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The next 'public health crisis'? Alcohol consumption, researchers argue
High-risk alcohol consumption increased by nearly 30 percent among U.S. adults between 2001-2002 and 2012-2013, representing a "public health crisis" that might have been overshadowed by the misuse of other substances—such as opioids, marijuana, and heroin—according to a study published Wednesday in JAMA Psychiatry.
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For the study, researchers from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) and New York State Psychiatric Institute reviewed face-to-face interviews conducted for a nationally representative survey of U.S. adults from April 2001 to June 2002 and from April 2012 to June 2013. The researchers analyzed the data in November and December 2016.
The researchers looked at 12-month alcohol use, alcohol use disorder, and high-risk drinking. The researchers defined alcohol use disorder as a dependence on alcohol, and high-risk drinking as the regular consumption of four alcoholic drinks daily for women, or five drinks daily for men.
The researchers found several indicators of alcohol misuse rose during the study period. For instance, between 2001-2002 and 2012-2013, the study found:
12-month alcohol use increased from 65.4 to 72.7 percent;
Alcohol use disorder increased by 49.4 percent from 8.5 to 12.7 percent; and
High-risk drinking increased 29.9 percent from 9.7 to 12.6 percent.
According to the study, the greatest increases for alcohol use, high-risk drinking, and alcohol use disorder occurred among:
Older adults;
Racial/ethnic minorities;
Socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals; and
For example, the researchers found that, among older adults who are at higher risk for disability and morbidity, the rate of alcohol use disorder increased by 106.7 percent from 2001-2002 to 2012-2013.
The researchers wrote, "Taken together, these findings portend increases in many chronic comorbidities in which alcohol use has a substantial role." In particular, the researchers wrote that alcohol use disorder and high-risk drinking are important risk factors for:
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Cancers;
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Hypertension;
Infections;
Liver cirrhosis;
Morbidity and mortality from fetal alcohol spectrum disorders;
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Though the study did not examine the reasons behind the increases, the researchers hypothesized that they could be related to a shift in social norms and the use of alcohol as a coping device. The researchers wrote that the "substantial increases in alcohol use ... constitute a public health crisis" and are "alarming," although consistent with previous studies.
Bridget Grant of the NIAAA said, "These are the largest alcohol increases we have seen in three decades." She added, "The focus has been on opioids, heroin, and marijuana use, but these are low prevalent disorders," saying, "[t]hirty million Americans now abuse alcohol."
Lead study author Deborah Hasin of New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University said, "People need to really take some of the information about the potential harms of heavy drinking into account when determining when and how much to drink," and "[p]olicymakers and health professionals need to be aware … too." Hasin added, "Researchers will be trying to examine why these changes are happening."
Marc Schuckit of the University of California, San Diego in an accompanying editorial wrote that elderly and low-income populations are particularly vulnerable to the effects of alcohol misuse. He expressed particular concern " about the 106 [percent] increase in [alcohol use disorders] for older individuals because they are likely to carry multiple preexisting medical disorders that can be exacerbated by heavier drinking."
Schuckit called for increased federal funding for research into these issues, explaining, "Efforts to identify risk factors for substance-related problems and to test prevention approaches take time and money and are less likely to be funded in the current financial atmosphere" (Boyles, MedPage Today, 8/9; Seaman, Reuters, 8/9; Lopez, Vox, 8/10; Grant et al., JAMA Psychiatry, 8/9).
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Q: Populating Quick Search Box via a web service I am thinking of supporting Quick Search Box in my Android app.  I would take what the user has typed and run a query on a remote server via web services.  Is this pattern efficient enough or is it expected that any data I am querying should be displayed from locally accessible data?

A: Well, provided the server you are using is fast enough, no reason not to do that. The quick search box explicitly supports merging of results from local data and the web (see line #1 of http://developer.android.com/resources/articles/qsb.html).
As long as the fail is graceful (for situations where there is no network connectivity) you should be fine.
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Department Culture
Growth of the Facility
Early Faculty and Housestaff Recruiting
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit/NICU Transport
Dr. Robert Arrington described the start of neonatal transport, and the first NICU at ACH (Arrington interview here.) . "The federal government back in '74 or '75 solicited proposals from states for federal funding to improve the outcomes of pregnancy, IPO grants. With the help of Senators McClellan and Fulbright, Arkansas got one of the thirteen IPO grants. It was a fair amount of money, $4 million over 5 years or something like that. Well the problem was we did not have the facilities. Anywhere! The money came to the Arkansas Health Department and in the first year we got $65,000 of that earmarked to buy a newborn transport van. Children's didn't have one. In fact, Children's didn't have a nursery. So then I had to look for someone to accept the ambulance. This was like '76 or '77. I went over there and visited with Leland McGinnis, the administrator at Children's. I explained the situation, and we had to do something about newborn care here in the state and that I had the money to get this ambulance but I couldn't find someone to run it. So I talked to him 20 minutes or so. At the end of the time he leaned across his desk and he said emphatically, "We will do it!" So Children's Hospital became the recipient of this van that we had bought with money through the Health Department. Then we began doing transports when we didn't have a nursery at Children's. We had gotten to a point at UAMS where we had to close the nursery because we didn't have enough nurses. So David Pryor was the Governor and he formed a Blue Ribbon Committee to address the obstetric and newborn issues here in Arkansas. They developed a written proposal around a concept called "Regionalization" where you have levels of care from Level I, Level II and Level III which would include a Neonatologist and high risk Obstetricians. The report was given to Governor Bill Clinton as David Pryor had become Senator. The Clinton administration got legislation passed in their first session and appropriated money to build a nursery at Children's. It went into what was called at that time a "boy's ward" and a "girl's ward" on the first floor. They took one of those wards and built a twelve bed nursery that opened in March, 1980. So finally our van had a place to bring babies back to. We began filling that nursery up very quickly and started doing more and more transports." Steven Hanley documented in his History of Arkansas Children's Hospital that the neonatal transport logged more than 9,000 miles in its first six months, transporting 55 newborns from hospitals across the state. Dr. Arrington went on to note, "Well first of all we ran out of room in the first 12 bed the nursery. We had to expand it in the girl's ward and we went to a 30 bed nursery. Again we filled that up as we got more patients coming in with the transport system. So then we had to go upstairs and we added 17 beds; we had a 47 bed unit then. So we went from no nursery, to a 12 bed nursery, to a 30 bed nursery, to a 47 bed nursery, to a 52 bed nursery, to a 75 bed nursery, to a 100 bed nursery and all of that was driven by the capability of doing transports quickly. We have gone from the original 2 neonatologists; we now have 23 neonatologists. We have 9 pediatricians in our section who take care of the less sick babies so we have a pretty big operation now."
Dr. J.B. Norton, the first major recruit by Dr. Robert Fiser, served as Chief of Cardiology from 1975 to 1996. Dr. Norton recalled his early days at ACH. (J.B. Norton interview here) "There were a lot of major challenges. When I first arrived there was no facility at the little Children's Hospital for subspecialists of any kind so I was based at the University Hospital, which had a very meager Pediatric facility. We didn't have a real pediatric heart surgeon to work with. I needed to find a pediatric heart surgeon. I needed a facility to really care for the children with complex heart disease and I needed a cardiac catheterization lab. I explained what we needed at a board meeting at the Children's Hospital. They were very supportive and said 'Well gosh we can't possibly put that kind of money' – we needed about $400,000. At that time I became acquainted with a very wealthy man here in town through some committee work at our church. I knew Frank Lyon had the resources to help and I knew he had been very interested in philanthropy. I went to Frank Lyon one day at his office and I told him what I needed. He said, "Well Dr. Norton I am not going to give you $450,000, but I'll give you $50,000 and I'll help you raise the rest." A week or so later his office called and said "Meet him at the airport, the private side of the airport, in the morning at 7:00." I went to the airport and there was a private airplane of Worthen's Bank President, George Worthen, who was on the board at Children's and he and Frank knew each other. They brought along the Development Director from the Children's Hospital and we flew to Tulsa. We went up to the Mabee Foundation in Tulsa and Frank Lyon told the guy there, he said "I want you to come across with some money for this gentleman. We are trying to build a Children's Hospital and a first class Children's Hospital in Little Rock and we need you to help get it started." We came away with $400,000. With some of those early facilities that were really first class, we were able to recruit Dr. Steve Vandeventer, a pediatric heart surgeon from Harvard, who he brought a whole team with him. And then things just began to move very quickly and we were able to begin to do what Bob Fiser had originally asked us to do; to start training young people in general pediatrics, but letting them watch senior faculty take care of patients in the most sophisticated way. Working with the heart surgeon we became known, at least in my particular field, and I know other fields as well around the country as "Gee, Arkansas Children's Hospital is doing first class work." We began to get referrals from other states and other places. Patients who had been to Houston, for example, found out that they could get good care right here. We had terrific support from the Children's Hospital board in terms of increasing our physical plant and Bob Fiser made that happen."
Dr. Richard Readinger was the first Cardiologist hired by Dr. Norton who joined Drs. Tom Dungan and Florence Char. By the time of his retirement in 1996, Dr. Norton had added 8 new pediatric cardiologists, including Drs. Sylvia Angtuaco, Renee Bornemeier, Chris Erickson, Elizabeth Frazier, Ernest Keil, Michele Moss, Richard Readinger, and Paul Seib.
Dr. Joanna Siebert, who served as Chief of Radiology at Arkansas Children's Hospital from 1976 to 2002 recalled the early days of Radiology. (Joana Seibert interview here) "For us it was exciting to start a department of Pediatric Radiology at Children's. When I got there they had one x-ray room where you would do regular x-rays, just film, lamps, things like that. Then they had a fluoroscopy room where you did fluoroscopy looking into a mirror. I had done that maybe once or twice in my residency; it was kind of an ancient art. And we also just read films. There was no reading room where you could really do rounds very well but the hospital was very supportive. Very soon they were able to get another x-ray unit that was modern and the Cardiologists, Drs. Norton and Dungan, needed a kind of special room. And so together we did it jointly where Pediatrics and Cardiology used that room. We had these big multi-film viewers where we would put the films, instead of into stacks, where we would read films and also clinicians would come in and look at their films on these big multi-film viewers. Each of our teams would have a special place on there so all of the films would be right there. It made rounds a lot easier. Radiology was being adapted to the needs of the clinicians instead of Radiology being adapted to the needs of the Radiologists." Dr. Arrington recalls "The growth of Radiology played a giant role in what we were able to do in Neonatology. I remember the first time Dr. Siebert ever rounded with us in the nursery back before digitization of x-rays. We had all these x-rays just all over the place and she couldn't stand it. We would have to dig through them to find the comparative x-rays. So the first thing she did is get this thing called a "panorama scope" which is kind of like a scroll, a motorized scroll, and it had plastic that would go from one spool to the other so that you could put x-rays in it. So we went from having these piles of x-rays to having the x-rays in sequence, day-to-day, patient-to-patient. We could sift through their x-rays and compare them to previous days. This was her first innovation for us that made life so much easier in the nursery. And she built a tremendous radiology group. We started having daily rounds and we would go downstairs physically every day and look at every x-ray with a Radiologist."
Several other important clinical programs at ACH had their start in the later 1970s. Dr. Daisilee Berry began treating patients in the Hematology/Oncology Clinic in 1976. Dr. Betty Lowe started the Rheumatology Clinic to assist in the treatment of children Rheumatoid Arthritis and other connective tissue diseases. Dr. Watson Arnold, who served as Chief of Nephrology from 1978 to 1990, performed the first renal dialysis treatment in 1978, and the Children's Renal Dialysis Center opened in 1979. The Arkansas Children's Developmental Center opened in 1979 under the leadership of Dr. Pat Casey. The center's multidisciplinary team provided diagnosis, evaluation, and recommendations for follow-up treatment for children with a broad array of developmental disabilities.


