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I just had a complete physical and on blood tests, all fell in normal range except for Iron which read at 153.0 (norm.45.0-145) and Alk.Phosphatase which was 28.0 and norm is 30-140. I am a 62 year old female. Now I do notice that on my multi vitamin, the iron in there is "Elemental Iron" 10 mg. Would appreciate your input on this. Thanks. Shirley Waller


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Osteoblasts are essential for maintaining bone mass, avoiding osteoporosis, and repairing injured bone. Activation of osteoblast G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), such as the parathyroid hormone receptor, can increase bone mass; however, the anabolic mechanisms are poorly understood. Here we use "Rs1," an engineered GPCR with constitutive G(s) signaling, to evaluate the temporal and skeletal effects of G(s) signaling in murine osteoblasts. In vivo, Rs1 expression induces a dramatic anabolic skeletal response, with midfemur girth increasing 1,200% and femur mass increasing 380% in 9-week-old mice. Bone volume, cellularity, areal bone mineral density, osteoblast gene markers, and serum bone turnover markers were also elevated. No such phenotype developed when Rs1 was expressed after the first 4 weeks of postnatal life, indicating an exquisite temporal sensitivity of osteoblasts to Rs1 expression. This pathway may represent an important determinant of bone mass and may open future avenues for enhancing bone repair and treating metabolic bone diseases.
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According to interim Registrar of Voters Rebecca Spencer, by close of business Friday, county officials had received 102,145 ballots, of which more than 90,000 had already been processed and were waiting to be posted online with the first results that will roll out after polls close at 8 p.m. Tuesday. "We're telling anyone who hasn't already mailed their ballot at this point to drop it here at our Gateway Drive office or at their local city clerk's office," Spencer told City News Service. "If they haven't mailed it by Tuesday, they need to drop the ballot at their local polling place or come here." She said as long as ballots bear a Tuesday postmark, they'll still be tabulated; they just won't be included in election night results. "Things are going good," Spencer said. "We're not expecting any issues." The bulk of ballots will be counted and posted by 3 a.m. June 4, according to Spencer. Late-arriving, provisional and damaged ballots will take longer to process, but their numbers should be small. According to the registrar, the county saw voter registrations pick up ahead of the May 19 deadline. The county has a total 887,643 registered voters. Spencer anticipated a 30 percent participation rate in the June 3 election, translating to about 266,000 votes being cast. The vast majority of those will be mail-in ballots, of which just over 500,000 were sent out, she said. The 102,145 ballots received by the end of this week compares to 114,908 at the same time in the 2012 primary and 69,405 during the 2010 primary, Spencer said. According to data posted on the registrar's website, with the exception of 2010, every primary election in the county going back to 2006 had voter participation rates of less than 28 percent. In 2010, the rate was 31 percent. "We do see larger turnouts when there are contests that seem to be of particular interest," Spencer said, acknowledging that the county district attorney's race in 2010 had been "heated," much like the one now between D.A. Paul Zellerbach and veteran prosecutor Mike Hestrin. She said 250 temporary employees will work alongside the registrar's 32 full-time staffers to get the ballots counted using the county's 13 Sequoia Optech scanners, which are advertised as scanning 400 ballots per minute, but in reality go much slower because of how ballots are configured. Spencer said the majority of ballots are the "one-card" variety, with selections available on either side. However, because of a water district measure in the Coachella Valley, ballots from that part of the county are two-carded, taking slightly longer to scan. There will be 545 polling stations open countywide on election day, according to Spencer. She told CNS that in previous elections, the highest volume of voter foot traffic was in Highgrove, Jurupa Valley, Norco, Menifee and Temecula. 1 comments
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Ashwell cleans up at the village of the year awards
Ashwell was named Village of the Year North at the Calor Hertfordshire Village of the Year awards, 2009 held at the County Suite, County Hall, Hertford on Thursday 25 June and organised by the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE). The award, sponsored by North Hertfordshire District Council (NHDC), was the first of its kind and NHDC's Chairman, Cllr. David Miller, presented Vice Chair of Ashwell Parish Council, Christine Schwick, with a commemorative plaque for the village.
