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HOUSTON -- Canada head coach John Herdman tells a story about the New Zealand women's national team's bus being hijacked in Papua New Guinea, the equipment stolen and the players left stranded.
The 43-year-old has been involved in more than 20 international tournaments over his career, and while this Gold Cup hasn't thrown up a story quite as extreme as a bus hijacking, for Herdman and the rest of the head coaches, backroom staff and players it has presented quite the challenge.
The level of competition in CONCACAF's Gold Cup may not be up there with the Copa America, the Euros or even the African Cup of Nations, but in terms of preparation and logistics, it's perhaps the toughest and most intriguing summer tournament out there this year.
Group A was particularly grueling, even though all the games have been held in the United States.
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Mexico, Martinique, Canada and Cuba were subject to playing in the heat of the West Coast in Los Angeles, then the altitude of Denver, and finally the humidity of Charlotte, North Carolina. The group stage alone involved travel of 2,185 miles (3,516 kilometers), three different time zones and three games in the span of eight days. For any teams making the final in Chicago from Group A, it'll mean an odyssey of 5,575 miles (7,673 kilometers), five time zone changes and diverse climatic conditions.
There's not much you can do about glitches that complicate an already arduous schedule. For example, a technical problem with the plane that was transporting Mexico and Martinique from Denver to Charlotte led to a 10-hour delay on Thursday after the second group games; those teams rocked up at their hotels in North Carolina later than 5 a.m. on Friday.
While Gold Cup favorites Mexico travel with a full-time support staff, players on smaller squads like Martinique often have more limited resources. Matthew Ashton - AMA/Getty Images
Mexico coach Gerardo "Tata" Martino rationalized the episode as a freak incident when asked, but the teams have been using different ways of managing the strain on the players, largely in proportion to their means.
Mexico's Argentine coach heads a party of 60 with El Tri, with 15 extra members of the backroom staff compared to even 10 years ago. While Martino has been anti-rotation in his rhetoric, there were three changes for Mexico between the win over Cuba and the game against Canada, and then six changes from that second match to Sunday's 3-2 win over Martinique.
"When you play this type of championship, with three or four days between games, you look to recover the players, let them rest and work in doses in training," Martino said after the 7-0 win over Cuba.
But with a squad that has been plagued by injury concerns before and during the tournament, Martino is managing the group more than he lets on. For example, the Mexico manager didn't bring a player to the news conference in Pasadena ahead of Mexico's opener against Cuba, insisting that the travel would've involved a trip of up to three hours from the team hotel in Manhattan Beach, sources told ESPN FC.
In fact, no player has yet accompanied Martino at a news conference, perhaps because the squad hasn't trained in the stadium the day ahead of any game, instead doing so earlier at an alternate venue and then resting up the night before.
Canada has been homing in on the small details to prepare for the tournament, planning all the way back from a potential final and managing the group through each game using sports science.
"You've got an idea of your core group of players and the sports science team now looks at the risk assessment of those players, the accumulation of minutes right down to which players are affected most by altitude," Herdman told ESPN. "So our more explosive players, you can't put them on the pitch for a certain period of time if you want them to turn around."
He continued: "You can overthink it, but at the same time you almost have to overthink it and then come back to some simplicity. So for us on the sports science, we've had to look at how we manage the squad knowing that we don't have the depth of Mexico, where we could put two starting XIs out and guarantee a win against Cuba, so that Mexico game was managed carefully so we've got the energy level that's required when you come into heat [in Charlotte], which saps your energy and then you play a team that's not moving and if you stop moving you're in deep trouble."
Team captain Scott Arfield is unaccustomed to such conditions and long travel times, having been brought up and played all his career in the United Kingdom.
"In the U.K. you don't travel these distances, especially in Scotland ... this is the reason that I made this decision," the Rangers midfielder said ahead of the tournament. "If you overthink these things it has a massive bearing in your mind. You have to be aware of it, you have to respect it, but if you overthink these things then it has an adverse effect on your performance, not just individually but obviously as a team as well."
The mental side of coping has been mentioned regularly in camp and has also been key for Canada, who finished Group A with six points in second behind Mexico. At each of the three venues so far, specific mental coaches were brought in to complement the different mindsets required for each game.
"We had a military person in for the game against Mexico, which was about being in the fight and staying clear and together in adversity, and prior to that we had a different mental trainer," Herdman said. "We've targeted different mental trainers with different themes."
In addition there's a "mind room" set aside in the team's hotel, as well as activities like yoga offered to players in the evenings.
"It's all about ensuring that our players are training their brains to ultimately think clearly under pressure," Herdman said. "There's specific gadgets we've got, bio-neuro feedback that players are accessing and doing what we can to make sure they can survive the tournament, mentally and physically."
For Cuba and Martinique, limited resources hinder progress
For Cuba coach Raul Mederos, the Gold Cup experience included travel delays and the defection of his captain. Omar Vega/Getty Images
The daily schedule can't be as detailed for the two Caribbean sides competing in the group.
The Cuban traveling party arrived in Los Angeles on the Thursday morning before the team's opening game against Mexico two days later. They had to travel to the Dominican Republic beforehand to apply for visas, with captain Yordan Santa Cruz denied his, reducing the squad to 22 before the team had even landed in the U.S.
"In reality they gave us the visas on Tuesday, so we couldn't travel here earlier," Cuba coach Raul Mederos said after the 7-0 loss to Mexico. "After that CONCACAF is in charge of the travel and they put it for Wednesday arriving here on Thursday."
Cuba's kits turned up only a day before the opening game, new captain Yasmani Lopez defected after a 7-0 loss to Mexico and Mederos admitted that he hadn't even seen Canada play on the eve of the game in Charlotte, a game for which just 17 players were listed amid talk of more players leaving camp. Cuba lost all three games, failing to score a single goal and conceding 17.
Martinique, not currently a FIFA member, had to raise money just to participate at the Gold Cup. The squad had a traveling party almost half the size of Mexico's, with only six full-time professional players in total.
"There were budget problems," Martinique defender Samuel Camille told ESPN Mexico. "The Gold Cup requires an important investment, not being a FIFA member means we receive less money."
"We called on the people of Martinique to help us economically and they achieved the target," Martinique defender Jean-Sylvain Babin said.
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Babin and Camille both play in Spain and, along with the other pros in the group, brought boots, shirts and goalkeeping gloves left over from their clubs to camp to distribute among the rest of the Martinique players.
Coach Mario Bocaly stressed that recovery, stretching, hydration, proprioception and sleep management would all be important for standing up to the challenge of the group, but asked what specific sleep preparations the Martinique squad was using to prepare for the time zones, the manager made it clear a lot was left up to the players.
"No bedtime stories on our team!" Bocaly told ESPN FC. "They're not my children and they're not children. They're all grown men and outside of our set schedule, should be responsible of their own time."
A 3-2 loss to Gold Cup favorite Mexico was a dignified end to the tournament for the Caribbean side that faced some formidable odds.
Other groups have also provided specific logistical challenges, especially the trips to Costa Rica and Jamaica for initial group-stage games. Curacao warmed up for their already historic Gold Cup campaign by playing and winning the Kings Cup in Thailand, defeating Vietnam on penalties in the final on June 8, just nine days before losing 1-0 to El Salvador in Kingston, Jamaica.
This Gold Cup may not have the glitz and star names of the Copa America, but it has not lacked any intrigue off the pitch.


