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The 824th Transportation Company, a U.S Army Reserve unit from Moorehead City, N.C., just arrived in Kuwait to start their yearlong deployment. The home away from home has a unique feature – it floats.
The unit's floating home for the next year will be on board the Landing Craft Utility 2002 – United States Army Vessel Kennesaw Mountain, a 174 foot Landing Craft Utility, or LCU, 2000-series vessel.
The crew totals only 17 soldiers and their mission is to carry material throughout the Persian Gulf. The crewmembers consist of seven on the deckside, seven engineers, two cooks, and a medic.
Since the crew just arrived, they had to do an extensive check of the vessels' safety equipment and mechanical equipment and even complete one mission with the vessels' previous crew.
In between missions the crew will polish their vessel operation skills and makes sure their operating licensing requirements are met. This will enable the crew to be a constant state of readiness – ensuring they are prepared for any mission.
Early in the morning on Jan. 20, the crew loaded up the food order that just arrived and prepared to depart for a day of training and licensing exercises.
Just after 9 a.m., Sgt. Robert L. Wallace, the vessels' boatswain, blew the horn to alert anyone within earshot that they were pulling away from the pier at the Kuwait Naval Base.
A full-time North Carolina state trooper, Wallace joined the unit in July 2006. He maneuvered the controls on the vessel's bridge to pull the vessel off the pier, turn it around, and depart the harbor unassisted. Even though he was under the watchful eye of the skipper and first mate, he handled the vessel like a pro.
He, like many of the other soldiers on the vessel, has a common story. They had no idea that the Army had a fleet of watercraft until they went to the Military Entrance Processing Station, known as MEPS.
"We are the Army's best kept secret," Chief Warrant Officer 2 Kenneth "Neil" Styron Jr., the vessel's chief engineer, said, who spent six years as an enlisted soldier before becoming a Warrant Officer.
He said most people, even soldiers, do not realize that the Army has watercraft. His big grin shows his appreciation for finding this unique opportunity to continue serving the people of the United States as a reserve soldier.
Sgt. 1st Class Ronald E. Buffkin is the vessel's first mate. He served with the Navy in the mid-1970s and was out of the military for 18 years before he found out about the Army Reserve unit near his home that operated watercraft. He has been with the unit since 1996.
Buffkin said he is reluctant to be promoted to the next level, as master sergeants have to come off the LCU's and become part of the land-based crew.
"We have a saying," Buffkin said, "If it ain't got water under it, we don't want anything to do with it."
The youngest and least experienced soldier on board the vessel is 18-year-old Pfc. Tyler M. Morrow, a vessel engineer. "I volunteered for this deployment while I was still in AIT (advanced individual training)," Morrow said.
Adding, "With all the training, I have only been home for maybe three weeks since I shipped off to basic training."
He recited the all too familiar story about how he did not know what job he wanted to do in the Army. His recruiter sent him to MEPS where the position of watercraft engineer was offered. When he told his recruiter what MOS, or military occupational specialty, he took, the recruiter had to look up the job to see if that was an actual job.
These are just a few examples of how the Army watercraft section is not so much an unpopular career field, simply an unknown career field in the Army.
"The Army has more boats than the Navy," Chief Warrant Officer 2 Tom Heald, Vessel Master of the Kennesaw Mountain, said. "Most people don't realize the size of our fleet."
Besides the common theme of having a job that is mostly unknown, the crew also loves what they do. Most of the crew has lived around the coastal Carolina area for years. Many have had family in the marine industry.
"A lot of people on here enjoy their jobs and love to talk about it," Styron said.
Buffkin added, "Most people in this field, you can't run them off."
As Heald watched, Sgt. 1st Class Daniel A. Close, 1st TSC Mobility Maritime noncommissioned officer, perform an anchor maneuver, part of Close's licensing process, Heald said, "It doesn't matter if we are licensing or delivering something, we are out here doing what we love."
Both Close and Wallace will work on their licensing packets on this trip. They both hope to advance their skills to take them to the next level of Army watercraft operation.
"The boat field is run by license type instead of rank," explained Spc. Devan C. Foley, one of the vessels deck hands.
Foley, who is also a Landing Craft Mechanized 8000-series vessel, or LCM8, operator, commonly referred to in the Army as a Mike Boat, assists with all deck operations including emergency drills, cargo loading and unloading and battle stations.
"The Mike Boat is run by all NCOs," Foley said. The Army's largest watercraft are the Logistic Support Vessels, which have a crew of 32 versus the three-person crew of the Mike Boat.
During a day of training and licensing, Foley was on deck with three others performing their tasks as proficiently as possible.
Styron said that about 90 percent of the crew has worked together prior to this deployment.
"Unlike most reserve units, during AT, we do real life missions and they usually last about 28 days," Stryron said.
After the crew took the Kenneshaw Mountain beyond the Kuwait Naval Base's high-water barrier, they opened up the engine to allow the engineers to check some work that was recently completed on the vessel. Then, over the loudspeaker, a voice bellowed: "Man overboard, man overboard, blue coveralls, port side."
The young but efficient crew raced into action.
Out of nowhere, the deck was full of crewmembers all pointing in the same direction.
"Everyone points in the direction of the person in the water so we don't lose sight of them," explained Foley, as he got his recovery gear ready to pluck the lifeless figure out of the water.
The medic stood by to administer any life saving skills that the unsuspecting swimmer would need.
As the vessel turned around the deck listed as the vessel raced back to where the floating figure bobbed up and down in the waves.
As the vessel approached, the deck crew moved into their recovery positions to pull the figure out of the water.
The first pass was a success. As the lifeless figure was pulled onto the grey steel deck, there was a quick laugh as everyone joked with the medic about what to do next to "Oscar," the mannequin.
Even though that day's event was only a drill, all of the 17 crew members knew that it could be them overboard for real some day, so they took the drill very seriously.
On the bridge, Wallace and Close took turns at maneuvering the vessel as the man overboard drill was repeated over and over until the skipper and first mate were satisfied.
Heald explained that the LCU is like a barge.
Its depth in the water, which is called its draft, is very shallow. Therefore the vessel is capable of landing on a beach to on-load or offload cargo.
The 17-soldier crew of the Kenneshaw Mountain take great pride in their job. They know that their mission will be completed with outstanding professionalism and pride.
From the youngest to the oldest, each one has found their way into a little known Army profession.
They are happy with, and proud of, their jobs.
They do not mind letting the world in on their unique stories of how they discovered the Army's best kept secret.
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One has to leave at high tide, needless to say, so we woke up at 5 AM to the alarm on my cell phone, and in the first daylight at 6 we where already under way. Slowly motoring in a drizzling rain and a light fog. Everything went fine through the channel this time, and soon enough we where in rhum sea again.
Not much wind today either, so we ended up motoring all day long. This far on the voyage, we have either had headwind or no wind at all, but we expect this to change once we turn south over the Bay of Biscay.
The plan was to go to the *Isle d'Houat' (The Duck Island) today but since the forecast mention NW wind tonight we changed our plans and continued to the river 'La Vilaine' (The Evil) instead. This meant motoring five hours more over a dead calm Sea. After noon the sky cleared though, and it was sunny and very warm the rest of the day. After entering the River Estuary (at high tide, mind you) and going a ew miles up river we arrived to the town of Arzal where there is a lock and a dam, so the rest of the river upstream is calm and tide-less. The construction was made in the 60-ies to put an end to the regular floodings that gave the river it's name.
