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Beware of Pity / Film and Stage Play
From Stefan Zweig Bibliography
[2017]: Barbican, London
Beware of Pity [Ungeduld des Herzens]. Staged by Simon McBurney at the Barbican, 9-12 February. Frist staged By Simon McBurney at the Schaubühne , Berlin, December 2015
Discussion:. Simon McBurney. "Beware of Pity is chillingly resonant in the Trump era" in The Guardian [London], 3 February 2017. See: http://www/theguardian.com/.../simon-mcburney-beware-of-pity-Stefan-Zweig-trump
Nice, David. "Beware of Pity, Complicite & Schaubühne, Berlin, Barbican" in The Arts Desk [Cockfosters, London], 10 February 2017. Contains 2 photographs from scenes of the play. See: http://www.theartsdesk.com/theatre/ beware-pity-complicite-schaub%C3%BChne-berlin-barbican
Trueman, Matt. "Stefan Zweig: Complicite's Simon McBurney on why he matters" in The Financial Times [London], 28 January 2017, Life and Arts, p. 12. Photograph by Gianmarco Bresadola. See: Google: Matt Trueman. Stefan Zweig: Complicite's Simon McBurney on why he matters


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Despite a low interest-rate environment, 401(k) participants at New York Life Retirement Plan Services haven't given up on stable value funds. In an analysis released Wednesday of its client base, the firm found half of all participants across its retirement platform have some of their 401(k) savings in a stable value investment.
"Gen Y has not experienced a positive market cycle during their professional careers, and Baby Boomers just watched a good portion of their retirement erode in rough market conditions," Steven Dorval, managing director of retirement and investment strategy at New York Life Retirement Plan Services, said in a statement. "All participants require an investment option that will preserve principal and, at a minimum, keep up with inflation. These are among the reasons stable value continues to be a core savings option."
The firm also found that since 2008, over 20% of retirement assets have been invested in stable value funds.
Their popularity is not attributed to an aging population looking to protect hard-earned assets. Boomers are most likely to favor the products, but Gen X participants allocate an average 12% of their assets to stable value funds, and Gen Y has an average allocation of 10%.
Although the Pension Protection Act of 2006 didn't allow stable value funds to be selected as a qualified default investment alternative, 58% of boomers have allocations to stable value funds in their defined-contribution plan. Nearly one-third of Gen Y investors and 46% of Gen X investors have some portion of their DC fund allocated to stable value funds.
"A principal preservation asset class was once an afterthought for most sponsors and advisors, with a recordkeeper's proprietary solution being an easy choice," Patrick Murphy, managing director of sales for New York Life Retirement Plan Services, said in a statement. "No longer. Our advisors know this core asset class demands the same level of scrutiny as any other investment option."
Murphy noted that this trend was likely to continue. "With interest rates expected to be negligible for the foreseeable future, money markets are not a palatable option for most sponsors – and stable value investments need to deliver a competitive rate of return with a credible guarantee."
Reuters reported on Wednesday that stable value funds may not remain stable. Over the past few years, the insurers who guarantee the principle in stable value funds have limited the types of investments they're willing to cover.
For instance, J.P. Morgan Asset Management no longer guarantees principal on the stable value funds it offers, while Pacific Investment Management Co., or PIMCO, has an offering with a 24-month put instead of a 12 month. Some 401(k) plans use funds that only guarantee a portion of the principal.
"It's a stark contrast from the stable value ethos that has existed for the better part of four decades, leaving some industry observers wondering if the new iteration of the funds is worth the investment," Reuters reports. "The trend, if it continues, could mean less flexibility for plan sponsors and fewer guarantees for investors."

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Not everybody is at ease with the idea of euthanasia under any circumstances, and I understand that. Many people have moral conflicts with deciding to end the life of a pet, no matter what the reason. My perspective is that this is a highly individual decision but that I personally am comfortable with euthanizing my pets once their quality of life is so compromised or they are in such pain that keeping them alive feels like it's more for my sake than for theirs. It's my view that a peaceful death by euthanasia frees them from pain and misery, and is the final gift of love I am able to provide. I know many disagree, and I'm not suggesting that one way or another is right—I'm just describing my own personal take on this issue.
That doesn't mean that I haven't cried buckets and been inconsolable when I've euthanized a dog. It's horrible beyond imagination, and I've never really recovered from it in any case. I always hope for any dog (or any person for that matter) to surrender peacefully to death while sleeping. When that doesn't happen in time, facing the tough decision of when to euthanize is a challenge. Sometimes it's obvious when it's time because the dog has reached a point of literally being unable to move, being in constant and unmanageable pain, showing no joy at all or no recognition of anything or anyone.
In other cases, it's not so clear, which is why a new tool that helps guardians and veterinarians decide when that moment has arrived may be useful. Researchers at Michigan State University developed a survey for probing into the specifics of a dog's quality of life when undergoing chemotherapy for cancer. The idea is to develop an objective way to assess quality of life, which is such an important consideration when deciding whether to continue life-prolonging measures or to face the possibility that it is time to say good-bye.
Questions address a range of behavioral issues and observations before treatment, a retrospective on the dog's behavior six months prior, and continued observations throughout their treatment at regular intervals. The questions address aspects of dog behavior including play, measures of happiness, and signs of disease. Both guardians and veterinarians have questions to answer based on their own observations. A small pilot study of 29 dogs found high levels of agreement from clinicians and guardians. Researchers plan to expand their original work to a study with hundreds of dogs and to other illnesses and medical issues as well.
Do you think an objective tool such as this might help you decide when to euthanize a dog, or do you feel comfortable with just "knowing" when that sad day has come?


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It is officially a new year, and yes Praxedes, we somehow survived the annual mandatory blood alcohol poisoning that is part of the rituals of ringing out the old and ringing in the new.
Below, numbered for enumeration and not for order of importance, are my memorable basketball moments for 2017:
1. Kevin Durant made the move and won his championship ring.
There are those who think Durant ought to be commended for finally coming to terms with the fact that he and Russell Westbrook will never win an NBA world title together in Oklahoma City.
There are also those who think Durant should never ever be allowed into the Hall of Fame because he took the easiest way out of that little conundrum by signing with the Golden State Warriors, effectively ensconcing the NBA title in the West for all time, or at least the next decade.
Durant did what he had to do, and did it at a time when he can still win multiple championships in Oakland. Yes, if he was as great as he thinks he is then he should have stayed in Oklahoma and proven it.
But then again, he doesn't owe anybody any explanation or excuse about making a move that is simply a no-brainer if he wants to have the one thing that all the true greats have, a championship.
Unless LeBron James is cloned in Cleveland then the NBA has become boring for the next decade or so.
2. Ginebra retains its Governors Cup title.
Ginebra San Miguel and Meralco played to a record crowd of over 54,000 fans at the Philippine Arena in Bulacan in the Mother of all Game 7's as the Gin Kings retained their PBA Governors Cup championship.
Greg Slaughter, who sat out the 2016 title run due to injury, finally got his first PBA championship on the hardwood floor.
Meralco put up a heck of a fight, but in the end the superior size of Ginebra proved just to big (literally) an obstacle to overcome.
If the Game 7 box office and television share was any indication, Ginebra is still the lifeblood of the PBA.
3. Lyceum went from shit to sweep in the NCAA.
Talk about the Lyceum Pirates in the NCAA and you'd normally get word associations such as "cellar dweller", "league doormat", "whipping boys". At least until this season.
This season the Pirates completed an historic 18-game regular season sweep of the NCAA, including two tough games against reigning champion San Beda.
Granted they eventually folded when it mattered most, getting swept 2-0 in the Finals as the Red Lions went on to continue their NCAA Dynasty.
Still, no one can ever take away what Coach Topex Robinson, CJ Perez and the rest of the Pirates achieved this season. That si probably a record that will stand for the better part of this century.
4. Christian Standhardinger, through no fault of his own, is now June Mar Fajardo's teammate.
Mention Christian Standhardinger and what automatically comes to mind is the controversial trade that allowed the already powerful San Miguel Beer franchise to draft him with the Number 1 pick in the 2017 PBA Rookie Draft.
No one except the most hardcore of hoops fans even heard of Standhardinger before this year.
He is a strapping and active 6-foot-8 Filipino-German forward who spent his college years in the US NCAA.
Then Gilas head coach Chot Reyes summoned him for national team duty and he answered the call.
Although he was classified by FIBA as a naturalized player and not a local, he saw action with Gilas and showed Pinoy fans why Reyes wanted him.
Fast forward to Draft Day 2017 and Kia gives up the rights to the Number 1 pick in favor of some role players, allowing the Beermen to nab Standhardinger.
He now gets to play alongside four-time MVP Fajardo, although not right away since he still has an active ABL contract to play out.
