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Conference tournament play kicks off #RacerTradition
MURRAY, Ky. – With the start of post-season conference basketball tournament play this week, Racer fans are encouraged to make racertradition.com their central hub for Racer basketball news, updates, social media contests and more!read more
Alumnus to present at Baseball Hall of Fame symposium
MURRAY, Ky. – Murray State alumnus Curt Hart realizes a dream in June when he becomes a presenter at the 29th Cooperstown Symposium (May 31–June 2) at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. Curt Hart has enjoyed a successful career first as a radio broadcaster, professional photographer, teacher and now staff member […]read more
Q & A Session with MSU Alumni Patrick Newcomb
The Benton-native, MSU alumni and professional golfers is making a name for himself one stroke at a time. Patrick Newcomb, a humble individual yet confident golfer, left the United States for the first time ever to take on some of the world's best golfers in the Sunshine Tour in South Africa. Newcomb graduated from MSU in 2013 with a bachelor's […]read more
USA Shooting Set To Induct Pat Spurgin
from USA Shooting Murray State Racer Great Pat (Spurgin) Pitney is set to be inducted into the USA Shooting Hall of Fame. Spurgin, MSU's 1984 Olympic gold medalist, will be induced (Sept. 21) in Colorado Springs, Colorado with Walter Walsh. The pair will be the 26th and 27th members of the USA Shooting Hall of Fame. The hall […]read more
Withrow's Golden Moment Remembered
from The Outdoor Wire Roger Withrow atop the medal stand at the 1984 Paralympic Games.Much attention is being paid to the thirtieth anniversary of the 1984 Olympic Games, which opened July 28 in Los Angeles three decades ago. But also 30 years ago today, America's Paralympic golden moment in shooting was playing itself out in […]read more
85 Racers Honored By OVC For Academic Excellence
Eighty-five Murray State student-athletes have been honored by the Ohio Valley Conference for their academic performance during the 2013-14 academic year, the league announced on Thursday. This season, 21 Murray State student-athletes received the OVC Medal of Honor, up one from 2012-13, and 85 received the Commissioner's Honor Roll. In total, 188 Ohio Valley Conference […]read more
Murray State University unveils updated athletic logo
Secondary logos and word marks also created for program MURRAY, Ky. – Murray State University unveiled an updated athletic identity and branding initiatives, highlighted by a primary logo that will be very familiar to Racer fans, but noticeably fine-tuned and user-friendly across a wide variety of platforms and applications. In addition, the university is introducing […]read more
MSU bass anglers reeling in wins
The Murray State University Bass Anglers Club has been reeling in wins throughout the year in their fishing tournaments. In 2004, Bass Anglers was founded as a club at Murray State. The club provides college students with the opportunity to fish in invitational and nationally recognized tournaments. MSU bass anglers Seth Brock and Lance Freeman […]read more
Murray State students headed for College National Rodeo Finals in Wyoming
Four qualify at Ozark Regional competition for national rodeo finals MURRAY, Ky. — The Murray State University rodeo team concluded a successful year with a trip to the Ozark Regional competition that qualified four students for a trip to the College National Rodeo Finals (CNFR) June 15-21 in Casper, Wyo. The CNFR, celebrating its 66th […]read more
Former Racers Ed Daniel and Tony Easley square off in Italy
By KYSER LOUGH • Murray Ledger and Times Outside a gym slightly smaller than Racer Arena, in a city roughly twice the population of Calloway County, fans await the opening of the gates for the final game of the season for the Giorgio Tesi Group Pistoia Eurobasket team in Pistoia, Italy. They've arrived early as most […]read more


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Notice of Public Meeting and Executive Session of the Arizona Life & Disability Insurance Guaranty Fund
Pursuant to A.R.S. § 38-431.02 and A.R.S. § 20-690(B), notice is hereby given to the members of the Board of Directors of the Arizona Life and Disability Insurance Guaranty Fund (ALDIGF) and to the public that the Board of Directors of ALDIGF will hold its Annual Meeting, which will be open to the public, at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, November 12, 2019, in the Arizona Department of Insurance Conference Room, 100 N. 15th Avenue, Suite 304, Phoenix, Arizona 85007.
