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Reducing Cat Risks
Wind Turbines Slow Down Hurricane Winds
Off the New York coastline would be a perfect place for an array of wind turbines, according to a Stanford professor. It would not only offer clean energy to the Big Apple but it would protect it the next time a Superstorm Sandy comes calling.
"If you have a large enough array of wind turbines, you can prevent the wind speeds [of a hurricane] from ever getting up to the destructive wind speeds," said Mark Jacobson, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University.
Computer models demonstrated that offshore wind turbines reduce peak wind speeds in hurricanes by up to 92 mph and decrease storm surge by up to 79 percent, said Jacobson, who worked on the study with University of Delaware researchers Cristina Archer and Willett Kempton.
"The additional benefits are there is zero cost unlike seawalls, which would cost about $30 billion," he said, noting that the wind turbines "generate electricity so they pay for themselves."
The researchers studied three hurricanes, Sandy and Isaac, which struck New York and New Orleans, respectively, in 2012; and Katrina, which slammed into New Orleans in 2005. Generally, 70 percent of damage is caused by storm surge, with wind causing the remaining 30 percent, he said.
That's why onshore wind farms would not be as effective, he said. While they would reduce the wind speed, they wouldn't impact storm surge.
In 2013, one of the "most inactive" Atlantic hurricane seasons on record, insured losses totaled $920 million, according to Guy Carpenter, which relied on information from the Mexican Association of Insurance Institutions. The most noteworthy events were Hurricane Ingrid in the Atlantic and Tropical Storm Manuel in the Pacific, which displaced thousands as they caused excessive rainfall, flooding and mudslides.
According to the Insurance Information Institute, Katrina was the costliest hurricane in insurance history, at $48.7 billion, followed by Andrew in 1992 at $25.6 billion and Sandy at $18.8 billion. Economic losses, of course, were much higher.
Wind turbines, which can withstand speeds of up to 112 mph, dissipate the hurricane winds from the outside-in, according to Jacobson's study. First, they slow down the outer rotation winds, which feeds back to decrease wave height. That reduces the movement of air toward the center of the hurricane, and increases the central pressure, which in turn slows the winds of the entire hurricane and dissipates it faster.
The benefit would occur whether the turbines were immediately upstream of a city, or along an expanse of coastline. It could take anywhere from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of wind turbines off the coast to offer sufficient hurricane protection.
At present, there are no wind farms off the U.S. coastline, although 18 have been proposed for off the East Coast. Proposals have also been made for off the West Coast and the Great Lakes. There are 25 operational wind farms off the coast of Europe.
"Overall," Jacobson and his colleagues concluded in the study, "we find here that large arrays of electricity-generating offshore wind turbines may diminish hurricane risk cost-effectively while reducing air pollution and global warming, and providing local or regionally sourced energy supply."
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Court Upholds Reservation of Rights
Wellons Inc. created two thermal oxidation energy systems in 2002 for Langboard Industries in Quitman, Ga., that were designed to generate electricity to be sold to Georgia Power.
After designing and providing the systems to Langboard, at a cost of $13.7 million, Wellons agreed in 2003 to install them, at a cost of $3 million.
During the construction phase in 2004, a "tube bundle" collapsed, causing extensive property damage, but the system was ultimately placed in service by June 2005, at which time leaks were discovered in the "superheater" portion of the system, according to court documents.
To fix the leaks and seal weld the joints, Wellons hired Hunt Construction, which completed the work in March 2006. The superheater was put back into service even though leaks still occurred. Two weeks later, one of the superheater tubes "completely severed." Wellons claimed Hunt's faulty repair work was responsible.
Langboard requested a new superheater, at a cost of $850,000, to be designed and installed as the current system was "not conducive to long term operation." Wellons agreed, but did not immediately notify Lexington Insurance Co., which had issued a commercial general liability policy, with a per occurrence limit of $1 million. Lexington also had issued an umbrella policy, with a per occurrence limit of liability of $10 million.
Two months later, Hunt filed suit against Wellons for monies owed for its work. Lexington was notified through its agent, referencing the CGL policy and not the umbrella policy. Lexington issued a reservation of rights letter, notifying the company it was "investigating this matter."
Langboard eventually filed suit against Wellons in 2007. Lexington sent another, similar reservation of rights letter.
After a jury trial in 2010, Langboard was awarded $8.4 million for breach of the purchase and construction agreements. A month later, Lexington advised Wellons it had "no obligation" to defend or indemnify it.
Wellons filed suit seeking a court declaration that the verdict was a covered loss under its CGL or umbrella policy. Both it and Lexington sought summary judgments.
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia ruled in Lexington's favor. On appeal to the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, Wellons argued the reservation of rights notification needed to be more specific to comply with Georgia law.
The appeals court disagreed in May, saying that Lexington's "defenses of noncoverage were not known … until it concluded its investigation… ." The court also found that Wellons had never notified the company of a claim under the umbrella policy.
Scorecard: Lexington Insurance did not have to cover an $8 million jury verdict resulting from faulty construction of an energy system.
Takeaway: Insurers "must" give insureds notification of a reservation of rights, but Georgia law only recommends that specific policy terms be part of that notification.
Imitation is Not Disparagement
In 2010, Gary-Michael Dahl, manufacturer of the Multi-Cart, filed a lawsuit against Ultimate Support Systems claiming that Ultimate's Ulti-Cart infringed on Dahl's patent and trademark, and damaged its business and reputation, among other issues.
Both the Multi-Cart and Ulti-Cart are collapsible carts designed for the musical industry to transport music, sound and video equipment.
Ultimate sought defense under its commercial liability policy issued by Hartford Casualty Insurance Co., which denied coverage, claiming that "disparagement" was not covered by the personal and advertising injury policy terms.
