Electric vehicles (EVs) for personal use are getting a lot of press, but electrification is coming to the domestic heavy-duty truck market, too.
Some of North America’s largest, most well-established truck manufacturers - including PACCAR, Volvo Trucks North America and Daimler Trucks North America - are rolling out new electric rigs, while companies like Tesla, Nikola and BYD continue to take electric truck orders.
What impact will electric trucks have on commercial truck tire design and construction?
As with electric cars, SUVs and CUVs, dynamics like range, torque and weight are concerns, say truck tire manufacturers.
Bob Klimm, director of commercial tire sales, Sumitomo Rubber North America Inc., says “the expectation of the replacement tire to support electric heavy-duty vehicles by maximizing driving distance is assumed to include some combination of rolling resistance, while maintaining mileage life and traction.
“Achieving this balance would be a challenging process for any manufacturer as we move into the future of tires.”
Tires also will need “to withstand higher torque based on the sudden acceleration capabilities” of electric trucks, says Rob Williams, vice president of U.S. TBR sales, Hankook Tire America Corp.
“In electric vehicles, you get the maximum torque when accelerating right from the very start,” says Tom Fanning, head of U.S. market for truck tires, Continental Tire the Americas LLC. “Tires on electric vehicles can therefore be subject to greater levels of stress during acceleration, which in turn affects their endurance and wear values.
“In order to keep the wear impact relatively low, it calls for modifications to both the tread pattern design and the tread compound. Very low rolling resistance is achieved by a blend of tread compound, tread pattern and the construction of the tire – and the sidewall in particular – as well as by keeping the overall weight to a minimum.
“All of these measures need to be carefully coordinated in order to ensure that these tires retain their very safe handling properties.”
Charles Luther, northeast regional manager, Triangle Tire USA, says “the demands of the tires on (electric trucks) will quite possibly differ from standard or even Smartway-approved tires. There will be increased emphasis on roll time and therefore increased emphasis put on reducing tire rolling resistance.
“Tires for any vehicle represent 13% of the rolling resistance of a vehicle,” notes Luther. “To increase the miles driven on a full battery charge, every aspect of drag needs to be looked at very carefully, including the tires. Tread depth, tread compounding and casing design all play a part in reducing rolling resistance.
“We quite possibly will see changes in all three, as well as aspect ratios and tire sizing, for these new electric commercial vehicles,” as tire manufacturers work to help electric trucks maximize their range.
Weight support will be another key performance attribute, according to Ken Coltrane, director, marketing and product development, Prinx Chengshan Tire North America. “With truck tires, the additional weight associated with electric commercial trucks is going to translate into higher load capacity and ply ratings - moving away from 14-ply to 16-ply.”
“What we are seeing is heavier equipment than standard diesel powered buses due to the increased weight of the batteries versus the diesel engine,” says Alan Eagleson, TBR segment manager, Sailun Tires America. “This means a commercial vehicle tire must be capable of carrying a heavier load,” which, he notes, “shouldn’t be an issue since tires are typically over-engineered for their applications.”
Wear is another concern, says Rick Cunat, managing director of Kumho Tire USA Inc.’s Americas technical center. “The desire to maintain consistent tire performance from new tire to worn-out tire” may require tread patterns “that increase in amplitude or aggressiveness as the tire wears.
“Electrification is a trend that will impact many different segments of the market,” says Ben Johnson, director of marketing, Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, U.S. and Canada.
“The initial focus for tires used on regional and line-haul applications will likely focus on low rolling resistance to contribute to vehicle range,” notes Pierluigi Cumo, director of marketing, on-road, Michelin North America Inc.
Electric truck development will “push (tire) technology development ahead of schedule to meet the unique demands of this emerging market,” says Dave Johnston Sr., manager, commercial products and business development, Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp.
“The performance characteristics of tires for electric vehicles are not that different from tires on fuel-powered vehicles,” says Rick Phillips, CEO of Keter Tire USA Inc. “The focus is on fuel efficiency and is moving more towards products that are application-specific and away from ‘one tire fits all.’”


A group of elected officials, asserting that they are the new leaders of the Bronx Democratic Party, opened a new headquarters for the organization this afternoon. And the officials said they will begin the business of supporting candidates for local office as well as getting a strong turnout for Barack Obama in November.
“We have a lot of work to do within the party to make sure that we give our Democratic candidates all the support they need,” said Assemblyman Carl E. Heastie, whose name appeared on the large banner atop the former Laundromat as chairman of the Bronx Democratic organization.
Of course, the opening of the new headquarters on East 163rd Street now means that there are two offices posing as the rightful headquarters of the Democratic Party in the Bronx. And there are two men, each claiming to be the legitimate head of the Bronx Democratic organization: Mr. Heastie and Assemblyman José Rivera, who has led the Bronx machine for the last six years.
Last Sunday, at a scheduled meeting of the Bronx Democratic Party, a group loyal to Mr. Rivera took control and, by a voice vote, re-elected him chairman. But Mr. Heastie, who is chairman of the party committee in the Bronx, presided over a second meeting in the same site, the Utopia Paradise Theater on the Grand Concourse. At that meeting, a majority of the party’s district leaders elected Mr. Heastie as head of the party.
Lawyers on both sides contend that they have no idea how the matter will ultimately be resolved. Officials of the state’s Board of Elections say that both parties have filed papers registering the results of their respective elections. But it is unclear whether — or when — the board might make a determination about which meeting was the legitimate one.
In the meantime, Mr. Heastie said, the work of the party should not be affected by the controversy. “We have to do what Democratic officials are supposed to do: We have to help elected Democrats,” Mr. Heastie said, standing outside the new headquarters with nearly a dozen elected officials.
When asked whether he planned to speak with Mr. Rivera about working out some resolution, Mr. Heastie said, “I’m always willing to speak with any elected official.”
Mr. Rivera, who has been the head of the Bronx Democratic machine since 2002, has been criticized in recent years as increasingly being a divisive force among Bronx Democrats. His leadership in an organization accustomed to winning races has been questioned recently, including when the Bronx machine suffered some striking losses in the Sept. 9 primary.
The most prominent loss was in a boroughwide race for a Civil Court judgeship, in which Mr. Rivera supported Maria Matos. However, the so-called rebel group supported Elizabeth Taylor, who won by a wide margin.
Ms. Taylor was among the people who attended today’s headquarters opening. Another official who stopped by was State Senator Efraín González Jr., who was supported by Mr. Rivera but lost the Democratic primary to former State Senator Pedro Espada Jr.
Senator González said he stopped by the event “because I’ve known all these people for years.” He encouraged Mr. Rivera to have conversations with Mr. Heastie. “You have to learn to move forward with your life,” he said, “just like I have to move forward.”
Mr. Heastie did get a new sign in support of his leadership of the party. City Councilman G. Oliver Koppell, a Bronx Democrat, said today that Mr. Rivera should find a way to end his effort to remain the head of the party.
“It would appear that a majority of the district leaders in the Bronx no longer support José Rivera,” said Mr. Koppell, a former state attorney general. “I think that a graceful way should be found to put people together from both sides. And that should include a way under which José Rivera would not be the county leader.”
