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Opinion: Triangle movers and shakers take the long view, quietly
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In June 2019
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By Dan Barkin
The 50 Group — which has more than 50 members — is an organization made up mostly of current and past CEOs of companies in the Raleigh-Durham area. It is a high-powered group that has been around for nearly 45 years. You have probably not heard of it, and that's pretty much how they want it.
If you work for a big company in the Triangle, your CEO or top local site leader could be a member. Same if you work for a prominent law, accounting or engineering firm. The group meets five times a year to network and hear speakers.
I was interested in learning if there was more to it — some agenda — so I contacted the group's leadership for an interview. One of its longtime leaders, Robb Teer of the prominent Durham construction family, responded by email that they would have to decline.
"… [Our] group is not interested in any publicity," he said. "This is a policy we have followed the whole time I have been involved, which is almost 30 years. Our members are all invited to join and appreciate our low-key policy. I know it is hard to believe that we have no agendas, but it is true."
I thought you might want to know more.
I'll let Earl Bardin, an early member, describe it in more detail. A Raleigh banker who passed away in 2017 at age 90, he was interviewed for the Southern Oral History Program at UNC Chapel Hill about 17 years ago, and the conversation drifted to The 50 Group. The members, Bardin said, were basically up to their necks in high-pressure jobs and civic responsibilities.
"All of them were busy with their companies and many of them were busy with community projects like the hospital, like the Chamber of Commerce, the Salvation Army and God knows what else. They've got a jillion things to do. This is one thing they can belong to, and all they've got to do is give up a couple of hours, five times a year, to get some connection of other people of similar ilk and to hear someone speak on a subject of importance. That's all it does. But it does a good job with that."
If you scratch around archives and talk to some folks, you can pull together some more history.
The organization got its start in 1975, the idea of businessman Donald Grubb, a Pennsylvanian who had moved the headquarters of the company he led to the town of Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, a couple of years earlier. He thought a growing community such as the Triangle needed a movers and shakers' group to exchange ideas, network and hear from knowledgeable speakers. Membership is limited to 150. The founders figured that with 150 CEOs with a jillion things to do, you might get a third of them to show up for any given meeting. Explicitly, in a copy of the group's constitution that I saw, the group wasn't intended to take public positions on current issues. It was foreseen that over the years, members would get to know each other and work informally on projects. If you brought smart and influential folks together five times a year, important conversations would result.
As recently as the late 1980s, the group had no female representation and only two African-American members. The makeup has changed in gender, reflecting the increasing number of women in senior posts at Triangle companies and institutions. About 20% to 25% of active members are women, and the 2018-19 president has been Jill Wells Heath, president of Calyx Engineers and Consultants. Fewer than a handful of members are African-American.
Many members are part of the tight circle of folks who sit on the boards of hospitals, colleges, the United Way and the symphony. As you might expect, names include longtime powerbrokers such as Smedes York, John Kane and Steve Stroud, according to a member who asked to remain anonymous.
My sense is that while some people are invited because of their unique jobs — such as leading a hospital, university or airport — you aren't asked to join unless you have been on a bunch of important civic boards. There is no rush week. You have to be nominated by a member and approved by the leadership.
If one of your life's goals is to get into The 50, you should wrangle an invite onto a chamber board, because that's on a lot of members' resumes.
Recent speakers have included Gov. Roy Cooper, Norfolk Southern CEO James Squires and Duke University President Vincent Price. David Woronoff, publisher of the The Pilot newspaper in Southern Pines [and owner of this magazine], spoke recently about the work of a statewide organization he belongs to that is working on redistricting reform.
When The 50's existence pops into public view here and there, it is mainly in obituaries, the paid kind that families write. I found mentions of membership in the group in
obits for Chapel Hill insurance-agency owner Collier Cobb III from 2000, former Apex Mayor Dick Helmold in 2005, and, not surprisingly, Donald Grubb in 2006. In 2007, accounting executive Jim Talton's obit mentioned his leadership of the group. Membership meant something to the departed.
It is a little visible here and there among current members. Jill Heath's bio on her company's website lists the group, as does her LinkedIn page. Attorney Bo Dempster
has it on his Poyner Spruill partner webpage. So the low-key policy isn't 100% airtight.
Media coverage has been sparse. Poking around, I found a tiny mention that popped up 22 years ago in the pages of my former employer, The News & Observer, when the then-owner of the Hartford Whalers-turned-Carolina Hurricanes, Peter Karmanos, was being introduced around the Triangle and spoke to a meeting of the group at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel. The reporter covering the Karmanos public relations/luxury box/season ticket tour stuck a paragraph about the appearance way, way down in his story, perhaps not realizing the rarity of a 50 Group sighting.
The only significant coverage of the group came 13 years into its existence in 1988, also in the N&O, under the front-page headline "Fifty Group tool for Triangle's male elite." The headline, I'm sure, thrilled those gentlemen to no end. After that, and quite possibly because of that, pretty much radio silence ensued.
I figure that every three decades or so, particularly in a region with so many newcomers, someone should write about this high-powered group of bosses in the Triangle, less male now but still quite elite. ■
Dan Barkin can be reached at dbarkin53@gmail.com.
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Charles Arthur Brown
CORINTH – On Sunday, May 12, 2019, a tall oak in the forest of our lives fell to life's unrelenting winds of change. However, we are grateful to have lived under his protective shadow for more than 82 years.
Charles Arthur Brown was born on April 25, 1937 to James and Emma Brown of Corinth. Charles resided in Corinth all his life except for his years at DeVry Technical School in Chicago, Ilinois. He was a 37-year employee of International Paper Company in Corinth, where he retired in 1996.
Affectionately known as "Charlie" or "Chuck" to his friends, Charles married Bettyann Faller on Aug. 15, 1959 in Corinth. Born to their family was Beth Louise, Dean Charles, Lisa Anne, Lynn Michelle, Dennis James and Duane Eric Brown.
