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Корпоративное Управление И Эффективность Приватизированных Предприятий В России
[Corporate governance and the performance of privatized enterprises in Russia]
The paper considers key issues in the development of effective corporate governance in the newly established corporate sector of Russia.
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- Frydman, Roman & Pistor, Katharina & Rapaczynski, Andrzej, 1996. "Exit and voice after mass privatization: The case of Russia," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 40(3-5), pages 581-588, April.
- Shleifer, Andrei & Vishny, Robert W, 1997.
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"I am really excited about this year's musical lineup, as well as to compete in the watermelon-eating contest, build a sand castle, and do some paddleboarding in the surf," says Sol Driven Train frontman Joel Timmons.
The festival starts Fri. July 19 and runs through Sat. Full weekend passes are $35, but you can still get tickets for individual shows. A portion of the proceeds will go directly to the Rainforest Action Network in memory of Rebecca Tarbotton, the organization's former executive director and a close friend of Sol Driven Train.
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San Jose, Calif. The Virtual Socket Interface Alliance (VSIA) today will announce a new, broader charter and a radically different structure that will transform the organization from something like an industry-standards body to a kind of new-business incubator.
Not unlike the VSIA's initial goals, the new charter aims to dramatically increase the productivity of system-on-chip design teams, said Mike Kaskowitz, president of the organization. But now the organization will attempt to do this not just through the development of standards but also by fostering the development of a whole range of business and technical solutions to the problems faced by SoC teams. Those solutions might be best-practices guidelines, reference architectures, tools, heuristics and marketing forums.
"We recognize that the real work gets done when companies and individuals with a common interest and with important skills sit down and work together on a problem," said Kaskowitz.
The new VSIA will comprise two kinds of components. The key components will be "pillars," Kaskowitz said. Each pillar will be a cluster of from five to eight companies that team up to solve a specific problem. The pillar will provide its own technical, legal and marketing resources. The VSIA will provide administrative, support and marketing services for each pillar.
One unique pillar, focused on research and development, will be operated by the VSIA itself. It will be composed of universities and research organizations, as well as companies, and will be charged with identifying emerging issues in the SoC community for which new pillars should be formed. Unlike the others, this pillar will not be dissolved when its current task has been completed.
New, nonvoting memberships for individuals will also be offered.
Kaskowitz also defined the first three pillars in the new organization. One will focus on IP quality metrics. This work will be a continuation of the highly successful IP Quality Design Working Group (DWG). The second pillar will work on IP security, again building on existing DWG work. The third pillar will be the R&D organization.


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Excerpts taken from the Park Rapids Enterprise. These entries are taken verbatim to preserve the flavor of the stories. That includes spelling errors and often, missing names.
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Jan. 11, 1912
The mercury has not been above zero this year. The coldest temperature was -44.
From Dr. P.A. Walling, who has charge of the local weather bureau, the Enterprise has secured the official figures recorded by the government thermometer during the present cold snap, and they are presented herewith. Not for several years has there been a condition such as has prevailed since Jan. 1.
Although the condition has been extreme, business has continued to move as usual this season. The rural free delivery carriers and outgoing stages have maintained their regular schedules, but it is noticeable there is not much wood being brought in and there is a good market for what comes.
The thermometer has not been above zero yet this year, and -44 is the coldest record on Jan. 7, 1912.
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Feb. 5, 1942
Local Happenings
Clinton Manlove of Hubbard brought to the Enterprise office Wednesday a large egg laid by one of his white leghorn hens. The egg measured 6½ by 7¾ inches and weighed four ounces.
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Uncooperative fish fail to diminish fun
The first annual Park Rapids Fishing Derby, held Sunday on Fish Hook Lake, was a huge success despite the recaltricance of the most uncooperative fish ever gathered together in one body of water. More than 500 persons braved the elements to lend support to the Lions sponsored event.
Robert Ohlgren, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Ohlgren, who won a 3HP Johnson motor and a $25 Savings Bond for the first and largest game fish caught a 4-ounce Blue Gill that proved to be the only eligible fish caught during the two-hour derby.


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On Monday the family of Robert and Christianne Shepherd will join forces with Mary Creagh MP to fight for their right to legal aid when they meet the Prime Minister.
They will present David Cameron with copies of the Express' #TimeForTheTruth petition to show the strength of support for their case.
Robert and Christianne died in Corfu in 2006 from carbon monoxide poisoning while they were on a holiday that was booked through travel agent Thomas Cook.
An inquest into their deaths will be held next January - the first time the full facts of the tragedy will be heard in a British court.
But without legal aid the family cannot afford to be legally represented.
Ms Creagh said: "There is still a long way to go but meeting with the Prime Minister will be an important step forward in our fight for justice for Bobby and Christi.
"Last week I met with the Justice Minister to discuss the case. And on Tuesday night I received a call from Malcolm Bryant who is the head of exceptional funding at the Legal Aid Agency who wanted further information about the scope of the inquest.
"I know from talking to people that there is a huge amount of support for the children's family in Wakefield and around the country. Let's hope that Mr Cameron appreciates that and listens to the family when we meet on Monday and that the government overturns the discission not to grant legal aid."
Almost 5,000 people have signed the online #TimeForTheTruth petition or sent in coupons from the paper.
Gavin Murray, Express news editor, said: "This is not the end of our campaign. We strongly believe that the family of Robert and Christianne should have legal aid to ensure that the inquest is as thorough and far-reaching as possible.
"Thank you to everyone who has supported the petition so far, but please keep up your support we need more people to sign the petition so can help the family finally learn the truth."
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With the BCS title game tonight and the NFL playoffs approaching this weekend, the NBA still isn't completely in the attention of most mainstream sports fans.
I'm looking out for you. Check out these NBA games that should be appointment viewing this week and others to be avoided at all costs.
- Los Angeles Clippers at Portland (9 p.m., Tuesday) — Two of the NBA's most athletic teams will meet in what could be a playoff preview.
- Atlanta at Indiana (6 p.m., Wednesday) — The Eastern Conference's two biggest early surprises square off.
- Miami at Los Angeles Clippers (9:30 p.m., Wednesday, ESPN) — LeBron and CP3 will be there. But the most entertaining matchup could be between Dwyane Wade and Clippers' new addition Chauncey Billups.
- Portland at San Antonio (7:30 p.m., Friday, Fox Sports Southwest) — Tim Duncan, DeJuan Blair and Co. could be in for a big challenge when LaMarcus Aldridge visits.
- Los Angeles Lakers at Los Angeles Clippers (9:30 p.m., Saturday) — The Lakers still haven't forgotten those two preseason losses to the Clippers that some hinted were statement games in the rivalry.
- Minnesota at Toronto (6 p.m., Monday) — Timberwolves will be looking for their first victory in Toronto in nearly eight years.
- Toronto at Washington (6 p.m., Tuesday) — Stage could be set for winless Wizards' first victory this season against road-weary Raptors.
- Sacramento at Toronto (6 p.m., Wednesday) — Only thing uglier than two Raptors' games in two nights could be a back-to-back-to-back.
- Detroit at Milwaukee (7 p.m., Thursday) — Two proud franchises have really slipped in recent seasons.
- Golden State at Detroit (5 p.m., Sunday) — The fact that Jason Maxiell and Damien Wilkins are playing significant minutes shows the struggles for the Pistons.


