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Indian Nations Law Update - November/December 2022
Selected Court Decisions
In NUMA Corporation v. Diven, Not Reported in Fed. Rptr. 2022 WL 17102361 (9th Cir. 2022), the Ninth Circuit reaffirmed its 2004 decision in Krystal Energy Co. v. Navajo Nation, 357 F.3d 1055, 1056 (9th Cir. 2004): "Section 106(a) of the Bankruptcy Code abrogates the sovereign immunity of a 'governmental unit' with respect to, as relevant here, the Code's automatic stay provision. 11 U.S.C. § 106(a). The statute's definition of 'governmental unit' includes any 'foreign or domestic government.' 11 U.S.C. § 101(27). In Krystal Energy, we held squarely that the definition of 'governmental unit' includes tribes and that section 106(a) of the Bankruptcy Code unequivocally abrogates tribal sovereign immunity. … Krystal Energy controls here. Because Congress abrogated tribal sovereign immunity with respect to the automatic stay provision, the Tribe cannot assert sovereign immunity to avoid sanctions for violation of the automatic stay."
In San Carlos Apache Tribe v. Becerra, 53 F.4th 1236 (9th Cir. 2022), the San Carlos Apache Tribe (Tribe) sued the United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Indian Health Service (IHS) and federal officials, contending that the defendants violated Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDEAA) by failing to cover contract support costs (CSC) for portions of the Tribe's healthcare program that were funded by revenue from third-party payors. The district court dismissed, but the Ninth Circuit reversed: "Section 5325(a) reads: (a) Amount of funds provided ... (2) There shall be added to the amount required by paragraph (1), contract support costs, which shall consist of an amount for the reasonable costs for activities which must be carried on by a tribal organization as a contractor to ensure compliance with the terms of the contract and prudent management … (3)(A). The contract support costs that are eligible costs for the purposes of receiving funding under this chapter, shall include the costs of reimbursing each tribal contractor for reasonable and allowable costs of—(i) direct program expenses for the operation of the Federal program that is the subject of the contract; and (ii) any additional administrative or other expense incurred by the governing body of the Indian Tribe or tribal organization and any overhead expenses incurred by the tribal contractor in connection with the operation of the Federal program, function, service, or activity pursuant to the contract. … [W]e cannot conclude that § 5325(a) unambiguously excludes those third-party, revenue-funded portions of the Tribe's healthcare program from CSC reimbursement. Indeed, the plain language of this section appears to include those costs."
In Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe v. Houdyshell,50 F.4th 662 (8th Cir. 2022), South Dakota imposed a 2% excise tax on the gross receipts of a contractor if its services "entail the construction, building, installation, or repair of a fixture of realty" within the State. The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe (Tribe) hired a nonmember construction company, Henry Carlson Company (Carlson), to carry out the planned renovation of its casino on the Tribe's reservation. The Tribe challenged the applicability of the tax to Carlson. The district court initially ruled for the Tribe, holding that the tax was preempted by the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) and preempted under the rule of White Mountain Apache v. Bracker. The Eighth Circuit reversed, holding that the district court erred in ruling that the tax was preempted under IGRA and holding that, based on the evidence before the court at the summary judgment stage, the Bracker balancing factors did not support preempting the State excise tax. On remand, after conducting a trial to determine remaining disputed issues of fact and to address legal arguments not addressed previously, the district court concluded that the State excise tax was preempted by the extensive regulatory framework of the IGRA and the federal interest in promoting tribal self-sufficiency and tribal governance. On appeal a second time, the appellate court again disagreed and reversed: "The evidence that the district court heard at trial does not change the fact that there is no extensive federal regulation governing the construction of casinos on tribal land. … IGRA is not designed to, nor does it aim to, control construction of tribal casinos. The level of federal involvement in this renovation project does not demonstrate that it occurred due to the dictates of IGRA; the use or involvement of federal entities throughout the project does not mean that IGRA provides extensive regulatory control. Submission to general federal oversight or involvement in the renovation process stands in stark contrast to instances where the Supreme Court has deemed that a specific statutory or regulatory scheme imposes specific obligations on the construction of specific institutions or on contractual agreements."
