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Weighing my way through Jerome de Groot's The Historical Novel, I read of an interesting phenomena which he calls 'extratextual elements' designed to serve a community of faithful readers.
"The books of O'Brian and Cornwell, for instance, are marketed as part of a series, branded so that the readership can purchase familiar books and collect the entire set. There are numerous official fan clubs, and those who are interested in Cornwell's creation can read Mark Adkin's Sharpe Companion (1998) and his Sharpe Cut (2006), an introduction to the television series. Adkin's text is an historical guide to the military elements of each Sharpe novel … with images, maps, factual narratives and biographical accounts."
Apparently, another writer offers similar materials to augment O'Brian's naval stories. De Groot goes on to say that "these secondary materials buttress the authenticity of the novels, ascribing them a gravitas and a meaningfulness … crucial to the male historical novel".
Often writers do this with blogs and websites – for free – but what I thought interesting was the opportunity to bring such material together as a product to be sold alongside your novel. If companion materials work for a writer leveraging the novels of someone else, would they not also work for the original author?
Just wondering. What do you think?
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Aw, Mary, you're a woman after my own heart. I've been compiling a project to carry out in Finland (and over the Russian border in what was Finnish Karelia) over the next year, to document my characters' journey. I'm meeting with an agent in a couple of weeks and was planning on running it by her, to market as a companion book to the novel. Cannot wait to sit down and catch up on your survey. It's so interesting. Hope you are enjoying your writing these days!
I've seen this done with some popular fantasy series, eg/ the Wheel of Time has 'The World Of The Wheel Of Time' and the Belgariad/Mallorean has 'The Rivan Codex'.
I think with fantasy there is a lot of world building, and often some facts aren't all in the books and fans would love to learn more. Not to mention the writer would love to know they didn't waste all that time world building for nothing!
There are several benefits that companion materials give to the reader: background information about a time period or culture; the backstory on a character or characters; in-depth exploration of a technology or equipment referenced in the story but not explained; or, something totally out of the box, such as The Nancy Drew Cookbook.
Not to mention another possible income stream for the writer…Good post, Mary!
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Despite suffering a shock loss yesterday in singles to Ivan Ljubicic, Rafael Nadal still walked away from Indian Wells with a title in hand, or in mouth.
Nadal and his countryman Marc Lopez teamed to win the Indian Wells doubles title last night defeating top seeds Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic 7-6(8), 6-3.
Nadal said, "For me it's a pleasure to play with Marc. He's a very close friend of mine, and we do really well. After losing important singles, the victory in doubles makes me happy. Always is nice to win a tournament.
"We never thought about winning the tournament here, so we're very happy for that. We enjoying a lot playing together."
And here's the trophy presentation where Marc spoke in Spanish (I have no idea what he said) but Rafa made another entertaining attempt at English (5:45 mark). (I'm not knocking him. Nadal tries, he's getting better but it's just funny to listen to, that's all!)
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Aquino seeks for unity among nations-A A +A
Thursday, June 12, 2014
PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III on Thursday urged the international community for "sincere cooperation" and not to impose views and policies on each other.
Aquino made the statement amid the country's ongoing territorial dispute with China over the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea).
"Each of our countries is beset with its own internal problems. But at the same time, we recognize that no comprehensive solution can be reached, without also taking into consideration the problems that the global community faces. None of us can realize our goals in isolation," the President said during the vin d'honneur he hosted for the members of the diplomatic corps in Malacanang in celebration of the country's 116th Independence Day.
"As such, a fine balance must be struck to avoid interfering in others' affairs. This can be achieved by rendering genuine and meaningful assistance, rather than by imposing our own views and policies on others—this can be achieved through sincere cooperation," he said.
More than just the interconnectivity afforded by technology, he said the world is united by a commonality of purpose, which is "how to overcome inequality, injustice, and conflict, and thus foster lasting progress, peace, and stability in an environment that truly upholds the rule of law."
The President said that the deepening relationships that the Philippine enjoys with other countries now, not only in Southeast Asia but with the rest of the community of nations, have led to increased opportunities for everyone.
"It is my hope that we can continue to maximize cooperation and avenues for dialogue, in realizing our aspirations for our peoples. Together, we have the best chance of eliminating our common problems. Divided, we may have no chance at all," he said.
The growing tension between China and other claimant countries in South China Sea, such as the Philippines and Vietnam, has dragged other countries into the issue. Other nations, such as the United States and Australia, have called on claimant-countries to peacefully settle the dispute and to follow rule of law.
China, which refused to participate in the case filed by the Philippines before an international tribunal to settle the territorial row, has been claiming sovereignty in almost entire South China Sea, even if those areas are covered by exclusive economic zones by other countries.
Meanwhile, in the same vin d'honneur, Dean of the Diplomatic Corps and Papal Nuncio, Archbishop Guiseppe Pinto, lauded the President for bringing peace to Mindanao through the signing of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
"We know well that the path to peace is covered with thorns and roses. But your declaration that we have, before us, a path that can lead to a stable change in the island of Mindanao, communicates the optimism and enthusiasm of gathering roses, without suffering injury from the thorns," he said.
"Therefore, Mr. President, we hope for a future of prosperity and cooperation with all those who are directly involved in this bold enterprise of priceless civic value. For us, representatives of governments and international organizations, this is our highest aspiration: to share peace with the peacemakers," he added.
The CAB was signed last March 27 in Malacanang, marking the end of the decades-long conflict in Mindanao.
The archbishop also praised the Philippines for its hosting of the World Economic Forum on East Asia last month.
