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CONEY ISLAND, Brooklyn -- Mayor Bill De Blasio formally announced on Monday something that he’s informally announced a few times before: NYC Ferry service is expanding to all five boroughs.
The ride, which is typically faster than the subway or bus, will cost the same as those land-based modes of public transportation. However, taxpayers’ subsidies are what keep the ferry ride fares comparatively low, and they will continue to do so under the announced expansion.
“Coney Island, your ship has come in!” the mayor exclaimed at a news conference early Monday afternoon.
The ferry from the seaside community will launch from Coney Island Creek, on the northwest shore of Coney Island, and will arrive at Wall Street in about 35 minutes, according to James Patchett, chief executive of the city’s Economic Development Corporation. He was also in attendance at the news conference.
Both he and the mayor said that the details of the ferry service aren’t necessarily simple.
“It will cost money,” Mayor De Blasio said, adding that the cost will be about “$100 million in capital expenses."
In addition, said Patchett, in order to keep the cost of a ferry ticket to $2.75 — the same as a single ride subway fare — each ticket would be subsidized by the city, at a rate of nearly $7.00 per ticket, according to Patchett.
That subsidy is already being paid for commuters on existing NYC Ferry routes. Currently, about 12,500 passengers use NYC Ferry daily. That number will grow under the mayor’s new plan.
By comparison, about 5.7 million people use the subway daily.
Regarding the details of the ferry creation, one local resident, Annette Wesley, who’d attended the news conference, said, “It’s not gonna please everybody.”
“It’ll have its ups and downs,” she said, but with more ups than downs. “I'm looking forward to it."
Meanwhile, at the Coney Island subway terminal, from which commuters face a round trip commute to and from Manhattan that can last as long as three hours, the response was overwhelmingly positive.
“It would be much easier,” said commuter Kero Malak. “It would cut my time at least in half.”
Lynette Viera echoed his point. “It'll be a quicker and more pleasant commute,” the daily subway rider told PIX11 News. When she was reminded that the ferry ticket would cost the same as a subway fare, she was all for it. “Why not?” Viera asked.
The Coney Island ferry will not start running until 2021. When it is in operation, the mayor said, it will stop in Bay Ridge also, and then end at Wall Street.
Also part of the NYC Ferry expansion will be a commuter ferry from the St. George terminal in Staten Island, running to Midtown, on the West Side, at 39th Street. It won't be in operation until 2020.
Beginning in May of this year, the Astoria ferry route will also include a stop at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Also, in 2021 there will be two expansions of existing ferry routes. The ferry from Soundview, the Bronx, to Wall Street will extend to Throgs Neck in the Bronx. In addition, the South Brooklyn ferry line will start at Sunset Park/Brooklyn Army Terminal. Before, it had started in Bay Ridge. The Bay Ridge stop will become part of the Coney Island ferry route.AlertMe


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White House officials fear that the last pillars of political support among Senate for President Bush's strategy are collapsing around them, according to several administration officials and outsiders they are consulting. They say that inside the administration, debate is intensifying over whether Mr. Bush should try to prevent more defections by announcing his intention to begin a gradual withdrawal of American troops from the high-casualty neighborhoods of Baghdad and other cities.Mr. Bush and his aides once thought they could wait to begin those discussions until after Sept. 15, when the top field commander and the new American ambassador to Baghdad are scheduled to report on the effectiveness of the troop increase that the president announced in January. But suddenly, some of Mr. Bush's aides acknowledge, it appears that forces are combining against him just as the Senate prepares this week to begin what promises to be a contentious debate on the war's future and financing.
Four more Republican senators have recently declared that they can no longer support Mr. Bush's strategy, including senior lawmakers who until now had expressed their doubts only privately. As a result, some aides are now telling Mr. Bush that if he wants to forestall more defections, it would be wiser to announce plans for a far more narrowly defined mission for American troops that would allow for a staged pullback, a strategy that he rejected in December as a prescription for defeat when it was proposed by the bipartisan Iraq Study Group.
"When you count up the votes that we've lost and the votes we're likely to lose over the next few weeks, it looks pretty grim," said one senior official, who, like others involved in the discussions, would not speak on the record about internal White House deliberations.
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The works of Julio Monteiro Martins are analyzed in relation to the exile’s experience with an assessment of the elements of continuity between his Brazilian and Italian production. Despite the author’s reference to his own migration as a «controlled suicide» and rebirth, an evolving line can be traced in his fiction in the persistence of similar themes, narrative structures, and stylistic conven- tions, even if it is clear that working during the period of dictatorship period and as an exponent of the novíssima literatura brasileira, the author had di erent priorities than when he was living as an intellectual in Italy. Therefore both Portuguese and Italian short stories are compared and examined, as well as his experimental novel madrelingua, with particular attention to Monteiro Martin’s aptitude for combining long and short narrative and di erent literary traditions.
Dispatrio come morte e rinascita. Julio Monteiro Martins tra Brasile e Italia / Morace, R. - (2016), pp. 105-120.

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Copenhagen to host second round of Rapha Nocturne
Day of racing to take place on city centre circuit
The first-ever international Rapha Nocturne will take place in the meatpacking district in the heart of Copenhagen on Saturday August 19, 2017 bringing pro racing action and events for fans and racers of all ages and abilities.
Racers at Rapha Nocturne Copenhagen will be able to choose from fixed and amateur categories of racing as well as fun races on cargo and folding bikes. Elite men’s and women’s criteriums will finish off the evening with explosive action under the street lights.
Unique to the Rapha Nocturne is the concept of ‘ride all day, race all night.’ Anyone can sign up to ride the course before the pros in an open one-hour Ride session.
Before the pro teams battle it out in the Elite Criterium, the fixed race is guaranteed to bring high speed action and no shortage of drama to the city centre course.
Watch the video of the first race in the series, the London Nocturne on 10th June here:
Local rider Magnus Bang will be racing in the Men’s Fixed Gear Criterium and says Rapha made a good choice picking Copenhagen for the second round: “I’m really stoked to have people coming to my town. I already spoke to fixed gear guys from other European cities who are coming here, and I’ve promised to show them the good coffee spots and routes.”
Danish pro Marc Hester rides for Team WIGGINS and says he is looking forward to bringing some of the excitement from Copenhagen Six Day track racing to the streets of his favourite city: “[Racing in the dark] is a format I love. It gets harder to keep your position because the shadows from the street lights makes it feel like one rider around you is actually three, and the corners are harder to read.
