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by Tom Utescher
Last Friday evening, the Germantown Friends School girls were able to celebrate both before and after last their last home basketball game of the regular season.
Before the Tigers took on visiting Westtown School, the festivities centered around the three departing GFS seniors, guards Eden Beschen and Sophie Mercuris, and forward Katherine Walden. The home team was still smiling after the contest was over, since a 42-19 triumph over the Westtown Quakers allowed the Tigers to finish third in the Friends Schools League with a record of 6-2.
The dramatic improvement over last year's 3-5 mark in the FSL was gratifying for the players, and for first-year head coach Ashley Webster.
"Their basketball instincts have gotten so much better from the beginning of the year," remarked Webster, a former Tigers hoopster herself. "Our point guard, Lizzie Becker [a freshman] has become very independent out on the court. She can tell what play to run without looking over at me.
"Defense was never an issue for us," the coach continued, "but at the beginning we were having problems scoring because the girls were almost too unselfish and we were a little hesitant to shoot. Now, our confidence has improved and everyone's looking to attack the basket a lot more."
Last Friday night Westtown's shooters were not reluctant, but for much of the game they weren't particularly accurate. In the first 25 minutes of action, the Quakers managed to make just two field goals, and strangely enough, they were both three-pointers.
After Germantown opened the scoring with a transition lay-up by Becker, the visitors' initial trey, by Katira Dobbins, briefly put them in the lead. GFS was not burning up the scoreboard, either, but a basket from the paint by junior forward Caroline Myran and a fast break by Walden had the hosts back in front by the end of the opening period, 6-3.
The score grew at a leisurely pace until it reached 12-4 three minutes into the second quarter, then the Tigers really hit their stride offensively, moving the ball briskly and making a 10-0 charge in the space of 90 seconds.
This prompted a Westtown time-out with 3:17 to go in the first half and the tally now 22-4, but the sideline lecture had little effect as Germantown continued on to a 29-5 halftime advantage. Becker already had nine points in the book and Walden and Myran were credited with six apiece; they would finish with 11, eight, and seven points, respectively.
Mercuris and sophomore guard Imani Ross ended up with two and six points for the home team, which led 36-8 early in the fourth quarter and made liberal use of its reserve players the rest of the way.
Even with a squad that is relatively young and inexperienced overall, Webster has not been afraid to make frequent substitutions this season.
She explained, "The bench players understand that there's a certain expectation – that we don't want to see a drop-off when we put them in. If they want to see time, they need to keep up the level of play when they're on the court."
Sophomore forward Julia Mankoff scored her four points on lay-ups in the second and third quarters. In the fourth period, the Tigers had junior Rachel Allison and Schuyler Alig (both forwards) each deposit a jumper.
Alig displayed some of the Tigers' newfound tenacity when she became involved in several hard collisions but got right up to rejoin the fray.
Westtown high scorer Jordan Weir notched all of her eight points in the second half, starting out after the Tigers had already taken a 32-5 lead.
The third seed for the four-team Friends Schools League tournament, GFS will play a semifinal contest against Abington Friends School, a ballclub that beat the Tigers 50-36 back on January 8. Germantown responded to that setback by winning its next seven games in a row, including the one against Westtown.
Webster related, "We were actually ahead of Abington at halftime and then in the second half, especially the fourth quarter, we kind of lost our focus, myself included. We're excited to be able to play them, again."


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Can 'Tecmo Super Bowl' Predict the 2012 Super Bowl?
With the Super Bowl coming up, we wanted to see if we could get a sneak preview of the winner, but how? Do research on each of the players? Call Miss Cleo? We'll do research the best way we know how — by pitting the Giants and Patriots against each other on Tecmo Super Bowl on the original Nintendo Entertainment System.
We originally wanted to try this on Tecmo Bowl, but the original title didn't have New England, but in it's 1991 sequel, Tecmo Super Bowl, we were able to choose both New England and New York. We set up so the computer played as both teams, grabbed some snacks and sat back to watch what could be the best Super Bowl we've had in a long time.
The Giants win the coin toss and it's already action packed from the get go. It didn't take very long for New York to score their first touchdown. Not to be out-done, New England scored their first touchdown on the next possession. Both teams with successful point after attempts, the first quarter ends with a tied score of 7-7.
At the beginning of the second quarter it doesn't take the Giants long (four plays) to score their second touchdown. Repeating what happened in the first quarter of the game, the Patriots scored on their next possession as well. The score is now tied 14-14.
A few minutes pass with standard plays. Giants Fumble! Giants Fumble! New England picks it up! They go for a long bomb which goes incomplete. With only a few seconds on the clock, New England punts to New York. They go for a pass which is intercepted by New England. The Patriots go for a field goal with 10 seconds on the clock which is good. New England goes into the locker room with a 17-14 lead.
Half Time
Wow! Madonna doesn't look half bad for her age!
Giants score the first touchdown of the third quarter to put them back in the lead. The score is now 21-17 G-Men.
Here we go, 4th quarter and New England scores a touchdown almost immediately to go up 24-21. After big gains on the ground, the Giants score another touchdown to make it 28-24. Time is running out and it looks like the Giants are going to make it. With about a minute left on the clock, New England cuts through New York's defenses and scores! New England on top 31-28 and, as the clock ticks to zero, the game is over!
According to Tecmo Super Bowl, the New England Patriots will win Super Bowl XLVI. We'll see how accurate this is coming up this Sunday. We think it will be 100% correct, except for the Madonna part.

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Stuttgart has conducted its own spelling bee and have selected winners with runners-up to be eligible for the Arkansas County event
The Arkansas County Spelling Bee will be held at 4 p.m., Wednesday in the Seminar Room at Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas (PCCUA)-Stuttgart Campus.
"We have a variety of students in this competitive event,"Julie Landrum, county spelling bee coordinator, said. "We have a total of 15 spellers."
Landrum said that each school in Stuttgart has conducted its own spelling bee and have selected winners with runners-up to be eligible for the Arkansas County event.
The respective schools and their spellers are:
• St. John's Lutheran School — Conrad Bulloch, Faith Stillwell and Emmie Seyller
• Park Avenue Elementary School — Rhett Bohanan, Scout Griffin, Paulo Palomino and Chandler Saul
• Meekins Middle School — Leslie Alexander, Vicaya Davies, Autumn Lund and Paige Shipley
• Stuttgart Junior High School — Savannah Burns, Tristan Kirchoff, Antonio Guzman and Alexis Yancey
"As of now, the judges are Gloria Broady and Misti Coker, of Stuttgart High School," Landrum said.
Landrum said the pronouncer, who has been the same pronouncer for the past several years, will be Lynn Keller.
There will be goody bags for each participant this year and a trophy will be awarded to the winner and the runner-up.
Each participant will also be given a certificate of participation. The winner of the Arkansas County Spelling Bee will participate in the state spelling bee at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in March.


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What Are the Odds of a Stock Market Crash on Oct. 9?
Does something wicked this way come? Why is October dubbed both a 'jinx month' and a 'bear killer' by the Stock Traders Almanac? MarketWatch's Mark Hulbert joins MoneyBeat. Photo: Getty Images.
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The main goal of every team during the preseason: avoid injuries. The St. Louis Rams fell short of that goal in the first quarter of Thursday night's 27-19 loss to the Cleveland Browns.
Starting right tackle Rodger Saffold exited the field with a left shoulder injury after the Rams' second offensive play from scrimmage. Joe Barksdale replaced Saffold in the Rams' lineup.
Coach Jeff Fisher said during halftime that X-rays on Saffold's injured shoulder came back negative, and the right tackle is "fine," NFL Network's Andrew Siciliano reported Thursday.
