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In 1883, the time traveling alien known as the Doctor (Doctor 7) and his companion Ace travelled to Earth to investigate the creepy manor known as Gabriel Chase. Among the manor’s secrets appeared to be a strange creature and a stone spaceship. To make matters worse, the Doctor learned that Queen Victoria’s life might be at stake. ("Ghost Light", Doctor Who, TV)

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New Scotland Yard: Reunion (1.12, LWT, 1972)

"It's not his style!"

"And Clifford's not a very pleasant character."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Just I think he's being getting under your skin."

"Well, he'd get under anybody's skin."

"Because he got away with it, before?"

"There are no facts to prove that Clifford wasn't there. Just as there were no facts to prove that he wasn't a party to the bank job, but you and I and every man in this force know that he was."

"And there's damn all we can do about it. Look, I'm not stitching him up just because he happens to have made idiots of us in the past; we have to prove, conclusively, without supposition, who killed Gemmell."

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Tiny Review: Look To The Light 2024. Should have been a TV series episode.

Reminds me of Black Mirror, and Inside No.9. British, premise-driven, beat-driven twist-driven.  

Lacking in everything else and stretched too thin though. Meh.

Look To The Light is a 2024 British drama film written and directed by Christopher Manoe, starring Charlie Goddard and Lucy Benjamin, with Mark Monaghan, Kele Le Roe, Sharon Duce, Marion Fagbemi, and Lily Blunsom-Washbrook,

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What does it feel like? Like a great workout, without the sweat. You can relax and watch your favourite Netflix show while sculptX does the workout for you.

Is there any downtime? SculptX is non-invasive and requires no recovery time or any pre/post treatment preparation or downtime.

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A Movie A Day #60: Outland (1981, directed by Peter Hyams)

A Movie A Day #60: Outland (1981, directed by Peter Hyams)

It’s High Noon in space! In the future, Marshal O’Neil (Sean Connery) has been hired, by Conglomerates Amalgamated, to enforce the law on a mining outpost that’s located on one of the moons of Jupiter.  Why are all the miners going crazy, taking off their spacesuits, and exploding?  Are they being hypnotized by that big red spot on Jupiter?  Or is the mining supervisor, Sheppard (Peter Boyle),…

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Episode 338

Comic Reviews:

DC

Justice League 2022 Annual by Brian Michael Bendis, Sanford Greene, Matt Herms

Strange Love Adventures by Rex Ogle, Devin Grayson, Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, Rich Douek, Ram V, Che Grayson, Stephanie Phillips, Andrew Marino, Phil Hester, Roger Robinson, Scot Eaton, Geraldo Borges, Christian Duce, Pablo Collar, Jon Mikel, Jon Sammariva, Ande Parks, Wayne Faucher, Eric Gapstur, Tony Avina, Hi-Fi, Nick Filardi, Rex Lokus, Dee Cunniffe, Enrica Eren Angiolini

Suicide Squad: Blaze 1 by Simon Spurrier, Aaron Campbell, Jordie Bellaire

Marvel

Amazing Spidey 88.BEY by Geoffrey Thorne, Jim Towe, Jan Bazaldua, Jim Campbell

Maestro: World War M 1 by Peter David, Pasqual Ferry, German Peralta, Matt Hollingsworth, Jesus Aburtov

Secret X-Men 1 by Tini Howard, Francesco Mobili, Jesus Aburtov

Deadpool Samurai by Sanshiro Kasama, Hikaru Uesugi

Dark Horse

Hellboy and the BPRD 1957: Forgotten Lives 1 by Mike Mignola, Chris Roberson, Stephen Green, Dave Stewart

Critical Role: Mighty Nein Origins - Caleb Widogast by Jody Houser, Liam O'Brien, Matthew Mercer, Selina Espiritu, Diana Sousa, Ariana Maher

 Ablaze

Life Zero 1 by Stefano Vietti, Marco Checchetto, Andres Mossa

AfterShock

Land of the Living Gods 1 by Isaac Mogajane, Santtos

Archie

Archie Love and Heartbreak Special by Thomas Pitilli, Stephanie Cooke, Sina Grace, Lisa Sterle, Iolanda Zanfardino, Matt Herms

