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Waterford Precision Cycles: Handmade Bicycles in Wisconsin's Heartland
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In the mind of a cyclist, Waterford, Wis. is a bit of a magical spot on the map. It's the home of Waterford Precision Cycles, one of the last few high volume, high quality, handmade, customized bicycle producers in America. All of the big guys, such as Giant, Schwinn, Huffy, Specialized and even Trek, with their headquarters in Wisconsin, are now produced overseas. Waterford Precision Cycles manufactures frames for, among others, Gunnar, Fleet Velo, Boulder Bikes, Rivendell Bicycle Works, our own Milwaukee Bicycle Company and, of course, Waterford itself, which, according to owner Richard Schwinn, retains "unquestioned dominance" in tube construction.
The Waterford factory was originally an offshoot of Schwinn outside of their Chicago factory. It is a fairly non-descript building and quite small considering its notable reputation. But it was there that Marc Muller, who worked for Schwinn, revived and produced the now much sought-after racing bike, the Schwinn Paramount. A few turns down the road the factory stopped producing Schwinns, as everything was moved overseas. The factory stopped production until it was purchased by Muller, George Garner and Richard Schwinn, the great-grandson of Ignaz Schwinn, founder of the Schwinn Bicycle Company.
From there, Waterford started pioneering work on oversized tubing such as Reynolds' 753 and 853 chromoly steel tubesets - a difficult task since the materials can be finicky if not heated and treated properly. But according to Richard Schwinn, when Reynolds came knocking for a quality control check they admitted that they had "never seen work so consistent, so good." The oversized tubing allowed for much lighter bikes while still retaining their strength. Waterford also formulated single bend chain stays and vertical dropouts for better wheel stability.
Waterford bicycles are custom built for each individual. This makes for a higher price point (anywhere between $2,500 and $8,500), but the idea is to build a bike that, unlike a car at the same price point, will follow you through the rest of your life. Customers can measured for a bike at their favorite shop and remit requests for detailing, such as one man's request for his lugs (the fancy detailing at the joints) to look like they were melting. Everything is sent to Waterford, where skilled factory workers, whose average seniority hovers around 10 years, set the angles into jigs. This part is the most time consuming. Once the jigs are set, the tubes are cut and carefully arranged.
Once everything has been welded into place Waterford can add whatever accessories you might need. Disc brake tabs, fender eyelets, canti bosses, water bottle bosses and more. After construction the bike is given an acid bath to remove all of the impurities, after which it can be painted just about any imaginable color, including fades, custom lettering and pinstriping. Really, the thickness of your wallet is the only limitation. The clear coat they use to seal the frame takes nearly two months to dry, all the time getting harder and more protective.
If you treat a Waterford bike like a car, washing and waxing as necessary, the bike should last a lifetime.
Custom bicycles don't have to be a vanity project either; sometimes they're built out of necessity. One man came to the shop with a badly arthritic hip, but he still wanted to continue to ride. His condition was so bad that in order to mount his bike he had to use a ladder and be lowered on to it. But Waterford came up with an elegent solution by lowering the top tube with custom brazed gusset, almost like a half step-through, half standard frame.
The idea of a purely customized frame may seem like a luxury few of us can afford, but Waterford's Gunnar line still provides the same handmade quality, but in limited stocked sizes and colors.
So what is the future of bicycling?
"The polo bike has more of a chance to save the world than the others," said Schwinn. He elaborated, "Kids right now think that BMX bikes are cool, but when they grow up they're still riding these bikes that are too small for them. They give up riding bikes because they just suck to ride."
On the other hand, bike polo, he says, is a team sport. The bikes are easier to ride because they're "normal" bikes and they scale easier. The playing field, a flat piece of cement, is easier to produce.
"If anything, if bike polo falls out of favor at least you can turn that into a tennis court. What are you going to do with a skate park?" he said.
FleetVelo, another line produced by Waterford, has just released their newest polo bike, The Joust, which takes advantage of gusseted True Temper OS steel, tight geometry, a straight fork and 26-inch wheels for accurate cornering and v-brakes for the strongest, no fuss braking.
