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Current concentrated solar thermal technologies are based on solar receivers that usually operate below 500oC, coupled to steam-based Rankine cycles for power generation at 20% peak efficiency. Next generaton of technologies will operate at higher fluxes/higher temperatures and enable superior efficiencies via Brayton-Rankine combined cycles. Moreover, these advanced concepts can be applied for the thermochemical production of solar fuels.
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Faculty and Senior Staff
Research Staff
Shamsh Kassim-Lakha
Dr Bohdan Krawchenko
Dr Ariff Kachra
Rahim Somani
Grant Robertson
Faculty and Senior Staff:
Gulnara Djunushalieva
Dr Roman Mogilevskii
Dr Sharofat Mamadambarova
Dr Elmira Köchümkulova
Dilovar Butabekov
Shams Tejani
Nisar Keshvani
Mirambakhsh Khudobakhshov
Dr Pulat Shozimov
Parviz Alidodkhonov
Anara Duisheeva
Dr Raikhan Sissekenova
Davlatkadam Khushkadamov
Khairisho Shonusairiev
Bakhytzhan Sametayev
Asel Turgunbaeva
Shamsh Kassim-Lakha
Executive Chairman, Board Executive Committee
Shamsh Kassim-Lakha is the Executive Chairman of the Board Executive Committee of UCA, and is leading the planning and building of UCA's three campuses in Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan. Reflecting his continued commitment to the region, in 2014, Kassim-Lakha is also appointed the Aga Khan Development Network's Diplomatic Representative to the Kyrgyz Republic.
Kassim-Lakha has a long association with UCA. He served as co-chair of the Commission on the Establishment of an International Institution of Higher Education, a distinguished panel of international and regional members who met extensively from 1995 to 1998 and developed the concept document for the University. In 2000, he was involved in the negotiations of the international treaty that led to UCA's establishment by the governments of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan, and The Aga Khan Development Network.
As Founding President of the Aga Khan University (AKU), the first private university chartered in South Asia, Kassim-Lakha led the planning, building and operations of this internationally renowned institution for nearly three decades. AKU was established by His Highness the Aga Khan in 1983 and has campuses in Pakistan, Eastern Africa and the United Kingdom. Later he consulted for the World Bank including during the planning and start up of Nazarbayev University.
Kassim-Lakha served in senior positions in the Pakistan government, including as the country's Minister of Education and as Minister of Science and Technology in the caretaker government in 2007-8. As Minister of State in 2001-2, he led the task force which recommended higher education reforms in Pakistan, resulting in major structural changes in universities and the creation of the Higher Education Commission, of which he was a member from 2007 to 2011. He also chaired the committee, which wrote Pakistan's National Environment Protection Act (1997). Kassim-Lakha has published extensively on school and higher education, philanthropy, civil society and management in renowned journals including the Lancet and Nature and has contributed book chapters on some of these themes.
Kassim-Lakha chairs the board of the Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy and is a Senior Distinguished Fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto. He recently retired from the board of the International Baccalaureate Organization, after two successive terms. In recognition of his academic and social work, Kassim-Lakha has received honorary degrees from McMaster University, Canada and Aga Khan University. His awards for distinguished service include Sitara-e-Imtiaz and Hilal-e-Imtiaz from the President of Pakistan and Officer of the National Order of Merit from the President of France.
Dr Bohdan Krawchenko
Director General
Educated at Bishop's University, University of Toronto, University of Glasgow, he received a doctorate from the University of Oxford. Until 1991, he was professor in the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies and director of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta. He worked for many years as a consultant to the Secretary of State, Government of Canada, and Ministry of Culture, Province of Alberta. In 1991 he moved to Ukraine to become Director of Policy Studies at the Council of Advisors to the Parliament of Ukraine, and 1992 became founder and director of the Institute of Public Administration and Local Government, Cabinet of Ministers. In 1995 the Institute was re-organised into the Academy of Public Administration, Office of the President of Ukraine and he was appointed vice-rector for academic development and Director of the Centre for the Study of Administration Reform. Dr Krawchenko participated in numerous Ukrainian government committees, task forces and working groups. These include the President's Council on Social and Economic Affairs, the Policy Unit of the Cabinet of Ministers, the Working Group on the Establishment of the Civil Service, the Working Group on Monetary Reform and the Commission on Administrative Reform. He has also served as a consultant to the World Bank and OECD. He was visiting associate professor at Harvard University, Department of Government, and visiting professor at the College of Europe in Natolin, Poland. In 1995 he received an honourary doctorate from the University of North London, in 1997 was made an honourary professor of the University of 'Kyiv-Mohyla Academy', in 2000 received an honourary doctorate from the Ukrainian Academy of Public Administration, and in 2000 was awarded an Order of Merit from the President of Ukraine. He was editor of "Occasional Papers in Public Administration and Public Policy" published by the Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe, and member of international editorial boards of several journals among them Public Management and Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis. Dr Krawchenko joined the University of Central Asia in October 2004, where he currently serves as the Director General.
