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Can You Buy Life Insurance for Someone Else?
The short answer is, yes you can buy life insurance on anyone.
To buy life insurance on other people is certainly possible and can be done.
In fact, there are definite reasons why you can buy life insurance on anyone and you may want to consider all the options you have when considering a life insurance policy on someone else.
Children & Family Members
The most obvious answer and one many of us are familiar with is a life insurance policy on your child. Buying insurance for your family, having everyone covered with a life insurance policy, especially children makes sense. Covering a child means that in case the worst happens, you as the beneficiary can cover the expenses and avoid a financial pitfall when tragedy strikes. There are no restrictions when buying life insurance for your children as well as close family members, particularly those that live in your household.
We also have many clients that are interested in buying life insurance for their parents. The basic same rules apply, you just have to make sure your parent is in good health and they are aware you are buying life insurance on their behalf. We have yet to see any of the top life insurance companies decline a parent life insurance policy for the child not needing the policy.
Key Individual
This is commonly used by businesses that purchase life insurance on employees who occupy a hard to replace status within their company. Usually this is the largest stock holder or CEO/CFO of the company where their tragic loss can have a tremendous effect on the business.
In this case, the life insurance can cover the loss and tide over the financial difficulties until everything gets worked out. The "key man" can also be someone else in the company, but it would have to be someone that if he or she were to pass away, the business would literally shut down.
All Others
This is where it gets tricky because purchasing life insurance on anyone outside your close family circle or a key individual in a business is the type of idea that you see played out in mystery novels and crime shows. After all, what is your benefit to seeing someone with no real connection to you covered by life insurance unless you can gain monetarily from being the beneficiary when they die?
However, this does not mean it is impossible to buy life insurance on anyone or buy life insurance on other people. You simply have to state a convincing case that it is important that they be covered. That person would then have to agree to submit to health exams and sign the application forms so that they can be covered by you.
In essence, you need their cooperation as well as a convincing story as to why you want to buy life insurance on them. There are situations where having life insurance on another person outside your family or business makes sense, such as two people sharing a home that they are purchasing for example. Having said that, such instances are rare and getting life insurance on another person without their knowledge or consent is frankly beyond the normal bounds of possibilities but it has happened albeit on very rare occasions.
If you are thinking of insuring someone outside your family or business, then you will need their consent and a very, very good reason to tell the insurance company why they should have life insurance.
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- April 21, 2015 at 5:44 pm
I want to purchse life insurance on my best friend.He has two grandaughters whos parents are in jail and not likely to get out anytime soon.Some of the money would benefit their education and the rest to me.Is this a good reason
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Definition of wheelman in English:
noun (plural wheelmen)North American informal
1A driver, in particular the driver of a getaway vehicle.
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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The Texas A&M - Corpus Christi women's basketball team was unable to handle the UTSA offense on Wednesday night, falling 93-62 to the Roadrunners at the American Bank Center.
The Islanders are now 2-24 on the season with a 0-13 record in Southland Conference play. UTSA improved to 13-13 overall and 9-4 in league play.
Taryn Gregory scored a career-high 17 points for the Islanders while Adrienne Scott added 10 points and 10 rebounds for her sixth double-double of the season.
In the first half, Texas A&M - Corpus Christi scored first on an Ashley Darley layup to make it 2-0 early on. The Roadrunners went on a 23-5 run over the next 5:37 of game time to take command with a 23-7 lead. The Islanders then went on a run of their own, outscoring UTSA 13-4 to cut the lead to just seven points at 27-20 with 9:01 left in the opening period. The team was unable to sustain the momentum as the Roadrunners took a 47-28 advantage into the break.
In the second half, UTSA kept the pressure on, with its largest lead coming at 88-53 before Texas A&M - Corpus Christi closed the gap to 93-62 for the final.
UTSA out-rebounded the Islanders 45-40 while Texas A&M - Corpus Christi forced 17 Roadrunner turnovers to 15 of their own.
Next up for the Islanders is a Saturday night contest against Stephen F. Austin in Nacogdoches. Tipoff is set for 6 p.m. with Yannis Koutroupis calling the action on 1230 AM as the team takes on the Ladyjacks in a Southland Conference tilt.


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We are all trapped in a net; our net of achieving our dreams as of yesterday
I was siting today morning in one of the popular Coffee Shop chain and to my utter surprise, It did not feel like it was a Coffer Shop. It felt like an Office of Qnet (After coming to office read about the MLM company, which some believe is yet another MLM scam http://www.moneylife.in/article/qnet-the-money-… ), where 6 young recruiters who would be easily perceived as extremely successful professionals and Businessmen (Artists) were selling a dream to poor Souls on how they are going to earn Rs. 13.32 Crore (You read that number right! Rs. 13.32 Crore, yeah not even a penny less) over the next year starting from today. Selling the dream on how more billionares would be added to that small elite list our country has and how Qnet would help them get to that elite list.
Those young recruiters looked very regular to this coffee shop, giving high fives to the staff and feeling very comfortable at their regular hunting ground for gullible dream chasers.
When I walked in to the café, the Artist next to me was confidently telling a 22- 24 year young man (who looked like a man with lot of expectations, which where not getting fulfilled… just like you and me), "Joining fee is Rs. 1.5 lakhs…"
I will try and reproduce their entire conversation as much as I can recollect through memory. and you can see how our need to get rich quickly carries us away far from rational thinking. We, the same individual who would abuse our neighbor for investing in Speakasia…. Are ready to "invest" in Qnet….
Ajay (Artist): Joining fee is Rs. 1.5 lac, how much time do you think you will take to arrange this money? (Ajay is looking like a confident 35 yr old guy, who is aware about the fact that this is a sure shot case for him as
Vinod already have sparkled eyes on hearing about Crores of money to be earned)
Vinod: At least 1 week to arrange that amount.
Ajay: hmmm… yaar I do not want you to loose the spot yaar…. There are only 5 slots yaar…. And Vishal is already having meeting with few people and our partner is also here… Once we have finished that 5 slots, I wont be able to help you yaar…. Boss I don't think kal subha tak bhi 5 slots bachenge (I do not think these slots will be available even till tommorow)
Aree Mr. Poor Soul Vinod, Look on the side, his colleague is High-Fiving the CCD staff. I wonder how in one day, they have become best buddies, why are you believing his 5 slots bull crap… but its not his fault… he can only see the 1000 times return… and he does not want to stay poor all his life…. So for him the Artist is an angel… send by god only for him
Ajay: ……How much do you already have… currently with you?