Fisher said Friday that Saffold might miss up to two weeks, The Associated Press reported.
"He'll miss some time and a preseason game or two but I think we'll have him back here in a couple of weeks," he said. "It dislocated, came out the back. We got it right back in place. He's very sore. There's some swelling and pain and he'll have to work through that and re-strengthen it. We want to make sure the integrity of the joint is OK, and based on all indications, it is. We're lucky."
Saffold has missed 13 games over the last two seasons and was increasingly a liability on the left side. The Rams moved him to right tackle after acquiring Jake Long this offseason. Saffold initially blanched and wanted to be traded, but Fisher calmed him down.
Sam Bradford's protection has been a big problem over the last few years. The Rams really caught a break on this one.
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NGOs Denounce Israel for Gaza Beach Explosion without All the Facts
By NGO Monitor
June 21, 2006
Typical of PMW's work was a March 2005 report -- produced jointly with two other Palestinian-allied groups, If Americans Knew and Americans United for Palestinian Human Rights, charging that Oregon's largest daily newspaper, the Portland-based Oregonian, had provided biased coverage of the Arab-Israeli conflict. According to the report, Oregonian news pages from May through October of 2004 were characterized by "clear double standards when it comes to reporting Palestinian deaths compared to Israeli deaths. ... Analysis of The Oregonian news articles showed that 100% of all Israeli deaths were report[ed] during the analysis. ... By contrast, only 61% of all Palestinian deaths [were reported]." The PMW web page headline read, "Oregonian: Some lives are more equal than others."
To brief activists on the background and basic facts of the Arab-Israeli conflict, PMW uses the book Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: Primer, by anti-Israel researcher Phyillis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies. Palestine Media Watch also sponsors speaking engagements by activist-lecturers Rania Awwad and Rima Mutreja.
PMW urges media outlets to use, in their coverage of Palestinian-Israeli affairs, terminology favorable to the Arab perspective. For example, it encourages the use of "anti-occupation" rather than "pro-Palestinian"; "extra-judicial liquidation" rather than "targeted killing" [of terrorists]; "Israeli colonizers" rather than "Israeli settlers"; "Israeli Occupation Forces" rather than "Israeli Defense Forces"; "Israeli-only colonies" rather than "settlements"; "Israeli assault against Palestinian civilians" rather than "military operation"; "occupied Arab Jerusalem" rather than just "Jerusalem"; "Palestinian armed resistance" rather than "Palestinian violence"; "Palestinian resistance fighters" rather than "Palestinian militants"; "Palestinian struggle for self-determination" rather than "Palestinian-Israeli conflict"; and "pro-occupation" rather than "pro-Israel."
PMW proudly embraces quotes of praise it has received from such noted anti-Israel critics as Noam Chomsky and Norman Finkelstein. "I have been impressed with the care and sophistication of the work of PMWatch, and its constructive achievements," says Chomsky. "This worthy project [PMW] deserves the support of everyone seeking a just and durable peace," Finkelstein agrees.
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The red carpet was packed with pretty ladies in even prettier dresses at the NAACP's 41st awards ceremony Friday night. Who wowed the most? You decide.
Disney princess Anika Noni Rose made four wardrobe changes throughout the night as the show's hostess, but walked the red carpet in an embellished white Ysa Makino gown.
Mo'Nique, who wore Tadashi Shoji, has impressed with her wardrobe choices this awards season (remember the dreamy goddess gown she wore to the Globes?) almost as much as she did with her performance in Precious.
Also in white was Wizards of Waverly Place actress Selena Gomez. Hey teen celebs, take notes: This is how to glam up yet still keep your look age appropriate.
*Ditto *True Jackson, VP *star Keke Palmer who was a splash of sunshine in BCBG. *
First Camilla Belle at the Berlin Film Festival, now Mya in pretty amazing hot pink. This is quickly becoming one of my favorite red carpet color choices.
Sandra Oh, where have you been?! I've missed your relaxed yet elegant looks on the red carpet. (And quiet as it's kept, I'm obsessed with dresses that have pockets.)
Gabourey Sidibe usually rocks long gowns but went for a shorter, flapper-style sparkly dress on Friday. Muy flattering, no? Still the same: Her contagious smile.
Sandra Bullock, in Alexander McQueen…
…and Keri Hilson both wore look-at-me black dresses with much less noteworthy black pumps. Not that either of their dresses needed jazzing up, but I would have gone for some flashier shoes. What footwear would you have liked to see them in?
Eva Marcile's dress skewed retro bride though it was very pretty. (Think Tyra would be proud of her smizing skills?)
I want Jill Scott to never, ever, ever again wear a flow-y "I'm a neo-soul groovestress" gown again. I get that it's part of her whole vibe, but look at that amazing figure. Short and fitted is the way for her to go. Case closed.
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Patrick Luke needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 120 designs submitted by 26 freelance designers.
Zest Bakery
We are a Bakery/Deli specializing in gluten-free foods.
The definition of zest is:
1 : a piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring
2 : an enjoyably exciting quality : piquancy <adds zest to the performance>
3 : keen enjoyment : relish, gusto <has a zest for living>
The name behind our bakery reflects the spirit and passion we have for baking. We pride ourselves in our fresh breads, pastries, and pizza doughs which we make with local ingredients.
Zest Bakery plans to utilize the Bay Area farmers markets as the initial venue to sell our products. With small markets open on the weekdays and larger markets on the weekends, we feel these venues will provide us with the best introduction of Zest Bakery to our customers.
Zest Bakery plans to begin selling at the markets in the spring of 2010
Celiac disease affects 1 out of 133 people; these people are unable to ingest the protein gluten, which is found in many ingredients that people eat everyday such as wheat/wheat flour which is found in most breads.
Zest Bakery's target customers have Celiac's disease or have an intolerance to gluten. We aim to provide these customers with wholesome and affordable alternatives to the breads and desserts many people have to live without due to allergies. In the future, Zest Bakery plans to provide products for customers who have nut and soy allergies and those following a vegan diet.
We are a fun, whimsical bakery looking for a clean and simple logo to use on our packaging and on our website. We really want a logo that embodies the definition and spirit behind the Zest brand.
It would be helpful to see how your logo design translates into labels, business cards, stationary etc.
We want a bright color palette in yellows and oranges as in this example:
Since we provide a variety of baked goods, we'd prefer not to specify any one particular item in the logo, so feel free to interpret the bakery idea loosely in the logo.
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Wild & Scenic Rivers: Protecting Outstanding Waterways
An effort is underway to explore whether sections of the Nashua, Squannacook, and Nissitissit Rivers could be designated as Partnership Wild and Scenic Rivers.
The Nashua River Watershed Association brought the opportunity to explore such a designation to the attention of the communities through which these rivers flow: the Boards of Selectmen in Ayer, Dunstable, Groton, Harvard, Lancaster, Shirley, Pepperell, and Townsend all endorsed pursuing a Study.
Congresswoman Niki Tsongas filed the bill H.R. 5319, the "Nashua River Wild and Scenic River Study Act". To announce the introduction of the legislation, the Congresswoman held a press event at NRWA's RiverResourceCenter in Groton.
NRWA's Executive Director, Elizabeth Ainsley Campbell, submitted testimony in favor of HR 5319 and spoke at a legislative hearing held at the Longworth House Office Building in Washington, D.C. by the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forest and Public Lands.
The National Park Service conducted a Reconnaissance Survey that confirmed "that the Nashua River and its tributaries have all the ingredients for a successful Wild and Scenic River Study: highly significant natural, cultural and recreational resources; capable and committed local partners; and local communities with a demonstrated track record of support for conservation of the River," said Jamie Fosburgh, the New England Team Leader for Wild and Scenic Rivers.
