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Environmental Pollution / Emissions Expert Witnesses: 15
Environment (General)
Forensic Toxicology Expert Witness William Sawyer
Toxicology Consultants and Assessment Specialists
Dr. William R. Sawyer, PhD
Chief Toxicologist
29 Fennell Street
Skaneateles, NY 13152
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phone: 800-308-0080 (toll free) or 315-685-2345
Dr. William R. Sawyer is a Professional Toxicologist with a doctorate in toxicology from Indiana University School of Medicine. He has over 33 years of extensive experience in Public Health and Forensic Toxicology with specialized expertise in causation analyses (plaintiff and defendant) including Alcohol toxicology, Drugs-of-Abuse, Pharmaceuticals, Herbal Products, Dioxins, Solvents, Heavy Metals, Crude Oil and other Chemicals. Dr. Sawyer has testified in trial or deposition in over 30 states including NY, MA, CT, PA, RI, NH, DE, NJ, WV, VA, NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, LA, AR, MO, KY, IN, IL, WI, MI, OH, MN, MT, WA, CA, TX, OK.
As a skilled scientist and communicator in the area of toxic tort, Dr. Sawyer provides services to governmental agencies, corporations, select plaintiffs or defendants. Dr. Sawyer currently serves as Chief Toxicologist for TCAS, LLC, and served for 23 years as an Assistant Professor (adjunct) with the Department of Medicine, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York. Dr. Sawyer also has approximately 14 years experience as a licensed clinical and environmental laboratory director in several states.
Lisa Myers interviews Dr. Sawyer on NBC Nightly News
TCAS Services and Expertise:
Alcohol Toxicology
Analytical Testing
Asbestos Toxicology
Causation Assessments
Chemical Toxicology
Dioxin Toxicology
Forensic Chemistry
Forensic Toxicology
Mass Toxic Tort
Medical Malpractice - Pharmaceuticals
Petroleum Toxicology
Forensic Source ID
Academic Affiliations- Medical School Faculty (adjunct)
Government Experience - Public Health Toxicologist
Toxic Tort Causation / Determination - Defense, Plaintiff
Experienced Clinical and Environmental Laboratory Director
Considerable Experience with Mass Toxic Torts
View Dr. William Sawyer's Consulting Profile.
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• Lisa Myers interviews Dr. William R. Sawyer in an NBC Nightly News Special Report
• WWL Interview - Scientists Unsettled by Federal Commission
• WWL Interview - Scientists Question Gulf Seafood Testing
Environmental Due Diligence Expert Robin Franks
TGE Resources, Inc.
Robin D. Franks, PG, CHMM, RSO
8048 Northcourt Road
Robin D. Franks, PG, CHMM, RSO has over 25 years of relevant industry experience as a professional Geoscientist / Geologist and Certified Hazardous Materials Manager. President and TGE Resources, Inc., she offers environmental due diligence, industrial hygiene, environmental compliance auditing, and remediation management of affected real property services. Ms. Franks provides litigation support and client representation with regard to environmental matters. She has been actively involved in more than 35 "merger/acquisition" projects encompassing over 750 sites nationwide. As senior Technical Advisor, she has been involved in thousands of real property investigations, many of which have involved remediation/closure projects within Texas and throughout the United States. Areas of Expertise:
Real Estate Assessments - Environmental Due Diligence
Environmental Compliance Audits
Remediation Management, Corrective Action (Clean-up) Consulting of Contaminated Real Estate
Risk-Based Closure
Hazardous, Solid Waste Materials Management, Clean-up Consulting of Affected Property
Asbestos, Lead-Based Paint, Mold/Fungal, Industrial Hygiene
Radiation Safety (NORM)
Petroleum Storage Tank (PST) Management, Compliance, Corrective Action
Environmental Testing, Clean-up Consulting
View Dr. Franks' Consulting Profile.
• Robin Franks' Professional Profile
• Litigation Support Experience
• View TGE's Partial Client List
Environmental Engineering Expert Jiji Thomas
TCE Consulting Engineers Limited
JIJI THOMAS
Senior Officer-Environment
Kudilil House, Eravimangalam
Kottayam 686613
TCE Consulting Engineers Limited (TCE) is one of India's leading Engineering Consulting Organizations. TCE offers a wide range of multi-disciplinary services in project engineering across several sectors. The firm has completed more than 4500 assignments, including the engineering of several power plants with total installed capacity of over 41,000MW, several large urban water supply and waste water projects, as well as those for smaller towns, facilities inside battery limits and offsite facilities for several chemical and industrial plants.
TCE has highly qualified and experienced professionals on its rolls. Design offices are located in several cities in India - Mumbai, Bangalore, New Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Pune and Jamshedpur, and a branch office in the USA and South Africa.
TCE has successfully carried out several assignments overseas — in South East Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Asia Pacific, Australia and the Americas.
TCE has done projects funded by:
Japan Bank for International Cooperation
United Nations Industrial Development Organization
United States Agency for International Development
Environmental Survey & Consultations
Environmental Data Analysis & GIS mapping
Environmental Sampling, Monitoring & Pollution Analysis (Air, Water & Soil)
Environmental Clearance & Liaison with Statutory Authorities
Industrial Site Visits and Identification of Suitable Waste Disposal Sites & Methodologies
Environmental Toxicology Expert Witness Ted Simon
Ted W Simon, PhD, DABT
4184 Johnston Road
Winston GA 30187
phone: 770-359-9807 (office) and 770-359-980 (cell)
Ted W. Simon, PhD, DABT, is an award winning Environmental Toxicologist and Scientist. His expertise is in toxicology, risk assessment, mathematical modeling, statistics, neuroscience, and environmental / ecological health issues.
Dr. Simon has over 10 years of experience as a toxicologist employed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). He served as EPA's senior toxicologist in the waste management division working on risk and soil cleanup.
Teaching Experience - Since 2001, Dr. Simon has served as an Instructor / Adjunct Professor in the Department of Environmental Health Science, College of Public Health, at the University of Georgia.
Public Speaker - Well published, including the author of a textbook on toxicology and environmental risk assessment, Dr. Simon has extensive national and international public speaking experience. Since 1996, he has been delivering seminars and lectures to universities and national institutes on many subjects within his area of expertise. In 2016, he delivered a lectures on "Bayesian Methods for Application of Uncertainty Factors," to the Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, and "Quantitative Prediction of Phenotypic Change from High Throughput Assay Results," to the EPA's Workshop on In Vitro to In Vivo Extrapolation, Research Triangle Park, NC.
Litigation Support - Dr. Simon has over 15 years of experience offering expert witness services to counsel representing both plaintiff and defendant. He has been retained over 20 times since 2000 for cases involving environmental risk, drug and alcohol cases, DUI, accidental poisoning, and intellectual property. Dr. Simon has particular expertise in dioxin-like chemicals and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). His services include consulting, reports, deposition, and trial testimony when necessary.
Food Contamination
• Dr. Simon's Curriculum Vitae
9/26/2016 · Environment
Just Who Is At Risk? The Ethics of Environmental Regulation
By: Dr. Ted Simon
The willingness to view risk as part of daily life has vanished. A risk-averse mindset among environmental regulators engenders confusion between the ethics of intention and the ethics of consequence, leading to the elevation of the precautionary principle with unintended and often unfortunate outcomes. Environmental risk assessment is conservative, but the actual level of conservatism cannot be determined. High-end exposure assumptions and current toxicity criteria from the USEPA, based on linear extrapolation for carcinogens and default uncertainty factors for systemic toxicants, obscure the degree of conservatism in risk assessments. Ideally, one could choose a percentile of the target population to include within environmental standards, but this choice is complicated by the food, pharmaceutical and advertising industries, whose activities, inadvertent or not, often promote maladaptive and unhealthy lifestyle choices.
Personal Injury Loss Experts RPC
Research & Planning Consultants, LP
Dr. Ronald T. Luke, JD
6300 La Calma Drive, Suite 170
Research & Planning Consultants, LP (RPC) has been assisting clients with expert services for over 45 years, including consulting and expert witness testimony for personal injury, healthcare litigation, commercial litigation and Certificate of Need matters. RPC also offers a wide selection of health data. They have served clients across the U.S, from Alaska to Florida and from New England to California.
A Complete Team of Damages Experts for Personal Injury Litigation
Research & Planning Consultants, LP provides the following services:
PERSONAL INJURY - RPC provides comprehensive damages analysis in personal injury litigation. Their expert team has life care planners, vocational evaluators, board-certified physicians, economists and neuropsychologists.
Areas of Expertise include: Life Care Plans, Loss of Earning Capacity or Support, Present Value of Damages, Medical Bill Analysis, Chargemaster Analysis, Neuropsychological Testing & Traumatic Brain Injury, Vocational Evaluations, IMEs, Section 18.001, Prestanding ED Chargemaster Analysis
COMMERCIAL LITIGATION- RPC has provided expert analysis on commercial litigation concerning many industries: chemicals, refining, forestry, waste management, pipelines, water resources, oil and gas EDP, fisheries, agriculture, electrical generating plants, transmission lines, telecommunications, and real estate development. Our special expertise in the healthcare industry has proven valuable to business litigators unfamiliar with this complex industry.