Dynamite

Draculina 1 by Christopher Priest, Michael SSantamaria

Vampirella Valentine's Special 2022 by Jacob Edgar, Dearbhla Kelly, David Avalone, George Kambadais, Vincenzo Carratu, Andres Labrada, Emiliana Pinna, Ellie Wright

Scout

Cult of Ikarus 1 by Jenna Lyn Wright, Karl Slominski, 

Comixology

Field Tripping by James Asmus, Jim Festante, Jose Garcia

Pixels of You by Ananth Hirsh, Yuko Ota, J.R. Doyle

Virus

Solomon's Men 1 by Andrew Davies Gans, Jason Johnson, Carlos Badilla

Additional Reviews: Boys s2, Bone vol 1, Something is Killing the Children vol 1, Boba Fett finale, Sunstone HC 1, Jungle Cruise

News: Spider-Man 2099 mini from Steve Orlando, Omninews, Russo brothers adapting Judy Blume, Oscar noms, Dark Crisis, new Tynion/Brombal series, Russell Crowe in Kraven movie, Marvel is stupid aka Greg Smallwood art changes, Futurama revival, Obi-Wan release date, new Stephanie Phillips series from Boom, Blood Syndicate series, new Thunderbolts, Cullen Bunn reveals details on scrapped Solomon Kane series from Marvel, Gaston and Lefou prequel canceled, Marvel Netflix series leaving, Marvel Unlimited news, Wonder Twins show, Silver Coin 3, another Tales From Harrow County mini, new Batman sci-fi comic from Darick Robertson and Rogue One screenwriter

Why Ray Will Lose His Mind in March

Listener Question related to Dark Crisis

Trailers: Buzz Lightyear, Men, Jurassic World 3, Nope, Doctor Strange, Black Adam, Lord of the Rings, Chip n Dale

Comics Countdown:

Radiant Black 12 by Kyle Higgins, Meghan Camarena, French Carlomagno, Mattia Iacono, Diego Sanches

Redneck 32 by Donny Cates, Lisandro Estherren, Dee Cunniffe

Joker 12 by James Tynion IV, Sam Johns, Belen Ortega, Giuseppe Camuncoli, Cam Smith, Romulo Fajardo Jr, Alex Guimaraes, Arif Prianto

Mighty Morphin 16 by Ryan Parrott, Marco Renna, Walter Baiamonte, Sara Antonellini, Sharon Marino

Avengers 53 by Jason Aaron, Juan Frigeri, David Curiel

Pixels of You by Ananth Hirsh, Yuko Ota, J.R. Doyle

Superman: Son of Kal-El 8 by Tom Taylor, Cian Tormey, Raul Fernandez, Federico Blee

Batgirls 3 by Becky Cloonan, Michael Conrad, Jorge Corona, Ivan Plascencia, Sarah Stern

Seven Secrets 14 by Tom Taylor, Daniele Di Nicuolo, Walter Baiamonte

New Mutants 24 by Vita Ayala, Danilo Beyruth, Dan Brown

Check out this episode!

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Buddy's Song **½ (1991, Roger Daltrey, Chesney Hawkes, Sharon Duce) - Classic Movie Review 9956

Buddy’s Song **½ (1991, Roger Daltrey, Chesney Hawkes, Sharon Duce) – Classic Movie Review 9956

Director Claude Whatham’s 1991 Buddy’s Song stars Roger Daltrey as Terry Clark, a middle-aged rocker who fights with his yuppie wife Carol (Sharon Duce) and teaches his aspiring teenage son, the eponymous Buddy (Chesney Hawkes), how to rock n’ roll.

