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From the best walks on Exmoor to spotting its wildlife, plus great places eat, drink and stay, ranger Tim Parish has the lowdown
Country diary: Chard, Somerset: These fine houses of local chert and hamstone were built on the wealth generated in the functional old lace mill
Country diary: Brewham, Somerset: A survey of 1550 told of 800 acres well set with 'old oaks of ancient bigness'
Glastonbury Tor: The distinctive terracing, represented in the opening ceremony of the London Olympics, has aroused the interest of scholars and antiquaries
A family-friendly Bath-based cycle circuit taking in one castle, one aqueduct and two tunnels
Country diary: Shepton Mallet, Somerset: From the stars of the livestock rings to the maypole on the green, the Royal Bath & Wells Show has the sense of a great regional carnival
From a wooden beach chalet to a party pad for 29 people and a castle gatehouse, often overlooked Somerset is no slouch when it comes to great places to stay
After the party's over Somerset still has lots to offer, as Gavin McOwan finds out on a tour of the county with Glastonbury festival founder Michael Eavis
As the full Glastonbury festival lineup is announced, we asked local celebrities and experts for their tips on the often overlooked county of Somerset
Daniel Start, co-author of a new book on adventures in Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Dorset, shares five 24-hour escapes in hidden corners of these holiday hotspots. You'll need a sleeping bag …
Bruton, Somerset is getting a makeover – with a new art gallery and boho residents – and At The Chapel is a fittingly stylish bolthole, writes Gemma Bowes
Artist Luke Piper is painting landscapes along the Saint Michael ley line and the mystical Somerset landscape plays a pivotal role
Recently refurbished, this Somerset village pub with rooms promises great things with its up-to-the-minute accommodation and reasonable grub, writes Sally Shalam
Country diary: Castle Cary, Somerset: The swarms of birds, swooping and wheeling in constantly changing patterns against the sky, are a seasonal marvel
A tiny Victorian harbour town tempted two Disney creatives to downsize and open this chilled, industrial-vibe B&B, says Sally Shalam
A gorgeous mixed-landscape walk steeped in literary history
A walk of two loops which begin and end in the photogenic village of Allerford and explore the 12,000-acre Holnicote Estate
A moderately long but well-marked circular walk with fabulous views of Bath. You'll pass an 18th-century landscape garden with elegant and eccentric follies, and lovely, peaceful woodland
Cycling and cider on the Strawberry line from Yatton to Cheddar
Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset have thousands of self-catering holiday cottages . In the second part of our guide, Isabel Choat rounds up some of the best companies in the south-west to help you find the perfect place to stay
There are tens of thousands of cottages available to rent in the UK. Our new four-part guide tells you how to find the perfect place for you. Part one reveals the best rental companies
Tomorrow: special focus on the south-west
Sam Wollaston tries to channel his inner Tarzan in a Somerset treehouse B&B, but is hampered by crisp cottons, a copper bath and general all-round gorgeousness
Get past the terrible name and the less than alluring location beneath a hair salon, and you'll find some really rather wonderful Nepalese cooking, says John Lanchester
A fine supper, a remote, picturesque setting and a star-studded feast of an Exe Valley breakfast – what more could you wish for, asks Sally Shalam
National Trust UK walk 9, best for geology: fossilised creatures such as arctic foxes and reindeer have been found on this limestone headland, while rare wild flowers flourish in its thin soil
From Somerset to Everest, we've got hiking trips to suit all tastes
Tim Kavanagh gets to grips with tractor driving and animal feeding on a Wwoofing break in a converted watermill
Somerset tourist spot the Wookey Hole is advertising for a resident witch to live in its cave
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Runes of Magic III - the elder kingdoms offers varied role-playing fun on the Internet.
Runes of Magic III - the elder kingdoms is one of the so-called MMORPGs, so the online role-playing games with many participants. Your chosen character must be improved through the existence of adventures and the fulfillment of tasks.
You are a total of six classes from which you can choose your character in runes of Magic III - the elder of kingdoms: priest, Knight, rogue, Mage, Scout or Warrior. What is special about runes of Magic III - the elder kingdoms is that you choose you first just a character - this has reached the level of 10, then you can select an additional secondary character, the priorities of the figures must be changed then.
55 - Is the highest level you can reach in runes of Magic III - the elder kingdoms, but until then, it is a long way off. The game world of Taborea features however sufficient possibilities to make your character exciting and varied Adventures: an ancient conflict that has turned into bitter enemies two formerly jointly fighting international smolders in the fantasy realm. It must in addition to many individual quests, adventures with more complex action sequences. Individual tasks can run simultaneously with up to 36 players - who beats himself well, wait for the useful rewards.
The 3-D graphics of online role-playing can convince with high detail and beautiful animations. The game world is freely accessible, there is much to discover - both on the surface and in the dark dungeons of Taborea. You can customize your character home, the auction house you can trade with objects, that you found or otherwise put in your possession. The combat system offers change through different combinations of attack tactics and spells.
In the version of 22.214.171.1249 III - added the elder kingdoms runes of magic to some exciting features. There has been added the event "Festival of fire" with three new challenges – here you can earn great rewards. The "Varanas nightmare" now exists as a RAID version for advanced players. System security has been increased by a secondary password, you also prevent automatic log-in attempts. In addition, the programmers have revised some skills and items and fixed many bugs.
What gives you the new version of runes of Magic III - the elder kingdoms
• new event "Festival of fire" with three challenges
• "Nightmare of Varanas" as the RAID version for experienced players
• new safety system with secondary password
• revised items and abilities

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The adventures never stop, our last day in Madagascar we decided to give it one last shot and try to see a whale shark. How could we leave Madagascar knowing this is the prime time to see the biggest fish in the ocean, and not have the chance to see it. So we booked a dive. In our surface interval we searched around for whale sharks. Finally we spotted some, you could see the birds flying over one area and the tuna jumping from the water. So they stopped the boat ...
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... if honest, not that good on a gloomy day), the sea itself with a large beach, plus a host of other attractions too. It did deliver on some of these!
Our hotel was less than ten minutes walk from the railway station and about the same distance to the promenade area. Opposite the hotel was the Olive Tree Caf� and having arrived in time for lunch we thought it worth a go - the food portions were very generous, so much so that there was ...
... exhibition on the music of the 60s and the so-called British Invasion. We enjoyed our visit to both sites that brought back many memories from the 1960s.
We visited the Liverpool Maritime Museum that has several very interesting displays - one on the sinking of the Lusitania and the other on the sinking of the Titanic. Other displays concentrated on the work of the Border Patrols (Customs) and immigration from the early 1900's from the United ...
... a point with only minutes remaining. The post game transport options were crowded and lacking so I decided to try and walk off the beers, curry wurst and chips so I made the 5km walk back into town. After a few more beers with my Egyptian roommates (not sure if they were being naughty Muslims or were Christian Egyptians????) it was time for bed after ticking off yet another items of my life ...
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Chef Andrew originates from California, but makes his way to Houston via New Orleans where he worked as an Executive Chef for a "shmancy" hotel in the Quarter while running his own restaurant at the same time!