"With the extra motivation of racing in my favourite city, I hope it will make for a good race for me.”
Other Scandinavian riders competing in the Vitamin Well Elite Criterium include Niklas Larsen, Olympic medalist in team pursuit (track) and youth champion in the point race (track) and Mark Sehested (Team VeloConcept).
Together with Clubhouse part time staff and Team ColoQuick CULT team members Rasmus Bøgh Wallin and Magnus Klaris, they will be competing against British riders Ed Clancy of JLT Condor (former Nocturne London winner and Olympic track champion) and hot new talent Rhys Howells of Team WIGGINS.
Ian Fleck, Brand Program Manager at Rapha, said Copenhagen offered unique opportunities that made it the ideal location for the international expansion of the Nocturne.
“The challenging circuit around the streets of Kødbyen in Copenhagen should make for an exhilarating event. It will bring the thrill of racing to the heart of the city, which is fundamental to the spirit of the Nocturne, as well as providing a stunning backdrop to the action.”
James Pope, CEO of Nocturne organisers, FACE Partnership said: “Working in partnership with Rapha we are going to take the event to some of the most iconic cities in the world, Copenhagen being the first – and then expanding to the US and beyond.
"Our ambition is to create a World Series where the Rapha Nocturne determines the world’s best city street racers so we are looking forward to crowning the first Rapha Nocturne world champion later this year...”
Simon Mottram, founder and CEO of Rapha, said: “The Rapha Nocturne Series crystallises riding and racing, bringing racing closer to everyday cyclists and into the heart of international cities with events for every level, tribe and age group.
"We are delighted to be back with the Nocturne to see it grow around the world over the next three years.”
Key races will be streamed live on Rapha’s Facebook channel, allowing spectators worldwide to follow the action and snapshots of the event will also feature on Instagram. Follow the racing at Facebook.com/rapharacing.
Fans will be able to get up close to their cycling heroes and rising stars, and get involved in the festivities trackside with music, exhibitions and parties around the course.
A free Nocturne expo will be held at the Øksnehallen, where Rapha will also be offering a range of exclusive event merchandise to commemorate the 2017 Rapha Nocturne Series in the Rapha Village and fans will be able to get up close to riders as they warm up for races.
Big screens allow spectators to follow the action live around the venue. During the day, riders of all ages and abilities will be able to take to the circuit to get a taste of what the pros will experience into the night.
As the sun starts to set, the programme of events on and around the circuit will ramp up, culminating in the elite race and night rides heading into the countryside.
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Your Apple Watch is about to become a truly viable cycling smartwatch
The US tech giant is boasting connectivity to peripherals such as power meters in its new Watch OS 10
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You could own a Giro edition EF Education-EasyPost Pro Cycling team bike
Bicycle manufacturer Cannondale has partnered with the Los Angeles Bike Academy to raffle off Jonathan Caicedo's race bike from the 2021 Giro d'Italia.
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Project Description- With this logo/sticker I took many different pre existing bike logos and combined then yo create a cooler logo. I did this in photoshop. The critique we did helped me to refine the edges of the logos to make it have more contrast. Project Refection- I chose to combine these three logos because individually they are very cool logos. I also support and use product of these companys. I have a YT bike I have SMITH glasses and I support Wheel Love. This was a tough experience for me I did not have much motivation because it was very open ended. In other subjects I enjoy that but in Digital Arts it was hard to come up with things that I wanted to put my effort into. These skills that I used could help me make my own logo for my own business in the future. I have always wanted to have a business so it will be helpful to have these skills.
Understanding Scale and Proportion: Landscapes
Scale & Proportion in Art: Referring to the size of a object. Foreground, Middleground, & Background: In the foreground the object is made bigger to look proportionate to the rest of the photo. The middleground is in the middle of the photo in between fore ground and background. In the background you have to adjust the size and quality of the object to make it fit in. The most helpful tool in Photoshop is the pen tool. You can make very complex selections to change large and small things in a document. A zipped file is a file that has a lot of other files compressed into it to make it a smaller size. This is very helpful because the file is easier to move around. When You unzip a fill you get all of the smaller files back into their original size and quality.
For the eyes you use the pen tool to select to eye. Then you mess with the hue/saturation to find the color you want. To change the hair color find a color that you like make the color soft light and make the hardness 0. Then you just paint over the hair you want to change the color of.
Project Descibtion- First off all we looked around our daily lives to find letters in nature. When we found or created one you would take a photo of it. We imported them into Photoshop and adjusted the edges of the photo to make the lines less hard. Finally we created a background. I made mine black because it was simple and it looked the best.

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BALTIMORE — Scientists have found enough water ice at Mars’ south pole to blanket the entire planet in more than 11 meters of water if thawed.
Using an instrument aboard the European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter , astronomers used radar to penetrate for the first time about 4 kilometers beneath the south pole’s frozen surface, and found that nearly pure water ice lies beneath.
Discovered in the early 1970s, layered deposits of ice and dust cap the north and south poles of Mars. Until now, the deposits have been difficult to study closely with existing telescopes and satellites.
“This is the first time that a ground-penetrating system has ever been used on Mars,” said Jeffrey Plaut, the new radar study’s lead author and a scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory of Pasadena, Calif .
While NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft also carries instruments designed, among other things, to probe beneath icy polar surfaces, Plaut said “all the other instruments used to study the surface of Mars in the past really have only been sensitive to what occurs at the surface.”
Plaut and his colleagues probed the deposits with radar echo sounding, which typically is used on Earth to study the interior of glaciers. The instrument, called the Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionospheric Sounding , beams radio waves that penetrate the planet’s surface and bounce off features with different electrical properties.
The reflected beams revealed that 90 percent or more of the frozen polar material is pure water ice, sprinkled with dust particles. The scientists calculated that the water would form a nearly 11-meter -deep ocean if spread across the planet.
“It’s the best evidence that’s been obtained to date for that thickness,” said Ken Herkenhoff, a planetary geologist at the U.S. Geological Survey in Flagstaff, Ariz., who studies the martian polar regions. Herkenhoff was not involved in the current study.
Scientists have long known that Mars’ north polar cap is a massive storehouse of water ice, and the research team says they will use their radar technique to refine past estimates of its thickness and composition.
“These polar ice deposits are by far the largest reservoir of water or water ice that we know of on Mars,” Plaut said.
