It's not about right and wrong.......it just is.
When someone set their kit up with flat toms,somebody saw it,and copied it,and then,somebody else copied it,and then........you get the picture now?If you set up that way,and it works for you...after having tried other set ups,then do what's best for you.If you're doing it because it just looks cool and hip,but playing that way really dosen't ring your bell....then screw cool,change it up.
Just like Ringo and his Ludwigs,started a huge drum fashion thing for Ludwig.It's not a bad thing....but it just IS.Period.
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The Cocker Spaniel is primarily a beloved companion dog breed, though he remains a capable bird dog at heart. Beautiful to look at (and labor-intensive to groom), the Cocker's amenable, cheerful disposition also makes him a treat to have in the family. Never more pleased than when he's pleasing you, he's as happy to snuggle on the couch with his favorite adults as to romp in the yard with the kids.
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The smallest member of the American Kennel Club Sporting Group, the Cocker Spaniel is the darling of many U.S. pet owners. Remember the female lead in Lady and the Tramp? It's no accident that the movie's model of an affectionate and pampered pet was a Cocker Spaniel. From the late 1930s to the 1950s, the Cocker was the number-one breed registered with the AKC. Then his popularity declined for almost 30 years, but he shot to the top of the charts again during the mid-1980s, and only in 1992 was his number-one status taken over by Labrador and Golden Retrievers. Today, the Cocker remains within the top 15 registered breeds.
And no wonder — a well-bred Cocker Spaniel is a pleasure to own. He is known for a merry, sound temperament. His flowing coat is extremely handsome, he's loving and gentle, and he wants nothing more than to make his family happy.
Compared to other dogs in the Sporting Group, the Cocker is small (20 to 30 pounds), fitting comfortably into an apartment, condo, or a small home. He is primarily a companion but is easily trained for the conformation show ring, obedience and agility competitions, and field work. He is also an excellent therapy dog.
The Cocker Spaniel resembles the English Cocker Spaniel, one of his peers in Sporting Group, and formerly the two breeds were considered one. However, a number of Spaniel fanciers noticed the different strains of Cocker and sought to preserve separate breeds and discourage the interbreeding of the English and American varieties. The American Kennel Club recognized the two breeds as separate in 1946.
The typical Cocker Spaniel is gentle, a loving and trustworthy family companion who is good with children, other pets, and the elderly. Unfortunately, his extreme popularity leaves him open to the bane of all favorite breeds: unscrupulous people who breed with no regard for temperament, health, or conformation.
As a result, some Cocker Spaniels have serious health and temperament problems. If you are considering a Cocker Spaniel, you must be extremely careful from whom you buy or adopt a puppy. Buy only from a reputable breeder. Never buy a puppy from a backyard breeder, puppy mill, or pet store. Reputable breeders breed with temperament in mind and perform various health tests to ensure that their breeding dogs don't pass on a predisposition to genetic diseases.


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DescriptionDecadence Gourmet Cheesecakes, founded in 2006, produces a unique and tasty product line of gourmet 'Cheesecakes in a Jar' in over 18 flavors; including dessert-style (what people normally think when they think of cheesecakes) as well as Savory Appetizer Cheesecakes.
We expanded to Richmond in the summer of 2013 and are now gearing up!
We currently work out of a commercial kitchen on West Broad but are probably going to move to a different location by the Fall.
In Colorado, where we started, I have had been hiring interns from the local culinary school and have, for the most part, been very happy with the students and would like to do the same in the Richmond area.
We will be starting off with 1-2 shifts a week Tuesdays and some Wednesdays, though that might increase faster than we think!), from 1:30 - 6:30 pm, but again, that might change as the demand increases.
We will be interviewing when I am in Richmond as I commute between Colorado and Virginia.
There also may be some hours working Farmer's Markets and other events.
ResponsibilitiesThe interns that we hire will be involved in every aspect of making and baking cheesecakes.
Assembling the ingredients, mixing the batters and toppings, everything.
RequirementsMust know their way around a kitchen!!!
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Your dog's coat keeps them warm and protected from the elements. However, it will not stay healthy without the proper care. Grooming your pet's coat is as important as any other dog health care issue. The exact procedure you go through to do this will depend on the type of coat your dog has.
However, basically grooming involves checking for fleas and ticks, brushing and/or combing, occasional bathing and at times, trimming the coat. In addition, you should cleanse the ears in the proper manner. Below are some specific dog care tips for grooming your pet's coat.
1. Checking for Fleas and Ticks
Fleas and ticks are both potential dog health problems. Many dogs are allergic to fleas and both these tiny critters carry diseases that can be transmitted to the dog. If your dogs are allergic to fleas, this could not only affect their skin, but also the quality of their coats. Check your dog's often for these pests.
2. How Often Should Grooming Be Performed
How often you groom your pet depends on the length, thickness and texture of his fur. Shorthaired dogs require once a week brushing. When the coat is short, but also dense you may need a wire brush or a combination brush to reach through the denseness. If the hair is extremely short, do not use a hard bristle or wire brush on them. Use a soft bristle or rubber brush.
On medium-length coats, they will need to be brushed twice a week. When you get into this length of coats, you can find it will mat quite easily. It is important that you brush down to the skin to prevent matting. If matting happens to badly, you may have to take the dog to a professional groomer to help you straighten the mess out to smooth your dog's coat.
Long haired dogs take the most brushing. Many require daily sessions of it to keep their hair form becoming matting or from shedding over all your furniture and belongings. These dogs may also need combing and trimming to have their coats at their best.
Remember, if your dog's coat has a top coat and under coat that you have to play special attention to getting the under coat free from loose hair and mats. This one of the dog care tips is extremely important
3. Trimming
If trimming is needed for the coats to look right, then you can get the right scissors and/or shavers to do the job in the pet shops or pet supply stores. Some people do not feel comfortable enough with this part of grooming to attempt by themselves, so they will take their dogs to a professional groomer. The paws, legs, ears and face are just some of the areas where trimming may be need with any of the types of coats.