The insurance company also said the policy did not cover violations of intellectual property rights.
After Ultimate sued for coverage, the California Superior Court dismissed the lawsuit. That decision was affirmed by the Court of Appeal, and on further appeal to the California Supreme Court, Ultimate lost once again.
The state's high court ruled in June there was no disparagement, either explicit or inferred.
The possible confusion between the two products does not imply inferiority of the Multi-Cart, the court ruled. In addition, Dahl's claim that Ulti-Cart was a "knock-off" of the Multi-Cart, and thus derogatory of the Multi-Cart, was disputed by Dahl's own claim that the two products were "nearly identical."
Scorecard: Hartford did not have to provide a defense to Ultimate Support Systems in a trademark infringement lawsuit.
Takeaway: The ruling limits the scope of an insurer's duty to defend a policyholder when the allegations involve disparagement.
Court Rules on Additional Insureds
On Sept. 13, 2010, workers of Fast Trek Steel were tightening safety cables on steel beams at Yale University's Science Area Chilled Water Plant Shell when the unsecured beams dislodged and collapsed. One ironworker, Robert Adrian, fell to his death. Three others were injured by the falling beams.
Adrian's estate and the injured men filed suit alleging negligence against, among others, Shawmut Woodworking & Supply Inc., general contractor of the construction project, and Shepard Steel Co., a steel fabrication subcontractor.
Because of workers' compensation laws, there were no lawsuits filed against Fast Trek, which, as required by its contract with Shepard, had obtained a general liability policy from First Mercury Insurance Co. with a $1 million per occurrence coverage limitation, and an excess liability policy from National Union Fire Insurance Co., with up to $10 million of coverage.
Both Shepard and Shawmut sought defense and indemnification from First Mercury as "additional insureds" of that Fast Trek policy. Liberty Mutual — which had issued a liability policy to Shepard and is currently providing a defense to Shepard and Shawmut under a reservation of rights — also demanded that First Mercury assume that defense.
First Mercury demurred, contending, among other reasons, that Shawmut was not included in the definition of additional insured, and that even if Shawmut and Shepard were included, there was no coverage because Fast Trek was not named in the underlying lawsuits.
The U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut disagreed.
It ruled that when Shepard hired Fast Trek as its subcontractor — and as Shawmut's sub-subcontractor — the agreement expressly incorporated the Shawmut-Shepard contract, and that it was "immaterial" that there was not a "direct contractual relationship" between Shawmut and Fast Trek.
In addition, it ruled that the accident was arguably caused by Fast Trek and that the reason Fast Trek was not named in the underlying lawsuits was due to the exclusive remedy rule of workers' compensation law.
Scorecard: First Mercury must defend and indemnify the general contractor and subcontractor in the workplace death and injury lawsuit.
Takeaway: A sub-subcontractor need not be explicitly included in a contract for coverage to be extended.
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Changing the WC Medical Care Mindset
Controlling overall workers' compensation medical costs has been an elusive target.
Yet, according to medical experts from Healthesystems, the Tampa, Fla.-based specialty provider of innovative medical cost management solutions for the workers' compensation industry, payers today have more powerful options for both offering the highest quality medical care and controlling costs, but they must be more thoroughly and strategically executed.
Specifically as it relates to optimizing patient outcomes and controlling pharmacy costs, the key, say those experts, is to look beyond the typical clinical pharmacy history review and to incorporate a more holistic picture of the entire medical treatment plan. This means when performing clinical reviews, taking into account more comprehensive information such as lab results, physician notes and other critical medical history data which often identifies significant treatment plan concerns but frequently aren't effectively monitored in total.
Healthesystems' Dr. Robert Goldberg, chief medical officer, and Dr. Silvia Sacalis, vice president of clinical services, recently weighed in on how using a more holistic, comprehensive strategy can make the critical difference in the ongoing medical care cost control battle.
Fragmentation, Complexity Obscure the Patient Picture
According to Dr. Goldberg, fragmentation remains one of the biggest obstacles to controlling overall healthcare costs and ensuring the most successful treatment in workers' compensation.
Robert Goldberg, MD, discusses obstacles to controlling overall medical costs and ensuring the best treatment in workers' compensation.
"There are several hurdles, but they all relate to the fact that healthcare in workers' comp is just not very well coordinated," he said. "For the most part, there is poor communication between all parties involved, but especially between the payer and the provider. Unfortunately, it's rare that all the stakeholders have a clear, complete picture of what's happening with the patient."
Dr. Goldberg explains that health care generally has become a more complex landscape, and workers' comp adds another level of complexity. Physicians have less time to spend with patients due to work loads and other economic factors, and frequently there isn't adequate time to develop a patient specific treatment strategy.
"Often we don't have physicians properly incentivized to do a complete job with patients" he said, adding that extra paperwork and similar hurdles limit communication among payers, nurse case managers and other players.
In fact, Dr. Sacalis emphasized that it's not only the payer, but often the healthcare provider who is not getting a complete picture. For example, a treating doctor may not be the primary care physician and therefore they may not have access to the total healthcare picture for the injured worker.
"Most of all, payers need to adopt a more collaborative approach in their relationships with physicians, employers and patients, as well as networks involved. It will result in getting people back to work through appropriate medical care and moving the case along to a prompt closure."
– Robert Goldberg, MD, FACOEM, Chief Medical Officer, Healthesystems
"It's often difficult for multiple physicians to communicate and collaborate about what's happening because they may not be aware of each-others involvement in that patient's care," she said. "Data sharing is lacking, even in integrated healthcare systems where doctors are in the same group."
