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This paper was prepared for the Pacific Business & Law Institute's 12th Annual Conference on The Essential Tasks of Pension and Benefit Plan Trustees, held in Vancouver, British Columbia on February 20, 2007 Most lawyers are familiar with claims for coverage under disability insurance. However, most lawyers are not aware of the legal distinctions between a claim for disability benefits under a benefit trust and a claim for disability payments under a policy of insurance, distinctions that have been recognized by the courts in a number of cases.(1) These distinctions can be a mine-field for lawyers, trustees and plan administrators. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the distinction between benefits provided under benefit trusts and claims made under disability insurance policies. While the substance of the claim is generally the same, the different legal nature of the benefits payable under a benefit trust will likely result in the claim being adjudicated and litigated in a different manner. This paper will address four major legal issues. First, I will review the burden of proof required to prove disability. Second, I will review the case law relating to bad faith claims made where there is a denial of benefits. The paper will attempt to draw a clear line so that trustees and administrators can properly adjudicate claims without fear of exposure to additional liability based on their conduct. Third, I will look at the proper forum for the dispute. In certain circumstances where a disability benefit is mandated by a collective agreement, a dispute over the denial of disability benefits can be the subject of grievance arbitration as opposed to a legal proceeding in the courts. This paper will attempt to explain why. Finally, I will look at recent case law relating to aggravated and punitive damage awards. II. THE CLAIM – PROOF OR LACK OF PROOF OF DISABILITY In general, the onus is on the claimant to establish that he or she is disabled within the meaning of the plan or policy. This means that, in order to qualify for disability benefits, the claimant must provide proof that he or she in incapable of carrying out substantially "their own occupation" or "any occupation" depending on the wording of the benefit plan or policy of insurance in question. Often the claim will be based on "self reporting". This means that the claim will be based on the claimants own "subjective" evidence (e.g., "it hurts when I stand") as opposed to objective medical evidence (e.g., a doctor's opinion that the claimant suffers from a specific condition). The legal question is whether the subjective evidence of the claimant is enough to prove disability? Most often it will not be. A court is required to "objectively" determine whether there is substantial proof that the claimant, judged on a standard of reasonableness, is unable to physically performed the activities required to continue in his occupation or any occupation, as the case may be.(2) In practical terms, this type of issue arises when a claimant provides self-reporting evidence of his or her disability. This is often coupled with a report or the clinical notes of a general practitioner who repeats the claimant's self-reporting complaints. The general practitioner will then use the self-reporting complaints as a means to justify that the claimant is "disabled". This issue becomes more complicated when there is no determined objective cause for the complaints (e.g., fibromyalgia). The courts have generally held that subjective complaints are not sufficient to satisfy the onus on the claimant to prove disability. The court will engage in an objective test to determine whether a reasonable person, after reviewing the complaints along with all the other evidence, would find that the claimant to be totally disabled within the meaning of the benefit plan. This is not a universal rule. The door has been opened to the court accepting the subjective complaints of the claimant as evidence of disability. In Mathers v. Sun Life Assurance Co. (1999) C.C.L.I. (3d) 151, the court held that, while the traditional test for proving disability is an objective one requiring proof of a total disability sufficient to satisfy the reasonable person (i.e. requiring objective medical evidence), there nonetheless may be situations where a judge could find that such a claim to be proven based on the claimant's own evidence alone. Some case law has followed this more subjective approach to proving disability. In other words, the normal standard for proof of disability claims requires some objective medical evidence; the claimant's own complaints are not sufficient to prove disability. Further, a general practitioner's report simply reciting the claimant's subjective complaints is not to be given any greater weight.(3) However, subjective elements can be used to prove disability in some circumstances. This means that trustees and other cannot entirely reject the self-reporting complaints of a claimant when they are adjudicating disability claims. From a practical perspective this means that those who adjudicate disability claims will face a more challenging task. It also means that there will likely be more appeals and challenges of adjudicators' determinations. Benefit Trusts v. Disability Insurance As noted above, the courts have distinguished between benefit trusts and disability insurance in claims where benefits have been denied. In Nicholas v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. of Canada , the court distinguished a disability insurance claim from the claim in that proceeding: I have concluded that no action lies for breach of contract. I have not been provided with any authority which supports this argument. Ms. Nicholas did not have a contract with Met-Life or with the Trust. Her claim lies in her alternative position and that is a review of the decision of the Trustees (as delegated to Met-Life pursuant to the agreement), to disallow her long term disability benefits. The scope of review is found in Boe & Millar v. Alexander (1987), 15 B.C.L.R. (2d) paragraph 106 C.A., where the Court of Appeal upheld a decision Mr. Justice Finch (as he then was): see [1985], 21 E.T.R., 249 (B.C.S.C.) In simple terms, a trustee must act reasonably. The court has jurisdiction to interfere with the decision of the trustee if the discretion was exercised improperly or unreasonably or not at all: see Ashford v. Plumbing and Pipefitting Workers, Local 170, Pension Plan, (Trustees of), [1991] B.C.J. No. 2319 at p. 7. (4) In this case, the claimant was diagnosed by a physiatrist as "delusional" and approved for long-term disability benefits. She commenced a gradual return-to-work program and went back to work full-time. She left work again and was diagnosed with depression and chronic fatigue syndrome. The trustees' adjudicator denied the second long disability claim. The claimant appealed the trustee's decision to deny the benefits and that appeal was rejected. There were various medical reports filed and the trustees did not obtain an independent medical examination prior to dismissing the Appeal. The court found: The standard of judicial review of the decision of Ms. Dubois [the adjudicator appointed by the trustees] is whether it was reasonable. I have reviewed all of the medical reports available to Ms. Dubois. After considering these reports and her evidence for the basis of rejecting the long-term disability benefit, I can come to no other conclusion that her decision was unreasonable. (5) Another benefit trust case is Recchia v. Co-Operators Life Insurance Co.(6) In this case the claimant was denied disability benefits. He failed to meet the limitation period file a legal challenge to the trustee's decision. He claimed directly against the trustees for negligent misrepresentation or, alternatively, for breach of fiduciary duty in failing to advise him of the limitation period. The plaintiff's argument was that the trustees had a fiduciary duty to act in his best interests and failed to do so by not providing information regarding limitation period. This claim was rejected: While he did not say so expressly, it is clear from a reading of his reasons as a whole, in my view, that he had it in mind that the relevant limitation was contained in a public statute and, as well, that he had it in mind his findings that the appellant had consulted a lawyer before the limitation period expired and was relying on her family physician, who had also spoken to her about obtaining legal advice. Thus, unlike the situation that existed in Froese, the appellant could readily have learned of the limitation period had she set out to do so and she was not at the mercy of the respondents for that knowledge. (7) As a result, while the claim was denied, the court did not reject the proposition that a fiduciary duty could arise between the trustees and a claimant in these circumstances. Rather, they dismissed the claim on the facts of the case. This means that this type of claim is potentially available against trustees when they deny disability benefits. A claim for disability benefits under a benefit trust, therefore, should be framed differently than a claim for benefits payable under a policy of insurance. Rather than claiming for breach of contract, a claim under a benefit trust should challenge the trustees' exercise of their discretion on the basis that the denial of disability benefits was unreasonable. This standard of reasonableness does not appear to have been applied to provide trustees with greater protection from the courts in their decisions to deny benefits; rather, it has opened up other types of claims, such as breach of fiduciary duty, against trustees in these circumstances. III. THE PROPER FORUM FOR THE DISPUTE: THE COURTS