4. Bathing
Most dogs only require periodic bathing. Over bathing your dogs, will strip the natural oils from their coats, and cause them to not have a sheen to their coat and loose some of their protection against the elements. Bath the dog when it is dirty from playing outside or about once every 2 to 3 months when it is indoors most of the time.
5. Type of Shampoo
Never use human shampoo it is much too strong for a dog's coat on top of having ingredients in it that are not safe for dogs. Only use shampoo specifically designed for dogs.
On top of the above dog care tips for taking care of a dog's coat, the right nutrition needs to be given to a dog. This provides him all the vitamins, minerals, protein and other nutrients to grow a healthy coat.
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Coralie Reinhart – I love your pics of the dogs! Do you ever go down to the Beagle rings? I am so missing our girl Binky, She is Al-Cor's Sweet Song of Great Oaks, this is her first wkeeend with a Handler, and AI am hoping the weather is good, the dogs are good and everyone has a good time. I just wish I were there too.


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MADISON — Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen has announced that the Wisconsin Department of Justice has filed a civil forfeiture action against Nicholas S. Wallace, the owner and operator of All Star Tax Service, a recently opened tax preparation business in Milwaukee located at 4935 West Center Street. The case was referred to the Department of Justice by the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) and the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP).
The state's complaint, filed today in Milwaukee County Circuit Court, alleges that Wallace has violated numerous Wisconsin lending and consumer protection laws, including operating an unlicensed consumer lending business; failing to provide proper documentation and disclosures relating to the loans; and making misrepresentations to consumers through advertisements and in-person.
According to the complaint, Wallace opened All Star Tax Service earlier this month, and solicited customers by advertising loans through a "Helping Hand Loan Program." A number of consumers were led to believe that the loans being offered were interest-free, when in fact Wallace was charging interest or a finance charge of 50%, to be repaid from the borrower's income tax refund. Because some borrowers could receive refunds two months after the loan was made, at this rate the annualized interest rate or finance charge would be approximately 300%. Wallace, according to the complaint, did not obtain a license from DFI that is required to engage in consumer lending; nor did he comply with the disclosure requirements applicable to consumer loans.
The complaint also alleges that Wallace made misrepresentations to consumers, including leading consumers to believe they could obtain interest-free loans, that the loans were being offered through a bank and that All Star has business affiliations with various banks, and that All Star could provide education income tax credits of up to $4000. The state seeks forfeitures and injunctive relief prohibiting the continuation of illegal practices.
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|January 2002
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Mary Louise Jensen, Building Consultant
On September 29, 2001, the new East Granby Public Library was dedicated. East Granby is located midway between Hartford, CT, and Springfield, MA, very near the Bradley International Airport. The area of the town is 17.6 square miles with a population of approximately 4,745. The main industries are manufacturing and quarrying.
The old library building, a split-level building, required patrons to go up 10 stairs to the first floor or down 10 stairs to the ground floor when they entered. The building was not handicapped accessible, was only 3,850 square feet, and could no longer meet the needs of the community.
The new library, an 11,320 square foot building, is located in a town government complex with the fire and police departments, community center, ambulance service, and town hall. One major design objective for the new library building was that the scale of the library should fit with the surrounding buildings. The library is a one-story brick building with dormers. The main focal point of the building is the entrance with portico and cupola. Some keys areas in the library are
Quiet reading areas
A separate children's room that has it own entrance off of the main entrance
Exceptional painted art work on the walls in the children's room
A children's program room off the children's room
A larger meeting room that seats 54 located near the entrance and the children's room. The meeting room can be used when the library is closed, is near restrooms and has a kitchen and a storage area for the tables and chair
A small conference room
A new book area, located near the circulation desk, that is accented with the natural light from the windows and dormers
A local history room
Centralized staff offices and staff work area.
A fenced in terrace that can be accessed from the children's and young adult areas
Barbara Joslin and Jim Glenn from Best and Joslin Architects were the architects The landscape architect was Henry Withers from CR3.
The funding for this project came from grants, fundraising, and town bonding. The total cost of the project was $2,604,724. The first two major funding sources were a major gift (by January 27, 1999, the gift was worth $800,000) and a $500,000 State Public Library Construction Grant. Later the town voted a sum of $950,000. To date the library has raised an additional $300,000 and is continuing to raise more funds.
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Lightning rods are so last century: Next-gen lightning protection and harvesting with high-powered lasers April 11, 2014 at 11:06 am
The standard way of protecting buildings (and their occupants) from lightning is pretty simple: You stick a lightning rod on the roof, and then some kind of conducting channel that takes the huge discharge of electricity and dumps it into the ground. This is a tried and tested method that is used by most of the world's tall buildings. In the case of something vital like lightning protection, I'm usually a firm believer in "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" — but that was before I read about a new lightning protection system that uses lasers to redirect the lightning, so that it ignores the building entirely and takes a totally new route to the ground.


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Definition of jolly hockey sticks in English:
(In imitations of speech associated with a type of upper-class English schoolgirl) used to express boisterous enthusiasm or excitement: Hurrah and jolly hockey sticks! The Royals are once again out in force for another season of one-day events
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- Jolly hockey sticks! Another mad VAT case.
- She was wearing a gym slip, exactly like those worn by schoolgirls who exercise daily and shout "Oh jolly hockey sticks!"
- Jolly hockey sticks! There was another train withn 15 minutes.
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Denoting or relating to a woman or girl having a boisterous or hearty manner regarded as characteristic of a type of upper-class English schoolgirl: I know she's dreadfully jolly hockey sticks, but she does mean well
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- She seems terribly English in a jolly hockey sticks sort of way.
- I knew some kids, usually of the jolly hockey sticks variety, who couldn't wait to tumble back into the classroom to see their pals.
- She is not quite jolly hockey sticks but she is definitely on the same playing field.