Charles loved Corinth and served his community for many years as a town councilman and as deputy supervisor with his friend, Supervisor Richard Lucia. His service roles include being a 55-year member of the Masonic Organization where he held a variety of leadership posts, a Life Member of the Corinth Emergency Squad where he served as captain, chaired the Emergency Management Team with his friend, Sue Winslow, and served in a variety of ministries at Pine Knolls Alliance Church in Gansevoort. After his son, Dean, returned to New York State to Pastor, Charles became a faithful and regular attendee of Vantage Pointe Church in Queensbury, where his warm smile, Christian faith and gentle personality marked his time with them.
Charles loved and was loved by so many in Corinth, where his stride in the daily corridors of life will be noticeably absent and fondly remembered. Charles never lost his passion for the people and institutions of his home town. He served tirelessly to make Corinth the best place to live in New York State. He was always surprised by the support, affection and appreciation he received from so many in the town and village.
He is predeceased by his parents; his daughter, Beth Louise; and his brother, Robert.
Surviving Charles is his five children, Dean (Rosalie), Lisa, Lynn (George), Dennis and Duane (Patty). He was so proud of his grandchildren, Will (Kim), Sarah (Ryan), Noami, Greg (Kristen), Geoff, Alexandra, Cassandra (Adam), Jesseca, Eric, Kathryn and Elizabeth; as well as his great-grandchildren, Michael and Evelyn Wiedmaier, Aaron and Eli Howell, William Thomas, Alex and Leo Haskell, William Michael Rafalik, Sophia and Theodore Daggett and Lucy and Jared Parker; and several nieces and nephews. While his daily calls to the family will now cease, his well-developed voice of influence will live on in us, shaping and guiding us all our earthly days until we join him in heaven someday.
Funeral services will be held at the Densmore Funeral Home, Inc., 7 Sherman Ave., Corinth, beginning with the wake from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday evening, May 17. The funeral service will be held at Densmore's at 11 a.m. Saturday morning, May 18. The family will hold a Service of Committal at the Corinth Rural Cemetery, followed by a reception to honor Dad's life at the Corinth Fire Department, 16 Saratoga Ave., Corinth.
Members of the Corinth Volunteer Fire Department will pay their respects at 4:45 p.m. Friday, May 17, at the funeral home.
Members of the Unity Lodge #987 Free and Accepted Masons will conduct a masonic service at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 17, at the funeral home.
How does a family say "Thank you!" to so many who have meant so much to Dad and us over the years? Know that each of you is special and we are grateful that you loved our father as much as we did. Special thanks to the staff and volunteers at High Peaks Hospice and Haynes House of Hope for their loving, tender and expert care of Dad in his final weeks of life.
Donations may be made in his honor to the Corinth Fire Department, 16 Saratoga Ave., Corinth, NY 12822; or Haynes House of Hope in Granville, 7187 NY-149, Granville, NY 12832.
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We've been travelling for two months today! It actually feels like we have been travelling much longer, which I guess is a good thing. Everyone's dreams are different, perhaps to many leaving the security of everything and everyone you know is more of a nightmare but waking up everyday on this trip, that I had once thought was a pipe dream, is the most wonderful thing for me. Even when it became a possibility and we began planning, a part of me still didn't think it would ever become a reality and I think it has taken time for us to realise we are here, WE ARE SO HERE! relaxing in Kuala Lumpur, planning the next year, before we collect a car on the 16th and spend 4 weeks driving around this amazing country!
We've had many new experiences already and we are only a fraction of the way through our planned adventure. We've visited 2 countries, tried countless new and wonderful foods, taken 60 showers, 6 flights, eaten approximately 2 kilos of rice, had 1 visitor and 4 cheeseburgers, swum in 5 different pools, slept in 8 different beds, checked out within hours of checking in once, had 1 bottle of prosecco, used 4 bottles of sun block, had 2 awful taxi drivers and countless lovely ones and got 3 tattoos between us, lost one wedding ring and had one damn fine red velvet cake. We have spent £5,243.66, which is a bit of a problem if we want to stay travelling longer than the New Year. However £1,000 of that was saved from Christmas and Birthday money and went on tattoos and another few hundred on eyeglasses, after someone who shall remain nameless sat on his. We are getting our budget under control *she said convincingly* and stopping acting like we are on holiday, anyway we have been on holiday. Hardly any of it has been spent on stuff, just on experiences and we've never done this before and I am cutting us some slack, AS LONG as we get it under control *grin*. Budgeting better would be one of the few things I would do differently if we were planning this trip now, I would also check multiple sources for the weather and I would bring a MUCH smaller bag and subsequently many fewer things.
It really has been a lovely two months, JHubz and I are the greatest of travelling companions and don't really get grumpy with each other very often. The few times it has happened have been when I've woken up particularly perky and been unable to restrain my unbridled enthusiasm for the day until JHubz is awake. And one time at the airport, JHubz thought I was pushing in a queue and was mortified ahahahaha I'm British for goodness sake, it would be practically impossible for me to push in.
I miss people, I miss having a glass of wine and chewing the fat and laughing in person, JHubz misses the cheese man on Portobello and we both miss Gato, even though he will deny it. I hope over the next year many of our lovely friends will visit us. Ma has already been out once and plans to come again and we have Christmas in Bali with the inlaws planned. We've been regularly skyping and facetiming our friends and family and plan to keep doing that even more. If you are a friend or family member and are thinking 'erm hello you've not done either with me' CALL ME! remembering we are currently 7 hours ahead which Miss Vic seems to forget on a fairly regular basis and calls at 2am.
I have done pretty much nothing today except read your blog posts and now I sit here wondering if I can convince Ed that we need to do this traveling thing right away!


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Elgato Thunderbolt Drive+ 512GB: This device comes in at just under $1,000 making it one of the more expensive on the list. This device is a thunderbolt compatible, SSD-based portable drive. It features an extra USB hookup that allows you to access your files from anywhere. The Elgato is fitted with the highest performance firmware and is made from top of the line materials. It also has the lowest average annualized fail rate of any storage device in the industry.
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Promise Pegasus2 RAID Storage with Thunderbolt: The Pagasus line offers some of the absolute best storage options around. These offer either 4 or 6 disc storage and data transfer rates of up to 800MB/s. The top end R8 device comes with 32TB of storage when configured for RAID 5. RAID 0,1, 6, 10, 50, and 60 are also supported. This device allows you to both store and move massive amounts of data with absolute ease. One of these storage devices hovers around $1,500 on average.
