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No. 2 Ashley 4 No. 31 D.H. Conley 1
Ashley grabbed its 20th win of the season on Wednesday night as the Screaming Eagles picked up a 4-1 result over D.H. Conley in the opening round of the 4A state tournament.
Drew Walters finished with two goals and one assist for Ashley, who improved to 20-1-1 overall this season. Josh Barnello and Duenis Avila also scored in the victory.
The Screaming Eagles have a two-seed in the 32-team bracket and entertain No. 18 Sanderson on Saturday, Nov. 7.
No. 8 Laney 4 No. 24 Harnett Central 1
Eighth-seeded Laney grabbed a 4-1 result over No. 24 Harnett Central on Wednesday night in a game played at Legion Stadium because of wet field conditions in Buctown.
Wesley Nelson scored twice for Laney in the first half and Logan Acuna gave the home side a three-goal lead before Harnett Central broke the shutout with 26 minutes left in the match.
Nelson opened the scoring off an assist from Bobby Atkinson 13 minutes into the first half and tallied his second goal of the night just before the break.
Tyler Kesser added the fourth goal for the Bucs on an assist from Nathaniel Lorenz to send Laney into the second round of the 4A playoffs.
The Bucs moved to 16-3-3 with their sixth straight result and play at home against the winner of No. 9 Green Hope/No. 24 Holly Springs on Saturday.
No. 20 Hoggard 4 No. 13 Southern Alamance 3
Cesar Cruz tallied twice to give No. 20 Hoggard a pair of big insurance goals as the Vikings held off No. 13 Southern Alamance 4-3 on Wednesday night to advance in the 4A state playoffs.
Austin Redenbaugh put Hoggard on the board in the 17th minute off an assist from Andrew Robinson and the Vikings went up 2-nil midway through the first half before the home side answered back four minutes later.
Cruz scored his first goal of the night on an assist by Redenbaugh to go up 3-1 and Wyatt Williams set up Cruz in the 50th minute to gain enough breathing room for the result.
The Vikings improved to 12-6-4 overall as the 20th seed in the 32-team tournament and face No. 4 Clayton on Saturday, Nov. 7.
No. 23 New Hanover 1 No. 10 East Chapel Hill 0
Paul Horning scored the lone goal of the match on an assist from Declan Payne as No. 23 New Hanover defeated No. 10 East Chapel Hill 1-0 on Wednesday.
Roman Lewis made two saves for the Wildcats, who moved to 17-5-1 with the road result.
New Hanover takes on the winner of No.7 Rose/No. 26 Seventy-First in the second round of the state tournament on Saturday.
2A tournament
No. 13 North Brunswick 4 No. 20 Greene Central 0
No. 13 North Brunswick kept its season alive with a 4-0 shutout over No. 20 Greene Central in Leland on Wednesday.
The Scorpions took a two goal lead in the second half and found the back of the net twice more of the final 40 minutes of play to advance in the 2A playoffs. Liam Davis, Raunel Dominguez, Cameron Harmon and Bryan Lopez all found the back of the net.
North Brunswick improved to 13-7-2 overall and face the winner of No.4 North Carolina School of Science/Math and No. 29 Croatan.
3A tournament: No. 32 West Brunswick (9-11) at No. 1 Hunt (21-0-1) postponed until Thursday, Nov. 5.
No. 8 Topsail (3-12-2) vs. No. 25 Southern Wayne (9-6-4) postponed until Thursday, Nov. 5.


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Empire - Photographer Stephen Ward lenses Jade Jackson entirely in Emporio Armani for this special in the latest issue of Russh magazine. Fashion editor Billie Iveson gives Jade looks with a boldly masculine edge. Make-up artist Charlie Kielty keeps Jade's face fresh while hair stylist Renya Xydis plays with her androgynously short length. … [Read more...]
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Hope Floats - Photographer Benny Horne photographs the sexy Jade Jackson for RUSSH magazine's forty-first issue. With creative direction by Stevie Dance, Jade plays tough and cool in masculine kilts, using a vintage flag as an accessory. The delicious wardrobe includes garments by Missoni, Karen Walker, Pringle, Sonia Rykiel, Diesel, Altuzarra, Ohne Titel, Bernhard Willhelm, … [Read more...]

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NEW YORK (CNS) -- Eye candy and escapism were the draw of the television series from which director Seth Gordon's action comedy "Baywatch" (Paramount) has been adapted.
Whatever success the show -- which began on NBC but had a longer life in syndication -- may have had back in the 1990s, it takes more than an ensemble of good-looking people running around in bathing suits to sustain a feature film.
And yet, the success of the durable "Alien" franchise, which dates all the way back to 1979, and was last added to by the 2012 reboot "Prometheus," would seem to argue otherwise.
NEW YORK (CNS) — When you hear that a video game is about death, certain awful images quickly come to mind: stolen "Grand Theft Auto" cars being wrecked; a first-person shooter dispatching the enemy; ultraviolent war-themed titles. "Blackwood Crossing" (PaperSeven) is about mortality, but it has none of the usual crunching tropes that subject matter might at first suggest. Rather, this immersive, strange yet beautiful game is about how two young orphans deal with the demise of their parents.
The series, which premiered on PBS stations Tuesday, May 16, continues Tuesday, May 23, 9 p.m.-10 p.m. PDT and concludes Tuesday, May 30, 9 p.m.-10:30 p.m. PDT.
But as it turned out, he needn't have worried. "As I looked around," he said, "everyone just had the biggest smiles on their faces and they were all so excited."
But it was not until 2015 that the Archdiocese of New York jumped with both feet into a bold effort to evangelize through the theatrical medium. It repurposed one of its many decommissioned schools as the Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Center for Thought and Culture.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — "We are passing through a revolution of sorts in America," says Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J. Chaput.
Following such upheavals in the nation's moral life as the "normalization of pornography, premarital sex, divorce (and) transgenderism," the 2015 Supreme Court decision to legalize same-sex marriage was "a symbolic overthrow of traditional Catholic sexual morality," he says.
Catholic understanding, interpretation and veneration of the Bible is referred to rarely and usually negatively. Briggs argues, contrary to reality, that the Catholic Church discourages its members from reading the Bible and allows only the clergy to interpret it. This has not been true since the Second Vatican Council.


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Frankie Valli (born Francesco Stephen Castelluccio in Newark, New Jersey on May 3, 1934) is a beloved American singer. Frankie is best known for being the frontman of The Four Seasons beginning in 1960. He's had number one hits including "Big Girls Don't Cry," "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" and "Walk Like A Man" over the course of his career. He was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990. Frankie also made appearances on The Sopranos in the fifth and sixth seasons. He served as an inspiration for Clint Eastwood's film Jersey Boys in 2014.
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Frankie is widely known as the frontman for The Four Seasons. He has a powerful and distinct falsetto voice. The group produced many #1 hits over the course of their career. As a solo artist, Valli scored number one hits with songs such as "My Eyes Adored You" and "Grease."
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�BRAC Bank-Prothom Alo Trust Adamya Medhabi Scholarship� was introduced in 2010 to assist meritorious student of insolvent families fulfill their pursuit of higher education. BRAC Bank would be with the students in their entire study life. With the scholarship, many students are now studying in BUET, medical, Dhaka University and other reputed institutes. A total of 224 students have so far availed the scholarship.