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Michael A. De Leon is a graphic designer by day, but wears many hats in his off time. In 2004, after several years of covering the Spurs, he started Project Spurs, a Spurs team fansite as an outlet to provide content to Spurs fans, while continuing to write for himself and learning the ins and outs of online publishing and web design. He has since built a writing team and started a popular weekly Spurs podcast called the Spurscast.
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Notts County want Craig Beattie to replace Hughes
Posted: January 09, 2013|
NOTTS County want Craig Beattie to replace Lee Hughes.
The Post reported yesterday that the Magpies had lined-up an ex-Premier League striker, after boss Keith Curle made the big decision to let Hughes leave Meadow Lane on Monday.
And Beattie, who has played in the top-flight for West Brom, is the man he believes can spearhead the club's challenge for promotion in League One in the second half of the season.
Curle tried to sign the Scotland international back in the summer, but he turned down a move to Notts to join SPL side St Johnstone on a one-year deal.
But it has not worked out for the 28-year-old at McDiarmid Park – and he has made played just four games as a sub this season.
Beattie trained with the Notts County squad yesterday and could be announced ahead of the game this weekend at Portsmouth.
Hughes completed his switch to Vale yesterday, after completing a medical at the League Two club, and his exit has left Notts with just two strikers – leading-scorer Yoann Arquin and Enoch Showunmi – so they must act quickly to bolster their frontline.
Glasgow-born Beattie began his career at Celtic before moving south of the border to join West Brom for £1.25m in 2007.
He has also played for Preston, Crystal Palace, Sheffield United, Swansea, Watford and Hearts and has netted 32 goals in 167 league games in his career.
At 6ft-tall, Beattie is a burly striker who would add a physical presence to Notts' attack.


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Introducing the Unreal Canucks GIF Tournament, a quest to determine which Canucks GIF is the greatest in existence. We've narrowed it down to 32 candidates, divided into four divisions then seeded, one through eight. Now we need your help. An important note: this isn't just something to do while the players and the owners waste time bickering over who should get what's left of the money they're burning — it's also a super-important initiative. After all, if we don't do this, how else will we know? AND WE MUST KNOW.
(4) We call this gif RYAN KESLER, LORD OF THE POMMEL HORSE.
There are many gifs of this magical moment when Ryan Kesler decided that the best way to get to the puck was to vault over Pekka Rinne and the net, but this one is my favourite, if only because it totally looks like Rinne is giving Kesler a boost with his shoulder. It also makes Kesler's swing look almost graceful and artistic. Most of all I love it because it strips it of all context, just showing Kesler climbing around, looking like a doofus. A graceful and artistic doofus. I love this gif.
(5) We call this gif KESLURK WORKOUT.
In case you were wondering, ladies and gentlemen, Kesler works out. It's also entirely possible that he's sexy and he knows it. And, every once in a while, he does the wiggle man. This gif does not sync perfectly with LMFAO's "Sexy and I Know It," but it doesn't feel right watching it without putting it on in the background.
OKAY. Now let's vote.
Voting closes at midnight.
WINNER — RYAN KESLER, LORD OF THE POMMEL HORSE (62.14%)Tags: unreal canucks gif tournament
It's the pommel horse of course:
"So flies the reckless shepherd from the wolf"'
(In this case a less than wily coyote).
Thus this the gif that I endorse,
As Kesler makes like Don Quixote
(Moving from Shakespear to Cervantes)
His action quite a tour de force.
Totally unrelated, but -
Has anyone seen the new Robax commercial where the doll (or whatever he is) is carving a big block of wood (I guess…)- which becomes the female doll? I tried to find it on youtube with no success.
Anyway, while he's carving the wood it takes on the shape of a certain rock that Canucks fans may be familiar with – and all I can think is: Where is naked Kesler???
Endorsement opportunity missed Robax.
well, win some ya lose some. not quite sure exactly yet about gif aesthetics but i've got a feeling that a certain kind of bennyhillesque choppy fast-forward comedy is involved somewhere. but the keslurk, on its tight short loop, had that in spades but lost to the vault. confusing….i guess you just gotta let go, close your eyes and fall backwards into the gifness. that's the beauty , i suppose, and watching clumsy kes fumbling his way over the net, which induces all the bated anticipation of watching someone fumbling for their keys in their pocket while waiting for a door to be unlocked, is part of that beauty. it's all art right.
keep it snappy, people. one more time with gusto… 1,2,3,4…!


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The Eagles' kicker competition was never supposed to be easy.
It just wasn't supposed to be this difficult either.
Four weeks after training camp began with supposed Vanderbilt rookie sensation Carey Spear set to challenge Alex Henery, the Eagles still have a major question mark at the position. The difference is, the pieces have changed.
The Spear experiment was laid to rest early Saturday. The 22-year-old was cut after struggling so much in practice that he was never given a chance to attempt a kick during the team's first three preseason games (see story).
Now in his place is fellow rookie Cody Parkey, the former Auburn kicker who was acquired from the Indianapolis Colts earlier this week.
With only one preseason game remaining, the Eagles need answers now. Coming off a season in which he made 82 percent of his kicks, Henery has continued to struggle this preseason, missing two of the three kicks he has attempted, including a 31-yarder Thursday against the Steelers.
Asked about how the Eagles can possibly evaluate Parkey against Henery when they'll only have one game to look at the former, Chip Kelly stated the truth. They have no choice.
"You gotta do it," Kelly said. "We have kicking periods during the week and then we've got a game to play. … You'll see what opportunities give us the chance to see how it is.
"There's nothing else we can do. We can't get another scrimmage and we can't get another game. We've got to make decisions based upon the amount of time we have Cody in here with Alex and then go from there."
In Parkey, the Eagles at least have a player who has made a kick in an NFL preseason game, something Spear never did. Parkey went 2 for 2 on field-goal attempts, including a 45-yarder in the Colts' preseason loss to the Giants last week.
The inexperienced Parkey has seen his situation completely change in the span of a few days. Instead of challenging an aging legend in Adam Vinatieri with the Colts, he now finds himself on a team desperate for stability at his position.
