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BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Liberty Mutual Holding Company Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively LMHC or the Company) today reported net (loss) income of ($234) million and $829 million for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2012, respectively, versus $285 million and $358 million in the same periods in 2011.

Net income of $829 million for the year reflects the continued improvement in our operating results despite elevated levels of catastrophe losses, said David H. Long, President and CEO of Liberty Mutual Insurance. Our net loss of $234 million in the quarter was principally driven by a $576 million after tax loss from Superstorm Sandy, and Id like to express my gratitude to our claims professionals for their extraordinary response to help our policyholders post the event.

Full year financial results also included a $125 million loss, after tax, from the refinancing of debt and a $64 million after tax loss associated with the realignment of our operating units.

Net written premium growth remained robust at 7.6% for the year. I continue to be optimistic about future growth opportunities and with the momentum we have to improve profitability going forward.

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A Catastrophes include all current and prior accident year catastrophe losses excluding losses related to the Companys external reinsurance assumed lines except for Hurricane Isaac, the 2011 Australia floods, Cyclone Yasi, Japan earthquake and tsunami, New Zealand earthquakes, Hurricane Irene, Thailand floods, the 2011 and 2012 tornadoes and other severe storms in the U.S. including Superstorm Sandy. Catastrophe losses, where applicable, include the impact of accelerated earned catastrophe premiums and earned reinstatement premiums. B Net incurred losses attributable to prior years is defined as incurred losses attributable to prior years (excluding prior year losses related to natural catastrophes) including both earned premium attributable to prior years and amortization of retroactive reinsurance gains. CRe-estimation of the current accident year loss reserves for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and September 30, 2011.

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Financial Condition as of December 31, 2012

Consolidated Results of Operations for the Three and Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2012 and 2011:

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Massachusetts insurance giants Liberty Mutual and MassMutual both gave their top executives significantly bigger pay packages last year as the companies continued to grow, the companies reported this week.

Liberty Mutual chief executive David H. Long received $8.9 million in total compensation, including $1 million salary, $3.6 million bonus, and millions more in phantom stock awards and other compensation. Thats up 29 percent from 2011, when he served as chief executive for only part of the year.

The Boston insurance companys profits more than doubled last year to $829 million, despite recording $886 million in pre-tax losses due to Hurricane Sandy, the company reported in year-end earnings Friday. Liberty Mutual, best known for its auto and home insurance, received nearly 100,000 claims from the storm, pushing the company into the red for the fourth quarter.

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. chief executive Roger Crandall earned $11.3 million last year, up 20 percent from 2011, as the company reported stronger profits. His total compensation included nearly $1 million salary and a $3.4 million bonus (more than double his 2011 incentive), plus phantom stock awards and other compensation. Private companies use phantom stock programs to mimic stock and options at publicly traded companies to reward executives who make the company more valuable.

Both companies reported the compensation on their websites this week to comply with new state rules requiring mutual insurers, which are owned by their policyholders rather than shareholders, to disclose how much they paid their top executives and directors either by mailing the information to policyholders or posting the data online. State lawmakers and regulators enacted the new rules last year after the Globe reported that former Liberty Mutual chief executive Edmund F. Ted Kelly had received roughly $200 million from the company over four years, making him one of the highest paid executives in the country.

The payments were particularly controversial because Liberty Mutual is mutually owned for the benefit of its policyholders, so critics said the money should have gone back to members or been invested back into the business. Liberty Mutual defended the pay at the time, saying the figures were misleading because Kelly cashed in phantom stock awards that he had accumulated over more than a decade.

Executives also credited Kelly with helping to build the company into Bostons only Fortune 100 firm, making the awards worth more.

The company also reported Friday that Kelly, the former top executive who stepped down in 2011, received $422,636 for his service as chairman of the board last year. Other company directors received pay ranging from about $134,000 to $279,000. Meanwhile, MassMutual said it paid all five of its top executives more last year, mostly because of higher incentive awards. Three executives received increases ranging from 33 percent to 45 percent.