However, the deposits still do not contain enough water to account for the flowing streams thought to meander along Mars’ surface in the past, he said.
“There’s evidence that about 10 times or maybe even 100 times that much water has flowed across the surface of Mars to carve the various channels, the outflow valleys and other features we see in the images and topography data,” Plaut said.
Some scientists theorize that a subterranean plumbing system once ferried loads of water beneath the martian surface. Plaut said his team also will search for underground pools with the radar technique.


Open Call for AMCHP Committee Volunteers
Are you looking to get more involved with AMCHP? Check out the exciting opportunities below and make the most out of your membership!
One benefit of being an active AMCHP member is the opportunity to participate as a volunteer leader on AMCHP's Association Committees. AMCHP committees assist the organization in carrying out its mission, goals and strategic plan. As a member of the committee, you will be playing an important role in the development of AMCHP's program and policy activities. At the same time, volunteering on an AMCHP committee offers you rich professional development opportunities and potentially provides a future pathway towards greater leadership roles in this organization.
All interested members may serve up to two consecutive one-year terms. In order to be newly appointed to a committee (our term year is October – September), please let us know of your interest by taking our survey below. If you currently serve on a committee(s) and are interested in continuing in your role, please do not complete this survey as you will be contacted through an independent process. This call for volunteers remains open year-round. If interim committee positions become available due to vacancies, you may be contacted for consideration. Thank you!
A Special Note About the Committee Appointment Process
A significant recognition is in order for all AMCHP members who have served on Association Committees over the past year. Volunteerism is the lifeblood of our organization and the AMCHP Board of Directors and Staff are truly grateful for your past service to an AMCHP Association Committees.
There have been ongoing efforts to formalize AMCHP's committee policies and processes around recruitment and appointments, as well as look at structure, purpose, volunteer training, roles, and responsibilities. Our current standing policies around committees include such areas as:
- Ensuring committee members are current members of AMCHP and allowing the opportunity for those who are not members to join the organization to participate in the future;
- Providing a proper role for federal government and/or other national organization/partner representatives to serve AMCHP committees in an ex-officio capacity (up to two per committee);
- Allowing for non-member subject matter experts utilized actively for specific peer review activities to participate in a non-voting manner in order to afford AMCHP the best expertise possible as we grow our best practice portfolio;
- Adhering to AMCHP's established Bylaws language related to term limits by allowing volunteers to serve up to two (2) consecutive one-year terms.
AMCHP remains loyal to its former, current, and new volunteers and believes in continuing to offer opportunities for all of our members to contribute in ways that are meaningful to the organization and to the individual. Thank you all for your service to the organization.
Questions? Call us at (202) 775-0436 or email firstname.lastname@example.org.
AMCHP has two committee types: Board and Association Committees. Board Committees are only open to members of the Board of Directors. Association Committee is open to all member types. To verify your membership status, please contact Linnard Corbin, AMCHP's associate of membership and events.
The Executive Committee manages the work of the Board of Directors and acts between board meetings as needed. Its members include the president, president-elect, past-president, secretary, treasurer and the CEO (ex-officio).
The Finance Committee reviews the association's finances and budgets and makes financial recommendations to the Board of Directors. The committee writes policies regarding AMCHP's finances and investments for board consideration.
AMCHP Association committees assist the organization in carrying out its mission, goals and strategic plan. They serve to engage members in activities, provide advice and guidance to the board and staff, and make recommendations for policy analysis and development. They are comprised of AMCHP members as well as the board, family representatives, and staff liaisons, and may also include representatives from federal agencies and involve partner organizations when appropriate.
Annual Conference Planning Committee
AMCHP’s Annual Conference Committee oversees the planning and implementation of our annual convening of state MCH leaders and partners. The planning committee solicits and reviews conference program presentations and works with staff to ensure the Annual Conference meets the needs of all AMCHP members.
Best Practices Review Committee
The Best Practices Review Committee assists in the review and evaluation of programs submitted to AMCHP's Innovation Station.
Family and Youth Leadership Committee
The Family and Youth Leadership Committee works to advance the role of families in the design and creation of state, local and national health systems serving women and children including children and youth with special health needs. The Family and Youth Leadership Committee envisions that all families be empowered to be effective leaders and advocates in partnership with health care.
The Governance Committee is responsible for ensuring the effectiveness of the full board. It oversees the entire board-building cycle. The committee’s responsibilities include: Developing job descriptions for board members; orienting new board members and providing continuing education of all members on their responsibilities; drafting a board recruitment plan and continuously cultivating new prospects; facilitating periodic assessment of the board’s performance; ensuring that governance documents such as bylaws and policies are regularly reviewed; and managing nominations and elections.
Health Equity Committee
The AMCHP Health Equity Committee serves to provide national/state guidance and leadership in our mission to achieve equity in maternal, child, and adolescent health (MCAH). The committee’s primary functions are to: 1) provide public health strategic frameworks to guide MCAH leadership in addressing racial/ethnic and other health disparities; 2) motivate MCAH leaders and professionals to expand/ shift focus from a service-oriented to a community-transformation paradigm that includes addressing underlying social/structural determinants of health; 3) make recommendations regarding gaps in resources, tools, research, or program evaluation to inform and expand the MCAH knowledge base and 4) and coordinate AMCHP’s efforts and communications related to health equity.
Legislative and Health Care Finance Committee
The Health Care Finance Committee focuses on the financing of public health programs, such as Medicaid, private insurance, and SCHIP. The committee reviews state efforts to ensure all women, children and families have health care coverage; identifies innovative financing policies to share with other state Title V programs; and makes recommendations for AMCHP policy statements to support national efforts to expand access to quality health care.
Workforce and Leadership Development Committee
The Workforce and Leadership Development Committee develops strategies to help Title V staff in their daily jobs. It identifies issues that state Title V programs are facing in recruiting, training and retaining staff. The committee identifies resources from across the country to help Title V staff address these issues, including training and technical assistance, data and assessment, and professional development. The committee also provides member input on AMCHP programs created to support the Title V workforce, such as the new director mentor program.


In Case You Missed It, the Student Center has Grown
Oct 28, 2021 | Atlanta, GA
Last year while many members of our community were away from campus, the Student Center team, building, and services underwent some big changes you may not have noticed. The Campus Center Project continues to progress towards completion in late Summer 2022, and at the same time the team behind the building is growing and changing in preparation for the exciting road ahead. Here’s what you may have missed about the Student Center’s reach beyond the Student Center:
The Exhibition Hall
The Exhibition Hall, one of the new facilities built in phase one of the Campus Center project, has been open for a more than a year. This 46,000ft2 building, located across from the ISYE building and next to the Student Center Parking Deck, is built to serve the meeting and conference needs of the entire community. In its short history this facility has already become a magnet for campus events like Midnight Breakfast, resource fairs, and the vaccine clinic.
