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News about Maryland, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Nov. 17, 2015
Maryland Gov Larry Hogan announces complete remission of his B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma, diagnosed in June and treated aggressively. MORE
Nov. 5, 2015
Supreme Court hears arguments in case challenging Maryland's 2011 congressional maps; while justices seem to want to allow challenges of gerrymandering to reach court, at same time they seem reluctant to be pushed into ruling on such challenges. MORE
Oct. 31, 2015
Army begins accepting claims for damage caused by blimp that broke free from base in Maryland and floated over Pennsylvania, damaging power lines. MORE
Oct. 29, 2015
Unmanned army surveillance blimp breaks loose from where it was secured at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland and travels over Pennsylvania, dragging its tether across power lines and causing outages before coming to rest in town of Muncy. MORE
Aug. 26, 2015
Maryland Atty Gen Brian E Frosh issues new rules restricting law enforcement officials in state from picking out suspects based on traits including race, ethnicity and sexual orientation; new guidelines prohibiting racial profiling come amid national debate over police treatment of blacks. MORE
Jul. 22, 2015
Noridian Healthcare Solutions agrees to repay $45 million to avoid legal action over its role in failure of Maryland's flawed health care exchange website, which crashed as soon as it went online as part of Affordable Care Act. MORE
Jul. 16, 2015
Officials in Wheaton, Md, charge Lloyd Michael Welch Jr for 1975 murder of sisters Katherine and Sheila Lyon; stress that inquiry remains open, and that Welch may not have acted alone. MORE
Jun. 23, 2015
Maryland Gov Larry Hogan announces that he has advanced lymphatic cancer but will continue to serve while undergoing treatment. MORE
Jun. 10, 2015
Anne Arundel County school district in Maryland will begin incorporating so-called purposeful play into kindergarten curriculum, effort that is being mirrored in states across country, including Washington, Minnesota and Vermont; trend is reaction to increasing emphasis on test scores in math and reading, which began with No Child Left Behind law and intensified with adoption of Common Core standards. MORE
Jun. 3, 2015
Frederick County Council in Maryland rejects effort to put fishing retreat known as Trout Run on register of historic places in area, which paves way for drug rehabilitation center tied to Church of Scientology to be constructed on site. MORE
Jun. 3, 2015
American Civil Liberties Union executes federal court filing on behalf of around 3,000 prisoners that criticizes conditions of Baltimore jail and asks that State of Maryland be forced to make improvements. MORE
Jun. 3, 2015
Thomas L Friedman Op-Ed column celebrates graduation of first class from SEED School of Maryland, experimental college-prep boarding school that seeks to help students from troubled neighborhoods in Baltimore and elsewhere find path to better life; observes while only 29 out of 80 students successfully navigated program, all of them are headed to good four-year colleges; notes students seemed to evince powerful sense of community that helped them overcome obstacles. MORE
Jun. 1, 2015
Editorial criticizes Maryland Gov Larry Hogan for vetoing bill that would have restored voting rights to some 40,000 felons on probation or parole in state; argues that voting bans are deeply antagonistic to basic concepts of accountability and rehabilitation in criminal justice system, and have a long and often racist pedigree in American history. MORE
May. 19, 2015
Supreme Court ruling gives qualified immunity to two San Francisco police officers who shot mentally ill woman in 2008; votes 5-to-4 against state of Maryland in case involving collection of taxes from residents for income earned in other states; unanimously rules that gun owners who lose possession of firearms after felony convictions can have say in disposition of weapons; unanimously votes to tighten rules on filing fees for federal prisoners filing lawsuits. MORE
May. 17, 2015
Democratic party is locked in debate over how to repair its fortunes and appeal to voters, particularly at sub-presidential level, with some arguing for centrist approach and others arguing for swing toward liberal populism in Elizabeth Warren mode; party's identity crisis is embodied by race between Maryland Senate candidates Donna Edwards and Chris Van Hollen. MORE
May. 3, 2015
Jim Rutenberg Talk interview with Maryland Gov Martin O'Malley, who discusses possibility of 2016 presidential run and how he would campaign against Democratic contender Hillary Clinton. MORE
May. 2, 2015
Episcopal Diocese of Maryland accepts resignation of Heather Cook, onetime suffragan bishop facing manslaughter charges related to fatal drunk driving incident in Baltimore that killed bicyclist Tom Palermo; Episcopal Church has also revoked Cook's clergy credentials. MORE
May. 1, 2015
Editorial urges Maryland Gov Larry Hogan to get back to business of signing bills to address police brutality in his state, and not just in Baltimore where latest death of unarmed black man Freddie Gray set off rioting; recommends State Legislature to revisit previously failed bills, like those providing greater transparency in cases of officer misconduct and civilian deaths; suggests further that accountability system in state must be strengthened. MORE
Apr. 26, 2015
Matthew L Wald travel article on 335-mile bike ride along Great Allegheny Passage and Chesapeake Ohio Canal trail, which cross through Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia. MORE
Apr. 10, 2015
Unidentified gunman shoots and critically wounds guard outside United States Census Bureau headquarters in Washington, DC, suburb of Suitland, Md, before being shot down by police during chase. MORE
Apr. 8, 2015
Power failures occur across wide swaths of Washington and parts of suburban Maryland after conductor fails on electrical line operated by Pepco, main utility serving city. MORE
Apr. 8, 2015
Maryland authorities investigating carbon-monoxide death of eight people in Princess Anne say utility Delmarva Power disconnected electrical power at rental home of kitchen worker Rodney Todd and his seven children not because they were behind on their bills, but because stolen meter was unsafe; family died when portable generator bought to heat home ran out of gas, pumping toxic fumes. MORE
Apr. 7, 2015
Police discover bodies of Rodney Eric Todd and his seven children at their home in Princess Anne, Maryland; carbon monoxide poisoning from a gas generator is suspected. MORE
Mar. 11, 2015
Announced retirement of Sen Barbara Mikulski, Maryland Democrat, has set off competitive churn among potential replacements, with Reps Donna Edwards and Chris Van Hollen announcing their candidacy and several other Democrats considering run. MORE
Mar. 3, 2015
Sen Barbara A Mikulski, Democrat of Maryland, says she will retire when her term ends in 2017; 78-year-old Democrat is longest-serving woman in Congress. MORE
Feb. 8, 2015
Maryland Court of Special Appeals agrees to hear appeal by Adnan Syed, who was convicted of 1999 murder of his girlfriend Hae Min Lee; Syed's case has received renewed attention after being featured on podcast Serial. MORE
Jan. 23, 2015
Op-Ed article by law school instructor JaneAnne Murray argues Adnan Syed, sentenced in Maryland to life in prison for murder, may have been victim of loosely regulated plea-bargaining process; notes Syed may have been sentenced to only 19 years if he had entered guilty plea, but it is unclear if his lawyer requested such an offer; holds United States must bring transparency and independent review to plea-bargaining process. MORE
Jan. 5, 2015
Editorial welcomes decision by Maryland Gov Martin O'Malley to commute death sentences of final four inmates on death row in state; cites move as example of rapidly shifting debate on death penalty, which is opposed by liberals and a growing number of conservatives on various grounds; warns while opinion is changing, those who continue to be executed are often those who are too poor, mentally ill or disabled to fight their sentences. MORE
Jan. 1, 2015
Maryland Gov Martin O'Malley announces he will commute death sentences of Heath Burch, Vernon Evans Jr, Anthony Grandison and Jody Lee Miles, who will instead be imprisoned for life without possibility of parole; four are the last inmates on death row in Maryland, and announcement comes almost 20 months after state abolished capital punishment. MORE