Areas of Expertise: Breach of Contract / Commercial Economic Damages, Construction Disputes, Litigation over Non-Competitive Agreements, Environmental Torts and Toxic Torts, Commercial Disparagement, Wrongful Termination
HEALTHCARE LITIGATION - RPC offers economic, statistical, data and clinical analysis in a wide range of healthcare litigation. They have experience with payment disputes, qui tam litigation, physician-hospital disputes, practice valuations and construction litigation.
Areas of Expertise: Qui Tam Healthcare Litigation, Medical Staff Disputes, Professional Liability, Payment Disputes, Health Facility Construction Disputes, Freestanding ED Chargemester Analysis
CERTIFICATE OF NEED - RPC provides Certificate of Need (CON) planning services nationwide. We have over 35 years of experience developing regulatory strategy, preparing applications and testifying in public and administrative hearings.
Areas of Expertise: Satellite Hospitals, New Hospitals, Relocation and Transfer of Beds, Observation Beds, Geriatric Psychiatric Units, Children's Hospitals, Comprehensive Inpatient Rehabilitation Units, Neonatal Intensive Care Units, Open Heart Surgery Services, Long Term Acute Care Units, Projects that exceed CON Capital Threshold Limits, Projects for Specifically Listed Services, Programs Requiring CON, Hospices, Senior Living Facilities
Ronald T. Luke, JD, PhD, is a principal consultant and President of RPC, LP. Ron joined RPC in 1976 and became its president and principal owner in 1979. He has consulted on projects for health care providers, managed care plans and public agencies in more than 25 states. He also serves as an expert witness in trials, administrative proceedings and legislative hearings.
Active in the Health Policy Arena, Dr. Luke has been accepted as an expert in Economics, Socioeconomic Impact Analysis, and Policy Analysis by state and federal courts, and state administrative agencies. The types of cases in which he has provided expert testimony include personal injury, contractual disputes, health care payment disputes, construction defects, utility construction permitting, and certificate of need. He has testified on health care matters including market structure, billing fraud and abuse, reasonableness of charges, medical staff credentialing, workers' compensation fee guidelines, utilization review, physician contracts, and managed care contracts.
Kacy L. Turner, MS, CRC, CVE, CLCP, is a Certified Life Care Planner and Vocational Consultant with RPC. She has over 20 years of experience in Rehabilitation. Ms. Turner has experience writing life care plans for both plaintiff and defense clients. She has experience as a rehabilitation consultant in three states and has been qualified as a testifying expert in state and federal court.
Ms. Turner has worked on cases in several states as well as the country of Trinidad. To determine the pre-injury and post-injury employability in personal injury cases, she provides vocational testing, transferable skills analysis, job requirements analysis, rehabilitation plans, and definition of reasonable accommodations under the American with Disabilities Act. She is a member of the International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals, the Texas Association of Rehabilitation Professionals and Providers of Services, and Vocational Evaluation and Career Assessment Professionals.
Brian Piper, PhD, is an Economist with RPC specializing in Quantitative Analysis and Modelling. He works on a variety of cases including personal injury and certificate of need. He is experienced in data extraction, management, simulation, and analysis using STATA, SQL, ARC GIS and a variety of other programs. Dr. Piper has taught graduate classes in statistics and econometrics in both MBA and Ph.D. programs.
Dr. Piper is an experienced expert, providing testimony, reports, and affidavits on the issues of economic damages in personal injury litigation, healthcare litigation, False Claims Act litigation, and other commercial litigation. He has testified on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants.
Dr. Piper specializes in the economics of healthcare. He has been retained by healthcare providers and insurers in payment disputes. He has analyzed the reasonableness of charges and expected payment for past and future medical services for providers, insurers, plaintiffs, and defendants. Besides work in litigation, Dr. Piper has provided analysis of Certificate of Need applications and the economic impacts of proposed legislation.
• Dr. Ronald T. Luke's Curriculum Vitae
• Kacy Turner's Curriculum Vitae
• Dr. Brian Piper's Curriculum Vitae
• Economic Damages Analysis
• Regulatory Services
• Health Data Store
• Whitepapers
• A Complete Team of Damages Experts for Personal Injury Litigation
Hazardous Waste Pollution Expert Dennis Stainken
Princeton Somerset Group, Inc.
Dr. Dennis Stainken
4 Carrol Drive
Hillsborough NJ 08844
Dr. Dennis Stainken has over 30 years of Industrial and Government experience managing Pollution Control and Hazardous Waste Projects. His experience includes assignments in engineering, analytical and toxicology sciences for regulatory compliance, product registration, risk assessment, technology development.
Dr. Stainken is a national expert in Environmental Toxicology & Ecological Research on the transport, fate and effect of pollutants, and in quality assurance in government and industry.
Health Issues/Physiology/Chemistry
Contamination & Remediation
Natural Resource Damage Assessments
Gasoline & Oil Issues
• Read More About the Princeton Somerset Group
Occupational Hygiene Expert Witness Nancy McClellan
Occupational Health Management, PLLC
Nancy M. McClellan, MPH, CIH, CHMM
Industrial Hygiene Expert & Principal Consultant
56439 Nickelby Drive S.
Shelby Township MI 48316
Nancy M. McClellan, MPH, CIH, CHMM, is an award winning, Industrial Hygiene and Safety expert with over 25 years of broad international experience practicing, teaching and authoring to anticipate, recognize, evaluate, control and prevent workplace health and safety hazards in high hazard industries.
Ms. McClellan is domestically and internationally recognized for leadership service to the IH profession for the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA), the American Board of Industrial Hygiene (ABIH), the Occupational Hygiene Training Association (OHTA) and the Joint Industrial Hygiene Ethics Education (JIHEEC) Boards of Directors and Committees. She currently serves on the AIHA Executive Board of Directors.
Prior to her independent expert and consulting practice, Ms. McClellan practiced industrial hygiene management as a Board Certified Industrial Hygienist on a global scale for both AbbVie, a major producer of highly potent biopharmaceuticals and LafargeHolcim, the world's largest building materials corporation.
She currently provides industrial hygiene and safety legal expert, management, training, and select field services to sectors such as the pharmaceutical, automotive, military, hospital, electronic, food, chemical, and commercial real estate industries. She is also Chair of the COHSE External Advisory Board at the University of Michigan Graduate School of Public Health, a subject matter expert, and an international expert lecturer.
As a result of combined experience, education, and certifications, Ms. McClellan was interviewed in October 2020 on the ABC Network's Good Morning America program regarding Covid pandemic controls, as well as a number of ABC News and professional journal articles regarding the association between HVAC systems, Indoor Air Quality and the Covid pandemic to advance public and worker health protections.
Ms. McClellan has extensive expertise in Pandemic, Covid-19 Response Management, including chemical and non-chemical disinfectant exposure evaluation and real estate/facility controls.
Good Morning America Pandemic / Indoor Air Interview
Litigation Support - Nancy McClellan seeks to work with clients that present a challenge in determining whether workers and/or the public have been exposed to chemical, biological, physical or ergonomic hazards, and are willing to objectively and collaboratively explore and investigate the scientific possibilities. Her services include thorough reporting, depositions, and trial testimony as needed.
Covid-19 Response Management
Biohazard Assessment and Pandemic Control Programs
Air and Surface Disinfection Evaluation and Controls
H&S Policy and Program Development and Audits
Highly Potent Compound Containment
Workplace Hazard Risk and Exposure Assessment
USP 800 Safe Hazardous Drug Handling Conformance
Hearing Conservation Program Development and Controls
Respiratory Protection Evaluation and Program Development
Worksite Ergonomic Evaluation and Controls
View Nancy McClellan's Consulting Profile.
• Nancy M. McClellan's Curriculum Vitae
• Select OH Projects
• University of Michigan SPH Comprehensive Industrial Hygiene Review
• In-Flight v. Stockbridge - Facility Pandemic Resilience and Rent Case
• Virus Countermeasures Drive Worker Safety
• GMA Interview
8/5/2021 · Industrial Hygiene and Safety
Occupant Health Hinges On Indoor Air Quality
By: Nancy M. McClellan
Mold, pollen, dust, smog, smoke, carbon dioxide, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and other viruses and bacteria released through materials like furniture upholstery and carpeting, gaseous chemicals, particulates, and occupants, can all impact and jeopardize human health. Investing in healthier indoor air now will lead to a better environment in your building as we emerge from this pandemic with occupants that are more productive and focused.
Forensic Meteorology Expert David Mitchell
MET Associates
Dr. David L. Mitchell
Consulting Forensic Meteorologist
Dayton TX 77535
Dr. David L. Mitchell is an authority on the Numerical Modeling of Geophysical and Atmospheric Data with a Doctorate in Meteorology from Purdue University. Dr. Mitchell has over 28 years of technical modeling experience in industry and consulting.
Dr. Mitchell is a Court Qualified Expert in Air Modeling and Forensic Meteorology. His business experience includes various research, project management and technical consulting positions with Conoco, Getty Oil Company, Texaco, Tenneco, British Petroleum, Leviathan Gas Pipeline LLP and IBM Corporation.
Dr. Mitchell has extensive knowledge of Forensic Meteorology and has published his research results on the numerical modeling of atmospheric stability and convection. Dr. Mitchell is an expert in the field of Air Pollution Meteorology with over 28 years of experience with the mathematical modeling of wave propagation in elastic media, atmospheric fluid dynamics and air dispersion modeling.
