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To: UH-Manoa Faculty Senate Executive Committee
Manoa Faculty Senate Office
Bachman Annex 9A
From: UH-Manoa Faculty Senate Committee on Academic Policy and Planning
Manoa Faculty Senate Office
Bachman Annex 9A
Re: Report of MFS CAPP on Regents Task Force Report on the Biomedical Complex.
Date: February 10, 2005
The Manoa Faculty Senate Committee on Academic Programs and Policy (CAPP) has been asked by the Senate's Executive Committee to comment on the Regents Task Force Report of October 2004 on the UH Biomedical Complex. This report is based on our reading of that report, of the reply from JABSOM, on discussions within CAPP, and on meetings with Prof. Steve Ward from JABSOM and with the UH interim Vice President for Research Jim Gaines.
Much of the dialogue about the future of JABSOM has revolved around cost issues, and current and future research plans. CAPP notes that in addition to research, JABSOM participates as well in many academic programs at all levels. In particular, JABSOM faculty currently teach courses to a substantial number of general science undergraduates at UHM, they offer their own specialized undergraduate degrees, and they offer nonprofessional graduate degrees through the Ph.D.
There are important concerns relating to these academic programs that we believe any plan involving a change in the status of JABSOM should address at the outset, and not leave as an afterthought to be worked out after a change of address and/or governance structure.
The JABSOM Senate has expressed a commitment to these programs, courses, and students. We believe that this commitment is sincere. However, we believe that the disposition of these programs concerns all Manoa faculty, not just those at JABSOM.
The first set of concerns relate to the impending move to Kakaako, and apply whether or not JABSOM is spun off from Manoa.
Issue: The consulting report suggests that Manoa's general science students be required to commute by bus back and forth between Manoa and Kakaako to take their classes. We believe that this would be unreasonably disruptive to the schedules of these students, and think this is not an appropriate solution. JABSOM proposes instead to keep the classes, and the faculty who teach these classes, in Manoa.
Questions: What assurance do we have that this solution will remain practical in the future? To what extent do es it depend on decisions such as JABSOM retaining the current Biomedical building after the move to Kakaako?
Issue: Much of the undergraduate teaching done by JABSOM is done by faculty who are nearing retirement age. JABSOM has indicated an intention to hire replacements when the time comes who will fill the same teaching role.
Questions: Is this consistent with JABSOM's pro jected hiring plan? If future hiring at JABSOM is scaled back, what is the assurance that the teaching effort will not suffer disproportionately? If these faculty are replaced with primarily research faculty, will student access to their time outside of class be guaranteed?
Issue: The proposal suggests a geographical disconnect between the undergraduate teaching and the research effort. Such a two-tier system of instructors and researchers is not consistent with the philosophy of education in a "Research-Extensive" university.
Question: What efforts will be made to prevent such a disconnect, and to assure undergraduate access to active research faculty?
Our remaining concerns arise under the assumption that JABSOM becomes an independent unit in the System.
Issue: There is no precedent for the education of Manoa undergraduates at Manoa being largely under the administrative control of another campus. In the event that JABSOM is separated from Manoa but retains this teaching, the Manoa Chancellor will be required to transmit concerns about programs and policy for our own undergraduate curriculum through an indirect route, presumably the System.
Questions: What control will Manoa have over the integrity of its own programs in this situation? Will Manoa have a say in the selection and retention decisions for the faculty who teach Manoa courses? Will the new indirect governance relationship entail increased direct System control over Manoa programs? What (if any) will be the ramifications with respect to Manoa's accreditation? Would it be more sensible to return the responsibility and resources for these courses to Manoa, and have the individual JABSOM faculty members teach these courses under Manoa's supervision?
Issue: JABSOM currently offers baccalaureate degrees in Medical Technology and in Speech Pathology (and if all recommendations of the task force report are followed they will also offer degrees in Dental Hygiene and Nursing). Presumably JABSOM do es not intend to recruit and admit undergraduates, or offer a complete selection of diversification courses, so these degrees would remain housed at Manoa.
Questions: How would the administration of these degrees be managed? Will the ma jors be housed in Manoa departments, or in an administrative entity such as Interdisciplinary Studies? Which campus will have authority over factors like ma jor requirements? Will these ma jors be sub ject to Manoa program review? Will courses offered within these departments for ma jor and graduation requirements need to be articulated to Manoa as do those from the Community Colleges?
Issue: JABSOM currently offers graduate degrees other than the MD, notably the MS and Ph.D. The UHMFS has already clearly articulated the view that such degrees should remain under Manoa's control.
Questions: Will the degrees officially be housed in Manoa or at JABSOM? Assuming the former, in which Manoa departments will the degrees be housed? How will requirements such as residency be determined? Will graduate students still be required to operate within Manoa's regulations, for example regulations concerning proprietary research? Will graduate faculty status be determined by Manoa or by JABSOM?
Issue: JABSOM expects to retain their Manoa building in addition to the new facilities in Kakaako. This would reduce by one the number of buildings available to Manoa for classro om and office use, without reducing the demand for the space.
Questions: Will Manoa retain any control over the scheduling of classes in this building, or the assignment of offices to new hires? Will the responsibility and cost for daily maintenance and utility service of this building remain with Manoa? Will Manoa have any say over the types of research that continue to be carried out in this building, in particular research on hazardous agents (such as anthrax or emergent diseases), and if so who will be in charge of safety proto cols and management in case of emergency? Will the activities in the building be sub ject to Manoa policies, for example any future policies on classified and proprietary research?
cc: James Gaines, Interim Vice President for Research, University of Hawaii, Bachman 201
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The greatest scrutiny will be of California's 50th congressional district, which is holding a special election to replace Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, who pled guilty to bribery charges earlier this year. This is a solidly Republican district that Cunningham carried with more than 60% and President Bush carried by 11% in the last election. The mere fact that the Democratic challenger, Francine Busby, a school board member, has made the race competitive indicates the difficulties that Republicans could face in trying to retain control of the House this fall. The G.O.P. nominee, Brian Bilbray, is a former member of Congress (and a surfer) with a conservative pedigree that might normally be a good fit for this San Diego district. But he is now a lobbyist and since Cunningham went to jail because of favors he took from Defense lobbyists, that is no longer the best calling card.
Busby's chances may have been hurt last weekend when she made comments to a predominently Hispanic audience that voters didn't need identity papers to vote. Republicans jumped on her remark, saying it indicated that she wanted illegals to vote, a charge Busby denies. But immigration remains a huge issue in this border region. Bilbray has aligned himself with House conservatives who are opposing the President's immigration reform plan, with its path to citizenship and guest worker program. In fact, Bilbray's adamant opposition to the bill led Sen. John McCain, one of the President's champions on immigration, to cancel a fundraising appearance with Bilbray. Both parties are pouring millions into the race, and Vice President Cheney has even been to the district to rally the faithful.
In an effort to keep Blbray's numbers down, Democrats are also touting the candidacy of conservative third-party candidate William Griffith, a self-styled Minuteman border guard and strong opponent of illegal immigration. Busby even placed ads on conservative radio that extol Griffith. Even if Busby doesn't win here, a strong showing in the district will be enough to make Republicans nervous over what it may bode for November.
Another race attracting national interest is Alabama's gubernatorial primary, where incumbent Republican Bob Riley faces ousted Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, who famously fought to keep the Ten Commandments displayed at his courthouse. Moore was once thought to pose a strong challenge, but he's proven to be a less than able campaigner. He recently drew ridicule for suggesting that mad cow disease was fake and denounced a state effort to track cattle as part of an effort to run private farms out of business. In Montana, two popular Democrats square off for the chance to take on beleaguered Sen. Conrad Burns, the Republican incumbent who has been caught up in the Jack Abramoff probe. The odds-on favorite is State Senate Leader John Tester, who has an hysterically funny ad up showing Montanans flocking to get Tester-style crew cuts.