While the aesthetic appeal of Ashwell is well-known to its residents and visitors, Councillor Miller was delighted to present the award and keen to stress the achievements of the village:
"It is not about the sleepy, the picturesque – it is about villages that work, villages that have a 'Golden Thread' of community spirit running through them. Ashwell deserves this award because of so many different factors - environmental projects and excellent communications, the cleanliness of the village and its range of flora and fauna, and a totally inclusive village atmosphere that helps to make it a wonderful place to live and visit.
This is the first ever Village of the Year North award, and I can think of no worthier recipient than Ashwell, a village that epitomises all that is good about North Herts. It gives me great pleasure to give them this award."
Other award-winners last night included the village of Kimpton in the Business category which was praised for the way that small businesses throughout the village worked together, sharing advice, information and support. Ashwell was also highly commended in this category.
Further success for Ashwell came when Oliver Gordon, an Ashwell resident, was awarded the Dorothy Abel Smith Award for Young People. Oliver, 17, was cited as a "shining example of someone who really cares" by Dorothy Smith, who presented him with the award. She added:
"Oliver has written, produced and performed in numerous theatrical productions, many of which have been for the benefit of the older generation and for charities."
As the winner of the Village of the Year North award, Ashwell will now be gifted with a special 'totem pole' trophy which will be put up in the village at a ceremony at 10.30am, Saturday 18 July, along with a cheque for £250.


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Reader: Curt Fentress wasn't horsing around when he built the big top
Suspicions confirmed! At last night's town hall meeting on the art program at Denver International Airport, consultants who'd interviewed hundreds of DIA travelers, and studied 1,600 online surveys, revealed that the most loved -- and loathed -- piece of art at DIA is Luis Jimenez's "Mustang." But they also documented a real fondness for architect Curt Fentress's tent over the terminal, which has become an iconic symbol of the city.
Here's the take from Mr Manumba Ney:
The Fentress teflon coated fiberglass big top has survived the hail storm of critics.
So will this sculpture likeness of John Elway.
What's your favorite piece of art at DIA? And if it's "Mustang," what's your second-most favorite piece? And what would you like to see added to the art lineup at the airport?
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Golfers have had an ongoing debate for years, Which is the most important club in the bag? The putter usually wins out in the discussion simply because more strokes are attempted with the putter throughout the course of an eighteen hole round than the driver. However, those that favor the driver in the discussion do have a compelling point if you are able to get off the tee box long and accurately, it makes it all the more possible to shoot a low score on a given hole.
When setting up to hit the driver, the feet should be slightly wider apart than normal. They should actually be outside of the tips of your shoulders. Also, in the setup for a normal golf swing, the back foot is set perpendicular to the swing line. When hitting the driver, because the feet are wider, you may want to turn the back to outward slightly, to take some of the stress off the back knee.
From this point, the back swing should be similar to any other club. Dont be tempted to take the club back faster just because you want to hit the ball far. Increasing the tempo of your back swing can throw of many other elements of the golf swing. Club head speed should be generated on the downswing.
It is also important to stay on or over the ball when you take back the club on your back swing. Do not allow your hips to slide backwards with the club. The hips should turn, not slide, and that front foot should stay on the ground during the back swing.
The club should be taken back straight and away at to cause a wide arc, but you must stay over the ball. The weight should be shifted to the back foot without sliding the body. It cannot be said enough, turn the hips, dont slide them.
The setup and back swing are really the only elements that should be changed between using the driver and other shots. There are slight differences that will occur throughout the swing based on a wider stance, driver length and a heavier club head shoulders turn further, chin tucks into chin deeper, down swing is faster but these are naturally occurring events, and the golfer should not give thought to giving assistance for any of them. The only caveat to that statement would be to make sure that your arms and shoulders are working in conjunction, and that one is not getting ahead of the other.