Vinod: Rs. 60,000 in my Bank account Sir.
Ajay: And credit card, do you have any…
Vinod: Ya !
Ajay: What's the limit (Me: I could actually feel the intensity of the Artists questioning, he had so much control over him by now…. As if the Soul has been hypnotized sitting there in a trance)
Vinod: 25 K
Ajay: (There was one more person siting next to him, which I believe had already invested in Qnest, and had brought this Soul to make him one of the levels in the MLM chain) Aree Ravi yaar, I am telling you, we need to book his place yaar…. Aree yaar he wont get it in …. And then I wont be able to help your friend.
Ajay: Vinod, lets do one thing yaar, lets block your slot for 75K (Me: Wow: 60 + 25K, lets leave the fellow with at least with 10K credit limit…. " You cant take all his credit limit also man"). See Vinod three things will happen, if you block the spot
- No one can take that slot away, I am telling you yaar… if this slot goes away, I cant do anything for you man….
- Once you block the slot….. you block it yaar… then I cant give it to anyone (Me: That's what you said as your first point right)
- Also once you put in the money you can start doing the business right away….. so even before you give in the remaining amount, 20 – 30K is what you will easily get it back next week itself…
Ajay: So what do you think about token money?
Vinod: How much do I have to put now?
Ajay – 75 K
Vinod: 75 K??
Ajay: Anywhere between 50 – 75 K (Me: Wait for sometime and he will be ready to take even 5k) Does that sound good? Would you pay in cash or cheque?
Vinod: Ya that's fair,
Ajay: To invest this money, do you need to take permission of someone or would this be your own decision?
Vinod: Mom and bro,
Ajay: If you go and explain to mom & bro, do you think they will say, Yes… I will tell you the answer, they will say no….. as people who are in services from last 30 to 40 years, loyal to a company cant think of a business…. They will tell you…. Money will go for waste…… do not take risk and so on…. Only smart and young people like you would be really able to understand all of these.
Yaar, Vinod that's the difference, you want a flat in Bandra, a Honda Civic, but they are happy with a room in Dahisar…..yaar they do not see the same benefit as you see (Vinod all this while is getting more and more convinced, years of suppressing his needs as a middle class family is finally going to be fulfilled… not one but all of these) Even if you want to tell them, Let me tell them…. As I know the business better than you, as you are just going to Join and I would be able to explain them much better.
_*He has already eliminated the obstacles, by doing two things …..
- Have shown you "the poor soul" your dreams…. Big flat in a posh area… a fancy car…. (this is what he wanted since he entered maturity..)…. And a route to reach it instantly
- And he has already explained…the poor soul…. That no one in this world understand his dreams… the entire universe is against him. And only Qnet… understands HIM…. And hence they are actually doing a favor on him and helping him, by allowing him to be part of this ellite group*_
Vinod: Ok Fine
Ajay: so shall we get the money now?
Vinod: I will have to go home and get the cheque book,
Ajay: Don't you have debit card?
Vinod: Yaa but the limit is only 15K
Ajay: Vinod, yaar, I am telling you… .you will loose the biggest opportunity of your life boss….
Ajay turns to Ravi.
Ajay: Ravi can you help him a little, let him withdraw 40K and can you give him 20 K and he can give you tomm.
Again the threat of loosing his dream is so big… that the poor guy has to succumb to the offer
Ravi: Yaa sure, Vinod I will give you the money….
Ravi is already the poor soul… he now knows… what he has got himself… the only way out for him… to put his friend also into it..
At this time Ajay started explaining the MLM product, of how you should ask your mom, bro uncle aunty and neighbor to join this and how you will earn 13.32 Cr. In the next one year
*At this time I could not take it further…. I loudly asked one of the recuriters…. " So are you guys from Qnet …. Is this MLM ….. have you become rich already?" I wanted Vinod to hear this, who is just 2 steps away from me…. But at this point, maybe far far away from reality…. The recruiter even said no… not yet….. still no effect on Vinod who seems to have been lost in the dreams.
We all know, why MLM works…. It will continue to work till we have people wanting to reach their goals via a shortcut.
Guys there are not shortcuts…. Everyone knows that… but just do not want to believe that….. so we wont stop chasing the "ways"…… Today I saw qnet, tomm there would be XYZ…. The pitch would be a little different… the product a little different ….the USP…… SAME… "Achieve your dreams faster….."*
Sad But True This Type Of Scam Give Birth More Frauds Like Diff MLM Scam
Everyone Running After Money From Morning To Night
Even One Who Don't Want To Run Because Of His Social Responsibility He Has To Run
Run Run Run Human And Lost In This Seek Society And Come Out Like Machine
We Lost Our Bonding With Others
We Lost Our Real Happiness
We Lost How To Cry
We Lost How To Smile
All We Know Is Run For Dreams
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Sad but true that even till today people are easily trapped on the name of a big lump-some promised within a very short period of time.
I still remember how I lost my 7500/- when I was in 1st year of my graduation. And still have the pinch; not because I lost my money but only because my friend recommended.
Anyways I believe MLM is banned now and has been declared as illegal activity.
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anthrax.ut wrote:
Guys there are not shortcuts…. Everyone knows that… but just do not want to believe that….. so we wont stop chasing the "ways"…… Today I saw qnet, tomm there would be XYZ…. The pitch would be a little different… the product a little different ….the USP…… SAME… "Achieve your dreams faster….."*
^^very true !!
hats off – for taking the pain to jot down in such detail. i can't do that though i have many many experiences like above.
in my school days, i saw my father's friends getting duped in name of amway
in college, i sawy ebiz.in promising a Suzuki Hayabusa on a investment of 7500. One Guy even got that and seeing this many innocent ppl (who thought they mistakenly thought themselves smart earlier) got duped of 7500
in the first job, ppl forced me to join suwarnabhumi – a gold related MLM, i didn't join though. The milkman joined with an investment of 20000 and came to give milk in the Maruti Suzuki Alto he earned through suwarnabhumi ( a jaipur based co.). Guess what ppl of the rank of Superintending Enginner and Engg. In Cheif of state govt. invested 25 lacs in it.. Gold return was assured and MLM was a byproduct
after i left that job , this speakasia came up – met an uncle ji whose son was under personal loan at a age of 25 !! and only job of being a speakasian.
and now on this online family. mukhiya ji speaks of qnet !
I just want to say that these things will never stop. Govt might make rules but greed breaks them and makes things like this prosper. Plz read the bold portion of quoted text they are very true.
thanks Venkat for that share we all need to do our part….. Karma given
Good share…..I wish if it was made a year bak…wud hav been very helpful
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No profit is coming out from sky or ground,
Who so ever got the car it must be on the cost of others.