5. Chito Narvasa resigns as PBA Commissioner following the Standhardinger controversy.
Kia, as mentioned above, gave up the chance to get Standhardinger in the draft essentially for three role players: JR Reyes, Ronald Tubid, and Filipino-American Rashawn McCarthy. Uh, who? Yes Praxedes, that was what everybody thought as well.
Anyway, where were we? Ah yes, Narvasa.
This trade would not have been consummated had Narvasa not approved it as Commissioner.
This then led to a "schism" of sorts within the PBA Board, with five team allied with the San Miguel Corporation on one side, supporting Narvasa, and seven teams led by the PLDT Group on the other side asking for Narvasa's head on a platter.
Although Narvasa held out for a while, he did eventually give up and resign.
Truth be told nobody would ever in a million
While every PBA fan's attention is on the ongoing Finals between Barangay Ginebra and Meralco (currently with the Gin Kings leading the series 3-2), a bit of news suddenly diverted a lot of attention away from the Finals and on to the 2017 PBA Draft set in a few days from this writing.
Apparently Kia, the league's doormat, owns the Number 1 pick in this year's draft, a pick they could use to select either 6-foot-8 Filipino-German forward-center Christian Standhardinger, or 5-foot-10 multimedia darling and former Ateneo superstar guard Kiefer Ravena. Yes, Praxedes, those two are the consensus Top 2 picks, with the German lad most likely to go first overall.
For a team as down on their luck as the Picanto, Praxedes would be justified in thinking that Kia ought to be drooling and jonesing even, for the chance to get either Standhardinger or Ravena, both of whom could become franchise stars for them. And no, Manny-bloody-Pacquiao does not count.
This is where things suddenly went all deja vu.
News reports have it that Kia and San Miguel Beer were looking to put a trade together.
San Miguel would get the Number 1 pick from Kia, while Kia would get a slew of Beermen bench players, ranging from the immortal Ronald Tubid to the who-the-heck-is-that Rashawn McCarthy.
Let's let that sink in for a while: Kia is willing to trade a probable (not just possible) franchise star for a bunch of so-so players who are either unproven or nearing the end of their careers.
But wait, there's more!
Later reports have it that the Beermen were also willing to give up Filipino-American forward Matt Ganuelas, steady veterans Gabby Espinas and Yancy De Ocampo, along with all the other players aforementioned.
You can just imagine the shit storm the news stirred up. It was so monumental that buss for the proposed trade (not yet approved by the Commissioner's Office as of this writing) was at one time generating almost as much media buzz as the Ginebra-Meralco Finals.
"Pwede ba 'yon? Magpapamigay ka ng mga bulok para maging magkakampi sina Kraken (four-time MVP Junemar Fajardo) at German," asked a long time college and pro scout. "Or sige, kahit pa si Kraken at si Phenom, pwede ba 'yon?"
The scout's sentiments were pretty much echoing the general sentiments among basketball fans and sports observers.
Of course Mr Scout has a day job that allos him to have other information that the typical fan might not be privy to. "RSA (San Miguel boss Ramon S Ang) bailed out the owners of BMW, who are also the owners of Kia, so hindi na mahirap mag-one plus one na hawak ni RSA sa leeg ang Kia."
But they gave Troy Rosario away too when they had a chance to draft him, said I.
"It only goes to show na may ibang gustong mangyari talaga ang Kia," he replied.
Indeed, the Picanto have given away not just Rosario, a Gilas mainstay, but also the likes of bull strong Bradwyn Guinto, the versatile KG Canaleta and Aldrech Ramos (the two guys they got for Rosario), Alex Mallari, Karl Dehesa, etc etc.
It should therefore not come as a surprise that Kia is once again in the thick of a questionable trade.
If ever, San Miguel Beer will add a high quality, internationally proven big man to a team that sent four of its starters to the season's Mythical 5, including MVP Fajardo. Standhardinger or Ravena would definitely give them a high quality sixth man, or even a new starter while sending a Mythical 5 or MVP awardee off the bench. They almost completed a Grand Slam, how much better will they be with this year's Number 1 pick?
For PBA Commissioner Chito Narvasa, he's still trying to sort things out on this proposed trade.
"I'm talking to Kia and San Miguel officials," he said in one interview. "People say it is about parity in the league. But teams have the same right as anybody else to decide their fate. At the end of the day, it has to be about what is good for the PBA, families themselves, and the teams themselves," he added.
Those aren't exactly words to reassure fans and media alike about what the league is going to do about a trade no sane person would ever consider fair.
It has certainly been a very active offseason for a number of NBA teams. Some players have changed addresses, none more hyped so than Kyrie Irving's move to the Boston Celtics.
Irving will have newly-minted superstar Gordon Haywood keeping him company in Boston.
He isn't the only one of course. Isaiah Thomas, supposedly Boston's Next Legend, traded addresses with Irving and is now with LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Dwayne Wade has reunited with James in Cleveland in what is shaping up to be a super team of sorts. They also signed former MVP Derrick Rose out of New York.
Paul George and Carmelo Anthony - who have 14 All Star appearances and a few Olympic gold medals between them - are now teammates. With reigning MVP Russell Westbrook, over in Oklahoma City.
Chris Paul and James Harden are also teammates now, over with the Houston Rockets.
Rudy Gay was signed - almost without fanfare - by the ever efficient San Antonio Spurs.
Jimmy Butler rejoins his old coach Tom Thibodeau in Minnesota, where he will team up with rising stars Andrew Wiggins and Karl Anthony Towns.
Golden State gave Steph Curry the biggest contract extension in NBA history with $201 million, only to have Oklahoma City top that by giving Westbrook his own extension for $205 million.
And the season hasn't even started yet.
So how do all these big moves translate into the actual season? Well, we'll have to wait and see when the actual season rolls around won't we?
But still, as an academic discussion, let us see where this leads us, Praxedes...
Undoubtedly the biggest development was the Irving-Thomas trade. It was basically an All Star trade, but as we have commented in this space, it seems the normally astute Danny Ainge gave up too much to secure the services of the 25-year old Irving.
Aside from the 28-year old Thomas (who was coming off a career year) the Celtics also gave away backup big man Ante Zizic, two-way forward Jae Crowder, and most importantly, an unprotected first round pick in the 2018 Draft from the normally woebegone Brooklyn Nets. So yes, that is going to be a sure Top 5 pick come 2018.
Granted Thomas probably won't be playing until January due to a hip injury, still, quite a package Ainge sent to Cleveland.
Westbrook for his part not only got 200 million clams richer but he now has two other legitimate All Stars beside him. The usual takl is that there won't be enough touches and shots to go around for three of the best scorers in the league. It should be intersting to see what GM Sam Presti and head coach Billy Donovan have in mind other than running opponents into the ground.
"The NBA landscape has changed and we need to change with it," Presti said in one interview. So from building through the draft he suddenly built a new super team.
The same might be said for the Timberwolves, with the three young stars getting a chance to try and build a stronger team. "We want to be in a better position to win," said Thibodeau in one interview.
Harden transformed into an elite point guard last season with career highs in assists and became a much better creator, especially on the drive and draw. Paul is also a top-tier point guard, which means Harden might be reverting back to his shooting guard position, and taking away his ability to create for his teammates, a job that will now fall to Paul.
Gay will be playing alongside emergent superstar Kawhi Leonard, and both play similar games, mostly creating and scoring from the perimeter, although Gay should be able to slide easily into a super sidekick role for Greg Poppovich.
All of this of course still boils down to whether or not anybody, including the reloaded Cavaliers, can knock Curry, Kevin Durant and the Warriors off their throne.
Curry and Durant might have surprised a lot of observers and analysts when they actually played well together, but that means taking on the Warriors only became that much more difficult.
As much as Oklahoma and Minnesota have improved, it doesn't look like they've improved enough to be a meaningful challenger to Golden State. It remains to be seen if the addition of Gay to San Antonio has given the Spurs the extra weapon they need against Golden State.
All told it will make for a very interesting and exciting NBA season, one that hopefully will prove to be more entertaining than last season.
It still looks like a Warriors-Cavaliers Finals, but hopefully the road to the NBA Title will prove to be a little more bumpy.
The Cleveland Cavaliers are becoming the NBA franchise for milestone events in the Internet Age.
First there was "The Decision". Then came "The Return". Now we have "The Trade".
The first two events centered around LeBron James, without a doubt the biggest damn star in all of Cleveland sports history, no disrespect meant to Mr James Brown.
That third event though, that is something that has gotten quite the buzz.
Allow me to explain, Praxedes:
Kyrie Irving, the top pick of the 2011 NBA Rookie Draft, an All Star and USA Basketball stalwart, asked Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert to trade him a couple months back, reportedly because he "wanted to be more of the focal point" according to media articles and features.
Fair enough, a man can certainly make his own decisions regarding his career.
Fast forward to less than a few hours ago (as of this writing) and that trade has been consummated.