"My main focus was winning the job in Indianapolis," Parkey said. "I really wasn't concerned about other teams to be honest.
"It's different because usually you can get a nice little rhythm in OTAs with the same team but it's fine. I'm going to make the best of my opportunity."
The move to add Parkey has been the latest in what has been a pressure-filled offseason for Henery.
A year ago, the former fourth-round draft pick was the only kicker in camp and considered to be a long-term option for the team after making 88 percent of his kicks during his first two seasons.
Now, he is trying to bounce back from a season in which he hit just 67 percent on kicks longer than 40 yards and missed a crucial 48-yard try during the Eagles' two-point loss to the Saints in the playoffs.
Predictably, Henery claimed that having more kickers in camp doesn't affect him, and that his focus is solely on his own performance.
"I just come here to kick myself," Henery said. "It's one of those things you don't worry about. There's always someone trying to steal your job."
To his credit, Henery hasn't placed any of the blame for his misses this preseason on long snapper Jon Dorenbos or holder Donnie Jones, putting everything on himself.
He has also looked good during the team's practices. While that may seem impressive after watching someone like Spear miss those same attempts, Henery knows that it ultimately doesn't matter.
He needs to produce during the games. More specifically, he needs to take advantage of any opportunities he gets Thursday against the Jets. If he doesn't, and Parkey shows more promise, it could be the end of Henery's time in Philadelphia.
"Another kicker or not, you just try to go out there and hit good balls," Henery said. "I've been hitting really good balls, it's just those few bad one have come at not good times.
"[Games are] pretty much the same thing [as practice]. You just make sure you're focused on all the little things. … It's a big mental game but really it's the same kick every time."


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Long July Cocoa reaches reaction line on projected reversal date!
July Cocoa - When July Cocoa dipped into the 60% buy window on April 12th, the RT Swing Trader program triggered a buy signal for the July Cocoa at 2934. As soon as the buy signal was triggered, the RT Swing Trader identified April 26th as the projected reversal swing date and placed the reaction target objective at the 3200 to 3250 price objective. As you can see for the chart below, during the following eleven trading days, Cocoa rallied from the entry price at 2934 and finally reached the reaction line target objective of 3228 on the projected reversal swing date of April 26th. This is a prime example of how understanding how to use the action-reaction methodology and being able to identify the proper set up pattern can be used to enhance any trading approach. If you do not have the time to do the proper analysis, the RT Swing Trader will do it for you.
How the median line acts as a price magnet. [chart]
This Coffee chart is a great example how the median line (center line) acts like a magnet to attract price. How the market reacts to this line can be a very good indicator of future price action. A market that reaches the line quickly and with a wide range day will typically reverse at the line. On the other hand, a market that gradually moves toward the line in an orderly manner can penetrate the line slightly will usually trade on both sides of the line, forming a series of small swing patterns, before breaking in direction of the origional trend and move towards next parallel line. Lastly, if the market surges through the line and closes with a major part of the trading range past the median, it will usually pullback to test the median line--offering one more opportunity to enter the market--before trading towards the new parallel line target objective.  Looking at the Coffee chart, you can see how the the market posted a wide range day on March 18, touched the line and dropped back to the lower support line before making another run at the median line. The market is currently trading along the line making higher highs.
The last thing of importance is when the market fails to reach the median line. This price action signifies a price failure can set up a major price move in the opposite direction. All of this things offer helpful insight into market behavior and  future market direction.
Sugar reaches target objective!
Sugar completed a bearish TR pattern after the (D) pivot high was confirmed inside the 60% sell window on February 16. (See February 17th issue of TMV Swing Trading Report)  The sell signal at 26.05 was triggered the following day. The reverse/forward count projected the future reversel date for February 24 (marked on chart) with a target at 23.65. Sugar formed a new swing pattern inside the (C) to (D) reaction swing, but the two day paused ended with a large outside day on February 22. The market reached the 23.65 target objective the following day for a gain of 240 points.
Is the rally in Sugar over? [chart]
March Sugar – According to the F.O. Licht Research Company, sugar prices probably will decline from a 29-year high this year as a "huge increase†in production, mainly by Brazil, may balance the market. Higher prices encouraged farmers to boost planting and weather in Brazil provided improved growing conditions to help increase production. Looking at the Sugar charts, I see that the market has made three higher highs since January 21st with each new high stopped by the ascending median line resistance. I have February 5th as the next projected reversal swing date. However, I don't expect to see any significant rally in Sugar before that date. The three higher highs are indicative of a market losing momentum and a possible top. I will monitor the market for a entry signal and have a new recommendation in the TMV Swing Trade report.
Short Coffee swing trade reaches median target objective! [chart]
TMV Swing trade report subscribers were alerted to a swing trading opportunity on the March Coffee in last night's issue. The sell signal was triggered at 138.25 and the market immediately fell to a low of 133.55 and reached the median line target objective.
Does the Swing pattern failure mark end of current rally in Sugar? [chart]
The current upward cycle for the recent run in Sugar may have come to and end. The market has been tradign on the weak side of the ascending median line and failed to reach the sloping reaction line target objective before the January 27, reversal swing date. This is a indication the market is losing momentum and signals and end to the current rally. Time to exit long positions.
Swing trading strategy triggers sell in Silver [chart]
Silver crossed over the median line on December 9, but failed to follow through. The market rallied in a corrective rally and hit resistance at the 20-day SMA and closed sharply lower on Thursday. This is a negative pattern and portends another leg lower for the Silver.  The sell was triggered at 16.89. Silver is projected to trade lower into the December 28 reversal swing date
Coffee surges to high off TC swing pattern. [chart]
The TMV swing trade strategy was filled at 145.85 early in Tuesday's session. The market rebounded off the upward sloping parallel line and the 20-day SMA to confirm the TC swing pattern. The reverse/forward count projects a price move to the reaction line target at 158.00 with the next reversal swing date due on December 28th.