Done Right, Technology Can Bridge the Treatment Strategy Gap
Dr. Sacalis explained the role technology advancements can play in creating a more holistic picture of not only an injured workers' post-accident state or pace of recovery, but also their overall health history. However, the workers' comp industry by and large is not there yet.
"Today's technology can be very useful in providing transparency, but to date the data is still very fragmented," she said. "With technology advancements, we can get a more holistic patient view. However, it is important that the data is both meaningful and actionable to promote effective clinical decision support."
Silvia Sacalis, PharmD, explains the role that technology advancements can play in creating a more holistic picture of an injured worker's overall health.
Healthesystems, for example, offers an advanced clinical solution that incorporates a comprehensive analysis of all relevant data sources including pharmacy, medical and lab data as part of a drug therapy analysis. So, for example, the process could uncover co-morbidities – such as diabetes – that may be unrelated to a workplace injury but should be considered in the overall treatment strategy.
"Healthcare professionals must ensure there are no interactions with any
co-morbidities that may limit or affect the treatment plan," Dr. Sacalis said.
In the majority of cases where Healthesystems has performed advanced clinical analysis, information gathered from the various sources has uncovered critical information that significantly impacted the overall treatment recommendations. Technology and analytics enable the implementation of best practices.
She cites another example of how a physician may order a urine drug screen (UDS), yet the results indicating the presence of a non prescribed drug were not reflected in the treatment regimen as evidenced by the lack of modification in therapy.
"Visibility and transparency will help with facilitating a truly effective treatment plan," she said, "Predictive analytics are necessary tools for proactive monitoring and detection of trends as well as early identification of cases for intervention."
Speaking of Best Practices …
Dr. Goldberg highlighted that the most important overall best practice needed to secure the optimal outcome is centered around getting the right care to the right patient at the right time. To him, that means identifying patients who need adjustments in care and then determining medical necessity during the entire case trajectory.
"It means using evidence-based medical treatment guidelines that are coordinated," he said.
"You must look at the whole patient, which means avoiding the typical barriers in the workers' comp treatment system, issues such as delays in authorizations, lengthy UR processes or similar scenarios that are well intentioned but if not performed effectively they can get in the way of expedited care."
Dr. Goldberg and Silvia Sacalis provide recommendations for critical steps payers should take to achieve the best outcomes for everyone.
Dr. Goldberg noted that seeking out the most effective doctors available in geographic locations is another critical best practice. That requires collecting data on physician performance, patient satisfaction and medical outcomes, so payers and networks can identify and incentivize them accordingly.
"This way, you are getting an alignment of incentives with all parties," Dr. Goldberg said, adding that it also means removing outlier physicians, those whose tendencies are to over-treat, dispense drugs from their office or order unnecessary durable medical equipment, for example.
"Visibility and transparency will help with facilitating a truly effective treatment plan. Predictive analytics are necessary tools for proactive monitoring and detection of trends as well as early identification of cases for intervention."
– Silvia Sacalis, PharmD, Vice President of Clinical Services, Healthesystems
"Most of all, payers need to adopt a more collaborative approach in their relationships with physicians, employers and patients, as well as networks involved," he said. "It will result in getting people back to work through appropriate medical care and moving the case along to a prompt closure."
Dr. Sacalis added that from a pharmacy perspective, another best practice is becoming more patient-centric, using a customized and flexible approach to help payers optimize outcomes for each patient.
"Focus on patient safety first, and that will naturally drive cost containment," she said. "Focusing on cost alone can actually drive results in the wrong direction."
Additional Insights
Dr. Goldberg explains how consolidation in the health care and WC markets can impact the landscape and quality of care.
Dr. Goldberg and Silvia Sacalis discuss if injured workers today are getting better treatment than they were twenty years ago.
This article was produced by the R&I Brand Studio, a unit of the advertising department of Risk & Insurance, in collaboration with Healthesystems. The editorial staff of Risk & Insurance had no role in its preparation.


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The estranged wife of Anthony Lamar Jones requested a restraining just days before 13-year-old Genelle Allen-Conway was found dead. She claimed Jones was violent and capable of killing her.
The restraining order was given to Anthony Lamar Jones by just hours after Allen-Conway's naked body was found in Allen Witt Park. A week later, he would be arrested for her murder. But even before Jones was accused of raping and murdering Conway-Allen and dumping her naked body in a park, Fairfield police were aware of his violent past.
Documents obtained by The Daily Republic newspaper show Jones' estranged wife detailed his violent behavior. She says in January she was so terrified of him that she jumped from a moving car as they were on their way home.
"I believe that if I brought him back to the house he would kill me and then kill himself," she wrote in the request for the temporary restraining order.
She said he told her, "I don't want to scare you, but I have a knife and a gun, and I don't want to die alone."
The restraining order also states that Jones "told (his wife) about a woman he tried to date since our separation (in December). He felt the woman rejected him and no one thinks he is worthy of love."
The order also says Jones threatened to burn down her house and ruin her credit
The restraining order was granted and served on Feb. 1, the same day Conway-Allen's body was discovered.
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The celebrated ensemble has performed with such guest artists as Sylvia McNair, the Romeros Guitar Quartet and the late Luciano Pavarotti.
Performances are held in the intimate, 600-seat Perelman Theater in the Kimmel Center. Ten pairs of concerts are offered during the ensemble's subscription season, which runs from September through May.
To date, the Orchestra has more than 70 commissions and premiere performances to its credit, including seven compositions written since the turn of the 21st century.
The ensemble also travels regularly, having toured extensively in the United States, Europe and Israel.
Philadelphia conductor and impresario Marc Mostovoy founded the group in 1964, calling it "Concerto Soloists" because of each member's distinct virtuosity.