Since coming to Houston in 2004, Chef Andrew has worked for several hotels as their Executive Chef; however, his real dream was to own a restaurant and catering company that offers quality food, competitive pricing, and flavorful menus!
So, in 2010 he turned his catering idea into reality, and now he's opening his dream restaurant!


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Ranked from 25 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Alright, the clicking out of bounds issue should be fixed!
I actually took this simplified version of the grappling hook mechanic from a platformer I've been working on, it's in early stages atm and it's used as a mario style powerup.
Very fun game. The cursor going out of the window, as others have mentioned, was annoying. You could probably get around that in the future by using "Screen.lockcursor = true;" and tracking mouse input to make your own virtual cursor. I'd like to play something with this gameplay but with predefined environments rather than a procedurally generated one.
Appreciate the kind words. You can right click to select enter fullscreen which should help avoid clicking out of bounds
One of my higher marks so far, mostly as I really enjoyed it and wanted to get onto that score board! Great game, hope its up in the top 10 as it deserves it.
Really addictive! As already said, I clicked a lot outside the window without noticing. Will try to beat my score definitely! :)
Eep, I kept accidentally clicking outside of the window because I'd naturally place the cross-hair somewhere near where I wanted the hook to attach (rather than direction) which is right near the edge of the window.
I admit I didn't get far, but I wish the level got a bit more exciting as it went along to create some sense of progression and achievement.
Great choice of music, I left it playing in the background for a while after.
Surprisingly addictive game. Surprisingly misleading title. Very challenging, but very rewarding once you get a knack for it.
Challenging game, I couldn't get very far without dying.
It took me a while to not die immediately, but once I got the hang of it I had a good time playing. Made it onto the high score table, but I think I'm pretty terrible. :x
Have a go at Dayglow Empire. :)
Really well done game! I made it on the high score table!!! :) I included it in part 7 of my Cyberpunk Jam compilation video series, if youd like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/HRCFskAr6aU
Good work!
It would be nice if you highlight the area at the top where it will be going to attach itself based on your mouse position. Sometime I think it'll going to attach at some place but then it attaches itself somewhere else. Breaks the rhythm of the game.
Certainly a challenge. Think Spider-man with poor reflexes.
I think with some values tweaking this could be quite fun.
I played this a few times earlier. Took me awhile to understand how the controls worked, but I eventually got into the "swing" of things. I expected it to be a different game from the title. It's a good game. Challenging.
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Olympic Stadium
Olympic Stadium is the name usually given to the main stadium of an Olympic Games.
An Olympic stadium is the site of the opening and closing ceremonies. Many, though not all, of these venues actually contain the words Olympic Stadium as part of their names.
Olympic Stadium may also be named a multi-purpose stadium which hosts Olympic sports.[1]
In the case of the Summer Olympics, athletics competitions and the football final are traditionally held in the Olympic Stadium. Exceptions to this have occurred though at the 1900, 1996 and 2016 Summer Olympics as well as at the 2010 and 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games.
Early Winter Games often used figure skating venues as focal points. These were often designated as the Olympic Stadium, usually hosting the opening and closing ceremonies.
A number of stadiums have been used in more than one Olympics, in those cities that have held the Games more than once.
Lysgårdsbakkene was the main stadium of a Winter Olympics and a Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG). Bergiselschanze was the main stadium of two Winter Olympics and one Winter YOG. Olympiahalle jointly shared the Olympic Stadium role with Bergiselschanze during the two Winter Olympics, but not during the Winter YOG. Only one stadium, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, has been the main stadium of two Summer Olympics. In addition to the inaugural Summer Olympics, Panathinaiko Stadio was also the main stadium of the only Intercalated Games held. In 2022 Beijing National Stadium will join these in being the main stadium at two Olympics, but with a special distinction: it will become the only stadium to have been such at both a Summer and a Winter Olympics.
A number, including both the Panathinaiko Stadio and the Vélodrome de Vincennes, have hosted events at subsequent Olympics. The London Games of 2012 were not opened and closed at the rebuilt Wembley Stadium, the site of the 1948 Olympic Stadium, but instead at a new stadium in Stratford. Wembley was, however, the venue for some 2012 Olympic football matches. Likewise, the Melbourne Cricket Ground, which was the centrepiece stadium for the 1956 games, later hosted the first games of the Sydney 2000 football tournament. Lake Placid's 1930 Olympic Stadium was utilized in the 1980 Lake Placid games as the speed skating venue. Olympiahalle hosted figure skating and short-track speed skating during the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics. Stockholm Olympic Stadium hosted equestrian events for the 1956 Summer Olympics (while the 1956 games were held in Melbourne, Australia, quarantine restrictions prevented equestrian events from being held domestically, thus Stockholm, Sweden hosted the 1956 equestrian competitions).
Other major events held at Olympic StadiumsEdit
- ^ Olympic Stadium. Big Olympic Encyclopedia. Moscow 2006.
- ^ After the 1996 Paralympics, the stadium was reconfigured, as planned, into the baseball-specific Turner Field. After the Atlanta Braves vacated Turner Field after their 2016 season, Georgia State University purchased the stadium and is renovating it to host its American football program. This version of the stadium is tentatively known as Georgia State Stadium.
- ^ "João Havelange Olympic Stadium". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.


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May 22, 2017 - 08:26 GMT
The Blancos boss was rightfully in high spirits after clinching his first Primera Division title at the helm of the Santiago Bernabeu club
May 20, 2017 - 20:17 GMT
The Brazilian star revealed to Goal that the Real Madrid legend originally had no plans to become a manager once his illustrious playing career ended
May 18, 2017 - 15:55 GMT
The Real Madrid star was once again overlooked for his country, as his coach is reluctant to introduce disruptive elements into his side
May 17, 2017 - 15:46 GMT
The Foxes managed to keep of the bulk of their title-winning squad last summer, but it seems unlikely the same will happen this time around
May 17, 2017 - 15:19 GMT
Banned from the national team since November 2015 because of his suspected involvement in a sex-tape scandal, the Real Madrid striker may have found an unexpected supporter in the new French president.
May 17, 2017 - 11:00 GMT
A surprise strike by maintenance workers of Air Algérie left hundreds stranded in Algiers.
May 17, 2017 - 09:25 GMT
The Real Madrid forward is growing frustrated by his former team-mate's 'inventing' amid an ongoing scandal involving the two
May 13, 2017 - 19:20 GMT
Both managers were in agreement that the match official made the right decision to rule out a botched penalty from the Foxes star
May 11, 2017 - 15:33 GMT
Even Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane was left struggling for words after Karim Benzema's magical run against Atletico Madrid.
May 10, 2017 - 06:35 GMT
In Real Madrid's quest for a second successive Champions League trophy, Zinedine Zidane has urged his side to forget about...
May 07, 2017 - 12:44 GMT
Kourtney is reportedly 'having fun' with her rumored flame and retired boxer Younes Bendjima.
May 06, 2017 - 19:06 GMT
Photos on social media emerged of Algerians mocking the elections, which have been condemned for being farce, by submitting various photos and food wrappers instead of their votes.