Stay away from dreams without any cream.
Intelligent share Anthrax. Really sad that people never learn anything from past and what's more sad that its not just illiterate people but mostly educated people getting fooled.
I think if our education system were more practical then the chances of getting fooled must have been very less. When our school can teach us useless history stuffs then why can't there be a subject on future&reality!
Anyways I have seen my friends who are highly educated falling for stupid SpeakAsia despite repeated warnings.
When they joined it they used to speak so much but now the whole Asia is speaking and they are silent.
Nothing to do actually jab paise ki bhook aukat se jyada badh jati hai to yehi hota hai.
Dreaming is good but dreaming of something out of reality is horrendous.
I have attended 3-4 such seminars of these MLM companies (mway,sterlings etc)… And if only you have ready cash at the moment, they will make you join it… They are great at brain washing….
MLM is more of finding and making fool of innocent people… I wont' term them greedy, as we are all greedy, we just know little more abt. MLM.
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thanks for sharing that bro..
really appreciate your efforts.
My real elder bro got trapped by one such MLM company called as RCM Business.
The owner was in jail for few months last year but he is out on bail now and selling those shitty dreams again..
My elder bro still trusts him…
he is poor comparatively and wants to become rich…
i m fed up of explaining him .. but he is not ready to wake up… he is happy to live with that dream
If 10 Goats Comes Daily In Market With Dreams But They Don't Know That 20 Butchers Are Ready For Them To Cut
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Oh MLM i kno psychology abt hw these frauds wrk….will try & present it via flowchart,,…
Now this is a coincidence or what. 3 or 4 days back a very close relative of mine called me from delhi & asked me to join this qnet thing & told me that the joining is 2.7 lacs. Ofcourse I didnot takeup the offer as I googled Qnet & in no time figured out that this is just chain scheme bullshit.
This relative is rich (from inheritence, not that he earned it) I will ask him to pay my joining fee & I will return him the money with 100% interest after I have earned it from his QNET bullshit.


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Reviews for this vacation condo rental in Madeira Beach, Florida
D Shaw
May 13, 2014
Location and view are fantastic! Condo it's self in not great! First impression upon entering was not good! I knew I was renting a condo that was not the most up to date but I didn't expect it to be dirty and worn as it is. The condo is very outdated and appears to be not well taken care of. Furniture is old, dirty and worn. Master bed is supported by paperback books under the legs. Old dirty looking "white" color carpet in living area. The small stuff such as kitchen utensils and iron need replacing. As evident upon our arrival, the cleaning company does not do a good job. No fresh toilet paper rolls in washrooms, previous renters empty water bottle left under master bed, no towels hung on towel racks and leather furniture was dirty. This is sad because the state of the condo really takes away from the awesomeness of the location and the view.
Angela Clearman
Atlanta, Ga
Beds needed new mattress
April 11, 2014
Have stayed at Madeira bay resort many times over the past 8 years. The rooms have always been great. But this room 314 needed some updating. DVD player didn't work. Beds were terrible, they needed new mattress and boxsprings. Sleeper sofa was broken. But other then that had a great time, great weather.
Hi Tony. We had a great time and your condo is lovely. We enjoyed the stay and would definitely come back.
Thank you very much
We had a great time. My granddaughter enjoyed all the beach stuff left at the condo. We ate at Mad Beach house next door a couple of times. Everyone was very friendly. Thanks again.
Hey, Tony! Your condo really exceeded all of our expectations. I had forgotten that it had an ocean view. WOW! My wife and I enjoyed breakfast every morning on the patio taking in the scenery. We've stayed in St. Pete Beach before, but after this trip we're really hooked on Madeira Beach. It was also a unanimous decision that if we plan another trip to the Gulf Coast we'd like to stay in your condo!
Thanks for the great experience!
We had a great time and will definitely be back. Great place in a great location!
Hi Tony, Yes we enjoyed our vacation. Your place is beautiful and very convenient to everything. Everyone at the front desk was VERY nice and helpful to us as well. Thanks again and hopefully we will be able to come back in the future! :)
"Great Condo and Location"
This is a great condo/location at Madeira Beach. The condo is very clean and comfortable. The queen bed in the master bedroom is great for a good nights sleep. One thing I did miss is a full length mirror. There was only 2 of us so did not experience the other bed. You can see the beach across the street from the balcony and it is a quick and easy walk to the beach. The beach is wonderful for walking and is groomed every weekday. When we talked to Tony, he said he plans on updating the TV to a flat screen. The staff at the condo are very friendly and helpful with anything you need.
John's Pass is just a few minutes walk away with many shops and restaurants. The famous Bamboo Beach Bar & Grill is just a 5 minute walk and has music/entertainment every day. The Mad Beach Fish House next door has great food, and a $3 bloody mary bar on the weekends. Every body has 'the best grouper sandwich' and Dockside Dave's does have good grouper sandwich. Walt's Fish Shack has fresh catch and only is open until the days catch is gone. The Boardwalk Grill has a wonderful Lobster Roll. Skip Kilwin's and go to Meyers House of Sweets for your chocolate. There are many other places to eat within walking distance of the condo.
Find the Winn Dixie and the Dollar Store just a couple of miles north and just off Gulf Blvd. You get money off your gas at Winn Dixie when you sign up for their discount card and the Dollar Store has great things you may want during your stay cheap.
You can't go wrong staying at Madeira Beach Condos and Tony is easy to work with.
"Clean! Great view! Best place on the beach!"
I stayed at this condo last weekend for 2 nights. I usually stay in Clearwater Beach in a few places that cost the same as this one, but there was a few clear reasons after staying at this condo that I would come back to it every time and refer it to anyone.We were politely greeted by the front desk who was very helpful with getting us in early and quickly. We went up to the 5th floor and into the condo that was facing West at the beach and the gulf. We noticed that the carpet looked brand new, the kitchen and bathroom smelled like they had been just cleaned and sanitized. The living room couches were super comfortable. The beds looked like they had brand new sheets, blankets, and pillows. The mattress was super comfortable. Bathrooms were spotless. Free Wifi. It felt like it was brand new. We opened the sliding glass door in the living room and the 2 windows in the master bedroom and right away had the sweet ocean smell fill the entire place. The kitchen and fridge were also spotless and was fully stocked with any kitchen tools you would need. We had a couple come to meet us and stay in the second bedroom. The benefit to this was there are 2 bathrooms and 2 showers. Plenty of room for everyone to be comfortable. The ocean water was still a little too chilly to go into, so there was a few times we went back to the complex and jumped in the heated pool and Jacuzzi that were perfect. I don't think we had a chance to, but there was a visitors journal under the living room table of prior guests and their experience in this condo. It was very interesting to read and see how much people really loved the place. At one point, we all shared that we felt so comfortable staying in the condo, it was difficult to head over to John's Pass for dinner or anywhere else. There is a Publix grocery store 5 min away for all the food and beverages to stock the fridge. I hope to come back very soon and many times in the future. Thank you for letting us stay here.
