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After two straight down years, restaurants in the Twin Cities expect business to improve this year, and that will mean sales upticks for produce vendors who sell product to them, said Dan McElroy, executive vice president for the Minnesota Restaurant Association, St. Paul.
"We're hearing from our members that 2009 was a very bad year and that 2010 improved but was still not to pre-recession levels," he said. "The trend has been that the number of guests is starting to recover, but average guest check is not. It's still below previous years."
For 2011, things appear to be shaping up better, he said.
But, he added, there are some caveats with that outlook.
"People are still concerned about the impact of gas prices on dining-out budgets, but in general, we're seeing a little more optimism," McElroy said.
He said the signs of pending improvement are apparent.
"We've seen some of our multi-unit members announce new events, which we didn't see much of in 2009 and 2010," he said. "There are a couple of national franchise groups that are trying to open locations here. Dickey's Barbecue (Pit), I think, has maybe 18 units open in maybe a year and a half. As they are everywhere in the country, Five Guys (Burgers and Fries) has opened a number of units here.
"We have two new sandwich chains that are opening a number of stores — Jersey Mike's (Subs) and Which Wich (Superior Sandwiches). There was just a multi-unit deal signed but no locations announced for Firehouse Subs out of Kansas City. And, as you know, sandwich chains tend to be big users of produce in a Subway trend toward a lot of fixings, so to speak."
The Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area's diverse restaurant scene is an asset to potential recovery, McElroy said.
"This is a fairly large and growing metropolitan area, with over 3 million people in the broad metropolitan area, and we have members that range from the least expensive QSRs (quick-service restaurants) to very expensive white-tablecloth restaurants," he said.
"We're blessed with a fairly broad range of ethnic restaurants for a variety of reasons, with homegrown chains like Famous Dave's and Buffalo Wild Wings, to a fairly significant presence of the national groups.
"I suspect we match almost any metropolitan area for diversity, with the exception, perhaps, of some of the really big areas like Chicago or Los Angeles that are even more diverse."


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Former Atlanta Braves great Dale Murphy is coming up on his last year of eligibility for the Hall of Fame. The former two-time National League MVP has a groundswell of support from various writers who have covered the game, but it's somewhat of a long shot that his overall baseball accomplishments will propel him into Cooperstown. Murphy enjoyed eight highly productive seasons with the Atlanta Braves in the 1980s before rapidly tailing off with the Philadelphia Phillies and Colorado Rockies, hitting .265/.346/.469 for his career with 398 home runs.
Murphy's children have taken it upon themselves to lobby for their father's Hall of Fame candidacy. Chad Murphy, Dale's oldest son, wrote an open letter to the BBWAA in which he highlighted his old man's achievements on and off the field. I'm not so sure the jab at "statistics nerds" helps his cause, but it was a laudable effort. The Murphy clan's crusade for the Hall is sprinkled across various online platforms, with Dale's son Tyson taking the most unique approach to rallying support. Tyson Murphy published a comic strip title "When I Was Younger" on his sketch Tumblr, effectively pointing out that his father's baseball accomplishments are ultimately second to his parenting skills.
An admirably earnest effort from Tyson Murphy, regardless of how you feel about his father's Hall of Fame eligibility.
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Posted on June 7, 2013 03:14 by Joseph M. Hanna
The Baltimore Ravens and the National Football League are asking the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse the December 2012 decision of a Maryland federal judge in a long-running copyright dispute with Franklin Bouchat. The decision at issue entered an injunction that prevents the Ravens and the NFL from selling or showing clips in which the old "Flying B" logo is visible. The injunction does allow the two entities to use the logo, but, if they do, they must first pay Bouchat royalties. The judge set the royalties at a one-time fee of $721.65 for all future sales of highlight reels and $100 for each clip shown at future Ravens home games.
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Posted on March 8, 2013 02:00 by Walter E. Judge Jr.
An important federal appeals court has determined that a Connecticut court has jurisdiction over a Canadian citizen whose only act in Connecticut was accessing information on a computer server located in Connecticut. In MacDermid, Inc. v. Deiter, 702 F.3d 72 (Dec. 26. 2012), a Connecticut-based company, MacDermid, Inc., sued its former employee, Deiter, a Canadian citizen who worked from Canada, in federal court in Connecticut for misappropriation of MacDermid's trade secrets. MacDermid alleged that Deiter sent confidential company information from her company email account to her personal email account. The lower court dismissed the case, saying that Connecticut courts did not have jurisdiction over Deiter because she never set foot in Connecticut and only used a computer terminal in Canada. MacDermid appealed. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in New York, reversed, holding that it was proper for a Connecticut court to exercise personal jurisdiction over a Canadian employee of a Connecticut company because, even though she was located in Canada and physically interacted only with a computer in Canada, she "used" a server in Connecticut.
Categories: Antitrust | Business Litigation | Civil Justice System | Commercial Litigation | Copyright infringement | Defense Practice | Patent Law
Posted on February 26, 2013 02:54 by Joseph M. Hanna
On February 20, 2013, department stores J.C. Penney Inc. and Macy's Inc. faced off in a new arena – a New YorkState courtroom. The two retailers are going to trial over Martha Stewart. Macy's suit accuses J.C. Penney of attempting to convince Martha Stewart to break her company's exclusive merchandise contract with the department store chain – a contract Macy's says gives them the exclusive rights to sell certain Martha Stewart products until 2018. Part of Macy's lawsuit reads: "J.C. Penney want[s] to rob Macy's of market share and destroy the competitive advantage that it enjoys as a result of its existing exclusive agreement with (Martha Stewart Living)."
J.C. Penney argues that Macy's rights to the Martha Stewart merchandise are not nearly as broad as Macy's claims. According to J.C. Penney: "Macy's should stop competing in the courtroom and start competing in the marketplace."
The move to market the Martha Stewart line is one of several initiatives by J.C. Penney to revive its struggling business. As part of its new plan, J.C. Penney acquired a 16.6% stake in Martha Stewart's company in December of 2011, subsequently announcing its plan to open up Martha Stewart 'mini shops' in most of its stores. In response, Macy's immediately sued J.C. Penney and was granted a preliminary injunction prevent the sale of the Martha Stewart goods at J.C. Penney while the trial played out.
A central issue of the case is whether or not the court agrees that the mini-shops fall under the exclusivity clause of the Macy's/Stewart agreement.