After passing the lock at 8PM, we anchored at the first spot we found, quite close to the town.
We headed here to meet friends of ours, another french-Swedish couple that we got to know last winter in Falsterbo, Sweden.
Le Pouldu is a small, drying port in the estuary of *La Laita' rivier. Our friend had talked to the harbourmaster and been told that it should work for us given our draft of 1,6 meters to enter at high tide +/- 1 Hour. So we did.
The channel is narrow, as it turned out, very narrow. At one point, we happened to touch the fine sand bottom and with the last of the tide from behind got stuck. Lucky enough a small, local fishing vessel arrived after a few minutes and helped us off this sand bar. After some discussion in the very tiny port we were directed to a mooring along a long rope between a number of bouys, where the depth shoud be enough even at low tide.
As it later turned out, the few boats our size that actually made it into the port, all had pilotage from the locals, since the sand bars move once in a while. No harm done though, except maybe some antifouling paint lost underneath *Röde Orm's' sturdy full keel.
the estuary and teh little town of Pouldu is beautiful, and we had a wonder ful time here, thanks to Annika and Michel and some of there friends and neighbours. There's quite a bit of new footage in the Gallery from here.
Everything has it's time, and after letting a cold front (yes, another one) pass by, we left early one morning.
After two lazy days in Loctudy with fish and 'Fruits de la Mèr' for every meal it was time for a new surrounding again.
At 'Pleine Mèr' , high tide, we motored in slooow pace the 10 miles to the Iles de Glenans in a sunny but still chilly summer afternoon. We had a very light following breeze, but since the charging regulator for the solar panels 'gave up' a week ago, the need to charge the hous batteries called for the engine to be run for a couple of hours.
Les Iles, are low, sandy islands, islets and rocks and the shallow water between them has an almost emerald green colour that is quite exotic. Still just around 15 degrees (60 F) in the water mind you, therefore not too many adults swimming.
These islands are famous for the sailing school, where practically all of the French racing sailors have learned the basics as young. Eric Tabarly for instance who were here during several summers before joining the navy and becoming a professional racer. Talking about Tabarly, there is a museum in Lorient started by his widow.
we spent a few hours walking around here, as shown by a number of pictures in the Photo Gallery. A very inspiring place, and one where yoou would only anchor over night in settled weather. Presently it looks as if the high pressure will stay around for a few days at least.
07/27/2009, Loctudy N 47,50 W 04,10
Neptune is on our side again... We spent two nice days in the beautiful Camaret at the extreme point of the Crozon Peninsula. We played tourists, hiking on the trails of the mighty cliff almost at the point of Penn hir, we went down a pristine beach borded by high cliffs filled with mussels colonies at their bottom. To make the Raz, between the point of Brittany and the Island of Sein, we have to depart at 11 am to be at slack water at the entrance. It is a very dangerous place, a string of rocks which extends for several miles. As a short cut, for smaller vessels, there is a passage which needs to be negociated carefully with the tides. We did well, because it was a very smooth passage close to the very impressive lighthouse "la Vieille". We continued toward Loctudy after passing the Pointe de Penmarc'h, turning East and having a wonderful ride under sail. The entrance at night in the small harbor of Loctudy is a challenge, but again, the tide was with us and after some stressful moment finding the right spot, we took a mooring buoy.
Alarm rung at 7AM (Tides- tides, remember?). Breakfast, and then over to the fuel dock to bunker diesel and fresh water, then off at 9 with some 20 other boats that had been waiting for this opportunity to go south. All of us motorsailing in a convoy against the last two hours of incoming tide, to get through the Chenal with a following tide. Needless to say, the conditions can be extremely nasty, and even dangerous there with winds against the tide.
Chenal du Four (four=oven) is the inshore passage between the mainland and Ile d'Oessant. to go inshore saves some 20 miles and avoids the heavy commercial traffic in the Traffic Separation zones that meets outside Ile d'Oessant. The Oessant (Ushant in English) is one of the most infamous shipwrecking areas in the world. From the western side of the island there is absolutely nothing except the open ocean until the US east coast on the other side of the 'pond'.
Today, with the sunshine and the calm seas, it was a child's play to go through the well marked and quite wide channel.
After successfully negotiating it, we turned eastward after Pointe S:t Mathieu towards Brest. Viewing the map of Brittany, it looks like a Dragon's head facing the Atlantic Ocean. l'Aberwrach could be the eye of the Dragon, the Chenal du Four part, the nose, and then a divided penisula outside Brest could be the tongue. We anchored for the night outside Camaret sur Mer, on the top of the tongue.
The next step will be to go through the Raz du Sein (the jaw of the dragon). A short, narrow passage that should be navigated in settled weather AND at slack tide. This means that one has to plan the departure, the speed with regard to tidal streams, to pass the Raz within a timeframe of one hour. Interesting! or? Slightly scaring aswell, but it saves 20 miles offshore since Ile de Sein has offlying rocks and dangers many miles to sea.
So tonight we will do our homework with the charts, the divider and the tide tables to get it right for tomorrow.
The picture today shows 'La Vieille' (the Old) north of l'Aber Wrach, arguably the highest lighthouse in the world


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I'm not that electronically inclined. I do realize that everything needs to be the same voltage, or else I'll have to step up or step down the voltage to a particular device. I also know I don't want to overcharge the battery or batteries, either the li-ion or the device batteries, so I'd need to incorporate a meter and/or shutoff circuit. I'd envision something that would automatically kick in to charge the battery when it's low and kick out when it's fully charged, but if I have to do that manually with a toggle switch when the meter reads low or high, that's acceptable.
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I'm new to "quality" baking. I've most always just purchased flour in the grocery store, not paying attention to whether or not it is bleached. I'm trying to learn more about quality ingredients and would like to know when to use unbleached flour, when to use bleached flour, and what the difference is. Can anyone point me to this information? Thanks.
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The short answer is I wouldn't (and don't) worry about it. However many people think it does matter. I can't say that's wrong for them, it just isn't right for me (there is a difference there, LOL!). The most important thing for a new baker, IMO, is to pick a flour and stick with it. You can adjust for almost anything, as long as you don't have to keep adjusting from one loaf to the next! The long answer follows:
The bleaching process doesn't change the actual protein content, but (according to "How Baking Works") different bleaching processes affect gluten strength.
Ascorbic acid, Potassium Bromate, and natural ageing are all maturing processes that strengthen gluten. Potassium Bromate isn't used much in the US anymore; you can tell (in the US) if it's being used it will be listed as an ingredient. I believe Ascorbic acid (basically Vitamin C) would also be listed as an ingredient.
Peroxidation has no effect on gluten. This is a commonly used process - many mills that used to bromate the flour now use a peroxidation process. To my knowledge bromated flour is banned in Europe. Peroxide will NOT be listed as an ingredient, the flour will just say "bleached".
Only chlorine weakens gluten. This will also not be identified as an ingredient.
Unless the flour is chlorinated to bleach, I wouldn't worry too much about whether or not the flour is bleached or unbleached. I can't tell the difference in performance between flour bleached with the benzoyl peroxide and naturally aged flour, but then all my bread attempts are pretty pedestrian. I don't think most people would notice any difference though.
However, other people have a different opinion. Some people swear they can TASTE the difference (I can't).