The devices on this list are all top of the line in the storage industry. They are safe, offer a good amount of space, and are some of the most reliable devices money can be. If you're going to backup important information, whether it's personal or professional, choosing one of the devices listed here is your best bet.
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Many of us have been guilty of envying the truckloads of money that Bollywood actors earn, especially the stars. Some of us have absurdly begrudged them for their earnings, having even ludicrously questioned or trolled them on social media for the money they earn, assuming that they're vastly overpaid for the work they do, without having the faintest idea of their actual work or how the economics of cinema function or how movies aren't the only avenues of their revenue. But what you read next will make you see some of them in a totally different light and help you realize that many of Bollywood's biggest stars value friendships, ethics, and morals way more than fat paycheck, which they can anyways make from multiple sources outside their fraternity.
SRK, who's the second-richest actor in the world, did not charge a dime for his cameos in Bhoothnaath and Bhoothnaath Returns.
Salman, who's currently India's highest-paid actor, gladly shook a leg in the song Deewangi Deewangi in Om Shanti Om for free.
Kareena refused the paychecks that Salman and SRK offered her for her item numbers Marjaani and Fevicol Se in their movies, Billi Barber and Dabangg 2, in spite of their insistence, since she considers them dear friends and her senior and couldn't bring herself to accept money from them for such little work.
Priyanka, too, had an item number called You Get Me Rocking and Reeling in Billu Barber, which she did at no cost as a gift to SRK.
Deepika was so grateful for being launched opposite none other than SRK, that she refused a dime from him for her leading role in Om Shanti Om.
Kat grooved to Chikni Chameli in Agneepath as a friendly gesture to Karan Johar. Since she didn't budge from her stance of refusing payment for the item number, KJo gifted her a Ferrari later.
Sonam charged nothing more than a token fee of Rs. 11 for her small role in Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, and she even extensively promoted the film.
So floored was Shahid by the role that Director Vishal Vhardwaj offered him in Haider, that he didn't charge a penny for the movie, which also worked in reducing its budget and giving him a rare hit. Smart move, right?
KJo considers Rani Mukerji his lucky mascot, and, as such, played her cameo in Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham for free.
Since SOnakshi has worked in a lot of films with Akshay Kumar, she readily offered to do two item numbers in his production, Boss, sans any remunerations.
Guess ,the film industry has more goodwill, solidarity, and kindness than many other industries that aren't perpetually scrutinized under the scanner.


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Dubai's Business Bay is the same in nature to Manhattan or Ginza which are the business centers for the cities of New York and Tokyo. The legendary Dubai Creek – an important aspect of Dubai's trading past that have shaped Dubai from a fishing and pearl diving center to international port; has been extended considering its significance as a trade centre that havens the stance of Dubai as the business hub of the region. Business Bay is a symbol of Dubai's progress as it embodies the crucial role the Creek played in Dubai's past as well its future.
Dubai Internet City, Dubai Media City, Dubai International Financial Center and others have seen determination initiatives this past few years. To extend the international role of the UAE, Business Bay is the foundation of the new economic. UAE is looking forward to play as a leading international commercial and business center that reflect the determination image and the role of Dubai and was undertaken after broad studies by some of the world's top consultancies.
The area is home to more than 200 skyscrapers and other buildings that can house hotels, retail outlets, schools, medical facilities, and any other kind of commercial venture you can imagine. At full capacity, Business Bay can accommodate hundreds of thousands of business owners and their employees. Generally, around 22 percent of the whole territory is used on residential, 18 percent on commercial, and 59.4 on mixed purposes. Among the Business Bay projects are the Executive Bay, Nadra Tower, the Forum, Tamani Art Tower, the Citadel, etc.
In fact, some of the very first buildings finished in Business Bay were The Executive Towers. Located right at the entrance to Business Bay, The Executive Towers are home to both residents and business owners.
Right in the middle of things, you'll find Bay Square – arguably the most peaceful part of Business Bay. That's because this mixed-use community is closed to all vehicular traffic. Inside, pedestrians get to stroll along, choosing between countless restaurants, cafes, and stores. It's the perfect place to go on your lunch break, relax after work, or spend a Saturday afternoon at Bay Square Hotel or Bay Square Residential Building.
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Mexico wears 2 faces, one tied to the old world and the other speeding ahead into a digital future. Internationally known for its Gulf of Mexico and Pacific beaches, it is also a drug-fueled environment of cartels where personal safety has to be a priority.
Dressed in mountains, deserts, jungles, ancient cities (think Teothuacan - Aztec, Chichen Itza - Mayan) and Spanish colonial towns, there is also a plethora of upscale shops to duck into, incredible museums to mosey around and contemporary restaurants and funky bars to indulge in. Sitting in the southern half of North America, it is bordered by the United States, Guatemala, Belize, the Caribbean Sea, the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. Classified as a newly industrialized country with an upper-middle income, it is a regional power and the 9th most visited country in the world (32.1 million annually), probably due to it having so many UNESCO World Heritage Sites (6th in the world).
Mexico has a population of 123,166,749 with 56% connected to the Internet and all of them jumping onto Facebook, giving Mexico the largest number of Internet users in Spanish speaking countries. The speed of connection is definitely under par compared to the world average and there are little or no acts of censorship in relation to the Internet.
There is a heightened sense of excitement in relation to its tech industry that already accounts for approximately 30% of the capital city's economy. School programs are being implemented to encourage STEM training, building a tech zone and municipal infrastructure. Mexico is being seen as one of the most important hubs for digital journalism, as many international journalists decide to hit Mexico's ground running with their own startups such as SinEmbargo, El Daily Post and Horizontal in spite of serious threats from criminal groups and heavy-handed politicians.
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Scientists to place 76 listening devices in Moray Firth to assess impacts of oil/gas and wind developments on wildlife
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An impressive array of 76 acoustic monitoring buoys is planned to be deployed in Scotland's Moray Firth this summer, to listen in on local populations of dolphins, porpoises, whales, and seals. Scientists from Aberdeen University will place the recording devices up to 70 miles offshore, expanding on work carried out last summer on a smaller scale. Dr. Paul Thompson, one of the lead researchers, explains: "This will help us get a better understanding of the distribution of particular species. We will be looking at the impact primarily of oil and gas exploration, but also the development of wind farms. During construction phase of these developments, it can be quite noisy and affect marine mammals. It will allow us to get a better understanding of how they use different parts of the Moray Firth and to understand what parts are most important" to each species. Read more at The Scotsman.