Michael D. Nieves, the spokesman for Mr. Rivera, said that “the chairman still asserts that he’s still the chairman.” When asked about Mr. Koppell’s view that Mr. Rivera should relinquish his claim to the chairmanship, Mr. Nieves said: “We respect Oliver Koppell and his views. But we have no comment on his suggestion.”


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Nuclear hormone receptors of the NR4A subgroup have been implicated in cancer, atherosclerosis, and most prominently in metabolic disease. However, little is known about the role of NR4A1 in kidney health or disease. Fawn-hooded hypertensive (FHH) Nr4a1-/- deficient animals were evaluated for blood pressure, proteinuria, renal function and metabolic parameters from 4-24 weeks of age. At week 24, Nr4a1-/- rats exhibited 4-fold higher proteinuria (81±11.5 mg/24hrs/100gBW) compared to FHH (21±1.0). No difference in telemetry measured blood pressure was observed at any time point, but glomerular filtration rate was significantly decreased in the Nr4a1-/- (542±78.9 ul/min/gKW) vs FHH (937±75.2). Moderate increases in glomerulosclerosis were seen, but were not different between strains. The severity of tubular atrophy, casts, and fibrosis was significantly increased in Nr4a1-/- compared to FHH (19±1.86% vs 12±0.8%, respectively). Tubulointerstitial macrophage infiltration was also significantly increased in kidneys from Nr4a1-/- (245±62 foci per field) compared to FHH (50±13.4) at week 24. Microarray analysis of kidney from week 8-24 found significant up-regulation of important immune mediators, including TGF-β1-2, CCL2 (MCP-1), CCL9 (MIP-1γ), and other chemokines and interleukins. The specific injury (tubulointerstitial), immune cell infiltration, and immune gene expression profile led to the hypothesis that loss of Nr4a1 contributes to the observed injury by an immune-mediated mechanism. To test this hypothesis, bone marrow (bm) cross transplantation studies were performed in 3 groups of irradiated (irr) animals: (1) bmFHH into irrFHH (FHH control); (2) bmFHH into irrNr4a1-/-; and (3) bmNr4a1-/- into irrNr4a1-/- (Nr4a1 control). The bmFHH into irrNr4a1-/- animals showed a significant attenuation of proteinuria starting as early as week 12 and continuing through week 24 (35±4.6 mg/24hrs/100gBW) compared to the Nr4a1-/- control (60±7.5). These data strongly suggest that the mechanism of Nr4a1-/- renal injury is mediated via an immune mechanism, likely due to the predisposition of the FHH to develop renal injury. Further studies are now underway to better understand the precise immune mechanism that promotes injury in this model.
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Billington v. Interinsurance Exchange , 71 Cal.2d 728
DOROTHY BILLINGTON, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. INTERINSURANCE EXCHANGE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, Defendant and Respondent. fn. *
Bernard A. Leckie for Plaintiff and Appellant.
Edward I. Pollock, Robert E. Cartwright, Theodore A. Horn, Leo M. O'Connor and Leonard Sacks as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.
Gilbert, Thompson & Kelly and Jean Wunderlich for Defendant and Respondent.
Plaintiff was injured in an automobile accident on March 20, 1962, while riding as a guest in the car of Michael James Giesler, who was defendant's insured. She filed an action alleging that Giesler was guilty of wilful misconduct and intoxication, and defendant filed an answer on Giesler's behalf, asserting plaintiff's contributory negligence and assumption of risk as defenses. Giesler failed to appear for his deposition after numerous attempts by defendant to [71 Cal.2d 733] persuade him to do so, and the trial court granted plaintiff's motion made under section 2034, subdivision (d), of the Code of Civil Procedure, to strike the answer. fn. 1 A default judgment against Giesler was entered in the sum of $51,716.32.
Plaintiff subsequently filed the present action, in which she seeks to recover $10,000 from defendant, the liability limit set forth in the policy. Defendant resisted the action on the ground that the policy contained a requirement for Giesler to cooperate in the defense of the action, that he had failed to do so, and that defendant was prejudiced by his conduct because he "would have had a good and legitimate defense" if he had cooperated.
The trial court found that Giesler had failed to cooperate and that his conduct had resulted in substantial prejudice to defendant. The finding of substantial prejudice was based upon the court's determination that Giesler's conduct prevented defendant from offering any evidence in the prior proceeding in support of the defenses of contributory negligence and assumption of risk and that "without determining the validity" of these defenses they were "bona fide and substantial" and the trier of fact "could have reasonably and properly accepted" them and found them "to be true." Plaintiff appeals from the ensuing judgment in defendant's favor.
The primary question presented is whether a determination that an insurer was substantially prejudiced by its insured's breach of a cooperation clause may be based upon the conclusion that there might have been advanced a valid defense which the finder of fact could reasonably have accepted. In our view, a holding of substantial prejudice cannot be supported upon this tenuous foundation.
Prior to the accident defendant had issued to Giesler an automobile liability policy under the assigned risk plan. (Ins. Code, §§ 11620-11629.5.) By its terms defendant became obligated to pay as damages up to $10,000 for bodily injury sustained by any one person in an accident. Among the conditions set forth in the policy was a requirement that if suit was brought against Giesler he must cooperate with defendant, attend hearings and trials, and assist in the conduct of [71 Cal.2d 734] the case in other respects. It was also provided that no action would lie against defendant unless these terms were satisfied.
Plaintiff's Action Against Giesler
On November 5, 1962, plaintiff filed an action against Giesler seeking to recover $100,000 in general damages, $4,132.65 in medical expenses, and $655.50 for loss of earnings. As we have seen, the complaint alleged that the proximate cause of plaintiff's injuries was the intoxication and wilful misconduct of Giesler, and the answer set forth the affirmative defenses of contributory negligence and assumption of risk.
Giesler furnished defendant with a statement in June 1962 in which he denied that he was intoxicated on the night of the accident. Defendant took plaintiff's deposition and obtained her answer to interrogatories but was unable to secure Giesler's presence for the purpose of having his deposition taken by plaintiff's counsel.plaintiff attempted to take Giesler's deposition on at least seven occasions but in spite of the fact that defendant, by registered and unregistered letter, telegrams, telephone calls, and at times a combination of these methods, urged Giesler to attend, he did not appear on any of the designated dates. Defendant's attorneys and an independent investigator employed by defendant spoke to Giesler on the telephone a number of times during this period, explaining the necessity for his attendance at the deposition. Each time Giesler promised he would be present at a future date.
In late 1964 plaintiff made a motion to strike Giesler's answer on the ground that he had wilfully failed to give his deposition. (Code Civ. Proc., § 2034, subd. (d).) After the motion was granted and a default judgment was entered, defendant filed a notice of appeal on behalf of Giesler, but the appeal was not perfected and it was eventually dismissed.
Plaintiff's Action Against Defendant
Plaintiff then filed the present action as a purported creditor- beneficiary of defendant, seeking to recover the $10,000 which was the liability limit under the policy defendant had issued to Giesler. As we have seen, defendant disclaimed liability on the ground that Giesler had violated the cooperation clause and that defendant was prejudiced by the violation.