"Loved it!"
I took my girls to stay at this beautiful condo in May 2013. We loved it. Walking distance to John's Pass for great food and shopping. Across the street from the beach with beautiful sunset views in the evening. We loved it so much we are going back again next year for another week. We could easily see this being an annual spot for us.


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|Weekly worship service - Sunday 11:00 a.m.September through May; during June, July and August, the worship service is at 10:00 a.m.; Sunday School is held at 9:45 a.m. September through May. Summer activities include Vacation Bible School, the traditional Sunday School picnic with dinner, gospel and bluegrass music is held the 2nd Saturday in July. Other activities include the United Methodist Women and Men groups, the UMYF group, Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper, First Saturday Bluegrass programs October through March at church fellowship hall 7 to 9 p.m., Christmas Bazaar, several fellowship dinners, children's Easter and Christmas programs, as well as special services on Thanksgiving Eve, Christmas Eve, Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, and Easter Sunrise service with breakfast following.
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Beautiful, beautiful shoes that fit really well. Stunning styles and a great boutique that has the friendliest staff in London. Roll on the new season.
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The shoes are incredibly beautiful! I wish I could get the Mary-Janes in all the colours and patterns available. Will start a collection! Her boots are also really nice and comfortable. Great customer service too. Well worth a visit.
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What a lovely boutique! I was pleasantly surprised by the original shoes I could find here. The girl in the shop was also very helpful and kind which seems a rarity nowadays!
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Every Vinton-Shellsburg FFA banquet is a celebration of the organization's long tradition of supporting and advance agriculture and agriculture-related careers in the local district.
But this year's event held special meaning for Louise Fleming, and the group of seniors Mrs. Fleming has led over the past four years
This is Fleming's fourth year at VS, and the seniors who graduated are the first to spend all fours years with her. She arrived at VSHS the same time they came in as freshmen, and together the seniors and advisor have seen some significant changes in the VS Ag Dept.
During an often-tearful ceremony, Fleming presented the seniors with their gold cords, as well as "I wore BLUE" t-shirts honoring them as new FFA alumni.
"We work hard, we play hard," Fleming said, adding that FFA programs aim to make learning fun.
Senior Emily Cashman spoke about the importance of the FFA "family" as she joined the other seniors in a parent appreciation ceremony.
"I have two families to thank tonight," she said. "My parents and our FFA family. FFA gave me a place in the school to belong."
After the ceremony, Fleming said there were many memories of her first year, but she mentioned just two of them.
"I was very pregnant," she recalls, adding that two weeks after school started, her daughter was born and she had to take maternity leave.
The second memory Fleming mentioned from her early days came after the work had begun on the aquascience project, which includes fish farming and hydroponic crop growing.
"Austin Peters said, 'Wouldn't it be cool if we could add a chicken coop outside; then we'd be the greatest chapter,'" Fleming recalls.
This year, she had the joy of announcing to her students that the FFA was able to build The Barn, which will allow the opportunity for FFA members to bring livestock to school and add even more learning opportunities.
The retiring officers – most of whom are seniors – stood together for one final group photo before the chapter announced its new leaders.
Retiring officers include: President Caleb Svoboda, V.P. Jacob Patrilla, Secretary Karley Kenney, Treasurer Riley Ries, Reporters Emily Cashman and Deion Dullin, Sentinel Dillon Brummer and Officer-At-Large Timothy Haerther.
New officers include: President Riley Ries, V.P. John Eden, Secretary Emily Reisch, Treasurer Sydney Walker, Reporters Jessica Alderson and Katie Isbell, Sentinel Drew Wiley and Officer-At-Large Steven Henry.
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by J.M. Coetzee
Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory
Teresa shows up in Disgrace as one of Coetzee's many historical and literary references, which is totally reasonable since she was the mistress of one of the poets that David both researches and teaches in his course. When David begins his opera on Byron, however, Teresa takes on a life of her own beyond mere historical reference; she essentially becomes a character in the novel.
Initially, Teresa provides a starting point through which David can explore the themes of love and sex in his opera. But then Coetzee does something sneaky – he makes Teresa a lens through which we explore David's changing attitudes toward love and sex. Initially, David hopes to write an opera about the lustful affair between Byron and Teresa in Italy. He forms this plan, incidentally, while he still thinks that the younger ladies are fair game to him. Here's what the narrator has to say about the initial plans for the opera:
That is how he conceived it: as a chamber-play about love and death, with a passionate young woman and a once-passionate but now less than passionate older man. (20.48)
Um, so, is this opera really about Byron and Teresa, or is David writing it about someone else we know? (Hey, Melanie's a drama student. If she could sing opera, maybe David could entice her with a sweet leading role. Then she could play someone exactly like herself!)
As time progresses, however, David starts changing his mind about the way he wants the opera to look. Rather than staging his opera during the actual affair between Byron and Teresa, he decides to make it a retrospective from Teresa's point of view, long after Byron has died and when she's in the throes of middle age. Let's take a look at the new, aging Teresa:
The passage of time has not treated Teresa kindly. With her heavy bust, her stocky trunk, her abbreviated legs, she looks more like a peasant, a contadina, than an aristocrat. The complexion that Byron once so admired has turned hectic; in summer she is overtaken with attacks of asthma that leave her heaving for breath. (20.53)
Does this new Teresa remind you of anyone we know? Maybe someone whose name rhymes with Dev Zaw? If David resembles Byron, then the person who resembles Teresa represents David's own romantic interests. While we won't go so far as to say that David's feelings towards Bev are at all romantic, they nevertheless show that he's maturing a little bit. David charges himself with the task of loving this new older Teresa in his opera, and perhaps he does so as a way of transitioning from loving the younger ladies (which heretofore has just brought him scandal and misery) to seeking out older, wiser, and perhaps more down-to-earth women.


