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Education reforms might be slowed or halted in the wake of a rethink launched by the Education Commission on the aims of the system.
Commission chairman Antony Leung Kam-chung said a consensus was needed on the overall aims of education at its different stages - not just piecemeal changes. However, there was no intention to overhaul the system.
On Friday, the commission will publish a paper, to be open for public discussion until March 6. Tung Chee-hwa will officiate at a conference on the issue on Monday.
Based on the views collected, the commission will lay out policy options, translating the aims into measures concerning structure, curriculum and assessment systems.
Commission member Cheng Kai-ming, pro-vice-chancellor of the University of Hong Kong, said: 'The biggest achievement in education in the past 18 months is that everybody agrees we have a major crisis in education.
'We don't think our previous practice of publishing a report on certain reforms will work. It's not a question of how we implement some reforms, but what we really want.
'We are not aiming at making drastic changes. On the contrary, we might slow down or stop some of the present programme after re-examining our priorities.' Another member, Tai Hay-lap, principal of the Yan Oi Tong Tin Ka Ping Secondary School, said: 'Our situation is that, on one hand, we don't see the way forward but, on the other, we are being pushed from behind by ongoing reforms.
'We need to take stock of what we are doing and form a new queue.' Mr Tai said education should be 'student-oriented' to ensure pupils would ultimately benefit.
Secondly, each sector - schools, parents and the Government - should reaffirm their commitment to education rather than trading accusations against each other over policy confusion.
Mr Leung said undue emphasis on examination results was one of the problems, resulting in students being concerned about memorising facts rather than creativity and thinking.
Mr Leung said that among the priorities for reform were improving the standards of headmasters and teachers, structure and assessment review, language and the use of information technology.
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Sorry this episode took so long to get packaged up and built, but you know how long those type based compilations using make go....
Seriously tho, illness, lethargy, and just plain laziness got the better of me.
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Join Mark, Greg, and Peter for some more absurd type level rants, whilst we weren't exactly planning on diving once again into a big argument around types and functional programming, somehow we fell afoul of one almost immediately even before we got around to introducing the episode.
The argument starts with an argument over whether one can do "functional programming" in Java, and the difference between "functional programming" and "a functional programming language". In this argument Greg claims that memory allocated for a class instance constitutes the state of a class — even if the class structure holds no state, and that 'functions' don't allocate memory when defined.
The main discussion for the evening relates to an Ars Technica article about how much information you should pass in a function: a rich object structure or individual arguments.
During the discussion, Mark suggested that simply using
Unfortunately the discussion got sidetracked with factories and PK7 implementations being tightly woven into the which probably detracted from any useful discussion.
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- What is the purpose of the annual meeting requirement?
- How does "credit for reinsurance" work and where can I find it in the statute?
- What is a Captive Insurance Company?
- What is the Profile of the Captive Industry?
- How are Captives Regulated?
- How often are captives examined in Vermont?
- How long does the examination process take?
- Do RRG's have to file for an NAIC Company Code?
- Do other forms of captives require an NAIC Company Code?
- What are the annual filing requirements for Special Purpose Financial Insurers?
- Does Vermont require Special Purpose Financial Captives to file its regulatory filings with the NAIC?
- When should Pro-forma financial projections be filed and what should they include?
- What documents should we file if our Parent has a name change due to merger/acquisition?
- When a new captive is licensed, and in compliance with Regulation C-81-2, is the Board required to hold an annual meeting in Vermont by the calendar year end in the year licensed?
- Should a company's five-year financial proformas include the assumptions used in their preparation?
- How do I redomesticate my captive to Vermont?
- How does Vermont feel about 831(b) captives?
8 V.S.A. - 6002(b)(2) states "No captive insurance company shall do any insurance business in this state unless: (2) its board of directors, or committee of managers or, in the case of a reciprocal insurer, its subscribers' advisory committee, holds at least one meeting each year in this state;"
The requirement was part of the original legislation passed in 1981 for economic reasons. Bringing people to Vermont was a selling point for creating captive insurance in Vermont. However, the meeting requirement has since come to mean much more for the captive industry itself.
We addressed this issue in a memo ten years ago (Memo #94/1) after supporting a change to the corporate code allowing corporations to reduce their quorum to as low as one-third. We supported the change, primarily because it reduces the hardship on group captives that tend to have large boards of directors in order to provide broad representation among members. This change could also allow a pure captive to establish a board of three persons, one being the required Vermont resident. A meeting involving only the Vermont resident director would not evidence satisfactory board supervision of the company. Memo #94/1 allows a meeting at which a quorum is present in Vermont to satisfy the statute. However, we require that a representative of the company who is involved in the operation of the captive attend the Vermont meeting in person. Conference telephone participation is fine so long as a quorum and the parent's representative is physically present in Vermont.
