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Ontario's medtech industry is already producing innovative technologies that range from creating advanced devices that give sight to the blind to intricate computer systems that track dangerous pathogens like Ebola.
We have generous R&D tax credits, a deep pool of highly educated talent, and an innovation ecosystem comprised of world-leading research facilities, academic institutions, private enterprise and government. If you have life-changing ideas in medical technology, Ontario is your destination for innovation.
Ontario's medical technology industry is vibrant, diverse and expanding – with start-ups, multinationals, research institutes and clinics all backed by a supportive government.
The medtech sector in Ontario boasts an impressive and steadily growing diversity of companies in terms of size, focus, product, and maturity level with all of them benefitting from the open collaboration that happens here within technology clusters.
There are already 22,500 people working in this sector at more than 1,300 companies that collectively earn $12.2 billion in revenues annually, with exports totalling $1.45 billion.
Medtech firms of all sizes have already discovered what Ontario has to offer their businesses: skilled talent, competitive incentives, a solid economy, a collaborative and innovative environment, dynamic industry clusters, and access to the $20-trillion NAFTA market. We make it easy for you to come and plug into our innovation ecosystem – just like these leading companies have done:
Teledyne DALSA is an international leader in digital imaging and semiconductors, with about 1,000 employees worldwide. Based in Waterloo, they develop, manufacture and market digital imaging products, technologies and sensors with core competencies in specialized integrated circuit and electronics technology, software, and highly engineered semiconductor wafer processing.
Medtronic, with headquarters in Brampton, Ontario, was ranked one of Canada's Top 100 Employers as well as one of Canada's Best Large Workplaces in 2014. This firm is a global leader in medical technology, focusing on advanced solutions to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life in the areas of cardiovascular medicine, diabetes, spinal and neurosurgery, and ear, nose and throat surgery.
In October 2014, just over a year after relocating their head office to Markham, Ontario, Toshiba of Canada Ltd. developed and launched an impressive new Medical Systems Training Center furnished with advanced educational tools and equipment. Toshiba Medical Systems Corp. is a leading worldwide provider of medical diagnostic imaging systems and comprehensive medical solutions, including CT, X-Ray, Ultrasound and MRI systems. The new training centre includes a demonstration area that uses Toshiba's Infinix-i cardiovascular imaging technology to facilitate presentations, demonstrations, clinical and technical support, and learning opportunities for clinicians, biomedical engineers and technologists.
Toshiba has developed strategic global partnerships with world-renowned research institutes here in Ontario. Most recently, they announced a ground-breaking imaging platform with the University Health Network's Joint Department of Medical Imaging and the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Canada's premier cardiac centre.
Featuring twin, state-of-the-art Toshiba CT scanners in an integrated layout, this novel platform enables viewing of highly detailed images of the heart and all other body areas to help medical professionals detect disease faster and pinpoint more precise treatment plans. Unveiled at the Toronto General Hospital, this platform helps clinicians to expedite the transfer of research findings from one CT scanner into clinical use on the other, enabling the earlier identification of heart disease and other serious illnesses. This improves patient care and supports quicker translation into clinical practice. In addition, the advanced imaging and analysis provided through this platform will result in earlier diagnosis and treatment of disease, leading to improved patient care and resource utilization.
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Experts believe Ontario will continue to host the largest concentration of medical device and biotechnology firms in Canada. Most Canadian medtech companies are already here, and the province has a well-earned reputation for supporting international businesses looking to expand or relocate.
Ontario possesses a wealth of capabilities to support the development of a robust medtech sector. The environment of collaboration here is second to none, and has resulted in transformative initiatives like the EXCITE program. Medtech innovators in Ontario not only improve patient outcomes for Canadian and international citizens, they're highly trained, have access to world-class R&D resources, and are equipped to tap into the medtech markets in Canada and worldwide.
Brian Lewis,President and CEO, MEDEC
Ontario medical technology firms are conceiving, successfully commercializing and selling their technologies domestically and globally, transforming health care at both the patient and systemic level.
Here are a few examples of what progress in medical technology looks like in Ontario:
There is incredible potential to expand your business in Ontario. Other promising sub-sectors include telemedicine, electronic health records (EHR), integrated health solutions, and data analytics. If growth and innovation are in your long-term business plans, you need to be here.
In November 2014, Siemens announced it had established its first Canadian training centre for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in partnership with the Joint Department of Medical Imaging (JDMI) at the University of Toronto. Located in the Medical Imaging Department at Toronto General Hospital, the centre offers its Canadian customers the opportunity to benefit from MRI training locally and more frequently. With the largest installed base in Canada – approximately 170 MRI scanners across the country – and five dedicated MRI application specialists in Canada, Siemens was well-positioned to open a centre of this kind.
Brilliant researchers can conceive life-changing innovations – but these may never reach consumers if they aren't successfully commercialized. Ontario tackles this challenge head-on by ensuring its academic community works closely with industry to help commercialize research and grow successful businesses.
The open environment supporting collaboration between business and research in Ontario has spawned successful, marketable biotechnology initiatives in a range of sectors. More than a dozen research partnership programs and grants are available here, including the National Research Council of Canada's Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada's Idea-to-Innovation Grant, and the Ontario Centres of Excellence industry-academic collaboration and commercialization programs.
Sunnybrook Research Institute works closely with the University of Toronto to commercialize research, licensing technologies from both major multinationals and start-ups. Research at Sunnybrook has resulted in the creation of more than a dozen imaging companies as well as two acquisitions.
Ontario's environment of collaboration benefits investors by making it easier for them to find and harness the resources they need to move their research through all stages of development to commercialization and growth.
….is good for the firms that supply them.
Major original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) with a presence in Ontario, like Siemens, Toshiba, Hitachi, Philips and GE Healthcare, provide an established and expanding market for the province's abundance of smaller and midsize software and hardware suppliers, and are a key part of the medtech ecosystem here.
Ontario firms are at the heart of all things medtech in Canada. Nearly half of Canadian medtech companies are based in Ontario, and they produce an extraordinary variety of products designed to meet an array of health care needs, from medical imaging to diagnostics, surgery and other procedures spanning the full spectrum of medical specialties. Many of these hundreds of firms, specializing in an endless variety of products, have found markets among the industry giants – and you can, too!
Ontario is keenly interested in the growth and prosperity of medtech firms in the province – so it has been proactive about initiating and cultivating programs designed to benefit firms of all sizes and maturity levels in this sector.
In addition to companies and research institutes, our diverse medtech ecosystem includes start-up incubators, university industry research centres, commercialization networks, investors and new media services, all available to help take your company to the next level.
Firms that set up in Ontario can join major medtech influencers. For example:
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By Spc. C. Terrell TurnerJanuary 28, 2012
FORT DEVENS, Mass.-- While all Army roles are crucial on the battlefield, postal Soldiers serve a unique role for troops in a deployed area. Postal Soldiers provide a means to send and receive packages and voting ballots from the mountains of Afghanistan or the deserts of Kuwait back home to the United States.
During this year's annual, two-week Silver Scimitar exercise held here, human resources and postal Soldiers are taught and advised by military civilians, forward-deployed Soldiers on temporary orders back to the U.S., and previously-deployed Soldiers who volunteer as instructors.
The Military Postal Service Agency is the military wing of the U.S. Postal Service, operated by service members from all branches. These troops follow the same security parameters required of federal postal workers, with the same reprisals for tampering with mail or absentee ballots.