The evidence at the trial was as follows: the accident occurred about 1:50 a.m., while Giesler was driving to plaintiff's apartment from a restaurant in Los Angeles and plaintiff [71 Cal.2d 735] was riding with a third person in the back seat of the car. Earlier in the evening she had joined Giesler and the third party at the latter's apartment for a birthday celebration. From there they went to several restaurants. During the course of the evening they each consumed a number of alcoholic drinks. As Giesler drove in a westerly direction on Exposition Boulevard, his car crossed into the oncoming traffic lane, struck a parked car, forcing it over the curb into a fence, and then struck another parked vehicle before it came to rest more than 100 feet from the second point of impact.plaintiff suffered facial injuries in the accident.
The police arrived a few minutes later. According to the police report, Giesler initially denied that he had been operating the car and claimed that a friend had been driving. The report then states that Giesler was "in an obviously drunken condition; breath alcoholic; eyes watery; speech thick; balance unsteady and staggered noticeably while walking. ... [He] was unable to operate a motor vehicle ... in a safe and prudent manner." The report also relates that later Giesler offered the officers a bribe "to forget about this," admitted that he had had "quite a few" drinks that evening although he did not know how many, and reiterated his claim that someone else had been driving.plaintiff told the police that Giesler had been driving and that she did not know whether or not he was drunk. Giesler pleaded guilty in the summer of 1962 to a felony drunk driving charge arising out of the accident.
Plaintiff testified that Giesler did not appear to be sleepy or drowsy on the night of the accident, that she did not feel he was under the influence of intoxicating liquor, that he seemed to be perfectly normal, and that there was nothing unusual about his eyes or the manner in which he spoke. A witness who observed him immediately after the accident also stated there was nothing about him which would lead her to conclude he was intoxicated. The purpose of this line of testimony was apparently to establish that Giesler did not appear to be intoxicated and that, therefore, plaintiff had not assumed the risk of embarking on a journey with him while he was obviously unfit to drive and that she was not guilty of contributory negligence.
Plaintiff also testified that she had consumed only two or three drinks during the course of the evening and that Giesler had imbibed three or four. In the statement Giesler made to the insurance company in June 1962 he claimed that [71 Cal.2d 736] neither he nor his companions were intoxicated, that they each had five drinks during the course of the evening, and that the accident occurred when an animal ran in front of his car and he swerved to the left.
A number of persons employed in defendant's claims department testified that in their opinion the case could have been successfully defended if it had been brought to trial. An attorney employed by defendant in the first action stated his opinion that a jury would have found that Giesler was intoxicated when the accident occurred and that it would have rejected plaintiff's testimony that she did not realize his condition. The latter conclusion was based upon the facts that she had been with Giesler for a long period of time on the night of the accident and knew that he had been drinking and that the police report stated that Giesler was obviously intoxicated. These findings would lead a jury to conclude, he testified, that plaintiff had assumed the risk of riding in the car with Giesler when he was in a manifestly intoxicated state and that she did not exercise ordinary care for her safety. The attorney also stated that in his opinion Giesler's presence was necessary for a successful defense.
The trial court found that Giesler had wilfully failed to cooperate with defendant and that this lack of cooperation resulted in prejudice to defendant in that it was "precluded ... from offering any defense on [Giesler's] behalf whatsoever ... or any evidence in support of the affirmative defenses of contributory negligence and assumption of risk ... which the court finds, without determining the validity thereof, stated a bona fide and substantial defense which the finder of fact could have reasonably and properly accepted and found to be true." It was also found that defendant was not guilty of bad faith in handling the defense or in negotiating a possible compromise of plaintiff's settlement demands.
 Before proceeding to the merits we pause to consider briefly an initial contention of plaintiff that defendant may not rely upon Giesler's violation of the cooperation clause because it was not pleaded as an affirmative defense in the answer. As we have seen, the answer disclaimed liability on the basis of Giesler's refusal to comply with the cooperation clause.plaintiff does not suggest why such an allegation is insufficient. (See Code Civ. Proc., § 437.) Moreover, this contention is raised for the first time on appeal (Everly Enterprises, Inc. v. Altman (1960) 54 Cal.2d 761, 765 [8 Cal.Rptr. 455, 356 P.2d 199]) and plaintiff did not object to the introduction [71 Cal.2d 737] of evidence based upon the cooperation clause defense at the trial. Under these circumstances, the claim that the answer was defective lacks merit.
 Unquestionably, there was sufficient evidence to justify the trial court's finding that Giesler had breached the cooperation clause of the policy.  However, the court did not apply the proper criterion in determining whether defendant was prejudiced by Giesler's failure to cooperate. In the leading case of Campbell v. Allstate Ins. Co. (1963) 60 Cal.2d 303 [32 Cal.Rptr. 827, 384 P.2d 155], this court unanimously held that the burden of proving that a breach of the cooperation clause resulted in substantial prejudice is on the insurer. The decision (at p. 307) disapproved Margellini v. Pacific Auto. Ins. Co. (1939) 33 Cal.App.2d 93 [91 P.2d 136], and a number of other cases which stood for the proposition that prejudice is presumed from an insured's violation of the cooperation clause. We concluded that under the circumstances set forth in Campbell the insurer had not met its burden of establishing prejudice. fn. 2
If an insurer could meet its burden of establishing substantial prejudice from the breach of a cooperation clause by a mere showing that a jury could reasonably and properly have accepted a defense, the holding of Campbell would be effectively vitiated since we can conceive of few cases in which an insurer would be unable to maintain that a finding could reasonably have been made in a defendant's favor. Subsequent to our decision in Campbell the Wisconsin Supreme Court held that the possibility of prejudice to an insurer from its insured's failure to cooperate is not sufficient and that actual prejudice must be shown. (Foote v. Douglas County (1966) 29 Wis.2d 602 [139 N.W.2d 628, 631]; see Stippich v. Morrison (1961) 12 Wis.2d 331 [107 N.W.2d 125, 128].)
[4a] We hold, therefore, that an insurer, in order to establish it was prejudiced by the failure of the insured to cooperate in his defense, must establish at the very least that if the cooperation clause had not been breached there was a substantial likelihood the trier of fact would have found in the insured's favor. A less stringent standard would not be consonant [71 Cal.2d 738] with our holding in Campbell that the insurer has the burden of showing it was substantially prejudiced by the insured's failure to cooperate.
 In the instant case, however, we cannot hold, as we did in Campbell, that the defendant was not prejudiced as a matter of law by the breach of the cooperation clause. There was convincing evidence that Giesler was intoxicated at the time of the accident and that his appearance so indicated. On the other hand, plaintiff and a witness who had observed Giesler immediately after the accident testified that he did not appear to be intoxicated. The trial court could have resolved this conflict by finding that Giesler was intoxicated, that plaintiff knew he was unable to drive safely, and that she showed a wilful and reckless disregard for her own safety by riding with him; i.e., that she assumed the risk of the journey. As a result, the case must be remanded to the trial court with directions to determine whether there was a substantial likelihood that Giesler would have prevailed if the issue of plaintiff's assumption of risk had been tried.  On remand, however, the trial court may not find that defendant was prejudiced by its inability to litigate the defense of contributory negligence since we recently held in Williams v. Carr (1968) 68 Cal.2d 579, 588 [68 Cal.Rptr. 305, 440 P.2d 505], that contributory negligence is not a proper defense in an action under the guest statute.