One theme to watch on this primary day is the fate of some famous political heirs. In New Jersey, Tom Kean, Jr., the son of former Republican Governor and 9/11 Commission Co-Chairman Tom Kean, is expected to grab the GOP nomination for governor. In Alabama, the son of the late Gov. George C. Wallace will probably win the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor. And in Iowa, the leading Democrat in the state's gubernatorial primary is Secretary of State Chet Culver, son of the state's longtime senator Dick Culver. If he wins, Culver would face Republican Congressman Jim Nussle in the fall. The winner of that race could play an important role in the next Presidential election as potential kingmaker in the state that holds the nation's first caucuses.

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Tens of thousands of people rallied against nuclear power Sunday in what appeared to be the largest demonstration since Japan's last active reactor went offline for maintenance on Sept. 15.
Demonstrators marched in front of government agencies in Tokyo chanting such slogans as "We oppose nuclear power" and "We oppose restarting nuclear reactors."
A total of 40,000 people took part in the rally, organizers said.
"I am really angry to see (Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's) lie go unchallenged," Misao Redwolf said at an event organized by her Metropolitan Coalition Against Nukes, referring to Abe's speech to the International Olympic Committee last month in Buenos Aires.
In his presentation for Tokyo's bid to host the 2020 Olympics, Abe said the situation regarding the radioactive water leaks at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant is under control. The IOC subsequently voted to bring the Games to Tokyo.
Speaking at Sunday's meeting, Nobel literature laureate Kenzaburo Oe sought to make Japan nuclear-free at an early date.
"We need to win back a world where our future children can live," the author said.
Freelance journalist Satoshi Kamata called the nuclear industry corrupt and incorrigible.
"Nuclear plants have been built with lies, money and intimidation, and this has not changed at all, even after the (2011 Fukushima) accident," Kamata said.
"Something that could leave future generations with irreparable damage must not be done," said 31-year-old Tokyo employee Takanori Teraoka, father of a 1-year-old girl.
"I can't condone the lie Abe told to bring the Olympics to Tokyo," said Noriko Iwata, 63, from the city of Saitama.
On Sept. 15, the No. 4 reactor at the Oi nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture, was suspended for routine maintenance, leaving all of the nation's 50 viable commercial reactors offline for the first time in more than a year.


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MOLLY SCHOEMANN: Is BP really claiming that it is impossible to measure how quickly oil is coming out of a broken pipe?
Have they heard of physics? Do they thus not know how much oil they have when it's flowing through a working pipe? WTF.
AKIE BERMISS: well Molly, maybe they're talking about particle physics. like quantum mechanics style. and they're saying you can't measure how much oil is coming out of the pipe at any given moment because, you know, by observing it you change the nature of it. like, if we leave it alone, its possible — through the uncertainty principle — for there to be no oil coming out of the pipe at all. as soon as we try to measure how much oil coming out, then oil IS coming out. but we can't really know how much, because we'd have to measure it in infinitesimally small increments to be sure of the analog nature of its ejaculation. indeed, one might think, through conventional physics, that simply gauging the pipe and the rate of expulsion, one might be able to surmise, at least, a lower limit of the amount of oil being blasted into the gulf day and night. but, if you think about it MUCH more abstractly, there are all kinds of possibilities — for example what if the oil is coming out SO fast that the oil molecules are getting entangled and interfering with one another. then there could some cancellation. cutting back on the number of barrels that are really actually making it into the ocean. because when oil molecules collide… at speeds nearing the speed of light, they probably break up in to energy and heavy particles that can cause other full oil molecules colliding with them to turn into things other than oil like air, or gas, or bananas.
so, yeah. they do have point there.
MOLLY SCHOEMANN: Also, since oil and water are both elements and both come from the Earth in some way, if you think about it in a philosophical Zen way, at some point those elements will become one, because of the nature of the universe, so really why are we even worrying about this?
AKIE BERMISS: isn't that exactly what Rush Limbaugh said last week?
DAN SZYMBORSKI: I know absolutely nothing about oil drilling and I know we're in the humor rather than the news zone, but is it really that implausible? I would imagine that it's a complex procedure, more than turning on your bathtub, and the flow might not be as "neat" to measure as that.
MATTHEW DAVID BROZIK: Why can't they just, um, turn off the oil?
Admittedly, I know less than nothing about (a) this crisis (believe it or not); and (b) oil drilling generally, but isn't the idea behind (b) that we put a mechanism into the Earth under the water, by which we tap into the subterranean oil deposits and then draw the oil out? What it we stop drawing the oil out? Will the oil still come out? What if we close the mechanism at the point where it goes underground? What it we remove the entire mechanism?
Is there a succinct diagram/explanation of what's wrong somewhere?
DAVE TOMAR: My understanding is that it takes a billion dollars to open up the seal to access a suspected oil supply and then another billion to close it, whether it is found to contain oil or not. I think that 'turning it off' as it were, is a rather complex process that takes a tremendous amount of time and money even under normal, non-disastrous circumstances. this is all secondhand stuff explained to me by an oil-industry engineer a number of years ago so take it for what it's worth .
MOLLY SCHOEMANN: My general feeling is, if your company is technologically advanced enough to set up the equiptment to drill for oil in the ocean floor, you should be advanced enough to a) not have this shit happen where something breaks, and failing that, since accidents happen, b) have a system in place to, as Matthew says, somehow stop the oil from leaking in the event that a mechanism fails.
At the very, VERY least, you should be able to measure how much oil is coming out of the pipe and how quickly it is theoretically going to fuck up the nearest coastline.
BP (and according to newsweek, your initials stand for 'Beyond Petroleum', which is almost funny now), you failed on all three counts.
DAVE TOMAR: Unfortunately for us, it's very difficult to know whether oil companies make specific decisions based on feasibility or cost. I guess we can probably assume the latter in most cases, but in what capacity is a total mystery to me.
CHRIS PUMMER: I've got a good friend who worked on these offshore rigs for a couple years. It is incredibly difficult work done under incredibly difficult circumstances. Much more difficult, than say, capping a running hose while it's in a swimming pool. That's probably not so easy, either. This is like that, but obviously on a much, much bigger scale.
That's the most damning thing. We know this is a huge fuckup, but have no idea exactly how big a fuckup it really is because the technology is probably more on par with tapping a maple tree for sap than any space-age shit that gives us any real control over the geological elements.
Just a nice reminder that we ultimately have very little control over our human domain, outside of the ability to make it uninhabitable.
MATTHEW DAVID BROZIK: To be clear: I wasn't minimizing the complexity or risk involved. Just wondering what, specifically, the problem is.
What Chris writes reminds me of a point made by Stephen Jay Gould that I found keenly insightful: Mankind is unlikely to ruin Earth irreparably. That is, Earth will be fine. Mankind is going to wipe out mankind. But, again, the planet is hardier than we can, and do, imagine. It will fix itself, when we're gone.
CHRIS PUMMER: That is what I had in mind when I chose uninhabitable instead of destroy. I doubt we're capable of the latter.
It also reminds me how MC Hawking said of creationists that Stephen J. Gould should stick his foot right up their asses.
HOWARD MEGDAL: I still think Toyota sticking with the catchphrase "Moving forward" is funnier than BP sticking with "Beyond Petroleum".
MOLLY SCHOEMANN: Maybe their new slogan should be "Who Likes Shrimp Anyway?"
HOWARD MEGDAL: "Now, a manageable number of shrimp varieties" superimposed over Bubba dying in Vietnam.
JESSICA BADER: Y'know, what with all of the shellfish being killed by the oil spill and the conspiracy theorists being their usual nasty selves, I'm surprised nobody has linked the oil spill to the secret Jewish cabal that controls the universe yet.
MOLLY SCHOEMANN: BP: If You Think the Gulf Coast is Oily, You Should See Our Congressional Testimony
MATTHEW DAVID BROZIK: I'd like to think that I know something about humor, even if I know nothing about oil drilling. But I don't see why "Beyond Petroleum" is funny. And I don't mean that in a "This is not a laughing matter" way. I mean… why is it funny?
MOLLY SCHOEMANN: I guess I see it as funny on two points:
1) BP stands for British Petroleum. Changing it to "Beyond Petroleum" sounds like the worst kind of lameass PR spin. Kind of makes me laugh, in a teeth-grinding way.