"Before we started using the Automated Military Postal System in 2000, we didn't have date stamps and things weren't tracked, and ballots were bundled, but became comingled," said Maj. May Verdar, military postal service agency management analyst at Human Resources Command. "Under the old system, information wasn't flowing to postal personnel. This system revamped the whole process."
May is an individual mobilization augmentee assigned to Silver Scimitar as an instructor.
She said the new absentee voting system took about a year to develop after a new piece of federal legislation required the military to better account for absentee ballots, thus ensuring every service member has a chance to vote.
After several hours of training over numerous days, leaders can see how their instruction is sinking in with the Soldiers.
"I think [the Soldiers] are in information overload," said Faye Slater, deputy director of the MPSA, who was here giving presentations to Soldiers. "This is good training with knowledgeable instructors. They can't get this training any other time and I've received really positive feedback."
Larry Vann, a former first sergeant who's a branch manager with the MPSA, trains Soldiers on using the Integrated Retail Terminal, the information terminal postal Soldiers use to serve customers in military post offices. While deployed, Soldiers take the postal information from their terminals and send it to the U.S. Postal Service via AMPS.
"I first fielded the IRT to the schoolhouse in 1989," said Vann. "Ideally, we want all of the postal Soldiers trained on this machine. It's important that the machine Soldiers train on is the same one they operate in the field."
The first part of Silver Scimitar involves training and refreshing Soldiers and leaders on equipment, policies and procedures. The second part, the culminating training event, features the practical application of the lessons in setting up their human resources offices and postal offices in a simulated deployed environment. Soldiers go through a series of mock scenarios, operating the equipment as they would overseas.
"There is absolutely an effect from Silver Scimitar," said Slater. "We will be able to show that effect with the results from evaluations in the culminating training event; how much they've grown."
The exercise definitely resonates with Soldiers who have attended training previously.
"We have used the IRT since school and at last year's Silver Scimitar," said Spc. Alexander Bisson, a human resources specialist with the 806th Military Mail Terminal. "It's not the newest equipment we use, but it gets the job done and that's what matters."
Bisson, a Santa Clara, Calif., native, is a six-year veteran in the U.S. Army Reserve. He feels confident about his performance during a future deployment based on his time spent at Silver Scimitar.
"After this training, I'll be fairly ready," he said. "So far, so good. I feel prepared; I enjoy my job and love my unit."

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The Internet of Things
The term "Internet of Things" basically describes billions of "smart" devices—from tiny chips to mammoth machines—that use wireless technology to talk to each other (and to us). The IoT world is growing at a breathtaking pace, from 2 billion objects in 2006 to a projected 200 billion by 2020. That will be around 26 smart objects for every human being on Earth. You can see this is driving a lot of interest from manufacturers, device designers, software and tech companies such as Intel in releasing real-world applications for this technology.
But it's not just tech companies chasing the IoT market - venture capital is crawling all over the IoT space making big bets on a huge array of companies that deliver products, software and services . The most recent infographic via CBInsights paints an incredibly interesting picture of investment across dozens of brands, you can see for yourself here: https://www.cbinsights.com/blog/iot-most-active-investor-infographic. On the venture side, you may not have noticed but Uptake, a Chicago-based IoT startup, beat Slack and Uber to become Forbes 2015's Hottest Startup. They raised $45M at a $1B post funding valuation.
Power, water, healthcare, transportation, oil & gas, construction and agriculture are all industries where IoT will have a massive impact. From maklers of machines to the companies buying and using them IoT will start to become more prevalent even if you don't exactly realize what the technology is actually providing. New networks are being deployed globally, using technology such as SigFox to enable these devices to communicate. Battery manufacturers are creating small power cells for IoT devices that will run for 10, 15 or even 20 years.
So what are some of the applications of this technology?
A connected defibrillator box that ensure units remain operational at all times, sends an alert when the box is opened and automatically calls emergency services in case of emergency.
Cattle management - a IoT device can detect heat periods & prevent health issues. GPS tracking provides herd management and sown pasture optimisation (livestock tracking stats). Large agriculture machines such as harvesters can provide real-time data on location, fuel, remaining catcher capacity etc.
Optimize oil recovery, reduce well intervention and maintenance costs, improve safety and environmental performance
Smart Cities
Parking management - Happier drivers saving time to find parking and reduces accidents & gas pollution
Manhole monitoring - Send alert when opening cover, avoid street hazards
Trash Bin Monitoring - Daily info on filling level , alerts in case of fire, tracking for moving bins
Smart Home Automation
Security systems, thermostats, water/flood sensors, video cameras, smart locks
The Issue of Security
As IoT products continue to connect more and more aspects of our lives, it means more and more of our private and business information is being entrusted into the hands of IoT manufacturers. IoT companies will be forced to increase security features to ensure users' private information is safer than ever before.
The IoT Architecture
Overview of the top level components
You can divide the IoT technology into three main components:
A device includes hardware and software that directly interacts with the world. Devices connect to a network to communicate with each other, or to centralized applications. Devices might be directly or indirectly connected to the Internet.
A gateway enables devices that are not directly connected to the Internet to reach cloud services. Although the term gateway has a specific function in networking, it is also used to describe a class of device that processes data on behalf of a group or cluster of devices.
The data from each device is sent to a cloud platform, where it is processed and combined with data from other devices, and potentially with other business-transactional data.
The IoT and Your Business
As with any dynamic and hi-growth technology the question is to analyze and discover what application the IoT can have in your business and if a solution exists. As more manufacturers build out sensors and devices, and as more IoT networks are created you will have more choice than ever before. Generator can incorporate IoT into your technology plan and road-map or evaluate current available technology today to make a meaningful impact on your business operations. Contact us for more information and an informal discussion.


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VBC Business Expo & Match Maker
The Veterans Business Council (VBC) and Monroe County Finger Lakes Procurement Technical Assistance Center (MCFL PTAC), in conjunction with our sponsors, are pleased to bring you the Business Expo, Matchmaker and Awards Luncheon!
This Matchmaker is your opportunity to meet one on one with Buyers from large businesses, the military, federal agencies, and state and local governments. These Buyers and Small Business Liaison Officers need additional Suppliers to help them meet special contract requirements- they are required to purchase specific percentages of their supplies and services from Small Businesses. Whether or not your company is already selling to Prime Contractors and/or the government, or you want to start diversifying sales, you won't want to miss this Matchmaker and Expo!
The Business Expo and Matchmaker will provide you with the opportunity to meet and present your products and services to the Prospects you select from the dozens of Buyers and Purchasing Agents of Prime Contractors and Government Agencies that will be attending. This is a great opportunity to grow your business and promote your company, products and services during one-on-one meetings with interested, large contract Buyers. Additionally, you can also sign up to be an Exhibitor, and showcase your business to the hundreds of Matchmaker attendees.
Matchmaker Prep
If you never attended a Matchmaker Event, make sure you are prepared. A great starting point is PTAC: http://www.monroecountyfingerlakesptac.com/. Our PTAC provides extensive support to Small Businesses, including Matchmaker prep assistance.


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Brooklyn, N.Y.
WHAT A condominium with five bedrooms and three bathrooms in a revitalized mid-19th-century house in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn
HOW MUCH $2.3 million
SIZE 2,033 square feet
SETTING Known as the Elkins House after its original 1850s owners, this rare surviving free-standing frame house is in a historic district of Crown Heights and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. (The building received landmark protection shortly before it was scheduled to be razed.) It is on Dean Street, three blocks from the Kingston–Throop Avenues subway station.