Macy's, J.C. Penney go to court over Martha Stewart
As originally posted on February 22 at sportslawinsider.com
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Posted on January 30, 2013 04:33 by Joseph M. Hanna
Last year Roy Fox got to thinking – what if NFL Head Coaches and brothers Jim Harbaugh (San Francisco 49ers) and John Harbaugh (Baltimore Ravens) ended up facing each other in the Super Bowl? With that thought in mind, Fox went out and spent over $1,000 to file trademark applications for the terms "Harbowl" and "Harbaugh Bowl." The NFL was not pleased by Fox's play. Shortly before the 2012-2013 season began, the League contacted Fox with concerns that his trademarks could become confused with the NFL's "Super Bowl" trademark. The NFL then "encouraged" Fox to abandon his quest to have the marks approved.
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Posted on January 10, 2013 04:53 by Walter E. Judge Jr.
Misunderstood heroes. Space travel. Alien worlds. Humanoids. Greed. Imperialism. Violence. Exploitation. Intercultural war. Redemption. And Copyright Infringement?
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Posted on November 12, 2012 02:26 by William A. Ruskin
Although by no means a "hell hole" jurisdiction, it is difficult for a peripheral asbestos defendant to obtain summary judgment in Bridgeport Superior Court in Connecticut. Once summary judgment is denied, many asbestos defendants with questionable liability will often settle out rather than risk the financial exposure of an adverse result in a mesothelioma jury trial. It is helpful for a company to have a well thought out appellate strategy in mind before selecting a jury in that jurisdiction. One recent asbestos trial did not turn out well for a trade association defendant..
On August 24, 2012, the Bridgeport Superior Court denied post-trial motions filed by Tile Council of North America ("Tile Council") inHannibal Saldibar v. A.O. Smith Corp. The Tile Council is a trade association that developed and patented an asbestos-containing formula for dry set mortar. This jury verdict raises the issue whether a trademark licensor may be held liable under a theory of strict liability as the "apparent manufacturer" despite having never manufactured or sold the product at issue. The Apparent Manufacturer Doctrine seeks to hold the licensor vicariously liable for defective products manufactured by the licensee.
Over the past 50 years, trademark licensing has emerged as a preferred method of producing and marketing goods in the U.S. According to David J. Franklyn, a professor at Northern Kentucky University, who wrote an article titled, "The Apparent Manufacturer Doctrine, Trademark Licensors and Third Restatement of Torts" in the Case Western Reserve Law Review, some $50 billion dollars of licensed goods are sold each year.
The Bridgeport Superior Court's decision is arguably a departure from the precedent established inBurkert v. Petrol Plus of Naugatuck, Inc., 216 Conn. 65 (1990), a well reasoned decision by the Supreme Court of Connecticut. The principal issue in Burkert was whether the distributor of an allegedly defective product, an automatic transmission fluid, was entitled to indemnification against GM, the licensor of a trademark under which the allegedly defective product was marketed. GM, the trademark licensor, did not participate in the production, marketing or distribution of the product.
In Burkert, the Connecticut Supreme Court made two significant rulings: (1) because GM did no more than allow others to use its Dexron® II trademark in the production, marketing and distribution of transmission fluid, absent any further involvement in the stream of commerce, GM could not be deemed a seller under Connecticut's Product Liability Act; and (2) plaintiff could not rely upon Section 400 of the Restatement of Torts (Second) because that section applied only to those involved in the sale, lease, gift or loan of a product.
The Burkert court cited with approval the holdings of courts in other jurisdictions explicitly holding that liability against a trademark licensor under the Apparent Manufacturer Doctrine is appropriate only when the licensor is determined to have been significantly involved in the manufacturing, marketing or distribution of the defective product. Regardless of whether the plaintiff is proceeding on an "apparent manufacturer" or an "enterprise" theory of liability, the majority of cases emphasize the licensor's degree of control and involvement exercised over design, manufacturer and sale.
The plaintiff in Saldibar may have raised sufficient factual issues to avoid summary judgment but arguably should not have prevailed on post-trial motions. In rejecting Tile Council's argument that it was not a "product manufacturer" or "product seller" pursuant to the Connecticut Product Liability Act, the court found that the Tile Council was sufficiently involved in the distribution, marketing and manufacture of its products to "fall within the ambit of the product liability statute." To add insult to injury, the trial court not only refused to set aside a $1,500,000 verdict in compensatory damages, plus $100,000 in loss of consortium damages, but also upheld an award of $800,000 in punitive damages based on the jury's finding that Tile Council acted with "reckless disregard" for the safety of product users. Based upon this holding, a trademark licensor in Connecticut is potentially liable for punitive damages resulting from injuries caused by a product it neither manufactured nor sold.
Although the involvement of Tile Council may have been more extensive than that evidenced by GM, the trademark licensor in Burkert, it is questionable whether these factual distinctions warranted a finding of liability, let alone an award of punitive damages. In Saldibar, for example, the court relied upon testimony by a co-defendant, H.B. Fuller, that Tile Council had "developed a market for these products, based upon their formulas, based upon their trademark and hallmark, if you will, of an assurance that if you buy products that contain this logo, you can be sure that it did work." There us absolutely no probative value to this testimony. On the other hand, If the Plaintiff or Plaintiff's employer had provided testimony that he relied on the presence of the licensor's logo for assurance that the product was safe, it may have raised a reliance issue. But The co-defendant's testimony, cited by the trial court, is not relevant to the issue of reliance because it did not purchase the product. Of more importance is that it does not appear Plaintiff was induced to purchase the asbestos-containing product because of the licensor's involvement.
Arguably, the licensor should only be potentially liable (as a threshold matter) when it induces the consumer to purchase the product or where plaintiffs can prove that they reasonably relied on the trademark.
What was apparently fatal to Tile Council was the trial court's determination that Tile Council set forth detailed specifications governing "all aspects" of the product, including the percentage and grade of the asbestos fiber to be used. Moreover, in Saldibar, Tile Council drafted the product warnings that appeared on the product. On the basis of these facts, the trial court distinguished Saldibar from Burkert.
Saldibar raises some troubling concerns from a policy standpoint. Saldibar rewards conduct by a licensor that distances it from the ultimate consumer. If Tile Council was in the best position to recommend warnings for the product label, why should this activity alone become a basis for imposing vicarioius liability? The issue in Saldibar was not whether the warnings were adequate to warn against the risks of asbestos use, but whether the warnings were sufficient to bring Tile Council under the ambit of the Connecticut Product Liability Act as a "apparent manufacturer." There is no indication that Plaintiff ever read the warnings or that an alleged failure to warn was a proximate cause of plaintiff's injury. As a practical matter, a plaintiff should be required to demonstrate that he saw the licensor's logo and was induced to purchase the product on that basis. Whether there was detrimental reliance by the product purchaser was not an issue considered by the court.
Originally published in the Toxic Torts Litigation Blog
Categories: Causation | Copyright infringement | Defense Practice | Intellectual Property | Product Liability
Posted on October 8, 2012 02:24 by Joseph M. Hanna
DC Comics has filed a trademark infringement suit against a Florida barbershop owner in federal court. The suit accuses the owners of "Supermen Fades to Fros LLC" of using signs, promotion materials and logos which bear DC Comics' trademarked "Superman" materials.