Who did Cleveland get for Irving?
Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, Ante Zizic, and an unprotected 2018 draft pick.
Thomas, picked 60th and last in the same draft where Irving went first overall, became a bona fide superstar last season, at one point averaging 30 points per game and eventually settling down to a little over 28 ppg.
Had this been a one-for-one trade nobody would be talking about it much. After all, it was basically score-first superstar point guards swapping places.
But the Celtics threw in Crowder, a lottery draftee, who is one of the best two-way players in the league and a top defender at both forward spots. They also threw in Zizic, still a work in progress as another 7-foot project but one with pretty good upside according to scouts.
But the ultimate throw-in is that 2018 unprotected draft pick.
Praxedes, do you know how Boston got that pick?
They got that pick during their massive housecleaning that sent Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce to the Brooklyn Nets. Yes, those Brooklyn Nets, a team so bad that draft pick could easily be a Top 5 player in a draft year projected to be top heavy with the likes of Marvin Bagley III and Mohamed Bamba among those the Cavaliers could take.
For one Kyrie Irving.
Celtics General Manager Danny Ainge seems to think Irving is worth it. "You want a high quality player you have to pay a high price," he said in one interview.
But is this a price that is too high?
Ainge has built a reputation as an executive who has generally managed talent very well in Boston and everywhere else he's been. How did Cleveland get him to give up so much for Irving?
Truth be told Irving and Thomas are certainly one of a type: score-first, clutch-shooting point guards who need the ball in their hands a lot, and both aren't exactly known for their defense. Irving in particular put up career numbers last season with over 25 ppg while shooting a little over 40% from three-range. He hit the title-clinching three in Game 7 of their historic resurrection from 1-3 down to Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors in the 2016 NBA Finals.
Yet his defensive metrics can charitably be described as "mediocre".
Thomas for his part went on a tear last season and might have made even more noise is the playoffs were it not for a hip injury.
For all his greatness, Thomas is still just 5-foot-9, and players that small tend not to last very long, playing at that level, in the league.
So it was the throw-ins that really made this a fleecing for Cleveland, fleecing the fleecer as it were.
And as fate would have it, or maybe it really was part of the plan, Cleveland and Boston take on each other on opening night this October 17.
I guess, Praxedes, we will find out right away who really fleeced who then, eh?
NBA signing day brings salary cap, luxury tax questions
By Brian Mahoney (Associated Press) | Updated July 7, 2017 - 11:26am
NEW YORK ? Free agency in the NBA can be so complicated that even teams mess it up sometimes.
The Houston Rockets and Nene had to negotiate two deals because it turned out the first contract they agreed to wouldn't have been legal in NBA circles.
All the talk about salary caps and luxury taxes is when the game of basketball becomes a business. It's one of the reasons more and more front offices are being led by former stat analysts instead of former stat stuffers.
So now that free agent signings have commenced, here's a look at the salary cap, how it's determined, and how teams get around it:
Q: Why are deals that were done days ago being announced today?
A: The NBA has a moratorium period during which teams and players can negotiate and agree to deals, but nothing can be completed until the moratorium ends, which is now the afternoon of July 6. The salary cap used to be computed during the moratorium and announced just before it ended, which was sometimes confusing to teams in trying to negotiate contracts without knowing exactly how much they could spend. The cap is now announced when free agency opens on July 1.
Q: How is the salary cap determined?
A: It's a formula based on the projected basketball-related income of that year. For the 2017-18 season, the cap has been set at $99.1 million. That's the highest it's ever been, though it didn't take anywhere near the huge leap of a year ago following the extension of the league's national TV deals. As a result, teams haven't spent quite as extravagantly ? or perhaps foolishly ? as last July.
Q: Are there penalties for exceeding the cap?
A: Yes, there are penalties. And they can be severe, depending on how much a team goes over the cap and how often. Teams pay a luxury tax this year if they exceed $119 million. It starts with $1.50 for every $1 they are over, and rises at various levels from there if they soar $5 million or more past the tax. But that starts at $2.50 for every $1 if a team is a ?repeater,? having been a taxpayer for the previous three seasons.
Q: Is $99.1 million the most each NBA team can spend in payroll next season?
A: No, teams can exceed the cap. Unlike the NFL, the NBA has what's considered a ?soft? cap, allowing teams to exceed the cap through the use of various spending exceptions. In some cases, the more a team spends, the bigger its tax break. Teams can use one of three mid-level exceptions this season: There is a $5.2 million exception granted to teams with payrolls exceeding $119 million, an $8.4 million exception for teams with payrolls under $119 million, but over the $99.1 million cap; there is a $4.3 million exception for teams with a payroll under $99.1 million.
Q: Will teams that signed players to big free agent deals now have to make trades because of the luxury cap?
A. That's a yes and no answer. Yes, if teams that are in danger of paying the luxury tax want to avoid penalties, they will have to make deals. The answer would be no if teams don?t mind paying the luxury tax. Before signings picked up momentum Thursday afternoon, there were two teams with payrolls over the $119 million payroll that triggers the luxury tax ? Cleveland and Portland. Once free agency ends, there likely will be several more. But teams have the upcoming season to adjust payrolls via trades, buyouts and other moves as the luxury tax won't kick in until the end of the 2017-18 season since it is based on players' salaries.
Q: What does the cap have to do with player salaries?
A: Veteran players can get a percentage of the cap to determine the first year of their salaries in a contract. For a player who has been in the league 10 or more years, that can be 35 percent of that season's salary cap. The cap doesn't really impact contracts for rookies or minimum-salary players. Their salary levels are determined.
Q: How did the Warriors sign Nick Young after giving Stephen Curry a $200 million deal and re-signing Kevin Durant?
A: The Warriors will be one of those teams over the cap once all their deals are completed. The reigning champs went on a spending spree with Curry's big deal, re-signing Durant, Andre Iguodala, Shaun Livingston and everything else they're doing. Their payroll will exceed $119 million, so they will use the $5.2 million mid-level exception available to them to slot in Young.
Q: Are only legitimate championship contenders willing to pay the luxury tax?
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Because of his theatrical roots (doing plays) and experience with Booga Booga, Ed Kaahea is "intrigued, not apprehensive," about coming aboard with his comedy peers. "It's a collection of bodies of work that cover a period in our entertainment history for which I have a lot of affection," he said. But, Kaahea added, "my entire life is ? ashing by, being together with balding, older comics; we'll either be politically correct, or the laughing stock." He's a vegetarian and somewhat of a new man because he's now an ordained pastor with the Gateway Ministries of Hawaii. "Because I was brought up in a religious family — my grandfather was a pastor in a family of pastors — and I had a moment of epiphany in the late '90s, when Jimmy died (James Grant Benton, who, with Rap Reiplinger and Kaahea, were Booga icons) and I became a pastor." He previously operated Ed Kaahea's Kalapahi Comedy Club, at the Marriott on Kauai. And he does a religious radio show on KESU on Kauai. But he'll soon move to Hilo, to be with his moopuna (grandchildren), and plans to form the Hawaii Actors Repertory Company, at the Palace Theatre, with colleagues Arnold Hiura, David Farmer and Scott Johnson, to reboot his stage roots.
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A list of storm-protection projects funded by $100M in federal grants in 11 states
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Hurricane Sandy Coastal Resilience Grant Program will fund a variety of projects worth more than $100 million in 11 states to protect communities at risk from future big storms like the October 2012 event that pummeled the East Coast.
Here's a look at what each state will receive:
Increase Mill River's flood resiliency and re-create a habitat corridor in Stamford, Connecticut. Project will eradicate invasive species, replant native flora, and remove 15 properties from a flood risk area.
Grant Award $3,750,000
Matching Funds: $6,813,425
Total Project Funds: $10,563,425
Remove a hazardous and unused fish barrier in Enfield, Connecticut. Project will restore 7.7 miles of fish runs, reunite brook trout populations, and reduce flood hazards.
Grant Award: $2,800,000
Matching Funds: $1,000,000.
Total Project Funds $3,800,000
Create a regional framework for coastal resilience for 10 municipalities along the central coast of Connecticut. The municipalities will integrate green infrastructure principles, prioritize projects, and contribute to a Regional Coastal Resiliency Plan.
Grant Award: $700,000
Matching Funds: None
Total Project Funds: $700,000
Develop a flood and storm resiliency management plan for Pawcatuck River Watershed and 11 communities in southern Rhode Island and Connecticut. Project will aid in the watershed's resiliency enhancement, restore habitat, and protect local communities.
Grant Award: $720,000
Matching Funds: $197,869
Total Project Funds: $917,869
Implement a system-wide approach to evaluate, design, and construct restoration and resiliency strategies along the central Delaware Bay shore. Project will enhance community and ecosystem resiliency by generating a restoration plan and restoring the beach and dune system.