"The Philippines is present not just to gain a greater economic growth, but also to give its contribution to a shared progress, inspired by social justice," the Papal Nuncio said. (SDR/Sunnex)
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In this report, OLUWOLE JOSIAH examines the clamour for state creation vis-a-vis the viability of the states
Following the unexpected success recorded in the fourth alteration of the 1999 Constitution, which heralded the conduct of the 2011 general elections, the National Assembly has become very daring in its efforts to continue in the process of fine-tuning the constitution. As the nation grapples with its evolving democracy, thorny constitutional issues will continue to engage the minds of politicians and technocrats alike, with the ultimate consequence of tampering with certain provisions of the constitution.
The wisdom of amending the document in piecemeal, a departure from what happened in the 5th National Assembly, which attempted to review the constitution as a whole, has made the process less cumbersome. As it has been well documented, that process of amendment was aborted when Nigerians rejected a clause in the draft amendment to elongate the tenure of the then incumbent President for another term of four years. That failure stirred a phobia that attended the exercise in the 6th National Assembly. The outcome of that exercise was a pleasant surprise, in that the constitution was amended three times, with each of the amendments featuring peculiar matters needing attention at that time.
The result was the less heating of the polity and it was easier for stakeholders to build consensus. The foregoing is therefore, an impetus to further alter the constitution, provided interest groups have something they are promoting and would want it included or removed from the national document.
Agitations for the creation of new states were the first noticeable advocacy for further amendment to the constitution. Just before the close of the Sixth National Assembly, traditional rulers, whose communities sought to be recognised as states, led their subjects and their leading politicians to the National Assembly to canvass their positions. They submitted memoranda to either the Senate or the House of Representatives, and attempted to convince the members of the assembly that their proposed states were viable and sustainable, even without federal allocations. At every given instance, they received the assurances of the leadership of both chambers that they would be given the chance to pursue their aspirations and could actually get the states created, since the National Assembly would be embarking on the voyage of creation of more states this time.
Currently, the Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution has received 56 requests for the creation of states besides a total of 231 memoranda submitted by Nigerians regarding the different issues for consideration in the amendment exercise. According to the Chairman of the SCRC, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, the demands for state creation have endured and proponents hinge their demands on the need for equity, justice, and speedy development. Ekweremadu said that while memoranda and presentations for and against state creation were admitted at the just — concluded National Public Hearing in Abuja, all memoranda and presentations proposing state creation would be taken at the Public Hearing in the zones holding on November 15-16. This, he argued, was because issues that directly affect the people from a particular area, such as state creation, are better handled at the zones.
President of the Senate, David Mark, had at different times expressed the desire to dispel the notions that states could only be created under a military regime. He had been unequivocal in his declarations that the National Assembly would ensure the creation of new states in this dispensation. It had been rumoured in some quarters that Mark's enthusiasm for the creation of new states stemmed from his campaign promise to his people to ensure the creation of Apa State from the current Benue State.
In his welcome address to the Senate on resumption of plenary on the 13th of September 2011, Mark stressed the importance of reviewing the constitution. While dwelling on the issue of creation of states, he rhetorically asked, "Is it necessary to create new states? Will it bring government nearer to the people and address cries of marginalisation?" Mark had the privilege of giving clear answers to these questions, when he declared at the Ojude Oba Festival in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, last Sunday that the National Assembly would consider the creation of more states in spite of the misgivings in certain quarters. He said, "Creation of additional states can only bring government closer to the people contrary to the view being expressed in certain quarters that we do not need additional states in the federation." His argument also responded positively to his earlier posers when he said the new states would address the issue of marginalisation in many parts of the country.
These assumptions are in contrasts to the revelations made by Senator Olubunmi Adetumbi in October last year on the state of bankruptcy of most of the states of the federation. Adetumbi, who had come by way of a motion to call attention to the situation, said most states had become social employers of labour with unsustainable high work force that does not reflect in improved service delivery to the people.
He said, "In most states, the private sector is weak and unable to generate economic growth and jobs that are required, thereby making the states and local governments the largest employers of labour with attendant fiscal imbalance. The bulk of the revenue of these states is currently financial pay roll of the civil service which constitutes less than four per cent of the total population in all states. Under this development, six states are approaching distress. Kano will spend 127 per cent, Sokoto 62 per cent, Niger 56 per cent, Zamfara 54 per cent, Katsina, 50 per cent, Osun, 50 per cent of their gross annual revenue on civil service personnel."
According to him, most of the state governments now rush to the capital market to raise long term bonds to finance development projects, adding that without an appropriate framework, misuse of such funds could spell doom for the future of the states.
He also revealed that the financial situation facing the states calls for urgent review of the revenue sharing structure between the Federal Government, states and local governments.
Also in March this year, the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, said that the 36 states and the FCT were under a $2.165bn (about N339.9bn) foreign debt, resulting in their inability to finance developmental projects. Making his submission before the Senate Joint Committee on National Planning, Finance, States and Local Governments and Appropriation on the looming bankruptcy of the states, Chairman of the commission, Mr. Elias Mbam, said besides the foreign debts, most of the states are highly indebted to local banks in short term borrowing and are substantially exposed to the capital market.
His words: "Records available to the commission from the Debt Management Office show that as at December 2011, the total external debt stock of all the states (multilateral) stood at $2.165bn, while that of the Federal Government stood at $3.5bn and a domestic stock of N5.622trn for the Federal Government alone. The commission considers this profile as high."
He said that there were huge deductions from the allocations of most of the states of the federation for the settling of the external and domestic debts and bonds which are indications that most of the state governments had 'collaterised' their share of the monthly Federation Account receipts to service such debts. Mbam noted that most of the debts owed banks by states were largely tied to Irrevocable Standing Payment Orders issued to the Accountant General of the Federation to deduct directly from their monthly statutory allocations.