Dec. 31, 2014
Anesthesiologist Lawrence D Egbert says he plans to appeal Maryland Board of Physicians decision to revoke his medical license due to his helping six ill people commit suicide; none of the six people had terminal conditions. MORE
Nov. 14, 2014
Election of largely unknown real estate executive Larry Hogan as Maryland's Republican Governor-elect is perhaps biggest GOP surprise victory of midterm elections; in largely Democratic state, his decisive victory was achieved through national mood, low voter turnout, languid campaign of opponent Anthony G Brown and a strong grass-roots base. MORE
Nov. 7, 2014
Oyster farming is booming on Western Chesapeake Bay shore of Maryland, due to recent changes to state policy and growing national affection for shellfish; in past few years state has issued 111 oyster farming leases across 2,240 acres of waters; watermen are in conflict, arguing cages used to cultivate oysters are menace to fishing lines and crab pots. MORE
Nov. 7, 2014
Maryland Atty Gen Doug Gansler takes steps that could result in the revocation of death sentences for four inmates who were sentenced before the state abolished capital punishment in 2013. MORE
Oct. 20, 2014
Pres Obama returns to campaign trail with rally at Maryland high school for Anthony G Brown, state's lieutenant governor and Democratic candidate for governor. MORE
Sep. 25, 2014
Editorial cites Brennan Center for Justice report showing voting precincts in minority neighborhoods in Maryland, South Carolina and Florida were systematically deprived of resources needed to make voting go smoothly; holds while report avoids such accusations, situation is clear that election officials are trying to discourage voting in minority areas, either out of racism or for political gain; warns predicament will continue unless challenged in court or outlawed by Congress. MORE
Aug. 1, 2014
Congressional races in Maryland and West Virginia are raising question of whether local ties even matter anymore; in West Virginia, Alex X Mooney, former Maryland state senator, moved to state in 2013 and promptly announced his candidacy for congressional seat; in Maryland, neither John Delany, Democratic freshman congressman, nor his Republican challenger Dan Bongino lives in congressional district for which they are vying. MORE
Jul. 20, 2014
Russell Shorto travel article relates his experiences following military path, from western Maryland to western Pennsylvania, carved in 1755 by British Gen Edward Braddock during the French and Indian War. MORE
Apr. 10, 2014
Film production subsidy that would have guaranteed that hit Netflix series House of Cards continued filming in Maryland fails at end of state's General Assembly session. MORE
Apr. 8, 2014
Maryland lawmakers vote to raise minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, giving Gov Martin O'Malley a victory on his top priority in his last year in office. MORE
Apr. 4, 2014
Officials in five states, on the defensive at congressional hearing, say that their health insurance exchanges have been hobbled by technology problems like those that bedeviled the federal marketplace; say their states, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota and Oregon, are recovering. MORE
Feb. 17, 2014
Op-Ed article by policy experts Robert K Ross and Kenneth H Zimmerman commends Maryland for adopting regulations aimed at curbing school disciplinary actions that disproportionately target African American students; holds, however, that too many schools still use severe and ineffective practices to address student misbehavior, and that such practices can constitute civil rights violation; encourages use of creative, rather than punitive, means of reducing school suspensions. MORE
Feb. 9, 2014
Federal court in Maryland rules that state has allowed traditional universities to unnecessarily duplicate programs offered by black colleges, hurting their ability to attract white students and furthering segregation; decision highlights diversification of historically black colleges. MORE
Feb. 7, 2014
More than 500,000 people in Pennsylvania and Maryland endure a second day without electricity as utilities scramble to restore power after heavy ice felled trees and damaged electrical equipment. MORE
Sep. 19, 2013
Editorial praises Maryland Gov Martin O'Malley for creating a commission to examine how law-enforcement officers, paramedics and others deal with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities; notes move stems from assault of Robert Ethan Saylor, who had Down syndrome and who died after Maryland sheriff's deputies moonlighting as mall security guards incompetently tried to force him to leave a movie theater. MORE
Aug. 28, 2013
Eduardo Porter Economic Scene column; Maryland's price-regulated hospitals fit a core objective of federal health care reform: changing hospitals and related facilities into something resembling an Accountable Care Organization; unsurprisingly, health insurance in state is among the cheapest in the country. MORE
Jul. 11, 2013
Maryland's sharply tightened oversight of abortion clinics is winning rare bipartisan praise, as new flash point in abortion debate focuses on regulating clinics; new state rules were negotiated not by politicians, but by health officials with goal to make abortions as safe as possible, and may offer different path from other states' regulations. MORE
Jun. 4, 2013
Editorial criticizes Supreme Court decision upholding Maryland law that allows police to collect suspect's DNA without warrant or probable cause; argues decision undermines fundamental Fourth Amendment principles that protect individuals against unjustified searches and incursions on privacy by law enforcement. MORE
May. 28, 2013
Eight people are hospitalized after explosion and fire on boat on South River near Edgewater, Md. MORE
May. 3, 2013
Maryland becomes first state south of Mason-Dixon line to abolish death penalty, after Gov Martin O'Malley signs bill repealing capital punishment. MORE
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General Information on Maryland
Official Name: State of Maryland
Nickname: The Old Line State
Capital: Annapolis
Largest City: Baltimore
Admitted to Union April 28, 1788
Land Area and rank: 9,774 square miles; 42nd
Postal Abbreviation: MD
Web site: Maryland.gov
One Governor's Extraordinary Year
Larry Hogan, a Maryland Republican, successfully battled cancer. Can he vanquish partisanship as well?
November 29, 2015, Sunday
Another Baltimore Injustice
Preferential treatment for the officers in the Freddie Gray case.
November 29, 2015, Sunday
False Alarms About a National Crime Wave
Despite concerns over a short-term rise in murder rates, overall crime statistics are still at a low point compared with those in recent decades.
November 27, 2015, Friday
Q & A with Austin Meyer, 2015 Win-a-Trip Winner
Austin Meyer traveled to Baltimore, India and Nepal with Nick Kristof. Here's his advice for 2016 applicants and thoughts on the trips.
November 25, 2015, Wednesday
Identities of Jurors in Trial Over Freddie Gray's Death Will Be Shielded
The judge cited potential "undue harassment" of jurors in the trial of the first of six police officers charged in the death of Mr. Gray, a black man who suffered a spinal injury after his arrest.
November 25, 2015, Wednesday
Baltimore Housing
A community group describes a growing national housing insecurity crisis.
November 25, 2015, Wednesday
Heroin, Survivor of War on Drugs, Returns With New Face
Heroin is back. But today's crisis is markedly different from the devastation of past years. It has settled not so much in large cities, but in suburbs and rural areas, and users are mostly white.
November 23, 2015, Monday
Missing Maryland College Student Is Found Dead in Apparent Suicide
Jacob Marberger, whose disappearance and possible possession of a firearm prompted his college to shut down, died from a self-inflicted gunshot, the police said.
November 22, 2015, Sunday
Online Support Grows for Missing Maryland College Student
Many people have posted messages on social media in an effort to reach Jacob Marberger, whose disappearance and possible possession of a rifle closed his Maryland college.
November 21, 2015, Saturday
$1.2 Million Homes in Kentucky, Maryland and Connecticut
This week's properties include an old brick house in Kentucky, a contemporary in Connecticut and a new farmhouse in Maryland.
November 19, 2015, Thursday
Military Blimp Falls in Pennsylvania
The blimp, which broke loose in Maryland, knocked down power lines, causing power failures as it descended.