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As his profile states, southern rapper Zack Fraley draws on the world around him for influences. Just like any artist working within the realms of expression, he pours the entirety of his being into every one of his creations. But like only the most prolific of artists, Fraley's raps are transparent enough to allow listeners a sincere glimpse into his life and the state of mind from which his rhymes are etched. Featuring moments of both angst and blanketing despair, Fraley's knack for poetic diction and offbeat flow is not abundantly represented in the game today. When combined with his youthful energy and audible sincerity, the result is an enigmatic rap experience that will soon be making headlines.
Where We Go opens with a daunting sample loop, begging the question Where do we go from here? For Fraley, the answer is We go with our sense of direction /whether it drives us crazy or to sin and confession /we go where we're wanted for a sense of belonging /we both cry when our fortunes get squandered. The piece takes the listener through an epic journey, where youths transform from a blurry life of excess into the cruxes of a movements to a land where racial differences fade, with Fraley reaching the ultimate conclusion It's a good life if I have peace when I rest my head. Speaking in the possessive, Fraley unites those following the same path as him, lending a heap of momentum to the tune and a sense of solidarity among listeners in the same boat. The beat is piano-driven and foreboding, mirroring the lyrical content and weight of always moving onto what's next.
His collaboration with fellow OurStage urban artist Yonas (formerly known as Cause) Back For More landed a Top 10 spot in our Beat Kangz competition back in February, and for good reason. The song speaks to that infamously human moment of hanging in the balance between leaving it all behind and staying around for more because you simply can't let go. Play it better /just when you had enough /the world a man's tough /wanna throw your hands up but you can't back down /lookin' at the bigger picture /then it hits ya. Common yes, and that's one reason this song has been so successful. Musically, the instruments enter single file, at times feeling like the backdrop to an 80s soft rock tune. But, with the entrance of Fraley's intense rhymes, no mistake is made as to the nature of this beat. Piano- driven once more, this track transforms into what could be conceived as a Hot 100 R&B track on the chorus with straight-on synth chirps and soulful vocals from our versatile rapper/singer himself.
Producer Sean Divine and Fraley have put together quite an EP, and it drops soon. Make sure you know where to get it when the day comes, and look out for Zack as he competes in this month's Alt. Hip Hop Channel!


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Rampant Games - Indie Roundup
Time for a new indie roundup at Rampant Games. As usual, there's a bunch of games we cover regularly, as well as a bunch of RPGMaker, jRPG and other titles we don't. Among the ones we haven't covered is Recettear, which seems to be getting a reaction on various forums to their demo.
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Yeah, I don't think I scooped you on any of the western-style RPGs this time. Maybe next time.
We just need more western-style RPGs!!!
Don't get me wrong, I love a good JRPG-style game, especially some of the more inventive-sounding ones like Recettear and Magical Diary, but the JRPG style pretty much dominates the indie scene.
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Kibits Cuts Through the Chatter with New Micro-Social Network App
Please, Lord, not another social-networking app that helps you connect with 500 more people you don't actually want to talk to. Or that adds yet more information overload to your life.
OK, since it's Matt Cutler and Dave Greenstein, the former NetGenesis guys, let's take a closer look. Their free mobile app is called Kibits, it's available in the Apple app store (for iOS devices) as of this morning, and judging from the demo…well, it actually looks like it could be pretty useful. Even for those of you who are already maxed out on social networking.
The basic idea is you can create private groups on the fly—of friends, co-workers, people you have business meetings with, and so on—and share messages, comments, links, photos, videos, or documents from Dropbox or iCloud, with those people (and only those people).
So you can use it as a collaborative tool at work, or a social sharing tool among certain friends and family, or even to meet up with people at a common location. Cutler says the app's goal is to be "more effective and visceral" than existing tools like e-mail, texting, group messaging, Google Docs, or Facebook—and to be optimized for mobile devices, as people move in and out of groups during the course of their day.
"At our very core, what we've been trying to do is build an app that you'll use in the real world in real situations with real people, every day," says Cutler, CEO of Kibits. "We didn't set out to build a mobile apps company. But if you're in the real world, the device of choice is your phone."
Cutler and Greenstein have been heads-down on the project for over a year. They raised $1 million in seed funding last year from Google Ventures, Charles River Ventures, General Catalyst Partners, and other investors. The Kibits team is less than 10 people, Cutler says, and is currently hiring for iOS developers and visual designers in particular.
The Kibits app weaves together many familiar social-media threads—inviting Facebook friends to join, sharing comments and content with specific groups, incorporating calendar appointments and users' location—but it does so in a fresh way. "There's a lot of new here," Cutler says. The app is "really geared towards encouraging dialogue and increasing the pace of the dialogue," he says. To that end, he thinks it will also help drive people towards faster actions and decisions, since text-based phone interactions tend to be short and direct.
For now, though, the Kibits team is all about getting the app out in the hands of users—and learning what it takes for them to get comfortable using it—before worrying about making money. "It's going to take time and a lot of experimentation to get that right," Cutler says. "We're not trying to swing for the fences our first time at bat."
Cutler mentioned an early use case from a distant relative of his. The relative's father was going through a series of difficult organ transplants, and he was getting bombarded with texts, e-mails, and Facebook messages. He decided to use Kibits as a unified, private place to share updates with his personal network. "It hit really close to home. I felt humbled that we could help incrementally in a tough situation like that," Cutler says. "How big is that market? I don't care." The important thing, he says, is that his team's technology helped solve a real problem.
Indeed, Kibits seems to be taking a fairly mature approach to issues like user privacy (not broadcasting locations to the world, or blasting messages out to Twitter, for instance). Part of that comes from the principals' previous experience in building products and companies. Cutler previously co-founded NetGenesis, the Cambridge, MA-based Web analytics company that went public in 2000 and was acquired by SPSS/IBM. More recently, he served as chief marketing officer at Boston-based Visible Measures and as an advisor to several startups. To my mind, Kibits is part of a next wave of smarter social-consumer products being built by local companies like HeyWire, Springpad, LoseIt, and FitnessKeeper.
Cutler sums up Kibits' grounded approach more succinctly: "We're Boston, baby."