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Cathy Overton-Clapham (ur. 19 lipca 1969 w Winnipeg) – kanadyjska curlerka, mistrzyni świata z 2008, pięciokrotna mistrzyni kraju. Do sezonu 2009/2010 była wicekapitanem i trzecią w zespole Jennifer Jones.

W 1989 Overton-Clapham poprowadziła drużynę Manitoby do mistrzostwa Kanady juniorów i reprezentowała kraj na MŚJ 1990. Turniej w Portage la Prairie zakończyła zdobyciem brązowego medalu.

Rok później, jako trzecia u Kathie Allardyce, po raz pierwszy zakwalifikowała się do Tournament of Hearts. Ekipa Allardyce uplasowała się na 8. miejscu. Do zawodów tej rangi powróciła w 1995 wraz z zespołem Connie Laliberte. Manitoba dotarła do finału i pokonała tam Albertę (Cathy Borst) 6:5. Kanadyjki zdobyły srebrne medale MŚ 1995, w ostatnim meczu uległy Szwedkom (Elisabet Gustafson) 5:6.

Następny występ w rozgrywkach krajowych jako Team Canada Overton-Clapham zakończyła w półfinale, gdzie została pokonana 6:5 przez Otario (Marilyn Bodogh). Na tym samym miejscu kończyła swoje dwa późniejsze występy, w 1999 Manitoba przegrała z Kanadą (Cathy Borst) 4:10, a w 2000 z Kolumbią Brytyjską (Kelley Law) 6:7.

W sezonie 2000/2001 stworzyła własną drużynę, z którą doszła do finału prowincji 2003, gdzie przegrała na rzecz Barb Spencer. Rok później Overton-Clapham dołączyła do zespołu Jennifer Jones. Z nowym składem zdobyła swoje drugie mistrzostwo kraju pokonując w finale Jenn Hannę z Ontario 8:6. W MŚ Kanada przegrała mecz o brąz. Późniejszy występ Overton-Clapham w Scotties Tournament of Hearts 2006 zakończył się zajęciem 2. miejsca. Po roku reprezentacja Manitoby pokonana przez Kelly Scott odpadła w półfinale.

Rywalizacja w mistrzostwach Kanady w latach 2008-2010 kończyła się triumfami Jones. Zespół z Winnipeg pokonał w finałach Shannon Kleibrink, Marlę Mallett i Kathy O'Rourke. W trzech następnych występach Kanadyjki kwalifikowały się do play-offów. W 2008 przegrały pierwszy mecz z Chinkami (Wang Bingyu) 5:7, jednak po wygranym półfinale (9:8 przeciwko Moe Meguro) w meczu finałowym Jones zrewanżowała się Azjatkom, wynikiem 7:4 Cathy Overton-Clapham zdobyła swój pierwszy tytuł mistrzyni świata. W 2009 Kanadyjki zajęły 4. miejsce przegrywając dwa mecze w fazie zasadniczej. Gdy w 2010 ponownie były gospodyniami przegrały 6:3 górny mecz przeciwko Niemkom (Andrea Schöpp) i 4:10 półfinał ze Szkotkami (Eve Muirhead). W mecz u o brązowy medal ekipa kanadyjska zwyciężyła nad Cecilią Östlund ze Szwecji.

22 kwietnia 2010, po zakończeniu sezonu, pozostałe zawodniczki z drużyny Jones ogłosiły, że Overton-Clapham w następnym sezonie nie będzie z nimi grać. Pozycję trzeciej zajęła Kaitlyn Lawes. Cathy Overton-Clapham w sezonie 2010/2011 stworzyła swoją własną drużynę i wygrała Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts 2011 pokonując w finale Chelsea Carey.

Overton-Clapham z wysokimi wygranymi w World Curling Tour przed Mistrzostwami Kanady 2011 była wysoko notowana. Reprezentantki Manitoby wygrały jednak tylko 4 mecze i sklasyfikowano je na 9. miejscu. Podczas mistrzostw odbył się pierwszy mecz przeciwko Jennifer Jones, który Overton-Clapham wygrała 8:6.

W sezonie 2013/2014 Cathy Overton-Clapham dołączyła do zespołu Crystal Webster, w którym grała na trzeciej pozycji.

Overton-Clapham trzykrotnie (1997, 2005 i 2009) bez sukcesów startowała w Canadian Olympic Curling Trials. Zespoły, w których grała zajmowały 7. i dwa razy 6. lokatę. Należy do wąskiego grona osób, które 5 razy sięgnęły po mistrzostwo Kanady, oprócz niej są to: Joyce McKee, Mary Anne Arsenault, Nancy Delahunt, Kim Kelly. Tylko Colleen Jones zdobyła ten tytuł w sześciu turniejach.