The group adopted the name "Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia" when it became a resident company of the Kimmel Center, which opened in December 2001.
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Perak Health Committee chairman Datuk Dr Mah Hang Soon said the nurse who removed the wires and drip hose from Agnes Liu Soo Thye did what she needed to do during an emergency in order to save a patient.
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"When that happened at about 4.30am, the other patient was in a critical condition and needed the medical equipment," he told a press conference at the State Secretariat building here yesterday.
"It was the nearest medical equipment at that time and the medical staff had to do what was necessary for the patient. The doctors also did their best to resuscitate the deceased during the incident," he said.
It was reported yesterday that Chinese medical shop owner Wong Kok Yew had accused the hospital staff of being negligent and causing his mother's death on March 16.
Dr Mah explained that Liu was already in a weakened and semi-conscious state when she was admitted to the hospital at about 8.45am on March 15, and the family was then told to prepare for the worst.
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LOS ANGELES — The Emmy Awards are television's biggest celebration of itself, but this year's ceremony will face an intruder: "House of Cards," the first online series to nab a top nomination with its best drama series.
Netflix's triumph on Thursday, which includes nods for its revival of "Arrested Development," is putting a further squeeze on the broadcast networks that already have lost substantial Emmy ground to cable. New network offerings were almost completely shut out and, like last year, no network drama made the nominations cut.
Kevin Spacey, the nominated star of the political drama "House of Cards," reveled in its impressive nine bids and role as a groundbreaker.
It's "really, in many ways, kind of a new paradigm," he said. "It's just a great, great thing for all of us."
The major networks, ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox, likely have a different viewpoint. Cable channels over the year have sharply eroded their share of the audience, and now the Internet is nibbling away and will only become more robust as viewers turn increasingly to computers and other devices to consume video.
A 6-year-old TV academy rules change allows online entries to compete with cable and broadcast programs, but until Thursday online shows popped up only in lower-profile categories.
"It's really groundbreaking," said Ted Sarandos, chief content officer for Netflix. "It's beyond our most bold expectations. We were thinking a single nomination would be a win... It's as much a win for Internet television as it is for the content creators."
Networks still field the most-watched series — such as top-rated series "NCIS" and the 20 million-plus viewers it delivers weekly to CBS — and enjoy the rich opportunities they represent.
"There's nothing more profitable than having a big broadcast television hit that can be exploited on multiple platforms," including syndication and online, said Garth Ancier, a former executive for both broadcast networks and cable.
But when the Emmys are presented this fall on CBS, it will surely be irritating to serve as a promotional vehicle for the competition. The ceremony rotates among the big four broadcasters who, with the exception of basically flat NBC, saw their number of Emmy bids decline this year.
Besides the showing by Netflix, the leading number of nominations went to a cable miniseries, FX's "American Horror Story: Asylum." HBO fielded the next top nominees: "Game of Thrones" with 16 nods and the Liberace biopic "Behind the Candelabra" earned 15 nominations.
NBC's "Saturday Night Live" came in with 15 as well, but it, outgoing "30 Rock" (also NBC, 13 bids) and "Modern Family" (ABC, 12 nominations) had the only impressive tallies for broadcast.
The bonanza of nominations for "Game of Thrones" is the swords-and-fantasy show's most-ever and includes a best drama series nod and three acting bids, including one for Peter Dinklage.
Recognition went to a number of other primarily big-screen actors who have migrated to TV for powerhouse projects, with Michael Douglas and Matt Damon for "Under the Candelabra" among them.
Joining "House of Cards" and "Game of Thrones" in the best drama series category are "Breaking Bad," ''Downton Abbey," ''Mad Men" and last year's winner, "Homeland."
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"Mad Men" and its creator failed to receive any writing nominations for the first time in the series' six-year history.
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Long known as perhaps the rowdiest locale in all of NASCAR, "Talladega Boulevard" – that's the road that goes through the infield at the giant Talladega Superspeedway – has had its fair share of mayhem over the years.
Tonight is no different as the track is hosting a "Big One On The Blvd." parade with Sprint Cup drivers (Kevin Harvick, Clint Bowyer, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., and Austin Dillon), a Moon Pie eating contest…and barbecue sauce wrestling.
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40 of 42 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Five stars for truth-telling that gives perspective.
I became aware of Hauerwas through a professional colleague in the late 90's. While my area of expertise is in Bible more precisely, I have not had direct reason to read all that Hauerwas has written. Like many others, though, I've heard Hauerwas present papers at professional meetings or other events and knew him to be quite a "character" and I wanted to "hear" his...
Published on May 16, 2010 by Marty A. Michelson
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars A quick read
I like Hauerwas' ideas, and as a student of theology I have wondered about his formation as a theologian and member of the academy. Most compelling was his obvious love of teaching and good liturgy as well as his frank descriptions of his family life. I couldn't put the put the book down but later felt that I had been betrayed by what on second thought seems like so...
Published on November 26, 2010 by Mary
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40 of 42 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Five stars for truth-telling that gives perspective.,
Marty A. Michelson "~ marty alan michelson, p... (OKC, OK United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hannah's Child: A Theologian's Memoir (Hardcover)
I became aware of Hauerwas through a professional colleague in the late 90's. While my area of expertise is in Bible more precisely, I have not had direct reason to read all that Hauerwas has written. Like many others, though, I've heard Hauerwas present papers at professional meetings or other events and knew him to be quite a "character" and I wanted to "hear" his story - especially since he connected it to such a great story from Hebrew Scripture with reference to Hannah and Samuel.