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MEDFORD, Ore. — A Medford teen just beat her own world record not in texting or tweeting but in power lifting.
At just 17-years-old, Alex Pecktol can lift 325 pounds. Her achievement is recorded in the World Association of Benchers and Dead Lifters. She trains five days a week for several hours.
"I go up in weight every week. So one week I'll go heavy, one week I'll go light and I just get stronger," said Pecktol.
Her dad says it doesn't take much to get her in the gym.
"As a matter of a fact it's hard to get her not to. There's times that I really don't want to work out and she will have none of that," explained Sam Pecktol.
Sam Pecktol not only helps train Alex but got her started in power lifting. She was only 5 years-old when he started taking her with while he trained.
"Alex wanted to learn. So, I went to the junior high school and had them make me one pound wooden weights and I had a 10 pound bar and I started teaching her how to lift," said Sam.
But Alex believes, the passion to power lift may have even started before she was born.
"My dad had just broken a world record and they were at power lifting meet at the Red Lion and my mom's water broke. In the power lifting meet and 12 years later, I broke my first world record in the Red Lion in Medford, Oregon. I was definitely meant to do this sport," said Alex.
Being destined to do this sport, Alex doesn't plan to stop anytime soon.
"I've done it my whole life so, I don't know anything else. I want to be a personal trainer. And of course I'm going to be power lifting 'cause I really want to be the strongest girl in the world one day and that's 501 pounds so I want to get over that," said Alex.
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Subject: Shows and Expos | March 26, 2007 - 11:51 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Madshrimps has been running around CeBit, taking pictures of everything. From oddly egg shaped reservoir/pump combos and graphics cards that are watercooled by a pump/radiator that fits in a card slot, fully assembled systems and 3D displays. Head on over!
Even more from CeBit
Subject: Shows and Expos | March 23, 2007 - 01:13 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Hardware Zone continues their posts covering CeBIT and the nifty new items seen there. In this installment they cover Albatron, Enlight, and quite a bit from Zalman, among several others.
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Subject: Shows and Expos | March 22, 2007 - 12:14 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
X-Bit Labs has been quietly touring CeBit, and now share what they have seen in a 3 part article. In part 1, they get a good look at new DX10 cards from nVidia and Sapphire. Part 2 covers a 2kW PSU, 1400Mhz RAM and a few other interesting new parts. In part 3 is an amazingly HUGE TV with a 205" diagonal viewing area as well as graphic
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Subject: Shows and Expos | March 21, 2007 - 05:51 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
The first Intel Developer Forum (IDF) of 2007 and the largest ever held in China aims to drive innovations and foster powerful collaborations through vision, training and networking opportunities.
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Subject: Shows and Expos | March 21, 2007 - 01:04 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
techPowerUp! really did the laps at CeBit, I don't think there was a single vendor they didn't hit.
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Subject: Shows and Expos | March 19, 2007 - 11:40 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
[H]ard|OCP went South by South West to get a look at some of the new and cool coming up in the entertainment industry. The pairing of mobile phones and video games was a big topic, as was HD DVDs and the X-box. Drop by for a look at what is new when it comes to entertaining yourself.
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Subject: Shows and Expos | January 24, 2007 - 12:39 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
VIA Arena represented VIA at an Ultra Mobile PC focused event, called Lunch @ Piero's. From the extremely portable to designs made to fit in your car, the UMPC has come a long way in the past year. There are quite a few shots of the products, which help you get an idea of what the UMPCs released this year will look like.
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Subject: Shows and Expos | January 19, 2007 - 11:57 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
HotHardware has even more pictures from CES 2007, 8 pages of them. Everyone gets some coverage, from new Creative Zens, to AMD's Better by Design to OCZ's display in the Bellagio hotel. Read on for even more reasons to be jealous of those who made it to the show.
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Subject: Shows and Expos | January 18, 2007 - 12:25 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Thanks to the Tech Zone, you can get some tips on how to make it into CES parties. You can also see the huge gallery of photos they took at the parties. Head on over and see what you missed.