Many services have been housed in the Exhibition Hall temporarily while the Student Center is closed for renovations, so the community can look forward to the opening of four new meeting spaces and full use of the 12,000ft2 Midtown ballroom space once the transition of services to the Student Center is complete and final work is done on the rooms. Those spaces will be open to the community for reservations starting in Spring 2022. More about the spaces that are available for use now and those coming in Fall 2022 can be found at this link.
The *NEW* Student Center
Watching from over the fence line, the community will see the new and improved Student Center and Stamps Commons take shape over the rest of this academic year. Construction is currently on schedule to be complete next summer, so the building is expected to be open to welcome students and the community once again in Fall 2022. Registration for hard hat tours of the Student Center is now full, but more spots will be available in Spring 2022.
When it opens, the completed Student Center will include eight new meeting rooms, as well as a small theater with 165-retractable seats, 297-seat performance theater, and the bowling and billiards areas of the new Tech Rec. Each room in the new Student Center is named after one of Atlanta’s major streets, chosen by student vote. Reservations for all spaces within the Student Center will be open to the campus community in Spring 2022. Until then, the community can explore these future spaces online by following the links on this page to find renderings, capacity information, and more.
New Buildings Means New Team Name
With the completion of the Campus Center project, the portfolio of spaces managed by the Student Center team will include five buildings and portions of the campus’ outdoors. This growth in scope precipitates a clarifying change in name for the team of more than 100 people that manage it. Now called the Student and Campus Event Centers team, this unit will continue to focus on providing high quality spaces for the community to gather and life-shaping opportunities for our students to grow and develop.
“Our overall mission has not changed,” say Dr. Lindsay Bryant, senior director of the team. “We are still here to help build a strong sense of campus community through our wide variety of services. The Student & Campus Event Centers team will continue to do this daily with the students, faculty, and staff we serve in our spaces.”
The community will start to see the new name appear in the coming months, but contact information for those in need of assistance remains the same.
Nestled in the greenspace between the Instructional Center and the W02 Student Center Parking Deck you’ll find a collection of smaller buildings that include the Rising Roll Café, Burdell’s and DePoe Optical, and both the Student Center and Student Engagement team offices. In addition to these community must-haves, the space around the Pavilion features some of the best outdoor seating on campus. When the Student Center renovations are complete, all Pavilion services except for the café will move into new homes in the Student Center. More details about what will be installed in the Pavilion after that, including a new and improved Paper & Clay (campus creative studio), will be available in Spring 2022.
The Historic Academy of Medicine
Not everyone in the community knows about the team’s historic gem of an event space, located at the edge of campus in Midtown. The Historic Academy of Medicine, located at 875 West Peachtree in Midtown, has long been an important part of the campus events scene at Georgia Tech, serving as long time host for retirement dinners, the Annual Women’s Leadership Conference, and more. The historically renovated space is also often recognized for its role in many movies, such as Zombieland 2, Selma, and the Accountant.
While known for its historic charm, the team at the Academy - as it is affectionately known - have worked hard over the past year to help the community see the space as the hip and modern location it can be. With a hands-on approach to working with the event hosts, the Academy team can turn the space into the best possible environment for any number of events. Much about the building’s event services have all been updated to make the space more accessible to students and accommodating to campus and private events of all kinds. More details about the Academy’s event spaces and service can be found on this webpage.
The Georgia Tech Post Office
While its permanent home in the Student Center is closed for renovation, the Post Office and the Postal Services team have operated out of a space on the second floor of the Exhibition Hall. Despite being in a smaller space, the team has continued to provide service to the entire community - thanks in part to their transition to High Density Mail. They were honored with Georgia Tech’s 2020 Giant Leap Award for this improvement in space efficiency and mail management.
High Density Mail operations will still be in place after returning to the first floor of the Student Center in 2022, meaning that those with mailing addresses will continue to receive mail at the service counter instead of a mailbox. Students can find more information about updates to mail services on the Post Office website.
As part of Georgia Tech’s transition to self-operated Tech Dining, West Village has seen significant changes to the second floor of the dining commons, where all-you-care-to-eat style dining has been implemented. Those familiar with the old space should take a moment when they first visit to understand the new traffic patterns that will take them to any - or all - of the five new dining concepts. The new concepts brought on through the switch to Tech Dining include Ginger & Spice, The Leaning Tower of Tech, White & Gold Grill, and more.
Diners may also notice another substantial change for that building: the transition to real dishware. These dishes, glasses, and flatware are now run through a dish return like those in the other dining halls. Those who eat in West Village should be mindful that all dining-related dishware and waste must now be brought to the second floor for disposal. The change to real dishware should greatly reduce waste in the dining space.
Despite the spread of the Student Center’s programs and services across campus, their mission and vision to bring the community together still holds. Every facility and program advances a sense of community on campus in its own way, led by the committed members of the Student and Campus Event Centers team. Now with a network of support distributed throughout campus, that team hopes to better serve the needs of the Georgia Tech students, staff, and faculty of today and tomorrow. More information about the team and the facilities they manage is available at studentcenter.gatech.edu.


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Ethiopian Airlines Wins 2017 African Airline of the Year Award
Africa’s largest airline, Ethiopian Airlines, has won the African Aviation ‘African Airline of the Year’ Award for 2017, for the second consecutive time, at the 26th Annual Air Finance Africa Conference and Exhibition in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The airline won the award in recognition of its continued rapid growth, increased profitability and its outstanding contributions to the development of the aviation industry in Africa.
Acting Chief Financial Officer, Ethiopian Airlines, Mr. Meseret Bitew, while receiving the award said that the company was pleased to win the “African Airline of the Year Award” for the second time in a row; saying “it is a testimony of our commitment to serve our beloved continent Africa”.
Bitew explained that the commendable success of Ethiopian Airlines was attributed to the visionary leadership of the airline’s management and the hard work of thousands of Ethiopian employees who work around the clock with unity of purpose.
“Mobility and air connectivity being the economic engine of growth and development, we shall continue to play vital roles in connecting African countries with their major trading partners around the world and realize an economically liberal Africa”, he said.