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For too long the topic of drinking game etiquette has been ignored. Games such as Beer Pong, Kings, or Flip Cup bring people together who otherwise would have never spoken to one another…or maybe that's just the alcohol. Whatever the reason may be it is important that all participants partake in the festivities with the proper etiquette. Those who don't live under a rock are familiar with "party fouls," but for some reason little focus has been given to what are known as "drinking game fouls." These fouls are just as offensive, if not more so, than party fouls. Never fear, here is a solid foundation of general rules to make sure these offenses are kept to a minimum.
First things first, leave all emotional baggage at the door of the party. No one wants to hear in the middle of Kings, "Never have I ever experienced love." For the rest of the game everyone is uncomfortable and awkward. Also, it makes someone feel like an asshole for putting their finger down since they are familiar with what love feels like. Keep it light and keep it fun. No one present is qualified to be your therapist or here to attend a group therapy session. Save the beer tears for when you drunk dial your ex.
Going along with "Never Have I Ever," do not use drinking games as an opportunity to out other people's secrets. "Never have I ever been named Mary and peed my pants that one time…" Your friend Mary probably peed her pants in front of you in confidence. Not to mention that broadcasting someone's personal secrets could hinder any chance of getting lucky later. It should go without saying that friends help friends get it in. So do your part and focus on your performance at the task at hand.
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Located in the heart of Eagan, this hotel is within 3 mi (5 km) of Cascade Bay Waterpark, Twin Cities Premium Outlets, and Fort Snelling State Park. Inver Wood Golf Course and Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge are also within 6 mi (10 km).
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Dining options at the hotel include a coffee shop/café and a snack bar/deli. A complimentary breakfast is offered. A computer station is located on site and high-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. Business amenities at this 3-star property consist of a 24-hour business center, limo/town car service, and meeting rooms. Event facilities measuring 2002 square feet (186 square meters) include a conference center. A roundtrip airport shuttle (available 24 hours) and an area shuttle are complimentary for guests. This business-friendly hotel also offers a fitness center, coffee/tea in a common area, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
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Queen City Soccer Club!!!
I think MLS would be very foolish to pass up putting a team somewhere in NC.
I think MLS would be very foolish to pass up putting a team somewhere in NC.
an idea i've thought of would be, since the Railhawks are already known as Carolina Railhawks FC, to rebrand them as Carolina FC and have them be a dual city team between Raleigh and Charlotte. split up the home games between the 2 cities to really encompass the whole state as a fan base
they're already in the NASL which is the 2nd division and had a recent good run in the Open Cup. they just seem more primed for a promotion than the new Queen City SC that will start in USL Pro and have to make 2 moves to get to MLS
The MLS head already said he doesn't want too many teams. Atlanta gets your neck of the woods. Too bad too because Atlanta is a terrible pick for MLS.
The MLS head already said he doesn't want too many teams. Atlanta gets your neck of the woods. Too bad too because Atlanta is a terrible pick for MLS.
So is having two Florida teams IMO.
So is having two Florida teams IMO.
and Miami has already had 1 MLS franchise fold. why give them a 2nd?
Yeah, Orlando makes NO sense at all to me. Miami has a huge hispanic population though. But yeah, their first team failed. The Southeast just isn't soccer country. Too laid back. No energy whatsoever. The only place it might work is a smaller city where fans have been hungry for ANY sort of pro team (ex: Carolina Hurricanes).
Cities that could thrive with an MLS team: San Antonio, Austin, San Francisco (though San Jose might have that "area" covered), Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, and Indianapolis. The perfect city would be Charleston ... if it were in the Northeast.
But I bet only one of that above list gets a team. I think I read they want to shoot for 24. With the addition of Miami, Atlanta, NYC, and Orlando they'll already have 23 teams.
Posted July 28, 2014
I want to get behind the MLS Atlanta team, but I hate their stadium situation. It looks to be a duplicate of BC Place (Vancouver Whitecaps), which seems like a completely sterile and soulless place to watch a soccer game.
Posted July 29, 2014
Orlando got a bid do to the huge fan support in the city. I really can't believe they gave a team to Miami though
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In the most amazing music video you'll see all year long, Demi Lovato shows off her LGBTQ pride during her filmed-at-L.A.'s gay pride festival, and features folks like Travis Barker, Cher Lloyd (who also sings with Demi), Kat Graham, and -- of course -- on-again, off-again boyfriend, Wilmer Valderrama, because why wouldn't he be around something that's a great big love fest? Ol' Willy is like a good-feeling vampire, and will show up anywhere where there's a general outpouring of good will and happiness and love.
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DU-supported proposition on Texas water funding passes by large margin
Proposition 6, the Texas constitutional amendment on water funding supported by Ducks Unlimited, passed with more than 70 percent of the vote in the Nov. 5 statewide elections. Prop 6 will provide $2 billion in onetime funding for Texas Water Plan projects from the state's Rainy Day Fund.
DU leaders have identified water quantity and quality as critical issues facing waterfowl and wetlands in Texas. In 2011, Texas suffered the worst single-year drought in the state's history, and drought conditions continue today. The extended drought has impacted fish, wildlife and natural resources, but also communities, businesses, the energy industry, agricultural production, local and state economies and all Texans.
DU believes Prop 6 is a strong start for a long-term remedy to water shortages in Texas, and the successful vote will implement HB 4 (the water bill supported by DU), providing $2 billion in rotating bond funding for water, of which 20 percent must go to water conservation funding and 10 percent to funding rural and agricultural water conservation projects, both of which are important to Texas waterfowl.
DU thanks our members and supporters for voting and for supporting water, waterfowl and wetlands.


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S1000DauthorPro™ is a comprehensive authoring solution insuring single or multiple projects are up and running quickly. This robust S1000D authoring tool provides authors with a sophisticated and intuitive environment to easily conform to S1000D authoring requirements. AuthorPro ultimately enables S1000D authors to concentrate on technical content development instead of the final formatted and published outputs. The Business Rules Verification Tool allows the author to carry out a quick desktop quality assessment before releasing a Data Module into the Common Source Database (CSDB). Authors are assured that the integrity of the CSDB is maintained throughout the S1000D authoring process.
Working hand-in-hand with AuthorPro's context-sensitive environment ensures S1000D docs are compliant to the specification and delivered with speed and accuracy.
AuthorPro is one of three powerful S1000D authoring solutions providing a seamless user experience for S1000D authoring and editing content. Along with the S1000D Process Editor and AuthorPro XE, it may be embedded in Inmedius S1000Dmanager, a management system which simplifies the complex task of implementing the S1000D CSDB and provides a single point for data access. AuthorPro also integrates with S1000Dtransition to make the conversion to PDF and traditional paper-based books simple. AuthorPro and S1000Dinstructor work in tandem to create S1000D-based training material directly from the CSDB.