Written by Nigel Hinton, based on his novel, this is an endearingly old-fashioned British pop musical, based on Daltrey’s 1986 BBC TV series Buddy.…

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sharon duce . the printworks . leeds

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Dog Training 32256 | Take A Look At This Now

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Wednesday Roundup

Today I’m going to be experiencing a full spectrum of what comics have to offer be it reading level, genre, story type, and values. Which is infinitely weird because it both promotes the fact that I have exceptionally bizarre tastes and that I’m nothing if not critical the most of the things I love the most. So let’s just jump right into it.

lso I’m not going to go fully into this in the actual reviews but it bears mentioning here: none of these covers are fair examples of the actual content of their issues. Like this is some 90s/early 2000s sorta marketing lies at this point. GIVE US COOL COVERS THAT ACTUALLY REFER TO THE COMICS, GUYS. So Diana has no fight with an army, Cass and Bruce have all of four pages together, Terry never is in contact with Curare, Pigeon Pete isn’t really doing more than he ever has in Turtles (which is, he says his name), Riri still hasn’t met any other superheroes yet other than Pepper, and the Spider-Fam DOES go against Sandman but he does not look that way nor are they in more danger from him than, say, Peter’s sanity is in danger of losing it when they go to a Chuck-E-Cheese with an annoying band song on repeat.

So these covers are from the LYING FAKE MEDIA is what I’m saying.

Marvel’s Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows, DC’s Batman Beyond, DC’s Detective Comics, Marvel’s Invincible Iron Man, IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, DC’s Wonder Woman

Marvel’s Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows (2016- ) #5 Gerry Conway, Nate Stockman, Ryan Stegman

Okay, I feel like I keep adding comics to my pull and I promise you it’s not because I like destroying my already depleted wallet, there’s just a huge variety of comics out right now and there are a lot of things that I want to support! I have maintained, for years now, that the ticket to success in comics is not to unleash a hundred comics every week that all feel the same, provide the same storylines and reactions and even art style. Why would I buy multiple comics if they all gave me the exact same reaction? What a waste of money!

It’s not a waste of my money to support a variety of stories, creative teams, and characters, though. And I firmly believe that.

So why that long introduction?

Well, to put things plainly, outside of when I supported Ultimate Spider-Man prior to Bendis pulling a Bendis and killing Rio Morales for... annoying me, basically, I have sworn off Spider comics and specifically Peter Parker Spider comics (i.e. 95% of them still) since... at least 2007, I believe. Like I got annoyed and quit cold turkey after having followed Spidey for my entire childhood. 

And maybe people can call me thickheaded and closed minded, but honestly I read Peter’s stories for Mary Jane Watson. And for family. And while this is no Spider-Girl and there’s a bit of annoyance on my part for having to lose the very character that made me a superhero fan, Annie May Parker and her family adventures of Spider-Man, Spinerret, and Spiderling have been an absolute blast and a nostalgia trip for me hardcore.

And the best part? It’s written SO WELL. I’ve always been partial to Gerry Conway’s characterizations for Peter and Mary Jane, and seeing him tackle an older couple dynamic with them as well as how they face raising a tireless child -- with Peter’s amazing sarcasm and general humor being as intact as ever -- is just beyond amazing. He’s been one of my favorite comic writers for good reason.

I love how Annie rides that line of believably annoying as a young kid and genuinely compelling with her enthusiasm for being a superhero and the child of superheroes. But right now one of the most fascinating components of this story is just where the young Osborn kid is going to take us going forward, and if his obsession with Annie is going to turn out to be the heel turn I suspect it is.

A lot exciting going on and I love it. This is just a breath of fresh air and the sort of family dynamic with superhero shenanigans fun that’s standing out in the main comics lineup at the moment. I love it. 

DC’s Batman Beyond (2016- ) #6 Dan Jurgens, Bernard Chang, Marcelo Maiolo

Not going to lie, Curare is a favorite Batman Beyond villain of mine, and as tired as I am of the League of Assassins in seemingly every Bat book that I’m picking up right now, having her unique position with them come up is at least a very interesting angle to take us on. After all, she was a top assassin who failed (due to Terry) and became the top priority for the League to kill. So seeing that play out again almost distracts me from a very real, very serious problem with DC books overall.