Vermont's flexible and open regulatory approach depends on periodic communication between the regulators and the captive owners. Bringing the representative of the company to Vermont enhances this communication.
Visiting Vermont at least annually also provides more time with the Vermont manager and other service providers than would be allowed by conference call using a set agenda for the board meeting. This extra time allows the manager to better update the captive representative on current events within the industry and answer questions personally. This provides extra value to the captive.
We do understand that the annual meeting requirement can be a hardship and have made many allowances over the years: after 9/11 when many companies did not allow travel and employees did not wish to travel, and for last minute health or weather problems that made travel difficult.
How does "credit for reinsurance" work and where can I find it in the statute?
Credit for reinsurance allows an insurer to reduce or offset its loss reserves by the amount of risk ceded to a reinsurer.
8 VSA §6011(b) allows captive insurers to take credit for risks ceded to certain reinsurers. This section states:
"Any captive insurance company may take credit for the reinsurance of risks or portion of risks ceded to reinsurers complying with the provisions of subsections 3634(a) through (f) of this title. Prior approval of the commissioner shall be required for ceding or taking credit for the reinsurance of risks or portions of risks ceded to reinsurers not complying with subsections 3634(a) through (f) of this title, except for business written by an alien captive insurance company outside of the United States."
The section references Vermont's traditional company statute 8 VSA §3634(a)-(f) which is similar to the NAIC model credit for reinsurance act adopted by most states. In simple terms, it allows credit for risks ceded to the following:
Vermont also included a provision at the end of §6011(b) to authorize credit for reinsurance, with prior approval of the Commissioner, for risks ceded to insurers not complying with the above. This allows Vermont captives to take credit for risks ceded to alien insurers not licensed in the US. In approving the credit, we consider the insurers financial status, its domicile and the portion of risk ceded. We have had many captive insurers take advantage of this provision.
The very last lines of the section "except for business written by an alien captive insurance company outside of the United States" was included in the statute when we adopted captive branch statute in 1999. This addition clarifies that an alien captive insurance company, with a branch in Vermont may reinsure its non-branch business without Vermont's prior approval.
A captive insurance company is a closely held insurance company whose insurance business is primarily supplied by and controlled by owners, and in which the original insureds are the principal beneficiaries. The insureds have direct involvement and influence over the company's major operations, including underwriting, claims and management policy and investments. There are currently 4,000 captives licensed worldwide that service their parents' risk financing needs. In Vermont, that figure is 1,000, the most captives of any other state.
Vermont's captive owners represent a wide range of industries including multi-national corporations, associations, banks, municipalities, transportation and airline companies, power producers, public housing authorities, higher education institutions, telecommunications suppliers, shipping companies, insurance companies and manufacturers, among others.
The majority of captives are "pure", meaning they are 100% owned by a single entity. However, there are numerous "group" captives including: industrial insured, association-sponsored, and "risk retention groups", which are companies licensed under federal risk retention legislation and operating as captives. In Vermont, CICs are supported by a mature infrastructure comprised of seventeen management companies and professional service industries including banking, legal, accounting and actuarial firms that cater to the captive client.
Commercial insurance companies sell insurance to the general public and are licensed in all states in which they do business. By contrast, CICs directly insure only their owners, who are sophisticated insureds, with the ability to manage and retain their own risk. Consequently, the degree of regulatory oversight required for captives is less than that which is required for commercial insurers. The captive is licensed in only one state, and operates under the captive insurance law of that domicile.
By statute, a captive is examined every 3-5 years. The Captive Insurance Division examines all risk retention groups (RRG) every 3 years. All pure captives are examined every 4-5 years. Other group programs are examined every 4 years.
Pure captives typically take one week. A large pure program may take two weeks. RRGs typically take three weeks and for other group programs, two weeks is expected. The majority of examinations are performed at the Vermont captive manager's offices. The exception is for group programs when claims and underwriting testing is typically performed out of state.
Yes. Risk Retention Groups must request and receive a Company Code from the NAIC. You can find the request form at naic.org. A certified copy of your license is required which we can issue as requested.
Risk Retention Groups must also file annual and quarterly statements with the NAIC and are subject to accreditation standards. RRG's must also file quarterly statements with the states they are registered and also with the domiciliary state.
Other forms of captives are not required to have a Company Code but may find it needed. Your fronting carrier will ask for your company code to complete its Annual Statement filings. Other states may come across the captive name and ask the NAIC who you are. Having a company code lets the NAIC know you are a Vermont captive and are not required to file with the NAIC. This saves time and trouble.
