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Suave Professionals Sleek Look Shampoo
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75% would repurchase
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Package Quality: 4.1
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INGREDIENTSWater (aqua), sodium laureth sulfate, cocamidopropyl betaine, sodium chloride, dimethiconol, fragrance (parfum), carbomer, guar hydroxypropyltrimonium, chloride, tetrasodium, EDTA, amodimethicone, DMDM hydantoin, TEA-dodecyibenzene-sulfonate, citric acid, C11-15 pareth-7, laureth-9, trideceth-12, PRG-9, propylene glycol, glycerin, tocopheryl acetate (Vitamin E acetate), lysine HCI, arginine HCI, panthenol, panthenyl ethyl ether, methylchloroisothiazolinone, silk amino acids, methylisothiazolinone, mica ( CI 77019), titanium dioxide (CI 77891).
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on 5/11/2016 9:59:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Medium, Warm
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Brown
I have thin, super long, and oily hair. I love this shampoo! I wish it could be my everyday shampoo because it leaves my hair super nice, soft, and smelling delicious! but I have to alternate between this shampoo and the Suave daily clarifying shampoo because if I didn't, this shampoo would def weigh my hair down. Together, these shampoos have made my hair super beautiful :) this is truly a gem! Highly recommend!
on 9/25/2015 8:18:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Green
This shampoo is awesome paired with any of the Naturals conditioners.
I have this and the color protect, both of which lather nicely, are rich and creamy (but not slimy like Pantene), and smell really good. But the fragrance doesn't linger all day, which I like.
The cleansing quality is perfect, especially if you wash your hair every day. My hair is fine (but abundant) and curly /wavy, so I like a blend of softness and effectiveness in my shampoo.
The price is amazing and I can usually find this brand anywhere. The Dollar Store keeps it on stock.
I recommend the Naturals conditioners because this shampoo adds some conditioning already, and I don't want to overdo it.
on 6/26/2015 6:10:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Other, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Other, Wavy, Other
Eyes: Other
If you really want the "sleek look" this is probably for you. Shampoo does a decent job of cleansing but it's pretty silicone heavy and causes buildup in a short period of time. It is smoothing and I think it'd work well for those who regularly flat iron their hair or just want to tame some frizz. It's not for my oily, thin hair so I won't repurchase.
on 5/19/2015 11:05:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Green
I had to throw away my VO5 kiwi shampoo and other harsher soaps because my skin was reacting in a way it never did before. I had bumps across my neck and face, and even at 13 that didn't happen. I used deductive reasoning to determine what had changed in my routine, and could only reduce it to my soaps. So off I went to find some moisturizing products which I had abandoned before the breakout.
I chose St. Ives exfoliating body wash and this shampoo for my hair, with Suave Naturals conditioner. Holy crap. Face and skin back to normal almost instantly! The shampoo lathers really really well, doesn't strip hair, and leaves my skin soft. My hands aren't dry either, which often happens with clarifying products. Once it dried, my hair was fragrant, clean and silky, and I hope this continues to be the case. I will edit if anything changes.
If you suddenly begin reacting, seriously investigate your soaps. You're not going crazy, you don't have a bizarre skin disease (well you might, I'm not a doctor) but you could just have bad shampoo.
EDIT: I want to add that this shampoo cleans very well, so if you're seeking a clarifier that isn't exactly a "clarifier" this might be it. The consistency isn't thick but it's not a gel, so unlike Pantene and Dove Daily Moisture, it won't feel like it's building up every time you wash. Added shout-out to St. Ives exfoliating wash too! Amazing for face and body!
on 4/6/2015 3:08:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
This is my new go-to shampoo. It softens my hair, makes it shine, and helps out with frizziness.
Also, can we just take a moment of silence for the cost of this shampoo..............
Gah, it's so inexpensive, but gives me great hair. Oh, and the scent smells amazing. It does have a perfume-y type scent, but I enjoy it a great deal.
on 8/22/2014 7:22:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Blue
- SO affordable
- Gets my hair clean
- Non-offensive smell
- Broke me out along the hairline!
- Didn't improve shine
- Let my ends especially dry
- Overall, was nothing special
Final Thoughts:
I really, really wanted to like this shampoo. At first, I thought it was a decent option because it cleaned my hair just fine and didn't seem to leave any residue. Then, I slowly started breaking out all along my hair line which is bizarre because I never break out on my forehead. It took awhile, but I finally connected it to this shampoo! Sure enough, as soon as I cut this product out of my routine, my acne cleared up.
However, even if it doesn't break you out, you can do better than this mediocre shampoo. While it cleaned my hair well enough, it didn't do anything for shine.
on 1/29/2014 6:43:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Dark, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
Very affordable and does what it says. It does smooth hair out and it works pretty well on my dry hair. It's the one of those OTC hair shampoos that works well for the first couple weeks then turns hair into a mess like Pantene and Aussie. I will buy again:)
on 1/6/2014 2:33:00 AM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Dry, Fair-Medium, Cool
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Hazel
My favorite from Suave. This really is like Matrix. It has always kept my hair sleek and shiny. It's very soft and a great dupe for Matrix. It's only $2.88 for a giant bottle at Walmart.
on 12/24/2013 1:40:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
this product is great!! it smells great and works to really get your hair clean with no flakes. even if you use a lot it won't make your hair greasy. Love it and have been using it for years!
on 11/18/2013 11:37:00 AM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
I tried this shampoo while visiting my mom and absolutely loved it for the first week. It made my hair soft, extremely shiny and moisturized. I went out and bought the big bottles at BJ'S the price was great! I used it for another week or so. I started to notice that my hair was still shiny but really weighed down and had a lot of build up. Oh my god my hair is so thin and crispy and fragile and it looks like half of my hair just disappeared. I'm freaking out! I've been using other shampoos and conditioners to try to fix it but nothings working!!!! Steer clear from this!!
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But while Paris's exploits propelled her to worldwide stardom, Zahra Amir Ebrahimi faces ruin, a public lashing and even a jail term.
Ebrahimi is one of the best-known actresses in the strict Islamic country and made the 20-minute sex tape privately with her boyfriend on a camcorder at the flat they shared two years ago.
Unbeknown to her, it was posted on the internet and widely released as a DVD - angering millions in Iran.
Her boyfriend, who has not been named by the authorities in Tehran, is suspected of distributing the material illegally.
He has fled to Dubai and if caught and returned, faces three years in jail and a £6,000 fine for offending public morality.
Now 25-year-old Ebrahimi faces the disgrace of a court case, has been dropped from the top-rated soap where she played a morally upstanding young woman, and has been forced to deny rumours she attempted suicide.
The scale of the scandal has meant Tehran's hardline chief prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi has intervened, ordering a special investigation.
Ebrahimi had been on the verge of landing a number of top roles on Iranian TV dramas.
But with sex outside marriage strictly forbidden in Iran she is being shunned by TV and film companies.
She said this week: "I just want to tell my country's people I am alive. I am thinking about the strength of Iranian women and will defend the respect of the girls and women of my nation."
Iranian police said the motive of Ebrahimi's boyfriend for making the video public was unclear.
Every broadcast in Iran, whether on television or in the cinema, is censored but the country's rulers can do little to stop individuals posting on the net.
While the actress has not been officially named in Iran, her name is on everyone's lips as her identity has become common knowledge through internet chat rooms.
An Iranian police official said: "A full report of the film has been sent to the state prosecutor."
The actress has been a victim of the growth in illegal copying and distribution of private films in Iran. A television presenter was recently sacked for being videoed dancing with a bride he was not related to at a wedding.
The fate of Ebrahimi is a far cry from the experience of celebrity hotel heiress Paris Hilton and her former film-producer boyfriend Rick Salomon.
Her sex video - shot five years ago when she was 21 - spread like wild fire on the internet and rocketed her to stardom in America and Britain after Salomon allegedly cashed in by leaking the tape.
When the tape appeared, her family launched a scathing attack on him, claiming she had been drugged and was unaware what was happening as he filmed their sex romp.
Now she has had to hire top Hollywood agents to handle the flood of offers of work.
Paris already has a successful career as a model and a singer and has launched a cosmetics range.
One agent said: "A sex video would be a train wreck for some people but it has done nothing but help Paris."
The same thing can hardly be said for Zahra Amir Ebrahimi - whose fledgling career has spectacularly hit the buffers.
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Danny Green is becoming a multi-faceted player
After Danny Green set the basketball world on fire last year with his historic shooting display in the NBA Finals, the guard continued to work even harder in order to make himself a more complete player. As Michael Rehome writes, Green has tried to work on driving the lane and finishing at the rim.