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Brussels in the Dark initiative. Featured is the dinner in the dark at Liesse, Brussels. Credit: Liesse
Over the weekend, ten cafes and restaurants in Brussels participated in the Brussels in the Dark (BITD) initiative to highlight the energy crisis and its impact on the hospitality sector, as well as call for government support.
The initiative was organised by owners of two Brussels restaurants – Pia Renaudat of Le Petit Mercado and Pierre Millour of Liesse – who have been friends for ten years.
The two Saint-Gilles restaurants had different ideas for the weekend. Le Petit Mercado served a cold brunch complete with cold brew coffee and hand-squeezed fruit juice while Liesse organised a dinner in the dark on two nights, using the barbecue to heat food and candles to light the dining area.
The other restaurants involved all took to the initiative with creativity and served their food in interesting and electricity-free ways.
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Millour explains that the BITD concept stemmed from desperate discussions with Renaudat about their restaurants' respective energy bills (which had skyrocketed to three times the normal price).
"We thought about how we could do something not too miserabilist and still communicate the problem." They settled on the initiative and cut off lights and electricity and gas to cook a menu for the weekend.
Cold brunch served at Le Petite Mercado. Credit Danica Van der Merwe / The Brussels Times
Dinner in the Dark at Liesse. Credit: Pierre Millour / Liesse
The idea attracted a lot of customers – Millour had an unusual waiting list of thirty people for his candle-lit dinner. However he doesn't intend to make the initiative a fixture, fearing that it could end up being more expensive and time-consuming, not to mention even harder than running his restaurant under normal conditions.
However, Renaudat told the Brussels Times that she had been contacted by other restaurants, including some outside Belgium, who were asking about repeat events: "Ten restaurants isn't very much in the grand scheme of things... I think we will have to do it again. It's hard work but we don't think the government heeded our call."
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Both restaurant owners reported that customers were highly supportive and enjoyed the event. Yet Renaudat stressed that restaurants in Belgium should have "help from the government; it's not the job of the public. They have their own problems to worry about."
BITD received a lot of media coverage and Rendaudat appeared on television twice. "We didn't expect that at all," she said. "I think trying to do nice things out of bad situations resonates with people."
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For Renaudat, the initiative highlights more than just the need for financial support. Restaurants like Le Petit Mercado and many other local places aim to use quality, local ingredients and provide decent jobs to people in the area. "We do more than just serve food. It's about local ecology and social involvement."
She fears that places which care about the community and the environment won't survive the crisis while global chains will. "I hope this crisis won't be the death toll for restaurants like this."


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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have shown that combining very successful technologies against cancer and COVID-19 vaccines can effectively treat the underlying cause of heart disease.
So far, success has only been achieved in mice, but this stage offers hope for millions of people whose heart muscle is damaged by scar tissue.
There is no effective treatment for this fibrosis, which leads to heart disease, which is the leading cause of death in the United States, said Dr. Jonathan Epstein, a Penn professor who helped run a new study on cardiovascular research, Science on Thursday. published in the journal. .
In his new study, Epstein altered fibrosis by remodeling cells as in the successful treatment of blood cancer called CAR-T. However, in this case, the treatment took place inside the body, not in a laboratory vessel.
The team carried out the treatment using mRNA technology, as evidenced by the hundreds of millions of people who received mRNA-based COVID vaccines last year.
"If it works (in humans), it can have a really big impact," Epstein said. "Almost every type of heart disease comes with fibrosis."
About 50% of heart failure is caused directly by this scar tissue, which prevents the heart from relaxing and pumping efficiently. Fibrosis is also involved in the underlying causes of lung and kidney disease.
In a decade-long CAR-T approach to the fight against leukemia, developed in Penn by research co-author Carl June, a patient's immune cells are removed from the body and genetically modified to identify tumor cells. They are then repositioned to destroy the cancer.
CAR-T, which represents chimeric antigen receptor T cells, has become very expensive because it is tailored to each patient. By working inside the body,the new approach allows treatment with the same general approach for all.
"It can be expanded now. It makes me even more excited," Epstein said.
He said that unlike cancer therapy, where every last cancer cell must be killed to prevent recurrence in fibrosis, almost any significant reduction improves one's quality of life.
While there is still a long way to go to help people, this method shows the potential of mRNA technology, which is beyond COVID vaccines.
"It's great," said Dr. Crystal McCall, a cancer researcher at Stanford University who uses CAR-T to treat cancer and hasn't been involved in the study. "I think we all knew that the COVID vaccine was so successful and well tolerated by so many people … those of us who are scientists immediately think, 'Wow, what else can I do with this?' we started. "
In the COVID vaccine, mRNA stimulates cells to produce a protein that is commonly foundon the surface of the coronavirus. Thus, when the immune system sees a real virus, it recognizes the protein before it causes serious damage and attacks the virus.
In the new application, mRNA trains cells to produce a protein located on the surface of fibrotic cells, so immune cells destroy them.
In previous studies, the developed T cells were delivered in a way that allowed them to survive for a long time, which increased the risk of the immune system attacking other fibrotic cells, including those involved in wound healing. By delivering the protein with mRNA, it can be preserved for only a few days, researchers think they can avoid this problem.
"The window for potential problems is relatively small," Epstein said.
This short-term endurance is a big advantage, he and others said.
Dr Stanley Riddell, a professor and immunologist at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, said: "The idea that this can be done in a matter of days is very exciting. "It's a very good application of modern synthetic biology."
However, unexpected problems can occur, and the Penn team goes a long way in safely treating people with fibrotic heart disease, Epstein said.
They then plan to test their approach on larger mammals in about two years before moving on to humans. They still need to develop the most optimal dose and how many times the treatment needs to be carried out to be most effective, he said.
The research team set up a company to help develop the technology.
One advantage of Epstein is that imaging technology can now "see" fibrous tissue, allowing physicians to assess a patient's disease and response to therapy. "There are already tools to promote that," he said.
Like many great scientific achievements, the idea of a new approach to treatment began with a random encounter in an elevator.
One of Epstein's graduate students was loudly surprised about the possibility of using CAR-T to treat heart fibrosis. A few days later, Epstein ran in the elevator in June and asked the same question.
According to Epstein, "they had the power to go back and forth between laboratories" and they were smart enough to study different sciences.
The teams have been working together for several years when Dr. Drew Weissman, a Penn scientist whose research is based on mRNA vaccines, approached them to suggest treatment via mRNA.
"I just went into John's office and said,' We can do this, '" Weissman said.
Not surprisingly, Weissman has great faith in mRNA technology, which is already being tested in other vaccines – influenza, shingles and respiratory syncytial virus, as well as cancer prevention. New research shows it has a wider potential, he said.
Fibrosis is not only a heart disease, but also a part of many diseases. Duchenne muscle dystrophy, pulmonary fibrosis, scleroderma, and COVID occur as a result of hardening of vital tissue in the lungs, Weissman said, currently using mRNA as a basis for an experimental HIV vaccine. Humans are also experimenting with the use of mRNA in the treatment of autoimmune diseases and in gene therapy.
"His potential is really huge," Weissman said. "This is the beginning of the RNA world."
Contact Karen Weintraub at kweintraub@usatoday.com.
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MOU push to help WBBL stars
The battle to professionalise women's cricket is being won, but there's still a long way to go in the eyes of former Australian allrounder Lisa Sthalekar.
An important time looms as the Australian Cricketers Association (ACA) begins negotiations on a joint memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Cricket Australia (CA) by next June that would ensure equal conditions for both male and female players.
And Sthalekar, who played 187 matches for Australia and is part of the ACA executive, believes it must start with the likes of the domestic players who lit up the inaugural Women's Big Bash League season last summer.
"CA has done a wonderful job in what they have done so far in professionalising the game," Sthalekar told AAP.
"But what we need to do now is get that level of security for the state players as well because they're the ones we have to ensure there isn't a gap being formed to."
Currently, Australia's 111 domestic female cricketers are guaranteed a minimum salary of $18,000 when combining state cricket with the Big Bash League.
When mixed with the difficulties of holding a full-time job due to training and playing schedules, it meant necessities such as health insurance were previously hard to come by before they were provided by the ACA earlier this year out of the men's pocket.
"The long-term desire from us from an MOU perspective is that we're starting to see that females get equal pay that (is required) under the laws of this country," Sthalekar said.
"Therefore the girls would be able to afford their own top-level health cover.
"The female players are just as professional and the time commitment that they give, can be just as demanding as the male players.
"Obviously the competition-wise, they don't have as many playing or travel days, but they should be compensated properly for the amount of time they are giving for their jobs."
Also at the top of the ACA's desires are better conditions for the game's national players when on tour and a stronger voice around scheduling.
Currently, female players whose international tours are ended due to injury receive no compensation for tour fees lost.
"At the moment the girls don't have an industrial agreement at all," Sthalekar said.
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"Some players have got mortgages or they've got payments on cars and then they lose them because of injuries."
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"With mortgage rates continuing to rise, the purchasing power of buyers is shrinking," Edward Seiler, the associate vice president of housing economics at the bankers association, said in a statement. The median loan amount in September was $305,550, down from the February peak of $340,000, its highest point since the inception of the association's index in July 2009.
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Q: Why join table is not working in symfony2? My Post.php
<?php
// src/Acme/UserBundle/Entity/User.php

