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By Matt Nestor
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The fast and furious summer basketball session is in full swing for next year's returning and potential local varsity basketball players.
The coaches use this precious time to help players work on their game and get incoming varsity players prepared for what to expect.
While most schools manage to work in between 40 and 50 games in a little more than a month span, the epicenter for Rockford summer ball is through the Rock Valley College summer league, hosted at Harlem High School.
While we are still far off from the high school season, Auburn looks to be rounding into shape quite nicely. While they will need to replace conference Player of the Year J.D. Danforth, they will also be returning one of the top players in the conference in Fred Van Vleet, as well as welcoming a very talented younger class.
Entering this past holiday weekend, the Knights' summer team was 33-6 in summer play and have been running through the Rockford league.
Despite winning, Auburn has not always been at its best in town, but Head Coach Bryan Ott has been thrilled with how his team has performed out of town against stiff competition.
"We've played very well on the weekends and gone through the motion on Monday nights," Ott said. "Out of town, we've played top-flight competition and played very well. The pieces are coming into place. We're talented enough to get the wins, I just want us to play at a higher level of basketball consistently."
Jefferson, meanwhile, is trying to break in a mostly new team. While there could be some tough sledding ahead, coach Todd Brannan said he has been encouraged by what he has seen so far from his young team after a loss to Auburn.
"We've lost a lot," Brannan said. "But that means we have some positions and some roles open for some kids to step up into. We're looking forward to see who might take advantage of those opportunities."
Most of the top teams in the area are competing in the summer league scene. Boylan and Hononegah, among others, are noticeable by their absence, but there are still some great teams around.
Winnebago, led by Marcus Posley, has been playing very well despite having to replace a large part of their core. They were played tough by Rockford Lutheran, who looks to be executing very well in the more laid-back summer play.
The championship of the summer league, which will be determined by the final standings, will take place July 12 at Harlem.
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despite our north sea location we were amazed by the clear blue skies and warm rays beating down, even if it was a little breezy on our balcony! wonderfully sated after lashings of seattle's best coffee and freshly scrambled eggs, we headed straight for the adult-only solarium on deck 16 and set up camp for the day at the very front of the ship, with a blissful panoramic view of the ocean in every direction.
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Another chapter was added to the drama that is Fort Oglethorpe politics during the city council meeting Monday night.
Public gatherings in this Northwest Georgia town have taken on a circus-like atmosphere since a called meeting on March 22 that resulted in the forced resignation of City Manager Ron Goulart and the firings of Police Chief David Eubanks and Public Works Director Jeff Long.
The regularly scheduled April 8 meeting was no different: changes to long-standing policies were announced, resolutions died from lack of council support and some citizens were ejected from the council chamber.
The mayor said he had erred in allowing anyone and everyone an opportunity to speak at the end of council meetings and announced strict adherence to the city charter guidelines for public participation will be followed at all future gatherings.
To prevent meetings degenerating into a circus, the mayor announced that anyone wishing to speak at a regular Monday meeting must now contact city hall the prior week and have their name placed on the agenda. Only those named on the agenda will be recognized during meetings, a five-minute time limit for comments will be enforced and only one person will be recognized to represent a group.
Many citizens in attendance agreed that such actions by the mayor and council would only strengthen a grassroots movement calling for the resignation or recall of the mayor and several councilmen.
Having made the pronouncement regarding the proper way for citizens to conduct themselves during council meetings, Mayor Long guided the council through dull but necessary readings of zoning requests and updating the city's building code ordinances.
Then the council revisited what has been a controversial issue for several years: permitting the sale of alcoholic beverages on Sunday.
Referendums to allow Sunday sales of wine and beer were defeated in 2011 when about 19 percent of Fort Oglethorpe's registered voters went to the polls.
The council, by a 3-2 vote last summer, declined adding the same referendums on the November 2012 general election ballot.
Residents of the unincorporated areas of Catoosa County and those living in Ringgold voted in November to allow Sunday sales of alcoholic beverages.
Though there is no guarantee that such a referendum would have passed, repercussions that Fort Oglethorpe remains the only portion of the county banning Sunday sales of alcoholic beverages were quick — and costly.