The one thing that is often said about bleached vs unbleached flour that I CAN refute is the idea that absorption rate differs (the rate at which the flour will absorb moisture and make a cohesive dough, this has an effect on rising, taste, and gluten development). The details are in this thread, but suffice it to say that when talking about the same wheat, bleaching doesn't affect absorption rates. However, which KIND of wheat has been used to mill the flour DOES make a difference. So with a flour like KA that is made from all one kind of wheat (I think it's hard red winter), you will see a different absorption rate than another flour that is milled from a mixture of different wheats, even if they ultimately have the same total protein content. In this case it's the wheat that's used and not the fact that one is unbleached and the other (may be, is probably) bleached. (Again, discounting chlorinated flour).
I can smell a difference between unbleached flour and bleached flour before it is baked, less so afterwards.
I can also see some differences in the finished breads.
Breads made with bleached flours don't tend to rise quite as much and IMHO brown differently.
I have done side-by-side tests, though it is hard to say how much of the differences were due to bleaching and how much were due to differences in the type of wheat in the flours used.
Every now and then I get a fifty pound bag of flour from my neighbor, who runs one of the local restaurant suppliers. I usually start out by doing a double batch of white bread with the new flour and with KAF AP flour, so I have a basis for comparison.
FWIW, most cake flours are bleached, the EU prohibitions on bleaching agents is apparently creating some interesting challenges for cake bakers there.
But I do agree with Zen that you should stick to the same brand/type of flour, or maybe just a couple of them, like AP and bread flour, at least until you feel you can compensate for the differences in flours. (Most brands have a bit of variance anyway.)
And I will repeat my advice to take notes on what you do, and how it worked. That way you will be better equipped to repeat your successes.
However, this advice is coming from a guy who has at least 8 brands/types of wheat flour in his kitchen, along with two types of wheat berries and a home mill, so you may want to take that into account. :-)
I use KAF AP flour the most, though.
Yes, I should have mentioned that chlorinated flour is actually desirable for cake flours. Even KA carries a bleached cake flour (they carry an unbleached version as well, but the Queen Guinevere is chlorinated).
I thought only the bromated flour had been banned in Europe - Mike, are you saying ALL bleaching has been banned in Europe???? I really think that's carrying things a bit too far if that's the case!
Oh yeah, and I should have said in the first post, when you're just starting out it's important to PICK A FLOUR APPROPRIATE TO THE PURPOSE and stick to it. There's not a lot of point in trying to bake bread with a pastry flour, say, that's 9.2% protein when you want to make bread, which is better served by something in the range of 11.5% to 12% protein.
KA AP flour, btw, comes in at 11.7% protein. A lot of commercial brands (like Gold Medal, etc.) of BREAD flour are about the same.
KA Bread flour is 12.7% protein, a bit higher.
Typical AP flour is about 10.5% protein, plus or minus 0.5%. AP flour varies a lot regionally. I buy flour labeled AP here in the SE US but when I contacted the mill it turned out it is only 9.2% protein. Same flour, bagged by the same company but turned out by a different mill, is closer to 11% in the Northern Great Plains. AP is generally milled from whatever wheat grows locally, which here in the south is lower protein, softer wheat, while in the North it's higher protein, hard wheat. Hence the regional preference in the South (historically) for biscuits that do well with a lower protein flour.
I KNOW I edited that into my original post, I wonder why it didn't take???
It's possible I had already posted my response by the time you tried to save your edited version.
For reasons unbeknownst to me, KAF disallows editing a post once someone has directly replied to it. (I think that's a common setting on web forums to keep people from flame fests where person Y responds to person X, so person X edits the original post then responds to Y "But I didn't say that!".)
Seems unnecessary here, but may not be at the top of KAF's 'things to fix' list.
I'm not 100% sure about the ban on bleaching of cake flour in the EU, but some of the posts I've seen here and elsewhere seem to indicate that. For example, wiki:
But overreacting seems to be a common political trait both in the EU and in the USA. (Like the ban on incandescent light bulbs!)
BTW, the Wiki piece says that bleaching leads to higher loaf volume, which is opposite to what I've noted in my tests, so I may be seeing more impact from other differences in the flours.
Good morning to you. Jean, I am going to just answer your question directly like I always do. SIMPLY PUT.... If possible, always employ un~bleached flour. But & however there is a exception to the rule. When your recipe for cakes, muffins, loaf cakes, & tea cakes & pie dough call for solid fat, ie, butter, shortening, cream cheese, use BLEACHED FLOUR. (In USA cake flour is bleached) Your baked product will love you for it. You will be able to cut your cake with a feather.
Good luck & enjoy the rest of the day young lady.
This forum at KAF is pretty respectful and nice about these things. We try not to get very judgmental about things, because it usually doesn't help your baking.
People here in KAF forums and elsewhere do have their preferences and some have *very* heartfelt beliefs on the bleached / unbleached flour question.
My take on in it is that even if bleached is "wrong" or "evil" (I don't think it is, BTW) that it's just a bag of flour and not the end of the world. Just use it up, see what it does and go from there. If you like it, great. If not, go unbleached next time and see what happens there.
I personally would suggest that everyone try both bleached and unbleached and see the differences for themselves in what they bake. After that, you can overlay any other concerns that you may have with bleached flour over that data point.
You guys ROCK. Thanks so much for all the information.
I think certain bleaching processes can lead to higher loaf volume in commercial settings - you know, like Wonderbread factories. I doubt chlorination is one of those processes, but I'd be willing to bet most commercial bread is made with bromated flour. Bromation is one of the processes that INCREASES gluten strength, and apparently it's cheaper and/or easier and/or quicker than going with something relatively neutral like ascorbic acid.
Have you ever toured a Wonderbread factory? It bears almost no relationship to something most of us would recognize as bread making!
I suspect bleaching and brominating both started out as ways for mills to be more consistent in their product at a lower cost.
Bleaching, in particular, appears to allow them to get a higher extraction rate from the wheat. More flour per ton of wheat means a lower cost per ton of flour produced.
The more you learn about flour, Jean, the better you will be able to bake. And the more you learn about flour, the more it seems you have yet to learn. :-)
If anyone had told me six years ago that I'd be able to discuss things like extraction rate, ash percentages, wheat types and protein content, I'd have said they were crazy. Now I can, and have, held my own in discussions with professors who teach grain science.
Here in Canada we have various brands of flour that come in both AP and unbleached, with the same protein and ash on the label so it's probably the same stuff through different processes.
There is a MAJOR difference in quality. The unbleached is better for bread baking, for ALL brands. The bleached AP is better for pie crust and cake, for ALL brands. One particular brand (5Roses) of unbleached handles very much like KAF AP--yes, I hauled bags of flour across the border and did chemical analyses and side-by-side baking tests.
I believe that the bleaching process alters the gluten molecules even though the total nitrogen analysis (which is how "protein" is really measured) doesn't change.
So for bread baking, do not waste your time or money on anything except unbleached hard flour, or hard whole what flour. if you can't buy KAF locally, go and bug your local health foods store to order unbleached hard wheat flours in bulk for you. They will understand why.
Hi, A baker friend did a comparison. You can check it out here:
Yes, well, when comparing flours, it is best to compare roughly EQUIVALENT flours.
The Gold Medal flours in those "tests" were the retail AP types that range right around 10% protein (give or take 0.5%).
However, KA AP flour is actually 11.7% protein, which is basically bread flour.
OF COURSE the KA made the better bread! That's what it's made for! GM AP flour, in contrast, is "typical" AP flour - it's sort of the "master of all trades" of flour. You can use it to make bread (sort of), pie crust (sort of), a thickener, gravy, biscuits (pretty close), cakes (pretty much), cookies, etc. EVERYTHING. That's not to say it's the best for any of those purposes - it's just the sort of median flour that you can make work for lots of different things.