Lawsuits begin to crop up, challenging nearby wind farms
In recent months, several lawsuits and formal complaints have been filed, claiming unlawful nuisance and/or impacts on property values and quality of life near wind farms. Most recently, sixteen residents sued the Michigan Wind I wind farm and its developers, laying out a series of complaints, including (as detailed in the Huron Daily Tribune):
Private nuisance from, among other things, sustained and highly annoying audible noise and amplitude modulation in both audible and sub-audible frequencies
Negligent design of a wind farm, including a noise assessment that estimated only audible noise levels within the dBA range, and did not consider low frequency noise or impulse noise
Negligent misrepresentation, claiming the wind companies made false representations in board of commissioner and planning commissioner meetings and public hearings when company representatives said the wind farm's operations would not result in a noise nuisance or cause adverse health effects to adjacent landowners. "(The defendants) were negligent in making these misrepresentations because, as the parties seeking approval to construct a wind turbine farm in Huron County, they had a duty to use reasonable care to provide Huron County and its citizens with both accurate and complete information," the lawsuit states. The plaintiffs claim the wind companies provided inaccurate and/or incomplete information about the audible turbine noise levels, and no information about low frequency noise, infrasound and/or impulse noise emitted from the turbines.
In Pennsylvania, the Allegheny Ridge Wind Farm settled out of court this week as a lawsuit brought by Todd and Jill Stull was moving toward a jury trial in July. The suit alleged that the company misrepresented the noise levels that would be generated by assuring residents the noise would e minimal. The agreement is bound by confidentiality, so no details are available. See earlier coverage of the lawsuit here.
Meanwhile, in neighboring Wisconsin, Read the rest of this entry »
Simple recording of wind turbine sounds
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This recording, by one of the wind farm neighbors in Wisconsin who I met when visiting there last fall, is a good, simple taste of the sounds heard from 1500 or so feet away—this one has a predominant jet plane flavor, though often neighbors report a wide variety of sounds that change depending on wind conditions. Most of these folks have several turbines around their homes; one person told me that he thought he could live with it if the ones closer than a half mile were not there, though another of his neighbors leaned more toward a mile as his comfort zone. Listening to this selection of sounds, recorded with different cloud covers and wind directions, I could get a sense of why some people find hearing this incredibly disruptive and intrusive, while others say they are not much bothered; this disparity of reaction is one of the fundamental paradoxes of wind farm noise issues.
Give a listen…..turn it up and down to get a feel for it at different sound levels or distances (or to simulate how it feels to people with different degrees of sensitivity/attention to the sound)…..imagine it lasting far longer than this three minute taste—which may well make it more torturous, or might allow it to sink into the background of your awareness…..if this sound, at a moderate level, or turned down very low to be just audible, was happening in your neighborhood, how would it be for you?
Ontario health, environment officials agree: on-the-ground sound measurement is needed near wind farms
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Over the past week or so, two reports from Ontario have spurred a fair amount of notice and comment among those following wind development issues. First, the provincial health office responded to the public's concerns about health problems reported by some wind farm neighbors, framing its answer carefully and narrowly: "According to the scientific evidence, there isn't any direct causal link between wind turbine noise and adverse health effects," said Dr. Arlene King, Ontario's Chief Medical Officer, as reported by the Vancouver Sun. Since the report's focus was to asses peer-reviewed science, its authors did not incorporate any reference to the experiences or changes in sleep patterns or health of real-life neighbors of wind farms who have reported negative impacts since the turbines began turning. It is no real surprise that the sound levels near wind farms aren't loud enough to directly cause physiological damage or effects, though it seems clear that annoyance and sleep disruption may well contribute to health effects in some people; the report acknowledges the likelihood of some annoyance, and notes too that while low-frequency sound is below generally perceptible levels, and generally no louder than naturally-occuring low-frequency sound sources, some people who hear these frequencies better than most may be bothered. While the report itself is brief and lacks the detail of the recent industry-funded AWEA/CanWEA report, which reached similar conclusions in addressing the same narrowly-focused questions, King's report frames the results with two crucial but under-reported observations:
By way of introduction, the report explicitly states a simple fact that is rarely acknowledged: "Little information is available on actual measurements of sound levels generated from wind turbines and other environmental sources. Since there is no widely accepted protocol for the measurement of noise from wind turbines, current regulatory requirements are based on modelling." Indeed, sound models are used to determine what distance a turbine needs to be from nearby homes in order to meet local statutory noise limits (which stand at 40dB in Ontario).
And in its final words, the report stresses the corollary to this observation: "The review also identified that sound measurements at residential areas around wind turbines and comparisons with sound levels around other rural and urban areas, to assess actual ambient noise levels prevalent in Ontario, is a key data gap that could be addressed. An assessment of noise levels around wind power developments and other residential environments, including monitoring for sound level compliance, is an important prerequisite to making an informed decision on whether epidemiological studies looking at health outcomes will be useful."
Actual rural ambient noise levels are often very low, so that wind farm noise becomes bothersome at lower levels than industrial or transportation noises prevalent in urban and suburban areas; and, as noted in the body of the report, most of the case studies and other reports of health effects lack any clear information on how loud the turbine sounds are in the homes of those being affected. So while this report is in large part another seemingly definitive, yet stubbornly partial, assessment of the health effects reported near wind farms, it also lays the groundwork for much-needed on the ground assessment of noise patterns around wind farms. (See this more recent post, regarding a section on community health and disruption that was omitted in the final draft of this report. And see this critique of the CMOH report, written by several doctors from Canada, the UK, and the US who have been advocating for closer study of these issues)
On a similar note, Ontario Ministry of Environment officials confirmed this week that they do not have the capability to record or assess the noise near wind farms where noise complaints arise. According to the Windsor Star, "Although hundreds of wind turbines have already been built in Ontario, Michael Parker, district manager for the environment ministry, said staff have not yet been given noise-monitoring equipment. The ministry is responsible for ensuring that wind turbine noise reaching a residence doesn't exceed 40 decibels, he said. If a complaint about turbine noise is made to the ministry, two environment officers are sent to the area to listen for the noise and contact the turbine owner, Parker said, noting that the ministry could still intercede with turbine owners even without hard data on the noise levels. In some cases, turbine speeds have been scaled back or the turbine shut down completely." In January, the Ministry of Environment issued two Requests for Proposals seeking advice and technical standards to use in assessing wind farm noise. The RFPs said that "The Ministry requires a consultant to assist in the development of a measurement procedure to assess noise compliance of existing wind farms with the applicable sound level limits," noting that "Unlike typical industrial noise sources, measurement of audible noise from wind turbines in general raises technical challenges." At that time, the Ministry acknowledged that its "Noise Guidelines for Wind Farms…do not contain a measurement method for assessing the actual noise impact."