In Pakootas v. Teck Cominco Metals, Ltd., 2022 WL 17356369 (E.D. Wash. 2022), Teck Cominco Metals (Teck), had discharged millions of tons of slag and liquid effluent directly to the Columbia River from its smelter in British Columbia, contaminating the upper river and surrounding lands (Site). The Confederated Colville Tribes (CCT) occupied reservation lands adjacent to the upper Columbia River and held preferred hunting and fishing rights in the north half of those lands, including the western half of the Columbia River and paramount rights in Lake Roosevelt adjacent to its Reservation, which abutted the western bank of a portion of Lake Roosevelt approximately fifty-six river miles downstream of the international border of Canada, in the southern halves of Okanogan and Ferry Counties. CCT, a member of a four-party Trustee Council comprised of the CCT, the U.S. Department of Interior, the State of Washington, and the Spokane Tribe of Indians, managed fisheries and restoration efforts in the upper Columbia River and Lake Roosevelt. CCT sued Teck under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA). Teck moved for summary judgment on CCT's damages claims, contending that CCT lacked standing to sue under CERCLA. The court denied the motion, holding that CCT's hunting rights were sufficient to support standing: "Teck argues that CCT lacks standing to sue for natural resource damages because it is not a trustee authorized to sue under the CERCLA [because] none of the damages sought by CCT are for natural resources 'belonging to, managed by, controlled by, or appertaining to' CCT, in part because Congress revoked CCT's right, title, and interest in the lands in question. … CCT responds that … its trusteeship derives from its reserved fishing right to a portion of harvestable fish in the north half of those lands, including the western half of the Columbia River, and paramount rights in Lake Roosevelt adjacent to its reservation boundaries. … Teck's motion for partial summary judgment is denied. CERCLA provides that, for injury to natural resources, 'liability shall be to ... any Indian tribe for natural resources belonging to, managed by, controlled by, or appertaining to such tribe' … CERCLA does not define 'manage,' 'control,' or 'appertain,' and authority on the meaning of the terms in § 9607(f)(1) is scarce. However, the Court finds persuasive that 'appertaining to' may include off-reservation usufructuary rights, such as hunting and fishing rights or paramount use granting a right of benefit."
In Lexington Insurance Company v. Smith, 2022 WL 4131593 (W.D. Wash. 2022), the Suquamish Tribe and Port Madison Enterprises (PME), its business arm (collectively, the Tribe), purchased insurance policies from Lexington Insurance Company and other insurance companies to insure against risks related to activities of the Tribe on tribal land. A dispute arose whether the policies covered certain COVID-related losses. The Tribe sued the insurance companies in tribal court whereupon the insurance companies brought the instant action in federal court against the tribal court judge and tribal officials to enjoin them from exercising jurisdiction over the insurance companies. Citing the Tribe's right to exclude and the First Montana Exception, which permits tribes to exercise jurisdiction over parties who enter into consensual relations with the Tribe, the court granted summary judgment in the Tribe's favor: "Plaintiffs' insurance policies were issued for the benefit of tribal-owned businesses and properties operating on tribal land. … Because the issuance of the insurance policies arose out of activities occurring on tribal land—namely, tribal-owned business activities on tribal-owned lands—a tribe's sovereign right to exclude as well as the consensual relationship between the parties confers tribal adjudicative authority."
In Bad River Band v. Enbridge, 2022 WL 17249085 (W.D. Wis. 2022), the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (Band), concerned about a potential failure of Enbridge Energy's Line 5 crude oil and liquid natural gas pipeline running through the Band's Reservation, sued to enjoin its continued operation under federal common law claims of public nuisance and trespass. The Band's nuisance claim focused on the potential failure of the pipeline near the point it traverses the Bad River and the potentially catastrophic consequences of such a failure. The court had previously concluded that Enbridge had trespassed by operating the pipeline on expired rights-of-way on 12 parcels owned in whole or in part by the Band, dismissing Enbridge's breach of contract counterclaims but denying either side summary judgment on the Band's public nuisance claim. After a bench trial on the Band's public nuisance claim, the court declined to grant the Band injunctive relief and instead directed the parties to "meet and confer regarding: (1) the installation of EFRDs [emergency flow restricting device shutoff valves] on Line 5 on the Reservation; (2) an appropriate shutdown and purge protocol should conditions worsen at the meander; and (3) other reasonable remediation projects that could inhibit further erosion at the meander" and determined that, if the parties could not agree on a reasonable plan, "each should submit their own last, best offer on the shutoff and purge protocols, and the court will consider whether it is appropriate to issue an injunction requiring Enbridge to adopt a plan."