Dr. Mitchell is a specialist in Weather Event Re-Construction for litigation and has provided expert testimony for numerous cases related to severe weather events and the application of Force Majeure clauses. He has provided forensic meteorology support for civil and criminal investigations and insurance cases involving weather related accidents, the release of toxic pollutants into the air, air pollution and weather related personal injury and property damage.
He is a member of the Air and Waste Management Association, the American Meteorological Society and the National Association of Environmental Professionals. Dr. Mitchell is also an Associate Member of the American Bar Association with affiliation with the Litigation Division and is a Certified Professional Geoscientist and a Licensed Professional Geoscientist (#1330) in the State of Texas, Certified by the Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists.
Ph.D., Atmospheric Science and Meteorology, Purdue University 1976
M.S., Physics, Purdue University 1974
B.S., Physics and Mathematics (Dean's Distinguished List), Baylor University 1972
Dissertation: A Theoretical Investigation of Atmospheric Convective Modes as a Function of Rayleigh Number, Prandtl Number and Eddy Anisotropy; 1977, Meteor. Soc. Japan, Vol. 55, No. 4, 341 – 363.
Certification and Honors
Court Qualified Expert in Air Modeling and Forensic Meteorology
Certified Professional Geoscientist, Licensed Geoscientist – Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists
Associate of the Scientific Research Society of North America
Sigma Pi Sigma, National Physics Honors Society
Distinguished Expert, National Forensic Center
Environmental Engineering Expert Witness Philip Tringale
Langan Engineering & Environmental Services
Philip T. Tringale, PhD, PE
Environmental Engineering Consultant
Dr. Tringale provides environmental consulting and expert witness services to a diverse group of public and private sector clients throughout the United States both directly and through legal counsel. His experience includes contaminated soil and groundwater issues; Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) remedial investigations and feasibility studies; cost estimating and allocation; soil and groundwater remediation and redevelopment; and third-party review and strategic consulting. As a testifying expert and litigation consultant, Dr. Tringale has given testimony at trial in state and federal courts. His opinions have related to compliance with the National Contingency Plan, identification of contaminant sources, assessment of magnitude and extent of contamination, evaluation of remediation programs, review and development of remedial cost estimates, and allocation of cost and responsibility.
Dr. Tringale has been providing litigation support services to the legal industry for over 25 years. He is available to attorneys for Plaintiff and Defense. Dr. Tringale has been retained more than 25 times and has provided expert testimony in support of counsel for cases involving:
National Contingency Plan Compliance
Identification of Contaminant Sources
Magnitude and Extent of Contamination
Remedial Cost Estimates
Allocation of Cost and Responsibility
View Philip Tringale's Consulting Profile.
• Dr. Tringale's Curriculum Vitae
• More About Dr. Tringale
Toxic Tort Expert Witness Howard Kipen
Kipen Environmental, LLC
Howard M. Kipen, MD, MPH
Basking Ridge NJ 07920
Howard M. Kipen MD, MPH, is Board certified in Internal Medicine and Occupational Medicine. Dr. Kipen earned a BA from UC Berkeley, MD from UCSF, and MPH from Columbia University. He currently serves as Director of the Clinical Research and Occupational Medicine Division and Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health at Rutgers University. Dr. Kipen's research focuses on clinical and epidemiological studies of the health effects of Indoor and Ambient Air Pollution. His research uses both controlled exposure models with ozone, fresh aerosols, and diesel-enriched on-road exposures, primarily with drives on the New Jersey Turnpike. A new EPA study examines health benefits of portable air cleaners for reducing indoor air pollution levels. Biomarker outcomes presently emphasized are exhaled breath oxidative stress and invasive and noninvasive measures of vascular function. Dr. Kipen has published morethan 200 articles on environmental / occupational health. Scholarly Activities:
Former Chair, NASA Human Research Program's Advanced Environmental Health / Advanced Food Technology Standing Review Panel
Member, National Academies Standing Committee on Medical and Epidemiological Aspects of Air Pollution on U.S. Government Employees and their Families, 2016
Chair / Member Multiple Ad Hoc Grant Review Panels (e.g., NIEHS, Department of Defense)
Governor's Appointee, Public Employee's Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, New Jersey Department of Labor
Member, Public Health Scientific Advisory Board, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Litigation Support: Dr. Kipen has 35 years of litigation experience. He has expertise in various Toxic Torts including asbestos, benzene, mold, air pollution, occupational and environmental cancers, and other diseases. He also has expertise on "Multiple Chemical Sensitivities" (MCS). Dr. Kipen has particular experience as an asbestos plaintiff's expert and both plaintiff and defense experience with other toxic torts. His services include medical record review, thorough reporting, depositions, and trial testimony as needed.
• Dr. Kipen's Curriculum Vitae
Hydrology and Environmental Engineering Expert Witness Chuck Dutill
Heritage Technical Services, Inc.
Chuck Dutill, PE, DFE
Expert Witness | Principal Consultant
1240 West Chester Pike, Suite 213
West Chester PA 19382
For over 40 years, Chuck Dutill, P.E., D.F.E. has been performing Hydrology and Environmental Engineering nationwide. He has focused on wastewater, stormwater, flooding, sewers, septic systems, groundwater, drainage, runoff, hydrology, hydraulics, backups, drinking water, and air quality.
Litigation Support - Mr. Dutill has spent approximately 30% of his professional time providing expert witness services for over 40 years. Approximately 45 to 50% of his expert witness services have been for defendants and about 50 to 55% for plaintiffs. He has issued 170 to 175 expert reports, been deposed approximately 45 to 50 times, and testified in federal and state court (including jury and non-jury trials) approximately 35 to 40 times.
Forensic cases have occurred in approximately 35 states. As indicated in feedback from attorneys on expert witness cases, some of his strengths include understandable guidance, responsiveness, timeliness, communication, effective report writing, strong testimony (including on cross), efficiency, organization, and assistance with framing case issues.
Sanitary Sewage
Water Mains
Storm Sewers
Infiltration/Inflow
Combined Sewers
Hydroplaning
CV Available Upon Request View Mr. Dutill's Consulting Profile.
• Litigation Summary
• Chuck Dutill, PE, DFE Biography
• Attorney Observations
Forensic Geoscience Expert David Mitchell
GEO Associates
David L. Mitchell
GEO Associates provides litigation support services and expert witness testimony for civil and criminal investigations and insurance industry cases (both plaintiff and defendant) that involve Groundwater Pollution and Data Analysis, Forensic Geology and Geophysics, Hydrology Modeling, and Forensic Meteorology including Weather Event Re-Construction and Force Majeure cases. GEO Associates can assist attorneys and insurance claim professionals in obtaining, analyzing, modeling, and interpreting the correct geophysical/geological and meteorological data for their case.
GEO Associates uses the latest approved Regulatory EPA and USGS numerical modeling software to map the concentration levels and transport of air and groundwater pollutants. GEO Associates numerical modeling expertise, combined with their advanced knowledge of meteorological, geophysical and geological data gathering and processing, provides strong support to the attorney and client for cases involving Air Pollution, Reduced Visibility, Severe Storms, Groundwater Contamination, Flooding, Wind Damage and Hazardous Material Spills and Releases to Air and/or Water, which result in accidents, contamination of aquifers, toxic air, property damage, personal injury and death.
Industrial Groundwater Pollution
Toxic Tort Strategy
Environmental Surface and Groundwater Pollution
Mapping of Surface and Groundwater Contamination
Forensic Hydrology
Groundwater Computer Modeling
Aquifer Systems Analysis
Hazardous Spill Releases
Geological and Geophysical Data Acquisition, Processing and Analysis
Geological and Geophysical Mapping of Reservoirs
Observational Field Programs
Reflection and Refraction Seismology
Forensic Seismology
Seismic Investigations
Oil and Gas Operations and Operator Performance
Marine and Land Seismic Operations
Value Analysis of Proprietary Geophysical and Geological Data
2D and 3D Reflection Seismology Modeling and Analysis
Fluid Dynamics and Reservoir Analysis
Toxic Fluid Migration
Class Action and Force Majeure Cases
Environmental Health Expert Witness Shaun Crawford
Crawsa, LLC
Shaun A. Crawford, PhD, CIH
2213 Marion Street
Dr. Shaun Anthony Crawford, CIH, has a diverse 30+ year background in environmental health, safety and industrial hygiene consulting and litigation support, spanning government, industry, academics, residential and non-profit sectors. He holds a MSPH in Environmental Engineering / Industrial Hygiene and a Doctorate in Environmental Health Sciences with a specialization in industrial hygiene, both from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Dr. Crawford has held academic positions in Environmental Management, Urban Environmental Studies, and Environmental Health at three universities. He has a very successful business and litigation track record and is available for both plaintiff and defense representation.
Vapor Emissions from Building Materials
Mold Contamination and Remediation
Metals and Bacteria in Wastewater
Construction Runoff and Sedimentation
Pipeline Rupture
Superfund Communities
Industrial Contamination
PFOA / PFOS / PFCs
Aerosol Exposure and Lung Damage
For additional information, please consult Dr. Crawford's resume.
• Dr. Shaun Crawford's Curriculum Vitae
Occupational Medicine Expert Witness Stanley Haimes
Center for Occupational and Environmental Health
Stanley C. Haimes, MD, MPH, CIH, FACOEM, CIME
Orlando FL USA
Stanley C. Haimes, MD, MPH, CIH, FACOEM, is board certified in Occupational Medicine and has extensive experience in travel medicine, medical surveillance, drug testing, and wellness programs for companies of all sizes.