namespace Acme\PostBundle\Entity;

use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;
use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;

/**
 * @ORM\Entity
 * @ORM\Table(name="posts")
 */
class Post
{
    /**
     * @ORM\Id
     * @ORM\Column(type="integer")
     * @ORM\GeneratedValue(strategy="AUTO")
     */
    protected $id;

    /**
     *
     * @ORM\Column(type="integer")
     */
    public $user_id;
    /**
     * @ORM\ManyToOne(targetEntity="Acme\PostBundle\Entity\User", inversedBy="posts")
     * @ORM\JoinColumn(name="id", referencedColumnName="id")
     */
    protected $user;
    /**
     * @ORM\Column(type="string", length=255)
     * @Assert\NotBlank(message="Введите текст")
     * )
     */
    protected $text;

    /**
     * @ORM\Column(type="string", length=255)
     */
    protected $address;
    /**
     *
     * @ORM\Column(type="datetime")
     */
    protected $date;

}

And my User.php:
<?php
// src/Acme/UserBundle/Entity/User.php

namespace Acme\PostBundle\Entity;

use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;
use Doctrine\Common\Collections\ArrayCollection;

/**
 * @ORM\Entity
 * @ORM\Table(name="users")
 */
class User
{

    /**
     * @ORM\Id
     * @ORM\Column(type="integer")
     * @ORM\GeneratedValue(strategy="AUTO")
    */
    protected $id;
    /**
     *
     * @ORM\Column(type="string")
     */
    protected $path;

    /**
    * @ORM\OneToMany(targetEntity="Acme\PostBundle\Entity\Post", mappedBy="users")
    */
    protected $posts;

    public function __construct() {

        $this->posts = new ArrayCollection();

    }

}

I want make join table users and posts by column 'user_id' in table 'posts'. Next i make query using queryBuilder:
    $repository = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager()->getRepository('AcmePostBundle:Post');

    $queryPosts = $repository->createQueryBuilder('p')
                   ->orderBy('p.id', 'DESC')
                   ->getQuery();

    return new Response(var_dump($queryPosts->getResult()));

And i'm get:
object(Acme\PostBundle\Entity\Post)[476]
      protected 'id' => int 1
      public 'user_id' => int 1
      protected 'user' =>
        object(Proxies\__CG__\Acme\PostBundle\Entity\User)[475]
          public '__initializer__' =>
            object(Closure)[469]
              ...
          public '__cloner__' =>
            object(Closure)[470]
              ...
          public '__isInitialized__' => boolean false
          protected 'id' => int 1
          protected 'path' => null
          protected 'posts' => null
      protected 'text' => string 'Test' (length=4)
      protected 'address' => string 'Test' (length=4)
      protected 'date' =>
        object(DateTime)[477]
          public 'date' => string '2014-11-06 14:39:13' (length=19)
          public 'timezone_type' => int 3
          public 'timezone' => string 'Europe/Kiev' (length=11)

Why user->path is null? How make to make this joins in table

A: Doctrine utilizes lazy-loading methodologies when using the helper functions such as find() or findAll() which fetch related entities on demand, but when you use the Query Builder, you are creating explicit queries/results that do not get handled by Doctrine's lazy-loader.
When using the Query Builder, you must explicitly join the other related entities:
$queryPosts = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager()->createQueryBuilder()
               ->select('p, u')
               ->from('AcmePostBundle:Post', 'p')
               ->leftJoin('p.user','u') // handles the ManyToOne association automatically
               ->orderBy('p.id', 'DESC')
               ->getQuery();

Note that you could easily use innerJoin instead of leftJoin but settled for that in case you had any potential Post items with a null association.
You also must make sure your Entity Mapping is correct:
/**
 * @ORM\ManyToOne(targetEntity="Acme\PostBundle\Entity\User", inversedBy="posts")
 * @ORM\JoinColumn(name="user_id", referencedColumnName="id")
 */
protected $user;

Or else Doctrine will attempt to match the id of the Post against the id of the User. (something like LEFT JOIN Post ON Post.id = User.id by the time it reaches a raw query)

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Connecticut escapes Seattle with win
Seattle, WA – Kara Lawson scored a game-high 13 points and Renee Montgomery made the go-ahead free throw in the final minute, as the Connecticut Sun edged the Seattle Storm, 60-58, on Sunday.
Tina Charles added 12 points, while Mistie Mims contributed a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds for the Eastern Conference-leading Sun, who have won three of their last four.
Shekinna Stricklen led Seattle with 12 points, but missed two shots in the final 2.7 seconds.
There were six lead changes in the fourth quarter, the last coming when Montgomery went 2-for-2 from the foul line with 14.4 seconds left to give the Sun a 59-58 edge.
Stricklen missed from 10 feet at the other end, and Mims made 1-of-2 free throws to keep it a one-possession game. Stricklen, though, was off the mark on a long three to seal Seattle's fourth straight loss.