Oregon wind farm ruled too loud: six months to find fix
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The Morrow County Planning Board ruled this week that the Willow Creek Energy Center, an 80-turbine wind farm, is producing noise levels that violate Oregon's noise limits, and gave Invenergy, the wind farm's owner, six months to get the turbines into compliance. The wind farm began operating in January 2009, and by March, several neighbors within a half mile had raised serious concerns about the noise (see this article for details), including regularly having difficulty sleeping. Noise monitoring then took place, and in January of this year, the Planning Board received the results, which showed that noise levels at four homes sometimes exceeded the limit of 37dB.
There was some contention at that meeting, as neighbors had hired independent noise monitoring consultants, whose records showed more consistent violations than those of the Invenergy-hired consultant; the differences were pegged to the fact that the Invenergy consultant did not record in high wind speeds, contending that the noise gets no louder above wind speeds of 9m/s. It is unclear from initial news reports whether the wind farm will be required to comply with the noise limits based on the Invenergy sound monitoring protocol, which found excess noise just 10% of the time at one house, and less frequent slight violations at three others, or whether they'll use the more comprehensive techniques used by the local citizens, which found violations more consistently at two homes (one just over the limit, the other often over 40dB), with one home experiencing excess noise on 22 out of 37 nights.
Carla McLane, Planning Director for Morrow County, noted that while the commission did rule the wind farm was violating state regulations, it found the turbines only crossed the noise threshold at certain times of day and under certain conditions. "Some would want to view it in black and white and if it's a violation then you have to shut them down," McLane said. "Others would want to view it in terms of shade of gray and say it's not an ongoing and continuous violation. It's an intermittent violation."
"I'm not sure how someone can say this is an unusual, infrequent event," said Kerrie Standlee, one of the neighbors' noise consultants. "To me, 59 percent (of nights with excess noise) is not occasional or unusual." Standlee's noise study also went beyond Invenergy's in that he gave the residents a sheet of paper to log their experiences with time and date. He then overlaid those comments on the data and showed that when the residents reported high noise, the wind was blowing from a particular direction or at a particular speed. This last bit of information may offer Invenergy some direction about when they might shut down turbines if they want to avoid the worst of the noise issues, during the six months they have to get into compliance.
The Planning Board struggled with the conflicting approaches, according the the East Oregonian (article archived here). "I have a very hard time coming to a concrete conclusion on which study I feel is accurate," Commissioner Pamela Schmidt said. "I'm not a licensed engineer in acoustics myself and there's been so much information I can't make a decision." Invenergy claimed that the background ambient noise varies, so that in higher wind periods, it should be allowed to exceed 36dB; yet, in its permit, it used the 26dB ambient standard, which is the state's default if measurements are not made ahead of time. Complicating matters more is the fact that, as the East Oregonian noted, "the rule does not direct agencies on how to administer the rule or decide conflicts such as the one between Invenergy and its neighbors. The agency that originally enforced the rule, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, has since defunded and destaffed its noise program."
It's worth noting that the noise issues seem to be quite pronounced even at sound levels of 40dB. Oregon's 36dB limit is among the most conservative in the country; it's based on being 10dB above average night time ambient noise levels, which have been measured at 26dB. It appears that noise issues may well be present even when the measured sound levels are at or very near 36dB; this is in synch with reports from elsewhere, which suggest that people accustomed to quiet rural night time soundscapes are quite easily disturbed when turbine noise becomes one of the loudest local sounds, even when absolute noise levels are not extreme. In general, acousticians consider a sound to become readily audible when it is 5dB above ambient, with disturbance considered likely when it reaches 10dB above ambient.
UPDATE, June 2011: The state Land Use Board of Appeals issued a ruling that questioned the county's interpretation of the 36dB noise limit. In its ruling, LUBA sided with the wind developer, which had said that the state laws allow wind farms to produce up to 10dB more than ambient sound levels; the county had been suggesting that if the developer doesn't conduct ambient noise studies before construction, they must assume ambient of 26dB (typical night time ambient). The LUBA decision said that this requirement to choose whether or not to do an ambient study prior to construction did not appear in the state rules, leaving room for companies to show later that measurements of turbine noise levels exceeding 36dB were made when the ambient was above 26dB.
Clifton Maine considers 4000 foot setbacks for wind turbines
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A private landowner in Clifton, Maine, is hoping to erect four commercial wind turbines on a small ridge known as Pisgah Mountain, and sell the energy to the local utility, Bangor Hydro. Hearing of negative experiences in other Maine towns, including Mars Hill and Vinalhaven, some local residents are concerned about noise impacts and effects on wildlife. The town of Clifton has drafted a new ordinance that sets 4000 feet as the minimum distance between a turbine and a neighboring house; this ordinance will go before voters on June 8. In both other towns, affected families live within 3500 feet of the local turbines.
"What we have on this site is setbacks to the closest residence of a little over 4,300 feet," says Paul Fuller, who owns the 240 acres where the turbines would be built. "I think we could boast that that is the farthest setback of any wind farm in the state of Maine at this point." Several other homes are within a mile to mile and a half of the location.