Grant Award: $4,500,000
Matching Funds: $1,687,683
Total Project Funds: $6,187,683
Develop a three dimensional wetland model for the Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Delaware. Project will provide current wetland assessments, help evaluate restoration strategies, and predict the long-term sustainability of the marsh.
Grant Award: $4,500,000
Matching Funds: $1,687,683
Total Project Funds: $6,187,683
Design and construct restoration strategies for Delaware Bay's wetlands and beaches. Project will enhance community and ecosystem resiliency by generating a restoration plan, replacing critical water control structures, and restoring the beach and dune system.
Grant Award: $2,000,000
Matching Funds: $2,910,270
Total Project Funds $4,910,270
Restore and enhance Great Marsh's wetlands and dunes. Local municipalities' vulnerability will be reduced through restoration projects, assessments, and coastal resiliency plans.
Grant Award $2,940,000
Matching Funds: $2,268,185
Total Project Funds: $5,208,185
Remove 10 high-risk fish barriers that cause flood damage within nine Massachusetts communities. Project will increase flood resiliency, open 189 river miles for fish, and restore 90 acres of wetlands. Project will also identify, and develop concept plans for, 10 additional high priority barriers.
Grant Award: $4,500,000
Matching Funds: $2,506,788
Total Project Funds: $7,006,788
Assess and restore over 230 acres of Wampanoag tribal habitat in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. Management plans and multi-jurisdictional partnerships will support marine protection and habitat restoration.
Grant Award: $670,000
Matching Funds: $212,793
Total Project Funds: $882,793
Reuse one million cubic yards of rock to create a protected Boston Harbor shoreline in Massachusetts. Project will reduce wave energy, protect transplanted eelgrass, and repurpose dredged rock.
Grant Award: $240,000
Matching Funds: $160,050
Total Project Funds: $400,050
Increase salt marsh acreage and enhancing resiliency for Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge and Fishing Bay Wildlife Management Area in southern Dorchester County, Maryland. Project will create 25 acres of new salt marsh, increase salt marsh productivity, and generate an invasive plant eradication map.
Grant Award: $3,500,000
Matching Funds: $1,484,567
Total Project Funds: $4,984,567
Map, analyze, and assess Maryland's green infrastructure to enhance the Chesapeake Bay shoreline in Maryland. Project will provide resilience-enhancing opportunities and best practices for local government implementation.
Grant Award: $640,000
Matching Funds: $222,730
Total Project Funds: $862,730
Remove a Patapsco River fish barrier in the Patapsco Valley State Park Avalon area. Project will open 52.5 miles of stream, provide additional spawning habitat, and strengthen community resiliency.
Grant Award: $2,480,000
Matching Funds: $5,287,024
Total Project Funds: $7,767,024
Create, restore, and improve North Beach's shoreline in Calvert County, Maryland. Project will prevent further erosion to North Beach's 105-acre salt marsh, protect the surrounding communities, and prevent damage to MD Route 261, an emergency vehicle route.
Grant Award: $540,000
Matching Funds: $76,000
Total Project Funds: $616,000
Remove Bellamy River's two fish barriers in Dover, New Hampshire. Project will restore 11 river miles, re-introduce a fish passage, reduce flooding, and improve water quality and safety.
Grant Award: $550,000
Matching Funds: $168,075
Total Project Funds: $718,075
Restore hydrology and prevent erosion in the Pine Barrens in Burlington County and Ocean County, New Jersey. Project will improve stream and wetland resiliency, while protecting important habitat.
Grant Award: $280,000
Matching Funds: $106,340
Total Project Funds: $386,340
Increase Seven Mile Island's beach resiliency in Cape May County, New Jersey. Project will improve habitat, protect communities, and contribute to a long term resiliency strategy.
Grant Award: $1,280,000
Matching Funds: $53,424
Total Project Funds: $1,333,424
Develop, design, and deliver green infrastructure techniques that add ecological value and enhance community resiliency to New Jersey coastal communities.
Grant Award: $3,440,000
Matching Funds: $894,888
Total Project Funds: $4,334,888
Incorporate green infrastructure into a block's redesign in Hoboken, New Jersey. Project will increase stormwater management, reduce sewer overflow, and increase open space acreage.
Grant Award: $250,000
Matching Funds: $3,615,400
Total Project Funds: $3,865,400
Reuse dredged materials to restore 90 acres of salt marsh for Avalon, Stone Harbor, and Fortescue in New Jersey. Enhanced salt marsh will provide wildlife habitat and reduce flooding and erosion impacts on nearby communities.
Grant Award: $3,420,000
Matching Funds: $4,782,320
Total Project Funds: $8,202,320
Create and improve Liberty State Park's 40 acres of salt marsh and 100 acres of upland habitat in Jersey City, New Jersey. Project will improve ecosystem resiliency and create a new publicly accessible area within the park.
Grant Award: $250,000
Matching Funds: $146,968
Total Project Funds: $396,968
Restore 50 acres of Delaware Bay's wetlands and six miles of beach in Cape May and Cumberland Counties, New Jersey. Project will improve horseshoe crab spawning, provide shorebird stopover area, and improve ecological and economic community resilience.
Grant Award: $4,750,000
Matching Funds: $854,468
Total Project Funds: $5,604,468
Strengthen Marshes Creek and the local community in Linden, New Jersey. Project will provide community protection while strengthening ecosystem resiliency from floods and runoff impacts.
Grant Award: $2,720,000
Matching Funds: $183,673
Total Project Funds: $2,903,673
Restore Newark Bay's wetlands in New Jersey. The 12-acre restoration will buffer against shoreline erosion, improve flood control, and remove invasive plants.
Grant Award: $1,560,000
Matching Funds: $80,000
Total Project Funds: $1,640,000
Construct a 6,400 foot coastal dune and restore 17 acres of marsh in Monmouth Beach, New Jersey. Both terrains provide critical wildlife habitat and community protection.
Grant Award: $1,780,000
Matching Funds: $1,750,000
Total Project Funds: $3,530,000
Restore hundreds of wetland acres in Great Egg Harbor Bay, New Jersey. Project will enhance and raise damaged wetlands to mitigate future storm impacts and provide healthier habitats.
Grant Award: $2,630,000
Matching Funds: $1,276,775
Total Project Funds: $3,906,775
Replenish and restore Little Egg Harbor's marshes and wetlands in New Jersey. Project will create a stronger shoreline buffer, provide healthier habitat, and open seven miles of stream.
Grant Award: $2,130,000
Matching Funds: $91,500
Total Project Funds: $2,221,500
Perform 54 municipality assessments and impervious cover reduction action plans for the Raritan River Basin in New Jersey. Project will create a municipality strategy guide with recommendations, and implement projects that capture over 68 million gallons of storm water annually.
Grant Award: $820,000
Matching Funds: $353,628
Total Project Funds: $1,173,628
Develop a self-sustaining oyster population in Jamaica Bay, New York. Project will improve water quality and increase oyster larvae recruitment.
Grant Award: $1,000,000
Matching Funds: $375,000
Total Project Funds: $1,375,000
Restore ecosystem function and habitat for the Bronx River in New York City. Project will re-naturalize the shoreline, restore habitat function, and remove contaminated soil.
Grant Award: $4,400,000
Matching Funds: $12,000,000
Total Project Funds: $16,400,000
Enhance Sunken Meadow State Park's 135 acres of salt marsh and remove runoff in Long Island, New York. Project will strengthen ecosystem resiliency and promote green infrastructure benefits.
Grant Award: $2,500,000
Matching Funds: $57,500
Total Project Funds: $2,557,500
Replace three flood-prone culverts in the Ausable Watershed in northern New York. Project will restore fish passage for 25 miles, mitigate flooding, and reduce community costs.
Grant Award: $620,000
Matching Funds: $188,454
Total Project Funds: $808,454
Strengthen Coney Island's resiliency through installation of 14 green streets in New York City, New York. Project will mitigate flooding, filter over 2 million gallons of stormwater runoff, and serve as a model to other communities.
Grant Award: $990,000
Matching Funds: $333,333
Total Project Funds: $1,323,333
Restore Tibbetts Brook as a tributary to the Harlem River. Project will reduce over 88 million gallons of stormwater runoff and decrease sewer overflow events by 15% annually.
Grant Award: $250,000
Matching Funds: $2,116,000
Total Project Funds: $2,366,000
Restore Spring Creek Park's 11 acres of salt marsh and 16 acres of coastal upland in Queens, New York. Project will reduce flood impacts, capture runoff, and contribute recreational space.
Grant Award: $4,270,000
Matching Funds: $6,967,500
Total Project Funds: $11,237,500
Restore Sunset Cove's five acres of wetland and seven acres of upland habitat in Queens, New York. Project will enhance water quality, provide shellfish habitat, and increase public recreation access.