On June 23, 2014, the bill passed unanimously in the U.S. House of Representatives. It now awaits Senate approval. NRWA will post updates on this page and our News page.
View Frequently Asked Questions about the proposed Nashua River Wild & Scenic River Study and designation.


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Chance News 26
It is now proved beyond doubt that smoking is one of the
leading causes of statistics.
Fletcher Krebel
Reader's Digest (December 1961)
One of the naturalists had argued that On the Origin of Species was too theoretical, that Darwin should have just "put his facts before us and let them rest." In response, Darwin reflected that science, to be of any service, required more than list making; it needed larger ideas that could make sense of piles of data. Otherwise, Darwin said, a geologist "might as well go into a gravel-pit and count the pebbles and describe the colours." Data without generalizations are useless; facts without explanatory principles are meaningless.
Michael Shermer
Why Darwin Matters. The Case Against Intelligent Design. (page 1)
The following Forsooths were in the April 2007 RSS News:
Britain has been basking in the early onset of spring with temperatures almost twice as warm as the same time last year.Lucy Ballinger
Daily Mirror
12 March 2007
PHEW! Twice as warm as Corfu
It's not often we put Corfu in the shade weatherwise, especially at tis time of the year. But while the Greek holiday spot could only manage a paltry B8C (46F) yesterday, Britons basked in the sun as temperatures reached 16C (60F) yesterday.Stephen White
Daily Mirror
12 March 2007
He (Persi Diaconis) proved that it takes seven shuffles to perfectly randomize a pack of cards.
Justin Mullins
New Scientist
March 24-30, 2007, p 52
Contributed by Laurie Snell.
We were eleven people obtaining those 30.000 millions. I want the 11% that corresponds to me.A politician of Madrid in a phone dialogue recorded by the police.
El Pais
20th October, 2006,
Contributed by Carlos Silva.
Keith Crank, Assistant Director for Research and Graduate Education, writes:
Here is a possible entry under Forsooths in Chance News. It comes from a
recent report of the Council of Graduate Schools, titled: Graduate Education The Backbone of American Competitiveness and Innovation. On page 22 of the document, it states, "..., while the majority of students who enter doctoral programs have the academic ability to complete the degree, on average only 50-60 percent of those who enter doctoral programs in the United States complete their degrees."
The report is available here. Given the members of the committee that prepared this report, you would think
someone among them would realize that 50-60% is a majority.
A history of smoking in the US
The Cigarette Century: The rise, fall, and deadly persistence of the product that defined America
Allan M. Brandt, 600 pp.
Basic Books, 2007, Amazon $23.76.
Allen Brandt is Professor of the History of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and a professor in the Department of History of Science at Harvard University. His book is a complete history of smoking in the U. S. It is divided into five chapters: Culture (how cigarettes came into the American culture), Science, (The Causal Conundrum), Politics, (The Surgeon General report), Law (The trials of Big Tobacco), and Globalization, (Exporting an Epidemic). While this book will clearly be the bible of smoking you might want to start with some related videos.
For an overall picture of the book you can watch here a lecture Brandt gave about his book.
For the story of the statistics we recommend first watching video 11 (ˇThe Question of Causation') of Against all Odds. Here the history of establishing that smoking causes lung cancer is given. (This is free but you have to sign in).
This video was made while the pioneers were still alive and it is great to see and hear their personal involvement. Here is sample: Doctor Dwight Harken is speaking:
Dr. Wyndor, then a student at St Louis under Dr Everts Graham, came to see me and said "Camel Cigarettes cause cancer of the lungs". I couldn't believe it and, you know, you see what you look for and look for what you know -- and it never occurred to me that cigarettes caused cancer. So we went to see my patients and at that time I had quite a large practice. We discovered, to our amazement, that patients who had cancer of the lung were 17 times to 1 as apt to be to be two pack a day smokers . So here was a fact trying to tell us something.
In Brandt's book you will find more details about the contribution of Wyndor and Graham as well as well known statisticians such as Richard Dole, Bradford Hill, Jerome Cornfield and others. Brandt observes that many of the current methods for clinical trials had their origin in the attempt to show that smoking caused lung cancer.
Neather source discusses in any detail the reasons that the two famous statisticians Joseph Berkson in the US and R.A Fisher in the UK were not convinced that smoking caused lung cancer. Berkson explained his reasons in his article: Smoking and lung cancer: some observations on two recent reports. J Am Stat Assoc 1958;53:28-38.
Here he argues that causation cannot be concluded from statistical studies which do not deal with laboratory experiments, or placebo-controlled clinical trials. He is also concerned that the studies upon which causation is concluded found an association of smoking with a wide variety of other diseases including those for which, unlike lung cancer, there was no reason to expect and association. In addition he had reasons to believe that the studies were not as carefully carried out as he explained in an earlier paper Smoking and cancer of the lung, Proceedings of the Mayo Clinic, Vol. 34, No. 13, pp. 367 to 385.
The best way to understand Fisher's concerns about the claim that smoking caused lung cancer is to read the six articles he wrote about smoking and lung cancer. There are numbers 269, 270, 274,275,276, and 276A in Collected Papers of R. A. Fisher, Edited by J. S. Bennett, 1971-1974.
His first article is a letter to the British Medical Journal 2: 43, (1957) which states on p. 1418 that the hazards of cigarette-smoking "must be brought home to the public by all the modern devices of publicity." and on p. 1519, "in the presence of the painstaking investigations of statisticians that seem to have closed every loophole of escape for tobacco as the villain in the piece." Concerning the first statement he writes: "This is just what some of us with research interests are afraid of. A common 'device' is to point to a real cause for anxiety, such as the increased incidence of lung cancer, and to ascribe it in urgent tones to what is possibly an entirely imaginary cause. Concerning the second statement he writes "I believe I have seen the sources of all the evidence cited. I do see a great deal of other statisticians. Many would still feel, and I did about five years ago, that a good prima facie case has been made for further investigation. None think that the matter is already settled".
While Fisher agreed that http://www.childrens-mercy.org/stats/definitions/retrospective.htm retrospective studies] of Hill and Doll at other suggested that smoking was associated with lung cancer, he believed that more research was necessary to establish causation. He gives examples of further research that might be done. One of the Hill and Doll papers included a question about inhaling. It found fewer inhalers among the cancer patients than among the non-cancer patients. Fisher felt that this should be studied further. He remarks that if it could be shown that inhaling was in fact strongly associated with lung cancer, this would support causation but if not one could not accept the simple theory that smoking causes cancer. The second area of research he suggested was to see if there are genotypic differences between the different smoking classes. If so he says " we might expect differences in the type or frequency of cancer they display."
Discussion questiions
(1) Can a retrospective studies distinguish between "smokers are more likely to get lung cancer than non-smokers" and "those who get lung cancer are more likely to be smokers"? Does it matter?
(2) Fisher was a scientific consultant to the Tobacco Manufactures' Standing Committee set up in 1956 by the UK tobacco industry to assist research on the relationship between smoking and health and to make this information available to the public. Berkson was a consultant for the similar US Council for Tobacco research. Do you think that they were members of these organisations because they didn't believe that smoking caused cancer or they didn't believe that smoking caused lung cancer because they were members of the orginations or neither.
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(1) Can a restrospective study distinquish between smokers are more apt to have lung cancer and those who have lung cancer are more apt to be smokers?