Announcing the award, African Aviation’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Nick Fadugba, said, “In the past 12 months, Ethiopian Airlines has further expanded its route network, modernized its fleet, inaugurated three new aircraft maintenance hangars, as well as a new world-class in-flight catering facility and has strengthened its airline joint ventures in Africa”.
In addition, Ethiopian Airlines has achieved a record financial turnover and profitability in spite of various industry challenges. Currently, the airline is well on track to exceed the goals of its Vision 2025 Strategy.
Ethiopian Airlines is a multi-award winning airline: Airline of the Year Award, for the fifth consecutive year, by African Airlines Association (AFRAA), SkyTrax World Airline Award for Best Airline Staff in Africa, Best African Cargo Airline of the Year Award, and Passenger Choice Award for Best Airline in Africa are few to mention.

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Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Station is located at Khedar in Hisar district of Haryana. The power plant is one of the coal based power plants of HPGCL. The Engineering, procurement and construction contract is given to Reliance Infrastructure.
CPCB extends deadlines for thermal power stations in
Nov 16, 2020· Panipat thermal power station has been asked to complete installation of ESP in Units 7 and 8 by February and December next year. For FGD, the thermal station has been given deadline up to December. For Jharli and Khedar too, deadlines have been extended till December 2021.
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Feroze Gandhi Unchahar Thermal Power Plant is located at Unchahar in Raebareli district in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The power plant is one of the coal based power plants of NTPC Limited. In the year 1992, Uttar Pradesh State Electricity Board (U.P.S.E.B.) transferred Unchahar Thermal Power Station to NTPC Limited against payment overdue and later on renamed it to Feroze Gandhi
CPCB extends deadlines for thermal power stations
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Rs 20 lakh relief and jobs for kin of power plant accident
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A monthly house journal of Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam, Hisar PM lays foundation stone of Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Project, Khedar Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India laid foundation stone of 1200 MW Rajiv GandhiThermal Power Project, Khedar (Hisar) on May 19 last. This is first mega status project of Northern India, to be set
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Feb 09, 2014· The two Units of 600MW capacity each at Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Plant, Khedar, Hisar, were commissioned in a record period of 43 and 49 months respectively. The Haryana Power Generation Corporation Ltd. (HPGCL) has embarked on a mission to establish itself as a modern, growth oriented organization and to make its presence felt in the country
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Jul 29, 2008· Rewari, July 27 (UNI) The Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Plant, Khedar in Hisar district was being constructed on war footing and more than 39 per cent of its work had been completed and it
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Jul 29, 2008· Rewari, Jul 27 (UNI) Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today said Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Plant, Khedar in Hisar district was being constructed on
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Sep 11, 2008· Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda inaugurated the first 600-MW boiler drum-lifting event at the 1200-MW Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Plant being set up at Khedar in Hisar district. "The construction work of the plant is going as per schedule and it will be completed by November 2009.
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RGTPP Hisar- Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Project (RGTPP), Khedar. The work for turnkey implementation of 1200 MW Hisar Thermal Power Project was awarded during January, 07. The total estimated cost of the project is Rs.4512 crores.
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Feb 03, 2009· Hisar, February 2 The first unit of the 1200 MW Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Plant, under construction at Khedar, near here, would be commissioned on schedule by December this year.
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Sep 20, 2010· Two Units of 300MW each have already been commissioned during FY 2008-09 at Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram Thermal Power Plant at Yamuna Nagar in addition to the earlier capacity of 1587.7MW. The commissioning activies of two Units of 600MW capacity each is in final stages at Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Plant, Khedar, Hisar.
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Sep 27, 2020· HISAR: After a unit turbine at Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Plant at Khedar village in Hisar broke down 4-5 days ago, it has resulted in shut down
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Apr 01, 2019· Ajit Singhs bricks manufacturing plant in Hisar in Haryana has a requirement of 1,600-1,800 tonne fly ash per month, but is allotted only 400 tonnes from Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Station in Khedar, on a monthly average.
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Aug 29, 2013· HPGCL (Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited) was incorporated as company on March 17, 1997 and was given the responsibility of operating and maintenance of State's own generating projects. One of them is Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Plant (RGTPP), Khedar. It was commissioned on August 24, 2010.
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May 09, 2018· Two labourers were killed and four were severely injured in a blast at Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Plant (RGTPP) at Khedar, about 30 km from Hisar, police said on Wednesday. The unit number one of the plant was closed on Tuesday noon due to less demand of power.
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Sep 22, 2010· Haryana Power Scenario Haryana has a number of coal-based power plants that have ensured energy supply across the state. These Haryana power plants are well-linked by
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Feb 29, 2012· Khedar, Hissar The two units of 1200 MW Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Project at Khedar, Hisar were commissioned in April, 2010 and October, 2010 in a record period of 38 months and 44 months respectively
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Apr 03, 2010· Read more about RInfra commissions India's first 600 MW power generating unit in Hissar on Business Standard. Reliance Infrastructure Limited, part of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, today announced that its Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) division has commission Indias first 600 MW unit at Rajiv Gandhi Khedar Thermal Power Plant
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May 23, 2012· At present 54.09% or 93918.38 MW (Data Source CEA, as on 31/03/2011) of total electricity production in India is from Coal Based Thermal Power Station. A coal based thermal power plant converts the
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Mar 18, 2016· CHANDIGARH: Haryana has recovered liquidated damages of Rs 377.54 crore from Reliance Energy Ltd for delayed completion of the Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Plant at Khedar in Hisar district. Haryana Power Generation Corporation Ltd (HPGCL) has fully recovered liquidated damages slapped on the Reliance Energy, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said in the assembly
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What are onion nutrition facts? It becomes a common question about the onion. Many people consume onion to be seasonings. But, it saves magical benefits and nutrition to the body health. The reasons convince people and WHO to support onion in increasing body health and appetite. It is also useful to prevent some diseases. To know closer about onion, here are some facts about onion nutrition facts and benefits.
Onion Nutrition Facts and Benefits
Onion Nutrition Facts Preventing Serious Diseases
Onion is rich of sulfide substances having function to protect body cells for the growth and development of tumor. It means that nutrition content on onion can prevent cancer and tumor. The onion also reduces the risk of hypertension. Onion nutrition facts also has with a certain substance called allicin. It is useful to keep up flexibility of blood vessel and keep the blood pressure normal.
