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NACOGDOCHES, Texas - The Stephen F. Austin athletics department honored its student-athletes at the annual Champions Dinner Thursday evening in the Baker Pattillo Student Center Grand Ballroom. Due to the overall success of the department, SFA is once again in the hunt for the Southland Conference Commissioner's Cup - an honor given to the league's most successful athletics department.
In addition to the individual honors that were handed out Thursday, SFA also honored its five Southland Conference championship teams, which include women's cross country, soccer, men's and women's indoor track and field and men's basketball. The Ladyjack cross country team claimed its seventh league title, led by senior Lauren Smith who won the race and was named SLC Athlete of the Year for a second consecutive season. The Ladyjack soccer team wrapped up its most successful campaign in program history by finishing 17-4-0 (.810), and a perfect 8-0-0 record in league play. The Ladyjacks also advanced to the NCAA Championships where they dropped a heartbreaking 1-0 decision at No. 15 Texas A&M. The SFA men's and women's track and field teams swept the indoor titles for the first time since 2005. The Ladyjacks scored 173 points to dominate the competition, while the Lumberjacks rallied in the final three events to score 124 points to edge out Sam Houston State. It marked the fifth consecutive indoor title for the Ladyjacks. The SFA men's basketball team wrapped up one of the greatest runs in program history posting a 27-5 record and winning their third SLC title, while advancing to the NIT.
The Champions Dinner is highlighted every year by the announcement of the Ralph Todd and June Irwin Athlete of the Year Awards. The 2013 announcement was an historical one because for the first time in its 61-year history the Ralph Todd Award was given to two athletes - Taylor Smith and Hunter Dozier. History was also made on the women's side as senior midfielder Kylie Louw became the first female athlete to receive the June Irwin Award for third consecutive season.
Smith guided the Lumberjack basketball team on a historical run through the 2012-13 season. The 'Jacks won their third Southland title in a year that saw road wins over Tulsa and Oklahoma, and a trip to the NIT. He led the nation in field-goal percentage, and was the team's top scorer and rebounder while setting new SFA single-season and career marks in blocked shots. Smith finished the year being named SLC Player and Defensive Player of the Year.
Lumberjack shortstop Hunter Dozier has placed himself in the spotlight as one of the top young players in the nation. A preseason All-America selection, Dozier has lived up to the billing by leading the conference in batting average, home runs, doubles, total bases, slugging percentage and on-base percentage - ranking in the nation's top 10 in each category. He also has been named to the Brooks Wallace Award Watch List, and award given annually to the nation's top shortstop.
The first three-time recipient of the June Irwin Award in school history, Louw wrapped up her collegiate career in dominating fashion. She guided the Ladyjacks to another Southland title, and their first trip to the NCAA Championships since 2007. A three-time SLC Player of the Year, Louw set new SFA career marks in points and assists, and new season and single-game records for assists. The 2012 London Olympian closed out her career by earning second-team NSCAA All-America honors.
Two-time All-America selection Cordell Roberson was the recipient of the 2013 Dick Wright Award. Roberson finished his career by rewriting the school and conference record books. A three-time first-team All-SLC selection, Roberson leaves SFA as the program's all-time leader in receptions, receiving yards and touchdown receptions. He also set a new conference record for career TD catches. Roberson closed out his collegiate career by being named a finalist for the Walter Payton Award, an award given annually to the FCS Player of the Year.
A standout in cross country and track and field, Adam Saloom was the winner of the Bob Shelton Award. Saloom has been one of the program's top distance runners during his career. A six-time All-SLC selection, Saloom won the 2011 SLC steeplechase title, and followed that up by being named to the 2012 USTFCA All-Academic team.
Another member of the SFA cross country and track and field teams, senior Randi Plentl took home the Steve McCarty Award Thursday evening. She has helped the Ladyjack track and field team become the most dominant program in the conference, while maintaining a high-level of success in the classroom. She has been a key figure in 10 SLC Championship teams during her career, and holds the school's record in the steeplechase. She finished her cross country career by being named the 2012 SLC Female Student-Athlete of the Year.
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Baylor / Re: Spring 2011« on: July 30, 2010, 08:31:09 PM »
hefox, have you been on any other forums that have more Baylor activity? I am surprised how little there is on here.
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Baylor / Re: Spring 2011« on: July 30, 2010, 08:31:09 PM »
hefox, have you been on any other forums that have more Baylor activity? I am surprised how little there is on here.
Baylor / Re: Spring 2011« on: July 30, 2010, 06:38:55 PM »
I spoke with them today and was told they should have the decisions out soon. My stats were certainly low for the fall cycle, but with a 3.0 and 159 I think I have a good chance of getting in for spring.
Baylor / Re: Spring 2011« on: July 29, 2010, 10:40:56 AM »
Well, I don't know yet. They told me they would have their decision made by Aug. 1st. I have been accepted at a lower-ranked school for this fall; however I will go to Baylor if accepted for spring 2011.
Baylor / Re: Spring 2011« on: July 28, 2010, 05:07:54 PM »
Who all on here has even applied for the Spring semester...besides hefox and myself?
Baylor / Spring 2011« on: July 10, 2010, 01:11:12 PM »
Has anyone received a decision yet for Spring 2011?
General Board / Re: Denied for the Bar Study Loan...« on: July 04, 2010, 07:25:27 PM »
Hey have you checked out www.prosper.com ?
I think you may get a loan there.
1L job search / Re: 1L Summer Job Timetable« on: June 29, 2010, 12:33:46 PM »
Well jhandin, how did it all work out for you?
General Board / Admiralty courses« on: June 18, 2010, 01:38:41 PM »
The school I will be attending has a single admiralty course available after 1L. What good is one course? How many admiralty courses does your school offer?
General board for soon-to-be 1Ls / Re: Do NOT go to law school (a sincere warning)« on: April 18, 2010, 01:45:05 PM »
I hope I can provide a different perspective. I am a small business owner. I have worked my butt off to get the business to a point where it can run pretty much on it's own with minimal oversight.
Why don't you unemployed law school grads hang your own shingle? Create a job. Stop looking for someone else to take care of you.
General Board / Re: Doesn't Anyone Take Pre-Law Prep Courses?« on: March 13, 2010, 09:43:30 AM »
I saw the same post on a different site yesterday.
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TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - Tucson Police have announced a felony search warrant for the suspect in a south side New Year's morning double homicide.
Michael D. Leday, 28, is the suspect in the murders of 47-year-old Cindy Burnett and 32-year-old Patrick Balbastro, police said.
Burnett and Balbastro died and a 43-year-old woman clings to life after a driver hit all three of them with his car in the 2200 block of East Sunland Vista, a neighborhood known as The Vistas, according to officers.
This happened in the early morning hours of January 1.
He faces two counts of first degree murder, according to detectives. Other charges could be filed, depending on the condition of the third victim, who is now hospitalized.
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A new picture of Garrett Hedlund as Dean Moriarty is featured in the French Magazine, Trois Couleurs Febuary issue which can be downloaded here. Thank you to Alice for letting me know!
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In a letter Marlon Brando at the end 1950s, Jack Kerouac said "pray for a film to be made "of his novel, On The Road.
A half-century later, the Brazillian filmmaker Walter Salles who has just built
dream of the writer.