Citing a potential buyer's stipulation that its purchase was contingent on Sunday sales being allowed, Northwest Georgia Bank this year asked that a 41.25-acre tract of foreclosed property near the intersection of Dietz Road and Battlefield Parkway be de-annexed from Fort Oglethorpe.
The first step of de-annexation requires a county be willing to accept property the transfer of property from the city's to the county's tax roll and that is what the county commission agreed to.
Jeff Long (no relation to the mayor), who in addition to his job with Fort Oglethorpe is the elected representative for District 1 on the Catoosa County Board of Commissioners, on Feb. 7 made the motion that the commission grant the bank's request to accept the property should it cease being part of the city.
"Under Georgia law, before a property can be de-annexed, its request must be approved by the county before it can be acted on by the city," County Attorney Chad Young said during that commission meeting in February. "Either the city or the state legislature can then approve the de-annexation request."
Because Fort Oglethorpe's council refused consideration of the bank's request, the matter was determined by the state legislature during the just-completed term and the property now is no longer part of the city.
According to Mayor Long, it was Mr. Long's action as a commissioner — making the motion to consider a de-annexation request — that led to his being fired from his job in Fort Oglethorpe. The mayor said the public works director had not acted in the city's best interest and is to blame for the loss of about $11,000 in annual property taxes formerly paid on the now de-annexed land.
The very issue that led to the de-annexation request and associated firings at city hall continues to be a bone of contention during the upcoming election.
A referendum to allow seven-day-a-week sales of beer and wine within the city limits will be on the November ballot due to Mayor Long casting tie-breaking votes on resolutions that the item be placed on the ballot.
Mr. Long said these deadlocks, with councilmen Earl Gray and Clay Kissner voting for and councilmen Louis Hamm and Johnnie "Red" Smith voting against the resolutions, marked the first time since his election as mayor in 2010 that his vote has been necessary to resolve council business.
After the council had concluded its regular business for the evening, the floor was open for citizens to express their views about recent events in their city.
It was when members of the public began expressing their views that the mayor ordered police officers to escort citizens from the public meeting for real — or perceived — breaches of decorum.
After order was restored, the council went into executive session.
About 20 minutes after going into a closed-door meeting, the council returned to vote on a salary for Harold Silcox who has been appointed interim city manager.
For the third time, the mayor cast a tie-breaking vote by again siding with Mr. Hamm and Mr. Smith in setting Mr. Silcox's salary at $3,000 per month for the time he serves as manager.
After the meeting, the mayor replied "no comment" when asked why he asked for no one to second a motion, by Councilman Earl Gray, that Mr. Goulart's resignation be rescinded and be rehired as full-time manager.
Local restauranteur Jack Goodlet said recent events have caused him to abandon his usual position of "it's better-for-business to be a fence sitter" and to demand changes in the city's administration.
"This is the worst thing I've ever seen," he said.
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Police chase gunman, hostages across Mojave DesertThe Associated Press | October 27,2013
This video image provided by KCBS-TV shows the site of s shooting Friday Oct. 25, 2013 ion Ridgecrest, Calif. A homicide suspect was killed by police on this Mojave Desert highway early Friday after a lengthy pursuit in which the man fired at vehicles and two hostages in his car trunk, authorities said.(AP Photo/KCBS-TV)RIDGECREST, Calif. Police were investigating a deadly shooting in this Mojave Desert city when they got a chilling call from the killer.
Sergio Munoz said he wanted to deliver a package to police and to kill officers, but to avoid being outgunned at the station he would instead wreak havoc elsewhere.
Munoz kept his word Friday during a nearly hour-long chase. With two hostages in the trunk of his car, Munoz sped along some 30 miles of desert highway, taking shots at passing motorists and trying to run oncoming cars off the road before police killed him.
Investigators were puzzling over what triggered the rampage by Munoz, 39, whose criminal record stretched back at least two decades.
There were signs his life was unraveling. He was arrested last Sunday and Ridgecrest police have said he lost his job recently. A woman who knew him said he was using and dealing heroin.
The violence began at about 5:15 a.m. Friday when police responded to a call at a home where Munoz had been staying. They found a woman shot to death and a man wounded.
