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Extremely savoury and delicious! The amount of liquid is this fragrant pie makes lots of scrumptious gravy, so you wont need to make any extra. Mushrooms are the only vegetarian food source of vitamin D and shiitake mushrooms in particular are one of best for the prevention of cardiovascular disease, the tofu (and peas) add protein and the thyme has strong antioxidant properties
Ingredients serves four
2 medium leeks, sliced
4 cloves of garlic, minced
150g (5 and a 1/4 ounces) of shiitake mushrooms
250g (9 ounces) of mixed white and brown mushrooms
15g (half an ounce) of dried porcini mushrooms
10g (1/3 of an ounce) or a few sprigs of thyme stems
2 tablespoons of dark soy sauce
110g (4 ounces) of frozen peas
200g (7 ounces) firm tofu, cubed (aprox. one inch pieces)
2 tablespoons of cornflour
a 320g (11 ounce) pack of ready made puff pastry (I used a JusRol chilled sheet)
olive oil
salt and pepper
Preheat the oven to 200C (400F, gas mark 6)
Put the leek in a large lidded saucepan with some olive oil (about three tablespoons) season with salt (not too much as soy sauce will be added as well) and pepper, stir occasionally and sweat for about 15 minutes
In the meantime put the dried porcini in a cup or small bowl and pour 300ml (10 and a 1/2 fluid ounces) of hot water over them
Add the chopped garlic to the leeks in the saucepan
Remove the leaves from the thyme stalks and add these to the leeks and garlic
Add the shitake, tearing any bigs ones up
Chop the rest of the mushrooms and add these
Strain the rehydrated porcini saving all the liquid and add this. Chop the porcini into small pieces and add
Add the peas
Add the soy sauce
Remove the pastry from the fridge
Add the tofu and mix the cornflour with a little of cold water and stir this in and slowly bring to the boil and
Add the cubed tofu
Pour the mixture into a large dish (I used one that was 8 inches by 10 inches or 20cm by 25cm and folded the edges of the pasty over, )and top with the pastry sheet, spray or brush the top with oil and cut an air vent in the top with the tip of a knife
Bake for 20 to 40 minutes until the pie is golden brown and the pastry is cooked through
(I know the packet pastry is a cop out but Im not going to make puff pastry any more than Im going to make filo. My next pastry recipe will include my own wholewheat crust…perhaps)

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The Tri-City Hospital Foundation had a positive year in 2011,tripling the amount it earned in contributions and grants andnearly doubling its total revenue compared to the previous year,according to a recently released annual financial report .
The foundation, which is the private fundraising arm of Tri-City Medical Center, reported raising $967,897 in contributions and grants from July 1, 2010, to June 30, 2011, compared to $301,550 the previous fiscal year.
The foundation also reported a $200,000 increase in investment returns and more than $150,000 in additional special event revenue, which pushed the organization's total revenue to $3 million for the 2010-2011 fiscal year, compared to $1.5 million in 2009-10.
In 2011 the foundation conducted a $1.5 million fundraising campaign to help the public hospital pay for a new surgical robot that doctors are using to perform minimally invasive surgeries.
In addition, the foundation purchased a stereotactic biopsy system for the hospital's Women's Diagnostic Center and an echocardiography system which allows doctors to view patients' hearts in three dimensions.
Local businesses contributed $75,000 in the 2011 budget year, helping Tri-City buy the new robotic surgery system, biliblankets used in jaundice treatment for newborns and fetal monitors.
Foundation president Tobi Ferguson said the organization will also work to garner financial support for recently announced building plans that would roughly double Tri-City's size.
"Moving forward, our aim will be towards a capital campaign to raise funds for an expanded hospital," Ferguson said in a statement.
Hired in 2010, Ferguson has worked to expand the size of the foundation's board of directors and helped the hospital celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2011.
The foundation's efforts were not limited to raising money in 2011. Members got their hands dirty at the hospital over the summer, working with local contracting companies to build healing gardens near the hospital's long-term rehabilitation wing at its main Oceanside campus.


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Review: 2012 Typotheque Pocket Calendar
- 12.14.11
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Quite a while back, I posted a link to a snazzy looking diary by Typotheque. Little did I know that almost two years later, I'd be sent a sample to review! Seeing this year's version in person did not disappoint. Here it is:
I love the nice clean design, with all its sharp lines and angles. The cover is very cool– it's sort of a two-layer design with the blue outer cover and flaps folding around a red inner cover.
Inside, you see that it's technically called a calendar "plus sketchbook." Lots of diaries have extra notes space, but I've never seen one that had such a high ratio of drawing pages. But before you get there, it's pretty standard diary stuff: an international holiday list, which also includes major design industry events, a 2-year calendar, then weekly spreads which start with Monday. There are 4 days to each page, leaving room for a notes space at the end of the week. Holidays are in orange, and moon phases are noted in grey.
After the calendar pages, you get the blue sketchbook pages with various patterns in fine white lines– dots, grid, overlapping circles and triangles, etc. Very cool for drawing and doodling.
There's also a red ribbon marker.
The whole thing measures 4 x 6″, and about 1/2 inch think. It's nicely flexible and opens flat. The pages are lighter weight and a bit thin, so I'd expect some show-through with some pens.
You can purchase one at the Typotheque online store. It's not super cheap at 15 Euros/$19.80 USD (plus shipping, which is 7.70 Euros to the US for 6-9 day international priority mail). But it's a beautiful and unique way to keep track of your year and inspire your creativity!
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I like the 2012 Typotheque pocket calendar. I see that they are not doing one for 2013. Any suggestions on a similar kind for 2013?


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Obsolete or Underestimated?
I havn't been in this forum long,but I've read and replied to some interesting opinions. so I figured now is the time to start my own.
I'm a big fan of older guns,WWII era especially.
Now,bearing this in mind,it is my opinion,that in todays battlefield,a world war II weapon,in the rightly trained hands of course,would and could serve as well as our "newer models"...Both have their cons,both have their pros. For instance,the German STG-44 would never have the fire rate or accuracy of say,an AR-15. But I honestly believe weapons like
The M1 Garand,Mosin Nagant,Karabiner98k,Enfield,SpringField '03,Gewehr 42 and weapons of that type still would have a place in today's battlefield.
And weapons like the MP-40,Thompson,and PPsH Model Sub Machine guns would be particularly useful still in the urban battlefield settings of Iraq. Of course,I have never seen combat in Iraq,or,ever seen combat anywhere,so if I am wrong,feel free to argue with me,thats what I am hoping for.
Ok, my opinion..
Depends on what battlefield you are talking about. If you are talking about close quarters urban fighting, then the older MP40, PPSh, Sten would be ok, as that is what they were designed for. The STG-44 was basically an early version of the AK, which is an intermediate cartridge.
Now, if you get back to battlefield, or more long range type stuff, then yes, the Garand and others of it's class, in capable hands would do pretty well.