If you want to take a look at the factory yourself and see what it takes to build a bike from the ground up, you have your chance this weekend. There will be a factory tour and a fun, relaxed metric century bike ride (60 miles/100 kilometers) for the purposes of enjoying the beautiful Waterford countryside this Sunday, June 11 starting at 9 a.m.
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ABSTRACT: This article describes the short-term outcomes of late preterm neonates born between 34 and 36 (6/7) weeks gestational age (GA) in a 4-year period. A total of 1381/ 20554 (6.7%) births were between 34 and 36 weeks of GA and were predominantly Caucasian (87%). In all, 697/1381 (51%) were admitted to nursery whereas 684/1381 (49%) remained with their mothers. Of the babies born at 34, 35, and 36 weeks GA, 97%, 53%, and 32%, respectively, required admission and of these 30%, 33%, and 23%, respectively, required respiratory support. Air leaks developed in <4% infants. Median length of stay and age at full enteral feeds were 11, 6, and 4 days and 10, 6, and 3 days for 34, 35, and 36 weeks GA, respectively. It is concluded that late preterms have significant morbidity in the neonatal period.Clinical Pediatrics 10/2008; 48(4):383-8. DOI:10.1177/0009922808324951 · 1.15 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: We describe outcomes of 70 infants with gastroschisis admitted to our neonatal intensive care unit between 2001 and 2005. Demographic data and outcome measures including discharge or death, simple versus complex (intestinal atresia, perforation, bowel necrosis, or volvulus), length of stay, mechanical ventilation and total parenteral nutrition, commencement of enteral feeds and age at reaching full feeds, and number of episodes of bacteremia were evaluated. In our study, 72% of the patients (n = 58) were simple cases, 28% were complex, and 44% had a positive blood culture. Median length of stay was 43 and 116 days for simple and complex cases, respectively. Median age at commencement of enteral feeds was 19 and 44 days for simple and complex cases, respectively. Six (14%) infants with simple and 8 (50%) with complex gastroschisis required an assisted feeding device (gastrostomy) tube before discharge. We concluded that the type of gastroschisis (simple versus complex) is an important determinant of outcome, including time to start and get to full feeds, duration of parenteral nutrition, length of stay, and survival. Although it is not always possible to determine whether the defect is simple or complex by antenatal scans, this information will be valuable to families with infants with gastroschisis and should be made available as soon as possible.American Journal of Perinatology 10/2007; 24(8):461-5. DOI:10.1055/s-2007-986692 · 1.91 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: A female infant (gestational age, 37 weeks) presented with respiratory distress and pulmonary hypertension. Incidental to her clinical course, she was discovered by abdominal ultrasound to have absent adrenal glands bilaterally. This is the first case report of congenitally absent adrenal glands noted at birth. The exons of the patient's SF-1 gene were sequenced, and despite identifying a single nucleotide polymorphism that preserves proline at position 125 of SF-1, none of the previously identified mutations were detected in our samples. The known role of SF-1 and its mutations in adrenal gland development are discussed.American Journal of Perinatology 03/2006; 23(2):111-4. DOI:10.1055/s-2006-931911 · 1.91 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Pulmonary hypertension is a potentially lethal condition, which affects adults and children alike. Genetic factors are implicated in the causation of primary pulmonary hypertension. We investigate the role of polymorphism in the 5HTT gene in the etiology of pulmonary hypertension in children aged 1-18.8 years. We have tested the hypothesis that the 5HTT gene does contribute to the pathogenesis of this disease in children by comparing the allelic frequencies of both the long and short variants between children with idiopathic pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary hypertension secondary to underlying pulmonary disease. We found that homozygosity for the long variant of 5HTT was highly associated with idiopathic pulmonary hypertension in children, suggesting perhaps a more important role for 5HTT gene function in the pathogenesis of early onset disease.Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 09/2005; 334(2):376-9. DOI:10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.06.107 · 2.30 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Epidural hematoma is a rare form of neonatal birth injury accounting for 2% of newborn intracranial hemorrhage. We report the first case of ultrasound-guided needle aspiration of a cranial epidural hematoma in a neonate who also suffered subgaleal and intraparenchymal hemorrhage as a complication of vacuum extraction.American Journal of Perinatology 12/2002; 19(8):401-4. DOI:10.1055/s-2002-36837 · 1.91 Impact Factor
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Wall Street Journal to Shutter Radio Division at Year's End. Inside sources tell TALKERS magazine that the Wall Street Journal is going to shut down its radio division at the end of the calendar year. The announcement was made to staffers today (11/12). The WSJ and MarketWatch Radio Networks division has produced money and finance-focused feature reports as well as the daily morning drive program, "The Wall Street Journal This Morning," hosted by Gordon Deal and Gina Cervetti plus a weekend edition of that program. It's unclear how many staffers this change will affect but the company has employees in New York, Washington and South Brunswick, New Jersey.