Also, for your viewing pleasure, here is a video of the 23 three-pointers that Green hit to set the record for most three-pointers made in an NBA Finals series. This highlight reel is well worth the five minutes:
Kendall Marshall better off in L.A. than Phoenix
Los Angeles Lakers point guard Kendall Marshall was rarely used by the Phoenix Suns after the team made him the 13th pick of the 2012 NBA Draft. But after being traded to and eventually waived by the Washington Wizards at the beginning of the season, Marshall has found a home in Los Angeles where he has a better opportunity to develop.
Nuggets look for Lawson to be more aggressive
The Denver Nuggets have had a disappointing season this year, but one bright spot has been Ty Lawson. The shifty point guard is the heart and soul of the team and is by far the best and most important player. But over the last few games, Lawson hasn't performed at his usual rate, which prompted Nuggets head coach Brian Shaw to say that Lawson needs to be more aggressive.
Vince Carter leaves footprint on Canadian basketball
Some of the best years of Vince Carter's career came while he was a member of the Toronto Raptors, and consequently he became the role model of many Canadian basketball players who are currently making names for themselves in the college ranks. In Dan Wetzel's column he explores the impact that Carter had on Canadian basketball players:
Games to watch
Thursday night is loaded with former Tar Heels playing in huge games that will help shape the Western Conference playoff picture. First up in the nationally televised double-header on TNT when the San Antonio Spurs will face off against the Oklahoma City Thunder. The game will pit the two best teams in the West against one another in what could be a preview of the Western Conference Finals. Danny Green will have a key role defensively in keeping the explosive duo of Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook in check.
Then, after the conclusion of the Spurs-Thunder game, the Los Angeles Clippers will host the Dallas Mavericks. Vince Carter, Brandan Wright and Wayne Ellington will play key roles for the Mavericks in a critical game for Dallas as the team clings to a slim lead for the final spot in the Western Conference playoffs. The first game of the double-header will tip off at 8 p.m. ET with the second game set for 10:30 p.m. ET.
Statistics from Tar Heels
Harrison Barnes, Golden State SF - 9.3 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 1.5 apg
Reggie Bullock, Los Angeles Clippers SG - 3.0 ppg, 1.3 rpg, 0.2 apg
Vince Carter, Dallas SG - 12.1 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 2.7 apg
Ed Davis, Memphis PF - 5.9 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 0.7 bpg
Wayne Ellington, Dallas SG - 3.5 ppg, 1.0 rpg, 0.5 apg
Raymond Felton, New York PG - 9.7 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 5.8 apg
Danny Green, San Antonio SG - 8.8 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 1.5 apg
Tyler Hansbrough, Toronto PF - 4.8 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 0.3 bpg
John Henson, Milwaukee PF - 10.9 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 1.8 bpg
Antawn Jamison, Free Agent PF - 3.8 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 0.1 bpg
Ty Lawson, Denver PG - 17.8 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 8.8 apg
Kendall Marshall, Los Angeles Lakers PG - 8.0 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 8.9 apg
Marvin Williams, Utah PF - 9.4 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 0.5 bpg
Brandan Wright, Dallas PF - 9.0 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 1.0 bpg
Tyler Zeller, Cleveland C - 5.1 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 0.5 bpg


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Dirt and Dust around blower unit in basement
I have a home that is 7 years old and we have constantly had dirt / dust collecting around the outside of the blower in the basement. It is bad on our steps to the basement and around the basement unit itself, collecting on the floor and stored items around the area. This seems to be more than just normal basement dust as it gets thick very quickly and we tend to clean it up often.
Any ideas?
Thank you
your unit is not producing the dust it is drawing it in from some where. an outside source
The more activity you have in a home, the more dust you will have. I once serviced a maintenance contract at a gym, and their air filters got filthy dirty in two weeks time.
The dust must be migrating towards your blower because of the suction it creates. Usually, the return is ducted down to the blower from upstairs. Is this return open and unobstructed? Air filter clean?
It is okay to return air from the basement, but I wonder if your equipment is getting dusty and dirty inside also. If air is getting into the system somehow without going through a filter, you could have problems with the blower and coil getting clogged.
Could be that your return system is inadequate, or inadequatly sealed. Air flow is very much like water flow - it will move in the direction of least resistance. If your air handler can pull air around the panels, under the bottom, etc etc, it will do so.
Can you post some pics of your install?
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I have fine hair and in the winter I have problems with fly away hair if I don't use either a nourishing shampoo or follow up regular shampoo with a conditioner. Have never tried this before, but it was great! My hair felt very soft and clean, but also healthy and not dry. Would definitely recommend this shampoo!5


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Seattle nonprofit gives young Indian girls hope through gardening
Stories provide for self-reflection
Thank you for the inspiring series "Seeds of hope," [page one, March 17] and also for the articles about Mariska Hargitay ["Silent on rape no more," Opinion, March 18] and Kevyn Orr ["Finance expert holds Detroit's fiscal future," Business, March 18].
They all point to the positive difference one person can make in a troubled world. It makes me think about how I am spending my own free time.
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Today's episode of Do Tok with Mazhar Abbas.
Pakistan's political fate is now completely in the hands of a mentally sick President, who has suicidal tendency, according to psychiatrists.
A New York psychiatrist found in March 2007 that Zardari's time in jail left him with memory impairments. Zardari claims to have been tortured. When Zardari stood for the Pakistani presidency in 2008, the Pakistani Ambassador to the United States, Husain Haqqani, said that Zardari had no current mental condition requiring psychiatric help or medication.
New York-based psychologist Stephen Reich reportedly said that the PPP leader was unable to remember the birthdays of his wife and children, was continually apprehensive and had even had suicidal thoughts. The other, psychiatrist Philip Saltiel, who examined Asif Ali Zardari in March 2007, apparently said his years in jail had left him suffering from emotional instability and concentration and memory problems that he did not believe would improve for at least a year.
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How to Solve It
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September 2004
BeschreibungNo pleasure lasts long unless there is variety in it. Publilius Syrus, Moral Sayings We've been very fortunate to receive fantastic feedback from our readers during the last four years, since the first edition of How to Solve It: Modern Heuristics was published in 1999. It's heartening to know that so many people appreciated the book and, even more importantly, were using the book to help them solve their problems. One professor, who published a review of the book, said that his students had given the best course reviews he'd seen in 15 years when using our text. There can be hardly any better praise, except to add that one of the book reviews published in a SIAM journal received the best review award as well. We greatly appreciate your kind words and personal comments that you sent, including the few cases where you found some typographical or other errors. Thank you all for this wonderful support.
InhaltsverzeichnisI What Are the Ages of My Three Sons?.- 1 Why Are Some Problems Difficult to Solve?.- II How Important Is a Model?.- 2 Basic Concepts.- III What Are the Prices in 7-11?.- 3 Traditional Methods - Part 1.- IV What Are the Numbers?.- 4 Traditional Methods - Part 2.- V What's the Color of the Bear?.- 5 Escaping Local Optima.- VI How Good Is Your Intuition?.- 6 An Evolutionary Approach.- VII One of These Things Is Not Like the Others.- 7 Designing Evolutionary Algorithms.- VIII What Is the Shortest Way?.- 8 The Traveling Salesman Problem.- IX Who Owns the Zebra?.- 9 Constraint-Handling Techniques.- X Can You Tune to the Problem?.- 10 Tuning the Algorithm to the Problem.- XI Can You Mate in Two Moves?.- 11 Time-Varying Environments and Noise.- XII Day of the Week of January 1st.- 12 Neural Networks.- XIII What Was the Length of the Rope?.- 13 Fuzzy Systems.- XIV Everything Depends on Something Else.- 14 Coevolutionary Systems.- XV Who's Taller?.- 15 Multicriteria Decision-Making.- XVI Do You Like Simple Solutions?.- 16 Hybrid Systems.- 17 Summary.- Appendix A: Probability and Statistics.- A.1 Basic concepts of probability.- A.2 Random variables.- A.2.1 Discrete random variables.- A.2.2 Continuous random variables.- A.3 Descriptive statistics of random variables.- A.4 Limit theorems and inequalities.- A.5 Adding random variables.- A.6 Generating random numbers on a computer.- A.7 Estimation.- A.8 Statistical hypothesis testing.- A.9 Linear regression.- A.10 Summary.- Appendix B: Problems and Projects.- B.1 Trying some practical problems.- B.2 Reporting computational experiments with heuristic methods.- References.