"The implication is that these debt overhangs weigh heavily on the monthly allocations due to the states thereby preventing them from meeting their minimum basic obligations to the citizens," he said.
Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba, while supporting Adetumbi's motion, said the motion confirmed the fact that some states of the federation are not viable. He urged those looking for more states to be cautious as there is a growing need for the constitution to be amended to include the possible merger of non-viable states.
Ndoma-Egba said, "This is a warning to those calling for the creation of new states. I think we should have a provision in our constitution for states to freely merge considering the situation facing the states right now."
Most senators agree that the question of viability lies squarely on states, total dependence on revenue sharing from the crude oil resource. Yet some are of the opinion that the sharing formula should be reviewed in favour of states. The danger, many have argued, is the intent of having new states based on the uncertain proceeds from oil revenue. If there is obvious underdevelopment in most of the states due to lack of viability, which results from insufficient inflow of revenue from different sources, the balkanisation of the existing states would only create further underdevelopment and deprivation of the very people agitating for their own states.
While Mark's view on the creation of new states may be populists and generally acceptable, facts and figures on the sustainability of new states are deterrents. But agitators and proponents of new states seem not to be bothered with these as they forge ahead with their demands.


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The incident claimed one life, which, however not been confirmed by the US Navy.
The brief statement added that in accordance with Navy force protection procedures, the sailors on the USNS
Rappahannock (T-AO 204) used a series of non-lethal, preplanned responses to warn the vessel before resorting to lethal force.
"The US crew repeatedly attempted to warn the vessel's operators to turn away from their deliberate approach. When those efforts failed to deter the approaching vessel, the security team on the Rappahannock fired rounds from a .50-caliber machine gun," the statement said.
The incident is under investigation.
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Employee: Paul Levesque (deceased)
Claimant: Maureen MacFadden, Administratrix
Employer: State Road Cement Block Co., Inc.
Insurer: Travelers Insurance Company
Board No.: 032728-03
(Judges Horan, Costigan [1] and McCarthy)
Peter Smola, Esq., for the claimant
Gerard S. Lobosco, Esq., for the insurer
Richard D. Wayne, Esq., for the employer
HORAN, J. The claimant filed a § 28 claim against the employer and insurer. As best we can tell from the briefs of the parties, a settlement was reached and tentatively approved by the judge. The claimant wished to review structured settlement proposals prior to formalizing the agreement, and the matter was continued for a lump sum conference. Prior to the date of that conference, the claimant had a change of heart, and communicated her desire to litigate, rather than settle, the § 28 claim.
The insurer and employer filed a motion requesting the administrative judge to declare the matter settled, and to approve the agreement. On December 15, 2005, the judge issued a "Ruling and Order" denying the joint motion to approve the proposed lump sum agreement "[g]iven the fact that the claimant in this matter has indicated she is no longer satisfied with the terms of the settlement." The judge's denial of the motion did not, therefore, extinguish the claimant's right to proceed with her § 28 claim. [2] In fact, after requesting the matter to be reassigned, in light of his knowledge of the lump sum negotiations, the judge concluded his order by stating, "[t]he matter will proceed in its normal course." Thus, the judge did not intend his denial of the motion to be treated as a § 11 decision, nor can his denial of the motion be properly viewed as one, even if all parties agree. [3]
The employer [4] filed an appeal of the judge's order to this board. The claimant argues the employer's appeal is interlocutory, and that the "matter procedurally is improperly before the Review Board." [5] (Claimant br. 2.) We agree. Our workers' compensation act does not grant administrative judges the authority to report issues to the reviewing board which may be dispositive of a claim. [6] Nor does it vest the reviewing board with the authority [7] to hear appeals from anything other than decisions by administrative judges. G. L. c. 152, § 11C. Accordingly, this case must be recommitted for hearing and a decision on the § 28 claim. [8] See Assuncao's Case, where the Supreme Judicial Court, sua sponte, raised the issue of the propriety of an appeal taken from a Superior Court order enforcing the terms of a conference order issued under G. L. c. 152, § 7. The court held that "[s]ince the order of enforcement is interlocutory in nature and since there is no specific authorization for review of such an order at this stage of the proceedings, the appeal must be dismissed." 372 Mass. 6, 11 (1977)(emphasis added.)
In summary, under G. L. c. 152, § 11, administrative judges render decisions with respect to the issues before them. This board is authorized to hear appeals only from decisions of administrative judges. [9] G. L. c. 152, § 11C. Because there is no decision dispositive of the merits of the § 28 claim, we cannot entertain the employer's "appeal" of the judge's ruling on the motion to approve the proposed lump sum settlement agreement. [10] As we lack jurisdiction to hear appeals from interlocutory orders, we recommit the case for a decision on the § 28 claim. [11]
So ordered.
Mark D. Horan
Administrative Law Judge
Patricia A. Costigan
Administrative Law Judge
Filed: February 16, 2007
McCARTHY, J., (dissenting) On January 9, 2006, the then senior judge received a letter from counsel for the employer, State Road Cement Block Co., Inc. Enclosed with the letter was an "Interlocutory Appeal from [an] Administrative Judge's Order Denying Employer's (and Insurer's) Motion To Enforce [a] Lump Sum Agreement" and a check in payment of the filing fee for an appeal to the reviewing board. The senior judge assigned the case to me for handling. [12] Counsel for the claimant, the insurer and the employer came before me for a status conference in Boston on March 20, 2006. At this conference, all parties agreed to treat the administrative judge's RULING AND ORDER as a decision filed under § 11 of the Act. [13]
With the understanding that the issue of the enforceability of the proposed lump sum would be bifurcated from the § 28 claim, all parties filed briefs in due course. The case was then assigned to a panel and the panel majority has determined that it was error to split the two issues. I think otherwise.