(1) Fisher was a scientific consultant to the UK Tobacco Manufacurers'Standing Commiitee established to assisst research and investigation into all questions concerning the relation between smoking and health and Berkson was a consultant for the similar Us Tobacco Manufacurers' Council for Tobacco Research. Do you think
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Summary: 60 year old millwright injured his back in 1992 while working for Champion, which was self-insured. Eventually released to work without restrictions, he returned to work, though his job became primarily light duty carpentry work following an angioplasty. When the mill was sold to Stimson, claimant was hired and eventually returned to heavier millwright duties. He testified his back pain worsened until he could no longer perform his job. Dr. Michael Sousa, an orthopedic surgeon, took him off any work at Stimson. Although Champion had accepted liability for claimant's 1992 injury, it denied liability when claimant resumed medical care in 1994. Claimant filed an occupational disease claim with Liberty, which insured Stimson. Liberty accepted liability under a reservation of rights and now seeks determination that Champion is liable for claimant's condition, relying in large part upon the opinion of a medical panel chaired by Dr. Dana Headapohl, an occupational and environmental medicine specialist, who initially testified that claimant suffered a temporary aggravation of a pre-existing condition while working for Stimson, without permanent aggravation. Dr. Headapohl did concede, however, that there was a significant increase in claimant's symptoms while he worked for Stimson, with those symptoms surpassing his tolerance threshold.
Held: Based on
the "last injurious exposure" language of section 39-72-303(1),
MCA, in Caekaert v. State Compensation Insurance Fund, 268 Mont. 105,
885 P.2d 495 (1994), the Montana Supreme Court extended the subsequent
injury rule to a subsequent occupational disease for which the initial
insurer was liable. This case then turns on whether claimant's work at
Stimson materially and significantly aggravated his underlying low-back
condition. If his current condition were merely a recurrence resulting
from his 1992 injury, or merely the result of a natural progression of
his preexisting condition, then Champion would remain liable. While the
initial testimony of both Drs. Sousa and Headapohl supported Liberty's
position, their later testimony confirmed claimant's own testimony that
his work at Stimson caused material and significant deterioration of his
low-back condition and caused his disability. (Note: this decision was
affirmed by the Montana Supreme Court in Liberty Northwest v. Stimson
Lumber Company, 285 Mont. 76, 945 P.2d 433 (1997) (No. 96-368.)
This case came on for trial in Missoula on April 22, 1996. Petitioner, Liberty Northwest Insurance Corporation (Liberty), was represented by Mr. Larry W. Jones. Respondent, Champion International Corporation (Champion), was represented by Mr. Bradley J. Luck. The claimant in this matter, Ronald Deschamps (claimant), was present with his attorney, Mr. Rex Palmer. However, claimant is not a party to this proceeding and his attorney did not participate in the trial.
Exhibits 1 through 21 were admitted by stipulation. Claimant and Dr. Dana Headapohl testified. The parties also submitted the depositions of claimant and Dr. Michael A. Sousa. The matter was then deemed submitted.
Issue: The sole issue in this case is which insurer is responsible for claimant's bad back. Liberty is presently paying claimant benefits under the Occupational Disease Act but asserts that Champion, which is the insurer at risk for a prior injury, is liable for the benefits. Liberty seeks a determination that Champion is liable for prospective benefits and an order requiring Champion to reimburse Liberty for the benefits Liberty has paid to date.
Citations to the Record: Dr. Sousa's deposition and specific exhibits are cited in the following findings of fact, however, where the finding is based on the trial testimony of Dr. Headapohl and Mr. Deschamps or on Mr. Deschamps' deposition, no citation is provided. Trial testimony is not specifically cited because no transcript has been prepared. Mr. Deschamps' deposition is not cited because much of his deposition testimony overlaps his trial testimony.
Having considered the exhibits, depositions, trial testimony, and the arguments of the parties, the Court makes the following:
1. Claimant is 60 years old.
2. Claimant worked for Champion at its Bonner, Montana mill for approximately 16 years. He worked for Champion until Champion sold the Bonner mill to Stimson Lumber in November 1993.
3. During 14 of his years at Champion, claimant worked as a millwright, repairing machinery at the Bonner mill. He used welders, torches and various tools in his job. In 1990 his duties were decreased following an angioplasty procedure. Thereafter, he principally did carpentry work even though he continued to be classified and paid as a millwright.
4. On March 30, 1992, claimant injured his back while working for Champion. He was lifting a box from sawhorses to a work bench when he experienced a "hot shock-like feeling." (Deschamps Dep. Ex. 1.) Within two hours he began having pain in his lower back and right leg. (Id.) At trial he described his pain as located in his lower back and buttocks and extending down the front of his right leg to just below the knee.
5. At the time of the injury, Champion was self-insured. It received notice of the injury and accepted liability for it.
6. Following his 1992 injury, the claimant initially sought treatment from a chiropractor. He was then treated in the emergency room on April 7, 1992. The ER physician referred claimant to Dr. David C. Westphal, a family practitioner.
7. Dr. Westphal referred the claimant to Dr. Michael A. Sousa, an orthopedic surgeon who had previously treated claimant. Dr. Sousa examined claimant on May 19, 1992 and thereafter treated him for his back. (Ex. 1 at 85; Sousa Dep. at 7.)
8. In a May 19, 1992 letter to Dr. Westphal, Dr. Sousa reported the results of his examination of that day. According to the letter, claimant provided the following history:
(Ex. 1 at 85.) Dr. Sousa's impression on that date was "a low back injury, a herniated nucleus pulposus which is of a minor nature on MRI scanning." (Id.) In his deposition Dr. Sousa said that the MRI finding of disk bulge or herniation was of "questionable clinical significance." (Sousa Dep. at 7.) He referred claimant to Dr. Gary D. Cooney, a neurologist, for further studies, and prescribed a course of physical therapy. (Ex. 1 at 86.)
9. Claimant underwent a course of physical therapy from May 22, 1992 through June 24, 1992. (Ex. 10 at 2-7.)
10. Dr. Sousa examined claimant again on June 4, 1992, and noted some improvement but nothing dramatic. (Ex. 1 at 12.) Claimant was experiencing pain in his hips and buttocks and "some pain going down to his knees." (Sousa Dep. at 8.) Dr. Sousa prescribed a course of epidural steroid injections. (Id.)
11. A physical therapy note of June 24, 1992, indicates by that date the claimant's condition had substantially improved. (Ex. 10 at 2.) The note said, "Overall [claimant is] doing fairly well." (Id.) It further noted that "[m]ost of [the] discomfort now is light tingling sensation into left leg along the medial border with occasional slight back ache." (Id.) Dr. Sousa's note of the next day, June 25, 1992, indicates that claimant had "only slight discomfort" and that "most of his pain is gone." (Ex. 1 at 10.)
12. Claimant was off work due to his back pain from April 2, 1992, until sometime in July 1992. On July 9, 1992, Dr. Sousa unconditionally released him to return to work in both millwright and millwright/carpenter positions. (Exs. 2 and 3.)
13. Upon his return to work claimant continued to experience some pain and discomfort. On July 21, 1992, Dr. Sousa noted that claimant "is able to work but has some irritation and pain." (Ex. 1 at 10.) Claimant continued working but took analgesic for his pain.
14. Over the next few months claimant continued to be seen periodically by Dr. Sousa for his back and also an elbow condition. With respect to his back, on November 17, 1992, Dr. Sousa reported that while claimant was "currently able to continue to work" he was "still having some pain on forward flexion and extension type lifting." (Id.) He noted that claimant had been lifting sheetrock and bags of concrete at work. (Id.)
15. On January 28, 1993, Dr. Sousa concluded that claimant had reached maximum medical improvement and gave claimant a 10% whole person impairment rating. (Ex. 1 at 73.) Although he concluded that claimant had reached MMI, he also noted:
16. On March 2, 1993, Dr. Sousa noted that claimant's "back pain is much better at this point" and that his elbows were his primary problem. (Ex. 1 at 9.) But on March 30, 1993, claimant was complaining of increased back pain. (Id.)