OR GRIEVANCE ARBITRATION This topic only applies to disability plans or insurance contracts that are the subject of a collective agreement. Where the right to claim benefits under either a policy of insurance or a benefit trust arises from a collective agreement, a close reading of the terms of the collective agreement and the provisions of the Labour Relations Code is required. In general, if the language of the collective agreement suggests that the employer must pay for the benefits, there is a strong possibility that the claim will have to proceed through grievance arbitration. In that event, the eventual arbitration decision could only be challenged in the courts through a judicial review application. This type of review is limited, based on the privative clauses contained in the Labour Relations Code. On the other hand, if the language of the collective agreement suggests that an employer bears no responsibility to pay the insurance benefits and it merely sets out the payment of premiums, or if no specific plan is referenced in the collective agreement at all, it is more likely that the claim can proceed in the courts. A recent decision in British Columbia illustrates these principles. In Paller v. Great-West Life Assurance Company and the Trustees of the Healthcare Benefit Trust,(8) two plaintiffs claimed long-term disability benefits. They argued that their benefits were wrongly terminated by the trustees and brought an action against the trustees and the adjudicator for reinstatement of benefits and related remedies. The Statement of Claim raised allegations of breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, negligence, and bad faith. The trustees brought an application to dismiss the claims on the basis that the court had no jurisdiction over the claim for long-term disability benefits. The application was granted.(9) The court said: Whether a disability insurance plan forms part of a collective agreement, such that disputes as to LTD Benefits are determined by the dispute resolution process under the agreement, is ultimately a question of the intention of the parties. Those intentions are discerned by examining the particular collective agreement, the benefit plan, and the applicable labour relations legislation. The fundamental issue in jurisdictional challenges is the determination of the parties' intent with respect to their obligation and remedies, as derived from the language of the particular collective agreement and labour legislation. The courts will discern this intent from the based on the following principles: (b) The process for dispute resolution established by legislation and collective agreement; (c) The nature of the dispute and its relations to write an obligations created by the overall scheme of legislation and the collective agreement; and (d) The capacity of the scheme to effectively redress the issues. In Paller, the court found that the Plaintiffs' claim was governed by the collective agreement. In doing so, the court considered the collective agreement and the benefit trust. The court found that the benefit trust was incorporated into the collective agreement, and the collective agreement provided a specific means for dealing with disputes over claims for LTD Benefits. The court concluded that the inter-relationship between the bargaining agent and the trustees did not support a finding that the trustees were strangers to the collective agreement. The Plan was found to be a vehicle created, controlled, and funded by the bargaining agent and its members for administrative convenience to carry out their obligations with respect to LTD benefits under the collective agreement. A similar decision was made in Ali v. Manufacturers Life Insurance Co.(10) The court affirmed the decision of the trial judge that an action should be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction as the dispute was within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Labour Relations Board. The facts were unusual. The claimant had brought a grievance arbitration and had been awarded a benefit. However, Manulife, the adjudicator under a group policy, argued that it was not bound by the award under the collective agreement and refused to reinstate disability benefits. The claimant then sued Manulife. Manulife applied to dismiss the claim on the basis that it was subject to arbitration, even though Manulife was not a party to the arbitration agreement. Manulife was successful. The court decided as follows: The Appellant contents that she has a claim for LTD Benefits under the Manulife policy and ancillary damages against the Respondents independently of the arbitration process under the collective agreement. In my view, that fails to recognize that the terms of the collective agreement and the addendum impose the responsibility for payment of benefits under the Plan on the employer. The Appellant grieved her claim to benefits under the collective agreement against her employer. That grievance and the employer's agreement to summary arbitration by the CRC accords with an intention to incorporate the Plan into the collective agreement and to resolve disputes as to benefit entitlement through grievance and arbitration procedures under the collective agreement, in accordance with s. 12 of the addendum. The Appellant proved her disability before the CRC. The result is that the process of the collective agreement precludes any claim by the appellant against the insurer, as held in similar circumstances by Sinclair Prowse J. in Graham v. Great-West Life Assurance Co… The court presumably would have jurisdiction over any claim by St. Jude's to indemnity from Manulife under the policy but no such claim for indemnity is advanced in this litigation. (11) This means that even the fact that the insurer refuses to pay a claim which had been effectively grieved and found to be valid did not give rise to a claim in the courts on behalf of the disabled employee against the insurance company. The court determined that the claimant should have been paid directly by the employer after the successful grievance arbitration decision. It was up to the employer to then claim indemnity against Manulife under the group insurance policy. This claim could be brought in the courts and was not subject to grievance arbitration. The fact that the insurer or adjudicator in a disability of trust is not is a proper party to the grievance arbitration has also been reinforced by the decision in Hospital Employees Union v. Children and Women's Health Centre.(12) What does this mean for trustees and adjudicators of LTD claims? First, it means that the issue of jurisdiction must be considered if your plan or insurance policy arises from a collective agreement. Based on the principles set out above, it may be that the claim is more properly framed as a grievance arbitration, as opposed to a court proceeding. There are disadvantages and advantages to each process. The arbitration will be quicker and less expensive, but it will also be less thorough than a court proceeding. In grievance arbitration, there will be little, if any, discovery, and the ability to cross-examine witnesses will be limited. Grievance arbitration trades completeness for expediency. In any case, this is not a choice that a trustee or adjudicator is permitted to make. If a dispute was intended to be decided by grievance arbitration, the courts will not hear it and defer to that process. IV. GOOD FAITH, BAD FAITH: WHERE IS THE LINE? Claims for bad faith continue to multiply. Indeed, it seems that any claim based on a denial of disability benefits is invariably brought with an additional allegation that the denial was made in bad faith. While the overwhelming majority of bad faith claims fail, they do add cost, time, and increase the risk profile for defendants. Successful bad faith claims result in damages payable over and above the amount of disability benefits payable. Accordingly, they become an additional expense over and above the cost of disability benefits. The amount of these awards, as discussed below, can be significant. Accordingly, it is important for trustees and adjudicators to conduct themselves so as not to attract these types of awards. In disability insurance contracts, the insurer is always held to a standard of good faith. This means that the conduct of an insurer will be looked at to determine whether the insurer acted fairly and promptly in adjudicating a claim. In the benefit trust context, the scope of a bad faith claim is easier to define. A trustee owes a fiduciary duty to the Plan and its members. Any conduct that would seem to be unfair and unresponsive in dealing with a legitimate disability claim could be considered a breach of that fiduciary duty or, at the very least, a breach of a duty of good faith. One author described the insurer's duty as follows: [T]here are common elements to the duty of good faith found in all of these types of policies. The central theme of which is that the insurer must not use its superior power and the insured's vulnerability to coerce an unfair, unjust settlement.