Vermont periodically updates its captive listings with the NAIC. The NAIC assigns a company code, notes that it is a captive, and also notes that the captive is not required to file with the NAIC.
What are the annual filing requirements for Special Purpose Financial Insurers?
1) Annual Report, due annually by 3/1:
2) Annual Report Supplements, due annually by 4/1:
3) Actuarial Opinion, due annually by 6/30
4) Audited Statutory Statements, due annually by 6/30 including:
5) Vermont Premium Tax Return, due annually by 2/28
6) License Renewal Fee of $500, due annually by 4/1
Does Vermont require Special Purpose Financial Insurers to file its regulatory filings with the NAIC?
No, Special Purpose Financial Insurers will not be subject to NAIC filing requirements. Only the applicable forms will be used to file with Vermont as the State of domicile.
When should Pro-forma financial projections be filed and what should they include?
It is required that the Company submit financial projections with their application covering a five-year period and every five-year period thereafter. It is also expected that the Company would submit revised five-year projections when significant changes are made to the approved plan of operations of the Company. The projections should include a balance sheet, statement of income, and a list of financial assumptions used in the creation of the projections.
What documents should we file if our Parent has a name change due to merger/acquisition?
The Captive's stock certificate should be reissued in the new Parent's name. In addition, it is recommended that the Company obtain a new Certificate of Incorporation and revise their By-laws and Articles (if affected) as well as letter's of credit, policies, and reinsurance agreements.
When a new captive is licensed, and in compliance with Regulation C-81-2, is the Board required to hold an annual meeting in Vermont by the calendar year end in the year licensed?
No, Vermont requires that the Board hold its first annual meeting within 12 months of being licensed, and then annually thereafter.
Should a company's five-year financial proformas include the assumptions used in their preparation?
Yes, assumptions are an important part of a company's proformas financials and should be filed each time they are prepared.
It is not a difficult process, but first we would like to have a conversation, either in person or via conference call. We can discuss your captive's operations, and see if it would be a good fit for Vermont, and vice-versa. We want to make sure that it is a good fit and that both of our expectations are clearly defined. We want the decision to be positive for all parties. We would want to see an outline of your current business plan and the latest audited financial statements and actuarial analysis so we can do a quick preview to see if your program would work here and to see if any adjustments would be needed to the program or the capital structure. Any information you provide would be confidential by statute.
In Vermont we license captives based on the parent company insurance needs and risk management purposes. The captive is first and foremost an insurance company, therefore it must charge a determinable premium for assuming a real risk of the parent. We consider taxes only to the extent that they impact surplus (i.e. the tax expense and related tax assets or liabilities).
If a company is relying on a particular tax scenario to make the captive economically viable, that's a concern that must be addressed. In Vermont, we don't track the number of captives making the 831(b) election, but we do track our captives based on premium written. Last year more than 25% of Vermont's captives wrote $1 million or less in gross written premium, and there's a fair chance that some would qualify for a variety of tax elections. Vermont is a very welcoming domicile for small captives, regardless of their tax election!
If you have questions for Vermont Regulators, please email to: firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Various implements for this API exist: Most as ORM for your favourite RDB; some for standalone or built-in OODBMS. JDO 1.0 (JSR 12) in 2003 JDO 2.0 (JSR 243) Extension, accepted 1m ago 2005-03-31 8 JDO API: PMF & PM PersistenceManagerFactory pmf = JDOHelper.getPersistenceManagerFactory (Properties p); javax.jdo.PersistenceManager pm = pmf.getPersistenceManager(); pm.makePersistent(customer); customer = pm.getObjectById(oid,true); 2005-03-31 9 JDO Metadata & Enhancement JDO XML metadata describes which classes can be persisted (<class name=…>), with relevant options (<collection element-type=…>, <extension …>) JDO implementation run-time needs to interact with persistence instances for lifecycle notification, load, store/flush. Generally, this is achieved by running a build-time tool, a JDO [byte