Similar to the battlefield which we face in Iraq,that kind of battlefield
I agree in the right hands they could still be useful but not practical. In a battlefield like in Iraq I don't see many advantages besides the more powerful rounds (albeit some much less plentiful) for the older rifles over the M16. You have to consider all aspects of the gun, weight, ammo power and availability, capacity, and accuracy (which largey depends on the shooter). I would feel comfortable with my Garand in a battle situation, but if someone offered an AK instaed I might be tempted :D.
I will also add I would be more comfortable with my Enfield or 98k if it were longer range fighting over an M16.
It's a shame they won't let you go into a combat situation with a weapon you're most comfortable with isn't it?
But then again,you mentioned practicalities...Lets take the M1 Garand for instance,or even the Springfield '03...Both are Very capable sniper weapons,even by today's standards,the 30-06 round is plentiful,and they are much cheaper to produce than current model weapons in their class..However,they are also shorter ranged,louder,and perhaps heavier...as I said,both have pros and cons,but then again,if you were a great shot...your target wouldan't be around to report your position...
The old firearms seem to have a soul or feel that is lacking in the newer arms.
I really like my older military firearms and am very pleased to have them. However, If I had to hump several hundred rounds of ammo for them I think that I would perfer to use an M-4. Half the weight of the M-1 or 03a3 and the munitions weigh less. Even the grenades for the 203 are smaller and lighter than the M-79s.
However the M-14 still plays a role (at least it was still being used in the mid 90's by the Navy) and I have heard that some units are requesting it for long range work.
While the WWII weapons are not by my standards "obsolete" They have been superceded by weapons that are lighter to carry and provision. Besides who would want one of those old things! The older weapons would also be harder to supply. While .30-06 is plentiful here in the states, out conus it is harder to locate.
Also if the weapons were still current issue then they wouldn't be C&R, now would they? ;)
An accurate bolt action rifle with good optics will always be viable.
Usefulness of a bolt action rifle in modern battlefields will depend on the environment. (Offensive or Defensive)
Due to sheer volume of targets in the sand box, Follow up shots are desirable, but not mandatory.
Most 'Designated Marksmen' would prefer an M-14 semi-auto to a M-40 or M-24 simply for the volume of fire the M-14 can bring to the urban battlefield.
As testament to the M-14 rifle, 244,000 have been taken out of storage and as quickly as they can be refurbished and fitted with 'Match' barrels they are being deployed to middle east units that are screaming for them!
If the situation were reversed, and the Marines/Army were on the offensive (True military sniper situation), the hyper accurate bolt rifles would be more desirable.
I do believe there is still a place for the early bolt rifles in this situation.
The K-98 and Nigant are both viable rifles in hunting or sniping roles.
Military units that qualify for the AR-10 Rifles are clamoring for more!
The military has finally 'Discovered' that the AR format rifle is a much more formidable weapon in the 7.62x51MM chambering!
The AR-10 has a near mythic following in Israel because of what the snipers have been able to do with it, and the Egyptians fear the AR-10 like no other rifle because of it.
In my opinion, the AR-10 is one of the most under rated and overlooked rifles available today.
After 16 years as a military armor and several real world deployments,...
I believe that the 9X19MM round is totally inadequate for a side arm, and only marginal as a sub gun round.
Now that engineering has caught up to rounds like the .45 ACP it's a much better round for urban clearing.
New sub gun designs remove nearly all recoil, and frangible rounds eliminate over penetration.
108,000 1911 service pistols have been refurbished or are in the process of being refurbished and shipped to the middle east.
Special operations units are receiving new frames that accept double stack magazines and resist sand fouling/jamming.
Glock's latest version chambered in .45 ACP is in final trails now. Since the Glock can be supplied much faster than the other versions of .45 ACP, Glock may finally take it's rightful place as a US side arm.
HK has a new .45 ACP sub gun that is a goofy looking thing! Double stack stick magazine and ergonomic design makes this thing look like something off a very old science fiction movie!
Looks like Janet Reno, but shoots like Annie Oakley!
The reports from the special operations troops is VERY positive.
Few cycling/firing problems and stays on target nearly effortlessly.
The .45 GAP (Glock Automatic Pistol) round has been dropped by US military testing, but has been picked up by Finland of all places!
The Fins do have a history of being ahead of the curve...
Browning P-35's, AR-10 rifles, ect.
Seems their large stock piles of P-35 (Browning Hi-Power) are aging, and they are looking for something in double action with more knock down power this time around, but will still use the accessories, Holsters, Magazine Pouches, ect, and won't disrupt the training their 'Operators' have with the P-35.
Our government/military doesn't look to save money or get value from anything... (or we would be issuing Glocks in .45 ACP instead of the Baretta in 9MM)!
Anyway, just my 2¢ worth.
It's worth exactly what you paid for it!
True,the weapons of the 2nd world war are indeed heavier..But I've picked up [no offence to you AR folks out there] an AR-15 and weapons of it's kind and I feel....plastic...and with a gun that I'll be sliding on,shooting,slamming around,and doing any other horrible thing that comes with ducking and covering in a war situation....I'd want something stout feeling,like the nice feel of an M1 Garand,or my personal favorite,the Mosin Nagant M44...But you are also right int he fact that,1...the newer weapons carry what...20-30 rounds per clip and have a quick rate of fire,VS a Mosin,which is bolt action,and only has a 5 round magazine.But nothing seems to beat the feel of it to me..
But also another good point is raised...Unless you're firing from a prone position in the distance,the standard military procedure now is...more bullets,more chance to hit...so I'm sure alot of our Military Commanders would much rather take an M-60 or M-16 over a Mosin Nagant or the MG-42 any day..which yes,is very sad..it appears the skill in shooting is all but lost with these newer model weapons..
Still however,bearing these things in mind,if I were going to Iraq,and they gave me a choice of weapons I'd take...It would either be the Mosin Nagant M44....Tokarev SVT-40,or the Karabiner 98K...
The M4 rifle is accurate I have heard shots being made at 600 yards one shot kills ( what else do you want ) I for one can hit inside the 8 ring consistitly at 300 yards with no training. I'd take the fire power of a M4 in the steets while getting shot at with ak's over a bolt action any day. I am not saying a bolt action rifle dosen't have a place in modern warfare but clearing buildings is not one of them. they are more for long distance persision shots. In warfare most of your shots are for supression fire and The M4 manages that nicely. As far as the M4 being plastic the only plastic part on them is the shroud over the barrel and that is reenforced with a metal liner they ar not britle guns they can infact take a lot of abuse.
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New research shows that giving pregnant women Epsom salts just before they birth a premature baby can half the infant's chance of getting cerebral palsy.
According to an Associated Press article, the government funded study followed 2,241 women who were between 24 and 31 weeks pregnant.
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Most of the women were in early labor because their water broke. They were given either the compound or a fake solution. The infants were examined for signs of cerebral palsy at birth and over the next two years.