May 06, 2017 - 18:59 GMT
Riyad Mahrez scored on his 100th Premier League appearance to help Leicester City to a comfortable 3-0 win over Watford that moved the champions into the top half of the table.
May 05, 2017 - 18:45 GMT
Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo has been targeted by whistles this season, but Zinedine Zidane feels the club's view matters most.
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PRESTONSBURG – Communities Against Drug Addiction held its third annual Celebrate Recovery event over the weekend at Archer Park. In recognition of September being recognized as National Recovery Month, the group wanted to celebrate those individuals who have fought addiction and overcome it.
"This weekend is about showing those in the community who still may be struggling with addiction they are not alone," said Tim Hall, organizer of the event. "You cannot be ashamed of your addiction. If an individual is truly going to overcome this disease, they have to own it and decide it no longer owns them. We are willing to listen, to hold your hand, to be there for you to let you know you are not alone,"
Despite the rain, over two hundred people showed up to show their support of recovery. Eukie Ward, a recovering addict who has worked with Karen's Place and now works as a peer support person for Mountain Comprehensive Care sang as part of her testimony and struggle with drug addiction. She was accompanied on guitar by her mother. The ladies attending Karen's Place also performed a song for the event.
Destination Church was also at the event. Members of its outreach group talked with individuals about addiction and asked for prayer requests. Individuals requested prayer for themselves and others struggling with addiction. At the event, the group erected a cross where it placed all prayer requests to be prayed for by group members.
"We are here for the recovery community and if they are still dealing with addiction we are available to talk about the struggles and challenges it takes to overcome addiction," said Destination Church Pastor Matthew Smith. "For someone who has struggled with addiction, I am three and a half years sober of an alcohol addiction, I know exactly what a lot of these people are going through. A lot of times they feel like they have been thrown away. We want them to know Destination Church is here for them to help in any way we can."
Several individuals spoke about how addiction has affected their lives and what it took to get clean and stay clean.
"Living in recovery is much harder than living in addiction," said Marla Tackett. "I am proud of the effort I put forth in staying in recovery. Together we can do great things. I celebrate my recovery every day and thank God for the blessings he has given me."
Communities Against Drug Addiction extended its thanks to everyone who came out, those who helped to put the event together and the many who shared their stories of struggle, hope and recovery.
Andrea Saddler is a reporter for The Floyd County Times. She can be reached at (606) 886-8506.


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RENDELL, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal, we consider whether the Secretary of Labor retained jurisdiction to impose sanctions for violations of H-1B visa regulations when she failed to act until eighteen months after the time period prescribed by statute for her actions had expired. We conclude that, under the analysis prescribed by the Supreme Court in Brock v. Pierce County, 476 U.S. 253, 106 S.Ct. 1834, 90 L.Ed.2d 248 (1986), the Secretary had jurisdiction to act after the deadline passed.
Cyberworld Enterprise Technologies is a temporary staffing company that obtains H-1B visas for its employees and then places the employees with other companies, known as "secondary employers." Under federal law, Cyberworld is required to inquire of the secondary employer whether the hiring of an H-1B employee will cause a "United States worker" to be laid off, or "displaced." On August 9, 2001, the Department of Labor received a complaint that Cyberworld had failed to comply with this requirement. Although the Department was required by law to determine within thirty days whether a "reasonable basis" existed for the complaint, it did
After unsuccessfully challenging these sanctions through an administrative appeal, Cyberworld brought an action in federal district court against the Secretary and other officials under the Administrative Procedure Act ("APA"), contending that the Secretary was without jurisdiction to impose sanctions because she had failed to act before the thirty-day deadline. Cyberworld also contended that the Secretary's action was untimely under the doctrine of laches, that sanctions were improper because Cyberworld had not knowingly violated the statute, that the sanctions imposed were not authorized by Department of Labor regulations, and that the Secretary should have exercised her discretion not to impose sanctions. The District Court granted summary judgment to the Government defendants. Like the District Court, we are not persuaded by Cyberworld's arguments, and will affirm the District Court's order granting summary judgment.
The H-1B visa program is designed to allow professionals from other countries who are employed in "specialty occupations" to work in the United States on a temporary basis. 20 C.F.R. § 655.700. Employers obtain H-1B visas for their employees by filing certain applications with the Department of Labor and the Department of Homeland Security. See id. H-1B employees either work directly for the employer who obtained the visa or are placed with other employers in need of specialty labor. As a temporary staffing agency, Cyberworld places its H-1B employees with other employers and is therefore known as a "placing employer." Since the bulk of Cyberworld's workforce consists of H-1B employees, it is also known as an "H-1B-dependent employer."
In order to obtain H-1B visas for their employees, employers must file a "labor condition application" ("LCA") with the Department of Labor under procedures set forth by 8 U.S.C. § 1182(n), which was incorporated into the Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA") by the Immigration Act of 1990 (the "1990 Act") and later amended by the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 ("ACWIA"). See Pub.L. No. 101-649 § 205, 104 Stat. 4978, 5021-22 (1990); Pub.L. No. 105-277 § § 412-13, 112 Stat. 2681, 2981-642 to -650 (1998). As part of this application, an employer must make several attestations required by § 1182(n)(1), including that the employer will pay H-1B employees no less than the prevailing wage for that type of job; that the employer's current employees are not on strike; that the employer has notified its employees of its intent to hire H-1B workers; and that the employer has attempted to recruit employees in the United States to fill its positions.
The attestation requirement relevant here was enacted by the ACWIA, and requires that placing employers attest in the LCA that they have confirmed with secondary employers that the hiring of an H-1B employee will not displace a "United States worker" employed by the secondary employer. Specifically, 8 U.S.C. § 1182(n)(1)(F) provides that the LCA must state that:
§ 1182(n)(1)(F) (emphases added).
The inquiry requirement is also contained in Department of Labor regulations:
20 C.F.R. § 655.738(d)(5) (emphases added). The regulations then set forth "standards and guidance" that apply to the inquiry obligation. Id.
The Secretary is required to certify an LCA within seven days unless she "finds that the application is incomplete or obviously inaccurate." § 1182(n)(1). Thus, she is not generally permitted to investigate the veracity of the employer's attestations on the LCA prior to certification. However, she is required to investigate complaints regarding an employer's "failure to meet a condition" of § 1182(n)(1) or "misrepresentation of material facts" in an LCA. § 1182(n)(2)(A). Such complaints "may be filed by any aggrieved person or organization," and must be "filed not later than 12 months after the date of the failure or misrepresentation." Id.
The statute mandates that "the Secretary shall provide, within 30 days after the date such a complaint is filed, for a determination as to whether or not a reasonable basis exists to make a finding described in subparagraph (C)." § 1182(n)(2)(B) (emphases added).
Department regulations delegate the "reasonable basis" determination to the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division (the "Administrator"), see 20 C.F.R. § 655.815, and impose a thirty-day deadline for the Administrator to issue this determination.
20 C.F.R. § 655.806(a)(3) (emphases added).
If the Department ultimately determines that the inquiry requirement was violated, the statute provides for monetary penalties and a suspension of future approvals of H-1B applications:
§ 1182(n)(2)(C)(i) (emphases added). The one-year suspension required by § 1182(n)(2)(C)(i)(II) is known as "debarment."