(13) The allegations made in one recent case are illustrative of the types of allegations which a claim for bad faith: As an adjunct to the claim under the Policy the Plaintiff also asserts a bad faith claim against Crown. The Plaintiff supports this claim with allegations that Crown, through its employees who handled the claim, demonstrated "gross indifference in failing to adequately investigate and evaluate the claim," by failing to observe their own procedures and protocols with regard to proper handling of claims, by failing to follow up with the various doctors whose names were provided by the Plaintiff in his proof of loss material, by turning a deaf ear to Canadian Pacific's intervention on behalf of its former employee, by rejecting an "offer of cooperation" made by the Plaintiff and generally, by failing to demonstrate the utmost good faith which the law requires of both an insured and an insurer in their dealings with one another under a contract of insurance. (14) While the types of allegations that will fall within an allegation of bad faith can all be categorized as "unfair" conduct, the exact the nature of allegations vary. The most common allegations include dismissing medical reports which are favourable to the insured, misleading the insured, terminating or denying benefits without advising the insured, misrepresenting the terms of the Plan, and not adequately reviewing the medical information submitted. All of this does not mean that an adjudicator is not allowed to investigate the claim properly and to issue a proper denial. Provided an adjudicator acts in a timely manner, in accordance with normal policies and procedures, reviews all of the data and makes a knowledgeable assessment of it, and properly communicates with the claimant, there is no reason that a denial of disability benefits need give rise to an additional claim based on bad faith. In Foster vs. Crown Life Insurance, the allegation of bad faith was rejected by the court:(15) In the Non-Marine Underwriters of Lloyd's case referred to in paragraph 43 above, the discussion of bad faith includes the observation that the court must look at the conduct of the insurer "in light of the circumstances as they then existed" to assist in determining whether bad faith has been shown in any particular case. The circumstances of this case were that the claim was received some 21 years after the event and there was no medical opinion submitted with it to justify or explain the delay. In my view, while the Plaintiff properly questions why there was no follow up with the doctors mentioned in the proof of loss material it is at least as proper, and probably more so, to question why, in light of the elapsed time, and in light of the evidence which showed that the Plaintiff had worked at a number of jobs subsequent to his termination at Canadian Pacific, there was no clear and unambiguous medical opinion to deal with the substantial delay and to explain why the filing was being made "as soon as was reasonably possible". Other examples of bad faith type claims give indications of the conduct expected from adjudicators. In Asselstine v. Manufacturers Life Insurance Company,(16) the claimant was suffering from multiple sclerosis and was denied benefits. A bad faith claim was successful. The insurer failed to follow the proper definition of disability in the policy, incorrectly rejected medical evidence and made numerous other errors in the adjudication process. In Clarfield v. Crown Life Insurance Company,(17) the court found that the insurer had a policy of refusing certain types of claims. This policy justified an award of bad faith damages. From these cases, it becomes clear the type of conduct which is required to protect yourself from bad faith claims: • First, if a plan has a standard policy for the adjudication of claims, then adjudicators should follow it. Any deviation from the policy or standard procedures can be seen as evidence of bad faith. • Second, if you are relying on medical opinion evidence in your denial, the medical evidence should be disclosed to the claimant along with an explanation as to why any particular medical evidence has been preferred over medical evidence submitted by the claimant. A failure to disclose or to explain why a claim is being denied, can be seen as evidence as to bad faith. • Finally, any policy which creates a predisposition to denying a claim based on circumstances of other cases can be seen as evidence of bias and will raise the risk of a successful claim of bad faith. Once litigation has commenced it is important to remember that both the adjudicator's file and all clinical and medical records will be disclosed. Any written comments made which suggest that the adjudicator has a bias against, poor opinion of or a suspicion that the claimant is a malinger, other than on a sound basis, can be seen as evidence of bad faith. All written and verbal communication should be made with the expectation that it may be reviewed by the claimant or his or her lawyer at a later time. While the nature of allegations of bad faith continue to grow and the number of claims continue to rise, if adjudicators act appropriately and follow specified procedures, the risk of a bad faith claim can be substantially diminished. V. AGGRAVATED AND PUNITIVE DAMAGE AWARDS Aggravated and punitive damages are a fixture in any claim for long-term disability benefits. The two types of damages are distinct and can be awarded either independently or in addition to one another. Over the past few years, the law in this area has been substantially clarified by three decisions, the most important of which is Fidler v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada.(18) Also of interest are the decisions in Asselstine v. Manufacturer's Life Insurance Co.(19) and Gerber v. Telus Corporation and the Trustees of the Telus Corporation Disability Income Plan.(20) Aggravated Damages Aggravated damages are awarded because of the effect of the conduct of the party denying the benefits on the insured or claimant. No "independent wrong" is necessary in order for an award of aggravated damages. The award is made for loss of "peace of mind" and provides compensation for disappointment, distress, upset and frustration. In Fidler, the Supreme Court of Canada concluded: We conclude that damages for mental distress for breach of contract may, in appropriate cases, be awarded as an application of the principle in Hadley v. Baxendale: see Vorvis. The court should ask "what did the contract promise?" and provide compensation for those promises. The aim of compensatory damages is to restore the wronged party to the position he or she would have been in had the contract not been broken. As the Privy Council stated in Wertheim v. Chicoutimi Pulp Co., [1911] A.C. 301, at p. 307: "the party complaining should, so far as it can be done by money, be placed in the same position as he would have been in if the contract had been performed". The measure of these damages is, of course, subject to remoteness principles. There is no reason why this should not include damages for mental distress, where such damages were in the reasonable contemplation of the parties at the time the contract was made. This conclusion follows from the basic principle of compensatory contractual damages: that the parties are to be restored to the position they contracted for, whether tangible or intangible. The law's task is simply to provide the benefits contracted for, whatever their nature, if they were in the reasonable contemplation of the parties. It does not follow, however, that all mental distress associated with a breach of contract is compensable. In normal commercial contracts, the likelihood of a breach of contract causing mental distress is not ordinarily within the reasonable contemplation of the parties. It is not unusual that a breach of contract will leave the wronged party feeling frustrated or angry. The law does not award damages for such incidental frustration. The matter is otherwise, however, when the parties enter into a contract, an object of which is to secure a particular psychological benefit. In such a case, damages arising from such mental distress should in principle be recoverable where they are established on the evidence and shown to have been within the reasonable contemplation of the parties at the time the contract was made. The basic principles of contract damages do not cease to operate merely because what is promised is an intangible, like mental security. (21) In the context of insurance contracts, this means that aggravated damages will be available for mental distress. The evidence to support claims for aggravated damages is generally available in the form of advertising, plan booklets and descriptions which allow a court to conclude that claimants are being promised peace of mind should they suffer a medical disability. A similar approach to that of Fidler was taken by the BC Court of Appeal in Asselstine. The decision in Fidler is limited to damages for breach of contract. A claim for benefits under a benefit trust is not a claim for breach of contract. The Gerber case is instructive because it deals with a benefit plan. The court awarded aggravated damages even though the benefit plan was not a contract. Rather, the court found that it was part of the contract of employment and as such could provide the basis for an aggravated damage award. The court wrote: [W]hile it is a benefit of the employment contract, its proper characterization is as a contract of insurance. This being so, we are of the view that it is, in nature and substance, a "peace of mind" contract. (22) This decision must be contrasted with Nicholas v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. In that case, the trial judge wrote, "I have not been provided any authority for awarding aggravated damages arising from a claim for long-term disability from a trust." (23) Accordingly, there appear to be conflicting decisions concerning whether aggravated damages are available against trustees of benefit trusts. However, given the direction of the law as pointed out in Fidler, it appears likely that aggravated damage principles could be applied to a breach of duty of good faith or breach of fiduciary duty claim against trustees, if they acted in a bad faith in their adjudication of a disability claim. Accordingly, aggravated damages may be available against both insurance contracts and against benefit trusts. Punitive Damages Punitive damages are not intended to compensate a loss, but are