WSJ Radio Demise a Repercussion from Anti-Limbaugh Campaign? The above story about the end of the Wall Street Journal's radio products is bringing some strong reactions from within the news/talk radio industry. Former WTOP, Washington vice president of news and programming and current principal of Florida-based News Doctor, Inc, Jim Farley, suggests people are missing the connection with this story. He says, "Since the high-powered leftie campaign against Rush Limbaugh advertisers after the Sandra Fluke controversy, spoken-word brands as benign as AccuWeather and Charles Osgood have been on 'Do Not Buy' lists from ad agencies. The announced shutdown today of Wall Street Journal and Marketwatch Radio makes them collateral damage in this chilling war on the First Amendment which is crippling non-controversial, fair and accurate radio news and information outlets." TALKERS publisher Michael Harrison reacted quickly to Farley's comments as well as other buzz generated around the industry per the alleged Limbaugh connection to the demise of WSJ Radio stating, "With all due respect to Jim – a past recipient of the TALKERS Freedom of Speech Award – industry observers and the trade press have been connecting these dots for quite some time now. Consultant Holland Cooke even ran a big headline in his newsletter distributed at our conference in June proclaiming, 'THE BOYCOTT WENT TOO FAR.' The problem is nobody seems to know what to do about it or has the clout to do anything about it….or worse, wants to do anything about it. This whole issue is wrought with a social disease common in political circles left and right – namely hypocrisy… the pursuit of victory at the cost of truth… and it is proving extremely detrimental to one of America's most vibrant platforms of public policy conversation. Perhaps the folks at the NAB and the RAB (and even Media Matters) – if they really care about free speech and fairness, not to mention the beleaguered radio industry as a whole — should mount a unilateral campaign to educate the advertising community that has been unjustly persecuting the 'innocent' in its broad-brush blitzkrieg against political controversy. Perhaps the rest of us (meaning anyone even loosely associated with talk radio) should be more vigorously defending Rush instead of conveniently making him the scapegoat for our mounting economic woes, because looking at the big picture – it would be the right thing to do. This whole thing stinks and we are all to blame."
Glenn Beck Opens Up About Health Issues. Now that he's feeling better and recent medical treatments have him on the mend, Premiere Networks syndicated talk host and TheBlaze founder Glenn Beck told his audience on Monday that his health issues go back almost five years to when he was still hosting a show on Fox News Channel. Beck said he thought he had a painful form of neuropathy that was affecting his vision, his vocal chords, and his limbs but it turns out that was not the case. He also was not sleeping well, if at all, and says he's been told he hadn't had any real REM sleep in 10 years. Since going to the Carrick Brain Centers in Irving, Texas, he's been diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder and adrenal fatigue and since undergoing hormone treatment, physical therapy, and making changes in how he eats, sleeps, and works, he's "reversed the process."
WMMS, Cleveland's Rover Sets Up Fundraiser for Former Producer's Family. Former producer of the "Rover's Morning Glory" program on rock/talk hybrid WMMS, Cleveland – Rob Garguilo – exited that show recently to take a similar position with WHPT, Tampa's Mike Calta program. Tragedy entered his life as his girlfriend Sarah and the couple's children, 5-year-old Ben and five-week-old Serena were hit by a car while crossing a Largo, Florida street. The three are in critical condition in a Tampa hospital and Garguilo Tweets that Serena is on life support with no signs of brain activity. Now, Shane "Rover" French has set up a GoFundMe.com donation page to assist the family of his former producer. As of Wednesday morning, almost $18,000 has been raised for the family.