We already erased Barbara Gordon’s disability in every canon possible. We already deaged her to be Batgirl again in all the major, main universe comics. 

Did we have to deage her in Batman Beyond to make her still “sexy” and red-headed? Really? 

I don’t consider this a problem unique to Batman Beyond, but one to DC overall and I’m really really sick of it.

I like that we’re seeing progress with Terry and Dana’s relationship, and the very real ramifications it’s going to have on his values as Batman even if partially that was due to the mandated need for everything to end with a cliffhanger. 

I really love the Terry-Bruce hug except... Bruce is weirdly unreceptive to it? I mean that’s in character but it’s also like... at least give us half a second panel where after the hug he has a little smile. LET HIM LOVE TERRY TOO C’MON. Terry and Matt are basically the only family Bruce has left in this universe so far as we know. and more importantly so far as BRUCE knows.

I enjoyed the moment with Matt and Bruce that we never got in the old canon it was really interesting to see. I’m curious about how that’s going to develop. And I love that Max is an important and accepted presence to Team Batman. I love Terry’s monologue about how he used to try his hardest to do Batman the “Bruce Way” but now he’s going to do things the “Terry Way”, that was great and really gets at the heart of what makes Batman Beyond so great.

I enjoyed this issue, even with the glaring problems with DC overall. But one thing I’d like to suggest? Please work on the coloring because it’s so dull and ... weirdly ugly looking. Part of the aesthetic appeal of Batman Beyond was how bright and vibrant everything was to contrast with the dark shadows and kind of Sci-Fi Noir that was happening with the cityscape. 

DC’s Detective Comics (2016- ) #953 James Tynion IV, Fernando Blanco, Christian Duce, Alex Sinclair

Sigh a million times over as I continue my usual chorus of PACING PACING PACING, TYNION. There’s a lot to love about the current Detective Comics in my opinion, for all that it’s worth. And I love those things dearly. I love the characters, I love the focus on relationships and I like the consistent deconstruction of the very criticisms I and many other fans have held of Gotham comics for years now. I like that we’re not simply replaying the same broad strokes and going in the exact same directions with these characters as the early 2000s. These are all good things.

But you know what would be better about these things? If, 19 issues into this run, we weren’t STILL given directions and revelations with exactly zero setup. Flashbacks ca be a great and fantastic storytelling device but honestly over the years as a matter of criticism I’ve come to the advice of barring people from using them, because too often (especially in comics) we get them as lazy storytelling devices to suffice for setup that the writer refused to give us initially.

It makes following any character’s motivation from storyline to storyline -- hell, from issue to issue -- feel like a thankless task. And brushing up on character histories as I’ve recently done having reread Batwoman (2011-2015) and Batman and Robin Eternal just proves to irritate more. 

There’s still good things and my frustration should not overshadow that. I honestly enjoy the new direction which Tynion is taking Cass’ character even if I think the origin and setup has been botched. I like the relationships of the Team in general and the fact that as they’ve been whittled down over the last few arcs, those gaps feel more and more felt, honestly. I like the potential of Shiva and Ra’s setup here. And I like that Kate and Bruce are treated with equal importance and prominence in meeting with Jim and Renee.

All those things are probably stuff I should focus for and save my bigger criticisms for the completion of this arc. But man, MAN am I tired of the sloppy pacing and Tynion trying to make up for it with cheap flashbacks when he has had nineteen issues to set up, even in the background, that Cass was dreaming and fantaising about a mother before now. 

At the very least, we can hope for Cass to be adopted at the end of this storyline or to at least change her codename. If neither happens I am going to scream foul because otherwise what was the point of those flashbacks and of the conversation with Bruce?

Marvel’s Invincible Iron Man (2016- ) #5 Brian Michael Bendis, Stefano Caselli, Marte Garcia

How inspired that I mentioned off handedly about my strained relationship with Bendis only to get to a comic currently by him that I’m REALLY enjoying with a FULL amount of apprehension. 