Dr Ariff Kachra
Dean, Academic Affairs
Dr Ariff Kachra leads Academic Affairs at UCA. Dr Kachra holds a PhD in Strategy and General Management from the Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario. Prior to joining UCA, Dr Kachra taught at the Richard Ivey School of Business, where he was a member of the University of Western Ontario Teaching Honour Role and among the highest ranked professors for Executive Development. He served as Academic Director of the Ivey Consulting Project and Founding Editor of the Ivey Business Review. Dr Kachra was also Managing Director of Ivey India, where he led a team establishing Ivey in India, building Ivey India's case collection and capacity to become the largest in the world, training 1,000 faculty and creating three milestone partnerships with the top business schools in India. Earlier, Dr. Kachra taught at Pepperdine's Graziadio School of Business and Management and at the Indian School of Business. At Pepperdine, he was the Director of the MBA Programme. His research interests include knowledge management, decision making, top management teams, improvisation, ethics in strategic management and international joint ventures. He has also consulted with, trained and coached hundreds of executives at a number of medium and large sized companies in Canada, the United States and India. Dr. Kachra has published in Strategic Management Journal, Journal of World Business and Journal of Management Education. He is also the Founder and Managing Director of Strat-ology Consulting Inc., which specialises in strategic facilitation, executive development, training, executive coaching and educational consulting. In his spare time, Dr Kachra volunteers with various AKDN agencies, Big Brothers and Big Sisters, Better Business Bureau, and provides career coaching to his former students.
Rahim Somani
Chief Financial Officer and Director University Administration
Mr Rahim Somani provides leadership and oversight over the Finance, Human Resources, Administration and Information Technology departments at UCA. His expertise extends to finance, strategic and financial planning, human resource management, systems and MIS, administration, capital projects, corporate affairs, internal audit, and programme management. Before joining UCA, Mr Somani spent over a decade working with Aga Khan Education Service, Pakistan (AKES, P), where he served at various times as the Programme Manager for Humanitarian Assistance Programmes, the General Manager for Finance, Planning and Support Services, the Company Secretary, the Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and the Acting CEO. Prior to AKES, P Mr Somani was associated with the Internal Audit department of the Aga Khan University Hospital. He completed his CA article-ship at A.F. Ferguson & Co. (a member firm of Price Waterhouse Coopers). Mr Somani is a qualified Chartered Accountant (CA) and a Cost & Management Accountant (CMA) from Pakistan and is also a qualified Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) and CA from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia, Canada. He holds an MA in Educational Planning, Economics and International Development from the Institute of Education, University of London. He holds an MA in Educational Planning, Economics and International Development from the Institute of Education, University of London.
Grant Robertson
Director, Construction and Facilities
Grant Robertson leads the team managing the design and construction of the three UCA campuses. Prior to joining UCA, he was project director with Mace International responsible for a luxury 5-star hotel and residential development, constructed to 4 Seasons standards and specifications. He has extensive experience working in the former USSR, CIS and Eastern European countries, as well as in his home country of Scotland. Over the 25 years of his professional career, he has worked on projects in 13 countries and earned a well-respected reputation for the successful completion of complex projects in remote areas. Prior to joining UCA, Mr Robertson served as the Regional Director of Emerging Markets in Central and Eastern Europe with Bovis Lend Lease, an internationally renowned property group specializing in project management, construction, real estate investment and development. In that role, he led 13 projects across four countries and built a team to meet the demands of their growing business. Before that, Mr Robertson worked with Philip Morris Engineering, where he was responsible for the design, management, and operationalization of their tobacco plant in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
Gulnara Djunushalieva
Director, School of Professional and Continuing Education
Gulnara Djunushalieva supervises all activities and personnel of SPCE in the three countries, including administering the development, coordination, maintenance, and evaluation for the educational programme. She has built support with local communities and international organisations and has ensured quality of activities. Prior to joining UCA, she was Director of Bishkek International School of Management and Business (MBA program) under Academy of Management of President of Kyrgyz Republic and Manager of Economy Department of Kyrgyz State National University, ITPS. Ms Djunushalieva holds an MBA, and a degree in economic science, and is a Certified International Professional Accountant.
Dr Roman Mogilevskii
Associate Director, Institute of Public Policy & Administration
Dr. Roman Mogilevskii coordinates the Institute of Public Policy and Administration at UCA. He has extensive experience researching trade policy, public finance, and macroeconomics in Central Asia and Central Europe. He has also participated in the implementation of research, advisory and training programs across the CIS and has published numerous papers on the issues of regional cooperation and economic policy. Dr. Mogilevskii has held advisory positions at a variety of international organizations operating in Central Asia, such as the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and the European Commission. He has also served as the Executive Director of the Center for Social and Economic Research in Kyrgyzstan (CASE-Kyrgyzstan). Dr. Mogilevskii holds a Candidate of Sciences degree in Physics and Mathematics from the Institute of Mechanics of the Uzbek Academy of Sciences and a degree in Engineering and Economics from the Frunze Polytechnic Institute.