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"Does the LORD really want sacrifices and offerings? No! He doesn't want your sacrifices. He wants you to obey him." (1 Samuel 15:22b CEV)
"Does the LORD really want sacrifices and offerings? No! He doesn't want your sacrifices. He wants you to obey him." (1 Samuel 15:22b CEV)
If you aren't experienced in applying God's Word to your life, you might be frustrated. How do you do it? Today I want to give you three questions you can ask of any passage that will help you apply the Bible to your life. Here are the three questions:
We call this the application bridge. We're building a bridge between the world of the Bible and our world. Let's try to build this bridge when applying what Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 8 about eating the food sacrificed to idols. Read 1 Corinthians 8:1-13, and then ask yourself the questions above.
1. What did this Scripture mean when it was written? There were people in the church of Corinth who knew that idols meant nothing and the food offered to them had no magic power. It was just hamburger or a good steak. There was no harm in eating it because the idols to which they were sacrificed weren't real. So this group would eat freely but with no regard to what other people might think. Yet there were also new believers who were offended by that practice. They didn't think that believers should eat food sacrificed to gods of other religions. Paul tells the mature believers not to allow their freedom in Christ to offend their brothers.
2. What is the timeless truth behind what God is saying? Don't use your freedom in Christ to offend others. Freedom must be used in love.
3. How does it apply to me now? It's not very common to come into contact with food being offered to idols where I live in Southern California. I'm guessing it doesn't happen in your area either. So does that mean it's irrelevant for us? Of course not! If the timeless truth is: "Don't use your freedom to offend others. Freedom must be used in love," I need to be sensitive to people around me, because that's how you demonstrate love. Ask yourself, "Lord, is there anything I'm doing out of selfishness, arrogance, or deliberate insensitivity to other people that could be causing a fellow brother or sister to stumble? Am I being puffed up by my own knowledge of freedom, or am I building up others in love?"
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|Arne Naess Kann man Wissen erreichen? in Skirbekk, Hrsg, "Wahrheitstheorien" Frankfurt, 1996
Knowledge/Naess: (E.g. About the apple in front of me) when I am drunk, I might grasp at nothing. In our search for knowledge there is no such thing. An increase of evidence can perhaps be estimated or even measured, but not an approach to knowledge. The gripping does not happen but this does not comply with the grasp at nothing. The distance between the truth (sic) and reaching the truth cannot be accurately determined. From the side of proving there can be no zero point determined.
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Problem pointing up
The Bristol 29.9 that I bought this July doesn't point up very well. I haven't measured the angle exactly, but it is certainly more than 45 degrees off the wind when close-hauled, which becomes evident when tacking -- I have to turn through 100 degrees or more.
What could cause this? I'm sure it's not an inherent design flaw, because other owners of 29.9 have assured me they don't have the same problem.
Could it be due to blownout sails? The set that came with the boat are 11 years old.
The sails could definitely be the problem. Other things that could be part of the problem—where are your genoa/jib fairleads located. The further outboard they are, the less high you can point as a general rule. Has the standing rigging been inspected and adjusted since you bought the boat. A badly adjusted rig can have a lot to do with pointing problems.
I'd look at those three areas first, before doing anything else. The sails may be shot, depending on how hard the boat was sailed, and how the sails were stored and used. 11 summers under the Chesapeake sun without a sail cover could definitely cause some UV damage to the sails. If the boat was raced, the sails could definitely be stretched out of shape—same with the rigging. You don't say how old the boat is, or how old the rigging is. The fairleads, IMHO, are probably the least likely and least expensive cause to fix, unless a PO moved the jib fairlead tracks.
Thanks for answering, dog.
The fairleads are on a track on the toerail. I don't see any evidence that they were ever located inboard.
Standing rigging has not been inspected since I bought the boat but will be sometime this winter.
AFAIK, the boat wasn't raced, but the PO put a lot of cruising miles on it.
AFAIK, the sails were covered when furled. The headsail is roller-furled with a sunbrella strip on the leech.
The boat was built in 1981.
I don't know how old the standing rigging is.
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Wunhenry! Good to see a freindly name. I have been unable to reply or post on the Yahoo forum. Perhaps you can post a message for me telling all that I have been unable to reply to their messages, (one was a lengthy reply to Hillbridge re: the cabin sole refinshing job that he had inquried about. I typed 4 paragraphs, the message went off to oblivion). I appreciate your letting everyone know why I have dissapeared. Also, I would strongly suggest that we consider moving the forum d/t the high degree of unreliablity on Yahoo.
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The reference to rigging refers to how well the boat is "tuned". Example - look to see if the forestay has a sag when going upwind. If the rig is too loose, performance will suffer. Get someone in the know to go for a sail. I am surprised there are no inner tracks or fixed blocks to allow you to bring the jib in. Best guess - new sails make a HUGE difference (10 degrees). Have a local sailmaker take a look at your existing. If money is tight, get the jib first.
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Secondly, how close do you trim the jib and in particular the main? A common guideline for trimming a jib with an inboard track is 2 inches off the spreader tip, I'm not sure how that translates for toerail trim- never trimmed a closehauled jib to a toerail in 30 years,,,. The main needs to be trimmed to just before the leech telltails break, the top one should be lifting. Mainsail trim is a bit of an art, you need to use the traveller (if you don't have one, thats another couple of degrees you lose) and sheet together, a lengthy subject you should find in available tuning guides.
If your rigging is holding the mast straight, it ain't part of your problem. You can judge that by whether there's much slack in the leeward rigging when closehauled in a moderate breeze. If there is noticable slack, tighten 'em up. Theres no way tired rigging should contribute to poor performance (up until it drops the mast on you.)
If I were you, I'd try to get an expereinced 29.9 owner to go out with you once.
good luck.
I'd start with a book on sail trim, or calling a local loft and asking when you could stop by to talk to someone. (And if they offer to come visit your boat, by all means say yes!)
If your sails are 11 years old, I would expect that unless they were stored indoors for ten years, they're shot. When you lay hands on them, are they nice and smooth? Feel like commerical bed sheets? Smoother? Or do they have a shiny plastic coating still on them?
Usually by the time the plastic coating is gone, they have lost shape. Shortly after that, they will be blown out, usually around the same time they feel like you could use them if for bed sheets if you really had to.<G>
But blown out sails alone may not be the problem. Assuming you have the original rudder on the boat (sometimes they get replaced incorrectly) and assuming the bottom is reasonably clean (not hauling around mussel farms), every boat still has a center of effort, a pivot point roughly around the center of the boat. The boat acts like a windvane. Apply pressure behind the pivot point, and it turns one way. Apply pressure in front of the pivot point, and it turns the other way.
If you have too much sail area on the wrong side of the pivot point, you will always be turning away from the wind, or at least, not pointing well into it.
This can come from having the wrong rake (tilt angle) on the mast. That can come from the rigging (forestay/backstay) not being tensioned or sized correctly. Or having the mast located in the wrong position, if there's no fixed plate to secure the bottom of it. Or, having the wrong sails (too much, too little, too blown out) as well as having the sheets led to the wrong position.
If that sounds awfully vague and complicated...yeah, it can be.<G> There are a dozen "little things" that are not real obvious, that make a difference in pointing ability. Even the length of the spreaders matters. Longer spreaders may make a stronger rig--but they prevent the genoa from being trimmed in tight. Could even be the spreaders were replaced on your boat, or, never actually the right size for the rig design. (There's some variation and tolerance in builders sometimes.)