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Perhaps it took a little longer than expected, but promise of background VoIP via the Giant Blue S has finally been fulfilled: With the Skype app's 2.0.1 update, it'll now run in the background (on any iPhone updated to iOS4, of course). Launch it, leave it running, and it'll function just like your AT&T account — as long as the incoming call is from a Skype account, or you've paid for a Skype online number.
It also means that you'll be able to switch the screen off or mess around with other apps on your iPhone while gabbing away on Skype.
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A few things became certain Thursday at the Cohen Commission, the federal inquiry into the decline of Fraser River sockeye salmon. But not the cause of the sockeyes' alarming population drop. Scientists appearing at the inquiry blame a host of possible factors, including warming ocean and river temperatures, pollution, predators and infectious disease. There's much more research to be done.
Which brings us to Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) scientist Kristi Miller and her cutting-edge work. She has achieved something like rock-star status among people opposed to net cage salmon farms on the British Columbia coast; some aquaculture opponents believe her research can lead to damning conclusions about farmed fish. Such as, they are a pestilence and are killing wild salmon.
Dr. Miller hasn't made that leap. She appeared this week at the inquiry to say she believes she has found a prevalent virus in Fraser River wild sockeye, one that could be a factor in their distressing demise. It could be the cause of a yet-to-be identified infectious disease. She hopes to examine farmed fish samples soon, so that she can look for the virus there. She's had talks about that with B.C.'s fish farmers and their industry representatives and they are co-operative; they want their fish to be included in her research. If their animals carry a potentially lethal virus, they want to know about it.
On Thursday, it emerged that Dr. Miller's husband is a "major shareholder" in a B.C. aquaculture company that raises farmed shellfish, and that she has served as "chief scientific advisor" to the company's U.S.-based parent, Ocean Smart Inc., immersed in the business of raising farmed seafood. Nothing wrong with that; Dr. Miller never received a penny for her advisory position, the inquiry heard, and DFO, her employer, was always aware of the arrangement. Still, news of her close association with a conglomerate such as Ocean Smart could not have pleased her fans in the anti-farm lobby. Heads slumped in the commission room gallery.
Her work doesn't support the notion that farmed fish are to blame for the wild Fraser River sockeye situation. Her husband is invested in aquaculture and she has done pro bono work for the industry. Talk about an unlikely anti-fish farm hero. What makes her "Scientist of the Year" in the eyes of bedazzled protester-followers? Her alleged victimhood, perhaps.
Dr. Miller inadvertently brought notoriety to the commission; she was "muzzled" by the federal government, environmentalists claimed. She was directed to not speak publicly about her latest virus-related work until she was finished with the inquiry. Publish, yes. This she did, in the scholarly journal Science, for example, in February. She was free to discuss her findings and her research with other scientists in certain settings when DFO was involved.
She was not to speak with media, so she didn't. Dr. Miller was asked about that directive Wednesday; she said she had not felt muzzled, that she and her DFO colleagues — other scientists under the same government directive — had simply followed the no-media policy. She was asked about it again on Thursday. This time she offered a little more, and a measure of dissent. She had obeyed the directive, which she said she understood to have come all the way from the Privy Council Office in Ottawa, but she wasn't happy about it.
"I was not allowed to speak [to media and] this was a large source of frustration," Dr. Miller testified yesterday, in response to questions put to her by an inquiry lawyer. "But everyone else [at DFO] was under the same umbrella."
She had worried that journalists would grab her Science article on publication and misinterpret it. "I wanted to be able to speak about the Science paper," she told the inquiry. "I thought it was important to be clear about what data we have … to make clear what we do and do not know." One media report did mess things up, suggesting incorrectly that her research had found genetic changes in sockeye salmon. Most reporters who became aware of the article paid little attention to its actual contents and focused instead on the so-called muzzling. The PCO no-speak policy had "backfired," Dr. Miller said Thursday. Hard to argue with that.
Back to the real business, the salmon. Dr. Miller and her DFO colleague, Kyle Garver, spoke at some length Thursday about their work, and what needs to be done, and another indisputable truth, a real scandal: money. There isn't any. "Funding for the virus identification program is quite uncertain," said Dr. Miller. "We have no funding to work on sockeye salmon at this time." She's waiting to hear from Ottawa on that.
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Usually, a small business owner works long hours at his or her trade. But you might own a significant interest in another business operation, or perhaps your main business, where you mostly sit on the sidelines.
Strategy: Turn your "passive" business interest into an "active" one. As a result, you might avoid an unexpected tax hit from the new 3.8% Medicare surtax.
The 3.8% surtax, which was authorized by the 2010 health care law, might apply to income you realize as a passive investor. But an active business owner can escape the noose.
Here's the whole story: Beginning in 2013, the 3.8% Medicare surtax applies to the lesser of "net investment income" (NII) or the amount by which your modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) exceeds a threshold amount. The threshold is $200,000 for single filers and $250,000 for joint filers.
The definition of NII covers income items such as interest, dividends, annuity distributions, rents, royalties and net capital gain derived from the disposition of property. Significantly, it also includes income derived from passive activities. On the other hand, some of the income items specifically excluded from NII include salary, wages or bonuses; distributions from IRAs or qualified plans; income taken into account for self-employment tax purposes; income from an active business activity (including activities held via partnerships and S corporations), gain from selling an active interest in a partnership or S corporation; and items otherwise excluded from income tax (e.g., interest from tax-exempt bonds and excluded gain from the sale of a principal residence).
When you're a passive investor, the income received from the activity counts as NII (net investment income) for purposes of 3.8% surtax, but income from an active business doesn't.
Generally, a passive activity is an activity in which you do not "materially participate." Material participation occurs when you're involved in the activity on a "regular, continuous and substantial" basis.
There are several ways to establish material participation in an activity (see box below).
Exception: Rental real estate activities are generally treated as passive activities even if you qualify as a material participant. However, you can avoid this outcome if you meet the more stringent requirements for a "real estate professional." To qualify, you must log more than 750 hours in real estate activities in which you materially participate, and that time must be more than 50% of the hours you devote to rendering personal services.
Tip: If you're close to qualifying as an active investor, put in the extra time if it will reduce or eliminate the 3.8% surtax you'd have to pay for 2013.