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Subject: Shows and Expos | January 17, 2007 - 12:45 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
OCIA has gathered every picture they have of CES 2007 into a multi-page tour. Covering not only the new gear unveiled, but booths and a tour of Las Vegas. This not your average travel slide show.
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ABC News' Raelyn Johnson Reports: Democratic presidential candidate former Sen. John Edwards' tour bus brought some star power to Iowa City, Iowa Wednesday where Hollywood actor and director Tim Robbins joined the democratic contender for a day of campaigning.
Robbins' debut comes as celebrities and high profile surrogates of rival campaigns hit the trail in the closing weeks before the Jan. 3rd Iowa caucuses.
Robbins took the stage at a town hall meeting, telling several hundred supporters, "I'm not Oprah."
"That's okay with me!" yelled an older man in the crowd.
"Eight months ago with eight viable candidates running we were being sold a fiction of this being a two person race. Why, no one had voted yet?" Robbins said, criticizing the media coverage Edwards has received.
Despite his personal attempt to boost Edwards' campaign, Robbins said he would ultimately support Sen. Hillary Clinton or Sen. Barack Obama — the frontrunners according to polls in Iowa — if they become the nominee.
We need to "band together to get the crooks and the liars to take a vacation from Washington," Robbins said.
Reading prepared remarks off a paper, Robbins spoke for about ten minutes and suggested Iowans are coming around to his campaign.
"Maybe it's his honestly, his integrity, maybe it's his wife," Robbins said, "Maybe it's because actions speak louder than words. Whatever it is, there is a third person in this race and I have a feeling that he'll be pulling ahead of the other two soon."
"You can feel American rising right now," Edwards told supporters. "You can feel Iowa caucus goes saying enough is enough we want our democracy back we want this war ended, we want universal healthcare, we want to get off our addiction to carbon based fuels right here in Iowa."
Nearly 400 hundred supporters packed into a room in the Iowa City library to hear Edwards and Robbins speak. Prior to the event, members of the SEIU union were screaming "President Edwards."
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WASHINGTON PARISH, LA (NBC33) — UPDATE: Officials have increased the reward to $1,000. We have also added a picture of the two animals as they were found. We have blurred out the bullet wounds, but it could still be considered disturbing to some viewers.
ORIGINAL: A $750 reward is being offered for information that leads to the arrest of the individual(s) responsible for shooting and abandoning two pit bulls in Washington Parish.
The Humane Society of Louisiana reports that the dogs were found abandoned near the intersection of Pico Road and Highway 25 in Washington Parish. Both were suffering from gunshot wounds when they were found.
Officials say the area where the dogs were found is a common location for unwanted animals to be left behind. There is no parish-wide animal control facility in Washington Parish.
The two dogs were clinging to life when they were found. Unfortunately, due to their injuries, they had to be euthanized.
The Humane Society has partnered with the Tangi Humane Society to offer the reward for information that leads to an arrest.
If you have any information about this incident, call the Tangi Humane Society at (985) 419-9900 or the Washington Parish Sheriff's Office at (985) 839-3434.
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Why does my puppy throw up only at night?
My 6 month old shepherd recently, over the last month or so, has started to vomit at night and early morning. Most of the time, it's just greenish yellow foam/liquid. So I figured it was an empty stomach. The other night, I found a round worm and treated him for it the next day. The vomit has only had food in it twice. One of which was just now, and the liquid was brown and not really green like usual. It had a thick substance in it, along with a few chunks of food. Tried having a later dinner to maybe help with the vomiting, but that didn't seem to help. I have not changed his food recently. I am considering changing back to Eukanuba, he is currently eating Purina One large breed puppy food. Also, how will I know if the worms are gone? I only found one, which was in his vomit, and treated it with "Vetscription Worm Away". There have been none in his poop. Like I said, I have only found one single worm, took it to the vet, and they confirmed it was a round worm. Thank you in advance!