code] enhancer. (It adds the PersistenceCapable interface from SPI API to persistent classes. This is no longer strictly for JDO compliance,see BinaryCompatibility.) Subject of hot debates – strange, think AOP etc. 2005-03-31 10 JDO API: Transactions Non-Managed javax.jdo.Transaction jtx = pm.currentTransaction(); jtx.begin(); /* Do Stuff */ jtx.commit(); Managed (usually in J2EE container) JTA API javax.transaction.UserTransaction ut; ut = {lookup somewhere, e.g. JNDI}; ut = ejbContext.getUserTransaction() ut.begin(); /* Do Stuff */ ut.commit(); Declarative EJB container managed transactions Core JDO Book Chapter 11 2005-03-31 11 JDO API: Query and JDOQL Query q = pm.newQuery(Customer.class, "customerName.startsWith('Tintin') && lastOrder.price > 100"); Collection results = (Collection)q.execute(); Iterator it = results.iterator(); while (it.hasNext()) { Customer cust = (Customer)it.next()); Parameters: q.declareParameters("String variable") and q.execute(variable) etc. etc. – many many more query facilities! 2005-03-31 12 JDO Queries: More of v1.0 JDOQL "Filter" can contain almost all Java language operators, and some methods such as Collection.isEmpty() & contains(), String.startsWith() & endsWith() [But not arbitrary other domain model methods!] Ordering Free Variables Compiled Queries Namespaces (packages) Navigation ("dots") in Filters, Ordering, etc. 2005-03-31 13 JDO Queries: More in v2.0 Single-String JDOQL Form String.matches(), toLowerCase(), toUpperCase(), indexOf() x2, substring() x2, Map.containsKey() & containsValue(), Math.abs() & sqrt(). Paging Query Results with Query.setRange() or "range :start to :end" and java.util.List results User-Defined Result Class, single results, Unique Projections, Aggregates functions Standardized SQL pass-through 2005-03-31 14 JDO 2.0 News Disconnected Object Graphs for multi-tier Standardized RDBMS Mapping Descriptors ("just" the agreed upon XML language; many implementations already had possibilities) Can get e.g. a java.sql.Connection from javax.jdo.PersistenceManager More: newNamedQuery, FetchPlan, Sequence, delete by query, Multiple User Objects on PM, etc. 2005-03-31 15 JDO Implementations [DISCLAIMER] Open Source JPOX ObjectWeb Speedo TJDO XORM (?) Apache JDO 2.0 RI (?) Orient (ODBMS, OSS is new) Commercial non-ORM Non-JDO ORMs Commercial JDO ORM Vendors 2005-03-31 Versant (incl. Poet) ObjectDB (simple & inexpensive) JBoss Hibernate Oracle Toplink Castor JDO OJB (?) … Solarmetric Kodo Xcalia (formerly Libelis LiDO) .FR Signsoft intellBO .DE Versant Open Access (formerly JDO Genie) Others, e.g. Exadel, ObjectFrontier, ObjectMatter, Spadesoft XJDO, … 16 JDO & EJB 2.1 EJB 2.1 CMP Entity Beans mixed persistence and remoting, with a complicated API and development model (container) – sorry, but consider that dead, essentially. Session and Message-Driven Beans however certainly have their place. So JDO inside the implementation logic of those makes a lot of sense! 2005-03-31 17 JDO & EJB 2.1 When using JDO inside a RPC-like ("SOA") EJB Session Bean (or RMI, Spring Remoting.. your-favourite-here) : "Syntax" aspects: About how to get…, when to… etc. For full code details see Core JDO book chapter 9 and/or Vendor Doc. "Architectural" aspects: How to write your DTOs (AKA VO) here – or do you write them at all?! 2005-03-31 18 JDO & EJB: DTO (AKA VO) Either, "traditionally" write dedicated Serializable DTO/VO in addition to PC, maybe per service/use case. Nothing new; see Core J2EE Patterns etc. Or, mark domain model PCs as Serializable (although JDO will never serialize) and use makeTransient (1.0) or detachCopy (2.0) 2005-03-31 19 JDO & EJB: detachCopy New JDO 2.0 state: detached-clean/dirty. API: Object PersistenceManager.detachCopy(Object pc); Object PersistenceManager.attachCopy(Object detached, boolean makeTransactional); Scenario: detach/disconnect, close PM, serialize across tier, modify disconnected, send back. New PM, new Tx, re-attach. Keeps original identity and version! Simplifies & makes safer the similar manual makeTransient() approach from Core JDO book chapter 9. 2005-03-31 20 JDO in the Web Tier (directly) If your project does not need EJB-like remoting and physical separation of tiers, directly using JDO in the Web Tier (Struts, JSF, etc.) can be very nice, and lead to a simple and efficient development model! Recommended Architecture: One shared PMF (application context) and one PM and Tx per request (context), managed by a Servlet Filter. Better: Enforce Web MVC with "Model 2" View, allowing "pull view" (e.g. JSP) but read-only; allow write changes in "Controller" only. 2005-03-31 21 JDO and/or JDBC? Using JDO (any ORM) does not necessarily mean no JDBC – mixing is possible and may make sense. (Tx safe) [VI LOB] Core JDO Book chapter 12 has analysis – but outdated already because JDO 2.0 addresses some cases. Still, of course, for data-centric, database processing intensive, performance sensitive e.g. batch kind applications, as well as for very complex existing fixed RDB schemas, ORM and thus JDO may not be the appropriate road to go. 2005-03-31 22 EJB 3.0 EJB 3.0 EG decided to abandon EJB 2.1 Entity Beans, and create new and separate Persistence Doc and API: This will be an ORM not a transparent Persistence API. Some other differences. However, will also be usable in J2SE, outside J2EE container. 