PortraitDavid B. Fogel, PhD, is the Chief Executive Officer of Natural Selection Inc. and was the general chairman of the 2002 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence.Charles J. Robinson, DSc, PE, is Director of the University Center for Biomedical Engineering and Rehabilitation Science at Louisiana Tech University and a Senior Rehabilitation Research Career Scientist with the Shreveport, LA, Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He served as plenary chairman of the 2002 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence.
Untertitel: Modern Heuristics. 2nd, rev. and ext. ed. 121 illus. Sprache: Englisch.
Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH
Erscheinungsdatum: September 2004
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Stocks ended modestly higher Wednesday, with the S&P 500 hitting another all-time high, amid data suggesting that the U.S. economy was picking up.
The S&P 500 rose 0.3% while the Dow Jones industrial average and the Nasdaq each rose 0.2%. Volume was mixed, with NYSE volume tracking 6% lower than Tuesday and Nasdaq volume rising 6%, according to preliminary data.
Private employers added 191,000 jobs in March, according to ADP, pretty much in line with the consensus estimate of 193,000. Figures from the prior month were revised sharply higher. The data came ahead of Friday's jobs report. Nonfarm payrolls are expected to increase by 206,000, with the unemployment rate ticking lower to 6.6%.
Orders for manufactured goods rose a better-than-expected 1.6% in February, the biggest increase in five months.
In the stock market today, office supply retailer Staples (SPLS) led the S&P 500 in terms of percentage gain, jumping 5% in heavy volume. However, the stock remains depressed well below its key support lines and 30% below its 52-week high.
Meanwhile, Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) continued to rebound sharply after announcing Tuesday that the Food and Drug Administration had approved its next-generation da Vinci robotic surgical system. The stock jumped 5% to a 52-week high in more than double its average daily volume. It's up 20% for the week.
On the downside, Apollo Education (APOL) slumped 9%, slicing through its 50-day moving average, after the operator of the for-profit University of Phoenix reported that revenue for the latest quarter fell a greater-than-expected 19%.
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In the liner notes Elvis Costello says this album should be counted alongside the finest of Simon's career (now reaching almost 50 years).
You could argue that on the music alone, as Simon weaves through hints and influences from Indian and African music, soul, blues and doo-wop, and includes samples from the gospel church of the famed Atlanta preacher Reverend Gates.
It's an album of constant musical surprises, all in service of upbeat pop rhythms or open-hearted ballads with echoes of There Goes Rhymin' Simon, Still Crazy After All These Years and Graceland (not the least on Love is Eternal Sacred Light with its line about a bomb in a marketplace).
At nearly 70 Simon has mortality on his mind, and many of these songs address the inevitable, or reflect on life and love, but he brings wry humour to these ruminations: "After I died and the makeup had dried I went back to my place" he sings on The Afterlife, only to find "you got to fill out a form first" before entry to the hereafter.
There's compassion (the lovely Questions for the Angels), dislike for radio pop and talkback (he settles on the gospel station) and in the witty Rewrite (with beautiful kora by Yacouba Sissoko) he's a screenwriter trying to turn a story into cash.
Beauty, humour, snappy music, compassion and love. Age becomes Paul Simon.
Stars: 5/5
Verdict: Simon looks his maker in the eye with humour and reflection
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A quick word with former Fringe and Boston Legal star Mark Valley, who's now got a show to call his own with Human Target, in which he plays Christopher Chance, a bodyguard with some unusual methods.
Did you know you had action hero Christopher Chance in you?
I had no idea. I'm still not really convinced. I think it will take another season of Human Target for me to really take it in.
Is it a dream come true?
Sometimes I'll read the script and laugh to myself because I'll think, 'oh, my God, I don't believe it. I'm 12 years old. This is fantastic'. In that way the show's been extremely rewarding.
You served as a soldier in the first Gulf War. How did you switch to actor from that?
When I came back from the Gulf War it was a time in my life where I was mid-to-late 20s, thought I was probably too old to be an actor and thought to myself, "what would I really want to do with my life if life were a dream? What would I really like to do?" Then somebody asked me to be an extra on a film, and I remember meeting people and then in came Anthony Hopkins and he's like, "Hello, I'm Tony. How are you doing?" He did the scene and turned into a completely different person, and then the scene was over, he walked out, and everybody treated him like a general.
I thought, "damn, I want that job".
Did your experience as a soldier help you on a show like Human Target?
Absolutely. In the army we did a lot of exercises where you're pretending you're shooting. You're doing exercises where you're storming a room or clearing it. So there's some of those tactical things that carry over.
There is a lot of mystery surrounding your character. What do you think is the mystery behind Chance?
I think he was a kid who grew up in the suburbs. He came from a broken home, but otherwise had a perfectly wonderful childhood. I think at a pretty young age he decided that for some reason he wanted to be a marine, but they said he was too young, so he decided he wanted to join the French Foreign Legion.
Who: Mark Valley as Christopher Chance
What: Human Target
Where: Wednesdays, 9.30pm on TV2
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Joanna Burgess, CWOCN, was diagnosed with bladder cancer in 1965 at the age of three. After surgery for an ostomy (ileal conduit), radiation and chemotherapy – she describes being discharged from the hospital with her father and one small brown bag of ostomy pouches. She states "We were given no instructions; there were no ostomy nurses and my father felt completely abandoned by the medical community". Today, with advancements in ostomy surgery and increased availability of WOC (wound, ostomy and continence) nurses, life has improved for new ostomates but there are still great challenges for many. Joanna offers tips for the new ostomy patient. She currently works as an ostomy nurse in an acute care facility and councils many patients online and in her community.
Patients who have faced ostomy surgery due to bladder cancer deal with a gamut of emotions in adapting to their new ostomy. Working through the grieving process of anger, fear and sadness is a normal and healthy path to true adaptation and knowing that one can live a successful and happy life without a bladder and with a urinary diversion. However, the path to finding a happy life can be blocked when the basic needs of living with an ostomy are not met – a pouching system that is free from leakage and leaves the ostomate feeling secure and confident. There are many reasons why patients struggle with their pouching system. The aim of this article is to help you understand why pouching systems fail resulting in painful skin conditions and how you can find help.
Due to cost saving measures, most hospitals are limited to the number of ostomy products they can have available to patients. Their formulary restricts them to basic pouching systems and ostomy skin care products. Often the initial pouching system works well for long term use. However, it is not uncommon for a system that works well in the hospital to begin to fail once the patient is home. Failure may happen immediately or after many weeks or months.
A change in activity level is one reason for failure of a pouching system. In the hospital a patient is lying in bed, sitting in a chair, or doing simple exercises with physical therapy such as walking in the halls. Until "normal" activity levels are resumed it is difficult for a WOCN to truly know how an ostomy system will hold up. Abdominal contours change in every posture (sitting, lying, bending, stretching) etc. A pouching system needs to adapt to these changes. A WOCN is not always able to assess all activity levels of a patient prior to discharge to anticipate potential problems. A significant change in weight (gain or loss) or the development of a peristomal hernia after surgery also causes changes in abdominal contours resulting in pouching system problems.
Physical change in the stoma site is another reason why a pouching system fails. The size of a stoma changes for up to 6-8 weeks following ostomy surgery. The stoma will become smaller in size and may shrink down to become more level with the skin (flush) or below the skin surface (retracted) vs. above the skin level (budded). Significant changes in the stoma site require re-evaluation of the original pouching system in order that adaptations can be made.
A pouching system that fails to maintain a seal results in chronic leaking and leads to skin damage and pain. Skin damage can be as mild as painful redness from frequent pouch changes, to moisture associated skin damage and fungal infections to chronic wounds on the skin surrounding the stoma. Other problems that can arise are allergic reactions to ostomy products causing severe redness, burning and itching of the skin.
Ideally a pouching system should last an average of 3 days. If you are experiencing frequent leakages and chronic skin irritation whether you are new to ostomy surgery, or are a veteran ostomate that is suddenly having problems, you should seek help from an experienced medical provider. Ideally this should be a nurse experienced with stoma therapy – a WOCN.
Finding Help
The most important thing is to seek help sooner rather than later. Ongoing damage to the skin around a stoma (peristomal skin) is harder to treat the longer the damage has occurred. Yet, many patients report that it is often very difficult to find help from a WOCN after ostomy surgery. The following are a few tips for seeking care:
- Try to reconnect to the WOCN who originally cared for you in the hospital. The WOCN may be able to trouble shoot problems over the phone or computer or may have the ability to see you at your surgeon's clinic. Many WOCNs are not able to see patients for return appointments because their facility has no established outpatient clinic. With ongoing strict hospital policies and Medicare guidelines – seeing a patient without being in a formal clinic setting puts the patient and nurse at risk should something happen or go wrong.