What a delight to read this text. It is precisely what it claims to be - a memoir. What most resonated with me as an individual reader is the fact of Hauerwas's honest portrait of his life's story - particularly the intersections of his work as a student, as a colleague figuring out how to navigate professional/academic guilds, and his life with Anne and Adam, his first and their child. As a student, he was just moving forward and searching - but not out to prove anything, it seems. As an academic, in his own story, he notes how green and crass he was, turning people off and not pleasing all but being honest. In particular, I valued how his life as an academic took place in conversations with so many other academics - the persons with whom he worked that shaped how he thought and what he read and how he come to converse and lecture on various topics. In his life with his wife, he notes the difficulty, pain and ambiguity that came with being married to someone who would later have psychotic breaks that he and Adam tried to manage and live with and through. And, of course, how being the son of a bricklayer and, by his own testimony, a bricklayer himself wove itself through his life's story.
I found the memoir to be hopeful for for those who might be in academia or theological colleges/seminaries - those younger or older in complex marriages - those new to academia or young in it. Hauerwas's story testifies to the reality that a person can't manage or create a perfect life to become a "Stanley Hauerwas" - each person must simply live life with integrity. Mature and grow with your own life's story.
Hauerwas's story is personal and memorable.
The book is not a must read for many people - but for those in theological/philosophical work within "the academy" - this memoir offers much personal and anecdotal wisdom for thinking about one's own life and profession.
24 of 24 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Stanley Hauerwas on Hannah's Child,
Daniel Morehead (Durham, NC USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hannah's Child: A Theologian's Memoir (Hardcover)
In this video, Wunderkammer Magazine sits down with Stanley Hauerwas and asks him to describe his memoir.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Starting Point to Explore America's "Best Theologian",
David Crumm "Editor of ReadTheSpirit magazine" (Canton, Michigan) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hannah's Child: A Theologian's Memoir (Hardcover)
At the dawn of this new millennium, Time magazine declared Stanley Hauerwas America's "Best Theologian," a label that the tough-talking Texan routinely uses to poke fun at himself. How can anyone rank theologians--like handicapping golfers or giving stars to restaurants! Nevertheless, Time magazine took this task seriously, publishing a profile that described how the "rough speech and pointed views" of this brick-layer's son sometimes are "scandalous" among academics and religious leaders.
First of all, I can assure you that the Time declaration hasn't gone to Hauerwas' head. In his new memoir, he writes: "If theologians become famous in times like ours, surely they must have betrayed their calling. After all, theology is a discipline whose subject should always put in doubt the very idea that those who practice it know what they are doing."
I do agree that Stanley Hauerwas has a powerful prophetic voice. He is solidly American, solidly Christian and solidly accomplished as one of our greatest scholars--yet he uses that firm foundation to address the world like a latter-day Isaiah, Jeremiah or Micah, crying out for justice and a complete rethinking of our global priorities. To use "Hauerwasian" terms, he's often telling us to get up off our rear ends, scrape away the accumulated gunk of convenient, self-centered spirituality--and get our hands dirty in engaging with the real needs of the world.
That's why reading his memoir is such a pleasure. We spend time with Hauerwas exploring his experiences growing up as a bricklayer's son. His lifelong respect for hardworking men and women is a major reason that he preaches so regularly about the dangers of social divides. In this book, that preaching connects directly with his own youth, his own family: "I have spent my life in buildings built by people like my father, buildings in which the builders have felt they do not belong," he writes. The irony, he adds, is this: "My father was a better bricklayer than I am a theologian."
If you're reading this review, you're already drawn to Hauerwas' prophetic voice for some reason. But, until now, you may not have found a good starting place to read his books and discuss them with friends. As a long-time discussion leader myself, I can see "Hannah's Child" as that ideal starting point for a lot of readers who'll come to appreciate our "Best Theologian" through connecting with his life story.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Laying Brick.,
Benjamin A. Simpson (Fort Worth, TX) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hannah's Child: A Theologian's Memoir (Hardcover)
It is no secret that I am a "fan" of Stanley Hauerwas, the famous theologian who is the Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Christian Ethics at Duke Divinity School. I've read enough Hauerwas to know that he desires neither my fandom, nor the fame that has produced "fans" like myself. He desires that I follow Jesus Christ, and that I hold to Christian convictions because they are true. He desires that the church would live in a way that gives a truthful witness to the Lordship of the One whose love moves the sun and the stars. His theology is wrought through with a passion for honest speech, an embodied faith, a commitment to Christian nonviolence, a love for story, and an indebtedness to the friendships that God has gifted him during his life. He is a man who has experienced a lifelong "lover's quarrel" with the Church, yet his commitment to that love is unfailing. His memoir reflects all of these themes.
I've never read a book quite like Hannah's Child. Perhaps this is because I have not read many memoirs. Yet I found Hannah's Child delightful. Hauerwas tells his story in compelling, clear language, and I found this book a joy because it provides a context within which to place Hauerwas's theological writings. It is indeed true that Hauerwas has come a "long way" from his beginnings in Pleasant Grove, Texas. But when Hauerwas's thought is placed within the frame of his stories of family, upbringing, bricklaying, and church, books like Community of Character and Resident Aliens, to name two of my favorites, suddenly take on a more robust shape.
As for the contents, you'll find Hauerwas's story from his humble beginnings, to his growth as a thinker at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, on to Yale Divinity School, and then forward to Yale Graduate School, earning his Ph.D. He tells of his first marriage to his wife, Anne, who suffered from mental illness. And he reflects on his friendship with his son, Adam, whom he considers a great blessing. He tells of his progression from Augustana College to Notre Dame, then on to Duke, and how through the years his thought was influenced by the thought of Barth, Yoder, and Bonhoeffer, to name three theologians he mentions. Along the way he tells of various friendships he established and enjoyed, as well as his growth as a teacher. He tells of his relationship with Paula Gilbert, their marriage, and their involvement in the life of Duke Divinity School. Perhaps most interesting is Paula's influence on Hauerwas in suggesting that he should make prayer a part of his classroom experience at the Divinity School, a development Hauerwas is deeply thankful for.