Dawn Meier, the sister of the wounded man, told The Associated Press that Munoz had been staying at her brothers house for about two weeks. She said her brother, Thaddeus Meier, told her Munoz was a friend he wanted to help out but that Munoz had been using and dealing black tar heroin.
She moved out of the house a week ago to join her boyfriend, who lived next door, after he insisted she get her 7-month-old son away from the drugs.
Her boyfriend, Derrick Holland, said on Thursday he heard Munoz complaining in the yard about how his life was falling apart and he was losing everything due to drugs.
Early Friday morning, Munoz showed up and told Thaddeus Meier, Were going to reduce all of the snitches in town, Dawn Meier said, recounting what her brother said from the hospital where he was being treated for gunshot wounds.
When her brother declined, Munoz shot him at least twice, then shot and killed Meiers girlfriend. Her identity has not been released.
Later that morning, Munoz called a police officer on his cellphone, Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood said at a press conference. Munoz said he had a package for police and wanted to come to the station and kill all the officers but they had too many guns, Youngblood said.
Police now believe the package was the hostages.
Nearly two hours later, a sheriffs deputy spotted Munozs car and a pursuit began through the shrub-dotted desert about 150 miles north of Los Angeles. Munoz ran traffic off the road, firing at least 10 times at passing vehicles with a shotgun and a handgun.
No motorists were hurt, Youngblood said.
At one point during the chase, Munoz pulled over and the cars trunk popped open, revealing a man and woman inside. They appeared to shut the trunk, the sheriff said. Munoz got back in the car and sped off.
In the end, Munoz pulled over again on U.S. 395, turned in his seat and began shooting into the trunk. As many as seven officers opened fire and killed him.
The hostages were flown to a hospital in critical condition, but were expected to survive. Their names have not been released and police have not said anything about their relationship to Munoz.
Munoz is a felon with convictions dating back to 1994, when he was sentenced to more than two years in prison for receiving stolen property. In May, he was arrested for possessing ammunition as a felon, but the felony charge was dismissed.
Munoz was most recently arrested Sunday for investigation of possessing controlled substance paraphernalia and a felony charge of possessing ammunition as a felon. Dawn Meier said police found a syringe at the home where the slaying would happen five days later.
Ridgecrest is a city of about 27,000 people adjacent to the vast Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, which sprawls over more than 1,700 square miles of desert. U.S. 395 runs through the western Mojave, below the eastern flank of the Sierra Nevada.
Ridgecrest Mayor Dan Clark called the incident disturbing, especially because the small city is relatively crime free.
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Dearborn, Michigan's Arab-American population is getting some special attention from an unlikely place: Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart's smiley-face, price-slashing reputation is definitely polarizing. But whether you love a bargain, or wave signs protesting its Goliath march through Main Street USA, its sheer size guarantees everyone has rolled back prices once or twice. It's everything to everyone.
In Dearborn, Michigan, with the largest concentration of Arabs outside of the Middle East, the big-box retailer is selling them a little bit of home. Stocking olive oil, falafel, and Egyptian mango juice, and Lebanese pop music, the store's 35 Arabic-speaking staff represents a big departure from Wal-Mart's usual one-size-fits-all approach to retail.
This store features one more important difference: an agreement with small, local businesses. To respect the existing businesses that already cater to the Arab-American population, Wal-Mart has agreed for instance, to charge a dime more for a pack of pita — and that one thin dime represents a world of change that shoppers can take to the bank.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 29, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of the Global Sustainable Development Foundation (GSDF) is pleased to announce that the official launch of the GSDF will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on Monday, September 22nd, 2014, in parallel to the 69th session of the UN General Assembly.
The Global Sustainable Development Foundation is a new foundation focused on supporting the mission of the United Nations to accelerate achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The GSDF has established a global network of funders and partners to support six areas of focus in the economic and social sectors to achieve sustainable development. The six focus areas are: Women & Children, Scientific Innovation, Finance & Resources, Culture & Heritage, Creative Engagement & Branding, and Partnerships.
The GSDF is privileged to have Dr. John Ashe, the 68th President of the United Nations General Assembly, at the helm of this foundation, as the Honorary Chairman.