But the company also pointed out it enjoyed a strong year. The companys revenue climbed 36 percent to $19.7 billion, while earnings rose 90 percent to $872 million. The company ended the year with a surplus (one measure of financial strength) of $12.7 billion, up 11 percent.

Company spokesman Mark Cybulski said the companys compensation is designed to help attract and retain talented executives and is determined by the board based on company performance, individual performance, industry practices, and other factors.

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Zeratul #39;s Warning Cinematic - Tidings of Doom - StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
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Liberty X singer Tony Lundon almost pulled out of The Big Reunion concert when his wife gave birth to twins.

The Irish singer's wife, Kelly, went into labour on Saturday, seven weeks early and just three days before the gig at London's Hammersmith Apollo, The Sun reported.

Tony told the newspaper: "They're seven weeks premature but they're good. They're tiny so they needed a little help and are in a special care unit. We didn't really see them until Sunday morning. It was really scary.

"On Monday, they started improving and by Tuesday they were doing brilliantly. Up until then, it was a bit iffy whether I was going to perform or not."

The newspaper reported that the baby boys, Max and Rioghan, are now doing well, and Tony was able to perform with bandmates Michelle Heaton, Jessica Taylor, Kelli Young and Kevin Simm for the TV gig.

After the concert, all the bands reuniting for the ITV2 show - Liberty X, 911, 5ive, B*Witched, Atomic Kitten, Honeyz and Blue - enjoyed an after-party, the newspaper reported.

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Feb 27 (Reuters) - Liberty Media Corp, the media holding company controlled by John Malone, said on Wednesday its quarterly revenue fell by more than half in the fourth quarter.

Liberty, which owns a stake in several companies, said in a statement the decrease in revenue was related to a one-time recognition of deferred revenue at one of its businesses, called TruePosition, a year ago. TruePosition is a location technology company that Liberty owns.

Liberty has been tweaking its portfolio in recent months. In January, it became the majority owner of Sirius XM after regulators approved its takeover. Liberty also spun off the premium TV channel Starz in January and has increased its stake in concert promoter Live Nation to about 27 percent.

Liberty Media Chief Executive Greg Maffei said in a statement that it was pleased in the growth of ticket sales at Live Nation in 2013 as well as the publisher's Pearson (NYSE: PSO - news) 's investment in Nook Media.

Liberty's revenue fell 52 percent to $467 million, compared to $973 million a year ago.

The company said its operating income was $25 million, compared to $293 million a year ago.

Liberty owns stakes in a variety of businesses, including Sirius XM, Barnes and Noble Inc, Concert promoter Live Nation Entertainment Inc (NYSE: LYV - news) and the major league baseball team, the Atlanta Braves.

Shares were flat at $105.55 per share after the market closed.

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Feb 27 (Reuters) - Liberty Media Corp, which holds a large stake in Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS - news) , said on Wednesday it has the power to block a sale of Barnes & Nobles' retail stores and it is waiting to see whether the bookseller's chairman Leonard Riggio will make an offer.

Liberty Media, controlled by cable pioneer and billionaire John Malone, owns preferred shares, that, if converted, would give it a 17 percent stake of bookseller Barnes & Noble. Its CEO Greg Maffei spoke about Barnes & Noble on a conference call following Liberty's fourth-quarter results.

On Monday, Barnes & Noble said its chairman, Leonard Riggio plans to make an offer for the company's bookstores in a deal that would split the stores off from the company's Nook device and e-book business. [ID: nL4N0BP49M]

Maffei, the Liberty CEO, said on a conference call with investors that his company "has a fair amount of rights to influence or block any sale that we don't see as advantageous" and that it is waiting to see if a transaction occurs. Liberty's preferred shares come with voting rights.

Maffei emphasized that the situation is fluid and that he is not certain what Riggio will do.

"No offer has been made ... It's very preliminary and we'll see where Len (Riggio) goes with that," Maffei said.