Dr. Haimes is also a Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Medical Officer for OSHA, and Member of the national committee that determines safe exposure levels to chemicals in the workplace. He is highly qualified to analyze workplace conditions ranging from Air Quality and Bio-hazard Risks to Noise Pollution and Work Site Ergonomics.
Background - For 10 years, Dr. Haimes served as the medical director for Lockheed Martin, where he developed their travel medicine program, performed travel clearance and immunizations for 30 international destinations, and reduced their Workers' Compensation costs by 75 percent. He also served as the medical director for the National Science Foundations' Antarctic Program, providing medical clearance for destinations like the South Pole.
A high-profile member of the occupational medicine community, Dr. Haimes has written numerous medical surveillance guidelines for the OSHA. He also serves on a number of national committees responsible for establishing the medical criteria for emergency personnel on behalf of the National Fire Protection Association and the International Association of Chiefs of Police.
Litigation Support - Dr. Haimes provides expert witness services for Cases involving Occupational Medicine and Medical Toxicology. His services are available to attorneys representing plaintiff and defendant and include medical record review, depositions, and trial testimony.
Exposure Evaluation
Disability Evaluation
Return to Duty
Fit for Duty
Complex Causation
Firefighter Medical Employment Criteria
Law Enforcement Medical Employment Criteria
• Professional Qualifications
Toxicology Medical Environmental Sciences Expert Witness Olen Brown
Brown Consulting & Expert Witnessing
Dr. Olen Brown, PhD
Toxicology / Medical Sciences / Environmental Sciences
527 North Cedar Lake Drive, West
Dr. Olen R. Brown, PhD is a board certified Diplomate in Toxicology and member of the standards of knowledge committee. He has the PhD in Microbiology With over 35 years of experience in Life Sciences and more than 150 publications. Dr. Brown specializes in complex, multidisciplinary cases, and he focuses on Human Medicine using the disciplines of bacteriology, virology, immunology, epidemiology, biochemistry, physiology, analytical chemistry, toxicology, and environmental sciences.
Dr. Brown has provided litigation support services for 180+ cases in 25 states and 1 in Canada. Dr. Brown has served in Plaintiff/Defense, and Criminal/Civil cases. He has testified in 20 trials and 31 depositions. Dr. Brown's expertise include: cause-and-effect determination after medical record review; risk assessment and causation determination from toxic exposure; evaluation of the therapeutic and harmful effects of ethical drugs, antibiotics, alcohol, and drugs of abuse; the toxicity of solvents, pesticides, heavy metals, ozone, carbon monoxide, particulates, and most organic chemicals for most organ systems including the lung (Asthma, COPD, RADS) and the brain (Parkinson's), Dr. Brown has evaluated human medical and veterinary medical devices and pharmaceuticals for safety.
Toxicology (General, Academic, Pharmacologic, Forensic, Regulatory)
Medical Sciences - Microbiology, Immunology, Bacteriology, Virology, Cell Physiology, Infectious Diseases, Cancer, Allergy, Mechanisms of Diseases
Microbiology - Medical, Molecular Biology, Veterinary Medical, Environmental
Environmental Biology - Hazardous Wastes; Air, Water and Soil Pollution
Chemistry - Biochemistry, Analytical, Organic
Veterinary Sciences - Cell Physiology, Mechanisms of Disease
View Dr. Brown's Consulting Profile.
• Dr. Brown's Curriculum Vitae
The Art Of Expert Witnessing
By: Dr. Olen Brown
Attorneys use experts in two ways. First is the traditional use of an expert as a witness in court. In this role, scientists, business people, or others with technical knowledge are retained by attorneys primarily for their opinions (oral, written, or both), ultimately to be given at deposition and in civil and criminal courts. Second, the expert may be used as a pre-trial consultant or more specifically as an undisclosed consultant
Olen R. Brown, PhD
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Pakistan Edition
Pakistan ready to tap into Kuwait's skilled labor market — envoy
Lawyer for Daniel Pearl's family faces uphill legal fight
Dutch government collapses over benefits scandal
Saudi Arabia announces 3 more COVID-19 deaths
PM Khan lambasts opposition decision to hold Peshawar rally despite COVID-19 surge
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Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan during a speech in Islamabad on Feb. 17, 2020. (AFP/File)
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PDM says all attendees will be required to wear face masks at the rally on Sunday
At least 42 people died and 2,843 tested positive in 24 hours as second wave grips the country
KARACHI: Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan and members of his cabinet have strongly criticized the decision of the country's biggest opposition alliance to hold a rally in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Sunday, despite a government ban on the gathering which cites rising COVID-19 cases.
The opposition alliance has said it will require all attendees to wear face masks at the rally.
"The same PDM mbrs who had wanted a strict lockdown and criticised me earlier now playing reckless politics with people's safety. They are even defying court orders & holding a jalsa when cases are rising dramatically," PM Khan tweeted on Saturday.
Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), an alliance of 11 political parties, told Arab News on Saturday that its Peshawar rally would go on as planned but with all attendees required to wear masks.
"We are holding the rally but no participant will be allowed to enter without wearing masks," Muhammad Zubair, spokesperson for Pakistan Muslim League- N leader Nawaz Sharif, told Arab News, and added that special masks with one of Nawaz's anti-government slogans, 'Vote Ko Izzat do' (Respect the Vote) had been arranged for the rally.
The PDM has been campaigning nationwide to oust the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan and has drawn huge crowds.
"This government is the representative of a stolen mandate," Fazlur Rehman, chief of the opposition alliance said on Saturday.
"As we talk about COVID-19, we are also concerned about COVID-18," he said, in a reference to the 2018 general elections which PDM leaders say was rigged in favour of Prime Minister Imran Khan.
"A historic rally will take place tomorrow in Peshawar," he continued.
On Friday, Peshawar's deputy commissioner refused to grant prmission for the PDM rally, and cited the rising spread of coronavirus in the district.
A handout issued by Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province's health department earlier, said an average hike of 12 percent was witnessed in COVID-19 cases in the province in the last three days.
Numbers of infected people and fatalities across Pakistan are rising to peak levels as the country is gripped in a second coronavirus wave.
"The coronavirus has turned serious due to political gatherings," Taimur Khan Jhagra, provincial minister for finance and health, said in a statement on Saturday which quoted health professionals to say hospital cases of COVID-19 were exponentially rising.
"Whether we take action or not, we have fulfilled our legal responsibility by not granting permission for holding the rally," Jhagra said.
He added that the PTI government had also cancelled its own gatherings in the interests of health.
But a trust deficit that has reached breaking point between the government and opposition has continued to dominate decisions.
Spokesman Zubair said that at present, the opposition alliance was not ready to believe the government on COVID-19 statistics.
"It is the responsibility of the PTI government to brief parliamentary parties with factual situation as the government has inside information," Zubair told Arab News, and added that the government had only placed a ban on gatherings once its own election campaign in northern Gilgit-Baltistan ended and its own minister held his public rally.
"There is so much politics that goes on in Pakistan that nobody knows that what the reality is," Zubair continued.
"The government didn't do anything and we saw a huge funeral taking place today," he said, in a reference to the funeral prayers of hardline cleric Khadim Hussain Rizvi, which was attended by tens of thousands of people in the eastern city of Lahore.
"It (government) hasn't taken any other action," Zubair said.
"Are they stopping overcrowded buses? Have they closed malls and shops...Restaurants are open till 10pm... weddings with participations of 300 people is also allowed," he said.
According to official data, at least 42 people died and 2,843 more were infected with COVID-19 in Pakistan during the last 24 hours-- bringing the total count of infected to over 371,000.
Topics: Pakistan CORONAVIRUS PAKISTAN Coronavirus (COVID-19) Prime Minister Imran Khan opposition
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Faisal Siddiqi says overturning even the kidnapping for ransom charge will send Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh back to death row
Sheikh, who allegedly lured Pearl to his death, was acquitted in April due to insufficient evidence
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani lawyer for the family of slain American journalist Daniel Pearl faces an uphill battle to overturn the acquittal of a British-born man convicted in the 2002 murder.
That's because the prosecutor in the original case tried all four men — including Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the man believed to have lured Pearl to his death — as one, with the same charges against all even though each played a different role.
In an interview with The Associated Press on Friday, Faisal Siddiqi, the lawyer for Pearl's family, said that although the initial prosecution had painted the four defendants with the same brush, "You don't, because of doubt in one or two or three pieces (of evidence), acquit them all."
The four men were acquitted in April on the grounds that the initial prosecution's evidence was insufficient. Siddiqi said his argument now before the Supreme Court, Pakistan's highest, is that conspiracy, kidnapping for ransom and murder deserve separate consideration.
Siddiqi said the Supreme Court hearing to overturn the acquittals will resume Tuesday, and most likely reach its conclusion before the end of January. Both the Pearl family as well as Pakistan's government separately have appealed the acquittals.
Siddiqi said overturning even the kidnapping for ransom charge would send Sheikh back to death row, where he'd been since his conviction in 2002. He was transferred to a jail in the port city of Karachi in Sindh province, after the Sindh High Court overturned his conviction. The three others charged in Pearl's murder — Fahad Naseem, Adil Sheikh and Salman Saqib — were acquitted on all charges.
Sheikh was sentenced to death, and the other three to life in prison for their roles in Pearl's murder.