 Plaintiff argues that defendant should be estopped to rely on Giesler's failure to cooperate as a defense because defendant assertedly breached its duty under the policy by refusing to accept settlement proposals made by plaintiff within the policy limits. A few months after the accident plaintiff offered to settle her claim for $4,500, a sum less than her special damages. Thereafter, she offered to accept a settlement of $10,000, the amount of the policy limits. Defendant offered no more than $1,000 at any time. Its attorney testified that this was the estimated cost of a defense and that he felt that if the case had come to trial a verdict in Giesler's favor was probable. It was conceded, however, that if a judgment had been rendered in plaintiff's favor it would have exceeded the amount of the policy limits.
In Comunale v. Traders & General Ins. Co. (1958) 50 Cal.2d 654 [328 P.2d 198], we held that every contract of insurance contains a covenant of good faith and fair dealing, that the insurer is required to settle a claim against the insured in an appropriate case under such a covenant, and that when "there is a great risk of a recovery beyond the policy limits so that [71 Cal.2d 739] the most reasonable manner of disposing of the claim is a settlement which can be made within those limits, a consideration in good faith of the insured's interest requires the insurer to settle the claim." (50 Cal.2d at p. 659.)
We have not been cited any authority holding that an insurer may be estopped to rely upon the cooperation clause because of an asserted bad faith failure to accept an offer of settlement. fn. 3 Moreover, the trial court found that defendant was not guilty of bad faith in handling Giesler's defense or in failing to negotiate a compromise settlement, and the contentions urged by plaintiff, while containing arguable merit, do not compel a contrary conclusion. fn. 4
 Plaintiff relies upon a statement in Crisci v. Security Ins. Co. (1967) 66 Cal.2d 425, 431 [58 Cal.Rptr. 13, 426 P.2d 473], that perhaps an insurer should be liable for any judgment exceeding the policy limits if it refuses an offer of settlement within those limits. We there referred to commentators who urged the theory that an insurer, faced with a settlement offer at or near the policy limits, should not be able to reject it and gamble with the insured's resources to further its own interests; we said that "the insurer, which may reap the benefits of its determination not to settle, should also suffer the detriments of its decision." Aside from the obvious distinctions between the factual situation in Crisci and the instant case we would be unwarranted in applying the proposed rule where, as here, the insurer was unable to maintain any defense to the action on behalf of the insured as a result of the latter's refusal to cooperate in his defense.
[9a] Finally, plaintiff claims that because Giesler was [71 Cal.2d 740] insured under the assigned risk plan defendant is precluded from raising his violation of the cooperation clause as a defense. This contention is based upon the erroneous premise that assigned risk policies are the equivalent of compulsory insurance. A number of cases have held that if the insured is required by law to obtain insurance, the insurer may not rely upon breach of the cooperation clause as a defense because compulsory insurance statutes and the policies issued as a result thereof are for the protection of the public, not merely for the benefit of the contracting parties. fn. 5 (See e.g., Royal Indemnity Co. v. Olmstead (9th Cir. 1951) 193 F.2d 451, 453-454; 31 A.L.R.2d 645.)
 The assigned risk plan cannot be equated with compulsory insurance. The purpose of the plan is to assure that persons who would under ordinary circumstances be unqualified to secure liability insurance should be enabled to obtain such policies; this is accomplished by requiring all insurance companies writing liability policies to accept a share of the assigned risk. (California State Auto. etc. Bureau v. Downey (1950) 96 Cal.App.2d 876, 880-883 [216 P.2d 882].)  Although [71 Cal.2d 741] an insurance company may be compelled to issue a policy to one who is an assigned risk, there is no absolute compulsion upon the driver of a vehicle to obtain such insurance or any insurance as a condition of operating a car. [9b] Accordingly, authorities on insurance law indicate an injured person is subject to the defense of the insured's failure to cooperate under an assigned risk policy. (See 7 Appleman, Insurance Law and Practice, § 7297, p. 120.)
[12a] Plaintiff also relies upon the provisions of the Financial Responsibility Law.  That law does not compel a driver to obtain insurance or to prove his financial responsibility as a condition of obtaining an operator's license but it does impose sanctions upon a driver who negligently injures others on the highway and cannot demonstrate his ability to respond in damages. (See Simmons v. Civil Service Emp. Ins. Co. (1962) 57 Cal.2d 381, 385 [19 Cal.Rptr. 662, 369 P.2d 262].) [12b] It is true, however, as plaintiff argues, that the policy underlying the Financial Responsibility Law is to protect those persons who are injured on the highway through no fault of their own. This policy has been alluded to in a number of cases (see e.g., Interinsurance Exchange v. Ohio Cas. Ins. Co. (1962) 58 Cal.2d 142, 154 [23 Cal.Rptr. 592, 373 P.2d 640]), and its importance is most recently emphasized in Barrera v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. (1969) ante, p. 659 [79 Cal.Rptr. 106, 456 P.2d 674]. fn. 6 Our holding here does not conflict with the purpose of the Financial Responsibility Law since, if a court finds that there was a substantial likelihood that the insured would have prevailed had he cooperated in his defense, there is little danger that an innocent plaintiff will be denied recovery by the insurer's reliance upon the cooperation clause.
While other contentions made by plaintiff are without merit and do not require discussion, we take note of amici curiae who urge us to ban reliance upon the violation of the cooperation clause by an insured as a defense against an injured third party who has recovered a judgment against the insured. It is claimed that statutory provisions and cases lend support to this proposal. [71 Cal.2d 742]
 Amici first assert that the insurer's attempt to disclaim liability because of an insured's breach of a cooperation clause amounts to a cancellation and that a cancellation may not affect accidents which occurred prior thereto. It has been said that a cooperation clause constitutes a condition subsequent or a condition precedent in an insurance policy (O'Morrow v. Borad (1946) 27 Cal.2d 794, 800 [167 P.2d 483, 163 A.L.R. 894]; Woodman v. Pacific Indem. Co. (1939) 33 Cal.App.2d 321, 330 [91 P.2d 898]) and no case to our knowledge has viewed the breach of such a clause as a cancellation. fn. 7
Another contention of amici is that reliance by the insurer on the cooperation clause as a defense violates general statutory provisions that an automobile liability policy shall insure the named insured and permittee drivers against loss from liability for damages arising out of the use of a motor vehicle. (E.g., Veh. Code, §§ 16451, 16452.) Amici suggest that a cooperation clause defense is in derogation of the coverage required by these sections and is therefore against public policy. They cite by way of analogy Wildman v. Government Emp. Ins. Co. (1957) 48 Cal.2d 31, 39 [307 P.2d 359], in which this court held a statute providing that every policy shall insure the person named therein and any other person driving with his permission was a part of every insurance contract and that the public policy expressed in the provision could not be circumvented by conflicting provisions in the contract.
 In the instant case, unlike Wildman, the insurance contract is not violative of any specific statutory provision and it is not against the public policy underlying the Financial Responsibility Law, but it is subject to defeasance because of the noncooperation of the insured. Acceptance of amici's argument would result in a prohibition of exceptions or conditions in an automobile liability policy unless specifically authorized by statute. The prevailing rule, on the contrary, is that parties to an insurance policy may contract as they choose if they do not violate law or public policy. (Linnastruth v. Mutual Benefit etc. Assn. (1943) 22 Cal.2d 216, 218 [137 P.2d 833].) Moreover, section 11580, subdivision (b) (2), of the Insurance Code expressly recognizes an insurer may rely on defenses under the policy since it provides all [71 Cal.2d 743] vehicle liability policies contain a provision that when judgment is secured against an insured the judgment creditor may bring an action against the insurer on the policy "subject to its terms and limitations."