- Try to seek a WOCN in an established outpatient clinic setting. Because of the above mentioned concerns, many WOCN's are working to establish outpatient clinics due to increasing recognition that the need is so great. To find a clinic or WOCN near you, visit the national WOCN website at www.wocn.org. In an outpatient setting the WOCN can evaluate your abdomen and can show you a variety of ostomy products and skin care products that may better adapt to your changing needs. The WOCN can also advise on skin healing and treatment options. The WOCN website offers patient care information and publications. You may also get advice on finding care through your specific states WOCN website. For example in North Carolina our website is ncwocngroup.org.
- If you are not successful in finding a WOCN or outpatient ostomy clinic, contact the three main ostomy companies who have skilled WOC nurses who give advice over the phone and can send out trial samples of products. These companies are Hollister, Convatec, and Coloplast. Other makers of more specialty ostomy products are Nu-hope, Marlen, and Cymed.
- Social media and online support groups offer a wealth of information and emotional support such as BCAN's support group which is found on Inspire. These support groups are about patients helping patients. It is important to remember that these support groups are not monitored by WOC nurses and advice is not always technically accurate.
- Community support groups offer in- person experiences with others living life with an ostomy. This is an opportunity to be with others who may have faced similar experiences as yours. To find a support group in your area look at the United Ostomy Association of America (UOAA) website and through the BCAN website.
You do not have to feel alone in your struggles after ostomy surgery – whether they are emotional or physical challenges. There is a vast amount of resources available to you and you are encouraged to seek them out. Ultimately you can lead a happy and successful life – believe it and please ask for help!!


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When asked what she thinks of potentially becoming the first woman to play in the National Hockey League, Shannon Szabados calmly replies, "stranger things have happened." Although to us, her trailblazing career—and her athletic talent—are no less exceptional. Coming off Canada's winter olympic gold medal win, Szabados has just signed with the the Columbus Cottonmouths of the Southern Professional Hockey League—the first woman to do so in the league's ten year history. And this isn't her first "first"—at 16 she was the first woman to play in the Western Hockey League.
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The group announced it raised $2.5 million since it filed its last campaign finance report in July.
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The group raised a total of $5.96 million in 2012.
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JACKSONVILLE, ONSLOW COUNTY - Juggling rehab and school- that's what Hugo Rubirosa had been doing for a year and a half after becoming paralyzed during a wrestling match. But all that hard work payed off Wednesday night as he graduated from Jacksonville High School.
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"I'm going to feel great. I'm going to feel accomplished.," Rubirosa said. "I mean, I got out of high school. I did all my work, I finished it, and I'm out."
Rubirosa was 17 years old when he broke his fourth and fifth vertebrae in his neck during a wrestling match at West Carteret High School. It happened on Jan. 3, 2012. Rubirosa became paralyzed from the neck down.
"I was just waiting to get up," Rubirosa said. "I felt like it was going to happen at any time, and I was just going to wake up from a dream and just get up off the bed and walk out of there."
In October, Rubirosa was able to take his first assisted steps since the accident.The teen used the Lokomat robotic body weight-supported treadmill trainer at the Shepherd Center in Atlanta.
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Probate & Property Magazine: November/December 2009, Volume 23, Number 6
Real Property|Trust & Estate
Landlord Lease Remedies
What Are a Landlord's Default Rights and What Can It Recover?
By Marie A. Moore and Andrew R. Capitelli
Marie A. Moore is a partner and Andrew R. Capitelli an associate in the New Orleans, Louisiana, office of Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, L.L.C. Ms. Moore is an associate articles editor of Probate & Property and chair of the Section's Retail Leasing Committee.
Many years ago, in an entirely different economy, a landlord did not have to worry about what it could collect from a defaulting tenant. The landlord just terminated the lease and found a new tenant. Many states still base their lease default law on that assumption today, reasoning that a landlord can put a new tenant in the space for the same rent with no delay, and therefore the landlord should not be able to collect loss of rents damages.
This assumption is not reality for a modern landlord. A defaulting tenant presents a landlord with a difficult choice: whether to keep the tenant and try to recover the unpaid rent or to oust the tenant and try to find a replacement. Today, businesses are downsizing to survive, and replacement tenants are scarce. When a tenant defaults, or threatens default to receive rent concessions, the landlord needs to know its remedies options and what it can expect to recover if these options are exercised. Modern landlords also need to include in their leases remedies provisions that expressly permit them to recover their actual rent loss damages.
The Landlord's Alternatives on Tenant's Default
Should the Landlord Keep the Tenant in the Premises?
If the tenant has stopped paying rent but has not vacated the space, the landlord has the option of keeping the tenant in the space and suing for its rent and other damages as they accrue. This approach has the advantage of assuring the landlord that it will have the right to continue to pursue its claim for periodic rent as it comes due, but has the disadvantage of requiring the landlord to sue periodically to collect these amounts.
Rent Concessions. If the tenant is in place and threatening to file for bankruptcy protection, then the landlord may choose to lower the rent to try to keep the tenant in business. If the tenant is a national chain, however, one landlord's rent concessions probably will not alleviate the tenant's overall problems, and the landlord might be better served by taking a hard line on the tenant's lease obligations. The landlord needs to weigh the chance that the tenant will eventually start paying full rent again against the likelihood that the tenant will abandon the space or will never have enough funds to pay full rent.
If the leased space is in a shopping center and the tenant is threatening to close its store, the landlord will have tremendous incentive to keep the tenant open and operating. Most shopping center leases contain a "cotenancy" provision, a clause that gives the tenant the right to reduce its rent or terminate its lease unless most of the other tenant spaces are open and generating foot traffic in the center. If the tenant closes, it will probably be violating a lease obligation to operate continuously, and its landlord may want to threaten the tenant with a court order requiring the tenant to remain open as well as with the damages that will result from a closed store. Most courts, however, will not grant an order requiring a tenant to operate because enforcement of that order will require too much court supervision. See, e.g., 8600 Assocs., Ltd. v. Wearguard Corp., 737 F. Supp. 44 (E.D. Mich. 1990); Lorch, Inc. v. Bessemer Mall Shopping Ctr., Inc., 310 So. 2d 872 ( Ala. 1975); M. Leo Storch Ltd. P'ship v. Erol's, Inc., 620 A.2d 408 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. 1993). Also, even if the landlord can threaten the tenant with damages to the shopping center as a whole caused by the tenant's closing, most landlords will not want to fund expensive and drawn-out litigation to recover these damages, even if the tenant has the assets to pay a large judgment. As a consequence, retail landlords may prefer giving a tenant a rent break rather than having it close its store.
Some landlords have indicated that they are making the decision whether to give rent concessions on a case-by-case basis and that "for some tenants, cutting rent costs may not be enough to save a business." Amy Wolff Sorter, Owners to Tenants: Show Me the Financials, GlobeSt.com (Mar. 12, 2009), available at www.globest.com/news/1365_1365/dallas/177407-1.html. To make this determination, the landlord should take a close look at the tenant's financials when considering whether to reduce the rent. The landlord may wish to limit the rent reduction to a short period or to couple a long-term rent reduction with a right on the part of the landlord to terminate the lease and put a new tenant in the space.
Acceleration . In some states, the landlord is permitted to accelerate the rent on the tenant's default—that is, to declare the rent for the remainder of the term due and payable in a lump sum. See Friedman on Leases § 5:3, at 5-37 through 5-50 (Milton R. Friedman & Patrick A. Randolph Jr. eds., 5th ed. 2008). In some jurisdictions, however, if a landlord elects to terminate the lease, it cannot then accelerate the rent that would have accrued for the remainder of the term; conversely, if it accelerates the rent, the landlord cannot also terminate the lease—it must give the tenant possession of the leased space. See, e.g., Restatement (Second) of Property: Landlord & Tenant § 12.1 cmt. k (1977); 16 Cobalt LLC v. Harrison Career Inst ., 590 F. Supp. 2d 44 (D.C. Cir. 2008). Such jurisdictions include the District of Columbia, Grove Rest. and Bar, Inc. v. Razook , 571 So. 2d. 596 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990), Louisiana, Richard v. Broussard , 495 So. 2d 1291 ( La. 1986), and Pennsylvania, Markeim-Chalmers-Ludington, Inc. v. Mead Integrity Trust Co. , 14 A.2d 152 ( Pa. Super. Ct. 1940). In these jurisdictions, if the landlord accelerates but the tenant is truly unable to pay the accelerated sum, the landlord may be left with space that continues to be occupied by a tenant that is paying nothing, at least until the landlord obtains a judgment for the accelerated amount and acquires the leasehold interest in a judicial sale.