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Robert Adam's designs for wall lights for Derby House in Grosvenor Square and Apsley House, Hyde Park Corner, preserved in Sir John Soane's Museum, London, England, use similar decorative devices, in particular the central roundel with laurel leaves and the lambrequin with urn cresting. A drawing of 'The Fete for the Earl of Derby at The Oaks in Epsom, Surrey', also in Sir John Soane's Museum, shows a further related wall light.
Literature: Arthur Bolton, The Architecture of Robert and James Adam, 1922, vol. II, pp. 75-7.
Eileen Harris, The Furniture of Robert Adam, 1973, pls 93-4.
Elizabeth White, Pictorial Dictionary of British 18th Century Furniture Design: The Printed Sources, 1990, pp. 388-9.


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Device Created To Record Audio And Improve Safety At Airports
July 15, 2013 WCSH 6
AUGUSTA, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- A tiny black box that can record up to 3,000 years worth of data could help improve safety and prevent plane crashes at small general aviation airports.
The GARD system, or General Audio Radio Device, was developed by Maine Department of Transportation Engineer Ron Cote and Augusta State Airport Manager John Guimond.
After a plane crash last November at Knox County Regional Airport killed three University of Maine students, airports across the state reviewed their safety procedures.
The crash happened when a small, single engine plane took off and clipped a pickup truck crossing the runway. The plane then crashed in the woods.
Knox County Airport Manager Jeffrey Northgraves said at the time he had no way to determine exactly what happened because the airport didn't have the ability to record airplane and ground radio traffic.
That all changed when Guimond and Cote unveiled the GARD system. The device records radio transmissions of airplanes and ground traffic at small general aviation airports.
Northgraves said his airport purchased the GARD system in February, and it has lead to improvements in safety procedures.
At the Augusta State Airport, Guimond said the device can also be a useful training tool.
"I'm able to go back, listen to those audios, and use it for training of pilots and ground people," Guimond said. "If they say something that's not quite right or just didn't make sense, I can bring them in, we can listen to it, and we can make adjustments to how they're broadcasting on the runway."
Since Guimond and Cote teamed up to form Invisible Intelligence LLC and the GARD system, it has sold to five airports across Maine and has drawn interest nationwide.
"It's more about the safety aspect for John and I," Cote said. "We realize it's probably worth more than what we're doing, but if we can save one life, can you put a price on that?"
The device costs between $2,000 and $3,200 depending on the buyer's need. The state said it's looking into reimbursing municipal airports that buy the GARD system up to half the total cost.
Cote said the next step is developing software to identify key words in audio recordings as another tool to improve safety, and pushing the device to more airports nationwide.
Source: http://www.wcsh6.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=249852
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No Mardi Gras mambo on this Presidents Day, but bookings solid
Tim Kurnos/The Aspen Times
ASPEN – Friday marks the start of Presidents Day weekend, which traditionally brings a slew of visitors to Aspen and Snowmass Village for a three-day party featuring great snow, awesome music and fine food.
Local businesses can expect a solid holiday weekend, but officials say it won't be as busy as last year's Presidents Day extravaganza, which coincided with local Mardi Gras celebrations. Last year, Presidents Day fell on Feb. 15 and Fat Tuesday was the day after, giving Aspen-Snowmass tourist-dependent businesses a calendar-boosted bonanza and one of their busiest weeks of the year.
"It's shaping up to be busy, but not packed," said Bill Tomcich, president of reservations agency Stay Aspen Snowmass. He also is the resort's liaison to the airline industry.
"It won't be like New Year's or X Games weekend, and it will be almost like a typical weekend. Some lodging properties are sold out this weekend and others have quite a few rooms available," Tomcich said.
As of Jan. 31, occupancy rates for Friday and Saturday averaged about 70 percent in Aspen and Snowmass. That average likely has risen since the beginning of this month, Tomcich said, but many rooms and last-minute deals on lodging and ski packages are still available.
"It won't be quite like the sellout we had last year," he said.
Occupancy rates at the St. Regis Aspen Resort this weekend should hit 90 percent or higher, a hotel official said Thursday morning.
Richard Stettner, general manager of the 126-room Limelight Lodge in Aspen, said Thursday afternoon that occupancy rates look strong for Friday and Saturday, then tail off on Sunday and Monday, which is the federal Presidents Day holiday. He declined to provide specific details.
Various resort officials said Thursday's snowfall should help lure more visitors to the area.
"I hope the storm brings some business from the Front Range," Stettner said. "We're getting a great dump out there today [Thursday]."
Aspen Skiing Co. spokesman Jeff Hanle said all signs are looking positive for the coming weekend.
"It looks to be a better-than-average post-New Year's weekend," he said. "It's a holiday weekend. The occupancy numbers we're seeing and advance sales of lift tickets and lessons look strong."
Like Tomcich, he noted that Presidents Day weekend won't be as busy as it was last year, when it coincided with Mardi Gras on the calendar.
"But we can compare it to this same weekend last year, and say it's going to be much stronger," Hanle said. It is expected to be so busy, Skico is calling out employees in non-frontline jobs, asking them to pitch in to help with ski schools, lift tickets and gates.
When Skico does that, it means it's going to be a busy weekend, Hanle said. Thursday's snowfall helped, with 5 inches of fresh powder reported for Aspen Mountain, 6-7 inches recorded for Snowmass Village, 6-9 inches logged for Aspen Highlands and a lesser amount measured for Buttermilk.
"We've got great snow conditions," Hanle said. "The storm Thursday was very well timed for the weekend. I think we got more snow out of that than we were expecting."
To further entertain visitors during the holiday weekend, Skico has scheduled a free outdoor concert for Snowmass Village on Sunday, Hanle said. Karl Denson's Tiny Universe will perform at Base Village starting at 4 p.m.
Tomcich pointed out that Buttermilk will host a spectator-friendly event for the holiday: the Rocky Mountain Masters, which features 60 to 70 downhill racers Saturday through Monday in the Tiehack area.
Thursday's snowfall is not expected to affect many travelers heading into the Aspen area. Tomcich said only three flights into Aspen, all from Denver, were canceled Thursday morning. There were, however, three diversions to Grand Junction – one each from Chicago, Houston and Los Angeles – as well as several flight delays.
More snow is predicted Saturday and Sunday, but Friday's forecast looks good for those planning to travel into the Roaring Fork Valley, Tomcich said.
Advance bookings for Mardi Gras week, March 6-12, look strong, he added. The Snowmass Mardi Gras celebration is a popular destination among Brazilian tourists, Tomcich said.
Occupancy rates for Mardi Gras are averaging in the 80 percent range while Aspen rates are in the 70 percent range. Fat Tuesday (English for the French "Mardi Gras") – which is the day before the Catholic fasting day Ash Wednesday, the start of the Lenten season – falls on March 8 this year.
It's one of the latest dates for Fat Tuesday in recent memory. The popular day of revelry can fall on any date between Feb. 3 and March 9, depending on the date set for Easter, a moveable Christian holiday.