Cummings Comes to Clinton's Defense
Representative Elijah E. Cummings, Democrat of Maryland, apologized to Hillary Rodham Clinton for his colleagues who suggested she did not care about people who died on her watch.
What You Get for $1,460,000
Water views in Washington, a farm in Maryland and canyon views in Los Angeles
Pope Arrives in the U.S.
Pope Francis arrived on Tuesday at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland for his first visit to the United States.
Baltimore Mayor Won't Seek Re-election
Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said she would not seek re-election, nearly five months after the city erupted in rioting following the death of a man injured in police custody, Freddie Gray.
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A few random thoughts while we countdown the days until NHL Premiere in Prague and Stockholm on Oct. 4.
Wings on the mend – Detroit Red Wings coach Mike Babcock is optimistic All-Star defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom could return to the lineup Wednesday when his team travels to Philips Arena to play the Atlanta Thrashers.
The 10-time NHL All-Star and six-time Norris Trophy-winner has practiced the last two days while recovering from a broken nose and cut above the right eye he received from a deflected puck in a 3-2 loss to the Montreal Canadiens on Sept. 24.
If Detroit's captain does decide to give it a go, he'll likely be wearing a protective shield. Lidstrom wore a visor as a rookie but stopped wearing it when he skated during the offseason following that 1991-92 rookie campaign.
"I've never seen Nick distracted,'' Babcock told the Detroit News.
Meanwhile, center Pavel Datsyuk, who suffered a groin injury in the preseason opener and hasn't played since, will miss Tuesday's game in Montreal and, more than likely, Wednesday's contest in Atlanta. Detroit will host the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday.
"(Datsyuk) worked out (off ice), so that's a real good sign,'' Babcock said. "But he's obviously not playing (Tuesday) and if you're not playing (Tuesday), you're probably not playing the next game either."
Options in goal – Los Angeles Kings coach Terry Murray on Monday declared 28-year-old Jason LaBarbera the team's starter goalie to open the season.
"In my mind, (LaBarbera) is the starter and clearly should be,'' Murray told the Los Angeles Times. "I hope he grabs that ball and runs with it.''
LaBarbera, who was handed the job last season and finished with a 3.00 goals-against average and .910 save percentage in 45 appearances, is coming off a seven-month layoff that included hernia surgery. He sports a 4.20 GAA and .841 save percentage in 100 minutes in two games this preseason.
"In my mind, (LaBarbera) is the starter and clearly should be. I hope he grabs that ball and runs with it." -- Kings coach Terry Murray
"It's not that I ate bad, but that I would eat too much,'' LaBarbera said. "It's hard not to. Coming from a family like I come from, you always had to eat what was in front of you.''
LaBarbera will play all of Tuesday's preseason game against the Anaheim Ducks at Staples Center, according to Murray. Goalie prospects Erik Ersberg and Jonathan Quick will likely split Wednesday's game at Anaheim and one other contest during their competition for the backup role.
A power player – Chicago Blackhawks coach Denis Savard is determined to make certain last year's 24th-rated power play shows vast improvement this winter.
Newly acquired defenseman Brian Campbell will certainly help that cause. Campbell, an eight-season NHL veteran, signed an eight-year contract with the Blackhawks on July 1.
The 6-foot, 190-pound defenseman scored 4 assists, including 3 with the man advantage, in a 4-3 victory against the Dallas Stars on Sunday.
Savard is hopeful that second-year players Patrick Kane (7 power-play goals in 2007-08) and Jonathan Toews (7 power-play goals) will only improve on last year's numbers with the man advantage.
In addition to figuring out the power-play setup, Savard is also considering the pair of Campbell and Duncan Keith on defense.
"The reason I'm trying Campbell and Keith together is whoever I decide to play (Jonathan) Toews with, they're going to play against the best line of the other team every night,'' Savard told the Daily Herald. "So maybe by having them on defense, and they're so active offensively and the fact that they're quick, may be the best lines of the other teams will think they better watch out for them jumping into the play and be on their heels.''


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Pilot Study on ω-3 Fatty Acids in Type I Diabetes Mellitus
- Martina M C Landgraf-Leurs,
- Christian Drummer,
- Henriette Fröschl,
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- Rüdiger Landgraf
- Department of Internal Medicine"Innenstadt", University of Munich Munich, Federal Republic of Germany
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Patients with diabetes mellitus are prone to develop vascular complications. Because ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (ω-3FA) intake has a potential protective effect on cardiovascular disease, we studied the influence of ω-3FA supplementation (5.4 g eicosapentaenoic acid and 2.3 g docosahexaenoic acid daily) for 4 wk in 13 well-controlled type I (insulin-dependent) diabetic subjects on a vascular risk profile. Each subject served as his/her own control in a pre- and post-ω-3FA-intake phase. In plasma and platelets, phospholipids eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid increased at the expense of arachidonic acid and linoleic acid. There was no significant change in blood pressure and glycosylated proteins. Only small changes were noted in blood glucose levels and insulin dose. Side effects were not noted. Triglycerides decreased significantly in the first 14 days, and total cholesterol increased slightly, probably because of an elevation of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, although low-density lipoprotein cholesterol remained unchanged. Platelet aggregation induced by low doses of AOP and collagen, which was higher in diabetic than nondiabetic subjects, decreased during ω-3FA intake to levels of healthy control subjects. Thromboxane production after ADP- and collagen-induced platelet aggregation decreased significantly. Thromboxane liberation during clotting of whole blood and urinary excretion of thromboxane were markedly lowered during ω-3FA supplementation. The results show that even short-term intake of ω-3FAs leads tobeneficial changes of vascular risk factors without significant changes in glucose homeostasis.
- Received February 9, 1989.
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Missiology and the Social Sciences: Contributions, Cautions, and Conclusions
Taber, Charles R., International Bulletin of Missionary Research
Missiology and the Social Sciences: Contributions, Cautions, and Conclusions.
Edited by Edward Rommen and Gary Corwin. Pasadena, Calif.: William Carey Library, 1996. Pp. 223. Paperback $8.95.
This book, comprising papers given at a meeting of the Evangelical Missiological Society, is an attempt to explore the important interface between missiology and the social sciences. It includes a number of useful insights but suffers from a number of serious weaknesses.
First, there is no single list of "the social sciences"; several authors offer lists, but they are not identical. There is a heavy emphasis on the linguistics/cultural anthropology/communications nexus, which is dealt with in several papers (Allison, McElhanon, Wan, McQuilkin, Hiebert). This set of disciplines has been heavily used by missionaries and missiologists. The other social sciences (sociology, psychology, economics, political science) have been of much less use to missions in the past and are therefore largely neglected. One paper (Corwin) by title addresses sociology, but in fact it constitutes an indictment of a certain mode of missiological research rather than dealing with the discipline of sociology. Similarly, a paper on psychology (Lindquist) deals only with the use of this science in counseling missionaries. …


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There's an old adage that goes, "Everything worth having is worth working for." And perhaps no one knows that better than Chris Daughtry, former "American Idol" also-ran and current possessor of the #1 album in the country.
After all, he missed out on some serious beach time to get that album ready. And now, well, he's looking to make up for that.
"I wrote the whole album in a couple of weeks. When I was on the [American Idols Live] tour this past summer, every day off I was in the hotel room writing. If we were in Fort Lauderdale, everyone else would be at the beach, on boats, enjoying life, and I'd be in a hotel room with Brent Smith from Shinedown, writing until 4 in the morning," Daughtry laughed. "I knew that it had to be done, and so my work ethic just kicked in. It's not all fun and games — there's actual work involved and lots of sacrifice — but it definitely was worth it. Because now I can buy that beach."