 Amici next assert that an insurer may place an injured party in a disadvantageous position if it certifies that the insured is covered by a policy under the Financial Responsibility Law but thereafter disclaims liability under the cooperation clause of the policy. Their theory contemplates the following: the mechanics of establishing the existence of insurance after an accident require a person who is insured to notify the Department of Motor Vehicles of this fact and the name of his insurer. (Veh. Code, § 16000.) Thereafter, the department sends a notice to the insurer regarding the accident and the insurer is required to notify the department within 20 days if it claims that no policy was in effect at the time of the accident. (Veh. Code, § 16060; Cal. Admin. Code, tit. 13, § 100.20.) If the insurer does not notify the department that no insurance was in effect the injured plaintiff is required to rely upon the policy as sole security for his claim. Where, as in the case of a cooperation clause violation, the insurer later disclaims liability, the plaintiff may be harmed in two ways: (1) the insured might have had sufficient property immediately following the accident so that he could have posted security to assure payment of plaintiff's claim but his assets may have diminished by the time the claim of noncooperation is raised, to the point at which he cannot satisfy the judgment; or (2) the plaintiff loses his settlement bargaining powers against defendant since, due to the existence of an insurance policy, the insured is not deprived of his license and may continue to drive.
While this factual potentiality could materialize, any defects in the procedure arise from the Financial Responsibility Law rather than as a result of the defense of noncooperation. The insurer cannot be faulted because it truthfully indicates to the department that the insured has coverage. The failure to cooperate ordinarily does not become evident until long after the 20-day notification period has elapsed. In a law review note which initially advanced the theory proposed here by amici, the author suggests the insurer should only be held responsible for the plaintiff's injury under the circumstances set forth above where it erroneously indicates to the department that there is coverage under the policy and, from facts in its possession within the 20-day period, it should have [71 Cal.2d 744] known there was no coverage. But where discovery of a defense cannot be made within the 20-day period, as in the case of noncooperation, the author properly concludes that the insurer should not be penalized. (Note (1968) 41 So.Cal. L.Rev. 367, 375-376.)
Furthermore, the requirement that the trial court find prejudice from the breach of a cooperation clause is a complete answer to amici's arguments since such a finding of necessity must be based on a considered conclusion that there was a substantial likelihood the insured would have prevailed absent the breach. fn. 8
[17a] A number of policy considerations in addition to those set forth above are advanced by amici in support of their view that an insurer should not be permitted to rely upon the defense of noncooperation. It is claimed that the risk of noncooperation is no more onerous than the other risks to which the insurer is subjected, that the availability of the defense tempts an insurer to subtly encourage its less desirable risks to "get lost and stay lost" and that it is unfair to an injured plaintiff to compel him to bring two lawsuits to collect his claim and permit the insurer two opportunities to avoid payment. Amici also urge that the issue of substantial prejudice involves surmise and conjecture as to what the result would have been if the insured had cooperated.
[4b] Prejudice may be difficult to prove but, as we indicated above, the burden of proof is upon the insurer. (Campbell v. Allstate Ins. Co. (1963) supra, 60 Cal.2d 303, 306.) [17b] As to the contention that the insurer may be tempted to encourage its insured not to cooperate, if the trial court finds this to be the fact or finds that the insurer failed to diligently seek its insured's presence a finding that he breached the cooperation clause would not be justified. (See, e.g., Jensen v. Eureka Cas. Co. (1935) 10 Cal.App.2d 706, 708-709 [52 P.2d 540]; Pigg v. International Indemnity Co. (1927) 86 Cal.App. 671, 674-675 [261 P. 486].)  The "two-suit" point is not persuasive, since under our existing direct action statute an injured party is compelled to bring two lawsuits if he seeks to collect a judgment from the insurer [71 Cal.2d 745] which issued a liability policy. (Ins. Code, § 11580, subd. (b) (2).)
Upon rehearing the trial court shall determine, in accordance with the principles set forth above, whether defendant was prejudiced by Giesler's violation of the cooperation clause. In making its determination the court shall consider the evidence previously presented and such additional evidence on the question of prejudice as the parties may desire to present.
The judgment is reversed.
Traynor, C. J., McComb, J., Peters, J., Tobriner, J., Burke, J., and Sullivan, J., concurred.
FN *. Defendant's correct name is Interinsurance Exchange of the Automobile Club of Southern California.
FN 1. Section 2034, subdivision (d), provides in part, "If a party ... willfully fails to appear before the officer who is to take his deposition, after said party or his attorney has been served with a proper notice ... the court on motion and notice may strike out ... any pleading of that party, or dismiss the action ... or enter a judgment by default against that party. ..."
FN 2. Two cases subsequent to Campbell applied its rationale in upholding determinations of trial courts regarding the question of prejudice. (Allstate Ins. Co. v. King (1967) 252 Cal.App.2d 698, 705-711 [60 Cal.Rptr. 892]; Hanover Ins. Co. v. Carroll (1966) 241 Cal.App.2d 558, 567-571 [50 Cal.Rptr. 704].)
FN 3. Critz v. Farmers Ins. Group (1964) 230 Cal.App.2d 788, 801 [41 Cal.Rptr. 401, 12 A.L.R.3d 1142], relied upon by plaintiff, does state that the requirement of cooperation by the policyholder assumes that the insurer has complied in good faith with the provisions of the policy and that an insurer may be estopped to claim breach of a cooperation clause if the failure to cooperate has been induced by its own action. There the insurer had breached its good faith duty to settle and the court determined that although this did not absolve the insured of his obligation under the cooperation clause to appear and testify, it narrowed his duty to cooperate to the extent that he could assign to the plaintiff his cause of action against the insurer for the breach of the latter's duty to settle the action in good faith. Said the court, he "need not indulge in financial masochism."
FN 4. Some of the matters pointed to by plaintiff are that defendant failed to notify Giesler that there had been offers to settle the claim within the policy limits in spite of the fact that its employees had been instructed to notify insured persons of such offers and that the results of defendant's investigations were not communicated to Giesler. (See Davy v. Public National Ins. Co. (1960) 181 Cal.App.2d 387, 396 [5 Cal.Rptr. 488].)