What Listeners Will Find Under the Tree. Each year, radio consultant Holland Cooke spends a week in early January in Las Vegas attending and reporting back to TALKERS readers about the technology being displayed at the massive Consumer Electronics Show. 2015 will be no different and recently Cooke was in New York for the annual preview show called CES/Unveiled. He writes that the top five wish-list items for this holiday season are (in order): tablets, notebook computers, TVs, smartphones, and video game consoles. Find out more of what's being touted as big consumer electronics spending decisions during the next year here.
WAKR, Akron Names Bourquin Afternoon Host. Moving from his most recent position as host and sports director at WHBC, Canton, Sam Bourquin joins Rubber City Radio Group to host the 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm program at WAKR. RCRG president and general manager Thom Mandel says, "Having Sam become available is very serendipitous for us. We think he is smart and talented. He really understands how to communicate with a radio audience. We like that he is committed to our Akron-Canton area and Northeast Ohio." Bourquin adds, "I'm looking forward to starting a new chapter in radio with a wonderful radio family at the Akron Radio Center. This is a great way to remain connected with old friends, make new friends and remain a part of the greater Akron-Canton community."
Tough Q3 for Radio One as Radio Division Posts Net Revenue Decline of 8.1%. The company as a whole saw net revenue dip 5.3% but the radio division alone was hit worse as net revenue sank 8.1% compared to the same period a year ago on $112.2 million in net revenue. Radio One CEO Alfred Liggins comments, "Our radio business experienced a very soft quarter. We had a perfect storm of weak market revenues and soft ratings in our four largest markets, and political revenues were less than anticipated. We had some ratings challenges in Washington DC, Baltimore and Atlanta in addition to the new competitor in Houston. Management has taken steps to remedy these issues, including a format change in Houston from news to classic hip hop. The initial ratings for our new station, 'Boom 92,' are extremely encouraging, and should mean we reverse the annual $1.5 million of losses that we were incurring on the news format. Outside our top four markets, radio revenues for the third quarter were +1.5% against a flat market. Overall Q4 radio revenue is currently pacing 1.9% and I believe we will have positive momentum going into the New Year. Reach Media experienced a similarly weak third quarter, but is performing better in 4th quarter, consistent with the radio division."
U.S.-China Carbon Emissions Deal, Lame Duck Congress, Iran Nuclear Talks, 2016 Presidential Prospects, Battle Against ISIS, Upper Midwest Cold and Snow, Net Neutrality Debate, and Kim Kardashian Mag Cover Among Top News/Talk Stories Yesterday (11/11). Controversy over the carbon emissions deal struck between President Obama and China's Xi Jinping; the possible legislation to be addressed by the lame duck congress; uncertainly about negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program; the potential candidates for president in 2016; the ongoing fight against ISIS and the organization's potential alliance with al Qaeda; the early cold and snow hitting the Upper Midwest; debate over the "net neutrality" issue and President Obama's public statement about it; and Kim Kardashian's recent nude magazine cover were some of the most-talked-about stories on news/talk radio yesterday, according to ongoing research from TALKERS.
National Journalism Center Plays a Supportive Role with Talk Radio and Media's Youth
By Jeff McKay
Special Features Correspondent
WASHINGTON, DC — In the era of industry-wide consolidation and moves to cut costs with syndication over local talk hosts, longtime radio and media veteran Kirby Wilbur could be the poster child for reinventing a career while helping others to start their own. Washington, DC-born and Seattle-raised, Wilbur made a name for himself in the Pacific Northwest not from his job as a real estate appraiser, but as a frequent caller to talk shows, a non-paid "hobby" that ultimately led him to his own talk show on KVI in 1993. For the next 16 years, he was a staple on Seattle airwaves, along with numerous appearances on TALKERS magazine's "Heavy Hundred" list of the most important radio talk show hosts in America, and also as a fill-in host for the Sean Hannity Show, until he was cut loose from KVI in October, 2009.
Fortunately for Wilbur, his Republican ideology, political activism and ability to articulate points allowed him to move directly into politics, becoming the chairman of the Washington State Republican Party. During his tenure, Republicans picked up majorities in the Washington State House and State Senate. However, an offer came his way that has not only changed him, but is also developing a new generation of members of the media.