awarded for the purposes of punishing wrongful conduct. In Fidler, the Supreme Court of Canada described punitive damages as follows: While compensatory damages are awarded primarily for the purpose of compensating a plaintiff for pecuniary and non-pecuniary losses suffered as a result of a defendant's conduct, punitive damages are designed to address the process of retribution, deterrence and denunciation: Whiten v. Pilot Insurance Co., [2002 SCC 18]. By their nature, contract breaches will sometimes give rise to censure. But to attract punitive damages, the impugned conduct must depart markedly from ordinary standards of decency – the exceptional case that can be described as malicious, oppressive or high-handed and that offends the court's sense of decency: Hill v. Church of Scientology of Toronto, [1995] 2 S.C.R. 1130 (S.C.C.). at para. 196; Whiten, at para. 36. The misconduct must be of a nature as to take beyond the usual opprobrium that surrounds breaking a contract. As stated in Whiten, at para. 36, "punitive damages straddle the frontier between civil law (compensation) and criminal law (punishment)". Criminal law and quasi-criminal regulatory schemes are recognized as the primary vehicles for punishment. It is important that punitive damages be resorted to only in exceptional cases, and with restraint. (24) In Fidler, the Court agreed that an insurer that denies benefits should do so based on a reasonable interpretation of the policy and that the insurer was under a duty of fairness in making that determination. The duty of fairness does not require the insurer or adjudicator to be correct, but merely to have acted fairly in the process. The simple fact that a claim that was denied by an insurer eventually succeeds in a court is not evidence of itself as bad faith.(25) In Fidler, the trial judges had determined that no punitive damages should be awarded. The British Columbia Court of Appeal overturned this decision and awarded punitive damages. The Supreme Court of Canada reinstated the trial judges finding that there was no conduct justifying punitive damages. The trial judge found that the insurer's denial of benefits was the product of a real, albeit incorrect doubt as to whether Mr. Fidler was incapable of performing any work as was required under the policy. The Supreme Court of Canada stated that "the question is whether the denial was a result of the overwhelmingly inadequate handling of the claim or the introduction of improper considerations into the claim's process." (26) In Asselstine, the British Columbia Court of Appeal upheld the trial judge's award of punitive damages in the amount of $150,000.00. The trial judge wrote: [T]he defendants, and insurance companies generally, cannot expect to be able to disregard compelling medical and other information while placing undue emphasis on evidence aligned only with their interests; and rely on a report based on flawed premises generated and selectively disclosed by them, meanwhile steadfastly maintaining an unsupportable position and be seen as balancing fairly the interests of both the insured and the insurer. I award punitive damages here as a reminder that it is not in the economic interest of the insurer to engage in similar conduct in future similar situations. (27) At the end of the day, punitive damages will only be awarded in rare and exceptional cases. Trustees, adjudicators and administrators need to ensure that their suspicions do not cause them to mislead the claimant, to selectively disclose evidence in their possession, or to fail to objectively consider evidence presented to them in the course of a claim. If those making a decision on benefits follow a proper process, a court is unlikely to award punitive damages. In recent years, the amount of punitive damages awards has risen and is now significant. As noted above, in Asselstine, the award was $150,000.00. In Clarfield v. Crown Life Insurance Company, the award was $200,000.00. (28) Other examples of punitive and aggravated damage awards are as follows: The Leblanc v. London Life Insurance Co., [1999] O.J. No. 3199 - $10,000.00 Deborah Eddie v. UNUM Life Insurance Co. of Canada ,1999 BCAA 507 - $15,000.00 Cross v. Canada Life Insurance Co., 2002 16 C.C.E.L. (3d) 310 - $18,000.00 Fowler v. Maritime Life Insurance Co., [2002] N.J. No. 217 - $75,000.00 Gerber v. Telus Corp., 2003 ABQB 453 - $20,000.00 Aggravated and punitive damages serve as a reminder to all involved in adjudicating claims to act thoughtfully and reasonably in making their decisions. As the Supreme Court of Canada has said, it is not required that adjudicators get every claim right, it is only required that he or she act fairly and reasonably in each instance. VI. CONCLUSION Challenges to denials of disability benefits are on the rise. One need only check the yellow pages, the newspapers, and other forms of advertising to find counsel who are more than willing to take disability claims on a contingency fee basis. Lawyers often advertise and give free seminars to individuals who believe they have wrongly been denied disability benefits. This is a big industry and it is getting bigger. In light of this, there is a large economic incentive for plaintiff's counsel to bring claims for bad faith, seeking punitive and aggravated damages. The effect of such a claim may increase their client's recovery and their fees. This means that the process for adjudication of claims must be completed more carefully than ever. With adequate planning, training and administration, there is no reason why claims for aggravated and punitive damages should be awarded. The law allows adjudicators to adequately weed out ineligible claims without the threat of heightened liability.
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(1) BC Life & Casualty v. Meek, C981680 (BCSC) April 29, 1999; affirmed 2000 BCCA 215; IWA-Forest Industry LTD Plan (Trustees of) v. Audia, [1995] BCJ No. 437
(2) Paul Revere Life Insurance Co. v. Sucharov, [1983] 2 S.C.R. 541.
(3) Shewchuk v. London Life Insurance Company (1996), 38 C.C.L.I. (2d) at p. 282.
(4) Nicholas v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. of Canada, 2003 BCSC 506 at para. 6 and 7. [Nicholas]
(5) Nicholas at para. 31.
(6) Recchia v. Co-Operators Life Insurance Co, 2003 BCCA 643 [Recchia].
(7) Recchia at para. 13.
(8) Paller v. Great-West Life Assurance Company and the Trustees of the Healthcare Benefit Trust, 2003 B.C.S.C. 582 [Paller]
(9) Paller at para. 8
(10) Ali v. Manufacturers Life Insurance Co, .2005 B.C.C.A. 294 [Ali].
(11) Ali at para. 10.
(12) Hospital Employees Union v. Children and Women's Health Centre, 2000 B.C.A.A. 170.
(13) Spurgeon, A. "Post – Whiten vs. Pilot", Bad Faith Seminar, Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia, Seminar, June 7, 2002 at p.21
(14) Foster v. Crown Life Insurance Co., 2003 ABQB. 548 at para. 41 [Foster]
(15) Supra, at para. 45
(16) [2003] B.C.J. No. 1692
(17) [2000]O.J. No. 960
(18) Fidler v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada, 2006 SCC 30 [Fidler].
(19) Asselstine v. Manufacturer's Life Insurance Co., 2005 BCCA 292 [Asselstine].
(20) Gerber v. Telus Corporation and the Trustees of the Telus Corporation Disability Income Plan, 2004 ABCA 118 [Gerber].
(21) Fidler at paras. 44-45
(22) Gerber at para. 4.
(23) Nicholas at para. 52.
(24) Fidler, supra, at para. 61-62
(25) Whiten v. Pilot Insurance Co., 2002 SCC 18 at para. 29.
(26) Fidler at para. 71
(27) Asselstine v. Manufacturers Life Insurance Co., 2003 BCSC 1119 at para. 213; aff;d 2005 BCCA 292
(28) Clarfield v. Crown Life Insurance Company (2000), 50 O.R. (3d) 696 (Sup. Ct.).
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The current population of St. James County is 22,708 with the median age of 37. St. James County's median household income is $53,019, and the average household net worth is $436,348. 49% of St. James County's population are long term residents having lived in their homes for more than 5 years, while 5% of St. James County's population have moved in the last year.
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Age distribution represents the distribution of the population in St. James County by age group. In St. James County, the male-to-female ratio is 11,108:11,600, which is 0% lower than the ratio of Louisiana, which is 2,288,032:2,387,256. Age demographic data is sourced from census, 2015.
Crime rate index represents the average crime rate for a local area in comparison to nearby areas and the national average. A crime index of 100 represents the national average. Louisiana, has 17% more property crime than the national average, and has 41% more personal crime than the national average
Marital status represents the percent of residents in St. James County that are single, married, widowed and divorced. In St. James County, 66% of people are married and 34% of people are single. The percent of people married is 0% lower than the ratio of Louisiana, which is 66%. Marital data is sourced from census, 2015.
Household income distribution represents the distribution of St. James County income brackets at the household level. Overall, the median household income for St. James County is $53,019, which is 17% higher than that of Louisiana ($45,494). Income data for St. James County is sourced from census, 2015.
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At 8:00 am the center of Hurricane Arthur was located about 380 miles SSW of Norfolk, VA and moving NNE at 9 mph. The storm intensity was 80 mph. Hurricane Force Winds extend outward up to 25 miles from the center and Tropical Storm Force winds extend outward up to 90 miles from the center. Hurricane Arthur is expected to move just offshore of coastal NC late today before accelerating and shifting NE as it passes along the NC coast late tonight into Friday.