DC Comics requested that the shop owner cease the use of the marks on multiple occasions without result. DC's complaint notes that "DC has never at any time authorized defendants to utilize the infringing promotions in conjunction with any barbershop business and/or the sale or offer for sale of hair groom services. Defendants' use of the infringing promotions is likely to cause confusion, to cause mistake and to deceive as to the affiliation, connection or association of defendants' infringing barbershops with DC."
The complaint also alleges that "Supermen Fades to Fros" shops use barber capes bearing the Superman logo and utilizes Superman imagery for advertisement purposes on the company's website. Aside from trademark infringement in violation of the Lanham Act, the suit also puts forth claims under the Federal Anicybersquatting Consumer Protection Action, and claims for dilution and unfair competition under Florida state and common law.
Republished with permission from sportslawblog.com
Categories: Commercial Litigation | Copyright infringement | Defense Practice
Posted on August 27, 2012 04:56 by Joseph R. Carnicella
On Friday, August 24, a nine member jury entered a verdict in favor of Apple and awarded almost $1.05 billion in damages. Apple filed suit against one of its largest competitors, Samsung Electronics, in April 2011, and alleged that Samsung's Galaxy line of smartphones and tablets infringed seven of Apple's patents covering the iPhone and iPod products. In turn, Samsung countersued alleging that Apple infringed Samsung's patents covering various wireless software components of its products. After more than a year of highly contentious litigation and following a trial that began at the end of July and lasted the better part of August, the jury deliberated for less than three days before delivering the verdict in favor of Apple.
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Posted on August 9, 2012 02:33 by Stacy Moon
Apple recently asked a judge hearing a patent infringement case to sanction attorneys for Samsung after those attorneys issued a press release with a link to documents that had been ruled inadmissible. The actual quote from the press release was apparently, ""fundamental fairness requires that the jury decide the case based on all the evidence." Essentially, Samsung's attorneys decided to try the case in the media, as well as in the courtroom. Apple took the position that the press release was an attempt to influence the jury. The attorneys for Samsung argued it was simply a press release. The Judge has indicated additional investigation may take place after the trial, but that he would not allow "theatrics" or "sideshows" (his words, not mine) to interfere with the trial.
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Posted on May 15, 2012 04:36 by Nicole Druckrey
This article from Corporate Counsel provides great advice on how to protect your trade secrets while collaborating with third-parties. As the article notes, you should consider:
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It's elementary: Politicians can fund education by enacting an income tax on the state's wealthiest
Now that all the election results have rolled in, there is a lot of work to do. Our governments, at the federal, state and local levels, must grapple with the slow motion of our economy, the defunding of public services and the necessity of new jobs.
Nationally, enhancing Social Security has to be at the top of the list. We have witnessed, and many readers have been victims of, the undermining of America's private retirement system. Defined benefit plans have been defunded by corporations and replaced by deferred contribution plans. These deferred contribution plans, in turn, are underfunded, and they lost much of their value in the 2008-2009 downturn. So Americans are more dependent than ever on Social Security for their retirement.
The talk in Washington, D.C., is to make Social Security fiscally sustainable. That translates into diminishing benefits, whether through reducing the cost-of-living adjustment, raising the retirement age to 70 or privatizing the entire system. When D.C. lobbyists say protect Social Security, they mean take it apart.
What they don't say is that Social Security is the best-funded program in the federal government, with a $2.7-trillion surplus. With the private retirement system draining away, it makes a lot more sense to enhance Social Security benefits. There is draft legislation to increase widows' and widowers' benefits, to make sure that women are not penalized for taking time off from work to care for their children and to insure that the cost-of-living factor keeps up with seniors' expenditures on health care. Those are the tweaks we need to keep current retirees and future seniors from falling into poverty.
We have our work cut out for us at the state level. The highest priority has to be funding our state's public education system. The education of all children is the paramount constitutional duty of the state. And we have failed in this, according to our own Supreme Court. We need to fully fund early learning so all kids start kindergarten with the opportunity to succeed. Once kids are in school, they need class sizes small enough to get individual attention, along with arts and music and physical education. School counselors must help them find their way through family crises and eventually to work and college, and second-language immersion pathways should be implemented all over the state. We are in a global economy, after all.
When our kids graduate from high school, they and their families face skyrocketing costs for young people who want to go on to community college or public university. One year of community college tuition is more than $4,000. One year's tuition at the University of Washington equals about one-quarter of the typical family's annual income, or more than $12,000. So we need to find a way to put a halt to tuition increases, roll back those tuitions and open wide the doors to higher education for our youth.
What would it cost to appropriately fund education? Our Superintendent of Schools, Randy Dorn, estimates the K-12 total to be $4.1 billion a year. Add in $1.5 billion for early learning and public higher education — less than what has been cut in the past three years — and we are looking at $5.6 billion. You don't get that through more efficiency, cutting other programs or watching the economy grow. Those dogs don't hunt.
The only way to appropriately fund our children's education is through taxes. This means, of course, that once again we have to look at our upside-down tax system, which weighs so heavily on low-income and middle-class families and lets the wealthy avoid paying for their share of public services.
The myth that we can fund education without tax increases was embraced by both candidates for governor of Washington. Now, let's be real. Governor-elect Jay Inslee should be straightforward with the people of our state. He should pose two choices. The first is to continue to cut back on education, health coverage, school construction, parks, transportation, community colleges, environmental clean ups and public health. The alternative, to restore and enhance services, is only possible if we raise public revenue. That means taxes, and that means it is necessary to tax the wealthiest residents who have benefitted the most in our state. Now you might say that dog doesn't hunt, too. But if we don't face up to this reality, that dog won't even walk.
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It's true. Actor Kevin James has taken up UFC (mixed martial arts) fighting.… in a new movie!
Watch this trailer for his latest film "Here Comes The Boom". I'm not a big fan of UFC, but this looks pretty sweet!
Westbury Road Entertainment/Roc Nation RecordsRihanna has debuted a behind-the-scenes look at at the upcoming video for "FourFiveSeconds," her collaboration with Kanye West and Paul McCartney.
In the video, we don't hear from Paul or Kanye; they just walk around, and Paul strums a guitar. But speaking directly to the camera, a nearly make-up free Rihanna, with slicked-back hair, says, "This is the first song that fans are gonna hear from the new album, and the first visual they see."
We then see Rihanna choosing clothes for the shoot, and explaining that Kanye had the vision for the clip's stripped-down fashion.
"Kanye came up with the idea of doing just some real street denim, All-American look," she explains. Modeling her denim shirt, she adds, "This is actually his jacket, that is some Sean John throwback vintage jacket, that is f***ing major."