If this project moves ahead, it would be one of the first to do so with regulatory setbacks of over 1500-1700 feet, which are commonly used in Maine and elsewhere in the US, as developers aim to reach a 45dB limit at homes. The ordinance allows sound levels of up to 50dB during the day and 40dB at night; past experience would suggest that at this distance, these sound levels are unlikely to be reached, though it is entirely possible that the turbines will be somewhat audible up to a mile or so away at times (night time noise levels in rural areas can be as low as 20-25db). Some community advocates urge setbacks of a mile or mile and a quarter, to more surely eliminate audible noise issues; this project would be a valuable "guinea pig" for the helping answer the crucial question of where the proper balance lies between wind development and respecting the rural soundscape of small towns.
Read more and see a news clip at WLBZ2.com
Listen to the Sierras with the Nature Sounds Society this June
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If you're within easy reach of the Bay Area, here's an annual event that is always fun, intimate, and rewarding:
Excite your ears—explore nature sound recording and natural quiet at the Nature Sounds Society's 26th annual field recording workshop
The workshop will be June 25-27 at San Francisco State University's Yuba Pass Field Station, in the beautiful Sierra Nevada Mountains. This year's theme is "Vision of Sound."
Featured speakers at this year's workshop are "The Sound Tracker," Gordon Hempton, Emmy award-winning nature recordist and author of One Square Inch of Silence and the subject of a new documentary film, Soundtracker, by Nick Sherman. Hempton and Sherman will present the film at the workshop. The program also includes John Muir Laws, illustrator, naturalist and teacher, author of The Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada and the new Laws Pocket Guide; director Gina Farr of Farr Visions and the creator of Wild Sound Stories; and Dan Dugan, renowned sound designer. Each guest has a unique point of view of the natural world and vividly expresses him or herself through art, environmental activism and education. As an additional option, participants may choose to take an overnight backpack on Sunday June 27th to a recording location free from mechanical sound, organized by Steve Sergeant of the Sierra Club.
The "early bird" (prior to June 1) cost of the workshop is $175 for NSS members, $200 for non-members, and includes a one-year NSS membership. After June 1, the cost is $200 for NSS members and $225 for non-members. Lodging in tent cabins and meals are included. The optional Sunday night backpacking expedition will be an additional cost.
For more information, contact the Nature Sounds Society at (415) 821-9776 or e-mail Dan Dugan
Nature Sounds Society: http://www.naturesounds.org
Navy enviro mag features beaked whale research, with a slant
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The Spring 2010 issue of Currents, the quarterly magazine published by N45, the Navy's environmental readiness division, features a long article on recent research by Ted Cranford of San Diego State University, which is revealing new details about the anatomy of beaked whales. Cranford has developed an innovative technique to use x-ray CAT scanners designed to scan rocket motors, and with the data garnered there, is working with an expert in Finite Element Modeling (FEM) to model the ways that sound moves through and around the jaws of beaked whales before reaching their ears.
The results are not all that surprising, in a big-picture way: indications are that the whales' auditory system filters sounds so that frequencies used in communication and echolocation are accentuated, with other frequencies dampened. The frequencies used by mid-frequency active sonar, which are near the low end of beaked whales' auditory range, are filtered by the sound transmission path, so that they impinge on the ear at levels 6dB or more lower than they arrived at the whale's jaw.
The article doesn't specify the sound levels used in the tests, to help us compare these results to what animals experience at sea. However, the captions and text repeatedly frame the results to mean that mid-frequency sonar is "largely filtered out before reaching the ear." The implication that a 6dB, or even greater, dampening largely removes the signal seems quite misleading; rather, only near the very faintest received levels that would be heard will the dampening render them inaudible. It's unsurprising that these frequencies are not of inherent interest to the whales, and it's reassuring that their anatomy may help protect them from direct physiological damage by such sounds. But clear behavioral responses to mid-frequency active sonar signals tell us that they clearly hear them, and respond more dramatically than most others to these sounds. Perhaps these test results could also suggest that beaked whales are especially sensitive to sound in general, or to these sounds at the low end of their audible frequency range; for example, harbor porpoises are well-known to react to quieter sounds than many other species, and recent research has shown that they experience temporary hearing loss (TTS) at lower levels as well. We may be simply learning that when beaked whales are exposed to, say, 160dB sonar signals, their bodies reduce the sound levels to 150dB by the time it reaches their ear–but they still react, even to this reduced sound.
While the new research is fascinating in its own right (and will be even more compelling if ongoing current research validates the modeling being used), it seems that the Navy needs to be careful in how they present the implications. To imply that beaked whales are "largely filtering out" sonar sounds is no more helpful in fostering informed public and scientific dialogue than the perception that mid-frequency sonar is a "death-ray" for whales.
Currents is well worth following. Each issue has a column by the Director or Assistant Director of N45, and about twice a year they run extensive features on various ocean noise topics:
Currents main web site
Spring 2010 feature on Ted Cranford's research
Winter 2010 feature on Dave Moretti and the Navy's Marine Mammal Monitoring program, including various tagging programs (Dave raised the "death ray" perception in his interview)
Winter 2009 feature on the Navy's Marine Mammal Science program
UK addresses challenges in assessing wind farm noise
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England's primary environmental agency, the Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), has commissioned a study to improve techniques for assessing wind farm noise. "There is a possibility that local authorities are not currently investigating complaints about noise from wind farms due to the absence of any formal technical guidance," an internal document reads. "Defra wishes to let a contract to provide local authorities with a methodology by which to investigate noise from wind farms, to support local authority enforcement of statutory nuisance legislation." According to the Telegraph, the report is due out later this year, and should make it easier for local councils to respond to noise complaints. A recent survey suggests that about one in seven UK wind farms have spurred noise complaints; noise campaigners contend that many people who are bothered do not file formal complaints, since they are rarely acted upon.
(UPDATE, 8/2/10): Apparently, the news report cited above was about a call for proposals, or plans to let the contract; in August, Energy Minister Charles Hendry announced that the consulting firm Hayes McKenzie had been hired to conduct this review of noise assessment techniques. The firm will begin work in September and is expected to complete its report by the end of the year.