2005-03-31 23 EJB 3.0 Also a POJO-style approach. Many real world domain models will probably be usable with both APIs! Both a similar API, conceptually close for practical purposes, e.g. life cycle aligned. EntityManager.persist(), EntityManager.createQuery(), javax.persistence.Query.getResultList() Query Languages (JDOQL & EJBQL) differ, but maybe JDO 2.1 and EJB 3.1 allow crossspec query language? (A la SQL in JDO 2.0) 2005-03-31 24 Future of Java Persistence Today, the choice is JDO; why wait? A proven JCP standard with many implementations. EJB 3 Final Release supposedly "summer 2005" (?). Requires JDK 5. Slow adoption? Longer Term (2-3 years?) … who knows? Note: All major JDO implementations very likely also EJB 3 "persistence engines". 2005-03-31 25 Q&A Thanks for listening! To play with "running code" after this: http://www.jpox.org – great tutorials! Questions? Drinks. 2005-03-31 26


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A big part is reading the goalie, like someone mentioned if he is out far deke, if he stays back in his net and gives you room to shoot then shoot. Before the game in warm ups and during the game keep an eye on the goalie and check for anything that he might do a lot, some goalies like to stand more, which means shoot low. Some like to go down a lot which means fake a shot and then go upstairs.
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"Come on, bastard, pick up the pace!" Lovino growled, walking down the spiraling path leading up to Braginski Manor. Dark, long dead trees lined the property.
Braginski Manor had long since been abandoned and left to rot out in the middle of Monde forest. It was said that the original owners all died in a horrible blood bath. The youngest sister in the family went mad and slaughtered her siblings as well as her brother's fiance and family.
No one ever entered the manor due to the fact their spirits supposedly haunted the house.
However, for the students at both Monde High and Monde Community College, this haunted house was just a conquest to prove your bravery.
"Sorry, Lovi … this place just creeps me out!" Antonio hurried to catch up with his friend, "I mean … didn't you ever play HetaOni? What if there's an alien thing behind there and he's going to kill us?"
Lovino rolled his eyes. He never wanted to play such silly games, "Stupid idiot. Do you know how many people come in this manor all the time? They always leave." a sly grin came over his face. He wasn't afraid, but that didn't mean he couldn't have a little fun, "Almost always."
Antonio had relaxed until Lovino said almost, "What do you mean?"
"Nothing." Lovino sang with a tad bit of laughter. They walked onto the steps, careful of their weight on the rotting dead wood. It creaked beneath their steps and Lovino bit his lip lightly, walking up to the manor front door. Golden lettering on the side, now dirt covered and missing pieces, read 'Braginski', or would have if teenagers hadn't stolen the 'r', 'a', and 's'.
A loud, clanging ring echoed around the forest, sending crows flying across the night sky. Lovino shuddered and turned a glare to Antonio whom was holding the long door bell cord. The Spanish man quickly let go and gave Lovino an apologetic smile.
"Damn it … you could wake the dead with that thing! What the hell were you thinking?" he hissed.
Antonio made to answer but the door swung open, revealing a large foyer. A dusty old staircase led up to the second floor and split into two different directions.
"Creepy. Come on, bastard. I'll show those two freaks you call friends that I'm not afraid to spend the night here." he pulled out his flashlight and walked inside, looking around the foyer at the old, partially broken busts of the previous owners. The chandelier hung broken above them, the glass from it littered the floor beneath Lovino and Antonio's feet.
"They didn't mean anything by that, Lovi … so can we please just go back to our dorm room now? I don't like this place … I feel like we're being watched." he whispered the last bit.
Lovino glared, "You're just being paranoid, jerk. Let's explore before we set up for the night." he began walking through the first arched doorway into a long straight hall way. His Spanish dorm mate was holding onto his backpack, jumping at every little shadow that was cast against the wall from Lovino's flashlight.