INDOORS The structure underwent a heroic restoration that involved shoring it up on stilts and digging out and replacing the foundation. Exterior and interior elements that could not be saved or repurposed were recreated with the guidance of architectural historians.
The entrance to this unit is at the side of the building, up a flight of stairs created from salvaged floor joists. The main floor is dominated by a combined living room, dining room and kitchen totaling more than 800 square feet. This area has 10-foot ceilings, exposed steel I-beams, white oak floors, dark-wood and marble-patterned kitchen accents and a fireplace. This level also has two bedrooms with individual private balconies and one bathroom.
On the top level — up a wood staircase that lends a ziggurat detail to the kitchen wall behind it — is the master suite which has its own bathroom and spacious closet. Two additional bedrooms on this level share a bathroom.
OUTDOOR SPACE A 660-square-foot private front yard with a shrubbery border comes with the unit. The upper floor has a 146-square-foot terrace.
TAXES $3,192 a year (estimated); monthly homeowner's fee: $584
CONTACT Lindsay Barton Barrett, Compass, 646-663-1092; compass.com
Orlando, Fla.
WHAT A circa-1930 neoclassical revival home with four bedrooms, three and a half bathrooms and a lakeside gazebo
HOW MUCH $2.25 million
SIZE 3,972 square feet
SETTING Built for S.J. Sligh, the owner of a citrus company, the home sits on three lots on Lake Copeland in a historic district of downtown Orlando. It was reported to have cost $25,000 to construct in about 1930, making it the most expensive house in the neighborhood at the time.
INDOORS The building has hardwood floors, detailed millwork and antique lighting, including 1840s Parisian wall sconces and 1860s chandeliers that came from the governor's mansion in Alabama. Many of the furnishings are available to buy.
A front door with a transom and fanlights takes you into a foyer with a graceful staircase. To the right is a 28-foot-long living room with a marble fireplace and, at the end of the room, a bar. Beyond an arch is the dining room, with three sets of French doors leading to an outdoor seating area. This level also has a parlor with a fireplace, an office with a fireplace, a sunroom with its original beveled glass and a kitchen with stained-glass ceiling lamps from the Somers studio in New York.
Each of the four upstairs bedrooms is spacious (the smallest is 150 square feet) and connects to a bathroom. This floor also has a sunroom.
OUTDOOR SPACE A brick path leads to the lake, where a gazebo topped by a weather vane offers views of swans and downtown Orlando. A pair of swan boats are attached to the pier. The 1.18-acre property is shaded by oak trees that are at least a century old. A detached brick carriage house has room for two cars.
CONTACT Debbie Kantor or Michelle Hochfelder, Premier Sotheby's International Realty, 407-733-8877; sothebysrealty.com
Boulder, Colo.
WHAT A renovated midcentury-modern home with three bedrooms and three bathrooms
HOW MUCH $2.3 million
SIZE 2,345 square feet
SETTING The home is in the Chautauqua neighborhood, about two miles from downtown Boulder. A trailhead across the street leads to Chautauqua Park, with its sports, dining and cultural amenities.
INDOORS The 1954 home was designed by James Hunter, a local architect, and thoroughly renovated in the last two years, with the butterfly roof replaced. A continuous sense of space is created through an open plan, extensive glass and doors that offer direct outdoor access from several rooms.
The living area has tile floors with radiant heat, and a brick fireplace wall with blackened stainless steel details and embedded lights. The kitchen was opened up and includes wood cabinets, GE Monogram appliances and white Caesarstone countertops.
A master bedroom wall was bumped out to create generous closet space; the en-suite master bathroom has a walk-in shower, soaking tub and rippling wall tile. A second bedroom is connected to a bathroom with a shower, which also serves as the powder room. The third bedroom directly adjoins a small study and has an en-suite bathroom.
OUTDOOR SPACE The 0.28-acre property is large for the neighborhood and includes a patio and courtyard. The home has an attached two-car garage.
CONTACT Zach Zeidner or Layla Steele, Boulder Luxury Group, RE/MAX Alliance on Walnut, 720-480-7650; boulderluxurygroup.com


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Summary: 46-year old former truck driver/laborer with the City of Missoula Street Department claimed wage supplement benefits under section 39-71-703, MCA (1987). Because the Subsequent Injury Fund was potentially liable, the matter was heard before a hearing officer of the Department of Labor pursuant to section 39-71-910, MCA (repealed in 1997). The hearing officer determined claimant was not entitled to wage supplement benefits and he appealed.
Held: Under section 2-4-704(2), MCA, this Court may not substitute its judgment for that of the agency as to the weight of the evidence on questions of fact. The Court looks to whether the administrative findings, inferences, conclusions, or decisions are "clearly erroneous in view of the reliable, probative, and substantial evidence on the whole record." The hearing officer's finding that claimant is presently qualified to earn the same wage as his time-of-injury wage, and is thus not entitled to wage-loss benefits, is supported by the record. With the exception of time off for brief lay-offs, and to recover from medical treatment, claimant remained in employment with the same employer from his injury in 1987 until he resigned in 1996, to move to Bozeman, where his wife accepted a promotion with her employer. Although claimant argued he retained employment with the City of Missoula at his time-of-injury wage rate, and higher rates, only because the employer accommodated his condition, evidence indicated otherwise. There was also evidence that claimant is competitive for similar jobs in Bozeman once those positions come open. Appeal denied.
Appellant, David R. Holcomb (claimant), appeals from the decision of the Department of Labor and Industry (Department) denying his claim for wage supplement benefits under section 39-71-703, MCA (1987).
Factual Background
1. Claimant is 46 years old and has received a Graduate Equivalency Diploma (GED). As a child, claimant injured his right hand in a gun accident. The accident left claimant with a deformed hand, significant scarring, and a fused wrist.
2. Claimant suffered a compensable industrial injury to his right hand on July 1, 1987, while employed by the City of Missoula Street Department. The injury occurred when claimant threw a heavy grating. He experienced pain over the ulnar aspect of his right wrist, tingling in the palm of his hand and numbness to the small and ulnar side of the ring finger. (MMIA Exs. 1, 4.)
3. Following his injury, claimant saw Dr. Mark F. Rotar, an orthopedic surgeon, on July 2, 1987, and Dr. Rotar was thereafter claimant's primary treating physician. Dr. Rotar treated claimant conservatively for approximately seven months. When claimant's wrist did not improve significantly, Dr. Rotar referred claimant to Dr. Donald E. Murray, a hand specialist, for a second opinion. (Claimant's Ex. 1, Dr. Rotar's Office Notes of February 9, 1988.) Dr. Murray performed surgery on claimant's right hand in February 1988 and again in October 1991.
4. At the time of his injury, claimant was working for the City of Missoula Street Department as a truck driver/laborer earning $10.36 per hour. With the exception of brief layoffs in 1987 and 1988, time taken to heal from his wrist surgeries in February 1988 and October 1991, and time off for a couple of other work-related injuries, claimant was continuously employed by the City of Missoula Street Department as a truck driver/laborer from August 1982 until May 1996. Claimant's last position was as an assigned truck driver/laborer, a position he bid into under the union seniority system applicable to the Street Department.
5. In May 1996, claimant voluntarily resigned his position with the Missoula Street Department to move to Bozeman with his wife, who had received a job promotion that resulted in her transfer to Bozeman. At the time of his resignation, claimant was earning $12.95 per hour, plus an additional $48.00 per month longevity pay. Claimant presently resides in Bozeman.