This memoir is enjoyable reading, particularly for those who are familiar with Hauerwas's theological writings. Who knew that the life of a theologian could be so interesting?
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars I'd love to be your friend, but it has to be genuine,
John B. Larrere "padrepadre" (New Hampshire, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hannah's Child: A Theologian's Memoir (Hardcover)
Having studied with Stanley and been a member of the Notre Dame community about which he writes, I believe that Hannah's child is a genuine and unabashedly truthful rendering of his experiences and reflections. He was a young theologian at the time in the 70s that I knew him, but was beyond his years in courage and insight. It is interesting to see how John Howard Yoder, whom I had in class, so influenced his thinking about the Church and pacifism. Stanley was open to the experiences of Notre Dame, the Holy Cross Fathers, his fellow academics inside and outside of Theology. He changed and grew and explains it nicely in his memoir.
He always invited, encouraged and demanded that people speak up, support or criticize authority as appropriate and fearlessly ask the questions of oneself and your friends that might not have an answer or at least not a convenient or safe answer. His pacifism and his definition of Church has not been without cost to him in terms of academic acceptance or lost friendship. His careful fearlessness, some would call it impulsive, but he is too reflective to be impulsive, was especially evident after 9/11/2001 when his pacificism came up against the patriotism and nationalism that was strongly exhibited after that tragedy. It would have been easier to be silent and hold his reflections privately, but as he had criticized the Church for its stand during the Holocaust, he would not have been honest if he kept quiet. I know from his Notre Dame days that he was close to Robert Wilken, the great church historian. Wilken reacted agrily to Stanley's reflections given at University of Virginia and questioned whether Stanley believed at all in national loyalty. For Stanley and Robert that severely strained their friendship. What makes Stanley to be himself is the fact that commitment is not trivial and his taxonomy of loyalty puts his loyalty to his Christian Commitment ahead of any national affiliation. Wilken got it wrong, it seems, at least from the point of view of the memoir. Stanley does not lack national loyalty at all, rather he experiences a higher loyalty based on his belief in the change in history that took place in the death and resurrection of Jesus. He has a loyalty above patriotism. His other books explored how Christians in the first couple of centuries put their belief ahead of any loyalty to secular powers. This eroded over time when, after Constantine in 325 A.D., the Church either provided secular government or was complicit in it. This book shows how Church, a church, churches, should not and cannot be coopted by the current culture but must, not by its words so much but by its actions and the living out of its beliefs, serve as a corrective to inevitable weaknesses of any culture or government. Roman Catholic bishops have strived to do this, but their actions of late in failing to address sexual abuse have made their words empty because their actions, or lack thereof, are shouting too loudly. One important insight that Stanley shares is that it is not so much what you do wrong that gets you into trouble, but rather the explanations and rationalizations that you make about what you have done that ruins you. In WWII, the Church, churches chose survival to preach another day, Hauerwas notes, rather than confront the Nazi horror. They chose institution over mission which is, I suppose, the ultimate lack of faith that the mission is from God and that God will support it. Likewise, in managing the sexual abuse crisis, the Bishops chose survival of the institution over their mission - again a lack of faith to think that if the mission is from God it will perdure -- how different from the days of the martyrs who chose to die rather than compromise their calling.
Stanley has been criticized for seeing the Church as living apart from culture in order to critique it rather than being totally involved in it, so as to convert it from within. Both approaches require real courage whether inside or outside to hold on to convictions and speak the truth to power. Stanley does it with consistency as have other notable Christians like Congressman Robert Drinan, the Jesuit, who did it from within the corridors of power. Both can work, if and only if, there is the courage of conviction.
What it interesting in the memoir, is that someone who so desparately desires friendships, is and was willing to give it up for the sake of his faith and commitments. He lost friends rather than compromise or be silent. It shows both his commitment to what is genuine about friendship and what is genuine about faith. I recommend this book as a primer to more fully benefit from his other books.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars This is essential Hauerwas.,
This review is from: Hannah's Child: A Theologian's Memoir (Hardcover)
Like many, I was first introduced to Stanley Hauerwas through his seminal work Resident Aliens (1989). I have since enjoyed much of his very important work and was thrilled when I learned of Hannah's Child (2010) which is characteristic Hauerwas: wily, intellectually aggressive, ecclesiastically vague, always funny, and always provocative. Indeed, as Jeffery Stout noted, "Hannah's Child might well be Stanley's Hauerwas' best book" (back).
The reader is not only invited to journey with Hauerwas from his early Methodism in rural Texas to the elites of the Ivy League at Yale, but is also welcomed into the very private life of Time magazine's "best theologian in America" (2001). Hauerwas candidly narrates his relationship with Anne (his first wife and mother to their son, Adam) who struggled with significant emotional disabilities making their home and marriage a type of precarious prison for Stanley and Adam.
This book sheds much-needed light on marriage, family, community, pain, anxiety, fear, and above all ... Christ, our only hope. Yet Hauerwas admits, "At best, I have never imagined myself to be more than a `broken light'" (277).
Hannah's Child is Hauerwas' attempt "to understand how I became Stanley Hauerwas" (xii). This is a beautifully written, painfully honest, and humble work by one of the most influential writers and thinkers of our time.