Meanwhile, also in the UK, the Bradford Planning Inspector upheld a ruling by the city Council to deny a permit for building a single large turbine at a factory in town. The applicant had appealed the denial, since its noise studies showed that that the turbine would be in compliance with the federal noise code ETSU-R-97, which is the only code named in the statutes. However, the investigating Bradford Council Environmental Health officer used several other noise level methodologies when he visited a similar turbine in Norfolk. Using World Health Organisation and British Standard guidelines and codes of practice, as well as ETSU-R-97, he came to the conclusion that the Princes Soft Drinks turbine would cause a noise nuisance for nearby residents. The Planning ruling noted that even according to the company's modeling, "for some dwellings under certain conditions, the emitted turbine noise is likely to lead to complaints. Furthermore, according to WHO standards, there would be times when this noise could result in sleep disturbance, or prove to be a serious annoyance to residents. I find this to be unacceptable."
Councillor John Ruding said: "I am delighted that the inspector agreed with the local community and their voices have been heard. "These proposals were an experiment on people's lives which was not acceptable." Earlier, at the time that the company appealed the initial denial, another Councillor, James Cairns, had noted, "The Council has done its best. Its officers didn't believe it was feasible in the area. Bradford is not against wind turbines – if you go up onto the moors, you will see them. But turbines of this size have not been tried and tested in urban areas."
Lawsuit to target oil and gas noise in Gulf of Mexico
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The Center for Biological Diversity has filed a 60-day notice of intent to sue the Department of Interior, claiming that the Minerals Management Service (MMS) has been approving oil and gas exploration and development for years without making the companies obtain the "incidental harassment permits" required by the Marine Mammal Protection Act and Endangered Species Act. While the CBD's press release focuses on the 100 seismic surveys and 300 drilling operations approved since the Obama administration came into office (and uses some pretty inflammatory language aimed at Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar), the Gulf has been one of the world's most industrialized ocean regions for many decades, and the practices described are long-standing. According to the CBD press release, the primary impact that has not been addressed is the effects of industry noise on whales and other sea life; CBD point out that some of the sounds are loud enough to damage whale hearing (though fails to note that this occurs only at very close range) as well as disrupt important behaviors (which can occur many miles away). The North Sea is the only other ocean region that's been so widely impacted for so long by oil and gas development, with West Africa, Brazil, Indonesia, and the South China Sea all working hard to join the party in recent years.
The CBD stresses that the many oil and gas activities in the Gulf must be more thoroughly examined, especially since in some conditions noise can reverberate and become nearly continuous. While the National Marine Fisheries Service was consulted by the MMS, with NMFS issuing a Biological Opinion that included the assessment that whales would be affected, no harassment or permits were issued or required by MMS. (Ed. note: I haven't read the Biological Opinion, but there's a good chance that NMFS considered the effects to be negligible; this is a common bottom line in agency consideration of noise impacts, and is the grounds used to issue the harassment permits. It is likely that while CBD's suit is based on the procedural question of missing permits, the root of their challenge is a disagreement that the effects are negligible.) The notice of intent concludes by saying: "An appropriate remedy that would prevent litigation would be for the Secretary to initiate the process to authorize the take of marine mammals in the Gulf of Mexico pursuant to Section 101(a)(5) of the MMPA by a date certain. Meanwhile, the Secretary must stop approving lease sales, exploration and development plans, and seismic exploration permits in the Gulf of Mexico until and unless it obtains the required authorizations under the MMPA and ESA."
UPDATE: According to a Reuters report, the Interior Department and the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) announced on Friday the 15th that they would initiate a review of MMS's NEPA procedures, especially their obligations under the MMPA and ESA. Earlier in the week, Secretary Salazar had announced a plan to split the MMS into two parts, one of which would collect royalties, with the other overseeing regulatory enforcement.
Third of a mile setback doesn't prevent wind turbine noise issues in Falmouth
When the town-owned wind turbine began operating at the Falmouth, MA wastewater treatment facility in March, most townspeople saw it as the most striking example of the town's far-reaching commitment to sustainability. Since then, it's generated about a third of the town's electricity needs, and a second turbine is being readied for installation nearby this summer. As noted at a forum on the town's many energy-savings initiatives, in discussing the second turbine: "The special thing about the site is it's remote. The nearest home is about 1/3 mile away, which is important in terms of noise and appearance." (This is just under 1800 feet, or 600 yards.)
But over the few weeks since the first turbine began operating, residents are finding the noise much more disruptive than they'd imagined. According to the Cape Cod Times, some neighbors who live in the sparsely populated, wooded area around the treatment facility were horrified when they heard the noise. "It's destroyed our capacity to enjoy our homes," Kathy Elder said. Elder said the noise surrounds her residence, alternating between a jet's whine, thunder and a thumping that sometimes can be felt.
The town has received formal complaints from six residents, one of whome, Annie Hart Cool, has gathered over 40 names of people within a mile or so who say they are affected. She notes that her husband enjoys working in their yard after work, "but when he comes back inside and his head is hurting, you know something's wrong."
Assistant Town Manager Heather Harper says that the town has asked Vestas, the turbine manufacturer, to come check whether there are any mechanical issues that may be causing elevated noise levels, and is asking residents to compile records of when the sound is worst, to help the town figure out how to respond. "This has been a community project from the beginning," Harper said. "We're genuinely concerned and we take the complaints very seriously." At the same time, Harper noted that "We didn't expect no sound, but it should meet all governmental standards." This is, indeed, often the issue: governmental noise standards, which tend to range from 40-50dB, are not always sufficient to avoid negative impacts on the nearest neighbors.
UPDATE: Another local newspaper covers the brewing controversy.
South Dakota residents fail to get half-mile wind farm setbacks
An excellent 3-part series on wind farm development ran this week in the Bismark Tribune. It has a good balance of the excitement and economic benefits that attract farmers to the industry, and well-stated concerns from those who want larger setbacks in order to protect neighbors from noise. The grey area around health impacts is navigated quite well, with a well-grounded emphasis on sleep disruption; and most strikingly, the piece includes acknowledgement that there is individual variability in how easily people can adapt to a new and potentially intrusive noise source.
Interestingly, there are repeated indications that in this community, as in others, a half mile setback was seen as the "sweet spot" that could accommodate both industry and neighbors; in initial community meetings, there was significant support for a one-mile setback, while a general consensus emerged that a half mile would be tolerable to most people. Nonetheless, the county decided to go with a third of a mile (1750-foot) setback, which has some community members concerned that the turbines will be audible enough to be disruptive at times.