In welcoming this much-needed effort, GSDF Board Member and world-renowned science journalist, innovator and change agent, Mr. Ellis Rubinstein, President and Chief Executive Officer of The New York Academy of Sciences, stated, "We are delighted to be part of this important initiative, to create a better and more peaceful world through innovative use of science to help the underprivileged."
Fellow Board Member and a 25-year veteran of the United Nations and social entrepreneur, Mr. Amir Dossal, Founder and Chairman of the Global Partnerships Forum, stated, "In the current climate, no single government or organisation can address global challenges alone. We must work together, and the GSDF serves as an excellent platform for new forms of partnerships and alliances."
Ms. Sheri Yan, Vice Chairman and CEO of GSDF, stated, "We are very grateful for the support and commitment from the diplomatic community, as well as the private sector and civil society, dedicated to creative positive impact in society. I am honoured to be part of this foundation."
The Global GSDF Launch on Monday, September 22nd will be marked by a number of diverse and high-impact programmes, including The Women Leaders Forum, the Global STEM Alliance World Launch, a special concert by The Philadelphia Orchestra, and a Gala Dinner at the United Nations.
The GSDF launch will start in the morning with an official event of the United Nations General Assembly, "Global Women Leaders Forum." This forum is being co-hosted by the Advanced Development for Africa (ADA) Foundation, the Global Partnerships Forum (GPF), in collaboration with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), UNAIDS, GSDF and the Zero Mothers Die Consortium. The forum will include discussions on youth education, health, and entrepreneurship and is designed to increase awareness and stimulate interests in women and girls' rights globally, to end the marginalization of women and to increase their holistic welfare.
As cultivation of the next generation of talented youth is crucial for sustainable development, The New York Academy of Sciences will host the afternoon session, in partnership with UNESCO, ITU, GSDF, and the GPF to announce the launch of the Global STEM Alliance. The Alliance aims to foster intellectual and talented youth in scientific and technological training through a unique platform utilizing interactions and dialogues with global educators, scientists, and Nobel Laureates.
The GSDF Day will conclude with an exclusive Gala Dinner and concert at the United Nations Delegates Dining Room, hosted by the Global Sustainable Development Foundation, the Global Partnerships Forum, and The New York Academy of Sciences. The Gala Dinner will start off with a spectacular and unique concert called, "Ode to Humanity," which will be performed by The Philadelphia Orchestra.
The GSDF Board of Directors is honoured to host such an event where distinguished guests from around the world, including First Ladies, Heads of States, Ambassadors to the United Nations, UN officials, and leading entrepreneurs will join us to witness the launch of the Global Sustainable Development Foundation.
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The reader misses the irony of Chanticleer's sonnet of complaint so completely he can't see or understand
that Chanticleer (a rooster) is making the same point that Donald Duck is making about all the glory going to odes to sweet-sounding birds- Ode to a Skylark, Nightingale, etc. world-famous poems by the Romantics (Keats/Shelley) , which anyone aquainted with poetry (as Cummings deeply was) would recognize. But the rooster and the duck cannot sing a duet because one of them confuses free verse with non-verse.
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are rhymed sonnets by Cummings, as any rooster or duck could figure out-but not the cawing crow. (Report) Reply
William F Dougherty
Chanticleer's Complaint
Why do these odes make such a dainty choice,
'Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird, '
of metaphors in measure? The human voice
favors—so to sing—feathers made-to-word
to lift such lilting melodies through time
in delicate woodnotes, fluent and flush,
chirping like warblers in full-throated rhyme:
skylarks, nightingales and darkling thrush.
Skylarks, my coxcomb! Why must songs ignore
my blazing bursts? Who crows the nights to day,
rousing the sun, from top the hen-house door?
If falsetto poets spend no ink to praise
how brilliantly chanticleer ignites the dawn,
I'll lift my neck one day and merely yawn.
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William F Dougherty (6/1/2012 2:28:00 PM)
The reader misses the irony of Chanticleer's sonnet of complaint so completely he can't see or understand
William F Dougherty (4/16/2012 1:28:00 PM)
Poems about the fable of Chanticleer date back to Chaucer. Illusion of self-importance is timeless. (Report) Reply
Sidi Mahtrow (4/8/2012 8:12:00 PM)
And then you'll see,
Sun rise is dependent on - Me!