2) Then I think of it as Beyond Petroleum as in, 'our company does not stand just for petroleum, but for things beyond it, like epically irresponsible environmental disasters.'
MOLLY SCHOEMANN: BP: You Like Oil So Much? Have Some Fucking Oil. You're Welcome.
MATTHEW DAVID BROZIK: Meh. Also, they started with "Beyond Petroleum" years ago, before any (substantial) spin was called for. (Except, didn't BP absorb [ahem] Exxon or Amoco or someone people didn't much care for?)
I could see if people were thinking Petroleum Beyond… Our Control. ("Beyond Controleum?")
DAVE TOMAR: Beyond Controleum:-) Very nice.
MOLLY SCHOEMANN: See! I told you it was funny.
ZOE RICE: Why has no one looked at the positives in all this? The Gulf of Mexico suddenly struck black gold like Jed Clampett. Who needs fish when you can move to Beverly. Hills, that is.


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More summers ago than I care to count, my mother took me to the public library to get my first library card.
I don't recall what books I checked out, although it was probably something from the Dick, Jane and Spot saga. This series was to compelling literature what a plate of broiled liver was to a healthy appetite.
But choices in children's books, like the number of television channels (two-and-a-half at my house), were limited in those days. It forced you to use your imagination - like the time I imagined Spot chasing down the neighborhood bully, taking a chunk out of his backside and then baptizing him in the way that good yard dogs do best.
Today, parents still take their children to public libraries, and for good reason - they offer the best deals in town when it comes to books, cassette recordings and DVDs. As my mother, the queen of thrift, once said: You can't beat free.
But today's library cards are different - as I belatedly learned this week. They come with personal identification numbers, along with barcodes, that turn the Live Oak Public Libraries into a 24/7 info mart.
It works like this. Once you activate your PIN, you can go to the library system's Web site (www.liveoakpl.org) and reserve books and DVDs, find long-dead relatives on your family tree, choose the next hot read for your book club, read an article in a subscription-only magazine such as Consumer Reports, take a practice test given to police officers or run down business leads on a company.
"We intend to brand this service as our 20th branch," Live Oak Library Director Christian Kruse said Tuesday. "We want to be user friendly. We want people to know they can be sitting home in their jammies and be only a few clicks away from their next great book."
Anything that encourages reading and literacy in the Savannah area should be greeted in the same way that a drowning man says howdy to a rope.
While the library's annual circulation (1.2 million) is growing, it's still not on a par with other cities our size. It makes you wonder if some of the system's 19 branches exist because of public need or because of neighborhood bragging rights.
The investment in an Internet branch won't make bricks and mortar obsolete. You still need places for the system's 650,000 items that circulate, along with the free desktop computers that record 500,000 sessions annually.
But as Karen Reichardt, the library system's director of technology, explained it, the Internet exponentially expands the ability to serve the public. "The more things that people can do online, the better," she said. "Already, the Web is eighth in total circulation out of our 19 branches."
And that's counting clueless people like me who've never used it.
Kruse goes so far as seeing the library's Web site becoming like MySpace, the popular town square in cyberspace where strangers meet, greet and share information without actually having to meet, greet and share in public.
Users already can access the site to pay fines, make donations (using PayPal or credit cards) to the library's foundation and suggest books the library should purchase. Those suggestions usually find a willing ear - about 80 percent of new book requests are filled.
Even for more Dick and Jane. But I hope not. The library's Web site lists 19 D&J books in circulation. Unless old dog Spot knows some nifty new tricks, that's like my last plate of home-cooked liver - a gracious plenty.
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A new report out of Seattle claims production at the Boeing plant in North Charleston is not keeping up with orders.
A Seattle newspaper says since late last year, Boeing 7-87 Dreamliner fuselage sections have arrived in Everett, Washington with serious problems.
The report adds that the poorly done work out of North Charleston threatens to undermine the plans by Boeing to deliver 10 Dreamliners a month and fulfill the much-delayed jet program's original promise.
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Birthdays are always cause for celebration, no matter what age or milestone. Instead of giving boring store-bought treats, or making lame cupcakes from a box, really impress your loved one with these creative cupcake recipes and decoration ideas..
Birthdays are always cause for celebration, no matter what age or milestone. Instead of giving boring store-bought treats, or making lame cupcakes from a box, really impress your loved one with these creative cupcake recipes and decoration ideas..
Even if you're not super skilled in the kitchen, some clever icing, sprinkles or even presentation can make all the difference from a boring old cupcake to a wow-worthy birthday treat. Take a look at some of our favorites, and get inspired to whip up something extra special!
1. Blueberry Cupcakes in a Jar
What is a better way to send some birthday love than cupcakes in a jar! We've already made this blueberry cupcake recipe, but with this simple idea you could package up any of your favorite treats. The ribbon and layers make for an impressive display.
2. Bacon Cupcakes with a Maple Frosting
Breakfast meets dessert. Add some crispy bacon and sweet maple to this chocolate cupcake recipe for an unforgettable treat. Seriously,, who doesn't want a bacon cupcake!?
3. Cookies and Cream Cheesecake Cupcakes
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With only a few ingredients, and a simple instruction list, these cookie and cream cheesecakes cupcakes will make any Oreo loving birthday girl (or boy) go crazy! And look how delicious they look with the Oreo cookie on the bottom?
4. Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough-Stuffed Cupcakes
We were drawn to these cupcakes from Chocolate Covered Katie because they were stuffed, but when we saw that they were also filled with cookie dough, we knew they were sent from heaven! Plus, they are gluten-free!
5. White Chocolate-Covered Strawberry Cupcakes
There is no better way to show someone you love your appreciation than with chocolate-covered strawberries, so why not turn them into a birthday treat, and serve them up! We opted for white chocolate in this recpe, and placed the strawberries right on top of the cupcake. With a cute cupcake wrapper, these are just as special as the receiver.
6. Funfetti Angle Food Cupcakes
We love funfetti because it's super birthday-appropriate and colorful. Of course, you could always buy the mix from a box, but this homemade version from Cooking Classy makes your cupcakes with extra love!
7. Hamburger Cupcakes
Let your vegetarian friends have a fun party with these meat-less hamburger cupcakes from The Vegetarian Ginger. We promise, they don't taste anything like the real thing, though they do look on point!
8. Sweetheart Cupcakes
Of course heart-shaped holes are the perfect way to show your friend or loved one how much you love them on their birthday, but with a simple cookie cutter you could make these cupcakes from Glorious Treats into whatever shape you want!
9. Rainbow Cupcakes
Make today a colorful celebration with these rainbow cupcakes! Or if your birthday boy or girl has a few favorite colors mix them up and send some tie dye cupcakes their way!
10. Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes
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We've seen variations of this recipe all over the internet, but thanks to The Cake Blog, we're thinking we might actually give this trend a try! Perfect for the birthday boy or who can't get enough ice cream (me!), or for a celebration where guests can decorate their own dessert.
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It only took them six innings, but when their comeback was complete, the Atlanta Braves found themselves beneficiaries of a walk-off single that was courtesy of Freddie Freeman. The 6-5 win over the San Francisco Giants at Turner Field on Saturday snapped their four-game losing streak.
Down by a run entering the ninth, the Braves could have easily let Sergio Romo put them away when he struck out Ramiro Pena to start the inning. However, a walk to Evan Gattis and Andrelton Simmons reaching on an error set up Jason Heyward for a single to left field. That loaded the bases with one out, and Justin Upton walked on a full count to tie the game.
That set up Freeman's game-winning single to right, securing the Braves' 20th come-from-behind win of the season.
That effort got Mike Minor, who was touched for five runs (four earned) by the Giants, off the hook for the loss. After B.J. Upton started the scoring with a mammoth homer in the second, the Giants strung together RBI-doubles from Andres Torres and Tony Abreu and an RBI-single by Hunter Pence to take a 3-1 lead.