Along its current National Hurricane Center projected path Hurricane Arthur should pass just off the Outer Banks late tonight into early tomorrow. The Pasquotank-Camden area should be far enough away and on the wrong side of the storm for winds to reach hurricane speeds. Sustained winds will increase to 25-30 mph with gusts to 40 mph and possibly peaking to 45-50 mph. These winds will occur from 4am to 11am. Rainfall amounts of 1.5 - 2 inches will be possible with heaviest rain falling during the same time as the peak winds will be occurring. The chance of Pasquotank County receiving Hurricane force winds is less than 10% at this time. Please continue to monitor local media for any changes.
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A Tropical Storm Watch has been issued for our area. A Tropical Storm Watch means that Tropical Storm conditions are possible within the Watch area (36 to 48 hours).
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Tropical Storm Arthur should be affecting the Pasquotank-Camden area mainly Friday morning into the afternoon with the heaviest rains between 3am and 2pm. Winds will gradually diminish by late Friday afternoon with gusts of 30-35 mph possible through 4pm, and gusts to 25 mph from 4-7pm. No significant gusts are expected past 7pm and skies should clear by the late evening.
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Patriot Coal released a statement regarding the accident at the Kanawha Eagle Complex Wednesday evening. Asa Fitzpatrick, a 63 year old employee of Newtown Energy, Inc., was fatally injured when a piece of rock fell from the mine roof yesterday afternoon at Kanawha Eagle's Peerless mine, located in Comfort, West Virginia.
"We express our deepest sympathies to Asa's family, friends and co-workers," said Michael D. Day, Patriot Executive Vice President – Operations. "We are fully cooperating with state and federal mine regulatory officials as we investigate this incident."
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Atlanta, GA (Sports Network) - John Beck made the most of his starting nod, throwing for 232 yards and two scores as starter Joe Flacco rested for the regular season and Baltimore finished a perfect preseason with a 20-3 victory over Atlanta.
Beck finished 16-of-28 with touchdown tosses to Jason Cook and Eron Riley for the Ravens (4-0), who begin the regular season at home on September 13th versus Kansas City. Ray Rice and Willis McGahee both did not play for the Ravens, as they figure to lead a vital part of the offense on the ground.
Matt Ryan played one series, completing his only pass for 13 yards, as John Parker Wilson led the Falcons (2-2) attack with 80 yards on 13-of-19 passing. Michael Turner rushed twice for 12 yards, and the majority of the Atlanta starters played sparingly or not at all.
Atlanta hosts Miami on the first NFL regular-season Sunday.
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Her sister heard her sibling gasp before the line went dead. Neighbors then saw two men whisk the woman out of her apartment in a headlock and toss her into a brown minivan.
Hours later the woman again called her sister -- this time from the locked bathroom at the McDonald's telling her sister she'd been kidnapped. A manager at the restaurant, at Illinois Street and Lincoln Trail later unlocked the restroom and called police.
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"Everyone was leaving happy..."
Thank you and your staff for the hard work that helped making our convention a very successful event. I have received nothing but compliments throughout the whole event. Everyone was leaving happy. The meeting rooms were well organized and meals quite tasty. John did a great job controlling the food presentation, and of course my compliments to the chef. Gary and Paul (PSAV) were amazing and their flawless work made me and the bank look and sound better on the stage. It was a pleasure working with all of you.
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Thank you and the resort for helping make our sales conference an amazing success! We had two great days of business sessions and both of the team building events were so much fun! You and your team should be commended on your great customer service. Special shout outs to the lovely lady who set up our meals and breakouts, the very caring a patient gentlemen who assisted with our AV in all of our rooms, all of the chef's on night one and Mark and Danielle who were just so much fun during our cyber scavenger hunts. They truly went above and beyond to make our experiences a very positive one.
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I would just like to say, our group had a WONDERFUL time. Everyone enjoyed their food, rooms and show!! They are already asking us to organize another one for them. Thank you very much for all your help, I look forward to doing more business with Deerhurst.
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I just want to give you and your entire team a huge "THANK YOU" for all your hard work and dedication with the JJMC National Training Meeting. We had a debrief with the client about 10 days ago and the feedback was so embarrassing – they had only amazing positive things to say about the entire program. They were totally impressed with the fact that the service at Deerhurst Resort surpassed their expectations, from all angels, customer service, food and beverage, housekeeping down to reconciliation. They were also very pleased with how seamless we made the process. I think we did well at demonstration that we were a unified team in partnership with the same end goal, which was for JJMC to have a very successful memorable meeting, which we did just that. Special thanks to the Chef for his creativity and flexibility and always willing to go above and beyond to accommodate all requests. And we totally appreciated his input from the planning stages as well. Thank you once again, it was a pleasure working with you and I look forward to future events at Deerhurst Resort.
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Everything went perfect. We couldn't have picked a better location to hold our meeting. Everyone was very impressed with the quality of service and how pleasant all of the Deerhurst employees were. I also had at least 5 people comment to me how comfortable the beds were. One person asked if I could get them the mattress make and model they were so impressed with it. Thank you for all your help getting this set up, it was great. I would definitely recommend Deerhurst to anyone planning a meeting or even a vacation.
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Wanted to say a BIG thank you to all the staff at Deerhurst - the meeting went flawless and the staff were fantastic and would like to mention what a great employee you have in Pat Bowen - she made it with the weather and was by my side throughout the entire time. Please ensure she gets a "special" thank you from the Alcon team.
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On behalf of the Ontario Public School Boards' Association, I am writing to let you know how pleased we were with the service we received from Deerhurst Resort in June this year. From my first meeting with you to the end of the conference, the whole event flowed smoothly…any last minute requests made to staff on site, during the conference, were attended to calmly and quickly. The banquet team during the day and in the evening were extremely pleasant to deal with and attentive to details. A huge thank you goes to Paul Mabee and the staff from PSAV. Paul went out of his way to accommodate request made by our presenters and worked with me to keep our budget within our limited range. The staff were extremely efficient, courteous, helpful and very pleasant to deal with throughout the conference. Our sincere appreciation and thanks must go to your staff who contributed to the success of this event! We look forward to returning for another event in the future!
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The marginal economic value of streamflow from National Forests: Evidence from western water markets
Brown, Thomas C. 2007. The marginal economic value of streamflow from National Forests: Evidence from western water markets. In: Furniss, M.; Clifton, C.; Ronnenberg, K. eds. Advancing the Fundamental Sciences: Proceedings of the Forest Service National Earth Sciences Conference, San Diego, CA, 18-22 October 2004. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-689. Portland, OR: U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. p. 458-466
Evidence from over 2,000 water market transactions that occurred in the western U.S. over the past 14 years (1990 through 2003) was examined to learn who is selling to whom and for what purpose, how much water is involved, and how much it is selling for. Roughly half of the transactions were sales of water rights; the rest were water leases. The transactions show that the price of water is highly variable both within and between western states, reflecting the localized nature of the factors that affect water prices. Ideally, if water market prices or valuation studies are to be used to help determine the marginal value of water from specific areas such as national forests, information from local markets or local studies should be used. Lacking sitespecific value information, only rough estimates are possible.
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Aikido no Hanashi
by David Dimmick
Aiki News #23 (May 1977)
Some time ago there was a young American graduate student who, having just earned his shodan in Aikido, decided to visit and train in Japan. ln order to finance his trip and to earn academic credit, he submitted a proposal for the study of the history of Aikido and its development from other martial arts. lt was so convincingly written that he received a one-year Fulbright scholarship. After a 10-week crash course in Japanese at the East-West Center in Hawaii he was off for the land of the Rising Sun.
The eager young Aikido devotee headed for a dojo in Aomori where he had learned that the sensei was not only exceptional in Aikido, but in other martial arts as well. This, he felt, would be the best place for his research and training. Upon his arrival, the Sensei seemed to take the enthusiastic young American under his wing. This was misinterpreted by some of the senior students at the dojo. One student, a yondan, was particularly piqued and took it upon himseIf to see just how good this foreigner's Aikido was.