"That's the look. That's the fashion tip," she continues. "Denim never goes out of style. It's classic. It's iconic, just like the f**ing Beatles."
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Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images(ALBANY, N.Y.) -- The New York State Department of Health was notified on Friday of a positive case of measles at Bard College in Dutchess County, north of New York City.
The DOH was informed the patient traveled on Amtrak train no. 283 from Penn Station in New York City to Albany on Jan. 25, so exposure to the public may have occurred beyond the college campus, according to the agency.
Anyone who traveled on Amtrak train no. 283 from New York City to Niagara Falls, New York on Jan. 25, and who is not immune to measles or unsure of their measles immunity, is asked by the DOH to contact their primary care physician if they become ill with fever.
The agency however recommends that individuals who may have been exposed and who have symptoms consistent with measles to call their health care providers or a local emergency room before going for care.
Bard College has notified the campus community of the measles case and on Friday, the Dutchess County Department of Health held a measles vaccination clinic for any students, faculty, or staff who has not been vaccinated against measles.
New York State has had three cases of measles this year. One in Dutchess County and two others in New York City.
The current nationwide outbreak of measles has spread to 14 states and includes 84 cases reported this month.
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Courtesy VH1Jordin Sparks and Idina Menzel have joined the lineup of VH1 + Papa John's Super Bowl Blitz: A Concert for the Troops, which will air tonight at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
Hosted by Nick Lachey, the concert will feature headline performances by Fall Out Boy and Charli XCX. Arizona native and football fanatic Jordin will introduce a group of top NFL players who'll be saluting the troops, while Idina, who'll perform the national anthem at the Super Bowl on Sunday, will discuss how important the anthem is to the military.
NFL stars Charles Tillman, Jeremy Hill and Maurice Jones-Drew will also appear on the show, which in addition to airing on TV will also stream live at VH1.com and on the VH1 app.
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Alex LakeThe music of Hozier and Ariana Grande couldn't be more different, and that's why it's so much fun to hear the Irish singer/songwriter put his own spin on the pop diva's smash hit "Problem."
Hozier covered Ariana's hit for BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge program, which features artists doing cover versions of other artists' current tunes. Hozier gave the song a rock feel, performing with a full band and even a 10-person choir. Hozier told BBC Radio 1 that he chose the song because he "always found it to be quite an irresistible little beat in the verse and we could have a lot of fun with it."
Hozier and Ariana are both Grammy nominees. Both will perform on the Grammy telecast February 8, and both are kicking off U.S. headlining tours in February.
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AbstractThis paper aims to analyze the journey undertaken by the chronicler Ambrosio de Morales, between June 1572 and February 1573, through Leon, Castile and Galicia, upon request of King Phillip II, paying particular attention to a specific dimension: that this journey and its protagonist be instruments in reaffirming royal power, by identifying relics, royal tombs and ancient books. These are elements which hold a symbolic power which the monarch was seeking to appropriate, in a process to build centralized power and the image of a Christian king, combining in the same project religion, politics and culture. To this end, we will analyze the relation between this journey, as described by the chronicler, and its contribution to the collection of relics held at the Real Monasterio de El Escorial.
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Scientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have developed a new technique for investigating proteins that allow drugs to get in and out of the cells in our bodies. Against currently held dogma, they have shown that interactions within membrane complexes can be maintained intact in the vacuum of a mass spectrometer in order that the nature of these proteins and their function can be investigated in the finest detail.
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The University of Tulsa has announced major changes to campus, including a new residence hall, renovations to the Allen Chapman Activity Center, additional dining options and relocation of the university's bookstore.
Construction is underway on a 70,000-square-foot dormitory that is expected to house 300 beds as well as 36,000 square feet of office space for the Holmes Student Center. Located in the middle of campus at 5th Place and Florence Avenue, the old student center was razed earlier this year in preparation for the new facility.
"Our strategic growth plan has sparked a significant increase in enrollment and transformed TU into a residential university," said Earl Johnson, vice president for enrollment and student services. "This new space will give more students the option to live on campus."
A fountain plaza will connect the dormitory to TU's student union, known as the Allen Chapman Activity Center. ACAC renovations will feature the addition of eight new dining establishments including Panda Express, Pizza Hut, Einstein Bros. Bagels and Garden Toss. ACAC's entrances and lecture rooms will receive facelifts and outdoor patio space will be added. "We expect these renovations to transform the heart of campus and create a new hub of activity," Johnson said. TU's bookstore, currently located on the first floor of ACAC, will relocate to the southeast corner of 11th Street and Harvard Avenue. Built by a TU alumnus, the exterior of the current building already reflects the distinct TU architectural theme.
TU also will expand a main thoroughfare along 5th Place between Harvard and Florence Avenues with the addition of wider sidewalks, lighting and landscaping.
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Streatham Redskins and Wightlink Raiders will unite to raise funds for the British Heart Foundation, in an agreement announced this week.
Table topping Chelmsford Chieftains visit South London on Saturday night as Streatham look to catch them up with a victory.
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Bart Borden, vice president of the Cleveland Utilities Electric Division whose departmental roles include oversight of the city's traffic signals, said CU learned of the state plans in a recent TDOT right of way field review.
Borden, who was represented at the state transportation briefing by CU traffic coordinator Tad Bacon, made his report during a recent session of the Cleveland Board of Public Utilities.
"The project will not only expand the ramps to dual lanes, but will also provide dual left lanes onto Interstate 75 Southbound from Georgetown Road," Borden stressed.
Borden credited TDOT, and project engineer Scott Medlin, for their interest in remedying a traffic logjam that has plagued Cleveland and Bradley County motorists in recent years, and especially since the opening of the new Cleveland Middle School on Georgetown Road.
"This is a great example of TDOT responding to the needs of our community," Borden told CU board members. "I would like to thank TDOT, and particularly Scott Medlin, for their efforts to improve these intersections."
Using aerial photography and sketching, Borden pointed to some of the upgrades that were discussed at the TDOT field review.
Proposed improvements along Exit 25 Southbound include:
- A new dedicated right-turn lane on Georgetown Road headed east accessing the I-75 Southbound ramp;
- Dual on-lanes on the I-75 Southbound ramp with a merger before entering I-75;
- Dual left-turn lanes on Georgetown Road headed west that will access the I-75 Southbound ramp; and
- Single left lane and single right lane on the I-75 exit ramp accessing Georgetown Road.
Proposed improvements along Exit 25 Northbound include:
- Right storage lane to be extended on Georgetown Road/25th Street headed east and accessing Georgetown Road;
- Adding a dedicated right-turn lane on Georgetown Road/25th Street headed west accessing the I-75 Northbound ramp; and
- Adding dual left-turn lanes with a single right-turn lane on the I-75 exit ramp accessing Georgetown Road/25th Street.