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My pup also started vomiting bile early in the morning when I put him on 2 meals instead of 3 meals a day(rawfed). It helped when I gave him a small meal right before bedtime.
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I agree with Jane, I give both of my dogs a treat before bed and have never had a problem with them vomiting bile. It's good for them to have a little something in their stomach as I feed two meals 12 hours apart, they also get a treat midday as well.
As for the worm(s), take a second sample back to the vet to ensure they're all gone if you're worried. It might take multiple doses to clear everything out and it's not something you want to muck around with
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For the worms I'd get the vet involved and deworm, then do another fecal check in a couple of weeks.
I agree about feeding a small meal before bed. My dog throws up bile if she has a hungry tummy. I normally feed breakfast at 6:00 am, then feed supper around 4-5:00 pm. Shortly before bed I'll give my dog something to chew on for a snack, like beef tendon, a duck foot etc. just a little something to put in her tummy and she seems to do well with that routine. |
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Our female did this too. We just gave her a snack before bed. She eventually grew out of it.
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OHey guys, I was wondering if anyone had any advice/experience with moving from finance to quant finance or another more "mathy" field, possibly via grad school.
So I'm graduating this semester and starting as an analyst in BB S&T. I majored in Finance with a ~3.5 GPA, but I've also taken a handful of math classes (Calc 1, 2 & 3, Linear Algebra, ODE, PDE and a Foundations/Proof course). In the past year of school though, I've realized that I'm actually much more interested in math and quant finance than sales or trading.
WIth this background, what would be the best way to make the switch? Have i taken enough math to do a MFE or MS? Are there other grad school options that might be more viable? Or is additional school not even necessary...
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For an MFE/MS in quant
?For an MFE/MS in quant finance, you will need a foundation in probability and statistics with some introduction to stochastic processes as well as some level of familiarity in coding up monte carlo simulations. If you are comfortable with math, most of this stuff should come to you easily.
Look at the pre-reqs of the
?Look at the pre-reqs of the schools you are interested. Off hand(I looked at MFE before I started grad school) you seem to be around what they are looking for besides the programming requirement. If you have taken the 1st and 2nd CS courses at your school with some matlab/R experience, you should be fine.
Opi: I've looked at the
?I've looked at the pre-reqs for NYU and Columbia before, but do you think meeting the minimum requirements would be enough? Or do most people who apply have much more?
I haven't taken a prob & stat course and my only programming experience is an intro class in python, so I guess I'd need to at least take those.
I can speak personally regarding Columbia. Prob&Stats is a must, but with your math you'll pick it up quickly. However, if you have weak programming background, you will be overwhelmed. It starts out fairly mild, and then out of nowhere you are required to simulate the market crash of 1987 for your HW due next week. ok, maybe not that much, but it sure seems that way. Many of the guys at these programs are ex-programmers and IT types who are very fluid with this stuff. So don't underestimate the programming aspect. But dont be discouraged, cuz it's definitely do-able for the quantitatively-bent math types like yourself. I recommend C&C++, matlab, and R if youre interested in Columbia.
Opi: Sounds good, thanks for
?Sounds good, thanks for the tips.
If you're either in or were in Columbia's program, though, would you happen to know what the difference between their 2 or 3 different "MFEs" are? I saw that they have a MS in Fin. Eng., MA in Financial Math, and MS in Operations Research that can focus on FinEng.
Also, just of curiosity, can the math/programming skills people learn in MFE programs be useful in other fields? Or is it almost entirely specific to finance problems
Imo, MSFE is the best in content&reputation&recruitment. It's very streamlined and the approach is very practical and hands on. Perhaps too practical? Suffers a bit on the theoretical treatment of the material, but to be honest you would need a PhD in FE to really understand risk neutral pricing, and measure theory. The professors have work experience in the industry so its a huge advantage compared to MAFN which has professors who are mostly academics. The IEOR department is also very proactive. They provide 1-on-1 career counseling, mock interviews, and other resources to keep you marketable and provide job postings and company events/visits.