17. Following the March 30, 1993 visit, claimant did not return to Dr. Sousa until March 3, 1994, almost a year later. (Ex. 1 at 8.) Claimant testified that his leg pain had resolved but that he still had some back pain after March 30, 1993. He did not seek further treatment because he was aware of the pending sale of the mill and intended to apply for a job with the new mill owners. He did not want his back injury to preclude new employment. Although claimant's memory was imperfect, the Court found him to be a credible witness, and accepts his testimony on this and other points.
18. Claimant worked continuously for Champion from July 1992 until the mill was sold in November 1993. During that time he was not performing the full duties of a millwright, rather he was doing light carpentry work. In reviewing the exhibits it appears that his job during that time was more properly characterized as a millwright/carpenter (Ex. 3) even though his title and pay had not changed. As previously mentioned, his shift to lighter-duty carpentry work occurred following an angioplasty in 1990.
19. On November 3, 1993, claimant underwent a pre-employment physical examination at the request of Stimson. In response to questions put to him at that time he told the examining doctor of his prior back injury but indicated that his back pain had resolved. (Ex. 10 at 19-20.) After physical examination the examiner approved him for unrestricted work.
20. Claimant testified that he was never pain free following his 1992 injury, although his leg pain did resolve. He was still suffering from low-back and intermittent buttock pain when he took the pre-employment physical but misrepresented his condition to the examining physician so he would be found physically able to go to work for Stimson.
21. Claimant was hired by Stimson and immediately went to work for the new company. As with Champion, he was classified and paid as a millwright. However, initially at Stimson he continued to perform lighter-duty carpentry work and he worked five days a week, eight hours a day, as he had for Champion.
22. Claimant testified that after working for Stimson for approximately a year, his job duties changed, although his classification and pay did not. He was put to work "chasing whistles." Whenever a machine broke down and repair was needed, a whistle blew in the mill to summon a millwright. Thus, claimant returned to true millwright duties, performing heavier work than he had been performing since 1990.
23. He further testified that while working over a two-year period for Stimson, his back pain gradually worsened until he could no longer perform his job. He said that when he started work for Stimson he was able to perform the duties of a millwright but that over time his pain increased and his consumption of over-the-counter analgesics increased until ultimately he could no longer work.
24. A review of medical records indicate that claimant's time frames are inaccurate and claimant testified at trial that he has memory problems. A report by Dr. Richard C. Dewey, who examined claimant on April 19, 1994, states that claimant had been performing light-carpentry work for Champion but since going to work for Stimson had been doing "pipe fitting and heavy millwright work." (Ex. 10 at 26.) The records also indicate that after September 1994, claimant was off work for several months and when working was performing sedentary or light duties. In view of claimant's admitted problems, which I believe are genuine, I find that the medical records more accurately reflect his employment history at Stimson and that claimant began performing heavy-duty millwright work shortly after going to work for Stimson.
25. Medical records and Dr. Sousa's testimony show that claimant once more sought medical care for his back in March of 1994, approximately four months after going to work for Stimson. Dr. Sousa saw claimant on March 3, 1994, for both low-back pain and epicondylitis of his elbows. (Ex. 1 at 8.) (Epicondylitis is an "inflammation of the epicondyle or of the tissues adjoining the epicondyle of the humerus [upper arm bone]" and is sometimes called "tennis elbow." Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, 27th Ed. (1985).) The epicondylitis arose while claimant was working for Champion. (Ex. 1 at 59.) However, the condition significantly worsened after he went to work for Stimson and ultimately required surgery on September 12, 1994. (Ex. 1 at 55.)
26. On March 3, 1994, claimant complained of "intermittent back pain with some radiation into the hip", especially when "sitting and rising from a sitting position." Dr. Sousa recommended that claimant follow a stretching program and wear his back brace at all times. He also prescribed Tylenol #3 (Tylenol with Codeine.) (Ex. 1 at 8.)
27. Claimant continued to complain of pain and sought a refill of the Tylenol #3 prescription on March 30, 1994. (Id.)
28. On April 1, 1994, Dr. Sousa referred claimant to Dr. Richard Dewey, a neuro-surgeon, for a surgical consultation. (Ex. 1 at 69.) In his referral Dr. Sousa noted that claimant "has been finding it harder and harder to sit and perform his work . . . ." (Id.) He also noted that in his examination of March 3, 1994, "there were findings of increasing leg pain and more and more difficulty in performing his usual job." (Id.)
29. Dr. Dewey examined claimant on April 18, 1994. It was apparent from claimant's testimony that he and Dr. Dewey did not hit it off. The Court surmises that claimant's dissatisfaction with the examination was due to Dr. Dewey's lecturing him about his smoking. (Ex. 1 at 68.) In any event, Dr. Dewey's report reflects claimant's complaint of "persistent pain in his low back, periodic symptoms in the left leg and in the right groin." Thus, by this time, leg symptoms had returned. Nonetheless, Dr. Dewey found no indication for surgery and recommended a stretching program. (Id. at 67.)
30. Dr. Sousa saw claimant again on April 26, 1994. His office note confirms a return of "right leg radiation pain." (Ex. 1 at 7.) It also confirms that claimant was "working much harder at Stimson Lumber than previously at Champion." (Id.) Dr. Sousa prescribed a series of epidural steroid injections. (Id.)
31. Dr. Sousa reexamined claimant, finding that the epidural steroid injections had provided "some help" but noting that claimant "still has quite severe back pain after working hard at the mill." (Ex. 1 at 63.)
32. On August 5, 1994, Dr. Sousa took claimant off work. (Ex. 1 at 62.) In a letter to a claims adjuster for Champion he explained that claimant had "severe epicondylitis and severe back pain" and that over the previous three months he had been working with pain "despite epidural steroid injections, anti-inflammatory medications, elbow injections, etc." (Id.)
33. Dr. Sousa performed medial and lateral epicondylar tendon releases and fasciectomy's on September 12, 1994. (Ex. 1 at 55.) The surgery was on the left arm only. (Id.)
34. Claimant was released for sedentary work on October 31, 1994. (Ex. 1 at 51.)
35. He was released for light-carpentry work on November 16, 1994. (Ex. 1 at 48-49.) It does not appear that he has ever been released for medium or heavy work.
36. The Court cannot ascertain the date on which claimant returned to work for Stimson but according to a December 20, 1994 letter of Dr. Sousa, by that time claimant was working as a light carpenter. (Ex. 1 at 45.) In the letter the doctor also noted that claimant now carried an additional diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome. (Id.)
37. On January 19, 1995, Dr. Sousa wrote another letter in which he again noted that claimant had returned to work as a light carpenter. (Ex. 1 at 43.) In the letter he said that carpal tunnel did not preclude claimant from returning to his job as a millwright but the left forearm and back pain did. (Id.)
38. On January 27, 1995, claimant was taken off work for carpal tunnel surgery. We do not have the records of this surgery so further information is lacking.
39. Sometime after January 27, 1995, but prior to June 22, 1995, claimant returned to work. (Ex. 1 at 2.) However, on June 8, 1995, Dr. Sousa again took him off work, this time due to increased low-back pain and an onset of cervical pain. (Id.) A report of Dr. Lennard S. Wilson, who conducted a neurological evaluation of claimant on June 20, 1995, suggests that claimant had returned to work in late May 1995. (Ex. 10 at 76.)
40. On June 22, 1995, Dr. Sousa wrote Cynthia Bean, a claims examiner for Liberty, that claimant should be "considered somewhat chronically disabled as the result of chronic back problems." (Ex. 1 at 36.) He said that he could "not totally rule out even sedentary or light work flaring up his back." (Id.)