Of the babies who survived, moderate or severe cerebral palsy occurred in about 2 percent of those in the treatment group compared to about 4 percent of those whose mothers didn't get the compound.
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Last weekend Marcel Fässler raced in the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the first time and it proved to be an enjoyable, if ultimately disappointing, debut for the Swiss driver. Fässler, along with Swiss Spirit teammates Harold Primat and Philipp...
Last weekend Marcel F?ssler raced in the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the first time and it proved to be an enjoyable, if ultimately disappointing, debut for the Swiss driver. F?ssler, along with Swiss Spirit teammates Harold Primat and Philipp Peter, ran as high as fourth in the early stages of the famous endurance event at the Circuit La Sarthe but during the night the team was forced to retire with a gearbox failure.
"It was a really good experience," F?ssler told Motorsport.com in an exclusive interview. "I loved it and I really hope we can do it again next year. The track is really exciting, it's so enjoyable to drive -- you cannot compare it to other tracks, the ambience is really something special."
Swiss Spirit qualified ninth on the grid but had been hoping for a little higher up. "We had a problem in the second day of qualifying," F?ssler recalled. "We tried to qualify on tyres we had not used before. Philipp drove the car but he crashed; the front locked up and it's really difficult to stop once that happens."
In the Le Mans Series (LMS), Swiss Spirit retired from the first race but at the last round in Spa the team finished with a podium place in third. So for F?ssler, who was behind the wheel for the opening stages at Le Mans, the long periods behind the wheel were not a new experience.
"I did the start and a double stint," he said. "Spa was a six hour race so this was not so different, just longer! You just do what you have to do; you're not really fighting for position early on, you're just looking to keeping going. Other cars might be faster on new tyres but you have to focus on your own thing and not worry about it."
F?ssler was back in the driver's seat for a triple stint in the night time, which changes things slightly. "I enjoyed driving in the dark," he commented. "It's interesting; your braking points are perhaps a little harder to find because you can't always see them the same as before. So maybe that's a little different but mostly it's okay."
Unfortunately, when F?ssler then handed the car over to Primat, the problems with the gearbox started. "It was maybe the gearbox cooling pump," the Swiss explained. "The whole thing overheated; the differential and everything. We didn't have enough spare parts to fix it all but even if we could, we wouldn't have been allowed to change the gearbox casing, which was also damaged."
So with no option but to retire, it was a disappointing end to the race for the team. "It was disappointing, of course, because until then everything was going well," F?ssler said. "We were not really fast enough on the straights but we already knew that. After a while we were up to fifth, then fourth, then back to fifth, so it was very consistent. It was encouraging and hopefully we will try again next year."
Next on the agenda for Swiss Spirit is the third round of the LMS at the N?rburgring on July 16th. It's a circuit F?ssler is familiar with and he's hoping for another good result. "I know the track quite well and if we can improve the car a little bit I think we can be back on the podium again," he remarked. "It will be a tough challenge but we will do our best."


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The Notch
The "Notch" is a question. While we do have historical records indicating that the 814th did provide security for several on base ultra sensitive activities, we are lacking the needed paper documents to state categorically that the 814th was present in name and body at the "Notch."
When the 8th Air Force moved to Westover and the base became the command headquarters for the 8th, SAC ordered the construction of what would become not only the alternate communications center for the 8th but additionally it was the backup for SAC headquarters located at Offutt. The underground bunker known as "The Notch" (because of its location) was capable of providing life support for 300 Air Force personnel for a period of 30 days in the event of a nuclear first strike against the US. We do have written communication from one of our members who held a security position at the Notch and his performance evaluations are signed by the commanding Officer of the 814th. What we do not have is the documentation stating that the 814th was charged with the responsibility of securing the Notch (officially known as the 8th Air Force Combat Operations Center). If anyone has specific information on this issue please contact me
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BILLY REID hopes Hamilton can write their name into the history books as they bid for William Hill Scottish Cup glory this weekend.
Accies head into their quarter-final clash with Irn-Bru First Division rivals Falkirk aiming to clinch a rare last-four berth and a possible showpiece afternoon at Hampden.
The Lanarkshire side have enjoyed some decent cup runs under Reid's guidance in recent years, but the New Douglas Park boss is eager to go one step better this time around.
He said: "I am reminded it was 1935 the last time we reached the semi-final of the tournament.
"This is my third quarter-final in seven years, so it is good to get an opportunity to get to the semis.
"In 2006, we drew 0-0 at home to Dundee and lost 3-2 in the replay after extra-time, which was a kick in the teeth.
"And then we were comprehensively beaten when we lost 5-1 to Rangers in 2009.
"This is a fantastic opportunity for us to get to the semi with it being a home tie.
"We have two had two away games against Dumbarton and Dunfermline, and this is a chance to create another bit of history at the club.
"It is a big thing financially for any club in Scotland, and not just Hamilton.
"Where we are at the moment, it would certainly be a big kick for us to get into the last four.
"It is achievable. We are playing a Falkirk side in a rich vein of form and they have won their last three games without conceding a goal. They will come here with plenty of confidence, but there is not a lot between the sides."
While Hamilton's Scottish Cup form has been impressive as they have seen off Dumbarton and Dunfermline to reach the last eight, their league form has been mixed.
Accies are just two points outside the Irn-Bru First Division relegation zone, but Reid knows the road back to the top will be a long one as they look to rebuild with another group of promising kids.
He said: "We had three years in the SPL, which is unsurpassed at this club. We lost key players so we had to build again and the First Division is not an easy league.
"I have been really buoyed by some of the football which has been played in this division. There are some really good football teams and we have found it difficult to be at the top end of the table.
"But we are building and we will get there again over the next couple of seasons."


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The 2008s from Alsace are excellent, racy wines with bright acidity and fine fruit center to balance. Drinking them will be easy, getting there wasn't. The vintage started propitiously with a cold winter followed by a moderate spring. Bud break came right on time. A dry May saw the vines progressing well, with early flowering sites speeding through the process.
In the second week of June, rain and cool temperatures delayed the late flowering sites, but warmer temperatures later in the month precluded too much damage from colure of millerandage. In the end a decent sized crop was set.
The weather during July and August fluctuated between hot and dry, and cold and wet. July was the wetter month, and managing the vineyards was tricky and labor intensive. The vines were vigorous and disease was a concern. August was better, with the exception of some heavy rains mid-month.
September saw rain and low temperatures during the first two weeks, and dry conditions later in the month. Finally, October started out sunny and dry with good diurnal temperature swings that allowed ripening to proceed without loss of acids. Good weather prevailed until the third week of the month when the rain returned and essentially ended the harvest.
As is often the case, the result of a tumultuous growing season was very good wines – focused, crisp and detailed, with lovely bright acidity and fruit to match that should age quite well.