Dr Sharofat Mamadambarova
Head, Aga Khan Humanities Programme
Dr Sharofat Mamadambarova has been affiliated with AKHP since 1998 in curriculum development and assessment, and as a Master Trainer at Khorog State University where she also served as head of the department, Dean of Humanities and as Deputy to the Rector from 1992-2000. Prior to joining UCA, Dr Mamadambarova taught and managed projects at Dushanbe Pedagogical University's foreign languages faculty for more than 16 years as an assistant professor, head of the department and as a vice dean. Dr Mamadambarova has served as a consultant for research projects with the Christensen Fund and participated in numerous exchanges and trainings on pedagogy and assessment in the United States. She received her PhD from the Institute of Oriental Studies in Moscow in 1990. She is currently on sabbatical.
Dr Elmira Köchümkulova
Acting Head and Senior Research Fellow, Cultural Heritage and Humanities Unit
Dr Elmira Köchümkulova coordinates the Cultural Heritage & Humanities Unit at the University of Central Asia (UCA). She completed her undergraduate and graduate degrees with the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Washington and is one of the leading cultural anthropologists in the region. She has edited books and authored articles on Central Asian music, oral traditions, Islam and nomadic cultures. She has presented extensively at international conferences and lectured on Central Asian Islam, Kyrgyz musical and oral traditions, nomadic life and funeral customs at leading universities and research centres including Harvard University's Central Asian Studies Group, the University of Chicago's Central Asian Studies Society and Zentrum Moderner Orient in Berlin. Dr Köchümkulova's research focuses on the historical and contemporary significance of traditions and customs in Turkic Central Asia. She is the co-editor of the UCA/Aga Khan Music Initiative textbook Music of Central Asia: An Introduction, contributing several chapters on Kyrgyz oral tradition and music and taught the UCA pilot course based on the textbook. She served as scholarly editor and coordinated the production of a seminal two-volume collection Kyrgyz Küüs: Analysis, Thoughts, and Opinions (in Kyrgyz language), the first scholarly text on Kyrgyz instrumental music authored by Asan Kaybïlda uulu and published by the UCA Cultural Heritage Book Series. Dr Köchümkulova is currently working on several books on topics ranging from Kyrgyz national identity to Kyrgyz funeral lamentations. She speaks six languages and is an accomplished musician and composer, having performed widely across the United States and Central Asia.
Dilovar Butabekov
Deputy Director, SPCE Afghanistan & Tajikistan
Dilovar Butabekov is Deputy Director of the School of Professional and Continuing Education with responsibility of Tajikistan and Afghanistan programmes and campus head of Khorog. Butabekov has had a long career with the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), having started as a junior staff member in the AKDN office in Khorog, and then progressed to the position of Administration Manager for the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF), Tajikistan and Director of Administration for AKF, Tajikistan. Butabekov holds an Executive MBA (with merit) from the Bradford University School of Management, a Diploma in Economics from the School of Entrepreneurship, Ukraine, and a degree in Civil Aviation Engineering from the Kyiv Civil Aviation Engineering Institute.
Shams Tejani
Head, Internal Audit
Shams Tejani heads the Internal Audit Department at UCA. Tejani holds professional accounting designations in Canada (Chartered Professional Accountant, Chartered Accountant), the United States (Certified Public Accountant) and Pakistan (Chartered Accountant). He has worked with multiple Big Four public accounting firms (Ernst & Young, Deloitte & Touche and PricewaterhouseCoopers) in different countries and in progressive positions. Prior to joining UCA, Tejani was a partner in a full service professional public accounting firm (Chan Tejani LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants) in Canada, where he managed a diverse group of clients and engagements, implemented risk mitigating strategies and methodologies, and expanded service lines for high net-worth individual clients and organisations. Tejani served as an external auditor for the Aga Khan University and witnessed the complexities associated with construction and operations. He established internal audit departments at American Express International in the Middle East and the Afghanistan Rural Microcredit Programme, a project of the Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance. Tejani has volunteered with various institutions in countries around the world, including Afghanistan, Egypt, Kenya, Mozambique, the Philippines, Syria, Tajikistan and Tanzania. In his home country Canada, he has volunteered with the Aga Khan Agency for Microfinance, Bankers Without Borders and the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario.