He's kidding. We think. Because thanks to the success of the self-titled debut by his band Daughtry — it's sold more than 1.2 million copies in just nine weeks and currently sits atop the Billboard albums chart (see " 'Idol' Fever, Playoff Appearance Help Daughtry Finally Get To #1″ ) — it's entirely possible that Chris could buy a beach if he wanted to. But with his first big-time tour just under way and that pesky "blue-collar ethos," it's unlikely Daughtry will be making any massive real-estate deals in the near future.
Of course, that doesn't mean he's not enjoying all the trappings that come with music-industry success.
"I've got all these artists, actors and comedians who would call me up and give me advice. I get to hang out with Billy Bob Thornton at his house," Daughtry said. "We hang out over there every time we're in L.A., because he doesn't go out. We'll hang and he'll play us some of his tunes. It's pretty awesome."
We wonder what Billy Bob's house smells like … anyway, in between touring, topping charts, planning a second single ("I'd like it to be 'Home,' cause I think it'd be a nice tribute to all our troops overseas," he said) and hanging with Hollywood's scruffiest star, Daughtry is also making time for another activity — something more than 20 million of us also do on a weekly basis: tuning in to "Idol."
"Of course I'm watching it — I have nothing but great memories of my time on that show. I was truly able to be myself on everything, except those Ford commercials. And I would do it all over again if I had to," he said. "And it's weird to watch it now, because you forget that you'd gone through all that. And then it hits you, that you were there last year, and it's pretty amazing. But I love this season so far … like when Simon, Paula and Randy mentioned Chris Daughtry, and that one girl said, 'Versace?' I thought that was hilarious."Get your "Idol" fix on MTV News' "American Idol" page, where you'll find all the latest news, interviews and opinions.


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Pirates, Iran's corrupt tyranny of mullahs and now international cyber attackers all seek to exploit economic and psychological choke points.
Geography provides Somalia's pirates with a throat to choke. Somali pirates pursue a strategy of attacking vulnerable cargo ships as they approach or exit a global maritime bottleneck, in this case Egypt's Suez Canal, which connects the Red and Mediterranean seas.
The Gulf of Aden, where the majority of Somali pirate attacks occur, lies between the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Sea lanes to and from the Indian Ocean meet and narrow in the Gulf of Aden, making it a grand geographic funnel for the Red Sea and Suez.
Cargo vessels connecting Asian and European economic powers (India and China to Western Europe) face an expensive choice: either take the long, slow route around Africa's Cape of Good Hope or take the Suez shortcut but risk attacks by pirates operating from Somalia's convenient (and police-less) shores. The pirates, like wolves eyeing a cattle herd gathering in a valley pass, try to select the most vulnerable targets.
Now move north, and once again geography aids outlaws. The Bab al Mandaab, the strait connecting the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, splits Yemen (on the Arabian peninsula) from Djibouti and Eritrea (in Africa) and further constricts shipping traffic approaching Suez.
Straits have always posed problems for mariners. Odysseus had to squeeze his ship between Scylla and Charbydis, figurative monsters portraying the literal threat of narrowing cliffs, shoals and whirlpools. Today's literal monsters include sea mines and anti-ship missiles.
No, the Bab al Mandaab hasn't been closed by mines and missiles -- not yet. However, in late spring 2008, Eritrea suddenly launched a brief border war with Djibouti over waterfront property. Eritrea, like Iran, is at odds with the United States and United Nations. It has a variety of reasons, some legitimate (for example, Ethiopia reneged on a border demarcation agreement), some less so (Eritrea supports Somali Islamists in league with al-Qaida).
In May 2008, after meeting with Eritrea's president, Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that Iran and Eritrea shared "common views" on regional and global issues and were prepared "to resist" the hegemonic system. The hegemonic system is the American-led global system, which relies on cargo vessels passing through narrow straits.
Austin Bay is the author of three novels. His third novel, The Wrong Side of Brightness, was published by Putnam/Jove in June 2003. He has also co-authored four non-fiction books, to include A Quick and Dirty Guide to War: Third Edition (with James Dunnigan, Morrow, 1996).
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These cabinets are well worth their cost!! The were the least expensive I could find at the time but are of a better quality than I expected. The dimensions of the cabinet allow them to slide seamlessly under a desk top even with the wheels. I haven't had any issues with the cabinet tipping over because of heavy items in the bottom drawer. I give this item 4 stars because the lock didn't last very long, Luckily I could go without the lock but I would still recommend this product to anyone in the market.
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Nice Filing Cabinet Anthony from New York, NY on 10/22/2014 – Verified Buyer
One of the great things about this cabinet was that already arrived put together. The locking cylinder seems a bit flimsy but it will be used in a locked computer room. I gave it 4 stars since putting the wheels on did not work and I had to drill directly into the metal so the wheels would hold in place. Otherwise nice small cabinet and the price was right. Shipping was great as always from WayFair!
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Fairly simple to put together, although the way the wheels had to be put on could designed more user friendly. It's a true white color, at least in the light that this cabinet is in at my house. The lock is very useful, but the cabinets do budge when you pull on the handle while it's locked. It doesn't open or anything, but it's not secure like a safe. The lock locks both of the cabinets. It came with 2 keys.
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Wed, 03 October 2012 at 6:30 pm
Dakota Fanning: Whole Foods Grocery Shopper!
Dakota Fanning holds onto her bags of groceries after a shopping trip at Whole Foods on Tuesday (October 2) in New York City.
The 18-year-old actress took a break from her studies at New York University to stock up on some food.
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Rusty Garrett here with the weekend outlook: Saturday, rain stays with us, but should taper off by Sunday, the drier of the two days.
Rusty Garrett here with the weekend outlook: Saturday, rain stays with us, but should taper off by Sunday, the drier of the two days.
Five years later, Texas A&M is back where it started.
In 2002, the Aggies were 6-5 heading into their season finale
with Texas, and disgruntled fans were calling for a coaching
By then, A&M had slipped from elite to ordinary, the "Wrecking
Crew" defense had become a remnant of the past and its once-steady
supply of in-state recruits had started looking elsewhere.
The Longhorns beat the Aggies 50-20 and three days later, R.C.
Slocum was fired. Texas finished 10-2, won the Big 12 South and
played in the Cotton Bowl.
When the bitter rivals meet for the 114th time Friday and the
scenario is much the same, right down to the records.
Dennis Franchione succeeded Slocum, but he's failed to lead the
Aggies back to prominence.
With a messy e-mail scandal this season added to his ho-hum record, he's likely coaching his last game for A&M, even if the Aggies (6-5, 3-4 Big 12) upset the 13th-ranked Longhorns (9-2, 5-2).
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The students, along with Jeff Hendricks, professor of English and Professor Bruce Allen, professor of Art departed for Paris on May 5 and will return later this month.
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Mac Pro teardown finds easy disassembly, great potential for repairs & upgradesAnother dissection of Apple's new cylindrical Mac Pro has once again discovered that despite its unique design, the parts inside the desktop can be easily accessed, repaired or upgraded if need be.
iFixit took its traditional deep look at the latest Apple hardware on Tuesday, offering readers a peek inside the new Mac Pro. While the solutions experts are often critical of Apple hardware for being unrepairable, they came away with a favorable impression of the redesigned Mac Pro.
"For being so compact, the design is surprisingly modular and easy to disassemble," the said, giving the late-2013 machine a "repairability score" of 8 out of 10. "Non-proprietary Torx screws are used throughout, and several components can be replaced independently."