This is not to slight the quality of KA flour in any way, shape or form. KA quality control and the consistency of their flours is great. If they say the protein content is 11.7%, that's what it is.
The GM AP ranges from around 9.5% protein to 10.5% protein. You're only likely to see it drop much below 10% in the south (land of biscuits), but the variation is nevertheless there. They won't even tell you the protein content up front, you have to go out and find people who have actually tested it (for real, not in non-equivalent types of "testing" done by the referenced blogger). Even if the blogger lucked out and got the GM AP at the top of it's usual range - roughly 10.5% - that still wouldn't be equivalent to an 11.7% flour!
A more meaningful test along the lines of what that blogger did would be to take KA AP flour and test it against something of roughly equivalent protein content. Say, for instance, the bread flour I get from Costco here, which is 11.6% protein. I wouldn't be surprised to see some difference, as the KA is made from all one sort of wheat (hard red winter) and the ConAgra flour is milled from a mixture of grains; but I doubt it would be objectively a whole lot different, except possibly for some specialty breads that are beyond my capability to bake anyway.
I say that because I HAVE used both flours, and while I prefer the KA because of the quality reasons listed above, I don't see enough of a difference for my uses to justify paying 5 times as much for it as for the Costco stuff.
I tested the following (remember I'm in Canada):
--King Arthur AP and King Arthur Bread Flour hand carried across the border
--"Five Roses" unbleached AP and white AP (12 grams protein per 100 grams)
--"Robin Hood" unbleached AP and white AP (4 grams protein per 30 grams = I think there was rounding up)
--"Selections" and "Equality" (generic labels) unbleached AP and "Selections" white and pastry flours. AP flours had 11.8 grams protein per 100 grams.
Results: All of the Canadian unbleached AP bake bread just about the same. KAF AP is softer, you have to mix the AP and Bread flour 1:1 to get the same as the Canadian flours.
I buy the "Selections" because it's a very consistent quality at half the price. "Robin Hood" was the most variable between bags and most expensive.
Where I had the unbleached and white versions from the same mill, the unbleached made better bread, and the white made better scones, muffins, pie crust.
I used to live in MA and I HATED "Gold Medal" after the stores brought in King Arthur. Before that, I used to bring flour from Canada on a regular basis. You can feel the difference as soon as you stick your fingers in the bag...
To my knowledge, Robin Hood (which we used to buy here all the time when I was a kid but which I haven't seen in years) was just regular ol' AP flour. Wouldn't be much good for making bread.
I don't know what process is most commonly used to bleach AP flours these days. I know when I was a kid we at least THOUGHT it was all bleached by chlorination. That process damages gluten, which is great if you want cake and not so great if you want bread.
For years bread flours were bleached via bromation. However this is falling out of favor. Bromation enhances gluten formation.
Now many mills are switching to a peroxidation process. This leaves gluten unaffected.
Even though a flour may have the same brand name, that doesn't mean it's the same mix of wheat (one bleached, the other unbleached). There are several manufacturers here in the US that use hard red winter wheat (as KA does) for their unbleached flours, but continue to use the more typical blend of different wheats for their bleached flours. It's the different wheats use that would affect gluten, not the bleaching process (excluding chlorination).
There is empirical evidence that shows this to be true which has been referenced in prior threads on this issue.
So if there's an advantage to buying "unbleached flour" - and I submit that in most cases there is not - it's that you've got a shot at getting a better quality, more consistent wheat.
I forget off hand which major flour manufacturer (or packager, I guess I should say, since they all buy their flour from mills which they might or might not also own) - anyway, I forget who it is whose unbleached bread flour is made from hard red winter wheat like KA. Pillsbury? GM? Can't remember, but it's in one of my old postings. It's a national brand. But the rest of their flours are all the typical blended wheat varieties.
Maybe someday I'll find somewhere to buy KA in 25 lb bags - that might make it more cost effective. I'd gladly pay double what I pay at Costco, but 5 times as much is just TOO much. Wish my Costco would carry it - some do, but not this one.
Regarding the last paragraph of your post dated today. I would like to ask you which state do you live in & which large city are you close to ???
Have a nice day.
Thanks, KP, but I've checked with all the places KA lists in the area that carry KA products and none carry the 25 or 50lb bags of flour. The nearest large city is TOO FAR (my son's constant complaint, if it's 15 mins its a long drive for him). I don't drive these days - even if I do get my driver's license again (it lapsed during my illness) it's probably farther than I should be driving anymore. I think it'd be an hour or so one way to drive over there to the state capital. I know FOR SURE I wouldn't try it without a GPS, if I were to drive myself. Another sign that I shouldn't be driving, I'm sure, is the ease with which I can lose myself in any situation.
Oh how I long for the days when I could hop in the car after work Friday evening, drive all night to get to a ski resort, ski all day, sleep in a cheap hotel, get up and ski until dark (after dark if they were lighting the trails), get BACK in the car and drive all night to get home, then go to work in the morning!
Heck, I'd settle for being able to throw more than a couple pounds of clay on the potter's wheel at this point. One small bowl and I'm pretty well wiped out for the rest of the day.


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IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Former University of Iowa diver Deidre Freeman earned a second place finish at the 2014 USA Diving AT&T Senior National Diving Championships in the women's synchronized 3-meter springboard on Sunday.
Freeman teamed up with Texas diver Maren Taylor in the women's synchronized 3-meter springboard; with a score of 284.40. The second-place finish earned a bid to the Fina Grand Prix on Oct. 24-26, in Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia. Competing in a pair of events, Freeman placed 24th overall in the senior women's 3-meter springboard with a score of 242.65 in the quarterfinals.
University of Iowa divers Addison Boschult and Lydia Lehnert also took part in competition over the weekend.
Boschult, competing in the senior men's platform diving, posted a score of 319.70 in the quarterfinals and placed 17th overall with a final score of 287.20.
Lehnert, competing in the senior women's platform diving, finished 20th overall with a score of 235.25 in the quarterfinals.
For a complete listing of results from the ATT Senior Diving Championships visit: usaswimming.org
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The Pharm Exec 50 numbers also show that the predominant response to tightening market conditions remains building on the advantages of size and scale, with the 10 largest companies in the 50 accounting for well over half of total revenues. The big players, however, are attempting to be nimble with their resources, as exemplified by the decision of the largest of the large, Pfizer, to enter the rare disease segment now dominated by smaller, specialized firms. The bottom ranks of the 50 are going for bulk too, but the transition is bumpy as witnessed by the fact that revenues of the smallest firms are collectively down from last year, where every company on the list had revenues of at least $2 billion. No more.
The advantages of size and scale are evident as well in the growing representation of biologics among the Pharm Exec 50's top product offerings, accounting for eight of the 20 biggest selling drugs. The challenge of manufacturing and promoting these complex medicines safely across multiple markets requires costly investments in state-of the-art technology and advanced know-how, not to mention a solid global orientation. A global base is even more important now that many regional markets—led by Western Europe—have tanked in the midst of the public debt pile-up, requiring a ruthless paring of domestic health spending. One result? More than €10 billion in unpaid bills for reimbursed medicines.The lesson is an inducement for the industry's regional players to expand beyond borders if they wish to grow. Those that have done so comprise the more interesting additions to this year's list, including our first South African entry, Aspen Pharmacare, which is investing heavily in some of the mature markets.