It is also good to guard body from allergy, because onion nutrition facts has quercetin and antioxidant on its content for anti-inflammation and anti allergy. According to the National Onion Association the body from people who ate onion is absorbed quercetin twice as much than people who drank tea and three time as much than people who ate apples.
Onion Nutrition Facts Keeping Body Health
Another health benefits of onion nutrition facts is great to keep body health. It is able to control blood glucose level. By consuming onion you can decrease the level of blood glucose. It is also has allyl-propil disulfide and chromium for helping to increase insulin production. Insulin is a kind of hormone assisting the body absorption of cells and glucose.
Since it is beneficial to prevent coronary thrombosis because onion has substances to restrain it. Its also supports the digestive system. It is has food fiber and prebiotic to encourage the development of beneficial bacteria and digestive system. Onion nutrition facts can watch over the brain health.
Onion nutrition facts has so many vitamins B complex like pyridoxine, folat, pantotenat acids and thiamin being important nutrition facts for brain to prevent neurological disturbances.
It strengthens bones because onion containing with calcium, phosphor, mineral and magnesium. Sulfur contained in onion has a function to form cells and gland connector. The other onion nutrition facts are good to immune system due to rich of vitamin C, antioxidant and quercetin.
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Onion has another advantages to include in disease treatment. It is able to cure many kinds of diseases. To convince on consuming onion, here are some onion nutrition facts. Based on 100 gram of onion It has 166 kJ of energy to meet daily energy needs. You should not get worried about carbohydrate containing 9.34 gram. It also has 4.24 gram of sugar, 1.7 gram of dietary fiber, 0.1 gram of fat and 1.1 gram of protein.
The other substances are water, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, panothenic acid, folate, calcium, iron, manganese, magnesium and zinc. It also has some kinds of vitamin like vitamin B6, C, A and B1. When you consume onion nutrition facts, you will get the benefits from phosphorus 29 gram, potassium 146 mg and 1.1 mg of fluoride to keep body health and immune system.
Onion nutrition facts has high antioxidant level that is beneficial to fight for free radical which is being one of cancer causes. If you want to be healthier all the time, do not forget to include onion in your meals. The content of folat in onion can decrease the excess of homosistein to circulate nutrition reaching to brain organ. The fat level in onion is great to prevent coronary thrombosis and keeps the heart condition healthily.

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Premier Rugby has agreed with Sale Sharks and Saracens and also with Newcastle Falcons and Gloucester Rugby, to postpone their Guinness Premiership round 13 matches scheduled to take place this weekend.
The Sale Sharks match had already been moved from its original Friday evening slot to increase the chances of the game being played.
Despite the availability of pitch covers and heaters, existing weather conditions in the North East and North West, coupled with the forecast of more snow and continuing low temperatures, mean both stadia concourses and surrounding areas will be too dangerous for spectators to allow the match to take place.
Phil Winstanley, Rugby Director at PRL said:
"All parties have reluctantly agreed that under the circumstances and looking at the weather forecast, postponing the match now is the best option for supporters, players and administrators."
"Snow and ice around Kingston Park and Edgeley Park make it potentially too dangerous for spectators and presents significant concerns for access for the emergency services. Under the expected conditions, it is likely that the match would not gain a safety certificate."
"We have all agreed that an early postponement is the best solution and we will now throw our resources behind the other four Guinness Premiership matches this weekend and hope that we can beat the weather!"
"We will now work with all Clubs to identify an appropriate date for the rearranged fixture."
Having skippered Scotland to a hard fought 25-13 defeat against England at Twickenham on Saturday, Greig Laidlaw spoke of the frustrations of his side doing so many good things and making real progress as a team but still finishing on the wrong end of the scoreline.
GRTV caught up with Neil McCarthy as he was unveiled as the new Head of Academy. The ex-Gloucester front rower is looking forward to getting to work with the vast arrays of talent in the Academy and across Gloucestershire.
Although understandably disappointed to see Northampton snatch a 33-33 draw with a last gasp try on Saturday, Gareth Evans told GRTV after the game that the result shows how far Gloucester have come as a team this season.
Gloucester scrum half Greig Laidlaw spoke to GRTV after the 33-33 draw with Northampton Saints on Saturday, and the Scotsman described how the hosts played some great rugby, but will rue not holding the lead which keeps them in touch with the top seven.
Although Gloucester could take many positives from the 33-33 draw with Northampton Saints on Saturday, centre Bill Meakes admitted it was a strange feeling at the final whistle with Gloucester having probably done enough to win the game.
Speaking after the 33-33 draw with Northampton Saints on Saturday, David Humphreys admitted that he was happy with many aspects of the team's performance but regretted a missed opportunity to defeat the Premiership champions.
Speaking to the local media this week, Richard Hibbard is relishing his return to the Cherry and White jersey as the hosts take on Aviva Premiership leaders Northampton Saints on Saturday afternoon (ko 3:15pm)
Ahead of the visit of Northampton Saints to Kingsholm in the Aviva Premiership on Saturday (kick off 3:15pm), Head Coach Laurie Fisher admitted that it's good to have more selection options as the RBS Six Nations takes a break.
Fresh from his first training session with the Cherry and Whites, new arrival Brendan Macken spoke exclusively to GRTV ahead of his time at Kingsholm. The Leinsterman is keen to experience Kingsholm and the rugby heritage at Gloucester.
Gloucester Rugby are used to repaying their loyal supporters with blistering displays on the pitch, but prop Dan Murphy insists there is now another way to give back with the launch of the Aviva Community Fund.


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On March 19, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-33-20 (the “Order”), requiring that all individuals in California stay at home, with certain exceptions for essential business and to maintain critical infrastructure. The Order is in effect until ‘further notice.’ Other states and cities have enacted similar measures.
As a result of the Order and other local mandates, office buildings, warehouses, R&D facilities, retail stores, and other commercial properties are now sitting vacant, and it is not clear when tenants will be able to re-occupy. Understandably, tenants leasing these properties want to know what impact the COVID-19 pandemic and the Order may have on their lease obligations and how they may secure rent relief during this crisis. This is a critical question to tenants, many of whom are facing substantial economic losses due to the impact the pandemic has had on the market. Landlords are also deeply concerned about the pandemic and want to understand how to best respond to tenants who request rent relief, as many landlords rely on rents collected to pay loans secured by the property.
While this is a very fact-driven analysis and will depend on the express language in the lease, we prepared this summary to outline issues that should be considered by landlords and tenants as they evaluate the impact the COVID-19 pandemic will have on their leases.