Among those components that can be easily accessed is the RAM, which can be quickly upgraded upon taking the exterior off the Mac Pro. The system's solid-state drive, meanwhile, can be taken from the desktop after removing just one screw.
iFixit also found that the central fan on the Mac Pro, which is key to the device's cylindrical design for quiet cooling, is easy for users to access and replace.
Like a separate teardown that was published last week, iFixit also found that the new Mac pro has a socketed, removable Intel CPU. That means future upgrades of the processor could be possible, though the repair experts noted that it does require "a bit of digging" to access the CPU.
The small design of the Mac Pro means there's no internal room for another hard drive, but Apple has addressed these concerns by including six high-speed Thunderbolt 2 ports on the rear of the machine.
Finally, the teardown also discovered that although the Mac Pro features dual AMD FirePro D300 graphics processors, one of the cards was made in China, while the other was manufactured in Taiwan. This is because the Taiwan-made GPU hosts the slot for the machine's solid-state drive.
"This seems to us like a potential opportunity for expansion — perhaps higher storage configurations make use of two of this variety, for doubling up on SSDs?" they speculated.
The teardown took a look at the entry-level $2,999 model, which features an Intel quad-core Xeon E5 chip running at speeds up to 3.9 gigahertz, 12 gigabytes of 1866-megahertz DDR3 ECC memory, dual AMD FirePro graphics with 2 gigabytes of GDDR5 VRAM, 256 gigabytes of PCIe-based flash storage, and 802.11ac Wi-Fi with Bluetooth 4.0.
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The cause of the fire that destroyed Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 4680 U.S. 42, between Cardington and Mount Gilead, is still undetermined by the state fire marshal.
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As investigators search for a cause, Morrow County's only Catholic church is seeking alternative arrangements after a fire in the early-morning of Thanksgiving.
The early-morning fire destroyed the 39-year-old building at 4680 U.S. 42, between Cardington and Mount Gilead. Temporary arrangements have been made for Saturday and Sunday mass, while Father John Bakle continues to work on arrangements to handle other church tasks.
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That must be very frustrating, having your situation hold you back like that.
Well good luck with the coaching and keep us updated. You seem to have a great attitude to training so I'm sure it'll go well.
Back on topic who was the hardest puncher you ever shared a ring with? Also what happened in the last two rounds of the Prizefighter fight?
Hardest puncher was easily Steve Murray - in sparring Kenny Anderson...
Well I was still a little rusty, it was only my second fight in five years but he was just bigger and sharper then me. Couldnt get the shots off as well as I wanted too.
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From campervans and Yorkshire's hidden gems to whales In Mexico and bush retreats in Cairns
From campervans and Yorkshire's hidden gems to whales In Mexico and bush retreats in Cairns
The Great Divide is one of several recent books on the deep ecological roots of human history, a trend begun by Jared Diamond with Guns, Germs and Steel (1997). Peter Watson takes some leads from Diamond but goes much further in his attempt to rescue the pre-Columbian world of the Americas from the contempt and even hatred expressed by many at the time of the 2009 Aztec exhibition at the British Museum. One article called the artefacts on display "As evil as Nazi lampshades made from human skin".
Australia's saltwater crocodiles are notoriously fond of human flesh. But yesterday it was a lawnmower that took the fancy of Elvis, a 16-foot croc living in a reptile park north of Sydney.
Mohamed bin Hammam has dismissed his life ban from football as being imposed by a "kangaroo court" and described the sentence as an act of revenge for his attempt to challenge Sepp Blatter for the Fifa presidency.
Matt King is to return to Australia to play for South Sydney, whose trawl of Super League has now netted them three Burgess brothers.
In the seven years since Roger Federer rose to No 1 only two men – the Swiss and his great rival, Rafael Nadal – have topped the world rankings. Over the same period the lead in the women's world order has changed hands a remarkable 21 times, with 10 players filling the top spot.
With 2010 drawing to a close, we asked our sport correspondents to cast their minds back over the last 12 months in their specialist fields to recount their moment of the year.
1. There she blows: Whale-watching
It's a heart-stopping moment: a distant spout breaks the horizon and your boat changes course. In the blink of an eye the vast, apparently empty ocean has come alive.
Matt Scott is the surprise package among the 10 Queenslanders named in Australia's team for the final of the Four Nations on Saturday. The prop from the NRL's bottom club, the North Queensland Cowboys, has been named in the starting line-up against New Zealand in Brisbane in preference to the Kangaroos' most capped forward, Petero Civoniceva.
Winger's colourful journey could come full circle this weekend, writes Dave Hadfield
There have been three inquests, a trial, two appeals and a royal commission – but the legal saga sparked by the disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain 30 years ago is not yet over. Australian authorities are reportedly planning a fourth inquest, following demands by Azaria's parents for official recognition of the fact she was taken by a dingo.
He admits that he doesn't have all the answers – but Stephen J Dubner, the journalist 'sidekick' of the 'Freakonomics' duo, tells Emily Dugan he can't wait to put their unconventional theories into practice
Poignant and depressing though David Laws' resignation on Saturday night certainly was, at least it was less a shock than it might have been. The pre-emptive warning came on Saturday afternoon when a former colleague waded into the debate with a contribution headlined: "Opik: No question of Laws resigning". Ah well – we Lembit-watchers thought on seeing this – that's that for the ascetic member for Yeovil. It was Lembit who insisted Charles Kennedy would survive until the moment he resigned; Lembit who then became Mark Oaten's campaign manager (quite an accolade given that he was the only Lib Dem MP to back him); and Lembit, the seer of seers, who then switched allegiance to Simon Hughes. The sadness is that had Lembit only clung on his Montgomeryshire seat on 6 May he'd have been in line to replace Danny Alexander as Scottish Secretary ... and might from there have replicated the Alexander book by swiftly ascending to Cheek Secretary to the Treasury. But now what for the asteroid paranoiac? Lembit, it seems, has been hired by a gambling syndicate to go through the cards in difficult handicaps. His job, as you may have guessed, will be to tip all but one of the field.
England's prop – and nephew of the famous wrestler – has won a name for himself as a fearsome impact player. Ahead of the Four Nations final, he tells Dave Hadfield how he ditched his delicate reputation
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One year after Superstorm Sandy [2] hit the East Coast, crews are continuing to repair damages to transportation infrastructure in New York, New Jersey and other states affected by the storm.
In a blog post today [3], Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx notes that $1.4 billion in transportation recovery projects are in progress.
Foxx points to the Montague Tunnel project as one particular example, adding that the U.S. Department of Transportation will give $236 million. The tunnel, which was damaged when it was flooded last year, has been closed since August so workers can replace lights, signals and electrical equipment.
The 14-month project is affecting 65,000 riders, Foxx notes.
"I know there are others whose regular routes and transit service have been disrupted," Foxx writes. "But every day in the region, some new asset is reopened, and you can rest assured that there are hard-working people on the job doing their best to get your commute back to normal as soon as possible."
Foxx also praised the New York-based DOT employees who have continued to work toward recovery [4] of the state's transportation systems.
"I want to thank them for working while knowing that their own homes were damaged and in need of attention, for charging their blackberries with car batteries so they could keep working on behalf of others, and for continuing that work throughout the year," Foxx writes.
He added that the DOT will continue to aid affected areas.
"In the year since the storm struck, we have stood with our partners every step of the way," Foxx writes. "And we will be with them in the future, as they finish the job with transportation systems that are even stronger than before and better able to withstand future storms."
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In order to allow executions of young girls to comply with Islamic law, Iran has guards "marry" them the night before they are due to be killed in order to deflower them and render the killing legal and holy, sources report.