FN 5. Another aspect of plaintiff's contention is that the language of the statutes establishing an assigned risk plan indicates that a policy issued under the plan is to serve as a guarantee that third persons injured by a driver with such a policy would have a fund accessible in the sum of the minimum amount of insurance required by the Financial Responsibility Law. (Veh. Code, § 16000 et seq.)plaintiff relies on section 11622 of the Insurance Code, which provides that policies issued under the assigned risk plan shall afford coverage of $15,000 for bodily injury or death to each person as a result of one accident, $30,000 for injury or death to all persons as a result of one accident, and $5,000 for property damage as a result of one accident, or coverage "in such minimum amounts as are necessary to provide exemption from the security requirements of Section 16023 of the Vehicle Code. ..." (Italics added.) Section 16023 of the Vehicle Code provides that if a motorist is required to deposit security after an accident it shall be in amounts no higher than $15,000 for injury or death to one person, $30,000 for injury or death to all persons, and $5,000 for property damage, resulting from one accident. Plaintiff insists there would be no good reason for the Legislature to require an exemption from the "security" requirement of Vehicle Code section 16023 when an assigned risk policy is issued unless such a policy serves to guarantee the payment of the amount of any judgment up to the minimum amount of insurance coverage required by law. We can divine no valid basis for such a conclusion. In section 11622 of the Insurance Code the Legislature has merely stated the required provisions of an assigned risk policy in the alternative, i.e., it must be issued in the amounts specified, or in such amounts as are required by section 16023 of the Vehicle Code, which presently contains the same monetary provisions. The fact that section 11622 refers to section 16023 as setting forth "security" requirements affords no support for plaintiff's bare assertion that the Legislature intended to guarantee that defendant would pay her a minimum amount on any judgment obtained against Giesler without regard to defenses defendant may have against Giesler on the policy.
FN 6. Barrera holds that an insurer which failed to make a reasonable investigation of insurability within a reasonable period of time from the acceptance of the application and the issuance of an insurance policy is liable to an injured third person who has obtained a judgment against the insured. In the present case the insurer has not been negligent in carrying out its duties and its actions did not, as in Barrera, contribute to the presence of a financially irresponsible motorist on the highway.
FN 7. Section 661 of the Insurance Code, which was enacted after the accident in the present case occurred, provides that the only grounds for cancellation of a policy are nonpayment of premiums or the revocation or suspension of an insured's license.
FN 8. This same answer is applicable to a number of other arguments advanced by amici, such as that an insurer should be precluded from relying upon a cooperation clause because the real victim of the insured's failure to cooperate is the injured plaintiff and that an insurer may be in a better position as a result of the recklessness of its insured than it would have been if he had cooperated.
|Tue, 08/05/1969||71 Cal.2d 728||Review - Civil Appeal||Opinion issued|
|1||DOROTHY BILLINGTON, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. INTERINSURANCE EXCHANGE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (Defendant and Respondent)|
|2||INTERINSURANCE EXCHANGE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (Defendant and Respondent)|
|Aug 5 1969||Opinion: Reversed|

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A newspaper delivery driver was arrested for robbing the home of an Arroyo Grande woman while she was on vacation, just days after she informed the local news paper she would be out of town. [SLO New Times]
In January, Jeannie Miranda notified the San Luis Obispo Tribune she would be on vacation, so that her newspaper delivery would be canceled while she was away. A few days into her vacation, Arroyo Grande Police discovered that her home had been burglarized. The thief had taken more than $30,000 worth of jewelry, electronics and other valuables.
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On Jan. 31, the same approximate date Miranda’s home was burglarized, the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office filed a criminal complaint charging Randall with five counts of receiving stolen property, two counts of second degree commercial burglary, one count of possession of firearm by a felon and one count of possession of ammunition by a felon. He has not yet been charged with the burglary of Miranda’s home.
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I conceptualized this exhibition with Kate Crawford to tell a story about the history of images used to ‘recognize’ humans in computer vision and AI systems. We weren’t interested in either the hyped, marketing version of AI nor the tales of dystopian robot futures. We wanted to engage with the materiality of AI, and to take those everyday images seriously as a part of a rapidly evolving machinic visual culture. That required us to open up the black boxes and look at how these ‘engines of seeing’ currently operate.
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How much time are you spending on LinkedIn? If you’d asked me to answer that question a while back, I would have answered “not enough!”
LinkedIn is an important platform for my business and a good way to share my expertise directly with people who need career advice. Still, until recently, I was letting the automated software post my messages and going on only occasionally when I was helping my clients with their profiles.
I noticed that after a few minutes on my LinkedIn newsfeed I felt AWFUL.
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Objectively I know all those things are untrue. Still, that’s how I often feel.
Do you feel that way when you go on LinkedIn? Do you compare yourself to your peers and feel like you fall short somehow?
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Below is the text of the speech Sir George made in the debate on the Wright Committee proposals to strengthen Parliament:
Sir George Young (North-West Hampshire) (Con): There are 69 minutes left for this debate, so I propose to follow the right hon. and learned Lady's example and keep my remarks to a basic minimum.
I set out my views on most of these issues last Monday when I urged the House to seize this opportunity for reform and to make faster progress than was envisaged in the Government's initial resolutions. I note in passing that it is sad that we have roughly eight sitting days left before the likely date of Dissolution in which to make the changes to our Standing Orders that are needed to bring in some of the motions before us at the beginning of the next Parliament. I shall not repeat the contrast that has been made between the speed and urgency of the Wright Committee's work and the foot-dragging of the Government.
In addition to the reforms of the Wright Committee and all the proposed amendments, some of which raise new issues, we are addressing the Procedure Committee's report on the election of Deputy Speakers. That sits a little uneasily with the comment made by the right hon. and learned Lady last week in business questions that, as far as she was concerned,
"we have debated the Wright Committee report enough".-[ Official Report, 25 February 2010; Vol. 506, c. 452.]
Two hours might have been enough to debate the Wright Committee, but we now have an extra report to debate in the time allotted for one. As has been said several times today, given that the principle behind the reports is the empowerment of Back Benchers, it is ironic that the Government have programmed the debate to restrict Back-Bench contributions. If, as I hope, we support these reforms in the Division Lobbies later, the House may never again be forced to plead for more time from the Government to debate its own business. The past few months have demonstrated more effectively even than the report why the Government need to relinquish their control of Parliament's agenda.
I believe that the resolutions represent our best opportunity for decades to start rebalancing the terms of trade away from the Executive and to start strengthening Parliament and making it more effective, more accountable and more relevant to the people outside it. That is why I intend to support the Government's motions on the election of Select Committee Chairmen and members, as well as the amendments that would establish a House business committee during the next Parliament and give further consideration in the next Parliament to all the remaining recommendations that the Government have left on the cutting room floor. I hope that the right hon. and learned Lady will demonstrate a similar commitment to reform when she is in the Lobbies.
As for the amendment on the election of the Chairman of the Procedure Committee, that is not one of the changes advocated by the Wright Committee, which merely proposed electing the Chairmen of departmental Select Committees. I just make the point that it seems slightly illogical not to extend such elections to other Committees in addition to the Procedure Committee.
On the Back-Bench Business Committee, I intend to vote for amendment (b), which I should like to move at the appropriate move.
Mr. Bernard Jenkin (North Essex) (Con): All the advice that I have taken from the Clerks suggests that, because the Procedure Committee itself will be elected, it is something of a lacuna in the report that its Chairman will not be. I hope that my Front Benchers will support that amendment.
Sir George Young: As I said, it is a free vote, but I make the point that this was not an original recommendation of the Wright Committee.
On the Back-Bench committee, I intend to vote for amendment (b). I do not agree with the Government's resolution, as it fails to get the committee up and running by the beginning of the next Parliament, which is my preferred time scale. As I have said before, I want the Back-Bench committee to be given progressively more influence-first over the set-piece debates, in whatever configuration it prefers, and then over the general debates. That would then lead to its being given a day or half a day a week for Back-Bench business.
The Wright Committee report is absolutely clear, stating that these proposals would
"inevitably need implementation in stages."