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#include <moveit/ompl_interface/parameterization/work_space/pose_model_state_space_factory.h>
#include <moveit/ompl_interface/parameterization/work_space/pose_model_state_space.h>

ompl_interface::PoseModelStateSpaceFactory::PoseModelStateSpaceFactory() : ModelBasedStateSpaceFactory()
{
  type_ = PoseModelStateSpace::PARAMETERIZATION_TYPE;
}

int ompl_interface::PoseModelStateSpaceFactory::canRepresentProblem(
    const std::string& group, const moveit_msgs::MotionPlanRequest& req,
    const moveit::core::RobotModelConstPtr& robot_model) const
{
  const moveit::core::JointModelGroup* jmg = robot_model->getJointModelGroup(group);
  if (jmg)
  {
    const std::pair<moveit::core::JointModelGroup::KinematicsSolver,
                    moveit::core::JointModelGroup::KinematicsSolverMap>& slv = jmg->getGroupKinematics();
    bool ik = false;
    // check that we have a direct means to compute IK
    if (slv.first)
      ik = jmg->getVariableCount() == slv.first.bijection_.size();
    else if (!slv.second.empty())
    {
      // or an IK solver for each of the subgroups
      unsigned int vc = 0;
      unsigned int bc = 0;
      for (const auto& jt : slv.second)
      {
        vc += jt.first->getVariableCount();
        bc += jt.second.bijection_.size();
      }
      if (vc == jmg->getVariableCount() && vc == bc)
        ik = true;
    }

    if (ik)
    {
      // if we have path constraints, we prefer interpolating in pose space
      if ((!req.path_constraints.position_constraints.empty() ||
           !req.path_constraints.orientation_constraints.empty()) &&
          req.path_constraints.joint_constraints.empty() && req.path_constraints.visibility_constraints.empty())
        return 150;
      else
        return 50;
    }
  }
  return -1;
}

ompl_interface::ModelBasedStateSpacePtr
ompl_interface::PoseModelStateSpaceFactory::allocStateSpace(const ModelBasedStateSpaceSpecification& space_spec) const
{
  return std::make_shared<PoseModelStateSpace>(space_spec);
}


Has posted top-six finishes in three of the last five Opens, most memorably at St Andrews in 2015.
Leishman fired a third round 64 and by adding a closing 66 not only matched the best 36-hole score in major history, but went into a play-off with eventual champion Zach Johnson and Louis Oosthuizen.
His performance came only three months after he withdrew from The Masters - the tournament where he tied for fourth in 2013 - when his wife Audrey went into intensive care with acute respiratory distress and toxic shock syndrome.
She was placed into an induced coma and given only a 5% chance of survival, but once her life was saved his career hit new heights.
On his second Presidents Cup appearance in 2015 he beat reigning Open and Masters champion Jordan Spieth in the concluding singles, two months later had a stunning six-stroke victory over Henrik Stenson at the Nedbank Challenge in South Africa and in 2017 entered the world's top 20 for the first time when he added the PGA Tour's BMW Championship to the Arnold Palmer Invitational earlier the same season.
It was followed by another Presidents Cup cap.


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African Universities ask for funding injection in food systems research
African universities are calling for increased investment in research and innovation for scientists to explore factors of agricultural production that could be utilised for enhancing sustainable food production and consumption on the continent.
Universities want actors in Africa's development, including governments, to raise funding for science to ensure resources such as land and water are used sustainably, and to ensure that appropriate technologies are generated for the benefit of its growing population.
Adequate funding of scientific research, they noted, will also aid in monitoring threats to agriculture, ranging from diseases and pests, to informing policy formulation, and guide sustainable exploitation of resources across all domains of agriculture including crops, livestock, fisheries and forestry, the universities noted in a communiqué issued during a dialogue attended by African ministers in preparation of the United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) that will take place from 26-28 July.
"Without Africa investing in science for its own future, the full benefit of infrastructure investments made in agriculture will not be realised," said the statement, read by Professor Theresa Nkuo-Akenji, the vice-chancellor, of the University of Bamenda, Cameroon.
This, they said, was in view of the fact that, Africa, and especially Sub-Saharan Africa, still had to realise its full agricultural potential and needed significant funding for productivity-enhancing innovations.
In addition, they asked African governments to "invest strongly" in the education value chain, from universities to vocational colleges and to "leverage on secondary and primary education" to upgrade the skill levels of young people entering the labour force. A broad range of human resources was needed in agriculture, they said.
Only a fraction of smallholder farmers on the continent have requisite entrepreneurial ability and, as such, 'skilling' such groups and, in general, improving productivity, is critical for African agriculture if it is to play a greater role in meeting local and global food demand.
In addition, partnerships for co-creation of knowledge, resource mobilisation, scaling innovations and technologies as well as sharing and learning were urgently needed, the statement read to the ministers' forum said.
"African Universities commit to work collaboratively with other actors, including development partners and policymakers in and outside Africa, to marshal the needed response capacity to strengthen Africa's food systems and for scaling up best practices," the institutions added during the event hosted by the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture, or RUFORUM.
The want to build partnerships to operationalise the Strengthening Higher Agricultural Education in Africa, a five-year initiative promoted by RUFORUM and the World Bank as well as initiatives that form part of the African Union's Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy. These initiatives include youth skill and entrepreneurship building as well as enhancing capacity in science, technology and innovation.
In addition, the universities pledged to engage actively in various intergovernmental partnerships: the European Union-African Union Partnership on Food, Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture Initiative, the African Union-European Union Research and Innovation Partnership on Climate Change and the Sustainable Energy and Global Research Alliance on Agriculture Greenhouse Gases. They will also continue to work with other global universities.
Universities 'pivotal'
African ministers for agriculture were in agreement with the views held by the universities, among other matters, acknowledging that there was a need to strengthen the link between university and government. This they noted in a statement read at the event.
The ministers committed themselves to working with the institutions to harness the much-needed response capacity for strengthening the continent's food systems, noting that universities' role was central to realisation of the objective.
"We recognise that a more holistic human capital development is required to build the agricultural workforce, from production to research and innovations as well as entrepreneurship. African universities are pivotal in the design and implementation of human capital development programmes," the statement added.
Equally important, the ministers noted, was the need to develop the outreach function of universities which includes agriculture extension services (work with farmers), and the link between universities and smallholder farmers, said the communiqué read by Erica Maganga, Malawi's principal secretary for agriculture.
According to Professor Ekwamu Adipala, the executive secretary of RUFORUM, a huge gap existed between research and its impact on African agriculture, which was to blame for hunger.
The organisation had supported universities to participate in the UNFSS process, and had engaged key actors, including heads of states and other advocates of Africa's development.
The UNFSS has been designed to, among other matters, raise awareness and provoke public discussion on reforming food systems for the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals.
The universities' organisation (RUFORUM) has been picked by the United Nations as one of the UNFSS champions, to "mobilise a diverse range of voices in every part of the world, to engage and develop an inclusive coalition for the transformation of food systems through coordinated actions before, during and after the summit", said Adipala.
In May, vice-chancellors from the universities pledged to support continental initiatives that would support human capital development and increase Africa's capability in research, innovation and entrepreneurship, with the aim of bettering agricultural productivity.
The vice-chancellors have committed to become 'game changers' to transform agri-food systems across the continent for the betterment of the African people, working with national governments and the African Union Commission to identify actions and initiatives to improve the sector.
Culled from https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20210617101803547
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현미경으로만 볼 수 있는 집 진드기는 죽은 피부와 동물의 털을 먹고 사는데 카펫, 소파, 침구, 커튼에도 살고 있습니다. 대체로 해롭지 않지만, 알러지가 있는 사람들에게는 알러지를 더 악화시키고 알레르기와 천식의 원인이 됩니다.
House mite, which can be shown by microscope, eats dead skin and animal hair. It also lives in the carpet, the sofa, the bed, and the curtain. Most of them are harmless, but it can make allergy worse and cause asthma.
진드기퇴치 스프레이 레시피는 노케미라이프 전문강사 과정에서 만나볼 수 있습니다.