6. Prior to his resignation from the City of Missoula, claimant contacted the City of Bozeman Department of Public Services, Street Division, to inquire into similar employment as he had in Missoula. No full-time positions were available. Claimant therefore applied for and was hired as a seasonal laborer with the Bozeman Street Department for the street maintenance season. He was rehired for and worked the 1997 season. His wages as a seasonal laborer are less than what he was earning as a permanent employee of the Missoula Street Department.
7. Further facts are set forth in the discussion part of this opinion.
Following his resignation from the Missoula Street Department and his move to Bozeman, the claimant sought wage-loss benefits under section 39-71-703, MCA (1987). His request was denied by the insurer and went to hearing on June 18, 1996, before a Department hearing officer. On December 9, 1996, the hearing officer issued Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Order, denying benefits. This appeal followed.
Record on Appeal
The record on appeal consists of a transcript of the hearing below, a deposition of claimant, the exhibits offered and admitted at hearing, and the Department's complete file.
Issue Raised on Appeal
The issue on appeal is whether the decision below is "clearly erroneous in view of the reliable, probative, and substantial evidence on the whole record."
Ordinarily, benefits determinations are within the original jurisdiction of the Workers' Compensation Court. However, at the time the hearing was held below, the Workers' Compensation Act provided that benefits disputes involving the Subsequent Injury Fund must be resolved by the Department. Section 39-71-910, MCA (1995), provided:
The section was repealed by the 1997 legislature, thus, presumably, original jurisdiction over benefits controversies involving the Subsequent Injury Fund now rests with the Court. However, since the hearing was held prior to the appeal, the Court's jurisdiction in this case is appellate jurisdiction. §§ 39-71-204 and -2401, MCA.
Scope of Review
Judicial review of a final Order of the Department is governed by section 2-4-704(2), MCA, which provides in relevant part:
The claimant's request for benefits is governed by section 39-71-703(1)(b)(I), MCA (1987), which provides:
The hearing officer found that claimant is presently qualified to earn the same wage as his time-of-injury wage; thus, he is not entitled to wage-loss benefits. Claimant challenges that conclusion and argues that the hearing officer overlooked or disregarded evidence to the contrary.
Under the clearly erroneous standard of subparagraph (2)(a)(v) of section 2-4-704(2), MCA (1995), the hearing officer's findings of fact may be overturned on judicial review only if they are "clearly erroneous in view of the reliable, probative and substantial evidence on the whole record." State Compensation Mutual Insurance Fund v. Lee Rost Logging, 252 Mont. 97, 102, 827 P.2d 85 (1992) (quoting section 2-4-704(2)(a)(v), MCA). The Court cannot reweigh the evidence, Nelson v. Semitool, Inc., 252 Mont. 286, 288, 829 P.2d 1 (1992); or reverse simply because there may be sufficient evidence to support contrary findings, Little v. Structural Systems, 188 Mont. 482, 486, 614 P.2d 516 (1980). The conclusions of the fact finder will be upheld if they are supported by substantial credible evidence in the record. Nelson, 252 Mont. at 289, 829 P.2d at 1 (1992).
In his brief on appeal, the claimant argues that the hearing officer failed to consider the overall record when he reached his conclusion that claimant was not entitled to wage supplement benefits. He argues that the hearing officer disregarded (1) the notes of his treating physician, Dr. Rotar; (2) testimony at the hearing that he alleges demonstrated that he cannot perform the requirements of jobs within his job pool without assistance; and (3) the functional capacity evaluation and findings of Dr. Coward, an examining physician.
Claimant insists that from the time of his injury in 1987 until his resignation in 1996, the City of Missoula Street Department modified his job in such a way as to accommodate his injury. He further argues that lacking such modification the position of truck driver/laborer was not within his job pool. Citing Dilling v. Buttrey Foods, 251 Mont. 286, 825 P.2d 1193 (1991), he urges that he is entitled to wage supplement benefits to compensate him for the difference between his earning ability in his current job pool and his earning ability in his preinjury job pool.
The claimant's arguments are without merit. The hearing officer's findings of fact are well written and complete. They show that he considered all of the evidence in this case, weighed it carefully, and simply resolved factual issues contrary to claimant's contentions.
As to claimant's contention that the hearing officer disregarded the notes of claimant's treating physician, Dr. Rotar, the Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Order affirmatively show that the hearing officer not only considered Dr. Rotar's medical findings but used them to support his ultimate determination. The hearing officer found that claimant was treated by Dr. Rotar over a period of years (Findings 13-14). In Findings 16 and 17, he cited Dr. Rotar's release following claimant's final surgery in 1991. On December 2, 1991, Dr. Rotar released claimant to full duty after the completion of four weeks of light duty. (Finding 16.) Dr. Rotar's office note placed no restrictions on claimant:
(December 2, 1991 office note of Dr. Rotar, found at Claimant's Ex. 1 and MMIA Ex. 3, cited in Finding 16.) In a "To Whom It May Concern" letter of December 2, 1991, Dr. Rotar reiterated that claimant was released to full duty without restrictions after four weeks: "Mr. Holcomb is released to light duty for four weeks and then to regular duty after four weeks." (MMIA Ex. 2, cited in Finding 17.)
Claimant next argues that the hearing officer disregarded testimony which demonstrated his inability to perform the requirements in his job pool without assistance. His contention ignores contrary testimony on which the hearing officer relied. Dale Clark (Clark), claimant's supervisor at the City of Missoula Street Department since 1993 and a co-worker since 1990, testified that claimant performed the same work as everyone else who was an assigned truck driver. (Finding 26-27.) He said that claimant did an above average job in performing his duties (id.); shoveled as well and sometimes better than other workers (Finding 27); did an "excellent" job raking asphalt (id.); and did as much physical labor as the other truck drivers and probably more. Clark testified that he (Clark) was not requested to provide, nor did he provide, any special accommodations for claimant. (Id.) Ed Clay (Clay), City of Missoula Street Department Superintendent, testified concerning his last performance appraisal of claimant. (Finding 29.) The appraisal, done on December 29, 1995, describes claimant's duties with the Street Department. Clay testified that the duties were not modified to accommodate claimant and that the duties described in the appraisal were consistent with claimant's duties all the way back to 1987. (Id.)
The hearing officer also considered claimant's current job in determining that claimant can perform job requirements in his job pool without assistance. Patricia Berg (Berg), Personnel Director for the City of Bozeman, testified that claimant reviewed the job description for a seasonal laborer and advised Berg that he was capable of performing the physical requirements of the laborer's job. (Finding 34.) According to Roger Sicz (Sicz), claimant's supervisor with the City of Bozeman Department of Public Services, Street Department, claimant is doing a great job. He testified that if a full-time position opens up, claimant has a very good chance of getting the position based on his past experience, a positive recommendation from Clay, and his good work with the City of Bozeman. (Finding 35.)