The hall ended up branching off to the right twice before coming to an end in the kitchen. Long wooden tables sat in the middle while the dirt covered floor held remnants of cooking supplies and tools. Lovino saw the back door and shrugged lightly, "Nothing here, come on." he turned, but the table in the far back began shaking lightly. Lovino's eyes widened in fear and he shut the door from the kitchen into the hall and leaned against it, his heart racing.
It was all in his mind! Yeah … he was seeing things that Antonio's fear and complaining was putting there.
Antonio turned back, "Lovi?" Lovino looked up at him and peered in through the small window to see the table was as still as ever. He let out the breath he had been holding and quickly caught up to Antonio. The two explored the study next. It was the first hall on the way back.
They looked at the books on the shelves, possibly searching for something to read if they got bored during the night.
The Italian pulled down a dusty looking book and cracked it open. The pages were yellowed, but the words were good. However, Lovino growled, not being able to read the weird lettering in the book.
"Hey, bastard!" he turned to see Antonio sitting on a long table pointing his own flashlight down onto the pages of an old medical journal, "What the hell is this stuff?" he asked pointing at the lettering.
Antonio looked up, "Russian~" he smiled, setting his book down. He pointed the light up at a large painting over the small fireplace in the room. A large man and two girls sat in it, "They were Russian … I thought you knew that."
Lovino blushed lightly, "I did … I forgot … shut u-" he froze seeing the medical book Antonio had been reading slowly lift off the table. He stared at it and a cold fear washed over him and he grabbed Antonio's hand, "Come on … we can't even read any of this shit." his voice was shaking lightly as he pulled his friend.
"Oh … okay …" they explored the upstairs next. Lovino was already on edge from his strange encounters. There's no such thing as ghost, there's no such things as ghosts, he chanted in his head. Alfred was just a big baby and Lovino Vargas was no baby!
He looked down one hall and then the other, "Which way?"
"How about I go to the left and you the right? We can cover more ground that way and then we'll meet back here in a few minutes and find a place to set up for the night." Antonio smiled, his previous fears and worries seemed to have just melted away.
Lovino looked down the hallway and swallowed hard. Alone? He'd go explore alone? He sniffled lightly, "O-okay. Yeah … meet here in twenty."
Antonio nodded and bounded off down his hall way to explore. Lovino, on the other hand, took a few steps down the long hall. So far, nothing seemed out of the ordinary. He smiled in reassurance that he was just tired and imagining things before. Something caught his attention out of the corner of his eye. He saw the edge of a dress around the corner of his hallway, but as he stepped closer it disappeared.
"Who …?" he quickly chased after the person to see what she was doing in a place like this. He followed down another hall, never truly catching up to the girl, but only just staying out of reach. Finally, he found the last hallway, but instead of a girl in a dress, he found blood splattered against the walls, dripping and oozing and a human skeleton sitting in the corner.
"Get out!" a dark voice echoed. Lovino felt his blood turn to ice as he let out a piercing scream and began running.
Antonio opened another door and sighed. It was also an empty bedroom. He leaned against the door frame and contemplated just heading back to find Lovino so they could get some sleep, however a scream interrupted his thoughts.
"Lovi …" he took off down the hall, fear filling his heart. What if something happened? What if Lovino was hurt? What if Lovino was- no! He told himself. Lovino was fine. He probably just saw a spider and needed his Spaniard to save him! Yeah, that was it!
He looked around and didn't see Lovino, but he did see a bedroom door was open. He slowly pushed it open and looked around and the rotted away curtains and bedspread. He wondered if he should call out for Lovino, but what if there was a killer in the house? Then he'd be an open target!
Antonio shook his head. Finding Lovino was worth it.
He notice rushed footprints in the dust on the floor, along with brushed marks leading under the bed. Slowly, the man knelt to the ground and peered under the bed. Pain filled his senses as something hit his nose hard. He fell to his side and clutched his face tightly, moaning in pain.
"A-Antonio?" he heard Lovino's voice weakly call out. If he hadn't been so relieved and in pain, he would have leaped for joy at the fact Lovino was using his real name for the first time ever. He pulled his hands away from his face and smiled softly at Lovino, "Are you okay? I heard a scream …" he crawled under the bed to join him.
"It was awful! The girl, and the then blood and the bones!" he began to ramble incoherently about what he'd seen, but Antonio only took the other man into his arms and began rubbing lazy circles into his back, "Shhh."
Lovino eventually calmed down and buried his burning red face into Antonio's chest, "You can let me go now, bastard …" he muttered softly out of embarrassment. Antonio let him go and pushed himself out from under the bed, his own face burning.
"S-sorry …" he laughed sheepishly.