In Keweenaw Bay Indian Community v. Khouri, 2022 WL 4103491 (W.D. Mich. 2022), the federal district court had previously enjoined the State of Michigan from collecting from the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (Tribe) or its members, certain state taxes on the sale or use of personal property because the state did not seek to apportion the tax based on use within and without the Tribe's reservation. In the instant decision, the Court amended its injunction: "The Court will amend the injunction to apply to the Office of the State Treasurer and those assisting the Office in the collection of taxes. The amendment is necessary to avoid Eleventh Amendment immunity. The Court will also amend the injunction to apply to the manner in which the Department of Treasury presently interprets and enforces the use tax statute. Whether the Department can apportion the use tax under an existing statutory provision or whether the legislature modifies the statute to allow are not disputes presently before the Court."
In Milne v. Hudson, 2022 WL 14571338 (Okla. 2022), Milne, a member of the Muskogee Tribe obtained a restraining order from an Oklahoma court after she was beaten and harassed by Hudson, a member of the Cherokee Nation, on the Muskogee reservation. Hudson challenged the order on the ground that the state courts lacked jurisdiction to issue the order. The Oklahoma Supreme Court disagreed: "Hudson primarily argues that the tribal court had jurisdiction to issue a protection order against him. We agree. Federal law clearly gives tribal courts full civil jurisdiction to issue and enforce protection orders involving any person. However, that does not resolve the issue before this Court. Hudson claims that only a tribal court could have exercised jurisdiction over him to issue a protection order. This is not the case. … Congress has clearly authorized tribal courts to issue civil protection orders. … 18 U.S.C. § 2265(e). However, the plain language of this statute does not confer exclusive civil jurisdiction. Where Congress intends to give exclusive jurisdiction to federal and/or tribal courts, and to remove state jurisdiction, it has done so explicitly. 18 U.S.C. § 1153 (granting 'exclusive jurisdiction' in certain Indian Country cases to tribes or the federal government). And where Congress has determined that tribes may consent to enter an arrangement offering concurrent state jurisdiction over cases which would normally be exclusive to tribal or federal courts, it has done so explicitly. … Section 2265(e) does not explicitly refer to exclusive tribal court jurisdiction. Moreover, the language does not imply exclusive jurisdiction. Rather, it includes tribal courts within the list of sovereigns which may issue civil protection orders. … Thus, Section 2265 is not a bar to exercise of state district court jurisdiction to enter civil protection orders."
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I Come With the Rain
It's been said, by a much wiser man than I, that Charles Bronson looked like Mr. Potato Head. This was especially true in his later years in front of the camera, mailing it in while working with J. Lee Thompson and Michael Winner and Cannon Films in the 1980s on such sleazy and workmanlike films as 10 to Midnight, Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects, Death Wish III, etc. However, as a counter to this man's Mr. Potato Head argument, I suggested that Bronson, with his salt and pepper hair and eyes squinting through his weathered face, looked more like a wrinkled old Chinese woman with a mustache.
The old Chinese woman analogy was especially true in one of Bronson's later vehicles, the marvelously idiotic Assassination (one of two films he made with Peter Hunt in the 1980s, the other being Death Hunt), as Bronson, romancing a much younger [Asian] girlfriend, trying to compensate for looking so aged and out of place while attempting to protect the First Lady, finds himself ensconced in some of the most haphazardly edited chase sequences in any film that might refer to itself as professional. Whether it's a boat chase, a car chase, or a helicopter chase, rest assured that top speed will be 4 miles per hour.
In Anh Hung Tran's I Come With the Rain, Josh Hartnett is like our surrogate Bronson, hidden behind a squirrely mustache that would shame a Mexican teenager just hitting puberty. Hartnett, playing an ex-cop now PI, is totally out of place in the film, which helps with his mission of trying to track down the son of a pharmaceutical magnate, who may or may not be doing his best Jesus impression, in a tent on the outskirts of Hong Kong. Haunted by cloudy flashbacks of his showdown with a serial killer (Elias Koteas), Hartnett is perpetually bewildered, staring at the answers to his questions without ever registering them. He's a lone white man surrounded by Asians and it's always raining. Frankly, he's Harrison Ford's character of Deckard in Blade Runner, and Tran accentuates the similarity by repeatedly focusing on rain-soaked cityscapes in Hong Kong. It's probably a coincidence that Deckard's liaison and co-worker who makes convenient appearances was played by Edward James Olmos, who looks an awful lot like Charles Bronson.