So really...getting someone from the loft out on your boat might be the fastest way to go over this all. That's easier now in the slack season, and with 11 year old sails...I think you'll be AMAZED at how much better the boat does with new ones. The extra teaching that the loft can do, is often worth the extra cost of dealing locally.
Otherwise, ask around, maybe your dockmaster or someone at your local chandlery can connect you to someone more experienced locally, who'll gladly come out and take a look for the price of lunch or a couple of hours on the water.<G>
Many things will prevent a boat from properly 'pointing up': rig tension, sail condition, sail SHAPE, rudder/helm balance, etc.
If the rigging isnt properly tuned/ttensioned, the forestay maybe too slack and will sag off to leeward with the result is that the boat will heel way over but not go 'anywhere' and you start to develop a LOT of 'weather helm' thus additionally 'putting on the brakes'.
All jibs/genoas are specially cut/curved on their luff so that the curve of the luff matches the *normal* sag of the forestay; most sailmakers 'assume' that the tension on the forestay is set up/tensioned to somewhere between 12-15% of the ultimate breaking strength of the wire. A rigging tension gage is needed to precisely get to those values ... but isnt needed unless you are racing, etc. .... You can use your *Mark-I eyeball* to get close to these 'sag' values with the following method: take your jib/genoa and lay it out on a CLEAN flat surface, make a 'double fold' (pleate) in the sail about 2ft back from and parallel to the luff (this will allow the sail to lay FLAT on the ground, etc.), remove any 'creases' etc. that inadvertantly form as you want the sail smooth and FLAT in the section 2ft aft the luff. Have an assistant hold the head connection firmly as you run a string from the head down to the tack connection .... observe (and remember) the 'curve' that the luff makes when its FLAT, then measure the point of 'greatest distance' between the string and the luff. Get some adhesive backed fabric (draft stripe material .... from a sail makers supply works best) and place a small strip at the *same* measurement BACK from the luff. This measurement and shape that you 'remember' will now allow you to get (SEE) the proper forestay tension, the amount of forestay 'sag' to MATCH the curve in the luff of the sail .... as a 'basic setting' for *12-15kts*. of apparent wind. You then adjust the backstay tension to change the tension in the forestay (while underway) to get the 'basic setting' (curve) that matches the sail (for 12-15kts.).
To point even higher (but slightly 'slower') you can increase the backstay tension so that the forestay 'sag' becomes even less.
Also remember that when beating, etc. the more you 'load' a sail by straining the sheet on a winch the more additional forestay sag will occur .... needing either MORE backstay tension or LESS sheet tension to keep that luff curve 'reasonable'. That little 'strip' that you put behind the luff will help you visualize how much or how little luff sag there is. The sail will be at its maximum/optimal luff shape when that 'curve' matches what the sailmaker originally put in there.
Other: to help point higher (or lower with speed) you should also consider to apply hard halyard tension which will change of the 'shape' of the sail so that the point of where the draft is the greatest will be more-forward in the sail. More halyard tension in higher wind ranges and less tension in lower winds.
Obviously, there are many other such 'adjustments' for proper "sail shaping" but from what you describe, the above may radically change the way your boat 'points'. There are many books and 'articles' on sail-trim and shaping. Probably the 'easiest' is a guide written by Don Guillette (forget the name of the book but his name will allow you to do a 'websearch'), probably the most definitive and 'technical' (also 'free') is an accumulation of magazine articles by the the famous aerodynamicist Arvel Gentry (www.arvelgentry.com) .... go to that website, then go to 'magazine articles' then download:
Checking Trim on the Wind, November 1973
Achieving Proper Balance, December 1973
Sailing to Windward, January 1974
Are You at Optimum Trim?, March 1974
... these are 'sequential' from one large single article .... that set the sailing world 'on its ear' in the early 1970s. He's the one who 'debunked' the 'slot-effect' and other incorrect and still popular 'mysticisms' of how sails really work, etc. If they seem too technical, just read them several times over and over ... until you say "holy ****, this is incredible".
Hope this helps. ;-)
Anybody else having trouble getting to the Arvel Gentry site (www.arvelgentry.com)? My browser times out.
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Arsenal are 90 minutes from qualifying for the UEFA Champions League group stage, an important achievement considering all of the players they are targeting before the transfer window closes.
Following a 3-0 victory last Wednesday, the Gunners host Fenerbahce at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday afternoon, seemingly in a strong position to move on. It's a complete turnaround from the first English Premier League weekend of the season, when Arsenal were outplayed and defeated by Aston Villa.
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Guys and girls. This is still a mid table THIRD DIVISION side they're playing against. The only thing to take from this is utter fear that they were getting rolled and a W to advance.
Ted in MN
Regardless of the score, ya still have to be uncomfortable with Paolo di Canio removing Ji three minutes into the second half. That's just an insult and is so classless.
Agreed, just do it at half like a normal person or wait til the 60th… or just not 3min.
Yes how dare that classless coach remove somebody that had been playing porely all game. The worst part about it was that he pulled him for a player that helped spark the attack and scored two goals. He was just so mean to Ji, who cares if the team won he should have kept him on so he didnt hurt his feelings.
Pointless rant as he had the option to take him off at half time, which he should have done. There was absolutely no point to waiting THREE MINUTES into the half instead of doing it at half other than causing the player complete embarrassment,
maybe something changed his mind…
how are you guys going to sit here and have an argument about something neither if you can prove? maybe the media will ask for you all.
Ted in MN
According to the radio broadcast, they had the man warming up to replace him before they even started the half and literally one trip down the pitch he's taken off to a shower of boos. If you know you're gonna make the decision, I'd argue you've got a responsibility to not humiliate him. That's being the manager at any job.
again, that doesn't prove anything. all speculation. we have no idea what he said at half time. things can change.
i could honestly care less, but watching people argue over their @ssumptions is just really annoying. but i guess it's my fault for reading.
he's a professional athlete, i'm sure he can handle it.
Ted in MN
You're giving the benefit of the doubt to a guy who doesn't deserve it.
@Ted – hahahaha touche. that was funny.
Yes, plus it's very funny to think of PDC being concerned for a player's feelings.
Ali Dia
It's hard to say given nobody seems to have actually seen it. But it would seem reasonable that Di Canio noticed that whatever message he had hoped to communicate at halftime to Ji had not registered (language barrier or whatever the case may be…) and decided it was best to hook the guy before it got worse. Seems reasonable enough… this isn't AYSO.
Now that could be true, maybe he told him to do something very specific then he completely ignored him. I would take him off too.
Could have been anything like… mark that guy on set pieces. And he doesn't? Pull him.
But no way to know. Game wasn't even televised.
"But no way to know. Game wasn't even televised."
Why don't you just read his mind? Everyone else here is good at it.
Um… Not sure what you are expecting. If you are looking for normal and predictable behavior or coddling his players, you may want to google Paolo Di Canio.
Ted in MN
its not coddling your players to do what every other manger would do in the same situation. It's noteworthy because nobody does it for this exact reason.
Ted in MN
Given, Jozy's last trip in England was with a guy who made his entire team sit on the field during half time…in the Premier league. I don't think they were even given orange slices.