The claimant contends that the hearing officer erred in rejecting a 1988 functional capacity evaluation (FCE) and the findings of Dr. Coward, who first saw claimant in October 1995. The FCE was performed over three years prior to claimant's second surgery, prior to determination of maximum medical healing, and prior to release to work without restriction by claimant's treating physician, Dr. Rotar. (Finding 37.) It was therefore not erroneous for the hearing officer to give little weight to the FCE in reaching his decision. Nor was it error for the hearing officer to give little weight to Dr. Coward's opinions. Dr. Coward did not review the medical records concerning claimant's injury, surgeries, or progress until the day before the hearing. (Finding 36.) He concurred with Dr. Rotar's opinion that claimant had sustained an impairment rating of 40 percent (Finding 37), but at the time he rendered his opinion he had not seen claimant's prior medical records and was unaware that claimant's injury accounted for only 2 percent of the 40 percent impairment rating, with the remaining 38 percent the result of the wrist injury claimant had suffered as a child. (Id.) The hearing officer found Dr. Coward's opinion that claimant's condition had deteriorated since 1991 especially unpersuasive:
38. Dr. Coward opined that due to the number of office visits Holcomb had with Dr. Rotar since 1991 that his condition was deteriorating. Although he stated that Holcomb had seen Dr. Rotar in excess of 200 times, in fact, there had been a gap in treatment from December 2, 1991 until September 8, 1994 and then again to August 1, 1995. And then, the office visits were primarily related to Holcomb's back and knee as opposed to the wrist with Dr. Rotar still stating that he would place no firm limits on Holcomb. Further, on October 30, 1995, when Holcomb suggested that he might take some time off, Dr. Rotar stated "I strongly discouraged this approach." (MMIA Ex. 26.)
(Finding 38.) Not mentioned by the hearing officer, are the facts that Dr. Coward does not perform orthopedic or any other surgery, is not board certified in any medical specialty, and has not had hospital privileges for ten years. (Tr. at 127.) The hearing officer had good reason to prefer the treating physician's (Dr. Rotar's) opinions, see Pepion v. Blackfeet Tribal Industries, 257 Mont. 485, 489, 850 P.2d 299 (1993), especially in light of other evidence indicating that claimant, after his 1991 surgery, performed, without modification, the identical job as he had performed prior to his injury.
The hearing officer also considered the unrefuted testimony of Gerry Blackman (Blackman), a certified rehabilitation consultant. Blackman testified that claimant is employable in the work he was performing for the City of Missoula (Finding 21); that the approximately $13 per hour that claimant was earning with the City of Missoula is a wage that he is qualified to earn in his job pool (Finding 22); and that considering factors such as age, education, and work experience, in his job pool claimant is qualified to earn a wage equal to or in excess of the wage he was earning at the time of his injury (Finding 25).
The final decision of the Department's hearing officer is supported by substantial evidence and is not clearly erroneous.
1. The December 9, 1996 Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Order of the Department of Labor and Industry are affirmed.
2. The Decision and Order on Appeal herein is certified as final for purposes of appeal.
3. Any party to this dispute may have 20 days in which to request an amendment or reconsideration of this decision.
DATED in Helena, Montana, this 2nd day of December, 1997.
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Gyuri was seen wearing the pink colored cape on MBC "Our Sunday Night – Lulu Lala" with a wavy hairstyle and her usual goddess pose. On the other hand, Dana wore the cape in a mint color on KBS "Drama Special Series Season 2 – Amore Mio" and showed off her cute and fresh charms.
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JANUARY 12, 1928 THE NEW KOOLHOVEN LIGHT 'PLANE The F.K. 30 " Toerist " With Siemens Engine IN our issue of February 3, 1927, we published general arrangement drawings and a description of a new light monoplane designed by Mr. Frederick Koolhoven of Rijswijk, Holland. At the time, the machine had just been designed, and the work of construction had not been commenced. The machine has now been completed and has, we under- stand, been put through some of its flying tests. It may be recollected that one of these machines was ordered by- Mr. Clifford Harmon, President of the International League of Aviators, who intends to use it for visiting the various European posts of the League. The F.K. 30 is of very unusual design, and may be said to represent an attempt to combine the comfort and view of the old pre-war " pusher " type of machine with the aerodynamic efficiency of modern aircraft. Whether or not Mr. Koolhoven has succeeded in this aim cannot be said until complete test results are available, and some practical experience has shown how the machine behaves in regular use. That there will be minor " teething troubles " to get through is to be expected in a type which differs so materially from the normal. A comparison between the photograph published this week, which has just been received, and the general arrange- The fuselage and wing are both covered with three-ply, so that there should be no question of rigging or keeping in trim the machine during use. In the deep portion of the fuselage, under the engine mounting, is a large luggage compartment. The two seats are arranged in tandem, and dual controls are provided. The view is particularly good forward and down as there is neither engine nor wing in front to obstruct it. The high centre of thrust resulting from this unusual arrangement of the machine may be expected to have an effect on the trim according to whether the engine is running or not, but the same applies in large flying-boats, where the forces are much greater, and with proper design there is no reason to believe that this should give rise to any trouble. The slight loss in efficiency due to the down load on the tail probably does not amount to a great deal either, and if the advantages of the " pusher " can be attained without much sacrifice in performance or trim, they would be well worth having. The narrow and shallow rear portion of the fuselage is open to objection on the score that it will require to be comparatively substantially built so as to give the strength necessary to carry a tail mounted high above it, and in the slipstream of, and fairly close to, the THE NEW KOOLHOVEN MONOPLANE: Three-quarter front view of the F.K. 30 "pusher" with Siemens engine. ment drawings published in our February 3 issue, it will be observed that certain minor changes have been made since the original lay-out of the machine. These, however, are not of a nature to cause any fundamental changes in the design, which remains a parasol " pusher " semi-cantilever monoplane. Apart from the " pusher " arrangement, the Koolhoven F.K. 30 is remarkable on account of the " turntable " mounting of the wing and engine unit. This turntable, secured to the fuselage structure just below the engine, supports the whole superstructure. Normally, the turntable is locked in position with the wing " spread," but by undoing a quick-release the turntable can be rotated, bringing the wing into a fore-and-aft or " folded " position, the engine taking part in this rotation. With the wing " folded," the engine is outboard, and thus throws a load oil that side of the undercarriage, but as the wheel track is wide, there is probably little or no tendency for the machine to tilt over. From the photograph it will be noted that the wheels are somewhat " knock-kneed." At the moment it is not quite clear whether this is due to the shock absorbers not having been in place when the photograph was taken, or to too weak rubbers. At any rate, this position probably represents maximum travel, which in this machine is very large, something like one foot, as against the three or four inches more usuallv found on small machines. propeller. This feature, however, is Mr. Koolhoven's modern manner of getting away from the open tail girders of the old " pushers." To keep the machine small and compact, Mr. Koolhoven has had to use a fairly heavy wing loading, although a wing section of fairly deep camber helps to keep down the landing speed, which is claimed co be only about 40 m.p.h. There is no fuel in the fuselage, the petrol being contained in two tanks in the wing, one on each side some little distance out. As the engine is entirely exposed, there should be little or no risk of fire, especially as the pipes from the tank have been so arranged as to reduce to a minimum the consequences of a fractured pipe. The Koolhoven F.K. 30 shown in the photograph is fitted with a Siemens engine, but we gather that if desired it can be supplied with a " Genet " or other similar engine of approxi- mately the same power. The F.K. 30 weighs 330 kgs. (726 lbs.) empty, and carries a useful load of 300 kgs. 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Grizzly Man is a film about Timothy Treadwell- a man who went out to live with bears in Alaska and was eventually after about 12 years eaten by a bear, along with his then girlfriend. Narrated by the great director, Werner Herzog, the film takes the form of interviews with people who knew Treadwell and were involved in the story of his death and alongside that videos that Treadwell took of himself in the wilderness with the bears, foxes and other animals. The nature footage is astonishing. Treadwell 'tended to want to become a bear' according to one source and therefore he got incredibly close to them- right up metres away from them, and hence his footage is extraordinary. The sound too is interspliced, we have Herzog's commentary and we have Treadwell's own descriptions of the bears that he lived with- whom he called names like Mr Chocolate, Melissa and Sergeant Brown.