It recognises that the pieces of the jigsaw should not be put together all at once on day one, and that brings me to the difficulties that I see with amendment (c). That amendment risks making worse one of the central problems that the Wright Committee has sought to address-the lack of time for the Report stage of Bills.
The assumption in paragraphs 31 and 32 of the report is that, whatever approach we adopt, the totality of sitting days and hours should remain roughly the same. Given the finite amount of available time, the more time that is spent on general debates, the less time, by definition, will be available for Government business.
My amendment (b) would allocate 27 days in total to the Back-Bench committee-the 15 set-piece days, and the 12 general debates. Amendment (c), by virtue of its endorsement of recommendation 30, would allocate the committee one day a week, which by the Wright Committee's reckoning amounts to 35 days. The difference between the two amendments is that mine could allow seven extra days for the Report stage of Bills, whereas that would be lost if we opt for amendment (c). I urge the House to think carefully about that before making its decision later.
Dr. Evan Harris: As a member of the Wright Committee, I would like to explain our approach to the right hon. Gentleman. I agree with much of what he has said about the 27 days, but topical debates ought to be a matter for the Back-Bench business committee. When added up, they amount to another seven days. The other three days for his 35 could be used for debates on Members' pay and allowances, for example, or for matters such as those relating to the hon. Member whose offices were raided by the police. Such matters should rightly be for the House and not in the purview of the Government, whichever party is in office.
Sir George Young: I agree that the Back-Bench committee should allocate the subjects for topical debates. I conceded that on Monday, and that should happen. I also think the committee should allocate the 15 set-piece days and the 12 days devoted to general debates. The Wright Committee wants an extra seven days, and my fear is that that would mean less time on Report.
Paragraph 109 of the Wright report states that the lack of time on Report is the
"single greatest cause of dissatisfaction"
with the current scheduling of legislative business. That is why I personally prefer the configuration in my amendment (b) to that in amendment (c).
I am not standing in the way of progress. An initial amendment proposed kicking the Back-Bench committee into touch-that is, into the next Parliament-whereas I think it should be established much earlier. That now appears to command widespread support.
On the House business committee, we have seen three victories: first, in ensuring that its consideration was within the original terms of reference; secondly, in ensuring that it can be voted on today; and thirdly-and I am grateful for this-in securing the support of the Leader of the House for the committee, soon after she had initially ruled it out.
We have made real progress, but I think we should go further. We should end the automatic guillotine at Committee stage, and abolish the Modernisation of the House of Commons Committee. I also think we should enable Select Committee Chairmen to launch their reports on the Floor of the House-as the Chairman of the Defence Committee could have done today, with his report on procurement. In addition, we should allow the Opposition to trade Opposition days for topical statements, and introduce broader measures to re-engage the public, reduce the size of Parliament and cut the costs of politics.
Finally, on the election of the Deputy Speakers, I welcome the report from the Procedure Committee, which is well-reasoned and eminently sensible. I look forward to hearing the Chairman of the Committee, my right hon. Friend the Member for East Yorkshire (Mr. Knight), explain the proposals in greater detail. As someone who has had passing experience of the system of election for Speaker, using both a secret and an open ballot, I was pleased to have the opportunity to pass
on my views to the Committee in an informal session, and I am glad that two of my suggestions have been incorporated into the report.
I agree with the Procedure Committee that, unlike with the election of the Speaker, there is no need for Deputy Speakers to issue manifestos, because it is an entirely different kind of role. I should make it clear that, in supporting the Committee's report, I do not want to suggest in any way that the current system of selection of Deputy Speakers does not deliver excellent candidates to the Speaker's team, which it does.
I hope, Mr. Speaker, that when you blow the final whistle at 3.41, the reformers will be able to take away from the pitch some of the trophies.


Asian Airlines see cargo growth slow in November
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The latest figures for the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) shows that cargo demand growth slowed in November as business orders weakened.
The latest AAPA figures show that cargo demand was up by 0.1% year on year in November compared with a 4.3% increase over the first 11 months of the year.
Cargo load factors for the month were also down on a year earlier, slipping to 65.2% against 69% last year as capacity increased by just under 6%.
AAPA director general Andrew Herdman said the figures reflected a slowdown in business orders. However, it could have been a harder month for airlines in the region if it hadn’t been for e-commerce.
Herdman said: "The moderation in export activity with slowing business orders, contributed to the slowdown in air cargo growth for the month, although this was mitigated by higher volumes of e-commerce shipments going into the end-year festive season.
"Overall, the region’s airlines recorded a cumulative 4.3% increase in air cargo demand during the first eleven months of the year, a reasonably solid growth rate following the exceptionally strong 9.6% annual increase recorded in 2017.
"Prospects remain relatively positive. Continued moderate growth in the global economy and lowered oil prices should support further expansion in air travel demand and air cargo markets in the coming year, although the recent deterioration in trade sentiment and uncertainties over the potential impact on consumer confidence levels present some downside risks.
"Overall, Asian airlines continue to exercise vigilance in monitoring any changes in market conditions, whilst seeking growth opportunities."
Looking at individual airline performance, Cathay Pacific saw November cargo traffic decline by 1.1% year on year to 1.1bn revenue freight tonne kms.
Air China and China Southern both recorded a 2% increase while at SIA Cargo there was a 3% decline.
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Who is freddie highmore dating
In 2013, Highmore voiced the title character in the animated adventure film Justin and the Knights of Valour.
Highmore has acted alongside members of his family in two separate films; his brother Bertie played his brother in Women Talking Dirty, and his father Edward played his father in Hallmark Entertainment's television film Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story (2001).
He next had a major role alongside Kenneth Branagh, Zoë Wanamaker and Eddie Izzard in the fantasy film Five Children and It (2004).
That same year, Highmore made his breakthrough with a critically acclaimed performance as troubled Peter Llewelyn Davies in Marc Forster's semi-biographical film Finding Neverland.
He received several awards and nominations for the role, including a Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer, and nominations for the Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role.
He was reportedly recommended by co-star Johnny Depp, with whom Highmore had worked in Finding Neverland; Depp had been impressed by the young actor's performance and thus put his name forward for the role.

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By Craig Stein
In a 50-60 regular season game Junior ‘A’ schedule, 30 wins is an average to above-average season for most teams. The Battlefords North Stars just hit that plateau before Christmas.
The Stars won their 30th game of the year, and third in as many nights, with a 5-1 victory in Melville on Sunday night, the SJHL’s final game before a 12 day holiday hiatus.
Coby Downs picked up four assists on Sunday, and now has 41 (15g-26a) points in just 26 games since returning to the Stars. Layne Young had a goal and two assists to maintain the team lead with 44 points, while Troy Gerein, Levi Kleiboer and Ben Allen all added first period goals as the Stars built a 4-0 lead through 20 minutes.
Taryn Kotchorek made 32/33 saves as the Stars improved to 30-7-0-0 on the year.
Mathieu Jallabert had the only goal for the Millionaires (14-17-2-0).
Melville is out of a playoff position at the Christmas break, but they’re just three points back of 10th place Kindersley and have five games in hand. The Millionaires will visit Yorkton December 30th when they start off their annual New Years home and home with the Terriers.