Some members of the Board may attend the meeting telephonically.
As indicated in the agenda, the ALDIGF Board may vote to go into executive session, which will not be open to the public, to discuss certain matters.
The agenda for the meeting is as follows:
1. Announcement that the meeting will be conducted in accordance with ALDIGF's Conflict of Interest and Anti-Trust Compliance Policies.
2. Discussion and possible action regarding disclosures of conflicts of interest procedures.
3. Review and approval of the minutes of the ALDIGF Board meeting held May 14, 2019.
4. Executive session, pursuant to A.R.S. § 38-431.03(A)(2) and A.R.S. § 20-689 for the purpose of receiving information about and discussion of the financial condition of one or more member insurers for which ALDIGF has not been activated.
5. Report concerning activities with respect to the detection and prevention of insolvencies.
6. Election of officers and appointment of standing committees.
7. Financial reports and any action or discussion related thereto as follows:
A. Performance of ALDIGF's investment portfolio through October 31, 2019;
B. The financial condition of ALDIGF as of October 31, 2019.
8. Report concerning claims and other activity with regard to member insurers for which ALDIGF has been activated, and any discussion, consideration or action related thereto:
A. Executive Life Insurance Company of New York (ELNY);
B. Life and Health Insurance Company of America (LHICA);
C. Lincoln Memorial Life Insurance Company (LML);
D. Meritus Mutual Health Partners (Meritus Mutual);
E. National States Insurance Company (NSIC);
F. Penn Treaty Network America Insurance Company (Penn Treaty) and American Network Insurance Company (ANIC);
i. Claim payments and premium collections;
ii. Funding due March 1, 2020.
G. Standard Life Insurance Company of Indiana (SLIC);
H. Senior American Insurance Company
I. Claims appeals.
9. Report, discussion and possible action concerning assessment for the Disability Account.
10. Report, discussion and possible action about using an electronic payment system for assessments.
11. Status report, discussion and possible action concerning the following:
A. Payment of NOLHGA assessments for the first quarter of 2019 in the amount of $71,868.00 and the second quarter of 2019 in the amount of $57,976.00;
B. ALDIGF Plan of Operation;
C. Contracts with banks, investment managers, auditors and other servicing facilities;
D. ALDIGF Administrative, Life and Annuity Accounts.
12. Report and discussion regarding division legislation enacted in Illinois and other states, and possible implications to ALDIGF.
13. Report, discussion and possible action regarding GAO reporting and change in accounting/reporting method.
14. Additional executive session, if necessary, pursuant to A.R.S. § 38-431.03(A)(3), to confer with counsel concerning any item included within this agenda.
15. Date, Time and Place of Board meetings to be held during the ensuing year.
16. Call to the public. This is the time for the public to comment. The Board may not discuss items that are not on the agenda. Therefore, action taken as a result of any public comment will be limited to directing staff to study the matter or scheduling the matter for further discussion and decision at a later date.
Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation, such as a sign language interpreter, by contacting the Arizona Department of Insurance Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Coordinator, (602) 364-3764. Requests should be made as early as possible to allow time to arrange the accommodation.
Dated this 4th day of November, 2019.
/s/ Tod D. Lashway
Chair of the Board.

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(CNN) - National Security Agency chief Gen. Keith Alexander, in response to a letter from Sen. Bernie Sanders, said Tuesday that nothing the agency does "can fairly be characterized as 'spying on Members of Congress or American elected officials.'"
Alexander did not offer any further details about members of Congress specifically, arguing that doing so would require him to violate the civilian protections incorporated into the surveillance programs.