When Walter Salles (Motorcycle Diaries) stopped at the end of 2009 MK2 with the scenario on
Road packaged in an envelope Kraft, it makes some time adaptation Kerouac's novel film seeking direction. Precisely since Francis Ford Coppola bought the rights the book in the 1960s. Convinced by the passion Venues for the winding route and three jazzy beatniks, MK2 endorses the project, as finally launched.
Sam Riley (Control) will play Sal Paradise, Kristen Stewart (Twilight) will play Marylou, blond Garrett Hedlund
(Tron Legacy) will play the legendary Dean Moriarty.
The trio is soon completed by Viggo Mortensen the role of William S. Burroughs and Kirsten Dunst in that ofean's second wife. In early summer, the troupe flew to Canada, first step in a shooting Homeric who will Snow in Patagonia bayous of Louisiana, cotton fields of Arizona to the deserts of Mexico, for completed on the hills
San Francisco. Co-producer Charles Gillibert, barely income of these six intense months, evokes "a film that found his breath because is moving constantly", As beatniks.
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Pulte considers adding 750 homes to Golf Club of the Everglades
GOLDEN GATE ESTATES - The Golf Club of the Everglades off eastern Vanderbilt Beach Road could add 750 homes under a proposal in its early stages.
Pulte Homes is looking to acquire the land around the golf course to create a new residential golf course community there. The development would require a rezoning to allow homes and create residential density.
A community meeting, necessary under Collier County Growth Management department rules, is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Monday at Golden Gate Fire Station 73, 14575 Collier Blvd.
More details about plans to add homes on the site, situated north of Vanderbilt Beach Road and east of Collier Boulevard, are to be shared at Monday's meeting.
Details on potential home prices, floor plans and designs aren't available yet, project planners told the Daily News.
"There's not a lot I can talk about at the moment. Not because I want to be difficult, but just because it's so early," said Scott Marin, a sales and marketing executive for Pulte Homes.
Today, Golf Club of the Everglades promotes itself on its website as a "beautiful country setting (that) has no homes on the property."
There have been discussions about combining Olde Florida Golf Club and Golf Club of the Everglades into one planned unit development (PUD) allowing up to 750 dwellings on 835 acres. The property includes 141 acres of native vegetation preserve. Whether the courses will combine to create one cohesive community isn't yet clear.
However that turns out, plans are moving forward for residential development within Golf Club of the Everglades, Marin said.
No hearing dates for the rezoning petition have been set yet by Collier County government staff, said Connie Deane, a Collier government spokeswoman.
Traffic, water, wastewater, stormwater, environmental and archaeological aspects of the proposal have been reviewed initially by county staff without objections so far.
The project requires changing the land designation from agricultural-rural and rural fringe, mixed-use district to allow for an increase in residential density from as few as one dwelling per 5 acres to as many as three residential units per acre. The land affected, not including the golf course and conservation land, is 553 acres.
The land is partially developed already with golf holes for the Golf Club of the Everglades, but is otherwise wooded.
The neighboring area to Golf Club of the Everglades is predominantly undeveloped or sparsely developed with rural residential homes.
Environmental aspects of the project include consideration of species existing on the property, such as gopher tortoise burrows, Big Cypress fox squirrel, American alligators and several species of wading birds. Panthers and black bear have been observed within two miles of the property but not on it, according to Collier County records.
There are 31 acres of natural wetlands on the property.
County records include archaeological studies showing a small prehistoric camp from 3,000 to 7,000 years ago that was found on the proposed development site. However, the prehistoric camp wasn't in good enough condition to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Transportation planning staff reviewed the rezoning petition and determined the roadways can accommodate the project within the five-year planning period. When a specific plat or site plan is proposed, traffic effects will be analyzed further.
Public utilities staff had no objections to the project after reviewing effects on water, wastewater treatment, stormwater management and solid waste disposal and effects on community parks aren't expected to be significant, Collier County growth management staff reports show.
While details remain scarce as to the design of the residential community, the builder remains excited about adding homes around Golf Club of the Everglades.
"We think this is going to be another great Pulte community and it's a project we're excited about," Marin said.
The indication is that the real estate market in Collier County, Naples and North Naples specifically is stabilizing, he said.
"The supply of existing and new homes is getting low. We've got to grow and this is another great opportunity for continued growth not just for Pulte, but for Collier County and North Naples," Marin said.
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Extraordinarily good video visualizing the last three decades of asteroid discovery
It is a bit slow to start with, but really picks up in the last minute.
Worth the wait.
Nice one.
And not done yet.
About time to do a similar visualization of the Kuiper belt objects and outer asteroids.
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Albert Nobbs – or Albert's Knob
Glenn Close takes on the challenging role of playing the titular character in Albert Nobbs. After donning men's clothing to get a job as a waiter when she was 14, Nobbs finds herself trapped in a prison of corsets and well-placed cucumbers. Working in 19th century Ireland in a small hotel, Nobbs continues to dress as her male alter-ego in order to get by in the harsh times, saving up enough money so she can buy her own business. Think Downton Abbey meets Mrs Doubtfire. Doubtfire Abbey's Knob, if you like.
There's also a minor story-arc where Helen Dawes (Mia Wasikowska) starts sleeping with Joe (Aaron Johnson), so Joe decides Helen and he should con Albert into funding their move to America. This storyline is particularly dull because both Joe and Helen are really unlikeable, and so the more of them you see, the more you don't care at all what happens to them.
I don't know – I like to think I have a healthy grasp on the portrayal of gender and sexuality within film, but this film really confused me. A lot of the plot is driven by Nobbs wanting to emulate the life of Hubert Page (Janet McTeer) – another woman living day-to-day as a man. The difference between Page and Nobbs is that it's clear Page is a lesbian, and living as a man so that she is able to live openly in a relationship with a woman. With Nobbs, however, there's this strange ambiguity towards her sexuality, and she sees living as Albert less as opportunistic and more a necessity. There's also this completely strange addition of Jonathan Rhys Meyers, who just kind of gets drunk every so often, and POSSIBLY has sex with men in the hotel? This quite possibly could be a comment on how the wealthy had it easier – rubbing their fabulous homosexual lifestyles in the faces of the lower classes. But honestly, I have no idea.
The film then takes this strange turn where Albert becomes almost obsessed with Helen (who you've grown to find irritable) and insists on making her Queen of a Tobacco and sweetmeats store. Slowly, my interest began to wane. And slowly, the film continued. And continued. After a while, Albert's intentions become confusing – to the point where Albert became unlikeable, and soon there's really only one or two characters you like in the film.
And then those two die of typhoid.
So you've been watching for about three to four days by this point, and you've forgotten your own name, and everyone in the film has abandoned attempting the Irish accent, and there's still more. I don't know if it's the pacing, or the scattered way the plot seems to develop, but I can't say I ever really found myself connecting with the film.
The performances are good, and I can understand why both Close and McTeer are being nominated for various awards – and I think that both Wasikowska and Brendan Gleeson (who plays a minor role as the hotel's doctor) are outstanding performers. But these performances are lost within the film itself, and in some very heavy-handed direction. There are several points in the film where the direction is laughably awkward. When Helen is confronted with the ugly truth that her beau Joe is exactly what she didn't want in a man, she cries out to Albert, she proceeds to hit Albert on the chest like a victim in a silent film.
There's a possibility that they didn't want to make this one of THOSE films – that directly deals with Queer issues. And because of this, the film doesn't really deal with any issues; it's just an incredibly slow drama focusing on a series of terribly unlikeable characters. In my opinion, this is a case of too much Nobbs, not enough balls.