The properties of Zenon Humbrecht and Emile Zind merged in 1959 to form Zind-Humbrecht. The domaine now covers 40 hectares in five villages in the Haut-Rhin; its best parcels from four Grand Cru vineyards: Brand, Hengst, Goldert, and Clos St. Urbain on the steep slopes of Rangen. Master of Wine, and vigneron extraordinaire, Olivier Humbrecht, directs operations here. His supremely rich, complex and concentrated wines are controversial owing to their overwhelming power, often considerable residual sugar and flamboyant personalities. But this is one of the world's great producers of white wine, with no corners cut in the vines or winery. It's hard to choose a favorite variety here, as Humbrecht excels with Riesling, Gewürztraminer, Pinot Gris, Muscat and Pinot Blanc. Vendange Tardive wines here are as rich as most producers' Sélection de Grains Nobles. Much of the success here can be attributed to low yields, late harvests, and biodynamic viticulture, which Humbrecht introduced in full in 1998. Depending on quality, between 10,000 and 18,000 cases of wine are produced each year, 75%-85% for export.
The Riesling grape may scare away some wine novices. In Germany, where the grape reaches its finest expression, labels hew to a rigid, abstruse set of classifications, leaving newcomers with little idea what they may be looking at. Furthermore, many wine drinkers' early experiences with sweet wines from Germany (think Blue Nun), have not been especially rewarding. We say that it's your loss if you continue to fear the tall, flute-shaped bottles. Sweet does not necessarily equal cloying, and not all Rieslings are even sweet. Push aside these negative perceptions, and discover a complex, delicate, and elegant white wine that expresses the unique characteristics of its growing region.
Riesling originated in the Rhine Valley in Germany, and it continues to flourish here as well as in the neighboring Mosel region. German producers are selective about where they plant their Riesling. It accounts for only 20% of the total plantings in the country, but has priority on steep, slate hillsides, where the soil imparts steely minerality. Here, in Europe's northernmost vineyards of any significance, microclimatic conditions are especially influential to the final product, for the Riesling grape is especially transparent to terroir. In each vineyard, the exposure to the sun, shelter from wind, proximity to water, and other factors contribute to the distinct qualities of a given wine. The timing of the harvest is just as important to the finished wine: on any given site, producers will make multiple passes to collect grapes at differing degrees of ripeness. This allows Riesling to be bottled with different levels of residual sugar: from dry, to semi-dry, to sweet. The residual sugar content also determines the suitability of these wines for cellaring, as sugar and acidity both aid in their preservation.
As a general rule, wines from the Mosel are more expensive and sought-after than wines from the Rhine. But vineyard-to-vineyard distinctions are just as important as those between the regions, and outstanding (and expensive) wines can be found in both locales. Correspondingly, specific flavors will vary from site to site, with some bottlings showcasing varied citrus fruits and others delivering notes of red fruits or apples. Reliable producers include Joh. Jos. Prüm and Reinhold Haart. In the Rhine, look for Gunderloch and Josef Leitz.
For an indication of the transparency of the Riesling grape, move to warmer-weather Alsace. Here, increased (but not overpowering) heat and a longer growing season leads to grapes with less delicacy, lower acidity, and increased fresh fruit flavors. Even still, these wines are praised more for intensity of flavor or elegance, rather than sheer power or weight. In Alsace's grand cru vineyards, sites known to have especially strong ripening conditions and soil with enhanced minerality help craft wines with greater complexity and aging potential. Bottlings bearing the names of these grand crus (e.g. Schlossberg, Sommerberg) will of course demand higher prices. Consider wines from Domaine Zind-Humbrecht, Josmeyer, and Trimbach.
While Riesling is planted sporadically in other countries, including Austria and Australia, as well as Oregon, Washington, and New York's Finger Lakes region, it rarely achieves the stylishness and grace found in Germany or Alsace. That doesn't mean that these wines should be avoided, for they can be the source of good values-- for example, wines from the Clare Valley in Australia.
Because of its combination of sweetness and acidity, Riesling is an especially versatile wine with food. It works well with fish or pork and is one of the few wines that can hold its own again spicy cuisines like Indian, Chinese, and Thai.
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Four people from across the state were arrested in northern Michigan yesterday on drug charges.
Officers from the Straits Area Narcotics Enforcement say they arrested a 33-year-old Cheboygan man for several counts including possession of marijuana, crack cocaine, and heroin after he was pulled over on a traffic stop. They also searched the man's home and found marijuana, Adderall, cash and digital scale.
A 21-year-old Honor resident was also arrested in a Mackinaw City hotel room on possession of marijuana and maintaining a drug house.
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In celebration of its 90th anniversary, Kleenex brand is partnering with fashion industry icon Isaac Mizrahi to produce four new designs to the Kleenex Expressions line of products.
"We're thrilled to be partnering with such an inspirational designer and we are excited about his creative contribution to our brand's portfolio," Anna Elledge, Kleenex brand manager, said. "Our teams have worked together to select the final collection to commemorate the Kleenex brand anniversary, and I can't think of a better way to celebrate this 90-year milestone."
In the past, Kleenex has mainly pulled design inspiration from trends in home decor. The inspiration for the latest patterns was driven with an eye toward the latest trends in fashion. The four designs will be unveiled at a launch even in Manhattan in spring 2014 and will be available on store shelves on April 1.
"Innovation has been a critical element to my personal success as a designer and something that is at the crux of the Kleenex brand and its design philosophy," Mizrahi said. "The brand has an impressive history of design and it's an honor to be included in the celebration of this important moment in time."


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As we revealed when we first reported on BMW's plans for a Z4 racer in December last year, the GT3-spec BMW Z4 gets a race-spec six-speed sequential gearbox (not to mention some insane aero addenda) and a Type-408 racing ECU with a Power400 Control Unit. This helps to push the engine - which is the 4.0-litre V8 borrowed from the M3 road car - to 480bhp.
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As a kid growing up in Los Angeles in the '50s, Harvey Kubernik says his earliest memories arrived on the AM airwaves, a steady stream of hit songs and DJ heroes, music and voices beamed through the sunny days and carefree nights of Southern California.
"My first memories go back to 1956 and hearing Fats Domino and people like that on the radio dial," says Kubernik, a longtime music journalist and historian. "The radio was always on in our apartment.
"And so I wanted to start this examination where I physically have a memory: Of the radio dial and Fats Domino and hearing (KGFJ disc jockey) Hunter Hancock's voice on the radio."
Those memories and the long-held desire to write about the music scene in which he came of age arrive now as "Turn Up the Radio! Rock, Pop, and Roll in Los Angeles 1956-1972," a coffee-table-sized book from Santa Monica Press that presents an oral and visual history of that time and place and sound.
The book is filled with stories and photos of home-grown L.A. legends such as the Beach Boys, the Doors, the Byrds and the Mamas and the Papas. But it also includes acts such as Arthur Lee and Love, East Los Angeles legends Thee Midniters, the Little Richard-esque duo Don and Dewey and dozens more.