The emphasis on being and staying big has its downside, if only because there is just not a lot of new blood vying for a place in the top ranks of the business. Looking back five years, to the Pharm Exec 50 of 2007, the top 10 companies are the same as this year's, with one exception—Wyeth, a victim of merger fever, has been replaced by Abbott. We see this as primarily good news for payers, who like to know the enemy from a position of intimacy, and not especially positive news for the patient. It's not that the biggest of Big Pharma aren't producing safer and better drugs for patients—the trend toward specialty meds and the utilization of companion diagnostics underscores this fact—but the constant need to meet forecasts and keep shareholders happy in the short-term perpetuates a climate anathema to risk, the bread and butter of innovation. Simply put, some shaking at the top means that more fruit falls from the trees.
And there are some promising signs of diversity towards the bottom of the list, particularly among companies that pose an implicit challenge to the conventional model built around a calculation of input x of R&D yielding output y of marketable products. It's a bit startling to see that one new entry to the Pharm Exec 50, Valeant Pharmaceuticals, the "search and development" company, managed to post $2.5 billion in sales while spending just over $65 million on research. That's a rounding figure for Pfizer—or more specifically, 0.7 percent of the industry leaders' $9.1 billion. If those numbers say anything at all, they reinforce the importance of this industry finding the right formula in balancing risky internal investments in innovation against expanding societal expectations for good medicines that deliver great outcomes. And that formula depends as much on luck—wedged by reputation—as it does on size.
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Google vs. Content Farms
Well if you haven't heard about it by now, you don't read the news online at all. When even CNN and ABC are writing articles about it, you know Google's latest algorithm update has had a major impact.
But, just in case your home is under a nice shady rock, here's the gist: Google updated its algorithm on February 24th in an attempt to clean up their search results, removing the rankings of sites it considers "content farms" (though exactly what defines a "content farm", in true Google fashion, they've never explained).
This change affected roughly 12% of known search queries. That's pretty significant. Google has stated that "the outcome was widely positive", but has also admitted that there will inevitably be some collateral damage in a major update like this. Google has also stated that they are working to tweak and improve this change to restore lost rankings to some of the affected sites that aren't "content farms."
So the big question for all of us is: "What is a content farm, and how can I keep my site from looking like one?"
While that question can't be answered with authority (as I said, Google is pretty mum on the subject), I can tell you that what I personal do to rank sites has resulted in exactly … ZERO lost rankings.
So instead of attempting to define a content farm, let me just outline my method for building and ranking sites in Google:
1. Unique content on the site.
Never, I repeat, never post an article on your web site and then post the same article to any other site (article directories, blog networks, whatever). Make sure the content on your site is unique.
I personally use article spinner to make sure that the articles I submit to other sites are unique. My definition of "unique" here is that the rewritten article passes a Copyscape check after the article posted to my primary site is already indexed in Google. That last bit is important: the article on your site has to be indexed in Google in order for Copyscape to pick it up when it checks for duplicates.
The reason you need the article on your site to be unique is that, if it isn't, the other copies of your article on other sites will be in direct competition with the original on your site. And since other sites (such as EzineArticles) have massive numbers of links to them, their articles generally get indexed more quickly than the article on your own site will. That means Google could end up seeing the copy as the original — bad news for your rankings.
2. Put related quality content on the site.
This may seem like a no brainer, but I always put 10-15 pages of quality content that's related to the home page subject matter (though not on exactly the same topic).
That is, if the home page is focused on Bar-B-Que grills, the inner pages might be around BBQ utensils and BBQ recipes, etc.
Even if I'm not trying to get the inner pages ranked, I still post a variety of related content on the site. I want Google to run its latent semantic indexing algorithm on my site and see that it's content rich on my topic of choice. That is, I want Google to feel my site has "content authority."
3. Get links to all of the pages on the site.
I have a hunch that this is where the "content farm" gets identified by Google.
It's easy to get a bunch of links to one page, the home page, but it's equally important that you get links to all of the inner pages of your site as well. That's something I always do for my content sites.
Even if I'm only wanting to rank the home page, I still get links to the inner pages of the site. This gives the impression that the whole site has some "link authority", and not just the home page.
It's my personal guestimation that Google is also analyzing the linking patterns to determine what is and is not a "content farm", and not just the "quality" of the content itself. This theory holds up when you start analyzing the linking patterns of some of the sites which are generally felt to be content farms that did not get the axe in this latest update.
I'm not going to start a flame war in the comments by naming the content farms in this post, but if you're interested you can read this thread at WebmasterWorld.
In Summary
So how do you make sure your site doesn't get slammed by Google's new algorithm? My personal formula is simple: unique content on the site, high quality themed content on the site, and links to all the pages, not just the ones you want to rank.
That formula has served me well, and none of my sites were hit in Google's latest update.
Please post your thoughts and questions in a comment below.
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Grand Sierra Theatre
Located inside the Grand Sierra Resort, the Grand Sierra Theatre provides is audience the privilege to enjoy some of the world"s most lavish musicals, stage plays, concerts, and comedy show productions.
The Grand regularly presents entertainments and show business" biggest names, such as, Jerry Seinfeld, Dolly Parton, Keith Urban and Billy Idol. The facility has claimed the title to the world"s largest stage.
It's also home to the world's biggest indoor stage over a full acre of usable space! Don"t miss the fun and excitement taking place at this amazing theater in the coming months!
The Grand Sierra Resort is a resort hotel situated approximately two miles east of Downtown Reno, Nevada. The Resort opened in 1978 as the MGM Grand and follows a theme of Luxury Lifestyle. It was the world"s largest hotel casino at that time, with a twenty-six stories, 1,015 rooms on a 145-acre site.
In 1978, an expansion project was implemented that increased the rooms to 2,001. The property"s ownership had changed several hands, until it was acquired by Harrah"s Entertainment in the 2005 acquisition of Caesars Entertainment.
However, on May 11, 2005, an agreement was announced by Caesars Entertainment to sell the Reno Hilton to PLANT worldwide DBA Grand Sierra Resort Corp for $150 million. The sale got completed the same year in June, thus the name of the property was changed to The Grand Sierra Resort.
The Grand Sierra Resort consists of many attractions and services which include an executive business center, pool, crystal class, spa health club, rv park, wedding chapel, a huge range of casino games, like poker, keno and table games and more, a great list of various restaurants, and countless more services and facilities which are being rendered by this resort.
Among these facilities is the famous Grand Sierra Theatre which is equipped with state-of-the-art sound system and visual effects that assist in making the event being performed an unforgettable one. Grand Sierra Theatre has the capacity to seat 2,000 people.
It is sometimes reserved seating with booths, tables and chairs, and sometimes general admission with an open front floor. The theater only invites the top caliber of talent to perform.
It is soon going to be hosting a concert by the famous band Devotchka, on 29th of January, 2009, which will be followed by the event Tesla on the 31st of Jan.
A lot more is in store for you here at the Grand Sierra Theatre, as events like LMFAO, Brandy, Yes, Lynne Koplitz & Iliza Schlesinger are headed to hit the theater stage pretty soon! If you don"t want to miss the entire fun taking place at this venue, then you better get your tickets to them as soon as possible! Otherwise, you"ll run out of time plus the tickets!!!
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FAYETTEVILLE � Cumberland County authorities are investigating the death of a 4-year-old girl earlier this week.
Sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Tanna says investigators are not prepared to make a ruling in the death of the child.