Riggio, who owns nearly 30 percent of Barnes & Noble, has not yet disclosed how much he would offer for the stores.

Barnes & Noble had put itself up for sale in 2010, but its only offer came from Liberty. Liberty, however, backed down from an initial $1 billion bid and instead bought $204 million in preferred shares convertible for $17 apiece.

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Liberty Holdings Ltd. (LBH), the insurer controlled by Standard Bank Group Ltd. (SBK), climbed in Johannesburg trading after announcing a special dividend and posting a 42 percent jump in full-year profit.

The insurer will pay a special dividend of 1.30 rand a share after net income rose to 3.78 billion rand ($421 million) from 2.67 billion rand in 2011, the Johannesburg-based company said today in a statement. Earnings per share excluding one-time items increased to 14.37 rand, beating the 12.63-rand median estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Bloomberg.

Profit surged after a 23 percent gain in South Africas stock market boosted the value of Liberty Holdingss investments. The insurer has operations in 14 African countries outside its home market after following Standard Bank in targeting expansion in faster-growing parts of the continent.

Earnings were generated on the back of good investment performance on the groups shareholder capital and strong operating performances by the core retail South Africa and Stanlib businesses, Liberty Holdings said. Our core insurance and asset-management businesses are performing well and we anticipate that they will continue to attract higher levels of new business at improved margin.

Liberty Holdings rose 1.3 percent to 116.50 rand in Johannesburg. The stock gained 40 percent last year compared with the average increase of 45 percent on the five-member FTSE/JSE Africa Life Assurers Index. (JLFEA)

Liberty Holdings announced a 13 percent increase in its final ordinary dividend to 3.36 rand.

To contact the reporter on this story: Renee Bonorchis in Johannesburg at rbonorchis@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Dale Crofts at dcrofts@bloomberg.net

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MCKINNEY, Texas, Feb. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --Liberty National Life Insurance Company, a life and supplemental health insurance provider founded in 1900 and wholly owned subsidiary of Torchmark Corporation (NYSE: TMK), elected 10 of its Branch Managers to its 2013 Council of Champions.

The Council of Champions represents the top Branch Managers in the Company. Its members serve in an advisory capacity to the President and CEO. The Council meets to propose new opportunities and initiatives for the 113-year-old insurance provider. The 2013 Council of Champions consists of Tim Aderholt (Gainesville, GA), Cedric Higgins (Columbus, MS), Brian Cannington (Waycross, GA), Vickie Ketron (Knoxville, TN), John Hadder (Birmingham, AL), Clint McLain (Jasper, AL), Jeff Miller (Springfield, MO), Owen Wilson (Orlando, FL), Kathy Blanco (Tampa, FL), and Mark Woodruff (Montgomery, AL).

With the selection of the 2013 Liberty National Council of Champions comes outstanding opportunity for career-minded applicants nationwide. The Council's 10 members will play a pivotal role in expanding Liberty National's market presence by appointing 100 sales agents and managers to each of their respective sales teams.

Liberty National's independent Branch Offices provide vocational sales training, focused on insurance sales. Training includes working one-on-one with experienced sales agents, both in the classroom and in the field. Insurance sales agent careers are projected to grow 22% between 2010 and 2020, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The average commission income for a Liberty National representative with 12 months of service in 2012 was $54,748.

To learn more about the opportunity of a sales career with Liberty National, or to find a Liberty National Branch in your region, call 972-569-3782, visit http://www.lnlcareers.com, or e-mail seast@torchmarkcorp.com.

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ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Liberty Media Corporation (Liberty Media) (Nasdaq: LMCA, LMCB) today reported fourth quarter and year end 2012 results. Highlights include(1):

We were pleased to receive approval from the FCC for de jure control of SiriusXM and subsequently increased our ownership interest above 50%, said Greg Maffei President and CEO of Liberty Media. SiriusXM again posted strong results and ended the year with almost 24 million subscribers. We increased our ownership stake in Live Nation and are encouraged by the growth in their ticket sales for 2013. At Barnes & Noble, we were pleased by the strategic investment by Pearson in NOOK Media.