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The world isn't getting worse, it was always like this, you were simply ignorant to it and only believe what you were told. Lets be honest here, deep down inside, you don't really care anyways.... More


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Vicsail Pittwater Beneteau Cup 2013
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The day will begin as it always does with a toast of champagne to the fleet and then continue the celebration with a sail up and down Pittwater. After the race, the prizes will be awarded and then the party heats up with dinner and dancing into the evening.
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Rookie running back Knowshon Moreno sat tucked inside his locker at Broncos headquarters Thursday morning, rapidly tapping his right foot as he quietly thumbed through his playbook.
After a frustrating start to his NFL career, Moreno is set to make his long- awaited debut today in the Broncos' season opener at Cincinnati.
It's no wonder he can barely sit still.
"I'm real excited, anxious, nervous, all at the same time," Moreno said. "I'm just so ready to get out there and see what I can do. I can't wait to run around a little bit. I know the night before the game, I'm not going to be able to sleep that much. I probably will have to control myself a little bit when we're out there because I'm going to be off the walls."
How much he will play against the Bengals is a closely guarded secret. But Moreno, a former Georgia star, insists there's no doubt he will play.
At last, Broncos fans will get to know Know-shon, and not just the player who hurdled college linebackers while rushing for back-to-back 1,300-yard seasons in the Southeastern Conference. They will get to know the guy who is the grandson of a magician, a card shark, an avid bowler, aspiring golfer and chess master.
"He's got that fun-loving spirit that you just want to be around. It's just infectious, he loves life," said close family friend Michelle Lugo, who has known Moreno since he was a young boy. "We don't want him to lose that; we don't ever, ever want him to lose that."
Moreno became a Bronco in April, when the team made him the No. 12 overall pick in the NFL draft. But he held out for the first eight days of training camp before signing his rookie contract. He then sprained the medial collateral ligament in his right knee on his second carry in the team's first preseason game, at San Francisco on Aug. 14. He hasn't played in a game since.
It wasn't the way he envisioned his pro career starting. But he's practiced for 10 days, has ditched the orange "no-contact" jersey and is on the verge of shedding a protective knee brace as he readies for his first NFL game.
Great support from "Grammy"
The kitchen of Mildred McQueen's modest middle-class home in Belford, N.J., might as well be a museum chronicling the football career of her grandson, Knowshon Moreno. To McQueen, though, he's just "Shon."
Shon is smiling in photos large and small, a mix of personal snapshots and professional portraits and magazine covers, a collage of memories from his decorated careers at Middletown South High School and the University of Georgia.
The newest addition to the mural is a hand-drawn poster created by one of Moreno's relatives congratulating him for making it to the NFL.
There's a different framed photo hanging in McQueen's bedroom. In it, a stocky preteen Moreno is wearing a white football jersey and orange pants. It's the first photo of him wearing a uniform, taken during his first season of Pop Warner in the nearby Atlantic Highlands a decade ago.
McQueen never knew much about football, but she never doubted her grandson could play.
She still seems amazed that the boy she raised, the oldest of her four grandchildren, is an adult, let alone a pro.
"Not in my wildest dreams," McQueen said. "I mean, he's really taken us all on a great ride."
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Without question, Moreno, 22, is still a grandma's boy.
As a child, he shuttled between the homes of his father, Freddie Moreno, and mother, Vera- shon McQueen, and his grandmother's place, first in the Bronx and later in New Jersey. By the time he was 10, the family decided he needed stability. It was his grandmother who could provide it. Moreno moved in full time with the lady he calls "Grammy" and everyone else calls "Miss Mildred" in Belford.
Her home remains his home base, even though he recently purchased his first home in the Denver area.
"She's the calm and sense in his life, there's no doubt about that," said Steve Antonucci, Moreno's high school coach at Middletown South.
McQueen was the one who, after Moreno begged her to, first enrolled him in Pop Warner football. She was the one who called his high school and college coaches for frequent updates, and when Moreno left Georgia for the NFL, it was McQueen, along with a handful other close family friends, who helped Moreno interview potential agents and financial advisers. McQueen said she plans to move to Denver next year, after Moreno's cousin — whom McQueen is also raising — graduates from high school.
"I have a lot of people in my family that I'm close to that have helped me out, but she's definitely the one," Moreno said.
"Always bigger, faster"
Belford sits only a couple miles from the Atlantic Ocean, just more than an hour's drive from New York City. Locals describe the area, with towns such as Middletown, Red Bank and Holmdel, as a close-knit, family-friendly area with plenty of pride in its residents.
Moreno might not rival rockers Bruce Spring-steen and Jon Bon Jovi, who live in neighboring towns, for national cachet, but on the sports scene, he was a local legend here long before the Broncos came calling.
Before Moreno played a down of high school football, he was known as the kid who did a windmill dunk in a middle school all-star basketball game. The kid who would grab a ball and dare classmates to try to catch him and tackle him.
"He was always bigger, faster. He always stood out as an athlete," said friend and former high school teammate Mark Longo, a defensive back at Cornell.
Moreno was unpolished as a running back when he arrived at Middletown South High School in the fall of 2003 because he had played Pop Warner ball only sporadically. Coaches were immediately impressed with his athleticism, however. When he scored three touchdowns in a come-from-behind victory in the second game of his freshman year, Antonucci said he realized just how special Moreno could be.
"From that point on, he became one of the most dominant football players I've ever seen play this game at this level," Antonucci said.
Moreno graduated in 2006 after leading Middletown South to a 36-0 record and three state titles from his sophomore through senior years. He set a New Jersey record for career touchdowns (128) and still owns school track and field records in the 100-meter dash and long jump.
Antonucci keeps the jersey Moreno wore in his final high school game folded in a desk drawer, waiting to be framed. The school plans to retire his No. 24 soon.
"In your lifetime, in a public school setting like this one, it's very rare you get a kid like that," Antonucci said. "For him to be in the NFL right now, that's even more rare. I don't know if I'll ever see anything like that again."
Motor never runs out of fuel
Moreno followed a friend from a neighboring town, offensive lineman Kade Weston, to Georgia, but arrived on campus in Athens in the fall of 2006 to find three older running backs ahead of him.
For the first time in his football career, Moreno didn't play. As he waited out his redshirt year, Moreno became "a heck of a scout- team player," said Tony Ball, the running backs coach at Georgia.
"His motor goes only one speed, and I tell you, our defense had to get used to that," Ball said. "As a scout-team player, the norm is to run the play that you see, and then when the defense gets there and tries to hit you up, you let them do that. But here you have a back that has a natural instinct and is very competitive. A defender shows up, and Knowshon drops his shoulder and accelerates to finish."
Moreno showed similar gumption once he began playing in the fall of 2007, first as a backup and then, by late October, as the starter. Moreno created a stir in the Southeastern Conference with his six 100-yard games as a freshman, but also by his hustle between plays.
"I have a good friend I played with who is now a coach down in Atlanta, and he said it's so funny, he scouts and goes to games all over Atlanta, and in every game, there is always the one player who gets tackled, then sprints back to the huddle because they watched Shon do it," said Joe Trezza, one of Moreno's high school coaches. "They loved him so much down there."
Midway through the 2007 season, fans in Athens began wearing T-shirts honoring Moreno. "Do You Knowshon?" they read — as much a play on his first name as a warning to the rest of the SEC as to what was to come.
Moreno, now that he's starting to get comfortable in Denver, is eager for Broncos fans to get to know him too. All that starts today.
"I don't care if I only get two snaps a game, as long as I'm helping my team out, whether in practice or a game," Moreno said. "As long as we're winning and making each other better, that's the main thing."
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During the 2009 season, Broncos fans will have the opportunity to get to know Knowshon Moreno, a young, charismatic running back who hopes to make his mark on Denver.