Nisar Keshvani
Head, Communications & Marketing
Singaporean Nisar Keshvani first came to the University of Central Asia (UCA) in 2010 and founded its Communications Department in 2011. In 2015, his portfolio expanded to include University marketing. He brings 20 years of experience across five continents in academia, corporate communications and multimedia journalism to UCA. Keshvani brings a unique combination of practical experience in journalism, marketing and public relations with strategic intellectual engagement in academia and public service. Most of his career has involved implementing entrepreneurial initiatives, including start-up communications divisions, innovative media projects and new academic programmes and curricula. He has 15 years of experience teaching, conducting research and developing curricula in communications. He lectured at Republic Polytechnic's Centre for Enterprise and Communication, Ngee Ann Polytechnic's Film and Media School, Queensland University of Technology's School of Media and Journalism and Murdoch University's Journalism programme. He has worked as a journalist and editor-in-chief in print, online and television journalism since 1993 and is an award-winning film maker. Keshvani served as Editor-in-chief of the peer reviewed on-line academic journal Leonardo Electronic Almanac (MIT Press). He also worked in corporate communications for Chevron, the Singapore Police Force and the Singapore Film Festival. As a consultant with the Aga Khan Foundation (Geneva), Keshvani developed the AgaKhanSchools.org and AgaKhanHospitals.org websites. In 2007, he served on a five-member global consulting team which conceptualised and developed www.theismaili.org. He has served on various boards including the fineArt forum, Multimedia Art Asia Pacific Festival and the UNESCO "Digi-Arts" project and has published extensively and presented at international conferences on new media technologies, newsroom trends, education, art, and science and technology.
Mirambakhsh Khudobakhshov
Controller Finance
Mir Khudobakhshov has worked with the University of Central Asia (UCA) for more than a decade and is responsible for the oversight of finance functions including systems development and compliance. In 2002, he joined UCA in Khorog, as Head of Operations and later moved to Bishkek as Finance Manager. Before joining UCA, he worked with the Aga Khan Development Network, Tajikistan as Liaison Officer and previously as Assistant Coordinator for FOCUS Humanitarian Assistance. Mir has a Master of Science in Development Policy and Project Management from the University of Bradford (UK) and is currently pursuing his ACCA (Association of Certified Chartered Accountants) qualification. Mir also has a Certificate in International Financial Reporting Standards from ACCA (UK) and Certificate in Business Communication from University of Toronto (Canada). Mir has played a key role in the implementation of iSCALA (financial information system) at UCA.
Dr Pulat Shozimov
Acting Head and Faculty Development Programme Manager, Aga Khan Humanities Project
Parviz Alidodkhonov
Head, Administration
Parviz Alidodkhonov joined the University of Central Asia in 2009. As Head of Administration, he is responsible for procurement, supply processes, travel, transportation, policy and regulations. He oversees the administrative function of the University across all three countries – Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyz Republic. Before joining UCA, from 2002 – 2004, Parviz worked for the Aga Khan Foundation, Mountain Societies Development Support Programme, and with FOCUS Humanitarian Assistance from 2004 – 2005, managing their procurement and logistics. Parviz successfully completed an MBA with the American University of Central Asia in 2015. He also has a BSc in Philology from the Tajik-Russian Slavonic University.
Anara Duisheeva
Campus Head, SPCE Naryn
Anara Duisheeva is Head of UCA's School of Professional and Continuing Education Naryn Campus. She was Manager of Finance and Administrative Services at SPCE Naryn from 2009 – 2012. Prior to joining UCA, Anara worked with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) first as Office Manager and later as Finance Assistant. After UNDP, she worked as credit specialist with the Kyrgyz Investment and Credit Bank (KICB) and then as Junior Internal Auditor. She is a Law graduate from the Naryn State University, afterwhich she completed her Masters degree in Public Administration from Academy of Management under the President of Kyrgyz Republic in 2003. Anara is currently pursuing her Certified Accounting Practitioner certification.
Dr Raikhan Sissekenova
Government and Public Relations Representative, Kazakhstan
Raikhan has served as UCA's Government and Public Relations Representative in Kazakhstan since 2009. Prior to that, she was engaged in start-up activities for the University and served as Head of the School of Professional and Continuing Education in Tekeli. Raikhan brings significant research, programme implementation and legal experience to UCA from various sectors. She provided scientific support to the Kazakh Health of the Nation programme from 1999 to 2001, participated in national social and demographic surveys from 1999 to 2003, and contributed to the development of several legislative bills. Raikhan is trained as a medical doctor and has a degree in medical sciences, public health and management. She has also studied social management in Sweden, Germany and the United Kingdom. Raikhan has published extensively, including articles in scientific publications and three manuals on public health, legal issues and education.
Davlatkadam Khushkadamov
Government and Public Relations Representative, Tajikistan
Davlatkadam Khushkadamov graduated from the Dushanbe State Pedagogical Institute with a major in teaching Social Science History. He holds a candidate of sciences in Philosophy and has written numerous articles and monographs. He is also a member of the International Union of Journalists and a US Peace Ambassador. Before joining the University of Central Asia, he worked as Government Relations Manager with the Aga Khan Development Network, Tajikistan. Previously, he held different positions at state agencies and with the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan including; Assistant to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Tajikistan; Assistant to the Governor of Gorno Badakshan Autonomous Oblast; Head of Department of Science, Ministry of Trade and Economy. He was also Deputy Editor of the Tajik Soviet Encyclopedia.