Siddiqi said he's argued that the judges have a duty to both the accused and the victim, and while "no innocent person should be convicted ... no guilty person should be set free."
The Pearl family's lawyer said the overwhelming sentiment is "whenever there is a doubt, let us free the accused, never thinking what happened to the victim," adding that he's asking the judges to "restore the balance between the accused and the victim."
The acquittal outraged the United States, and last month the US warned it won't allow Sheikh to escape justice. Acting US Attorney General Jeffery Rosen praised Pakistan for appealing the Sindh court's order but said if "those efforts do not succeed, the United States stands ready to take custody of Omar Sheikh to stand trial" in America.
Sheikh remains in jail even as the Sindh High Court last month ordered him freed while the appeal is being heard. Sheikh's lawyer, Mehmood A. Sheikh, no relation, has taken the demand for his client's freedom to the Supreme Court. Until now it has not ruled on the release.
Siddiqi said the prosecutor in Sheikh's original trial was held under considerable duress caused by militant Islamists, who issued threats to the attorney general, and which even forced the court hearing to be held within the confines of the jail.
Sheikh was convicted of helping lure Pearl to a meeting in Karachi, where he was kidnapped. Pearl had been investigating the link between Pakistani militants and Richard C. Reid, dubbed the "Shoe Bomber" after trying to blow up a flight from Paris to Miami with explosives hidden in his shoes.
A gruesome video of Pearl's beheading was sent to the US Consulate. The 38-year-old Wall Street Journal reporter from Encino, California was abducted Jan. 23, 2002.
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Bob Ignizio Looks Back at the Year in Film for 2011
By Bob Ignizio
The most important and amazing thing I saw this year wasn't a movie; it was the birth of my son Vincent on January 31st. I try to leave my personal life out of this blog, but in this case it's relevant because having a baby in the house couldn't help but affect my movie viewing. On the one hand, I saw fewer films in the theater because I was busy being a stay at home dad. And yet I wound up seeing more movies overall this year than I ever have thanks to DVD, Blu Ray, Netflix Instant, and various On Demand services, all of which helped make those long nights waiting for the boy to wake up at 4 am expecting a feeding a little easier to bear.
I usually try to be a "glass half full" kind of guy, but I have to admit that 2011 was a pretty lean year for great movies. And as always, a lot of the more interesting films came out at the end of the year, many playing only in big cities like New York and Los Angeles solely for the purpose of Oscar consideration. Even among the films that have played Cleveland this past year, I wasn't able to see everything I wanted to. In particular, I really wish I had caught TAKE SHELTER, HUGO, MONEYBALL, THE IDES OF MARCH, THE DESCENDANTS, THE SKIN I LIVE IN, and MARY MARCY MAY MARLENE. Regardless, I feel confident that I saw a wide enough selection of the films released in 2011 to come up with a list I can live with.
Before I go any further, I should probably explain my personal criteria. The way I see it, a movie is a 2011 release only if it had its theatrical debut in NE Ohio in 2011, or else skipped theaters altogether and debuted on home video this past year. If I couldn't see the movie in Cleveland in some manner until 2011, then it's a 2011 release as far as I'm concerned. That's why you might see a few movies that are technically considered 2010 (or even earlier) releases on my lists.
1 . DRIVE – Critics and movie geeks loved this stylish thriller that spent most of its running time on a slow burn build-up before descending into the brutal violence of its final act. Mainstream audiences largely stayed away, and many of those who did see the film were disappointed that it wasn't another Vin Diesel car chase movie. One unhappy moviegoer even went so far as to sue the distributor over what she claimed was a misleading trailer.
2. CITY OF LIFE AND DEATH – A look at World War II, and the Rape of Nanking in particular told through the eyes of a sympathetic Japanese soldier, something that earned the film's director death threats in his native China. Down and dirty battle scenes, complex characters and themes, and compelling black and white cinematography are just some of the elements that make this a first rate war film that's both entertaining and powerfully affecting.
3. A SCREAMING MAN – Emotionally devastating film from Chad about a father who puts his personal pride ahead of the well-being of his son, and the consequences that result. I can't think of a better performance this past year than Youssouf Djaoro as the father.
4. SOURCE CODE – An intelligent science fiction film for adults that works just fine as an exciting thriller but also offers commentary on the value we place (or don't) on our military personnel without being heavy-handed about it. Duncan Jones is now two for two (his previous film MOON is just as good, maybe even better).
5. TERRI – One of the best movies ever made about being a teenage outsider. No heavy handed melodrama, no big showdown with the bullies, no tragic school shootings. Just a believable, human, and frequently funny film that understands that for a lot of kids, high school isn't the best years of their lives..
6. MELANCHOLIA – The end of the world never looked more beautiful than it does in Lars Von Trier's meditation on depression. Come on, you didn't expect happiness and sunshine from Lars, did you? Still, it's more accessible than you might think, and at least there's no genital mutilations like there were in last year's Von Trier film ANTICHRIST.
7. EVEN THE RAIN – A film crew sets out to make a movie about Columbus discovering America and the exploitation of its indigenous people that followed. In order to get the film done on time and budget, however, the film crew wind up exploiting modern day indigenous people themselves. Ultimately the director and producer must choose between art, commercial profit, and doing the right thing.
8. CAPTAIN AMERICA – Some complained that this World War II era superhero flick took too long to get to the action. Others were just burned out on super hero movies altogether. Personally I liked the time spent getting to know the characters, and I'm more than happy to see more superhero movies if they're as good as this one.
9. ALL GOOD THINGS – Technically a 2010 release, but it didn't open in Cleveland until early 2011. Excellent "inspired by a true story" crime film about a husband who may or may not have murdered his wife. Either way, the guy's clearly a bit off, and his story is never less than fascinating.
10. AMIGO – Set during the largely forgotten (in this country, at least) Phillipine-American War, AMIGO shows the difficulties faced by a village leader trying to keep his people safe without pissing off either the local rebels or the American soldiers occupying his town, a nearly impossible task. Any parallels to more recent conflicts are very much intentional.
Honorable mention: BELLFLOWER, BLUE VALENTINE (2010), CONTAGION, THE DEVIL'S DOUBLE, ESSENTIAL KILLING, IN A BETTER WORLD, INCENDIES, NORA'S WILL, RABBIT HOLE (2010), THE RUM DIARY, SILENT SOULS, THE STRANGE CASE OF ANJELICA, SUPER 8, WARRIOR, WHITE MATERIAL (2010), WIN WIN, YOUNG ADULT, and even though I have a lot of problems with it, I have to say anyone who is serious about film needs to see TREE OF LIFE, easily the most ambitious American film of 2011 (that I saw, anyway).
TOP 5 DOCUMENTARIES OF 2011
1. INTO THE ABYSS – Werner Herzog's true crime documentary certainly deals with the issue of the death penalty, but that's not its main focus. This is a film about the various forces and events that contribute to a murder taking place, and the ways in which that murder affects many people beyond just the victims and perpetrators.
2. THE SKY TURNS – A haunting elegy for a dying village and way of life. Hard to describe in words, it simply needs to be seen.
3. BEING ELMO – Even if you're one of those people who views Elmo as "the Red Menace", you can't help but respect and admire Kevin Clash, the man behind the muppet.
4. NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT – A poetic look at Chile's often turbulent past, and the difficulties the nation faces in coming to terms with it.
5. ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE – Camboidan journalist Thet Sambath, whose family died at the hands of the Khmer Rouge, interviews survivors on both sides of the Cambodian revolution that brought Pol Pot to power. Perhaps the most fascinating aspect of the film is the odd relationship that develops between Sambath and Nuon Chea, Pol Pot's number 2 man.
Honorable Mentions: AMATUER NIGHT: HOME MOVIES FROM AMERICAN ARCHIVES, AMERICAN: THE BILL HICKS STORY, ARMADILLO, THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE 1967-1975, CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS, HOT COFFEE, IF A TREE FALLS: A STORY OF THE EARTH LIBERATION FRONT, THE LAST MOUNTAIN, LOST BOHEMIA, PAGE ONE: INSIDE THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE PARKING LOT MOVIE, PLAYING COLUMBINE, REJOICE AND SHOUT, THESE AMAZING SHADOWS
TOP 5 HORROR/CULT/EXPLOITATION/TRASH FILMS OF 2011
Instead of doing a worst of the year list and giving more attention to movies that don't deserve it, I decided I'd list my favorite low budget, low brow trash films for the year. Some people might call these guilty pleasures, but my first love has always been horror, science fiction, violent action, and exploitation films of all stripes, and I feel no guilt whatsoever for enjoying these kinds of films. I'm well aware these aren't necessarily the "best" films from a technical standpoint, and many (though certainly not all) have no socially redeeming qualities. All I know is I enjoy this kind of stuff, and I know some of our readers do as well.
1. ATTACK THE BLOCK – This British alien invasion flick really surprised me in a lot of ways, all of them good. Made for a fraction of what Hollywood spent on recent turkeys with a similar premise like SKYLINE and BATTLE: LOS ANGELES, ATTACK THE BLOCK not only delivers on thrills and action, but gives us interesting characters who grow as the film progresses.
2. DRIVE ANGRY 3D – Nicholas Cage escapes from Hell to save his granddaughter from a Satanic cult. Features the most unforgettable sex scene of the year, with Nic taking out a gang of cultists while engaged in coitus. Yeah, it's trash, but it's my kind of trash.