And, in the area that most distinguishes it from nearly every other book on the L.A. scene, Kubernik focuses attention on the behind-the-scenes maestros, producers such as Phil Spector, Sonny Bono, and Kim Fowley, influential radio DJs such as Dave Hull, Art Laboe, and B. Mitchell Reed, as well as studio owners, recording engineers and music publishers and promoters.
"I knew that I could just weave and make a collision of the AM dial and the FM dial's impact on me from age 6 to 21," Kubernik says. "This is my record collection, but it's also a big-screen journey to remind people and point people into new little cubbyholes that they aren't going to find in a fanzine or Mojo magazine."
While the time frame of 1956 to 1972 is somewhat arbitrary, following the arc of Kubernick's own childhood and adolescence – he turned 21 in '72 – "Turn Up the Radio!" also makes a case that the Southern California music industry and scene also came of age over those 16 years.
In the '50s, Los Angeles still played second fiddle at best to the more established pop music centers of New York City and even Chicago.
"Turn Up the Radio!" shows how the city was still enough of a small town that a pair of songwriters like Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, barely out of Fairfax High School, could bump into a record promoter at Leiber's day job, have their talent recognized and end up writing dozens of hit singles for the Coasters, Elvis and many other artists.
The presence of the movie and TV studios meant there already were scores of talented musicians in town who could play in any style, giving young creative geniuses such as producer Spector and Beach Boy Brian Wilson the ability to put together any kind of musical arrangement they could imagine.
And with the powerful clout of DJs at stations such as KFWB, KHJ and KRLA, if you could get your single into their hands an unknown artist or act might end up as an overnight sensation.
"I wanted to catch it right there," Kubernik says. "It was a smaller world then. There was two-track recording, concert tickets were affordable, parking was free. That's the world I was living in."
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THE ex-wife of death plunge dad John Hogan has admitted she wished he had died the night he threw his son off their hotel balcony.
Natasha Hogan said she was torn on the night her ex-husband killed son Liam and tried to kill his two-year-old daughter Mia between concern for his condition and wishing he had died as well.
And she admitted the memories of that night are so bad that she is moving to Australia with Mia and her new husband to start a new life.
Hogan was cleared last week of murdering six-year-old Liam in August 2006 by a Greek court. It ruled he should be sent for psychiatric help, and was out of his mind when he threw his son from a fourth floor balcony of their Crete hotel, before jumping after him with his daughter in his arms.
Speaking on ITV's This Morning, 35-year-old Natasha said: "Once I was told of Liam's death the police asked me if I wanted to press charges. And I was "Absolutely, yes no problem, let me do the statement. But on the other hand I was asking the representatives I was with, how he was.
"It was a very mixed thing and I wanted to know his progress. Part of me wanted to know because I cared and part of me wanted to know because I'd hoped he'd died.
"And they told me he was in and out of consciousness and I thought, "Good, I hope that is it." But the other part of me didn't think that, it was very confusing."
Natasha admitted she still felt some compassion towards her husband, who had seen his father and both his brothers die within a short space of time.
But she said she doesn't want her daughter to have any contact with Hogan just now – but will let her meet him when she's older, if Mia wants to see her father.
She said: "I'm very fearful of her having contact with him because as I've analysed many times none of us would ever have anticipated he'd do this to the children so how could he be trusted not to do it ever again?
"But I've always maintained that as she gets older, age appropriately I will keep her fully informed. At the moment she doesn't understand mental illness, things are very black and white at three. He did it, so he's naughty
"As she's older and given more information about why it happened. And then I have to fully support her in her wishes later on."
And she confirmed that she and new husband, paramedic Richard Visser, were planning to quit Britain.
"It's very difficult being in this country, I've got too many memories," she said.
"At the moment Mia's cheated of her childhood really, I can't go to parks with her, I can't take her swimming I can't do fun things that remind me of Liam.
"There's not a coastline in Britain that we haven't done as a family with him. I went to Australia for a month last year and I just felt free."


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Twitter is abuzz with murmurings that Brad Davis is on his way to Kansas City to join up with the US Men's National Team.
The initial tweet came from Taylor Twellman, who did not know the specific reason for Davis' alleged call in.
On Sunday, U.S. Men's National Team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann called in 20 players to begin preparations for the final matches of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifying cycle.
The first match pits the U.S. against Jamaica this Friday in Kansas City before the Stars & Stripes complete the campaign next Tuesday against Panama at the Estadio Rommel Fernandez in the country's capital.
Currently atop the Hexagonal standings, the U.S. has already clinched qualification to the World Cup meaning the final two matches present an opportunity to win the CONCACAF regional qualifying for the third consecutive cycle.
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Agriculture Sector In The Republic Of Macedonia – Current Situation And Development Perspectives
Macedonia needs a balance between the goals of economic progress, social development and environmental protection. The basic reasons for this lies in the decrease of the exporting competitiveness of the Macedonian agricultural sector. This negative tendency results in losing the export markets, and also in a strong pressure put by the foreign producers. What is known is that Macedonia has strong comparative advantages when it comes to food producing. Those comparative advantages have to be supported by enhancing the competitive advantages the main purpose of which would be enabling more dynamic export of high-quality agricultural products from Macedonia.
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All versions of LAMARC combine much of the capabilities of the previous programs MIGRATE, RECOMBINE, and FLUCTUATE, and each has added new functionality as well. Using DNA or RNA sequence data, SNPs, microsatellites, or K-Allele data such as electrophoretic alleles, LAMARC can estimate Theta, recombination rate, migration rates, and growth (or decline) rates for the population(s) from which the data were drawn. These four forces can be estimated all together or with any sub-combination that includes Theta (i.e. Theta plus up to three other forces). It can also make estimates using genotyped (or unphased) data.
As of version 2.1, LAMARC can now be used for fine-scale mapping of trait data. Recombination is required for this capability, which can be performed in the presence or absence of migration or growth.
The older programs RECOMBINE and FLUCTUATE are no longer being actively supported, as their capabilities have been incorporated into LAMARC. MIGRATE is now being maintained by Peter Beerli at Florida State University. He has taken the program in a slightly different direction than LAMARC, and it now offers unique features such as the ability to run the program in parallel on a cluster, and various diverse models for migration.
The primary advantage of LAMARC over the older programs is its ability to simultaneously estimate what the other programs estimated separately. Even if you are primarily interested in only one of these, their simultaneous estimation means that your estimates will not be biased by the unacknowledged presence of the other.
LAMARC is written in C++. Each release includes executables which should run on current versions of Linux, OS X, and MS Windows. For more information see Compiling Lamarc.
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San Jose, CA, United States, 2009/12/12 - GoldMine 8.5 users can now leverage AddressGrabber to automate the capture of contact information into their database.
eGrabber, Inc., the leader in automated Internet lead-generation tools, today announced GoldMine 8.5 support for its flagship product AddressGrabber. eGrabber's patented contact capture technology in-built into it automatically recognizes and reads the contact information on web pages, email signatures, documents and so on.