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Marriage customs-Ganesh painting out side of house
When people in Jaisalmer get married, they paint a Ganesh outside their doors and wall with a wedding date and name of bride and groom on it. I found these lovely paintings all over Jaisalmer as I walked around.the picture is of Ganesha, the God Ganapati, the remover of all obstacles, with the wordings around it invoking blessings. On the right, there are invocations to Lord Krishna, above and to the left of the jar with the Coconut and the Betel leaves. This board has some of my favorites.What is interesting is that all the walls that I saw listed only marriages from the current generation.
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Jainism is one of the oldest religions in the world and originates from ancient India. The Jains follow the teachings of the 24 Jinas (conquerors) who are also known as Tirthankars. The 24th Tirthankar, Lord Mahavira lived in ca. 6th century BC. One of the main characteristics of Jain belief is the emphasis on the immediate consequences of one's behaviour. Jains are a small but influential religious minority with at least 4.2 million practitioners in modern India and more in growing immigrant communities in the United States, Western Europe, Africa, the Far East and elsewhere. Jainism stresses spiritual independence and equality of all life with particular emphasis on non-violence towards all living beings. Jains are strict vegetarians and the more orthodox ones cover their mouths to avoid inadvertently swallowing living organisms.
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After visiting the Parshvanath Temple at Lodurva, our driver took us to this little desert village called Chhatrel where he lived and where he was picking up his sister from and dropping her off at some wedding ceremony elsewhere. No sooner had we arrived, we were surrounded by children wanting sweets, pens or money. One lady took me to a shop where she showed me a large packet or sweets which I bought for the children. They were very happy afterwards! We also met several of the villages and were allowed to take photo's them including a couple of elderly guys who may have been the village elders. Our drivers sister was very ornately dressed with lots of piercings, bangles, chins and other jewellery. You could say that she was very "blinged up"! India's like their bling (wearing lots of jewellery to show their wealth). She was off to attend a wedding ceremony in another village and our driver, was taking her there after dropping us off to hook up with our camels. I asked our driver what the villages thought of his new shiny black 4x4 car as there were no other vehicles in the village. He said that he got treated as a "big man"!
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I love camels. They are the strangest creatures with the funniest faces. They are also very intelligent, more so than horses, I believe. I had been amused by camels in Jaisalmer that had birds on their backs. I also go lucky with this funny photo of a camel face.
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Compared with Jaipur, Delhi and other cities, there is less hassle in Jaisalmer. The shop owners are less agressiv and are sometimes even very funny! Enjoy Jaisalmer.
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Because the enduring sunshine turns every sandstone house into an oven, the people prefer sleeping outside on the roof at night.
I couldn't resist this photo that was taken during mid-morning. In this photo you can see the camel driver on the camel with me. Things you do for fun when your in the desert!
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Bailey is just eight years old and has cerebral palsy. His parents thought he'd never be able to walk, but amazingly he's completed a triathlon. Bailey picked up a Pride of Britain Child of Courage award this week, leaving few dry eyes in the house!
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Ian Mercer, the father of Chris Harper Mercer, who has been named as the shooter at Oregon's Umpqua Community College, has spoken to reporters outside his home in California.
A 20-year-old gunman has been killed by police after yet another school massacre in the United States.
The shootings have reignited the debate about gun control in the USA. There have been 142 school shootings since 2012, and this was the 45 shooting in a school or collage this year.
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It was the idea that won an award at the Pride of Britain Awards and is now being taken on by schools up and down the country.
Head teacher Elaine Wylie won Best Teacher for her scheme to get her schoolchildren to run a mile a day every day to combat child obesity.
Thorner Church of England Primary School in Leeds' PE teacher visited St Ninians, and they now include 15 minutes of running in their school day - so we sent Katy Rickitt to join in!
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NBC reporter Maggie Vespa is in the Douglas County Fairgrounds, Roseburg, Oregon to bring us the latest.
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In his Third Motion in Limine, defendant argues that, because he is charged with feloniously acting with an "intent to defraud or mislead," he can only be convicted if the United States or an individual victim were defrauded of money. Defendant states that the United States has no proof of any monetary fraud, and should be precluded from arguing that defendant may be convicted of a felony unless and until it introduces such evidence.
This argument is meritless and must be rejected.