MSOR is similar, but its very flexible, and you can take courses from anywhere. If you want to focus in FE, then you wont be able to take the FE core courses, so you will have to make do with a curriculum of your own design. The good thing is that you can take the advanced electives just the same as the FE kids. This is where the OR program really shines. Courses are taught by big names like Emanuel Derman, and Iraj Kani among others. But they require a solid foundation in all the high level math, stats and programming. While the FE kids come into the elective courses with a streamlined core curriculum under their belt, the MSOR kids are kind of 'winging' it since most of them just took a bunch of courses here and there. As for career counseling, MSOR is very decent. Competition is very tough since there are more MSOR students. But its like that everywhere at Columbia so you just haveto figure out a way to stand out.
As for the usability of an MSFE in other fields, I think that it's definitely transferable. But I wouldnt do an MFE if I didnt plan on being in finance. But if you change yourmind mid-way into the program, I think you can use your monte carlo sim skills in many areas, as well as your math/stats knowledge. It shouldnt be an issue as long as you stay in a technical field.
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Opi: wow, thanks for the
?wow, thanks for the detailed response. So it sounds like MSFE has the best teaching/recruiting, with MSOR offering a similar curriculum/recruiting but it's up to you to learn the prerequisite knowledge earlier in the program.
I got the same feeling from reading on other forums that MAFN is a little too academic and has minimal career counseling, but the one thing that interests me about MAFN is the website says you can do it part-time.
Have you heard anything about that, or know anyone doing it part-time? Ideally, being able to take the classes while still working in BB S&T seems like the best of both worlds (with no need to take time off for school), but I'm not really sure if this is feasible with a 60-hour workweek since these degrees/courses seem pretty intense.
I've taken a few MAFN courses and have met part timers. They seem to stumble through the stuff struggling to learn much of the material. I really wouldnt recommend the part time route unless what you do at work is directly linked to quant finance.
Best bet is to attend a program full time after your 2-3 years as analyst. You have a great opportunity to learn alot on the markets/business side in a BB S&T. This can help you become a much more effective quant. Just make the most of that.
Meanwhile, get yourself into a 'post-baccalaureate/continuing education' program, (Columbia/NYU which is expensive, or Baruch/CityCollege if you want a bargain) and take a few evening courses in probability theory, statistical inference, regression analysis, and programming along the way. But you should be a strong MSFE candidate coming out of an S&T gig. Good luck


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In the matter between:
GAL MARINE (PTY) LTD Appellant
BAREND CRONJE 1st Respondent
D.I.K. WILSON N.O. 2nd Respondent
[1] Following upon the termination of the first respondent=s employment with the appellant, he alleged before a commissioner of the commission for conciliation mediation and arbitration (>the CCMA=) that the termination had been substantively and procedurally unfair. The commissioner found in his favour and awarded him compensation of R 103 827.46. Being dissatisfied with this award, the appellant brought it on review before the labour court which declined to interfere. Still dissatisfied, the appellant is now before us where the contention is that the court a quo erred in failing to find that the commissioner had so grievously misconstrued the evidence before him that the award should be set aside.
[2] The first respondent had for personal reasons resigned from the appellant=s employ in December 1995. He had been employed as a mining engineer in the appellant=s business of recovering marine diamonds. During September 1996 the appellant=s managing director, Mr Ben-Tovim, approached the first respondent to become a unit manager in overall charge of one of the appellant=s diamond mining vessels. The first respondent accepted the offer and rejoined the appellant in this capacity from 1 October 1996.
[3] On 18 December 1996 an incident occurred which lead to the termination of the first respondent=s employment. There is a massive dispute of fact about what precisely happened. The first respondent testified that he had for some time been working under such great strain that it began taking its toll on his health. On the morning of 18 December he woke up ill. During the course of the day he decided that he had better consult a medical practitioner. This was awkward because he had the previous day been requested to travel to the Namibian port of Luderitz to meet his employer=s diamond mining vessel, Shelf Explorer. He advised the appellant=s human relations manager, Ms Barbara Stewart- Roberts, that he was too ill to fulfil this duty. She refused to believe him and instructed him to proceed to Luderitz. He, in turn, refused to do so. He had arranged to see his doctor the next day and did not believe that it was all that important for him to meet the ship on that day, rather than the next day, which had been the earlier instruction given to him. He regarded the later instruction as unreasonable.
