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A Burst Sewage Pipe Causes a Legal Mess; Castleton Corner Owners Association, Inc. v. Conroad Associates, L.P.
This is a commercial case that arises from an unfortunate situation—a malfunctioning sewer lift station that flooded a retail shop in Castleton. The issues on appeal deal with expert opinions and the proper amount of damages, which can inform just about any case.
Conroad owned a building in Castleton that it leased to Pier 1. Pier 1's lease was set to expire in 2016, but Pier 1 had the option to extend the lease for two 5-year terms. A sewer lift station maintained by the Association failed in 2015, flooding the store with sewage. Pier 1 terminated its lease as a result. Conroad was eventually able to re-lease the building, but at a lower base rent.
Conroad sued the Association for failing to properly maintain the sewer lift station, and the matter proceeded to trial. At trial, an appraiser testified about the value of Conroad's building. Conroad had the appraiser's report admitted into evidence over the Association's objection. Conroad's general partner also testified that he believed that Pier 1 would have exercised its options to extend the lease but for the sewage situation.
After a bench trial, the trial court found for the Association on Conroad's claims for negligence and breach of fiduciary duty. But the trial court found for Conroad on its breach of contract claim. It awarded damages for lost rent, lost property taxes, and other expenses, but the court did not award lost rent associated with the optional extensions, finding that Conroad did not prove that Pier 1 would have extended its lease. Both parties appealed. The Association argued that the trial court erred when finding that it breached its contract with Conroad. The contract provided, in pertinent part, as follows:
"Maintenance Costs" shall mean all of the costs necessary to maintain the Roads, drainage ditches, sewers, utility strips and other facilities within Castle Corner to which the term as used in the relevant sections herein applies, and to keep such facilities operational and in good condition, including, but not limited to, the cost of all upkeep, maintenance, repair, replacement of all or any part of such facilities, payment of any taxes imposed on either the facilities or on the underlying fee, easements or rights-of-way, and any other expense reasonably necessary or prudent for the continuous operation of such facilities.
Despite the fact that the contract provided for the continuous operation of the facilities, the Association argued that the "reasonably necessary or prudent" language modified this obligation. The Court disagreed, holding that this language expanded the definition of "maintenance costs," rather than limiting the promise to keep the facilities continuously in operation.
The omnibus clause is introduced by the conjunction "and," which means "also," "in addition to," "as well as." And the words "any other" signal that the omnibus clause covers matters not previously mentioned in the paragraph. Together, these words—"and" and "any other"—clearly mean that that omnibus clause supplements the other provisions. ... Here, the specific provision requiring the Association to pay "all of the costs necessary" controls over the general omnibus clause providing, in addition, that the Association pay for "any other expense reasonably necessary or prudent."
The language of this agreement meant that the Association, and not its members, was "chargeable with ... the risk of a lift station failure," and must pay the damages associated with that failure.
The Association argued that it was "inconsistent" to find for it on Conroad's negligence claim, but against it on the breach of contract claim. But the Court found that this argument "conflates the elements of a negligence claim with those of a breach of contract claim." As these are different claims with different elements, these differing judgments were not inconsistent.
To prevail on its negligence claim, Conroad was required to show that the Association owed it a duty, that the Association had breached that duty by allowing its conduct to fall below the applicable standard of care, and that Conroad had been harmed by the Association's breach of duty. On the other hand, to prove a breach of contract, Conroad was only required to show that a contract existed and that the Association breached it. In other words, while acting reasonably and pursuant to a particular standard of care can defeat a negligence claim, Conroad was not required to show that the Association had acted unreasonably in order to prevail on its breach of contract claim.
The Court next addressed the admission of the expert report. The Association argued that it was hearsay and inadmissible. The Court overruled the objection, stating the following:
Indiana Evidence Rule 703 provides that an expert "may testify to opinions based on inadmissible evidence, provided that it is of the type reasonably relied upon by experts in the field." Further, this Court has held that an expert may utilize hearsay information in forming his opinion. Here, while Lady did not testify to every opinion contained within his 263-page report, he testified that he prepared the report and that his report contained his opinions, at which time the report was admitted into evidence. As such, the report became Lady's testimony. ... Indeed, the Association does not even acknowledge Indiana Evidence Rule 703 or otherwise explain why Lady's report was inadmissible under that rule. Accordingly, we hold that the Association has not met its burden on appeal to demonstrate that Lady's report was inadmissible or that the court abused its discretion when it admitted the report.
Finally, the Court dealt with the damages issue Conroad raised in its cross-appeal—whether it was entitled to lost rent for the time during Pier 1's optional lease extensions. Conroad insisted that the only evidence in the record on this issue supported its argument—its general partner's statement that it was "reasonably foreseeable" that Pier 1 would exercise that option because its rents were at or below market value. But Conroad introduced "no evidence that Pier 1 had taken any steps or otherwise indicated to Conroad that it intended to exercise the options to extend the lease." The Court found Conroad's evidence was speculative and based on "mere conjecture," and could not support an award of these damages.
1. A negligence claim requires proof that a defendant acted unreasonably; a breach of contract claim does not.
2. Expert reports may be admissible over a hearsay objection.
3. Lost rent based on optional lease extensions will not be recoverable without evidence that the tenant is likely to exercise the extensions.
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The bidding process of UEFA Euro 2016 ended on 28 May 2010 when France was announced to be the host. Four bids came before the deadline, 9 March 2009, which were France, Italy and Turkey as single bids and Norway and Sweden as a joint bid. Norway and Sweden eventually withdrew their bid in December 2009.

Hosting requirements
Joint bids of two member associations were permitted, and under exceptional circumstances, joint bids of three member associations also could be considered. The bidding process officially started on 11 December 2008.

UEFA examined the bid regulations on 11 December 2008. For the 2016 edition, nine stadia were required, with another three as optional contingency.

The temporary suggestion of minimum stadia-requirements was:
 2 stadia with 50,000 seats
 3 stadia with 40,000 seats
 4 stadia with 30,000 seats

These requirements were confirmed by UEFA in a letter to the applicants sent on 1 July 2009. The stadia had to be ready by 30 June 2014.

There were also 19 other sectors with requirements, and over 200 questions for documentation of the appliers statements.

Schedule

Bids
Three European national associations signalled to UEFA their interest in staging UEFA Euro 2016:

France

The President of the French Football Federation (FFF), Jean-Pierre Escalettes, declared France's intention to bid on 18 April 2007. Frédéric Thiriez commented that they would be a favourable candidate, owing to the quality of the infrastructure already in place. On 11 December 2007 the French sports minister, Bernard Laporte, said the bid would have the full support of the government and it would be submitted at the end of 2008 or early 2009.

The FFF officially confirmed the French bid on 13 February 2009.

List of host cities/stadia proposed for 2016 bid (Three will later be nominated as back-ups):

 Stadia planned for renovating:
Saint-Denis: Stade de France, current capacity 81,338 (UEFA Elite Stadium)
Marseille: Stade Vélodrome, current capacity 60,013 (Increase of the capacity to 70,000)
Lens: Stade Félix-Bollaert, current capacity 41,809 (Increase of the capacity to 50,000)
 Paris: Parc des Princes, current capacity 48,713
Saint-Étienne: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, current capacity 35,616  (Increase of the capacity to 42,000)
Toulouse: Stadium Municipal, current capacity 35,472 (Increase of the capacity to 40,000)
Strasbourg: Stade de la Meinau, current capacity 29,320  (Increase of the capacity to 36,000)
Nancy: Stade Marcel Picot, current capacity 20,087  (Increase of the capacity to 35,000)
 New Stadiums:
Lyon: OL Land, capacity 62,500
Villeneuve d'Ascq (Lille): Grand Stade Lille Métropole, capacity 50,000
Bordeaux: New stadium to replace Stade Chaban-Delmas, capacity 42,000
Nice: New stadium to replace Stade du Ray, capacity 35,000

Website for the bid:

Italy

After months of speculation in the Italian media, the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) decided to launch an official bid on 2 March 2009, with the FIGC President Giancarlo Abete saying that his country "cannot pull out of hosting major international events" following a Federal Council meeting in Rome.

An Italian bid to stage the preceding tournament in 2012 was surprisingly beaten by a joint proposal from Poland and Ukraine in the final vote in April 2007. On 11 September 2009, during a UEFA workshop presentation on the subject of stadia and security, the Project Manager of the Italy Candidate for UEFA Euro 2016, Michele Uva, said: "Euro 2016 is a major goal for Italy, to this Federation and to the entire Italian sporting movement. Italy is preparing to draw up an application that can display and enhance the country's system. This process will involve all the excellence in Italy. We know we have the backing of all the political forces, the 42 million Italians who love football, the public authorities, football clubs and the business world."

UEFA said they would require a minimum of nine stadia for the expanded 24-team and 51-match tournament in 2016 and the Italian bid confirmed on 20 September 2009 that it will propose in its bid dossier all twelve host cities it included in the 2012 bid.