Write Data Modules that comply with various S1000D changes, including Issue 4.0 schemas. Since the authoring solution ensures that project rules are enforced, authors are free to concentrate on creating quality technical content and do not have to be burdened with S1000D project documentation rules.
Users can quickly access S1000Dmanager projects to locate and open assigned Data Modules; allowing an integrated workflow with the Common Source Database (CSDB). The aim of a CSDB is to provide the technical authors, illustrators and publication managers with automated processes to handle the complete collection of CSDB objects.Workstations can be synchronized with the latest project settings, Data Module Requirements List (DMRL), approved applicabilities, and reusable warnings and cautions; ensuring each author has the most current information available.
Users are able to choose a REFDM from a selection of Data Modules contained within a Data Module Requirement List (DMRL). The workstation extracts from S1000Dmanager all of the relevant Data Modules within a project. The author simply selects a REFDM from a list rather than performing the lengthy process of scrolling through spreadsheets and database tables to locate the information.
Over 100 automated checks are performed on each Data Module before being released into the Common Source Database (CSDB). S1000D authors are instantaneously presented with detailed feedback on Data Modules that fail S1000D or specific project rules; which heightens the response time to correct the affected Data Module. The context sensitive authoring and editing environment ensures S1000D documents are compliant and delivered with speed and accuracy.
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View all cross references in the system from a centralized location. An easy-to-use selection box provides the ability to create a cross reference with a single click. The software prevents the author from having to carry out a multi-step task; significantly decreasing the margin for error. The burden of performing lengthy steps associated with authoring a reference is removed, with authors instead able to concentrate on critical content development.
Easily add external links to the S1000D system. When inserting an external link to another REFDM, the author is presented with a selection list populated from Data Module Requirement Lists (DMRLs) in S1000Dmanager. The S1000D authoring software also accommodates the use of the S1000D XLINK capability, allowing authors to select specific targets within external Data Modules.
References can be filtered and displayed by type. The S1000D authoring system is configurable to restrict or maximize the choice of targets that are allowed within Data Modules, supporting projects that limit the choice of internal XREFS that can be used by an author.
Users can set the S1000D authoring tool to keep them up-to-date with the most current configurations, ensuring S1000D authors are provided with the latest approved information.
The authoring solution provides users with the ability to customize and localize both the working environment and the technical data that is created within the system. All auto-generated information within a Data Module can be localized to the language that is required.
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The TSB investigates civil aviation occurrences that take place in or over Canada and any place that is under Canadian air traffic control. It also investigates occurrences anywhere in the world that involved an aircraft in respect of which or that was operated by a person to whom a Canadian aviation document had been issued under Part I of the Aeronautics Act.
Every year, about 250 aviation accidents and 800 aviation incidents in Canada are reported to the TSB. It can also be involved in the investigation of some 200 international occurrences in the course of a year as well.
In 2011, civilian flights in Canada (not including ultralights, gliders, balloons, etc.) represented an estimated 3,966,000 hours of flying activity. There has been a significant downward trend in accident rates (the number of accidents per 100 000 flying hours) in the last decade, from 7.0 in 2002 to 5.7 in 2011.
The TSB's Air investigators are certified as pilots, aircraft maintenance engineers, air traffic controllers, and airworthiness engineers. They all have varied and extensive experience in the aviation industry. As well as conducting investigations, they participate in national and international government and industry groups to monitor safety trends and communicate safety issues to change agents.
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RECENT LEGISLATION: Nevada State Senate Bill 28 ("SB 28"), effective July 1, 2013, prohibits the unethical or dishonest practice in the securities business of utilizing certain "senior designation" certifications, as well as other unethical conduct. SB 28 also modifies the information that may be considered during licensing proceedings, and makes it a specific violation of Nevada securities laws to provide any materially false, fraudulent or fictitious statement during an investigation. For these and other changes to the Nevada Uniform Securities Act, see the complete copy of SB 28 as enrolled, at the following web address. https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/77th2013/Bills/SB/SB28_EN.pdf
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INVESTMENT ADVISER WORKSHOP: "Regulatory Changes for Advisers"
Was held: January 28, 2011 -2:00 PM to 3:30 PM (Las Vegas); January 31, 2011 -2:00 PM to 3:30 PM (Reno) Click here for handouts
Between October 12, 2010 and December 31, 2010, new applicants filing Form ADV and currently licensed investment advisers filing amendments to their Part II of Form ADV may use either the old Part II or the new Part 2. After January 1, 2011, all new investment advisers registering for the first time in any state or for initial registration in a new state should submit the new Part 2 through the IARD to the states in which registration is being sought. Those already registered will need to incorporate the new Part 2 with their next filing of an amendment to Form ADV or their annual updating amendment to Form ADV, whichever occurs first. Each investment adviser with a fiscal year end of December 31, 2010, who hasn't already filed an updated Part 2, must file an annual updating amendment in IARD with the new Part 2 brochures no later than March 31, 2011. Blank templates for the new Form ADV Part 2 are on the NASAA Form ADV webpage for free download and use by investment advisers.
ALERT: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
Under the law, IAs with assets under management of less than $100 million will switch from federal to state regulation by July 21, 2011. To prepare for the Switch in Nevada, Investment Advisers should start to prepare NOW. A tool that may assist you is available from the NASAA IA Switch Resource Center, which can be accessed by clicking on the icon below. Also, please periodically check the Securities and Exchange Commission website for updates.
The following information is not intended to replace, or to be a composite of the statutes and regulations NRS Chapter 90 or NAC Chapter 90. It is intended only to assist applicants. The Secretary of State Securities Division is a participant in the Investment Adviser Registration Depository (IARD). The IARD is a web-based electronic filing system at www.iard.com.
Federal Covered Advisers The SEC has adopted rules mandating that all SEC registered Federal Covered Advisers use the IARD and file their FORM ADV and all amendments electronically.
In general, advisers who have less than $25 million of assets under management are prohibited from registering with the SEC, and must register with the states in which they conduct business
State Licensed Advisers For investment advisers licensed with the Nevada Securities Division, all filings are to be made through the IARD on FORM ADV and all amendments.
How to Set Up an Account Forms and information about setting up an IARD Account can be found on the NASDR's website www.iard.com. A financial account for billing and payment of fees will be established for your firm and will be paid from this account to Nevada. The fee for investment adviser firms is $300.00 annually. (NRS 90.360)
IARD processing and maintenance fees, which are paid to the system vendor, are in addition to the state licensing fees.