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A Novel Virtual Machine Placement in Cloud Computing
In this paper a novel virtual machine placement mechanism for cloud computing is proposed based on network-aware Virtual Machines (VMs). VMs are widely applied to modern data center for cloud computing as a key technology to realize energy-efficient operation of servers. In such a scenario, applications and data thereof can be hosted by various networked virtual machines. As applications, especially data-intensive applications, often need to communicate with data frequently, the network input and output performance would affect the overall application performance significantly. Therefore, placement of virtual machines which host an application and migration of these virtual machines while the unexpected network latency or congestion occurs is critical to achieve and maintain the application performance.


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Victoria Is the Beckham Family Joke
David Beckham was overseas yesterday to play a friendly soccer match with England. It must be hard for Becks to be so far away from Victoria while she's getting ready to tour with her fellow Spice Girls, but it sounds like he's already had a taste of living with the pop star again. Posh even blogged on the Spice Girls' website about getting teased by the men in her life, saying, "David and the boys have been laughing at me because I've been wandering around the house listening to my iPod and practising the routines." We can only imagine how funny it would be to see Posh rehearsing around the house but at least David has plenty of cute mental images of his wife to keep him going while they are apart.
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Read-only files in My games?why can't I get read-write permission
I've installed fallout but can't get it to run,seemingly because my DOCUMENTS library won't turn off read-only status for My games (or anything else).
I've run through ownerships+permissions as best I can but I can't get rid of read-only,which seems VERY odd for a documents folder ;Can anyone help?I'm comming from XP so poss. I'm missing something obvious
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There's a difference between a checked checkbox and a null (filled) checkbox. Apparently the "Read Only" attribute on folders is only meant as a way to set the "Read Only" attribute on files within the folder--there is no actual attribute flag for the folder object itself, so it doesn't store any value. This is admittedly confusing behavior, though technically correct.
In other words, it isn't actually set to Read Only.
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WASHINGTON - More and more middle-class Americans say they aren't better off than they were five years ago, reflecting economic pressures amid growing personal debt, a study released Wednesday found.
Their short-term assessment of personal progress, according to the study, is the worst it's been in nearly half a century.
The survey by the Pew Research Center, a Washington-based organization, paints a mixed picture for the 53 percent of adults in the country who define themselves as "middle class," with household incomes ranging from below $40,000 to more than $100,000.
It found that a majority of all Americans said they haven't progressed in the last five years. One in four, or 25 percent, said their economic situation had not improved, while 31 percent said they had fallen backward. Those numbers together are the highest since the survey question was first asked in 1964. Among the middle class, 54 percent said they had made no progress (26 percent) or fallen back (28 percent).
Asked about their financial experiences in the past year, 53 percent of middle-class people said they had to cut spending because money was tight. Nearly one in five, or 18 percent, said they had trouble getting or paying for medical care, while 10 percent reported they had been laid off or otherwise lost their jobs.
Looking ahead to the coming year, half of the middle class surveyed said they expected to have to cut more spending. Among those employed, one in four, or 25 percent, expressed worries that they would be laid off, that their job would be outsourced or that their employer would relocate in the coming year, while 26 percent were concerned that they would see cuts in salary or health benefits.
Middle-class prosperity overall also lagged compared with richer Americans. From 1983 to 2004, the median net worth of upper-income families - defined as households with annual incomes above 150 percent of the median - grew by 123 percent, while the median net worth of middle-income families rose by just 29 percent.
At the same time, most middle-class people remained upbeat when asked to measure their progress over a longer timeframe, although their level of optimism lagged behind their richer counterparts. Two-thirds, or 67 percent, of middle-class Americans say their standard of living is better than the one their parents enjoyed at the age they are now.
In contrast, 80 percent of richer people said they exceeded their parents' standard of living. Among the lower class, only 49 percent reported better conditions.
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Oh. Dear. God. In the most bizarre development in the Sugababes' turbulent history, it's just been announced that it's Keisha - who, remember, was the only remaining original member - who has left the band.
After days of speculation about the band's future, fuelled by rumours that Amelle had been kicked out due to bullying from Keisha, Island Records have now issued a statement clearing up the situation, and confirming that Eurovision singer Jade Ewen is indeed joining - but to replace Keisha, and not Amelle. Seriously, read it and, if you're a Keisha fan, literally weep:
"The current line-up of the Sugababes has disbanded. Heidi Range and Amelle Berrabah will continue as the Sugababes and will be joined by new member Jade Ewen. They release their album Sweet 7 on November 23rd through Island Records. Keisha Buchanan will continue to record for Island Records as a solo artist."
Blimey. And guess what? Keisha has, naturally, already turned to her Twitter account to address the situation, and says it was not her choice to leave. Eek.
"I've had a great time and have achieved more than I ever thought I would," she writes, through gritted teeth, by the sound of things. "Although it was not my choice to leave, it's time to enter a new chapter in my life. I have nothing but positive things to say about the girls and I wish them the best of luck. I would like to state that there were no arguments, bullying or anything of the sort that led to this. Sometimes a break down in communication and lack of trust can result in many different things. I would also like to point out that I have always supported the girls and they have also supported me. I want to thank the Sugababes fans and my fans for all your support and all who have never judged me, but accepted me for who I am... The feisty, funny, professional, fearless motor mouth. This is not the end... but the beginning!"
No arguments? Seriously? Something doesn't quite add up. But now, with no original members left, the concept of the Sugababes has lost all meaning - maybe Keisha should regroup with her old frenemies Mutya and Siobhan and start this whole farce all over again...?


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American Sportsmen: Banking on the Backcountry
America's national forest roadless areas, commonly called "backcountry," provide exceptional hunting and fishing, top-quality fish and wildlife habitat and increased opportunities to pursue fish and game, thereby benefiting our nation's sportsmen and businesses alike. We can secure America's hunting and fishing legacy by safeguarding the backcountry habitat that sustains both our fish and wildlife resources and our local economies.
Theodore Roosevelt said, "We have fallen heirs to the most glorious heritage a people ever received, and each one must do his part if we wish to show that the nation is worthy of its good fortune." American sportsmen can do their part by "banking on the backcountry" – and supporting responsible management of our national forest roadless areas and the hunting and fishing opportunities they provide.
Sustain Backcountry Hunting and Fishing: National forest roadless areas must be conserved so that America's hunting and fishing traditions and backcountry-dependent businesses can be assured. Habitat security provided by backcountry areas facilitates longer hunting seasons and greater numbers of mature bucks and bulls. Roadless areas also provide quality spawning habitat for native trout and salmon and continued recreational fishing opportunities. To conserve valuable fish and wildlife habitat and secure hunting and fishing on our public lands, the federal government should maintain the maximum acreages of roadless areas and support the sustainable economy that relies on our backcountry.
Stand up for Backcountry Business: Fishing and hunting annually contribute more than $190 billion to our nation's economy. Conscientious backcountry management can maintain strong economic engines in rural communities and continue to supply stable jobs associated with hunting, fishing and other outdoor recreation. Hunters and anglers are uniquely positioned to appreciate the value and benefit of roadless areas. Businesses that provide services and products to sportsmen – everything from guide and outfitter services to sporting goods stores, motels, grocery stores and gas stations – are the lifeblood of many rural communities. Responsible administration of America's roadless areas can secure a profitable future for backcountry-dependent industries.
Support Backcountry Habitat: Roadless areas provide important habitat security for big-game populations and, consequently, outstanding backcountry hunting opportunities for American sportsmen. The headwater streams and rivers that flow through roadless areas shelter Western trout, salmon and steelhead and attract recreational anglers who travel from across the country to ply these pristine waters. Too much human disturbance and too many roads can reduce big-game hiding cover, often resulting in shorter hunting seasons, and can impair spawning habitat, resulting in less-productive fisheries. Ultimately, roadless areas offer some of the best remaining hunting and fishing available on public lands in the United States.
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Things That Will Get An Ex To Take You Back (And Some Things That Really Won't)
Earlier this week, we asked you: "What Would Get You To Take Your Ex Back?" From a look at the results of the poll, not much. Forty-three percent of you said that there's nothing he could do to get you to change your mind, and that getting involved again would mean "giving up when I just need to move on." The unfortunate truth is that you can't make someone love you.
But! There is a but … what if you still both love each other (either consciously or subconsciously), yet you've gone your separate ways? Maybe you never moved on from the feelings you have because no one else compared, or you both weren't at places in your lives to make things work. In that case, there's potential to re-ignite the relationship. Of course, you have to prepare for the probable possibility that your Ex isn't interested. There's no middle ground when it comes to re-wooing: either it works, or you have to look at it as an opportunity to finally move on. The not knowing still driving you crazy? Here, we looked at what you said, put in our own two cents, and came up with some tips to give it a go, both for guys and girls.What works:
- The talk. Guys, you have an easier time, because all you have to really do is say something.Twenty-nine percent of you (and we're going to assume most of you are ladies) said that if he wants to talk about things, it's a sign he really cares.
- Turning your life into a romantic comedy. This one totally bites because it's really only an option for a guy to make a huge romantic gesture like showing up on your doorstep. When a girl does it, she risks looking desperate. But then again, you are. Don't spend the money and effort unless you are totally sure the person misses you.
- Resigning yourself to being a friend with benefits. A likely reason you're not together anymore is that he didn't want to work things through in the first place. So no way will he want to dive into the complicated. If it's just nookie that's up for offer, he might take it. This increases your chances of going back into a real relationship, only because you're seeing each other more (um, as opposed to not). The chances he'll want more than just something physical? Slim to none. You take the gamble.
- Reminders of what was good. Try digging up your old emails and forwarding an exchange that was particularly cute or loving. Going back to memories might jog the heartache.
- Hot Facebook photos. This might just pique curiosity. Don't make them overly sexy. That's just a cry for attention.
- Get way hotter. Shallow? Yes. Effective? Yes.
What doesn't work:
- Proposing. Easy there, cowboy! Way to freak someone out.
- The pour-your-heart-out, five-page email or letter. Yes, you have a lot to say, but save it for later. Discussing every detail and thought you have is guaranteed to be overwhelming for the reader (plus, who has attention spans these days anyway?).
- Gifts. C'mon. Haven't you ever listened to the Beatles?
- Repeat efforts. We said this before—you get one chance. After that, you become annoying.
- Faking being preggos. 'Nuff said.