"Euro 2016 represents an historic opportunity to transform the quality, security and ambience of Italian stadia," Abete said in a statement after the Italian bid unveiled its official logo for the candidacy on the same national team into a ball with the geographic shape of Italy stamped in the centre.

List of host cities/stadia proposed for 2016 bid (Three were to be later be nominated as back-ups):
Bari – Stadio San Nicola: Current capacity 58,248. (Planned for renovations)
Cagliari – Stadio Sant'Elia: Current capacity 23,486. (New stadium has been proposed by Cagliari Calcio)
Cesena – Stadio Dino Manuzzi: Current capacity 23,860. (Planned for renovations)
Florence – Stadio Artemio Franchi: Current capacity 47,282. (New stadium has been proposed by ACF Fiorentina)
Milan – Stadio Giuseppe Meazza: Current capacity 80,074.
Naples – Stadio San Paolo: Current capacity 60,240. (Planned for renovations)
Palermo – Stadio Renzo Barbera: Current capacity 37,619. (New stadium has been proposed by U.S. Città di Palermo)
Parma – Stadio Ennio Tardini: Current capacity 28,700. (Planned for renovations)
 Rome – Stadio Olimpico: Current capacity 72,700.
Turin – Juventus Arena: Planned capacity of 41,000. (Under construction)
Udine – Stadio Friuli: Current capacity 41,652. (Planned for renovations)
Verona – Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi: Current capacity 39,211. (Planned for renovations)

Turkey
Following its unsuccessful bids for Euro 2008 (a joint bid with Greece) and 2012, Turkey's renewed intentions for hosting Euro 2016 were first declared by late Turkish Football Federation (TFF) president Hasan Doğan after Euro 2008. He also mentioned that there were "positive talks" between him and Michel Platini about this issue.

On 7 February 2009, the TFF gave UEFA their official candidature brief to host UEFA Euro 2016. Amongst the bidders, Turkey remained the only country that had not hosted any European Championship or the World Cup.

On 23 December 2009, Turkish Minister of Sport Faruk Nafız Özak announced Turkey's official candidature logo and the eight host cities (Ankara, Antalya, Bursa, Eskişehir, İstanbul, İzmir, Kayseri and Konya) and three backup cities (Adana, Şanlıurfa and Trabzon) for the country's bid. Turkey plan to host the tournament with nine stadia in eight cities with Istanbul hosting two stadia.

Turkey says it won't host any other games if they don't get the 2016 Euro.

Stadia

Turkey's proposed cities and stadia for Euro 2016 were as follows:

Main Stadia:
Ankara – New Ankara Stadium, to be constructed, capacity 43,303
Antalya – New Antalya Stadium, to be constructed, capacity 44,331
Bursa – New Bursa Stadium, to be constructed, capacity 33,000
Eskişehir – New Eskişehir Stadium, to be constructed, capacity 37,072
İstanbul
Atatürk Olympic Stadium (speculated for Final Venue), will go under renovation for being fully covered, capacity 76,092 (UEFA Elite Stadium). (Increase of the capacity to net 81,106 and gros 94,555)
Türk Telekom Arena, capacity 52,647.
İzmir – New İzmir Stadium, to be constructed, capacity speculated around 41,540
Kayseri – Kadir Has Stadium, ready, capacity 33,296
Konya – New Konya Stadium, to be constructed, capacity 37,000
Backup Stadia:
Adana – New Adana Stadium, to be constructed, capacity undeclared 30.000
Trabzon – New Trabzon Stadium, to be constructed, capacity undeclared, speculated around 40,000
Şanlıurfa – Şanlıurfa GAP Stadium, ready, capacity 30,000

Turkey's bid planned for seven new stadia, while five existing stadia would be improved. The TFF expected costs of 1.65 billion euros for new investments and improvements for the stadia, infrastructure (transportation and accommodation) and tourism.

The exact details about the stadia bids and projects were revealed to the general public on 15 February 2010 when the ban over the country promotions were lifted by UEFA.

Voting results

Decided not to bid

Norway–Sweden
Norway and Sweden had announced their intention to co-host the championship. The bid was confirmed by the Football Association of Norway and the Swedish Football Association at a press conference in Oslo on 26 February 2009. However, it was eventually withdrawn in December 2009, due to lack of political support in both countries. Sweden, the 1992 hosts, and Norway had previously been part of an unprecedented "Nordic bid" for Euro 2008. This was along with Finland and Denmark.

Scotland–Wales
In December 2006, the Football Association of Wales announced it was tentatively considering the possibility of jointly hosting the tournament, with the Scottish Football Association. Scotland, along with the Republic of Ireland, bid for Euro 2008 and there was much discussion over whether the nation should consider a solo bid for Euro 2016. The entrance into government of the Scottish National Party (SNP) boosted the hopes of such an outcome.

Comments by Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond suggested that a Scotland–Wales bid may be considered, but a solo Scotland bid would be preferential if logistically possible. In June 2008, both Salmond and Welsh First Minister Rhodri Morgan became supportive of a joint Scotland–Wales bid, particularly when the increase in size of the tournament was announced. The two countries announced on 1 March 2009, however, that they had cancelled their plans owing to the economic downturn.

Republic of Ireland
In December 2002, after a failed bid with Scotland for Euro 2008, the Football Association of Ireland were unable to bid. This was because they did not have sufficient stadia to mount a solo bid, and no joint bid partner was forthcoming.

Russia
Speculation surrounded a potential Russian bid to host Euro 2016; the president of the Russian Football Union, Vitaliy Mutko, had said that "Russia has a good chance to become host of this championship". However, Russia did not bid before the deadline, instead deciding to focus on their bid for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which they later won.

Decision controversy
There was controversy concerning the decision to give the Euro 2016 to France and not to Turkey. After the decision was announced, responding to the question "During Sepp Blatter's term, Euro 2008 was awarded to Switzerland, during your term Euro 2016 is awarded to France, is this the new trend?" Platini said "When there is a Turkish president, then you can host a major tournament".

Guus Hiddink was also highly critical of the decision, stating: "This proves once again that in top-flight football the game is run by politics", and "UEFA gave the Euro 2016 finals to France, who have already had the tournament twice and they also had the World Cup finals in 1998. This does not feel right. I get the feeling that the actual bid was about other things. Otherwise the choice for France as hosting nation, the country of UEFA president Michel Platini, cannot be explained".

Another highly controversial remark came from the French national player Marc Planus:
"We learned that last night (Thursday night). We're really excited, it will boost the French football".
The bidding and the decision process took place on Friday, one day after the French player suggested that "they have already known".

Before the bidding process, Michel Platini introduced the French president Nicolas Sarkozy to every member of the decision committee in person, while he did not do the same for the Turkish president Abdullah Gül. After the decision Platini concluded:

"I think the fact that the president of the Republic was here was important. I think it was good he decided to come. If he hadn't come, Turkey would almost certainly have won".

"I'm happy because France has won, and I'm French — let's not forget it".

References

External links
UEFA.com -  UEFA EURO 2016 - Bid Evaluation Report

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Italy at UEFA Euro 2016
Turkey at UEFA Euro 2016
Bids
UEFA European Championship bids