One evening, close to the end of practice, when the sensei had been called briefly from the mat, the deshi saw his chance. After a quick "onegai shimasu," they began a vigorous practice. As the pace increased, the American sensed the deshi's intent, and though tired, he was determined to make a good showing. "lt's not just for my own acceptance," he thought, "but to show that training in America can be just as good as in Japan." Aware of a renewed strenght and resistance in his opponent, the deshi saw this as unspoken acceptance of his challenge. Giving them room, the other students began to clear away and watch them. The American rushed in, arms outstretched, for ryotemochi. The deshi whirled, and, as if cracking a whip, brought the shodan around facing him. With the motion of a cutting sword, the intent yondan brought his own hand blade down over the American's contorted wrist, slamming him to the mat. His response slowed by fatigue, there was a snapping sound and the uke let out a gasp of pain. lnstantly released, the American came to the seiza position and doubled over, his wrist clutched to his stomach.
With a flurry of "daijobu? daijobu?", the other students surrounded the injured young foreigner, helped him to his feet, and escorted him from the mat. Moving on the fringe of the concerned group, the deshi's face seemed to belie a faint sense of satisfaction.
Shortly thereafter, bursting into the room, the sensei hurried to the injured newcomer followed by students carrying plaster, water, and bandages. He then carefully took the broken wrist and gave it an expert inspection. There was nervous anxiety, but no one spoke or dared to move away. Within fifteen minutes the well-fashioned herb and plaster mixture had begun to harden into a cast. Wiping his hands, the thoughtful sensei stepped back and looked at the anxious students. The disturbed master seemed to gain in stature as his face darkened in anger. Low and tempered, his voice came out nonetheless with the power of an angry kamisama. "Sore wa dame da!", he snapped. In broken English a nearby Japanese translated for the only partially comprehending American. The sensei continued: "This is a disgrace to Aikido. O-Sensei wished to eliminate such clashes of vanity, pride, and anger." Directing his gaze to the injured student he said: "You need not have exceeded your abilities just to demonstrate that you as a foreigner are worthy. This is pride. Now you must wait several months before you can train again. You have lost precious time."
The sensei then turned to the deshi. "This is not the first time," he said menacingly, "you are a dishonor to the art. Years ago O-Sensei banned all contests in Aikido after he himself was responsible for permanently injuring a great martial artist in a duel. When O-Sensei realized that this man would never be able to practice again, he saw that contests in the martial arts always have destructive consequences. Your testing this foreigner arose out of vanity and when you felt he was impertinent in his resistence, it was anger that recklessly hurt him. There is no acceptable reason for losing control during practice. You will share in his loss. You will not be allowed to practice in my dojo until he can train again," the sensei said, gesturing to the American. "I require both of you to attend classes daily without fail. You will sit together and observe the practice. This will be an opportunity to gain insight into the true spirit of Aikido and to overcome your differences."
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Man arrested for removing parking meter from ground
The following information was provided by reports filed with the Huntington Police Department:
GRAND LARCENY: Dwayne Anthony Gue, 21, of Lesage, was charged with felony grand larceny Friday.
Officers were dispatched to the 1200 block of 4th Avenue at 5:29 a.m. Friday for a report of a man pulling a parking meter out of the ground. A witness told officers a man pulled the meter out of the ground and put it in a trash bin prior to officers' arrival.
ARMED ROBBERY: A 27-year-old man reported he was feeding the ducks at Harris Riverfront Park on Thursday evening when someone put a pistol to his head and said, "Give me all of your money unless you want a bullet in your head." The man said he gave the person everything in his wallet, including $600 in cash and his Social Security card.
MALICIOUS WOUNDING: A 25-year-old man reported he was cut in the cheek by a man while in a parking lot of a gas station in the 400 block of 18th Street West just after 2 a.m. Friday. The man said he had said "Hey," to a woman a few minutes earlier, and the suspect returned a short time later asking, "Who talked to his girl?" before the incident took place.
The man said the suspect then said he was going to "end" the man's life, and he got something out of his car. The suspect fled the scene when a witness told him they had called 911.
BURGLARY: A 20-year-old man reported someone forced entry into his apartment in the 2400 block of 3rd Avenue on Thursday and took $1,400 in electronics.
BREAKING AND ENTERING (AUTO): A 36-year-old man reported someone took a laptop worth $2,096 from his vehicle while it was parked in the 1600 block of 13th Avenue between 3:30 and 4:30 a.m. Friday.
The following information was provided by reports filed with the Cabell County Sheriff's Office:
LARCENY: A 23-year-old woman reported someone destroyed all of the blinds in a trailer she owns in the 1000 block of Burgess Court in Barboursville sometime between Sept. 25 and Thursday. The woman said $1,000 in appliances and $100 in various items were missing from the residence. Deputies have suspects.
The following information was provided by booking records at the Western Regional Jail in Barboursville:
Leonard Johnson, 43, was incarcerated at 2:35 p.m. Friday. Authorities in Cabell County charged him with felony possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver. Bond was $50,000.
Alfedo Antonio Haughton, 24, was incarcerated at 1:25 p.m. Friday. Authorities in Cabell County charged him as a fugitive from justice. Bond was denied.


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Letters From 1920s Farm Wives and the 111 Blocks They Inspired
In 1922, The Farmer's Wife magazine posed this question to their readers: "If you had a daughter of marriageable age, would you, in the light of your own experience, want her to marry a farmer?" The magazine at that time had 750,000 subscribers, and received over 7,000 letters. The best answers to this question are included in this book, along with the traditional quilt blocks they inspired.
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•55 letters from the 1922 contest booklet "Do You Want Your Daughter to Marry a Farmer?"
I was born and raised on a farm but grew up knowing absolutely nothing about it. My parents, educated, cultured Virginians of the old school, were not disposed to let me go over the place. If I even so much as put foot in the barn lot, my father said: "Now, little daughter, run to the house with your mother." There were few good roads, no cars, not many telephones, so the farm was jail to me--I hated it. By the time I was grown I would willingly have given my interest in the home place to anybody that would accept. The beautiful meadows, the orchard, the cool, deep woods--none of it for me. But then came a change. My mother died, Father was an invalid and my own health bad. He and I spent a winter in the city and there the scales fell from my eyes. I saw his longing for the old home, and I felt my longing, so back we came. His joy was indescribable, and mine was almost equal. Life was a revelation to me. How near I had come to losing the very best opportunites ever offered to me!
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Rochelle uncovers a secret that leads him and Claymore to come to blows, and Peter flirts with a Battle Maiden and is hunted by Bounty Hunters in the market.
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This article describes a forward compatibility update for the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 (SP2). This update enables serialization and deserialization between clients and servers that have the .NET Framework 2.0 or the .NET Framework 4.0 installed.
Note This forward compatibility update includes the hotfix that is described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) article:
(https://support.microsoft.com/kb/960442/ )FIX: You receive an exception error message when you use the BinaryFormatter object to serialize and to deserialize a generic type in an assembly in the .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 or in the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1
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Issue 2The serialization operation is running in the .NET Framework 4.0, and the deserialization operation is running in the .NET Framework 2.0. When you try to serialize or deserialize a generic array type, such as List<T[]>, the serialization process does not work.
Resolution for issue 2To resolve this issue, add a SerializationBinder class to the serialization side to change the version of the type that is transmitted in the wire.
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Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) samples for the .NET Framework 4.0 Release CandidateAfter you download the sample installation package, add the GenericsVTSSerializationBinder sample class that is located in the following folder:
<install path>\WCF\Basic\Contract\Data\SBGenericsVTSNote The SafeSerializationManager class cannot be used in this situation because it is supported only by the .NET Framework 4.0. Therefore, the class cannot be used on the .NET Framework 2.0 deserialization side.