The Department's regulations provide for the same sanctions:
20 C.F.R. § 655.810 (emphases added).
On August 9, 2001, the Department's Wage and Hour Division received a complaint regarding Cyberworld's compliance with § 1182(n). The Division then investigated the complaint, and on March 20, 2003, over nineteen months after receiving the complaint, the Administrator issued his reasonable basis determination, finding that Cyberworld had "failed to make the required displacement inquiry of the secondary employer." App. 129. The Administrator assessed a $3400 penalty and determined that the Attorney General would be notified of the violation so that he could impose a one-year debarment.
Cyberworld filed an administrative appeal. The company conceded that it had failed to make the required displacement inquiry with respect to each of the fourteen LCAs that it submitted between January 19, 2001, and October 1, 2002. It also stipulated that the fourteen H-1B workers whom it placed with secondary employers during this period "perform[ed] duties" for the other employers and that there were "indicia of an employment relationship" between the H-1B workers and the other employers, thus satisfying the other elements of a § 1182(n)(1)(F) violation. However, Cyberworld challenged the Secretary's jurisdiction to act after the thirty-day deadline, as well as her authority to impose sanctions without proof of scienter. An Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ") rejected these arguments and affirmed the determination that Cyberworld was subject to sanctions. Cyberworld then appealed to the Department of Labor's Administrative Review Board, which summarily affirmed on the grounds provided by the ALJ. Cyberworld then filed a complaint under the APA in federal district court, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief.
The Government defendants moved for summary judgment, and the District Court granted the motion. Relying on the Supreme Court's decision in Pierce County, the District Court held that the language in § 1182(n)(2)(B) providing that "the Secretary shall" make a determination within thirty days does not deprive the Secretary of jurisdiction to issue such a determination after the thirty days have expired. The District Court also rejected Cyberworld's argument that the Secretary's action was foreclosed by the doctrine of laches, since Cyberworld had failed to show that it was prejudiced by the Secretary's delay. Finally, the Court concluded that the Secretary was not required to show any knowledge on the part of Cyberworld, and that the Secretary had correctly determined that the one-year debarment was required by law.
The District Court had jurisdiction over this case under 28 U.S.C. § 1331 and the APA, 5 U.S.C. §§ 702 and 706. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291.
When reviewing a grant of summary judgment in a case brought under the APA, we apply de novo review to the district court's ruling, and in turn apply
Cyberworld's principal argument is that because § 1182(n)(2)(B) states that the Secretary "shall" make a determination within thirty days, and the word "shall" has a mandatory meaning, the Secretary lost jurisdiction to take action against it by failing to issue a reasonable basis determination within thirty days of receiving the complaint against Cyberworld.
This argument is foreclosed by the Supreme Court's decision in Brock v. Pierce County. In Pierce County, the Court considered a deadline imposed on the Secretary of Labor by another statute, the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act ("CETA"), which authorized the Secretary to issue grants for job training and employment. 476 U.S. at 255, 106 S.Ct. 1834. The CETA also authorized the Secretary to investigate complaints that CETA funds were being misused, but "require[d] that the Secretary `shall' determine `the truth of the allegation or belief involved, not later than 120 days after receiving the complaint.'" Id. at 255-56, 106 S.Ct. 1834 (quoting 29 U.S.C. § 816(b) (Supp. V 1976) (repealed 1982)). The Secretary issued this determination with respect to Pierce County nearly thirty months after receiving a complaint, and thus failed to meet the 120-day deadline. Id. at 256-57, 106 S.Ct. 1834. The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the 120-day limit was "jurisdictional," and determined that the Secretary thus lost his power to issue a determination after the expiration of the 120 days. Id. at 257-59, 106 S.Ct. 1834.
The Supreme Court reversed, concluding that "the mere use of the word `shall'..., standing alone, is not enough to remove the Secretary's power to act after" the deadline. Id. at 262, 106 S.Ct. 1834. The Court noted that it was "most reluctant to conclude that every failure of an agency to observe a procedural requirement voids subsequent agency action, especially when important public rights are at stake." Id. at 260, 106 S.Ct. 1834. It therefore studied the language and legislative history of the CETA "to determine whether Congress did indeed desire [the] somewhat incongruous result" of depriving the Secretary of his authority after the expiration of this deadline, and adopted a line of precedent holding that a statutory time limit does not divest an agency of jurisdiction unless the statute "specifies a consequence for failure to comply with the provision." Id. at 258, 259-60, 106 S.Ct. 1834 (internal quotation marks and citations omitted). After reviewing the CETA's language and legislative history, the Court found that there was nothing "to suggest that Congress intended to impose a jurisdictional limitation on agency action." Id. at 262-63, 106 S.Ct. 1834.
The Court also discussed and rejected several opposing arguments. First, it distinguished Pierce County from an earlier case, Mohasco Corp. v. Silver, 447 U.S. 807, 100 S.Ct. 2486, 65 L.Ed.2d 532 (1980), in which the Court had "held that an action filed by a private plaintiff after the expiration of the 300-day time period provided in [the Civil Rights Act of 1964] was jurisdictionally barred." 476 U.S. at 261, 106 S.Ct. 1834. The Court noted that while "legislatures routinely create statutes of limitations for the filing of complaints"
Second, the Court rejected the argument that agencies should be permitted to act after the expiration of a deadline "only when agency inaction would prejudice a private citizen seeking some sort of redress." Id. at 261-62, 106 S.Ct. 1834. The Court noted that "the protection of the public fisc is a matter that is of interest to every citizen, and we have no evidence that Congress wanted to permit the Secretary's inaction to harm that interest." Id. at 262, 106 S.Ct. 1834.
Third, the Court rejected the argument that the Secretary had also lost jurisdiction by failing to comply with administrative regulations establishing a deadline. As with the statutory deadline, the Court noted that the regulations "do not specify any consequences of a failure to meet that deadline." Id. at 265, 106 S.Ct. 1834.
The Supreme Court has since summarized the holding of Pierce County as follows: "[I]f a statute does not specify a consequence for noncompliance with statutory timing provisions, the federal courts will not in the ordinary course impose their own coercive sanction." United States v. James Daniel Good Real Prop., 510 U.S. 43, 63, 114 S.Ct. 492, 126 L.Ed.2d 490 (1993). Thus, "a statute directing official action needs more than a mandatory `shall' before the grant of power can sensibly be read to expire when the job is supposed to be done," and we will not construe "a provision that the Government `shall' act within a specified time, without more, as a jurisdictional limit precluding action later." Barnhart v. Peabody Coal Co., 537 U.S. 149, 161, 158, 123 S.Ct. 748, 154 L.Ed.2d 653 (2003).
Cyberworld attempts to distinguish this case from Pierce County on three grounds.