As hours of dark continues to rule
You and yours will struggle off to work and school
Without a glimmer of hope
For without me, life is a joke.
But, I can't let you experience such a dismal fate
So back to the hen-house door, I'll fly and wait
For the minutes just before day break
And proclaim, it's time for all to be awake.
Sign me chanticleer,
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Tailor of the unexpected: Ann-Sofie Back
London Fashion Week kicks off on Friday and Swedish designer Ann-Sofie Back's return will be a highlight. Expect the unexpected, says Harriet Walker
Monday 15 February 2010
Just before Christmas, Swedish designer Ann-Sofie Back was taken hostage by a trio of machine-gun toting Anna Wintours for her crimes against fashion.
The stunt, captured on film for her blog, was part of the launch of a concept store in her hometown of Stockholm, where the clothes are cordoned off by police tape and the walls spattered with blood. Three burly men wear trench coats and high heels, topped off with sunglasses and brown bobbed wigs, in the style of fashion's most famous face.
Back, who returns to the London schedule this weekend after taking a season off, is one of the most imaginative and theatrical designers working right now. Her autumn/winter 2009 show featured models with milky-eyed contact lenses and whitened skin, staggering zombie-like down the catwalk to a soundtrack of blood-curdling screams in clothes inspired by classic American horror films. The previous season saw a homage to the modern fixation with plastic surgery, with models in pin-tucked dresses and stapled trousers, decorated with Elastoplasts and drawn-on incision marks, their vertiginous heels wrapped in clingfilm.
"I don't enjoy the daily grind of working in fashion very much," she admits readily. "The show is a chance for me to enjoy myself, and I want it to be fun." A knowing irony is one of the central components in Back's collections. You get the impression she is poking fun not only at the po-faced seriousness with which many in the industry comport themselves, but also at the aspirational consumer, obsessed with re-invention, the Next Big Thing and the power of celebrity.
"I'm exasperated by the dumbing down and obvious hatred of women that some of the worse celebrity magazines express," says Back, who doesn't go as far as to call herself a feminist, but admits to being preoccupied with her "own issues with femininity".
Signature motifs in her clothes include body-conscious cuts and revealing slashing, as well as lingerie detailing. In a 2007 capsule collection for Topshop, a cotton T-shirt with bra cups attached to its exterior wasa best-seller. "I design for a strong woman," she says.
"Who wants to design for the weak and mindless? What sets my woman apart is that she needs a sense of humour."Her autumn/winter 2008 collection was dedicated to Heat magazine; the invitation to the show featured a pixelated shot of Britney Spears's crotch, as captured by paparazzi as she climbed out of a limousine, and silk skirts, dresses and blouses were festooned with mock lace thongs. "It's interesting that we are so obsessed with celebrities," she continues. "I find it hard to be inspired by nature or 17th-century art, but this is something that has inspired me."
There were also unravelled hems that referenced Kate Moss's fix-it moment at a gala dinner, where she ripped her floor-length dress and created it anew by pinning it at knee level.
One of the thong skirts ended up on style survey website Thefashionpolice.net, which kick-started the idea of the kidnapping stunt. "Newspapers and magazines that give people a tick or a cross for their dress, that's great inspiration," Back explains. "Personally I find it hard to talk about what's hot or not, because it makes one feel slightly dumb."Back's discomfort at, and unease within, the industry is apparent in the irreverence with which she treats the concept of fashion and the mechanisms of trends in her collections, but it also stems from her childhood in Sweden.
"Fashion was never considered a serious thing, just superficial and silly," she explains. "I wish I could be really pompous and pretentious about what I do, but I have to make it fun to be able to live with myself." The subject of a documentary recently screened on Swedish national television, Ann-Sofie Back is forthright but down-to-earth – an attitude which is refreshing, especially coming from a designer feted by some of the most insider names and publications of the style press.