Grant Award: $4,850,000
Matching Funds: $2,240,000
Total Project Funds: $7,090,000
Restore 400 wetland acres and build capacity to rehabilitate 1,500 acres in Suffolk County, New York. Project will strengthen wetland resiliency and provide capacity-building opportunities.
Grant Award: $1,310,000
Matching Funds: $688,740
Total Project Funds: $1,998,740
Restore riparian buffer and reconnect 10 land-locked areas to the Allegany Reservoir in Cattaraugus County, New York. Project will strengthen the reservoir's resiliency.
Grant Award: $350,000
Matching Funds: $226,477
Total Project Funds: $576,477
Restore Shinnecock Reservation's eelgrass, oyster, marsh, and beach habitats in Southampton, New York. Project will reduce erosion, increase habitat, and strengthen shoreline resiliency.
Grant Award: $3,750,000
Matching Funds: $314,000
Total Project Funds: $4,064,000
Engage Ohio communities in projects that will improve coastal resiliency. Project will encourage communities to participate more, provide an ecosystem resiliency roadmap, and potentially lower flood insurance costs.
Grant Award: $350,000
Matching Funds: $98,753
Total Project Funds: $448,753
Restore over 250 acres of wetlands and riparian habitat in the Brandywine River watershed in Pennsylvania. Project will improve community flood resiliency, reconnect habitats, and reduce runoff.
Grant Award: $3,030,000
Matching Funds: $500,000
Total Project Funds: $3,530,000
Develop a green infrastructure plan and implement a demonstration project in Chester City, Pennsylvania. Project will incorporate green infrastructure policies, focus on citizen empowerment, and serve as a model to neighboring cities.
Grant Award: $290,000
Matching Funds: $49,777
Total Project Funds: $339,777
Restore 30 acres of salt marsh and create two additional marsh restoration designs in Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge in south Rhode Island. Project will strengthen the marsh's resiliency and serve as a model to similar restoration projects throughout the state.
Grant Award: $3,250,000
Matching Funds: $423,650
Total Project Funds: $3,673,650
Enhance over 124 acres of Sachuest Bay's beaches and wetlands in Middletown, Rhode Island. Project will improve water quality, enhance natural infrastructure, and improve existing grey infrastructure.
Grant Award: $2,320,000
Matching Funds: $1,066,913
Total Project Funds: $3,386,913
Incorporate green infrastructure into community policies in Newport, Warwick, and North Kingstown, Rhode Island. Project will increase resiliency, build local decision-maker capacity, and serve as a replicable model for neighboring states.
Grant Award: $400,000
Matching Funds: None
Total Project Funds: $400,000
Create a natural resource resiliency assessment and action plan for 2,064 acres in Charleston and County of Washington, Rhode Island. Project will identify mitigation options that will strengthen watershed resiliency and protect nearby communities.
Grant Award: $180,000
Matching Funds: $60,206
Total Project Funds: $240,206
Develop monitoring network, coastal maps, and best engineering practices for southern shore of Rhode Island. Project will generate best practices and policies, test modeling tools, and is the first step to developing a statewide coastal resiliency program.
Grant Award: $870,000
Matching Funds: $358,622
Total Project Funds: $1,228,622
Develop a flood and storm resiliency management plan for Pawcatuck River Watershed and 11 communities in southern Rhode Island and Connecticut. Project will aid in the watershed's resiliency enhancement, restore habitat, and protect local communities.
Grant Award: $720,000
Matching Funds: $197,869
Total Project Funds: $917,869
Engage Rhode Island communities in projects that will improve their coastal resiliency. Project will encourage communities to participate more, provide an ecosystem resiliency roadmap, and potentially lower flood insurance costs.
Grant Award: $350,000
Matching Funds: $98,753
Total Project Funds: $448,753
Implement green infrastructure projects and enhance decision makers' coastal resiliency knowledge in Accomack and Northampton Counties, Virginia. Project will provide tools, knowledge, and a stakeholder process that can aid decision makers' policies and actions.
Grant Award: $1,460,000
Matching Funds: $295,132
Total Project Funds: $1,755,131
Implement eight shoreline restoration projects and develop a green infrastructure plan and framework for the Lafayette River watershed in Norfolk, Virginia. Project will strengthen the watershed's resiliency, engage 40 veterans in a green infrastructure training course, and involve 160 high school students in hands-on projects.
Grant Award: $4,640,000
Matching Funds: $257,343
Total Project Funds: $4,897,343
Develop coastal resiliency regional models that enhance over 5,700 acres of wetlands and forests in the Southern Watersheds Area of Virginia. Project will strengthen coastal resiliency and serve as an adaptation resource for community leaders and decision makers.
Grant Award: $4,000,000
Matching Funds: $4,465,843
Total Project Funds: $8,465,843
Improve and quantify wetlands' potential to reduce storm surge impacts along the Chesapeake Bay shoreline within four Virginia nature preserves. Project will provide decision makers with information that can influence future management policies.
Grant Award: $440,000
Matching Funds: $111,969
Total Project Funds: $551,969
Develop a data integration platform for existing storm-related resources that will especially benefit states affected by Hurricane Sandy. Project will improve access and intuitive data interpretation for all users including decision makers.
Grant Award: $520,000
Matching Funds: $133,303
Total Project Funds: $653,303
Evaluate the Northeast's coastal impoundment vulnerability and resilience with national parks, refuges, and state lands of Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Virginia. Coastal impoundments are areas of upland or wetland habitats where low level dikes have been constructed to restrict, retain, or exclude water over a selected area and are found along the northeastern coast of the U.S. Project will reduce risk to nearby communities and identify restoration efforts that will strengthen impoundment resiliency.
Grant Award: $470,000
Matching Funds: $170,000
Total Project Funds: $640,000
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior
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When false ideas are attacked, their promoters often spread lies about the critics. That's happened to me and several others who justifiably criticized Hulda Clark, PhD, ND, an unlicensed naturopath who claimed she could cure cancer, AIDS, and many other serious diseases, sometimes within a few hours [1]. Clark died of complications of multiple myeloma (a form of cancer) in September 2009. Over the years, her network included:
- Century Nutrition, a Mexican clinic where she administered her treatment.
- New Century Press, of Chula Vista, California, which published Clark's books and a few by other authors. Clark was sole owner until early in 2009, when she sold it.
- The Dr. Clark Research Association, a group that promotes and Clark's books and recommended products.
- Scientologist David P. Amrein, who founded and operates the Dr. Clark Research Association and a Swiss company that sold the products and devices that Clark recommends. In January 2003, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission charged him, his company, and the Dr. Clark Research Association with making unsubstantiated claims that the products and devices could cure cancer [2]
- Tim and Jan Bolen, who do business as called JuriMed, which stands for "Jurisprudence in Medicine."
- Self Health Resource Center, operated by Clark's son Geoffrey, which sold devices, herbs, and instruction related to Clark's diagnostic and treatment methods.
Since 1999, "Tim Bolen" (real name Patrick Timothy Bolen)—who said Hulda Clark hired him as her "publicist"—has distributed false, misleading, and defamatory messages about antiquackery activists through the Internet. Many of these messages have been redistributed by others who welcome what they perceive as convenient opportunities to attack our reputations. Note: Tim Bolen, a Canadian TV personality, is a different person.
Bolen uses the term "Quackbuster" or "Quackpot" to describe people he thinks are "persecuting" Clark and other "alternative" practitioners. He claims that "Barrett, and his bludgeon squad, have for years assaulted America's finest health leaders—those that spurn the heavy use of dangerous drugs in favor of more natural remedies." [3] Bolen says he is investigating us and periodically claims that he has assembled lots of useful information. However, he seems to have very little understanding of our activities; and some of his messages have accused people of participating in activities they knew nothing about. This article describes his libel campaign and my response to it.
Who Is "Tim" Bolen?
"Tim Bolen," whose real name is Patrick Timothy Bolen, has represented himself as Hulda Clark's "publicist." During the early years of his libel campaign, Bolen and his wife Jan did business as JuriMed, an entity whose stated purpose was to assist "alternative" health practitioners faced with regulatory action, criminal prosecution, or other matters that threaten their financial well-being and/or license to practice. Bolen referred to JuriMed as a "public relations and research group" and to his work as "crisis management." JuriMed's Web site listed no physical address, and I could find no indication of fictitious name registration with the State of California. Bolen sometimes gives his address as 31103 Rancho Viejo #2131, San Juan Capistrano, California, which is a storefront where people rent boxes to receive mail. As far as I can tell, JuriMed never had a telephone directory listing or published street address, although its telephone number was posted on several Web sites. During a deposition in 2006, Bolen stated that he lived and operated JuriMed from a house he leased in the Cleveland National Forest and that he had moved there seven or eight years previously after losing his home in a foreclosure sale [4]. Business use of a National Forest home site is illegal.