"Among those protections is the condition that NSA can query the metadata only based on phone numbers reasonably suspected to be associated with specific foreign terrorist groups," Alexander wrote.Sanders, I-Vermont, had written to Alexander earlier this month asking whether the NSA is currently spying "on members of Congress or other American elected officials" or had in the past.
An NSA spokesperson gave a general response to the inquiry at the time, saying that "members of Congress have the same privacy protections as all U.S. persons" and that they were reviewing the senator's letter.
Alexander's letter, which was personally addressed to Sanders, was more specific.
Sanders has publicly questioned the legality of the NSA surveillance programs recently, calling them "a clear violation of the Fourth Amendment ban on unreasonable searches."
When asked about the balance between civilian privacy and counterterrorism surveillance earlier this month, Sanders told CNN: "We have to be vigorous in protecting the American people from terrorism. But I very strongly believe we can do that in the context of the U.S. Constitution. I believe what the NSA is doing now is not constitutional."
The push back against the possible surveillance practices of the NSA has created unlikely bedfellows in the Senate, with tea party favorite Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, suggesting the methods of data collection have "not been effective enough monitoring and surveilling bad guys" but rather "too broad with respect to law-abiding citizens."
Cruz added that the NSA's response to Sanders' question of whether members of Congress have had phone records or other data monitored "suggests the answer to that question was in the affirmative."
The NSA has been the subject of scrutiny since former agency contractor Edward Snowden released extensive classified documents on various domestic surveillance programs last year.
For his part, Sanders has introduced legislation that would prohibit the collection of phone records without a warrant, although it is unlikely such a law would make any progress in Congress.
The NSA knows all . I don't care if they were listening in on my phone calls I'm not doing anything wrong but other people definitely would not allow it . I think it's good .
Isn't the refusal to tell Congressional oversight committees what they're supposed to be overseeing a thumbing of the Executive Branches nose at the Legislative Branch?
Defund the NSA surveillance state, call your reps now. The best shot to reel the NSA in is to defund them.
Who in the Executive Branch would enforce that?
So far this President is selectively enforcing laws to pander to loyalist and to be punitive to any who challenge them.
I know sensoship is spelled with a C
you mean write better...how is that possible with sensorship...
BIG BIG BIG BROTHER LIVES AND IS EVEN STRONGER THAN EVER GROWING GOV. IN THE WORST POSSIBLE WAYS...watching planning ploting disrupting ruining lives all in secret...lying about everything as a guideing princable...No one is "more better".
an illegal Alian living in America with an American Job that a real American does not have because a illegal alian told me He needed yet another American job in addition to all of His other American jobs He holds...DO YOU UNDERSTAND...DO YOU SEE THE PROBLEMS...injustice as far as the mind can see...a great American injustice...
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Censorship is in full effect now.
The power that be has spoken.
"NSA to senator: If we were collecting your phone records, we couldn't tell you"
Well, they just gave the lawmakers a law to make. It'll read "NSA must provide congress with phone records they collected on them. They can hide the records from the citizens of the US and other countries though".
NSA... the new old CIA.
The Powers that Be approve their Own work.
What does make sense is that the stricter the collection oversight, the more apt collectors are to quit collecting anything – leading to risks for the American people.
America is the root of all terror. America has invaded sixty countries since world war 2.
In 1953 America overthrow Iran's democratic government Mohammad Mosaddegh and installed a brutal dictator Shah. America helped Shah of Iran to establish secret police and killed thousands of Iranian people.
During Iran-Iraq war evil America supported Suddam Hossain and killed millions of Iranian people. In 1989, America, is the only country ever, shot down Iran's civilian air plane, killing 290 people.
In 2003,America invaded Iraq and killed 1,000,000+ innocent Iraqi people and 4,000,000+ Iraqi people were displaced.
Now America is a failed state with huge debt. Its debt will be 22 trillion by 2015.