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Corrects the day of the week oil topped $102 a barrel.
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Oil prices back above $100 a barrel, rising U.S. exports and falling stocks of distillates, and growing demand for both heating oil and diesel may prove to be a toxic mix for energy consumers this winter.
Crude is now back over $100, "so those input costs to refiners are going to roll down hill to consumers who are already strapped with high costs and debt," said Kevin Kerr, co-editor of Global Resource Hunter, a trading newsletter at Weiss Research.
Crude oil futures reach 5-month high
The price of crude oil futures on the NYMEX have rallied to a 5-month high with the price of a barrel of West Texas Intermediate crude up at about $102 Wednesday. Should this concern investors?
"Heating oil supplies have been ample so far, but the cold weather is just starting to set in, and a long, protracted winter could turn this into a very expensive season for consumers," he said.
Prices for West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil CL1Z closed above $102 a barrel Wednesday on the New York Mercantile Exchange as traders cheered news about a pipeline that's expected to alleviate a supply glut at the oil's delivery point. Read about Wednesday's action in oil.
The glut of oil at Cushing, Okla., has pressured WTI prices, prompting them to trade at a more than $25-a-barrel discount, at one point, to Brent crude, Europe's benchmark, said Alan Herbst, a principal at Utilis Advisory Group, and by removing the bottleneck, the spread between WTI and Brent will likely continue to narrow.
But "stronger WTI prices will result in higher refined product costs," he said.
Chain reaction
That might end up hitting consumers in more ways than one — in the form of higher prices for gasoline as well as heating oil and diesel.
"If crude oil remains above $100 a barrel, prices at the [gasoline] pump will move closer to $4 per gallon," said Herbst.
Meanwhile, U.S. households in the Northeast mostly use heating oil as a heating fuel during the winter months and the average household may spend 10% more this winter for heating oil, according to an Energy Information Administration forecast.
Farmers also use diesel to power their equipment for harvesting crops, which is currently underway.
And with higher demand for those products, refiners may choose to shift more output away from gasoline toward making heating oil and diesel, both of which are classified as distillates.
"Refineries need to adjust their production schedules to build inventories of heating oil in order to meet winter demand," said Jeffery Born, a professor at the College of Business Administration at Northeastern University in Boston. "This usually means cutting back gasoline production."
"By now, we should be starting into the heating season and refineries should be drawing down on gasoline stocks for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays and moving into production of heating oil," said Born, but "it feels like September [and] if we are still driving like September, this could be putting upward pressure on gasoline prices."
A gallon of regular gasoline at the pump cost $3.39 on average Thursday, according to AAA's Daily Fuel Gauge Report. That's down around 8 cents from a month ago, but still up 50 cents from a year ago. See AAA's report.
A tough call
Where prices go from here depends on how much of a balance the distillate and gasoline markets can maintain, even as they're being bombarded from every angle of the supply, demand and price equation.


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Golf Glance: August 17, 2011
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Orthocenter of A Triangle
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Definition of the Orthocenter of a Triangle : The orthocenter is one of the triangle's points of concurrency formed by the intersection of the triangle's 3 altitudes. These three altitudes are always concurrent. In other, the three altitudes all intersect in a single point which is called the orthocenter of the triangle.
If the triangle is obtuse, such as the one on pictured below on the left, then the orthocenter will be exterior to the triangle.
If the triangle is acute, then the orthocenter is located in the triangle's interior
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What about the orthocenter of a right triangle?
The illustration above demonstrates that the orthocenter of an obtuse triangle is situated in the triangle's exterior; while an acute triangle's orthocenter is located in the interior. So the question is, where is the orthocenter located in a right triangle?
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Industrial production up by 0.2% in euro area in April 2011 Gepubliceerd op: 15/06/2011, Laatste bijwerking: 28/06/2011
In April 2011 compared with March 2011, seasonally adjusted industrial production grew by 0.2% in the euro area (EA17) and by 0.1% in the EU27. In March production remained stable in the euro area and fell by 0.2% in the EU27.
In April 2011 compared with April 2010, industrial production increased by 5.2% in the euro area and by 4.7% in the EU27.
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SAN DIEGO, Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Vical Incorporated (Nasdaq: VICL) today announced the enhancement of its management team with the appointment of Andrew R. de Guttadauro as Vice President, Corporate Development.
Prior to joining Vical, Mr. de Guttadauro was Senior Director of Strategy at Biogen Idec since February 2007, following a two-year assignment overseeing the commercial development of that company's Zevalin, the first radioimmunotherapy product approved for use in the United States. Before joining Biogen Idec, he spent the prior year at MedImmune, where he directed marketing efforts for the FluMist inhaled influenza vaccine. Mr. de Guttadauro served in various marketing positions of increasing responsibility at Amgen Inc. over a six-year period, with direct involvement in the marketing of Enbrel, Kineret, Aranesp, and Epogen products. He spent the first seven years of his career at Tap Pharmaceuticals, where he served in a series of sales and marketing positions, including contributions to the success of Prevacid and Lupron. Mr. de Guttadauro earned a bachelor of science degree in engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point, followed by a three-year tour of duty as a Captain in the U.S. Army.
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An Engineer in Wonderland – Waterwheels
And, the main wheel axle can now stay still, simplifying its bearing arrangement.
There is also the cunning paddle arrangement of French physicist Poncelet.
He took a huge step away from any-flat-plank-will-do paddles and introduced a brestshot wheel with a curved blade/bucket design that took almost all of the kinetic energy out of the water that struck it.
I rate this alongside the Pelton wheel – a high-pressure high-speed water wheel invented in California in Victorian times.
The spoon-shaped blades of Pelton's design cunningly reverse the flow of impinging water. Once the wheel is moving at its design velocity, water exits the blades stationary, having given up over 90 per cent of its energy to the shaft.
On a cycling trip in California, I was lucky enough to come across one of the first Pelton wheels, a huge one in Grass Valley, which is where I learned that they were invented in the region.
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Funnily enough i also work for a well known heritage agency and someone that works there owns a wonderful place near Darlington called Brignall Mill. The mill has an eighteenth century watermill that supplies nearly all the electricty to the property and has a heat pump, solar panels and woodburners and whats even better you can go and stay there and have a close up look. http://www.brignallmill.co.uk/
July 23, 2008 16:24
Working as I do for a well known heritage agency, it was refreshing to see in my in-tray a few days ago, a request for advice on how to convert a water mill in Yorkshire from being on the "Buildings At Risk" register to a functioning generator of electricity. Luckily the owner of said poor building also owns some reservoirs.
Its been done successfully by amongst others the National Trust – it will be interesting to see how far this project gets. There is an interesting web-site that I have looked at called Micro-hydro – http://regensw.co.uk/about-renewable-energy/on-site-renewables/microhydro.php


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University Of Leicester Makes Announcement Following Discovery Of Human Remains Which Are Possibly King Richard III
A general view of Leicester Catherdral, close to where the body of... Fotografia de notíciasHorizontal,Inglaterra,Interesse Humano,Rei,Rei Ricardo III de Inglaterra,Reino Unido,Vista GeralPhotographer Dan KitwoodCollection: Getty Images News 2013 Getty ImagesLEICESTER, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 04: A general view of Leicester Catherdral, close to where the body of Richard III was discovered, on February 4, 2013 in Leicester, England. The University of Leicester has been carrying out scientific investigations on remains found in a car park to find out whether they are those of King Richard III since last September, when the skeleton was discovered in the foundations of Greyfriars Church, Leicester. King's Richard III's remains are to be interred at Leicester Catherdral. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)


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In the last few years, cruise ships have really upgraded their restaurants. Noted chefs like Charlie Palmer, Todd English, and Jacques Pepin have created menus, designed kitchens, and worked with the cruise lines to create restaurants that are as appealing as those in cities like London and Lyon.