Age: 22.
Critical stats: 5-feet-11, 210 pounds (though Broncos coach Josh McDaniels said Moreno weighed in at 217).
Credentials: Rushed for 2,734 yards in two seasons at Georgia, becoming the first Bulldogs tailback with back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons since Herschel Walker. Finished his high school career at Middletown South with 6,268 yards rushing and set a New Jersey record with 128 total touchdowns.
Hobbies: Bowling, golf, chess, card games.
Pet: Chocolate Lab named Papi, who will be joining Moreno in Colorado.
Future aspiration: Actor.
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So let s summarize my life in a few words. Grew up in Africa, several countries (thanks dad!). Came back in France at 17 for studies, first in Bordeaux then Paris. Worked in Paris for a few years until my great company proposed me to move... Here! I had already done many trips in Asia so i jumped on the occasion.
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A.M. Best Upgrades Issuer Credit Rating of Hiscox Group Subsidiaries Business Wire LONDON -- December 13, 2012 A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and upgraded the issuer credit rating (ICR) to "a+" from "a" of Hiscox Insurance Company (Bermuda) Limited (Hiscox Bermuda), Hiscox Insurance Company Limited (Hisco) (United Kingdom) and Hiscox Insurance Company (Guernsey) Limited (Hiscox Guernsey). Concurrently, A.M. Best has affirmed the FSR of A (Excellent) and ICR of "a+" of Lloyd's Syndicate 33 (United Kingdom), which is managed by Hiscox Syndicates Ltd (HSL), and affirmed the ICR of "bbb+" of Hiscox Ltd (Bermuda) (Hiscox), the ultimate parent holding company of the Hiscox group of companies. The outlook for all ratings is stable. The upgrades to the ICRs of Hiscox Bermuda and Hisco reflect the strategic importance of both companies to the Hiscox group. Hiscox pursues a successful strategy of balancing volatile international catastrophe business with more stable local specialist business, which has supported profitable performance in each of the last five years. The role of Hiscox Bermuda in this strategy is to provide access to Bermudian property reinsurance business, which is very profitable in below average catastrophe years, but subject to considerable volatility. In contrast, Hisco provides access to UK and European local specialist business, which produces a stable earnings stream for the group. Each company has established a track record of good operating performance and has made a positive contribution to overall earnings during the last five years. Hiscox is expected to support the companies to the full extent of its financial strength. The upgrade to Hiscox Bermuda is also extended to Hiscox Guernsey, which cedes the majority of its premiums to Hiscox Bermuda. Hiscox benefits from strong consolidated risk-adjusted capitalisation and good financial flexibility. The group has a good performance record, demonstrated by an average five-year combined ratio of approximately 90%. In 2011, the consolidated group's combined ratio was 101%, as exposure to the year's catastrophes within the group's substantial property reinsurance account were partly offset by earnings from non-affected lines, as well as a larger than usual reserve release. Performance is expected to improve in 2012, reflecting more benign claims experience to date. Hiscox has a strong business profile in its core markets. It writes a well-diversified portfolio of London market business, including property and marine (re) insurance, which is balanced by specialist lines such as fine art, kidnap and ransom and high net worth home insurance. Business is written through a number of insurance subsidiaries and managed Lloyd's syndicates. Hiscox Bermuda writes third party property reinsurance business and operates as an internal reinsurer within the Hiscox group. Hiscox Guernsey has a strong business profile as a specialist insurer of kidnap and ransom and fine art insurance and benefits from significant reinsurance support from Hiscox Bermuda. Hisco has a good business profile in the United Kingdom and continental Europe as an underwriter of high net worth household and certain specialist liability and commercial lines of business. The group's flagship syndicate, Lloyd's Syndicate 33 has an excellent profile in the London market as a specialist underwriter of a diverse range of business classes. In addition to the support of Hiscox, the ratings of syndicate 33 reflect the underlying strength of the Lloyd's market. Hiscox's corporate member, Hiscox Dedicated Corporate Member (HDCM), provides 72.5% of the syndicate's capacity, while the remaining capacity is provided by Lloyd's names. A factor that may lead to positive or negative rating actions for the syndicate is a change in the rating of the Lloyd's market, which currently has an FSR of A (Excellent) and an ICR of "a+" and has a stable outlook. Positive rating actions for the other Hiscox entities are unlikely in the near term, although sustained strong performance and strong risk-adjusted capitalisation could put positive pressure on the ratings longer term. Significant erosion of capital and/or weaker performance could put negative pressure on the ratings. The methodology used in determining these ratings is Best's Credit Rating Methodology, which provides a comprehensive explanation of A.M. Best's rating process and contains the different rating criteria employed in the rating process. Key criteria utilised include: "Risk Management and the Rating Process for Insurance Companies"; "Understanding BCAR for Property/Casualty Insurers"; "Catastrophe Analysis in A.M. 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After last week's World of Outlaws event, Lernerville Speedway took another break from the weekly show to host the RUSH Crate Late Model Touring Series, RUSH Sportsman Mods and the Buckeye Outlaws Sprint Series (BOSS) as part of the Bill Emig Memorial Wild Card Weekend.
The BOSS cars were up first, and that 25-lap race did not disappoint. Logan Hupp of Columbus, Ind., held off a trio of challengers to score the first BOSS Wingless Sprint victory of his career.
Hupp crossed the finish line .013 seconds in front of Dustin Smith of Russiaville, Ind. Mike Miller of Wapakoneta, Ohio, finished third; Lernerville regular Jack Sodeman Jr. of North Jackson, Ohio, was fourth; and Tony Beaber of Gibsonburg, Ohio, rounded out the top five.
"The beginning of the race was clear sailing," Hupp said. "And once you get into a rhythm, things are pretty easy. Then that caution came out, and it was hard to get back to it. But any win is good and especially at a place like this."
Hupp was in control of the race after he took the lead from Sodeman on Lap 4. At that point, Lernerville regular Brandon Spithaler, the track's defending 410-winged Sprint Car champion, was third.
As Hupp built his lead, Spithaler and Sodeman battled. The only caution of the night came with 18 laps completed. Spithaler, who finished second in BOSS points last season, was second when the caution came out.
During the caution, his right rear tire went down, so after his crew changed the tire, he had to restart at the back of the field.
After the restart, the top four drivers dueled and traded the lead numerous times in the time it took to complete one lap.
The most dramatic came just as the leaders exited Turn 4 on Lap 23 when Smith grabbed the lead. It was a lead he could not hold as Hupp used the same move to retake the lead and win the race.
"That caution gave me a chance to adjust my shocks, and that really allowed me to get the car onto the track," Smith said. "I really made a mistake on the last lap because after the white flag. I changed my line going into Turn 1, and Logan (Hupp) took advantage of it. But to come from seventh to finish second, and to have the lead, is pretty good."
For Hupp, the opening at the start of the final lap could not have come at a better spot in the track.
"(Turns 1 and 2) here are very much like my home track in Indiana, Lawrenceburg Speedway, in that it's banked more than in Turns 3 and 4," Hupp said. "I knew he was better in Turns 1 and 2, so I could not let him get too far in front of me because I was also better in Turns 3 and 4. I just kept digging."
Chad McClellan of Stoystown won his second tour race of the year by holding off a challenge from series points leader Ryan Montgomery of Fairmont, W.Va., who finished second.
The drive of the night came from Alan Dellinger, who started 20th and finished fourth. In the final feature of the night, David Conant Jr. of New York, took the checkered flag in the Sportsman Modified feature.