3. VENGEANCE – Excellent Japanese gangster flick that asks the question, "What does revenge mean when you have forgotten everything?" The philosophical aspect aside, there's plenty of great action and macho coolness to go around.
4. TUCKER AND DALE VS. EVIL – Tucker and Dale are two genuinely nice good ol' boys, but a group of college kids out on a camping trip are sure the rednecks are a couple of murderous pyschos. Despite our heroes best efforts, they just can't seem to stop the kids from offing themselves as a result of their own stupidity.
5. DETECTIVE DEE AND THE MYSTERY OF THE PHANTOM FLAME – A fun period mystery/kung fu film from legendary Hong Kong writer/producer/director Tsui Hark. Just a good solid film of its kind.
Honorable Mention: BLACK HEAVEN, CREATURE, DREAM HOME, HEARTLESS, I SAW THE DEVIL, KABOOM, VIVA RIVA!, THE WARD
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Joanna January 6, 2012 at 1:09 PM
Thanks for the lists. Several of these I skipped--and now I'm inspired to check them out :)


One man atmospheric black metal band Bron from Edinburgh via New Zealand have release quite a few things digitally but this is a classy digipak CD from those nice Wolfspell people of his late 2017 album. It's long too, three songs coming in between just over twenty and just under thirty minutes each, so this is a serious journey we undertake.
Apparently inspired by a recent trip back home, this explores the themes of death and decay in New Zealand's wilderness. After a long spoken, muttered intro 'Nebula Muriel' opens out into a keyboard driven track. It's slow, introspective stuff, touches of early Burzum flecked throughout an epic sound that seemingly pulls in influences from Summoning to Midnight Configuration, maybe even just a pinch of early Mortiis. It's not in a hurry to take you anywhere other than onwards, windings its own solitary way through the landscape. It's quiet, thoughtful music and intriguing despite the length.
'Through Obsidian Teeth' draws a little 'Dunkelheit' in (the song, not one of his other bands) but wrapped in warmer keyboards. Although it never loses that keyboard refrain, it breaks out into some much more dense black metal, harsh vocals and riffs with epic guitar sweeps like Summoning and a journey over wild landscapes and down to the cold sea. It's pretty rousing music, great folds to gather you up and pull you along into. It mellows out by about halfway, slower and more considered, more dreamlike before leaving.
The title track ends, a grey skies soundscape ebbing with the tide. It's like a drawn out last breath, a little death rattle with the harsh vocals coming in, before drawing on a final tempest to sweep it all away.
This is very accomplished music. Definitely for fans of the epic in black metal, it nevertheless has enough of a journey to keep you interested, ideas and eddies of sound and storm amidst the graceful progression. With lovely packaging too, definitely worth the physical release. And your time of course.
Thoughtful, epic, and with that thousand yard state into the distance, It's well worth an indulgence.


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I was recently very excited by a rumor suggesting Google Apps was coming to our school. We are currently using Elgg software, a similar code to Mahara, as our eportfolio system and it has been successful in terms of blogging and establishing learning communities, but has not entirely caught on as a platform for demonstrating and assessing learning through the curriculum. The Presentation Tool in Elgg Classic, which supposed to tie blogs, files, and other learning artifacts together makes a simple not too appealing list without user friendly navigation. The new version of Elgg has Pages which may be better for presenting artifacts and reflections but still does not tie everything together in an ideal fashion. While I will be sorry to lose the community blogging feature of Elgg (thinking of moving to Blogger but it only allows 100 authors, Google really needs to integrate a blog in the Apps suite) I can't help but be excited about the possibility of using Google Apps as our eportfolio platform. The great thing about Google Apps is there is less need to deal with the technical side of servers and updates and backups, and more time to be productive with easy to use integrated tools and all in the same place with a single sign on.
Google Sites, basically a wiki, provides a great tool for presentation of artifacts and reflection and can be adopted for formative assessment. The great thing about Google Apps is that it allows for collaboration. You have the option to share any of your docs, spreadsheets, calenders, presentations, and sites. Google Sites in particular has a convenient place at the end of every page to leave a comment or attachment. I can easily foresee a teacher student dialogue guided by a rubric resulting in successful formative assessment all within a students eportfolio site. Previously I stated that Google Apps does not have a blogging tool, but within Google Sites, which is part of the suite, there is an announcement page that could easily be used as a journal of sorts.
After reading Dr. Helen Barrett's posts about Google Apps as an eportfolio and reviewing her creation, I gave it go. I already use a lot of Google's products so it was easy for me to integrate them into a Google Site. Please check out my work in progress.
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Sophomore Parish gladly returns to 'D'
By Andrew Hartsock
Kansas offensive linemen Jeff Spikes, left, and Darius Parish work on technique during practice Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009 at the practice fields adjacent to Memorial Stadium.
Darius Parish played in 12 games on Kansas University's defensive line as a true freshman two years ago.
Imagine his surprise, then, when halfway into his red-shirt season last year, coaches came to him and suggested — in the way that college football coaches often "suggest" things — that maybe, perhaps, Parish and the Jayhawks better would be served with Parish on the offensive line.
A team player, Parish didn't hesitate to step over the line of scrimmage.
"Coach (Mark) Mangino was more of an offensive coach," Parish said. "I feel he thought that was the best position I needed to be in for the team. I was willing to do anything I need to do for the team."
Of course, Mangino's run as the Jayhawks' coach ended. In came Turner Gill with a clean-slate approach. Gill wiped the board and asked if any of his new charges wanted to change positions.
Once again, Parish didn't hesitate.
"He gave us the chance to move positions, and I did it," Parish said. "It feels great to get back."
Parish, a 6-foot-4, 327-pound sophomore from Wichita, figures he benefited as much from his stint on the offensive line as the Jayhawks' stood to had he stayed.
"I just took it as an opportunity to help the team, but I think it made me better as a player," he said. "I know more about what the offensive line does and can anticipate that. … I've had four position coaches, so I know a lot of different philosophies. Playing both sides, I learned a lot."
Primarily on the offensive side, Parish learned to suppress his nature.
"It was tough trying to transition to offense," said Parish, who played both ways at Wichita North High. "I just had to be more patient on the offensive side. It was hard not to be as aggressive as I wanted to be. At times, I was more aggressive than the other guys who had played offensive line their whole lives. That's why I feel more comfortable now back on the D-line.
"It's an opportunity to prove to coach Gill this is where I belong. It's the position I want to be at, the position I belong to be at."
If he sticks, he'd give the Jayhawks a bit of experience and depth at a position where both are desperately needed.
The four defensive tackles listed on the post-spring two-deep have a combined five letters and 21 career starts, 13 of which belong to junior Richard Johnson.
"My big concern there is depth," KU defensive coordinator Carl Torbush said. "We don't have as many bodies as we'd like. But you're talking about 90 percent of the teams in the country have the same problem we have. We need to stay healthy. We have to make sure they play to their ability, and we have to make sure we have fresh bodies on the field so we don't overplay 'em early in the season.
"But, we've got a great group of young men, with great work habits. Obviously, the previous staff, in my opinion, did a really nice job of coaching them. They're a good group of guys who practice hard and play hard. They're all trying to please and get the most out of their ability, and that's really all you can ask of anybody."
Parish, who has judged Kansas' defensive line from both sides, is convinced it's better than it might look on paper.
"It is what it is," said Parish, who two seasons ago made eight total tackles as one of the Jayhawks' top reserves. "We have some wins and losses. But I have a sense that we'll be good this year. I feel that we give more effort. I feel we go longer. I just feel that we're hungrier now than we were before. We had our losses, but we'll move forward."
Even if first he had to move back to where he started.
number1jayhawker 11 years, 5 months ago
Surprised they let Spikes practice after having achilles heel surgery not too long ago.
KCHawk81 11 years, 5 months ago
I think that photo's from last year.
Andy Hess 11 years, 5 months ago
you're right. that's from last year.
Jeff Coffman 11 years, 5 months ago
Torbush just moved up a notch in my book.
I like how he gave kudos to the previous coaching staff.
hawk316 11 years, 5 months ago
I agree, jhawkrulz. That was certainly classy. I've been impressed with other comments that he has made, as well. No wonder this guy is so highly regarded nationally.
Rivethead 11 years, 5 months ago
Except in College Station. The Aggies have no love for Torbush. Their Ds were B.A.D. under him.
JBurtin 11 years, 5 months ago
However, his D's were bad@$$ at UNC, so is the glass half full, or half empty.
IBRONNIEB 11 years, 5 months ago
Nice story Andrew, very interesting. It was a glimpse inside, from the point of view of a lineman. Hope he can make an impact. We need him too.
Great attitude, Darius. I hope your remaining time at KU is very productive and rewarding.