What Are the Landlord's Rights If It Takes Back the Space?
Under traditional common law principles, a lease was considered an estate in land for a fixed term. Once granted, the leasehold estate could not be forfeited or terminated. See Friedman on Leases § 16:1, at 16-2 and 16-3. Thus, the old authorities limited the landlord to suing for rent or breach of a covenant (for example, the covenant to pay rent), but did not give the landlord the right to dispossess the tenant. See, e.g., tenBraak v. Waffle Shops, Inc., 542 F.2d 919 (4th Cir. 1976); Texas & N.O.R. Co. v. Phillips, 196 F.2d 692 (5th Cir. 1952).
Of course, modern law permits a landlord to enforce a lease provision letting the landlord end the tenancy if the tenant defaults. Friedman on Leases § 16.1, at 16-2 and 16-3. But the historic principles still influence and sometimes limit a landlord's right to collect for its loss of future rent if it does exercise this contractual right. If a landlord wants to reenter the space, it needs to review what is permitted in the state in which the property is located to ascertain how it can exercise this right in a way that best preserves its right to recover its rental loss damages.
Collecting Rent After Reentry. In most states, if the lease is silent, a landlord's termination of the lease cuts off its right to continue receiving rent. tenBraak, 542 F.2d at 924 (landlord's acceptance of surrender after tenant's abandonment constitutes termination of the lease); Circuit City Stores, Inc. v. Rockville Pike Joint Venture Ltd. P'ship, 829 A.2d 976 ( Md. 2003) (same). Most national lease forms attempt to overcome this common law rule by providing that the landlord has the right to reenter the space, dispossess the tenant, and sue for rent as it comes due. As discussed in further detail below, however, the states are divided as to the enforceability of such a provision.
Some jurisdictions permit the landlord to reenter the leased space without automatically terminating the lease. Herpin v. Nelson, 140 So. 2d 829 (Ala. 1962) (tenant was not relieved of duty to pay rent when landlord relet premises on behalf of the original tenant); Hirsh v. Carbon Lehigh Intermediate Unit #21, No. 2002-C-2043, 2003 WL 23580350 (Pa. Ct. Com. Pleas Dec. 5, 2003) (landlord's re-entry and reletting of premises was not an acceptance of surrender terminating the lease). Generally, the tenant must expressly agree that the landlord has the right to exercise this remedy to overcome the common law rule that the landlord has no right to dispossess the tenant during the term of its leasehold estate. This right to continue collecting rent after landlord's reentry is most frequently given effect when the tenant has abandoned the leased space and not when the landlord has evicted the tenant. See generally Annotation, Liability for Rent Accruing After Landlord's Institution of Action or Proceedings Against Tenant to Recover Possession , 93 A.L.R. 1474, 1477 (1934) (stating that "it is generally recognized that an actual eviction of a tenant for any cause will, in the absence of a contractual provision to the contrary, relieve him from any liability for subsequently accruing rent, the lease having been terminated by such eviction"). Courts tend to be less sympathetic to the landlord's claim that the tenant must continue to pay rent when the tenant has not left voluntarily but has been dispossessed by the landlord.
In states that permit the landlord to reenter without terminating the lease, the landlord may be able to continue to collect rent as it accrues. Olim Realty Corp. v. Big John's Moving, Inc. , 673 N.Y.S.2d 439 at 440 (N.Y. App. Div. 1998) ("tenant's contention that its obligation to pay rent terminated when the landlord changed the locks . . . is without merit as the lease provided that the landlord was permitted to reenter the premises upon the tenant's default and that the tenant's liability for rent would survive such reentry"). Under the traditional law, the landlord had the option of letting the premises sit vacant (and collecting rent as it accrued) or reentering the premises and attempting to relet them on the tenant's behalf. Restatement (Second) of Property: Landlord & Tenant § 12.1(3) (1977). If the landlord successfully relet the premises, the landlord was permitted to recover the difference between the rent reserved in the original lease and the rent paid by the substitute tenant. Schneiker v. Gordon , 732 P.2d 603 ( Colo. 1987).
In many states today, courts impose on the landlord an obligation to mitigate the rental loss it will suffer. Austin Hill Country Realty, Inc. v. Palisades Plaza, Inc., 948 S.W.2d 293 ( Tex. 1997) (noting that at least 42 states plus the District of Columbia recognize a duty to mitigate). To satisfy this mitigation requirement, the landlord may be required to advertise and use real efforts to obtain a new tenant. This concept of mitigation is in direct conflict with the concept that the tenant's lease estate has remained in effect. Consequently, a landlord that leases the space to a new tenant always risks a court determination that it has in fact terminated the lease of its defaulting tenant, even if it did not mean to do so. Nicholas A. Cutaia, Inc. v. Buyer's Bazaar, Inc., 637 N.Y.S.2d 857 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996).
Cal. Civ. Code § 1951.4 provides a helpful example of a landlord's rights to collect rent after a tenant's eviction or abandonment. Section 1951.4 permits a landlord whose tenant has abandoned the space to continue the lease and sue for rent as it comes due. The landlord, however, can use this remedy only if the lease permits the tenant to sublease or assign the space. The tenant's right to sublease may be subject to the landlord's reasonable consent or other reasonable standards. In contrast, the landlord cannot continue to collect rent if the landlord has terminated the tenant's "right to possession." Cal. Civ. Code § 1951.4(b). The California Civil Code does not provide a bright line test for what constitutes a denial of the tenant's right to possession, but section 1951.4(c) clarifies that the tenant's right to possession is not ended by acts of maintenance or preservation or efforts to relet the space, the appointment of a receiver to protect landlord's interests, or the reasonable withholding of consent to a sublease or assignment or reasonable termination of an existing sublease or assignment.
Cal. Civ. Code § 1951.4 clarifies that if the tenant abandons the space, the landlord is not required to retake possession and relet the space. The landlord can simply file suit to collect the periodic rent payments from the tenant, as permitted under the traditional common law.
Based on the foregoing discussion, reentry without termination, even in states in which it is permitted, seldom gives the landlord the recovery that it needs—both real, immediate damages that will cover the rental loss it will suffer by reason of the tenant's breach and the right (but not the obligation) to find a new tenant.
Damages After Reentry. Courts seem to be seeking a theory under which they can let a landlord terminate the tenant's possession and recover the same type of foreseeable damages that it could recover if a lease was another type of contract. Courts struggle, however, to harmonize this approach with the traditional view that if the right of occupancy is taken away from the tenant, the tenant has no further rent payment obligations because the landlord will be able to use the property or lease it to someone else.
As discussed previously, some courts permit the landlord to both accelerate the rent and terminate the lease if the lease permits this remedy. See, e.g., Hardin v. Kirkland Enters., Inc., 939 So. 2d 40 ( Ala. Civ. App. 2006); Cummings Props., LLC v. National Communic'ns Corp., 869 N.E.2d 617 ( Mass. 2007). Permitting recovery of accelerated rent after lease termination gives the landlord a much-needed right to recover all amounts due by the tenant in one suit and one judgment, rather than periodic suits and judgments for monthly rent as it accrues. But courts generally like equitable results, and many courts have observed that permitting the landlord to recover the accelerated rent, with no reduction for costs saved or rent received from a new tenant, is not equitable.
Many courts have tempered the effects of an acceleration clause in one of two ways: (1) by imposing a judicial deduction in the accelerated amount for the losses that could have been avoided by mitigation; or (2) by imposing an obligation on the landlord to credit or account to the tenant for rent received later. E.g., Quintero-Chadid Corp. v. Gersten, 582 So. 2d 685 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1991); Aurora Bus. Park Assocs., L.P. v. Michael Albert, Inc., 548 N.W.2d 153 ( Iowa 1996). A few courts also have required that the accelerated amount be reduced to present value. E.g., HealthSouth Rehab. Corp. v. Falcon Mgmt. Co., 799 So. 2d 177 (Ala. 2001); Vibrant Video, Inc. v. Dixie Pointe Assocs., 567 So. 2d 1003 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990).