The government will stipulate at the outset that this case does not involve evidence of monetary loss to the government or to any consumer. No such proof, however, is required. The defendant's motion is not supported by either the language of the statute or the four appellate courts that have considered this particular issue.
As is outlined in more detail in the United States' trial memorandum (at pages 9 - 15), the government's proof in this case will establish that defendant XXXX XXXXXXXX or his coconspirators took active steps designed to avoid detection by the FDA and other regulatory authorities while illegally purchasing and distributing adulterated and misbranded bulk animal drugs. Among other things, the defendant on various occasions affirmatively misrepresented the nature of his business to an FDA investigator; used multiple delivery sites to obtain smuggled, unlabeled bulk drugs; maintained no records of his purchases or sales of these illegal drugs; and used coded invoices to represent products he sold to customers. Such evidence is more than sufficient to support a determination that the defendant acted with felonious "intent to defraud or mislead" pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 333(a)(2).[FN1] See United States v. Arlen, 947 F.2d 139 (5th Cir. 1991), cert. denied, 112 S. Ct. 1480 (1992);[FN2] United States v. Bradshaw, 840 F.2d 871 (11th Cir.), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 924 (1988);[FN3] see also United States v. Cambra, 933 F.2d 752, 755 (9th Cir. 1991) (defendant had "the intent that the FDA not realize what he was doing, and he certainly was trying to hide his activities from the FDA because he was worried that they certainly wouldn't approve what he was doing").
FN1. Prior to July 22, 1988, 21 U.S.C. § 333(a)(2) had been codified at 21 U.S.C. § 333(b).
FN2. In Arlen, the defendant took "active steps . . . to avoid detection and regulation by the FDA." Id. at 144. Evidence established that the defendant did not generate or maintain records of his drug dealings, stopped using blank money orders because they created a record, rented a private postal box under a fictitious name, and used fictitious names and addresses when mailing steroids. Id. at 143-44.
FN3. In Bradshaw, evidence of the defendant's intent to defraud was established through proof that the defendant moved from state to state, used mail drops rather than his home address, used false names, mislabeled his products, and used others to pick up and deliver the packages. 840 F.2d at 873.
III. DISCUSSIONTitle 21, United States Code, Section 333(a)(1) provides that any person who violates a provision of 21 U.S.C. § 331 is guilty of a misdemeanor.[FN4] Section 333(a)(2) provides that such violations, committed with "the intent to defraud or mislead," are felonies. 21 U.S.C. § 333(a)(2).[FN5] Significantly, the latter provision states that a felony may be based on either intent to defraud or mislead, and an intent to mislead anyone -- whether the government or private individuals -- does not require any monetary loss. On its face, therefore, the statute does not require proof of monetary loss.
FN4. Prior to July 22, 1988, 21 U.S.C. § 333(a)(1) had been codified at 21 U.S.C. § 333(a).
FN5. See footnote 1, supra.
As the defendant recognizes, four different courts of appeals have considered this issue, and all have held that the type of fraud intended by 21 U.S.C. § 333(a)(2) includes not only fraud involving monetary loss, but also fraud involving the regulatory authority of government agencies. United States v. Arlen, 947 F.2d at 142-44; United States v. Mitcheltree, 940 F.2d 1329, 1347, 1352 (10th Cir. 1991); United States v. Cambra, 933 F.2d at 755; United States v. Bradshaw, 840 F.2d at 874-75. No court has reached a contrary result.
Defendant places principal reliance on McNally v. United States, 483 U.S. 350 (1987). In McNally, the Supreme Court reversed convictions under the mail fraud statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1341. The defendants had been convicted of using the mail to defraud citizens of their intangible right to honest and impartial government in connection with a scheme involving the sharing of commissions for workmen's compensation insurance. The Supreme Court examined the history of the mail fraud statute and concluded that it was intended only to protect against the use of the post office in schemes to deprive property rights, not the intangible right to good government.