Brisbane Roar's Hyundai A-League Championship defence begins in Adelaide on Friday night (kick-off 7.30pm AEST).
The Roar was drawn to meet the third-placed Reds in Elimination Final 1 at Adelaide Oval after Sydney FC beat Wellington Phoenix 2-1 in New Zealand today.
The other Elimination Final is between fourth-placed Wellington Phoenix, who finished below Adelaide on goal difference, and fifth-placed Melbourne City at Westpac Stadium on Sunday, 3 May.
Premiers Plate winners Melbourne Victory and runners-up Sydney FC have the week off.
Brisbane Roar interim Head Coach Frans Thijssen said his squad was ready for the Finals Series challenge ahead and has warned his team are underdogs and the ones to watch.
"Some players in the squad have had a rest and others gave us selection options in the (2-1) win over Newcastle on Friday," Thijssen said.
"We have had good away form in recent weeks and now have a full week to prepare for Adelaide.
"These boys deserve to finish the season with a prize (trophy).
Brisbane has an enviable record in the South Australian capital, with seven wins and one draw in their last eight away meetings with the Reds.
In the current season, Adelaide United recorded a 2-1 win over the Roar in the opening round at Suncorp Stadium.
However, the three-time Champions beat Josep Gombau's side 1-0 in Round 10 and 3-2 in Round 25, just two weeks ago, in Adelaide.
After next weekend's Hyundai A-League Elimination Final, the Roar also has its final AFC Champions League Group Stage match, against Japan's Urawa Red Diamonds, at Gold Coast Stadium on Tuesday, 5 May (7pm kick-off).
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Letter: Take a stand against those who kneel during anthem
What a pleasure watching the ceremony before the All-Star game honoring 30 Medal of Honor winners, with all the players standing and afterward they went out and shook their hands.
What a feeling that gave me. I was filled with pride for this display of patriotism and heroism. I was proud to see Americans who risked their lives fighting for our country's values and freedom, and the thunderous reception they received from players and fans. I was a little misty-eyed, too, for all those heroes who never returned home. My dad would say the "heroes" are still there.
As I watched this ceremony and these heroes, I got angry at the NFL players who take a knee during the National Anthem. Kneeling not out of loyalty and respect but out of contempt for our anthem, flag and country — actually for us. At that moment, I resolved never to support any professional sports program that permits its players to kneel during the National Anthem. If these un-American players want to protest and draw a line in the field by disrespecting the anthem and flag, then I feel it's my right and duty not to support their actions. If they think this act is heroic and displays their right to protest something, I say to them, go ahead and make a fool out of yourself but not with my support. And if anyone calls them heroes, remind them of the ceremony honoring the Medal of Honor recipients and what real heroes did — risked their lives for others.
This has nothing to do with politics — Democrat, Republican, Independent, Socialist. It's a slap at our country.
Aren't those stadiums built and financed with taxpayers' money? Then why are they allowed to disrespect the National Anthem? In my view, they are traitors.
Let's join in telling the NFL we won't stand by and watch anyone disrespecting our National Anthem and flag.
Barry Doll


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Interestingly, the attack comes on a day when BJP president Amit Shah led a protest in Delhi over the "political killings" in Kerala.
Kannur has a history of clashes involving CPI(M) and BJP-RSS workers.
Thiruvananthapuram: At least five CPM workers and four police personnel were injured when a procession of the Left party workers was attacked with country bombs in Kannur district in Kerala.
The injured CPM activists have been admitted in a hospital in Thalassery city in the district, about 400 km from the state capital.
Police say they suspect the role of supporters of the BJP or its ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in the incident. "The procession had around 200 people and there were country made bombs thrown at them apart from the stone pelting. This attack happened as the procession was passing through a BJP dominant area in Panoor and we suspect BJP supporters behind this attack. There have been no serious injuries," District Police Chief G Siva Vikram told NDTV.
Interestingly, the attack comes on a day when BJP president Amit Shah led a protest in Delhi over the "political killings" in Kerala. "Communists must be ashamed that most murders took place in Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's hometown," Amit Shah said.
On Tuesday, Mr Shah had launched the BJP's state-wide Jan Raksha Yatra (protect the people) - meant to highlight what the BJP calls the ruling CPM's "murder politics". But the yatra ran into controversy two days later as BJP supporters were heard threatening to "chop hands" of senior CPM leader in the state. "(P) Jayarajan, who is left with only one hand, must not be left with the other hand either," the BJP supporters can be heard chanting in the video put up by senior BJP state leader V Muraleedharan.
Kannur, a politically volatile district in Kerala, has a history of clashes involving CPI(M) and BJP-RSS workers. Since May 2016, a total of eight political murders have taken place in Kannur - 3 CPM activists and 5 BJP activists.
According to statistics available with state crime bureau, 45 CPM activists, 44 BJP activists, 4 Muslim League activists and 15 Congress activist have been killed since 1991 in the district.