In other cases, courts have refused to enforce acceleration provisions, calling them impermissible penalties, but indicating that the parties could have made them enforceable stipulations of the landlord's actual losses by providing for the deduction of third-party rents and other mitigating factors. E.g., Nobles v. Jiffy Mkt. Food Store Corp., 579 S.E.2d 63 (Ga. Ct. App. 2003); Ross Realty v. V&A Fabricators Inc., 787 N.Y.S.2d 602 (N.Y. App. Term 2004).
These cases show the risks a landlord takes when it terminates a lease and pursues the tenant for the full accelerated future rent that would have come due after termination, without deductions for rents received and without reduction to present value. In some states, the court will give this provision some effect by judicially reducing it so that it approximates the landlord's actual damages. In others, and if the landlord insists on the full, unreduced accelerated amount, the court may reject the acceleration clause completely as an impermissible penalty that is not a real attempt to estimate in advance the landlord's actual damages.
Reasonable Damages Stipulated in the Lease. Although courts frequently refer to rent acceleration provisions as contractual stipulations of liquidated damages, they also frequently do something that is not consistent with liquidated damages—they modify the damage amount to deduct rents received or reduce the amount to present value. E.g., HealthSouth Rehab. Corp., 799 So. 2d 177; Cummings Props., 869 N.E.2d 617.
It is not in the landlord's best interest to let a court decide what amounts to deduct from the accelerated rents, hold the judgment open to see what rents should be received or for a later accounting, or determine the discount factor that will be used to reduce the rents to present value. A landlord is much better served by including in its lease an express statement of the way in which its rental loss damages should be calculated. In other words, landlords should include a real liquidated damages provision that starts with the accelerated future rent amount, reduced to present value at a low discount rate, then deducts the future rent likely to be received from the space.
California's legislature has broken from the common law tradition of letting courts decide what remedies are appropriate if the lease is silent. It has codified the remedies that a landlord can include in its lease. Under California law, if the tenant breaches the lease and either the tenant abandons the space or the landlord terminates the lease, the landlord may recover the following from the tenant provided that these damages are set out in the lease:
(1) The worth at the time of award of the unpaid rent which had been earned at the time of termination;
(2) The worth at the time of award of the amount by which the unpaid rent which would have been earned after termination until the time of award exceeds the amount of such rental loss that the lessee proves could have been reasonably avoided;
(3) Subject to subdivision (c), the worth at the time of award of the amount by which the unpaid rent for the balance of the term after the time of award exceeds the amount of such rental loss that the lessee proves could be reasonably avoided; and
(4) Any other amount necessary to compensate the lessor for all the detriment proximately caused by the lessee's failure to perform his obligations under the lease or which in the ordinary course of things would be likely to result therefrom.
(b) The "worth at the time of award" of the amounts referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (a) is computed by allowing interest at such lawful rate as may be specified in the lease or, if no such rate is specified in the lease, at the legal rate. The worth at the time of award of the amount referred to in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) is computed by discounting such amount at the discount rate of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco at the time of award plus 1 per cent.
Cal. Civ. Code § 1951.2(a). Subsection (c) of section 1951.2 limits the landlord's right to receive the damages in (a) above to (1) landlords that have provided for these damages in the lease or (2) landlords that have actually relet the property before the time of the award so long as "in reletting the property [the landlord] acted reasonably and in a good faith effort to mitigate the damages[.]" Section 1951.2(c) thus permits a landlord to recover the damages for loss of future rents that are stipulated in Cal. Civ. Code § 1951.2(a) if the tenant agreed to this formula in the lease, and even if the landlord does not show that it has actually used efforts to mitigate—because the mitigation deduction is built into the formula already.
Other states permit a landlord to collect damages stipulated in the lease on a default termination of the lease. See, e.g., Camelot Music, Inc. v. Marx Realty & Improvement Co., Inc. , 514 So. 2d 987 (Ala. 1987); Emrich v. Joyce's Submarine Sandwiches, Inc., 751 P.2d 651 (Colo. Ct. App. 1987). None has done so as clearly as California, however. Landlords in other states can use the California calculation as an example of "fair" breach of lease damages when seeking damages for loss of the bargain from their tenants after a default termination.
The Bankruptcy Limitations
If a tenant files for protection under the Bankruptcy Code, the landlord's remedies may be limited severely. As a preliminary matter, the tenant's petition for protection under the Bankruptcy Code operates as an automatic stay of any judicial, administrative, or other action against the tenant. Until the bankruptcy court lifts the stay to permit the landlord's action, the landlord cannot terminate the lease, reenter the space, or bring a state court action to evict the tenant or recover damages from the tenant. 11 U.S.C. § 362.
Consequently, if the landlord suspects that the tenant is about to file for protection under the Bankruptcy Code and if the tenant is in default (beyond stipulated notice and cure periods), the landlord should use any right it has under the lease or state law to terminate the lease and to apply its security deposit to the landlord's damages. If this termination is effected before the tenant files its bankruptcy petition, the landlord will not have the headache of filing an action to lift the stay in the tenant's bankruptcy proceeding in order to terminate the lease, and the trustee or debtor in possession cannot assume the lease. 11 U.S.C. § 365(c).
If the termination is not effected before the bankruptcy petition is filed, the trustee or debtor in possession has two alternatives. One is to assume the lease and the other is to reject it in accordance with 11 U.S.C. § 365.
Assumption of the lease may not be a bad result for the landlord in an economy in which there are few replacement tenants. If the tenant is in default before the bankruptcy filing, the trustee or debtor in possession may not assume the lease unless it cures the default, or provides adequate assurance that the trustee or debtor in possession will cure the default (with some exceptions, including the exception that the trustee or debtor in possession need not cure the tenant's insolvency or bankruptcy even if these are stipulated to be defaults). 11 U.S.C. § 365 (b). The trustee or debtor in possession also must provide the landlord with "adequate assurance of future performance." 11 U.S.C. § 365(b)(1). In a shopping center lease "adequate assurance of future performance" includes the following:
[A]dequate assurance—
(A) of the source of rent and other consideration due under such lease, and in the case of an assignment, that the financial condition and operating performance of the proposed assignee and its guarantors, if any, shall be similar to the financial condition and operating performance of the debtor and its guarantors, if any, as of the time the debtor became the lessee under the lease;
(B) that any percentage rent due under such lease will not decline substantially;
(C) that assumption or assignment of such lease is subject to all the provisions thereof, including (but not limited to) provisions such as a radius, location, use, or exclusivity provision, and will not breach any such provision contained in any other lease, financing agreement, or master agreement relating to such shopping center; and
(D) that assumption or assignment of such lease will not disrupt any tenant mix or balance in such shopping center.
11 U.S.C. § 365(b)(3). Although bankruptcy courts may chafe under these restrictions, they provide the shopping center landlord with some protection against a totally inappropriate assignee or an assignee whose use violates other tenant leases in the center. For any type of lease, if the lease is assumed or is assumed and assigned, the landlord must be given some assurance that its post-bankruptcy rent will be paid.
If the trustee or debtor in possession rejects the lease, this rejection will constitute a breach of the lease by the tenant. 11 U.S.C. § 365(g). The breach, however, will not necessarily terminate the lease or dispossess the tenant. Thus, after the rejection, the landlord may be forced to have section 362's automatic stay lifted, then file state court eviction or other proceedings to terminate the lease and remove the tenant or its property from the space.
Under 11 U.S.C. § 365(d)(3), the landlord should have an administrative claim for the rent that comes due from the date of the filing until the lease is rejected. There is some question about the "stub rent" that is due for the portion of a month in which the petition is filed that is attributable to the period after the petition is filed, but the better view is that this rent is indeed entitled to priority as an administrative claim. In re Goody's Family Clothing, Inc., 392 B.R. 604 (Bankr. D. Del. 2008); In re Stone Barn Manhattan LLC, 398 B.R. 359 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2008).
More important, when a lease is terminated by reason of the tenant's default either before the bankruptcy action was filed or by reason of a bankruptcy rejection, the landlord's damages are limited. They cannot exceed "the rent reserved by such lease, without acceleration, for the greater of one year, or 15 %, not to exceed three years, of the remaining term of such lease" calculated from the earlier of the date on which the bankruptcy petition is filed or the date on which the landlord takes back or the tenant surrenders the premises, plus any unpaid rent due (without acceleration) on this earlier date. 11 U.S.C. § 502(b)(6). The landlord's claim for these damages will be an unsecured claim, paid in proportion to the assets remaining after the tenant's mortgagees, as well as its equipment, inventory, and accounts receivable secured lenders, and other secured lenders, have been paid from the assets in which they hold liens.