Bifurcation is a useful tool, which is endorsed by the reviewing board from time to time. See Wyman v. Courier Citizen Co., 9 Mass. Workers' Comp. Rep. 333, 341 (1995)("Since we conclude that § 7A as most recently amended does not require as a precondition to its effect that causal relationship of the employee's death to the work injury be established, the administrative judge may, in the interest of efficiency, wish to bifurcate the hearing"); O'Connell v. U.S.V. Pharmaceutical, 9 Mass. Workers' Comp. Rep. 548, 549 (1995)("The . . . administrative judge may want to bifurcate the de novo hearing to first determine whether the employee's failure to give notice and file a claim pursuant to the requirements of § 41 is redeemed by the exculpatory provisions of § 49"). [14]
I am not persuaded by the majority's reference to how the courts of the commonwealth handle questions of interlocutory appeals. While there are many similarities between dispute resolution here at the board and in the courts, there are also significant differences. Here different issues surface as time passes. A claim for weekly incapacity benefits under §§ 34 or 35 is often followed by an insurer's complaint to modify or terminate, or an employee's claim for payment of medical expenses. Disputes arise over specific benefits under § 36 and, if significant incapacity persists, a claim for permanent and total incapacity benefits is likely. These issues are tried as they arise and, once decided, may be appealed to the reviewing board. In fact, in at least one instance we heard an interlocutory appeal from a decision in which the issues were bifurcated and the hearing decision was not dispositive of the entire claim. See Cerasoli, supra (reviewing board heard appeal of decision on preclusive effect of conference order, though decision had not addressed bifurcated issue of original liability, which was still pending). Contrary to the majority's assertion, this practice does not allow a party to appeal from any adverse hearing determination prior to a final decision on the merits, but only from such determinations where the judge has decided that bifurcation would serve the interests of judicial economy and justice. In the instant case, allowing the reviewing board to hear the employer's appeal does not deprive the claimant of weekly benefits (§ 31 benefits are already being paid), but only postpones decision on the issue of entitlement to double compensation. Moreover, only by allowing the appeal to go forward will the propriety of the judge's denial of the proposed lump sum agreement be determined.
Assuncao's Case, 372 Mass. 6 (1977), cited by the majority for the proposition that the reviewing board has no authority to hear an interlocutory appeal, is inapposite. There, the Supreme Judicial Court based its refusal to hear an appeal challenging the superior court's enforcement of an administrative judge's conference order under then § 11 (current version in c. 152, § 12 [1991]), on the failure of the parties to exhaust their administrative remedies. The case did not address the issue of whether the reviewing board may hear an appeal of a single issue from an administrative judge. The court wrote:
[W]e will not decide a workmen's compensation case on the merits unless the record demonstrates that the parties have exhausted their available administrative remedies. . . . [A]llowing the administrative process to run its course before permitting full appellate review gives the administrative agency in question a full and fair opportunity to apply its expertise to the statutory scheme which, by law, it has the primary responsibility of enforcing.
Id. at 8-9.
I find nothing in the statute or our regulations, which requires that every possible issue be bundled together for hearing and decision. The agreement to treat the RULING AND ORDER issued by the administrative judge as a decision made practical sense. While there are a number of cases dealing with the enforceability of lump sum settlements where there is a meeting of the minds but before approval by a judge, the bulk of the cases to date involve an insurer refusing to go forward, most often because the employee has died. This is the first case where it is a claimant rather than an insurer who has reneged on a prior oral agreement to accept a lump sum. [15] The majority, in my view, builds more rigidity into our system to the detriment of the dispute resolution process as practiced here.
William A. McCarthy
Administrative Law Judge
Filed: February 16, 2007
[1] This case was initially assigned to a panel comprised of Judges Horan, Carroll and McCarthy. The proposed decision of that panel, with a dissenting opinion, was thereafter circulated to the remaining two members of this Board. These "off panel" members agreed with the proposed dissent. In keeping with our past practice when faced with this scenario, the panel was reconfigured to ensure that our decision reflected the view of the Board's majority. Kerstgens v. Babson College, 20 Mass. Workers' Comp. Rep. 141 at n.2 (2006). This is similar to the practice of our Appeals Court's handling of published decisions. See Commonwealth v. Gross, 64 Mass. App. Ct. 829, 830 at n.2 (2005).
[2] Allowance of the motion would have been dispositive of the claim, resulting in a final decision subject to appellate review under § 11C.
[3] Cf. Cricenti v. Weiland, 44 Mass. App. Ct. 785, 789-790 (1998)(subject matter jurisdiction cannot be conferred upon a court by consent, conduct or waiver); Williams v. Attleboro Mutual Fire Ins. Co., 31 Mass. App. Ct. 521 (1991), citing Patry v. Liberty Mobilhome Sales, Inc., 15 Mass. App. Ct. 701 (1983)(even where parties are silent on issue, courts must consider issue of subject matter jurisdiction sua sponte). According to the judge presiding at the pre-transcript conference, all parties agreed to treat the judge's order as a decision subject to an appeal to this board. The pre-transcript conference ("PTC"), is not a creature of statute, but of our long established practice to meet with litigants following the docketing of an appeal. The parties appear to discuss the issues likely to be addressed in their briefs, are advised of the briefing schedule and the board rules governing appeals, and are asked to timely report back to the judge should their case settle. There is no authority in our workers' compensation act, or the applicable regulations, to limit parties to the legal positions they take at a PTC.
[4] The insurer did not appeal from the denial of the motion to approve the proposed lump sum agreement.