PDC has ruled that you can't drink Coke with ice. Mind you, he hasn't banished Coke… or ice. You just can't drink coke WITH ice. We are not dealing with the most rational individual here. He's a fascist, for chrissake. I'm not being metaphorical.
Ted in MN
In baseball terms, Manny being Manny doesn't mean its not ridiculous. That's how you burn bridges and lose control of a lockerroom.
Among the long, long, long list of things PDC has done that one might consider noteworthy, I assure you that pulling Ji 3 minutes into the half does not make the list.
Man, soccer fans have to be the most reactionary bunch of people you'll ever find. Halfway through the third game of a TEN month season, everyone was ready to call for Jozy to put in his transfer request. Folks, Sunderland brought in ten new players and the window isn't even closed yet. Just relax. We won't really know much about how things will turn out for another three months minimum. The good thing is that Jozy is playing and seems to be well liked by his manager. That's the most important thing. Hopefully the other pieces will come together but give it some time. Would you quit your new job 3 days in?
Brian S.
How dare you bring a rational response to this website. That is uncalled for. If you're not going to yell nonsense in the heat of the moment like the rest of us then you can just go to NPR or somewhere that a well thought out and rational statement such as this is acceptable.
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Forty-five minutes ago I pegged sunderland for the drop. Now I think they'll definitely qualify for europe and they've got a real shot at fourth.
Ref in the Arsenal game was extremely poor today, he let Fener players spend half an hour taking cheap shots from behind on Wilshere. Bruno Alves had a full on body check at the top of the box that didn't even get it booked. Really poor from the ref, he should know the tie is out of hand and that Fener would start to get frustrated.
Speaking as a Jermaine Jones fan, want to inject a bit of reality into the discussion tha I saw below about his game today. With the lone exception of the long pa$$ for the first goal, JJ mostly sukked. And his second yellow card was totally stupid. He gave the ball away on a bad touch and then went in from behind for stupid challenge that left Schalke down a man with 26 minutes to go in game that would determine whether Schalke moves to the CL group stage for a 20-million payday or down to the Europa League and peanuts. And the thing is, Schalke actually played better offensively a man down after JJ64yyr left the field.
And what is troubling form a USMNT perspective is that Jones has mostly sukked in every game so far this season for Schalke. I have no idea what is going on, but I do know he is in the last year of his contract and Schalke apparently has not offered him an extension on his very nice 4-million-euro per year contract. It could be Jones head is not in the game and when he saw the red card today he left the field almost with a smile on his face as if it didn't bother him one bit. I am not saying it will happen, but I would not be surprised to see Jones move before the end of the transfer window, because he no doubt lost a lot of credibility after today's game and his teammates most likely are not happy with him.
It'd be kind of interesting from a USMNT perspective to see Anderlecht and Schalke drawn into a group together.
He does it all the time! Way too much of a liability in a tournament with card accumulation. Even despite this, Cameron is superior. It has been a long time since JJ fid anything to justify his nearly guaranteed starting spot
For anyone else watching CCL, KC @ Olimpia is on Fox Soccer Plus now.
Houston won 2-1 at home, let's see what KC can do in the rain in Honduras.


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Kennaquhair (horse)
|Kenilworth (FR)
|Manton (NZ)
|W.M. "Will" Borthwick & J. Laycock
|Bill Stringer
|72 starts: 10 wins, plus many placings
|Kennaquhair is a thoroughbred racehorse out of Calluna by Kenilworth (FR). He was born around 1914 in Australia.
|Major wins
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VRC C.B. Fisher Plate (1918)
Sydney Cup (1920)
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Kennaquhair was an Australian bred Thoroughbred racehorse that won the Sydney Cup (in record time), and the AJC Metropolitan Handicap as well as finishing second in the 1918 Melbourne Cup.
He was an attractive chestnut stallion, foaled in 1914, by Ksar's half-brother, Kenilworth (FR), his dam Calluna was by Manton (NZ). Kenilworth won the Prix Greffulhe, Prix Rainbow and the marathon four mile (6,400 metres) race, Prix Gladiateur before being exported to Australia.[1] In Australia Kenilworth was the sire of 15 stakes winners that won 36 stakes races, including Wolaroi, which had 12 stakes wins.[2] Kennaquhair was a brother to Kenaluna, dam of Red Thespian (NJC Cameron Handicap). They were closely related to Blue Spec and Eric, won the AJC Metropolitan Handicap etc.[3]
Racing record
Kennaquhair was trained at Walcha, New South Wales by Bill Stringer, who had a team of up to 40 horses at his stables in the town.[4]
At four years: 1918-1919
Principal race wins:
- AJC Anniversary Handicap (now named the AJC Australia Day Cup) 12 furlongs (2,400 metres)
- AJC Metropolitan Handicap 12 furlongs (2,400 metres)
- VRC C.B. Fisher Plate (now the VRC Queen Elizabeth Stakes) 12 furlongs.[5]
Kennaquhair carried nine stone (57 kilograms) in the Melbourne Cup to finish second to Night March carrying six stone nine pounds (42 kg). During the running Kennaquhair clipped the heels of another runner, Desert Gold, which interrupted his run.[6] The race set a new Cup record time of 3 minutes 25¾ seconds and the winner won by the short margin of half a length.[7]
He then finished second to Poitrel in the AJC Autumn Stakes, 12 furlongs; AJC Cumberland Stakes, 16 furlongs (3,200 m) and AJC Plate (AJC Queen Elizabeth Stakes) 24 furlongs (approx 4,800 m).[8]
He finished third to Gloaming in the Sydney City Tatt's Chelmsford Stakes over 9 furlongs (1,800 m). He was then placed third to Poitrel in the AJC Spring Stakes, (now Colin Stephen Quality Handicap) of 12 furlongs. [9]
At five years: 1919-1920
Principal race wins:
- AJC Sydney Cup 16 furlongs carrying 9st 5lbs (59.5 kg) in the Australasian record time of 3 minutes 22¾ seconds.[8]
- City Tattersall's Cup (now City Tatt's City Tattersall's Club Cup) 11 furlongs (2,200 m).
Kennaquhair finished second to Poitrel in the AJC Randwick Plate at WFA, 2 miles (approx. 3,200 m) and second yet again to Poitrel in the AJC Plate at Weight for Age (WFA), over three miles (approx. 5,400 m).
He also finished third, both times to Poitrel, in the AJC Autumn Stakes, 12F and AJC Cumberland Stakes at WFA over two miles.[9]
Kennaquhair was alotted the top weight of 9st 5lb (59.5kg) in the 1919 Melbourne Cup, but was unplaced.
At six years: 1920-1921
Principal race win:
- Dead-heated with Poitrel for a win in the AJC Spring Stakes, (now Colin Stephen Quality Handicap) 12 furlongs
Kennaquhair finished second to Poitrel in the AJC Randwick Plate (WFA, 2 miles).[9]
When he was six years old Kennaquhair had his portrait painted by the noted equine artist, Martin Stainforth.[10]
In 1921 Kennaquhair starred as the heroine's horse, Alert in the silent, black and white film, Silks and Saddles. This film was released overseas as Queen of the Turf.[4]
Stud record
He retired to the Mungie Bundie Stud, near Moree, New South Wales in 1922. He remained there until the stud was dispersed and he then stood at Walcha. Kennaquhair did sire some country winners, but no stakes winners or any broodmares of note.