But that's not all the cruise lines are doing to attract foodies. Because of the increasing popularity of culinary programs in destinations like Italy and Mexico, several cruise ships are now offering their passengers a wide variety of food and wine experiences.
Wine tastings, cooking demonstrations, lectures from guest chefs, and shore excursions that include visits to wineries, local markets, or cheesemakers are fairly common. And now, a few ships are also offering on-board cooking classes in purpose-built kitchen studios.
Cooking classes on Holland America Line (HAL).
HAL led the way with their Culinary Arts Centers sponsored by Food & Wine magazine. Available fleet wide, these demonstration kitchens feature plasma-TV monitors so passengers can see all the action as top guest chefs prepare some of their most popular dishes. You can also watch from your state room.
Wine tastings and seminars are also held in the theater-style space. Classes are usually specific to the cruise region. In Alaska, students might learn the art of preparing fresh salmon, and jerk dishes are popular on Caribbean cruises.
HAL has a roster of noted chefs, cookbook authors, and wine experts who will conduct classes on upcoming cruises. And the success of this program has inspired other cruise lines to follow suit.
Cooking classes on other cruise lines.
Royal Caribbean International (RCI) has joined forces with Chefmakers Cooking Academy to offer classes on sailings from Port Canaveral on Liberty of the Seas and Freedom of the Seas. The three-hour classes include Quick & Easy Fish, New American Cuisine, and California Cuisine, and range in price from $40 to $125.
Holiday offerings include pumpkin carving, making gingerbread houses, and Thanksgiving and New Year's Eve entertaining. Classes for children are also available.
The biggest news for cruise and food lovers is the 2011 launch of Oceania's 1,200-passenger vessel, Marina. The state-of-the-art culinary studio – developed in partnership with Bon Appetit – will include 22 cooking stations tricked out with ovens, cooktops, cookware, utensils, and more.
Master Chefs from around the world will teach students how to prepare regional dish. And when possible, students will accompany the chef ashore to tour the market and select the ingredients for the meal they'll prepare. Groups will shop for sea bass in Amalfi, blood oranges in Taormina, and basil in La Spezia for pesto.
Workshops last from 45 minutes to three hours and cover topics like grilling, chocolate making, or preparing seafood. These are the only true hands-on cooking classes at sea.
Find more cooking classes in Barcelona or Florence.
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HealthSource Saginaw had a $3.6 million loss in 2008, mostly because leaders of the county-owned hospital overestimated revenue, an audit shows.
The hospital pulled from savings to cover the gap, said HealthSource President and Chief Executive Officer Lester Heyboer Jr.
The hospital also sold $2.7 million in long-held insurance stock to bolster its finances, officials said. The audit released this month found HealthSource overestimated net patient revenues by $2.3 million, the biggest contributor to the red ink.
HealthSource had $35.4 million in operating expenses on a budget of $31.8 million last year.
"In essence, a lot of the estimates you had in your model were too high for the revenue you were receiving," Plante & Moran auditor Oliver A. Jurkovic told the hospital's Board of Trustees this week.
The final report called on management to do a better job in estimating net patient revenue. For the first time, a change in government accounting rules required HealthSource to calculate retiree health care benefits, which meant another $600,000 in the red, figures show.
"This was the first time we ever went through that process," Heyboer said. "It was important that we got that done properly."
The hospital treated more patients who relied on Medicaid/Medicare and fewer with private health insurance or who paid cash, officials said. HealthSource had $3 million in reserve for operations as of Oct. 31, hospital figures show.
Auditors have not made a specific recommendation for how much to keep on hand, although some health care providers have enough revenue to operate for 120 days.
In HealthSource's case, that would amount to about $10 million, the agency said.
The size of the loss and the delay in receiving the audit caught some members of the HealthSource Board of Trustees off guard. The fiscal year ends Dec. 31.
"We were told, like six months in a row, we were waiting on the auditors, but it turns out the auditors were waiting on Les Heyboer and management," said County Controller Marc A. McGill, who is a board trustee. "That kind of rubbed a lot of people wrong."
Hospital leaders have told them on several occasions in recent years that revenues were meeting expectations, McGill said.
"We always show we're doing good, and then we're not doing so good," he said. "That's a little troublesome."
Heyboer said McGill's comments were "a play on words."
He said he told trustees on the Finance Committee in the spring that a larger than expected deficit would emerge later in the year, but he didn't have a precise estimate then.
Trustee Brian Wellman quizzed Jurkovic on why it took nearly a full year to receive the final report. "We don't want to get surprised again," he said.
Jurkovic said the job took months longer than normal as he awaited employee actuarial costs from HealthSource to finish the job. The hospital hired an outside firm to calculate that number, which took longer than expected, Heyboer said.
"The auditors were not responsible for the delay," Heyboer said.
Officials are counting on more patients and longer stays and a newer, more efficient $44 million health care facility to raise revenue and cut operational expenses. The length of patient stays are up substantially this year over last, Heyboer said.
The hospital also is confronting an anticipated $1.2 million loss in Medicaid revenue in the next year because of an 8 percent reduction in state payments, he said.
To avoid surprises, HealthSource will ask an outside firm to check figures every six months, Heyboer said.


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This isn't really a science fiction story, but what other category do you put the story of a talking dog in? Especially when it's the story of the dog who was the avatar for the science fiction novel Bark! And finally, a talking dog makes it science fiction in my book, even if he did do it only that one magical night. When you read about what Tonto has to say for himself, you may have trouble believing a dog would think that way, but it's all true, I swear. I listened to his tale as he lay in front of the fireplace with me on a cold winter day. I don't know what happened that made it possible that one time for me to understand dog language, but I took advantage when it occurred and wrote it all down. I sat still and let Tonto talk. That's when I discovered I didn't know my dog near as well as I thought I did but after all, I was the one who asked him to tell about his life in his own words and in his own way so you would know what a really--um--exceptional dog he is. You see, Tonto is sort of addled and--but this is his story. Let him do the talking. You just kick back and read about his life and enjoy yourself. That's what I did, even though I knew a lot of it already. That one cold evening by the fire when Tonto suddenly began talking gave me an entirely different perspective on a dog's life. Maybe it took a full time author plus a special dog and a special evening to make the magic of understanding dog language work. It's never happened again, which is perhaps just as well. Tonto is pretty much full of himself already, to hear him tell it. If it got to where he could talk and make himself understood any time he wanted, no telling what kind of additional trouble he might get into--and he gets in enough as is. Just read what he had to say that one time and you'll understand.


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Nothing succeeds like success and KTM's 125 Duke and its sales of 9370 units in its first six months is a success. The four-stroke, entry level single manufactured in India by KTM's partner (and 39.30 percent shareholder), Bajaj Auto, has proven that the shrewd gamble made by KTM president Stefan Pierer and his colleague Rajiv Bajaj in developing such a bike is paying off. Big time.