Chris Johnson cut that lead with an RBI-single in the fourth inning, which had been set up by B.J. Upton's steal of second base. But Buster Posey's RBI-double and Pence's sacrifice fly looked at least for a moment that the Braves were headed for their fifth consecutive loss.
Brian McCann then doubled to lead off the sixth, and Upton uncorked his second homer of the day to chase Chad Gaudin from the game.
A scoreless, three-inning effort by Anthony Varvaro, Luis Avilan and Craig Kimbrel kept the Giants at bay until Freeman could drive home the winning run.
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text: "Community" is somewhat of a guilty pleasure for me. Where else can you see Chevy Chase acting senile, Ken Jeong acting crazy, and look at Alison Brie's boobs all in one program? Still, it came as a surprise to me that the show's ratings have improved, and the contract for another season is looking more and more like a possibility. They're probably just hoping for one last "boost", something to get the show some attention. Well, Alison Brie has a lovely pair of attention-getters, and she's finally figured out how to put them to good use in Wired magazine. She even does her imitation of Marilyn Monroe, which if you ask me, was a missed opportunity to blow some steam up her dress, but I digress. It's hard to even think of complaining when Brie has stepped into something more revealing, which is a rare occurrence. Maybe she's becoming a little less secretive about her body, and a little more proud. Here's to what will hopefully be one hellishly hot summer!


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It has long puzzled scientists that there were enormously massive galaxies that were already old and no longer forming new stars in the very early universe, approx. 3 billion years after the Big Bang. Now new research from the Niels Bohr Institute, among others, shows that these massive galaxies were formed by explosive star formation that was set in motion by the collision of galaxies a few billion years after the Big Bang. The results are published in the scientific journal, Astrophysical Journal.
Galaxies are giant collections of stars, gas and dark matter. The smallest galaxies contain a few million stars, while the largest can contain several hundred billion stars. The first stars already emerged in the very early universe approx. 200 million years after the Big Bang from the gases hydrogen and helium. Gas is the raw material used to form stars.
These giant clouds of gas and dust contract and eventually the gas is so compact that the pressure heats the matter so that glowing gas balls are formed, new stars are born. The stars are collected in galaxies, the first of which are a kind of baby galaxies. As long as there is gas in the galaxy, new stars are being formed.
Mysteries in the childhood of the universe
"That is why it surprised us that we already when the universe was only 3 billion years old, found galaxies that were just as massive as today's large spiral galaxies and the largest elliptical galaxies, which are the giants in the local universe. Even more surprisingly, the stars in these early galaxies were squeezed into a very small area, so the size of the galaxies were three times smaller than similar mass galaxies today.
"This means that the density of stars was 10 times greater. Furthermore, the galaxies were already dead, so they were no longer forming new stars. It was a great mystery," explains Sune Toft, Dark Cosmology Centre at the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen.
The extremely massive and compact galaxies were not flattened spiral galaxies where stars and gas rotate around the centre. Rather, they resembled elliptical galaxies where stars move more hither and thither and where the gas for new star formation has been used up. But how could the galaxies become so massive and so burnt out so early? How were they formed?
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He had a theory that the massive galaxies were formed by the fusion of smaller galaxies, but that alone could not explain how they had become so massive so quickly and were already dead. The theory was therefore, that there must have been some especially extreme galaxies in the formation process.
"We studied the galaxies that existed when the universe was between 1 and 2 billion years old. My theory that it must have been some galaxies with very specific properties that were part of the formation process made me focus on the special SMG galaxies, which are dominated by intense stare formation hidden under a thick blanket of dust," explains Sune Toft.
He explains that when such gas-rich galaxies merge, all of the gas is driven into the centre of the system where it ignites an explosion of new star formation. A lot of stars are formed in the centre and the galaxy quickly becomes very compact. But with the explosive star formation, the gas to form new stars is also used up extremely quickly and then you get a dead galaxy.
"I discovered that there was a direct evolutionary link between two of the most extreme galaxy types we have in the universe - the most distant and most intense star forming galaxies which are formed shortly after the Big Bang - and the extremely compact dead galaxies we see 1-2 billion years later," says Sune Toft.
The new research is a breakthrough in discovering the formation process of the enormously massive and dead galaxies in the early universe.
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|Chiefs of the Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
|Daniel M. Medeiros, M.D.
|Ramon Solhkhah, M.D.
|Rodrigo Pizarro, M.D
|Raul Silva, M.D.
|Mariano Nevarez-Tapia, M.D. (Acting)
|Leo Kron, M.D.
|John Fogelman, M.D., Associate Director (RH site)
|Mariano Nevarez-Tapia, M.D., Associate Director (SL site)
|Divisions Merge
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|Leo Kron, M.D. (SL)
|John Fogelman, M.D. (RH)
|Ted Becker, Jr., M.D. (SL)
|Bernard L. Pacella (RH)
|Clarice J. Kestenbaum, M.D.
|Hector Bird, M.D., Associate Director (SL)
|Janet Rioch, M.D. (RH)
|Jerry M. Wiener, M.D. (SL)
|Earl Loomis, M.D. (SL)
|Alice C. DeBlois, M.D. (SL CGC)
|Joseph D. Teiden, M.D. (SL CGC)
For over half a century, the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry of Mount Sinai St. Luke's Roosevelt, has been an integral part of the Department of Psychiatry. Beginning in the late 1940's, before Child and Adolescent Psychiatry was even a recognized field, St. Luke's (SL) and Roosevelt (RH) Hospitals were providing care to children and their families afflicted by mental illness. Initially, service was delivered through the Department of Pediatrics (under the Chairman, Edmund N. Joyner, III, M.D.) at RH. At SL, the Division got its' start as the Child Guidance Clinic.
In 1947, Mount Sinai St. Luke's began its' affiliation with Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. RH has always been closely affiliated with Columbia, and for a time in the early 1900's, Columbia and RH almost merged.
Mount Sinai West was founded in 1869 under the will of James Henry Roosevelt (1800-1863), uncle to President Teddy Roosevelt. The hospital officially opened November 2, 1871. In 1898, the hospital opened the Bliss Ward for Sick Children. In 1953, the new Tower Building opened. Pediatrics occupied the 8th floor, and the newly created Psychiatry Service was on the 9th floor.
Beginning in the late 1950's, there was a residency in Child Psychiatry at SL. The American Medical Association's Council on Medical Education and Hospitals initially accredited this program in 1963. The program was last site visited in October of 2009 with continued full accreditation for five years (until 2014).
Dr. Janet Rioch, M.D. was the first Chief of Child Psychiatry at RH. She was the 1st president of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis (AAP) and a supervisor at the White Institute. The AAP was established in 1956 in Chicago. Founding members included Janet Rioch, M.D., Clara Thompson, M.D., William Silverberg, M.D., Ralph Crowley, M.D., Jules Masserman, M.D., Irving Bieber, M.D., Abraham Kardiner, M.D., Frieda Fromm-Reichmann, M.D., Sandor Rado, M.D., Robert Heath, M.D., Franz Alexander, M.D., and Leon Saul, M.D. Dr. Rioch was named president. Dr. Rioch also co-founded the William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Psychoanalysis in 1943 with Harry Stack Sullivan, Erich Fromm, Clara Thompson, and Frieda Fromm-Reichmann. She left the hospital in 1957.
Meanwhile, at SL, the Child Guidance Clinic (CGC) was providing care to children and their families since the late 1940's. Dr. Joseph D. Teiden was one of the first Directors of the CGC. Dr. Teiden left in 1952 and was followed by Alice C. DeBlois, M.D. Over the mid-1950's the Division of Child Psychiatry was formed, along with a Child Psychiatry Clinic which replaced the Child Guidance Clinic.
The Department of Psychiatry was created at Mount Sinai St. Luke's on December 27, 1954. Prior to that date, all psychiatric services at St. Luke's were administered through the Neuropsychiatric Service (NPS) under the Department of Neurology.
Dr. Earl Loomis resigned as Director of Child Psychiatry in 1962 in order to spend a sabbatical year in Geneva, Switzerland with Dr. Jean Piaget.