Our disorientation throughout I Come With the Rain is exacerbated by frequent surreal imagery that looks like very poorly matted green screen work but most likely is just a strange use of wide angle and fish eyed lenses. These images mostly rear their head in what are just standard expositional conversations, maybe to distract us from all of the actors (save for Hartnett) speaking English when it is clearly not their native language, maybe as Tran's way of amusing himself to get past the story points. It's certainly odd to suddenly be distracted first by what looks like one character's glass eye, and then notice the waterfall behind him, and then recognize that he appears to be floating, but that's really just our imagination. Maybe. It certainly gets us past the very minimal dialogue and the unnecessarily complicated story.
Was Tran more concerned with his unsubtle religious allegories? The father is never seen, only heard, and his line of work is medicine, but he asks Kline (Hartnett) to find his son. Kline is likely an allusion to the pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline, and the unseen father is clearly meant to represent God, searching for his son who heals the sick through spiritual means. The serial killer is obsessed with creating his distorted view of humanity through suffering and pain, and on and on. The tenuous connections to The Cell (especially in Koteas' scenes which linger on his grotesque sculptures) in a visual sense are a strange coincidence, since, like with Tarsem and The Cell, Tran brought his pet themes and imagery with him and the fact that he got the money to make a serial killer film was incidental. But Tarsem was working with someone else's rotten screenplay (and he was more than happy to point out its shortcomings), and in I Come With the Rain, Tran is working with his own material and so the genre requirements are of his own making. Perhaps final cut eluded him; Tran had to battle the producers in court for control of I Come With the Rain, which might explain some of the visual concessions with Hartnett moping on top of a building and the HD-cam is used to ape 2006's Miami Vice in the pixelated and muddy look. I'm sure both Michael Mann and whomever made the decisions on I Come With the Rain thought the images were striking and edgy, but in Tran's film they're totally at odds with the otherworldly crispness of the rest of the imagery.
If Tran was interested in duplicating a mainstream American filmmaker's experimentation with HD video, he ought to have skipped Michael Mann and gone straight to Robert Rodriguez and asked him about Sin City. Josh Hartnett was even in Sin City, he's part of the opening reel that Rodriguez put together for investors. Rodriguez created a palatable unreality coated with unending violence in Sin City, so there was no need to add any verité elements to remind us we're watching a movie. Besides, Hartnett's casting in I Come With the Rain is what sets it apart from any old DTV serial killer movie that rips off Seven, like Russell Mulcahy's Resurrection (which is about a killer taking his victim's body parts in order to put together his version of Jesus), because the convolutions that the Rain goes through to come up with an ending are entirely conspicuous. The fact that Tran had to wait 8 years to make I Come With the Rain, after 2000's Vertical Ray of the Sun, is a shame and his frustration comes out in the crasser elements of Rain, such as in an entirely extraneous scene where Hartnett, unable to decipher the puzzle in front of him, angrily throws his cup-a-noodle at a collage put together by the serial killer. But, though he left behind the gentle touch he showed in Vertical Ray of the Sun, like his other films, Tran's accomplishments in I Come With the Rain are in the small, quiet moments of reflection. In this case, the characters are pensive about their pain, and those who ignore the pain they cause others are doomed to be emotionally cut off. Sometimes, literally cut off.
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World number two female player protests
10/22/2009 – "I am very unhappy to inform that I have withdrawn my participation in the Asian Indoor Games 2009 to be held at Vietnam due to some nasty circumstances caused by Mr. D.V. Sundar, Secretary, All India Chess Federation." That is the start of a press release sent to us by Koneru Humpy, the second strongest female player in the world, and the second to cross the 2600 rating mark. Humpy's protest.
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22nd October, 2009.
I am very unhappy to inform that I have withdrawn my participation in the Asian Indoor Games 2009 to be held at Vietnam due to some nasty circumstances caused by Mr. D.V. Sundar, Secretary, All India Chess Federation (AICF). As you know Chess is a mind game. So, I need to be mentally peaceful to perform well. I was put under lot of pressure and stress by Mr. Sundar that I am upset and not in a position to participate in a prestigious event for the country.
Today, I am bringing all the happenings between me and Mr. D.V. Sundar to make the things clear to everyone.
Regarding Asian Indoor Games 2009
After confirming my participation in Asian Indoor Games 2009 I requested IOA (Indian Olympic Association) to allow my personal trainer Mr. Koneru Ashok (Dronacharya Awardee) to the event. They responded favorably and asked me to get a letter from AICF. I requested the Secretary, AICF for the same through email. He didn't respond. Then my father contacted him by phone and made a request for which he refused and kept some terms. He bargained with my father that he will see that AICF bears his expenses if I confirm my participation in all the forthcoming Women tournaments. I gave my confirmation to the tournaments accordingly. But Mr.Sundar did not keep up his promise and he said that in case my father accompanies me for the tournament he has to bear his expenses. I do not want to make this an issue. As Asian Indoor Games means playing for the country, my father decided to bear his expenses and accompany me as my trainer.