The North Stars have a 19 point lead in the Finning Division and an 11 point cushion atop the overall standings. They have a 17 day break now – they’re off until Friday, January 6th when they hit the road again, starting a three game road trip in Estevan.


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David Drake’s fiction has always been dark. His combat experiences in Vietnam made his fiction even darker and, in many ways, more honest and more horrifying. Earlier this summer Night Shade Books released the paperback edition of a collection of Drake’s “weird and fantastic” stories, Balefires.
The collection is rich with generous commentary from the author and a variety of fantasy, science fiction and horror stories. Shortly after the hardback release, Mr. Drake and I discussed writing and his experiences in Vietnam for an interview that ran in The New York Review of Science Fiction. What follows grew out of that larger conversation.
Interview by Jeremy Jones


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See how to use your Cricut for small business branding today! Branded stickers for packaging is a great way to personalize your business.
Branding is an important part of any small business. And as DIY bloggers and shop owners we are excited to share some ways that we “DIY” branding and marketing materials using our
When it comes to branding for our small business, we are somewhat bare bones. Meaning, since we run a DIY blog as well – we often like to DIY our branding and marketing elements.
How to Use your Cricut for Small Business Branding
First up, branded stickers for packaging. Buying branded poly mailers to send out our textiles can get expensive. So why not design and make our very own Alice & Lois shop stickers?! Check out the step by step tutorial on how to make Print then Cut stickers on your Cricut machine.
Cricut Design Space
The Cricut Design Space makes it so simple to make stickers! Cricut machines are fabulous at cutting vinyl, but they can cut printed materials as well. Print then cut is a Cricut feature that will cut around your sticker design. Perfect for branded stickers for mailers.
Full sheet labels or
How to Print Then Cut Stickers on your Cricut
Step 1: In Cricut Design Space, insert your design. We designed our own stickers but you can select images from the library as well. There is also an Offset tool and flatten tool within Design Space to make an outline around each sticker. When you select Print then Cut your design will get a black box around it so that the Cricut knows where to cut.
Print then cut has a size limit of 6.25 in x 9.75
Step 2: Your next option in print then cut is to print to your printer. Insert your label paper or Cricut printable vinyl sheets into printer and print! Make sure to turn off bleed option.
Step 3: Place the printed paper onto your mat and insert into Cricut. Follow the instructions on Design Space for Print then cut.
Step 4: Peel stickers and add to mailers to send out products to customers!
The branded stickers are perfect for polybag mailers. You can also use them on invoices. We like to use the stickers for notecards to enclose in packages to leave a handwritten thank you!
We also want to make some card stock stickers using this
Next month we will be sharing more ways that we use our Cricut to make branded materials for our small business!


West Seattle Little League intermediates team reaches state finals
By Tim Clinton
West Seattle will be playing for the state championship Thursday, thanks to a 1-0 victory over Issaquah in the loser's bracket final Wednesday.
The Intermediate age 11-13 Little League baseball finals begin at 2 p.m. Thursday against Everett, with the if-necessary game to follow if West Seattle wins.
West Seattle must win twice to claim the state crown.
West Seattle lost to Everett by a 20-0 score in the winner's bracket final on Monday, which dumped the squad into the loser's bracket final.
All of the tournament action is taking place in Snohomish.
And these notes from the League Office:
The 9-10 team is selling raffle tickets one last afternoon - Thursday, July 10th from 4-6 at the Admiral Safeway and Met Market. They have some great prizes and purchases and donations will help with funding for their tournament travel in Richland this weekend.
The next link is a VISITORS GUIDE TO BAR-S for the 11-12 State All Star Tournament - has parking and shuttle info for the weekend games and general info for the entire tournament week:
Finally, a last call out for current WSLL families and past WSLL families to volunteer to help the league with various needs during the tournament week.


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Though Veterans Day is actually tomorrow, Tuesday, Nov. 11, students at Richmond Middle School will be welcoming local veterans today.
A special assembly will be this morning, honoring local veterans. The program features music, speakers and student essays. Afterwards, veterans were invited to stay for lunch.
On Tuesday, veterans may enjoy a biscuits and gravy breakfast from 7 to 10 a.m. at the Ray County Veterans Community Memorial Building, located at 312 Clark Street in Richmond. The breakfast will be prepared and served by the American Legion Auxiliary.
Stet School has a special day planned, beginning with the Stet Fire Department leading the Pledge of Allegiance at 10 a.m. The elementary classes will sing, and the band and girls chorus will perform. Retired Colonel Tom Challender, Stet superintendent, will be the speaker. The veterans will be introduced and, as honored guests, will be invited to stay for lunch.
Polo Elementary enjoys an annual visit from several veterans who set aside time each year to visit the school for breakfast with the students, and then go to each classroom where they share stories from their time in the service. They explain what it means to be a veteran and answer student questions too. They depart around 11:30 a.m. After lunch, history teacher Chris Gagnon reads a short message titled, “What it Means to be a Patriot.”
At 11 a.m., the Richmond High School Marching Spartan Band and fifth graders from Sunrise Elementary will participate in the Veterans Day Ceremony at the Ray County Courthouse. Rep. Bob Nance will speak to those gathered to honor our active military members and veterans. The Veterans Color Guard will also participate in this program. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend. As inclement weather is expected, please dress accordingly.
Orrick High School invites local veterans to join them for lunch anytime from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. At 6:30 p.m., they have scheduled a veteran’s program in which the band and choir will perform. Several seventh and eighth graders will read the essays they entered in the annual VFW’s Patriot’s Pen and Voice of Democracy contests. Veterans in the audience will be recognized, as will Nathan Claypole, who returned from Iraq in June.
On Wednesday, Nov. 12, veterans have been invited to Richmond High School for lunch. As part of the décor to commemorate the occasion, Robbin Cole’s computer applications class has prepared special wall displays in tribute to the veterans.


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When most of us make a trip to the grocery store, we pay with credit cards, cash, and coupons. But for a unique supermarket that’s been set up at a North Texas high school, the cost of staples is good deeds. And the change? Human kindness and valuable life lessons.
The unique enterprise, set up with the aid of Texas Health, Albertsons, and First Refuge Ministries, has been a boon to the students, families, and faculty that form the close-knit Linda Tutt High School community in Sanger, Texas.
Students purchase goods via a point system. The currency is based on completing criteria such as helping clean up around the school and forms of positive reinforcement.
“A lot of our students come from low socioeconomic families,” school principal Anthony Love said in an interview with CBS. “It’s a way for students to earn the ability to shop for their families. Through hard work, you can earn points for positive office referrals. You can earn points for doing chores around the building or helping to clean.”
But aside from being able to help families cope with food insecurity, students who participate in the program on the sales side are also learning about everything from math and supply management to customer service and a solid work ethic; lessons that will serve them in good stead when they start to look for first jobs.
“We all had our first jobs and it taught us how to work, and what you got for your work,” said Sanger’s mayor, Thomas Muir. “I think this will do that for them too, and [also] meet an immediate need.”
Hunter Weertman, the grocery store’s student manager says he’s already learned important life skills such as budgeting and making good spending choices based on what you’ve got.
In addition to partnering with local food drives and other neighborhood initiatives, its founders hope that once the program hits its stride, this good deed grocery store can serve as a pilot program for other small communities where food insecurity has become an all-too-common way of life.
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