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Full text Front page patter Have you seen the new dual-controlled car? In case you haven't, we do have it now, and it has signs on the sides and back so people will be sure to stay out of the way! Through the suggestion of Mr. Heniser, the senior Hi-Y presented ten dollars worth of records and albums to John Elliott, '44, who is now at Rockville Sanitorium. Best wishes to the s t u d e n t teacher, Mr. McMullen, upon his recent marriage to Carol Joan Simmons. The Senior (lass of 1948 will present as its gift to the school a landscaping project to beautify the campus. Certain students in the Government classes took the United Nations Contest last Friday, so by now they should be completely recovered from the shock. All the attractive displays in the showcase across from the library can be attributed to the fine work of the Library Practice Class. Today is the annual girls' gym meet, and we wish to extend to all the participants the best of luck. .Has anyone seen any bugs or bacteria floating around? At almost any time of day, you can see some of the brave biology students wandering through study halls, locker rooms, football field, and the kitchen with their Petri dishes, collecting bacteria for a bacteria culture. It's really surprising to see some of the results. Members of the Howe Tower and Hilltopper staffs, and also of the Journalism Class, will attend a journalism field day at Butler in May. Miss Ellen Kroll and Mr. Wayne Mellott will sponsor the Howe students. A Photography contest is being sponsored by the Photography Club during the week starting April 26. Any student who is not in the club may enter, and prizes will be given to the first four place winners. The entry blanks will be placed in the book store, and completed entries will be returned to the book store. Judges for the contest will be Miss Keller. Mr. Sharp, and Mr. Hammond. April 24, the Alumni will hold a dance at the Hotel Antlers. It will be open to alumni and their dates only. Has everyone been studying hard for six-week exams? Grades come out April 26, you know. (Happy thought for spring, huh?) Farting thought: Only 35 more days 'til school's out! And for Seniors, only 30 more days—honored ones, you know! —THE STAFF. fyotcre&attWb Thomas Carr Howe High School, Indianapolis, Indiana, April 16, 1948. Vol. 10, Xo. 11 Music students to perform in Festival Seniors attend 'Senior Swirl9 Cleaning up after the "Senior Swirl" are general committee members Boh De Noon, Marilyn Dougherty, Earl Scott, Marie Ochs, Alice McClelland, and Jim Thomas. The general committee consists of the chairmen of the individual dance committees. Sponsors appoint next year's staff Joan Hockersmith and Marilyn Cranston have been named Editors- in-chief of the 1948-49 Howe Tower and Hilltopper, respectively. The associate editor of theTower will be Jennie Konold, while Norma Stultz will serve as associate editor of the Hilltopper. The rest of the staff of the Tower as announced by Mr. Wayne Mellott, sponsor, is as follows: Editor of page 1, Barbara Davis; Editor of page 2, Jackie Abraham; Editor of page 3, Ann Fennell; Editor of page 4, Dean Morrow; Editorial Staff. J. William Welc-h. Judith Charnley; Feature Co - editors, Charlotte Walton, Barbara Fletcher; Feature staff. Mary Stultz, Janice Sampson, Rita Miller, Carolyn Schuster, Chariot Thome; Copy editors, Barbara Lamb, Joan Sutherland; Exchange editors, Judy Pierce, Barbara Miller; Buzzes, Bob Fields; Alumni. Mary Torrence ; Name checker. Janet Hook; Sports reporters. Don Franz, Dan Meininger, Kent Pierce; Girls' Sports reporter, Mary Jo Reed; Business manager, Jane Kirkhoff; Circulation manager, Barbara Hall: reporters, Virginia Bruce. Nancy (Continued on page 3) The "Senior Swirl," the annual spring party, was held yesterday in the gym, from 3:15 until 5:00. Jim Thomas, and Tom Endsley, co-masters of cere m o n y, sang , which was the Mystery Tune, feature of the afternoon's program. Also highlighting the party were some other special features. Committees and chairmen, as announced by Bill Mayer, class president, are as follows: Program— Jim Thomas, chairman; Irma Jean Wheeling, Virginia Eubank, Martha Schumaker, and Bill Harvey; Dance—Earl Scott, chairman; Judy Miller, Carl Spiess, Dora Pierson: Favors—Bob DeNoon, chairman; Jackie Allen, Carol Schneider; Refreshments — Marilyn Dougherty, chairman; Roy Minatel, Virginia Meadows. Hubert Powell. Bob Pickel; Publicity — Alice McClelland, chairman; Carole Davis; Posters—Marie Ochs, chairman: Marie Keller. Tim Hunter, and Mary Ambuhl. Music was provided by phonograph records; refreshments were cokes and pretzels. Mr. E. 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Band to present assembly soon By popular request the Howe Band will present a medley of three hit parade tunes, which will be arranged and directed by Don Mills. The rest of the program will include, "Hit Parade Medley," "The Man I Love," featuring a solo by Irma Jean Wheeling. "Concert Overture," by Olivadate. "Atlantic Zephyrs" with a solo by Kent Pierce, "The Too Fat Polka," with everybody joining in' "Three Blind Mice at a Floor Show." "Danny Boy." featuring a solo by Phil Ed- ington. and "Selections From Show Boat." Our band is composed of fifty-five pieces. Latin students enter Latin week poster contest A poster contest will be offered to all Latin students in regard to Latin Week, which will take place during the week of April IS to 25. This is an annual event not only at Howe but at all schools in the Middle West and the South.


In recent years we have witnessed an explosion in the amount of the internet connected devices and their applications (e.g. web applications, peer-to-peer systems, cloud-based applications). The majority of these applications are driven by external events. For example, in the case of a web application these events constitute http requests sent between client and server. Traditional software engineering approaches to deal with events, such as the observer pattern and callbacks, are known to have a number of deficiencies when it comes to code readability and maintainability. Moreover, they obfuscate the control flow of the program, a problem known as the callback hell.
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Fritz Joseph Pinedo (Haarlem, 12 juni 1884 - São Paulo, 1976), zoon van Egbertus Pinedo, directeur der Haarlemsche melkinrichting en Maria Salomonson, was een Nederlandse architect die vooral in voormalig Nederlands-Indië werkzaam was. In 1911 is hij geslaagd voor het examen van architect bij Waterstaat en 's Lands Burgerlijke Openbare Werken te Semarang. Hij was directeur / eigenaar van fa. Pinédo en Job jr. en hield kantoor te Surabaja. Hij combineerde de traditionele Javaanse Joglo- en Nederlandse bouwstijl. Pinedo is van 1936 tot 1939 woonachtig en werkzaam geweest in Japan en emigreerde in 1954 naar Rio de Janeiro, Brazilië, waarna hij in 1968 na familiebezoek in Veldhoven, Nederland terugkeerde naar Indonesië. Na het voltooien van hotel Kartika Chandra in Jakarta in 1970, vertrok Pinedo voor enkele projecten naar Brazilië, waar hij in 1976 overleed.

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By STEPHEN HAWKINSNovember 24, 2017
TCU wide receiver Jarrison Stewart (14) catches a pass for a touchdown during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Baylor, Friday, Nov. 24, 2017, in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/Brandon Wade)
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — No. 10 TCU will get another shot against No. 3 Oklahoma. This one will be closer to home with a chance to win a Big 12 trophy — and maybe even make a case for more.
"I relish the chance to win a championship," Horned Frogs coach Gary Patterson said.
Kenny Hill threw three touchdowns and ran 3 yards for another score as the Horned Frogs clinched a spot in the Big 12 championship game in nearby Arlington, with a 45-22 win over Baylor on Friday.
The Horned Frogs (10-2, 7-2 Big 12, CFP No. 12) will play No. 3 Oklahoma for the Big 12 title on Dec. 2. That will come three weeks after TCU's 38-20 loss to the Sooners.
"That's really what it is, win a Big 12 championship," linebacker Ty Summers said.
With No. 2 Miami suffering its first loss Friday, and still games Saturday before the conference championship games next weekend, there's even the chance TCU could get back in the conversation for a playoff spot.
"There's a lot of football to be played this next week. There's a lot of good-on-good going on. It'll be interesting to see how that works," Patterson said. "Remember, I went from third to sixth after 55-3. So I can promise you there can be a lot of movement. ... Hint, hint."
Back in 2014, the first year of the four-team College Football Playoff when the Big 12 didn't have a title game, TCU was third before finishing the regular season with a 55-3 win over Iowa State. The Horned Frogs dropped to sixth in the final CFP rankings the next day.
"Maybe we'll go from eight to three if we can win,'" Patterson said.
Baylor (1-11, 1-8) led 9-0 less than 2 minutes into the game, including a safety when Hill was sacked and fumbled in the end zone. But TCU was ahead for good after Hill's 7-yard TD pass to Jarrison Stewart made it 14-9 at the end of the first quarter.
"A disappointing end to a disappointing year," Rhule said. "As it has been in many games, we proved for long stretches of the game that we can hang in there with a team of that caliber. And then, a mistake here, a mistake there, a play here, a play there, and the game gets away from us."
Hill completed 26 of 36 passes for 325 yards a week after he didn't even travel to Texas Tech because of an apparent concussion.
"I felt great. Started the game a little slow, not the way we wanted to start it," Hill said. "We did good rallying back."
Baylor: Only four seniors started the finale of what has been a transition season for the Bears in Rhule's first year. Baylor started 11 true freshmen this season, including quarterback Charlie Brewer and RB John Lovett, and half of their starters over the course of the entire season have been freshmen or sophomores. There were 27 players who made their first-ever collegiate starts this season, the third-most in Division I football.
TCU: The Horned Frogs get their much-desired rematch with Oklahoma even though they weren't always sharp against Baylor, though that tends to happen often in rivalry games.
Things got chippy with a bit of a brawl late in the third quarter when Baylor's JaMycal Hasty was being pulled down near the Bears sideline by another defender when defensive tackle Chris Bradley came in and hit him hard from behind. A Baylor lineman then shoved Bradley, and another TCU defender got involved.
After a lot of shoving and a few punches thrown, and Patterson among those trying to keep his players from running all the way across the field into the fray, officials announced that every player on both teams had been assessed an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty.
SACK MAN
Defensive end Mat Boesen, a champion wrestler in high school, set a TCU single-game record by recording 5 ½ of the eight sacks by the Horned Frogs.
EARLY FINISH
Brewer was 19-of-29 passing for 301 yards with two touchdowns, including a 54-yard catch-and-run by Blake Lynch only 1:34 into the game. Brewer also had an interception before leaving late with a separated shoulder.
SIGNING ON FOR MORE
TCU announced after the game Patterson had signed a contract extension through the 2023 season. Patterson is 159-56 in 17 seasons with the Horned Frogs.
Baylor: With the season over, Rhule and his staff immediately went on the road recruiting and were watching prep football playoff games Friday night. The 2018 season opener is Sept. 1 against Abilene Christian.
TCU: The Frogs will be about 20 miles from their campus for the Big 12 championship game at the Dallas Cowboys' home stadium, where TCU has gone 2-1 in regular-season games.
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A: If you are querying an item and then modifying it and saving it again it will update the current item in the data base. If you are querying an item and creating a new Item with the information of the old item it will create a second item on the database.