Permission to play in two International tournaments abroad
In the meantime, I happen to apply for permission from AICF to play in two International tournaments abroad. As I am representing PSPB (Petroleum Sports Promotion Board), I am supposed to get permission from AICF to participate in International tournaments as per its guidelines. Generally AICF will give permission unless the tournaments applied are clashing with the Official tournaments like World Championships, Asian Games etc.
But to my surprise, Mr. Sundar didn't give me permission to play in the Gibtelecom Chess festival to be held at Gibraltar from 26th Jan. to 4th Feb., 2010. The reason is that an International tourney will be held at Chennai during those dates. Let me clarify that, it's just an International tournament, not an Official event.
D.V. Sundar (right) receiving a formal letter of recognition as Honorary Secretary of the AICF from FIDE Continental president for Asia Khalifa Mohamad AL-Hitmi in Doha on March 30 2005.
As a player I must have the freedom to choose the tourney I am going to play. Gibtelecom is a prestigious event where I can compete with my peers as a World No. 2 women player. In this event world class players like present and former Women World Chess Champions and many more Super Grandmasters will be participating.
This is not the first time such incident took place.
Permission to participate in two tournaments in Greece
In August this year, I made a request for permission to participate in two tournaments in Greece, for which Mr. Sundar has not responded at all. In fact there is no reason for him to object my participation in those tournaments. That is why he didn't give any reply.
But what am I supposed to do in such circumstances?
I suffered due to his insane behavior and didn't get the usual clearances from PSPB. In spite of that I played the tournaments as I have already agreed with the organizers to participate but failed to perform well due to the severe pressure he created.
During the World Championship at Nalchik, Russia
Another incident took place in September 2008 during the World Championship at Nalchik, Russia. My return flight ticket was booked by AICF in the middle of the event instead of booking it after completion of the event which caused lot of disturbance. My father who accompanied me as a personal trainer by bearing all the expenses personally has to leave me alone in the hotel room before the crucial stage of the tournament (semi-finals) and left to change the dates of return tickets. So, my father had to travel six hours by road to and fro to the Aeroflot Airlines Office and spent there around three hours for that purpose.
Humpy with her father and trainer Koneru Ashok
That means I missed him the whole day during the practice. It has deeply disturbed our routine practice sessions. There is no official manager or coach at that time to look after such things.
Isn't it the responsibility of the Secretary, AICF to see that there will be an official manager to take care of players in the highest titled event in the game of Chess i.e. the Women World Chess Championship?
Besides this, on the same day Mr. Sundar called to my hotel room at Nalchik and put pressure on me to participate in the Olympiad even though I intimated him about my unavailability for that event long back.
Regarding issue of Certificates
After completion of the World Championship I requested AICF to issue the certificate that I won the Bronze medal. In practice AICF issues certificates for such events like World Youth Championships, Asian Games, Asian Indoor Games etc. Mr. Sundar said that he will issue the certificate after confirming with FIDE (World Chess Federation) but didn't turn up. After waiting for a long time, I contacted FIDE and got the certificate directly from them.
Doesn't the Secretary of AICF have the responsibility in such matters?
Warning letter to me
For the first time in my career I went alone (without my father and personal trainer Mr. Koneru Ashok) to play in the Chess Olympiad 2006 at Turin, Italy. I was sick throughout the tournament. My teammate and good friend Swati Ghate took me to the doctor. I was under medication throughout the tourney and inspite of that I played 12 games out of 13.
Can anyone guess the reward that Mr. Sundar has given me for this?
"It's a warning letter from Mr. Sundar that I didn't wear the t-shirts provided by the AICF and that he has forgiven me as it is first time. He warned me that Action will be taken if it repeats again."
Let me explain where in the world these t-shirts came from. Those are given by AICF to wear during the games. But the ones given to me didn't suit me. So, I borrowed two of them from another team mate Mary Ann Gomes. I managed with those two shirts in the tournament (15 days) and may be I missed them in one or two games to get this wonderful letter from Mr. Sundar.
Of course Mr. Sundar is very passionate about issuing such warning letters to players. His recent victim is GM G.N. Gopal.
