Still,
there are those who believe the two disciplines are inherently at odds,
ill-suited to accommodate one another and destined to provoke conflict. He
shares his personal, analytical journey in considering the relationship
between the two disciplines , including his time spent as a
Templeton-Cambridge journalism fellow last summer.4 million compared with pretax operating income of $9. 31, 2004.

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Charles Townes, Nobel laureate, 2005 Templeton Prize winner, and inventor
of the maser and laser, has been a leading advocate for the convergence of
science and religion since 1966, when he wrote a seminal article on the
subject for IBM's THINK magazine.
(total GAAP debt-to-capital of 7.

A spiritual being is a non-corporeal entity found in many religions and belief systems throughout the world.

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, become worthless) in the event the underlying
entity defaults is clearly something that investors should
understand," says Jim Batterman, Senior Director , Fitch Ratings.3% at Dec.

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"Credit Default Swap (CDS) Options: What They Are, Who Is Using
Them , and Why" is available at www.fitchcdx.
CATIC reported statutory admitted assets of $57.

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Business Editors

NEW YORK + LONDON----Credit
swaptions are options to buy or sell CDS on either individual
corporate reference entities (single names) or traded indices.
The company's strong balance sheet fundamentals include an above
average Fitch risk adjusted capital (RAC) ratio of 300% at year-end
2004 (compared to 286% at year-end 2003), consistent surplus growth,
an adequate reserve position on both a statutory and GAAP basis, a
conservative investment policy, below average operating leverage , and
low financial leverage at CATIC's parent - CATIC Financial, Inc. Statutory pretax
operating income in 2004 was $4.

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Fitch Survey: Credit Default Swap -- CDS -- Options: What They Are Who Is Using Them and Why

"Investors would be wise to fully understand the unique structural
features of credit swaptions. As an
attorney-owned title insurance company CATIC's primary purpose is to
preserve and promote the use of independent legal counsel in real
estate transactions. In recent years,
the company has entered other New England markets and currently holds
the largest market share in Vermont (38% based on written premiums at
year-end 2004).

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"
Award-winning science writer George Johnson has a different perspective. The article highlights recent developments in
the market as well as identifies some key structural features of
credit swaptions that investors should appreciate .
In line with industry trends, in 2004, CATIC's operating results
were weaker than the prior year as a result of rising interest rates
that depressed the unusually high refinancing activity of the recent
past.

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Religion is about what you believe," Johnson writes. "It
follows that there can be many different religions but only one science. So
what is there to reconcile?"





Science + Spirit


The January-February issue of Science & Spirit also features:


-- A feature on the Dalai Lama's participation in the science and
religion dialogue
-- An interview with renowned conservationist George Archibald, exploring
his mission to ensure the survival of near-extinct cranes, his faith in
God, and his views on conservation and humanity
-- A report on a new trend in organ donation that has medical ethicists
concerned: living donors offering their organs to strangers they meet on
the Internet.
CATIC has a long history of success in the Connecticut title
insurance market with the state's second largest market share (24%
based on 2004 written premiums) and a competitive advantage derived
from its relationships with local attorney-agents.

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In Science & Spirit magazine 's
January-February 2006 issue, he updates his experiences with physics and
faith, and describes the "revelation" that was the origin of the maser.
For Townes, there is no question that science and religion will eventually
come together because they are "merely two ways of looking at life and the
universe; it follows that, in the long run, they will see the same thing. "Science is about what
you can prove.e. Given the high degree of leverage and short-term nature,
it was not surprising to see that about half of surveyed dealers'
clients are using credit options contracts for "very short-term
speculation," while another 30% are using them to express a "short,
but somewhat longer -term view.7 million and
policyholders' surplus of $38.

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While there has been meaningful
growth in single name contracts traded over the past year, the
majority of trading tends to be dominated by a handful of some of the
most active (and volatile) names in the bond and CDS markets.com

The Rating Outlook is Stable.

Often their power is said to be linked with their purpose in creation .

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Historically, spiritual beings have been ascribed any number of powers, both over nature and over humans.

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The rating reflects CATIC's
solid franchise in the Connecticut title insurance market, a
conservative investment policy, strong capital position, favorable
five-year operating performance and adequate agency monitoring
systems.

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Fitch Affirms Connecticut Attorneys Title Insurance Company At 'A-'

Entity/Issue/Type Action Rating/Outlook

Connecticut Attorneys Title Insurance Company

--Insurer financial strength Affirmed 'A-'/Stable.

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Business Editors

CHICAGO----Fitch Ratings has affirmed
the 'A-' insurer financial strength (IFS) rating of Connecticut
Attorneys Title Insurance Company (CATIC).

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Fitch expects future revenue growth
to track industry trends, which are linked to the real estate cycle
and operating profits to be impacted by costs incurred from expansion
initiatives as well as cyclical factors.

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For example, Thor was a god, and any given dwarf was likewise accounted as a spiritual being in Norse mythology.

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For example, the fact that most
single-name options are of the 'knockout' variety, and, therefore,
simply cancel (i. 31, 2004 ).

In many belief systems, spirits are on the same plane of existence as 'gods', though these spirits are of a much lesser magnitude.

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Whether or not science and religion can
comfortably co-exist has been debated since the earliest scientific
discoveries. In recent years, there has been a growing dialogue between
the two disciplines, as more scientists find ways to draw value and gain
insight from their spiritual beliefs, and many theologians work to
successfully reconcile the findings of science with Scripture.
Over the course of a recent month, the average dealer traded more
credit swaptions contracts on single names than on indices, though, in
terms of notional value, activity in index options dwarfed that of
individual names by about 5 to 1.
Hedge funds , at 57% of all users, were the dominant user of this
instrument. The rating also reflects CATIC's lack of geographic and
product diversification, an ownership structure that limits access to
outside capital funds, a modest albeit continuing decline in market
share in the company's primary market , and the inherently cyclical
nature of the title insurance business.

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5 million on
revenue of $64 .

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Science & Spirit is published six times a year by Heldref Publications. However, the decline in the company's operating results was
somewhat offset by a strong buy-sell market.8 million on operating revenue of
$56.

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PRESS RELEASE Future Convergence or Forever Divergent: Science +amp; Spirit Magazine Takes on the Science-Religion Debate

While
smaller than the credit default swap market, a new survey from Fitch
Ratings has found that the credit 'swaptions' market has grown
significantly over the past year, possibly doubling in size according
to survey respondents.

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It
is sold on newsstands and by subscription, and can be viewed online at
www.7 million in 2003.

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