Cleveland Utilities' primary role in the intersection improvements will be coordinating the traffic signal patterns, in conjunction with TDOT traffic engineers because these are state roads, as well as any potential impact on existing utility poles or power lines.
"TDOT's got some very good plans," Borden said. Of the construction future, he added, "... This project is going to take place," based on information provided to Bacon during the right of way field review.
"[We're looking at] some very good improvements here," Borden stressed. Citing the advantages of dual turn lanes and dedicated single-turn lanes, the longtime CU administrator stressed, "[There will be] much storage improvement."
Most Cleveland and Bradley County motorists who travel the area frequently — especially during the school season — might be standing and shouting "Hallelujah!" in unison at the news, but Borden stressed at this point the public utility has not been given any startup dates for the long-awaited project.
"... Testing is already going on," he told the CU board, but little else is known; at least, for now.
Over the past year, CU has orchestrated a series of traffic signal timing adjustments at the I-75 ramps in conjunction with the recommendations of a 25th Street Corridor Study completed by contractor Cannon & Cannon, a traffic engineering firm from Knoxville. In that study, new traffic signal cycles up and down 25th Street were programmed in connection with time-of-day and day-of-week usage.
The corridor study's intent was to maximize traffic flow during peak periods of travel; however, once the study was completed and new traffic signal synchronizations were implemented, CU and the corridor study's author cautioned — to both the CU board and to the Cleveland City Council — that limited improvements can be made along 25th Street without the physical addition of new lanes for better motorist flow and intersection storage.
The study also addressed the potential addition of one traffic signal along the corridor; that is, near the congested crossover at the McDonald's and Burger King locations. No action has been taken on this suggestion.
The I-75 ramp improvements at Exit 25 are not necessarily part of another major TDOT project along Georgetown Road that plans to widen the congested highway from two to five lanes [recognized as the State Route 60 Corridor) roughly from the interstate west to Freewill Road at Hopewell Elementary School.
Traffic along this stretch of the State Route 60 Corridor could worsen in time once the Cleveland Board of Education launches the construction of a new elementary school between CMS and Hopewell.
The I-75 ramps at Exit 25 and the 25th Street Corridor aren't the only areas getting CU's traffic attention. In other traffic lighting reports, Borden provided these updates:
- Completed new traffic counts at Dalton Pike and 20th Street S.E. These updated numbers are needed to resume the traffic signal design project that was started several years ago.
- Provided the city of Cleveland with three conceptual designs for a mast-arm intersection at Ocoee Street and Central Avenue. A two-pole design was favored over a single mast-arm pole. The proposal has been forwarded to TDOT for review.
- Attended a TDOT pre-construction meeting for the addition of a new traffic signal at Highway 11 and Lauderdale Memorial Highway. Construction is set to begin in July or August. Borden reported it has yet to be determined whether Bradley County or the city of Charleston will be responsible for maintaining the signal.
- Secured TDOT's commitment to add an ITS (Intelligent Transportation Systems) camera at Exit 20. It will be used by CU and the city of Cleveland.
"This camera is critical to manage unexpected traffic flows at the interchange," Borden cited.
- Updated board members on CU's programming of 19 of 21 Opticom GPS phase selectors. The new equipment allows equipped fire trucks to preempt a traffic signal in all four directions at a point determined by zones set up in the programming software. The 19 locations include busy intersections along Keith Street, 25th Street and Paul Huff Parkway.
"When a fire truck's emergency flashers are enabled, the equipment and software detect the approaching emergency vehicle, measure the distance and speed relative to the intersection, and determine the intended direction of travel by monitoring the vehicle's turn-signal position," Borden explained.
"The equipment sends a command to the traffic light controller to clear traffic in the vehicle's direction of travel. This system can be expanded to other emergency vehicles in the future."


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Do you recognize this plane? Look closer. You may have seen it in another picture in the past. Yes, it's the plane from the Tourist Guy photo. He's been getting around a lot these past few years.
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Metro Center. With the possible exception of the Smithsonian Metro stop on a summer weekend afternoon, this is the most crowded I've ever seen a Metro platform. Photo taken with a Palm Zire 71.
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I'm not sure why, but there is something strangely disturbing, in a dark and Geiger-ish way, about the arrangement of all the dryer exhaust pipes in the laundry room. Photo taken with a Palm Zire 71.
An amusing caption at an educational exhibit on plants in the National Botanical Garden. Photo taken with a Palm Zire 71.
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Spirit has rolled onto Mars. Update: Heh, check out Google's logo. I've grabbed and grafted some stereo images from Spirit's raw gallery and made a couple of wiggle animations: navcam looking back at lander, front hazcam shot.
Unwanted Irony
I'm still recovering from a mild virus that hitched back with me from the Philippines, and my lungs have been giving up their dead for about a week now. Last night, I cracked open a bottle of store-brand Tussin syrup (cough suppresant) and quickly chugged down two teaspoons. A few drops took the wrong route, […]
Speaking of postmodern Christianity, Alex Arnold has a series of posts on just that topic. (And a side note: when you write "postmodern" as its hip abbreviation, "PoMo," be sure to capitalize that "M." With some fonts, "pomo" looks just a bit too much like another word.)
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To answer a question Amy asked me last week: one megapixel. That's the resolution of the panoramic camera aboard Spirit. The secret to those pretty Mars pictures, however, is flawless lenses and larger CCD sensors.
Garver demonstrates intertextual relations via Scripture viewed through the lens of modern allusion. I'm not a big fan of "postmodern" Christianity with its insistence on over-sacramentalizing popular culture, but the illustrated intertextualization is an excellent demonstration of Scripture working similarly within its original context: referencing culturally relevant motifs of the day to present a familiar […]


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Okay, so I need a new MP3 player because mine is like 3 years old and only carries like 9 albums!!...Weak I know. So, what kind of MP3 Player do you guys suggest I get? Keeping in mind that I'm not rolling in dough so I can't afford like a $300 IPod!! lol.
The Player I have now is a Sony PSYC which has been really good to me but the software was/is kinda crappy. lol.


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The independent party leader Kalembe Ndile has acussed Makindu DC Naomi Mwangi of campaigning for his rival, Patrick Maweu Musimba.
Ndile was speaking yesterday during Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka's campaign rally. He said Mwangi, contrary to IEBC election laws, is mobilising chiefs to assist Musimba win the Kibwezi West parliamentary seat. However speaking to the Star, Mwangi termed Kalembe's allegations as "wild" meant to tarnish her name.