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IMPALA Launches New Changemaker Award to Promote Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion With Power Up as First Recipient
BRUSSELS (CelebrityAccess) – IMPALA has launched a new award, known as the Changemaker Award. Part of IMPALA's diversity and inclusion initiative, the award aims to put the spotlight on projects that promote change within the independent sector and inspire others to do the same. It is being launched in May as part of European Diversity Month.
The first recipient of this new award is the POWER UP initiative, which supports Black music creators, industry professionals, and executives, as well as addressing racism and racial disparities in the music sector. POWER UP was launched in January 2021, co-founded by PRS Foundation and Ben Wynter, and managed in partnership with YouTube Music, Beggars Group, Spotify, and the Black Music Coalition.
The award will be given annually, with IMPALA members nominating projects, and IMPALA's equality, diversity, and inclusion (ED&I) task force voting the winner. IMPALA also launched a new dedicated webpage to highlight other initiatives that promote ED&I in the music sector.
Ben Wynter, Co-Founder of POWER UP, Founder of Unstoppable Music, and AIM Entrepreneur and Outreach Manager commented: "Thank you to the IMPALA Taskforce for honoring POWER UP as the first recipients of this award. I'd like to thank members of our steering group, focus groups, participants, partners and Senior POWER UP Manager Yaw Owusu, as well as Charisse at Black Lives in Music, Paulette Long, and Danny D for giving me the strength, wisdom, and support to carry on when at times the burden felt too much to bear. I would also like to shine a light on and encourage all of the other organisations and initiatives working to create a fairer and more diverse industry for all across Europe. Their work does not go unnoticed and inspires us all at POWER UP.
Helen Smith, IMPALA's Executive Chair commented: "We're delighted to see POWER UP as first recipient of IMPALA's Changemaker Award. Our new award scheme is the perfect opportunity to highlight the great work they're doing. We hope this will help our members to get inspired and take action locally. We encourage the music sector in each country to have their own POWER UP scheme."
Ben Wynter concluded: "POWER UP was created to move the needle on anti-Black behaviour within the music industry and to facilitate better dialogue for those companies who posted black squares, wanted to do better but didn't know how to, whilst breaking down the unspoken barriers that often exist between their organisations and the Black music community.
Despite pushback from some in the industry, the first year proved to be an overwhelming success and we're proud to bring together partners to bring about much needed change. We want to see more people actively engaging and collaborating with us so POWER UP can light their path as they take steps in the right direction towards authentic engagement and understanding of the Black music community and anti-Black racism. The data coming out of POWER UP justify what we already knew that a glass ceiling DOES exist and that equipping underrepresented talent with the tools to dismantle that ceiling works.
Awards such as these are always bittersweet, as we would all like to work in an industry where an award like this isn't needed. The journey has been mentally, emotionally and physically exhausting and this award is a much-needed shot in the arm to encourage all associated with POWER UP to keep going, and to keep the conversation around actively combatting anti-Black racism going."
IMPALA was established in 2000 and now represents nearly 6000 independent music companies. IMPALA's mission is to grow the independent music sector sustainably, return more value to artists, promote diversity and entrepreneurship, improve political access, inspire change, and increase access to finance.
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The month of July zipped right by. I was traveling for half of it, and keeping up with the World Wide Web is always more of a challenge on the road.
My trip to London was amazing. The week I spent at The School of Historical Dress was so special and I learned sooo much. You folks in the London area are so extremely lucky!! Working with Luca and Claire was incredibly inspiring, and learning from Jenny and the school's collection just blew my mind. To commemorate, I finally got Seventeenth Century Women's Dress Patterns 1. I will go back some day, for sure.
The research I did at the British Library and the Victoria and Albert Museum also rocked my world. Who'd have ever thought that I would hold in my bare hands a 16th century book filled with hand-waterpainted embroidery designs?? It has become clear to me from this trip that the artifacts are as important to me as the information they contain. I was emotionally moved by the experience of handling them, and found myself treating them with reverence. An important insight as I pursue grad school options.
And I also enjoyed a wonderful Georgian picnic at Chiswick House in London! I met friends new and old, many whom I'm sure I will see again. I wore my blue silk taffeta francais gown that I've been working on retrimming.
When I got home I just had to shake things up (a reflection of my internal experience on my trip?), with the result being a dramatically reorganized studio, so I'll be back to my needlework tomorrow! I feel like I now have the confidence to take on a few of the projects that I've had in mind, but been reluctant to start.
My paper at the Medieval and Renaissance Forum was very well received! What a relief! I got great feedback and lots of encouragement to keep going with my research as well as pursuing higher academic degrees. Grad school here I come! I was also invited to share my paper at another conference in October! What a great start to my career as a scholar. In future updates to my website I plan to include a link to some of my written work.
In preparation for my big trip to London, I've had a couple of things on my mind. One is that I want to start preparing to raise my skill level as an embroiderer. I signed up for an online embroidery course with Mastered which looks like it will help me with breaking through some of my creative inhibitions. I also want to have a smashing good website before I go. Last week I participated in a webinar on website development with Mastered and Mr. X and was selected for one of the three case-studies. I got great feedback there too and you can see I took action on some of the suggestions by the changes I've made since the last time you were here. I have more in-store!
More good news! I have the opportunity to attend a week-long course at The School of Historical Dress in London, England! I will be working with seventeen other students to reconstruct accessories for an 18th century lady. Yes, there will be embroidery involved, and I can't wait. The School houses Janet Arnold's collection and I am hopeful that it will come into play during the week. If you'd like to learn more about the school and their wonderful teaching staff (including one of my heros, Jenny Tiramani), here's a link to their website. And to help me get to London this summer, please continue to check on my items for sale on Etsy!


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Reports: No early closure for bars, ban on indoor events
Despite the advice given by the GEMS expert group, Belgium's Consultative Committee may have decided not to impose an earlier closing hour on the hospitality industry, according to reports in local media.
The rules for the hospitality industry will reportedly not be changed, with the closing hour said to remain at 11:00 PM and groups of six still allowed to share a table, reports Het Nieuwsblad, citing confirmation from several sources.
Additionally, indoor events with more than 200 people will reportedly be banned but cinemas and theatres could stay open, subject to a capacity limit, according to reports by VRT and Het Laatste Nieuws.
However, it is not yet clear when this measure would take effect and how long it would remain in place.
Brussels is doing better than Flanders but 'solidarity is needed'
Closed schools, social bubbles: everything is on the table at Consultative Committee, says De Croo
Fourth wave 'seems to be reaching peak,' says Van Gucht
An agreement on a possible "cooling-off period" for schools has reportedly not been reached yet and seems to be a divisive issue as the Regional Governments would be strongly opposed to such a temporary closure, according to reports in Flemish media.
However, the Consultative Committee is currently ongoing, and these reports remain unconfirmed until/unless they are announced by Prime Minister Alexander De Croo at a press conference later today.
Update: The press conference to announce the latest decision will start from 2:45 PM.
Flanders' booster vaccine campaign is fastest in Europe