Bolen, who was born in 1943, apparently has not been diligent about paying his debts. Certified records from the Orange County Clerk-Recorder's Office indicate that between 1991 and 2000, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, the California State Franchise Board, and the County of Orange placed a total of seven tax liens against him, one against him and his wife jointly, and two against the Bolen Publishing Company. The amounts totaled more about $43,500, of which at least $25,000 was still owed in May 2001. The records also showed that a residence owned by the Bolens underwent a Trustee's sale in 1994 and that, in 1996, a contractor recorded a mechanic's lien against Tim for $22,898.52 for unpaid charges related to flood damage to another residence. At his 2006 deposition, when asked whether he had filed any federal tax returns during the five previous years, he said he had. But when asked what year(s) he did so, he became evasive. He also said that he had been charging his living expenses to his business [4]. In August 2007, I rechecked the Orange County database and found (a) an $88,480 federal lien against Tim and Jan Bolen which included an amount for each year from 1994 through 2003, (b) California state tax liens totaling $11,495 for 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, and 2004 for Tim and (c) a $1,912 California lien for 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2003 for Jan Bolen.
In September 1999, Hulda Clark was arrested in San Diego, California, based on a fugitive warrant from Indiana, where she faced charges of practicing medicine without a license. The case originated in 1993 when Clark lived and practiced in Indiana. Shortly after Clark's apprehension, her son Geoffrey hired Tim Bolen and/or JuriMed to assist her. Bolen then began distributed messages supporting Clark's work and attacking her "enemies." His principal target was me.
Geoffrey Clark also set up a defense fund to pay for expenses associated with defending Hulda against "legal attacks." A description of the fund stated that the covered expenses would include attorney fees, publicists, expert witnesses, court costs, and appeals. The report also stated that by May 31, 2000, the fund had raised $113,943.76, earned interest of $665.96, and spent $27,900.51 for legal expense, $327.65 for "Acct/Copies," $56,408.43 for public relations, and $714.30 for Hulda Clark's travel. It did not indicate how much of the public relations payment went to the Bolens. Within a day after Quackwatch displayed this information, it was removed from the New Century Press Web site.
In April 2000, an Indiana judge dismissed the charges against Clark on grounds that too much time had elapsed between the filing of the charges and her arrest. The judge's verdict did not address the merits of the charges but only the issue of whether the delay had compromised Clark's ability to mount a defense and her right to a speedy trial.
In February 2001, Mexican authorities inspected Century Nutrition and ordered it to shut down. According to a report in the San Diego Union Tribune, the clinic had never registered and was operating without a license [5]. Bolen reacted to the closing with a news release stating:
Clark, and her team have, since September of 1999, had to fight off in one legal battle after another—the most EVIL onslaught ever foisted on Americans—in my mind; a blatant outright attempt to stop a cure for cancer, and other diseases from becoming mainstream. . . .
One of the ideas we have already decided to implement is a new Dr. Clark website detailing . . . the intensive legal defense we are having to mount. We'll show you the malicious tactics the opposition is using to tie up Clark's research funds in legal defense. And we'll show you why we need to conduct an intensive offense against the cult which is attempting to silence her [6].
In June 2001, the Mexican authorities announced that the clinic would be permitted to reopen but can offer only conventional care. The clinic was also fined 160,000 pesos (about $18,000). Both the order and the fine were appealed through the Mexican courts [7]. Clark's lawyer informed me that the fine was rescinded. However, I am unable to locate any documents to this effect and, he refused my request to provide them.
Bolen was also involved in the defense of Douglas J. Phillips, D.D.S., of West Palm Beach, Florida, a "biological" dentist who faced disciplinary proceedings that began in 1999. In August 2001, an administrative law judge recommended that Phillips be fined $9,000 and suspended from practicing for 1 year, followed by 5 years of probation. In making his recommendations, the judge upheld charges that Phillips (a) had furnished substandard care to a patient (a chiropractor); (b) had failed to keep adequate dental records for that patient; and (c) had failed to maintain the required malpractice insurance coverage. In November 2001, the Florida Board of Dentistry went much further and ordered that Phillips's license be revoked and that he be assessed $151,181.24 for administrative costs [8]. Phillips appealed through the court system and obtained a temporary stay, but his appeal was not successful. The case is significant because the substandard practice included Autonomic Response Testing (ART), a variation of applied kinesiology, a pseudoscientific method in which muscle tests are used to diagnose health problems throughout the patient's body. Bolen, who appeared to have been hired by Phillips or his attorney, labeled the proceedings against Phillips a "quackbuster conspiracy." On February 2, 2001, Bolen distributed a message stating that "decisions on whom to prosecute, and for what, by the Florida Dental Board, are being made by quackbuster king-pin . . . Stephen Barrett, in his basement in Allentown, PA." This was news to me, because I first heard about the Phillips case in a message Bolen had distributed two weeks previously. Before that time, I had known nothing about either Phillips or what the Florida board was doing.
Bolen was also involved in the defense of Eleazar M. Kadile, M.D., a chelation therapist in Wisconsin who was charged with false advertising; failure to give adequate informed consent; failure to keep adequate medical records; obtaining payment by fraud and deceit; and falsely representing that patients were suffering from toxic conditions [9]. The case was settled with a consent agreement that requires Kadile to (a) implement a mandatory disclosure procedure for patients contemplating chelation therapy; (b) undergo an evaluation to determine his fitness to continue practicing medicine, (c) fulfill certain educational requirements; (d) have his practice monitored for at least two years by an independent expert approved by the Board; and (e) pay $15,000 for costs related to the disciplinary process.
The Libel Campaign
In November 1999, Bolen began distributing false and defamatory statements to the effect that I am arrogant, bizarre, closed-minded, emotionally disturbed, professionally incompetent, intellectually dishonest, a dishonest journalist, sleazy, unethical, a quack, a thug, a bully, a Nazi, a hired gun for vested interests, the leader of a subversive organization, and engaged in criminal activity (conspiracy, extortion, filing a false police report, and other unspecified acts). Bolen also began claiming that Terry Polevoy, MD (a Canadian pediatrician who operates anti-quackery Web sites) is dishonest, closed-minded, emotionally disturbed, professionally incompetent, unethical, a quack, a fanatic, a Nazi, a hired gun for vested interests, and engaged in criminal activity (conspiracy, stalking of females, and other unspecified acts) and has made anti-Semitic remarks. In 2000, after Attorney Christopher Grell, of San Francisco filed a suit on behalf of a former Clark patient who accused her of fraud, Bolen issued a defamatory message charging that Grell is professionally incompetent and had filed a false report with the FBI. During a deposition, Bolen provided invoices indicating that from 1999 through 2001, he had billed Clark for more than $140,000.
In 2001, after learning that the Florida Board of Dentistry had asked Robert S. Baratz, MD, DDS, PhD, to provide expert testimony against Dr. Phillips, Bolen issued a series of libelous reports claiming that Baratz was emotionally unstable, had committed perjury, and had misrepresented many of his credentials in order to market himself as an expert witness. Most of these messages were republished by Clark supporters on Web sites, in news group postings, and in other e-mail messages. In 2003, Bolen began "helping" Dr. Kadile's defense by issuing further lies about Dr. Baratz.
None of us are thin-skinned or care when people attack our ideas. But unjustified attacks on our character or professional competence are another matter. As Bolen's campaign unfolded, my colleagues and I have notified him and many of the people spreading his messages that libel is a serious matter and that they had better stop. Some did, but it soon became clear that others would not. To defend ourselves, several of us filed suit for libel:
- In October 2000, I filed suit in Pennsylvania against an osteopathic physician in Illinois who had republished one of Bolen's messages and added some thoughts of his own. Bolen's message had falsely claimed that I (a) was "de-licensed," (b) had committed extortion, and (c) had been disqualified as an expert in a malpractice suit. After the doctor contested the suit on jurisdictional grounds, I withdrew it and refiled in Illinois [10]. In March 2002, the Illinois judge ruled that these statements "imply the existence of objectively verifiable facts" and therefore provided grounds for a libel suit. In April 2003, the suit was settled with a retraction and payment of $50,000.
- In November 2000, Attorney Grell, Dr. Polevoy and I filed suit in Oakland, California against Hulda Clark, the Bolens, JuriMed, David Amrein, the Dr. Clark Association, Ilena Rosenthal, and others who have spread or conspired to spread the defamatory messages [11]. New Century Press was subsequently added as a defendant. In July 2001, the judge ruled that defendant Rosenthal, who had republished messages from Bolen to several news groups, was shielded from liability by the Internet Decency Act, which the judge believed was intended to protect anyone posting messages to newsgroups. The judge also ordered us to pay $33,000 in attorney's fees. We believe this ruling was incorrect and extremely unfair. In March 2002, we filed an appeal which noted that the judge's ruling, if upheld, would abolish all protection against Internet libel because a "clever libeler" could easily escape liability by having an anonymous or remote "Internet user" publish libelous statements that any other Internet user" would be free to republish [12]. We also appealed the judge's order for attorney's fees. In October 2003, the appeals court agreed with our view of the Internet Decency Act and ruled that Rosenthal could be sued for posting a defamatory message about Dr. Polevoy. However, the California Supreme Court reversed the Appeals Court, so Rosenthal was dismissed as a defendant. The other defendants remained, but in 2009, the local judge concluded that we had not pursued the case quickly enough and dismissed it.