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Sometimes it's not about how extravagant or eccentric you can get with your home decor; instead, it's about introducing classic pieces into your living space that blend in rather than accent your existing decor, as the GOOD Chair would do. This simple leather seating option is unobtrusive, and its unassuming presence complements subtly rather than loudly.
Designed by Benedini Associati for the Italian manufacturer Enrico Pellizzoni, the GOOD Chair is made out of molded hard leather. It retains its shape thanks to an internal plastic support. The overall seat support is made out of aluminium, while the legs can be finished in chrome, varnished steel, Canaletto walnut or durmast. In general, the GOOD Chair is a solid piece of furniture, despite its delicate appearance.


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Rough Riders is a high adventure summer camp experience for older Scouts with activities such as zip lining, horseback riding, water adventures, rock climbing, rappelling and much more. Older Scouts can attend Rough Riders while their unit is attending summer camp. Participants can also sign up individually. Visit the online Trading Post to purchase camp hats, shirts and more.
Discover some of the forgotten land of El Rancho Cima during the Rough Rider program, and spend a week of summer on the historic Devil's Backbone. Rough Riders is an experience designed to challenge the senior members of your troop and crew and prepare them for other high adventure base camps. At the Hamman High Adventure Base at Iron Wheel Mesa, troops, teams and crews will have the advantage of going through the ever growing COPE course which includes:
From base camp on the mesa, participants will take a horseback trek down custom trails to and from three back country sites and cookout and camp overnight and:
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Summary: Hank Rosso's Achieving Excellence in Fund Raising, 3rd Edition, explains the fund raising profession's major principles, concepts and techniques. A host of respected authors demonstrate why fund raising is a strategic management discipline, and elucidate each step in the fund raising cycle: assessing human and societal needs, setting goals, selecting gift markets and fund raising techniques, soliciting new gifts, and encouraging renewals. This book provides a conceptual foundation fo ...show morer the fund raising profession, thoroughly examining its principles, strategies and methods. Using practical examples, the authors explain the reasoning behind the planning and selection of strategies for all fund raising activities.Edited byGene Tempel, Executive Director of Indiana University's Center on Philanthropy, this third edition of the Rosso's fund raising classic both retains the original philosophical principles of the first edition and offers new insights on recent fund raising developments. Each chapter has been updated, andTempel has added new sections on technology and fund raising, the internet, women as donors, stewardship, and fund raising as a profession. Authors include such fund raising luminaries as Tim Seiler, Dwight Burlingame, Lilya Wagner, Mal Warwick, Kay Sprinkel Grace and Kim Klein. ...show less
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MALONE — A Malone man was injured Wednesday when a car struck the bicycle he was riding, police said.
The crash happened at 3:30 p.m., according to the New York State Department of Transportation.
Michelle Lamica, 36, of Brushton was traveling westbound on Route 11 near Airport Road in the Town of Malone when bicyclist Denis McDonald, 69, of Malone, who was riding westbound ahead of her on the paved shoulder, attempted to turn left into Wal-Mart, turning in front of her vehicle, Malone-based State Police said.
Lamica's vehicle struck McDonald's, police said.
McDonald was taken to Alice Hyde Medical Center in Malone for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
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If you are diagnosed with a bulging disc as the result of being in an accident caused by someone else, you may be able to get money for your injury.
1. What is a bulging disc and can it be caused by an accident?
When one of your intervertebral discs in the spinal column is injured in your back or neck, the disc weakens and it can bulge or extend into the spinal canal. A bulging disc in your back or neck can cause pain. A bulging disc can be caused by a car accident, slip and fall and many types of other accidents. If you are injured and someone else is at fault, you may be entitled to damages.
I know at least one orthopedic doctor in Florida who believes that people in their 20's and older all have bulging discs. He does not believe that they are significant. In fact, he reviewed an MRI CD for me in a case where my client was diagnosed with a herniated disc. I will talk about the effect of this orthopedic doctor's opinion later in this article when I explain how to calculate a case value for an injury claim involving a disc bulge.
2. Settlement value for pain and suffering component of a bulging disc.
If you have a bulging disc from as the result of an accident, you may be asking yourself, "How much is my case worth?" Although every case is different, in Florida I use $10,000 to $15,000 as the starting point for settlement purposes of the full value of the pain and suffering component only of a bulging disc. If you have a significant resultant disability, then I increase that the full value. I am only speaking about settlements in Florida when I talk about the above mentioned settlement range.
The low-end of this settlement range is for minimal treatment and if there are limitations on your activities. The higher end of the range is for a significant resultant disability, more treatment and/or more limitations on your activities of daily living. Individuals who receive a longer amount of treatment may get closer to the upper range or above for the pain and suffering component.
That settlement range is for the full value of the pain and suffering component only. The range does not include other damages to which you may be entitled, such as lost wages and medical bills. That settlement range is the full value and does not include other factors that can result in a reduction of the full value and lead to you recovering nothing, a lower amount or a larger amount.
Occasionally I hear about a verdict where the Plaintiff (person who was injured) gets over $100,000 for pain and suffering for a bulging disc. This is extremely rare. Do not expect the insurance company to offer you that kind of money for pain and suffering.
This article does not apply to a workers compensation case against your employer if you are injured while working. If you are injured while working, but you have a case against someone other than your employer, then this article applies to the portion of your case against the third party.
3. Actual Bulging Disc Settlements and Verdicts in Florida Accidents
My case: $75,000 Settlement (Gross) for a young woman who had arthroscopic knee surgery and epidural injections to a bulging disc in her lower back (L5-S1). Progressive paid $50,000 under the bodily injury coverage, and $25,000 was paid under the underinsured motorist coverage on the car owner's auto insurance policy (Allstate).
My Case: $57,000 Settlement on behalf of a police officer who was suffered back injury, while he was on duty, when he was rear ended in a car accident in Medley, Florida (North Miami-Dade County). This settlement is before deduction for attorney's fees and expenses. Most cases result in a lower recovery. It should not be assumed that your case will have as beneficial a result. This is one of my many settlements for a bulging disc that I talk about in more detail on my car accident settlements page.
$47,500 Settlement (not my case) for a 53-year-old woman who slipped and fell at a Publix in Broward County, Florida. She had multiple bulging discs in the neck and lower back as well as a knee contusion (bruise). She slipped and fell on water in the frozen food section. Her husband, filed a loss of consortium claim against Publix. Publix admitted liability (fault).
My thoughts: I am not sure how many disc bulges the shopper had. Unfortunately, I do not know the amount of medical bills that she had to pay from this accident. I have said before that as a starting point the settlement value in Florida for pain and suffering from a bulging disc is between $10,000 and $15,000.