We all know the balance of good bacteria in our gut is important for our overall health, but some of us may not know that they serve a greater purpose in a workout as well.
The topic of gut health is certainly 'so hot right now' and while probiotics have gained huge popularity for long-term benefits such as immune health and treatment for gastrointestinal issues or inflammatory diseases, some of us may not know that they might serve a greater purpose in a workout as well.
You may have heard that probiotics are naturally present in things like yoghurt, fermented dairy shots and other bitter tasting products like kombucha or kimchi, but more recently they've become available in new game-changing formats, such as probiotic water.
The best thing about probiotic water such as PERKii, is that it uses a world-first ProGel technology which essentially is a coating formula to ensure probiotics are encapsulated and protected through gastric transit. PERKii is also low in calorie as it is 85% water, low in sugar and suitable for those requiring gluten-free and lactose-free diets.
In the event of an exercise induced muscle damage (i.e. from weight lifting, plyometric jumps or a long run), an athlete will experience a drop in their performance which can impact their training. However, a recent study demonstrates that probiotics may help reduce muscle inflammation post-exercise.
We may be eating the right foods to be healthy, but our stomach needs to do the hard work of breaking it down. Our body must complete the work of digestion and turn the foods into nutrients that can reach our cells. However, our digestive system often reduces absorption with age which may result in gastrointestinal symptoms (i.e. bloating). Having the right balance of probiotics in your intestinal system have been thought to improve digestion and increase absorption which essentially means that nutrients travel faster through the body hastening recovery and rehab. Plus, probiotic water is a great option for those with digestive issues requiring gluten-free and lactose-free diets.
If you're an endurance athlete or marathon runner you've probably heard of the term 'runners trots'. When we exercise it causes the cells that line the intestinal wall to pull apart a little bit, allowing substances from the gastrointestinal tract to leak into the bloodstream, triggering various problems, including mid-workout bowel distress.
To make sure your "gut-busting workout" takes on a different meaning, it may be wise to pick up that bottle of probiotic water. Research suggests that probiotics can help correct this problem. Probiotics help keep gut cells together, which strengthens the intestinal wall (and keeps you out of the bathroom mid-workout).
Ever gone into a workout feeling slightly dusty and come out the other end with a full-blown flu? It has been thought that athletes undertaking prolonged intense workout may be more susceptible to illness from exercise-induced immunosuppression. As our body is sensitive to physiological stress after an intense workout, a probiotic water such as PERKii that contains the Lactobacillus Casei strain may be just what you need to avoid the dreaded lurgy.
Plus, the evidence is rather strong that probiotics reduce both the duration and severity of colds and the flu. In fact, the world's largest clinical study on the immune effects of probiotics confirmed that the Lactobacillus Casei Lc431 strain in particular reduces the duration of symptoms from the common cold and flu.
Think you already feel good post-workout? Well turns out a probiotic water could keep those good mood vibrations flowing even further! According to a recent study conducted in the Netherlands, probiotics may have a role in improving mood and may be useful in fighting anxiety and depression. While it is still early days to establish the role of probiotics in improving your emotional and mental outlook, it is well known that exercise can improve self-confidence which in turn can help boost in performance. So why not ride that post-workout wave and finish on a high with a bottle of PERKii?


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Thor: Ragnarok is Disney Trying To Get Ahead of Superhero Fatigue
by Rod Nunez on November 07, 2017 Read in
Thor: Ragnarok would be much better if it wasn't a Thor movie. It's not that I don't like Chris Hemsworth or Tom Hiddleston but I just keep thinking how much better the movie would be if it was Chris Hemsworth as some sort of uber strong spaceman, and Tom Hiddleston as a con artist space man. The movie is limited by its source material and ultimately doesn't grow to become what it could very well be. Given the fact that it is a movie featuring a major character in the Marvel universe, I think this is to be expected and I feel like this is going to be indicative of how Disney treats it's important figures in the Marvel Universe going forward.
There's two categories of Marvel movies, the massive straightforward ones made to "advance the universe" and the smaller (but still huge) ones that usually feature lesser known characters and allow directors to have more freedom and get weird with it. The first category started with Iron Man 2 and consists of what's considered the tentpoles of the universe. The second category started with Iron Man but then disappeared until 2014 when Guardians of the Galaxy came out. This second category is where the good and most compelling movies of the Marvel Universe exist. Because the characters in this category aren't as important to the overall advancement of the universe or even well known to the general public, there's a lot more freedom in these movies, there's a lot more of the director or script in these movies. On the tentpole franchises Marvel, I feel, has much more control and say over what happens or doesn't happen and because of this the director doesn't have much of a voice. Think for example of Iron Man 3. Shane Black directed Iron Man 3 and while it's a perfectly good movie I don't think ANYONE can compare this movie to Kiss Kiss Bang Bang or The Nice Guys and think they're from the same guy. Directors of the big Marvel movies tend to get swallowed up by the Disney money churning process and the movie loses any and all "flavor" from that director.
Thor is very important to Disney. It was the first post Iron Man Marvel movie. There was a Thor movie before there was a Captain America one! Thor movies introduced the world to the infinity stones and Loki continues to be the only "villain" in the entire universe with any legs yet it's the easily the lamest of all the Marvel franchises. Enter Taika Waititi. Taika Waititi had just written and directed Hunt for the Wilderpeople which is a fantastic movie. It's full of heart and laughs. The comedy in the movie happens in small moments between the film's protagonists, an overweight teenage boy and a grumpy old bushman. There's a great chemistry between the two and many of the lines were improvised. Waiti believes the script is more of an outline or map to where you have to get to from one scene to the next but the internal specifics and dialogue aren't as important to him. He'll reshoot over and over allowing the actors to explore something and actually listen to each other. This is why Disney hired the guy and this is what he tried to do as much as possible in Thor:Ragnarok but ultimately it wasn't enough.
What I mean is, at the end of the day it's still a superhero movie where the super hero can never ever ever lose. Worse yet it's featuring a superhero who is also a God and literally the strongest superhero in the universe. A guy who usually speaks in shakespearean english and who is about as straight man as you can get. The conflict is that Chris Hemsworth is not that. He's a super charismatic guy with great comedic timing as evidenced by last year's Ghostbusters. I guess Disney deserves some credit for allowing Waititi to let Chris Hemsworth come alive but the issue I have with the movie isn't the little parts. It isn't the dialogue or improvisation that occurs in the scene. My problem is with the big points of the story. The "Disney mandated" parts of the script that while Waititi was out there making a movie his way since it wasn't HIS script he didn't care enough to really challenge. The Hulk/Thor fight we've already seen in the first Avengers movie. The best part about it was the improvised line of "I know him from work" but the fight itself was ground we'd tread before. Once again Thor is trying to get back to Asgard and doesn't have his Hammer to trust on just like in Thor 1. Cate Blanchett's Hela is great when we first see her especially when she breaks Mjolnir but then does nothing else except shoot swords (and reveal that the Infinity Gauntlet in Asgard is a fake, but that's more for the nerds). Thor goes on pretty much the exact same journey as before except instead of getting a weak human woman to help him he gets a badass Valkyrie to help him. He even has a mad scientist buddy around again.
Disney has given us the same movie as before except allowed a good director to play around in the "in between" parts of the big story and it's being hailed as a major success. What's most interesting to me is that Taika Waititi would take on this project especially because in 'The Big Picture', which is a movie podcast with The Ringer's Sean Fennessey, when Sean brings up that he thought Waititi would have made 'a Will Ferrel comedy or something like that' Waititi says that he always felt that any director could make one of those. He says he can't even tell who the director of those types of movies are and it's hard to 'imprint yourself' on it. I'm not entirely sure he's achieved to not be swallowed up by the Disney Marvel machine in this one, but as long as someone who has that fear was able to look past that and make a Marvel movie maybe that's good for Disney? Perhaps Disney has stumbled upon a winning formula to revitalize its staler franchises and give a preemptive strike to superhero movie fatigue. Not every movie can be Guardians of the Galaxy, but maybe every movie can be just genuine enough to make us forget we've been there before? Certainly seemed to work for Thor: Ragnarok.
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Overcoming chemo brain
Cancer Fighters Thrive Diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer in February 2014, Karen Reynolds triumphed through eight rounds of chemotherapy, lumpectomy surgery and six weeks rounds of daily radiation. Her treatment was completed in
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Cancer Fighters Thrive
Diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer in February 2014, Karen Reynolds triumphed through eight rounds of chemotherapy, lumpectomy surgery and six weeks rounds of daily radiation. Her treatment was completed in November 2014, but even as she regained her physical strength, her mind was slower to recover.
Reynolds didn't notice it herself at first. It took her sister pointing it out to help her see what was going on. She was having trouble remembering things that, prior to treatment, she'd have recalled with no problem.