She is reserved and shy, softly spoken and quietly dressed, but steely and decisive when it comes to her work."My parents were really bad dressers," she continues, "with no real interest in art or culture, so fashion was the best way to rebel. My fanatical interest started when the Junior Gaultier shop opened in Stockholm; I worked nights at a hot-dog stand to fund my obsession." But her roots go deep: Back moved her base from London to Stockholm last year, and took the helm at Swedish denim brand Cheap Monday as creative director. She has also worked with the hip Swedish label Acne, a key brand in the recent rebirth of the Scandinavian design scene, known for its edginess and directional street-style.
"Stockholm is a city where price and wearability are very important," Back says, and it's true that no matter how conceptual, outré or imaginative her collections are, they always consist of realistic clothes that are made to be worn.Back's use of silk, cotton and simple jersey are testament to the wearability of her range. The characteristic drapes, folds and tucks are flattering; the (often neutral) palettes appealing; and the cuts expert. Back's offbeat tailoring makes for an unusual investment piece that will age well. Though her shows have a theatrical tendency (she likes to stage shows backwards, beginning with her bow and the final walk-through of all the models, before showing each look one by one), the clothes she creates tend to be dramatic without being costume-y. There is a cohesive, conceptual strength to her collections, but it is not one that overwhelms the wearer. Slashed and frayed sweatshirts sit just as comfortably with jeans as they did with the zombie apparel on the catwalk; multi-strapped nylon tops made to look like rucksacks have a utilitarian edge that is perfectly acceptable for the quotidian.
Like so many contemporary visionaries, Back studied at Central St Martin's in London. "My portfolio was absolute rubbish," she recalls. "It took me two whole years to figure out what I wanted to do. I was into Leigh Bowery and that sort of home-made glamour."
After years of customising individual pieces to be sold in small boutiques, Back staged her first ready-to-wear collection in 2001 in Paris. Using cheap materials and embellishment, she subverted notions of fast fashion and bourgeois styling. "They're aspirational fabrics: cheap, glued-on sequins that are falling off," she recounts. "They look good from a distance but they're very common. Reality is what I'm trying to achieve. It's very seldom that you show who you are through fashion; you present instead who you want to be."
Identity and deceit is a recurring theme and this season, for her first show in a year, Back's inspiration comes from the online game Second Life, in which players create their own avatar. Back avatar is complete in its verisimilitude, if not in its career. "I make a living out of stripping there – it's really easy money," she quips. "Second Life is quite a shitty, slow game where nothing much happens, but people do make an effort with clothes, hair and make-up. The weird thing is, you have the chance to really create something fantastic – you know, with rabbit ears or you could be green. But most people want to look like Katie Price and Peter Andre, and wear clothes like people on Big Brother. It's even more conformist than real life."
The collection features decorated and distressed denim with crop-tops, perfectly concurrent with fashion's Nineties revival, but with Back's own inimitable twists. "There has to be a feeling of being slightly uncomfortable, then I'm happy," she admits. Back also ensures that she works with materials and styles that she doesn't immediately like the look of. It's a method of maintaining her own interest in the collection over the six months that it takes to bring it to fruition. She tells me she gets bored very quickly, and anxious to move on to new challenges.
Back's absence from Fashion Week in September was keenly felt, but she continued her collaborations for Topshop and sporting label Fred Perry. Is she glad to back in London? "I feel as uncomfortable in Stockholm as I ever did here," she says, "and I've realised that's my natural state of mind regardless of where I am."
It's that discomfort which gives her work such verve though; it seems Ann-Sofie Back will never be entirely at ease anywhere, nor does she want to be. Fans, at least, will be glad she is back on the London catwalk.
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Last week, I posted about Telstra now offering 24 months warranty on their handsets, with Apple's iPhone excluded. The ACCC is still pushing for 24 month contracts to have 24 month warranty included.
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The rules for 8-K are funny, since there is nothing specific about losing a court case. However, losing this case will have a material effect on the future cash flow and earnings, and this means an investor cannot rely on previously issues financials. So a case is made for an 8-K. Also, LPHI found it material to issue an 8-K when they were successful with the same issue, so a case can be made for them issuing an 8-K now that they were tea bagged on appeal.