An autopsy was performed in Chapel Hill on Tuesday but the State Medical Examiner's Office has not yet released a cause of death. Her name has not been released.
Detectives were called to a home late Monday afternoon after emergency medical personnel reported an unresponsive girl. She was taken to Valley Medical Center where she was pronounced dead.
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New ships, focus on France for Scenic in 2015
Major river cruise lines are having a banner year. Most show "sold out" for several dates so they are moving ahead with selling 2015.
Scenic Cruises, a division of Scenic Tours, is out with its 2015 preview brochure which features two new "Space-Ships" and a focus on France. Book now and you're guaranteed 2014 prices for March, October, November and December.
For April through September, a lot more is offered to induce you to buy sooner rather than later.
The new additions to the fleet, as reported in my interview with Glen Moroney (Managing Director of Scenic Cruises, an all-inclusive river line), are the Scenic Opal and the Scenic Jasper. Yes, a Canadian touch!
Never one to stand still, Moroney has made several changes to his new ships. That includes a couple of small, different pools on the top sun deck: a vitality pool if you just want to soak and a lap pool, where you're swimming in place against a jet of water.
Meanwhile, Scenic is responding to the growing interest in France cruising by offering four new itineraries in 2015
These include:
• A 12-day Bordeaux River Cruise that will take in the well-known French wines from Médoc, Saint-Ėmilion and Graves. The sailing starts with a night in Paris.
• A 17-day version is offered with three nights in Paris and three in San Sebastian. Added to that is are a 21-day and a 26-day version of the cruiseThe former combines 2014's new Seine itinerary with the Bordeaux sailing, while the 26-day Iconic Southern France itinerary goes from Paris to Bordeaux and Carcassonne.
Among other cruises in the preview brochure is a new 21-day Jewels of Europe cruise that adds three nights in Prague and Berlin to the popular Amsterdam-to-Budapest itineraries.
Scenic has also added new versions of their "special experiences" nights.
Go to scenictours.com for more details and click here to see what is included in their all inclusive package.
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User Interface Developer (UI, HTML, CSS, Jquery/Javascript, ASP.NET)
A leading online retail company is looking for a User Interface Developer to join their existing tech team.
This role requires a strong, versatile and creative minded UI developer with a wide knowledge of different web / browser based technologies. You will be responsible for user interface development on projects under an agile process and you will take pride in applying best practice patterns and approaches.
* Work closely with the business to fully understand the requirements of a particular user story before development starts
* Help to analyse and break down the work involved in addressing a particular user story and assessing its complexity
* Pair up with other members of the technical team to work on new user stories, including participating in designing the technical solution and pair programming where appropriate
* Work on stabilising new features and assist with business and customer support issues
* Keep up to date with new technologies and apply new knowledge to the technical work that is delivered
* Participate in discussions around technical architecture and contribute ideas
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Hey all! I'm somewhat of a newbie to cycling... at least in that I'm buying my first real bike, and planning to log a lot of mileage. When I was younger (about 10 years ago) I had a mountain bike and I used to ride 30+ miles a day with friends since it was the only way we could get around and we liked to explore. Well, now I'm ready to get into road cycling and I've got myself all of the necessities... except one. A bike. And that leads me to my problem...
A week and a half ago I ordered a bike from bikes direct. Some seem to believe that the quality of the bike is not up to par with others. Well, I don't believe I'm going to notice much of a difference from one frame to the next due to my inexperience. I did want good components, however, since I always thought they were the most vital aspect of the bike.... and the most apt to frustrate me when they weren't working to my standards. Needless to say, as of today (9 days later), I still don't even think my bike has shipped. UPS still lists the status as "billing information received." So I sent an email yesterday to check on the status, got a reply today saying I'd get a message by the end of the day telling me what the status was. Once again... no response.
Last week the engine blew on my car, and I was looking forward to having transportation in the form of a bike to get me to school and back, do some shopping, etc. Now I'm just afraid that I've paid for something I won't see for another 2 weeks (if at all) and I will continue to be stranded at my apartment.
Has anyone had any experiences like mine with BD? If so, how long did it take to get it resolved, if at all? Am I just really unlucky?
I'm starting to get really discouraged here, and all I want to do is get on a bike and ride somewhere... like I've been wanting to do for the past month or so. Someone help me out here!


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BOSTON (AP) — Republican candidate for governor Charlie Baker is amending comments he made on the Supreme Court ruling that found some companies with religious objections can avoid the contraceptives requirement in President Obama's health care overhaul.
Baker had told reporters Wednesday that for Massachusetts, the court decision "doesn't change a thing."
On Thursday Baker said he misspoke. He said it's possible given the decision that a small segment of employers could qualify for the narrow exemption to the contraception mandate.
Baker said as governor he would make sure Massachusetts employers continue to offer comprehensive health insurance coverage, including contraception.
He said if any woman doesn't receive contraceptive coverage through her employer, his administration would make it available through the Department of Public Health.
Baker's original comments drew criticism from his Democratic rivals and women's rights groups.


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Is labor close?
I will be 40 weeks on Tuesday. I have had some Braxton-Hicks contractions. My last doctor appointment I was about 60% effaced and about 1 cm dilated. I am feeling A LOT of pressure. Does that mean labor is close?
Posted: 12/30/2011 by a BabyCenter Member
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It's sounding good! However, the process of your cervix ripening and preparing for labor is different for everyone. For some women it's very quick and for others can last for days and days. This is just normal variation. Current guidelines would have your doctor checking the amniotic fluid level and doing a fetal heart tracing when you're a week overdue (41 weeks 0 days). If all is well, you would be induced somewhere between 41 weeks 0 days and 41 weeks 3 days to ensure you are delivered by 42 weeks. At 42 weeks the stillbirth risk really starts to climb so that's why you want to be delivered before you reach that gestational age. But given all the symptoms you are having, sounds like an excellent chance you will go into labour on your own! Ask your doctor to sweep your membranes at your next appointment if nothing happens before then. It's a natural way to decrease the chance of going overdue! Best wishes.posted 12/31/2011 by a BabyCenter Member
Yes. You might want to speak with doctor to see how far theyll want you to go over your due date. I spoke with my doctor about induction. He advised me that it's safe for you to go 42weeks; but past that could cause infection because your baby may release their bowels inside you.posted 12/30/2011 by kimd1985
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Pretty Little Liars Shoots Back After Originals Insult: "Bite Me"
Tonight, January 14, 2014, marks the beginning of a new TV rivalry when The Originals and Pretty Little Liars fight it out in the Tuesday, 8 p.m. ET timeslot — and a feud is already a-brewing.
Earlier today, The CW released a preview of a promo that's going to air during Pretty Little Liars, encouraging fans to flip the channel and check out The Originals instead. Well, it didn't take long for ABC Family to respond with an insult of their own.
The official Pretty Little Liars Twitter tweeted the image to the right. It's simple, but effective: "Bite Me. - A." Crucially, the image also includes two hashtags for Pretty Little Liars fans to rally behind: #LiarsUnite and #Unoriginal (Oh, snap!).
While this isn't quite as gutsy as buying ad space on another channel, it's a great response to the Originals ad, which emphasizes that the vampire drama is "the most popular new broadcast show on social media." That's cool and all (no really, it's cool! We love The Originals), but let's be real: It's hard to beat Pretty Little Liars on Twitter. And by hard, we basically mean impossible — the murder mystery holds every spot on the list of top five most-tweeted TV episodes on record. Is it any surprise that #LiarsUnite is already trending in the US and worldwide?