Take a chill pill and think clearer
"Hey Bernie, F-off!
Truly yours,
So even if "members of Congress and American elected officials" did not consider themselves a part of American society when they were giving NSA the permission to spy on each and every American, NSA simply may not have realized at the time that the political caste was so different! So it looks like the answer is 'yes'!
welcome to the jewnited states if israel
AIPAC/Israeli/jews/AIPAC owned congress=9/11
With the ambiguity of the NSA answers and also knowing that the IRS and the EPA have been used to quash or intimidate political opponents think about who you have sitting in the White House...a wannabe dictator
A year ago the NSA would have said "No we don't do that." (Am I right? Of course I am.)
But now they are wary about getting caught in another lie. (Am I right about this too? You bet!)
So they answer they way they do: "If we were spying on you, we couldn't tell you."
A very educated guess at the true answer to the Senator's question might be inferred from this context.
Obviously if they weren't spying on Congress they could say that they weren't!
Whats funny is I don't truly think the NSA knows what their SPYING on', meanwhile 1500 more Illegals just jumped the border and will use stolen credit card numbers to go Shopping !
Well, since you have no idea of exactly what information they use, or how they use it, your opinion is baseless.
Irrelevant ... if the NSA was after non americans it would matter ... NSA is only after everyday American Joe.
Hey man don's spy on us Senators, we're the good guys (besides we don't want you finding out about all out liaisons with little boys and girls) only spy on.......everyone else!!
Kinda funny that all you have to do is watch a TV show to know that one of the top rules of criminals is dont use the telephone.
Or E-mail. Or text. We all know that's what Christie meant when he was railing about the stupidity of his subordinates.
Unpopular opinion I imagine, but I'm glad the NSA is spying on congress. These congressmen/women have access to highly sensitive information that could be invaluable to our enemies in Russia/china and elsewhere. It is important for the government to know these people are trustworthy arbiters of this highly classified information, without agencies like the NSA this information could easily be sold for millions by traitors, as has been proven in the past.
Basically, all intelligence services are just a bunch of criminals. They all run the show, in collusion with enemies (their intelligence services), with no regard to their own law or to democratic values. Disrespecting own law is a sign of oppressive administrations, normal in case of communists, tyrants, and as is seen clearly, the USA. You are either naive or just want to spin things in their favour.
Without help from intelligence agencies of USA, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia there would be no Taliban. They needed a foe, so they made one. That practice stems at least from good times of tzar's Ochrana. Probably will end the same way.
Equally unpopular as well, you then must be glad that the NSA is spying on American citizens and non-Americans all over the world. After all, the world is a dangerous place and the USA has many enemies who would like nothing more than seeing its demise. The American government has an obligation to protect itself.
Actually no. The The American government has an obligation to protect "The People" it serves.
Or at least that's the way it's *supposed to be*.
i think the bad guys know not to use phones, text etc. they will prob use the good ole usps. the only people being punished are ordinary citizens. The is basically what communist countries do to their own people
ALL meta data is monitored just like phone data. Every source and destination address, along with date is entered into the mega data base of the FBI/NSA.
The NSA should be dismantled and done away with.
I would rather a terrorist stole my life than have my government steal my freedom.
When did we become to weak, so afraid in this country that we would allow this to happen?
Our vets die for our freedoms so the government can take them away one by one.
"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross."
Well Senator, join the club, along with the rest of the U.S. citizens, world leader and anyone else the nsa wants to spy on. This administration is so far out of hand and contrrol ! No wonder experts are saying that in the future the obama years will be known as the criminal years! When will we have had enough??
If you're going to post on a topic, please at least be informed. The NSA was engaged in its current practices under Bush as well. Gee, why weren't the Republicans complaining then (Congressional members are cleared to NSA programs). And before you jump to conclusions, Obama will go done as the worst president in American history. Even Nixon accomplished more for America than Obama.