For the duo's dare in producing a range of cool, affordable, entry-level bikes that they help will attract the next generation of riders to choose motorcycling over other forms of leisure pursuit - from wakeboarding to mountain bikes, digital entertainment to rock-climbing - has so far proved a smart move.
Creating the 125 Duke has successfully addressed that objective in terms of KTM's most youthful entry-level target group, which has developed as a result of the new EU regulations that allow 16 year olds to ride 125cc bikes with a maximum horsepower of 15 horsepower. But it's interesting that KTM dealer statistics show an even 50/50 split in 125 Duke buyers between 16-18 year-olds, and 18-plus customers. This shows the concept works for older riders, too - perhaps including returnees to two wheels, or car drivers who want something cooler and more fun than a scooter to convert to.
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This spring, experience the longest-running Canadian musical, "Anne of Green Gables: The Musical" -- which The Calgary Herald calls "a must see" and The Guardian Charlottetown deems "inspiring." Starting at $35, this offer saves 30% on regular ticket prices.
The pride of Prince Edward Island, Lucy Maud Montgomery's literary masterpiece of the spunky, red-headed orphan, Anne Shirley, comes to life once again at the Homburg Theatre, part of the award-winning Confederation Centre of the Arts in Charlottetown. Performances run July 4 - Sept. 25.
Also available: See Canadian theatre legend Ted Dykstra's world premiere of "Evangeline" -- a powerful love story based on Longfellow's famous heroine, who becomes separated from her lover Gabriel during the expulsion of the Acadians from the Maritimes. The show runs from June 26 - Sept. 28, also at the Homburg Theatre.
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Foreign investors keen to invest in 100 hydropower plants in Laos are the main target for newly listed shares on the Lao Securities Exchange (LSX) as it tries to increase the number of listed securities there.
Companies from Thailand, Vietnam, China and Russia have shown interest in new hydropower plant investment, and those that win bids from the Lao government will be approached about listing, said Dethphouvang Moularat, chairman and chief executive of LSX.
Since its debut in 2011, three companies — EDL Generation, Banque Pour Le Commerce Exterieur Lao and Lao World — have listed on the LSX.
Mr Dethphouvang projects the number of listed companies to increase from five in 2015 to 26 by 2020. Most of the potential firms are power-generating companies.
Foreign investors looking at investment opportunities in Laos are mainly electricity-generating companies, underscoring the country's aims to be the "battery of Asia" by 2020.
The hydroelectric sector dominates investment in Laos with US$4 billion the past few decades, the main driver of economic growth.
The Lao government forecast GDP growth of 7.5% this year.
World Bank research estimates Laos has the capacity to generate 20,000 megawatts of hydropower. Laos feeds some 2,000 MWs into Thailand's power grid.
In related news, Kobsak Pootrakool, executive vice-president of Bangkok Bank, said Thai companies could no longer rely on domestic consumption, as business opportunities to serve the 180 million people in the markets of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam are opening up. Thai exports to these countries grow 20% per year on average.
He estimates average growth in those countries of 7-8% per year, while Myanmar alone could expand 10% per year over five years.
"The advantage for Thai companies is this region is our home. Competition from international companies has intensified, but once things get difficult they will leave, and we are more likely to be there for the long run," said Mr Kobsak.
"Thailand is an excellent location from which to invest in the region due to proximity and more governments opening up," said Tanawong Areeratchakul, vice-president of corporate administration of SCG Plc. It is no longer possible to make a quick gain in Asean due to higher competition following offshore investment, he said.


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Darryl Adams
Portland, Oregon
At fourteen I was diagnosed. At sixteen I restricted myself from driving at night. At 25 I stopped driving all together. Today, at 39, I continue to live and function with retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative eye disease that has caused my peripheral vision to deteriorate over the last 25 years, severely restricting my night vision and impacting my life decisions.
When I moved to Portland in 1996, I wanted to establish a relationship with a local retinal specialist. There's no known treatment for retinitis pigmentosa, but I wanted to be able to stay on top of the progression of my disease and the research related to it. My primary doctor referred me to Dr. Richard Weleber at the OHSU Casey Eye Institute. Since then I've been going regularly every couple of years and have participated in multiple studies, including one for the development of improved visual field testing that is now being used to follow vision in clinical treatment trials.
Giving up driving has definitely been life changing, and many people have often asked, "How do you not drive?" But my family and I have made adaptations and major life decisions around this condition – we live in a house within walking distance to a shopping center so that my wife is not always the one responsible for getting eggs or milk in a pinch. I also commute to work on my bike, though over time it has become clear that this passion of mine is the next thing I have to consider giving up. The decision to stop driving was easy compared to choosing to forego century rides and road races as they are my passion and my independence, though the loss of this is something I have been preparing for for more than a few years. With my vision loss as it is, I have good acuity with contact lenses, and I'm able to create the picture around me in a stable environment. But when driving and riding a bike, that environment is too dynamic for my brain to keep up.
Research invested in saving sight is one of the biggest challenges of our time and the OHSU Casey Eye Institute is broadly and deeply involved in that research. People tell me all the time that I'm lucky to live in Portland and to be able to have access to the resources at Casey Eye, and I agree. Please make a gift today in support of their great work. Your gift is the gift of hope.


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My journey with food has been a strange one. Growing up with a mom and aunts who were fabulous cooks, I rarely found myself in the kitchen except to steal bites before the plates made it to the table. Why bother? If someone else did an amazing job of it, I'd just be in the way.
Being an interested, curious eater makes you a better cook. When it comes to being an adaptive and creative force in your own kitchen, letting your palate guide you can only lead you to delicious places.
My first job out of college as an assistant was not what I expected. I found myself answering telephone calls and working with excel sheets rather than doing anything creative. My mom could see me struggling. I needed an outlet, and by this point I had started baking my frustrations into delicious carbohydrates. "Well," she said one day, "You love writing, and eating food, so why not start a food blog?" My mom has a pretty spotless track record when it comes to advice-giving, so, even though this idea had never occurred to me, off I went for three months of soul-searching and plotting. All I knew was that I wanted the blog to be completely original: my own recipes documented by my own photography. Once I got the hang of blogging, I was able to quit my job and start working as a food stylist. Food styling led to food photography, which led to directing and editing food videos, and the rest is history. I now have my blog The Kitchy Kitchen, a YouTube series called 10 Second Living, an upcoming cookbook with Simon & Schuster and work as a television host and commercial director.
Basically, I'm an eater who likes to cook. When I eat, I'm fully engaged, trying to visualize every flavor and pick apart the mysterious tastes in an unfamiliar food. When I see a new ingredient or read a strange recipe, I immediately think of how it would taste, and would I like it? How could I make it taste better? Being an interested, curious eater makes you a better cook. When it comes to being an adaptive and creative force in your own kitchen, letting your palate guide you can only lead you to delicious places.
Ultimately, my hope is that The Kitchy Kitchen, my videos on 10 Second Living, and my upcoming cookbook with Simon & Schuster will make your daily life a little easier, a little more fabulous, and positively delicious. Especially with Thanksgiving coming up, let's all take a deep breath and have some fun in the kitchen!


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The Wage Payment and Collection Act, 820 ILCS 115/1, is the law that governs the payment of wages to employees and the deductions that an employer can make from an employee's paycheck.
This law applies to all employers and employees in this State, including employees of units of local government and school districts, EXCEPT employees of the State or Federal governments. 820 ILCS 115/1.