First, according to Cyberworld, Pierce County applies only when an agency is required to complete a "substantial task" by the statutory deadline. Cyberworld notes that under the CETA the Secretary was required to "resolve the entire dispute" within the statutory time period, 476 U.S. at 261, 106 S.Ct. 1834, but that under § 1182(n) she is only required to make "a determination as to whether or not a reasonable basis exists" for finding a violation, § 1182(n)(2)(B). However, Pierce County never limited its holding to cases where an agency must complete a "substantial task." Rather, it used that language to explain why a deadline for administrative action is not comparable to a statute of limitations in private litigation, which the Court had held in Mohasco to be jurisdictional. In any event, similar to the actions required by the CETA, the Administrator under § 1182(n) issues a determination only after an investigation, must explain his reasoning in the determination, and must prescribe remedies for any violation that he finds. 20 C.F.R. §§ 655.806(a)(3), 655.815(c). Thus, even assuming arguendo that the nature of the task is a relevant consideration, the "task" here is not insubstantial.
Second, Cyberworld contends that Pierce County applies only when an agency is acting to protect a "public right" or the "public fisc." In Pierce County, the Court noted that it was especially reluctant
Third, Cyberworld contends that even if the statutory deadline did not foreclose the Secretary's actions, the regulatory deadline imposed by 20 C.F.R. § 655.806(a)(3) would bar her actions. Under Pierce County, we evaluate regulatory deadlines in the same manner as statutory deadlines, by determining whether a regulation "specif[ies] any consequences of a failure to meet [its] deadline." 476 U.S. at 265, 106 S.Ct. 1834. Nothing in § 655.806 indicates that any consequence results from a failure to issue a determination within thirty days. As the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has held, "absent a clear indication to the contrary, regulatory deadlines, like statutory deadlines, provide no remedy for their own violation." Hendrickson v. FDIC, 113 F.3d 98, 101 (7th Cir.1997).
Pierce County thus controls here, and requires that we analyze the "express language" of the statute, as well as its "structure, purpose, and legislative history," to determine whether Congress intended to remove the Secretary's authority to act after the thirty-day deadline. Barnhart, 537 U.S. at 161, 163, 123 S.Ct. 748. We find nothing in the language, structure, purpose, or legislative history of § 1182(n) to support Cyberworld's claim that Congress had this intent.
The only relevant piece of statutory language cited by Cyberworld is the word "shall." Cyberworld correctly argues that "shall" usually has a mandatory meaning. However, by virtue of Pierce County, we cannot rely on the word "shall" alone to conclude that Congress intended for the Secretary to lose her power to act. This is especially true given that § 1182(n) was enacted several years after Pierce County, once "Congress was presumably aware that [courts] do not readily infer congressional intent to limit an agency's power to get a mandatory job done merely from a specification to act by a certain time." Barnhart, 537 U.S. at 160, 123 S.Ct. 748. Nothing else in the statute's language indicates that Congress intended to limit the Secretary's power after the expiration of thirty days, or to impose any other consequence for her failure to meet the deadline.
Cyberworld also points to the other instances of the word "shall" in § 1182(n)(2)(B), and argues that if we allow the Secretary to exercise jurisdiction after the statutory deadline has passed, we must construe the other instances of "shall" in a similarly permissive manner. If "shall" is not mandatory, it argues, then the Secretary would not be required to give notice of her "determination to the interested parties and an opportunity for a hearing," or to "make a finding" after the hearing. § 1182(n)(2)(B). This argument overstates the impact of Pierce County. Pierce County does not deprive the word "shall" of its mandatory force. The Secretary is still required by § 1182(n)(2)(B) to make a reasonable basis determination, to give notice of that determination to interested parties, to hold a hearing if requested, and then to make a further determination after the hearing. Pierce County does, however, prevent us from reading the word "shall" so expansively as to mean that the Secretary was forbidden from imposing
Cyberworld also cites a statement in the legislative history of the 1990 Act that "the Secretary of Labor is to investigate and determine within thirty days if there is reasonable cause" for finding a violation, H.R.Rep. No. 101-723 pt. 1, at 65 (1990), U.S.Code Cong. & Admin.News pp. 6710, 6745 (emphasis added), and argues that the phrase "is to" demonstrates that Congress intended for the word "shall" to have a mandatory meaning. Even without relying on this legislative history, we agree that the word "shall" has a mandatory meaning. As in Pierce County, however, this legislative history does not "suggest that Congress intended to impose a jurisdictional limitation on agency action" occurring after the thirty-day period. 476 U.S. at 262-63, 106 S.Ct. 1834.
Indeed, the legislative history and purpose of § 1182(n) offer no support for Cyberworld's position. A report of the House Committee on the Judiciary regarding the 1990 Act, which first implemented the complaint-driven process and thirty-day timetable that are still in place today, demonstrates that Congress was concerned with remedying the prior H-1B system, which had "neither serve[d] business needs nor protect[ed] the domestic labor force," in part because of lengthy processing delays in issuing the visas. H.R.Rep. No. 101-723 pt. 1, at 61 (1990), U.S.Code Cong. & Admin.News pp. 6710, 6741. Although the Committee report refers to the thirty-day deadline, it does not explain why the reasonable basis determination must be issued so quickly. Id. at 65-66. When the ACWIA later added several provisions regarding the displacement of U.S. workers, including the inquiry requirement at issue here, Congress emphasized its goal of "ensur[ing] that companies will not replace American workers with foreign born professionals," such as by "replacing a particular laid-off U.S. worker with a particular covered H-1B" worker. 144 Cong. Rec. S12741, S12749-50 (Oct. 21, 1998) (statement of Sen. Abraham). Again, however, the legislative history is silent as to the reasons for applying the thirty-day deadline to reasonable basis determinations regarding the inquiry requirement. Id. at S12752.
Thus, while the 1990 Act made the investigative process complaint-driven and imposed deadlines to eliminate unnecessary bureaucratic processing, the deadline was certainly not a goal of the statute. The same is true of the ACWIA's application of this deadline to investigations of the inquiry requirement. To the contrary, a primary goal of the 1990 Act and the ACWIA was to prevent displacement of the American workforce. Although Congress was cognizant of the impact of government procedures on employers and workers, we can find no evidence that it intended to make the interests of H-1B employers paramount to the enforcement of regulations designed to prevent displacement. This is especially true given the federal government's strong interest, which is not even shared with the states, in regulating immigration. If the federal government were prevented from acting after the thirty-day deadline, the statute's displacement requirements would be left essentially unregulated. We see no indication that Congress intended such a drastic result.
We agree with Cyberworld that nineteen months is a long period of time for an agency to take before acting when the governing statute specifies that the agency "shall" act within thirty days. Nonetheless, since Congress did not prevent the Secretary from acting after the deadline had expired, Pierce County dictates the
Cyberworld also argues that the doctrine of laches bars the imposition of sanctions because of the Secretary's nineteen-month delay in issuing the determination, that it was entitled to discovery to establish facts supporting its laches argument, and that summary judgment on the issue of laches was premature in the absence of such discovery. We find these arguments unpersuasive.