Khairisho Shonusairiev
Manager, SPCE Learning Centre, Dushanbe
Bakhytzhan Sametayev
Manager, Academic Affairs, SPCE Tekeli
From 2009-2014, Mr Bakhytzhan Sametayev was the Outreach Coordinator for the School of Professional and Continuing Education, Tekeli. In this capacity, he established strong relations with the Damu Entrepreneurship Development Fund in Almaty to support entrepreneurs and businessmen. Prior to joining UCA, he was a civil servant with the Almaty region Finance Department. He also served as Head of of Information Technology and Internal Auditor. He frequently speaks at regional conferences and lectures on topics such as national support for Initial Public Offerings and support for businesses in small towns. Sametayev holds a Bachelor's degree from the Gorno-Altay State University, Russia and is currently completing his Master's degree in Economics at the Moscow Witte University.
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The Broadway 3D is the first device in the world capable of visually identifying a person as easily as humans identify each other. Identification takes a split second. Walk or even run past, simply glance at the device and it will "remember" and recognize the identity of one of the tens of thousands of previously registered people. Unlike other biometrics, the 3D face doesn't require direct physical contact or exact positioning in front of the identification device. The Broadway 3D identifies walking or even running people regardless of their age or height.
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Center for Responsible Lending
The Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) is a nonprofit organization based in Durham, North Carolina, that educates Americans about their lending options. According to their website, CRL "has protected homeownership and family wealth by working to eliminate abusive financial practices." Their parent company is the Center for Community Self-Help.
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Campaign Finance$146,866 Given
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- contributions under $200 are not reported, and so are not included in totals.
- only contributions from individuals and organizations to candidates are included. Various accounting measures and more exotic contribution types are excluded.
- contributions are matched based on organization and recipient name reported within each election cycle. Contributions using an incorrect or non-standard version of the name may be missed.
- corporate name changes and mergers may cause figures to differ from those of the Center for Responsive Politics.
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Republicans vs. Democratsin dollars. "Other" includes 3rd parties and organizations without official party affiliation.
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Lobbying$5,376,834 Spent
Figures are based on lobbying activity reported to the Senate Office of Public Records. Reported dollar amounts are required to be accurate only to the nearest $20,000. For organizations whose primary business is lobbying, we display total income and top clients. For organizations that are not primarily lobbying firms, we display total amount spent on lobbying and top lobbying firms hired.
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Lobbying on Behalf of Center for Responsible Lending
Names of Lobbyists
Firm Hired Amount Center for Responsible Lending $5,376,834
Most Frequently Disclosed Lobbying Issues
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- Housing,
- Taxes,
- Bankruptcy,
- Consumer Product Safety,
- Fed Budget & Appropriations,
- Finance
Most Frequently Disclosed Bills
Bill No. Title H.R.4173 Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act of 2010 H.R.3609 Emergency Home Ownership and Mortgage Equity Protection Act of 2007 S.2136 Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2007 S.2452 Home Ownership Preservation and Protection Act of 2007 H.R.5579 Emergency Mortgage Loan Modification Act of 2008 H.R.1214 Payday Loan Reform Act of 2009 H.R.1315 Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act of 2011 S.1615 Financial Regulatory Responsibility Act of 2011 S.2133 Home Owners' Mortgage and Equity Savings Act H.R.1121 Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act of 2011
RegulationsMentioned in 162 dockets; Submitted to 42 dockets
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The tables show occurrences of "Center for Responsible Lending" in public comments on proposed federal regulations.
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- Toggle 7 CFPB Regulation Z; Truth in Lending 2011
- Toggle 6 SEC Comments on Proposed Rule: Credit Risk Retention 2011
- Toggle 4 CFPB Ability To Repay Standards Under the Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z) 2013
- Toggle 2 CFPB Amendments to the 2013 Mortgage Rules Under the Real Estate Settlement Procedure Act (Regulation X) and the Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z) 2013
- Toggle 2 CFPB Integrated Mortgage Disclosures under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (Regulation X) and the Truth In Lending Act (Regulation Z) 2012
- Toggle 2 CFPB Amendments to the 2013 Mortgage Rules Under the Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z) 2014
- Toggle 2 CFPB 2012 Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (Regulation X) Mortgage Servicing Proposal 2012
- Toggle 2 CFPB Prepaid Accounts under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (Regulation E) and the Truth In Lending Act (Regulation Z) 2014
- Toggle 1 FWS General Regulations for Areas Administered by the National Park Service and the Fish and Wildlife Service 2008
- Toggle 1 CFPB Debt Collection (Regulation F) 2013
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- Toggle 35 OCC Credit Risk Retention by Securitizers 2011
- Toggle 32 SEC Comments on Proposed Rule: Credit Risk Retention 2011
- Toggle 21 CFPB Regulation Z; Truth in Lending 2011
- Toggle 19 HUD Credit Risk Retention 2011
- Toggle 14 CFPB Request for comment on Payday Lending Hearing Transcript 2012
- Toggle 12 CFPB Regulation Z; Truth in Lending 2012
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MKR's 'grubby' celebrity chef told to stop laying into fans
- From: news.com.au
- April 05, 2013
- Colin Fassnidge slammed by MKR fans
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CONTROVERSIAL My Kitchen Rules guest judge and brutally honest chef Colin Fassnidge, has been told to stop responding to angry fans of the show who say he's a scruffy, rude pig who needs a shower and a decent shampoo.