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Monday morning links: Spenser Mango in spotlight, Boise State-Big East questions, Dustin West results, another take on carrier homer derby
By Kevin Lilley on June 25, 2012 Army, Combatives, Football, Soccer
A half-dozen quick hits for a Monday morning (non-wrestling news after the jump): 1. Big time for the little guy. Army Sgt. Spenser Mango recently had his turn as the feature subject of "100 Olympic Hopefuls in 100 Days," a series put together by our good friends at USA Today. Click over to read about the Greco-Roman Olympian's path into the Army World Class Athlete Program, his Army duties when he's not wrestling or training, and how much weight he has to cut to make the 55-kilogram (121-pound) limit. 2. Lester's homecoming. Mango may have received the national press, but…
Friday morning roundup: LeRoy Neiman's link to Army-Navy, former Marine in MMA event tonight, carrier hoops and more
By Kevin Lilley on June 22, 2012 Air Force, Army, Basketball, Football, Marine Corps, Navy, Uncategorized
A half-dozen quick hits for a Friday morning: 1. Painting sports history. LeRoy Neiman, famous for his paintings of sports action and portraits of athletes, died Wednesday at age 91. His link to the military — according to his New York Times obituary, Neiman served in the Army during World War II as a cook in the European theater. His link to military sports comes here: A painting of the final play of the 1946 Army-Navy game entitled "Defending Victory — 1946." Click that link for more on the painting itself, which was commissioned as part of the rivalry's centennial…
Brian Stann part of UFC on FUEL TV broadcast
By Kevin Lilley on February 14, 2012 Combatives, Marine Corps, Mixed martial arts, UFC
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijpHVSOFGNA[/youtube]Former Marine Capt. Brian Stann won't re-enter the octagon until April 14, but the Silver Star recipient will participate in the UFC's next big television event. Stann tweeted that he was heading to Omaha, Neb., to be a part of FUEL TV's inaugural live UFC card, which airs Wednesday at 8 p.m. Eastern. His duties include sharing the post-fight set with "NFL on Fox" regular Jay Glazer and mixed martial arts journalist Ariel Helwani. The former Marine will be back on FUEL TV for his April middleweight fight against Alessio Sakara in Stockholm, one of four fights slated for the…
Friday military MMA links
By Kevin Lilley on January 27, 2012 Mixed martial arts, UFC
A few military-themed (and almost-military-themed) notes before Saturday's prime-time UFC card. A word from an 'El Conquistador' sponsor: Former soldier Jorge Rivera retired last week after stopping Eric Shafer in the second round at the inaugural UFC on FX event. The win wrapped up a mixed martial arts career that began in 2001 and ended with a 20-9 record, according to Sherdog. We could try to recap his time in the cage, but instead, read this from Rivera's longtime friend and sponsor Nick Palmisciano, the founder of the Ranger Up apparel line. Military Times EDGE has profiled Palmisciano before –…


Garmin Montana.. Below is the mount I made.. Anti vibration mounts ~ $5.00 for 4.. $3.00 in aluminum.. Few dollars for nuts & bolts.. Total ~ $12.00..
Previously on my Garmin V and then my Garmin 276C I always used Touratech mounts.. I needed something very secure for off-road single track riding.. For me it wasn't about the bling factor and I was ok with the price because they were bought used from Ebay (about $50.00)..
But with the Garmin Montana the AMPS mount was said by others to be very secure.. And was still needed even when used with the Touratech mount (~$200.00).. Since the Montana is relatively new not many used Touratech mounts were being sold on Ebay.. But I wanted some anti-vibration damping to protect the electronics.. So I made a couple of these..
When single track riding often don't re-look at my gps until the end of the trail.. My heavy duty tether in case it wants to go walkabout..
nicely done i must say!
Garmin considers the 60CSx obsolete. Their new connect system does not support it.
I have one and it is a great system, would be even better with connect.


REACTION: Israel Folau's aerial skills is so good, Crusaders coach Scott Robertson thinks he should have a job at NASA following the Waratahs' shock 20-12 win over champions.
Folau twice rose above the Crusaders defence to gather high kicks, one setting up a try for Cameron Clark and the second enabling the fullback to score a 59th Super Rugby try to match Doug Howlett's record set during stints at the Highlanders, Hurricanes and Blues.
The display at the weekend by the spring-heeled former Australian Rules footballer prompted Crusaders coach Scott Robertson to remark: "He should be working for NASA".
"I still think it is [underused]," he said on the Rugby Australia website of attacking kicks. "Of the 59 tries, you'd be probably lucky to get maybe 10 of them from kicks.
"So, it is something I would like to see a lot more, because I am obviously confident in my ability to try and get up and contest for the ball," added the former rugby league international.
"I will continue to work on those combinations with Bernard [Foley] and Kurtley [Beale], whoever is in the playmaker role, and continue to execute," he added.
Folau's 59 tries came 10 games quicker than former All Black Howlett and he is set to run away with the record after last month signing a new four-year deal with the Waratahs until the end of 2022.
He has the chance to make the record his own on Friday when the Waratahs face Japan's Sunwolves in Sydney.
The 29-year-old said he had never met Howlett,but used to watch him growing up.
"I have never come across him but I remember as a young kid watching clips of him with the All Blacks and obviously he was a great finisher, and someone who obviously scored a lot of tries," Folau said.


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Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge Gets Underway in London
The Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge—the brainchild of the Atlantic Council's Cyber Statecraft Initiative—got underway in London on February 11. The two-day event is a unique and innovative cyber crisis and policy response simulation. The UK edition is part of a wider Atlantic Council effort to foster the next generation of multidisciplinary cyber professionals.
"The UK government's National Cyber Security Strategy is clear that more must be done for the UK to meet the future national demand. Much like the NCSC's CyberFirst courses, Cyber 9/12 is an effective way to nurture the next generation of cyber security experts," said Paul Chichester, director for operations at the National Cyber Security Centre in London.
This year, the competition is hosted by the Atlantic Council's partner, BT, at BT Tower in London.
Now entering its seventh year globally, the Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge has been held in the United States, France, Switzerland, and Australia. Competitors respond and react to an evolving crisis scenario, and use their knowledge of law, technology, and policy, as well as domestic and international affairs, to propose courses of action to respond to the crisis and mitigate the threat.
Pete Cooper, a senior fellow at the Cyber Statecraft Initiative and independent cyber security adviser, is spearheading the UK competition. Cooper's extensive background in strategy includes more than twenty-four years in the UK's Royal Air Force, including time serving as strategic cyber operations adviser to the Ministry of Defence.
The competitors are a diverse group—the next generation of cyber policy and strategy leaders that can analyze, distil, and translate complex cyber security challenges in effective teams across multiple disciplines. Half of the participants are women.
Participants are competing for the grand prize sponsored by Rapid7: a trip to Las Vegas in August to attend Black Hat USA 2019, a cybersecurity conference. This unique experiential prize will expose students to a wide range of cybersecurity issues and diverse careers in the field.
In addition to the main event, competitors will have the opportunity to listen to keynote speeches, including by Ruth Davis, head of commercial strategy and public policy at BT Security.
On the second day of the competition, teams that did not get through to the semi-final will attend a coaching masterclass on cyber strategy run by Danny Steed of ReSolve Cyber and other industry leaders. Teams will benefit from time in small breakout groups with these mentors who will take them through key areas where they can work on their cyber strategy skills.
Coaches, judges, and speakers will attend a high-level dinner at Lancaster House, in the same room where Winston Churchill hosted a coronation banquet for the newly crowned Queen Elizabeth II, on February 11. The dinner, sponsored by the British government and SecureAuth, will also be attended by senior figures from across the UK cyber security industry, academia, and government who will discuss the current cyber landscape and the skills needed to tackle current and future challenges.
Against the backdrop of the 70th anniversary of the founding of NATO, former NATO Secretary General George Robertson and Cooper will lead a session exploring the current challenges facing the international community and NATO and what this means for building the workforce to tackle these challenges.
All participants will attend the final round of the competition at the culmination of day two, where the final three teams will present to a panel of senior judges, including Lord Harris of Haringey, Rob Partridge of BT, and senior government and industry figures.
The impact, reach, and engagement that the UK Cyber 9/12 challenge has this year is a huge indicator of its value and of the diverse skills it promotes. Support from BT as the strategic partner; SecureAuth as the VIP dinner partner; NATO, Dell EMC, Rapid7, Standard Chartered, KekstCNC, Resolve Cyber, YardPartners, the Cyber Defence Alliance, the Global Cyber Alliance, TechUK, and RUSI is a clear sign of the impact the competition is starting to have.
Jack Watson is a project assistant in the Cyber Security Initiative at the Atlantic Council's Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security.
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Crack down begins to tackle begging, street drinking, rough sleeping and 'legal highs' #Gloucester
Posted on July 21, 2016 by Jason I J Smith
Gloucester City Council cabinet round-up
Following agreement from the city council's cabinet last night, a crack down will begin to tackle begging, street drinking, rough sleeping and so-called 'legal highs'.
Yesterday evening, the council's cabinet agreed to adopt a 'Safe and Attractive Streets' policy for the city.
The policy sets out how the council will take a three-pronged approach to tackle street nuisance – engage, support, enforce – to target persistent offenders and work with identified individuals.
Where support isn't successful, the council will now look to enforce against persistent issues through civil litigation which is legally binding.
Cllr Jennie Dallimore, cabinet member for communities and neighbourhoods said, "We know that some residents, businesses and shoppers have been concerned about begging and rough sleeping in the city centre. The council will always provide support for anyone with genuine need, but we will be taking action against antisocial behaviour and anyone who uses people's generosity and begs for money when they already have a home and receive financial support."
The council also agreed plans for a new awareness campaign to raise better understanding of the support available for rough sleepers.
Other key decisions that were approved in last night's cabinet included:
Improvements to housing conditions in the private rented sector:
A presentation was given by Cllr Kate Haigh, member of Overview and Scrutiny Committee, highlighting the findings and recommendations of the 'task and finish group' on actions to improve housing conditions in the private rented sector.