You may not have a claim:
However, if a claim arises from a failure to pay overtime (time and one-half after forty hours) or because of an employer's failure to pay the prevailing wage, a claim can be filed with the Department under these acts.
An employer may reduce your rate of pay IF you are notified of the change prior to performing the work and your wage does not fall below minimum wage. 820 ILCS 115/10.
Every employer is required to pay all wages earned at least semi-monthly. The wages are to be paid no later than 13 days after the end of the pay period in which the wages were earned.
Wages of executive, administrative and professional employees as defined in the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, may be paid once per month.
Also, commissions may be paid once per month. 820 ILCS 115/3.
All final compensation, including bonus payments, vacation pay, wages and commissions must be paid on your next regularly scheduled payday. 820 ILCS 115/5.
An employee must file his/her wage/final compensation complaint with the Department within one (1) year after such wages or final compensation were due. 820 ILCS 115/11.
An employee is not entitled to severance pay, sick pay or holiday upon separation, unless the employer has promised the pay in an employment contract or other agreement. 820 ILCS 115/2.
When an employee leaves an employer's employment, the employer is required to pay the final compensation of separated employees in full at the time of separation, if possible, but in no event later than the next regularly scheduled payday for such employee. Unless the individual employment contract or agreement provides for severance pay, none is due. Final compensation can include wages, salaries, earned commissions, earned bonuses and the monetary equivalent of earned vacations and earned holidays and other compensation as defined by that agreement which is owed and has not been paid.
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Low-Calorie Sweeteners Do Not Affect Kidney Function
The Calorie Control Council is concerned about a study presented at an October 2009 meeting of the American College of Nephrology in San Diego, at which presenters allege that "artificially sweetened soda"(diet sodas) impact kidney function or otherwise cause kidney problems or kidney damage. However, the study findings do not reflect the scientific literature confirming the safety and benefits of low-calorie sweeteners and the products that contain them.
- It is important to note that this is not a published study and it has not been peer reviewed.
- This allegation that "artificially sweetened soda" (diet soda) impacts kidney function is contrary to numerous published studies on the use of low calorie sweeteners and the lack of an effect on kidney function or in causing kidney problems or kidney damage. For example, three recent published studies found no effect on kidney function.
- A study published in 2008 found that diet colas are not associated with albuminuria, a sensitive marker of kidney disease. In this study, the researchers examined data from the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 1999- 2004. This survey contains data on 9358 individuals.
- A study published in 2009 in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition examined 447 participants with pre-existent chronic kidney disease and found that diet soda consumption was not associated with progression of kidney disease. A third published study (2009) found that diet soda is no different than bottled water with respect to kidney stone formation.
- It is unclear if women with diabetes are included in the study. According to the American Diabetes Association, diabetes can damage the kidneys.
- A study presented in 2009 at the American Urological Association annual meeting noted that drinking diet sodas, especially those with a citrus flavor, might help ward off painful calcium deposits known as kidney stones. More about diet sodas and kidney benefits here.
The low-calorie sweeteners used in diet drinks are very sweet, 200 to 600 times sweeter than sugar, and are, therefore, used in extremely small amounts. Studies have shown, for example, that those who use low-calorie sweeteners, including those in diet sodas or other diet drinks, consume less than 10% of the Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) set by the US Food and Drug Administration for aspartame.
Aspartame, either used alone or in combination with other low-calorie sweeteners, is the most common low-calorie sweetener found in diet sodas today. Aspartame never reaches the kidneys or other body organ. It is made up of two amino acids (the building blocks of protein), phenylalanine and aspartic acid, and a small amount of methanol. A serving of non-fat milk provides about 6 times more phenylalanine and 13 times more aspartic acid that an aspartame-sweetened beverage. There is 6 times more methanol in a serving of tomato juice than in the same amount of an aspartame-sweetened beverage.
For more information on low-calorie sweeteners, please visit www.caloriecontrol.org.
American Diabetes Association. Kidney Disease (Nephropathy). http://www.diabetes.org/living-with-diabetes/complications/kidney-disease-nephropathy.html
Bomback, AS, et al. Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and the progression of chronic kidney disease in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2009, 90:1172-8.
Passman, CM, et al. Effect of soda consumption on urinary stone risk parameters. Journal of Endourology, 2009, 23(3):347-350.
Shoham, DA, et al. Sugary soda consumption and albuminuria: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2004. PloS ONE 3(10): e3431. doi:101371/journal.pone.0003431.


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Amanda Lindhout has decided to speak publicly about the abuse she suffered while in captivity in Somalia. Lindhout confirms she was "raped and tortured" by her teenaged captors over 15 months. She spoke about her decision to reveal the details in an interview Friday with the Eyeopener's Jennifer Keene.


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I was recently sent an interesting book titled, "Obama Karma: Lessons on Living Inspired by the 44th President" by Russell Razzaque. I don't normally talk politics on here (I have a separate blog for that) but this book intrigues me.
I voted for President Obama in 2008, but what I admire about him most isn't his politics necessarily, though many I do support. I admire him greatly for being calm under pressure, ability to listen and for his poise. Those are qualities that I can connect to from my Buddhist practice. Irregardless of his political beliefs, he is a wonderful example on how to calming deal with challenges in life, which is something I lack at times.
Mr. Obama is Christian, but he has qualities of a Buddhist who has experience with mindfulness. He seems to approach issues with an open-mind, willing to listen to other viewpoints before sharing his personal opinions. This speaks of a natural ability to practice "right speech" which hinges upon being able to listen, and truly listen, which means not just waiting for your turn to speak again. It means being mindful enough to truly absorb the intention behind each word, rather than just the words themselves. If we are listening but get caught up in our own thoughts at the same time then we miss vital pieces of information that could be gleaned from body language and intentions behind words. Being able to perceive these other signals can only come when we are truly present and aware of our partner in discussion.
This are some of but a few thoughts and lessons I learned from reading the book, "Obama Karma." The book also includes practical exercises on how we can ingrain similar traits into our personal lives. It's a book that straddles the political and spiritual without drowning in the overly political. It's a nice, short, read but deep with insights. I'd really recommend it. I'd give it 4 1/2 stars out of 5. A good gift idea for your political friends, Obama supporters or just people looking for lessons on how to be more mindful in political discussions.


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In 1829, Martin Van Buren sent a letter to President Andrew Jackson about the necessity for preserving canals against the development of railroads.
[McCloskey, 1983]
The following letter was sent to President Andrew Jackson from
New York
State Governor Martin Van Buren on
January 31,
Dear President Jackson:
The canal system of this country is being threatened by the spread of a new form of transportation known as 'railroads.' The federal government must preserve the canals for the following reasons:
One. If canal boats are supplanted by 'railroads,' serious unemployment will result. Captains, cooks, drivers, hostlers, repairmen and lock tenders will be left without means of livelihood, not to mention the numerous farmers now employed in growing hay for the horses.
Two. Boat builders would suffer and towline, whip and harness makers would be left destitute.
Three. Canal boats are absolutely essential to the defense of the United States. In the event of the expected trouble with England, the Erie Canal would be the only means by which we could ever move the supplies so vital to waging modern war. As you may well know,
Mr. President,
'railroad' carriages are pulled at the enormous speed of fifteen miles per hour by 'engines' which, in addition to endangering life and limb of passengers, roar and snort their way through the countryside, setting fire to crops, scaring the livestock and frightening women and children.
The Almighty certainly never intended that people should travel at such breakneck speed.