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New Veterinarian Appointed To Horse Racing Board
Gov. Martin O'Malley has appointed a new veterinarian representative to the Maryland Horse Industry Board.
National Aquarium In Baltimore Grants Access To Exam Rooms
Rare aquarium access. For the first time ever, the National Aquarium in Baltimore is throwing open the doors for a tour of its exam rooms, where vets care for more than 17,000 animals.
Research Activists Seek Probe Of Army Contractor
A research reform advocacy group is asking the Pentagon to investigate an Army contractor that uses animals for combat casualty training.
Md. Veterinarian Finds Mission In Chicken Coops
When Dan Franklin went to veterinary school in the Philippines, it opened his eyes to the poverty in that country and many other parts of the world.
Vet Says I'll Have Another's Care Was Legit
The on-call veterinarian for the Triple Crown races said Friday that Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner I'll Have Another did not receive any illegal or unwarranted medication during his attempt to sweep the three-race series.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
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Bollywood's Barbie doll Katrina Kaif is to collect as many blessings as she can for her new movie, more Brother Ki Dulhan.Kat also had darshan of the temple, apart from taking a dip in the Ganges.
Recently took Bollywood's Barbie doll Katrina Kaif some time away from the hectic shooting schedule for Yash Raj's 'More Brother Ki Dulhan', which is shot in Chandigarh, Dehradun and Mussourie and went to Haridwar for a holy dip in river Ganga.
"She is a spiritual person and keep it next to her in private. She is not only beautiful about her appearance, the actor made a religious side to her, giving her a clean heart, rarely seen in Star struck celebrities.Katrina chose to visit the banks of the river to avoid unnecessary attraction.
Dressed in a salwar kameez, with his head and face covered with a dupatta, the actor even took blessings from the priest, who then suggested she participate in the Maha Aarti, held the evening of the mountain chains of dozens of priests.
Katrina, which has previously been pious churches Shirdi, Golden Temple, Ajmer Sharif dargah and is of a religious mindset and try to visit the sacred space around you when possible.


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Society Calendar: 07.23.06
Saturday: Feria de Las Flores pageant, LULAC Council No. 1; 779-0332 or 387-7114.
Saturday: Charity Style Show benefiting the Womens Shelter of South Texas, Girls Cotillion; 549-3553.
Aug. 18: Golf Tournament benefiting Camp Fire USA, AEP Texas; 887-1601.
Aug. 23: Spirit of Business Awards; Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce; 881-1800.
Aug. 26: South Texas Chapter of Quail Unlimited banquet; (361) 595-5001.
Aug. 26: Fall Fashion Style Show and Fundraiser, Sembradores de Amistad de Corpus Christi; 387-6389.
New members include Kelsey Day, Devon Dinkens, Lauren Garcia, Molly Hall, Julianne Hannebaum, Sarah Hardy, Michael Hoffstadt, Hunter Hollins, Chelsea Jensen, Christina Jones, Courtney Kirkham, Alice Layton, Sara McCampbell, Erin Menn,
Katrina Patchin, Lisa Saavedra, Allison van Heugten, Julia Sciantarelli, Kristen Sparks, Genelle Timperlake and Kelsie Wiedmann.
Officers are: Rebecca Wyatt, president; Kenedy Hughes, vice president; Kristen Kent, secretary; Natalie Salinas, treasurer; Gina Dudics, social chairwoman; Julia "Huni" Kluge, membership chairwoman; Melissa Collins, parliamentarian; and Meagan Dubeau, ways and means chairwoman.
Business women
On July 6, the American Business Womens Association Sparkling City Chapter installed its officers for 2006-2007. They are: Violet Russell-Edwards, president; Bobby Wood-Hughes, vice president; Linda Gialouris, secretary; and Nancy Koslin, treasurer.
The chapter meets on the first Thursday of each month.
The chapter honored Gialouris as its 2006 Woman of the Year and Hannah Carter as its 2006 Business Associate of the Year.
Gialouris is the former owner of the Torch restaurant and served as 2005-2006 president. Carter works with New York Life Company and specializes in Financial Management.
Sembradores de Amistad de Corpus Christi will hold its annual fundraiser and Fall Fashion Style Show at 11 a.m. Aug. 26. Lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m.
Money raised will fund the education scholarship endowments established at Del Mar College and Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi and are presented at the Sembradores annual Noche de Amistad.
The Corpus Christi chapter was organized on Sept. 17, 1975, by the Asociacion Internacional de Clubes de Sembradores de Amistad with headquarters in Monterrey, Mexico.
Cost: $40. Information: 387-6389.
Free for mothers and their teenage daughters, the ninth annual Mother-Daughter Day Luncheon is set for Sept. 16.
The event is dedicated to increasing awareness of breast cancer issues, especially the importance of early detection of breast cancer.
Christus Spohn Health Systems Breast Cancer Program will host the event from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christis Lonestar Ballroom. The luncheon will feature motivational speaker Efrain "Happy the Clown" Guerrero and education on breast self-examinations and mammograms.
Christus Spohn Breast Care Program encourages all women to recognize the importance of early detection by scheduling a mammogram. All Christus Spohn Hospitals offer mammograms and participate in the First Friday free mammogram program.
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BLOUNTVILLE — Sullivan South coach Mark Pendleton said trying to defend Science Hill is like plugging holes in a dam, and his Rebels got washed away in the District 1-AAA championship game Tuesday night at the Dickie Warren Dome.
Six Hilltoppers scored while opening the game on a 17-4 run and four had reached double figures by the end of the 71-39 victory.
It was the second straight district title and third in four years for the Hilltoppers (30-2), who have now won at least 30 games in five of eight seasons under Coach Ken Cutlip.
Science Hill will host Jefferson County (18-13) in a Region 1-AAA opener on Saturday at 7 p.m. Sullivan South will host Cherokee (23-7).
Cutlip watched South jump out to a 10-3 lead en route to a 67-65 semifinal upset of Dobyns-Bennett on Saturday, and didn't want the Rebels energized by another fast start.
Tournament MVP Reed Hayes (13 points, 12 rebounds, three assists, two blocks) started the scoring with a transition stick-back in the initial 18 seconds and the Hilltoppers were up 11-2 some three minutes later after Hunter LeVeau's baseball outlet pass was turned into a layup by Calvin Songster.
C.J. Good (12 points, seven rebounds, five assists two steals) capped the 17-4 spurt with a transition layup that he helped create with a crowd-pleasing behind-the-back dribble.
"South was coming off a very emotional game on Saturday night, and I noticed in that game that they were able to get up on Dobyns-Bennett early," Cutlip said. "They carried that momentum throughout the entire ballgame. I think that was big that we were able to get them down early."
South trailed by 16 at the half, but A.J. Hutchins opened the third quarter with a 3-pointer and a three-point play to get the Rebels within 35-25.
The momentum was as fleeting as a Hilltoppers fast break. Tre'vonn Fields answered Hutchins' spurt by kicking out to Good for a 3-pointer and then scored eight of his 15 points during a 21â"2-minute stretch.
Fields' interior basket via an inbounds pass from Good gave the 'Toppers a 54-31 lead with 1:55 left in the third quarter.
Zach Howard, who matched Fields with a team-high 15 points, made one of his three treys during the decisive run.
"It was the way we started more than anything, as far as letting them come out and just jump on us," Pendleton said.
"We were back on our heels to start the game. I don't know if that had anything to do with the other night; it may have.
"But, you know, playing them's like trying to keep the dam from bursting. You think you've put a finger on one leak and here comes another one. I mean they've got guys that can shoot. They're unselfish. They play extremely hard defensively. They hurt us on the glass tonight."
LeVeau finished with 11 rebounds, seven points, four blocked shots and two steals. Cutlip lauded the effort of Hayes, the hustle of Good that led to such plays as a transition stick-back and the rebounding and defense of LeVeau.