Herzog tells us towards the end of the film that Treadwell's story tells us something about ourselves- the film is not so much a film about bears as it is a film about human beings. As Herzog describes it the stare of the bear is blank and bored, looking for food but seeking neither understanding nor feeling from Treadwell. Their brutal strength, their wild exhileration, emerges through the footage but as Herzog keeps reminding us in his commentary what doesn't emerge is any sense that the bears have an identity to relate to. Treadwell imagined they did. He imagined that the bears liked him, he talked to them as you would talk to a human child, coaxing them and rebuking them. There is a wonderful section of film where he tells off a fox for running off with his cap- but of course the fox can't hear him, the fox doesn't care, the fox is foreign- a blank canvass upon which Treadwell has drawn the marks of intelligence.
When we relate to the world, we draw upon it features. We are creators of our world- assigning to it names. I think no film gets closer to that reality than this documentary. When Herzog tells us at one point that nature is chaotic and violent, he refers in part to this. Part of this attempt to explain resulted in the creation of Gods, nymphs and spirits in ancient mythology who inhabited fountains and streams- part of it results in the creation of regularities and laws which we observe (this is not to imply equivalence between the two attempts- no more than the attempt to eat cardboard and to eat bread are equivalent though they meet the same need). The point though is that as humans we are inspired to give meaning to the world, to assign regularity to the world and to attempt to suggest that we understand it.
Treadwell out in the wilderness, abandoned and abandoning human society, sought to give the animals he had met a meaning, a regularity in their behaviour. He said he could control the bears and live with them- ironically he said it days before he was eaten alive in a spot just metres behind where he stood as he declared his security with the bears. Escaping human society was in a way his escape into this world of illusion. But escaping to the world of bears was almost more than that- it was an escape to a world where he knew that he was not alone. We seek company in order to escape the torture of our own loneliness, Treadwell sought that resolution not in the face of a hostile world, which he hated, but in the world of the bears which he loved.
Love becomes in this sense something that is given, and not neccessarily taken. Treadwell's image of the world was strange- but it reassured him. Frequently in his diaries he left the impression that he found human society difficult- he said repeatedly that he found it difficult to maintain longterm relationships with women, he was a failure as a student and as an actor, took drugs and drank too much. In his films what emerges is his rejection of society, rejection of its norms and his distrust of human beings- he sought fulfilment in a second life. He could begin again socially with the bears and furthermore he could and did treat them as dependents upon him. The bears could not object to his love- because ultimately they did not wish to understand it or him- he could offer it to them and imagine their grateful receipt. He did not have to harmonise the image of an individual with the imperfect reality- for within a bear rested no contradictory impulse. No object objects to being objectified.
Treadwell's life in some senses reveals something about the nature of humanity- for like most mental illness, Treadwell's problems were not ahuman but rather essentially human. What Treadwell struggled with was the problem of loving other minds: as soon as you love another mind you admit the possibility of dissapoinment, frustration and contradiction. We all love images that we have created out of discreet data points- points of experience, we love not people but the paintings of people that our minds create by connecting the dots of our mutual experience. But people are always there to contradict the paintings that we have drawn- to behave in different ways, to force us to redraw the picture. Treadwell never had to meet that contradiction, until he was eaten, because there was no reality to challenge the image he had created. The bears were a calm offstage presence onto which he could graft the image of a character- talking to them about their relationships and about their world as though it was a relationship or a world instead of an endless unconscious desiring present moment.
The last moments of Treadwell's life illustrate to us the nature of his mental illness- the illusion by which he lived. But until then he had the consolation of living with the bears in his own world- a world unconnected to reality, unchallenged by the words of another human being- uncontradicted. For him the moment of contradiction was a moment of consummation- his life's vision had become so distinct from reality that it led him into death.
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I have a deep appreciation for everything about Tony DiNozzo. I love his goofball ways, his pop culture references, and his endless supply of ways to get under McGee's skin. But like any perpetually lovable character on a TV drama, he also has a host of dark secrets, and when said secrets have a chance to come to the surface as part of a meaty and revealing storyline, it's a treat for us all. Such an episode of NCIS aired last night.
Friday Night Lights alum Gaius Charles showed up in the episode, guest starring as arson investigator Jason King, best known to fans vaguely as "the kid from Baltimore" who, until last night, we knew little about. In last night's episode, his past with Tony came to light.
Via flashback, we learned that Jason was much more than just some kid who then-Ohio State student Tony had saved from a fire while taking a stroll one night. Jason was, in fact, one of two kids trapped in that fire — but the only one who was saved. The other was Jason's sister, and even after many years, Jason still held a grudge against Tony for not helping her escape the fire as well. Of course, as Tony recounted the story to McGee and Ziva, two things became clear: 1) Tony looks better with short hair (Sorry, had to say it!) and 2) there was no way Tony could have saved Jason's sister that night. A flame-engulfed beam had fallen from above and trapped the girl inside her bedroom just after Tony turned around to save her. At that point, he had to choose whether to save himself and the boy or die trying to save all three. "I chose," Tony told his co-workers after telling them the story.
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"Help him," Gibbs ordered.
So that's what Tony did. He trapped Jason in the elevator and, in one of those rare-but-great moments, Tony shed his goofy demeanor and showed just how mature he can be. "Something I learned that night, Jason: You can't save them all. Sometimes, you have to pick one. I picked you," he said. "I decided to become a cop that night because of a kid I almost lost in Baltimore but didn't. That's you. For the first time in my life I made a difference. I did something that mattered. I've been trying to do that ever since."
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And with one final Gibbs-like closing statement — the kind that always give me a little flutter in my heart — Tony bid farewell to Jason. "She's gone. We're not. Focus on the ones you can still save."
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As Ali was going through the process to publish the Kindle version she realized the two fold opportunity to clue in her followers while taking a huge bite out of her mountainous goal to "get the contents of this book into the heads and hearts of over a million people."
This week's offer isn't just for Kindle owners. Amazon has free reading apps for the Android phone or tablet, iPad, iPhone, Mac, Windows PC or tablet, BlackBerry and Windows Phone. "Amazon even has a Cloud Reader, so you can read the whole book through your web browser," Ali added.
When asked what effect she thinks this offer will have on her paperback sales Ali responded, "The paperback and the eBook are two different things. The eBook is brilliant for those who crave instant access, while other people facing cancer prefer to hold the actual book in their hands and fill in their part. It becomes a kind of talisman for them."
Ali's story about beating the odds of late stage cancer survival is steadily gaining momentum in its popularity. As Tom Pfingsten from San Diego's North County Times puts it, "It's the way she talks about the disease as a cheap, ridiculous enemy that really clicks with her ailing readers."
After Sunday, the eBooks will return to their normal price of 9.99 to the general public, however the gratis offer will extend for Amazon Prime members through the remainder of the 90 day contract.
When pressed for the reasoning behind the 2nd edition Ali smiled and said, "The hint is 'Chapter 3'. The answer will be posted on The C Card and Me Facebook page on Monday."
About Ali Gilmore
Ali Gilmore is a freelance photographer, singer/songwriter, geek and author of the book; The C Card and Me - How I beat stage IV cancer (to a pulp). Originally from Seattle, Washington, she now resides in the coastal town of Oceanside, California. Discover more about Ali at: http://www.aligilmore.com


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The Panamints.