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Oz selectors treating Lanka ODI series like batting audition for India, Ashes Test tour
Sydney: Australian selectors have sent a clear message to players that the upcoming one-day international series with Sri Lanka will be treated as batting auditions for the Test team since Big Bash League Twenty20 scheduling is compromising with team's preparations for the crucial India tour and Ashes series.
The national selectors denied Michael Hussey a farewell tour of the country after he was dumped from the one-day squad that faces Sri Lanka and then the West Indies, the Age reports.
With Hussey heading into international retirement and murmurs that No.4 Shane Watson is yearning for the susceptible Ed Cowan`s Test opening spot, two middle-order Test spots could need filling, it reported.
Batting options Usman Khawaja, Glenn Maxwell, David Hussey, George Bailey, Brad Haddin and Steve Smith, as well as incumbent Test No.3 Phil Hughes, have been selected in the 13-man squad for the first two ODIs with one eye on the India tour starting in February and the Ashes tour beyond, the paper said.
National selector John Inverarity said there was no time for Hussey sentimentality with the Test team in such a transitional state.
The Big Bash League has almost eliminated the opportunity to use first-class cricket as preparation for India.
Inverarity said players should snub BBL for being in the ODI squad if they want to be selected for the India tour.
Inverarity said selectors were also mindful of gearing toward the 2015 one-day World Cup. Khawaja and Hughes and T20 batting star Aaron Finch are being given an opportunity to establish themselves in the ODI team with no matches between the end of this summer and June`s Champions Trophy.


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Ronald Lipman: Probate column draws many questions
Published 6:30 am, Sunday, December 20, 2009
The information in this column is not intended as legal advice but to provide a general understanding of the law. Readers with legal problems, including those whose questions are addressed here, should consult attorneys for advice on their particular circumstances.
The column that appeared two weeks ago regarding the need for probate in Texas generated an unusually large number of follow-up questions. Here are some of them:
The column that appeared two weeks ago regarding the need for probate in Texas generated an unusually large number of follow-up questions. Here are some of them:
Q: Where do you get an Affidavit of Heirship? Will it hold up in court?
A: Yes, it will hold up in court. At least that's what you hope for and what the statute is designed to do.
A sample affidavit can be found in Section 52A of the Texas Probate Code, which is available online at www.capitol.state.tx.us. Click on statutes, and at the prompt select Probate Code, Chapter III, Sec. 52A.
Q: My wife and I signed a "Community Property Agreement With Right of Survivorship" to avoid probate. It was recorded in Montgomery County. This beats probate. What do you think?
A: It is the opinion of many, if not most, attorneys in Texas that the type of agreement you signed is risky.
The fear is that a title company will not honor the agreement after one of you dies, thus requiring the surviving spouse to go to court to obtain an Order Adjudging the Agreement Valid. Worse, your heirs may be required to file a Trespass to Try Title lawsuit.
Plus, the agreement avoids probate only at the first spouse's death. The estate of the survivor will still need to be probated.
It is for these reasons that most attorneys do not recommend survivorship agreements.
Q:My wife and I recently created a revocable trust to avoid probate. It was expensive to set up, but it will be cheaper than two rounds of probate. Did we make the right decision, or was it a waste of money?
A: Assuming your revocable trust was set up properly and you transfer all of your assets to it, then the revocable trust was a good idea and definitely worth the money.
Q: My father died five years ago, and his house is still in his name. One of the five children lives in the house, and we all share taxes and insurance. How do we change the deed to our five names?
A: If your father had a will, you need to probate the will. If he died without a will, you can probably prepare and record a Small Estate Affidavit. You should meet with an attorney to help you with this project.
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A: Hundreds of attorneys in Texas are board certified in estate planning, meaning they concentrate their practices in this area. You can find a listing online at www.tbls.org.
You should expect to pay $500 to $5,000, depending on the size and complexity of your estate and whom you decide to hire.
Estates that are taxable (over $3.5 million) require more complex planning, and the same is true for families with children from different marriages.
Ronald Lipman is an attorney with the Houston law firm of Lipman & Associates. He is board certified in estate planning and probate law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
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Colin Meloy: Sings Live! (Rough Trade)
Something about a couple of these solo songs sounded oddly familiar and I suspect I may have seen this Portland-based singer-songwriter and mainman in the Decemberists at a songwriter night in the famous White Eagle Hotel in his hometome. Or maybe it's just that these memorable, lyrically dense and chorus-fuelled songs were recorded live on a...