Dr. Bernard L. Pacella was one of the early chiefs at Mount Sinai West. His work with children dates back to co-editing a book with Nolan D. C. Lewis, M.D. in 1945, "Modern Trends in Child Psychiatry." Dr. Pacella, first certified in neurophysiology and neurology, trained in psychoanalysis with Ernst Kris, Edith Jacobson, and Otto Isakower and collaborated with Phyllis Greenacre and particularly with Margaret S. Mahler. He is a past President of the Margaret S. Mahler Psychiatric Research Foundation as well as past President of The American Psychoanalytic Association.
The American Academy of Child Psychiatry (AACP) was founded in 1953, with 107 charter members. Membership was originally by invitation only. The subspecialty of Child Psychiatry was approved in February 1959. As a result, a six-person ABPN Committee on Certification in Child Psychiatry was formed. In 1960, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education's Residency Review Committee (RRC) in Psychiatry approved 11 child psychiatry residency programs. In 1986, the academy voted to expand its name to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) and within a few years, this expansion was approved by the ABPN and the Psychiatry RRC.
In 1962, Jerry M. Wiener, M.D. became the Chief of Child Psychiatry at SL. Prior to his joining SL, he had been on the child psychiatry staff of Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. During Dr. Wiener's tenure, collaborations were started with the Riverside Health Center, including a "well-baby" clinic. Also, a program was started with the Riverside Church Nursery School. The School Mental Health Program was started in September 1962 to give service to teachers and guidance counselors on the understanding of emotional problems of school children. The Psychopharmacological Clinic was opened at SL in conjunction with the Department of Pediatrics to provide medication for youngsters with "organic conditions" on a regular basis. Dr. Wiener was a true leader in the field. He was a past-president of the American Psychiatric Association (1994-1995), the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (1987-1989), and the American Association of Chairmen of Departments of Psychiatry (1981-1982). He was also th Editor of The Textbook of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry , the major textbook in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He left the Division in 1971 to become the Director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Emory University in Atlanta.
Upon Dr. Wiener's departure in 1971, Clarice Kestenbaum, M.D. became Chief of the Division at the St. Luke's site. Another leader in the field, she is a past-president of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (2001-2003) and American Academy of Psychoanalysis. She served as Chief of the Division until 1984. During her tenure, The Hospital Center was established in 1979 with the merger of Mount Sinai St. Luke's and Mount Sinai West, although initially the hospitals maintained separate Divisions of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. At the time of the merger, Dr. Harley Shands was the Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai West and Dr. Dave McDonald was acting chair at St. Luke's. Dr. Shands became the Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry for both sites shortly after the merger. When Dr. Shands abruptly died of an aortic aneurysm, the President of the merged Hospital Center, Gary Gambuti, appointed Dave McDonald as acting director for the merged department.
Dr. Kestenbaum left the Division in 1984 to become the Director of Training in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. In 1990, the Divisions merged forming the current Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry of Mount Sinai St. Luke's Roosevelt. Some unique programs were started during this time, including the Adolescent Alternative Day Program (AADP), run by Dr. Fred Matzner and the Gender Identity Clinic at RH (and then 1090), run by Susan Coates, Ph.D.
In January 1997, Mount Sinai St. Luke's Roosevelt entered into a partnership with Mount Sinai Beth Israel, forming Mount Sinai Health System
The Child and Family Institute (CFI) at Mount Sinai St. Luke's Roosevelt was founded at the end of Spring of 2004 under the leadership of Dr. Ramon Solhkhah. Dr. Medeiros then assumed leadership in the winter of 2009/2010. The outpatient program serves a large volume at the 411 W 114th St and 1090 Amsterdam site, including work in satellites through Child and Family Clinic Plus. In addition to the clinic, educational rotations occur in the school-based clinics, adolescent day program (CARES) and through our Children's Community Mental Health Services (CCMHS). CFI is currently a highly competitive academic institution with several active research projects focusing on children and mental health and addiction issues.


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Creating an Internet-based library for health care workers serving children of prisoners and their caregivers
More than 1 million children in the United States have an incarcerated parent. This loss of a parent to incarceration means an immediate crisis for that child and these children are six times more likely to go to prison themselves. Social services and health care agencies are dealing with these children daily, but in many cases lack the understanding of how to help them. The purpose of this project is to create a Children of Prisoners Internet-based Library for professionals. The project will be successful if substantial numbers of users are tracked.
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It looks like AEV is making a new tire carrier that fits the factory JK bumper. It looks just like the existing tire carrier they sell with the AEV rear bumper. Has anyone here seen it in person yet? This is the only photo I could find of it, and it's an angled view.
What I'd like to know is if it will be sitting to the passenger side of the tailgate like the other AEV carrier does in the photos below. Because then it wouldn't line up at all with the dip in the factory bumper, and it would limit your tire size options.


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Reader: Bicyclists should not be on the streets at night -- stay in those cafes!
To accompany this week's cover story on bike safety in this city, Sam Alviani rolled out a list of Denver's five best bike-friendly bars, culminating with the Denver Bicycle Cafe.
But not everyone in this city is feeling so friendly to cyclists. See also: - Denver's five best bike-friendly cities - As Denver becomes a major bike city, can it put safety first?
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This new generation of bicyclists are annoying and dangerous. With their feeble lights they should not be on the streets at night. It's just plain ignorant.
And the last thing anyone wants to deal with when they are going up the mountains is having to deal with passing them. Most of us want to experience the serenity and beauty of the mountains, not a hundred goofy people on their bikes on one of those bike tours or what ever they call them.
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Kadima Founder Ramon Quits Over Unity Government (INN) ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS) By Elad Benari 05/10/12)
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Kadima council chairman Haim Ramon informed party chairman Shaul Mofaz on Wednesday that he is resigning and leaving the party.
Ramon´s resignation was due to his partys joining a unity government with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. The last minute surprise move came on Monday night as the Knesset was preparing to dissolve and hold elections.
As far as Im concerned, Kadima no longer exists ideologically, said Ramon. It was established as a centrist party and the current vision is not the one I had for this party. Kadima has gone back to being the Likud.
Ramon, who served as an MK for the Labor party on and off between 1991 and 2005, was one of the founders of Kadima and the first MK from Labor to join then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon when he split from the Likud and joined Kadima. He was later appointed Justice Minister in former Prime Minister Ehud Olmerts government.
Ramon resigned from the Knesset in 2006 after he was indicted for indecent assault. He was later convicted and sentenced to community service, but the court did not find moral turpitude in his actions.
Ramon returned to the government in 2007 and resigned from the Knesset in 2009, remaining only on the Kadima council.
Ramons resignation came several hours after the Knesset approved the government´s request to appoint Mofaz a government minister and deputy prime minister.
During the Knesset debate, opposition MKs Uri Ariel (National Union) and Yitzhak Herzog (Labor) demanded that, as required by law, the entire agreement that was signed between Netanyahu and Mofaz be presented to the Knesset, including any secret clauses.
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A Channel 10 poll released Tuesday showed that the unity government did not have much of an effect on Netanyahus popularity. Most people 43 percent said they believe Netanyahu is best suited to serve as Prime Minister. Mofaz, Netanyahus newest coalition partner, came in last with only five percent of respondents thinking he would be suited to serve as Prime Minister. (IsraelNationalNews © 2012 05/10/12)
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Some of you may have read on Facebook* about my special affection for the Straussifer, now former captain of the England Test team.
Wherever his shark grin popped out of the dust cloud, a team I like was either having a bloody tough time, or got smashed to pieces from day 1 to day 3 (day 5 if lucky).
Therefore Andrew Strauss' genuine, hell-baked maliciousness played a major, if not deciding role in me falling in love with cricket. Yes that makes sense. Read:
Had that sulphur-driven ambassador of the demon realm not pulled off the dirtiest, most infuriating tricks at the end of Cardiff, I doubt I'd have given cricket another go, I wouldn't be running this blog and not be talking to any of you guys, that's the bitter truth.
But the Strausslord kept me raging. For weeks, for months. Punter tried hard as well, but it's just not the same. The hellshark needs to be hunted down by a bunch of real men. Whilst the odd-looking deep sea creature... looks odd.