Fans of the hit show have called the Irish-born celebrity chef - who fronts a new MKR special filmed in his own restaurant this Sunday - "grubby" and "stuck up".
Posting their comments on MKR's Facebook page, which Channel Seven has instructed Fassnidge to avoid, fans reacted to his merciless comments about contestant's meals by calling him in need of "a shave and some manners" and a "wannabe Marco Pierre White/Gordon Ramsay".
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Fizzy of NSW Posted at 1:35 PM April 05, 2013
Isn't that why people watch these types of shows? To see others humiliated, belittled and embarrassed? I avoid rubbish like him and the likes.
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Maz of Sydney Posted at 1:40 PM April 05, 2013
I ate at 4Fourteen before I'd even heard of Colin or seen him on MKR. His food does the talking! Sensational! Love him!
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Stoopid Sexy Flanders Posted at 1:41 PM April 05, 2013
You don't have to pretend its a good dish.. But you do need to remove that 10foot pole form your behind... No one likes a DBag.
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It's a COOKING contest! of Tamborine Mountain Posted at 1:42 PM April 05, 2013
He is there to be honest and he is just that . The prize is for being the best COOKS not the best personality.
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Try harder... of Aus Posted at 1:50 PM April 05, 2013
Try hard...
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MK Sucks Posted at 1:55 PM April 05, 2013
Good on him, I don't watch the show as I don't have any interest in non trained people cooking. I can see that every night in my kitchen. It's not a popularity contest but a contest on who cooks the best meal, he is judging the best meal.
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Njavier of Sydney Posted at 1:57 PM April 05, 2013
If this (chef) get the attitude he express for the participants for his customers only drunks people after mid night can go. His face is the mirror of his soul.
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Lucinda Posted at 2:00 PM April 05, 2013
I just wish he in particular,almost all theother judges and almost all the contestents at least had some table manners and knew how to use a knife and fork. Sitting there stuffing their faces, chewing with mouths open, elbows on the table shovelling the food in, talking with mouth full, waving their fork around like a baton. Really, you're embaressing and show your true colours. You don't have to sit with a pole up your behind but you're supposedly more developed than a lemur in the evolutionary process. Or you go to the next step and scratch your jatz and fart at the table, after all, why bother with any manners if they're not important.
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Ali Posted at 2:03 PM April 05, 2013
I think Colin is a great addition to MKR - time for some more honesty in the judging. The other judges don't hold back either - they're just not quite as honest as Colin.
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Chef A La Snag of BBQ Posted at 2:06 PM April 05, 2013
I switched the show off because of him. It was even a challenge to read this article simply because there are so many d...s like him and he is nothing special...
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Dicko Posted at 2:07 PM April 05, 2013
I just cant stand the show and can't figure out why they get so worked up about cooking.....and putting the spuds the wrong way up, or leaving out the sauce....big deal, it's nothing to cut yourself up about! DOH !
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Snoogens of Brissy Posted at 2:09 PM April 05, 2013
I like the show but at the end of the day they just judge food, it's not life changing and not important, it's just a realisation of how great we have it over here where we spend free time eating some good food but don't think of yourselves as anyone of importance, it all comes out the other end the same. Judging food will always be subjective, is Broccoli nice? Will always depend on who you ask.
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David of Westminster Posted at 2:11 PM April 05, 2013
Who? this guys looks like an ugly sideshow bob!
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Sheridan of the hill Posted at 2:13 PM April 05, 2013
Better an honest chef like Colin than the "I'm not a racist" tryhards like Pete and Manu.. Now THAT is embarrassing - especially with Manu so obviously gunning for Angela and Melina..
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Tracey of Australia Posted at 2:14 PM April 05, 2013
long, dark cold" winters of the United Kingdom?? Colin Fassnidge is from the Republic of Ireland.....
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Roy of Sydney Posted at 2:15 PM April 05, 2013
Never watched the show...never been to his restaurant..... never will.....though he might be a good chef as per comments here I have no time for people who are rude to others. Calling his customers "idiot customers" is one way to go out of business.
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Colin is great of Perth Posted at 2:32 PM April 05, 2013
Colin is a refreshing change from Pete and Manu blowing hot air up Ashley and Sophia's backsides. I found it hilarious when Manu disagreed with Colin's criticism of part of the girls main course (in the sudden death elimination) and attempted to justify the taste because he "thought" (didn't actually know) that is may be "traditional". That is a dangerous tact for any judge to take. Once you say that you can assume that any taste in a dish you haven't eaten before is "traditional" but in particular those contestants with an known ethnicity. Being very familiar with a number of the Viet dishes I can tell you right now Pete has no idea about Vietnamese pancakes. They should be slightly crispy on the outside and what Ashley and Sophia served up in their instant restaurant was slop. Pete goes "I've travelled in Vietnam and this is authentic". Meanwhile Ashley and Sophia were stressing because "they knew" it wasn't prepared right. Clueless statement by Pete right there. Its like Ashley and Sophia are getting a free pass from Pete and Manu each time any real pressure is on.