Funny the NSA has been around over 50 years Bush started homeland security and the patriot act yet its this administration that caused all of this umm put down the crack pipe Tim
Never mind that all of this was started by the Bush Administration, don't let actual facts get in the way of your stupidity
....and that is precisely the point at which any governmental agency has just declared itself in dire need of being eliminated.
Actually the NSA answer makes perfect sense if you understand the restrictions that they operate under. They can not access a name associated with a specific phone record without a FISA court order and a valid intelligence need. They can not answer Sanders question any more directly. Things are not as sinister as people think.
But therein lies the problem as well...it is not difficult at all to plug a phone number, or any other metadata for that matter, into Google Search with a few filters and determine that information. There's really no valid protection there.
Anyone who doesn't know how a database works, isn't going to understand that the NSA looking at your phone number is the least of your worries..
HOOOORAY! An informed lucid comment! Sanders letter was nothing more than a PR stunt. He knows, or at least should know what the NSA can and can not say in public. He could have also made a request through secure channels and might have gotten a better answer. But no, like all the d-bags in DC he wants to grab attention. Again, Bessie, nice insightful comment.
Would you be interested in a plot of land with a view of the sea of tranquility?
You are horribly naive. No, the NSA does not need a warrant from the FISA court. They SHOULD ask for one. But as long as the data is collected AT the NSA, it is accessible, and the FISA court is not there to look over every NSA operator's shoulder 24/7. It is a peace of cake to access the data, and the fact that they have been tracking lovers etc. shows how much abuse happens.
Classic doublespeak. They are busy trying to protect us from ourselves. We're all guilty until proven innocent now, better get used to it, proles!
"Alexander did not offer any further details about members of Congress specifically, arguing that doing so would require him to violate the civilian protections incorporated into the surveillance programs."
I thought they were trying to protect civilians with the spying to root out terrorism?
Do they suspect Congress members of terrorism?
What kind of country is my grandkids going to inherit? Ignore the Bill of Rights?
Sounds like J. Edger and Nixon. Guess we may as well say you have no 4th Amendment Rights. What is next, ignore the 5th Amendment rights unless you are an Obama appointee?
"We can tell you, but then we would have to terminate you with extreme prejudice," said NSA rep.
and this is a surprise to who? So who is watching the watchers?
Snowden, Assagne, etc...
And meanwhile the Russians and Chinese, with lesser intelligence-gathering tools and lesser moral qualms about pursuing aggressive, self-interested agendas gain a little breather.
In other words they're doing many other things they're never going to tell anyone about.
This is another example where the Government ignores the People; spies on them; and uses that information for business and/or geo-political goals! Time to eliminate that mission, and cut their budget in half. These are not glorious troops – but pathetic Stalin-police state efforts!
You obviously have no clue what you're talking about. The NSA has not been accused of spying on any Americans, nor has it been found to be conducting operations beyond its legal authority or in the absence of FAISA oversight. Remember all the brouhaha over the Patriot Act? Or maybe you weren't paying attention which is why your hand wringing now. And the reference to Stalin was pathetic. I mean really, you're trying to strike a comparison between the United States of America and Joseph Stalin! The man responsible for the death of something in the neighborhood of 40 MILLION people! Really! Go back to sleep and please never vote or have children!
I guess you missed that part a few months ago where NSA employees were found to have been tracking lovers. Hmmmm. Given that the data is available, and given an NSA rep could easily dummy up some sort of "we think this guy might be dirty because he was talking to somebody else with think might be dirty" warrant request, I'm betting FISA hasn't always been effective as a watchdog. In theory...sure. In practice....erm, not so much.
Unfortunately it is alright with congress if the common man gets checked on, but not the privileged class.
Please explain how the "common man gets checked on" what ever that means.
Have to admire you guys being able to drum up a question of IF when the answer is already there if you know where to look. Meanwhile everyone argues about the question instead of the answer we had first.