Martin Van Buren
Governor of New York
Some versions of this letter are addressed to President John Quincy Adams or dated April 1829, no doubt to correct some of the historical inaccuracies discussed below.
If ever we needed an example of how short-sighted we can be — of how often we foolishly oppose change and ignore its potential benefits merely because it upsets our
comfortable status quo — here it is. This letter has been trotted out time and again over the decades by speakers and writers seeking to illustrate that point with a vivid example of how even a future president of the United States could be such a luddite as to oppose the development of railroads. That the letter is an obviously apocryphal
fabrication doesn't faze them.
Martin Van Buren, known in American history as "Old Kinderhook" (after his birthplace of Kinderhook, New York) was a New York lawyer with a long and varied political career which included service as a New York state senator and attorney general, a United States senator
and governor of
New York
under the administration of Andrew Jackson, he served as Secretary of State
and Vice-President
before finally succeeding Jackson as president
He was also one of the few American presidents to remain politically active after the end of his presidency — after losing his bid for
in 1840, he sought the Democratic nomination again in 1844 (but failed), and ran for president on the ticket of the dissident Free-Soil Party in 1848.
Whether Van Buren was cantankerous enough to pen such a rash and ill-advised letter is quite doubtful, for a number of reasons:
No manuscript of this letter appears in any known collection of
Van Buren's
or Jackson's correspondence.
At the time of this purported letter
(31 January
1829), Andrew Jackson was not yet president. He had won the 1828 election, but since presidential terms of office did not expire until March in those days, the office of President was still held by his predecessor, John Quincy Adams. (Not until after the passage of the
20th Amendment
in 1933 was inauguration day moved up from March to January.)
Van Buren
have been writing to Jackson as president-elect, but more likely whoever crafted this piece simply assumed that inaugurations had always taken place in January (as they do now) and assigned this letter a late January date to make it appear that
Van Buren
was writing to a newly-installed president rather than one who had yet to be sworn in. (As noted above, some versions of this letter have been altered to change the recipient to John Quincy Adams instead of Jackson or the date to April instead of January, undoubtedly to mask this discrepancy.)
The language and style of this letter are all wrong. No sensible politician of the era — especially one who was as experienced as
Van Buren
and who had aspirations of being named Jackson's Secretary of State (as he later was) — would have presumed to head an official communication to the President with "Dear President Jackson" rather a more respectfully florid salutation such as "To His Excellency, the Honorable President of the United States." Likewise,
Van Buren
(an ardent supporter of Jackson) would not have been so brusque as to simply sign off with his name and position, as one might do in a modern-day business letter.
When Jackson assumed office, he appointed Van Buren as his Secretary of State. According to
Van Buren
biographer John Niven, "Old Kinderhook" did not offer advice to Jackson unbidden but only when it was sought, and even then the two men generally communicated through intermediaries rather than directly:
Van Buren was never the man to presume on Jackson
. . .
though he responded when his advice was sought. As Jackson remained aloof in any personal exchange between the two but acted through Lewis [Jackson's aide], so
Van Buren
adopted the same stance, relying upon Hamilton [a close political associate] to maintain communications.
Railroading was in its infancy in 1829, as steam-driven locomotives such as the
Tom Thumb
were just beginning to appear on the scene. The railroads that existed in 1829 were still primarily horse-drawn, so it is exceedingly unlikely that in early 1829
Van Buren
would have been describing railroads pulled by "engines" and fretting about their putting the canal boat and horse industries out of work. (In any case, canal boats were generally pulled by mules, not horses, so the livelihoods of "numerous farmers now employed in growing hay for the horses" would probably not have been endangered by the demise of the canal boat trade.)
Although this letter likely is a fair bit older, the earliest print version of it we've turned up so far comes from a 1967
to the editor of the Spokane
. In 1983 it was used in an advertisement for a utility company known as the Virginia Coal Pipeline Associates, which ran in the
27 September
1983 issue of the
Washington Post
. The House of Representatives was scheduled to vote that day to decide whether federal rights of eminent domain should be granted to coal and pipeline companies to provide them with rights-of-way through privately owned land. The
companies wanted to send a mixture of coal and water through pipelines in order to avoid the uncontrolled rates charged by railroads, which at the time transported 80% of coal supplies, and the ad exhorted House members to vote in favor of the proposition.
The use of the van Buren "canal" letter in that advertisement prompted the
Washington Post
to publish a debunking of it by one of their writers, Robert McCloskey. The advertising agency which placed the ad, Martin Agency Inc., had assured the
's advertising department that the letter was authentic. Martin had in turn been assured by
Charles M.
Guthridge, senior vice-president of Transco Coal Co. (a partner of Virginia Coal Pipeline Associates) that the letter was authentic. Guthridge maintained that "the letter was in Transco's files" when he joined the firm the previous year, and that "it was not fabricated to suit our advertisement; it was found by researchers in the transportation industry and has been used in the past in speeches in other publications."
What Mr. Guthridge presumably found, much to his chagrin, was that a phony letter doesn't become any less of a hoax simply because other people have fallen for it.
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29 May 2012
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Brosnan, James W. "Foe of Regulation Finds Moral in Tale of Canal, Railroad."
The [Memphis] Commercial Appeal.
29 March 1992 (p. C2).
Clark, Scott. "Handle Change by Committing to Its Coming."
Arizona Business Gazette.
8 June 1995 (p. 18).
McCloskey, Robert J. "Bogus Letter."
The Washington Post.
7 October 1983 (p. A22).
Niven, John.
Martin Van Buren: The Romantic Age of American Politics.
American Philological Association, 1983. ISBN 0-195-03238-1.


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Employee: Timothy Spangler
Employer: Mello Construction
Insurer: Great American Insurance
Board No.: 01909496
(Judges McCarthy, Wilson and Smith)
John P. LeGrand, Esq., for the employee
Peter P. Harney, Esq., for the insurer
MCCARTHY, J. The employee, Timothy Spangler, had worked in the construction trades his entire adult life as a carpenter, roofer, sider and mason. At the time of the hearing, he was 37 years old and had three dependent children. On September 4, 1991, he injured his back while working for Care Free Homes, Inc. He had surgery, followed by rehabilitation and physical therapy, and returned to work as a carpenter for a different employer in 1992. (Dec. 3.) On February 12, 1993, he settled his claim for this back injury by way of a lump sum agreement. This agreement was made and approved under the provisions of § 48 prior to the establishment of liability by acceptance or by decision, so the lump sum agreement redeemed the insurer's obligation for the payment of future medical expenses and vocational rehabilitation benefits as well as weekly benefits. (Dec. 7.)
Mr. Spangler continued to work full-time, without incident, medical attention or medications until 1996. (Dec. 4.) In late March of 1996, he began working for Mello Construction. On May 21, 1996, the employee was setting up staging using a hydraulic pump when the pump slipped. He "felt an immediate 'pop' in his back and immediate pain radiating down through his buttocks into his leg." (Dec. 4-5.) He reported the incident to his supervisor, and the following day went to see Dr. Schmidek, the neurosurgeon who had performed his 1991 back surgery. Dr. Schmidek was of the opinion that the employee had suffered a recurrence of his prior disc herniation, and recommended immediate surgery. On June 26, 1996, the employee underwent a repair of a massive L5-S1 disc herniation. Due to complications, he later required further surgery. (Dec. 5.)