Part II Form ADV - Firms will be required to file electronically Part 1A, 1B, and Part II through IARD for Nevada licensing (see Special Notice - PDF).
The IARD is set up to receive U-4's for licensing of representatives of investment advisers.
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Goldman, Nike, Visa Ding Dow in Debut
Goldman Sachs, Nike and Visa are weighing on the Dow Jones Industrial Average on their first day in the benchmark.
The three stocks, which replaced Hewlett-Packard, Bank of America and Alcoa in the Dow today, are among its biggest decliners. In midday trading, they're bringing the Dow down a combined 51 points. Overall, the average is down 56 points, or 0.4%, at 15395.
Under the methodology formerly used to calculate the Dow, H-P, Bank of America and Alcoa would have been pushing the index down by just three points in today's session.
Now, that's not necessarily a bad thing. The purpose of the Dow isn't to rise or outperform other corners of the market but to "represent large and well-known U.S. companies." The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite Index–both much more relevant than the Dow to professional investors–are down 0.6% and 0.7%, respectively. So while the index is down farther than it would have been earlier, it's also closer to other measures of the market's performance than it would've been.
The fact that the Dow's new components are accounting for a larger move–a 51-point rather than three-point impact–underlines some of the thinking behind the changes to the index. Unlike most market benchmarks, the amount of influence any individual component has on the Dow is determined by the stock's price–rather than the company's market value.
H-P, Bank of America and Alcoa happened to have particularly low stock prices, compared with other Dow components. As a result, even a big move in any of the stocks' prices would have only a minimal impact on the average. Investors consider market capitalization–a company's share price times the number of shares outstanding–a much truer sign of a company's prominence than stock price alone.
–John Shipman contributed to this story


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The U.S. Department of Justice argued Wednesday that it needs more than 2½ months to prepare for its antitrust trial to block the US Airways-American Airlines merger.
"Defendants' attempt to rush this matter to a trial on the merits in fewer than 75 days following the initial Scheduling Conference creates the very real risk that a challenge to a $14 billion merger-in dollar terms one of the largest merger challenges ever adjudicated-will be resolved on less than an appropriate record."
The DOJ had originally proposed a Feb. 10 start to the trial. However, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly had warned that she had a criminal trial starting Jan. 14 that would take six to eight weeks, covering the start date that Justice attorneys had proposed.
Instead, the DOJ suggested that March 2014 would be a good month to start the trial.
"Plaintiffs' proposed trial-ready date of March 3, 2014, with trial starting thereafter at the Court's convenience, would leave four months for party and non-party document discovery and fact depositions, a month for expert reports and depositions, and then a month for pretrial motions and briefs," the DOJ said in a filing Wednesday. "This schedule, while expeditious for a case of this magnitude, seeks to ensure that the Court will have an appropriate record


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A brand with a distinctive old-school feel, adidas Originals is a collection of casual sports apparel and is adidas' heritage line. The brand uses the iconic Trefoil logo, which first appeared in 1972. Inspired by adidas' signature 3-Stripes, the flower shape with three stripes running through symbolizes the brand's diversity. It was the corporate symbol until 1997, when the 3 Bars design was adopted. Today, pieces in the adidas Originals collection are based on fashion from the 1960s through the 1990s. From flat bill caps to graphic tees, and from track pants to crewneck sweats, the adidas Originals collection is made to be noticed.
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Trelon Baker, 18, is also wanted for questioning in connection with the assault of a 14-year-old female, which occurred on Wharton Drive on Saturday.
Baker is considered armed and dangerous, according to a news release. He is described as a black male, 5-feet 9-inches and 160 pounds.
He is known to frequent the Wharton Drive and Olmstead Holmes areas. Anyone with information should call (706) 821-1080 and ask to speak with the on-duty violent crimes investigator.


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> Selections, how can you tell which entry is for which client if I want to
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> server? In the list of Backup Selectctions, it only shows ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES
> and System_State:\. Do I need to add the server name manually at the begining
> of these Directives? like \\Remote\ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES and \\Local\System_State:\
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Physics World - the member magazine of the Institute of Physics
Scanning electron microscope image of a boron nitride nanotube in the Berkeley test fixture. The nanotube at the centre of the image is bent by pushing the pads (left and right) closer together as shown in the inset. (Courtesy: Chih-Wei Chang)
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VALIANT Launches "Unflinching" HARBINGER Update in June
VALIANT Launches HARBINGER in June
Writer Joshua Dysart (Unknown Soldier, B.P.R.D.) and artist Khari Evans (Immortal Iron Fist) will team to relaunch Harbinger as a monthly ongoing series, in what the publisher calls an "unflinching modern update."
"READ MINDS. BEND STEEL. BREAK ALL THE RULES," is the tagline.
Adds Evans: "From page one, this has book has been a total blast. It's a story that begins with Harada and Peter, but soon escalates to include so much more. Working with this cast has been a lot of fun."
According to the publisher, "The generation with nothing to lose is about take on the man who has everything -- and no one will escape unscathed. The war for the future of the Valiant Universe begins here this June, only in Harbinger #1!"
More details about Harbinger #1's "Pullbox Exclusive Variant" can be found at ValiantUniverse.com.
Written by JOSHUA DYSART
Art by KHARI EVANS
Cover by ARTURO LOZZI
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- VALIANT Debuts "World's 1st Talking Comic Book Cover"
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NIST's World Trade Center Investigation
For Immediate Release: September 8, 2006
Michael Newman
(9/8/2006, ARCHIVE, incorporated into 9/19/2011 update)
What is NIST?
What are the goals of NIST's investigation of the World Trade Center disaster?
Additionally, under the National Construction Safety Team (NCST) Act, signed into law in October 2002, NIST is authorized to investigate major building failures in the United States. The NIST investigations will establish the likely technical causes of the building failure and evaluate the technical aspects of emergency response and evacuation procedures in the wake of such failures. The goal is to recommend improvements to the way in which buildings are designed, constructed, maintained, and used.
When did the investigation begin and when will it be completed? The investigation officially began on Aug. 21, 2002. When the NCST Act was passed in October of that year, the WTC investigation was moved under its authorities. The final report on the collapses of WTC 1 and 2 was issued on Oct. 26, 2005. The investigation of the collapse of WTC 7 will be completed in 2008.
In addition to the investigation into the collapse of the WTC buildings, is NIST conducting related research or programs?