The current cast of Invincible outside of Tony’s AI itself is a full roster of powerful women with varied backgrounds, motivations, and characterizations that are fascinating and fitting together so well already. There’s great art, I adore Riri with everything in me and root for her success fully -- even when it’s in the face of familiar female heroes of Marvel Universe who have a built-in empathy. Her taking down Sharon and SHIELD’s dubious reputation in one go is a fantastic and powerful moment, honestly.

But as with Bendis, there’s always going to be like... this need to undo good will. I’m not sure how else to describe it. He brings up good and valid criticisms that socially aware fans have of SHIELD and its operations in the universe through Riri, who is a character built to speak to the demographic of this generation. Then he has Sharon -- a character that in-built empathy I mentioned -- make a comment that if you’re not with SHIELD then you’re a HYDRA SYMPATHIZER. And if you’re a comic fan that somehow lives under a rock, let me clarify: for all intents and purposes HYDRA ARE NAZIS. And this is being said to a young, female, black superhero in a day and age where we literally had a gathering of Nazis in Washington, D.C. hailing President Trump who is a proven racist and appoints racists and Nazi sympathizers. 

People are going to complain to me, like they always do when I make these points, that “obviously that’s not the intent” and “he meant for this to speak to anti-Nazi readers” by putting Riri in this position. But therein is the problem of Bendis. If this is a message he intends, he does it sloppily enough  or insincere enough that it’s not even a major point in the conversation he wrote. 

So I’m going to do what I always end up doing. Supporting a character and concept I love, waiting for someone other than Bendis to take on the book, as unlikely as that probably is at this point. Gaaahhhhhhh. But I waited years for Miles so I’ll probably do the same for Riri because she has quickly been adopted as one of my Marvel daughters. 

IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2011- ) #68 Kevin Eastman, Tom Waltz, Mateus Santioiouco, Ronda Pattison

Ninja Turtles continues to be so good it defies explanation for those who are not reading it for themselves. And I can say that in an issue that opens up with a poop joke and reminding us all that Raphael’s heart may belong to Alopex but he is bonded forever to a cute, seemingly never aging pink dinosaur that acts as the family dog and is named Pepperoni. 

Ninja Turtles is fantastic. And there’s just so many ways a person can say that before wearing out the specialness that this feat really touches on which is that it never fails -- in over 68 issues now -- to make a near perfect balancing act of action, humor, character arcs, and a continuously building yet self-contained world building that now includes not only the Mutanimals but everyone’s favorite hatable government agent, Agent Bishop. 

Teaming up with Old Hobb now, the Turtles are going to save the Mutanimals while the Mutanimals do what they can in their impossible situation to save themselves. There’s so much horror in what’s happening to Slash and the gang, and it’s pulled off without being either heavy handed or utterly offset by the consistent humor the series manages. 

And oh my gosh the art. I adore this art so much, I love how distinctive all the characters look while also managing so many details.

It’s a great read, and an ongoing that knows how to never stop providing the hits. 

DC’s Wonder Woman (2016- ) #19 Greg Rucka, Liam Sharp, Laura Martin

I have not been a big fan of the “B” story for Greg Rucka’s Wonder Woman run, but I’m sort of appreciative of the dichotomy between the “A” and “B” stories. There’s a youthful innocence and brightness to Diana’s younger adventures as they are being retold by Rucka that just makes them that much more enjoyable compared to the present timeline -- a darker, grittier world where lies and misconceptions of characters, friends, histories, and so on have won. 

There’s a spectrum to comics that people don’t seem to appreciate nearly enough -- a medium where Princeless and Scooby-Doo Team Up can welcome youthful readers and graduate them to Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur before they’re ready for the more complicated nuances of multiarc’d dark and gritty “realism” -- there’ room for all of this, and each piece of that spectrum can reflect on, graduate to, or full on subvert the other. Co-existance is possible because the spectrum of potential readers and their tastes is just as possible. 