Many leases include a ‘force majeure’ clause, which may excuse or temporarily suspend a party’s performance due to the occurrence of an unanticipated event beyond the control of the party. Typical examples of force majeure events include acts of God, strikes, labor disputes, terrorist acts, civil commotion, and extreme weather. A force majeure clause may also reference “orders or directives of a governmental body” or other “government action,” which would include restrictions imposed by the statewide shelter in place order and similar government orders. A more detailed force majeure clause may also specifically reference epidemics, pandemics, or public health emergencies, though this is less common. Often, a force majeure clause will also reference a broad catch-all phrase such as “any other cause beyond the reasonable control of the parties,” which may encompass a disruption in performance due to the COVID-19 outbreak if the clause does not specifically reference ‘pandemics’ or ‘public health emergencies.’
That said, force majeure clauses are typically read very narrowly and will only apply if the specific event was enumerated in the clause or reasonably captured by the catch-all phrase.
Most notably, a force majeure clause will almost always explicitly state that it does not excuse a party’s obligation to pay rent or to perform any monetary obligation under the lease. Thus, even if the COVID-19 pandemic is included in a force majeure clause, it is unlikely to excuse a tenant’s obligation to pay rent or a landlord’s obligation to pay an allowance.
Even if the force majeure clause may not justify an abatement of rent, the provision may have an impact on other lease obligations of the landlord or the tenant. For example, if tenant’s performance of initial improvements is delayed due to force majeure, then the ‘build out’ period (and rent commencement date) could be extended, depending on how the lease is drafted. Similarly, if a landlord is currently performing tenant improvements for the tenant, the force majeure clause may delay the applicable trigger dates for any late delivery penalties negotiated by the parties. For retail tenants, the clause will excuse tenants for failing to comply with covenants to open, continuously operate and maximize revenue from the retail location.
Many force majeure provisions include detailed notice provisions requiring that the party seeking to excuse or delay performance notify the other party of its inability to perform due to such event. This notice should be sent in accordance with the notice clause in the lease. However, in light of the current crisis, sending notices to office addresses which may not be occupied due to the shelter in place order may not be practical. Thus, we recommend that parties also send notices via email. Parties should carefully review the force majeure clause to determine how it applies and what steps it must take to ensure that it may properly utilize the provision.
Impossibility and Frustration of Purpose
If a lease does not include an express force majeure clause, other common law theories may be relevant. The ‘doctrine of impossibility,’ which is codified in California Civil Code Section 1511, may serve as a de facto force majeure clause. Civil Code Section 1511 excuses a party’s performance of a contractual obligation when performance is ‘prevented or delayed by operation of law’ or by an ‘irresistible, superhuman cause.’ The doctrine of impossibility requires that the unforeseeable event was directly responsible for the party’s inability to perform. While this doctrine would likely excuse failure to perform a non-monetary covenant (such a maintenance obligation or duty to operate) due to the shelter in place orders issued in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is unlikely to excuse the obligation to pay rent unless the tenant can show that the pandemic directly caused the tenant’s inability to pay rent. Importantly, financial difficulty, on its own, would not be sufficient to justify relief. Instead, the tenant must demonstrate a clear link between the event and the inability to pay rent. This doctrine may be applied differently to a mom-and-pop retail tenant than it would to an office tenant. Like force majeure, it may support providing an extension of construction periods if tenant improvement work is delayed due to COVID-19.
Another common law doctrine getting a closer look these days is ‘frustration of purpose.’ Frustration of purpose allows a party to terminate a contract if, after the contract is executed, an intervening event occurs which renders the purpose of entering into the contract meaningless. Unlike force majeure or impossibility, the party does not need to show that performance under the contract is impossible. Rather, the party must show that the primary reason for entering into the contract has been substantially frustrated and is no longer achievable. The most famous example of the frustration of purpose doctrine is from Krell v. Henry, where a tenant rented an apartment for the sole purpose of watching the coronation of Edward VII. When the coronation was cancelled, the tenant was able to terminate. Even though nothing was wrong with the apartment and the tenant could occupy it, the purpose of the lease was entirely frustrated when the coronation was cancelled.
This is a very high bar and is unlikely to apply to most commercial leases. However, it would likely provide relief to parties that leased stadiums or conference centers for events that were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Business Interruption Insurance
Many leases require that tenants carry business interruption insurance policies as part of a tenant’s property insurance policy. Business interruption insurance covers financial loss, including rental payments, which a tenant may incur due to ‘direct physical loss or damage’ to its premises from a ‘covered cause of loss.’ While ‘direct physical loss or damage’ typically requires a physical casualty such as a fire, ‘contamination’ may sometimes constitute ‘direct physical loss.’ Thus, a tenant which vacated its premises due to the known presence of COVID-19 in its premises or building may be able to satisfy the ‘direct physical loss or damage’ requirement. However, even if a tenant can demonstrate that its premises was contaminated due to COVID-19, many policies expressly exclude coverage for claims caused by virus or bacteria, though some policies narrow this exclusion by way of optional endorsements. These policies may also include ‘civil authority’ coverage, which provides coverage for loss of business income when access to premises is prohibited by order of a ‘civil authority’ as a direct result of physical damage to adjacent or nearby property.
Notably, New Jersey and Ohio have recently introduced new legislation that would retroactively amend existing business interruption policies to cover losses due to the COVID-19 outbreak, even if they contain an express virus exclusion. New Jersey’s bill, for example, would be limited to policies in force as of March 9, 2020, and to insureds located in the State with less than 100 full-time employees. While promising for many small businesses, it is uncertain that the bill will pass considering the fierce criticism it has drawn from the insurance industry. Although the bill would allow insurers to seek reimbursement from the state, it may not be enough to offset the cost of shifting the financial burden of the outbreak onto the private insurance companies who have carefully assessed covered risks to come up with the premiums. Moreover, the proposed bill stands on shaky constitutional grounds so, even if passed, it will undoubtedly be challenged in the courts.