Growing up into a chess star: photos from the family album
Mr. Sundar's Chess understanding is very poor and he is insisting me to play in all the tournaments he mentions. And if I don't accept that he is creating hurdles. He is trying to keep players under his control. Being a world No. 2 player I will have my preferences in selecting the tournaments keeping my rating and world ranking in view. I don't think that a person who doesn't know the game of Chess and who doesn't know my preparation strategies can blindly insist me about the tournaments I have to play.
Inspite of the ridiculous administration of Mr. Sundar, the AICF is still producing good results because there are some good organizers who know Chess, like Mr. Bharat Singh Chauhan (Delhi), Mr. R.M. Dongre (Mumbai), Mr.Soumen Majumdar (Kolkota), and they are frequently conducting International events.
Mr. Sundar is testing my patience during all these times. Every time I am adjusting myself and letting things pass on without making an issue. But every now and then he is troubling me. Now I am bringing all these things to the notice of everyone because I can not bear this any longer.
If a world level player like me is suffering so much because of Mr. Sundar, what is the position of upcoming players? It's time for everyone to think of it.
Koneru Humpy
Chess Grandmaster
Born on March 31, 1987, in Gudivada, Andhra Pradesh (India), Koneru Humpy has a current FIDE rating of 2595. Her top rating was achieved in July 2009 and reached 2623, making Humpy the second female player in history to cross the 2600 rating mark (she had been rated 2600+ since April 2008). These are the September 2009 world rankings – Humpy had just lost 28 points and for the first time in over a year dipped below the 2600 mark.
Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year
1 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2687 0 1976
2 Koneru, Humpy g IND 2595 25 1987
3 Hou, Yifan g CHN 2585 9 1994
From 2002 through 2008, Humpy held the record as the youngest woman ever to become a grandmaster (not merely a Woman Grandmaster), which she achieved at the age of 15 years, 1 month, 27 days, beating Judit Polgar's previous mark by three months. However, this has since been surpassed by Hou Yifan. In 2001 she won the World Junior Girls Chess Championship. In 2006 she participated in the Women's World Chess Championship, but was eliminated in the second round. In the Women's World Chess Championship 2008 she made it to the semi-finals, but was beaten by Hou Yifan.
Humpy was originally named Hampi, (after the ancient city) by her parents, but her father later changed it to Humpy, a more Russian-sounding name. She writes her family name (Koneru) before her given name, as is the convention with Telugu speaking people.
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12/29/2019 – Magnus Carlsen is now not just the Classical World Champion, but also the Rapid World Champion! He played sublime chess, gaining 14 Elo points, reaching 2900 on the Elo scale to win the title one point ahead of his nearest rivals. Silver medal was won unexpectedly by Alireza Firouzja who scored 4½/5 on the last day. Nakamura settled for the bronze. In the women's section we witnessed a blitz playoff to determine the winner. It was finally Humpy Koneru who won the gold. Silver went to Chinese Lei Tingjie and bronze to Ekaterina Atalik. A detailed report and interviews with the World Champion.
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The Special Service Award is presented to individuals who have notable association or affiliate activity and significant professional accomplishments, including private interests, family interests, acts of heroism, charitable acts, or social accomplishments.
2008 John M. Mezera For his nearly 32 years of service to the City of Joliet and the numerous development projects that were accomplished for the community.
2008 William T. Lichter For his nearly 23 years of service to the Village of Lombard where he helped to secure the long-term financial health of the community through numerous development projects.
2008 John Novinson For his efforts to promote sustainability through his chairmanship of the Clean Air Counts Committee for the Metropolitan Mayor's Caucus and the ICMA Environmental Mandates Task Force as well as service to the ICMA Sustainability Committee and the Public Works Committee.
2008 Michael Baker For his outstanding service to the association and his leadership as co-chair of the Promote the Profession Committee. He has represented the ILCMA interests through communication with ILCMA members about various issues impacting the profession at ILCMA conferences, IAMMA meetings, and various other events throughout the State.
2009 Peter Burchard For outstanding service to the profession for his mentorship of aspiring young professionals as well as his commitment to quality by working with local government associations and higher education programs to encourage the pursuit of excellence and innovation.
2009 John Novinson For outstanding service to the association as exemplified by his fundraising efforts for the ICMA Fund for the Profession.
2010 David Limardi For outstanding service to the profession for his leadership as ICMA President and compassion for fellow managers and assistants and continuous exuberance and passion for the profession.
2010 John Phillips For outstanding service to the profession for his years of service and support of the local government management profession and his mentorship and support for fellow managers.
2011 Larry Maholland, CPA For serving as the first city administrator for the city of St. Charles where his leadership was instrumental in the development of the City during a time of transition as well as for his service to many organizations within the St. Charles community and the region.