Rucka’s A story is a hopeful and loving look at the superhero genre through a youthful, more truthful look at Diana and her history. In comparison, the B story is a dark subversion of what Wonder Woman is continuously pushed to be in various media and by writers who openly dislike her origins or significance. It’s a takedown, an intentional comparison. One where, starting with today’s issue, we’re finally getting a peak at where the stories will align and how “Lies” will be overcome by the “Truth” soon enough. 

I just wish it was. Y’know. A little sooner, because I have a whole new appreciation for the B story in context but man I’m still not won over by its text. 

This was a super variable week and pretty much every issue I read is filling a niche of mine when it comes to what I enjoy reading, but I once more have to really give it up to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles because it’s simply one of the best comics around, has a perfect balance of all these wildly different elements, and it’s super locked down into a quickly developing and engaging story arc. 

[mariocki]

Villains: Alice Sheree (1.5, LWT, 1972)

"Did he ever say anything about marriage?"

"I don't believe anything he says."

"But there's no idea of waiting for him? For his release?"

"I... don't want to see him again. How could I?"

[leeannclymer]

Blog Post: California Workers' Comp Case Roundup (4/29/2019)

CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 84 No. 4 Apr 2019 A Report of En Banc and Significant Panel Decisions of the WCAB and Selected Court Opinions of Related Interest, With a Digest of WCAB Decisions Denied Judicial Review CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE © Copyright 2019 LexisNexis. All rights reserved. LexisNexis Online Subscribers: You can link to your account on Lexis Advance to read the complete headnotes and court decisions, en banc decisions, writ denied summaries, panel decisions and IMR decisions. Appellate Court Compensation Case State Compensation Insurance Fund v. W.C.A.B., Lexis Advance Liens—Lien Activation Fees—Payment Deadline—Court of Appeal, affirming WCAB order denying insurer’s petition for reconsideration, held that federal district court’s 11/9/2015 order vacating injunction against collection of lien activation fees, which granted lienholders until 12/31/2015 to pay their lien activation fees, applied to present case, when Court of Appeal found that... Appellate Court Cases Not Originating With Appeals Board Jackpot Harvesting, Inc. v. Applied Underwriters, Inc. , Lexis Advance Workers’ Compensation Insurance—Arbitration—Court of Appeal, affirming trial court’s judgment denying insurer’s motion to compel arbitration, held that trial court, rather than arbitrator, had authority to adjudicate enforceability of arbitration agreement, that, because arbitration agreement was contained in “Request to Bind,” which was collateral agreement to insurance contract that materially changed... Strouse v. Webcor Construction, L.P., Lexis Advance Injury AOE/COE—Independent Contractors—Retained Control—Jury Instructions—Court of Appeal, affirming trial court’s judgment, held that defendant general contractor was 100 percent liable for injuries suffered by plaintiff employee of subcontractor, when Court of Appeal found that general contractor’s contract with hirer contained provision that contractor was to be “solely responsible for initiating, maintaining, and supervising all safety precautions and programs in connection with the performance of the Contract,” that employee of subcontractor fell into 12-inch deep expansion joint after plywood safety cover, for which general contractor was responsible, gave way, that holding of Hooker v. Department of Transportation (2002) 27 Cal. 4th 198, 38 P.3d 1081, 115 Cal. Rptr. 2d 853, 67 Cal. Comp. Cases 19, was no bar to defendant’s liability because substantial evidence supported facts that defendant did retain control of premises and that defendant’s retained control affirmatively contributed to plaintiff’s injuries, that trial court... Digests of WCAB Decisions Denied Judicial Review Editorial Board members Frederick W. Bray, David Hettick, Robert G. Heywood, Kenneth B. Peterson, and Hon. Robert G. Rassp recommended some of the following writ denied cases for summarization in this issue. Arena Football One v. W.C.A.B. (Gray, Virgil) , Lexis Advance