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U.S. District Judge Walter Smith Jr.鈥檚 decision to dissolve the order follows a nine-hour mediation session Monday between Baylor, the Baylor Alumni Association, and the Chicago-area alumnus who obtained the restraining order ended without a resolution on the building鈥檚 future.
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Nearly one in 10 processed food products sold in the United States has trans fat in it 鈥?but you鈥檇 never know it by glancing at the nutritional label on the back of the package, according to released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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  Kurt Dorr, who is described as a lifetime member of the BAA in legal documents, on Thursday amended his <a href=http://architectscanterbury.co.uk/page.php?sale=Kate-Spade-Bags-Cheap>Kate Spade Bags Cheap</a>  suit to seek at least $10 million in damages 鈥?$5 million minimum from Baylor and at least $5 million from Collin Cox and Elizabeth Coker, the current and former presidents of the BAA, respectively.
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The paper underscores the need to ban synthetically produced from all food products, public health experts said. Trans fat, which is made from a manufacturing process in which hydrogen is added to oil to make it solid, has been linked to a variety of health problems, 聽but most directly to worsening <a href=http://www.museosangennaro.com/Public/wdluk.php>Cheap Christian Louboutin</a>  cholesterol levels. Even relatively small doses of just a couple of grams a day can increase so-called bad cholesterols and reduces good cholesterols, 聽studies have shown.
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The judge鈥檚 Friday order gives Dorr up to seven days to announce whether he still intends to pursue the financial damages, or the case will be dismissed.
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Consumption of trans fat has 聽in the United States since the first major warnings emerged from doctors and public health authorities a decade ago. And several state and regional bans 鈥?including one in California 鈥?have removed trans fat from foods sold in restaurants and bakeries.
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The Hughes-Dillard building has served as the headquarters for the Baylor Alumni Association since 1978.
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But trans fat is still remarkably pervasive in the American food supply, <a href=http://capstone.edu.sg/images/gucciusaonlineoutlet.php>gucci outlet</a> according to the new study, which was done by the .
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鈥淲e鈥檙e disappointed in the judge鈥檚 decision to dissolve the (restraining order) and we are weighing our options and will proceed in a way that we feel is appropriate for our client and the mission he is on to save the (alumni center),鈥?said Waco attorney John Mabry, one of Dorr鈥檚 five lawyers.
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The study analyzed nutritional data for 4,340 products. Researchers found that 391 of those products, or about 9 percent, listed partially hydrogenated oils 鈥?the main source of manufactured trans fat 鈥?in their ingredient information. But 330 of those products claimed to have 0 grams of trans fat per serving on their nutritional label.
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Mabry declined to comment on whether Dorr would still continue to seek the monetary damages.
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The labeling may seem misleading, but it鈥檚 allowed under a federal loophole that states products with fewer than 0.6 grams per serving can claim to have 0 trans fat. And that could be dangerous for unaware consumers, doctors say. A fairly small bag of potato chips, for example, could have up to 0.5 grams of trans fat per serving, and if that bag contains three servings, a consumer could easily eat 1.5 grams of trans fat and not even know it.
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  Baylor had planned to tear down the building earlier this month to clear way for what will eventually become a grassy plaza leading to a pedestrian bridge across the Brazos River that will connect the campus to the stadium, which is being built on the opposite riverbank.
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鈥淭he sense is that trans fat is mostly gone from foods. And what we see is there鈥檚 still a lot being used in packaged foods,鈥?said Christine Curtis, assistant commissioner in the New York City health department and an author of the study. 鈥淲e think consumers are unknowingly consuming artificial trans fat and <a href=http://www.symbiose.ca/images/christianlouboutin.gwij.php>Christian Louboutin Outlet</a>  the recommendation is to consume as little as possible.鈥?
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鈥淲e鈥檙e obviously glad that this action has allowed us to continue to move forward on Baylor Stadium and the exciting progress there, as well as our future relationship with the alumni association,鈥?Baylor spokeswoman Lori Fogleman said.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is currently  that would officially deem partially hydrogenated oils as unsafe, thereby forcing them to be removed from all food products. In the meantime, public health and nutrition experts say, consumers should be wary of any processed foods 鈥?and read labels very carefully. If a product claims to have 0 trans fat, it鈥檚 time to read the ingredient list and look for the words 鈥減artially hydrogenated鈥?or the letters 鈥淧HO鈥?(for partially hydrogenated oils).
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Emotional connection
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Fogleman added that the university understands the emotional connection alumni had to the building and the various historical items that were collected in the center. Baylor last month began relocating statues and markers from Hughes-Dillard to other campus facilities.
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Dorr originally sought the restraining order, signed by Smith on July 2, to delay the demolition until the alumni association鈥檚 full membership could vote Sept. 7 on whether to turn the building over to Baylor.
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Mabry said he hopes Baylor will hold off on the demolition until BAA members are allowed to weigh in on the project.
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鈥淥nce you tear down the building, it鈥檚 gone,鈥?Mabry said. 鈥淵ou can鈥檛 unspill the milk.鈥?
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Relinquishing the Hughes-Dillard building to Baylor was among a number of changes the university and BAA leaders agreed upon in an effort to mend what has become a contentious relationship between the entities beginning in the early 2000s.
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Cox and members of BAA鈥檚 executive committee on May 30 voted for the association鈥檚 staff to vacate the building in June and move into administrative offices in Baylor鈥檚 Clifton Robinson tower.
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The executive committee also approved a proposed transition agreement that would turn over most alumni outreach efforts to Baylor except for publication of the Baylor Line magazine, which the BAA has printed since 1948.
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The agreement also would spur the creation of a independent Baylor Line Corp. to continue the magazine, an alumni advisory board to include some current BAA leaders, <a href=http://architectscanterbury.co.uk/page.php?sale=Kate-Spade-Rings>Kate Spade Rings</a>  and a non-voting alumni seat on Baylor鈥檚 board of regents.
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The BAA鈥檚 full membership is set to vote whether to approve the agreement on Sept. 7, a day before Baylor plans to terminate its existing licensing agreement that allows the BAA to perform alumni duties.
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鈥淲e鈥檙e certainly pleased with the court鈥檚 actions and we鈥檙e looking forward to things moving forward,鈥?said J.D. Pauerstein, a San Antonio attorney who represented the BAA, Cox and Coker.
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1994 agreement
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Dorr鈥檚 suit charged that the demolition plans for the Hughes-Dillard building violated a <a href=http://www.cicviseu.net/page.php?sale=Jimmy-Choo-Purses-Cheap>Jimmy Choo Purses Cheap</a>  1994 agreement about the use of the building which states that Baylor can only reclaim the facility if it has a need for the space, no alternative location exists, and it pledges to provide a building of comparable size, condition, quality of location and 鈥╟onstruction.
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Cox said in a July 10 federal hearing that Baylor has announced intentions to build a new facility to accommodate the Baylor Line staff in the 鈥╢uture.
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Baylor regents last week announced a $17 million fundraising campaign for a new alumni events center that would be built next to the new stadium and include meeting rooms for special events. But it was unclear whether the building would include office space that would serve the Baylor Line employees.
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Fogleman did not know when the Hughes-Dillard demolition would commence or whether the university would incur additional costs because of the delay. She did not know what date the demolition originally was supposed to begin this month.
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Brian Nicholson, associate vice president of facilities, planning and construction for Baylor, previously said the university could have incurred as much as $300,000 in overtime costs if the project was delayed until the Sept. 7 vote.
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