The doctrine of laches bars an action only when the delay in bringing the action both caused prejudice and was inexcusable. Tracinda Corp. v. DaimlerChrysler AG, 502 F.3d 212, 226 (3d Cir. 2007). We review a district court's determination regarding laches for abuse of discretion. Id. We also review a district court's discovery orders for abuse of discretion, and will not disturb such orders without a showing of actual and substantial prejudice. Mass. Sch. of Law at Andover, Inc. v. Am. Bar Ass'n, 107 F.3d 1026, 1032 (3d Cir.1997); Hewlett v. Davis, 844 F.2d 109, 113 (3d Cir.1988).
Cyberworld urges that it experienced two types of prejudice resulting from the Secretary's delay: the harm inherent in being required "to operate in a state of uncertainty for an unduly lengthy period of time," and the possibility that its employees and other witnesses would remember events less clearly because of the passage of time. Appellant's Br. at 38. Both are speculative and lack any support in the record. Cyberworld has offered no evidence to substantiate its claim that it was harmed by either of these potential forms of prejudice, and in light of Cyberworld's concession in the administrative proceedings that it violated the inquiry requirement on fourteen occasions, we are skeptical that any such evidence could have been produced. Moreover, we do not understand how discovery would have been of use to Cyberworld. If it wished to introduce evidence that it had been harmed by "operat[ing] in a state of uncertainty," it could have done so by producing its own business records. It could also have guarded against any memory loss by having its employees record their knowledge in affidavits. Since Cyberworld has not shown prejudice from the Secretary's delay, there was no genuine issue of fact to preclude the entry of summary judgment regarding the issue of laches.
Nonetheless, Cyberworld contends that it was entitled to discovery from the Government regarding the reasons for the Secretary's delay, ostensibly to show that the delay was "inexcusable." Even if Cyberworld had been able to make such a showing, however, discovery would not have enabled it to show prejudice, and its laches claim would still have failed. Thus, Cyberworld has not demonstrated that discovery would have allowed it to "present facts essential to justify its opposition." Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(f). We therefore find no abuse of discretion in the District Court's denial of further discovery.
Cyberworld contends that sanctions can only be imposed under § 1182(n)(2)(C)(i) if there is scienter—that is, if the failure to inquire was knowing or intentional—and that it was therefore improperly sanctioned because it lacked such knowledge. However, § 1182(n)(2)(C)(i) contains no such requirement, and we see no basis for finding that Congress intended to include one in the statute.
Cyberworld was sanctioned under § 1182(n)(2)(C)(i), which provides for sanctions for "a failure to meet a condition of paragraph ... (1)(F)." Paragraph (1)(F), in turn, provides that employers will not place H-1B visa recipients with another employer "unless the employer has inquired of the other employer as to whether, and has no knowledge that ..., the other employer has displaced or intends to displace a United States worker employed by the other employer." § 1182(n)(1)(F). Thus, an employer can effectuate a placement only if both conditions are met. Conversely, sanctions must be imposed under paragraph (2)(C)(i) for a violation of paragraph (1)(F) either if the placing employer fails to inquire of the secondary employer about displacement or if, even though the placing employer did make the inquiry, it had knowledge (including independently) that the secondary employer "has displaced or intends to displace a United States worker." Since Cyberworld concedes that it did not inquire about displacement, it clearly failed to fulfill one of the two conditions. Here, the Secretary sanctioned the placing employer for failing to make the displacement inquiry (rather than for knowing that displacement would occur); the statute only required her to show that the inquiry was not made. She need not have determined whether there was an actual displacement, or whether the placing employer had any knowledge (independent or otherwise) regarding displacement.
Cyberworld urges a different reading. Cyberworld argues that since Congress included a scienter requirement in a different section, namely § 1182(n)(2)(E)(i), which provides for sanctions when a secondary employer "has displaced ... a United States worker" and the "placing employer ... knew or had reason to know of such displacement" (emphases added), Congress must have also intended scienter to be required in § 1182(n)(2)(C)(i). However, the presence of this language in a paragraph different from the paragraph under which Cyberworld was sanctioned actually undermines Cyberworld's position, since it demonstrates that Congress knew how to impose a scienter requirement when it wanted to do so. Indeed, by including a scienter requirement in paragraph (n)(2)(E)(i), which applies in instances of actual displacement rather than failures to inquire about displacement, Congress protected an entity like Cyberworld from being sanctioned for displacement resulting from the actions of third parties without its knowledge. By contrast, Cyberworld is being sanctioned for failing to take an action that was entirely within its control.
Cyberworld also contends that compliance with the inquiry requirement does not serve the statute's goal of preventing displacement because secondary employers can still place Cyberworld employees with "tertiary employers" without Cyberworld's knowledge, even if an inquiry is made.
As a sanction for violating the inquiry requirement, the Secretary notified the Attorney General that Cyberworld was disqualified from submitting H-1B petitions for a period of one year, which is commonly known as "debarment." Cyberworld argues that Department of Labor regulations do not authorize debarment for failures to inquire about displacement. This argument has two prongs. First, Cyberworld contends that the regulations that address debarment, 20 C.F.R. § 655.810(b) and (d), apply only to instances of actual displacement, not to failures to inquire about displacement. Second, Cyberworld contends that 20 C.F.R. §§ 655.855(a) and (c), which were cited by the Administrator's determination, do not authorize the sanctions imposed and therefore could not be invoked to sanction Cyberworld.
As an initial matter, the Secretary is directly authorized by § 1182(n) itself to sanction violations of the inquiry requirement. Debarment is not only permitted, it is specifically required by § 1182(n)(2)(C)(i), which states that when the Secretary finds that an H-1B employer failed to satisfy the inquiry requirement "the Secretary shall notify the Attorney General of such finding" and "the Attorney General shall not approve [H-1B] petitions filed with respect to that employer ... during a period of at least 1 year." This alone gave the Secretary the authority to sanction Cyberworld.
Contrary to Cyberworld's contention, debarment is also required by 20 C.F.R. § 655.810(b) and (d). Section 655.810(d) requires debarment for violations "specified in paragraph (b)(1)(i)." Section 655.810(b)(1)(i), in turn, refers to "violation[s] pertaining to ... displacement of U.S. workers (§ 655.738)." Finally, § 655.738 describes all of the displacement-related violations, including, in § 655.738(d)(5), the failure to make displacement inquiries. Cyberworld contends that, because § 655.810(b)(1)(i) refers to "displacement of U.S. workers (§ 655.738)" without referring to "inquiries about displacement," it only authorizes sanctions when actual displacement has occurred. However, it is clear that § 655.810(b)(1)(i) refers to § 655.738 in its entirety, and uses the phrase "displacement of U.S. workers" only as a shorthand to refer to the numerous displacement-related violations described in that regulation. Thus, § 655.810(b)(1)(i) authorizes sanctions for failing to inquire about displacement, which is described in § 655.738(d)(5).
Cyberworld is correct that § 655.855(a) and (c), despite being cited in the Administrator's
§ 655.855 (emphases added). Thus, these paragraphs require debarment only for "[v]iolations ... identified in § 655.810(f)," and "for the period of time ... described in § 655.810(f)." § 655.810(a), (c). Yet § 655.810(f) does not identify any violations or set forth any time periods; instead, it describes the procedure for paying monetary penalties assessed by the Administrator.