Employment Relationships—Joint Employment—WCAB affirmed WCJ’s decision that applicant, while working as professional football player, was jointly employed by both San Jose SaberCats (SaberCats) and Arena Football League (League), uninsured for workers’ compensation, when WCAB reasoned that joint employment is found to occur when employee simultaneously performs services under control of two or more employers, and services for both employers are same or closely related, and WCAB found that... Martinez v. W.C.A.B. (Sandoval Jaramillo, Jose, Dec’d) , Lexis Advance Employment Relationships—Residential Employees—WCAB affirmed WCJ’s finding that decedent was employee of defendants Emir and Delfina Martinez at time he sustained fatal injury on uninsured property they owned, when WCAB, deferring to WCJ’s credibility determinations, found that... Shandler & Associates v. W.C.A.B. (Arellano, Carlos) , Lexis Advance Attorney’s Fees—Depositions—Laches—WCAB held that WCJ did not abuse his discretion in finding that applicant’s attorney was not entitled to Labor Code § 5710 fees beyond those already paid for depositions that occurred in 2001, and was likewise not entitled to award of penalties or sanctions against defendant, when WCAB found that... Other WCAB Decisions Denied Judicial Review IHSS v. W.C.A.B. (Galera, Maria) , Lexis Advance Cumulative Injury—Substantial Medical Evidence—WCAB, affirming WCJ’s decision, held that applicant, while employed as caregiver, suffered specific industrial injury to her back on 10/9/2014 while employed by defendant IHSS - California Department of Social Services (IHSS), and did not sustain subsequent cumulative injury with different employer, when agreed medical evaluator reporting in applicant’s cumulative injury case, Don T. Williams, M.D., found no cumulative trauma, and WCAB determined that reports of Dr. Williams constituted substantial evidence and were more persuasive than reports of agreed medical evaluator Mark. A. Anderson, M.D., who reported in applicant’s specific injury case and who found that applicant... Johnson v. W.C.A.B. (Green, Jacqueline) , Lexis Advance Petition for Writ of Review—Dismissal of Untimely Petition—Court of Appeal dismissed lien claimant’s petition for writ of review as untimely, when petition, which challenged WCAB’s order... Lawrie (Matthew) v. W.C.A.B. , Lexis Advance Petition for Writ of Review—Court of Appeal denied applicant’s Petition for Writ of Review as premature pursuant to Labor Code §§ 5900 and 5901 because no final order was issued by WCAB. Nichols & Associates v. W.C.A.B. (Kurtz, Sharon) , Lexis Advance Injury AOE/COE—Substantial Evidence—WCAB, affirming WCJ, held that there was substantial evidence to support finding that applicant suffered injury AOE/COE to her right shoulder on 9/20/2015 when she slipped... Post-Termination Claim—WCAB affirmed WCJ’s finding that applicant’s claim for 9/20/2015 industrial right shoulder injury was not barred as post-termination claim under Labor Code § 3600(a)(10), when WCAB found that... Temporary Disability—WCAB affirmed WCJ’s finding that applicant was temporarily totally disabled as result of 9/20/2015 right shoulder injury, at least during period from 12/21/2015 to 5/10/2016, and that record required further development as to whether she was temporarily disabled after 5/10/2016, and WCAB rejected... Robinson (Earlyn) v. W.C.A.B. , Lexis Advance Temporary Disability—Permanent and Stationary Status—WCAB affirmed WCJ’s finding that applicant, who suffered industrial injuries to her back, hip, knee, and ankle on 11/19/2015 while working as product demonstrator at Costco, became permanent and stationary with respect to her industrial injuries on 9/26/2017, based on treating physician’s 9/26/2017 report indicating that applicant had reached maximum medical improvement but was still in need of further medical treatment, and WCAB found that... Wilson (Richard) v. W.C.A.B. , Lexis Advance Psychiatric Injury—Burden of Proof—WCAB affirmed WCJ’s finding that applicant did not meet burden of proving that he suffered compensable psychiatric injury while employed as police lieutenant during period ending 10/6/2011, when reporting of psychiatric agreed medical examiner and qualified medical evaluator, as well as applicant’s own trial testimony, established that applicant’s psychiatric symptoms were not caused by any employment-related events