[5] The claimant also asserts that employer's counsel indicated to the judge (off the record) that "he would preserve his right to appeal any adverse order by the (judge) on (his motion) until the time that a decision was rendered" on the § 28 claim. (Claimant br. 2.) There is nothing in this limited record to counter this assertion.
[6] Cf. General Laws c. 231, §§ 108, 111. Section 108 provides, in pertinent part:
Any party to a cause brought in . . . any district court, aggrieved by any ruling on a matter of law by a trial court justice, may as of right, appeal the ruling for determination by the appellate division pursuant to the applicable rules of court. . . . If a trial justice is of the opinion that an interlocutory finding or order made by him ought to be reviewed by the appellate division before any further proceedings in the trial court, he may report the case for that purpose and stay all further proceedings except as necessary to preserve the rights of the parties.
Section 111 of G. L. c. 231 provides, in pertinent part:
If a justice of the superior court is of the opinion that an interlocutory finding or order made by him so affects the merits of the controversy that the matter ought to be determined by the appeals court before any further proceedings in the trial court, he may report such matter to the appeals court, and may stay all further proceedings except such as are necessary to preserve the rights of the parties.
[7] Cf. General Laws c. 231, § 118, which provides, in pertinent part:
A party aggrieved by an interlocutory order of a trial court justice in the superior court department, the housing court department, the land court department or the probate and family court department may file, within thirty days of the entry of such order, a petition in the appropriate appellate court seeking relief from such order. A single justice of the appellate court may, in his discretion, grant the same relief as an appellate court is authorized to grant pending an appeal under section one hundred and seventeen.
[8] Had this been done, and the claim failed, the settlement issue would be moot. The same would hold true if the judge formally approved a lump sum agreement endorsed by the parties. If, on recommittal, the § 28 claim is successful, the insurer and employer will have the opportunity to appeal and raise the issue of the proposed settlement's enforceability.
[9] We interpret the use of the word "decision" in § 11C to mean a decision filed following a formal hearing "with respect to the issues before" the judge "at the conclusion of the hearing." G. L. c. 152, § 11.
[10] The dissent suggests that we have determined the judge erred when he "split the two issues" of § 28 and the lump sum settlement's enforceability. We say nothing of the sort. Trial judges have the option of bifurcating disputes. The dissent confuses bifurcation with the issue of our authority to hear interlocutory appeals. Here, bifurcation and treatment of the threshold issue did not result in a dispositive ruling on the merits of the underlying claim. Therefore, the employer's appeal is interlocutory. Had the judge approved the proposed settlement over the claimant's objection, it would have disposed of the § 28 claim pending appeal to this board. Simply put, we hold today that we have no statutory authority to hear interlocutory appeals. Adoption of the dissent's view would permit a party to appeal from any adverse determination at hearing prior to a final decision on the merits. For example, in a bifurcated hearing, an insurer could appeal from an adverse preliminary finding on issues such as coverage, employee status, and whether the industrial accident happened as described by the employee - just to name a few. Interlocutory appeals such as these would effectively prevent the judge from issuing an award of benefits to the employee pending an appeal to, and a decision by, this board. See Cerasoli v. Hale Development, 13 Mass. Workers' Comp. Rep. 267 (1999). There is nothing in G. L. c. 152, which leads us to conclude the legislature has sanctioned this scenario. To the extent Cerasoli permitted such an appeal, we decline to follow it.
[11] We recommit the case to a different administrative judge for a hearing on the § 28 claim.
[12] The RULING AND ORDER filed on December 15, 2005, by the administrative judge is in part as follows:
. . . [A]fter hearing the parties and after a careful review of the submissions of the parties, the Employer's/Insurer's Motion to Enforce Lump Sum Agreement is DENIED.
In its brief the employer cites Donovan v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, 14 Mass. Workers' Comp. Rep. 252 (2000). In that matter a lump sum was enforced after an insurer refused or declined to sign a lump sum agreement. This matter is distinguishable. Section 48 mandates that no lump sum be perfected until and unless approved by an administrative judge or administrative law judge as being in the claimant's best interest. Given the fact that the claimant in this matter has indicated that she is no longer satisfied with the terms of the settlement, I can not therefore in clear conscience enforce the lump sum. . . .
[13] In his brief to the reviewing board, claimant's counsel reversed his ground and objected to the bifurcation and the interlocutory appeal contending that it " . . . is a tactic intended to forestall employee's [sic] right to a timely § 28 [h]earing." (Claimant's rebuttal br. 2.)
[14] While bifurcation is a useful tool, it may be time to examine the ongoing value of the so-called pre-transcript conference, which was created by 452 C.M.R. § 1.15(3). The conference was useful when there were over fourteen hundred cases awaiting action by the new reviewing board and it often took several years from date of appeal to reviewing board decision. Happily, that is no longer the case. Transcripts are most often ready in a matter of days after the conclusion of the hearing and cases are assigned to a reviewing board panel in about sixty days after briefing is complete. Moreover, the majority opinion makes it clear that the procedural path laid out by an administrative law judge acting for the reviewing board at the pre-transcript conference may be rejected by the panel later assigned to the § 11C review. It may be that the time and effort involved by the judges and lawyers might be better spent in other pursuits.
[15] The majority maintains that the employer intended to preserve his right to appeal a denial of the motion to enforce the lump sum agreement until after a decision on the § 28 claim (see footnote 5, supra), despite the majority's opinion that a decision on the merits of the § 28 claim would moot the settlement issue (see footnote 8, supra). If the latter is true, under the majority's holding the parties will have no opportunity to have the issue of the lump sum's enforceability decided.


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Comcast announced that they lost 65,000 basic cable subscribers in the third quarter ended September 30, 2007.