Tenants should closely review their insurance policies and consult with insurance counsel to determine whether these policies may provide coverage for losses incurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Landlords should also review their own rent loss insurance policies to determine whether they have coverage for lost rent arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Interruption in Services
Many leases include clauses abating rent if the landlord fails to provide an essential service to the premises or if the premises are rendered untenantable for more than a certain period of time (often 3 to 5 business days). These clauses are typically drafted quite narrowly and only apply if the interruption was caused by the landlord’s negligence and are under the landlord’s control to correct. However, we have reviewed broad interruption provisions that provide rent abatement if the premises are rendered inaccessible due to a ‘government action’ which was not caused by the tenant or if a landlord otherwise prevents the tenant from accessing the premises. While broad abatement clauses are rare, the lease should be carefully reviewed to confirm whether it could apply to building closures relating to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Temporary Taking / Casualty
Some tenants have asked whether mandatory shelter in place orders constitute a ‘temporary taking’ of property. Many leases specify that in the event of a ‘temporary taking,’ rent will not abate but tenant will be permitted to file a direct claim against the government entity directly for lost rent. Some leases specify that in the event of a ‘temporary taking,’ a tenant shall be entitled to an abatement of rent during the course of the taking. If a lease includes this language, a tenant may be more likely to push for an abatement based on a takings argument. However, we are not aware of any caselaw which would support characterizing temporary shelter in place orders as a temporary taking.
If a tenant’s building were evacuated due to COVID-19 contamination, a tenant may try to characterize such damage as a ‘casualty,’ entitling tenant to abatement until the casualty is abated. Some leases simply state, “if the premises is damaged by fire or other casualty…then rent shall abate until the casualty is repaired” and do not define casualty. Other casualty provisions are more specific and clear that they apply to ‘physical destruction’ (e.g. fire, etc.). We are not aware of a casualty provision being utilized for something like the COVID-19 pandemic and whether it would be successful. However, tenants will likely closely review the casualty provision in the lease as they evaluate the impact of COVID-19.
Understanding the Impact of Default
If a tenant is unable to pay rent due to the COVID-19 pandemic or chooses to withhold payment of rent because it is unable to use its premises, a tenant needs to understand what impact such non-payment may have on its rights and obligations under the lease. For example, some leases permit a landlord to draw down on the entire amount of a letter of credit due to a tenant’s default. In such event, the landlord may deposit unused amounts in an account and treat it as a security deposit, including electing to apply the cash deposit toward rent as it comes due. Additionally, some leases include a ‘claw back’ clause for rent abatements which provide that if the tenant commits a default, the tenant may be required to pay back rent abatements it received at the beginning of its term (or forfeit future express abatement rights). A tenant may also lose the right to exercise an option to extend the term of the Lease or to expand the premises, as those provisions are sometimes conditioned on a tenant not previously being in a monetary default. A tenant should carefully review the lease to confirm how a non-payment may affect its rights before electing to withhold rent.
Small Business Assistance in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act
While not directly related to the lease, tenants with under 500 employees should also monitor the CARES Act (2019 Federal Senate Bill 3548) which was introduced on March 19, 2020, and expected to be approved by the House this week. Among other things, the CARES Act will provide SBA loans to eligible businesses to use toward payroll expenses and rent paid during this crisis. Notably, the loan program provides for loan forgiveness of specific amounts required to maintain ‘payroll continuity.’ We are continuing to monitor the CARES Act and will provide updates as to how it may help landlords and tenants.
Even if the lease does not expressly provide for rent relief for tenants, we believe it is in the best interests of both landlords and tenants to work together to find a mutually beneficial solution. After all, a lease is a long-term relationship between a landlord and a tenant, both of whom need to work together collaboratively. It does not benefit a landlord if its tenant goes out of business because it is not able to pay rent. Similarly, tenants are not ultimately benefited if their landlords fail to make their debt service payments due to tenants failing to pay rent. The most appropriate resolution will depend on numerous factors, including the facts and circumstances of each particular lease, availability of insurance proceeds, relief offered by government actions, the severity of the impact on the parties, and market factors.
Since our practice is focused almost exclusively on commercial real estate transactional matters, the COVID-19 pandemic has directly impacted nearly every client of our firm. We are dedicated to helping our clients proactively navigate these issues, and we will continue to monitor developments that arise in this arena. Above all else, we hope all of our clients and their families remain safe and in good health. We are all in this together.

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Leaders vow Japan IR Bill is just days away from being ratified
The Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe has given his support and the country’s commitment to passing the Integrated Resorts Implementation Bill (IRIB) into law this month.
Abe, the head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Natsuo Yamaguchi, head of the Komeito coalition party released a joint statement declaring the bill would go ahead.
On June 19, 2018, the lower chamber, which is the House of Representative, passed the IRIB despite some latter opposition.
The Japanese diet has been on several issues to get the bill approved, with the importance of passing it causing them to extend its session to July. The diet usually breaks session in June.
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The IRIB was one of the main topics of discussion in the upper house at the plenary session on Wednesday.
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JUST how much can Zimbabweans take? Twenty odd years of Robert Mugabe’s tyranny and still no one acts. You have to wonder and be amazed at the same time.
ields his presidential powers like an emperor with his every whim catered for. He changes the constitution, no one bats an eyelid. He, for a reason no sane person can comprehend, decides to bulldoze thousands of homes – making over three hundred thousand people homeless – no one bats an eyelid.
Okay so the international community has condemned most if not all of his activities but who cares about the international community anyway? Not me. I am more interested in why my fellow Zimbabweans can allow one man to affect our lives so much that long after he is gone we will still be cursing the name Robert Mugabe.
Generations of young Zimbabweans have grown up and are still growing up under the Mugabe umbrella, robbed of the opportunities to grow and flourish in their own native land.
Instead the lucky ones migrate abroad to exist as second-class citizens, most working for minimum wages. The unlucky ones are forced to stay and endure the painful struggle of day-to-day existence – endless queues for scarce basic commodities and pathetic wages made worse by a dollar losing value every day.
Yet there shouldn’t be any conceivable reason why Zimbabwe should be in such a state.
However, the state of Zimbabwe is not the issue here. The issue is how an entire nation of such intelligent and hardworking people can allow one man to drag the whole country into oblivion.
Where is our pride? Rebellion would have scorched other nations if such a situation existed. South Africa wouldn’t put up with it, neither would Nigeria nor Mozambique or any other African country. They all have problems of their own but lack of pride is not one of them.
Here is a man who rigs general elections, rations basic commodities in favour of his cronies and, as if that’s not enough, makes over two hundred thousand people homeless. And we Zimbabweans take it all in our stride? I think the time to discover our pride is long overdue.
I can understand people’s reluctance to go back to the days of fighting for our freedom but fate has dealt us the same cruel hand again. Our freedom is at stake.