Was Friday's pullback a buying opportunity in Coffee? [chart]
8:45 am MST - The recent long position was closed after Coffee backed away from the three-point trend line. I want to see a pullback and a new entry price. Since the longer-term cycle is still bullish into the December 14th reversal swing date, Friday's pullback to the 20-day SMA is a new buying opportunity with a target objective of 152.00 where the sloping reaction line and ascending median line cross. This can be a very good swing trading opportunity.
New Swing Trading strategy for Coffee [chart]
According to the Dow Jones Newswires, Colombia's Federation of Coffee Growers projected this year's coffee crop to be 8.1 million bags in 2009. That total is down from 11.5 million bags produced in 2008. Coffee exports from India, Asia's third-biggest producer, have declined 16 percent in the 11 months due to crop damage caused by excessive rains in the nation's main growing region.
The chart pattern gave notice of this shortfall several days ago when the market bottomed one day after the November 11th reversal swing date. Coffee rallied off the November 11th low, traded above the 20-day MA and formed a bullish TR swing pattern. The TR pattern projects a move to the reaction target line, currently resting at 152.00, on or before the December 14th reversal swing date. I was trying to buy a pullback to 141.25 over night, but the low was 142.40. The cycle remains bullish and the price projections are strong, so I will raise the buy limit to 142.75


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Matt Kemp has begun upper-body workouts for the first time since offseason shoulder surgery. Kemp's agent, Dave Stewart, relays that The Bison is pain-free three months after his surgery.
Chad Billingsley continues to progress from his elbow injury and has reported no setbacks thus far, according to Ken Gurnick.
"Physically, Chad's doing great, and he's excited about the year," said Stewart. "He sounds confident. I'm not in his head, but he sounds like he's relieved that the throwing program worked out well. He's pain-free. He said he's right where he needs to be."
Promising news, but again, the reason for the rotation depth is that nobody really knows how he'll hold up until he gets out there on the mound and goes full bore.
Mark Saxon of ESPN Los Angeles has an update on Carl Crawford's offseason progress and Don Mattingly's expectations of his continued recovery from Tommy John surgery.
"It's all positive, nothing negative," Mattingly said. "His throwing will probably be a little behind at first, but as I recall, he wasn't a guy who had a cannon to begin with. He can go get the ball and he's a good defender, but his defense isn't really built around having a good arm."
Probably one of the most important players for the Dodgers going forward, at least in terms of boom-or-bust potential. He can be anything from a 4-5 win player to a complete non-factor due to injury like he was the last two years, so obviously the status of his health looms large.
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I've been fighting and training for years...but as soon as my opponent crashed in with the straight blast, I **** my pants, fell into the fetal position, and began to cry.
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Semen Blast: there is no substitute.
1. Undress another man (shirt, pants, underwear)
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3. Finish off with penetration, friction, ejaculation.
No BS. Simple and effective. Why isn't this kind of sex practiced in every "style"? It's one of the most powerful manuever I've experienced, and not everyone seems to know about it outside of JKD.
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to the story. When I heard Joseph's voice outside my office talking to Junia, I buzzed her and asked her to send him in.
"What's this all about, Joseph, and how can I help?'
"Well, I had trouble with microbiology and I had to take a makeup. The problem was, I had to take Part I of the boards before the makeup, but they didn't want me to. I had already paid my money, and I couldn't start the third year if I did not pass the boards. So the good news is I passed the boards, including the micro section, but the bad news is they say I flunked the makeup. So that, plus some troubles I had in the first year, means I have to leave school."
"Joseph, do you want me to intervene?"
"No, Dr. F. In fact, you could be part of the problem. They want to know how a 'marginal' student could spend so much time volunteering in Haiti."
"Joseph, don't let anyone ever tell you that you are 'marginal.' You will be a great doctor. The problems are that English is not your first language and you're working three jobs to pay your way through school. But I don't see what the issue is. You passed your boards. That ought to count as the makeup!"
I shared all of this with Michel. "It's like the school has put a zombie curse on poor Joseph," I confided.
"It's a triple curse," Michel came back. "Three strikes and you're out: He's poor, he's black, and he's Haitian."
"They're trying to make an example of him, I know it. The whole medical education department is new, and they're obsessed with grades and board scores. They probably didn't expect him to pass his boards, and that's why they didn't want him to take the foolish test!"
Mark, the new senior associate dean for medical education, was one of my former residents and one of the original collaborators on our AIDS study. Perhaps I could reason with him.
"Hi, Mark. This is Art. I'm calling about Joseph."
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Marshall, Houston feature top aerial attacks
HUNTINGTON -- When Marshall University and the University of Houston get together Saturday, the top two passing attacks in Conference USA will collide.
Marshall comes into the C-USA football contest averaging 358.5 yards through the air per game while Houston is throwing for 324.6 yards each outing.
Those numbers are good for third and 11th respectively in the nation.
Houston visit Marshall for a noon game in Joan C. Edwards Stadium. CSS has the telecast on Huntington cable Ch. 68. Both teams are 4-6 overall and 3-3 in the conference.
Both teams are also coming off of subpar passing weeks, and they will look to get the offense back into rhythm through the air.
Last week, Marshall faced a three-down front against UAB, who dropped several players into coverage and the result was quarterback Rakeem Cato throwing for his lowest yardage total of the season -- 216 yards -- in a 38-31 loss.
It was a contest in which the Herd had just seven points with about five minutes remaining in the third quarter.
Cato has thrown for 3,506 yards while completing nearly 70 percent of his passes. He has thrown for 29 touchdowns with only eight interceptions.
Despite the success, he knows a repeat of last week can't happen if Marshall is to emerge victorious.
"Right now, as an offense, you have to score every drive," Cato said. "Over these last two weeks, every drive we need to put up points. That's where my head is at right now."
As for Houston, the loss of running back Charles Sims, one of C-USA's best at the position, is not just affecting the running game.