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Only couple of days back Nokia announced their location based services for their very own Lumia smartphones. As you all know by now that Nokia officially launched their Lumia smartphone with Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 mobile operating system which is currently available for users from various carriers depending on their geo-locations.
Nokia Drive app is the outcome of Nokia's location-based services, which is already available for Nokia smartphones including Windows. Now, part of the total problem is, there are various hardware manufacturers for Windows Phone 8 based devices. Hardware specifications are also different in many cases; especially the screen size was one of those key factors that Nokia has to take in serious consideration.
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June 27th, 2012
For Immediate Release
Contact: Michael Hall
Due to the extreme heat expected to hit the area this coming weekend, the City of New Albany has decided to postpone the Live@5 concert scheduled for this Friday, June 29th.
With temperatures expected to reach between 100-105 degrees on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, Mayor Jeff M. Gahan is urging residents to stay cool, hydrated, and indoors during this heat wave. Given this fact, city officials thought it may be best try to reschedule at a later date for the safety of the attendees, event staff, and musical acts.
"With temperatures over the 100 degree mark, serious precautions need to be taken," stated Mayor Gahan. "Be sure to drink plenty of fluids to remain hydrated, and do not forget to use your sunscreen if you have to go outside. In addition, please check on your neighbors throughout the weekend – especially the elderly."
Mayor Gahan also stressed the importance of taking extra precautions while transporting infants and young children in vehicles during the summer heat.
Coming up on the City of New Albany's Summer Entertainment Schedule is the annual Independence Celebration hosted at the scenic Riverfront Amphitheater. The event will take place on Tuesday, July 3rd, and will feature five musical acts and a large fireworks display. The event starts at 5pm, and is kicked off by Uncommon Sense, a Rock School band from Jimmy's Music Center in New Albany. Fenderilla, another Rock School band from Jimmy's will follow, with local band Violet Knives taking the stage after that. Olivia Henken will take the stage for an hour and twenty minute set, followed by The Louisville Crashers.
Live@5 will return regularly on Friday, July 13th. For more information, be sure to keep up-to-date with the City's website and Facebook page.
Part of Grant Line Road to close June 18; CSX resurfacing railroad crossing near Pillsbury plant, by Daniel Suddeath (News and Tribune)
NEW ALBANY — The date for the Grant Line Road closure has been moved back to June 18, as the street will be shut down at the train tracks near Rolling Creek Drive for likely one week.
CSX Railroad Corp. will be resurfacing the crossing in conjunction with the city's Grant Line Road improvement project, though New Albany is flipping the bill for the work.
This Louisville celebration of local, independent brewers, independent businesses, and independent thinkers will shelve uniformity and celebrate our uniqueness. The Louisville Independent Business Alliance kicks off "Independents Week" a little early with the Louisville Brewfest!
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Now, the fact that the largest American-owned brewer is Yuengling, with Samuel Adams coming just behind, tells us that the word "domestic" has become another victim of Orwellian meaningless, courtesy of multinational consolidations and PR gobbledygook.


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Loch Lomond's Side A features two unreleased songs and two (remastered) tracks off the group's recent full-length, Paper the Walls. The recurring tracks, "Field Report" and "Scabs on This Year" are good choices for reproducing on vinyl. But new tracks "Elephants and Little Girls" and "The Trumpet Song" not only outshine the reproductions—they're worth the price of the album ($10) alone. "The Trumpet Song" is an especially gorgeous end-piece; effeminate singer Ritchie Young and his chorus sound so vast repeating "I am the world's loudest instrument" that you almost believe them.
On Side B, the Builders and the Butchers chose to collect several unreleased songs all focusing on one of the band's favorite themes: water. Opener "When It Rains" lulls you into expecting a much more mellow band during its first verse—before smacking you with rapidfire snare pounding, cavalry-charge trumpet and mariachi castanets; it's the most badass song the Butchers currently play (which is a pretty bold statement if you've ever seen them live). It's followed by an excellent version of "Vampire Lake" that features the band's typical mandolin, banjo, violin and trumpet each rising out of and returning to the layered composition. But the Butchers' side of the LP is unfortunately arranged in order from strongest to weakest song: "Down to the River" is a slower number that works best as a palate cleanser in the middle of a driving Butchers set, while "The Rain" (which sounds out of place among the rest of the band's catalog) ends the record on a somewhat whiny note.
In all, the split record shows that the two bands' sounds actually, unexpectedly compliment each other quite well. In fact, it's as if Loch Lomond is the flip side of the pennies on the Builders and the Butchers' macabre eyes—and vice versa.
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Huntsman Graduate Develops Game App
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A recent graduate from the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business has begun helping people shoot tofu bullets at foxes in hopes of turning the furry critters into vegetarians.
Britney Johnson, who graduated with a degree in management information systems (MIS) in August, programmed an iPhone game called "Coop Shoot," and it was made available through the iTunes App Store in November. Getting the game into the App Store was a dream come true, she said.
"I grew up wanting to program games," Britney said. "That was my dream as a kid. Most people dream about becoming astronauts or professional athletes; I wanted to program games."
The game revolves around a chicken that defends its coop against hungry foxes which are after the chicken's eggs. The chicken fires tofu bullets at the foxes to convert them into vegetarians.
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Britney developed the game along with her sister, Lauren Johnson, and Lauren's husband, Shai McDonald. They are already planning to add updates to Coop Shoot and to create new games. Both Lauren and Shai are freshman MIS majors at Utah State University. They were primarily involved with creating the graphics and images. John David Johnson composed the music and sound effects for the game.
All four of them said their experience at the Huntsman School has been a great benefit to them as they created the game. Britney said she learned most of her programming skills while she was pursuing her degree in MIS, and Lauren said there are a lot of talented students and faculty who can be tapped by those who want to launch entrepreneurial projects at the Huntsman School of Business.