After McNally, courts have recognized that an interpretation of a statutory "defraud" element must be determined in light of the structure, purpose, and history of the statute in question. In so doing, courts have not hesitated to reject the suggestion that congressional inclusion of the word "defraud" in a statute inexorably mandates evidence of a monetary loss. See, e.g., United States v. Murphy, 957 F.2d 550, 553 (8th Cir. 1992) (affirming conviction of conspiring to defraud the government under 18 U.S.C. § 371 in connection with the leaking of information about an FBI investigation); United States v. Elkins, 885 F.2d 775, 781 (11th Cir. 1989) (conspiracy to defraud the government of its right to implement foreign policy), cert. denied, 494 U.S. 1005 (1990); United States v. Kato, 878 F.2d 267, 270 (9th Cir. 1989) ("[C]onspiracy to defraud the United States under 18 U.S.C. § 371 does not require an agreement to defraud the government of money or property").
Four different courts of appeals have recognized that the structure, purpose, and history of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ("FDCA") is far different from the structure, purpose, and history of the mail fraud statute at issue in McNally. As a result, in decisions all rendered after McNally, these courts have unanimously concluded that the "intent to defraud or mislead" requirement in the FDCA includes an intent to defraud a government regulatory agency of its oversight abilities. See Arlen, 947 F.2d at 143; Mitcheltree, 940 F.2d at 1349; Cambra, 933 F.2d at 755; Bradshaw, 840 F.2d at 874-75 & n.8.
In Arlen and Bradshaw, both the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits examined the FDCA's language and purpose. The courts observed that, given the statutory language of 21 U.S.C. § 333(a) [now 21 U.S.C. § 333(a)(1)], a violation of any of the prohibitions of 21 U.S.C. § 331 constitutes a misdemeanor, and that, pursuant to the language of 21 U.S.C. § 333(b) [now 21 U.S.C. § 333(a)(2)], any such act done with intent to defraud or mislead constitutes a felony. Arlen, 947 F.2d at 142; Bradshaw, 840 F.2d at 874.
Both courts further observed that several of the acts proscribed by 21 U.S.C. § 331 concern only the government. For example, 21 U.S.C. § 331(e) prohibits regulated individuals and entities from refusing to permit FDA access to records; 21 U.S.C. § 331(f) prohibits regulated individuals or entities from refusing to permit FDA inspections; and 21 U.S.C. § 331(p) requires regulated individuals and entities to register with the FDA.
In light of these provisions directly related to the FDA's oversight of the food, drug, device, and cosmetic industries, both courts recognized the anomaly that would be created were they to hold that the government could not be a defrauded victim: such a result "would lead to the conclusion that there could never be a felonious violation of §§ 331(e), (f), or (p)." Arlen, 947 F.2d at 142; see Bradshaw, 840 F.2d at 874-75. Because "the plain inclusive language of § 333(b) . . . contemplates both misdemeanor and felony violations for all § 331 offenses," Arlen, 947 F.2d at 142 (emphasis added), the courts concluded that Congress meant to punish, within the FDCA framework, conduct intended to defraud government agencies of their oversight authority.[FN4]
FN4. Wholly misplaced is the defendant's suggestion that Marchetti v. United States, 390 U.S. 39 (1968) and Grosso v. United States, 390 U.S. 62 (1968) bar any potential felony violations of these various requirements, which pertain solely to an individual or entity's interaction with the FDA. (Defendant's Combined Memorandum in Support of Defendant XXXXXXX's Pending Pretrial Motions in Limine, at 7 n.4). Unlike the statutes at issue in Marchetti and Grosso, it can hardly be said that statutory requirements designed to regulate legitimate conduct in the food, drug, and cosmetic industries are designed solely to prevent criminal behavior. See, e.g., United States v. Reiff, 435 F.2d 257 (7th Cir. 1970), cert. denied, 401 U.S. 938 (1971); United States v. Malcouronne, 283 F. Supp. 87, 88 (D. Mass. 1968); see also In re Grand Jury Proceedings (John Doe, M.D.), 801 F.2d 1164, 1168 (9th Cir. 1986); see generally Shapiro v. United States, 335 U.S. 1 (1948).