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Six Flags Magic Mountain will require…
Six Flags Magic Mountain will require vaccination proof — but only on busy Fright Fest weekends
Magic Mountain will require proof of vaccination or a recent negative COVID-19 test on 12 select dates during Oct. 8-31 when the Valencia amusement park is hosting the popular Fright Fest events.
A witch scares people inside the Nightmares scare zone during Six Flags Magic Mountain's annual Fright Fest event on Saturday, September 18, 2021. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer)
By Brady MacDonald | bmacdonald@scng.com |
PUBLISHED: October 6, 2021 at 9:08 a.m. | UPDATED: October 6, 2021 at 10:33 a.m.
Six Flags Magic Mountain will require proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test on busy weekends during the Halloween season, but not on slower weekdays in a strange twist tied to the park's status as an outdoor "mega event."
Magic Mountain will require proof of vaccination or a recent negative COVID-19 test on select dates Oct. 8-31 when the Valencia amusement park is hosting the popular Fright Fest events.
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Amusement parks and other outdoor "mega events" that attract more than 10,000 daily visitors must require vaccination proof or a negative test starting on Thursday, Oct. 7 under revised Los Angeles County public health mandates.
Magic Mountain visitors ages 12 and older will be required to show proof of full vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours before visiting the park on 12 "designated days" in October. Photo identification will also be required for all visitors 18 and older starting on Nov. 1.
The Six Flags park will require proof of vaccination or a recent negative COVID-19 test result on 12 dates — Oct. 8-10, Oct. 15-17, Oct. 22-24 and Oct. 29-31. Vaccination proof or a negative test are currently not required on other dates in October or any days in November or December.
All 12 dates requiring proof of vaccination or a negative test result fall on busy Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays during Fright Fest in October.
SEE ALSO: Theme parks top U.S. destination of unvaccinated travelers, survey says
Magic Mountain appears to be implementing the hybrid policy because the park meets the county's 10,000-visitor threshold to qualify as an outdoor "mega event" — but only on busy weekends during the Halloween season.
Magic Mountain drew about 3.6 million visitors in 2019, according to Themed Entertainment Association/AECOM. Magic Mountain moved to 365-day year-round operations in 2018 — meaning the park attracts just under 10,000 visitors on an average day.
COVID-19 vaccination and test proof will not be required for park admission on Mondays through Thursdays in October. Magic Mountain expects to add a few more dates in November and December when proof of vaccination or a negative test will be required. Be sure to check the park's website for updates.
Magic Mountain will check for proof of vaccination or a negative test in designated entry lanes as visitors are arriving at the park.
The Six Flags park has partnered with the Clear mobile app that offers a free digital vaccine card feature. The amusement park will offer free on-site rapid COVID-19 testing for visitors who show up without proof of vaccination or a negative test.
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All visitors regardless of vaccination status will be required to wear masks indoors and outdoors except while eating or drinking.
Magic Mountain stopped requiring advance reservations when most government-mandated COVID-19 health and safety restrictions were lifted on June 15.
Brady MacDonald | Reporter
Brady MacDonald is a theme park reporter for the Orange County Register and the Southern California News Group. He's covered the theme park industry for more than 25 years. He writes about Disney, Universal, Six Flags, SeaWorld, Cedar Fair and Legoland parks in Southern California, across the United States and around the world. As a member of the SCNG Features team, he also writes about entertainment, travel, pop culture, music, restaurants and craft beer.
bmacdonald@scng.com
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Buildings and architectural design have been playing a pivotal role since ancient times. To symbolize an ancient civilization, both the Egyptians and Maya built enormous pyramids. The Maya constructed pyramids and temples in honor of their gods as well as kings. By contrast, referential function of Egyptian pyramids was different. Thus, they built temples and pyramids for their pharaohs to have a peaceful and successful afterlife. They also believed the peaks of their pyramids are closer to the holy heaven than any other place. For centuries, pyramids signalized glory, strength and wealth of civilizations. Their message function was to represented faiths, religions, cultures and diversities as displayed by mankind in different parts of the world at different times of history. Pyramids have been built in various parts of the world at different times.
However, pyramids of ancient Egypt and Central and South America are the most known. The prototype of pyramids began in Egypt and spectacular pyramids have made the country famous around the world. The glory of pyramids is still among the greatest architectural wonders. California in the United States of America (USA) is rich in architecture that encompasses traditional designs as well as modern pyramids. Similarly, Los Angeles boosts interesting and diverse architecture, green space and urban taste, which makes it always brighter and more attractive. Also, it is a home of pyramids with a fair amount of triangular-shaped structures. For instance, magical symbolisms of the Los Angeles Central Library, supernatural food pyramid for LACMA, the sky touching Transamerica pyramid center and the Angelus Rosedale Cemetery. Pyramidal shapes are widely exhibited both in exterior shape and interior decorations. Los Angeles is a city where you will frequently find triangular-shaped structures, which expresses importance of geometry in standard architectonic forms. This paper has analyzed and compared the Los Angeles Central Library, the Los Angeles City Hall and the Angelus Rosedale Cemetery.
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Los Angeles central Library
It is a large wonderfully designed library. Design and decoration of the building speaks for itself, while the books speak for the past, present and future. It is more of emotive type of a building, which is the last work of one of the major American architects Bertram G. Goodhue. The Central Library rejuvenates ancient Egyptian pyramidal architecture. It symbolizes a variety of aspects of Roman and various Islamic civilizations as well as Spanish Colonial styles. At the same time, its skyscraper-like profile happens to encourage modern architecture. Both ancient and modern picture, arced geometry, and proportions make it a treasure. This building has a very strong outlook and describes an occult philosophy of power and competence. Its referential function is to communicate author's feelings and concerns about the past and present. Each part of the building has its own story. For instance, the concrete walls and a single iron door give protection towards the interior. While the exterior limestone sculptures represent a case of assorted disciplines and literary figures. And yet, the ornamental and symbolic artwork is unique to the library's design. The architect must have been inspired by Mediterranean Revival or ancient Egyptian architecture. Accordingly, each part of the building symbolizes ancient antiquity and has its own territorial function. Further, the appropriate non-aesthetic and esoteric content of art recalls majesty of the designer. Furthermore, the pyramid-shaped roof is a symbol of mysteries and represents a spiritual world. To have a closer look, there is a mathematical perfection and four triangles supporting the pyramid represent divinity.
Los Angeles City Hall
The building is shaped like a Mausoleum or cultural monument with unique geometric proportion topped by magnificent pyramid. This skyscraper is much of expressive type. It was designed by three architects John Parkinson, John C. Austin and Albert C. Martin. This is one of modern buildings with fantastic art deco design, bronze on inside and pure white on outside. It has a fair symmetrical and linear proportion, with terraced pyramids built so that each floor is smaller than a lower one. Once again, the use of pyramids must have come from the idea of famous ancient Egyptian architecture, while the art refers to the Greco-Roman classicism. Each part of this modern building is geometrically proportional; the use of technology is appealing and the deco is glamorous and attracts people to its rational and inspirational deco. This skyscraper is one of the tallest buildings, and this mega structure is made of concrete. The length of the rectangular base of this building is almost the same as its height. The second phase of the building is again rectangular although it is about half of the first one. Such way of construction makes the building very interesting. The central part of the building is further extended as high as the length of the second phase, which then is shaped in a pyramid till the peak. The addresser function is therefore very clear and dominant. The entrance is situated under the vaulted roof of Greco-Roman architectural style which is supported by columns. It warmly welcomes visitors below the waving flags of the USA. The building has a very impressive Art Deco and its modern outlook remarks its own territory.
Angelus Rosedale Cemetery
Rosedale Cemetery was founded when Los Angeles was a small city with a population of only 28,285 people. Rosedale has been the first cemetery open to all races in Los Angeles. The cemetery has several pyramid crypts along with other traditional structures and a mausoleum. This pyramid crypt made of textured stones is located in the cemetery. The rough surface is a symbol of hardness while the triangular shape represents divinity. The triangular shape is a mark of respect for various religions and tribes and sometimes for a community system. Although it is not bright and visible, it has a metalinguistic function of granting spiritual peace for those who are buried around. Each stone of the building is functional, and the front door expresses a feeling that there always is a window to open secrets or to prove that we decide for space to worth it or waste it. To make a door, its elevation is proportionally divided into four parts: one for door and three on each side of door making a triangular shape. Summing up, in the first building (Los Angeles Central Library), we observed a complex conglomeration of an ancient cultural behavior and modern concepts. It tells us about the past and present, how knowledge evolved, and civilizations differed through times. It has more of a conative function which is very beautifully expressed. It is the beauty of human mind that snaps the history of times through the camera of a human eye, with a great metalinguistic awareness.
It is a wonderland both from inside and outside where architecture is more of an emotive nature that always charms people around the world at all times. The second building (Los Angeles City Hall) is more of an expressive than an emotive nature. It displays the climax of art and architecture developed by mankind. It shows the prime of knowledge, and the maturity of architecture of the modern time. The building and its design speaks for itself in a glance and glorifies our grandiosity in terms of art and architecture. The third pyramid (Angelus Rosedale Cemetery) is more of a treasure and emotive type; it is rough, strong and complicated. It is one of those secrets that triggers a series of thoughts converged on resolving a mystery that always remains a focus of attention. Finally, irrespective of the differences shown above, all these three buildings serve one common purpose of telling us the use of pyramid, the language of secrets and purposes. Also, they demonstrate existence of various forms at all times. Most importantly, in the form of pyramids buildings manifest their thought provoking nature.
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— Face Full of Reality, A — Don't Read If You Don't Want To Know The Truth
By Robertiu on Fri, 05/17/2013 - 15:25
We [or the corrupt politicians who have hijacked the cockpit of our nation] invite them to our nations; and they outbreed us, rape our daughters, pollute our society, commit 95% of the crimes, and defaecate on our religion, political, and cultural institutions, which have been destroyed. It is suicide.
They lived better under colonialism in which we kept them from killing each other as well as us.
To continue to ignore the problem because it is politically incorrect is suicide and immoral and ungodly. They live today as they have for millennia. The only solution is when civilization is imposed on them and those who violate the law are punished. Modernly, crimes are not punished; they have increased in such numbers (on welfare, being paid more for each illegitimate child, while whites are taxed more for each child) and were allowed to vote and then vote their own into office in our land, and our laws were changed and the nation which was once a city on a hill, has now returned to the jungle
--and God's people sit silently and do and say nothing; the blood of all the innocent victims in the nations of Christendom is on the hands of every true believer who does not speak up and call a spade a spade.