Britney also spoke positively about the diversity of her education. She said that as a programmer, she often found it difficult to sit through marketing and accounting courses that didn't directly relate to her chosen field. Now that she is running her own business, though, she said she is very grateful for the diverse skills she learned at the Huntsman School.
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With a government shutdown looming and Planned Parenthood at the crux of the debate, I came across two big name celebrity videos featuring Scarlett Johansson and Gwyneth Paltrow offering support for the organization.
"A cancer that goes undetected, a sexually transmitted disease left untreated, a woman unable to get the birth control she needs to plan her family and take control of her own destiny. This is the disastrous vision of some leaders of the House of Representatives."
Check out Scarlett Johansson's Video:
Gwyneth Paltrow's video is much shorter (and looks like it might have been shot in her bathroom), but still another big name actress lending her support.
Check out Gwyneth Paltrow's Video:
I'll admit that Paltrow's video isn't stellar, but it's nice to see support coming from such big name celebrities.
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@Patricia S: "Have you personally checked Planned Parenthood's books to see just where the money is coming from for the abortions that they perform?"
Patricia, the money for the abortion services comes from people like me, who donate to Planned Parenthood every year.
Thanks for sharing.
good for them!
Thanks for the article/videos.
Have you personally checked Planned Parenthood's books to see just where the money is coming from for the abortions that they perform????
& Patricia S - once again, your hard earned tax dollars are not supporting Abortions through Planned Parenthood. You would probably support giving government money to some religious organization but not to where it really counts. No matter how many times people acquaint you with REAL FACTS - you choose to ignore them & go blithely along believing the lies.
Mary M - are you serious???? Paltrow & Johansson are women, aren't they? Paltrow has children. While it is true that they might not need the services of Planned Parenthood, they recognize the need for those services in the lives of poor & middle class women.
Even though both are accomplished actresses and beautiful - they recognize the plight of fellow women. Just because they are Hollywood actresses & blonde doesn't meant that they checked their brains in at the door. They have just as much right as anyone else to speak about serious or non serious subjects.
yes its good for them that they put their name to some good use but seriously this cause is beyond their name it shouldnt matter what they say what should matter is whats happening to a womans rights period. everyones actions to help womens rights are just as important as gwens and scarlets.
@ Mary Meijer. What ever are you talking about? Are you envious of these pretty women or are the sour grapes just typical of your character? PP needs all the help it can get and not much gets the attention of nasty old white men, than a pretty face. It doesn't hurt that they are intelligent as well
kudos to those stars trying t make a diffrence ..
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What is Steven Spielberg's fascination with screaming children? Are they the best avatars of innocence to exploit for audience sympathy? Does he consider children his audience? Is the audience for a Spielberg movie the adult who's a child at heart? The arrested development case? Are they one in the same? Did the special effects of Spielberg's productions give baby boomers a sense of childlike wonder and amazement? Did that make them want to stay there, in that safe place? Did they feel secure? Did they ever feel like adults in the first place? Did Spielberg movies give cultural legitimacy to the boomer aesthetic of the eternal adolescent? Did E.T. blow John Carpenter's The Thing out of the water because audiences didn't want a science fiction movie for adults? Did Poltergeist really need to come out eight days after E.T.? Did Spielberg really need to fuck two leading American horror directors at once?
Was Poltergeist a horror film for adults? For children? Was the director of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Tobe Hooper, chosen to direct Poltergeist and make it a film for adults? Was Steven Spielberg nervous about entrusting a PG-rated horror film to the director of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre? Did Spielberg ask Hooper to make changes? Did he tell him? Did Spielberg direct two films at once? Has there ever been a single accurate report as to the controversy of who "really directed" Poltergeist? Would the average citizen of Hollywood have more to gain by boosting Spielberg, or the director of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre after the film was a hit? Would you trust Tobe Hooper around your children? Would you trust Steven Spielberg? What if there was a helicopter involved?
Do you believe in ghosts? Do you believe in curses? Do you think a movie can be cursed? Did you know that many people who worked on Poltergeist died? Did you know that three people who worked on Twilight Zone: The Movie died before the movie was even finished? Did Myca Dinh Le and Renee Shin-Yi Chen see Poltergeist? Did they see themselves as the next screaming Spielberg children, swept up in flashing lights and wind machines? Is Spielberg a religious man? Does he have a sense of his Judaism beyond the social isolation and Holocaust nightmares of imagination? Did any Jew of the Baby Boom generation? Do practicing Jews believe in the secular new age afterlife presented without reference to The Creator in Poltergeist?
If Spielberg is not a practicing Jew, is he superstitious? Is that why he wasn't involved in Poltergeist II: The Other Side? Did Poltergeist II really need to be made? Did the story lend itself to a sequel? Did Michael Grais and Mark Victor watch The Exorcist II: The Heretic for inspiration before writing the screenplay? Should they have been allowed to continue in the film business after Poltergeist II? Might we have been spared the script for Cool World or would Frank Mancuso Jr. have found even worse writers to take the story away from Ralph Bakshi?
Was Julian "Henry Kane" Beck fatally ill as a result of the Poltergeist curse? Is that what made his performance so scary? Was it in good taste to pretend Dominique Dunne's character from the first film didn't exist because she was murdered in the interim? Were the godless Michael Grais and Mark Victor tempting further animus from the spirit world when they disrespected the dead? Did Craig T. Nelson and JoBeth Williams skip out on Part III so as not to push their luck? Did Heather O'Rourke die after starring in Poltergeist III because she pushed hers too far? Will Poltergeist ever be remade by the superstitious pagans in Hollywood for fear of breaking the seal on Spielberg's vengeful victims? Is this kind of a Wes Craven's New Nightmare-in-reverse situation? What is it?