A family of immortal vampires? We know what "A" has to say to that: Bring it, bitches.
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- It's still not over: Judge Roy Pearson of lost-pants fame returns to court with appeal against Custom Cleaners owners, the Chung family [WJLA]
- Columbus cops' class action: dept. shouldn't have asked us what our ailments were when we took sick leave [Dispatch]
- Culture Warrior Jeff Bell hopes Palin will reverse trends that have "legitimated a contraceptive ethic" [Weekly Standard] Better not count on it [York, NRO "Corner"]
- RIAA has now filed 30,000 lawsuits against file-sharing music fans [Wired "Threat Level", Ambrogi]
- Recently at Point of Law: Ohio's Supreme Court in the balance this November; Biden vs. legal reform; guestblogging by Peggy Little and Jane Genova; Lilly Ledbetter at Democratic convention; big Peter Angelos cellphone-cancer case strikes out; call for Australian no-fault cerebral palsy fund; and more;
- Massachusetts high court ruling that docs can be sued over their patients' medication-impaired behavior is predictably leading to new suits [Globe, Brockton hospital crash; earlier]
- What Alinsky-style "community organizers" do [York, NRO via Bookworm Room] "Organizers break laws if they have to." [Thomas Geoghegan @ Slate — and he's being admiring]
- California trial lawyers successfully gut original Schwarzenegger plan to reform award of punitive damages [four years ago on Overlawyered]
Posts Tagged 'Roy Pearson'
Another lost-pants case
Unlike Roy Pearson in the celebrated D.C. case, Charleston, W.V. lawyer Richard D. Jones isn't demanding $67 million from the dry cleaner, nor is he a sitting judge (his practice is in civil defense). About the only visible angle that distinguishes the case from the entirely ordinary: Jones wants punitive damages from defendants Pressed For Time and Lisa Williams. (W.V. Record, more).
"Pants" judge sues over lost job
You knew it was coming dept.: Roy Pearson wants $1 million for being deprived of his District of Columbia judgeship. (Emil Steiner blog/Washington Post, Kerr @ Volokh, Laconic Law Blog; earlier).
Roy Pearson no longer a D.C. judge
Latest Pearson Pants update
A press release from their lawyers, Manning & Sossamon, announces that the Chung family of Washington, D.C is closing Custom Cleaners, their dry cleaning establishment. They continue to operate a separate location under the name of Happy Cleaners and last year closed one known as Parks FabriCare. According to the release, the family decided to close Custom Cleaners "due to the revenue losses and emotional toll resulting from the Pearson v. Chung lawsuit". More: Marc Fisher @ WaPo, WSJ law blog, Betsy Newmark, Joe Gandelman, Mark Steyn.
September 13 roundup
- Pearson Pants update: dry cleaners offered to drop their fee demand if Pearson would end case, but he declined [Marc Fisher, other Washington Post coverage, Beldar]
- Check your oil, ma'am? On second thought, if it's going to get us sued, never mind [Reiland/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]
- "Surprising and uncommon" resolution of med-mal case: Nebraska Methodist Health System admits error, cooperates with family on video memorializing victim and educating other hospitals about aortic dissection [Omaha World-Herald, Chamber reprint]
- Heated email exchange between perennial Overlawyered favorite Jack Thompson and Take Two game company exec [Ambrogi]
- Putting her image on a Hallmark card? Now that's degrading and exploitative enough to make Paris Hilton want to sue [K.C. Star]
- Uncle sues nephew over season tickets to Chicago Bears at 40-yard line [Crain's Chicago Business]
- Hurt her teeth on McDonald's cherry pie, hurt her teeth on cheeseburger soon after — and what's this about forged dental-work receipts? [Seattle Times]
- Wisconsin snuff users may soon be rolling in coupons following settlement of antitrust class action, lawyers to pocket $17 million [AP/Green Bay Press-Gazette]
- New at Point of Law: fiasco of UC Irvine's withdrawn offer to Chemerinsky; judge says $500/hr is enough for lawyers in Northwest bankruptcy; law firm advertises for heart attack victims to sue over lack of defibrillators in public places; Astroturf detected in Washington-state insurance-suit referendum fight; NY Times takes skeptical look at Mount Sinai's Selikoff Center; Jerry Brown sure fooled us, says San Diego paper; Ted expands his empire; and much more;
- A topic on which we've had a lot to say over the years — to what extent does the Americans with Disabilities Act apply to websites? — may be heating up again [Corporate Counsel]
- Thanks for the incoming links from, among others, Instapundit (on Ted's reclining-car-seat post, which has drawn a bodacious number of comments), Patterico (on Jarek Molski), Bainbridge (on animal welfare laws), and Adam Smith Institute (on lawyers suing each other: "Such a pity that only one side can lose".)
Pearson appeals
Are you really surprised? The D.C. Court of Appeals' average time for appeal is 575 days, implying a wait until 2009 for a decision, but one would hope a simple case like this could be disposed of faster.
Updates – August 8
1. Yet another Roy Pearson update: the Washington Post, confirming a previous rumor, reports that he's closer to losing his job. The Commission on Selection and Tenure of Administrative Law Judges (CSTALJ?) has voted to start the process of terminating him, by sending him a letter notifying him that he may not be reappointed to his job. Of course, the procedure alone makes the story a perfect fit for Overlawyered. Pearson can't just be fired; that would be too easy. First, his boss had to make a formal recommendation. Then, the Commission had to decide to send that letter. And now?
Pearson is not out of work yet. The letter is a key step, though, alerting him that his reappointment is in jeopardy. He has 15 days to file a rebuttal and could push for reappointment by appearing before the commission at its next meeting in September.
The wonders of public employment. And then if he's turned down, of course, he can sue!
Apparently trying to destroy a business by using the legal system to extort millions from the owners isn't his big sin; his big sin is being rude to his boss:
Concerns about Pearson's temperament as an administrative law judge preceded the publicity about the lawsuit this spring. The letter from the commission focuses on those concerns, addressing the lawsuit only briefly.
In e-mails sent to his fellow judges and cited in the letter, Pearson's contempt for Chief Administrative Law Judge Tyrone T. Butler was evident. In one of the missives, he spoke of protecting himself from any attempt by Butler "to knife" him. In another, he questioned Butler's competence and integrity.
Incidentally, he was serving a two year term, but if he wins reappointment, it will be for a ten year term.
2. Updating a story from Mar. 25, a federal judge has banned the navy from using sonar in training exercises:
Cooper said it was never easy to balance the interests of wildlife with those of national security. But in this case, she said, environmental lawyers have made a persuasive case that the potential harm to whales and other marine life outweighs any harm to the Navy while the court case proceeds.
Because, clearly, a bunch of lawyers are in the best position to design United States naval strategy.
(Other whale-sonar lawsuit coverage: May 17, Jul. 2006)
3. Remember the Kentucky Fen-Phen scandal? The one in which the class action attorneys were accused of misplacing $60 million of their clients' money into their own pockets? (We've covered it May 20 and earlier) Well, a federal judge has now ruled that they need to repay $62.1 million to their clients. So far. Still to come: a ruling on punitive damages, a criminal trial, and the suit against Cincinnati attorney Stan Chesley, who's accused of the same wrongdoing. (AP/Forbes)
Judge Pearson update
(AM post bumped for PM update.)
A judicial panel is still deciding whether the Great American Pants-Suit plaintiff will keep his job as an administrative judge. A delayed decision is expected early next week.