41. On June 26, 1995, Dr. Sousa confirmed that claimant could not return to work as a millwright and that at best he might be capable of sedentary work. (Ex. 1 at 34.)
42. On November 21, 1995, Dr. Sousa wrote that claimant could not return to any job at Stimson. (Ex. 1 at 15.)
43. Claimant has not returned to work since June 8, 1995.
44. Even though claimant has not worked for the past year, his low-back pain has not remitted. He continues to experience more pain than he was experiencing when he ceased working for Champion in 1993.
45. Martin D. Cheatle, Ph.D., conducted a psychological examination of claimant on January 17, 1996, and concluded that his pain complaints are genuine. (Ex. 10 at 81.) He found no overt signs of symptom magnification. (Id.)
46. As found previously, Champion accepted liability for claimant's 1992 injury and paid both compensation and medical benefits. However, upon claimant's resumption of care in March of 1994, it denied further liability for his low-back condition. (Ex. 8 at 1.) On May 10, 1994, Champion wrote to claimant. In the letter it asserted that claimant was "currently suffering from an occupational disease which would be the liability of your current employer, Stimson Lumber." (Id.) It recommended he submit future medical bills to Stimson's carrier. (Id.)
47. Thereafter, on October 12, 1994, claimant submitted a claim to Stimson. However, in the claim he attributed his low-back condition to his injury at Champion. (See Order Denying Summary Judgment at 2.)
48. Liberty initially accepted the new claim under the Occupational Disease Act but with a reservation of rights. (Id.) Thereafter, on January 23, 1995, it accepted the claim without reservation. (Id. at 3.) Still later, Liberty attempted to disavow its acceptance (id. at 4) but has continued to pay benefits while seeking a determination that Champion is responsible for claimant's low-back condition and that Liberty is entitled to indemnification for the compensation and medical benefits it has paid.
49. In his written reports and letters, Dr. Sousa provided somewhat conflicting opinions concerning the cause of claimant's post-1993 low-back symptoms. On May 12, 1994, he wrote that both jobs contributed to his condition:
(Ex. 1 at 64; emphasis added.) On June 22, 1995, he wrote to Cynthia Bean, a claims examiner for Liberty:
(Id. at 36; emphasis added.) On August 9, 1995, he wrote:
(Id. at 32; emphasis added.)
50. In response to direct examination by Liberty's attorney, Dr. Sousa provided answers supporting its theory that claimant's current low-back condition is due to his 1992 injury.
(Sousa Dep. at 21; italics added.)
51. However, Dr. Sousa's answers to questions put to him on cross-examination supported Champion's theory that claimant's work for Stimson permanently aggravated his underlying low-back condition. He testified as follows:
52. Dr. Dana Headapohl, who specializes in occupational and environmental medicine, chaired a medical panel that conducted an independent medical examination of claimant to determine if he was suffering from an occupational disease. The request for the examination was made directly by Liberty; the medical panel procedures of the Occupational Disease Act were not invoked and the Department of Labor did not designate the panel.
53. In a consensus report the panel found that while working for Stimson the claimant could "possibly" have suffered a "temporary aggravation of an underlying and pre-existing condition." (Ex. 10 at 47.) The panel further opined that claimant should not return to work as a millwright due to his "general back condition, not because of specific injuries." (Id. at 48.)
54. Dr. Headapohl testified at trial that her review of medical records and history suggested that claimant suffered a temporary aggravation of symptoms while working for Stimson and that there was no evidence of a permanent aggravation of his back condition.
55. However, upon further examination by counsel for Champion, Dr. Headapohl confirmed that claimant's work at Stimson caused an increase in his perceived symptoms and that the increase in symptoms led to Dr. Sousa taking him off work. She acknowledged that with increased back symptoms, such as claimant exhibited in this case, it is more likely than not the treating physician will take a worker off work even though there is no concrete evidence that the underlying structural or physical condition has changed. She agreed that claimant's work at Stimson affected claimant's symptoms and his "compatibility" with his job, but qualified her agreement by pointing out that other factors, including motivation, were involved. She pointed out that there was no objective evidence of further physical damage but agreed that his back condition is worse now than it was just prior to claimant going to work for Stimson. She testified that claimant's back continued to degenerate after 1992 during his employment with Champion and Stimson, and that the rate of degeneration may "have slightly increased" as a result of his heavier duties at Stimson. Ultimately, she agreed that during claimant's employment with Stimson there was a "significant" increase in his symptoms that surpassed his tolerance threshold. She attributed the increase not only to his employment but also to polyarthralgias, a degenerating condition of his upper-extremities. In her opinion, while the Stimson employment was a contributor, the other factors were more important.
56. Dr. Headapohl confirmed that the job of millwright is a heavy-duty one.
57. Both doctors agree, and I find, that during claimant's employment with Stimson his low-back pain increased significantly. The claimant was unable to tolerate the increased pain and the pain became disabling, causing Dr. Sousa to take him off work.
58. The increase in pain was permanent. Removal of claimant from the work force has not alleviated his increased pain level; his pain has not returned to pre-Stimson levels.
59. Based on all of the medical testimony, and claimant's description of his increased symptoms after being transferred back to a millwright position, I find that claimant's work at Stimson accelerated and significantly aggravated his preexisting degenerative back condition. While other factors, including other medical conditions, may have contributed to his overall perception of his pain, his work at Stimson was a significant factor in his increasing pain and, ultimately, his inability to work.
1. It has long been the law that once an injured worker has reached maximum medical improvement, the insurer liable for that industrial injury is not liable for subsequent industrial injuries or conditions. Belton v. Carlson Transport, 202 Mont. 384, 389, 658 P.2d 405, 408 (1983). Based on the "last injurious exposure" language of section 39-72-303(1), MCA, in Caekaert v. State Compensation Ins. Fund, 268 Mont. 105, 885 P.2d 495 (1994), the Montana Supreme Court extended the subsequent injury rule to a subsequent occupational disease which materially or substantially contributes to the condition for which the first or initial insurer was liable. Thus, the crux of the inquiry in the present case is whether claimant's work at Stimson materially and significantly aggravated his underlying low-back condition. If his current condition is merely a recurrence resulting from his 1992 injury, or is merely the result of a natural progression of his preexisting condition, then Champion remains liable for his condition. Id.
While the initial testimony of both Drs. Sousa and Headapohl support Liberty's position that claimant does not suffer from an occupational disease materially affecting his low back, their later testimony supported Champion's position that claimant's work at Stimson accelerated his low-back disease, caused it to symptomatically deteriorate and ultimately caused disability, and I have so found in the foregoing findings of fact.
The change in claimant's condition was both material and significant: Prior to going to work for Stimson the claimant's pain did not preclude him from working as a millwright or a carpenter, whereas after his Stimson employment his baseline pain increased to the point that he is now permanently disabled from employment in either position. The medical evidence, especially that of Dr. Sousa, who was the claimant's treating physician, preponderates in favor of a conclusion that the deterioration of claimant's back while working for Stimson was not the mere result of a natural progression of his underlying condition. Dr. Sousa was convinced that something further happened as a result of claimant's employment at Stimson. While Dr. Headapohl gave the Stimson employment less significance, there is nothing in the nature of the conflict in testimony that would allow the Court to disregard the usual rule that the treating physician's opinion should be given greater weight. Snyder v. San Francisco Feed & Grain, 230 Mont 16, 27, 748 P.2d 924, 931 (1988). The test set forth in Caekaert has been met.
2. Liberty, which has accepted claimant's back condition as an occupational disease and paid him benefits, is not entitled to indemnification from Champion.