"Hunter hadn't played as well in the tournament, but boy, he really asserted himself tonight, stepping up and getting 11 rebounds for us," Cutlip said. "I thought he was really tough inside defensively and made it difficult on them."
Hayes hadn't spent any time this season thinking about postseason tournament honors.
"It didn't come through my mind," said the focused Hayes. "This win is just a step. We want to keep pushing. We've got other goals to reach."
Will Adams, playing in a reserve role after being late to a shootaround, matched Good's team-high five assists. Cutlip said Adams responded well to not starting.
"In my opinion, I've got six MVPs on my team," Cutlip said. "And on a given night or series of games, any one of those six could be our MVP. Reed played exceptionally well throughout the tournament. It's a well deserved award for him.
"I think that just shows the progress he's made over the last few years in our program. He scores, but he does more than score. Tonight, he was all over the rebounds."
Hutchins led South with 16 points. Forward Austin English added 13.
Tennessee High (consolation) 58
Dobyns-Bennett 50
Brett Golackey's free throw with 2:20 remaining started a decisive 9-1 run for the Vikings after Drew Adams' weak-side tip had gotten Dobyns-Bennett within 49-46 with 2:26 remaining.
Tennessee High's Nathan Terrill led all scorers with 17 points. His 14-footer gave the Vikings a 44-39 lead with 6:20 left, and he drove past two reaching defenders for a layup to make the score 54-47 with 1:30 remaining. Austin Delph scored 13 points for Tennessee High.
Guard Malik Foreman got the last of his team-high 12 points for D-B on a 3-pointer at the final horn. Forward Connor Mitchell added 10 points for the Indians (17-11), who visit Sevier County in the first round of the region.
Tennessee High (21-11) goes to Morristown East.


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Travis Winfrey might be best known around these parts as Omar, the boutique employee who's quick with a quip on Single Ladies. And even though the show's currently in between seasons, we haven't forgotten about Travis and just how cute he is. Krave Magazine hasn't forgotten either, and they've made him the cover model for their latest issue. Check it out, and if you miss Travis like we do, go back and re-read our interview with him to get your Omar fix until next season.
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FBI pays for malware so it can spy on us with our phones and computers
The Wall Street Journal covers the FBI's use of malware to take over peoples' computers and phones, including one package that is used to turn the microphone in Android devices into a remote listening device. The story is alarming, but misses the two most significant points:
1. That this undermines the security of all of us, not just the people whom the FBI spies upon. The fact that the FBI and other law enforcement organizations have created a market for bugs that can be turned into spyware means that people who find bugs are less likely to present them to the manufacturers for patching. That means that when those bugs are independently identified by criminals, we're all at risk of having our devices subverted.
2. The same companies that sell malware to the FBI also sell it to dictatorships around the world. The FBI legitimizes the development of spyware that is used by despots to decide whom to arrest, whom to disappear, and whom to murder.
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Over the last 20 years, the name of Jonathan Pollard has hovered around the margins of the Middle East peace process. Almost every time the United States wanted to push the Israelis to make concessions that were unpalatable, some have suggested that the Jewish state might be enticed to swallow one bitter pill or another by the release of the former U.S. Navy analyst. Pollard, who has been imprisoned in the United States since 1985 for spying for the Jewish state, is a sore point for many Israelis as well as some Americans who believe, not incorrectly, that his sentence of life in prison was disproportionate to the crime and far more draconian than anyone else ever convicted of espionage for a U.S. ally. So it is hardly surprising that now that the peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians are imploding once again, talk of releasing Pollard has returned as well.
As it always does, the prospect of Pollard's release will tempt the Israelis. Though what Pollard did was a crime and did great damage to the U.S.-Israel relationship and to American Jewry, Israelis rightly feel that he was sacrificed and left to rot in prison by their political leadership at the time of his actions (a troika that included the late Yitzhak Rabin and Yitzhak Shamir as well as Shimon Peres, who is currently serving as Israel's president). But as much as Prime Minister Netanyahu may wish to secure Pollard's release (something that he tried to do in negotiations with President Clinton in 1998), he shouldn't take the bait. The odds are, Washington is bluffing about letting Pollard go. But even if President Obama is willing to take the heat from the U.S. security establishment and spring Pollard, Netanyahu should not trade the freedom of a score of Arab terrorist murderers (some of whom are Israeli citizens rather than residents of the West Bank) for Pollard.
The current impasse revolves around the Palestinian Authority's refusal to agree to the framework for ongoing peace talks suggested by Secretary of State John Kerry because it mentions that peace means recognition of Israel as a Jewish state and would commit the Palestinians to ending the conflict. PA leader Mahmoud Abbas wants no part of such a deal and, as has clearly always been his intention, would prefer to end any talks that might put him in the position of refusing a two-state solution preferred by Israel but which he has neither the will nor the ability to get his people to accept. But with the PA walking out of talks, Netanyahu sees no reason to follow through on the last batch of Arab prisoners whose release was part of the ransom offered to Abbas last year as the price for returning to the peace table after years of boycotting them.
Abbas has already seen that his intransigence won't cause either President Obama or much of the Western media to blame him for the collapse of the talks. He thinks he is in the catbird seat and can make further demands on the Israelis in the form of the release of Fatah's Marwan Barghouti (serving five life sentences for murders of Israeli civilians during the second intifada) and a settlement freeze in order to keep talking secure in the knowledge that the West will blame Israel no matter what he does. So in order to get Netanyahu, who has reluctantly agreed to Kerry's framework that Abbas rejected, to keep paying, the Americans will have to come up with some form of pressure or gimmick. Though I doubt that President Obama is prepared to do battle with the U.S. intelligence community (which has an irrational obsession with keeping Pollard in prison until he dies) to make good on such an offer, the mere suggestion of the idea may be enough to keep the Israelis from walking away in frustration from the process.
But this is a bad deal for Israel on many levels.
As I wrote on the 25th anniversary of his imprisonment, Pollard's case is a mixed bag for supporters of Israel. As much as his sentence was an injustice, he is no hero and did grave harm. Moreover, the prospect that someone who committed espionage in the belief that he was helping Israel would gain his release in exchange for the freedom of those who indiscriminately shed Jewish blood is more than an irony; it's an outrage that even the spy should reject.
Having already released scores of Arab murderers, who have been subsequently honored and embraced by Abbas, there is little incentive for Netanyahu to keep letting them out if the Palestinians are not going to commit to peace talks whose purpose is an end to the conflict. If he is going to be blamed for the collapse of Kerry's initiative no matter what he does, it would be a mistake to start making further concessions that will come back to haunt him later. The problem with injecting Pollard into peace talks is that it is the sort of American concession for which Israel will pay a disproportionate price with little prospect of receiving what it wants. That's what happened the last time he offered to make territorial concessions in exchange for Pollard's freedom. In the end, the Palestinians got the land, and Israel got neither Pollard nor peace.
If the Palestinians want something from Israel they should be prepared to pay for it by demonstrating their willingness to end the conflict and accept the legitimacy of a Jewish state no matter where its borders are drawn. In essence a trade for Pollard now would be a substitute for getting the Palestinians to make those assurances. However much they may want Pollard, making such a swap would be against the long-term prospects of both Israel's security and peace.


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The first dragon boat practice was held at Sonny's Marina Wednesday afternoon with an additional practice scheduled Thursday, Sept. 5th and a final practice on Friday, Sept. 6th at Winged Deer Park. This is the eighth annual Mountain States Dragon Boat Festival and will open Saturday, Sept. 7th at 8 a.m. at Winged Deer Park next to Boone Lake in Johnson City.
The festival is a Mountain States Foundation fund raiser and the proceeds will be used to help purchase a linear accelerator to treat patients at the Johnson City Medical Center's radiation oncology center.