On Saturday night, the RUSH divisions will be at Sharon Speedway for the final night of the Emig Memorial, and the BOSS Sprints will be at America's Motorsports Park in Clearfield.
On Wednesday, the Late Models will be at Expo Speedway (Ohio), then July 12 at Pittsburgh's Pennsylvania Motor Speedway.
The Crate Late Models were first on the track with three heat races. The winners were Singleton, John Waters and Dennis Lunger Jr.
The first heat was the closest of the three with Singleton's margin of victory over McClellan at 0.745 seconds. Singleton has been the driver to beat of late and entered the night searching for his fourth consecutive series victory.
Singleton's three straight touring wins came June 7 at Roaring Knob, June 20 at Potomac Speedway (Md.) and June 21 at Winchester Speedway (Va.).
In the Wingless Sprints, Spithaler rolled his car off the top of Turn 2. The track crew pushed the car to the pits, and it was in good enough shape to take part in the first heat, where Spithaler finished second behind Hupp. Beaber won the second heat, and Miller won the third.
Thomas Zuck is a freelance writer.
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North Sails, the largest division of North Technology Group, is the world leader in sailmaking technology. With over 100 lofts in nearly 30 countries, we are here for you! North Sails lofts around the world can help wherever your sailing journey takes you.
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The North Design Suite is an integrated family of specialized software programs that brings unprecedented power and flexibility to sail and rig analysis. Each specialized program can interface with others within the suite, allowing North sail designers and engineers to virtually sail and test a boat in an infinite variety of conditions before construction. NDS significantly expands a designers ability to test different sail and rig combinations and accurately measure results. Equally as important, NDS significantly reduces tuning and development time after launch.
Creates a 3-dimensional sail mold.
Spiral initially defines the sail's three-dimensional shape as a 'molded' surface without any wind pressure or load applied. Precise control over all aspects of a sail's shape allows a broad range of mainsails, genoas, jibs and asymmetric spinnakers to be designed. Every dimensional aspect of the sail can be adjusted both in horizontal and vertical axes.
Rig and sail CAD modeling.
Desman creates a complete rig/sail model in a three-dimensional environment. In Desman, North designers can specify mast size, rigging position, rigging attachment points at the deck and trimming locations. The modeled sail/rig system incorporates the mechanical properties of the spars, standing rigging, running rigging and sails in terms of moments of inertia, sail and spar surface area, materials stiffness and resistance to stretch. Later in the process, Membrain (described later) uses the Desman model to determine deformation under load for the sail and every piece of standing and running rigging, right down to stretch in the sheets and halyards.
3D LayoutTM
Defines the structure of a sail.
3D Layout is used to define the structure of a sail in terms of yarn layouts, panel layouts, tape layouts, yarn density, and/or film types. Output from 3D Layout is used to shape 3DL molds or provide seam curves for paneled sails. All yarns are plotted in the same 3-dimensional space they will assume when sailing. 3D shapes are translated into panel layouts for downwind sails. 3D Layout also has powerful analytical tools which can be used independently or in conjunction with Membrain.
Applies wind pressure to 3-dimensional sail mold and provides sail forces.
Using Flow, wind pressure is introduced over the sail's three-dimensional "mold" to produce a pressure field on the sail's surface. The pressure varies over the surfaces based on the size and shape of the sail and the strength and direction of the air flow. The resulting pressure field is then linked directly to Membrain for finite element analysis. Flow also reports the drive and moments developed by sails, which can later be used by either the North Sails VPP or other VPPs for sail performance analysis.
Balances wind pressure, sail shape and rig forces.
Membrain takes the sail/rig model from Desman and applies pressure fields from Flow, deforming the mast and sail as a single unified structure. As the sail/rig structure is deformed, the shape of the sail changes, so Membrain then links back to Flow to acquire new pressure fields for the deformed surface. This changes the sail shape in Membrain yet again, so the process is repeated until there is stable balance between pressure and rig/sail deformation. Membrain can be used to test sail shapes, optimize mast design and rig tune, create sail shapes to test in North VPP, check loads for designers, and more.
Membrain applies pressure to the integrated rig/sail system and then iterates the results back to Flow until pressure and sail deformation achieves a stable balance
Sail ScanTM
Compares actual sail shapes to Membrain predicted sail shapes where possible.
SailScan II analyzes photographs of sail shapes taken on-the-water and then compares these shapes to the original design file. SailScan II is a valuable tool for determining if a sail needs shape adjustments after a specific period of time. It also aids North sail engineers and production specialists in refining production and simulation methods toward improving the competitive life of North sails.
Virtual Wind TunnelTM
Models air flow on upwind and downwind sails.
Virtual Wind Tunnel (VWT), was originally developed jointly by Dartmouth College Thayer School of Engineering and North Sails and is now run by the Stevens Institute of Technology. VWT is the first (and still the only) computer simulator to accurately model wind flow on downwind sails at 100% scale. When first developed, North Sails used the world's two leading low-speed wind tunnels (University of Auckland Twisted Flow Wind Tunnel and Oracle's IACC Twisted Flow Wind Tunnel) to verify it's accuracy. The results have given us great confidence that North's "VWT" predicts results with more accuracy than wind tunnel sail testing of any kind. VWT provides powerful insight into flying sail shape, sail drive, shape stability and ease of trim.
Unique to VWT is its ability to integrate with Membrain allowing both upwind and downwind sail shapes to be analyzed with unprecedented accuracy.
Race ModelTM
Measures effects of sail or rig adjustments on rating.
Understanding how adjustments in sail shape affect speed is only part of optimizing a boat's performance. Race Model allows North designers to account for changes in rating from one test configuration to another. The Race Model can predict which configuration will win in a handicap race over various courses.
Regression analysis to calculate hull forces without existing hull data.
SPP (Sail Performance Prediction) is used to predict relative sail performance between different sail designs or trims quickly. Using SPP, designers can instantly compare the performance of a new sail design relative to a baseline mold. This allows a designer to test up to 10x the number of shapes compared to running individual designs through a large matrix of runs in Flow then coupling these results into the VPP.
Additionally the SPP can be used in cases where the sail designer was not able to acquire enough data to run the North VPP.
Predicts sail performance using historical weather over a specific race course or leg.
Router takes a boat's polars and combines them with a historical or predicted weather file and races the boat between the start and finish of a leg. Changes can be made to the boat's configuration allowing North designers to predict the fastest configuration for a specific race. This tool was initially developed by Michael Richelson of North Sails for the Illbruck Volvo Ocean Race Team.
Das BootTM
Hull CFD to measure hull drag and appendage lift for the North VPP.
Das Boot is one of the most powerful free surface Hydro CFD programs in the world. Das Boot is a Potential Flow, Free Surface Code used for sail and rig development for America's Cup teams, TP52s and Volvo Ocean Racers. The results from Das Boot are used to generate hydro resistance files for the North Sails VPP.
Sail CompareTM
Overlays Membrain results for comparison.
Sail Compare allows North Designers to compare sail shapes between on-the-water sail photos with Membrain-predicted shapes or between two different Membrain sail shape tests. It is used to refine North's software tools allowing North Designers to more accurately match customer requirements.
Shows sail crossovers in a user friendly format.
A good Sail Selection Chart is like an owner's manual for your sail inventory. Every sail is going to have its sweet spot, and when racing offshore or in coastal races it is critical to know the True Wind Speed (TWS) and the True Wind Angle (TWA) of the next leg and have your crew prepared to have the next sail ready to hoist at the mark. Even more critical is making sure the right sail goes up when you round the mark saving costly sail changes.
North Sails has created hundreds of sail selection charts for its clients and has a larger knowledge base of w