The Cougars have suddenly become extremely one-dimensional offensively and the opposition has teed off at quarterback David Piland.
In last week's loss to Tulsa (41-7), Piland finished just 15 of 32 passing for 148 yards and two interceptions.
On the season, Piland has thrown for 2,942 yards and 16 touchdowns while also throwing 12 interceptions.
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"It's about time the President stood up to the liberal media elite." Says columnist George Will. "Guys like Woodward have gotten a free ride long enough. Its about time people who have gotten it wrong so many times in the past are taken to account. Woodward is getting what he deserves. I for one am glad he was taken into custody. By the way my new book George Bush :The Warrior Messiah will be on newsstands next week."
"What does this mean...? Squat! That's what it means." Says Fox News personality Bill O'Reilly. "Woodward is a flake. Tell me one big story he has broken! One! You can't. Can you? He probably got picked up as part of the Foley investigation."
The Washington Post has appealed to the White House for information on the whereabouts of Woodward, but has received no information.
Unconfirmed sources now indicate that Woodward has been taken to the White House for an in depth interview with the President himself. The President apparently feels misused by Woodward and has some a few very severe questions he wants answered. Photo's of the interview have been sent to the Washington Post to confirmed the heath and well being of Woodward.
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August 2005
The California Court of Appeal, for the first
time since 1988, has agreed that when an insured misrepresents or conceals,
in an application for insurance, facts subjectively material to the underwriter
who agreed to the risk, the insurer may effectively rescind the policy.
by Barry
Barry Zalma Inc.
On March 8, 2005 the California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District,
Division Five affirmed and enforced California's Marine Rule, enforced the rescission
of an insurance policy because of misrepresentation or concealment of material
fact, and defeated an argument that statutory language in a policy of insurance
changed the law of rescission. In James E. Mitchell,
Individually and as Trustee of the Mitchell Family Trust v. United National
Ins. Co., 127 Cal. App. 4th 457, 25 Cal. Rptr. 3d 627, 2005 Daily Journal
D.A.R., 05 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2009, 5 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2099, the Court
of Appeal summarized its holding as follows:
Mitchell individually was the named insured under an insurance policy issued
by United National that provided coverage for a commercial building owned by
the Mitchell Family Trust in Los Angeles. During the policy period, the building
was destroyed by arson. The arsonist, an acquaintance of Mitchell's, perished
in the fire. In the ensuing investigation,1 United
National discovered several purported misrepresentations in Mitchell's application
for insurance, rescinded the policy, and offered to return Mitchell's premium.
United National moved for summary judgment on two alternative grounds:
Material misrepresentations in the application for insurance gave United
National the right, under Insurance Code sections 331 and 359, to rescind
the policy; and
The policy's dishonest act exclusion barred coverage because Mitchell's
representative, to whom Mitchell had entrusted the property, intentionally
set fire to the property.
The trial court granted summary judgment on both grounds.
Mitchell purchased the building in February 2000 in the name of his trust.
On April 11, 2000, Mitchell's brokers submitted an application for insurance
to Debra Messina of Excess & Surplus Lines Insurance Brokers, Inc., an authorized
underwriter for United National. The application made certain material representations
upon which the underwriter, Messina, relied in deciding to insure Mitchell:
the property to be insured consisted of a 3,420 square foot commercial
the building was to be used by Mitchell as a "video production studio
and offices";
the business to be conducted in the building had $20,000 in payroll and
generated $300,000 in receipts;
there was no existing insurance on the building;
the building had no uncorrected fire code violations;
the building had a burglar alarm; and
Records & Records & Filmworks, Inc. (later changed to James E. Mitchell)
was the purchaser of the building.
In fact, the evidence collected by the insurer established that:
the building was less than 2,000 square feet;
the business conducted in the building had no officers or employees,
was used only to film a music video for two days in May or June of 2000,
and was leased to a tenant who operated a garment business;
the business in the building generated approximately $6,500 in receipts
from February 2000 to the time of the fire;
the building was insured by the California FAIR Plan, an insurer of "last
the building was subject to a City of Los Angeles abatement order stating
that the building could not be occupied without a clearance or repaired
without a permit and contained such deficiencies as being open to unauthorized
entry, littered with combustible debris, excessive dry weeds or vegetation,
broken windows, damaged or missing doors, damaged exterior wall covering,
damaged interior wall and ceiling covering, and deteriorated flooring (and
no permit had been obtained for corrective work on these deficiencies);
the building had no burglar alarm; and
the building was owned by the Mitchell Family Trust.
In addition, it was established by United National's thorough investigation
and the examination under oath of Mr. Mitchell that in July 2000, he rented
the property to a tenant who operated a garment manufacturing business. In August
2000, a city inspector cited the tenant for failure to obtain a certificate
of occupancy, and Mitchell was forced to release the tenant from the lease and
return most of the rent payments. The property was vacant on November 22, 2000,
the date of the fire.
According to Mitchell, before the property was damaged by the fire, he met
Carl Robinson, who represented himself as a business consultant with a prospective
buyer for the property, and gave Robinson the keys to the property for the purpose
of showing it to the prospective buyer. On November 22, 2000, while Mitchell
was in Chicago, Robinson set fire to the building and was killed in the ensuing
In his first amended complaint, Mitchell admitted that the application for
insurance submitted to United National "contained inaccuracies" that caused
United National to rescind the policy, but claimed that those inaccuracies were
not material and were solely the fault of his brokers.