The two looked around the room and Lovino sighed, "Let's just sleep here, okay? I'm done exploring." he pulling his backpack off and pulled out some blankets and laid them out on the bed. He sat down on them and took a deep, steadying breath. Maybe he had imagined the scene?
Antonio pulled out his own sleeping bag and laid it out on the floor, sitting on it. Lovino yawned, "Night … Antonio …" he muttered, laying down and pulling his second blanket over his shoulder.
The Spaniard laid there for a second and a bright smile overcame his face, "Night Lovi~" he closed his eyes to sleep.
However, sleep wouldn't come easy for them. Lovino was laying with his back to the window, staring at the wall where the moon light was slowly fading behind the clouds. That's right, he thought bitterly, it was supposedly going to rain that night.
He closed his eyes and sighed. Maybe the rain would sooth him to sle-
Thump … thump … thump.
Lovino froze in mid thought and listened to the foot falls outside the door in the hall way. The person paced him or herself slowly, finally stopping at the door where they tested to doorknob. It jiggled, but didn't budge. Had Antonio locked the door? He smiled faintly at the gesture but his heart was racing too fast at the thought of someone being right outside his door. Light scratching came at the door and Lovino jumped from the bed and fell to his knees at Antonio's sleeping bag. He unzipped it and crawled into the slightly too small for them bag and wrapped his arms tightly around Antonio.
"L-Lovi?" the sleepy Spaniard looked at him in shock.
A face buried into his chest and soft sobs were coming from the Italian man. Antonio frowned and sat up, pulling Lovino into his lap, "What happened?" he looked at his watch and frowned lightly, seeing he'd only been asleep for ten minutes or so before Lovino woke him up.
"N-nothing … just get in the bed … please …" Lovino looked up with pleading eyes. Antonio's heart skipped a beat and he nodded, crawling into the bed. He took Lovino back into his arms and held him tightly as he tried to go back to sleep.
Rain began pouring outside, leaving them both with a calm feeling at the white noise. Lovino smiled softly, burying his face into Antonio's neck, while the Spaniard held him closely in his arms.
This wasn't the end of their night. Lovino was jolted awake from his sleep by a loud crashing in the hallway. Antonio must have heard it too, because he tensed and his grip tightened around Lovino.
Slowly, Antonio pushed up off the bed and stood.
"Get back here, bastard!" Lovino hissed, "It might be something serious!"
Antonio ignored him and took a few more steps towards the door before something else crashed in the halls. Lovino squeaked and grabbed Antonio's hand, urging him to just get back into the bed, "Please, Antonio … it could be a psycho!"
The Spaniard looked at Lovino with a smile, "I'll be fine. I'm going to make sure you stay safe. If I don't come back, just get out of here, okay? Don't forget me?"
Lovino's mind and heart began racing as Antonio picked up a flashlight, preparing to use it as a weapon. He slowly made his way to the door.
"Stop!" Lovino cried out, stopping Antonio in his tracks, "Don't … just get back here … we'll both stay safe …" he eyes darted quickly from Antonio's eyes and down to the floor and back up again, "I … I love you …"
Antonio looked up in disbelief. His emerald eyes looked at Lovino, whom was sitting on his knees on the bed, clutching one arm with the other and looking away. His face was bright red.
"L-Lovi?" he took a step away from the door, "Y-you mean i-it? You love me?"
Lovino nodded, not trusting his clenched throat to form anymore words. Antonio dropped the flashlight to the floor and walked as fast as his feet could carry him to the bed, where he wasted no time in taking Lovino into his arms, "I love you, too …"
He pressed his lips against Lovino's, tasting the bitter, salty tears, "I won't go … okay …? I'll stay right here and protect you."
The Italian nodded, clenching Antonio's shirt in his fists and holding onto him. Antonio leaned against the old headboard and held Lovino in his lap, rubbing soothing circles on his back, his arms, even his cheek. He pressed gentle, loving kisses to Lovino's hair and forehead and held him tightly when what ever was out there was making noises.
Antonio held Lovino while the Italian slept soundly, despite the echoes of 'get out' and the scratching and thumping and crashing.
Eventually, the man also fell asleep, holding his new boyfriend close to him.
Gilbert laughed and held up his walkie-talkie, "You see them yet?"
"Oui! Awww so adorable! They are sound asleep! Operation Get Them Together worked like a charm~"
"Alright, hurry up and get back here and held me clean up the fake blood so we can go home." Gilbert laughed lightly, scrubbing up the walls where he and Francis had painted the walls with fake blood. He put the Halloween skeleton back in the box and made sure everything else was picked up.