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One of America's deadliest disasters
Puerto Rico raises Hurricane Maria death toll from 64 to 2,975
By Bill Van Auken
The government of Puerto Rico Tuesday raised its estimate of the number of Puerto Ricans who lost their lives to 2017's Hurricane Maria from 64 to 2,975. This figure makes Maria the worst natural catastrophe on territory claimed by the US since the Galveston, Texas flood of 1900.
The near 50-fold increase in the death toll exposed what millions on the island already knew: that the authorities had long deliberately concealed the real human cost of the storm. It is also a searing indictment of the criminal negligence and indifference of both the US ruling establishment and its two major parties, as well as that of the territory's own governmental authorities.
Governor Ricardo Rosselló officially adopted the new figure for the number of Hurricane Maria's victims following the release of a study commissioned by his government and carried out by George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health.
The study appears to be the most scientifically rigorous and detailed thus far, drawing on demographic data that the Puerto Rican government had previously hidden from the public. It compared the death rates between September 2017 and February 2018 to earlier periods dating back to 2010. The researchers also factored in the mass exodus of people fleeing the desperate conditions prevailing in Puerto Rico, marked by interminable power outages, for the US mainland.
During this period, Puerto Rico's population fell by 280,000, an 8 percent drop, making the increased number of deaths all the more extraordinary.
Earlier studies had already provided far higher numbers than the ludicrously low death toll maintained by the Puerto Rican government for nearly a year. Research done by Penn State based on death certificates had come up with an estimate of 1,139 deaths. Another study done by Harvard University, based on interviews with a random sample of some 3,300 households, yielded an estimate ranging between roughly 800 and 8,500, with a median figure of 4,645. This number was embraced by many Puerto Ricans who were outraged by the deliberate underestimate maintained by the Puerto Rican and US governments.
The Harvard researchers noted that this median figure was likely too low, and that the real number of deaths was probably higher than 5,000. No doubt the George Washington study also represents a serious underestimation of the real number of fatalities.
The George Washington study noted that many Puerto Rican doctors and hospitals had failed to follow protocols established by the Centers for Disease Control, and attributed deaths to the storm only where people were directly killed by the immediate destruction wrought by its winds and rain. Those who died because they could not get medical care or medications, were cut off dialysis and oxygen equipment because of the lack of electricity, or had medical conditions that they would not have confronted absent the wholesale destruction of the island's infrastructure were not linked to Maria. It added that some doctors were reluctant to relate deaths to the hurricane "due to concerns … about liability."
Among the more important findings of the George Washington study was the vastly disproportionate impact of the storm in terms of deaths among the poorer layers of Puerto Rican society, compared to the wealthy and the middle class.
It found that the risk of death was 45 percent higher, and remained so until the end of the study's period in mid-February, among populations referred to by researchers as "low socioeconomic development municipalities." For poorer inhabitants of the island generally, the chance of death was 60 percent higher.
A graph included in the study shows that, while the death toll increased among all layers of the population between September and October 2017, it rose far more sharply for the poorer layers of the population and continued to increase between October 2017 and February 2018, even as it leveled off for wealthier social layers.
The finding only confirms that Maria, like all natural disasters, served to lay bare the conditions of poverty, social crisis and inequality that existed before the storm ever made land.
The study also found that men over the age of 65 continued to confront a higher rate of deaths through the end of the survey period.
The George Washington researchers warned that, had the study continued, it would almost inevitably have tracked a continuing elevated death rate for these layers of the population, particularly given the protracted conditions of deprivation on the island, with a lack of electricity continuing for some until only weeks ago.
A proposed second phase of the George Washington study would aim at recording the names of those who died and providing in each case a cause of death, based on an examination of death certificates as well as interviews with families and medical personnel. The Puerto Rican government has yet to fund this stage of the inquiry.
The Trump administration responded to the latest death toll estimate with its inevitable brutish callousness. At a White House meeting Tuesday, Trump praised his administration for doing a "fantastic job" in Puerto Rico, despite the incontrovertible evidence that thousands were left to die because of its criminal negligence and insufficient aid.
The grotesque self-praise from the White House echoes the tone adopted by Trump when he staged a brief visit to Puerto Rico just two weeks after the storm, throwing paper towels to storm victims and congratulating the island's governor and other officials for having avoided a "real catastrophe like [Hurricane] Katrina," which claimed over 1,800 lives in New Orleans and on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. He repeated the official death toll of 16 being put out by authorities in San Juan at the time. At the time, millions of people were still digging out from the storm, and everyone knew that far more people had lost their lives.
In addition to the widespread popular hatred for Trump and the US authorities, there is intense anger against Governor Rosselló and his local administration for failing to reveal the real scope of the tragedy inflicted upon the island's population and to secure the resources needed to confront it.
The George Washington study contained damning criticism of local authorities, pointing out that their emergency planning contemplated only a Category 1 or 2 hurricane, leaving them grossly unprepared for Maria, which hit Puerto Rico as a Category 5 storm. It also faulted a lack of communications between local and central authorities, and said, in relation to the number of deaths, that "information was intentionally held to evade blame."
In an interview published Wednesday by San Juan's leading daily, El Nuevo Día, Rosselló repeated at least seven times—by the paper's count—that he had confronted an "unprecedented catastrophe," in an attempt to justify the failure of his administration in the face of the disaster. Asked about his complicity with Trump in grossly underestimating the death toll and affirming that Puerto Rico had avoided a "real catastrophe," Rosselló responded, "I'm not perfect. I make mistakes. Hindsight is 20-20."
The reality is that the government in Puerto Rico, together with the Trump administration and both the Republicans and Democrats in Washington, has been focused—both before and after Maria struck the island—not on ameliorating conditions of poverty and social deprivation, but on extracting profits for Wall Street bondholders under conditions of the island's fiscal bankruptcy. It is estimated that Puerto Rico, still confronting the protracted health emergency wrought by Maria, will pay $1.4 billion on debt restructuring over the next six years, an amount that significantly exceeds the entire budget of the island's Health Department.
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Damages arising from construction projects and the possibilities for contractors to reduce the damages claimed by the contracting authorities
Sofia Cozac | 07/09/2021 07/09/2021
Sofia Cozac
Construction projects are constantly expanding in Romania, both residential as well as road and railway projects. In the course of such projects, contractors are often faced with the contracting authority's refusal to pay for the works, or with other types of default, which ultimately lead to the termination of the contract.
Against this background, it is important to note that when certain construction contracts are terminated, and the beneficiary claims amounts resulting from that termination from the contractor, such damages may be limited by the contractor.
This limitation of damages can be successfully achieved by invoking the legal conditions which the damage must meet by reference to recent judicial practice in this regard.
1. Defining elements of the damage under Romanian law
Damage is primarily a condition of civil contractual liability. At the same time, damages should represent the equivalent of such contractual liability. It is important to emphasise that the debtor shall only be liable for the non-performance (applying the broadest definition of the term) of its contractual obligation, within the limits of the damage caused.