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Payroll employment up in January
February 10, 2004
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 112,000 in January, seasonally adjusted.
Retail trade employment increased by 76,000 over the month, after seasonal adjustment. Weak holiday hiring in general merchandise, sporting goods, and miscellaneous stores meant that there were fewer workers to lay off in January, resulting in seasonally adjusted employment gains for the month. Building material and garden supply stores added 14,000 jobs, reflecting continued strength in the housing market, and food stores also added 14,000 jobs.
Employment in construction continued to trend upward in January (24,000). About a third of the January increase was in heavy construction.
Within the financial activities industry, employment in securities, commodity contracts, and investments increased by 7,000 in January. Employment in education and health services was up over the month. Outpatient care centers and hospitals added 6,000 and 5,000 jobs, respectively.
In the professional and business services sector, accounting and bookkeeping, which includes tax preparation services, lost 18,000 jobs in January (after seasonal adjustment). Employment in temporary help services edged down (-21,000).
Manufacturing employment edged down (-11,000). Small job losses continued throughout most of nondurable goods. Employment in durable goods manufacturing was about unchanged in January. Employment fell by 5,000 in mining. The decline was concentrated in nonmetallic minerals, such as stone, sand, and gravel.
These data come from the Current Employment Statistics program. The above data are seasonally adjusted. Data for December 2003 and January 2004 are preliminary and subject to revision. To learn more, see The Employment Situation: January 2004 (PDF) (TXT), news release USDL 04-120.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Payroll employment up in January on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2004/feb/wk2/art02.htm (visited October 05, 2015).
Recent editions of Spotlight on Statistics
New estimates of personal taxes in Consumer Expenditure Survey
In 2013, the Consumer Expenditure Survey improved its personal tax data.
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Is it time to start Rick Rolling the Palin haters?
If the liberal community really did not want to hear from her they would ignore her. It is becoming evident that the reason Sarah is always mentioned is two fold.
1. Use her as a Lightening Rod. They have already successfully margenilized her with Ambush Journalism and creative editing.
2. Keep the impression going that she is not Presidential Material.
The trouble is the more they use step 1 the more Presidential she becomes in a lot of independents minds. She will never win over the Harvard/Yale club but thier own time of elitist supremicy might be at an end, and none too soon.
The one truth in all of this is that all our problems have been brought to us almost exclusively by the elite college educated, ivy league alumni from both parties. The country is ready for a change of leadership, you guys have screwed up the country enough already.
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Published Saturday, January 03, 2009
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Dot Moore knows John Wallace has a story, but she is trying to figure out if his story is enough for a book.
Moore, a retired educator turned writer who penned an acclaimed book about soothsayer Mayhayley Lancaster, has been poking into the story of convicted killer John Wallace for several years. A recent trip took her to Emory University's main library, where she sorted through boxes left to Emory by Margaret Anne Barnes.
Barnes, a former writer for The Times-Herald, wrote a best-selling book, "Murder In Coweta County," which was published in 1976 and made into a television film in 1983. Barnes' book told the true story of Wallace's killing of his farmhand, William Turner, and the trial -- held in the historic 1904 Coweta County Courthouse -- that sentenced Wallace to die. Lancaster, an eccentric fortuneteller from Heard County, testified against Wallace in the trial.
Moore wrote "Oracle of the Ages," published in 2001, which recounted Lancaster's story. Moore has been collecting information on Wallace since "Oracle" hit the bookstore shelves.
In the summer of 2007, she visited Newnan -- examining Wallace-related items belonging to local businessman Joe Crain. Crain owns the cell in which Wallace was held, the grappling hooks used to search for remains on his south Meriwether County farm and a witness chair that was in the courtroom when Wallace was convicted.
Records show Wallace died in the electric chair in 1950, although local legend maintains a mysterious Christmas card signed "John Wallace" was sent to the Coweta County Courthouse for several years afterward.
Wallace was a successful dairy farmer, with a spread near Durand. He also made and sold moonshine. Before he stood trial in Newnan in 1948, Wallace had already served two terms in the state penitentiary for bootlegging.
Moore searched and searched for Wallace in 1930 census records, but had no luck in Meriwether or nearby counties. Finally, on a whim, she checked the Fulton County census and found Wallace and his uncle, Mozart Strickland, as cellmates at the federal penitentiary in Atlanta.
Moore said she has been told that Wallace had whiskey transported to Newnan -- in prohibition days -- for transport by train to Chicago.
Moore found some clue to Wallace's mixture of gentility and violence in his childhood. His father, who came from a farm family in Alabama, died when Wallace was 7 years old. The farm was lost, and Wallace's mother, Myrt, temporarily lost custody of her son.
All along, Moore felt that Barnes might have some clues to Wallace's personality. The two authors did meet, and both served on a panel, along with local author John Hickman, when Erskine Caldwell's 100th birthday was celebrated in Moreland in 2003.
When Barnes died on Oct. 11, 2007, she left her papers to Emory. After a few months, Moore made the trek from Montgomery -- she also has a log cabin in her native Heard County -- to Emory and the Barnes' files.
There were some gems in the Barnes material. One box contained information Barnes obtained in interviews with Albert Brooks, a Wallace farm worker who moved to Coweta County after Turner's murder; Merle Hannah, a Moreland woman who witnessed Wallace assaulting Turner at a restaurant near Moreland; and Walt Sanders, a prominent Newnan attorney.
Numerous photographs of Wallace -- dating from the time of the trial -- were also in that box. Moore examined notebooks Barnes kept while researching "Murder" and copied clippings from newspapers, magazines and books that shed light on the Wallace case.