What about the statutory landlord's lien? A lien for rent or distress of rent is a "statutory lien," as defined in 11 U.S.C. § 101(53), and the trustee or debtor in possession may avoid this lien under 11 U.S.C. §§ 545(3) and (4).
Consequently, a landlord that has spent or plans to spend a great deal on improvements or otherwise getting the tenant to lease the space needs to evaluate a threat of the tenant's bankruptcy very carefully. If the tenant files for bankruptcy protection and the trustee or debtor in possession rejects the lease, the landlord may be left with an unsecured claim for the greater of one year's rent or the rent for 15% of the remainder of the term, capped at three years' rent. This is likely to be much less than the landlord's actual business loss.
Lease Provisions That Will Maximize the Landlord's Rights
A landlord can do a great deal to protect itself when it first enters into a lease, and the landlord should make its leasing decisions with the seriousness of a bank making a loan. It should evaluate its risk and the tenant's credit strength and decide what credit amount (the allowance amount spent by the landlord to construct tenant improvements) is appropriate.
If the tenant will operate as part of a national chain, the landlord must review the financial statements of the entity that will actually sign the lease. Many national brands operate through regional or even local subsidiaries or are franchisors that permit their locations to be operated by franchisees. If the landlord discovers that a different entity actually holds most of the national brand's assets, the landlord should require that the entity with the assets guaranty the lease.
Similarly, if the tenant is a corporation, limited liability company, or other entity owned by individuals who will operate the business, the landlord should request a guaranty from these individuals. Even if the entity has no money, the individuals may own other businesses or at least a house and a car. If there is a default, the landlord can then sue and obtain a judgment for its lease damages from the tenant and the individual guarantor or guarantors and, depending on state law, can record this judgment in the real estate records of the counties where it believes the individual guarantors own real estate. Sooner or later, a guarantor will want to sell or finance this house or other real estate, and in many states, the guarantor will have to pay the amount due to the landlord to clear the lien created by the landlord's judgment and permit this sale or finance.
A cash security deposit held by the landlord will provide assurance that the landlord's losses will be covered at least to the extent of the security deposit. The tenant's obligations can also be secured by a letter of credit issued to the landlord by a solvent financial institution. For bankruptcy reasons, however, the landlord should avoid having to certify that the tenant is in default to draw down on this letter of credit.
The landlord also needs to be sure that the written lease provides it with the default rights that can be enforced under the laws of the state in which the property is located, including the following:
- Interest on past due rent is a simple but important provision. If the interest rate is high enough, the threat of this interest can persuade a tenant to pay its rent on time and before it pays other creditors. Similarly, the landlord should obligate the tenant to pay the attorney's fees and costs that the landlord will incur if the tenant defaults.
- In states that permit this remedy, the landlord should include the right to reenter the space and keep collecting the rent. If a waiver of the obligation to mitigate will be given effect in the state, the landlord should include this waiver. Most national tenants will require that the landlord include an express mitigation obligation, but the landlord of a multi-tenant building can often soften the effects of this provision by stating that the landlord is not obligated to rent the leased space before it leases other similar spaces and that its mitigation efforts must be only those that are commercially reasonable under the circumstances.
- In states that permit the landlord to accelerate the rent, the landlord needs to include this right in the lease to be able to exercise it. In some states the landlord also may want to call the accelerated rent "liquidated damages," though if the tenant has been dispossessed, the court is not likely to find that the full accelerated rent is a real attempt to quantify the landlord's actual loss. Savvy tenants do not agree to acceleration clauses except as part of a calculation of liquidated damages that includes a deduction for the rent loss that the landlord could have avoided. Because a provision permitting the landlord to accelerate all rent due for the remainder of the term may not be enforceable in all circumstances and, when given effect, may impede the landlord's ability to place a new tenant in the space quickly, landlords frequently agree to delete the acceleration remedy in return for inclusion of a reasoned liquidated damages provision.
- The most important default remedy for a landlord is the right to terminate the lease and proceed against the tenant for the landlord's damages. Because a lease traditionally is viewed as an estate in land, the landlord should be sure that it includes an explicit right to terminate on the tenant's default. In some states, the landlord also should include waivers of notices required by law and a waiver of the tenant's rights of redemption.
- In states that permit the landlord to continue to collect rent after a default termination, the landlord should include this right in its lease.
- Suing from time to time for the rent or a rent differential is not cost-effective. Liquidated damages are far better, and landlords should include a provision that fixes the liquidated damages that must be paid by the tenant if the landlord terminates the lease. Because one year's rent is the limit of what most landlords can collect in a bankruptcy proceeding, the landlord may wish to provide for liquidated damages of no less than one year's rent, although this may not be given effect in some states. See, e.g., Vernitron Corp. v. CF 48 Assocs., 478 N.Y.S.2d 933 (N.Y. App. Div. 1984). The liquidated damages most likely to be given effect by a court are those that approximate the landlord's actual, foreseeable damages, as they would be calculated for a normal contract breach. The calculation that has been blessed by the California legislature in Cal. Civ. Code § 1951.2(a) is a good guide to what a legislature, and arguably, a court, would find reasonable.
Landlords have limited options for dealing with a defaulting tenant. Of course, the landlord can seldom re-write an existing lease to provide itself with more protections. The landlord can work with the tenant, however, if the tenant's financial statement indicates that a rent reduction will help the tenant regain financial strength. If this is not the case, the landlord will need to review the laws of the state in which the property is located to understand what it can and cannot do to enforce the tenant's lease obligations.
In all cases, however, a tenant's obligation to pay its rent for the whole term is not as immutable as a borrower's obligation to pay a secured debt, and a landlord may not be entitled even to the foreseeable damages for lost profits that would be recoverable in an action under another type of contract. Landlords should craft their lease remedies carefully. If the landlord is dealing with a default under a lease form that does not contain well-drafted remedies, the landlord should consider what it is permitted to do under state law and exercise those rights that are best suited to maximize its recovery.Return To Issue Index


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That's right! I am in full blown Oscar FRENZY!
And Leonardo DiCaprio was nominated for his fourth Oscar, which is a very good thing because I threatened to break my laptop, my own arm, and/or my iPhone if he was snubbed. Lucky for everyone (mostly my boyfriend who I woke up at 6 am to tell him the good news!), Leo was nominated. And now I won't talk about it until later because there are other lessons to learn here besides Jessica Tholmer is nuts.
EINTKILF the Oscar Nominations
1. Meryl Streep rules the world.
Miss Streep received her eighteenth–eighteenth–Oscar nomination this year. She has only won three times (which is still a bunch of times, to be honest), but she is guaranteed a nomination whenever she is in anything, basically. Remember The Devil Wears Prada? Anyway, even if you are trying to be irritated by Streep's Oscar domination, you can't be! You cannot be mad at her because she really truly is always fabulous.
2. Jennifer Lawrence co-rules the world.
Everyone's BFF J.Law was nominated for her third nomination, this year for American Hustle. (The other two were Silver Linings Playbook (her win!) and Winter's Bone.) Anyway, Lawrence is freakin' 23 years old, so that's depressing and exciting, whichever way you choose to look at it. And even though she beat Kate Winslet's record of the youngest actress with that many nominations, she still has quite some time until she has as many as my beautiful Winslet. And regardless, this isn't all a competition, and I love Lawrence too, so it's okay.
3. Goofballs deserve Oscar love too.
In the past when I was a bit more pretentious (I have gotten less so as I have gotten older, is that normal?), I used to hate when comedians were nominated for Oscars. I could let it slide every great once in awhile like when Robert Downey Jr. was nominated for Tropic Thunder—
–just kidding. That was one of the worst things that has ever happened to me personally.
Okay, but there are good examples like when Eddie Murphy was nominated (AND ROBBED) for Dreamgirls, because though he is a comedian, his role was deeper than that and he wasn't quite the comic relief that he tends to be in that particular role. I will never get over Alan Arkin winning that damn Oscar, and I am a huge fan of Little Miss Sunshine. I am getting seriously off topic. This lesson is supposed to be about how comedians, and even more so, really silly dudes, can still act their tushes off sometimes. And Jonah Hill received his second nomination for Wolf of Wall Street (the first was for Moneyball) because that precious little goof who came from movies like Superbad can really, really act. Props to the Academy for acknowledging that.
4. Ellen just.. rules.
I know she has little to absolutely nothing to do with who gets nominated, I still very much adored her tweets about the nominations.
She is just my favorite, and I am so excited for her to host again.