AddressGrabber intelligently extracts unstructured contact details such as first name, last name, street address, city, state, zip code, country, email address, phone, fax number, etc. and automatically enters them into the respective fields in GoldMine.
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Pianist Rudolph Buchbinder Cancels Upcoming Performance with Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 6/13-15
Due to acute bronchitis, Austrian pianist Rudolph Buchbinder has canceled his scheduled appearance with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra for the final subscription concert of the 2013-2014 season on June 13-15.
The weekend is a celebration of Richard Strauss' 150th birthday. Buchbinder's performance of Burleske in D minor for Piano and Orchestra will be replaced with Don Juan, Opus 20 a work featured on the Pittsburgh Symphony's recent "Strauss" recording.
"There are few composers who have such an impressive ability to depict a story together with existential moments in instrumental music as Richard Strauss in his 'tondictungen' ('tone poems')," said Music Director Manfred Honeck in the CD notes.
Grammaphone magazine chose the Strauss CD as one of its Editor's Picks for March 2014 and said of the recording, "But what makes these performances so outstanding are Manfred Honeck's interpretations, which vividly bring out the music's emotional and pictorial detail."
The program, conducted by Honeck, will open with Don Juan, followed by the Suite from Der Rosenkavalier, Opus 59 and the Elektra Symphonic Rhapsody.
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A budding football star was the talk of the playground after bringing one of sport's most coveted trophies to school.
Toby King, 12, who goes to Felsted Preparatory school and plays for West Ham United Academy, was given the Barclay's Premier League trophy for the day to recognise his commitment.
Barclays Bank's Little Book of Wonders donated the cup for a special assembly at the school and provided all Felsted Preparatory and Senior school pupils with a once in a lifetime photo opportunity on Friday 20 June.
Toby, who lives in Ingatestone, hopes it's not the last he will see of the prize.
He said: "It was the best moment of my football career so far and I hope to lift it as a winning footballer one day."


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Mumbai - Paceman Steven Finn limped off the field with a thigh injury as England's bowlers struggled on the opening day of their Indian tour in Mumbai on Tuesday.
The tourists were kept on the field for the entire first day's play as India 'A', lifted by Manoj Tiwary's impressive 93, scored 369-9 in the three-day practice match at the Brabourne stadium.
The lanky Finn, regarded as a certainty for the four-Test series starting in Ahmedabad on November 15, bowled four overs within the first hour before being confined to the dressing room for the rest of the day.
Finn is expected to have a scan to determine the cause of the discomfort in his right leg, but his absence from the field cost the tourists dearly.
The bowlers wilted under the hot sun as Tiwary and Irfan Pathan (46) put on 110 for the seventh wicket to build on sparkling half-centuries from opener Abhinav Mukund and Yuvraj Singh.
Tiwary, who turns 27 next month, put himself into Test reckoning after eight one-day appearances as he and Pathan helped the hosts recover from 186-6 in the post-lunch session.
Tim Bresnan bowled Tiwary and Ashok Dinda off successive balls, but Vinay Kumar hit an unbeaten 25 to boost the total.
Mukund survived a confident shout for leg-before from James Anderson off the fourth ball of the match to hammer 16 boundaries in an aggressive 73 off 83 balls.
Yuvraj, dropped first ball at square leg by Samit Patel, hit 59 to enhance his claims for a Test comeback after being treated for germ-cell cancer between his lungs earlier this year.
The left-hander smashed seven boundaries and four sixes in front of the national selectors, who will meet on November 5 to pick the squad for Ahmedabad.
Yuvraj played the last of his 37 Tests in November last year and hit a double-century on his return to first-class cricket earlier this month.
Off-spinner Graeme Swann and Bresnan finished with three wickets each, but Patel's 20 overs of left-arm spin cost 95 runs.
Brief scores:
India 'A' 1st innings: 369-9 (Abhinav Mukund 73, Yuvraj Singh 59, Manoj Tiwary 93, Irfan Pathan 46, Graeme Swann 3-90, Tim Bresnan 3-59)
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I, Paparazzi
(DC Comics/Vertigo)
The Celluloid Eye
I, Paparazzi, the new hardcover graphic novel by Pat McGreal, Steven John Phillips and Stephen Parke is a book that is likely to be overlooked by the average reader particularly when confronted with the hefty $29.95 price tag—unfortunate, because it is a book that really deserves to be read, enjoyed, and talked about.
The plot, like most good books, is simple and basic at its foundation. Its primarily focuses on a day in the life of a celebrity photographer and his strange and unusual adventures. The main character, Jake "Monster" McGowran, is one of the toughest, meanest and most stubborn of the paparazzi. After snapping some pix of a hot young celebrity beating up one of his fellow photogs, Monster is himself beaten by the celeb's bodyguards and vows revenge. Thus begins the adventure—and also a very interesting commentary on reality, our perceptions, and the nature of existence itself.
I, Paparazzi has a lot to say about the nature of reality and the way in which we perceive it. Is there a true reality, or do we create it as we see and experience it? In the last pages, Monster's former colleagues describe instances in which they perceived the worst of him that each time actually had a rational and normal explanation. What is the truth? The perception of the event or the actions behind the event itself? As the Monster stumbles through a surreal celebrity party, he experiences several conspiracies that are virtually identical to the ones a fellow photog described to him earlier in the night. Are those conspiracies real? Or are they 'shadow' conspiracies, constructed to keep the Monster from the one, real truth—or, are they being concocted by the Monster who is seeing everything through the eyes of a concussion? It is an interesting question and one that begs further debate and discussion. Philosophers have agonized over this concept for centuries without ever coming to an answer. One of the more recent schools of literary criticism, deconstructionism, held that it was the reader who creates a book during the act of reading it and that the actual intentions of the writer were secondary. It is saying that we create the world around us by the way in which we perceive it and that there is no absolute truth because these perceptions change from person to person and from moment to moment. Perhaps the only reason gravity exists is because we have all been trained to believe that it does. Maybe if everybody around the world agreed to not believe in gravity all at once, then we would all just float away into the stars. Monster has created his own 'myth' or reality about himself among his peers to the point where the 'myth' and the truth are one and the same.
Adding to this escaping sense of realism is the method in which this story is told. Not only does the narration jump about to various points of the night (tying most of it up by the end), but the book is made up of photographs rather than the usual artwork we've come to expect in graphic novels. It adds another layer of 'reality' to a story that already raises plenty of these questions. The photographs are done in a fitting style, mirroring the inner turmoil of the story and also making it instantly recognizable to the reader.
The Vertigo publishing imprint is to be commended for taking the risk of publishing this book which, due to the format, is not likely to be a huge commercial success. It should be read and studied because it truly is a work that proves the legitimacy and intelligence of this graphic novel field and that serious art can be created here. We only need to seek it out—but, then again, maybe that is all only a reflection of my own perception of reality and such great works are all around us. Or not.