Since that nervewrecking first Ashes Test in 2009** Strauss has inflicted hurt after hurt on Australia. Long is the list of Australian players who still can't walk properly after their public whippings, burnings and impalement at the hands of the dark blue lord. Johnson, Bollinger, Harris, Hilfenhaus, Doherty, Beer; Strauss munched bowlers like cereal. On top of that, being Nathan Hauritz' bunny, he even closed his blood-dripping claws around the throats of the Australian selection committee and achieved the Hauritzer's removal from the face of the earth.
Furthermore he battled out an utterly irritating draw in South Africa, which took Friedel de Wet away from us forever (yes, I blame Strauss; no, I won't forgive him).
He absolutely humiliated India including brave warhorses like Praveen Kumar or Rahul Dravid, and ended the Test careers of Abhinav Mukund and Sreesanth, by which he drove the final nail into the coffin of my anti-Indian bandwagon. That's probably the most precious laurel amongst all of his bloodstained trophies: making me feel terribly sorry for India. However, he thus hastened the departure of Harbhajan and the appearance of a certain Umesh Yadav. Yes, the Straussatan is also the tempter in the desert.
OK, he sucked both buttocks at ODIs most of the time, and Pakistan rewarded England royally for bombing the country's pace attack, their confidence and their sad rest of reputation back to the Stone Age, but he had to give us a break every now and then, he knew that you've got to offer a tiny Achilles' heel to you hunters in order to keep them going. A master he was of that wicked game!
Ah look, Straussy, I know you had to dig deep. But thereupon you played eksepshnally well. How much I wished you to return to your brimstone dominion. And now that you've left and only your stench is still lingering in the air I can't believe that you're gone. Farewell, nightmare, and thank you for the memories. We're left hoping to spot your bristly hooves in our dreams.
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** in which Hauritz bowled better than Swann, in fact he took 32% of all English wickets taken, while Swann took exactly 0% of the Aus ones. Hell, even Monty bowled better than Swann. Arghhhhh I'll still be ranting about this match on my death bed!!!
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 99.9999% of founders of startups also do not get rich (just stressed out).

If you're looking to get rich as a primary goal, then this email list is probably not the best suited for your goals. On the other hand, if you're interested in exploring and (ultimately) doing what you love, whether or not it makes you money (and with a decent possibility that it may), then you've found the right place!

In any case, welcome to San Francisco. Since, from your short description, it sounds like it is home for awhile, I hope you will love it here. You are always welcome at Noisebridge, as long as you follow our one rule: Be excellent to each other. So, come by any time, day or night, any day.

Not just programming, but also cooking, sewing, craft, art, photography, machine shop, electronics, lock picking, biology, space exploration, science, German language, and many other areas of interest are explored and supported at Noisebridge.

Best,
Mitch.

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> Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2011 11:53:10 -0800
> To: firstname.lastname@example.com
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> Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] New in town
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> Ultimately, what defines you as a geek is your involvement in geeky things.
>
> A good start is learning a programming language. Noisebridge has
> classes you can attend and a library. There are also various meetup
> groups that hold "introduction to programming" classes.
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> Startups do not (always) mean having fun and getting rich (unless
> you're the founder), and Noisebridge is not really the place to look
> for it. If you talk to YCombinator, they should be able to point you
> to the right place.
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> Will.
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> > I'm not a maker, I'm not an IT guru, I'm not particularly geeky or nerdy or
> > dweeby. I was set off-track for all those things when I was a kid but now...
> > Now I'm in the Bay Area and I'm ready to catch up.
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> > I moved here with no plan and no backup. Things are going relatively well
> > but I need help finding work which can accommodate someone who is only a
> > little geeky, a little maker/burnerish, pretty intelligent and well-read but
> > has lead a stupid mundane life for quite awhile.
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> > Anyone have a startup I can get in on, do random general
> > creative/intellectual work, have a great deal of fun and get rich?
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I've checked Canon AU web site and spoken to them and the customer server
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The housing crisis hit Nevada harder than any other state. Inevitably prosecutors are cracking down on allegations of mortgage fraud, which is punished just as harshly as drug crimes. But a skilled Nevada criminal defense lawyer may be able to get these criminal charges reduced or dismissed altogether.
This article discusses the Nevada crime of mortgage fraud and related federal laws. Continue reading to learn about common mortgage fraud schemes, potential defenses to criminal charges, and possible penalties.
Legal definition of "mortgage fraud" in Nevada
Broadly speaking, the legal definition of "mortgage fraud" in Nevada is when someone perpetrates a deceptive mortgage transaction.1 The "fraud" usually involves providing false financial information. The typical motive behind the fraud is monetary gain.
Mortgages are very complicated multi-step transactions that involves some or all of the following players:
- A homebuyer
- A homeowner
- A loan officer
- A mortgage broker
- A real estate agent
- An escrow agent
- An appraiser
Sometimes only one of these players carries out mortgage fraud. Sometimes many of them work in cahoots to advance the fraud. Either way, any dishonest act that materially affects a mortgage lending transaction may qualify as criminal fraud.
Common mortgage fraud schemes in Nevada
The Nevada Attorney General recently released the state's most prevalent mortgage fraud schemes in 2012.2 Among these are:
- False loan modification schemes. This occurs when distressed homeowners receive bogus offers to refinance their homes, reduce their principal loan and prevent foreclosure. The offenders often demand large fees upfront and then fail to deliver on the services they promised, leaving the homeowners worse off than before.
- False loan applications. Homebuyers who lie on their mortgage applications about their income, debts, identification or intentions to honor the mortgage are committing fraud. Sometimes loan officers lie about homebuyers' information in order to secure a commission from completing the mortgage.
- False appraisals. It is fraud when home sellers bribe appraisers with kickbacks or other incentives to inflate the home's value. If the appraiser accepts the bribe, then both the home seller and appraiser could be prosecuted for mortgage fraud.
Note that filing a mortgage document with the county recorder, when the person knows the document contains misinformation, is mortgage fraud as well. Furthermore, any person who knowingly receives proceeds from a fraudulent mortgage transaction is liable irrespective of whether that person was a party to the mortgage.3 Mesquite criminal defense attorney Neil Shouse illustrates how this can work:
EXAMPLE: Jake is a home appraiser in North Las Vegas who owes back rent to his landlord. His landlord suggests he gives his clients exaggerated appraisals in exchange for charging extra money, which Jake would then give to his landlord to pay off the rent. If they attempt this scheme and get caught, both Jake and the landlord could be booked at the North Las Vegas Detention Center for mortgage fraud. Since the landlord knowingly took money that he knew came from a fraudulent mortgage transaction, he is equally as liable as Jake.
Also note that each fraudulent mortgage lending transaction constitutes a separate violation in Nevada.4 This means one person can potentially be charged with several counts of mortgage fraud concerning the same property and with the same lender or borrower.
Specialized mortgage fraud schemes in Nevada
There are literally dozens of different types of mortgage fraud schemes in Nevada including the Nevada crime of straw buyer schemes, the Nevada crime of illegal property flipping, the Nevada crime of foreclosure fraud, and the Nevada crime of predatory lending. For more information about these and other fraudulent mortgage schemes, read our article about mortgage fraud schemes in Nevada.
Federal mortgage fraud laws
Mortgage fraud is not only a Nevada crime but also a federal crime investigated by the FBI.5 The main difference between state and federal law is that the federal government usually prosecutes mortgage fraud allegations as mail fraud, wire fraud and/or bank fraud:
- The federal crime of mail fraud in Nevada using the mail to send or receive documents related to a fraudulent mortgage. Penalties include up to 20 years in a federal prison and a fine.6
- The federal crime of wire fraud in Nevada is using wire communications such as the phone to send or receive information about a fraudulent mortgage transaction. Penalties include up to 20 years in a federal prison and a fine.7
- The federal crime of bank fraud in Nevada is intentionally defrauding a financial institution in relation to a mortgage fraud transaction. Penalties include up to 30 years in prison and/or $1,000,000 in fines.8
Depending on the mortgage fraud case, prosecutors may choose to bring charges in Nevada state court or federal court. Defendants may also face federal charges for giving false statements, making false loan applications, or giving fake identification information.9
Investigating mortgage fraud allegations
Banks file suspicious activity reports (SARs) with law enforcement when they suspect a mortgage transaction may be fraudulent.10 Law enforcement then employs various information-gathering methods such as tapping phones, undercover agents, and statistical analysis to investigate the allegations. If law enforcement believes fraud may have occurred, they turn the case over to prosecutors.