For those new to Hauerwas's life and thought, this is a good first step. For those well acquainted with this modern-day prophet, Hannah's Child is essential.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars More Than a Great Read--A Thrilling Life,
C2CRev (Phoenix) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hannah's Child: A Theologian's Memoir (Hardcover)
I simply couldn't put down Hannah's Child. Always touching, never pompously academic and occasionally laugh out loud funny. Fit to be read by every Christian who deems her life too standard or too irregular. Hauerwas doesn't just overcome family and career difficulties, he jumps in graciously, redemptively and faithfully. Could anyone report on his community of friends more honestly or more faithfully present? He incorporates his intellectual life's development and influence all along this story, and we see a unique and truly authentic life revealed.
The book is also like being in a prof's bull session where he sketches out the hierarchy of leading thinkers in the field, and you get priceless insights about who's who and where we're going next. My Amazon Wishlist grew exponentially! Best read of this summer!
BTW, Hauerwas--son of a bricklayer; Father of the Socratic method--son of a stonemason. Fits.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars A quick read,
Mary (Michigan) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hannah's Child: A Theologian's Memoir (Hardcover)
I like Hauerwas' ideas, and as a student of theology I have wondered about his formation as a theologian and member of the academy. Most compelling was his obvious love of teaching and good liturgy as well as his frank descriptions of his family life. I couldn't put the put the book down but later felt that I had been betrayed by what on second thought seems like so much gossip. The book was also somewhat repetitive and perhaps could have been better edited.
9 of 12 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars The Unpredictable/Predictable Hauerwas,
This review is from: Hannah's Child: A Theologian's Memoir (Hardcover)
Over the years I've come to love reading Christian biographies and memoirs more and more. When I saw that Stanley Hauerwas, a Methodist theologian and professor at Duke Divinity School, had published his memoir I knew that I would eventually have to get it. Having just finished it, I wanted to share some thoughts about the work here.
Bottom line: what we have here is a fascinating but ultimately frustrating and disappointing book.
I came to know Hauerwas (probably like many evangelicals) through his frankly amazing book, Resident Aliens. I was assigned that book as a seminary student at Southwestern Seminary and I have never forgotten the impact it had/has on my life. In it, Hauerwas and Will Willimon issue a clarion call for the church's liberation from Constantinianism and conformity. They call on the church to be a polis within thepolis and to offer a radical, counter-cultural community in the midst of the fallen world.
I soaked up their message like a sponge, believing it then, and now, to be a faithful articulation of New Testament ecclesiology. This shot of Anbaptist ecclesiology mediated through a Methodist absolutely rocked my world and I feel that, in many ways, it helped me understand the New Testament concept of the church in ways I previously had not. I am, and will remain, forever grateful for Hauerwas' work here.
Since I was first introduced to Hauerwas, I've known him to be an eclectic, unique, and, at times, infuriating writer. For instance, Hauerwas is a pacifist and I am not...but I don't think I can ever think about war in quite the same way as I did before reading him. Oddly enough, I even used Hauerwas' work in my little book on church discipline, Walking Together (that I found helpful material in Hauerwas on this issue is yet another indication of his appreciation for Mennonite John Howard Yoder's work and ecclesiology).
The additional works of his that I have digested have never failed to stimulate my mind and heart and I do try to read Hauerwas whenever given the chance.
This memoir has certainly explained Stanley Hauerwas. A few themes occur again and again: Hauerwas' humble and hard-working roots, his sense of being an outsider, his growing awareness of God and Christian truth, and, above them all, his utterly disastrous relationship with his mentally-ill wife (now deceased), Anne.
I was particularly struck and inspired by Hauerwas' work ethic:
"I am often asked how I get done all I get done. The answer is simple - I work. I get up at five every morning and I work till six every evening. I do not waste time. If I have fifteen minutes, I can read this or that. It is the same principle as never going to the keg without carrying back some block [a reference to the bricklaying of Hauerwas' youth]. To be so determined can be oppressive for others, as well as for me, at times. Thanks to Paula I have learned to rest - a little. But I work because I love the work I have been given to do."
Hauerwas is a natural born storyteller, and he does not disappoint in painting a picture of his life. If you are interested in the inner workings of academia and the running of academic departments, you will find Hauerwas' often dramatic retellings of the ins and outs of institutional life at places like Notre Dame and Duke absolutely enthralling.
And yet, I was disappointed with this memoir in certain very important ways, primarily in how it reveals Hauerwas as holding a vision of himself as anti-establishment while simultaneously revealing the same old tired liberal cliches. I found one of his anecdotes to be particularly ironic:
For several years we lived next door to Stanley Fish and Jane Tompkins. We liked them both. Stanley is one of the most competitive and kind people I know. I loved to run with Stanley. Once, as we ran the neighborhood, I told him I knew his secret. In spite of his criticism of liberals, he cannot help but be one. He stopped, looked at me, and said, "Don't you tell anyone."
This is ironic because as I read the book I came slowly to believe this very thing about Hauerwas: "In spite of his criticism of liberals, he cannot help but be one." Hauerwas would chafe at such an idea. He is, after all, quick (and repetitive) in painting himself as a maverick:
The challenge I have mounted against the accommodation of the church to the ethos of modernity is my attempt to help us recover our ability to pray to God, and to imagine what it might mean to be Christian in a world we do not control.
And, of course, his writing in many ways bears this out. Even so, he does so sound like one of the ever-shrinking number of mainline liberals (shrinking because their churches are shrinking) when he tells us, for instance, that he "does not like Southern Baptists" or that publishing with IVP really was a bold thing for an academic to do. He plays his cards most clearly when he discusses the question of gay unions:
Paula often has to help me "get" what a friend is trying to tell me. David Jenkins tried to tell me he was gay. He told me he had been invited to live with a young man who often came to church with him. I told him I thought that would be a good idea, because I worried that he might be lonely. He told me he was going to march in a parade supporting the mayor of Durham, who had signed a law against sexual discrimination in city hiring practices. Since I thought that such a law would be just, I commended his involvement. Paula finally had to tell me David was gay.