2011 Thomas Borchert For forty years as a public servant in local government, twenty-seven of which he served as the city manager for the city of Elmhurst as well as for his service to many organizations within the community and the Chicago Metro region.
2012 James Hayner For thirty-four year public service career in Gurnee and his many contributions to organizations within the community and the region.
2012 Jennifer Maltas For her fundraising efforts for the American Cancer Society and Relay for Life team, Courtney's Crusadaers. Through her efforts her team has rasied over $120,000 over the past nine years.
2013 William Ganek For outstanding service to the community of Algonquin fand or over thirty-five years of public service.
2013 Anne Marie Gaura For outstanding service to the profession for creating the Women's Legacy Project.
2013 Heidi Voorhees For outstanding service to the profession for her support of members for career development.
2013 Blaine Wing For outstanding service to the association for his work to assist ILCMA in providing professional development through video technology to ILCMA members.
2014 William Dixon For outstanding service to the association through his work on the professional conduct committee and service on ILCMA board.
2014 Tim Gleason For outstanding service to the community of Washington, IL after the devastating tornadoes of November 2013.
2014 Marian Gibson For outstanding service to the profession through her leadership in the Will County Managers and Administrators Association and the Will County Municipal League.
2015 Katy Rush For tireless work to support her community beyond duties as Village Administrator, most notably her efforts to Woodridge Rotary Club where she has been instrumental in the Recycling Extravaganza for the Village and her work with the Rotary Club Mini Triathlon.
2015 Randy Bukas For creating an ad hoc group of professional local government administrators/managers in the south central portion of the state of Illinois and coordinating meetings of the group.
2016 Don Rose For his outstanding service and leadership to the local government management profession as indicated by his service to the city of Wheaton for 42 years.
2016 David Nord For his outstanding service and le3adership to the local government management profession as indicated by introducing professional local government management to the city of Dixon.
2016 Mark Rooney For his outstanding service and leadership to the local government management profession as shown through his support of members in transition.
2016 Anne Marrin For her outstanding service and leadership to the community of Fox Lake and her display of integrity in the face of adversity.
2016 Matt Fritz For his outstanding service and leadership to the community of Coal City and Grundy County during a time of crisis.
2016 Roger Barrowman For his outstanding service and leadership to the Coal City community after the tornado devastation.
2018 Brian Murphy For his outstanding service to the community for the creation of The Big Serve weekend and the Plainfield Legacy Fund.
2018 Mike Baker For his outstanding service to the association over the past ten years.


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The Expanding Access to Graduate Education Act (H.R. 3334) was introduced on June 19, 2019 by Representatives Ann McLane Kuster (D-NH), Fred Upton (R-MI), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Tim Burchett (R-TN), and Harley Rouda (D-CA). Below is a tool kit to assist CGS members in their advocacy efforts on behalf of this proposal. If you have any questions, please contact CGS's Vice President of Public Policy and Government Affairs, Lauren Inouye, at Linouye@cgs.nche.edu.
Bill Text of H.R. 3334: Expanding Access to Graduate Education Act (H.R. 3334)
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CGS Letter in Support of the Bill
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Rep. Ann Kuster (D-NH) Press Release
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"The Ray" is a living and breathing monument devoted to one of the greatest coaches in all of South Carolina's sports history. It's walls bellow with history of Sarge Frye, Omaha, beta fish, and "rally caps". It's blood and heart fills the seats every spring. It's lungs cheer the team that inspired an entire city, state, parts of the country and world. Ray Tanner, in every form of the word, is a living and breathing legend. Upon arrival in 1997, the 3 time National Coach of The Year led the Gamecocks to a 33-24 record. In 1998, Tanner led them to an NCAA Tourney birth. The Gamecocks would make the College World Series in 2002, 2003, and 2004. However, they couldn't reach the ultimate pinnacle of a National Championship. They came close in 2002 losing to Texas in the Championship Game (single game series back then). The Gamecocks appeared every year in the NCAA Tournament since 2000, embellishing the longest streak of NCAA tournament appearances of any school in the Southeastern Conference. Then arose a magical year...2010. The