or duties, but rather stemmed from fact that his fiancée left him for another man, with whom he had to work, and WCAB concluded that... Appeals Board Panel Decisions Collins (Brian) v. City of Vacaville , Lexis Advance Discovery—Subpoena Duces Tecum—Police Officer Personnel/Medical Records—WCAB granted defendant's Petition for Removal challenging WCJ's Order Quashing Subpoenas Duces Tecum, wherein WCJ quashed defendant's subpoenas seeking personnel records from applicant police officer's former employers because defendant did not comply with requirements of Evidence Code §§ 1043–1046, which describe procedure that parties must follow to obtain discovery of information relating to peace officers and custodial officers protected by Penal Code §§ 832.7 and 832.8, when WCAB concluded that... Garcia (Hector) v. Barrett Business Services, Inc. , Lexis Advance Medical Treatment—Utilization Review—Concurrent Review—WCAB affirmed WCJ's finding that defendant's 3/26/2018 utilization review (UR) determination was untimely, when applicant's primary treating physician submitted 3/15/2018 request for authorization (RFA) for six months of continued inpatient care at Center for Neuro skills (CNS) for applicant who suffered traumatic brain injury while employed as truck driver on 3/6/2013, and WCAB determined that... Independent Medical Review Decisions CM18-0228283 , Lexis Advance Opioid Medications—Ultram—Spine Injury/Chronic Pain—IMR reviewer overturned UR decision denying treating physician’s request for Ultram 50mg #60 based on 2017 MTUS guidelines addressing opioid use for chronic pain. Here, 63-year old applicant suffered from chronic pain due to disc protrusions in her cervical spine and lumbar spine with lower and upper extremity radiculopathy. The guidelines recommend a trial of opioids in an attempt to achieve functional improvement, with ongoing medical visits to monitor efficacy, improvement in function, adverse effects, and compliance/non-compliance. Applicant’s treating physician desired to continue treating applicant with Ultram for chronic pain, noting that she had approximately 50 percent decrease in pain and 50 percent increase in functionality with use of the medication. The IMR reviewer noted... [LexisNexis Commentary: This IMR decision provides a good template of how to obtain authorization for medication needed to cure or relieve an injured worker from the effects of his or her injury.] CM18-0237059 , Lexis Advance Opioid Medications—Norco—Chronic Back Pain—IMR reviewer overturned UR decision denying treating physician’s request for Norco 10/325mg #150 based on the 2017 MTUS guidelines addressing opioid use for chronic pain. Here, 65-year old applicant suffered an industrial injury in 1975 and continues to suffer chronic back pain. The guidelines recommend use of opioids for treatment of both function and pain impaired by subacute or chronic severe pain when other treatments for functional restorative pain therapy have been attempted without adequate effect. Ongoing usage of opioid treatment beyond a trial period is dependent on its efficacy during the trial. Further, the guidelines...[LexisNexis Commentary: The IMR reviewer here provided a very detailed recitation of the guidelines for prescribing opioids and emphasized that the IMR decision addressed the medical necessity of opioids as they have been prescribed to this injured worker . This illustrates that the MTUS guidelines should not be applied mechanically but rather must be applied based on the needs of the particular patient. In this case, applicant’s quality of life would have been significantly diminished if the opioid prescription were denied.] Blog Post: California Workers' Comp Case Roundup (4/29/2019) published first on http://www.lexisnexis.com/legalnewsroom/workers-compensation/rss.aspx

[robertcadar]

Sharon Stone revine în Mosaic la HBO și pe HBO GO

Trebuie să recunosc că în ultima perioadă m-a prins destul de serios vizionarea de filme pe HBO GO, deși sunt greu de prins în fața televizorului sunt câteva filme și seriale care m-au prins. Sunt curios de noua miniserie (originală HBO) Mosaic în care joacă Sharon Srone, miniseria fiind regizată și produsă de Steven Soderbergh care vă duce cu gândul la titluri precum Ocean’s Twelve, Ocean’s…

[thejuniorgazette]

[ttlproductions]

Signed Sharon Duce photo on Ebay

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