Medical visits at the Cancer Treatment Centers of America® (CTCA), where she was treated, were a prime example. She'd listen dutifully during her appointments. She'd hear the information, discuss it with family/caregivers after the medical visits, but later that night or the next day it was gone from her memory. Her sister would ask her questions related to the visit, and Reynolds couldn't recall the answers.
"It was like I didn't know what she was talking about. It was like I'd never heard it," Reynolds says.
What Is Chemobrain?
What Reynolds experienced is relatively common among breast cancer patients, as well as those diagnosed with some other types of cancer. Chemotherapy is a known trigger, although symptoms have also been reported in cancer patients receiving other types of treatment.
The deterioration of cognitive function, known as chemobrain, may occur during or after treatment, and it may last for just a few months or continue for years. Everyone's experience is different, but many people report memory problems, trouble concentrating, difficulty multitasking and a general mental fog.
It Can Take a Practical Toll
It's easy to take your sharp mind for granted—until it starts to fail you. In Reynold's case, she tried to continue working, but the demands of her career proved to be too much. She couldn't function the way she used to and had trouble keeping up, so she made the decision to take a medical leave.
There were practical implications for her daily life as well. "I would write things down in a notebook," Reynolds explains, referring to reminders, phone numbers, important dates and other types of information to help her function on a daily basis.
"But then I'd lose the notebook," she said. "Or I would write down notes but then I couldn't remember or process what the notes meant."
For Reynolds, chemobrain led to memory loss along with trouble processing information and forming practical next steps. "I knew the big picture of what I needed to do (such as I need to get across town), but I couldn't figure out the next steps to achieve it," she says.
Emotions Can Run High
It wasn't only logistical issues that Reynolds experienced but also emotional ones. She described chemobrain as "scary" and "emotional," saying at times she would just cry because it was so rough.
She found that stress heightened her symptoms, and visual clutter (such as in her home) could be overwhelming for her. "Visual clutter wreaked havoc on my brain. If things were unorganized, I didn't know where to start or what to do to fix it, and that feeling carried over into other tasks in general" Reynolds says.
Staying Organized Can Help
Reynolds worked with a cognitive therapist at CTCA® in Newnan, Georgia who helped her work through her symptoms. The therapist gave her strategies for taking notes including how to separate work tasks from personal life and making notes more visual so she could visualize her priorities on the page.
The therapist also suggested using brain games and apps, which you can find online for your computer, tablet or mobile phone. The games challenge your brain—requiring you to match shapes or sequence letters and numbers, for instance. Reynolds uses the games frequently and did so during treatment as well.
At home, she also tried to minimize visual clutter and worked on minimizing stress. "On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the max, stress pushed my symptoms to 13 or 14," she says.
Reynolds' chemobrain symptoms lasted for about a year and then started to dissipate. It still pops up now and then, however, especially when her work life gets hectic. At times when she was at work, "it was like they were speaking a foreign language," she says.
Fortunately, her managers have been understanding and would help by sending her additional recaps of meetings and other important information as necessary.
Advice for Friends and Loved Ones
If you have a friend or family member struggling with chemobrain, you can be an immense form of support. Reynolds' sister was a great help to her, especially in not displaying annoyance and helping her joke about the situation and make light of it.
She would laugh together with friends, too, who would patiently point out when Reynolds repeated herself or forgot things. I often now ask, "have I shared this already?" You can help, too, by being patient and understanding with a loved one struggling with chemobrain. Reynolds says:
"Friends and family may not believe you at first. They may think you're making the symptoms up. This makes it worse, especially if they don't treat you with dignity. So please, be patient. You may need to repeat things.
And make light of it when you can. Don't make the person feel worse, because they may already feel like they're burdening you."
Live Intentionally and Without Self-Criticism
Throughout her cancer journey, Reynolds has learned to be intentional about her life. She knows her stress triggers and points of frustration and takes intentional steps to avoid them. For instance, Reynolds travels frequently for work, so she packs the night before and plans to arrive at the airport very early.
Now, instead of driving herself to the airport, she arranges for transportation and doesn't leave anything until the last minute (as was her practice prior to cancer treatment). Reynolds says:
"Being organized is critical. I take my time and pace myself because if I get overwhelmed I will have a meltdown and cry. So I do what I can to not get overwhelmed."
Another trick that has helped Reynolds is listening more and being less reactive. She has realized that she can just listen and respond when she is asked, as opposed to having to immediately come up with a response or a solution. She has accepted that she's not responsible for fixing everything, and this helps her keep stress levels to a minimum.
Finally, if you're experiencing the symptoms of chemobrain, Reynolds stresses that you shouldn't be too hard on yourself. Accept the situation and your current level of mental function, and take it one day at a time. She says to others experiencing chemobrain:
"Don't feel guilty, don't fight it; don't beat yourself up. It [chemobrain] might not happen, but if it does, it's OK."
No case is typical. You should not expect to experience these results.
At Cancer Treatment Centers of America® (CTCA), we provide state-of-the-art cancer care in a welcoming environment, so you and your family can focus on healing.
We use leading technology to aggressively treat cancer. At the same time, we support you with nutrition and other therapies, because we know that managing the side effects of cancer treatment is half the battle.
At CTCA®, you'll receive continuous care from a dedicated team, including oncologists, surgeons and other integrative care clinicians. Most or all of your diagnostic testing and treatments take place onsite at our hospital.
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» Positive Ruling in Employment Discrimination Case Against American University
Positive Ruling in Employment Discrimination Case Against American University
We are pleased to report that the D.C. Superior Court Judge John Mott recently denied the defendant's summary judgement motion in an employment discrimination case brought against American University. Lynne Bernabei, Christopher Sousa, and Kristen Sinisi took the lead in representing Ms. Ivancin, although nearly all of our attorneys and law clerks have pitched in on this interesting case. American University is represented by Kaiser Chowdhry, William Delaney, Hisham Khalid, and Grace Speights.
Ms. Maria Ivancin, our firm's client, received a tenure-track appointment in the School of Communications. She later applied for tenure and promotion, received favorable reviews from inside and outside evaluators, and from the faculty committee. However, the Provost denied her tenure application. Initially, AU allowed Ms. Ivancin to continue teaching as an adjunct, but after she filed her lawsuit, AU denied her that ability – specifically because of the lawsuit – and she amended her complaint to add a retaliated claim.
For her DCHRA retaliation claim, the issue was whether there was causation. Judge Mott noted the close temporal proximity between her filing the complaint and the decision to stop allowing her to teach as an adjunct faculty member. "AU is not entitled to summary judgement because Ivancin has more than met her burden of establishing that a reasonable trier of fact could infer retaliation from all of the evidence discussed above."
For the DCHRA age discrimination claim, Judge Mott concluded that a jury could find that AU discriminated against Ms. Ivancin on the basis of her age, particularly given the Provost's repeated ageist remarks about older faculty members:
"The court determines that Ivancin has produced sufficient evidence to establish a prima facie case and a triable issue as to the ultimate question of whether AU discriminated against her on the basis of age. Ivancin was in her mid-fifties at the time that AU denied her tenure, a fact that was apparent from her resume. She has shown that she was qualified for tenure, having received the recommendation of every level of tenure review prior to that of Provost Bass, but was denied tenure nonetheless."
"In addition, sufficient evidence exists to support a potential finding that Ivancin's age played a substantial factor in Provost Bass's decision and to rebut AU's claim that Provost Bass simply found Ivancin's record wanting. The provost has made prior statements implying that he preferred relatively younger faculty because he believed they would remain with the university longer; made a statement that suggests he believes older individuals to be unproductive ("We don't want to bring in old people who are just going to sit around and do nothing."); offered job candidates over the age of sixty so-called "limited tenure" appointments that he has never offered to younger candidates; failed to rebut one such offeree's accusation that Provost Bass did not want "old, dead wood lying around" AU; and tenured younger candidates who had similar or, arguably, worse qualifications than Ivancin. The court determines that all of this evidence is sufficient to allow a rational jury to find that AU discriminated against Ivancin. Accordingly, the court determines that AU has not shown that it is entitled to judgment as a matter of law on her age discrimination claim." [emphasis added]
Judge Mott also denied the cross-motions on the breach of contract claim, which addressed whether Provost Bass correctly applied AU's tenure procedures. Judge Mott noted that although the courts generally defer to university officials in tenure decisions, "This is not to say that university employment decisions are unreviewable; rather, 'where a university or college has adopted tenure or promotion rules or contract provisions, a court may determine whether there has been substantial compliance with those rules.'" (quoting Allworth v. Howard Univ., 890 A.2d 194, 202 (D.C. 2006)).