This case is one of the first reported cases against Publix since the new slip and fall law went into effect on July 1, 2010. Surprisingly, Publix admitted liability. I could not find any information as to how the shopper was able to show that Publix knew or should have known that the water was on the floor. The case is Jeanne Michel and Jacques Jules vs. Publix Supermarkets, Inc.
4. Examples of how to calculate settlement value for bulging disc cases
Let me give you an example of a settlement involving pain and suffering for a bulging disc (disc bulge):
Example #1 – Car Accident
You are rear ended in Miami-Dade County, Florida (or any city in Florida) by a car while you are stopped in traffic. You are 18 years old and do not have prior injuries. You own the car (a 2012 Toyota Camry) that you were driving at the time of the accident.
Your personal injury protection (P.I.P) coverage on your auto insurance policy may pay for up to $10,000 in your medical bills and lost wages. (Learn more about how to get your medical bills and lost wages paid after a car accident.) The car that you were driving is totaled. You treat with an orthopedic doctor in and get therapy for about two months.
Your pain has not gone away so the orthopedic doctor sends you to get a MRI. The MRI shows that you have a bulging disc. You get therapy for one month after the MRI and you still have occasional pain. The orthopedic doctor says that you have a 6% permanent impairment.
According to this doctor, you have a permanent injury which allows you to argue to a jury in Florida (most cases don't get to a jury) that you are entitled to pain and suffering from this car accident.
The owner of the car that hit you has a $10,000/$20,000 bodily injury (BI) liability insurance policy with State Farm. This means that the most State Farm will pay you for your personal injury is $10,000 because only one person (since you were involved in this wreck).
The driver of the at-fault vehicle does not own the car and does not have auto insurance. Your out-of-pocket medical bills are $2,000. Let's assume that the full value of your pain and suffering is $10,000, which is the low-end of the average settlement range for a bulging disc in Florida.
The settlement formula for this case is:
Possible Settlement = out of pocket medical bills + lost wages + pain and suffering
Possible Settlement = $2,000 + 0 + $10,000
Possible Settlement = $12,000
I say "possible settlement" above because there is no guarantee that State Farm will pay you a dime. They can take this case to a jury and you could possibly get nothing. Since the possible settlement is $12,000 and State Farm's BI limits are $10,000, they may pay the $10,000 so that they are not exposed to a higher judgment for acting in bad faith.
Because you have to prove that you have a permanent injury in most car accidents in Florida in order to get money for pain and suffering, auto insurers such as State Farm, Allstate, GEICO, Progressive and others may take a tough stance when your injury is a bulging disc.
They may hire a radiologist or orthopedic doctor who says that your injury is not permanent and/or that the bulging disc should not be causing pain. Some juries believe the doctor hired by an insurance company and this is part of the reason that these auto insurers may be difficult to deal with in regards to personal injury claims involving a bulging disc.
Example #2 – Slip and Fall Accident
You are shopping at Publix Supermarkets in Fort Lauderdale, Florida – or any city in Florida – and you slip and fall on liquid in the aisle. The liability claims adjuster for SRS on behalf of Publix tells you that they have accepted liability because an employee knew that the liquid was there for one hour before your slip and fall.
You are 18 years old and have not had any prior injuries. You treat with an orthopedic doctor and get therapy for two months for your lower back (lumbar) pain. Your pain has not gone away so the orthopedic doctor sends you to get an MRI of your lower back.
The MRI shows that you have a bulging disc. You get therapy for one month after the MRI and you still have occasional pain. The orthopedic doctor says that you have a 6% permanent impairment.
Unlike most car accidents in Florida, in a slip and fall accident you do not have to prove that you have a permanent injury to be entitled to damages for pain and suffering. In this respect, it is easier to get money for pain and suffering for a bulging disc in a slip and fall incident than in most car accidents. You have 4-years to file your personal injury lawsuit against Publix.
Your out-of-pocket medical bills are $10,000. Let's assume that the full value of your pain and suffering is $10,000 which is the low-end of the range for a bulging disc mentioned above. The settlement formula for this case is:
Possible Settlement = Out of pocket medical bills + lost wages + pain and suffering
Possible Settlement = $10,000 + 0 + $10,000
Possible Settlement = $20,000
I say "possible settlement" above because there is no guarantee that Publix Supermarkets will pay you a dime. They can take this case to a jury and you could possibly get nothing. For purposes of this example, Publix may pay you $20,000 to settle this case before a lawsuit is filed. If you file a lawsuit, you may still get a $20,000 settlement.
I have settled many cases totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars where my client's injury was a bulging disc.
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Jefferson City, Mo. – Attorney General Chris Koster said today that the Lawrence County Circuit Court has entered a consent judgment against Shirley Gilbert for violations of the Animal Care Facilities Act.
Koster said Gilbert owned Wolfgang's Puppies and Gee Gee's Yorkies, a commercial breeder facility located in Aurora. Department of Agriculture inspections had uncovered numerous violations of the Animal Care Facilities Act. The defendant operated her breeding facility without a license; failed to provide adequate veterinary care to animals who were in obvious medical distress; failed to provide adequate ventilation and odor control; failed to provide clean, dry bedding and wind and rain breaks to protect the dogs from the elements; failed to collect and remove animal waste; failed to clean and sanitize the facility or to provide adequate space for the dogs; and failed to provide housing that protected the animals from injury.
Koster said to comply with the terms of the judgment, the defendant transferred all of the dogs at her breeding facility to the Humane Society of Missouri for veterinary evaluation and rehabilitation prior to adoption. In addition, Ms. Gilbert agreed to shut down her business for a period of six years. The judgment ordered the defendant to pay a $500 civil penalty, $1,000 in attorneys' fees and costs of the investigation, and $200 in restitution to consumers who were harmed by misrepresentations Ms. Gilbert had made regarding her status as a state licensed dog breeding facility. The court also has assessed penalties should she violate the Animal Care Facilities Act during the defendant's six-year probation period.
Koster, in cooperation with the Department of Agriculture, has made cracking down on illegal dog breeders and sellers a priority in his office.
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MOTE is excited to present the Music on the Edge Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Roger Zahab this October 19th at 8 p.m. in Bellefield Hall Auditorium. The series' namesake orchestra is a an all-star gathering of accomplished local musicians. The program includes I give you the end of a golden string by Judith Weir (Master of the Queen's Music), Roger Zahab's Evening on 57th Street, Toru Takemitsu's The Dorian Horizon, and Claude Vivier's Zipangu.
Judith Weir, recently appointed the first female Master of the Queen's Music, is the composer and librettist of several widely performed operas whose diverse sources include Icelandic sagas, Chinese Yuan Dynasty drama and German Romanticism interests in narrative, folklore and theatre have found expression in a broad range of musical invention. Folk music from the British Isles and beyond has influenced her music for solo instruments, and she has had strong links with performers from non-classical traditions. MOTE Chamber Orchestra director, Roger Zahab, has been a long time supporter of her music and has presented many of her pieces in Pittsburgh. In addition to his work as a musical director, Roger is a violinist who has premiered over 100 new works, and also a prolific composer whose works have been performed internationally.