For example, the final report from the investigation of the WTC towers included 30 recommendations for improving building and occupant safety derived from the findings. In March 2006, the first proposed changes to model building codes (used as templates for codes legislated, implemented, and enforced by state and local jurisdictions) based upon and consistent with the NIST WTC recommendations were submitted to the International Code Council (ICC).
The proposed changes—submitted by building code experts associated with two ICC committees, the National Institute of Building Sciences and the U.S. General Services Administration—address areas such as increased resistance to building collapse from fire and other incidents, use of spray-applied fire resistive materials (commonly known as "fireproofing"), performance and redundancy of fire protection systems (i.e., automatic sprinklers), elevators for use by first responders and evacuating occupants, the number and location of stairwells, exit path markings, and fuel oil storage/piping.
In May 2007, the ICC adopted the first set of these building code changes. NIST is committed to continuing our work to support industry and the nation's building and fire safety officials so that the remaining recommendations also are fully considered.
A Web-based system for tracking the progress toward implementing all of the NIST WTC recommendations may be accessed at http://wtc.nist.gov.
Will the results of the investigation help prevent future disasters?
The results of the NIST investigation also will support and guide future work to develop and disseminate guidance and tools, assess and reduce vulnerabilities, and produce the technical basis for cost-effective changes in national practices and standards. A private-sector coalition—representing key industry, standards, codes, and professional organizations—has worked with NIST to establish the response plan to meet these longer-term needs. The goal of the longer-term program is to produce cost-effective retrofit and design measures and operational guidance for building owners and emergency responders.
How has the investigation been funded?
Is NIST consulting with outside experts?
Did the investigation include an examination of the "human" element?
The data were analyzed to study the movement of people during the evacuations, decision-making and situation awareness, and issues concerning persons with disabilities.
No one was in WTC 7 when it collapsed, so that investigation does not include a "human" element.
What is the National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee?
Does NIST agree with the recommendations for studies put forth by the Building Performance Assessment Team (BPAT)? The BPAT, led by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and sponsored by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), was designed to study the event of Sept. 11, 2001, at the WTC Complex, provide preliminary assessments, and serve as the foundation for a more extensive technical and scientific investigation. Or as the BPAT Report executive summary states: "to present recommendations for more detailed engineering studies to complete the assessments and produce improved guidance and tools for building design and performance evaluation."
The NIST response plan addressed all of the major recommendations contained in the report issued by the BPAT. The NIST plan also identified other critical issues that needed study, especially in areas that impact life safety and engineering practice.
How has NIST kept the public informed? NIST established a secretariat to coordinate NIST-level activities in support of the investigation and to maintain ongoing liaison with the Executive Branch, Congress, the public, and the news media. NIST has maintained an ongoing liaison with the professional community, the public, and local authorities over the course of the investigation through briefings, presentations, and opportunity for comment on key investigation reports. NIST also assigned a special liaison to interact with the families of building occupants and first responders.
A Web site dedicated to the WTC investigation has been maintained at http://wtc.nist.gov. The final report on the WTC towers is available there in its entirety (43 documents totaling some 10,000 pages).
The Web site also provides access to the WTC investigation archives where the public can follow the complete history of the effort so far, including the two interim progress reports, two public updates and 22 news releases issued during the WTC towers portion of the investigation, as well as documentation from eight public meetings, eight media briefings, seven meetings of the NCST Advisory Committee, and the September 2005 technical conference on putting the NIST recommendations from the WTC towers study into practice.
Can NIST's findings be used in court?
The NCST Act gives NIST the authority to subpoena information or witnesses during an investigation. Was the power used in the WTC investigation?
Has NIST previously conducted building collapse and fire investigations?
Besides the WTC investigation, NIST has conducted one other study under the authorities of the NCST Act, an investigation of the Feb. 20, 2003, fire at The Station nightclub in West Warwick, R.I. This work was completed in June 2005.
Examples of past failure investigations that NIST either has led or participated in include:
To respond to a number of the questions raised, NIST has posted a fact sheet on the investigation Web site (http://wtc.nist.gov/). The fact sheet explains how NIST found no corroborating evidence for alternative hypotheses suggesting that the WTC towers were brought down by controlled demolition using explosives planted prior to 9/11, or that missiles were fired at or hit the towers. Instead, the fact sheet describes how photographs and videos from several angles clearly showed that the collapse initiated at the fire and impact floors and that the collapse progressed from the initiating floors downward, until the dust clouds obscured the view.
NIST respects the right of others to hold opinions that do not agree with the findings in its report on the collapses of WTC 1 and 2. However, the WTC Investigation Team stands solidly behind the collapse mechanisms for each tower and the sequences of events (from aircraft impact to collapse) as described in the report.


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Eight (Extremely) Angry Men (And Women)
Wow. We've heard of judges having to call a "time out" when lawyers let their tempers get the best of them. But jurors? This is the stuff they make award-winning movies about.
It's all playing out in the first product-liability trial concerning Merck's osteoporosis drug Fosamax. (Check out our earlier blog post on the case here.) According to this story, by Dow Jones Newswires's Chad Bray, tensions are running high — very high — among jurors deliberating over whether Merck should be found liable for alleged bodily damage caused by Fosamax.
The judge on the case, Manhattan federal judge John Keenan, called for a daylong "cooling off period" after the deliberations reached a boiling point on Wednesday. Keenan suspended deliberations until Friday morning and offered to have court security officers escort individual jurors to the subway after two separate notes were sent out of the jury room Wednesday afternoon about the tenor of the deliberations.
Neither note was read publicly in court.
"It's not unusual during jury deliberations that people disagree each other. There seems to be some disagreement here," the judge told jurors. "I'm going to give you a cooling-off period."
The jurors, five women and three men, have been deliberating since last week over whether Fosamax caused a severe jaw injury suffered by Shirley Boles, a 71- year-old Florida woman.
Outside the presence of the jury, the judge said that he would declare a mistrial in the case if a verdict isn't reached by 5:30 p.m. EDT Friday.
On Wednesday, Timothy O'Brien, who is representing Boles, asked for a mistrial, saying one juror had indicated in a note that she was being intimidated and had been threatened. The judge denied the mistrial motion. "Frankly, it's the most brutal deliberation or audible deliberation I, as counsel, have have been privy to," O'Brien said.
He noted that shouting could be heard coming from the jury room several times during deliberations.
Paul F. Strain, a lawyer for Merck, opposed the mistrial motion, saying a second note, signed by seven other jurors, didn't seem to support the other juror's claims of intimidation.
Strain said the juror, in her note, indicated she had been the subject of threats of physical violence and had a chair thrown at her. He called her claims unsubstantiated.


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