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Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, it is outrageous that the House Republicans will not allow the Senate bill to come up today that would extend the payroll tax cut, that would provide unemployment benefits for so many million Americans that are out of work, and also allow seniors to have their Medicaid reimbursement paid to their doctors so the doctors will accept Medicare.
I cannot believe that, at the end of the year now, is this the Christmas present? Is this the New Year's gift that we're going to give to the American people, that their taxes are going to be raised, that they're not going to be able to have unemployment insurance if they're unemployed?
And what does this mean for the economy, Mr. Speaker? Do the House Republicans want to send a message to the President right now when the economy is actually starting to improve slightly? This could easily send us back and make the economy go back into a tailspin. Do they dislike the President so much that they would risk the economy for that?
I cannot believe that we're not going to have an opportunity today to vote on the Senate bill and to make sure that these things are extended, particularly the payroll tax cut, because that is very important for the economy. It's very important for small businesses. It is an outrage, Mr. Speaker.
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Still thinking about real pupusas -- okay, dreaming of real pupusas -- so last night I took my own advice: Go to the source.
Well, not quite El Salvador itself. But I happened to be up Imperial Avenue way, Grant Hill, at 25th.
Decided to take a hike east. Whistling "Singing in the Rain," natch. Knew it was somewhere up here. I pass 26th, 27th, a couple of carnicerias, iglesias, mostly houses with dark little gardens.
Cross 28th…aha!
There, glowing in the dark like a mothership from beyond the clouds, she sits. El Salvadoreño. Pupusa Central.
Kinda varnished golden inside. Looking warm, dry, and, even with it being a rainy Wednesday night and all, abuzz. Not packed, but no way empty either.
Inside it's all varnished timber, gold-brown paint with green columns and painted ropes kinda lassoing each wall.
Plus, huge black-and-white photos of places like the presidential palace in San Salvador.
A Bible's open at a page highlighting a text. Wooden plaque has been chiseled to say "Welcome, Bienvenidos!"
Francisco, the welcoming waiter
Luis, a Salvadoreño chowing with a bunch of gringo friends, says this is definitely the best pupusa place in town. And because it's late (gone eight), I order what he's having.
Also because it looks so fabulous. Big square platter loaded with pupusas, tamales, enchiladas, sour cream, frijoles, fried sweet plantain bananas, and yucca.
Not cheap. It's the $16.99 sampler platter. But I figure this is for two, and I'll take most of it home.
Sampler platter
Pork and cheese pupusas
Chicken enchilada
Yucca (cassava) fries
Pork tamal
Curtido (fermented cabbage) side
It's all delish, specially the pork-and-cheese pupusa. Thick, generously stuffed oval tortilla, basically. Tang it up with a touch of salt and dip it in the sour cream…heaven.
Also, the deep-fried ground-beef pastel. Actually, most everything is fried. They have hot sauces in bottles, but as Francisco says, heat's not a Central American thing.
I eat maybe a third, plus glug a nice bottle of Salvadorean Goya Cola Champagne soda ($2.25).
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Hey everyone,
Really need urgent help here.
I am trying to determine if the change in the slope of a line (beta) is statistically significant due to a particular event. As such, how do you test if the slope of line A is statistically different from the slope of line B?
For instance, let's say i'm investigating the beta of Apple's stock, when regressed against the S&P 500.
Regression 1 - 2005-2006 (24 monthly observations), Beta = 0.8
Regression 2 - 2007-2009 (36 monthly observations), Beta = 0.5 (decrease)
How do I determine if this change in beta is statistically different over the two different time periods? Do I apply a t-test? If so, what's the formula to do so?
(I have also deliberately used 2 different sample sizes for the 2 regressions. Please highlight to me if this affects the statistical testing.)
Also, I've noticed that the t-test has always been applied to means or proportions, but never to the slope (beta). As such, is there something wrong with my concept or use of terminologies? Hope you experts can clarify this with me. I really need your help! Thanks in advance everyone
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Thanks for your reply!! Been looking all over the net but to no avail.
Basically, i'm comparing the pre-event beta and post-event beta and I want to determine if this change in beta is statistically significant.
Are you able to explain or direct me to your source? I'm quite clueless with the symbols in the formula. Or is there any excel file or youtube video to illustrate this?
If let's say:
Beta(A) = 0.8
Standard error of regression line (A) = 0.015
Beta (B) = 0.5
Standard error of regression line (B) = 0.012
Then do I take (0.8 - 0.5) / (0.015 - 0.012)? Kindly clarify. Thanks in advance!
Will go delete the previous double post now!
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Anyone able to provide some input to help me out?
The easiest way to do that is to run an ANCOVA model with 1 factor (with as categories 1 value per regression line you want to create) and your explanatory variables (X1, X2,...). In the model you will have Stock value (Y)= intercept + Factor+Factor*X1+Factor*X2...
Then you can use a test to compare the slopes.
This is all done in XLSTAT if you select the compare slopes option in the Ouputs tab.
Hope it helps,
Within subject ANOVA (also called repeated measures) is a way to address this as I think camille suggested above
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Oh yeah my suggestion definitely wrong as your betas certainly aren't independent. My apologies.
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Series set among skirmishes in the class war
THIS week Vision TV started airing the original Upstairs, Downstairs, an historical saga of servants and masters that ran for five seasons in the early 1970s. At first I thought this was just a cynical bid to cash in on the pop-culture buzz generated by Downton Abbey. But once I started watching I found I liked Upstairs, Downstairs better than its arriviste heir.
Compared to the sumptuous Downton Abbey, the production values on Upstairs, Downstairs are adorably lowbudget. (Six episodes in the first season were actually shot in black and white because of a technicians' strike.) But the writing is better — darker, tougher, more complicated. Best of all, there's a bracing current of class warfare that is entirely missing in the rosy, reactionary aristo-porn of Downton Abbey.
After Downton Abbey swept the Golden Globes, noted British-born historian Simon Schama denounced it as "a servile soap opera" and "silvered tureen of snobbery." Calling the show an act of cultural necrophilia, Schama accused Downton Abbey of fetishizing the artifacts of the port-and-pheasant crowd while blithely ignoring the era's stark social and economic realities.
Not so with Upstairs, Downstairs. First of all, the producers didn't have the money to fetishize anything. Forget Downton's golden haze of nostalgia. At least in the first season, Upstairs, Downstairs' limited sets are thin and flimsy — sometimes the door to the morning room doesn't quite close — and the costumes and hairstyles skimp by as best they can, often with a decidedly '70s look. The shooting of many of the scenes was limited to one take, and the cast's trip-ups and slips are left in, to endearing effect.
More importantly, Upstairs, Downstairs takes as its starting point the experiences of the servants. The idea for the series came from actors Jean Marsh and Eileen Atkins, who had family members who had been in service and who felt strongly that working-class people were underrepresented on British television. Early suggestions for the show's title included Behind the Green Baize Door, The Servants' Hall and Below Stairs. The "upstairs" characters — Tory politician Richard Bellamy, his titled wife, Lady Marjorie, and their two grown children — were added as an afterthought, because the servants needed someone to work for.
Looking at the initial cast, it's clear that many of the tropes of Downton Abbey were developed 40 years ago by Upstairs, Downstairs. In the opening episodes we meet the red-faced, plain-talking cook ("I speak as I find"), the wee, timorous kitchen maid, the footman with hidden kinks, the imperious but kindly butler, the level-headed house parlour maid, and the rebellious aristocratic daughter.
The difference is in the ways these characters are handled. In Downton Abbey, potential conflicts between the social classes are generally smoothed out by the benevolent feudal rule of Lord Grantham. Discontent is ungrateful; ambition is dangerous. The writers on Upstairs, Downstairs, including feisty feminist novelist Fay Weldon, take a more adversarial approach. All the characters inhabit the same house, and their lives are intricately intertwined, but the interests of the upstairs and downstairs "families" are often in sharp conflict.
It's not just the work, though the servants are often seen doing jobs that are exhausting (hauling water, blacking grates, mending by meagre light) or silly (ironing the master's bootlaces). It's the intrusive control of the servants' lives. They are forbidden to lock their bedroom doors or leave the house without permission. It is almost impossible for them to marry. And they live in terror of being dismissed "without a reference," which could mean a slide into utter destitution.
Downton's Lord Grantham is a solver of problems, a chivalrous consoler of housemaids, a staunch defender of valets. The interventions of Mr. Bellamy and Lady Marjorie, while well-intentioned, are usually revealed as paternalistic, patronizing "pats on the head," as one servant calls them. The Bellamy daughter, Miss Elizabeth, sees herself as a radical Fabian — she hands out socialist leaflets and ladles soup in London's impoverished East End — but she instantly asserts her class privileges when a servant has the nerve to speak her mind or wear silk instead of cotton.
Upstairs, Downstairs is the unsentimental record of intimacy without equality, which leads to some very peculiar situations indeed. In one episode, the servants — left to themselves while the employers are up in Scotland murdering grouse — dress up and savagely impersonate the upper classes, until Mr. James, the son and heir, unexpectedly returns home and turns their charade into an unsettling sexual and political power play. It's positively Pinteresque.
Now that I've seen something of Upstairs, Downstairs, Downton Abbey looks very different. The newer series has all the gloss and glamour that contemporary prestige TV can muster. But in terms of themes, it's starting to appear positively old-fashioned.
The cast of British series Upstairs, Downstairs, which originally ran on TV in the early 1970s.