"Ah, l'amour~ so beautiful, non?" Francis muttered, walking up.
The albino rolled his eyes, "Ja, ja, now help me untie the wiring from Gilbird. Poor thing shouldn't have had to lift that book like that …"
Francis rolled his eyes and helped pull the string off.
"So, Franny, how did you know that would work?"
The Frenchman grinned, "I 'ave my ways~ besides, I knew Lovino would put up a front of being brave and that if we frightened 'im enough 'e would 'ave to turn to Toni's big, sexy, strong arms."
"Alright, alright, keep your pants on and your boner away!" Gilbert laughed.
Another light laughter filled the air and the two college students turned to see a young woman, completely transparent, laughing as well.
Both of them let out a scream and took off down the halls.
She stood in shock and frowned, "Every time …"
"Boo!" the girl jumped and turned to see another spirit beside her, her sister Natalia.
"Natalia! Do you have to scare me like that?" she squeaked.
"Calm down, sisters." they turned to see a large male spirit floating over.
"Ivan!" Katyusha smiled.
Natalia smiled, "Hello, big brother~"
Ivan just smiled lightly, "Come on, we should show those two trouble making boys what true fear is~"
Natalia nodded, agreeing instantly with his brother. Ivan grinned, going to find the blonde and the albino.
Their voice were unheard by the sleeping couple in the bed room.
Morning came and Lovino awoke from the best sleep he'd had in a long time. He smiled softly up at Antonio and woke the man so that they could go home.
They made their way back to the dorms, hand-in-hand, blissfully unaware of the three spirits watching them from the window, laughing lightly about the two scared boys who ran off in the middle of the night.
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After an initial appeal failed, Hamilton travelled to Trinidad to gather further evidence, which subsequently led to the president of Trinidad referring Bernard's case back to the Court of Appeal of Trinidad in 2004.
Hamilton remained involved in the case after leaving A&O in 2004 to serve in the army and train as a doctor, but was tragically killed in a canoeing accident in 2005.
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A few of the Highlights in the History of Pharma and Social Media from Mack:
July 2008: First Pharma Facebook Page: ADHD Moms
April 2009: FDA sends 14 Warning Letters
June 2009: UCB Embraces Adverse Events on Sponsored Discussion Board
September 2009: FDA Announces Public Hearing on Social Media
November 2009: FDA Hosts Public Hearing on Social Media
August 2010: Roche publicly discloses Social Media Guidelines (See them here)
February 2011: Astra Zeneca hosts first live chat on Twitter with #rxSave
July 2011: First hack of a Pharma Facebook Page (Pfizer)
Intouch Solutions then shared some advice on focus points for building a social media campaign:
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Every company should have emergency reaction plans in addition to transition flow plans in order to keep the voices and tones of the communication plans the same. This allows a company to be prepared to react to emergency situations. Who owns your online presence when you're tweeting on behalf of a company? What happens if they move to another company?


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Rebuilding Idaho Territorial Capitol
The building started its life around the year 1862 as a livery stable supply shop, became the Idaho Territorial Capitol but then died in obscurity as a neglected old icehouse sometime around 1915. Its ruin was observed with little ceremony, but Lewiston historian Steven Branting said the loss of the building that held the first two territorial Legislatures made a mark on the history of the city that lingered well after its death. Citizens tried to save it in 1914, Branting said, but efforts to move it to what is now Pioneer Park withered. Another group wanted to build a replica of the building in 1992, but that also failed. With the sesquicentennial anniversary of the Idaho Territory coming next year, the building that held its first lawmakers will return to Lewiston Friday with the construction of a replica at the corner of 12th and Main streets/Cody Bloomsburg, Lewiston Tribune. More here. (Barry Kough Lewiston Tribune photo of worker constructing base of capitol replica)
Question: Would you rather have the Idaho capitol in Boise or Lewiston?
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Since my last post on pineapple tarts, I've received a few emails asking me about the pineapple jam or pineapple tarts filling—how it looks, the texture, the inside of the pineapple tarts—and I thought I would share this picture of pineapple jam (pineapple tarts filling) with you.
A perfect pineapple jam or pineapple tarts filling should be golden brown in color, with a sticky texture. The golden hue comes from the sugar added during the cooking process.
Last night, I made another two trays of pineapple tarts and converted them into pineapple shortcakes by adding 1 tablespoon of vegetable shortening. Oh my, what a phenomenal improvement—the pastry was SO crumbly it practically melted in my mouth. Needless to say, I finished all of them, again!
Check out the beautiful inside of the pineapple tart above, which shows the delicious pineapple jam filling!
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