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CafeStar Posted at 2:34 PM April 05, 2013
Who's he think he is? Coming over here stealing our jobs and our women! with his long hair and acid tongue! He's an eejit. Anyway, if you dont like the show, dont watch it! and if you dont watch it, dont comment.
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Scarnon Bloke of United Kingdom Posted at 2:38 PM April 05, 2013
Hey Tracy... you must be one of those "idiot customers" Do you know where Ireland is?! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom
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Woody of Melbourne Posted at 2:39 PM April 05, 2013
I am over it - not watching anymore - don't need all the negative vibe. Used to be really entertaining show. Now it is trying too hard to be the ratings winner, when sadly it was before it turned nasty.
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BUF Posted at 2:40 PM April 05, 2013
This not a cooking show. It is a soap opera. If it was a good cooking show it should be teaching people how to cook simple food. Show people who are struggling with money how to good food on a small budget. This may stop the kids from being obese. What am I thinking does not make good TV. Who cares about hurting people feelings. Teach people how to cook cheap, good and proper food.
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Steve of Bris Posted at 2:41 PM April 05, 2013
What would be the point of watching the show if all the judges said, "Oh well done petal, it was nice, you tried so hard". I want to hear "It was rubbish" if it was. Oh and to the people who say they never watch the show, why on earth to you bother to comment here then? Surely you have better things to do in your obviously impressive lives.
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Mia of South Yarra Posted at 2:52 PM April 05, 2013
I love watching this guy! I think his honesty is refreshing and at least he tells the truth without sugar coating his opinions. His face always says it all when he tries something, unlike the fake presenters of the show who affect the results of the so called blind tasting with their comments on the way the teams made the meal and their techniques....
Comment 23 of 28
Sally of Melbourne Posted at 2:53 PM April 05, 2013
Why are cooks made out to be celebrities? This isn't an achievement. Find a way to feed millions instead of charge a fortune for rubbish, you twits.
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Mick Waters of Adelaide Posted at 2:55 PM April 05, 2013
Ok Colin is a judge on the show contestants are there to be judged fairly but he has little tact and seems to be blunt when it suits him. even some of the judges disagree with some of his remarks about contestants food.I think channel seven should start scouting for a new judge for season 5 next year they can do better than Colin Fassnidge
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Luv ya Colin!! Posted at 2:58 PM April 05, 2013
I think youre hot Colin. Love you on the show and cant wait to check out your restaurant next time Im in Sydney.
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CA of ACT Posted at 3:12 PM April 05, 2013
I couldn't agree more: there's no room for honesty in today's politically correct world. Kids are being taught in schools that no matter how bad they do they are doing just fine, so that MUST be reflected in the real world. Instead of honesty, manipulation is absolutely OK - just watch another episode of MKR. We've certainly stopped watching it.
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Chris Posted at 3:16 PM April 05, 2013
Hi hate this judge. Every time he opens his mouth i get angry... Please ditch him, im sick of his CONSTANT negativity!
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1934 Far Eastern Championship Games[edit]
The Far Eastern Championship Games (also known as Far East Games) was a small Asian multi-sport competition considered to be a precursor to the Asian Games. In 1912, E.S. Brown, president of the Philippine Athletic Association and Manila Carnival Games, proposed the creation of the "Far Eastern Olympic Games" to China and Japan. It was at that time that Governor-General William Cameron Forbes was the president of the Philippine Amateur Athletic Association from 1911-1913. Governor-General Forbes formed the Far Eastern Olympic Association. [2]
The first Far Eastern Championship Games was held in the Manila Carnival Grounds in Malate, Manila, Philippines on February 4, 1913. Forbes was also the one who formally declared the games open. Six countries participated in the eight-day event: The Philippine Islands, Republic of China, Empire of Japan, British East Indies (Malaysia), Kingdom of Thailand and British crown colony Hong Kong. The Philippine Islands hosted the games two more time in 1925 and 1934.