Gamecocks almost looked beaten in the series against Oklahoma without some of JBJ and Brady Thomas's late game heroics. They would then go on to play their arch nemesis. Almost as if poetry was being written, the Gamecocks demoralized Clemson to advance to the Championship series against UCLA. Michael Roth completely stonewalled Clemson's bats in the first game with the tigers. The Gamecocks crushed UCLA in game 1 to take a 1 game lead in the series. Needing only one more win and both teams knowing this, the 2nd game was very grinding and trying until that one swing and ding of the bat by Whit Merrifield. From that moment on, Ray Tanner's legacy and Carolina's history was forever changed. Ray would take the Gamecocks back to the College World Series and end in beating the Gators in the Championship Series to take back to back Championships. Tanner would take the team back for a 3rd year to face Arizona in which they would ultimately lose. Even with the loss, history had been made, spirits had been lifted, and most importantly national media minds had been changed about the athletics at Carolina. The site inside the Colonial Center when the team came back from Omaha after the 1st National Championship was so overwhelming, I actually wept. Ray Tanner changed the culture of Gamecock athletics. Wouldn't you know, with the baseball team excelling, the women's basketball team began excelling, the football team began excelling. Not that Spurrier or Staley ever needed any help, the motivation and ability to compare and contrast was helpful. As if Ray hadn't done enough, he was hired as the Athletic Director to imprint his vision of winning over the entire athletic program. Don't ever misunderstand me, Steve Spurrier and Dawn Staley are remarkable Hall of Fame coaches in their own right. We also surely can't forget about Frank Martin. I believe ultimately Steve Spurrier will lead South Carolina to that SEC Championship we've so badly been wanting....and maybe more. I truly can't wait to see Dawn Staley's team improve over the next couple of years, and I think Frank Martin will end up building a solid and tournament competing basketball team. However, Ray Tanner gave Gamecock Nation something it had never tasted but thirsted for since, well forever...championship"S". If you sit back and look at the landscape of Carolina Athletics over the past 3 or 4 years, you can't help but think it all began to change with the "cardiac cocks" and coaching of one man...Ray.
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Hanieh Khalili, Steve Brocchini, Peng Khaw; Bivalent ranibizumab is more active in vitro than bevacizumab. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2013;54(15):3279.
Ranibizumab is a monovalent Fab therapeutic. Its complimentary binding region (CDR) has a higher apparent affinity for VEGF than does the CDR in bevacizumab which, as a full IgG, is bivalent. We have developed a practical method to make Fab-PEG-Fab conjugates that mimic IgG molecules. Conjugation of the Fab to PEG occurs essentially in the same place where the Fab is linked within a native IgG. We hypothesised that two ranibizumab (Fabrani) molecules could be conjugated to give Fabrani-PEG-Fabrani which would achieve equivalent or better binding than bevacizumab.
Ranibizumab was conjugated with a thiol-specific bis-alkylation PEG to give Fab-PEG-Fab. Fabbeva was obtained from papain digestion of bevacizumab. Purification gave pure Fab-PEG-Fab (silver stain). SPR binding analyses and in vitro angiogenesis assay were performed on Fabrani-PEG20-Fabrani (N=5), Fabrani (N=4) and bevacizumab (N=5).
Fabrani-PEG20-Fabrani (Figure 1, A, lane 2) was obtained from Fabrani (lane 1). Fabbeva-PEG20-Fabbeva was prepared for comparison. SPR analysis indicates that Fabrani-PEG20-Fabrani conjugates bind to VEGF. The dissociation rate constant (kd) of Fabbeva-PEG20-Fabbeva was slower than bevacizumab and Fabbeva (Figure 1, B). Fabrani-PEG-Fabrani inhibited angiogenesis in vitro to a greater extent than bevacizumab as determined by the reduction in tubule formation in a concentration-dependent manner. The average number of junctions made in the wells treated with Fabrani-PEG20-Fabrani was 6, where wells treated with VEGF only (positive control), bevacizumab and Fabrani resulted in an average 830, 382 and 233 number of junctions respectively. The average number of junctions calculated for the wells treated with medium (negative control) was only 11.
Fabrani-PEG20-Fabrani inhibited angiogenesis in vitro better than bevacizumab and ranibizumab. This work has the potential to optimise new protein-based therapeutics, particularly antibodies.
Figure 1. A; SDS-PAGE gels of the disulfide bridging PEGylation of the Fab; Novex Bis-Tris 4-12% gel stained with colloidal blue for protein (lanes M-2) and silver staining (lane 3) to detect impurity. M: Standard protein markers. Lane 1: purified Fab. Lanes 2: 3: purified Fabrani-PEG20-Fabrani. B; The dissociation rate profiles for Fabbeva, Fabbeva-PEG20-Fabbeva and bevacizumab using CM3 chip with 53 RU VEGF at 25 0C.