He died at Bective Station, Tamworth, New South Wales in 1934.[11]
- ↑ Leicester, Sir Charles, Bloodstock Breeding, J.A. Allen & Co, London, 1969
- ↑ ASB: Kenilworth (FR) Retrieved 2010-2-28
- ↑ McFadden, B.V.Sc., W.J.; Thoroughbred Families of Australian and New Zealand, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1969
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Walsh, Bob, Our racing film history, Walcha News, 11 February 2010, Rural Press
- ↑ Australian Stud Book: Kennaquhair - Stakes or Principal Race Wins Retrieved 2010-3-1
- ↑ Papers Past Retrieved 2010-2-28
- ↑ Cavanough, Maurice, The Melbourne Cup, Jack Pollard P/L, North Sydney, 1976
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Barrie, Douglas M., The Australian Bloodhorse, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1956
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Pring, Peter; "Analysis of Champion Racehorses", The Thoroughbred Press, Sydney, 1977, ISBN 0-908133-00-6
- ↑ Painting of Kennaquhair by Martin Stainforth Retrieved 2010-2-28
- ↑ Walcha News, 11 January 1935
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Trey and the twins didn't move. They stood there, staring at Korman. something skidded faintly in the dark, bu tno oen noticed at the time. "Come on! There's towels and dry clothes for all of us on the other side. Did you think I wouldn't have prepared anything?" Korman sighed. "I'm at the end of my rope. I'm tired of nto being of use, not being ready. This is the ultimate test! Come now, I know at least one of you want that! Trey, Brendan? Darien?" Again, he sighed, and ran his fingers through his hair. "Just come on! But if you don't go, at least keep you mouths shut."
Darien jumped in as well. "Not bad." he remarked. Trey reluctantly climbed down. One person remained. "I am not going in there." Brendan crossed his arms indignantly. "Brendan." Korman muttered. Just then, footsteps were heard up the west adn north passageways. Brendan still hesitated. "Come on." Darien and Trey pulled him in, Korman helping catch him as all four sank into the water.
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Once he had heard the better part of the conversation, Trey had swum back and motioned to his friends, who were ready to pass out from holding their breath. Trey mouthed to Korman. "Footsteps again. Pull the girls in." Korman nodded and motioned to the twins, who boosted them up as fast as possible.
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The boys swam, dragging the two struggling girls with them, Korman half-leading, half-dragging Elysia with the help of Darien. After ten minutes, three turns, and a lot of bruises from the girls, the six of them emerged around a corner and onto a surprisingly large ledge where towels and fresh clothing were off to one side.
Before they even caught their breath, Arowyn began yelling.
"Merric Korman, what is your problem!" she was met with silence. Elysia glared at the boys, trying to catch her breath as she was helped up. "You knew we would be here." Darien finally pointed out. "Yes! I did! But what gave you the right to grab us and swim away like that? Footsteps again? Or did you think that I wouldn't get someone to follow you?"
"Who?" Trey demanded. "Alina. She's good, right? We sent her through the east passageway. I can't believe you weren't more attentive, you guys. Have you learned nothing? I mean honestly, we were following you too, but I didn't think you'd really go try to pull pranks or get me into it to do soemthing to my own father or worse. Seriously, you could have asked me to come, I would've made an excuse for-" "Pull something on who?" Korman interrupted. "My father. You know who he is, right?" "Well, yeah, but I wouldn't go so far as to-- actually, I don't know who he is. Can I have a hint?"
"Lord Bennett." "Trey!" "Perfect."
"No! No, no and no. We are not going into his office and stealing important papers!" Arowyn whispered as they walked through the market. Elysia glanced around quickly, taking every single detail in as Kate had taught her. She noted a fancy shop nearby, and a weapons shop. "You're already here, Arowyn." Korman said to her. "It's a little late." Brendan added. "Follow me." Elysia pointed to the fancy looking shop nearby. "But do you know how much that place would cost? We can make better gowns at home, El." "No, seriously. I have a plan. Boys, how much money have you got?"
Arowyn walked up to the gate, eager to get it over with. With her brand-new gown fit for a girl of her "station," Elysia and Brendan in tow, and Trey, Korman and Darien watching up a tree on the property that had a branch which hung over the gate, she felt safe enough. "I cannot believe I am doing this." Arowyn whispered to Elysia as she picked the lock to the gate. "Neither can I." Elysia and Brendan both whispered back. With a simple little click, they were in.
The Norwan guard had watched. He had seen the portrait of the upstart 'traitor' Lord's son and daughters. This must be the eldest. But who was the other girl, and the whelp with the sword? He wondered. Perhaps the girl had come to sell information. He smiled and approached the gate.
Arowyn felt the swordpoint at her neck as she shut the gate. She also smiled. Plan perfected.
Brendan drew his sword and touched the Norwan's blade with it. Sure enough, the impudent mercenary turned to face him. Brendan hoped with his entire being that he could do this right. "You would do well to know who this young lady is." He said with a low growl. "And who is she? You serve her, whelp?" The mercenary sneered. "She is Lady Arowyn, heir to the houses of Gascon and Bennett, and you would do well to let us pass to see His Lordship immediately." The mercenary frowned. "You," he said angrily, "would do well to know that many have claimed to be the eldest daughter of Lord Bennett and Lady Cluere. None have even remotely passed the test." Brendan smiled with the confidence of a great friend, but also of secrecy. "But my Lady will do so, and you will have to courage to bow to her, wretch. Now take us to your Lord." The Mercenary sneered again."If you insist, whelp. But you must know that it will not be easy to pass such tests as these. It is more then history and memories. If you fail, you could be killed."
Trey clawed at the tree as he watched Arowyn, Elysia and Brendan being led into the grand building known as Brome Fortress through Darien's spyglass. "Trey, what's happening?" "Shut up, Darien! She's in. Let's go back and tell them we have a link. By the way, Korman, I'm assuming that this was one plan that came because you finally know who she really is." "I only had book lessons, Trey, not gossip or council mysteries. I knew naught of who she is." Korman smiled ever so slightly as they climbed down.
Now that he did, this completely changed things. He didn't need Trey or Landon to suggest it before the Protection Council, he didn't need to get permission.
It was already done.


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Board of Directors of PrivateBancorp, Inc.
James Guyette
James M. Guyette is Chairman of the Board of PrivateBancorp, Inc. and has been a director since 1990. He retired as chairman, president and chief executive officer of Rolls Royce North America, Inc., in 2015. Guyette served as executive vice president of UAL Corporation, the parent company of United Air Lines, Inc., from 1985 to 1995 when he retired after more than 25 years of employment with that company. He is currently a director of Priceline.com, and serves on multiple civic boards including as chairman of the board of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum and a member of the board of directors of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Larry Richman
Larry Richman
Larry Richman is President and Chief Executive Officer of PrivateBancorp, Inc., and The PrivateBank, a wholly owned subsidiary of PrivateBancorp. Richman leads a team that is building a very important commercial bank in Chicago and the Midwest, growing from $5 billion to approximately $18 billion in assets over the last 8-1/2 years with strong, consistent financial strength and profitability. The bank's 1,200 employees work together to serve entrepreneurial businesses, their owners and employees, and to help make our neighborhoods and communities stronger.
The PrivateBank's mission is to deliver compelling banking solutions that advance the goals of its clients; promote the stability of its communities; and enhance the lives of its employees; thereby creating value for its shareholders. The company's success is built on a focus to create custom product solutions with high-touch service in order to build lasting relationships with clients.