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As the adage goes, politics makes for strange bedfellows. Take, for example, the Senate Judiciary Committee, which convened a hearing last week to consider mandatory minimum sentencing reform. The meeting came on the heels of recent announcements from Attorney General Eric Holder that signaled change in the executive enforcement of sentencing laws. The reigning congressional climate of polarization, clouded in recent weeks by impending fiscal fights, made all the more compelling the general agreement across ideological divides that change is needed, now.
Competing legislation introduced this year is evidence of that consensus, even if the parties involved don't totally agree on specifics. The Justice Safety Valve Act of 2013, co-sponsored by Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.), was introduced in March; the Smarter Sentencing Act of 2013, co-sponsored by Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah), was announced just last month. The bills have much in common, though the Leahy-Paul proposal goes further than its counterpart by eliminating entirely mandatory sentences for selected non-drug crimes.
Nevertheless, the sponsors of both bills were short on comparison and long on unison as they addressed the issue before a packed hearing room featuring numerous family members of loved ones serving mandatory sentences. Sen. Leahy, chairman of the committee, called the current system "unsustainable," noting that the U.S. prison population has risen 700 percent since 1970, paralleling a rise in cost to $6.4 billion per year. "Fiscal responsibility demands it," he said of reform. "Justice demands it." Sen. Durbin asked a simple question of the sentencing laws: "Is America safer?" Answering in the negative, he said Congress is "doing everything we can to sensibly reduce the level of incarceration in this country."
From across the aisle, Sen. Paul kicked off the agenda with a scathing condemnation of the impact sentencing laws have on minority groups. "If I told you that one out of three African American males is forbidden by law from voting, you might think I was talking about Jim Crow 50 years ago," Paul said. "One out of three African-American males are forbidden from voting because of the War on Drugs." (His comments echoed the work of OSU Prof. Michelle Alexander in her important book, The New Jim Crow, featured on ACS BookTalk.)


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After seven years, I'm not satisfied
Dear Meredith,
I've been going out with this guy for almost seven years now. Unfortunately, I've been feeling unsatisfied with our relationship as of late. Two main problems come to mind. First, I love him very much, but I feel like he is not working hard enough toward his goals. I just finished my degree, have a job, and I am planning to go back to school in order to get a better career. He, however, still has yet to finish his two-year schooling over the past five years. I have confronted him about it, but he tells me that he wants to do things at his own pace. I'm afraid that his pace is too slow for me. I am a pretty independent woman, but I've been thinking that we should move in together sometime soon, but not if he can't get his act together, finish his schooling, and get a career (he has a job but not a career). He is a pretty temperamental guy (not in a dangerous way), and will try to avoid confrontation and conflict whenever I bring this up. Is there any way for me to let him know how much this means to me?
Second, I feel as if our communication has dwindled. Over the course of seven years, I expected as much, but not to this extent. He doesn't call, and texts are very seldom. I am always the initiator when it comes to contacting each other. Heck, he doesn't even ask me how I'm doing or what my plans for the week are anymore. He recently got new roommates who also happen to be his friends. I have a feeling that he prefers to hang out with them than with me. I've also confronted him about this, but he assures me that he loves me very much. I can't shake this feeling that he may be getting tired of me.
We have a great relationship, and we do settle our differences for the most part, but these two things are starting to get to me. Is he falling out of love? Is there any way for me to work around this? Is it time to let go and move on? I don't want to let seven years go down the drain, but I don't want to be unhappy either. What should I do?
– Happy, but Unhappy, Boston
It doesn't matter how much his career status means to you. He's told you that he wants to work at his own pace, so you can either accept that or move on. You can't force him to share your priorities, and you can't think of him as a work in progress.
As for paragraph two, yeah, that sounds bad. My guess is that you guys are in a serious rut because you're not working toward anything in particular. Every couple needs something to look forward to. It's time to ask him where he sees the two of you in a year. Find out whether there's a plan that you can get excited about.
Honestly, you've written one of those letters that's mostly miserable until the "we have a great relationship" sentence at the end, which makes me wonder what I'm missing. I have to assume, based on paragraphs one and two, that unless you can accept his job status and start planning a move-in, this relationship isn't enough for you. And if that's the case, that's OK. It wouldn't be seven years down the drain; it would just be seven years of experience.
Readers? Can she expect him to work harder at the degree for her? Should they stay together? After seven years, what does she need from him? Discuss.
– Meredith


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Preliminary compilation of data for selected oil test wells in Northern California
Open-File Report 2001-152
- By:
- Earl E. Brabb, Charles L. Powell, and Thomas M. Brocher
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AbstractOil test wells can provide information on the depth, age, inclination, porosity, permeability, density, faulting, folding, and organic content of geologic formations mapped at the surface, or on units not recognized in surface outcrops. Formation density, as expressed in sonic and density logs commonly obtained when wells are drilled, has become increasingly important in making a crustal-scale 3-D seismic velocity model for the San Francisco Bay region. This model will be used for the calculation of realistic strong-ground motion synthetic seismograms (Brocher and others, 1997), and to determine the geometry of the basement surface beneath Tertiary basins (Jachens and others, 1997). The availability of this density and other information for oil test wells has, until recently, been restricted for competitive reasons, but several petroleum companies have recently made these data available. Accordingly, we began in 1992 to obtain these data to help prepare new geologic maps and geophysical models for the San Francisco Bay region, and to share the information with the public. This report contains brief descriptions of information and materials available for 1,550 oil exploration and production wells in the following counties: Alameda (42), Butte (31), Colusa (103), Contra Costa (102), Glenn (103), Humboldt (33), Marin (6), Mendocino (2), Merced (33), Monterey (172), Napa (5), Placer (2), Sacramento (72), San Benito (51), San Joaquin (164), San Mateo (73), Santa Clara (8), Santa Cruz (23), Shasta (3), Siskiyou (1), Solano (251), Sonoma (10), Stanislaus (29), Sutter (59), Tehama (59), and Yolo (113).
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- Report
- Publication Subtype:
- USGS Numbered Series
- Title:
- Preliminary compilation of data for selected oil test wells in Northern California
- Series title:
- Open-File Report
- Series number:
- 2001-152
- Year Published:
- 2001
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Publisher location:
- Reston, VA
- Contributing office(s):
- Earthquake Science Center
- Description:
- 310 p.