Therefore, proof of the existence and the extent of the damage is an absolute prerequisite, since non-performance of the contractual obligation alone does not always give rise to damages.
As a result, damage can be succinctly defined as the sanction for non-performance of contractual obligations.[1]
In order for the debtor to be liable for any damages, one must prove that all the conditions in relation to the awarding of damages are met as per the general law principles. This burden of proof falls on the creditor of the non-performed, or inadequately performed, obligation.[2]
Doctrine and case law have developed certain essential features of the damage, which the courts apply rigorously, and which is highlighted below.
Often, creditors of unperformed or poorly performed obligations claim global damages from the debtor, which go beyond the debtor's liability.
Thus, in practice, following the termination of contracts for works, the contractors often receive claims from the beneficiaries concerning damages deriving from the beneficiaries' financing agreements, or other similar agreements, which have been terminated as a result of the termination of the contract for works.
It is, therefore, important to carefully review the legal limits of the damages, in order to correct possible deviations in respect of damages claimed, such as the granting of certain amounts claimed, which exceed the scope of what is defined as "foreseeable damages".
Below, we have focused on the three essential conditions of the damage, these being the damage has to be (i) direct (ii) certain and (iii) foreseeable.
2. Direct damage
The damage incurred must be as a direct consequence of the debtor's non-performance, as is clear from the provisions of Article 1530 NCC[3]
In order for the damage to be direct, it is implied that there must be a causal link between the unlawful act itself and the unjust damage caused as a result of that act. It therefore concerns an objective element, the causal link, and not a subjective one.[4]
A creditor is entitled to claim from the debtor full compensation for the damage which the debtor has caused him as a direct and necessary consequence of the unjustifiable or, as the case may be, culpable non-performance of the obligation. The burden of proving the direct nature of the damage lies with the creditor of the non-performed obligation.
The direct nature of the damage is assessed objectively by identifying the causal link between the unlawful act itself and the unjust damage caused as a result of that act. The scope of direct damage includes both the damage caused by a direct causal link as well as by an indirect causal link, also called the 'rebound damage'. Indirect causation has nothing in common with indirect damage, which is outside the causal relationship.[5]
The indirect causal link concerns compensation for damage caused to third parties, i.e. the indirect victims of the initial damage caused by the illicit deed to the direct victim. In relation to rebound damage, the High Court of Cassation and Justice, in a preliminary ruling decision, rendered that rebound damage is the damage incurred by a third party, as an indirect victim, caused by the initial damage, caused directly by an illicit deed or other event to the immediate victim.[6]
Rebound damage is also directly reparable damage, in so far as it is established that it is the consequence of the same wrongful act committed against another person. Rebound damage may be monetary if the victim has been deprived of a legitimate right or interest, whether of a pecuniary or non-pecuniary nature, even if the method of reparation is pecuniary.[7]
3. Damage must be certain
With regard to the certainty[8] of the damage, one can speak of a "certain" damage when its existence is definite, unquestionable and its extent may be established in the present.[9]
In the event that the contractor can demonstrate that the loss has not actually been incurred by the beneficiary and that the beneficiary has other available remedies, the beneficiary's claim will be dismissed. This is due to the fact that obliging the debtor of the unperformed obligation to cover all losses of any kind incurred by the creditor would be an unfair remedy and would go beyond the rationale of contractual liability as an institution.
By way of example, the beneficiary of a contract for works may claim the loss of contractual relations with certain third parties as a result of the termination of the contract for works, which then ultimately leads to monetary damages.
In a recent decision rendered by the Timisoara Court of Appeal by way of a second appeal[10], (Ro. recurs), the beneficiary claimed damages twice the value of the contract for works, arising from the loss of financing resulting from the termination of the contract for works. The Court concluded that the damage was not "direct" since the contractor had not been aware of the financing contracts, which were not part of the tender documentation.[11]
The court also ruled in respect of the direct nature of the damage that:
"While in cases where the loss is the immediate and direct consequence of the non-performance of an obligation the evidentiary effort may not be difficult, in cases where the creditor claims recovery of losses arising from other sources than the contract between the parties, the analysis to be carried out by the court is much more difficult.
It is thus for the court to examine:
(i) whether the loss was actually incurred by the creditor: and
(ii) whether the creditor has no other remedy available.
Ordering the debtor of the unperformed obligation to cover all losses of any kind incurred by the creditor is unfair and would go beyond the rationale of contractual liability as an institution. If the creditor invokes the loss of certain revenues deriving from a contract with a third party, the court must make a relevant analysis of other remedies that the creditor would have for maintaining the contracts, the specific possibility of contracting again for such benefits and not suffering that loss. (…) In the case at hand, the contracting authority merely invoked the existence of financing contracts with a third party, which the latter has terminated. The contracting authority did not carry out a further analysis of the market conditions with a view to obtaining further financing, nor did it prove that it was unable to contract new funding to cover the costs of the project."
Both current and future damage that is certain to occur are considered to be certain damage. Actual damages are those which have been fully incurred up to the date when reparation is sought. Future and certain damage is damage that has not yet occurred but is certain to occur and can be assessed in the present on the basis of sufficient evidence.[12] It follows that the certainty of future damage relates both to its existence and to its extent. If it is certain to occur but its full extent is not known, the court will limit itself to requiring the debtor only to repair the damage assessed with certainty[13]:
"The certainty of the damage may not be established if, once the contract has not been performed, one may terminate such contract and conclude a different contract with the same object with another party, since there is no direct causal link between the alleged damage and the unlawful act."[14]
In that case, the court analysed the remedies available to the creditor and held, for those reasons, that the damage claimed was not direct and certain.
The Romanian courts are therefore reluctant to award losses arising from legal relationships with third parties by considering the condition of certainty of the loss.
4. Foreseeability of damage
The debtor shall be liable only for damage which was foreseen, or could have been foreseen, at the time the contract was concluded as a result of his failure to perform his obligation.[15]
Foreseeability is therefore assessed according to a subjective criterion, that of the foreseeability of the damage at the time the contract was concluded.
As regards the foreseeability of the damage, the Bucharest Court of Appeal held in one case that the conditions for the defendant's contractual civil liability were not met regarding the certain and foreseeable nature of the damage where the plaintiff had contracted with a third party for a loan having represented that it would pay it with the sums of money which it would have obtained if the defendant had performed its obligations towards the plaintiff.
"As regards the interest and late-payment penalties which the applicant must pay as a result of the concluded loan agreements the Court notes that those elements of the damage were not foreseeable at the time when the financing contract was concluded. Even taking into account the defendant's gross negligence, the interest and penalties calculated by Deutche Leasing România IFN SA are not the direct and necessary consequence of the defendant's late performance of its obligation and represent an obligation undertaken by claimant."[16]