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Health Net Inc.'s third-quarter 2012 operating income, which includes combined net earnings from Western Region and Government Contracts segments, came in at 38 cents per share, declining substantially from the year-ago level of 84 cents per share. Operating income, however, modestly exceeded the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 36 cents per share.
Income from continuing operations, including adjustment to loss on sale of Northeast subsidiaries of $0.32 million in the third quarter of 2011, amounted to $20.48 million or 25 cents per share, compared with $57.81 million or 65 cents in the year-ago quarter.
Including a $4.7 million pre-tax loss from discontinued operations and services as well as pre-tax expenses amounting to $7.2 million, pertaining to Health Net's general and administrative cost reduction efforts, the company reported net income of $18.0 million or 22 cents per share in the third quarter of 2012, reducing considerably from $61.8 million or 70 cents per share in the year-ago quarter.
The disappointing performance in the reported quarter was primarily due to weak operating performance of the Government Contracts segment along with higher health plan services expenses.
The company's total revenue improved 3.3% year over year to $2.78 billion in the quarter. This came marginally below the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.81 billion.
Total expenses increased 5.8% year over year to $2.75 billion from $2.60 billion.
Segment Performance
Western Region: The segment posted revenues of $2.6 billion in the quarter, up 4% year over year. Net investment income for the segment increased to $16.4 million from $15.2 million in the year-ago quarter, while health plan services expenses increased 9.5% year over year to $2.3 billion from $2.1 billion.
Total enrollment in the segment declined 1% year over year to 2.6 million members as of September 30, 2012. Total commercial enrollment declined 9.5% to 1.3 million members, while enrollment in the company's California health plans inched down 1.5% year over year. However, enrollment climbed 13.8% to 0.23 million in Medicare Advantage plans. Medicaid enrollment also increased 8.2% to 1.1 million in the reported quarter.
Medical care ratio (MCR) for Health Net's health plan services in the segment increased to 88.5% during the reported quarter from 86.4% in the year-ago quarter, while Commercial MCR deteriorated to 86.7% from 84.8% in the prior quarter. Medicare Advantage MCR inched down to 90.1% from 90.7% in the year-ago quarter.
Government Contracts: Revenues from the segment declined to $169.8 million from $175.8 million in the third quarter of 2011, while expenses climbed to $148.7 million from $127.7 million.
Financial Update
As of September 30, 2012, Health Net had cash and investments of approximately $2.0 billion, at par with September 30, 2011. However, the company's debt-to-total capital ratio decreased to 24.4% from 27.4% as of September 30, 2011.
Health Net's cash outflow stood at $124.8 million in the reported quarter compared with an inflow of $520.7 million in the year-ago quarter.
Total assets of the company were $3.81 billion as of September 30, 2012, declining from $3.87 billion a year ago. Stockholders' equity increased to $1.55 billion from $1.44 billion as of September 30, 2011.
Share Repurchase Update
During the reported quarter, Health Net repurchased 1.5 million shares at an average price of $23.79. The company had $350 million remaining under its current share repurchase authorization as of September 30, 2012.
Outlook for 2012
Health Net affirmed its earnings per share (EPS) guidance for 2012 in the band of $1.45 to $1.55. The EPS guidance for the combined Western Region and Government Contracts segments lies between $1.00 and $1.10.
Enrollment in the commercial business is expected to decline by 9%−10%, while enrollment in Medicare Advantage and Medicaid are expected to increase by 11%−13% and 7%−8%, respectively. The company expects the total Western Region enrollment to decline in the range of 1%−2%
Consolidated revenue is expected to be around $11.0−$11.5 billion, while tax rate for Health Net is expected to be 30%−31%. The company also expects selling cost ratio to be in the range of 2.3%−2.4% and general and administrative expense ratio to be in the range of 8.5%−8.7%.
Operating cash flow guidance for 2012 was affirmed at $10 million. Outstanding share count is expected to be around 83−84 million at the end of 2012.
Peer Comparison
Health Net's peer, WellPoint Inc. will report its third-quarter financial results before the opening bell on November 7, 2012.
Zacks Rank
We retain our long-term Neutral recommendation on Health Net. The quantitative Zacks #3 Rank (short-term Hold) for the company indicates no clear directional pressure on the stock over the near term.


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Government intervenes to help 'Peru Six'
There's hope intervention from the Federal government will stop six young Australians being extradited to South America to face murder charges.
Harrison Geier from Wagga Wagga and five of his friends have been accused of the death of their hotel doorman in Peru last year.
Via their Facebook page 'Completely wrongly accused' the groups says they have received official notification their appeal to testify from Australia has again been rejected.
A Peruvian judge has subpoenaed the six to front a court in Lima on 21, 22 and 23 August.
The Australian government has written to the judge again requesting a waiver and has questioned the judge's decision.
The letter states "a trial indicates that the court itself lacks information on what the Australians themselves say about the events of January 2012."
It notes the trial to prosecute the Australians began some sixteen months after the incident.
The government states "recognising the sovereignty of the Peruvian Judicial system the Australian government believes this case should be resolved fairly, transparently and promptly in a manner that fully respects the rights of all involved."
The government states the group have offered in good faith to give their testimony by video or teleconference from Australia, a methodology which is also accepted under Peruvian Criminal Proceedings Law.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, wagga-wagga-2650, australia, peru


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Leryn Franco - javelin
<Terry Thomas> I say !
Leryn Franco - javelin
<Terry Thomas> I say !
It's you, surfer.
She's beautiful, elegant, classy and seems to be a very nice person as well (although that's not from personal acquaintance, sadly).
Is she giving birth in that picture?
with abs like that she'd be firing it across the atlantic if she was
Niki Gudex
Van Halen - Member
why`s she wearing dennis taylor glasses?
'Cos she likes her balls hard?
Pull harder dammit, she still has her hands in the way.
Ooh, I like that Leryn Franco; what a lovely bottom she has!
She has extra little arms and legs poking out of her mimsy! No way is that a fair fight!
he said mimsy
can i have some more Darcy please
leryn franco...what amazing back muscles...a bonus cleavage!
willard - Member
Where is the Captain's stand in though? I thought he'd arranged cover for his day off? Honestly, you can't get the staff these days...
Well, indeed.......
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Authorities recommend that children bitten by a dog on a bus Wednesday get rabies shots.
Test results of the American bulldog were "unsatisfactory," and authorities cannot determine whether or not the dog had rabies, according to the Prince George's County Health Department. The children's families will be notified.
The dog followed Rashawn Ray on to the bus in Clinton, Md., Wednesday morning.
Bus driver Barry Jones said the dog appeared to be chasing Rashawn but also attacked anyone in the way.
Jones was able to kick and punch the dog and chase it off the bus. When authorities arrived, they shot the dog.
The dog didn't have a collar, and authorities still have not found an owner.
Published at 11:03 PM EDT on May 20, 2011 | Updated at 9:11 AM EDT on May 21, 2011


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Long drives help Garland pull away from Lake Highlands, 27-14
GARLAND — Two long scoring drives in the second half helped Garland pull away from Lake Highlands, 27-14, at Williams Stadium.
Garland (1-2) opened the second half with a 92-yard, 13-play drive that took 6:27 off the clock. The drive ended with quarterback Seth Russell scoring from 5 yards out for his second rushing touchdown of the game and a 24-7 lead.
After Lake Highlands (1-2) pulled within 24-14 on a 2-yard touchdown run by DeVonte Sunwenghan, Garland launched another 13-play drive that lasted 6:08. Josh Lambert booted a 43-yard field goal for a 27-14 lead with 7:22 remaining. Lambert also kicked a 36-yard field goal in the first quarter.
Lake Highlands threatened to make it a one-score game but was stopped on downs at the Garland 3-yard line with 3:07 remaining.
Malcolm Miller led Garland's rushing attack with 16 carries for 108 yards. Russell rushed for 41 yards and completed 10 of 19 passes for 134 yards, including a 29-yard touchdown to Kendre Bridges.
Garland scored on three of its first four possessions to stake a 17-7 lead at halftime. The one time Garland didn't score in that stretch was when Lake Highlands defensive back Oscar Crosby picked off a pass and returned it 59 yards for a touchdown.
Lake Highlands (1-2) did not advance into Garland territory until the final play of the first half. Garland held Lake Highlands to 93 yards in the half.
Garland outgained Lake Highlands 386 yards to 228 and had 252 rushing yards.
Sunwenghan led Lake Highlands with 69 yards on 11 carries. Lake Highlands quarterback Trent Jones completed five passes for 100 yards.