Woe unto them that call good evil and evil good; therefore is there wrath upon you from before the almighty; you reap what you sow, if you forget my law, I will forget your children; but return to God with all your heart (which means rejecting everything that is not of God and embracing everything that is), and He will be merciful upon us, deliver, heal, and restore us.
How long to people want to wait before they will repent before God; fall on their faces and cry out..? do they want to wait until the savages are outside THEIR doors with their machetes and gasoline cans...? When was the last time (if ever) that YOU travelled through downtown Miami, LA, NY, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detriot, Houston, etc. They are all war zones. Whole sections of Miami or LA haven't spoken English for 75 years and all the stores and billboards have been in Spanish in those areas for over 50 years--and it is spreading like cancer to the suburbs.
People need to watch this video as sick as it is... this is the REAL world... this is the world that has been imported into CHRISTENDOM as we have allowed 3rd world peoples and Zionists and Islam to enter our country, infiltrate and contaminate and dechristianize and paganize us; they have not been Christianized--they NEVER WILL BE; the Christian world needs to get over their delusional love affair with the nonexistent noble savage; cast not your pearls before swine, lest they turn on you and rend you; it is not proper to take the children's (God's people) bread (Christ) and give it unto the dogs (those not God's people). The 3rd world suffers because of its immorality and worship of false gods; to send them aid or to bring them here is a violation of God's Law. The only solution is what God declared—that we should govern the world in righteousness and truth. Colonialism was the best thing that ever happened to these savages. We not only withdrew colonial forces in their lands, but we opened our borders to them, and forced our people to give up our means of self-defense and unlock the doors to our houses so the savages can come in and rape our women, torture and mutilate and kill and rob... all they while the evil pastors tell us we are all the same and we should hold hands and sing Kumbayah; while the news media and politicians ignore it. Pick up an almanac from the 1940s and compare the racial demographics and the crime statistics with a modern almanac. See also the below "Color of Crime."
As I have said for decades, "Those who do not believe in the conspiracy theory of history are either ignoramuses or part of the conspiracy itself. Everything cannot 'go wrong just right' for the enemy, and it all be a grand coincidence."
"In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way." -Franklin D. Roosevelt
Since nothing good ever happens in politics and the majority of politicians themselves are immoral criminals, then clearly the destruction of our nation from within has been carefully crafted.
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_federal_politicians_convicted_of_crimes
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_US_senators_and_congressmen_are_convicted_felons
Watch the video--those HUNDREDS STANDING AROUND AND WATCHING ARE JUST AS GUILTY AS THOSE ENGAGED VIOLENTLY....
and the peoples of Christendom are JUST AS GUILTY IN OUR OWN NATIONS for allowing our people to be brutalized by these foreign animals who have taken over all our inner cities (now spreading even to the suburbs, where entire packs of them descend on Wal-mart or malls our county fairs and attack white people and destroy property and terrorize just for fun--and the media rarely reports it and the police do nothing.
If people don't stand up and do something now, there will be no opportunity to do it later. Once a submarine begins taking on water it has to be bailed immediately and the submarine must surface; if not, you cannot abandon ship while underwater, and every minute that goes by without concerted effort is one step closer to an inevitable watery grave.
Wake up people. Call it racism if you like to foment subterfuge and smokescreens... call it racism or antisemitism or anti-Islam or intolerance
(NOWHERE in God's Word are we told to be tolerant; WHAT PART OF "no other gods," "be ye separate," "learn not the way of the heathen" do Christians not understand? they don't understand because they no longer listen to the voice of the Lord, but the voice of the serpent saying, "surely the Lord hath not said...").
Call it racism if you want, if that makes you feel better as YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE BEING BEATEN TO DEATH, HACKED UP WITH MACHETES, AND SET ON FIRE; tell them, as they are mutilating you, "but I was a champion for equal rights"--they will only laugh and say, "you fool, that was your undoing."
I didn't have the sound on in this video, I don't really know why they are doing this; does it really matter?
This link seems to explain it... it is about money--elderly people murdered by their their own families because they refused to give up valuable land. Of course, the "excuse" given is that they were witches (even though nearly the entire African community is permeated by witchcraft which nearly all participate in one way or the other--and always have). Check out this link the video link at the bottom of this email is only one of many such incidents.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2227693/Elderly-Kenyans-burned-alive-witches-refusing-desirable-coastline-land.html
--a news report last year in South Africa revealed that one man was arrested and it was found that he had the testicles of one of his relatives in his wallet, having murdered him and chopped him up and buried him, saving the testicles to take to the local witchdoctor to have a valuable muti or voodoo magic potion made to give him power. An African college student here in the U.S. last year killed his roommate and ate some of his body organs.
We have allowed them into our nations to breed and spread and corrupt and terrorize--And yet, if even prosecuted and convicted, we let murderers, rapists and pedophiles and doctors that twist the heads off babies live in a comfortable cell at taxpayer expense for the rest of their lives. Some reports say that Gosnell was making nearly $2 million a year, yet the savage was too cheap to hire a cleaning service to clean up all the blood, (allowed his cats to roam through the clinic and pee and poop everywhere), and he was too cheap to buy medical waste containers, choosing instead to use empty cat food containers to freeze the dead babies in... the cleaning and medical waste containers would have been tax deductions for business expenses... yet SAVAGES whether here or in Kenya will always act like savages. And we share in their crimes, those who see it and say and do nothing. Few white Americans ever consider the grisly crimes of Gosnell, or black rapists, torture-murderers, nonwhite gangs (even glorified in rap "music" or movies like Colors with actors such as Sean Penn and Robert Duvall; these savages see such movies and don't see evil dredges of society, they see their bling and expensive rides and money and drugs and guns and say, "I wanna be like them"--NOT like the dedicated cops trying to protect the neighborhood; their mindset will never be changed; it is foolish to think otherwise; they lived better as slaves or under colonialism because they do not have the capacity to be free and responsible; that email sent out a month ago written by a retired teacher clearly shows their mindset [I can look for and email or post this letter if anyone is interested; inquire]; Albert Schweitzer recognized their nature; read his books; a friend of mine grew up in Kenya, his parents were white missionaries; he said he was always dumbfounded, that the blacks, even after "getting saved" would continue to rob and commit adultery, brutalize others, even murder--and it was not enough to merely commit the crimes, but they they had to brag and laugh about it with their buddies later on, even as criminal black athletes do today in the locker rooms, bragging about their exploits and conquests off the court).
ALL NATIONS OF CHRISTENDOM will be reduced to such savagery as we have allowed savages to live among us and commit crime for the past 75 years and turn a blind eye to it, it being politically incorrect to "racially profile" and give the statistics of who commits crime; and as we have bowed down and sacrificed Christ and God's Word on the altar of political correctness. In so doing, not only do we bow down to other gods--but we deny our own and force our children to pass through the fire, sacrificing them to pagan peoples and their gods.
See also the link for this report: the color of crime (http://www.colorofcrime.com/).
To ignore the problem, and pretend it does not exist because of what the truth is revealed to be--is delusional, mental illness, immoral, and ungodly. We reap what we sow. When will the righteous stand up? Are there any left? Welcome to the 3rd world - coming soon to your neighborhood.
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Subject: FW: If they treat their own people this way, how do they treat whites?
We need to circulate this to help wake up the people.
When the blacks become a majority along with other non-whites you can expect the same treatment for you and your loved ones. So what are you watching on television tonight? Will you take a moment to think about the implications of this video for the future of your children?
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I've been loving dark paint colors lately - especially navy, deep teal and green, and dark charcoal. This modern meets traditional reading nook is a perfect example of how beautiful dark teal wall paint can be!
I'm a self-proclaimed white and light gray paint lover (I did paint every wall in our house in Benjamin Moore Winter White after all!), but lately I've been intrigued by darker shades like navy, dark charcoal, and deep green. It's probably partly due to the arrival of cooler weather -it's certainly making me want to make homes feel cozier and those dark hues can play a role in doing just that - but I think I'm also just becoming more adventurous when it comes to color. I thought it might be fun to take a peek at some rooms that are painted in these darker tones and share some thoughts about going this route in your home. I also want to talk through some common questions and concerns folks have about using them.
One thing I love about this look is that it adds a certain richness and depth that white paint just can't offer. Though it certainly depends on the overall style of the room, I think generally it adds a bit of a dramatic flair that feels tailored and refined, don't you think?
Also, once you've decided to go dark with your walls, the next decision you'll need to make is what direction you want to go with your furniture and decor. Do you want a high contrast look with pieces that pop against those dark walls? Or perhaps you want to go more subtle with pieces that blend? You can do both, of course, but if you're used to decorating against white walls, you'll need to adjust your normal way of approaching it! Think about the mood you want to create and select furniture and decor that's going to complement that.
Can I use a dark paint color in a small space?
Yes! Absolutely. While the default is to use lighter colors like white, light gray, and beige to make a room feel bigger, a dark color can actually have a similar effect, but in different ways. Light colors reflect light, which is how they make a room feel bigger, but dark colors recede, which makes a wall feel farther away from you visually, allowing the room to feel larger. It seems counterintuitive, but it's true!
Also, lighting makes a big difference in a small space - having large windows to let in natural light and/or a variety of good light sources will balance out the dark walls to enlarge the space. That being said, if you have a dark cave of a room, a dark paint color will make it feel smaller, so just keep that in mind.
Use the dark color on an accent wall (a single wall in the room) while keeping the other walls light. The nursery below is a great example of that.
If you have wainscoting, tongue-and-groove paneling, or another type of trim on the lower parts of your walls, you can paint the upper part navy, dark green, or whatever color you choose. It will keep the dark paint color from feeling too heavy. Take a look at the dining room below to see what that could look like.
Try this look in a small space like a powder room or a lesser used room like an office or guest bedroom. This way, you're not marrying yourself to it in your most-used spaces.
I don't think it has to - it's really all about what you choose to go with it. The walls are the backdrop, but the mood of the room has more to do with your decorating style than anything else. Check out the eclectic coastal style living room with a black shiplap wall to see what I mean. I do agree that dark paint tends to add drama, but that doesn't have to equal moody. Does that makes sense? It's a fine distinction, but an important one!
One last tip I have for you is to think about the trim color next to dark paint. White trim is great, but sometimes it's actually better to paint the trim the same color as the walls when you go dark - this makes a wall feel taller by removing the high contrast "bookends" at the top and bottom!
So, are you on board with the dark wall idea? What room in your home would be a good spot for something like navy, charcoal, or dark green paint? I'd love to hear your thoughts!