Liberty Media

On January 11, 2013 Liberty Media was spun-off from Starz. The financials as of December 31, 2012 include the financial results of Starz. Liberty will present Starz as discontinued operations when reporting results in the first quarter of 2013. Pro forma, Liberty Media had $1.8 billion in cash and no debt at the time of the spin-off.

Liberty Medias revenue decreased 52% to $467 million in the fourth quarter and 34% to $2 billion for the year. Adjusted OIBDA decreased 76% to $77 million for the quarter and 58% to $450 million for the year. Operating income decreased 91% to $25 million for the quarter and 66% to $326 million for the year. The decrease in revenue, adjusted OIBDA and operating income was primarily related to a one-time recognition of deferred revenue and costs at TruePosition in the prior year.

Starz, LLC

Starzs revenue decreased 2% to $423 million for the fourth quarter and increased 1% to $1.6 billion for the year. The decrease in revenue for the fourth quarter was primarily a result of a decrease in Starz Distribution revenue due to fewer titles available from The Weinstein Company and a decrease in revenue from Starz Networks primarily due to the non-renewal of the Netflix agreement. The increase in revenue for the year was primarily as a result of increases in revenue from the Starz Distribution and Starz Networks businesses which were partially offset by a decrease in revenue for the Starz Animation business.

Adjusted OIBDA increased 10% to $102 million for the fourth quarter and decreased 1% to $445 million for the year. The increase in adjusted OIBDA for the fourth quarter was primarily due to fewer exhibitions at Starz Networks of first-run (first window) films and higher utilization of second window films licensed under our output agreements with Disney and Sony and decreased advertising and marketing costs associated with original programming. Starz Networks did not have a new original series premiere during the fourth quarter of 2012, while the first season of the original series Boss premiered in October 2011. Starz Networks increase was partially offset by increased production and acquisition costs at Starz Distribution due to revisions made to ultimate revenue estimates which resulted in impairments to capitalized production and acquisition costs for certain titles.

The decrease in adjusted OIBDA for the year was primarily due to increased production and acquisition costs at Starz Distribution resulting from the revisions made in the fourth quarter to the ultimate revenue estimates as mentioned above. This decrease in adjusted OIBDA was partially offset by lower advertising and marketing costs at Starz Networks resulting from one fewer Starz original series premiere during 2012. Starz Networks had three new original series or new season premieres in 2012 as compared to four in 2011. Consolidated Eliminations also contributed to the decrease due to fewer exhibitions of Overture Films titles on Starz Networks during 2012. Operating income was flat for the fourth quarter and decreased 4% to $406 million for the year.

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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb 28, 2013) - Liberty Silver Corp. (LSL.TO) ("Liberty Silver" or the "Company") announces that it has submitted to staff of the Ontario Securities Commission ("OSC") its technical report to support the updated resource estimate announced on January 7, 2013 with respect to its Trinity Silver Project.As a result of a review by staff of the OSC, the Company is providing the following update and clarification, regarding its disclosure on the Trinity Silver Project.

The report prepared by SRK Consulting (US) Inc. ("SRK") and submitted by the Company to staff of the OSC, built upon a previous resource estimate contained in the National Instrument 43-101 ("NI 43-101") technical report dated December 1, 2011 and filed on SEDAR (www.sedar.com). The December 2011 inferred resource estimate utilized historic results from over 400 drill holes on the property, the data from which have been included in a GIS database. During 2012, the Company drilled 18 RC holes near the main Trinity Silver deposit area which assisted in validating the December 2011 inferred resource estimate. The new technical report prepared by SRK, and submitted to staff of the OSC, includes the results of Liberty Silver''s 2012 RC drilling program and the unverified historical drilling on the Hi Ho Property, which is located immediately adjacent to the historical open pit area.The Hi Ho Property and the Company''s 2012 drilling results were not included in the December 2011 technical report.