Less than $12,000 of this traded today. $12,000? Where did all the pumpers and shorts go? I don't think anyone is left out there trading this, so who owns or controls all of it? Then again, perhaps a lot of shareholders don't know about the court ruling since no 8-K was issued. Then again, maybe there is another explanation...
What happens if a lawyer sees what is at least questionable and unethical activity, isn't sure it is criminal (OK, he knows but is looking the other way), and does nothing about it? Does the legal profession care about ethical conduct in Texas, or do judges just hang out on party boats? Whoops, that aging Reagan appointee recused. But the boys and girl at D & D know what has gone on. And they have to know some of it was at the very least unethical. These guys and gal were getting fat, literally for most of them, off the customers their friend brought them. Well, that is why there are regulators, ethical oversight committees and weight loss programs. Time for a bourbon and branch. Unlike many lawyers, the water where I am staying is pure as the driven snow.
If you read the 10-Q and 10-K filings you will see that all their business was done with just a couple of brokers, I am not sure how to read into this. It doesn't matter if the brokers were out to help their clients or screw them. LPHI still used an LE from Cassidy before pricing it to the fractional investors.
More concerning to me and others who have posted about them is Advance Trust. Advance Trust knows if all the escrowed money went to the insurance company or not. Advance Trust knows exactly what was taken out in fees and commissions. Advance Trust knows about any fee splitting with Life Partners, and if or when it occurred. Advance Trust knows how many reales and premium forwarding occurred. Advance Trust knows when policies were purchased, and if they were purchased to show "earnings" with no fractional buyers in site. Advance Trust knows if a break-up agreements exists with Life Partners. Advance Trust knows which of their lawyers have a personal friendship with Pardo. Advance Trust knows!
If a ruling that totally destroys the business model of a public company is not material, then what is material? LPHI is giving the middle finger to stock investors and the SEC for not producing an 8-K filing over the extremely material event that occurred last week. I guess when someone thinks they are running a private company little things like disclosure to shareholders (assuming shareholders independent of Life Partners still exist) is no big deal.
Master licensee or hairdresser?
I assume none of this income is ill-gotten...at least not yet. The last I heard you can't deduct expenses (like for a boat or plane) that relate to income received from unlawful conduct. It will be interesting to see how the state proceeds in light of the court ruling. What the state does could very well have an impact on the personal tax situation of all the licensees and in particular the master licensees. Of course, everything is "civil" right now.
Who is left owning this stock? Is this now a game of Musical Chairs, or is it all effectively controlled?
Who cares? At issue is the potential liability of anyone selling a fractional investment from this point forward. As of right now, fractional investments are securities.
I can see the disclosure:"A State Court of Appeals ruled what I am trying to sell you is a security, and I am not a registered representative. Registered securities are supposed to offer potential investors full disclosure, but we don't exactly do that with our new and improved 3-year escrow and LEs.
Now that the court ruled fractional investments are securities, what does this mean for the licensees who sold fractional investments in the past? Are they liable for selling unregistered securities, or will they be liable from this point forward,? Where will LPHI find registered reps to sell fractional investments in the future? I don't know any broker/dealer who would touch this stuff.
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Beautiful friend
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My only friend, the end
Of our elaborate plans, the end
Of everything that stands, the end
No safety or surprise, the end
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8K? We don't need no stink'in 8K. We only produce an 8K when the news is good.
Can you guys say, "Going Concern?" The two-shop CPAs they hired can't.
If a thee-year escrow reserve is "better" on a policy that has a LE of double the reserve (for the sake of argument), wouldn't a one-year escrow be better still? Using the same logic, wouldn't no escrow be best?
Abbott must know why his predecessor was unceremoniously @#$%canned. I don't think he is particularly fond of anyone impeding the success of the dept. he runs. It is unlikely Abbott will act like Perry asking anyone for rides in their aging corporate-funded aircraft, or entertain anyone presiding over court proceedings on a floating party vessel. Abbott knows there are plaintiffs out there who believe a lot of planes, boats, etc. were all paid for by investors who depended upon a Cassidy LE. He likely cares about them, and is embarrassed about the way the case was handled.