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The ESA: a win for turtles and marine mammals index
The ESA: a win for turtles and marine mammals
Words by Lauren de Vos
Photo by Paul Nicklen | National Geographic Image Collection
Laws that protect marine life are put in place to manage the impact of our actions on the oceans. Which species can be hunted or fished, or not? Which species can be traded, and where? In many cases, strict laws are put in place to manage dwindling populations of the world's most threatened marine plants and animals. Fishing, pollution, coastal development, changing ocean temperatures, invasive alien species… The list of threats to ocean life is long and, in many cases, strict laws are one of the strongest tools in an arsenal of management approaches. In the United States, the US Endangered Species Act (ESA) prioritises legal protection for species at risk of extinction. The Act draws on the best available current scientific knowledge to determine whether species should be listed as Endangered (is it in danger of extinction?) or Threatened (might it become endangered in future?). However, once these laws are in place, we seldom track how effective they are in achieving their goals. It is important to do so because then we learn more about how long a species may need to be listed in order to recover and which complementary tools work best to enact the law's potential.
Abel Valdivia, Shaye Wolf and Kieran Suckling assessed the efficacy of the ESA for populations of 14 marine mammals and five sea turtles. Their review, published in PLoS One this year, looked at the population trends and recovery status for these species, all of which were protected by the Act before 2012. They found that populations overwhelmingly showed increases after their listing and that these increases were generally for species like large whales, manatees and turtles that had been listed for more than 20 years. The conservation actions that came into effect as a result of ESA listing (no exploitation or trade, targeted management, fishery regulations) helped achieve species recoveries. This meant that most populations increased, and some species were eventually delisted from the ESA. An assessment such as this is vital in the light of recent political arguments against laws like the ESA. The study provides evidence that when we intervene appropriately and in time with suitable policies, funding and management tools, we are able to bring species back from the brink. As more and more ocean species teeter on the edge of collapse, strong arguments for decisive action are essential.
Valdivia A, Wolf S and Suckling K. 2019. Marine mammals and sea turtles listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act are recovering. PLoS One 14(1)
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Mayor Ivy Taylor to Deliver Second State of the City Address Tomorrow
by Michael Marks
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Mayor Ivy Taylor will deliver her second State of the City Address tomorrow.
San Antonio Mayor Ivy Taylor will deliver her second State of the City address tomorrow, her first since winning the office in June.
The theme of Taylor's speech will be "A City at Work." It's unclear which topics she'll speak on, although she will likely address the city's progress on ending veteran homelessness, according to the city's Human Services Director Melody Woosley. Her speech last year touted the city's economic growth, while looking forward to the SA Tomorrow comprehensive planning process and expanded workforce development.
Admission to the event costs $40, and must be paid prior to the event (click here to register). San Antonio's admission fee to the luncheon and speech is lower than other major Texas cities'.
The Dallas Regional Chamber charged $60 for members and $120 for nonmembers to get hear Mayor Mike Rawlings' December speech in person. Admission to Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner's first State of the City address this coming April costs $90 for members of the Greater Houston Partnership, and $110 for nonmembers. Both events, like San Antonio's, are luncheons.
Austin Mayor Steve Adler followed a different model for his first State of the City last month. The event was free and open to the public, and held at 7 p.m. There was also free parking at the ZACH Theatre, where the speech was held.
The address and luncheon will take start at noon on Tuesday, March 22 in the Stars at Night Ballroom of the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center (900 E. Market St.). It will also be livestreamed and archived at NowCastSA.
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669 F. 2d 1259 - Edinburgh Assurance Company v. R L Burns Corp
669 F2d 1259 Edinburgh Assurance Company v. R L Burns Corp
EDINBURGH ASSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants
and Cross-Appellees,
R. L. BURNS CORP. and American Pacific International, Inc.,
Defendants, Appellees and Cross-Appellants.
Nos. 80-5342, 80-5387 and 80-5663.
Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted Oct. 8, 1981.
Decided Jan. 22, 1982.
Roger A. Ferree, Charles E. Slyngstad, Jr., McCutchen, Black, Verleger & Shea, Los Angeles, Cal., for Edinburgh Assur. Co.
Steven A. Nissen, Manatt, Phelps, Rothenberg & Tunney, Los Angeles, Cal., for American Pac. Intern.
Orville A. Armstrong, MacDonald, Halsted & Laybourne, Los Angeles, Cal., for R. L. Burns Corp.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Before GOODWIN, WALLACE and FARRIS, Circuit Judges.
WALLACE, Circuit Judge:
Edinburgh Assurance Co. (Edinburgh) appeals from a judgment entered by the district court in favor of R. L. Burns Corp. (Burns) and American Pacific International, Inc. (API). Burns and API cross-appeal on the issues of damages, fraud, and bad faith. The case involves an insurance claim for damages to an offshore oil drilling platform (the Gatto). The facts are outlined in the opinion of the district court reported at 479 F.Supp. 138 (C.D.Cal.1979). We affirm the district court's judgment except for the failure to award prejudgment interest; we reverse that part of the judgment and remand for the district court to do so.
I. Actual Total Loss
Edinburgh claims that the district court erred in its construction of section 57(1) of the British Maritime Insurance Act of 1906 (the Act).1 Apparently, Edinburgh challenges both the district court's interpretation of the Act and its application of the Act to the facts of this case.
First, Edinburgh challenges the district court's finding that after the Gatto was struck by the typhoon, "(i)t was no longer an off-shore drilling platform. It was a dispersed mass of scrap, a wreck. The Gatto had broken up."2 On appeal, we will set aside a district court's findings of fact only if they are clearly erroneous. Fed.R.Civ.P. 52(a); Supplemental Rules for Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims, Rule A. We have reviewed the entire record in this case and are not "left with the definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed." United States v. United States Gypsum Co., 333 U.S. 364, 395, 68 S.Ct. 525, 542, 92 L.Ed. 746 (1948); Arrington v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., 651 F.2d 615, 619 (9th Cir. 1981).
Second, Edinburgh asserts that the district court confused the definition of "actual total loss" with that of "constructive total loss." It argues that actual total loss "does not comprehend anything short of a total, physical loss," and that the district court improperly considered the cost of reconstruction or repair of the Gatto in its determination. Contrary to Edinburgh's contention, however, we believe the district court was correct in concluding that the second definition of actual total loss under the Act, namely whether the insured item is "so damaged as to cease to be a thing of the kind insured," may properly be applied to vessels, and not just to cargo. See George Cohen, Sons & Co. v. Standard Marine Insurance Co., 21 Lloyd's List L.R. 30, 33 (K.B. 1925); Knight v. Faith, 117 Eng.Rep. 605, 608 (Q.B. 1850). We also agree that there need not be a total, physical loss for a casualty to be considered an "actual total loss" under the Act. In its thoughtful and well-reasoned opinion, the district court adopted an intermediate position between the broad definition of actual total loss for which Burns and API argued, i.e., that a thing is an actual total loss when as a practical business matter it is not worthwhile recovering and rebuilding, and the definition for which Edinburgh argued, i.e., that a thing is a total loss only when it is not within the scope of present technological capacity to recover and repair. The district court concluded that a thing may cease to be a thing of the kind insured, and thus an actual total loss, even if there still exist significant, accessible physical remains.
This was a correct construction of English law. While the district court did suggest that the cost of recovering and refurbishing the thing insured may be relevant to an application of this test, any error involved there was harmless. Since we do not disturb the district court's findings of fact that it was "extremely unlikely that more than a few component parts of the (Gatto) could be used in any rebuilding of the platform," and that "the Gatto had to be considered as wreckage or as a dispersed wreck with little value other than as scrap metal," we affirm the judgment. United States v. County of Humboldt, 628 F.2d 549, 551 (9th Cir. 1980) (judgment affirmed on any basis supported by the record).
II. Damages
Edinburgh challenges the legal sufficiency of the evidence supporting the district court's award of damages to Burns and API. The insurance policy issued to API and Burns provided indemnification "against costs and expenses incurred in connection with the purchase, salvage, recovery, towage etc. including insurance premiums but less the value of equipment salvaged." Edinburgh claims that certain disbursements by Burns and API to various individuals were not recoverable because there was no evidence that the funds were actually spent "in connection with" the attempt to salvage the Gatto. However, the Pollard deposition, admitted into evidence without objection by Edinburgh, documents the manner in which the expenditures were made. The district court expressly found that the evidence indicated the sums in question were disbursed in connection with the salvage venture and observed that a description of each separate disbursement was provided by representatives of API and Burns.
Edinburgh also argues that the district court erred in awarding costs and expenses which Burns and API incurred after March 29, 1976, the date they allegedly concluded that the Gatto was an actual total loss. We disagree. There is substantial evidence in the record supporting the district court's conclusion that the expenditures challenged here were made to assist "in ascertaining the extent of damage," and therefore were within the scope of the contractual indemnification provision.
Finally, Edinburgh insists that the district court improperly awarded damages under the "sue and labor" clause of the contract. While the district court did mention the sue and labor clause in its opinion, see 479 F.Supp. at 160, it did not, in its memorandum on damages, award sums to API and Burns solely under the sue and labor clause. All of the expenditures awarded were proper under the basic contractual indemnity. "We will affirm a district court's decision if it is correct, regardless whether the district court relied upon a wrong ground or gave a wrong reason." Huntington Beach Union High School Dist. v. Continental Information Systems Corp., 621 F.2d 353, 358 (9th Cir. 1980).