Work will continue until April 2017 to improve the worst privately rented accommodation in houses with multiple occupancy. Funding will also continue to employ an officer to make sure these improvements carry on into the future.
The council awaits the outcome of the recent government consultation to extend mandatory licencing for houses with multiple occupancy, before it takes any further steps to introduce a discretionary licensing scheme.
City Centre Investment Fund allocations:
It was agreed to reallocate funds to maximise the benefits of the City Centre Investment Fund. The Kings Walk Bastion will receive £20,000 to open it up as a tourist attraction. The city's cultural strategy will receive a £30,000 boost. A figure of £20,000 will be set aside to carry out surveys to help support the planned Business Improvement District and Kings Quarter Regeneration Project. A city centre public realm master plan will be developed with £30,000. The targeted historic grants scheme of £40,000 will include £3000 towards the refurbishment of building plaques and to help the council secure a financial return where appropriate, £50,000 will be allocated for the development of a new policy.
Issued by: Sarah Black, Gloucestershire County Council Media Team, 01452 426887,


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KIRK BRADLEY: Amid Confederate monument controversies, N.C. Civil War Center to provide context
Posted November 10, 2018 8:34 a.m. EST
Updated November 10, 2018 8:38 a.m. EST
EDITOR'S NOTE: Kirk J. Bradley is a member of the board of directors of the N.C. Civil War & Reconstruction History Center Foundation and the president and CEO of Lee-Moore Capital Corporation in Sanford.
Recent controversies surrounding Confederate monuments across North Carolina can be tied directly to a lack of understanding of the Civil War itself.
The solution will require two things: Leadership and education. In the past, challenges in North Carolina have been overcome by business, political and philanthropic leaders working together to bridge divisions and unite our citizens. Education has likewise played a vital role in bringing people together.
The state's newest educational initiative, the North Carolina Civil War & Reconstruction History Center in Fayetteville, will play a crucial role in improving our understanding of that time. In the planning stages for a decade and led by recognized scholars and historians, working alongside leaders of every political and racial persuasion from across our state, the center recently broke ground on a state-of-the-art digital education complex.
An education on the Civil War
Using the resources of the University of North Carolina system, the facility will make the most recent scholarship about the Civil War and its aftermath available online to North Carolina public school students. Of particular interest is the 4th, 8th, and 11th grades, which is when Civil War history is taught.
The statewide digital education complex, which has been undertaken with the endorsement of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, the State Board of Education and the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, is planned for completion in less than a year.
The complex is part of a larger project, which is being planned for Arsenal Park in Fayetteville, which includes a 60,000-square-foot building which planners estimate will be built beginning in 2020. The Center has already raised $27 million toward the $65 million goal necessary for completing the entire project.
It's an important subject to consider today, because the Civil War was the third of three wars that define who we are as Americans. The Revolutionary War ratified the Declaration of Independence. The War of 1812 ratified our Constitution. But the Civil War gave us a nation in which all people are created equal through the Emancipation Proclamation and the ratification of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments.
Without a firm understanding of this period in our state and nation, it is hard to have a productive dialogue for solutions satisfactory to citizens in the 21st century.
Toward a greater understanding
The center will provide historic facts in a nuanced, balanced, and reasonable manner. It will explore the root causes of the conflict, the War itself, the often-overlooked Reconstruction era, and the real North Carolinians—both free and enslaved—who lived in those times. Right now, the center is gathering stories from North Carolina families from all 100 counties to do just that.
Through these efforts, the center will honor the people of our state—all the people—giving light to all perspectives in this period of our history.
There is no doubt the current controversy over monuments is not going away. Given the trend of avoiding the real issues of the Civil War era for decades in the teaching of American history, our current citizens don't have the framework necessary to find comprehensive solutions.
The N.C. Civil War & Reconstruction History Center is looking forward to helping build that framework. When it does, then perhaps we can fulfill the promise to make this a more perfect union.
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Q: how to install a prefPane on mac osx from commandline? I'm automating some system installs and I need to install a prefPane.
something like installer -pkg xxx.pkg -target / that I use for installing .pkg files.

A: Simple preference panes can be "installed" by moving them to
/Users/yourname/Library/PreferencePanes/
and "uninstalled" by removing them from there (just tested it with Secrets).
You can "launch" them using open.
Many preference panes install additional daemons/agents or system components upon launch or user action. You should be able to use AppleScript to perform these UI actions, but they're custom to each preference pane.

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Ola Al Abbas, a 19-year-old student, came to B.C. with her six sisters, two brothers and her parents. At first, she hated school and had difficulty understanding classes and making friends.
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A 15-year-old Syrian refugee who came with her family to Canada in 2016 thanked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in person this week.
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Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hachenburg (sometimes called Sayn-Hachenburg) was a German County located in Rhineland-Palatinate, near the river Sieg.

When Count William III of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn died in 1623 without clear heirs, the Archbishop of Cologne occupied the vacant County until the succession was settled. It was settled by treaty in 1648, when the county was given jointly to Countesses Ernestine and Johanetta, two sisters who were granddaughters of Count William, and their mother Dowager Countess Louise Juliane made regent. But shortly after the treaty, the county was split between the two. Ernestine's portion was called "Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hachenburg". Johanetta's was "Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn-Altenkirchen" (or Sayn-Altenkirchen for short). Their mother remained regent for both counties until 1652, when Johanetta and Ernestine separately ruled their respective Counties. Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hachenburg was inherited by Countess Magdalena Christina in 1661 following Ernestine's death. It passed to the Burgraves of Kirchberg in 1715, to the Princes of Nassau-Weilburg in 1799,  The title passed through the female line and is held by the Grand Duke of Luxembourg.

Countesses of Sayn-Hachenburg (1648–1827)
 Ernestine Salentine (1648–1661)
 Louise Juliane (1648–1652) – Regent
 Maximilian Joseph (1661–1675), also Count of Manderscheid-Blankenheim.
 Magdalena Christina (1675–1715), also Burgravine consort of Kirchberg.
 George Frederick (1715–1749), also Burgrave of Kirchberg.
 William Louis (1749–1751), also Burgrave of Kirchberg.
 William George (1751–1776), also Burgrave of Kirchberg.
 Louise Isabelle (1776–1827), Princess consort of Nassau-Weilburg.

References
 Matthias Dahlhoff: Geschichte der Grafschaft Sayn., Dillenburg 1874.
 Findbuch für die Überlieferung im Hauptstaatsarchiv Wiesbaden: Hellmuth Gensicke (Bearb.): Grafschaft Sayn-Hachenburg, Akten, (Repertorien des Hessischen Hauptstaatsarchivs Wiesbaden 340), hrsg. vom Hessischen Hauptstaatsarchiv Wiesbaden und von der Historischen Kommission für Nassau, Wiesbaden 1979.
 Markus Müller: Gemeinden und Staat in der Reichsgrafschaft Sayn-Hachenburg 1652–1799, (Beiträge zur Geschichte Nassaus und des Landes Hessen, Bd. 3), zugl. Siegen Univ. Diss. 2004. Historische Kommission für Nassau : Wiesbaden 2005.  (Forschungsarbeit mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der inneren Entwicklung).
 Daniel Schneider: Die Entwicklung der Konfessionen in der Grafschaft Sayn im Grundriss, in: Heimat-Jahrbuch des Kreises Altenkirchen, 58. Jahrgang, 2015, p. 7480.
 Daniel Schneider: Die Landstände in der Grafschaft Sayn sowie in Sayn-Altenkirchen und Sayn-Hachenburg, in: Jahrbuch für westdeutsche Landesgeschichte, 33. Jahrgang, 2007, p. 213-229.

Counties of the Holy Roman Empire
States and territories established in 1648
1648 establishments in the Holy Roman Empire
Former states and territories of Rhineland-Palatinate
History of the Westerwald

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University Administrators asked to Strengthen Leadership
Dr. Paul Effah, President of the Radford University College, has asked university administrators to become more innovative in the areas of resource mobilization and management.
This, he indicated, was necessary to aid the smooth running of the institutions.
He was delivering a paper at a continuous professional development workshop at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi.
The programme was organized by the Northern Sector branch of the Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA) under the theme "Modern trends in university administration and its impact on career development".
It brought together members of the association from the KNUST, University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), University of Education, Winneba (UEW), University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) and the University of Development Studies (UDS).
The goal was to help them to efficiently perform to grow their institutions.
Dr. Effah reminded the administrators that their role was increasingly becoming more of problem-solving and therefore it was important they strengthened their leadership and managerial skills.
It was through this that they could assist the management of the universities to work within their policy direction.
He also encouraged them to be adept in Information Communication and Technology (ICT) and said that was vital for the job they had been doing and the interaction with corporate bodies.
He noted that Ghanaian universities were in competition with other international institutions, and for that matter they needed to come out with market-driven academic courses to make their products relevant to the needs of industry.
Dr. Agyenim Boateng, a Human Resource Development expert, urged university authorities to fashion out detailed scheme and schedule of work for their administrators so as to enable them to appreciate their terms of reference for increased productivity.
That, he said, was also essential to avoid overlapping of duties, which generated lots of conflicts amongst staff of the university.
Mr. Mathew Asare, National President of GAUA, underlined the determination of the leadership to champion the welfare of its members to optimally operate.
Source: GNA/www.newsghana.com.gh
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