- In June 2001, Dr. Robert S. Baratz and I filed suit in Toronto against Wayne Obie, a publicist who had republished many of Bolen's messages to his Canadian Web site TalkInternational.com [13].
- In July 2001, I filed against Owen R. Fonorow of Lisle, Illinois, and a company he operates called Intelisoft Multimedia [14]. This was the second time sued Fonorow for libel. In 2000, a Pennsylvania court awarded me a $5,000 default judgment in connection with a magazine article he had written about me. I also collected $3,000 in an out-of-court settlement with the publisher. In March 2002, the Illinois judge dismissed the suit on grounds that the Internet Decency Act protects distributors of allegedly defamatory messages on the Internet. This paralleled the lower court ruling in the Rosenthal case, but my appeal was denied.
- In February, 2003, I filed suit against Tedd Koren, D.C., a Pennsylvania chiropractor who had described me as "de-licensed" and a "quackpot" in a newsletter he distributed to 20,000 people. He also said that I was in trouble because a "racketeering' suit (described below) had been filed against me. In July 2004, an arbitration panel composed of three attorneys awarded me $6,500 in general damages and $10,000 in punitive damages. Koren's report was based on a Bolen "news release." Koren's answers during a deposition indicated that he neither knew nor cared whether what he said was true. The arbitrators also ordered Koren to publish a retraction. However, Koren appealed and, after 3 days of trial, the judge ruled that I had failed to present sufficient evidence that he had acted with "reckless disregard of the truth." Chirobase has the full story of the suit and a copy of the deposition.
The "Racketeering" Suits
In July 2001, New Century Press filed a cross-complaint charging the four of us and about 30 other defendants with committing at least 12 types of crimes and about 20 other civil wrongs. The most serious charge was "racketeering." The defendants included Quackwatch; the National Council Against Health Fraud; several Web site operators who have (justifiably) criticized Hulda Clark's theories and methods; the Internet Service Provider who hosts the healthfraud discussion list; several people who have posted messages to news groups; the woman and her husband who sued Clark for fraud; three people who had filed expert declarations in a case in which the Federal Trade Commission obtained an injunction against a company marketing devices and herbs with claims based on Clark's theories; and "Roes 1-500." Several of the defendants were not legal entities, and at least one did not exist. A few months later, a second nearly identical cross-complaint was filed against me in connection with an unrelated consumer-protection suit in Los Angeles in which I was an expert witness against a company accused of false advertising.
After the cross-complaint was filed, Bolen and his allies immediately distributed messages headlined "Stephen Barrett Charged with Racketeering, and Civil Rights Violations, in California." The World Chiropractic Alliance, for example published a news article called "Quack Buster Busted," accompanied with my picture overprinted with the words "Stephen Barrett, who now faces a lawsuit for 'racketeering.'" [15] Normally, an article of this type would be sufficient to enable the poster to be sued into oblivion. But since the filing of the suit was a "news event," its contents could be reported as "news" without risk to the reporter. A few days later, Bolen issued another message suggesting why the suit was filed:
The lawsuit . . . is going to be VERY EXPENSIVE for them—all of a sudden. I'm not an attorney, but still I'm going to estimate that their case will cost them somewhere around $750,000 to $2,000.000 in legal fees. Even the small defendants are going to have to cough up $100,000 in fees, apiece [3].
The cross-complaint was remarkable in that it did not allege a single fact that supported any of the charges. Although every defendant was accused of committing every one of the alleged wrongs, the documents did not identify a single specific act that was improper. Without this information, courts normally dismiss a suit for failing to state a cause of action or order the attorney to make some actual allegations. In June 2002, faced with a motion to compel disclosure of the nonexistent basis of the remaining charges, New Century Press withdrew its cross-complaint. Clark testified in a deposition that she knew of no criminal wrongdoing on my part. My suit against her attorney for malicious prosecution was settled in 2010 with confidential terms.
Bolen's Credibility
In addition to his juvenile name-calling, Bolen habitually misuses words to suit his purposes. Although Clark's training as a practitioner was consisted of a mail-order "naturopathy degree" from a nonaccredited school, Bolen refers to her as a "leading edge health professional." Although Clark never published any research findings in a reputable scientific journal, Bolen described her as a "medical researcher" who operated a "research clinic." Although research patients are customarily treated free of charge and Clark's patients typically paid thousands of dollars per week, Bolen referred to Clark as a "health humanitarian." He often refers to himself as a"consumer advocate," a term he appears to have copied from me.
Bolen is prone to exaggeration. He addresses many of his e-mail messages to "Millions of health freedom fighters" and has stated that "Health Freedom Fighters" outnumbered "Quackbusters" 100,000 to 1. In 2007, he claimed that his e-mail newsletter had 285,000 subscribers including " 12,000 media, 85,000 employees of government agencies involved in health care, 30,000 health care activists,15,000 environmentalists, 130,000 health care or health industry professionals, and the rest miscellaneous." I have no idea whether that was true. I do know, however, that he sent it to many people who didn't ask for it and, as a result, got into hot water with spam regulators who forced his Internet service provider to stop distributing the newsletter [16].
Bolen also appears to have an overactive fantasy life, blaming me for many events that I knew nothing about. In one message, he suggested that I received "as much as one million dollars" a year as an editorial board member of an (unnamed) magazine that accepts advertising from a "foreign drug cartel." (Some day, perhaps, he will identify the magazine so I can collect what he imagines.) In another message, Bolen claimed that in 1976, a federal judge had ordered me to stop criticizing chiropractors (or risk imprisonment) and that I had stopped until the judge died. The order to which Bolen referred was issued in 1987, did not forbid criticism, and did not apply to me because I was not a party to the suit. What's more, the former judge was practicing law in Chicago. It took me less than a minute with a search engine to find information about her current work [17].
Bolen also pretends there is a secret funding source behind all antiquackery activities [3]. It doesn't seem to matter to him that (a) people who work hard and live prudently for many years don't need outside funding to support whatever they want to do; (b) many people are willing to perform public service without being paid; and (c) running a noncommercial Web site costs almost nothing. Bolen's Web site has posted more than 30 articles stating that what he calls the "quackbuster operation" is "run out of a New York Ad agency" that is directed and financed by the pharmaceutical industry. Bolen's 2006 deposition revealed that he knows this is not true. When asked to name the agency, he admitted that there isn't any [4].
Bolen also seems to enjoy claiming that I have been a failure as a psychiatrist and that my allies and I have lost battles with his allies on all fronts, especially in court. In one message, for example, he claimed that I was never able to hold a full-time job; that my psychiatric "claim to fame" was a 4 to 8-hour-a-week job at a Pennsylvania mental hospital from 1978 through 1993, and that from 1976 through 1978 I could not get a paying job [18]. In case anyone wonders, I worked full-time as a psychiatrist from the time I left psychiatric training (1961) until the mid-1980s, when I reduced my workload so that I could spend more time investigating and writing about quackery. During this period, my part-time jobs and private practice averaged more than 40 hours a week. My curriculum vitae, which Bolen apparently can't understand, indicates that throughout this period, I worked at two outpatient clinics as well as in my private office, and that during the first half of this period, I also worked at Allentown State Hospital. Contrary to Bolen's statement, my mental hospital work took place between 1967 and 1977, during which time I worked there from 8 to 24 hours per week and supervised the care of hundreds of patients. This was during the period when new psychiatric drugs enabled large numbers of chronic mentally ill patients to re-enter the community. As my patients left, I gradually decreased my hospital hours and increased my outpatient clinic hours to provide continuity of care that would help them remain stable.
Bolen's comments about legal matters were mainly related to suits that the National Council Against Health Fraud (NCAHF) filed in California against individuals and companies that were falsely advertising. NCAHF sued about 40 defendants, and I was also involved as a consultant or expert witness in similar cases filed by other parties. Overall, at least ten were settled with agreements under which the defendants promised to stop making the false claims to which we objected. A few cases were dropped for technical reasons, such as the discovery that the defendant was not doing enough business in California to justify continuing the suit. In two other cases, involving about ten defendants, NCAHF received adverse rulings in which the courts rejected our legal theory that sellers should carry the burden of proving that what they claim is true. (The courts ruled that the state attorney general can enforce the law in this manner, but private citizens and public-interest group cannot.) These rulings don't prevent similar cases from being brought in the future, but they make them more complicated than they are worth.