Cyberworld also argues that the Secretary should have exercised her discretion not to impose the debarment sanction. The Government, on the other hand, maintains that because § 1182(n)(2)(C)(i) states that "the Secretary shall notify the Attorney General of such finding," and that "the Attorney General shall not approve petitions filed with respect to that employer ... during a period of at least 1 year," the Secretary does not have any such discretion.
Cyberworld relies on Asika v. Ashcroft, 362 F.3d 264 (4th Cir.2004), and Heckler v. Chaney, 470 U.S. 821, 105 S.Ct. 1649, 84 L.Ed.2d 714 (1985), for the proposition that the Government can exercise discretion even when a statute uses apparently mandatory language. However, these
Cyberworld argues, however, that if we find that the Secretary retained jurisdiction after the thirty-day deadline despite the use of the word "shall" in § 1182(n)(2)(B), we must allow the Government to escape the mandatory force of the "shall" in § 1182(n)(2)(C)(i)(I). That is, the two instances of the word "shall" should operate in tandem; if the Government can ignore the binding force of "shall" with respect to the thirty-day deadline, then it should not be bound by the word "shall" in the imposition of sanctions. In the latter context, however, there is no Supreme Court precedent compelling a certain interpretation of the statute, and the Government is not seeking to avoid compliance with its literal terms. Our interpretation of the word "shall" in § 1182(n)(2)(B) thus does not govern our interpretation of the same word as it is used in § 1182(n)(2)(C)(i). See Official Comm. of Unsecured Creditors of Cybergenics Corp. v. Chinery, 330 F.3d 548, 559 (3d Cir.2003) (en banc) (noting that the presumption "`that identical words used in different parts of the same act are intended to have the same meaning'" may be overcome when "`there is such variation in the connection in which the words are used as reasonably to warrant the conclusion that they were employed in different parts of the act with different intent'" (quoting Atl. Cleaners & Dyers, Inc. v. United States, 286 U.S. 427, 433, 52 S.Ct. 607, 76 L.Ed. 1204 (1932))).
We agree with Cyberworld that a one-year debarment appears to be a harsh sanction for a company like Cyberworld, which depends on H-1B visa applications for its business, especially when the sanction is being imposed for failing to inquire about possible displacement rather than for actual displacement. However, this is an issue for Congress to consider, not the courts.
For the reasons stated above, we will affirm the District Court's order granting summary judgment to the Government defendants.


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Feb 4, 2009 at 11:09 am #1233799
OK, I've been told to "hike your own hike".
Sometimes when I HYOH, I can't! Others don't let me.
Because "others" while hiking their own hike, decide that I need to hike THEIR hike with THEM instead of my own. Here is my problem:
1. I don't like ( I hate!) the smell of:
a. Cigar smoke
b. Pipe smoke
c. Cigarette smoke
d. Marijuana or the like, smoke
Any of these can permeate a whole valley (especially pipes and cigars). While others are relaxing, they are ruining the experience for everyone else around! Not just in your camp but even clear across a lake or valley.
What about "Leave no trace"? If I can smell it, you are leaving a trace! Usually far more then a trace!
I know this might be offensive to some, but I beg you, please allow me to "hike my own hike".Feb 4, 2009 at 11:32 am #1475363
Robert BryantMember
@kg4famLocale: Upstate
Seriously, LNT and smoke. If you are trying to make that argument then you need to stay home because your footsteps are encroaching on my wilderness experience on the opposite coast.
If you don't like your neighbors then pull up your shelter and move on.Feb 4, 2009 at 12:21 pm #1475375
Robert, LNT and smoking does apply if it isn't from a camp fire. The stuff I discussed stinks-
I think footsteps is a big stretch.
Why if I'm across the lake should I have to "pull up" and move on, because someone else is stinking up the place?
I guess you are one of those who want me to hike your hike.
Also, its hard to "pull up" if the guy a qtr mile up the trail is smoking something while you are hiking, I'd would already be "pulling up"! Am I then suppose to "put down"- again someone else wanting me to hike their hike.
I live in Washington State and I'm use to the "no smoking in public places" law (inside or out), I think if it is good enough in the smoggy city, why doesn't it apply to the country?
Why do a few have to ruing it for the many, just because they want to.
As to LNT, the last principle is (copied from their website):
Be Considerate of Other Visitors
• Respect other visitors and protect the quality of their experience.
• Be courteous. Yield to other users on the trail.
• Step to the downhill side of the trail when encountering pack stock.
• Take breaks and camp away from trails and other visitors.
• Let nature's sounds prevail. Avoid loud voices and noises
Please explain to me how my comments don't apply. Also, I would add Smell to: "Let nature's sounds and smells prevail".
Maybe I am a lone ranger on this one.Feb 4, 2009 at 12:43 pm #1475382
Tom ClarkBPL Member
@tomclarkLocale: East Coast
I'm with you on this. I'm more irritated by the "unnecessary" aspects of those situations that I didn't come to the wilderness to experience. If I wanted to smell cigarette or cigar smoke, I'd hang out at a bus stop. A small camp fire that is burning efficietly is OK, but hen someone restarts a smokey fire in the morning just to warm up while hanging around camp stinks.Feb 4, 2009 at 12:59 pm #1475384
W I S N E R !BPL Member
Go hide in the woods. Stealth camp!
1. You will never be encroached upon by neighbors whether by smoke, noise, unsavory language, ill-trained pets, hippy drum circles, poor fashion, or general fun in the outdoors.
(Last time I camped in a crowded spot I saw a stoned kid fall at least 20 feet out of a tree at night…All I could see was the light of his headlamp slowly working it's way up the tree- then I hear a crack- then the light, with him still attached, plummeting to the ground. A rare experience that made it totally worth having neighbors.)
2. You can walk around camp naked (without drawing disgusted or lusty glances, depending…).
3. You'll never have to listen to camp songs:
..The other day (echo)
I met a bear (echo)
Out in the woods (echo)
A-way out there(echo)
The other day I met a bear
out in the woods a-way out there…
**Note to scout leaders: this is NOT LNT, it gets stuck in your freakin' head for days.
4. Every logical place to poo will not have already been pooed in.
The benefits go on and on.Feb 4, 2009 at 1:20 pm #1475385
Joe ClementBPL Member
@skinewmexicoLocale: Southwest
Wow, I'd hate to have a nose that sensitive. Carry some vapor-rub, and put it under your nose. Works good when your hiking partners get gassy too…..Feb 4, 2009 at 1:44 pm #1475392
Daniel FosseMember
@magillagorillaLocale: Southwest Ohio
ooboy, well be sure to let me know when and where you are camping and I'll schedule around it. Cigarette, pipe, cigar, and or camp smoke are guaranteed to be emanating from my camping spot, where permitted. It's not illegal, I'm not hurting the wilderness and I don't require approval from LNT to do it. I completely understand what you are saying but I will not abstain from said activities.Feb 4, 2009 at 1:50 pm #1475394
Ali eMember
@barefootnavigatorLocale: Outside
Boohoo the beers flat and my … hurts
Is this a real post or a joke?Feb 4, 2009 at 2:05 pm #1475397
Rich SteixnerMember
I submit that I don't like the smell of curry. nN fact, I hate it and it makes me ill. Since curry is not found naturally in the forests of North America, nobody should be allowed to cook it in the backcountry.