The night spent on top of the Panamint Mountains was cold and blustery. Every time I woke up to turn over I worried I was overly paranoid about bumping into Pineapple (who was packed in right next to me, or worse, puncturing my camp mat on the plethora of spiny, jagged things centimeters away from me. But I got the rest I needed and felt fully recovered from the previous day's altitude sickness symptoms and wobbly legs from the ridiculous climb. I'm not gonna lie, the day before I was thinking of sitting at camp with my tail between my legs and letting Pineapple do the 3 mile side-trip up to Telescope peak and back by herself. Altitude sickness is a real concern, especially with me coming straight from sea level back in DC to try and summit peaks in the Sierra. One should never let pride overtake reason in situations like this, but I wanted to push myself regardless. Fortunately I woke feeling fully refreshed so I made no mention of my reservations from the day before and headed out with Pineapple. I literally ran the last 1/8 of a mile up to the summit of Telescope.
We sat on top for just a few minutes. This high up it still wasn't warm, and I had ditched my puffy and rain pants back on the ridge after only a few minutes of hiking. So we were ready to head down and get on track for the day, but first we had to sign the log book that was stowed carefully in a weather proof box. There was one entry in the book that stood out: a guy named Abram who was apparently doing the L2H forward and back. The H2L2H. Who did this guy think he was?! What a showoff. It was then that Pineapple and I decided that if we crossed paths with him, he would have to die. We simply couldn't be shown up like that.
Peak bagged, log signed, photos taken, it was time to head out. We ran back down to camp and packed quickly. There were quite a few hikers coming up from a campsite a few peaks to the north, and, realizing it was Saturday, we were keen to get off their path before more started up this way. We brushed past the early birds as quickly as possible, only pausing to exchange greetings and to let people pass. Haste was also needed to get some ground covered before the sun hit full force. It was already 9:30 and most of our day was going to be in desert at low elevation. We followed the ridgeline for about 2 miles, checking GPS frequently to find our drop off point. We knew which canyon we needed to be in, but wanted to avoid falling off a cliff or overshooting our next water source, so we followed the route as best we could. We descended as quickly as we had ascended slowly -which is to say fast-, skating down patches of shale that on the way up would have been exhausting and endlessly frustrating. The ground turned more solid as we approached the tree line. At just shy of a jog we dodged trees and bushes, zig-zagging our way across the dry hills and edging slowly south into the canyon. There was plenty of use trail to follow, the trick being to find the ones that bigger animals had used. Sure, mountain goats will leave a follow-able trail, but you'll be running into tree limbs all day.
I forgot to mention in my last post that Pineapple had bestowed upon me the trail name of Bulldozer after I plowed my way into the reeds in search of water the day before. The name was truly justified on this downhill as I smacked away dead tree limbs blocking the path and charged down the side of the mountain deterred by nothing. Finally reaching the ravine where the spring was supposed to be located, we found plenty of trees but no water. I did my thing again and climbed up the ravine through brambles and reeds until I found the water: a couple tiny pools barely deep enough to dip a cup in. Pineapple had been aware of this possible scenario and had requested that I pick up a special filter with a hose that could be dipped into water sources as shallow as an inch or so, i.e.-puddles. Lets just say we got a lot of use out of it.
After finishing up at the spring we spotted some trail along the edge of the gully and clambered up a steep embankment. We followed it for a bit, but the gully became a wash so level that you'd have thought it a road. It was smooth sailing along this for miles until we hit a series of springs further down. You might think "Spring! Free water and some shady trees to lunch under!" but in reality it's "Great. How the hell am I going to get around that thick, razor-sharp mass of reeds and bramble wedged between two steep piles of loose dirt? Oh, and the spring? It's actually a damp patch of ground that I can press my MSR filter into to sponge up some filthy tasting (but bacteria free!) water." Awesome.
So we took some dirt tasting water, doctored it with Kool-Aid and Gatorade, then scrambled across the steep piles of loose dirt until we found a nice, pretty use trail that led us a bit up the ridge. It was still plenty steep-sided, but goats had evidently been using it and we strolled along stepping over the "evidence" until the canyon spat us out onto a very old, washed out jeep road. The jeep road took us down to the mouth of the canyon and down onto the valley floor where we were greeted with a creepy hillbilly hangout: beer cans, the requisite bullet ridden antique car, and some other treasures of bygone eras, like a bed frame and a refrigerator. Shame we missed the party.
Walking on quickly from this horror-movie-scene-to-be, we came out to a road a mile or so later and decided to stop for a minute. It was nearly 6:00pm and the sun would be falling behind the Inyo range to our west soon and the temp would mellow out considerably. We had already factored in night hiking this evening, so losing the light was all part of the plan. From here on out it would be flat land, mostly along a faded jeep road across the valley floor. Too easy. We broke out snacks and hunkered down in a trench where the road had washed out and waited for the light to wane. That's when we saw her. Whitney, distinct even from 60 miles away, was standing proud of the Inyo mountains, silhouetted with the dusk light. It was energizing to say the least.
But she was a few days off yet. For tonight we only had to worry about 12 miles, the few separating us from Panamint Springs RV Resort, a backwater little gas stop/restaurant/hotel/RV park at the foot of the mountains. We had cheeseburgers on the mind, and were hoping to get there before closing time, even if that meant logging 31 miles for the day. As soon as the sun was gone we were on our feet and crushing the miles. On flat land we could easily do 3.5 miles/hour, and we hit that stride easily. An hour later it was time for headlamps, and Pineapple had the added bonus of glow bracelets to liven up our night hiking. It can get pretty dull when all you can see is 10 square feet of dimly illuminated desert floor. Dropping our packs, we got out our headlamps and rigged up some bracelets and necklaces and were ready to roll. I was picking up my pack when I heard a man's voice greeting me. I yelled out "JESUS CHRIST!!," to which the figure replied, "No, it's just me, Abram."
And that's how we met THE Abram of H2L2H fame. Once I reswallowed my heart and figured out it wasn't some deranged desert dwelling serial killer I greeted him back more cordially. We started walking again and invited Abram to join us. We walked and chatted for a few miles, getting a little back story on this mad man doubling our crazy hike. He has apparently been traveling for years now, including 3+ years in a canoe. This summer he had spent 4 months wandering the High Sierra, yo-yo-ing the John Muir Trail (420 miles) AND the High Sierra Trail (185 miles) and just dipping off to explore other little nooks and crannies of the Sierra. Basically making my little 140 mile jaunt look pithy by comparison. But he turned out to be very humble and one of the nicest people you could imagine. Killing him would have been really tough after getting to know him, so I scrapped the notion and just resolved to pick a more bad-ass, more grueling hike next time. And do it twice.
Abram had a water cache along a paved road straight west of the road we were traveling on, but our road was leading more or less straight to the RV park. So when his turnoff came we bid him a goodnight and suggested we grab breakfast in the morning if he was at the restaurant at the same time. A few miles later we stepped onto a spot we had seen on the map but were confused about. There had been this large tan swath covering much of the valley floor that we had caught briefly when on top of Telescope and had been curious about when looking at the maps. It turned out to be another playa, but this one much more similar to the ones you see in movies. The ground was very smooth but segmented into various shapes as all the moisture got sucked out of the earth and the ground puckered. Then, a mile or so later it changed again, resembling a less dramatic version of the ground of Badwater Basin, minus the salt crystals. The edges of the shapes cupped up and the surface took on a more brittle texture like that of a thick layer of paint peeling crossed with egg shells. Other than pausing from time to time to play with the changing textures under foot, we crunched along for another couple of miles.