Richman has spent over 30 years in banking and joined PrivateBancorp in November 2007 from LaSalle Bank N.A. where he was President and Chief Executive Officer as well as President of LaSalle Bank Midwest. He began his career at American National Bank and joined Exchange National Bank of Chicago in 1981 until its acquisition by LaSalle.
He is on the Dean's Advisory Council at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business, where he earned his MBA, and is a past Trustee of Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, where he earned his bachelor's degree. He also holds an advanced certificate from Stanford University in credit and financial management and is a Lifetime Advisory Board member at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.
Richman is very active in many civic, philanthropic and governance activities. He serves on the boards of Northwestern Medical Group, Big Shoulders Fund, Chicago Urban League, James Tyree Foundation, the Terra Foundation of American Art, the Western Golf Association and the Executives' Club of Chicago, as well as the After School Matters advisory board and UCAN President's Board. He is a member of the Board of Trustees at the Museum of Science and Industry, where he serves on the Collections Committee. Richman serves as Treasurer and Chairman of the Pension & Finance Committee for the Chicago Club. He is a member of the Financial Services Roundtable, the Commercial Club of Chicago and its Civic Committee, and the Bankers Club of Chicago, and is a past member of the Economic Club of Chicago's Board of Directors. In 2012, he was appointed to the Board of World Business Chicago, which was created by Mayor Rahm Emanuel to promote the benefits of doing business in the Chicago area to business peers worldwide.
Richman has received a number of civic and charitable awards. Among them, he received the American Diabetes Association's Father of the Year Award, the Humanitarian Award from the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center and the Spirit of Erikson Institute Award. He also was named to the Academy of Alumni Fellows for the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and received the Civic Achievement Award from the American Jewish Committee.
He and his wife, Corky, have four grown children and three grandchildren, all of whom live in Chicago.
Diane Aigotti
Diane Aigotti joined as director in July 2015. She has served as managing director and chief financial officer of Ryan Specialty Group, LLC, a Chicago-based global insurance organization, since its founding in 2010. Prior to that, she spent nearly eight years at Aon Corp. as its senior vice president, chief risk officer and treasurer. Earlier in her career, she served as vice president of finance at the University of Chicago Hospitals and Health System and as the budget director for the City of Chicago. Ms. Aigotti also serves on the board of directors of GATX Corp. She earned an M.B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and a bachelor's degree in economics and political science from St. Mary's College. Aigotti is a member of The Economic Club of Chicago and The Chicago Network and served on the board of directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago from 2008 until earlier in 2015.
Norman Bobins
Norman R. Bobins is chairman of Norman Bobins Consulting, LLC (NBC), which provides financial consulting services to various clients.
Prior to founding NBC in 2008, Bobins spent 40 years in banking. He began his career at American National Bank and Trust Company in 1967. In 1981, he joined Exchange National Bank, which was acquired by LaSalle Bank. He retired from LaSalle Bank Corporation as chairman, president and chief executive officer in 2007.
Bobins currently serves as the non-executive chairman of The PrivateBank and Trust Company and non-executive chairman of the board of Transco, Inc. He also serves on the corporate boards of AAR CORP., RREEF America REIT II, Inc. and Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc..
Bobins was appointed to the board of directors of World Business Chicago in 2011 by Mayor Emanuel. He is a former member of the Board of Education of the city of Chicago, having been appointed by Mayor Daley for four consecutive four-year terms. He is chairman of the board of trustees of WTTW Communications, Inc. and vice chairman of the Auditorium Theatre Board. He is also a member of the boards of directors of the Brain Research Foundation, The Field Museum, Illinois Sports Facilities Authority, Navy Pier, Inc., The Newberry Library, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. In addition, he is a Life Member of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He is the former chairman of the board of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce.
Bobins has received numerous awards including the 1992 Human Rights Medallion from the American Jewish Committee, the 2003 University of Chicago Graduate School of Business' Distinguished Corporate Alumnus Award, the 2004 Arts Legend Award for an Advocate from the Illinois Arts Alliance Foundation, the 2005 Harvard Business School Club of Chicago Business Statesman Award, the 2007 Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce's Daniel H. Burnham Distinguished Leadership Award, the 2007 Order of Lincoln, the state of Illinois' highest award, and the 2012 Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship.
Bobins earned his B.S. from the University of Wisconsin in 1964 and his M.B.A. from The University of Chicago in 1967.
Michelle L. Collins
Michelle L. Collins was appointed as a director in November 2014. She has been President of Cambium, LLC, a business and financial advisory firm serving small and medium-sized businesses, since 2007. With nearly 30 years of experience in corporate finance and business consulting, she began her career with William Blair & Company, LLC advancing to become a Principal Partner in the Corporate Finance Department. In 1997, she co-founded Svoboda Collins, LLC, a private equity firm, where she served as Managing Director from 1998 to 2007. She also served as Managing Director of Svoboda Capital Partners, LLC, until 2006. Ms. Collins is a member of the board of directors of Health Care Service Corp., and Ulta Salon, Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc.. Her prior public company director experience includes Integrys Energy Group, Inc., Molex, Inc. from 2003 to 2013, Bucyrus International, Inc. from 2009 to 2011, Coldwater Creek, Inc. from 1997 to 2004, and CDW from 1996 to 2007. She is also a member of the board of several civic and philanthropic groups, including the Erikson Institute, the Chicago Public Library Foundation, WTTW and the Museum of Science and Industry. She received an MBA from Harvard University and a BA in economics from Yale University.
Cheryl Mayberry McKissack
Cheryl Mayberry McKissack has been a director since December 2003. She is the founder and CEO of NIA Enterprises, LLC, a Chicago-based online research, marketing and digital consulting firm. Prior, she served as the chief executive officer of Ebony Media Operations, LLC, and as the Chief Operating Officer, Johnson Publishing Company, and President, JPC Digital, predecessors of Ebony Media. Earlier in her career, Ms. Mayberry McKissack served as worldwide senior vice president and general manager of Open Port Technology and was vice president for the Americas and a founding member of the Network Systems Division for 3Com, formerly U.S. Robotics. She currently serves on the board of directors of Deluxe Corporation, a business services and product provider, where she serves on the corporate governance and audit committees. Mayberry McKissack serves as a director of the University of Chicago Medical Center, the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, the Shedd Aquarium and the Chicago Public Library Foundation. In 2005, she was named as an Associate Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at Kellogg School of Business, Northwestern University.
James Nicholson
James Nicholson has been a director since July 2009. Nicholson is chairman and former president and chief executive officer of PVS Chemicals, Inc., an international manufacturer, distributor and marketer of chemicals and related environmental services based in Detroit, Michigan. Before joining PVS in 1972, Nicholson held positions with First National Bank of Chicago in London, England and Dublin, Ireland. From April 2005 until October 2007, Nicholson was Chairman of the Board of LaSalle Bank Midwest, N.A.
Richard Price
Richard Price joined as director in August 2015. He is chairman and chief executive officer of Mesirow Financial Holdings, Inc., a privately held diversified financial services firm headquartered in Chicago. He joined Mesirow in 1972 and has held a number of positions, including president and chief operating officer and president of its Insurance Services Division, a post he held for 25 years. Price is actively involved in a wide array of charitable, nonprofit and civic organizations in the Chicago area, including as a Director of World Business Chicago, Rush University Medical Center and Big Shoulders Fund. He is a member of The Economic Club of Chicago and the Executive Committee of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council.