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Georgia Southern University and the Herty Advanced Materials Development Center will participate in the annual "Girls Engineer It!" Day on Feb. 16 from 1 to 5 p.m. at Woodville Tompkins High School in Savannah. This will be the first time the two have participated in the program.
The event, hosted by the Savannah Coastal Empire Section of the Society of Women Engineers and other engineering organizations, educates middle and high school girls about opportunities available in engineering professions. Informational sessions for parents concerning college choices, scholarships and financial aid will also be available. Both local area academic institutions and companies will participate in the event, which is sponsored by Gulfstream Aerospace, Georgia Power and the ExxonMobil Foundation.
Georgia Southern is home to the nation's newest College of Engineering and Information Technology (CEIT). While the University has been offering engineering technology programs for decades, it began offering bachelor's degrees in civil, electrical and mechanical engineering in 2011. With the addition of engineering at Georgia Southern, Georgia's top students now have an additional choice for engineering degrees, enabling them to take full advantage of Georgia's HOPE scholarship by not having to go out of state.
"Georgia Southern continues to develop strong programs in a number of engineering disciplines that are preparing students for jobs, many of which are here in Savannah," said Dr. Maria Alba-Flores, professor of electrical engineering.
Located in Savannah, Ga., Herty is a unique research and development center that supports and encourages new ideas while helping to unlock commercial opportunities from companies around the world. Today, Herty is a global leader in traditional and advanced materials innovation and recently introduced a new $2 million pellet mill designed to validate and produce clean energy solutions for North America and Europe.
While at "Girls Engineer It!" Day, area students in grades six through 12 will have an opportunity to meet with Georgia Southern and Herty engineering professionals to discuss engineering degree programs and careers. A 2011 report by the U.S. Department of Commerce found that only one in seven engineers is female. Additionally, women have seen no employment growth in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) jobs since 2000.
"Engineering is a rewarding career for both men and women and yet there are still very few young women pursuing this profession, and we would like to help change this," said Alexander Koukoulas, Ph.D., president and chief executive officer of Herty. "Events like these can break down the stereotypes and barriers that are keeping young women from this profession and demonstrate to them that careers in engineering, science and technology can be fulfilling and provide them with tremendous career growth opportunities."
For more information and to register, please visit: http://swesavannahandcoastalempire.onefireplace.com. Admission for high school and middle school students is $5. Admission for a group is $10 (max 10 students). Adult admission is free.
Herty is a world-class research, development and demonstration facility for the non-wovens industry, as well as the pulp and paper and the emerging bioenergy and biomaterials industries. Herty is a new product and process accelerator providing technical, market and development expertise to clients. The Center has extensive pilot-scale capabilities for prototyping new products and de-risking the commercialization process. For more information about Herty, visit: www.herty.com.
Georgia Southern University, a Carnegie Doctoral/Research University founded in 1906, offers more than 120 degree programs serving more than 20,500 students. Through eight colleges, the University offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree programs built on more than a century of academic achievement. Georgia Southern is recognized for its student-centered approach to education. Visit: www.georgiasouthern.edu.


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Are Josh and Brent in last?
Are Josh and Brent in last?
Team Monster Truck messed up the eating challenge, must do it again.
Oopsie, Monster Truckers couple didn't read their clue entirely.
OH OH...The monster trucker used his hands to eat instead of chop sticks. Now he has to eat it again and he says he can't. That will teach you to properly read the clues!
You could be the juiciest, most ripe peach, but there is still going to be someone who doesn't like peaches.
You know, regardless of how good they might taste, wouldn't it be a whole lot of work to remove that many tubes from that many frogs just for the sake of one dessert?
By watching enough seasons, I know you gotta pay attention to the whole clue.
Ugh, he has to choke down two more bowls of that nastiness. If he can.
I thought Chippendale's guy slurped his up without chopsticks?
It was me. I let the dogs out.
BTW, I agree that the twins are way past annoying. I hate it when team members start yelling at each other, because it never does any good--and if they're yelling this early, you know there's more of it to come.


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This is a tisane that I cannot drink plain. The lemon flavor is just too overpowering. The ingredients on the website lists "lemon flavoring" along with the lemongrass. I think they should have left out the "flavoring" and just have stuck with the natural flavor of the lemongrass. That said, mix a pinch with your morning breakfast tea, and you add a nice zest to your morning.
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Contributed by RRR, Posted by Ben Conoley Universal Music Group Break-ups
Sweden's The Hellacopters have announced that they are breaking up. Fans of the band need not fret though, as they have announced tone more tour of Europe to followup the release of their seventh full–length album, due in 2008. The band issued the following statement:
After nearly thirteen years as The Hellacopters we're now sad to tell you that we are breaking up. The reasons behind this very difficult decision are many and too personal to go into here. "Playing in a rock and roll band isn't always a walk in the park, but thanks to all of you who rocked out with us at sweaty clubs, rainy festivals or at home by the stereo throughout the years, it's been a fantastic trip. We'll never forget your support. "We recently finished mixing our seventh and last studio album and it'll be released early next year, according to initial plans. We feel like we wanna say one last goodbye to you and throw in the towel with a bang, so we're aiming to do a farewell tour through Europe and Scandinavia sometime in the spring. So you're not getting rid of us just yet.
The Hellacopters most recently released Rock & Roll is Dead in 2005.


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Graduate Recital
Monday, Nov. 27 at 6:00 pm
Danial C. Webb, bass-baritone;
Alumini Memorial Bldg. Rm. 32
Senior Recital
Monday, Nov. 27 at 8:00 pm
Grace Lee, piano;
Music Hall.
Ensemble Concert
Tuesday, Nov. 28 at 8:00 pm
Fall Choral Concert;
James R. Cox Auditorium.
Faculty Recital
Wednesday, Nov. 29 at 8:00 pm
James Myers, piano and harpsichord; Hillary Herndon, viola;
Performance Hall I (Room 32), Alumni Memorial Building.
Senior Recital
Thursday, Nov. 30 at 6:00 pm
Kristin Brooke Loy, sproano;
Music Hall.
Ensemble Concert
Thursday, Nov. 30 at 8:00 pm
String Chamber Music Recital ;
Music Hall.
Ensemble Concert
Friday, Dec. 1 at 8:00 pm
Messiah with UT Concert Choir;
South Harriman Baptist Church.
MTNA Student Chapter Recital
Sunday, Dec. 2 at 2:00 pm
Student Recital;
Music Hall.
Graduate Recital
Saturday, Dec. 2 at 3:00 pm
Nicole Wood, piano;
Performance Hall I (Room 32), Alumni Memorial Building.
Piano Night – Chopin's 24 Preludes
Saturday, Dec. 2 at 8:00 pm
Piano Students of all Professors Playing Chopin;
Music Hall.
Contact the School of Music at 865-974-3241 for more information.