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Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow and manager AJ Hinch (right) have been suspended by Major League Baseball for the 2020 season.
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Astros owner Jim Crane fired manager A.J. Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow on Monday shortly after Major League Baseball announced the pair would be suspended for a year as part of the penalties for the investigation into alleged electronic-sign stealing.
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"Today is a very difficult day for the Houston Astros," Astros owner Jim Crane said in a press conference Monday. "MLB did a very thorough investigation and the Astros fully cooperated and we accept their decisions and findings and penalties."
The franchise also was stripped of its first- and second-round picks in both the 2020 and 2021 drafts and fined $5 million.
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MLB's report detailed the Astros' efforts to steal signs in 2017 and laid out the punishment handed down to the Astros. Crane opted to go a step further.
"I have higher standards for the city and the franchise," Crane said.
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The suspension for both Luhnow and Hinch are both without pay. Both have been warned that if they are "found to engage in any future material violations of the Major League Rules" they will be permanently banned, according to a report sent out by MLB commissioner Rob Manfred.
The report says Hinch didn't participate in the sign stealing and actually "believed that the conduct was both wrong and distracting." However, Hinch admits he did not stop the activity.
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The London Vickers Viking accident occurred on 2 September 1958 when an Independent Air Travel Vickers VC.1 Viking (registration G-AIJE) with three crew members aboard and loaded with two Bristol Proteus turboprop engines as cargo attempted a flight from London Heathrow Airport to Tel Aviv via Nice, Brindisi and Athens.

Accident
The aircraft took off from Heathrow at 05:54 GMT but minutes into the flight the flight crew reported engine problems and requested a return to Blackbushe Airport. The crew was cleared by Air Traffic Control to descend to 3000 feet, but they were unable to maintain this altitude and continued descending. A Mayday call was made from the aircraft at 06:32 GMT, shortly before it crashed into a row of houses on Kelvin Gardens, Southall, Middlesex.  The aircraft burst into flames on impact, killing all three crew members as well as four people on the ground, a mother and three children. Witnesses reported that they saw one of the crew waving outside of the aircraft just before the aircraft crashed.

Cause
According to the Public inquiry which investigated the accident, the probable cause of the accident was that "the aircraft was allowed to lose height and flying speed with the result that the pilot was no longer able to exercise asymmetric control." While the reasons for the loss of power and the subsequent loss of height and speed were not known, the public inquiry found a number of serious flaws in the operation of Independent Air Travel and the maintenance of the aircraft. Maintenance had been carried out on one of the aircraft propellers at Heathrow on the night before the accident by personnel who were not qualified to carry out the work.  The aircraft was overloaded and the pilot had not had adequate rest, having effectively been on duty for 31 hours 30 minutes compared with the 16 hours required by the regulations (This took advantage of a loophole in regulations that allowed crew to carry out flights during "rest" hours if no passengers or cargo was carried.). Check flights, which should have tested the pilot's ability to handle the aircraft at high weights and with one engine out were found to be "perfunctory" and did not adequately prove the pilot's ability to handle the aircraft with one engine failed.

The report stated that "it is quite clear...that the policy of this company was to keep its aircraft in the air at all costs and without any real regard for the requirements of maintenance." and that "it is not difficult for employers who are not unduly concerned to observe the regulations, to drive their employees and . . . to induce them to disregard the regulations designed to ensure safety in the air."

References

 "Morning Disaster". British Pathe. 4 September 1958. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
 "Air Commerce: The Southall Accident: Report of the Public Inquiry". Flight, 21 August 1959, p. 58.
 "Air Commerce: Southall: The Aftermath". Flight, 28 August 1959. p. 91.
 Vickers 621 Viking 1 G-AIJE London Airport (LHR). Aviation Safety Network. 15 April 2007. Retrieved 20 March 2010.

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Denver, CO Attorney Fighting for Men's Rights for 30 Years
Attorney Sharon D. Liko ensures that men and women are treated equally under the law, including in issues of family court.
DENVER, CO, April 19, 2020 /24-7PressRelease/ — Sharon D. Liko, P.C., has earned a reputation for excellence and success in representing men. Ms. Liko, the founder of the law firm, has done many TV interviews where she was advocating for man's rights. This boutique law firm has been fighting in Colorado courts for 30 years and works zealously to level the playing field for men in family matters.
Sharon D. Liko, P.C., practices family law focusing on men's rights and offers clients quick, responsive, personal, and professional service. The firm's primary emphasis is in complex family law matters, including divorce, property division, child custody, maintenance, child support, contempt, domestic violence defense, restraining orders, paternity, and all post-judgment matters.
The firm has represented a wide range of clients, including professional athletes, politicians, doctors, lawyers, dentists, CEOs, CFOs, business owners, executives, and other high profile clients in multi-million dollars worth divorces and family law issues.
Attorney Sharon Liko is considered an authority on men's rights in family law. She has been interviewed by several national news outlets, including Fox Business News, Fox News, and HLN. In her many TV interviews, she pointed out that people should have an end in mind when they get married since almost 50% of marriages end up in divorce. In addition, Ms. Liko said that divorce is always a financial disaster and a loss and that people shouldn't expect to come out whole.
"Many men are confused as to the rights and obligations they have in a divorce. Many believe that they are powerless and have no choice but to accept the terms that their wife offers. That is a common misconception and simply is not true. Men have equal rights under the law. Men have all of the rights that women have, including the right to custody and visitation of their children, a fair distribution of assets, fair distribution of all debts, maintenance, and child support," said attorney Sharon Liko.
Since establishing her law firm in 1991, Sharon Liko has focused exclusively on men's rights in the area of domestic relations and family law. Ms. Liko received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from Arizona State University. She received her Juris Doctor Degree from the University of Denver, and she is admitted to the state bars of both Colorado and Texas.
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Their office is located at 104 Broadway, Suite 200, Denver, CO 80203. Clients can contact them by calling 303-534-4888 to schedule an appointment, send information via FAX at 303-534-4488, or online by filling out a brief form. Visit their website for additional information regarding their services.
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