Burns and API, on cross-appeal, also raise several issues with respect to the damages awarded. Burns claims that it should have been awarded the interest on loans it secured to finance the Gatto salvage operation. The district court, however, found that the cost of securing venture capital was outside the contemplation of the parties in providing indemnity against expenses incurred "in connection with" the salvage. As this finding was not clearly erroneous we will not disturb it here. Both Burns and API also claim that the court erred in not awarding them the full amount of damages claimed as overhead expenses. We fail to see how it was error for the district court to refuse to award a flat 15% of the direct expenses as overhead expenses where, as here, there was sufficient information available for it to examine each item claimed as an overhead expense and decide whether or not the expense had been incurred "in connection with" the salvage operation.
In addition, Burns and API vigorously assert that Edinburgh's conduct amounted to "bad faith" as a matter of law, and therefore that the district court erred in refusing to award damages for bad faith and attorneys' fees. The district court found that Edinburgh had not acted in bad faith, but rather had refused to pay out on the policy due to a good faith, but erroneous interpretation of "actual total loss" under the Act. This finding was not clearly erroneous. See United States v. United States Gypsum Co., supra. Although the district court acknowledged Edinburgh's "singlemindedness" in disclaiming liability, see 479 F.Supp. at 160, that observation does not, as Burns insists, conflict with a finding of good faith. Rather, it is equally consistent with the conclusion that Edinburgh honestly believed only a total, physical destruction of the Gatto was an insurable event. For this same reason, it was not error for the district court to refuse to award the amount claimed as attorneys' fees. See Vaughan v. Atkinson, 369 U.S. 527, 530-31, 82 S.Ct. 997, 999, 8 L.Ed.2d 88 (1962).
The district court did err, however, in failing to award prejudgment interest. The district court awarded interest at the rate of 7%, the legal interest rate in California, from the date of judgment. Yet the general rule in admiralty cases is that prejudgment interest will be awarded. Dillingham Shipyard v. Associated Insulation Co., 649 F.2d 1322, 1328-29 (9th Cir. 1981); The President Madison, 91 F.2d 835, 845 (9th Cir. 1937). The determination of whether peculiar circumstances exist warranting the denial of prejudgment interest is left to the sound discretion of the district court. Dillingham Shipyard v. Associated Insulation Co., supra; Federal Barge Lines, Inc. v. Republic Marine, Inc., 616 F.2d 372, 373 (8th Cir. 1980). Here, the district court presented no reasoned grounds for its refusal to award prejudgment interest and its application of the 7% legal rate instead of the 10% rate sought by Burns and API. It is settled, however, that a federal court is not bound by state-prescribed interest rates in setting the rate of prejudgment interest in admiralty cases, id.; Sea-Land Service, Inc. v. Eagle Terminal Tankers, Inc., 443 F.Supp. 532, 534 (W.D.Wash.1977) (citing The President Madison, supra, 91 F.2d at 847), and that the rationale for an award of prejudgment interest is to compensate fully the injured party for its losses, Federal Barge Lines, Inc. v. Republic Marine, Inc., supra, 616 F.2d at 373. Having failed to articulate any reason why these general principles should not apply in this case, the district court abused its discretion in refusing to award prejudgment interest. On remand, the district court should determine at what rate and from what time prejudgment interest should be awarded.
III. The Counterclaims
Burns and API also challenge the district court's orders (1) granting summary judgment on their counterclaim for punitive damages for bad faith, and (2) striking their counterclaim for fraud in the inducement as a "sham" pleading pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 11. The district court properly deferred consideration of the bad faith claim until after it had determined whether Edinburgh was liable under the indemnity contract. Subsequently, the district court concluded that there was no material question of fact as to whether Edinburgh disputed its obligation to indemnify Burns and API in bad faith. Summary judgment should, of course, rarely be granted on claims that hinge on questions of motive. Nonetheless, we find no support in the record for the contention that Edinburgh unreasonably refused to investigate the Gatto's condition or to deal with Burns and API. Rather, the record supports the district court's conclusion that the extent of the investigation conducted by Edinburgh was reasonable, and that Edinburgh refused to deal further with API and Burns only because of its erroneous, but good-faith belief that the Gatto had not suffered an "actual total loss" within the meaning of the indemnification provision. This necessarily compels the conclusion that Edinburgh did not, as Burns and API alleged, fraudulently induce Burns and API to enter the indemnity contract when, in fact, it never intended to meet its contractual obligation. Thus, if it was error to strike the counterclaim for fraud in the inducement as a sham pleading, see Lau Ah Yew v. Dulles, 236 F.2d 415, 416 (9th Cir. 1956); Murchison v. Kirby, 27 F.R.D. 14, 19 (S.D.N.Y.1961), it was harmless error. Kotteakos v. United States, 328 U.S. 750, 764-65, 66 S.Ct. 1239, 1247-48, 90 L.Ed. 1557 (1946); Fed.R.Civ.P. 61.
AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED AND REMANDED IN PART.
FARRIS, Circuit Judge, concurring:
I concur in parts II and III of the opinion but I believe some expansion of the rationale of part I is at least desirable.
Edinburgh challenges the legal criteria applied by the district court in determining whether or not the Gatto was an actual total loss. Two factors control our review. First, the court's factual conclusions can be set aside only if they are clearly erroneous. Fed.R.Civ.P. 52(a); United States v. United States Gypsum Co., 333 U.S. 364, 395, 68 S.Ct. 525, 542, 92 L.Ed. 746 (1948); Lundgren v. Freeman, 307 F.2d 104, 113 (9th Cir. 1962). The district court made extensive findings of fact regarding the physical condition of the Gatto. After reviewing evidence on the Gatto's condition, including an underwater video tape survey of the damage to the rig, the court concluded that:After the Gatto suffered the January 1976 casualty, it was without significant value. It was no longer an off-shore drilling platform. It was a dispersed mass of scrap, a wreck. The Gatto had broken up. The Gatto as such was destroyed.
Edinburgh Assurance Co. v. R. L. Burns Corp., 479 F.Supp. 138, 149 (C.D.Cal.1979).1 In arriving at this conclusion the court considered the Gatto's commercial value as well as physical being. There is substantial evidence in the record to support these conclusions. They are therefore not clearly erroneous.
Second, we must consider the legal criterion applied by the court in concluding that the Gatto was an actual total loss. Conclusions of law may be overturned if they are in error. Edinburgh argued initially that a thing is an actual total loss only when it is not within the scope of present technology to recover and repair it, no matter what the cost. The insured, on the other hand, argued that a thing is an actual total loss when as a practical business matter repair would not be prudent. The district court wisely rejected both positions.
As English law was to be applied in defining actual total loss, the district court properly looked to the British Marine Insurance Act of 1906. Section 57(1) of the Act provides:
Where the subject matter insured is (1) destroyed, or (2) so damaged as to cease to be a thing of the kind insured, or (3) where the assured is irretrievably deprived thereof, there is an actual total loss.2
The district court held that only one of the three tests must be satisfied and any of the three parts of the definition may be applied to a vessel like the Gatto. Id. at 155; (citing George Cohen, Sons & Co. v. Standard Marine Insurance Co., 21 Lloyds List L.R. 30 (K.B.1925) and Kemp v. Halliday, 122 Eng.Rep. 1361, 1363 (Q.B.1866)).
Carefully applying the test to the undisputed facts, the court concluded that the Gatto was not an actual total loss under the third test-whether the subject insured was irretrievably lost-because it was technologically possible to salvage and repair it. The court concluded however, that the salvageability and repair criteria are only applicable to the third test and have no applicability to the first two tests.
It next applied the first two tests, whether the thing insured is "destroyed" or is "so damaged as to cease to be a thing of the kind insured." In interpreting the first two tests, the court recognized that actual total loss embodied both physical and value oriented concepts. 479 F.Supp. at 156. The court pointed out that to place undue emphasis on either concept would yield inequitable results and would blur the distinction between actual total loss and constructive total loss. Support for the consideration of both physical and value oriented concepts is found in English case law which recognizes that the subject matter of insurance may cease to be a thing of the kind insured, or be destroyed, and hence be an actual total loss even though there still exists significant, accessible physical remains.3 I agree.
The district court finally utilized three standards in determining when the subject-matter is "destroyed" or is "so damaged as to cease to be a thing of the kind insured."4 Based on the district court's findings of fact, the Gatto is an actual total loss under the first and second tests of the British Marine Insurance Act. Therefore, we need not decide the merits of the court's three standards. I join my colleagues in affirming.
For the purpose of this appeal, neither Burns nor API challenges the district court's conclusion that English law governs the construction of the indemnity contract. Edinburgh Assurance Co. v. R. L. Burns Corp., 479 F.Supp. 138, 152-54 (C.D.Cal.1979). They argue that California law governs only in order to preserve the issue should we reverse the district court's judgment. As we affirm, we do not decide the choice of law question
While Edinburgh did not formally challenge this finding of fact, it insisted that the record did not support the conclusion that the Gatto was a total wreck and could no longer be considered a mobile drilling platform. According to Edinburgh, "(w)hether described as a 'wreck' or by any other name, (the Gatto) is still a damaged, salvageable off-shore drilling platform."
The trial court also stated in its findings of fact that the Gatto was an actual total loss. 479 F.Supp. at 149. I interpret the court to be referring to actual total loss in its non-legal sense since the opinion subsequently goes to great length to determine its meaning under English law
479 F.Supp. at 154
479 F.Supp. at 156. See Sailing Ship Blairmore Co. v. Macredie, (1898) A.C. 593 at 603 (House of Lords); Levy & Co. v. The Merchants Marine Insurance Co., 5 Asp.M.L. 407 at 409 (Q.B.1885); St. Margaret's Trust v. Navigator's & General Insurance Co., Ltd., 82 Lloyd's List L.R. 752 (K.B.1949); George Cohen, Sons & Co. v. Standard Marine Insurance Co., 21 Lloyd's List L.R. 30 (K.B.1925)
The three standards developed by the district court were:
(F)irst is the standard of reasonable salvage and/or engineering effort....
A second standard is whether the refurbishing effort is so extensive as not reasonably to be characterized as repair....
A third standard is whether the cost of recovering and refurbishing the thing insured is so out of proportion to the value of the resulting operational entity that the thing must reasonably be considered an actual total loss.
F.Supp. at 158