I remain unsure if we can call the relationship between gay people "marriage," but I know that David's friendship enriches Paula's and my marriage. I hope and pray for the day when Christians can be so confident in their understanding of marriage that we can welcome gay relationships for their promise of building up the body of Christ. That I have such a hope and that I pray such a prayer has everything to do with my and Paula's friendship with David. I think, moreover, that this is the way it should work.
Ah, yes! How very prophetically counter-cultural of you, Stanley. My how you've freed yourself from accommodationist liberalism. One cannot help but be struck at this point in the memoir how a man who has seemingly read everything, who understands complex theological, philosophical, and ethical arguments, who wields nuance and qualification like a surgeon's scalpel could sound so very much like the American leftist establishment in weighing in on the issue of gay marriage. "David's friendship enriches Paula's and my marriage"? There you go! Case closed.
Let me propose a truly radical and brave position for an academic to take: to demonstrate, like Robert Gagnon at Pittsburgh Seminary has, that the biblical witness clearly speaks against homosexual activity as sinful.
At the end of the day, I will likely continue to find Hauerwas' ecclesiology to be radically refreshing and truly prophetic...but I have indeed lost some respect for him as a biblical thinker (something he would likely claim not to be anyway).
Finally this: by Hauerwas' own admission, his grasp of theological and ethical texts is much stronger than his grasp of scripture. I do so wonder whether or not Hauerwas might not benefit from at least some expressions of the (gasp!) evangelical biblical scholarship from which he would no doubt want to distance himself.
It pains me to write this. I've considered myself a fan, but, at the end of the day, it just so happens that the entity known as (in the words of Hauerwas' late friend Richard John Neuhaus) "the rheumatoid left" is more of Hauerwas' home than I previously wanted to believe.
What a shame.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Sharp and surprising memoir,
This review is from: Hannah's Child: A Theologian's Memoir (Hardcover)
I do not have a great familiarity with Hauwerwas's writings apart from 'Resident Aliens' and a few articles, but I heard positive things about his new memoir so I thought it would be worth a try, since the vocation of theologian is one that I aspire to.
The main descriptive term for this book is 'honesty'. Hauwerwas is famed for his straight-talking, and it is on display here. He gives us a clear presentation of his life of faith and study, not holding back on his failings and the many struggles that he has faced. He emerges as a paradoxical figure; a natural intellectual with a working-class background, a theologian of the church who has been without an ecclesiastical 'home' for most of his life, a man with a love of friendship who has often been lonely and misunderstood. The discussion of his relationship with his son and his painful first marriage are especially touching and reveal his indomitable spirit.
His quest with this memoir is to understand how he relates to the entity known as 'Stanley Hauwerwas', America's 'best theologian', and to narrate how the vow of his mother has led him to become a theologian first and then eventually a Christian. Hauwerwas has a lively mind and an engaging style, and I could not put this book down. I thank God for the triumph of the church and of the hope of Christ in his life.
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The Sacramento County District Attorney's Office has filed a civil lawsuit accusing River City Waste Recyclers of environmental and business practices violations at all five of its locations in the county.
Monday's action was part of a joint effort by the district attorney's office, several county and state offices, the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, Cosumnes Fire District and the Sacramento Police Department.
Owned by Bryan Wilson and Gyan Kalwani, River City Waste Recyclers gathers and recycles materials such as wood, metal, batteries and motor vehicles. The business has operations on Elder Creek Road, North B Street, Jackson Road and in Galt and Elk Grove.
Monday's action charges unfair business practices, violation of zoning laws and weights and measurements regulations, and seeks abatement of a public nuisance. Some of the environmental violations include:
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Monday's action follows a criminal case the district attorney's office filed after a joint investigation with Sacramento police. The investigation began after an epidemic of metal and wire thefts crippled businesses and public agencies throughout the county. Criminal charges for stolen property and record keeping violations were brought against five employees of the waste recycler, including Wilson and Kalwani.
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In mid-July Palestinian officials denounced Yehuda Weinstein, the Israeli attorney general, after he claimed that the Al-Aqsa area was part of Israel and referred to the mosque's courtyards as "public space".
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Jobs: A Spanish economics professor said attempts by his country to create a green economy would fail. Now a Spanish government report confirms his findings, blunting claims that the professor's report was biased.
The professor, Gabriel Calzada Alvarez of Juan Carlos University in Madrid, produced a 41-page study last year on the European experiment of going full bore on the conservation front. He found that "the Spanish/EU-style 'green jobs' agenda now being promoted in the U.S. in fact destroys jobs."
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"The loss of jobs could be greater if you account for the amount of lost industry that moves out of the country due to higher energy prices," the professor told the press.
Alvarez's findings, of course, were rejected by the environmental left, which tried to smear him as a stooge of the oil industry.
But inconveniently for the eco-conscious, his results have been backed up by Carlo Stagnaro and Luciano Lavecchia, a couple of researchers from the Italian think tank Istituto Bruno Leoni.
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"Green investments are an ineffective policy for job creation," they say in their report. Despite the other merits of investments in new energy, "to the extent that the 'green deal' is aimed at creating employment or purported as anti-crisis or stimulus policy, it is a wrong policy choice."
Even more inconvenient for the environmental left is a study by the Spanish government. This leaked document supports the Alvarez report. The green lobby can't claim bias in this analysis because the Zapatero administration that compiled it is a socialist government that sees windmills when more rational people see dragons.
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