Edward Rabin Jr.
Edward W. Rabin, Jr. has been a director since December 2003. Rabin served as president of Hyatt Hotels Corporation from 2003 until his retirement in 2006. Between 1989 and 2003, Rabin served as executive vice president for Hyatt Hotels Corporation, and added the title of chief operating officer in 2000. Prior to his appointment in 1985 as senior vice president, Rabin held various Hyatt Hotels Corporation vice president positions. Rabin is a director of Sally Beauty Holdings (NYSE: SBJ), a beauty supply distributor, where he serves on the compensation and nominating and corporate governance committees. He is currently a member of the board of trustees of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Chicago.
William Rybak
William R. Rybak has been a director since December 2003. Rybak retired from VanKampen Investments, Inc. in 2000, where he served as executive vice president and chief financial officer since 1986. Rybak was previously a partner with the accounting firm of KPMG LLP (formerly Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co.) since 1982, and is a certified public accountant. He is currently a member of the board of trustees of Jackson National Life Funds and the Calamos Mutual Funds, and a member of the board of directors of Christian Brothers Investment Services, Inc. Rybak previously served as a member of the board of directors of Howe Barnes Investments, Inc., an investment services firm located in Chicago, and previously served as a director of Alliance Bancorp, Inc. and its predecessor, Hinsdale Financial Corp., from 1986 until 2001. He serves on the board of directors of Lewis University.
Alejandro Silva
Alejandro Silva is former chairman of the board and chief executive officer, and a current director, of Evans Food Group, Ltd., Chicago, the largest Hispanic-owned company in the Chicagoland area. Previously, Silva served as a director of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. He serves of the boards of directors of the Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago Museum of Science and Industry and the Chicago Council of Global Affairs, as well as other civic organizations in the Chicago area.
Executive Management
Brant Ahrens
Executive Managing Director and President of Personal Client Services
Brant Ahrens is Executive Managing Director and President of Personal Client Services for The PrivateBank. He manages the delivery of all personal, private, mortgage, small business banking and correspondent banking, as well as trust and investment management services. He also leads the marketing and communications groups. Ahrens serves on the Operating Committee, which drives key strategic decisions for the Company under the direction of the Chief Executive Officer.
Prior to joining The PrivateBank in October 2007, Ahrens was Group Senior Vice President and head of LaSalle Bank's Financial Institutions Group. In this capacity, Ahrens covered mid and small cap banks on a national basis primarily providing acquisition financing, cash management and capital markets solutions. Having spent his entire 15 year career at LaSalle Bank, he has also had experience in risk management, strategic development and was head of International Corporate Banking. He joined The PrivateBank as Chief Strategy Officer, later added the role of Chief Marketing Officer and served as Chief Operating Officer from October 2009 to February 2012.
Ahrens is on the Board of Directors for the Illinois Bankers Association, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Foundation, Brain Research Foundation and Operation HOPE. He holds a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Karen Case
Executive Managing Director and President of Commercial Real Estate
Karen Case is Executive Managing Director and President of Commercial Real Estate for The PrivateBank. She oversees the group that develops and manages banking relationships with dynamic and growing commercial real estate developers, investors, owners and operators based in markets where The PrivateBank is located. Case is a member of The PrivateBank's Operating, Executive, Management, Asset and Liability, Credit Policy, Community Reinvestment Act, and Loan Committees.
Prior to joining The PrivateBank in 2007, Case was Executive Vice President for LaSalle Bank's Commercial Real Estate team, and most recently was responsible for serving real estate companies based in Illinois. She was also responsible for launching the Corporate Real Estate Group, which banked national real estate companies, opportunity funds, and pension funds and advisors, and for the start-up of loan production offices in St. Louis, Kansas City and Denver. Prior to joining LaSalle in 1992, Case established and managed the Midwest real estate loan production office for New York-based Marine Midland Bank. Prior to that, she was responsible for managing banking relationships with Midwest-based real estate development and syndication firms at The First National Bank of Chicago.
Case received her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri and MBA from the University of Chicago. She attended the University of London and the American College in Paris. She is a member of CREW Chicago; The Economic Club of Chicago; The Executives Club of Chicago; Real Estate Finance Forum; and Fellow, Class of 1997, of Leadership Greater Chicago. She serves on the Board of Directors for The Chicago Network; Community Investment Corporation; International Council of Shopping Centers; Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), Illinois Chapter as well as JDRF International; Rush University Medical Center; and TimeLine Theatre.
Jennifer R. Evans
Executive Managing Director and General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Jennifer R. Evans is Executive Managing Director and General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. She is a member of The PrivateBank's Operating and Executive Committees. As General Counsel, Evans is responsible for managing all of the organization's legal affairs and provides counsel to the CEO, executive team and Board of Directors on a broad range of business, strategic and risk management considerations. She is regularly involved in corporate governance and strategic planning matters, capital markets and other strategic transactions, oversight of corporate and regulatory compliance, and regulatory and legislative affairs.
Prior to joining The PrivateBank in 2010, Evans was engaged as a consultant to various financial institutions, bank audit committees and public companies regarding compliance, regulatory and disclosure matters. From 2004 to 2007, she was Executive Vice President and General Counsel for MAF Bancorp, Inc., a NASDAQ-listed company, and its subsidiary Mid America Bank, an $11 billion community banking organization operating in the Chicago and Milwaukee areas that was acquired by PNC. Evans spent over 20 years in the private practice of law with Vedder Price P.C., a Chicago-based law firm, where she was the partner in charge of its corporate securities practice group. She represented a broad range of public companies, financial institutions and investment banking firms in connection with capital raising transactions, strategic advisory matters, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, public company compliance and financial disclosures, and other general corporate matters.
Evans received her undergraduate degree in economics from Brown University and her Juris Doctorate from Boston University School of Law. She is admitted to the Illinois and U.S. Supreme Court bars and is a member of the Financial Services Roundtable, American Bar Association, the Economic Club of Chicago, Chicago Finance Exchange and The Chicago Club. Evans serves on the Board of Directors for Girl Scout Council of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana.
Bruce Hague
Executive Managing Director and President of National Commercial Banking and Regional Markets
Bruce Hague is Executive Managing Director and President of National Commercial Banking, Syndications, Capital Markets, Sponsor and Non-Finance, and Leveraged Finance for The PrivateBank. In this role, he oversees implementation of the Company's strategy in 10 national markets – Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. He joined The PrivateBank in October 2007.
Previously, Hague was Executive President of National Commercial Banking for LaSalle Bank, N.A., responsible for overseeing 23 regional banking offices, including all commercial regional offices located throughout the United States, and International Corporate Banking. He was also responsible for LaSalle National Leasing, Corporate Finance and ESOPs. Prior to joining LaSalle in February 1992, Hague worked with two Chicago area groups in mergers and acquisitions. In addition, he gained extensive banking finance and business experience as a commercial lender with American National Bank of Chicago for 11 years.
Hague is a member of the Northwestern University Alumni Association and serves on the Boards of Directors for the Daniel J. Murphy Scholarship Foundation, the Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind and Children's Memorial Medical Center. He earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the University Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a master's degree in Management, Finance and Accounting from Northwestern University J.L. Kellogg Graduate School Management.