The staff of the OSC expressed concerns with the uncertainty related to the mid-1980''s historical drilling from the Hi Ho Property acquired in 2012. It has been determined that additional confirmatory drilling, which was identified and recommended in the new technical report, be completed to verify the historical drilling prior to preparing an updated resource estimate. As a result, the new technical report will not be filed by the Company on SEDAR.

The Company is evaluating an appropriate confirmatory drilling program to support the use of historical results in an updated resource estimate to be prepared in accordance with NI 43-101.The Company has engaged SRK, the Company''s independent engineering firm and one of the largest global firms of its kind, to prepare an updated resource estimate when the confirmatory drilling program is completed.There can be no assurance that any confirmatory drilling will be successful or that any results of confirmatory drilling will support an updated NI 43-101 resource estimate for the Trinity Silver Project.

Accordingly, the Company retracts the announcement of an updated resource estimate made on January 7, 2013 and cautions investors that no reliance should be made on this resource estimate disclosure. Please refer to the December 1, 2011 technical report for the inferred resource estimate on the Trinity Silver Project.

This release has been reviewed by Tim Percival, CPG, Reno, Nevada, consultant to the Company and a Qualified Person as defined in NI 43-101.

About Liberty Silver Corp.

Liberty Silver Corp. is focused on exploring and advancing mineral properties located in North America.Liberty Silver is led by a skilled, experienced management team and board of directors with significant experience managing exploration, development, and mining projects.Liberty Silver is committed to creating value for its shareholders by advancing its current projects utilizing its mitigated risk approach to developing new resources on its current properties, and acquiring new properties that have the potential to increase their resource base.The Trinity Silver Project, located in Pershing County, Nevada, is Liberty Silver''s flagship project.Liberty Silver has the right to earn a joint venture interest in the 10,940 acres Trinity property pursuant to the terms of an earn-in agreement with Renaissance Gold Inc.

Information about the Company is available on its website, http://www.libertysilvercorp.com, or in the SEDAR and EDGAR databases.

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TBC Bank and Liberty Bank, which are among Georgias top four largest lenders by assets, have denied that they have been bought by Russian banks.

Speaking at a news conference late on February 26, President Saakashvili said that Liberty Bank was bought by Russian state-controlled Sberbank and Russia's largest privately-owned lender Alfa Bank was buying TBC Bank.

Several days ago an agreement has actually been finalized and Liberty Bank has been bought by Russian state-owned Sberbank, Saakashvili said.

Now Alfa Bank, which has close links with the Kremlin, is buying TBC Bank. Cartu Bank [which was founded by PM Bidzina Ivanishvili] is in itself the Russian bank. Gazprombank is also entering [into Georgia], which wants to buy several Georgian banks, Saakashvili said and added that he had never been against of Russian businesses, but if they seize all the assets in Georgia without then doing anything it would lead to putting Georgian economy in bondage.

Thats not something made-up by me; its happening right now as we speak, the President said.

Saakashvilis press conference was still ongoing when Liberty Banks CEO Lado Gurgenidze, who was the Prime Minister in 2007-2008, released a statement denying that his bank was sold.

Dear friends, just wanted to state that the rumour that Liberty Bank is in discussions with Sberbank, as it was stated tonight on one of the Georgian TV channels, has no basis and no such discussions have [taken] or are taking place, Gurgenidze wrote in an English-language statement posted on Liberty Banks Facebook page.

Together with Romanian tycoon Dinu Patriciu, Gurgenidze is a beneficial shareholder of the Liberty Bank, which is the fourth largest bank in Georgia by total assets.

When asked before the end of the press conference about Liberty Banks refutation, Saakashvili responded: Ill be only glad if its not true and I hope that will not be the case in the future too.

Saakashvili said that he had this information about sale of the Liberty Bank from the National Bank of Georgia. He also added: I know for sure that there are talks ongoing [to sell] TBC Bank.