The employee filed a claim for compensation benefits which Mello Construction's insurer denied. Following a conference on October 16, 1996, an administrative judge awarded § 34 weekly temporary total incapacity benefits. The insurer appealed the conference order, and the case came on for a hearing de novo on July 16, 1997. At the hearing, the report of the impartial medical examiner, Dr. Ronald Birkenfeld, was entered into evidence. (Dec. 2.) Dr. Birkenfeld concluded that the employee was totally medically disabled and had not reached an end result. (Dec. 8.) He causally related the employee's ongoing disability to the 1991 incident, stating, "The patient had an excellent result with resolution of his pain and he returned to work, after convalescence, symptom free until May 21, 1996, at which time, while at work, he had an acute flare-up of his back and right leg pain. An MRI was done on 5/22/96 revealing a very large recurrent disc rupture at L5-S1 on the right." (Imp. Rep. 1.) Neither party sought to depose the impartial examiner or to submit additional medical evidence. (Dec. 10.)
In his hearing decision, the administrative judge found the employee's current incapacity to be causally related to the 1996 incident at work, rather than to the original 1991 incident. Acknowledging that the impartial examiner had causally related the disability to the 1991 incident, he wrote, "In the absence of a deposition of the impartial examiner which may have served to resolve and [sic] question as to causal relationship, I consider the event of May 21, 1996 to constitute an 'aggravation' of an underlying condition." (Dec. 9.) He continued, "I find that the employee worked, pain free, from sometime in 1992 to May 21, 1996, and thus the substantial worsening of the pain, after an incident, and while in the employ of Mello Construction, constitutes an 'aggravation' and, in fact, a compensable second injury." (Dec. 9-10.) In all other respects except causal relationship, the judge adopted the opinion of the impartial examiner. (Dec. 10.) He awarded the employee weekly § 34 temporary total incapacity benefits from May 21, 1996 to date and continuing. (Dec. 11.)
The insurer on appeal says that the decision should be reversed because there is no medical opinion which supports the judge's finding that the employee's incapacity is causally related to the May 21, 1996 incident. The insurer argues that the administrative judge erroneously inserted his own opinion rather than adopting the uncontradicted prima facie opinion of the § 11A impartial physician. And this case, says the insurer, is one where the question of casual relationship is "beyond the common knowledge of the hearing judge so proof of causal relationship would depend upon expert medical testimony." Josi's Case, 324 Mass. 415, 417-418 (1949). (Insurer brief 4, 5.) The insurer's argument has merit. We reverse the decision and recommit the case for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
The insurer does not dispute the judge's finding that the employee is temporarily and totally incapacitated. The core question is whether this incapacity is related to the September 4, 1991 incident, which has been closed by lump sum settlement, or whether it is related to the May 21, 1996 incident. The fact pattern here is akin to a "successive insurer" case. The successive insurer rule states that where several distinct personal injuries are received during successive periods of coverage of different insurers, the resulting incapacity is compensated by the "one that was the insurer at the time of the most recent injury that bore causal relation to the incapacity." Evans's Case, 299 Mass. 435, 436-437 (1938). "To be compensable, the harm must arise either from a specific incident or series of incidents at work, or from an identifiable condition that is not common and necessary to all or a great many occupations." Zerofski's Case, 385 Mass. 590, 594-595 (1982). Because the 1991 injury was work-related, the employee is taken "as is," and the subsequent injury is compensable so long as it contributes "even to the slightest extent" to the employee's resulting incapacity. Rock's Case, 323 Mass. 428, 429 (1948). See Robles v. Riverside Mgmt., Inc., 10 Mass. Workers' Comp. Rep. 191, 195 (1996).
The ingredients which produced the reversible error here came together in the following manner. The § 11A physician examined the employee on December 16, 1996. His report, which constitutes the only medical evidence in this case, includes this history.
Patient is a 37 year old construction worker with a chief complaint of low back and occasional mild right leg and buttock radiation, which he dates originally to a work related incident which took place when he was lifting on the job in September, 1991. He developed acute back and right leg pain at that time. An MRI was done on 10/28/91, which revealed a large disc herniation at L5-S1 on the right. This was operated on and removed by Dr. Henry Schmidek on 11/04/91.
The patient had an excellent result with resolution of his pain and he returned to work, after convalescence, symptom free until May 21, 1996, at which time, while at work, he had acute flare-up of his back and right leg pain. [emphasis added]. An MRI was done on 5/22/96, revealing a very large recurrent disc rupture at L5-S1 on the right.
(Imp. Rep. 1.)
Based on this history, his review of all pertinent medical records and his examination, the § 11A examiner concluded that the recurrent disc rupture was causally connected to the injury of September 1991. The doctor goes on in his report to state that, "The reason for this causal relationship is that the patient had abrupt onset of symptoms referable to the ruptured disc at L5- S1 right related to his work incident in September, 1991 and had no significant preexisting history of similar disorder." ( Id. at 2.) Neither party moved to submit additional medical information or requested to depose the impartial examiner.
After the impartial medical report of examination was filed with the judge and provided to the parties, the claim proceeded to hearing. Following the hearing, the judge filed his decision. Adopting the employee's testimony the judge found that, "[o]n May 21, 1996, the employee was in the process of setting up staging using a hydraulic pump. The pump slipped during the procedure and the employee felt an immediate 'pop' in his back and immediate pain radiating down through his buttocks into his leg." (Dec. 4-5).
The hearing judge now had to confront the dicey problem of causal relationship. The judge had made a finding of a new incident on May 21, 1996. This incident triggered a return of back and right leg pain and took the employee out of the work force once again. The judge believed and found the employee's incapacity was causally related to this new incident.
It is evident that the judge recognized that the impartial opinion was of dubious value because it was grounded on a history critically different from the history found by the judge. In his decision the judge attempted to paper over the problem with the following finding:
In the absence of a deposition of the impartial examiner which may have served to resolve and [sic] question as to causal relationship, I consider the event of May 21, 1996 to constitute an 'aggravation' of an underlying condition.
(Dec. 9.)
The judge's finding on causal relationship cannot stand. As we said above, where a medical issue is beyond the reach of a lay person's general knowledge, expert medical testimony is needed to establish a causal connection between incapacity and an industrial injury. Josi's Case, supra. The outcome in our case is governed by what we said in Wilkinson's Case, 11 Mass. Workers' Comp. Rep. 263 (1997). Because it is dispositive of the issue before us, what we said there is worth repeating.
'Certainly a decision by the administrative judge to foreclose further medical testimony where such testimony is necessary to present fairly the medical issues would represent grounds either for reversal or recommittal.' O'Brien's Case, 424 Mass. 16, 22-23 (1996). Neither party filed a motion to present additional medical evidence. However, faced with a claim he believed to be meritorious and with an inadequate impartial report, the judge should have exercised his authority to sua sponte require additional medical evidence. See § 11A(2). Such approach, in the circumstances of this case, would have provided each party with a fair opportunity 'to make out its position on the disputed issue.' O'Brien, supra. Because the judge instead attempted to plug the evidentiary hole with his own causation opinion, the decision cannot stand.
Id. at 264-265.
We reverse the decision and return the file to the senior judge for assignment for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. During the pendency of these further proceedings, payment of benefits shall continue pursuant to the terms of the conference order.
So ordered
William A. McCarthy
Administrative Law Judge
Sara Holmes Wilson
Administrative Law Judge
Suzanne E.K. Smith
Administrative Law Judge
FILED: June 28, 1999