To superimpose upon section 333(a)(2)'s mens rea requirement of "intent to defraud or mislead" proof of a monetary loss to the FDA, as XXXXXXXX suggests, would be wholly inconsistent with the FDCA's statutory purpose. As the Eighth Circuit has recognized, "[i]t is difficult to overstate the urgent nature of the public-health interests served by effective regulation of our nation's drug-manufacturing industry." United States v. Jamieson-McKames Pharmaceuticals, 651 F.2d 532, 537 (8th Cir. 1981), cert. denied, 455 U.S. 1016 (1982). Unlike the mail fraud statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1341, the FDCA's primary objective is not in protecting monetary or property interests:
The general scheme of the Act and its legislative history indicate that the overriding congressional purpose was consumer protection -- the protection of the public against any misbranded or adulterated food, drug, device, or cosmetic. When [a defendant] misle[ads] the governmental agencies, thereby frustrating their efforts to protect the public, he indirectly misle[ads] and defraud[s] the public.
Bradshaw, 840 F.2d at 874.
As discussed, many acts prohibited by 21 U.S.C. § 331 are exclusively directed at facilitating the FDA's ability to fulfill its regulatory mission. Violations of these provisions directly impair the FDA's ability to regulate; moreover, they have absolutely no relationship to the exchange of money or property. To construe the FDCA's "intent to defraud" language as precluding felony charges absent proof of monetary loss would thus render it impossible to ever establish this class of violations as felonies.
One example of the problems created by imposing such a limitation can be found in Arlen, where the Fifth Circuit describes the difference between a misdemeanor violation of 21 U.S.C. § 331(f) and a felony violation of the same provision:
[A]n operator of a drug storage facility must permit inspection of his premises when FDA personnel present him with proper credentials and written notice of inspection. If the operator refuses to permit the inspection of his facility because he feels it is an inconvenient time for an inspection, he has committed a willful violation of § 331(f) (failure to permit inspection by FDA), even if his facility fully complies with all FDA regulations. This violation would be punished as a misdemeanor under § 333(a). If, however, the operator refuses inspection because he wants time to clean up his contaminated facility, he has willfully violated § 331(f) with the intent to defraud or mislead the government. This violation would be punished as a felony under § 333(b).
Arlen, 947 F.2d at 143. In this context, considerations of a monetary loss are not only irrelevant, but are incompatible and inconsistent with the FDCA.[FN5]
FN5. Such an approach would also be at odds with the Supreme Court's admonition that the provisions of the FDCA are to be construed liberally so as to further the Act's public health and safety concerns. See, e.g., United States v. Park, 421 U.S. 658, 672-73 (1975); United States v. Wiesenfeld Warehouse Company, 376 U.S. 86 (1964); Kordel v. United States, 335 U.S. 345, 348-49 (1948); United States v. Sullivan, 332 U.S. 689, 692 (1948); United States v. Dotterweich, 320 U.S. 277, 280 (1943); see also Master Insulators of St. Louis v. International Ass'n of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers, Local No. 1, 925 F.2d 1118, 1121 (8th Cir. 1991) (statutory provisions should be interpreted in a manner that will "preserve the object and policy of the entire statute").
Thus, defendant's interpretation of section 333(b) goes well beyond merely "strict" construction or "rational interpretation"; it effectively construes a sizeable portion of the statute right out of existence. Such a result transgresses the well-established principle of statutory construction that "[a] statute should be construed so that effect is given to all its provisions, so that no part of it will be inoperative or superfluous, void or insignificant." Gonzalez v. McNary, 980 F.2d 1418, 1420 (11th Cir. 1993); see also Weinberger v. Hynson, Westcott and Dunning, Inc., 412 U.S. 609, 633 (1973) ("well-settled rule of statutory construction that all parts of a statute, if at all possible, are to be given effect" applied to FDCA's "new drug" definition).
In short, both the language and purpose of the FDCA lead to the conclusion that it applies to any activities that are fraudulent and misleading, including activities aimed at defrauding or misleading a government regulatory agency, without any requirement of monetary loss. The defendant's argument that McNally requires a different result flies in the face of the FDCA's language and purpose, as well as opinions from four courts of appeals, and therefore must be rejected.
For the foregoing reasons, the defendant's Third Motion in Limine should be denied.
Dated: February __, 1994
Respectfully submitted,
United States Attorney
Office of Consumer Litigation
U.S. Department of Justice
P.O. Box 386
Washington, D.C. 20044
(202) 514-0516/(202) 307-01744
[cited in Civil Resource Manual 15]


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