After the dust settles I'll bet the stock investors will lose big, the licensees will move on to yet another scheme that offers 12%+ in a 5% world, and the plane and boat will remain along with all the dividends that went offshore.
Nothing happened today, except that the stock became a little bit more efficient. This nobel stock is more than a tad overpriced given the shrinking life settlement marketplace, the horrible margins, the shrinking cash position (being sent offshore in the form of dividends), the lack of a pardo(n) from the state that is appealing vigorously, and the SEC and other civil suits on the horizon. Wouldn't it be better to ask why this stock still above $1.00 per share and not a going concern?
Can you say, RICO Mambo? Look up the RICO Mambo on YouTube, and pay particular attention to where it is performed and the uniforms of the people performing it.
If what you say is true, and I guess it is, this brings up yet another question for the litigators and SEC: If the premium call money isn't necessary to keep all the policies in force, why ask for it? Put another way, did all the reserves that the fractionals paid end up where it should have (eventually going to the insurance company), or was some of the reserves diverted elsewhere? I don't think the auditors track anything that far.
What rational does LPHI use for not updating the LE? If the policy is past the expected LE, an accurate LE still can't be zero. The issue isn't just paying premium calls, but LPHI providing accurate expectations to fractional investors. If the LEs are never changed, and if Cassidy never takes this data to fix his obviously too short LEs, and if LPHI never takes down the videos and audios of the CEO promising double digit returns, and if the recorded track record never includes policies that didn't mature, then at least some observers may cry foul...or fraud.
Our ability to return to fiscal 2009 or 2010 levels will not occur until and unless we can resolve the SEC suit satisfactorily. Until the SEC suit is resolved, we anticipate that our operating results in fiscal 2013 will be no better than fiscal 2012 and could decline further.
Net cash flows used by operating activities in fiscal 2012 were $5,730,997, primarily as a result of a net loss of $3,123,478, a decrease in income taxes payable, a decrease in accounts payable and a gain on sales of investments in policies, while impairment of policies and deferred income taxes had a positive impact. Net cash flows provided by operating activities decreased by 118.7%, decreasing $36,464,220 from $30,733,223 in fiscal 2011 to $(5,730,997) in fiscal 2012. Net cash flows provided by operating activities decreased $468,653 from $31,201,876 in fiscal 2010 to $30,733,223 in fiscal 2011. Fiscal 2011's cash flow was primarily from net income of $23,425,749 and increased by impairment of owned policies and an increase in accounts payable...
You know earnings are bad. Look at the drop in price today. The pump is over until the next one gets started.
Alternative view? No. I do believe the countdown for the earnings--or lack thereof--is now under "10." I haven't heard anything about a delay, have you? The new CFO will sign off on her first set of financials. I'll bet she now realizes what she got herself into! I wonder if that trust investment is going to ever pay off. If not, she ought to impair it ASAP. If the SEC considers the alleged improper revenue recognition "stock fraud," what is from keeping them from assuming the same with the continued non-impairment of the trust?
Ask your buddy Scott Peden if "stepping in" will have anything to do with Howey? Wouldn't that effectively give the regulators an excuse to call these transactions securities? Peden knows all about post transaction entrepreneurial effort and the Third Prong of Howey. If the investments become "securities", full disclosure is necessary. That means every fractional investor (like you) must know about the fees and commissions and real track record of the fractional investment. Therefore, an investor (like you) would find out what is taken out of each deal (also, by people like you). It must be fun keeping the troops together when your own home state wants to close down Life Partners, and the SEC will finally have the ammo to invoke Howey (assuming, as you say, Life Partners steps in).
I am not a lawyer and I cannot predict the future.The policies are held in trust, aren't they? All LPI did was purchase the policy and flip fractional interests of it to you minus a whole bunch of fees and commissions (the licensees need their private aircraft). LPI and LPHI don't hold the policies. The success or the lack of success you have as an investor who supposedly bought over 100 fractional interests depends upon the accuracy of the LEs assuming all the money you put out went to where it was supposed to go, namely the isurance company and not somewhere else. All the plaintiff suits seem to indicate the LEs are not accurate. No lawsuit is accusing the company of not selling factional interests in real life insurance policies. The policies are real, but some think the LEs are unreal.


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