Ms. Messina, the underwriter, stated in an undisputed declaration, that the
size and condition of the building, as well as its proposed use as an owner-occupied
business, were important factors in rating the risk to be insured against and
in deciding whether or not to issue an insurance policy. She further declared
that had she known that there were uncorrected fire code violations, the building
was substantially smaller than had been represented in the insurance application,
and that the property was not to be used as studios and offices for Mitchell's
own music video company, she either would have underwritten the policy differently
or declined to underwrite it altogether. Further, she did not know of the existence
of prior insurance coverage under the California FAIR Plan—an important underwriting
consideration because such coverage indicated past problems in acquiring insurance
The trial court granted summary judgment in United National's favor, finding
"as a matter of law on the undisputed facts that the information sought by United's
underwriter and denied to it by plaintiff's false answers and omissions was
material to United's decision to provide insurance coverage. The uncontradicted
evidence of United's underwriter confirms the importance that United attached
to the information. Under these circumstances, the materiality of plaintiff's
concealment is established as a matter of law." The trial court further concluded,
"in addition, coverage is excluded because the loss was the consequence of the
dishonest act (arson) of plaintiff's authorized representative to whom he entrusted
the property for the purpose of showing it to a potential buyer (Robinson)."
United National based its right to rescind the policy on Insurance Code sections
331 and 359. Insurance Code section 331 states: "Concealment, whether intentional
or unintentional, entitles the injured party to rescind insurance." Insurance
Code section 359 similarly provides: "If a representation is false in a material
point, whether affirmative or promissory, the injured party is entitled to rescind
the contract from the time the representation becomes false."
The court, recognizing the history of the rescission statutes are part of
a larger statutory framework that imposes "heavy burdens of disclosure" "upon
both parties to a contract of insurance and any material misrepresentation or
the failure, whether intentional or unintentional, to provide requested information
permits rescission of the policy by the injured party." (Imperial
Casualty & Indemnity Co. v. Sogomonian, 198 Cal. App. 3d 169, 179-180
(1988) (Imperial).)2 The statutory scheme created by the California Insurance Code is a codification
of what has become known as the "Marine Rule" first enunciated by Lord Mansfield
in the House of Lords in Britain in 1766 in Carter v.
Boehm, S.C. 1 Bl.593, 3 Burr 1906, 11 May 1766, that held in language
almost identical to that in the California Insurance Code:
* * *
As the Court of Appeal noted:
The Court of Appeal recognized that the reason for the right to rescind is
in support of the parties' freedom to contract.
Citing to the history of rescission in California, the Court of Appeal recognized
that it was applying a long line of California decisions, including Telford v. New York Life Ins. Co., 9 Cal. 2d
103, 105 (1937); Dinkins v. American National Ins. Co.,
92 Cal. App. 3d 222, 232 (1979); Thompson v. Occidental
Life Ins. Co., 9 Cal. 3d 904, 915-916 (1973); Williamson & Vollmer Engineering, Inc. v. Sequoia Ins. Co., 64 Cal. App.
3d 261, 273 (1976), and Imperial, supra, 198
Cal. App. 3d at p. 182, Croskey, et al., Cal. Practice Guide: Insurance Litigation,
¶ 5:169, p. 5-32.4 (The Rutter Group, 2004).
Insurance Code Section 2070 requires particular language in all fire insurance
policies issued in California and Section 2071 is the language required. The
standard form policy contains the following provision concerning an insured's
concealment or misrepresentation of a material fact:
To void a policy based on the insured's violation of the standard form policy's
fraud and concealment provision, "the false statement must have been knowingly
and willfully made with the intent (express or implied) of deceiving the insurer.
The materiality of the statement will be determined by the objective standard of its effect upon a reasonable insurer." (Cummings
v. Fire Ins. Exchange, 202 Cal. App. 3d 1407, 1414-1415, fn.7 (1988),
original italics [voiding fire insurance policy based on insured's fraudulent
claim for policy benefits].)
The court recognized that an insurer's right to void a fire insurance policy
under Insurance Code Section 2071 is more limited than the right to rescind
accorded by Insurance Code sections 331 and 359 because the insurer must prove
an intentional or willful act by the insured or the insured's agents while rescission
can be affirmed when there is merely an innocent misrepresentation of a material
fact. The statutes, however, are not mutually exclusive. An insurer faced with
misrepresentations in an application for insurance may choose to rescind, void,
or both.
The Court of Appeal concluded that there is no authority to support Mitchell's
argument that the fraud and concealment provision in Insurance Code Section
2071, and not Insurance Code sections 331 or 359, governs the right to rescind
a fire insurance policy based on misrepresentations in the insurance application.
Different statutes within the same code should be interpreted to be consistent.
The court, applying the rules of statutory interpretation found that the since
standard form policy does not "provide for the consequences of a non-willful
misrepresentation or concealment should not be read to prevent the application
of other Insurance Code provisions that do."
Concluding, importantly, that insurers are entitled to exercise their right
to freedom of contract and the right to make an informed decision whether or
not to insure a given risk are strong policy considerations that support more
liberal rescission rights for misrepresentations made at the inception of the
insurance contract. As one authority has noted: "Despite the significant statutory
prescription of fire insurance policy terms, contracts of this kind are treated
as voluntary contracts rather than legislative enactments, since they derive
their force and efficacy from the consent of the parties." (10
Couch On Insurance (3d ed. 1998) § 149:3, p. 149-10.)
Finding that both Insurance Code Sections 331 and 359 and the fraud and concealment
provisions of the standard form policy prescribed by Insurance Code Section
2071 apply to misrepresentations made at any time the rescission provisions
normally govern the parties' obligations during formation of the insurance contract,
and allow an insurer to rescind a fire insurance
policy based on an insured's negligent or unintentional concealment or misrepresentation
of a material fact.