I submit that so that I don't have to be reminded that there are other human beings in the world when I'm in the backcountry, only foods that can be found naturally to those woods be cooked or prepared. That includes morning coffee.
However, since marijuana and tobacco grow in various places in north america, they may be smoked in camp or on the trail.
I hope my sarcasm is coming through.Feb 4, 2009 at 2:05 pm #1475398
Chris ChastainMember
@thangfishLocale: S. Central NC, USA
The aroma of burning leaves of one sort or another has been wafting through the forests since before the dawn of recorded history. One of man's simple pleasures, and many times, a necessity.
I try not to unintentionally annoy others in the backcountry.
Perhaps if there are others around it isn't truly backcountry?
In all seriousness, the phrase "get over it" comes to mind.Feb 4, 2009 at 2:07 pm #1475399
Sarah KirkconnellBPL Member
@sarbarLocale: In the shadow of Mt. Rainier
Hey Tad, I agree with you!!
Hate, hate, HATE the smell of cigarettes. A quality pipe tobacco can be OK….but not in the backcountry. Cigars reek no matter HOW much a person paid for it.
Weed…yeah, no thanks.
Now the smell of bacon sizzling will never be hated :-DFeb 4, 2009 at 2:08 pm #1475400
Joshua GilbertMember
@joshcgil2Locale: Seattle
Okay, you may not agree with the OP, but there is no need to be quite so crude about it.
While I don't agree with the OP, I'm not offended, and you guys are being fairly offensive, so knock it off.Feb 4, 2009 at 2:10 pm #1475401
Devin MontgomeryBPL Member
@dsmontgomeryLocale: one snowball away from big trouble
Is it weird that I bring durian fruit with me on every hike? It works wonders in keeping the bears away!Feb 4, 2009 at 2:15 pm #1475402
Ali eMember
@barefootnavigatorLocale: Outside
What about POOPY? Is it still ok to poopY? If it is then you find poopY less offensive than the smell of smoke? I'm just curious how you get to the trail to hike, if you drive then I have to smell your smog and thats ok with you? I better stop before I start making sense. :(Feb 4, 2009 at 2:17 pm #1475404
Nate MeinzerMember
@rezniemLocale: San Francisco
I'm not sure how smoking violates "Leave No Trace" ethics as smoke is carried away with the wind and quite literally leaves no trace at all. By your logic, farting in the backcountry or being too stinky would be violating leave no trace…..Feb 4, 2009 at 2:26 pm #1475405
John S.BPL Member
LNSM- leave no skid mark.Feb 4, 2009 at 3:03 pm #1475418
Ashley BrownMember
I hate cigarette/tobacco smoke.
However, I also hate camping close enough to anyone else that I can even see their tent. Hell, I don't even like sharing a valley with anyone else. I like to be alone in the wilderness, not part of a little backcountry "town".
Ergo, cigarettes don't bother me. I hate them, but you won't catch me close enough to anyone else to smell them.Feb 4, 2009 at 5:01 pm #1475455
I'm curious: Where do you hike in WA that you run across smokers frequently? There are dozens, if not hundreds, of trails to choose from where this is highly unlikely to be a problem. I'd search them out if I were you because you're just not going to get people to stop smoking if they feel like it. Major bummer. I know because I hate tobacco smoke, too, but that's the way it is. All you can do is evade them.Feb 4, 2009 at 5:03 pm #1475456
Works good when your hiking partners get gassy too…..
So does a match. ;-)Feb 4, 2009 at 5:10 pm #1475460
"Is it weird that I bring durian fruit with me on every hike? It works wonders in keeping the bears away!"
Ahhhhh, durian, the food of the gods. I don't know about keeping the bears away, but it sure makes me long for the company of a woman. In S.E. Asia it's considered an aphrodisiac, with good reason. I wonder if you could use it to chum in one of those young lovelies camped in yonder grove? Hmmmm.
Definitely add this one to your list, Tad.Feb 4, 2009 at 5:19 pm #1475463
Lynn TramperMember
@retropumpLocale: The Antipodes of La Coruna
If you feel that strongly about it then you really need to go hiking in true stealth mode. I am more offended by the noise other people make, but am not about to ask them to stop chatting, snoring, coughing or singing just because I'm trying to listen to the birds and the wind in the trees. It's just the price you pay if you hike in popular areas. Thankfully in these parts there is still plenty of true wilderness where I can mostly avoid people if I choose to.
Now if those pesky birds would just stop making so much noise first thing in the morning I could get a good night's sleep!
I hate the smell of DEET. I wish folks wouldn't wear it in the back country…Feb 4, 2009 at 5:42 pm #1475477
Tony WongBPL Member
@valsharLocale: San Francisco Bay Area
Don't forget that you can use it as a weapon to club a bear if all else fails!
Big, brown, spikey ball of fruit that smells like gasoline.
I have tried Durian in Singapore with my wife's family.
They went nuts over that stuff….kinda gave me a burning stomach ache.
I would love to meet the woman who was turned on by a smell of a Durian Fruit.
One thing that we can agree on is that it would keep bears away….stuff is overwhelmingly fragrant.
I think that they are not allowed on the subways in Singapore, they are soooo nasty smelling.
-TonyFeb 4, 2009 at 6:03 pm #1475481
Tom, I usually hike in the cascades between I-90 and the North Cascades Hwy. I only run into this issue about once a summer. But I still run into it. I have had to "deal with it" a lot less these days then in the past. Though those that smoke seem to be more "in your face" about it now then they were in the past though. Again they expect/force me to hike their hike with them. A little off topic- some of you might be old enough to remember Steve Martin's skit while he's on a plane… An often repeated line from it… "When asked, do you mind if I smoke? I say No, do you mind if I Fart.
I brought this topic up because I had read on another thread that some people like to smoke something at the end of the day. I was just giving my reaction to what they perceive as enjoyment for them, totally destroys my enjoyment.
I knew this would strike a nerve for some, but living in the NW, I sometimes take the lack of smoke for granted and I thought those in who might not have had someone explain what the majority of civilized society feels.
I still scratch my head as to why the very small percentage feels that the masses have to "get over it". As always I'll continue to hike my own hike while hiking others hike with them.
Boy do I sound like I'm whining! If you ask my wife she, would come up with a lot better things that bug her about me then my complaint in this thread. Thanks for reading.Feb 4, 2009 at 6:15 pm #1475483
Rich SteixnerMember
Okay, you may not agree with the OP, but there is no need to be quite so crude about it.
While I don't agree with the OP, I'm not offended, and you guys are being fairly offensive, so knock it off.
The OP made what sounded like a pompous and unreasonable request, and he got responded to in kind. Every post but yours made a point about the topic. If you want to yell at someone, go find a classroom of unruly children.Feb 4, 2009 at 6:34 pm #1475485
Tom ClarkBPL Member
@tomclarkLocale: East Coast
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