For a while now we had seen the light of the RV park across the valley, shining like that star on Christmas, but attracting a much different crowd (less "Here's some frankincense and myrrh." more "Gimme some f#@$ing cheeseburgers.") Checking our position on the maps, however was disheartening. Despite being 3 miles away when we hit the playa a while back, we still seemed to be 2 1/2 miles away. Both of us were starting to flag and my mood was slipping into whiny/hangry territory. My appetite was still nil and I had eaten relatively little over the last 3 days. I reluctantly choked down a ProBar and trudged along, dragging my feet. At some point we'd entered a sandy spit littered with scrub and were winding around it, trying to stay on target for the light at the end of the valley. My mood worsened.
At approximately 11:15 the light went out, and along with it my will to walk. Either Pineapple sensed this, or she was on the same page. She brought up the concept of not walking all the way to Panamint Springs, and instead camping there on the flats and hitting the RV park in the morning. With a feeling of utter despair and frustration I agreed. For the second time in two days I had been defeated by the trail. Drained. This had never happened to me on the PCT, so my pride was damaged yet again. I kept ignoring the fact that Pineapple had told me backcountry hiking was different. Plan for 15-20 mile days she said. Did I listen? Of course not. So hitting 29 miles for the day didn't make me feel accomplished, I instead chose to be mopey about coming in 2 miles shy of target. Irritable and pouting I unrolled my camp set up a few feet from Pineapple. We were positioned next to a small bank of sand that we were hoping would block some of the wind that had been at our backs all evening, but was now blowing sand in our faces. She made me a bet about who would fall asleep fastest to which I indifferently grumbled something in response. I have no idea who won. But I do know I woke numerous times with sand blowing up my nose and I was doing everything I could to stay calm and stifle my annoyance.
But I'm not one to dwell on things. The sun rose a few hours later and it was a new day. And then I found out that breakfast at Panamint Springs was all-you-can-eat. Things were looking up.
10/29/2015 08:13:50 am
Brilliant! Still so much fun to read, even though I was there!
10/29/2015 05:31:24 pm
Glad you're enjoying! Tinkering with the next chapter. I'll have it ready soon. How's the PNW?
10/30/2015 09:38:07 am
Very, very wet and overcrowded! Can't wait to get back to the old L.P. :)
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Information about the federal estate tax
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Kent area residents enjoy beautiful surroundings and gorgeous areas to enjoy nature. There are many parks and other protected natural areas in the Seattle area and the State of Washington. Residents value these natural resources and are grateful to have them. For residents who own land a conservation easement may be a valuable part of a will and estate plan.
Newlyweds should think about their estate plan
The thrill of a wedding is something that gets brides and grooms excited for months in advance of the actual event. A person's wedding is one of the happiest days of their lives and is an event that is anticipated by everyone in the family. But after the wedding there are certain important things that newlyweds should think about and one of those is estate planning.
Do-it-yourself estate planning may not be the best idea
Most Kent area residents know the importance of having an estate plan. Although most people know that estate plans are valuable some may think that they can be expensive. Do-it-yourself estate plans are available but can often lead to confusion.
It is important to help elderly parents with their finances
As the Baby Boomers grow older and older, it is important for their children to help them with their financial matters. As a person grows older, seemingly everyday activities can be harder and harder to navigate. This includes financial matters. Because of that, it is particularly important to make sure that an elderly parent's finances are well-managed. Estate administration is critical for older parents.
What can be learned from the estate battle of Robin Williams?
When Robin Williams took his own life this past August everyone was in shock. The unexpected death of a beloved movie star and comedian affected many people. But since he died there has been a battle among his heirs over his estate. There are a few things that non-celebrities can learn from this conflict in order to make sure their estate plan doesn't have the same pitfalls.
How can you incorporate faith and values into your estate plan?
Kent-area residents know how important it is to support their favorite charities and to give to others. For many people it is important to continue this giving into their estate administration. Many people wonder how they can incorporate important faith and values into an estate plan?
New estate tax issues in 2015
Estate planning in the Kent area frequently involves tax implications of the estate administration. Each year tax laws surrounding estates change. 2015 will be no exception.
Estate planning for singles
Although many people may think that the majority of Americans are married, the truth is that for women over the age of 65, more than 53 percent were not married and 26 percent of men were single. These statistics show that there are millions of single Americans who may need to think about what will happen to their assets when they die. Estate administration for singles is important in making sure that the assets are passed down to their intended heirs.


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Amy Grant to serve as 2014 Santa Train celebrity guest
Amy Grant teams up with Athena® Bottled Water
to benefit American Cancer Society
Nashville, Tenn. (August 13, 2014) – Six-time GRAMMY® Award winner Amy Grant's original Billboard No. 1 hit "Baby, Baby" has returned to the charts in a new form. The remixed version of the single broke into the Top 10 this week, landing at No. 8, on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, building buzz for the release of her first remix album In Motion: The Remixes on August 19. GRAMMY®-nominated producer, DJ and remixer Dave Audé put a new spin on the hit, which originally topped the Billboard Hot 100 Chart for two consecutive weeks in 1991.
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Fans who pre-order In Motion: The Remixes today will receive an instant download of "Baby, Baby (Remix)" and "That's What Love Is For (Remix)." To pre-order, visitsmarturl.it/InMotionTheRemixes.
Later this year, Grant will be the celebrity guest on the 72nd Annual Santa Train as it makes its journey to bring gifts to Appalachian families on Saturday, Nov. 22. Making 14 stops through Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee, Santa Train delivers toys and winter accessories to thousands of children and families along the way. Amy will accompany Santa and event sponsors CSX, Dignity U Wear, Food City and the Kingsport Chamber of Commerce on the 110-mile trek.
"I'm incredibly excited to be the celebrity guest on this year's Santa Train," Grant said. "It's important to give back to the community, especially during the holidays, and I'm glad I can help."
Next month, Amy Grant will also give back to the American Cancer Society. Teaming up with Athena® Bottled Water, Amy will perform at a private, invitation-only event in Nashville, "Eat. Drink. Party Pink." on September 30 to kick off October as Breast Cancer Awareness month. Also performing at the event is country singer, former contestant on American Idol and Dancing With the Stars, and fellow Athena® Warrior Kellie Pickler. During the festivities, Amy will debut a new song, "Welcome Yourself," which will later be available for sale on iTunes with proceeds donated to the American Cancer Society.
About Amy Grant
Amy Grant's career spans more than 30 years and stretches from her roots in gospel into becoming an iconic pop star, songwriter, television personality and philanthropist. With three multi-platinum albums, six platinum albums and four gold albums, her total career album sales have exceeded 30 million. Grant's chart success has been consistent throughout her career with six No. 1 hits, ten Top 40 pop singles, seventeen Top 40 Adult Contemporary tracks and multiple Contemporary Christian chart-toppers. In addition to her six GRAMMY® Awards, Grant has earned 26 Dove Awards (including four Artist of the Year Awards) and has been awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Conventional wisdom has it that Grant put Contemporary Christian Music on the map becoming the first Contemporary Christian artist to have a platinum record, the first to hit No. 1 on the Pop charts, and the first to perform at the GRAMMY® Awards. With that, her legacy as one of the most influential artists of the past couple of decades is assured. Her first studio album in more than a decade, How Mercy Looks From Here, released May 14, 2013 and debuted at No. 12 on the Billboard 200 Chart. Her first career remix album In Motion: The Remixes is set to debut August 19.
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