Bolen's most persistent smear is his description of me as "de-licensed." He is fully aware that "de-licensed" means having one's license taken away by regulatory authorities and that I merely retired in 1993. I have committed no misconduct and retired in good standing, but Bolen likes to pretend that I have done something wrong. From 2006 to 2018, the Pennsylvania Board of Medicine classified my license as "Active – Retired," which means that I could prescribe for myself and my immediate family. In 2019, I inactivated my license again because my wife can take care of family prescriptions.
After losing the ability to send his newsletter, Bolen quieted down considerably for more than three years. During this time, I also saw very little evidence that practitioners in trouble were hiring him. Recently, however, he issued a few reports including one about me. He's been good at making himself a nuisance, but from what I have seen, his credibility is so low that most people whom he contacts or writes about will ignore him. In fact, in 2013, an anti-vaccine activist described how Bolen had been trying to drum up business among various anti-vax and "health freedom " groups but had come across as so bizarre and nonfactual that they rejected him. In a detailed article, Ginger Taylor concluded: "Be advised . . . Tim Bolen just makes up his own reality. He is a carpetbagger who has nothing to offer us. He has no credibility." [19]
In recent years, some issues of his newsletter have been written by others who share his views. He has not continued to libel me, but every so often someone repeats or embellishes something false he wrote about me many years ago.
- Barrett S. The bizarre claims of Hulda Clark. Quackwatch, updated October 23, 2009.
- Swiss company charged by FTC with making unsubstantiated health claims. FTC news release, Jan 27, 2003.
- Bolen T. Smoking out Barrett's paymaster. July 26, 2001.
- Bolen T. Deposition, April 12, 2006. In Cavitat Medical Technologies v. Aetna. U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, Civil Action No. 04-CV-1849-MSK-OES.
- Crabtree P, Dibble S. BioPulse to sell its cancer lab in Tijuana. San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb 17, 2001.
- Bolen T. Clark update—The clinic closure, and more. April 2001.
- Dibble S, Crabtree P. Baja agencies put restrictions on alternative health clinics. San Diego Tribune, June 21, 2001.
- For further details, search the State of Florida Web site for Case No. 99-4690.
- Disciplinary proceedings against Eleazar M. Kadile, M.D. Quackwatch Web site, posted Feb 10, 2003.
- Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, No. 01 L 009026, filed July 30, 2001.
- Barrett et al vs Clark et al. Verified complaint for damages for libel, libel per se, and conspiracy to commit libel. Superior Court of the State of California, County of Alameda. Filed Nov 3, 2000.
- Barrett et al vs Rosenthal et al. Appeal from dismissal pursuant to CCP section 425.16 Alameda County Superior Court, Case No. 833021-5. Filed in March 2002 in the California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division Two.
- Dr. Stephen Barrett and Dr. Robert S. Baratz vs Wayne Obie, Talk Canada, Frances Perrin, and Talk International. Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Filed June 28, 2001.
- Stephen Barrett, M.D. vs. Owen R. Fonorow and Intelisoft Multimedia, Inc. Circuit Court of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, Dupage County, Illinois, No.01 L 820., Filed July 30, 2001.
- "Quack buster busted." Healthwatch Newsletter, Aug 6, 2001.
- Bolen T. Tim Bolen—Where have you been? Bolen Report, Nov 23, 2006.
- Barrett S. Careless reporting by Tim Bolen. Quackwatch, Aug 26, 2001.
- Bolen T. Who are these quackbusters? Feb 2, 2003.
- Taylor G. Tim Bolen shoots himself in the foot from his hip. Autism One Web site, June 28, 2013.
This page was revised on February 6, 2020.


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Based on Joey's honest co-worker, I would like to reiterate some highlights from her honest niece about why she doesn't have a boyfriend.
* Girls who don't have boyfriends aren't pretty enough.
* I don't like aunties to have boyfriends.
* You should play adult games with them.
* You get a boyfriend when you have a baby in your tummy. He becomes the daddy.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
From: An Honest Niece
Posted by Wendy H. at Thursday, April 24, 2008 3 comments
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
From: An Honest Employee
Reasons you won't get married:
- controlling
- would have to balance the checkbook
- anger issues
- issues with working nicely with others
- mean to everybody
- can't keep a fish alive for 6 months
- drugs pets (who knows what you would do to your significant other)
- work at DI
- bitter towards everybody
- won't take the first step....talking to men!
- people get scared off when you say "I'm a job coach at DI"
- bad short-term memory
- no regard for life - animal or otherwise
I got this letter at work today - addressed to "A Very Bitter Job Coach" from: "An Honest Employee." A small group of high school boys have some sort of problem with my age and marital status. They are too young (too dumb) to know any better. My only concern, I guess, is how quickly one of them put this list together.
Pretty funny, right? Right?
Posted by Anonymous at Tuesday, April 22, 2008 6 comments
Friday, April 18, 2008
Another Unfortunate Loss.....
Posted by Anonymous at Friday, April 18, 2008 2 comments
Friday, April 11, 2008
An Unexpected Visitor
Posted by Anonymous at Friday, April 11, 2008 5 comments
An Unfortunate Loss....
Have you ever saved a most beloved friend from the death grasp of a water filter? I have. More than once. First, it was Doj (dodge) the frog. I think she was dead before being sucked up because her little hind flapper feet were a little bloody. Next, was Turd Fergeson. He loved to lounge to close to the indescribable sucking machine and he was just too tired. So his eye got vacuumed in. Thankfully, after unplugging the filter, Turd swam away.
I wonder if that caused him to go blind? Maybe because he was blind, he couldn't see the flakes of fishy goodness that I was feeding him. And probably because he wasn't eating, he lost all strength and passed away peacefully in the night.
After arriving home last Sunday night, I followed my usual routine of running straight up the stairs to check on the fish. This was a particularly fast run because I had left them over night. To my own horror I saw Turd again sucked into the filter by his eye. All I remember was yelling (maybe screaming) and fighting to get the cord unplugged. All the while in my mind, I'm quietly laughing at my oddly frantic behavior. After all, Turd isn't even my favorite fish. Well....I unplugged the filter and Turd slowly sunk to the bottom of the tank.
It was a short funeral and an even shorter grieving process...but I'm still a little shaken up.
Now...Buddy (my favorite fish) has been a most loyal companion these last 6 months. I just can't motivate him to swim around like a normal fish or to quit hanging out upside-down all the time. I'm afraid the veil of his mortal fish life is thin.
life lesson learned - goldfish are not disposable pets....I have an unhealthy emotional attachment to them
Posted by Anonymous at Friday, April 11, 2008 1 comments
Saturday, April 05, 2008
Good Wishes from the Political Elite
I was recently invited to the White House Press Association Dinner as a representative of Joey's paperless blog. Both the President of the United States and the President of California send their best wishes to Joey in her endeavors to enlighten the world with her insightful observations.
Pres. Arnold says he is working on a Disneyland Inflation Relief Package and will keep us aprised of new developments.
Pres. Bush thanks Joey for her unwavering loyalty and apologized for the rotten Democrats who butchered the tax relief package and gave it to children and poor people. That's right, people who don't even work.
(I would like to note that yes, I always wear a t-shirt and velour pants to White House Press Association Dinners.)
Posted by Wendy H. at Saturday, April 05, 2008 1 comments
Friday, April 04, 2008
the happiest place on earth, or so they say
a - Anne stayed at Disneyland all day!
b - people were jealous of us
c - as we experienced losses and casualties, the fast passes boosted our spirits
I love Disneyland a lot. I ate churr's, cotton candy, mickey mouse shaped pretzels, and a lot of other good stuff for the price of a small child. It was a great trip.
Posted by Anonymous at Friday, April 04, 2008 2 comments
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
I've fallen into the hands of technology
I began my blogging days back in March, March 30th, to be exact. I had the innovative idea of blogging on paper. The paper blog was 2-fold:
a. I like to be different from everybody else, and
2. I didn't have a computer handy, nor do I own a computer that works.
I look forward to publishing my paper blog posts on this site in the future. My blogging plans include maintaining both a computer and paper blog.
All I hear about it people starting a their own blog....I want my ideas to spread farther than I can travel with my notebook and the U.S. Postal service is getting pricey. This is why I have finally given into the "computer" thing.
I used to be more into technology but one by one by electronic goods have bit the dust. For example:
digital camera - a slow death ending with a good slam against my car
lap top - I was full of electricity and shocked it so well it no longer can power up or do many other important lap top things
cell phone - drowned during an incredible ride on Splash Mountain
i-pod - took a mean spill when I was running on a tread mill
So as you may see....I've covered a lot of ground but stilll have a long way to go before I'll really be into technology again. I'll keep you posted.
Posted by Anonymous at Wednesday, April 02, 2008 5 comments


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