[4] Ms Stewart-Roberts=s version, on the other hand, was that - surprisingly, since he was a hardworking employee who took his work seriously - the first respondent on this occasion said that he would not carry out her instruction since if he did so he would not be back in Cape Town for the week-end or for Christmas, she was not sure which.
[5] Ms Stewart-Roberts reported her discussion with the first respondent to Mrs Ben-Tovim, the wife of Mr Ben-Tovim. She was also a director of the appellant. A heated discussion between her and the first respondent ensued, during the course of which the latter said things to her that might as well have remained unsaid. This discussion, as well as the information given to her by Ms Stewart-Roberts, was conveyed by Mrs Ben-Tovim to her husband when he returned from a business journey later that evening. There can be little doubt that what was conveyed by Mrs Ben-Tovim to her husband was the material which he used for writing a letter to the first respondent in which the latter was informed that he had been relieved of his duties as unit manager.
[6] The appellant disputed both that the first respondent had been dismissed and that he had not been afforded a fair opportunity of stating his case. The first contention was based on the proposition that the first respondent had repudiated his employment obligations, that the appellant had accepted the repudiation and that it was in these circumstances not required to afford the first respondent a hearing of any kind.
[7] I agree with the court a quo that there was a clear dismissal. There was, even on the appellant=s version, not that unequivocal expression of an intention not to comply with a contractual obligation which is the essence of a repudiation. A repudiation can only be said to occur in cases of aggravated breach of contract such as desertion. I do not support the proposition that insubordination would normally amount to a repudiation of contract. For although it is a breach of contract the employee who refuses to obey a lawful instruction does not, by his conduct, usually mean to indicate that he will never again perform any of his contractual obligations.
[8] The dismissal letter had been written without any input from the first respondent. It was before the commissioner, before the judge a quo and before us his principal complaint that he had been dismissed without having been heard. The dispute of fact about what had occurred between Ms Stewart-Roberts and the first respondent could not properly have been resolved by the decision maker, Mr Ben-Tovim, without having had the version of both participants to the quarrel before him. He was not entitled to make up his mind, as he did, on the one version alone. Indeed, he could not even have decided whether there had been a repudiation without having investigated the circumstances from both sides.
[9] Mr Elliot for the appellant argued that the first respondent had had an adequate opportunity of being heard when he was, in the course of the discussion between him and Ms Ben-Tovim, in a position to explain why he refused to comply with the instruction to meet the ship on 19 December. The argument may have been acceptable if the initial discussion had been with the decision-maker himself. But once the discussion was reported to the decision-maker, he had only the reporter=s version before him. He was not entitled to assume that the report was infallible. As I pointed out earlier, there were huge disputes of fact about the content of the discussion. Mr Ben-Tovim had no opportunity of exercising his mind on this. He should have given himself that opportunity. Not to have done so was unfair. The commissioner=s decision that it was, was not reviewable under s145 of the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995
[10] The compensation which was awarded does not exceed that to which the first respondent would have been entitled for a procedurally unfair dismissal. There is accordingly no point in coming to a firm conclusion on the commissioner=s decision that the dismissal had also been substantively unfair. I am inclined to think that it was but that is by the way.
The appeal is dismissed with costs.
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Date of Hearing: 2 September 1999
Date of Judgment: 16 September 1999
Attorney for Appellant: Deon Visagie from Mallinks Inc.
Appearance for Appellant: Adv. Elliot
Attorney for Respondent: Mr JP Van Wyk from Syfret Godlonton - Fuller Moore Inc.
Appearance for Respondent: Adv. M W Janisch