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Midnight April 6
2014 Competition
The Maverick Business Plan Competition encourages development of new ventures, either for profit or social benefit by members of the UNO, UNMC & PKI community. You are invited to submit a simplified business plan that identifies an opportunity and presents a viable proposal to address it. Winning plans can be new or novel innovations or can also address better implementation of or finding new markets for an existing technology.
2013 Winners
First Place ($3,000): MooMaker, an app that simplifies the identification process during artificial insemination for cows. Submitted by: Rachel Ostrander, a Peter Kiewit Institute student studying IT innovation
Second Place ($2,000): STEM-Direct, an affordable online tutoring program for high school and college students in science, technology, engineering and math. Submitted by: Manas Bharadwaj, MBA student; Robert LaMagna-Reiter, MBA student; and Felix Burgstaller, IS&T student
Third Place ($1,000): CardioSys, a platform that performs real-time monitoring for patients with acute and chronic illnesses. Submitted by: Luis Lopez (not pictured). Later accepted into the Straight Shot accelerator program.
The Prizes
First Prize: $3,000
Second Prize: $2,000
Third Prize: $1,000
- Any team with a current UNO, UNMC or PKI graduate, undergraduate, doctoral, or post-doctoral student. Faculty & alumni are encouraged to participate by partnering with any of the above. Students must be enrolled in a degree granting program
- Teams may not compete if their concept is part of another venture, or has raised angel or VC funding.
- A current graduate, undergraduate, doctoral, or post-doctoral UNO or UNMC student must present the concept before the judging panel.
The Maverick Business Plan Competition requires a business or not-for-profit proposal in general terms and should outline the idea, the market, the competition, and competitive advantages, as well as for a general understanding of how the firm will operate and generate a profit. The requested document is a simplified business plan, in that detailed market information and financial projects normally required to obtain VC funding are not required. Concepts are evaluated on their viability in the current marketplace. The submission should have a one page Executive Summary and followed by no more than a ten page proposal for the business. Additional documentation should be placed in an appendix, along with team member's resumes. Format is 12-point font and one-inch margins. Important elements to include in the business plan are as follows:
Executive Summary
- Describing your entrepreneurial concept.
- A description of the underlying idea, what problem does it solve.
- State what makes the concept unique.
- Determine the customer/market.
- Decide how the business will generate revenue or become self-sustaining.
- What are the long-term goals of the business
Value Proposition
- Determine the "Pain" or problem that the entrepreneurial concept addresses.
- Explain the solution the concept provides.
- Discuss why these product/service benefits are real and valuable to customers.
Market Opportunity
- If applicable, calculate the total revenues forthe target market. (This can be expressed in terms of total revenues or total expenditures by customers, or can be expressed in terms of total customers multiplied by the average amount spent per customer annually.)
- If revenue is not applicable, how would you measure success?
- Discuss your current or anticipated competition. Describe what other solutions exist.
- Describe the critical success factors and critical risks.
- Articulate milestone and longer-term goals.
Product/Service Description
- Describe the attributes of any product or service.
- Explain how the product will be produced or how the service will be performed.
- Determine how much or what types of resources would be generally required.
- Estimate the costs associated with developing or starting the business
- If applicable, determine the revenue to be generated per unit sale or service provided
- Estimate the break-even point (the what point revenues exceed expenses). Judges should be able to appreciate that the benefits offered will outweigh the associated costs
- Detailed pro-formas are not required, but if applicable, can be included in the appendix.
Management Team
- Who are members of the team?
- What are their backgrounds?
- What are their intended roles within this proposal?
- Will others need to be hired and when?
Contact Information
- Name of Team Captain
- Address
- Telephone Number
- E-mail Address
- Team member resumes • Diagrams, illustrations, photos, etc. • Financials if applicable
The Center for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Franchising is willing to assist you in the development of your business plan. Not only can we provide you with counseling, but we can connect you to local experts and entrepreneurs who have agreed to mentor our contestants. If you desire assistance, please contact Dr. Dale Eesley at 402-554-2706 or email email@example.com. Contestants who contact us early in the process are likely to receive the most support.
- Submission deadline: Sunday, April 6, midnight
- Finalists announced: April 11
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Pearls of Wisdom
Wedding project ideas and style how-tos for brides, bridal jewelry designers and wedding planners.
One April morning in 1999, I woke to discover that the wedding I had dreamed about since I was a little girl would never happen. My father--my beloved Daddy--had a heart attack the previous night and never recovered. That dream, of him walking me proudly down the aisle, had vanished forever.
Then we lost my mom to cancer. And I had the heart-rending realization that the place where the Parents of the Bride were supposed to stand ... was forever going to be empty.
Balancing Joy and Sorrow
Losing your parents is a profoundly life-changing experience. Their absence echoes during important milestones afterwards: graduation, the births of your children and, yes, your wedding. Balancing that deep sorrow with the joy of your wedding day can require a delicate touch.
There are a number of ways to honor and remember missing family members during your wedding:
- Leave empty chairs at the front, and place a rose on each seat
- Set up candles, tied with ribbon hung with beads or charms spelling their names (or "Mom" and "Dad"). Light the candles as part of the ceremony or reception.
- Wear your mother's wedding dress or veil--or carry your dad's handkerchief. (You might need it.)
- Add an in memoriam to your wedding program:"Today we honor those who cannot be with us, especially the bride's parents ..."
- If your ceremony is taking place at the same church where they were laid to rest, the bride can lay her bouquet on their grave(s)
I have a lock of my dad's hair set in ICE Resin®, and pictures of my parents on their wedding day. These personal touchstones fit perfectly inside a large locket that I can wear down the aisle and let me feel that my mom and dad are still near me on this happiest of days.
Remember your loved ones with ...
- Pendants
- Heart Lockets
- Lockets
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- Alphabet beads and charms
- Ribbon
- Silk cord
- Satin cord
- Omni Gel
- ICE Resin
- Stamps
- ''Style Snapshot: Lockets of Love'' article
- ''Fingerprint Jewelry'' article
- ''Suggested Birthstones'' chart
- ''Single-Strand Necklace and Earring Set with Swarovski Crystal Beads and Pearls, Brass-Colored Charms and Focals and Chain'' project
- ''Triple-Strand Necklace and Earring Set with Personalized Brass Focals and Drops, Swarovski crystal and Chain'' project
- ''Using Omni-Gel™ Photo Transfer Liquid'' illustrated instructions
- View locket and picture frame design inspirations in the Gallery of Designs