The standard fraud and concealment provision of the standard fire insurance
policy on the other hand is exercised in connection with a claim for policy
benefits. Importantly, the Court of Appeal refused to accept Mitchell's argument
and concluded:
Mitchell's application for insurance contained misstatements of fact concerning
the size and use of the building, the existence of building code violations,
and the existence of insurance coverage for the property. The materiality of
a misrepresentation is determined by its probable and reasonable effect upon
the insurer. When deciding to rescind or not rescind an insurer should consider,
according to the Court of Appeal:
The test for materiality is whether the information would have caused
the underwriter to reject the application, charge a higher premium, or amend
the policy terms, had the underwriter known the true facts. (Old
Line Life Ins. Co. v. Superior Court, 229 Cal. App. 3d 1600, 1604
The misrepresentation need not relate to the loss ultimately claimed
by the insured. (Torbensen v. Family Life Ins. Co.,
163 Cal. App. 2d 401, 405 (1958))
Whether the decision to enter into the contract, in estimating the degree
or character of the risk, or in fixing the premium rate thereon (Holz
Rubber Co., Inc. v. American Star Ins. Co., 14 Cal. 3d 45, 61 (1975))
"Materiality is determined by the probable and reasonable effect that
truthful disclosure would have had upon the insurer in determining the advantages
of the proposed contract. [Citations.] Essentially, we must decide whether
the insurer was misled into accepting the risk or fixing the premium of
insurance. [Citations.]"].) "This is a subjective test; the critical question is the effect truthful answers would have had
on [the insurer], not on some 'average reasonable' insurer." (Imperial,
supra, 198 Cal. App. 3d at p. 181, original italics; see also Cummings v. Fire Ins. Exchange, supra, 202
Cal. App. 3d at pp. 1414-1415, fn. 7; Coca Cola
Bottling Co. v. Columbia Casualty Ins. Co., 11 Cal. App. 4th 1176,
1189, fn. 4 (1992).)
The Court of Appeal recognized, and agreed with Imperial,
supra, 198 Cal. App. 3d at page 179, where the court suggested that the
issue of materiality of a misrepresentation in an insurance application might
be one of law. The Imperial Court stated:
The application questions presented to Mitchell plainly impacted the decisions
on whether to insure and the premium to charge. Mitchell admitted that questions
concerning the ownership, size and condition of the building, the nature of
the business to be conducted, and its payroll and receipts, and the existence
of insurance under the FAIR Plan were factors impacting either the underwriting
decision or the amount of the premium and coverage, and that his answers to
these questions may have affected the decision to bind coverage and the amount
of the premium.
Mitchell argued that Messina and United National should have verified the
accuracy of his representations at the time the decision was made to insure
him rather than wait until after a loss. The Court of Appeal disposed of the
argument with ease citing to ancient authority that Ms. Messina had no obligation
to verify the accuracy of the representations, citing to Robinson v. Occidental Life Ins. Co., supra,
131 Cal. App. 2d at 585, which held that in connection with an insurance application
"[i]t was not incumbent upon [insurer] to investigate [insured's] statements
made to the examiner. It was [insured's] duty to divulge fully all he knew.…"
The decision to affirm the rescission was reached because:
the evidence of materiality of the misrepresentations was uncontradicted;
the application was for significant insurance covering the peril of fire;
the information sought went directly to questions of insurability, risk,
and premium;
the insured admitted that there were misrepresentations on the application,
that the insurer considered the information important to its underwriting
With such overwhelming facts the Court of Appeal concluded, using a double
negative, that a reasonable trier of fact could not find that the representations
in this case were not material.
Since the court's conclusion on rescission resolved the entire case it declined
to discuss the intentional act portion of the case.
Every California insured, and every broker representing insureds, must treat
applications for insurance seriously. Answers must be accurate at the time the
application is submitted to the insurer for a decision to insure or not insure.
Misrepresentations or concealment of material facts—whether intentional or innocent—can
leave an insured with a legitimate claim, without coverage.
Although Mitchell was apparently not innocent in his misrepresentations—his
representative burned the building intentionally and so incompetently that he
died in the fire—admission that facts established as material were misrepresented
on the application was sufficient to allow United National to rescind.
Insurers faced with an application that appears to contain false representations
that would have been material to the decision to insure or not insure, must
protect themselves and, before deciding to rescind, complete a thorough investigation
that includes, at the very least, the items below.
The recorded statement of the insured with a detailed review
of all of the representations made in the application.
The examination under oath of the insured to obtain under-oath
statements of the true facts and why different facts were made on
the application.
The recorded statement of the retail broker to determine the
source of the information on the application.
Obtaining a complete copy of the retail broker's file.
Obtaining a complete copy of the underwriting file.
The recorded statement or other interview of the underwriter
to determine—without the use of leading questions—the effect true
statements of fact from the insured would have had on the decision
to insure or not insure.
The sworn declaration of the underwriter establishing the effect
true statements of fact from the insured would have had on the decision
to insure or not insure the risk.
Underwriting manuals or other documents created by the insurer
before the risk was accepted that would have had a bearing on the
decision to insure or not insure—such as an underwriting manual
that limits the risks that an underwriter may accept.
Finally, advice of independent coverage counsel, as to the advisability
of rescission.
1Although the opinion does not
mention it, the investigation consisted of an examination under oath of Mitchell
conducted by counsel for United National, Barry Zalma.
2The relevant provisions of the
Insurance Code, also cited by the court in Imperial,
supra, 198 Cal. App. 3d at 180, n.8, are:
§ 330. Concealment defined.
Neglect to communicate that which a party knows, and ought to communicate,
is concealment.
§ 331. Effect of concealment.
Concealment, whether intentional or unintentional, entitles the injured
party to rescind insurance.
§ 332. Required disclosure.
Each party to a contract of insurance shall communicate to the other, in
good faith, all facts within his knowledge which are or which he believes
to be material to the contract and as to which he makes no warranty, and
which the other has not the means of ascertaining.
§ 334. Materiality.
Materiality is to be determined not by the event, but solely by the probable
and reasonable influence of the facts upon the party to whom the communication
is due, in forming his estimate of the disadvantages of the proposed contract,
or in making his inquiries.
§ 356. Time of reference.
The completion of the contract of insurance is the time to which a representation
must be presumed to refer.
§ 358. Falsity.
A representation is false when the facts fail to correspond with its assertions
or stipulations.
§ 359. Effect of material
false representation. If a representation is false in a material
point, whether affirmative or promissory, the injured party is entitled
to rescind the contract from the time the representation becomes false.
§ 360. Materiality.
The materiality of a representation is determined by the same rule as the
materiality of a concealment.
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