Defenses to "mortgage fraud" in Nevada
Mortgage fraud is a "specific intent" crime in Nevada, which means a defendant should not be convicted unless he/she had intent to defraud. Henderson criminal defense attorney Michael Becker gives an example:
Example: Carrie applies for a second mortgage in Henderson. By accident she types the decimal place wrong so it appears Carrie is earning ten times more than what she actually does. If caught, Carrie may be booked at the Henderson criminal defense attorney for mortgage fraud. But if prosecutors cannot show that Carrie gave the misinformation on purpose, the charges should be dropped.
Note that Nevada courts are likely to be sympathetic to distressed homeowners such as Carrie in the above example. The real estate market is extremely confusing, so judges understand that the common person is likely to make innocent mistakes. Conversely, courts are less sympathetic to industry insiders such as mortgage brokers and appraisers who should not be prone to such errors.
Another defense to mortgage fraud is lack of evidence such as documentation or witnesses. As long as the state cannot prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant committed fraud, then he/she should not be held liable.
Defendants in mortgage fraud cases can also claim that the police executed an illegal search and seizure to obtain the evidence. In such circumstances the defense attorney would file a Nevada motion to suppress evidence, which asks the court to disregard all the unlawfully procured evidence.11 If the judge agrees that the police overstepped their bounds and grants the motion, then the entire case may be dismissed for lack of proof.
Penalties for "mortgage fraud" in Nevada
Violating NRS 205.372 is a category C felony in Nevada. The standard sentence for a conviction includes:
- 1 to 10 years in Nevada State Prison, and/or
- up to $10,000 in fines
Meanwhile "a pattern" of mortgage lending fraud is punished more seriously as a category B felony in Nevada carrying a punishment of:
- 3 to 20 years in Nevada State Prison, and/or
- up to $50,000 in fines
Either way, the court may also levy a civil fine of up to $5,000 for each violation. Defendants are also ordered to pay restitution in Nevada to the victims of the mortgage fraud.
Arrested for "mortgage fraud" in Nevada? Call a lawyer . . . .
Have you been accused of violating "Nevada mortgage fraud law"? Call our Las Vegas criminal defense lawyers at 702-DEFENSE (702-333-3673) for a free consultation to discuss your options and how we can help. We may be able to negotiate down the charges, or else we will fight zealously for a "not guilty" verdict at trial.
Go back to our main page on Nevada fraud crimes.
We represent clients throughout Nevada, including Las Vegas, Henderson, Washoe County, Reno, Carson City, Laughlin, Mesquite, Bunkerville, Moapa, Elko, Pahrump, Searchlight and Tonopah.
For information on California mortgage fraud law, go to our page on California mortgage fraud law.
1 NRS 205.372 - Mortgage Lending Fraud; penalties; civil actions (It's a crime for a participant in a mortgage transaction to defraud or attempt to defraud another by knowingly lying about or omitting a material fact or by profiting from a mortgage transaction that he/she knows is fraudulent.).
2Nevada Attorney General Masto Identifies Top 5 Mortgage Fraud Consumer Complaints, Home Again: Nevada Homeowner Relief Program, (2012).
3NRS 205.372(1)(e) - Mortgage Lending Fraud; penalties; civil actions ("A person who is a participant in a mortgage lending transaction and who ... (f)iles or causes to be filed with a county recorder any document that the person knows to include a misstatement, misrepresentation or omission concerning a material fact, commits the offense of mortgage lending fraud....").
4 NRS 205.372(3) - Mortgage Lending Fraud; penalties; civil actions ("Each mortgage lending transaction ... constitutes a separate violation.).
5 Mortgage Fraud: These Scams Hit Us Right Where We Live, Federal Bureau of Investigation (2013).
6 18 U.S.C. § 1341 - Mail Fraud (Knowingly using any mail carrier service to carry out fraud is the federal crime of mail fraud).
7 18 U.S.C. § 1343 - Wire Fraud (Knowingly using wire communications to carry out fraud is the federal crime of wire fraud)
8 18 U.S.C. § 1344 - Bank Fraud (Knowingly defrauding a financial institution is the federal crime of bank fraud)
9 18 U.S.C. § 1001 - Making False Statements in general; 18 U.S.C. §1014 - Making False Statements in Credit or Loan Applications, 18 U.S.C. §1028 (Identification Fraud); and 18 U.S.C. §1342 - Fictitious Names or Addresses.
10 Suspected Mortgage Fraud, FinCEN: Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, (2013).
11 NRS 179.085 - Motion for return of property and to suppress evidence ("A person aggrieved by an unlawful search and seizure may move the court having jurisdiction where the property was seized for the return of the property and to suppress for use as evidence anything so obtained....").


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Facebook's botched IPO continues scaring away investors
Companies looking to sell shares to the public for the first time are still afraid to show their faces to investors.
Facebook's disastrous initial public offering, still down 18% from its mid-May IPO price, has scared investors away from taking a chance on young companies looking for cash to grow and expand. The IPO market's deep freeze has been lasting, even while the broader market attempts to regain its footing.
Facebook has "created a drag effect for the rest of the industry and the other companies looking to get out of the gate," says Lee Simmons, analyst at Dun & Bradstreet. Fears about the European debt crisis and the U.S. economy have hampered all U.S. stocks during the quarter and, in turn, hurt the IPO market, says Richard Peterson of S&P Capital IQ.
The pall Facebook has put on the IPO market is starting to take on real significance, seen by a:
•Near standstill of deal volume after Facebook. Leading up to the Facebook IPO, April was the busiest fourth month of the year in a decade. That all ended in May as Facebook crashed below its IPO price. After Facebook, it took 39 days, the eighth-longest stretch since 2000, for any company to price an IPO. All told, the number of IPOs in the second quarter dropped 33% from the same period in 2011, says Renaissance Capital. Just 11 IPOs backed by venture capitalists were done in the second quarter, down 50% from the same period of 2011, says Thomson Reuters.
•Collapse in the money raised by companies. On its face, the fact that companies raised $22.7 billion in the quarter didn't look so bad, as it's an increase of 84% from the same period last year. But factor out how much of that $22.7 billion was raised by Facebook, and the data show that proceeds raised actually fell by nearly 50%.
•IPOs put on sale to move. To coax rattled investors back into the IPO market, companies and their bankers resorted to heavy discounting. In the second quarter, 45% of IPOs priced below their IPO prices. That's the most price-cutting since the third quarter of 2010.
Still, there are glimmers of hope. Companies with smaller IPOs, with median values of $86 million, outperformed the biggest deals. Four IPOs successfully went off in the last week of June, all of which are trading above their offering prices, says Francis Gaskins of IPOdesktop.com. One of the IPOs, software company ServiceNow, is up more than 40% from its June 28 debut.
"Greed is going to bring investors back," he says. "Facebook will fade into history."
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Posted on » 30 October 2009
MANAMA: Arab Banking Corporation (ABC) yesterday posted a consolidated group net profit of $80 million for nine months to September 30.
Net profit for the third quarter was $26m, 18 per cent higher than the second quarter net profit of $22m.
Total revenues for the third quarter amounted to $167m, compared with $184m in the second quarter. However, excluding gains from buy back of its subordinated debt, total operating revenues remained robust at $159m, the same level as the second quarter.
Fee, commission and other income remained steady whilst interest income improved despite a decline in loans and advances due to run-offs and cautious lending policies in the current economic environment.
Operating expenses at $82m were lower than the previous quarter's total of $88m which had included reserves for restructuring initiatives.