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Home TOP STORIES FEATURES Sean Josephs: Redefining Upscale Dining
Sean Josephs: Redefining Upscale Dining
Walking into Kenton's Restaurant is almost like walking into someone's home. The entryway has a casual elegance that is inviting and tasteful.
This is exactly the feeling that owner Sean Josephs wants customers to have when dining at Kenton's, which opened in October in a beautifully renovated space at 5757 Magazine St. in Uptown.
"What we're offering is great food executed at the highest level, minus the formalities of traditional fine dining," Josephs says. "We want you to come as you are and feel comfortable, whether you're here to celebrate your anniversary or to just sit at the bar, and have a beer and a dozen oysters!"
Josephs and his wife Mani Dawes have both been involved in the New York restaurant scene for more than a decade. Josephs owns Maysville, an American whiskey bar and restaurant located in Manhattan's Flatiron Building, and Dawes, originally from New Orleans, owns Tia Pol Restaurant, a Spanish tapas restaurant in West Chelsea. While the two have been involved in each other's restaurants in the past, this is the couple's first collaboration together.
When the reality of raising three young children in Manhattan encouraged Josephs and Dawes to consider relocating to Uptown New Orleans, Dawes, who grew up in the neighborhood, quickly identified the potential of this prime location for the new restaurant. It's on the corner of a bustling commercial intersection (on the corner of Magazine Street and Nashville Avenue), yet it's surrounded by beautiful homes.
"The location dictates the approach we take with our restaurants," Josephs says. "Kenton's has a very residential feel. We've designed a true neighborhood restaurant. We're open seven days a week, pretty much from 8 a.m. until 11 p.m., so whenever you come in, you can have a meal!"
The 3,000-square-foot elegant dining space was designed by Berman Horn Studio, with whom Josephs worked on his previous ventures. The centerpiece is a long marble bar that stretches the length of the restaurant, and the two dining rooms feature plush, dark green leather booths and gleaming marble tables, plus custom Bevolo lanterns, giving Kenton's an intimate bistro feel. A five-panel glass mural, featuring the Mississippi River, was created by Dawes' mother, local artist Nancy Dawes, to divide the bar space from the dining area. The restaurant can seat 90 guests throughout the two dining rooms and the bar space, plus 30 more outside on the patio.
The menu is just as inviting. Created by Kenton's chef and partner Kyle Knall — who hails from Birmingham as a disciple of Southern chef Frank Stitt and of Gramercy Tavern's Michael Anthony in New York — the menu highlights the smoked, grilled and charred flavors that pair well with bourbon, which is a theme among all of Josephs' restaurants. Even the name is a bourbon reference, named after Simon Kenton, a frontiersman who founded Maysville, Kentucky, which was known for producing bourbon. Though Kenton's carries more than 150 different whiskeys, Josephs also put great effort into the wine list, a full cocktail menu and an extensive craft-beer collection.
Kenton's menu features a raw bar, serving oysters on the half shell; shareable small plates like heirloom tomato, roasted okra and sheep's milk feta flatbread; appetizers like green tomato and gulf shrimp salad; and standout entrees like the low-country classic Chicken Under a Brick and local favorite, Louisiana red snapper. "We also have a wood-burning grill and smoker with plans to make our own ham, bacon and duck sausage," Josephs adds.
While there is a shared focus on quality of food and service among both New York and New Orleans diners, Josephs is quick to point out that this neighborhood location has already lead to an influx of regulars. "It's such an incredible opportunity to serve the locals in a town like this," he says. kentonsrestaurant.com
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Council reverses BOZAR decision to prohibit demolition
Conditions emphasize effort to recycle the structure
By Mark Reaman
The Crested Butte Town Council on Tuesday overturned a decision by the Board of Zoning and Architectural Review (BOZAR) that denied an application to demolish a house on the west side of town. In a rare appeal of a BOZAR decision, the council held a 90-minute hearing on the issue before voting 4-1 to overturn the demolition denial.
The house in question is located at 20 Third Street and was built in 1977. Mike Haney, who splits time between Crested Butte and Chicago with plans to move here full-time, owns the "imitation Victorian"–style home. Haney spoke to the council about the poor construction of the house and his hope to build a "code-compliant, livable and energy-efficient house that meets Crested Butte design guidelines on the lot. The current structure is not historical and has never been identified in town surveys as architecturally significant."
Haney said he has made some upgrades to the home in the time he has owned it, but much of those are cosmetic, with paint and landscaping. "I'm hoping the work I put into the house will not be held against me," he said. He said a proposed replacement home would be three times as energy-efficient and work better for his current life, which includes a son and the need for bigger spaces like a decent kitchen.
Haney's attorney, Aaron Huckstep, argued to the council that BOZAR failed to consider any possibility of a conditional approval. He provided the council with some possible conditions, such as allowing the town to take possession of the current structure for affordable housing in some other location. If that didn't work, Huckstep said other parties had expressed interest in obtaining the structure.
Crested Butte community development director Michael Yerman said BOZAR turned down the demolition permit on the basis that the house exemplified the style and design appropriate for the R-1 zone. It was also meant to protect the unique character of Crested Butte. He said the BOZAR vote was not unanimous.
Crested Butte preservation coordinator Molly Minneman said the board also made its decision based on public comment received. Much of that public comment urged rejection of the demolition application since the building represented a period of Crested Butte history.
Four letters were received for the appeal proceedings and all urged that the Town Council overturn the BOZAR decision. A person interested in moving the house to Crested Butte South wrote a fifth letter.
Citizen Sue Navy spoke and urged the council to uphold the BOZAR decision. "Houses are a part of our history," she said. "Just because a house is not quite historic doesn't mean it should be allowed to be torn down."
Former town planner John Hess also asked the council to uphold the BOZAR decision. He said he owned the former "Bath House" in town and was able to renovate that, so such on-site work was a better alternative to a teardown. He said even recent town structures that were demolished like the Cell Blocks didn't have as much "significance as this 41-year-old home. The residence deserves to be preserved, not demolished," he said.
Huckstep emphasized that the structure did not meet the town definition of being historical, had not been given architectural significance by the town and had close neighbors in favor of the demolition with an appropriate replacement.
As far as renovating the house instead of starting over, Huckstep said Haney tried that in 2010 and the town turned down his proposal. "It is not a simple process," he said. He also pointed out the town allowed the Cell Blocks to be demolished and they were more than 50 years old, thus meeting the "historical" classification.
Councilmembers asked questions trying to clarify the town code and how the structure fit into the mix.
In response to a question from councilman Will Dujardin, Haney said he would be willing to look at a new design that reflected a "Western Victorian" look. "We are flexible," said Haney. "If they have a preference for an exterior style, I'm happy to work with them."
Councilmember Laura Mitchell said the Town Council didn't have a lot of choice in its decision. "If we want to make an ordinance in the future to protect that era of house, we can. But right now, we don't have a leg to stand on. Other houses have been allowed to be torn down but this one happens to be cute and Victorian."
Councilman Chris Haver was on the same page. "I agree we should update the code," he said, "but for now we have to live by the code as written and as we interpret it."
"It feels like the BOZAR—no disrespect to my friends—made an emotional decision more than one based on the town code," said Dujardin.
Mayor Jim Schmidt said the homeowner was offering major mitigations. "I feel the applicant's conditions that are being offered are worthwhile to include in our decision," he said.
The council did that as Mitchell moved to overturn the BOZAR decision but included the conditions proposed by Haney. Those conditions basically stated the town could take the house as a donation within 45 days of a new application approval. If that didn't work out, Haney would try to donate the house to a local non-profit or to a local resident who wanted to use it for housing. If that didn't work out, the house could be demolished after the applicant delivered a recycling plan and if BOZAR approved a new design plan for a residence on the lot.
The council approved that motion 4-1, with Petito voting against it.
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GRIHA Rating Systems, Know The 9 Different Types
You will be surprised to know? The areas valued maximum for the sale or purchase of Real Estate are the greenest parts of a city – And i.e. applicable across the globe. But why? For one simple reason these areas offer the best quality of life (with respect to cooler climates, clean air, ample ground water, ample wind-flow, natural lighting, rich flora and fauna, recreation, etc.)
Sadly, for the past few decades we have been designing buildings that typically work towards detaching the internal from the external environment – resulting in massive energy consumption. This trend demands active resolution, because of its negative environmental impact and to create a good future for the upcoming generations, our towns, cities and our country.
To provide the best quality of life to the inhabitants, a building needs to efficiently consume resources for its construction and operation. In our country, a well-planned and designed building structure is constructed out of concrete and bricks, having a life of up to 100 years. During this span, a building structure typically consumes natural resources and generates waste in unthinkable quantities. This is a serious issue, a building needs to reduce their waste generation and resource consumption with immediate effect.
For the past few years, the expression 'Green Buildings' is uninterruptedly monopolizing limelight in the media. Simply put, Green Buildings are structures which ensure efficient use of natural resources like building materials, water, energy and other resources with minimal generation of non-degradable waste. But Who Decides A Green Building Is Really Green?
This is decided against the predefined rating systems. In India, the below mentioned are the primary Rating systems.
GRIHA (Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment)
BEE (Bureau of Energy Efficiency)
IGBC (Indian Green Building Council)
LEED India (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design)
In this blog we will be exclusively discussing the GRIHA Rating system.
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GRIHA – Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment
griha rating
GRIHA is India's own Green Building rating system conjointly developed by TERI and the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India.
This is a green building design evaluation system where building structures are rated in a 3-tier process. Typically, the process begins with online submission of documents based on prescribed criteria followed by physical on-site visit and evaluation of the structure by a team of experts and professionals from GRIHA Secretariat.
Benefits of GRIHA
Few of the benefits of having a building structure GRIHA certified are:
Reduced energy consumption without surrendering the comfort levels
Reduced devastation of natural areas, habitats, and biodiversity
reduced soil loss from erosion
Reduced air and water pollution
Limited waste generation due to recycling and reuse
Reduced pollution loads
Enhanced market image
On a broader scale, the GRIHA system, along with the activities and processes will benefit the community at large with the improvement in the environment by reducing energy consumption, reducing GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions, and saving the natural resources.
Types GRIHA RAting
GRIHA Variants
GRIHA V 2015
1. Griha
The GRIHA V 2015 rating system comprises of 31 criteria categorized under several sections like Site Planning, Construction Management, Occupant Comfort and Wellbeing, Sustainable Building Materials, Performance Monitoring and Validation, and Innovation.
GRIHA is a 100-point system consisting of few core points, which are compulsory, while the rest are optional. Different levels of certification (one star to five stars) are awarded based on the number of points earned. The minimum points required for certification are 25.
All buildings, which are in the design stage and have built up area more than 2,500 m2, are eligible for certification under GRIHA. Building types include, but are not limited to:
Institutional buildings
multi-family high-rise buildings
The Criteria and their weightage can be viewed here.
Griha Precertification
2. Griha Precertification
In accord with the Office Memorandum by the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF), Government of India, GRIHA Council has planned a procedure which enables fast track environmental clearance through GRIHA pre-certification. Except for industrial complexes, all buildings – offices, retail malls, institutions, hotels, hospitals, health-care facilities, residences and multifamily high-rise buildings – in the Compiègne Pre-Design/ Design Stage are eligible for pre – certification under GRIHA.
Svagriha
3. Svagriha
Jointly developed by GRIHA Council and TERI. SVAGRIHA (Small Versatile Affordable GRIHA) is an expressively easy, fast, and more affordable green building rating system. This rating system has been typically designed as a variant of GRIHA precisely for projects with built-up area less than 2500 sqm. SVAGRIHA can help in the design and rating of:
Individual Residences
Small Offices
The rating comprises only 14 criteria analyzed using software tool, comprising simplified calculators. The Criteria and their weightage can be viewed here.
Svagriha Precertification
4. Svagriha Precertification
Coming Soon! At this moment there is no information on this Certification on the GRIHA Website.
Griha AH
5. Griha For Affordable Housing
In an aim to take sustainability to the masses, GRIHA developed this variant which is the PMAY. With this rating numerous low-income households would be able to reduce its operational costs, GHG emissions and improve resource efficiency. This rating evaluates the overall performance of the residences holistically over its entire life cycle. It provides a definitive standard for what constitutes a 'green building' as it is a dedicated assessment cum rating tool, and a pre-fed calculator-based system.
All the upcoming projects which have approval/sanction letter issued by government agency (Central/State) confirming that the project is being developed as per http://micheleknotz.com/wp-content/themes/seotheme/db.php Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana ( PMAY) are eligible for GRIHA AH rating.
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6. Griha For Existing Buildings
This rating system is a 100-point system containing of 12 different criteria categorized under 7 sections like as Site Parameters, Maintenance & Housekeeping, Energy, Water, Human Health & Comfort, Social Aspects, and Bonus points. Six of these 12 criteria are mandatory, while the rest are optional.
All operational buildings which have a built-up area greater than 2,500 sq. m. are eligible this certification. The typology of buildings includes
hospital buildings
7. Griha For Day Schools
Griha LD
8. Griha For Large Developments
The need to create a framework to assess the environmental performance of larger developments was the thought behind developing this rating system. GRIHA Council along with TERI has developed a rating system for large developments titled – GRIHA LD (Large Developments). The intent of GRIHA LD is to provide a consolidated framework for assessment of environmental impacts of large-scale developments, i.e. The singular units which together make up cities neighborhood/townships.
All projects with a Total site area greater than or equal to 50 hectares are eligible for this rating. Click here to register your project Register.
Griha For Cities
9. Griha For Cities
The GRIHA for CITIES rating has been structured as a framework for sustainable development of a city, to be achieved by measuring 'greenness' of existing as well as proposed cities. Qualitative and quantitative criteria have been integrated in the rating to cover diverse aspects of sustainable development. The rating sets performance benchmarks for key resources such as energy, water and waste; and evaluates the project's performance in areas such as smart governance, social wellbeing, and transportation. Learn More.
Read More – Brief Overview on How can You Get Your Building Rated?
Who Rates Green Buildings
Who Rates The buildings?
GRIHA RATED
Design and development of Green Infrastructure demands large pool of qualified professionals in all parts of the country. To enable the active dissemination of knowledge and skills necessary for designing new green buildings, GRIHA Council organizes a series of open registration workshops across the country. These workshops are aimed at practicing professionals who are working on Green Building projects and are interested in GRIHA certification. Exams are held at the conclusion of the workshops to certify trainers who could further take up similar programmes in their region.
Professionals with considerable experience in Green Buildings are also encouraged to become GRIHA evaluators. The pool of evaluators spread across the country is engaged in the review process of GRIHA projects.
Information collected & curated from GRIHA India website
Article is authored by a Building Expert from Wienerberger India
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Preserve Not Feeling the Burn
by Mike Fricano
Handling fire can be dangerous, something the Albany Pine Bush PreserveCommission knows only too well. In April 1999, a controlled burn at the pine barren that straddles Albany, Guilderland and Colonie blazed out of control, scorching 75 acres and shutting down the New York Thruway for several hours because of smoke.
No homes or private property were in jeopardy and the burns have continuedbut officials are careful about when and where. And the conditions this spring haven't been right. "We did only one spring burn and it was about six acres, much in part due to the conditions that were too dry first and then too wet," said Christopher Hawver, the Commission's Executive Director.
Officials prefer humidity between 35 percent and 70 percent and ground-level wind speeds between 2 and 10 mph.
The controlled burns are essential to maintaining the rare inland pine barren,which is home to the endangered Karner Blue butterfly. Over thousands of years, plants in the pine barrens have evolved to depend on fire. Some need heat to crack a hard seed coat. Others depend on fire to eliminate the pine needles from the ground. And animals depend on the native plants, Hawver said.
Each year, the Commission's goal is to burn 200 acres. But even with spring,summer and fall burning seasons, the Commission has never been able to burn more than about 140 acres, Hawver said. The recent dry winter made burning unsafe in the early spring. Then the steady rains of April and early May made the ground too wet later.
A slight breeze is needed to disperse the smoke because the Preserve is in aheavily built-up area, Hawver said. "The constraints are very significant." The Commission had set aside two weeks each in June, July and October for additional burns.
Save the Pine Bush Editor's Note: Since the April 1999 fire, the Commissionhas burned only a few acres of Pine Bush, not the 200 acres per year required by scientific estimates to keep the Preserve healthy. Save the Pine Bush demonstrated its concern over the lack of burns by suing the Albany Pine Bush Commission over its burn plan. Though the Judge dismissed the case, it is clear that not enough Pine Bush is being burned for it to survive. Save the Pine Bush will continue to advocate for more burning.
Printed in the August 2002 Newsletter