- Country:
- United States
- State:
- California
- County:
- Alameda County;Butte County;Colusa County;Contra Costa County;Glenn County;Humboldt County;Marin County;Mendocino County;Merced County;Monterey County;Napa County;Placer County;Sacramento County;San Benito County;San Joaquin County;San Mateo County;Santa Clara County;Santa Cruz County;Shasta County;Siskiyou County;Solano County;Sonoma County;Stanislaus County;Sutter County;Tehama County;Yolo County


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Executive Summary
This White Paper analyzes the financial risks of S. 852, the Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act. Specifically, it assesses the likelihood that the federal trust fund established by S. 852 will become insolvent and what that failure could mean for taxpayers. There are a number of relevant factors for policymakers to consider in assessing S. 852. These factors include the benefits that a federal trust fund potentially could provide both to claimants by streamlining the claims process and to defendant companies and insurers by limiting the risks that they and their employees face from further asbestos litigation. Another factor, however, should be the risk to taxpayers of trust fund insolvency.
A Senate Budget Committee (SBC) Democratic staff analysis finds that the risk of trust fund failure is significant. While CBO's August analysis of the trust fund found that it could remain solvent under certain circumstances, the SBC staff analysis found that little, if any, margin for error exists. Making even minor adjustments to CBO's analysis revealed the likelihood of trust fund insolvency. The analysis suggests that the value of claims is likely to exceed the value of compulsory contributions from defendant companies and insurers by at least $20 billion. Likely administrative expenses add close to another $5 billion to that shortfall.
Those costs alone, however, understate the full amount of the shortfall. The mismatch in timing for the trust fund between the filing of claims and the receipt of compulsory contributions from defendant companies and insurers means that taxpayers will likely be called upon to finance a significant amount of the fund's debt service. That subsidy can be avoided only if Congress allows the trust fund to terminate under the provisions of S. 852, an unlikely event.
Including interest costs, SBC staff estimates the shortfall at approximately $150 billion over the trust fund's expected lifetime of almost 50 years. On a present-value basis, a more accurate measure that expresses the amount of lifetime underfunding in today's dollars, the shortfall is approximately $50 billion. That figure represents the amount of liability of defendant companies and insurers that taxpayers could be called upon to subsidize under S. 852.
Under a more pessimistic scenario that assumes an even higher number of cancer claims, claims expenses exceed contributions by more than $60 billion. With debt service and administrative expenses, the total shortfall increases to close to $300 billion in nominal terms, or more than $85 billion in net present value terms.
Asbestos Litigation and S. 852
Overview of Asbestos Issue
Claims arising from asbestos-related injuries have flooded the tort system over the last several decades. It is estimated that around 850,000 individuals have filed claims against more than 8,400 businesses that have either manufactured or sold asbestos-containing products or owned a building or plant that contributed to asbestos exposure. Costs from such suits are estimated to approach $80 billion and have resulted in numerous bankruptcies and lost jobs.1 Future claims look to push total costs above $200 billion. Congress has attempted for several years now to address this problem. S. 852, the Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2005, which the Judiciary Committee reported on June 16, 2005, represents the latest effort.
Overview of S. 852
Federalization of Asbestos Compensation. S. 852 attempts to reform the current system of asbestos compensation by federalizing the responsibility. It removes cases from the tort system, processing them instead through the Department of Labor on a no-fault basis. In doing so, it creates a new – albeit, capped – entitlement for claimants. That is, if the claimant satisfies the bill's medical criteria and filing deadlines – and assuming that the new Asbestos Injury Claims Resolution Trust Fund contains sufficient resources to pay the claim – the individual, or his or her family in the case of death, is entitled to compensation from the federal government.
Payments to Claimants. S. 852 compensates claimants according to nine levels of medical impairment – five for non-malignant diseases, such as asbestosis, and four for malignant diseases, such as mesothelioma. Eight of the nine levels result in cash awards, with the first level providing for medical monitoring only. For example, claimants with mesothelioma qualify for a level IX award of $1.1 million, while claimants with mixed disease with impairment qualify for a level II award of $25,000. For levels VII and VIII lung cancer claims, payments vary depending on whether the claimant is a smoker, ex-smoker, or non-smoker. Award levels are adjusted annually for inflation starting in 2007.
Financing. To finance awards and other expenses, S. 852 establishes the Asbestos Injury Claims Resolution Fund, a federal trust fund, to be overseen by a Presidentially appointed Administrator. The fund will receive compulsory contributions – $90 billion from defendant companies that have spent more than $1 million on asbestos injury litigation, $46 billion from insurance companies that have made more than $1 million in asbestos-related payments, and approximately $7.5 billion in assets from existing private trust funds established to settle asbestos claims. Defendant companies and insurers can offset a portion of their contributions by claiming bankruptcy trust credits of about $4 billion. Thus, the bill is designed to collect a maximum of about $140 billion. In addition, the Administrator can invest unused assets, which could earn additional proceeds.
Borrowing Authority. S. 852 provides for roughly constant contributions from defendant companies and insurers over a 30-year period. CBO estimates the fund will face more than half of all claims expenses within the first 10 years; other analysts place this amount even higher. Because of the mismatch in timing between contributions into and payments from the fund, S. 852 authorizes the administrator to borrow funds. That borrowing is capped and cannot exceed the sum of the fund's existing assets plus the amount of contributions expected to be collected over the subsequent 10 years. The fund must repay borrowed amounts with interest.
Termination of the Trust Fund. The bill requires the Administrator to terminate operations if it is determined that the trust fund has insufficient resources to continue paying claims. Remaining claimants would be forced back into the courts. Such a scenario assumes that future Congresses would allow the trust fund to fail. That scenario seems unrealistic. Defendant companies and insurers will have paid billions, if not tens of billions of dollars, into the trust fund, only to face the prospect of paying unknown billions more in the courts. Claimants with valid claims, believing they are entitled to the same federal compensation received by other claimants with identical medical conditions, will instead be turned away and forced to start anew in the courts. All of this would happen with a new federal bureaucracy already up and running and in the midst of receiving medical files and processing claims.
Federal Liability. S. 852 states that "nothing in this act shall be construed to create any obligation of funding from the United States Government…or obligate the United States Government to pay any award or part of an award, if amounts in the fund are inadequate." As alluded to by CBO in its August estimate (p. 18), some risk remains that the Administrator could borrow beyond the fund's ability to repay Treasury. For instance, the Administrator could borrow against future collections up to the authorized limit. S. 852 requires companies to pay off any borrowing by the fund, even amounts remaining after fund termination. Even so, some portion of the future collections could fail to materialize once companies recognize the fund will terminate and that they will be forced again to litigate claims in the courts.
Analysis of CBO Estimate
On August 25, 2005, CBO released its estimate for S. 852. Some proponents of S. 852 have mis-characterized CBO's conclusions, citing its estimate as proof that the trust fund will have adequate resources to cover all obligations. Such a presentation is incorrect both because it significantly distorts CBO's conclusions and because CBO's estimate likely understates the amount of obligations. That is, there are a number of items either not included or understated within CBO's estimated range. All but one of these items would worsen the trust fund's performance.
What CBO's Cost Estimate Actually Says
CBO does not assert that the trust fund will have sufficient resources to meet all obligations over the next 50 years. CBO instead found the following:


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