It has been pointed out that the law aims to limit the damages for which the debtor is liable when the extent of the damages is not foreseeable. It has also been held that the law is required to distinguish between intrinsic damage (circa rem) i.e. the damage which the creditor could have suffered in respect of not receiving the benefit of the obligation and extrinsic damage (extra rem) i.e. the damage which the creditor seeks in respect of the other assets of his estate, as a consequence of him not receiving the benefit of the obligation under the contract, the debtor being liable only for damages circa rem, since these were foreseeable, and the extra rem damages will not be paid by the good faith debtor, since they were not foreseeable at the time the contract was concluded.
It may therefore be determined that, in the absence of sufficient evidence, the foreseeability of the damage cannot in any event be presumed.
All of the above elements, having been considered by the case law, are very useful tools to reduce any potential damage claimed by the beneficiary of a contract for works. All the more so as the amount of indirect or unforeseeable damage may be substantial, sometimes even exceeding the value of the contracts.
[1] The provisions concerning damages are contained in the New Romanian Civil Code ("NCC") under Articles 1350, 1530 and 1537: Art. 1350: Contractual liability
(1) Every party must comply with the obligations it has contracted to perform.
(2) When, without reasoning, such duty is not complied with, such party shall be liable for the damage caused to the other party and is obliged to repair this damage, according to the law.
(3) Unless otherwise provided by law, neither party may waive the application of the rules of contractual liability in favour of other rules which are more favourable to him.
[2] Art. 1537: Proof of damage
Proof of non-performance of the obligation does not relieve the creditor of the burden of proving the damage, unless otherwise provided by law or by the agreement of the parties.
[3] Art. 1530 Right to damages
The creditor is entitled to damages as compensation for the loss which the debtor has caused him and which is the direct and necessary consequence of the unjustifiable or culpable non-performance of the obligation.
[4] Liviu Pop, Ionuț- Florin Popa, Stelian Ioan Vidu – Elementary Treaty on Civil Law. Obligations, pp. 418, Universul Juridic Publishing House, 2012.
[5] BELU MAGDO Monna-Lisa, Monetary damage in contract matters and its repair. Law magazine no. 4/2020.
[6] High Court of Cassation and Justice, Civil Decision no. 12/16.05.2016, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, no. 498 of 4 July 2016.
[7] Such a case is provided by Art. 1391 paragraph 2 C. Civ.
[8] The provisions governing the certainty of the damage under Romanian law are set out in Art. 1532 NCC: Art. 1532: The certainty of the damage
(1) In determining damages, account shall be taken of future loss or damage when it is certain.
(2) Damages represented by the loss of an opportunity or of an advantage may be compensated proportionate to the probability of obtaining the advantage, taking into account the circumstances and the specific situation of the creditor.
(3) Damages which cannot be determined with certainty shall be determined by the court.
[9] Liviu Pop, Ionuț- Florin Popa, Stelian Ioan Vidu – Elementary Treaty on Civil Law. Obligations, pp. 415-416, Universul Juridic Publishing House, 2012.
[10] Available here
[11] The Court ruled that: "The moment when the "direct" nature of the damage is assessed is that of the execution of the Contract, and at that time, the Company was not aware of the obligations deriving from the financing contracts, as they were not part of the award documentation."
[12] M.N. Costin, C.M. Costin, Civil Law Dictionary A to Z Second Edition , Hamangiu Publishing House, Bucharest, 2007, p. 772.
[13] I. Turcu, L. Pop, Commercial Contracts. Conclusion and performance, vol. II, pp. 469-470, quoted by Terzea Viorel in the New Civil Code amended with doctrine and case law of 6 January 2017, Universul Juridic Publishing House.
[14] Bucharest Tribunal, VI-th commercial pannel, dec. no. 36/2010, in C.G. Bădoiu, C. Cucu, Commercial law dictionary, p. 107 quoted by Terzea Viorel in the New Civil Code amended with doctrine and case law of 6 January 2017, Universul Juridic Publishing House.
[15] Art. 1533: Foreseeability of damage: The debtor is liable only for damage which he foresaw or could have foreseen as a result of non-performance at the time of conclusion of the contract, unless the non-performance is intentional or due to his gross negligence. Even in the latter case, damages cover only what is the direct and necessary consequence of the non-performance of the obligation.
[16] See Decision no. 5117/2018 of 6 December 2018, Bucharest Court of Appeal.
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Page 24 of The Playboy's Proposition
He captured her hand with his. "Your turn for questions is over. My turn now. What's your favorite dessert?"
"Double-chocolate brownies with frosting," she said with a guilty expression on her face. "Decadent."
"Just like you," he said.
Her eyes lit with arousal but she looked away as if she was determined to fight her attraction to him. That irritated the hell out of him. There would be no denial from any part of her when he took her tonight in his bed.
O n Saturday morning, Michael surprised himself by sleeping an entire hour later than usual. He did his usual workout and was surprised even more at the sight of Bella dressed in jeans, T-shirt, and tennis shoes and her head covered by a bandana, walking out of the room where she kept her belongings.
"You're up early," he said."I'm painting today," she said.
He frowned. "It didn't look like the spa needed it."
"I'm not painting the spa. I'm volunteering—painting a children's activity center downtown."
"That's nice of you," he said.
"They need help with some repairs if you're interested. If you're handy, I hear they need some help with wiring and the gas heater."
"You sound like Damien," he said, thinking of his oldest brother. "He started building houses for charity and keeps telling Rafe and me that we should do the same."
"Why don't you?"
"I donate generously to several charities. My money is more valuable than my manpower."
"Do you mentor anyone?"
Her question took him off guard. "No. My schedule is packed. It wouldn't be fair to promise to mentor someone with the limited time I have."
"Hmm," she said.
Her noncommittal sound irritated him and he narrowed his eyes. Most would have heeded his expression as a warning.
"It's a good thing your mentor made the time he did for you, isn't it?"
No one besides his brothers would dare get in his face like she did. "My mentor was retired. I'm not."
"Excuses, excuses," she said, a smile playing around her lips. "But I understand if you're afraid of getting involved."
"Afraid," he echoed, snatching her hand and pulling her against him. "You aren't trying to manipulate me into charity involvement, are you?"
She paused a half beat. "Yes. Is it working?"
He couldn't help chuckling. "Not at all."
"Okay, no goading," she said. "I dare you to come down to the community children's center and help." She met his gaze, her lips lifted in a sultry half smile. She tossed her head and lifted her chin. "See ya if you're brave enough." She turned and walked away, her saucy butt swinging from side to side as she exited his house.
"Witch," he muttered and dismissed her so-called dare. He had real work to do. Walking to his office, he sat down with his laptop and crunched numbers. He worked without pausing for the next hour and a half.
The second he stopped, silence closed around him like a thick cloud. Bella and her dare jabbed at him. Silly, he thought. Stupid. A waste of time. Bella was a misplaced do-gooder. Children didn't need paint. They needed…parents.
The twinge inside him took him by surprise. He frowned at the odd sensation and shrugged, turning back to his number crunching, but his concentration came and went.
Ten minutes later, he sighed, swearing under his breath and leaned back in his leather chair. Raking his hand through his hair, he shook his head. Stupid dare, he thought, remembering the expression in her mesmerizing, nearly purple eyes.
In the long run, how much did a fresh coat of paint really matter? Two more minutes of denial rolled through his brain and he tossed his pen at his desk and turned off his laptop. What a surprise. He toyed with the idea of joining her. He liked the notion of surprising her. He liked the idea of doing something with his hands other than using his laptop or BlackBerry. Even the devil had a conscience. Or perhaps the devil couldn't resist a dare from a woman with black hair and purple eyes.
Bella continued edging the walls of one of the playrooms. She much preferred rolling paint on the walls because that part of the job was easier and more rewarding, but edging was crucial to the finished product. She would take her turn with the roller later on."Sandwich? Water?" Rose, a mother of one of the children who visited the center, offered as she carried a tray.
Bella smiled and lifted her water bottle, having chatted with the young woman earlier that morning. "I'm still good, thank you. How's it going in the other rooms?" she asked as she turned back to edging.