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LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) -- Stan Okoye scored 32 points with 11 rebounds as Virginia Military Institute pulled away from Liberty 83-66 Tuesday night to snap a six-game losing streak.

The Keydets (12-16, 7-8 Big South Conference), who also defeated the Flames 82-69 on Jan. 9, accomplished the first regular-season sweep by either team since the Flames won twice in 2006-07.

The win also gave VMI coach Duggar Baucom his 116th victory, tying him with Bart Bellairs (1995-2005) for the most in school history.

Okoye was 11-of-18 shooting, hitting 6 of 9 3-pointers as the Keydets went 13 of 34 from long range.

Rodney Glasgow contributed 18 points and Brian Brown 10 for VMI, which closed the first half on a 16-9 run to lead 45-36. Liberty (10-20, 5-10) could get no closer than seven after the break.

John Caleb Sanders scored 20 points, surpassing 900 for his Flames career, and Tavares Speaks added 19.

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Liberty High School softball players are usually busy getting their hands dirty on the field, but on Saturday, March 8, they will be busy dishing up plates of spaghetti for the team's annual fundraiser and auction.

Doors will open at 5 p.m. for hungry attendees to feast on pasta, dressed in sauce donated by The Old Spaghetti Factory, and other fixings prepared by team parents and volunteers.

Guests can buy packets of bingo cards for $10, with the games beginning at 6 p.m. No need to bring your own daubers. The team will provide everything and prizes will be given to the lucky bingo winners.

The event will also have a silent auction, with items including a two-night stay in Seaside, restaurant gift cards and Liberty High School paraphernalia.

All of the money from the auction is used for field maintenance, gear, uniforms and travel expenses for away games. Last year, the auction raised around $4,500.

This is the team's biggest fundraising event of the year. After making it to the second round of the Class 5A state playoffs last year, the girls are looking forward to starting off strong this season with community support from their annual dinner and auction.

The event will be held Friday, March 8, at the Liberty High School gym on 21945 N.W. Wagon Way in Hillsboro. Doors open at 5 p.m.

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More than 100 Liberty University students participated in 17 community service projects throughout the city of Lynchburg, Va., during Liberty's first Love On Lynchburg Day on Saturday, Feb. 23.

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More than 100 students participated in 16 community service projects throughout the city, which ranged from cleaning homes of disabled residents to building wheelchair ramps, serving food to the hungry, constructing a youth media center in a low-income neighborhood; playing games, baking cookies, and entertaining residents at nursing homes; and beautifying city spaces.

CCI, launched in September 2012, focuses on meeting the short-term, immediate needs of the community. Every weekend, CCI sends out five to eight care teams of up to 10 students each, all led by students. Liberty fields requests from people seeking help for themselves or for their family and friends and also partners with charitable organizations to help meet their needs. More than 70 projects have been completed, totaling 2,255 hours of service.

Harold Burgess, a resident at Guggenheimer Health and Rehabilitation Center, was delighted to play games with students, bake and decorate cookies, and hear students sing during LOL Day.

Everybody was having a good time laughing and carrying on we had a lot of fun, he said. I like humor, a good laugh is better than a pill any day.

He said the experience benefits all the residents, and the students, too.

It is good for (Liberty) students and it is good for us because we get to know what is going on in the outside world, and they may pick up some bits and pieces of what we went through when we were their ages, and that is good, Burgess said.

Glenda Fort, director of Parkview Community Mission on Memorial Avenue, was overjoyed to be a part of the first LOL Day. Parkview is the largest nonprofit food pantry in Lynchburg, offering groceries to 1,000 Lynchburg families monthly. They also deliver food three times a week to various households and offer a free dinner every Wednesday night to those in need.

We love having Liberty students. It is a great experience for them, and it is great for the neighbors we serve to see them, said Fort. Liberty historically always has such a great group of students with a great attitude and many of them really connect with our neighbors that walk through the doors, and what they do is priceless.

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