Kevin Killips
Executive Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer
Kevin M. Killips is Executive Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer for The PrivateBank. In this role, Killips is responsible for the financing planning, treasury, accounting, reporting and management functions for the Company. He also oversees comprehensive operations, including information technology.
Killips most recently served as Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller with Discover Financial Services since March 2008, responsible for comprehensive accounting, reporting, planning and tax functions. Prior to that, Killips worked for nearly 10 years at LaSalle Bank and its then-parent company, ABN AMRO, serving as Executive Vice President, North American Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller. He also was director of Internal Audit, and then Vice President-Finance at Transamerica Corporation. Killips began his career at Ernst & Young, where he served from 1979-1993. Killips is also a member of the Illinois CPA Society and the American Institute of CPAs.
Killips serves as Chairmain of the Board of Trustees for Dominican University.
Bruce Lubin
Executive Managing Director and President of Illinois Commercial Banking
Bruce Lubin is Executive Managing Director and President of The PrivateBank's Illinois Commercial. In this role he oversees the teams delivering commercial banking services to Illinois-based companies, as well as national companies within the Company's Specialized Industry Groups.
Lubin has over 30 years of experience in financial services and joined The PrivateBank in 2007. He most recently held the role of Executive Vice President and Head of Illinois Commercial Banking Group for LaSalle Bank, N.A., which consisted of 37 divisions. Prior to that, he was with The Exchange National Bank of Chicago. Lubin began his career in commercial lending at American National Bank of Chicago.
Lubin received both his bachelor's degree and MBA from the University of Connecticut. He serves as President of the Board of Stevenson High School District 125 and Vice Chairman of International Relations on the American Jewish Committee, participates on the board of Gateway for Cancer Research, Gilda's Club of Chicago, The Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce and The Civic Consulting Alliance.
Kevin Van Solkema
Executive Managing Director and Chief Credit Risk Officer
Kevin Van Solkema is Executive Managing Director and Chief Credit Risk Officer for The PrivateBank. He is responsible for the loan committee approval process, credit risk monitoring and control, loan workout, and credit data analytics and reporting.
Prior to joining The PrivateBank in 2008, Van Solkema spent seven years in various risk management roles with Chicago-based LaSalle Bank and its parent company, ABN AMRO. He most recently served as the Deputy Chief Credit Officer for LaSalle Bank and was responsible for credit approval working with the company's lending units to evaluate and approve extensions of credit to achieve sustainable portfolio quality and earnings growth. Other roles included leading the commercial credit approval team and overseeing the Commercial Risk Management unit; serving as Head of Consumer Risk Management for North America at ABN AMRO/LaSalle Bank responsible for all credit and operational risk management activities for ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, LaSalle Bank's Consumer Lending and portfolio mortgage unit.
Van Solkema earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Grand Valley State University and MBA in finance from Michigan State University.
Vicki Znavor
Executive Managing Director and Chief Human Resources Officer
Vicki Znavor is Executive Managing Director and Chief Human Resources Officer. She is a member of The PrivateBank's Operating and Executive Committees. As Chief Human Resources Officer, Znavor is responsible for the company's talent strategies and programs, including recruiting, compensation, benefits, engagement and retention, and employee relations.
Prior to joining The PrivateBank in 2013, Znavor was head of Performance Management at Northern Trust. From 1982 to 2009, she held numerous positions with increasing responsibility at Sara Lee Corporation including Director of Global Executive Compensation, Director of HR, Director of HRIS and HR Communications, Executive Director of Transformation Management and Executive Director of Continuous Improvement.
Znavor holds a bachelor's degree from Calumet College of St. Joseph and MBA from DePaul's Kellstadt Graduate School of Business.
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Bobbie Newsom and Joanne Shiflet never thought they'd be in this situation: having to spend the weekend packing up their children's apartment and put their belongings in storage.
Bobbie's daughter Kala and Joanne's son Charlie have been missing for more than a month.
"You would never imagine this empty feeling," Joanne Shiflet, Charlie's mother, told Dateline. "It's so much worse than you can think, not knowing."
"It's like you have a hot skillet, and they are two drops of water you put on it. They just disappear," Kala's mother Bobbie told Dateline. "It's not that they just haven't talked to their moms, no one has heard from them."
It's unclear exactly when Kala and Charlie disappeared.
A close friend of Kala's reportedly had dinner with her the night of August 29 at the couple's apartment outside Anderson, South Carolina. The following day, several friends received texts back from her. But the responses stopped coming on August 31. Her phone has since either been turned off or died.
The last images of Charlie are surveillance video from his workplace showing him leaving on August 31. His phone has also since been turned off or died.
After no word from her son in several days, Charlie's mother, who said they don't go a day without some type of communication, called the manager of the complex where the couple's apartment was to see if she could check on them. The manager knocked, but there was no answer. So she went inside.
It appeared no one had been there for some time, according to Joanne.
Even more troubling was what she did find. Romeo, Kala's Pomeranian dog, had been left without any food or water. "That dog is her baby. She'd never leave him like that," Kala's mother Bobbie told Dateline.
Family members say some medication had also been left behind, along with Kala's glasses and contact lenses. Kala's vehicle was in the parking lot, but Charlie's white 2002 Pontiac Grand Prix with license plate HWY224 was gone. The vehicle remains missing.
Detectives with the Anderson Police Department are investigating, but there are few clues off of which to work. "We tracked down the leads we had, but there isn't very much," Lt. Mike Aikens told Dateline. "We just want to make sure they are OK, because it has been some time."
Foul play has not been ruled in or out in the case, according to police.
Kala and Charlie had been dating for several months and moved in together this past summer. Charlie was in the midst of a divorce from his wife.
Fliers have been distributed all around Anderson. Several Facebook groups have been created to spread their photos online. But while it's aiding in the search, social media is now causing additional concern in the case.
Several postings made on Charlie's Facebook page state the couple is fine and simply left. The postings are from after the couple was reported missing.
But both Charlie and Kala's families insist his account must have been hacked. They say photos the person is uploading, and claiming are recent, were actually posted more than a year ago. The wording, Joanne added, doesn't sound anything like her son.
"It's getting people thinking they are found, but they are not," Joanne said.
No matter the circumstances, family members just want to be sure the two are safe. Both Kala's mother and Charlie's mother said there is a reason why the couple has vanished, and they want them home.
"There are so many people who are worried about them and love them," Kala's mother, Bobbie, said. "Whatever the problem, we'll figure it out. No one here will judge them. We love them."
Kala Brown is described as 5'8" tall, weighing 135 lbs. with reddish-brown hair and green eyes. Charlie Carver is described as 5'11" tall, weighing roughly 180 lbs. with brown hair and blue eyes.
Anyone with information regarding their whereabouts is urged to call the Anderson Police Department at (864) 260-4444.


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Gothamoutdoor precisava de um novo design de logo e criou um concurso na 99designs.
Um vencedor foi selecionado entre 107 designs enviados por 43 designers freelancers.
This logo is for a subsidiary outdoor advertising company called Gotham Outdoor. We specialize in billboards, wallscapes and graphic window displays known as super graphics. We are looking for a very modern cutting edge look.
Gotham Outdoor
This is a logo for the website, business cards etc.
I like the following colors
black grey
a combination of colors
i like something that pops out
i dont want a batman theme