1. Liberty Northwest Insurance Corporation is not entitled to indemnification from Champion International Corporation for benefits it has paid, and continues to pay, to Ronald Deschamps.
2. The petition is dismissed with prejudice.
3. This JUDGMENT is certified as final.
Dated in Helena, Montana, this 25th day of June, 1996.
/s/ Mike
c: Mr. Larry W. Jones
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BOCA RATON, Fla.—The Barry Buccaneers continued their run through the Sunshine State Conference, dispatching the Lynn Knights 2-1 at the Lynn Soccer Field on Tuesday in women's soccer action.
The win keeps the Bucs (10-3-1, 5-0-1 SSC) undefeated in conference play and clinches a spot in the upcoming SSC Tournament (Nov. 5-9) for the first time since 2004 (the 2005 tournament was cancelled due to hurricanes).
Lauren Manna got the Bucs out front early. After a great build up, Tamara Vuckovich sent a long cross from the right wing to Manna at the far post and Manna beat Lynn keeper Megan Dolan for the first score in the ninth minute.
The lead held up until the 80th minute. After a near goal from Lavinia Nkomo, Dolan punted the ball out of the back and, after a flick on, Jordyn Turner split a pair of Barry defenders to come in one-on-one with keeper Becca Rogers and her low shot to the far post even the match at 1-1.
The Bucs finally put the Knights (4-6-3, 1-2-2 SSC) away in the 87th minute. After winning a corner, Manna made a perfect service to the far post and Amber Smith, up from her center back position, ripped a shot from 25 yards out to the upper left corner over Dolan's head for the game winner.
The Bucs held a 10-7 edge in shots and held Lynn without a corner until the final 0:10 seconds. Becca Rogers picked up her 10th win of the season, making four saves for the Bucs. Dolan took her first loss in goal and also had four saves.
The Bucs travel to Tampa, Fla., to face the Tampa Spartans on Saturday, Oct. 26 at 7:30 pm.
Soccer Game Summary (Final)
2013 Barry University Soccer
Barry vs Lynn (10/22/13 at Boca Raton, Fla.)
Barry (10-3-1,5-0-1 SSC) vs. Lynn (4-6-3, 1-2-2 SSC)
Date: 10/22/13 Attendance: 65
Weather: Lots of Sun, some clouds and the heat & humidity
Goals by period 1 2 Tot
Barry............... 1 1 - 2
Lynn................ 0 1 - 1
1. 8:53 BARRY-W Lauren Manna (Tamara Vuckovich) – cross header
2. 79:13 LUW Jordyn Turner (2) (unassisted) – through ball low far post
3. 86:21 BARRY-W Amber Smith (Lauren Manna) – off corner kick from 25 yards
Shots: Barry 10, Lynn 7
Saves: Barry 4 (Becca Rogers 4), Lynn 4 (Meghan Dolan 4)


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Hill Country Longhorn
Diane Addonizio 5/5/2004 8:00:19 PMNicely done, Liz! #124976
Nobu Nagase 5/5/2004 8:03:02 PMVery nice, Liz.
Andrew McClintock 5/5/2004 8:33:13 PMThis image is awesome. I live in San Antonio, where was this taken? #522088
Isabel L 5/5/2004 8:53:50 PMWow liz amazing shot! everything looks great and the flowers are really pretty and then the longhorn just standing there looks great. :) good job. #522103
Brenda W. LaFleur 5/5/2004 9:01:26 PMVery nice capture, Liz! #522106
Andrea L. Akin 5/5/2004 9:07:29 PMLiz, I love this shot. You did a fantastic job with this one. #522114
Darren K. Fisher 5/5/2004 9:27:38 PMWOW Liz this is awesome. Great purple flowers in the FG, and excellent detail in the Longhorn. Not to mention great warm lighting. #522129
Carol Engstrom 5/5/2004 9:43:55 PMExcellent!! This is really well done, Liz. #522151
Shermin Negari 5/5/2004 9:46:19 PMvery Well done Liz!
Kristen McKain 5/6/2004 3:08:17 AMgorgeous capture! #522358
Theresa McCloskey 5/6/2004 3:32:48 AMvery nice capture Liz :-) #522397
Marie Fields 5/6/2004 4:30:52 AMTerrific image, Liz! #522582
Jeff Robinson 5/6/2004 4:47:04 AMA fantastic image Liz! Jeff #522654
Murry Grigsby 5/6/2004 7:49:05 AMYea Haw from Houston Liz! Terrific Texas image!! #523019
Judy Rae 5/7/2004 9:57:12 PMThis is great Liz! We are currently working overseas and this brings back memories of home. Beautiful shot! #525578
Jennifer Rennison 6/15/2004 1:05:07 PMCongratulations Liz, this is a great image! #595618
Kristen McKain 6/15/2004 2:19:26 PMCongrats!! #596029
Claudia Kuhn 6/15/2004 5:47:39 PMCongrats on your longhorn winner Liz! #597023
Liz Kepner 6/15/2004 9:26:10 PMThank you everyone for your wonderful comments. Andrew, I'm sorry for not getting back to you on where it was taken...I just now saw your question. It was taken between Brady and Llano. I lucked out seeing them in this field next to the road, they are usually down over the cliff and you can't see them from the road. Thank you all for your comments and encouragement. It's very much appreciated. #597696
Mette Vendelboe Allison 6/16/2004 1:22:08 AMBeautiful scene and photo! Congratulations and best of luck, Liz! #597846
Carol Engstrom 6/16/2004 9:03:50 AMCongrats Liz! #598887
Claudia Kuhn 6/16/2004 7:42:29 PMHey Liz, big congrats to you!! #600263
Sherri L. Regalbuto 6/16/2004 9:53:02 PMCongratulations, wonderful photo. #600405
Sherri L. Regalbuto 6/16/2004 9:53:11 PMCongratulations, wonderful photo. #600406
Mette Vendelboe Allison 6/17/2004 12:50:14 AMWell-deserved! Congrats! #600531
Donna W. Neal 6/17/2004 3:50:02 AMGreat capture Liz!
Kelly Abernathy 6/17/2004 5:32:18 AMCongratulations on your win! -K #600956
Ellen Peach 6/17/2004 12:02:42 PMExcellent win, Liz....congratulations! #601893
Susana Matos 6/17/2004 12:42:25 PMoutstanding, excellent! Congratulations!
Mary K. Robison 6/17/2004 2:20:33 PMCongratulations! Great image! #602142
Evy Johansen 6/17/2004 8:57:09 PMMany congatulations on you second plaze win! #602543
Anton Falcon 6/18/2004 7:40:11 AMwoo hoo Liz! congrats on your win! #603570
Leanne M.E. Boyd 6/18/2004 9:48:31 AMCongratulations on your win and new Gallery! #603793
Lisa Pittman 6/18/2004 4:59:25 PMWow, Liz - you have a lot of wonderful comments. I knew this one was a winner when I first saw it - probably my favorite of all the wonderful shots you've taken! #604195
Lisa Pittman 6/18/2004 4:59:31 PMWow, Liz - you have a lot of wonderful comments. I knew this one was a winner when I first saw it - probably my favorite of all the wonderful shots you've taken! #604196
Monika Sapek 6/18/2004 5:34:13 PMMany congratulations on your Second Place Win, Liz!