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Comparison of serotonergic receptor subtypes on the smooth muscle and endothelium of the canine coronary artery.
D S Houston and P M Vanhoutte
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics January 1988, 244 (1) 1-10;
D S Houston
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To characterize the responses of the canine coronary artery to serotonin, rings with and without endothelium were suspended in organ chambers for isometric tension recording. Serotonin evoked an endothelium-dependent relaxation of prostaglandin F2 alpha-contracted rings which was inhibited by antagonists with affinity for 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)1 and 5-HT2 receptors, methiothepin and metergoline, but was not mimicked or antagonized by the 5-HT1A-selective ligand, 8-hydroxy-2-di-n-propylamino tetralin. This relaxation is not mediated by 5-HT1B receptors as it was not antagonized by cyanopindolol; similarly, lack of inhibition by ketanserin and MDL 72222 rule out contributions of 5-HT2 receptors or 5-HT3 receptors. Rings without endothelium contracted to serotonin; this contraction was not blocked by cyanopindolol and was only weakly inhibited by ketanserin, but was antagonized in an apparently competitive fashion by methiothepin and was mimicked by 8-hydroxy-2-di-n-propylamino tetralin (although at higher concentrations than would be expected for its action at a 5-HT1A receptor). At high concentrations, serotonin evoked a relaxation of endothelium-denuded rings, which was blocked by very low concentrations of methiothepin but was unaffected by ketanserin or cyanopindolol. Thus, there appear to be three different serotonergic receptors in the coronary artery. Although available agents do not allow their precise classification as yet, none of them is of the 5-HT2 type.
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