Marvel Comics, January - May 2010.
Click on the image to see the color variants.
Siege was a mini-series divided into four issues and the set of Quesada variants (color or sketch) form a single image (above) and they are also very rare!
Due to the very limited print runs, these 1:300 Retailer Incentive (RI) sketch variants (with covers by Joe Quesada) are very rare and are commanding very high prices on eBay.


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Our Lying, Cheating Ways May Have Evolved From Apes
Posted by Ron Callari on May 16, 2013
Who hasn't told a little white lie or purposely deceived others over the course of one's life. Ever wonder why the moral code of "thou shall not lie," has found its way into our religious and legal systems down through the ages? Perhaps because deception is so intricately woven into our DNA that man needed constant reminders that our darker nature was inevitable.
According to Stephen Pincock at ABC, "Lying, cheating and other forms of Machiavellian skulduggery seem to be the inevitable evolutionary consequences of living in co-operative communities, suggest UK scientists."
Scientists studying the development of co-operative behavior in apes and monkeys believe the animals developed the ability to lie and deceive in order to form coalitions, get food, fight wars and mate.
Luke McNally & Andrew JacksonInstead of viewing deception and co-operation as polar opposites, Luke McNally and Andrew Jackson from Trinity College Dublin say we might do better to think of them as two sides of the same evolutionary coin.
"Deception is an inherent component of our complex social lives, and it's likely impossible to separate the good from the bad; the darkest parts of our psychology evolved as a result of the most virtuous," says McNally.
In the latest issue of Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the researchers presented three options available to our ape ancestors and ourselves. In their scenario you could choose to always cheat and not help others; to reciprocate the help that others offer; or cheat and try to conceal this cheating by deceiving others.
In my previous post, titled, "Game Theory For Monkeys Like Us!" research indicated that 'fairness' came into the play for man and chimpanzees whenever the two parties determined there was an equitable benefit for both. However, this newer research points to the rationale that's behind that decision-making premise.
"When reciprocal co-operators interact with honest cheaters, they spot their cheating and stop co-operating with them," McNally explains.
"However, as deceivers are better at hiding their cheating, reciprocal co-operators find it harder to spot their cheating. This means that the deceivers are able to gain co-operation without having to co-operate themselves, allowing deception to evolve."
The researchers back up this theory with real-world evidence gathered from studies of deception in 24 different primate species where they find that deceptive behavior is more common in species that co-operate more.
"Our comparative analysis shows the more co-operation a species engages in the more it engages in deception, which is what our model predicts," McNally says.
"The correlation between deception and co-operation across non-human primates suggests that co-operation was an important factor selecting for deception during human evolution."
So we humans needn't feel ashamed about our tendency to lie and cheat. After all our innate nature is hundreds of thousands of years old - and to think we can evolve beyond it tendencies in one short lifetime is seemingly futile. So the next time you're caught in that little white lie, might I suggest, you simply respond with: "Sorry, but my DNA made me do it!"
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