Stephen Zacker 6/19/2004 6:19:39 AMCongratulations Liz! Great perspective, and the flowers really make it! #604846
Donna La Mattino Pagakis 6/19/2004 10:47:27 PMWow this is an awesome image, well done, congrats. #605889
Dolores Neilson 6/20/2004 7:46:46 AMLiz...this is simply outstanding! You have two Texas symbols...the Longhorn and Bluebonnets. Put them in one image perfectly composed with great light...you have an outstanding image. Worthy of selling on cards/postcards. Market this baby! #606526
Mette Vendelboe Allison 6/20/2004 12:33:09 PMI agree 100% with Dolores:-) #606930
Roger D. Meador 6/23/2004 1:04:17 PMCongratulations on a fine image. #612603
Lisa Young 6/23/2004 10:36:14 PMBeautiful winner Liz. Congrats! #613126
Leonard Pierce 7/10/2004 7:12:23 AMCongratulations Liz! This is a fantastic image, perfect in every way. A very well deserved win!!!!!!!!!! #640715
Carolyn J. Connolly 9/1/2004 9:11:17 AMWonderful image, Liz, and a very well deserved Second Place winner back in May! Phil and I just came across this one when it was featured on the Contest page, and I HAD to comment! What a beautiful 'beast' you captured here among the Texas Bluebonnets, and the late afternoon sun is perfect! Very well done indeed! :~) #749401
Mary-Ella Bowles 11/22/2004 2:48:37 PMWell I missed this back in May as well (So many photo sites, so little time!!). This is a winner in every way, Liz - a classic image, that I totally love. A belated congrats, and keep up the good work! #932086
100-400mm Canon Zoom Lens. Aperture 5.6 at shutter speed of 500. The Longhorn was standing on the edge of a rolling hill. This helped the background be even more out of focus than what the zoom and aperture setting made it. The sun was also setting behind me to give this warm lighting onto the Longhorn and the flowers.
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No. 1 U.S. office-supplies chain Staples Inc. /quotes/zigman/78299 /quotes/nls/spls SPLS saw its shares slump 13% on Wednesday to be the biggest S&P 500 decliner after its second-quarter profit and sales both missed expectations and it cut its guidance for the year, now pointing to a sales decline instead of prior forecast for a gain.
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To those of you writing the "4-words-at-a-time" stories, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. I locked the original thread when the "sex & pedophilia" line was introduced. It might be comical to some, but I found it to be offensive and distasteful. I just happened to skim through the second thread created and let me tell you.. I was a little more than perturbed when I saw a repeat of the first. Yes, *I* deleted the thread.
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Cyrus dropped by a Mercedes Benz dealership in Encino, CA last week ... and drove off the lot in a brand new white 2012 SL550 convertible.
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The best part ... Miley didn't even turn in her old car ... a bodyguard drove it back to her pad so she could joyride in her new toy.
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Dataset: brooded coral larvae 3 - light
Data Citation:
Edmunds, P., Cumbo, V., Fan, T. (2014) Light data in tanks from experiment on brooded coral larval, Taiwan, March 2011 (Cumbo et al, JEMBE, 2012) (MCR LTER project, Climate_Coral_Larvae project). Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). Dataset version 2014-10-07 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/535219 [access date]
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Need a DOI? Email us about this dataset.
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Peter J. Edmunds (California State University Northridge, CSU-Northridge)
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Dr Vivian R Cumbo (California State University Northridge, CSU-Northridge)
Tung-Yung Fan (National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, NMMBA)
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Anurag Gupta is the H. Clark Ford Professor of Finance, Chairman of the Finance department, Associate Dean for Global initiatives and the Director of MSM-Finance (China) at the Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University. His research and teaching interests include corporate risk management, development and testing of derivatives and risk models, evaluation of capital adequacy of financial institutions, hedge fund risk management and regulation, liquidity risk analysis, and credit risk management in the banking industry.
Gupta's research work has been published in top finance journals like the Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Finance, Journal of Monetary Economics, Journal of Financial Markets, Journal of Banking and Finance and the Journal of Derivatives. His work has been written about in mainstream global media (Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Bloomberg, Financial Post, etc), and he has been interviewed live on CNBC Squawk Box on the financial crisis. Much of his current ongoing research is focused on the problems in the banking industry in the aftermath of the financial crisis.
He won the 2004 FMA Best Paper Award in Fixed Income Research, and has presented research papers at numerous international finance conferences. He was nominated for the MBA Teaching Excellence Award at the Weatherhead School in 2002, 2004, 2007 and 2008 as well as the Theodore M. Alfred Distinguished Service Award in 2015. He has conducted several executive education programs in Corporate risk management, Fixed income option modeling, and Advanced risk estimation methods at several institutions across Asia. He is the founding director of the Cleveland Chapter of the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP). Prior to his PhD at NYU-Stern, Gupta worked for over 2 years in general management consulting, and was awarded the Director's Silver Medal at IIM Calcutta and the President's Silver Medal at IIT Delhi.
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SANFORD, Fla. — Past police dispatcher calls made by George Zimmerman should be presented to jurors at his second-degree murder trial since they show his state of mind and provide context to his fatal encounter with 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, a prosecutor argued Tuesday.
Prosecutor Richard Mantei told a Florida judge the five calls are central to the prosecution's argument that Zimmerman committed second-degree murder since it shows his growing ill will at people he viewed as suspicious who were walking through his neighborhood. In each of the calls, which were played for Judge Debra Nelson with the jurors out of the courtroom, Zimmerman described the suspicious characters as black males.
The calls made in the six months before Zimmerman fatally shot Martin on Feb. 26, 2012, reflect the neighborhood watch volunteer's growing frustration with repeated break-ins at his gated community of townhomes and plays into the prosecution's theory that his view of Martin as a suspicious character was "the straw that broke the camel's back," Mantei said.
Defense attorney Mark O'Mara argued that the calls were irrelevant and that no previous incidents matter except the seven or eight minutes prior to when Zimmerman fired the deadly shot into Martin's chest.
"They're going to ask the jury to make a leap from a good, responsible, citizen behavior to seething behavior," O'Mara said of the prosecution's depiction of Zimmerman's actions.
Nelson said she would make a ruling after reviewing prior cases.
Zimmerman, 29, could get life in prison if convicted of second-degree murder for gunning down Martin as the black teenager, wearing a hoodie on a dark, rainy night, walked from a convenience store through the gated townhouse community where he was staying. Zimmerman is pleading not guilty, claiming self-defense.
The case took on racial dimensions after Martin's family claimed that Zimmerman had racially profiled the teen and that police were dragging their feet in bringing charges. Zimmerman, who identifies himself as Hispanic, has denied the confrontation had anything to do with race.
Prosecutors on Tuesday called the former coordinator of the Sanford Police Department's neighborhood watch program who testified how she had worked with Zimmerman to set up a watch program in his neighborhood, The Retreat at Twin Lakes.
When asked by prosecutor John Guy if neighborhood watch participants should either follow or engage with suspicious people, she answered "no."
"They are the eyes and ears of law enforcement," said Wendy Dorival, the Sanford Police manager. "They're not supposed to take matters into their own hands."
But Dorival said she was impressed with Zimmerman's professionalism and dedication to his community and asked him to join another program, Citizens on Patrol, which trained residents to patrol their neighborhoods. He declined.
"He seemed like he really wanted to make changes in his community, to make it better," Dorival said.
The prosecution began opening statements Monday in the long-awaited murder trial with shocking language, repeating obscenities Zimmerman uttered while talking to a police dispatcher moments before the deadly confrontation.
The defense opened with a knock-knock joke about the difficulty of picking a jury for a case that stirred nationwide debate over racial profiling, vigilantism and Florida's expansive laws on the use of deadly force.
Guy portrayed the then-neighborhood watch volunteer as a vigilante, saying, "Zimmerman thought it was his right to rid his neighborhood of anyone who did not belong."
Defense attorney Don West told jurors a different story: Martin sucker-punched Zimmerman and then pounded his head against the concrete sidewalk, and that's when Zimmerman opened fire.
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