In view of the deterioration in certain regional exposures, additional impairment provisions were made in line with the group's conservative provisioning policies.
However, this was cushioned by recoveries from international and other regional exposures resulting in a net impairment provision charge of $33m for the quarter, compared to $50m in the previous quarter.
Shareholders' equity at September 30 stood at $2.106 billion, compared to $2.043bn at the end of the second quarter, the increase coming from improvement in fair values of non-trading securities, exchange translation gains on foreign subsidiaries as well as the profit for the period.
ABC's capital base remains strong with a capital adequacy ratio, based on the Basel II capital adequacy regime, of 16.9pc, predominantly Tier 1, which totalled 13.6pc.
ABC's liquidity remains comfortable with the liquid assets to deposits ratio improving to 74pc compared to 71pc at the end of the second quarter.
In light of the current adverse market conditions, ABC continues to de-risk the balance sheet and is maintaining its cautious approach especially in its wholesale banking businesses, even though liquidity is improving in the markets as reflected in the group's deposits increasing by $800m during the third quarter which resulted in the balance sheet footing increasing to $27.2bn from $26.5bn at end of the second quarter.
"ABC Group continues to maintain operating profit levels despite the impact of high impairment provisions demonstrating the strength of our core businesses in both wholesale and retail banking," president and chief executive Hassan Juma said.
"It is also a reflection of the progress being made in the changes to the business focus, culture and organisation that our new vision requires in order to become a leading universal bank in the Middle East and North Africa region," he added.


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Cluster One: Skills for the 21st Century
Cluster One is the cornerstone of General Education: The Human Community at JMU and to subsequent study in the major and professional programs. This cluster emphasizes competencies in the areas of oral and written communication, critical thinking, and information literacy. The broadly stated goals for Cluster One are:
- Demonstrate competency in information literacy.
- Demonstrate critical thinking skills.
- Demonstrate effective oral presentation skills.
- Demonstrate effective writing skills.
- Demonstrate self-analysis and self-directed learning.
Competence in these goals is fundamental to general education and to subsequent study in major and professional programs. Therefore, all students are required to complete all Cluster One requirements during their first academic year at JMU. The specific learning goals for each area of Cluster One are included in this section.
Cluster One Structure
Cluster One consists of nine credits. All students MUST complete one course in each of three groupings of courses representing the main content disciplines of the cluster: Critical Thinking, Human Communication and Writing. Courses may be taken in any order. In addition to the three courses, students are required to demonstrate competency in information literacy by completing two high stakes exams: the technology test (Tech Level I) and the Information Seeking Skills Test (ISST).
Cluster One Requirements
All students must complete Cluster One requirements during their first academic year at JMU. If this requirement cannot be met due to extenuating circumstances a deferral form must be submitted to the Office of University Studies by March 8, 2011.
Information Literacy
Cluster One requires completion of the two information literacy tests during the first year. Information literacy is the ability to locate, evaluate and use information effectively to accomplish a purpose. Cluster One students must demonstrate competency by successfully completing:
- Information-Seeking Skills Test (ISST)
- Tech Level I exam (word processing, presentation software, spreadsheets)
See General Education for more information.
Critical Thinking
Cluster One requires the completion of one of five courses offered in critical thinking. Students study various techniques and approaches to critical thinking such as analyzing and evaluating information, arguments, premises, and concepts and their relationships as well as fostering problem solving abilities. Depending upon the course, the content focuses on the function of language, basic business principles, issues in recent history, mediated communication, informal logical reasoning or problem solving in science and technology.
Choose one of the following:
GBUS 160. Business Decision Making in a Modern Society
GHIST 150. Critical Issues in Recent Global History
GISAT 160. Problem Solving Approaches in Science and Technology
GMAD 150. Mediated Communication: Issues and Skills
GPHIL 120. Critical Thinking
GPHIL 150. Ethical Reasoning
Students pursuing a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree may not use either GPHIL 120 or GPHIL 150 to fulfill the B.A. philosophy course requirement.
Human Communication
Cluster One requires completion of one of three courses offered in oral communication. Students are introduced to the study of human communication as a process. Emphasis is on examining the role of self-concept, perception, culture, verbal and nonverbal dimensions in the communication process, using power and managing conflict, and applying critical listening. Depending upon the course, the content focuses on an overview of the principles and practices of interpersonal, small group, and public communication, or constructing informative and persuasive speeches with an emphasis on individual public speaking contexts, or constructing informative and persuasive group presentations.
Choose one of the following:
GCOM 121. Fundamental Human Communication: Presentations
GCOM 122. Fundamental Human Communication: Individual Presentations
GCOM 123. Fundamental Human Communication: Group Presentations
Students who have received credit for one GCOM class are not eligible to receive credit for a second GCOM class. Students who have received credit for GCOM 121 are not eligible to receive credit for
GCOM 122 or GCOM 123. Students who have received credit for GCOM 122 are not eligible to receive credit for GCOM 121 or GCOM 123. Students who have received credit for GCOM 123 are not eligible to receive credit for GCOM 121 or GCOM 122.
Cluster One requires completion of the writing course GWRTC 103. The emphasis is on the process of constructing a focused, logical, coherent, well-supported thesis or point of view. Students employ research and formal documentation to produce writing stylistically appropriate to its audience, purpose, and occasion. Students edit their writing for clarity and control of conventions, and they are prepared to use reading and writing in their personal, academic, and civic lives.
Complete the following:
GWRTC 103. Critical Reading and Writing (formerly GWRIT 103)
GWRTC Placement and Exemptions
Students may receive credit or exemptions for GWRTC 103 (formerly GWRIT 103) under the following conditions:
- an AP minimum score of 4 on the English Language and Composition or the English Literature and Composition test.
- a Higher-Level IB English score of 5.
- transfer or dual enrollment credit for GWRTC 103 (formerly GWRIT 103).
- Receive an exemption for successfully completing the Waiver Exam for GWRTC 103.
- Students who have received credit for GWRIT 101 are not eligible to receive credit for WRTC 100. Students who have received credit for GWRIT 102 are not eligible to receive credit for WRTC 100 or GWRTC 103 (formerly GWRIT 103).
Cluster One Learning Objectives
After completing Cluster One: Skills for the 21st Century, students should be able to use reading, writing and oral communication, critical thinking, and information literacy skills for inquiring, learning, thinking and communicating in their personal, academic, and civic lives.
Information Literacy
After completing both information literacy tests and course work in critical thinking, human communication, and writing, students should be able to:
- Determine when information is needed and find it efficiently using a variety of reference sources.
- Evaluate the quality of the information.
- Use the information effectively for an appropriate purpose.
- Employ appropriate technologies to create an information-based product.
- Use information ethically and legally.
Critical Thinking
After completing course work in critical thinking, students should be able to:
- evaluate claims in terms of clarity, credibility, reliability, and accuracy.
- demonstrate the ability to identify, analyze and generate claims, arguments, and positions.
- identify and evaluate theses and conclusions, stated and unstated assumptions, and supporting evidence and arguments.
- apply these skills to one's own work and the work of others.
Human Communication
After completing course work in communication, students should be able to:
- understand and apply the fundamentals of audience analysis, message construction, development, organization, and presentation.
- deliver effective oral presentations in a variety of contexts.
- identify, evaluate and employ critical and sensitive listening behaviors.
- identify and manage the verbal and nonverbal dimensions of communication in a variety of contexts.
- recognize and apply the influences of self-concept perception and culture on communication.
- identify, evaluate and utilize the nature and functions of power and the strategies of conflict negotiation.
After completing course work in writing, students should be able to:
- develop and support a relevant and informed thesis, or point of view, that is appropriate for its audience, purpose, and occasion.
- analyze and evaluate information to identify its argumentative, credible, and ethical elements.
- reflect on civic responsibility as it relates to written discourse (critical thinking, reading, and writing).
- demonstrate effective writing skills and processes by employing invention, research, critical analysis and evaluation, and revision for audience, purpose, and occasion.
- effectively incorporate and document appropriate sources to support a thesis and effectively utilize the conventions of syntax, grammar, punctuation, and spelling.