5. David O. Russell sure can direct.
In case you are not aware, Russell also directed Silver Linings Playbook, also with Lawrence and Bradley Cooper. He clearly leads his actors straight into Oscar territory. Cooper and Lawrence, as well as Robert DeNiro and Jacki Weaver were all nominated last year for acting awards last year, and this year is no different for the killer director. All of his actors are nominated–Christian Bale, Cooper, Lawrence, and Amy Adams are all up for their performances this year.
Also, I Heart Huckabees. Come on, y'all.
6. Women are awesome. Duh.
Everyone, myself included, is usually pretty upset about the Best Actress category each year because it is usually a shoo-in for one of the actresses, whereas the Best Actor category tends to be the most competitive race of the night. In my not ever humble opinion, this usually is directly related to the fact that men simply have more roles to choose from, which means there are almost certainly stronger performances throughout the season, thus more competition on the Big Night.
This year, though? Are you kidding me? Streep vs. Judi Dench vs. Adams vs. Cate Blanchett vs. Sandra Bullock!? (She has my vote, for the record.) Those women are all stellar actresses with a million nominations and wins between the five of them. I must say, I got a little proud-woman-teary-eyed when I saw who was up. Good work, you wonderful examples of feminism.


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People caught in the act of allegedly stealing from Goodwill donation centers in El Paso
Thefts on the rise at Goodwill donation centers
EL PASO, Texas - The clothes, books and furniture left after-hours at Goodwill donation centers have always been an easy target for those with sticky fingers, but Goodwill spokesman Mark Huerta said theft is on the rise at locations across El Paso.
"Here in El Paso we are...a little bit more poverty stricken, I guess. So there is probably a little more of a need here." said Huerta as he struggled to explain the spike in theft. "We lost $70,000 (in donations) last summer alone."
According to Huerta, the Goodwill lost around $140,000 in donations in 2012. A typical donation cashes in around $30 and they use that average to calculate their overall loss.
"What we do is create jobs for people with disabilities and barriers to work," said Huerta. "When they steal from Goodwill, they're taking money from someone with a barrier who could be employed here in El Paso."
The installation of surveillance cameras and even a brief attempt at theft-deterring drop boxes didn't hold up to determined swindlers. "What happens is, it's like a little box that opens up," said Huerta describing the old drop boxes. "What we found is that the parents hold the boxes open and smaller children climb in." At that point, Huerta said, Goodwill stopped the use of theft-deterring drop boxes.
Eight months ago the Goodwill of El Paso established a "donation recovery team" in response to the hike in thefts. The team consists of about five people who are also employed at Goodwill in other capacities, but according to Huerta there is no room in the budget for around-the-clock recovery team staffing.
Despite budget constraints, Huerta plans to extend donation center hours until 9 p.m. "We're going to have more man hours and it's going to affect our budget, but it's the right thing to do."


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Ledyard — A Ledyard police officer who learned Monday that he was fired from the police department after being arrested twice is vowing to get his job back.
James Grzesiak, 48, who had been in the department for 19 years, was arrested in October and January. He said the town is rushing to judgment and hasn't given him due process.
Donald Steinhoff, the town's administrator of human resources, said the decision to fire Grzesiak was made following presentation of evidence Friday at a disciplinary hearing.
Grzesiak, he said, left the hearing before he could hear the decision. Grzesiak, however, disputes that claim, saying he was outside Town Hall for 15 minutes after the hearing was closed. He said he intends to file a grievance on the termination.
Steinhoff said a certified letter of termination was then sent by mail, and the letter was delivered Monday by state police.
Steinhoff said he could not provide The Day a copy of the termination letter, saying it was personnel matter and because there are pending grievances and a complaint with the state Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities. He said he anticipates more grievances to be filed as a result of the termination.
Steinhoff said there was a history of disciplinary issues with Grzesiak that were not just limited to the two arrests.
In January, Grzesiak was charged with third-degree assault and disorderly conduct after he had a fight with his girlfriend's son, Joshua Thibeault, who was also charged with disorderly conduct. Thibeault is scheduled to appear Wednesday in Norwich Superior Court .
At the time, a protective order was issued, and Grzesiak was ordered to turn over his weapons, including his work-issued firearm. He was suspended without pay.
The charges in the domestic incident along with the protective order were dismissed on Thursday.
"How can you take action when the court cases were going through the process of the legal system?" Grzesiak said. "I was innocent of the charges and acted out of self defense."
At the hearing Friday he expressed a desire to return to work now that the charges were dismissed and he was able to possess firearms since the protective order was lifted.
Grzesiak was arrested in October for disorderly conduct after police said he sent an email to his former landlord in Ledyard that made a threatening reference about the caretaker of his property.
Grzesiak said he could not comment on the case because it is pending.
For the October incident, Grzesiak said he was suspended for 30 days without pay and filed a grievance, which is pending.
Grzesiak said he had to talk to his union representative before showing The Day his termination letter. He said the letter stated several reasons for his firing, including conduct unbecoming an officer, uncivil conduct, engaging in domestic violence, that he was unable to carry his service weapon and that he was not forthcoming with state police on how many firearms were in the home when police responded to the domestic incident.
It was not clear if the letter stated additional reasons for the termination.
"I feel that I'm being treated like I'm guilty until I prove that I'm innocent," Grzesiak said. "It's my life. All I ever wanted to do since growing up is be a cop."
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Blacklisted workers
IOWA CITY, IOWA- The Governor of Iowa's staff maintains a "do not rehire" list that's grown by more than 250 names since Terry Branstad returned to office in 2011.
The list now has more than 1,400 names of people who were previously fired.
The list is more than 20 years old even though the state lacks clear legal justification and policies for how workers' names are added and removed.
Administrative law judges have ruled since 2009 the state doesn't have "the statutory or regulatory authority" to ban employment for fired workers.
The Department of Administrative Services says the list is used to reject bad employees and save the taxpayers money.
The 250 names added since Branstad took office is about twice the pace of his predecessor.


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Expert's tip
Lyme Regis and Charmouth, Dorset
This is one of the safest and most accessible places in the country to hunt for fossils. People can just walk along the beach with a bucket and a keen eye and find all sorts of specimens from the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. Most are just lying loose among the pebbles, and include ammonites, belemites, crinoids and bones of the ichthyosaur, a giant marine reptile. The most exciting discovery here was in 2000 when someone found the fossilised skeleton of an entire dinosaur - a scelidosaurus. There's a plaster cast of it at the Charmouth Heritage Centre.
Next weekend we're expecting thousands of people to attend the annual Evolution Rocks! festival. There will be fossil hunts, children's activities, talks and performance artists. Most events are free, and there'll be a free shuttle service between Lyme Regis and Charmouth - although at low tide in the morning you can walk along the beach between the two.
Meirel Whaites, senior warden at Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre
Readers' tips
Southerndown Beach, Glamorgan
Southerndown has everything you could possibly wish for in a beach: beautiful rockpools, fantastic surf, eye-catching sand and even stunning fossils (including ammonites and "devils toenails"). A truly incredible beach.
• South Wales coast, near Bridgend. M4 Junction 35. (Between Porthcawl and Barry Island).
Filey, North Yorkshire
Stretching from Bempton and Speeton at the south, to the rocky outcrop of Filey Brigg at the north, the five-mile beach of clean golden sand at Filey is peaceful and unspoilt. There are fossils in the cliffs, a foreshore that extends a long way out at low tide, and rock pools on the Brigg. Filey is within easy reach of the North York Moors, Scarborough, Whitby and Robin Hood's Bay.


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Yellen Says Fed's Ballooning Balance Sheet May Generate LossesCaroline Salas Gage
Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Janet Yellen said the central bank's balance sheet may incur losses that would wipe out the Fed's remittances to the U.S. Treasury.
"There is a chance that we could go through a period of time in which our income falls, and we could even take losses," Yellen said in response to audience questions after a speech in Washington. "We've been paying enormous sums to the Treasury" from income on the Fed's holdings, and "it is possible" that there will be "a period of a year, or even several years, in which those remittances fall to zero."
The central bank's balance sheet, which has ballooned to a record of more than $3 trillion through three asset-purchase programs, has provided unprecedented windfalls to the U.S. Treasury. The Fed uses interest income from its bond holdings to cover its own expenses and sends the rest to the Treasury. In 2012, that dividend to taxpayers was $88.9 billion.
Yellen said that the Fed's policies are helpful to the nation's finances by creating jobs and lowering long-term interest rates.
"This is a policy that is not only good for output and the economy, but also for the federal finances overall," she said.