The Manila Carnival Grounds was then changed into Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in 1934 in honor of the country's national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal, before the 10th Far Eastern Games. Baseball was a main event in every Far Eastern Games and, in that year, the games were played at the Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium where legendary players Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth hit the first and second home runs, respectively. The game that saw the participation of an All-star team, which included Gehrig, Ruth and Jimmy Foxx, was one of the highlights of the stadium's history.[1]
World War II Japan retreats in Battle of Manila[edit]
In February 1945, the Japanese forces built a defensive stronghold in their retreat against the advancing American infantry. The stronghold was built in the Harrison area, which included De La Salle University and the Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium. The 1st Cavalry Division of the Americans defeated the Japanese by utilizing three tanks, demolitions, and flamethrowers. The Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium suffered devastation due to the war.[3]
1954 Asian Baseball Championship[edit]
The stadium was badly damaged after the war but in 1953, it was reconstructed in preparation for the 1954 Asian Baseball Championship where Manila played as host. The year 1954 is considered as the beginning of the golden era in Philippine baseball history as the Philippines won first place in the Asian Baseball Championships. The Philippines was the inaugural champions of the Asian Baseball Championships in 1954 but finished fourth in seven of the next eight editions of the biennial events. [4]
Art Deco Architecture[edit]
The Rizal Memorial Stadium is considered to be an art deco architectural design that incorporated streamlines and simpler lines, flat surfaces and rounded edges. The design represented stability and modernity.[5] The complex, built under the supervision of architect Juan Arellano, started construction in 1927. [6]
See also[edit]
- ^ a b "About the Philippines". NSWJBL Touring Team Programme. NSW Junior Baseball League. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
- ^ "Far Eastern Championship Games". Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
- ^ Dr. Thomas M. Huber. "The Battle of Manila". The Battle of Manila Scrapbook. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
- ^ Gabriel Fidler. "Philippines Preparing for Baseball Rennaisance". Baseball Stitch Ring. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
- ^ "National Commission for Culture and the Arts". NCCA. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
- ^ Manila Bulletin. "Rizal Memorial Declared Historical Landmark". Yahoo News Philippines. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
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The use of rape as a tactic of war is nothing new – especially in the Democratic Republic of Congo – but the anger and sadness I feel every time I read yet another story about the horrors these women and girls face every day is something I don't think I can ever escape.
Take, for example, the rage I left when news surfaced that at least 150 women were gang raped during a raid last month by Rwandan rebels in a community of villages in eastern Congo.
Although the men who entered the village during the day claimed they were only there for food and rest, another group of men arrived after dark to wreak havoc on the village's women. Most women were raped by two to six men at a time and some even in front of their children and families.
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No-one has been more affected by the atrocities women and girls in the Congo face than famous playwright and activist Eve Ensler, author of The Vagina Monologues. And no-one, no-one, instills in me more hope that an end to sexual violence is possible not only in the Congo, but around the world.
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After learning of the horrific violence taking place in the Congo "including cannibalism, chopping off body parts, rape with tools and weapons, and sexual assault of minors as young as 10 months and elders as old as 87 years" Ensler was propelled into action.
Through her organization V-Day, a movement to end violence against women and girls around the world, Ensler launched a global campaign in partnership with UNICEF in 2007 to raise awareness of the level of sexual violence women in the Congo face and advocate for real change. The campaign, "Stop Raping our Greatest Resource: Power to Women and Girls of Democratic Republic of Congo," is helping Congolese women break the silence on the atrocities that have been inflicted on them so they can heal and become part of the movement for change.
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I first heard about the "City of Joy" in the Four Corners report "Heart of Darkness". It seems like such a hopeful project.
Good luck to those women, and Eve Ensler.
In the same report a woman spoke about watching as her husband was slowly butchered to death with machettes in front of her, where she was then forced to chew and swallow his penis, and subsiquently raped by more than 12 men on top of her husband's corpse.
There are just no words to describe how I feel about this.
We ALL need to act.
It's just heartbreaking that these men continue to rape women in their own country, women who could be their mother's, their sister's or their daughter's. I cannot even imagine the terror these women and children go through each time this occurs, or each time strangers enter their villages. How can you change a culture in which this crime is so entrenched their day to day living? How do you bring a culture, a people, out of such a horrible reality which seems now to be part of their heritage? This cycle is horrendous, it seems like human life has no value in the Congo anymore and that is so astoundingly painful to me.
Inhuman. But I guess that it will take a long time to teach all those men not to do it. What if the victim was their daughter? Do not they think about it? Ignorance is hard to fight!
Disgusting !!!! is not even the word for those basterds.
ya know, dont they stone women for being unfaithful?? women get punished, men should too!! i believe castration should be mandatory and ill bet there will be less rapists in these barbaric countries...
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My thoughts and prayers will be with the victims of these atrocious acts. I will also let as many people know about this as possible, and continue to do anything and everything in my power to help whenever and however possible.
Castration would be the very best punishment along with a life sentence in the the worst prison... for these discusting non humans..
So disgusting. Personally, I would love to see them raped and then get their opinions on this tactic of war.
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Dancehall star KipRich has declared that he is ready to close Dancehall Night at Reggae Sumfest 2014 in Montego Bay since fellow artiste I Octane is chickening out from the responsibility.
Speculation as to who should close the show has been playing out in the media recently. Sumfest organisers have asked I-Octane to close the show but he has somewhat declined, claiming that Mr Vegas should do this. Vegas has said that Octane should, however, do this.
"Ah the first mi ever see this in the industry where an artiste is announcing to the world that he doesn't want to close a major reggae show. Mi close Sting two years straight, and Sting ah the
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Monday, May 5, 2014
IT WAS a special day for Leyte when Dr. Potenciano 'Yong' and Mrs. Donna Larrazabal III led the Run For Sight Foundation in the distribution of 40 bancas for some fishermen who were victims of typhoon Yolanda. "Teach them how to fish" was the most appropriate insight the group inculcated in the recipients, giving them the chance to paddle their own boats for durable entrepreneurial initiatives.
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