Update to the update: Marc Fisher is reporting that the decision will be to start the bureaucratic process of firing Pearson. Amazingly, the chief ALJ recommended reappointing Pearson&mdash:until Pearson showed his typical good judgment by blasting the chief ALJ in an internal email as "evil," causing his target to change his mind. Pearson will be entitled to a hearing (and who knows how many rounds of appeals) before he is officially fired; since April, he has been in a fully-paid no-work position as an "attorney-advisor."
Fundraiser for Chung family
The Associated Press and WSJ Law Blog cover Tuesday's event, which was co-sponsored by ATRA and the Chamber. Raised so far: more than $64,000. Earlier coverage of the Roy Pearson pants case here (cross-posted from Point of Law).


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Canadian employment numbers continue to seesaw
By Kevin Press, BrighterLife.ca
Canada lost 29,000 jobs in April, after strong gains in March. It's the third gain followed by a dip since November — but an uptick is forecast.
In what has become a disheartening pattern, Canada's job market lost ground in April. New Statistics Canada data show a loss of 29,000 jobs in April; a big disappointment after the 43,000-job gain reported in March. It is the third time we've seen the monthly jobs number climb, only to slide the following month, since November 2013.
"The loss in April dropped the six-month average in job growth to 3,000 per month," said Nick Exarhos, an economist at CIBC World Markets. He and I spoke on Monday. "Though we're seeing an economic recovery, the recovery in jobs has been well beneath what we'd been expecting."
The national unemployment rate held firm at 6.9%, but only because the labour participation rate fell from 66.2% in March to 66.1% in April. That's down from 66.5% a year ago.
"It's a very low number," said Exarhos. The result is another indication of how unique this stop-and-start economic recovery is. "It's not a regular business cycle."
A few key results:
- We lost 31,000 full-time jobs during the month. That broke a three-month winning streak; we haven't seen a negative full-time number since December.
- Four provinces had negative job growth. The list includes Quebec (-32,000 jobs), New Brunswick (-5,400), Newfoundland (-3,300) and Prince Edward Island (-1,200).
- There were losses in multiple industries. Accommodation and food services was down 32,000 jobs. Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing dropped 19,000. On the other hand, employment in business, building and other support services rose 26,000.
Despite all the bad news, Exarhos said his firm is forecasting a turnaround this year. Watch for a year-end unemployment rate of 6.7%. To reach that target, the economy will have to produce an average of 20,000 additional jobs per month for the remainder of the year.
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April 28, 2007
By Jeff Honza
CARBONDALE, Ill. - Cody Adams became the first Saluki pitcher to win 10 games in a season in 26 years when he led Southern Illinois University (27-15, 7-7) to a 6-4 win over Missouri State (19-23, 4-10) earlier today at Abe Martin Field.
Adams (10-2) struck out six and allowed four runs in 7.1 innings en route to his second-straight Missouri Valley Conference win. The last SIU pitcher to get 10 wins in a season was Robbie Clark (1981).
"I didn't think Cody had his best stuff today, but I was proud of the way he kept competing," said Saluki head coach Dan Callahan. "He made some key pitches at crucial times in the game."
A native of Viola, Ill., Adams is three victories away from breaking the school's all-time single-season record in pitching wins (12 by Bob Schroeck in 1979; Dick Langdon in 1971; John Susce in 1968; Eugene Vincent in 1964).
Scott Elmendorf's first career home run helped propel SIU to a 3-0 lead in the second.
"I was just trying to put the bat on the ball," said Elmendorf. "It felt good to get that first home run."
MSU came back with two runs to narrow the gap to 3-2 in the top of the fifth.
Chris Taylor and Tanner Mattson reached on back-to-back one-out singles to left. The Bears capitalized on a Saluki error, double steal and grounder to short to plate the runs.
SIU, however, got those runs back during its at-bat in the fifth.
Aaron Roberts led off with a single, went to second on a sacrifice bunt and scored on a one-out double by Mark Kelly. Kelly later scored with the help of a wild pitch and passed ball to get the Dawgs a 5-2 advantage.
With a run already in and runners at the corners with one out, Adams got Brayden Drake to hit into a double play in the sixth.
Two innings later, Adams gave up back-to-back doubles and one run on four pitches, as the Bears sliced the lead to 5-4.
With one out after Kyle Paul grounded to second, Ben Carlson walked, marking the end for Adams. Ian Reinhart took over on the mound and immediately faced a one-out bases loaded jam after walking Matt Lawson.
But, Reinhart beared down to force pinch-hitter Chris Playter into a huge 6-4-3 inning-ending double play.
The Salukis put the series-clinching 6-4 win on ice when Bret Maugeri scored in the bottom of the eighth.
Scott Carroll fell to 3-2 after giving up nine hits and five runs in seven innings of work. Carroll, who dropped back-to-back starts against the Dawgs, also recorded six strikeouts.
Freshman Bryant George earned his team-high eighth save and second-straight of the series.
He came on in the ninth and escaped a two-out, first-and-third threat by getting Shane Elenz to pop up to second.
MSU outhit SIU, 11-9, on the day.
Nolan Keane (3), Elenz (2) and Taylor (2) each had multiple-hits.
Kelly went 3-for-4 with a run scored and one RBI en route to his team-high 21st multiple-hit performance. Tyler Lairson followed with two hits.
SIU also posted a season-high five stolen bases. That total single-handedly matched a MVC series-high.
The Salukis, who dealt the Bears their 11th consecutive loss, beat MSU in a series three consecutive years for the first time in school history.
SIU goes for its second sweep in MVC play when it hosts MSU at 1 p.m., Sunday. Senior right-hander Jordan Powell (5-6) will make his first career Sunday start.


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Waukewan Ladies count their putts
The Waukewan Ladies were back on the course for the first sunny day of the season. The ladies cheered as they teed off on the back nine. Teams of 4 and a game of "Count Your Putts" was the plan of attack. Two best putts per hole netted the winning team $10 per player with a total of only 27 putts. Congratulations to the team of: Jan Lefebvre, Ellen Vail, Gloria Ferland, and Karen Bourgeois. Not far behind, the second place team with 28 putts included Gerry McGillicuddy, Sue Connelly, Brenda Trudeau, and Margie Kreitler. Nicely done.
Four contest holes included: #16, Closest to the Pin won by Val Langbehn with a drive that left the ball 20' 11" from the flag. Three ladies landed on #14 on 2 shots: Gerry McGillicuddy, Gloria Ferland, and Denise Doyle. A drawing was held and Gerry McGillicuddy walked away with the prize. Lynn Seley ( with a handicap of 17 and above) had a fabulous drive on #15, while Jan Pano ( handicap 16 and below) showed her prowess for longest drive on #13. Great Shots.
A great day for Gerry Mcgillicuddy who scored 2 birdies. A 10 foot putt on #12 and a fabulous 24 foot putt on #14. One Chip-In was captured on Tuesday by Jane Pillsbury. A fabulous 30 foot chip would have netted Jane prize money...but she did not remember to "chip-in" to the pot.
Congratulations go to 7 ladies shooting 50 and below. Gerry McGillicuddy with a 46, Laurie Fox shot 47, Gloria Ferland a 48, and a score of 50 for Charlotte Gregory, Jan Pano, Brenda Trudeau, and Val Langbehn.
The Waukewan Ladies will be back on the course next week for another challenging game. The league is in the midst of planning the 2015 Waukewan Ladies League Invitational, with a theme of "IN THE PINK!" on September 9.
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